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Abbas determined to seek UN nod for Palestine

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. After bitter rival Hamas fought Israel to a draw in Gaza, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has no choice but to ignore strong U.S. objections and seek U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine next week. But even such recognition may not be enough for the Western-backed backed proponent of a peace deal with Israel to stay credible as a leader and counter the soaring popularity of Gaza's Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. After bitter rival Hamas fought Israel to a draw in Gaza, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has no choice but to ignore strong U.S. objections and seek U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine next week. But even such recognition may not be enough for the Western-backed backed proponent of a peace deal with Israel to stay credible as a leader and counter the soaring popularity of Gaza's Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

(AP) ? After bitter rival Hamas held its own in a fierce battle with Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has no choice but to override U.S. objections and seek U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine next week, his aides said Friday.

But even such recognition, likely to be granted, may not be enough for the Western-backed backed proponent of non-violence and a peace deal with Israel to stay relevant and counter the soaring popularity of Gaza's Hamas militants.

Abbas ? formally the leader of all Palestinians but only in charge in parts of the West Bank ? was in trouble even before being relegated to the role of spectator as Israel and Hamas fought for eight days, starting Nov. 14, then negotiated a truce with the help of Egypt that could lead to easing Israel's long-standing Gaza border blockade.

By comparison, years of effort by Abbas to negotiate the terms of a Palestinian state with Israel have led nowhere.

His West Bank government has been buckling under the worst cash crisis in its 18-year existence, sparking widespread domestic discontent. And Hamas, which seized Gaza from Abbas in 2007, emerged from regional isolation after the Arab Spring uprisings brought its parent movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, to power in key countries, including Egypt.

The Gaza fighting sharpened trends already evident before, said analyst Nathan Thrall of the International Crisis Group think tank. "Abbas was truly isolated before this, and this (Gaza) conflict looks like a disaster for him," he said.

Abbas had hoped the U.N. bid will allow him to seize the initiative after years of diplomatic paralysis. Under the plan, the U.N. General Assembly would approve "Palestine" ? made up of the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, areas Israel captured in 1967 ? as a non-member observer state.

Palestine is far from being established, but U.N. recognition would affirm its future borders and enable the Palestinians to join U.N. organizations. Israel, backed by the Obama administration, opposes the U.N. bid as an attempt to bypass negotiations.

Abbas says he's willing to resume talks once the 1967 borders have been recognized as the baseline, something hardline Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to do. Israel, while willing to cede some land, says it will not withdraw to the 1967 lines, and has instead moved half a million Israelis into settlements on war-won land.

Earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton again urged Abbas in a meeting at his West Bank headquarters to drop the U.N. plan, said Abbas aide Saeb Erekat.

However, Abbas, widely known as Abu Mazen, told Clinton and other recent visitors, including the French and German foreign ministers, that he is determined to move ahead.

Israel's Gaza offensive "actually pushed Abu Mazen to go to the U.N.," Erekat said.

Erekat accused Netanyahu of systematically undermining the Palestinian Authority in order to keep his grip on the West Bank, while trying to push Gaza closer to Egypt. The West Bank and Gaza lie on opposite sides of Israel which has prevented virtually all travel and trade between the two territories.

"To stop this strategy, the only avenue is to go to the U.N., and place Palestine as a geographic entity, as a state," Erekat said.

Abbas is seeking the U.N. vote next Thursday and is expected to win the needed simple majority of those present, his aides say. The Palestinians can count on support from Arab, Muslim and many developing and non-aligned countries. They have been courting European Union member states, many of them skeptical, but it's not clear if they've made inroads there.

Hana Amireh, a PLO official in the West Bank, said he believes Abbas will get some sympathy votes after the Gaza fighting, with the international community increasingly aware of his precarious situation. "What happened in Gaza will convince more countries in the world to support us at the U.N.," he said.

However, others say Hamas' battle with Israel has diverted attention from what Abbas had hoped would restore some of his political legitimacy. "This bid is going to be politically and PR-wise less rewarding because of the Gaza war," said Ghassan Khatib, until recently the Palestinian Authority spokesman.

The fallout from the fighting is also troubling for Abbas in other ways.

Many Palestinians consider Hamas the victor because Israel chose not to send ground troops to Gaza, even after the Islamists fired hundreds of rockets at the Jewish state, including several toward Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, crossing what many had assumed was an Israeli red line.

Israel said it achieved its main objective, halting rocket fire from Gaza, but as part of Egypt's cease-fire deal also agreed to consider easing Gaza border restrictions.

The message being heard by many West Bankers is that Hamas' violent ways produce results and that Abbas' approach of non-violence and negotiations has failed.

Khatib, who returned to academia after his government job, said that at his Bir Zeit University in the West Bank, there are signs of growing radicalization among student activists of Abbas' Fatah movement.

Fatah gunmen had been involved in clashes with Israeli troops during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, a decade ago, but Abbas got them off the streets and into security jobs after becoming president in 2005.

The Facebook page of the Fatah youth movement, Shabibah, this week posted a picture of a Tel Aviv bus bombing that wounded several Israelis, with the caption "Fatah was here," though a Hamas activist was later arrested as a suspect.

Among younger Fatah activists, there are also growing misgivings over Abbas' security coordination with Israel in the West Bank, meant to keep a lid on Hamas.

Abbas has been one of the most outspoken opponents of violence, telling an Israeli TV audience this month that "there is no justification for rocket fire from Gaza or anywhere else."

But with Hamas celebrating victory in Gaza, the militants are now pushing back against Abbas' crackdown on them in the West Bank.

Hundreds of Hamas supporters took to the streets on Friday, defiantly raising their movement's green flags, a rare sight in recent years. In Ramallah, Abbas' seat of government, some 300 Hamas supporters marched in the streets, chanting, "Resistance has won."

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Laub reported from Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

Associated Press

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Friday, November 23, 2012

Egypt announces Hamas-Israel ceasefire

CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement agreed on Wednesday to an Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire to halt an eight-day conflict around the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 140 Palestinians and five Israelis.

Announcing the ceasefire in Cairo, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said it would come into force at 9 p.m. (15:00 EDT) - which would give 1.7 million Palestinians respite from days of ferocious air strikes and halt rocket attacks from Gaza that for the first time reached Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

A flurry of explosions shook the city of Gaza as the truce deadline approached and several rockets landed in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.

Amr said mediation efforts had "resulted in understandings to cease fire, restore calm and halt the bloodshed".

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, standing alongside him, thanked Egypt's new Islamist President Mohamed Mursi for his peace efforts, saying his government was assuming "responsibility, leadership" in the region.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Barack Obama he was ready to give the ceasefire a chance, but that "more forceful action" might be needed if it failed, according to a statement from his office.

Obama in turn reiterated his country's commitment to Israel's security and pledged to seek funds for a joint missile defense program, the White House said.

Senior Hamas lawmaker Ahmed Bahar said Israel had "submitted to the conditions and demands set by the resistance" and he hailed the outcome as a triumph.

"Resistance achieved a historical victory against the occupation and laid the foundation for the battle of liberation of the full land and sacred sites," Bahar, deputy speaker of the Palestinian parliament, said in a statement from his office.

According to a text of the agreement seen by Reuters, both sides should halt all hostilities, with Israel desisting from incursions and targeting of individuals, while all Palestinian factions should cease rocket fire and cross-border attacks.

The deal also provides for easing Israeli restrictions on Gaza's residents, who live in what British Prime Minister David Cameron has called an "open prison".

The text said procedures for implementing this would be "dealt with after 24 hours from the start of the ceasefire".

Israeli sources said Israel would not lift a blockade of the enclave it enforced after Hamas, which rejects the Jewish state's right to exist, won a Palestinian election in 2006.

BUS BLAST

The ceasefire was forged despite a bus bomb explosion that wounded 15 Israelis in Tel Aviv earlier in the day and despite more Israeli air strikes that killed 10 Gazans.

The Tel Aviv blast, near the Israeli Defence Ministry, touched off celebratory gunfire from militants in Gaza and had threatened to complicate truce efforts. It was the first serious bombing in Israel's commercial capital since 2006.

In Gaza, Israel struck more than 100 targets, including a cluster of Hamas government buildings. Medical officials said a two-year-old boy was among the dead.

Israel has carried out more than 1,500 strikes since the offensive began with the killing of a top Hamas commander and with the declared aim of deterring Hamas from launching rocket attacks that have long disrupted life in southern Israeli towns.

Medical officials in Gaza said 146 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, including 36 children, have been killed in Israel's offensive. Nearly 1,400 rockets have been fired into Israel, killing four civilians and a soldier, the military said.

Egypt, a longstanding U.S. ally now under Islamist leadership after last year's overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, took center stage in diplomatic efforts to halt the carnage, using its privileged ability to speak directly to both sides.

"This is a critical moment for the region," Clinton said. "Egypt's new government is assuming the responsibility and leadership that has long made this country a cornerstone for regional stability and peace."

She also pledged to work with partners in the region "to consolidate this progress, improve conditions for the people of Gaza, provide security for the people of Israel".

Egypt has walked a fine line between its sympathies for Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood to which Mursi belongs, and its need to preserve its 1979 peace treaty with Israel and its ties with Washington, its main aid donor.

"Egypt calls on all to monitor the implementation of what has been agreed under Egypt's sponsorship and to guarantee the commitment of all the parties to what has been agreed," its foreign minister said at the news conference in Cairo.

Israel, the top recipient of U.S. assistance, agreed to stop fighting after having gathered troops and armor on the border with Gaza in preparation for a high-risk ground assault.

Netanyahu, in his conversation with Obama, "agreed to his recommendation to give the Egyptian ceasefire proposal a chance, and in this way provide an opportunity to stabilize the situation and calm it before any more forceful action would be necessary", an Israeli statement said.

(Additional reporting by Ori Lewis and Crispian Balmer in Jerusalem, Yasmine Saleh and Shaimaa Fayed in Cairo and Margaret Chadbourn in Washington; Editing by Alastair Macdonald)

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Rights groups dismayed by Afghanistan's return to executions

KABUL (Reuters) - Human rights groups reacted with dismay on Wednesday to Afghanistan's resumption of executions after a near-four-year moratorium on a penalty that characterized the austere rule of the former Taliban regime.

Eight men found guilty of "crimes against the people, especially women and children" were hanged on Tuesday and eight more were to meet the same fate either on Wednesday or Thursday, according to a government official.

This alarmed activists who said the return of executions in a country with a weak judiciary was a setback.

"The death penalty is an act of cruelty that should never be used," said Brad Adams, Asia director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch.

"Its use in Afghanistan, where a fair trial is typically out of the question, is even more horrific."

Those executed included a man who strangled to death a mother and her two infant children and men found guilty of kidnapping, raping and murdering young boys and girls.

Officials said that in accordance with the law, President Hamid Karzai signed off on the executions. There have been only two executions in Afghanistan in the past four years.

"The eight hangings in a single day are a terrible step backwards for Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai should stop future executions and commit to a formal moratorium," Adams said.

Rafi Ferdous, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Council of Ministers Secretariat, defended the hangings.

"By applying this (penalty), the rule of law is implemented. This is a lesson to be learned," Ferdous said in a statement.

EXECUTIONS RARE

Executions were commonplace during the Taliban's strict 1996-2001 rule of Afghanistan, when adulterers and murderers were shot dead in public. Such executions still take place in some areas under the influence of the Taliban.

But judicially sanctioned executions have been rare since the Taliban government fell, with unofficial moratoriums between 2001 and 2004 and from 2008 until recently.

The death by firing squad of 15 prisoners in Kabul in 2007 and several more executions in 2008 sparked international condemnation. Until Tuesday, only two people had been put to death in the past four years.

In a strongly worded statement, London-based Amnesty International suggested Karzai's decision to approve the executions was for his own political gain, to prove his government could maintain law and order.

It said the death penalty was deplorable and described Afghanistan's legal system as "seriously flawed".

"Detainees are frequently tortured into confessions then relied upon by a judiciary that has little to no independence," it said. "There is simply no guarantee of a fair trial."

Hussain Ali Moin, an investigator with Afghanistan's Independent Human Right Commission, said that although the death penalty was legal, there were concerns about whether courts had been fair to those who were executed.

"The death penalty is an irreversible punishment," he said. "We haven't had full access to these cases... Still we cannot say if their trials were fair."

(Additional reporting by Miriam Arghandiwal; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Michael Roddy)

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JERUSALEM (AP) ? A diplomatic push to end Israel's nearly weeklong offensive in the Gaza Strip gained momentum Tuesday, with Egypt's president predicting that airstrikes would soon end, the U.S. Secretary of State racing to the region and Israel's prime minister saying his country would be a "willing partner" to a cease-fire with the Islamic militant group Hamas.

As international diplomats worked to cement a deal, a senior Hamas official said an agreement was close even as relentless airstrikes and rocket attacks between the two sides continued. The Israeli death toll rose to five with the deaths Tuesday of an Israeli soldier and a civilian contractor. More than 130 Palestinians have been killed.

"We haven't struck the deal yet, but we are progressing and it will most likely be tonight," Moussa Abu Marzouk said Tuesday from Cairo, where cease-fire talks were being held. A second Hamas official, Izzat Risheq, said later that a deal might not be reached.

Israeli officials said only that "intensive efforts" were under way to end the fighting. Israeli media quoted Defense Minister Ehud Barak as telling a closed meeting that Israel wanted a 24-hour test period of no rocket fire to see if Hamas could enforce a truce.

In what appeared to be a last-minute burst of heavy fire, Israeli tanks and gunboats shelled targets late Tuesday, and an airstrike killed two brothers riding on a motorcycle. The men weren't identified.

The fighting came shortly before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived. Clinton rushed to a late-night meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. President Barack Obama dispatched her to the Mideast from Cambodia, where she had accompanied him on a visit.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, perhaps the most important interlocutor between Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory, and the Israelis, said the negotiations between the two sides would yield "positive results" during the coming hours.

Israel demands an end to rocket fire from Gaza and a halt to weapons smuggling into Gaza through tunnels under the border with Egypt. It also wants international guarantees that Hamas will not rearm or use Egypt's Sinai region, which abuts both Gaza and southern Israel, to attack Israelis.

Hamas wants Israel to halt all attacks on Gaza and lift tight restrictions on trade and movement in and out of the territory that have been in place since Hamas seized Gaza by force in 2007. Israel has rejected such demands in the past.

In Brussels, a senior official of the European Union's foreign service said a cease-fire would include an end of Israeli airstrikes and targeted killings in Gaza, the opening of Gaza crossing points and an end to rocket attacks on Israel. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Violence raged on as the talks continued. An airstrike late Tuesday killed two journalists who work for the Hamas TV station, Al-Aqsa, according to a statement from the channel. The men were in a car hit by an airstrike, Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said. Israel claims that many Hamas journalists are involved in militant activities. Earlier this week it targeted the station's offices, saying it served as a Hamas communications post.

By Tuesday, 133 Palestinians, including at least 54 civilians, were killed since Israel began an air onslaught that has so far included nearly 1,500 strikes. Some 840 people have been wounded, including 225 children, Gaza health officials said.

Five Israelis, including an 18-year-old soldier and a civilian contractor who worked for the military struck by rocket fire on Tuesday, have also been killed and dozens wounded since the fighting began last week, the numbers possibly kept down by a rocket-defense system that Israel developed with U.S. funding. More than 1,000 rockets have been fired at Israel this week, the military said.

Late Tuesday, a Palestinian rocket hit a house in the central Israeli city of Rishon Lezion, wounding two people and badly damaging the top two floors of the building, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. In other violence, a 60-year-old Israeli woman was seriously wounded in a firebombing attack as she drove in the West Bank, police said.

With the death toll rising, the international community stepped up efforts to bring a halt to the fighting that began last Wednesday with an Israel's assassination of the Hamas military chief.

"If a long-term solution can be put in place through diplomatic means, then Israel would be a willing partner to such a solution. But if stronger military action proves necessary to stop the constant barrage of rockets, Israel wouldn't hesitate to do what is necessary to defend our people," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a joint press conference in Jerusalem with visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon.

Ban condemned Palestinian rocket attacks, but urged Israel to show "maximum restraint."

"Further escalation benefits no one," he said.

Minutes before Ban's arrival in Jerusalem from Egypt, Palestinian militants fired a rocket toward Jerusalem, just the second time it has targeted the city. The rocket fell in an open area southeast of the city.

Jerusalem had previously been considered beyond the range of Gaza rockets ? and an unlikely target because it is home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third-holiest shrine.

Earlier Tuesday, a man identified as Hamas' militant commander urged his fighters to keep up attacks on Israel. Speaking from hiding on Hamas-run TV and radio, Mohammed Deif said Hamas "must invest all resources to uproot this aggressor from our land," a reference to Israel.

Israeli warplanes dropped leaflets on several Gaza neighborhoods asking residents to evacuate and head toward the center of Gaza City along specific roads. The army "is not targeting any of you, and doesn't want to harm you or your families," the leaflets said. Palestinian militants urged residents to ignore the warnings, calling them "psychological warfare."

The Israeli military relies on a network of informants to identify its targets. Masked gunmen publicly shot dead six suspected collaborators with Israel in a large Gaza City intersection Tuesday, witnesses said. An Associated Press reporter saw a mob surrounding five of the bloodied corpses shortly after the killing.

Clinton was scheduled to meet with Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank and Egyptian leaders in Cairo. Turkey's foreign minister and a delegation of Arab League foreign ministers traveled to Gaza on a separate truce mission. Airstrikes continued to hit Gaza even as they entered the territory.

"Turkey is standing by you," Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told the Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh. "Our demand is clear. Israel should end its aggression immediately and lift the inhumane blockade imposed on Gaza."

It was unclear how diplomatic efforts to achieve a cease-fire and stave off a threatened Israeli ground invasion into Gaza were hampered by the hard-to-bridge positions staked out by both sides ? and by the persistent attacks. Thousands of Israeli soldiers have been dispatched to the Gaza border in case of a decision to invade.

The U.S. considers Hamas, which has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide and other attacks, to be a terror group and does not meet with its officials. The Obama administration blames Hamas for the latest eruption of violence and says Israel has the right to defend itself. At the same time, it has warned against a ground invasion, saying it could send casualties spiraling.

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Westerwelle said a truce must be urgently pursued, "but of course, there is one precondition for everything else, and this is a stop of the missile attacks against Israel."

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Barzak reported from Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Associated Press writers Hamza Hendawi in Cairo, and Karin Laub in Gaza City contributed to this report.

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?Basketball, throughout high school, has been my main sport,? she said. ?I played JV my freshman and sophomore years.?

She played varsity her junior year and had a high game of 13 points against Mitchell. She started the opening game last week at Edinburgh and made three 3-pointers for nine points.

This story appears in the print edition of The Tribune. Subscribers can read the entire story online by signing in here or in our e-Edition by clicking here.

Source: http://www.tribtown.com/view/local_story/Shooting-for-solid-season-Owl-_1352964013

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Great Tips For Reaching Your Ideal Weight | Voooz.com

TIP! Never forget to stay hydrated properly. There are many instances in which you may mistake thirst for hunger.

Anyone can lose weight if they know what they are doing. This article can help you find the right tips to assist you in your weight loss regime. Losing weight can become a frustrating experience if you let it. Remain positive about your goals, stick with your program and start seeing results.

TIP! Portion out your food when you get home from the grocery store. Buy Ziploc bags and other small Tupperware containers that will allow you to properly store your food portions.

Even when dieting, you need to eat a sufficient amount of food. Dieters often fall victim to the pitfall of eating foods that contain few calories, but also lack nutrients. Improving your health should be a higher priority than losing weight.

TIP! Make your meat leaner for weight loss. Also think about the sauces you use; instead of calorie-rich sauces like ranch dressing or barbecue sauce, try salsa, chutney, or other flavorful low-calorie alternatives.

Sharing the dinner table with another person tends to make you eat less, perhaps because you spend time in conversation. You will be more likely to eat everything in front of you if you eat alone.

TIP! For beginners of weight loss plans, it?s important to take things slowly. Begin by sacrificing one habit that is unhealthy and then start eating better over time.

To make changing your diet a little easier, make substitutions. Look at your favorite, fat laden recipes and see how you can alter them to make them healthier. Instead of going with butter, choose vegetable oil instead. Fat-free yogurt makes a great substitute for sour cream. You do not have to stop eating your favorites if you change them.

TIP! A healthy breakfast is especially import when you are trying to diet for weight loss. There are many people who think that not eating breakfast will allow them to take the pounds off faster.

A good way to keep a healthy lifestyle and lose weight in the process is to hire a dietician. Dietitians help teach you how to eat food that is good for your body. Learning how to eat healthier is an integral part of weight loss success.

TIP! Always keep a record of your progress. Weigh yourself constantly to remind yourself on where you would want to be.

A great tip to shed some pounds is to do cardiovascular exercises when you wake up in the morning before you have breakfast. Studies and research show that you burn up to 300 percent more calories vs doing cardiovascular exercise any other time during the day.

TIP! Although it takes a certain amount of self-control and discipline to lose weight, giving up on tasty food is not required any more. In previous times, low fat or low calorie foods were bland and lacking taste entirely.

It is likely that you know the difficulties that come with weight loss efforts, but success can be achieved. You can accomplish your weight loss goals with the help of advice, like the tips in this article. There will be times when you will feel like giving in, but eventually your determination will bring success.

Source: http://voooz.com/2012/11/14/great-tips-for-reaching-your-ideal-weight/

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What a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Can Do For You ...

We hear from women all the time about the special relationship they have with their nurse practitioner at Virginia Women?s Center. In honor of National Nurse Practitioner Week, November 11-17, we wanted to remind our patients that a nurse practitioner makes a great health care provider for many of your routine care needs?whether you are a young adult, pregnant or menopausal woman.

A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse who has completed specific advanced nursing education, typically a master?s degree, and is trained in diagnosing common and complex medical conditions. Nurse practitioners can provide a full range of services such as ordering, performing and interpreting diagnostic tests; diagnosing and treating acute and chronic conditions; prescribing medications and treatments; and managing overall patient care. At Virginia Women?s Center, our nurse practitioners are board certified by national professional organizations.

Women?s health nurse practitioners are specially trained and board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and collaborate with our physicians to provide services that include the following:

  • Care before and after menopause
  • Contraceptive care
  • Evaluation and treatment of common vaginal infections
  • Health and wellness counseling to patients of all ages, including family planning care and gestational diabetes consultations
  • Annual exams, including Pap test
  • Pregnancy testing and routine care before, during and after pregnancy
  • Screening and referral for other health problems
  • STD screening and follow-up

Women with medical conditions, especially those that require surgery, need the services of a physician. But when women have typical health care needs, a nurse practitioner can serve as their health care provider.

Nurse practitioners distinguish themselves from other health care providers by focusing on the health and well-being of the whole person, in addition to specific concerns. They work as partners with their patients, guiding them to make educated health care decisions and healthy lifestyle choices. Their aim is to educate patients on the effects their health choices can have on them, their loved ones and their communities.

To read the biographies of Virginia Women?s Center?s nurse practitioners, visit the staff page on their Website. To learn more about the care that nurse practitioners provide, read their comments here.

Additional links:

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

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Women's health care has changed a lot over the last few decades. That?s why Virginia Women?s Center has brought the medical services women most rely on under one convenient roof. Virginia Women's Center is care that revolves around you.

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Source: http://richmondmom.com/2012/11/13/what-a-womens-health-nurse-practitioner-can-do-for-you/

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AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc. Files for Bankruptcy Protection ...

Richmond, Virginia.? AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc. (?AMF Bowling?) filed for protection under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code as the bowling-alley operator struggled to reorganize its debt.? AMF Bowling?s bankruptcy petition indicated that it has 1,000 to 5,000 creditors, assets estimated at $100,000,000 to $500,000,000, and liabilities estimated at $100,000,000 to $500,000,000.

Bankruptcy petitions were also filed by affiliates of AMF Bowling including 300, Inc., American Recreation Centers, Inc., AMF BCH LLC, AMF Beverage Company of Oregon, Inc., AMF Bowling Centers Holdings Inc., AMF Bowling Centers, Inc., AMF Bowling Mexico Holding, Inc., AMF Holdings, Inc., AMF WBCH LLC, AMF Worldwide Bowling Centers Holdings Inc., Boliches AMF, Inc., Bush River Corporation, King Louie Lenexa, Inc., Kingpin Holdings, LLC, and Kingpin Intermediate Corp.? AMF Bowling seeks to have these cases jointly administered under its chapter 11 case numbered 12-36495.? The bankruptcy case is to be presided over by Chief Judge Douglas O. Tice, Jr.? Proposed counsel for AMF Bowling are the law firms of McGuire Woods LP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

AMF Bowling listed its 30 largest unsecured creditors as:

  1. U.S. Foods, Inc., $329,176
  2. Advantage IQ Inc., $251,836
  3. Environmental Waste Solutions Inc., $89,499
  4. Corporate Cleaning, $78,396
  5. Granite Telecommunications LLC, $74,604
  6. Harriet Gall, $72,612
  7. Oakridge Mall, LP, $71,760
  8. Route Realty, $61,833
  9. Coverall North America Inc., $59,375
  10. Pasadena-Hastings Center, $53,991
  11. Staples Technology Solutions, $47,584
  12. Cohber Press Inc., $46,608
  13. Playa Lincoln, LP, $37,782
  14. Hockenbergs Equipment & Supply Co., $34,664
  15. Kronos Talent Management Inc., $33,545
  16. Kegel Company Inc., $32,855
  17. Ecolab Pest Elimination Service, $32,518
  18. Llewellyn & Co. Properties, Landlord $31,550
  19. Kegler?s Of Charlottesville, $30,778
  20. Bowling Music Network, $29, 673
  21. Star Fresno Properties, LLC, $28,375
  22. Active West, Inc., $27,210
  23. Goldstone Project Management, LLC, $27,023
  24. Fedele Corporation LLC, $25,000
  25. MetLife, $21,501
  26. Green Realty Corp., $21,369
  27. Framlike Realty Corp., $21,250
  28. Beverly Plaza Partnership, $20,833
  29. UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America Corp., $20,243
  30. Mannington Commercial, $19,828

The hearing on AMF Bowling?s first day motions is scheduled for November 13th at 3:00 p.m. in the courtroom of Chief Judge Tice located in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U. S. Courthouse, 701 E. Broad St., Room 5100, Richmond, VA 23219.

With offices in Richmond, Virginia, Ronald Page, PLC has extensive experience representing secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.? Please contact Ronald Page, a Richmond Virginia Bankruptcy Attorney, if you need assistance protecting your interests in AMF Bowling?s bankruptcy.

Source: http://rpagelaw.com/amfbankruptcy/1242

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Supporting Local Agriculture, Protesting Dangerous Drilling

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BESSEMER, PA ? More than thirty people gathered in front of an unconventional gas well operated by Shell Oil, to protest the impacts drilling may have on farming, water, and air quality. ?The well pad is within 4,000 feet of Maggie Henry?s farm.? Henry raises organic eggs, poultry and pork, and she fears that unconventional gas drilling will contaminate her well water and force her out of business.? The gas well and the Henry farm lie in an area littered with hundreds of abandoned and unplugged oil wells, which could create a pathway through which gas and fluids from the fracking process can migrate into aquifers.

Those who came out to support Maggie?s struggle to protect her farm included Butler County residents concerned about the impacts of drilling on their own homes and families, as well as Pittsburghers concerned about air, water quality, and the safety of local food, including some who shop at the Strip District market where Maggie sells farm products.? People from shale-impacted areas across Pennsylvania and beyond were also present to show solidarity across the region.

Demonstrators arrived at the well site to find a heavy police and private security presence, with state troopers on the well site mingling with workers, blocking the entrance to the site, cruising the nearby roads, and parked in a nearby church. ?A police helicopter also circled the area.

One local family driving past stopped to share their own story of well water contamination that occurred in the last year and eventually led to their hospitalization and eviction from a rental residence.? They also reported that other families in the area have recently developed problems with water contamination.

This action comes on the heels of a weekend-long training held on the Henry property.? Organized by Pittsburgh-based Shadbush Environmental Justice Collective, the Shalefield Justice Action Camp brought together over 80 organizers from across the Marcellus and Utica shale regions to share skills and strategies in community organizing and?non-violent direct action to combat fracking and other forms of harmful resource extraction.? The camp included a strong representation from Butler County and other parts of Southwestern Pennsylvania, as well as Bradford, Tioga, Lancaster, Jefferson, Columbia, and Philadelphia counties, and Ohio, New York, and West Virginia.

Henry fears that fracking could put her out of business.? Historical records show her property contains at least ten abandoned oil wells, most of which cannot be located.? In other areas, fracking under abandoned gas wells has led to dangerous explosions and fires as underground pressure forced methane through the abandoned wells to the surface.?? Migrating gas and fluids also threaten groundwater supplies, on which Henry and her animals depend for their drinking water.? Henry has challenged Shell?s permit with the state Environmental Hearing Board, but was abandoned by her lawyers from the University of Pittsburgh law clinic, who refused to take on Shell in court.

Henry feels like she is out of options. She and others all across over Pennsylvania are finding no relief through legal or political channels where the power and industry of the oil and gas industry is so pervasive. Today?s action, and the weekend of trainings leading up to it, are a sign that residents are ready to take direct action to stand up to the gas industry and call attention to the devastating impacts fracking has on their communities.

Recent coverage in local and regional media provides more information about the situation at the Henry Family Farm and the risks associated with fracking near abandoned wells:

Pittsburgh City Paper?http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/shaky-ground-farmer-fears-for-future-as-gas-drilling-begins-near-scores-of-abandoned-well-sites/Content?oid=1567222

Eco-Watch http://ecowatch.org/2012/farmer-fights-for-her-land/

State Impact NPR?http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/07/30/in-northeast-pennsylvania-methane-migration-means-flammable-puddles-and-30-foot-geysers/

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Source: http://shadbushcollective.org/supporting-local-agriculture-protesting-dangerous-drilling/

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Twilight cast bids farewell at final premiere

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thousands of screaming fans lined the black carpet late on Monday for the final "Twilight" film premiere as the cast of "Breaking Dawn - Part 2" bid farewell to the franchise and its loyal followers.

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and other cast members greeted fans known as "Twi-hards," many of whom had camped out for days in downtown Los Angeles to catch a glimpse of their favorite actors and see the film before it is released in theaters on Friday.

Breaking Dawn - Part 2 will see the love story of human Bella Swan (Stewart), vampire Edward Cullen (Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob Black (Lautner) come to a tantalizing end, when Bella and Edward are forced to protect their child from an ancient vampire coven.

Stewart, who was finally able to embrace her wild side by playing Bella as a vampire, hoped people would enjoy the ultimate transformation of her character in the film.

"Bella has worked pretty hard to get to the point where they can have it all, and it's fun to be there. She's always been human, but now that she's not, you're just in full blown vampire land and it feels funny in a great way," Stewart told Reuters.

More than 2,200 fans from all over the world came to camp out on a concrete plaza in downtown Los Angeles last week, where Twilight movie studio Summit laid out activities and marathon screenings of the previous movies.

All of the film's main actors spent time signing autographs and posing for photographs with the loyal fans who had camped out in chilly November weather over five days.

Pattinson, who plays vampire Edward Cullen, said he hoped the fans would like the franchise's swan song.

"I hope they feel it kind of respects them, because I think in a lot of ways that's what we were thinking when we were making it," the actor said.

Lautner, who plays werewolf Jacob, said he'd be sad to say goodbye to the films and his character and hoped fans would be happy with the conclusion of the final film.

"I'm feeling fantastic, sad, emotional, there's a lot of things going on inside of me right now but I'm just trying to soak up every moment because this means the world to me," Lautner said.

The three lead stars were joined by fellow cast members including Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning, as well as director Bill Condon and author Stephenie Meyer, whose Twilight novels kicked off the franchise and phenomenon.

Meyer said she would miss watching the three lead cast members evolve as actors and characters in the films.

"It's really been great to watch them grow up, particularly Kristen because her character gets to evolve so much in this film, and to watch her be all powerful and really get to where the character was always meant to go, to be the fiercest of the fierce, was really rewarding for me," the author said.

(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy, editing by Paul Casciato)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/twilight-cast-bids-farewell-final-premiere-100518507.html

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Dutch teenagers sentenced in "Facebook murder"

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Syrian Expatriates Organization Announces the Starting of the ?Don?t Leave Syrian Cold? Project to Help Syrian Cope with Winter

SEO announces the starting of a new project ?Don?t Leave Syrian Cold? directed to benefit Syrians living under extremely harsh conditions, inside the country and in the refugee camps. SEO believes that the ?Don?t Leave the Syrian Cold? project is significantly important at this time, it highlights one of the major challenges facing Syrian people on a daily basis. SEO would like to ask people to relieve the suffering of Syrian by making a simple donation.

(PRWEB) November 12, 2012

SEO announces the starting of a new project ?Don?t Leave Syrian Cold? directed to benefit Syrians living under extremely harsh conditions, inside the country and in the refugee camps.

Describing the humanitarian situation in Syria as beyond the capacity of ICRC to cope with, Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday November 9th-2012 "The humanitarian situation is getting worse despite the scope of the operation increasing," On the same day, more than 11,000 refugees had fled Syria, in what is thought to be the highest daily exodus since the insurrection began 19 months ago, as reported by Freepnews.

http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/1694315?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/syria/121108/red-cross-cant-cope-syrian-crisis

Addressing the importance of the project, Dr Samah Bassas, SEO board member, said, ?Winter season has already started to pose an additional dimension to the existing catastrophic humanitarian situation in Syria and the refugee camps, where about 400,000 registered refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq are under extremely harsh weather. Our project is directed, mainly, to alleviate the suffering of our people, by providing basic needs to cope with the environmental conditions. We will work with local city councils and humanitarian groups on the ground to respond to their demand accordingly. We hope to generate enough fund to help our people in Syria living in miserable conditions.?

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Friend: Petraeus began affair after taking CIA job

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2009 file photo, Gen. David Petraeus, commander U.S. Central Command, left, stands with his wife Holly before the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Tampa, Fla. Gen. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2009 file photo, Gen. David Petraeus, commander U.S. Central Command, left, stands with his wife Holly before the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Tampa, Fla. Gen. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

In this Jan. 30, 2010 photo, Natalie Khawam, left, Gen. David Petraeus, Scott and Jill Kelley, and Holly Petraeus watch the Gasparilla parade from the comfort of a tent on the Kelley's front lawn in Tampa, Fla. Jill Kelley is identified as the woman who received threatening emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. Jill Kelley serves as the State Department's liaison to the military's Joint Special Operations Command. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Amu Scherzer) TAMPA OUT; CITRUS COUNTY OUT; PORT CHARLOTTE OUT; BROOKSVILLE HERNANDO TODAY OUT; USA TODAY OUT; TV OUT; NO WEB USE; MAGS OUT

FILE - In this June 23, 2011, file photo, Gen. David Petraeus, center, walks with his wife Holly, left, past a seated Paula Broadwell, rear right, as he arrives to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee during a hearing on his nomination to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus quit Nov. 9, 2012, after acknowledging an extramarital relationship. As questions arise about the extramarital affair between Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell, she has remained quiet about details of their relationship. However, information has emerged about Jill Kelley, the woman who received the emails from Broadwell that led to the FBI?s discovery of Petraeus? indiscretion. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

This July 13, 2011, photo made available on the International Security Assistance Force's Flickr website shows the former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Gen. Davis Petraeus, left, shaking hands with Paula Broadwell, co-author of "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus."As details emerge about Petraeus' extramarital affair with his biographer, Broadwell, including a second woman who allegedly received threatening emails from the author, members of Congress say they want to know exactly when the now ex-CIA director and retired general popped up in the FBI inquiry, whether national security was compromised and why they weren't told sooner. (AP Photo/ISAF)

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2011 file photo, former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Gen. Davis Petraeus kisses his wife Holly during an armed forces farewell tribute and retirement ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va. Gen. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

(AP) ? Retired Gen. David Petraeus began an affair with his biographer in 2011, two months after he became CIA director, a friend and former top aide said Monday. The case has sparked an uproar in Congress over FBI investigative tactics and complaints by lawmakers they weren't told soon enough about the probe rocking the intelligence and law enforcement establishment.

Petraeus, who resigned last week as the nation's head spy, and his family are said to be devastated over the affair, especially his wife Holly, who "is not exactly pleased right now," said Steve Boylan, a friend and former Petraeus spokesman who spoke to Petraeus over the weekend.

"Furious would be an understatement," Boylan told ABC's "Good Morning America." He said Petraeus ended the affair four months ago.

The stunning revelations about the extramarital activities of Petraeus, a retired four-star general and perhaps the nation's most revered military figure, has sparked an outcry in Congress over allegations that the FBI did not inform lawmakers about the probe in a timely fashion.

Members of Congress said Sunday they want to know more details about the FBI investigation that revealed the extramarital affair between Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell. They questioned when the retired general popped up in the FBI inquiry, whether national security was compromised and why they weren't told sooner.

"We received no advanced notice. It was like a lightning bolt," Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, said.

Petraeus, 60, quit Friday after acknowledging the affair. He has been married 38 years to Holly Petraeus, with whom he has two adult children, including a son who led an infantry platoon in Afghanistan as an Army lieutenant.

Broadwell, a 40-year-old graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and an Army Reserve officer, is married with two young sons.

Meanwhile, information has emerged about a Florida woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Broadwell which led federal investigators to discover Petraeus' sexual indiscretion with Broadwell.

A senior U.S. military official identified the second woman as Jill Kelley, 37, who lives in Tampa, Fla., and serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. Staffers for Petraeus said Kelley and her husband were regular guests at events he held at Central Command headquarters.

A U.S. official said the coalition countries represented at Central Command gave Kelley an appreciation certificate on which she was referred to as an "honorary ambassador" to the coalition, but she has no official status and is not employed by the U.S. government.

In a statement Sunday, Kelley and her husband, Scott, said: "We and our family have been friends with Gen. Petraeus and his family for over five years. We respect his and his family's privacy and want the same for us and our three children."

The military official who identified Kelley spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation. He said Kelley had received harassing emails from Broadwell, which led the FBI to examine her email account and eventually discover her relationship with Petraeus. It was not clear what led Broadwell to send the emails to Kelley.

The FBI contacted Petraeus and other intelligence officials, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper asked Petraeus to resign.

A former associate of Petraeus confirmed the target of the emails was Kelley, but said there was no affair between the two, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the retired general's private life. The associate said Kelley and her husband were longtime friends of Petraeus and his wife.

Boylan said Monday that Petraeus is keenly aware that he has injured his family while losing "one of the best jobs he ever had. He's devastated." The affair with Broadwell started about two months after Petraeus took the CIA post, Boylan said. Petraeus became CIA director in September 2011.

Petraeus' affair with Broadwell will be the subject of meetings Wednesday involving congressional intelligence committee leaders, FBI deputy director Sean Joyce and CIA deputy director Michael Morell.

Petraeus had been scheduled to appear before congressional committees on Thursday to testify about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Morell was expected to testify in place of Petraeus, and lawmakers said he should have the answers to their questions.

But Feinstein and others didn't rule out the possibility that Congress will compel Petraeus to testify about Benghazi at a later date, even though he's relinquished his job.

Clapper was told by the Justice Department of the Petraeus investigation last week at about 5 p.m. on Election Day, and then called Petraeus and urged him to resign, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.

FBI officials said the congressional committees weren't informed until Friday, one official said, because the matter started as a criminal investigation into harassing emails allegedly sent by Broadwell to Kelley.

Concerned that emails Petraeus exchanged with Broadwell raised the possibility of a security breach, the FBI brought the matter up with him directly, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation.

Petraeus decided to quit, though he was breaking no laws by having an affair, officials said.

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Associated Press writers Michele Salcedo, Pete Yost and Matthew Lee contributed to this report.

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