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Sunday, September 30, 2012
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Legislation has been introduced in Australia to establish the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) which will commence operations on October 1, 2012.? It will be interesting to see how the ACNC does.?
Here is a link to various resources on the new Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission including some interesting explanatory memoranda:
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4871
Here is a copy of a press release from the Australian government:
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?On 23 August 2012, the Assistant Treasurer announced in a press release, that the following bills were introduced into the House of Representatives:
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Bill 2012
This Bill establishes the ACNC as the Commonwealth level regulator for the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. It is proposed the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) will commence operations on 1 October 2012. Initially, only tax endorsed charities will be regulated by the ACNC. However the Bill establishes a regulatory framework that can be extended to all NFP entities in the future. The Bill incorporates changes made in accordance with the recommendations in the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics report into the draft ACNC legislation.
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (Consequential and Transitional) Bill 2012
This Bill makes consequential amendments to other Commonwealth laws necessary to give effect to the ACNC. The transitional provisions are to provide a smooth transition to the new framework. This includes providing for the automatic registration of charities that are endorsed by the ATO unless the entity opts out within six months, and grandfathering existing substituted accounting periods.
Tax Laws Amendment (Special Conditions for Not-for-profit Concessions) Bill 2012
This Bill:
re-states the ?in Australia? special conditions for income tax exempt entities
codifies the ?in Australia? special conditions for deductible gift recipients
standardises the term ?not-for-profit?, replacing the defined and undefined uses of ?non-profit? throughout the tax laws.
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NFL refs approve deal, ready for Sunday games
IRVING, Texas (AP) -- NFL officials ended their labor dispute with the league by approving a new eight-year contract with a 112-5 vote Saturday, then hustled off to the airport to get to work.
Next stop, stadiums around the country.
And, the officials hope, anonymity.
''The last Super Bowl that I worked, when we got in the locker room, I said, 'You know, the best thing about this game, nobody will remember who refereed this game,''' said Scott Green, president of the referees' association. ''That's how we like to work.''
The vote ended a labor spat that created three weeks of increasingly chaotic games run by replacement officials who drew criticism of everyone from the average fan to President Barack Obama.
''It was pretty much 'Come on in and vote,''' Green said. ''We're going to talk football now. We're going to stop talking about CBAs and lockouts and now we're going to talk about rules and video and getting ourselves ready to work football games.''
They may get ovations similar to the one bestowed on the crew that worked Thursday's Cleveland-Baltimore game with the tentative deal in place.
The referees met for about an hour and a half Friday night to go over the contract, then gathered for another 30 minutes Saturday morning before approving the contract.
''We are obviously pleased to hear it,'' NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email to The Associated Press on Saturday.
Because they were aware of the financial parameters, most of the discussion by the referees involved non-economic issues such as year-round work and developmental squads, said Tim Millis, the association's executive director.
The deal came together quickly this week after an increasing chorus of complaints became impossible to ignore when a disputed touchdown call on the final play gave the Seattle Seahawks a victory over the Green Bay Packers on national television Monday night.
Many thought the ruling of a Seattle touchdown instead of a Green Bay interception was botched, and the labor dispute drew public comments from Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
By late Wednesday, the sides had a contract calling for refs' salaries to increase from an average of $149,000 a year in 2011 to $173,000 in 2013, rising to $205,000 by 2019. The current defined benefit pension plan will remain in place for current officials through the 2016 season or until the official earns 20 years' service.
The defined benefit plan will then be frozen. Retirement benefits will be provided for new hires, and for all officials beginning in 2017, through a defined contribution.
Beginning with the 2013 season, the NFL will have the option to hire a number of officials to work year-round. The NFL also can retain additional officials for training and development and assign those officials to work games. The number of additional officials will be determined by the league.
The officials that worked Thursday's Ravens-Browns game were cheered from the moment they walked onto the field. The difference between the regular crew and replacements was clear. The officials kept the game in control, curtailing the chippy play and choppy pace that had marred the first three weeks of the regular season.
''I think the thing we're most proud of is the lesson that we all learned,'' Green said. ''If you're going to be in a professional league, you've got top-notch coaches, you need professional officials as well.''
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Online: http://bigstory.ap.org/NFL-Pro32 and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL
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September 28, 2012 ? Weekly Durango Area Real Estate Statistics ...
September 21, 2012? ? Here are the weekly statistics for Durango Real Estate, sales, great deals, new listings, foreclosures and sold comparable sales. We appologize for the double branding with RE/MAX and Blue Ribbon Properties, just to clarify ? Claudia Williams and Stacy Engle are now with RE/MAX Pinnacle on 111 W. College Ave, Durango. We took this website with us and rebranded. I can?t figure out how to get into the feedburner account (this auto emails this blog to my subscribers) to fix it. Stay tuned and be patient with us for now.
Here are the weekly statistics.
29?properties sold in Durango, Colorado and area over the last week ? that?s 10 less than last week. Check it out!
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There are?31 new listings this week
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Bankowned Listings (REO):
Due to continuing interest we are including REO property, which means ?Real Estate Owned? in bank-lingo, in other words, bankowned properties, or foreclosed properties after the foreclosure process is completed. The bank/lender now owns the property. They are typically sold at a discount, hence the popularity! Please follow this link to our foreclosure page on our website. It shows all active bankowned and foreclosure listings in the area and is continually updated. Bookmark it and visit it often! Or email us, info@blueribbondurango.com to get set up for automatic email notifications on new bankowned listings!
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If you?d like to see any listings or other statistics on Durango Real Estate that we are not covering please don?t hesitate to send an email or post a comment. Maybe you?d like to be alerted to new listings in a specific price range or type. Let us know, we?re here to help.
Sign up to receive automatic emails of new listings by sending me a quick email and letting me know what you?d like to see, claudia@blueribbondurango.com. Have a great weekend! Feel free to call or email me if you?d like to talk about real estate or go to look at properties ?
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Disclaimer ? these links and information are based on the Durango local multi listing service. While all information is deemed accurate there are no guarantees. Does not include for sale by owners or foreclosure properties that are not listed on the MLS
Source: http://blueribbondurango.com/2012/09/september-28-2012-weekly-durango-area-real-estate-statistics/
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
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US consumer spending rose 0.5 percent in August
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Americans boosted their spending in August even though their income barely grew. Much of the spending increase went to pay higher gas prices, which may have forced consumers to cut back elsewhere.
The Commerce Department said Friday that consumer spending rose 0.5 percent in August from July. It was the biggest jump since February.
Still, the increase was driven by a 1.7 percent surge in purchases of nondurable goods. That largely reflected a sharp rise in gas prices during the month. Spending on durable goods rose 0.3 percent, helped by gains in auto sales. Spending on services rose just 0.2 percent.
Income rose just 0.1 percent in August, reflecting the weak job growth. Taking into account inflation, after-tax incomes actually fell 0.3 percent in August ? the poorest performance since November.
High unemployment and weak wage growth have kept Americans from spending more freely, which has held back growth. Consumer spending drives nearly 70 percent of economic activity.
The economy grew at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the April-June quarter, the government reported Tuesday. That's down from the 2 percent growth rate in the January-March quarter and far too weak to lower the unemployment rate, which was 8.1 percent in August.
Earlier this month, the government released a mixed report on retail spending that showed that consumers are feeling pinched by higher gas prices.
Consumers spent 0.9 percent more at retail businesses in August from July. But excluding the impact of gas prices and a sizeable increase in auto sales, retail sales rose just 0.1 percent. The retail sales report showed Americans cut back on clothing, electronics and at general merchandise outlets.
Gas prices rose more than 50 cents per gallon in July and August, but have since leveled off.
There have been some positive signs that spending could pick up. A measure of consumer confidence jumped this month to its highest level since February. Steady gains in home prices, along with record-low mortgage rates, have helped fuel a modest recovery in the housing market.
And a report Thursday offered some hope that the job market will strengthen. Weekly applications for unemployment benefits plunged 26,000 to a seasonally adjusted 359,000. That's the lowest level in two months.
Still, most economists expect only modest hiring gains when the government releases the September employment report next week. The forecast is that employers added roughly 100,000 jobs, about the same as in August.
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Arrest of Google Brazil head stirs debate over Web
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ? The arrest of a top Google executive is reviving a debate about Brazilian laws that hold services such as YouTube responsible for the videos posted on them, making the country a hotbed of attempts to stifle digital content.
Legal experts said Thursday that Google violated a judge's order to take down videos on its YouTube subsidiary that target Brazilian political candidates ? and that the judge was completely within the law in issuing the arrest warrant.
But they said the arrest of Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, the head of Google Inc.'s Brazil operations, underscores the need to modernize laws that treat offensive material on the Internet like material that is carried by newspapers, television and radio, holding platforms such as Google responsible for user-provided content.
Coelho was released shortly after his arrest Wednesday and agreed to appear before a court at an as-yet undetermined time. On Google's official Brazil blog, Coelho wrote Thursday night that the company was forced to block the video in the case for which he was arrested after the company lost its final appeal.
"We are deeply disappointed that we have never had the full opportunity to argue in court that these were legitimate free speech videos and should remain available in Brazil," he wrote. "Despite all this, we will continue to campaign for free expression globally."
Legal experts said the case cast a spotlight on problems within Brazil's legal system.
"Our laws trying to govern the Internet are outdated," said Jose Guilherme Zagallo, head of the Brazilian bar association's commission focusing on information technology law. "It's not clear who is responsible for content, and that creates uncertainty for Internet companies, users and judges, who are left to interpret laws not written for the Internet."
Brazil's strict electoral laws limit what critics can say on television, radio and the Internet about candidates for office. On several occasions in recent years, media outlets have faced stiff fines for breaking the laws, but few if any officials were arrested.
Google's alleged infractions, however, are more widespread, simply because of its omnipresence. Ahead of municipal elections in Brazil next month, Google has received requests in more than 20 states to remove videos that allegedly violate those restrictions.
Google has faced a landslide of content-removal requests around the globe, including in the U.S., but Brazil makes more requests than any other nation, according to the company's summary of all the demands. Most such demands relate to legitimate attempts to enforce laws on issues ranging from personal privacy to hate speech.
Brazilian government agencies alone submitted a total of 194 content-removal requests during the final half of last year, according to a summary released by Google in June. Running just behind that was the United States, where police, prosecutors, courts and other government agencies submitted 187 requests to remove content over the same period.
Google says it complied fully or partially with 54 percent of Brazilian removal requests in the last half of 2011. Most requests involved YouTube and charges of defamation. Other requests involved the social networking site Orkut and requests to remove illegal content, such as child pornography.
Separately this week, another Brazilian court ordered YouTube to remove clips of an anti-Islam film that has been blamed for deadly protests by Muslims around the globe. Google is now selectively blocking the video clips in countries that include Libya and Egypt. Google has said it made the decision to block the video in such places due to "the sensitive situations" there.
Brazil's legal action targeting a Google executive, while rare, is not unprecedented. In 2010 in Italy, a judge held three Google executives criminally responsible for an online video of an autistic teenager being bullied. The executives were given six-month suspended sentences.
A judge in Mato Grosso do Sul state ordered Coelho arrested because the company had not removed YouTube videos making incendiary comments about an alleged paternity suit aimed at Alcides Bernal, who is running for mayor of the city of Campo Grande.
"Being a platform, Google is not responsible for the content posted on its site," the company said in a statement this week.
Bruno Magrani, a researcher at the Center for Technology and Society at Rio de Janeiro's Getulio Vargas Foundation, said that unlike the United States and some other countries, Brazil doesn't have legal protections for online service providers that host content provided by third parties.
There is pending legislation that would provide some protection for intermediaries such as Google. Earlier this month the company joined Facebook and online retail site MercadoLivre in sending an open letter supporting the passage of the law, called Marco Civil.
"Marco Civil establishes that providers of Internet applications are not responsible for content published by users," the letter says. "Various economic, social and legislative factors justify not holding providers responsible; without that protection, the use of online applications and platforms would be limited, which would be a loss to users."
While the measure would create some protections, it would not resolve the legal tangle facing Google's Coelho or prevent the situation from recurring, Magrani said.
The Marco Civil is general legislation, and could still be trumped by more specific electoral laws. Those laws treat an Internet platform such as Google as if it were a newspaper or a television station, holding it responsible for its content.
"It's a very serious situation," Magrani said. "Brazil needs to change its electoral law to accommodate the nature and the characteristics of the Internet. The Internet cannot be treated in the same way as traditional media."
First, he said, an Internet company cannot evaluate all the content it carries in the same way a newspaper or television channel can because of the sheer volume.
Second, "the Internet has no editor. And we don't want an editor," Magrani said.
He said asking a company to determine what users can upload is a dangerous step that could undermine freedom of information.
"If we continue threatening to jail heads of companies who don't verify content before it goes on the Internet, we will end up living in a state of censorship," he said. "If the company is running a high risk, it'll start posting less and less material. ... If companies start to feel afraid of retaliation, they'll start censoring."
The lack of protections for Internet platforms can also have a chilling effect on the development of small- and medium-size high-tech companies in Brazil that don't have the resources of big companies like Google, Magrani said.
The federal government is investing heavily to promote the tech sector, but Brazilian legislators need to diminish legal risks for startups, he said.
Maria Clara Garcaz, a 20-year-old university student in Rio de Janeiro, expressed worries about the court action.
"It's like we live in a silent, disguised dictatorship. When we had our real dictatorship, at least you knew for certain what you could and couldn't say," Garcaz said. "Political speech can be censored at any time and it's moving into the Internet, exactly where people speak out."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/arrest-google-brazil-head-stirs-debate-over-210814484--finance.html
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Friday, September 28, 2012
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Taiwan enters island fray, but China and Japan shrug
Boats from China and Japan chased each other around a set of disputed islets, setting off a diplomatic crisis. But when Taiwan entered the fray, neither side seemed to care.
An aerial view shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship, fishing boats from Taiwan and Taiwan's Coast Guard vessel sailing side by side near Uotsuri island (top), a part of the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japan, Diaoyu in China, and Tiaoyutai in Taiwan, in this September 25 photo.
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The government in Taipei said last week it wanted to be a peacemaker in a sovereignty dispute involving a set of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. Boats from China and Japan had chased each other around the islets they both claim, setting off mass protests in China that sent Sino-Japanese relations to a new low.
Then this week, Taiwan stopped talking about peace as 12 of its coast guard vessels escorted some 50 Taiwanese fishing boats to the islets, a sort passive-aggressive reminder of its own claim to islets that are 137 miles from Taiwan. Japan controls the islands, which it calls the Senkakus, and sprayed water cannons at Taiwan?s boats to keep them away.
But instead of setting off a diplomatic crisis, no one appears to be taking Taiwan too seriously ? at least not yet.
As far as China is concerned Taiwan is still part of China even though a Nationalist Party set up a rival government in Taipei after losing the Chinese civil war to the Communists in the 1940s. Beijing believes it will capture Taiwan someday even though the two sides are now self-ruled. By that logic any new territory Taiwan locks in would eventually go to China anyway.
At the same time, Japan and Taiwan can hardly live without each other. The former World War II colonizer is today one of Taiwan?s top five sources of tourism. Common Taiwanese take fashion, food, and shopping cues from peers in Tokyo while a strong contingent of conservative Japanese lawmakers who dislike communist China embraces Taiwan as a friendly fellow democracy.
?Japan is probably the only country in the world that attaches strategic importance to Taiwan,? says Bonnie Glaser, a senior fellow with the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies.
But Taiwan?s leadership neither expects to conquer the tiny islets nor broker a peace deal. President Ma Ying-jeou?s government is, instead, intent on using the issue to fulfill an often failed, 4-year-old domestic pledge: expand clout among major world nations through informal ties usually described as soft power.?
China forbids its 170-plus diplomatic allies from engaging Taiwan directly. But Taiwan may hope its idea to be a regional peacemaker?will stimulate scholarly debate in the United States, putting Taipei on the map of high-level academic conferences, says Alexander Huang, strategic studies professor with Tamkang University in Taiwan. ?Ma has taken at least an initiative and a moral high ground,? Mr. Huang says.
Taiwan has also avoided bashing China with heated language (letting Japan handle that) over the disputed islets, though they make separate claims. That puts the two sides in the same boat as seen from Beijing. ?It embraces the one-China concept in Beijing?s eyes,? Mr. Huang adds.
That edge will make China happier, and Taiwan wealthier, when the two sides bargain over trade tariffs or investment rules.?
Making good on that pledge to expand clout matters now as President Ma Ying-jeou sees approval ratings of just 15 to 25 percent this year so far because of domestic issues such as rising prices and stubborn wages. Term limits would stop Mr. Ma from seeking a new term in 2016, but his Nationalist Party could inherit any approval problems he leaves behind.
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5-Point Checklist For Selling Through Online Wine Marketers ...
A 5-Point Checklist For Selling Through Online Wine Marketers
September 27th, 2012
By Jeff Carroll - VP of Compliance, ShipCompliant
The rapid emergence of online wine marketers might be the biggest innovation in wine sales over the past five years. But selling and marketing your wine through these third-party channels poses many compliance and business-related challenges. That?s why we?ve put together this comprehensive 5-point checklist to help you sell through third-party marketers efficiently, compliantly and profitably.
1. Know Your Why
There are lots of great business reasons why wineries work through third-party marketers to sell their wine. It could be to move excess supply, help launch a new brand or label, power your social media?efforts, or perhaps target a new demographic. And not all marketers are alike.The first thing you need to ask yourself is ?Why?? Understanding this will help you best determine which marketer is best positioned to help you reach your business goals.
Key Questions to Ask:
- Which online marketers are best able to attract my target customers?
- How much inventory should I dedicate to this?
- Which type of online marketer best satisfies our business objectives ? a daily deal site, social shopping, niche wine site or a mass market platform?
- How would my brand be impacted across these different options?
2. Know Your ABCs
From a compliance perspective, selling wine through third-party marketers had been somewhat of a gray matter until the release of a very important advisory from the California ABC last fall. In the advisory, the ABC provided clear guidance on how wineries and third-party marketers can work together in a compliant fashion. The guidance covers everything from pricing to fulfillment to disbursement. Luckily, there?s a great blog post that breaks down the full advisory, so you know exactly what landmines to look for.
Key Questions to Ask:
- Is my third-party marketer familiar with the ABC advisory?
- Have they considered the ABC?s guidance in how they?ve constructed their service?
- Am I assured that I won?t be putting my license at risk?
3. Know How Funds Get Handled
When working with third-party marketers, payments and disbursements can often be the trickiest steps of the process. In order to follow the guidelines set forth in the ABC advisory, the licensee must be in full control over all aspects of each transaction. This can be hard to balance as third-party marketers typically secure the credit card info and payment authorization. So make sure the process by which funds are collected and transferred is crystal clear.
Key Questions to Ask:
- What?s the checkout experience like from a user perspective?
- When do I take control of the order funds?
- Am I fully in control of the funds throughout the entire process?
- How are the marketing fees structured and when are they paid?
- How will taxes get calculated, collected and paid?
4. Know How Compliance Gets Handled
In online shopping environments where customers are used to lightning fast checkouts and no additional actions are needed, compliance checks can also be a very delicate thing to handle. Technology has now evolved to a point that holistic compliance checks and tax rate calculations can happen in real-time; online orders can also be automatically bundled into your overall numbers for state reporting, but the third-party marketer must work in close concert with your compliance provider. If you want to keep your back-office paperwork to a minimum, this point is truly important.
Key Questions to Ask:
- Is the third-party marketer integrated with our compliance solution?
- If not integrated, how will orders get checked for compliance? How quickly can it occur after transaction?
- How do I consider my other direct shipments when evaluating the compliance of these orders?
- If the transaction is found to be out-of-compliance, how does that get communicated back to the customer?
- How do I retrieve the order information needed to aggregate and consolidate for tax and shipping reports?
5. Know How To Measure Success
In addition to the hard costs involved in selling through third-party marketers, there are several soft costs to consider as well. Namely, how much time will it take for me and my staff to launch and maintain this sales channel? Make sure mechanisms are also in place to measure progress towards your original business objectives, whether it?s tracking new Facebook fans, wine club members, or net proceeds on a certain batch of inventory.
Key Questions to Ask:
- Did this third-party marketer help us achieve our original objectives?
- What would make working with this third-party marketer an easier process?
- Was our brand well represented through the entire marketing, transaction and distribution process?
- What information will I receive about the customers who buy through this marketer?
At ShipCompliant, we believe compliance should never get in the way of your success in the wine industry. That?s why we?re intently focused on making sure you?re fully aware of both the potential and risk involved with selling through online wine marketers.
If you feel that you are ready to engage in selling your wine through third-party marketers, we?d be happy to answer any questions that you have or introduce you to similar sized wineries that have already navigated these waters and experienced success.
Additional Resources:
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
'LovePalz' sex toys might help long distance relationships | Sync ...
High-tech gadgets designed to pleasure lovers in real time, anywhere on the globe.
If you thought webcams were the best way to add spice to a long distance relationship, wait until you hear about LovePalz.
Invented by a 27-year-old Taiwanese man who had to spend time away from his girlfriend while away at school in England, LovePalz is a ?gender-appropriate? Wi-Fi-enabled sex toy that works with an iPhone or other mobile device.
Specifically, there are two complimentary gadgets: ?Hera, a penis-shaped doohickey designed for women (yes, think of it as a dildo); and Zeus, an, er, opening made for males. They go for $49.95 each or $95 for a set. Both battery-operated toys are designed to pleasure each partner in real-time via the Internet connection, according to the LovePalz website, by synchronizing the movements of each lover. If you like your intimate accessories with a touch of bling, the company is also offering a limited edition 24K gold set of LovePalz for $10,000.
For the full experience, a video chatting app is used with the rechargeable gadgets, too, so that lovers can see each other during the virtual sex act.
But before you get, er, excited about buying LovePalz, there?s one major obstacle in your way: It hasn?t been manufactured yet.
Inventor Oni Chen tells ABC News while his company has already received more than 2,500 orders, Kickstarter ? the popular crowd-funding site ? declined to help, plus the video conferencing app hasn?t yet been submitted to Apple for App Store approval.
Chen says the company is asking for donation commitments, but doesn?t require the funds until LovePalz is ready by January.
Other features of LovePalz, if you?re stimulated by the idea: it offers multiple pressure and speed sensors; the product supports more than two simultaneous partners (if that?s your thing); and it?s waterproof to withstand sweat and, er, any other bodily fluids, and can be washed easily, says the site.
Sync readers, is LovePalz awesome or asinine? Revolutionary or repulsive?
Here?s a brief video on the product:
Source: http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2012/09/sex-toys-for-him-and-her-get-wi-fi-apps.html
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US urges tighter border security in Mali, region
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ? The U.S. says western and northern African nations need to tighten security on their borders to combat the increased movement of extremists, weapons and drugs.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Sahel region is a "powder keg" of hunger, displacement and insecurity, and the world can't ignore the situation.
She's welcoming the formation of a core group of countries to coordinate aid to Mali, which is facing an Islamist rebellion.
She said Wednesday at the United Nations that those countries must help train Mali's security forces, help them drive out extremists, and work to protect human rights,
Clinton also says the threat from extremists is rising across the largely impoverished region known as the Sahel, which stretches from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Baz Luhrmann signs overall deal with Sony Pictures Television
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Online advertising can be fun, creative and exciting. Check out these examples for best practices
Online ads and web banners have a great visual potential that usually goes unnoticed. Advertisers often neglect the creative energy when producing web banners, and accordingly, internet users tend to resent those unattractive rectangles that appear on their screens. The good news is that it doesn?t have to be that way. Web banners can be exciting, funny and creative, and, unlike other types of advertising, they can be interactive and playful. We collected examples of really impressive advertising work, all done for the web! These ads are fun to look at at, they won?t antagonize viewers with noises, blings and animations, and you can bet they generate more revenues as well. A win-win situation :)
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Skydiver aims for supersonic plunge on Oct. 8
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ? The countdown is on for skydiver Felix Baumgartner.
In just two weeks, Baumgartner will attempt to go supersonic when he jumps from a record altitude of 23 miles over New Mexico. Project managers announced Tuesday the feat will take place Oct. 8.
The Austrian parachutist jumped from 13 miles in March and 18 miles in July. This time, he hopes to break the all-time record of 19.5 miles set in 1960.
Baumgartner's capsule was damaged in the latest practice jump and had to be repaired and retested. A giant helium balloon will hoist the pressurized capsule with Baumgartner inside, dressed in a pressure suit. Takeoff will be from Roswell.m
Baumgartner expects to reach a top speed of 690 mph and break the sound barrier with only his body.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Civilian contractors face negative image, mission requirements
By Stuart Tiffen, NBC News contributor
Scott Dennis, a 42-year-old Air Force veteran, never considered outright retirement after getting out of the military in 2009. Instead he went to work for private military and security firms and soon found himself back in Afghanistan.
"It was an easy decision," he told NBC News, saying he couldn't afford to not work and wasn't ready for a life of leisure. "The only drawback was the extended time away from home."
But as criticism continues to swirl around the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater, civilian contractors serving in combat zones, like Dennis, find themselves caught between the demand for their services and negative perceptions in the public and even the military.?Sometimes creative measures must be taken to ensure their own safety.?
On Sept 11, Rep. John Tierney, D-Mass., called for steeper fines and a potential ban on all future contracts for the private military and security contracting ?firm formerly known as Blackwater. Now on its third name, Academi (also formerly known as Xe) agreed in August to pay $7.5 million to settle charges for weapons export violations.?
?This has been a repeated problem that?s gone on ? this isn?t a one-off situation, and it?s not just Blackwater,? Tierney told POLITICO last Tuesday.??We?ve had companies taking millions of dollars from taxpayers, repeatedly making questionable decisions. ... If we don?t hold them accountable, then it?s going to keep happening.?
A day later Alan Estevez, assistant secretary of defense for logistics and materiel readiness, and Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Craig Crenshaw, the Joint Staff?s vice director of logistics, testified in favor of the use of private firms before the House Armed Services Committee, recommending that the Department of Defense ?continue its momentum? in the increasing use and role of civilian contractors.
It?s against this conflicting backdrop that the men and women in the private military and security contracting industry ??where many veterans turn for employment after military service???find themselves.?
Dennis had been a recruiter and then a loadmaster on special operations forces aircraft serving in Afghanistan before he retired. The unfolding financial crisis had him worried about job security, but there was never really any doubt about seeking employment with a contracting firm, he said.?
Though he initially took a pay cut when he worked at firms such as the Virginia-based Dyncorp and Los Angeles-based McNeil Technologies (now AECOM), Dennis eventually found he was making more than three times his previous active-duty salary.?
His contracting jobs were nothing like his former aviation career, however. During a one-year stint with McNeil Technologies, Dennis was stationed at a forward operating base ?in western Afghanistan, driving around the countryside in an armored vehicle with an Afghan liaison.?
Dennis said he was concerned about the lack of safety net for contractors in Afghanistan. He worked hard to make sure the Americans in uniform would remember he was essentially one of them.?
?There is very little support for contractors if something goes bad outside the wire and you need help,? Dennis said. ?I tried to develop strong relationships with (active-duty military members) at my forward operating base; that way they had a face to go with the name if I needed help.??
Perception of civilian contractors took a hit among the military as well as the general public after the 2007 Blackwater shootings in Baghdad. Dennis said he thinks contractors are perhaps over-regulated now partially because of the resulting blowback.
?After the incidents in Iraq they became the poster child of the evil contractors shooting up towns,? he said. ?Most contractors are not armed now, and I think (that lack of weapons)?may take away what little self defense contractors had.?
And there is little leeway for illicit defensive measures. He recounted the tale of a colleague who?d lost his job for carrying an M4 rifle while out in the field in Afghanistan.
But there are real risks that come along with the job: More than 2,700 American civilian contractors have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, according to numbers?published by the Department of Labor.
Despite the fact that many contractors are also veterans, relations between the civilians and military are not always convivial, Dennis said.
?I?ve seen contractors mistreated on a regular basis when it comes to living conditions and other things,? he said. ?There is kind of a mindset of ?They are making lots of money, so screw those guys.??
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Fishing Holidays for the Family ? Somerset | Fishing Eye
Fishing Holidays for the Family ? Somerset
Get the kids hooked on fishing this year with a week?s trip in the UK.? Some of the best angling spots are tucked into Britain?s holiday parks and with lessons available while you?re there, everyone in the family can cast out a line at some point.
If you have never been fishing in Somerset ? try it.? The mature landscaping of the country is the perfect backdrop, whether you?re sea-fishing or taking it easy lakeside.? That balance means you can enjoy the best of both angling worlds.? Plus, the kids can learn the basics on-park or maybe even catch a few Perches with a net before sailing out to sea and fishing straight from the side of your boat for something bigger.
Burnham-on-Sea is an award-winning park on Somerset?s sandy coast. It is home to several, fully stocked, coarse fishing lakes; all of which have had carp reeled in at 32lbs.? For the keen angler, this is a perfect spot to spend the family break and introduce the little ones to the sport.
You?ve got a choice of holiday homes here too: There are plenty of caravan styles to choose from but just get in touch with one of the park receptionists and the friendly voice on the phone can help you decide.? The secret tip? Ask about the safari tents or yurts at the park because they are nestled right in the sand dunes and can really add to the experience.? They?re spacious inside and are fully equipped for self-catering.? The best thing about them is how the sunlight filters through the canvas in the mornings ? nothing better than that first cuppa before strolling through the park to the lake.
The beauty of that lake being so nearby is that you can have a full morning of fishing and be back for lunch ? ready to enjoy everything else on your big family holiday.? The beach is always a great day out but remember there is lots to do on the park:? As well as the ?Fishing Experience? lessons, everyone can take part in mountain biking classes, tennis coaching sessions, football training, archery games and even fencing.
The pools (indoor and outdoor) are heated and there are loads of underwater activities to get involved in ? make sure you try the AquaJets.? As the sun sets, you can retreat back to your holiday home for a big family supper, or head to the ShowBar for an evening of free entertainment.
All in all, Somerset is an ideal spot for a fishing holiday and Burnham-on-Sea in particular has a lot to offer.? With angling lessons directly available to the kids, they are much more likely to show an interest and if it turns out they?re not that into it, they?ve got so much more to do on the park ? leaving you to enjoy the lakes in peace.
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Free speech 'red lines' feed Muslim film rage
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 file photo, Pakistani protesters burn a representation of a U.S. flag and an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama in the Pakistani border town of Chaman along the Afghanistan border. U.S.-funded ads on Pakistani television include President Barack Obama extolling America?s religious tolerance. To many in the Muslim world, this misses the mark in efforts to calm the outrage over a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Matiullah Achakzai, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 file photo, Pakistani protesters burn a representation of a U.S. flag and an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama in the Pakistani border town of Chaman along the Afghanistan border. U.S.-funded ads on Pakistani television include President Barack Obama extolling America?s religious tolerance. To many in the Muslim world, this misses the mark in efforts to calm the outrage over a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Matiullah Achakzai, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 file photo, Egyptian protesters carry their national flag and a flag with Arabic that reads "No God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet," and chant anti U.S. slogans during a demonstration in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. U.S.-funded ads on Pakistani television include President Barack Obama extolling America?s religious tolerance. To many in the Muslim world, this misses the mark in efforts to calm the outrage over a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, Yemeni protesters break a window of the U.S. Embassy during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen. U.S.-funded ads on Pakistani television include President Barack Obama extolling America?s religious tolerance. To many in the Muslim world, this misses the mark in efforts to calm the outrage over a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, FIle)
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, a Libyan man explains that the bloodstains on the column are from one the American staff members who grabbed the edge of the column while he was evacuated, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. U.S.-funded ads on Pakistani television include President Barack Obama extolling America?s religious tolerance. To many in the Muslim world, this misses the mark in efforts to calm the outrage over a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 file photo, masked Palestinians throw stones towards Israeli security forces, not pictured, during clashes that erupted after a demonstration against an anti-Islam film called "Innocence of Muslims" that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Shuafat refugee camp, Jerusalem. U.S.-funded ads on Pakistani television include President Barack Obama extolling America?s religious tolerance. To many in the Muslim world, this misses the mark in efforts to calm the outrage over a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? In U.S.-funded ads running on Pakistani TV, subtitled clips show President Barack Obama extolling America's traditions of religious freedom. For many watching, though, the message misses the mark in efforts to calm the Islamic outrage over a film denigrating the Prophet Muhammad.
America's free speech laws and values of openness are not in question, but rather there is confusion and anger over how they are applied.
A powerful theme binding the protests from Indonesia to Africa is the perception that the U.S. codes of free speech are somehow weighted against Islam ? permitting the Internet video that insults the faith but placing clear limits on hot button issues such as hate speech, workplace discrimination and even what is acceptable on prime-time network TV.
Beyond the rage, bloodshed and death threats ? churning now for two weeks ? is a quandary for American policymakers that will linger long after the latest mayhem fades: How to explain the U.S. embrace of free expression to an Islamic world that increasingly sees only double standards?
Although there are many nuances ? including strict U.S. laws when hate speech crossed the line into threats or intimidation ? they are mostly lost in the current outrage that included a peaceful march in Nigeria on Monday and Iran threatening to boycott the 2013 Academy Awards after the country's first Oscar-winning film this year.
With each protest, many clerics and Islamic hard-liners hammer home the narrow view that America is more concerned with political correctness or safeguarding children from sexual content than the religious sensibilities of Muslims.
In Gaza, preacher Sheik Hisham Akram said tolerance is the goal, but the "red line" is crossed with "anyone who insults our religion." Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ? now in New York for the U.N.'s annual General Assembly ? denounced last week the "deception" of U.S. laws protecting rights while allowing the clip from the film "Innocence of Muslims," which portrays Muhammad as a womanizer, religious fraud and child molester.
"In some extent, it's not an issue of condemning America's freedom of speech. It's become an issue, in the eyes of many Muslims, over where the lines are and why they are not protecting the feelings of Muslims," said John Voll, associate director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in Washington.
It also turns the $70,000 U.S. ad initiative in Pakistan ? one of the hotbeds of the protests ? into a major challenge to gain any ground. Besides Obama, the spots include Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton repeating that U.S. authorities had no connection to the video.
It's part of wider U.S. strategies to use social media and other forums to reach out to moderates in the Islamic world ? including what the State Department has described as a "virtual embassy" for Iranian web surfers. But the fallout from the film has so far drowned out appeals for calmer dialogue in places such as Pakistan, where at least 23 people have died in unrest linked to the film.
"The fact that (the Obama administration) is trying to step up to the plate and trying to engage where the debate is really happening should be commended," said Daniel Markey, a senior fellow in South Asian affairs at the Council on Foreign Relations. "But what credibility do they have to deliver this message? That's a different story. ... It's unlikely to make the sale on the Pakistani street."
At the U.N., a separate effort is being spearheaded by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. He said the film will be at the top of the agenda of a meeting of the 57-member group on the sidelines of the General Assembly.
Among the proposals is a call to impose an international law against promoting religious hatred. Such appeals could get widespread support, but are nearly certain to collide with Western free speech codes and be rendered difficult to enforce in the borderless world of the web.
Already, many moderate Muslim scholars and leaders have urged the U.N. or other international bodies to step in to help define possible global standards on religious expression.
Paul Bhatti, an adviser to the Pakistani prime minister, told a multifaith crowd of Muslims, Christians and others outside the country's parliament Sunday that international laws should be imposed to limit the most hateful fringes of Western free speech.
But just a day earlier, a Pakistan government minister offered a $100,000 bounty for the death of the filmmaker.
The two responses ? one appealing for a higher law and the other taking justice into his own hands ? frame another divide pried wider by the latest chaos: How much leeway can Muslim countries allow for expressions of anger against their faith?
While many Muslims believe American protections for open expression were abused by the film, there are also moderate voices in the Islamic world questioning whether the defense of their religion is warped by death threats and violence that has left dozens dead, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
"This is the flip side to the criticism against American free speech," Voll said. "This is another major learning opportunity inside Muslim societies to look at themselves and interactions with the world. We have been here before."
But the latest upheavals appear to resonate even deeper because of the widening reach of the web and social media, which also have played a central role in the Arab Spring uprisings that have opened new political space for hard-line Islamists.
"Sadly, the voices of reason and logic in this part of the world are few," said Ebtehal al-Khateeb, a Kuwait University professor and human rights activist. "Even those who strongly oppose the violence prefer not to speak."
Kuwait is a particularly instructive proving ground in the struggle to clarify an Islamic version of free speech.
After Islamist-led opposition groups gained control of parliament in February, they tried to push through measures that included the death penalty for blasphemy against Islam. Kuwait's Western-leaning rulers signaled they would reject the move and later suspended the parliament over election law technicalities.
"The truth is that as amateurish movie production is, it still falls in the category of freedom of speech," al-Khateeb said. "If you say that to people here, they will read your response as: 'You accept this. You are a blasphemer.' They still don't understand that they don't have to accept it. They can oppose it, but in a civil manner that is more constructive."
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Associated Press writers Ibrahim Barzak in Gaza City, Asif Shahzad and Zarrar Khan in Islamabad, Adam Geller in New York, and Hussain al-Qatari in Kuwait City contributed to this report.
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Amid GOP unease, Romney turns eye to swing states
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Mitt Romney's visit to Colorado on Sunday is part of an intensified schedule focused on the most competitive states as the Republican presidential nominee tries to counter criticism from some in his own party that his campaign is veering off course with about six weeks to go in the race.
The evening speech at a Denver-area high school, his first public event of the weekend, comes with Romney facing increasing pressure to spend less time raising money and more time explaining his plans to voters.
President Barack Obama had no official business or campaign activity scheduled.
From Denver, Romney was to begin a three-day bus tour in Ohio on Monday followed by a stop in Virginia ? states that Obama won in 2008 and held by Republicans four years earlier.
It's the last full week before the presidential debates shift the campaign into a new phase, which Romney advisers suggest could prove pivotal after a period marked by negative attention, missteps and Republican concerns.
Already facing reports of internal finger-pointing and foreign policy questions, Romney endured a difficult week during which a secretly recorded video surfaced showing the former Massachusetts governor said that almost half of Americans are dependent upon government and see themselves as victims.
On Friday, he released his 2011 tax returns showing income of $13.6 million, largely from investment income.
In an interview set to air Sunday night, Romney told CBS' "60 Minutes" that his campaign is moving in the right direction. "It doesn't need a turnaround. We've got a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president to the United States," Romney said, according to remarks released in advance by CBS.
While national polls remain tight, polls in several of the most closely watched states, including Colorado, suggest that Obama has opened narrow leads. Obama won Colorado by 9 points four years ago, but the state went to a Republican in the previous three presidential elections.
Romney spent much of his time this weekend raising money in California, which Democratic presidential nominees have carried for nearly a quarter-century.
While Romney was at a Beverly Hills hotel on Saturday, Obama worked to squash GOP hopes for a resurgence in Wisconsin. He assailed Romney's economic approach before an energized gathering of 18,000, Obama's biggest crowd of the campaign.
Obama faulted Romney for advancing a top-down economic approach that "never works."
"The country doesn't succeed when only the folks at the very top are doing well," Obama said. "We succeed when the middle class is doing well."
Romney raised $6 million at the Saturday evening event that attracted celebrities Dennis Miller and Gary Sinise. Before a group of more than 1,000 California Republicans, Romney kept up his criticism of the president for fostering what Romney said was a culture of dependency.
"This is a tough time. These are our brothers and sisters. These are not statistics. These are people," Romney declared. "The president's policies ? these big-government, big-tax monolithic policies ? are not working."
Obama also looked to celebrities to help raise cash and keep bankrolling ads already saturating the most contested states.
Baseball great Hank Aaron supplied the star power at Obama's Milwaukee fundraisers.
"As one who wore the number 44 on his back for decades, I ask you to join me in helping the 44th president of the United States hit a grand slam," said Aaron.
But Obama's schedule has focused more on voters than donors in recent weeks. The president's campaign says Obama attended seven fundraisers and 14 public events since the day after the Democratic National Convention two weeks ago.
Over the last week alone, Romney has attended five public events, including three rallies, and more than a dozen fundraisers.
Romney adviser Kevin Madden defended the fundraising focus, while highlighting a shift toward swing states in the coming days
"We're here raising the resources we're going to need to compete in all those battleground states through Election Day," Madden said. "That's also been matched with a really intense battle ground state schedule that's going to be coming up starting Sunday night. We're keeping very busy."
But conservative worry remains.
"The Romney campaign has to get turned around. This week I called it incompetent, but only because I was being polite. I really meant 'rolling calamity,'" Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, a former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, wrote late last week.
In Beverly Hills, Romney's California finance committee chairman Thomas Tellefsen tried to reassure supporters. "I wanted to share some thoughts with you tonight. They can provide you some comfort. Polls are not elections. The voters have not yet spoken," Tellefsen said.
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Kuhnhenn reported from Milwaukee.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/amid-gop-unease-romney-turns-eye-swing-states-132011731--election.html
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Young cancer survivors often forgo medical care due to costs
ScienceDaily (Sep. 24, 2012) ? Many survivors of adolescent and young adult cancers avoid routine medical care because it's too expensive, despite the fact that most have health insurance. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The results indicate that expanding insurance coverage for young cancer survivors may be insufficient to safeguard their long-term health without efforts to reduce their medical cost burdens.
Medical care in the years after a cancer diagnosis is particularly important for detecting any long-term health conditions associated with their cancer treatment; however, little is known about the extent of care that survivors of adolescent and young adult cancers receive in the years after their diagnosis and treatment.
To investigate, Anne Kirchhoff, PhD, MPH, of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and her colleagues analyzed national survey responses from younger adults ages 20-39 years: 979 who were diagnosed with cancer between the ages of 15 to 34 years and were at least five years from diagnosis, compared with 67,216 controls who had no cancer history.
While adolescent and young adult cancer survivors had similar rates of being uninsured as those without cancer (21 percent versus 23 percent), survivors were 67 percent more likely to forgo routine medical care due to costs in the previous year. Cost barriers were particularly high for younger survivors aged 20 to 29 years (44 percent versus 16 percent of controls) and female survivors (35 percent versus 18 percent of controls). Survivors reporting poorer health also experienced more cost barriers.
"The Affordable Care Act is an important step to ensuring that adolescent and young adult cancer survivors have health insurance coverage and improving their health care access; however, they need to be educated about the importance of regular health care to monitor for late effects," said Dr. Kirchhoff. "Furthermore, even the insured survivors in our study reported unmet health care needs due to cost barriers, suggesting that adolescent and young adult cancer survivors need resource supports beyond health insurance."
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- Anne C. Kirchhoff, Courtney R. Lyles, Mark Fluchel, Jennifer Wright, Wendy Leisenring. Limitations in health care access and utilization among long-term survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer. Cancer, 2012; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27537
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