Photos: Morning crash totals car, injures one and closes Hillside

A single-vehicle crash closed Hillside Avenue this morning for the second time this week.
Around 4:15 a.m. this morning a man wrapped his small car around a telephone pole at Hillside Avenue and Grosvenor Road near Cedar Hill Road. The man was pinned inside his crushed hatchback for nearly an hour while rescue crews worked to get him out. He was taken to hospital with severe injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
The Victoria police crash team was on scene trying to determine the cause of the crash and whether speed or road conditions played a part. The vehicle was being towed around 9 a.m. with roads expected to open soon after.
On Sunday, a lone truck driver crashed into a tree near the same location.
According to Victoria police, the man crashed his truck into a tree around 5 a.m. near Hillside Avenue and Cedar Hill Road, closing the roads for hours.
The man left the scene of the accident and was later discovered a few blocks away with injuries.

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Air raid sirens wail in Jerusalem

Palestinian Khaled Tafesh cries outside the morgue of Shifa Hospital before taking the dead body of his 10-month-old infant in Gaza City, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. According to hospital reports, Haneen Tafesh died from wounds of an earlier Israeli strike. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinian Khaled Tafesh cries outside the morgue of Shifa Hospital before taking the dead body of his 10-month-old infant in Gaza City, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. According to hospital reports, Haneen Tafesh died from wounds of an earlier Israeli strike. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

The mother of 10-month-old Palestinian infant Haneen Tafesh is comforted by relatives prior the funeral in Jabaliya, north Gaza, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. According to hospital reports Tafesh died from wounds of an earlier Israeli strike. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Smoke is seen after an Israeli strike in the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Early Friday, 85 missiles exploded within 45 minutes in Gaza City, sending black pillars of smoke towering above the coastal strip's largest city. The military said it was targeting underground rocket-launching sites. The Israeli offensive has not deterred the militants from firing more than 400 rockets aimed at southern Israel since Wednesday, the military said.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

A Palestinian Hamas officer secures the area after an early morning Israeli airstrike on a building that served as a branch of the Interior Ministry in Gaza City, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Israel offered to suspend its offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday during a brief visit by Egypt's premier there if militants refrain from firing rockets at Israel, an official said, but the Palestinians unleashed a fresh salvo. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

(AP) ? Air raid sirens have just sounded in Jerusalem, signaling a possible rocket attack aimed at Israel's capital.

If verified, it would be the first time the holy city has ever been targeted by rockets fired by Gaza militants.

Israeli media say the rocket fell north of Jerusalem, but authorities have not confirmed the reports. In Gaza, Hamas militants said they had attacked Jerusalem.

Militants already have launched several rockets into Tel Aviv since an Israeli offensive was launched in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

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Clocks are ticking and climate is changing: Increasing plant productivity in a changing climate

ScienceDaily (Nov. 16, 2012) ? Dartmouth plant biologist C. Robertson (Rob) McClung is not your typical clock-watcher. His clocks are internal, biological, and operate in circadian rhythms -- cycles based on a 24-hour period. Living organisms depend upon these clocks to keep pace with Earth's daily rotation and the recurring changes it imposes on the environment. These clocks allow the plant or animal to anticipate the changes and adapt to them by modifying its biology, behavior, and biochemistry.

"If you know that the sun is going to go down, and if you are a photosynthetic plant, you have to readjust your metabolism in order to make it through the night," says McClung, the Patricia F. and Williams B. Hale 1944 Professor in the Arts and Sciences.

Seeking Knowledge Among the Weeds

McClung uses the Arabidopsis plant in his research on the mechanisms that affect plant behavior and its genetics. He jokingly refers to it as "an inconsequential little weed," but holds it in high esteem as an experimental test bed.

According to the National Institutes of Health, this member of the mustard family is the model organism for studies of the cellular and molecular biology of flowering plants. "Because plants are closely related, it is quite likely that knowledge derived from Arabidopsis studies can be readily transferred to agronomically important species," says McClung.

Water and the Changing Climate

McClung sees internal clocks as increasingly important in the face of global climate change, and to agricultural productivity in particular. "In the context of climate change and the need to exploit increasingly marginal habitats, fuller understanding of clock mechanisms may offer strategies to improve crop productivity," says McClung. "We need to know how an organism measures time and how it uses that information to coordinate its physiology and behavior."

Water is the landscape on which biological clocks and climate change intersect. Agriculture consumes the vast majority of our water, and warmer and dryer conditions are predicted for much of the agricultural land of the United States. This is based on our current understanding of the changes predicted to be associated with global warming, and in this scenario our aquatic resources will become increasingly scarce.

Water is lost during the gas exchange that takes place in photosynthesis -- carbon dioxide in, oxygen out -- through small pores in the surface of leaves that periodically open and close under the control of a biological clock. Exercising control over this clock could be a means of conserving water. "We know that these little cells on the surface of the leaf are controlled by the clock," says McClung. "It could be that different clocks regulate it slightly differently, and we would like to find the best clock, fine-tune it, and perhaps optimize the ability to get CO2 in without losing water."

Water figures prominently in another aspect of plant physiology. Water moves up through the stem to the leaves, involving proteins called aquaporins. "There is a big family of genes that encode aquaporins, and in Arabidopsis the circadian clock governs the expression cycles of about a third of those genes," says McClung. "That suggests there is a mechanism to actually regulate this hydraulic conductivity over time, constituting another instance where the clock is involved in water use efficiency."

New Frontiers

Together with colleagues in Wyoming, Wisconsin, and Missouri, McClung has been looking at another crop, Brassica rapa, a close relative of which is the source of canola oil. With a five-year National Science Foundation grant of more than $5 million, the group is investigating Brassica's circadian patterns, looking at inheritance and water use efficiency. "We have mapped 10 genetic regions that are associated with water use efficiency," says McClung. "We have also traced circadian parameters to most of those same areas, suggesting a link between the two. This association suggests that we could potentially use the clock to manipulate water use efficiency."

In a related project, McClung will be working with soybeans, attempting to correlate circadian period length with latitude. "If we can understand the clock, we might then manipulate the clock in ways to achieve desired goals, including water use efficiency and better yield."

Why and How?

McClung feels strongly that this sort of basic research has the potential to contribute in significant ways to food production increases. "Whether or not we achieve that increase or whether it allows us to fertilize a little less and so pollute a little less but maintain the same productivity level, anything in the net direction that is positive is going to help," he says. "We can't necessarily say exactly how it will help, but I think it's not unreasonable to think that this very basic research can have a real world impact, and one hopes it will."

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

"We will need to genetically modify our plants to control our circadian biological clocks," says Professor Rob McClung. "Every domesticated plant and animal that we have today is already genetically modified. None of them are as they are found in nature. We have manipulated their genes by selective breeding and creating hybrids."

To produce the corn we eat today, prehistoric farmers first had to find some variant that had a desirable trait, keep its seeds and plant them, repeating the process for countless generations to bring out that trait. That is selective breeding and it produced a plant whose genome was modified.

To make a tomato plant resistant to a particular disease or pest, we might find some related pest-resistant species in the wild and cross it with our garden variety tomato to produce a hybrid. Successive crosses would preserve the "tomato-ness" while selectively retaining that little bit from the wild relative that resists tomato-eating bugs.

"Along with introducing the gene or set of genes encoding resistance, we may have also brought in a whole bunch of other ill-defined genes on either side," McClung says. "We don't know the extent of it. We don't know what else is in there. While some regard this as a 'natural' approach, the unknown genetic fellow travelers could be problematic or even dangerous."

For more than 20 years, we have possessed the technology to precisely insert a single gene, making one change and only one change, producing what is known as recombinant DNA. "We are modifying genes in a much more informed way and precise way, targeting specific genes and manipulating those," he says.

"Nevertheless, there is vocal opposition to this practice, in spite of the fact that we have been doing it for decades and there is yet to be a single example of anything bad happening from that," says McClung. "It is a philosophical standpoint based on a lack of understanding. People don't understand the science and they come up with a lot of arguments against it."

The dilemma rests on timing. Conventional breeding, though imprecise and unpredictable, is a workable but lengthy process. Recombinant DNA is fast. In a world beset by overpopulation, famine and global climate change, McClung questions whether we can really afford the time to wait.

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There is no greater joy than spending a lazy Sunday afternoon outdoors with family and friends. Whether at the beach, park or out in your own garden, these moments are treasured for a lifetime.
Good outdoor furniture is the perfect companion for these occasions. The variety of outdoor furniture available is quite staggering. From patio furniture to garden chairs, swings and hammocks to benches, chairs and picnic tables, the range is limitless. Apart from these common items, outdoor furniture also includes decorative pieces such as gazebos, arbors, umbrellas, bridges and arches.
Today, a lot of outdoor furniture is made according to modern furniture styles. Outdoor furniture is subject to a lot of wear and tear due to nature's elements. Moisture is a major menace and hence only certain woods such as teak can be used for outdoor furniture. However, these tend to be bulky and expensive. Because of this, synthetic alternatives such as polywood, plastic, and fiber are widely used today in the manufacture of outdoor furniture. These materials are resistant to moisture and decay, and are lightweight and easy to maintain. Moreover, they can be easily molded to form various different shapes. As a result, modern outdoor furniture is available in a wide array of designs. Sharp edges have been replaced by curves, which perfectly support the body contours.
Emphasis is laid not only on the functional value of these furniture pieces but also on their aesthetic quality. For instance, a patio table with chairs and an umbrella add a quaint charm to the house. The synthetic materials also enable the use of color, adding bright hues to the furniture.
Metals such as aluminum and wrought iron are also popularly used in the design of outdoor furniture. The malleability of the metals permits the creation of various unique designs without compromising on durability.
The style, material, comfort, size and price are some of the important factors to be considered when purchasing modern outdoor furniture. With an array of brilliant designs and colors, this furniture promises to make the time outdoors even more enjoyable.

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Wolverines into quarterfinals, Newport falls to Mead | Prep sports news

Football

Newport 14 Mead 41

The Knights trailed by only seven after the first quarter of their 4A state tournament opener against Mead (Spokane) before four straight scores from the hosts put things out of reach in the 41-14 Newport loss.

Eric Rodan and Connor Baumann got into the end zone on the ground for the Knights, which finish the season with a mark of 7-4.

Bellevue 28 Ferndale 0

Bellevue recorded its third straight shutout and got a pair of touchdown runs from Myles Jack to top Ferndale 28-0 and continue the march to a fifth straight 3A state football title.

Peninsula, which defeated Nathan Hale 49-0 in another first round game, will be the opponent this week for the Wolverines.

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Newport finished its season with a 1-2 mark at the 4A state tournament, losing an opening round match 3-1 to Emerald Ridge before defeating Gig Harbor and dropping its final match 3-2 to Richland.

The Knights, which earned the second seed after a runner-up finish at the conference tournament, were one win away from the eighth place match and lost the final game 15-11.

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How Deployed soldiers choose to spend the only two weeks they ...

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Roger Armstrong, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, stays by the side of his 15-year-old daughter Kyra in the hospital during his two weeks of rest and relaxation as part of a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan. Kyra underwent a successful surgery removing a tumor from her right femur and her father decided being there to help her through was the best use of his rest and relaxation. (Photo courtesy of Gerri Armstrong)

Story by?Capt. Richard Barker?- ?KANDAHAR, Afghanistan ? The first part of this story examined the celebrations of the lives of military families in the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade who are only given two weeks a year to spend with their deployed spouses. In this second part, those stories continue with an inside look at how strong military families really are.

Renewed Strength

While many families plan rest and relaxation around special events, such as anniversaries and children?s birthdays, sometimes other events bring their loved ones home.

This was the case for Gerri Armstrong and her 15-year-old daughter Kyra who needed their husband and father, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Roger Armstrong, Company C, 3-25 Aviation, 25th CAB, home during an emotionally frightening time.

Their daughter was diagnosed three years earlier with a bone tumor located on her right femur which had restricted her movement and caused constant pain.

Although most of the tumor was successfully removed in 2009, in May, while Roger was deployed, doctors decided it was time to try and remove what remained. Roger knew that he needed to be next to his daughter during her surgery.

?On the 18th of May I got the message that they were going to do the surgery,? said Roger. ?I went on R&R on 27 May and arrived in Oahu, [Hawaii] 1 June.?

The surgery was scheduled for the morning of June 4.

?She had got her driver's permit a few weeks prior to me coming home and she was very excited to pick me up from the airport,? explained Roger. ?It was her first time driving on H1; she did amazing.?

They spent the weekend just driving around the North Shore. That was all Kyra wanted to do.

?I just sat in the passenger seat and enjoyed the ride,? said Roger.

The surgery took about 3 1/2 hours and was a success. Kyra remained in the hospital for five days of recovery.

?Once she got home I spent my time making sure she was comfortable,? said Roger. ?We ordered her a wheelchair and she slept in the recliner in the living room since going up the stairs wasn't an option.?

Roger?s rest and relaxation ended one short week after his daughter returned home.

?I had originally planned my R&R so that I would be home for her 16th birthday,? said Roger. ?But I am happy I was able to get home to be there for her while she was having the procedure.?

In the next rest and relaxation story, one simple scheduling mistake led to a wonderful first day of rest and relaxation.

Sarah Powers was busy getting ready to pick her husband, Sgt. Randall Powers, 209th ASB, 25th CAB, up from the air port when their 6-year-old son missed the school bus.

?I decided that I was going to take him the airport to pick up daddy,? said Sarah.

Their son, who is PDD ADHD autistic with a speech impediment, had not seen his father in nine months. His birthday was the day before his father returned home.

?All of the sudden our son saw his daddy before I did,? explained Sarah.

Regardless of their son?s condition, he talked to his father from the time they got into the car all the way to their house and they continued talking at home until they both worked themselves into a nap for the remainder of the day.

?When my son woke the next morning he was tickled to death to see that daddy was still home and all he could say was, ?The bestest birthday gift ever is having my daddy come home?,? said Sarah. ?All I could do was cry because my dream was a reality. We were a family for two weeks.?

New Adventures

Some soldiers and their spouses take their limited time on rest and relaxation to seek excitement and adventure.

Staff Sgt. Bobbie Gabaree and her husband Staff Sgt. Jeramie Gabaree, both with Company B, 209th Aviation Support Battalion, 25th CAB, decided what their rest and relaxation needed was a little challenge.

?While on R&R, my husband and I, known as Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Gump, decided to do a relay triathlon with my sister Staff Sgt. Deirdre Maldonado, who is stationed at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.,? said Bobbie.

Because they had nowhere to train for swimming in Afghanistan, that task went to Deirdre.

?I did a 12-mile bike and my husband finished it up for us fast with the 5K portion,? said Bobbie. ?It was great to be able to spend time with my sister. Being in the Army hasn't always permitted me and her to be stationed at the same place.?

Bobbie?s team placed first in the race.

?The feeling of getting 1st place was huge and a big accomplishment and good training tool for us. We will now prepare for the Hilo Marathon in March of 2013,? said Bobbie.

Heidi Burton and her husband, 1st Lt. Jason Burton from Company B, 2-25 Aviation, 25th CAB, were newlyweds at the time Jason deployed. They had been married less than five months when he left for Afghanistan.

?It was very hard to say goodbye to my new husband,? said Heidi, ?but we were very lucky to get such a perfect R&R slot that landed over our one year anniversary.?

This anniversary took the Burton?s to London and Paris.

?We had so much fun seeing such world known landmarks,? said Heidi.

They visited sites such as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Stonehenge, the Eiffel Tower and the Cathedral of Notre Dame. It was the last day of rest and relaxation in Paris that was especially memorable though.

?Jason took me to Pont de Artes Bridge where he surprised me with a lock that he engraved J + H 2012 on,? explained Heidi. ?We locked it up on the bridge and threw the key in the River Siene. [He?s] such a romantic. It was the best two weeks I have had all year,? she said.

New Beginnings

This article started with stories of new births, and as state these stories would cycle through the circle of life. This last story sadly begins with a family death.

Spc. Shawn Carriere, with Company F, 2-25 Aviation, 25th CAB was looking forward to spending rest and relaxation with his wife Andrea Carriere. They were newlyweds who had been together following their wedding for less than a month before Shawn had to deploy to Afghanistan. Their plans for rest and relaxation suddenly changed when Shawn was notified his grandfather had died of a heart attack.

?Because the flight from Afghanistan to California took quite awhile, he was not able to say goodbye to his grandfather before his scheduled cremation,? said Andrea.

Andrea explained though that Shawn was able to say a heartfelt goodbye at his grandfather?s funeral.

?Although a sad and difficult time, it was a joyful time, for it was the first time in years that Shawn?s family got to see him,? said Andrea. ?It was my first time meeting all his family from his mother's side. I had the honor of getting to know his late grandfather through his family too.?

Although it was not how they originally planned to spend their rest and relaxation, Shawn and Andrea benefited from the time and experienced growth.

?I learned a lot about his grandfather and got an idea of the childhood Shawn had,? said Andrea. ?Shawn and I learned that life is short and we should spend it being happy, especially with each other. I felt that Shawn and I had grown closer together during those 15 days.?

These stories from the soldiers and families of the 25th CAB are only a glimpse of how many have spent their precious two weeks during rest and relaxation. There are many more stories. Some will be told but many others will not. Regardless, for the soldiers and families of the 25th CAB who experienced them, they are the stories that have created special memories which they will hold on to until they return home.

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WVC pastor fired after allegedly waiting to report child sex abuse ...

Posted on: 9:49 pm, November 14, 2012, by Gene Kennedy, updated on: 10:43am, November 15, 2012

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah ? The pastor of a Tongan church in West Valley City has been fired after church officials say he?didn?t?report child sex abuse soon enough.

The United Methodist Church tells FOX 13 pastor Havili Mone knew an older boy sexually abused other boys inside a church building but Mone waited several months to report the abuse.

The organization, National Tongan?American?Society, is counseling the victims and their families. It says the suspect is 16 years old and found his victims through church youth events at the Tongan United Methodist Church at 1553 West Crystal Ave.

?For many of these kids the church is a second home so they would sleep over and he would wake them up and take them into other rooms in the building,? said Ivoni Malohifoou-Nash, program director at the National Tongan American Society.

Church officials say there may be as many as ten victims and, according to NTAS officials? they?re all boys, ages 6 to 10, and they were molested over a two-year time frame.

NTAS officials say the 16-year-old suspect is in jail awaiting trial.? West Valley police confirmed that detectives have already investigated allegations of sex abuse at the church and some cases are still open.

NTAS officials say when parents told pastor Havili Mone about the abuse he said, ?Let?s just talk about it amongst ourselves,? Nash said. ?It?s just a game that kids do.?

Pastor Mone is now in Hawaii on what the Methodist church calls a voluntary leave of absence. He spoke over the phone with FOX 13.

?They accuse me of not doing my duty but I did my duty reporting it to police. I did my ministerial duty and I think it?s really unjust,? said Mone.

Church officials say Mone reported the abuse months after he learned of about it. The pastor was suspended in September. Church members protested saying they wanted him back and many still stand behind him. Some are upset they learned about this from FOX 13, not church leadership.

?This is falling apart like hell. People are mad and upset because they haven?t come and told the people what?s really going on,? said church member Manase Vailiea

Others say the pastor?s firing is a long time coming.

?The people against him say it?s about time. They need change. They need new rules, someone who will speak up for the victims,? said Nash.

Church leaders have already begun looking for a new permanent pastor. The United Methodist Church did not strip Havili Mone of his pastoral credentials so he could become a pastor at a later point if church leaders reinstate him.

It?s unclear if Mone will be prosecuted for failing to report the abuse sooner. West Valley police have investigated the pastor and turned over their findings to Salt Lake County Attorney Sim Gill, who will make the decision.?

The firing came to light after FOX 13 received an anonymous tip, a letter signed by Bishop Elaine Stanovsky. Read the full letter here (PDF).

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Men's soccer earns 10th seed in NCAA Tourney; Will host second round

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Louisville, Ky. (WHAS) -- The University of Louisville men's soccer team earned an at-large bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament as the No. 10 seed. It is the sixth consecutive NCAA tournament bid for the Cardinals and the third straight year as one of the Top 16 seeded teams. The Top 16 teams are seeded in the 48-team field, earning a bye in the first round and will host at least one home game.

The Cardinals finished the regular season with an overall record of 12-5-1, playing arguably one of the toughest schedules in the nation. The Cardinals won its third BIG EAST Red Division title this season after finishing the regular season with a 7-1-0 record.? Louisville faced six of the top 16 seeded teams in the NCAA Tournament. Since taking over the program seven years ago, Lolla has guided the Cardinals to six straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Lolla has also guided the Cardinals to six consecutive double digit win seasons for the first time in school history. The Cards head into the NCAA tournament ranked in the Top 15 of all five soccer polls.

Louisville earned a bye from the first round of play and will host the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinals will face the winner of the Winthrop and SMU game on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Cardinal Park.

Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for youths, students and senior citizens. Tickets will go on sale at 9:00 a.m. at the athletic ticket offices. You can also call the athletic ticket office at 852-5151 for tickets. Groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets for $4.
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NYSE, Honeywell CEOs call for action on "fiscal cliff"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. politicians face a stark choice over the next six weeks: come together on a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, or prepare for a recession as companies seek other places to invest, said the CEOs of NYSE Euronext and Honeywell International Inc.

President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans have sounded conciliatory notes on the fiscal cliff since last week's election, but there is still plenty of scepticism in the business community on the chances of a deal, NYSE's Duncan Niederauer and Honeywell's David Cote told Reuters on Tuesday.

In August 2011, Congress did not agree on raising the U.S. debt ceiling until the last possible minute, leading to massive volatility in equity markets and a downgrade of America's debt rating.

"If the debt ceiling was playing with fire, this is nitro-glycerine," said Cote. "If they go off the cliff, I think it would spark a recession that's a lot bigger than economists think. Some think it would just be a small fire. I think it could turn into a conflagration."

Since the election, markets have been focused on the fiscal cliff of steep government spending cuts and tax rises due to be implemented under existing law in early 2013 and the uncertainty surrounding it, along with more long-term fears about the size of the U.S. debt, Big Board boss Niederauer said.

"The next 60 days are critical," he said.

He said the market seemed to be pricing in more uncertainty in the months ahead, and that there could be an upside surprise in store if real progress is made in the lame-duck session of Congress, which would set the table for a credible solution to conquering the debt burden in the following months.

CAPITAL IS A COWARD

Niederauer said that uncertainty - including around simple things like what the corporate tax rate will be in 2013 - makes it difficult for companies to make plans to invest and hire workers in the United States, further stifling economic growth.

While the economy has struggled since the recession, corporations are sitting on stockpiles of cash and are waiting for a signal as to where to invest, said Niederauer.

If politicians are not able to create some certainty in the markets by putting aside partisan ideas, and making real progress in the next 60 days on fiscal issues, money will go elsewhere, both Niederauer and Cote said.

"We simply won't be investing in the United States. We will be investing elsewhere, where we have more certainty of the outcome," Niederauer said.

"Capital is a coward," said Cote of Honeywell, a diversified manufacturer. "You don't go to places that are excessively risky or have more risk in them than you are willing to take."

He said that with many of the world's big democracies - Japan, India, the EU, the U.S. - in gridlock because of debt, somebody needs to exercise some leadership.

"There is a real opportunity for presidential leadership. That is the one guy in the entire country who could make this argument to the American public and give it to them holistic instead of in pieces," Cote said.

Both Cote and Niederauer said they were optimistic a deal will be reached in time.

WHAT A PLAN MIGHT LOOK LIKE

Democrats and Republicans generally agree on the need to avoid about $600 billion (378 billion pounds) in deficit reduction measures set to start in 2013. But they are at odds how to get over the immediate crisis, divided over whether to extend tax cuts for everyone, as Republicans want, or just for those earning below $250,000, as the president wants.

Solving the problem requires "both an increase in taxes and significant entitlement reform, along with discretionary spending cuts if this is going to work, and we need this to work," Cote said.

Both Cote and Niederauer are part of an ad hoc lobby group called Fix the Debt, made up of CEOs pushing for long-term deficit reduction, and Cote is one of several CEOs meeting with President Obama on Wednesday to discuss fiscal issues.

"He (Obama) fully understands the significance of not just the fiscal cliff, but long-term debt, to our economy and what that's doing to hold us back and wants to do something that's going to really make a difference here long-term," he said.

Cote said it was not reasonable to expect Congress to come up with the bigger $4 trillion answer by the end of the year. It could, however, put a mechanism in place to develop a simplified tax system that collects more, simplified Medicare/Medicaid that spends considerably less, and discretionary spending cuts, by a specified date such as July 4, he said.

Of the $4 trillion in deficit reduction, which would be phased in over 10 years, Cote said a plan might include $1 dollar in tax increases for every $3 of spending cuts.

There would also need to be a backup - like a Simpson-Bowles, a Domenici-Rivlin, or another $4 trillion debt reduction plan - that would automatically kick in if the plan is not ready by the target date.

Cote, whose name has been brought up by pundits as a potential replacement for Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary, said he has not given that role much thought.

"It's nice to be thought about, but I like what I am doing," he said when asked if he would consider the job if offered.

Top executives scheduled to meet with the president on Wednesday include the CEOs of General Electric Co, Wal-Mart, Ford Motor Co, Procter and Gamble Co, American Express, Chevron Corp, International Business Machines, PepsiCo Inc, Xerox Corp, and Aetna Inc.

(Reporting by John McCrank; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nyse-honeywell-ceos-call-action-fiscal-cliff-024322663--finance.html

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Gators in the NBA

Not only is the University of Florida men?s basketball team back in action, 10 former Gators have been on the court for two weeks with their respective NBA teams.

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Bradley Beal, Washington Wizards

Over the past week, Bradley Beal has emerged as the leading scorer for the Washington Wizards. Beal averaged 15.8 ppg in four games last week. He tallied a season-high 22 points against Milwaukee on Friday, November 9.

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Matt Bonner, San Antonio Spurs

Bonner played in two games for the Spurs last week. He is averaging 2.8 ppg in six games played this season.

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Corey Brewer, Denver Nuggets

Brewer has continued to be a solid contributor for the Nuggets this season. He has played in every game this year and is averaging 11.1 ppg and 3.9 rpg. Brewer matched a career-best with five three-point field goals against Utah on Friday, November 9.

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Udonis Haslem, Miami Heat

Through eight games, Haslem is averaging 4.4 ppg and 4.6 rpg. In the Heat?s latest game, Haslem recorded 10 points and seven rebounds.

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Al Horford, Atlanta Hawks

Horford leads the Hawks in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.8 ppg and 8.7 rpg. In the Hawks? latest game, Horford notched his second double-double of this season with 15 points and 10 boards.

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David Lee, Golden State Warriors

Lee continues to lead the Warriors in rebounding through seven games, pulling down 9.9 rpg. He is currently tied for 11th in the league in rebounds per game.? Lee is also averaging 14.3 ppg. Through six games, he has recorded three double-doubles.

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Mike Miller, Miami Heat

Miller has played in every game but one so far this year for Miami. He is averaging 1.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg, and 1.1 apg in seven games of action. Miller logged a season-high 31 minutes against Atlanta on Friday, November 9.

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Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls

Through seven games, Noah leads the Bulls in rebounding, steals, and blocks. Noah is averaging 15.3 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 1.4 spg, and 2.3 bpg. He is currently 11th in the NBA in blocks per game. In the Bulls? latest outing, Noah recorded his third double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds.

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Chandler Parsons, Houston Rockets

Parsons has started all seven games for the Rockets this season. He is averaging 12.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg, and 3.7 apg. In the Houston?s last game, Parsons led the team in scoring with 25 points.

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Marresse Speights, Memphis Grizzlies

Speights has played in every game for Memphis this season, averaging 7.8 ppg and 5.7 rpg. Against Milwaukee on Wednesday, November 7, Speights registered a season-high 18 points and nine rebounds.

Source: http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=24306

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