Congo rebel pullout from Goma runs into hitches

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A planned battlefield withdrawal by rebels in eastern Congo under a deal brokered by regional governments ran into hitches on Friday, including a dispute over abandoned army supplies the insurgents want to take with them.

Leaders of the Tutsi-led M23 rebel movement had agreed to pull out by Saturday from Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern border city of Goma, which they seized on November 20 when they routed government troops backed by United Nations peacekeepers.

Rebel leaders have said that they intend to fight to topple President Joseph Kabila, but they agreed to a call from presidents of the Great Lakes region last weekend for a withdrawal from positions in and around Goma.

As the withdrawal operation showed signs of getting under way, M23 representatives said some of the group's fighters were loath to yield the captured city, and they accused the U.N. peacekeepers of impeding the pullback.

There was disagreement over a store of munitions and equipment that had been abandoned by the government army FARDC at Goma airport. The rebels wanted to take the airport arsenal with them, but the U.N. peacekeeping mission MONUSCO, which had the store under its charge, refused to let them do this.

"This is FARDC ammunition and does not belong to M23 so I don't think we have to hand it over," MONUSCO's spokesman in Kinshasa Madnodje Mounoubai told Reuters by phone.

M23 military chief Colonel Sultani Makenga accused the U.N. peacekeepers of "blocking" M23's withdrawal operations.

"We have a store that has our logistical equipment and now MONUSCO is telling us not to get our equipment. We can't agree to that," he told reporters west of Goma in the town of Sake, from which M23 was also due to withdraw.

The dispute raised questions over whether the rebel pullback from Goma, which is being supervised by military chiefs from neighboring states including Uganda, would be completed by Saturday morning as announced.

"M23 is going," one of the foreign military observers, Ugandan General Geoffrey Muheesi, earlier told reporters.

A full rebel withdrawal from Goma, which lies on Lake Kivu in sight of the towering Mount Nyiragongo volcano, would signal some progress in international efforts to halt the eight-month-old insurgency in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Goma is an important hub in Congo's eastern borderlands, which have suffered years of recurring conflict stoked by long-standing ethnic and political enmities and fighting over the region's rich resources of gold, tin, tungsten and coltan. The latter is a precious metal used to make mobile phones.

M23 deputy spokesman Amani Kabasha told Reuters that some of the group's young combatants did not understand why they had to surrender a city seized after their offensive.

"We took this town by blood so it is not easy to convince them to leave. They do not understand it," Kabasha said.

In Goma, armed camouflage-clad M23 fighters could still be seen, standing around street corners or in pick-up trucks.

In a sign that Congolese authorities intended to reassert their control over Goma after the rebel withdrawal, 300 policemen, some armed with AK-47s, arrived by ferry at Goma's port on Lake Kivu on Friday and then fanned out around the city.

HUNDREDS INJURED, THOUSANDS DISPLACED

U.N. experts and Congo have accused the government and military of neighboring Rwanda of supporting, supplying and directing the M23 rebellion, a charge furiously denied by Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

But in the face of the evidence supplied by the U.N. experts, the Rwandan denials have not convinced Western donors, a number of whom have frozen aid to Kigali.

In the latest move, Britain, Rwanda's largest bilateral donor, said on Friday it was withholding 21 million pounds ($34 million) of budget support.

The U.N. Security Council also added two more M23 commanders, Baudoin Ngaruye and Innocent Kaina, to the U.N. Congo sanctions list, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, posted on Twitter on Friday.

"We condemn the actions of the #M23 & those who support them," Rice said.

The Security Council said in a statement in August that U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay had named the men among a group of M23 commanders who were linked to past atrocities and presented the gravest risk to civilians.

The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders said the fighting leading to the fall of Goma last week had injured hundreds of people and displaced thousands from their homes. Fighting had also taken place at other locations around Goma, such as Masisi.

President Kabila, who faces resistance from within his own military to a peace with the rebels, has said he is ready to listen to the insurgents' grievances, if they leave Goma. But M23 has expressed skepticism about the offer.

The rebels said initially that they had taken up arms over what they cited as the government's failure to respect a March 23, 2009, peace agreement that envisaged their integration into the army.

They have since broadened the scope of their movement, declaring their aim to "liberate" the entire Central African nation and oust Kabila.

On Thursday, Congo's new head of land forces, Lieutenant-General Francois Olenga, said only war could end the rebellion in the east by the Tutsi-led insurgents.

Humanitarian agencies have said that more than 5 million people have died from conflict, hunger or disease in Congo since 1998.

Rwanda has twice invaded its western neighbor Congo over the past two decades, at one point sparking a conflict dubbed "Africa's World War" that drew in several countries.

It has justified its interventions by arguing that it was forced to act against hostile Rwandan Hutu fighters who fled to Congo after the 1994 Rwandan genocide that saw 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus killed by Hutu soldiers and militia. ($1 = 0.6236 British pounds)

(Additional reporting by Kenny Butunka and Njuwa Maina in Goma, Richard Lough and Jonny Hogg in Nairobi, and Stephanie Ulmer-Nebehay in Geneva.; Writing by Ed Stoddard and Pascal Fletcher; Editing by Toni Reinhold)

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Lemur Love: How Daughters Avoid Mating With Dad

Tiny nocturnal lemurs recognize their dad's cries amid the other sounds of the nighttime Madagascar forests, a new study finds. The research is the first to show that solitary animals may avoid inbreeding by keeping an ear out for familiar voices.

Previous studies have found that animals living in complex social groups have no trouble recognizing their own kin's calls, particularly the sounds of maternal relatives. Even goat mamas keep a long-term memory for their baby's calls, according to a study published earlier this year.

But less is known about how animals recognize their father's calls, and the cries of the relatives on dad's side of the family. Likewise, researchers know very little about how solitary-living animals avoid inbreeding with dad's side of the family.

That's where the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) comes in. These cartoonishly cute?lemurs are raised by their mothers without help from dad. When they grow up, they head out of the nest to forage on their own. But male lemurs' ranges are large, and they often overlap with that of their daughters', suggesting the primitive primates have evolved some way to avoid accidentally mating with a relative.

To find out how, researchers led by Arizona State University's Sharon Kessler played male mating calls and alarm cries for 10 adult female gray mouse lemurs housed at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover, Germany. Each lemur heard her father's cries as well as an unrelated male's. The researchers recorded how attentive the lemurs were to each call. For example, an interested lemur might stare at or run over to the speaker playing the call. [Image Gallery: Leaping Lemurs]

The female lemurs paid equal attention to alarm calls from fathers and unrelated males, the researchers report in an upcoming issue of the journal BMC Ecology. But when it came to mating calls, lady lemurs perked up much more at unrelated male's calls. Compared to when they heard a father's cry, the lemurs approached the non-kin speakers faster, sooner and stayed longer looking for the source of the sound.

The take-away, Kessler and her colleagues wrote, is that recognizing dad's voice requires neither a big brain nor a complex social life. In fact, ability to recognize kin may have preceded complex social structures in evolutionary history.

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Israeli official downplays Palestinian UN bid

JERUSALEM (AP) ? Israel's deputy foreign minister downplayed the Palestinians' statehood bid at the United Nations on Thursday, calling their internationally backed quest for global recognition a "virtual move without any substance" that could boomerang against them.

After four years of deadlocked negotiations, the Palestinians plan to ask the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to recognize a non-member state of Palestine in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

The measure, advanced over Israeli and U.S. objections, is expected to pass because the Palestinians have overwhelming support in the assembly and do not face a U.S. veto there as they do in the Security Council.

Backing for the Palestinians' appeal to the U.N. bid came from an unexpected quarter Thursday, when former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying the Palestinian request "is congruent with the basic concept" of the two-state solution.

"Therefore, I see no reason to oppose it," said, according to The Daily Beast news website. An Olmert spokesman did not return a call for comment.

Olmert, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and their teams conducted peace talks in 2007 through early 2009, but never clinched a deal.

The U.S. and Israel mounted an aggressive campaign to head off the General Assembly vote.

In a last-ditch move Wednesday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns made a personal appeal to Abbas, promising that President Barack Obama would re-engage as a mediator in 2013 if Abbas abandoned the statehood effort. The Palestinian leader refused, according to Abbas' aide Saeb Erekat.

For Abbas, the U.N. bid is crucial if he wants to maintain his leadership and relevance. The Islamic militant group's standing in the Arab world has risen as changes sweep the region, while Abbas' Fatah movement, which governs the West Bank, has been sidelined and marginalized.

Israel, meanwhile, focused on lining up European powers against the bid. But France and other European nations have lined up behind the Palestinians, Germany announced Thursday that it would abstain and Britain indicated it might do the same.

Still, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon insisted Thursday that "the Palestinians will come out the losers in the end."

The statehood bid, he told Army Radio, constitutes a "serious violation" of peace accords between the two sides. Israel will consequently feel itself "less bound" by those agreements, and could respond by withholding funds or security cooperation from the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, he said.

"In my opinion, it's a losing proposition," Ayalon said. "It's a virtual move without any substance."

The Israeli government argues that the Palestinians can only win a state through negotiations with Israel and maintains the U.N. appeal violates peace accords by sidestepping talks.

However, Ron Pundak, one of the architects of those mid-1990s accords, told Army Radio on Thursday that the agreements contained no provision blocking such a move.

The Palestinians are turning to the General Assembly a year after they failed to muster Security Council to recognize "Palestine" as a full-fledged U.N. member.

Intense Israeli and U.S. lobbying against that earlier bid buried it. But this year, the Palestinians have been helped by another year of stalemate and perhaps more important, changes in the Arab world that have strengthened the Palestinian Authority's militant Hamas rivals, who oppose negotiations with Israel.

European nations have been more receptive to this latest bid, in the hope of bolstering the authority's moderate president, Mahmoud Abbas, who governs the West Bank. Abbas champions negotiations, but his stature at home has suffered because of his failure to deliver a state through diplomacy during his eight-year tenure.

General Assembly recognition of an independent state of Palestine will not actually deliver a state, end the Israeli occupation or reunify the Palestinians, who are ruled by dueling governments in the West Bank and Gaza.

But the Palestinians hope U.N. recognition will add weight to their claims for an independent homeland and say they hope to leverage it to resume negotiations.

The Palestinians are going to the U.N. on an emotionally charged date. On Nov. 29, 1947, the U.N. decided to partition what was then British-ruled Palestine into Jewish and Arab territories. Jewish leaders accepted the plan, but Arabs rejected it, and the Palestinians were left without a state.

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Senior House Republican sees income tax hikes in fiscal deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small but growing number of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives believe tax hikes on the rich like those favored by President Barack Obama will be part of a final deal to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff.

"I wouldn't have a problem with letting those tax rates go up," provided they are coupled with spending cuts, Representative Mike Simpson of Idaho told Reuters Thursday.

A similar sentiment expressed by about a half-dozen House Republicans in recent days likely will increase pressure on their party's congressional leadership to reach a bipartisan agreement with Obama and his fellow Democrats.

For weeks, the fight over whether to raise taxes on the wealthy - those families with net incomes above $250,000 - has dominated the debate on averting the fiscal cliff, which is a combination of steeper tax hikes and spending cuts due to begin in January unless Congress and Obama find an alternative plan.

Simpson, a seven-term veteran, said that raising taxes on the rich "wouldn't be my preferred way to do it. But elections have consequences," referring to Obama's re-election earlier this month.

Another senior Republican lawmaker, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters that a Democratic bill, which passed the Senate in July and would raise income taxes on families with net incomes above $250,000, could pass his chamber if it got to the floor.

The lawmaker said he was confident, however, that House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, would not allow this bill to be brought to the House floor for a vote, explaining: "It may be popular" but "it's class warfare."

Republican Representative Steve King said he and fellow conservatives could live with raising taxes. "Conservatives might be able to figure how they can go home and rationalize a vote that included a revenue increase and or a tax rate increase," King said.

The lawmakers' remarks came a day after initial cracks in what had been Republican unity against any income tax increases.

On Wednesday, Representative Tom Cole said it was time to extend tax cuts for everyone making up to $250,000 to "secure" those rates for most Americans.

Another conservative House Republican, Representative Tim Scott, a first-term congressman, said that such a measure "could pass the House," according to Scott's spokesman. The aide added that Scott does not support legislation raising taxes on the rich, however.

(Additional reporting by Kim Dixon; Editing by Fred Barbash and Cynthia Osterman)

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Camera trap photo of rare cat wins prize

ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2012) ? A photograph taken by Wildlife Conservation Society scientists of a little known Bolivian cat species called an oncilla has won a BBC Wildlife camera-trap photo competition.

The photo, which won the New Discoveries category, documents the first-known occurrence of this extremely rare spotted cat in Madidi National Park.

The Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) occurs across the Amazon and along the tropical Andes. About the size of a house cat, they are the smallest cat species of South America's lowlands. Very little is known about their life history.

WCS researchers Guido Ayala, Maria Viscarra, and Robert Wallace submitted the photo taken last July during camera trap surveys of jaguars and other wildlife living in Madidi -- considered to be among the most biodiverse protected areas on the planet.

More than 1,300 entries were submitted from around the world. The winning entry received ?1,000 (approximately $1,500), courtesy of Paramo Directional Clothing Systems and the World Land Trust.

The new record for oncilla in Madidi pushes the number of confirmed cat species in the park to six with at least two more waiting to be confirmed. Madidi National Park contains 11 percent of the world's birds, more than 200 species of mammals, almost 300 types of fish, and 12,000 plant varieties. The 19,000 square-kilometer (7,335 square mile) park is known for its array of altitudinal gradients and habitats from lowland tropical forests of the Amazon to snow-capped peaks of the High Andes.

The Greater Madidi-Tambopata Landscape Conservation Program aims to develop local capacity to conserve the landscape and mitigate a variety of threats, including road construction, logging, and agricultural expansion.

WCS's work in the Madidi-Tambopata Landscape has been made possible by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the blue moon fund, the Beneficia Foundation, the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, and other generous supporters.

The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth.

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, established in 2000, seeks to advance environmental conservation, patient care and scientific research. The goal of the Foundation's Andes-Amazon Initiative is to maintain the climatic function and biodiversity of the Amazon Basin by promoting forest conservation and addressing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation.

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Wired SKorea to stem digital addiction from age 3

In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 photo, smartphones collected from students are placed in a plastic basket during a class at Chilbo elementary school in Suwon, South Korea. Students agreed to hand in their smartphones when they arrive at school in the morning and get them back when they leave for home after classes. Across the entire population, South Korea?s government estimated 2.55 million people are addicted to smartphones, using the devices for 8 hours a day or more, in its first survey of smartphone addiction released earlier this year. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 photo, smartphones collected from students are placed in a plastic basket during a class at Chilbo elementary school in Suwon, South Korea. Students agreed to hand in their smartphones when they arrive at school in the morning and get them back when they leave for home after classes. Across the entire population, South Korea?s government estimated 2.55 million people are addicted to smartphones, using the devices for 8 hours a day or more, in its first survey of smartphone addiction released earlier this year. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 photo, South Korean students check their smartphones after classes at Bibong Middle School in Hwaseong, South Korea. Students agreed to hand in their smartphones when they arrive at school in the morning and get them back when they leave for home after classes. Across the entire population, South Korea?s government estimated 2.55 million people are addicted to smartphones, using the devices for 8 hours a day or more, in its first survey of smartphone addiction released earlier this year. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 photo, a passenger plays a game with a smartphone on a subway in Seoul, South Korea. Across the entire population, South Korea?s government estimated 2.55 million people are addicted to smartphones, using the devices for 8 hours a day or more, in its first survey of smartphone addiction released earlier this year. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

In this Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 photo, passengers operate their smartphones on a subway in Seoul, South Korea. Across the entire population, South Korea?s government estimated 2.55 million people are addicted to smartphones, using the devices for 8 hours a day or more, in its first survey of smartphone addiction released earlier this year. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 photo, Park Jung-in, an 11-year-old South Korean, shows her smartphone after a lecture about how to prevent smartphone addictions at Chilbo elementary school in Suwon, South Korea. Across the entire population, South Korea?s government estimated 2.55 million people are addicted to smartphones, using the devices for 8 hours a day or more, in its first survey of smartphone addiction released earlier this year. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Park Jung-in, an 11-year-old South Korean, sleeps with her Android smartphone instead of a teddy bear. When the screen beams with a morning alarm, she wakes up, picks up her glasses and scrolls through tens of unread messages from friends, shaking off drowsiness.

Throughout the day, the gadget is in her hands whether she is in school, in the restroom or in the street as she constantly types messages to her friends. Every hour or so, she taps open an application in her phone to feed her digital hamster.

"I get nervous when the battery falls below 20 percent," Park said as she fiddled with the palm-size gadget. "I find it stressful to stay out of the wireless hotspot zone for too long."

In South Korea, where the government provides counseling programs and psychological treatment for an estimated 2 million people who cannot wean themselves from playing online computer games, youngsters such as Park have previously not been considered as potential addicts.

Here and in other parts of Asia, online addiction has long been associated with hardcore gamers who play online games for days on end, isolated from their school, work or family life and blurring the line between the real and fantasy online worlds. In a shocking 2010 case in South Korea, a 3-month-old girl died after being fed just once a day by her parents who were consumed with marathon online game sessions.

Park does not play computer games and in class, she confidently raises her hand to answer a question. She also gets along well with her friends and likes to cook as a hobby. And yet, she set off more than eight red flags on an addiction test, enough to be considered unhealthily dependent on her smartphone. Park is not unique and the government is concerned enough to make it mandatory for children as young as 3 to be schooled in controlling their device and Internet use.

Her obsession with being online is a byproduct of being reared in one of the world's most digitally connected societies where 98 percent of households have broadband Internet and nearly two thirds of people have a smartphone. Being wired is an icon of South Korea's pride in its state-directed transformation from economic backwater to one of Asia's most advanced and wealthy nations. Always seeking an edge, the government plans to digitize all textbooks from 2015 and base all schooling around tablet computers.

But some now fret about the effects that South Korea's digital utopia is having on its children, part of the first generation to play online games on smartphones, tablets and other devices even before they can read and write.

New mobile devices that instantly respond to a touch of a finger seem to make children more restless than before and lack empathy, said Kim Jun-hee, a kindergarten teacher who conducted an eight-month study on Internet safety and addiction education for pre-school children.

"Babies are in a stroller with a smartphone holder. Kids sit in the grocery shopping cart watching movies on the tablet computer," she said. "I've been teaching at kindergartens for more than 10 years now but compared to the past, kids these days are unable to control their impulses."

In Suwon city south of Seoul, students in teacher Han Jeoung-hee's classroom now turn in their smartphones when they arrive at school in the morning.

"Kids forgot to eat lunch, completely absorbed with smartphones and some stayed in the classroom during a PE class," said Han who teaches sixth grade students at Chilbo elementary school. Smartphones are put in a plastic basket and returned when kids leave for home after classes.

The National Information Society Agency, or NIA, estimates 160,000 South Korean children between age 5 and 9 are addicted to the Internet either through smartphones, tablet computers or personal computers. Such children appear animated when using gadgets but distracted and nervous when they are cut off from the devices and will forgo eating or going to the toilet so they can continue playing online, according to the agency.

Across the entire population, South Korea's government estimated 2.55 million people are addicted to smartphones, using the devices for 8 hours a day or more, in its first survey of smartphone addiction released earlier this year. Smartphone addicts find it difficult to live without their handsets and their constant use disrupts work and social life, according to NIA. Most of their personal interaction is carried out on the mobile handset. Overuse of smartphones may be accompanied by physical symptoms such as turtle neck syndrome caused by having the head in a constant forward position and a pain or numbness in fingers or wrists.

Though Internet addiction is not recognized as a mental illness, there is a growing call from medical practitioners and health officials worldwide to treat it as an illness rather than a social problem.

The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders lists Internet Use Disorder as meriting further study. It is unclear whether it will be recognized as a mental illness in a major revision of the standard-setting manual due out next year. But as the Internet becomes more pervasive and mobile, more societies are grappling with its downside. In Asia, countries that have experienced explosive growth in the Internet such as Taiwan, China and South Korea are most active in carrying out research into whether Internet addiction should be recognized as a mental illness, according to Lee Hae-kook, a psychiatry professor at Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine.

South Korea already provides taxpayer-funded counselors for those who cannot control their online gaming or other Internet use. But the emergence of the smartphone as a mainstream, must-have device even for children is changing the government's focus to proactive measures from reactive.

South Korea's government is widening efforts to prevent Web and digital addiction in school-age children and preschoolers. Starting next year, South Korean children from the age 3 to 5 will be taught to protect themselves from overusing digital gadgets and the Internet.

Nearly 90 percent children from that age group will learn at kindergartens how to control their exposure to digital devices and the danger of staying online for long hours. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security is revising laws so that teaching the danger of Internet addiction becomes mandatory from pre-school institutions to high schools.

Kim, the kindergarten teacher, said educating children against digital and web addiction should start early because smartphones are their new toys.

From next year, her program for 3-year-olds will focus on introducing them to the positive activities they can do with the computers, such listening to music. Children aged 4 and 5, will learn the dangers of overuse and how to control their desire to use computers.

Programs also include making and learning the moves for "computer exercises" and singing songs with lyrics that instruct kids to close their eyes and stretch their bodies after playing computer games. They read fairy tales where a character falls prey to Internet addiction and learn alternative games they can play without computers or the Internet.

Kim said parents have to be involved in the education. One of the pledge cards written by a 5-year-old girl reads: "I promise to play Nintendo for 30 minutes only. Daddy promises to play less cellphone games and play more with me."

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AMD planning to sell and lease back its Texas campus to scratch out a few extra bucks

Cash-strapped businesses who just can't keep winking at their bank managers are turning to their real-estate assets for a little extra bread. AMD, no stranger to the process, is pondering flogging and leasing back its 58-acre Texas campus for around $200 million. Perhaps it could shack up with Nokia and Sharp in a Starbucks branch until its current woes abate.

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Implantable silk optics multi-task in body: Dissolvable micro-mirrors enhance imaging, administer heat, deliver and monitor drugs

ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2012) ? Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have demonstrated silk-based implantable optics that offer significant improvement in tissue imaging while simultaneously enabling photo thermal therapy, administering drugs and monitoring drug delivery. The devices also lend themselves to a variety of other biomedical functions.

Biodegradable and biocompatible, these tiny mirror-like devices dissolve harmlessly at predetermined rates and require no surgery to remove them.

The technology is the brainchild of a research team led by Fiorenzo Omenetto, Frank C. Doble Professor of Engineering at Tufts. For several years, Omenetto; David L. Kaplan, Stern Family Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering chair, and their colleagues have been exploring ways to leverage silk's optical capabilities with its capacity as a resilient, biofriendly material that can stabilize materials while maintaining their biochemical functionality.

The technology is described in the paper "Implantable Multifunctional Bioresorbable Optics," published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online Early Edition the week of November 12, 2012.

"This work showcases the potential of silk to bring together form and function. In this case an implantable optical form -- the mirror -- can go beyond imaging to serve multiple biomedical functions," Omenetto says.

Turning Silk into Mirrors

To create the optical devices, the Tufts bioengineers poured a purified silk protein solution into molds of multiple micro-sized prism reflectors, or microprism arrays (MPAs). They pre-determined the rates at which the devices would dissolve in the body by regulating the water content of the solution during processing. The cast solution was then air dried to form solid silk films in the form of the mold. The resulting silk sheets were much like the reflective tape found on safety garments or on traffic signs.

When implanted, these MPAs reflected back photons that are ordinarily lost with reflection-based imaging technologies, thereby enhancing imaging, even in deep tissue.

The researchers tested the devices using solid and liquid "phantoms" (materials that mimic the scattering that occurs when light passes through human tissue). The tiny mirror-like devices reflected substantially stronger optical signals than implanted silk films that had not been formed as MPAs.

Preventing Infection, Fighting Cancer

The Tufts researchers also demonstrated the silk mirrors' potential to administer therapeutic treatments.

In one experiment, the researchers mixed gold nanoparticles in the silk protein solution before casting the MPAs. They then implanted the gold-silk mirror under the skin of mice. When illuminated with green laser light, the nanoparticles converted light to heat. Similar in-vitro experiments showed that the devices inhibited bacterial growth while maintaining optical performance.

The team also embedded the cancer-fighting drug doxorubicin in the MPAs. The embedded drug remained active even at high temperatures (60 degree C), underscoring the ability of silk to stabilize chemical and biological dopants.

When exposed to enzymes in vitro, the doxorubicin was released as the mirror gradually dissolved. The amount of reflected light decreased as the mirror degraded, allowing the researchers to accurately assess the rate of drug delivery.

"The important implication here is that using a single biofriendly, resorbable device one could image a site of interest, such as a tumor, apply therapy as needed and then monitor the progress of the therapy," says Omenetto.

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office east bank crime report, Nov. 27 ...

This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for the east bank of Jefferson Parish. Locations are approximate due to automated location methods and address inconsistencies, the Sheriff's Office says. Burglar alarm calls are excluded.
17th Street and North Hullen Street - Nov. 26, 7:42 p.m., vehicle wreck.
1st District - Nov. 26, 12:33 p.m., theft.
3000 block of 6th Street - Nov. 26, 10:00 a.m., vehicle burglary.
Airline Drive and South Causeway Boulevard - Nov. 26, 3:16 p.m., vehicle wreck.
1000 block of North Arnoult Road - Nov. 26, 3:30 p.m., suspicious person.
2700 block of North Arnoult Road - Nov. 26, 1:50 p.m., vehicle burglary.
5200 block of Blk Mounes Street - Nov. 26, 1:17 p.m., vehicle wreck.
1300 block of Blk Myrtle Street - Nov. 26, 11:12 p.m., suspicious person.
1200 block of Blk Neyrey Drive - Nov. 26, 7:41 a.m., suspicious person.
2300 block of Blk Neyrey Drive - Nov. 26, 7:37 p.m., illegal discharge of weapon.
6600 block of Blk Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 11:18 a.m., vehicle wreck.
6900 block of Blk Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 10:52 a.m., vehicle wreck.
8600 block of Blk Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 3:03 a.m., suspicious person.
Burnell Court and West Napoleon Avenue - Nov. 26, 8:13 p.m., suspicious person.
1600 block of Carrollton Avenue - Nov. 26, 5:53 p.m., auto theft.
600 block of Carrollton Avenue - Nov. 26, 2:38 a.m., vehicle wreck.
Carrollton Avenue and Lilac Street - Nov. 26, 7:54 a.m., vehicle wreck.
2300 block of Caswell Lane - Nov. 26, 7:37 p.m., battery.
North Causeway Boulevard and 17th Street - Nov. 26, 5:07 p.m., vehicle wreck.
North Causeway Boulevard and Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 7:39 a.m., suspicious person.
North Causeway Boulevard and West Metairie Avenue North - Nov. 26, 6:00 a.m., vehicle wreck.
North Causeway Boulevard and West Napoleon Avenue - Nov. 26, 2:25 a.m., suspicious person.
1300 block of Choctaw Avenue - Nov. 26, 11:05 a.m., criminal damage.
1200 block of South Clearview Parkway - Nov. 26, 8:02 p.m., suspicious person.
1600 block of Clearview Parkway - Nov. 26, 2:12 p.m., criminal damage.
Clearview Parkway and Airline Drive - Nov. 26, 7:41 a.m., vehicle wreck.
South Clearview Parkway and Mounes Street - Nov. 26, 3:28 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Clearview Parkway and Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 11:12 a.m., vehicle wreck.
Cleary Avenue and Barron Street - Nov. 26, 6:15 p.m., vehicle wreck.
900 block of South Cumberland Street - Nov. 26, 12:23 p.m., disturbing the peace.
David Drive and Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 2:27 p.m., vehicle wreck.
David Drive and West Metairie Avenue - Nov. 26, 11:03 a.m., vehicle wreck.
Edenborn Avenue and Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 3:38 p.m., vehicle wreck.
4600 block of West Esplanade Avenue - Nov. 26, 2:48 p.m., theft.
West Esplanade Avenue and Houma Boulevard - Nov. 26, 7:43 p.m., vehicle wreck.
West Esplanade Avenue and Senac Drive - Nov. 26, 6:19 p.m., suspicious person.
Glendale Street and Power Boulevard - Nov. 26, 1:46 p.m., vehicle wreck.
4600 block of Grammar Avenue - Nov. 26, 11:45 p.m., burglary.
4000 block of Haring Road - Nov. 26, 8:12 a.m., vehicle wreck.
5200 block of Hearst Avenue - Nov. 26, 9:19 p.m., battery.
500 block of Hector Avenue - Nov. 26, 12:07 p.m., vehicle burglary.
2200 block of Houma Boulevard - Nov. 26, 1:23 p.m., battery.
Interstate 10 and Clearview Parkway - Nov. 26, 8:30 a.m., vehicle wreck.
3900 block of South Interstate 10 Service Road West - Nov. 26, 5:29 a.m., suspicious person.
4500 block of James Drive - Nov. 26, 6:03 a.m., vehicle wreck.
1000 block of Jefferson Highway - Nov. 26, 6:05 p.m., theft.
200 block of Jefferson Highway - Nov. 26, 6:56 p.m., theft.
4000 block of Jefferson Highway - Nov. 26, 8:07 a.m., business burglary.
4500 block of Jefferson Highway - Nov. 26, 7:47 p.m., suspicious person.
2700 block of Judith Street - Nov. 26, 7:37 p.m., residence burglary.
4500 block of Kent Avenue - Nov. 26, 12:35 p.m., vehicle burglary.
Labarre Road and Airline Drive - Nov. 26, 11:53 a.m., vehicle wreck.
Lake Villa Drive and North Interstate 10 Service Road West - Nov. 26, 5:05 p.m., vehicle wreck.
4400 block of Ligustrum Street - Nov. 26, 8:59 a.m., disturbing the peace.
200 block of Madelyn Lane - Nov. 26, 3:51 a.m., disturbing the peace.
West Metairie Avenue and Elise Avenue - Nov. 26, 4:17 p.m., vehicle wreck.
West Metairie Avenue North and Severn Avenue - Nov. 26, 4:38 a.m., suspicious person.
3500 block of Metairie Heights Avenue - Nov. 26, 11:49 a.m., theft.
3500 block of Metairie Heights Avenue - Nov. 26, 1:22 p.m., theft.
1200 block of Metairie Road - Nov. 26, 9:24 a.m., theft.
1200 block of Metairie Road - Nov. 26, 9:38 a.m., theft.
2300 block of Metairie Road - Nov. 26, 11:16 a.m., vehicle burglary.
West Napoleon Avenue and Airline Park Boulevard - Nov. 26, 5:57 p.m., vehicle wreck.
West Napoleon Avenue and North Causeway Boulevard - Nov. 26, 7:11 p.m., suspicious person.
800 block of Newman Avenue - Nov. 26, 8:00 p.m., residence burglary.
4000 block of Newton Street - Nov. 26, 10:34 a.m., criminal damage.
100 block of East Oakridge Pk - Nov. 26, 7:27 a.m., auto theft.
100 block of East Oakridge Pk - Nov. 26, 11:10 a.m., vehicle burglary.
100 block of East Oakridge Pk - Nov. 26, 12:38 p.m., auto theft.
200 block of West Oakridge Pk - Nov. 26, 7:28 a.m., auto theft.
200 block of West Oakridge Pk - Nov. 26, 7:56 a.m., vehicle burglary.
200 block of West Oakridge Pk - Nov. 26, 10:19 a.m., vehicle burglary.
Peggy Avenue and Jean Street - Nov. 26, 1:23 p.m., suspicious person.
4500 block of Purdue Drive - Nov. 26, 5:45 p.m., residence burglary.
3600 block of Ridgeway Drive - Nov. 26, 4:40 p.m., vehicle burglary.
3700 block of Ridgeway Drive - Nov. 26, 9:12 a.m., vehicle burglary.
3900 block of Ridgeway Drive - Nov. 26, 8:48 a.m., vehicle burglary.
Ridgewood Drive and Crestmont Drive - Nov. 26, 12:51 a.m., suspicious person.
6200 block of Riverside Drive - Nov. 26, 12:06 a.m., battery.
6200 block of Riverside Drive - Nov. 26, 9:30 a.m., residence burglary.
6200 block of Riverside Drive - Nov. 26, 11:03 a.m., burglary.
6300 block of Riverside Drive - Nov. 26, 10:39 p.m., battery.
3500 block of Sam Lenoux Street - Nov. 26, 1:44 p.m., disturbing the peace.
4800 block of Thrush Street - Nov. 26, 3:37 p.m., battery.
3700 block of Tolmas Drive - Nov. 26, 7:51 a.m., vehicle burglary.
Transcontinental Drive and Zenith Street - Nov. 26, 8:32 p.m., vehicle wreck.
500 block of Tucker Avenue - Nov. 26, 4:55 p.m., suspicious person.
1700 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 2:47 p.m., theft.
2300 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 3:35 p.m., vehicle burglary.
3300 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 5:43 p.m., suspicious person.
3500 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 9:24 a.m., business burglary.
4400 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 4:48 p.m., criminal damage.
5200 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 8:33 a.m., criminal damage.
6200 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 2:05 p.m., vehicle burglary.
6900 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 11:03 a.m., vehicle wreck.
7000 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 5:14 p.m., theft.
7100 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard - Nov. 26, 1:00 p.m., vehicle burglary.
Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Melody Drive - Nov. 26, 2:51 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Transcontinental Drive - Nov. 26, 3:45 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Village East Street and South Clearview Parkway - Nov. 26, 7:14 p.m., suspicious person.
500 block of Waldo Street - Nov. 26, 3:30 p.m., residence burglary.
William Avenue and Louis Avenue - Nov. 26, 9:10 p.m., suspicious person.

Source: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/11/jefferson_parish_sheriffs_offi_1168.html

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Should pay attention to three whitening details | Health and Fitness ...

Skin whitening methods is very important, can not rely on external whitening, life has a lot to achieve skin health through diet, daily routine to achieve the maintenance of the skin, which is more effective whitening skin whitening method was the same time? Most in need of noting what is it? Share the whitening should pay attention to three details.

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Baidu Is Building Its Mobile Strategy But Says Don?t Discount PC Yet

Baidu shares have fallen 18% over the last quarter as investors worry that the search giant won?t be able to monetize its mobile business quickly enough to outpace domestic competitors like Qihoo 360 and Tencent Holdings. But Baidu, known as China?s Google, is confident that it will be able to remake itself as a platform provider for both mobile and PC.

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Facebook Censors Picture Of Woman's Elbow That Looks Like A Breast (PHOTO)

Facebook has something against elbows -- at least, elbows that somewhat resemble bare breasts.

That was the conclusion of a recent Facebook experiment perpetrated by the operators of the Theories of the Deep Understanding of Things (TOTDUOT) Tumblr set out to show the error of the social media giant's censor-happy ways.

In order to prove their point, the people behind the Tumblr posted a photo that showed a woman in a bathtub, her elbows propped up on the sudsy sides. However, at first glance, one of the elbows could be confused for the "giant left breast on a one-armed woman," as the Daily Dot writes.

Facebook only gave it the one glance.

On Sunday, within 24 hours of its posting, the photo was removed and an email was sent to TOTDUOT, notifying the group that their picture had violated the site's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. In Article 3 (Safety), Section 7 of the code, Facebook states, "You will not post content that: is hate speech, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence."

"FB moderators can't tell an elbow from a dangerous, filthy, uncanny and violent female breast," TOTDUOT wrote in response to the picture's removal. "No questions were asked the and the post is down > Imagine our surprise."

After Gawker wrote about the censoring on Monday, Facebook sent a statement to the site apologizing for the error.

Just wanted to reach out and let you know that we have restored the photo. We made a mistake and sent an apology to the original poster.

Facebook's Article 3 (Safety), Section 7 has provoked protest in the past, especially in regards to the censorship of photos of breastfeeding mothers.

In February, a small group of women conducted a "nurse-in" inside the building that houses Facebook's NYC office, demanding that the site stop taking down their breastfeeding shots, Metro notes.

"Facebook receives hundreds of thousands of reports every week, and as you might expect, occasionally we make a mistake and remove a piece of content we shouldn't," a Facebook representative told Metro at the time. "When this happens, we work quickly to address it by apologizing to the people affected and making any necessary changes to our processes to ensure the same type of mistakes do not continue to be made. We encourage people to re-upload the photos they believe were removed in error."

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Human Resources Job Titles-The Ultimate Guide

HR?s career ladder is never quite clear. So who cares? Human resources job titles mean nothing, right?

Climbing the career ladder of HR job titles?

Wrong. Even if you really don?t care about it, others will judge you for better or worse the instant they see your job title. Today we?ll look at some of the various common titles as well as some career development choices you?ll have to make as an HR pro (generalist, specialist, or recruiting tracks).

Table of Contents

1. List of HR Job Titles and Duties
2. Progressing Up the Ladder
3. Specialist vs. Generalist
4. Recruiting-HR?s Cousin
5. Education?s Role
6. Additional Resources on HR Job Titles and Careers

List of Human Resources Job Titles and Duties

• HR Assistant/Intern-Performs lower level, repetitive HR tasks. Takes direction from senior HR staff. More info on this specific role in the Entry Level HR Jobs guide.
• HR Specialist/Generalist/Administrator-Performs tasks within a range of focus areas and of varying complexity. (See chart below for different career tracks of specialist and generalist.)
• HR Manager-Manages HR department staff and accomplishes high level HR activities reserved for senior level staff (negotiating with vendors, creating policies, etc.).
• HR Director-In some companies this position is very similar to the HR Manager role. The key difference is that in smaller companies the HR director can report directly to the CEO.
• VP of HR-Normally seen only in mid-size or larger companies, this is a top level HR position. Decisions are made at high levels with significant impact to the organization. Strategically focused.
• Chief HR Officer (CHRO)-Normally seen only in mid-size or larger companies, this is a top level HR position. Decisions are made at high levels with significant impact to the organization. Strategically focused. Works with other ?C-suite? individuals to develop HR plans affecting the entire company.

Human Resources Job Titles-Progressing Up the Ladder

Check out the diagram below for a general idea of the career progression for an HR pro. The basic idea (in my opinion) is the higher up the chain you go, the less hands-on HR work you do (recruiting, employee relations, etc.) and the more strategic you get (negotiating with vendors, working to forecast staffing levels and recruiting plans, etc.). Also, the higher you go, the bigger the decision-making power and impact.

In a small company like mine as the solo HR person, I could claim just about any title, but in reality I am doing everything HR-related, so my current title of HR Generalist is actually more accurate. If I had a manager between me and the CEO, they would be the HR Director or HR Manager, then it would go up from there if there were more layers to the HR ?cake.? Once we bring in a new HR assistant (hopefully sometime in 2013), I?ll be moving into an HR manager role.

If you are moving into a higher level HR role (especially at a new, unfamiliar company), this article on questions to ask management?would be especially helpful.

HR Job Title Career Progression Diagram

One thing to note is the split after the first row. There are numerous career tracks, and there are rarely two people who follow the exact same path. I talk more on those in the next few sections of this article.

Human Resources Job Titles-Specialist vs. Generalist

Do you want to be a specialist or a generalist? It depends on a number of factors, including personal preference. Some people love training and development. Others want to work in labor relations. If that?s your calling, then by all means go for it and find a job that will sustain your passion for HR in that niche. Company size can also affect the call toward either side of the spectrum.

A smaller company will want a generalist that can handle the variety of tasks that fall under the HR umbrella. It?s a big reason I targeted a small company to work for.

Larger companies need subject matter experts. As an example, they want someone who doesn?t just have a grasp on the Family Medical Leave Act-they want someone who can tell them the nuances of it, where their legal risk might be, and how to develop training to ensure managers handle it well.

There?s no right or wrong answer here. I thought for a while that I wanted to be a specialist, but I?ve come to see that being a generalist (at this point, at least) is exactly what I was made to do.

Recruiting-HR?s Cousin

This is a question I get quite a few times, so I wanted to cover it here. For a new HR pro, recruiting can be a differentiation tool. Learning to recruit and source candidates is a highly marketable skill, and it can set you apart from other candidates all other things being equal.

One word of caution-I?ve worked with people who spent years in recruiting roles who wanted to move to HR, but their extensive recruiting experience pigeonholed them as a ?recruiter,? not as an HR pro. I would say that there is a limit to how many years you can work as a recruiter and still be a viable candidate for HR positions.

I?ve seen it work out okay for a friend with ~2 years of recruiting experience to come back into the HR realm. It?s going to vary based on your own experience and resume, but just something to keep in mind.

Education?s Role

So getting a degree in HR and leaping into the marketplace is a surefire way to success, right?

Not necessarily.

HR?s a field that is strange because so many people ?fall into? it. Someone is tasked with an HR action, and soon they find themselves working through all of the HR activities without ever planning to be in that position. They may have a degree in Art Appreciation, Business, or nothing at all.That variety makes this field interesting.

If you plan to follow a traditional career path and work your way up intentionally, you can get a leg up on the competition to get into your first HR role if you do have a degree.

Once you?re in HR, an advanced degree can help you continue moving into higher roles. In some companies, an MBA or Master?s degree in a business/HR concentration may be required for advancement to the top levels mentioned in the sections above (VP, CHRO, etc.).

Certifications can help as well. If you get your PHR or SPHR, that can help you to be a stronger candidate for jobs or promotions. Check out the article linked below for how much money you can make with an HR certification. Let?s be clear-getting an HR degree or even a certification guarantees you nothing. If you are not willing to fight for the role you want, those pieces of paper won?t do it for you.?

Additional Resources

(After I finished writing I went looking for some additional resources. I ran across the following and wanted to share since it covered some good info.)

The Generalist

HR generalists have a broad spectrum of responsibilities: staffing the organization, training and developing employees at all levels, managing a diverse workforce, maintaining a fair and equitable compensation program, developing personnel policies and procedures, planning ways to meet the human resource needs of the future, and ensuring that internal policies and programs conform to all laws that affect the workplace.

Entry-level generalist positions are often titled human resource/personnel assistant and support the work of the whole department. Examples of generalist job titles include HR business partner; HR generalist; HR department or branch manager; chief HR officer; people services specialist or manager.

The Specialist

Larger organizations require specialists with technical knowledge and skills in specific areas of human resource management. The five most common areas of specialization are described here. Entry-level positions often fall within these specialties. Opportunities in these areas are more likely to be found in larger organizations.

Workforce Planning and Employment

The typical entry-level positions are often called interviewer or recruiter. The work includes implementing the organization?s recruiting strategy, interviewing applicants, administering pre-employment tests, assisting with conducting background investigations, and processing transfers, promotions and terminations. Examples of job titles in this specialty area are chief talent manager or officer; recruiter; recruitment and retention specialist or manager; staffing specialist or manager.

HR Development

The typical entry-level position may be a training or orientation/ on-boarding specialist. The work consists of conducting training sessions, administering on-the-job training programs, evaluating training programs and maintaining necessary records of employee participation in all training and development programs. Such training responsibilities may involve specific fields such as sales techniques or safety programs. Career planning and counseling are becoming increasingly important activities in this field, as are responsibilities for human resource planning and organizational development. Examples of job titles in this specialty area are trainer; employee development specialist or manager; leadership development specialist or manager; organizational development (OD) specialist or manager.

Total Rewards

Entry-level positions are typically salary administrators, compensation analysts and benefits administrators. Responsibilities in compensation include analyzing job duties, writing job descriptions, performing job evaluations and job analysis, and conducting and analyzing compensation surveys. Benefits professionals may develop detailed data analysis of benefits programs, administer benefits plans and monitor benefits costs. They may be responsible for oversight of vendors or partners to whom these functions have been outsourced. Example job titles in this specialty area are compensation and administrative services specialist; benefits analyst; compensation specialist or manager.

Employee and Labor Relations

Entry-level positions include labor relations specialist, plan personnel assistant or employee relations specialist. In union environments, these positions involve interpreting union contracts, helping to negotiate collective bargaining agreements, resolving grievances and advising supervisors on union contract interpretation. In non-union environments, employee relations specialists perform a variety of generalist duties and may also deal with employee grievances, employee involvement or engagement programs and other employee relations work. Examples of titles in this specialty area are performance management specialist, manager or director; employee advocate; and manager of labor relations.

Risk Management

Safety specialists? responsibilities include developing and administering health and safety programs, conducting safety inspections, maintaining accident records, and preparing government reports in order to maintain compliance obligations under the law. Security specialists are responsible for maintaining a secure work facility to protect the organization?s confidential information and property, and the well-being of all employees. Employee assistance program counselors and medical program administrators also work within this function. Examples of titles in this specialty area are safety officer; risk management specialist or manager; and OSHA manager. Other specialists? responsibilities don?t fall neatly into one functional area. Human resource information systems (HRIS) specialists manage the computerized flow of information and reports about employees, their benefits and programs.

Some specialists manage global HR?a growing specialty area?while others concentrate on organizational development and meeting the organization?s needs for workers in the future. Still, others pursue HR consultancy or teaching HR in an academic setting. Many options are available, depending on the area of HR that interests you most. Changing specialties within HR can also enhance career development possibilities; at some point in your HR career, you may wish to pursue another area of interest within the field. Source

What about you? What has your career progression looked like? Did you ?fall into? HR or was it an intentional choice?

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The most effective arrange for handling bankruptcy is to avoid it in the first place. Almost certainly the easiest way to protect against monetary difficulties is always to plan ahead and have adequate price savings to drop again on. Most fiscal specialists recommend their customers to maintain a savings account of a minimum of 90 days cash flow.

Study around you are able to about bankruptcy to boost your chances for profitable processing. If you know the regulations, you can steer clear of courts dismissing your scenario or attaching charges. Search on the internet and request professionals for as much suggestions as possible. Also you can utilize your local collection to get Frank Gore Jersey information.

Will not strain your 401K or retirement life strategy, to use the cash to get rid of debts before filing for bankruptcy. Those resources are shielded, therefore you must carry on to them. If you wish to, utilize them to keep up with the payments for your secured lines of credit on the things you want to maintain.

Should you filed for bankruptcy, and now want to restore your credit, be cautious about how you do this. There are several reputable firms available which do desire to help, and definately will. However, in addition there are very many businesses that are just waiting to take advantage of individuals who are in a difficult scenario. So seek information thoroughly, when attempting to use one of these Frank Gore Jersey businesses.

Constantly expose any possessions when you are filing for bankruptcy, even when they are upcoming resources. In case you are in the judge continuing and you also possibly will stand to receive a big settlement, you have to document it or you might go to jail. In case you are in the middle of a big business package where you are in position to make a lot of cash, you need to report that, or you might be responsible for fraud.

Look around Frank Gore Jersey to get a personal bankruptcy attorney. Make use of free consultation services, if your lawyer delivers them. Make certain to look into the attorney?s background. For other kinds of individual bankruptcy advisers, perform the same and make certain they?re certified when your status calls for it. Don?t possibly shell out debt negotiation companies any money up-top and ensure you can pay out based on the end result. Don?t employ someone who doesn?t have excellent referrals or makes you really feel uncomfortable.

Fully familiarize yourself with certain requirements for several types of private individual bankruptcy so, you are able to decide which kind is best fitting for you personally. Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy delivers lower-earnings debtors the capability to liquidate their resources to repay obligations. Section 13 demands you to experience a stable income source so, you could reimburse Frank Gore Jersey outstanding debts as time passes.

Now you have read this write-up in full you are aware that you may have options if you locate your self in excessive debts. Individual bankruptcy is available to help individuals. While using information and facts you gained these days, you should have a clear view of the road you will choose to use clear up your finances.

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Some Tips to Improve Your Credit Scores ? Bnr.Co

Credit scores are essential to any person. They can help you get less expensive bargains on loans and credit contracts. Basically, the better your scores the much better the chances of you getting better offers. Bad scores can do nothing at all excellent to you particularly when dealing businesses that want to look at these scores and assess you from them.

Some would believe that it is difficult to repair or fix credit scores. This is not really that tough to do. There are numerous methods to increase your credit card scores and all that is needed is a little discipline and perseverance on your component. Here are some methods in which you can improve it.

• The best way to increase your score is to spend your dues on time. This could seem straightforward and unhelpful to numerous but this is really the greatest way to improve it. Credit scores reflect your credit and your paying behavior that is why paying on time should be your priority.
• Keeping track of your credit reports and score is also a way to increase on them. Understanding about them lets you know exactly where you stand financially. Also, you can maintain track of inconsistencies and discrepancies that would give you unfavorable comments that would affect your credit scores and credit reports.
• You must use older credit accounts. An older credit card background is good factor when it comes to credit scores. Active accounts give a good effect it.
• You require to be aware of the way you use your credit cards and your credit limits. Both of them are typically used to assess you as this ratio also affects the assessment of credit scores. The decrease this ratio, the better your scores.
• Decide accounts that you have no use of. If you have accounts that you no longer use take the initiative of closing them yourself. This would look far better in credit reports and scores than if the businesses themselves had been the ones who closed your account for you.
• Challenging faulty and unfavorable figures in credit reports could assist your scores. Credit reporting institutions get their data from credit agencies. If there is some thing wrong in the credit reports do your very best to appropriate it immediately.

There are several other things that could help your scores. There are also several other businesses that would supply to do this for you. Even though it is not impossible to do this, there are those that are simply taking advantage of your want. You want vigilance and the understanding that only you can alter it.

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Affiliate Marketing : Make Money Online Fast | Dave In China ? Dave ...

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