Saturday, December 31, 2011

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Poll: The most admired of 2011 (Politico)

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continued their reigns as Americans? most admired man and woman in 2011, as First Lady Michelle Obama jumped up a spot from her previous ranking, according to a poll out Tuesday.

Both Obama and Clinton once again hold the honor of the most admired man and woman with 17 percent of the vote each, the USA Today/Gallup poll shows. And Michelle Obama, who came in fourth in last year?s list, now ranks as the third most admired woman. Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who has held the second spot since 2008, dropped to fourth in the 2011 poll.

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Clinton has held the title of most admired woman 16 times since first appearing on the list in 1992. This is her tenth consecutive year with that distinction, according to the pollsters.

Her husband, former president Bill Clinton, is in third place this year for men ? the same ranking he held last year. The number two spot on the men?s side is former president George W. Bush, who Obama first beat out for the honor of most admired man in 2008.

Meanwhile, Warren Buffett garnered two percent of the vote for a number five ranking, while Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump tied in sixth with one percent of support each.

For women, Condoleezza Rice came in at fifth most admired, followed by Laura Bush. Michele Bachmann rounded out the top ten.

The poll surveyed 1,019 American adults from Dec. 15-18.

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Rihanna: Home Sweet Home (omg!)

Rihanna: Home Sweet Home

Looks like it might have been a white sand Christmas for Rihanna. The singer tweeted a picture of herself in Barbados on Tuesday.

In the pic, RiRi, dressed in a bikini, blows a kiss while showing off the ink across her rib cage. The Arabic tattoo reportedly translates to "Freedom in God."

Enjoy!

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Elephants race, play soccer in Nepal festival

Soccer-playing elephants used all four feet and even their trunks trying to score goals. Racing pachyderms thundered to the finish line to the cheers of the crowds. And in the elephant beauty pageant, contestants sported nail polish on their not-so-dainty toes.

It was all part of an elephant-themed festival in Nepal that wrapped up Wednesday. The three-day event was held to promote conservation awareness and lure foreign visitors to Nepal.

The elephants were trained for weeks for the games, taking time off their normal jobs carrying tourists through protected jungles near Chitwan. The conservation forest has rhinos, several species of deer and crocodiles and is a popular tourist spot some 106 miles south of the capital, Katmandu.

"We hope that the elephant festival will help bring more tourists to Chitwan. We need both foreign and domestic visitors," said Ghanashyam Shrestha, one of the organizers.

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Tourism is picking up in Nepal as it slowly recovers from a 10-year Maoist insurgency that killed more than 13,000 people. The conflict ended after the rebels gave up their armed revolt and joined a peace process in 2006.

But the tourists who mainly come to hike the Himalayan country's many mountains aren't returning fast enough for some. Nepal received some 600,000 visitors in 2010, short of the goal of 1 million set by the government declaring the Nepal Tourism Year.

Organizers of events like the elephant festival ? which draws on a popular elephant polo event held elsewhere in Nepal ? hope more colorful events will increase interest in tourism.

The final event, a 300-meter race, was won by an elephant named Bajadur Gaj, who pounded his way to the finish line in 69 seconds as thousands of locals and foreign tourists cheered.

Story: On your mark, get set, trot! Woman races her pet camel

Teams of four elephants also played soccer matches using a standard-size ball . The elephants blocked passes, kicked the ball and batted it with their trunks, pushing each other for control of the play.

"Training the elephants to play soccer was not easy but they learned the basic command. They understood they need to hit the ball when I yell 'kick' at them," said Basudev Mahato, 37, an elephant mahout who has been training and riding elephants for 15 years.

The elephants are between 4 and 5 years old. Young ones are easier to train and run faster, Mahato said.

At the Hattishar elephant camp, trainers and workers cleaned up the elephants, fed them a special meal of rice and sugar wrapped in grass and painted them to prepare them for the event.

Over at the beauty pageant, a trainer painted white patterns on an elephant named Loktantrakali, then varnished her toenails bright red.

Judges ? who checked contestants bodies' for scars and overall beauty and also watched them perform tricks ? picked Loktantrakali as the second-prize winner.

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Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45805369/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Over 65 million years North American mammal evolution has tracked with climate change

Over 65 million years North American mammal evolution has tracked with climate change

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

History often seems to happen in waves ? fashion and musical tastes turn over every decade and empires give way to new ones over centuries. A similar pattern characterizes the last 65 million years of natural history in North America, where a novel quantitative analysis has identified six distinct, consecutive waves of mammal species diversity, or "evolutionary faunas." What force of history determined the destiny of these groupings? The numbers say it was typically climate change.

"Although we've always known in a general way that mammals respond to climatic change over time, there has been controversy as to whether this can be demonstrated in a quantitative fashion," said Brown University evolutionary biology Professor Christine Janis. "We show that the rise and fall of these faunas is indeed correlated with climatic change ? the rise or fall of global paleotemperatures ? and also influenced by other more local perturbations such as immigration events."

Specifically, of the six waves of species diversity that Janis and her Spanish collaborators describe online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, four show statistically significant correlations with major changes in temperature. The two transitions that show a weaker but still apparent correlation with the pattern correspond to periods when mammals from other continents happened to invade in large numbers, said Janis, who is the paper's senior and second author.

Previous studies of the potential connection between climate change and mammal species evolution have counted total species diversity in the fossil record over similar time periods. But in this analysis, led by postdoctoral scholar Borja Figueirido, the scientists asked whether there were any patterns within the species diversity that might be significant. They were guided by a similar methodology pioneered in a study of "evolutionary faunas" in marine invertebrates by Janis' late husband Jack Sepkoski, who was a paleontologist at the University of Chicago.

What the authors found is six distinct and consecutive groupings of mammal species that shared a common rise, peak and decline in their numbers. For example, the "Paleocene fauna" had largely given way to the "early-middle Eocene fauna" by about 50 million years ago. Moreover, the authors found that these transfers of dominance correlated with temperature shifts, as reflected in data on past levels of atmospheric oxygen (determined from the isotopes in the fossilized remains of deep sea microorganisms).

By the numbers, the research showed correlations between species diversity and temperature change, but qualitatively, it also provided a narrative of how the traits of typical species within each wave made sense given the changes in vegetation that followed changes in climate. For example, after a warming episode about 20 million years in the early Miocene epoch, the dominant vegetation transitioned from woodland to a savannah-like grassland. It is no surprise, therefore, that many of the herbivores that comprised the accompanying "Miocene fauna" had high-crowned teeth that allowed them to eat the foods from those savannah sources.

To the extent that the study helps clarify scientists' understanding of evolution amid climate changes, it does not do so to the extent that they can make specific predictions about the future, Janis said. But it seems all the clearer that climate change has repeatedly had meaningful effect over millions of years.

"Such perturbations, related to anthropogenic climatic change, are currently challenging the fauna of the world today, emphasizing the importance of the fossil record for our understanding of how past events affected the history of faunal diversification and extinction, and hence how future climactic changes may continue to influence life on earth," the authors wrote in the paper.

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Breast Cancer Radiation Linked to Raised Heart Risk (HealthDay)

TUESDAY, Dec. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have breast cancer on the left side of the body and who are treated with radiation therapy have a higher risk of developing narrowing of the arteries that lead to the heart, researchers say.

A new Swedish study found that the risk of having moderately narrowed coronary arteries was more than four times greater for women who had left-sided breast cancers treated with radiation compared to right-sided breast cancers treated with radiation. The odds were seven times higher for more severe narrowing on the left side versus the right, according to the study published in the Dec. 27 online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

"We suggest that the coronary arteries be regarded as organs at risk in radiation therapy, and that every effort be made to avoid radiation dose to the coronary arteries," wrote study authors led by Dr. Greger Nilsson, of the department of oncology, radiology and clinical immunology at Uppsala University Hospital.

However, it's also important to note that of a group of 8,190 women who had breast cancer, just 199 had to be referred for coronary angiography (a treatment for blocked blood vessels).

"Women need to be aware that there is a risk, but the overall risk is still relatively small, and the benefits of radiation in the treatment of breast cancer still outweigh the risks," said Dr. Stephanie Bernik, chief of surgical oncology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

Cancer treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy, are designed to destroy cancer cells. Unfortunately, healthy cells are often damaged, too. Treatment techniques are constantly being refined, and today's treatments target fewer healthy cells than treatments from years past.

For example, newer radiation techniques help protect the heart and the arteries leading to it, according to Dr. Timothy Zagar, an assistant professor in radiation oncology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. One such technique is to give bursts of radiation only when a patient is taking a deep breath. During a deep breath, the main artery going to the heart separates from the breast and chest wall, which keeps it away from the radiation.

Zagar, co-author of an accompanying editorial in the same issue of the journal, said researchers don't know exactly how radiation causes damage to coronary arteries, but it's believed to damage the cells lining the arteries (endothelial cells), which causes inflammation, which can lead to hardening of the arteries.

The current study included women from Sweden who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 1970 and 2003. Of the 8,190 women, the researchers found 199 women who had undergone coronary angiography, suggesting significant coronary artery disease.

Coronary artery narrowing (stenosis) is graded on a scale of zero to 5. Zero indicates a healthy blood vessel, while 5 indicates a blocked blood vessel.

When the researchers compared women who'd had radiation treatment on the left side of their body versus the right, they found that the odds of a grade 3 to grade 5 stenosis in a left-sided artery were 4.38 times higher. The odds of a grade 4 or grade 5 stenosis were 7.22 times higher for women who had left-sided breast cancer.

In women who received radiation in high-risk areas near the heart's arteries, the risk of a grade 3 to grade 5 stenosis was nearly twice as high as it was in women who had radiation in low-risk areas, or who didn't have radiation.

Zagar pointed out that this study was done over a long period of time and that changes in the way radiation is delivered would likely result in lower odds of coronary artery stenosis for women treated with radiation today.

In addition, Zagar said, "I don't think this study's findings would justify changing from a lumpectomy [breast-conserving surgery] to a mastectomy [surgical removal of the breast]. Breast-conserving therapy is very important to many women, and the number of coronary events are still low," he added.

"It's important to understand that with all treatments, there are risks," Bernik said. "And, we know that this is one of the risks with radiation of left-sided breast cancer. Women need to keep in mind that they're at increased risk of coronary events and need to follow up with their doctor going forward."

More information

Learn more about radiation treatment for cancer from the U.S. National Cancer Institute.

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Kuwait becomes China's top LPG supplier, up 64.4 pct

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Monday, December 26, 2011

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

JingXing S7100: an Android tablet for gaming | Ubergizmo

JingXing S7100It looks like the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY isn?t going to be the only dedicated Android gaming device on the block, a company named JingXing has decided to step into that niche with a device of its own: the JingXing S7100. However, the S7100 isn?t a phone and takes the form factor of tablet instead, and features gamepad controls on the sides of the display.

While the specs of the device weren?t revealed, it will be running on Android (as evident by the dedicated Android buttons on the bottom of the device and the Android logo on the back), and will feature a rear camera and a front facing camera. The tablet?s gamepad gives users a 4-way D-pad, 4 regular buttons (circle, triangle, square, x), as well as start and select. No sign of shoulder buttons, so I guess you?ll need to use onscreen controls for those.

Don?t expect to have a dedicated app store like the Xperia PLAY/PlayStation Vita ? but you can be pretty sure that ROM emulators are going to be this tablet?s best friends.?No word on pricing or availability, but we?ll keep you posted if it turns up on this side of the world. It?s always interesting to see tablet manufacturers putting their own spin on Android devices ? with the plethora of tablets available on the market today, they need to find a way to stand out somehow.
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Source: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/12/jingxing-s7100/

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China Stock News Alert China Direct Industries NASDAQ CDII Reports Financial Results for 2011 Fiscal Year Ended September 30 2011

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL - December 23, 2011 (InvestorIdeas.com Newswire) - China Direct Industries, Inc. (the "Company") ( NASDAQ:CDII), a U.S. based company that sources, produces and distributes industrial products in China and the Americas in two core business segments, announced today its financial results for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011. Join Investor Ideas Members to access the Renewable Energy stocks directory, water stocks, biotech stocks, defense stocks directories and the Insiders Corner

Fiscal 2011 revenue reaches $187.8 million up 66.6% from fiscal 2010 Fiscal 2011 net income attributable to China Direct Industries rises to $9.3 million up from a loss of ($3.2 million) in fiscal 2010 Fiscal 2011 Diluted EPS climbs to $0.25 compared to a loss of ($0.11) in fiscal 2010

Financial Highlights

For the full year of fiscal 2011 total revenues increased to $187.8 million, an increase of 66.6% compared to total revenues of $112.7 million recorded in fiscal 2010. Our gross profit reached $19.5 million, up 171.1% compared to gross profit of $7.2 million recorded in the prior fiscal year. Gross profit margins improved to 10.4% in fiscal 2011, an increase of 63% compared to gross margins of 6.4% in fiscal 2010. For fiscal 2011, our operations resulted in net income attributable to China Direct Industries of $9.3 million compared to a net loss of ($3.2 million) recorded in fiscal 2010. Earnings per basic share reached $0.26 in fiscal 2011 on 36.1 million weighted average shares outstanding. Earnings per diluted share were $0.25 in fiscal 2011 on 36.8 million weighted average shares. This compares to a net loss of ($0.11) per basic and diluted share in fiscal 2010 on 29.6 million weighted average shares outstanding.

We experienced significant growth across all of our business segments reflecting stronger demand in the end markets we service as well as revenue contribution from our Ruiming Magnesium acquisition, our consulting segment and our international commodities business. In our magnesium segment, revenue reached $99.9 million, an increase of 95.3% from fiscal 2010 where revenue was $55.1 million. The increase in revenues is attributable to both an increase in shipment volume as well as an increase in the average sale price of our magnesium products. We shipped 36,637 metric tons during fiscal 2011, up 68.2% from shipments of 21,786 metric tons of magnesium products in fiscal 2010. Average sale price of our magnesium products per ton increased to $2,703 in fiscal 2011, up 15.1% from $2,348 in fiscal 2010 as magnesium prices incrementally improved throughout fiscal 2011. The improvement in average sales price and volumes enabled our magnesium segment to achieve net income attributable to China Direct Industries of approximately $243,000 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011. For fiscal 2011, gross profit for this segment was $3.2 million, inclusive of $2.5 million in depreciation expenses, an increase of 81.9% compared to gross profit of $1.8 million, inclusive of $1.3 million in depreciation, recorded in fiscal 2010. Our magnesium operations resulted in an operating loss of ($865,000), inclusive of $4.3 million in depreciation related expenses. This compares to fiscal 2010 operating loss of ($897,000), inclusive of $2.6 million in depreciation related expenses. In our basic materials segment overall revenue increased to $68.9 million, a 17.2% improvement from the $58.8 million recorded in fiscal 2010. Gross profit for this segment reached $3.8 million, an increase of 22.5% from fiscal 2010. The increase in revenues and gross profit was largely driven by sales of iron ore from our U.S. based industrial commodities business. Operating income for our basic materials segment in fiscal 2011 was $129,000, compared to $174,000 recorded in the same period of prior year. Total revenues in our consulting segment in fiscal 2011 rose to $19.0 million, up from $2.8 million in fiscal 2010. Gross profit for this segment totaled $12.5 million compared to $2.3 million recorded in the fiscal 2010. The increase in revenues and gross profit for this segment was mostly attributable to fees earned for consulting services provided to two new clients during fiscal 2011. Operating income for our consulting segment improved to $7.3 million from an operating loss of ($3.5 million) recorded in fiscal 2010.

Balance Sheet

At September 30, 2011, total assets were $116.0 million and shareholder equity was $68.0 million with 40.4 million shares outstanding. At September 30, 2010, total assets were $95.9 million and shareholder equity of $50.2 million with 31.7 million shares outstanding. At September 30, 2011 cash and cash equivalents were $12.6 million with prepaid expenses of $14.4 million as compared to cash and cash equivalents of $10.1 million with $8.6 million in prepaid expenses at September 30, 2010. Working capital improved to $44.5 million compared to $30.3 million at September 30, 2010.

The overall environment in our various segments strengthened throughout fiscal 2011 and we now look to build on our momentum in fiscal 2012. While we experienced some cyclical softness in magnesium demand toward the end of calendar 2011, we entered fiscal 2012 with magnesium prices significantly higher than in the early part of fiscal 2011. Management believes that we have positioned our company to take a major step forward in this segment in 2012 through our planned acquisitions as well as through our use of cleaner more efficient waste gas. We anticipate that overall supply in China will be constricted later in fiscal 2012 and into fiscal 2013, as competitors using coal for fuel remain under pressure from environmental regulations and energy costs. We are also confident that our efforts in our industrial commodities business will lead to progressive revenue growth throughout fiscal 2012 as we have cleared regulatory hurdles in Mexico and South America to deliver commodities on a continuous basis into China. Through this business, along with our consulting and magnesium operations, we enter fiscal 2012, poised to build a more global company with revenue streams in China as well as the Americas. We intend to evaluate additional opportunities in the U.S. and abroad to further diversify our revenue base geographically. We anticipate an improvement in our performance in fiscal 2012 as we continue to build our company for the future. We will further discuss our operating results as well as our outlook for fiscal 2012 during the conference call today, December 22, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. EST.

Commenting on our results for fiscal 2011, Dr. James Wang, Chairman and CEO of China Direct Industries, Inc., stated, "Fiscal 2011 marked a return to profitability for China Direct Industries. We achieved significant growth across all of our business segments and moved forward with consolidation plans in our magnesium segment and our international expansion into North and South America through our industrial commodities business. The progressive improvement in our magnesium segment, where shipments and average pricing increased throughout the fiscal year, enabled this segment to return to bottom line profitability in the fourth quarter. We added a new international revenue stream through the commencement of sales of iron ore, sourced from Mexico into China, and are working diligently to build on the relationships we have forged in Chile and Bolivia to rapidly grow our commodities business throughout fiscal 2012. The current environment for Chinese companies publicly trading in the U.S. has created opportunities for our consulting segment and we are currently aggressively marketing our services both in China and the U.S. We believe our efforts will enable this segment to continue to be a strong driver of growth for our company in fiscal 2012. As we move into the future, we continue to strengthen our balance sheet and look to improve performance through internal growth and international business expansion to position China Direct Industries to build on our strong performance in fiscal 2011."

China Direct Industries Conference Call to discuss its financial results for fiscal 2011.

The conference call will take place at 4:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 22, 2011. Anyone interested in participating should call (877) 407-0778 if calling within the United States or (201) 689-8565 if calling internationally approximately 5 to 10 minutes prior to 4:30 p.m. Participants should ask for the China Direct Industries 2011 Fiscal Yearend Financial Results conference call. This call is being webcast and can be accessed at China Direct Industries website at http://www.cdii.net/calendar-of-events. The webcast may also be accessed at: http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=166880. The playback of the webcast can be accessed through either site until March 22, 2012. To access the webcast, you will need to have the Windows Media Player on your desktop. For the free download of the Media Player, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp

About China Direct Industries, Inc

China Direct Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDII), is a U.S. based company that sources, produces and distributes industrial commodities in China and the Americas and provides business and financial consulting services. Headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida with corporate offices in Shanghai, China Direct Industries' unique infrastructure provides a platform to expand business opportunities globally while effectively and efficiently accessing the U.S. capital markets. For more information about China Direct Industries, please visit http://www.cdii.net. Investorideas.com Newswire Investorideas.com Newswire Investorideas.com Newswire Investorideas.com Newswire

DISCLOSURE NOTICE:

In connection with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, China Direct Industries, Inc., is hereby providing cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements (as defined in such act). Any statements that are not historical facts and that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, indicated through the use of words or phrases such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "intends," "plans," "believes" and "projects") may be forward-looking and may involve estimates and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, our guidance and expectations regarding revenues, margins, net income and earnings, magnesium prices and demand, our expectations regarding acquisition of additional magnesium facilities, the consummation of transactions involving potential new consulting business clients and our ability to complete expected deliveries of iron ore in our international trading business. In addition, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to, and are accompanied by, the following key factors that have a direct bearing on our results of operations:

Fluctuations in the pricing and availability of magnesium and in levels of customer demand. Changes in the prices of magnesium and magnesium-related products. Our ability to implement our expansion plans for growing our business through increased magnesium production capacity and acquisitions and development of our industrial commodities business. Fluctuations in the cost or availability of coke gas and coal. Loss of orders from any of our major customers. Impact of proposed acquisition of Golden Trust and Lingshi Magnesium and interest of our directors and executive officers in such transaction. Our ability to effectively integrate our acquisitions and to manage our growth and our inability to fully realize any anticipated benefits of acquired business. The value of the equity securities we accept as compensation is subject to adjustment which could result in losses to us in future periods. Our need for additional financing which we may not be able to obtain on acceptable terms, the dilutive effect additional capital raising efforts in future periods may have on our current shareholders and the increased interest expense in future periods related to additional debt financing. Our dependence on certain key personnel. Difficulties we have in establishing adequate management, cash, legal and financial controls in the PRC. Our ability to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting. The lack various legal protections in certain agreements to which we are a party and which are material to our operations which are customarily contained in similar contracts prepared in the United States. Potential impact of PRC regulations on our intercompany loans. Our ability to assure that related party transactions are fair to our company. Yuwei Huang, our executive vice president - magnesium, director and an officer of several of our magnesium subsidiaries his daughter Lifei Huang and Kong Tung is also an owner and executive officer of several companies which directly compete with our magnesium business. The impact of a loss of our land use rights. Our ability to comply with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act which could subject us to penalties and other adverse consequences. Limits under the Investment Company Act of 1940 on the value of securities we can accept as payment for our business consulting services. Our acquisition efforts in future periods may be dilutive to our then current shareholders. The risks and hazards inherent in the mining industry on the operations of our basic materials segment. Our inability to enforce our rights due to policies regarding the regulation of foreign investments in the PRC. The impact of environmental and safety regulations, which may increase our compliance costs and reduce our overall profitability. The effect of changes resulting from the political and economic policies of the Chinese government on our assets and operations located in the PRC. The impact of Chinese economic reform policies. The influence of the Chinese government over the manner in which our Chinese subsidiaries must conduct our business activities. The impact on future inflation in the PRC on economic activity in the PRC. The impact of any natural disasters and health epidemics in China. The impact of labor laws in the PRC may adversely affect our results of operations. The limitation on our ability to receive and use our revenues effectively as a result of restrictions on currency exchange in the PRC. Fluctuations in the value of the RMB. Delisting of our securities from trading by NASDAQ. The market price for shares of our common stock has been and may continue to be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations.

We caution that the factors described herein could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements we make and that investors should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of such factors. Further, we cannot assess the impact of each such factor on our results of operations or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. This press release is qualified in its entirety by the cautionary statements and risk factor disclosure contained in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Contact Information:

China Direct Industries, Inc. Richard Galterio or Lillian Wong Investor Relations Phone: 1-877- China -57 Email: richard.galterio(at)cdii.net lillian.wong(at)cdii.net

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Egyptians rally against army after woman beaten (Reuters)

CAIRO (Reuters) ? Thousands of Egyptians rallied in Cairo and other cities on Friday to demand the military give up power and vent their anger after 17 people were killed in protests where troops beat and clubbed women and men even as they lay on the ground.

One image in particular from the five days of clashes that ended this week has stoked their fury: that of soldiers dragging a woman lying on the street so that her bra and torso were exposed, while clubbing and stamping on her.

"Anyone who saw her and saw her pain would come to Tahrir,"

Omar Adel, 27, said in Cairo's Tahrir Square. "Those who did this should be tried. We can't bear this humiliation and abuse."

Some protesters have been demanding the army bring forward a presidential vote to as early as January 25, the first anniversary of the start of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak, or at least much earlier than the mid-2012 handover now scheduled.

But other Egyptians fret that 10 months after Mubarak's downfall Egypt remains in disarray. They want protests to stop so order can be restored and the economy revitalized, voicing such views in a smaller protest in another part of Cairo.

The Muslim Brotherhood's party, leading in a staggered parliamentary election that runs to January and is Egypt's first free vote in six decades, said it would not join Friday's rally.

It also supports the army's schedule and says the process must be decided by balloting, not street pressure.

Demonstrators in Tahrir chanted, "Down with military rule." Nearby, new concrete walls bar access from Tahrir to the cabinet, parliament and Interior Ministry, areas where clashes flared in November and December. The November death toll was 42.

By early afternoon, the Tahrir protest was still relatively modest compared to some of the huge rallies since Mubarak's ouster.

In the northern city of Alexandria, thousands marched towards an army base chanting: "Women of Egypt raise your heads, you are more noble than those who stamp on you." Other small rallies to protest the treatment of women were staged in other cities around Egypt, according to witnesses.

"FOOT-DRAGGING"

The army has said it regretted the violence in Tahrir and offered an apology over the woman who was beaten, saying the case was isolated and under investigation. But the military was drawing fierce criticism from many political parties and groups.

"The current predicament we have reached is a result of the army council's reluctance to play its role, its intentional foot-dragging, breaking its obligations and failing over the economy and security, putting the whole country on the edge of a huge crisis," two dozen parties and groups said in a statement.

It said members of the military council, which is led by Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, should be held to account out of respect for those killed and women who were mistreated.

"Tantawi undressed our daughters, he should be executed," said Samah Ibrahim, 40, a woman protesting in Tahrir.

Students also appealed to Egyptians to join Friday's protest after two students from Cairo's Ain Shams university were among those killed. The deaths prompted sit-ins on Ain Shams campus, in front of the Defense Ministry, and at other universities.

While the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) said it would stay out of Friday's rally, the ultraconservative Salafist al-Nour Party, a surprise runner-up in the election so far, said on its Facebook page that it would take part.

Many activists accuse the Brotherhood and other Islamists of betraying the protest movement in order to secure their own positions in the emerging new power structure.

The FJP said on its Facebook page it would not participate although it said it was "the right of the Egyptian people to protest and demonstrate peacefully."

"The party emphasizes the need for the handover of power to civilians according to the will of the Egyptian people through free and fair elections ... in a stable environment," said Mohamed al-Katatni, a senior member of the FJP.

His remarks indicated the group was sticking to the army's timetable to hold a presidential vote in June. The Brotherhood has said bringing the vote forward could "create chaos."

MILITARY DOMINANCE

Those views were echoed a short distance from Tahrir where hundreds of Egyptians backed the army, chanting: "We support the military council staying until the presidential election."

The Brotherhood' stance reflected a wish to shape the new constitution before a presidential vote, seeking more influence for parliament where it is doing well thanks to a well-organized grassroots network, and reining in powers of the president.

An earlier presidential vote would not necessarily eliminate the military's dominance in a new civilian-governed state.

The military has survived Egypt's political upheaval intact and has vast economic and other interests, so any new president would likely need its support to maintain order.

The United States, which provides the military with $1.3 billion a year in aid, a deal in place since Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, has rebuked the ruling generals for their rough handling of protests and women.

Washington, which like other Western powers long looked to Mubarak to keep a lid on Islamists, has been cultivating contact with newly elected Islamist politicians.

Parliament's primary role will be in picking a 100-strong assembly that will write the new constitution.

Unrest in Tahrir that has gone on since November 18 was stirred by resentment over proposals by the army-backed cabinet for articles in the new constitution that would have permanently shielded the military from civilian oversight.

(Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111223/wl_nm/us_egypt

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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Vita download game sales "exceeding expectations" - Sony

Sony has said that the sales figures for digital download versions of Vita software are "exceeding expectations".

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As reported earlier, PlayStation Vita's 20 launch games sold a combined total of 300,000 copies in the system's first two days of availability, according to Japanese retail tracker Media Create.

That compares unfavourably to the 0.95 first week attach rate of 3DS and the 1.06 first week attach rate of PSP, but that does not take in account the games Vita owners have purchased digitally via PSN.

Speaking at a press conference for Gung Ho Entertainment's Ragnarok Odyssey in Japan this week, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan CEO Hiroshi Kawano said the retail sales were "a figure in accordance with expectations".

But he went on to add: "Sales of the download versions of titles are exceeding expectations," and that games and peripherals are selling extremely well."

Kawano refrained from revealing any hint of the download figures.

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President of Froedtert's St. Joseph?s Hospital resigns

Michael Laird, president of Froedtert Health?

?Froedtert Health and all health care systems are facing tremendous change in the next couple of years and this seemed like the appropriate time to pursue other opportunities,? Laird said in a statement released by Froedtert.

Laird joined St. Joseph?s Hospital as president in 2006 when the hospital was part of SynergyHealth.

Two years later, in May 2008, SynergyHealth announced the system, which included St. Joseph?s, the West Bend Clinic physicians group and the SynergyHealth Foundation, would partner with Froedtert & Community Health of Wauwatosa.

?In the five and a half years since joining St. Joseph?s Hospital, Michael has effectively led the delivery of quality patient care and improvements of the patient experience,? said Bill Petasnick, CEO of Froedtert Health. ?He proactively reduced costs during the economic downturn, bringing St. Joseph?s to a positive financial position while also expanding the range of services available in the community.?

David Olson will serve as the interim president of St. Joseph?s Hospital. Olson joined Froedtert Health in fall as chief strategy officer. Before joining Froedtert Health, Olson was president of Columbia St. Mary?s ? Ozaukee.

Michael Laird, president of Froedtert Health?

?Froedtert Health and all health care systems are facing tremendous change in the next couple of years and this seemed like the appropriate time to pursue other opportunities,? Laird said in a statement released by Froedtert.

Laird joined St. Joseph?s Hospital as president in 2006 when the hospital was part of SynergyHealth.

Two years later, in May 2008, SynergyHealth announced the system, which included St. Joseph?s, the West Bend Clinic physicians group and the SynergyHealth Foundation, would partner with Froedtert & Community Health of Wauwatosa.

?In the five and a half years since joining St. Joseph?s Hospital, Michael has effectively led the delivery of quality patient care and improvements of the patient experience,? said Bill Petasnick, CEO of Froedtert Health. ?He proactively reduced costs during the economic downturn, bringing St. Joseph?s to a positive financial position while also expanding the range of services available in the community.?

David Olson will serve as the interim president of St. Joseph?s Hospital. Olson joined Froedtert Health in fall as chief strategy officer. Before joining Froedtert Health, Olson was president of Columbia St. Mary?s ? Ozaukee.

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Friday, December 23, 2011

Federal Appeals Court Upholds New York City Campaign Finance ...

Christine Quinn (file / credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Christine Quinn (file / credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) ? The federal Appeals Court turned back a legal challenge mounted by lobbyists against New York City?s campaign finance law which limits contributions from anyone doing business with the City, and bars corporate contributions, including partnerships.

?This is a victory for individual New Yorkers and clean government and clean campaign finance,? said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

LISTEN: WCBS 880?s Rich Lamb reports

Quinn characterized those who failed in their attempt to overturn the law as ?people who didn?t want big business and special interests taken out of campaign donations.?

?They put a very powerful provision into the law that significantly limits to a couple of hundred dollars how much money you can give a candidate if you are trying to get city contracts, if you are trying to get a re-zoning, if you are engaged in an attempt to get city business. That was upheld,? she said.

?The Court upheld the actions of the City Council, actions we took to limit the involvement of businesses in funding campaigns, to limit pay-to-play, to limit the involvement of people who are giving money to candidates who also are trying to get City business,? the Speaker added.

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Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/12/22/court-upholds-nycs-campaign-finance-law-over-lobbyists-challenge/

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