A number of people from the former Soviet Union wishing to immigrate to Israel could be subjected to DNA testing to prove their Jewishness, the Prime Minister?s Office said Sunday.?
The policy was reported in Maariv on Monday, one day after the Israeli paper revealed that a 19-year-old woman from the former Soviet Union was required to take the test to qualify for a Birthright Israel trip.
The Prime Minister?s Office confirmed that many Jews from the FSU who were born out-of-wedlock can be required to bring DNA confirmation of Jewish heritage in order to be allowed to immigrate as a Jew.?
A source in the PMO told Maariv that the consul?s procedure, approved by the legal department of the Interior Ministry, states that a Russian-speaking child born out-of-wedlock is eligible to receive an Israeli immigration visa if the birth was registered before the child turned 3. Otherwise a DNA test to prove Jewish parentage is necessary.
This seems not unreasonable. Going back to Sen. Henry Jackson's legislation to give special rights to immigrate to Israel (and America) to Soviet Jews, a lot of fairly random Russians have claimed to be Jewish to cash in. For example, I knew a lady from Leningrad in the early 1990s who wasn't noticeably Jewish in looks, demeanor, culture, or family ties, but her Plan C for staying in America (she wanted to be blackjack dealer in Las Vegas) was to assiduously pull together a stack of genealogical paperwork (of who knows what authenticity) to prove she was Jewish enough to attain refugee status.
NEW ERA's Camo Pop Series has been a favorite in the past half year or so. The right mix of the very versatile Camo pattern and the colored logo which pops right out of the cap is just perfect - and it can't get any better. Despite the Camo pattern being very loud and draws much of the attention, the team logos tend to take your attention away from the Camo base; mainly, thanks to its color and the way it stands right out of the base. Taking the classic New Era 59Fifty?silhouette, this cap comes in with a Camo base and an embroidered and raised Detroit Tigers logo at the front panel. Classic.?www.exoshop.com
WTI Crude Oil: "Past those speed bumps, now we're looking at 109.32, 110.18" says Carl Larry
By Carl Larry Oh boysie. That escalated pretty quickly and we have the RSI up above 64 to prove it. This still gives us a lot of room to take it up a notch but it?s a matter of wait and see. Nonetheless, we think that we?re at a point of make or break. The near term resistance flirts with resistance at 10806 with 10882 right above. Past those speed bumps and we?re looking more seriously at 10932, 11018. The support numbers have room to hold down to 10732, 10648 and 10531. The front spread caught our bid yesterday and sees resistance at 104, 112 and 121. The support returns to 91, 82 and 76. Flat price gets sold early, but rally to close.
Gasoline: We?re moving on to RBU3. RB is trying to get serious about moving back up. We see resistance holding at 30335, 30430 and 30624. The support numbers look to hold 30100, 29933 and 29756. The front spread trying hard to hold support at 1440, 1392, 1360. Resistance returns to 1480, 1531 and 1570. The RBCL has support to 1861, 1822. The resistance here looks up to 1918, 1961.
Distillate: We?re following HOU3 now. HO wants higher, but getting stalled here. We see resistance at 31047, 31193 and 31358. The support numbers fall back on 30877, 30746 and 30515. The front spread seems to be stuck in a range here with ?10, +00 on the upside and ?25, -40 below. Going to take some doing to break that out. The HOCL looks for support at 2204, 2177. Resistance above at 2240, 2283.
Trends are only for the affected: Overnight is taking a break from the move on the 10min chart yesterday. We are playing in a range of 10730 to 10830. It?s not as strong as one would think considering the rally the past few days, but we?re definitely getting ready for something bigger. The 60min chart broke the downtrend and is at best looking to consolidation here. We believe that we?ll need solid trade above 10875 now to initiate any uptrend and down will have to break back under 10680.
Fundy you should mention: Want to grab a coffee at 8:25am this morning? Come on...Econo-heads rejoice! Not only is today the first Friday of the month, we get to dress to impress. We had ADP payrolls at 200K, Jobless Claims under 330K and Big Ben and the Fedettes keep mum on QE tapering, let?s make it a party. We?ll be glued to the tape at 8:30am (176K, 7.5%) to see how this plays out. Not to be left out, we also have Consumer Income and Spending (0.4; 0.4) at 8:30am EST too. Later in the morning we?ll watch for Factory Orders (2.3) at 10:00am?if anyone is still around.
Sorry, I am just physically attracted: To me, it?s not that Marathon Galveston Bay (565K), or Texas City...whatever you want to call it, had is-sues yesterday, it?s the fact that they have displaced their foreign sweet barrels. After Marathon?s earnings report yesterday, we learned that they are bringing in domestic barrels and left out the imports. We knew that imports of crude into the USG have dropped, but now we?re seeing the who and the why. We?re seeing a fundamental change in what is exactly a ?foreign barrel?. We have enough light, sweet and now it?s more about the medium and heavy. A good sign for Mexico and even better if Canada can get more down here via Keystone. Not so good for the Saudis still trying to find their sweets a home.
FSCS protecting members of CommuniSave Credit Union, Birmingham
Compensation on the way for Birmingham credit union savers
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is stepping in to protect over 2,000 members of CommuniSave Credit Union (also known as?South Birmingham Community Credit Union Limited)?after it stopped trading today (19 July 2013). The credit union is based in Birmingham.
The compensation scheme is pledging the overwhelming majority of savers will get their money back within seven days.?
People will not need to lift a finger to get their savings back.? Using credit union records, FSCS will automatically send payments to members of the credit union.
Some 2000 savers have just over ?1m with CommuniSave Credit Union. People with less than a thousand pounds will receive a letter to get cash over the counter at their Post Office. Anyone with more than this will receive a cheque.
FSCS protects up to ?85,000 of savings or ?170,000 for joint accounts. It has come to the aid of more than 4.5m people since 2001 while paying out over ?26bn in compensation.
Kate Bartlett, Operations Director for FSCS, says help is on the way.? ?FSCS is protecting CommuniSave Credit Union members. We?re here for you and we?re ready to help.? Your savings are safe and we will get them back to you within the next week. And the process is automatic so you won?t have to apply for our protection. FSCS guarantees up to ?85,000. That will protect every member of the credit union.?
Financial services firms fund FSCS through a compulsory annual levy.? The Scheme protects deposits, insurance and investments when authorised firms go bust. It has the most wide ranging protection of any scheme in the world.
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For more information visit our?CommuniSave Credit Union Limited Q&As
We also have a short video explaining how FSCS can help when your credit union goes out of business
Not a big fan of traditional wedding cake? No problem!
Couples are coming up with all sorts of alternatives to wedding cake, one of those being ice cream sandwiches.
Since Friday Aug. 2 is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, we thought we'd share a selection of mouthwatering confections. Take a look at the slideshow below for 15 frosty, wedding-worthy desserts.
Carrot Cake Ice Cream Sandwich
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Peanut Butter Cookie And Vanilla Ice Cream
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Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream Sandwich
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwich
Photo by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrittengeek/" target="_blank">foodiesathome.com</a>
Almond Cookie With Vanilla Ice Cream
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Lemon Buttermilk Ice Cream And Ginger Snap Cookies
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Espresso Ice Cream And Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Blackberry Ice Cream And Graham Crackers
<em>Photo by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ralphandjenny/" target="_blank">Ralph Daily</a></em>
Cookies And Cream Ice Cream With White Chocolate Chip Cookies
<em>Photo by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/varintsai/" target="_blank">Varin Tsai</a></em>
Espresso Ice Cream And Praline Cookies
<em>Photo by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tavallai/" target="_blank">Tavallai</a></em>
Double Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwich
<em>Photo by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sifu_renka/" target="_blank">Ren?e S. Suen</a></em>
Bailey's Ice Cream And Chocolate-Guiness Cookies
<em>Photo by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandvittles/" target="_blank">Island Vittles</a></em>
Ginger Snap With Strawberry Ice Cream
<em>Photo by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nichellenewsletter/" target="_blank">Nichelle Stephens</a></em>
S'Mores Ice Cream Sandwich
<em>Photo by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyosity/" target="_blank">joyosity</a></em>
Plum-Oatmeal Ice Cream Sandwich
<em>Photo by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70123617@N00/" target="_blank">(Mariam)</a></em>
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ROUND ROCK, TEXAS / SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc's special committee and a group led by founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell are nearing a deal that dramatically increases the chances of his $24.6 billion buyout going through, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
The agreement, in exchange for a modification of rules for voting on the deal, would include a special dividend of 13 cents per share along with an offer increased by 10 cents per share to $13.75 per share and is expected to be announced shortly, the people said.
Dell shares were up about 5 percent at $13.60 before the opening bell.
The buyout vote, held under a new standard, would likely take place in early September, while the record date, which determines which shareholders are entitled to vote, would be reset from June 3 to sometime in August, one of the people said.
The new deal and delay in the voting date boost the buyout consortium in several ways.
Abstentions under the previous voting system counted as "no" votes, and with an estimated quarter of eligible shares not having been voted either way, that was a substantial hurdle to overcome. Under the new deal, shares that are not voted would be excluded from the tally.
A change in the record date by more than two months is also seen as enfranchising so-called arbitrage investors - hedge funds that bought Dell stock more recently to earn a few cents per share and would likely support the buyout.
Under the deal, Dell shareholders would also be entitled to three regular quarterly dividends of 8 cents per share totaling 24 cents, since the first deal with Michael Dell and Silver Lake was announced on February 5.
Dell shareholders are scheduled to convene for a third time in Round Rock, Texas, on Friday to vote on Michael Dell's original $13.65 per share buyout proposal, but this meeting will now be adjourned. The vote has already been delayed two more times, on July 18 and July 24.
Dell's founder and private equity firm Silver Lake want to take the company private, arguing that a painful restructuring can best be best performed away from stock market scrutiny.
But the battle over that deal has raged for months, adding further uncertainty about a company already shrinking along with a rapidly declining PC market.
The CEO, his advisers and proxy solicitors have gone back and forth with shareholders whose votes are needed to secure the deal. They've had some success, managing to get prominent investors such as BlackRock Inc and Vanguard onboard.
The Michael Dell-Silver Lake group said last week it would raise the offer to $13.75 per share if the voting rule was changed but the special committee rejected that offer earlier this week. The special dividend has now clinched a compromise.
Activist investor Carl Icahn, who views Michael Dell's offer of $13.65 as too low, has amassed an 8.7 percent stake in the company and is leading an opposing charge with Southeastern Asset Management Inc with an offer of their own.
Icahn has campaigned hard to get Dell to set a date for an annual shareholder meeting so he can put up his own slate of company directors.
On Thursday, he fired his latest broadside, suing Dell Inc and its board to block substantial changes to the CEO's buyout offer that would include changing the voting and record dates.
The company, created by Michael Dell in his dorm room in 1984 and which rapidly grew into a global market leader, is now a shadow of its former self.
Some investors, led by Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, are convinced Dell still has time to transform itself as a public company into a dominant provider of business computing services.
Icahn has accused the company of resorting to "scare tactics" by disclosing bad news and dismal forecasts. Dell reported a 79 percent drop in profit for the latest quarter.
(Additional reporting by Greg Roumeliotis, Soyoung Kim and Nadia Damouni in New York and Sruthi Ramakrishnan in Bangalore. Writing by Edwin Chan. Editing by Andre Grenon, Ken Wills and Ted Kerr)
When Google Fiber first offered the NFL RedZone channel last season it was $10 per month by itself, but this year it has a different deal. The new "Sports Plus" pack will vary slightly in different areas, but in Kansas City it delivers RedZone plus 11 other channels (including GolTV, MLB Network Strike Zone, Pac-12 Networks, Longhorn Channel and more.) Some of the channels were previously included in the standard channel lineup, but now they're being offloaded into this segment. Current subscribers will need to call in to add the bundle, while new signups can pick it out on the website. So far it doesn't appear Google is shifting things to the a la carte model, but if you're just looking to see more sportsball the add-on may be necessary.
Modeling of congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia using iPS cell technologyPublic release date: 1-Aug-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Akemi Nakamura cira-pr@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp 81-753-667-000 Center for iPS Cell Research and Application - Kyoto University
A research group led by researcher Shinji Hirata and Professor Koji Eto at CiRA has conducted a study in which iPS cells generated from a patient with congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) were induced to differentiate into blood cells in vitro and then used to undertake a detailed study of the differences between these and cells from healthy subjects. The researchers found that, in humans, thrombopoietin receptors are essential not only to the maintenance of the multipotent hematopoietic progenitor population and the production of platelets, but also to erythropoiesis (red blood cell production).
CAMT is caused by the congenital loss of thrombopoietin receptor-mediated intracellular signaling, resulting in a state of severe thrombocytopenia from birth and leading in the infant period to bone marrow failure and gradual depletion first of red blood cells and then of white blood cells. This grave illness requires bone marrow transplant for the patient to survive, but the lack of an adequate experimental model has hitherto been a hindrance to elucidating its pathology. In the present study, with the cooperation of one CAMT patient who has now received a bone marrow transplant and recovered, iPS cells (CAMT iPS cells) were generated and induced in vitro to differentiate into blood cells, whose behavior was analyzed in detail.
In the CAMT iPS cells, as in the CAMT patient's original blood cells, the thrombopoietin receptors were not functional. To check their ability to differentiate into megakaryocytes, platelets, erythrocytes (red blood cells), and other cell types, these iPS cells were differentiated into multipotent hematopoietic progenitors, which can in turn differentiate into a range of different blood cell types. It was found that the multipotent hematopoietic progenitors derived from the CAMT iPS cells, unlike the iPS cells from healthy subjects, had impaired ability to develop not only into megakaryocytes and platelets, but also into erythrocytes. They did however retain some ability to differentiate into white blood cells. These characteristics closely reflect the pathological state seen in CAMT patients (Fig. 1).
Next, the CAMT iPS cells were subjected to compensatory transduction of thrombopoietin receptors via genetic engineering, which normalized the production of all three of megakaryocytes, platelets, and erythrocytes. Altering the amount of thrombopoietin receptor introduced to bring it to the same level as in healthy subjects produced a differentiation pattern closely resembling that of healthy subjects, with a tendency to more erythrocytes than megakaryocytes. Intriguingly, overexpression promoted differentiation into megakaryocytes over differentiation into erythrocytes by CAMT patient-derived subjects. To investigate the fate-determining mechanism that decides between differentiation into megakaryocytes and erythrocytes, the researchers examined the transcription factors that operate downstream of thrombopoietin receptor signaling. This examination showed that, when thrombopoietin receptor signaling was intensified during the process of differentiation into megakaryocytes and erythrocytes, FLI1 was reduced in healthy subjects, but was in contrast elevated in CAMT iPS cells (Fig. 2).
By using iPS cells generated from CAMT patients, the research team succeeded in reproducing the pathological state of CAMT, in which the production of megakaryocytes and erythrocytes is markedly decreased compared to white blood cell production. Additionally, the team established that, in humans, thrombopoietin receptor signaling plays an important role in the maintenance of multipotent hematopoietic progenitors and their differentiation into megakaryocyte-erythrocyte progenitors, and is therefore essential to erythropoiesis. This is a finding which had not been possible with the mouse model that is in general use worldwide. In this way, using iPS cell technology has made it possible to not only analyze disease states, but also to investigate the mechanism of hematopoiesis. The findings of the study suggest that the thrombopoietin-like drugs used up till now to boost platelet count may also be useful in treating anemia. Going forward, iPS cells that model this disease will serve as an important tool in researching the origins of human hematopoiesis and the hematopoiesis pathway.
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Modeling of congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia using iPS cell technologyPublic release date: 1-Aug-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Akemi Nakamura cira-pr@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp 81-753-667-000 Center for iPS Cell Research and Application - Kyoto University
A research group led by researcher Shinji Hirata and Professor Koji Eto at CiRA has conducted a study in which iPS cells generated from a patient with congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) were induced to differentiate into blood cells in vitro and then used to undertake a detailed study of the differences between these and cells from healthy subjects. The researchers found that, in humans, thrombopoietin receptors are essential not only to the maintenance of the multipotent hematopoietic progenitor population and the production of platelets, but also to erythropoiesis (red blood cell production).
CAMT is caused by the congenital loss of thrombopoietin receptor-mediated intracellular signaling, resulting in a state of severe thrombocytopenia from birth and leading in the infant period to bone marrow failure and gradual depletion first of red blood cells and then of white blood cells. This grave illness requires bone marrow transplant for the patient to survive, but the lack of an adequate experimental model has hitherto been a hindrance to elucidating its pathology. In the present study, with the cooperation of one CAMT patient who has now received a bone marrow transplant and recovered, iPS cells (CAMT iPS cells) were generated and induced in vitro to differentiate into blood cells, whose behavior was analyzed in detail.
In the CAMT iPS cells, as in the CAMT patient's original blood cells, the thrombopoietin receptors were not functional. To check their ability to differentiate into megakaryocytes, platelets, erythrocytes (red blood cells), and other cell types, these iPS cells were differentiated into multipotent hematopoietic progenitors, which can in turn differentiate into a range of different blood cell types. It was found that the multipotent hematopoietic progenitors derived from the CAMT iPS cells, unlike the iPS cells from healthy subjects, had impaired ability to develop not only into megakaryocytes and platelets, but also into erythrocytes. They did however retain some ability to differentiate into white blood cells. These characteristics closely reflect the pathological state seen in CAMT patients (Fig. 1).
Next, the CAMT iPS cells were subjected to compensatory transduction of thrombopoietin receptors via genetic engineering, which normalized the production of all three of megakaryocytes, platelets, and erythrocytes. Altering the amount of thrombopoietin receptor introduced to bring it to the same level as in healthy subjects produced a differentiation pattern closely resembling that of healthy subjects, with a tendency to more erythrocytes than megakaryocytes. Intriguingly, overexpression promoted differentiation into megakaryocytes over differentiation into erythrocytes by CAMT patient-derived subjects. To investigate the fate-determining mechanism that decides between differentiation into megakaryocytes and erythrocytes, the researchers examined the transcription factors that operate downstream of thrombopoietin receptor signaling. This examination showed that, when thrombopoietin receptor signaling was intensified during the process of differentiation into megakaryocytes and erythrocytes, FLI1 was reduced in healthy subjects, but was in contrast elevated in CAMT iPS cells (Fig. 2).
By using iPS cells generated from CAMT patients, the research team succeeded in reproducing the pathological state of CAMT, in which the production of megakaryocytes and erythrocytes is markedly decreased compared to white blood cell production. Additionally, the team established that, in humans, thrombopoietin receptor signaling plays an important role in the maintenance of multipotent hematopoietic progenitors and their differentiation into megakaryocyte-erythrocyte progenitors, and is therefore essential to erythropoiesis. This is a finding which had not been possible with the mouse model that is in general use worldwide. In this way, using iPS cell technology has made it possible to not only analyze disease states, but also to investigate the mechanism of hematopoiesis. The findings of the study suggest that the thrombopoietin-like drugs used up till now to boost platelet count may also be useful in treating anemia. Going forward, iPS cells that model this disease will serve as an important tool in researching the origins of human hematopoiesis and the hematopoiesis pathway.
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To some extent, ASUS is a victim of its own success: it gave the budget tablet category a boost with the original Nexus 7, and it now faces a legion of competitors in that space. The company is taking a two-step approach to maintaining its relevance. The new Nexus 7 tackles the higher end, with top-tier specs that include a 1080p display and wireless charging. Right now, though, we're more interested in ASUS' low-end solution, the MeMo Pad HD 7. While it's one of the cheaper name-brand tablets at $150, it promises some of the quality we typically expect from more expensive products. But is the HD 7 good enough to fend off other entry-level tablets? And can it attract customers who'd be willing to pay the premium for a new Nexus 7'? Let's find out.
About 20,000 amateur and professional cyclists will take part in the Prudential RideLondon festival on Saturday and Sunday.
This will require the greatest scale of road closures since the Olympics, with ?hundreds? of roads including 11 Thames bridges, Hyde Park Corner, Hammersmith flyover and the southbound Blackwall tunnel all closed at different times.
The disruption will spread through Richmond and Kingston to the outskirts of Guildford, with main roads and country lanes in Surrey closed to traffic. Drivers are being warned that parked cars will be towed away.
Restrictions will also be in force in central London on Saturday when up to 50,000 people are expected to take part in a free event on an eight-mile circuit in Westminster and the City.
Transport for London fears a huge backlash from drivers amid concerns that many have failed to realise the scale of the disruption.
TfL commissioner Sir Peter Hendy said: ?This is the largest event London?s streets will have seen since the Olympics. Hosting such an event means we must close to traffic many bridges and hundreds of roads.?
?During the London 2012 Games Londoners and businesses took sensible steps to plan ahead and adapt their travel. I?m urging everyone to do that once again.?
Prudential RideLondon event will see cyclists, including Boris Johnson, set off from the Olympic park between 6am and 8am on Sunday and follow the route raced by Bradley Wiggins in last summer?s Olympics. This heads for the cycling ?holy grail? of Box Hill in Surrey before returning via Wimbledon and Putney.
Maps and details of the events and road closures are available at tfl.gov.uk/prudentialridelondon and gosurrey.info.
Camera+ for both iPhone and iPad have been updated, adding new, Hollywood-themed effects pack, as well as adding effects layering to the iPhone app. Effects layering lets you combine any of the effects of Camera+ to create something new. The Hollywood effects pack includes several new effects and borders. You can try the pack for free, and buy it for $0.99 if you like it.
Additionally, Camera+ has added a couple of widescreen crops, 1.85:1 and 2.39:1. The apps now connect to your Facebook account through iOS native Facebook support as well. Also, if you've purchased an effects pack and have multiple devices that sync Camera+ with iCloud, your in-app purchases will now be synced. The iPhone app update also fixes a bug that caused problems on the new iPod touch that lacks a rear-facing camera. Both updates are currently live in the App Store, so go grab them.
CLEVELAND (AP) ? The Plain Dealer in Cleveland cut about a third of its newsroom staff Wednesday, months after announcing it was reducing home delivery of the newspaper, union leaders said.
About 50 reporters, photographers, page designers and other Newspaper Guild-covered employees received layoff notices, according to the guild.
The newspaper did not release a list of those who lost their jobs. A message seeking comment was left the newspaper.
Guild chairman Harlan Spector said those let go included veteran reporters and photographers who had become familiar names to the paper's readers. "We have not completed a tally," said Spector, who volunteered to be laid off.
The Plain Dealer, beginning next week, will reduce home delivery to three days a week while also providing a "bonus" home-delivered edition on Saturdays.
The newspaper, which announced the changes to home delivery in April, also will be printed every day and be available for purchase at outlets in northeast Ohio.
A new digitally focused media company called Northeast Ohio Media Group will also start this summer. The organization will be responsible for all ad sales and marketing for The Plain Dealer and oversee the operation of the Cleveland.com website and Sun News, a chain of weekly newspapers.
The Northeast Ohio Media Group and The Plain Dealer Publishing Company will provide content for all print and digital platforms.
The newspaper, which has a weekday circulation of about 286,400, is owned by New York-based Advance Publications Inc. Other Advance papers, such as the Times-Picayune in New Orleans and The Birmingham News in Alabama, have cut back their publishing schedules to three days a week.
Union leaders in Cleveland expect about 110 guild-covered employees to remain in the newsroom following the layoffs.
The Guild had been waging a billboard campaign to preserve jobs and Cleveland's seven-day publication schedule.
"It's a sad day for northeast Ohio," said John Mangels, a reporter who organized the campaign and also volunteered to be laid off. "The community deserves better than this."
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Source: www.nytimes.com --- Monday, July 29, 2013 South Korea's strained football relations with Japan have been damaged further after a banner unfurled by the home team's fans in Seoul on Sunday during a regional tournament stoked political tension between the two. ? ? ? ? ...
Three people were killed and 26 injured when a bus carrying mostly teens from a church camp crashed in Indianapolis.
A total of 37 people, including adults, were on board the bus, which was on its way back to an Indianapolis church when it crashed.
Witnesses said the bus came speeding off of an interstate highway on Saturday afternoon, struck a retaining wall as it tried to round a curve and overturned.
Local station WTHR-TV reported the bus driver told witnesses his brakes failed.
The injured were taken to hospitals in the area
Footage showed the bust resting on its side as medical helicopters and fire officials rushed to the scene.
No other vehicle was believed to have been involved in the accident.
The dead included youth pastor Chad Phelps and his wife, Courtney Phelps. The couple were expecting their second child next month.
Tonya Weindorf, a mother of five who was a chaperone on the trip to the northern Michigan youth camp, also died.
Lieutenant Ato McTush of the Indianapolis Fire Department said many had sustained head injuries.
The passengers were members of Colonial Hill Baptist Church and the bus was church-owned.
Witnesses to the crash described a horrifying scene.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident
Duane Lloyd told WTHR that he heard a loud noise behind him and saw the crash unfold.
"I heard a skid. I looked back. I see this bus in the air and people falling out of the bus," Mr Lloyd said.
Sasha Sample told The Indianapolis Star some victims were lying in the road, while others were able to limp to the side.
"Everybody had boils and scrapes on them," she said.
"People were trying to climb from under the bus."
Authorities investigating the cause of the accident said they had not yet determined whether the bus had mechanical issues.
In 2007, the Golden State Warriors were an eighth seed in the NBA playoffs in their first appearance in more than a decade. They had caught the attention of America by upsetting the No. 1 seed Dallas Mavericks in the first round.
The "We Believe" chants started up again in the second round, when the Warriors took on the Utah Jazz and point guard Baron Davis threw down one of the most disrespectful dunks in playoff history?on Andrei Kirilenko.
This was the only game in the series that the Dubs would win, but it provided us with one of the most memorable dunks in recent memory.
Edward Snowden has reportedly been granted a temporary document to enter Russia, where his lawyer says he will remain for the foreseeable future.
By Fred Weir,?Correspondent / July 24, 2013
Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena speaks to the media after visiting US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden at Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Wednesday, July 24, 2013.
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As his lawyer predicted, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has reportedly been granted a temporary document that will enable him to leave the legal limbo of Sheremetyevo airport's transit zone and take up residence in Moscow or any other Russian city.
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Russian media outlets cited unnamed official sources as saying the Federal Migration Service has issued a special pass that will enable Mr. Snowden to clear the airport's passport control. But it could still take several hours to process, news agencies report, and so for now he remains in the airport.
According to the Kremlin-funded, English-language TV network Russia Today (RT), Snowden's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena delivered the document to him in a large "brown paper bag," which contained all the paperwork for his release and possibly a fresh suit of clothes,?on Wednesday?afternoon. As the Associated Press reports, he also brought his client some reading material.?
[H]e told Russia's Rossiya-24 television that he has brought several books for Snowden to read, including one by Anton Chekhov and Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment."
The novel is about the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of a poor ex-student who kills a pawnbroker for her cash, and Kucherena said Snowden might find it interesting. But the lawyer added: "I'm not implying he's going through a similar mental anguish."
The certificate Snowden has received is a temporary pass, and Russian sources say it does not mean he will be granted permanent political asylum in Russia. But it does put an end to the ex-CIA employee's month-long airport ordeal, and also appears to foreclose any possibility that Russia might just send him packing into some jurisdiction where he could be turned over to the United States.?
Speaking to RT, Mr. Kucherena said he expects Snowden to remain in Russia for the foreseeable future.
"It?s hard for me to say what his [next] actions would be," Kucherena is quoted as saying by RT.
"We must understand that security is the number one issue in his case. I think the process of adaptation will take some time. It?s an understandable process as he doesn?t know the Russian language, our customs, and our laws.... He?s planning to arrange his life here. He plans to get a job. And I think that all his further decisions will be made considering the situation he found himself in," Kucherena said. ?
Snowden applied for temporary asylum in Russia last week after his options for onward travel appeared to dry up amid a concerted US campaign to get him back.
Even President Vladimir Putin, who has described Snowden's presence in the airport as an unwanted diplomatic headache for Russia, acknowledged that US efforts had effectively bottled him up in Sheremetyevo, leaving Moscow with few options between extraditing him to the US ? which it has steadfastly refused to do ? and granting him some sort of temporary refuge.
Caroline Criado-Perez has faced a deluge of hostile tweets. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
A 21-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating a sustained barrage of threats and abuse directed against a feminist campaigner on Twitter after she successfully campaigned for a woman's picture to be put on a new banknote.
Caroline Criado-Perez has faced a deluge of hostile tweets, including threats to rape and kill her, prompting the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, to write to Twitter to criticise its "inadequate" response to the "disgraceful, appalling and unacceptable" comments.
The Metropolitan police said officers acting on their behalf in Manchester had arrested a man on suspicion of harassment offences. The Met said the arrest was in connection with an allegation of malicious communications received by officers in Camden last Thursday.
Criado-Perez tweeted that she was at a police station making a formal statement and there were "many more threats" to report.
A campaign in Criado-Perez's support calling for Twitter to introduce a button to allow speedy reporting of abuse has received thousands of signatures, and she has received support from MPs and celebrities. In response Tony Wang, the general manager of Twitter UK, said the company took online abuse seriously and called on people to report any "violation of the Twitter rules".
Cooper wrote to Wang on Sunday saying the company's response was inadequate. "Despite the scale and seriousness of these threats, the official response from Twitter continues to be extremely weak ? simply directing Caroline away from Twitter towards the police, and, belatedly, directing users to abuse-reporting forms on Twitter.
"Of course it is right to report such abuse to the police, and it is very important that they investigate and pursue this case. But social media platforms also have a responsibility for the platform they give users. And in particular they have a responsibility not to tolerate this kind of abuse, rape threats and potentially criminal behaviour."
She added: "The response by Twitter has clearly been inadequate and fails not only Caroline but many more women and girls who have faced similar abuse on your social network."
Cooper said more than 20,000 people had signed an online petition asking Twitter to allow users to report abuse directly with one click. "I urge you to go further and ensure that Twitter carries out a full review of all its policies on abusive behaviour, threats and crimes, including more help for Twitter users who experience abuse, a clear complaints process and clear action from Twitter to tackle this kind of persecution," she said.
Attempts are being made to organise a boycott of the social media platform on 4 August to highlight the issue.
Earlier Criado-Perez said: "It's sadly not unusual to get this kind of abuse but I've never seen it get as intense or aggressive as this. It's infuriating that the price you pay for standing up for women is 24 hours of rape threats. We are showing that by standing together we can make a real difference. We made the Bank of England change its mind; we can do the same with Twitter."
Criado-Perez, a freelance journalist who co-founded thewomensroom.org.uk and the Week Woman blog, and fellow campaigners were delighted last week when the Bank of England confirmed that Jane Austen would replace Charles Darwin on ?10 notes, probably in 2017.
Criado-Perez organised a campaign which included a petition signed by more than 35,500 people after the Bank decided to replace Elizabeth Fry with Winston Churchill on new ?5 notes. The move would have meant there were no women apart from the Queen on sterling banknotes.
Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, said: "What Caroline has had to deal with in the past day is not only disgusting but criminal. A quick look at Twitter shows that women are not prepared to stand by and take this kind of abuse. Twitter needs to get its house in order, and fast."
Wang tweeted: "We encourage users to report an account for violation of the Twitter rules by using one of our report forms. Also, we're testing ways to simplify reporting, eg within a tweet by using the 'report tweet' button in our iPhone app and on mobile web. We will suspend accounts that, once reported to us, are found to be in breach of our rules."
A Twitter spokeswoman added: "The ability to report individual tweets for abuse is currently available on Twitter for iPhone and we plan to bring this functionality to other platforms, including Android and the web. We don't comment on individual accounts. However, we have rules which people agree to abide by when they sign up to Twitter. We will suspend accounts that, once reported to us, are found to be in breach of our rules."
Sri Lanka vs South Africa Video Highlights of South Africa tour of Sri Lanka 2013, 4th ODI Match on July 28th played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Dilshan and Sangakkra shine to guide Sri Lanka a comfortable victory by 8 wickets in fourth One Day International (ODI) against South Africa played at Pallekele.
Click to watch Sri Lanka vs South Africa 4th ODI Video Highlights
Sri Lanka achieved in 239 runs target in 44 overs. Tillakaratne Dilshan scored an unbeaten century along with Sangakkara?s brilliant 91 runs to guide Sri Lanka a comfortable victory over South Africa.
Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Morne Morkel took one wicket each for South Africa.
Earlier South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. South Africa lose an early wicket in shape of Quinton de Kock while Hashim Amla and Jean Paul Duminy set a brilliant partnership which allows South Africa to pass 100 runs without losing another wicket.
Hashim Amla made 77 runs at the top of the inning while Duminy stay till the end of the innings; he made brilliant 97 to guide South Africa a descant total of 238 runs.
Ajantha Mendis took 4 wickets while Lasith Malinga finishes of with 3 wickets for Sri Lanka.
With this victory Sri Lanka win the 5 matches series by 3-1 against South Africa.
While it?s true that you can?t exactly spot reduce, there are exercises you can do to help tone and tighten certain body parts including your outer thighs or, as we affectionately refer to them, ?saddlebags.? Do these 4 thigh exercises 3 times a week on nonconsecutive days, and include at least 30 minutes of cardio 3-4 times a week for the best results. Do more reps as you become stronger and build your outer thighs of steel.
1. Take a Bow.? Stand with one leg diagonally behind you, and you want to get your back knee as close to the floor as possible, hovering 2 inches off the floor. If you?re just starting out, get as low as you can. You want to do 25-30 per side, for 3 reps. You want to make sure your chest is lifted and you?re not leaning forward. You want to keep your back straight and your core engaged.
2. The Running Man. I prefer doing this move with a step. Place your left foot on the step, with your right foot out behind you. Next, bring your right foot up to your chest as fast as you can without losing your form, using your arms for momentum and keeping all your weight over your left foot to stabilize you. Place your right foot back behind you and repeat. Keep this up for 30 seconds on each side.
3. Lateral Lunge with a Towel. You?re going to want to do this one on a linoleum or wood floor. Get a small towel and place it under your right foot. You want to get your knee-to-hip ratio at a 90 degree angle, with your hamstrings parallel to the floor. Keep your weight on your left leg, and push the right foot out to the side, using the resistance of the towel to bring you back into the starting position. Press into the towel as you slide your left foot back into place. Start with 3 sets of 20 reps on each side.
4. The Jane Fonda. This one is an oldie but goodie and still gets great results, and you can even do it while watching tv. Lay on your side, forearms on the floor propped up on your elbow, with one leg on top of the other, slightly behind you. Raise your upper leg towards the ceiling, then slowly lower it back down. Do 3 sets of 25 reps on each side.
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There exist several types of easements in real estate investment. The first one is the express easement: this is one which is granted in a will or deed. These are the most common and must satisfy the statute of frauds. This means that an easement by express grants must be in writing so as to be valid or enforceable. Next is implied easement: this is an easement applied by prior use. They arise when a property owner split one parcel of real estate investment property into two then sells the second parcel and retains the first one. In addition, we have easement by prescription and by necessity: easement by prescription is granted to someone who has possessed anothers property for statutory period while an easement by necessity is granted by courts when a land owner proves that his property is blocked-in and cannot otherwise use it without being granted as easement.
Finally, there is the affirmative and negative easement: affirmative easement grant property owner the right to do something for example the right to cross over a neighbors land while a negative easement gives the property owner the right to prevent someone from doing something such as blocking sunlight or a view.
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.
How do you reduce the number of highway accidents? Just tell all the cars to look out for each other!
A man who used a 3-D printer to make the first .22-caliber rifle out of largely plastic parts successfully fired off a shot with the weapon.
And "3-D printing and homemade crafts may spark a new Industrial Revolution. But that doesn't mean prosperity for all," says Salon.
Meanwhile, the New York Times asks, "Should Reddit be blamed for the spreading of a smear?"
One thing's for sure, Facebook didn't invent "friend" as a verb ... it's way older than that!
So, 160 million credit cards later, a "cutting edge" hacking ring has been cracked.
Are you able to get into your office by simply bumping your purse or wallet against a reader? Then your office is using radio-frequency identification cards, or RFID cards, to manage building access and security.
A ruling in the Bradley Manning court-martial could come as early as this weekend.
Here's another reason lots of coffee is good for you ... though it's kind of a bummer.
In closing: Pug thugs.
Compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin, who invites you to join her on Twitter and/or Facebook.
"Sister Wives" patriarch Kody Brown recently told TODAY.com that he realizes that plural marriage isn't for everyone ? and that it might not even be right for all of his kids.
"We are not pushing it on other people," he said. "We don?t even push it on our children."
Still, at least one of the family's 17 children has embraced the lifestyle. Mariah's decision to one day follow that particular tenet of their fundamentalist Mormon faith is part of the focus of the next episode of the TLC series.
"Kody's always said that you should not live plural marriage unless you feel the call to it ? you don't just do it just to try it out," first wife Meri, Mariah's mother, explained in sneak peek exclusive to TODAY.com. "I completely agree with him on that. And I think that Mariah has had that calling. She just feels that."
But Mariah wants to make sure no one is confused about what that calling means to her.
"There's a stereotype that polygamous women don't go to college and don't get an education," the 17-year-old said in the clip. "That's not me, because I want an education and I want to become a doctor ? but I also want to live plural marriage."
Mariah's sister Mykelti (daughter of Kody and his third wife, Christine) imagines that Mariah will eventually have "four wives and 23 children." Another sister (Aspyn, Christine's oldest child) seemed taken aback by the thought of Mariah having so many kids, but for Madison (Kody's oldest daughter with second wife, Janelle), the problem had more to do with the number of wives.
"Four?!" she exclaimed.
Of course, it's no surprised that would be a sticking point for Madison. Last season, she made it clear that plural marriage wasn't for her.
"I would not be able to share my husband like that," she insisted.
See what else Kody's kids have to say about the subject when "Sister Wives" airs Sunday at 9 p.m. on TLC.
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