Iran's Rouhani misquoted in remarks on Israel: state TV

DUBAI (Reuters) - Two days before his inauguration as Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani said on Friday that Israeli occupation of Palestinian land had inflicted a "wound" on the Muslim world, according to a segment of his remarks broadcast on Iran's state-run Press TV.

An earlier report by Iran's student news agency ISNA had quoted Rouhani as saying: "The Zionist regime is a wound that has sat on the body of the Muslim world for years and needs to be removed."

ISNA later retracted the report, saying some domestic news agencies "including ISNA, had presented Mr. Rouhani as saying the Zionist regime is a wound on the body of the Muslim world that needs to be removed, and this was corrected".

The original version of the report had echoed the fiercely anti-Israeli language of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but was swiftly repudiated by Iranian state media, which said unidentified news agencies had distorted Rouhani's remarks.

Press TV then broadcast an excerpt from an exchange between Rouhani and journalists at a rally to mark Iran's annual Al Qods Day in support of the Palestinians.

"After all, in our region there's been a wound for years on the body of the Muslim world under the shadow of the occupation of the holy land of Palestine and the beloved al-Qods (Jerusalem)," Rouhani said in the segment. ISNA later published that version of the comment.

Speaking before the ISNA retraction, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Rouhani's remarks showed the reputedly moderate Iranian cleric was as hostile to Israel as Ahmadinejad, whose denial of the Holocaust and description of Israel as a "cancerous tumor" prompted international condemnation.

The United States and its allies suspect Iran of seeking a nuclear weapons capability. Tehran says its nuclear program is purely for peaceful purposes, but Israel regards it as a threat to its existence and refuses to rule out military action.

With a more pragmatic president in Iran, Western countries may see a better chance for diplomacy to lead to a deal to curb Tehran's uranium enrichment program and avoid any conflict.

"The true face of Rouhani has been revealed sooner than expected. Even if they hurry to deny his words - this is what the man thinks and this is the Iranian regime's plan of action," Netanyahu said in a statement.

Rouhani's words "must awaken the world from the illusion in which part of it is placed since the Iranian elections", he declared, saying Iran still aimed "to acquire nuclear weapons in order to threaten Israel, the Middle East and world peace".

"A nation that threatens to destroy the state of Israel must not be allowed to have weapons of mass destruction," he said.

Ahmadinejad addressed Israel on Qods Day in his last speech as president. "You planted wind in our region and you will reap the storm. I swear to God that a ferocious storm is coming and it will uproot the Zionist entity," Iran's state news agency IRNA quoted him as saying.

(Reporting by Marcus George in Dubai and Ori Lewis in Jerusalem; writing by Alistair Lyon; editing by Jon Boyle)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iranian-agency-corrects-story-president-elect-describing-israel-172104096.html

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We are hiring a Health Education Organizer! - ROC-NY | Restaurant ...

JOB OPENING ? HEALTH EDUCATION ORGANIZER

?July 31, 2013

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Although founded to provide support to restaurant workers displaced after September 11^th, 2001, the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY) has expanded to organize restaurant workers citywide for improved working conditions. We are a membership-led organization of restaurant workers, with approximately 5,000 members from all over the world who reflect the diversity of the restaurant industry, which is filled largely by thousands of new immigrants who arrive in the U.S. each year. We employ a tri-pronged strategy designed to surround the industry and win improvements for low-wage restaurant workers? that includes: 1) engaging in workplace justice campaigns to compel exploitative restaurants to provide fair working conditions to their workers; 2) conducting groundbreaking research and worker-led policy initiatives; and 3) promoting the high road to profitability by partnering with restaurant employers who are interested in creating ethical business practices, and by providing job training and placement support to low wage restaurant workers.

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We are seeking a highly motivated and dedicated Health Education Organizer to revitalize our Health and Safety program, with a primary focus on providing healthcare education and enrollment assistance to restaurant workers and small businesses in New York City through New York?s Health Benefit Exchange.

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: ?

1. Educate and advise workers on their eligibility for premium subsidies and public health insurance programs, like Medicaid and Child Health Plus;
2. Assist workers in choosing an appropriate health plan;
3. Provide enrollment assistance to workers and help them navigate the New York Health Benefit Exchange;
4. Educate restaurant workers regarding benefits and responsibilities under the Affordable Care Act;
5. Educate small businesses in the restaurant industry about the Affordable Care Act;
6. Plan and execute health insurance education and enrollment fairs targeted at restaurant workers and their families;
7. Conduct community outreach activities;
8. Coordinate enrollment and education activities with High Road Organizer;
9. Work with other organizers as a team to meet program and organizational goals;
10. Attend and participate in all staff and team meetings, as well as trainings related to this program;
11. Assist in other organizational and program activities as needed.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

The ideal candidate MUST have:

1. Experience and willingness in working with culturally and economically diverse communities
2. Demonstrated commitment to furthering workers? rights and empowerment
3. Ability to speak and write in one or more languages other than English
4. Strong oral and written communication skills
5. Ability to work non-traditional work hours and willing to frequently travel within the five boroughs
6. Ability to work under pressure
7. Experience and effectiveness in? conducting trainings or workshops
8. Strong computer skills (web-based database, word processing, Excel, etc.)
9. Passion, experience and effectiveness in working towards the advancement of racial, social and economic justice

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The ideal candidate SHOULD have (but not required):

1. Minimum 2 years experience working in the New York City restaurant industry
2. Knowledgeable about issues concerning health insurance and health care access
3. A Bachelor?s Degree

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Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and immigrants are strongly encouraged to apply.

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To Apply: Please send a cover letter and resume to Daisy Chung at daisy@rocny.org.

Source: http://rocny.org/we-are-hiring-a-health-education-organizer/

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Toyota cautious on outlook after near-record quarterly profit

By Yoko Kubota

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp took a cautious stance on its profit outlook, worried over currency moves and a slowdown in Thailand and other emerging markets, even as healthy earnings on overseas sales lifted it to a near-record quarterly profit.

The world's biggest carmaker trounced its rivals Volkswagen AG and General Motors Co in earnings for the period as a weaker yen made exports more profitable and allowed Toyota to convert money made overseas at a more profitable rate.

Toyota posted its second best quarterly operating profit at 663.4 billion yen ($6.69 billion). Currency moves, mostly the yen's depreciation, accounted for more than 80 percent of the rise.

And while the company raised its profit forecast for the year to next March, the 8 percent tweak to 1.94 trillion yen was well short of the near record 2.27 trillion yen result analysts are expecting.

"There are some uncertainties in emerging markets," Toyota Managing Officer Takuo Sasaki told a news conference.

"But we will have the new Corolla going on sale in North America and a new compact car for the emerging markets, so we will aim to boost sales."

Analysts seemed unconcerned by the company's cautious stance, even as it also trimmed its U.S. vehicle sales target slightly to reflect a rise in demand for SUVs and pickup trucks where its U.S. rivals are stronger.

"Although the raised full-year operating profit forecast of 1.94 trillion yen is below the market consensus, there's no need to see this as a negative," said Toyo Securities auto analyst Takumi Hoshi. Toyota was reaping benefits widely from strong sales, a weak yen and cost reductions, he added.

YEN-RELATED GAINS

Toyota's strong results underscored a trend among Japanese carmakers relying heavily on a weak yen to post healthy profits.

The eight combined, including Nissan Motor Co and Honda Motor Co , posted a year-on-year quarterly operating profit rise of 441.3 billion yen, but the contribution from currency moves exceeded that, at 512.8 billion yen.

The dollar has risen about 25 percent against the yen since mid-November when expectations were rising that Shinzo Abe would become Japan's new prime minister and implement bold policies to bolster the economy.

Toyota's quarterly operating profit, which was in line with analysts' estimates, was the biggest since a record set six years ago and well above Volkswagen's group April-June operating profit of $4.5 billion.

But Sasaki sounded a cautious note on Thailand, where the market is down after subsidies for first-car buyers ended, and India, where an economic slowdown is weighing on vehicle demand.

In Thailand, Southeast Asia's biggest car market, Toyota's January-June sales dropped 2 percent year-on-year, in contrast to industry-wide growth of 22 percent. Last month, it cut its 2013 Thai sales forecast by 10 percent to 450,000 vehicles.

"The green car segment grew more than expected but we have not been able to introduce a model that meets demand there, so we cut our forecast," Sasaki said, adding that Toyota aims to start selling a green car there by the end of the year.

Toyota lags rivals in small, fuel-efficient cars that are increasingly popular in Thailand, its fourth-biggest market on a country basis. Rival Honda has seen strong sales of the fuel-efficient Brio Amaze in that market.

Toyota's exposure in ASEAN, which accounts for more than 10 percent of its global sales, is greater than its main rivals.

($1 = 99.2250 Japanese yen)

(Additional reporting by Hirotoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Jeremy Laurence)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/toyota-raises-profit-forecast-boosted-weak-yen-strong-061856514.html

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It?s been an exciting week for the Memphis Grizzlies!

Officially welcoming back fans favorite Mike Miller!

But new head Coach Dave Joerger told News Channel 3 Sports, it?s not the last of the changes you?ll see, and anybody who wants to be on this team, better be ready to work.

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Source: http://newslink.cspire.com/content/memphis-grizzlies-coach-dave-joerger.363821

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Three Somali pirates receive life sentences for 2011 slaying of Americans on yacht off coast of Africa - @PilotNews

By Scott Daugherty
The Virginian-Pilot
? August 2, 2013

NORFOLK

Three Somali men were sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of release on charges they hijacked a sailboat in 2011 off the coast of Africa and killed the four Americans they found on board.

It took a federal jury about 8 1/2 hours of deliberation to reach the decision and reject the pleas of prosecutors to sentence the men to death.

?What everyone should be thinking about today is the victims' families,? Lawrence Woodward Jr., one of seven defense attorneys involved in the case, said outside the courtroom.

While acknowledging he was ?professionally gratified? by the jury?s decision, Woodward stressed ?our hearts go out to the families.?

Reached by phone in California, the sister of one of the victims lamented the jury did not see fit to sentence the three men to death.

?I don?t know how they can shoot someone with an AK-47 and not get the death penalty,? Cynthia Macay said through tears. ?They almost will have a better life in prison than in Somalia.?

Ahmed Muse Salad, Abukar Osman Beyle and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar were convicted July 8 in U.S. District Court of 26 crimes ? 22 of which were punishable by death.

The charges stemmed from the deaths of four Americans on Feb. 22, 2011, on a 58-foot yacht named Quest. The victims were Scott and Jean Adam, a California couple who owned the boat, and Phyllis Patricia Macay and Robert Riggle, both of Seattle, who had joined them on the voyage.

FBI agents, Navy officials, and convicted pirates who were involved in the fatal hijacking testified during the trial. According to prosecutors and court records, the Adams and their friends were asleep at sea Feb. 18 when 19 men boarded the yacht armed with assault rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. They took control and began to sail for Somalia, where they intended to conduct ransom negotiations.

The hijackers never made it to shore, however, and four days of negotiations at sea with Navy officials failed.

Prosecutors said one of the pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the American guided missile destroyer Sterett. Shortly thereafter, Salad, Beyle and Abrar opened fire on the hostages.

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For more details, return to PilotOnline.com later and read tomorrow's Virginian-Pilot.

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Source: http://hamptonroads.com/2013/08/somali-pirates-receive-life-sentences-federal-jury

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U.S. SEC official says 'gratified' by Tourre trial verdict

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission official said the agency was "gratified" by a jury's finding on Thursday that former Goldman Sachs Inc banker Fabrice Tourre was liable for fraud.

"We will continue to vigorously seek to hold accountable, and bring to trial when necessary, those who commit fraud on Wall Street," said Andrew Ceresney, the SEC's co-director of enforcement.

Tourre was found liable on six of seven counts by a Manhattan federal jury in a civil case brought by the SEC. He was found to have violated federal securities law with his role in a failed mortgage deal.

(Reporting by Emily Stephenson; Editing by Steve Orlosky)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-sec-official-says-gratified-tourre-trial-verdict-001353428.html

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Android surpasses iOS in yet another global tablet market share report

Similar to the way it has taken over the global smartphone scene, report after report is demonstrating that Android is doing the same thing for tablets now.

Canalys has just published a new report declaring that Android has overtaken iOS in the global tablet market.

During the second quarter, the report found that Android accounted for 53 percent of the market share -- notably thanks to devices with 9-inch or smaller screens.

Furthermore, Samsung, Amazon, Lenovo and Acer all saw shipment gains by 200 percent each on a year-over-year basis.

By comparison, iOS tablet shipments dropped by 14 percent, with Apple's market share falling to just 43 percent.

And without a new iPad or iPad mini anywhere on the horizon (despite rumors abound about what next generations will look like), the days of iPad dominance are all but over -- at least for the near future.

Canalys analyst James Wang remarked in the report, "When Apple does decide to refresh its iPad range it will not experience the buzz of previous launches."

While acknowledging that the Android ecosystem and platform still have some issues to be worked out, Canalys senior analyst Tim Shepherd also projected in the report that we will "see a substantial increase in the quantity, as well as the quality, of apps built or optimized for Android tablets over the next 12 months, as Google brings more attention to them through improvements to the Play store, and as the addressable base of devices continues to soar."

The tablet market overall did well with more than 34 million tablets shipped during the quarter, up 43 percent on an annual basis. Tablets also accounted for roughly a third (31 percent) of worldwide tablet shipments.

Canalys isn't the only market intelligence business affirming that Android is taking over the tablet market.

According to the Strategy Analytics second quarter report published on Monday, Android accounted for 67 percent of worldwide tablet shipments in Q2.

Both iOS and Windows declined to 28 percent and 4.5 percent of the global market share, respectively.

Chart via Canalys

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/android-surpasses-ios-in-yet-another-global-tablet-market-share-report-7000018868/

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