Qatari draft media law criticized by rights group

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's draft media law came under fire on Tuesday from Human Rights Watch, which singled out "loosely worded provisions" penalizing criticism of the Gulf emirate and its neighbors.

The New York-based organization urged Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani not to approve the law as drafted, calling it "a commitment to censorship".

Qatari officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

Freedom of expression is tightly controlled in the tiny autocratic Gulf state, with self-censorship prevalent among national newspapers and other media outlets.

A close U.S. ally that hosts a large U.S. military base, Qatar has escaped the unrest that has engulfed other parts of the region. It lacks any organized political opposition.

Qatar finances and hosts the pan-Arab satellite TV network al-Jazeera, which has closely covered Arab revolts elsewhere.

Although the draft calls for abolishing criminal penalties for media law violations, it contains some sweeping provisions.

Article 53 prohibits publishing or broadcasting information that would "throw relations between the state and the Arab and friendly states into confusion" or "abuse the regime or offend the ruling family or cause serious harm to the national or higher interests of the state".

Violators would face fines of up to 1 million Qatari riyals ($275,000).

The draft approved by the emir's advisory Shura Council in June would be the first change to Qatar's media law since 2008, when the government set up the Doha Centre for Media Freedom.

"Qatar's commitment to freedom of expression is only as good as its laws, which in this case do not meet the international standards it professes to support," Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.

"Instead of supporting press freedom, this draft media law is a commitment to censorship."

The imprisonment of Qatari poet Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami, who faces charges of "inciting the overthrow of the ruling regime," provides further evidence of Qatar's double standard on freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said.

The charge Ajami faces carries the death penalty. In his poetry, Ajami has praised the revolutions that have swept the Arab world and has criticized the emir of Qatar. His next court hearing is scheduled for November 29.

Qatar's penal code provides sentences of five years in prison for criticizing the country's ruler. Both the penal code and the proposed media law violate international freedom of speech standards, Human Rights Watch said.

"If Qatar is serious about providing regional leadership on media freedom it should remove the problematic provisions from its draft media law and drop all charges against Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami that solely relate to his exercise of free speech," Stork said.

(Reporting by Regan Doherty; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

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Romney training manual for poll watchers causes stir

By Michael IsikoffNBC News

The Wisconsin agency that oversees elections is objecting to an internal training handbook distributed by Mitt Romney?s campaign that appears to instruct volunteer poll observers in the state to conceal their ties to the GOP candidate when they show up at polling stations on Election Day, a state official tells NBC News.

?"Our plan is to contact the Romney campaign and tell them there are issues" with the material, said Reid Magney, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which supervises elections in the state and enforces state election laws.

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Magney said some of the training material-- obtained by the liberal Democratic blog Think Progress and posted on its website on Wednesday is either incomplete or misleading. The guidance to observers not to mention their connections to the Romney campaign also conflicts with official Wisconsin Government Accountability Board guidance to all poll observers,? publicly posted on the agency's website, instructing that they sign in and? identify "the name of the organization or candidate the observer represents," he said.?

??We stand by our training materials, but we are always happy to answer any questions that the Government Accountability Board may have,? Ryan Williams, a spokesman for the Romney campaign, said in an email to NBC News.

?A campaign official also noted that the Romney campaign has tangled with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board's interpretation of election law on other matters. Just last week, the Romney campaign settled a lawsuit it filed against the board over military and overseas ballots, resulting in the state extending the deadline for those ballots to be returned.?

?The Romney campaign document, which was specifically prepared for use in Wisconsin, gives detailed instructions to volunteer election observers, calling them "the first line of defense"? to insure a fair election and advising them to be on the lookout for voters who seek to cast ineligible ballots.

Under a section entitled "If you See Something, Say Something," it tells Romney campaign poll watchers to alert an official? Chief Election Inspector (CEI) at polling booths if they identify a potential voting irregularity. If the CEI does not "resolve it quickly," they should call "the Command Center," it says.

The training document? appears to instruct?observers to hide their ?connection to the Romney campaign from the election inspectors at polling booths. While the observers should introduce themselves to the inspectors, they should "sign in as a 'concerned citizen' and obtain a name tag," according to the document, which bears the official insignia of the Romney campaign and is entitled "Volunteer Observer Training."

The Think Progress blog also posted an audio recording it said it obtained from a Romney campaign training session in which Kristina Sesek, a lawyer for the Wisconsin Republican Party, states:? "We're going to have you sign in this election cycle as a 'concerned citizen.' We've just trying to alleviate some of the? animosity of being a Republican observer up front."

A senior Romney campaign official, who spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity, said the directive advising that campaign poll watchers sign in as "concerned citizens" was inserted at the urging of the Wisconsin Republican Party because of recent incidents in which GOP poll watchers faced intimidation or threats at polling stations. The official said the directive was specific to Wisconsin and has not been repeated in Romney campaign? training material for poll watchers in other states.

But the official defended the language in the Wisconsin campaign document,? saying that signing in as a "concerned citizen" conforms to the "spirit" of Wisconsin law because the training material also instructs them not to interfere or communicate with voters seeking to cast their ballots.

The Romney campaign training handbook states that "we do not and will not tolerate any voter intimidation or suppression" and "No person should interfere with any indvidual's right to legally cast a ballot."

"There is nothing to prevent a concerned citizen from signing in as a concerned citizen," said the senior campaign official. "They're not talking to voters, they're not challenging somebody." The apparent conflict between the Romney campaign document and the official Wisconsin Government Accountability Board instructions to poll watchers to identify their campaign ties is a "distinction without a difference," the campaign official added.

?Board spokesman Magney acknowledged the campaign document probably can?t be challenged as a legal matter. The official state guidance -- which explicitly states that poll watchers identify what campaign they are working for -- was issued under an emergency rule issued by the board in 2010. That rule has since expired and the board, swamped with other issues because of this year's Wisconsin recall votes,?hasn't had the opportunity to officially renew it. "It fell through the cracks," Magney said.

But he noted board's website states that it has directed local officials to "continue applying the? emergency rules" governing poll observers from 2010. Therefore, as far as the board is concerned, the directive that poll watchers identify themselves is still in effect, he said. He said this could be an issue in case there are post-election problems or disputes about challenges made by the poll watchers.

Magney said there were other problems with the training handbook, including its definition of ineligible voters--? whose ballots could be questioned -- as a "person who has been convicted of treason, a felony or bribery." Magney noted that under Wisconsin law, convicted felons who have served their sentences can have their civil rights restored and are eligible to vote.

The Romney campaign handbook also lists "The ONLY Acceptable Forms of 'Proof of Residency'" for voters -- and then mentions a number of items, such as current and valid drivers? licenses, photo identification cards from employers, real estate tax bills and college IDs. But Magney said the list is incomplete, failing to mention other forms of proof, including any communication from a government? agency, such as student loan documents or vehicle registration cards.

In defending the accuracy of the document, the Romney campaign official pointed to other pages of the training document. For example, the official said, on a later page, under a section titled "Cause for Challenge," the handbook instructs poll watchers that they may challenge? a voter if they have knowledge that he or she "is a felon who has not been restored his/her civil rights." And on another page, it states poll watchers looking to check the proof of residency of a voter can accept a "check or other document issued by a unit of government."

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That was a blast: Cruses walk-off HR leads Lady Bruins to softball ...

COLUMBUS ? Madison County went with the conservative approach to manufacture its first and only run in Saturday?s Class 4A softball state championship.

Northwest Whitfield was rewarded for being aggressive in response.

On the second pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning, Lady Bruins junior catcher Bayli Cruse launched a line drive to the deepest part of the field, straightaway center, but all that mattered was that the ball landed on the other side of the fence at the South Commons Softball Complex.

The walk-off, two-run home run gave the Lady Bruins a 2-1 win and the first fast-pitch softball state title in school history.

After seven scoreless innings from both sides, the Lady Red Raiders scored in the eighth, when the international tiebreaker ? which places the player who made the last out in the previous inning ? went into effect. Brianne Carr advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt, then scored two batters later on Jessica Allen?s grounder to second baseman Karlie Henson.

Needing a score to avoid heading to a do-or-die second game in the double-elimination tournament, Northwest (35-3) could?ve used the same small-ball approach taken by Madison County (33-8). With Hannah Godfrey starting the inning on second, a successful sacrifice bunt would have moved her to third and anything but a strikeout or shallow popup most likely would have scored a run.

Instead, Cruse, the team?s top power hitter, was granted the chance to swing away.

?We talked about it,? Northwest coach Jason Brooker said. ?We had our Nos. 3, 4 and 5 coming up, and I kind of depend on one of them to get a hit. We talked about bunting and trying to bunt (Godfrey) in, but they?re a good team, and it would take a great bunt to get her in.

?I just kind of went with my gut. Bayli had been struggling, but the last time up she hit it hard to the center fielder.?

Cruse, who originally acted like she would bunt, connected as solid as she had all week with the fastball from Lady Red Raiders starting pitcher Randee Bettis.

?(Coach Brooker) said I wasn?t going to bunt no matter what,? Cruse said. ?I?ve had a rough tournament. I?ve had five (total hits) in the four games.?

But Cruse knew the state title was coming to Tunnel Hill the moment the ball left her bat, and so did all of her teammates.

?I stopped and watched it, which is not the thing to do,? Godfrey said, giving her perspective from second base. ?But I knew it was out.?

Junior first baseman Mallory Souther watched it from the dugout.

?Right when it hit off the bat, we knew it was gone,? she said. ?We were going crazy.?

Third baseman Mykeah Johnson, who was also standing in the dugout, did one better.

?Actually, I called it,? the senior said. ?Me and my teammate, Macy Weeks, were sitting, and I said, ?Watch her hit a walk-off home run right here.??

This was the second time Northwest, ranked No. 1 in the Ga.PrepCountry.Com Class 4A coaches poll, beat second-ranked Madison County in the state tournament and the third time the Lady Bruins topped the Lady Red Raiders this season. Coincidentally, all three wins were similar, and Northwest started and finished its 2012 campaign by beating the Region 8 champs.

The Lady Bruins won their first game of this season 7-6 in eight innings against Madison County in a game played at North Georgia College and State University. On Thursday, Northwest won 8-7 in eight innings in the tournament?s second round to move just two wins from a state title.

That win came after an 8-0 victory against Macon?s Rutland in the opening round of the tourney, and on Friday the Lady Bruins won 3-2 against West Laurens, which Madison County beat 2-1 in eight innings during Saturday morning?s consolation bracket final to earn a rematch with the Region 7 champs with the state title on the line.

?You have to give Northwest Whitfield credit,? Madison County coach Doug Kesler said. ?They?ve beaten us three times this year, and each time has been in extra innings by one run. ? We had our opportunities to win in all three games, but it did not go our way this year.?

Northwest finished third in Class 4A in 2009 and was fourth a year ago.

Two years ago, Madison County eliminated Northwest from the state playoffs just one round shy of Columbus. It?s the only time in the past four years the Lady Bruins did not make it to the state tournament, so going 3-for-3 against Madison County added something special to hoisting the trophy.

?We wanted to play them since the beginning,? said Emily Boyd, a senior who has been the team?s ace for four straight seasons. ?From coming so close and not getting it, and having to lose your last game, it?s so much better to win your last game.?

Boyd also played a major role in the Lady Bruins? win. She pitched all eight innings, allowed just five hits and struck out seven. She also walked one and had to deal with two Northwest errors as Madison County got runners on base in each inning except for the fifth and a runner to second in all but three innings.

However, the only time the Lady Red Raiders pushed a runner to third was in the eighth, because Boyd and her defense kept finding ways out of the jams.

?She battled the whole game,? Brooker said. ?She has heart. She had a blister on her thumb. Her dad (assistant coach Greg Boyd) was saying he wasn?t sure if she could make it if it went another game. She sucked it up.?

And Northwest?s offense was similar. The Lady Bruins had a runner reach second base in all but three innings and even had runners at second and third in the fourth when Boyd grounded out to shortstop for the third out. Bettis held Northwest to six hits in the game, with Cruse collecting two and Souther having the only extra-base hit aside from the winning home run.

Colbie Thomas, Godfrey and Macy Weeks each had one single.

?We were guessing too much for their pitching, trying to figure out if she would come inside or outside,? Boyd said. ?(Madison County hitters) were just trying to put it in play, not really swinging too hard. ? They did a good job of it, and we had to step up and play defense. When you get to this level, you will be fighting out of jams. It?s just the pitchers who can get out of them who are the ones who win.?

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Antibiotics that only partly block protein machinery allow germs to poison themselves

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Powerful antibiotics that scientists and physicians thought stop the growth of harmful bacteria by completely blocking their ability to make proteins actually allow the germs to continue producing certain proteins -- which may help do them in.

The finding, by a team at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, clarifies how antibiotics work and may aid in the discovery of new drugs or improve clinical therapy with existing ones. The study is published in the Oct. 26 issue of the journal Cell.

Among the most complex molecular machines in the cell are the ribosomes, responsible for churning out all the proteins a cell needs for survival. In bacteria, ribosomes are the target of many important antibiotics, says Alexander Mankin, professor and director of the UIC Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, who led the study.

Mankin and his colleagues picked apart the process of protein synthesis inside the ribosome, comparing the action of the classic antibiotics erythromycin and azithromycin and newer drugs called ketolides, which are used to treat serious infections.

Surprisingly, the more powerful drugs were the more "leaky" in blocking the production of proteins.

"We were shocked to discover that ketolides, which are known to be better antibiotics, allow for many more proteins to be made compared to the older, less efficient drugs," Mankin said. "We now believe that allowing cells to make some proteins could be much more damaging for a microbe than not letting it make any proteins at all."

The findings may point the way to better and more potent antibiotics, Mankin said. But he and colleagues are "thinking beyond just antibiotics."

"If a chemical can be designed that binds to the human ribosome and allows it to make good proteins but not bad ones, such as mutant enzymes or proteins that promote cancer, then such new drugs can treat many human maladies," he said.

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Co-authors on the Cell paper are graduate student Krishna Kannan and research associate professor Nora Vazquez-Laslop. The study was funded by the National Science Foundation.

UIC ranks among the nation's leading research universities and is Chicago's largest university with 27,500 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, 15 colleges and the state's major public medical center. A hallmark of the campus is the Great Cities Commitment, through which UIC faculty, students and staff engage with community, corporate, foundation and government partners in hundreds of programs to improve the quality of life in metropolitan areas around the world.

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University of Illinois at Chicago

Powerful antibiotics that scientists and physicians thought stop the growth of harmful bacteria by completely blocking their ability to make proteins actually allow the germs to continue producing certain proteins -- which may help do them in.

The finding, by a team at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, clarifies how antibiotics work and may aid in the discovery of new drugs or improve clinical therapy with existing ones. The study is published in the Oct. 26 issue of the journal Cell.

Among the most complex molecular machines in the cell are the ribosomes, responsible for churning out all the proteins a cell needs for survival. In bacteria, ribosomes are the target of many important antibiotics, says Alexander Mankin, professor and director of the UIC Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, who led the study.

Mankin and his colleagues picked apart the process of protein synthesis inside the ribosome, comparing the action of the classic antibiotics erythromycin and azithromycin and newer drugs called ketolides, which are used to treat serious infections.

Surprisingly, the more powerful drugs were the more "leaky" in blocking the production of proteins.

"We were shocked to discover that ketolides, which are known to be better antibiotics, allow for many more proteins to be made compared to the older, less efficient drugs," Mankin said. "We now believe that allowing cells to make some proteins could be much more damaging for a microbe than not letting it make any proteins at all."

The findings may point the way to better and more potent antibiotics, Mankin said. But he and colleagues are "thinking beyond just antibiotics."

"If a chemical can be designed that binds to the human ribosome and allows it to make good proteins but not bad ones, such as mutant enzymes or proteins that promote cancer, then such new drugs can treat many human maladies," he said.

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Co-authors on the Cell paper are graduate student Krishna Kannan and research associate professor Nora Vazquez-Laslop. The study was funded by the National Science Foundation.

UIC ranks among the nation's leading research universities and is Chicago's largest university with 27,500 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, 15 colleges and the state's major public medical center. A hallmark of the campus is the Great Cities Commitment, through which UIC faculty, students and staff engage with community, corporate, foundation and government partners in hundreds of programs to improve the quality of life in metropolitan areas around the world.

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'The X Factor' Top 16: Demi Lovato And Simon Cowell Choose Their Top Fours (VIDEO)

Thanks to a baseball postseason rain delay, last week's episode of "The X Factor" Top 16 reveal was abruptly cut in half. So Fox scheduled the show on Tuesday night at 9:30 p.m. ET so the judges could finish revealing their full Top 16.

Last week, L.A. Reid and Britney Spears wrapped picking their groups' contestants who would make it to the live shows. So what mattered this week was seeing which four singers Demi Lovato picked for the Young Adults category, and which four Groups made it through Simon Cowell.

For Lovato, one choice was particularly difficult. Jillian Jensen had moved the judges at her initial audition, but Lovato felt she simply wasn't ready. But don't feel too bad for her, as The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Jensen worked with The Fontaine Brothers on an anti-bullying track released to iTunes already.

Also not making it to the live shows from Lovato's group was Nick Youngerman. That means she put through CeCe Frey, Jennel Garcia, Willie Jones and Paige Thomas. For the Groups, Simon sent through Emblem3, LYLAS, LYRIC 145 and Sister C, meaning it was the end of the road for Dope Crisis and Playback.

"The X Factor" now makes room for the World Series, returning with its first live performance show on Thursday, November 1 at 8 p.m. ET -- though it could always come back a little early if the Fall Classic fails to go seven games. A special Sunday elimination episode will follow. After that, the show settles back into its regular Wednesday and Thursday slots.

TV Replay scours the vast television landscape to find the most interesting, amusing, and, on a good day, amazing moments, and delivers them right to your browser.

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How Can I Win Her Love Back - 5 Strategies To Win Back Lost Love

Dear Kurt

How can I win her back?

Here's what happened. We'd been going out for about 6 months and everything was going smooth and our relationship was starting to get a little more serious.

Then out of no where she broke up with me. I was totally shocked and didn't know what to do. She said it was because we fought too much and that we were getting too serious too soon. I really care about her and want to get her back. Is there anything I can do?

- Broken Hearted

Dear Broken Hearted:

Out of all the emotions that we have, love is the strongest and most powerful one so when a relationship endsit stands to reason that it's going to hurt quite a bit. Now despite the pain that you're going through there are things you can do to win back the one you love but you need to know what to do and how to do it properly.

When it comes to getting someone back after a breakup, the most important thing you can do is to get them looking your way and thinking about you again. This article will give you five strategies you can use that will help get your ex thinking about you again and hopefully get you back together again.

1. The first thing you need to do is be honest with yourself about the relationship and the part you played in the breakup. I know it's not pleasant but it needs to be done. Your girlfriend said she broke up with you because you fought all the time. If this is true then it needs to be addressed by you. This is not the time to point fingers and lay blame, instead use your time apart to analyze the relationship. In fact I recommend that you get a pen and paper and write it out. List all the things things that might have contributed to the breakup and see which ones you can change. If you want to get her back you need to address this before you do anything else.

2. The next thing you need to do when it comes to getting your ex' attention again is to be dependable. Even though you've broken up you still need to be there when and if she needs you. Just be her friend and show her that you're someone that she can depend on and in return she'll start to see you as someone worth being with. Now this doesn't mean that you're going to get back together right away, but being depandable lays the ground work and the foundation for restoring the relationship you once had.

3. The third thing you should do if you want to get your ex to start thinking about you again is to encourage and support them. One of the things that people miss most during a breakup is the support they got from their significant other so if the opportunity arises, be her personal cheerleader. For example, if she's got a job interview, send her a quick 'good luck' email or something along those lines. Either way you want to show her that you've got her back and have her best intetests at heart.

4. Listen to her. Chances are she's going to call you at some point, especially if you've cut off all contact with her. When she does call, make sure you listen to what she is saying and VALIDATE her concerns. Not feeling validated or understood is the leading cause for fights in a relationship and since this was her main concern with you during the breakup it's something that you need to focus on here. Listen to what she is saying and take some mental notes and get your foot in the door.

5. Get a life. Don't sit around and sit on the sidelines. Instead get out there and live it up. Go out, have fun and rediscover yourself. This accomplishes 3 things. First it gives you self confidence which makes you more attractive to your ex. Second it reverses depression by taking your mind off things by keeping you busy. Third is that it gives you peace of mind by giving you both space and time which are key elements when it comes to dealing with your emotions after a breakup.

The Bottom Line

The key to win her back especially when she's dumped you is to get her looking your way and thinking about you again.

If you follow the 5 points in this article you will greatly increase your chances of getting back together because you will have improved as a person since the breakup which will make you more attractive to her.

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UN Security Council endorses Syria holiday truce

BEIRUT (AP) ? The U.N. Security Council gave unanimous backing Wednesday to a four-day truce proposed by the international mediator for Syria to mark a major Muslim holiday after he warned that the failure of yet another cease-fire plan would only worsen the fighting.

Yet even this modest effort ? the international community's only plan for scaling back the violence ? appears doomed.

Previous cease-fire missions have failed, in part because neither Syrian President Bashar Assad nor rebels trying to topple him had an incentive to end their bloody war of attrition. Both sides believe they can still make gains on the battlefield even as they are locked in a stalemate, and neither has faith in negotiations on a political transition.

Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, has proposed that both sides lay down their arms during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which begins Friday.

The Security Council is normally divided on Syria, but Assad allies Russia and China joined other council members in endorsing the idea of a temporary truce that is meant to pave the way for talks on ending Syria's 19-month-old conflict.

The response on the ground ranged from lukewarm to downright rejection. Syrian government officials said they were still studying the idea, while Syria's political opposition said it was skeptical of the regime's promises. A rebel commander dismissed the plan as irrelevant and a radical Islamist group fighting alongside the rebels said it won't comply with any truce.

As Brahimi briefed the Security Council, the death toll since the start of the conflict in March 2011 crossed the threshold of 35,000, activists said, and more violence was reported across the country.

Two car bombs killed at least eight bus passengers in the capital Damascus and 12 regime soldiers near a military checkpoint in the north, while regime airstrikes on villages near a besieged army base killed 12 civilians, activists said. They also posted a video showing at least 13 bodies laid out Wednesday in a room in a Damascus suburb, some of them women and children. Each side blamed the other for the deaths.

Brahimi told the Security Council by video conference from Cairo that he hopes a truce will allow humanitarian aid to reach war-stricken areas and start transition talks, said U.N. diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was private.

However, months of horrific bloodshed and deep distrust between the combatants make it unlikely they will embark on the path outlined by Brahimi. The Syrian opposition says it won't negotiate unless Assad resigns, something the Syrian leader refuses to do.

"The Syrian regime throughout its reign and up until now signs everything but violates everything," Haitham Maleh, a veteran Syrian opposition leader, said after he and others met with Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby in Cairo.

Maleh said there is concern the regime would exploit a cease-fire to take back rebel-held territory. The opposition will not accept any political solution that does not include Assad leaving his post, he said.

Brahimi has served as envoy since September, taking over from former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, who quit after failing to end the Syria fighting. Annan had pushed a six-point plan, including an April 12 cease-fire that was to lead to transition talks but never took hold.

Annan's successor has been blunt about the difficulty of his assignment, trying to lower expectations. He suggested Wednesday that even the holiday truce is a gamble, saying that failure could make the situation in Syria even worse, according to the U.N. diplomat.

Still, the international community has little else to offer. There is no appetite for military intervention, while harsher U.N. action against the regime has been blocked by Russia and China, two Security Council members with veto powers.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she supports Brahimi's cease-fire so that "Syrians could celebrate in peace."

"We'd like to see the violence come to an end, there's no doubt about this, and we'd like to see a political transition take hold and begin. We've been calling for that for more than a year," she added.

Few of those involved in the conflict appeared ready to commit to a truce.

Abdelbaset Sieda, head of the main opposition group in exile, the Syrian National Council, said rebel fighters would hold their fire during the holiday unless attacked by regime forces. However, his group has no control over rebels fighting on the ground.

Rebel commander Zahran Aloush of the al-Islam brigade outside of Damascus said he's ignoring truce efforts. "How can I expect a cease-fire from a regime that has never given us anything, ever," he said via Skype.

The al-Qaida-linked group Jabhat al-Nusra, which fights with the rebels and has claimed a number of large suicide bombings against regime targets, said it will not lay down arms.

"There will be no truce between us and the prideful regime and shedder of the blood of Muslims," the group said in statement posted on militant websites. "We are not among those who allow the wily to trick us, nor are we ones who will accept to play these filthy games."

In Damascus, Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdessi said the truce proposal was still "being studied" by Syrian army leaders and that Syria's decision would be announced Thursday.

Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters after the Security Council meeting that his country had received indications from Syria it would abide by a cease-fire.

Brahimi hasn't said how compliance would be monitored. Annan's truce plan was more comprehensive, calling for an open-ended truce, a pullback of troops and heavy weapons from urban centers and supervision by U.N. monitors.

In Wednesday's violence, 20 people were found dead in a building in the Damascus suburb of Douma, said local activist Mohammed Saeed, speaking via Skype. The dead included 10 women and four children, he said.

An amateur video posted online showed bodies scattered on the landings of a stairwell and sprawled out on tile floors. Among the bodies were those of two young boys, one with a hole in his head, and a woman. A thick stream of blood flowed from a doorway. Another video showed 13 bodies wrapped in blankets and laid out in two rows.

The videos matched activist descriptions of the event, but because Syria imposes tight restrictions on foreign journalists, their authenticity could not be independently verified.

The state-run news agency SANA quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying that 25 people were killed in Douma on Wednesday and that they were victims of a massacre carried out by "armed terrorists," the regime's term for opposition fighters.

Also Wednesday, Russia's chief military officer said Syrian rebels have acquired portable air defense missiles, including U.S.-made Stinger missiles. In remarks carried by Russian news agencies, Gen. Nikolai Makarov didn't say how many such missiles the rebels had and who supplied them.

A Syrian rebel told The Associated Press in Turkey that the insurgents obtained dozens of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, but would not say who provided them.

The Syrian opposition has urged its foreign backers to send heavy weapons, saying rebel fighters cannot break the stalemate as long as Assad can bomb them from the air. However, the Obama administration has refused to do so, saying the weapons might fall into the wrong hands and eventually be used against the U.S. and its allies.

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland denied that the U.S. has provided any Stingers to Syrian rebels. She challenged Russia to provide evidence suggesting otherwise.

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Associated Press writers Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations, Maggie Fick in Cairo, Bradley Klapper in Washington and Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow contributed reporting.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/un-security-council-endorses-syria-holiday-truce-213535248.html

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Report: Akin repeatedly arrested at 1985 abortion protests

ST LOUIS (AP) ? Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin was repeatedly arrested during anti-abortion protests in the 1980s, including at least once when police had to carry him away, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Akin, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in the Nov. 6 election, acknowledged last month during a campaign event that that he had been arrested about 25 years ago as part of an anti-abortion protest. But Akin has repeatedly declined to discuss additional details.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on its website Tuesday that its newspaper archives include at least three accounts of Akin being arrested in March and April of 1985 for criminal trespass and resisting arrest at abortion clinics in the St. Louis area. He apparently never was charged.

The St. Louis police department also confirmed in response to an open-records filed by a representative of the liberal advocacy group People For the American Way that Akin was arrested May 9, 1987, but it said records of the arrest were closed under state law because Akin never convicted.

Akin's firm anti-abortion stance gained national attention in the Senate race when he remarked in a mid-August TV interview that women's bodies have ways of avoiding pregnancy in "legitimate rape." Akin repeatedly apologized and said he was wrong, but Akin has continued to emphasize that he opposes abortion in all instances except rare cases when it is necessary to save the life of the woman.

A video circulating on the Internet in September showed Akin discussing his past involvement in abortion protests during a speech to supporters. He was recorded as saying: "You know, don't tell anybody I'm a jailbird." He explained: "a bunch of us sat in front of these doors and the police gave us a ride to the free hotel for a while, and you know how it goes."

At a Kansas City news conference last month, Akin confirmed he had been arrested about 25 years ago but provided no further details. His campaign said at the time that it would release additional details but never did so.

Asked last Saturday by The Associated Press to elaborate on when and where he was arrested, Akin again declined to do so.

"We're not talking about that at all," Akin told the AP. "It was 25 years ago, and I think it underlines the fact that I stand up for the things I believe and I'm pro-life, and we're just leaving it there."

Akin campaign adviser Rick Tyler said Tuesday that Akin does not dispute the Post-Dispatch account of his arrests but still has nothing more to say.

McCaskill's campaign declined to comment Tuesday about Akin's arrests. McCaskill canceled her campaign events through the rest of the week to be with her critically ill mother, who was in the hospital Tuesday.

The newspaper said it had missed the 1985 arrests in previous searches of its archives because the news stories had listed Akin by his first name, William. Akin went by his middle name, Todd, when he began his political career by running for the state House in 1988. He has continued to go by Todd Akin since winning election to Congress in 2000.

According to the Post-Dispatch archives, a 37-year-old William Akin from Creve Coeur ? whose name and address matches other information about the future lawmaker ? was among a group of protesters arrested on March 15, 1985. The newspapers account said: "Nineteen anti-abortion demonstrators who refused to leave the waiting room of an abortion clinic in the Central West End were carried out by St. Louis police officers."

Three weeks later, another six protesters, including Akin, were arrested at another St. Louis demonstration. "Police had to carry Akin into an elevator," the story said.

On April 5, 1985, Akin was arrested again as one of 10 protesters who were "attempting to block entrances" at the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Ill., according to the paper. One clinic employee told the paper that the protesters caused minor damage and leveled "verbal abuse" at women entering the clinic.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/akin-repeatedly-arrested-1985-abortion-protests-224905200--election.html

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7 Reasons for Your Business to Use Social Network - 4pm blog

Social networking is now a crucial element for most Irish businesses as they offer a more interactive platform to engage with your consumers.
Cost efficiency ? Social networks can generate greater exposure for your products and services in a cost efficient manner which allows smaller companies to compete on a more level playing field against their larger counterparts.

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Authority ? As well as being cost efficient social networks, can allow to to display and position yourself as an authority in your industry which gives your existing and potential customers the impression that they are dealing with a reputable business.

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Viral potential ? Social networks allow your message to reach a large audience, creating new fans and followers as well as sales prospects. To utilise this you need to ensure your content is relevant to the particular audience you are trying to engage. For example, real estate agents could post information and tips for first time buyers.

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A more engaging communications platform ? Social networks can add value to the company/consumer relationship, as they enable consumers to express themselves. This is beneficial to your company as you can quickly discover who is interested in your products or services. Additionally, customers can write about their positive experiences with your company (electronic word-of-mouth), which has been proven to positively influence other customers.

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As the table above suggests a significant proportion of the population use social networking sites daily.It is vital that your company is present on at least one, but preferably all of the largest eg. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube as well as maintaining a blog if possible.
To find out more about how your company can utilise social networks get in touch with us today!

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Source: http://blog.4pm.ie/2012/10/7-reasons-for-your-business-to-use-social-network/

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Special Needs Truth: Mom: "Medicare Saved My Family"

Mom: "Medicare Saved My Family"

Special thanks to Monique Ruffin -- a mother, author, life coach, and advocate for her son, who has Down syndrome -- for today's post. I spotted her emotional post on the Mom.me website, where she and another mother wrote about "What Health Care Policy Means for Moms." Click to read a counter-argument from a mother who does not support the Affordable Care Act. Monique writes:

"When my son was born with Down syndrome, I was shocked by all the new concerns our family faced. Our hearts were happy and heavy at the same time. We were new parents to a beautiful baby boy whose future was uncertain. After spending the first week of his life in the neonatal unit of the hospital, we brought our son home to begin our journey of loving and supporting him as he grows into his greatest potential.

"We quickly learned to take advantage of the support available from various state and federal agencies. Within weeks we were pointed to our local Regional Center, a federally and state funded organization designed to support children and families caring for people with special needs. By the time my son was 4 weeks old, there was someone visiting my home weekly to assist me and teach me how I can support my son?s development. I was directed to an occupational therapist, a speech and communication therapist, a behavioral therapist, and an eating specialist to help me understand and overcome my son?s challenges. The center also offers classes for parents, including how to potty train children with special needs and how to teach special needs kids to read. The information and resources are invaluable and come at no cost to the families of the children.

"My entire life revolves around my ability to receive the services and tools to support my son, who at 5 years old is thriving?largely because of the assistance and guidance of the Regional Center?s staff and services.

"If the Romney/Ryan ticket wins this upcoming election and we suffer more cuts to the services that like those of the Regional Center and Medicare, what will happen to families like mine? The Ryan cuts?between 50 percent and 75 percent?to Medicaid would drastically decrease the federal dollars. These federal cuts would likely force the states to pick up the cost or drop nearly 19 million Medicaid recipients, including the very poor, seniors, and pregnant mothers. Putting millions of families like mine, who are not able to absorb the high cost of medication and treatments, in dire straits. On the other hand, the Obama plan works with health care providers and hospitals to cut their cost. Obama?s plan also creates a health care mandate for all citizens bringing more people into the health care pool.

"It was my family?s need for support and my connection with other families in far more severe conditions?like a single mother with four autistic children?that inspired me to start writing and getting involved in politics like health care reform. Unless you have a child or close family member with special needs, and have faced the onslaught of medical treatments and therapies he or she requires, you don?t understand how these programs help us stay afloat emotionally, mentally, and physically.

"My heart nearly jumps out of my chest when I consider what will likely happen to our babies if the Medicare proposals of the?Romney/Ryan ticket?are implemented. I am asking myself, 'Are we are nation that wants to stand by as millions of children are denied access to services that not only create possibilities for them, but also actually save their lives?' It is in situations like this that government is needed to assure that all our citizens have access to services that their lives depend on. Such resources would otherwise go only to those with financial means. Is this who we are? I know firsthand of what President Clinton spoke of, but I also know firsthand the progress of a child whose life has an abundance of possibilities, created directly by the love and the care we receive from these life-saving social services."

Follow Monique on Twitter at @moniqueruffin and read her other posts on Mom.me and the Huffington Post.

Source: http://specialneeds08.blogspot.com/2012/10/mom-medicare-saved-my-family.html

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Show at the Paramount to Benefit Crozet Arts - RealCrozetVA ...

via email and press release:

?Local Free Union resident and world traveler is presenting his new one man show at?The Paramount Thursday, October 25th at 7pm.

EXPECT THE IMPOSSIBLE 4D is a LIVE 4D format that Mark developed and will require special glasses that we will provide. This amazing technology brings the live performance out into?the audience. Mark Nizer 4D is the only show in the world that incorporates 4D glasses in a live show.

The phrase ?Nothing Less Than Brilliant? (Performance Magazine) has been used to describe the outrageous comedy antics and expertly crafted juggling feats of Mark Nizer.

Mark Nizer is one of the greatest entertainment comedians and jugglers performing today. His wild exploits have landed him on MTV, HBO?s Just for Laughs, Arsenio Hall, Bob Hope and?Other Young Comedians, Comic Strip Live and LA Law. He has opened for Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, George Burns, John Byner, Gladys Knight, The Temptations, Johnny Mathis, Ray?Charles, and Barry Manilow. The late Bob Hope said, ?He just keeps getting better and I didn?t think that was possible.?

Making the impossible possible and the improbable probable, Mark Nizer has taken his one-man show to a variety of venues around the world, including including the Kennedy Center and?Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (three times).

Don?t miss this one of a kind 4D show with it?s combination of original comedy, world class juggling, movement, music and technology that promises a spellbinding evening. New this year;?Mark will be partner with Siri of iPhone fame with hilarious results. He will premier his new invention of a musical devil stick as well as the first time he perform ?Tubes? as metal pipes?become animated in his hands. Mark also adds a live heart rate monitor that the audience can see. Finally, The NizerCam?; a live shot from Mark?s belt shows you what he sees in real?time!

Come see and you?ll discover for yourself that Mark Nizer is truly ?the juggler your mother warned you about.? Or if she didn?t, she should have.

Mark Nizer 4D Expect the Impossible
Thursday, October 25th at 7pm
The Paramount, Charlottesville, VA

This show is a benefit for Crozet Arts. (http://crozetarts.org)

This show has sold out fast every time, so get your tickets TODAY!!!?
ONLINE at?http://nizer.com/paramount?or CALL 434 979-1333

FOR HIGH REZ DOWNLOADABLE PHOTOS AND MORE INFO VISIT

? -Expect the Impossible- You have to be very confident or very skilled to present a show with that kind of title, and Mark Nizer would seem to be both.?
-New York Times

?Juggler extraordinaire Mark Nizer?s ?Expect the Impossible? features 3-D lasers, robots and lots of laughs.??
-New York Post

?Both Michael Moschen and Mark Nizer were standouts! ?
-Variety, review of Just For Laughs Festival

?One of the best practitioners of the art.?
-Los Angeles Times?

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Source: http://realcrozetva.com/2012/10/23/show-at-the-paramount-to-benefit-crozet-arts/

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Supremex Inc.: Mrs. Manon Cloutier Promoted to Vice-President, Finance

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Oct. 23, 2012) - Supremex Inc., Canada's largest provider of stock and custom-manufactured envelopes (TSX:SXP), today announced that Manon Cloutier, CPA, CA is promoted to Vice-President, Finance. She has over twenty years of experience in financial management in large manufacturing companies. She joined the Company in November 2005 as Corporate Controller.

About Supremex

Supremex Inc. is Canada's largest manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of stock and custom envelopes and related products. Supremex is the only national envelope manufacturer in Canada, with facilities across six provinces and employs approximately 550 people. This nationwide presence enables it to manufacture products tailored to the specifications of major national customers such as leading Canadian corporations, national resellers and governmental entities, as well as paper merchants and process and solutions providers.

Source: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=1716886&sourceType=3

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20 Google+ Tips for Real Estate Agents | Real Estate Web Design ...

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For the most real estate agents, Google+ remains a mystery. Many ask; ?what is it and why should I give it the time of day??.?When describing Google Plus, it?s a social network that?s a longer version of Twitter, coupled with a better version of Facebook, with the checkin capabilities of a Foursquare ALL fueled by steroidal SEO.?While other social platforms contribute to the ranking signals measured by Google, the other platforms just don?t deliver the SEO pop that Google+ conveys! As far as?committing?your valuable time to another social network, maybe after reading this post you?ll determine it?s worth giving it a try.

What Can You Do on Google+?

You can create a profile, add, follow and engage with your friends adding them to your lists .. er circles, post comments, and share links, but it?s more. Way more!

Amped Up Social Network PLUS Search

Google+ helps Google achieve its Mission Statement to ?organize the world?s information and make it universally accessible and useful?.?By creating and leveraging your Google+ profile you can contribute to its mission. With your profile you can link direct to Google. In its desire to identify ?authors? who create high-value, compelling content, Google will pull your Google+ profile image in to your search engine results for your ranking keywords. Ironically, when Google filed it?s patent for Google+, these authors were actually called ?agents?. This is called Google+ Authorship. To accomplish this you?ll need to add your ?Contributor to? links to your profile allowing you to be identified as one of these ?authors?.

Maximized Google+ Opportunities

Here are a few ways real estate agents should consider leveraging Google+:

1. Create a complete, optimized profile with keyword-rich ?Contribute To? links to your online marketing hub (website/IDX/blog)
2. Add your Authorship Attribution (rel=author) tag to your website, IDX and blog to obtain?distinctive?SERPs pulling your Google+ profile image to the results
3. Add prospects, past clients, media types, SEO thought leaders, social media experts, real estate referral network members, news media types, and local techies to your Circles
4. Upload properly tagged images to your Google+ profile
5. Upload properly tagged videos?to your Google+ profile
6. Share content links to validate you are a subject matter expert
7. Have fellow team members/referral network ?+1? your content
8. Have fellow team members/referral network ?comment? on your content
9. Have fellow team members/referral ?share? your content
10. You +1 content, comment on content and share content from others
11. All of the above actives enhance rapid indexing of your content
12. Use the Explore navigation to search for your keywords and comment/share to that stream
    
13. Create Google+ Events
14. Write genuine Google Reviews
15. Create a Google+ Business Page
16. Using your Google+ Business page, create a Google Local Citation (your exact business address to be include in the mapped ?7 Pack?)
17. Host ?cool Google+ Hangouts (more on this in a follow up post!)
18. Create/attend local ?Hangouts In Real Life? meetups. (HIRL-see image)
19. Use the private message/video chat features
20. Listen, learn, engage and make relationships as you would on any social site

What Other Ways Do You Use Google+?

Be sure to leave a comment and state how you use Google+ to help your real estate business.
Content authored by Bobby Carroll

Categories: Search Engine Marketing, SEO, Social Media Marketing

Source: http://blog.dakno.com/google-plus-for-agents/

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Five Things I Wish Mitt Romney Would Say in the Debate

1. ?When Obama misrepresents Romney?s proposals:??I think we can all agree that the person in this room with the most motive to mischaracterize my proposals is Barack Obama. ?He can be very eloquent. ?But one we?ve learned about this President is that the more eloquent he becomes, the less we can trust what he?s saying. ?You learn this in the business world as well. ?Salesmen with a great product to sell will simply give you the logic and the evidence. ?It?s the salesmen who are trying to sell you a raw deal who deliver the most eloquent and exaggerated promises. ?What this President has given us is beautiful promises and a disappointing product.?

Why: Barack Obama is reputedly the most eloquent human being in the history of the planet ever. ?I think rumors of his eloquence have been greatly exaggerated, but there?s no question he delivers a good speech and a good commercial. ?If I were debating Obama, I would want to turn his eloquence against him. ?We all remember the flowery speeches and the over-the-moon promises. ?Plant the seed of doubt that it?s precisely when his words soar that he?s trying to fly over a disastrous reality.?

2. ?When Obama attacks Romney instead of offering a clear plan for his second term: ?A strong President runs on the power of his record. ?A visionary President runs on the power of his agenda for the next four years. ?But this President has sought to purchase reelection by selling the American people a false bill of goods about who I am and what I propose. ?President Obama wants you to be so scared of me that you?re willing to settle for another four years like the last. ?But the American people don?t need to be scared, and they certainly don?t need four more years of a struggling economy. ?Hope and change has been replaced by fear and blame. ?The American people need to be inspired. ?They need to know that their leaders are finally solving problems again and moving this nation forward. ?So every time Barack Obama, instead of setting out clear plans for the future, engages in blame and personal attacks, I think the American people should say to themselves: There he goes again, giving us more attacks when what we need is an agenda.?

Why: This plants in the minds of Americans a powerful response when they see the next attack ad: What happened to hope and change, and wouldn?t a strong President be touting his record and his vision instead of slandering his opponent?

3. ?When Obama references the death of bin Laden: ?What we?re witnessing now around the world is the unraveling of Barack Obama?s foreign policy. ?America made an extraordinary sacrifice in Iraq to stand against dictatorship and for democracy ? and as other nations saw that they too could enjoy freedom and democracy and human rights, they began to stand up against the tyrants in their own lands. ?In some cases, such as Iran and Syria, the President has done nothing meaningful to support those brave people who were rallying for freedom. ?I?m not talking about a new war, but there are many things we can do to stand strong with our allies and stand together against our enemies. ?In a few other cases, such as Egypt and Libya, this President chose to ?lead from behind.? ?But ?leading from behind? is just another way of saying ?following along.? ?And the problem with leading from behind is that you don?t know you?re going. ?Now Egypt and Libya have become hotbeds of terrorist activity ? the kind of terrorist activity that led to the attack on our diplomats and the death of ambassador Stevens.

?President Obama speaks as though he has projected a strong foreign policy. ?But it tells you something that?Vladimir Putin, Hugo Chavez and Raul Castro have endorsed Obama. ?People who want a weak America want Obama to remain in office. ?They understand that, with Obama in office, we will not stand as strongly for Israel. ?In four years this President has never once set foot in Israel, our greatest ally in the region. ?They understand that, with Obama in office, we will be more quick to compromise our values ? such as Vice President Biden saying that he would not ?second guess? China?s one-child policy, which leads to so many forced abortions of girls and even to infanticide. ?They understand that, with Obama in office, America will be burdened by a massive and ever-increasing debt. ?So I would suggest that you not take the advice of Hugo Chavez on whom to vote for.?

4. ?On Benghazi: ?President Obama in our last debate said that he was offended when I criticized his handling of the attack on Americans in Benghazi. ?I didn?t mean to hurt his feelings, but I?m offended when an administration is more eager to lay the blame on an amateur video than it is clearly articulate the nature of our enemy. ?The President claims that he has weakened?al Qaeda, and his administration twisted itself in pretzels to avoid saying that this was a terrorist attack. ?The President sent his ambassador to the UN onto all the Sunday talk shows, and she said the same thing that his press secretary said over and over again: this was a demonstration that arose spontaneously as a result of an American-made video. ?But it wasn?t. ?It was a terrorist assassination of an American ambassador.

?President Obama needs to come clean with the American people that the terrorist networks that would do us harm have only grown stronger in the past four years. ?Our drone strikes have managed to take out some al Qaeda leadership. ?And we can all celebrate that the American military and intelligence services under two Presidential administrations worked long and hard to get bin Laden. ?The President gave the order, and I?m glad he did. ?Of course, after an attack of that magnitude on our country, we go and get bin Laden when the opportunity arises. ?But terrorist networks change and evolve. ?They?re resurgent in places like Pakistan and Yemen and Libya, and we?re seeing countries like Russia and China delivering weapons systems and technologies into the hands of terror-sponsors in Iran and Syria. ?President Obama told us from the beginning that he wanted America to take a humbler role in world affairs. ?Apparently humble meant weak. ?What he?s given the world is a weaker America, and our enemies have prospered in the space that he has given them.?

5. ?On the Economy and Foreign Policy: ?The Obama administration was very clever when it structured Obamacare so that many of the most onerous taxes and regulations would not kick in until after this election. ?What this tells me is, Obama understands that Obamacare is not good for the economy. ?The truth is, we really haven?t seen yet the full economy-killing effects of Obamacare yet. ?We?ve only begun to see a glimpse, and already we have CEOs who are saying that they will not hire because of Obamacare, and companies planning to drop their coverage because of Obamacare, other companies planning layoffs because they will not be able to afford all the additional burdens on their businesses. ?You might say, ?This debate is supposed to be about foreign policy.? ?Well, the economy is the basis of everything we do. ?Without a strong and flourishing economy, our military cannot remain strong for long.

I applaud that President Obama wants to help the poor. ?So do I. ?Compassion compels us all to care for the poor. ?But you do not care for the poor by running the economy into the ground. ?And you do not equip America for a strong foreign policy by saddling it with mountains upon mountains of unsustainable debt.

President Obama is not out to destroy America. ?He just doesn?t know how to fix what?s wrong, and the programs and proposals he has put forward are only going to make matters worse. ?The problem with President Obama is not that he?s a bad person. ?He ran an incredible campaign in 2008, and he has some admirable qualities. ?The problem is that Barack Obama is not the President America needs right now. ?We cannot afford four more years of joblessness, for more years of stagnation, and for more years of weakness on the global stage.?

Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/philosophicalfragments/2012/10/22/five-things-i-wish-romney-would-say-in-the-debate/

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Word wide web Advertising Methods To enhance Effectiveness ...

The internet marketing strategies you use should not only be effective but also help you increase efficiency as well. Operating an internet advertising business involves many functions and tasks so wherever and if you can increase efficiency you should strive to do this. The name of the game online is to very first increase your web presence so that you have an audience to which you can promote. Gaining this exposure is essential, does take effort and can be time consuming, so you want to work as efficiently as possible

Here are 5 strategies you should use to expand your web presence in order to promote your internet advertising business to others within an efficient manner!

Blog

Blogs are great platforms off of which you can promote an internet marketing business as well as interact with visitors to obtain their feedback! A blog also offers you the opportunity to include fresh content, and easily, as much as you like. This is important since search engines like google love fresh content and also you in turn will love both the exposure and traffic you will receive consequently!

Submit Articles

Submitting articles online is another great way to not only increase your web presence but also build valuable back links to your site. Most directories have high page ranks and when they publish your article they also are linking to your site. This happens because you have placed a link to your site in the resource box of the article you submitted! In addition you may use your articles as blogs as well which helps you increase efficiently and that is what it is all about!

Free Giveaways

You can offer free giveaways in your blog or on a squeeze page you are using to construct a list. You are building a listing right? Of course the ?gift? you offer will once more be linked to your business site and you will also want to encourage others to share the gift with their own friends. Remember the articles you?re submitting? Well you can direct individuals to your squeeze page with the link in your resource box and here again you will be boosting your web presence and increase efficiency at the same time!

Signature File

As you navigate around online and get involved with social sites, forums, sending emails or even blog commenting always leave a signature file. This simply reflects your own name, company name and of course your link. This is you calling card and you want to leave it everywhere when the opportunity presents itself!

RSS Feeds

Make available on your blog an RSS feed tab so that people can easily follow your updates. Be sure to location this tab prominently so that visitors do not have to go searching for it it is therefore recommended to position it towards the top of the page! The easier it is for someone to subscribe to your feed the greater chance of their return and this will lead, hopefully, to loyalty which then leads to referrals. Now you have one simple tab that will help expand your web presence on the viral basis! Can you spell efficiency?

The internet marketing strategies reviewed above all target allowing you to increase efficiency when operating online without sacrificing usefulness! To be successful an online marketing business must establish a web presence to be able to have an audience to which it can promote. Equally important is that after working online you must make the best use of your energy since there will be many demands for it. Working as efficient as possible but in an effective manner is therefore the key. The strategies reviewed above serve as suggestions as to ways in which you can accomplish just that!

Free marketing strategies

Source: http://ezinepr.com/internet/online-marketing-internet/word-wide-web-advertising-methods-to-enhance-effectiveness/

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India suspends Kingfisher Airlines' license

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