More than 320,000 without power in East after storms

Though Robert Pattinson stuck by her, Ben Affleck has left Kristen Stewart?in the dust. Citing a schedule crunch, the actor has backed out of?Focus, a con-artist movie set to costar Stewart and begin filming this spring. Stewart had just said in a recent interview that she was excited to start shooting, but now who knows what will happen. "Hi Kristen. We know that you were excited about working with Ben, but he dropped out, so we got you a replacement," a producer says to her the day she arrives on set. ...

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/more-320-000-without-power-east-storms-163849388--finance.html

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Video Discovery Startup 9?9.tv Makes Watching Video On Android Devices Almost Like Watching TV

The latest app in the video discovery segment -- 9x9.tv -- bucks both of those trends: It sorts online videos not based on overall popularity or trending or affinity on social networks. And, well, it provides some video discovery love for Android tablet owners, who have long been neglected by anyone doing much in this space.

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A Review of The Investor's Manifesto by William J. Bernstein

Title: The Investor?s Manifesto
Author: William J. Bernstein
Publisher: Wiley (2010)
My Rating: 5/5

I must warn you at the outset that The Investor?s Manifesto is not a book on personal finance. If you want advice on paying down debt, saving for college, or navigating your mortgage payments, you should look elsewhere. But that fact and one slow chapter in the book?s middle are my only hesitations in recommending William Bernstein?s book.

The Investor?s Manifesto is written for a specific reader ? a person desirous of learning more about investing in the stock market ? so my recommendation is only to persons who fit that description. But in today?s society, where nearly all retirement accounts are self-managed, it behooves all of us to know at least the basics of investing. If you want to learn more, start here.

This book focuses on long-term investing rather than day-trading, and Bernstein has this key belief: ?The goal [of investing] is not to maximize the chances of getting rich, but rather to simultaneously allow for a comfortable retirement and to minimize the odds of dying poor? (p. 48). This book is a particularly well-written and insightful primer on that type of investing.

Bernstein himself jokes that friends and family found his previous books tedious and overly technical, so he wrote this one with the common reader in mind. No matter your level of familiarity with the topic, investing will come alive in this short book.

One chapter on neuroscience slows the book down, but Bernstein included it in order to discuss common pitfalls for the average investor. I understand his intent and appreciated the information, but that chapter bogged down an otherwise fast and intriguing read.

This is one of my few recent 5-star ratings, and the book deserves your attention if you would like to learn more about investing for your future. This book won?t teach you to get rich quick, but it will educate you on how to build toward a secure financial future.

Source: http://www.quietedwaters.com/investors-manifesto-bernstein/

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Russia's Gazprom to buy Kyrgyz state gas company

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) ? Kyrgyzstan's state-owned natural gas company says it is to be sold to Russia's energy monopoly Gazprom, raising hopes of an end to debilitating energy shortages in the impoverished Central Asian nation.

Kyrgyzgaz general director Turgunbek Kulmurzayev said Friday that the sale of the company to the Russian gas giant would be completed by April 1.

Last week, gas and electricity supplies to thousands of Kyrgyz households were suspended.

The crisis was provoked by a shortage in natural gas deliveries from neighboring Kazakhstan, which had to hold onto its own reserves after failing to receive imports from Uzbekistan. Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous nation of 5 million on China's western border, also has substantial unpaid debts to Kazakhstan.

Residents in the capital, Bishkek, and nearby towns were hits by days of gas and power shortages just as temperatures dropped to around minus 20 Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit). Failure in gas deliveries pushes people into using more electricity for heating, which in turn leads to blackouts.

The inability of former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to fulfill basic energy needs led to his violent overthrow in 2010.

The sale of a major national asset to a company owned by a foreign government is likely to raise concerns. Russia has made similar efforts to gain control over important energy infrastructure in other former Soviet republic, such as Ukraine and Belarus.

Kyrgyzgaz's Kulmurzayev traveled to Moscow this week to hold a new round of talks with Gazprom, which offered to buy up the entire company. Kyrgyzgaz is currently 87 percent owned by the state. Another 4.5 percent is held by social investment funds, with the remainder belonging to private investors.

"The Russians now want to buy the entire stock, even from private shareholders," Kulmurzayev said in Bishkek.

Kulmurzayev gave no figure for the sale, but the sum is expected to be nominal due to the company's outstanding debts of around $31 million. He added that Gazprom officials said they plan to invest $650 million over five years on modernizing Kyrgyzstan's gas pipeline network.

"The price for fuel will be substantially cheaper than what is paid to Kazakhstan ? $224 per thousand cubic meters ? or Uzbekistan ? $290 per thousand cubic meters," Kulmurzayev said. "We hope Gazprom will solve the fuel delivery problem in 2013."

Kyrgyzstan also expects Gazprom to begin exploration for new gas fields.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/russias-gazprom-buy-kyrgyz-state-gas-company-134543898--finance.html

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Google starts watching what you do off the Internet too ? RT

The most powerful company on the Internet just got a whole lot creepier: a new service from Google merges offline consumer info with online intelligence, allowing advertisers to target users based on what they do at the keyboard and at the mall.

Without much fanfare, Google announced news this week of a new advertising project, Conversions API, that will let businesses build all-encompassing user profiles based off of not just what users search for on the Web, but what they purchase outside of the home.

In a blog post this week on Google?s DoubleClick Search site, the Silicon Valley giant says that targeting consumers based off online information only allows advertisers to learn so much. ?Conversions,? tech-speak for the digital metric made by every action a user makes online, are incomplete until coupled with real life data, Google says.

?We understand that online advertising also fuels offline conversions,? the blog post reads. Thus, Google says, ?To capture these lost conversions and bring offline into your online world, we?re announcing the open beta of our Conversions API for uploading offline conversion automatically.?

The blog goes on to explain that in-store transactions, call-tracking and other online activities can be inputted into Google to be combined with other information ?to optimize your campaigns based on even more of your business data.?

Google is all but certain to ensure that all user data collected off- and online will be cloaked through safeguards that will allow for complete and total anonymity for customers. When on-the-Web interactions start mirroring real life activity, though, even a certain degree of privacy doesn?t make Conversions API any less creepy. As Jim Edwards writes for Business Insider, ?If you bought a T shirt at The Gap in the mall with your credit card, you could start seeing a lot more Gap ads online later, suggesting jeans that go with that shirt.?

Of course, there is always the possibility that all of this information can be unencrypted and, in some cases, obtained by third-parties that you might not want prying into your personal business. Edwards notes in his report that Google does not explicitly note that intelligence used in Conversions API will be anonymized, but the blowback from not doing as much would sure be enough to start a colossal uproar. Meanwhile, however, all of the information being collected by Google ? estimated to be on millions of servers around the globe ? is being handed over to more than just advertising companies. Last month Google reported that the US government requested personal information from roughly 8,000 individual users during just the first few months of 2012.

?This is the sixth time we?ve released this data, and one trend has become clear: Government surveillance is on the rise,? Google admitted with their report.

Source: http://rt.com/usa/news/google-internet-online-offline-500/

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Take Care of Your Heart When Shoveling Snow

Shoveling snow in frigid temps is a risky combination for heart disease patients

CHICAGO, Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Chicago and much of the Midwest gears up for its first major snowfall of the season, Northwestern Medicine^? cardiovascular experts are urging people, particularly those with known heart disease, to take caution when removing snow.

"Shoveling snow is a very strenuous physical activity that puts a high degree of stress on the heart and its circulation," said Charles Davidson, MD, clinical chief of cardiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and medical director at Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. "It has a profound effect on both the heart rate and blood pressure. In people with risk factors for heart disease, this activity may be putting them at risk for very serious heart problems including heart attacks." ?

Patients need to understand their risk for heart disease prior to undertaking snow shoveling. Well-known risk factors for heart disease include smoking, being over the age of 50, diabetes, hypertension, elevated cholesterol, and a family history of heart disease. Being relatively inactive or obese are also factors that may further add to their risk of heart disease. People with risk factors should discuss with their physician prior to snow shoveling. If medical clearance is given, consider the following precautions:

• Bundle up: Cold temperatures reduce circulation to the body's extremities. Wearing weather-appropriate, layered clothing and gloves will help maintain body temperature and circulation.
• Start early: Snow is easier to shovel when it first falls. The longer snow sits on the ground, it compacts which makes it heavier. Removing compacted snow requires more exertion, placing stress on the heart.
• Ease into it: As with any physical activity or cardio exercise, the body must warm up. Ease into shoveling and try not to do the entire job at once and take breaks as needed.
• Remain hydrated: The body needs hydration, even in cold weather. When shoveling snow, take frequent breaks and drink water regularly to prevent dehydration.
• Avoid heavy eating: Eating a small meal before shoveling will provide a source of energy. However, digestion puts strain on the heart, so eating a large meal before any physical activity should be avoided. Additionally, alcohol and caffeine should also be avoided just prior to shoveling.
• Don't pick up too much: Large loads of snow can be heavy and place strain on the heart, back and neck. Push, instead of lift and use a small shovel, which encourages smaller loads of snow.
• Listen to your body: Experts say the best indicator of whether or not snow shoveling is causing harm is to pay close attention to the body's signals. If you begin to feel winded or overexerted while shoveling, take a break. These are signs that you're doing more than your body can handle. If you experience shortness of breath, chest, throat or arm discomfort or tightness, or lightheadedness, you should rest and seek medical attention if the symptoms persist.

Northwestern Medicine is the shared vision that joins Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in a collaborative effort to transform medicine through quality healthcare, academic excellence and scientific discovery.

For more tips on managing heart disease, visit Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute's website. To learn more about your personal heart health and potential risk factors, take our free online health survey.

About Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is the parent corporation of Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital, an 894-bed academic medical center hospital and Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, a 205-bed community hospital located in Lake Forest, Illinois.

About Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern Memorial is one of the country's premier academic medical center hospitals and is the primary teaching hospital of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.? Along with its Prentice Women's Hospital and Stone Institute of Psychiatry, the hospital has 1,705 affiliated physicians and 6,769 employees.? Northwestern Memorial is recognized for providing exemplary patient care and state-of-the art advancements in the areas of cardiovascular care; women's health; oncology; neurology and neurosurgery; solid organ and soft tissue transplants and orthopaedics.

Northwestern Memorial has nursing Magnet Status, the nation's highest recognition for patient care and nursing excellence.? And, Northwestern Memorial ranks 12^th in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report 2012 Honor Roll of "America's Best Hospitals". The hospital is ranked in 12 of 16 clinical specialties rated by U.S. News and is No. 1 in Illinois and Chicago in U.S. News' 2012 state and metro rankings, respectively. For 13 years running, Northwestern Memorial has been rated among the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" guide by Working Mother magazine. The hospital is a recipient of the prestigious National Quality Health Care Award and has been chosen by Chicagoans as the Consumer Choice according to the National Research Corporation's annual survey for 13 years.?

SOURCE Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/care-heart-shoveling-snow-201700463.html

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Stocks move in a tight range on Wall Street

Stocks meandered near break-even Wednesday as talks aimed at averting a "fiscal cliff" hit another snag in Washington. General Motors stock surged after the government announced plans to shed its ownership stake in the company.

The Dow Jones industrial average was down three points at 13,348 as of 11:50 a.m. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down two at 1,445. The Nasdaq composite index was up four points at 3,058.

The White House threatened to veto House Speaker John Boehner's backup plan for averting automatic tax increases and government spending cuts that are set to take effect Jan. 1 if no deal is reached on cutting the government's budget deficit.

Boehner had proposed a "Plan B," separate from negotiations with the White House, that would extend decade-old tax cuts for everyone making less than $1 million a year.

The S&P 500 index gained more than 2 percent over the previous two days in part because of optimism about a deal taking shape.

GM soared $2.21, or almost 9 percent, to $27.70 after the company said it would spend $5.5 billion to buy 200 million shares of its own stock back from the U.S. government.

The government pledged to sell its remaining 300 million shares on the open market and shed its entire ownership stake in 12 to 15 months. The government got GM stock as part of a 2009 bailout.

U.S. builders broke ground on fewer homes in November after starting work in October at the fastest pace in four years. Superstorm Sandy probably distorted the totals in the Northeast.

The Commerce Department said builders began construction of houses and apartments at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 861,000. That was 3 percent less than October's annual rate of 888,000, the fastest since July 2008.

Materials stocks and industrial companies, both of which depend on the housing market, were down slightly.

Elsewhere on Wall Street, technology and energy stocks were among the early winners. Telecommunications companies and utilities fell the most.

Business software maker Oracle jumped $1.17 to $34.05 after reporting stronger earnings as companies splurged on software and other technology.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell 0.04 percentage point to 1.78 percent. The price of oil climbed $1.22, or 1.4 percent, to $89.63 per barrel.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-move-tight-range-wall-street-165507266--finance.html

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