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The Top Newfound Species of 2012
Cercopithecus hamlyni.
Photos by Noel Rowe and Maurice Emetshu.
It?s been a great year for newly discovered wildlife. Some of the plants and animals documented for the first time come from places like Papua New Guinea that are teeming with species unknown to science. Others come from college-town backyards.
Scientists discovered Cercopithecus lomamiensis, also known as the lesula monkey, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The lesula has a striking expression, but the monkey?s unusual coloring was what helped scientists realize it might be a new species. The lesula is already endangered, in part due to local bush-meat hunting.
Auburn Tiger Trapdoor Spider
Myrmekiaphila tigris.
Photo by J. Bond.
This new species of spider, Myrmekiaphila tigris, was discovered in a backyard in Auburn, Ala. These spiders were once thought to belong to a different species. Some bad news for people with arachnophobia: Males wander the sidewalks in large groups in search of mates. Males die shortly after mating, but females live 15 to 20 years.
Paedophryne amanuensis.
Photo courtesy Rittmeyer EN et al/Wikimedia Commons.
Paedophryne amanuensis is not only the world?s smallest known frog but also the world?s smallest known vertebrate. Scientists found the species in Papua New Guinea. Adults range from 7 to 8 millimeters in length.
Anguilla Bank Skink Lizard
Anguilla Bank skink.
Photo by Karl Questel.
Scientists have discovered 24 new species of skinks in the Caribbean. The blue-tailed skink pictured above is the Anguilla Bank skink. Many of the newfound species are in danger of extinction because humans have introduced predatory animals into the island ecosystem.
Bythaelurus giddingsi.
Photo by John E. McCosker.
This little shark, called Bythaelurus giddingsi, looks like a cross between a shark and a catfish. Scientists found it in the Galapagos Islands.
Mimulus peregrines.
Photo by Dr. Mario Vallejo-Marin.
This beautiful flower, called Mimulus peregrines, was found in Scotland. Originally a hybrid of two other flowers, the monkey flower evolved to overcome infertility and reproduce on its own.
Reticulated Dragonet Fish
Callionymus reticulates.
Photo by Lars-Ove Loo.
The reticulated dragonet fish differs only slightly from other dragnet fish?it has only three spines on its gill cover instead of four, and it has a longer snout. But scientists rarely discover new species of fish in Sweden. Its scientific name is Callionymus reticulates.
Brookesia micra Photograph courtesy Frank Glaw.
The Brookesia micra is the tiniest of four chameleons found this year in Madagascar. Adults are just over an inch long, making it one of the smallest known reptiles in the world.
Slow loris.
Photo courtesy Ch'ien C. Lee
Slow Loris
What was once thought to be a single species on the island of Borneo was split into four distinct slow loris species. The primates are nocturnal, tree-dwelling, and have a venomous bite.
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Russian parliament considers anti-US adoption bill
MOSCOW (AP) ? The upper chamber of Russia's parliament has unanimously voted in favor of a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children.
It now goes to President Vladimir Putin to sign or turn down.
The bill is one part of a larger measure by lawmakers retaliating against a recently signed U.S. law that calls for sanctions against Russians deemed to be human rights violators.
Some top government officials, including the foreign minister, have spoken against the bill, arguing that it would be in violation of Russia's constitution and international obligations.
Several people protesting the bill were detained outside the Federation Council on Wednesday morning.
Critics of the bill say it victimizes orphans by depriving them of an opportunity to escape often-dismal Russian orphanages. There are about 740,000 children without parental custody in Russia.
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Morsi flees Egypt's presidential palace as - World News - MSNBC.com
Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi reportedly left the palace via the back door to avoid further confrontation, as crowds vented their fury at Morsi's decree granting him nearly unlimited powers. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
By NBC News wire reports
Updated at 7:58 a.m. ET: CAIRO --?Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohammed Morsi's palace in Cairo on Tuesday, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building, presidency sources said.
Officers fired tear gas at up to 10,000 demonstrators angered by Morsi's drive to hold a referendum on a new constitution on December 15. The Associated Press reported that some protesters?broke through barbed wire around the building and hurled chairs and rocks at retreating police on Tuesday night.
The crowds had gathered in what organizers had dubbed "last warning" protests against Morsi, who infuriated opponents with a November 22 decree that expanded his powers. "The people want the downfall of the regime," the demonstrators chanted.
"The president left the palace," a presidential source, who declined to be named, told Reuters. A security source at the presidency also said the president had departed.
Morsi returned to work at the presidential palace on Wednesday morning, an aide later told Reuters.
The Muslim Brotherhood also called for a rally backing Morsi outside the palace on Wednesday and leftists planned a counter-demonstration, raising fears of clashes in a crisis over a disputed push for a new constitution.?
Morsi ignited a storm of unrest in his bid to prevent a judiciary still packed with appointees of ousted predecessor Hosni Mubarak from derailing a troubled political transition.
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Egyptian protesters chant slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood during a rally in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday.
Facing the gravest crisis of his six-month-old tenure, the Islamist president has shown no sign of buckling under pressure.
On Tuesday, riot police at the palace faced off against activists chanting "leave, leave" and holding Egyptian flags with "no to the constitution" written on them. Protesters had assembled near mosques in northern Cairo before marching toward the palace.
Supporters of Islamist president push Egypt to tipping point
"Our marches are against tyranny and the void constitutional decree and we won't retract our position until our demands are met," said Hussein Abdel Ghany, a spokesman for an opposition coalition of liberal, leftist and other disparate factions.
Protesters later surrounded the palace, with some climbing on gates at the rear to look down into the gardens.
As protesters clashes, President Mohammed Morsi of Egypt announced a referendum on a proposed constitution. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.
At one point, people clambered onto a police armored vehicle and waved flags, while riot police huddled nearby.
The Health Ministry said 18 people had been injured in clashes next to the palace, according to the state news agency.?
Civil disobedience
Despite the latest protests, there has been only a limited response to opposition calls for a mass campaign of civil disobedience in the Arab world's most populous country and cultural hub, where many people yearn for a return to stability.
A few hundred protesters gathered earlier near Morsi's house in a suburb east of Cairo, chanting slogans against his decree and against the Muslim Brotherhood, from which the president emerged to win a free election in June. Police closed the road to stop them from coming any closer, a security official said.
Mona El-Tahawy explains why President Mohammed Morsi's recent decree is very insulting to many Egyptians who demonstrated against Former President Hosni Mubarak's regime.
Opposition groups have accused Morsi of making a dictatorial power grab to push through a constitution drafted by an assembly dominated by his supporters, with a referendum planned for December 15.
Liberals, Christians left out as Islamists back Egypt's draft constitution
They say the draft constitution does not reflect the interests of Egypt's liberals and other groups, an accusation dismissed by Islamists who insist it is a balanced document.
Egypt's most widely-read independent newspapers did not publish on Tuesday in protest at Morsi's "dictatorship". Banks closed early to let staff go home safely in case of trouble.
Abdelrahman Mansour in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the cradle of the anti-Mubarak revolt, said: "The presidency believes the opposition is too weak and toothless. Today is the day we show them the opposition is a force to be reckoned with."
Analysis: Crisis tests Egyptians' constitution
But after winning post-Mubarak elections and pushing the Egyptian military out of the political driving seat it held for decades, the Islamists sense their moment has come to shape the future of Egypt, a longtime U.S. ally whose 1979 peace treaty with Israel is a cornerstone of Washington's Middle East policy.
The Muslim Brotherhood and its allies, who staged a huge pro-Morsi rally in Cairo on Saturday, are confident enough members of the judiciary will be available to oversee the mid-December referendum, despite calls by some judges for a boycott.
"The crisis we have suffered for two weeks is on its way to an end, and very soon, God willing," Saad al-Katatni, leader of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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DEATH: New mortuary opens in Jurupa Valley : Retail
Posted on | December 4, 2012 |
Shun Newburn, 43, is the new mortician who opened a funeral home in Jurupa Valley. Photo by Laurie Lucas
Yeah, Shun Newbern has heard every joke about his profession, especially ?People are dying to see you.? Or ?you?re the last person to put someone down.?
No matter. He loves what he does. On Oct. 15, he opened a mortuary in Jurupa Valley, the second funeral home in the area in the past 56 years. Newbern, 43, is only the second African-American mortician in Riverside County.
Newbern creates personalized family viewings, tableaus in the viewing room that reflect the decedent?s interests .
Read about the new mortician in town, owner of Metropolitan Mortuary on Sun. Nov. 9 in The Press-Enterprise business section.
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Chavez will travel to Brazil for summit: ambassador
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will travel to Brazil for a regional summit at the end of this week despite cancer-related medical treatment in Cuba, Brazil's ambassador said on Monday.
If confirmed, the 58-year-old Chavez's presence at the Mercosur trade bloc meeting would indicate his latest health scare is not as bad as some are speculating.
Venezuelan officials would not immediately confirm the ambassador's statement. Chavez was in Cuba on Monday and it was unknown if he would return home first if he should decide to go on to Brazil.
Having won re-election in October for a new six-year term, Chavez has made scant appearances since then and not been seen in public since November 15.
Last week, he left for Cuba, saying in a letter he was to receive "hyperbaric oxygenation" - a treatment used to alleviate bone decay caused by radiation therapy. The president has undergone three cancer operations in Cuba since mid-2011.
So while officials are playing his latest treatment down as a secondary follow-up to successful removal of two cancerous tumors he has had in the pelvic area, media is awash with rumors that his condition could be much graver.
"His presence is confirmed, that's what I understand," Brazil's ambassador in Venezuela, Jose Antonio Marcondes de Carvalho, told Reuters when asked if Chavez would be at the Mercosur meeting.
Chavez's unusual silence and invisibility has extended to his normally humming Twitter account where he has posted no new messages since November 1.
Venezuela's widely traded bonds have been rallying on the renewed speculation over the socialist leader's health, reflecting Wall Street's appetite for a more business-friendly government in Caracas.
(Writing by Andrew Cawthorne; editing by Philip Barbara)
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Declining air pollution levels continue to improve life expectancy in U.S.
ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2012) ? A new study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found an association between reductions in fine particulate matter and improved life expectancy in 545 counties in the U.S. from 2000 to 2007. It is the largest study to date to find beneficial effects to public health of continuing to reduce air pollution levels in the U.S.
The study appears in the December 3, 2012 online edition of the journal Epidemiology.
"Despite the fact that the U.S. population as a whole is exposed to much lower levels of air pollution than 30 years ago -- because of great strides made to reduce people's exposure -- it appears that further reductions in air pollution levels would continue to benefit public health," said lead author Andrew Correia, a PhD candidate in the Department of Biostatistics at HSPH.
The study looked at the effects on health of fine particulate matter, small particles of 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter -- referred to as PM2.5. Numerous studies have shown associations between acute and chronic exposure to fine particle air pollution and cardiopulmonary disease and mortality. Studies have also shown that reductions in air pollution are associated with reductions in adverse health effects and improved life expectancy. Air pollution has been declining steadily in the U.S. since 1980, but the rate has slowed in the years since 2000. The HSPH researchers wanted to know whether the relatively smaller decreases in PM2.5 levels since 2000 are still improving life expectancy.
Controlling for socioeconomic status, smoking prevalence, and demographic characteristics, the results showed that a decrease of 10 micrograms per cubic meter (10 ?g/m3 ) in the concentration of PM2.5 during the period 2000 to 2007 was associated with an average increase in life expectancy of 0.35 years in 545 U.S. counties.
The research expanded on a 2009 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine by some of the same authors (Pope, Ezzati, and Dockery) that found that reduced air pollution was associated with increased life expectancy in 211 urban counties. This new study looked at more recent data, more than two-and-a-half times as many counties, and included both rural and urban areas. The findings showed that there's a stronger association between declining air pollution and increased life expectancy in more urban, densely populated areas than in rural areas. The results also suggested that reduced levels of air pollution may be more beneficial to women than to men.
As to why there was a stronger association between reductions in fine particulate matter and improvements in life expectancy in urban areas, the researchers speculated that the composition of the particulates there may be different from that in rural areas.
"Since the 1970s, enactment of increasingly stringent air quality controls has led to improvements in ambient air quality in the United States at costs that the U.S. Environ?mental Protection Agency has estimated as high as $25 billion per year. However, the extent to which more recent regulatory actions have benefited public health remains in question. This study provides strong and compelling evidence that continuing to reduce ambient levels of PM2.5 prolongs life," said senior author Francesca Dominici, professor of biostatistics at HSPH.
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Researchers successfully destroy brain tumor cells; Use unique combination of diet and radiation therapy
ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2012) ? A team of brain cancer researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has effectively treated brain tumor cells using a unique combination of diet and radiation therapy.
The study, "The Ketogenic Diet Is an Effective Adjuvant to Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Malignant Glioma," was published in PLOS ONE.
Led by Adrienne C. Scheck, PhD, Principal Investigator in Neuro-Oncology and Neurosurgery Research at Barrow, the groundbreaking research studied the effects of the ketogenic diet in conjunction with radiation therapy for the treatment of malignant gliomas, an aggressive and deadly type of brain tumor. The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that alters metabolism and is used in the treatment of pediatric epilepsy that does not respond to conventional therapies. The diet's effects on brain homeostasis have potential for the treatment of other neurological diseases, as well.
In the study, mice with high-level malignant gliomas were maintained on either a standard or a ketogenic diet. Both groups received radiation therapy. Dr. Scheck's team discovered that animals fed a ketogenic diet had an increased median survival of approximately five days relative to animals maintained on a standard diet. Of the mice that were fed a ketogenic diet and received radiation, nine of 11 survived with no signs of tumor recurrence, even after being switched back to standard food, for over 200 days. None on the standard diet survived more than 33 days.
One theory behind the success of the treatment is that the ketogenic diet may reduce growth factor stimulation, inhibiting tumor growth. Barrow scientists also believe that it may reduce inflammation and edema surrounding the tumors. This is believed to be the first study of its kind to look at the effects of the ketogenic diet with radiation.
Dr. Scheck believes that the study has promising implications in the treatment of human malignant gliomas. "We found that the ketogenic diet significantly enhances the anti-tumor effect of radiation, which suggests that it may be useful as an adjuvant to the current standard of care for the treatment of human malignant gliomas," she says.
Dr. Scheck adds that the ketogenic diet could quickly and easily be added into current brain tumor treatment plans as an adjuvant therapy without the need for FDA approval. She is currently exploring options for clinical trials.
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Long lines, rising tempers seen at gas stations
Eileen Miley takes a break from cleaning her home that was destroyed by flooding during Storm Sandy in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Three days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, New York and New Jersey struggled to get back on their feet, the U.S. death toll climbed to more than 80, and more than 4.6 million homes and businesses were still without power. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Eileen Miley takes a break from cleaning her home that was destroyed by flooding during Storm Sandy in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Three days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, New York and New Jersey struggled to get back on their feet, the U.S. death toll climbed to more than 80, and more than 4.6 million homes and businesses were still without power. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Glenda Moore, and her husband, Damian Moore, react as they approach the scene where at least one of their childrens' bodies were discovered in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Brandon Moore, 2, and Connor Moore, 4, were swiped into swirling waters as their mother tried to escape her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall during Superstorm Sandy. Police said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to her sister's home in Brooklyn when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, only to have the force of the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves rip the boy's small arms from her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Police officers wearing wet suits leave a site where the body of a 2-year-old child killed during Superstorm Sandy was discovered in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Brandon Moore, 2, and Connor Moore, 4, were swiped into swirling waters as their mother tried to escape her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall during Superstorm Sandy. Police said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to her sister's home in Brooklyn when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, only to have the force of the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves rip the boy's small arms from her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Brooke Clarkin tries to salvage some personal items from her mother's home in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Her mother's home was not only flooded to the ceiling, but was swept off its foundation and was carried to the other side of the street. The National Guard and federal emergency management officials will deliver 1 million meals and bottled water to New York areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
As temperatures begin to drop, people wait in line to fill containers with gas at a Shell gasoline filling station Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Keyport, N.J. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers lined up Thursday for hours at gas stations that were struggling to stay supplied. The power outages and flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy have forced many gas stations to close and disrupted the flow of fuel from refineries to those stations that are open. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Motorists fumed in long lines at gas stations around the metropolitan area and screamed at each other Friday morning as fuel shortages hindered the region's efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy.
Meanwhile, a backlash built against Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to hold the New York City Marathon on Sunday as scheduled, with some New Yorkers complaining that going ahead with the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and a drain on the city's resources at a time when many are suffering.
Four days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, the U.S. death toll climbed past 90 in 10 states, and included two boys who were torn from their mother's grasp by rushing floodwaters in Staten Island during the storm. Their bodies were found in a marshy area on Thursday.
With fuel deliveries in the East disrupted by storm damage and many gas stations lacking electricity to run their pumps, gasoline became a precious commodity, especially for those who depend on their cars for their livelihoods.
Some drivers complained of waiting three and four hours in line, only to see the pumps run out when it was almost their turn. Cars ran out of gas before they reached the front of the line. Police officers were assigned to gas stations to maintain order. In Queens, a man was charged Thursday with flashing a gun at another motorist who complained he was cutting in line.
At a Hess gas station Friday morning in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, the line snaked at least 10 blocks through narrow and busy streets. That caused confusion among other drivers, some of whom accidentally found themselves in the gas line. People got out of their cars to yell at them.
In addition, at least 60 people were lined up to fill red gas cans for their generators.
Vince Levine got in line in his van at 5 a.m. By 8 a.m., he was still two dozen cars from the front. "I had a half-tank when I started. I've got a quarter-tank now," he said.
"There's been a little screaming, a little yelling. And I saw one guy banging on the hood of a car. But mostly it's been OK," he said.
Cabdriver Harum Prince joined a line for gasoline in Manhattan that stretched 17 blocks down 10th Avenue, with about half the cars yellow cabs, a crucial means of getting around in a city with a still-crippled mass transit system.
"I don't blame anybody," he said. "God, he knows why he brought this storm."
More 3.8 million homes and business in the East were still without power, down from a peak of 8.5 million.
Bloomberg on Thursday defended the decision to hold the marathon, saying electricity is expected to be restored to all of Manhattan by race day, freeing up "an enormous number of police."
"This city is a city where we have to go on," he said.
But Staten Island resident George Rosado blasted the city for the decision.
"It's repulsive," said Rosado, who spent two days scrubbing sludge from his tiled floors and was preparing to demolish the water-logged walls of his home a block from the water. He added: "They should be getting resources to the elderly people who can't fend for themselves. That's more important than a marathon right now."
On Thursday, police recovered the bodies of two brothers, ages 2 and 4, who were swept away after the SUV driven by their mother, Glenda Moore, stalled in Sandy's floodwaters Monday evening.
"Terrible, absolutely terrible," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said as he announced that Brandon and Connor had been found been found dead. "It just compounds all the tragic aspects of this horrific event."
The discovery was another heartbreaking blow to Staten Island, a hard-hit borough that residents say has been largely forgotten. At least 19 people have been killed in Staten Island, about half the death toll for all of New York City.
Garbage is piling up, a stench hangs in the air and mud-caked mattresses and couches line the streets. Residents picked through their belongings, searching for anything that could be salvaged.
"We have hundreds of people in shelters," said James Molinaro, the borough's president. "Many of them, when the shelters close, have nowhere to go because their homes are destroyed. These are not homeless people. They're homeless now."
Molinaro complained the American Red Cross "is nowhere to be found" ? and some residents questioned what they called the lack of a response by government disaster relief agencies.
A relief fund is being created just for storm survivors on Staten Island, Molinaro and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Friday. And Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and a top Federal Emergency Management Agency official planned to tour the island.
There were hopeful signs, though, that life would soon begin to return to something approaching normal.
Consolidated Edison, the power company serving New York, said electricity should be restored by Saturday to customers in Manhattan and to homes and offices served by underground power lines in Brooklyn.
More subway and rail lines opened Friday, and the Holland Tunnel into New York was open to buses.
But the prospect of better times ahead did little to mollify residents who spent another day and night in the dark.
"It's too much. You're in your house. You're freezing," said Geraldine Giordano, 82, a lifelong resident of the West Village. Near her home, city employees had set up a sink where residents could get fresh water, if they needed it. There were few takers. "Nobody wants to drink that water," Giordano said.
"Everybody's tired of it already," added Rosemarie Zurlo, a movie makeup artist. She said she planned to temporarily abandon her powerless apartment in the West Village to stay with her sister in Brooklyn. "I'm leaving because I'm freezing. My apartment is ice cold."
There was increasing worry about the outage's effect on elderly residents.
Community groups have been going door-to-door on the upper floors of darkened Manhattan apartment buildings, and city workers and volunteer in hard-hit Newark, N.J., delivered meals to senior citizens and others stuck in their buildings.
"It's been mostly older folks who aren't able to get out," said Monique George of Manhattan-based Community Voices Heard. "In some cases, they hadn't talked to folks in a few days. They haven't even seen anybody because the neighbors evacuated. They're actually happy that folks are checking, happy to see another person. To not see someone for a few days, in this city, it's kind of weird."
Along the devastated Jersey Shore and New York's beachfront communities, a lack of electricity was the least of anyone's worries.
Residents were allowed back in their neighborhoods Thursday for the first time since Sandy slammed the coastline Monday night. Some were relieved to find only minor damage, but many others were wiped out.
"A lot of tears are being shed today," said Dennis Cucci, whose home near the ocean in Point Pleasant Beach was heavily damaged. "It's absolutely mind-boggling."
After touring a flood-ravaged area of northeastern New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie said it was time to act, not mourn.
"We're in the 'triage and attack phase' of the storm, so we can restore power, reopen schools, get public transportation back online and allow people to return to their homes if they've been displaced," he said.
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Associated Press writers Cara Anna and Karen Matthews in New York, David Porter in Moonachie, N.J., and Wayne Parry in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., contributed to this story.
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Posted on November 1, 2012, 1:28 pm, by Darlene Rondeau.
Let?s start with a warm up! In this session, I will cover the basics of what?s going on in the industry in terms of hotel shopper behavior, specifically where and how they?re researching hotels today.
Like all online shoppers, those shopping for travel are looking for rich visual experiences that help them better understand and feel comfortable about the purchase they are considering.?They also want to do it on many different web sites throughout what is a non-linear and very complex shopping journey from research, to comparison, purchase, post purchase and sharing.
A typical guest will use more than two dozen touch points to research a trip.? This means that there are a lot of opportunities to grab their attention and make a great impression.
Figure 1 is a chart that shows some of the key sites consumers find helpful during their planning process, which is when choices are being made.? The actual booking process follows.? Paul Brown, head of Global Brands at Hilton refers to the planning process as reaching consumers during their ?point of decision? vs. point of booking.
Consumers are going to different sites for different reasons and at different stages of the travel shopping journey.? Here are the results from a 2011 benchmark study by Atmosphere Research Group.
84% of travelers will visit brand.com or several different brand.coms to get the hotels direct perspective.? Also note that 83% will also visit an OTA (online travel agency), like Travelocity, to see what hotels are available in market.? Similarly, 83% will go to a traveler review site like TripAdvisor to read what others are saying, and 81% will check out a metasearch engine like Kayak to compare the prices.
The point is that hotel shoppers go to many sites in unpredictable ways looking for different things based on how they view the experience of that site.
What consumers see about an individual hotel must be consistent, relevant and interesting across all the sites they are using otherwise the hotelier risks not even making the shopping list of possible hotels to consider in their decision.? Compare figures 2 and 3 to see the difference in the consumer?s visual experience.
Another trend we can?t ignore is the fact that the lines between corporate and leisure travel are blurring.? Both travel shopping segments (business and leisure) want immerse, visually-rich presentations.? In fact, 93% of business travelers watched travel related video online last year (89% of leisure travelers).
There is also a misconception that business travelers aren?t interested in researching their stay.? The evidence suggests otherwise.? 56% say that they plan to spend more time shopping around and researching before booking business travel in order to find good value for their money.? 69% also say that they would like to stay at an upscale or luxury hotel if the price is right which demonstrates that business travelers are also looking for value.[1]
Challenge:?Check out the experience you are providing hotel shoppers?across?the web ? is it consistent, relevant and interesting??If not, make it a priority to kick your visual?presence?up a notch.
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Source: http://blog.vfmleonardo.com/best-practice-bootcamp-session-1/
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Photo Critique #161
Friday Photo Critique is our weekly community project, where we publish a photograph submitted by one of our wonderful readers, then ask you all to offer constructive feedback on the image. It?s a great way to learn more about photography, express your viewpoint, and have your own image critiqued!
Quick Ground Rules
- Play nice! We?ve deliberately chosen photographs that aren?t?perfect, so please be constructive with any criticism.
- Feel free to offer any type of advice ? composition, lighting, post-processing etc.
- You can also link to photographs that you feel offer a great example of this type of image shot exceptionally well.
Without further ado, here is this week?s candidate for Friday Photo Critique!
The Photograph
Photo Details & Inspiration
- 29mm
- Three different shutter speeds
- f/20
- ISO 200
Capturing the unique glow of the evening sun in Havana. Processed in Photomatix and Photoshop CS3.
Photographer: Esben Baes
Please let us know what you think in the comments ? how would you have approached the scene or taken the photo differently? A massive thank you to everyone who commented?last week.
The most constructive and helpful comments will be featured on the site. Interested in submitting your own photo? You can?do so here!
Source: http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/photo-critique/photo-critique-161/
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Gazans prepare to welcome Qatari ruler
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ? Qatar's flags are flapping in the Gaza Strip as Palestinians welcome that country's ruler, the first head of state to visit the territory since the Islamic militant Hamas seized power there five years ago.
An honor guard awaits Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani at Gaza's southern border crossing, where he is set to enter from Egypt Tuesday morning. A song called "Thank you, Qatar" is playing on the radio.
Issam Da'aless, an adviser to Gaza's Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, says the emir will travel with his wife and Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad. Thousands of troops have been mobilized to secure the visit.
The emir will deliver more than $250 million in aid to the territory, a move that will ease Hamas' international isolation.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gazans-prepare-welcome-qatari-ruler-075104110.html
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Commentary: Law and Politics: We are a society in crisis - via politics
By Lloyd Noel
No group in organized society has the right to act without regard to the interest of the whole of that society ? and because that is what?s happening, and has been for some time now, we are in the critical state now existing all around us and daily becoming much worse.
And the horrible incident at Happy Hill Secondary School ? where a young girl stabbed a young man to death inside a class room, for whatever reason ? must convey to those in control, as well as those aspiring to take over the wheels of power, that the whole atmosphere being created by their actions, and their statements as leaders and public figures, must be sending the wrong messages.While it is appreciated that political parties are concerned with getting their plans and ideas forcefully into the public arena ? so that at election time the majority will choose the one over the other ? it must also be accepted and fully understood and implemented that no group in organized society has the right to act without regard to the interest of the whole of that society.
It is understandable and not unreasonable to expect certain groups in society to favour one political party over another, for whatever peculiar reasons they may have in the given circumstances. But at the end of the day, all those who live and work and make some contribution to the operations of that society are entitled to do so in peace, and without undue obstructions from the powers that maybe in control.
We in these Isles have seen, and encountered, and suffered a whole lot more disadvantages and distresses than all our neighbours in the English-speaking Caribbean, and even further beyond in the wider community.
But for some strange reasons, we tend to forget so quickly that sooner or not very much later we find ourselves almost back in the same conditions we were so eager to get rid of not so long ago.
As am writing these comments on 19 October ? that notorious date in our political history way back in October 1983, when the then Revolutionary Prime Minister, the late Maurice Bishop, and seven or so of his loyal cabinet members, were executed on Fort Rupert (now Fort George) in St George?s; and many more of the supporters who followed the cabinet members to the fort ? which housed the headquarters of the PRA ? were also killed, either by bullets or from jumping over the high walls around the fort ? it all comes back to memory as though it was last year.
And then it was also members of the PRG inner circle ? in rebellion against the leadership of Bishop ? who were doing their own thing in an attempt to take over control of the state of Grenada, Carraicou and Petite Martinique.
They seemed to have succeeded for a few days, but then the US President Ronald Reagan, in consideration of the US citizens as students of St George?s University, sent in his troops to rescue us all, from prison at Richmond Hill and Hope Vale Camp, and also Grenadians who were prisoners in their own homes, as well as the students.
The rest is still ongoing history, as some groups and individuals every October keep up the cry for information about the bodies killed on the fort, although the story was they were all burnt at Calivigny.
But when thinking about crisis in society, the dates and times of 13 March 1979, 19 October 1983, and 25 October 1983 all stand out as historic landmarks that are unbeatable.
Although the events of those times from March 1979 to October 1983 were far more dramatic and devastating than anything we have experienced since those days of horror, many critics of the last six or so years would still like to argue that we are no better off now than we were then.
Unemployment and the economy in general are almost at rock bottom, a minority government in control of the nation?s affairs, and the very Parliament that the same revolutionary government had abolished is today suspended indefinitely ? so that no MP or political party could constitutionally challenge or question those in charge of the nation?s affairs in the Houses of Parliament.
Of course, those in control of the reins of power have a limited time-span to remain in occupation ? but the question begs itself, in that if they decide to go the full term, up to October next year, what would be the state of the economy and thousands of our people living conditions by then?
By the looks and sounds of possible developments, in the near or more distant future that could make some difference to a few workers livelihood, there are still some hurdles to overcome before any of the projects get underway, so it is not anytime soon.
And in the current conditions now prevailing island-wide, what are the alternatives facing the people?
The crisis now existing in the society is affecting a whole lot of people in very different ways ? and a large number of those affected simply do not have the means, or the ability to make any difference.
And it is precisely because of that shortcoming, in so many of the victims as it were, that even those who can make ends meet to ease the pressures and the burdens are becoming possible victims, because of the frustration of the helpless ones who are unable to cope.
Some things have to give way or someone or group or institution must intervene to bring about a much speedier solution to this impasse that those now in control seem bent on prolonging for as long as they have some authority so to do.
A lot of onlookers can see why the desire to stay in control up to the bitter end, because they feel time will help them to get one or two projects on stream, and in so doing that will persuade many doubters to choose the same team again, albeit with many new faces to replace those expelled.
But in my humble opinion, and from talking with a whole lot of concerned citizens, who are under serious pressure to make the scarce dollars meet their needs, getting the one or two projects on stream will make no difference, to the feelings built up over the past four years when very little was seen to get done.
The feelings seem to be much more in favour of ending the current pressure as soon as possible, and giving people the freedom to choose a new team as they see fit ? and keeping the projects on hold to begin the next term, should they be successful at an earlier polls.
As we come to the anniversary of October 25, 1983, when the US forces came to our people?s rescue from house arrest, and detention at Richmond Hill Prison and Hope Vale Camp, it all seems in 2012 like it was 29 years ago, when the very few with power had control over the great majority for four-and-a-half years, and had to be removed by force.
The crisis we are now facing is hurting a whole lot of innocent people ? but we just have to wait and hope that good sense and belated care and concern would sooner rather than later come to our people?s rescue.
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Goldman says "never seriously" looked at selling commodities biz
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc
The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Goldman had held "preliminary internal discussions" in recent years about splitting off its commodities business. The newspaper cited people briefed on the discussions in its report.
"While we constantly evaluate all our businesses, senior management never seriously looked at spinning out all or part of our commodity business," Goldman Sachs spokeswoman Sophie Bullock said in an email.
The news comes as Morgan Stanley
Wall Street banks, including Goldman, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan
Their ownership of physical commodity assets, like power plants, oil storage tanks and metals warehouses, are also in jeopardy after Goldman and Morgan Stanley converted to Bank Holding Companies at the peak of the financial crisis.
The Bank Holding Company Act allows banks to trade in physical commodity markets, but restricts their ownership of the underlying assets.
The Volcker rule limits banks to largely trading on behalf of their clients.
(Reporting by David Sheppard; Editing by Maureen Bavdek)
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Police: 1 jailed, 1 unhurt in Pa. chain saw attack
TURBOTVILLE, Pa. (AP) ? A Pennsylvania man is behind bars after police say he went after his housemate with a chain saw.
Seventy-six-year-old Guy Allen Black is being held on $100,000 bail after allegedly cutting through a door at the home he shared with Ronald Lee Tanner and swinging the chain saw at him.
State police say Black became irate after Tanner changed the locks on the home he owns in Turbotville, Northumberland County.
Black allegedly entered the house through the basement and used an ax and chain saw to cut through an interior door before chasing Tanner outside.
Investigators say the saw got stuck on Tanner's shirt and jammed, allowing Tanner to pin Black down with an umbrella.
Tanner was unhurt. It's not immediately clear if Black has an attorney.
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