How to cope with a slow connection away from home

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Whitson Gordon, Lifehacker

Q. ?I'm going home for the holidays, and my parents have a very slow connection. Do you have any tips for getting my work done effectively when everything's moving slower than molasses??

Separate your Internet-heavy work and postpone it?
A.?Before you start making tweaks to your browser and computer, it's a good idea to take stock of what work you have and separate it into two categories. GigaOM explains:

Divide your tasks into bandwidth-heavy and bandwidth-light. Evaluate your routine web tasks and see which ones you can do with a slow connection, and which ones require a faster, more reliable one. This is especially important if your mobile Internet provider charges based on bandwidth usage instead of time. Aliza Sherman did something similar in a previous post, to help her work around bandwidth limits.

This is particularly useful if you know you're going to be stuck on a slow connection, but even if you get yourself in a bind, you can still do some re-prioritization quickly. If you have some Internet-heavy tasks that can't wait, you should delegate them to someone else if you can???heck, even offer to pick up some of your co-workers' Internet-light load if they can help you out.

Tweak your browser for low-speed connections
Chances are, your browser isn't exactly primed for slow Internet speeds. So, we recommend grabbing a second browser that you can tweak to work better with slow connections. Opera is a great choice, because it has a Turbo Mode that optimizes the Web for faster loading, but no matter what, there are a number of tweaks you can make to speed up your browser, like:

With these few tweaks in place, you should find things run a little smoother and you won't be stuck waiting for pages quite as long.

Use mobile, HTML or other low-footprint sites
These days, a lot of websites load up their pages with junk that isn't really a problem when you have a normal high-speed connection, but can really bog things down when your connection is limited. Some of them have alternatives in place.?

Gmail, for example, has a handy HTML version that you can use to cut down on the crap when you need to get into your email quicker. You can also see if a specific site has a mobile version, designed for smartphones. Most mobile sites will only load if you're actually on a mobile device, though, so you'll want to change your browser's user agent to make sites recognize you as a smartphone.

Work outside your browser whenever possible
The?more you stay in your browser, the longer you'll be waiting for pages to load. Travel website Gadling recommends transferring as much of that work outside your browser as possible. For example, if you write on a blog or do any work in Google Docs, transfer that to a desktop app like Microsoft Office or LibreOffice for the time being. Heck, you can even compose an email in Notepad while you wait for it to load???don't waste any time watching a progress bar when you could be doing something else.

When you do have to work in your browser, try not to put too much stress on it. Open one tab at a time, so you aren't trying to load a bunch of pages at once (since it'll take them longer, and you can only read one at a time). Close tabs you aren't using often, as they can often take up bandwidth even if you aren't looking at them.

Turn off bandwidth-sucking background apps?
With all the focus on your browser, you may forget that other apps like Dropbox might be taking up precious bandwidth in the background. Close any and all of those you don't need to do your work, or put them into offline mode so they aren't constantly checking if they need to sync. Some apps may require some foresight for this to work: Notational Velocity and ResophNotes will work fine without a connection, for example, but Evernote will require you to go into its settings and download your notebooks before it'll work in offline mode.

When all else fails, find better Wi-Fi?
No one wants to rush around all day trying to find better Internet, but if what you're using is just too slow, look elsewhere. Free Wi-Fi is everywhere, and if at first you don't succeed, find a faster hotspot. You won't be able to do this all day if you have work to get done, but you should be able to find something that's somewhat workable for the time being.

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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/how-deal-slow-internet-connection-away-home-1C7660214

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Paying It Forward Starts by Leading with Your Heart | MomsGetReal

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Remember the movie from 2000 starring Haley Joel Osment called ?Pay It Forward??

The idea in the movie ? take a good deed and pay it forward to three people ? is such a wonderful idea.

Sometimes, around the Christmas season, I begin feeling disenchanted with the thought that this could really happen. We?ve had so much war and negativity and volatility in our country lately, it can be hard to find the hope this season represents.

But I do believe that each of us holds the power to make a difference and have an impact on the world.

Your impact on the world is not going to come from your wealth, your ability to sell, your ability to be the hardest-working employee. It?s not even going to come from the gifts you buy to give.

Your impact on the world is going to come from your heart.

You can make a difference by speaking kindly, smiling more, giving freely?

You can make a difference by seeing past differences and finding commonality?

You can have an impact in the world by choosing each day to open your heart.

At the end of the day, it won?t matter how big your TV is or how fat your bank account is.

It won?t matter who you voted for or where you stood on the issues.

It won?t matter what things you?ve collected.

The only measure that will matter is your heart. Do you lead with your heart?

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Source: http://momsgetreal.com/2012/12/paying-it-forward-starts-by-leading-with-your-heart/

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Indian PM calls for calm after gang-rape sparks violent protests in capital

In the aftermath of Friday's Newtown school shooting, we've heard tales mostly horrifying and occasionally heroic, from surviving witnesses and mourning citizens alike, but this one lies somewhere in between, all the more unshakeable. One six-year-old Sandy Hook student played dead in her first-grade classroom, her family pastor said late Sunday, with the kind of quick thinking that ended up saving her life but now leaves her with the unshakeable memories of watching all her classmates being shot and killed. ...

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/indian-pm-calls-calm-gang-rape-sparks-violent-045030640.html

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Mom, aunt charged over home-alone fire deaths

By Alexandra Clark, NBCChicago.com

Police have charged the mother and aunt of two toddlers who were killed in an apartment fire in a Chicago suburb.

Early Saturday morning, 2-year-old Jaryiah and 3-year-old Jarvis Meakens were left alone with two other children when a fire broke out. The two toddlers died in the blaze.

Their mother Tatiana Meakens, 23, and aunt Britany Meakens, 22, of Englewood,?were each charged with two counts of felony for endangering a child causing death and two counts of misdemeanor for endangering the life and health of a child, according to a police press release.

Both were called in for questioning after police discovered the two had left four children alone to attend a party, police said.

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The two children who survived - a 7-year-old boy and a 4-year-old boy - were taken into the custody of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, while authorities conducted their investigation.

Saturday night, friends, neighbors, and members of the community mourned the loss of the two toddlers with a vigil and balloon release.

Tatiana and Britany are scheduled to appear in bond court on Monday.

Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/24/16122849-mother-aunt-charged-over-fire-deaths-of-two-home-alone-toddlers?lite

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Anti-tax conservatives say no to tax-increase deal

BOSTON (AP) ? In the city where a protest over tax policy sparked a revolution, modern day tea party activists are cheering the recent Republican revolt in Washington that embarrassed House Speaker John Boehner and pushed the country closer to a "fiscal cliff" that forces tax increases and massive spending cuts on virtually every American.

"I want conservatives to stay strong," says Christine Morabito, president of the Greater Boston Tea Party. "Sometimes things have to get a lot worse before they get better."

Anti-tax conservatives from every corner of the nation echo her sentiment.

In more than a dozen interviews with The Associated Press, activists said they would rather fall off the cliff than agree to a compromise that includes tax increases for any Americans, no matter how high their income. They dismiss economists' warnings that the automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1 could trigger a fresh recession, and they overlook the fact that most people would see their taxes increase if President Barack Obama and Boehner, R-Ohio, fail to reach a year-end agreement.

The strong opposition among tea party activists and Republican leaders from New Hampshire to Wyoming and South Carolina highlights divisions within the GOP as well as the challenge that Obama and Boehner face in trying to get a deal done.

On Capitol Hill, some Republicans worry about the practical and political implications should the GOP block a compromise designed to avoid tax increases for most Americans and cut the nation's deficit.

"It weakens the entire Republican Party, the Republican majority," Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, said Thursday night shortly after rank-and-file Republicans rejected Boehner's "Plan B" ? a measure that would have prevented tax increases on all Americans but million-dollar earners.

"I mean it's the continuing dumbing down of the Republican Party and we are going to be seen more and more as a bunch of extremists that can't even get a majority of our own people to support policies that we're putting forward," LaTourette said. "If you're not a governing majority, you're not going to be a majority very long."

It's a concern that does not seem to resonate with conservatives such as tea party activist Frank Smith of Cheyenne, Wyo. He cheered Boehner's failure as a victory for anti-tax conservatives and a setback for Obama, just six weeks after the president won re-election on a promise to cut the deficit in part by raising taxes on incomes exceeding $250,000.

Smith said his "hat's off" to those Republicans in Congress who rejected their own leader's plan.

"Let's go over the cliff and see what's on the other side," the blacksmith said. "On the other side" are tax increases for most Americans, not just the top earners, though that point seemed lost on Smith, who added: "We have a day of reckoning coming, whether it's next week or next year. Sooner or later the chickens are coming home to roost. Let's let them roost next week."

It's not just tea party activists who want Republicans in Washington to stand firm.

In conservative states such as South Carolina and Louisiana, party leaders are encouraging members of their congressional delegations to oppose any deal that includes tax increases. Elected officials from those states have little political incentive to cooperate with the Democratic president, given that most of their constituents voted for Obama's Republican opponent, Mitt Romney.

"If it takes us going off a cliff to convince people we're in a mess, then so be it," South Carolina GOP Chairman Chad Connelly said. "We have a president who is a whiner. He has done nothing but blame President Bush. It's time to make President Obama own this economy."

In Louisiana, state GOP Chairman Roger Villere said that "people are frustrated with Speaker Boehner. They hear people run as conservatives, run against tax hikes. They want them to keep their word."

Jack Kimball, a former New Hampshire GOP chairman, said he was "elated" that conservatives thwarted Boehner. He called the looming deadline a political creation. "The Republicans really need to stand on their principles. They have to hold firm."

Conservative opposition to compromise with Obama does not reflect the view of most Americans, according to recent public opinion polls.

A CBS News survey conducted this month found that 81 percent of adults wanted Republicans in Congress to compromise in the current budget negotiations to get a deal done rather than "stick to their positions even if it means not coming to an agreement." The vast majority of Republicans and independent voters agreed.

Overall, 47 percent in the poll said they blamed Republicans in Congress more than Obama and Democrats for recent "difficulties in reaching agreements and passing legislation in Congress." About one-quarter placed more blame on the Democrats and 21 percent said both were responsible.

Although negotiations broke down last week, Obama still hopes to broker a larger debt-reduction deal that includes tax increases on high earners and Republican-favored cuts to entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. If a compromise continues to prove elusive, lawmakers could pass a temporary extension that delays the cliff's most onerous provisions and gives Congress more time to work out a longer-term solution.

That's becoming the favored path by some Republicans leery of going over the cliff.

Mississippi Republican Chairman Joe Nosef shares his Southern colleagues' disdain for tax increases. But he stopped short of taking an absolute position.

"I really, really feel like the only way that Republicans can mess up badly is if they come away with nothing on spending or something that's the same old thing where they hope a Congress in 10 years will have the intestinal fortitude to do it," he said.

Matt Kibbe, president of the national organization and tea party ally, FreedomWorks, says that going over the cliff would be "a fiscal disaster." He says "the only rational thing to do" is approve a temporary extension that prevents widespread tax increases.

But his message doesn't seem to resonate with conservative activists in the states.

"If we have to endure the pain of the cliff then so be it," said Mark Anders, a Republican committeeman for Washington state's Lewis County. "While it may spell the end of the Republican Party ... at least we will force the government to cut and cut deep into actual spending."

Back where the Boston Tea Party protest took place in 1773, Morabito wonders whether Boehner will survive the internal political upheaval and says Republicans need to unite against Obama.

"It looked like from the very beginning they were just going to cave to what President Obama wanted," she said of the GOP. "I didn't want that to happen. Now I'm hopeful that they're standing up for taxpaying Americans."

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Associated Press writers Bill Barrow in Atlanta, Rachel La Corte and Michael Baker in Washington state, Thomas Beaumont in Iowa, and AP Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta in Washington contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/anti-tax-conservatives-no-tax-increase-deal-135031595--finance.html

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Android and augmented reality make this model TARDIS bigger on the inside

Chances are, you know a Doctor Who fan. Greg Kumparak, formerly of Tech Crunch is also a (pretty big) Doctor Who fan, and decided to get a little crafty and build his own TARDIS. As explained in the video above, a TARDIS is a vehicle to drive you through space and time, that just happens to look like a 1960s era British police call box. Greg's looks pretty authentic after a nice paint job.

But here's the thing about a TARDIS. They are bigger on the inside. While that is easy enough to accomplish with the magic of television, it took a different kind of magic to make it happen in the real world. That's where Android comes in. Using augmented reality, Greg can open the TARDIS door and point his Nexus camera at a freaky black and white pattern. Thanks to the Qualcomm augmented reality framework, Greg built an app to interpret that pattern, and display the interior of his TARDIS as it should be on his screen. Very cool.

This just might be the best use of augmented reality ever. Be sure to watch the video, and hit the source link to read a little about how it was constructed.

Source: GK's blog

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Amazon wins EU e-book pricing battle with Apple

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union regulators ended an antitrust probe into e-book prices on Thursday, accepting an offer by Apple and four publishers to ease pricing restrictions on Amazon and other retailers.

The decision hands online retailer Amazon a victory in its attempt to sell e-books cheaper than rivals in the fast-growing market publishers hope will boost revenue and customer numbers. Reuters first reported in November that the Commission was accepting the settlement offer.

The European Commission said in a statement on Thursday that the concessions from Apple and the publishers soothe concerns that their pricing deals curb competition.

"The commitments proposed by Apple and the four publishers will restore normal competitive conditions in this new and fast-moving market, to the benefit of the buyers and readers of e-books," EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said.

Apple and the publishers offered to let retailers set prices or discounts for a period of two years, and also to suspend "most-favored nation" contracts for five years.

Such clauses bar Simon & Schuster, News Corp. unit HarperCollins, Lagardere SCA's Hachette Livre and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, the owner of German company Macmillan, from making deals with rival retailers to sell e-books more cheaply than Apple.

(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; editing by Rex Merrifield)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-wins-eu-e-book-pricing-battle-apple-105623389--finance.html

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Bipasha's New Year resolution all about fitness

Mumbai, Dec 12

Actress Bipasha Basu's New Year resolution is to get more and more people to start caring for their health and fitness.

"My resolution is that I am going to try and get maximum number of people to look after their health and fitness," the 33-year-old said Tuesday at the Bright Advertising awards function here.

Bipasha is set to launch her new fitness DVD soon.

"I am launching my second DVD and that is my resolution this New Year as I want people to get fitter and more aware about health because, if you will see, there are so many diseases that are killing people at such a young age," Bipasha said.

"Today if you read the newspapers all you read about is lifestyle diseases, viral, dengue... It's very important to look after your health and fitness," she added.

Bipasha was last seen in "Raaz 3" and is currently shooting for "Aatma".

She will also start working on "No Entry Mein Entry", a sequel to her 2005-hit "No Entry", soon.

Source: http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a346329.html

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British Economists Do For US What Can't Be Done In The UK ...

University of Warwick economists say they can calculate the true value of ?political lobbyists in American politics - quantifying the 'it is not what you know, but who you know' adage.

Lots of former politicians and staffers go into lobbying - it makes sense, they already know people and have relationships, the same reason a sales organization hires people experienced in their field, rather than just any salesperson.

What did they find? ?In the case of lobbyists who worked as a staffer in politics, the revenue of the lobbyist falls by 24%?when their former employer leaves government office.?The relative pay of lobbyists depends on the seniority and committee assignments of the congressional politicians they have worked for in the past, they say.

The economists used two public directories of government staffers, government salaries, lobbyists and lobbyists' revenues. They noted the analysis was only possible because of U.S. laws that make lobbying transparent. By comparison, they note, the U.K. keeps its politicians and lobbyists more insulated and does not have compulsory disclosure of lobbying activity. Proposed reforms are much weaker than in America.

Mirko Draca, from the University of Warwick's Department of Economics, said, "We investigated how the revenues of lobbyists who had previously worked in the offices of a member of US Congress were affected when their former employers left office. This allowed us to look at the value of 'what' and 'who' because we evaluated situations in which knowledge did not change, but connections did."

The paper concluded that the relative pay of lobbyists depends on the seniority and committee assignments of the congressional politicians they have worked for in the past.

"Our work quantifies, I believe for the first time, the value of personal connections to elected officials for lobbyists in Washington, rather than relying on anecdotal evidence," Draca said. "It seems in the UK lobbying is only considered when a possible scandal pushes the topic into the limelight. Last year UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox resigned in the wake of controversy over the dealings of his friend Adam Werritty.?

"These financial relationships need to be a matter of public record here in the UK, as they are now in the US, rather than leaving them in the back wings of the political theatre."

?Published in the American Economic Review

Source: http://www.science20.com/news_articles/british_economists_do_us_what_cant_be_done_uk_estimate_value_lobbyists-98836

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Some Quick Sage Advice for Young Employees Early in Their Careers

By Mark Suster on December 10, 2012

My wife & I have a close friend who recently entered the workforce for his first-ever job. On his first day of work my wife was kind enough to write down words of wisdom from her years on the job.

I don?t write about Tania very often ? mostly at her request. Otherwise I?d shout from the mountain tops how smart & capable she is. She?s a Brown undergrad, Wharton MBA, ex strategy consultant and ex Googler. She?s worked for L?Oreal, Accenture, Virgin Mobile & BSkyB (one of the leading media companies in the UK).

She is the disciplined, organized and detail-oriented member of the Suster household. And she?s one hell of mom, with her super-motivational schoolwork & music completion charts with daily measurements and appropriate rewards for hitting milestones.

You know now why I would take her advice for new employees. She?s ?type A? and I?m ?type ADD.?

She gave me a special one-time permission to write about her in a blog post so I could publish the advice she gave our friend. So consider this my first-ever guest blog post. With a tiny bit of ghost writing from me . Cheesy stock photo mine, not hers.

Hope you enjoy.

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Secrets of the real world ? stuff I learned the hard way

General Advice

1. Don?t expect constructive feedback without asking directly for it. Most businesses have formal programs in place to give you feedback. Most bosses are too busy to put in the real effort to help you. Many just ask you to fill out the forms for them. It becomes more administrative than constructive. If you ask for feedback in a pleasant, non-defensive way you will likely get it.
2. You won?t really have a mentor unless lightening strikes. But if you seek one out, most talented employees would gladly become your informal mentor. This can be your most valuable career management tool so use it. It can be a great way to build advocates that will move mountains for you in the future.
3. People won?t communicate expectations clearly (you must ask, clarify, ask again). Knowing the expectations of your senior employees (and peers) is invaluable to your success and asking people?s expectations is the clearest way to get them to think about it in the first place. The easiest way to beat expectations is for you and your boss to agree them two-ways and check on progress periodically.
4. Constructive criticism stings, but we all need it. So seek it out, push for real feedback and be open to hearing it whether you agree or not. If you?re defensive you?ll never get real criticism. It?s much easier for your boss to avoid the confrontation or putting the time into thinking through what you could do better.
5. Don?t overly rely on HR. Make your boss and her boss your primary allies. Your career is best navigated though line managers. HR should be able to manage the sensitive information you give them separate from your line managers but in my experience they do not so be careful. They are not your free psychoanalysts.
6. Show up early. You may be a morning person ? you may not. But nothing gets noticed more than which employees constantly turn up late. Even if bosses say they don?t care ? they do. Nothing tarnishes your reputation more quick than being THAT person. The one always slipping in late.
7. Be humble. Nobody cares where you went to school or how great of a student you were. Get over yourself. Don?t be arrogant. Don?t try to act like a managing partner from day 1. It?s OK to be junior. Nobody expects you to be managing the whole division. In fact, they?ll resent you if you try to act like you are.

Working with Your Boss

Sit down with your boss asap and tell her you want to do an amazing job. Ask her:

• What could I do to exceed your expectations? What have past employees done that made your life much easier? What tips would you pass along from the most successful employees who have had this job?
• What is the worst thing I could do in this job that you want me to avoid?
• Whom should I emulate? Who is great in this role that I should learn from?
• How can I best help you?
• Where is the best bar around here? [Kidding, that's Mark ad-libbing. don't ask that!]

What to do in Your First Weeks

• Interview your peers, people in your role/team: set up a meeting and ask them same questions as above, plus:
• How can I best work with my boss, what does she love/hate?
• What mistakes did you make that I can avoid?

What is Your Job, Really?

• Your job is to make your boss?s job easier ? to help your boss succeed. ?Always have that in mind even if it?s not in your immediate job description
• NEVER bring your boss a problem without bringing him a few potential solutions (I wrote about this here ?Bring Me Problems, Not Solutions?).?Be associated with problem solving, not problems, it creates a positive halo around you
• Say ?yes? to work even when don?t want to. Everybody loves employees who take on projects with enthusiasm. The world is filled with people who sigh when assigned work.
• BUT if you do become overwhelmed with work it?s ok to say ?I need your help prioritizing my tasks because I have too much on my plate.? ?Make it a positive thing. The worst thing is to take on too much work and under-deliver.

Other Notes

• Schedule in your calendar and in your bosses calendar a few check in meetings and ask for feedback and make it a formal conversation. Prepare them in advance by providing a list of the things you?re working on developing and tell them you?d love feedback on how to improve at those things. ?You might want to preface with??I want to learn how I?m doing so I can improve, please give me constructive criticism!? Mostly you don?t want them to feel like these meetings are obligations, reasons for hours of preparations or ways for you to be defensive about your job.
• So take the feedback on and don?t get defensive. The more you get positive measurement on your work the more likely your boss will be aware of it at the annual review time. Make sure to thank you for his time (he is likely busier than you are, after all!)
• After you feel stable in your role and with your relationship with your boss ? make sure to get to know your boss?s boss. Don?t let your boss love you but his boss not know who you are! This WILL come in handy in your career but you have to manage this cautiously.

Welcome to the rest of your life, I know you will do great!

(Cross-posted @ Both Sides of the Table)

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Half a century on, Rolling Stones rock Brooklyn

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fifty years since their first London jam sessions, the Rolling Stones kicked off the U.S. leg of a brief anniversary tour with a vibrant show in New York on Saturday that belied their years - wrinkles and nostalgia aside.

Drummers wearing gorilla masks warmed up the crowd packed into Brooklyn's Barclays Center as black-clad women swung their long tresses in rhythm.

Mick Jagger pranced, shimmied and howled his way through the 2-1/2 hour show, pausing to reminisce about the band's history and its first New York concert at Carnegie Hall in 1964.

For a group whose early years were punctuated by quarrels and occasional brushes with the law, the biggest controversy ahead of Saturday's show was the price of seats - up to $800, and as much as 10 times that amount on websites offering last-minute tickets.

In those days, milk was cheaper and "tickets to the Rolling Stones was - well, I'm not going to go there," Jagger acknowledged.

The band's last major tour was in 2007 and the latest reunion almost didn't happen, owing in part to a spat between Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards over comments Richards made about the singer in a 2010 autobiography.

Richards joked in a recent interview: "We can't get divorced - we're doing it for the kids."

A tribute video opened Saturday's proceedings featuring celebrities heaping praise on the band.

"They're great songs to do bad things to," said actor Johnny Depp. "Just how skinny they all are... It really, really pisses me off," said actress Cate Blanchett.

The Stones - average age 68 - ripped through 20 hits that began with "Get Off of My Cloud" and closed with "Sympathy for the Devil" and an encore of "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Jumping Jack Flash" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".

Women in the crowd opened their arms wide as Jagger, wearing a silver sequined jacket, strutted along the horseshoe-shaped stage for "I Wanna Be Your Man", a Beatles tune. The band was then joined by R&B singer Mary J. Blige for "Gimme Shelter".

"People say 'why do you keep doing this?'" Jagger told the crowd. He thanked fans for buying records and "generally being amazing for the last 50 years."

The Stones started their brief diamond jubilee tour in London and are due to play twice in Newark, New Jersey.

Fans said it could be the last chance for New Yorkers to see the band live.

"It's the only concert I wanted to see before I die," said Lucy Webley, 33.

(Editing by Tom Pfeiffer)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/half-century-rolling-stones-rock-brooklyn-091220166.html

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Self Improvement | Addicted To Love? | The Self Improvement Blog

By Dr. Masha Godkin, Psy.D,-

What is Love addiction?

Essentially it?s the addiction to being in love. A love addict doesn?t usually stay single for very long, instead jumping from one relationship to the next. When the intense passion, or ?honeymoon? period ends, the addict may become bored and search for this ?high? from someone else. This pattern often occurs without the addict?s conscious awareness. It?s possible, of course, for a love addict to be in a relationship for a long period of time. However, the relationship often has rapid cycling of highs and lows. It isn?t listed, as of yet at least, in the Diagnostic Manual (the DSM-IV) as a disorder. However, many researchers would argue that it is a real and powerful addiction. In fact, some studies have shown that it does indeed activate the same brain regions as drug addiction, the reward center. A person can become addicted to the adrenaline rush or ?high? of experiencing passionate love.

What is Romantic Love and How Is It Different from Lust?

Lust can be triggered not only by a person, but by reading something, or watching a movie. ?Romantic love? is experienced through a connection with a particular person. There are different brain areas activated during the sensation of lust vs. the feeling of romantic love. Anthropologist and author, Helen Fisher, has done extensive research on the topic of adult ?romantic love.?

In one experiment, Fisher examined the brain activity of a group of people who were rejected by the one they loved. The men and women were shown picture of their exes who had broken up with them. The results of an fMRI showed that unrequited passionate love does in fact trigger the same brain regions as other addictions. There was greater activity in the ventral tegmental area, the left insular region, and right nucleus accumbens, areas associated with risk taking behavior, the perception of pain, anxiety, and obsessive/compulsive behaviors. Can hormones also be a part of the love addiction? When in close proximity to the person he or she loves, the brain secretes oxytocin (otherwise known as the ?cuddle hormone?). Oxytocin induces a feeling of attachment. Dopamine and testosterone, which control sexual desire, are released as well.

Drug Addiction vs. Love Addiction:

Let?s look at drug addiction: a marker of drug addiction is withdrawal when the substance is not there, as well as repeated cravings, and often the drawbacks or consequences become greater than the pleasure received. The more withdrawals episodes are experienced, the greater the dependence on the substance. Thoughts of attaining it consume the addict?s mind. Other things that might have been enjoyable in the past are cast aside. The addict may feel helpless, out of control, unable to stop. A person separated from the one he or she loves, similarly, can experience withdrawals where perception of pain is heightened, there is a sense of agitation or anxiety, and sometimes a deep depression can settle in.

And What About Stalking?

This is love addiction at its most destructive level. The person at that point is no longer using his or her rational mind, but instead is controlled by the drive to be near the object of affection. There may be the compulsion to do whatever it takes to keep the relationship going, despite the negative consequences (i.e. such as losing self-respect, an inability to be productive as energy is spent obsessing over the person, feeling ashamed and guilty, and stooping to unthinkable lows).

As you can imagine, this usually does not end well. There is a great deal of suffering, with diminished or no returns. It is pain without pleasure, yet the cravings and withdrawals compel the person to do everything possible to get their lover back. It?s not uncommon for love addicts to find themselves in relationships where the significant other is unavailable emotionally. The more the addict pushes for closeness, the more the other person may feel suffocated and distances. Perhaps absence really does make the heart grow fonder. When the object of affection is either emotionally closed off, or far away physically, the love addict?s preoccupation with their desired one may intensify.

Is There Something Wrong With Me?

Being a love addict does not necessarily make a person abnormal or ?crazy?. Many people have experienced love addiction at one point or another in their lives. What?s important is to recognize if this is becoming a relationship pattern, and then working on consciously breaking it. If you find yourself getting into one destructive relationship after another, choose emotionally unavailable partners, do not remember the last time you were single and have an intense fear of it, and constantly crave and seek out the initial ?high? of the courting period, it may be a good idea to seek help. There are many self-help groups out there, and talking with a therapist one on one is beneficial.

What Can I Do if I Think I May Be a Love Addict?

As uncomfortable as it may be at first, stepping back from the dating scene could be helpful. You can use this time to get to know yourself, reflecting on what defines you as a person. How would others describe you? How would you describe yourself? Would the descriptions be the same or would they be different? What are some characteristics that you like about yourself? What would you like to change? What are your hopes and dreams? You can journal about thoughts and feelings that come up, what situations triggered them, and identify and reflect on past relational patterns. Are there certain themes from childhood that are being repeated in adulthood? Was there an insecure attachment style developed during childhood? Were there unresolved traumas, any abandonment issues? Who were your role models when you were growing up? What messages did you receive about what love is or should be? What would happen if you were responsible for your own happiness? What if no one else but you could affect how you felt about yourself?

Loneliness Is a Part of Life, We Can?t Run from It.

A love addiction could be a way of filling the ?void,? existentialists would argue, resides within all human beings. To quote the American novelist Thomas Wolfe: ?Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.? Every one of us will experience loneliness at some point or another. What matters is how well we are able to cope with it, without turning to quick fixes or self-destructive means.

Dr. Masha Godkin, Psy.D, MFT is a professor of counseling psychology, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Ca. with an Online Therapy Practice, as well as a former child actor. One of her specialties is in addictive behavior and counseling those in the performing art professions. Visit http://www.onlinetherapywith-dr-masha.com to learn about the Online Therapy service options that are available.

Source: http://theselfimprovementblog.com/self-improvement/self-improvement-tips/addicted-to-love/

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Syrian rebels press in battle for Damascus airport

BEIRUT (AP) ? Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad declared Damascus International Airport a "legitimate target" Friday in a bid to cut off regime supplies, as clashes between government troops and rebels forced the closure of the airport road for the second time this week.

Fighting around the Syrian capital and the airport has intensified in recent days as rebels press a battle they hope will lead to the collapse of Assad's regime after 20 months of conflict. They have set their sights on the city of 1.7 million, and fighting on the outskirts is raising fears that it soon could be facing the most brutal battle of the Syrian civil war.

The rebels issued a stern warning to the regime and travelers planning to use the country's main airport, just a few kilometers (miles) south of the capital. Loss of control of the airport would be a major blow to the regime.

A fighter who is part of the push against the airport declared it a legitimate target, claiming that the regime has stationed troops and elite forces in it as well as military planes that transport ammunition.

The clashes already have forced the suspension of commercial flights over the past week, although airport officials said Friday the facility was still functioning.

Rebels said they were trying to cut military supplies to the government. Iran and Russia are widely believed to be supplying it with weapons through the airport. Over the past months, Turkey and Iraq stopped several planes coming from those two countries that were headed to Damascus and searched them.

"This would send a very strong political message to the regime, it will be a moral victory, to say the least," said the fighter, who gave only his first name, Nour, for security reasons. "The battle to cut off the regime supplies from the airport has started."

Another rebel, speaking on condition of anonymity for the same reason, said the airport is now considered a "military zone."

"We urge civilians to stay away," said the rebel, a member of the Damascus area military command involved in Friday's fighting.

An airport official said the highway leading to the facility was closed Friday because of the fighting. The officials said, however, that the airport was functioning as normal and that people were reaching it through side roads.

The official declined to be identified because he was not authorized to give official statements.

The fresh violence around the capital comes amid growing international concerns that Assad was preparing to use chemical weapons as an act of desperation.

Syria has not confirmed it has non-conventional weapons, and insists it would never use such arms against its own people. U.S. officials say intelligence suggests the government does have the weapons, and has moved some of its stockpiles in recent days.

Also on Friday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon renewed a call for Syria to not use chemical weapons, saying the move would amount to an "outrageous crime" against humanity.

Speaking to reporters after visiting Syrian refugee camps in Jordan and Turkey, he also called for an end to the violence.

"The slaughter in Syria must stop. The military path is a dead end. It only fills the streets with more blood," he told reporters in Turkey.

Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said Friday he had written to Syria's foreign minister urging his government to ban the use of chemical weapons by signing on to the current international convention "without delay."

Syrian opposition leaders said they were concerned the government would use its chemical weapons. George Sabra, head of the Syrian National Council opposition group, called on Syrian soldiers to ignore any orders to use them.

"Any civilian or military Syrian, who implements or helps implement this crime will be held accountable as a traitor for this country and will be pursued on charges of committing genocide," he said at a press conference in Paris.

"The Syrian people will not forgive or have mercy on anyone who orders the use of weapons of destruction and anyone who participates in executing this crime," he added.

Syrian activists said government forces were firing rockets and mortars at suburbs south of Damascus Friday amid heavy clashes with rebels. Most of the fighting was taking place in the towns of Aqraba and Beit Saham near the airport.

In other violence, a car bomb exploded in the government controlled Inshaat neighborhood in the central Homs province, setting cars on fire and covering the streets with debris, activists said.

An amateur video showed Syrian soldiers rushing to the scene as people cried in shock. It was not immediately clear what the target was.

___

Associated Press writers Albert Aji in Damascus, Suzan Fraser in Ankara and Mike Corder in the Netherlands contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-rebels-press-battle-damascus-airport-182336075.html

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After attack on jeep, Israeli army kills 4 in Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ? Palestinian militants fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli jeep patrolling the border with Gaza and the Israelis fired back into the Palestinian territory, killing four civilians, officials and witnesses said.

Israel's military said four of its soldiers were wounded in the missile attack, one of them seriously. Ashraf al-Kidra, a Gaza health ministry spokesman, said all four Palestinians killed were civilians between the ages of 16 and 18 and that among the 25 wounded were some children.

The military wing of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine took responsibility but it still remains unclear who in fact was behind the attack. The PFLP often takes credit for attacks that later turn out to be the work of Hamas or Islamic Jihad militants.

Gaza militants often fire rockets from the Israel-Gaza border area toward nearby Israeli communities and low-level clashes with the Israeli military are common. But when casualties are involved, particularly civilians, the potential for escalation grows significantly.

Both sides threatened retaliation, and previous such incidents have unfolded into days of Palestinian rocket attacks and retaliatory Israeli strikes.

Later Saturday, some 25 Palestinian rockets rained on southern Israel, though they caused no injuries or damage, the military said. It said at least one of the projectiles was intercepted by the "Iron Dome" missile defense system. The military informed residents to stay close to home in case of further rocket attacks.

Palestinian officials said that an Israeli airstrike later killed one Islamic Jihad militant and wounded two others as they were attempting to fire rockets toward Israel. The Israeli military confirmed the strike.

Witnesses said that following the large explosion that started the incident, Israel retaliated to the attack on the jeep with tank and machine gun fire toward residential areas at the al-Muntar hill in the central part of the territory, hitting people who were returning from a funeral east of Gaza City.

Rami Harra said his 17-year-old brother Muhammad Harra was killed in the strike.

"He was at home when the explosion took place. He went out to see what happened and when he started to help evacuating wounded people who were on the ground another shell hit the place and killed him," he said outside the morgue. "Why did they kill him? I can't believe my eyes that I am seeing his dead body."

In a first response to Saturday's incident, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the military had responded aggressively to the attack and will "consider further reaction in the coming days."

"We will not allow the escalation on the fence to go unanswered," he said.

The Israeli military said it holds Gaza's Hamas rulers responsible for the attack and that it "will not tolerate" such incidents.

In a text message to reporters, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum threatened to respond.

"Targeting civilians is a dangerous escalation that cannot be tolerated. The resistance has the full right to respond to the Israeli crimes," he said.

Israel carried out a broad military offensive in Gaza nearly four years ago in response to years of near daily rocket fire. Major salvos from Gaza have subsided since then, but sporadic rocket fire has continued.

Gaza's Islamist Hamas rulers have largely refrained from rocket attacks since the devastating Israeli military offensive that killed hundreds of Palestinians.

Hamas, which has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings and other attacks, remains virulently anti-Israel in its rhetoric but has sought to keep things quiet as it consolidates control of Gaza, which it seized five years ago during a brief civil war against the rival Fatah movement.

Still, it is under pressure from smaller groups to prove that it remains in confrontation with the Jewish state.

The territory is home to numerous militant groups, including murky al-Qaida-inspired organizations that do not answer to Hamas. Gaza has also been flooded with weapons in recent years, many of them believed to have been smuggled from northern Africa and into Gaza through tunnels under the Egyptian border.

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Travelogue: From San Jose to Portland, Oregon ? Travels With Pain

Hey look, it?s a new Travels With Pain post! Bet you never thought you?d see one of these again.?

This one is much less a how-to post, and much more a ?my mom wants me to write travelogues about my trip with my husband to Oregon to visit his family.? But as I?m still traveling with pain, it?s still on-topic. Sort of.?

Without further ado?

Day 1: San Jose to Ashland via I-5

Yup, we drove to Oregon all right. Took us about six and a half hours. No major traffic snarls, no mountainsides on fire, no highway construction shut down the Interstate. And the gas station-mini-mart-restaurant-horror movie location of Pollard Flat was closed for the season. Which pretty much takes care of anything interesting that might have happened on Day 1.?

Pain tally: Sitting in a car for 6.5 hours is uncomfortable even if you?re a hale and healthy human being (like my husband). I took my medications on time, kept hydrated, insisted on stopping to pee on a regular basis, and thus was in good shape when we arrived in Ashland.?

Night 1 ? Night 2: Ashland

We managed to miss the Oregon Shakespeare Festival by about three hours. And while I wasn?t hurting, I was definitely tired, so we bagged any notion of running around sightseeing and stayed camped in Ashland for the duration.?

Dinner both nights took place at the Standing Stone Brewery, which was much, much better than I expected. I do not like brew pub food. It always ends up tasting vaguely like beer and day-old deep fryer fat to me. Standing Stone is now officially the exception. They?re very big on local sustainable food and drink, if you?re into that sort of thing. (We are.) Their home-brewed beers are exceptional, if you?re into that sort of thing. (I?m not. Husband is. I?m taking his word for it.) Their burgers are yummy. They?ve got plenty of not-beef options, and I suspect that they?d be about medium friendly to serious dietary restrictions.?

We stayed at the Arden Forest Inn. I?ve stayed in literally dozens of inns and hotels since I declared the Arden Forest to be my favorite B&B ever. To be perfectly frank, the Arden Forest doesn?t have the biggest or lushest rooms. (Of course they don?t have the biggest or lushest prices either.) They could use to replace their mattresses and they don?t have jacuzzi tubs.?

That said, I have never ever enjoyed talking to B&B hosts more than I enjoy talking to Bill & Corbett. It?s not at every inn that you can while away the morning talking about the deepest nature of religion and spirituality, the history of gay rights in America, and the possible future of American culture. Among other things.?

Day 3: Ashland to Hillsboro (a suburb of Portland)

Hey look, we?re on I-5 again. Yippee. Actually, I-5 is prettier in Oregon than it is in California. But it still goes by mighty fast, and if you?ve got big-rig fear it?s probably not the route for you.?

We drove. We stopped to pee. We drove some more. We managed to hit high rush hour in Portland, which is much more impressive than it was almost 20 years ago when I last spend any time here. But at length, we arrived at the Comfort Inn Hillsboro where my mother-in-law had booked us a room.?

Tina, the guest services rep at the desk, was absolutely charming. I got to prove, again, some more, why it?s A Good Thing(tm) to be nice to service people. In the course of checking in, I asked Tina if our room had a king sized bed?citing my husband?s height (6-foot, 4-inches) as the reason we like to have king beds. She said we didn?t, we had a queen, and that she didn?t have any kings available. I was gracious about it, and we chattered happily as she checked us in.?

Long story short, because I was nice to Tina, she decided to upgrade us from a standard queen room to a king with a gigantic jacuzzi tub. Without charging for it.

She totally didn?t have to do that. But because we were nice and gracious and didn?t yell at her or otherwise become jerks upon learning that we probably wouldn?t get our every wish?she went out of her way to try to grant our every wish.?

Funny how that works??

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Coming soon: Hillsboro, Portland, and the Surprise Bonus Beach House

(Also photos once I deal with some technical difficulties)

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Source: http://travelswithpain.com/2012/11/08/travelogue-from-san-jose-to-portland-oregon/

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Brooke Shields 'appalled' by criticism of mother

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Brooke Shields and Teri Shields in 1980.

By Bill Higgins, The Hollywood Reporter

Brooke Shields says she's been "appalled" over the years by what has been written about her mother and former manager, Teri Shields, who died this week at 79 in New York following a long illness related to dementia.

Teri Shields had been criticized for allowing Brooke, then age 11, to be cast as a prostitute in 1978's "Pretty Baby," and then a few years later permitting her teenage daughter to star in a series of sexually provocative commercials for Calvin Klein jeans where she says directly to the camera, "You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing."

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Shields tells The Hollywood Reporter that when she thinks back on her mother acting as her manager, what strikes her is ?how she protected me from so much of what is devastating about being in the entertainment industry -- the rejection, the jealousy, the being screwed-over. The bubble she created around me was the biggest blessing she could have given me. The need to attack her is unnecessary."

The actress acknowledged her mother?s struggle with alcoholism and says this was the cause of her 1995 action to drop her as a manager.

?I had to leave her because of her addiction. If I had a manager now, they wouldn?t last five minutes if they were an alcoholic,? Shields says. ?It was long overdue. I needed to grab the reins and make my own mistakes.?

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Teri, born Theresa Anna Lillian Schmon on Aug. 11, 1933, in Newark, N.J., worked as a hairstylist, a makeup artist for Lord & Taylor and a model before marrying Brooke?s father,?Francis Alexander Shields, in 1964. Brooke was born the following year; Teri and her husband divorced a few months after her birth.

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Villagers mourn family among the 52 dead in Guatemalan quake ...

Michael Weissenstein,Sonia Perez D., The Associated Press | Last Updated:Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:18:49 GMT

Residents walk among rubble after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. There are three confirmed dead and many missing after the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a deadly 1976 quake that killed 23,000. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

SAN CRISTOBAL CUCHO, Guatemala - The 10 members of the Vasquez family were found together under the rubble of the rock quarry that had been their livelihood, some in a desperate final embrace, others clinging to the faintest of dying pulses.

As Guatemalans sought Thursday to pick up the pieces after a 7.4-magnitude quake, one family's tragic story came to symbolize the horror of a disaster that killed at least 52 people, and left thousands of others huddling in the cold shadows of cracked adobe buildings, most without electricity or water.

On Thursday, neighbours came to pay their respects. They filed past 10 wooden caskets in the Vasquez family living room, and contemplated the unspeakable future that awaits the family's only surviving son. Justo Vasquez, his wife Ofelia Gomez, six children and two nephews died in the rubble.

Only the oldest son, Ivan, 19, survived. He had stayed in the house when the rest of his family went to the quarry, taking care of some last-minute details to receive his accounting degree ? the first in his family to have a professional career. His father had been saving for a party to celebrate his Nov. 23 graduation.

"He died working," said Antonia Lopez, a sister-in-law of Justo Vasquez. "He was fighting for his kids."

Hundreds of villagers in the humble town of San Cristobal Cucho ran to dig the family out on Wednesday after Guatemala's biggest quake in 36 years. When they uncovered some of the children, one body still warm, two with pulses, they were in the arms of their father, who had tried to shield them from a falling mountain.

The death toll was expected to rise as 22 people remained missing, President Otto Perez Molina told a news conference. Eight were killed in the neighbouring state of Quetzaltenango.

Perez said powerful 7.4-magnitude quake, felt as far as Mexico City 600 miles away, affected as many as 1.2 million Guatemalans. A little more than 700 people were in shelters, with most opting to stay with family or friends, he added.

"They have no drinking water, no electricity, no communication and are in danger of experiencing more aftershocks," Perez said. The president said there had been 70 aftershocks in the first 24 hours after the quake, some as strong as magnitude 5.1.

Damaged homes are among the biggest problems the country will face in the coming days, Perez added.

The Vasquezes were the only ones to die in San Cristobal Cucho, a mountain village of cobblestone streets, where buildings suffered some cracks and damage and early reports said the family had perished in a collapsed house.

Like the rest of several thousand people in town, the Vasquez family was humble, the parents without much education. Most of the people in the town are subsistence farmers or sell things on the streets and in the markets.

"We have never seen a tragedy like this. The whole town is sad," said brother Romulo Vasquez, whose 12-year old son, Ulises, also died at the quarry.

Justo Vasquez and his wife left for work at 5 a.m. Wednesday to the land they rented to quarry white rock that is pulverized to make cinder blocks. They returned later in the morning to eat breakfast, then took six of their seven children and two nephews back to the quarry with them, because the children were on vacation from school.

The oldest child to die was 14-year-old Daisy Vasquez, the youngest 3-year-old Dibel Vasquez.

The oldest son, Ivan, was too distraught to speak or even stay at the red-and-yellow block house where hundreds of people gathered passed by the caskets or waited outside the door marked by candles and just a few flowers. Wood smoke bathed the memorial as more than a dozen women in the back of the house cooked rice, beans, corn and eggs to feed the crowd.

"He was a very good father, he was a very good neighbour," said Antonia Lopez, who was among the many paying respects.

Guatemalans fearing aftershocks huddled in the streets of the nearby city San Marcos, the most affected area, where at least 40 people died. Others crowded inside its hospital, the only building in town left with electricity.

More than 90 rescue workers continued to dig with backhoes at a half-ton mound of sand at a second quarry that buried seven people.

"We started rescue work very early," said Julio Cesar Fuentes of the municipal fire department. "The objective is our hope to find people who were buried."

But they uncovered only more dead. One man was called to the quarry to identify his dead father. When he climbed into the sand pit and recognized the clothing, the son collapsed onto the shoulders of firefighters, crying: "Papa, Papa, Papa."

He and his father were not identified to the news media because other relatives had not been notified of the death.

Volunteers carrying boxes of medical supplies began arriving in the area in western Guatemala late Wednesday.

The quake, which was 20 miles deep, was centred 15 miles off the coastal town of Champerico and 100 miles southwest of Guatemala City. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a 1976 temblor that killed 23,000.

Perez said more than 2,000 soldiers were deployed to help with the disaster. A plane had made at least two trips to carry relief teams to the area.

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Associated Press writer Ruiz-Goiriena in Guatemala City contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.tonightnewspaper.com/2012/11/08/villagers-mourn-family-guatemala-quake-toll-at-52/

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