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Monday, October 31, 2011
Eva Amurri Marries Soccer Stud Kyle Martino
Congratulations to Eva Amurri, the daughter of Susan Sarandon, who married her former soccer player boyfriend, Kyle Martino, in South Carolina today. The two became engaged last December. The bride took to Twitter and announced: ‘It’s official: MRS. KYLE MARTINO! We are thrilled and have danced our faces off! Here’s to a lifetime, twitterverse! Xoxo’ Aww, young love… Okay, let’s get some particulars out of the way. Who designed her dress? Lela Rose, who also designed Susan’s dress and outfitted all of the bridesmaids as well. I can’t wait to see those wedding pics! Eva’s 30-year-old soccer stud was clad in a Brioni tux. Their nuptials were hosted by Sarandon and her former long time love, Tim Robbins, who helped raise Eva during his 23 year relationship with Susan. Eva’s father is Italian director Franco Amurri, and while he and Sarandon never married, the two went their separate ways shortly after Eva was born. Sister Helen Prejean officiated the ceremony, the nun whom Sarandon portrayed in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. After the couple said their ‘I do’s', it was on to the black-tie reception. According to PEOPLE, the ceremony topped off a weekend that included a ‘scavenger hunt, [...]
Sunday, October 30, 2011
An antibiotic effect minus resistance
Friday, October 28, 2011
After 70 years, antibiotics are still the primary treatment for halting the spread of bacterial infections. But the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is now outpacing the rate of new drug discovery and approval.
A microbiologist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has discovered a different approach: Instead of killing the bacteria, why not disarm them, quashing disease without the worry of antibiotic resistance?
Ching-Hong Yang, associate professor of biological sciences, has developed a compound that shuts off the "valve" in a pathogen's DNA that allows it to invade and infect.
The research is so promising that two private companies are testing it with an eye toward commercialization.
"We analyzed the genomic defense pathways in plants to identify all the precursors to infection," says Yang. "Then we used the information to discover a group of novel small molecules that interrupt one channel in the intricate pathway system."
Yang and collaborator Xin Chen, a professor of chemistry at Changzhou University in China, have tested the compound on two virulent bacteria that affect plants and one that attacks humans. They found it effective against all three and believe the compound can be applied to treatments for plants, animals and people.
The work was published online this month in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Urgent concerns about antibiotics
The economic costs and health threats of antibiotic resistance have become so serious that the World Health Organization (WHO) this year dedicated World Health Day to call global attention to the issue.
Antibiotics are routinely sprayed on crops and widely used in factory farming of animals, which causes resistance to develop quickly. That antibiotic resistance is then transferred to humans who eat the food containing antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Among the bacteria tested by the researchers is Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is resistant to a broad range of antibiotics. It causes infections in people with compromised immune systems, such as HIV and cancer patients. It's also responsible for lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis, and hospital-related infections such as urinary tract infections, pneumonia and infections from burns.
The fatality rate from these is about 50 percent. Hospital-acquired urinary tract infections by P. aeruginosa alone cost more than $3.5 billion a year in the U.S.
Road to the market
The research has attracted interest from two companies. Creative Antibiotics, a Swedish pharmaceutical company, is testing the compound and derivatives for human therapeutic uses and Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness Division, based in Washington and California, is examining them for agricultural uses.
Despite the constant threat of disease in agriculture, says John Frieden, a biologist and R&D manager with Wilbur-Ellis, the industry has not had access to any new antibiotics in many years. U.S. regulatory agencies do not allow agribusiness to use antibiotics that are also used for human health ? even if they would be effective.
"The thing that caught my attention," Frieden says, "was that this was not an antibiotic, but it accomplishes the same thing as an antibiotic."
Although he says it is too soon to tell if a product could spring from the research, the approach is "incredibly unique. I've never seen anything that is even close to a commercial application like this. It could be very big."
The researchers have filed two patents on the work through the UWM Research Foundation (UWMRF), and Yang is partially funded through two UWMRF Bradley Catalyst Grants and a UWM Research Growth Initiative (RGI) grant.
Virulence factors
The compounds Yang and Chen have developed are unique because they take aim at one component of a cluster that makes pathogenic bacteria harmful.
One of those components, the type III secretion system (T3SS), gives pathogens their ability to invade a cell, letting in a host of proteins that enhance the bacterium's ability to cause disease.
"These bacteria are very smart," says Yang. "They grow a narrow appendage that acts as a 'needle,' injecting the virulence factors, such as toxins, into the host cell. The host cell cannot recognize the pathogen's 'needle,' so its defense mechanism is not triggered."
Yang and Chen's compounds block the production of T3SS. Although they have tested the compounds on only three pathogens, they have reason to believe the compounds will be effective against far more.
"T3SS exists in many different kinds of disease-causing bacteria," says Yang, "so the compounds can target multiple pathogens. That's the beauty of it."
He and his lab members are now working on developing more derivatives that could be effective against different kinds of harmful bacteria.
Yang also believes that their therapeutic compounds, like antibiotics, can offer both a broad spectrum of activity and be unique to a specific pathogen, depending on which virulence elements are targeted.
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance (AP)
By The Associated Press The Associated Press ? Thu?Oct?27, 12:51?pm?ET | The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage was nearly unchanged for a second straight week after rising from a record low, Freddie Mac said Thursday. Three weeks ago, the average rate fell below 4 percent for the first time in history. Here's a look at rates for fixed and adjustable mortgages over the past 52 weeks. |
| Current week's average Last week's average 52-week high 52-week low |
| 30-year fixed 4.10 4.11 5.05 3.94 |
| 15-year fixed 3.38 3.38 4.29 3.26 |
| 5-year adjustable 3.08 3.01 3.92 2.96 |
| 1-year adjustable 2.90 2.94 3.40 2.81 |
| All values are in percentage points. |
| Source: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. |
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Young South Africans call for jobs, end to poverty (AP)
JOHANNESBURG ? Young South Africans brought their frustration over poverty and joblessness to the streets Thursday, responding to a call by the tough-talking youth leader of the governing African National Congress who has clashed with older party leaders over economic policy.
Police and ANC Youth League marshals kept a close watch as several hundred protesters gathered in a central Johannesburg square, dance music blaring from speakers. Similar protests have been held around the world, but here protesters occasionally broke into chants dating from the struggle against apartheid.
Protester Tsholofelo Stephina Bester said the ANC must act faster to help the poor. Bester said that when she graduated from high school 10 years ago, she couldn't afford further studies to pursue her dream of becoming a social worker. She has been looking for steady work since. For the last two years, she has volunteered as an AIDS counselor, earning "pocket money" of 1,500 rand (about $190) a month. She and her 7-year-old daughter get by on that and welfare assistance.
"I want them not to promise without delivering," she said of ANC leaders. "I want them to deliver."
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema plans to lead protesters from the square where they gathered early Thursday on an "economic freedom march" to the headquarters of South Africa's mining bosses and to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, then about 60 kilometers (about 40 miles) north to Pretoria, the seat of government. After an overnight vigil in a Pretoria sports stadium, Malema will present government officials with his demands, which include jobs, housing and other help for the poor, and nationalizing the mines.
ANC leaders say talk about nationalizing mines undermines investor confidence, while Malema calls them "cowards," accusing them of being afraid to take on powerful mine bosses. Malema also says whites remain privileged 17 years after the end of apartheid, and that big business largely remains in white hands.
Thursday's protest may be aimed as much at influencing ANC economic policy as showing older leaders Malema cannot be ignored. Next year, President Jacob Zuma faces an internal party leadership vote that could also determine who will be South Africa's next president.
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Rina weakens to tropical storm off Yucatan (AP)
MIAMI ? Rina has weakened to a tropical storm and lost its hurricane status in the Caribbean off the Yucatan coast.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday that Rina's maximum sustained winds are down to 70 mph (110 kph).
The forecast track shows it near or over the northeast coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula later Thursday or early Friday before curving back out to sea.
Additional weakening is forecast in the next 48 hours..
The hurricane is centered about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Cozumel.
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Europe crafts debt deal that pleases markets
From left, Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Czech Republic's Prime Minister Petr Necas, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor participate in a round table at an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. A grand plan to resolve Europe's escalating debt crisis was once again in doubt after officials said key parts of the package may not be ready in time for a leaders' summit on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
From left, Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Czech Republic's Prime Minister Petr Necas, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor participate in a round table at an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. A grand plan to resolve Europe's escalating debt crisis was once again in doubt after officials said key parts of the package may not be ready in time for a leaders' summit on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during a media conference after an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. A European Union official says the currency union's leaders have reached a deal with banks to take losses of 50 percent of their Greek bonds in a key move to solve the eurozone's debt crisis. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during a media conference after an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. A European Union official says the currency union's leaders have reached a deal with banks to take losses of 50 percent of their Greek bonds in a key move to solve the eurozone's debt crisis. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, speaks with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou during a round table at an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. A grand plan to resolve Europe's escalating debt crisis was once again in doubt after officials said key parts of the package may not be ready in time for a leaders' summit on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives for at an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. A grand plan to resolve Europe's escalating debt crisis was once again in doubt after officials said key parts of the package may not be ready in time for a leaders' summit on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
BRUSSELS (AP) ? The excruciating work of inking a deal to contain their two-year debt crisis over, European leaders turned Thursday to a potentially more difficult task: implementing the agreement that asks banks to take on bigger losses on Greece's debts and hopes to boost the region's arsenal against market turmoil.
World stock markets surged Thursday on the news that the leaders had clinched a deal that everyone hopes will keep the currency union from unraveling and prevent the crisis from pushing Europe and much of the developed world back into recession. But analysts were more cautious, noting that the deal remains vague and its success hangs on the details.
In the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, after the deal was unveiled, leaders claimed victory. But by evening, they were cautioning that their work has only begun.
"I think that yesterday we found a good overall package for the next stage, but I think that we still have many more stages to go," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters in Berlin.
Cracks were already showing not even 24 hours after the deal. In an interview on French television channels TF1 and France-2, President Nicolas Sarkozy defended the deal as necessary to save the eurozone, but took a dig at Greece.
"It was an error" to let Greece join the monetary union in 2001, he said, during the interview aimed at explaining the agreement to the French public.
"Its economy was not ready to take on an integration into the eurozone," he said.
Earlier Thursday, Sarkozy called his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao and pledged to cooperate to revive global growth.
There was no word on whether Beijing might contribute to Europe's bailout fund. Sarkozy said in his interview Thursday night that he would welcome any investment, but that Europe didn't need China to save it.
"The proof is that we saved it without the Chinese," he said.
The fund's chief executive is due to visit Beijing on Friday to talk to potential investors. Beijing has expressed sympathy for the 27-nation European Union, its biggest trading partner, but has yet to commit any cash.
The strategy unveiled after 10 hours of negotiations focused on three key points. These included a significant reduction in Greece's debts, a shoring up of the continent's banks, partially so they could sustain deeper losses on Greek bonds, and a reinforcement of a European bailout fund so it can serve as a euro1 trillion ($1.39 trillion) firewall to prevent larger economies like Italy and Spain from being dragged into the crisis.
After several missed opportunities, hashing out a plan was a success for the 17-nation eurozone, but the strategy's effectiveness will depend on the details, which will have to be finalized in the coming weeks.
"The finer details still appear somewhat sketchy ... but the prospect of a contagion and a disorderly default appear to have been put to one side for the time being," said Michael Hewson, market analyst at CMC Markets. "The only concern is that this post-deal euphoria could well leave investors with a nasty hangover when they start to look at the fine print."
President Barack Obama, who had been pressuring Europe to get its act together in recent weeks, welcomed the plan but pointedly noted that the U.S. was looking forward to its "full development and rapid implementation."
The most difficult piece of the puzzle proved to be Greece, whose debts the leaders vowed to bring down to 120 percent of its GDP by 2020. Under current conditions, they would have ballooned to 180 percent.
To achieve that massive reduction, private creditors like banks will be asked to accept 50 percent losses on the bonds they hold.
The Institute of International Finance, which has been negotiating on behalf of the banks, said it was committed to working out an agreement based on that "haircut," but the challenge now will be to ensure that all private bondholders fall in line.
It said the 50 percent cut equals a contribution of euro100 billion ($139 billion) to a second rescue for Greece, although the eurozone promised to spend some euro30 billion ($42 billion) on guaranteeing the remaining value of the new bonds.
The deal is only the start of negotiations with the banks ? since they cannot be forced to take the losses without triggering the payment of bond insurance and risking greater market turmoil. With many banks struggling to get access to the loans they need to fund their day-to-day operations and the new rules that require them to raise billions of euros in capital, it could be very difficult to persuade them to accept the Greek writedown.
The full program is expected to be finalized by early December and investors are supposed to swap their bonds in January, at which point Greece is likely to become the first euro country ever to be rated at default on its debt.
"We can claim that a new day has come for Greece, and not only for Greece but also for Europe," said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, whose country's troubles touched off the crisis two years ago. "A burden from the past has gone, so that we can start a new era of development."
Not all Greeks were convinced. Prominent left-wing deputy Dimitris Papadimoulis said the agreement would doom Greeks to a deeper recession.
"We are now locked in a system of continuous austerity, haphazard privatization and continuous supervision by our creditors," he said.
Since May 2010, Greece has been surviving on rescue loans worth euro110 billion ($150 billion) from the 17 countries that use the euro and the International Monetary Fund since it can't afford to borrow money directly from markets.
In July, those creditors agreed to extend another euro109 billion ? but that plan was widely panned as insufficient.
Now, in addition to euro30 billion in bond guarantees, the eurozone leaders and IMF said they will give Greece euro100 billion ($139 billion) in new loans.
With the banks being asked to shoulder more of the burden, though, there were concerns they needed more money in their rainy-day funds to cushion their losses. So European leaders have asked them to raise euro106 billion ($148 billion) by June.
The last piece in the complicated plan was to increase the firepower of the continent's bailout fund to ensure that other countries with troubled economies ? like Italy and Spain ? don't get dragged into the crisis. The third- and fourth-largest economies of the eurozone are too large to be bailed out like the smaller euro nations Greece, Portugal and Ireland have already been.
To that end, the euro440 billion ($610 billion) European Financial Stability Facility will be used to insure part of the potential losses on the debt of wobbly eurozone countries like Italy and Spain, rendering its firepower equivalent to around euro1 trillion ($1.39 trillion).
That should make those countries' bonds more attractive investments and thus lower borrowing costs for their governments.
In addition to acting as a direct insurer of bond issues, the EFSF insurance scheme is also supposed to entice big institutional investors to contribute to a special fund that could be used to buy government bonds but also to help states recapitalize weak banks.
Such outside help may be necessary for Italy and Spain, whose banks were facing some of the biggest capital shortfalls.
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Sarah DiLorenzo reported from Paris. Greg Keller and Sylvie Corbet in Paris, Juergen Baetz, David Rising and Geir Moulson in Berlin, Raf Casert, Don Melvin and Robert Wielaard in Brussels and Julie Pace in Washington contributed.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Video: Blue whale gets up close and personal
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Video: John Edwards walks daughter Cate down aisle
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German-French conflicts deadlock European Union summit
By Peter Schwarz
22 October 2011
The much heralded European Union summit this weekend will not take any decisions to stabilize the euro due to unresolved differences between Germany and France. Instead, the 17 heads of state and government of the euro zone plan to reassemble in Brussels next Wednesday to decide on a package of measures.
The EU summit, originally scheduled for last weekend, was supposed to provide a comprehensive response to the European debt and banking crisis and calm stock exchanges and financial markets, which have been fluctuating wildly for months. Two weeks ago, however, the summit was postponed at short notice following a meeting in Berlin between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
At that meeting Merkel and Sarkozy had, with much fanfare, announced a mutual agreement and promised to submit a ?compelling and complete package? to solve the crisis by the end of the month. Since then, however, it has become clear that the differences are far deeper than officially admitted.
A surprise visit to Frankfurt by Sarkozy on Wednesday this week brought no solution. After two hours of talks with Merkel and leading representatives of European institutions, the French president departed empty-handed.
The central point of contention between Berlin and Paris is the distribution of the burden in the event of the bankruptcy of Greece or the restructuring of its debt, which, according to experts, seems increasingly inevitable. The discussions revolve around shielding other highly indebted countries against financial contagion and protecting the banks from collapse by a huge infusion of capital.
The general plan under discussion is to utilise the ?440 billion European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), which was launched in May of 2010 to provide loans to ailing euro zone countries, but its functions have since been continuously expanded.
It is already clear that the sum of ?440 billion is insufficient should large countries like Spain or Italy face serious problems. Because Germany is unwilling to increase its ?221 billion share of the fund, various schemes are being broached to increase the fund?s firepower via financial leverage.
France proposes that the EFSF receive a banking license and so be able to borrow additional funds from the European Central Bank (ECB). This would enable it to award loans of up to ?2 trillion.
Germany categorically rejects such a move. It fears that the ECB will degenerate into a money printing press and no longer be able to guarantee the stability of the euro. Furthermore, such leverage would increase the risk that Germany actually had to pay out the sums it has guaranteed. Losses incurred by the ECB must be carried by European states, with Germany as the main creditor.
The German government proposes another form of leverage. Instead of making loans itself, the EFSF is to be turned into a kind of credit insurance company, liable for a certain percentage of government bonds (there is talk of 20 to 40 percent) that indebted countries sell on the open market. This would increase the bailout potential of the fund to about ?1 trillion.
In addition to differences regarding the leverage of the rescue fund, Berlin and Paris are unable to agree on the extent of losses to be incurred by holders of Greek debt as well as how the reserves of exposed banks should be restocked.
French banks are particularly exposed in Greece, and Paris favours a low level of debt write-off. Berlin, on the other hand, has indicated support for a write-off of between 50 and 60 percent. Sarkozy also wants to help vulnerable banks with funds from the EFSF, while Merkel insists that the banks should first increase their capital from their own resources, followed by funds from national governments, and that EFSF resources should be used only in the last instance.
These issues are now due to be discussed in Brussels in a marathon of meetings. Today the finance ministers of the euro group meet, to be followed on Saturday by the finance and foreign ministers of all EU member states. On Sunday the heads of state and government of the 27 EU nations will meet, followed by a smaller meeting of the heads of the 17 euro zone countries.
It is doubtful that an agreement will be reached. In addition to the leveraging of the EFSF, bank recapitalization, and debt restructuring for Greece, the agenda of the summit includes closer economic and fiscal policy coordination within the euro zone.
Germany in particular is demanding a price in return for its billions of guarantees. It insists that countries receiving financial aid yield part of their sovereignty and submit to the dictates of the EU Commission on financial issues.
Chancellor Merkel wants to change the Lisbon Treaty so that countries with excessive deficits can be sued at the European Court of Justice. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle wants to empower the EFSF to intervene directly in the budgets of countries seeking help and organise a controlled default if they are bankrupt.
According to the S?ddeutsche Zeitung, which has access to the plans of the German Foreign Ministry, the EFSF is to be empowered to force countries that fail to comply with EU guidelines ?to carry out specific spending cuts or to establish new flows of revenue?, or to ?actively support? the implementation of ?administrative measures?, i.e., social cuts.
Should the summit fail to reach any agreement at the weekend, a violent reaction on stock exchanges and financial markets is expected on Monday. If a compromise is reached, it will inevitably, like the decisions of numerous previous summits, only inaugurate the next stage of the crisis.
The profound divisions between Germany and France indicate the advanced level of decay of the European Union. Ever since the 1957 Treaty of Rome, these two countries have formed the backbone of the EU and the entire project of European integration. The national antagonisms that dominated the continent until the middle of the last century are erupting once again.
The debt issue is only the trigger for the present crisis. Measured against gross domestic product, the debt of the euro zone (85 percent) is less than that of the US (94 percent) and Japan (220 percent). But the rivalry between European nation states and the subordination of their governments to the dictates of finance capital rule out any progressive resolution of the crisis.
Source: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/oct2011/euro-o22.shtml
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Emiten emergencia para dos municipios de Tabasco por lluvias
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M?xico, 22 Oct. (Notimex).- La Coordinaci?n General de Protecci?n Civil de la Secretar?a de Gobernaci?n emiti? una Declaratoria de Emergencia para los municipios de Huimanguillo y Centro, Tabasco, afectados por las inundaciones provocadas por las lluvias registradas del 14 al 17 de octubre.
En un comunicado, la Secretar?a de Gobernaci?n inform? que con esta acci?n se activan los recursos del Fondo Revolvente del Fondo de Desastres Naturales (Fonden).
Se?al? que a partir de esta declaratoria, solicitada por el gobierno estatal, las autoridades contar?n con recursos para atender las necesidades alimenticias, de abrigo y de salud de la poblaci?n afectada.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
China's military in diplomatic charm offensive (AP)
BEIJING ? China may make its neighbors nervous with its robust military build-up, but it's also increasingly using the army as part of its charm offensive abroad.
The People's Liberation Army, in a cultural shift for an institution known for strident nationalism and unbending loyalty to the Communist Party, is expanding overseas aid missions and military exchanges in a major way. It sent 50 medics to flood-hit Pakistan this week and dispatched a hospital ship last month on a 105-day trip to poor nations in the Caribbean ? right in America's backyard.
The diplomatic push, part of a larger global campaign by the Chinese government, aims to portray China as a responsible rising power, while softening the image of the 2.3 million-member military and boosting its ties with other nations' armed forces.
"It's has been a big step for them, but China appreciates this as a part of the normal practices of respected major powers in their relations with other countries," said Ron Huisken of the Australian National University's Strategic and Defense Studies Center.
China's "soft power" drive also includes foreign aid, cultural exchange and a massive expansion of state television to reach foreign audiences ? all attempts to win friends and correct what China considers to be a biased Western portrayal of it.
The military took its first big stab at overseas disaster relief last year, sending helicopters to help out with floods in Pakistan. Last month, the air force flew 7,000 tents to the once-again flood-ravaged country and it is also shipping aid to flooded areas of Thailand.
The People's Liberation Army, or PLA, has also become the biggest contributor of manpower to U.N. peace keeping missions, and its navy is part of a multinational anti-piracy flotilla off the coast of Somalia.
The Peace Ark hospital ship, which sailed to the Horn of Africa last year, set off on Sept. 16 for Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Costa Rica. More than 100 medical personnel are aboard for an operation dubbed Harmonious Mission 2011.
"The international community expects China to play such a role and that is part of China's foreign policy," said Xiong Zhiyong of the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing.
Only recently has the PLA acquired the skills, equipement, and political will to carry out such missions.
Its previous inability to provide relief overseas was especially evident following the 2004 Asian tsunami.
While the U.S. Navy and other countries' militaries rapidly shipped in huge amounts of aid and personnel, and winning tremendous goodwill for their governments, China could do little more than send a medical team to Indonesia, along with tents and other supplies.
Overseas missions also help grow its ability to deal with domestic disasters, such as the massive 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Xiong said.
At home, students from across the developing world are increasingly coming to China to take two-year military command courses, while the PLA's University of Science and Technology has taken in a dozen army officer candidates from Laos, Mongolia, Turkmenistan and seven other countries.
The military's newspaper called that a sign the force is "integrating itself into the world with a much more open attitude."
Foreign military attaches are being granted more access to Chinese bases and training exercises, although much of that is carefully scripted. Top commanders have also began making more frequent visits abroad and participating in multinational forums such as the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that attracts top defense officials from the U.S., Britain, and other major nations.
The exchanges are part of the PLA's effort to evolve into a modern force, right down to the introduction of smart new dress uniforms intended to break down the distinction between PLA officers and their Western counterparts.
The military has been upgrading its warplanes, ships and submarines, and began sea trials this summer on a refurbished Soviet aircraft carrier, demonstrating how a once-decrepit force seems determined to go toe-to-toe with the U.S. and other regional militaries.
While that modernization disconcerts the U.S. and China's neighbors, China says it's needed to defend its interests. Some analysts say military diplomacy is a way to show off its strength to potential rivals, while also joining in international relief efforts.
"There is little trust between China and the U.S. so China's recent response is to demonstrate its military capability, which also fits its commitment to helping the global community," said Ni Lexiong, a military expert at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law.
Humanitarian missions such as the dispatch of a hospital ship to Cuba also deliver a signal of China's military resolve to its own public without risking actual confrontations with the U.S. or others, Ni said.
"The enormous public pressure requires a response and this doubly demonstrates the Chinese navy's logistical capability," Ni said.
The U.S. military for its part has been generally supportive of the PLA's humanitarian drive, saying that boosts transparency and chances for peaceful interactions.
"As the Chinese military develops the capability to deliver medical and humanitarian assistance beyond its immediate region, there will be opportunities for the United States and China to collaborate and share," the Pentagon said in its most recent report to Congress on China's armed forces.
But on military exchanges, the PLA has yet to grasp the intrinsic value of strong ties, said Australian expert Huisken, citing the recent suspension of exchanges with the Pentagon over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. It's unclear what if any exchanges have so far been suspended or canceled.
"It remains a relatively superficial program," he said. "We still don't have a clue what their real aspirations are."
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EU launches its first satellite navigation system
In this photo provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), Russia's Soyuz VS01 rocket sits on its launching pad, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, in the space base of Kourou, French Guiana . The Russian Federal Space Agency and Arianespace, the commercial arm of the 13-country European Space Agency, will launch tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, the Soyuz rocket from the European spaceport in South America, carrying two Galileo navigation satellites in its maiden flight. (AP Photo/ESA, S. Corvaja) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
In this photo provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), Russia's Soyuz VS01 rocket sits on its launching pad, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, in the space base of Kourou, French Guiana . The Russian Federal Space Agency and Arianespace, the commercial arm of the 13-country European Space Agency, will launch tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, the Soyuz rocket from the European spaceport in South America, carrying two Galileo navigation satellites in its maiden flight. (AP Photo/ESA, S. Corvaja) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
In this photo provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), Russia's Soyuz VS01 rocket sits on its launching pad, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, in the space base of Kourou, French Guiana . The Russian Federal Space Agency and Arianespace, the commercial arm of the 13-country European Space Agency, will launch tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, the Soyuz rocket from the European spaceport in South America, carrying two Galileo navigation satellites in its maiden flight. (AP Photo/ESA, S. Corvaja) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
In this photo provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), Russia's Soyuz VS01 rocket sits on its launching pad, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, in the space base of Kourou, French Guiana. The Russian Federal Space Agency and Arianespace, the commercial arm of the 13-country European Space Agency, will launch tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, the Soyuz rocket from the European spaceport in South America, carrying two Galileo navigation satellites in its maiden flight. (AP Photo/ESA, S. Corvaja) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
BRUSSELS (AP) ? A Russian rocket launched the first two satellites of the European Union's Galileo navigation system Friday after years of delay in an ambitious bid to rival the ubiquitous American GPS network.
The launch of the Soyuz from French Guiana, on the northern coast of South America, marks the maiden voyage of the Russian rocket outside the former Soviet Union, with European and Russian authorities cheering at liftoff in relief after the launch was pushed back by a day.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said it is the first time that two teams work together on the launch of the Soyuz.
"We have been able to combine the best spacial activity aspects of both governments, that of France and that of Russia," he said. "I am convinced that will yield us good results."
The Galileo system has become for some a symbol of EU infighting, inefficiency and delay. Now, officials are hoping it will kick off a trans-Atlantic competition with the American GPS network.
Antonio Tajani, the EU's industry and enterprise commissioner, even linked it to Sunday's crucial summit of EU leaders struggling to put their financial house in order. "Europe shows that she is capable of managing a big project just days from the European economic summit," he said.
The rocket is expected to place into orbit the Galileo IOV-1 PFM and FM2 satellites during a nearly four-hour mission. The two satellites will be released in opposite directions.
The mission was delayed for 24 hours because of a leaky valve, and there was much relief at EU headquarters Friday that the project finally was off into space. The first part of the launch was successful, with the rocket expected to travel over Asia, Indonesia and the Indian Ocean, said Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and CEO of Arianespace, the commercial arm of the European Space Agency.
GPS has become the global consumer standard in satellite navigation over the past decade, reducing the need for awkward oversized maps and arguments with back seat drivers about whether to turn left or right.
Laurent Wauquiez, France's higher education minister and former deputy minister for European affairs, said Europe should not depend on a U.S. military-based GPS system that could be shut down at any time for security reasons.
"It means overnight we could lose our autonomy," he said. "There is an issue of sovereignty. We must not neglect this aspect even in a period of globalization."
The EU wants Galileo to dominate the future with a system that is more precise and more reliable than GPS, while controlled by civil authorities. It foresees applications ranging from precision seeding on farmland to pinpoint positioning for search-and-rescue missions. On top of that, the EU hopes it will reap a financial windfall.
"If Europe wants to be competitive and independent in the future, the EU needs to have its own satellite navigation system to also create new economic opportunities", said Herbert Reul, head of the EU parliament's industry, research and energy committee.
There are still several more years to wait, but the satellite launch is a major step in getting Galileo on track. It will start operating in 2014 as a free consumer navigation service, with more specialized services to be rolled out until 2020, when it should be fully operational.
After the initial launch, two satellites will go up every quarter as of the end of 2012 until all 30 satellites are up.
The EU hopes its economic impact will stand at about euro90 billion ($125 billion) in industrial revenues and public benefits over the next two decades.
The idea for the program first rallied support in the late 1990s, and its development has been pushed back with delays ever since. When it became clear in 2008 that private investors weren't lining up to finance Galileo, the EU decided taxpayers would underwrite most of the program.
The European Commission said development and deployment since 2003 is estimated at well over euro5 billion ($6.8 billion). Maintaining and completing the system is expected to cost euro1 billion ($1.35 billion) a year.
Critics have said the cost overruns were much higher.
"Far from celebrating," officials "who have supported Galileo should be making a public apology to taxpayers for this shocking waste of time, effort and resources," EU legislator Marta Andreasen of the anti-Euro UKIP party said.
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Danica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Kerwin Alcide in Kourou, French Guiana, contributed to this story.
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Gadhafi's death helps clear way for oil exports (AP)
NEW YORK ? The death of Moammar Gadhafi removes a threat to the stability of global oil markets.
It will still be several months before Libya can export as much oil as it did before it descended into civil war earlier this year. But the killing of Gadhafi reduces the chance that violence will get in the way as Libya cranks up production again.
And as Libyan crude returns, it could lower the price of oil on the international markets and gasoline at American pumps.
The type of crude produced by Libya, known as light, sweet crude, is rare. It is especially valuable because it is easier for refineries to convert into diesel and gasoline. Many refineries can't switch easily to processing other varieties of crude.
Before the civil war, Libya produced only 2 percent of the world's oil. But even small interruptions in oil production can have a big effect on the price because the balance between supply and demand is delicate.
When fears arise that supplies might fall short, traders get nervous, and prices can go up fast.
The price of oil jumped 35 percent between Feb. 15, when protests started in Benghazi, and April 29, when oil hit almost $114 per barrel, the highest since 2008. Gasoline prices in the U.S. hit a three-year high of $3.98 on May 5.
High prices, plus the prospect that Libyan crude would disappear from the market for a long time, led a group of oil-importing nations to announce the release 60 million barrels of oil from emergency stocks. That included 30 million from the United States.
The price of oil came down because traders figured Libyan oil would return after Gadhafi was ultimately overthrown ? but also because of concerns that a worldwide economic slowdown would reduce demand for oil.
By Wednesday, oil had returned to its price before Libya's uprising began. It fell 81 cents Thursday to $85.30 a barrel in New York trading. The average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. was unchanged at $3.47.
The oil market's reaction to Gadhafi's death was muted because efforts to revive the Libyan oil industry have been under way for months under the Libyan transitional government.
"It was a foregone conclusion that Gadhafi was finished," said Daniel Yergin, chairman of IHS CERA, an energy research firm, and author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the oil industry.
Before the war, Libya, which sits on the biggest oil reserves in Africa, produced about 1.6 million barrels of oil per day. Production collapsed during the war. It now produces about 390,000 barrels a day, a Libyan official said earlier this month.
Analysts predict the country can produce 600,000 barrels per day by the end of the year and 1.6 million by the second half of next year. By then, oil, depending on where it is traded, could fall $10 to $25 per barrel, says Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research.
But getting back to regular oil production could prove difficult for Libya. Its government is still in its infancy. It has no parliament, no constitution and few remaining national institutions.
And infighting could spark a second uprising similar to the insurgency in Iraq, Barclays Capital analyst Helima Croft says.
"Certainly, having Gadhafi no longer on the scene takes away one source of instability. We just think the bigger problem might be the `game of thrones' between various factions within the rebel ranks," Croft said.
One major issue is figuring out how to divide oil revenue among more than 100 tribes in the country, says Frank Verrastro, director of the energy and national security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
International companies will also have to be reassured that a new government won't try to drastically change contracts that have already been signed. And they want to be assured that their oil-field engineers will be safe.
Still, Verrastro says, initial reports on the condition of Libyan infrastructure have been promising.
Already, major oil companies are working with the transitional government. Last week, an Italian company called Eni reopened the pipeline that runs natural gas from Libya to Italy for the first time in eight months.
In September, it resumed production at a Libyan oil field, and it is back to its full capacity of 70,000 barrels a day. And Eni and Libya's state-run National Oil Corp. aim to restart gas production in November from a platform 70 miles off the Libyan coast.
The Spanish oil company Repsol, however, isn't producing oil from its fields in the southwestern desert of Libya, where fighting was more intense. After Gadhafi's death, the company would not predict when production would resume. Repsol won't send its employees back to the fields until the company determines it is safe, says company spokesman Kristian Rix.
Hess Corp., which has a minority stake in one of Libya's oil fields, said it hasn't decided when to send employees back to the country. "Until we're certain that things have settled down there, we can't say when we'll get back to business," spokesman Jon Pepper says.
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AP Business Writers Tarek El-Tablawy in Kabul, Alan Clendenning in Madrid, Afghanistan and Adam Schreck in Dubai contributed to this story.
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Jonathan Fahey can be reached at http://twitter.com/JonathanFahey. Chris Kahn can be reached at http://twitter.com/ChrisKahnAP.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Anti-terror laws in Kashmir to be relaxed as violence wanes (Reuters)
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) ? Widely hated security laws that give Indian forces sweeping powers to search, arrest or shoot in Kashmir are to be withdrawn in parts as rebel violence declines sharply in the strife-torn Himalayan region, chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday.
The revocation of the laws, in place for more than two decades, could be a first step by New Delhi to win hearts and minds in the country's only Muslim-majority region where anti-Indian sentiment still runs deep.
Kashmir, the trigger for two of the three wars between India and Pakistan, is claimed by both countries but ruled by them only in part.
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) are controversial laws that give government troops sweeping powers to arrest suspects without charge and give troops substantial immunity from prosecution.
"With the gradual improvement in the security situation and return of peace, some laws (AFSPA, DAA) are being removed from some areas within next a few days,"Abdullah told a police function in Srinagar.
"The return of a peaceful situation has paved the way in this direction and these laws would be revoked from all parts of the state with the restoration of peace and tranquility."
Nearly 50,000 people have been killed since simmering discontent against Indian rule turned into a full-blown rebellion in 1989.
But officials say the rebel violence has dropped sharply after New Delhi and Islamabad launched a tentative peace process in 2004.
(Reporting by Sheikh Mushtaq; Editing by Matthias Williams)
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Ousted 'Loser' praises Anna Kournikova
By Ree Hines
Last week?s episode of ?The Biggest Loser? saw the ever-dwindling blue team lose yet another member as Mike Danley, better known to viewers as Coach Mike, was sent packing.
During a Tuesday morning appearance on TODAY, it was clear that while the 61-year-old no longer has access to the ?Loser? ranch, he hasn?t allowed that to?hold him back.
Mike Danley, the latest contestant to leave "The Biggest Loser: Battle of the Ages," tells the TODAY anchors about what it's like being "Coach Mike," a high school football coach.
?At home, I work with a personal trainer at a gym, and it?s about 2-3 hours a day, 5 days a week,? the high-school football coach explained, revealing that he?s now dropped 75 pounds from his starting weight of 309.
Danley?s time on the show has meant more than his own big success on the scale. He?s inspiring others to find their own successes.
?I?ve been an inspiration to everybody at school -- students and players and my colleagues -- because of what can be done,? he said. ?Age is not a factor, and if Coach Mike can do it then, boy, anybody can do it.?
But even coaches need coaches, and Danley was?quick to praise one of ?Loser?s? newest trainers, former tennis star Anna Kournikova, for the help she gave him.
?Anna was wonderful,? Danley said. ?She took our team, which was the older team, from a slower pace and worked us up through the ranks. The time I was there, we didn?t suffer any injuries, so it didn?t slow us down. And she?s well beyond her age and knows what to do. She?s no joke.?
See what Kournikova?s able to do for the coach?s former teammates when ?The Biggest Loser? airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
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Body of missing Neb. boy pulled from river
OMAHA, Neb. ?? The body of a boy recovered from the Missouri River on Thursday has been identified as Christopher Szczepanik, according to authorities. The development comes more than 22 months after the boy and his parents were last seen.
Omaha Police Chief Alex Hayes and Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine released the information in a news conference on Tuesday morning.
Investigators following up on some evidence located what they believed to be human remains. The remains were recovered with help from a dive team from Yutan.
Through DNA tests, the remains were determined to belong to the 7-year-old boy, authorities said.
Because the investigation in ongoing, authorities were unable to release information on the exact location of where the body was found. The bodies of Vanderlei and Jacqueline Szcepanik still have not been recovered.
Last week, a judge determined there was enough evidence for Jose Olveira-Countinho to stand trial on first-degree murder charges.
Much of the testimony in Olveira-Countinho's preliminary hearing came from interviews with another man suspected in the killings, Valdeir Goncalves-Santos.
Those interviews revealed exactly how the family was killed, according to Goncalves-Santos' interview with investigators.
In court, a detective said that Vanderlei Szczepanik was beaten and his wife, Jacqueline, and son, Christopher, were hanged at their home. Their bodies were then cut and dumped into the Missouri River.
Goncalves-Santos was nearing the end of his murder trial in this case when he made a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for his testimony against the others accused in the case, Olveira-Countinho and Elias Lourenco-Batista.
The family was last seen Dec. 17, 2009.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44946599/ns/local_news-omaha_ne/
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Kirk Cameron Has 'Happy' Birthday Despite 'Sad' Photo (omg!)
Holy Kirk! The guy just can't catch a break these days.
Yesterday, New York Magazine's Vulture posted a photo of Kirk Cameron celebrating his 41st. birthday. The photo showed Kirk at a small office party blowing out the candles of his cake. There were only two other people in the picture. The table was bare except for the cake and a few Subway sandwiches.
This led Vulture pundits to poke fun at Kirk for having a "very sad" birthday and to suggest that he didn't have any friends.
Later, Yahoo!'s The Cutline did a little research and discovered that there were actually 10-15 other people at the office party, but they were behind the camera and weren't aware that the picture was being taken.
Still, this didn't stop critics from commenting on the dismal nature of the photo.
Wrote one Vulture reader, "Everything about this is sad-- how can anyone argue?? I see bad lighting in what looks like the most dated looking office rec room, a bunch of Subway sandwiches with no chips or drinks (save a half empty juice bottle), and 2 women with no shoes and bad hair. Plus everyone looks miserable."
Yet others praised Cameron for not indulging himself in a lavish celebration. Wrote one reader, " Remember now hot shot reporters and writers, that Kirk Cameron chose to live a simple life. He could have been one of the most famous people in Hollywood but he is happy living his life helping others not just himself like other stars we know."
Because Cameron is well-known for his born-again Christian faith, the argument quickly turned into a flame war between "Jesus freaks" and "heathens." One Yahoo! reader suggested that Kirk was being unfair singled out because of his beliefs. " What's interesting is if Kirk where a Moslem would this be a story? I doubt it. Happy Birthday Kirk."
I wouldn't go as far to suggest that Christians are unusually persecuted in the media. After all, Candace Cameron Bure is just as devout as her brother, and she still quite respected in the industry.
But I do agree that some of these critics were being way too judgmental about Kirk's modest birthday celebration. He was probably content just to have a small celebration with his staff. And who's to say that he didn't have plans to celebrate with his family later on?
Despite the "very sad" photo, I'm sure Kirk had a happy birthday.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Justin Bieber To Play 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'
Lady Gaga also booked for this year's show, hosted by Ryan Seacrest.
By Gil Kaufman
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Maybe you haven't made your plans yet, but Justin Bieber knows exactly where he'll be on New Year's Eve: Times Square in New York.
Bieber has been booked to play live on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012," joining Lady Gaga on the 40th anniversary edition of the December 31 staple.
The show will help cap a busy holiday season for Bieber, who is preparing to release his first-ever holiday album, Under the Mistletoe, on November 1. The first video, for the song "Mistletoe," will debut Tuesday (October 18) at 7:54 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. Bieber said he's excited for fans to check out his mix of holiday standards and new songs.
Regarding why he decided on a holiday release as fans wait for the follow-up to My World 2.0, Bieber said, "I was going to put out my album soon anyways, and I was thinking, 'It's near Christmastime. If I'm going to release an album near Christmas, I figure maybe I'd just do a Christmas album.' The fans get more music, and everyone's happy."
The singer said he picked a mix of his favorite Christmas songs ("Silent Night," "Santa Claus is Coming to Town") and new tunes ("Mistletoe," "Christmas Love") to offer a little something for everyone.
"I picked 'Santa [Claus is] Coming to Town,' because everyone loves those songs. Those are classics. They get people excited for Christmas," he said. "And then, for songs that we wrote, we wanted to make enough new songs for people to hear new music and not just hear some classics. There's a lot of new stuff on there."
Catch the premiere of Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" video Tuesday (October 18) at 7:54 p.m. ET/PT on MTV, with a full interview to follow on MTV.com. Fans can submit their text and video questions for Bieber via Twitter, using the hashtag #AskBieber.
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How You Really Need To Wash Your Food -- And Your Hands
By Beth Ricanati, M.D. for YouBeauty
We make thousands of choices every day about what to eat, what to wear, where to shop. We are so busy making these choices that sometimes we forget to make some basic choices that can save our lives and help us feel better.
For example, washing our hands. For another example, washing our fruits and vegetables.
We live in a global world, and our food comes from all over. Just because we all aspire to eat better, (which usually also means eating more locally grown food) doesn't mean this always happens.
Earlier this month, the CDC documented a nationwide food contamination with an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes that affected cantaloupes. Unfortunately, many people were infected. Those infected were from all over the United States; in fact, at least twenty states reported cases.
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This unfortunate outbreak is a great reminder to us all about the choices that we make individually, every day, to be healthy.
It's not always the big three: eating well, exercising and exhaling (stress management).
Sometimes it's as simple as washing our hands, making sure that we wash our fruits and vegetables, and being mindful of other healthy kitchen safety tips.
These include handling raw meat and eggs safely (think, for example: using a separate cutting board and utensils to handle raw meat; washing the counter with soapy water; and of course washing your hands!); cooking meat thoroughly; and checking your refrigerator to make sure that it is below 40 degrees Fahrenheit and that your freezer is set to 0 or below degrees Fahrenheit.
While I'm at it, let's talk for a moment about hand washing.
It's something we are all supposed to do, and we all think that we know how to wash our hands. Right? Come on? We've been doing this simple act all of our lives. But do you really wash your hands long enough? Most of us don't, and hand washing is perhaps one of the easiest ways to keep ourselves and those around us healthy. (And in addition to food safety, flu season is just around the corner...) So, what to do: turn on the water, make it comfortable (you're going to be here for a few minutes, after all), put some soap on your hands and start to sing your favorite song (the ABC song, sung twice, works nicely in a pinch) and scrub your hands -- back and front, past your wrists -- under the water.
When you think you're done, scrub a bit longer.
Once your hands are rinsed, before turning off the water, grab a towel to both dry your hands and turn off the faucet. This last step is good practice for when you are in a public restroom, especially! Et voila, clean hands.
So, what five servings of fruits and vegetables today are you going to enjoy today? Of course, after you've washed them thoroughly first!
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