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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Dark chocolate and red wine are heart-healthy foods of love, dietitians say

ScienceDaily (Jan. 13, 2012) ? Forget the oysters and the champagne this Valentine's Day. If you want to keep your true love's heart beating strong, Susan Ofria, clinical nutrition manager at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, said the real food of love is dark chocolate and red wine.

"You are not even choosing between the lesser of two evils, red wine and dark chocolate have positive components that are actually good for your heart," said Ofria, a registered dietitian at the Loyola University Health System's Melrose Park campus.

Red wine and dark chocolate with a cocoa content of 70 percent or higher contain resveratrol, which has been found to lower blood sugar. Red wine is also a source of catechins, which could help improve "good" HDL cholesterol.

Ofria, who is also a nutrition educator, recommends the following list of heart-healthy ingredients for February, which is national heart month, and for good heart health all year.

Eight Ways to Say "I Love You" -- Top Heart-Healthy Foods Red Wine -- "Pinots, shirahs, merlots -- all red wines are a good source of catechins and resveratrol to aid 'good' cholesterol."

Dark chocolate, 70 percent or higher cocoa content -- "Truffles, souffl?s and even hot chocolate can be a good source of resveratrol and cocoa phenols (flavonoids) as long as dark chocolate with a high content of cocoa is used."

Salmon/tuna -- "Especially white, or albacore, tuna and salmon are excellent sources of omega-3 fatty acids, and canned salmon contains soft bones that give an added boost of calcium intake."

Flaxseeds -- "Choose either brown or golden yellow, and have them ground for a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, phytoestrogens."

Oatmeal -- "Cooked for a breakfast porridge or used in breads or desserts, oatmeal is a good source of soluble fiber, niacin, folate and potassium."

Black or kidney beans -- Good source of niacin, folate, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, soluble fiber.

Walnuts and almonds -- "Both walnuts and almonds contain omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E, magnesium, fiber and heart-favorable mono- and polyunsaturated fats."

Blueberries/cranberries/raspberries/strawberries -- "Berries are a good source of beta carotene and lutein, anthocyanin, ellagic acid (a polyphenol), vitamin C, folate, potassium and fiber."

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Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120113093818.htm

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Youthful Confederate spy executed at Little Rock by Union soldiers

On this day in 1864, seventeen-year-old David Owen Dodd was hanged. The Texas native was captured as he tried to cross Federal lines near Little Rock, with notes in Morse code hidden in his shoe. After a military court found him guilty, he confessed that he had been sent to gather information about Union troops. Dodd may have been the youngest person hanged as a spy in the Civil War.

Friday, January 13, 2012

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One of the Coolest Cameras I'll See at CES [Photography]

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Don't get me wrong, I love digital photography, but very few things make me salivate more than a sweet old Leica. And I'm not the only digicam fan who feels that way. Jim Fisher, Digital Camera Analyst for PC Magazine brought this sweet CL to CES. More »

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

On the front lines of sexual assault in the military: Army chaplains

With the Pentagon ramping up its efforts to root out sexual assault in the military, Army chaplains are poised to play an important role. Finding the right voice, however, can prove difficult.?

Inside a classroom at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, a group of some 40 Army chaplains are wrestling with what they just heard.

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They are focused on an overhead projection of congressional testimony from a former US Army sergeant allegedly raped by a fellow soldier. When she sought out a military pastor, she said the chaplain suggested the rape must have been God's will and that she should go to church more often.

A firestorm of discussion ensues. What chaplain could have said such a thing? How should he have counseled her? What if a chaplain disagrees with how a victim is living her life? What if he simply doesn't believe her?

The debate is a portrait in real time of how one of the Pentagon's most important tools in its fight against sexual abuse ? the Army chaplain program ? is learning to cope with rising reports of sexual assault as well as new responsibilities.

Last year, an Air Force study ? the most comprehensive survey yet conducted by the military ? found that 1 in 5 female airmen says she has been sexually assaulted since joining up. The report was seen as a key motivation behind an unprecedented push by the Pentagon to address sexual abuse in all service branches.

Last week, three Air Force Academy cadets in Colorado were charged with unrelated sexual assaults on female cadets only weeks after the academy released a report showing an increase in abuse from the previous year.?

In the effort to combat sexual abuse, chaplains are indispensable. Fewer than 1 in 6 sexual assaults among US troops is reported, according to estimates. For this reason, chaplains are often the first responders. Two years ago, Army chaplains became bound by confidentiality for the first time (other service chaplains have long been bound by it), expanding the scope of their ministry to the sexually abused.

This new privilege is a rare benefit in a workplace where soldiers not only work, eat, and sleep in close proximity, but also where even the most trivial of infractions can quickly become matters for high command. But confidentiality has also created new challenges for the chaplain corps ? as has the Pentagon's new focus on rooting out sexual abuse.

Here at the Army chaplain school at Fort Jackson, military pastors are wrestling with those changes in their work. In the case of sexual assault, "chaplains need to know what the procedures are and how to provide not only the correct response within the Army, but also, because we're chaplains, how to provide for the emotional and spiritual needs of that individual as well," says Col. David Smartt, commandant of the school.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/HRuemQOvluM/On-the-front-lines-of-sexual-assault-in-the-military-Army-chaplains

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Lennar 4Q net income falls, new orders rise (AP)

Lennar Corp., the nation's third-largest homebuilder, says the housing market is starting to stabilize because of low home prices and low interest rates, making it more appealing to consumers to buy.

The homebuilder reported Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter revenue rose as it delivered more homes, but its net income dropped 5 percent.

Lennar shares rose $1.49, or 7.2 percent, to close at $22.25 Wednesday after touching a 52-week high of $22.53 earlier in the session. That is 85 percent above their low for the past year of $12.14 set in early October.

"We have navigated the turbulent waters of the U.S. economy and the housing market," Lennar CEO Stuart Miller said in a conference call with investors. "As I look ahead to 2012, I am cautiously optimistic we have seen a bottom formed and we will start to see a market recovery."

Homebuilders are a bellwether for the housing market and the economy. While new homes represent less than one-fifth of the total housing market, construction of houses has a major impact on the economy. Each new home creates an average of three jobs and generates $90,000 in taxes, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

For the period ended Nov. 30, Lennar reported net income of $30.3 million, or 16 cents per share. That's down from $32 million, or 17 cents per share, a year ago.

This was the Miami company's seventh straight quarterly profit, but its performance narrowly missed the 17 cents per share that analysts polled by FactSet predicted.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $112.5 million from $102 million. Corporate, general and administrative expenses rose to $28.5 million from $25.1 million.

Revenue climbed 11 percent to $952.7 million from $860.1 million, well above Wall Street's estimate of $874.6 million.

Revenue for its Rialto Investments unit, which buys troubled loans and properties from banks, more than doubled to $46.5 million from $19.7 million.

Lennar, which sells homes for entry level and move-up buyers as well as retirees, said home deliveries rose 9 percent to 3,375 homes. The average home sales price climbed to $243,000 from $238,000 a year earlier, with sales incentives offered rising slightly to $33,900 per home delivered from $33,700 per home delivered.

New orders increased 20 percent to 3,027 homes, while backlog rose 35 percent to 2,171 homes.

For the full year, Lennar reported net income of $92.2 million, or 48 cents per share. That compares with earnings of $95.3 million, or 51 cents per share, in the previous year.

Annual revenue rose 1 percent to $3.1 billion from $3.07 billion.

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Kravitz reported from the Washington, D.C., bureau while Chapman works in New York.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120111/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_lennar

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

China trade growth slows to 2-year lows in December (Reuters)

BEIJING (Reuters) ? China's exports and imports grew at their slowest pace in more than two years in December as foreign and domestic demand ebbed, data released on Tuesday showed, bolstering the case for Beijing to further relax monetary policy to foster economic growth.

Annual exports grew 13.4 percent in December, just below the 13.5 percent forecast in a Reuters poll of 23 economists and the slackest pace of expansion since November 2009 -- excluding the volatile month of February last year when the Lunar New Year holiday disrupted activity.

Growth in imports slowed to a 26-month low of 11.8 percent, well below the 17 percent forecast.

"The main disappointment is with imports, which show a much weaker number compared to November and are way below consensus," said Kevin Lai, an economist at Daiwa Capital Markets, in Hong Kong. "That means the boost in November was temporary, the domestic economy is slowing sharply. China will have to continue to relax policy to protect domestic demand."

The December trade data was a key link in a series of activity indicators to be published by China over the next two weeks, including fourth-quarter gross domestic product that is likely to show the world's second-largest economy suffering its worst quarter in 2- years.

Financial markets showed little immediate reaction, with the

Shanghai stock market up around 1.5 percent by 0325 GMT and the yuan strengthening to 6.3122 per dollar.

Despite easing growth rates, the value of China's imports and exports -- which hit record peaks in November -- is expected to finish 2011 at or near all-time highs.

Still, slackening trade is disconcerting for Beijing as exporters are mainstay employers in China, even though their output accounted for only around 7 percent of China's 2010 GDP.

POLICY EASING AHEAD?

To counter patchy demand in the United States and Europe, China's top two export markets, Beijing cut banks' reserve requirements by 50 basis points in November, the first such cut in three years to boost corporate credit lines.

"Half of China's export markets are slowing in the first half of the year so that's why expectations for growth remain downbeat," said Li Wei, an economist at Standard Chartered, in Shanghai.

"It's not the end of the slowing down part of the story. That will probably last another quarter or four or five months before momentum recovers along with other emerging markets."

Most analysts foresee more policy easing ahead.

M2 money supply data published on Sunday showed money growth hitting a four-month high in December, suggesting Beijing is adding cash to the financial system to ease credit strains and stimulate the economy.

Analysts see slowing trade and tight domestic credit conditions dragging China into its worst quarter in 2- years between October and December, with GDP growth easing to 8.7 percent, down a full percentage point from the first quarter.

A Reuters poll in December showed analysts thought China could lower banks' reserve requirements by another 200 basis points in 2012, but that a cut in interest rates was only likely if economic growth slips below 8 percent.

Many economists believe China needs to grow its economy by about 8 percent, at least, if it wishes to create enough jobs to sustain current employment rates.

China does not release any reliable jobs data, and its only measure of unemployment is an urban jobless rate that has hovered between 4.1 and 4.3 percent since June 2009.

(Additional reporting by Nick Edwards, Kevin Yao, Lucy Hornby and Zhou Xin; Writing by Alex Richardson; Editing by Neil Fullick)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120110/bs_nm/us_china_economy_trade

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Area college sports notebook

New Philadelphia High graduate Danielle Ledrich was recently chosen ESPN Cleveland Falcon Athlete of the Week as a member of the Notre Dame College women?s basketball team.

Ledrich, a 2010 Quaker graduate and a Falcon sophomore guard, averaged 12.7 points per game over three contests. She hit a team-high seven 3 pointers over the three games against Slippery Rock, Mercyhurst and Concord.

Ledrich, a daughter of Al and Kim Ledrich, came off the bench netting a game-high and career-tying 17 points in a loss to Slippery Rock.

She finished the week with a 15-point showing in the Falcons? victory over Concord.

In a loss to Urbana on Saturday, Ledrich scored a team-high and career-tying 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting including 4-of-4 from behind the 3-point line.

On the season, she is averaging 9.4 points per game, shooting 43 percent on 3-pointers and hitting 89 percent of her free throws.

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River View graduate Kari Daugherty is averaging 21.6 points, 11 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game at Ashland University.

In a recent game against Findlay, Daugherty had 12 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists as the Eagles won their 11th straight game.

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Claymont High graduate Josh Brindley scored 19 points, and New Philadelphia product Logan Kimble added 13 as Muskingum University downed host Otterbein, 67-66, in overtime Saturday night.

The Muskies improved to 2-5, 5-9 on the season.

Source: http://www.timesreporter.com/sports/x1468792944/Area-college-sports-notebook

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Monday, January 2, 2012

Kim named supreme commander of North Korean military

Officials and state media have bestowed on Kim Jong Un, who is in his late 20s, a string of titles as North Korea's elite rally around him in the wake of his father's death this month after 17 years in power.

But the title Supreme Commander - and its formal proclamation by the powerful Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party - is a clear sign that Kim Jong Un is fast consolidating power over North Korea. It's also the latest step in a burgeoning personality cult around him.

Kim Jong Un should be "the only center of unity, cohesion and leadership" of the Workers' Party,

The party said the country should unite around Kim Jong Un and strengthen "the monolithic leadership system of Kim Jong Un in the whole party and society."

An unannounced Workers' Party meeting Friday proclaimed that the younger Kim "assumed supreme commandership of the Korean People's Army" according to a will made by Kim Jong Il on Oct. 8, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a statement early Saturday morning.

The meeting of the North's ruling party came one day after the official mourning period for Kim Jong Il ended and senior military and political officials publicly declared Kim Jong Un leader of the party, military and people at a memorial for his father attended by hundreds of thousands.

Titles are an important part of North Korea's efforts to link Kim Jong Un to the myth-building surrounding the Kim family legacy.

Kim Il Sung, the country's first and only president, retains the title Eternal President even after his death.

Kim Jong Il held three main positions: chairman of the National Defense Commission, general secretary of the Workers' Party and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army. According to the constitution, his position as chairman of the National Defense Commission made him Supreme Leader of North Korea.

Kim Jong Un was made a four-star general last year and appointed a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party. Since his father's death, he has racked up major titles from officials and state media: Great Successor, Supreme Leader and Great Leader earlier Friday. And now he has officially been named Supreme Commander.

The North has made great efforts to show the world a unified face, but Kim Jong Un's age and inexperience have raised questions outside North Korea about his leadership of a nation engaged in delicate negotiations over its nuclear program and grappling with decades of economic hardship and chronic food shortages.

Source: http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20111231_13_A3_CUTLIN401595&rss_lnk=1

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Gaza's Hamas premier visits Turkey (AP)

ISTANBUL ? Turkey's prime minister on Sunday welcomed efforts toward reconciliation between the rival Palestinian factions during a meeting with the Hamas premier of the Gaza Strip, Turkey's state-run news agency reported.

Ismail Haniyeh is on an official tour of the Muslim world, his first trip outside the blockaded territory since the Islamist group took over Gaza in 2007. Turkey is trying to help efforts toward a reconciliation between the rival Palestinian Hamas and Fatah factions.

Haniyeh met Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the Turkish leader's Istanbul residence. Erdogan expressed hope that the Palestinians "attain an all-encompassing umbrella organization with strong democratic representation powers," the Anadolu Agency reported.

Erdogan's spokesman was not available for comment.

On Monday, the Hamas prime minister will meet the head of an Islamic aid group whose Gaza-bound vessel was the target of a deadly raid by Israeli troops in 2010. Turkey's ties with Israel, a former ally, deteriorated sharply over the flotilla raid that killed nine activists on the Turkish boat, and Erdogan has demanded that Israel lift all restrictions on the Palestinian territory.

Hamas officials say the goal of Haniyeh's trip is to improve ties with Muslim countries swept up in the uprisings shaking the Arab world.

Hamas and Fatah joined in a short-lived unity government following 2006 parliamentary elections. But the following year, the alliance shattered and Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip during several days of fighting, leaving the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in charge in the West Bank. Repeated attempts at reconciliation failed, and both sides have cracked down on the other in their respective territories.

Reconciliation talks currently under way with Egyptian mediation appear to be making progress, with both Fatah and Hamas saying they hope to allow Palestinian elections to go ahead in 2012.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120101/ap_on_re_eu/eu_turkey_hamas

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Rutgers downs Iowa State 27-13 in Pinstripe Bowl (AP)

NEW YORK ? Chas Dodd hit Brandon Coleman for an 86-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter and Jawan Jamison ran for two scores to lead Rutgers over Iowa State 27-13 in the Pinstripe Bowl on Friday.

The Scarlet Knights (9-4) ran their bowl winning streak to five and improved to 2-0 this season at Yankee Stadium, where they beat Army last month. Rutgers, which played in one bowl game before 2005, is 5-1 in the postseason under coach Greg Schiano.

The Cyclones (6-7) finished the season on a three-game losing streak, their last win coming on Nov. 18 in Ames, Iowa, when they pulled off the biggest upset of the season against Oklahoma State.

That night Jared Barnett threw for 376 yards. In this game, Steele Jantz relieved Barnett in the second quarter and helped pull the Cyclones within 20-13 in the fourth on Jeff Woody's 20-yard touchdown run with 10:00 left.

After an exchange of punts left Rutgers deep in its own end, Dodd went deep to Coleman. The 6-foot-6 redshirt freshman went over 5-7 cornerback Jeremy Reeves, then outran the corner to the end zone to make it 27-13 with 5:47 left.

It was Coleman's only catch, but it turned out to be the play of the game.

Jamison, another redshirt freshman giving Rutgers fans hope for more bowls to come, finished with 134 yards on 27 carries.

The Scarlet Knights missed the postseason last year for the first time since 2004, but rebounded this season to challenge for the Big East title behind a defense that came in ranked 14th in the nation.

There was also some inspiration from a fallen former teammate.

Eric LeGrand, who was left paralyzed from the shoulders down making a tackle during a game in 2010, went to all the Rutgers home games, worked on the radio broadcasts and was with the team in New York all week leading up to the bowl.

After the game, as the Scarlet Knights accepted the trophy at midfield, Schiano's acceptance speech was short: "Eric! Eric!" he shouted into the microphone, "this one's for you."

LeGrand was shown in his wheelchair on the jumbotron, beaming a wide grin and the crowd chanted, "Eric! Eric!"

Rutgers grabbed a 7-6 lead early in the second quarter when Jamison powered through a tackler and scored on fourth-and-goal from the 1.

On the next possession, Iowa State couldn't handle one of Rutgers' many blitzes, and Khaseem Greene and Wayne Warren swarmed and stripped Barnett. Scott Vallone scooped up the fumble and returned it 12 yards to the Iowa State 4. The Cyclones managed to hold Rutgers to San San Te's 21-yard field goal.

Jantz, who was Iowa State's starter the first half of the season, replaced Barnett after the sack.

The Cyclones' defense didn't hold up as well on Rutgers' next possession. The Scarlet Knights marched 66 yards, 49 on the ground, and Jamison juked his way into the end zone from 12 yards out to make 17-6.

Justin Francis finished Rutgers' strong second half by blocking Zach Guyer's 44-yard field goal attempt with 57 seconds left.

Iowa State jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first quarter, with Guyer kicking field goals of 40 and 46 yards on the Cyclones' first two possessions. Inaccurate throws by Barnett were key to stalling each drive.

The redshirt freshman was 2 for 7 before giving way to Jantz.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111231/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/fbc_pinstripe_bowl

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