Iran bans export of 50 goods as sanctions bite: report

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran banned the export of around 50 basic goods, its media said on Tuesday, as the country takes steps to preserve supplies of essential items in the face of tightening Western sanctions.

The Islamic Republic is under intense financial pressure from U.S. and European trade restrictions imposed over its disputed nuclear programme.

The bans have led to a sharp drop over the past year in its oil exports, a major source of hard currency earnings and revenues for the government.

The Iranian rial currency has also plunged over fears the central bank will not be able to defend its value, making imports more difficult and more expensive.

Iranian traders will no longer be able to export goods including wheat, flour, sugar, and red meat, as well as aluminium and steel ingots, according to a letter from Deputy Industry Minister Seyyed Javad Taghavi published in Iranian media on Tuesday.

The letter also said a further list of banned goods would be announced later.

The Mehr news agency said the ban includes the re-exportation of some goods imported with government-subsidised dollars.

The Iranian government provides dollars at a rate of 12,260 rials each for specified priority goods. On the open market, dollars cost around 32,000 rials.

Many of Iran's basic imports are transported by sea via container ships.

Food and consumer items are not targeted by sanctions but a growing number of Western shipping companies, are pulling back from trade with Iran due to the complexities of deals, whilst also fearing losing business elsewhere.

This month shipping line Maersk said it was stopping port calls to the country.

According to the World Trade Organization, nearly 85 percent of all of Iran's exports in 2011 were fuels and mining products.

(Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati; Editing by John Stonestreet)

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Superstorm now ashore, its work is far from done

Snow coats Highway 33 West in West Virginia as Hurricane Sandy batters the eastern seaboard, and a cold weather system blankets most of the high elevations in West Virginia on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. As the systems meet, blizzard conditions are in effect across multiple counties in West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

Snow coats Highway 33 West in West Virginia as Hurricane Sandy batters the eastern seaboard, and a cold weather system blankets most of the high elevations in West Virginia on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. As the systems meet, blizzard conditions are in effect across multiple counties in West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

Kevin Crister steps into a flooded roadway in front of his mother's mobile home at Meadow Run Mobile Home Park in Conewago Township, Pa., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Some residents of the park were told they needed to evacuate due to Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing for higher ground, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/York Daily Record, Jason Plotkin) YORK DISPATCH OUT

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ? The storm that was Sandy isn't done just yet.

After lashing coastal cities and inundating parts of New York City with 13 feet of water, the core of the hybrid storm is beginning a long slog across Pennsylvania and upstate New York, with its effects spreading as far west as Wisconsin and Illinois.

The big storm, which has caused wind warnings from Chicago to Maine and Canada to Florida, will continue to be a problem for a couple more days with heavy rainfall, snow and local flooding.

"This is going to be an event that for a period of time is going to alter the way we do things," Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said Monday, warning residents of his state they would not escape with just a glancing blow.

By midnight, what's left of Sandy was near Philadelphia and was forecast to spend most of Tuesday heading across Pennsylvania and then take a sharp turn Wednesday into western New York, weakening as it moved, said Daniel Brown, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center.

The once-tropical system has merged with a wintry cold front and is likely to produce heavy rain in the East for the next two or three days ? adding up to more flooding, Brown said.

Coastal storm surge will likely continue to be elevated Tuesday, especially with morning high tides, but they may be at levels a foot to a couple of feet less than Monday night's peak, Brown said. On the coast, gale-force winds will continue and subside eventually Tuesday evening, but inland they should subside by midday.

In parts of the mid-Atlantic region, particulary higher elevations, several more inches of snow was predicted Tuesday in addition to what fell the night before.

On the western shore of Lake Michigan, large waves were a concern. The Village of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., urged residents to evacuate in anticipation of waves as high as 18 feet. In Chicago, emergency officials asked residents and utility crews to be prepared for winds forecast at 50 mph and waves as high as 25 feet.

In upstate New York, automated calls warned about 13,000 Rochester-area residents who live near Lake Ontario to watch out for waves of 8 to 10 feet overnight. Emergency officials in neighboring Wayne County also suggested that shoreline homeowners evacuate.

The National Weather Service warned of hurricane-force winds with gusts up to 80 mph in New York City and surrounding counties until Tuesday evening.

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Hill reported from Albany, N.Y. AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed.

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Sandy Stimulus? Don't bet on it. - The Term Sheet ... - Fortune Finance

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The remains of scaffolding from above a Starbucks in lower Manhattan.

FORTUNE -- There are economic losers and winners after any natural disaster. This week, restaurants, movie theaters, airlines, and department stores will lose billions as Hurricane Sandy leaves millions without power and access to transportation.

Home Depot (HD), on the other hand, is likely to see a bumper quarter, providing generators and heavy-duty flashlights to many of the estimated 60 million people hit by the storm.

But whether the economy as a whole wins or loses is up for debate. Some analysts are arguing that Sandy could act as a kind of grisly stimulus package, mostly thanks to the billions of dollars that will be spent repairing flood and wind damage. The idea isn't totally out there: unemployment in post-Katrina New Orleans actually fell in the aftermath of the storm. And some academics say that reconstruction after storms in well-prepared areas can boost the economy.

But storms in general, and this one in particular, rarely deliver the kind of stimulus Keynesians are hoping for this week.

One-off catastrophes tend to have a negligible long-term effect on the larger economy, positive or negative, even when there is a tragic human cost. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, while regional unemployment dipped, national GDP growth slowed, if only slightly, says Erwann Michel-Kerjan, co-director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center. Sandy, orders of magnitude smaller, will hardly register on the national radar.

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Regionally, there's reason to be bearish on Sandy. Conservative estimates of the storm's cost from risk management firm Eqecat range from $10 billion (about what 2011's Hurricane Irene cost) to $20 billion (closer to what Hurricane Ike in 2008 cost). Michel-Kerjan says that some 60% of those costs will likely come from lost business. That's a reversal from past natural disasters, where some 40% of the cost has typically come from lost businesses, with the rest coming from damaged property. Sandy is different, Michel-Kerjan says, because it has shut down several major population centers for an extended period of time and, unlike Hurricane Irene, it hit during the workweek.

The result? Billions in lost revenue. And unlike the bills for repairing property damage, which benefit other parts of the economy, much of the lost business revenue will never be recouped. Take Starbucks (SBUX), which closed its New York stores during the storm. "You're not going to go out and buy twice as much coffee on Wednesday [when the storm lets up]," says Evan Gold, a senior vice president at weather consulting firm Planalytics.

Some of the costs will be transferred to other businesses. For example, Outback Steakhouse's loss could be Kroger's (KR) gain. But that's a zero-sum game for the economy, or worse, if consumers don't spend as much on the meal. "People are shifting and changing, but in many cases they lose out on an opportunity to do something," Gold says. That's especially meaningful just before the holiday season. Says Gold: "Macy's is not going to get days like this back. It's November. Every day counts."

Along with Macy's (M), apparel companies like Gap (GPS) and J. Crew are also in for a hit. Others losers include jewelry retailers, casual restaurants, and entertainment destinations, like movie theaters, casinos and theme parks, according to Planalytics. For just about all major retailers, at least 10% of their locations will be affected by the storm. For some, it's higher. BJ's has 54% of its stores in Sandy's path, Macy's has 25%, Sears (SHLD) has 19%, and Target (TGT) has 16%.

Not everyone is a post-Sandy business loser, though. Wal-Mart (WMT), Target, and Safe Way (SWY) will likely get a bump. Drugstores could also get a boost, as people stock up on prescriptions, along with quick-service restaurants like McDonald's (MCD),?particularly those locations along evacuation routes.

Some individual products will see an uptick. Planalytics predicts that consumer demand for bagged ice in Boston will rise 133% between Oct. 27 and November 1. Demand for dehumidifiers in New York could rise 111%. And demand for rain gear in Cleveland is projected to increase by 91%. On Amazon (AMZN), the sales rank of solar-powered and hand-cranked smartphone chargers soared over the weekend.

Gold says that grocery stores are often not affected by storms, despite the must-talked-about runs on bottled water. Lost foot traffic and reduced sales afterward usually cancel out the initial gains.

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With flood levels reaching four or five feet in some cities, the total property damage bills are likely to be vast. Eqecat predicts that insurance will cover about half of the total cost of the storm (though that figure is less of a boon for a region that's also home to the bulk of the country's insurance companies). Government aid, too, will provide some lift to battered homeowners and businesses. In recent history, public officials have occasionally taken a no-holds-barred approach to reviving growth, providing low-interest loans and credit for post-disaster home repair. But there are a few reasons that may not be the case this time.

Howard Kunreuther, another co-director at Wharton's risk management center, has studied government assistance to affected areas post-crisis, and says that, this year, policymakers may feel pressure to keep payouts low in light of mounting government debt. Another wildcard: Kunreuther's research shows that disasters before an election draw more government relief than disasters after an election. He notes that, at the moment, politicians are vowing to rush to the region's aid. Kunreuther is doubtful, though, that Congress will be able to make a move before the Nov. 6 elections.

Still, there may yet be a silver lining for the economy. The storm could prompt an increase in spending on weather-ready buildings and infrastructure in preparation for future disasters. Those types of investments could lift the economy more than post-crisis repairs -- and are more likely to actually save lives. "Spending before the disaster is really where you have the best return on investment," says Wharton's Michel-Kerjan. The challenge is generating enthusiasm in the absence of a calamity. "No one wants to go to Wal-Mart if there's not a hurricane on the news," he said.

Michel-Kerjan projects the costs to sufficiently storm-proof the entire United States would be in the trillions of dollars. By comparison, the potential costs and profits from a storm like Sandy look like a rounding error. Stimulus, indeed.

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Anyone that starts their own business, or at least prior to doing so, needs to ask and answer questions before they begin. Should you be in business for yourself? What kind of business is best for you? These are questions you need to ask and answer to get yourself going in the right direction. Questions are great for figuring out if you should be in a certain business, and if it will be profitable for you short-term, and in the long run. If you want to be successful, choosing the right questions to ask is important. So which ones are the best ones to ask? Let?s now look at what these questions could be ? let?s begin!

Have I made preparations to keep the business afloat before it actually becomes profitable? Businesses are almost never profitable from day one. You must therefore be prepared to work on your business and build it up for a while. Figure out how long you will be able to keep this up. This is one of the key questions you must be able to answer before getting started. You can?t afford to ignore this question or answer it in a way that?s less than honest. You must be able to survive for a while as your business gets off the ground, so give this matter plenty of thought. What kind of products or services do you want to sell? Almost anything can be sold online today with an ecommerce software. Even grocery stores are offering online ordering and delivery these days. Decide what you?re best qualified to do or sell. Is your goal to sell products of your own? You can also sell items made by others. Many online businesses also offer various services. Being an affiliate marketer is another business model that offers some of its own advantages. Once you?ve decided on a particular type of business, you can begin implementing your plan.

Who are your competitors? This is information you need to know. Will you be targeting individuals or businesses with what you are selling? Before you can figure out how to put together your unique selling position and marketing materials, you need to know against whom you are going to be competing. The reason you are doing this is to show your buyers that you are better than the competition, specifically in your demographic and what you have to offer. You simply need to show everyone that you are the best in the market, for your particular niche, and this can only be done once you are aware of your competitors.

There are many questions and decisions that must be addressed when starting a new enterprise. It makes no difference whether your business is being run from the web or from a storefront. You?ll find it much easier to make progress with your business if you start by asking the above questions. As you move forward, you?ll discover plenty of other questions as well!

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Panetta: US lacked early info on Benghazi attack

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. military did not intervene during the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya last month because it was over before the U.S. has sufficient information on which to act.

At a news conference, Panetta lamented second-guessing about how the U.S. handled the attack in Benghazi on Sept. 11. He said the U.S. military was prepared to respond but did not do so because it lacked what he called "real-time information."

U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the attack.

Panetta said he and senior U.S. military commanders felt strongly that they should not put U.S. forces at risk at the time.

He said ? quote ? "It was really over before we had the opportunity to really know what was happening."

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Social login isn't just a benefit for consumers, according to the Janrain report, although quick access to accounts is a big benefit. For retailers and merchants social login also offers insight into the social profiles of users, which can give insight into how to better engage the shopper.

Some interesting takeaways from Janrain's Q3 trends report include:

? Facebook is the preferred login for retailer and media sites as well as entertainment/gaming sites
? Paypal is gaining ground fast on retail sites
? Facebook is also the preferred login for mobile users

"[Facebook's] popularity is especially pronounced on music sites and entertainment and gaming sites. On retail websites, we are witnessing an increasing preference to use PayPal to create an account and sign-in during the checkout process. PayPal's share increased to nearly 10% on retail sites in Q3, up from 2% in Q4 2011," was written in the report.

As for sharing trends, consumers are sharing most information through Facebook and Twitter, continuing the trend of the past year. As for what they're sharing, the report shows it isn't just news links any longer. Online shoppers are also sharing comments, recent purchases and product reviews through their social networks, giving brands more to look for in the social space.

Janrain suggests businesses optimize the social media strategy arm of their business, utilizing social login for registrations and then using the information culled from those accounts to offer better targeting and more relevant products to shopping consumers.

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The future looks even brighter for Acrylatex Coating & Recyling, an Azusa-based paint recycling company in California. A state law that will take effect on October 2012 looks set to boost the company?s business.

?It?s a win-win situation,? said Gary Erb, co-owner of Acrylatex. ?We need to keep recycling our products. We can?t just keep dumping our leftovers into the landfills.?

Erb?s business collects old paint, then processes and resells it for uses ranging from architectural coatings to asphalt sealers, and no, they don?t have paint strippers who peel off paint from the walls of homes and buildings.

What Acrylatex actually does is reprocess unused, surplus, excess and mistint paints which they collect from paint distributors, retail stores, painting contractors and hazardous household waste site vendors.

Acrylatex started in 2004 as a disposal company for hazardous waste. In 2008, the company went into the paint-recycling business.? ?We did some paint recycling before then, but we started getting so much paint that we decided to change the business to paint recycling,? Erb said.

Acrylatex, like the other three paint recyclers in California, only recycles latex paint. After putting the old paint through a proprietary chemical process, five main products are made in more than 20 colors each. Most of them are sold to contractors and the like and used as regular paint. Some of the paint is used for graffiti abatement and a low-quality grade is made into asphalt sealants.

For folks on a budget, Acrylatex sells the products for about half of the price of new paint, with a minimum purchase of five gallons at $8 to $12 a gallon. The paint is sold through retail distributors nationwide. Customers can also make online orders or stop in at its headquarters. Sales for the company topped $1 million last year.

The key to its future success will be AB 1343, a bill signed into law in 2010 and will take effect in October 19, 2012. The law requires a paint manufacturer?s surcharge, which is passed on to customers. The surcharge ranges from 35 cents for a pint to $1.60 for a five-gallon container. The revenue will be funneled to Paint Care, a non-profit organization that works with paint, hardware and home-improvement stores to help create drop-off locations for consumers, and is contracting with transportation companies to send the paint to recycling companies.

Acrylatex will benefit most from a state law that will funnel revenue to PaintCare, a non-profit organization backed by the paint industry. PaintCare works with paint, hardware and home-improvement stores to help create drop-off locations for consumers and it contracts with transportation companies to send the paint to recycling companies.? Revenue will be generated from a manufacturer?s surcharge which will be passed on to consumers.

PaintCare is expecting to receive $25 million to $35 million in fees from the program in its first year. In addition to public education, marketing and staff, the money will pay the recycling companies for processing the paint and contractors to deliver it from the drop-off sites.

Meanwhile, Acrylatex is getting ready for an expansion. The company employs 14 and expects to hire five more to handle the additional paint, even as it automates several jobs.

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MPs reject badger cull pilots

25 October 2012 Last updated at 13:16 ET

MPs have voted against the government's policy of culling badgers in two pilot schemes in England.

It follows a highly-charged debate led by backbenchers in the Commons.

Ministers want to hold a pilot badger cull in two areas of the south west next year because badgers spread tuberculosis to cattle.

In a non-binding vote, MPs rejected the policy by 147 votes to 28, calling instead for vaccination, improved testing and bio security.

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson told MPs it was "essential" the pilots go ahead next year and that they would be rolled out elsewhere if they were successful.

He said: "There will be time to prepare, there will be no hitches next year, we will deliver this policy."

The motion was tabled by backbenchers so is not binding on the government, but there have been widespread protests against the scheme.

Labour's shadow environment secretary said it was clear the "writing is on the wall" for the controversial plan.

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Ministers have given approval for a cull in two areas, Gloucestershire and west Somerset, as part of efforts to control bovine tuberculosis.

Under the plans, badgers will be shot in the open without first being trapped in cages which is current practice.

Opponents, including the RSPCA, say that is inhumane, with an e-petition to the government attracting more than 160,000 signatures.

The cull was originally planned to start earlier in the summer but was delayed until after the after the Olympics and Paralympics, with recent bad weather also hampering preparations.

A number of MPs spoke out against the plan, including Green MP Caroline Lucas who labelled the policy "ill-judged, unscientific and deeply unpopular".

She said: "We don't need any more trials or pilots. Scientists are queuing up to warn that badger culling is not the solution."

Labour's Barry Sheerman said Mr Paterson was simply "wrong" on the cull.

"These wonderful creatures roamed this country before we did, it's wrong because it's a destruction of tens of thousands of living animals and there is no scientific evidence it will do any good at all," he said.

'Absolutely devastating'

However, others spoke out in favour of the plan.

Tory Gary Streeter, MP for South West Devon, said if the badger culls were not pursued next year the "impact on farmers' livelihoods would continue and also the impact on their mental health".

He said it was a "dreadful disease and it's extremely distressing for farmers to have to cope with it".

Daniel Kawczynski, Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, said he had seen a huge increase in the disease in his constituency.

He talked about the distress of farmers facing the slaughter of their cattle because of bovine tuberculosis.

"I don't mind saying that sometimes grown men and myself, we've sat round the table and cried," he said.

"When they see sometimes whole herds being taken away for slaughter, the impact that that has not just on themselves but also their families, particularly young children in that family, is absolutely devastating."

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'No-fly' American finally returns home

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A New York City man prevented from returning home from overseas by the federal government?s security apparatus has landed in the United States after a three-week delay, rights advocates say. ?

Samir Suljovic, 26, entered the United States on Friday night in Philadelphia, where he was questioned at length by Customs and Border Protection agents, causing him to miss his connecting flight to New York. He boarded a train, arriving in New York late Monday night.

Suljovic, who was born and raised in Queens, told NBC New York he believes he was banned from flying because he's Muslim.

"I wear a cap, I have a beard, I roll my pants up," Suljovic he told the NBC station. "They discriminated against me because I'm Muslim. What else could it be?"

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"They made me feel like I'm some kind of terrorist, some kind of criminal for no damn reason," he said. "I'm an American citizen. I'm being played here."

Suljovic, who has worked as a security guard in New York,?had been visiting relatives in Montenegro and was attempting to come home on Oct. 1 when he was denied boarding his U.S.-bound flight from Vienna, Austria.?

His story echoes those of dozens of other Americans, many of them Muslims, who have been stranded overseas by their apparent inclusion on the U.S. "no-fly" list, prompting legal challenges to the government.

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U.S. security watch lists currently have about 50,000 names, of which about 20,000 are on the 'no-fly' list of people who are "known and reasonably suspected terrorists," and among those are about 500 Americans, according to an official at the FBI Terrorist Screening Center, who asked not to be named.

The official would not say whether Suljovic?s name was on the no-fly list.

"Government policy is not to disclose that for security reasons," said the official. As an example, the official said, an aspiring terrorist who learned he or she was listed might change his or her identity.

Airline ticket agents in Vienna handed Suljovic a note from the Department of Homeland Security and instructed him to apply for a redress number for people who think they may be mistakenly on the "no-fly list."

The Department of Homeland Security redress procedure, which goes by the acronym TRIP?for?Travel Redress Inquiry Program, is set up to weed out people who are on the list because of mistaken identity. The TRIPS process does not provide a way for people who think they are wrongly placed on the list for other reasons to challenge those reasons.

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The U.S. Embassy in Vienna told Suljovic he was cleared for a flight back to the United States from Munich, Germany.

But after traveling by train to Munich, he was again denied boarding and instructed to go to the U.S. consulate there, where he did not get resolution. He says that he was instead interrogated by embassy personnel who also searched his cellphone without his permission.

The Council on American Islamic Relations, a nonprofit Muslim advocacy and civil rights group, wrote letters to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and the U.S. Embassy in Munich seeking an explanation of obstacles to his return home.

Suljovic?told NBC New York on Monday?he had to eat the cost of two flights that he was prohibited from boarding, and spent about $2,000 in Vienna and Munich while trying to get clearance to go home.

"I was like a mouse in a maze. I didn't know where to go, and I was wondering when I'd come home," he said. "I had nowhere to stay. I slept at the airport for the first few days."?

Suljovic said he's frustrated that government officials haven't been able to tell him why he couldn't come home, and that they haven't been able to tell him if he is on the no-fly list at all.

After a number of tries over the course 22 days, Suljovic was finally allowed to board the flight to Philadelphia on Friday. No explanation was given for his delays, or for his ultimate ability to fly home.

The opaqueness of U.S. security policy has prompted a a number of challenges to the use of the no-fly list. The most significant case, working its way through courts in Oregon, was brought by the ACLU in 2010 on behalf of 17 plaintiffs against the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI Terrorist Screening Center. That case challenges the constitutionality of the no-fly list, arguing that it deprives individuals of due process.

"Samir is back in the United States because it is his right to be here,? said Muneer Awad, executive director for the New York chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations. "It is his right today, and it was his right twenty-two days ago when our government prevented him from boarding any return flight home."

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Diane Rafferty Named CEO At OSU Medical Center In Tulsa ...

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) ?Sources tell CBS 2 that a note was found next to the body of a pregnant Brooklyn mother of four who was found stabbed to death in her apartment Saturday.

The city medical examiner?s office has ruled the death of 38-year-old Vindalee Smith?a homicide. Autopsy results were?released Sunday.

Sources said the type-written note referenced Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo.

?It said ?I will kill one pregnant woman a month starting now until Lee Boyd Malvo is set free,?? NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne told WCBS 880?s Alex Silverman. ?We haven?t determined whether this note is just a ruse to try to throw detectives off.?

WCBS 880?s Alex Silverman reports

?It?s scary. Scary. It makes me want to get out of here,? one area resident said.

Malvo was sentenced to life in prison for six murders in Maryland that were part of a three-week shooting spree in the Washington area back in 2002. Malvo apologized for his role in the killings, telling a court ?I?m truly sorry, grieved and ashamed for what I?ve done.? Malvo?s partner John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death and executed in 2009.

Smith was?found stabbed to death in her East Flatbush home one day before her wedding and just hours before a planned baby shower. She was eight months pregnant. Her unborn child did not survive. Neighbors told CBS 2?s Sean Hennessey they?ve never heard of anything like this.

?Horrible. Horrible. And she?s pregnant. Horrible,? Gloria Brown said.

?Anybody gonna kill someone with a baby, that?s wrong,? Irving Liburd added.

?It?s frightening and ridiculous. It?s frightening,? another neighbor said.

No weapon was recovered and there was no sign of forced entry, police said. Investigators have been questioning friends and family.

But police sources aren?t putting much stock in the note found here, saying it?s just a ruse to throw investigators off the track of who killed the mother of four.

Investigators questioned Smith?s boyfriend, who was reportedly identified as Anthony Jackman, and consider him person of interest in the case. His parents live in an apartment just a few blocks from the murder scene, CBS 2?s Hennessey reported.

?I didn?t know that side of him. I?ve never seen that side of him,? said one woman who knows the fiance but didn?t want to be identified. ?I don?t believe it. I can?t believe it. Things change and things happen, but I can?t believe the person that I know could have done this.?

The fiance was arrested Sunday night for forging a car registration. He?s free now but investigators said they are keeping tabs on where he is. There were no signs of forced entry, but investigators said they believe Smith may have known her killer.

Smith was a member of the New Dimension Church in Brooklyn and a devout Seventh-day Adventist.

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US and Iran: Could Romney be tougher than Obama? Unlikely.

Short of conducting a unilateral military strike or declaring war against the Islamic Republic, a Romney administration would be faced with the same legislative options on Iran as President Obama, who has already administered them. ? ? ?

By Roshanak Taghavi,?Correspondent / October 21, 2012

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 2. Ahmadinejad blames the steep drop in Iran's currency to "psychological pressures" linked to Western sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program.

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As moderator Martha Raddatz said at the Oct. 11 vice-presidential debate, the biggest national security threat faced by the United States is now considered to be the Islamic Republic of Iran.?

?Every American is less secure today because [President Obama] has failed to slow Iran?s nuclear threat,? Mitt Romney said at the Republican National Convention in August. The Republican candidate has since argued that Mr. Obama hasn?t been tough enough on Tehran, and he has vowed to institute a different, harsher sanctions program that will be sure to cripple the Islamic Republic.? ??

But analysts, legal experts, and US-allied diplomats say that when it comes to sanctions on Iran, US legislation isn't expected to differ much from one administration to another.?Short of conducting a unilateral military strike or declaring war against the Islamic Republic, a Romney administration would be faced with the same legislative options on Iran as President Obama, who has already administered them.??? ??

Obama vs. Romney 101: 3 ways they differ on Iran

Former President George W. Bush began implementing legislation for harsher financial sanctions against Iran during his last two years in office. After the 2008 presidential election, the Obama administration instituted and expanded those sanctions at a speed that has made current US sanctions policy on Iran the harshest in contemporary history.?This leaves a potential new Romney administration with few policy alternatives.

?The only thing Romney can really do to get to the right of Obama on Iran policy is to say he'd bomb Iran if elected president, or would actively promote and pursue a policy of regime change,? says Karim Sajadpour, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.??Given the misgivings Americans have about the Iraq war, I don't think those are winning talking points for him.?

Since Obama became president in 2009, his administration has used a carrot-and-stick approach with the Islamic Republic, practicing a policy of?limited engagement while boosting the implementation of Bush-era financial sanctions against Tehran and enacting new, tighter financial restrictions.?

Iran?s economy began feeling the bite of new US and United Nations sanctions during the last two years of former President Bush?s second term in office.?When Obama became president, the US Treasury Department upped the ante on Iran sanctions, accelerating their implementation and obtaining concrete commitments from US allies and private international entities to institute them as well.

Obama?s administration has also been tougher on US allies, particularly in Europe, flanking traditional diplomacy with direct pressure for collaboration on Iran policy, according to interviews with western European diplomats. ?

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Robot used for open-heart surgery

22 October 2012 Last updated at 11:09 ET By Michele Paduano BBC Midlands health correspondent

The Da Vinci robot has four arms, each with a tool costing ?2,000

Surgeons have carried out the first ever robotic open-heart operations in Britain at the New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.

The Da Vinci robot is remotely controlled by surgeons who are given a high definition view of the heart through a sophisticated camera.

Natalie Jones, of Stourbridge, 22, was the first patient to have the procedure to have a hole in her heart repaired.

Doctors claim the operation is safer for patients than conventional surgery.

Normal heart surgery involves cutting open the breast plate, but the robotic arms are inserted by making cuts between the patient's ribs.

A surgeon is given a 3D, high-definition view of the heart and can move the arms using a control panel.

Each time they move their hand 3mm, the robot arm moves just 1mm.

Heart surgeon Stephen Billing said: "There is less pain and patients are able to return home to their normal activities far sooner."

Mrs Jones had a 3.5cm (1.3in) hole in her heart repaired during surgery which lasted nine hours.

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She said she wanted the procedure so she could get back to looking after her 21-month-old son, Dillon, as quickly as possible.

She said: "I was scared, but I chose the robot surgery because I didn't want to have a large scar and I liked the idea of being the first."

A more complex procedure - a mitral valve repair - was carried out on 43-year-old Paul Whitehouse from Halesowen.

Doctors said that Mr Whitehouse might be able to go back to work as a self-employed builder after two months instead of the normal six months recovery time.

New Cross Hospital hopes to carry out 30 mitral valve repairs a year using the robot that is already employed in other operations at the hospital.

The UK is the third country in Europe after Sweden and Finland to perform open-heart surgery using robots.

Surgeons Moninder Bhabra and Mr Billing and their team underwent extensive training in Finland before the first procedure.

But Mr Bhabra accepts that the robot can only be used sparingly, because it is expensive.

Each of its four arms has tools costing ?2,000 that have to be replaced after 10 operations.

"I accept money is tight within the NHS, but we can't be left behind by the rest of the world in developing what we are doing in surgery and other aspects of health care," said Mr Bhabra.

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Braxton Miller

Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller lies injured on the ground after being tackled by a Purdue player during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State defeated Purdue 29-22 in overtime. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

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Eric Ward, Kevin White

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Ibraheim Campbell, Jamal Turner

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Jelani Jenkins, Kenny Miles

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Perry Hills, Dontae Johnson, Brandon Pittman

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Andrew Maxwell, Jake Ryan

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Chris Johnson, Justice Cunningham

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Jeremy Reeves, Durrell Givens, Joseph Randle

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Jeff Greene, Sean Sylvia

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Quinton Dunbar, Jimmy Legree

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Stanford tight end Zach Ertz, center, runs in into the end zone past California defensive back Josh Hill (23) on a 20-yard touchdown catch during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Zeke Motta, Ross Apo

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Trevone Boykin

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Seth Doege, Alfredo Morales, Chucky Hunter

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Darrin Moore, Kevin White

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Kyle Flood, Norries Wilson

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Taylor Martinez, Chi Chi Ariguzo

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Levine Toilolo, Michael Lowe

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Matthias Farley, Sheldon Day, Jamaal Williams

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Thomas Gordon, Bennis Fowler

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Jace Davis, Donovan Henley

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Savon Huggins, Chris Hutton

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Denard Robinson

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J.W. Walsh, Daniel Koenig

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Clint Moseley

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James White, Montee Ball

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Ryan Groy, Kyle Costigan, James White

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WILLIAMS

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Jerry Kill

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Bret Bielema

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D.C. Jefferson

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Jeff Heuerman

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Kevin Johnson, Darius Jennings

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D.C. Jefferson

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James Franklin

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Paul Freedman

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J.W. Walsh, Jansen Watson

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J.C. Coleman, Jonathan Meeks

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Marken Michel, BooBoo Gates

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Tajh Boyd

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Italian court rules ?mobile phones can cause brain tumors?

The Italian Supreme Court has ruled there is a causal link between mobile phone use and brain tumors in a landmark case. The ruling has set a legal precedent that could potentially trigger a deluge of lawsuits.

Innocente Marcolini, a 60-year-old retired businessman argued that the excessive use of his mobile phone for around six hours every day for 12 years caused a benign brain tumor that left his face partially paralyzed.

The Italian court ruled in the businessman?s favor, conceding that there is a ?causal link? between phone use and the development of the tumor.

"This is significant for very many people. I wanted this problem to become public because many people still do not know the risks,? said Marcolini to Corriere della Sera. ?I was always on the phone for at least five or six hours a day. Always with a mobile pressed to my ear.?

Marcolini?s tumor was located on the trigeminal nerve, close to where his cellphone touched his head. Although the tumor was non-cancerous, it endangered his life as it could have spread to the carotid artery and blocked one of the main blood vessels to the brain.

In his case he argued that the electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellphones can damage cells, making tumors more likely to occur.

Oncologist and professor of environmental mutagenesis Angelo Gino Levis, who gave evidence during the court hearing, said that the ruling was ?extremely important.?

?Finally a correlation has been officially recognized between electromagnetic waves and development of tumors in spite of the anti-alarmist propaganda and research financed by mobile phone manufacturers,? Levis told the Corriere. He stressed that after working on several case studies the relationship between the use of mobile phones and the increased risk of brain tumors is proven.

"It'll open, not a road, but a motorway to legal actions by victims. We're considering a class action,? Levis told UK newspaper The Sun.

Other experts have been more cautious over the case. Silvio Garattini, Director of the Institute of Pharmacological Research said that at the moment there is no concrete evidence that proves the link between tumors and cellphone use. Garattini said ?the court sided with the aggrieved because they were uncertain.?

Currently the World Health Organization classifies mobile phones as ?carcinogens? and lumps them into the same category as coffee and pesticides.

Source: http://rt.com/news/italy-phone-causes-tumor-840/

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Call Centers - A Backgrounder

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The call center business has become one of the fastest booming industries today. In the era of customer-oriented services, the provision for accessible support is now a priority. With many companies trying to cope up with their customers' needs and demands, the concept of the call center was born.

A call center normally operates with all its agents (or customer service representatives) in one central location. It is equipped to handle a large amount of transactions between...

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The call center business has become one of the fastest booming industries today. In the era of customer-oriented services, the provision for accessible support is now a priority. With many companies trying to cope up with their customers' needs and demands, the concept of the call center was born.

A call center normally operates with all its agents (or customer service representatives) in one central location. It is equipped to handle a large amount of transactions between customers and the call center agents. Transactions may be carried out through a variety of media. The telephone is the foremost form of communication in call centers today. However, transactions are also carried out via email and the live chat through the Internet.

Call centers offer a wide range of services. The first thought that comes to mind for many is support - product information, technical support, and all sorts of after sales services. However, call centers can offer more than that. They also deal with marketing and sales. Telemarketing is an aggressive form of selling your product and can yield very good results. Call centers cater to businesses which aim to increase their sales as well as provide customer services. One example would be credit card companies.

While aiming to provide information and assistance to customers, they can also increase their revenue through sales spiels given by their agents. Another service that can be dealt with by a call center is debt collection. Credit bureaus also make use of call centers to provide information on a person's credit rating. In effect, basically anything that has to do with your customers can be done through call centers.

What is the typical set up in a call center? The term call center brings up images of wide open work spaces, with small workstations containing a computer, headset, and telephone dialer. The practice is increasingly turning to the linking of data and voice in one pathway. This integration makes for more efficient work practices and is called Computer Telephony Integration (CTI). Individual agents are normally managed by a floor supervisor who also takes calls when the need arises.

Setting up a call center requires certain technology to be applied. There is a wide range of available technologies for call centers today. More often than not, different types of technologies are combined in order to achieve the most effective and efficient set up. The Computer Telephony Integration has already been mentioned is one of the trends in the business today. In fact, CTI is used to combine most applications used in call centers - voice, email, fax, and web. CTI provides many functions such as caller ID, on screen dialing, on screen phone controls (conference calls, hang up, hold, etc.), and agent status control (whether agent is available for calls or not).

With all these advances in technology and developments in consumer-oriented practices, the call center has emerged as an ideal solution for many companies. The call center provides standardized service to customers and helps cut the cost. In addition to that, the separate entity of the call center subtracts from the actual operational considerations of the company.

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