Russia warns West over Syria after Obama threats

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia warned the West on Tuesday against unilateral action on Syria, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama threatened "enormous consequences" if his Syrian counterpart used chemical or biological arms or even moved them in a menacing way.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking after meeting China's top diplomat, said Moscow and Beijing were committed to "the need to strictly adhere to the norms of international law...and not to allow their violation".

Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil, also speaking in Moscow, dismissed Obama's threat as media fodder.

"Direct military intervention in Syria is impossible because whoever thinks about it ... is heading towards a confrontation wider than Syria's borders," he told a news conference.

Jamil said the West was seeking an excuse to intervene, likening the focus on Syria's chemical weapons with the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led forces on what proved to be groundless suspicions that Saddam Hussein was concealing weapons of mass destruction.

Russia and China have opposed military intervention in Syria throughout a 17-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. They have vetoed three U.N. Security Council resolutions backed by Western and Arab states that would have put more pressure on Damascus to end violence that has cost 18,000 lives.

In one of the latest battle zones, Syrian troops and tanks overran the Damascus suburbs of Mouadamiya on Tuesday, killing at least 20 young men and burning shops and houses before pulling back, residents and opposition activists said.

The bodies of the men, mostly shot at point-blank range, were found in basements and looted premises, bringing to 50 the death toll from the army's two-day-old offensive to drive rebels from the Sunni Muslim suburb in the southwest of the capital.

"People are just starting to get out of their homes to see the destruction," said one activist who gave her name as Hayat.

Opposition sources said Free Syrian Army rebels left Mouadamiya at dawn under heavy aerial and ground bombardment.

State-imposed curbs on media made it impossible to verify the reports of the violence, which followed another bloody day on Monday, when about 200 people were killed across the country, according to the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

"RED LINE"

The United States and its allies have shown little appetite for intervention to halt the bloodshed on the lines of last year's NATO campaign that helped topple Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.

But Obama used some of his strongest language yet on Monday to warn Assad not to use unconventional weapons.

"We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is (if) we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized," he said. "That would change my calculus."

Syria last month acknowledged for the first time that it had chemical or biological weapons and said it could use them if foreign countries attacked it.

"We cannot have a situation where chemical or biological weapons are falling into the hands of the wrong people," Obama said, perhaps referring to Lebanon's Shi'ite Hezbollah group, an Iranian-backed ally of Assad, or to Islamist militants.

The U.S.-based Global Security website says there are four suspected chemical weapons sites in Syria producing the nerve agents VX, sarin and tabun. It does not cite its sources.

Israel, still formally at war with Syria, has also debated whether to attack the unconventional arms sites which it views as its gravest peril from the conflict next door.

Obama has been reluctant to embroil the United States in another war in the Middle East and refuses to arm Syrian rebels, partly for fear that some of those fighting the Iranian-backed president are Islamist radicals equally hostile to the West.

Rebels have seized swathes of territory in northern Syria near Turkey, which now hosts 70,000 Syrian refugees and which has suggested that the United Nations might need to create a "safe zone" in Syria if that total topped 10,000.

But setting up a safe haven would require imposing a no-fly zone, an idea which U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last week was not a "front-burner" issue for Washington.

With diplomatic efforts to end the war stymied by divisions between world powers and regional rivalries, Syria faces the prospect of a prolonged conflict that increasingly sets a mainly Sunni Muslim opposition against Assad's Alawite minority.

That sectarian faultline also flared in neighboring Lebanon, where two people were killed and more than 60 wounded in the northern port city of Tripoli, a mainly Sunni city with a staunchly pro-Assad Alawite minority.

Gunmen in the Sunni district of Bab al-Tabbaneh and their Alawite rivals in Jebel Mohsen exchanged gun and grenade fire in sporadic fighting overnight and into the day, despite action by Lebanese army troops deployed in the port city, residents said.

The wounded included 10 soldiers, the army said.

(Additional reporting by Nazih Siddiq in Tripoli, Khaled Yacoub Oweis in Amman, Steve Gutterman in Moscow and Matt Spetalnick in Washington; Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

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"Real Housewife" Caroline Manzo has book deal

NEW YORK (AP) ? "Real Housewife" Caroline Manzo wants to tell it straight.

The brash star of "Real Housewives of New Jersey" has a deal for "Let Me Tell You Something," in which she will give life lessons on family, friendship and long-term happiness. It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Monday that the book will come out March 26, 2013.

Manzo, who turns 51 next week, has been married since 1984 to Albert Manzo, who runs The Brownstone, an event and catering facility in Paterson, N.J. They have three children.

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Syria's Assad makes rare public appearance

Edificio destruido en la ciudad siria de Alepo el viernes 17 de agosto del 2012 durante una ofensiva de las fuerzas del presidente Bashar Assad para desalojar de la ciudad a los insurgentes. (Foto AP/Khalil Hamra)

Edificio destruido en la ciudad siria de Alepo el viernes 17 de agosto del 2012 durante una ofensiva de las fuerzas del presidente Bashar Assad para desalojar de la ciudad a los insurgentes. (Foto AP/Khalil Hamra)

General Babacar Gaye, head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS), gives a news conference in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Aug. 2012. A United Nations spokesperson said on Saturday the last UN observers still in Syria had started to leave the country as their mission officially ends at midnight on Sunday. The observers' departure comes after the Security Council agreed to end the UN mission and back a small new liaison office that will support any future peace efforts. (AP Photo/Salman Muzaffar)

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syria's state-run TV aired footage of President Bashar Assad performing Eid prayers in a mosque in Damascus on Sunday, his first appearance in public after a bombing in the Syrian capital last month that killed the country's defense minister and three other top security officials.

Assad was shown praying at the city's Rihab al-Hamad Mosque to mark the start of Eid al-Fitr, a three-day holiday that follows the holy month of Ramadan. The last time Assad appeared in public was on July 4 when he gave a speech in parliament.

Since then, there has been a sharp escalation in the country's civil war with almost daily fighting in some districts of the capital between security forces and rebels seeking to topple Assad.

The Syrian regime has suffered a series of setbacks over the past month that point to a loosening of its grip on the country.

The July 18 rebel bombing of the state-security headquarters in the capital was a major blow to Assad. His brother-in-law was among the five killed offcials.

There has also been a steady stream of high-level defections by government officials, diplomats and generals, though Assad's inner circle and military have largely kept their cohesive stance behind him. And the regime has been unable to fully subdue rebel challenges in the two major cities, Damascus and Aleppo.

Assad's appearance comes amid much speculation on the whereabouts of Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa, who was said by some members of the Free Syrian Army to have defected to the opposition. On Saturday, his office denied the reports and said al-Sharaa "did not think, at any moment, of leaving the country."

Al-Sharaa did not appear in the footage at the mosque with Assad.

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Paul Ryan brings along mom while talking Medicare in Florida

Paul Ryan brought a secret weapon with him Saturday as he defended his lightning-rod Medicare plan at the nation?s largest senior citizens community - his mother.

Ryan made his case in the crucial battleground of Florida, where many pundits feel his addition to the Republican ticket may hurt Mitt Romney?s chances of carrying the Sunshine State.

But Ryan - cheered on by a Republican-leaning crowd at The Villages - trotted out his mother Betty as the best reason for adopting his plan, which dramatically alters Medicare.

"Medicare was there for our family, for my grandma when we needed it now, and Medicare is there for my mom when she needs it now," Ryan said.

?It?s not just a program, it?s not just a bunch of numbers, it?s what my mom relies on," the Wisconsin congressman said.

The transformation of Medicare is the most controversial component of Ryan?s spending-slashing budget plan.

It would replace the current system with vouchers, which critics believe will drive up the cost of health care - and leave some seniors without the coverage they need.

Realizing they could be vulnerable to Democratic attacks on Medicare, the Republicans have instead tried to strike first on the hot-button issue.

Betty Ryan, who spends winters in Florida, smiled broadly as her son blamed the new federal healthcare law for jeopardizing the future of Medicare.

?Medicare should not be used as a piggybank for Obamacare,? said Ryan, sounding a new GOP talking point that claims the President?s signature legislative accomplishment was in part funded by $716 billion borrowed from Medicare.

The Democrats have pushed back on that accusation, saying that the savings produced by Obamacare will not only repay Medicare but fund it well into the future.

Ryan only heard cheers from the thousands of senior citizens who gathered in the central Florida morning sun to listen to him speak - thanks to a well-chosen location.

The Villages, which is home to more than 60,000 seniors, is owned by Gary Morse, a major Romney donor, and Republican residents outnumber Democrats by more than two-to-one.

Moreover, the private community banned protests at the Ryan event - though a plane did fly overhead carrying a banner that read ?Paul Ryan keep your hands off our Medicare.?

Meanwhile, Romney was slated for a day of fundraising at some of his home state?s toniest locations.

The ex-Massachusetts governor, after raising money in the Hamptons on Friday, was set to buck rake on Martha?s Vineyard, Nantucket and Cape Cod.

Romney?s own wealth was expected to draw fire from President Obama, who will also be in New England on Saturday.

Obama, set to appear at a pair of rallies in the swing state of New Hampshire, was ready to slam the Republican ticket?s fiscal proposals.

?The centerpiece of my opponent's entire economic plan is a new $5 trillion tax cut, a lot of it going to the wealthiest Americans,? Obama was to say, according to excerpts released by his campaign.

?And his new running mate, Congressman Ryan,? Obama said, ?put forward a plan that would let Governor Romney pay less than 1% in taxes each year.?

Romney claimed this week that he paid at least 13% in taxes every year. Documents released by Ryan Friday night reveal that he paid taxes at an effective rate of 20% in 2011.

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NFL preseason: Panthers 23, Dolphins 17

CHARLOTTE ? Cam Newton outplayed rookie Ryan Tannehill in a matchup of young quarterbacks Friday night as the Carolina Panthers defeated the Miami Dolphins 23-17 in a preseason game.

Newton completed 8 of 11 passes for 119 yards and a touchdown as the Panthers jumped all over the injury-depleted Dolphins defense, scoring on their first three possessions for a 17-0 lead.

Last year?s AP Offensive Rookie of the Year threw a touchdown pass to DeAngelo Williams, and Jonathan Stewart scored on a 2-yard plunge as the Panthers bounced back from a lackluster performance last week against Houston. Newton had been expected to play into the second quarter, but was removed with 1:12 left in the first after a solid night?s work.

The Dolphins defense played without Cameron Wake, Kevin Burnett and Karlos Dansby.

Miami??? 0??? 7??? 3??? 7??? ???? 17
Carolina??? 17??? 3??? 0??? 3??? ???? 23
Car?FG Medlock 49
Car?Stewart 2 run (Mare kick)
Car?D.Williams 9 pass from Newton (Medlock kick)
Mia?Thomas 1 run (Carpenter kick)
Car?FG Mare 44
Mia?FG Carpenter 52
Car?FG Medlock 43
Mia?Matthews 6 pass from Devlin (Carpenter kick)
A?68,595.

??? Miami??? Carolina
First downs??? 22??? 24
Total net yards??? 296??? 390
Rushes-yards??? 12-37??? 36-146
Passing??? 259??? 244
Punt returns??? 2-2??? 6-50
Kickoff Returns??? 3-90??? 3-47
Interceptions ret.??? 0-0??? 1-0
Comp-att-int??? 29-58-1??? 19-34-0
Sacked-yards lost??? 3-16??? 2-11
Punts??? 7-48.3??? 4-43.5
Fumbles-lost??? 1-0??? 3-1
Penalties-yards??? 10-134??? 17-145
Time of possession??? 26:16??? 33:44

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING?Miami, Slaton 4-22, Miller 3-11, Bush 3-2, Lane 1-1, Thomas 1-1. Carolina, A.Smith 8-31, Murphy 1-31, Vaughan 6-26, D.Williams 4-25, Tolbert 3-15, Rowells 5-8, Stewart 5-8, Brockel 1-4, Newton 1-0, D.Anderson 1-(minus 1), Clausen 1-(minus 1).
PASSING?Miami, Devlin 13-20-1-118, Tannehill 11-23-0-100, Mat.Moore 5-15-0-57. Carolina, Newton 8-11-0-119, D.Anderson 7-15-0-107, Clausen 4-8-0-29.
RECEIVING?Miami, Matthews 4-39, Fuller 4-38, Thigpen 3-40, Hogan 3-30, Miller 3-27, Mar.Moore 2-25, Bess 2-12, Wallace 1-11, Messam 1-10, Bush 1-9, Gates 1-9, Fasano 1-8, Egnew 1-6, Slaton 1-6, Thomas 1-5. Carolina, Olsen 2-33, Murphy 2-29, D.Williams 2-27, A.Edwards 2-24, Vaughan 2-10, Pilares 1-32, LaFell 1-25, Hartsock 1-18, Barnidge 1-16, S.Smith 1-15, Tolbert 1-14, Ajirotutu 1-6, Finley 1-5, Stewart 1-1.

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Wild Ass Miami! ? Miami International Business Attorneys

Posted on August 18, 2012 by The Victoria Law Group

Miami is known for its wild times, and we do have quite a few people who behave like jack assess, but now we can officially be known as the home of the Wild Ass!? A rare Somali wild ass recently born at Zoo Miami? is full of spit and fire.? Whatever you do, keep it away from South Beach.? It might not feel so unique.

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BABY FAB - The Young, Black, and Fabulous

L.A. Clipper & Olympic Gold Medalist Chris Paul and his wife Jada confirmed in April that bundle of joy #2 would be a girl.? And a baby girl is indeed what they just welcomed into the world.? Deets inside on their newest addition...

The NBA baller has a lot to celebrate.? Another Olympic gold medal, coming home to his wife and son Chris, Jr. earlier this week, and now welcoming a new baby girl into the mix yesterday.

Her name is Camryn Alexis Paul and we can't wait to see a pic!

Chris' good friend and Olympic teammate LeBron James tweeted the news saying:

Congrats to my bro @CP3 on baby Camryn Alexis Paul coming into this world! From the James Gang we love u guys!!#addanotheronetothefamily

And Jada gushed about her her sweet new baby girl saying:

I almost forgot how amazing it felt to be given the gift of life. I can't stop staring. Thank you to everyone for the love and well wishes!

Awww.

Chris tweeted a few cute pics over the last month of Jada and their 3-year-old son, Chris, Jr., spending some quality family time in the backyard & Jada's baby shower:

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Dish Network's nationwide satellite brodband service could be ready to launch soon

While the various strands of Dish Network's "Seinfeld strategy" have yet to come together officially, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal are reporting it could be ready launch satellite-based high speed data services nationally as soon as September or October. This would be separate from the service based on ViaSat's Exede that's available in some areas, and Bloomberg's sources say it could accommodate up to 2 million customers right away through a satellite Echostar launched in June, although more satellites may be needed to add more customers. Other than hooking up data connections for customers in rural areas, it would let Dish compete directly with data / TV bundles offered by wired pay-TV providers. Of course, this is all dependent on a favorable ruling by the FCC on its technology -- you can just ask LightSquared what happens if that doesn't work out.

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Wildfire arsonist guilty of 5 heart attack deaths

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) ? A jury on Wednesday found a California man guilty of murdering five people who had heart attacks after he deliberately started a blaze that ballooned into a massive wildfire.

Jurors in San Bernardino found 30-year-old Rickie Fowler guilty of setting the Old Fire in the foothills above San Bernardino in October 2003 that burned 91,000 acres and torched 1,000 buildings over nine days.

Prosecutors charged Fowler with the murders of five men, ranging in age from 54 to 93, who died from heart attacks after their homes burned to the ground or as they rushed to evacuate. Fowler also was convicted of two counts of arson, along with special circumstances that make him eligible for the death penalty.

That phase of the proceedings is scheduled to begin Monday.

Fowler became a suspect when witnesses reported seeing a passenger in a white van tossing burning objects into dry brush. Investigators acting on a tip interviewed Fowler several months later but didn't have enough evidence to file charges until six years after the fire when Fowler was in jail on a burglary conviction.

The charges against Fowler signaled a tough new standard for arson cases in a region plagued by wildfires that sometimes claim the lives of firefighters and civilians. Prosecutors declined to discuss the reasons for pursuing murder charges except to say the law states that if someone is killed during a felony, a person involved in that crime would be responsible for the death.

Prosecutors said Fowler was angry after a man who had given shelter to his family kicked Fowler out of the home citing thefts and mistreatment. In closing arguments, supervising deputy district attorney Robert Bulloch called Fowler evil and said he knew details about how the fire began that were not revealed to the public.

Defense attorney Donald Jordan argued that prosecutors focused on Fowler to the exclusion of other evidence and pointed out witness discrepancies about the color and model of the van seen where the fire started.

Prosecutors said Fowler gave authorities a note in 2008 acknowledging he was there when the fire began and had intended to light it but a friend beat him to it. The blaze was one of about a dozen that caused widespread damage throughout Southern California during that month.

In 2009, Fowler denied in jailhouse interviews that he tossed a lit road flare from a van to spark the blaze and said he was badgered into making a confession.

The suspected driver of the van, Martin Valdez Jr., was later shot and killed in an unrelated incident.

While in prison awaiting trial, Fowler was convicted of sodomizing a jail inmate and sentenced to three, 25-years-to-life prison terms.

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Oil slips to near $93 on rising US crude supplies

Oil prices slipped to near $93 a barrel Wednesday as an unexpected increase in oil supplies in the U.S. more than offset retail sales data showing Americans spending more.

By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for September delivery was down 32 cents at $93.11 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 70 cents to end at $93.43 in New York on Tuesday.

In London, Brent crude was down 22 cents at $113.81 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. The contract has gained close to $8 this month.

The declines came despite government figures showing Americans increased their retail spending in July by the most in five months. A gain of 0.8 percent over June was four times greater than expectations and followed three straight monthly declines.

Traders were remaining cautious, however, after the American Petroleum Institute said crude stockpiles in the U.S. rose some 2.8 million barrels last week. Expectations were for a drop of 1.7 million, according to Natalie Rampono, a commodities analyst at ANZ Banking Group in Melbourne.

"It is a negative signal for demand," she said.

The stockpile report from the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration ? the market benchmark ? will be out later Wednesday.

Oil prices were also under pressure from a stronger dollar, which makes crude more expensive and a less appealing investment for traders using other currencies. The euro was down to $1.2279 on Wednesday from $1.2320 on Tuesday.

In other futures trading on the Nymex, gasoline fell marginally to $3.01 a gallon. Heating oil fell 0.5 cents to $3.029 a gallon. Natural gas fell 1.8 cents to $2.82 per 1,000 cubic feet.

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Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.

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Assad's feared brother lost leg in bomb attack: sources

BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's feared brother Maher lost a leg in a bomb attack on the Syrian leader's security cabinet a month ago, sources said on Thursday, in a severe blow to one of the main military commanders fighting a 17-month-old insurgency.

The attack on a meeting of Assad's security chiefs in Damascus on July 18 killed four members of the president's inner circle, including his brother-in-law, and emboldened the rebels to take their fight to the capital for the first time.

Maher has not been seen in public since the bombing, while Assad himself has restricted appearances to recorded clips broadcast on television, leading to speculation about the effectiveness of the leadership as the rebellion grows.

Maher, a close associate of the president, has acquired a fearsome reputation as the commander of the Syrian army's Republican Guard and 4th Division, elite formations largely composed of troops from the Assads' minority Alawite sect, whose loyalty can be relied on in the fight against the rebels.

"We heard that he (Maher al-Assad) lost one of his legs during the explosion, but don't know any more," a Western diplomat told Reuters.

A Gulf source confirmed the report: "He lost one of his legs. The news is true."

The disclosure of Maher's injury came as fears grew that the conflict that has already claimed the lives of at least 18,000 people in Syria was starting to spill over its borders into a region already torn by sectarian divisions.

Gulf Arab states told their citizens to leave Lebanon after a Lebanese Shi'ite clan kidnapped more than 20 people in Beirut and initially threatened to seize more Arab nationals.

The gunmen said a Turkish hostage, whose country is a key backer of Syria's mainly Sunni Muslim insurgency, would be the first to die if one of their kinsmen held by Syrian rebels in Damascus were killed.

The powerful Meqdad family is seeking to put pressure on rebels to release clan member Hassan al-Meqdad, who has been held by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) for two days.

An earlier threat by the kidnappers to seize Saudis, Turks and Qataris to secure the release of their kinsman bore ominous echoes of Lebanon's own civil war - and Arab governments lost no time in urging visitors to leave Beirut's popular summer tourist haunts.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain all told their nationals to leave at once. Some nations have already begun flying their citizens home.

"The snowball will grow," warned Hatem al-Meqdad, a senior member of the Meqdad family who said his brother Hassan was detained by the FSA two days ago.

REGIONAL MOVES

Assad, whose Alawite minority is an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, has long relied on support from Shi'ite Iran and its Hezbollah allies.

He accuses the Sunni powers of the Gulf and Turkey of promoting the revolt against him, which grew out of Arab Spring demonstrations 18 months ago.

While his opponents, and the Western powers which sympathise with them, insist they want to avoid the kind of sectarian blood-letting seen in Iraq, rebels who mostly come from Syria's disadvantaged Sunni majority have seized Iranians and Lebanese there in recent weeks, saying they may be working for Assad.

The kidnapping by the Meqdad clan on Wednesday will damage a Lebanese economy for which Gulf tourists have played a part in recovery after 15 years of civil war ended in 1990.

Maher al-Meqdad, the clan's spokesman, said they were only targeting the Free Syrian Army and Turks, insisting that Saudis, Qataris and other Gulf nationals were not targets.

"If Hassan (al-Meqdad) is killed, the first hostage we will kill is the Turk," he told Reuters. He later said the clan had "halted military operations", signalling it would stage no further abductions.

The Turkish hostage told a Lebanese television channel he was being treated well. Another station broadcast footage it said showed two Syrian hostages in the custody of masked gunmen from the Meqdad clan wearing fatigues and armed with rifles.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the kidnappings, but his government seemed largely powerless to act.

"This brings us back to the days of the painful war, a page that Lebanese citizens have been trying to turn," he said.

Fighting in Syria has triggered violence across the border before - some of it linked to Syrian rebels bringing arms and supplies across Lebanon.

DEFECTION

But the round of hostage-taking on both sides adds a new factor for regional states, who are advancing their strategic interests while Russia and the West are deadlocked by their deep divisions over Syria.

At a meeting in Saudi Arabia, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria on Thursday, citing Assad's suppression of the Syrian revolt, but there was little support for direct military involvement.

The 57-member body's rebuke is mostly symbolic, but it shows Syria's isolation - as well as that of its ally Iran - across much of the Sunni-majority Islamic world.

Later, Al-Arabiya television reported that a cousin of Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Shara had defected and was calling on members of the Syrian army to join the "revolution".

China used a visit to Beijing by a special envoy from Assad to repeat its call for the Syrian government to talk with the opposition and take steps to meet the people's demand for change, but offered no new solutions.

Talks seem unlikely in the near future while the rebels insist Assad must step down as a precondition for negotiations and government troops are pounding rebel forces.

The price being paid by the Syrian people was underlined by the U.N. humanitarian chief, Valerie Amos, who said that as many of 2.5 million people, about one tenth of the population, were in need of aid.

Speaking in Syria where she met Prime Minister Wael al-Halki this week, Amos said: "Back in March, we estimated that a million people were in need of help. Now as many as 2.5 million are in need of assistance and we are working to update our plans and funding requirements."

(Additional reporting by Tom Perry, Issam Abdullah Asma Alsharif in Mecca and Erika Solomon in Beirut; Writing by Giles Elgood; Editing by Jon Boyle)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/lebanon-kidnap-sparks-fears-syria-spillover-110920351.html

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Pietersen waits on Twenty20 decision after apology

England batsman Kevin Pietersen will discover by Saturday if his apology for sending "provocative texts" to South African players has come in time to salvage his hopes of playing in the World Twenty20.

Throughout months of escalating tension with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) hierarchy, Pietersen has always expressed the wish to help England defend the trophy they won in the Caribbean two years ago when he was named man of the tournament.

Saturday is the International Cricket Council deadline for teams to name their final squads for this year's edition, in Sri Lanka starting in September.

Pietersen's apology, issued Wednesday, came too late to save his place in the team for the third and final Test against his native South Africa at Lord's starting on Thursday.

Last weekend England dramatically dropped Pietersen from their squad for Lord's, even though he scored a brilliant 149 in the drawn second Test in Leeds.

Pietersen was axed for failing to reveal the contents of those text messages, some of which were said to contain criticisms of England captain Andrew Strauss.

Eventually, Pietersen admitted Wednesday: "I did send what you might call provocative texts to my close friends in the SA team.

"The texts were meant as banter between close friends. I need to rein myself in sometimes. I apologise to Straussy and the team for the inappropriate remarks at the press conference and for the texts.

"I truly didn't mean to cause upset or tension particularly with important games at stake."

Throughout his tenure as captain Strauss, for whom Thursday's match represents his 100th Test and 50th as captain, has tried to keep Pietersen, his predecessor as skipper, on board.

So it was no surprise to hear Strauss say Wednesday he felt "let down" by Pietersen.

"I feel a little bit let down by Kevin, if I'm honest," said Strauss.

"But this isn't an issue between me and Kevin. It's a broader issue than that and it's very important that I act in the best interests of England cricket team.

"It's not a personal thing. I've always got on very well with Kevin, which is why some of the stuff has been quite surprising to me."

Strauss acknowledged Pietersen's apology by saying: "It's a step forward, it's a step in the right direction. But this issue hasn't just been about the text messages.

"There's been a bit more of a broader issue about trust and mutual respect, and that issue I'm very keen to resolve.

"If we're going to resolve those issues we need to do it face to face, away from the media spotlight and away from PR companies and press releases.

"That's not helping any of us at this stage."

Strauss no longer plays Twenty20 cricket and Pietersen will also have to mend some fences with England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad.

The all-rounder said he'd no role in a parody Twitter account for Pietersen.

The account - KP Genius - was set up by a friend of Broad, Richard Bailey, and had been thought to have contributed to the strained relations Pietersen felt within the England dressing room amid suggestions some of his team-mates were involved.

But Broad insisted: "I would like to confirm that I had no involvement in this whatsoever.

"As has been widely reported Mr Bailey is a friend of mine, but we had no conversations regarding this issue at all and I am pleased that he has now decided to close the parody account down."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pietersen-waits-twenty20-decision-apology-004217257--spt.html

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SEO Strategies - Optimize Online Press Releases For CRM - PDF

SEO Strategies - Optimize Online Press Releases For CRM

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TIFF Sets Extensive 2012 Industry Programming Lineup - indieWIRE

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TIFF Industry has announced its programming line-up that will run during the 37th Toronto International Film Festival this September. Sessions include a Master Class with French auteur Olivier Assayas; Moguls sessions with Film4 Controller Tessa Ross, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner and Academy Award-winner Jeremy Thomas; and a keynote address by revered film scholar David Bordwell.

"From new cinema technologies to Video on Demand, from marketing indie films to microbudgeting and creative distribution, many of this year?s panel discussion topics were crowd sourced from attending industry delegates from around the world," the festival explained in their press release. "A predominant theme in this year?s programming is the increasing impact and influence of digital technologies, and their ability to transform and multiply the opportunities available to filmmakers, from crowdfunding for independent films to increasing the distribution of African cinema."

Panel participants include Gale Anne Hurd, executive producer of The Walking Dead, Ira Deutchman, Managing Partner of Emerging Pictures, Founder and CEO of BOND Strategy and Influence Marc Schiller, independent filmmaker Edward Burns, Academy Award-winner Gareth Unwin, producer of The King?s Speech, Dolby?s Stuart Bowling, IMAX?s Mark Welton, Cineplex?s Dan McGrath and writer/director/experience designer Lance Weiler.

A rundown of the programming is below:

FILMMAKERS? LOUNGE
Filmmakers? Lounge, located in the TIFF Industry Centre on the Mezzanine level of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, is a meeting space for Festival filmmakers and industry professionals. Filmmakers? Lounge is the site for panels and industry sessions, as well as a place to meet, work or take a break. The Lounge features free WIFI and a variety of meeting spaces, not to mention a daily Happy Hour (September 7 to 11 from 5 pm to 6 pm). Filmmakers? Lounge is open to all Festival delegates and runs from Thursday, September 6 through Friday, September 14, from 9 am until 7 pm, and 9 am to 12 pm on Saturday, September 15.

MASTER CLASS
Master Class is a learning series that gives emerging filmmakers, students and industry delegates a chance to take lessons from veteran international filmmakers or producers. Master Class will take place in TIFF Bell Lightbox and is open to all Sales & Industry, Guest and Press delegates.

Olivier Assayas
In an intimate interview with TIFF Cinematheque Programmer, Brad Deane, ardent cinephile and acclaimed auteur Olivier Assayas discusses his favourite films and key influences, reflects on clips from his past work, analyses his principles and politics, and engages in an in-depth discussion of his latest film, Something in the Air.

MOGULS
This series of intimate, one-on-one sessions with some of the most powerful and influential movers and shakers of the film world offers a rare opportunity to get up close and personal. Gain insight into the inner workings of the creative and business minds that help shape the industry. Moguls sessions will take place in the Filmmakers? Lounge and are open to all Sales & Industry, Guest and Press delegates.

Moguls sessions include:

Tessa Ross
Tessa Ross, Film4?s head of film and drama, is considered by many to be the godmother of contemporary British cinema. With films like Billy Elliot, In Bruges, Happy-Go-Lucky, Submarine, Hunger, This is England, Four Lions, Attack the Block and Slumdog Millionaire to her credit, it?s easy to see why. She is admired for her enviable ability to spot appealing stories, develop projects from the ground up, and nurture internationally acclaimed talent ? all on a $13 million annual budget. Join Indiewire?s Anne Thompson in conversation with one of the world?s leading film executives.

Glen Basner
In only four short years, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner has built his fledgling sales company into a film industry powerhouse. With four films in this year?s Festival (Looper, Midnight?s Children, Aftershock, To the Wonder) and a slate of titles that have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide in the last year and a half, the veteran international film executive sits down with Deadline.com?s Mike Fleming to discuss FilmNation?s versatile and innovative approach.

Jeremy Thomas
One of world cinema?s leading independent producers, Academy Award?-winner Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor, Kon-Tiki) has created a highly diverse body of work, including artistic and commercial successes by some of cinema?s leading auteurs. His production shingle, Recorded Picture Company, and his leading international sales, distribution and marketing company, Hanway Films, are both a testament to his fiercely independent spirit and entrepreneurial passion. Join us for a journey through his adventurous career.

INDUSTRY DIALOGUES
Industry Dialogues is a speaker series examining the current state of the film industry and the craft of filmmaking. Industry Dialogues are open to all Sales & Industry, Press and Guest Relations Pass holders and run from September 7 to 13 in the Filmmakers? Lounge.

Industry Dialogues include:

Keynote Address: Back to the Drawing Board: Digital Cinema and Film History
Renowned film scholar and historian David Bordwell (the Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, Emeritus in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) addresses how filmmaking, film distribution, and film viewing have been affected by the conversion of theatres to digital projection.

It's Easy Being Green: Simple Steps to Greening Your Production
Presented in partnership with the Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival
Learn efficient, economical and socially responsible ways to make your film production more environmentally sustainable. Moderator: Melissa Felder ? Program Lead/Consultant, Green Screen Toronto Avi Federgreen ? Founder, Federgreen Entertainment, Indiecan Entertainment; producer, One Week, Score: A Hockey Musical Gale Anne Hurd ? CEO, Valhalla Motion Pictures; producer, The Walking Dead, Armageddon, Aliens Lydia Dean Pilcher ? Chair, PGA Green East; producer, The Reluctant Fundamentalist; Board Member for The New York Production Alliance

Case Studies: International Co-Productions
Learn the benefits of playing well with others in this informative and insightful crash course on co-productions moderated by Mark Musselman, Executive Producer, Serendipity Point Films.
Case studies include: Lore (Australia, UK, Denmark) with producer Liz Watts Zaytoun (UK, Israel, France) with Academy Award-winning producer Gareth Unwin (The King?s Speech)

Case Studies: The Art of the Screenplay
From conception to composition to collaboration, learn how the ins and outs of the creative process shaped some of this year's stellar screenplays. Moderator: Franklin Leonard ? Creator, Blacklist.com and Vice-President, Overbrook Entertainment

Bigger, Brighter, Better: Enhancing the Cinema Experience
The principal players in film exhibition discuss how changes in cinema technologies will soon revolutionize the movie-going experience. Stuart Bowling ? Senior Manager of Worldwide Technical Marketing, Dolby Dr. Paul Salvini ? Chief Technology Officer,Christie Mark Welton ? President, IMAX Theatres Dan McGrath ? Chief Operating Officer, Cineplex Entertainment Moderator: John Helliker, Founder & Director of Sheridan College?s SIRT Centre

The Social Network: Marketing Indie Films Online
Be one of the cool kids ? the kind who go on to rule the world with their media savvy, technological know-how ? by learning how to master the medium and the message when marketing your film online. Marc Schiller ? Founder and CEO, BOND Strategy and Influence Moderator: Ira Deutchman ? Managing Partner of Emerging Pictures; Professor of Professional Practice in the Graduate Film Division of the School of the Arts at Columbia University, where he is the Chair of the Film Program; Founder of Fine Line Features; Co-Founder of Cinecom

VoD Killed the DVD Star: The Future of Independent Distribution
Video on demand is poised to replace DVD and theatrical as the main distribution channel for independent films. Learn how to properly position your film in the marketplace and maximize the potential of this burgeoning platform. Phillip Knatchbull ? CEO, Curzon Artificial Eye Edward Burns ? director, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas Tom Quinn ? Weinstein Company

Creative Distribution: Thinking Outside the Four Walls
From hybrid distribution to semi-theatrical releasing and theatrical-on-demand, learn about the latest, innovative ways to get your film to an audience. Pablo Gonzalez ? COO, Tugg Janet Brown ? CEO, Cinetic Rights Management / Film Buff Evan Husney ? Director of Acquisitions, Drafthouse Films Moderator: Jeremy Kay ? US Editor, Screen Daily

Alternative Africa: Filmmakers in Markets Without Infrastructure
Making films and getting them seen is hard. Doing it in countries with virtually non-existent film industries is harder. Find out how these innovative artists and enterprising entrepreneurs are getting it done. Aziz Ciss? ? director, The Walls of Dakar Enrico Chiesa ? Head of AfricaFilms.tv Joslyn Barnes ? Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Louverture Films Helen Kuun ? Head of Content, Acquisitions & Strategy, Indigenous Film Distribution Moderator: Jean-Michel Frodon ? journalist, Slate

Microbudgeting: Doing More With Less Turn a funding shortfall into a creative surplus by learning from the experts how to make the most of a shoestring budget. Katriel Schory ? Executive Director, Israel Film Fund Atif Ghani ? Producer, Ill Manors Karine Martin -? President, Mediabiz International Avi Federgreen ? Founder, Federgreen Entertainment, Indiecan Entertainment; producer, One Week, Score: A Hockey Musical Moderator: John Galway ? President, Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund

Transmedia: Storytelling Without Boundaries
TIFF Studio launches with an in-depth discussion on cross-platform content, featuring filmmakers on the forefront of transmedia. Mahyad Tousi ? Co-Founder and CEO, Boomgen Studios Lance Weiler ? Writer, Director & Experience Designer for Film, TV, and Games Caitlin Burns ? Transmedia Producer and Editorial Lead, Starlight Runner Entertainment

Yours to Discover: Fantastic First-Time Feature Directors
Join Screen International's Wendy Mitchell for an intimate and insightful discussion with some of this year's most promising debut directors. Catriona McKenzie ? filmmaker, Satellite Boy Gabriela Pichler ? filmmaker, Eat Sleep Die Moderator: Wendy Mitchell ? editor, Screen Daily

Sourcing the Funds, Funding the Source: The New Age of Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding, crowdsourcing ? two sides of the same coin. Learn how to finance your film and build your audience, all at the same time. Elisabeth Holm ? director, Film Program, Kickstarter Guneet Monga ? producer, Peddlers, Monsoon Shootout, Gangs of Wasseypur Lynette Howell ? producer, The Place Beyond the Pines
Moderator: Scott Roxborough ? journalist, The Hollywood Reporter

Independent India
Bullocks to Bollywood! Today's hottest Indie-an filmmakers trumpet the DIY aesthetic and the merits of Mumbai. Manjeet Singh ? director, Mumbai Cha Raja Vasan Bala ? director, Peddlers Ashim Ahluwalia ? director, Miss Lovely Guneet Monga ? producer, Peddlers, Monsoon Shootout, Gangs Of Wasseypur Moderator: Patrick Frater ? journalist, Film Busines Asia

TIFF Nexus: Renga and the Future of Interactive Cinema
Renga is being hailed as a breakthrough in cinematic interactivity. Go behind the scenes with the creators and join in on a live 100-player game using laser pointers! Adam Russell ? Co-founder, wallFour John Sear ? Co-founder wallFour
Additional panelists and moderators will be confirmed in coming weeks.

TIFF NEXUS
The critically acclaimed TIFF Nexus series ? where the worlds of Film, Gaming and New Media converge ? presents Renga, an interactive cinematic game experience, as well as a mini-arcade of games conceived during the Nexus ?creative jam? series. Supported by the Ontario Media Development Corporation and several programming partners, TIFF Nexus has blossomed into a popular series of interactive media conferences, creative jams and hands-on technology workshops uniting a range of industry, academic and community partners across diverse sectors.

In addition to the TIFF Nexus: Renga and the Future of Interactive Cinema Industry Dialogue, TIFF Nexus initiatives taking place during the Festival include:

Renga
The world?s first 100-player co-op laser game, Renga is about finding a way home: ambushed and left for dead in deep space, the audience must build a ship, confront their nemesis and journey home. A breakthrough in big-screen interaction, Renga turns massively-multi-player on its head, challenging the crowd to collaborate to form teams and share controllers in this heart-racing mash-up where arcade game-play meets feature-length adventure.

TIFF Nexus Mini-Arcade
Metro Hall Rotunda, 55 John Street, Toronto
Open daily from September 7 to 15, 7:30 am ? 9:30 pm
Videogame developers, filmmakers, artists, interactive designers and hackers of all kinds came together during the TIFF Nexus creative jams to explore cross-sector innovation among select themes. The mini-arcade is free to the public. For information on the concepts, their creators and presentation times, visit tiffnexus.net.

ADDITIONAL INDUSTRY PROGRAMMING AND INITIATIVES

indieWIRE @ Filmmakers' Lounge September 8 to 11 4 pm ? 5 pm indieWIRE?s popular Q&A sessions with some of the most notable actors and directors at the Toronto International Film Festival return to Filmmakers? Lounge.

Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch Filmmakers? Lounge, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Toronto Telefilm Canada?s Talent To Watch sessions promise to be a lively, insightful and surprising look at why Canadian cinema is applauded around the world.

Class Of 2012: Canadian Directors To Watch The future of Canadian cinema is here and it is now: meet the young directors ? emerging onto screens at home and abroad ? and hear how they got here and where they intend to go.

First We Take Manhattan: Canadian Films In The U.S An increasing number of Canadian films are being enjoyed by American audiences and traction for our talent is increasing south of the border. This panel will address the opportunities and realities of the US market for our films.

Looking At The World: Canadian Cinema Beyond Its Borders From tales of Canadians in settings far from home, to new narratives emerging from our endlessly evolving cultural realities, our stories ? both in what they are telling and how they are told ? resonate beyond our borders.

Not Short On Talent The Toronto International Film Festival?s inspired and audacious selection of shorts is the focus of this session featuring Canadian directors revealing that they are so? Not Short On Talent.
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A complete list of all announced films in every program can be found here.

Source: http://www.indiewire.com/article/tiff-sets-extensive-2012-industry-programming-lineup

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Education Collections: Excellent iPad App Store Featured Section ...

Every Thursday the Featured area of the iPad App Store gets a refresh and adds some new and often topical featured sections. This week one of these is titled ?Education Collections? and it?s one of the best and most complete sections of this type that I?ve seen.

Just in time for the back to school period, this featured section is packed with very good, curated selections of educational apps across a wide range of categories.

The Education Collections section features 24 sub-sections (plus a few more highlighting Apple?s own apps) including reading, math, physics, chemistry, music, writing, geography, astronomy and earth science, foreign languages, test prep and lots more.

There?s a promising looking Apps for Teachers section ?

A very good looking looking section for Special Education ?

iTunes U also gets a sub-section to itself.

I?m not a student or teacher and I couldn?t play either one on TV, but I think this Education Collections featured section looks like a great resource for students, parents of students, and teachers. I would certainly vote for this one to be kept around as a featured section for a few weeks. It is one of the rotating highlighted sections at the top of the iPad App Store Featured area. You can also find it by tapping on the Education banner block just below the New and Noteworthy section in the Featured area.

This entry was posted in iPad App Store and tagged iPad App Store, iPad education apps by Patrick Jordan.

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Put Together an Ideal e-Commerce Business using Shopify | Tutorial ...

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Now the time is faster than before, people have no time to wait any more for getting the things, if you?ll use the Shopify to set up your online business you?ll also able to Sell Digital Downloads. Because the digital downloads work in a great way for everything from music, e-books, PDFs, webinars, movies, templates, photographs and any other type of downloadable file. In this way you can easily get the success in your online e-commerce business, because the digital downloads can assist your sales and open you up for the new customers.

Simple Thing for All

After reading all this we can say that Shopify is simple and easy to use for all and sundry, I mean to say that if you want to manage e-commerce business you?ll get lots of ease and your clients will also get these easiness. I?d like to say that Shopify presents you to provide your customers with quite a lot of payments options including PayPal. If you have some doubt about the services of Shopify you can also get the trial for a month.

In the End

In this advance era everything is fast, if you are a person who wants to set up your online store then no look further just make use of Shopify because it?s a perfect companion for your e-commerce business. You can also get a 30 day free trial to experience the features and services and in this way you can easily understand about its value.

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Source: http://www.tutoriallounge.com/2012/08/put-together-an-ideal-e-commerce-business-using-shopify/

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