Saturday, February 4, 2012

Santo Joins the "Poor" Romney Pile-On (TIME)

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4 killed in Egypt clashes over deadly soccer riot

An Egyptian protestor is seen through heat waves from a fire as he raises his national flag during clashes with security forces near the interior ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. A volunteer doctor says police and protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot have clashed for the second day in the Egyptian capital, and that one man died in the latest violence. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

An Egyptian protestor is seen through heat waves from a fire as he raises his national flag during clashes with security forces near the interior ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. A volunteer doctor says police and protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot have clashed for the second day in the Egyptian capital, and that one man died in the latest violence. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

CORRECTS DAY OF WEEK TO FRIDAY - Egyptian protestors help a wounded man during clashes with security forces near the interior ministry in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. A volunteer doctor says police and protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot have clashed for the second day in the Egyptian capital, and that one man died in the latest violence.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian protestors stand in front of riot police to stop others from throwing stones during clashes near the Interior Ministry in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. A volunteer doctor says police and protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot have clashed for the second day in the Egyptian capital, and that one man died in the latest violence. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian riot police throw stones at protestors during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. A volunteer doctor says police and protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot have clashed for the second day in the Egyptian capital, and that one man died in the latest violence. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Egyptian protestors run from tear gas fired by security forces during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. A volunteer doctor says police and protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot have clashed for the second day in the Egyptian capital, and that one man died in the latest violence. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

(AP) ? Police fired salvos of tear gas and birdshot Friday at rock-throwing protesters in Cairo as popular anger over a deadly soccer riot spilled over into a second day of street violence that left at least four people dead and more than 1,500 injured nationwide, officials said.

The protesters blame the police for failing to prevent a melee after a soccer match in the Mediterranean city of Port Said on Wednesday that killed 74 people. The violence ? the soccer world's worst in 15 years ? also has fueled frustration with the ruling generals who took power after the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak last February.

On Friday, Egyptians furious over the bloodshed took to the streets in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and several Nile Delta cities.

The biggest demonstrations were in the capital, however, where protesters wearing helmets and gas masks fought their way through streets thick with smoke from tear gas toward the Interior Ministry, a frequent target for demonstrations because it is responsible for the police. The demonstrators say they don't want to storm the ministry, but to hold a sit-in in front of it.

Many protesters have suggested the authorities either instigated the Port Said violence or intentionally allowed it to happen to retaliate against the soccer fans known as Ultras who played a key role in clashes with security forces during the uprising that toppled Mubarak.

"I came down because what happened in Port Said was a political plan from the military to say it's either them or chaos," said 19-year-old Islam Muharram.

The clashes in Cairo began late Thursday and escalated overnight, with protesters pushing through the barricades erected around the fortress-like building and bringing down a wall of concrete blocks erected outside the ministry two months ago, after similar violence left more than 40 protesters dead.

Ambulances and volunteers on motorcycles ferried the injured, most of them suffering respiratory problems from the tear gas, to field hospitals set up nearby on Tahrir Square.

On the square Friday, thousands of people rallied to condemn the security forces for failing to stop the Port Said bloodshed, and pointed to the incident to bolster their claims that the military has mismanaged Egypt's transition to a democracy. They also called for early presidential elections and demanded the army speed up the transfer of power to a civilian administration.

Meanwhile, some 1,500 protesters marched to the Defense Ministry, chanting "the people want to execute the marshal," referring to Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of the ruling military council.

The death toll from Friday's violence stood at four.

One security officer was killed and 138 injured, according to the official MENA news agency.

One protester in Cairo was killed after being hit by birdshot at close range, a volunteer doctor said on condition of anonymity because he feared reprisals by the authorities. He said four protesters have lost an eye from birdshot, and that his field hospital close to Tahrir Square was overwhelmed with the wounded overnight.

Two protesters also were killed in Suez by police who opened fire, said health official Mohammed Lasheen.

About 3,000 people demonstrated in front of the Suez police headquarters, prompting police to fire tear gas and live ammunition, witnesses said. A third protester in Suez was in critical condition with a wound to the neck.

The chief of security in Suez denied the deaths there were from police gunfire.

In Alexandria, thousands of people, some of them carrying photos of those killed in the soccer riot, protested in front of the city's military headquarters, while in Port Said, hundreds of protesters rallied in the streets to condemn the attacks on the soccer fans. Some of the demonstrators held banners that read: "Port Said is innocent, this is a cheap conspiracy."

The Interior Ministry urged the protesters in a statement "to listen to the sound of wisdom ... at these critical moments" and prevent the spread of chaos.

Many in the public and in the newly elected parliament, which held an emergency session Thursday to discuss the violence, blamed the new leadership for letting the soccer riot happen ? whether due to a lack of control by the security forces, or as some allege, intentionally.

The violence in Port Said began after home team Al-Masry pulled off a 3-1 upset win over Cairo's Al-Ahly, Egypt's most powerful club. Al-Masry fans stormed the field, rushing past lines of police to attack Al-Ahly fans.

Survivors described a nightmarish scene in the stadium. Police stood by doing nothing, they said, as Al-Masry fans attacked Al-Ahly supporters, stabbing them and throwing them off bleachers. The parliament later accused the interior minister of "negligence."

Youssef, an 18-year old Al-Ahly supporter who was being treated Friday by the field doctor in Cairo for birdshot in his back and arms, said he had been throwing rocks at the police when he was injured.

"What can I do? I am here to get justice for my beloved brothers who died. I will either get it or I'd rather die like them," said Youssef, who would not give his second name because he feared for his life.

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Associated Press writer Hadeel al-Shalchi contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Friday, February 3, 2012

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Nuclear accidents pose little risk to health: NRC (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is "very small" because reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive materials, U.S. nuclear regulators said in a study on Wednesday.

The study comes almost a year after the disaster in Japan in March when an earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, causing reactor fuel meltdowns and radiation releases.

"Successful implementation of existing mitigation measures can prevent reactor core damage or delay or reduce offsite releases of radioactive material," the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in the study.

"As a result, the calculated risks of public health consequences from severe accidents modeled in the severe accident study) are very small," the NRC said.

The study found there was "essentially zero risk" to the public of early fatalities due to radiation exposure following a severe accident. The long-term risk of dying from cancer due to radiation exposure after an accident was less than one in a billion and less than the U.S. average risk of dying from other causes of cancer, which is about two in one thousand.

The study, called the State-of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analyses (SOARCA), looked at the radiological health consequences for potential severe accidents at Exelon Corp's Peach Bottom nuclear plant in Pennsylvania and Dominion's Surry nuclear plant in Virginia.

The NRC said it picked those two sites because Peach Bottom is representative of the nation's General Electric boiling water reactor designs and Surry is representative of the Westinghouse pressurized water reactor designs.

About a third of the 104 operating nuclear units in the United States are boiling water reactors and about two-thirds are pressurized water reactors. Nuclear power provides about 20 percent of the nation's electricity.

As part of its study, the NRC looked at the possibility of a station blackout, or loss of power, caused by an earthquake or other seismic activity. The loss of power at Fukushima prevented operators from pumping water around the reactor fuel, which allowed the uranium rods to overheat, meltdown and release radiation.

On Tuesday, the NRC told nuclear plant operators in the central and eastern United States to start using a new seismic model to reassess the potential for earthquakes in their area.

In August, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook two reactors at the North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia, shutting the facility for about three months. That earthquake caused only minor damage to the plant and did not lead to the release of radiation.

WORST CASE SCENARIO

In the worst case scenario with an earthquake causing a station blackout, the study found that core damage could begin in 1 to 3 hours and reactor vessel failure could begin in about 8 hours. The NRC said that was possibly enough time to allow a plant operator to restore core cooling and prevent vessel failure.

If core cooling is not restored, the NRC said containment failure and radiological release could begin at about 8 hours for Peach Bottom and at 25 hours for Surry.

The NRC noted that the availability of portable diesel driven pumps to move water through the reactor core to cool the fuel would be "especially helpful" in mitigating the consequences of a severe accident.

The NRC said this study, which has been in the works since at least 2007, updates decades of research by the NRC, the nuclear power industry and the international nuclear energy research community on severe reactor accident phenomena, including the industry upgrades since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

The NRC noted all of the accident scenarios in the latest SOARCA study progress more slowly and release much less radioactive material than a previous severe accident study in 1982.

The NRC said the SOARCA study was nearing completion when the Fukushima accident occurred. Fukushima had many similarities with some of the Peach Bottom severe accident scenarios, the NRC said.

Some of the nation's biggest nuclear power operators include units of Exelon, Entergy Corp, Duke Energy, Progress Energy and Dominion.

(Reporting By Scott DiSavino; Editing by Bob Burgdorfer)

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

93% Pina

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This meditation on movement and space, transportation and transcendence is not to be missed.

What the filmmaker has created is an inspired simulacrum - a jewel-box that contains more of Bausch's kinetic soul than film has any right to.

Crane and steadycam allow Wenders to get so close to the action that in the minimalist Caf? M?ller, one's illusion of being on stage is uncanny.

"Pina"is the best possible tribute to Bausch, and to adventurous image-making.

I watched the film in a sort of reverie.

Whether you're familiar with Pina Bausch's work or not, the new film "Pina" is a knockout.

Sans 3D, Pina becomes a more unified work of undisputed merits, a passionate, fitting tribute from one of Europe's preeminent filmmakers and documentarians.

This seems like a ripping good idea. In practice, "Pina" turns out to have a few problems.

Suggests thrilling new possibilities for the marriage of movies and dance.

Even for someone who would rather count sheep than attend a ballet, these scenes are nothing short of astonishing, beautifully presenting dance's ability to depict words.

You won't hear the names Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Paul Taylor or Bob Fosse breathed herein.

An exhilarating experience, both in its celebration of Bausch's groundbreaking work and in the thrilling way that Wenders captures it on camera.

It's not an overview of Bausch's career or a statement on her art, but a celebration of her work and the dancers who bring it to life.

This is a stunning film, a glorious homage to modern dance and one of its premier authors and the best justification of 3D technology to date.

With a breakout use of 3D for artistic rather than solely commercial blockbuster purposes, German director Wim Wenders gives extraordinary life to the work of choreographer Pina Bausch.

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Plumbing Tip: Unclogging Toilets With a Wire Hanger - Networx ...

We all know the sinking feeling of flushing the toilet and watching the water begin to creep up too far and then not drain out as usual. Yes, I'm talking about the horrible problem of a clogged toilet.

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This happened to me not too long ago at my New York City apartment. My toilet had some mysterious back up that did not respond to any of the usual?techniques. I tried pouring boiling water into the drain, I used?Drano, but nothing would work.

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Being a little strapped for cash at the time, calling in a?Brooklyn Plumber?was not an options. So I had to take matters into my own hands.

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After a quick Google search for solutions I discovered that wire hangers?actually?make a decent?DIY snake for toilet drains.?With nothing to loose I decided to give it a shot.

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Using an unravelled old hanger from the dry cleaner, I jammed it as far as it would go into the depths of the toilet. Amazingly, after?rooting?around?for a few minutes the clog cleared and the toilet was back to normal operation.?

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While nothing beats the tools and knowledge of a professional, it's good to know that in a pinch, everyday items can save the day.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

H&R Block At Home Deluxe Online (2011)


Using the 2011 version of H&R Block's At Home Deluxe Online is something like visiting one of the company's offices, I'd imagine. You exchange a few pleasantries with the preparer, but then it's all business. You're asking and answering questions, presenting a lot of numbers, and then reviewing your work together. Unfortunately, H&R Block At Home Deluxe Online's stumbles a bit during the post-prep review process. TurboTax ($49.95, Federal; $36.95, State; 4.5 stars) has won our Editor's Choice for several years running now, and it does so again this year, ?in part because of this flaw.

The Broadest Range
H&R Block's online tax preparation site provides a simple, straightforward work environment that over the years has shed the colorful graphics and sometimes slow operation that it sported in its previous life as Kiplinger TaxCut. In 2012, H&R Block's At Home Deluxe Online is clean, fast, and comprehensive, and features all-important help resources that offer a better chance of getting to the answer you're looking for faster than the competition.

Every tax preparation software and website publisher offers multiple applications with varying levels of processing ability and help. Each lets you move up to a more sophisticated product if you've paid for one and it's not meeting your needs (neither do any of them charge you until you print or e-file). But H&R Block's product line is more extensive than its competitors'. I reviewed H&R Block At Home Deluxe ($29.95 for federal; state, $34.95).

Here's the entire lineup; all include a free federal e-file:

  • H&R Block At Home Free Edition. Supports a surprisingly robust number of forms and schedules, including Forms 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ; multiple 1098s and 1099s; and Schedules A, B, H and R. Offers free audit assistance (not representation).
  • H&R Block At Home Basic Edition. Everything in Free, plus step-by-step guidance, previous year import and an error check, for $19.95. No Schedules C-F.
  • H&R Block At Home Deluxe Edition. Everything in Basic, plus import from financial institutions (W-2s, 1099s, etc.); personalized tax guidance for homeowners and investors; investment sales support; mortgage interest and charitable deduction maximizers. Supports C-F. $29.95.
  • H&R Block At Home Premium Edition. Contains everything in previous versions plus Schedule C guidance; one free phone session with a tax professional; rental income assistance; advanced tax calculators and tax law/planning resources, for $49.95.
  • Best of Both. Do your own tax prep online with one of these solutions and pay an extra $79.95 to have an H&R Block professional review, correct, sign and file your return. Year-round advice is included.

H&R Block still publishes CD/download versions, but they're more expensive for Deluxe and Premium users. TurboTax and TaxACT, too, still come in desktop versions. CompleteTax has always been available online only.

Mobility has become important to every type of application, and TurboTax has everyone beat in this area. H&R Block ?has both an optimized iPad version and a smartphone app.

One Navigational Downside
All of H&R Block's online tax sites share a characteristic that none of the others does. Everyone offers a bookmark-type function that lets you enter a reminder to come back and fill in missing information. On the H&R Block At Home sites, though, you cannot advance onto the next screen until you've completed the previous one. This is the safest way to proceed and makes it less likely that you'll forget something, but it can be frustrating.

Other than that navigational difference, getting around H&R Block At Home is as easy as on the competing sites ? perhaps easier, because the site's interface is sparer than the others. No fancy graphics or an excess of icons or toolbars. H&R Block's quieter approach can make it easier to find exactly what you're looking for, when you need it.

There are few navigational tools. You have your "Back" and "Next" buttons that move you to the previous and next screens. You have your "Take me to" button that opens a chronological directory of topics and screens. And you have a tabbed bar at the top dividing your path into "Welcome," "Federal," "State," and "File;" clicking on one opens a row of subtopics for that parent topic ("Income," "Credits," etc. ). That's it. Brevity and simplicity rule.

And as always, H&R Block At Home, like its competitors, asks simple questions and provides check boxes, fields and radio buttons for your answers, then drops your entries into the correct line on the 1040 and its related documents.?

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