CPP changes buffered impact of aging population ... - Financial Post

Canada?s changes to the national pension scheme in the 1990s helped buffer the country against demographic changes that are affecting a number of countries including Japan, Russia and Hong Kong, according to pension consultant Mercer.

?Unlike many countries around the world, Canada acted in the 1990s to help mitigate the future impact of an aging population on its national pension system,? said Scott Clausen, a partner in Mercer?s Canadian retirement business.

The percentage of Canada?s population that is of working age is projected decline to 65% from 69% over the next eight years. That is double the percentage point decline expected in the United States and the United Kingdom, according to Mercer.

Among the steps Canada took in the 1990s was to increase Canada Pension Plan contributions to an amount larger than needed to meet benefit payments at the time. The excess contributions are invested by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and are expected to help mitigate contribution increases or benefit reductions that would otherwise have been required as the population aged, Mercer said.

Canada also took ?significant steps? to reduce its level of federal government debt and, earlier this year, made changes to its Old Age Security program so the start of benefits will ultimately kick in at age 67 rather than 65.

Some notable Canadians such as former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge and David Denison, the former chief executive of the CPPIB, have recently pointed to the successes of the Canada Pension Plan model to explain why expansion of the national scheme might be preferable to the federal government initiative to fill gaps in retirement planning with a pooled pension administered by the banks and insurers for Canadians who don?t have a workplace plan.

Ottawa moved ahead with legislation to create the Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP) in June.

So far, only Quebec has announced its intention to introduce companion legislation to roll out the retirement savings vehicle.

?All provinces agreed to move forward with the PRPP framework at the December 2010 meeting of Finance ministers,? Ted Menzies, minister of state for finance, said in an emailed statement Thursday. Citing a Finance Canada study in 2009 that identified a gap in private savings, he said PRPPs ?are a low-cost savings option will help address that gap.?

A report released by the OECD in June?recognized the role of private pensions in addressing gaps in retirement systems in industrialized countries.

Source: http://business.financialpost.com/2012/11/29/changes-to-cpp-keep-canada-ahead-of-demographic-trends-mercer/

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Clinical trial delivers good results in leukemia patients

Public release date: 29-Nov-2012
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SALT LAKE CITYHuntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) researchers Michael Deininger, M.D., Ph.D., and Thomas O'Hare, Ph.D., were part of a team that found a potent oral drug, ponatinib, effective in patients who have developed resistance to standard treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic lymphoma (Ph+ ALL). The New England Journal of Medicine released results of the trial today.

In the phase I clinical trial conducted at five cancer centers nationwide, ponatinib was highly active in patients with CML and Ph+ ALL who had developed resistance to currently approved tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), the standard treatment for CML and Ph+ ALL. Ponatinib is a rationally developed drug, designed in the labs of study sponsor ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to address limitations of currently available treatments. Deininger, professor and chief of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, and O'Hare, a research associate professor, helped to develop ponatinib, and predicted its efficacy against all known mutant forms of BCR-ABL1, the abnormal protein tyrosine kinase that causes CML.

"Ponatinib is arguably the most potent and broadest BCR-ABL1 available thus far, covering even the T315I mutant, which is completely resistant against all approved TKIs", says Deininger, a senior author on the study who leads an ongoing ponatinib trial at Huntsman Cancer Institute. "The results of this study as well as preliminary data from a larger phase 2 trial show that ponatinib has remarkable activity in patients with resistant CML and Ph+ ALL, suggesting that this new TKI will expand our therapeutic armamentarium very significantly. It is a poster child for personalized cancer therapy."

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The study was supported by ARIAD Pharmaceuticals. Deininger and O'Hare receive support from the Huntsman Cancer Foundation and CA042014. Deininger is also a Scholar of Clinical Research of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The mission of Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah is to understand cancer from its beginnings, to use that knowledge in the creation and improvement of cancer treatments, to relieve the suffering of cancer patients, and to provide education about cancer risk, prevention, and care. HCI is a National Cancer Institute-Designated cancer center, which means that it meets the highest national standards for cancer care and research and receives support for its scientific endeavors. HCI is also a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of the world's leading cancer centers that is dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of care provided to patients with cancer. For more information about HCI, please visit www.huntsmancancer.org.

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SALT LAKE CITYHuntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) researchers Michael Deininger, M.D., Ph.D., and Thomas O'Hare, Ph.D., were part of a team that found a potent oral drug, ponatinib, effective in patients who have developed resistance to standard treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic lymphoma (Ph+ ALL). The New England Journal of Medicine released results of the trial today.

In the phase I clinical trial conducted at five cancer centers nationwide, ponatinib was highly active in patients with CML and Ph+ ALL who had developed resistance to currently approved tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), the standard treatment for CML and Ph+ ALL. Ponatinib is a rationally developed drug, designed in the labs of study sponsor ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to address limitations of currently available treatments. Deininger, professor and chief of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, and O'Hare, a research associate professor, helped to develop ponatinib, and predicted its efficacy against all known mutant forms of BCR-ABL1, the abnormal protein tyrosine kinase that causes CML.

"Ponatinib is arguably the most potent and broadest BCR-ABL1 available thus far, covering even the T315I mutant, which is completely resistant against all approved TKIs", says Deininger, a senior author on the study who leads an ongoing ponatinib trial at Huntsman Cancer Institute. "The results of this study as well as preliminary data from a larger phase 2 trial show that ponatinib has remarkable activity in patients with resistant CML and Ph+ ALL, suggesting that this new TKI will expand our therapeutic armamentarium very significantly. It is a poster child for personalized cancer therapy."

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The study was supported by ARIAD Pharmaceuticals. Deininger and O'Hare receive support from the Huntsman Cancer Foundation and CA042014. Deininger is also a Scholar of Clinical Research of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The mission of Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah is to understand cancer from its beginnings, to use that knowledge in the creation and improvement of cancer treatments, to relieve the suffering of cancer patients, and to provide education about cancer risk, prevention, and care. HCI is a National Cancer Institute-Designated cancer center, which means that it meets the highest national standards for cancer care and research and receives support for its scientific endeavors. HCI is also a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of the world's leading cancer centers that is dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of care provided to patients with cancer. For more information about HCI, please visit www.huntsmancancer.org.

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Six ways to celebrate Pong's 40th anniversary?

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Winda Benedetti , NBC News

It is Nov. 29?in the year 2012 and that means the ground-breaking,?ball-bouncing, interactive?game of Pong officially turns 40 years old.

40 YEARS OLD.

If you are reading this and you (like me)?remember playing Pong as a child, well then, let's stop and take a moment to consider what that says about you ... and about?how old you might be.

But more importantly, let's stop and take a moment to consider?what Pong has meant to and done for the video game industry as we know it today.?It was four decades?ago that?this (now seemingly simple) game of digital table top tennis?first?arrived in arcades. It would soon make its way into homes and into some of our very best childhood memories. It would not only help launch a famous video game company????Atari????but it would inspire many of today's game creators.

Forty?years ago, that bouncing white?ball and those?infuriatingly?small digital paddles helped make the gaming what it is today.?

So how does one properly mark?this momentous birthday? Here's a look at a few ideas for?celebrating this very special day.

1.?Treat?yourself to some old-school Pong

Pong may be four decades old, but some of the old machines are still kicking around ... and operable. You can pick up a?working?Atari Super Pong Ten from 1977 here on Etsy ... for a mere $125. And here's an Atari Super Pong console on eBay. Because it's always fun to own a piece of history.

2.?Play a?modern version of Pong

You may not have the cash to get your hands on an old Pong machine, but no matter, there is still some affordable Pong-style gaming to be had.

For a?fresh take on the old gameplay, check out the new app "Pong World," which arrived in the App Store?Thursday from, yes,?Atari ... and?for free.

Earlier this year, Atari?issued a challenge?to indie game developers to?create their own vision of the legendary game for mobile devices (oh how times have change). The winner of that challenge was "Pong World" from?zGames???a game that lets?players choose from a variety of paddles as they battle in either classic mode or new?modes such as Blitz and Hotseat.

You can also play "Browser Pong" here???a game of Pong that lets you use browser windows as the?paddles and balls.?

Of course, if you want to go big?with?your Pong-playing, you can try to?challenge the folks in Kansas City who recently celebrated the game's anniversary?by creating the "World's Largest Game of Pong." Take a look:

3. Read the new book "Atari Inc. - Business is Fun"

If you love video games and their?history, then you won't want to miss this new book which?details the roller-coaster?ride that is the history?of the famed game?company.?The book???which includes?some?300 pages of never before seen photos???not only?looks at how Atari (fun fact: originally named?Syzygy) became a?gaming?juggernaut, but details the rise of Pong as well as?Steve Jobs' early work at the company.

If you don't have the time to take in?this 800-page book, then?check out Buzzfeed's excellent (and much shorter)?look back at the history of Pong.

4.?Make a Pong-themed 'Gangnam Style' parody

If there's one thing this world needs more of, it's "Gangnam Style" parodies. And if that retro-yet-totally-modern game?"Minecraft"?gets its own "Gangnam Style" parody, then surely Pong deserves one too.?

All you need is a camera and, well, an elevator.?Check out the video above to see?some Pong fans who?are already getting their Gangnam on. ?

5. Write the screenplay for the movie adaptation of the video game Pong

From "Assassin's Creed" to "Castle Wolfenstien," Hollywood LOVES making big-screen adaptations of famous video games. Sure, they usually stink more than a week-old whale corpse washed up on the Oregon shore, but hey, one day someone is going to make a truly?great video game movie adaptation.

That person may just be?NBC's own Helen A.S. Popkin. She knows a hot pop culture trend when she sees one, and so she's celebrating ?Pong's 40th?anniversary by working on her screenplay?for "Pong: The Movie." Here, take a gander at the treatment and tell me that this isn't going to be AWESOME:?

?Pong: The Movie??-?Matthew McConaughey is Dr. Jarod Pong, a government epidemiologist with only 12 hours to find a cure for a pandemic virus and save humanity. A coastal-wide blackout and failed lab generators leave the hunky scientist with no centrifuge to keep his developing specimen moving. If the petri dish doesn?t remain in constant motion for 7 hours, Pong?s cure, and humanity, will be lost. Heroically drawing on a childhood pastime, Pong clears a lab table and, with his lab assistant (and love interest) Naomi Watts, launches the most important game of improvised air hockey in the history of man. Ceaselessly batting? the petri dish back and forth, McConaughey and Watts battle boredom, monotony, tedium, and sexual tension to save the human race. Andre Benjamin also stars.

(Dear?Hollywood, if you'd like to talk to Ms. Popkin about her screenplay, please note that, as her agent, I will be taking a 20 percent cut.)

6. Play a game of Beer Pong
OK, fine, so this drinking game (loved by frat boys the world over) has nothing to do with the video game Pong. But let's face it, if you're old enough to have fond memories of?playing Pong as a child, then, as you contemplate what this anniversary?says?about your own?undeniable?middle age, you may need to have a drink ... or three.

So three cheers for four decades of?Pong!

Winda Benedetti?is so young it's amazing that she's allowed to write?about video?games for NBC?News. You can follow her tweets about games and other things?on Twitter?here?@WindaBenedetti?and you can?follow her?on?Google+.?Meanwhile, be sure to check?out the?IN-GAME?FACEBOOK PAGE?to discuss the day's?gaming news and reviews.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/ingame/six-ways-celebrate-pongs-40th-anniversary-1C7332326

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Tax Relief for Obsolete Retail Space | Commercial Property Executive

November 28, 2012

By J. Kieran Jennings, Esq.

Since 2001, major retailers have closed about 5,000 stores per year. Certainly there are more closings in challenging times, and in other years there are more store openings than closings. There is one constant, however: Real estate owners and operators must determine what to do with vacated space. Assessors also should weigh the impact on the property, and taxpayers should decide how to reduce taxes based on inevitable tenant turnover.

For many years, the assessing community refused to fully recognize the devaluation of a shopping center due to vacancies. Assessors argued that vacant space has worth, and that an income approach to valuation ignores the income-producing potential intrinsic to empty space. In certain instances, the assessor?s argument is true, and including an estimate of potential income for vacant space is an integral part of a shopping center assessment. But what should be done when the space no longer has value or becomes a detriment to the property?

Assessors are often reluctant to acknowledge the nominal or negative value of space that no longer adds to a property?s value. When that occurs, a financial study of highest and best use can prove that the space simply cannot be reused economically. Specifically, the property owner can show that?build-out and other costs?required to prepare the space for the?highest and best use?outweigh the?potential?rent the space would earn.

Take for instance a small cinema complex that must update to digital projectors or go out of business. An article in the Sept. 30 edition of USA Today described the owner of a four-screen theater who lamented that he lacked the profit margin to support the $250,000 conversion. The cinema operator?s plight should raise a question for the real estate assessor. Is the current usage designation of the space, in its current condition, financially feasible? If the answer is no, then the highest and best use study takes a look at the financial viability of either upgrading ? in this example, to digital projection ? or renovating the space for a different use and user.

When looking at potentially renovating and changing the use of the property, the appraiser or assessor must determine whether the conversion is physically possible. There may be demand for rentable space, but can the existing structure be adapted for that use? Other considerations include whether the use is legally permissible. A bar, hotel or casino may be a great idea, but do zoning and other laws permit the use? The proposed use should also be reasonable and probable. A conversion to a use that harms the rest of the shopping center is not appropriate.

In many secondary markets in particular, the cost of renovation may exceed the amount of rent that would be collected at market rates over the life of the potential lease. Repurposing a cinema, for example, incurs costs that competing retail properties don?t have to bear, such as the expense of leveling sloped floors, adjusting ceiling heights and removing lobbies. If the costs do not justify the change, then the appraiser as well as the owner will need to determine if the building is a detriment to the center. In some cases, the only avenue available is demolition of the property, after which the land can be held for future development.

The days of just discussing the issues of obsolete spaces with the assessor are long since over.?Chinese Gen. Sun Tzu?s famous admonition, ?Know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be in peril,? is apropos in tax contests. A successful appeal requires knowing how the opponent ticks and what proof is necessary.

Owners are often best served in preparing for a hearing or meeting by obtaining an appraisal from a reputable third party. A critical question for the taxpayer is when, if ever, to share that documentation. Appraisal evidence properly prepared with an attorney in advance of litigation will often protect that document from individuals with whom the owner does not wish to share it, and should allow the owner?s team the opportunity to present the evidence at the time and place that is most advantageous to the owner.

The final question is, when should the taxpayer raise these arguments? Experience suggests that the taxpayer should attack the issue of obsolete space as soon as the market begins to question the existing use. Tax contests can be lengthy, and profitability ? or even survival ? may depend upon minimizing non-productive expenses such as taxes.

Kieran Jennings is a partner with the law firm of Siegel & Jennings, which focuses its practice on property tax disputes and is the Ohio and Western Pennsylvania member of American Property Tax Counsel, the national affiliation of property tax attorneys. He can be reached at kjennings@siegeltax.com.

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Source: http://www.cpexecutive.com/in-focus/tax-relief-for-obsolete-retail-space/

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Novated lease tax benefits | Car Finance, Loans & Leasing Blog ...

If you are an employee seeking tax benefits, a novated lease may be a smart way to finance your vehicle. And if you are an employer, a novated lease can be a simple, cost-effective way to add value via your employee benefits program.

Put simply, it?s an agreement between the employee, employer and the financier that allows employees to lease a motor vehicle from their pre-tax salary.

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Risk of childhood obesity can be predicted at birth

ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2012) ? A simple formula can predict at birth a baby's likelihood of becoming obese in childhood, according to a study published today in the open access journal PLOS ONE.

The formula, which is available as an online calculator, estimates the child's obesity risk based on its birth weight, the body mass index of the parents, the number of people in the household, the mother's professional status and whether she smoked during pregnancy.

The researchers behind the study hope their prediction method will be used to identify infants at high risk and help families take steps to prevent their children from putting on too much weight.

Childhood obesity is a leading cause of early type 2 diabetes and heart and circulatory disease, and is becoming more common in developed countries. According to NHS figures, 17 per cent of boys and 15 per cent of girls aged two to 15 in England are classified as obese.

The researchers developed the formula using data from a study set up in 1986 following 4000 children born in Finland. They initially investigated whether obesity risk could be assessed using genetic profiles, but the test they developed based on common genetic variations failed to make accurate predictions. Instead, they discovered that non-genetic information readily available at the time of birth was enough to predict which children would become obese. The formula proved accurate not just in the Finnish cohort, but in further tests using data from studies in Italy and the US.

"This test takes very little time, it doesn't require any lab tests and it doesn't cost anything," said Professor Philippe Froguel, from the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, who led the study.

"All the data we use are well-known risk factors for childhood obesity, but this is the first time they have been used together to predict from the time of birth the likelihood of a child becoming obese."

The 20 per cent of children predicted to have the highest risk at birth make up 80 per cent of obese children. The researchers suggest that services such as dieticians and psychologists could be offered to families with high-risk infants to help them prevent excessive weight gain.

"Once a young child becomes obese, it's difficult for them to lose weight, so prevention is the best strategy, and it has to begin as early as possible," said Professor Froguel. "Unfortunately, public prevention campaigns have been rather ineffective at preventing obesity in school-age children. Teaching parents about the dangers of over-feeding and bad nutritional habits at a young age would be much more effective."

Although common genetic variants did not prove to be helpful for predicting childhood obesity, the researchers say about one in 10 cases of obesity are caused by rare mutations that seriously affect appetite regulation. Tests for these mutations could become available to doctors in the next few years as the cost of DNA sequencing technology falls.

The Imperial researchers conducted the study in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Oulu, Finland; Harvard University in the US and the University of Verona, Italy. The work was funded by the Medical Research Council, Imperial College London, the University of Oulu and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

The obesity risk calculator is available online at http://files-good.ibl.fr/childhood-obesity/

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1. Anita Morandi, David Meyre, St?phane Lobbens, Ken Kleinman, Marika Kaakinen, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Vincent Vatin, Stefan Gaget, Anneli Pouta, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Jaana Laitinen, Aimo Ruokonen, Shikta Das, Anokhi Ali Khan, Paul Elliott, Claudio Maffeis, Matthew W. Gillman, Marjo-Riitta J?rvelin, Philippe Froguel. Estimation of Newborn Risk for Child or Adolescent Obesity: Lessons from Longitudinal Birth Cohorts. PLoS ONE, 2012; 7 (11): e49919 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049919

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Wedding Flower Girl Basket with Beaded Alencon Lace, Ivory Satin Sash Cinched by Crystals - The MIRANDA Basket by JLWeddings

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Media executives revealed as chairs of anti-NBA group

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- The co-chairs of Home Court Advantage, a group aimed at discouraging Louisville from pursuing an NBA team to share the KFC Yum! Center with the University of Louisville, have revealed their involvement in a letter to business leaders.

Keith Hall, a former Insight Communications executive, and George Demaree, the General Sales Manager of Main Line Broadcasting, tout their media experience in the letter, saying, "our own personal pocketbooks have often been dependent on good investment decisions regarding athletics of all kinds on all levels."

Attached to the letter is a study commissioned by the group, revealed by WHAS11 earlier this month, which concludes that the costs associated with attracting and retaining a National Basketball Association franchise for Louisville outweigh the benefits.?

Hall is a former member of the University of Louisville Board of Overseers.? A U of L spokesman has said that the university was not involved in the study and, to his knowledge, had not requested it.

"Our initiative, Home Court Advantage, strives to educate members of our community about the detrimental effects an NBA team would have on our city and its local universities," the letter reads.

Mayor Greg Fischer has dismissed the study, conducted by Cambridge Economic Research, as biased.? Fischer said he encouraged Greater Louisville Inc to commission its own study.

Hall and Demaree criticize Fischer's efforts to ready the city for an NBA team if the opportunity arises, citing a meeting attended by Fischer and NBA proponents that did not include representation from the University of Louisville, the KFC Yum! Center's anchor tenant.

"As a community, are we comfortable in alienating our city?s public university at the expense of 'getting prepared?'" the letter asks.? "Are we OK with spending taxpayer dollars to finance preparations for an NBA team that is not guaranteed to arrive or stay in our city?"

A spokesman for Fischer, however, told WHAS11 that U of L Athletic Director Tom Jurich advised Fischer to contact him about the NBA conversation only after the city had identified a team.

Fischer has repeatedly said that any deal for an NBA team would have to include and be a "win" for U of L athletics.? The mayor has suggested that an NBA team offers a solution for the struggling finances of the downtown arena and the businesses surrounding the arena whose tax revenue helps pay off the arena's construction debt.

The co-chairs say that management changes at the KFC Yum! Center are showing good results.

"We think giving them the running room to continue their momentum makes more sense than throwing them a curveball at this crucial time," the letter states.

Hall and Demaree also claim that an NBA team would sabotage other events booked at the KFC Yum! Center, effectively removing U of L's Womens? Basketball Team and Women's volleyball program.? The letter also claims that the NBA's demand for arena dates would disqualify the KFC Yum! Center for the NCAA Men?s Basketball Tournament NCAA Volleyball Final Four.

Home Court Advantage plans meetings with business leaders to share the study's findings and relay concerns about the NBA's effect on the University of Louisville.

"Our community needs to be aware that renegotiating a contract in hopes of obtaining a seat at the NBA bargaining table is not a fruitful exercise," the letter concludes.
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Woman denies murder to avenge husband's death

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Janepsy Mesa Carballo gave emotional testimony on the stand at her trial Monday.

By Justin Finch, NBCMiami.com

A woman accused of luring a man to his death in revenge for her husband?s murder told a Florida court Monday that she acted in self-defense.

Janepsy Mesa Carballo, 35, who is on trial for second-degree murder, , told a Miami-Dade court that she feared that Ilan Nissim would harm her and her family when she shot him.

?In my mind, he was chasing me,? Janepsy Mesa Carballo said of Nissim. ?His people, as he called it, were chasing me.?

She testified in hopes of having her murder charge thrown out under Florida?s Stand Your Ground law.

Carballo said that she lived in fear of Nissim, who was an acquaintance and business partner of her husband, Orlando Mesa.

Shot six times in the back
Mesa and Carballo?s toddler son were shot outside their North Miami home in April 2008. Her husband was killed and their 2-year-old boy was injured but survived.

A month later, Carballo shot and killed Nissim inside her home, according to authorities.

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Prosecutors say Carballo was out to avenge her husband's death, claiming that she lured Nissim to her home the night she fatally shot him six times in his back.

But Carballo said that she wasn?t expecting Nissim that night, and said that his visit turned violent. She acted in self-defense, she said.

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?He turns with his left hand towards his right, and at that moment, I just started shooting, and shooting,? she said.

More testimony is expected on Tuesday.

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Donna Ryder from Newport, Co. Mayo, is a Sports Scholarship student at IT Sligo and is currently ranked the no 1 racquetball player in Europe. She was conferred with a Bachelor of Business in Recreation and Leisure at the 2012 IT Sligo Conferring.
Mayo graduates were among more than 1,800 graduates conferred at IT Sligo at its annual Conferring Ceremonies last week. President of IT Sligo, Professor Terri Scott, said encouraged the graduates to be entrepreneurial in their outlook.
She quoted the President of the USA Barak Obama who said that ?focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it?s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realise your true potential.?

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Green Cleaning Will Improve Your Home And Cost Less

Green Cleaning Will Improve Your Home And Cost Less

Most people don?t think about how the cleanliness (or lack thereof) affects the overall structure and value of their home. Your home value can actually be based on how clean it really is. If you do decide to clean your house, there are correct ways to do so. If you are like most people, strong chemicals will be utilized. Not a good thing to do. Your health, the health of your family, and the structure of the home, can be negatively affected by doing so. If possible, utilizing green cleaning methods can help you avoid problems with your home and family. The following tips will help you do this the right way.

Wardrobe cleaning may be necessary. Some people will have mites and other types of bugs in their clothing, especially if it is in a sealed area. To avoid the possibility of getting mold, you need to do this. You may also get moths in your closet regardless of how many mothballs you have. You might want to give away some clothes that you know you will no longer wear. Tear up the heavily used clothes and turn them into rags that you can use when you clean. Replace your mothballs with old socks that you have filled with cinnamon sticks, cloves and bay leaves. Your home will be more environmentally friendly. You?ll reduce your clutter. This will help you keep the bugs away and preserve any clothing that you may still have.

Instead of using a dryer, start hanging drying your clothing. During the winter months, it is nice to have a dryer, since there isn?t always sunshine to dry the hanging clothing. In order for your carbon footprint not to get any bigger, you will need to use the dryer, along with the electricity, as little as possible. Not only is a dryer hard on the environment, no matter if it is gas or electric, but static electricity is increased by using it, especially in the winter. When you hang dry your clothing, the environment isn?t the only winner. You can save money by not having to replace your clothing as often, because they will last longer not being banged around in the dryer.

A good reusable mop is an investment you should make. Many people switch to Swiffer?s which are an alternative to traditional mops. This is because the use once and toss them pads make floor cleaning a much easier and less time consuming chore. The sad fact is, though, that the chemicals used in the cleanser the pads are soaked in is dangerous for you and your family and the pads themselves contribute to the overflowing of landfills. A reusable mop allows you the freedom to use environmentally friendly floor cleaner and helps you save lots of money over the long haul. When you spend your time cleaning, it will be more profitable if you do the job the right way. Before you choose any home improvement project, start with a thorough cleaning. One of the best ways to improve your health is to start cleaning your house by using cleaning methods that are green.

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Diabetes Diet for Indians - Health Me Up

For diabetics, a healthy diabetes diet is the essence to healthy living along with exercise, of course. But what makes up a diabetes diet for Indians? There are several diabetes diets published online, which include exotic ingredients and food items. But what about ingredients that are locally available to Indians with diabetes? Let?s get a diabetes diet for Indians from the experts in nutrition and diabetology.

Diabetologist, Dr. Sanjiv Bhambani with Moolchand Medcity suggests ?A diabetes diet should be high on fiber, must contain milk without cream, buttermilk, fresh seasonal fruits, green vegetables, etc.? But remember to consume these components in moderation.

Diabetes diet for Indians should have the ratio of 60:20:20 for carbs, fats and proteins, the doctor explains, ?Per day calorie intake should be between 1,500-1,800 calories with a proportion of 60:20:20 between carbohydrates, fats and proteins, respectively.? He adds that a diabetes diet should ?have at least two seasonal fruits and three vegetables in a diet plan.? As for dry fruits, the fructose can spike up your sugar level.

The doctor shares his recipe for diabetes diet for Indians:
- One teaspoon of methi seeds soaked overnight in 100 ml of water is very effective in controlling diabetes.
- Drink tomato juice with salt and pepper ever morning on an empty stomach.
- Intake of 6 almonds (soaked overnight) is also helpful in keeping a check on diabetes.

We move now to nutritionist Rekha Sharma to look for elaborate answers to diabetes diet for Indians.? Rekha Sharma, President and Director of Indian Dietetic Association shares some major diabetes diet pointers that one should follow at home or at a restaurant.

Expert Speak: Diabetes diet for Indians

Whole grains, oats, channa atta, millets and other high fiber foods should be included in the meals. If one feels like consuming pasta or noodles, it should always be accompanied with vegetable /sprouts.

Milk is the right combination of carbohydrates and proteins and helps control blood sugar levels. Two servings of milk in a daily diet is a good option.

High fiber vegetables such as peas, beans, broccoli and spinach /leafy vegetables should be included in one?s diet. Also, pulses with husk and sprouts are a healthy option and should form a part of the diet.

Pulses are important in the diet as their effect on blood glucose is less than that of most other carbohydrate containing foods. Vegetables rich in fiber help lowering down the blood sugar levels and thus are healthy.

Good fats such as Omega 3 and MUFA should be consumed as they are good for the body. Natural sources for these are canola oil, flax seed oil, fatty fish and nuts. These are also low in cholesterol and are trans fat free.

Fruits high in fiber such as papaya, apple, orange, pear and guava should be consumed. Mangoes, bananas, and grapes contain high sugar; therefore these fruits should be consumed lesser than the others.

The diabetes diet for Indians includes carbohydrates, proteins and fats. As always, a balanced and planned diet can build and improve personal health. A controlled diabetes diet may seem like a drag and bore, but a good cook can add life to a diet. Time to call up mom and experiment with diabetes diets!?

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We paid $50 for background checks, $167 for adoption filing fee, and $25 for the new birth certificate. Also, my husband's employer reimbursed us for the filing fee, so in reality it only cost us $75!

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Rice's big run, Tucker FGs give Ravens 16-13 win

SAN DIEGO (AP) ? Fourth-and-29 at their own 37, 1:37 left in regulation and trailing by three points.

Game over for the Baltimore Ravens?

Not so fast. After all, they were playing the San Diego Chargers, the masters of the come-from-ahead loss, and Ray Rice had the perfect play for the seemingly impossible situation.

"Check down, Hey Diddle Diddle, Ray Rice up the middle," the Ravens running back said in describing the unbelievable play that helped the Ravens to a 16-13 overtime win against the staggering Chargers.

Six plays later, Justin Tucker kicked a 38-yard field goal to tie the game at 13 as regulation expired. Tucker made another 38-yarder with 1:07 left in overtime to win it.

But it was Rice's 29-yard gain that saved the day and allowed the Ravens (9-2) to take an even firmer grip on the AFC North race.

Pushed back by a holding call against guard Marshal Yanda and a 9-yard sack of Flacco by Antwan Barnes, the Ravens were down to their last desperate shot.

"I was thinking we needed a miracle," Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs said.

They got it.

Flacco took a shotgun snap, looked downfield and then threw a short pass to Rice, who ran through a big hole in the middle of the field. Three Chargers missed him at the 50 before Quentin Jammer and Antoine Cason finally brought him down.

The ball originally was spotted at the 33. After a lengthy review, the ball was moved back to the 34 and the refs measured. The new spot still gave the Ravens a first down by the length of the ball.

"It was just total will," Rice said. "Once I made the first guy miss when I cut back across the grain, I actually saw the defense had to flip their hip and I kept eyeing the first down. I looked and said, 'Should I keep running to the sideline or should I just keep trying to get up field?' And that's what I did. I just kept getting up field.

"I left it in the hands of the officials and I'm not going to say they owed us one, but I'm glad we came out on top," he said.

Said wide receiver Torrey Smith: "I had a great view. ... That's probably one of the best plays I've ever seen. You won't see too many plays like that. He was the perfect guy for it."

With the Chargers defenders playing deep, Flacco couldn't find Smith open so he went to Rice.

"I thought it might be our best shot at the time ? give it to Ray ? and Ray made a great run and got a little lucky and it worked out perfect," Flacco said.

All the Chargers had to do was get the stop and run out the clock for their first win against a team with a winning record this season.

"I don't know what to say," Jammer said. "A play like that should never happen. You can't give them a chance to execute that play. But we had some breakdowns, for sure."

Up to that point, San Diego's defense had played well.

"It definitely upsets the stomach when things like that happen, but they happen," said defensive end Corey Liuget, who had a sack, a big fourth-down stop earlier in the game and a pass deflection.

"You have to give a guy credit when he makes an awesome play like that. But it was big, the biggest of the game it changed the game. ... Those kinds of plays are never acceptable in the NFL. You have to have somebody make the play."

San Diego (4-7) was pushed closer to elimination from the playoff picture for the third straight season, and with it, almost certainly the end of the Norv Turner era. The Chargers dropped four games behind AFC West leader Denver, which swept the season series against San Diego. In the wild-card race, the Chargers trail Indianapolis by three games and Pittsburgh and Cincinnati by two games.

Baltimore increased its lead to three games over Pittsburgh, which lost to Cleveland, and Cincinnati, which beat Oakland. The Ravens won their fourth straight and for the eighth time in nine games.

San Diego punted on both of its OT possessions. The second punt, a 63-yarder by Mike Scifres, pinned the Ravens at their 11 with 4:56 to go.

On third-and-10 from the Chargers 47, Smith came back and went over Jammer's tight coverage to make a nice catch of a 31-yard pass from Flacco to the Chargers 16. Flacco twice took a knee to set up the winning kick.

San Diego had gone ahead 13-3 on Nick Novak's 30-yard field goal with 7:51 to go in regulation.

This was the third time the Chargers blew a lead of double digits in the second half. They also came from ahead to lose at New Orleans and in an epic Monday night game here against Denver, when they blew a 24-0 halftime lead and lost 35-24.

Philip Rivers was sacked six times, twice by Arthur Jones. Rivers was turnover-free for just the third time in 11 games. He came in with 14 interceptions and four lost fumbles.

Rivers threw a 21-yard TD pass to Malcom Floyd and Novak kicked a 43-yard field goal to give the Chargers a 10-0 lead in the second quarter.

The Ravens struggled offensively until the opening drive of the second half. Flacco threw a short pass to Smith, who made two Chargers miss, then cut inside and deked another defender before being tackled at the Chargers 27 for a 54-yard gain.

The Ravens had to settle for Tucker's 43-yard field goal.

Flacco was sacked five times, twice by Antwan Barnes.

NOTES: Chargers S Eric Weddle sustained a concussion when he was hit by Anquan Boldin on the fourth-and-29 play. Chargers S Atari Bigby and LB Donald Butler both left with groin injuries in the second quarter. ... Ravens TE Ed Dickson sprained a knee. ... The Ravens were 8 of 13 on third-down conversions in the second half and overtime, and 12 of 24 for the game. The Chargers were 3 of 15 on third-down conversions for the game.

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Old Japanese Architecture: Buy it to Save It ? Real Estate Japan ...

The market for historic homes in Tokyo attracts a fair amount of foreign buyers these days. Japanese buyers tend to choose modern homes so the market for traditional houses is driven by buyers from overseas.

According to Ken Arbour, president of Century 21 SKY Realty, a Tokyo-based real estate agency, anyone buying a house that is over 30 years in Tokyo is expected to do one thing: renovate. Some of the historic homes in Japan, which are more than 40 years old, exist in central Tokyo.

However, there are a few Japanese who still want to preserve the beauty of postwar Japanese architecture.

Toshiko Kinoshita, an architect in Tokyo, together with her husband, Juan Ordonez, came up with a unique preservation tactic. They decided to buy a classic postwar architecture in her neighborhood which was also likely to face demolition. They also organized a temporary exhibition at a gallery in Denenchofu, in southwest Tokyo, to showcase three properties that are up for sale, and match them to buyers who appreciate historically and culturally important houses. Though the exhibition ended without a sale, the couple says that they are hoping that their move would serve as a starting point to raise awareness on the difficulty of preserving Japanese architecture.

Outside Tokyo, Sotheby?s International Realty is looking to sell two traditional houses, one in Kyoto which is more than 50 years old and one in Kamakura built in 1972. Yukiko Takano of Sotheby?s commented that foreigners are more appreciative of old traditional houses in the area and are far more knowledgeable about Japanese architecture and landscape than the Japanese.

American developer, Jacob Reiner is also into the trend, revamping neglected houses for international buyers. Together with his team at Eden Homes, they refurbish kominka (traditional houses) in Shojiko, a lakeside village and one of the remaining undeveloped areas around Mount Fuji. Their company used to buy old houses, fix them and resell. However, he now prefers to sell houses that haven?t been modernized. He says that through this, they are able to encourage people to design their own homes and support them with planning and construction while preserving their historical and cultural value.

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Congo and M23 rebels negotiate in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ? Congolese officials are in talks Sunday with representatives of M23, the rebel group that last week took control of the eastern Congo city of Goma, according to Ugandan officials.

Ugandan Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga said that he is mediating discussions to help both sides reach a settlement that would end a violent rebellion that has sucked in Uganda and Rwanda, which both face charges of backing the rebels.

M23 President Jean-Marie Runiga is leading the rebels in the talks, according to Rene Abandi, M23's head of external relations.

Abandi, who is now based in the Ugandan capital Kampala, said M23 representatives met with Congolese President Joseph Kabila in a tense, two-hour meeting that was also attended by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

"He tried to accuse us and we also tried to accuse him," Abandi said of the meeting with Kabila on Saturday. "It was a meeting to have a common understanding of the principle of negotiation. (Kabila) said he's ready to negotiate directly with us."

But some Congolese officials in the capital Kinshasa have said there will be no talks with the rebels unless they quit Goma. A regional summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region in Kampala ? attended by both Kabila and Museveni ? on Saturday called on the rebels to leave Goma and urged Kabila to listen to the "legitimate grievances" of M23.

Despite the regional leaders' demands for the rebel forces to withdraw from Goma, M23 soldiers were visibly in control of the city Sunday. M23 also still held Sake, a contested town 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Goma. The Congolese army attacked the town Saturday, but M23 retained control.

M23 President Runiga said that withdrawal from Goma was "under consideration" and, while M23 did not oppose the idea "in principle," no decision had been taken yet, according to M23 spokesman Lt. Col. Vianney Kazarama, speaking to the Associated Press. Runiga is still in Kampala and no official response to the demands from the regional summit is expected before his return to Congo, said Kazarama in Goma.

"We are waiting to hear from Runiga when he will be back from Kampala," said Kazarama.

"Since May we have asked to meet with President Kabila," said Amani Kabasha, M23's deputy spokesman. "At least now there has been contact. The door is open for talks to find the durable peace that eastern Congo needs."

Government troops remain in Minova, 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Sake, following a failed attack on M23 last Thursday. Unruly Congo army soldiers had looted residents for the third night running, according to a United Nations official in the town who insisted upon anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press. U.N. peacekeepers patrolled Minova throughout the night to protect civilians from the rampaging government troops.

In Minova, Congo Gen. Francois Olenga, who was recently named head of the Congolese army, held meetings with area commanders . "The country is in danger. We cannot defend our country with traitors," said Olenga to The Associated Press.

Pickup trucks packed with Congolese army soldiers armed with automatic rifles and rocket propelled grenades sped through Minova to regroup at the local soccer stadium. Army soldiers were also walking in the streets, looking for food. Some army soldiers were selling cigarettes on the side of the road.

An M23 communiqu? sent Saturday night claimed that government regiments were moving into attack positions around rebel-held territory.

"Let them attack us!" said M23 spokesman Kazarama. "Do they have the strength? Absolutely not, we are in a strong position."

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Jones reported from Goma, Congo. Associated Press reporter Melanie Gouby contributed to this report from Goma. Associated Press photojournalist Jerome Delay contributed from Minova.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/congo-m23-rebels-negotiate-uganda-114856865.html

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You better be good, you better not shout, you better not cry coz I?m telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town!!! And Kids Stop Press is giving away 25 family passes to its readers exclusively for the fest on 1st & 2nd Dec, 2012. Do you hear the bells going Jingle Jingle!!!

Tell us your New Year resolution as a parent and WIN a Family pass (Both parents & child below 12 included) . Enter your answers in the comments below or on our Facebook Page here.??Do send us your responses latest by Tuesday 27th November 2012.

THE 7^th MUMBAI CHRISTMAS FEST AND RACING CARNIVAL 2012

You know we love outdoors and believe in exploring the best this city has to offer. With the weather being a bit better there lies a fun weekend ahead for families to spend together.

A first look at whats in store this time

1. For the food connoisseur -?German Food, German Beer, German Wine, Traditional German Gl?wein (Hot and spicy), German Christmas sweets and so much more..

2. If music is the food for your soul ? The German Band ?Die Sulmtaler? flying in from Germany especially for this event to play a mixture of traditional German songs with more popular contemporary music.

3. If you are passionate about shopping, then take your pick from clothes, books, shoes, music, paper products, Christmas gift items, jewelry etc.

4. More than 10 NGOs presenting their products which you can buy as much for their beauty as for a good cause.

Specially for kids:
1. Photos with Santa

2.?In case you want your?children?to be entertained while you go about the serious business of enjoying yourself, watch out for lots of games, magic and puppet shows, the Rockin? Railroad Band etc planned for your young ones.

Those looking for the adrenalin rush- come on Sunday because that?s the day of the?Racing Carnival. Flying hoofs, fast horses, thrill of winning- all come together on 2^nd?December at the Racing Carnival.

Since Christmas embodies the spirit of GIVING, bring the toys your children have outgrown for SECRET SANTA ?to give it to the under privileged children via various NGOs.

Where: Royal Western Indian Turf Club (Mahalaxmi Race Course), Keshavrao Khadye Marg, Mahalaxmi.

When: ??????????? Saturday December 1 from 2 p.m. ? 11 p.m. &

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Sunday December 2 from 12 noon to 11 p.m.

Entry: Rs 250/adult. Children below 12 are free

See you there!

P.S. Winners will be informed via email and the passes will be couriered to you via post.?

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Source: http://www.kidsstoppress.com/2012/11/win-passes-to-the-mumbai-christmas-fest-2012/

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No. 23 Kent State finishes off Ohio 28-6

Kent State's C.J. Malauulu makes an interception in front of Ohio's Tyler Futrell and returns in for a touchdown during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Kent, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

Kent State's C.J. Malauulu makes an interception in front of Ohio's Tyler Futrell and returns in for a touchdown during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Kent, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

Kent State's Dri Archer runs away from Ohio's Josh Kristoff, left, and Antwan Crutcher during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Kent, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

Kent State's Richard Gray sacks Ohio's Tyler Tettleton during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Kent, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

Kent State's Trayion Durham rushes past Ohio's Devin Bass for a touchdown during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Kent, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

KENT, Ohio (AP) ? C.J. Malauulu returned an interception 33 yards for a touchdown ? 12 seconds after another Kent State TD ? and the No. 23 Golden Flashes completed a perfect season in the Mid-American Conference with their 10th straight win, 28-6 over Ohio on Friday.

The regular-season finale was a tuneup for Kent State (11-1, 8-0 MAC), which will meet No. 24 Northern Illinois in next week's MAC championship. The win allowed the Golden Flashes to continue the best season in the program's 90-year history. They are ranked for the first time since 1972, the last time they appeared in a bowl game.

Trayion Durham rushed for 97 yards and scored on a 15-yard run in the first quarter to put Kent State ahead 14-0.

On Ohio's next play, Malauulu picked off Tyler Tettleton and scored.

The Bobcats (8-4, 4-4) lost four of their last five after cracking the Top 25.

With representatives from the Military and GoDaddy.com bowls on hand, the Golden Flashes put on a dazzling show early before the game bogged down into a puntfest. But Kent State took advantage of Ohio's mistakes in the opening quarter and did enough to pad its bowl resume.

The Golden Flashes entered the season hoping to build on a strong finish in 2011, when they won four of their last five.

But no one could have expected such a dramatic turnaround in coach Darrell Hazell's second season, which will have at least two more games.

Kent State is the first MAC East school to go 8-0 in conference play since 2003, when Miami did it behind senior quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

The Golden Flashes came in leading all FBS schools in turnover margin, and they wasted little time forcing the Bobcats, who seemed sleepy with an 11 a.m. kickoff, to cough up the ball.

Kent State scored two defensive touchdowns in the first quarter ? one on a 50-yard fumble return, the other on Malauulu's pick ? to stun Ohio and open a 21-0 lead.

Just 12 seconds after Durham's 15-yard burst, aided by some bad tackling, made it 14-0, Malauulu, a senior from Oceanside, Calif., picked off Tettleton in the middle of the field. He found some blocks down the left sideline and dived inside the front pylon for the score, which survived a video replay.

Earlier, Malauulu stripped running back Beau Blankenship and Kent State's Luke Wollet fielded a one-hopper off the turf and sprinted half the field to make it 7-0.

Ohio managed a 33-yard field goal by Matt Weller to close the quarter, but the Bobcats were down 18 despite outgaining the Golden Flashes, running more than twice as many offensive plays and holding the ball for eight more minutes.

Weller's 41-yard field goal with 15 seconds left before halftime trimmed Kent State's lead to 21-6 and sent Ohio's players to the locker room with some confidence after being on the verge of a blowout loss.

But the Bobcats, who also hurt themselves with penalties in the first half, couldn't get anything going on offense after halftime. Still, they were hanging around in the fourth quarter before Kent State's Spencer Keith hit Eric Adeyemi for a 24-yard TD to make it 28-6.

Following the game, Kent State's players paused on the way to the locker room and each rang a victory bell.

Once ignored, the Golden Flashes are making some noise.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/347875155d53465d95cec892aeb06419/Article_2012-11-23-T25-Ohio-Kent%20State/id-c5bd9455f49a4b2dafe6ef10b036ba9c

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DC on pace for fewer than 100 homicides in 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The crack epidemic that began in the 1980s ushered in a wave of bloodletting in the nation's capital and a death toll that ticked upward daily. Dead bodies, sometimes several a night, had homicide detectives hustling between crime scenes and earned Washington unwelcome monikers such as the nation's "murder capital." At the time, some feared the murder rate might ascend to more frightening heights.

But after approaching nearly 500 slayings a year in the early 1990s, the annual rate has gradually declined to the point that the city is now on the verge of a once-unthinkable milestone. The number of 2012 killings in the District of Columbia stands at 78 and is on pace to finish lower than 100 for the first time since 1963, police records show.

"It strikes me probably daily as I ride around the city, or sometimes when I'm sitting at home at night, and it's 10 o'clock and my phone's not ringing. Or I get up in the morning, and I go, 'Oh my gosh, I've slept five hours," said Police Chief Cathy Lanier, who joined the department amid violent 1991 street riots. "It strikes me quite often how different things are now."

The drop reflects a downward trend in violent crime nationwide and is in line with declining homicides in other big cities. Though killings have risen in Chicago, New York City officials say homicides dropped to 515 last year from more than 2,200 in 1990. Houston reported 198 homicides last year, down from 457 in 1985, while Los Angeles police reported fewer than 300 last year after ending 1992 with about 1,100. Across the country, violent crime reported by police to the FBI fell by 3.8 percent last year from 2010.

Though D.C. is hardly crime-free today, and crime in some categories is even up, the homicide decline is especially notable in a place where grisly acts of violence ? sometimes not far from the U.S. Capitol ? embodied the worst of the crack scourge.

The number of homicides in this city of about 600,000 residents averaged about 457 between 1989 and 1993, a staggering rate that attracted unwanted attention. "A war zone? No, Washington, D.C.," was the sub-headline of a 1992 People magazine story that described Washington as a "city under siege." The Economist in 1995 called it "the violence capital of America." Tony Patterson, a longtime homicide detective, recalled one eight-hour shift when every detective on his squad landed a homicide investigation. Drive-by shootings with multiple victims were common, as were witnesses who'd see something ? but say nothing.

The 1990 arrest of then-Mayor Marion Barry for smoking crack cocaine fed a perception that the city where the nation's laws were made was, itself, lawless.

"If you asked people what would happen first, there'll be a thousand murders in D.C. in a year or there'll be less than a hundred, I think virtually everybody would have said there would be 1,000," said John Roman, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Urban Institute.

Everyone agrees there's no single cause for the trend.

One overarching factor is the city's continued gentrification ? the 2011 median household income of $63,124 is higher than all but four states, census figures show. Whole city blocks have been refashioned, drug dens razed, a Major League Baseball stadium built in place of urban blight, high-rise public housing replaced by less-dense garden style apartments. Though the poverty rate has risen, the growing wealth has pushed impoverished communities farther away from the city center. Some crime has also migrated to neighboring Prince George's County, Md., though homicides are down there too.

"There are just more physical places in Washington, D.C., that are affluent and safe than there used to be," Roman said.

Law enforcement techniques and medical care have advanced at the same time. Improved technology helps officers pinpoint gunfire, even before a 911 call, and share information faster. A police unit dedicated to seizing illegal firearms was re-established and prosecutors, benefiting from the city's strict gun laws, routinely ask that defendants arrested on weapons charges be held without bond ? in part, to head off possible retaliation. Stronger community relationships mean detectives have developed better sources on the street and witness cooperation, police say.

And better medical care, honed through lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, means patients who were once stabilized at the scene are more likely to be taken directly to the hospital, where they have access to improved blood transfusion processes.

"The advances in the way we practice nowadays, I think, probably helps today's trauma patient more so than 20 years ago," said Anthony Shiflett, an acute care trauma surgeon at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

Still, homicides are but one gauge of a city's safety and an imperfect one too.

Crime in some other categories has risen this year from the previous year, including robberies and, as of mid-September, assaults with a dangerous weapon. There have been headline-making violent crimes in 2012, including the beating and robbery of a man returning home from a Washington Nationals game, the slaying of a taxi driver whose body was found inside his burning cab and, most recently, the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old inside a subway station after a robbery.

U.S. Attorney Ron Machen, whose office prosecutes homicides, said that while witness cooperation has improved, retaliatory violence remains enough of a concern that he preaches against it during regular school visits.

"We always say, 'You're not going to remember what the argument was about five days from now, let alone five years from now. But you pick up that gun and shoot somebody, if you don't kill them, now they're going to be coming after you,'" he said.

The department doesn't track non-fatal shootings, but the number of aggravated assaults reported to the FBI ? which would encompass such crimes ? dropped from more than 8,500 in 1992 to 2,949 last year. The toll taken by non-fatal violence is apparent each Tuesday at the MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, where wheelchair-bound survivors gather for support sessions.

"I'm still frightened to a degree to come outside ? day, night, it really don't matter," said Jordon Cook, 31, who was hit by stray gunfire at age 15. "I'm probably going to have to deal with this until the day I die."

The homicide drop is good news for violence-weary residents such as John Harper, who said his street in the historically violent Anacostia neighborhood feels far safer than it did 10 years ago. Still, a fatal shooting last July on his block returned his thoughts to the night in 1999 when his own son was killed in an alley.

"I didn't even want to look over there because it just takes me right back to that day," he said, adding, "A lot of it is starting to come to an end, that behavior is starting to just leave this city ? hopefully for good. I know not all of it, but a lot of it."

Lanier, the police chief, said that in a city visited by millions of tourists annually, a continued downward trend might help alter a lingering perception of the city as a haven for violence.

"It really is about a vibrant, safe city. I want people to not only be safe but to feel safe," she said.

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Follow Eric Tucker on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/etuckerAP .

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dc-pace-fewer-100-homicides-2012-094716815.html

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