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Friday, January 4, 2013

glenkurma: You Can Learn About Home Businesses On The Web ...

Not everybody is cut out to own their own home-based business, but that doesn?t mean you should not give it a try. This is especially true these days, when at an insignificant cost you can set up any of a variety of home-based businesses with a computer. It just takes an affordable, high-speed Internet access, and the readiness to spend a bit of time doing the research. A computer-based business has a global reach with unlimited customers, whereas a conventional business is limited to local custom and has costly set-up expenses. Everyone in the world with internet access is a possible client.

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There are a myriad of ways to get your toes wet if you are really considering a business on the web. To make a start you most definitely do not have to be an IT nerd, but being familiar with using a laptop or computer would be very helpful. Instead of technical skills, what is more important for success on the web is your level of knowledge concerning something you enjoy doing. Somebody who is a skilled writer could, for instance, have an online business that does copywritng. Content is often needed, so a writer could also work on an independent basis, picking up writing jobs from people who are no good at it. The trick, if you can actually provide a certain skill, like content in our writer?s example, is to find people who have a need for it and sell it to them. Put together a profile of your work, do a little bit of marketing, and, hey presto! you?ve got a business.

Online auction web sites are another avenue from which a large number of people are making good money. You might have many products already that can be sold online, or you can order items at wholesale and sell at retail. Online auction web sites, such as eBay, do the hard work of bringing the buyers to your offers. Your job is firstly to decide a price and list your merchandise, then wait for the sales. You are going to get payment if somebody makes a purchase, and then you fulfill your side of the deal by mailing the shopper their purchase.

Life is starting to be a lot easier in lots of ways through the advancements in technology. The advent of the laptop or computer has put ownership of a business within the reach of regular folks. The Internet has everything you need to build a business. It offers access to products you can sell as well as information that shows you how to do it. Instead of re-invent the wheel, find what you think is a good business model and follow its example in setting up your own web based business.

Rather than a fulltime business you might just be after another income stream, which the Internet caters for handsomely. Spend a while on your computer seeking information on starting a business online, and you?ll find a lot of it. You can only start making money once you get your business started, so don?t hold off in doing your research.

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Hannah Storm Burn Photos Reveal Graphic Injuries

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/01/hannah-storm-photos-reveal-graphic-burn-injuries/

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Al Jazeera buys Gore's Current TV, terms undisclosed

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Al Jazeera said on Wednesday it will buy Current TV, the struggling cable channel founded by Al Gore and partners, in a move that will boost the Qatar-based broadcaster's footprint in the United States.

Terms were undisclosed, but analysts estimated the deal could be worth as much as $500 million.

Al Jazeera said it would start a new U.S.-based news channel with the acquisition, which will make it available in more than 40 million U.S. households, up from 4.7 million prior to the deal.

The deal brings Al Jazeera, which operates under the patronage of the emir of Qatar and his family, into closer competition with American news channels like CNN, MSNBC and Fox.

But the award-winning channel that is seen in more than 260 million homes in 130 countries faces hurdles with U.S. distributors and viewers, television industry analysts said.

Current, a liberal channel which has battled low viewership, had been distributed in about 60 million of the 100 million homes in the United States with cable or satellite service.

One of its distributors, Time Warner Cable, which accounted for about 12 million of those homes, announced late Wednesday it was terminating its carriage deal.

"Our agreement with Current has been terminated and we will no longer be carrying the service. We are removing the service as quickly as possible," Time Warner Cable said in a statement.

Reuters reported in April Time Warner Cable was considering dropping Current if it did not reach certain ratings thresholds.

A spokesperson would not elaborate. Current is also distributed by Comcast Corp and DirecTV, with 22.4 million and 19.8 million subscribers, respectively.

Comcast or DirecTV were either unavailable or declined comment. Dish Network Corp also declined comment.

Both Comcast and DirecTV also hold equity stakes of more than 5 percent in Current, according to public filings.

Current said Gore, its chairman, and co-founder Joel Hyatt, the chief executive officer, will remain on the advisory board.

PARANOIA ABOUT AL JAZEERA

Analysts said Al Jazeera would have to overcome a significant image problem in the United States, where many viewers remember its stridently anti-war reporting of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"Al Jazeera has deeper pockets. The downside is the politics. People in America associate Al Jazeera with the Muslim world or the Arab world or the Islam world and they have problems with that," said Jimmy Schaeffler, pay TV consultant at The Carmel Group.

"They have psychological, political and emotional concerns and that will work against them."

"There's a fair amount of paranoia when it comes to Al Jazeera," said Robert Thompson, professor of TV and popular culture at Syracuse University.

Al Jazeera has only been shown in a handful of cities. It said its new U.S.-based news channel would be separate from Al Jazeera English, and would provide both domestic and international news for American audiences.

The new channel would air in 2013 and would be headquartered in New York City. In addition to existing bureaus in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago, Al Jazeera would open more bureaus and would double its U.S.-based staff to more than 300 employees.

Current was co-founded in 2005 but never caught on. It shifted to a more liberal format from 2011, but ratings continued to disappoint, said Brad Adgate, senior vice president of research at Horizon Media, who pegged its average daily audience under 50,000 viewers and the value of a deal at $400 million to $500 million.

In late October, Current confirmed it was considering selling itself and had hired JP Morgan and the Raine Group to assess options.

Thompson said the deal came at a challenging time for the cable industry.

"Launching a cable network in the U.S. in the second decade of the 21st century is not an easy thing to do. Even Oprah Winfrey has struggled in significant ways," he said.

Disputes between pay TV distributors and cable networks have risen lately. Time Warner Cable also dropped arts-focused cable channel Ovation over its low ratings and the high costs of carrying the network.

(Reporting By Susan Zeidler; Editing by Gary Hill and Stephen Coates)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/al-jazeera-buys-current-tv-terms-undisclosed-002643807--finance.html

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Syrian rebels attack air base in the north

In this Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces, in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo, Syria. Activists say Syrian rebels have captured an oil pumping station in the north central province of Raqqa about 160 km east of Aleppo after days of fighting. (AP Photo/Abdullah Al-Yasin)

BEIRUT (AP) ? A Syrian activist group says scores of rebels are attacking a sprawling air base in the northern province of Idlib.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the assault on the Taftanaz base began early Wednesday.

Observatory director Rami Abdul-Rahman described the attack as one "of the most intense" on the airfield.

In the past few weeks, Syrian rebels have stepped up their attacks on airports around the neighboring Aleppo province, trying to chip away at the government's air power, which poses the biggest obstacle to the opposition fighters' advances.

Rebels have attacked the Taftanaz base in the past but have failed to capture the facility.

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Drug shortage linked to greater risk of relapse in young Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

A national drug shortage has been linked to a higher rate of relapse among children, teenagers and young adults with Hodgkin lymphoma enrolled in a national clinical trial, according to research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Estimated two-year cancer-free survival for patients enrolled in the study fell from 88 to 75 percent after the drug cyclophosphamide was substituted for mechlorethamine for treatment of patients with intermediate- or high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma. The study was launched before the drug shortages began. The change occurred after a mechlorethamine shortage began in 2009. No study patients have died, but those who relapsed received additional intensive therapy that is associated with higher odds for infertility and other health problems later.

An analysis comparing how patients in each group were faring two years after their cancer diagnoses will appear in the Dec. 27 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The report provides the first evidence of a drug shortage adversely impacting treatment outcomes in specific patients. St. Jude led the study for a national group that includes the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital; Massachusetts General Hospital; and Maine Medical Center.

In recent years, many patients and caregivers have had their medical care complicated by drug shortages, primarily of generic injectable drugs like mechlorethamine. Mechlorethamine, which has been used in cancer treatment since the 1960s, has only recently become available again.

Cyclophosphamide has been widely used in treatment of both adults and children with Hodgkin lymphoma. Based on earlier studies, the drug was considered a safe and effective alternative to mechlorethamine.

"This is a devastating example of how drug shortages affect patients and why these shortages must be prevented," said Monika Metzger, MD, an associate member of the St. Jude Department of Oncology and the study's principal investigator. "Our results demonstrate that, for many chemotherapy drugs, there are no adequate substitute drugs available."

Past shortages have been resolved in a variety of ways and always before a drug substitution became necessary, said Michael Link, MD, the senior author of the new report. Link is a professor of pediatrics in hematology-oncology at Stanford and a member of the pediatric hematology-oncology service at Packard Children's Hospital. He is also immediate past president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

"This puts a face on the problem of drug shortages and shows that the problem is real, not theoretical. This is about a curative therapy that we were unable to administer because the drug we needed was not available," Link said. "Despite heroic efforts by the drug shortage office of the Food and Drug Administration to solve the shortages of a number of medically necessary drugs, it is clear that patients are still suffering from the unavailability of life-saving drugs. A more systematic solution to the problem is needed."

Amy Billett, MD, a pediatric oncologist at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center in Boston, is the paper's other author.

Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer of the lymph system and accounts for about 6 percent of childhood cancers. In the United States, about 90 percent of patients will become long-term survivors. Working as the Pediatric Hodgkin Consortium, in 2002 the five institutions involved in this study adopted a seven-drug chemotherapy regimen that included mechlorethamine for the treatment of high-risk pediatric patients. The goal was to preserve high cure rates, but to reduce the risk of second cancers, infertility and other problems associated with the earlier treatments. In 2006, a parallel study was opened for patients with intermediate-risk disease. The risk categories reflect the extent to which cancer has spread, particularly the number and location of lymph nodes involved, plus the presence of unfavorable symptoms of fever, night sweats and unexplained weight loss.

The strategy involved 12 weeks of the seven-drug chemotherapy regimen. Patients also received radiotherapy with the dose based on their response to chemotherapy. When mechlorethamine became unavailable, the protocol was revised to allow the cyclophosphamide substitution.

Outcomes for cancer patients are often measured in terms of cancer-free survival, which is the number of years patients remain free of the disease. When researchers assessed the substitution's impact, they found that estimated disease-free survival was 88 percent for the 181 patients whose treatment included mechlorethamine. It was 75 percent for the 40 patients who received cyclophosphamide instead. The difference led researchers to stop enrolling new patients in the trials.

"We can think of no credible explanation for this dramatic difference in event-free survival other than the drug substitution," the researchers noted. The analysis found that, as a group, patients who received cyclophosphamide had fewer unfavorable symptoms and were more likely to have intermediate-risk, rather than high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma. The patients ranged in age from 3 to 21. Half were age 14 or younger.

Patients who relapsed received additional therapy. Researchers said it is too soon to know if these patients will have the same long-term survival rates as those whose did not relapse. The additional treatment included intensive chemotherapy followed by a stem cell transplant using the patient's own blood-producing stem cells.

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My Personal Favorites of 2012 ? Cocktails, Desserts, Main Course ...

I?ve done it before and it?s sort of standard fare to see a lot of food bloggers ?Best of? lists to wrapup the year. I did one last year. That list started with the first cocktail that I made for what would become my Friday Cocktail series but that methodology has weighed on me a bit and that post is easily one reason why. That drink, the Vootbeer, was never? my favorite, not by a long shot. It was fun, sure, but come on?rootbeer and vodka? OK, even with a dollop of whipped cream and a cherry? It?s been pinned a bazillion times, mostly by young girls who have to insist it get made with Whipped Cream Vodka. Sacrilege I say! So I decided to do something a bit different this year and went Archive digging to shed the light of day on some of my long term favorites. Maybe they were posted when I first started blogging (so the photo might be a bit sucky) or maybe for some reason they just never got any traction..but they are all great dishes and they NEED to be noticed and more importantly? Made.

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First up are those darlings featured above. Crisp pretzel, chewy bacon, brown sugar, chili powder and cayenne pepper are baked and the end result is a sum much greater than the parts?but really the parts are pretty fabulous. Anyone saying bacon is dead?have them come talk to me!

cranberry-cocktail-candle

OK, I lied, sorry. This cocktail was not forgotten but it was the best.? It is the single most popular post on my site and though I?m happy with the photo too (I even won an award with it!), the truth is I also love this drink. Sweet and tart and fizzy?it is almost the perfect holiday cocktail from fall as soon as cranberries are available thru January but it?s just especially suited for Christmas?perfectly pretty all dressed up in red and green! It has been pinned and copied and posted all over the web and with some irony and maybe a sign of its? popularity? It was recently submitted to a photo group?I belong to on G+ where we share our photos and ask for constructive criticism. Except it was submitted by someone I don?t know! It?s a true keeper.

carrot-ginger-soup

I had carrots one day so thought I would make some soup. No biggie right? But this soup is THE BOMB. That little sphere of butter just does it. Easy, satisfying, just a bit spicy; I LOVE this soup.

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Eggs, cheese, breadcrumbs and spices are rolled into spheres and fried in olive oil and then covered with a simple tomato sauce. The ease of this dish belies how good they are. As in I made some for company as appetizers and ended up in the kitchen making another batch while guests waited; they were devoured!

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I had this cocktail at a local restaurant and I?m not sure I?ve ever been? quite so determined to get a recipe as I was for this cocktail. Pulpy and sweet with a touch of? lime too, it puts to shame any other Lemon Drop Martini I?ve ever had. The technique seems weird but the end result is fantastic. I now use the same process to make lemonade and limeade if I?m in the mood for something non-alcoholic.

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This is amazing. It?s from one of my treasured Junior League of Denver cookbooks and I served it to a group of locals I met through Twitter. Pesto, potatoes, flank steak and salad are all? layered and make for a fabulous presentation, an easy to serve dish and without a doubt one with fabulous flavor. I want this again NOW (and I desperately need a new photo!).

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Another favorite from a local Junior League cookbook; this dish is just the perfect do-ahead for a brunch, holiday or otherwise. I first served it to a local group of bloggers at our first get together; you know if it was raved about there, well, it passed muster.

chicken-honey-plate

These are far too simple to make to be so dang good. I?m serious. A mix of spices is rubbed on boneless chicken thighs. Broil one side for 5 minutes, flip and broil the 2nd side. Baste with some honey and broil 1 minute longer. THAT IS IT!! I dare you to not suffer my same fate. I stood over the stove and ate two of them before I made myself stop so there would actually be enough for dinner. Do them, your family will love you. I also believe they have the words ?Super Bowl Party? written all over them.

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I just posted this not too long ago but it has been so amazingly received by friends and family that I thought maybe it should be given another chance. My daughter was unimpressed by the ingredients; actually I remember feeling the same. I loved a similar type drink with hot coffee but this was a chance? and one I?m so glad I took. Tequila is so often associated with limes and lemons but give it a shot?or tow! What it does to a heated drink is only short of amazing; it gives warm a whole different meaning! Try it?you?ll see.

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Last but not least, what shall that be? I think I?ll give this spot to the dessert that is most often searched for and found on my site. I love cheesecake but not those that are filled with a lot of extras; no cookies or candy for me. This Lemon Cheesecake is divine; I think it could almost be called perfect. Light, luscious and lemony (and that limoncello part does not hurt one tiny bit!).

There you have it, ten posts that I love for different reasons and I hope you find something you love too?Happy New Year!

Source: http://www.creative-culinary.com/2013/01/best-of-forgotten-favorites-2012/

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Ariz. woman faces death over boyfriend's gruesome murder

Prosecutors in Arizona will begin arguing today that 32-year-old Jodi Arias should die for the especially brutal murder of her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander, who was found dead in his shower over four years ago.

Investigators say Arias stabbed Alexander 27 times, slit his throat and shot him in the head at his Mesa, Ariz., home in June of 2008. Arias, who has been locked up since her arrest, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.

"I didn't hurt Travis. I would never hurt Travis," Arias said in a jailhouse interview after she was arrested in July 2008. "I would be shaking in my boots right now if I had to answer to God for such a heinous crime."

Arias and Alexander met at a work conference six years ago. Arias says they fell in love, traveled the country together, and to strengthen her ties to the devout Mormon, she even converted to his religion. But Alexander's friends say after dating a few months he tried to break it off.

"There's nothing about her that I see in marriage material -- or wife material," Alexander said, according to his friend, Dave Hall. "But it's hard to say no to a woman that sneaks into your house, crawls in your bed and tries to, you know, seduce you."

Alexander's family and friends say Arias was stalking him in the months before the murder -- something she denies.

At first she also denied being at his house in the night of the murder. Then police found a camera in Alexander's washing machine containing pictures of the two having sex that day. There were also pictures of Alexander after he was killed.

Faced with that evidence, Arias then told the television show "Inside Edition" that she was there, but didn't kill Alexander.

"I witnessed Travis being attacked by two other individuals," she said on "Inside Edition." "Who were they? I don't know. I couldn't pick them up in a police lineup."

Now the accused killer is admitting to the court that she did kill Alexander, but that it was in self-defense. She claims he was sexually and physically abusive throughout their relationship.

Steven Alexander, Travis Alexander's brother, said that he can see Arias' true colors.

"It makes me sick because I know her true side," he told ABC News. "And I ask people to please not buy into this sweet innocent personality that she puts on."

Arias told "Inside Edition" that she believes she will walk away from the trial a free woman.

"No jury is going to convict me," she said. "Why not? Because I'm innocent. You can mark my words on that. No jury will convict me."