Friday, November 30, 2012

Jelly Bean nigh for the Droid RAZR HD/MAXX (Update starts next week)

Droid RAZR HD/MAXX Jelly Bean update

Verizon's adding the Amazon suite of applications along with Android 4.1 improvements

We've known an Android 4.1 update has been in the works for the Droid RAZR HD (and its beefcake "MAXX" cousin) -- that leaked out at the beginning of the month. Looks like things are cranking up, though, as the update documentation just went live. It's a hefty update -- about 276 megabytes -- but you'll get the early Jelly Bean features (such as Google Now) along with it.

Plus, Verizon's promising better voice and data connectivity, along with some other bugfixes. Also of note is that it's removed the preloaded Color application (which recently was bought by Apple), along with Verizon video, and it's added in the Amazon suite of apps, same as what we've seen on the Droid DNA.

No word on exactly when we can expect the update, so keep an eye out. Update: Verizon now says the update will start next week.

Source: Verizon 1, 2; more: Droid RAZR HD (and MAXX) forums
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Genetic diversity exploded in recent millennia

Vast number of human DNA variants arose only in the past 5,000 years

By Tina Hesman Saey

Web edition: November 28, 2012

A new look at living people?s DNA reveals that the human genome just isn?t what it was in Neolithic times.

Most of the genetic quirks people carry today popped up within the last 5,000 years or so, researchers report online November 28 in Nature. Human populations exploded from no more than a few million to 7 billion, thanks largely to the rise of agriculture.

Researchers examined more than 15,000 genes in each of 6,515 people of European-American or African-American ancestry, looking for genetic variants. Previously, the team reported finding a plethora of rare genetic variants in a smaller sample. Now, the researchers have been able to date when most of the variants arose.

Of the 709,816 genetic variants found in European-Americans in the study, more than 81 percent arose in the past 5,000 years, the researchers determined. African-Americans in the study collectively carried 643,128 genetic variants, more than 58 percent of which are less than 5,000 years old. That may seem like a long time, but it?s only about 5 percent of the time humans have existed in modern form, says study coauthor Joshua Akey, a geneticist at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Although the human population explosion has been obvious from a demographer?s point of view, that growth has been all but invisible to geneticists studying common genetic variants. It takes time for a genetic variant, if it?s not discarded, to rise to prominence. Common variants ? those found in 5 percent or more of the population ? tend to be old tweaks that have stuck around, usually because they usually don?t have a big effect on health. ?

The new study will give scientists a clear picture of the stamp the recent population explosion has left on human genes, says Sarah Tishkoff, a geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The work may help track down variants that affect people?s risk of developing common diseases, she says. Currently, by linking common variants to illness, scientists can explain only a small fraction of the genetic role in disease risk. ?

When humans migrated out of Africa about 70,000 years ago, they carried with them mutated versions of genes that natural selection might have weeded out had they stayed in Africa, the researchers found. By chance, many of these potentially harmful mutations endured in the migrants, and then were passed along to myriad descendants as the emigrants began to expand their populations in Europe. But many other potentially harmful mutations ? if carried by only a small fraction of ancient migrants ? were lost as small groups of humans trickled out of the African continent to populate the rest of the world.

In European-Americans, variants predicted to have harmful effects tend to be younger than those in African-Americans ? 3,000 years old on average in European-Americans versus 6,200 years old in African-Americans. (African populations have grown in recent millennia, but not as much as populations outside Africa, which went from zero to billions in less than 100,000 years.) ?Evolution has not had time to purge the newest harmful changes in either group, and many of them pack a wallop in terms of disease risk.?

Even though most of the genetic variants the researchers uncovered are predicted to change the workings of proteins in harmful ways, some of the genetic tweaks might someday give humans an evolutionary advantage, says Akey. Exactly which variants turn out to be good and which will cause trouble is unpredictable. ?It?s hard to speculate on the genetic health of our species when the environment is changing,? he says. ?We?ll have to check back in a few thousand years.? But, he adds, one thing is for certain: ?If we stop changing, we?re evolutionarily dead.?

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Talks to resume in LA-Long Beach harbors strike

Clerical workers picket in the rain at entrance to Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Cargo ships were stacking up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as a strike by about about 70 clerical workers shut down most of the terminals that together are the nation's busiest port complex. Dockworkers were refusing to cross the picket lines even though an arbitrator ruled the walkout invalid on Tuesday. By Thursday morning, at least 18 ships docked and inside the adjacent harbors were not being serviced, port spokesmen said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Clerical workers picket in the rain at entrance to Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Cargo ships were stacking up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as a strike by about about 70 clerical workers shut down most of the terminals that together are the nation's busiest port complex. Dockworkers were refusing to cross the picket lines even though an arbitrator ruled the walkout invalid on Tuesday. By Thursday morning, at least 18 ships docked and inside the adjacent harbors were not being serviced, port spokesmen said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

The Maersk cargo terminal, where container-handling cranes are in the up and idle position, is seen at the Port of Los Angeles Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Cargo ships were stacking up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as a strike by about about 70 clerical workers shut down most of the terminals that together are the nation's busiest port complex. Dockworkers were refusing to cross the picket lines even though an arbitrator ruled the walkout invalid on Tuesday. By Thursday morning, at least 18 ships docked and inside the adjacent harbors were not being serviced, port spokesmen said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

A small group of clerical workers picket at the Maersk cargo terminal, where container-handling cranes are in the up and idle position, background, at the Port of Los Angeles Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Cargo ships were stacking up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as a strike by about about 70 clerical workers shut down most of the terminals that together are the nation's busiest port complex. Dockworkers were refusing to cross the picket lines even though an arbitrator ruled the walkout invalid on Tuesday. By Thursday morning, at least 18 ships docked and inside the adjacent harbors were not being serviced, port spokesmen said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

A clerical worker pickets in the rain at the Maersk cargo terminal, where container-handling cranes are in the up and idle position, background, at the Port of Los Angeles Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Cargo ships were stacking up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as a strike by about about 70 clerical workers shut down most of the terminals that together are the nation's busiest port complex. Dockworkers were refusing to cross the picket lines even though an arbitrator ruled the walkout invalid on Tuesday. By Thursday morning, at least 18 ships docked and inside the adjacent harbors were not being serviced, port spokesmen said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

(AP) ? Negotiators for employers and union workers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors will resume talks following a third day of a strike that has shut down most of the terminals at the nation's busiest port complex, both sides confirmed Thursday.

Cargo ships had begun stacking up after seven of eight Los Angeles terminals and three of six Long Beach terminals were shuttered because 70 clerical workers went on strike. They were supported by dockworkers from their union who refused to cross their picket line.

The lead negotiator for the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association Stephen Berry said he wrote a letter to the union president Thursday afternoon to invite him back to the negotiating table with no preconditions.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union spokesman Craig Merrilees confirmed a meeting would take place later Thursday to discuss the contract dispute clerical workers and 14 shippers have been locked in for 2? years.

By Thursday morning, at least 18 ships docked and inside the adjacent harbors were not being serviced, port spokesmen said.

"Basically, we're not moving cargo in and out here," Los Angeles port spokesman Phillip Sanfield said.

Talks broke off Monday and the workers struck at a single terminal but expanded the picket lines Wednesday, even after an arbitrator ruled the walkout invalid on Tuesday.

Combined, Los Angeles and Long Beach comprise the nation's busiest port complex, handling 40 percent of the nation's import trade.

There was no immediate word on how much the strike is costing the ports. November generally is a slower time for the ports because most holiday goods already have been shipped ashore.

However, there were concerns that a continued widespread strike could prompt retaliation from terminal operators. A bitter 10-day lockout at a number of West Coast ports in 2002 caused an estimated $15 billion in losses.

At issue is the union's contention that terminal operators have outsourced local clerical jobs out of state and overseas ? an allegation that the shippers deny.

Striking clerical worker Trinie Thompson, 41, said Thursday afternoon that her fellow strikers do work at computers ? such as collections, customer service and setting up container movement ? that can be handled from anywhere, and employers were taking advantage of that to use non-union workers overseas.

"We're definitely concerned about the outsourcing of jobs here," said Thompson, who added jobs were being sent to Costa Rica, India and Taiwan. "We need to keep the jobs here in the United States."

The negotiating group for the shippers has denied any local union clerical jobs were outsourced. The shippers, in turn, claim that the union wants contract language to permit "featherbedding" ? the practice of requiring employers to call in temporary employees and hire new permanent employees even when there is no work to perform.

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Plans to increase price of alcohol after research carried out by Sheffield university

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Afghanistan wants Pakistan to free more Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Afghanistan wants Pakistan to free more Taliban detainees to help coax the group into negotiations to end the 11-year-old war.

An Afghan official says Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasoul will ask Pakistan during a visit to Islamabad on Friday to release more Taliban prisoners to jumpstart the peace process. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Rasoul's agenda.

Earlier this month, Pakistan released nine Taliban leaders in a move that Kabul said was a positive step toward finding a way to reconcile with the militants.

Afghan officials have long sought the release of the Taliban's former deputy leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

Baradar was captured in Pakistan in 2010 because he reportedly was having secret talks with the Afghans.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

NewsDaily: Greece, markets satisfied by EU-IMF Greek debt deal

Greece, markets satisfied by EU-IMF Greek debt deal


By Jan Strupczewski
and Luke Baker
Posted 2012/11/28 at 1:15 am EST

BRUSSELS, Nov. 28, 2012 (Reuters) ? The Greek government and financial markets were cheered on Tuesday by an agreement between euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund to reduce Greece's debt, paving the way for the release of urgently needed aid loans.

A Greek flag flutters in front of the moon in Athens November 26, 2012. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis


The deal, clinched at the third attempt after weeks of wrangling, removes the biggest risk of a sovereign default in the euro zone for now, ensuring the near-bankrupt country will stay afloat at least until after a 2013 German general election.

"Tomorrow, a new day starts for all Greeks," Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told reporters at 3 a.m. in Athens after staying up to follow the tense Brussels negotiations.

After 12 hours of talks, international lenders agreed on a package of measures to reduce Greek debt by more than 40 billion euros, projected to cut it to 124 percent of gross domestic product by 2020.

In an additional new promise, ministers committed to taking further steps to lower Greece's debt to "significantly below 110 percent" in 2022.

That was a veiled acknowledgement that some write-off of loans may be necessary in 2016, the point when Greece is forecast to reach a primary budget surplus, although Germany and its northern allies continue to reject such a step publicly.

Analyst Alex White of JP Morgan called it "another moment of ?creative ambiguity' to match the June (EU) Summit deal on legacy bank assets; i.e. a statement from which all sides can take a degree of comfort".

The euro strengthened, European shares climbed to near a three-week high and safe haven German bonds fell on Tuesday, after the agreement to reduce Greek debt and release loans to keep the economy afloat.

"The political will to reward the Greek austerity and reform measures has already been there for a while. Now, this political will has finally been supplemented by financial support," economist Carsten Brzeski of ING said.

PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL

To reduce the debt pile, ministers agreed to cut the interest rate on official loans, extend the maturity of Greece's loans from the EFSF bailout fund by 15 years to 30 years, and grant a 10-year interest repayment deferral on those loans.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Athens had to come close to achieving a primary surplus, where state income covers its expenditure, excluding the huge debt repayments.

"When Greece has achieved, or is about to achieve, a primary surplus and fulfilled all of its conditions, we will, if need be, consider further measures for the reduction of the total debt," Schaeuble said.

Eurogroup Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker said ministers would formally approve the release of a major aid installment needed to recapitalize Greece's teetering banks and enable the government to pay wages, pensions and suppliers on December 13 - after those national parliaments that need to approve the package do so.

The German and Dutch lower houses of parliament and the Grand Committee of the Finnish parliament have to endorse the deal. Losing no time, Schaeuble said he had asked German lawmakers to vote on the package this week.

Greece will receive 43.7 billion euros in four installments once it fulfils all conditions. The 34.4 billion euro December payment will comprise 23.8 billion for banks and 10.6 billion in budget assistance.

The IMF's share, less than a third of the total, will be paid out only once a buy-back of Greek debt has occurred in the coming weeks, but IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the Fund had no intention of pulling out of the program.

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann welcomed the deal but said Greece still had a long way to go to get its finances and economy into shape. Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger told reporters the important thing had been keeping the IMF on board.

"It had threatened to go in a direction that the IMF would exit Greek financing. This was averted and this is decisive for us Europeans," he said.

The debt buy-back was the part of the package on which the least detail was disclosed, to try to avoid giving hedge funds an opportunity to push up prices. Officials have previously talked of a 10 billion euro program to buy debt back from private investors at about 35 cents in the euro.

The ministers promised to hand back 11 billion euros in profits accruing to their national central banks from European Central Bank purchases of discounted Greek government bonds in the secondary market.

BETTER FUTURE

The deal substantially reduces the risk of a Greek exit from the single currency area, unless political turmoil were to bring down Samaras's pro-bailout coalition and pass power to radical leftists or rightists.

The biggest opposition party, the hard left SYRIZA, which now leads Samaras's center-right New Democracy in opinion polls, dismissed the deal and said it fell short of what was needed to make Greece's debt affordable.

Greece, where the euro zone's debt crisis erupted in late 2009, is proportionately the currency area's most heavily indebted country, despite a big cut this year in the value of privately-held debt. Its economy has shrunk by nearly 25 percent in five years.

Negotiations had been stalled over how Greece's debt, forecast to peak at 190-200 percent of GDP in the coming two years, could be cut to a more bearable 120 percent by 2020.

The agreed figure fell slightly short of that goal, and the IMF insisted that euro zone ministers should make a firm commitment to further steps to reduce the debt if Athens faithfully implements its budget and reform program.

The main question remains whether Greek debt can become affordable without euro zone governments having to write off some of the loans they have made to Athens.

Germany and its northern European allies have hitherto rejected any idea of forgiving official loans to Athens, but European Union officials believe that line may soften after next September's German general election.

Schaeuble told reporters that it was legally impossible for Germany and other countries to forgive debt while simultaneously giving new loan guarantees. That did not explicitly preclude debt relief at a later stage, once Greece completes its adjustment program and no longer needs new loans.

But senior conservative German lawmaker Gerda Hasselfeldt said there was no legal possibility for a debt "haircut" for Greece in the future either.

At Germany's insistence, earmarked revenue and aid payments will go into a strengthened "segregated account" to ensure that Greece services its debts.

A source familiar with IMF thinking said a loan write-off once Greece has fulfilled its program would be the simplest way to make its debt viable, but other methods such as forgoing interest payments, or lending at below market rates and extending maturities could all help.

German central bank governor Jens Weidmann has suggested that Greece could "earn" a reduction in debt it owes to euro zone governments in a few years if it diligently implements all the agreed reforms. The European Commission backs that view.

The ministers agreed to reduce interest on already extended bilateral loans in stages from the current 150 basis points above financing costs to 50 bps.

(Additional reporting by Annika Breidhardt, Robin Emmott and John O'Donnell in Brussels, Andreas Rinke and Noah Barkin in Berlin, Michael Shields in Vienna; Writing by Paul Taylor; editing by David Stamp)

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Janos Soltesz Suing For Wife's Death - Business Insider

A 425-pound woman died last month in Hungary after three airlines allegedly told her she was too fat to fly back to America.

Janos?Soltesz plans to sue Delta, KLM, and Lufthansa next month, claiming the airlines are responsible for his wife Vilma Soltesz's death after all three refused to fly her back to America ? even though Delta and KLM flew her to Hungary without complaint, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

The Solteszs spent three weeks in their native Hungary before Vilma needed to come back for treatment for diabetes and renal disease.

?Very rarely do you have discrimination causing much more than humiliation and psychological damages, but in this instance, the discriminatory actions of the airlines led to something much more serious ? Vilma?s death,? Soltesz's lawyer Holly Ronai told the Post.

Soltesz?is seeking a total of $6 million from the three airlines.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating Vilma's death, according to the Post.

But Lufthansa is telling a much different story.

"Of course nobody said she was too fat to fly home," spokesman Nils Haupt told Business Insider.

The airline says it actually reserved three seats for Vilma, who had to be brought onboard the plane by a special lift. But once she was on the aircraft, Haupt says, it was impossible to move her from her wheelchair to her plane seats.

"There was not the slightest idea how to move her out of the wheelchair without hurting her," Haupt said.

Crews tried to move Vilma for about 30 minutes before she was taken off the plane, according to Haupt.

In a statement sent to Business Insider, KLM said it was "deeply saddended" by Vilma's death but that when she tried to fly home it appeared "it was not physically possible for her to board the aircraft, despite every effort made by KLM to this end. A seat or belt extender did not offer a solution either."

In a statement emailed to Business Insider, Delta spokesman Russell Cason said the airline was "physically unable to board" Vilma on a flight.

However, both Delta and KLM "did everything possible to assist the family."

This isn't the first time airlines have come under fire for allegedly refusing passage to customers they deem overweight.

Filmmaker Kevin Smith lambasted Southwest Airlines in 2010, claiming a pilot ejected him from a flight because he was too fat to fly, ABC News reported at the time.

Smith went on Twitter tirade against the airline, Mashable reported at the time:

Dear @SouthwestAir ? I know I?m fat, but was Captain Leysath really justified in throwing me off a flight for which I was already seated?

Wanna tell me I?m too wide for the sky? Totally cool. But fair warning, folks: IF YOU LOOK LIKE ME, YOU MAY BE EJECTED FROM @SOUTHWESTAIR.

Dear @SouthwestAir, I?m on another one of your planes, safely seated & buckled-in again, waiting to be dragged off in front of the normies.

Southwest ultimately tweeted an apology to Smith.

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Offering free treatment for HIV may help reduce the rate of new diagnoses, say B.C. researchers who are calling for the strategy to be used across Canada.

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Does human transformation of land threaten future sustainability?

ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2012) ? Social and physical scientists have long been concerned about the effects of humans on Earth's surface -- in part through deforestation, encroachment of urban areas onto traditionally agricultural lands, and erosion of soils -- and the implications these changes have on Earth's ability to provide for an ever-growing population. The December 2012 GSA Today science article presents examples of land transformation by humans and documents some of the effects of these changes.

Researchers Roger Hooke of the University of Maine, USA, and Jos? F. Mart?n-Duque and Javier Pedraza of Complutense University, Spain, examine factors such as available agricultural land area and discuss some of the implications of their findings in light of human population growth and its relationship to planetary resources.

Overall, they find that just over 50% of Earth's total land surface has been modified by human activity. Because many of these modifications also result in reduction of land available for agriculture -- either by degradation of land quality by processes such as soil erosion, or by transforming agriculture lands to urban uses -- Hooke and colleagues argue that these changes to our planet's land surface also influence the ability of these same lands to sustain local, regional, and, ultimately, global population.

Comparing projections of future changes in land-use with projections of population growth leads them to also suggest that human population may be entering, or already in, a state of "overshoot" -- where the needs of the present population exceed the long-term carrying capacity of a region. Solutions may not be easy to arrive at, but would need to involve a combination of efforts aimed to reduce demand for resources, develop new technical solutions to resource limitations, and to reduce the rate of growth of population.

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Business events scheduled for Tuesday

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday:

WASHINGTON ? Commerce Department releases durable goods for October, 8:30 a.m. Eastern.

WASHINGTON ? Standard & Poor's releases S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices for September and the third quarter, 9 a.m.

WASHINGTON ? The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for November, 10 a.m.

LONDON ? Britain releases second estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product.

PARIS ? The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development releases its latest forecast for leading world economies, amid protracted slowdown in Europe.

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Health and Fitness Talk ? Lactose Intolerance

by Kimberly Allen, R.N.

Lactose intolerance also known as?lactase deficiency?is a condition in which you are unable to absorb lactose, the primary sugar in milk and dairy products.? Lactose intolerance is actually very common in adults with approximately 30 million American adults having some degree of lactose intolerance by the time they?re 20 years of age.? Lactose usually affects Caucasian children over 5 years of age, while it frequently develops in African Americans as early as 2 years of age.
In a normal healthy intestine there are cells on the villi that live the in the small intestine that produce an enzyme known as lactase.? The lactose molecule is a large sugar molecule that is composed of 2 smaller sugars glucose and galactose.? Lactose must first be divided into the 2 separate sugars before the body can absorb it.? Lactase is the enzyme needed to perform that task.? There are three things that can cause a deficiency in lactase.? It can be either congenital, developmental or secondary.? Congenital lactose deficiency is caused by a mutation in the gene responsible for the production of lactase.? Secondary lactase deficiency is caused by a disease that deteriorates the villi lining te small intestine.? The most common cause of lactase deficiency is developmental.? This type usually develops after childhood when milk is no longer the primary source of nutrition and the production of lactase decreases as you grow and your diet becomes more varied and not as dependent on milk.? People that drink minimal to no milk as they get older will produce less and less lactose leading to symptoms of lactose intolerance.? The rate at which the production of lactose decreases is genetically programmed therefore the prevalence of this type of lactose deficiency is highly variable among different? ethnic groups.? For example in Asian populations it is nearly 100% and in Native American population it is approximately 80% while the prevalence in African Americans is around 70% and in Caucasian Americans the rate is around 20%.
Most people will notice symptoms with in 30 minutes to 2 hours after consuming lactose.? The most commonly experienced symptoms include diarrhea, nausea and vomiting as well as bloating, abdominal cramps and gas.? Symptoms of lactose intolerance can range from mild to severe.
There is no cure for lactose intolerance.? Treatment is aimed at reducing the amount of lactose in your diet.? Most people with lactose intolerance are able to tolerate small to moderate amounts of lactose so frequently it only takes eliminating only those products that contain large amounts of lactose like milk, cottage cheese, yogurt and ice cream.? Some people are able to tolerate yogurt because yogurt is made with bacteria that contain lactase.? There are numerous substitutes for milk available today including soy and rice milk.? It is also important to avoid any prepared foods that contain milk as well as any dishes that have any cream sauces in restaurants.? There are also lactase tablets and caplets available that you can take with foods containing milk.? Eliminating dairy products can lead to calcium deficiency so it?s important to include other foods that are high in calcium like broccoli, spinach, oranges, and rhubarb as well as canned salmon to name a few.
If you have lactose intolerance become a smart shopper.? Always read food labels carefully looking for milk as well as other ingredients like milk by-products, curds and whey as well as non fat dry milk powder and milk solids, all of these contain lactose.? It is also important to be aware that certain prescription as well as over the counter medications use lactose as a base including certain birth control pills
If you are having difficulty adjusting your diet your Dr may recommend a dietician to assist you.

Kimberly Allen is a registered nurse with an AND in nursing. She has worked in ACF, LCF and psychiatric facilities, although she spent most of her career as a home health expert. She is now a regular contributor to HealthAndFitnessTalk.com, dispensing advice and knowledge about medical issues and questions. You can reach her with any comments or questions at? mussatti3@gmail.com.

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Autism risk for developing children exposed to air pollution: Infant brain may be affected by air quality

ScienceDaily (Nov. 26, 2012) ? Research conducted by University of Southern California (USC) and Children's Hospital Los Angeles scientists demonstrates that polluted air -- whether regional pollution or coming from local traffic sources -- is associated with autism.

The study titled "Traffic Related Air Pollution, Particulate Matter, and Autism," shows that exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy and the first year of life is associated with a more than two-fold risk of autism. In addition, exposure to regional pollution consisting of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and small particles -- particulate matter less than 2.5 and 10 microns in diameter (PM2.5 and PM10) -- is also associated with autism even if the mother did not live near a busy road. The study is published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, a sister publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

"This work has broad potential public health implications," said the study's principal investigator, Heather Volk, Ph.D., assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and investigator in the Division of Research on Children, Youth and Families at Keck School-affiliated Children's Hospital Los Angeles. "We've known for a long time that air pollution is bad for our lungs, and especially for children. We're now beginning to understand how air pollution may affect the brain."

The research is the first to look at the amount of near-roadway traffic pollution individuals were exposed to and combine that with measures of regional air quality. The study builds on previous research by Volk and colleagues that examined how close subjects lived to a freeway, said Volk, who also has appointments at the Keck School's Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute and Department of Pediatrics.

"We took into account how far away people lived from roads, meteorology such as which way the wind was blowing, how busy the road was, and other factors to study traffic-related pollution," she said. "We also examined data from air quality monitors, which measure pollution over a larger region that could come from traffic, industry, rail yards, or many other sources."

In the 2012 study, Volk and colleagues from USC and the University of California, Davis examined data on 279 autism cases and 245 control subjects enrolled in the California-based Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) study. Mothers' addresses from birth certificates and addresses reported from a residential history were used to estimate exposure during each trimester of pregnancy and the first year of life. The researchers used air pollution levels derived from the Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality System to determine exposure to NO2, PM2.5, and PM10. They also applied dispersion models to estimate the amount of traffic the mothers and children were exposed to.

Particularly interesting was the effect of mothers' and children's exposure to particles, both PM10 and PM2.5. PM10 includes both coarse and fine particles, while PM2.5 includes only the smaller (fine) particles, which are most likely to have deleterious effects on the human body.

"From studies conducted in the lab, we know that we can breathe in tiny particles and they can produce inflammation," said Volk. "Particles have varied composition, and there are many chemicals that can bind to them. The components of these particles could be hazardous to the brain."

Other researchers who participated in the study include Irva Hertz-Picciotto, University of California, Davis; Rob McConnell from USC; and Fred Lurmann and Bryan Penfold from Sonoma Technology, Inc.

The research was funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (grant 1 R21 ES019002-01).

Volk and colleagues are now at work on a study of how genes related to autism may be affected by environmental exposures to try to identify if there are factors that make people are genetically more vulnerable to particular pollutants.

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Monday, November 26, 2012

It Might Be Time To Ditch The SaaS Monthly Subscription Model

Ray SobolEditor's note:?Ray Sobol is founder and CEO of EvidencePix, an enterprise-grade secure MDM service. Ray has more than 25 years experience in launching high-tech ventures and disruptive technologies. No one likes to pay for things they don?t use. If you?ve ever grappled with the fact that you?re paying for 500 channels on your monthly cable bill when you only use a few, you know what I mean.?The same problem holds true when it comes to software. An average business purchases more software than is actually needed, and we?ve all had software installed that we used sparingly. It?s time to let customers pay based on what they actually use.

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Back to the future: Australia's ?Pacific Solution? reprise - In2EastAfrica

Australia is now sending refugees again to Nauru just like the Howard Government did almost a decade ago. Accommodation there are makeshift tents with little ventilation and very basic conditions.

(AAP Image: Department of Immigration, file)

There are a number of cases of self mutilation, hunger strikes, and attempted suicides. The Australian Government talks about the facility in Nauru being a ?Best Practice? with recreation and sporting facilities, internet, and excursions, etc. In reality the Nauru camp is not much more than a prison camp in hot and humid conditions where people are denied access to basic amenities and confined to their tents. There is little transparency as the Australian authorities have closed off the facilities to the media to inspect. In addition the Government just last week began resending refugees to Papua New Guinea?s Manus Island.

According to 2011 UNHCR figures there were about 23,500 refugees in Australia. Most boat people come from Afghanistan (1,613), Iran (1,549), Iraq (542), and Sri Lanka (362), where some academics speculate that Australia?s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan was partly the trigger for these flows of refugees coming to Australia on boats. 5,175 refugees arrived by boat in 2011 which accounted for only 49% of total refugees coming into Australia. The other 51% or 6,316 refugees tend to have more financial means of support and are able to obtain tourist visas and arrive by plane in the country. These people came from China (1,122), India (555), and Egypt (427).

But the numbers of boat people have dramatically increased to more than 12,000 this year bringing a sense of panic to the Gillard Government.

When one considers that Australia?s total migrant intake each year is around 180,000, the number of refugee arrivals by boat is an insignificant amount and has taken up an over proportion of resources to set up and operate detention camps in far off places like Christmas Island and Nauru. In addition a number of motels have been converted into makeshift detention centres around Darwin putting upward pressure on accommodation costs for locals.

Very little is done by authorities about those who come into the country by plane and overstay their tourist visas. This is actually a much more serious matter as unlike the boat refugees, those that have flown into the country have deceived Australian authorities at the time of making their visa applications.

These issues are basically ignored by the media because higher costs for accommodation in Darwin and immigration incompetence in screening visa applicants doesn?t make as good a story as the country being swamped by people arriving by boat. To some degree the media has placated the government?s line, but at least over the last few months some investigative journalists are now seeking the truth, which the government appears to be covering up and the opposition doesn?t want to talk about.

Both sides of Australian politics while in Government have played on the fear of Australians being overrun by refugees. The Government has played up the fact that refugees are paying for passage and trying to circumvent Australian immigration rules, painting them in opportunists rather than refugees. ?People smugglers? predominates the narrative by the minister and immigration spokespeople giving a narrow and distorted view of the whole issue of refugees, while visa over-stayers are hardly mentioned, where a great lapse in enforcement exits in this area.

The Australian Human Rights Commission voiced concern about the physical and mental health services for people in immigration detention and concern over the prevalence of self mutilation and suicide in the camps. The commission has also voiced concerns that the Australian Government is also trying to avoid its international obligations by transferring asylum seekers to third countries.

The Government has made policy on the assumption that if it goes soft on boat arrivals the country will be flooded with refugees. This? Austro-centric view has been long in the Australian psych ever since the days of the old white Australia policy where Australians believed that ?everybody? wants to come and settle in the country.

The reality is that most refugees prefer Europe, the United States, or Canada to Australia, which is evident in the much larger number of refugees that are now in those countries awaiting processing. In the UK alone there are almost 10 times the number of refugees awaiting processing than in Australia.

However this policy is very useful for winning votes in the electorate and probably won John Howard the election in 2001 when he falsely claimed refugees were throwing their own children overboard to seek asylum.

In response to a rapid rise in refugees arriving by boat, Prime Minister Gillard has turned around 180 degrees implementing her version of the ?Pacific Solution? identical to the Howard policy she condemned in 2003 as ?costly, unsustainable and wrong as a matter of principle?. ?Gillard blames factors like the Sri Lankan civil war, which actually ended a couple of years ago. But as Howard knows facts never gets in the way of good rhetoric that can emotionally sway the Australian people. Innuendos about asylum seekers concealing terrorists has turned the Australian public against boat people, encouraging the Government to take firm action.

Just recently three eminent Australians led by the former Defense Chief Angus Houston strongly criticized the Billions of Dollars spent on enforcement and the unnecessary lives lost through the Government?s policy. The panel went on to say that Gillard?s policy is truly costly, unsustainable and wrong as a matter of principle, in the same rhetorical language Gillard used in 2003.

In addition the mathematics behind the Governments logic is dubious to say the least. In the ?Malaysian solution? mooted last year, which failed to pass the Senate earlier this year, Australia agreed with Malaysia to take 4,000 people registered as refugees in Malaysia for 800 refugees sent by Australia for offshore processing over 4 years. However this deal fell through when human rights lawyers pointed out that Malaysia was not a signatory to the UN Refugee Convention or UN Convention Against Torture. In Nauru, it will cost $1.7 Billion to house 700 refugees for 4 years.

The irony, if not hypocrisy of the story is that the Australian Government just introduced a new immigrant visa that will be granted to anybody investing $5 Million in Australia exempting requirements for ?family ties, language, and professional qualification requirements. This takes all fairness and equity out of the Australian immigration policy, the justification made in the first place for the ?Pacific Solution?. What more, the annual bill to the Australian taxpayers for the ?Pacific Solution? is in excess of $2 Billion per annum, not forgetting more than 700 deaths on the high seas.

The immigration debate in Australia has sacrificed humanitarian concerns for politics, with the Government ignoring outright criticism from human rights watchdogs like Amnesty International. Will the Pacific and Asia be strewn with Australian detention camps in the near future?

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

The new Patriots-Colts?

Green Bay looking for a little revenge Sunday night after last year's playoff loss

By Greg Bedard

NBCSports.com contributor

updated 6:23 p.m. ET Nov. 24, 2012

Greg Bedard

Sunday Night Football is turning into rivalry football.

A week after the Ravens and Steelers battled each other in the AFC North, one of the burgeoning NFC rivalries, Giants-Packers, will have another installment at MetLife Stadium.

With two young, elite quarterbacks in Aaron Rodgers and Eli Manning leading each team, Giants-Packers is looking a lot like the successor to Colts-Patriots, Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning: two teams in different divisions who find a way to see each other often between the regular and postseason (sixth meeting since 2007 with Packers holding 3-2 edge).

Both Giants' wins against the Packers have come in January (2007 and ?11), in the postseason, as the Giants marched into Lambeau Field, left with a physical victory and went on to win the Super Bowl.

Last year?s 37-20 loss to the Giants ended a dream season for the Packers, who were 15-1 at the time. They lost because their execution was terrible ? giving up a Hail Mary touchdown, dropping four passes, turning the ball over four times and a plethora of missed tackles.

It?s safe to say the Packers (7-3) haven?t forgotten their performance, and the beating the Giants (6-4) put on them. Not that Green Bay will acknowledge that. It is focused on this game, not the past.

?Watching the playoff game, it wasn?t fun, I think that?s obvious,? coach Mike McCarthy said this week. ?But it?s part of our preparation for the week. A lot of the same players played in that game, played in the regular-season game (in 2011). We all understand how the season ended, but we?re focused on 8-3.?

A look at the keys for each team:

Packers
Rodgers can?t hold the ball:
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is an exceptional player with smarts, a terrific arm and very quick feet that allow him to keep plays alive or make them on his own. But sometimes Rodgers tries to do too much, tries to keep the play alive too long and that can lead to protection issues. Rodgers has been sacked 32 times this season, which is more than any other NFL quarterback. Some of those are on Rodgers for holding onto the ball too long. While the Giants rank just 13th with 25 sacks, they are capable of dominating a game with ends Jason Pierre-Paul, Osi Umenyiora and Justin Tuck. McCarthy needs to put in a quick-pass game plan, and Rodgers needs to stick to it outside of called shot plays.

Stop the run: The Giants have gotten a bit out of whack lately with their pass-run balance, but they?ll look to establish the run more against the Packers. The Giants need the run to make their passing game, which has struggled of late, really click. The Packers (11th in the league) have done a nice job against the run now that their personnel have settled down. The defensive line of Ryan Pickett, Jerel Worthy and B.J. Raji are very sturdy and have allowed inside linebackers A.J. Hawk and Brad Jones to fill nicely. The Packers want the Giants to stay pass heavy because they?re in a slump and could get some three-and-outs that could get the Packers going.

Do your job: When the Packers have struggled the past few years, it hasn?t been because of what the opponent has done, it?s because the Packers have killed themselves with poor execution. If the Packers execute their blocks, catch the ball and tackle well, they?re a tough matchup for anyone. But they haven?t done that consistently. This also includes kicker Mason Crosby, who has been in a terrible slump. He has to make his kicks early because if he?s an issue, it could change the way the Packers play in Giants' territory for the rest of the game.

Giants
Protect up front:
Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers will probably look to bring pressure against the Giants because his front seven has a tough time winning with standout outside linebacker Clay Matthews out. Capers also knows he can?t let Eli Manning have clean reads, and his line is ripe for the taking. The Giants have had a rough time of late protecting Manning ? they were destroyed by the Bengals. Expect the Packers to throw a ton of overload blitzes at the right side of the Giants? line, where guard Kevin Boothe and David Diehl have been the weak spots. The Giants chip a lot with the running backs out of the backfield, and they might have to think about keeping a tight end in to help with protection. The Packers will be coming.

Get after Rodgers: With excellent right tackle Bryan Bulaga out for the season, the Packers have had to do a line dance with left guard T.J. Lang moving to right tackle, and backup Evan Dietrich-Smith in at left guard. Both compete really hard but are limited in their ability at those spots. Left tackle Marshall Newhouse has had problems on occasion this season, and center Jeff Saturday is not the player he once was. The Giants? defensive line should be able to dominate this game up front against the run and the pass. And that should give the Giants a really good chance of winning the game.

Get physical with the Packers? receivers: The Packers have talented targets for Rodgers in Greg Jennings (questionable after abdominal surgery), Jordy Nelson, James Jones, Randall Cobb and tight end Jermichael Finley. But the book on them is that they don?t like contact and can be thrown off their game if defensive backs are physical with them. It also throws off the timing of the passing offense and causes Rodgers to hold the ball longer. The Giants should try to be physical with the Packers? receivers, but they should be careful with Cobb. The speedy slot receiver is lining up in different spots every week, including running back. He could be a big problem if the Giants don?t get their hands on him. That means everyone ? ends, outside linebackers and defensive backs ? needs to make sure they hit Cobb on his releases. If he runs free, he might go all the way to the end zone.

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Global shares, euro rally on Greek hopes, German data

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks and the euro rose on Friday on signs of progress in talks about releasing aid to Greece and after an influential German survey found business sentiment had improved in Europe's largest economy.

Wall Street got a lift from bellwether technology stocks such as Intel and Microsoft - each up about 2 percent. An index of semiconductor stocks gained 1.8 percent, while the S&P information technology sector index rose 1.2 percent.

Friday marked the start of the holiday shopping season and gave investors a reason to scoop up retailers' shares on hopes that consumers will go out en masse to spend.

Regular U.S. stock trading session will end early on Friday at 1 p.m. (1800 GMT). The stock market was closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday. With many investors away on holiday, volume was low. About 1.9 billion shares have traded so far on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the NYSE MKT, compared with the daily average for the year to date of 6.5 billion.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 106.42 points, or 0.83 percent, at 12,943.31. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 11.89 points, or 0.85 percent, at 1,402.92. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 32.30 points, or 1.10 percent, at 2,958.85.

European shares posted their best weekly gain so far this year after rising for a fifth day on Friday. The FTSEurofirst-300 index of pan-European shares rose 0.6 percent to end at 1,110.45.

Germany's BASF and Bayer led a rally in chemical stocks after a German business morale index surprised with its first increase in seven months, raising the prospect that Europe's largest economy can regain some momentum.

The euro rose as high as $1.2943 on Reuters data, breaking above resistance at $1.2910, its 55-day moving average. It was last trading at $1.2941, up 0.5 percent on the day.

Against the yen, the euro also hit a seven-month high of 106.73 yen and was last at 106.65 yen, up 0.4 percent.

MSCI's world equity index was up 1 percent on Friday at 329.42 points. It was on track to record its best weekly performance since mid-September.

Earlier, MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.7 percent for a weekly gain of 2.6 percent, also its best week for two months.

Optimism about a deal to help Greece, hopes that United States lawmakers can agree on a solution to avoid a fiscal crisis, and data showing an improving global economic outlook have driven a rally in riskier asset markets this week.

Greece said the International Monetary Fund had relaxed its debt-cutting target for the country, suggesting lenders were closer to a deal for a vital aid tranche to be paid. But other sources involved in the talks cautioned that the funding gap was far bigger than Greece has suggested.

"While we wouldn't want to understate the challenges of reaching agreement on Greece, news reports have described some of the remaining obstacles as technical and legal, and thus the hurdles to a deal do not seem insurmountable," said Nick Bennenbroek, head of currency strategy at Wells Fargo in New York.

Euro-zone finance ministers, the IMF and the European Central Bank (ECB) failed earlier this week to agree on how to get the country's debt down to a sustainable level. They will make a third attempt at resolving the issue on Monday.

"Anything positive out of Europe related to the sovereign debt ... that can act as a catalyst," said Todd Salamone, director of research at Schaeffer's Investment Research in Cincinnati.

The S&P 500 looked likely to break a two-week losing streak, having gained more than 3 percent this week so far. Stocks had tumbled earlier in the month on worries about the impact of mandatory tax and spending changes to take effect in early January, but hopes that politicians will reach a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" helped the market recoup some of those losses this week.

The benchmark S&P 500 also climbed back above the 1,400 level, which could provide support.

U.S. government debt prices mostly dipped on Friday in light post-Thanksgiving holiday trading. Bonds' safe-haven allure faded as investors scooped up stocks.

On the open market, the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note traded 1/32 lower in price to yield 1.685 percent, up 0.5 percent from late on Wednesday. The 10-year note's yield was poised for its first weekly rise in five weeks.

GOLD AND OIL GAIN

In commodities, gold rose to its highest level in more than a month on Friday, gaining 1 percent as a combination of a decline in the dollar, options-related buying and technical support sent the metal up near $1,750 an ounce.

Oil rose above $111 a barrel on Friday as better-than-expected German business sentiment data helped ease worries about demand in the euro-zone economies, boosting the euro against the dollar, while fresh protests broke out in Egypt and led to supply concerns.

Brent crude futures were up 53 cents at $111.08 a barrel at 1607 GMT. U.S. crude was up 81 cents at $88.17. The U.S. market, which was closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday, will not issue a formal settlement price until later Friday.

On Thursday, Israel began withdrawing its army, which had been poised to invade the Gaza Strip in pursuit of militants firing rockets into Israel.

Although the Gaza ceasefire is holding, violence has emerged in Egypt. In Cairo's Tahrir Square, thousands of people participated in demonstrations against President Mohamed Mursi. Police fired teargas into the crowd in an attempt to disburse it.

(Additional reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Jan Paschal)

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Hult International Business School Opens Ultramodern Campus in ...

Hult unveils its centrally located campus in Dubai Internet City, a thriving and dynamic district that has attracted some of the world?s top tech companies.

(DUBAI ? October 4th, 2012) In 2008, Hult International Business School became the first US-accredited academic institution to open a campus in the emirate. Now, Hult has taken the lead again by opening a state-of-the-art campus in the largest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) business park in the MENA region.

Just across from the world-famous Palm Islands and only a short journey from Dubai?s Knowledge Village and Media City, the 30,000 sq. ft. campus was designed to put students at the forefront of Dubai?s technology boom, in a ?free zone? where networking, developing ideas and nurturing new start-ups are a part of everyday life.

Graduate students studying at the Fiona Kennedy-designed campus ? which counts Microsoft, the BBC, GE, Cisco and HP among its neighbors ? will also benefit from being able to live and socialize in the most vibrant part of the city. Trendy, newly built apartments are plentiful, and Dubai?s buzzing nightlife scene makes it easy for students to unwind with their new classmates.

Hult?s Dubai campus is already one of the most diverse in the region, with an accomplished student body comprised of more than 55 nationalities. Having moved from its first campus in Dubai?s Academic City to a larger, more central location, Hult will this year enroll more than 300 new students across its respected MBA, Executive MBA and Master of International Business courses.

Robert Lillicrapp, who has worked with Hult for the last 12 years, was recently appointed executive director. ?Our new home in Dubai has so much to offer, from sleek architecture and first-rate classroom technology to lively student extracurricular activities,? he said. ?It?s in a truly spectacular location, and one that connects us with global leaders in the fields of finance, logistics, shipping and aviation.?

Like Hult?s other campuses ??in Boston, San Francisco, London and Shanghai ? Dubai regularly hosts keynote speeches by visionaries from the world of business and beyond. Most recently the UAE?s first female filmmaker, Nayla Al Khaja, delivered an impassioned speech about overcoming cultural challenges to follow a lifelong dream.

About Hult International Business School

Hult is the world?s most international business school with campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Shanghai, and a rotation campus in S?o Paulo. The School offers a range of business-focused programs including MBA, Executive MBA, Master and Bachelor degrees. Hult?s one-year MBA program is ranked in the top 30 in the world by The Economist and 1 in International Experience by the Financial Times.? www.hult.edu.

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House to consider limited GOP immigration bill

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters after the House Republicans voted for their leadership for the next session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. He is flanked by Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, and Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters after the House Republicans voted for their leadership for the next session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. He is flanked by Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, and Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

(AP) ? House Republicans still smarting from their poor showing among Hispanics in the presidential election are planning a vote next week on immigration legislation that would both expand visas for foreign science and technology students and make it easier for those with green cards to bring their immediate families to the U.S.

Republican leaders made it clear after the election that the party was ready to get serious about overhauling the nation's dysfunctional immigration system, a top priority for Hispanic communities. Taking up what is called the STEM Jobs Act during the lame-duck session could be seen as a first step in that direction.

The House voted on a STEM bill ? standing for science, technology, engineering and mathematics ? in September, but under a procedure requiring a two-thirds majority. It was defeated, with more than 80 percent of Democrats voting against it, because it offset the increase in visas for high-tech graduates by eliminating another visa program that is available for less-educated foreigners, many from Africa.

Republicans are changing the formula this time by adding a provision long sought by some immigration advocates ? expanding a program that allows the spouses and minor children of people with permanent residence, or green card, to wait in the United States for their own green cards to be granted.

There are some 80,000 of these family-based green cards allocated every year, but there are currently about 322,000 husbands, wives and children waiting in this category and on average people must wait more than two years to be reunited with their families. In that past that wait could be as long as six years.

The House proposal would allow family members to come to the U.S. one year after they apply for their green cards, but they wouldn't be able to work until they actually got the card. It applies to the families of green card holders who marry after getting their residency permits.

Bruce Morrison, a former Democratic congressman from Connecticut who chaired the House immigration subcommittee and authored a 1990 immigration law, said the bill neither increases the number of green cards nor gives people green cards early. But people "get the most important benefit of being able to live legally in the United States with their spouses."

Morrison, an immigration policy lobbyist who advocates for groups such as American Families United, called the bill a stepping-stone to more comprehensive immigration reform, That Republicans initiated it "to me is a positive gesture that they want to do business on this subject," he said

Megan Whittemore, spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., a key proponent of the STEM Act, said the bill is "family friendly, helping spouses and minor children who would otherwise be separated from their families for extended periods of time."

The bill will be taken up this time under normal procedures requiring only a majority vote, and it is almost certain to pass the Republican-led House. It remains to be seen whether it will engender enough Democratic support to give it momentum as it heads to the Democratic-controlled Senate.

It would give 55,000 green cards a year to doctoral and masters graduates in the STEM fields. The measure, strongly backed by U.S. high-tech companies, would make it easier for people trained in the United States to put their skills to work for American companies rather than non-American competitors.

But the legislation would still eliminate the Diversity Visa Lottery Program which gives out a similar 55,000 green cards a year to those from countries, including many in Africa, with traditionally low rates of immigration to the U.S. That prompted the House's Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus to all come out against it in September.

The three caucuses said Republicans were trying to increase legal immigration for people they want by ending immigration for people they don't want.

Crystal Williams, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said the bill is a message from Republicans that "we are here and we are ready to talk about immigration reform."

But she said she doubted it will make much progress in the Senate during the short lame-duck session. People "are now starting to think about broader reform," she said, adding that a limited bill that doesn't increase visas won't get a lot of support.

Associated Press

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