Rivals prepare for legal battle over abortion bans

Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the nation's toughest bans on abortion.

For all their differences, attorneys for the two states and the abortion-rights supporters opposing them agree on this: The laws represent an unprecedented frontal assault on the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a nationwide right to abortion.

The Arkansas law, approved March 6 when legislators overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe, would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward. On March 26, North Dakota went further, with Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signing a measure that would ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat can first be detected and before some women even know they're pregnant.

Abortion-rights advocates plan to challenge both measures, contending they are unconstitutional violations of the Roe ruling that legalized abortion until a fetus could viably survive outside the womb. A fetus is generally considered viable at 22 to 24 weeks.

"I think they're going to be blocked immediately by the courts ? they are so far outside the clear bounds of what the Supreme Court has said for 40 years," said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights.

The center will be leading the North Dakota legal challenge and working in Arkansas alongside the American Civil Liberties Union's state and national offices. Both Northup and ACLU lawyers say they have ample resources to wage the battles, and they expect victories that would require their attorneys' fees to be paid by two states.

Dalrymple, in signing the ban, acknowledged that its chances of surviving a court challenge were questionable, but said it was worth the eventual price tag ? at this point unknown ? in order to test the boundaries of Roe.

North Dakota's attorney general, Wayne Stenehjem, initially said lawyers from his office would defend any lawsuits but is now considering hiring outside help. His office is working on a cost estimate for the litigation that could be presented to lawmakers soon.

"We're looking at a sufficient amount to adequately defend these enactments," Stenehjem said.

A lead sponsor of the Arkansas ban, Republican state Sen. Jason Rapert, said threats of lawsuits "should not prevent someone from doing what is right."

He contended that the ban had a chance of reaching the U.S. Supreme Court through the appeals process and suggested that the victory predictions made by abortion-rights lawyers amounted to "posturing" aimed at deterring other states from enacting similar bans.

In both Arkansas and North Dakota, the states' lawyers will be getting pro bono assistance from lawyers with Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian legal group.

Mathew Staver, the group's chairman, said supporters of the bans were resolved to fight the legal battles to the end, and issued a caution to the rival side.

"They ought to hold off on their celebrations," he said. "The cases have a long way to go through the court system."

The North Dakota ban is scheduled to take effect Aug. 1, along with two other measures that have angered abortion-rights backers. One would require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, the other would make North Dakota the first state to ban abortions based on genetic defects such as Down syndrome.

The Center for Reproductive Rights is reviewing its options regarding the latter two bills, but definitely plans to challenge the 6-week ban before Aug. 1. Northup said her team is pondering whether to file suit in state court or U.S. district court.

In Arkansas, where the 12-week ban would take effect 90 days after the end of the legislative session, abortion-rights lawyers plan to file their challenge in federal court within the next few weeks.

Bettina Brownstein, who will be representing the ACLU of Arkansas in the case, said the U.S. district court with jurisdiction over Little Rock had issued rulings in past abortion-related cases that gave her confidence of victory this time.

"Eventually it could go to U.S. Supreme Court on appeal, but that would take a while, and they may not want to hear it," she said. "It's a question of how much money the state wants to spend."

Northup chided officials in both Arkansas and North Dakota for their willingness to spend taxpayers' money on difficult and divisive legal cases.

"It's important that the citizens of those states realize that every dollar spent to defend blatantly unconstitutional laws is taxpayers' dollars wasted," she said.

Attorneys' fees for the upcoming cases are impossible to estimate at this stage, but Northup said her organization received $1.3 million in fees from Alaska after that state lost a recent case regarding an abortion-related law.

The last few years have been intensely busy for the Center for Reproductive Rights, the ACLU and other abortion-rights legal groups as Republican-controlled legislatures have enacted scores of laws seeking to restrict access to abortion. At least two dozen such measures are currently the target of lawsuits, said Northup, who vowed that her organization "will not let unconstitutional laws go unchallenged."

Some of the recent laws place new requirements on abortion clinics, others require abortion providers to perform certain procedures or offer state-mandated counseling before an abortion can take place.

At least 10 states have passed bills banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy on the disputed premise that a fetus can feel pain at that stage. One of those laws, in Idaho, was struck down by a U.S. district judge on March 6, while the laws in Georgia and Arizona have been temporarily blocked by judges pending further court proceedings.

Abortion-rights advocates, while eager to defeat the new bans in North Dakota and Arkansas, worry about the impact of the broader surge of restrictions.

"I don't believe these bans are going to take effect, but the danger is that they make the other laws look reasonable," said Talcott Camp, deputy director of the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project. "The ultimate goal is to take this decision away from a woman and her doctor and give it to the politicians."

One of the most frequent targets of the anti-abortion laws is the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which ? in addition to providing a range of other health services ? is the nation's leading provider of abortions.

Planned Parenthood's president, Cecile Richards, said she found it frustrating that women "continue to be a political punching bag." But she saw an upside to the wave of anti-abortion legislation: more members and more donations for her organization.

"These attacks have served to energize our supporters," she said. "We've gained 2 million members in the past two years."

There's new energy on the other side as well.

The tough North Dakota laws have been welcomed by the protesters who gather weekly in Fargo outside the state's lone abortion clinic.

Among those on hand for the latest protest at the Red River Women's Clinic was Scott Carew, 50, who had brought two anti-abortion posters nailed to pieces of wood.

"Certainly, we're proud of the governor standing up for life," Carew said. "We're going to keep standing up for life until we can't stand up anymore."

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Associated Press reporters James MacPherson in Bismarck, N.D., David Kolpack in Fargo, N.D., and Andrew DeMillo in Little Rock, Ark., contributed to this report.

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S.Africa's Mandela "comfortable", treated for pneumonia

By Ed Stoddard

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is comfortable and able to breathe without problems as he continues to respond to treatment in hospital for a recurrence of pneumonia, President Jacob Zuma's office said on Saturday.

After the revered 94-year-old statesman and former South African president spent a third night in hospital, the presidency said doctors had drained excess fluid from his lungs to tackle the infection.

"This has resulted in him now being able to breathe without difficulty. He continues to respond to treatment and is comfortable," the statement added.

In the first detailed mention of his medical condition since his latest hospitalisation, the third in four months, the presidency said the Nobel Peace Prize laureate had "developed a pleural effusion which was tapped".

Previous bulletins since he was taken to hospital late on Wednesday have reported him responding well, in "good spirits".

They have appeared to indicate that the recurrence of the lung infection afflicting Mandela is being successfully treated.

Mandela, who became South Africa's first black president in 1994 and stepped down five years later, has been mostly absent from the political scene for the past decade. But he remains an enduring and beloved symbol of the struggle against racism.

Global figures such as U.S. President Barack Obama have sent get well messages and South Africans have included Mandela in their prayers on the Easter weekend, one of the most important dates of the Christian calendar.

Mandela is revered at home and abroad for leading the struggle against white minority rule, then promoting the cause of racial reconciliation when in power.

His fragile health has been a concern for years as he has withdrawn from the public eye and mostly stayed at his affluent homes in Johannesburg and in Qunu, the rural village in the destitute Eastern Cape province near where he was born.

"FATHER OF THE NATION"

South Africans of all ages and walks of life have been following the official medical bulletins closely.

"He is the father of the nation, our Abraham Lincoln, our George Washington," said South African economics student Curtis Richardson, 19, as he visited Nelson Mandela Square in an upscale Johannesburg shopping mall with friends.

Mandela remains an inspirational figure worldwide.

"If he dies, it will be a tragedy, because he's such a symbol," said Kagisho Paterson, 19, a visitor from Britain, snapping photos near a towering statue of Mandela in the square.

English Premiership League soccer team Sunderland AFC designated Saturday "Nelson Mandela Day" to kick off its new deal supporting the ex-president's charitable foundation. The partnership would start with fundraising efforts during the team's home clash with Manchester United, Sunderland added.

Mandela's ruling African National Congress (ANC) is still the dominant force in South African politics, but critics say it has lost the moral compass bequeathed it by the previous generation of anti-apartheid freedom fighters.

Under such leaders as Mandela and the late Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo, the ANC gained wide international respect when it battled white rule.

Once the yoke of apartheid was thrown off in 1994, it began governing South Africa in a blaze of goodwill from world leaders who viewed it as a beacon for a troubled continent and world.

Almost two decades later, this image has dimmed as ANC leaders have been accused of indulging in the spoils of office, squandering mineral resources and engaging in power struggles.

Mandela was in hospital briefly earlier this month for a check-up and spent nearly three weeks in hospital in December with a lung infection and after surgery to remove gallstones.

He has a history of lung problems dating back to when he contracted tuberculosis as a political prisoner.

A Nigerian visitor to Johannesburg, civil engineer Gregory Osugba, 35, called Mandela "an icon of greatness and freedom" for the entire African continent and the world.

"When he goes ... the symbol will remain," he said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/africas-mandela-comfortable-responding-treatment-113733963.html

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UPS to forfeit $40 million over illegal online pharmacy shipments

(Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc has agreed to forfeit $40 million it earned from illegal Internet pharmacies shipping drugs using its services, U.S. authorities said Friday.

As part of the settlement, UPS entered a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.

The company also agreed to put a compliance program into place to prevent illegal online pharmacies from distributing drugs through its shipping services in the future, authorities said.

"Good corporate citizens like UPS play an important role in halting the flow of illegal drugs that degrade our nation's communities," Northern California U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag said in a statement.

UPS cooperated with the investigation, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said UPS was on notice from 2003 to 2010 that Internet pharmacies were shipping drugs without prescriptions, yet the company didn't put procedures in place to shut down their accounts.

"We believe we have an obligation and responsibility to help curb the sale and shipment of drugs sold through illegal Internet pharmacies," said Susan Rosenberg, a UPS spokeswoman.

(Reporting by Nate Raymond in New York; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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Common -- but without a name

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A widely distributed red alga from New Zealand receives a scientific name at last

The most commonly occurring red alga in the algal order Bangiales in New Zealand has at last received a formal scientific name. Pyropia plicata, is an intertidal red alga, found in abundance in the North, South and Chatham Islands. It has been confused for many years with a species first collected from the New Zealand subantarctic islands in 1840. Recent research had clarified the identity and distribution of the southern species, Porphyra columbina, and also transferred it to the genus Pyropia. The description of Py. plicata was published in the open access journal PhytoKeys.

The newly described Py. plicata has a distinctive growth form with pleated blades. It has beautiful purple to grey coloration, bleaching to khaki-green on upper edges. It is found attached to high intertidal rocks by a central rhizoidal holdfast, which are hair-like extensions of the blade cells. Although the blades are only one cell layer thick they are remarkably resistant to the rigours of life on the intertidal shore and can withstand drying in the sun, and rehydrating when the tide returns.

This is one of the species that is known in New Zealand as karengo, and is highly prized by Maori as a taonga or treasure. Pyropia species are also eaten worldwide and known to be high in protein and trace elements. In Japan species of Pyropia are known as nori and are familiar to many people worldwide as the seaweed sheet that is wrapped around sushi.

"When we began work on the Bangiales of New Zealand over 20 years ago, we thought there were only a few species in this order in the southern Pacific." comments Dr. Wendy Nelson from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand. "We have come to realise the diversity in this region is very high, and there are still many species that are undescribed. Documenting species and clarifying their relationships are important steps in understanding diversity and protecting our environment."

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Nelson, W.A. (2013) Pyropia plicata sp. nov. (Bangiales, Rhodophyta): naming a common intertidal alga from New Zealand. PhytoKeys 21: 17-28., doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.21.4614

Sutherland, J.; Lindstrom, S.; Nelson, W.; Brodie, J.; Lynch, M.; Hwang, M.S.; Choi, H.G.; Miyata, M.; Kikuchi, N.; Oliveira, M. Farr, T.; Neefus, C; Mols-Mortensen, A.; Milstein, D.; Mller, K. (2011).. A new look at an ancient order: generic revision of the Bangiales. Journal of Phycology 47:1131-1151.

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A widely distributed red alga from New Zealand receives a scientific name at last

The most commonly occurring red alga in the algal order Bangiales in New Zealand has at last received a formal scientific name. Pyropia plicata, is an intertidal red alga, found in abundance in the North, South and Chatham Islands. It has been confused for many years with a species first collected from the New Zealand subantarctic islands in 1840. Recent research had clarified the identity and distribution of the southern species, Porphyra columbina, and also transferred it to the genus Pyropia. The description of Py. plicata was published in the open access journal PhytoKeys.

The newly described Py. plicata has a distinctive growth form with pleated blades. It has beautiful purple to grey coloration, bleaching to khaki-green on upper edges. It is found attached to high intertidal rocks by a central rhizoidal holdfast, which are hair-like extensions of the blade cells. Although the blades are only one cell layer thick they are remarkably resistant to the rigours of life on the intertidal shore and can withstand drying in the sun, and rehydrating when the tide returns.

This is one of the species that is known in New Zealand as karengo, and is highly prized by Maori as a taonga or treasure. Pyropia species are also eaten worldwide and known to be high in protein and trace elements. In Japan species of Pyropia are known as nori and are familiar to many people worldwide as the seaweed sheet that is wrapped around sushi.

"When we began work on the Bangiales of New Zealand over 20 years ago, we thought there were only a few species in this order in the southern Pacific." comments Dr. Wendy Nelson from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand. "We have come to realise the diversity in this region is very high, and there are still many species that are undescribed. Documenting species and clarifying their relationships are important steps in understanding diversity and protecting our environment."

###

?riginal source:

Nelson, W.A. (2013) Pyropia plicata sp. nov. (Bangiales, Rhodophyta): naming a common intertidal alga from New Zealand. PhytoKeys 21: 17-28., doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.21.4614

Sutherland, J.; Lindstrom, S.; Nelson, W.; Brodie, J.; Lynch, M.; Hwang, M.S.; Choi, H.G.; Miyata, M.; Kikuchi, N.; Oliveira, M. Farr, T.; Neefus, C; Mols-Mortensen, A.; Milstein, D.; Mller, K. (2011).. A new look at an ancient order: generic revision of the Bangiales. Journal of Phycology 47:1131-1151.

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Confirmed: Nexus 4 shipping with updated design

Small nubs now lift the back of the phone up off a table; camera lens gets a slight redesign

Android Central has confirmed that the Nexus 4 has undergone a little bit of a design tweak. As first reported by German site MobiFlip. there are now a couple of small nubs on the rear of the phone, where the glass meets the foot, positioned just above the two screw holes. 

We've confirmed the change on a pair of Nexus 4s we ordered on Monday this week and received on Wednesday. In the image above, our original Nexus 4, now some four months old, is on top, with a new retail unit (still in its protective plastic) at the bottom. Note the little nub between the screw holes of the two phones.

This small design change has a couple of effects. It lifts phone up ever so slightly, allowing sound to escape the flush speaker. We can confirm that sounds are a little fuller and louder. Not a great deal, but we can tell. The change also should help keep the glass back from getting the little hairline scratches it's been prone to pick up.

And perhaps more important, it should keep the ultra-slick phone from sliding off any similarly slick surfaces.

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It's a girl for Kristen Bell, fiance Dax Shepard

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are new parents of a baby girl.

The engaged actors took to Twitter Thursday to announce the arrival of their daughter, Lincoln Bell Shepard.

Bell, who stars on Showtime's "House of Lies," tweeted that her "new roommate poops her pants and doesn't pay rent." She closed with, "welcome baby Lincoln."

Shepard is a star of NBC's "Parenthood." He posted that his new daughter "has mom's beauty and dad's obsession with breasts."

Bell is 32 and Shepard is 38. The couple have been engaged since 2009.

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Protesters march against Chicago school closures

CHICAGO (AP) ? Hundreds of teachers, parents and other opponents marched through downtown Wednesday, vowing to fight a plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools, despite Mayor Rahm Emanuel's comments that he's done negotiating and the closings are essentially a done deal.

Emanuel and schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett say the nation's third-largest district must close dozens of schools because CPS faces a $1 billion budget shortfall and has too many schools that are half-empty and failing academically.

At a rally before the march, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis called the closings "injustices" and said lawsuits are planned. Other speakers called for state and federal lawmakers to intervene.

"There are many ways that you can show that this is not over," Lewis told the protesters, whose march filled the street and stretched a full city block. "On the first day of school you show up at your real school. Don't let these people take your school."

Stopping in front of City Hall, the protesters chanted "Save our Schools" and called for Emanuel's ouster. More than 100 people who had planned to be arrested sat down in the middle of the street, where they continued chanting until police cleared them from the area and issued citations.

Retired teacher Gloria Warner, 62, was among those sitting arm-in-arm with other protesters in the roadway, which was blocked off to rush hour traffic.

"We need the mayor and CPS to invest in our schools, not take them away," the grandmother of two CPS students said. "We need our schools for the safety of our children."

A group of Chicago ministers also went to City Hall on Wednesday to deliver a letter asking Emanuel to halt the plan.

CPS and the mayor say the closings will save the district $560 million over 10 years in capital costs and an additional $43 million per year in operating costs. About 30,000 students ? almost all of them in Kindergarten to eighth grade ? would be affected.

At a press conference on an unrelated topic Wednesday, the mayor said he and Byrd-Bennett already are working out how to carry through on a pledge that every child who is moved ends up at a higher quality school. He said the closings already have been delayed too long.

"Keeping open a school that is falling short year-in and year-out means we haven't done what we are responsible for; not what our parents did for us and what we owe every child in the city of Chicago," Emanuel said.

Critics say the closings disproportionately affect minority neighborhoods and will uproot kids who need a stable and familiar environment in which to learn. They also worry that students will have to cross gang lines to get to a new school, and that the vacated buildings will be blight on already struggling communities.

Jonathan Hollingsworth III, a lunchroom manager at CPS, said he's also concerned that the plan will leave hundreds of workers jobless. He said he voted for Emanuel but won't do so again.

"He's downsizing everything in the damn city. It's take it or leave it," Hollingsworth said. "Keep this in mind: Come election time, all of these people will have the last laugh."

Opponents of the plan will get another chance to argue their case at a series of public meetings that will be scheduled in coming weeks, though the Chicago Board of Education ? whose members are all appointed by Emanuel ? is expected to approve the closings in late May.

The closings would take effect beginning at the start of the 2013-2014 school year.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-march-against-chicago-school-closures-235011077.html

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Jim Carrey mocks gun enthusiasts in new spoof

By Drusilla Moorhouse, TODAY contributor

Reckon Jim Carrey lost a few of his 10 million Twitter followers Monday?

In a biting "Hee-Haw" themed Funny or Die spoof, the outspoken comedian takes aim at America's "heartless" gun enthusiasts -- including Charlton Heston, the late actor and former NRA president.

Carrey performed double duty in the video, as both Heston and the twangy lead singer of the band performing the catchy "Cold Dead Hand." (The title is an allusion to Heston's rifle-toting 2000 NRA address, in which he referenced the famous slogan "I'll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.")

"Charlton Heston movies are no longer in demand, and his immortal soul may lay forever in the sand. The angels wouldn't take him up to heaven like he planned, because they couldn't pry the gun from his cold dead hand," Carrey sings, with help from famous peace advocates Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon and Abraham Lincoln -- all peace promoters assassinated by gunmen.

The lyrics also hit male gun owners below the belt, suggesting that they are overcompensating for an anatomical deficiency:

"You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."

The "Bruce Almighty" star didn't mince words when promoting the video Sunday. "'Cold Dead Hand' is abt u heartless motherf%**ers unwilling 2 bend 4 the safety of our kids," he tweeted. "Sorry if you're offended by the word safety!"

In response to music video's widespread and inevitable backlash, Carrey wrote Monday:

"Thx 4 your input 2day. I don't think i've ever felt so despised and so free at the same time. It's been delightfully. ;^}"

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Picking Bottoms Wasting Opportunities - Charles Payne - Townhall ...

I got a few questions yesterday about this being the beginning of "The Correction."

I'm not sure, but the market tends to pullback from time to time. It's really nuts how many people use the potential for a pullback not to be invested in the stock market. Until the Dow recently hit new all-time highs most Americans thought it was down the last year, very few knew it was up more than 100% since the recession. Of course outside of those in 401K programs at work, a woefully small amount of people actually bought stocks during the stealth rally; now those same folks have one worry-The Correction.

Why? Some say they are going to jump into the market in a dip, a pullback, or The Correction. Honestly, folks?

Are you really going to pick the bottom?

Few things frustrate me more than would-be investors that feel that even though they've missed a rally with numerous entry points they'll pinpoint the next "bottom" on a pullback or The Correction.

Yeah right! If you could pick the bottom then you would be riding the wave right now not looking for an entry point. It's a copout not unlike all these bears running around dismissing the rally as being simply Fed-fueled so hopelessly doomed. This is a dangerous example of pride and ego because not only did people miss out big time but they will continue to miss out until the market falls completely apart. Then they will buy the market because it would be the right time although one has to wonder what kind of news could spark The Correction.

Here's the deal-most people, and I'm talking 99%, (including the so-called pros) have no clue how to invest in the market. While it's true at any given time any approach might work (I used to joke you could pick stocks that begin with "T" on Tuesdays and sell them on Thursday and that might work for two weeks, even two months, who knows, but it would be pure luck not an alphabet logarithm). During the great technology rally of the late 1990s people actually bragged about not even knowing what companies did but knowing the stock would move higher.

That's what happens in manias-the current rally is not a mania.

The volume is anemic, the skeptics abound everywhere and earnings back up valuations. That doesn't mean the market isn't going to pull back, but it does mean the massive collapse is highly unlikely to happen anytime soon. It also means you are fooling yourself about buying The Correction. In so many ways this is the wrong conversation to be having anyway.

You are probably looking at investing the wrong way in the first place.

You must know that while we are talking about the "market," the fact is I believe in owning great companies and that's a distinctively different thing altogether. The market encompasses all publicly traded companies, which means the winners and losers. We are looking for the winners. We all know the winners, by the way, because we make them winners. The masses dictate demand, which derives from a desire to own, use have a winning product or service.

Have you ever gone to a store, hotel, and business and said "wow, that place was great, I wish I owned it?" You aren't thinking the business is going to fail but that over time it will only get better and better and why you aren't lucky enough to be in on the action. Because it's not about luck! It's about finding these great companies and putting them together in a basket. Of course it's better to find these winners as they're emerging or reemerging. There is work on valuations and peer reviews but the basic concept is easy to understand.

Buy and Hold

Things have changed with the market from years ago when the average stock was held for three years. Booms and busts and high frequency trading has created volatility, and coupled with lingering fear and distrust have made buying and holding difficult. I must admit that I often send alerts to take profits sooner than I would if managing money in a hedge fund, but I also have to manage fickle personalities of people that think a bad quarter means IBM could go out of business. I'm only half-joking.

That's too bad because right now great American companies are looking at opportunities that have never been there in the past. The world is on fire ... and I'm not talking about the world that the news talks about because there is more to the planet than Europe, Japan, and America. They can't get enough Whirlpool washers and dryers in South America or American baby formula in China.

There are trends happening now that will be in place for the next ten to one hundred years.

While you're focused on not getting caught in the next 6% pullback or "The Correction" great stocks could rally ten, twenty, fifty percent. Recently on Fox Business a big trader guy said the next 15% move in the market will be to the downside, I thought "so what" the next 100% or 200% or 300% move would be to the upside. I've been helping people with investing since 1985 and people have changed. Back then it was really about buying and holding and rarely thinking about selling. Because so many people share so much animosity and fear, triggering The Correction is easier now than back then.

One thing that hasn't changed is shares of great companies always bounce back.

So I get the idea of wanting to pick the bottom or buy a dip; right now our suggested cash level for Hotline subscribers is 25%. But we are holding names we think the Street has already overlooked and believe they'll discover them at much higher levels.
This is the approach you must consider, not the notion you will pick the bottom during a market meltdown- it's not going to happen.

1900 America All Over Again

What's happening around the world right now in many ways mirrors what America went through at the turn of the century that saw an industrial revolution and confidence coming out of the Chicago World's Fair that said the sky was the limit. In fact, not even the sky posed a problem anymore as multistory buildings were erected with elevators that allowed people to live and work in a domain once reserved for birds.

There is a world out there that is growing and not seizing the bank accounts of its citizens or taxing its achievers out of envy or deterring success in the name of an artificial state of fairness.

In the early 1900s Edward Mead Johnson bolted from the company he co-founded with his brother, Johnson & Johnson, to form one focused on infant nutrition. In 1910 one out of every five children didn't make it to birthday number 5. Two of the main reasons for this were Gastrointestinal disorders and infant digestive problems. Mead Johnson developed products that that helped to fix these problems. It established a legacy for the company that continues to this day. Known for Enfamil, the company has a massive array of products.

But in America birth rates are declining rapidly, mirroring massive decreases already experienced in Europe and Japan. Births are great in other parts of the world where incomes and prosperity are evolving like never before. As a result Mead Johnson (MJN) is positioned to grow for decades to come. In the 1980s European growth was huge, and now Latin America and Asia are poised to be even greater (China sales have doubled in the last three years). The company's top ten markets reflect a world never mentioned on financial television and not considered when the pros discuss the global economy.

In America the birth rate is 13.7 per thousand, in the EU only 10.3, and 2013 GDP maybe 2.5% and flat respectively.

I think Mead Johnson (MJN) should be in everyone's portfolio now. You can wait for The Correction or you can simply take a position and if the stock pulls back then buy more.

Consider the stock idea and the commentary a freebie. Mead Johnson is an official long idea for paid subscribers, and I have another idea as well.

Will Merkel Blink?

Essentially what's going on now in Cyprus is a game of chicken

On one end is Germany which has more or less funded all these European bailouts to the dismay of its hard working citizens and on the other end Cyprus which could also represent any troubled European nation that wants a future bailout on its own terms.

Cyprus knows Greece played hardball and has been bailed out twice (2010 and 2012), and more importantly knows Germany likes the idea of a United States of Europe (as long as its calling the shots) so even if the smallest, weakest player drops out it could be like that skit where someone pulls a small thread and the entire suit falls apart.

There are already a lot of Euro-skeptics so any hiccup would be seen as massive failure and warnings about the future of a shared-currency and shared rules that come with being a member.

The initial deal to tax all savers was met with natural disgust and horror. Cyprus tried to make Russia the white knight but that seems to have fallen apart and a deal there would also need EU approval. So, it's back to square one with the clock set to strike midnight in minutes.

The ECB says no more emergency cash next week without a deal.

There are at least nine bills floating around Cyprus and suggestions of things like collateralized church assets and future natural gas revenues (selling them now) have been shot down by the ECB.

Cyprus could decide it likes having low business taxes, control of its natural gas assets, and its banking center the way it is, and go through a meltdown by leaving the Euro but having the ability to print its own currency and rebuild the nation under its terms is an attractive long term option.

It's a nail-biter for sure.

Source: http://townhall.com/columnists/charlespayne/2013/03/23/picking-bottoms-wasting-opportunities-n1546601

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Reply - USVI Moving Center

I am hoping someone reading this has had some experience with the USVI government to obtain a business license or professional license. I am under a deadline to get this accomplished by 4/8/2013 when I must report for work with my USVI nursing license in hand.

Let me begin by saying that I sent every required form and notarized document with a money order for payment and I followed the instructions to the letter.

The staff is saying that I did not send two important documents( a copy of one of my US licenses and a receipt for license verification through Nursys) and I know that I did because I made a copy of everything that I sent to them. Is it typical for documents to be lost or misfiled?

If I call they put me on hold and never pick the phone up again.

I understand that they probably have limited resources and that they conduct business very differently. I do want to show respect and

I have been very patient and polite and upbeat. Doesn't seem to matter. Should I just go do this in person?

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Miner killed in accident just missed death in 2007

Elam Jones came close to death in a central Utah mine accident once before. He was preparing to begin his shift at the Crandall Canyon mine in August 2007 when a cave-in struck the section where he was to have worked, killing six miners and three rescuers.

The 28-year-old coal miner was not so lucky Friday. A tunnel roof collapsed at the Rhino Mine about 10 miles west of Huntington, killing him and sending a co-worker to the hospital.

Even though the earlier accident occurred only a few miles away, Jones loved his job and did not view it as particularly dangerous, said his mother Julie Jones, a Huntington city councilwoman.

"He loved the mine he was at and the men he worked with. They were family," she told The Associated Press on Saturday. "He always said he could get hit going to Salt Lake and get killed in a car wreck."

He also was a member of the ill-fated rescue team at the Crandall Canyon mine. Three rescuers died while trying to save the trapped miners. He later spoke at a vigil for those who died and were injured there.

"He told me that he had to be there. Those were his buddies," his mother said.

Jones also was an experienced outdoorsman who survived two avalanches and a serious ATV accident, his mother said.

A father of two young children, Jones' roots in coal mining went back four generations on his mother's side and three generations on his father's side. His father works for a nearby coal mine.

Coal miners love what they do because they consider themselves the "heartbeat of America," Julie Jones said. The coal they provide to power plants provides jobs for everyone and allows people to use microwaves, televisions and countless other things, she added.

"Elam was proud to be a coal miner," his mother said. "Unless you're a coal miner, you wonder why they do this. It's in their blood."

Friday's accident was the latest in a string of disasters to strike Huntington, a closely knit town of over 2,000. They include the Crandall Canyon mine tragedy as well as a 75-square-mile wildfire that triggered flooding, road closures and threats to the town's water supply last year.

"I've had people come up to me and say, 'How much more can one community take?'" Huntington Mayor Hilary Gordon said. "I guess we'll take whatever gets dished out and take it one day at time."

Elam Jones' life centered on his wife and boys, ages 4 and 5, Gordon said. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and snowmobiler who "lived life to his fullest," she added.

"He thought it was a safe job," the mayor said. "To say it's just one of those things sounds trite. But one (miner) gets buried and the other doesn't. I don't think three's ever a good answer as to why these things happen."

The injured miner, Dallen McFarlane, was treated and released from Castleview Hospital in Price.

The mine is part of the Castle Valley Mining Complex. Preliminary information showed that a roof fall occurred on a pillaring section of the mine after a large rock fell, according to federal mine safety officials. The Mine Safety and Health Administration was investigating.

Messages left with the mine's operator, Rhino Resource Partners, were not returned. The Kentucky-based company bought the mining complex in August 2010.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/miner-killed-accident-just-missed-death-2007-224056685.html

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The Mediterranean Diet

Food That Can Save Your Life
By Rebecca Taggart

We have been told for two decades that eating like Italians, Spaniards, and Greeks is good for us, because epidemiological studies have shown that people from those Mediterranean countries have lower rates of heart disease. It was not possible, however, to tie those findings directly to their diets?until now.

The first major trial to actually test the Mediterranean diet?s direct effect on the number of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths suffered by participants, concluded that the diet reduced the risk of heart disease by a whopping 30 percent, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in February.

So what is a Mediterranean diet? The study defined it generally as a ?high intake of olive oil, fruit, nuts, vegetables, and whole-grain cereals; a moderate intake of fish and poultry; a low intake of dairy products, red meat, processed meats, and sweets; and wine in moderation, consumed with meals.? The research involved 7,447 people in Spain who were randomly assigned to one of three groups?two that followed variations of the Mediterranean diet and a control group. Participants were not told to limit calories, nor were they encouraged to exercise or told to avoid it.

Five a Day
More specifically, the two Mediterranean diet groups were told to eat at least three servings of fruits and two servings of vegetables every day, and to cook and eat a tomato sauce made with garlic, onion, and herbs at least twice a week. They were asked to eat fish and legumes, including beans, peas, and lentils, at least three times a week. Both groups were to eat white meat instead of red, and for those already used to drinking alcohol, to have a glass or two of wine with meals. Finally, both groups were advised to avoid commercially-made cookies, cakes, and pastries, and to limit their consumption of dairy products and processed foods, including processed meats such as sausage and ham.

Both of the Mediterranean diet groups were asked to increase their intake of extra-virgin olive oil and nuts, but in differing amounts. The first group was encouraged to consume at least 50 grams, or four tablespoons, per day of extra-virgin olive oil, both for cooking and to dress dishes. The second group was encouraged to consume 35 grams of nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, and almonds) per day, equivalent to a large handful. The control group was simply asked to reduce fat intake, but was not directed to consume any foods in particular. Over the five-year course of the study, participants in the control group weren?t able to reduce their fat intake by much, so their diet mirrored that of the average modern European or American, including the consumption of processed foods and sweets.

Dramatic Results
The results were so dramatic that the study was ended early on ethical grounds?the Mediterranean diet had such a profound positive health impact that researchers decided it was unethical to withhold the information from the control group.? There was little difference in the positive results between the two Mediterranean diet groups.

It?s important to note that study participants were older (55?80 years old for men, 60?80 years old for women) and already had risk factors for heart disease, though none had yet developed it when the study began.

Researchers plan to follow up with a study aimed at people who are at lower risk, but many experts expect eating a Mediterranean diet will have a similar effect on them, and that its benefits would start in childhood.

So what should we take away from this study? Following a Mediterranean diet clearly promotes better health, especially if you are at risk for heart disease. Consume lots of fruit and veggies every day, and include whole-grain cereals (wheat, rice, oats, etc.) in your meals. Eat fish and legumes and avoid red meat.? Make sure you consume about 2 cups of ?extra-virgin olive oil a week, or a handful of mixed nuts, including walnuts, every day. Avoid processed foods and sweets. It may be advice we?ve heard before, but now there?s even more reason to heed it. And go ahead and have a glass of red wine with dinner, and toast to your good health!

Disclaimer: Always consult your healthcare professional before beginning a new exercise or diet regime.
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Rebecca Taggart is a San Francisco-based writer, teacher, and yoga instructor.

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By Simon Evans DENVER, Colorado, March 21 (Reuters) - A leadership role rarely falls to a 24-year-old playing in just his second World Cup qualifier but U.S. defender Omar Gonzalez will have little choice but to be an organiser on Friday against Costa Rica. Gonzalez, who plays Major League Soccer with L.A. Galaxy, lacks an experienced partner to guide him after former captain Carlos Bocanegra was left out. Injuries have robbed Klinsmann of his main options at full-back - Steve Cherundolo, Timmy Chandler and Fabian Johnson. ...

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PSA: BlackBerry Z10 (finally) arrives on AT&T today

The American BlackBerry faithful have been waiting and while those with business (and T-Mobile) intentions got there a little early, the Z10 is now available to the more typical pay-monthly masses from AT&T. Priced up at $200 on a two-year contract, you can pick it up from Ma' Bell's for-real stores and online today, just click on that source link for all those carrier details.

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Spring fever ritual | Psychic Cosmos Blog

The egg has become the penultimate symbol of spring, spring fever, fertility and the promise of new life. Long known as one of the symbols of Ostara (the other being a white rabbit), the humble egg can also provide a playful yet potent symbol for you and your lover.

Here is a fun and simple ritual that can take your relationship to the next level:

Take two eggs and decorate them with your name and the name of your lover. Place them in a basket (or other small container) and place them by your bed on the eve of the Vernal Equinox. Before you sleep that night, light a candle and release the coldness of the winter to the cosmos from your mind and heart while focusing on the eggs.

In doing this, you are opening a spiritual door to the promise that the change of seasons holds for the two of you. This is a time of fresh beginnings, of new or renewed passions, and the planting of those special seeds of love that are so vital to both of you.

This is a special time to connect with your soul mate, or re-new your love relationship. By honoring the Equinox, you are reconnecting with the ancient and powerful cycle of birth, death and rebirth and the reminder that, above all else, love can and will conquer all.

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The Everyday Activity Workout - Men's Journal

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Everday exercise is as good as a 30-minute gym workout.

No time for the gym? Or just dread the idea of going? Here's a novel idea: Skip the gym altogether and stop being so lazy when it comes to whether you take the stairs instead of the elevator to get to your fifth-floor office. A new study from Oregon State University shows "everyday activity," like taking the stairs instead of the elevator or walking to work instead of driving, can be boost your health and weight-loss efforts as much a 30-minute bout on the treadmill or stationary bike at the gym.

Don't believe it? You should: The Oregon State study is the latest and one of the largest, with 6,000 participants, in a long line of research to show that cumulative everyday exercise, like parking farther away from the store, can help lower your cholesterol, control your weight, and give you all the same benefits as "traditional" exercise ? for example, that half-hour tennis match, 3-mile jog, or 30-minute StairMaster slog. "As long as it adds up to 30 minutes a day, the benefits of lifestyle activity compared to moderate to vigorous exercise are pretty much the same," says Oregon State researcher and study co-author Brad Cardinal.

And there's another advantage to everyday activity. It's more natural, says Cardinal, than traditional exercise. "From an anthropological perspective, we were hunter-gathers at one time and did these natural movements. So I think this lifestyle model resonates with people because they're doing something purposeful and more natural," he says.

Cardinal also adds that doing everyday activity and avoiding traditional exercise altogether may even be more preferable for people with joint problems or arthritis, and for older or obese people who don't already have an exercise routine. That's because doing things like taking the stairs and raking leaves are done for shorter periods of time, so you're not doing the same repetitive motion you would over and over again when working out on a StairMaster or rowing machine. And less repetitive motion means less inflammation ? the cause of many overuse injuries.

To learn more on the advantages of everyday activity and how to incorporate it into your daily day, read our stories on the No Workout Workout?and How Daily Activity Adds Up to a Workout.

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The Pot Industry?s Most Politically Important Dispensary

Earlier this week, Reps. Jared Polis and Earl Blumenauer visited a marijuana dispensary.

They were just blocks away from their congressional offices, and within months, certain D.C. residents will be able to come here to legally choose from more than a dozen strains of medical marijuana, from Master Kush to Blue Dream. The walls will be packed with vaporizers, water pipes, and pre-rolled joints. There will be THC lollipops, baked goods, and cookbooks.

But for now, all the lawmakers could see was an empty display case and a metal scale.?Until the Metropolitan Wellness Center opens ? supposedly within the next couple months ? the pair of Democrats will have to use their imaginations.

?My campaign headquarters last summer, we shared [a building] with a dispensary,? Polis told Blumenauer in front of a half-dozen Hill staffers, marijuana advocates, and center employees gathered in the almost completely barren shop room. ?You could see the sign, it was like: ?Marijuana, Jared Polis.? Marijuana outperformed me by 10 points, so it was a great association for me.?

Polis of Colorado and Blumenauer of Oregon ? two lawmakers fighting to end the federal prohibition of pot ? hadn?t come to this unmarked shop above the Eastern Market Popeye?s to buy product. They had come to this dispensary because just blocks away from the Capitol, it may soon become one of the most politically important marijuana distribution centers in the country.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., (second from left) talks while Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., (right), dispensary President Mike Cuthriell (left), and medical marijuana cultivator Corey Barnette listen at the soon-to-open medical marijuana dispensary,?Metropolitan Wellness Center in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington. (Chet Susslin)

?I?ve talked to people all over the country about marijuana,? said Corey Barnette, a principal at District Growers, the cultivation facility that will service the center. ?Everyone is highly focused on what happens in Washington, D.C. We are a city on top of the feds, and with Congress right here. If we can make it work, it can work anywhere.?

Last year, Polis?s home state of Colorado, along with the state of Washington, became the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Places around the country have been loosening their laws, and just this week Maryland voted to decriminalize small amounts of weed.

But, regardless of what individual states do, the use or cultivation of marijuana remains a federal crime under the Controlled Substance Act. This means that even if state law enforcement allows for use of the drug, federal officials do not. In the eyes of the federal government, there is no such thing as ?medical marijuana.?

This is where Polis and Blumenauer come in. The duo has dropped a series of bills to end the federal prohibition on the drug, impose federal tax on sale of legal pot, and protect the rights of patients using medical marijuana. At this point, especially in a Republican-run House of Representatives, these bills have an upward climb toward becoming law. But the way things have been shifting, that could change rapidly.

In this sense, the congressmen and the dispensary can help each other out. District pot sellers need the protection of a federal law, and the congressmen could use a place to show to their skeptical colleagues what it really looks like and it?s impact on a community.

While Congress may be filled with skeptics, marijuana has surged in popularity around the country. In ?the 1980s, only about 30 percent of Americans thought marijuana should be legal. By 2011, half of Americans thought it should be legalized. Today, 70 percent of Americans think doctors should be able to prescribe marijuana to alleviate pain and suffering. Advocates hope that a dispensary right in the nation?s capital could be a watershed moment in the marijuana-reform movement.

?It?s a very different discussion when you talk with members who have medical or legal sale of marijuana in their district versus those who don?t,? Polis told National Journal in an interview later at the Capitol. ?It?s extremely hypothetical for members who have never seen a dispensary. This can bring it a little closer to them by letting them know how it really works.?

This responsibility is not lost on anyone. Perhaps that?s why there are still no dispensaries operating in the District, even though it?s been 14 years since the city voted to legalize medical marijuana. Most of the wait can be blamed on Congress, which blocked funding for the program until 2009. The rest of the time can be chalked up to a burdensome regulatory process that advocates say will make the District's program one of the most restrictive in the country: You can?t grow where you sell; there can only be five dispensaries and a maximum of 10 growing centers in the city; growers can only grow a maximum of 95 plants; and only D.C. residents are eligible to purchase. And even those who adhere to these regulations have plenty of cause for concern.

?Every single day we have to worry: Will the feds come down on this program simply because they don?t want to see it work?? Barnette said. ?That could happen.?

If the goal is to show lawmakers what a legitimate marijuana business can look like, this is the place.

For one thing, it looks boring. District rules state that there be no signs advertising the sale of marijuana. To get in, visitors will pass through an unmarked door, past a security guard, into a waiting room. The salesroom isn?t much different. But if Polis and Blumenauer want their colleagues to see the inside, they need to act quickly. Once the Metropolitan Wellness Center is operational, it will only be open to those within the system. Mike Cuthriell, the center's president, says that even the building?s landlord will not be allowed in once they start selling.

Though not yet able to dispense pot, the center's staff had plenty of information to give out to visitors. Blumenauer and Polis peppered the staff with questions about how quickly they could ramp up (the growers could be at full capacity with 75 days of starting to grow), how much per week they could grow (between 25 and 40 pounds), whether they had sophisticated strains for different ailments (they are working on it), and what the cost would be like compared to the black market (should be cheaper).

?My only source for how cheap it is on the black market comes from Priceofweed.com,? Cuthriell said.

?I wonder how much that domain cost?? Blumenauer said, raising his eyebrows and chuckling. Despite there not being any drugs on the premises, being here seemed to have given the lawmakers something of a contact high by the end of the tour, as they started to loosen up and crack jokes.

?A lot of Hill staff live here, you?ll probably even have some as patients,? Polis said.

?Yeah, given the chronic pain we give them,? Blumenauer chimed in. ?Nausea maybe? The rules are probably too tight for them to qualify.?

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pot-industry-most-politically-important-dispensary-112727510--politics.html

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Fox picks up Big East basketball for 12 years

By Liana B. Baker

(Reuters) - Fox Sports has signed a 12-year contract to carry the new Big East basketball conference, the first major sports rights agreement it has entered since announcing its new national cable channel to compete with ESPN.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. A source close to the matter estimated the deal was worth between $500 million and $600 million over the 12 years. Fox, owned by News Corp, has been buying sports rights to showcase on its new cable network, dubbed Fox Sports 1, which will debut in August.

The newly constituted conference will add Butler, Creighton and Xavier to the so-called "Catholic 7" schools - Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Villanova, DePaul - which are starting a league July 1 called the "Big East".

The seven schools broke from the Big East conference, but will retain the conference's name and branding for their league. The former conference known as the Big East will be re-named shortly. That conference signed a multiyear basketball and football contract with ESPN on Tuesday.

As part of the agreement, Fox will have the rights to all of the conference basketball games, some women's basketball games, Olympic sports and other content.

Fox Sports 1 will televise more than 100 regular season games as well as the Big East tournament. The deal includes digital rights as well which will be tapped for the Fox Sports Go app for mobile devices.

The sports cable channel already has rights to college football and basketball from other athletic conferences, Major League baseball games, Nascar, Ultimate Fighting Championship and soccer. Fox executives have said that the new network is on the hunt for other sports deals.

Fox joins media companies from NBC to Al Jazeera in chasing the advertising dollars that flow to live sports programming. These channels also collect monthly subscription fees paid by cable operators that generate a steady stream of revenue.

News Corp shares were trading 33 cents higher by 1.1 percent at $29.96 per share on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Liana B. Baker; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fox-picks-big-east-basketball-12-years-173914788--finance.html

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Engadget HD Podcast 341 - 03.19.2013

Hopefully you tuned into our Engadget HD panel from Expand this weekend, as we kick off this week's podcast discussing some of the topics covered by our guests from TiVo, Sling and Boxee. We also cover Verizon's proposal to pay stations based on how much its subscribers actually watch them, as well as what the future holds for Panasonic's plasma production and Sharp as a whole. Also notable are Fox's plans for a new 24-hour sports channel and news that Netflix may bring 4K streaming sooner than you think, press play to find out more about that and a couple of The Killing spoilers as a bonus.

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