Monday, December 31, 2012

Obama wants gun violence measures passed in 2013

(AP) ? Recalling the shooting rampage that killed 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama pledged to put his "full weight" behind legislation aimed at preventing gun violence.

Obama voiced skepticism about the National Rifle Association's proposal to put armed guards in schools following the Dec. 14 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The president made his comments Saturday in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Instead, the president vowed to rally the American people around an agenda to limit gun violence, adding that he still supports increased background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity bullet magazines. He left no doubt it will be one of his top priorities next year.

"It is not enough for us to say, 'This is too hard so we're not going to try,'" Obama said.

"I think there are a vast majority of responsible gun owners out there who recognize that we can't have a situation in which somebody with severe psychological problems is able to get the kind of high capacity weapons that this individual in Newtown obtained and gun down our kids," he added. "And, yes, it's going to be hard."

The president added that he's ready to meet with Republicans and Democrats, anyone with a stake in the issue.

The schoolhouse shootings, coming as families prepared for the holidays, have elevated the issue of gun violence to the forefront of public attention. Six adult staff members were also killed at the elementary school. Shooter Adam Lanza committed suicide, apparently as police closed in. Earlier, he had killed his mother at the home they shared.

The tragedy immediately prompted calls for greater gun controls. But the NRA is strongly resisting those efforts, arguing instead that schools should have armed guards for protection. Some gun enthusiasts have rushed to buy semiautomatic rifles of the type used by Lanza, fearing sales may soon be restricted.

Obama seemed unimpressed by the NRA proposal. "I am skeptical that the only answer is putting more guns in schools," he said. "And I think the vast majority of the American people are skeptical that that somehow is going to solve our problem."

The president said he intends to press the issue with the public.

"The question then becomes whether we are actually shook up enough by what happened here that it does not just become another one of these routine episodes where it gets a lot of attention for a couple of weeks and then it drifts away," Obama said. "It certainly won't feel like that to me. This is something that - you know, that was the worst day of my presidency. And it's not something that I want to see repeated."

Separately, a member of the president's cabinet said Sunday that rural America may be ready to join a national conversation about gun control. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the debate has to start with respect for the Second Amendment right to bear arms and recognition that hunting is a way of life for millions of Americans.

But Vilsack said Newtown has changed the way people see the issue. "I really believe that this is a different circumstance and a different situation," Vilsack said on CNN.

Vilsack said he thinks it's possible for Americans to come together. "It's potentially a unifying conversation," he said. "The problem is that these conversations are always couched in the terms of dividing us. This could be a unifying conversation, and Lord knows we need to be unified."

Besides passing gun violence legislation, Obama also listed deficit reduction and immigration as top priorities for 2013. A big deficit reduction deal with Republicans proved elusive this month, and Obama is now hoping Senate Democratic and Republican leaders salvage a scaled-back plan that avoids tax increases for virtually all Americans.

In addition, he issued a defense of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who has been mentioned as one of the leading candidates to replace Leon Panetta as defense secretary.

Hagel supported the 2002 resolution approving U.S. military action in Iraq, but later became a critic of the war. He has been denounced by some conservatives for not being a strong enough ally of Israel. Also, many liberals and gay activists have banded against him for comments he made in 1998 about an openly gay nominee for an ambassadorship.

Obama, who briefly served with Hagel in the Senate, stressed that he had yet to make a decision but called Hagel a "patriot."

Hagel "served this country with valor in Vietnam," the president said. "And (he) is somebody who's currently serving on my intelligence advisory board and doing an outstanding job."

Obama noted that Hagel had apologized for his 14-year-old remark on gays.

Associated Press

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Berea's animal shelter offers fostering opportunities

BEREA -- Donny Nemeth is fostering his second dog from the Berea Animal Rescue Friend?s shelter.

John Wayne, a playful adult hound mix, is well mannered, friendly with children, enjoys running around at the local dog park yet loves cuddling into a quiet sleep at home.

"He?s an awesome dog," said Nemeth. "He has his own personality. He is quickly becoming a best friend to me and many others. "

ARF?s no-time-limit-shelter on Barrett Road offers temporary homes to dogs and cats at its facility and in foster homes. The goal is to find a loving "forever" home of their own for each animal. Whether it?s a lack of space at the shelter, a special needs case, such as recovering from surgery or needing a change of scenery, fostering is an option that some volunteers prefer.

"It?s a wonderful way to help a dog or cat find a home while enjoying them as well," said Juleen Russell with the shelter. "Almost all of the foster animals are success stories."

Corky Wilson had three kittens at home in foster care. They were not used to human contact. One returned to the shelter after it became friendlier with people and ready for adoption. She now has Sweet Charlotte and Carrie, black kittens with some white paws, who are about 4 months old. They are starting to become accustomed to her and play.

About 15 years ago, she adopted two cats from ARF. Since then, she estimated she has cared for at least 100 cats and kittens, of which all found homes.

"When I first got these kittens, they would run away and hide. Now I have them in a room that when I sit down and read, they come up to me and we can play," she said. "They will make wonderful pets once they become more comfortable with people."

She enjoys fostering.

"You get to spend time with them, broaden your experience and see different types of cats," she said. "You get to see how you make a difference in their lives and they in yours."

Sheila Lemmeyer and her husband had no intention of bringing another dog into their home after their senior Bear passed away. That changed when they met Jasper. Sheila has been a volunteer at the shelter for 1? years. Jasper is her first foster dog. Jasper?s former owner has some health issues and could not keep him. The senior dog, which is blind and possibly deaf, was not adjusting well at the shelter and needed a regular home environment.

Sheila met him, heard about his story and agreed to foster him. She admits Jasper likely with remain with her family the rest of his life.

"He has the lay out of our house down," Sheila said. "He makes me happy and I know he is happy. He has a home to hang out in and not in a cage. I am so glad we have him."

Nemeth, 25, has been helping dogs for years. He said he has seen "horrible things" down to pups in Cleveland and other cities. He called it "heart breaking," especially with the type of "bully" breeds, as he calls them.

"My passion is helping dogs, especially dogs in need," said Nemeth. "All that matter is finding them a good home. John Wayne is a great dog. Hopefully, he will make someone really happy."

Anyone interesting in fostering a kitten, cat, puppy or dog should contact ARF. To foster cats, contact Pat, 440-234-4533 or ARFfelinefoster@gmail.com. For dogs, contact Lynda, 216-990-6967 or dogfoster4ARF@gmail.com.

The ARF website is bereaanimalrescue.com.

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December 2012: Workers' Comp Advisory ? Toole Insurance

Ten Costly Return-to-Work Mistakes revisited

Return-to-Work programs have helped reduced Workers? Compensation, disability and medical insurance costs as well as protect employers from lawsuits regarding regulatory non-compliance, particularly related to the ADAAA. The economic and legislation landscape pose challenging issues for employers? Read more.

Important lessons for employers from recent reports

Recent reports on comorbidities, employee satisfaction and engagement, days away from work, and the aging workforce have important implications for employers? Read more.

Safety tips: Avoiding cold stress

Helpful hints and resources to prevent cold stress injuries including frostbite, hypothermia and trench feet? Read more.

OSHA Watch

  • Updated training and educational resources available on fall prevention
  • OSHA revises exemption for digger derricks in its Cranes and Derricks standard
  • Updated publications ? General Industry Digest, Safety and Health Information Bulletin
  • Recent fines and awards
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Legal Corner
ADA

  • Medical Center to Pay $146K to settle EEOC disability discrimination suit relating to prescription medication use by employees and applicants

FMLA

  • Trip to Vegas is FMLA leave

Workers? Compensation

  • Employer not required to reimburse injured worker for self-procured medical care: Court ? California
  • Walmart settles closely watched Workers? Comp class action suit ? Colorado
  • Employers may seek injured workers? health information from doctors ? Georgia
  • Worker?s inability to speak English can affect disability settlement ? Iowa
  • Federal appeals court reverses dismissal of a RICO complaint brought by Coca-Cola employees ? Michigan
  • Extraordinary duties at grocery store means death is compensable ? New York
  • Widow of claimant who dies from prescription drug and alcohol overdose entitled to survivor benefits -Washington
  • Police officer injured doing pushups entitled to benefits ? Wisconsin
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Things you should know

  • EEOC sets record in FY2012 for monetary recovery
  • NIOSH provides tips for avoiding slips, trips and falls
  • California Department of Industrial Relations posts website to help explain reforms
  • Michigan rules regarding independent contractors to change January 1, 2013
  • Fear of discipline may discourage injury reporting: Duke study
  • Obese truck drivers have higher crash risk: study
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Oil trader Vitol in talks over tax-avoidance bill

The Geneva-based company, which has offices in London, is thought to have operated an ?employee benefit trust? (EBT) for more than a decade.

Such schemes, which were used by more than 2,000 companies, allowed employees to avoid paying income tax and companies to avoid national insurance contributions.

HMRC is chasing taxes which were avoided through the schemes before they were categorically outlawed in 2011, and has said it believes a ?large number of EBT schemes didn?t work under the previous legislation?.

Vitol is understood to have closed its scheme in 2011 when the law changed.

Ian Taylor, chief executive of Vitol, told The Sunday Times: ?We will have to pay something. We will work hard to do what is best for our employees, but we must abide by the legislation - and we will.?

Other companies affected include bank JP Morgan, which is said to be close to a ?500m settlement over its scheme.

Mr Taylor told the newspaper he believed that settlement may ?become a template? for others.

A spokesman for HMRC said: ?For legal reasons, we cannot discuss our management of the tax affairs of named businesses.?

A spokesman for Vitol declined to comment.

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Care Package Collection at Mayor's Open House in Newton

From 1:30-3:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve Day in Room 202 of Newton City Hall, there will be a collection of items for "Care Packages" to be sent to service men and women.

Kids are invited to draw pictures and write short letters to be included in the packages. Materials and ideas will be provided.

Among the items that are appropriate are the following:

CLOTHING & TOILETRIES
bandanas, T-shirts, socks, sunglasses, boxer shorts ( m, l, xl ),? women's sport bras, toothpaste, toothbrushes , hand/body lotion,? lip balm/Chapstick, baby wipes, shampoo (travel size), deodorant, razors (disposable, cartridge), shaving cream, dental floss, mouthwash (travel size), sunscreen,? bug repellent , No-Pest fly strips, solid air fresheners, Ziploc bags (sandwich, quart size), feminine products

FOOD
granola bars, milk & cereal bars,? Pop Tarts , sugar packets, coffee (beans or ground), coffee filters, tea bags, gum, candy (hard or chewy), Kraft Easy Mac, crackers, cookies, Slim Jims, powdered drink mix (iced tea, Kool-Aid, lemonade, Gatorade), instant cup of soup (Styrofoam cup), bagged chips (Doritos, Fritos, etc.), canned fruit with pop top

ENTERTAINMENT
Frisbees,? tennis balls, disposable cameras, travel games (chess, checkers, UNO), playing cards, AA batteries, blank greeting cards, electronic games, paper, pens, envelopes, Beanie Babies (used OK), magazines (Sports Illustrated, Auto, Golf, People), prepaid phone cards, CDs, DVDs

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Source: http://www.wickedlocal.com/newton/news/x1783189503/Care-Package-Collection-at-Mayors-Open-House-in-Newton

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Egypt transfers tons of building materials to Gaza

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) ? An Egyptian security official says that thousands of tons of building materials such as cement and steel are crossing into the Palestinian Gaza Strip, which had previously been under a strict blockade.

He said the move was made in consultation with Israeli officials, who were in Cairo Thursday to discuss security in the Sinai Peninsula and the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire signed by Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel last month.

The Egyptian official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

The director of Gaza's border authority, Maher Abu Sabha, confirmed to The Associated Press that 20 trucks of material are expected to enter the coastal strip on Saturday through the Rafah crossing. Qatar is paying for the raw materials, which were bought in Egypt.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-transfers-tons-building-materials-gaza-142354572.html

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VIDEO: Celebs Share Their New Year's Resolutions!

 

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Experts: Schools need trained police, not just guard with a gun

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The student's attack began with a shotgun blast through the windows of a California high school. Rich Agundez, the El Cajon policeman assigned to the school, felt his mind shift into overdrive.

People yelled at him amid the chaos but he didn't hear. He experienced "a tunnel vision of concentration."

While two teachers and three students were injured when the glass shattered in the 2001 attack on Granite Hills High School, Agundez confronted the assailant and wounded him before he could get inside the school and use his second weapon, a handgun.

The National Rifle Association's response to a Connecticut school massacre envisions, in part, having trained, armed volunteers in every school in America. But Agundez, school safety experts and school board members say there's a huge difference between a trained law enforcement officer who becomes part of the school family ? and a guard with a gun.

The NRA's proposal has sparked a debate across the country as gun control rises once again as a national issue. President Barack Obama promised to present a plan in January to confront gun violence in the aftermath of the killing of 20 Sandy Hook Elementary School students and six teachers in Newtown, Conn.

Agundez said what happened before the shooting in the San Diego County school should frame the debate over the NRA's proposal.

With a shooting at another county school just weeks before, Agundez had trained the staff in how to lock down the school, assigned evacuation points, instructed teachers to lock doors, close curtains and turn off the lights. He even told them computers should be used where possible to communicate, to lessen the chaos.

And his training? A former SWAT team member, Agundez' preparation placed him in simulated stressful situations and taught him to evade a shooter's bullets. And the kids in the school knew to follow his advice because they knew him. He spoke in their classrooms and counseled them when they came to him with problems.

In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, school boards, administrators, teachers and parents are reviewing their security measures.

School security officers can range from the best-trained police officers to unarmed private guards. Some big-city districts with gang problems and crime formed their own police agencies years ago. Others, after the murder of 13 people at Columbine High School in 1999, started joint agreements with local police departments to have officers assigned to schools ? even though that was no guarantee of preventing violence. A trained police officer at Columbine confronted one of two shooters but couldn't prevent the death of 13 people.

"Our association would be uncomfortable with volunteers," said Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers ? whose members are mostly trained law enforcement officers who "become part of the school family.'"

Canady questioned how police officers responding to reports of a shooter would know whether the person with a gun is a volunteer or the assailant.

Former Rep. Asa Hutchinson, who also was a top Homeland Security official and will head the NRA effort, said the program will have two key elements.

One is a model security plan "based on the latest, most up-to-date technical information from the foremost experts in their fields." Each school could tweak the plan to its own circumstances, and "armed, trained, qualified school security personnel will be but one element."

The second element may prove the more controversial because, to avoid massive funding for local authorities, it would use volunteers. Hutchinson said in his home state of Arkansas, his son was a volunteer with a local group "Watchdog Dads," who volunteered at schools to patrol playgrounds and provide added security.

He said retired police officers, former members of the military or rescue personnel would be among those likely to volunteer.

There's even debate over whether anyone should have a gun in a school, even a trained law enforcement officer.

"In general teachers don't want guns in schools period," said Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, one of the two large unions representing teachers. He added that one size does not fit all districts and said the union has supported schools that wanted a trained officer. Most teachers, he said, do not want to be armed themselves.

"It's a school. It's not a place where guns should be," he commented.

The security situation around the country is mixed.

?Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he has the authority to mobilize private citizens to fight crime and plans to post armed private posse members around the perimeter of schools. He said he hasn't spoken to specific school districts and doesn't plan to have the citizen posse members inside the buildings.

?The Snohomish School District north of Seattle got rid of its school officers because of the expense.

?The Las Vegas-based Clark County School District has its own police department and places armed officers in and around its 49 high school campuses. Officers patrol outside elementary and middle schools. The Washoe County School District in Nevada also has a police force, but it was only about a decade ago that the officers were authorized to carry guns on campus.

?In Milwaukee, a dozen city police officers cover the school district but spend most of their time in seven of the 25 high schools. In Madison, Wis., an armed police officer has worked in each of the district's four high schools since the mid-1990s.

?For the last five years, an armed police officer has worked in each of the two high schools and three middle schools in Champaign, Ill. Board of Education member Kristine Chalifoux said there are no plans to increase security, adding, "I don't want our country to become an armed police state."

?A Utah group is offering free concealed-weapons permit training for teachers as a result of the Connecticut shootings. Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne proposed a plan to allow one educator in each school to carry a gun.

Ed Massey, vice chairman of the Boone County, Ky., school board and president of the National School Boards Association, said his district has nine trained law enforcement officers for 23 schools and "would love to have one in every school."

"They bring a sense of security and have done tremendous work in deterring problems in school," he said. "The number of expulsions have dramatically decreased. We used to have 15 or 20 a year. Now we have one or two in the last three years."

An officer, he said, "is not just a hired gun. They have an office in the school. They are trained in crisis management, handling mass casualties and medical emergencies."

He said a poster given out by the local sheriff's department shows one of the officers and talks about literacy and reading.

Kenneth Trump, president of the National School Safety and Security Services consulting firm, said having trained officers in schools is "more of a prevention program than a reactive program if you have the right officers who want to work with kids."

But he also criticized a drop in funding for school security, saying, "Congress and the last two administrations have chipped away to the point of elimination of every program for school security and emergency planning."

Dr. Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center that provides training to schools, said the NRA's suggestion of using volunteers "is a whole new concept of school safety." He questioned whether the NRA wants to bring the best sharpshooters on campus.

"How is that going to create a positive atmosphere for young people?" he asked. "How does that work on the prevention side?"

Agundez, 52, who retired as a policeman in 2010, learned shortly before his retirement just how much his trained reaction to a shooter affected students at Granite Hills High.

He was writing a traffic ticket and the driver's whole body started shaking. He had been a student that day nine years earlier.

"He gave me a hug," Agundez recalled. "He said 'I always wanted to thank you.' You saved our lives."

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Associated Press writers Todd Richmond, Michael Tarm, Greg Moore, Ken Ritter, Sandra Chereb and Donna Blankinship contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/experts-trained-police-needed-school-security-091515160--politics.html

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How to best buy foreclosures in Chicago ? Real Estate | Raw ...

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With the government passing measures to curb the ongoing foreclosure crisis, some relief is expected amidst the foreclosures in Chicago. However, a large number of homes in Chicago have already been foreclosed upon; many others are in pre foreclosure and there are more home owners out there who still risk facing foreclosure.While this situation, from the point of view of a home owner, might not look good, this is being looked upon as a good time to buy residential property. Since foreclosure homes are known to sell at discounted prices, they become the more viable option. You can use various resources to look for foreclosure homes. The internet is a good source to look for homes in foreclosure across the country, and foreclosure homes in Chicago feature in almost all foreclosure listing websites. Financial institutions which deal in home loans are prone to have lists of homes foreclosed upon by them. Legal sections within local newspapers also carry foreclosure listings. B esides, you can always get in touch with real estate agents who have first hand information about local foreclosures. You can buy a foreclosure home during various stages. Once a home enters pre foreclosure, you cab buy it from the existing home owner. Since home owners in pre foreclosure have stipulated time periods to sell the homes in, they are known to accept offers that are considerably lesser than the homes? market value. As far as an offer can take care of the debt owed to the lender, there is a possibility of it being accepted.Homes which do not sell in pre foreclosure are put up for sale at public foreclosure auctions. If you are new to the process, make sure you do sufficient research before you decide to bid at an auction. A good idea would be to sit through an auction before participating in one. Auctions, too, are known to offer some very good deals.Deeds of homes that pa ss the auction stage are transferred to the lenders who hold the mortgage on the respective houses. Lenders are often in a hurry to offload foreclosure homes and this can result in some very good discounts. Banks are also known to pay the real estate agent?s fee (if you are using one) and the closing costs involved in the sale of the house, to lure customers. These homes are considered to be a safe bet because any past arrears on the property are also generally taken care of by the lender upon foreclosure.All these stages of foreclosure are known to offer some great deals. You do not have to limit yourself to buying any one kind of foreclosure home. It is best to explore all possibilities before you make that decisive call.

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Friday, December 28, 2012

New Delhi Journal: Indian City Overwhelmed by Air Pollution ? New Delhi Journal

[unable to retrieve full-text content]New Delhi has introduced policies aimed at improving air quality, but the efforts have not been able to keep up with population growth.

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In Mexico, 1,000-year-old mummified dog begs for attention

MEXICO CITY ? For nearly 50 years, the mummified remains of a dog believed to have lived 1,000 years ago sat forgotten in a school museum in north-central Mexico.

That meant, among other things, that no one got to admire the ancient dog's irresistible facial expression.

The canine, which has no name, appears in recently released photographs lying on its side as if relaxing. Its expression is serene and somehow friendly.

Archaeologists say the mummified male dog is about 1,000 years old, but other than that, little is known about it, including whether it is a xoloitzcuintle, the indigenous Mexican hairless dog, because of its curious shape.

The specimen was pulled from the Cave of the Candelaria, a 30-foot-deep ancient burial site in the semidesert region known as La Laguna, by government researchers in 1953. Along with the dog, archaeologists found textiles, ceramics, arrowheads and mummified figures such as a 3-year-old child wrapped in a rope.

The National Institute of Anthropology and History says it was eventually stored at the museum of the Escuela de Bachilleres Venustiano Carranza, a state school in the city of Torreon.

It lay there, in effect forgotten, until August, when the institute's archaeologists at the Regional Museum of La Laguna examined the school's holdings, found the dog and determined that it hadn't been properly studied. Authorities said the dog will soon undergo DNA tests and carbon-dating.

Jaime Alejandro Bautista, the institute's subdirector of public records, said the mummified remains would prove telling if they turned out to be those of a xoloitzcuintle ? pronounced "cho-los-kuint-leh." It would push the border of the breed's native region significantly farther north than the Mesoamerican region of central and southern Mexico. It could also suggest that nomadic northern peoples such as Chichimecas had earlier contact than previously thought with urbanizing pre-Hispanic societies such as the Aztecs.

"We know that dogs are associated with funeral rites in pre-Hispanic societies, so it is likely that it was deposited there intentionally," Bautista said. "The dog mummified naturally, due to the conditions of the microclimate in the cave."

Its skin, or what's left of it, is coated in a varnish, a preservation-minded mistake years ago by an unknown custodian, Bautista said.

"We just lost track of it. At the time, an adequate museum did not exist to receive it," he said.

Indeed, the northern region of Mexico is sorely understudied by anthropologists and archaeologists in comparison with the deeply studied Mesoamerican region. There are even fewer U.S. specialists ? "five or six," by one count ? who concentrate on the north and who might be able to independently comment on the rare mummified dog.

The dog could be put on display at the Regional Museum of La Laguna as early as mid-2013.

In the meantime, its friendly expression will remain out of public view.

Hernandez is a special correspondent.

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Fluctuating environment may have driven human evolution

Dec. 24, 2012 ? A series of rapid environmental changes in East Africa roughly 2 million years ago may be responsible for driving human evolution, according to researchers at Penn State and Rutgers University.

"The landscape early humans were inhabiting transitioned rapidly back and forth between a closed woodland and an open grassland about five to six times during a period of 200,000 years," said Clayton Magill, graduate student in geosciences at Penn State. "These changes happened very abruptly, with each transition occurring over hundreds to just a few thousand years."

According to Katherine Freeman, professor of geosciences, Penn State, the current leading hypothesis suggests that evolutionary changes among humans during the period the team investigated were related to a long, steady environmental change or even one big change in climate.

"There is a view this time in Africa was the 'Great Drying,' when the environment slowly dried out over 3 million years," she said. "But our data show that it was not a grand progression towards dry; the environment was highly variable."

According to Magill, many anthropologists believe that variability of experience can trigger cognitive development.

"Early humans went from having trees available to having only grasses available in just 10 to 100 generations, and their diets would have had to change in response," he said. "Changes in food availability, food type, or the way you get food can trigger evolutionary mechanisms to deal with those changes. The result can be increased brain size and cognition, changes in locomotion and even social changes -- how you interact with others in a group. Our data are consistent with these hypotheses. We show that the environment changed dramatically over a short time, and this variability coincides with an important period in our human evolution when the genus Homo was first established and when there was first evidence of tool use."

The researchers -- including Gail Ashley, professor of earth and planetary sciences, Rutgers University -- examined lake sediments from Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. They removed the organic matter that had either washed or was blown into the lake from the surrounding vegetation, microbes and other organisms 2 million years ago from the sediments. In particular, they looked at biomarkers -- fossil molecules from ancient organisms -- from the waxy coating on plant leaves.

"We looked at leaf waxes because they're tough, they survive well in the sediment," said Freeman.

The team used gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to determine the relative abundances of different leaf waxes and the abundance of carbon isotopes for different leaf waxes. The data enabled them to reconstruct the types of vegetation present in the Olduvai Gorge area at very specific time intervals.

The results showed that the environment transitioned rapidly back and forth between a closed woodland and an open grassland.

To find out what caused this rapid transitioning, the researchers used statistical and mathematical models to correlate the changes they saw in the environment with other things that may have been happening at the time, including changes in the Earth's movement and changes in sea-surface temperatures.

"The orbit of the Earth around the sun slowly changes with time," said Freeman. "These changes were tied to the local climate at Olduvai Gorge through changes in the monsoon system in Africa. Slight changes in the amount of sunshine changed the intensity of atmospheric circulation and the supply of water. The rain patterns that drive the plant patterns follow this monsoon circulation. We found a correlation between changes in the environment and planetary movement."

The team also found a correlation between changes in the environment and sea-surface temperature in the tropics.

"We find complementary forcing mechanisms: one is the way Earth orbits, and the other is variation in ocean temperatures surrounding Africa," Freeman said. The researchers recently published their results in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences along with another paper in the same issue that builds on these findings. The second paper shows that rainfall was greater when there were trees around and less when there was a grassland.

"The research points to the importance of water in an arid landscape like Africa," said Magill. "The plants are so intimately tied to the water that if you have water shortages, they usually lead to food insecurity.

"Together, these two papers shine light on human evolution because we now have an adaptive perspective. We understand, at least to a first approximation, what kinds of conditions were prevalent in that area and we show that changes in food and water were linked to major evolutionary changes."

The National Science Foundation funded this research.

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Eagle Pass Business Journal ? Final call for public nominations for ...

By: Jose G. Landa

?The deadline for the public to nominate a person, business entity, and/or an organization for one or more of the 18 awards categories for the 19th Annual Eagle Pass Business Journal Awards is Monday, December 31, 2012, at 5:00 p.m., ? announced Ricardo E. Calderon, Publisher of the Eagle Pass Business Journal.

The 19th Annual Eagle Pass Business Journal Awards will be held on Saturday, February 9, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. at the El Residencial Reception Hall in Eagle Pass. The Eagle Pass Business Journal Awards purpose is to recognize and honor individuals, businesses, entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations and entities who excelled in their professional endeavors and made a positive contribution to the community during 2012.

The 18 awards categories include the Employee of the Year, the Secretary of the Year, the Restaurant of the Year, the Franchise of the Year, the Small Business of the Year, the Teacher of the Year, the Professional of the Year, the Entrepreneur of the Year, the Physician of the Year, the Health Care Provider of the Year, the Big Business of the Year, the International Business of the Year, the Business Manager of the Year, the Public Manager of the Year, the Public Representative of the Year, the Business Advocate of the Year, the Non-Profit Organization of the Year, and the New Business of the Year. Nominations are also welcomed for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.

A nomination form is available inside this issue of the Eagle Pass Business Journal and at the offices of the Eagle Pass Business Journal at 438 North Monroe Street in downtown Eagle Pass.

?The Eagle Pass Business Journal Awards are the most prestigious community awards in Eagle Pass and in the Texas Middle Rio Grande region,? said Calderon. ?Nominations for any person, business, entrepreneur, organization, and entity from Eagle Pass. Maverick County, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, and any community from the Middle Rio Grande region are encouraged and welcomed,? added Calderon. Many out-of-town persons, business people, businesses, organizations, entities, and public representatives attend the Eagle Pass Business Journal Awards annually as well as have won awards.

The 19th Annual Eagle Pass Business Journal Awards has corporate sponsorships, tables for 10 persons, and tickets available at the offices of the Eagle Pass Business Journal at 438 North Monroe or by calling (830) 757-2705.

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auto insurance Claymont DE The amount of cars on the road increases every year. This can lead to an increased likelihood of a car accident for you and your family. Automobile insurance can make the difference between a minor setback and a major hassle. So how can you figure out which type of insurance you need and how much to buy? Auto insurance protects you by covering the cost of damage caused to your car or someone else?s car and injury to other people, yourself, or passengers in your car, plus specific other incidents, such as burglary. No matter where you live, you are required to buy some type of auto insurance. Making the decision to drive without owning insurance could cause you to repair or replace a stolen or damaged vehicle or pay the cost of any damage that you may have caused. Liability: This kind of insurance coverage will pay for the damage that you have caused. These damages can include personal injury, and property damage. If you are in legal trouble, this type of insurance will pay for your legal fees. Local laws typically require minimum amounts of liability insurance, but higher amounts are available and very beneficial. Personal Injury Protection: This is required in some states and is optional in others. Sometimes referred to as no-fault coverage, this pays the medical treatment for you or your passengers regardless of who was at fault. It may also cover lost wages, replacement of services and funeral expenses. The minimum amount of this insurance is usually set by the state. Medical Payments: Medical payment coverage can be purchased in states that are not considered no-fault; it will pay despite who may be responsible. All reasonable medical or funeral expenses will be covered under this insurance coverage. Collision: This pays for damage to your car caused by an accident. Comprehensive: Protect your car from damages from other sources by purchasing this type of coverage. This may include protection from burglary, vandalism, and fire or flood damage. Uninsured Motorist: If you are in an accident with a driver without insurance or a hit-and-run driver, this type of insurance coverage will make sure you are covered. Under-Insured Motorist: This pays for collision expenses when an insured person is injured in a crash caused by another person who does not have the right amount of insurance to cover the total amount of the damages. Other types of coverage, such as car rental, are also available.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Travelers socked with new fees ? Business Management Daily ...

Airlines started it. Now travelers are being hit with all kinds of new fees in the air, and more fees after they land.

Allegiant Air and Spirit Airlines charge for carry-ons and checked bags. Spirit hits you for $5 if you ask an agent to print your boarding pass. Virgin America started charging $20 if you call to upgrade, pick a seat or have your itinerary re-sent.

On the ground, guests at a Westin near Los Angeles found their low promotional rate jacked up by a $25-per-night parking fee. Hotels have added fees for early departures, in-room safes, mini-bar restocking, even luggage storage. Bottom line: Have your staff ask about extra fees before they book.

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Longform?s Best Science Stories of 2012

This week, we?ll be sharing our favorite articles of the year on Slate. For our full list?including the top 10 of the year, plus picks in sports, politics, tech and more?check out Longform?s Best of 2012.

Children visiting the Bronx Zoo. Children visiting the Congo Gorilla Forest at the Bronx Zoo

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Wild Things
David Samuels ? Harper?s

Animal nature, human racism, and the future of zoos.

?At the zoo?s outdoor cafeteria, individual food items are advertised with the faces of animals whose habitats have been endangered by the mass consumption of junk food: the ring-tailed lemur advertises the specific kinds of wide-eyed insanity incarnated in the Madagascar Swurve, a slushy drink that reminds me of the cold cherry-flavored syrup I used to suck from soggy white paper cups of Italian ices in the summertime. A skewer of marshmallows costs $2.50. One more dollar and you get two graham crackers from a crinkly supermarket package along with three squares of a Hershey?s bar that is approximately the size of an elephant?s footprint. Then you take the skewers and hold them over open flames to make s?mores.

?Near the fire pits, a fat mom is yelling at her kid for wasting food. ?You never, never, never waste food! Never!? she instructs, in a scary tone of voice that is guaranteed to echo in the head of her future young diabetic. The Hasidic parents behind her are engaged in an odd-looking ballet, wheeling rickshaw-like contraptions that can carry three or four kids at a time. Their older children walk alongside the rickshaws in a parade of unseasonable black clothing that provides irrefutable evidence of the success of a communal experiment in rebuilding a human population that was systematically shot, gassed, and burned alive by their fellow humans. Below a footbridge, two slender gazelles butt heads, as a young boy standing alongside me unzips himself and sends a slender arc of golden urine into the illusory space of their enclosure.?

Vegetables are "blue" in Japanese and other observations on the uneasy relationship between color and language.

?In modern Japanese, midori is the word for green, as distinct from blue. This divorce of blue and green was not without its scars. There are clues that remain in the language, that bear witness to this awkward separation. For example, in many languages the word for vegetable is synonymous with green (sabzi in Urdu literally means green-ness, and in English we say ?eat your greens?). But in Japanese, vegetables are ao-mono, literally blue things. Green apples? They?re blue too. As are the first leaves of spring, if you go by their Japanese name. In English, the term green is sometimes used to describe a novice, someone inexperienced. In Japanese, they?re ao-kusai, literally they ?smell of blue?. It?s as if the borders that separate colors follow a slightly different route in Japan.

?And it?s not just Japanese. There are plenty of other languages that blur the lines between what we call blue and green. Many languages don?t distinguish between the two colors at all. In Vietnamese the Thai language, khiaw means green except if it refers to the sky or the sea, in which case it?s blue. The Korean word purueda could refer to either blue or green, and the same goes for the Chinese word q?ng.It?s not just East Asian languages either, this is something you see across language families. In fact, Radiolab had a fascinating recent episode on color where they talked about how there was no blue in the original Hebrew Bible, nor in all of Homer?s Illiad or Odyssey!?

Never Let Go
[Part 1 ? Part 2 ? Part 3]
Kelley Benham ? Tampa Bay Times

A three-part series on being the parent of a micro-preemie.

?Suddenly there was blood. Blood on my hands. Blood on a thin cotton hospital gown. Blood in red rivulets and blood in dark clumps. Bright beads of blood on the doctor's blue latex gloves. Blood in such startling quantity we could only imagine there was no life, no baby, not anymore.

?My obstetrician looked stricken that day in March 2011 when he rushed into a triage room at Bayfront Medical Center. I clenched and vomited as he explained that our baby had no chance of surviving outside the womb ? if she wasn't already gone. A tech tried for long minutes to summon a heartbeat on the monitor, searching every quadrant of my abdomen. I don't remember if we held our breath or gasped or spoke or sobbed. I remember only the frozen shock when a heartbeat flooded the room, a sound like a galloping horse.

?In just a few hours, our baby had been lost and then found. On the monitor, she bobbed and floated in a pixelated haze. But next to her loomed a mysterious shape that had not been there two days before: a clot of blood the size of a fist, created as the placenta had begun to tear loose from my body. A nurse pumped drugs into an IV to stall the labor, and gradually they took a tenuous hold. But it was clear to everyone that the reprieve was temporary. My baby and I were coming apart.?

The Hazards of Growing Painlessly
Justin Heckert ? New York Times Magazine

Ashlyn Blocker, 13, has a ?congenital insensitivity to pain.?

?Tara and John weren?t completely comfortable leaving Ashlyn alone in the kitchen, but it was something they felt they had to do, a concession to her growing independence. They made a point of telling stories about how responsible she is, but every one came with a companion anecdote that was painful to hear. There was the time she burned the flesh off the palms of her hands when she was 2. John was using a pressure-washer in the driveway and left its motor running; in the moments that they took their eyes off her, Ashlyn walked over and put her hands on the muffler. When she lifted them up the skin was seared away. There was the one about the fire ants that swarmed her in the backyard, biting her over a hundred times while she looked at them and yelled: ?Bugs! Bugs!? There was the time she broke her ankle and ran around on it for two days before her parents realized something was wrong. They told these stories as casually as they talked about Tristen?s softball games or their son Dereck?s golf skills, but it was clear they were still struggling after all these years with how to keep Ashlyn safe.

?A couple of nights after telling me the story about putting her hand in the boiling water, Ashlyn sat in the kitchen, playing with the headband that held back her long brown hair. We had all been drawing on napkins and playing checkers and listening to Ashlyn and Tristen sing ?Call Me Maybe,? when all of a sudden Tara gasped and lifted the hair away from her daughter?s ears. She was bleeding beneath it. The headband had been cutting into her skin entire time we were sitting there.?

The Boy Who Played With Fusion
Tom Clynes ? Popular Science

A profile of Taylor Wilson, who achieved nuclear fusion at age 14.

?As the guide runs off to fetch the center?s director?You gotta see this kid!?Kenneth feels the weight coming down on him again. What he doesn?t understand just yet is that he will come to look back on these days as the uncomplicated ones, when his scary-smart son was into simple things, like rocket science.

?This is before Taylor would transform the family?s garage into a mysterious, glow-in-the-dark cache of rocks and metals and liquids with unimaginable powers. Before he would conceive, in a series of unlikely epiphanies, new ways to use neutrons to confront some of the biggest challenges of our time: cancer and nuclear terrorism. Before he would build a reactor that could hurl atoms together in a 500-million-degree plasma core?becoming, at 14, the youngest individual on Earth to achieve nuclear fusion.?

For more of the year?s best writing, check out Longform?s Best of 2012.

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Syrian rebels fully capture town near Turkey

This Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians helping a wounded man after a government airstrike hit the Hama Suburb of Halfaya, Syria. A government airstrike Sunday on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed tens of people, which left scattered bodies and debris up and down a street, and more than a dozen wounded were trapped in tangled heap of dirt and rubble, activists said. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

This Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians helping a wounded man after a government airstrike hit the Hama Suburb of Halfaya, Syria. A government airstrike Sunday on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed tens of people, which left scattered bodies and debris up and down a street, and more than a dozen wounded were trapped in tangled heap of dirt and rubble, activists said. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

This Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Free Syrian Army fighters running towards the scene after a government airstrike hit Hama Suburb of Halfaya, Syria. A government airstrike Sunday on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed tens of people, which left scattered bodies and debris up and down a street, and more than a dozen wounded were trapped in tangled heap of dirt and rubble, activists said. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Free Syrian Army fighters walk amid the ruins of a village situated a short distance from an area where fighting between rebels and government forces continues, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)

(AP) ? Syrian rebels fully captured a northern town near the Turkish border on Tuesday after weeks of siege and heavy fighting, activists said.

The takeover of Harem, a town of 20,000 in northern Idlib province, was the latest in a string of recent rebel successes that include the capture of wide areas along the border with Turkey. Most of those areas have been in northern Aleppo province, where anti-government forces have captured at least three large military bases.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels captured Harem in the early hours of Tuesday. Mohammed Kanaan, an Idlib-based activist, said the last post to be taken was the historic citadel, which overlooked the town. The army had turned the citadel into a military post.

"Harem is fully liberated now," Kanaan he said via Skype. He added that as the rebels pounded army posts and checkpoints in Harem, the troops withdrew to the citadel that later fell in the hands of rebels.

Rami-Abdul-Rahman, who heads to Observatory, said nearly 30 soldiers and pro-government gunmen surrendered late Monday. He added that rebels set free all gunmen at the age of 16 or less and referred others to local tribunals.

"Harem was very important because it is one of the towns that was loyal to the regime," Abdul-Rahman said by telephone about the town that is nearly a mile from the Turkish border.

In his traditional Christmas address, Pope Benedict XVI decried the slaughter of the "defenseless" in Syria, where anti-regime activists estimate more than 40,000 have died in fighting since the uprising began in March 2011.

The pope encouraged Arab spring nations, where long-serving dictators were forced to step down.

In Aleppo province, which neighbors Idlib, local activist Mohammed Saeed said rebels attacked a military base in the town of Mannagh near the border with Turkey. He said it is one of four air bases in the province.

Regime forces have been using helicopters to carry supplies to besieged areas and to attack rebel positions.

The regime has had increasing difficulty sending supplies by land to Aleppo province after rebels captured in October the strategic town Maaret al-Numan. The town is on the highway that links Damascus with Aleppo, Syria's largest city and commercial center and a major battleground in the civil war since July.

"Airplanes and helicopters are the only way to send supplies since the Free Syrian Army controls the land," Saeed said. He added that rebels are also laying a siege to Aleppo's international airport known as Nairab and threatening to shoot down military or civilians planes using it.

In the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, opposition gunmen ambushed the head of military intelligence in the area and seriously wounded him. He later died of his wounds, the Observatory said.

Associated Press

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Produce a Perfect Faux Gerhard Richter Painting, and I'll Buy It | The ...

By Jerry Saltz | Vulture Magazine

I love art, but I hate the astronomical prices it sells for. My skin crawls when I read about auctions, and every year they get grosser. Last month, a living-artist record was set when a 1994 abstract Gerhard Richter painting was sold for $34.2 million. Like a lot of these purchases, the sale was about a collector trying to make art history by spending money. Or big-dick-waving. Ugh.

I want to own art like this, but I?m not rich, and I also think it?s a conflict of interest for a critic to own work that he or she may write about. (Reviews can affect market value.) So, last winter, I put out a call on Facebook. I?d pay anyone $155 plus the cost of materials to make me a perfect fake by Richter, Ryman, Flavin, Fontana, Du?champ, Hirst, Guyton, or Agnes Martin. (Why $155? It?s enough money to me that the painting had to be worth it, and 55 is a funnier number than 50.)

You can?t just call up a guy and order an ersatz Hirst or Richter?unless you are seeking a flat-out forger, but those folks don?t work for $155 and their numbers aren?t listed. Besides, in the art world, noncriminal fakes aren?t news. We don?t even call them ?fakes.? We prefer the term ?appropriation,? whereby a new artwork incorporates or reproduces another. Copyists lie on a continuum: At one end, you have extremely original artists (Richard Prince, Elaine Sturtevant) who use the old to make something new. At the other, you have people deceiving buyers. In between, you have artists who merely make covers, trying to get attention; slipstream behind the famous; and offer simplistic observations. Plus some who are just goofing around. Read More...

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Minister Raitt commends Bell Canada and the Communications

Ottawa, Ontario, December 24, 2012?Today, the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Canada?s Labour Minister, congratulated Bell Canada and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) on ratifying a new collective agreement.

?I am very pleased that Bell Canada and the CEP worked together to reach a new agreement,? said Minister Raitt. ?Strong labour-management relations favour both parties and benefit the overall economy.??

The CEP represents approximately 4 600 craft and services employees working in Quebec and Ontario. These employees are responsible for manual and technical work at Bell Canada. Their previous collective agreement expired on November 30,?2012.

Bell Canada is the country?s largest communications company, providing a wide variety of communications services to residential and business customers in Canada.

The agreement was reached with assistance from the Labour Program?s Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service provides dispute resolution and prevention assistance to trade unions and employers under the jurisdiction of the Canada Labour Code.

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10 Best Streaming Radio & Music Discovery Android Apps ...

10 Best Streaming Radio & Music Discovery Android Apps

Today?s?top five list?are the 10?Best Streaming Radio & Music Discovery Android Apps. These apps do a fantastic job of learning your music tastes and recommending similar music or new music that you may like. Most are free and stream directly to your phone or tablet so no need to store MP3?s or?create?playlists.?Get started by clicking the icons to read our reviews and download each below!

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Jango Radio ? sleek Streaming Radio app for discovering new music Free Jango Radio is a free and beautiful-looking radio app that is perhaps a neat alternative to the likes of Pandora. It?s highly intuitive to use, comes with a widget for homescreen access and loads of cool pre-set stations. You can pause, skip and heavily customise the artists you hear. If you like to have more control over what you hear on the radio, definitely have a look at this. Share Android App Review Slacker Radio - listen to personalized radio Free, optional Subscription Service Listen to free personalized radio on your mobile phone. With millions of songs from 1000s of artists, Slacker Radio is the best way to discover new artists and hear your favorites. Customize over 120 stations from every genre or create your own stations ? new for 2.0, a free trial of station caching for off-line playback! Share Android App Review Rhapsody Music Free, optional Subscription Service All the music you want! One low monthly price. Get unlimited, High Quality (HQ) music on your Android today! Meet your new music collection complete with millions of songs, entire albums and artist hits spanning the decades. This is more than just internet radio. This is the power to play exactly the songs you want, wherever you are. Share Android App Review Spotify large Streaming Music library, a subscription service worth paying for! Free, optional Subscription Service Spotify brings millions of tracks to Android. Your music is always with you. Spotify opens up your Android to a world of music. Take your existing Spotify playlists with you on the go ? listen to them during your commute, in the gym or on a flight. With ?Offline mode? you can listen even when no connection is available. Wirelessly sync your local files to your phone to merge your catalogue with ours, no cables required! Download and get started directly from your mobile. Share Android App Review Rdio - a new social music subscription service Free, optional Subscription Service Rdio is a new social music subscription service ? follow friends and other people with great musical taste, and find new music to listen to. Sync songs, albums and playlists to your Android phone and listen when you?re offline. Try it for free at www.rdio.com. The name, Rdio, is a combination of the words radio and audio, and pronounced ar-dee-o. Share Android App Review Last.fm Personal Radio Free Learn about your favorite artists, find events, and share your music tastes Learn about your favorite artists, find nearby events, and share your music tastes with the Last.fm scrobbler. Optionally sync your Last.fm friends with your contacts. Share Android App Review MOG Mobile Music Free Sign up to hear & download millions of songs/albums & personal music suggestions Get access to over 15 million songs, and listen to them on the go. Jam-pack your Android with all the tracks it can handle and hear your music even when you?re offline. MOG has practically all your favorite albums, and suggests music tailored to your tastes. Get more music than you can hear in your lifetime. Share Android App Review

Although you cannot get this in Google Play, you can grab it directly from their website.

Grooveshark Free, optional Subscription Service With Grooveshark Mobile, you can pocket your favorite music and take it with you wherever you go. Just don?t forget your headphones! Share Android App Review Tags: 5 Best, Android App Recommendations, Android Apps, Android Tablet Apps, Best Streaming Radio and Music Discovery Android Apps, Music, Music App, Music Discovery, New Music Discovery App, streaming audio, Streaming Music App, Top 5

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Comfort Dogs from Chicago in Newtown, Miss Meowsky's Award ...

By Steve Dale, today at 2:47 am

Comfort Dogs from Chicago in Newtown, Miss Meowsky's Award: WGN Radio Petcast

Listen HERE to this WGN Radio PETCAST, taking you to Newtown, Connecticut in an emotional interview....and Miss Meowsky makes a special?announcement!

Newtown, Connecticut received support after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School ? some of that assistance arrived with four paws and tails, a group of comfort dogs from Lutheran Church Charities, Addison, IL.

Tim Hetzner, president of Lutheran Church Charities, talks with me from Newtown. The conversation offers great insight into what people in the city are really feeling and saying. And he explained who these dogs are, and what they do...and how if a community cries out for help a?contingent?of Golden Retrievers are there to answer the call.

It?s an annual tradition, The Barker & Meowsky Pet Person of the Year. Stop the presses, hold your horses (or dog collars) ? here, exclusively, Miss Meowsky?s big announcement: The 2012 Person of the Year is Chicago Veterinary?Emergency ?& Specialty Center. Come into see Miss Meowsky, and purchase Three Emergency Squirrels in a Log in 2013 (or remainder of this year) and a portion of the proceeds will those who can't afford emergency care for pets.

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