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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Defense secretary blasts budget cuts in Cal visit

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Ray Charles Foundation Sues To Stop Children Taking Back ...

Before his death, music legend Ray Charles gave $500,000 in trust to his children on the condition they would seek no claim to his musical estate. Now, some of the children appear to have reneged on the deal by triggering a controversial law that lets artists and their heirs reclaim copyright after 35 years.

SEE ALSO: Your Guide To Some Key Copyright Cases On The Docket This Week

The children want royalties to songs like ?I Got a Woman? and ?Mary Ann? which are now being paid to the Ray Charles Foundation, an organization that funds projects related to education and hearing impairment.

Charles, who died in 2004, has twelve children but only seven are named in the lawsuit.

The Ray Charles dispute is the second high profile case to emerge over so-called ?termination rights.? The first involves the lead singer of the Village People who is in California court in an effort reclaim ?YMCA? and other hits.

Studios and other content owners, who face the loss of valuable backlists, are attempting to rely on legal loopholes to avoid the transfers. One of these involves the ?work for hire? rule which says artists can?t claim rights if they make the creative work as an employee.

The purpose of the 35-year law, which is part of the 1978 Copyright Act, is to ensure that artists who signed bad deals when they were young can have a second bite at the apple.

In the case of Charles, the foundation is arguing that the studios already increased royalty terms once already and his heirs can?t try to do the sweeten the deal a second time. It is also saying some of the songs were works for hire and that the children are barred by contract from claiming the work.

Ray Charles was the subject of a 2004 Oscar-winning biopic Ray.

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VITEC Provides Encoding Platform Used for Video Streaming to ...

??Valy as Afghan Wireless Brand Ambassador (2012-03-31 03:42)

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 31, 2012 --

??Afghan Wireless on Target to Hire 5,000 Local Afghan Employees (2012-03-31 03:22)

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 31, 2012 --

??Day4 Energy Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results (2012-03-31 02:52)

BURNABY, British Columbia, March 31, 2012 --

??CleanEquity Monaco 2012 - Awards (2012-03-31 02:32)

MONACO, March 31, 2012 "> CleanEquity Monaco, the forum for emerging cleantech companies, was this year co-hosted by Innovator Capital Ltd and the Nobel Sustainability Trust. The conference closed Friday 30 March with an Awards Ceremony presided over by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.

??Great Wall Club Invites U.S. Mobile Executives for a Delegation to Beijing, China at Global Mobile Internet Conference 2012 (2012-03-31 02:32)

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 30, 2012 --?Great Wall Club Inc (US) today announced their Mobile Executive Delegation (MED) program for the?Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC), which is Asia's largest and most elite mobile Internet conference. This three day delegation is designed to help innovative mobile executives from North America to explore the China market.

??Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Announces Investigation of Groupon, Inc. (2012-03-31 02:02)

NEW YORK, March 30, 2012 --?Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential securities fraud at Groupon, Inc. ("Groupon" or the "Company") (NASDAQ-NMS: GRPN).

??Valy as Afghan Wireless Brand Ambassador (2012-03-31 02:02)

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 30, 2012 -- Afghan Wireless ("AWCC"), Afghanistan's leading telecom operator and one of Afghanistan's largest private employers, has today announced that Valy Hedjasi ("Valy"), Afghanistan's most successful international pop singer, will become its brand ambassador.

??Experts at Quinnipiac University's G.A.M.E. II Forum Say Social Media is Dramatically Changing How Financial News is Communicated (2012-03-31 01:52)

NEW YORK, March 30, 2012 --?Social media is dramatically changing the way financial information is being communicated.

??ReverseEngineering.com? Releases FARO EDGE and FOCUS 3D Software Add-in for SolidWorks (2012-03-31 01:47)

ReverseEngineering.com a Certified SolidWorks Gold Partner plug-in now supports a blazing high speed binary data base software add-in for point cloud processing in just seconds for SolidWorks Standard and SolidWorks Premium users.

??Sat?lites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. Announces Pricing of $35 Million of Additional Senior Secured Notes (2012-03-31 01:37)

Sat?lites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (?Satmex?) announced today the pricing of $35 million aggregate principal amount of additional senior secured notes due 2017 (the ?Notes?) to be issued in a private placement under rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ?Notes Offering?). The Notes were priced at 102.00% and will bear interest at an annual rate of 9.50%. The Notes Offering is scheduled to close on April 9, 2012.

??Integrated Electrical Services Reports Fiscal 2012 First Quarter Results (2012-03-31 00:32)

HOUSTON, March 30, 2012 -- Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS: IESC) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter ended December 31, 2011 and that it has completed the previously announced restatement of its consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2011, 2010 and 2009 to correct errors in the computation of vacation benefits liabilities and to accurately reflect certain previously reported expenses in the periods in which they were incurred. ?The Company also filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 immediately following the filing of its amended annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011.

??Afghan Wireless on Target to Hire 5,000 Local Afghan Employees (2012-03-30 23:52)

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 30, 2012 -- Afghan Wireless ("AWCC"), Afghanistan's leading telecom operator and one of Afghanistan's largest private employers, has crossed a significant threshold in hiring more than 4,300 local Afghan employees.? AWCC has a short-term goal of directly employing 5,000 locals before its 10th Anniversary to continue to show it's commitment to the Afghan people.? Indirectly, AWCC is involved with employing more than 100,000 local Afghans through Top Up card resellers, Public Call Office (PCO) members, and sim card dealers.?? AWCC's work force is now comprised of over 97% Afghans showing AWCC is truly a company run and led by Afghans.

??BenefitsPro.com Celebrates Achievements, One Year Anniversary (2012-03-30 23:32)

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CENTENNIAL, Colo., March 30, 2012 -- This week BenefitsPro.com, a Summit Business Media Website for benefits brokers, HR managers, and retirement advisors, is celebrating numerous achievements since the site launched one year ago.

??User Experience Agency EffectiveUI Promotes Ken Guiberson to Chief Technology Officer (2012-03-30 23:22)

DENVER, March 30, 2012 --?EffectiveUI, a leading user experience (UX) agency, created the new role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) that will be filled immediately by current executive Ken Guiberson. ?As CTO, the former Kodak engineer will be responsible for the overall technology vision of EffectiveUI, including managing the Technology Services team, a group of technologists that, along with EffectiveUI's Customer Insight and Design teams, deliver award-winning creative and humanizing software to its Fortune 500 clients. Guiberson will also play an essential role in working with its clients' corporate technology executives on their digital experience strategies.

??Block & Leviton LLP Investigates Groupon, Inc. and Certain of Its Officers and Directors for Violations of the Federal Securities Laws (2012-03-30 23:02)

BOSTON, March 30, 2012 --?Block & Leviton LLP (www.blockesq.com), a Boston-based law firm representing investors nationwide, is investigating possible securities law violations involving Groupon, Inc. ("Groupon" or the "Company") (NASDAQ-NMS: GRPN).?

??Research Report on IBM as Sell Distributed by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. (2012-03-30 23:02)

ATLANTA, March 30, 2012 --?Intellivest Securities Research, Inc., a Georgia Registered Investment Advisor, issued a research report today on International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) with the recommendation to sell IBM's common stock.? The report said that the recommendation was due to expected imminent negative pressure on both IBM's products and its shares due to IBM's leadership failure to properly respond to discriminatory practices against women at Augusta National.?

??Hallmark Acquires SpiritClips (2012-03-30 23:02)

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 30, 2012 -- Hallmark Cards, Inc., today announced the acquisition of SpiritClips, a broadband subscription-based online video service and film production company that offers heartwarming short films, family friendly movies and documentaries.

??Frontline Technologies Inc. Announces Delay In Filing of Audited Financial Statements and Management Cease Trade Order (2012-03-30 22:52)

TORONTO, March 30, 2012 - Frontline Technologies Inc. ("Frontline" or the "Company") (TSXV: FLC) announced today a delay in the filing of its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011 and its related Management's Discussion and Analysis and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer certifications, and its Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2011 (collectively, the "Required Filings") which were due to be filed on or before today's date (the "Filing Deadline") pursuant to applicable securities laws.

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Formula 1 Race is now becoming more famous among youngsters

Formula 1 racing is nowadays becoming more popular for youngsters because it has become more and more professional sport. It is the most thrilling sport because of higher audience makes it very interesting and thrilling to attract the audience, who is seen very interested and thrilling to make it very popular sport of youngsters. Nowadays, grand prix is the most popular sporting event which takes place over three days with a series of sport activities and qualifying the sessions to take a race on Sunday. The drivers of F1 are the most considered people among the most highly conditioned athletes who love it very much because of thrilling activities performed admirably.?

? F1 is the most popular sport of racing in the world, which is loved too much by sport lovers in the form of racing in the world.

The cars are very fast, lightweight and comfortable to be the master in all kind of racing. It is very global sport for whole world, therefore millions of racing lovers come to play this sport excitedly. Today, formula one racing is the most popular sport in all over world, therefore it has millions of television audience viewers in the world. Today, TV viewing is measured billions of sport lovers as a sporting event and getting a lot of popularity on par with Olympics and the Soccer World Cup.

The cars are very fast, flimsy and smooth as well as most hard to master in all of racing. The formula one racing cars like Squidoo car are built with higher standards designed by experts for keeping safety and security. It has the largest television viewing a large number of audiences in the whole world.

Today, television viewers love this sport very much and getting great popularity in every part of the country. The drivers of this racing are the most considered among the most highly conditioned athletes with their bodies in top shape to adapt the expectations of top flight single seater motor racing.

Formula 1 racing is popularly known as Grand Prix as well as very popular motor sport around the globe. It is considered more and more competitive sport in comparison of all motor sports. Therefore, racing is the most popular sport in the world, when it comes to turn about Formula one racing car sport, really it is very popular sport. It is very competitive and exciting race championships to watch this sport event in the world. Therefore, millions of viewers of this racing sport are very thrilling moments to enjoy the every moment of this sport amusingly.

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Marketing and Customer Service are Critical to the business of ...

While marketing and customer service have long been critical components in the success of any business, few industries have had to overhaul their processes to implement both as quickly?and so publicly?as hospitals and health systems have in the past decade.

Historically, hospitals relied on superior medical technologies to attract better physicians who would, in turn, bring in new patients. A myriad of changes?from insurance overhauls to a societal shift toward superior customer service expectations?has forced hospitals and health systems to drastically change their business models in order to remain competitive, grow revenues and attract new valuable patients.

As noted by USA Today many hospitals are adopting marketing and customer service strategies used for decades by the retail, travel and communications industries and, as a result, attracting higher-paying and loyal customers. Using their patients? health and financial records?along with detailed information from consumer marketing firms?hospitals are conducting targeted marketing to attract new patients, save lives and grow revenue.

St. Anthony?s Medical Center in St. Louis, for example, uses patient data to personalize mailings with an individual?s name and a picture of someone of similar age or gender. It is more expensive, but the strategy results in better response rates. From October 2010 through July 2011, St. Anthony?s spent $25,000 on a targeted mailing to 40,000 women for mammogram screenings. The letters led 1,000 women to get the test, which generated $530,000 in revenue from screenings, biopsies and other related services

At Lori Carr & Associates we?ve worked with several health systems that are clearly and quantifiably proving marketing ROI with such activities, leading to significant revenue growth and brand recognition. Our areas of focus include preparing health system call centers to effectively handle a marketing campaign?s call to action, identifying cross selling and up-selling opportunities among new and existing patients, and new patient conversions. Also, because a positive customer experience is vital to converting these marketing efforts into long-term growth, we overhaul processes to create a culture of service excellence.

That excellence in customer service has ramifications not only in attracting new patients but, also, starting next year will directly impact insurance payments for clinical care. Medicare will use patient satisfaction scores to determine nearly one-third of the performance-based pay hospitals will receive. Private health insurers are following suit. From delivering Emergency Room wait times to cell phones to minimize inconvenience for patients, to VIP suites to gourmet food and valet parking, hospitals across the country are responding by implementing customer service amenities and strategies.

While marketing efforts may bring a new patient to a hospital, if that patient does not encounter seamless service after their initial encounter, that opportunity is lost. For example, does the patient receive a clear instruction on next steps? When that patient calls for follow up procedures as suggested, is there a clear channel of service, or are they passed around to various departments?ultimately ending in frustration. Is there a defined, customer-friendly process for booking appointments and facilitating payment? Is staff trained properly to cross and up sell services?

The bigger a health system, the more opportunities there are for disconnections among departments. We work with hospitals and health systems to ensure a seamless customer service experience supported by a cultural and organizational shift that puts the customer experience at the center of the entire organization.

Source: http://www.loricarrassociates.com/2012/03/28/marketing-and-customer-service-are-critical-to-the-business-of-healthcare/

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10 Countries Spending The Most On Health Care: 24/7 Wall St.

On its own, the C325's built-in 0.3-megapixel webcam is unremarkable. However, it also comes with Lenovo's Eye Distance system software, which can monitor the user and bring up a warning if the system detects that the user is sitting too close to the screen. This could be useful for parents that always ask their little ones to back away from TVs and other computers. The only drawback is that the camera is always on while the Eye Distance system is active, so privacy-sensitive folk will want to disable the Eye Distance system manually to prevent spying from happening undetected. The system also comes with a dynamic brightness system, which dims or brightens the display backlight depending on the ambient light in the room. It's pretty old hand technology for higher end all-in-ones, but it's nice to see that technology trickle down to a budget system as well.

The C325 comes with an AMD E-450 processor, integrated DX11 AMD Radeon HD 6320 graphics, 4GB of system memory, a 500GB hard drive, six USB 2.0 ports, and a DVD burner. There are a few optional extras that you may miss, and some that you won't miss at all. For example, even at this price point, unless you're a dorm dwelling student, you won't be too bent out of shape that this SKU doesn't have a HDTV tuner. On the other hand, the system lacks USB 3.0 ports and HDMI ports. The faster USB 3.0 ports are handy for external hard drives, while HDMI can add either multiple monitor support (HDMI-out) or allow you to extend the life of the C325's LCD by using it with a newer PC in the future (HDMI-in). Not a huge deal breaker at this price point, but as they say, you get what you pay for. Speaking of pay, the included McAfee Anti-Virus program only updates for 60 days before you have to pay for a subscription. That's kind of lame, and most PCs should really come with at least a year subscription to Anti-virus updates. The system also comes up a little short in the benchmark tests, as seen below.

The C325 comes with Google Chrome pre-loaded, so that's great for people who want an alternative to Internet Explorer. Other pre-loaded utilities include the usual mix of Lenovo utilities, including Rescue and Recovery, YouCam (for the webcam), and a Driver and Application installer. What's really neat is that you can opt to not install stuff like Microsoft Office 2010 Starter or the Google toolbar. Giving the end user choice is better than pre-installing applications before the system leaves the factory. It saves a lot of cleanup time. You can always choose to install the programs later if you wish.

Performance
The C325 and its AMD E-450 processor are good at saving energy, but they're consequently a little light on processing power for multimedia tasks like editing photos or converting video formats. The C325 takes a relatively long time to complete our Handbrake video test (7:54) and Photoshop CS5 test (15:06). To put that into perspective, the entry-level AIO Editor's Choice HP TouchSmart 320-1030 ($749.99, 4 stars) is much quicker at 2:41 for Handbrake and 7:01 for CS5. On the other hand, the C325 and its AMD E-450 processor top rapidly aging tech like the Intel Atom in the Cybernet ZPC-D5 ($384 direct, 3 stars), which can only manage 8:41 on Handbrake and takes a staggering 20:51 for the Photoshop test. That said, the C325 is sufficient for mundane day-to-day tasks like viewing You Tube videos, checking your friends' Facebook status, and checking email on Google. 3D performance on the C325 is expectedly weak, but at least you will be able to load programs that require DX11 graphics. Even simpler casual games like Cut the Rope work fine, as does Angry Birds.

All in all, the Lenovo C325 is a good choice for the cash-strapped PC buyer. The 20-inch screen is larger than any notebook you'll find at the $500 price point. Heck, 20-inches is larger than most notebooks at the $1,500 price point. The C325 has the power to surf the web, view online videos, play casual games, and update your Facebook. It's more powerful than older Atom-powered nettops, and Lenovo has a much better approach to bloatware than some of the other all-in-one PCs. About the only thing keeping the C325 from supplanting our current champ the HP TouchSmart 320-1030 is the latter's much better performance on the benchmark tests and the system's touch screen. Both factors add to the HP 320-1030's service life. The faster processor means that it will last longer before it feels "too slow," and the touch screen will help if you decide to upgrade to Windows 8 in the near future. Let's call the Lenovo C325 a close second, and still recommended if you only have $500-600 to spend.

BENCHMARK TEST RESULTS

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Racially-tinged documents have pro-marriage group doing damage control

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Bathroom remodeling ct, Kitchen remodel - Metal Roofing Will ...

Although steel roofs are typically associated with barns, you can soon find them popularly on residential property as well. This shift to metal roofing in CT is not only because of extreme conditions such as hurricanes, hail and wildfire that can damage houses, but also because there are wide day-to-day benefits of installing such roofing on your home.

One of the major benefits of metal roofing is that, if properly installed, it lasts for 40-60 years, which is at least 2-3 times longer than asphalt roofing. Even in the hottest of the weather, and even in very humid conditions, metal roofing is virtually immune to mildew and other such stains, which are common sights on asphalt shingles. A properly installed metal roof doesn't leak, doesn't rust and can withstand strong wind gusts as well. This is further consolidated by the fact that homeowners in hail-prone areas are more eligible for discounts on their home insurance premiums when they choose metal roofing.

Metal roofing is easy to install, as it can be simply laid over the current roof, thus eliminating the costs of removing the shingles, and even avoiding land-fill fees that need to be paid when you remove your asphalt roofing. Also, at the end of its life cycle, if a metal roof needs to be removed, it can be easily recycled. These traits of the metal or steel roofing make it an environment-friendly option. Further, unlike traditional materials such as wooden shakes or even asphalt, steel isn't vulnerable to damage from insects, rot or mold, and hence doesn't require the application of hazardous insecticides for protection. This makes metal the best choice for 'green' roofing.

Apart from being durable, environment-friendly and long-lasting, metal roofing is also efficient; as it reduces your house's cooling costs by as much as 40 percent. This is made increasingly possible with the advent of reflective eco-friendly paints with energy-saving properties. Now, even dark roofing colors can reflect up to 85 percent of the sun's radiant energy, thus cooling your building even in summers. This implies lesser dependence on air-conditioning, and hence saving a chunk of your electricity bills.

Metal roofing doesn't crack, split, curl, rot or lose its impact resistance, even after decades of its installation. If at all, it requires an annual inspection followed by clearing of the accumulated debris such as leaves and other dirt, to ensure proper functioning of the draining and support systems. As suggested before, you can avail a higher tax credit if you have installed qualified energy-efficient improvements such as metal roofing on your home. Thus, metal roofing that meets the energy star program requirements offers you the added advantage of tax and insurance savings.

Metal roofs will no longer remind you of the ugly barn steel roofing, as home metal roofs now come in attractive colors, appealing finishing and aesthetic profiles. This has made metal roofing the best-looking ones, and the demand for them is exponentially increasing in Connecticut. If you choose a good metal roofing from a quality contractor in CT, who provides good installation services and warranty as well, you can rest assured of having an ideal roofing solution for your home that lasts for many decades.

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Identify the Opportunities before Applying for Student Debt ...

Have you ever considered why people are looking forward to take up any debt amount? In most cases, people borrow some loan amount in order to fulfill certain dreams. Under such circumstances, when people are willing to higher their educational qualification and do not possess sufficient amount of money in their pocket, they would love to take up student debt on their shoulders.

Whenever you are looking to borrow some loan amount for providing the monetary support to your higher studies, it is obvious that you need to look around yourself in order to get some student loan help. It can be easily seen that there are various opportunities available to you for letting you fulfill your dreams. Among these options, you can conveniently opt for any special financial scheme that will provide you essential monetary support. However, if you are willing to get the best opportunity among these available preferences, you need to seek some professional help.

Once you have decided to seek some professional student loan help, you can easily depend on the reputed financial advisors. There are also various online services that will definitely let you know about the options available to you. Among these alternatives, you can comfortably pick your suitable option which will offer you the better advantages.

Among the various student debt options, these can be easily categorized in two different groups- Federal Student Loan and Private Student Loan. Here you will be able to know about some of the major characteristics of these student loan accounts.

Federal Student Loan: This type of student loan offers more privilege to the career pursuant. The rate of interest is considerably much higher than the other available options in the market. However, the process of getting these loan accounts being approved takes greater amount of time. In that case, it can be easily said that the concerned department will verify al the essential documents properly before approving your student loan account.
Private Student Loan: In this scheme, one can conveniently get his desired sum of money approved by the concerned department. It takes lesser amount of time for approving the required amount for the student debt account. Therefore, it is obvious that people would love to opt for the private student loan account in order to provide the essential financial support to their career.

In short, whenever you are willing to improve your career opportunity, you need to seek student loan help from the various agencies around you in order to get the proper financial aid in a convincing manner.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Writing vs Speaking ? Tape Noise Diary

Writing and Speaking

Paul Graham on the true nature of giving speeches compared to writing. Love this part:

Audiences like to be flattered; they like jokes; they like to be swept off their feet by a vigorous stream of words. As you decrease the intelligence of the audience, being a good speaker is increasingly a matter of being a good bullshitter. That?s true in writing too of course, but the descent is steeper with talks. Any given person is dumber as a member of an audience than as a reader. Just as a speaker ad libbing can only spend as long thinking about each sentence as it takes to say it, a person hearing a talk can only spend as long thinking about each sentence as it takes to hear it.

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Ministers publish controversial planning reforms

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Home Improvement | Home Remodeling and DIY Home Job

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There are basic types of foundations that builders use before beginning the construction of a home. Foundation problems can be a stressful, potentially costly endeavor, filled with uncertainty, particularly if not done professionally. Foundation repair Los Angles is needed when your foundation begins to settle.
Foundation repairs are an essential home improvement. It?s important to build the foundation correctly the first time. The Build A Better Home program from Foundation repairs Los Angles. When your choices are few and far between, you need to find the best contractor for the job. Foundation repair Los Angles is one of the best.
Do you waterproof first, or do you install Foundation repairs Los Angles products first? Simply put, it depends on the recommendations of your foundation expert. Is water infiltration causing your problems? Is water collecting around your home? Are your gutters and sump pump working properly? Is your foundation settling due to poor soil support or changing soils under your home? Are there vertical cracks in your basement walls? Are there horizontal cracks in your walls?
These questions all will be answered in the initial inspection of your home. Your foundation engineer will talk you through your individual needs and suggest methods of repair. Generally you will need a combination of Foundation repairs Los Angles and waterproofing. When used together you can be assured that your home will be restored to its original structural integrity while removing water issues that can cause future foundation problems.
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Mattel to release 'Hunger Games' Barbie doll

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Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games" film, will now become a Barbie doll.

By Philiana Ng, The Hollywood Reporter

Happy Hunger Games!

"Hunger Games" is doing big box office its first day in theaters, and now a Barbie doll is in the works.

Mattel's Barbie Collector is in the process of producing a custom collectible doll inspired by heroine Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence in Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

PHOTOS: 'Hunger Games' Premiere: Red Carpet Arrivals

The doll is "created specifically for the adult collector," Mattel tells THR. The Katniss doll will be available for purchase on BarbieCollector.com and other retail channels.

Images of the doll will be released along with the item's availability at a later date.

PHOTOS: 'Hunger Games' Mall Tour

This isn't the first piece of merchandise being produced for the popular young-adult franchise. "Hunger Games"-themed nail polish, a workout class and a cookbook are just a few of the related merchandising efforts surrounding the book trilogy and movie.

Barbie Collector produced Twilight-themed dolls inspired by Bella and Edward's wedding that were released in February and sell for about $30.

"Hunger Games" raked in $19.7 million in receipts for midnight showings alone at the U.S. box office and?earned $155 million?in its opening weekend.

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

World News - Iranian weapons help Bashar Assad put down Syria ...

Europe's attempts to punish Syria's brutal regime turned today to the British-born wife of President Assad. Asma al-Assad was banned from traveling to Europe and her financial assets were frozen. But the sanctions may be largely impotent, as a UK passport holder she can't be prevented from entering the UK. ITV's Paul Davies reports

By Reuters

WASHINGTON -- Iran is providing a broad array of assistance to Syrian President Bashar Assad to help him suppress anti-government protests, from high-tech surveillance technology to guns and ammunition, U.S. and European security officials say.

Tehran's technical assistance to Assad's security forces includes electronic surveillance systems, technology designed to disrupt efforts by protesters to communicate via social media, and Iranian-made drone aircraft for overhead surveillance, the officials said. They discussed intelligence matters on condition of anonymity.

"Over the past year, Iran has provided security assistance to Damascus to help shore up Assad. Tehran during the last couple of months has been aiding the Syrian regime with lethal assistance - including rifles, ammunition, and other military equipment -- to help it put down the opposition," a U.S. official said.

"Iran has provided Damascus (with) monitoring tools to help the regime suppress the opposition. It has also shared techniques on Internet surveillance and disruption," the official continued.

Syrians brave gunfire in anti-Assad protests

He added that Iran had also provided Assad's government with "unarmed drones that Damascus is using along with its own technology to monitor opposition forces."

Syria's rebel fighters are desperate for arms and ammunition. Members of the Free Syrian Army were forced from Idlib - one of the last rebel strongholds. ITN's John Irvine reports from outskirts of Idlib, the north western city which rebels surrendered last week.

Iranian security officials have also traveled to Damascus to advise Assad's entourage how to counter dissent, the official said. Some Iranian officials have stayed on in Syria to advise Assad's forces, he added.

Iran's multi-pronged security aid to Syria appears to have helped Assad's government in its increasingly violent campaign to hold on to power in the face of a year-long protest movement. The United Nations estimates 8,000 civilians have died in the conflict.

However, the U.S. and European officials said the Syrian government's survival is not totally dependent on continuing help from Tehran.

Assad's wife banned from traveling, shopping in EU

U.S. and allied official broadly agree that Assad's control remains solid. His opponents are hopelessly disorganized, the officials said, which may make it possible for the Syrian president and his entourage to hold onto power for years.

"At current levels Iranian aid is important but not really a game changer in the overall conflict," a U.S. official noted.

Paul Conroy, a photographer for the Sunday Times, was badly injured while on assignment in Syria and his colleague ? legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin was killed. Conroy joins NBC's Andrea Mitchell to reflect on the situation.

Iran has for decades been a patron to Syria, which has helped funnel aid and weapons to the Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah in Lebanon.

During the protests that followed Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election -- the biggest mass protests since the Islamic Republic's founding in 1979 -- Iranian authorities disrupted social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as cell phone networks.

Iran's internal crackdown reportedly has escalated since then.

Wounded Syrians recount horror of tank attacks

A European official said that the Iranians were providing Syrian security agencies with hardware and software that would help them disrupt efforts to organize protests inside Syria and efforts by anti-government elements to spread their message to supporters outside the country.

European suppliers
Officials said that Syria had also obtained some surveillance technology from European suppliers.

As protests against Assad's rule grew last year, the United States first raised the possibility that Iranian authorities were helping their Syrian counterparts suppress dissent.

Finally, UN reaches agreement over 'extremely dangerous crisis' in Syria

Last June the U.S. Treasury Department announced economic sanctions against two of Iran's most senior police officials for allegedly helping Assad's government crush protests.

The Treasury imposed U.S. economic sanctions on Ismail Ahmadi Moghadam and Ahmad-Reza Radan, chief and deputy chief of Iran's national police force, because their agency had "provided support to the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate and dispatched personnel to Damascus in April to assist the Syrian government in suppressing the Syrian people."

The Treasury alleged that Radan had traveled to Damascus to meet with Syrian security agencies, to whom he allegedly provided "expertise to aid in the Syrian government crackdown on the Syrian people."

Activist: Assad's crackdown turning peaceful Syrians into terrorists

U.S. officials said Iranian efforts to bolster Syria's surveillance capabilities have been supplemented by deliveries to Syria of Iranian-made unarmed surveillance drone aircraft.

Earlier this month a specialized website, The Aviationist, reported that a drone flying over the city of Homs, the site of recent violent clashes between government and opposition forces, had been identified as a "Pahpad" drone, which the website said meant "remotely piloted aircraft" in Farsi.

Saudi Arabia will deliver military equipment to Syrian rebels in an effort to stop the bloodshed. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports.

In February another specialized website, Open Source GEOINT, published freeze-frame images from what purported to be an amateur cameraman's video of a suspected drone flying over a Damascus suburb.

Iran vows to retaliate 'on the same level' to US or Israel attack

The website noted that some news reports had suggested that the United States was flying intelligence drones over Syria but that the drone in the pictures did not appear to be a U.S. model.

The website cited speculation that the drone might be of Iranian origin. Ynet News, an Israeli website, reported this month that Syria's defense industry produces drones that are technologically identical to Iranian-produced models and speculated that these domestically produced models were what Syrian security forces had deployed.

Report: 'I am the real dictator,' Bashar's wife says

However, a U.S. official said that some of Syria's drones had come directly from Iran.

Last weekend the Iranian news agency Fars announced that Iranian experts had produced what it called a "new type of drone" known as the Shaparak, or "Butterfly," which it said was "capable of carrying out military and border patrol missions."

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Mansfield Property Management ? Things To Look For In A Real ...

Article by Robert Preaudx

Many a times the only difference between a good and bad real estate deal is the real estate agent himself. If you are someone planning to buy or sell your home, here are a few things that you need to know, before you choose a real estate agent.The real estate market is today crowded with many agents, who promise the skies, but not many are able to deliver what they promise. Make sure that the real estate agent has enough experience and knowledge about the market trends. Most of the real estate agents skill comes from, on the job experience and hence give a lot of importance to experience. You could also ask for referrals from your family and friends. You could also source for real estate agents from the internet.Another very important thing to know is the real estate agent?s average ratio. A good real estate agent should have considerable experience in lowering the listed price when it comes to buying a home, and negotiating deals close to the listed prices when it comes to selling.Once you have chosen an agent, ask him about his USP. What makes him different from the other real estate agents? If you are buyer, you could ask him, about the number of houses, you are most likely to see, and who would be present the offer etc. If you are a seller, you could ask about the strategies that the agent would apply in selling the house. How and where does the real estate agent advertise? How many houses has the real estate agent sold, in your area? Make sure you reference a list of different real estate agents and brokers in the area using an online resource like KCMetro.com to find homes in the Kansas City Real Estate area along with homes shortly outside of the metro like Lawrence Kansas homes for sale as well. Also ask for references. Although this isn?t a very good method to know about the agent, when you speak to the references, ask about the positive and the negative aspects of the real estate agent.Be very careful about the sweet talk of the agents. When it comes to glib talking, there isn?t a better professional than a real estate agent. Be very clear of what you are signing when listing your property with the real estate agent. Also ask about the terms of cancellation in case you are not satisfied. Most agents require you to be listed for a minimum of six months exclusively with them, ask if there are charges for doing so. Also check for the real estate agents track record when it comes to selling or buying property.Once you have the answers to these questions, you could compare between the different agents and choose the one best for your property. The above mentioned are simply pointers, on the basis of which you could choose a good real estate agent.

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