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Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Monday, 26 March 2012
CJNEWS INDIA: Cyber Law Due Diligence For Press And Media In ...
Internet intermediaries in India are not willing to learn lessons from their past mistakes. From time to time objectionable contents have been appearing in both print and digital formats of press and media. This is despite that fact that such publication is criminal offence under various laws of India.Recently, a nude picture that was published in Kolkata?s Telegraph edition caused a furor among the citizens, leading to a road blockage for over six hours. The same picture was also published in Hindustan Times that was subsequently taken down from the electronic version of the paper/website.
Adding another chapter to this episode, the West Bengal government has on Friday sent bulk SMS to various individuals, companies, newspapers and media houses directing them not to publish any further objectionable material in this regard.
According to Praveen Dalal, managing partner of ICT law firm Perry4Law and leading techno legal expert of Asia, this single episode attracts Civil and Criminal Liabilities on the part of those involved in the making, uploading, publication and circulation of the same in paper and electronic form. The Cyber Law of India prescribes stringent Due Diligence Requirements that paper based and electronic publishers must follow. If they do not follow Cyber Due Diligence, they can be Criminally Prosecuted by the Government, opines Praveen Dalal.
In fact, the Bengal government has already started the probe in this regard and the culprits would be brought to the book very soon. However, the way this episode has been handled by media shows great disregard to the laws of India, especially the cyber law of India.
Media is India is largely Self Regulated but the Indian Government has recently formulated the Press and Registration of Books and Publications Bill 2011 to regulated ?Publication of Contents? informs Praveen Dalal. The Bill has been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology for its inputs before it may be presented in the Parliament of India, informs Dalal.
Media must be vigil to follow the laws of India, especially the cyber law of India, to retain the self regulation privileges that it is enjoying. If casual and careless publications would continue, there would be no other option left for the government but to regulation their affairs in a more intrusive manner.
Source: http://cjnewsind.blogspot.com/2012/03/cyber-law-due-diligence-for-press-and.html
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Sunday, 25 March 2012
100% This Is Not a Film
This is as a fascinating bit of minimalism as there has been in quite a long time, not only for its insights into the state of censorship in Iran(from what I can infer, Jafar Panahi's arrest sounds like something out of "Hawaii 5-0,") but for its symbolism in capturing a day in the life of Jafar Panahi, trapped inside waiting for loved ones to return on New Year's Day with fireworks going off just outside. So it may come as no surprise that the only identifiable movie on his DVD rack is "Buried" starring Ryan Reynolds. In all honesty, I don't think 'This is Not a Film' was really meant to be a title in a conventional sense. Rather, it is meant to possibly to work around the Iranian authorities' sentencing Panahi to six years of prison and 20 years without directing, writing a film or giving interviews.(His lawyer thinks there is a chance he could have the prohibitions thrown out and his sentence reduced but he is still going to jail.) All of which he bares up under with humor and fatalism. So, that only leaves him to talk about his old films in pointing out how little control he has had over his amateur casts in the past. To accentuate this, his pet iguana(which is bigger than most cars, by the way) takes center stage at times. So, he stages scenes from what would have been his latest film about a young woman who wants to attend university in Tehran over her traditional parents' wishes. This all comes about when Mojtaba Mirtahmasb conceives of a behind the scenes series on banned directors.(Another way of looking at it, is as they put it, when hairdressers get bored, they do each others' hair.) Even though Panahi does not want to appeal to other Iranian directions which might get them in trouble also, Mirtahmasb also is currently in hot water, too. And finally, the real reason for this being made, is as Panahi puts it, to petition for international pressure, or in other words, us.
March 11, 2012Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/this_is_not_a_film_2011/
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Saturday, 24 March 2012
How health care case will unfold before the court
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents. A look at how the case will unfold before the court in question-and-answer form:
Q: What's this all about?
A: The Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is Obama's signature domestic achievement. Passed by Congress in 2010, its aim is to provide health insurance to more than 30 million previously uninsured Americans, while trying to restrain costs and prevent disruptions to the majority already with coverage. Opponents say the law is unconstitutional; their chief argument is that Congress does not have the power to force unwilling Americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine.
Q: When will the court get started?
A: Justices will begin hearing arguments shortly after 10 a.m. EDT Monday, March 26. They will hear six hours of arguments on several different issues on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Q: Which issues on which days?
A: Monday's 90-minute argument is about whether court action is premature because no one yet has paid a fine for not having health insurance. Tuesday's two-hour argument will cover the central issue of whether Congress overstepped its authority by requiring Americans to purchase health insurance starting in 2014 or pay a penalty. Wednesday's arguments will be split into two parts: Justices will hear 90 minutes of debate in the morning over whether the rest of the law can take effect even if the health insurance mandate is unconstitutional and another hour Wednesday afternoon over whether the law goes too far in coercing states to expand the federal-state Medicaid program for low-income people by threatening to cut off federal aid to states that don't comply.
Q: When will the justices rule?
A: The court could decide any time, but complex cases argued in the spring normally produce decisions near the end of the court's session, scheduled for late June.
Q: Is it possible that the justices won't decide whether the law is constitutional or not?
A: It is possible. The first issue the court is discussing is whether an obscure tax law makes it too early for the Supreme Court to get involved. If they decide that the issue is premature, then the case will be dismissed without a binding ruling from the justices.
Q: What did lower federal courts say?
A: The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled that Congress overstepped its authority when lawmakers passed the insurance mandate, the only appeals court to come to that conclusion. The 6th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati upheld the entire law, as did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Washington, D.C. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., ruled that the question was premature and the law can't be challenged in court until after 2015, when the first penalties for not having insurance would be paid.
Q: Who are the justices on the Supreme Court?
A: The chief justice is John Roberts, who joined the court in 2005 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. In order of seniority, the other justices are Antonin Scalia (confirmed in 1986 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan), Anthony Kennedy (1988 by Reagan), Clarence Thomas (1991 by President George H.W. Bush), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993 by President Bill Clinton), Stephen Breyer (1994 by Clinton), Samuel Alito (2006 by President George W. Bush), Sonia Sotomayor (2009 by Obama) and Elena Kagan (2010 by Obama.)
Q: Who will be arguing for the law?
A: Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. will argue for the government on Monday and Tuesday. Deputy Solicitor General Edwin S. Kneedler will present part of the government's case on Wednesday, and Verrilli will do the rest. Information about Verrilli and the solicitor general's office can be found here: http://www.justice.gov/osg/index.html . A court-appointed lawyer, H. Bartow Farr III, will also argue that if government cannot require people to buy health insurance, all other provisions of the law can go into effect. Another court-appointed lawyer, Robert Long, will also argue that the lawsuits challenging the insurance purchase requirement are premature because the penalty has yet to be imposed.
Q: Who will be arguing against the law?
A: Representing Florida on Monday will be Washington appellate lawyer Gregory G. Katsas. Former Solicitor General Paul Clement, now in private practice, will represent Florida on Tuesday and Wednesday. Former Justice Department attorney Michael A. Carvin will represent the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
Q: Can I go watch the arguments, and if I can't make it to Washington, can I watch on television or online?
A: The Supreme Court does not allow live television or radio broadcasts from inside its building, so the only way Americans can actually see or hear the arguments live is to be inside the courtroom while lawyers and justices debate. There are seats reserved inside the courtroom for members of the public on a first-come, first-served basis, with some people allowed to stay for the entire argument while others have to leave the courtroom and give their seats to the next people in line after 3-5 minutes. The Supreme Court will also make the audio recording of the arguments available later the same day on its website: http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio.aspx.
Q: What type of health care do the justices get, and will they be affected by their ruling?
A: The justices participate in the same health care plan as members of Congress and other federal workers. As participants in an employee-sponsored health care plan, it is unlikely that whatever decision the Supreme Court makes will substantially affect their personal health care insurance.
Q: I've heard people say that Justices Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas should take no part in this case? What's that about?
A: Opponents of the law wanted Kagan to disqualify herself because she served as solicitor general under Obama when the health care overhaul law was conceived and passed. She has said she did not participate in crafting a legal defense for the law, but her detractors doubt her statement. Thomas' detractors insist that he should have disqualified himself because his wife, Ginni, worked with groups that opposed the new law.
Decisions to stay out of a case are the responsibility of each individual justice, and neither Kagan nor Thomas justice stepped aside.
Roberts said in his 2011 year-end report that he has "complete confidence in the capability of my colleagues to determine when recusal is warranted. They are jurists of exceptional integrity and experience whose character and fitness have been examined through a rigorous appointment and confirmation process. I know that they each give careful consideration to any recusal questions that arise in the course of their judicial duties."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/health-care-case-unfold-court-111208650.html
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Why Home Gardening For Your Family Is A Healthy Choice ...
If you are going for a British feel with your garden, then vary the heights of your plants. If you only use uniform plants, your bed will look boring and flat.
Pick a plant that will be a focal point. There should be a solid focal point for every good garden design. The best focal points are those plants that really stand out from those that are adjacent.
Choose trees that produce eye-catching fruits during the fall. Although foliage is associated with the colors of fall, you can find plenty of trees that provide decorative fruit. Berries range in color from deep reds to orange-reds and yellows, lasting through a good portion of winter, and they provide some nice garden color and food for birds. A few attractive examples are holly, crabapple and chokeberry.
Use rubbing alcohol and vinegar to remove salt from clay pots. Salt deposits may form on the exterior of any pot that is left outside for an extended amount of time. Spray a solution on the pot that is comprised of water, white vinegar and rubbing alcohol in equal parts. After you have completed the previous step, begin scrubbing the inside with a fairly common cleaning brush. Then you want to rinse the pot and set it out to dry. It should be dry before you use it for another plant.
Use root cuttings to create new plants. The roots must be cut during the winter months, when the plants are usually dormant. Use a knife that?s sharp to get rid of the plant?s longest and thickest roots. Slice the roots into at least two inch segments. Fill up seed trays with a peat and grit mixture, then lay each root cutting on the soil?s surface. Cover the roots with some grit and peat, make sure it is just a thin layer. Leave in a cool place, and in about a month you will have new seedlings. Plant them individually in little pots until they?re ready to be placed outside.
Develop your garden plants around the colors that can appear in fall. There are a lot of deciduous bushes and vine plants that really put out a burst of color in the fall with colors between deep red and captivating yellow. These vibrant colors are always present in the plants? leaves; they become visible when the green-colored chlorophyll is no longer produced. You should be sure that your plants recieve adequate sunlight. Aim to boost their sunlight during the afternoon, when the sun peaks. If you are interested in spectacular fall colors, get some maple, boston ivy, chestnut, barbery or burning bush.
Make sure that your deciduous shrubs are protected. If you have a few potted shrubs, they should be shielded from the wintry weather. Tie together the tops. Once the canes are snugly together, put a sheet over the wigwam. Using fabric, rather than plastic, allows air circulation and prevents rotting from moisture build up.
Make sure any open cuts are completely protected from dirt and chemicals before you go to work in your garden. A cut may become badly infected if it?s exposed to a lot of dirt or grime when you garden. Bandages are available that will completely cover the cut so that this cannot happen.
If your garden is limited in size, consider planting fruit trees that come in dwarf varieties. No matter how limited your space, a dwarf variety will usually fit in quite nicely. You will have to wait at least three years before your tree bears full size fruits. Plant dormant trees during spring and be sure to keep them watered until they are fully established.
If you want to draw advantageous insects to your garden, plant some heather. Heather is desirable to bees; when heather emerges in early spring, it can be a source of nectar. It is common to find all types of insects inside of an undisturbed heather bed. With this in mind make sure you wear some gloves when you are working with the heather.
If you are planning on growing peas, begin the plantings inside instead of outside. When you plant them indoors first, the seeds will germinate better. The baby plants will also be stronger and will resist pests and disease better. The seedlings can then be transplanted outside after becoming strong enough to withstand the elements.
You need to consider beginning the plants into pots. Then, you can plant the seedlings into your garden. This can give your seedlings the advantage they need to survive and reach adulthood. It also helps you make your planting times more frequent. Once you remove the most recent mature plants from your garden, the seedlings are immediately ready to be planted.
As you can see, anybody can garden with the right knowledge. You might have already thought you knew quite a bit about gardening, but now look! The above tips have hopefully spurred some great ideas that you can use in your own backyard to create a garden you can be proud of.
Study vegetable gardening and realize the best way to employ it to get the best possible outcomes.
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Friday, 23 March 2012
Confirmed: Oil From Deepwater Horizon Disaster Entered Food Chain
Homeland Security Newswire
March 23, 2012
For months, crude oil gushed into the water at a rate of approximately 53,000 barrels per day; new study confirms that not only did oil affect the ecosystem in the Gulf during the blowout, but it was still entering the food web after the well was?capped
Since the explosion on the?BP?Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on 20 April 2010, scientists have been working to understand the impact that this disaster has had on the environment. For months, crude oil gushed into the water at a rate of approximately 53,000 barrels per day before the well was capped on 15 July 2010. A new study confirms that oil from the Macondo well made it into the ocean?s food chain through the tiniest of organisms,?zooplankton.
A University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science release?reportsthat tiny drifting animals in the ocean, zooplankton are useful to track oil-derived pollution. They serve as food for baby fish and shrimp and act as conduits for the movement of oil contamination and pollutants into the food chain. The study confirms that not only did oil affect the ecosystem in the Gulf during the blowout, but it was still entering the food web after the well was?capped.
Oil, which is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons and other chemicals, contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which can be used to fingerprint oil and determine its provenance. The researchers were able to identify the signature unique to the Deep Water Horizon well in the Gulf of?Mexico.
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Source: http://theintelhub.com/2012/03/23/confirmed-oil-from-deepwater-horizon-disaster-entered-food-chain/
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Penske Automotive dealership group expands into Italy | Crain's ...
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Penske Automotive Group, the second-largest publicly traded automotive retailer in the United States based on revenue, will expand into Italy through a joint venture with Bologna-based BMW-Mini dealer Andrea Mantellini ...
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Thursday, 22 March 2012
Developing nations to name two candidates for World Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo are set to be nominated to lead the World Bank, sources with knowledge of emerging market efforts to find candidates said on Tuesday.
The candidacies of Okonjo-Iweala and Ocampo, who have credentials as both economists and diplomats and according to sources the respective backing of Brazil and South Africa, pose a challenge to the United States, whose hold on the top post has never been contested.
But with its majority of votes and the expected support of European countries, the United States is still likely to ensure that another American will succeed Robert Zoellick, who plans to step down when his term expires at the end of June.
Washington has held the presidency since the Bank's founding after World War Two, while a European has always led the International Monetary Fund. It has yet to publicly identify a nominee to succeed Zoellick.
The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, and the Obama administration has said it will name a candidate by then.
All of the World Bank's 187 members nations have committed to a merit-based process to select Zoellick's successor.
Emerging and developing economies have long talked up their desire to break U.S. and European dominance of the Bretton Woods Institutions, but have until now have failed to build a coalition large enough to change the status quo.
Three sources said Ocampo, currently a professor at Columbia University in New York, would be formally nominated by Brazil.
One source said Okonjo-Iweala could be nominated on Wednesday, while two other sources said it would be Friday.
Nominations will be submitted to the 25-member World Bank board, which has said it will decide on the next president within the next month.
Two sources said Okonjo-Iweala's candidacy had the blessing of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who convinced her to join his cabinet last year to lend more weight to his reform agenda.
"IMPRESSIVE CREDENTIALS"
The decision to nominate Okonjo-Iweala and Ocampo followed weeks of discussions among emerging and developing countries at the World Bank board including China and India.
Two sources said South Africa's director at the World Bank board, Renosi Mokate, who also represents Nigeria and other English-speaking African countries, personally flew to Abuja to consult with Okonjo-Iweala about her nomination.
"The impressive credentials of both Ocampo and Okonjo-Iweala puts tremendous pressure on the White House to come up with a candidate of at least equivalent standing," said Domenico Lombardi, a former World Bank board official now at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
"This signals a big shift and really reflects a game change," Lombardi added. "This is the first time in history we have a truly contested election."
Okonjo-Iweala, who left the World Bank as managing director last year to become Nigeria's finance minister, and Ocampo, a former U.N. under-secretary for economic and social affairs, will join American economist Jeffrey Sachs, who has the backing of a handful of small countries, on the nomination list.
Sources with knowledge of the administration's thinking say Washington has focused on convincing a woman to enter the race, which could go some way to address calls by emerging market nations for change. A woman has never led the bank.
Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was a leading contender, however, it is not clear she wants the job, sources have said. Former adviser to President Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, has also been short-listed for the job. He has declined to comment.
U.S. Senator John Kerry and PepsiCo's Indian-born CEO Indra Nooyi also made an Obama administration shortlist, according to a source, although Kerry has publicly ruled out the job and Nooyi is no longer in contention, according to another source.
Sachs has said he aims to challenge with his candidacy what he sees as a history of political appointments by the White House and acknowledges he does not have the support of the Obama administration. He was formally nominated by Bhutan and a grouping of developing countries including East Timor, Jordan, Kenya, Namibia and Malaysia.
Lombardi said the test was whether large emerging economies like China would rally support for Ocampo and Okonjo-Iweala, or in the end vote for a U.S. nominee.
FAILED RALLY AT IMF
Last year, Brazil and China failed to rally around Mexico's central bank chief, Agustin Carstens, for the top post at the IMF, instead favoring former French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, who now heads the institution.
The United States has insisted that to keep funding flowing from Congress for the World Bank, it is important to retain the presidency.
It is unclear if big emerging nations such as China and India would support a fellow developing nation candidate.
He Fan, deputy director of the institute of world economics and politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a top government think-tank, said he thought Beijing would do so.
But Yi Xianrong, an economist at the same institute, said "the most important thing is to have a capable person with energy and expertise...it doesn't matter whether the candidate is?from the United States, Germany or developing countries."
"We need to see whether the candidates'?value standards and judgment are in line with the World Bank's goals. We can increase our influence in the World Bank through increases in our voting rights," Yi added.
A senior Indian government source said it didn't "have any favorites, no probables."
With just two days left, India is not planning to change that position. Asked whether India would support a developing world candidate, the source said, "If it comes up we will decide; let's see."
(Additional reporting by Kevin Yao in Beijing and Frank Jack Daniel in New Delhi; Editing by Richard Borsuk and Jonathan Hopfner)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-developing-nations-propose-two-candidates-world-bank-022534263.html
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The Outsourcing 411 For Business Owners
Please understand this, you could be a Mr/Ms Handy Von Know-It-All but there is a pretty good chance that a lot of the business tasks that you plan on undertaking yourself are not your forte ? Translation: It may take you a whole lot longer to get the work done. Taking longer to get tasks done only mean three things:
i. Time consuming
ii. Costs more
iii. Frustration
Time is money, so the sooner you start taking advantage of outsourcing, the better your chances of making profit and watching your business grow.
The question you are of course dying to ask is ?so how can outsourcing help me? And what are the tasks that I should outsource??
First and foremost, outsource those tasks that are necessary but won?t help you grow your business. for example, accounting and bookkeeping tasks have got to be outsourced, let?s be honest, many people are simply awful when it comes to figures, they take a lot of time and energy to get the job done right. For the love of seeing your business grow from an acorn to a great big oak, do the smart thing, outsource your business? accounting and bookkeeping tasks ASAP!
Agreed, you are pretty great at designing a good website but are you good at designing a great website? Appearance is important, No! Very Important!
Do you know that majority of internet surfers immediately navigate away from a website that looks amateurish? Why on earth would they do business with company that has a website that looks like the one done by a 9 year old? Outsourcing your company?s web design makes absolute sense ? this way, your company can stand out from the competition. You might provide the best product and or service, but if your website does not look the part, people will just ignore it and move on.
Good outsourcing firms have helped a lot of businesses grow within a very short time because entrepreneurs who choose to outsource now have the time to concentrate on their core business activities. For instance, why should you spend your precious time writing a compelling ad for your business, where you can pay someone who can do a much better job?
?Isn?t outsourcing a wee bit expensive?? No! As a matter of fact, you can get a lot of work outsourced for a very (very) reasonable cost. With a good outsourcing company, you are sure to save time and money.
Daven Michaels is an award-winning outsourcer and author of the book, ?Outsource This!? Daven has been honored more than any other individual or outsourcing organization. You can get more information on outsourcing by visiting www.123Employee.com
Source: http://www.123employee.com/articles/theoutsourcing411forbusinessowners.html
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Wednesday, 21 March 2012
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7.4 quake hits Mexico, damaging hundreds of homes
A woman comforts her children outside a school at the Roma neighborhood after a earthquake felt in Mexico City Tuesday March 20, 2012. A strong, long earthquake with epicenter in Guerrero state shook central southern Mexico on Tuesday, swaying buildings in Mexico City and sending frightened workers and residents into the streets..(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
A woman comforts her children outside a school at the Roma neighborhood after a earthquake felt in Mexico City Tuesday March 20, 2012. A strong, long earthquake with epicenter in Guerrero state shook central southern Mexico on Tuesday, swaying buildings in Mexico City and sending frightened workers and residents into the streets..(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
Workers and resident gather at the Angel de la Independencia square after evacuating buildings during a 7.9 earthquake in Mexico City Tuesday March 20, 2012. A strong, long 7.6 earthquake with an epicenter in Guerrero state shook central southern Mexico on Tuesday, swaying buildings in Mexico City and sending frightened workers and residents into the streets.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
People gather in front of an evacuated hospital after an earthquake was felt in Mexico City, Tuesday March 20, 2012. A strong, long earthquake with epicenter in Guerrero state shook central southern Mexico, swaying buildings in Mexico City and sending frightened workers and residents into the streets. (AP Photo/Daniel Jayo)
A woman reacts in front of an evacuated hospital after an earthquake was felt in Mexico City, Tuesday March 20, 2012. A strong, long earthquake with epicenter in Guerrero state shook central southern Mexico, swaying buildings in Mexico City and sending frightened workers and residents into the streets. (AP Photo/Daniel Jayo)
People gather in front of an evacuated hospital after an earthquake was felt in Mexico City, Tuesday March 20, 2012. A strong, long earthquake with epicenter in Guerrero state shook central southern Mexico, swaying buildings in Mexico City and sending frightened workers and residents into the streets. (AP Photo/Daniel Jayo)
MEXICO CITY (AP) ? A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City.
One of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City, Tuesday's earthquake hit hardest in border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states, where Guerrero official confirmed that some 800 homes had been damaged, with another 60 having collapsed.
Hours after the shaking at noon local time (18:06 GMT), there were still no reports of death or serious injury, even after a less powerful, magnitude-5.1 aftershock was felt in the capital and several other aftershocks near the epicenter in a mountainous rural region.
"It was very strong, very substantial," said Campos Benitez, hospital director in Ometepec, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the epicenter.
Guerrero Gov. Angel Aguirre, who is from Ometepec, was headed there to survey the damage and ordered emergency crews and civil protection to the area to help with the damage. The state did not say how many were displaced.
In Mexico City, frightened workers and residents poured into the streets of the capital. Telephone service was down in the city and throughout the area where the quake was felt and some neighborhoods were without power, according to Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, who set up a hotline for people to report damage.
A pedestrian bridge collapsed on an empty transit bus.
About 40 passengers were stranded for a short time on the Mexico City airport air train, but later released. The airport closed for a time but officials said there was no runway damage and they resumed operations.
Samantha Rodriguez, a 37-year old environmental consultant, was evacuated from the 11th floor on the Angel Tower office building.
"I thought it was going to pass rapidly but the walls began to thunder and we decided to get out," she said.
Mexico City, built on a lakebed, was badly damaged in 1985 when an 8.0 earthquake killed at least 10,000 people. In past years, Guerrero has suffered several severe earthquakes, including a 7.9 in 1957 which killed an estimated 68 people, and a 7.4 in 1995 which left three dead.
Tuesday's quake was the strongest shaking felt in the capital since a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck also in Guerrero in December. Officials said at least three people died in Guerrero, but there were no reports of widespread damage.
A magnitude-8.0 quake near Manzanillo on Mexico's central Pacific coast killed 51 people in 1995 and a magintude-7.5 quake killed at least 20 people in the southern state of Oaxaca in 1999.
In Huajuapan, Guerrero, near the epicenter, hotel manager Marco Antonio Estrada also reported shaken-up guests but no major damage. He said it was longest and strongest he ever felt. People ran out of their homes and cars.
"It was very strong, but we didn't see anything fall," said Irma Ortiz, who runs a guesthouse in Oaxaca. She said their telephones are down, and that the quake shook them side-to-side.
The U.S. Geological Survey set the preliminary magnitude of the first quake at 7.4 and said the epicenter was 11 miles underground. The survey set the aftershock at 5.1.
U.S. President Barack Obama's oldest daughter, Malia, was reported and safe while on vacation with a school group in Oaxaca.
Groups of women hugged and cried at Mexico City's Angel of Independence monument, where hundreds of people evacuated from office buildings said they never had felt such a strong earthquake. Others typed ferociously on their Blackberries.
Mexico City's airport was closed for a short time but there was no damage to runways and operations were returning to normal.
In Oaxaca, Sylvia Valencia was teaching Spanish to five adult students at the Vinigulaza language school when the earthquake hit.
"Some of us sat down, others ran out," she said. "It was hard, it was strong and it was long."
After the shaking stopped, however, she said they found no damage, not in their own classrooms, nor outside in the historical center of the city, so they went back to class.
Celia Galicia, who works at the U.S. consular office in Oaxaca, had just flown in from Mexico City when it hit.
She said there was panic in the airport, and a dash for the doors. But she said that she saw no damage at the airport and no one was hurt. She says one building in downtown Oaxaca appears to be damaged and has been evacuated.
She added that they've had two strong aftershocks, and that in downtown Oaxaca most people are out on the street at this point.
"It started shaking badly," she said.
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Associated Press writers Isaac Garrido, Olga R. Rodriguez, E. Eduardo Castillo and Mark Stevenson contributed from Mexico City, Sergio Florez from Acapulco and Martha Mendoza from Santa Cruz, California.
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Managers and Business Owners: Gain Efficiency Through More Effective Project Management Skills
Falls Church, Va. ?? It?s a common dilemma for many business owners, supervisors, managers and directors: How do you prioritize appointments, meetings, conference calls and staff needs and still leave enough time to take care of your immediate responsibilities and projects? The solution may be to focus more on project management than time management. Discover how to gain efficiency through more effective project management skills.
According to Business Management Daily?s Senior Web Editor Elizabeth Hall, ?Many managers are often too busy for all that time-management jazz. They prioritize what they need to do in their heads because they don?t think they have the time to make a list.?
Hall adds, ?They?ve tried to block out appointments, but emergencies always throw everything awry. But really the way they?ve been tackling it is optimal. What?s most effective is to manage projects instead of time.?
Below are the top tips for effective project management:
1.??? Match Maker. ?Match each task with its respective ?champion? or delegate. Break a project into its component parts?the specific jobs that you can delegate. Then assign these tasks, including a numbered list of ?to do?s? to the appropriate people with deadlines (day and time) for them to complete each stage. Everyone involved in the project should get a copy of this list so deliverables are clear.
2.??? Keep It Short and Sweet.? When you?re asked to introduce a guest speaker to a group, distribute the person?s full written bio in advance, then limit the actual introduction to two or three sentences. That way, your time is streamlined and the audience has time to read about the speaker?s background ahead of time.
3.??? Cluster Up. Maximize every business ?errand? by arranging groups of meetings, inspections and similar activities near the corresponding destination. For example, if it?s an elevator ride up three flights to see a colleague, deliver documents needed by others in that vicinity. It?s killing two birds with one stone.
4.??? ?Just In Time? Decisions. Smart managers choose the proper moment to gather and review the data they need to draw the right conclusion. If preliminary decisions are rushed, only to revisit the issue repeatedly in the weeks ahead, time was wasted. As a rule of thumb, only make decisions once. If circumstances change or new information surfaces, then reassess.
Hall concludes, ?By managing projects instead of time, managers won?t need to check their watches every few hours or grow frazzled trying to jam too much into their work day. It truly is a much more efficient and effective way to manage you schedule, tasks, and ultimately, your business!?
For more information, the full article and to download the ?must read? free report, 10 Time Management Tips: A how-to guide on efficiently managing your time through effective delegating, calendar management and using productivity tool, visit www.BusinessManagementDaily.com.
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