Nyad pushes through stings on 'critical' 2nd night

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad begins her swim from Cuba to Florida at the Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba, Friday Sept. 23, 2011. Endurance athlete Nyad will attempt for a second time to swim from Cuba to Florida in hopes of setting a world record at the age of 62. The Los Angeles woman fell short in a previous attempt at the swim last month, calling it off after 29 hours in the water and about halfway through the 103-mile (166-kilometer) journey. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad begins her swim from Cuba to Florida at the Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba, Friday Sept. 23, 2011. Endurance athlete Nyad will attempt for a second time to swim from Cuba to Florida in hopes of setting a world record at the age of 62. The Los Angeles woman fell short in a previous attempt at the swim last month, calling it off after 29 hours in the water and about halfway through the 103-mile (166-kilometer) journey. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad gives a press conference to announce her swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, in Havana, Cuba, Friday Sept. 23, 2011. Endurance athlete Nyad is preparing for a second attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida and set a world record at the age of 62. The Los Angeles woman fell short in a previous attempt at the swim last month, calling it off after 29 hours in the water and about halfway through the 103-mile (166-kilometer) journey. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

ALTERNATIVE CROP TO XJG103 - U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad greets her support team before beginning her swim from Cuba to Florida at the Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba, Friday Sept. 23, 2011. Endurance athlete Nyad is preparing for a second attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida and set a world record at the age of 62. The Los Angeles woman fell short in a previous attempt at the swim last month, calling it off after 29 hours in the water and about halfway through the 103-mile (166-kilometer) journey. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad begins her swim from Cuba to Florida at the Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba, Friday Sept. 23, 2011. Endurance athlete Nyad will attempt for a second time to swim from Cuba to Florida in hopes of setting a world record at the age of 62. The Los Angeles woman fell short in a previous attempt at the swim last month, calling it off after 29 hours in the water and about halfway through the 103-mile (166-kilometer) journey. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad swims next to members of a support boat that will accompany her from Cuba to Florida at the Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba, Friday Sept. 23, 2011. Endurance athlete Nyad will attempt for a second time to swim from Cuba to Florida in hopes of setting a world record at the age of 62. The Los Angeles woman fell short in a previous attempt at the swim last month, calling it off after 29 hours in the water and about halfway through the 103-mile (166-kilometer) journey. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

HAVANA (AP) ? Endurance athlete Diana Nyad resumed swimming early Sunday after being treated at sea for a second painful jellyfish sting near the halfway point of her bid to make the 103-mile (166-kilometer) crossing from Cuba to Florida.

Nyad's face and eyes were affected and she received medical treatment on a support vessel late Saturday night, according to online updates posted by her team.

A subsequent post on her website said an observer from the International Swim Federation ruled she could continue the swim if she was only removed from the water for medical treatment and not to rest. It would be classified as a "staged swim" but still be a record if she completes it.

Then her handlers posted: "She's back in! At 12:20am ET, Diana has re-entered the water. She is accompanied by three shark divers and the swim has resumed."

It was the second sting Nyad has experienced more than 24 hours into her attempt to break her own record for an open-water crossing without a shark cage by about a half-mile (1 km). Earlier Saturday, her assistants reported that she had swam 49 miles since setting out from a Havana marina the previous day.

Already she has bested her last attempt at the crossing in August, when a crippling asthma attack that lasted 11 hours forced her to call off the swim, gasping for breath, after 29 hours at sea.

This time around she also got a visit from a curious shark, though her handlers downplayed the afternoon encounter.

"Around 1pm ? and don't everybody get excited here ? an Oceanic white tipped shark was spotted near Diana in the midst of the three boat flotilla. ... Rob MacDonald, one of (her safety) divers, swam towards the shark, where they faced off within 10 feet of one another," read a post on Nyad's website.

"I guess he thought I was more aggressive than him, and he turned in the other direction," MacDonald was quoted as saying.

Earlier Saturday, handlers spotted barracudas in the area.

Without a cage to protect her, Nyad is relying on equipment surrounding her with an electrical field that is harmless but deters most sharks. Her divers are there to gently discourage any who make it through.

Nyad's run-in the previous night with a Portuguese Man o' War, described as "scary," left her with stings on her face, arms and side.

Complaining of difficulty breathing, she received oxygen and a steroid shot from her doctors and tread water while she recovered.

When she resumed swimming her handlers noted that her stroke count had dropped to 48 per minute, down from 52-55, but as the day went on she picked up the pace.

"This afternoon ? it is stunning to actually witness ? Diana is swimming stronger and stronger," her website read. "Her strokes are up to 50 per minute, she is eating pasta, gobbling bananas, bits of peanut butter sandwiches, along with high-carb & high calorie liquid concoctions."

Her website reported that she seemed to revive significantly after consuming blended chicken soup.

The Los Angeles woman pauses every 45 and 90 minutes to rest and refuel on food that her assistants pass to her in the water, but without getting on the boat.

Not all encounters with marine life were unpleasant.

"At 7:10pm, on the crimson horizon of the Straits of Florida, ten pilot whales emerged in the distance just ahead of Diana," said a tweet.

Nyad is making her second attempt in as many months at the Cuba-Florida crossing, a lifelong dream that she first tried as a 28-year-old back in 1978, when she swam inside a steel shark cage for about 42 hours before ending the attempt.

A cageless attempt this August fell short 29 hours in when, gasping for breath, Nyad threw in the towel after an 11-hour asthma attack she blamed on a bad reaction to a new medicine.

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Online:

Nyad's site: www.diananyad.com

Associated Press

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You most likely do not have cancer, but it is doable. The dermatologist will examine it, probably biopsy (reduce out a piece of) it, or even get rid of it just to be secure.You can get skin cancer at any age.

The physician with likely eliminate. He?ll do this by offering you a local anesthetic then cutting out with a decently large margin. It will be placed in a specimen container and sent to the lab for review to decide if it can be benign or not. Then conclusions will be made from there what happens following, depending on what the labs says about the mole.

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Facebook overhauls user profiles (Reuters)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) ? Facebook unveiled a new feature that lets users overhaul their profile allowing people to create magazine-like photo-heavy Web pages and curate their own stories.

Called "Timeline," the feature was introduced on Thursday during Facebook's annual f8 developers' conference in San Francisco by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg.

Dressed in a gray T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, Zuckerburg said Timeline is the "important next step to help you tell the story of your life."

The feature lets users filter photos, keep a diary of activity and maintain "complete control" of privacy settings.

Facebook is attempting to build a deeper relationship with its users so they will spend more time on its site, allowing the company to generate more advertising dollars as it faces new competition from Google, which launched rival Google + in June.

(Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic, editing by Maureen Bavdek)

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Serie A sells domestic TV rights for ?2.5 billion

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updated 3:19 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2011

MILAN (AP) -Italy's Serie A has sold its domestic TV rights for the three-season period spanning 2013 to 2015 for nearly ?2.5 billion ($3.36 billion).

The satellite rights will stay with Sky Italia of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., while RTI (Reti Televisive Italiane) of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset group will hold on to the digital rights for 12 of the 20 clubs.

Sky will pay ?558 million ($750.4 million) for 2012-13, ?561 million ($754.43 million) for 2013-14 and ?564 million ($758.47 million) for 2014-15.

RTI's bid was for ?259 million ($348.3 million), ?268 million ($360.41 million) and ?277 million ($372.51 million) over the three seasons.

The total deal for both packages is ?2.487 billion ($3.34 billion).

The league is still to determine how to handle the digital rights for the eight clubs not included in the RTI deal.

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Betis?takes Spanish league lead

Roundup: Roque Santa Cruz scored twice to lead Real Betis over Zaragoza 4-3 Thursday night and into first place in the Spanish league.

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Megayacht News ? International SeaKeepers Society Accepting ...

The International SeaKeepers Society is akin to many charitable organizations these days, in search of new ways to keep donations coming in. Yacht owners with craft ranging from speedboats to megayachts can now donate their vessels to SeaKeepers, via the IRS? sanctioned donation process.

SeaKeepers is working with Jeff Fraser, the former vice president of the Tradewinds Foundation for Cerebral Palsy, to help owners and their representatives take the necessary steps. It?s the ideal pairing, considering that Tradewinds, a nonprofit organization as well, was created by a boat owner. Founder David Abelove decided to establish boating programs for at-risk children and adults as well as to raise funds for cerebral palsy in 1997 after donating two of his boats to cerebral palsy organizations. For the past several years, Tradewinds has been buying (and selling) boats through one IRS process, termed bargain sale. It reportedly has averaged more than 100 donations per year.

SeaKeepers has already received a yacht as a donation and is in discussions with the owners of a few more boats and megayachts, ranging from a 36-footer to a 138-footer (11-meter to 42-meter).

If you?d like to make a donation yourself, first speak with your legal and financial advisors. The IRS requires various documentation showing ownership details, for example. You?ll also need documentation outlining the value of your yacht. Note that if you have had your yacht for sale, SeaKeepers adds that ?any yacht broker involved in a donation transaction must receive unparalleled courtesy and full compensation.? Ultimately, SeaKeepers wants every party involved in the donation to be informed and satisfied with the donation.

For further details, email Jeff Fraser.

Related posts:

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2. International SeaKeepers Society Honors Prince Albert II
3. Save the Date: International SeaKeepers Soir?e
4. The Nominees Are?: International Superyacht Society Design Awards Finalists
5. International Superyacht Society Adds Best Refit Award

Source: http://megayachtnews.com/2011/09/international-seakeepers-society-yacht-donations/

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Automotive Ground ? Blog Archive ? Limousine Service IN Nyc

Limousines are the most cherished and the valuable kind of transports that we have in USA or the Canada. They are indeed supplied with most of the luxuries that one can think of and thus travelling in Limousine is itself fun and luxury. There are many companies in USA that offer limo services. They are registered through a proper authority to maintain the security of the travelers and also to keep a check on how many limos are available in the country for carrying the people. Toronto is a city that has the greatest number of the limousines in the world. They carry the tourists from the airport to different tourist resorts for making their trip worthwhile. Many limousines offer service to carry the passengers to the Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls is the most important place of the North America which is visited by thousands of people daily.

Apart from the airport carriage services limousines offer a number of other services too. They offer rentals for wedding, prom nights, and simple pal pick services. Some of the limousines also offer bonus time for waiting if you reserve them in time. You can easily check the websites of different companies and check their rentals and services but there are also many other things apart from the rentals that you have to consider.

If you are a tourist and you are using the limo services for airport carriage make sure that you choose a limousine service in nyc which is registered with the airport transport authority. In todays world when the crime has risen beyond horizon you should learn to very careful when using a public transport no matter how luxurious it is. There are still some people who not forgo looting a fairly rich costumer when it comes to visiting a foreign country. Also check the rates, airports have predetermined rates for different destinations, therefore pay accordingly. Take a limo that is in good condition, you wouldn?t like to pay equally for a transport that is worn out when you have other choices at the same rate.

When you are using a limousine for the wedding always choose an experienced and well known company. Check the condition of the car in hand to make sure that it contains all the necessary things like the drink bar, television and DVD. The chauffeur should also be skilled and experienced to deal with the wedding ceremonies. Moreover choose a company that offers a good finance deal or offers wedding decoration on the car for free. This will be an added advantage for you and relive some burden off your pocket.

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shabelletv ? 75% High commision,Huge target audience! Practical ...

If you?re wondering whether Practice Bowling really is important to your game, then the answer is a definite ?yes?.

The importance of practice

The cliche is true, ?practice makes perfect?.? It really does and this has been proven many times, with its application crossing both time,? generations, professions and cultures.? It?s a truth rather than a concept.

Practice bowling is no different.? It?s key to your game.? Whether you physically are on the alley practicing or mentally going over play after play in your mind, practice bowling improves your game and takes it to another level.?? This goes for team practice as well.

Team practice

Getting together as a team in whatever team sport you are involved demands that you get together to touch base not only on the field of play but also to make sure that you?re all on the same page.

Tactical practice and play is key to whether you win or lose a game or match.? Your team will need to not only be aware of the team?s strategic play plan, but also be in agreement with how best to play the game , to get the better of your opponent and make the winning score.

Practice bowling is wise because when you spend time together, you get to know how each team player functions and are able to confidently and accurately read each person?s move or play.? That?s what team play is all about: working together for the good of the whole.? Not everyone is a team player, we realize.

Individual practice

Let it never be said that there?s no merit in individual sports.? The enjoyment and satisfaction that is received by not only single players but by spectators or fans cannot be over-emphasized.

But again, the degree of success of individual athletes and players hinges tremendously on how much practice is put in.? Practice bowling is again no different.

Three words: practice, practice, practice!

What?s entailed in practice?

Practice bowling and any other sports practice entails knowing what routines and exercises to concentrate on.? Getting on different programs to target certain weak game points or to improve muscle strength and toning is advisable.

There?s so much more to know and find out.? That?s why many athletes hire the services of a coach but this can be quite expensive and perhaps inconvenient at times, especially when it entails getting a whole team together but it can be done if you put your mind to it.

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Using a Step by Step guide to practice bowling with help from Pro?s!

It?s highly recommended that you invest in the Ultimate Bowling Guide which will give you lots of practice bowling tips and techniques that you need.

Finding a good guide will do wonders for your bowling game. It will improve your bowling average, contribute to a stronger team and will be sure to improve your overall game. You won?t be sorry but will be super glad that you spent the time and effort checking the Internet for just that right resource.

Now that you know what to do, get with the program! Go online right away and and download such a guide: the ?Ultimate Bowling Guide?. It will help you with your practice bowling needs and so much more!

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Ask the vet's pets: Most fearful dogs inadequately socialized, not ...

Dear Daisy Dog: Sandy, our 4-year-old mixed breed dog, has been overly fearful since we adopted her two years ago. We suspect she was abused before she joined our family. Is there any hope for her?

Daisy responds: While abuse probably plays a role in some dogs fear, most of us with unwarranted fear are victims of inadequate early socialization.

Shyness and a fearful attitude also can be inherited in dogs.

I am fearful by nature for both reasons: inheritance and lack of early socialization.

Its essential that dogs with inherited shyness or fear receive extra socialization from birth through at least 3 years of age. But even when that doesnt occur, theres still hope.

Mom adopted me when I was 5, and over the past six years, she has provided ample socialization. I am much more self confident now, though sometimes I still feel anxious in new situations.

You should socialize Sandy with the help of a qualified dog trainer or veterinary behaviorist. I joined a small training group that offered individual attention and the opportunity to get to know other dogs and their people, and its helped a great deal.

Speak with your veterinarian too. Sometimes medication can help ease the anxiety that accompanies stressful events.

With these measures, Sandys confidence should grow, as mine has.

Dear Christopher Cat: Stormy, my 5-year-old cat, blocked twice, unable to pass urine. Both times, the veterinarian admitted him to the hospital, anesthetized him, removed the urinary obstruction and placed IV and urinary catheters to flush him out.

To prevent another episode, we feed Stormy a canned prescription diet, give him supplements and make sure he drinks plenty of water.

If these measures are unsuccessful and he blocks again, the vet recommends surgery to transform Stormy into a female. How is this possible? Is it effective?

Christopher responds: Perineal urethrostomy (PU) surgery is very effective at preventing reobstruction. A recent study followed 59 male cats for four years after PU surgery, and not one reblocked.

A male cat like Stormy has a relatively long, narrow urethra that drains urine from the bladder. When his urethra clogs with gritty, proteinaceous waste material, urine cant pass, causing him great pain. Worse yet, urinary obstructions are life-threatening.

To prevent recurrences, your veterinarian will do a PU, shortening and widening Stormys urethra, making it almost like a females urethra. But Stormy will remain a male in all other respects.

You should notice no difference in his litter box habits ? except that hes able to go easily. Best of all, he shouldnt suffer any more episodes of urinary blockage.

Ask the Vets Pets appears Friday. The animal authors of the column live with veterinarian Lee Pickett, VMD. Write to them at PO Box 302, Bernville, PA 19506-0302, or visit www.askthevetspets.com.

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Native American Bankers ? Just What Is Auto Financing For Bad ...

Nearly a quarter of Us residents are credit-challenged, but, with bad credit car loans you can obtain the car you want without too complex procedures. In order for this specialized field of car finance to work properly, take care of the subsequent aspects prior to applying for the loan.( As a side note, you can read other articles by this author right here: craigslist cars)

Review THE CREDIT REPORT at least once a year to recognize possible mistakes. There are various credit administration solutions and goods which can be of help when it comes to auto financing for bad credit.

Determine Just how much You want to Pay! It?s completely important to estimate the down payment and then calculate the month-to-month prices. Use a vehicle loan calculator to find out the details of auto financing for bad credit. Don?t be surprised to discover that the interest rate is higher for bad credit loans compared to great credit financing.

Repair YOUR CREDIT REPORT! Making on time payments assists you repair the credit record or at least maintain it clean. Make sure you don?t remain behind with the payments of your other bills. Ought to you be in desperate need of cash, you can try out car loan refinancing to be able to have accessibility to the equity in the automobile. Automobile title loans represent an option however they are often a trap which you want to steer clear of.

Obtaining a co-signer becomes a very good solution to reduce the higher rates of interest of auto financing for bad credit. The co-signer turns into accountable for covering the mortgage just in case you default around the mortgage payments. A re-finance is an additional choice in order to save cash every month and decrease the monthly interest rate, plus, it doesn?t require a co-signer. As your credit rating enhances, you ought to be able to gain from a lower interest rate. Check with the lender to evaluate your scenario.

Plenty of people who?ve chosen a loan as auto financing for bad credit, think about refinancing nowadays. A few needs have to be met in order for you to qualify right here:

-the value of the automobile must be greater than the mortgage quantity;
-the car should be five years old at the greatest;
-the amount owed on the car should be lower than $7,500 (this amount varies with the loan company).

As desperate as you might be to buy a car, don?t leap in to a choice. Auto financing for bad credit is really a large responsibility along with a strain on the month-to-month spending budget. Keep this in mind whenever you evaluate the pros and cons. As well as, you might arrive up with a much more money-wise answer for the car purchase, without going in financial debt.

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RIM's Q2 earnings report: $329 million in net income, not enough to fend off critics

The first quarterly earnings report post-Wake Up Call have just been published for Canada's own Research in Motion, and while the cash is still flowing, investors and analysts alike aren't feeling too rosy about the future. Despite Q2 revenue of $4.2 billion and a GAAP net income of $329 million, RIM's stock plummeted nine percent following the news. Why? That reality was at the lowest end of estimates, and as we've seen, it takes a blowout quarter to please the folks on Wall Street. Nevertheless, the company's touting a subscriber base that ballooned 40 percent year-over-year (surpassing 70m total), and while it's quick to trumpet the rollout of seven new smartphones, not a one of them managed to astound the QNX-desiring critics. The report also notes that 10.6 million handsets were moved in the quarter, around $780 million was invested as "part of a consortium of companies that successfully bid to acquire intellectual property assets from Nortel," and it's forecasting that BlackBerry smartphone shipments in Q3 will grow between 27 percent and 37 percent compared to Q2. Sadly, the company only "shipped" 200,000 PlayBook tablets, with the prevailing thought being that it actually sold far fewer. Moreover, nary a forecast was given for future PlayBook sales.

As for thoughts from the head honcho(s)? Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO, stated that "overall unit shipments in the quarter were slightly below our forecast due to lower than expected demand for older models," further noting that his firm will "continue to build on the success of the BlackBerry 7 launch to drive the business as we focus our development efforts on delivering the next generation, QNX-based mobile platform next year." Next year is a long, long way away, though, and there's no doubt whatsoever what kind of competition will be in place by the time 2012 rolls around. We'll be hopping on the analyst call here in a few, and you can look beyond the break for any notable mentions.

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Windows 8 developer preview: when and where to download (update: right now, here!)

Got a brain full of Windows 8? Can't stop obsessing about it? Fret not -- as of 8PM PT this evening (just under eight hours from now), you'll be able to download a copy of the Windows Developer Preview to your 32- or 64-bit x86 machine (no activation required) from dev.windows.com. Sorry, ARM hopefuls! Per usual, we'd recommend doing so on a separate partition (or a spare machine altogether) in order to prevent unforeseen conflicts, and we'd also suggest having a stiff glass of patience waiting nearby. Something tells us Redmond's servers are going to be hammered.

Update: The download is live! Click here to try it out yourself, while the slightly less daring can hang on for our first impressions of Microsoft's latest and greatest once we've installed and given it a try.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Windows 8 developer preview: when and where to download (update: right now, here!) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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4 Things to Do After a Home Swap

Home swaps can be really fun and interesting particularly when you find the home of your choice and are able to tidy things up with the other party. Most people tend to wonder, what next after they have moved into a new place from another apart from the usual settling in. Anyways, there are many things that you can do immediately after a home swap and after you have settled in. These include:

1. Get in Touch With the landlord of your property

The very first thing you ought to do when you get to the new place after doing a bit of unpacking and settling in of course is to contact the landlord of the place and inform them of your arrival. Usually, they will offer to help you with anything to settle in. If you have any questions about anything, this is the right time to ask.

2. Call or Get in Touch with your mutual exchange partner

The next thing you should do is get in touch with your mutual exchange partner and see if they have settled well into your previous home and if they need any help. Simple as this may seem, doing this not only shows that you are thoughtful and kind, it also shows that you know what you're doing and are considerate of others' needs.

3. Clear the Listing

If you listed the property on a mutual exchange website or service, it is important for you to remove it and probably indicate that the swap has already been made. This will help the websites and mutual exchange services make room for other listings while not leaving room for any misdirection.

4. Settle in

The next obvious thing to do would be to settle in and see what the place looks like. Most people usually carry out their research about the new place before moving to there. However, if you know what you are doing, you may have to interact with the locals after you have unpacked and settled in. This is because most times, what you may read online or in newspapers may not be as stated. There may be a hot new pub down the road that wasn't mentioned or a decent lounge where you can relax in the evenings.

As you can see, these things aren't so difficult to do. All it takes is a bit of time and you're good.

If you are looking for a homeswap, home-swap.co.uk is a home swap website allowing tenants to find an mutual exchange. For more council house exchange adverts, you could also try councilhouseexchange.co.uk where tenants can also list a mutual exchange.

Source: http://compare-removals-quotes.co.uk/content/moving-articles/2984-4-things-to-do-after-a-home-swap

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Ask Martha: Birds as pets, car crafts for kids | crafts

Q: I live in an unit and would like to have birds as pets, though we don?t wish them to disquiet my neighbors. What breeds do we suggest?

A: Birds make poetic companions, though selecting a right one for your resources is pivotal for a rewarding relationship. Steer transparent of parrots since their gibberish will be heard in circuitously apartments. Even tiny parrots such as budgies have outsize voices that lift by walls, floors and ceilings.

Better choices embody zebra finches, multitude finches and colorful Gouldian finches, according to Marc Morrone, a horde of Martha

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Congress returns, unpopular as well as divided (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Congress returns to work this coming week, divided over measures to create jobs and scorned by the nation it was elected to help lead.

After a five-week break, Republican and Democratic leaders alike promise action to try and ease the country's 9.1 percent unemployment rate and boost an economy that is barely growing. President Barack Obama goes first on Thursday night with a speech to lawmakers and a prime-time national television audience.

But there is little overlap so far in the measures that Republicans and Democrats are recommending, and the rest of the year-end congressional agenda is top-heavy with items that relate to government spending and less directly to job creation.

A new committee, comprised of lawmakers in both parties from both houses and armed with extraordinary powers, is expected to hold its first meeting this week as it begins work on a plan to make long-term deficit cuts. The panel was created as part of last month's agreement to reduce red ink and avert a government default. It faces a Nov. 23 deadline for action.

More immediately, parts of the Federal Aviation Administration will shut down on Sept. 16 unless Congress approves a measure to keep operations running. Federal money for highway construction jobs runs out two weeks later without separate legislation.

The Obama administration is seeking more money for disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Irene, and a partial government shutdown would occur on Oct. 1 unless lawmakers enact an interim spending bill to cover most federal agencies.

With any or all of these measures, there is an opportunity for partisan gridlock or compromise, and it isn't entirely clear which an unhappy public might prefer.

In a late-August Associated Press-GfK poll, only 12 percent of those surveyed said they approved of the job Congress is doing, and 87 percent disapproved. A separate Gallup survey, taken in midmonth, found 13 percent approved and 84 percent disapproved.

"Everybody is kind of in trouble with the electorate," said Republican pollster Bill McInturff. He recently distributed an analysis that concluded the negotiating surrounding last month's agreement to avoid a default is `an extremely significant event that is profoundly and sharply reshaping views of the economy and the federal government.

"It has led to a scary erosion in confidence in both, at a time when this steep drop in confidence can be least afforded."

But if the public was offended by the bickering before the deal, there isn't there much evidence that the compromise on the nation's borrowing limit did much, if anything, to restore confidence in Congress' ability to address economic problems.

A Fox News poll last month showed opinion was split on the compromise, with Republicans overwhelmingly opposed, independents solidly so and Democrats narrowly in favor. But even those statistics masked a deeper divide.

Based on other surveys, McInturff said, "Republicans disapprove because some didn't think we should have raised the debt ceiling at all ... and others because they believe there should have been substantially more spending cuts than what was in the debt ceiling vote."

Independents who disliked the compromise tended to say they wanted deeper deficit reductions. Democrats who disapprove did so because "they can't believe the president is negotiating doing this much with the Republicans," he said, which is a far different reason from the one GOP voters cite.

The Fox News survey showed a similar breakdown.

Republicans and Democrats offer different assessments of the state of congressional approval.

"I'm not the least bit surprised that the rating of Congress is abysmal. If we could do the work that we are supposed to be doing in a reasonable and timely way," it would improve, said Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., a first-termer who is a member of the committee charged with finding $1.2 billion or more in deficit reductions.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had a somewhat different view, telling an audience in his home state: "Everyone complain all you want about Congress. You should complain plenty. But don't think the country is about to fall apart because of what's going on in Washington."

Already, the differences are evident as Obama and congressional leaders ready job creation plans.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., recently distributed a list of "Top 10 Job-Destroying Regulations" and said the Republican majority would begin voting this month to block them one by one.

Most, including one that Obama ordered scrapped Friday, deal with pollution limits for a variety of industries; two would curtail National Labor Relations Board actions opposed by business.

Separately, Cantor wrote, the House will "pursue tax relief designed to help American employers create middle-class jobs."

Obama, too, is considering tax breaks to provide businesses to hire new employees. He also is expected to call for new spending on construction projects, and to seek an extension of jobless benefits and a temporary payroll tax cut that is due to expire Dec. 31.

To offset those costs, the president is expected to challenge lawmakers on the debt-reduction committee to go beyond its minimum goal of $1.2 trillion in long-term savings.

The panel marks the latest and possibly the last attempt of the year to forge a sweeping agreement that can cut trillions from future deficits. Congress must approve $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts to block across-the-board spending cuts that both sides say they would like to avoid.

There are expressions of optimism, but so far, none of outright success.

Reid put the prospects of a compromise at 50-50.

Toomey said he was "cautiously optimistic."

"We know how difficult this task is going to be, and I am heartened by the strong encouragement I have gotten from my constituents and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle," Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., said Friday in a written statement. "We'll begin by identifying those areas where we have common ground, and we are ready to roll up our sleeves and get to work."

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Analysis: Lagarde shows independence from Europe as IMF chief (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? New IMF chief Christine Lagarde's call to recapitalize European banks by force struck a nerve among the continent's Europe's policymakers and showed she is not afraid to challenge her former peers as many feared she might be.

The message Lagarde delivered from the International Monetary Fund was not new -- it had been shared privately with European policymakers in the past. The difference is that the former French economy minister took the message public.

Speaking before top central bankers, finance officials and a phalanx of journalists at the Federal Reserve's annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Saturday, Lagarde argued a recapitalization of European banks was urgently needed to erect a firewall against Europe's debt crisis.

A draft of the IMF's Global Financial Stability Report, to be released in late September, has estimated European banks could face a capital shortfall of up to 200 billion euros ($287 billion), according to a European source on Wednesday.

The pushback from Europe's politicians, who argued their bank balance sheets were just fine, took the IMF by surprise, but the reaction showed the officials got the message.

"Either she had been misinformed by her staff at the IMF, that's a possibility, or she did not have French banks in mind," said Christian Noyer, head of the Bank of France, in an interview with French television station BFM.

Emerging market economies have long called on the IMF to show evenhandedness in its advice to member countries, including the advanced economies that have always shunned the fund's advice.

Jacob Kirkegaard, a research fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, said Lagarde had chosen the right subject to pick a fight with her former European colleagues.

"It illustrates that Lagarde is evidently not treating Europeans with velvet gloves," said Kirkegaard, noting that many of those she offended had supported her nomination to the IMF's top post. "She has chosen a good subject over which to show her independence," he added.

REPEATING THE MESSAGE

While Lagarde is likely to flesh out her thinking on bank recapitalization in the run-up to meetings of financial chiefs in Washington on September 23-25, the IMF has been saying since the global financial crisis erupted that weaker European banks were undercapitalized.

International markets have also yet to be convinced that European banks are sound despite successive stress tests, which Lagarde had backed as finance minister. Eight of 90 lenders failed those tests with a total capital shortfall of 2.5 billion euros.

"Markets fundamentally don't believe that many of Europe's banks hold enough capital," said Kirkegaard. "They thus question the solidity of the entire European banking system."

Questions over the health of balance sheets weighed down by European government debts has made it difficult for some banks to find the capital they need. But officials in Europe argue that reflects a problem of liquidity and not of solvency.

Lagarde's concern is that the world economy has entered, in her words, a "dangerous new phase" and that politicians do not have the conviction to take the tough steps needed to tackle the problem.

The danger is that European growth could slow further, or that the world economy may suffer another recession, which would worsen Europe's debt crisis and put weak banks further at risk.

One way to cut the close ties between sovereigns and the banking sector is to combine credible medium-term fiscal tightening with efforts to strengthen the financial system, including requiring more capital as a bulwark against credit risks and a potential economic slowdown.

While Lagarde believes banks should first try to raise the money themselves, the difficult market conditions that have left some banks without access to wholesale funding may instead require funds from the European Financial Stability Facility.

The EFSF is similar to the U.S. bank bailout program rolled out at the height of the financial crisis in 2008 to bolster the capital of viable financial institutions.

"Alas, there is little reason to believe that EU leaders will follow Lagarde's advice and inject government money into Europe's undercapitalized banks, however," Kirkegaard said, adding: "The time may come before long when they realize that they should have listened to her recommendation."

(Editing by Gary Crosse)

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Jennerex Shows that Unorthodox Cancer-Fighting Virus Can be ...

Luke Timmerman 8/31/11

Most patients who take cancer drugs today get them through an intravenous infusion. Scientists have never been quite been able to consistently get this delivery route to work for genetically engineered cancer-fighting viruses, but San Francisco-based Jennerex Biotherapeutics is reporting today that it has found a way, in a move that could help its oncolytic viruses break out of a narrow market niche.

Instead of relying on a direct injection into a single bulky tumor, the usual way oncolytic viruses are delivered, Jennerex and its collaborators were able create an IV formulation that migrated from the bloodstream into tumors, according to research published this week in the journal Nature. The study looked at 23 patients with a variety of tumor types, and found that the drug made its way into tumors in greater amounts when given in an escalating series of doses. Side effects were mostly mild to moderate flu-like symptoms that lasted a few days, consistent with prior studies of the other formulation.

?The idea has been around for decades, but nobody has been able to show you could deliver [an oncolytic virus] through an IV. If you can achieve IV delivery, it opens up the possibility of treating 10-fold more tumors,? says David Kirn, the CEO of Jennerex, and the lead author on the scientific publication.

No one has yet come up with an FDA-approved therapy from this field of oncolytic viruses, although plenty have tried. Jennerex is one of a handful of companies, along with Calgary, AB-based Oncolytics Biotech (NASDAQ: ONCY) and Woburn, MA-based Biovex (recently acquired by Amgen), pursuing the method.

The basic idea here is to genetically modify viruses to selectively infect tumors, replicate like crazy in there, and cause the cancer cells to burst. Most of the treatments, Jennerex?s included, are also designed to provoke an immune reaction to mop up residual cancer cells. Jennerex reported some encouraging, albeit preliminary, results last May from a clinical trial of its experimental oncolytic virus, when it was directly injected into the tumors of 30 patients with liver cancer.

Jennerex CEO David Kirn

But the new intravenous study, which started about 18 months ago, gives Jennerex a potentially more attractive delivery route for liver cancer patients, and opens the door to treating other malignancies, beyond just helping people with inoperable liver tumors.

Here?s how the study worked. Researchers gave just a single IV infusion of Jennerex?s JX-594, and then followed up one week later to take a biopsy from each patient, Kirn says. Scientists looked at those biopsies a couple of different ways, through traditional pathology staining, and through quantitative PCR measurement, to see if the drug infected the tumor, and if so, to what extent. Patients were given an escalating series of five doses. While the drug didn?t appear to have any effect at the lowest dose, it infected tumors in increasing concentrations as the doses got higher, Kirn says.

?We were worried at the start that we were looking for a needle in haystack, that we could miss seeing a replicating virus if it was spotty in the tumor. What surprised us was the extent of replication in tumors,? Kirn says.

This work is still at a very early stage, so all the usual caveats apply. Researchers will need to show the IV method can work with the repeated dosing required in real-world cancer treatment, and that the drug can help people live longer with acceptable side effects. Doctors will want to know which specific forms of cancer are most vulnerable to this treatment method (so far, it looks like liver and colon cancer, Kirn says).

But the early findings are encouraging enough that Jennerex is incorporating the IV dose into the design of an ongoing a 120-patient Phase II liver cancer study, and plans to use it in a Phase III study to come later, Kirn says. Jennerex recently raised $8.5 million to finance the Phase II liver cancer study, which should be enough to run the company through the first quarter of 2013, when it expects to find out whether its drug offers longer survival times than today?s best supportive care, Kirn says.

Luke Timmerman is the National Biotech Editor of Xconomy, and the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. E-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ldtimmerman.

Source: http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2011/08/31/jennerex-shows-that-unorthodox-cancer-fighting-virus-can-be-delivered-the-usual-way/

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Finding A Vehicle Leasing Plan That Works For You ? Every Article ...

When it comes to choosing the right vehicle leasing plan for your needs, there are some important things to take into consideration. Each business and individual requires different needs, which can generally be met using one of the common plans. Within each plan is a variety of specifics to consider and this will require further investigation, but here is a general list of options available.

Leaseback ? Businesses that want to free the capital from a purchase generally choose the leaseback option. This involves leasing back to the company from which it was bought. A separate contract is drawn up usually to the tune of a contract hire variety.

Finance lease: Businesses and individuals looking to lease without the pressure of worrying about the car after the contract generally choose this option. This lease involves a company leasing the vehicle for a fixed amount of time and requires monthly payments from the lessee. Although not across the board, these contracts generally put the cost of taxes, insurance, and services on the company issuing the lease.

Finance lease: A form of commercial leasing, this type of lease involves a fixed time period from a company that owns the car. A client is expected to pay monthly installments on the vehicle as well as the cost of insurance, taxes, and other potential expenses. Depending on the company, these types of contracts differ, and can potentially save customers a large amount of money.

Contract hire: One of the more common forms of lease, the contract hire involves small monthly payments on the part of the lessee on an item that is purchased by a finance company. This company will purchase the vehicle, takes on the risk of depreciation, and decides what to do with the vehicle once the contract expires. These types of options differ depending on the parties involves, but most of these types of contracts fall within the length of 2 to 5 years.

Contract hire: An arrangement which both businesses and personal owners use, it involves small payments each month over a long period of time. A finance company will buy the car and take any risk of depreciation and what happens to the car after the contract has expired. Contracts are generally between 5 years and all customers are subject to a credit check. This option is generally very flexible and be tailored to fit specific needs of both businesses and individuals.

Vehicle leasing is a wise choice as it will help you save money. Getting a car lease is not as hard as you may think it is.

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