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Bernanke lifts Wall Street, keeps stimulus in play

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, expressing "grave concern" for the stagnating U.S. job market, said the central bank was prepared to take further steps to strengthen the economy if necessary.

Though Bernanke, speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, dashed some hopes for a signal of quick action, his comments bolstered bets that the central bank was closer to providing more stimulus for an economy that is close to stalling.

Stocks had been flat for much of the week ahead of Bernanke's speech, though expectations of additional stimulus from the Fed helped the market this month. All three indexes posted gains for August.

"I think the debate is how strong growth is and how aggressive the Fed is going to be," said Giri Cherukuri, head trader at OakBrook Investments LLC, in Lisle, Illinois.

"Hopefully the economy will just get better on its own, but I think the Fed is saying they're going to be there and is trying to tell the market that they have some power to help things along."

Energy and materials shares were among the best performers, with the S&P energy index up 0.9 percent and the S&P materials index up 1.1 percent.

The Fed's next policy meeting is in mid-September, and many analysts are looking to it for a decision on a third round of quantitative easing.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 90.13 points, or 0.69 percent, at 13,090.84. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 7.10 points, or 0.51 percent, at 1,406.58. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 18.25 points, or 0.60 percent, at 3,066.96.

Even with the advance, each of the major indexes posted a second straight weekly decline. The Dow was down 0.5 percent for the week, while the S&P 500 was down 0.3 percent and the Nasdaq was down 0.1 percent.

For the month, the Dow rose 0.6 percent, the S&P 500 gained 2 percent and the Nasdaq climbed 4.3 percent, its best monthly performance since February.

Volume was light but above the low levels of earlier in week. The four other days this week were among the five lowest for volume all year.

The day's volume traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the Amex, was about 5.3 billion shares. The year-to-date average is about 6.6 billion.

Investors are looking ahead to the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday that is expected to take pressure off highly indebted countries. Comments from ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure rekindled expectations for central bank action.

Among the day's best performing stocks, SAIC Inc was up 3.4 percent at $12.21 after the computer contractor reported a drop in second-quarter profit and said it would split its business into two independent public companies.

On the data front, consumer sentiment climbed more than expected to a three-month high, while the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago's index of Midwest business activity fell in August to 53.0 from 53.7 in July.

Advancers outpaced decliners on the NYSE by about 5 to 2 and on the Nasdaq by about 5 to 3.

(Editing by Kenneth Barry)

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The Truth About Prenatal Nutrition and Fitness

Eat for two when you're pregnant? Skip your workout? Our expert tells you what you need to know to stay healthy.

By Christina Boufis
WebMD the Magazine - Feature

Reviewed by Sara DuMond, MD

You've heard all kinds of things about what you should and shouldn't do to stay healthy and fit when you're pregnant. To separate fact from fiction, we asked our experts for their fitness and nutrition tips. As always, check with your doctor about which guidelines are right for you.

Eat for one. You need to add only about 300 calories a day to your diet, starting in the second trimester, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). "It's really not that much," says Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, RD, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Take your vitamins. When you're pregnant, you need increased amounts of certain vitamins and minerals, such as folic acid and iron, says Siega-Riz. Prenatal supplements ensure you're getting the 400 to 800 micrograms of folic acid needed to help prevent neural tube birth defects like spina bifida, as well as extra iron for your increased blood volume.

Start exercising. "It's a myth that it's too late to begin exercising during pregnancy," says Marjorie Greenfield, MD, division director of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland and author of The Working Woman's Pregnancy Book. And while it's probably not a good time to learn how to inline skate or play soccer, brisk walking is fine, she says.

ACOG recommends at least 30 minutes of exercise on most days of the week, which can help with everything from improving sleep to protecting against gestational diabetes. But whatever you do, "don't work out so hard you can't talk. Don't bang your tummy," Greenfield says. "As long as you follow the rules, do whatever [exercise] feels right to you," whether that's running, brisk walking, or swimming.

"But we don't recommend hot yoga," she adds. "Getting overheated is not good for you." No matter what exercise you're doing, "if you start feeling really hot, you have to stop."

Stay hydrated. While you don't need to down lots of extra water during pregnancy -- six to eight glasses a day is fine -- you do need to stay hydrated. Make sure you don't get dehydrated when exercising, says Greenfield.

And skip the sweetened drinks. "A lot of women don't realize that sweetened beverages -- juices, sweet teas, and Frappuccino-type coffee drinks -- have a lot of calories and added sugar," Siega-Riz says. "So it's really easy to gain weight."

Keep your balance. As you progress in your pregnancy, "you have to be cautious about things that involve balancing because your center of gravity is different and you may not adjust so quickly," Greenfield says. While you don't have to forgo bike riding, for example, you may have to go slower or adjust your workout.

Reader Tip

"My doctor told me the best medicine for swollen feet and ankles is a swimming pool. I have been going to the pool nearly every day." -- Beckie_33, WebMD community member

Find more articles, browse back issues, and read the current issue of "WebMD the Magazine."

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maryland juice: DOUBLE-STANDARD: Feds Moving 450 Treasury ...

WEST VIRGINIA TO GAIN MARYLAND JOBS: The Washington Post yesterday reported that the federal government plans to move 450 Treasury Department jobs out of Prince George's County, Maryland to neighboring West Virginia. The rationale for the "consolidation" is that it would help the agency more efficiently use its facilities (excerpt below):

WASHINGTON POST: The federal government is relocating 450 Treasury Department jobs from Hyattsville to Parkersburg, West Virginia as part of a move to consolidate operations....

According to the General Services Administration, which manages federal real estate, the move will help Treasury meet a directive from President Obama for agencies to more efficiently use their facilities....

After hearing the news from Treasury officials, U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) issued a press release Wednesday expressing disappointment and suggesting that workers receive help finding new jobs....

Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin, as well as Representatives Steny Hoyer, Chris Van Hollen and Elijah E. Cummings, all Democrats, attached statements to Edwards? also condemned the move.

MASSACHUSETTS TRIES TO RETAIN JOBS MOVING TO MARYLAND: But Senator Barbara Mikulski proposed a similar consolidation of 200 fisheries management jobs from Massachusetts to Montgomery County, Maryland, and that plan is seemingly facing a great deal more resistance. Either the Federal government believes in efficiency through geographic consolidation of its workforce or it doesn't. See excerpts from The Gloucester Times below:

GLOUCESTER TIMES: U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski?s idea to relocate the Northeast Regional Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service from Gloucester to near NMFS? headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., would be costly and ?could be disruptive? and inefficient, NOAA reported to Congress this week....

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal 2013 spending plan for NOAA in April that included an amendment to close the Northeast Regional Office in Gloucester and move the bulk of fisheries management, administration and law enforcement to Silver Spring, Md....

Opposition to the move locally was based on the economic impact of having more than 200 of NOAA?s mostly highly paid employees working and living in and near the city....

Will Maryland become the victim of a double-standard when it comes to the Federal government consolidating offices?

Source: http://www.marylandjuice.com/2012/08/feds-moving-450-treasury-jobs-from-md.html

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UC Riverside developing biofuel formulations for California

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University of California - Riverside

Research supports several California measures that aim to increase the use of renewable fuels and reduce greenhouse gases

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) are working with the state of California to develop diesel formulations with higher levels of renewable biofuels.

This research supports several California legislative measures and regulations that aim to increase the use of renewable fuels and reduce greenhouse gases. These include AB 32, which requires the state to develop regulations that will reduce carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and the California Air Resources Board's (CARB's) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

In the first major step of this effort, researchers at CE-CERT have evaluated the potential impacts of using biodiesel in diesel sold through California. Biodiesel may provide significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions because it is produced from renewable sources, such as soybeans, that absorb carbon dioxide while growing.

Biodiesel use and production is already expanding rapidly in the United States. Over the past decade, it jumped from 2 million gallons in 2002 to 1.1 billion gallons in 2011, according to the National Biodiesel Board.

Although biodiesel provides benefits in a number of emissions components, such as hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter, one issue with biodiesel use in California is its potential to increase nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, a key contributor to smog.

The CE-CERT study found that adding biodiesel at levels of 20 percent and higher would likely increase NOx emissions, but several strategies were proposed that could potentially mitigate such increases, including blending with more advanced renewable diesel fuels or through the use of additives. Results were less conclusive for biodiesel blends near the 5 percent, which are the levels most likely to be implemented in the state in the near future.

"The results show that research is still needed to find optimal biofuel blends that achieve maximum environmental benefits in all aspects," said Thomas D. Durbin, a research engineer at CE-CERT and the lead author of the recent journal article in Environmental Science and Technology where the findings were outlined.

He continued: "One of CE-CERT's missions is to help bring new environmental, sustainable technologies to the marketplace and we are now one step closer with biodiesel by understanding how small changes in fuel composition can affect emissions."

The research finding in the journal article, and a related report, are the most comprehensive look at the impact of blending biodiesels with California diesel, which is the cleanest in the nation. CE-CERT researchers have also done extensive studies comparing California diesel with diesel fuels found in other states, where less stringent fuel emission standards apply.

Two researchers at CE-CERT, which is part of UC Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering, co-authored the paper with Durbin. They were: Kent Johnson, an assistant research faculty member at the center, and Maryam Hajbabaei, a graduate student researcher at the center. Three CARB researchers were also co-authors: Robert Okamoto, Alexander Mitchell and Marcie Pullman.

The same CE-CERT team, along with Wayne Miller, CE-CERT's associate director, and scientists at UC Davis and Arizona State University, produced a related report for CARB.

The findings outlined in the journal article stem from tests using two heavy-duty engines: a 2006 engine with no exhaust aftertreatment, and a 2007 engine with a diesel particle filter (DPF). The tests were conducted on an engine dynamometer over four test cycles that simulated different driving conditions.

In the coming months, several follow-up studies are planned, including: more comprehensive testing with 5 percent biodiesel blends; adding additives to reduce NOx emissions in 20 percent biodiesel blends; and evaluating the impact of biodiesel blends have on emissions from light-duty vehicles, such as passenger cars. This will include the development of certified biofuel and biodiesel blends that can be sold in diesel fuel throughout California.

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University of California - Riverside

Research supports several California measures that aim to increase the use of renewable fuels and reduce greenhouse gases

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) are working with the state of California to develop diesel formulations with higher levels of renewable biofuels.

This research supports several California legislative measures and regulations that aim to increase the use of renewable fuels and reduce greenhouse gases. These include AB 32, which requires the state to develop regulations that will reduce carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and the California Air Resources Board's (CARB's) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

In the first major step of this effort, researchers at CE-CERT have evaluated the potential impacts of using biodiesel in diesel sold through California. Biodiesel may provide significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions because it is produced from renewable sources, such as soybeans, that absorb carbon dioxide while growing.

Biodiesel use and production is already expanding rapidly in the United States. Over the past decade, it jumped from 2 million gallons in 2002 to 1.1 billion gallons in 2011, according to the National Biodiesel Board.

Although biodiesel provides benefits in a number of emissions components, such as hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter, one issue with biodiesel use in California is its potential to increase nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, a key contributor to smog.

The CE-CERT study found that adding biodiesel at levels of 20 percent and higher would likely increase NOx emissions, but several strategies were proposed that could potentially mitigate such increases, including blending with more advanced renewable diesel fuels or through the use of additives. Results were less conclusive for biodiesel blends near the 5 percent, which are the levels most likely to be implemented in the state in the near future.

"The results show that research is still needed to find optimal biofuel blends that achieve maximum environmental benefits in all aspects," said Thomas D. Durbin, a research engineer at CE-CERT and the lead author of the recent journal article in Environmental Science and Technology where the findings were outlined.

He continued: "One of CE-CERT's missions is to help bring new environmental, sustainable technologies to the marketplace and we are now one step closer with biodiesel by understanding how small changes in fuel composition can affect emissions."

The research finding in the journal article, and a related report, are the most comprehensive look at the impact of blending biodiesels with California diesel, which is the cleanest in the nation. CE-CERT researchers have also done extensive studies comparing California diesel with diesel fuels found in other states, where less stringent fuel emission standards apply.

Two researchers at CE-CERT, which is part of UC Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering, co-authored the paper with Durbin. They were: Kent Johnson, an assistant research faculty member at the center, and Maryam Hajbabaei, a graduate student researcher at the center. Three CARB researchers were also co-authors: Robert Okamoto, Alexander Mitchell and Marcie Pullman.

The same CE-CERT team, along with Wayne Miller, CE-CERT's associate director, and scientists at UC Davis and Arizona State University, produced a related report for CARB.

The findings outlined in the journal article stem from tests using two heavy-duty engines: a 2006 engine with no exhaust aftertreatment, and a 2007 engine with a diesel particle filter (DPF). The tests were conducted on an engine dynamometer over four test cycles that simulated different driving conditions.

In the coming months, several follow-up studies are planned, including: more comprehensive testing with 5 percent biodiesel blends; adding additives to reduce NOx emissions in 20 percent biodiesel blends; and evaluating the impact of biodiesel blends have on emissions from light-duty vehicles, such as passenger cars. This will include the development of certified biofuel and biodiesel blends that can be sold in diesel fuel throughout California.

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With choreographed conventions, is something lost?

WASHINGTON (AP) ? As Chris Christie's moment at the microphone neared, delegates to the Republican National Convention were atwitter at the chance to hear the New Jersey governor speak. After all, who knew what might happen? "He doesn't seem to have a filter," said David Shimkin, a delegate from New York.

But the famously freewheeling Christie did in fact have filters: He used a teleprompter, and he read from a speech that has been vetted and approved.

Americans hunger for authenticity ? or, at least, say that they do. The explosion of reality TV is testament to that desire for the unscripted moment (even if that unscripted moment is, well, scripted). So the slick choreography of the modern political convention, while understandable, also seems odd. And, some say, it's actually counterproductive to what the parties say they want to accomplish: generate passion that translates into votes.

"This regard for order, this insistence on order, it's just weird," says Richard Bensel, a professor of American politics at Cornell University.

It's that need to control the message and the messengers that led Texas Congressman Ron Paul to hold his own alternative rally Sunday in Tampa, Fla., drawing a crowd of thousands. "It's exactly what the Republican Party should have wanted ? real spirit, real emotion," Bensel says. "That enthusiasm shouldn't be offstage. It shouldn't be in an independent rally."

But it's the way things work these days. And Robert Lehrman, who was Vice President Al Gore's chief speech writer for three years, says that if he were GOP nominee Mitt Romney, he would insist on an orderly convention.

"You're trying to show a unified, strong party that represents your views," says Lehrman, author of the 2009 book "The Political Speechwriter's Companion." ''And to have those kinds of debates doesn't help the campaign."

"Used to be 30 years ago, you had platform fights, and they would come from the floor and be debated," he says. "Now, they had some platform stuff on CSPAN, where 30,000 people watch it. But 30 million people have no idea about those things."

In the 19th century, the candidates mostly avoided the conventions altogether. In 1860, Lincoln stayed home in Springfield and his supporters did the work. To do otherwise, Lehrman says, "was considered immodest."

Harry Truman was such a terrible speaker that his aides, at the 1948 Democratic convention, decided to give him a list of talking points instead of a speech. To make things worse, just as he reached the stage, a woman rushed up with a cage full of "doves of peace" ? which promptly got loose and, as one aide would later write, "did what pigeons do." The speech went on to be one of Truman's more memorable, but it's hard to forget the pigeons.

There was a time when a rousing convention speech could make history. William Jennings Bryan was a little-known former Nebraska congressman when he arrived in Chicago for the 1896 Democratic National Convention to make a speech in favor of the free-silver movement. Most newspapers covering the event listed him sixth or lower ? if at all.

"He was technically a candidate, but in the way, say, Ron Paul is. Even less than that, actually," says Bensel, author of "Passion and Preferences: William Jennings Bryan and the 1896 Democratic Convention." But after Bryan delivered his now legendary "Cross of Gold" speech, he walked away with the party's nomination ? and a place in the history books.

Sociologist and essayist John Shelton Reed understands that the Republicans don't want another "Pat Buchanan moment" ? the former presidential candidate's infamous "culture war" speech at the 1992 GOP convention in Houston.

"There is a religious war going on in this country," Buchanan thundered from the podium. "It is a cultural war, as critical to the kind of nation we shall be as the Cold War itself. For this war is for the soul of America. And in that struggle for the soul of America, Clinton and Clinton are on the other side, and George Bush is on our side."

"Everybody seemed to agree that was not helpful," Reed says. "They didn't check it in advance, I'm pretty sure."

Christie is famous for speaking bluntly and loudly. But he understands that Tampa is not the place for winging it. In an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Christie acknowledged as much. "I don't use text almost ever," he said. "So most of the time I think about what it is I want to talk about, and then I get up there and I talk about it."

Given the venue and the time restrictions, Christie said, "they want you to work off a text, and that's fine." But he noted that former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour reminded him that he needed to "be Chris.'"

"If that means I stray a little off the prompter every once in a while," he said, "that's the way it goes."

Christie did not stray much, except to add emphasis or focus his audience. And while he did seem a tad less spontaneous than usual, his delivery ? "I know this simple truth and I'm not afraid to say it" ? was every bit as powerful.

It's that delicate balance ? preparation without overpackaging ? that is so difficult to strike. Rick Andrews, who teaches improv at New York's Magnet Theater, works with businesspeople trying to communicate better. The trick for politicians, he says, is to try to "appear casual, off the cuff ? when you're not."

"We would be shocked if they weren't prepared," Andrews says. "But we also don't want them to appear to be overly prepared."

Republicans, including Romney, have openly mocked President Barack Obama's use of the teleprompter. But Ann Romney, the former Massachusetts governor's wife, seemed relieved to know she would not be up on that stage alone. She told reporters Tuesday that she had "never gone off of a written text."

"I had a lot of input in this, I must say, and a lot of, um, tweaking where I felt like was getting what I really wanted to say and from my heart," she said.

Whatever butterflies she might have had going in, they had flown soon after she took the stage. She even went off script at regular intervals, channeling Oprah Winfrey after a passage about mothers, wives, sisters and daughters: "I love you women, and I hear your voices," she shouted.

Mitt Romney has a reputation for being somewhat stiff. But Lehrman is looking forward to his performance Thursday evening ? particularly given that the GOP nominee has been working with an oratory coach. "I see him being more impassioned and more natural," Lehrman says. "He's been able to fake naturalness better."

And in the process, perhaps, something valuable is lost. That's how Bensel sees it. By sculpting their conventions so carefully, he says, both political parties are missing out on the chance to make history.

"The problem is, when you script the speech, the crowd isn't involved and there's no feedback, there's no spontaneity," Bensel says. "The whole connection between the party rank and file as audience and whoever's speaking is broken. You are just an audience. You aren't a participant in the creation of a political moment."

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Associated Press writers Thomas Beaumont and Kasie Hunt contributed to this report. Follow AP National Writer Allen G. Breed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/AllenGBreed

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/choreographed-conventions-something-lost-225300039.html

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Chicago Teens Share Concerns About Crime and Gun Violence in "Don't Shoot, I Want to Grow Up"

This summer, students in the Columbia Links high school journalism and news literacy program at Columbia College Chicago wrote about violence, fears and their hopes for their city to be a safe place to live. The resulting letters, compiled into a booklet titled, ?Don?t Shoot, I Want to Grow Up,? detail student fears about gangs, domestic violence, neighborhood safety, crime and perceptions about Chicago.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 28, 2012

Twenty-two students in the Columbia Links high school journalism and news literacy program at Columbia College Chicago this summer wrote about their fears and hopes for their city to be a safe place to live. The resulting letters, compiled into a booklet titled, ?Don?t Shoot, I Want to Grow Up,? available at columbialinks.org, details student fears about gangs, domestic violence, neighborhood safety and perceptions about Chicago.

The idea for the publication came from reporter Celia Daniels, a Columbia Links mentor. Daniels said she observed that many of the high school students' applications to be considered for the program expressed an urgent desire to write about the violence enveloping them.

Excerpts from the teen essays, which include students across Chicago, include a quote from a student who compares Chicago to Iraq, because it feels like he?s living in a war zone. Another student says it?s difficult to be proud of her city and invite others to visit. Several suggest there are negative tourism implications as a result of all the neighborhood violence.

These quotes show the impact of violence on the young author?s lives:

• "Chicago is also known as 'Chi-Raq' to my friends because it feels as if the streets are at war.?--Raymond Roundtree, 17, a sophomore at Options Laboratory School who lives on the South Side.

• "I love my city, but I'm finding it harder to defend it."--Taylor Nazon, 17, a senior at Trinity High School who lives in Beverly.
• "Living each day as if it were my last."--Asia Williams, 15, a sophomore at Westinghouse College Preparatory Academy who lives in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
• "I don't want to be scared."-- Diamond Trusty, 15, a junior at Prosser Career Academy who lives on the West Side.
• "I don't want to be next."--Victoria Susberry, 14, a freshman at Lindblom Math and Science Academy who lives in Beverly.

Columbia Links students hope to present the booklet to Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Chief Garry McCarthy in the coming weeks. ?Don?t Shoot, I Want to Grow Up,? is viewable online at the Columbia Links website, http://www.columbialinks.org, and in hard copy by contacting Links Executive Director Brenda Butler at bbutler(at)colum(dot)edu or (312)369-8993.

The Columbia Links program, founded in 2006, is primarily funded by the McCormick Foundation, with additional support from the Dow Jones News Fund.

Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution that offers innovative degree programs in the visual, performing, media and communication arts to nearly 12,000 students in more than 120 undergraduate and graduate programs. An arts and media college committed to a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, Columbia is dedicated to opportunity and excellence in higher education. For further information, visit http://www.colum.edu.

Erin Purdy
Columbia College Chicago
(312) 369-8695
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-teens-share-concerns-crime-gun-violence-dont-133032934.html

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What You Must Understand About Commercial Real Estate ...

Investing is a better idea than accumulating commercial properties. Making an investment will result in profit or income. If you purchase a property that does not make profit or income then you accumulated a property.

When buying a commercial property it is important to consider the income that it generates. If the commercial property in is a bad part of town it may be difficult for the property to generate any income. A real estate agent will be able to do a property valuation on the property so that you can see the potential income it could generate.

Make sure all details are finalized. After you have signed a real estate contract, be sure to stay in touch with your lender and real estate agent. A good realtor will go through everything that you need to have in place before settlement. Make sure that you have proper insurance and have figured out whether your real estate tax will be included in the mortgage payment, or you if you need to pay it separately.

When financing your commercial real estate purchases, you should ensure you have a solid business plan that shows you have put in a lot of time, energy, and effort into the business. If you do not have a solid business plan, lenders won?t be as likely to take the risk to finance your real estate ventures.

Ask your future landlord, before signing a lease, whether they have an emergency contact phone number available. Some landlords leave for the weekends or holidays and if anything breaks within your unit, you?re out of luck for the time being. Make sure to discuss this with the landlord, in order to ensure that your problems are looked after quickly.

If you are a landlord, it is important that you are not too lenient with your tenant. By allowing them to walk all over you, you could end up losing out on a lot of money. You will also be missing out on having a tenant who is more true to their word.

Make sure you have a current property appraisal before heading in order to try to get financing. The bank may require an additional appraisal but having this information already in hand will go a long way towards approval. Having the property appraised will also make sure that you aren?t wasting your time on a losing proposition.

Ask the rental agent if outside BBQing is allowed or not. If you enjoy summer BBQs, make sure the apartment complex you choose either has outside BBQs installed or they allow you to use your own. The lack of these facilities can completely ruin your summer party, as you can?t provide the food you want to.

When investing in commercial real estate, you should look over the financing and know if the mortage payment is simply interest, or whether it includes principal and interest. In addition, you should know the amortization schedule that is used to figure the principal payment. The best way to grow equity is having principal and interest payments over a short amortization period.

Do not let your emotions take away from your logical focus. You are buying homes to resell them, and should not allow yourself to develop an emotional attachment. If you feel that you are getting to attached to a house you are interested in purchasing, take a step back and ask yourself if this house is really worth the money.

Is it possible to work with real estate without using an agent? Well, technically it is, but it is generally not recommended. You are not merely paying an agent for their expertise, but more importantly for their network. With the contacts they have, your real estate will receive much greater exposure and will sell considerably quicker.

If your first commercial real estate purchase is a fixer-upper, then make sure you have the time and budget to make it profitable before buying. Not only do commercial sales take longer than home sales, but your property will also have to pass all sorts of inspections and receive special licenses before it can be used for business. Preparing for such expenses and setbacks in advance is the best way to avoid a stalled project.

It?s always a great idea to weigh your pros against your cons when you?re buying or selling commercial real estate. To make sure that you aren?t overlooking any important detail, be sure to read this article on great commercial real estate tips. You might find something that you haven?t thought of yet.

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Source: http://cannabismrsacure.letstalkaboutpot.com/what-you-must-understand-about-commercial-real-estate/

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Chicago Casino, Illinois Gambling Expansion Rejected By Gov. Quinn

CHICAGO -- Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday rejected a bill to expand gambling in Illinois, including a new land-based casino in Chicago, saying the proposal lacked sufficient regulatory oversight.

With two of his predecessors in prison, the Chicago Democrat had made it clear he must preserve his political integrity in the plan, which also proposed establishing four new riverboat casinos and allowing slot machines at racetracks.

The most glaring omission from the bill "is the absence of strict ethical standards and comprehensive regulatory oversight. Illinois should never settle for a gaming bill that includes loopholes for mobsters," Quinn said in a statement.

Supporters of the bill estimated the expansion could have brought in up to $1 billion a year, boost tourism and create 100,000 jobs for the state. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel supported the establishment of a city casino.

But opponents said more casinos could saturate some markets and raised concerns about the social cost.

The proposal would have established a city-owned Chicago casino with spots for 4,000 people to gamble at once. It also would have added riverboat casinos in Danville, Park City, Rockford and an undecided location in Chicago's south suburbs. Each riverboat casino would have had 1,600 gambling positions, and allowed Illinois' 10 existing casinos to grow.

Earlier attempts at expanding gambling in Illinois have failed. Lawmakers approved a similar plan last year but did not send the plan to the governor, who had threatened a veto.

Quinn, who isn't opposed to gambling on principal, had said all along that he wanted a bill with stronger ethical protections. That includes barring the gambling industry from making political contributions.

"Everybody should be concerned about ethics in our state. We have two governors, my predecessors, both in jail. That's a pretty darn important issue for our state to have integrity at all times in every part of government, and that includes regulating casinos," he said Monday. "It must be airtight when it comes to protecting the public."

In response, lawmakers also filed a so-called trailer bill to address some of Quinn's concerns. However that wouldn't be considered unless the initial law is signed, and Quinn has said he'd rather get all the legislation signed at once.

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The bill is SB1849.

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U.S. should make 'lifelong homes' a priority, says Cisneros | New ...

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By Judith Graham
Contributing Writer

(Special from Kaiser Health News) ? What will it take for Americans to age successfully in place, rather than have to bounce from home to assisted living to nursing home and so on? This question has immediate importance for policymakers and families as an estimated 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day.

It?s the subject of a new book, Independent for Life: Homes and Neighborhoods for an Aging America, (University of Texas Press) authored by more than a dozen leading experts in aging and housing and co-edited by Henry Cisneros, a four-term mayor of San Antonio and former of the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Cisneros, who now runs a company specializing in urban real estate, spent an hour discussing his thoughts about aging in place with Kaiser News Service reporter Judith Graham. That interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Q: You start this book talking about your elderly mother. Tell me about her.

Henry Cisneros: My Mom and Dad bought the home across the alley from her mother?s home in 1945. It was a lower-middle-class neighborhood of civil service workers?all Latinos. It had the feeling of a Norman Rockwell picture, only all the faces were brown.

My Dad passed away in 2006 at age 89, having had a stroke some years before. But my Mom, 87, lives there still. The house is essentially the same as it was, with some adjustments. We put a ramp on the side of the house leading to a deck. We raised the toilet, lowered the sinks, created a walk-in shower. Changed the lighting in the den so my Dad could read. Put in window guards, an alarm and outdoor lighting for my Mom because the neighborhood is somewhat in decline.

Q. Do you see her often?

Henry Cisneros: I try to visit her about every second or third day, but I talk to her every day by phone. She is a classic case of a person aging in place. She?s a healthy, lanky, tall woman who?s always been physically strong. But in recent years she?s started to slow down. She manages all her own affairs. I don?t think there?s a tractor strong enough to pull her from that house.

Until recently, on three sides, all her neighbors were her age or older. The lady to the left died this year at 97. The lady to the right went to a nursing home and died in her late 80s. And the lady across the street died at 90-plus. All stayed in their homes until very late. Aging in place in that neighborhood means older women living on their own.

Q. What lessons do you take from your mom?s experience?

H.C.: Seniors fear being unable to communicate, being lonely, feeling insecure. Especially people who all their lives have had other people around them?family, neighbors?and now they go entire days and never see anybody.

Imagine being older, a step slower, a bit more fragile. Add to that being lonely, edging to depression and unsure about how you?re going to get everything done that you used to do?but wanting above all to stay in your own home and keep on being independent. That?s hard.

Q. What kinds of policies do you think are needed?

H.C.: First, I?d like to see us commit as a nation to creating lifelong homes. Only four percent of the 65-plus population goes to a nursing home. Most are at home for a long, long time. We should make this a priority, just as we did with creating more energy-efficient homes.

This could involve certifying a package of age-related home improvements?the kinds of things we did for my parents?and coming up with public and private strategies for financial support.

Second, we ought to be thinking about how we accessorize communities for an aging population. Today, we build parks for children. Imagine a park where older people would have stations for exercise. Think about age-appropriate recreation facilities. Think about how we make transit available, so people who no longer drive can get to the doctor.

As we build new communities we should focus on walkability?making sure that older people can walk to facilities they need, like groceries and pharmacies.

Q. Can you point to examples?

H.C.: There are communities that are now rethinking zoning policies so that granny flats can be built on the same lots as larger size homes. Davis, Calif., has rethought its zoning codes with that in mind.

There are places using the high school library as the community library. So, elderly people can work there or volunteer there and interface with the next generation.

I think we?ll be recycling older communities in many parts of the U.S.?clearing away obsolete buildings and reconfiguring them as elderly housing. The recession has created a lot of sites that are no longer economically viable. Strip centers, even regional malls are being remade with housing for the elderly in mind.

We also need to generate prototypes for new age-appropriate homes for people who are leaving McMansions and looking for a smaller home.

Q. What about affordable housing?

H.C.: We need to double down on very successful programs that have produced affordable housing for the elderly. Low-income housing tax credits?we need more. And HUD?s Section 202 (supportive housing for the elderly) program?we need more of that. In some respects, this is the least problematic area because we know what to do?we just need to do more of it.

What we don?t know how to do very well is help people who are middle-class, but who are about to fall off the dual cliff of aging and frailty while living on fixed incomes and aging in place.

Q. Yet, this is an era of budget cuts. How do you make the case for more financial assistance for programs of this kind?

H.C.: As a country, we owe it to our seniors. It?s the right thing to do. It is unacceptable to leave a large segment of the population on their own at the most frail time of their lives. I also think we can make the case that cost savings can be achieved by keeping people living independently as long as possible instead of going to assisted-living or nursing home facilities.

Q. What about the suburbs?

H.C.: The baby boomers are the first American suburban generation. But the suburbs are the worst place to age because they?re so unwalkable and totally dependent on the automobile. Living in a cul de sac is really hard when you lose access to your car. So these communities have to think of new strategies.

Q. One of the authors in your book writes about his personal longevity plan. Do you have one?

H.C.: I turned 65 this year and I do have a plan that involves daily exercise and fitness. My personal role models are people who don?t think about retirement but have created either businesses or activities that will allow them to be active until the very end.

I will always be based in San Antonio. I live in my grandfather?s old house, which I refurbished, one mile away from where I grew up and one block away from our neighborhood church. When you give this much to a place it becomes part of you and there are a lot of things you don?t want to abandon.

This article originally published in the August 27, 2012 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.

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Getting Better With Email Marketing Through Knowing Great Ideas ...

TIP! You must be persistent with your email marketing strategy. While you must be persistent, it needs to be used with the proper consumers or it won?t help your business.

When you decide that you do want to market for your business the biggest concern you might have might be what techniques are going to benefit you the most. Email marketing has been around for a long time. It is still a smart way to reach customers. If you want to market your business through email, you can make the most of your efforts by making use of the tips found below.

TIP! When sending follow-up emails to potential customers, consider including a testimonial or endorsement in the message. It would be helpful to let them know that they can immediately benefit.

Make confirmation on the email opt-in portion of your website. Make it simple for people to change their minds about joining your list. This is the best way to avoid being reported as a spammer by customers who signed up for your email list without understanding what they were doing.

TIP! Always proofread your emails carefully before sending them. Although it sounds obvious, many would be surprised by the number of errors that inexperienced companies often have in their emails.

Although this may seem obvious, making sure that the addresses on your campaign list are accurate is something that is often overlooked, so make sure they are all correct! Having erroneous emails that simply bounce back will just waste your time and effort. It is simply a waste of time.

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Require new subscribers to type their email address twice when signing up for your mailing list. Often people will make typos when entering their email address. These typos won?t happen as much if they enter it twice, which makes sure your emails get to the right spot.

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From time to time, change up the format of your emails. For example, use plain text if you usually use HTML and vice versa. When written with care, these can charm customers because the design is straightforward and personal and can appeal to their emotions.

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When talking with prospects, consider sending follow up emails to remind customers of the products or services you provide. Give them information on why they should shop with you rather than competitors. In your conclusion, you can remind them that you guarantee your service or product for a full 30 days or that you will refund their money.

TIP! To follow up with any of your prospects, you might want to send them an email to remind them about your other services or products. Tell them about discounts or sales, and suggest items that they might be interested in based on their original purchase.

See what the competitors do with email marketing to get ideas. Obtain an email address specifically for this purpose, and sign up for their lists, using it. By knowing what their campaign is all about, you will be able to create a more unique and possibly better campaign. You should always look for areas where they are lacking, and try to fill the void. If they offer promotions, generate ideas that will offer your subscribers something better.

TIP! Your marketing emails should be short and to the point. Try to keep your language direct and to the point.

Only use email marketing to target people who have give you permission to contact them. Emailing random people is considered spam and could get you in trouble with your ISP or web host. This type of random emailing can just cause a person to question whether they know you or your company, and they probably will end up caring less about your company if they run across it in the future. They will just send your email to their spam folder, and it will be a huge waste of your time.

TIP! Remember that you?re working on enhancing your reputation when you?re developing your email marketing campaign. Avoid cutting corners, targeting the wrong audience, or using any other strategies that will lower the success of your email marketing campaign.

When creating an email list, create it organically. It?s possible to purchase pre-made lists, but you should avoid this. Create the list based purely off contacts you?ve collected yourself while attending events, and through daily business. Your list will remain relevant, while your business and profits grow.

TIP! Make sure that all of the content that you?re writing is directly for your customers and no one else. You should limit the amount amount of sales jargon you write into your newsletters, this will help keep your messages out of your customer?s spam filters.

Your subject line should pack a punch and make the reader pay attention. Using an incentive in your subject line will increase the likelihood of your email being opened. This promotion could be any number of things, but the most common such offers are free or discounted products, especially those offered only to list subscribers. If you have a good subject line, it will increase the chance that your customer will read your email.

TIP! Do not send more than 1 email a week to your subscriber base. Your customers are likely busy people who receive several messages every day.

Keep things consistent. Ensure that you?re always utilizing the same colors and logo of the company within your email. Choose a font everyone can read easily. After receiving a couple of emails, individuals will begin to recognize and pay attention to them. Familiarity is a crucial factor to the success of your email marketing campaign, and your overall business.

TIP! Your subject line should pack a punch and make the reader pay attention. Entice readers to open emails by mentioning promotions or incentives in the email?s subject.

Preheader materials should be taken advantage of. The first sentence or line of text at the top of your message is known as the preheader. Many email clients show this text underneath the subject of the email, allowing the reader to get an idea of what the content is.

TIP! If your business has branded previous customer communications, make sure that your email marketing campaign is consistent with that branding. Your logo and color scheme should be consistently used in all of your emails.

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TIP! Include lots of useful information in all your messages. Don?t just fill them up with information about your products.

Include the occasional freebie in the emails you send to subscribers. Include a link in your email to your site, complete with instructions on how to access the free product or service. One way to do this is to tell them that the supply of freebies is limited and that they need to act now to get in on the offer.

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Pesticides endanger bats

ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) ? Bats are a highly threatened group of animals and many people are concerned with their conservation. The entire group of animals is protected in Europe. 10 of the 19 bat species native to Germany are already found on the red list of threatened species. Therefore it is worrying that bats are not included in the EU-wide authorization procedures for plant protection products. A study by the University of Koblenz-Landau revealed that pesticide contamination of their diet can lead to long-term effects in bats.

Before the EU issues a pesticide approval, it will undergo a regulatory risk assessment required by law. Using various scenarios, the risks for different organisms from acute to long-term effects such as impatcs on reproduction are estimated. To date it is assessed whether new pesticides harm birds and mammals, but so far bats are not mentioned in the current relevant guideline for risk assessment in the EU.

Studies have already indicated that bats are particularly sensitive to pesticides. The threatened animals are still ignored in the risk assessment procedure, even after the amendment of the applicable regulations in 2009, since there is a lack of data according to Dr. Carsten Br?hl and Peter Stahlschmidt from the Institute for Environmental Sciences at Landau. "Most studies on bats were carried out in protected areas or in forests" explains Stahlschmidt. So far it was not investigated whether bats forage for food in the agricultural landscape at all although more than half the area of Germany is used for agriculture. In a previous study, the researchers were able to detect 14 bat species on intensively managed agricultural land.

In their current study, the Landauer ecotoxicologists took a closer look on the diet of bats in a fruit-tree plantation. After spraying the commercial pesticide active ingredient fenoxycarb, which inhibits the growth of insects, the scientists measured the remaining chemical residues on flies, moths and spiders for two weeks. The highest residues were recorded on leaf dwelling insects and spiders, lower contamination was found for flying insects. Based on this data, they calculated different scenarios of the current risk assessment procedure. In the calculated best-case scenario, where the animals find their food also in unpolluted areas, long-term effects of one of the six used bat species in the calculation could not be ruled out, in the worst case scenario 3 bat species were affected. Hardest hit were so called gleaners, bats that collect insects and spiders from the leaves of the fruit trees.

The actual risk could be even higher than calculated, suspects Stahlschmidt. Because there are no sensitivity data for bats, the formulas in the risk assessment process use the toxicity data of the house mouse and add a safety factor of 5. "The bat, however, because of ecological characteristics such as a long lifetime and only one offspring is a very sensitive organism," says Stahlschmidt. Therefore, it is even likely that a difference in sensitivity between the house mouse and the bat could exceed 5. This could mean that even those species that prefer the less contaminated flying insects are at an unacceptable risk.

Something needs to change urgently if the endangered flying mammals should be effectively protected. "The responsible authorities must take action," says Stahlschmidt. "The current approval process for pesticides should be extended to bats and further research on the sensitivity of this mammalian group to pesticides is immediately needed" the researcher closes.

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Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle - Colon Cancer

The large intestine is made up of the colon (the upper five to six feet) and the rectum (the last six to eight inches). This is where the last stage of digestion occurs and where solid waste is held until it is released. Colon cancer is second only to lung cancer among cancers that kill both men and women.

Mostly credited to an increase in screening for and removal of polyps, the incidence has been declining during the past decade.

Most colon cancers occur in people over fifty. It strikes men and women nearly equally. Colorectal cancer develops over a ten-to-fifteen-year period and produces no symptoms until it is advanced. If the disease is detected early enough and the tumour has not metastasized, the survival rate is quite high.

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Causes and Risk Factors Of Colon Cancer

A genetic defect is linked with some forms of familial colon cancer. Other causes are not known. Risk factors associated with colorectal cancer include:?

• Calcium deficiency
• Colorectal polyps
• Family history of colon cancer (Lynch syndrome)
• Continued constipation and / or diarrhea
• Personal history of colon-related diseases or uterine or ovarian cancer such as polyps, non-polyps colon cancer, or inflammatory bowel disease
• Build-up of toxins in the colon
• Possibly diabetes
• A diet high in saturated animal fat and low in fiber;
• High intake of charbroiled, burned, wood-smoked, or fried foods
• Obesity
• Smoking
• Alcohol consumption
• Cancer in another part of the body
• Studies show that active people are not as likely to develop colon tumors as those who do not regularly engage in physical activity.

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Signs and Symptoms of Colon Cancer

Symptoms of colon cancer can include the following:

• rectal bleeding
• Blood in the stool
• Changes in bowel habits (persistant diarrhea, gas pains, and / or constipation)
• Persistent abdominal pain or bloating
• Anemia
• Significant weight loss
• Unusual paleness or fatigue
• Ulcerative Colitis

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Detection and Diagnosis Of Colon Cancer

Screening for colon cancer is the best way to detect polyps before they turn cancerous. During regular checkups (and annually after age forty), men and women should have a rectal exam. Beginning at age fifty, one of the following tests should be performed along with a rectal exam:

1. Fecal occult blood test (FOBT) and flexible sigmoidoscopy (if normal, reeat the FOBT yearly and the flexible sigmoidoscopy at 5-year intervals).
2. Colonoscopy (if normal, repeat at 10-year intervals).
3. Double contrast barium enema or colon x-ray (if normal, repeat at 5 - 10 year intervals)

If you have a personal history of inflammatory bowel disease, you should have a colonoscopy every one to two years. If you have a family history of colon cancer, you may have inherited a genteic mutation that can lead to polyps and or / cancers developing at an early age, even in the teenage years. Investigate any family history of colon cancer and discuss proper screening guidelines with your physician.

In addition, a test kit for detecting blood in the stool can be purchased at most pharmacies.?

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Dietary and Nutritional Factors

?It was once believed that a high-fiber diet protects the colon by reducing the time any harmful carcinogens that are present in the stool are in contact with the intestinal wall.

There have since been conflicting reports on this, but most health professionals still recommend a high-fiber, low fat diet. A high-fat diet is strongly linked to colon cancer.

A Mediterranean diet is a well balanced diet which offers optimum dietary protection.? The traditional Mediterranean diet consists of fruits and vegetables, beans and legumes, pulses, fish, seafood,? virgin olive oil, and red meat is eaten once a week.

Cut out all refined sugar and refined grain products such as white bread, cakes, cookies, limited consumption of red meat, saturated fat and processed foods high in sugar and refined grained products such as cakes and cookies.

?Garlic, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, citrus fruits, melons, and dark green, red, and yellow vegetables are recommended for their antioxidant and sulfur compounds. Tomatoes may lower risk. Quercetin found in onions has been shown to have anticancer properties with respect to colon cancer. Probiotics found in yoghurt may also inhibit colon cancer. Goat's and or sheep's yoghurt is best for human consumption as it is most easily digested.

Consumption of chlorinated water has been linked to a greater incidence of colon cancer. It would be best to drink filtered water.

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New Domain Extensions Set to Launch in 2013 | New gTLDs

What is a Top Level Domain?

A top level domain is the ending of your website address, for example: .COM, or CO.UK. The trouble is, most of the good top level domain names have gone. Research by Verisign Inc, discovered that there were almost a quarter of a billion registered domain names by 2012. Many of these websites are not actually in use, they were registered and parked by people who hope to re-sell them to legitimate businesses for a small fortune.

Local businesses will be able to benefit from city and geographical domain extensions such as .SCOT, .NYC and .TOKYO. Special interest domain names will also be available such as .SPORT, ART and .MUSIC. So by the late 2013/early 2014 there will be an abundance of domain name choices available and some will be relevant to your business.

What Does ICANN Do?

ICANN is a non-profit organization and one of their roles is to enable competition and diversity online. They are also responsible for changing url numbers ? like 231.654.567.43 ? into names, such as amazon.com, and ensuring the system operates safely and securely on a global scale. If this system was not available, it would be impossible to remember website addresses.

After six years of discussions, ICANN, the domain name management system organization has approved the release of a huge number of top level domain names. So instead of being stuck with long domain names that are difficult to remember, businesses will now have a huge choice of domain names to use for their websites.

If This is Such a Great Thing Why Did They Wait Until Now?

The release of the new top level domains has been in the pipeline for 6 years. To ensure that this is all done fairly, ICANN have a Nominating Committee (Nomcom). This makes a lot of sense as it means that every geographic area, and other interested parties are represented on the committee. Unfortunately with a committee this size, it also takes a long time to reach a universal agreement that everyone is happy with.

In addition to members from each global geographic area, Nomcom is comprised of GAC (Government Advisory Committee) and various other members. These repesentatives include Registrars, Internet Service Providers, a group representing small businesses and a group representing large businesses and brand holders. There are various other groups, including sub-committees, who can make decisions when they believe there is a conflict of interest.

Because so many groups of people were involved, and each were keen to protect the interests of the areas they represent, it took years before an agreement was reached on the best way to deal with the new top level domains.

Finally businesses, organizations and communities will have access to excellent domain names by late 2013/early 2014.

How Will This Benefit Your Business?

Almost a quarter of a billion domain names are already registered. Many are not in use, but are simply parked by people hoping to sell the domains for a huge profit. This means it is virtually impossible to get a memorable and relevant .COM domain name.

The new top level domain names are the way forward for the internet. The old .COM domain names have no meaning, whereas internet users will identify with the new domains and recognise them when they are searching for what they want. Names like .MUSIC, .SPORT, .NYC and .SHOP have far more meaning and searchers will easily be able to recognise what your business does, just by looking at the URL.

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Pistorius runs again, this time at Paralympics

A Paralympic Games symbol hangs from Tower Bridge in London as City workers walk across London Bridge, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The London 2012 Paralympic Games starts on Wednesday, Aug. 29. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

A Paralympic Games symbol hangs from Tower Bridge in London as City workers walk across London Bridge, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The London 2012 Paralympic Games starts on Wednesday, Aug. 29. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

FILE - this is a Tuesday Sept. 16, 2008 file photo of Oscar Pistorius of South Africa, left, as he waves in front of a cameraman after he won the gold medal in the Men's 400m T44 final at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. With more global broadcast coverage than ever before, the London 2012 Paralympic Games in London will win its largest ever live television audience, except in the United States, where no events will be screened live by a traditional broadcaster, prompting complaints from some equality campaigners.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

A Paralympic Games symbol hangs from Tower Bridge in London, with a Beefeater games mascot Mandeville, in foregroud, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The London 2012 Paralympic Games starts on Wednesday, Aug. 29. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

LONDON (AP) ? The Olympic rings have disappeared across London, and the Paralympic symbols hoisted in their place. Let the games begin ? again.

Thousands of athletes have already arrived for Wednesday's opening ceremony as the Paralympics return to their roots.

The familiar face of Oscar Pistorius and his even more recognizable blades have helped to take the Paralympic movement to the masses ? with 2.3 million tickets already sold.

August has been a groundbreaking month for Pistorius.

The South African will be defending the three titles won four years ago at the Beijing Paralympics, just weeks after becoming the first amputee sprinter to compete at the Olympics.

"I am incredibly excited to be back in London," said Pistorius, who raced in the 400 meters and 4x400 relay earlier this month in the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium. "It was an incredible experience to compete at the Olympic Games and the reception from the crowd I will remember for the rest of my life."

The 25-year-old Pistorius had to contend with battles on and off the track to become the poster boy of the Paralympics, where he will be competing over 100, 200 and 400.

"He is massive," London organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe said. "In Trafalgar Square this time last year for International Paralympic Day, (there was) a queue of kids who were screaming his name out and wanting autographs."

But Coe stressed that the medals "are not nailed on for him" at the Paralympics.

"Sport is at its best when you have head to heads," he added.

The thrilling duel should come in the 100, with Pistorius no longer the fastest man on no legs.

The "Blade Runner" experienced his first defeat in Paralympic competition in seven years when Jerome Singleton of the United States beat him by 0.002 seconds to win the 100 world title last year, while Jonnie Peacock of Britain has the world record.

"The 100m will be the most competitive 100m race I believe we will have ever seen at the games," Pistorius said.

"I am very well aware of the competition that's out there and I've never been one to be too self-assured or too brash," he added. "I'm comfortable with where I am, as far as my speed work goes on the 100m but I'm very well aware that the other guys are posting quick times."

Pistorius has helped shine the spotlight on the Paralympics more than ever before.

"The Paralympic movement has come of age," International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven said. "Having a sellout is amazing. A sellout prior to the games starting is unheard of ... it makes you feel good as an athlete."

Many of the 4,200 athletes from 165 countries will parade in the opening ceremony that will celebrate the visionary doctor who conceived the Paralympics.

Ludwig Guttmann used sport in the rehabilitation of servicemen injured in World War II, and organized a hospital games at the time of the 1948 London Olympics that evolved from 1960 into the Paralympics.

"Without sounding too nationalistic or even jingoistic about it, it was created here in '48, we drove all the early stages of the movement," Coe said. "A lot of us do feel they are coming home."

And it's a chance to raise the profile further.

"This really is an opportunity to change attitudes and confront some of the misconceptions that are still out there about disability," Coe said.

That's achieved by creating one festival of sport in the summer in London, with the Paralympics the second element, sharing the same "London 2012" branding.

"We have never treated it as an after show and I think Beijing was a great example of it never being an after show," Craven said.

But for all Craven talks about infusing "equal splendor" between the Olympics and Paralympics, there is frustration at the lack of parity with television coverage.

"It's particularly a disappointment when I look at it from the view of the American public, they will have a great team over here," Craven said.

"It just shows the USA isn't (always) right at the forefront of new things and new ideas ... we know the American public is ready for Paralympic sport."

U.S. audiences must contend with just 5 1/2 hours of programming, with some only airing after the 11-day competition in London has concluded on Sept. 9.

But there will be widespread live coverage in Brazil, China, Britain and Australia.

"Countries learn over time, they get to know the Paralympics, they don't think it's much to begin with and once they see it they can't get enough of it," Craven said.

Associated Press

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