This forty eighth trading week of 2012 comes to a close with investors keeping a close eye on negotiations between the President and Congressional leaders, as both sides seek to avoid the ominous fiscal cliff from occurring that would result in an automatic reduction in government spending and mandated cuts.

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Researchers further claim to have automatic noise reduction that safeguards detail through bilateral filtering, an established technique that uses brightness detection to avoid blurring edges.

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Ms. Peters, who lobbied for stricter gun laws in Australia, credits their newly established 28-day waiting period for a firearm purchase and a ban on semi-automatic weapons for a 50% reduction in homicide and suicide rates.

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In the 2011 debt ceiling deal that ended a showdown over whether to increase the federal government's borrowing limit to meet its obligations, Congress and the White House agreed to include the automatic spending cuts of sequestration as motivation to pass a comprehensive deficit-reduction plan.

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The result is a pair of intelligent, high-fidelity active sound-reduction earplugs that allow natural hearing when sound is safe and provide automatic protection from both loud, sustained music and sudden, loud percussive sounds.

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