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Tina Fey Breaks Car Windshield with Bat
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Description: tina fey tearing into the car
Swinging mad! Tina Fey flies into a rage and smashes up an innocent car...for a skit on David Letterman's talk show, that is
She seems to make a joke out of everything, but for once, Tina Fey actually looks angry.
The 41-year-old comedienne may have broken a car window with a baseball bat today in New York City, but it was, of course, for a comedy skit.
The 30 Rock star used all her muscle to smash up a vehicle outside the Late Show with David Letterman this afternoon
The hilarious brunette couldn't seem to keep a straight face, however, as she gave the car a good whack.
She was all bundled up to fight off the chilly Manhattan winter, wearing a long coat, leather gloves and a purple and grey striped scarf.
Breaking stuff: The 41-year-old actress smashes up a car window in the name of comedy
Upon leaving the studio, she left her jacket unbuttoned to show off the glamorous ensemble she wore underneath.
The actress looked svelte in a stunning black dress which emphasised her tiny waistline and simple black heels.
She clearly has lost the baby weight gained from giving birth to daughter Penelope Athena Richmond last August.
Watch: 136
Description: tina fey tearing into the car
Swinging mad! Tina Fey flies into a rage and smashes up an innocent car...for a skit on David Letterman's talk show, that is
She seems to make a joke out of everything, but for once, Tina Fey actually looks angry.
The 41-year-old comedienne may have broken a car window with a baseball bat today in New York City, but it was, of course, for a comedy skit.
The 30 Rock star used all her muscle to smash up a vehicle outside the Late Show with David Letterman this afternoon
The hilarious brunette couldn't seem to keep a straight face, however, as she gave the car a good whack.
She was all bundled up to fight off the chilly Manhattan winter, wearing a long coat, leather gloves and a purple and grey striped scarf.
Breaking stuff: The 41-year-old actress smashes up a car window in the name of comedy
Upon leaving the studio, she left her jacket unbuttoned to show off the glamorous ensemble she wore underneath.
The actress looked svelte in a stunning black dress which emphasised her tiny waistline and simple black heels.
She clearly has lost the baby weight gained from giving birth to daughter Penelope Athena Richmond last August.
Tina Fey flies into a rage and smashes up an innocent car
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Description: Swinging mad! Tina Fey flies into a rage and smashes up an innocent car...for a skit on David Letterman's talk show, that is
She seems to make a joke out of everything, but for once, Tina Fey actually looks angry.
The 41-year-old comedienne may have broken a car window with a baseball bat today in New York City, but it was, of course, for a comedy skit.
The 30 Rock star used all her muscle to smash up a vehicle outside the Late Show with David Letterman this afternoon
The hilarious brunette couldn't seem to keep a straight face, however, as she gave the car a good whack.
She was all bundled up to fight off the chilly Manhattan winter, wearing a long coat, leather gloves and a purple and grey striped scarf.
Breaking stuff: The 41-year-old actress smashes up a car window in the name of comedy
Upon leaving the studio, she left her jacket unbuttoned to show off the glamorous ensemble she wore underneath.
The actress looked svelte in a stunning black dress which emphasised her tiny waistline and simple black heels.
She clearly has lost the baby weight gained from giving birth to daughter Penelope Athena Richmond last August.
Watch: 205
Description: Swinging mad! Tina Fey flies into a rage and smashes up an innocent car...for a skit on David Letterman's talk show, that is
She seems to make a joke out of everything, but for once, Tina Fey actually looks angry.
The 41-year-old comedienne may have broken a car window with a baseball bat today in New York City, but it was, of course, for a comedy skit.
The 30 Rock star used all her muscle to smash up a vehicle outside the Late Show with David Letterman this afternoon
The hilarious brunette couldn't seem to keep a straight face, however, as she gave the car a good whack.
She was all bundled up to fight off the chilly Manhattan winter, wearing a long coat, leather gloves and a purple and grey striped scarf.
Breaking stuff: The 41-year-old actress smashes up a car window in the name of comedy
Upon leaving the studio, she left her jacket unbuttoned to show off the glamorous ensemble she wore underneath.
The actress looked svelte in a stunning black dress which emphasised her tiny waistline and simple black heels.
She clearly has lost the baby weight gained from giving birth to daughter Penelope Athena Richmond last August.
cesarean section video procedure slide
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Description: c-section
A cesarean birth happens through an incision in the abdominal wall and uterus rather than through the vagina. There has been a gradual increase in cesarean births over the past 30 years. In November of 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the national cesarean birth rate was the highest ever at 29.1%, which is over a quarter of all deliveries. This means that over 1 in 4 women will experience a cesarean birth.
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What can I expect in a Cesarean procedure?
The normal cesarean procedure will take an average of 45 minutes to an hour. The baby is usually delivered in the first 5-15 minutes and the remainder of time is used for closing the incision.
Pre surgery:
Before surgery, you will be given some type of anesthetic (general, spinal, or epidural) if you have not been given one earlier in your labor. General anesthetic is normally only used for emergency cesareans because it is effective immediately and the mother is sedated. The spinal and epidural anesthesia will numb the area from the abdomen to below the waist (sometimes the legs can be numb also), so that nothing can be felt during the procedure. You will probably receive a catheter to collect urine while your lower body is numb.
Surgery:
The health care provider will make an incision in the abdomen wall first. In an emergency cesarean this will most likely be a vertical incision (from the navel to the pubic area) which will allow the health care provider to deliver the baby faster. The most common incision is made horizontally (often called a bikini cut), just above the pubic bone. The muscles in your stomach will not be cut; they will be pulled apart so that the health care provider can get to the uterus.
An incision will then be made into the uterus, horizontally or vertically. The same type of incision does not have to be made in both the abdomen and uterus. The classical incision made vertically, is usually reserved for complicated situations such as placenta previa, emergencies, or babies with abnormalities. A vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is not recommended for women with the classical incision. Another type of incision which is rarely used is the lower segment vertical incision. This would only be used if there were problems with the uterus that would not allow another type of incision to be made. The most common incision made is the low transverse incision. This incision has fewer risks and complications than the others and allows most women to attempt a VBAC in their next pregnancy with little risk of uterine rupture.
The health care provider will suction the amniotic fluid out and then will deliver the baby. Your babies head will be delivered first so that the mouth and nose can be cleaned out to allow for its first breath. Once the whole body is delivered, the baby will be lifted up so that you can meet your newborn. Most health care providers will then pass the baby on to the nurse for evaluation. The last thing to be delivered will be your placenta (you may feel some tugging) and then the surgical team will begin the close up process.
After the Surgery:
Once the surgery is over, you may begin to experience some nausea and trembling. This can be caused by the anesthesia, the effects of your uterus contracting, or from an adrenaline let down. This usually passes quickly and can be followed by some drowsiness. If your baby is healthy, this is usually the time when the baby can rest on your chest and you can begin breastfeeding and bonding. You and your baby will continually be monitored for any complications.
When you are discharged from the hospital you will be advised on the proper post-operative care for your incision and yourself.
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Description: c-section
A cesarean birth happens through an incision in the abdominal wall and uterus rather than through the vagina. There has been a gradual increase in cesarean births over the past 30 years. In November of 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the national cesarean birth rate was the highest ever at 29.1%, which is over a quarter of all deliveries. This means that over 1 in 4 women will experience a cesarean birth.
Your purchase supports the APA
What can I expect in a Cesarean procedure?
The normal cesarean procedure will take an average of 45 minutes to an hour. The baby is usually delivered in the first 5-15 minutes and the remainder of time is used for closing the incision.
Pre surgery:
Before surgery, you will be given some type of anesthetic (general, spinal, or epidural) if you have not been given one earlier in your labor. General anesthetic is normally only used for emergency cesareans because it is effective immediately and the mother is sedated. The spinal and epidural anesthesia will numb the area from the abdomen to below the waist (sometimes the legs can be numb also), so that nothing can be felt during the procedure. You will probably receive a catheter to collect urine while your lower body is numb.
Surgery:
The health care provider will make an incision in the abdomen wall first. In an emergency cesarean this will most likely be a vertical incision (from the navel to the pubic area) which will allow the health care provider to deliver the baby faster. The most common incision is made horizontally (often called a bikini cut), just above the pubic bone. The muscles in your stomach will not be cut; they will be pulled apart so that the health care provider can get to the uterus.
An incision will then be made into the uterus, horizontally or vertically. The same type of incision does not have to be made in both the abdomen and uterus. The classical incision made vertically, is usually reserved for complicated situations such as placenta previa, emergencies, or babies with abnormalities. A vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is not recommended for women with the classical incision. Another type of incision which is rarely used is the lower segment vertical incision. This would only be used if there were problems with the uterus that would not allow another type of incision to be made. The most common incision made is the low transverse incision. This incision has fewer risks and complications than the others and allows most women to attempt a VBAC in their next pregnancy with little risk of uterine rupture.
The health care provider will suction the amniotic fluid out and then will deliver the baby. Your babies head will be delivered first so that the mouth and nose can be cleaned out to allow for its first breath. Once the whole body is delivered, the baby will be lifted up so that you can meet your newborn. Most health care providers will then pass the baby on to the nurse for evaluation. The last thing to be delivered will be your placenta (you may feel some tugging) and then the surgical team will begin the close up process.
After the Surgery:
Once the surgery is over, you may begin to experience some nausea and trembling. This can be caused by the anesthesia, the effects of your uterus contracting, or from an adrenaline let down. This usually passes quickly and can be followed by some drowsiness. If your baby is healthy, this is usually the time when the baby can rest on your chest and you can begin breastfeeding and bonding. You and your baby will continually be monitored for any complications.
When you are discharged from the hospital you will be advised on the proper post-operative care for your incision and yourself.
c-section cesarean section
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Description: Narrator: About 1 in 4 women delivers her baby via cesarean section, or C-section, as it's commonly known. Although vaginal delivery is the natural and preferred method for childbirth, a C-section may be performed for the safety of mother and baby.
Bruce Johnston, M.D.: Preoperatively, the process begins early during the prenatal care if the patient knows she's going to have an elective cesarean section. And then we talk about what she is to expect — the anesthetic or analgesia she's going to receive, the fact that she'll have a Foley catheter in her bladder (to drain urine), and that once she comes into the room, there will be many people in the room, including her scrub nurse, the anesthesiologist, the pediatrician and then the core of people that will actually perform her cesarean section. And we try to advise her what to expect, what times — how long potentially we think on an average time it will take actually to perform the actual cesarean section — and we like not to forget the father. The father is an important part of that and a good caregiver and a good handholder for people who are doing this under regional anesthesia.
Mother: That's kind of tart.
Gurinder Vasdev, M.D.: That was Bicitra, which neutralizes the acid in the stomach, because pregnant women tend to have a little bit more acid in their stomach than normal — and so that if she does feel nauseous or sick during surgery that she's not bringing up acid.
Narrator: Ninety-five percent of women having a planned C-section use regional analgesic for pain control — either an epidural or a spinal block. The other 5 percent use general anesthesia. You'll be made comfortable in a special surgical delivery room and administered pain medication. This video shows a spinal block. Placing a spinal begins with cleaning a small area in your lower back with antiseptic solution.
Dr. Vasdev: We're doing a spinal anesthetic, and we're going to draw up the medication for the spinal anesthetic. For that, we use a combination of a local anesthetic called bupivacaine, and we also add some opiate medication called fentanyl, and morphine — and that gives you analgesia for almost 24 to 48 hours after the C-section, so you don't require any form of IV pain relief.
Narrator: During placement of your spinal, you'll either lie on your side or sit up, and round your back. First an anesthetic is injected to numb the area. You may feel a pinprick when the anesthetic is injected, but the spinal block shouldn't cause any discomfort. Then the analgesic is injected into the sac of fluid surrounding the spinal nerves, below the level of the spinal cord. A spinal block takes effect almost immediately.
The blue shading in this illustration shows the area of your body numbed by the anesthetic.
Dr. Johnston: The total time for a cesarean section varies significantly for people who are having repeat cesarean sections. First, or primary, cesarean sections generally take approximately 30 minutes total.
Narrator: Once the anesthetic has taken effect, your abdomen will be prepped for delivery of your baby. Your doctor will make two incisions, one through your abdominal wall, and another into your uterus.
There are two types of abdominal incisions: vertical and horizontal. Vertical incisions are usually done only in an emergency, from just below your navel to just above the pubic bone.
Horizontal incisions are also called Pfannenstiel incisions, or more commonly, bikini incisions. The horizontal incision is made across the lower abdomen, near the pubic hairline. Bikini incisions are used in most C-sections because they typically heal well, the scar is not easily seen and they may cause less post-delivery discomfort. The initial incision is about 6 inches (15 centimeters) long and cuts through your skin, fat and muscle to get to the uterus, where your baby is. Your doctor uses a special knife that burns, or cauterizes, the tissues to help control bleeding.
Dr. Johnston: When we perform a cesarean section, it's the matter of several little steps. Basically most patients cosmetically are most interested in having an incision that goes across the lower part of their abdomen. It's called a Pfannenstiel incision. And once we make that incision, we go down through the skin and subcutaneous layers. Then we get to the layer of fascia, or connective tissue, that covers up the rectus abdominis muscles. That's incised and then gently separated so that we can actually enter the tummy cavity where the uterus is without cutting any muscles. And then once we do that, we make a little flap underneath the bladder and then make our incision below that — and make it at a location where then if later on if she would desire to have a vaginal birth after her cesarean section, that would be a possibility. Usually in approximately five to 10 minutes we've got the baby delivered, and the rest of the time is suturing and repairing the regional incision site.
Narrator: Because your anesthetic blocks pain but not motion, you'll likely feel some tugging when your baby is pulled out, but it shouldn't hurt. Once the baby is delivered, your doctor will remove the placenta and begin to close the incisions. Internal stitches dissolve and don't need to be removed.
Dr. Johnston: Of course, once we deliver the baby, then the steps are done in reverse, except it's like so many other things, it takes longer to repair than it originally did to make the incision. So we do the steps just backward and repair the incision in the uterus. Then we sequentially repair the body wall, which is done in two or three steps, and then either suture or staple the skin edges — which, if they're stapled, the staples are removed before the patient goes home approximately 72 to 96 hours later.
A cesarean birth happens through an incision in the abdominal wall and uterus rather than through the vagina. There has been a gradual increase in cesarean births over the past 30 years. In November of 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the national cesarean birth rate was the highest ever at 29.1%, which is over a quarter of all deliveries. This means that over 1 in 4 women will experience a cesarean birth.
Your purchase supports the APA
What can I expect in a Cesarean procedure?
The normal cesarean procedure will take an average of 45 minutes to an hour. The baby is usually delivered in the first 5-15 minutes and the remainder of time is used for closing the incision.
Pre surgery:
Before surgery, you will be given some type of anesthetic (general, spinal, or epidural) if you have not been given one earlier in your labor. General anesthetic is normally only used for emergency cesareans because it is effective immediately and the mother is sedated. The spinal and epidural anesthesia will numb the area from the abdomen to below the waist (sometimes the legs can be numb also), so that nothing can be felt during the procedure. You will probably receive a catheter to collect urine while your lower body is numb.
Surgery:
The health care provider will make an incision in the abdomen wall first. In an emergency cesarean this will most likely be a vertical incision (from the navel to the pubic area) which will allow the health care provider to deliver the baby faster. The most common incision is made horizontally (often called a bikini cut), just above the pubic bone. The muscles in your stomach will not be cut; they will be pulled apart so that the health care provider can get to the uterus.
An incision will then be made into the uterus, horizontally or vertically. The same type of incision does not have to be made in both the abdomen and uterus. The classical incision made vertically, is usually reserved for complicated situations such as placenta previa, emergencies, or babies with abnormalities. A vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is not recommended for women with the classical incision. Another type of incision which is rarely used is the lower segment vertical incision. This would only be used if there were problems with the uterus that would not allow another type of incision to be made. The most common incision made is the low transverse incision. This incision has fewer risks and complications than the others and allows most women to attempt a VBAC in their next pregnancy with little risk of uterine rupture.
The health care provider will suction the amniotic fluid out and then will deliver the baby. Your babies head will be delivered first so that the mouth and nose can be cleaned out to allow for its first breath. Once the whole body is delivered, the baby will be lifted up so that you can meet your newborn. Most health care providers will then pass the baby on to the nurse for evaluation. The last thing to be delivered will be your placenta (you may feel some tugging) and then the surgical team will begin the close up process.
After the Surgery:
Once the surgery is over, you may begin to experience some nausea and trembling. This can be caused by the anesthesia, the effects of your uterus contracting, or from an adrenaline let down. This usually passes quickly and can be followed by some drowsiness. If your baby is healthy, this is usually the time when the baby can rest on your chest and you can begin breastfeeding and bonding. You and your baby will continually be monitored for any complications.
When you are discharged from the hospital you will be advised on the proper post-operative care for your incision and yourself.
Watch: 690
Description: Narrator: About 1 in 4 women delivers her baby via cesarean section, or C-section, as it's commonly known. Although vaginal delivery is the natural and preferred method for childbirth, a C-section may be performed for the safety of mother and baby.
Bruce Johnston, M.D.: Preoperatively, the process begins early during the prenatal care if the patient knows she's going to have an elective cesarean section. And then we talk about what she is to expect — the anesthetic or analgesia she's going to receive, the fact that she'll have a Foley catheter in her bladder (to drain urine), and that once she comes into the room, there will be many people in the room, including her scrub nurse, the anesthesiologist, the pediatrician and then the core of people that will actually perform her cesarean section. And we try to advise her what to expect, what times — how long potentially we think on an average time it will take actually to perform the actual cesarean section — and we like not to forget the father. The father is an important part of that and a good caregiver and a good handholder for people who are doing this under regional anesthesia.
Mother: That's kind of tart.
Gurinder Vasdev, M.D.: That was Bicitra, which neutralizes the acid in the stomach, because pregnant women tend to have a little bit more acid in their stomach than normal — and so that if she does feel nauseous or sick during surgery that she's not bringing up acid.
Narrator: Ninety-five percent of women having a planned C-section use regional analgesic for pain control — either an epidural or a spinal block. The other 5 percent use general anesthesia. You'll be made comfortable in a special surgical delivery room and administered pain medication. This video shows a spinal block. Placing a spinal begins with cleaning a small area in your lower back with antiseptic solution.
Dr. Vasdev: We're doing a spinal anesthetic, and we're going to draw up the medication for the spinal anesthetic. For that, we use a combination of a local anesthetic called bupivacaine, and we also add some opiate medication called fentanyl, and morphine — and that gives you analgesia for almost 24 to 48 hours after the C-section, so you don't require any form of IV pain relief.
Narrator: During placement of your spinal, you'll either lie on your side or sit up, and round your back. First an anesthetic is injected to numb the area. You may feel a pinprick when the anesthetic is injected, but the spinal block shouldn't cause any discomfort. Then the analgesic is injected into the sac of fluid surrounding the spinal nerves, below the level of the spinal cord. A spinal block takes effect almost immediately.
The blue shading in this illustration shows the area of your body numbed by the anesthetic.
Dr. Johnston: The total time for a cesarean section varies significantly for people who are having repeat cesarean sections. First, or primary, cesarean sections generally take approximately 30 minutes total.
Narrator: Once the anesthetic has taken effect, your abdomen will be prepped for delivery of your baby. Your doctor will make two incisions, one through your abdominal wall, and another into your uterus.
There are two types of abdominal incisions: vertical and horizontal. Vertical incisions are usually done only in an emergency, from just below your navel to just above the pubic bone.
Horizontal incisions are also called Pfannenstiel incisions, or more commonly, bikini incisions. The horizontal incision is made across the lower abdomen, near the pubic hairline. Bikini incisions are used in most C-sections because they typically heal well, the scar is not easily seen and they may cause less post-delivery discomfort. The initial incision is about 6 inches (15 centimeters) long and cuts through your skin, fat and muscle to get to the uterus, where your baby is. Your doctor uses a special knife that burns, or cauterizes, the tissues to help control bleeding.
Dr. Johnston: When we perform a cesarean section, it's the matter of several little steps. Basically most patients cosmetically are most interested in having an incision that goes across the lower part of their abdomen. It's called a Pfannenstiel incision. And once we make that incision, we go down through the skin and subcutaneous layers. Then we get to the layer of fascia, or connective tissue, that covers up the rectus abdominis muscles. That's incised and then gently separated so that we can actually enter the tummy cavity where the uterus is without cutting any muscles. And then once we do that, we make a little flap underneath the bladder and then make our incision below that — and make it at a location where then if later on if she would desire to have a vaginal birth after her cesarean section, that would be a possibility. Usually in approximately five to 10 minutes we've got the baby delivered, and the rest of the time is suturing and repairing the regional incision site.
Narrator: Because your anesthetic blocks pain but not motion, you'll likely feel some tugging when your baby is pulled out, but it shouldn't hurt. Once the baby is delivered, your doctor will remove the placenta and begin to close the incisions. Internal stitches dissolve and don't need to be removed.
Dr. Johnston: Of course, once we deliver the baby, then the steps are done in reverse, except it's like so many other things, it takes longer to repair than it originally did to make the incision. So we do the steps just backward and repair the incision in the uterus. Then we sequentially repair the body wall, which is done in two or three steps, and then either suture or staple the skin edges — which, if they're stapled, the staples are removed before the patient goes home approximately 72 to 96 hours later.
A cesarean birth happens through an incision in the abdominal wall and uterus rather than through the vagina. There has been a gradual increase in cesarean births over the past 30 years. In November of 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the national cesarean birth rate was the highest ever at 29.1%, which is over a quarter of all deliveries. This means that over 1 in 4 women will experience a cesarean birth.
Your purchase supports the APA
What can I expect in a Cesarean procedure?
The normal cesarean procedure will take an average of 45 minutes to an hour. The baby is usually delivered in the first 5-15 minutes and the remainder of time is used for closing the incision.
Pre surgery:
Before surgery, you will be given some type of anesthetic (general, spinal, or epidural) if you have not been given one earlier in your labor. General anesthetic is normally only used for emergency cesareans because it is effective immediately and the mother is sedated. The spinal and epidural anesthesia will numb the area from the abdomen to below the waist (sometimes the legs can be numb also), so that nothing can be felt during the procedure. You will probably receive a catheter to collect urine while your lower body is numb.
Surgery:
The health care provider will make an incision in the abdomen wall first. In an emergency cesarean this will most likely be a vertical incision (from the navel to the pubic area) which will allow the health care provider to deliver the baby faster. The most common incision is made horizontally (often called a bikini cut), just above the pubic bone. The muscles in your stomach will not be cut; they will be pulled apart so that the health care provider can get to the uterus.
An incision will then be made into the uterus, horizontally or vertically. The same type of incision does not have to be made in both the abdomen and uterus. The classical incision made vertically, is usually reserved for complicated situations such as placenta previa, emergencies, or babies with abnormalities. A vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is not recommended for women with the classical incision. Another type of incision which is rarely used is the lower segment vertical incision. This would only be used if there were problems with the uterus that would not allow another type of incision to be made. The most common incision made is the low transverse incision. This incision has fewer risks and complications than the others and allows most women to attempt a VBAC in their next pregnancy with little risk of uterine rupture.
The health care provider will suction the amniotic fluid out and then will deliver the baby. Your babies head will be delivered first so that the mouth and nose can be cleaned out to allow for its first breath. Once the whole body is delivered, the baby will be lifted up so that you can meet your newborn. Most health care providers will then pass the baby on to the nurse for evaluation. The last thing to be delivered will be your placenta (you may feel some tugging) and then the surgical team will begin the close up process.
After the Surgery:
Once the surgery is over, you may begin to experience some nausea and trembling. This can be caused by the anesthesia, the effects of your uterus contracting, or from an adrenaline let down. This usually passes quickly and can be followed by some drowsiness. If your baby is healthy, this is usually the time when the baby can rest on your chest and you can begin breastfeeding and bonding. You and your baby will continually be monitored for any complications.
When you are discharged from the hospital you will be advised on the proper post-operative care for your incision and yourself.
Kristin Chenoweth grabs eyes at American Country Awards
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Description: Kristin Chenoweth dressed to get attention at Monday's American Country Awards, held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Onstage in one bit she performed as co-host, she
wore jeans with a grotesquely padded rear end. But her red-carpet dress from the fall 2011 HONOR collection was pretty eye-grabbing too, leading me to the question: How low cut is too low cut? [Celebuzz]
Whoa there, partner!
This bubbly Broadway star showed off her sexy side at the 2011 American Country Awards in a low-cut, floor-length emerald gown. The blonde bombshell, who has also made appearances on Glee and Pushing Daisies, wore this cleavage-baring number as part of her co-hosting stint for the show. Can you guess who this actress is?
If you predict Kristin Chenoweth, you’d be correct! Kristin is wearing the Emerald Chiffon Bustier Dress from the Fall 2011 HONOR Collection.
Kristin is the latest celeb to hop onto the plunging neckline trend. By the looks of it, we’d say that Kristin is definitely rocking this fashion fad. Click through our gallery above for more “Guess The Cleavage” fun, and then check out more plunging necklines below!
Do you ever look at photos of models -- lingerie models, especially -- and think real women don't look like that? If you look at H&M's holiday lingerie ads, you'd be right to think that way. It seems that the ads use computer-generated bodies (with photos of real women's heads attached through digital magic). [The Cut]
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld has designed a lingerie collection for Kiki de Montparnesse that will be available for sale online and in boutiques starting Dec. 14. [The Cut]
Some items from the final clothing collection that singer Amy Winehouse designed for Fred Perry were released for sale on fredperry.com Tuesday to coincide with the release of her final album, "Lioness: Hidden Treasures." Proceeds will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation. [Telegraph]
Does the music piped into stores annoy you? Gap is trying something different, teaming with streaming music start-up Roqbot in an experiment that allows customers to use their Androids or iPhones to decide what music to play. The experiment is going on at a Gap store in San Francisco. [Rolling Stone]
Michael Kors announced its initial public offering last week, as I mentioned Monday, and now Kors' business partners, Silas Chou and Lawrence Stroll, are said to be eyeing Vera Wang as a potential business to invest in. [WWD] (Subscription required.)
Wang, by the way, designed the blue gown Michelle Obama wore to the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night. [Los Angeles Times]
Model Lauren Scruggs, who runs the fashion blog LOLO and who had worked in wardrobe on "Gossip Girl," was severely injured when she accidentally walked into a small plane's spinning propeller at an airport in Texas on Saturday. [People]
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Description: Kristin Chenoweth dressed to get attention at Monday's American Country Awards, held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Onstage in one bit she performed as co-host, she
wore jeans with a grotesquely padded rear end. But her red-carpet dress from the fall 2011 HONOR collection was pretty eye-grabbing too, leading me to the question: How low cut is too low cut? [Celebuzz]
Whoa there, partner!
This bubbly Broadway star showed off her sexy side at the 2011 American Country Awards in a low-cut, floor-length emerald gown. The blonde bombshell, who has also made appearances on Glee and Pushing Daisies, wore this cleavage-baring number as part of her co-hosting stint for the show. Can you guess who this actress is?
If you predict Kristin Chenoweth, you’d be correct! Kristin is wearing the Emerald Chiffon Bustier Dress from the Fall 2011 HONOR Collection.
Kristin is the latest celeb to hop onto the plunging neckline trend. By the looks of it, we’d say that Kristin is definitely rocking this fashion fad. Click through our gallery above for more “Guess The Cleavage” fun, and then check out more plunging necklines below!
Do you ever look at photos of models -- lingerie models, especially -- and think real women don't look like that? If you look at H&M's holiday lingerie ads, you'd be right to think that way. It seems that the ads use computer-generated bodies (with photos of real women's heads attached through digital magic). [The Cut]
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld has designed a lingerie collection for Kiki de Montparnesse that will be available for sale online and in boutiques starting Dec. 14. [The Cut]
Some items from the final clothing collection that singer Amy Winehouse designed for Fred Perry were released for sale on fredperry.com Tuesday to coincide with the release of her final album, "Lioness: Hidden Treasures." Proceeds will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation. [Telegraph]
Does the music piped into stores annoy you? Gap is trying something different, teaming with streaming music start-up Roqbot in an experiment that allows customers to use their Androids or iPhones to decide what music to play. The experiment is going on at a Gap store in San Francisco. [Rolling Stone]
Michael Kors announced its initial public offering last week, as I mentioned Monday, and now Kors' business partners, Silas Chou and Lawrence Stroll, are said to be eyeing Vera Wang as a potential business to invest in. [WWD] (Subscription required.)
Wang, by the way, designed the blue gown Michelle Obama wore to the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night. [Los Angeles Times]
Model Lauren Scruggs, who runs the fashion blog LOLO and who had worked in wardrobe on "Gossip Girl," was severely injured when she accidentally walked into a small plane's spinning propeller at an airport in Texas on Saturday. [People]
Kim Richards of ‘Real Housewives’ enters rehab
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Description: LOS ANGELES -- And the troubles keep on mounting for the “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” cast.
“RHoBH” cast member Kim Richards has entered an undisclosed rehab facility to seek treatment, several sources confirm to ET Online.
Though it isn’t clear what affliction Richards, 47, is seeking treatment for, her use of alcohol has become a point of concern on the series. During the “Beverly Hills” season finale last January, Richards’ sister, Kyle Richards, lashed out at her sister, accusing her of being an alcoholic. More recently, in an episode that aired in October, Richards’ new castmate, Brandi Glanville, accused Richards of being “wasted out of her f---ing mind,” an accusation that Richards denied at the time.
The second season of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” which premiered in September, has already been marred by tragedy, with the August suicide of cast member Russell Armstrong -- a month his wife, Taylor Armstrong, filed for divorce -- casting a shadow over the season.
A spokesperson for Richards did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
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Description: LOS ANGELES -- And the troubles keep on mounting for the “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” cast.
“RHoBH” cast member Kim Richards has entered an undisclosed rehab facility to seek treatment, several sources confirm to ET Online.
Though it isn’t clear what affliction Richards, 47, is seeking treatment for, her use of alcohol has become a point of concern on the series. During the “Beverly Hills” season finale last January, Richards’ sister, Kyle Richards, lashed out at her sister, accusing her of being an alcoholic. More recently, in an episode that aired in October, Richards’ new castmate, Brandi Glanville, accused Richards of being “wasted out of her f---ing mind,” an accusation that Richards denied at the time.
The second season of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” which premiered in September, has already been marred by tragedy, with the August suicide of cast member Russell Armstrong -- a month his wife, Taylor Armstrong, filed for divorce -- casting a shadow over the season.
A spokesperson for Richards did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
what is contorium element
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Description: contorium
The blink element is a non-standard presentational HTML element that indicates to a user agent (generally a web browser) that the page author intends the content of the element to blink (that is, alternate between being visible and invisible). The element was introduced in Netscape Navigator and has some support in other web browsers, but support for the feature is absent from Internet Explorer.[citation needed]
Despite the element being initially popular among personal homepages, it has since fallen out of favor due to its overuse and the difficulty it presents in reading. The tag achieved notoriety for being extremely user-unfriendly.[citation needed]
Lou Montulli is credited as the inventor of the blink tag at Netscape, although he claims he only suggested the idea, without writing any actual code.[1]
... At some point in the evening I mentioned that it was sad that Lynx was not going to be able to display many of the HTML extensions that we were proposing, I also pointed out that the only text style that Lynx could exploit given its environment was blinking text. We had a pretty good laugh at the thought of blinking text, and talked about blinking this and that and how absurd the whole thing would be. [...] Saturday morning rolled around and I headed into the office only to find what else but, blinking text. It was on the screen blinking in all its glory, and in the browser. How could this be, you might ask? It turns out that one of the engineers liked my idea so much that he left the bar sometime past midnight, returned to the office and implemented the blink tag overnight. He was still there in the morning and quite proud of it.[1]
Loss of consortium is a term used in the law of torts that refers to the deprivation of the benefits of a family relationship due to injuries caused by a tortfeasor. Loss of consortium arising from personal injuries was recognized under the English common law. For example in Baker v Bolton, (1808) 1 Camp 493, a man was permitted to recover for his loss of consortium while his wife languished after a carriage accident. However, once she died from her injuries, his right to recover for lost consortium ended. After the enactment of the Lord Campbell's Act (9 and 10 Vic. c. 93) the English common law continued to prohibit recovery for loss of consortium resulting from the death of a victim. The availability of loss of consortium differs drastically among common law jurisdictions and does not exist at all in several of them. Damages for loss of consortium are considered separately from, and are not to be confused with compensatory damages.
The action was originally paired in a Latin expression: "per quod servitium et consortium amisit", translated as "in consequence of which he lost her society and services". The relationship between husband and wife has, historically, been considered worthy of legal protection. The interest being protected under consortium, is that which the head of the household (father or husband) had in the physical integrity of his wife, children, or servants. The undertone of this action is that the husband had an unreciprocated proprietary interest in his wife. The deprivations identified include the economic contributions of the injured spouse to the household, care and affection, and sex. The action originated in the 18th century and was once available to a father against a man who was courting his daughter outside of marriage, on the grounds that the father had lost the consortium of his daughter's household services because she was spending time with her beau.
Loss of consortium has been brought into the law as a cause of action by civil codes, for example, in Maine[1] or into the common law by action of justices. Other jurisdictions view loss of consortium as an element of damages, not as an independent cause of action; in which case the claim must be brought under another tort. As an example, in suits brought under Washington State's wrongful death statute, loss of consortium is an element of damages [2]. While some jurisdictions only recognize spousal consortium (usually considered as sex) others recognize parental consortium (love and affection) as well allowing children to recover for the death or disability of a parent and vice versa.
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Description: contorium
The blink element is a non-standard presentational HTML element that indicates to a user agent (generally a web browser) that the page author intends the content of the element to blink (that is, alternate between being visible and invisible). The element was introduced in Netscape Navigator and has some support in other web browsers, but support for the feature is absent from Internet Explorer.[citation needed]
Despite the element being initially popular among personal homepages, it has since fallen out of favor due to its overuse and the difficulty it presents in reading. The tag achieved notoriety for being extremely user-unfriendly.[citation needed]
Lou Montulli is credited as the inventor of the blink tag at Netscape, although he claims he only suggested the idea, without writing any actual code.[1]
... At some point in the evening I mentioned that it was sad that Lynx was not going to be able to display many of the HTML extensions that we were proposing, I also pointed out that the only text style that Lynx could exploit given its environment was blinking text. We had a pretty good laugh at the thought of blinking text, and talked about blinking this and that and how absurd the whole thing would be. [...] Saturday morning rolled around and I headed into the office only to find what else but, blinking text. It was on the screen blinking in all its glory, and in the browser. How could this be, you might ask? It turns out that one of the engineers liked my idea so much that he left the bar sometime past midnight, returned to the office and implemented the blink tag overnight. He was still there in the morning and quite proud of it.[1]
Loss of consortium is a term used in the law of torts that refers to the deprivation of the benefits of a family relationship due to injuries caused by a tortfeasor. Loss of consortium arising from personal injuries was recognized under the English common law. For example in Baker v Bolton, (1808) 1 Camp 493, a man was permitted to recover for his loss of consortium while his wife languished after a carriage accident. However, once she died from her injuries, his right to recover for lost consortium ended. After the enactment of the Lord Campbell's Act (9 and 10 Vic. c. 93) the English common law continued to prohibit recovery for loss of consortium resulting from the death of a victim. The availability of loss of consortium differs drastically among common law jurisdictions and does not exist at all in several of them. Damages for loss of consortium are considered separately from, and are not to be confused with compensatory damages.
The action was originally paired in a Latin expression: "per quod servitium et consortium amisit", translated as "in consequence of which he lost her society and services". The relationship between husband and wife has, historically, been considered worthy of legal protection. The interest being protected under consortium, is that which the head of the household (father or husband) had in the physical integrity of his wife, children, or servants. The undertone of this action is that the husband had an unreciprocated proprietary interest in his wife. The deprivations identified include the economic contributions of the injured spouse to the household, care and affection, and sex. The action originated in the 18th century and was once available to a father against a man who was courting his daughter outside of marriage, on the grounds that the father had lost the consortium of his daughter's household services because she was spending time with her beau.
Loss of consortium has been brought into the law as a cause of action by civil codes, for example, in Maine[1] or into the common law by action of justices. Other jurisdictions view loss of consortium as an element of damages, not as an independent cause of action; in which case the claim must be brought under another tort. As an example, in suits brought under Washington State's wrongful death statute, loss of consortium is an element of damages [2]. While some jurisdictions only recognize spousal consortium (usually considered as sex) others recognize parental consortium (love and affection) as well allowing children to recover for the death or disability of a parent and vice versa.
Pension funds urged to join £30bn infrastructure plan
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Description: Chancellor George Osborne plans to attract billions of pounds from British pension funds to boost £30bn worth of infrastructure schemes. The government is expected to provide £5bn of the money by 2014-15 while it is "targeting" £20bn to come from big British funds. But the Institute for Fiscal Studies said the £5bn figure was "pretty small" compared with cuts to capital spending. It comes as the OECD forecasts the UK is likely to slip back into recession. The OECD, an economic think tank, said the UK's GDP would shrink in the final quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 - if the economy shrinks for two quarters in a row it is officially said to be in recession. The infrastructure announcement comes ahead of Tuesday's Autumn Statement in which Chancellor George Osborne will outline spending plans. The aim is for government and private investors to support both social and economic schemes over the coming decade. The government will provide £5bn up to 2015-15, then a further £5bn in the next Parliament. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote We are finding the resources in difficult times to build the railways, to build the roads” George Osborne Chancellor OECD warns of European recession Stephanie Flanders: Osborne, Balls and the OECD The Treasury hopes two-thirds of the £30bn earmarked for infrastructure schemes will come from the National Association of Pension Funds and the Pension Protection Fund. Separately it is also seeking more investment in infrastructure from insurance companies and from China. Chancellor George Osborne said: "We are finding the resources in difficult times to build the railways, to build the roads. Britain's got to get away from the quick-fix debt solutions that got us into this mess. "We have got to weather the current economic storm and we have got to lay the foundations for a stronger economic future. "We have got to make sure that British savings in things like pension funds are employed here and British taxpayers' money is well used." About £5bn will be provided in the next two to three years, and a further £25bn allocated in the long-term, ministers say. Some of the money will come from areas where there have been "under-spends" in government, including the carbon capture and storage negotiations, and a crack-down on tax avoidance. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote They're giving with one hand and taking with another - I don't think that's going to be the thing that gets our economy moving” Ed Miliband Labour leader The 40 highlighted projects for support from the plan include the Transpennine Express line between Leeds and Manchester, the Metro system in Tyne and Wear as well as improvements to the M25, M3 and M56. But Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, told BBC Radio 4's World at One that £5bn of government investment over three years was a "pretty small number", as capital spending was expected to be cut from £40bn in 2010-11, to £24bn in 2013-14. The money raised from private investors appeared to be "aspirational" rather than guaranteed - unless the government was planning to offer incentives, which might turn out to be expensive. Business Secretary Vince Cable said they were not planning incentives - but would offer long-term investors assurances and clarity about a "steady return" on their money: "We will create an environment in which that can happen." Spending cuts Asked about the OECD report, the Lib Dem cabinet minister said a double dip recession was "certainly possible" - but said the think tank's "best estimate" was there would be some growth in the UK economy next year - "not very much but some - about the same as Germany, considerably better than France and southern Europe". He said the government was "obviously" doing contingency planning - but had to operate on a "plausible set of assumptions", which would be set out by the Office for Budget Responsibility on Tuesday. And he said slowing down spending cuts was not part of the plans: "There isn't any proposal to go along that line." Labour leader Ed Miliband said the government was not doing enough to get the economy back on track: "We can do something about that - cut VAT to put more money in people's pockets so we can actually get our economy moving again. "Have a bank bonus tax to put the young unemployed back into work, not cutting tax credits - robbing Peter to pay Paul. And that's what the government seems to be doing - any changes they're making are being offset by changes elsewhere. In other words they're giving with one hand and taking with another - I don't think that's going to be the thing that gets our economy moving." The TUC has issued its own economic plan, which contains measures including cutting VAT, reversing the public sector wage freeze and giving a one-off increase in child benefits before Christmas. TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: "The chancellor's economic plan A has sent unemployment to a 17-year high and the UK's economic outlook is the gloomiest it's been since the end of the recession."
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Description: Chancellor George Osborne plans to attract billions of pounds from British pension funds to boost £30bn worth of infrastructure schemes. The government is expected to provide £5bn of the money by 2014-15 while it is "targeting" £20bn to come from big British funds. But the Institute for Fiscal Studies said the £5bn figure was "pretty small" compared with cuts to capital spending. It comes as the OECD forecasts the UK is likely to slip back into recession. The OECD, an economic think tank, said the UK's GDP would shrink in the final quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 - if the economy shrinks for two quarters in a row it is officially said to be in recession. The infrastructure announcement comes ahead of Tuesday's Autumn Statement in which Chancellor George Osborne will outline spending plans. The aim is for government and private investors to support both social and economic schemes over the coming decade. The government will provide £5bn up to 2015-15, then a further £5bn in the next Parliament. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote We are finding the resources in difficult times to build the railways, to build the roads” George Osborne Chancellor OECD warns of European recession Stephanie Flanders: Osborne, Balls and the OECD The Treasury hopes two-thirds of the £30bn earmarked for infrastructure schemes will come from the National Association of Pension Funds and the Pension Protection Fund. Separately it is also seeking more investment in infrastructure from insurance companies and from China. Chancellor George Osborne said: "We are finding the resources in difficult times to build the railways, to build the roads. Britain's got to get away from the quick-fix debt solutions that got us into this mess. "We have got to weather the current economic storm and we have got to lay the foundations for a stronger economic future. "We have got to make sure that British savings in things like pension funds are employed here and British taxpayers' money is well used." About £5bn will be provided in the next two to three years, and a further £25bn allocated in the long-term, ministers say. Some of the money will come from areas where there have been "under-spends" in government, including the carbon capture and storage negotiations, and a crack-down on tax avoidance. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote They're giving with one hand and taking with another - I don't think that's going to be the thing that gets our economy moving” Ed Miliband Labour leader The 40 highlighted projects for support from the plan include the Transpennine Express line between Leeds and Manchester, the Metro system in Tyne and Wear as well as improvements to the M25, M3 and M56. But Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, told BBC Radio 4's World at One that £5bn of government investment over three years was a "pretty small number", as capital spending was expected to be cut from £40bn in 2010-11, to £24bn in 2013-14. The money raised from private investors appeared to be "aspirational" rather than guaranteed - unless the government was planning to offer incentives, which might turn out to be expensive. Business Secretary Vince Cable said they were not planning incentives - but would offer long-term investors assurances and clarity about a "steady return" on their money: "We will create an environment in which that can happen." Spending cuts Asked about the OECD report, the Lib Dem cabinet minister said a double dip recession was "certainly possible" - but said the think tank's "best estimate" was there would be some growth in the UK economy next year - "not very much but some - about the same as Germany, considerably better than France and southern Europe". He said the government was "obviously" doing contingency planning - but had to operate on a "plausible set of assumptions", which would be set out by the Office for Budget Responsibility on Tuesday. And he said slowing down spending cuts was not part of the plans: "There isn't any proposal to go along that line." Labour leader Ed Miliband said the government was not doing enough to get the economy back on track: "We can do something about that - cut VAT to put more money in people's pockets so we can actually get our economy moving again. "Have a bank bonus tax to put the young unemployed back into work, not cutting tax credits - robbing Peter to pay Paul. And that's what the government seems to be doing - any changes they're making are being offset by changes elsewhere. In other words they're giving with one hand and taking with another - I don't think that's going to be the thing that gets our economy moving." The TUC has issued its own economic plan, which contains measures including cutting VAT, reversing the public sector wage freeze and giving a one-off increase in child benefits before Christmas. TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: "The chancellor's economic plan A has sent unemployment to a 17-year high and the UK's economic outlook is the gloomiest it's been since the end of the recession."
Kylie Minogue inducted into Aria hall of fame
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Description: Kylie Minogue: "I'm a very proud Australian" Kylie Minogue and children's entertainers The Wiggles have been inducted into the Aria Awards hall of fame in Sydney, Australia. Minogue, 43, who was inducted by PM Julia Gillard, said she was "a very proud Australian". "Red Wiggle" Murray Cook said the band, who who have sold 30m albums and DVDs, were "just a bunch of four pre-school teachers... playing music for kids". The awards are given by the Australian Recording Industry Association. "I'm always bragging about our country wherever I am in the world and tonight's award means so much to me," Minogue told the audience at the Allphones Arena. The singer, who has sold more than 68 million records, added: "I just want to let all of you know and everyone at home, that Australia I love you and I thank you very much." The Wiggles' Cook said he and his fellow members had been on "such a wonderful ride". "We've been playing for 20 years and this has been a great 20th year anniversary for us to get something like this." Cook previously told BBC News the band played "early 60s style... but with different lyrics". "In rock 'n' roll, the songs are mostly about love but with children you can write about anything," he added. "A ride in the car, what you're going to eat, it's quite limitless so you try to think what's in their world, what interests them. Everything's exciting to a young child." Past hall of fame inductees include The Bee Gees, INXS, AC/DC, Rolf Harris and Mental As Anything. Among other winners on the night were rock band Boy & Bear, who picked up five awards including album of the year for their debut collection Moonfire.
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Description: Kylie Minogue: "I'm a very proud Australian" Kylie Minogue and children's entertainers The Wiggles have been inducted into the Aria Awards hall of fame in Sydney, Australia. Minogue, 43, who was inducted by PM Julia Gillard, said she was "a very proud Australian". "Red Wiggle" Murray Cook said the band, who who have sold 30m albums and DVDs, were "just a bunch of four pre-school teachers... playing music for kids". The awards are given by the Australian Recording Industry Association. "I'm always bragging about our country wherever I am in the world and tonight's award means so much to me," Minogue told the audience at the Allphones Arena. The singer, who has sold more than 68 million records, added: "I just want to let all of you know and everyone at home, that Australia I love you and I thank you very much." The Wiggles' Cook said he and his fellow members had been on "such a wonderful ride". "We've been playing for 20 years and this has been a great 20th year anniversary for us to get something like this." Cook previously told BBC News the band played "early 60s style... but with different lyrics". "In rock 'n' roll, the songs are mostly about love but with children you can write about anything," he added. "A ride in the car, what you're going to eat, it's quite limitless so you try to think what's in their world, what interests them. Everything's exciting to a young child." Past hall of fame inductees include The Bee Gees, INXS, AC/DC, Rolf Harris and Mental As Anything. Among other winners on the night were rock band Boy & Bear, who picked up five awards including album of the year for their debut collection Moonfire.
Citigroup-SEC $285m toxic mortgage deal rejected
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Description: A US judge has a rejected on $285m (£184m) settlement between Citigroup and Wall Street's regulator, the SEC, over the sale of toxic mortgages. Federal court judge Jed Rakoff ordered a trial, saying the settlement was "neither reasonable, nor fair, nor adequate, nor in the public interest". The SEC claimed Citigroup sold $1bn worth of mortgage assets and then bet that their value would fall. Neither the SEC nor the US's third-largest bank had any immediate comment. In a written opinion, the Manhattan judge said the allegations against Citigroup should go to trial. Under the settlement, agreed in October, Citigroup was to pay $285m to compensate investors for losses on the mortgage assets, which plunged in value months after the bank sold them in 2007. Investors lost $700 million, according to the SEC, while Citigroup made about $160 million in profits. The trial would seek to establish clarity about the financial markets and the Security and Exchange Commission's responsibility to uncover the truth. "Although this [settlement] would appear to be tantamount to an allegation of knowing and fraudulent intent... the SEC, for reasons of its own, chose to charge Citigroup only with negligence," Judge Rakoff said. He said that the settlement, in which Citigroup did not admit or deny the accusations, did not give him enough information to know whether the deal was fair or correct. "The court concludes, regretfully, that the proposed Consent Judgment is neither fair, nor reasonable, nor adequate, nor in the public interest," the judge said.
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Description: A US judge has a rejected on $285m (£184m) settlement between Citigroup and Wall Street's regulator, the SEC, over the sale of toxic mortgages. Federal court judge Jed Rakoff ordered a trial, saying the settlement was "neither reasonable, nor fair, nor adequate, nor in the public interest". The SEC claimed Citigroup sold $1bn worth of mortgage assets and then bet that their value would fall. Neither the SEC nor the US's third-largest bank had any immediate comment. In a written opinion, the Manhattan judge said the allegations against Citigroup should go to trial. Under the settlement, agreed in October, Citigroup was to pay $285m to compensate investors for losses on the mortgage assets, which plunged in value months after the bank sold them in 2007. Investors lost $700 million, according to the SEC, while Citigroup made about $160 million in profits. The trial would seek to establish clarity about the financial markets and the Security and Exchange Commission's responsibility to uncover the truth. "Although this [settlement] would appear to be tantamount to an allegation of knowing and fraudulent intent... the SEC, for reasons of its own, chose to charge Citigroup only with negligence," Judge Rakoff said. He said that the settlement, in which Citigroup did not admit or deny the accusations, did not give him enough information to know whether the deal was fair or correct. "The court concludes, regretfully, that the proposed Consent Judgment is neither fair, nor reasonable, nor adequate, nor in the public interest," the judge said.
Cash crisis hits disease battle
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Description: Efforts to tackle diseases which kill millions each year could be badly affected by a severe shortfall in donations to a worldwide funding body. The Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria will make no new grants until 2014, and there is a threat to some existing projects. It asked international donors for $20bn, but received just $11.5bn. This misses even the fund's "minimum" $13bn target, which it says is needed to maintain programmes until 2014. HIV charities said they were "extremely alarmed" by the decision. This is the first time in its 10 year history that the fund has been forced to cancel its three-yearly funding round. It blames the problem on a combination of "substantial budget challenges" in some of the countries who would normally contribute, and low interest rates cutting returns on its investments. 'Worst possible time' However, in recent years it has faced accusations of failing to make sure money reached those in need, commissioning a review in March after reports of "grave misuse of funds" in four recipient countries. This led to some donors, including Germany and Sweden, holding back their funding temporarily. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote Donors are really pulling the rug out from under people living with HIV/Aids” Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer, MSF The HIV/Aids Alliance, whose member organisations rely heavily on the fund for projects across the world, said that it was the worst possible time for money to be withdrawn. It said that planned projects to tackle high rates of HIV in areas of China and South Sudan might be affected by the funding cut. Alvaro Bermejo, its director, said: "These should be exciting times - the latest scientific developments are showing us that HIV treatment can have a powerful HIV prevention effect. "Never again must we reach a position where life-saving programmes are cancelled or delayed." Another medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières, described the financial situation as "dire". He said that some countries with low HIV treatment coverage, such as Kenya, Lesotho and South Africa, had already been refused funding for larger scale programmes. Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer, one of its executive directors, said: "Donors are really pulling the rug out from under people living with HIV/Aids at precisely the time when we need to move full steam ahead and get life-saving treatment to more people." He called for other governments to help make up some of the shortfall in donations. The fund, which is based in Geneva, said that only "essential" programmes in low or middle-income countries would receive more funding to keep them going until 2014. It says it intends to bring in new management to improve administration.
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Description: Efforts to tackle diseases which kill millions each year could be badly affected by a severe shortfall in donations to a worldwide funding body. The Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria will make no new grants until 2014, and there is a threat to some existing projects. It asked international donors for $20bn, but received just $11.5bn. This misses even the fund's "minimum" $13bn target, which it says is needed to maintain programmes until 2014. HIV charities said they were "extremely alarmed" by the decision. This is the first time in its 10 year history that the fund has been forced to cancel its three-yearly funding round. It blames the problem on a combination of "substantial budget challenges" in some of the countries who would normally contribute, and low interest rates cutting returns on its investments. 'Worst possible time' However, in recent years it has faced accusations of failing to make sure money reached those in need, commissioning a review in March after reports of "grave misuse of funds" in four recipient countries. This led to some donors, including Germany and Sweden, holding back their funding temporarily. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote Donors are really pulling the rug out from under people living with HIV/Aids” Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer, MSF The HIV/Aids Alliance, whose member organisations rely heavily on the fund for projects across the world, said that it was the worst possible time for money to be withdrawn. It said that planned projects to tackle high rates of HIV in areas of China and South Sudan might be affected by the funding cut. Alvaro Bermejo, its director, said: "These should be exciting times - the latest scientific developments are showing us that HIV treatment can have a powerful HIV prevention effect. "Never again must we reach a position where life-saving programmes are cancelled or delayed." Another medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières, described the financial situation as "dire". He said that some countries with low HIV treatment coverage, such as Kenya, Lesotho and South Africa, had already been refused funding for larger scale programmes. Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer, one of its executive directors, said: "Donors are really pulling the rug out from under people living with HIV/Aids at precisely the time when we need to move full steam ahead and get life-saving treatment to more people." He called for other governments to help make up some of the shortfall in donations. The fund, which is based in Geneva, said that only "essential" programmes in low or middle-income countries would receive more funding to keep them going until 2014. It says it intends to bring in new management to improve administration.
Brain find sheds light on autism
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Description: Cells taken from people with a rare syndrome linked to autism could help explain the origins of the condition, scientists suggest. The Stanford University team turned skin cells from people with "Timothy syndrome" into fully-fledged brain cells. The abnormal activity found in these cells could be partially corrected using an experimental drug, Nature Medicine reports. UK researchers warned the findings might not apply to everyone with autism. Compared with the hundreds of thousands of people worldwide thought to show characteristics of autism, "Timothy syndrome" is vanishingly rare, affecting an estimated 20 people across the planet. People who have the syndrome frequently display autistic behaviour, such as problems with social development and communication. Because it is caused by a single gene defect rather than a combination of small genetic flaws, each making a tiny contribution, it presents a useful target for scientists looking to examine what goes wrong in the developing brain of a child with autism. Ready for work The US researchers used a technique developed recently to generate brain cells called neurons from only a sample of the patient's skin. This allowed them to examine their development in the laboratory, and even use them to test out possible treatments. They found obvious differences between neurons grown from Timothy syndrome patients, and those from healthy "control" subjects. The healthy neurons developed into different subtypes, ready for work in different regions of the brain. In contrast, the proportion of neurons developing into each subtype was different in the Timothy syndrome samples - more were equipped to work in the upper part of the cerebral cortex, and fewer in the lower part. This meant there were fewer neurons equipped to work in a part of the brain called the corpus callosum, which has the role of helping the left and right "hemispheres" of the brain communicate. These differences echoed those already observed in mice specially bred with the Timothy syndrome genetic fault. In addition, the neurons were making too much of a particular body chemical linked to the manufacture of dopamine and norepinephrine, which play a significant role in sensory processing and social behaviour. Dr Ricardo Dolmetsch, who led the study, said that the abnormalities found tallied with other evidence that autism was due in part to poor communication between different parts of the brain. The team managed to reduce significantly the number of these malfunctioning neurons by adding a drug as they developed. This, they said, meant it might be possible one day to treat this defect in a real patient, although the drug used was not currently suitable for children due to side-effects. The National Autistic Society gave a cautious welcome to findings, but warned that they did not necessarily offer insights into every form of autism. Researcher Georgina Gomez said: "Timothy syndrome is only one form of autism and so these findings only give a very limited picture of what might cause the condition. "More work would need to be done to substantiate this particular piece of research."
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Description: Cells taken from people with a rare syndrome linked to autism could help explain the origins of the condition, scientists suggest. The Stanford University team turned skin cells from people with "Timothy syndrome" into fully-fledged brain cells. The abnormal activity found in these cells could be partially corrected using an experimental drug, Nature Medicine reports. UK researchers warned the findings might not apply to everyone with autism. Compared with the hundreds of thousands of people worldwide thought to show characteristics of autism, "Timothy syndrome" is vanishingly rare, affecting an estimated 20 people across the planet. People who have the syndrome frequently display autistic behaviour, such as problems with social development and communication. Because it is caused by a single gene defect rather than a combination of small genetic flaws, each making a tiny contribution, it presents a useful target for scientists looking to examine what goes wrong in the developing brain of a child with autism. Ready for work The US researchers used a technique developed recently to generate brain cells called neurons from only a sample of the patient's skin. This allowed them to examine their development in the laboratory, and even use them to test out possible treatments. They found obvious differences between neurons grown from Timothy syndrome patients, and those from healthy "control" subjects. The healthy neurons developed into different subtypes, ready for work in different regions of the brain. In contrast, the proportion of neurons developing into each subtype was different in the Timothy syndrome samples - more were equipped to work in the upper part of the cerebral cortex, and fewer in the lower part. This meant there were fewer neurons equipped to work in a part of the brain called the corpus callosum, which has the role of helping the left and right "hemispheres" of the brain communicate. These differences echoed those already observed in mice specially bred with the Timothy syndrome genetic fault. In addition, the neurons were making too much of a particular body chemical linked to the manufacture of dopamine and norepinephrine, which play a significant role in sensory processing and social behaviour. Dr Ricardo Dolmetsch, who led the study, said that the abnormalities found tallied with other evidence that autism was due in part to poor communication between different parts of the brain. The team managed to reduce significantly the number of these malfunctioning neurons by adding a drug as they developed. This, they said, meant it might be possible one day to treat this defect in a real patient, although the drug used was not currently suitable for children due to side-effects. The National Autistic Society gave a cautious welcome to findings, but warned that they did not necessarily offer insights into every form of autism. Researcher Georgina Gomez said: "Timothy syndrome is only one form of autism and so these findings only give a very limited picture of what might cause the condition. "More work would need to be done to substantiate this particular piece of research."
Gas leases affect mortgages elsewhere [The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.]
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Description: By David Beard, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Nov. 27--The Marcellus industry is taking a toll on mortgages and affecting other property issues in New York and Pennsylvania, various authorities report. The problems may be creeping closer to this area, but haven't arrived yet, local bankers say. The reported effects -- banks denying mortgages on gas-leased property, denial of title and homeowner insurances, property appraisals and assessments, and more -- are complex and intertwined. Future stories will look at other aspects but this will focus on one: Banks denying mortgages on gasleased land. Along with interviews with sources, facts for this story come from media reports and documents from banks and official sources published on the Internet -- some of those are posted by major media outlets, including The New York Times. Linda A. Hirvonen, a real estate broker in Ithaca, N.Y., told The Dominion Post that she has had clients interested in buying homes on properties with gas leases who were denied mortgages. Unlike in West Virginia, where more often than not, surface rights are severed from mineral rights, New York property titles generally carry both, Hirvonen said. She has spoken with banks in her area that told her they won't grant mortgages on properties with gas leases, but will mortgage a home if the rights are severed. She has had clients list such properties -- one is now under contract and two others are still awaiting interested buyers. Of all the banks in her area, Hirvonen said, only one small local bank said it is willing to mortgage gasleased property. In a presentation to other bankers, two executives from New York-based Tioga State Bank said, "Gas/oil leases are generally not accepted by lenders such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America ... GMAC." Maryland's Attorney General Douglas F. Ganser published a letter warning: "Marylanders need to protect themselves from unintentionally putting their homes and farms at risk. If a mineral rights lease is on the table, take it to your bank or mortgage lender first and have them sign off on it." Why the problem? Experts offer several reasons for the mortgage challenge. Much of it has to do with the federally backed lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, called government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). In a publicly available letter, David H. Carpenter, with the Congressional Research Service, explains that the GSEs are secondary lenders -- meaning they buy up mortgages from banks that issue the mortgages, which gives the banks money to provide more mortgages. The GSEs also invest in mortgage-backed securities and guarantee the performance of those securities. The GSEs have rules governing the eligibility of properties to be considered, Carpenter wrote. They retain the right to foreclose on the properties, and secure the mortgages with all the surface and subsurface portions of the plot, plus all the buildings and fixtures on the plot. Generally, borrowers may not sell a portion of the land without the GSE's permission. Leasing the mineral rights, Carpenter wrote, amounts to a violation of the contract and a default on the loan. The GSEs do not permit leased surface or subsurface rights within 200 feet of a residential structure, according to the Tompkins County (N.Y.) Council of Governments and Greg May, of the Tompkins Trust Co. In addition, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans forbid leases within 300 feet. A review of the GSE and FHA rules verifies this. The GSE rules forbid environmentally hazardous substances, particularly gas, from being stored, used, disposed of, discharged or released on mortgaged property. If primary lenders can't get the GSE money, May wrote, they can only lend based on their assets at hand, and would have to wait until a mortgage is paid off before offering another. Leases pose another set of problems, May explained. The person holding the lease (in New York where the rights aren't severed) gives up some rights to quiet enjoyment. There are restrictions on the use of the property and associated structures. Leases often come with automatic renewals. In addition, he wrote, leases can affect the value and marketability of the property. The local impacts of this issue will be explored in a later story. What's up locally? Wells Fargo spokesman Jason Menke explained his company's policy in an email exchange. "Wells Fargo has no set policy regarding lending decisions on properties where gas or other drilling and mining operations exist, and it's very difficult to provide a blanket answer in these situations. Each lending decision is made independently and considers a variety of factors that are property and transaction specific. We have made loans on properties where leases exist, but these loans often require additional research and documentation before an approval can be given. "When considering loans on properties where gas leases are present, we must consider how the lease may impact use, value, safety and habitability of the home. Ultimately, each loan must be underwritten according to investor guidelines. "Some factors that can cause loans on properties with gas leases to be denied include: "The lease agreement adversely impacts our lien position; the borrower is unable to obtain hazard insurance for the property; or the insurance premiums for the required coverage cause the monthly payment to exceed normal debt-toincome ratios." He did not have information about impacts on West Virginia at hand, but said he would obtain it for a later story. GMAC Mortgage spokeswoman Susan Fitzpatrick wrote in an email exchange: "GMAC Mortgage thoroughly reviews each mortgage application and makes decisions on a case by case basis. If there is knowledge of a gas lease, we examine it carefully to ensure it does not impact the salability of the loan to investors or our ability to obtain title insurance insuring that we are in first lien position." Centra Bank operates in north-central West Virginia, southwest Pennsylvania and Western Maryland. It recently merged with Charlestonbased United Bank, which also operates in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Ann O'Neal, who heads the combined banks' home mortgage department, wrote in an email: "As of right now, this has been a non-issue for us. I have not seen any loans in which this has been an issue. I've been on the phone with our mortgage teams outside of Morgantown and it has not been an issue for them either." WesBanco spokesman Doug Molnar wrote, "While we have experienced some issues related to oil and gas leases, primarily in the early days of Marcellus activity, we have been able to devise solutions to deal fully with all of those issues. Over the course of Marcellus activity, and now Utica Shale activity in eastern Ohio, the bank has been active in our outreach to individuals and community groups in the distribution of information on managing mineral interests and natural resource royalties related to tax, trust and investment strategies." Bill Goettel, president and CEO of Mannington-based First Exchange Bank, said he has seen no change in mortgage-denial rates based on leases or other Marcellus issues. Brian Thomas, president and CEO of Clear Mountain Bank, told The Dominion Post that the areas affected by the mortgage issue appear to be a lot farther along in their extraction activity. "I don't think we've seen much of it yet," he said, "but I think there's a possibility that we will as the industry continues to evolve." Property owners have leased rights for many years, he said, but the Marcellus activity is presenting a whole new face, with a potential for a lot of drilling. "I think that will change the fabric a little bit of how we look at these things." But he's optimistic, to a point. "I don't think it's going to have a negative effect on mortgages." He's talked to secondary buyers, and the question is, "will it negatively impact the marketability of the collateral?" The appraiser who sees a drill rig 500 feet away from a house will have to weight that marketability. "A lot of it's untested yet. It's a case by case situation." Clear Mountain has had some applicants, upon finding a gas lease recorded on a property, raise some questions. But no one has been declined a mortgage because of a gas lease. Some lease tips Thomas and Hirvonen offer similar tips on signing gas leases and on considering property with a gas lease. It's always good to get the advice of an attorney who's a professional and is knowledgeable in these matters," Thomas said. "There is probably a fair number of people who don't know mineral rights are severed. I would encourage buyers to become informed buyers." Hirvonen also advises clients to consult a lawyer regarding leased property. People may not know they can alter proposed leases before signing. For instance, a lease may contain a clause for automatic renewal after five years. If you don't want it, she said, "cross it out." "We just have to make sure people understand this," she said. "The educated person can turn that around so its more in their favor."
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Description: By David Beard, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Nov. 27--The Marcellus industry is taking a toll on mortgages and affecting other property issues in New York and Pennsylvania, various authorities report. The problems may be creeping closer to this area, but haven't arrived yet, local bankers say. The reported effects -- banks denying mortgages on gas-leased property, denial of title and homeowner insurances, property appraisals and assessments, and more -- are complex and intertwined. Future stories will look at other aspects but this will focus on one: Banks denying mortgages on gasleased land. Along with interviews with sources, facts for this story come from media reports and documents from banks and official sources published on the Internet -- some of those are posted by major media outlets, including The New York Times. Linda A. Hirvonen, a real estate broker in Ithaca, N.Y., told The Dominion Post that she has had clients interested in buying homes on properties with gas leases who were denied mortgages. Unlike in West Virginia, where more often than not, surface rights are severed from mineral rights, New York property titles generally carry both, Hirvonen said. She has spoken with banks in her area that told her they won't grant mortgages on properties with gas leases, but will mortgage a home if the rights are severed. She has had clients list such properties -- one is now under contract and two others are still awaiting interested buyers. Of all the banks in her area, Hirvonen said, only one small local bank said it is willing to mortgage gasleased property. In a presentation to other bankers, two executives from New York-based Tioga State Bank said, "Gas/oil leases are generally not accepted by lenders such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America ... GMAC." Maryland's Attorney General Douglas F. Ganser published a letter warning: "Marylanders need to protect themselves from unintentionally putting their homes and farms at risk. If a mineral rights lease is on the table, take it to your bank or mortgage lender first and have them sign off on it." Why the problem? Experts offer several reasons for the mortgage challenge. Much of it has to do with the federally backed lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, called government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). In a publicly available letter, David H. Carpenter, with the Congressional Research Service, explains that the GSEs are secondary lenders -- meaning they buy up mortgages from banks that issue the mortgages, which gives the banks money to provide more mortgages. The GSEs also invest in mortgage-backed securities and guarantee the performance of those securities. The GSEs have rules governing the eligibility of properties to be considered, Carpenter wrote. They retain the right to foreclose on the properties, and secure the mortgages with all the surface and subsurface portions of the plot, plus all the buildings and fixtures on the plot. Generally, borrowers may not sell a portion of the land without the GSE's permission. Leasing the mineral rights, Carpenter wrote, amounts to a violation of the contract and a default on the loan. The GSEs do not permit leased surface or subsurface rights within 200 feet of a residential structure, according to the Tompkins County (N.Y.) Council of Governments and Greg May, of the Tompkins Trust Co. In addition, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans forbid leases within 300 feet. A review of the GSE and FHA rules verifies this. The GSE rules forbid environmentally hazardous substances, particularly gas, from being stored, used, disposed of, discharged or released on mortgaged property. If primary lenders can't get the GSE money, May wrote, they can only lend based on their assets at hand, and would have to wait until a mortgage is paid off before offering another. Leases pose another set of problems, May explained. The person holding the lease (in New York where the rights aren't severed) gives up some rights to quiet enjoyment. There are restrictions on the use of the property and associated structures. Leases often come with automatic renewals. In addition, he wrote, leases can affect the value and marketability of the property. The local impacts of this issue will be explored in a later story. What's up locally? Wells Fargo spokesman Jason Menke explained his company's policy in an email exchange. "Wells Fargo has no set policy regarding lending decisions on properties where gas or other drilling and mining operations exist, and it's very difficult to provide a blanket answer in these situations. Each lending decision is made independently and considers a variety of factors that are property and transaction specific. We have made loans on properties where leases exist, but these loans often require additional research and documentation before an approval can be given. "When considering loans on properties where gas leases are present, we must consider how the lease may impact use, value, safety and habitability of the home. Ultimately, each loan must be underwritten according to investor guidelines. "Some factors that can cause loans on properties with gas leases to be denied include: "The lease agreement adversely impacts our lien position; the borrower is unable to obtain hazard insurance for the property; or the insurance premiums for the required coverage cause the monthly payment to exceed normal debt-toincome ratios." He did not have information about impacts on West Virginia at hand, but said he would obtain it for a later story. GMAC Mortgage spokeswoman Susan Fitzpatrick wrote in an email exchange: "GMAC Mortgage thoroughly reviews each mortgage application and makes decisions on a case by case basis. If there is knowledge of a gas lease, we examine it carefully to ensure it does not impact the salability of the loan to investors or our ability to obtain title insurance insuring that we are in first lien position." Centra Bank operates in north-central West Virginia, southwest Pennsylvania and Western Maryland. It recently merged with Charlestonbased United Bank, which also operates in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Ann O'Neal, who heads the combined banks' home mortgage department, wrote in an email: "As of right now, this has been a non-issue for us. I have not seen any loans in which this has been an issue. I've been on the phone with our mortgage teams outside of Morgantown and it has not been an issue for them either." WesBanco spokesman Doug Molnar wrote, "While we have experienced some issues related to oil and gas leases, primarily in the early days of Marcellus activity, we have been able to devise solutions to deal fully with all of those issues. Over the course of Marcellus activity, and now Utica Shale activity in eastern Ohio, the bank has been active in our outreach to individuals and community groups in the distribution of information on managing mineral interests and natural resource royalties related to tax, trust and investment strategies." Bill Goettel, president and CEO of Mannington-based First Exchange Bank, said he has seen no change in mortgage-denial rates based on leases or other Marcellus issues. Brian Thomas, president and CEO of Clear Mountain Bank, told The Dominion Post that the areas affected by the mortgage issue appear to be a lot farther along in their extraction activity. "I don't think we've seen much of it yet," he said, "but I think there's a possibility that we will as the industry continues to evolve." Property owners have leased rights for many years, he said, but the Marcellus activity is presenting a whole new face, with a potential for a lot of drilling. "I think that will change the fabric a little bit of how we look at these things." But he's optimistic, to a point. "I don't think it's going to have a negative effect on mortgages." He's talked to secondary buyers, and the question is, "will it negatively impact the marketability of the collateral?" The appraiser who sees a drill rig 500 feet away from a house will have to weight that marketability. "A lot of it's untested yet. It's a case by case situation." Clear Mountain has had some applicants, upon finding a gas lease recorded on a property, raise some questions. But no one has been declined a mortgage because of a gas lease. Some lease tips Thomas and Hirvonen offer similar tips on signing gas leases and on considering property with a gas lease. It's always good to get the advice of an attorney who's a professional and is knowledgeable in these matters," Thomas said. "There is probably a fair number of people who don't know mineral rights are severed. I would encourage buyers to become informed buyers." Hirvonen also advises clients to consult a lawyer regarding leased property. People may not know they can alter proposed leases before signing. For instance, a lease may contain a clause for automatic renewal after five years. If you don't want it, she said, "cross it out." "We just have to make sure people understand this," she said. "The educated person can turn that around so its more in their favor."
Justice release spring 2012 North American tour dates
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Description: The French electronic music duo, Justice have released spring 2012 North American tour dates in support of their latest release, Audio, Video, Disco. The 'Audio Video Disco' tour will be their first U.S. tour in two years, and is scheduled to begin only two weeks after their overseas tour concludes. Justice's 2012 North American tour begins on March 16th in New York, and concludes on April 26th in Vancouver, BC. Justice's spring 2012 North American tour consists of 11 shows over a week and a half long time span. Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé will be touring in support of Audio, Video, Disco which was released October 24, 2011 via Because Music. The album debuted in the U.S. on Billboard 200 at No. 35, and at No. 5 in France. At the beginning of 2012 Justice will be embarking on a lengthy tour overseas which includes shows in Japan, Australia, France, and the UK. The duo will be spending New Years Eve performing a DJ set in Adelaide, Australia before their world tour begins in Sydney on January 1st at Field Day. Justice 2012 'Audio Video Disco' North American Tour Dates: March 16 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 March 17 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 March 19 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues March 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory March 21 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club March 22 - Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle April 17 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater April 19 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pool, The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas April 24 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater April 25 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre April 26 - Vancouver, BC @ Forum Advertisement Justice Overseas 2012 Tour Dates 31/12/2011 Summadayze NYE – Adelaide (Australie) (DJ set) 01/01/2012 Field Day – Sydney (Australie) 02/01/2012 Field Day – Gold Coast (Australie) 03/01/2012 Summadayze – Perth (Australie) 06/01/2012 Festival Hall – Melbourne (Australie) 10/01/2012 Hatch – Osaka (Japon) 11/01/2012 Zepp – Tokyo (Japon) 12/01/2012 Zepp – Tokyo (Japon) 27/01/2012 La Coopérative de mai - Clermont F. (France SOLD OUT\ 28/01/2012 Le Bikini – Toulouse (France) SOLD OUT 31/01/2012 Aéronef – Lille (France) SOLD OUT 01/02/2012 Stereolux – Nantes (France) SOLD OUT 02/02/2012 Le Cargo – Caen (France) SOLD OUT 04/02/2012 Olympia – Paris (France) SOLD OUT 09/02/2012 Bristol O2 Academy – Bristol (UK) 10/02/2012 Brixton O2 Academy – Brixton (UK) 11/02/2012 Birmingham O2 Academy – Birmingham (UK) 12/02/2012 Glasgow O2 Academy – Glasgow (UK) 13/02/2012 Manchester Academy (UK) 22/02/2012 ColumbiaHalle – Berlin (All.) 23/02/2012 Gasometer – Vienne (Aut.) 24/02/2012 Kesselhaus – Munich (All.) 25/02/2012 DigitalMaag festival – Zurich (Sui.) 27/02/2012 Rockhal – Luxembourg (Lux.) 28/02/2012 Paradiso – Amsterdam (Holl.) SOLD OUT 01/03/2012 Falkoner – Copenhague (Dan.) 02/03/2012 Annexet – Stockholm (Sue.) 03/03/2012 Tradgar'n – Goteborg (Sue.) 05/03/2012 AB – Bruxelles (Bel.) SOLD OUT March 16 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 March 17 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 March 19 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues March 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory March 21 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club March 22 - Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle April 17 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater April 19 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pool, The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas April 24 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater April 25 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre Continue reading on Examiner.com Justice release spring 2012 North American tour dates - National Music |
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Description: The French electronic music duo, Justice have released spring 2012 North American tour dates in support of their latest release, Audio, Video, Disco. The 'Audio Video Disco' tour will be their first U.S. tour in two years, and is scheduled to begin only two weeks after their overseas tour concludes. Justice's 2012 North American tour begins on March 16th in New York, and concludes on April 26th in Vancouver, BC. Justice's spring 2012 North American tour consists of 11 shows over a week and a half long time span. Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé will be touring in support of Audio, Video, Disco which was released October 24, 2011 via Because Music. The album debuted in the U.S. on Billboard 200 at No. 35, and at No. 5 in France. At the beginning of 2012 Justice will be embarking on a lengthy tour overseas which includes shows in Japan, Australia, France, and the UK. The duo will be spending New Years Eve performing a DJ set in Adelaide, Australia before their world tour begins in Sydney on January 1st at Field Day. Justice 2012 'Audio Video Disco' North American Tour Dates: March 16 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 March 17 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 March 19 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues March 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory March 21 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club March 22 - Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle April 17 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater April 19 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pool, The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas April 24 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater April 25 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre April 26 - Vancouver, BC @ Forum Advertisement Justice Overseas 2012 Tour Dates 31/12/2011 Summadayze NYE – Adelaide (Australie) (DJ set) 01/01/2012 Field Day – Sydney (Australie) 02/01/2012 Field Day – Gold Coast (Australie) 03/01/2012 Summadayze – Perth (Australie) 06/01/2012 Festival Hall – Melbourne (Australie) 10/01/2012 Hatch – Osaka (Japon) 11/01/2012 Zepp – Tokyo (Japon) 12/01/2012 Zepp – Tokyo (Japon) 27/01/2012 La Coopérative de mai - Clermont F. (France SOLD OUT\ 28/01/2012 Le Bikini – Toulouse (France) SOLD OUT 31/01/2012 Aéronef – Lille (France) SOLD OUT 01/02/2012 Stereolux – Nantes (France) SOLD OUT 02/02/2012 Le Cargo – Caen (France) SOLD OUT 04/02/2012 Olympia – Paris (France) SOLD OUT 09/02/2012 Bristol O2 Academy – Bristol (UK) 10/02/2012 Brixton O2 Academy – Brixton (UK) 11/02/2012 Birmingham O2 Academy – Birmingham (UK) 12/02/2012 Glasgow O2 Academy – Glasgow (UK) 13/02/2012 Manchester Academy (UK) 22/02/2012 ColumbiaHalle – Berlin (All.) 23/02/2012 Gasometer – Vienne (Aut.) 24/02/2012 Kesselhaus – Munich (All.) 25/02/2012 DigitalMaag festival – Zurich (Sui.) 27/02/2012 Rockhal – Luxembourg (Lux.) 28/02/2012 Paradiso – Amsterdam (Holl.) SOLD OUT 01/03/2012 Falkoner – Copenhague (Dan.) 02/03/2012 Annexet – Stockholm (Sue.) 03/03/2012 Tradgar'n – Goteborg (Sue.) 05/03/2012 AB – Bruxelles (Bel.) SOLD OUT March 16 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 March 17 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 March 19 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues March 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory March 21 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club March 22 - Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle April 17 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater April 19 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pool, The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas April 24 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater April 25 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre Continue reading on Examiner.com Justice release spring 2012 North American tour dates - National Music |
Julianne Moore to Participate in Freckleface Strawberry Benefit
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Description: Stage and screen star Julianne Moore will make a special appearance at a special benefit performance of the Off-Broadway musical, Freckleface Strawberry, to be held at MMAC Theatre on Saturday, December 10, at 3 pm. Based on Moore's children's book of the same name, the show tells the story of a seven-year-old girl named Strawberry who is desperate to get rid of or disguise her plentiful freckles and fiery hair so that her classmates will stop making fun of her. Buddy Crutchfield has directed the production, which has choreography by Gail Pennington Crutchfield. The show has music and lyrics by Gary Kupper, and a book by Gary Kupper and Rose Caiola. The performance will benefit Save The Children, a leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world.
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Description: Stage and screen star Julianne Moore will make a special appearance at a special benefit performance of the Off-Broadway musical, Freckleface Strawberry, to be held at MMAC Theatre on Saturday, December 10, at 3 pm. Based on Moore's children's book of the same name, the show tells the story of a seven-year-old girl named Strawberry who is desperate to get rid of or disguise her plentiful freckles and fiery hair so that her classmates will stop making fun of her. Buddy Crutchfield has directed the production, which has choreography by Gail Pennington Crutchfield. The show has music and lyrics by Gary Kupper, and a book by Gary Kupper and Rose Caiola. The performance will benefit Save The Children, a leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world.
Fighting greedy bankers, an American tradition
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Description: The Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movement have more in common than they realize. Patriotic followers of the Tea Party exalt the vision and courage of America’s founding fathers. The common element uniting the diverse interests of Occupy Wall Street is rage against greed and corruption within the banking industry. In fact many icons of the American Revolution were worried about the same thing and battled mightily against the unfettered power of the banks more than 250 years ago — a struggle that continues to this day. Even before the Declaration of Independence, the passage of an obscure British law called the Currency Act of 1764 was a major colonial grievance that contributed to the American Revolution. This law prohibited American colonies from issuing their own legal tender and was seen as an effort to lock the colonies under the monetary control of the Bank of England. Benjamin Franklin was a colonial agent in London at the time and lobbied strenuously to have the law repealed.
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Description: The Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movement have more in common than they realize. Patriotic followers of the Tea Party exalt the vision and courage of America’s founding fathers. The common element uniting the diverse interests of Occupy Wall Street is rage against greed and corruption within the banking industry. In fact many icons of the American Revolution were worried about the same thing and battled mightily against the unfettered power of the banks more than 250 years ago — a struggle that continues to this day. Even before the Declaration of Independence, the passage of an obscure British law called the Currency Act of 1764 was a major colonial grievance that contributed to the American Revolution. This law prohibited American colonies from issuing their own legal tender and was seen as an effort to lock the colonies under the monetary control of the Bank of England. Benjamin Franklin was a colonial agent in London at the time and lobbied strenuously to have the law repealed.
When student is an occupation
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Description: In the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq my senior year of high school, my friends and I briefly thought the outrage we shared with thousands of Americans would coalesce into something like “our Vietnam.” Instead, we marched in the streets once or twice and then went home to worry about college admissions. Far from signifying a position on the front lines of national upheaval, studenthood in the post-9/11 era meant crawling deeper into one’s individual cocoon of privilege. Or so we thought. Eight years later, my friends and I, now college graduates possessed of varying amounts of despair and health insurance, are marching in the streets again, together with people of every age and educational background. But this time there is no getting around the fact that we have our own grievances to voice. With astonishing speed, the Occupy Wall Street movement has begun to catalyze a consciousness among students and college-educated youth that we are a class with a legitimate self-interest in agitating for change.
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Description: In the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq my senior year of high school, my friends and I briefly thought the outrage we shared with thousands of Americans would coalesce into something like “our Vietnam.” Instead, we marched in the streets once or twice and then went home to worry about college admissions. Far from signifying a position on the front lines of national upheaval, studenthood in the post-9/11 era meant crawling deeper into one’s individual cocoon of privilege. Or so we thought. Eight years later, my friends and I, now college graduates possessed of varying amounts of despair and health insurance, are marching in the streets again, together with people of every age and educational background. But this time there is no getting around the fact that we have our own grievances to voice. With astonishing speed, the Occupy Wall Street movement has begun to catalyze a consciousness among students and college-educated youth that we are a class with a legitimate self-interest in agitating for change.
Yandex buys mobile software maker SPB Software
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Description: (AP) NEW YORK — Yandex, the most popular search engine in Russia, on Monday said it bought mobile software maker SPB Software as it grows its mobile business.
No price was given for the deal.
SPB Software, which is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Russia, makes software for smartphones and tablets. Yandex said it will integrate its "cloud" services into SPB's software, and its search engine will be accessible on a variety of mobile devices after the acquisition.
Yandex also said buying SPB could help it partner with other companies involved in Internet-enabled mobile devices.
"Mobile is a vital part of our growth strategy. The acquisition of SPB Software creates new market potential for us and a plethora of possibilities for innovative solutions for our partners," said Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh in a statement.
Yandex last week said that it would be the default search engine on phones running the Windows operating system in Russia.
The company also operates in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Turkey.
Shares rose $1.32, or 6.7 percent, to $21.07 in afternoon trading. The broader market was up sharply, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index gaining 3 percent.
Yandex went public in May at $25 per share.
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Description: (AP) NEW YORK — Yandex, the most popular search engine in Russia, on Monday said it bought mobile software maker SPB Software as it grows its mobile business.
No price was given for the deal.
SPB Software, which is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Russia, makes software for smartphones and tablets. Yandex said it will integrate its "cloud" services into SPB's software, and its search engine will be accessible on a variety of mobile devices after the acquisition.
Yandex also said buying SPB could help it partner with other companies involved in Internet-enabled mobile devices.
"Mobile is a vital part of our growth strategy. The acquisition of SPB Software creates new market potential for us and a plethora of possibilities for innovative solutions for our partners," said Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh in a statement.
Yandex last week said that it would be the default search engine on phones running the Windows operating system in Russia.
The company also operates in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Turkey.
Shares rose $1.32, or 6.7 percent, to $21.07 in afternoon trading. The broader market was up sharply, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index gaining 3 percent.
Yandex went public in May at $25 per share.
Occupy Denver costing taxpayers thousands
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Description: DENVER - Protesters at the Occupy Denver encampment started making noise about the unfair balance of money in America in early October. Since then, the law-enforcement departments in Colorado have been spending money to try and keep the peace in the camps.
According to statistics released by Laura Wachter, the Manager of Budget Operations with the City of Denver, the Occupy Denver movement has cost the City $431,500 through Nov. 13.
"These numbers do not include on duty/regular staffing expenses, as they are accounted for within each department's budget," Wachter said in her release.
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Description: DENVER - Protesters at the Occupy Denver encampment started making noise about the unfair balance of money in America in early October. Since then, the law-enforcement departments in Colorado have been spending money to try and keep the peace in the camps.
According to statistics released by Laura Wachter, the Manager of Budget Operations with the City of Denver, the Occupy Denver movement has cost the City $431,500 through Nov. 13.
"These numbers do not include on duty/regular staffing expenses, as they are accounted for within each department's budget," Wachter said in her release.
Pakistan PM: No more "business as usual" with U.S.
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Description: (Reuters) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ruled out "business as usual" with the United States on Monday after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, and the army threatened to curtail cooperation with Washington on Afghanistan drastically.
Saturday's incident on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan has complicated U.S. attempts to ease a crisis in relations with Islamabad and stabilise the region before foreign combat troops leave Afghanistan.
"Business as usual will not be there," Gilani told CNN when asked if the relationship with the United States would continue. "We have to have something bigger so as to satisfy my nation."
Gilani's comments reflect the fury of the Pakistani government and military, and the pressure they are under from their own people. "You cannot win any war without the support of the masses," he said. "We need the people with us."
The relationship, he said, would continue only if based on "mutual respect and mutual interest." Asked if Pakistan was receiving that respect, Gilani replied: "At the moment, not."
Gilani's comments cap a day of ratcheting pressure from the Pakistani military, which threatened to reduce cooperation on peace efforts in Afghanistan.
"This could have serious consequences in the level and extent of our cooperation," military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told Reuters.
Pakistan has a long history of ties to militant groups in Afghanistan so it is uniquely positioned to help bring about a peace settlement, a top foreign policy and security goal for the Obama administration.
Washington believes Islamabad can play a critical role in efforts to pacify Afghanistan before all NATO combat troops pull out in 2014, and cannot afford to alienate its ally.
Pakistan shut down NATO supply routes into Afghanistan in retaliation for the weekend shooting incident, the worst of its kind since Islamabad allied itself with Washington in 2001.
"We have been here before. But this time it's much more serious," said Farzana Sheikh, associate fellow of the Asia programme at Chatham House in London.
"The government has taken a very stern view. It's not quite clear at this stage what more Pakistani authorities can do, apart from suspending supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan."
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Adding a new element to tensions, and a diplomatic boost for Islamabad, Pakistan's ally China said it was "deeply shocked" by the incident and expressed "strong concern for the victims and profound condolences for Pakistan".
On Saturday, NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two military outposts in northwest Pakistan, killing the 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others, the army said.
"TRAGIC, UNINTENDED"
NATO described the killings as a "tragic, unintended incident" and said an investigation was underway. A Western official and an Afghan security official who requested anonymity said NATO troops were responding to fire from across the border.
Pakistan's military denied NATO forces had come under fire before launching the attack, saying the strike was unprovoked and reserving the right to retaliate.
Abbas said the attack lasted two hours despite warnings from Pakistani border posts. "They were contacted through the local hotline and also there had been contacts through the director-general of military operations. But despite that, this continued," he said.
After a string of deadly incidents in the largely lawless and confusing border region, NATO and Pakistan set up the hotline that should allow them to communicate in case of confusion over targets and avoid "friendly fire".
Both the Western and Pakistani explanations are possibly correct: that a retaliatory attack by NATO troops took a tragic, mistaken turn in harsh terrain where differentiating friend from foe can be difficult.
An Afghan Taliban commander, Mullah Samiullah Rahmani, said the group had not been engaged in any fighting with NATO or Afghan forces in the area when the incident took place. But he added that Taliban fighters control several Afghan villages near the border with Pakistan.
A similar cross-border incident on Sept. 30, 2010, which killed two Pakistani service personnel, led to the closure of one of NATO's supply routes through Pakistan for 10 days.
The attack was the latest perceived provocation by the United States, which infuriated and embarrassed Pakistan's powerful military in May with a unilateral special forces raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
OBAMA EFFIGY BURNED
The main Pakistani association that delivers fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan said it would not resume supplies soon in protest against the NATO strike.
In the Mohmand region, where the attack took place, hundreds of angry tribesmen yelled "Death to America". About 200 lawyers protested in Peshawar city, some burning an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama.
Newspaper editorials were strident. "We have to send a clear and unequivocal message to NATO and America that our patience has run out. If even a single bullet of foreign forces crosses into our border, then two fires will be shot in retaliation," said the mass-circulation Urdu language Jang newspaper.
The NATO strike has shifted attention away from what critics say is Pakistan's failure to go after militants.
Pakistan joined the U.S. global war on militancy launched after al Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, and won billions of dollars in aid in return.
But the unstable, nuclear-armed country has often been described as an unreliable ally, and the United States has resorted to controversial drone aircraft strikes against militants on Pakistani territory to pursue its aims.
U.S. frustrations grew so much that Obama ordered the raid that killed bin Laden in Pakistan be kept secret, knowing it could make the United States even more unpopular in Pakistan.
(Additional reporting by Zeeshan Haider and Rebecca Conway in ISLAMABAD, Izaz Mohmand, Jibran Ahmad and Faris Ali in PESHAWAR, and William Maclean in LONDON; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by David Stamp)
By Qasim Nauman and Chris Allbritton
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ruled out "business as usual" with the United States on Monday after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, and the army threatened to curtail cooperation with Washington on Afghanistan drastically.
Saturday's incident on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan has complicated U.S. attempts to ease a crisis in relations with Islamabad and stabilise the region before foreign combat troops leave Afghanistan.
"Business as usual will not be there," Gilani told CNN when asked if the relationship with the United States would continue. "We have to have something bigger so as to satisfy my nation."
Gilani's comments reflect the fury of the Pakistani government and military, and the pressure they are under from their own people. "You cannot win any war without the support of the masses," he said. "We need the people with us."
The relationship, he said, would continue only if based on "mutual respect and mutual interest." Asked if Pakistan was receiving that respect, Gilani replied: "At the moment, not."
Gilani's comments cap a day of growing pressure from the Pakistani military, which threatened to reduce cooperation on peace efforts in Afghanistan.
"This could have serious consequences in the level and extent of our cooperation," military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told Reuters.
Pakistan has a long history of ties to militant groups in Afghanistan so it is uniquely positioned to help bring about a peace settlement, a top foreign policy and security goal for the Obama administration.
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Description: (Reuters) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ruled out "business as usual" with the United States on Monday after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, and the army threatened to curtail cooperation with Washington on Afghanistan drastically.
Saturday's incident on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan has complicated U.S. attempts to ease a crisis in relations with Islamabad and stabilise the region before foreign combat troops leave Afghanistan.
"Business as usual will not be there," Gilani told CNN when asked if the relationship with the United States would continue. "We have to have something bigger so as to satisfy my nation."
Gilani's comments reflect the fury of the Pakistani government and military, and the pressure they are under from their own people. "You cannot win any war without the support of the masses," he said. "We need the people with us."
The relationship, he said, would continue only if based on "mutual respect and mutual interest." Asked if Pakistan was receiving that respect, Gilani replied: "At the moment, not."
Gilani's comments cap a day of ratcheting pressure from the Pakistani military, which threatened to reduce cooperation on peace efforts in Afghanistan.
"This could have serious consequences in the level and extent of our cooperation," military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told Reuters.
Pakistan has a long history of ties to militant groups in Afghanistan so it is uniquely positioned to help bring about a peace settlement, a top foreign policy and security goal for the Obama administration.
Washington believes Islamabad can play a critical role in efforts to pacify Afghanistan before all NATO combat troops pull out in 2014, and cannot afford to alienate its ally.
Pakistan shut down NATO supply routes into Afghanistan in retaliation for the weekend shooting incident, the worst of its kind since Islamabad allied itself with Washington in 2001.
"We have been here before. But this time it's much more serious," said Farzana Sheikh, associate fellow of the Asia programme at Chatham House in London.
"The government has taken a very stern view. It's not quite clear at this stage what more Pakistani authorities can do, apart from suspending supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan."
For more Pakistan stories click link.reuters.com/kac58m
For Pakistan blog: click blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/
Adding a new element to tensions, and a diplomatic boost for Islamabad, Pakistan's ally China said it was "deeply shocked" by the incident and expressed "strong concern for the victims and profound condolences for Pakistan".
On Saturday, NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two military outposts in northwest Pakistan, killing the 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others, the army said.
"TRAGIC, UNINTENDED"
NATO described the killings as a "tragic, unintended incident" and said an investigation was underway. A Western official and an Afghan security official who requested anonymity said NATO troops were responding to fire from across the border.
Pakistan's military denied NATO forces had come under fire before launching the attack, saying the strike was unprovoked and reserving the right to retaliate.
Abbas said the attack lasted two hours despite warnings from Pakistani border posts. "They were contacted through the local hotline and also there had been contacts through the director-general of military operations. But despite that, this continued," he said.
After a string of deadly incidents in the largely lawless and confusing border region, NATO and Pakistan set up the hotline that should allow them to communicate in case of confusion over targets and avoid "friendly fire".
Both the Western and Pakistani explanations are possibly correct: that a retaliatory attack by NATO troops took a tragic, mistaken turn in harsh terrain where differentiating friend from foe can be difficult.
An Afghan Taliban commander, Mullah Samiullah Rahmani, said the group had not been engaged in any fighting with NATO or Afghan forces in the area when the incident took place. But he added that Taliban fighters control several Afghan villages near the border with Pakistan.
A similar cross-border incident on Sept. 30, 2010, which killed two Pakistani service personnel, led to the closure of one of NATO's supply routes through Pakistan for 10 days.
The attack was the latest perceived provocation by the United States, which infuriated and embarrassed Pakistan's powerful military in May with a unilateral special forces raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
OBAMA EFFIGY BURNED
The main Pakistani association that delivers fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan said it would not resume supplies soon in protest against the NATO strike.
In the Mohmand region, where the attack took place, hundreds of angry tribesmen yelled "Death to America". About 200 lawyers protested in Peshawar city, some burning an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama.
Newspaper editorials were strident. "We have to send a clear and unequivocal message to NATO and America that our patience has run out. If even a single bullet of foreign forces crosses into our border, then two fires will be shot in retaliation," said the mass-circulation Urdu language Jang newspaper.
The NATO strike has shifted attention away from what critics say is Pakistan's failure to go after militants.
Pakistan joined the U.S. global war on militancy launched after al Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, and won billions of dollars in aid in return.
But the unstable, nuclear-armed country has often been described as an unreliable ally, and the United States has resorted to controversial drone aircraft strikes against militants on Pakistani territory to pursue its aims.
U.S. frustrations grew so much that Obama ordered the raid that killed bin Laden in Pakistan be kept secret, knowing it could make the United States even more unpopular in Pakistan.
(Additional reporting by Zeeshan Haider and Rebecca Conway in ISLAMABAD, Izaz Mohmand, Jibran Ahmad and Faris Ali in PESHAWAR, and William Maclean in LONDON; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by David Stamp)
By Qasim Nauman and Chris Allbritton
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ruled out "business as usual" with the United States on Monday after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, and the army threatened to curtail cooperation with Washington on Afghanistan drastically.
Saturday's incident on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan has complicated U.S. attempts to ease a crisis in relations with Islamabad and stabilise the region before foreign combat troops leave Afghanistan.
"Business as usual will not be there," Gilani told CNN when asked if the relationship with the United States would continue. "We have to have something bigger so as to satisfy my nation."
Gilani's comments reflect the fury of the Pakistani government and military, and the pressure they are under from their own people. "You cannot win any war without the support of the masses," he said. "We need the people with us."
The relationship, he said, would continue only if based on "mutual respect and mutual interest." Asked if Pakistan was receiving that respect, Gilani replied: "At the moment, not."
Gilani's comments cap a day of growing pressure from the Pakistani military, which threatened to reduce cooperation on peace efforts in Afghanistan.
"This could have serious consequences in the level and extent of our cooperation," military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told Reuters.
Pakistan has a long history of ties to militant groups in Afghanistan so it is uniquely positioned to help bring about a peace settlement, a top foreign policy and security goal for the Obama administration.
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