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4/22/2013
Liverpool's Suarez bites Chelsea's Ivanovic
Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic (L) shows his arm to referee Kevin Friend after an incident with Liverpool's Luis Suarez during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield in Liverpool, northern England, April 21, 2013. REUTERS-Phil Noble
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(Reuters) - Liverpool (will fine - fines - won't fine) Uruguay striker Luis Suarez an undisclosed amount for (bit - to bite -biting) Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic at the weekend but (didn't - doesn't - won't) fire him, the Premier League club said on Monday.
Suarez, the league's top scorer with 23 goals, has been widely condemned for his behavior in Sunday's 2-2 draw and (does - will - must) probably get a lengthy ban from the Football Association. (Although - However - So) Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre said the club (can - could - will) stand by him.
"I think the most important thing is that we (acted - can act - must act) swiftly yesterday," Ayre told the club's website www.liverpoolfc.com.
"Luis (issues - issued - must issue) his apology and then we (speak - will speak - spoke ) with him last night and then again this morning. And later we (take - took - will take) action to fine Luis for his actions."
Ayre (will not - did not - should not) specify the size of the fine. Suarez asked for the money to be donated to the Hillsborough Family Support Group - an organization set up after the 1989 stadium disaster that (leave - lived - left) 96 Liverpool fans dead.
Former Liverpool midfielder Graeme Souness said on Sunday that Suarez had reached "last chance saloon" at Anfield and asked the club (terminate - to terminate - could terminate) his contract.
(Due to - However - Although), Ayre said manager Brendan Rodgers (works - worked - will work) with the player to help improve his discipline.
"The owners are happy with the way we (will - are - were) handling the matter," said the managing director.
"Luis is a very popular player with his team mates. As we keep (saying - say - to say), he (signs - will sign -signed) a new four-year contract last summer and we (want - will want - wanted) to see him here throughout that contract.
"He's a fantastic player, top scorer and outstanding striker so there (was - were- is) no change there."
The Professional Footballers Association (PFA) said on Monday that Suarez (can - will - might) be offered anger management classes.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Tony Jimenez)
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4/19/2013
No black nurses (article & video)
A black nurse sued Hurley Medical Center for discrimination and violation of the state civil rights act after the nurse manager reassigned her because of the man’s request for no black nurses, according to the complaint.
The man also pulled up his sleeve to reveal “some type of tattoo which was believed to be a swastika of some kind,” the complaint from nurse Tonya Battle, 49, read. The name of the father who made the request was not included in the court papers.
“Please, No African American Nurses to care for [x] Baby per Dad’s request. Thank you,” read a note that was attached to the baby’s clipboard. This followed a staff meeting and a call to the nurse’s home to inform her of the decision, according to the complaint.
The lawsuit alleges that black nurses were intentionally not assigned to the baby for the remainder of its stay in the hospital over the next month.
The hospital CEO spoke at a news conference on Tuesday after the local chapter of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network held a press conference at the hospital to demand answers.
“The father was informed that his request could not be granted, and as a result, all nurses remained available to care for his baby,” Hurley CEO Melany Gavulic said “We appreciate the community’s concern and involvement today, as we publicly clarify the facts of this case. The medical center looks forward to a quick and amicable resolution.”
The long time nurse, who has worked at Hurley for nearly 25 years, still works there and felt the only way to get something done was to sue. She is seeking damages for her distress, harassment and humiliation.
"She's going to win this lawsuit. The real question is what's it worth," said Flint area attorney Tom Pabst.
Pabst, who is not involved in this lawsuit, said the father is allowed to ask whatever he wants, but the law makes granting a request based on race illegal.
"If you grant such a request, you're engaging in unlawful conduct," Pabst said.
A spokeswoman for Hurley Medical Center declined to our requests for an interview, saying they do not comment on past or current litigation.
ABC tried contacting the defendants' attorney. Our call was not returned
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Forbes magazine and football clubs
Real Madrid has overtaken Manchester United as the world's most valuable football club, according to business magazine Forbes.
Forbes now values the Spanish giant at $3.3bn (£2.2bn), with Man Utd in second place on $3.17bn. Barcelona is third.
Forbes said Real Madrid's financial success came despite the continuing woes of the Spanish economy.
"Real Madrid has been consistently delivering the highest revenues of any soccer team in the world, despite an intense economic meltdown in Spain," said Forbes.
"With superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo on the pitch, and coach Jose Mourinho on the bench, Real Madrid has thrived under the leadership of billionaire president Florentino Perez."
In coming to its figures, Forbes looks at a football club's various revenue streams, such as television money, ticket sales, merchandise and concessions.
After Barcelona on $2.6bn, Forbes found that Arsenal was the fourth richest club, worth $1.33bn, followed by Bayern Munich ($1.31bn), AC Milan ($945m), Chelsea ($901m), Juventus ($694m), Manchester City ($689m) and Liverpool ($651m)
David Beckham, now with French team Paris St-Germain, was the highest earning player, followed by Real Madrid's Ronaldo
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4/15/2013
No laughing matter: Bassem Youssef (video)
A former heart surgeon, Bassem Youssef posted satirical YouTube clips during the violent 2011 uprising in Egypt. He was eventually offered his own TV show, “The Program”, which is viewed by an average of 30 million people on TV, and averages 2.5 million views on YouTube.
To fans of controversial Egyptian comedian and TV host Bassem Youssef, he's "a pioneer" and "one of the funniest guys in Cairo." To his critics, he's insults Islam.
Youssef says he’s “just the host of a political satire show” who appeals to people seeking controversy and “a good laugh.”
In fact, he says, perhaps his critics should be thanked for the additional ratings: "It seems they are watching my show more than anybody."
In one episode he sang to a heart-shaped pillow bearing Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi’s face, and in several others he relied on sexual innuendos to get laughs. Although some have taken offense,
One of his fans, 21-year-old student Mohammed Barakat, said Youssef is just saying “what we all want to say. Every Friday everyone sits with their family to watch The Program’ … It’s a way to escape all the problems and make fun of what’s going on”.
But President Morsi isn’t laughing. When asked in January if Youssef and other critics need to worry about going to jail, Egyptian President Morsi told CNN, “They are Egyptians, they are part of my family in Egypt, there is no way any harm can befall them because of their opinions or their personal opposition. I pledge to uphold freedom of expression.”
Yet, Egypt’s top prosecutor issued an arrest warrant, accusing Bassem Youssef of insulting Morsi and Islam. Youssef turned himself in and then was released on bail after being interrogated.
Later, several legal complaints filed by Morsi supporters. Sayed Hamad, a lawyer who filed one of those complaints, said Youssef’s show is “shattering all our values and ethics.”
On Monday, the prosecutor general accused Youssef and his TV station’s CEO with disturbing the peace. With so many admirers of the show, any decision to punish Youssef will likely be met with public outcry.
Youssef could be called back into the general prosecutor's office for questioning, or referred to trial. However, he isn’t bending to political pressure. If things escalate and he’s forced to leave the country, he says “he’ll do so with a broken heart.”
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4/07/2013
Top 10 driving distractions
Of the more than 65,000 people in the U.S. killed in car crashes over the past two years, one in 10 were in crashes where at least one of the drivers was distracted, according to an analysis by Erie Insurance. The insurer examined police report data from 2010 and 2011 in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), a nationwide census of fatal motor vehicle traffic and consulted with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
“Distracted driving is any activity that takes your eyes off the road, your hands off the wheel, or your mind off your primary task of driving safely,” said Doug Smith, senior vice president of personal lines at Erie Insurance.
“We looked at what law enforcement officers across the country reported when they filled out reports on fatal crashes and the results were disturbing. We hope the data will encourage people to avoid these high-risk behaviors that needlessly increase their risk of being involved in a fatal crash.”
Erie Insurance says the numbers are difficult to verify and may, in fact, under-represent the seriousness and prevalence of driving distractions because FARS data on distraction is based largely on police officers’ judgment at the time of the crash and also because some people may be reluctant to admit they were distracted when being interviewed by police after a fatal car crash.
Below are the top 10 distractions involved in fatal car crashes:
In addition to encouraging drivers to avoid the distractions above, Erie Insurance offers the following tips to avoid cell phone distraction:
• Let incoming cell phone calls go to voice mail.
• If someone calls you while they’re driving, ask them to call you back later and hang up.
• If you must talk or text, pull over.
• Lead by example; if you want your children to drive safely, show them how it’s done.
edited from Insurance Journal
“Distracted driving is any activity that takes your eyes off the road, your hands off the wheel, or your mind off your primary task of driving safely,” said Doug Smith, senior vice president of personal lines at Erie Insurance.
“We looked at what law enforcement officers across the country reported when they filled out reports on fatal crashes and the results were disturbing. We hope the data will encourage people to avoid these high-risk behaviors that needlessly increase their risk of being involved in a fatal crash.”
Erie Insurance says the numbers are difficult to verify and may, in fact, under-represent the seriousness and prevalence of driving distractions because FARS data on distraction is based largely on police officers’ judgment at the time of the crash and also because some people may be reluctant to admit they were distracted when being interviewed by police after a fatal car crash.
Below are the top 10 distractions involved in fatal car crashes:
In addition to encouraging drivers to avoid the distractions above, Erie Insurance offers the following tips to avoid cell phone distraction:
• Let incoming cell phone calls go to voice mail.
• If someone calls you while they’re driving, ask them to call you back later and hang up.
• If you must talk or text, pull over.
• Lead by example; if you want your children to drive safely, show them how it’s done.
edited from Insurance Journal
4/05/2013
Obama will do what???
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President Obama will take a 5% salary cut in support of federal workers who are going to be furloughed. officials said Wednesday. The president's base salary is $400,000 a year; 5% adds up to $20,000.
………………………………………………………… Congress sets the president's salary by law, his actual paycheck cannot be reduced.- ………………………………………………………… Obama will have to honor the voluntary pay cut by returning money to the Treasury.
Obama's move is retroactive to March 1, the first day the ongoing $85 billion in budget cuts known as the "sequester" began to take effect.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter …………………………………………… Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Deputy Secretary Maurice Jones will give up part of their pay ........................................................... about 700,000 civilian workers will have to take 14 days of mandatory unpaid leave in the coming months ............................................... the sequester.
Said one official: "The salary for the president, as with members of Congress, is set by law and cannot be changed. -- …………………………………………………………, the president has decided he will contribute a portion of his salary back to the Treasury to share in the sacrifice being made by public servants across the federal government that are affected by the sequester."
………………………………………………………… lawmakers' salaries are exempted from the sequester. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, who is up for re-election in 2014, will return a portion of his $174,000 salary to the Treasury. "We need to be making responsible cuts wherever we can, and there is no reason that members of Congress shouldn't feel the pinch like everyone else," he said in a statement.
adapted from USA Today
4/04/2013
Torrential rains in Argentina
LA PLATA, Argentina -- At least 52 people drowned in their homes and cars, were electrocuted or died in other accidents as flooding from days of torrential rains swamped Argentina's low-lying capital and province of Buenos Aires.
At least 48 died Wednesday in and around the city of La Plata, Gov. Daniel Scioli said. Six deaths were reported a day earlier in the nation's capital.
Many people climbed onto their roofs in the pouring rain after storm sewers backed up. Water surged up through drains in their kitchen and bathroom floors, and then poured in over their windowsills.
"It started to rain really hard in the evening, and began to flood," said Augustina Garcia Orsi, a 25-year-old student. "I panicked. In two seconds, I was up to my knees in water. It came up through the drains – I couldn't do anything."
The rains also flooded the country's largest refinery, causing a fire that took hours to put out. The La Plata refinery suspended operations as a result, and Argentina's YPF oil company said an emergency team was evaluating how to get it restarted.
"Such intense rain in so little time has left many people trapped in their cars, in the streets, in some cases electrocuted. We are giving priority to rescuing people who have been stuck in trees or on the roofs of their homes," Scioli said.
But many complained that they had to rescue themselves and their neighbors as cars flooded to their rooftops and homes filled with up to two meters (six feet) of water.
"We lost family heirlooms, appliances, clothing," said Natalia Lescano, who escaped with her family to a friend's house on higher ground.
President Cristina Fernandez arrived by helicopter in Tolosa, a La Plata neighborhood where she grew up and where her mother was among those evacuated. She announced security measures to combat vandalism, help for identifying the dead, and three days of national mourning for the victims.
She was then was surrounded by her mother's neighbors, in a rare uncontrolled encounter with everyday citizens. Some hugged and thanked her. Others complained angrily and shouted at her to "go away."
"It's a disgrace," Miguel Garcia, a 58-year-old shopkeeper, said earlier. "They need to govern. My mother-in-law is disabled. We had to carry her up to the roof, and then we had to rescue ourselves because no ambulance came."
The coast guard finally reached the Bozzano family on their rooftop an hour before dawn. By then, their car had floated away and everything inside the house was destroyed.
"We were trapped inside the house and couldn't get out because of the water pressure. Finally we were able to open a door and escaped to the roof. That's where we spent the night," Mauricio Bozzano said.
The heaviest rain – almost 16 inches (400 millimeters) in just a few hours, beating historical records for the entire month of April – hit provincial La Plata overnight. A day earlier, the capital of Buenos Aires was hit hardest.
About four more inches (100 millimeters more) of rain were expected before the bad weather passes on Thursday, the national weather service said.
At least 2,500 people were evacuated from their homes to about 20 centers in the La Plata area, which is about 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of Argentina's capital.
The flooding threatened to ruin food supplies across La Plata's metropolitan area, which has nearly 1 million people.
It also closed the private Spanish Hospital, a complex that covers an entire city block, after waters rushed into the basement, cutting power and destroying X-ray machines and other diagnostic equipment.
"We're sending away all the patients and the hospital will be closed for several days," said Sebastian Sambron, one of the hospital's top officials. "We're telephonically cut off, and without power since last night. The hospital is collapsed."
National Planning Minister Julio de Vido estimated that 280,000 people remained without power across the city and surrounding province of Buenos Aires, where most Argentines live.
"Our job is focused on restoring service, but we're going to wait until the equipment dries to guarantee the safety of the electricity workers, because we don't want any deaths," De Vido said.
YPF said no injuries were caused by the refinery fire, which it blamed on "an extraordinary accumulation of rainwater and power outages in the entire refinery complex." The impact on Argentina's chronically short fuel supplies wasn't immediately clear.
The six killed in Buenos Aires included a subway worker who was electrocuted and an elderly woman who drowned inside her home. Many evacuees slept in their cars overnight, and still had standing water in basements, parking lots and storage rooms.
The governments of Fernandez and Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri sought to blame each other for the chaos, and the nation's divided media focused their coverage in ways that put one side or the other in the worst light.
Macri said Wednesday that the only solution is for the constantly warring governments to work together on expensive and long-term public works projects, creating huge underground drainage pipes to carry increasingly common torrential rains out to the Rio de la Plata.
"Facing the magnitude of what we've lived through, I insist that public works are what will change this story," Macri said, describing one such project that was achieved through regional cooperation and a World Bank loan – the kind of borrowing that Fernandez has sought to avoid.
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4/03/2013
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