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Friday, February 17, 2012
Xi waves off China economy fears, triggers deals (Reuters)
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said on Friday the Chinese economy would experience stable growth and avoid a hard landing this year, discounting a scenario economists fear may upset the global economy.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Afghan leaders asks Pakistani help in peace bid (AP)
ISLAMABAD ? The Afghan president appealed for Pakistan's help Thursday in negotiating a peace deal with Taliban militants ahead of a summit that will be also include the leader of Iran.
The meetings in Islamabad come at a time when momentum for peace talks with the Taliban seems to be growing, even as all parties to a stuttering process marked by intense mistrust say that success in ending the 10-year war in Afghanistan is far from certain.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday that talks among the U.S, the Afghan government and the Taliban had taken place in the past month. If true, it would mark a significant development because till now the Taliban had said they would only negotiate with the Americans, maintaining Karzai was a puppet leader and that the movement was the legitimate ruler in Afghanistan.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid denied Karzai's comments that negotiations have already taken place, saying in a statement "the Taliban did not talk with the Kabul government anywhere."
Pakistan is regarded as a key player in any peace process because its historical ties with the Taliban and other insurgents mean Islamabad could help bring them to the table or be a spoiler. The Taliban leadership is widely believed to be based in Pakistan, and under some influence of the country's security establishment.
Iran, which also neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan, is also important to the future stability of Afghanistan. In the past, it supported campaigns against the Taliban, a radical Sunni Muslim group opposed to the Shiites who make up a majority of Iran's population. But some reports have suggested Tehran ? Washington's archenemy ? also has supported the Taliban against U.S. troops.
The U.S. launched the war in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, but has been unable to defeat the Taliban, which once sheltered Osama bin Laden. Washington wants to withdraw most of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, and try to ensure the country remains moderately stable.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been badly strained, but the meeting between Karzai and President Asif Ali Zardari suggested that ties are improving. An Afghan statement said the leaders had agreed to restart a joint peace commission that was shelved after the assassination last year of Afghanistan's envoy to Taliban peace talks in Kabul.
Afghan officials had accused Pakistan of playing a role in the killing ? allegations it denied.
In a statement, Zardari said Karzai told the meeting Thursday that Pakistan's support "was critical to the success of Afghan owned and Afghan led peace process" and that both countries should cooperate for peace.
Earlier, Ismail Qasemyar, the international relations adviser to the Afghan-government appointed council for talks with the Taliban, said Karzai would ask Zardari to "put positive and constructive pressure over the leadership of the Taliban to come close and to come together to start intra-Afghan dialogue and a process of negotiation."
During his three-day trip, President Karzai is also scheduled to meet Pakistani clerics and politicians who are close to the Afghan Taliban in a bid to get their support for peace, including Maulana Samiul Haq, known as the spiritual father of the Taliban because he runs an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan that has taught many of the group's leaders.
"This is a time when the Taliban are defeating Western forces in Afghanistan," Haq told The Associated Press. "A forceful stance by Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran will bring peace and stability in this region by pushing out the foreign forces."
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Islamabad in the late afternoon and met separately with Zardari. The two men discussed a proposed pipeline that would deliver natural gas from Iran to Pakistan, according to a statement from Zardari.
The U.S. opposes the initiative. It wants to isolate Tehran because of its nuclear program, and is threatening sanctions against Islamabad if the project goes ahead. Pakistan says it needs the gas to meet chronic industrial and domestic energy shortages.
On Friday, all three leaders will meet for talks likely to focus on the Afghan war.
Ahmadinjad's trip coincides with rising Western concerns after Iranian state TV broadcast pictures of the president overseeing what was described as the first Iranian-made fuel rod being inserted into a research reactor in northern Tehran. Tensions between Israel and Iran are also rising following an attack in India on an Israeli diplomat that Israel has blamed on Iran.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Workers Compensation Insurance Is It Necessary | Accident in Work
Article by Elissa Joyce
At times accidents do happen at the work place leaving the worker with either traumatic or physical injuries. Such worker is forced to relinquish duties that we bestowed on him when still in shape to work in such post. In the recent past pursuing for compensation was only possible through a civil court process. When there is prove that the accident that accursed was due to negligence in the part of the employer, then an individual has a provision by law to peruse compensation by following the newly established workers compensation.
Workers compensation is a form of out of court settlement. This is an agreement that is reached between an injured worker and the employer that bars the worker from suing the employer for negligence as provided by the tort law. In return, the worker gets some form of wages in an agreed period of time and medical benefits. The law concurs with the provision of personal injury law where the worker will only apply formally for personal injury should the worker serve the firm with a notice to own up liability and the firm declines to address the concerns. This is especially beneficial to small scale business owners.
A wise employer might avoid getting in a catch 22 situation where he can neither pay for compensation to the worker nor afford to pay fines related to a successful application by the employee. This is by getting a Workers Compensation Insurance kitty for his employees. There are several California Workers Compensation Insurance plans by which one can take advantage of. The plans are guided by their own policies as well as convenience. One should therefore be very careful when it comes to choice of Workers Compensation Insurance plan.
If an employee makes a falsified claim of illness or injuries caused directly on indirectly by the environs within which the employee works then one can establish a special kitty to cover such expenses. One can also establish a Workers Compensation Insurance kitty which will be responsible to cover for employees who get injuries outside your working parameter in the course of duty. Another plan guarantees covering of expenses related to funeral arrangements and financial supports to dependents should the employee lose life in course of duty.
One can get a customized California Workers Compensation Insurance to cover selected expenses depending on the employer and the kind of eventuality. This is because there are some accidents that can happen in one?s working conditions while others are deemed unlikely. One should however check for one cover that is affordable and which has affordable premium rates. This is by comparing several cover and their quotes. The quotes that are provided online are normally free and easy to check your qualifications for Workers Compensation Insurance. Of importance is the fact that one should have Workers Compensation Insurance because the alternative is living in a world on uncertainty. When an employee sues your business as provided by the law and compensation granted, the compensation rates under current economic times are usually high.
The Workers Compensation Insurance will take care of various costs related to costs filed by workers under tot laws. But one will also find solace under various packages to cover compensations with should the said employee win the case.
Tags: Compensation, Insurance, necessary, workers
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Superbowl Sunday Food: Jalapeno Popper Mac ... - Tv Food and Drink
Once you start showing off what you?ve managed to learn to make in the kitchen (say, on a blog for example), you have to take a certain level of responsiblity when friends and family start making certain food assumptions about what you?ll prepare for them when you invite them over. I became accutely aware of that fact earlier this week when my friend Travis asked what I was going to be serving at my weekly LOST viewing party and dinner:
Travis: ?What are you making tonight, Gary??
Me: ?I?m making this?amazing jalapeno popper mac and cheese.?
Travis:? ?Cool? what else??
Me:? ?What do you mean what else??
Travis:? ?I mean? what else are you making to go with it?? And what, no dessert??
I guess my days of gliding by with spaghetti and meatballs served on plastic plates I stole from my college dining commons are over, but I?ll happily leave that era in my past. MG often reminds me of my typical day?s food rundown from our first year or so of dating. I don?t recall, but apparently I lived exclusively on Hot Pockets, McDonalds and Tombstone frozen pizzas. I?m guessing MG is happy I?ve left those days behind as well.
On to the mad mac and cheese recipe I found over at Let?s Cook.
It?s not going to win any awards for keeping your arteries shiny and clear, and it may cause your eyes to spontaneously cross every few bites, but it is deadly satisfying in the way really bad Catholic sins are satisfying. And don?t worry about preparing anything else to go alongside it. Trust me, it is not necessary. This meal is covered in cheese, and since the cheese stands alone, this meal does as well.
Jalape?o Popper Mac and Cheese from Let?s Cook Adapted from Rachael Ray
- 16 ounces dry pasta (cavatappi was listed in the recipe, but I used mostaccioli ? just make sure it?s hollow)
- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 jalape?o chiles, seeded, ribs removed and thinly sliced
- 2 serrano chiles, seeded, ribs removed and thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 8 ounces cream cheese, sliced into cubes
- 2 tablespoons dried minced onion
- 8 ounces (about 2 cups) shredded Mexican-blend cheese
Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium. Stir in jalape?os, serranos and garlic ? cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add to the pot with the drained pasta.
Preheat the broiler.
In the same saucepan, add milk, cream cheese and onion ? heat over medium-low, stirring, until very smooth, about 5 minutes. Pour in to the pot with the pasta and add the cheese ? season with salt and fresh ground black pepper, tossing well to coat. Scoop mixture into a casserole dish coated with cooking spray. Place under the broiler and bake until lightly browned on top, about 3 to 5 minutes.
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