Crafting with Kids: A Birthday Crown : Ideas for Women Home and ...

All kids want something special on their birthdays. You can make the day special by allowing them to make a birthday crown just for them to wear. It is an easy craft and kids will love it.

What You Need:

• Construction paper
• Scissors
• Transparent tape
• Marker
• Glue
• Glitter
• Stickers

How to Make:

1. Choose two pieces of construction paper. Cut one of the pieces of paper into 2-inch wide strips. Line the strips end-to-end making one long band. Attach the pieces to one another using transparent tape.
2. Wrap the band around the child?s head so it covers his or her forehead. Mark about 2 inches beyond where the ends of the band overlap at the back of the child?s head. Cut off any excess paper beyond the mark.
3. Lay the band out flat on a table and decorate it.Trace six 2-inch squares on the second piece of paper. Add triangles to the top of each square to make shapes that resemble small?houses?and cut out the shapes. Tape the bottom of each shape to the inside edge of the headband so most of the squares stick out the top of the crown.
4. Decorate the crown by writing the child?s name on the center of the band using glue. Sprinkle glitter over the glue to make the name shimmer and shake off the excess glitter. Add stickers to the crown or draw on smiley faces using markers. Let the glue dry completely.Tape the ends of the band together.
5. Use two or three long pieces of tape to ensure that the crown stays together all day.

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Best of food and drink this week | canada.com

?A round-up of some of our favourite recipes and food-related features this week including recipes for a Lemon Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake, five different holiday cookies and Cranberry Prosecco Punch.

Lemon Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake

Photograph by Matthew Mead, AP

Alison Ladman suggests pairing a slice of this Lemon Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake with ?a mug of hot cocoa, coffee or (to be totally indulgent) a frothy glass of eggnog.?

Gift of homemade food full of heart

Spice blends: Italian Salamoia bolognese; gomasio; cinnamon sugar; Montreal steak spice (photograph by Dave Sidaway, The Gazette).

Susan Semenak of the Montreal Gazette shares some homemade food gift ideas including spice blends, luxury granola and an old-school lemon pie kit.

12 Days of Holiday Cookies

Photographs by Matthew Mead, AP

We kicked off our 12 Days of Holiday Cookies series this week with recipes for Cherry Allspice Hermits, Chocolate Pepper Sable, Triple-Ginger Cranberry Bars, Cardamom Chocolate Macadamia Cookies, and Cinnamon-Honey Oat Drop Cookies.

Ingredient of the week: cranberries

Photograph by bhofack2, Fotolia.com

We?ve put together a collection of seasonally-inspired recipes featuring cranberries including a Cranberry-Pear Crisp, a Turkey and Cranberry Pie with Sweet Potato Crust, and a Cranberry Ginger Fizz Cocktail.

Seasonal Sips: Cranberry Prosecco Punch

Supplied photo by David Strongman, Earls Restaurants

Continuing with this week?s cranberry theme, this fresh and bubbly cocktail recipe was developed by Cameron Bogue, beverage director for Earls Restaurants.

Holiday Drinks: Sparklers and ?stickies?

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Wine expert Michael Godel recommends seven sparkling and dessert wines (or ?stickies? in Australian slang) to look for this holiday season.

And to finish, some tasty inspiration from the blog world:

- Alimation by Alexandre DUBOSC
- Persimmon Squash Salad from The Forest Feast
- Brussels Sprout, Sweet Potato, & Chorizo Hash, & Chestnut Potato Soup from Katie at the Kitchen Door
- Apple and Quince Gingerbread from Apt. 2 Baking Co.
- Hazelnut Hot Chocolate with Minted Whipped Cream from Turntable Kitchen

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Obama and Romney together: Chili, not chilly

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, for his luncheon with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, for his luncheon with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, for his luncheon with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, for his luncheon with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Three weeks after the election, Mitt Romney made it to the White House.

For about 90 minutes. After an odd arrival in which a man rushed his SUV and ended up getting arrested by the Secret Service.

It wasn't the start of a term as Romney had envisioned. But it was, at least, all on good terms with the man who defeated him, President Barack Obama.

Over a private lunch on Thursday, Obama and Romney had some white turkey chili, Southwestern grilled chicken salad and ? from the reports of it ? the kind of actual conversation that never happens while two presidential nominees are bashing each other's ideas during a campaign.

They shook hands in the Oval Office. They spoke of American leadership in the world. They pledged to keep in touch. Maybe even work together.

All that, at least, according to a White House statement about what happened behind closed doors. The two men themselves never faced reporters.

"Each man wanted to have a private conversation," said White House spokesman Jay Carney. "They didn't want to turn it into a press event."

Much has happened already in American politics since the Nov. 6 election, when voters ended a fierce presidential race by choosing Obama in convincing fashion. Romney is among those who have opined on why he lost, telling donors Obama won by giving "gifts" to groups like Latinos, blacks and young voters.

Carney said that comment, widely panned as disparaging by leaders of both parties, did not hang over the postelection meeting of the two men.

The spokesman underscored Obama's interest in listening to Romney's ideas.

Obama presumably did so without accusing his former rival of having "Romnesia" about his own positions, as the president had once charged with a wicked smile.

Long gone too, it seemed, was Romney's accusation over the summer that Obama was running a "campaign of division and anger and hate."

"Gov. Romney congratulated the president for the success of his campaign and wished him well over the coming four years," the White House statement said.

And this: "They pledged to stay in touch, particularly if opportunities to work together on shared interests arise."

Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom agreed that it was a "very friendly lunch" between two men who spoke about the big challenges facing the nation.

Still, Romney did not get the warmest of welcomes coming into the White House gates.

The Secret Service said a man interfered with his vehicle as it arrived at a secure checkpoint near the White House. The man was later interviewed by an officer and became combative, the Secret Service said. He was charged with assault on a police officer and unlawful entry.

As for the meeting that followed, aides familiar with both sides said it amounted to political symbolism and a promise kept but that it had no substantive or specific agenda. Obama had told the watching world on election night that he would sit down with Romney in the weeks ahead.

That they did, in the dining room just off the Oval Office.

As much as the bitter campaign consumed 2012, it faded remarkably quickly. Obama is in a fiscal fight with Congress, with the economy at stake.

Romney has largely disappeared from the public eye.

Republican officials said they had little expectation the meeting would produce any meaningful results. They said that while Romney was the face of the GOP for much of the year, he did not command enough following among the party's passionate voters or chattering class to maintain a leadership role going forward.

The same is not true of Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, who also met privately with Romney in Washington on Thursday.

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Associated Press writers Ken Thomas, Philip Elliott, Julie Pace and Steve Peoples contributed to this report.

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Finance may revise economic forecast - The Nation

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The Nation November 29, 2012 3:37 pm

He did not say whether the forecast would be revised upward or downward. The current forecast of 5.5 per cent is based on the export growth forecast of 4.5-5 per cent.

Somchai noted that to achieve the export growth target of 4.5 per cent, combined export value in the remaining two months of this year must hit US$40.7 billion. If the 5 per cent target is to be achieved, the combined value must be $41.8 billion.

Weakening demand had hurt Thailand?s export value. The export just picked up in October, growing over 15 per cent from the same period last year.

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Obama to host Romney at White House on Thursday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will host Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House on Thursday, their first meeting since Obama defeated him in this month's presidential election.

The encounter follows Obama's promise, in the aftermath of the bitterly fought November 6 election, to consult the former Republican governor of Massachusetts by the end of the year. It also comes amid Obama's efforts to work out with congressional leaders a way to avoid a looming "fiscal cliff" that could push the U.S. economy back into recession.

"Governor Romney will have a private lunch at the White House with President Obama in the private dining room," the White House said of the meeting, which will be closed to the media. "It will be the first opportunity they have had to visit since the election."

Obama's talks with Romney will be sandwiched between a series of events this week in which he is making his case to Americans to raise taxes on wealthy Americans while extending tax cuts for the middle class - an approach that his former Republican rival strongly opposed during the campaign.

Obama's Democrats and their Republican foes remain deadlocked over dramatic, year-end tax increases and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff that will kick in unless a deal is struck.

Seeking to make good on his post-election pledge to reach across the political aisle, Obama told a November 14 news conference he wanted to "sit down and talk" to Romney to hear his ideas and see whether they could work together.

Obama said he could envision a future role in public service for Romney but had no specific "assignment" for him.

Romney, in a conference call with donors after the election, was widely reported to have said that Obama won by using targeted initiatives to reward specific constituencies, including African-Americans, Latinos and young people.

Obama, who won a decisive victory after a bruising campaign, had sought to depict Romney as out of touch with ordinary Americans and intent on shielding the rich from higher taxes.

Romney had accused Obama of failed economic policies and wasteful spending to promote big government.

(Additional reporting by Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Bill Trott)

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Arafat's body exhumed in murder inquiry

Labs in France, Russia and Switzerland will conduct independent tests of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's bone samples, searching for evidence that he could have been poisoned. NBC's Martin Fletcher reports.

By NBC News staff and wire services

Updated at 10:40 a.m. ET: The remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed from his grave on Tuesday -- eight years after his death at age 75 ? as part of an investigation into allegations that he was poisoned, according to official Palestinian radio.?

Arafat's body was uncovered in its grave and samples were removed without having to lift the corpse from the ground. As a result, a planned reburial ceremony with full military honors was called off.

The tomb was resealed in hours and wreaths were placed by Palestinian leaders including Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.

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"The state of the body was exactly what you would expect to find for someone who has been buried for eight years. There was nothing out of the ordinary," Health Minister Hani Abdeen told a news conference.

A Palestinian medical team took samples and gave them to Swiss, French and Russian?experts who flew in for the exhumation and who will examine them in their home countries, the officials said.?Samples were taken earlier from Arafat's bedroom, office and personal belongings, they said.

Arafat case: 'Proof' still might elude Palestinians

French judges opened a murder inquiry into Arafat's death in August after a Swiss institute said it had discovered high levels of radioactive polonium on his clothing.

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See key moments and memorable scenes from Yasser Arafat's life.

Jordanian doctor Abdullah al Bashir, head of the Palestinian medical committee, said about 20 samples were taken and analysis would take at least three months.

"In order to do these analyses, to check, cross-check and double cross-check, it will take several months and I don't think we'll have anything tangible available before March or April next year,"?said Darcy Christen, spokesman for Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland that carried out tests on Arafat's clothes.

Rumors of foul play have long surrounded the sudden demise of Arafat, a champion of Palestinian statehood from the time he was 19, and eventually, the democratically elected president of the Palestinian Authority.

Arafat was revered by many Palestinians and Arabs as a freedom fighter and reviled by many Israelis and its allies as a terrorist for his relentless fight for Palestinian self-determination. But he also had enemies and rivals within the Arab and Palestinian political circles.

He died in November 2004 at a French military hospital, a month after suddenly falling ill. The rapid deterioration of his health and death baffled doctors who were trying to treat him in France, and an autopsy was never performed at the request of his widow, Suha.

'A painful necessity'
While the immediate cause of death was a stroke, the underlying source of an illness he suffered in his final weeks has never been clear, leading to persistent speculation in the Arab world that Israel poisoned him. Israel has denied such allegations.

Poisoning as a cause of death gained currency after a Swiss institute said it had found high levels of radioactive polonium on Arafat's clothing, which was supplied by Suha, prompting the French to open a formal murder inquiry.

Polonium was the substance that killed Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006. Litvenenko was a Russian ex-spy who later became a relentless critic of the Kremlin.

"It is a painful necessity" to exhume the body of Arafat, said Tawfiq al-Tirawi, who is in charge of the Palestinian committee overseeing the investigation, speaking to reporters in Ramallah on Saturday.

Tirawi said the Palestinians had "evidence which suggests Arafat was assassinated by Israelis," Reuters reported.

The exhumation might not resolve the mystery. Polonium-210 decomposes rapidly, and some experts say it is not clear whether any remaining samples will be sufficient for testing.?

NBC's Kari Huus, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Palestinians have begun to exhume the body of Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat in an attempt to determine whether he was assassinated by lethal doses of radioactive poison. NBC's John Ray reports.

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Palestinians, Israelis await symbolic UN resolution Thursday

The vote is largely symbolic, the outcome nearly assured: The Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching the evolving positions of a few key countries in Thursday's U.N. General Assembly resolution to raise the Palestinians' status from a U.N. observer to a nonmember observer state. The measure only requires a majority and is all but certain to pass.

The United States and Israel are strongly opposed, saying they fear it will only slow progress toward a peace deal.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been lobbying Western countries, particularly in Europe, in hopes of presenting a broad international consensus against Israel. The international boost will also help him in his rivalry with Hamas, which gained popularity with Palestinians after battling Israel during eight days of fighting earlier this month.

Two-thirds of U.N. member nations have already recognized the state of Palestine.

IN FAVOR OR LEANING THAT WAY:

? FRANCE: Yes. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius made the announcement before parliament. "In any case, it's only through negotiations ? that we ask for without conditions and immediately between the two sides ? that we will be able to reach the realization of a Palestinian state," Fabius said Tuesday.

? CHINA: Yes. The foreign minister reaffirmed support for Palestinian aspirations at the U.N. during a meeting last Friday with a Palestinian envoy.

? SPAIN, NORWAY, DENMARK and SWITZERLAND: All announced Wednesday they would vote yes. The Swiss government called a change in status "both constructive and pragmatic."

?AUSTRIA: Yes. Martin Weiss, the foreign ministry spokesman, said Austria decided to vote for the resolution after it became clear there would be no common EU position.

?INDIA: Yes.

?GREECE: Yes.

?IRELAND: Yes. Ireland, which has long sympathized with the Palestinians, said it also would vote in favor of progressing the Palestinian Authority's claims to statehood. "The government hopes very much that this measured advance at the United Nations will encourage the Palestinian people that they are slowly coming towards their goal, and that their commitment to a political path and a negotiated settlement with Israel can bear fruit," government minister Shane McEntee told lawmakers in Ireland's parliament.

? RUSSIA: Probably yes. It supported Palestinian membership in the U.N. cultural agency, UNESCO. The Russian Foreign Ministry said it "believes that the Palestinians have the right for such a move" but it added "we hope that the Palestinian leadership has well calculated possible consequences of such action."

OPPOSE, ABSTAIN OR LEANING THAT WAY

? UNITED STATES: Opposed.

?CANADA. Opposed. Canada is a staunch ally of Israel. Rick Roth, a spokesman for Canada's foreign minister, said any two-state solution must be negotiated and mutually agreed upon by both states. Roth said any unilateral action is ultimately unhelpful.

?GERMANY: No or abstain. It's "very certain that Germany will not vote for such a resolution," said Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert. Officials aren't saying whether that will translate into a no vote or an abstention.

?NETHERLANDS: Probably no. "Lasting peace in the region can only be reached if Israel and the Palestinians return to the negotiating table to reach a final agreement over a two-state solution," according to a letter the foreign minister sent to parliament this week.

? BRITAIN: Possibly abstain. The foreign secretary said Britain could support the measure only if there were a clear commitment by the Palestinians to return immediately and unconditionally to negotiations with Israel. "While there is no question of the United Kingdom voting against the resolution, in order to vote for it we would need certain assurances or amendments," said William Hague.

? AUSTRALIA: Abstain, according to Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Her government is divided on the issue, but Gillard told Parliament "bipartisan policy across the major parties in this parliament to support Israel, to support peace in the Middle East, to support two states in the Middle East."

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Associated Press writers George Jahn in Vienna, Austria; Danica Kirka in London; Jamey Keaten in Paris; Nirmala George in New Delhi; and Christopher Bodeen in Beijing; Elena Becatoros in Athens; Shawn Pogatchnik in Dublin; and Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/key-players-positions-palestinian-statehood-160842110.html

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