'Mama' knocks out Schwarzenegger at box office

By Lisa Richwine and Chris Michaud , Reuters

Jessica Chastain in a low-budget horror flick overpowered Mark Wahlberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger to emerge as the weekend box office champ, while her Oscar-nominated "Zero Dark Thirty" captured the second spot as well.

Chastain's supernatural thriller, "Mama," pulled in $28.1 million from Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates, beating out a crop of new testosterone-fueled, male-targeted releases that finished far back in the pack.?

"Zero Dark Thirty," for which Chastain is a leading best actress Oscar contender, took in $17.6 million, while another 2012 release and Oscar favorite, "Silver Linings Playbook," finished third with $11.35 million.?

"Broken City," a crime thriller starring Wahlberg and Russell Crowe, finished fifth with $9 million behind "Gangster Squad's" $9.1 million, while Schwarzenegger's new action film, "The Last Stand," earned $6.3 million for a dismal 10th place.?

"Mama" stars Chastain as a guitarist who doesn't want children but is forced to take care of two orphaned nieces who have been living in the woods. Based on a 2008 short film, the movie was produced for roughly $15 million.?

"Mama" was released by Comcast Corp's Universal Studios. "Broken City" was distributed by 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp.?

Sony Corp's movie studio released "Zero Dark Thirty." "Gangster Squad" was distributed by Warner Bros., a unit of Time Warner Inc. Lions Gate Entertainment distributed "The Last Stand." The Weinstein Co released "Silver Linings Playbook."?

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Why Liberals Should Thank Justice Scalia for Gun Control

One of the ironies of the gun-control debate is that?Justice Antonin Scalia?s ruling in an important Supreme Court?case left the door open to gun control. The conservative jurist and star of the ideological Right didn?t get soft and squishy in his 2008 ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller, the Court?s biggest ruling on guns in modern times, though Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt says he did. ?

Not really. Scalia authored a 5-4 ruling that struck down D.C.?s law banning handguns and as well as its requirement that owners purchase and use a gun lock and keep their guns unloaded. He took on a liberal shibboleth that the Second Amendment only applies to well-regulated militias and not to individuals. No, he said, the constitutional protection applies to individuals, too.?

The ruling was decried by the Court?s liberal members, the D.C. government, and any number of groups. (In 2007, as the case moved toward the Supreme Court, I wrote about the murder of a friend who was carjacked in the District. I wrote that the ban was bad policy?I thought people should be allowed to have guns for the purpose of self-protection?but in the interests of federalism, D.C. ought to be enable to enact what it wants. Photos from the funeral are here thanks to Stephen Voss.)

Some five years later, after the Newtown, Conn., tragedy, the ruling is back in the spotlight. If President Obama can somehow convince Congress to pass the measures he?s most wedded to?a ban on large magazines and certain semiautomatic weapons and extending background checks on gun purchases to close the gun-show loophole?then he?s bound to face court challenges from gun groups and gun owners who will claim that any such laws are unconstitutional. While there?s no telling what the Court might do in the future, if you look back at Scalia?s opinion in Heller, it suggests that there?s less danger of those kinds of restrictions being overturned than there was with the Affordable Care Act?most of which the Court upheld, including the controversial individual mandate. There seems even less likelihood that the Court would pull another?Citizens United, the sweeping decision that the Court used to overturn a longstanding restrictions on campaign finance. They may not side with every bad, but some they surely will.

Scalia will never be a hero to liberals, of course. But his emphasis on originalism and textualism seems to coincide with liberal interests on guns precisely because there were restrictions on guns during the colonial era; his reading of the original intent of the law was that it allowed an average person to have a typical firearm. Indeed, back in July, when he was promoting a new book, Scalia told Fox News that the Second Amendment ?undoubtedly? permits some restrictions on firearms.?

Look at the syllabus of the Court?s brief that he wrote:

Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.?It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any?manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment or state analogues. The Court?s opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms?in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or?laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. [United States v.] Miller?s holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those??in common use at the time? finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons.

Heller may allow all of the Obama proposals to be upheld, but one never knows. Still, even as he led the Court to strike down D.C.?s handgun ban, Scalia issued an opinion rich with clues for how he might rule. The opinion talks a lot about weapons that are widely held. When he heard arguments for the case, Scalia said, ?I don?t know that a lot of people have machine guns or armor piercing bullets.? He notes ?dangerous and unusual weapons.? If gun advocates can make the case that a badass Bushmaster is a commonly held weapon, they might get some traction with Scalia, but if high-powered, semiautomatic weapons with large magazines are considered a subculture, it?s hard to see Scalia voting to strike down those laws. (He?s already made it clear that the Constitution?s phrase ?bear arms? means something that you can carry, so tanks and planes are out, in case you were worried.)

Former Justice John Paul Stevens said last fall, as quoted by The New York Times:??Even as generously construed in Heller, the Second Amendment provides no obstacle to regulations prohibiting the ownership or use of the sorts of automatic weapons used in the tragic multiple killings in Virginia, Colorado, and Arizona in recent years. The failure of Congress to take any action to minimize the risk of similar tragedies in the future cannot be blamed on the Court?s decision in Heller.? On that, he and Scalia might agree.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/why-liberals-thank-justice-scalia-gun-control-070003002--politics.html

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Cuba fights to contain cholera in Havana

Roberto Leon

Arismael Nieto's job is to pour a diluted bleach solution over the hands of every commuter at this Havana bus station, and make sure everyone steps on a cloth soaked with the solution to clean the bottom of their shoes.

By Mary Murray, Producer, NBC News

Camilo, my 7-year old grandson in Cuba, has never been shy about asking for presents ? especially when he knows I?m heading to Havana from that big shopping mall 90 miles away. His usual list includes a massive bag of M&M peanut candy, additions to what?s become a pretty pricey collection of Schleich resin animals, and goofy gags second-grade boys find funny, such as hand buzzers or that classic snake-in-a-can. When Camilo got on the phone with me last weekend, he only rattled off one item.

?Aba,? (that?s what he calls me?short for "abuela", which is "grandma" in Spanish), ?bring me soap.?

?Soap? You want soap?? I repeated, convinced I must have heard him wrong.

?Si?, he insisted. ?Jabon!?

Now he has me worried that I need to make an emergency supply-run for detergent, shampoo, dishwashing soap and other basics. The last time soap was in short supply in Cuba was in the 1990s but, if this kid is asking for soap, the situation must be dire. He?s about as germaphobe as your average stray puppy. Like a lot of little boys, he needs to be reminded that taking a shower means actually standing under the water.

Camilo, however, didn?t want just any soap. He was looking for what he calls ?the soap that melts.? He wanted me to bring him an alcohol-based instant hand sanitizer.

Then he made it clear why. ?Aba, there?s cholera here,? he said.

As it turns out, Camilo had spilled the beans a full 72 hours before the Cuban Health Ministry issued a formal communiqu? on what had been rumored since the start of the year -- cholera had surfaced in the city of Havana, home to 2.2 million people.

The announcement explained that 51 new cases of cholera had been diagnosed in the Cuban capital along with a spike in the number of people suffering from "diarrheal diseases." The ministry made no mention of any fatalities. The public was being advised to be more careful with personal hygiene, boil all drinking water or use purification drops and thoroughly wash all fruits and vegetables, but to stay assured that Cuba?s massive public health machine was implementing preventive measures meant to ?contain? and ?eradicate? the disease.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, cholera is a bacterial infection in the intestine that can range from mild to severe. In the latter case, an infected person will experience ?dehydration and shock" that, if left untreated, can lead to death "within hours.? The CDC estimates that every year there are up to 5 million cases and more than 100,000 deaths from cholera worldwide.

In most cases, the disease takes about a week to run its course, and during that time, warns the CDC, cholera is highly contagious. Spread hand to mouth, the bacteria is usually found in water or food sources contaminated by an infected person?s feces.

Contamination
A single food vendor at a baseball game appears to be the cause of the Havana outbreak. In early January, apparently, contaminated sandwiches or soda were sold during a packed game in the city?s main sports arena, the Latin American Stadium, located in a neighborhood called Cerro.

"That's why people from different parts of the city tested positive for cholera at the same time,? said a medical source, not authorized to speak on the record but who claims to have first-hand knowledge of the findings from the epidemiological task force assigned to trace the origins of the outbreak.

Roberto Leon

Officials from Cuba's Health and Epidemiology department inspected this pizza parlor located not too far from where the outbreak started in Havana and closed it down.

At Wednesday's nighttime game between Havana's beloved Industriales and last year's national champs, Los Tigres de Ciego de Avila, hawkers should have been making a killing on what had been one of the season's most sought-after tickets. Instead, 80 percent of the seats remained empty. Those die-hard fans who did show up were not allowed into the stadium until they sterilized their shoes and hands. Benches were wiped down with a disinfectant, and the floors hosed down with the same 0.5 percent bleach solution. And there was nothing to munch on during the three-and-a-half-hour game. All food stands have been temporarily shut down.

The same goes for many mom-and-pop cafeterias across the capital. "Last week, officials from Health and Epidemiology inspected our place and then they closed us down," said one owner of a pizza parlor not too far from where the outbreak started. "They said it's to stop the spread of cholera but no one?s saying how long we have to stay closed." His only consolation is that this month he doesn?t have to pay taxes or his monthly licensing fee.

Upset about his loss of income, he is also irked by the fact that some state-run food establishments passed the inspections, so they are being allowed to stay open. Many though are only authorized to sell bottled water, canned drinks and commercially packaged food.

Arismael Nieto usually changes the light bulbs and fixes broken chairs at Havana?s Bus Terminal. For the last two weeks, he?s been drafted on the city?s anti-cholera campaign. He stands by the one door opened at the station and his job is to pour a diluted bleach solution over the hands of every commuter, and make sure everyone steps on a cloth soaked with the solution to clean the bottom of their shoes. No one gets on a bus or leaves the building without Nieto?s OK.

Now, picture this procedure happening at every school from kindergarten to college, every public building, factory, lunch room, hospital, health clinic, department store, train depot and movie theater.

Chlorine a "necessary inconvenience"
Over the summer, two people who live in the Havana neighborhood of Fontanar thought they had the flu but tested positive for cholera. It was believed that they were exposed on the bus ride from eastern Cuba, an area of the country that had an outbreak earlier last year. In late August, Cuba revealed that cholera had killed three people and infected 417 in Granma province, some 450 miles east of Havana.

Roberto Leon

Signs such as this one are posted everywhere in Havana, alerting people to go to the hospital as soon as they experience any of the symptoms of cholera.

Cuba?s cholera treatment protocol has doctors knocking on doors and testing anyone with possible cholera symptoms. A positive test means an automatic trip to one of the city hospitals for a more comprehensive test. While most suspected cases go to Havana?s Tropical Medicine Institute, known by its initials IPK, a pediatric hospital and a maternity hospital have also been designated to admit cholera cases. In addition, the protocol mandated that all of Havana?s 85 neighborhood health clinics set aside a room with ventilation and a closed door as a place to quarantine suspected cholera cases until an ambulance arrives to transport the patient to the hospital.

Once hospitalized, a comprehensive history is taken that focuses on identifying all the people the patient has come in contact with over the past weeks. Health workers are dispatched to locate those persons to test them for cholera and administer a free prophylactic dose of doxycycline.

Although none of the guidelines cited by the CDC recommend using antibiotics for cholera prevention, the Cuban Health Ministry believes otherwise. Hundreds of thousands of Doxycycline tablets, apparently readied in warehouses for just such an emergency, were distributed to hospitals and health clinics one morning earlier this week?another sign that Cuba is well-prepared to tackle this outbreak.

Are people complaining? You bet. They hate the chlorine smell. They say the solution stings but many would agree with Angela Linares, a nurse raising a 13-year old daughter alone, who said: ?It?s a necessary inconvenience.?

?No one wants cholera, especially since we know so little about this disease,? she said.

Linares was right. Until last year, the last reported cholera outbreak in Cuba was recorded almost a century ago.

Upon learning this fact, I became even more baffled that my 7-year-old grandson mentioned cholera days before the government admitted the outbreak.

As it turns out, his primary school had been put on alert early last week, and the kids learned about the intestinal bug and prevention at a school assembly. Community physicians were dispatched to all of the city?s 650 schools to not only give a crash course on cholera but hand out soap to every classroom.

Still, it wasn?t until after the Health Ministry?s warning that Cuban state media began running public service announcements -- considerably behind the curve of Havana's second graders.

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Source: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/19/16589204-after-a-century-without-the-disease-cuba-fights-to-contain-cholera?lite

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Tikkun Daily Blog ? Blog Archive ? More Good News: Crime and Lead

You may not have caught this news: ?L.A. had fewer crimes last year than it did in 1957 ? the mayor calls the numbers ?mind-boggling?.?

But we all know that: ?Los Angeles ? like other big cities around the country ? is in the midst of a crime drop so steep and profound, it has experts scratching their heads.?

And you?ve heard the usual (speculative) reasons. The LA Times sums them up as: ??better policing and more community involvement; fewer drugs and fuller prisons; an explosion in new technology; and the fading profile of violent gangs.?

And in particular you?ve heard about the ?broken windows theory? which made Rudy Giuliani and Bill Bratton, his police chief, famous in the 1990s, and ?stop and frisk? which is much hated today :

In New York this policy, under which police stop 700,000 residents per year without probable cause, is opposed by a majority of New Yorkers, including 75 percent of African American residents.

? which is highly relevant to Oakland, CA, (near where I live), because Oakland?s crime rate, unlike most cities, has been soaring and the city is now bringing in Bill Bratton to try to fix it.

But did you catch Kevin Drum?s article in Mother Jones on what may be the biggest reason for the rise and fall of crime in our time? Lead. And why is that good news? Drum critiqued the LA Times piece:

When is the connection between reduced lead levels and reduced crime levels finally going to penetrate the minds of American journalists? I know it?s not sexy and I know everyone wants to ignore it because you can?t tell heroic stories about lead, but it?s almost certainly the single biggest contributor to crime reductions nationwide.

Plus it?s good news: the fact that reduced lead levels have played a big role in this means that a lot of the decline in crime is permanent. Hooray! Get rid of even more lead, as well as other environmental neurotoxins that affect small children, and crime levels will come down even more. Double hooray!

George Monbiot, the British journalist, investigated Drum?s claims and came to full, astonished agreement.

There are two reasons for the lead theory, statistical and neurological:

[Statistical:] We now have studies at the international level, the national level, the state level, the city level, and even the individual level. Groups of children have been followed from the womb to adulthood, and higher childhood blood lead levels are consistently associated with higher adult arrest rates for violent crimes. All of these studies tell the same story: Gasoline lead is responsible for a good share of the rise and fall of violent crime over the past half century.

[Neurological:] ?But there?s another reason to take the lead hypothesis seriously, and it might be the most compelling one of all: Neurological research is demonstrating that lead?s effects are even more appalling, more permanent, and appear at far lower levels than we ever thought.

Sad to say, because this is turning out to affect upscale white kids, something may now be done. The lead theory has apparently been known about for over a decade but since the problem was thought to affect only poor, Black people, and because it looked more like a public health issue than a criminology one, it was neglected. Even by journalists. Now, with understanding that the lead lingers in gentrifying inner city areas, and that any level is toxic, we may get some action. And thank you, Kevin Drum and Mother Jones. Sad, because it?s just another example of how racist and classist our society is. But once inner city residents understand this, we can get some traction.

They say the Roman Empire declined because of lead. Maybe the American Empire can now avoid that particular deathtrap, which just leaves the others?

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Source: http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2013/01/18/more-good-news-crime-and-lead/

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Closing Bell | Cerner, O'Reilly Automotive, Block, Sprint close higher ...

Most regional stocks polished off the week with modest gains Friday, led by Cerner?s 2 percent boost.

Shares in the North Kansas City-based medical software company closed at $81.19, up $1.24.

Other winners included O?Reilly Automotive, up 1.3 percent, H&R Block, up 1 percent, and Sprint, up 0.4 percent.

Losers included UMB Financial, down 0.4 percent, and Kansas City Southern, down 0.3 percent.

Overall, stocks closed higher on Wall Street, closing out a third straight week of gains.

General Electric led the Dow Jones industrial average higher after reporting a strong quarter thanks to growth in emerging markets.

The Dow Jones rose 53.68 points, or 0.39 percent, to close at 13,649.70.

The Standard & Poor?s 500 index reached another five-year high, rising 5.04 points, or 0.34 percent, to close at 1,485.98.

The Nasdaq gave up 1.30 points, or 0.04 percent, to close at 3,134.71.

The BATS 1000 rose 65.13 points, or 0.39 percent, to close at 16,772.45.

Capital One Financial lost 8 percent after reporting revenue and earnings that fell short of analysts? estimates.

Rising stocks outnumbered falling ones two to one on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was in line with the recent average at 3.7 billion shares.

Regional stocks

Capitol Federal Financial rose 6 cents, or 0.51%, to close at $11.87.

Cerner Corp. rose $1.24, or 1.55%, to close at $81.19.

Commerce Bancshares Inc. rose 3 cents, or 0.08%, to close at $36.98.

Compass Minerals fell 1 cents, or 0.01%, to close at $72.52.

DST Systems Inc. rose 44 cents, or 0.70%, to close at $63.52.

Ferrellgas Partners L.P. rose 27 cents, or 1.46%, to close at $18.82.

Garmin Ltd. fell 9 cents, or 0.23%, to close at $39.52.

Great Plains Energy rose 7 cents, or 0.34%, to close at $20.87.

H&R Block Inc. rose 22 cents, or 1.08%, to close at $20.56.

Inergy L.P. rose 16 cents, or 0.80%, to close at $20.16.

Kansas City Life Insurance Co. fell 5 cents, or 0.13%, to close at $37.70.

Kansas City Southern fell 24 cents, or 0.27%, to close at $87.63.

Layne Christensen Co. rose 4 cents, or 0.17%, to close at $23.43.

O?Reilly Automotive Inc. rose $1.12, or 1.28%, to close at $88.91.

Sprint Nextel Corp. rose 2 cents, or 0.36%, to close at $5.65.

UMB Financial Corp. fell 20 cents, or 0.44%, to close at $45.71.

Waddell & Reed Financial Corp. rose 1 cents, or 0.03%, to close at $38.61.

YRC Worldwide Inc. rose 7 cents, or 0.99%, to close at $6.63.

Source: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/18/4018786/closing-bell-cerner-oreilly-automotive.html

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No Resale or Unauthorized Commercial Use.

You agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Term of Use. You also agree not to make any unauthorized commercial use of the Web Site.

Limitation of Liability.

The aggregate liability for the Company to you for all claims arising from the use of the Materials is limited to $1.

Termination.

The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies, including but not limited to immediate termination of your registration with or ability to access the Web Site and/or any other service provided to you by the Company, upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or if the Company is unable to verify or authenticate any information you submit to the Web Site registration with or ability to access the Web Site.

Indemnity.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Material or your breach of the terms of these Terms and Conditions. The Company shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.

General.

The Company makes no claims that the Materials may be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Web Site from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. These Terms and conditions are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of New York, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under this agreement shall lie exclusively with the state or federal courts within New York, New York. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions are found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided in additional terms of use for areas of the Web Site a particular "Legal Notice," or Software License or Material on particular Web pages, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the use of Web Site. No changes to these Terms and Conditions shall be made except by a revised posting on this page.

PRIVACY POLICY

The Company recognizes that you are concerned about privacy. We are committed to preserving your privacy and safeguarding your sensitive information. The following statement describes the general information-gathering and usage practices of our sites.

Our staff, contractors, Internet service providers and others involved in this site follow this policy or similarly strict policies regarding your Information.

Disclosure

The Company is committed to fully disclosing our policies regarding the collection, use, maintenance, disclosure and security of personal information obtained from users of our site. The term "personal information" includes a name, address, email address, or any other information which could be used to contact you directly or to identify you personally.

Use and Disclosure Limitations

The Company only uses personal information about its Web site users for specific purposes. We do not share user information with third parties except when we have told users about the disclosures, when we have prior consent, or when required by law.

Use Policy: When the Company gathers personal information from users, we ask for permission first. We also disclose, at the time of collection, how the information will be used by us. Personal information is used for activities such as auto-completion of commonly-used forms and helping us contact you when you solicit information from us.

Disclosure Policy: We do not normally disclose personal information to anyone outside of the Company unless we have previously informed users about the disclosures. However, some data may be used from time to time by outside contractors, including auditors or consultants, to assist us in carrying out necessary financial or operational activities. These uses will be consistent with this privacy policy and all contractors using this potential personal information must agree to safeguard it, to use it only for the authorized purpose, and to return it or destroy it upon completion of the activity.

The Company might be required to disclose personal information in response to a valid legal process such as a subpoena, search warrant or court order.

Although unlikely, it is possible that we may have to make certain disclosures to ensure the security of our Web site, to protect its integrity, or to take precautions against potential liability. In any of these situations, we will take any reasonable steps to limit the scope of the data disclosed.

Web Logs: The Company maintains standard Web logs that record basic information about visitors to our Web site. These logs contain: * The Internet domain from which you came to our Web site. * Your IP address. An IP address is a series of numbers which uniquely identifies your connection to the Internet. Although it is possible in some instances, certain types of IP addresses may be used by interested persons to identify users but we do not attempt to identify users in this way. * The type of browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape) and operating system (e.g., Windows 98) you use. * The date and time you visited the site, and the pages you saw.

We use Web log information to design our Web site, identify popular features, and in similar ways. We do not try to identify individuals from Web logs or to link Web logs to other user information. However, if someone tries to damage our Web site or use it in an unauthorized or illegal way, we may share Web log information with law enforcement agencies. The Company may provide aggregate information such as the number of users who visit particular pages of the site, or the number of people who link to certain external sites from our site, to other parties.

Changes to Privacy Policy

The Company's features and services will change over time and our information-gathering practices and policies may also change.

While our philosophy of protecting user information from inappropriate uses and disclosures will not change, this policy will be updated occasionally to include any change that materially affects the collection, maintenance, use, or disclosure of personal information.

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