Democratic holdout agrees to support health care reform in US

Sunday, December 20, 2009

A conservative Democratic United States senator has agreed to supply the key 60th vote needed for passage of a sweeping health care reform package. Senate Democrats have reached a breakthrough in their struggle to pass sweeping heath care reform legislation, lining up the 60 votes needed to overcome fierce Republican opposition. Senators met Saturday in Washington, D.C. during a driving snowstorm in a frenzied effort to move forward on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.

The spotlight was on moderate Democratic Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who had been the last holdout as Senate Democrats raced against the clock and against determined Republican opposition to pass their health care bill by their self-imposed deadline of December 25th, Christmas.

Change is never easy, but change is what is necessary in America today and and that is why I intend to vote for cloture, I intend to vote for cloture and for health care reform.

Nelson said he is now ready to vote for cloture, which would advance the bill. “Change is never easy, but change is what is necessary in America today and and that is why I intend to vote for cloture, I intend to vote for cloture and for health care reform,” he said.

Nelson said he decided to support the bill after winning new concessions from Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to limit the availability of abortions in insurance sold under the new legislation along with millions of dollars in Medicaid funding for Nebraska.

The legislation would extend health benefits to more than 30 million uninsured Americans and impose new regulations on the health insurance industry.

Senator Reid of Nevada has been working for months to win over one holdout Democratic senator after another, repeatedly altering the bill to satisfy different demands. Reid says reform is essential. “The broken system cannot continue and it will not continue. When President Obama signs this bill into law, we will officially end the era in which insurance companies win only when patients lose,” he said.

The broken system cannot continue and it will not continue. When President Obama signs this bill into law, we will officially end the era in which insurance companies win only when patients lose.

Nelson’s support should pave the way for Senate Democrats to win the first of a series of crucial procedural votes scheduled to begin at one o’clock in the morning on Monday and set to conclude — if everything goes smoothly for them — with final passage on Christmas Eve.

Republicans have been using a number of parliamentary procedures to delay action on the bill, including forcing a reading on the Senate floor Saturday of Reid’s 338-pages of last minute amendments. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky responded to the apparent Democratic breakthrough. “And Democrats are forcing a vote on it, as I indicated, over the weekend, counting on the fact that the American people are preoccupied with Christmas and not paying much attention to what they are doing,” he said.

The history that is being made here, make no mistake about it, the history that is being made here, is the ignoring of the will of the American people.

Republicans are unified in their opposition, saying the bill is too expensive and will not solve the problems with the current health care system. Senator McConnell dismissed claims by Democrats that the bill is historic. “The history that is being made here, make no mistake about it, the history that is being made here, is the ignoring of the will of the American people,” he said.

Senator John McCain of Arizona echoed those comments in the weekly Republican radio address saying, “Regrettably, there’s nothing in this legislation that effectively addresses the problem of health care hyperinflation. In fact, experts tell us the Democrat legislation makes matters worse.”

Democrats say they have been trying to reform the nation’s health care system for close to 70 years, ever since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in office. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut was emotional as victory seemed within reach. “All we are trying to do is to guarantee that if you are a fellow citizen of ours, and you are struck with illness or a loved one is, that you will never again have that fear, that you will end up losing your home, your job, your retirement and your life savings because you have been afflicted with an illness through no fault of your own.”

If the Senate is able to pass a bill next week, it would be viewed as a major victory for President Obama. But the bill would still need to be reconciled with a health-care reform bill passed last month by the House of Representatives before the president could sign it into law next year.

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Atherosclerosis & Cholesterol Is there any connection

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Rajeev SahadevanAtherosclerosis an introduction:

Atherosclerosis is a condition that can affect various portions of the body. This is because of plague which is made up of unwanted fatty objects, waste products, calcium, cholesterol and many more. This plague settles in the arterial walls that over prolonged period can narrow or harden leaving you with various health risks. When the walls become narrow, the blood flow is inhibited which will make you susceptible to various diseases such as heart diseases, brain stroke, kidney diseases and many more. For instance, if there is limited blood flow to the heart because of plague build up, it will give you chest pain that will lead to heart attack.

Sometimes plague ruptures in the arterial walls that can also lead to blood clot in heart or it may move to other areas which can hinder the blood flow to vital organs.

Atherosclerosis and cholesterol Causes and effects:

Atherosclerosis and cholesterol does not come with any symptoms especially when you are of young age. Hence it is prudent to get your blood checked once every year. The effects of high cholesterol usually pop up when you are older probably at your 50s or 60s.

One of the main reasons for atherosclerosis is high levels of cholesterol. Other levels include high blood pressure, smoking, drinking etc. If you check closely, you will notice that people who have high levels of cholesterol also come with high triglycerides level which is one of the underlying reason why people are obese. As we are talking about atherosclerosis and cholesterol, the foods you eat can contribute to a great extent in promoting the plague buildup in the arteries. Whenever you consume foods that are rich in bad cholesterol (LDL), you will fasten the purpose of blood clot, plague in the body. For instance,

1. Baked goods such as cookies, cakes that are trans fat

2. Saturated fats such as animal fat (meat, poultry etc.), fried/junk foods3. Dairy products such as cream, milk, etc.4. The above foods can really contribute to your health in many ways and NOT in a good way. So make sure you stay away from these foods.

Homocysteine is another factor that can contribute to raising not only the cholesterol levels but also in development of plague in the body.

Natural remedy for cholesterol:

There are many natural remedies for cholesterol which will help you eradicate unwanted cholesterol from the body. Some of the foods are fiber induced which blocks the absorption of bad cholesterol in the body thereby avoiding growth of atherosclerosis in the body. The foods are natural remedy for cholesterol and control spike of unwanted blood sugar/pressure levels very much that will chuck chances of heart diseases or diabetes.

1. Whole grain foods such as oats, bran, wheat etc.

2. Beans, legumes and other lentils3. Yogurt (diet free)4. Nuts such as pistachios, almonds, walnuts etc. (not the salted ones)

Take initiative now and get rid of unwanted atherosclerosis and cholesterol from the body. Adults in their 20s or 30s who have a family history of high cholesterol or heart disease can take remedial measures now by incorporating natural remedies in their life. Risks pertaining to atherosclerosis and cholesterol can really be eradicated by taking Choleslo regularly.

Choleslo is one of the best health supplements in the market which will help you to combat cholesterol naturally without any side effects. Unlike statins which gives you temporary relief, Choleslo is a wonder product which reaches the core problem of the body and kicks LDL cholesterol in the shins thereby eliminating even the slightest chance of heart risk in the body.

Some of the natural ingredients of Choleslo include phytosterols, artichoke leaf extract, guggulsterones, garlic deoderized and many more which have placed their name years ago in various traditional books such as Ayurveda, Chinese etc. these ingredients have the power to boost HDL levels by a great extent while converting the LDL into something purposeful in the body. A purity certified product, all the batches of Choleslo are individually checked by a third party lab so as to double verify if the contents match the label. This avoids availability of lot of fake products in the market claiming to be the original Choleslo.

With numerous products in the market, I understand it is difficult to opt for a particular one especially when every brand claims to have pure content. Keeping this in mind, HFL solutions of Choleslo gives you 200% satisfaction guarantee. This means that in case if you are not satisfied with the results within a specified period, simply return and get your money back with an extra $100 in your pocket for the trouble you had gone through. Note that this is one of the toughest bet that HFL solutions has provided to the customers and to its competitors which till now no one could ever beat. I personally recommend to buy from the original website to prevent any fraudulent purchase from random websites. With various discount offers and guarantee, it is hard to avoid Choleslo and to top it on there are more than thousands of users who vouch that the product actually works.

Last words:

Bottomline, atherosclerosis and cholesterol should not be taken lightly and needs to be dealt with promptly as ignorance is not bliss always. Stay in perfect body by implementing all the good foods, staying away from stress and just doing the right thing which will keep you happy and positive always.

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Israel to build new settlements in West Bank

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Israel announced Sunday that it plans to build several hundred new housing facilities in the occupied West Bank, days after several Israelis were killed in an attack on Friday.

According to officials, a meeting on Saturday of a government committee resulted in the decision to build up to 500 new housing units, all within existing settlements. The new buildings are to be constructed in areas that Israel expects to retain control of in the event of any potential peace accord with Palestine.

A Palestinian spokesperson said that Israel’s decision was “wrong and unacceptable and will only create problems.” The building of settlements by Israel is widely criticized; in February fourteen of the fifteen United Nations Security Council members, with the US the only exception, supported a resolution that would demand Israel stop further construction.

The announcement of the new buildings came days after five Israelis were stabbed to death on Friday night, in an attack suspected to be of Palestinian origin. In response to the attack, residents of the area had asked the Israeli government to build new housing facilities.

The attacks were referenced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said in a statement that he had “noticed that several countries that always hasten to the U.N. Security Council in order to condemn Israel, the state of the Jews, for planning a house in some locality, or for laying some tiles somewhere, have been dilatory in sharply condemning the murder of Jewish infants.”

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with NDP candidate Glenn Crowe, Bramalea-Gore-Malton

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Glenn Crowe is running for the NDP in the Ontario provincial election, in the Bramalea-Gore-Malton riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign.

Crowe did not reply to various questions asked.

Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic Party members, Ontario Greens, as well as members from the Family Coalition, Freedom, Communist, Libertarian, and Confederation of Regions parties, as well as independents.

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China: ‘the Dalai Lama is scheming to take the Beijing Olympics hostage’

Monday, March 24, 2008

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The government of China has claimed that the Dalai Lama is cooperating with Islamic extremists as part of a plot to bring the country into crises before the Olympic Games, which are due to be half in Beijing this Summer. The official newspaper of the government of China claimed that “the Dalai Lama is scheming to take the Beijing Olympics hostage to force the Chinese government to make concessions to Tibet independence.”

This move comes after Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, vowed to step down from his position if things “get out of control” in Tibet, where violent demonstrations against China have killed anywhere from 13 to 100 people.

The protests, which began in Lhasa, have since spread to neighboring provinces. In Aba, Sichuan, one witness reported 17 deaths. “Earlier today, the whole town was teeming with police and soldiers,” he said. “All the shops have been closed. There are no arrests that I know of … People are anticipating that something big is going to happen.” Elsewhere in Sichuan, thousands of Tibetans turned out in the streets of Seda, according to the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy.

The international community has repeatedly urged China to use restraint in dealing with protesters, and to start talks with the Dalai Lama. United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday, “We have really urged the Chinese over several years to find a way to talk with the Dalai Lama, who is a figure of authority, who is not a separatist, and to find a way to engage him and bring his moral weight to a more sustainable and better solution of the Tibet issue.”

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The Harm Of Diet Before Running

Submitted by: Steve Clis

The clever athletes adopted a countermeasure that they usually did exercises slowly few weeks before the race. Then, when his coach started to make him have a strict training, he had already been very strong and could do any exercise at any time.

This was especially true if the runners had meals as the normal recipe for athletes all the time. The most of nutrition principles in the 14th chapter were appropriate for young runners. But many young people felt difficult to adopt these principles perseveringly. They always ate some snacks such as potato chips, soft drinks salty beef and so on, and they usually did not eat breakfast when they were in a hurry in the morning. If you were a young athlete, you should avoid developing this habit. Though the salty beef would add your warmth, they almost had no nutrition. You would had no calories when you need if you did not eat breakfast. Nutritionists said that a third of a person’s calories should be absorbed in the morning.

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If you were a girl, for the sake of making up the lost iron during the menstruation, it was important to eat some foods which contained high iron. If you wanted to absorb the nutrients, a convenient was to eat more livers and vegetables of which leaves were dark green. It was also very significant for girls to adhere to proper eating habits. In the book “Nutrition and Athletes” Richard and Joseph said that, men’s development had already reach to the healthiest level when they were eighteen or early twenties. Women’s would be the peak when they were adolescence and 15 or 16 years old. Starting from this peak age, the health status would continue to decline unless you maintained through proper exercise and diet.

Everyman thought that it was useless for adult runners to have the diet a few hours before the race. There was still some doubt for young athletes. Some authorities said that children whose age was fifteen and under fifteen years old should not eat food four hours before the game. Dr. Robert Craig in Florida. was one of the people who did not agree with this idea. He had volunteered to be a doctor for the school team, Pope, Werner and youth baseball team all the time. He recently wrote that like all the parents knew, these young people seemed to eat constantly. Many of them were at puberty. If we did not let them eat the food four hours before the game, my impression was that they would begin to feel extreme fatigue or lose the coordination of organ at the second half of the race. For these young people, it was too long not to eat food in six hours.

I thought many circumstances varied from person to person. It would probably a reliable sign that a young athlete would be weak and tired if he did not eat food in four hours. This indicated that he needed to eat food often, as for the circumstances in the running, after testing in person, you would get the answer even you did not find in the most authoritative medical literature.

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Thousands rally in Columbus, Ohio, for undocumented immigrants’ rights

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

On March 26, thousands rallied outside the Columbus, Ohio statehouse, advocating rights for undocumented immigrants. This was one of a series of rallies following one in Los Angeles, which was reported to have drawn over 500,000 attendees.

The sponsoring coalition included the Immigrant Worker Project, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), UFCW Local 880, MIGUATE (of [Dover, Ohio]), and the Red [network] de Inmigrantes de Ohio. Organizers wanted to raise awareness of bill pending in the US Senate, HR 4437, which would make it a felony to be an illegal alien, or to assist aliens in entering or staying the country illegally. Organizers also called for “true” immigration reform plan that would provide a path to citizenship for all immigrant workers.

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Cisco sues Apple for iPhone trademark

Friday, January 12, 2007

The iPhone only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused.

The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was presented on Wednesday for the first time) — Apple Inc. — and a leader in network and communication systems, based in San Jose — Cisco. The company claims to possess the trademark for iPhone, and moreover, that it sells devices under the same brand through one of its divisions.

This became the reason for Cisco to file a lawsuit against Apple Inc. so that the latter would stop selling the device.

Cisco states that it has received the trademark in 2000, when the company overtook Infogear Technology Corp., which took place in 1996.

The Vice President and general counsel of the company, Mark Chandler, explained that there was no doubt about the excitement of the new device from Apple, but they should not use a trademark, which belongs to Cisco.

The iPhone developed by Cisco is a device which allows users to make phone calls over the voice over Internet protocol (VoIP).

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Internet betting has become one of the greatest sectors on the Internet nowadays. Until around the turn of the century, bookmaking was some thing which was common in the high street, but nearly totally missing web based. Things have evolved though, and the broad percentage of the main players have recently complemented their prosperous high street firms with online betting websites.

One particular company is Betfred. Originally opened up in ’67 by Fred Done, they have now been recognized for over 40 years and have become one of the most accepted brands in the bookmaking industry. They are specifically well known due to the Pr friendly manoeuvres of Fred Done him self, who has for ages been a real character of the betting scene.

As a great Manchester United ally he has allowed his enthusiasm for the team to get the better of his common-sense, producing a list of terrific stories. Firstly, back in the late 1990’s, Fred broke bookmaking tradition by choosing to pay out in advance on outright bets for United to win the league. At the time they were well ahead of 2nd placed Arsenal, but with a few of months of the season still to play, they were inevitably beaten to the championship by the resurgent Greater london club. Cue Betfred needing to pay out a 2nd time on the same market!

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An additional significant soccer moment was Fred’s million pound bet with contending bookmaker and Chelsea fan, Victor Chandler. This time Fred bet an awesome million that Man Utd would finish higher than Chelsea in the 04-05 Premier League season. Chelsea claimed the league and Fred lost out again.

Soccer is at the core of betting with Betfred, and they’ve recently established an addition of their exclusive deal with Wembley stadium – home to English football. They now have exclusive rights to run wagering stores within the ground.

All good public relations for Betfred, and possibly this is why they have frequently been able to bring in new customers. The football sponsorship and additional payouts have clearly proved a good way of producing the crucial edge in this extra-aggressive sector.

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