Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Two days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate, who vowed to keep chipping away despite the wide gulf still separating them.

President Barack Obama exhorted lawmakers on Saturday to work hard for an accommodation. But earlier, optimistic words from the Senate's top Republican, Mitch McConnell, were muted by this cautionary note from the top Senate Democrat, Harry Reid: "Whatever we come up with is going to be imperfect."

A look at why it's so hard for Republicans and Democrats to compromise on urgent matters of taxes and spending, and what happens if they fail to meet their deadline:

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NEW YEAR'S HEADACHE

Partly by fate, partly by design, some scary fiscal forces come together at the start of 2013 unless Congress and Obama act to stop them. They include:

? Some $536 billion in tax increases, touching nearly all Americans, because various federal tax cuts and breaks expire at year's end.

? About $110 billion in spending cuts divided equally between the military and most other federal departments. That's about 8 percent of their annual budgets, 9 percent for the Pentagon.

Hitting the national economy with that double whammy of tax increases and spending cuts is what's called going over the "fiscal cliff." If allowed to unfold over 2013, it would lead to recession, a big jump in unemployment and financial market turmoil, economists predict.

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WHAT IF THEY MISS THE DEADLINE?

If New Year's Day arrives without a deal, the nation shouldn't plunge onto the shoals of recession immediately. There still might be time to engineer a soft landing.

So long as lawmakers and the president appear to be working toward agreement, the tax hikes and spending cuts could mostly be held at bay for a few weeks. Then they could be repealed retroactively once a deal was reached.

The big wild card is the stock market and the nation's financial confidence: Would traders start to panic if Washington appeared unable to reach accord? Would worried consumers and businesses sharply reduce their spending? In what could be a preview, stock prices around the world dropped Friday after House Republican leaders' plan for addressing the fiscal cliff collapsed.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has warned lawmakers that the economy is already suffering from the uncertainty and they shouldn't risk making it worse by blowing past their deadline.

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WHAT IF THEY NEVER AGREE?

If negotiations between Obama and Congress collapse completely, 2013 looks like a rocky year.

Taxes would jump $2,400 on average for families with incomes of $50,000 to $75,000, according to a study by the non-partisan Tax Policy Center. Because consumers would get less of their paychecks to spend, businesses and jobs would suffer.

At the same time, Americans would feel cuts in government services; some federal workers would be furloughed or laid off, and companies would lose government business. The nation would lose up to 3.4 million jobs, the Congressional Budget Office predicts.

"The consequences of that would be felt by everybody," Bernanke says.

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THE TAXES

Much of the disagreement surrounds the George W. Bush-era income tax cuts, and whether those rates should be allowed to rise for the nation's wealthiest taxpayers. Both political parties say they want to protect the middle class from tax increases.

Several tax breaks begun in 2009 to stimulate the economy by aiding low- and middle-income families are also set to expire Jan. 1. The alternative minimum tax would expand to catch 28 million more taxpayers, with an average increase of $3,700 a year. Taxes on investments would rise, too. More deaths would be covered by the federal estate tax, and the rate climbs from 35 percent to 55 percent. Some corporate tax breaks would end.

The temporary Social Security payroll tax cut also is due to expire. That tax break for most Americans seems likely to end even if a fiscal cliff deal is reached, now that Obama has backed down from his call to prolong it as an economic stimulus.

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THE SPENDING

If the nation goes over the fiscal cliff, budget cuts of 8 percent or 9 percent would hit most of the federal government, touching all sorts of things from agriculture to law enforcement and the military to weather forecasting. A few areas, such as Social Security benefits, Veterans Affairs and some programs for the poor, are exempt.

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THERE'S MORE AT STAKE

All sorts of stuff could get wrapped up in the fiscal cliff deal-making. A sampling:

? Some 2 million jobless Americans may lose their federal unemployment aid. Obama wants to continue the benefits extension as part of the deal; Republicans say it's too costly.

? Social Security recipients might see their checks grow more slowly. As part of a possible deal, Obama and Republican leaders want to change the way cost-of-living adjustments are calculated, which would mean smaller checks over the years for retirees who get Social Security, veterans' benefits or government pensions.

? The price of milk could double. If Congress doesn't provide a fix for expiring dairy price supports before Jan. 1, milk-drinking families could feel the pinch. One scenario is to attach a farm bill extension to the fiscal cliff legislation ? if a compromise is reached in time.

? Millions of taxpayers who want to file their 2012 returns before mid-March will be held up while they wait to see if Congress comes through with a deal to stop the alternative minimum tax from hitting more people.

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CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF?

In theory, Congress and Obama could just say no to the fiscal cliff, by extending all the tax cuts and overturning the automatic spending reductions in current law. But both Republicans and Democrats agree it's time to take steps to put the nation on a path away from a future of crippling debt.

Indeed, the automatic spending cuts set for January were created as a last-ditch effort to force Congress to deal with the debt problem.

If Washington bypassed the fiscal cliff, the next crisis would be just around the corner, in late February or early March, when the government reaches a $16.4 trillion ceiling on the amount of money it can borrow.

Boehner says Republicans won't go along with raising the limit on government borrowing unless the increase is matched by spending cuts to help attack the long-term debt problem. Failing to raise the debt ceiling could lead to a first-ever U.S. default that would roil the financial markets and shake worldwide confidence in the United States.

To avoid that scenario, Obama and Boehner are trying to wrap a debt limit agreement into the fiscal cliff negotiations.

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SO WHAT'S THE HOLDUP?

They're at loggerheads over some big questions.

Obama says any deal must include higher taxes for the wealthiest Americans. Many House Republicans oppose raising anyone's tax rates. Boehner tried to get the House to vote for higher taxes only on incomes above $1 million but dropped the effort when it became clear he didn't have the votes.

Republicans also insist on deeper spending cuts than Democrats want to make. And they want to bring the nation's long-term debt under control by significantly curtailing the growth of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security ? changes that many Democrats oppose.

Obama, meanwhile, wants more temporary economic "stimulus" spending to help speed up a sluggish recovery. Republicans say the nation can't afford it.

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IT'S NOT JUST WASHINGTON

Seems like they could just make nice, shake hands and split their differences, right?

But there's a reason neither side wants to give ground. The two parties represent a divided and inconsistent America. True, Obama just won re-election. But voters also chose a Republican majority in the House.

Republican and Democrats alike say they are doing what the voters back home want.

Neither side has a clear advantage in public opinion. In an Associated Press-GfK poll, 43 percent said they trust the Democrats more to manage the federal budget deficit and 40 percent preferred the Republicans. There's a similar split on who's more trusted with taxes.

About half of Americans support higher taxes for the wealthy, the poll says, and about 10 percent want tax increases all around. Still, almost half say cutting government services, not raising taxes, should be the main focus of lawmakers as they try to balance the budget.

When asked about specific budget cuts being discussed in Washington, few Americans express support for them.

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THE COUNTDOWN

Time for deal-making is short, thanks to the holiday and congressional calendars. Some key dates for averting the fiscal cliff:

? Lawmakers didn't begin returning to the Capitol until Thursday, leaving less than a week to vote on a compromise before year's end.

? Obama returned Thursday from his Christmas vacation in Hawaii. The president asked congressional leaders to the White House Friday to try to resolve the fiscal cliff.

? If lawmakers reach Dec. 31 without a deal, some economists worry that the financial markets might swoon.

? The current Congress is in session only through noon Eastern time on Jan. 3. After that, a newly elected Congress with 13 new senators and 82 new House members would inherit the problem.

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Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn, Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor and Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report.

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Fiscal Cliff Polls Show Americans Increasingly Pessimistic About Resolution

With just days before the fiscal cliff is reached, public opinion is growing increasingly pessimistic about the prospects of a deal.

An online HuffPost/YouGov poll conducted Wednesday and Thursday found that 51 percent of Americans thought a fiscal cliff deal was not very or not at all likely, up from 36 percent in late November. Only 8 percent thought a deal was very likely.

The skepticism transcended partisan lines, with more Democrats, Republicans and independents all saying a deal was more unlikely than likely. Republicans, however, were the most likely to expect further gridlock, with 59 percent predicting that a compromise wouldn't be reached.

The results mirror a Gallup poll that showed a 7-point dip over the last week in the belief a deal would be reached. Other polling has found even less confidence.

Most Americans have been following fiscal cliff news at least somewhat -- 88 percent in the HuffPost/YouGov poll said they'd heard something about the issue. The debate, however, has seemingly changed few minds, giving Democrats a relatively stable edge in public opinion for their handling of the negotiations, as well as their position on ending the Bush tax cuts on incomes over $250,000. A proposed last-ditch deal might set the threshold at $400,000.

The HuffPost/YouGov poll was conducted among 1,000 adults in the United States and has a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points, though that variation does not take into account other potential sources of error including statistical bias in the sample. It used a sample selected from YouGov's opt-in online panel to match the demographics and other characteristics of the adult U.S. population. Factors considered include age, race, gender, education, employment, income, marital status, number of children, voter registration, time and location of Internet access, interest in politics, religion and church.

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Two Arrested Over Christmas Eve Murder Of Church Organist Alan Greaves

Two men were being questioned on Saturday night about the murder of church organist Alan Greaves, who was attacked on his way to midnight mass on Christmas Eve.

Mr Greaves, 68, was just yards from his church in High Green, Sheffield, when he was badly beaten.

He was discovered by a member of the public and taken to hospital but died from his injuries on Thursday night.

A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "A man in his 20s and a man in his 40s, both from Sheffield, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are currently in custody helping police.

"Officers are searching a number of properties in the area and there has been a high-visibility police presence in High Green today."

Detectives are still appealing for witnesses to come forward with any information about the murder.

Mr Greaves, a grandfather and father-of-four, died after sustaining serious head injuries at about 11.15pm on Christmas Eve after leaving his home to go to St Saviour's Church.

Police are treating his death as murder and have said the motive for the attack is unclear.

His widow, church community worker Maureen Greaves, 63, told The Sun last night: "There was no motive.

"We are devastated. It is just not what you expect, somebody to walk down the street and get murdered - and at this time of year as well, it's just dreadful."

Canon Simon Bessant, from St Saviour's, described Mr Greaves as a "good man" who fell victim to an evil act.

He said: "He was a gentle soul. He wasn't foolish - he would have handled the situation as best as anyone would, but we don't know what he encountered."

The Bishop of Sheffield, Dr Steven Croft, has sent a message to every parish in his diocese asking for prayers for Mr Greaves, his widow and their family.

In it, Dr Croft said: "Alan Greaves died on Thursday night following injuries received in an attack on Christmas Eve as he was on his way to church.

"He was a Reader and organist at St Saviour's Mortomley and High Green in Sheffield.

"He was married to Maureen, a Church Army Evangelist, and both Alan and Maureen were widely involved in serving their local community for many years. They have four grown up children.

"Please would you hold Alan's family and the church family at High Green, with Simon Bessant the Vicar and the wider family of Church Army, in your prayers in the coming days and especially this Sunday morning.

"I plan to be with the congregation at High Green on Sunday morning."

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New-home sales strongest in more than 2 years | MyFOX8.com ...

New-home sales rose in November, recording their strongest pace in more than 2 years, another sign of improvement in the housing market.

The Census Bureau reported Thursday that sales of new homes rose to an annual rate of 377,000 in the month, up 4.4% from October, and up 15% from year-earlier levels. It was the highest rate of new-home sales since April 2010, when sales were inflated by a temporary $8,000 tax credit for home buyers.

A combination of near record low mortgage rates, lower unemployment and a drop in foreclosures means there are more buyers interested in purchasing, and fewer available homes. That in turn has lifted home prices.

Those supply-and-demand dynamics are especially true in the new-home market.

There was only a 4.7 month supply of new homes on the market in November, the same tight inventory as has been the case in four of the previous six months. The last time there was a tighter supply of new homes available was in October 2005, near the height of the housing bubble.

The tight supply has lifted the median price of a new home sold in November to $246,200, up 14.9% from the comparable price a year earlier.

Anika Khan, senior economist with Wells Fargo Securities, said the report was stronger than expected, especially for what is traditionally a slow month for home sales. She said new-home sales and construction are becoming a more important driver of overall economic growth, which is even more important with the economy facing other headwinds such as a cutback on business investment and consumer worries about the fiscal cliff.

?New-home sales is a good story and it will continue to be a good story,? she said.

New-home sales can be more important to the economy than sales of previously owned homes since they require purchase of other goods, such as appliances, and because of the construction jobs needed to build the homes.

The continued rebound in prices likely will be a positive for both purchases and construction in the year ahead. Higher prices give current homeowners an incentive to sell their homes and procure the down payment they need for their next home purchase. Potential home buyers, who may have been on the sidelines because of uncertainty about home prices, might also be lured into the market.

Source: http://myfox8.com/2012/12/27/new-home-sales-strongest-in-more-than-2-years/

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Best Career Advice for 2013 | Online Career Tips

By Joyce Lain Kennedy, ChicagoTribune.com
Special to Online Career Tips

DEAR READERS: Here's my annual best-advice column refreshed for 2013.

DIG DIGITAL MOVES. Assuming you don't want to be left by the side of yesterday's road, update your computer-related job search skills. If you're a little shaky on computer, smartphone, tablet and social media skills, look for catch-up resources, including community colleges, senior centers, job clubs, online tutorials and smart teenagers. The clock is ticking.

DEVELOP STRONG TOOLS. When competing for responsible jobs, create customized resumes that match your qualifications to a position's requirements. For hourly jobs, all-purpose resumes still work. The selection job interview remains the make-or-break factor. You may have mastered same-room interviewing, but are you ready to interview by video?

FIGHT FOR MONEY. Learn ever-more-critical salary negotiating skills. If you don't know market rates for your work, you can't fight back a lowball offer. Cruise salary websites.

RECOGNIZE STRATEGIC ZIG-ZAGGING. Consider fertilizing your career climb by judiciously changing employers every few years when opportunity knocks. Job changing isn't high risk if you make quotable, measurable accomplishments for each job, as well as competently check out each potential destination.

TAKE A LONG VIEW. Look at your career as a whole. Don't force yourself into a round hole if you're a square peg. Stay true to your personality and preferred lifestyle -- if you're a water lover, taking a job in the desert won't satisfy your inner sailor. Look at personal timelines for promise, momentum and harvest. If you're still in the promise stage at 45, something has to change or momentum-followed-by-harvest will slip beyond your grasp.

PREVENT OBSOLESCENCE. The only job security you can count on is the transportability of your skills. Do whatever it takes to keep your qualifications mint-fresh and marketable. Caveat: Beware of too much student debt. Check for-profit school prices against public and nonprofit school prices. Remember the "taxi" principal: "Find out the debt cost before you get in the transporting vehicle."

NETWORK FOREVER. Never has it been more important to participate in professional organizations and to network with other groups and individuals -- even parents you meet when driving your kids to school. Contacts you nurture over the years are the people most likely to return your calls and open doors for you when you're in employment distress. Calling only when you need something doesn't motivate others to assist you.

REFLECT ON SELF-EMPLOYMENT. Certainly not everyone should open an enterprise, but if you have strong entrepreneurial traits, running your own business may prove more secure and rewarding than being at someone else's call. Tip: Middle-aged managers who strike out on their own often discover that they lack the risk gene and are cut out to be wage slaves after all. Or they run out of money. Or they find out that it takes a whole lot more to succeed than doing what they love and hoping the money will follow.

PAY ATTENTION. Take time to seriously evaluate where you are and where you want to be. Remaining alert will keep you from being blindsided if your job suddenly disappears as capital chases cheap labor across the globe. That can happen in nearly any field, especially when the work can be digitized, including medicine, law and accounting. It's a myth that only low-end manufacturing jobs are being sent overseas.

In cost-control mode, employers are supplanting permanent employees with independent contractors, temps, consultants and freelancers. And there's no end in sight to the rush of galloping technology that's changing the content of jobs, or eliminating them altogether. The emphasis, subtle but important, has changed from "holding a job" to "doing a job."

This is a historic juncture for American workers and not all will benefit from changes.

AIM FOR FUSION. Whiz-bang technology is everywhere, but some things haven't changed. Don't lose memory of the myriad of decades-long lessons that job seekers have learned through opportunities won or lost, such as being likeable, or never interviewing just before lunch. Wisdom is a stubborn thing.

(Email career questions for possible use in this column to Joyce Lain Kennedy at jlk@sunfeatures.com; use "Reader Question" for subject line. Or mail her at Box 368, Cardiff, CA 92007.)

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Katt Williams is continuing his journey on the crazy train, this time with some pretty offensive comments about fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx. During his stand-up comedy show in Los Angeles, Katt told the crowd that Foxx is gay and sleeping with a singer signed to his label named Marcus Anthony. Katt Williams even ...

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Strange behavior: New study exposes living cells to synthetic protein

Dec. 27, 2012 ? One approach to understanding components in living organisms is to attempt to create them artificially, using principles of chemistry, engineering and genetics. A suite of powerful techniques -- collectively referred to as synthetic biology -- have been used to produce self-replicating molecules, artificial pathways in living systems and organisms bearing synthetic genomes.

In a new twist, John Chaput, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute and colleagues at the Department of Pharmacology, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ have fabricated an artificial protein in the laboratory and examined the surprising ways living cells respond to it.

"If you take a protein that was created in a test tube and put it inside a cell, does it still function," Chaput asks. "Does the cell recognize it? Does the cell just chew it up and spit it out?" This unexplored area represents a new domain for synthetic biology and may ultimately lead to the development of novel therapeutic agents.

The research results, reported in the advanced online edition of the journal ACS Chemical Biology, describe a peculiar set of adaptations exhibited by Escherichia coli bacterial cells exposed to a synthetic protein, dubbed DX. Inside the cell, DX proteins bind with molecules of ATP, the energy source required by all biological entities.

"ATP is the energy currency of life," Chaput says. The phosphodiester bonds of ATP contain the energy necessary to drive reactions in living systems, giving up their stored energy when these bonds are chemically cleaved. The depletion of available intracellular ATP by DX binding disrupts normal metabolic activity in the cells, preventing them from dividing, (though they continue to grow).

After exposure to DX, the normally spherical E. coli bacteria develop into elongated filaments. Within the filamentous bacteria, dense intracellular lipid structures act to partition the cell at regular intervals along its length. These unusual structures, which the authors call endoliposomes, are an unprecedented phenomenon in such cells.

"Somewhere along the line of this filamentation, other processes begin to happen that we haven't fully understood at the genetic level, but we can see the results phenotypically," Chaput says. "These dense lipid structures are forming at very regular regions along the filamented cell and it looks like it could be a defense mechanism, allowing the cell to compartmentalize itself." This peculiar adaptation has never been observed in bacterial cells and appears unique for a single-celled organism.

Producing a synthetic protein like DX, which can mimic the elaborate folding characteristics of naturally occurring proteins and bind with a key metabolite like ATP is no easy task. As Chaput explains, a clever strategy known as mRNA display was used to produce, fine-tune and amplify synthetic proteins capable of binding ATP with high affinity and specificity, much as a naturally occurring ATP-binding protein would.

First, large libraries of random sequence peptides are formed from the four nucleic acids making up DNA, with each strand measuring around 80 nucleotides in length. These sequences are then transcribed into RNA with the help of an enzyme -- RNA polymerase. If a natural ribosome is then introduced, it attaches to the strand and reads the random sequence RNA as though it was a naturally-occurring RNA, generating a synthetic protein as it migrates along the strand. In this way, synthetic proteins based on random RNA sequences can be generated.

Exposing the batch of synthetic proteins to the target molecule and extracting those that bind can then select for ATP-binding proteins. But as Chaput explains, there's a problem: "The big question is how do you recover that genetic information? You can't reverse transcribe a protein back into DNA. You can't PCR amplify a protein. So we have to do all these molecular biology tricks."

The main trick involves an earlier step in the process. A molecular linker is chemically attached to the RNA templates, such that each RNA strand forms a bond with its newly translated protein. The mRNA-protein hybrids are exposed to selection targets (like ATP) over consecutive rounds of increasing stringency. After each round of selection, those library members that remain bound to the target are reverse-transcribed into cDNA (using their conveniently attached RNA messages), and then PCR amplified.

In the current study, E. coli cells exposed to DX transitioned into a filamentous form, which can occur naturally when such cells are subject to conditions of stress. The cells display low metabolic activity and limited cell division, presumably owing to their ATP-starved condition.

The study also examined the ability of E. coli to recover following DX exposure. The cells were found to enter a quiescent state known as viable but non-culturable (VBNC), meaning that they survived ATP sequestration and returned to their non-filamentous state after 48 hours, but lost their reproductive capacity. Further, this condition was difficult to reverse and seems to involve a fundamental reprogramming of the cell.

In an additional response to DX, the filamentous cells form previously undocumented structures, which the authors refer to as endoliposomes. These dense lipid concentrations, spanning the full width of the filamented E. coli, segment the cells into distinct compartments, giving the cells a stringbean-like appearance under the microscope.

The authors speculate that this adaptation may be an effort to maintain homeostasis in regions of the filamentous cell, which have essentially been walled off from the intrusion of ATP-depleting DX. They liken endoliposomes to the series of water-tight compartments found in submarines which are used to isolate damaged sections of the ship and speculate that DX-exposed cells are partitioning their genetic information into regions where it can be safely quarantined. Such self-compartmentalization is known to occur in some eukaryotic cells, but has not been previously observed in prokaryotes like E. coli.

The research indicates that there is still a great deal to learn about bacterial behavior and the repertoire of responses available when such cells encounter novel situations, such as an unfamiliar, synthetic protein. The study also notes that many infectious agents rely on a dormant state, (similar to the VBNC condition observed in the DX-exposed E. coli), to elude detection by antibiotics. A better understanding of the mechanisms driving this behavior could provide a new approach to targeting such pathogens.

The relative safety of E. coli as a model organism for study may provide a fruitful tool for more in-depth investigation of VBNC states in pathogenic organisms. Further, given ATP's central importance for living organisms, its suppression may provide another avenue for combating disease. One example would be an engineered bacteriophage capable of delivering DX genes to pathogenic organisms.

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Let Old Complaints Be Forgot

Emily Yoffe

Photograph by Teresa Castracane.

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This year a bumper crop of letter writers let me know what happened after I answered their questions, a trend I encourage. The most recent was from Want To Be a Dad, the white guy with an infertile Asian wife who concluded as long as they were going to use an egg donor he?d like the donor to be white. I gave him hell and told him it was a good thing he ran this by me before bringing it up with his wife. He wrote back: ?I have decided that this isn't something worth risking upsetting her with so I am going to keep my thoughts to myself. I'm fine with having a biracial kid and if my wife makes it clear one way or another that's what she wants, that's what she'll get. But if we're choosing between whites and Asians I will lean toward a white donor.?

As an unexpected bookend, I got a follow-up letter from a father who wrote in last year with his own donor-egg dilemma. His wife had been reluctant to tell their twins they?d been conceived using a donor egg, as she feared they would feel she wasn?t really their mother. I said that the husband shouldn?t tell unilaterally, but he should encourage the wife to change her mind and that talking to a support group of people who?ve used egg donors might make her more comfortable and provide advice on how to tell the kids. Here?s what happened, according to the husband: ?You were the first person I reached out to, and it took another year, but my wife finally just relaxed and told me to go ahead and tell the twins the whole story. It turns out she was just really afraid that her kids would disown her in some way or not love her anymore. It was just the opposite! The twins were surprised, but their view of her as their mother hasn't changed. They are more grateful than ever that she went to such lengths to bring them into the world.They have no real interest in the egg donor herself either. The subject is now totally dead after only a week or so.? I was delighted to hear the mother came around and got such a loving response. But I did tell the father that while the subject may be dead for now, the children might get more interested later, and they should make sure the subject is not taboo.

In April I ran a letter from a young widower whose wife had been an older woman with a grown daughter. He and his stepdaughter had been providing emotional support for each other; then the stepdaughter confessed she was developing romantic feelings for him. He was overwhelmed with conflicting emotions and wondered what he should do. I said since this young woman had been his stepdaughter for a decade, it would just be wrong to start a romantic relationship with her. I solicited a follow-up from him, and he wrote that shortly after her confession, he went to see his stepdaughter and explained that they could never have a relationship. ?She was very upset that I seemed not to reciprocate her feelings. Why was she not good enough? Had she done something wrong? Was there someone else? On and on. Finally I just walked out and left her crying, alone, and utterly devastated. I was dumbfounded, the world was sideways and everything was just gray.? Shortly afterward he was sent overseas for a months-long work trip. He alerted his stepdaughter of his return and she met him at the airport. ?We hugged, she kissed me ... fully. I let her, but when she was done I could see that she finally got it. I told her to go home, and that was the last that I have talked to or seen her. And that, I guess, is that.?

I also asked the man whose fianc?e was treating his young daughter badly what had transpired since he wrote. In the original letter the father had recognized that his fianc?e, Janet, was less mature than his 8-year-old, but his main concern was that Janet, who couldn?t have kids, wanted to adopt and he didn?t feel she was ready to be a mother. I agreed she wasn?t, and added that his poor daughter shouldn?t have to put up with an evil stepmother and he should dump Janet. He wrote back to say that Janet continues to behave badly but that she has finally agreed to attend individual and couple?s counseling. He concluded: ?I've not taken your advice, although I know I should. I'm hanging in there, hoping my partner will change, although I know she won't.? If you?re reading this, Dad, save your daughter years of therapy and get Janet out of your lives.

Another letter writer?s experience underlined the excellent point that I worry about every time I suggest therapy: Some therapists are nuts. This woman had written in because her therapist was pushing an incest agenda on her, although none had occurred. I said she should cancel her next appointment and start looking for a therapist who could actually help her. She did that, and after another bad fit, she reported: ?I found one who actually listens to me and lets me guide where my therapy goes and I am much better for it. I am still drug free, have gotten a new great job, and am now working on building healthy relationships with my father.? As a reminder of how much letter writers leave out, she mentioned that she had been sexually abused, although not by her father. But a big issue in her life was that her father hadn?t protected her when she was young.

Source: http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=8ed87df0cfe11be710bfab9f89ba1872

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imranijins: Vocational Education

December 26, 2012 Education

Economies of the world will turn into knowledge economies. With the basics of the world are changing with the evolution of technologies, it is important for a person to specialize in a particular area to find gainful employment.

This type of specialization is taught by vocational schools. In the fields of health, technology, art and business of professional training is offered in general. The classification of these subjects will still be conducted in other courses.

Vocational education has gained increased revival of enthusiasm in the world of today?s demand for skilled workers for the company. Vocational training in the details is extremely diverse theme and title of the analysis of a wide range of references and sources includes several specific questions about education, vocational training and career. You will find many online sources that can help you with detailed information about the training in education. Due to the desperate need that rises on a large scale among corporate houses of skilled workers in the world today believe that the people business schools, rebuild its stable foundation.

Faculty of vocational schools is very experienced. They provide practical knowledge to their students. As a result, students are able to have a real life experience and industry practice. Students are also provided with training.

There are several professional development projects around the world. In fact, every state has vocational schools, where villagers can earn degrees and become part of a dedicated workforce. The majority of these training institutions. Work according to the rules and regulations of the State Department of Education The Ministry of Education of the State or Central Government granted recognition training institute.

AVLC is a center of learning, different types of training, such as vocational training, job training, training, English IELTS and so provides.

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121222 ? Wilderness Society takes WA EPA to Court [over proposed ...

* The Wilderness Society:
Wilderness Society takes WA EPA to Court
* ABC AM:
Wilderness Society launches legal action against
JPP gas hub environmental approval
* SBS World News Video:
WA government taken to court over gas hub approval
* Greens MP Chapple calls on EPA Chief to resign
* Hands Off Country: EPA?s Deception of Community
* Law Below the Top Soil, by Dr. Peter Botsman:
a concise history of the flawed proposal to develop
Browse Gas at James Price Point
* News re legal action against approval of JPP gas hub
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign:
James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* Let?s Talk Tiga Bayles interviews
Aunty Mary Graham & Aunty Lila Watson on the
40th Anniversary of the Canberra Aboriginal Tent Embassy
* Background to the Aboriginal tent embassies

* Graeme Mundine?s speech at Brisbane launch of
?A Decision to Discriminate?

* Greens Senators Penny Wright and Rachel Siewert:
Time for a new approach to juvenile justice
* ABC PM: Calls for bail reform to reduce juvenile jail rate
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* 3CR Community Radio, Anarchist World:
Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheener [Indigenous Freedom Fighters]

* Other articles

* THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY:
WILDERNESS SOCIETY TAKES WA EPA TO COURT

- Advocacy

The Wilderness Society:
Wilderness Society takes WA EPA to Court

http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/wilderness-society-takes-wa-epa-to-court

19 Dec 12: ?The Wilderness Society will join with
Goolarabooloo Traditional Custodian, Richard Hunter, in
taking both the West Australian Environment Protection
Authority (EPA) and the state?s Environment Minister to the
Supreme Court over gross mishandling of conflicts of
interest in relation to assessment of the proposed Kimberley
gas hub.
This enormous project, covering an area 20 times the size
of the Melbourne CBD, is a proposal of the West Australian
Department of State Development and is being assessed by
another government agency, the EPA. The West Australian
Premier, Colin Barnett, is the Minister for State
Development, and thus the proponent.
As evidenced by a long list of blunders, the government has
repeatedly failed to display any sense of procedural
competence or scientific rigour in relation to environmental
and cultural assessments of this highly contested project.
One of it?s most spectacular failings has been its improper
handling of conflicts of interest declared by four of its
five board members (dating back to 2009) revealed in mid
2012.?

See:

The Wilderness Society: The Kimberley

http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley

?The Kimberley region of northern WA is one of the world?s
great natural and Indigenous cultural regions. Its vast
savannah landscapes, wild rivers, extensive wetlands,
spectacular coast and rich marine environments provide a
multitude of habitats that are home to an extraordinary
diversity of species. Incredibly, the far north-west
Kimberley sub-region is the only part of Western Australia,
and one of very few in Australia, that appears to have
retained its complete native fauna species diversity
without extinction since European settlement.?

* ABC AM:
WILDERNESS SOCIETY LAUNCHES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST
JPP GAS HUB ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL

- Audio

ABC AM:
Wilderness Society launches legal action against
JPP gas hub environmental approval

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2012/s3658100.htm

20 Dec 12: ?HEIDI NORE: The Wilderness Society and
Goolarabooloo traditional owner Richard Hunter are
commencing legal proceedings against the Environmental
Protection Authority and against the Environment Minister
Bill Marmion for the way they have handled the James Price
Point gas hub assessment.
DAVID WEBER: What are the particular problems with the way
that the EPA and the Environment Minister have handled this?
HEIDI NORE: The EPA has acknowledged that four out of its
five board members had conflicts of interest while they
were assessing the James Price Point gas hub.?

* SBS WORLD NEWS VIDEO:
WA GOVERNMENT TAKEN TO COURT OVER GAS HUB APPROVAL

- Video

SBS World News:
WA government taken to court over gas hub approval
Source: Brooke Boney, NITV News

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1722151/WA-government-taken-to-court-over-gas-hub-approval

20 Dec 12: ?A Goolarabooloo traditional owner and the
Wilderness Society are taking the West Australian
government to court over the proposed Woodside gas hub at
James Price Point in the Kimberley. They say approval of
the site was flawed because some of the Environmental
Protection Authority board members, who were a part of the
decision making process, had conflicts of interest.
Brooke Boney from NITV reports.?

* GREENS MP CHAPPLE CALLS ON EPA CHIEF TO RESIGN:

- News

Robin Chapple MLC:
Greens MP Chapple calls on EPA Chief to resign

http://www.robinchapple.com/greens-mp-chapple-calls-epa-chief-resign

20 Dec 12: ??The Conservation Council of WA was quite
correct to criticize WA?s deficient approvals process. I
have many more examples of these practices. One only needs
to look at what has taken place within the EPA this year
regarding approvals for the development of the Browse LNG
processing plant at James Price Point. ?If Mr Vogel is
serious about the role of the EPA as ?facilitating
ecologically sustainable development? then he has a
completely different idea of this concept than what is
regarded as acceptable by forward-thinking people elsewhere
in the world. ? ? ? Mr Chapple said.?

See:

Welcome to Robin Chapple MLC?s website?

http://www.robinchapple.com/welcome-robin-chapple-mlcs-new-website

?Robin Chapple was first elected to the Western Australian
Legislative Council on February 10, 2001. He is the first
member of the Greens (WA) ever elected for the vast Mining
and Pastoral Region.?

* HANDS OFF COUNTRY: EPA?S DECEPTION OF COMMUNITY

- Analysis / Opinion

Hands Off Country: EPA?s Deception of Community

http://handsoffcountry.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/normal-0-false-false-false-en-au-x-none.html

20 Dec 12: ?What is the purpose of the National Heritage
register? The ?heritage value of fossilised dinosaur track
sites that occur in Broome Sandstone is recognised and is
listed as a National Heritage site. Who do these faceless
trans-nationals think they are? It is one thing for
corporations wanting to exploit resources that have no
impact in their own back yard, but for the state government
to disregard not only the social mandate of the Broome
community, but also State and Commonwealth laws, treaties
and agreements and are activity aiding and abetting the
wilful destruction of our national heritage. This is
appalling.?

* LAW BELOW THE TOP SOIL, BY DR. PETER BOTSMAN
- A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE FLAWED PROPOSAL TO
DEVELOP BROWSE GAS AT JAMES PRICE POINT:

- Report

Save The Kimberley: ?Law Below the Top Soil? ? Just Released
Law Below the Top Soil, by Dr. Peter Botsman
- a concise history of the flawed proposal to develop
Browse Gas at James Price Point

http://www.savethekimberley.com/2012/10/11/law-below-the-top-soil-just-released/

?The ?Botsman report? explores the interconnected roles of
the WA government, Woodside Petroleum and the Kimberley
Land Council that have resulted in a proposal for a massive
gas hub at James Price Point. The report outlines the major
meetings and dealings of the parties involved, revealing
major flaws in the process. Moreover, the report provides a
compelling case for the proposed development at JPP to be
permanently shelved and for the ultimate protection of that
country.?

See:

About Save The Kimberley

http://www.savethekimberley.com/about-us/

?Save The Kimberley is an independent awareness
organisation. We are a not-for-profit, 100% volunteer run
group which is made up of a diverse and passionate group of
individuals ? traditional custodians, local Kimberley
community, and other committed Australians from all parts:
we are business owners, administrators, entrepreneurs,
artists, musicians and media professionals.?

* NEWS RE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL OF
JPP GAS HUB:

- Audio

ABC PM: WA Govt cool on Wilderness Society legal action

http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3658768.htm

20 Dec 12: ?The West Australian Government has given a cool
reaction to the latest legal challenge to a proposed gas
hub near Broome. The Wilderness Society has launched the
action against the State?s Environmental Protection
Authority and the Environment Minister. The group is
focusing on the EPA?s (Environmental Protection Authority)
approval, which only happened after four of the five board
members were excluded due to conflicts of interest.?

- News

ABC: More legal action launched over JPP

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-20/more-legal-action-launched-over-jpp/4437528

20 Dec 12: ?A Supreme Court challenge has been lodged
against the Environmental Protection Authority?s approval
of the LNG hub, north of Broome. The Wilderness Society has
joined forces with traditional owner, Richard Hunter, to
allege that the decision making process breached the
Environmental Protection Act. Earlier this year the EPA
Chairman Paul Vogel was forced to assess and ultimately
approve the project on his own, because the other four
board members had conflicts of interest. The Society?s
Heidi Nore has told AM the legal action will allege that
three of the board members still had some input.?

Koori Mail: Court action over gas hub
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
20 Dec 12: ?THE Wilderness Society WA and Goolarabooloo
traditional custodian Richard Hunter have launched
proceedings in the WA Supreme Court against the WA
Environment Protection Authority and Environment Minister
Bill Marmion over the approval of the controversial James
Price Point gas processing complex. The parties want a
judicial review of the decisions made around the proposal
to locate the Browse LNG Precinct at James Price Point,
alleging the decision-making process was flawed because of
conflicts of interest and improper delegations.?

The West: Legal action threatens Browse LNG project

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/regional/kimberley/a/-/news/15687273/legal-action-threatens-browse-lng-project/

20 Dec 12: ?Woodside?s proposed Browse LNG project has come
under renewed threat with Green and indigenous groups
launching legal action against the approval process for the
controversial gas processing hub at James Price Point. The
Wilderness Society WA announced that the conservation group
and traditional owner, Goolarabooloo elder Richard Hunter,
had commenced Supreme Court legal proceedings against the
State?s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and
Environment Minister Bill Marmion over his approval in
July.?

Australian: Browse hit by more litigation

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/browse-hit-by-more-litigation/story-e6frgczx-1226540707657

20 Dec 12: ?WOODSIDE?S $35 billion Browse development has
been hit with fresh legal action to overturn environmental
approvals for the project because of conflicts of interest
on the West Australian Environmental Protection Agency
board. Traditional owner Richard Hunter and the Wilderness
Society of Western Australia have launched action in the
Supreme Court seeking a judicial review of decisions taken
by the EPA and state government to allow construction of
the Browse gas processing facilities at James Price Point.?

* BACKGROUND TO THE SAVE THE KIMBERLEY CAMPAIGN
- JAMES PRICE POINT, NORTH OF BROOME, WA

Last updated: 16 December 2012

http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-kimberley-campaign-james-price-point-north-of-broome

* LET?S TALK TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS
AUNTY MARY GRAHAM & AUNTY LILA WATSON ON THE
40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CANBERRA ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY:

- Audio Interviews

Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let?s Talk Tiga Bayles interviews Aunty Mary Graham & Aunty Lila Watson

http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/

20 Dec 12: ?Also featured audio from the 1982 Commonwealth
Games Documentary, when people took to the streets to
protest against the QLD acts.?
Listen to this interview on-line:

http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/aunty-mary-graham-aunty-lila-watson/

[Includes discussion of the 40th Anniversary of the
Canberra Aboriginal Tent Embassy.]

- Related News

National Indigenous Radio Service:
Tent Embassy founder encourages UN registration

http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7715-tent-embassy-founder-encourages-un-registration

21 Dec 12: ?The head the First Nations Interim National
Unity Government says he?s encouraging Indigenous embassies
around the country to maintain their stand. It comes while
the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy is being subject
to attempts by the Brisbane City Council to be removed.
Founder of the National Unity Government, Michael Anderson,
who also co-founded the original Aboriginal Tent Embassy in
Canberra, says embassies must formally register to the
United Nations. Mr. Anderson says the Embassies are
representing displaced peoples.?

- Related Audio

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:

http://caama.com.au/radio#tabs-6

http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/am-21-12.mp3

21 Dec 12: ?A group of Aboriginal people from South
Australia?s south east, Coorong and River Murray regions
say they have been forced to apply for sovereignty status
in United Kingdom Privy Council because their claims for
recognition are being ignored by the Sate Government.?

* BACKGROUND TO THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSIES:

Last updated: 19 December 2012

http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-aboriginal-sovereignty-movement-and-the-aboriginal-tent-embassies

* GRAEME MUNDIN?S SPEECH AT BRISBANE LAUNCH OF
?A DECISION TO DISCRIMINATE?:

- Speech

?concerned Australians?: A Decision to Discriminate
- Speeches and pictures from the book launches
[scroll down page] http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_launchspeeches.html
Brisbane launch: Graeme Mundine (PDF)

http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/ADTD_launch_speech_Graeme_Mundine-Brisbane.pdf

?Executive Officer, ACM Sydney Archdiocese
I am very happy to be here to support this book and to
continue to help voice opposition to what is happening in
the Northern Territory. In doing so I am mindful that it is
not only in the NT that we have issues with the way
Aboriginal people are being treated. ? I think it?s a
national shame, for example, that here in Queensland as in
my home state of NSW the rate of incarceration of Aboriginal
people is increasing year after year but hardly anyone seems
to care about that. ? In conclusion then I urge you to buy
A Decision to Discriminate it is one of the most accessible
and comprehensive ways to hear the voices of those who are
directly affected by the Intervention.?

- Photos

?concerned Australians?: A Decision to Discriminate
- Speeches and pictures from the book launches
[scroll down page] http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_launchspeeches.html
Brisbane launch:
* Graeme Mundine
* Lilla Watson
* Les Malezer?

- Event

Event: Wed 12 December 2012: South Brisbane, Qld
Brisbane Book Launch: ?A Decision to Discriminate?
- Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory
Launched by: Graeme Mundine, respected Aboriginal leader
and Executive Officer of Australian Catholic Ministry in Sydney
Supporting the launch will be two special guests:
* Aunty Lilla Watson, Birrigubba and Gungalu woman,
leader, teacher and advocate in the Murri community
* Les Malezer, Butchulla and Gubbi Gubbi man,
Co-Chair, National Congress of Australia?s First Peoples
?Through the use of direct quotations,
this new book is an important historical record
that focuses on the Senate Committee Inquiry
into the Stronger Futures legislation. It shows
how the Government decision-making process
chose to ignore the views and ideas expressed
by many Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory
communities in much the same way as has
happened since colonisation.?
Sponsored by:
* Amnesty International QLD http://www.amnesty.org.au/qld
* and ANTaR Queensland http://antarqld.org.au/
A ?concerned Australians? publication: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
Brisbane flyer: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/ADTD_launch_flyer_Brisbane.pdf
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/qld/event/30572/
Event details: [scroll down page] http://antarqld.org.au/node/207
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_booklaunches.html#Brisbane
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD
Flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-flyer-final.pdf
Order Form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/ADTD_Order_Form.pdf
Book reviews:

http://acmsydney.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/review-of-a-decision-to-discriminate-aboriginal-disempowerment-in-the-nt/

http://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2012/2012115_91.shtml

http://overland.org.au/blogs/loudspeaker/2012/10/stronger-futures-and-aboriginal-disempowerment/

Audio Interviews: http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9818

* GREENS SENATORS PENNY WRIGHT AND RACHEL SIEWERT:
TIME FOR A NEW APPROACH TO JUVENILE JUSTICE

- Media Release

Greens Senators Penny Wright and Rachel Siewert:
Time for a new approach to juvenile justice

http://penny-wright.greensmps.org.au/content/media-releases/time-new-approach-juvenile-justice

http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/media-releases/time-new-approach-juvenile-justice

20 Dec 12: ?Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Issues ?
Increasing over-representation of Indigenous youth in
juvenile detention shows the drastic need for a new
approach to justice in Australia, say Australian Greens
Senators Penny Wright and Rachel Siewert.
New figures from the Australian Institute of Health and
Welfare show Indigenous young people account for 53 per
cent of all youth in detention and were 31 times as likely
as non-Indigenous young people to be in detention, up from
27 times as likely in 2008.
?Locking up young people today will simply condemn many of
them to jail in the future,? Australian Greens spokesperson
on Legal Affairs Senator Penny Wright said.
?Shocking figures like these are why the Greens have been
lobbying hard for a new Justice Reinvestment approach to
crime which emphasises the need to strengthen communities
and invest resources to prevent crime in the first place. ?
Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert says the way to
reduce this alarming overrepresentation of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander children in detention is to address
the underlying causes.
?More effective and better resourced investment is needed in
order to improve health services, community support,
education and the provision of employment opportunities,?
said Senator Siewert. ? ?

* ABC PM: CALLS FOR BAIL REFORM TO REDUCE JUVENILE JAIL RATE

- Audio

ABC PM: Calls for bail reform to reduce juvenile jail rate

http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3658724.htm

20 Dec 12: ?Legal and Aboriginal activists say bail laws
must be reformed to reduce the number of children being
held without being sentenced. The latest report from the
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that each
night, more than a thousand children aged between 10 and 17
are in custody. The new figures also show that Aboriginal
children are 31 times more likely to spend time in jail
than non-Indigenous children, as Jennifer Macey reports. ?
JENNIFER MACEY: Former Human Rights Commissioner, Tom
Calma, is an advocate for the Justice Reinvestment Now
campaign. It aims to divert prison funding towards
communities with a high concentration of young offenders.?

* BACKGROUND TO ABORIGINAL IMPRISONMENT AND DEATHS IN CUSTODY:

Last updated: 21 December 2012

http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/17/background-to-aboriginal-imprisonment-and-deaths-in-custody

* 3CR COMMUNITY RADIO, ANARCHIST WORLD:
TUNNERMINNERWAIT AND MAULBOYHEENER
[INDIGENOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS]

- Audio

3CR Community Radio 855 AM ? Podcasts
Anarchist World ? 20 Dec 2012
Presenter: Joseph Toscano
[scroll down page] http://www.3cr.org.au/podcast
[listen to this program online] http://pod.3cr.org.au/pod/3CRCast-2012-12-19-86092.mp3
20 Dec 12: ?Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheener, obituary
Rhonda Jankovic, it?s up to you and much much more?

See:

3CR Community Radio 855 AM ? Who we are

http://www.3cr.org.au/about_3CR

?The radio station was established in 1976 to provide a
voice for those denied access to the mass media,
particularly the working class, women, Indigenous people
and the many community groups and community issues
discriminated against in and by the mass media.?

* OTHER ARTICLES:

- News

National Indigenous Radio Service:
Lowitja Institute looking for alternative funding

http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7716-lowitja-institute-looking-for-alternative-funding

21 Dec 12: ?A leading national Indigenous health research
organisation is facing an uncertain future because it says
it can no longer apply for a previous grant. Pat Anderson,
Chairperson at Lowitja Institute, says the organisation has
received three funding rounds, but now has to look at other
sources of funding. Ms. Anderson says the institute has a
unique approach to research that focuses on community
engagement. She says while support is there, no financial
commitment has been secured.?

Koori Mail: Search for new commissioner
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20 Dec 12: ?Outgoing Race Discrimination Commissioner Helen
Szoke. THE search is on for Australia?s next Race
Discrimination Commissioner, with incumbent Helen Szoke due
to take up a post with Oxfam next year. Australian Human
Rights Commission president Professor Gillian Triggs will
act in the position while the recruitment process is
undertaken. Attorney General Nicola Roxon said the position
required a strong advocate for building fair and inclusive
communities that reject racism.?

- Audio

ABC The World Today:
Calls to overhaul Indigenous education after poor NAPLAN results

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2012/s3657556.htm

18 Dec 12: ?The poor results from Indigenous students in
Australia?s latest national education report have prompted
calls for an overhaul of the way these students are taught
in schools. The NAPLAN report shows that the results for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students haven?t
improved since standardised national testing was introduced
four years ago. Indigenous educators say part of the
problem is that too many schools are segregating Indigenous
children into special education units where they?re not
getting the support that they need. Stephanie Smail has
our report.?

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Samsung Seeks U.S. Sales Ban On Some Ericsson Products As The Two Continue Wrangling Over Patents

The patents war between Samsung Electronics and Ericsson rolls on. The Korean electronics company has announced that it?filed a complaint last week against the Swedish telecom manufacturer with the U.S. International Trade Commission, requesting a U.S. import and sales on some Ericsson products. This latest action comes one month after Ericsson sued Samsung in the U.S. for patent infringement,and requested an ITC U.S. import ban on Samsung products.

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Afghan policewoman shoots dead US military adviser ? RT

Published: 24 December, 2012, 10:32
Edited: 24 December, 2012, 23:06

Afghan policemen stand guard at the site where a female police officer shot dead a foreign civilian adviser at police headquarters in Kabul on December 24, 2012 (AFP Photo / Shah Marai)

A female Afghan police officer has shot dead a US military adviser in a high security police headquarters, a senior police official said. This is the first green on blue attack since September and the first ever in Afghanistan involving a woman.

She fired only one shot that fatally struck the American in the chest, Seidiqqi said.

She had previously worked in a human rights department of the police and had been a refugee in Pakistan and Iran.

A police official confirmed that she was able to enter the compound with a firearm because she was a police officer.

An investigation into the shooting is underway. The shooter was detained by her fellow officers after the incident but refused to answer questions as to her motive after hours of interrogation, Sidiqqi added.

The American was a civilian worker who worked in NATO command, spokesperson US Air Force Lt. Col. Lester T. Carroll told AP. The woman has so far refused to explain her motive for the attack.

It is currently unclear if the contractor?s death was intentional or accidental, Deputy Police Chief Mohammad Daoud Amin said.

Afghans have been deeply shocked that a woman was responsible for the shooting.

?This is the first female to carry out such an attack. It is very surprising and sad,? Nasrullah Sadeqixada, an independent member of parliament, told AP.

According to NATO 1,400 women were serving in the Afghan police and 350 in the army by the middle of 2012. While this is a very small proportion in comparison to males, it is a significant gain in such a conservative society as Afghanistan.

Under the former rule of the Taliban women were virtually prisoners in their own homes and were severely punished for breaking the harsh code of living imposed on them.

The shooting came just hours after an Afghan police officer opened fire on five colleagues at a checkpoint in the country's north. The attacker then stole their weapons, and fled to join the Taliban, the local deputy provincial governor said.

In mid-September, three similar attacks took place in Afghanistan over a single weekend, killing eight NATO troops.

More than 60 coalition troops were killed in Afghanistan in 2012, a dramatic increase from the 35 killed last year. The violence comes ahead of the coalition?s planned pull-out in 2014

The surge in such attacks is throwing doubt on the ability of the Afghan security forces to effectively take over from NATO troops when they begin to withdraw next year.

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Afghan officials have identified the attacker as Police Sgt. Nargas, a mother of four who had a clean record.

"Her background is very clean. We don't see that she had any connection with armed insurgent groups,'' An interior Ministry Spokesman, Sediqi Seidiqqi, in an interview with AFP.

He added that she aroused no suspicion because she frequently went back and forth on business between the compound and the Interior Ministry where she worked.

She fired only one shot that fatally struck the American in the chest, Seidiqqi said.

She had previously worked in a human rights department of the police and had been a refugee in Pakistan and Iran.

A police official confirmed that she was able to enter the compound with a firearm because she was a police officer.

An investigation into the shooting is underway. The shooter was detained by her fellow officers after the incident but refused to answer questions as to her motive after hours of interrogation, Sidiqqi added.

The American was a civilian worker who worked in NATO command, spokesperson US Air Force Lt. Col. Lester T. Carroll told AP. The woman has so far refused to explain her motive for the attack.

It is currently unclear if the contractor?s death was intentional or accidental, Deputy Police Chief Mohammad Daoud Amin said.

Afghans have been deeply shocked that a woman was responsible for the shooting.

?This is the first female to carry out such an attack. It is very surprising and sad,? Nasrullah Sadeqixada, an independent member of parliament, told AP.

According to NATO 1,400 women were serving in the Afghan police and 350 in the army by the middle of 2012. While this is a very small proportion in comparison to males, it is a significant gain in such a conservative society as Afghanistan.

Under the former rule of the Taliban women were virtually prisoners in their own homes and were severely punished for breaking the harsh code of living imposed on them.

The shooting came just hours after an Afghan police officer opened fire on five colleagues at a checkpoint in the country's north. The attacker then stole their weapons, and fled to join the Taliban, the local deputy provincial governor said.

In mid-September, three similar attacks took place in Afghanistan over a single weekend, killing eight NATO troops.

More than 60 coalition troops were killed in Afghanistan in 2012, a dramatic increase from the 35 killed last year. The violence comes ahead of the coalition?s planned pull-out in 2014

The surge in such attacks is throwing doubt on the ability of the Afghan security forces to effectively take over from NATO troops when they begin to withdraw next year.

Source: http://rt.com/news/policewoman-us-adviser-kabul-705/

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95% Argo

All Critics (243) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (232) | Rotten (11)

'Argo' is one of the best movies of the year.

Argo has that solid, kick-the-tires feel of those studio films from the 70s that were about something but also entertained. Only it's as laugh outright amusing as it is sobering.

The movieland satire is laid on thick, but it's also deadly accurate. Schlock has never seemed so patriotic, and Arkin and Goodman have rarely been so good.

Argo is a rollicking yarn, easily the most cohesive and technically accomplished of Affleck's three films so far, but a part of me wishes the director hadn't cast himself in the lead role.

If nothing else, it proves that every so often, the CIA can pull something off - and that yes, Canadians are just about the nicest people on the planet.

The film is a whopper of a tale, one designed for Oscar nominations, Best Picture and Best Director among them.

This may be the most geek-friendly movie that never did the rounds at Comic-Con.

When Tony (Ben Affleck) lands in Tehran and trains the frightened Americans to play their parts as a Canadian film crew, Argo compares the ruses run by governments and movie studios.

The whole thing is paced like a whip, and the third act may literally be the most suspenseful piece of film I've ever seen - and yes, I have seen Rear Window. Recommended without any reservation for every and any cinemagoer.

A terrific supporting cast, especially the non A-list actors, make the dramatic license taken justified and redeem Affleck for miscasting himself in the hero's role.

A brilliant thriller that's based on a historical incident, 'Argo' is one of the best films of 2012.

A wonderfully lively and engrossing movie ...

An enthralling and deliciously entertaining movie -- and a deserved triumph for its star and director.

The details make for a rip-roaring story, which Affleck invests with old-school directorial ?lan.

Ben Affleck leaps on to the A-list of directors with this relentlessly entertaining thriller, combining comedy and nerve-jangling suspense to maximum effect.

If you're a nailbiter, bring gloves, because the suspense will see you reach your knuckles.

Surprisingly enjoyable, given that you may have little prior commitment to this story and only mildly fancy Affleck.

Affleck skilfully turns the screw of suspense, gaining added traction from an extremely convincing recreation of the setting and period.

Ben Affleck's movie tells an amazing but true story set against the context of the Iranian hostage crisis.

Talent borrows and genius steals, but Affleck does something in between: he mimics.

It's impossible to be bored by a story this good, especially with that cast.

Part of what makes this headspinning story believable is the fact that it pans out in an oddly uncomplicated way.

The shaggy and bearded Ben Affleck, barely recognisable from his former self, gives a great lead performance. Understated, intense and steely-eyed, Affleck has the screen presence of legendary actor/director Clint Eastwood.

Affleck the director is utterly sure-footed with an instinctive feel for characterization, tension and pacing as he builds the action towards a nail-biting climax.

A dum-tight thriller demonstrating that Affleck is one of the most accomplished directors working in Hollywood today.

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/argo_2012/

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