Wednesday, October 31, 2012

MasterCard Set To Select Ketchum As New PR Shop - Advertising Age

MasterCard is set to select Omnicom's Ketchum as its corporate PR agency in the U.S. following a competitive review, Ad Age has learned.

IPG incumbent Weber Shandwick competed with Ketchum in the final round. Initially, the brief went out to independents Ruder Finn, Edelman, Taylor Strategy and APCO, as well as Next Fifteen's Bite and WPP's Public Strategies and Cohn & Wolfe. After the initial briefing, at least a few of these agencies decided not to participate, according to people familiar with the matter.

Cohn & Wolfe has supported various digital and social efforts for the company, APCO has provided reputation and issues-management services and Taylor has worked on various consumer efforts. It's not immediately clear how the change will affect the PR shops still involved with the company, but the move is a blow to incumbent Weber Shandwick. The agency has worked with MasterCard for at least a few years and continues to work with the company in various global markets, including Asia and Europe.

Andrew Bowins, senior VP- and group head of external and worldwide communications at MasterCard, told Ad Age that Ketchum will support U.S. and corporate PR business. "This is part of a continued evolution of communications at MasterCard (corporate and U.S. Markets) to advance the business through consumer and customer-engagement models that allow MasterCard to integrate digital, social, online and traditional communication vehicles in a manner that engages people, merchants and governments in a more meaningful way," he said. "As we move into 2013 beyond, we will continue to energize our corporate and U.S. PR programs and leverage all channels to meet our goals while creating direct and high impact engagements that help the MasterCard value story come to life and be top of mind."

Mr. Bowins added that the company is focused on "...the public dialogue around the benefits of a world that is moving beyond cash and the merits of digital payment and card-based systems. It's a dialogue that moves beyond traditional B2B conversations and places business and consumers at the center of the discussions."

He didn't indicate specifically how the change will affect the incumbents but said, "Our incumbent agencies, Weber, APCO and Taylor, have been exceptional partners that have helped build our foundation today."

The move breaks the company's tight circle of IPG shops, created when the company in 2010 ended its decade-plus relationship with Omnicom Group's GSD&M to consolidate U.S. media-planning and -buying business with Interpublic Group of Cos.' Universal McCann. The selection had united MasterCard's creative, media, PR and digital accounts under the IPG umbrella, with McCann Erickson Worldwide handling creative, R/GA managing digital, Weber Shandwick running PR duties and Octagon handling sports marketing and partnerships.

Now MasterCard is going back to Omnicom after a decision that likely involved Seth Eisen, senior business leader of communication in the U.S. markets. According to his LinkedIn profile, Mr. Eisen worked at Ketchum early in his career. He also spent time at WPP's Cohn & Wolfe, Publicis Groupe's MSLGroup and independent Waggener Edstrom.

For Ketchum, it's also a return to the financial services big leagues, as the agency had worked with Visa for a number of years until 2006. It's an accomplishment at a time when there aren't many accounts with seven-figure PR budgets up for bid.

MasterCard spent $119 million on U.S. advertising in 2011, a 4.1% decrease from 2010, according to Kantar Media.

Source: http://adage.com/article/agency-news/mastercard-set-select-ketchum-pr-shop/238039/

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Nadia G Spices Up Your Dishes | Mademan.com

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Nadia Giosia isn?t your average food show host. On Cooking Channel?s Bitchin? Kitchen, she?s a sexy, tattooed Julia Childs for a younger, edgier audience. The 32-year-old Montreal native started cooking at the age of 11 and, in her words, ?sucked pretty hard at it.? But making meals was an important part of her family growing up. ?We were food obsessed. Cooking was how we expressed ourselves.?

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?Everyone likes to have a good meal made for them. If you cook for a woman you?re going to get a lot of? props.?

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Her show attempts to breathe new life into the cooking show genre. ?We wanted to bring a bit of comedy to it and do things around themes, like breakup brunches and dysfunctional family dinners.? You don?t need a special theme to eat right, however. Nor does Nadia G think it?s terribly hard for a single man living alone to eat right. ?In general, people eat too much meat,? she advises. We can only imagine that this is doubly true of the man who eats out a lot or microwaves just about every meal he consumes, but G has some easy answers.

Chicken breast is an excellent choice for the man who wants a no-frills, protein-rich dinner. ?Marinate it for 24 hours in full-fat yogurt and add some cilantro,? advises Miss G, who says that not only does the yogurt provide flavor and tenderize the meat, it also supplies healthy bacteria. And now you?ve got some versatility. Do you want fajitas? Something simpler like chicken breast drizzled in olive oil? Greek-style wraps? Make any of these dishes happen easily with a few extra ingredients.

What? Oh, like you don?t keep a shiny silver skull on your stove at all times?

Stews are another good option for the single guy on the go. ?Stew doesn?t take a lot of time to prepare and you can eat it for days.? It also allows you to make use of all the bits and pieces of other food you might otherwise throw out.

Pasta is an old standby from the days of Top Ramen for breakfast, but G suggests doing it in a healthier, more adult fashion. ?Pasta fazool is Italian for ?broke ass,?? she jokes, adding that if you?re going to dare to be lazy, you absolutely, positively must have organic stock.? When dressing it, never use cheap canned parmesan. Always get the real thing. ?Calling that powdered junk ?parmesan? is like calling Nickelback a rock band.? And that?s coming from a Canadian!

Of course, at the end of the day, well-prepared food isn?t just about your health. It?s also a great way to woo the ladies. ?Everyone likes to have a good meal made for them,? says G. ?If you cook for a woman you?re going to get a lot of? props.? Interpret that anyway you want, then check out the relatively simple, positively bitchin? chicken, pasta and bacon chocolate dishes on the following pages. (We threw in some bonus shots of our new favorite chef as well.) Bon appetit!

Mango-Avocado Chicken

Ingredients:

2 cups plain yogurt
3 garlic cloves plus a little extra, degermed
1 tbsp fresh ginger, peeled
1 cup fresh cilantro plus a little extra, chopped
Salt
Pepper
2 chicken breasts
2 limes
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
1 jalapeno pepper
3 ripe mangos
1 ripe avocado
Brown rice, optional

Method:

Chicken marinade: In a food processor, combine yogurt, garlic, peeled ginger, 1 cup cilantro and a small pinch of sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste. Blend until smooth. Pour the marinade into a large Ziploc bag. Rinse the chicken breasts, pat dry and add to the marinade. Smush them around and place the bag in the fridge for 24 hours.

Lime-cilantro dressing: In a jar, combine the juice of 2 limes, olive oil, honey and Dijon mustard. Add a big pinch of finely chopped fresh cilantro, a small pinch of garlic, 1 teaspoon minced jalapeno pepper flesh (add seeds if you like it hot), a small pinch of sea salt and lots of freshly cracked pepper. Cover the jar and shake until thick.

Heat the grill to high and sear the marinated chicken breasts in a skillet for 2 minutes per side. Turn grill to medium-low and cook for an additional 5 to 6 minute per side. In a bowl combine slices of ripe yellow mango and ripe avocado. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of lime-cilantro dressing and mix to coat. Combine with chicken breasts and serve with a side of brown rice (optional).

Like we said, not your average food show host?


Source: http://www.mademan.com/f4f-nadia-g-spices-up-your-dishe/

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Sandy takes down Huffington Post, Gawker websites

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California judge rules large Arizona campaign donation can be audited (reuters)

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Augusta Soup Kitchen Gets A Facelift - WABI TV5

Augusta - The local soup kitchen in Augusta just got a major facelift.

Regular visitors to the Bread of Life Ministries may not recognize the place. "Prior to the renovations we had pretty much white industrial lighting in here. Now we have art lighting, which subdues the atmosphere a little bit," said Executive Director Dean Lachance. "We have brand new flooring instead of the institutional tiles. The wood flooring is kind of a welcoming space."

There's also new air conditioning and new artwork donated by local artists. All of this is the work of the Kennebec Leadership Institute, a Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce program, staffed by about 25 local professionals who volunteered their time as part of the downtown Augusta revitalization project. "They just took it on and raised over $14,000 from different businesses and individuals which allowed them to do the lighting and the signs and the flooring and the air conditioning that came with it," Lachance said.

Patsy Tessier has worked here for the past 11 years and seen this place grow into what it is today, serving on average 36,000 meals per year. "It's evolved," Tessier said. "It was always quite pleasant, but it's certainly got a lot more pleasant and homey feeling."

That homey feeling is what they strive for here, making it seem less like a traditional soup kitchen. "They get to sit down at a table, they get served a meal, they get asked what they want for 4 or 5 choices for a drink. Same with dessert. If we have food left over they're welcome to take a meal home for dinner or for a home bound person that might be out sick."

The Bread of Life Ministries Soup Kitchen is located at 157 Water Street in Augusta.

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All Microsoft Build Attendees Get Free Surface Tablets, Lumia 920 And 100GB Of SkyDrive Storage

build_microsoft_2012_logoJust as Google is known for giving away free devices to I/O attendees, Microsoft also used its Build developer conference today to hand out free hardware to all of its Build attendees. Every Build attendees will get a Microsoft Surface RT 32GB with a touch cover. In addition, attendees will also get 100GB of free SkyDrive storage.

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Business Obligations During Natural Disasters ? The Business ...

As Hurricane Sandy bears down on Atlantic City, New York, and (eventually) parts of eastern Canada, thousands of businesses large and small are faced with dilemmas related to doing business before, during, and after a potential state of disaster. Certainly some businesses won?t have a choice, as flooding either wipes them out or makes access impossible. The NYSE and Nasdaq have both made the unusual move of staying closed for the day today (Monday).

But others will have hard choices to make, and no easy formula for making such choices is at hand.

Choice #1 pertains to the basic issue of staying open. Here, business owners need to balance the safety and security of their employees and buildings, on one hand, with the needs of their customers on the other. The weight given to the needs of customers must of course depend on just what you?re selling. If you sell water and flashlight batteries, a sense of social obligation ought to keep you open ?as long as possible.?

The second choice has to do with the closely related question of whether businesses should require employees to work before, during, and after a natural disaster. Sometimes being at work will pose risks to health and safety, and sometimes the risk lies in getting to work. The transit closures that go with severe weather are a factor here, too. Lack of access to public transit can make it difficult, and sometimes dangerous, for employees to get to work. But then again, in some cases employees ? especially ones earning an hourly wage ? will prefer to work, in which case telling them to go home may be overly paternalistic.

The third question is about prices. In a reasonably free market, prices tend to go up when goods are scarce and when demand is high. And natural disasters have a way of both limiting supply and raising demand. As supply chains get cut off, it may be reasonable for businesses to raise prices somewhat in order to cover additional costs. But stores need to be careful to stay on the right side of the law ? most jurisdictions have anti-price gouging laws that put limits on just how much you can raise prices in the wake of disaster.

All three choices involve difficult decisions about how to balance the competing interests of various groups. But in terms of fundamental motivation, it?s also worth pointing out that staying in business as long as possible can be a great way to build goodwill. A business that is there for its community in times of crisis is likely to reap rewards for a long time to come.

The business I happen to work for ? Ryerson University ? is an unusual kind of business when it comes to questions like these. I asked our VP Administration & Finance, Julia Hanigsberg, about the criteria Ryerson uses to decide whether and when to close.

?The safety of our community is the primary consideration on whether to close the university or cancel classes during extreme weather conditions or other emergency situations,? Hanigsberg told me. ?Our Integrated Threat and Risk Assessment team monitors the situation by scanning publicly available sources and consulting with expertise available in the broader public sector about road conditions, availability of public transit, information from Emergency Services etc.?

One particularly interesting point that Hanigsberg made had to do with the fact that, really, the university never fully shuts down. Hanigsberg says: ?Unlike most businesses, even when we ?close? the university is operational 24/7 with students in residence, research labs operational etc.?

The same is true for hospitals, of course, as well as other public services like shelters. But the same is true for businesses such as hotels and kennels and airports. Anything charged with the 24/7 sheltering and feeding of humans or animals ? is unlikely to shut down entirely. The same obviously goes for essential services, such as police, fire, and ambulance. They?re not businesses in the traditional sense, but they face the same dilemmas, albeit with a much stronger public service impetus pushing them to keep the wheels turning.

The inability to shut down entirely brings special obligations, of course. For starters, it puts a premium on planning for disasters. Businesses that can?t shut down need to have plans in place, and need to train employees both in safeguarding their own health and safety, and in looking out for the customers who may be entrusted to their care in the most trying, and ethically challenging, of circumstances.

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Disney to buy "Star Wars" producer for $4.05 billion

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy filmmaker George Lucas's Lucasfilm Ltd and the "Star Wars" franchise for $4.05 billion in cash and stock, a blockbuster deal that includes the surprise promise of a new film in the series in 2015.

Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger, in prepared remarks for analysts, said the plan was to release a new movie in the series every two to three years thereafter. The last "Star Wars" picture was "Revenge of the Sith" in 2005, and Lucas has in past denied any plans for more.

Lucas, a Hollywood icon known for exercising control over the most minute details of the fictional universe he created, will remain as a creative consultant on the new films.

"It`s now time for me to pass 'Star Wars' on to a new generation of filmmakers," he said in a statement. Lucas will become the second-largest individual holder of Disney shares, with a 2.2 percent stake.

Disney will pay about half the purchase price in cash and issue about 40 million shares at closing.

Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo, in prepared remarks, said the deal would lower Disney's earnings per share by a low single-digits percentage in fiscal 2013 and 2014. He also said Disney would repurchase all of the issued shares on the open market within the next two years, on top of planned buybacks.

This deal marks the third time in less than seven years that Disney has signed a massive deal to take over a beloved studio or character portfolio, part of its strategy to acquire brands that can be stretched across TV, movies, theme parks and the Internet.

In early 2006, Disney struck a deal to acquire "Toy Story" creator Pixar, and in the summer of 2009 it bought the comic book powerhouse Marvel Entertainment

"Because Lucas is private, I would assume most investors would be surprised (by the deal). My point of view is that Disney already has a great portfolio and this adds one more. They don't have any holes, but their past deals have been additive," said Morningstar analyst Michael Corty.

From a fan's perspective, critics said there was sure to be at least some excitement at the prospect of episode seven in the saga of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.

"Do I want to see more Star Wars movies? Not really, but they're not making these movies for me. There's a whole new generation of Star Wars fans, and they worship the prequels like folks my age worshipped the original trilogy," the film writer "Mr. Beaks" said on the well-regarded industry site Ain't It Cool News.

Besides "Star Wars," the Lucasfilm deal also includes rights to the "Indiana Jones" franchise, though Disney did not elaborate on any plans for that series.

(Additional reporting by Michael Erman in New York and Himank Sharma in Bangalore; Writing by Ben Berkowitz; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Ciro Scotti)

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Could a Hurricane Like Sandy Postpone the Presidential Election? (Atlantic Politics Channel)

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BEIRUT (AP) ? Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions Sunday, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold.

The failure to push through a truce so limited in its ambitions ? just four days ? has been a sobering reflection of the international community's inability to ease 19 months of bloodshed in Syria. It also suggests that the stalemated civil war will drag on, threatening to draw in Syria's neighbors in this highly combustible region such as Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.

"This conflict has now taken a dynamic of its own which should be worrying to everyone," said Salman Shaikh, director of the Brookings Doha Center think tank.

The U.N. tried to broker a halt to fighting over the four-day Eid al-Adha Muslim feast that began on Friday, one of the holiest times of the Islamic calendar. But the truce was violated almost immediately after it was supposed to take effect, the same fate other cease-fires in Syria have met.

Activists said at least 110 people were killed Sunday, a toll similar to previous daily casualty tolls. They include 16 who died in an airstrike on the village of al-Barra in northern Syria's mountainous Jabal al-Zawiya region.

The Observatory also reported a car bomb that exploded in a residential area in the Damascus neighborhood of Barzeh and wounded 15 people, but the target was not immediately clear.

Though Syria's death toll has topped 35,000, the bloodiest and most protracted crisis of the Arab Spring, the West has been wary of intervening. There is concern about sparking a wider conflagration because Syria borders Israel and is allied with Iran and the powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

There are already increasing incidents of the civil war spilling across borders.

Many in Lebanon blame Syria and Hezbollah for the Oct. 19 car bomb that killed the country's intelligence chief. The assassination stirred up deadly sectarian tensions in Lebanon, where Sunnis and Shiites are deeply divided over the Syrian civil war, raising the specter of renewed sectarian fighting.

Lebanon's two largest political coalitions have lined up on opposite sides of Syria's civil war. Hezbollah and its partners who dominate the government have stood by Assad's regime, while the Sunni-led opposition backs the rebels seeking to topple the Syrian government. Assad and many in his inner circle are Alawites ? an offshoot of Shiite Islam and a minority in Syria ? while the rebels come mostly from the country's Sunni majority.

Iraqi Shiites also increasingly fear a spillover from Syria. Iraqi authorities on Sunday forced an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it was not carrying weapons, the second such forced landing this month. The move appeared aimed at easing U.S. concerns that Iraq has become a route for shipments of Iranian military supplies that could help Assad battle rebels.

In Jordan, concern over stability was underlined last month, when its U.S., British and French allies quickly dispatched their military experts to help Jordanian commandos devise plans to shield the population in case of a chemical attack from neighboring Syria.

Turkey's support for the Syrian rebel movement is another point of tension, and Turkey has reinforced its border and fired into Syria on several occasions recently in response to shells that have landed from Syria inside Turkish territory.

The U.S. administration says it remains opposed to military action in Syria and politicians have been preoccupied this year with the presidential election, now a few weeks away.

On Sunday, Syrian warplanes struck the eastern Damascus suburbs of Arbeen, Harasta and Zamalka to try to drive out rebels, according to activists in those areas and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which compiles information from activists in Syria.

In Douma, another Damascus suburb, rebels wrested three positions from regime forces, including an unfinished high-rise building that had been used by regime snipers, according to the Observatory and Mohammed Saeed, a local activist.

Fighting was also reported near Maaret al-Numan, a strategic town along the Aleppo-Damascus highway that rebels seized earlier this month. Opposition fighters including the al-Qaida-inspired Jabhat al-Nusra, have also besieged a nearby military base and repeatedly attacked government supply convoys heading there. The Observatory said the Syrian air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs ? makeshift weapons made of explosives stuffed into barrels ? on villages near the base.

The cease-fire was seen as a long shot from the outset. International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi failed to get firm commitments from all combatants, and no mechanism to monitor violations was put in place.

Jabhat al-Nusra rejected the truce outright. In a video posted this week, the leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahri, urged Muslims everywhere to support Syria's uprising.

"It's not just about the Syria military and the army defectors that form the backbone of the Free Syrian Army rebel group anymore," said Hassan Abdul-Azim, a Damascus-based opposition leader. He said there were so many foreign fighters and external actors now involved in the Syrian civil war that only an agreement among the various international and regional powers could put an end to the fighting.

"The truce was merely an attempt by Brahimi to try and temporarily ease the people's suffering in the lost time until the U.S. elections, in the hope that the international community can then get its act together and agree on a diplomatic solution for Syria," he told The Associated Press.

But with the unraveling of the cease-fire, it's unclear what the international community can do next.

Assad allies Russia and China have shielded his regime against harsher U.N. Security Council sanctions, while the rebels' foreign backers including neighboring Turkey have shied away from military intervention. Iran, which is embroiled in its own diplomatic standoff with the West over its suspect nuclear program, is also a staunch supporter of Assad's regime.

The U.S., meanwhile, is averse to sending strategic weapons to help the rebels break the battlefield stalemate, fearing they will fall into the hands of militant Islamists, who are increasingly active in rebel ranks.

"There has been a lack of desire to take the tough decisions," said Shaikh.

"In Washington, they've only been focused on the narrow political goal of their own elections, trying to convince a war-wary public inside the U.S. that we are actually disengaging from the conflicts of the Middle East," he said.

The truce was called as the two sides were battling over strategic targets in a largely deadlocked civil war. They include a military base near a main north-south highway, the main supply route to Aleppo, Syria's largest city, where regime forces and rebels have been fighting house-to-house. It appears each side feared the other could exploit a lull to improve its positions.

Brahimi has not said what would follow a cease-fire. Talks between Assad and the Syrian opposition on a peaceful transition are blocked, since the Syrian leader's opponents say they will not negotiate unless Assad resigns, something he has always refused to do.

In April, Brahimi's predecessor as Syria mediator, former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, tried to launch a more comprehensive plan ? an open-ended cease-fire to be enforced by hundreds of U.N. monitors, followed by talks on a political transition. Annan's plan failed to gain traction, and after an initial decrease in violence, his proposed cease-fire collapsed.

On Sunday, amateur videos posted online showed warplanes flying over the eastern suburbs of Damascus. One video showed two huge clouds of smoke rising from what was said to be Arbeen, and the sound of an airplane could be heard in the background. It was not clear if the video showed the aftermath of shelling or an airstrike.

Another video showed destruction inside the Sheikh Moussa mosque in Harasta. Windows and doors were blown out, glass and debris scattered across the mosque's floor. The narrator broke down as he was heard saying: "Where are the Muslims? Our mosques are being bombed and no one cares."

The videos appeared consistent with Associated Press reporting in the area.

The Syrian government has accused the rebels of violating the cease-fire from the start. The state-run news agency SANA said opposition fighters carried out attacks in a number of areas, including in Aleppo and the eastern town of Deir el-Zour.

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Associated Press writer Karin Laub contributed reporting.

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Bombings, house raids in Iraq leave 31 dead

BAGHDAD (AP) ? Bombings that hit markets and other insurgent strikes primarily targeting Iraq's Shiite community killed 31 people on Saturday, challenging government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

The bloodshed underscored the difficulties facing Iraq's leadership as it struggles to keep its citizens safe. Authorities had increased security in hopes of preventing attacks during the four-day Eid al-Adha celebrations, when people are off work and families gather in public places.

The deadliest blast happened on the outskirts of Baghdad and struck near playground equipment that had been set up for the holiday in a market in the eastern neighborhood of Bawiya. Police officials said eight people were killed, including four children. Another 24 people, including children, were wounded, they added.

"Nobody expected this explosion because our neighborhood has been living in peace, away from the violence hitting the rest of the capital," said Bassem Mohammed, a 35-year-old father of three in the neighborhood who was startled by the blast.

"We feel sad for the children who thought that they would spend a happy time during Eid, but instead ended up getting killed or hurt."

Elsewhere, a bomb attached to a bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims killed five people and wounded nine, according to police. The bomb, hidden on the underside of the bus, detonated as the pilgrims were heading to a Shiite shrine in Baghdad to mark the holiday.

Authorities have said they planned to increase the number of checkpoints, shut some roads and deploy extra personnel during the holiday period.

They are also relying more on undercover intelligence agents, said Lt. Col. Saad Maan Ibrahim, a spokesman for the interior ministry. He emphasized that both bombings took place on the edge of the capital rather than in densely populated areas.

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In the northern city of Mosul, gunmen broke into the houses of two Shabak families, killing a boy and his parents in one and a mother and daughter in the other, according to police. A bomb exploded near the house of another Shabak family, wounding six family members.

Shabaks are ethnically Turkomen and Shiite by religion. Most Shabaks were driven out of Mosul by Sunni militants during the sectarian fighting a few years ago.

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Medics in nearby hospitals confirmed the casualties. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, is a major Muslim holiday that commemorates what Muslims believe was the Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail, the Biblical Ishmael, as a test of his faith from God. Christians and Jews believe another of Abraham's sons, Isaac, was the one almost sacrificed.

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Violence has ebbed across Iraq, but insurgents frequently attack security forces and civilians in an attempt to undermine the country's Shiite-led government.

Holidays are a particular time of concern for security forces. A wave of attacks shortly before another Muslim holiday in August, Eid al-Fitr, killed more than 90 people in one of the deadliest days in Iraq this year.

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Associated Press writer Sameer N. Yacoub contributed reporting.

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Lawyers representing the family of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao have rejected claims made by the New York Times on Friday that they have accumulated at least $2.7 billion in "hidden riches", Hong Kong media reported on Sunday.

The New York Times, citing corporate and regulatory records, reported on Friday that Wen's mother, siblings and children had amassed the majority of their wealth since Wen was named Vice Premier in 1998.

In a statement issued late on Saturday and carried by Hong Kong television as well as the South China Morning Post and Sing Tao Daily newspapers, Bai Tao of the Junhe Law Office and Wang Weidong of the Grandall Law Firm said the wealth "does not exist".

They also denied that Wen had acted improperly or engaged in business activities himself, and said his relatives had not profited in any way from his tenure as premier and had no influence on Wen's "formulation and execution of policies".

The statement said Wen's mother had never received any income or property apart from her salary and pension.

Telephone calls made to the law firms by Reuters were not answered.

The Times' report said the names of family members "have been hidden behind layers of partnerships and investment vehicles involving friends, work colleagues and business partners".

It said his family's holdings include a Beijing villa development project, a tire factory in northern China, a company involved in building some of the venues for Beijing's 2008 Olympics including the "Bird's Nest" main stadium, and Ping An Insurance, one of the world's largest financial services companies.

The New York Times report came at a sensitive time for Beijing, with China about to undergo a once-in-a-decade change of leadership in which Wen will step down as premier.

The newspaper's websites in English and Chinese were immediately blocked in China, and searches for the New York Times as well as the names of Wen's children and wife were blocked on China's main Twitter-like microblog service.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily briefing on Friday that the report "smears China's name and has ulterior motives".

(Reporting by David Stanway; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)

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When a problem begins to interfere with the daily life of your child or teen, it is your responsibility as her parent to help her find a resolution to cope with and work through these problems. The EFT tapping technique is simple to learn, and your child can teach herself to do it on her own when she is experiencing a difficult situation or anxious thoughts and feelings in everyday life. Parents can also master this skill and tap along with the child. The EFT method has been known to be a long lasting technique that conquers the issue permanently. It also works better than alternative forms of therapy like hypnosis or medication.

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This technique is a positive tool to help children and teens learn to overcome common fears, anxieties, worries and serious traumas. The EFT tapping method can also help them build self-esteem by providing them with a safe outlet to get rid of the negative energy. If you have tried other methods of therapy, or even medications that have not been successful long term, the EFT tapping method may be your best solution for everyone involved.

Karla M. Somers is a firm believer in holistic forms of therapy and alternative healthcare options. She is a contributing writer for The Tapping Solution, a website dedicated to introducing people who are struggling with challenges in their lives to the natural, holistic approach of?emotional freedom techniques.

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You need to have an income at least $1000 per month.

You are holding a valid active checking account.

If you execute these above mentioned criteria then 3 months payday loans permit you getting hold of an amount ranging from $100 to $1500 without pledging any sort of collateral aligned with the lender. You can repay the finance within 90 days or upcoming three paydays. This is a great option for you to repay the fund on easy repayment without putting any load on next payday. These are short term and unsecured loans and so they carry a bit high rate of interest. People who have bad credit history because of past payment mistakes like defaults, arrears, foreclosure, skipping of installments, foreclosure, late payments, missed payments, due payments, CCJs, IVA etc can easily enjoy these loans without going through any credit verification process.

These financial facilities can be used to handle many situations effectively anytime anywhere. Even though you have to face unplanned expenses at the middle of the month, you just need to take help of 3 months payday loans and then you can easily meeting with miscellaneous expenses right on time. You can use the finance in miscellaneous expenses like paying off medical bills, sudden repairing of car, home rentals, credit card dues, paying child?s school or tuition fees, going on small weekend holiday tour to countryside, gas bills, water supply bills, stationary bills, buying gifts and the list goes on.

To pave your way to get a loan immediately, you should go for the online mode that is an innovative approach to get your loan approved easily and faster. You are required to do is to fulfill a simple online application form on the website of the loan with authentic information and then, submit it online. After verification the finance is transferred directly into your active bank account on the same day of applying.

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Ian Frazer is an ace writer in the field of loans as he has written numbers of articles, blogs, press releases etc related to financial subjects. Up till now he has dedicated his whole time for writing on financial subjects like 30 day payday loans, payday loans direct lenders, fast payday loans, and online payday loans.

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