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Sunday, March 31, 2013

UAE real estate rides on growing confidence, consolidation - AME Info

Tasweek predicts a sustained rebound within the next months driven by rising confidence in the Dubai market and strong market fundamentals in Abu Dhabi.

More responsive legislation and robust real estate laws are also expected to quell local fluctuations on services and returns across industry. Al Awar notes that there are some concerns that must be addressed in order to sustain organic growth, such as affordable housing and varying financing options for real estate customers.

Abu Dhabi

The past year saw a fluctuating 5 to 12% slide in Abu Dhabi rents due to the entrance of new units all over the emirate. Major initiatives such as new regulations on housing allowances for government employees, the announcement of key government-backed projects and an Dhs330bn local stimulus package are expected to accelerate demand and market growth in Abu Dhabi for 2013, though.

More industry consolidation has been observed in Abu Dhabi after the merger of major developers Aldar and Sorouh. Consolidation is expected to extend beyond companies and towards government entities and projects as well. Upcoming rollouts such as 200 villas in Al Reef Contemporary Village and a Mosque, Community Center and mini-market in the Mediterranean Village will further boost the market. Other projects slated for opening in the coming years, such as 'The District' retail destination in Saadiyat Island and the mixed-use Sowwah Central in Al Maryah Island will further strengthen Abu Dhabi's real estate claim.

Another trend to watch out for is Abu Dhabi's lead in sustainability integration in light of Masdar activities and Estidama regulations. Sustainability initiatives in 2013 are expected to be small-scale, though, as owners have not yet fully embraced 'green' leases. Overall, the Abu Dhabi property is expected to sustain its market momentum, especially with the local Government pledging Dhs6bn per year to boost economic activity.

Dubai

While residential rents in Dubai rose 7 to 10% over the past 3 months, the emirate has been able to maintain its popularity as a preferred destination offering flexible payment schemes. Experts forecast a 10 to 17% increase in rental rates across the Dubai market in 2013, driven by several new project announcements made in late 2012. The emirate's recent posting of a 34-month closing high on its stock market index bodes well for its investment outlook. Barring major construction delays, around 36,000 new apartments and villas could go online from 2013 to 2015. Amidst broad options, Dubai tenants are expected to go for localities offering quality units and amenities.

Most of the residential supply is expected in locations including Dubai Land Residences, Motor City, Dubai Sports City, and Liwan. Looking forward, major developments in the pipeline such as the Dhs6bn Blue Waters Island and an Dhs3.67bn hotel and branded serviced apartment project in Downtown Dubai and the announcement of an Dhs3.67bn investment influx by Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) and Brookfield Asset Management reflect the resurgence of Dubai's property market.

Nationwide, the recent announcement of planned property regulations aimed at settling down prices and eliminating market speculation has prevented what could have been a spiraling of rents in 2013. The UAE Central Bank has declared that a proposed cap on mortgage lending - for expatriates at 50% of the property's value and 70% for UAE Nationals - will be discussed during the second half of this year.

The adoption of more transparent approaches for service charges and operating costs arrangements is also highly anticipated that will significantly reduce the number of rent disputes.

Al Awar added that this year will build on the transitional nature of 2012 to make the UAE property markets more robust and sustainable. He advised all sector players and stakeholders to closely monitor market movements to take advantages of opportunities that are quickly arising in what Tasweek believes will be a watershed year for the business.

Source: http://www.ameinfo.com/uae-real-estate-rides-growing-confidence-335438

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Business, labor close on deal for immigration bill

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Prospects for a Senate deal on an ambitious rewrite of the nation's immigration laws improved markedly as business and labor appeared ready to set aside their differences over a new low-skilled worker program holding up the agreement.

The AFL-CIO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce had been fighting over wages for tens of thousands of low-skilled workers who would be brought in under the new program to fill jobs in construction, hotels and resorts, nursing homes and restaurants, and other industries. But on Friday, officials from both sides said there was basic agreement on the wage issue, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said a final deal on the low-wage worker dispute was very close.

That likely would clear the way for Schumer and seven other senators in a bipartisan group to unveil legislation the week of April 8 to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, strengthening the border, cracking down on employers, allowing in tens of thousands of new high- and low-skilled workers and providing a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country.

"We're feeling very optimistic on immigration: Aspiring Americans will receive the road map to citizenship they deserve and we can modernize 'future flow' without reducing wages for any local workers, regardless of what papers they carry," AFL-CIO spokesman Jeff Hauser said in a statement. "Future flow" refers to future arrivals of legal immigrants.

Under the emerging agreement between business and labor, a new "W'' visa program would bring tens of thousands of lower-skilled workers a year to the country. The program would be capped at 200,000 a year, but the number of visas would fluctuate, depending on unemployment rates, job openings, employer demand and data collected by a new federal bureau pushed by the labor movement as an objective monitor of the market.

The workers would be able to change jobs and could seek permanent residency. Under current temporary worker programs, personnel can't move from employer to employer and have no path to permanent U.S. residence and citizenship. And currently there's no good way for employers to bring many low-skilled workers to the U.S. An existing visa program for low-wage nonagricultural workers is capped at 66,000 per year and is supposed to apply only to seasonal or temporary jobs.

The Chamber of Commerce said workers would earn actual wages paid to American workers or the prevailing wages for the industry they're working in, whichever is higher. The Labor Department determines prevailing wage based on customary rates in specific localities, so that it varies from city to city.

There was also disagreement about how to deal with certain higher-skilled construction jobs, such as electricians and welders, and it appears those will be excluded from the deal, said Geoff Burr, vice president of federal affairs at Associated Builders and Contractors. Burr said his group opposes such an exclusion because, even though unemployment in the construction industry is high right now, at times when it is low there can be labor shortages in high-skilled trades, and contractors want to be able to bring in foreign workers. But unions pressed for the exclusion, Burr said.

The low-skilled worker issue had loomed for weeks as perhaps the toughest matter to settle in monthslong closed-door talks on immigration among the senators, including Republicans John McCain of Arizona and Marco Rubio of Florida. The issue helped sink the last major attempt at immigration overhaul in 2007, when the legislation foundered on the Senate floor after an amendment was added to end a temporary worker program after five years, threatening a key priority of the business community.

The amendment passed by just one vote, 49-48. President Barack Obama, a senator at the time, joined in the narrow majority voting to end the program after five years.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/business-labor-close-deal-immigration-bill-185315130.html

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Meet Cyro, the robotic jellyfish that will haunt your dreams

Engineers at Virginia Tech are working on a gigantic, synthetic robo-jellyfish, which could eventually have military applications.?

By Matthew Shaer / March 29, 2013

Students at Virginia Tech tinker with Cyro, a robotic jellyfish.

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According to the Los Angeles Times, engineers at a Virginia Tech lab are working on a giant, synthetic, robo-jellyfish, which one day could autonomously patrol the high seas. The project, which is funded by a?$5-million grant from the US Naval Undersea Warfare Center and the Office of Naval Research, has already yielded one workable prototype: a 170-pound monster nicknamed Cyro.?

Geek.com reports that Cyro measures more than five feet in length, and behaves very much like its organic counterpart:?

Cryo consists of a central core of components in a waterproof shell connected to eight moving arms. Draped over this is a large and soft piece of white silicone, which comes into contact with each of the arms and remains flexible. Combined, the arms and silicone act as a propulsion system mimicking how real jellyfish move around.

A video produced by Virginia Tech indicates that Cyro could eventually be used to keep tabs on ecologically-sensitive underwater areas or to help clean up oil spills. Jellyfish, after all, are extremely efficient swimmers ? they require less energy than, say, a large fish to keep moving. Still, we stand by our original point. Regular jellyfish are scary enough. Robotic jellyfish? The stuff of horror flicks ? or at least spy movies.?

"Imagine," writes Matt Peckham of Time Magazine, "a fully-realized version of such a robot running underwater surveillance missions for the U.S. Navy ? the marine version of a weaponless drone, in other words, perhaps poking around someone?s oceanfront property (or, heaven forbid, employed in a civilian capacity by ignoble paparazzi to stalk celebrities)."?

In related news, here's a compendium of horror movies that include jellyfish. Among them: The 1965 epic "Sting of Death."?

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How Do You Distract Yourself from the Agony of Exercise?

Exercise doesn't have to suck, but if you want to get into really great shape you have to work pretty hard and that's not fun or comfortable. Some people listen to music or podcasts to distract themselves. Others watch television, or even work. How do you distract yourself from the agony of exercise?

Not all exercise involves riding a stationary bike, running on a treadmill, and lifting weights, of course. Plenty of activities combine something fun with a workout. If that's how you enjoy your exercise, share that as well.

Photo by WIlliam Perugini (Shutterstock).

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Stocks Add To Gains; S&P 500 Tops Record Closing ... - Investors.com

Stocks drifted higher near Thursday's midpoint amid a mixed batch of economic reports and the reopening of Cypriot banks.

The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and topped its Oct. 9, 2007, record closing high of 1565.15. It's also less than 1% away from its Oct. 11, 2007, all-time high. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 0.4% to a record high and the Nasdaq rose 0.2%. Nasdaq volume was tracking a little higher in the stock market today. NYSE trade was tracking lower.

Signet Jewelers (SIG) gapped up and bolted 8% to a record high in heavy trading. It cleared a 63.59 buy point from a handle in a flat base. Before the open, the retailer delivered fiscal Q4 earnings of $2.12 a share, up 18% from a year ago. Sales rose 12% to $1.513 billion. Both were above views. The operator of Kay and Jared jewelry stores also raised its quarterly dividend by 25% to 15 cents a share.

Celgene (CELG) rose 3% to a record high in brisk trade. It topped a 115.54 buy point from a three-weeks-tight pattern. The stock has been a solid performer this year, but has denied investors an additional buying opportunity until now. Celgene staged a big rebound off its 50-day line in early January.

Gilead Sciences (GILD) added 3% to a fresh record high. It's now 5% past a 46.47 buy point from a three-weeks-tight pattern cleared Wednesday. In the past three quarters, the biotech's earnings fell 2% to being up 2%. But sales growth accelerated in the latest two periods.

On the downside, PVH (PVH) slumped 5% in big volume after earlier rebound efforts faded. Late Wednesday, the clothing maker delivered better-than-expected fiscal Q4 results. But the firm said its Warnaco buyout would require additional investment and hurt profit for 2013.

Source: http://news.investors.com/investing-stock-market-today/032813-649671-stock-market-edges-higher.htm

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Razer Edge Pro review: can a tablet double as a gaming PC?

Portable gaming isn't what it once was. Sure, you can still snag a handheld device from Sony or Nintendo, but today's video game industry is far more diverse. Gamers on the go have no shortage of hardware to pick from: tablets, smartphones, gaming laptops and purpose-built handhelds are redefining what a mobile gaming platform is. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan must have felt the winds of change blowing his way when he cooked up Project Fiona, now known as the Razer Edge. The company's marketing material frames the curious device as an all-in-one gaming arsenal; it's a tablet, says the product page, as well as a PC and console. Above all, it's modular, a souped-up tablet with a small collection of docks and cradles designed to scratch your gaming itch from all angles. All told, Razer calls it the most powerful tablet in the world. Kitted out with the specs of a mid-range gaming laptop, it may very well be that -- but we couldn't let the proclamation pass without giving it the once-over ourselves.

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Kissing Brad Pitt Disgusting? Kirsten Dunst Thought So!

Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst photos Most women would be extremely jealous to hear actress Kirsten Dunst’s first kiss was with Brad Pitt. But, the actress said she found it “disgusting”. Dunst, who was only 12-years-old when she starred alongside Brad Pitt in “Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles”, has an on-screen kiss with the then-31-year-old heartthrob. Dunst told Bullet ...

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Several Advantages Of Unlocked Gsm Cellular Phones | Simple Call ...

Telecom operators customarily lock the cell phone to their network. This way, they hope to build customer loyalty and maximize their profits from the use of SMS and voice calls.

But are you aware that you can easily buy unlocked GSM cellular phones? There are many benefits to using unlocked cell phones. Actually, when you have an unlocked GSM phone, you can make your mobile phone work for your interests. Not being tied to a single network allows more flexibility and more reasonable call options.

These are some of the benefits you can acquire if you buy an unlocked GSM cellular phone:

You Can Have Wide International Coverage

You can enjoy the broadest international coverage if you have an unlocked GSM cell phone. This is the best benefit that you can get with unlocked cell phones.

Most telecom providers only sell locked GSM phones to work only with their networks. This means when you are traveling internationally, you will need to acquire a new cell phone unit to make and receive calls. This inconvenience can be avoided when you purchase an unlocked GSM cell phone.

Standard unlocked cell phones have global coverage in more than 200 countries. With that reason alone, it makes your mobile phone a powerful communication device. There will be no worries about losing your contacts and you can still easily get in touch with your partners abroad.

Low International Call Rates for Unlocked Cellular Phones

Unlocked GSM phones are intended for global use. You will be able to enjoy significantly lower rates for voice calls, SMS, and other mobile phone services throughout the world.

You will only pay the standard rate for all your calls anywhere you may be. This will significantly reduce the cost of your international calls. That is why using an unlocked GSM cellular phones is an economical option for many.

Maintaining an Intact Contact List

You can keep and maintain your contact list if you are using an unlocked cell phone. Since you?re using only one phone, your contact list will be intact. All information you store in your phone will be retained. It will be easy to find the contact numbers of your business associates.

These are just some of the excellent benefits when you use an unlocked GSM cell phone. So if you happen to be a frequent traveler, then you why not take full advantage of having an unlocked cell phone that works for you.

This article was written by Paul Wise. Like many Paul is a gadget guy. When looking for a cellular phone, Paul uses Cell2Get.com they have the widest selection in Unlocked Cell Phones and why not buy one unlocked? your already investing the money, it would only benefit you to have the additional options of Unlocked GSM Phones, especially in terms of resale value.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

My Purchases for Android Shows You Everything You?ve Bought from Google Play

My Purchases for Android Shows You Everything You’ve Bought from Google Play Android: A while back, Google removed the filter at Google Play that let you see the apps you've purchased. Now, the ones you've paid for are shown along with every other app you've ever downloaded, even if that app is free or no longer on your phone. My Purchases is a handy Android app that shows you everything you've paid for at Google Play and how much it cost you.

My Purchases doesn't just stop with apps either. If you've ever purchased books or movies through Google Play, they'll show up in the list as well, all color coded so you can quickly tell them apart. Each item is also shown with its sale price next to it, so you know how much you spent on the item. The app even supports multiple Google Accounts, so you can see apps you've purchased for work versus ones you purchased for fun, for example. My Purchases is free, and ad-supported. $1.29 will get you a "pro" version that strips out the ads.

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Gay Marriage: The Fight For Equality Dominates Social Media ...

Marriage Equality Symbol On Facebook — Even President Obama is tweeting about it!

Equality goes viral as the Supreme Court starts to hear two historic marriage equality cases.

You simply can't ignore the red today. From images of equal signs filling up your Facebook feed to people dressed in all red, the bright color is everywhere on and offline. That's because today is a huge day for?gay-marriage supporters.?

Today marks the first of two days of Supreme Court hearings over crucial same-sex marriage laws. Today, the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 is being discussed and tomorrow the court will address the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prevents same-sex couples from marrying nationally.

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Thanks to the Human Rights Campaign, who began promoting the equality image (pictured above) yesterday to gain online support over today's hearings in Washington, everyone from your long-lost high school acquaintance to celebrities have been voicing their support today with powerful images and words.?

So what does it mean that all of your Facebook friends' profiles have gone completely red and that even our president is?tweeting?his support for same-sex marriage? A lot.

We already know the mental health benefits?that come from allowing same-sex couples to marry, that gay parents are thriving, the?cost of banning gay marriage?and the positive effects of acceptance for all of society.?So what else do we need to prove how essential this is?

Perhaps the Human Rights Campaign says it best on their website: "Together we will show the nation that we believe all Americans deserve to be treated fairly and equally under the law ? no matter who they love."

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Love Of Family & Home: Upside-Down German Chocolate Cake

Hey Friends!

Well, I'm back from the Blissdom conference & slowly getting back into the swing of things! It took me a couple of days to get caught up on my sleep & I've also been trying to get the house back in order since it kind of fell apart during my absence. Funny how that happens, huh?! I hope to share some pictures from my trip & also give you a little recap later this week! Until then, I have a yummy recipe to share!

This past Sunday was my husband's birthday. He LOVES German Chocolate Cake & pretty much requests it every year. Luckily, he married into the right family....you see, my mom has an AMAZING German Chocolate Cake recipe. So amazing in fact, that people who don't like German Chocolate Cake (such as myself)?will find themselves scarfing down a piece in no time flat & then contemplate a second helping!

Yeah....it's that good!

The awesome part about the recipe, is that it's just a box mix with a little added twist! But, the twist is what makes it SO YUMMY!

Ingredients:
Betty Crocker German Chocolate Cake Box Mix - Super Moist
3 eggs
1 1/4 water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1 cup coconut flakes
1 8 oz. package cream cheese (softened)
1 stick butter (softened)
1 lb box powdered sugar (I bought a 2 lb bag & just used half of it.)
1 tsp vanilla

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray 9x13 glass baking dish with cooking spray. Cover bottom of baking dish with coconut flakes & chopped pecans. Mix cake mix with eggs, water, & oil (per box instructions) and pour over the coconut/pecan mixture.

In a separate bowl combine cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, & vanilla. Using a mixer, mix ingredients thoroughly until powdered sugar is completely dissolved. Using a rubber spatula, add cream cheese mixture to the top of the cake mix. The cream cheese mixture will sink down into the cake mix as you add it in.

Bake for 40 minutes. Slice cake into individual servings & serve upside down.

Enjoy!! :)

Are you a German Chocolate Cake fan?

If not, what type of cake do you prefer on your birthday?

Thanks so much for stopping by! ?Have a wonderful Wednesday!!?

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German migrant program offers cautions for US

BERLIN (AP) ? In gritty backstreets of Berlin, housewives wearing head scarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time in cafes sipping coffee, chatting in Turkish and reading Turkish newspapers.

More than three million people of Turkish origin live in Germany ? the legacy of West Germany's Cold War-era program to recruit temporary foreign labor during the boom years of the 1950s and 1960s when the country rebuilt after World War II.

What started as a temporary program has changed the fabric of German urban life ? from mosques on street corners to countless shops selling widely popular Doener kebab fast food sandwiches.

Germany's experience with "guest workers" offers lessons for the United States as it debates immigration reform, including whether to provide a path to citizenship for unskilled foreign laborers, or whether there should be additional temporary-only visas for such workers. President Barack Obama has urged Congress to begin debate in April after lawmakers return from a two-week recess.

Decades after Germany's formal guest worker program ended in the early 1970s, the country is still wrestling with ways to integrate Turks ? the second biggest group among the estimated 15 million-strong immigrant community after ethnic Germans who moved from the former Soviet Union and for Soviet bloc countries ? into German society.

"When you bring people to work, it's quite hard to tell them to go back one day," said Goecken Demiragli, a social worker whose grandmother came to Berlin from Turkey in 1968. "That was the biggest mistake: to think that if you don't need them, they will go."

Initially, the Germans felt they didn't need an integration path.

They foresaw a temporary program of rotating labor, where workers from Turkey, the Balkans and southern Europe would spend a couple of years on an assembly line and then go home to be replaced by others if industry still needed them.

But factory managers grew tired of retraining new workers every couple of years and convinced authorities to allow contract extensions.

Many immigrants, especially young Turkish men who faced grinding unemployment at home, opted to stay in Germany, bringing their families and building lives here despite discrimination in education, housing and employment.

Although immigrants could stay legally with government-issued residence permits, they could not apply for citizenship for 15 years, although the period has been shortened in recent years. Without fluent German, and state-supported language programs, many were unable to pursue good educations and well-paying jobs.

As a result, the Turkish community remains the least integrated immigrant group in Germany, according to the private Berlin Institute for Population and Development.

Immigration critics blame the Turks for refusing to abandon traditions of rural Turkey, failing to learn German and take advantage of educational opportunities. Critics note that more than 90 percent of marriages by ethnic Turks are to other Turks ? in part because of cultural restrictions against marrying outside the Muslim faith.

Over the years, the existence of a parallel society of marginalized people speaking a different language and following different religious and social customs has triggered a backlash in a country which only recently has considered itself a nation that welcomes immigrants.

Thilo Sarrazin, once a top official of Germany's central bank, wrote in a 2010 best-seller that immigrants were dumbing down German society and that Turkish and Arab immigrants were reluctant to integrate. The firestorm that followed forced Sarrazin out of his bank post, but his book sold over 1.5 million copies.

Others fault successive German governments for being slow to recognize the immigration problem and moving only in recent years to put in place programs to combat discrimination, provide German language training and offer a speedier path to full citizenship.

"The West German government should have devised comprehensive integration measures as part of family reunification policies but did not," a 2009 study for the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute. "Consequently, integration problems began to take root in West Germany."

In the meantime, an entire generation grew up feeling estranged, living in urban ghettoes apart from the mainstream and unable to take part in political life. Even well-educated Turks who have assimilated believe that stigma remains alive today.

"There's this categorization ... that you are not the same as the others," said Demiragli, the social worker, who was born in Germany but did not get citizenship until she was 16. "That is a feeling that grows in you if you do not have strong parents who can support you and give you the feeling that you are still special."

Overt discrimination has abated since the 1970s and 1980s when real estate ads in German newspapers contained phrases like "Only for Germans" or "No Foreigners." But Turkish residents say subtle barriers remain.

"Now it's more hidden," said Bekir Yilmaz, head of a Turkish community organization in Berlin. "You look for housing, you make a telephone call, you can speak German well but when you stand in front of the landlord, they say, 'Oh, the apartment is taken.'"

Yilmaz believes the problem has worsened since the 9/11 attacks in the United States and the war on terror smeared the image of Muslims.

"The West had its enemy in communism but communism is gone. Now it's the Muslims," Yilmaz said. "The Turks here are no enemy. They have lived here for years, and their children born here. This has nothing to do with reality."

German attitudes toward immigration and citizenship also proved an obstacle to full and rapid integration. Although attitudes are changing, Germany never perceived itself as an immigrant society like the United States. German society values conformity.

Unlike the United States, Germany does not automatically grant citizenship to anyone born on German soil. Even though the naturalization process has been shortened, it still takes years and requires knowledge of the German language and history.

In 2000, a new law granted German citizenship to German-born children of longtime legal residents. By age 23, those children must decide whether to keep German citizenship or their parents' nationality.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has refused calls from Turkish and other immigrant communities to allow dual citizenship. Many immigrants are reluctant to apply for German citizenship because they want to hold on to their original nationality.

"I think we should have a dual citizenship here in Germany," said Ayvaz Harra, a German citizen of Turkish origin who sells bread in a Berlin market. "My family has property in Turkey and I would like to inherit it. Right now it's not possible."

But others believe the core problem was the government's failure to foresee the long-term effects of the temporary labor program.

"The problem here is that there is a picture of how Germans should live and if somebody is living differently, it doesn't fit," Demiragli said. "I think that in 20 to 30 years it will be a totally mixed community, especially here in Berlin. If we get over that 20 years, I think it will be a totally different situation."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/german-migrant-program-offers-cautions-us-073113485.html

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Manson Family recordings to be handed over to LA police

Mar 26 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $3,787,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $2,859,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,154,500 4. Steve Stricker $1,820,000 5. Phil Mickelson $1,650,260 6. Hunter Mahan $1,553,965 7. John Merrick $1,343,514 8. Dustin Johnson $1,330,507 9. Russell Henley $1,313,280 10. Kevin Streelman $1,310,343 11. Keegan Bradley $1,274,593 12. Charles Howell III $1,256,373 13. Michael Thompson $1,254,669 14. Brian Gay $1,171,721 15. Justin Rose $1,155,550 16. Jason Day $1,115,565 17. Chris Kirk $1,097,053 18. ...

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CALABAR, Nigeria, March 23 (Reuters) - Nigeria, crowned African Nations Cup champions six weeks ago, needed a dramatic late equaliser to rescue a 1-1 home draw with bottom team Kenya in World Cup Group F qualifying on Saturday. Substitute Nnamdi Oduamadi, who plays for Italian second-tier club Varese, scored three minutes into stoppage time to save the Nigerians from an embarrassing defeat. It was the second draw in three games for Nigeria who have five points, level with Malawi at the top of the group. Namibia have three points from three matches and Kenya are bottom on two points. ...

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Answer to mystery of Pluto's moons could depend on 2015 flyby

Pluto and its moon Charon act like a double-planet system with wreath of other, smaller moons. NASA's New Horizons mission could help explain how those moons got there.

By Pete Spotts,?Staff writer / March 25, 2013

This photo by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the five moons in their orbits around Pluto.

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New research by two astronomers has the potential to make the current NASA mission to Pluto and beyond more than just a first close-up glimpse of the distant, demoted planet. It could help scientists understand how planets form around other stars.

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The reason: While Pluto's companion, Charon, is widely considered a moon, its orbital relationship to Pluto is identical to that of stars in a binary-star system. Indeed, some astronomers hold that Charon is not a moon, but part of a binary dwarf-planet system, with Pluto as the senior partner.

With at least four other small moons orbiting beyond Charon, the Pluto system could be a unique laboratory for scientists.

"Not only could we try to understand the outer part of the solar system, we could actually have an idea of how planets form around binary stars and actually test it real life," says Scott Kenyon, a researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., who performed the analysis along with University of Utah's Benjamin Bromley.

Charon is thought to have formed from a collision between Pluto and another object, Dr. Kenyon explains. To try to determine how the smaller outer moons might have formed thereafter, the researchers used computer simulations. Did the outer moons form from the debris of the collision? Or did they take shape long afterward from the primordial disk of dust, rock, and ice that Pluto-Charon captured from its general neighborhood?

The simulations suggest that both scenarios are possible, but that each would yield moons with different compositions. NASA's New Horizons mission could help prove if either scenario is right. New Horizons is now half way to Pluto and is expected to reach the dwarf planet in 2015.

The results of the calculations by Kenyon and Dr. Bromley have been submitted for publication and have been posted on an astrophysics website in hopes that the New Horizons science team can work in observations that would test these competing ideas into the mission's science plan during the Pluto flyby.

Over the years, the known size of the Pluto system has expanded. Pluto itself was discovered in 1930 by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh. It took another 48 years to pick out Charon. In 2005, astronomers discovered Nix and Hydra. And between July 2011 and July 2012, researchers detected another two moons ? P4 and P5. (A recent nonbinding poll to name the two moons suggested Vulcan and Cerberus.)

Assuming a giant impact formed Charon, the raw material for the other moons could have come from debris that formed a disk outside Charon's orbit.

For moons to form in this way, there would have needed to be enough debris, and it would have needed to be orbiting Pluto and Charon at a distance relatively undisturbed by their gravity ? so clumping could occur. "If you can't get material out past the orbit of P5 [the closest known moon to Pluto and Charon], then you're doomed," Kenyon says, because gravity from Pluto-Charon would sweep the material into those two objects.

But simulations of the impact scenario suggested that material did pass the orbit of P5 and that this scenario was the most efficient means of producing moons, Kenyon says. The collision yields more than enough debris to make moons with the masses astronomers think the system's moons have. Moreover, in the simulations, the innermost moon tends to settle into an orbit at a distance comparable to P5.?

But the approach that focuses on the primordial disk of dust and ice can also form moons, simulations found. At some point after the giant collision, the Pluto-Charon system could have drawn in a ring of dust and ice from material in the vicinity ? material that was part of the solar system's original inventory of dust, gas, and ice.

"You just gradually accumulate stuff over millions and millions of years, and that coagulates into the satellites," Kenyon says.

But simulations found that the masses of the moons formed in this scenario are at the lowest end of the range of mass estimates astronomers have calculated for the moons in the Pluto-Charon system. And those less-massive moons would appear in orbits much farther from Pluto-Charon than the existing moons.

Either way, if both scenarios start out with the same amount of mass in the debris disks, the same number of satellites will form, but their composition will be different.

If the satellites are formed from the collision debris, their composition will look much like Charon's. Charon is less dense than Pluto, consisting of a roughly 50-50 mix of ice (mostly water ice) and rock with a very icy surface. This allows it to reflect a relatively larger amount of sunlight from its surface than would a more mixed surface composition.

If the satellites formed via gradual accretion of primordial ice and rock well after a giant impact, Kenyon adds, the satellites would be darker and with a higher proportion of rock to ice.

In that way, they would look more like typical objects in the Kuiper Belt ? the broad expanse of rocky and icy objects left over from solar system's construction phase some 4.6 billion years ago. The belt's inner edge is about 2.8 billion miles from the sun, just beyond Neptune's orbit. The outer edge is thought to lie about 4.7 billion miles from the sun.

Pluto, which orbits the sun at an average distance of 3.7 billion miles, is the second largest known dwarf planet. The solar system's largest, most massive dwarf planet is Eris, which orbits the sun at an average distance of 6.3 billion miles.

Based on the simulations, New Horizons could find perhaps five to 10 more moons in the Pluto-Charon system, Kenyon says. They would be small, perhaps ranging from 1,000 feet to a mile or two across, and outside the orbit of Hydra. And there would be enough material for a tenuous disk of particles whose size are measured in inches.

New Horizons can begin its observations of the Pluto-Charon system about 70 days before its closest encounter and for some days after.

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Monday, March 25, 2013

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AP interview: Lesbian couple in gay marriage case

This photo taken Feb. 8, 2013, shows Sandy Stier, left, and Kris Perry, the couple at the center of the Supreme Court's consideration of gay marriage, at their home in Berkeley, Calif. Whatever the outcome of their momentous case, Perry and Stier, who have been together 13 years, will be empty-nesters as the last of their children will heads off to college. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

In this photo taken Saturday, March 23, 2013, Jessica Skrebes of Washington reads while waiting in line with others outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in anticipation of Tuesday's Supreme Court hearing on California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, and Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) ? Big change is coming to the lives of the lesbian couple at the center of the fight for same-sex marriage in California no matter how the Supreme Court decides their case.

After 13 years of raising four boys together, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier are about to be empty nesters. Their youngest two children, 18-year-old twins, will graduate from high school in June and head off to college a couple of months later.

"We'll see all the movies, get theater season tickets because you can actually go," Stier said in the living room of their bungalow in Berkeley. Life will not revolve quite so much around food, and the challenge of putting enough of it on the table to feed teenagers.

They might also get married, if the high court case goes their way.

Perry, 48, and Stier, 50, set aside their lunch hour on a recent busy Friday to talk to The Associated Press about their Supreme Court case, the evolution of their activism for gay rights and family life.

On Tuesday, they plan to be in the courtroom when their lawyer, Theodore Olson, tries to persuade the justices to strike down California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages and to declare that gay couples can marry nationwide. Supporters of California's Proposition 8, represented by lawyer Charles Cooper, argue that the court should not override the democratic process and impose a judicial solution that would redefine marriage in the 40 states that do not allow same-sex couples to wed.

A second case, set for Wednesday, involves the part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that prevents same-sex couples who are legally married from receiving a range of federal tax, pension and other benefits that otherwise are available to married people.

The Supreme Court hearing is the moment Perry and Stier, along with Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo of Burbank, have been waiting for since they agreed four years ago to be the named plaintiffs and public faces of a well-funded, high-profile effort to challenge Proposition 8 in the courts.

"For the past four years, we've lived our lives in this hurry-up-and-wait, pins-and-needles way," Perry said, recalling the crush of court deadlines and the seemingly endless wait for rulings from a federal district judge, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, also based there, and the California Supreme Court.

Stier said Olson told them the case could take several years to resolve. "I thought, years?" she said.

But the couple has been riding a marriage rollercoaster since 2003, when Perry first asked Stier to marry her. They were planning a symbolic, but not legally recognized, wedding when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered city officials to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004. So they were married, but only briefly. Six months later, the state Supreme Court invalidated the same-sex unions.

They went ahead with their plans anyway, but "it was one of the sadder points of our wedding," Perry said.

Less than four years later, however, the same state court overturned California's prohibition on same-sex unions. Then, on the same day Perry and Stier rejoiced in President Barack Obama's election, voters approved Proposition 8, undoing the court ruling and defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Their lawsuit was filed six months later, after they went to the Alameda County courthouse for a marriage license and were predictably refused.

"It's such a weird road we've been on," Perry said.

All the more so because neither woman defined herself as a gay rights activist before the marriage fight.

Perry, a native Californian from Bakersfield, and Stier, who grew up in rural Iowa, moved in together in 2000, with Stier's two children from a heterosexual marriage and Perry's from a previous relationship. Utterly conventional school meetings, soccer games and band practice ? not the court case ? have defined their lives together.

As if to highlight this point, their son, Elliott, briefly interrupted the interview to ask for a pair of headphones. Perry said the boys find her useful for two basic reasons these days. "Do I have any headphones and do I have any money," she said with a smile.

Perry has spent her professional life advocating on behalf of early childhood education. Stier works for the county government's public health department.

"When you've been out as long as I have been, 30 years, in order to feel OK every day and be optimistic and productive, you can't dwell as much on what's not working as maybe people think you do," Perry said.

Even with Proposition 8's passage, Perry and Stier said they were more focused on Obama's election.

"I was all about health care reform and Kris is all about education reform and that was everything. Gay rights, that would be great, but it's a way off," Stier said.

They don't take the issue so lightly anymore. Of course, they could not imagine a U.S. president would endorse gay marriage along with voters in three states just last November.

When Obama talked about equal rights for gay Americans in his inaugural speech in January, Perry said she felt as if "we've arrived at the adults' table. We're no longer at the kids' table."

They will watch the argument in their case and then return home to wait for the decision, worried that it could come the same day as the boys' high school graduations in mid-June.

They know that the court could uphold Proposition 8, which would almost certainly lead to an effort to repeal it by California voters. Recent polls show support for repeal.

Any other outcome will allow them to get married. But Perry said they are hoping the court strikes "a tone of more inclusion" and issues the broadest possible ruling.

They will get married quickly, in a small, private ceremony. "We did the big celebration a long time ago," Perry said. "I hope this will be something a lot bigger than the two of us."

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Palestinians cool to partial settlement freeze

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ? A senior Palestinian official rejected on Sunday the idea of a partial Israeli settlement freeze as a way of restarting peace talks, a sign of tough times ahead for the Obama administration's new attempt to bring the sides together.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met separately late Saturday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to talk about ending a deadlock of more than four years over settlements.

Abbas says he won't return to negotiations without an Israeli construction freeze, saying Israel's building on war-won land pre-empts the outcome of talks on a border between Israel and a future state of Palestine. Abbas last held talks with Netanyahu's predecessor in late 2008.

Netanyahu has refused to halt construction and instead calls for an immediate return to negotiations. President Barack Obama sided with Israel's position during a visit to the region last week, saying the Palestinians should return to talks to sort out the settlement issue.

The U.S. has not spoken publicly about possible compromises in recent days, though there has been some speculation it would propose a partial construction stop in the West Bank heartland, east of Israel's separation barrier.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Sunday that the Palestinians do not seek a confrontation with the Obama administration, but appeared to suggest that nothing short of a full freeze will bring them back to negotiations.

The Palestinians want a state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, areas Israel captured in 1967. Since that war, Israel has built dozens of settlements ? considered illegal by much of the world and now home to more than half a million Israelis ? in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

Much of the construction takes place in so-called "settlement blocs" close to Israel and in east Jerusalem. Israel's separation barrier cuts off east Jerusalem and some of the settlement blocs from the rest of the West Bank.

Asked if Abbas would accept a partial freeze, east of the barrier, Erekat told Voice of Palestine radio: "Absolutely not. It is rejected."

"First of all, 90 percent of the building in settlements is going on in the blocs," he said. "If we accepted that, we would be committing two crimes. The first is legalizing what is illegal, which is settlement construction, and the second is accepting the Israeli policy (of) dictation."

Israel agreed to a 10-month slowdown in settlement construction early in Obama's first term, allowing talks to resume briefly in 2010. The talks fizzled out after Netanyahu refused to extend the slowdown, which had halted approvals for new homes but allowed previously started construction to continue.

Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who will oversee any negotiations with the Palestinians, said it remained to be seen what would bring about a new round of talks.

"We are after four years of stalemate, of distrust, and we need to see how we restart, what we will discuss," she told Army Radio.

Erekat said the Palestinians would wait for two to three months to see if the Obama administration can come up with a way out of the deadlock. "We want to cooperate with the U.S. administration, not clash with it," he said.

If the deadlock persists, the Palestinians will move ahead with their quest for international recognition, he said. "We have to focus on the steadfastness of our people, and we have 63 international agencies we can join," he said.

In November, the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly recognized a state of Palestine in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, despite objections by the U.S. and Israel. The recognition paved the way for Palestinians to seek membership in U.N. agencies and other international organizations.

Earlier Sunday, Israel dismantled a tent camp Palestinians set up during Obama's recent visit to protest Israeli plans to build a large West Bank settlement near Jerusalem.

During his visit, Obama singled out the settlement, known by its planning name E-1, as particularly problematic. The settlement of more 3,500 apartments would close one of the last open spaces between east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Before dawn Sunday, about 200 Israeli police officers removed some 40 demonstrators from the tent camp, said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. Three protesters were arrested, but no injuries were reported, Rosenfeld said.

The encampment is part of a new Palestinian tactic to protest against Israeli settlement expansion.

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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Russian businessman Berezovsky dies near London: longtime friend

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Russian tycoon Berezovsky found dead in London

Exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, a prominent Russian opposition figure, was found dead at his home near London on Saturday. NBC's Lester Holt reports.

By Becky Bratu, Staff Writer, NBC News

Exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, a prominent Russian opposition figure, was found dead at his home near London on Saturday, British officials told NBC News. He was 67.

His death was also reported in a Facebook post by his son-in-law, Egor Schuppe. "Boris Berezovsky dead," the post read.

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A picture dated Oct. 4, 2011 shows Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky leaving the Court of Appeal in Central London. Berezovsky, the exiled Russian oligarch and long-time opponent of the Kremlin, has died in Britain at the age of 67, his spokesman said on March 23, 2013, without giving further details.

Police would not directly identify Berezovsky, but when asked Saturday about him by name they said "the death of a 67-year-old man at a property in Ascot, Berkshire" was being treated as "unexplained" and a full investigation is ongoing.

Ascot lies about 25 miles west of London.

"The area around the property has been cordoned off in order to allow the investigation to take place," the Thames Valley police statement read.

Officers, including some trained in dealing with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats, were conducting a number of searches as a precaution. Police said Berezovsky's body was still in the property Saturday night.
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"I would like to reassure residents that we are confident there is no risk to the wider community," Supt. Stuart Greenfield said. "The property is part of a large estate so a number of roads are closed off at the moment and will remain so for the time being."

Berezovsky accumulated his wealth in the early 1990s, when Russia's privatization of state assets turned chaotic. He orchestrated the re-election of Boris Yeltsin in 1996 and played a role in Vladimir Putin's rise to prominence, but he fell out of favor with the latter after Putin became president of Russia in 2000.?

Berezovsky fled Russia for Britain in 2001 after criticizing Putin's government. He was granted political asylum in Britain in 2003.

Berezovsky was a close friend of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, who was fatally poisoned with radioactive polonium in London in 2006.

Last year, a court ordered him to pay $53.3 million in legal costs to fellow Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, after losing a legal battle against him. The legal and other costs of that lawsuit amounted to about $250 million.

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Twitter archive service expands into 12 more languages, includes Chinese, Russian and Japanese

Twitter users looking to permanently house their missives in Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and eight other languages have now been given the go-ahead. This third language expansion focuses on the east, although it does add Italian, Turkish and Danish support too. In short, it's another excuse to celebrate the microblogging network's seventh compleanno.

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