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Al-Akhbar: The new Egyptian government is politely asserting its differences with Saudi Arabia over a military strike on Syria, disrupting what appears to be a convergence of interests between the two in getting rid of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal came to the Cairo meeting of the Arab League on September 1 hoping to convince his counterparts to officially give their consent for a US military strike on Syria, but his plans were diplomatically foiled by Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy.
The meeting's closing statement did condemn the use of chemical weapons in Syria and held the regime responsible, but called for the matter to be put before the UN, which should respond as it sees fit. This not only benefits Damascus in proscribing any action outside the UN, it also had the effect of encouraging other countries to object more strongly to the Saudi position.
This new Egyptian approach is a departure from the days of Hosni Mubarak and the days leading to the toppling of the Muslim Brotherhood, when Cairo simply tailed Riyadh on the Syrian crisis. Today, the new government in Egypt is trying to plot its own course while at the same time making sure not to alienate the Saudis, who have poured billions of dollars into the country to shore up its economy at this critical stage.
In recent months, the Saudi government has taken a series of steps to take the lead on the Syria file, marginalizing the role of the Muslim Brotherhood and those countries where they have influence, such as Turkey and Qatar. Riyadh was also one of the more enthusiastic supporters of the ousting of Mohamed Mursi for essentially the same reasons.
For the Wahhabi kingdom, the Muslim Brotherhood represents the most serious and credible alternative to its influence both internally and across the region. Both sides find themselves competing over the same constituency (Sunni Muslims), with the Brotherhood having the advantage of being more marketable, particularly after dressing up their rhetoric with liberal democratic terminology to gain favor with the West.
Riyadh's greatest fear is for Egypt to move in a more independent direction, freeing itself from the clutches of Washington, and once again playing the central role it once did in the region's affairs. The Saudis know the extent of Cairo's power from recent history, when they waged a regional cold war with Nasser in the 1950s and 60s that turned into a deadly hot war in Syria and Yemen.
Under Anwar Sadat, the spread of Wahhabi and Saudi influence went a long way to cut Egypt's role down to size. Mubarak continued this trend, keeping the country on Saudi Arabia's good side for nearly three decades.
In short, the Gulf monarchy knows that their regional ambitions cannot be realized without keeping Egypt under their control, thus the generous injection of $12 billion that Cairo received from the Gulf following the June 30 uprising against the Brotherhood. Just as the Zionist lobby did its best to prevent Washington from withholding military aid to the new government, desperately hoping to keep Cairo under America's thumb, which in turn safeguards Israel's security.
The nightmare scenario for the Saudis is for Egypt to take its own course on the Syrian crisis, realizing – as many Egyptians already know – that its national security is intimately linked to what happens in the Levant. The destruction of the Syrian army and the fragmentation of the country could very well be a prelude to subjecting Egypt – the Arab world's largest nation – to the very same catastrophe, thus weakening it before the Zionist enemy.
Therefore, Saudi's rulers are today pursuing a dual strategy in containing Egypt. On the one hand, they are working to undermine any independent course that the Muslim Brotherhood may take, in an attempt to subordinate them to Riyadh's priorities in the region. At the same time, by showering the new government in Cairo with billions in aid and diplomatic support, it is hoping to keep Egypt under US-Saudi influence.
For the time being, the Egyptian government is doing its best to avoid any tensions with the Gulf kingdom, building on their mutual antagonism toward the Brotherhood and hoping to buy time until the country gets through this delicate transitional period. In the end, however, there is no avoiding the day when Egypt stands on its own, and conflict seeps back into its relationship with Saudi Arabia.
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Oh, how great would it have been? The mascot would have just been a guy in a Chewbacca costume. Fans could have scream/howled like those clips on Finding Big Foot.
Roided out dudes with hairy backs could have just said it was part of the team uniform. BUT NO! Instead we're the Portland Thunder.
Alex Falcone over at the Portland Mercury reports that, despite the team allowing fan voting on the name of our new arena football team and that the fans far and away preferred the Portland Sasquatch, the team chose to go with the Thunder name anyhow. Probably because Thor is popular and hammers look cool.
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Thus she lived in mental darkness, in her palace of Tordesillas, for nearly half a century, an object of pity and commiseration.
Dans un moment, me dit Tordesillas, on va nous apporter à manger: nous allons souper ici tous deux.
But before Charles would show himself to his people he visited his mother and his youngest sister Katharine at Tordesillas.
Padilla hurried back, hearing his wife was ill, and in his absence the Imperial army sacked Tordesillas.
Tordesillas was imprisoned a short time after his master, on the suspicion that he entertained the same opinions.
The remaining years of her miserable existence were spent at Tordesillas, where she died on the 11th of April 1555.
War once set a-going, Padilla went down to Tordesillas to see the queen.
Arbocala, now called Tordesillas, was captured without much difficulty.
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The focus of the World Wisdom Alliance communications network is to catalyze action on the most critical global issues in a way that synergizes the wisdom of leading world experts with local activists who are making a difference, and simultaneously, through the World Wide Web, to inspire a widespread creative focus of energy and activities. The mechanism is a new, web-based internet community.
This wisdom community will feature a new type of hybrid Website which will present four dimensions of new media-experience; communication, multi-perspective video, web-linked networking and issue content (meta-knowledge). The new communication network will interconnect global issues experts with many global citizens at any distance, to interested groups (and schools) and, through an interactive Web portal, to all other interested individuals wherever they are.
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British pop divided in file sharing debate
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Top British pop acts disagreed on Monday over how to tackle illegal file sharers, with singer Lily Allen challenging a new statement from a group of artists that includes Annie Lennox and Radiohead. At the center of the debate is a government proposal to block people who repeatedly download music illegally from file-sharing sites from accessing the Web.
The proposals outlined last month included requiring Internet Service Providers to take action against individual repeat offenders, reducing broadband speeds or temporarily suspending an individual's Internet account.
Featured Artists Coalition, which counts Robbie Williams and Tom Jones, as well as Lennox and Radiohead, among its dozens of members, said in a statement on Monday that the proposals would cut off an important source of promotion.
"By demanding blanket suspension powers from the government, the industry is in danger of cutting off a promotional tool that is of great use to fledgling artists who seek to create a buzz around themselves yet don't have the financial support of a major label," FAC said.
It added that the government could only enforce its proposals through a "wide-scale invasion of personal privacy."
FAC said it did not condone illicit file sharing, which the music industry and many artists blame for eating into revenues, and described web sites benefitting commercially from the practice as "thieving rascals" who should be prosecuted.
It believes the answer to illegal file-sharing lies in the way the industry remunerates artists and in educating the public about why they should pay singers who make the music they love.
In a new blog site set up to debate the issue of illegal file sharing, Allen, who has won backing from the likes of James Blunt for her stance on the issue, said the FAC's latest statement "just doesn't make sense."
"The FAC seems to be viewing the government's proposed legislation as an attack on freedom and liberty, but stealing's not really a human right, is it?" she wrote here. Continued...


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The AP Assembly is a professional organization comprised of all Administrative Professionals on campus. We serve in an advising capacity to the university president; have representation on the University Senate, as well as various Senate committees; provide opportunities for connection with our four committees (Communications, Community Engagement, Personal and Professional Development, and Voice of the AP); and strive to develop community across campus.
The elected, volunteer executive board provides leadership guided by our AP Assembly constitution. Please look for our bi-monthly AP Assembly Newsletters for updates on upcoming events or check our meeting and events link on this website. The 2016-17 Executive Board looks forward to serving you this year through our goal to best meet the needs of the AP community.
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Re: Zero divided by a number...
rwprogrammer at hotmail.com (Richard) wrote:
> Mathematica handles 0 appropriately. x/0 is undefined for any number
> x.
In Mathematica, it is _not_ true that "x/0 is undefined for any number x."
Rather, for any nonzero x, x/0 is defined as ComplexInfinity.
> This is extremely simple to see if only you view division as the
> opposite of multipication.
That view of division is simply inadequate in number systems (such as the
extended complex numbers) in which division of nonzero quantities by zero
is defined.
> A/B = C implies that C * B = A.
> 12/4 = 3 because 3*4 = 12.
> 0/7 = 0 because 0*7 = 0.
> 7/0 is undefined because x*0 does not equal 7 for any number x.
> Therefore it has no answer (except undefined).
In Mathematica, 7/0 yields ComplexInfinity, but that certainly does not
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Center for Resource Solutions awarded late last month their annual Green Power Leadership Awards to 25 organizations/companies who either purchase, supply or develop renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, low-impact biomass, and low-impact hydro resources) across the US.
Unfortunately, none of them is from the chemical industry.
The awards serve to recognize the leading actions of organizations, programs, and individuals that significantly advance the development of green power sources. It is curious to see why nobody from the chemical industry is recognized in these awards since it is one of the leading developer in the renewable energy market. And shouldn't the chemical industry be a big purchaser of green power since they helped developed this market in the first place?The EPA also ranked every quarter the country's top green power purchasers across individual industry sectors, and in the chemical sector, only DuPont, Dow Chemical and Monsanto were included in the October 2008 list.
Organizations who meet EPA's green power purchase requirements use any combination of three different product options: (1) Renewable Energy Certificates, (2) On-site generation, and (3) Utility green power products. The EPA says the purchase amounts reflect U.S. operations only and are sourced from U.S.-based green power resources.
Maybe the price of green power is still too expensive for chemical companies to bear although according to a recent report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), green power pricing premiums have continued to fall, owing to a combination of higher prices of conventional generation fuels and lower renewable resource costs.
Also according to NREL, more than 850 utilities, or about 25% of utilities nationally already offer green power programs to customers. The group estimates the market value of US green power sales in 2007 to be between $85 million and $125 million.
Wind energy represented 55% of total green power sales, followed by biomass energy sources,including landfill gas (28%), hydropower (11%), geothermal (3%), solar (<1%), and other sources (2.5%).


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A block of a heavily traveled street in downtown Washington will be renamed today in honor of Ronald Brown, the first African American to become Commerce secretary. He died in a 1996 plane crash.
Ron Brown Way will be at 14th Street Northwest between Constitution Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, right near the Commerce Department where Brown served for President Bill Clinton. Gary Locke, President Obama's Commerce secretary, will be on hand for the dedication.
Brown played a key role in politics, first as an aide to Sen. Edward Kennedy and then as the manager of Jesse Jackson's 1988 bid for the White House. Brown went on to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee and ran the party's 1992 convention in New York City, where Clinton was first nominated for the presidency.
Brown and 34 other people were killed on their way to a trade mission to Croatia. Their plane crashed into a mountain.
The ceremonial renaming of the street was pushed by Brown's son, Michael, an at-large member of the District of Columbia's City Council. It is one of several tributes honoring Brown.
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Breaking out the previously crafted visual offering, Willow Smith has just debuted the music video for her single "Do It Like Me (Rockstar)".
Tweeting to her many fans about the video's release, the daughter of Will and Jada Smith wrote, "This video is so old but I still love it … enjoy".
In the footage, Miss Smith can be seen singing and dancing as the footage finds her traveling around the globe to locales including NYC and Paris, France.
"Rockstar" happens to be the second single from the 11-year-old's much-awaited debut album, Knees and Elbows, which was expected to have been released in April - but has obviously has been pushed back to an unknown date.
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Get an EKG and see a specialist ASAP!
My wife had some freaky heart problems and put it off because she was so young. When she passed out, then died and had to be shocked 7 times to get her heart back, she stated to take it seriously and got her problem fixed.
When I used to take Ripped Fuel it would make my heart skip beats etc.
Either way, get your ass in and get an EKG and some bloodwork.
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It often isn't anything to worry about. However, you can only afford to be an optimist...when you can afford to be wrong.
Definitely make an appointment with your doc and get it worked up. You only have one heart, and it's kinda important, so don't put it off.
I like to joke around a lot, but in this case I'm deathly serious. Make an appointment tomorrow.
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Not just "dizzy"!
Check this out!
Get some medical attention.
yeah, I'm with everyone else here, even though the heart bearts with regularity in most people, dysrhythmias do occur periodically .Most don't mean nothin' but for your sake, get yourself checked out,please.
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Definately get it checked. Best of luck to you.
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I think it is your prostate. The really deep prostate, not just the regular one.
You will want to tell the doc to go elbow deep to check it out.
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Mine does that just about every time I spot a hottie. Especially a hardbelly.
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Never argue with an idiot - they'll bring you down to their level then beat you with experience.
This is a discussion on "See That Man? He's Going To Shoot You!" within the Open Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by ks kid I think you handled it ok. The lady was having a bad day and elected to bring you into it ...
Never argue with an idiot - they'll bring you down to their level then beat you with experience.
Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American GI. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
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This reminds me of a story that was published in the Readers' Digest many years ago....Probably the 60's.
A LEO was having lunch in a diner when he heard a mother tell her kid "Tommy, if you don't eat your peas, I'm going to have that officer arrest you."
The officer finished his lunch then approached the other table. "Jimmy", he said,"I'm 6 foot four and weigh 250 pounds and I NEVER ate a pea in my life!"
The story stuck to me all these years.
I wouldn't have got that upset. I would have just smiled and kept walking. You cant control what people say or what they may think, but you can control how you react to it. You run the risk of the woman causing a scene because you approached her and gave her a piece of your mind "Mr. bad ass with a gun walking around with it all exposed in a public place." Then the manager would ask you to leave and that store would have a "no weapons" policy.
Just my initial thoughts.
This was an issue once for me at Starbuck's. One of the few times a person has ever caused a scene relating to me open carrying happened in one. A woman saw me with a gun on my hip, and began to give me attitude, calling me a bunch of names not fit for this forum. When I ignored her, she approached the manager of Starbuck's, demanding that she kick me out, but the manager refused to do so. "Ma'am, he's sitting down, drinking coffee, and reading a book. I saw you approach him, and harrass him. He doesn't have to leave." This is why, despite the fact that I don't really care for their coffee, I give them my business.
One more reason for the list....
I dont know who said it, or even if it was this forum but......"when you holster your weapon, leave your attitude in the safe."
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WASHINGTON, D.C.-The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, has enlisted the expertise of the blind and physically handicapped community in a project to develop the new digital talking-book machine (DTBM).
"The direct involvement of blind and physically handicapped consumers in testing the new digital talking-book machine will ensure that it meets user accessibility requirements, providing our patrons a voice in shaping a technology that directly affects their lives," says Frank Kurt Cylke, NLS director. NLS plans to have 60,000 playback units and several hundred thousand copies of digital talking books ready for patron use by 2008.
Battelle, a leader in technology innovation, has been contracted to design and develop the DTBM with the support of three subcontractors, all experts in adaptive techniques. They include: HumanWare, formerly VisuAide, a leader in digital talking-book player development; the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the largest organization of blind persons in the United States; and the Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a specialist in accessible technology for the disabled.
"NLS is especially pleased to be working with experts in accessible technology and have the benefit of their valuable insight as talking books undergo an exciting evolution," says Michael Moodie, NLS deputy director.
As lead subcontractor, HumanWare will manage NFB and the Trace Center's involvement as it pertains to identifying the accessibility needs of users. "It will be particularly important to test the player with various users to determine whether the prototype functions properly in multiple real-world scenarios," says Gilles Pepin of HumanWare.
A leader in assistive technology testing, NFB will play a central part in testing the DTBM with blind users who are also NLS patrons, library staff, and repair technicians. The Trace Center will coordinate testing for physically disabled users. A series of eight usability tests-comprising focus groups, fieldwork, and task-based activities-will directly inform prototype design.
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First and foremost, I would operate in a state with no income tax, such as Florida
But corporations do pay income tax in Florida
New York is a good option. It's important to note that if you provide services in another state, you don't always owe income tax in that state.
If it is temporary work, then there would be no income tax due to the state.
Also, by utilizing contractors that are non-US persons, you don't have to report 1099 information for these vendors,
So for example, say you have offices in New York and you do a job in California for 3 weeks and fly a non-US contractor there, then there is no tax owed to California, and no tax due to the US for the non-US vendor.
However, if you had longer term engagements, like those that last several months, then you would be likely considered as doing business in that state, and would have to pay tax on the activity you provide there.
A state such as Nevada or Wyoming does not have corporate income tax, so if you are open to having locations in one of those states that could be a viable alternative to New York.
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"So for example, say you have offices in New York and you do a job in California for 3 weeks and fly a non-US contractor there, then there is no tax owed to California, and no tax due to the US for the non-US vendor."Can you point me in some direction where this is stated?
Yes, we have had some tax lawyers do an analysis and they say that the non-US contractors do have income tax nexus in various states. So what would you do to find out the best state to setup office?
You could look to see which states have lower income tax rates on corporations. Or have no corporate tax at all. Nevada does not have a corporate income tax, so that is a friendly state.
And from a interstate tax point of view, probably it doesn't matter in what state you operate New York or Nevada. I mean if our contractors would have income tax nexus in a certain state (when they go to work on the premises of our clients), then it doesn't matter if our office is in New York or Nevada right?
That is correct
It just matters in terms of overall - wherever you have your office, you will pay tax on 100% of your profits
no matter what state it comes from
So Nevada is a good option from your point of view. Are there any other states that don't have corporate income tax?
Wyoming is one...
In states where there are large business centers (like NYC, Los Angeles, etc) there will be corporate income tax.
Nevada does not because they get so much revenue from gambling taxese
Do you know if there are big differences in corporate income taxes between the different states? Does New York have a high rate compared with other states?
They are fairly comparable
Great, final question, can you point me to where I can find corporate income tax rates of New York / New Jersey / California?
There's a PDF flyer of the state corporate tax rates
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For a company so far ahead of its rivals when it comes to data contracts I'm surprised T-Mobile has taken this long to get a USB modem into the marketplace to compete with Vodafone's offering but now it has it could clean up.
Called – rather literally – the 'web n walk USB modem' this is virtually identical to Vodafone's 'USB Mobile Connect Modem' and it does virtually the same thing: provide HSDPA speeds (maxing out at a theoretical 1.6Mbps) to notebooks on the go or in the home (removing the need for a landline).
Like Vodafone's product, the web n walk modem is also compact, plug and play friendly and both Mac and PC compatible. Unlike Vodafone's product however, it is absolutely fantastic value for money.
The modem itself comes free on 18 and 24 month contracts and costs just £29.99 on a standard one year deal but the real kicker is the monthly rental of just £29.99 for an 'unlimited' data allowance (within the usual reasonable usage policies). Contrast this with Vodafone which currently charges £53 per month for the same reasonable usage 'unlimited' data allowance and there should only be one winner.
The T-Mobile USB modem is available in stores and from the company's website now. I – like all its rival networks – have no idea how it does this...?
Update: Reader Ray emailed me to make an excellent point: the £29.99pm plan does not allow VoIP. For that a user must subscribe to the 'Walk n Walk Max' plan which is a lot more pricey at £44pm. Still, cheaper than Vodafone though...


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The people of Australia went to the polls, cast their ballots and apparently no political party was able to secure the 76 seats needed to constitute a majority in Parliament. It is likely, that Julia Gillard, who heads the Labor party will have to reach out to Greens or other independents who won seats in order to secure the needed 76. Her party most probably will obtain 72 and thus needs an additional four votes. This is the first coalition government in Australia in about 70 years and follows the pattern established in the United Kingdom where a new coalition government is in power, the first one in decades. Is the world witnessing an historic shift as people decide they do not wish a single party to have a majority in their legislature? The United States is entering a period in which the Republican party is split and any moderates find themselves not only part of a minority party, but a minority in their own party. Germany will require some form of coalition government as, most probably will France.
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Attorney General Greg Abbott, the leading Republican candidate for Texas governor, has raised $2.45 million over the last month and has already put $30 million in the bank for his campaign, officials said Monday.
Abbott, a prodigious fundraiser and heir to a vast Republican donor network, faces little competition for his party's primary election and has already been engaging with his likely Democratic opponent, state Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth.
His campaign released the raw fundraising totals to news outlets ahead of a midnight deadline to report spending and fundraising activities to the Texas Ethics Commission — in "8-day reports" that all statewide candidates have to file in the week before the March 4 primary. The campaign said 98 percent of its donations came from inside Texas.
"Texans from across the state are joining Greg Abbott in building a strong campaign and a brighter future for Texas," Abbott campaign manager Wayne Hamilton said in a written statement. "As the campaign progresses, Greg Abbott will continue to travel the state, speaking with and hearing from Texans who share his goal to improve Texas' education system, grow jobs, and strengthen individual freedom."
The latest fundraising period covers activity between Jan. 24 and Feb. 22. Details on the size of donations and the identity of the contributors were not yet available.
Davis, who has cultivated a national network of small donors after her anti-abortion filibuster, has not yet released her fundraising figures for the period. Davis counts money going into both her gubernatorial campaign and a joint fundraising operation with the Democratic group Battleground Texas, in addition to her old Senate committee.
At last count, Davis had about $10 million in the bank among the three entities, or about a third of what Abbott has raised for his effort.
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I am 31 yrs. old. Did my h.w. and did research online and scheduled more than one consultation to compare physicians' advise. I have combination skin with hyper pigmentation due to previous acne; no scarring. I have olive skin so the marks appear darker than the rest of my face. All three physicians stated Fraxel would be a good option for me to create an even tone and diminish the hyper pigmentation.
My PCP recommended I choose a MD who peforms at least 20 Fraxel treatments per month. The provider I selected performs 10 Fraxel treatments per day.
They played a video for me to help me understand the process and they spoke with me one-on-one. The provider I chose recommended 3-4 Treatments at $500/ea. with bleaching cream and follow up with Obagi products.
In comparision to another provider who proposed 6 treatments at $750/ea.
They all provided me a list of products I could not use prior to the treatment.
The provider I chose told me to hold off on Retin A for 3 days prior and 3 days after if I chose to have treatments 3 weeks apart. If I chose to have treatment 2 weeks apart then to hold on the Retin A during the course of the treatment.
After they cleansed me they gave me 4 Ibuprofen 1 hr. prior to treatment. Then they placed an analgesic cream on my face. I waited for 1 hour (restless).
Then they laid me on a table which slanted back a bit cleansed the cream off my face and placed another gel on my face. They covered my eyes with a 2 plastic covers. And then a flashing red light was apparent with a pinching sensation across my face. The doctor said it was a treatment prior to Fraxel to break apart/ disperse the pigmentation.
Then they cleansed my face again, and covered my eyes with a 2 metal coverings. The Fraxel was very very very painful. Did I tell you it was painful? It was painful. My skin was very sensitive. They gave me stress balls to squeeze. I teared up, and had difficulty breathing because I was so tense. The doctor was very kind and talked to me thru the whole process with encouragement and stopped to ensure I took deep breaths to relax. The whole Fraxelprocess took 20 minutes. She started with my forehead, then my cheeks, then my chin,under my eyes, and lastly my nose. The most painful area for me was my cheeks. During the process I had a fan blowing cool air on my face and there was a slight smell of burning. The kind of smell when you burn hair, but not overwhelming.
My face was extremely swollen after the process. They placed aloe gel immediately after the Fraxel.
Then they took me to another room where my face was placed in the center of a semi-circular reflective machine which strobed light across my face for 35 seconds. She said it would help with the redness, which it did. My face was not very red the first day.
I was given two small ice packs for my face, more aloe gel, chapstick, Sun lotion SPF 30, a hat and my bleaching cream.
Appt. lasted 2 hrs.
I went to work the next day. People thought I didn't get good sleep the night before, my face looked sun burnt or it looked like I was crying last night. Different comments.
My next appt is in two weeks. I figure the faster I get this pain over with the better.
Swelling was greater the following morning, esp. around the eyes, but diminished thru the day.
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Thankfully, this isn't one of those services that are just launched and left to die without any following support, as Nokia has just pushed an update for the app, bringing its version number to 220.127.116.116. Now, exactly what is new in this version seems to be a mystery so far, as the company hasn't bothered to explain. This makes us believe that all this update brings are some minor bug fixes.
When it comes to the big stuff coming from Nokia's camp, though, we're all pretty much waiting with bated breath for the company to finally launch its new Lumia smartphones, the 920 and 820. Although there still isn't an official release date, we know that Microsoft will officially celebrate the "release" of Windows Phone 8 on October 29, so we hope that the new Lumias, as well as the other Windows Phone 8 phones will follow soon afterwards.
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Opinion: Past the Spin, Why Voter ID Laws Make Sense
As usual, both sides of the fight over voter ID laws are acting so childish that it's hard to have a serious conversation about it. Depending on where you're getting your news, the media noise on this would seem to indicate that the two sides are roughly on equal footing, or even that opponents on the left are winning the argument. But, in reality, polling data shows widespread support for Voter ID laws.
Let's not pretend that the Republicans aren't at least partly for Voter ID laws because it will benefit them a bit, or that Democrats aren't against it because it will hurt them. But as much as the left wingers and race baiters would like to think otherwise, you can't get to 70 percent of the country supporting someone with Jim Crow-loving racists and right-wing activists hell bent on seeing fewer black people vote for President Obama.
Most people haven't even heard the Republican talking points on this issue. I'd venture to say that the super-majority, and then some, that is for Voter ID laws aren't that way because of the (often rather ridiculous) Republican rhetoric, but because having a law that says that you should show some form of ID to verify that you're who you say you are when you vote just plain makes good sense to most people. I've tested this out on a few non-political people, and they thought the same thing. One of them even got one of the two caveats that I think are necessary to make Voter ID fair.
At it's most basic level, requiring that ID makes sense, but it occurred to the aforementioned friend that some people might not have the ID. So, like me and other people looking at this, they thought that Voter ID should have to be coupled with a law that said some form of necessary identification must be made available for free, so even the most poor wouldn't be barred from voting. This would serve a secondary benefit of making it easier for the poor to have identification, which has all sorts of upsides.
Those who compare Voter ID to Jim Crow only have a bit of a point if, and only if, the necessary identification costs money. If it does, then this does amount to a back door poll tax.
With free identification, the Jim Crow labeling just doesn't make any sense. Requiring identification to cast a vote isn't segregation. It doesn't require people to take a difficult test intentionally designed to weed a segment of the population out. It applies to everyone and people aren't crying foul over the requirement for some form of identification with all sorts of other activities that involve interacting with governments.
The left is right about one thing though. The chink in the GOP's rhetorical armor is that there really isn't evidence of much voter fraud going on. A bad salesman, making a bad pitch, doesn't change the merits of the product itself though.
The other caveat I'd add is that there needs to be a way for someone who accidentally forgets their identification to cast some form of provisional ballot, then verify their identity in some convenient way within a few days. I have to stress here that it has to be easy, as I've heard that some states make this somewhat complicated.
Put those three things together - having a free basic state ID, a simple provisional ballot and requiring identification to vote - is one of those rare situations where two plus two equals more than four. I'd even venture to bet that you could get into the 75 percent range in polls if you gave this as an option.
But, as usual, I don't expect many (if any) of the people with the megaphones to be talking this sort of sense. The Democrats will keep playing the race card, passing up an opportunity to try and take the high road, and get proper identification into the hands of the poor in states where they can't already get it for free. The Republicans see the writing on the wall in the polling numbers, and aren't likely to quit spreading the myth of widespread voter fraud. Meanwhile, most of the media seems intent on merely reporting on the battle going on between the two sides, rather than informing people that there is more to the debate than race baiting and blatantly false talking points.


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Biff America: Don't hate me because I'm beautiful
December 8, 2013
My mate and I had every reason not to like Mitchell and we were adamant not to let the fact we never met him stand in our way. He had three strikes against him. First, he was dating Chelsea, who might be the sweetest, kindest gal in the world (my mate excluded). Second, he was a male model, and worst, he was a male model.
Chelsea was on the rebound, having kicked her last boyfriend to the curb because he was a jerk. Before the last boyfriend there were a few others who weren't jerks but were boring, conceited — and one played the pan flute. (I'm not kidding).
Her last boyfriend wore leather pants and pronounced his first name, Steven, with the French pronunciation of "Stefan." (He was born in Nebraska and the closest he came to being French was eating fries.)
Chelsea is like the little sister I never had. We met while we both were working on a very forgettable anti-drug video shot by a production house in Denver. She was barely in high school and played a young girl tempted by a lowlife loser who tried to rob her of her health, future and innocence. (That would be me — the director said I didn't need to rehearse.)
It took only one look for me to decide I didn't like Mitchell. He had chiseled features, hollow cheekbones, pouty lips, with piercing green eyes and a face framed by thick sandy hair.
Since those days Chelsea has gone on to a fledgling yet fairly successful career acting in TV commercials. She moved to NYC a few years ago. She has had a series of short relationships with men, the most recent, Mitchell.
Her parents have a home in the mountains and Chelsea and her new guy were in town for Thanksgiving. She called and invited me over for coffee and to meet her new dude. She also asked if I could bring over some warm ski clothing for him so they could go snowshoeing.
Along with questions about what size pants he wore and whether he suffered incontinence I inquired of his background and occupation. Chelsea willingly told me he was a 32X32 but balked on what he did for a living. "I don't want you prejudging him," she said.
I was indignant. "You know me better than that. If you like him I'll like him. What does he do?"
"He's a male model," she said.
True to my word all I said in response was, "Gross."
Before we hung up I bullied Chelsea into giving me her man's name and a website where I might check out his work. It took only one look for me to decide I didn't like Mitchell. He had chiseled features, hollow cheekbones, pouty lips, with piercing green eyes and a face framed by thick sandy hair. If that wasn't reason enough to not like him one photo featured him shirtless. He had abs you could lite a match on.
"Take a look at Chelsea's new dude," I said that as I shoved my iPad in front of my mate. Without prompting, or having heard the prior conversation she responded, "Gross."
The day before Thanksgiving I headed over with a bag of warm clothing and a chip on my shoulder. I picked out my most worn pair of ski pants and an old ratty sweater and jacket. For some reason I took delight in the idea that this handsome guy would be wearing ugly clothing.
I knocked once on the door and walked in. Sitting in front of the fire was Chelsea's boy toy. He bounded off the couch practically ran to me and said, "You must be Jeffrey, I've heard a lot about you." He shook my hand and said, "Chelsea has shown me some of your columns. I really liked them." And then, with a mischievous smile he added, "We also watched a little of your drug video. Good work; it kept me sober for a week."
Chelsea came into the room with wet hair. She had obviously just come out of the shower. She made coffee while Mitchell and I sat by the fire.
Turns out he grew up in the Northeast not that far from me. He moved to New York to go to a school of fire science with a dream of getting on the NYFD. Before that could happen he was "discovered" by a well-known photographer and began modeling.
I couldn't take my eyes off him. He was disgustingly attractive but also engaging and likable. I told him I went online and saw some of his work in a major fashion magazine. He groaned and said, "Damn, that's embarrassing. All that is done with lighting and makeup. You can see I don't really look like that. You must have hated me at first sight."
I corrected him by saying, "I've learned long ago not to prejudge based on looks, wealth or occupation. I like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt." Mitchell had a visible expression of relief and said, "Chelsea told me you were a cool guy, but still, you know how people can sometimes make assumptions based on looks. I'm happy you are not one of them."
Mitchel was friendly and modest. By accepting my assertion that I am unbiased and equitable he gave me the benefit of the doubt that I denied him. Suffice to say he was both good-looking and gullible.
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Cookbook & Recipe Software Review
Why Use Cookbook and Recipe Software?
The top performers in our review are MasterCook, the Gold Award winner; Living Cookbook, the Silver Award winner; and Cook'n Recipe Organizer, the Bronze Award winner. Here's more on choosing software to meet your needs, along with details on how we arrived at our ranking of 10 products.
If you're a Mac user, be sure to check out our Mac recipe software reviews to see which program works best for your needs.
Since you can find nearly any recipe you want online, cookbook and recipe software may seem redundant. But on the contrary, recipe programs have advanced capabilities that you won't find online, such as menu planning, automatic shopping lists, specific nutritional information and verbal cooking instructions.
This software provides a great way to organize and update your recipes. You can add recipes to your database and edit them as you discover new and better ways to concoct your favorite meals. This helps you remember and keep a file of the dishes that have worked in the past and abandon the ones that didn't work. You can do quick searches for your favorite recipes and pull them up in seconds, then either print them off or display them on your tablet.
You can add notes and commentary to remind yourself of tips, instructions and menu plans that have worked for you. This makes it easy to revise your menus over time to make them just right for your lifestyle and your family's nutritional needs.
You can easily import recipes into the database and then revise them for things like serving size. The best cookbook and recipe programs automatically adjust ingredient amounts to the size of your family so you don't have to worry about getting the portions right. Our cookbook and recipe software reviews help you determine which software will best meet the needs of your family. In addition to our reviews, take a look at our articles on cookbook and recipe software for more tips on how to make life in the kitchen more enjoyable.
Cookbook & Recipe Software: What to Look For
When you are looking for the right recipe software for you and your family, the sheer number of programs on the market may make your choice a daunting task. In our research, we considered the most important aspects of cookbooks and recipe software.
We found software programs that effectively act as electronic recipe organizers, putting your favorite recipes at your fingertips so your time can be spent preparing food, not finding recipes. We selected recipe management software that lets you easily import recipes into your database and effectively organize and file them. This software lets you organize recipes and monitor your family's nutrition in the same place. We used the following criteria to determine the best cookbook and recipe software available.
Recipe Manager
Cookbook software should include hundreds of preprogrammed recipes for you to choose from right out of the gate. You should be able to add your own recipes and easily import recipes you find online into your database. It should be simple to edit recipes to make changes to your ingredients or cooking times. Having your recipes categorized allows you to search for menu items quickly and easily. Recipe management software should allow you to do just that – manage your recipes in the most efficient way possible. It is important to be able to search by ingredient, among other search options, which allows you to find recipes that contain the ingredients you have on hand.
Cooking Tools
Look for cooking and recipe software with an extensive feature set and tools that make cooking easier. The software should allow you to download recipes from the internet and automatically adjust serving sizes on recipes so you never have the problem of miscalculating the ingredient amounts for your family. It is also nice to have the option to print out recipe cards and full cookbooks. The best recipe software lets you customize the cookbook your way before you print it off.
Menu Planner
The best recipe organizers allow you to plan breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for days, weeks and even months ahead of time. Menu planners should be customizable to meet the needs of different diets and track your food inventory. Additionally, you should be able to make a categorized shopping list using this software to make your trip to the grocery store quick and easy.
Help & Support
Recipe software should be easy to use, but in case you have any questions or run into any problems, look for programs that have numerous support options, such as extensive FAQs pages and tutorials online. Also look for programs that offer email and phone support so you can contact the company directly. Many recipe organizers have a demo or trial period so you can test out the program before you buy, which is incredibly useful.
Cookbook & Recipe Software: Our Verdict and Recommendations
We identified the best cookbook and recipe software on the market. The best options are MasterCook, Living Cookbook and Cook'n Recipe Organizer. Each has a lot to offer in terms of keeping your library of recipes organized and up to date.
MasterCook has over 8,000 recipes in its database, as well as a comprehensive shopping list. Living Cookbook offers outstanding support and stellar menu-planning features, like one that lets you create recipes of your own. Cook'n Recipe Organizer is, as its name implies, an excellent organizational tool. It provides excellent help with setting nutritional values and serving sizes, and it even gives you effective grocery-shopping strategies.
When choosing cookbook and recipe software, decide what your needs are. If you are a gourmet cook, you will appreciate features that allow you to edit recipes and change serving sizes. However, if you don't cook for many people, you may find that more basic cookbook and recipe software suits you best. One such basic software package is Paprika Recipe Manager, an affordable program that doesn't come with pre-existing recipes but lets you add your own recipes quickly and easily. Our reviews of cookbook and recipe software packages can help you decide which program fits your lifestyle.


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Sept. 18, 2012
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PITTSBURGH - Pitt men's soccer hosts the Colonials of Robert Morris at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at Ambrose Urbanic Field at the Petersen Sports Complex. This is the 29th meeting between Pitt and Robert Morris in program history. The Panthers lead the series 15-11-2 and have captured wins in two of the past three meetings.
The game will be televised live on Pitt Panthers TV on The Comcast Network (Channels 188/210) and is available on Pitt Panthers All-Access. Tim McCoy and former Panther Andy Kalas have the call. Gametracker statistics are also available.
Pitt boasts an unbeaten mark of 5-0-2 to start the season. The Panthers collected their fourth consecutive win with a 2-1 decision over crosstown rival Duquesne on Sunday, Sept. 16. The Panthers had a come-from-behind win on Friday, Sept. 14 against visiting Northern Kentucky - its last victory at home to run that streak to three games.
The Panthers open Big East play versus the Cincinnati Bearcats at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22 at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This will be the fourth meeting between these teams as the Bearcats own a 1-2 series record, This is the first meeting between the teams since 2009.
• At 5-0-2, Pitt is off to its best seven-game start since 1986 (6-0-1).
• The Panthers are ranked 10th in the NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Northeast rankings, released on Tuesday, Sept. 18.
• Pitt's win-loss-tied percentage is 13th-best in NCAA Division I.
• Pitt is one of six teams in the Big East to remain unbeaten after four weeks. Marquette (7-0-0), Notre Dame (7-0-0), Georgetown (7-0-1), Connecticut (5-0-1) and St. John's (5-0-3) are all riding unbeaten streaks.
• This past week, Pitt defeated Northern Kentucky 3-2 on Friday, Sept. 14 and bested Duquesne 2-1 on Sunday. t
• Freshman midfielder Nick Wysong led the way for Pitt over the weekend with three goals against Northern Kentucky and an assist versus Duquesne. Wysong's three goals was the first hat trick in Panther history since Nov. 2, 2003 when Billy Brush completed the feat against Syracuse. Wysong was also awarded the Big East Rookie of the Week nod on Monday for his weekend efforts.
• Pitt has five players who have started and played in every game this season: the starting backline of Michael Touhy, John Cordier, Julian Dickenson, Kevin Fielden, and goalkeeper Lee Johnston.
• Pitt have used a different starting 11 in each game.
• Junior Nico Wrobel has scored five goals on the season, matching his team-best total a season ago. He is ranked 17th among NCAA leaders in total goals and is 28th in goals per game (0.71). Wrobel is also tied for first in the Big East in goals per game and is second in points per match (1.57).
• Six different players have tallied goals for Pitt in 2012, while six have also contributed assists (eight) on the Panthers' 12 goals.
• This season marks the second year that Pitt has played its home games at the Petersen Sports Complex. The Panthers own a 6-7-2 record at its second-year on-campus home and are unbeaten at home this season (3-0-1).
• Pitt's first 11 matches will be played at home (Ambrose Urbanic Field) or at nearby Rooney Field (Duquesne University). The Panthers have played three contests at Duquesne's campus and is home at the PSC for their first eight matches. Pitt does not hit the road outside of the Steel City until Oct. 3 - a road trip to No. 8 Notre Dame.
• The Pitt men's soccer team earned the athletic department's top men's academic award for the third straight year this past February. The team also posted the top cumulative GPA in the Big East last season. Andy Clifford, Julian Dickenson, Lee Johnston, Alex Lowman, Dan Mark, Dan Prete, Matt Walbert and Nico Wrobel each were named a Big East Academic All-Star in late July.
• Pitt head coach Joe Luxbacher is in his 29th season as head coach for the Panthers. Luxbacher is only the second head coach in program history. The Pitt graduate followed his college head coach Leo Bemis in the role.
• This is the 59th season for Pitt men's soccer.
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Canada regulator, nuke firm blasted over isotopes
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Widespread sloppiness at both Canada's nuclear regulator and government-owned Atomic Energy Canada Ltd prompted the damaging closure of a reactor which made medical radioisotopes, a report said on Monday.
AECL's 50-year-old Chalk River reactor -- which produces more than two-thirds of the global supply -- was shut down for three weeks late last year, quickly triggering shortages.
AECL's chairman quit in December, and in January, Ottawa fired the head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
A damning report by three independent consultants said officials from AECL and the commission often ignored standard procedures that would have identified the problem earlier.
"This culture of informality was considered a significant and fundamental flaw in both organizations' methods of operation and contributed to a series of misunderstandings," said the 119-page report.
"It became clear there were several basic processes which were flawed, within both AECL and CNSC," it added.
Communications between the two were so bad that AECL did not make crucial safety improvements while the regulator did not check they had been carried out.
The isotopes, when injected into the body, give off radiation that can be seen by a camera to diagnose cancer, heart disease and other medical conditions. Continued...


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PROVO » Utah Valley University has received a $1 million donation to match any money raised for a new science building.
Marc and Debbie Bingham made the donation Monday.
UVU officials say the donation couldn't have come at a better time.
UVU has the fewest square feet per student of any institution of higher learning in Utah. That's been compounded in the last two years by growing enrollment and state budget cuts.


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Canadiens' centreman Lars Eller speaks to the media at the Bell Sports Complex on Saturday.
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Lars Eller doesn't remember being hit during Game 1 of the Habs' playoff series with the Ottawa Senators or being carried off the ice on a gurney. But the popular Canadiens' forward reports that he's feeling well after suffering a concussion, broken nose and broken teeth when he was checked by Senators defenceman Eric Gryba.
"I don't remember much. There's a good gap of a 10-minute period where I don't remember anything," Eller told reporters Saturday at the Canadiens' practice facility in Brossard.
"But I'm happy to be where I am today and feeling how I'm feeling," he said.
"As a matter of fact, I'm getting close to actually be playing again so it could have been a lot worse."
Eller and the rest of the team cleared out their lockers on Saturday in Brossard. They also underwent exit physicals and met with Canadiens' general manager Marc Bergevin and head coach Michel Therrien.
Eller said he had several symptoms for a few days that are quickly starting to go away.
"I've been feeling really good for the last three or four days and have been allowed to step up my training and get back close to game shape. So the recovery has been going really well."
While he doesn't have any symptoms per se from the concussion, Eller said: "I have done some tests that point to the fact that I'm not recovered completely. But as far as symptoms go, I would say symptom-free."
He declined to comment on the hit, which landed Gryba a two-game suspension.
"The suspension was handed out and I'll leave it at that."
"I don't think it's going to be the last hit in the NHL that we're going to see like that," Eller said. "I think the league is doing the right thing, trying to get those things out of the game. That's all I'm going to say."
"It was an awful experience for everybody that watched, especially my family" said Eller, who added he is grateful to "still be able to play hockey and be where I am."
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Allan Langley-Smith now faces a police probe into his activities.
Investigators who caught his staff making up the fictitious bids also found that a vendor was not told about an offer from one would-be buyer who had declined to use the firm's in-house mortgage advice team.
The case comes amid growing concern about the underhand activities of some agents. Which? consumer campaigner Emma Harrison said today: 'The Government must now accept that it is time to implement full regulation of estate agents. Only this will bring rogue agents into line and boost public confidence in the industry.'
Brighton-based Hadleys Letting and Estate Agents was set up by Langley-Smith in 1996. By last summer, trading standards officers from Brighton and Hove council had fielded a string of complaints from disgruntled customers.
Which? was alerted and sent in its team of undercover investigators. One of the team posed as a buyer and offered £77,000 for a flat being sold through Hadleys and owned by another Which? investigator. 'We were aware of what offers were and were not being made,' said the wouldbe buyer.
He added: 'Hadleys told me another potential buyer had offered £78,000 and the owner was looking for an offer closer to £80,000. We knew this was a complete invention and a clear breach of the Estate Agents Act.'
It was found that Langley-Smith had not passed on an offer from a buyer who did not seek mortgage advice from Hadleys staff, but did pass on a much lower bid for the same property from a buyer who did seek their guidance.
Trading standards officers reported Langley-Smith to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which has now ruled him 'unfit to carry on estate agency work'. Police and trading standards are considering whether to bring criminal charges.
Hadleys closed in May after rent on its offices was not paid. But the firm left scores of out-of-pocket landlords and tenants behind. Brighton and Hove trading standards said: 'We have a list of about 40 tenants and landlords affected.' Jane Wilkinson, a member of the Brighton and Hove Estate Agents' Association, said: 'We are seeing far too many situations like this because the lettings industry is completely unregulated.'
Langley-Smith was able to set up in estate agency with no training, qualifications or registration and there is no body responsible for compensating his victims.
In March the OFT published the results of a two-year probe into estate agents, revealing widespread malpractice-but concluding that nothing should be done for at least two more years. Peter Bolton King, chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, said the Brighton agent's behaviour was typical of the cowboy end of the industry.
He said: 'We have campaigned for better regulation. Estate agents are the only link in the home-buying chain not to be regulated, and it is crucial to protect the public.
'We can expel and heavily fine our members when they misbehave but we cannot stop them from continuing to practise. We are urging the Government to step in with a statutory scheme.' The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors also backs statutory regulation.
Langley-Smith has moved to Spain. He declined to comment but his solicitor, Mark Westwood, said: 'We were just dealing with a possible sale of the business that was being negotiated a while back but that fell through. Allan needs to instruct someone else to help him deal with this.'Reuse content


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