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Pennsylvania man suspected of killing three is arrested in Ohio

(Reuters) - Police in Ohio on Saturday arrested a Pennsylvania man suspected of fatally shooting three people near his hometown and fleeing with his 4-year-old daughter, officials said.

Police rescued the girl unharmed when they arrested the suspect, Kevin Cleeves, 36, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, at about 5 a.m. EDT, said Detective Sgt. Jordan Yacovone of the Austintown, Ohio, Police Department.

"The 4-year-old was with him. She's fine," he said.

Cleeves was arrested in the parking lot of a shopping plaza, he said, in Austintown, just west of Youngstown, Ohio. Officers spotted the car because of an Amber Alert, issued in cases of alleged child abductions.

The shootings occurred about 9 p.m. EDT on Friday in the driveway of a home in Quincy Township, Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg, according to Pennsylvania State Trooper Adam Reed.

The three victims, all adults, were shot dead in a car, he said. Quincy Township is about 250 miles from Austintown. The identities of the dead were not immediately released.

Reed said he did not know the motive for the shootings but local media reports said Cleeves had confronted his wife about custody arrangements for their daughter Leia.

"He abducted his 4-year-old daughter from the scene of the shooting," Reed said.

Cleeves was jailed in Ohio awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania, authorities said.

(Reporting by Dave Warner; Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Bill Trott)

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The Unexpected Benefits Of Renting Condos On Vacation

Condos provide a number of key benefits for visitors traveling through an area. They are larger than traditional hotel rooms and offer many of the amenities of home. That makes them worthwhile, even with the slightly larger price tag. However, there is more to it than just that. If you are planning a vacation and considering renting one, do consider the key advantages to staying in a condo.

Location Is Ideal

One of the biggest benefits of renting one of the condos along the beach is that you likely have direct access to the beachfront and water. This offers a nice benefit that you may not have thought about unless you have been there before. Imagine carrying all of your gear from your car to the beach. Then, imagine packing it all up at the end of the day under the sun. It is not fun. What is worse than having to wash off that sand before you get into the car? When you rent a condo on the beach instead, you get the advantage of just walking a few feet into your home away from home. Most will offer spigots outside so you can rinse off with ease.

It's Okay to Stay in for Meals

Another key benefit of these larger homes is that they provide you with a furnished kitchen, in most cases. A simple to see benefit here is being able to eat a few meals here instead of paying for them at restaurants. Three meals a day at a restaurant is expensive. A hidden benefit you may not have thought about is the fact that you can go about your normal routine. The kids can lounge in their pj's, eat breakfast, and watch cartoons. You can read the paper and drink a cup of freshly made coffee. You can even get the kids milk in the middle of the night without having to wake up the entire family or head to the gas station. It is ultra convenient.

There are various benefits to renting condos for vacations. Even couples benefit from the additional privacy and spacious layout. Yet, until you have given yourself the opportunity to stay in one during a trip, you may not realize the full extent of the benefits of doing so provides. Go ahead and rent one to find out what it is likely to be able to have a home along the beach at the destination you are traveling to for your next trip. You may like it so much so that you do not want to go back to living in a hotel on any other trips. Condos are well worth the money you will invest in them.

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A Contemporary Kitchen in Australia by Darren James | HomeDSGN ...

Brisbane-based interior design studio, Interiors by Darren James, has completed a contemporary kitchen design for an Australian home. The goal was to create a streamlined, high quality kitchen that was equally welcoming for a passionate home chef.

A Contemporary Kitchen in Australia by Darren James:

Precision, attention to detail and an appreciation for the finer things in life are qualities often associated with the German culture. So when the German owners engaged Interiors by Darren James to design and build their dream kitchen they wanted premium quality in every detail: design, materials, workmanship and finish. This project clearly demonstrates what is possible when you combine good design, the latest technical mechanisms, quality materials and handcraft production techniques ? a project that exceeds every expectation.

Whilst the clients requested an ultramodern design they still wanted it to suit their Australian lifestyle. Central to the brief was the need to satisfy an enthusiastic and demanding gourmand by creating a kitchen that ?feels like home? yet still packs a punch visually and supports the entertaining of family and friends. The result is a free flowing functional kitchen design that makes the best possible use of the available space in this long and narrow room.

The existing space
The original kitchen was small, cramped and non-functional. To pave the way for a larger space highly sought after by the clients, the diving wall that separated the previous kitchen and an unused sitting room was bought down ? a concept the clients hadn?t considered until now. The resulting space was a larger room, approximately 7.5 x 3.2m. Starting from scratch we were now able to square set all the walls, ceilings and windows. The existing windows and sliding doors were also removed and replaced with new double glazed windows.

Hidden work space hides the mess and reduced visual depth
To shorten the visual depth in such a long room, a scullery focused purely on function is placed at the rear of the room to hide the mess when entertaining and ensures the kitchen is kept clutter free. Housing a large side by side Miele Fridge-Freezer and providing storage for food and everyday bulky appliances, the scullery also acts as an out of the way prep zone. A stainless steel benchtop provides the ultimate surface in terms of hygiene, heat resistant and food preparation for this home chef who avidly enjoys cooking.

Wall Oven feature & room divider
A strategically placed wall oven feature surrounded by LED strip lighting is suspended 300mm off the floor and 300mm off the ceiling creating a unique floating look and provides access either side to the cleverly hidden scullery. Metal supports and bracing was incorporated into the construction of the wall and thicker timber framing was also used to ensure structural integrity.

A selected range of stainless steel Miele appliances included in the feature wall further enhance the cutting edge look whilst providing all the functional requirements of the clients? healthy cooking style. The black glass finish on the feature door and drawer fronts complement the ?piano finish? of the surrounding ?Ebony Maccassar?natural veneer. In keeping with the desired minimalist look, all the black glass fronts are handless and open electronically using Blums ?Servo drive? mechanisms. Thanks to this technology with the simple press of the button the wall oven feature easily transforms from a stunning furniture piece to a fully functional storage space.

To complete the high class finish, black ?intivo? drawers, black internals and 10mm glass shelves are incorporated ensuring this feature wall remains a showpiece whether open or closed. It is important to note that due to the clients? sensitivity to formaldehyde all the board that was used throughout the kitchen both internal and external was ?EO? class substrate.

Functional cooking and cleaning zones
A number of work zones within the kitchen ensure the space operates efficiently at all times. The cooking zone includes an induction cooktop for efficient cooking whilst the Neff rangehood is cleverly concealed in the piano finish ?Ebony Maccassar? natural veneer which is highlighted by LED strip lighting. To enhance the overall look the veneer work on the rangehood feature box is grain matched and mitred to create a superior and seamless finish. The sink area consists of a large single bowl ?professional series? Oliveri sink and a water efficient KWC Inox vege spray mixer ensures even bulky baking items and trays are easy to clean. A three bin system is placed at the bottom of the sink cupboard on a servo drive mechanism allowing the client to easily open without the need of any hands.

A zip hydro boil with its own font and drain unit is also incorporated into the sink area. Due to its placement above the dishwasher a thicker benchtop was required to handle the drain depth that extends from the bottom of the zip font. For this reason the benchtop is 100mm thick and to create visual impact the ?Metero? Staron benchtop reduces to 20mm over and into the cooktop area.

Practical Island Bench that packs a punch?.
The visually stunning island bench serves dual function purposes. Staron ? solid surface was selected for its contemporary appearance as well as for its durability and has been raised 20mm to define a casual seating and dining area.

The client has a passion for baking, making her own pastry, pasta and breads. Like many a pastry chef she prefers working on natural stone. Therefore a 20mm piece of ?Calacutta? marble was selected and inlayed into the 100mm Staron ?Metero? benchtop. The gorgeous showpiece slab gives the impression of elegance, adds visual character and complements the other natural elements perfectly.

Piano finish natural veneer open-shelves supported with steel rods to eliminate the need for visible gables are located either side of the island to house the clients loved collection of frequently used cookbooks. A custom made stainless steel light rack provides functional task lighting, bottle glass storage and further enhances the professional look of this ?home chef? style kitchen. Again, supports are positioned between the trusses in the ceiling to provide appropriate support.

Storage
Storage has been well considered in this kitchen with a scullery providing ample space for groceries as well as specific areas that have been custom designed to house items such as recipe books, small appliances and cutting boards. Every storage item has been thoughtfully located in terms of function and frequency of use. Storage space has been optimized with the use of easy access drawers using Blum?s slow motion drawers. Again the kitchen has been fitted out with the full range of Blum organizational accessories including plate racks, spice racks, knife racks as well as ?orgaline? for cutlery and utensil.

Luxurious quality finishes
One of the main requests of the owners was to include luxurious quality finishes to create maximum visual impact. A combination of different textures and finishes were incorporated to ensure high esthetic qualities as well as top performance. This was created by creatively combining an array of high end materials and textures: The piano finish ?Ebony Macassar? natural veneer, black painted glass, automotive high gloss grey lacquer, stainless steel, Calacutta Oro marble and Staron Tempest all combine to create a sophisticated and visually stunning space.

The incorporation of the mirror splash back not only adds to the sense of space but ensures nothing is taken away the sophisticated simplicity that this kitchen already boasts.

Light it up
LED stip lighting is thoughtfully placed for both ambient, feature and practical purposes. It particularly highlights the stunning design of cabinetry features seen throughout this kitchen. Natural lighting is maximised with the inclusion of a sliding door in the scullery which conveniently opens out to the alfresco area. LED Downlights have been thoughtfully placed throughout the kitchen to illuminate task areas and work surfaces.

Photos courtesy of Interiors by Darren James

Source: http://www.homedsgn.com/2012/07/14/a-contemporary-kitchen-in-australia-by-darren-james/

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?On The Day Of Our Wedding, My Fiance Left Me At The Altar?

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I don?t know where to begin, but I need your advice on where to go from here.?So here?s the story.

I have been in a relationship with this man for four years.?Two years into the relationship, he proposed marriage which I proudly accepted.?However, throughout our relationship I NEVER met anyone face to face, nor via phone?from?his family ? no kids, no friends, no church family. NO ONE!?I constantly questioned this, but was always told that since these loved ones lived in another state it was difficult to get them all together. So, I let it go.

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Anyway, the wedding planning was taking place quite smoothly, yet there were times when I constantly had to nag him for his list of guests and their addresses. Needless to say that he NEVER came through with a complete list for me. Yet, he told me that all of his guests knew all the pertinent wedding information.

Now, on to the good part. Two days before the wedding, he tells me that his mom (who lives in another state)?became very ill and was hospitalized in intensive care.?Therefore, he told me that some family members would not be attending the wedding.?The very next day, he claimed that there was NO change in his mother?s condition and that more of his family members would not be attending and he was thinking of going to?see his?mom also.?So, I responded with, ?I understand your feelings for your mom, but how do we handle all the other guests and family that have traveled for this big day???Well, the next day comes around, (which is the wedding day), and I get two calls that morning. First, he called and said that his mom took a turn for the worse. Then the second call, (an hour later from the first), he called and said that his mom had die.?So, I immediately jumped into action by going to him to console him for his loss and to try to arrange for him to leave at some point that day to meet other family members to handle arrangements for his mom.?While all of this is going on, I called around to tell all the other guests the news and that we would be delaying the ceremony for an hour so that the groom could get himself together, and he would be leaving right after the ceremony.

While guests are arriving to the church they find the church locked and no one inside.?Out from nowhere the groundskeeper appears and asked why the guests are there??They responded they were there for a wedding. The groundskeeper informs them no wedding was set to take place.?After many phone calls back and forth between my guests, the groundskeeper, and my potential groom it was discovered that the groom?NEVER asked his pastor to officiate?our wedding, nor did he book the church for?the wedding. By that time it seemed to me, and others, that he simply DID NOT want to get married, aside from the grief he was suffering from losing his mother, which looked suspect after finding out the truth about the ?locked? church.?So, it was confirmed two days later that the groom lied about his mother?s death because he wanted to cover up the fact of NOT completing his wedding task as he should have.?He claims he failed to do his part of the planning and came up with all these lies because he was scared?and afraid that I would leave him for being lazy and procrastinating.?I was devastated and humiliated beyond belief that?I could have been left at the altar like that.?To this day, this man constantly calls and asks for forgiveness and another chance at love with me. But, why would I even want to give him an ounce of my time?? Am I being too harsh to someone that I undoubtedly truly did love? Or, should I just admit that I deserve better and let him and his deceitfulness go elsewhere??? The Jilted Bride

Dear Jilted Bride,

Girl, your story takes the wedding cake, ceremony, party, and honeymoon! As a good girlfriend of mine from college says, ?He is doing stunts and shows!? LOL! That was a fierce stunt and show. He went through all that trouble, inconvenience, and lies to dump you in front of everybody. And, the award goes to?YOUR GROOM!

Believe me, I feel sorry for you and the embarrassment you must feel, but, damn. Dude was cold-blooded, and cold-hearted! You should have did the Madea and boiled you some hot grease, and uhm?.well, no, I don?t condone violence, but you should have went upside that fool?s head.

Okay, let?s start at the beginning of your letter. You never met ANY of his family, friends, or church members, yet you agreed to marry this man. Hmmm, that was foolish and na?ve. Don?t you think a man, especially one who is in love and ready to marry the woman of his dreams, would take her to meet his family, especially his mother? Ask yourself why did you agree to marry a man and not know his family. I don?t care how many times you asked him and he gave you the run around about them living too far and it?s difficult to get them all together. No problem, the two of you could have driven, hopped a train, plane, or bus and went to visit them. The only important person you really needed to meet was his mother.

But, let?s move on. You start planning the wedding and you ask him for his wedding list of attendees. The list you never got because it would?ve had the names and addresses of his family members, which meant you would have had access to them. A man who has something to hide would never divulge this information, and your man has a lot of things he?s hiding. Ask yourself what is he hiding? Why won?t he let you get close to his family or meet any of them? Girl, I bet any amount of money that you know the answer, but you?ve got to be willing to ask the question and be open to receiving the answer.

Now, the juicy part of the story is that the days prior to the wedding his mother suddenly becomes ill. Then some of his family members say they are not coming. Then the day of the wedding, that morning to be exact, his mother takes a turn for the worse, and finally, yes, finally, the dramatic and climactic moment before he is to come to the church, he calls to tell you that his mother didn?t make it and she has died. Meanwhile, all your guests, friends, and family members are arriving at the church, by the way, which is locked, and the groundskeeper tells them there is no wedding happening there. WOW! Honey, this is better than Days of Our Lives, All My Children, One Life To Live, and General Hospital.

But, the kicker, and Tee-hee-hee, is that his mother didn?t die. No, she is alive. And your groom gives you some lame excuse of why he lied and went through all that deception is because he feared you would leave him because he was lazy and a procrastinator. Girl! Honey! Ms. Thang! If you believe that then you deserve what happened to you. That fool played you. He lied to you, and that bum had the gall to lie on his pastor and mother. He manipulated you and your guests. And, he deceived everybody. Chile, you answered your own damn question when you asked me why would you give him another ounce of your time. First of all, why is he calling you? And, why are you even answering your damn phone? Why are you talking to this low-life? Chile, your cousins and ?em (Pookie, Ray-Ray, and Black) should have whooped his ass all up and down the street. What he did was trifling, low-down, and dirty.

Look here, Ms. Jilted Bride, yes, you do deserve better. You deserve genuine love, genuine trust, and genuine honesty from a man who is willing to share all of himself with you. And, that means a man who will introduce you to his family ? all of them. And, I know how important it is to say you have a man, get married, and build your own family, but don?t let your desperation and inability to follow your instincts cloud your judgment, and spot the Bull-ish! The right man for you will come along, but you?ve got to love yourself first. Don?t let your sunglass filter prevent you from seeing dumb foolishness coming at you. Build you up and the man for you will build with you. As far as your EX, let that buzzard kick rocks and ride away on his Big Wheel. You don?t have time for childish games! ? Straight From Your Gay Best Friend

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Junior Dos Santos Thinks Alistair Overeem Talks A Lot Of Sh*t

Even nice guys have their limits. Junior Dos Santos is considered to be one of the nicest guys in and out of the UFC. Yet even he is starting to get annoyed with Alistair Overeem?s recent accusations that he is scared of fighting the Demolition Man.

Anyone that watched Junior Dos Santos coach on The Ultimate Fighter could see what a genuinely nice guy the UFC world heavyweight champion is. Even his opposing coach Brock Lesnar said how he grew to like Junior filming the show. That is why any kind of trash talk coming from JDS is a rare event.

Alistair Overeem is slowly bringing an aggressive side out of the champion. Overeem was scheduled to fight Dos Santos for the title back in May. The fight was cancelled after Overeem was popped for high levels of testosterone on a pre-fight drug test. Ever since that happened, both fighters have taken small potshots at each other in the media, building up what could be an epic heavyweight title fight in 2013.

Overeem was recently asked about JDS in an interview with Ariel Helwani. Overeem is either incredibly arrogant or a highly smart businessman because he is starting the promotional build early for a future fight with Junior Dos Santos.

?For me, I?m a fighter, I?m here to kick ass, I don?t care who I?m fighting. I?m already a three-time world champion, I?ll fight anybody, anywhere, so I?m going to leave that to the gentlemen of the UFC to decide. I know [Junior dos Santos] didn?t want to fight me in the first place. I know he was happy [about the NSAC decision], I just know that.

I hit very hard, I?ve knocked out a lot of people, I?ve submitted a lot of people. I am, in any way you look at it, a legitimate threat to his title. I?m gonna get it. He knows that. Cain (Velasquez) is also doing very well right now, but Cain doesn?t hit as hard as I do. Cain is smaller than I am and has less experience. I?m the biggest legitimate threat out there, that?s why he?s afraid.?

The world champion was not amused at the idea that he is afraid of anyone. Junior had a chance to respond and was caught a little off guard when Helwani asked him whether he was really afraid of Alistair Overeem.

?I am afraid? HAHA. Man the school of Chael Sonnen is going to have more students because now he [Overeem] is going to start a lot of sh*t just because the UFC gave Chael the opportunity to fight Anderson again. Man I am not afraid of him, I am not afraid of anybody here, if he thinks he?s better than me, come to fight with me and soonhe feels the power of my hands he is going to change his mind.?

Dos Santos will have to get past Cain Velasquez first, but I have a feeling that Overeem and Dos Santos are going to talk themselves into one of the biggest fights in UFC history. Combat sports fans love a great heavyweight but casual sports fans love trash talking even more.

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Auditors say billions likely wasted in Iraq work

WASHINGTON (AP) ? After years of following the paper trail of $51 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars provided to rebuild a broken Iraq, the U.S. government can say with certainty that too much was wasted. But it can't say how much.

In what it called its final audit report, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Funds on Friday spelled out a range of accounting weaknesses that put "billions of American taxpayer dollars at risk of waste and misappropriation" in the largest reconstruction project of its kind in U.S. history.

"The precise amount lost to fraud and waste can never be known," the report said.

The auditors found huge problems accounting for the huge sums, but one small example of failure stood out: A contractor got away with charging $80 for a pipe fitting that its competitor was selling for $1.41. Why? The company's billing documents were reviewed sloppily by U.S. contracting officers or were not reviewed at all.

With dry understatement, the inspector general said that while he couldn't pinpoint the amount wasted, it "could be substantial."

Asked why the exact amount squandered can never be determined, the inspector general's office referred The Associated Press to a report it did in February 2009 titled "Hard Lessons," in which it said the auditors ? much like the reconstruction managers themselves ? faced personnel shortages and other hazards.

"Given the vicissitudes of the reconstruction effort ? which was dogged from the start by persistent violence, shifting goals, constantly changing contracting practices and undermined by a lack of unity of effort ? a complete accounting of all reconstruction expenditures is impossible to achieve," the report concluded.

In that same report, the inspector general, Stuart Bowen, recalled what then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld asked when they met shortly after Bowen started in January 2004: "Why did you take this job? It's an impossible task."

By law, Bowen's office reports to both the secretary of defense and the secretary of state. It goes out of business in 2013.

Bowen's office has spent more than $200 million tracking the reconstruction funds, and in addition to producing numerous reports, his office has investigated criminal fraud that has resulted in 87 indictments, 71 convictions and $176 million in fines and other penalties. These include civilians and military members accused of kickbacks, bribery, bid-rigging, fraud, embezzlement and outright theft of government property and funds.

Much, however, apparently got overlooked. Example: A $35 million Pentagon project was started in December 2006 to establish the Baghdad airport as an international economic gateway, and the inspector general found that by the end of 2010 about half the money was "at risk of being wasted" unless someone else completed the work.

Of the $51 billion that Congress approved for Iraq reconstruction, about $20 billion was for rebuilding Iraqi security forces and about $20 billion was for rebuilding the country's basic infrastructure. The programs were run mainly by the Defense Department, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

A key weakness found by Bowen's inspectors was inadequate reviewing of contractors' invoices.

In some cases invoices were checked months after they had been paid because there were too few government contracting officers. Bowen found a case in which the State Department had only one contracting officer in Iraq to validate more than $2.5 billion in spending on a DynCorp contract for Iraqi police training.

"As a result, invoices were not properly reviewed, and the $2.5 billion in U.S. funds were vulnerable to fraud and waste," the report said. "We found this lack of control to be especially disturbing since earlier reviews of the DynCorp contract had found similar weaknesses."

In that case, the State Department eventually reconciled all of the old invoices and as of July 2009 had recovered more than $60 million.

The report touched on a problem that cropped up in virtually every major aspect of the U.S. war effort in Iraq, namely, the consequences of fighting an insurgency that proved more resilient than the Pentagon had foreseen. That not only made reconstruction more difficult, dangerous and costly, but also left the U.S. military unprepared for the grind of multiple troop deployments, the tactics of an adaptable insurgency and the complexity of battlefield wounds. It also left the U.S. government short of the expertise it needed to monitor contractors.

Although the audit was labeled as final, a spokesman for Bowen's office, Christopher M. Griffith, said several more will be done to provide additional details on what the U.S. got for its reconstruction dollars and what was wasted.

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The auditor report can be found at http://www.sigir.mil/files/audits/12-017.pdf#view=fit

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/auditors-billions-likely-wasted-iraq-174443860.html

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Elements Of Negotiation - The Price

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Not all negotiation involves money. You can use your negotiating skills to get the kids to clean the house, after all. Of course, most negotiation outside of the house will have a money element to it, and gathering relevant information about this is crucial to doing your best.

Try to get an idea about why the price is where it is. If you are the one selling, you already have that information, of course. In that case, have enough information ready to present to the other side to justify your pricing. on the other hand. if you are on the buying end, find out how the seller arrived at his price.

Often there are several elements in a large deal that determine the asking price. For example, I once offered an investor a small rental I owned for two different prices. I offered him one price, and the another that was 15% higher. He took the higher price.

Why would he take the higher price? Because the first was for cash. Taking the second option, he bought the property from me with virtually no money down ($ 1,000) on terms that allowed him to have cash flow from day one. I knew he wanted to conserve his cash, and I wanted both the higher price and the high interest I charged him.

The point is to be sure you look at all the factors that go into valuing something, whether it's real estate or a contract for cooking oil. Altering these factors can alter the price dramatically. Learn what you can about anything that might affect price.

If you were to buy a new car, for example, you might want to use one of the online services like Consumer Reports' website, in order to know what the dealer is actually paying for the car. You would also want to see what the dealer cost is for the options. With information like this, you can more effectively negotiate the lowest price, without going so low that they can't say yes (they still need to make a profit).

Effective negotiation doesn't mean always trying for the lowest price possible. If you are contracting with a cleaning service to clean your buildings every week, you may want a decent price, but you want quality work too. In fact, you may want to think about the motivation level and trustworthiness of a vendor that is being chronically underpaid by your company.

Research the numbers, and understand what they mean. It is one of the keys to good negotiation.

Source: http://business-negotiation.blogspot.com/2012/07/elements-of-negotiation-price_14.html

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Very round ancient turtle warmed readily in sun

The circular shape of newly discovered Puentemys mushaisaensis would have made it a hard snack for predators - and helped it stay warm

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Discovery of fifth moon reignites Pluto planet debate

The icy rock now boasts more moons than the inner planets combined but is this enough for it to regain its planetary status?

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JPMorgan says bad trade has ballooned to $5.8B

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon enters the company headquarters, Friday, July 13, 2012, in New York. JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, said Friday that its loss from a highly publicized trading blunder had grown to $4.4 billion in the most recent quarter, more than double the bank's original estimate of $2 billion. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon enters the company headquarters, Friday, July 13, 2012, in New York. JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, said Friday that its loss from a highly publicized trading blunder had grown to $4.4 billion in the most recent quarter, more than double the bank's original estimate of $2 billion. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, left, enters the company headquarters, Friday, July 13, 2012, in New York. JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, said Friday that its loss from a highly publicized trading blunder had grown to $4.4 billion in the most recent quarter, more than double the bank's original estimate of $2 billion. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon enter the company's headquarters in New York Friday, July 13, 2012. JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, said Friday that its loss from a highly publicized trading blunder had grown to $4.4 billion in the most recent quarter, more than double the bank's original estimate of $2 billion. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

FILE- In this Wednesday, June 13, 2012, file photo, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, head of the largest bank in the United States, testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. All eyes will be on JPMorgan Chase on Friday, when it becomes the first U.S. bank to report financial results for April through June. The $2 billion trading loss by the largest U.S. bank rattled the company's stock price, triggered a U.S. government investigation and hurt both its reputation and that of CEO Jamie Dimon. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

NEW YORK (AP) ? JPMorgan Chase said Friday that a bad trade had cost the bank $5.8 billion this year, almost triple its original estimate, and raised the prospect that traders had improperly tried to conceal the blunder.

"This has shaken our company to the core," CEO Jamie Dimon said.

The bank said managers tied to the bad trade had been dismissed without severance pay and that it planned to revoke two years' worth of pay from each of those executives.

JPMorgan said it had lost $4.4 billion because of the trade from April through June, and its chief financial officer said the bank had lost an additional $1.4 billion in the first three months of the year.

Dimon's original estimate of the loss from the bad trade, disclosed in a surprise conference call with Wall Street analysts in May, was $2 billion.

On Friday, Dimon said he believed the loss was mostly contained. In the worst case, if financial markets deterioriate severely, the bank could lose an additional $1.7 billion, he said. That would bring the total loss to $7.5 billion.

Investors appeared relieved that the mess was mostly behind the bank. They sent JPMorgan's stock price up $1.50, or more than 4 percent, to $35.54. That made it the best-performing stock in the Dow Jones industrial average.

The bank said an internal investigation, including emails and voice messages, had called into question the values that traders placed on certain bets, and that the traders may have been seeking to mask losses.

A spokesman for the Securities and Exchange Commission declined comment. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Dimon told Congress last month that the trade was meant to hedge risk at the company and protect it in case "things got really bad" in the global economy. Instead, the trade has backfired and damaged the bank's reputation.

Speaking broadly about the trading loss on Friday, Dimon told analysts: "We don't take it lightly." He added: "We're not making light of this error, but we do think it's an isolated event."

The bank said that it was reducing its net income for the first quarter by $459 million because it had discovered information that "raises questions about the integrity" of values placed on certain trades.

Dimon said the bank had closed the trading division responsible for the bad trade and moved the remainder of the trading position under its investment banking division.

Overall, JPMorgan said it earned $5 billion, or $1.21 per share, for the second quarter, which covers April through June and includes the bank's disclosure of the trading loss on May 10.

Analysts surveyed by FactSet, a provider of financial data, had expected JPMorgan to earn 76 cents per share.

Investors were also cheered to hear that the bank might resume its plan to buy back its own stock. Dimon said the bank was in discussions with the Federal Reserve and would submit a plan in hopes of buying back stock starting late this year.

The big gain on Friday still left the bank's stock about $5 shy of its closing price of $40.74 on May 10, the day Dimon surprised reporters and stock analysts by holding a conference call to disclose the loss.

The company suspended an earlier plan to buy back $15 billion of its stock after reporting the trading loss.

Just three months ago, JPMorgan was viewed as the top American bank, guided by Dimon's steady hand. Since the disclosure of the trading loss, however, that reputation has been eroded.

Dimon, who originally dismissed concerns about the bank's trading as a "tempest in a teapot," appeared before Congress twice to apologize and explain himself, and several government agencies have launched investigations.

Under close questioning from lawmakers in June about his own role in setting up the investment division responsible for the mess, Dimon declared: "We made a mistake. I'm absolutely responsible. The buck stops with me."

The trading loss has raised concerns that the biggest banks still pose risks to the U.S. financial system, less than four years after the financial crisis erupted in the fall of 2008.

JPMorgan stock has lost about 15 percent of its market value since the loss came to light.

Dimon said Friday that Ina Drew, the bank's former chief investment officer, who left after the loss came to light, had volunteered to return as much of her pay as was allowed under the so-called clawback provision in her contract.

That amount was unclear, but Drew made more than $30 million combined in 2010 and 2011, according to an Associated Press analysis of regulatory filings.

In addition, the bank said it would revoke two years' worth of pay for three other senior managers in the division of the bank where the trade occurred. It would be the first time JPMorgan exercised such a procedure.

Those three senior managers have the bank, and four others are expected to leave soon. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the trader known as the "London whale," for the size of the bets he placed, was among those who had left.

___

AP Business Writer Daniel Wagner contributed to this report from Washington.

Associated Press

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Kevin McHale to Co-Host Teen Choice Awards

Kevin McHale will take to the Teen Choice Award stage on July 22.

Fox announced today that the actor will co-host the upcoming ceremony alongside Demi Lovato.

"Demi and I have been friends for years, and I'd like to thank her for letting me in on the fun co-hosting Teen Choice 2012," the Glee star said in a statement. "It's exciting to finally be working together professionally, and I'd like to welcome her to the FOX family. This is going to be a great show."

Among the many stars expected to appear at the event: Miranda Cosgrove, Adam Pally, Zachary Knighton, Damon Wayans Jr., Shane West, Zoe Saldana and Hayden Panettiere.

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Vero Beach Real Estate | FALCON TRACE Homes For Sale July, 2012

by starfish on July 11, 2012

Find FALCON TRACE Homes For Sale and FALCON TRACE Home Values. We also have information on mortgages, insurance, movers and other Treasure Coast Real Estate Services for anyone looking to sell or buy a home in beautiful INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Florida.

Paul Kitchen and Starfish Team provide clients, family and close friends with professional, honest and dependable service. A resident of Vero Beach, Paul is extremely familiar with the local neighborhoods including FALCON TRACE, school districts and the Treasure Coast Real Estate market in this beautiful Florida town.

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Cloud game or the end of the next generation of game consoles ...

This article is on Sony announced plans to spend $ 380 million acquisition of U.S. cloud gaming company Gaikai cloud game whether the end of the next generation of game consoles of some of the commentaries made on the future development of the cloud game and did not give a clear conclusion. The current generation of game consoles look a little old-fashioned, but there are indications that the end of 2013 the replacement of the PlayStation or Xbox, there may be turned out. But the interesting thing of this Zhou Fasheng may change the views of the host vendor for their hardware and software services: Sony announced plans to spend $ 380 million acquisition of U.S. cloud game company Gaikai.Of course, the rumors about the new game console hardware, chips and specifications only when it is really released will be confirmed. All signs that we see the older generation of game consoles are doing the same type of hardware development work - including improving performance, the introduction of next-generation CPU and GPU to improve the gameplay and graphics capabilities. But if I were Microsoft and Sony, at least for now, I'm not sure I will be optimistic of a strong host to enhance its new gaming platform. In fact, I will do the opposite, as simple as possible to develop a host, and then all things related to the performance and image to the cloud to deal with.Sony's acquisition GaiKai may cloud the game will be the rise of an aura. But for many people, probably do not know GaiKai do: the Gaikai provide cloud gaming service lets players need to play on the big game with high-performance host, currently supports 40 a variety of popular console games. Players can simply use a home receiving equipment to receive game content and data information from the cloud, joystick, controller and other equipment operating information will be fed back into the cloud, the host of the game is the cloud server thousands of miles away. In other words, we use ordinary notebook or even a browser for mobile phones, tablet PCs and other devices can play PS3 games do not have to consider whether to have the game console, truly anytime, anywhere to play the PlayStation. But I think the host GaiKai on Sony's upcoming next-generation will be even greater.Cloud game console is still mute box, because it requires a more intelligent networkThe console manufacturers have been relying on the razor / razor blade sales to sell their game system launch their hardware systems: almost at a loss, then make money back by selling games and authorization to the loss of long term . Console makers in order to meet consumer demand, they have to invest large funds in the latest hardware products to enhance the user's gaming experience in the short term for the game host CPU and GPU upgrade cost is of course a relatively high But over time, games and authorization from the profits sufficient to cover such costs. Generally speaking, it is almost a trend of the game console industry.If these companies do not need local hardware to handle the game and in turn how this burden to the cloud? To be honest, the cloud game is not a more revolutionary, because there are now many companies are beginning to do so. Like GaiKai.OnLive so allows you to play a variety of cloud games cloud service in your computer, mobile phone, and of $ 99 OnLive streaming game box above, these companies also plan to have some networked TVs and other devices to support their services.Of $ 99 OnLive streaming game box is very appealing to me, and I think it can be Microsoft and Sony to launch the next generation of the host is a good reference.For now, the cloud idea of ??the game is still more science fiction. The reason is simple, our speed is not fast enough. Gaikai official release of information indicated to play the cloud game speed demand for the downstream speed of 5Mbps or more, there are some games just need to 3Mbps downstream speeds. 5M of downlink speed is not too much, but here is the downstream speed access to your network Gaikai server connection, for many people, or speed to meet the requirements or there is a certain network connection hurdles, even if they can meet the speed requirements of 5M, using Gaikai not able to open the other occupy speed applications. Therefore, even if the bandwidth of broadband users has reached the standard 5M Gaikai still let you try again.Therefore, in order to achieve non-host of the cloud of electronic games, we also need to wait for the further development of network infrastructure services.The problems facing cloud computing-based gameIf all of the game process into the cloud, users need only through computers, mobile phones or other devices can play all kinds of large game, such an approach in the short term will no doubt significantly reduce the sales of all kinds of game consoles, but it ignores a lot of game consoles are selling at a loss. When no one in the first few years of introduction of new games hardware will be able to profit. Of course, who introduced a host can maintain a stable network connectivity and graphics capabilities, and the price is very reasonable, compared to high-performance host GodBox299 the price it will be quite competitive.But the biggest problem is the existing network architecture and can not be the perfect support cloud computing-based games, we have to face such a situation: even if a lot of players agree with Xbox Live players still DSL network connection speed troubled DSL connection does not support the cloud game HD quality display. Since it is a cloud services, network connection status is bound to have an impact on quality of service.More importantly, no one can prove that the cloud computing-based games can really scale development. Although OnLive several millions of users, but compared to the Xbox Live Day landing the number of users, pales. The type of computing power must serve the millions of players at the same time the game is a big problem. Compared to Sony's acquisition of GaiKai it, Microsoft may be faster than Sony go step by the software giant has been on the Microsoft Azure, a huge virtual cloud computing platform to support the future of the cloud game. For Sony, this is a huge investment but only in order to obtain the infrastructure to prepare to support the cloud game.Finally, the potential cost of the cloud game will eventually be passed on to consumers, network service providers to introduce a tiered broadband plan, users will need to pay more broadband usage fees. Cloud game requires high-definition display, this also means that even for some casual gamers every month to produce more a lot of bandwidth usage, but Microsoft and Sony will not stand up and pay for the bandwidth costs of the cloud gaming customers. In case someday network service providers Caimixinqiao users to take traffic accounting, open up a RPG game of the dozens of hours may have to pay as much as the prices of PS4 host Internet access charges, so to say, buy a host or more insurance.New business models for new playersAt the same time, the number of potential low-cost game console into the cloud gaming platform may open a whole new customer market, especially the price of less than $ 100 will be very competitive, and the potential host companies to enter the cloud gaming industry will be prompted Microsoft and Sony had to develop is not entirely dependent on its host game services to compete with these vendors.The game as a streaming service instead of buying a variety of games and also create a potential new business model. Xbox Live membership fees, subscription game is the same, you can get free game, but you need to pay a certain amount of membership fee per month, and all this for the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) game is not new. Does not require the physical download or send the game discs to consumers, for the cloud game subscription service may become more popular.I believe that Microsoft and Sony are already involved in efforts to launch their next-generation game console, I just want to say, this next-gen consoles do not have to be high performance or expensive, perhaps as long as the cloud game, especially if they want to low cost access to more users, then push the cloud game sooner rather than later.Let us imagine, to tell you when the next year (perhaps that is 2013), the E3 games show, Sony held a the PS4 conference spokesman introduce the PS4 and PS4 games: \"open your PS3 Gaikai, to find the latest games. Yes, this is the PS4 games; Yes, your PS3 as a PS4. \"Perhaps the cloud game existing host does not have great impact, but from Microsoft and Sony other host giant began to expand the layout can be seen that the future prospects for the development of the cloud game is still quite large, but the cloud game in the end can not be the end of the next generation of game consoles would have left time to confirmed in the cloud game.Source: Lei Feng network

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Preclinical studies use specialized ultrasound to detect presence of cancer

ScienceDaily (July 10, 2012) ? From the air, the twists and turns of rivers can easily be seen. In the body, however, tracing the twists and turns of blood vessels is difficult, but important. Vessel "bendiness" can indicate the presence and progression of cancer.

This principle led UNC scientists to a new method of using a high-resolution ultrasound to identify early tumors in preclinical studies. The method, based on vessel bendiness or "tortuosity," potentially offers an inexpensive, non-invasive and fast method to detect cancer that could someday help doctors identify cancers when tumors are less than a centimeter in size.

Their findings were published in the July 6, 2012 online issue of the journal Radiology.

Paul Dayton, PhD, associate professor of biomedical engineering explains, "The correlation between vessel tortuosity and cancer is well-established. What's new about our finding is that we can visualize these vessels in minutes with a very quick scan, using very inexpensive imaging methods." Dr. Dayton is a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The UNC team used a new high-resolution ultrasound method, called "acoustic angiography," with an intravascular contrast agent that allowed them to acquire images of only the blood vessels. "Unlike current clinical 'grayscale' ultrasound, this method filters out all tissue signals, so we can see small blood vessels clearly." says Dayton.

"Our results showed a definitive difference between vessels within and surrounding tumors versus those associated with normal healthy vasculature. The limitation that we must now address is that our method works only for tumors at a shallow depth into tissue, such as melanomas or thyroid cancer. Our next studies will focus on this imaging-depth issue as well as evaluating the ability of this technology to determine a tumor's response to therapy.

"We know from several clinical and preclinical MRI studies at UNC by Elizabeth Bullitt, MD, and others, and at other institutions that vessels can unbend, or "normalize," in response to effective therapy. We need to see if our inexpensive ultrasound-based method of blood vessel visualization and tortuosity analysis can detect this normalization prior to conventional assessments of tumor response to therapy, such as measurements of tumor size.

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1. R. C. Gessner, S. R. Aylward, P. A. Dayton. Mapping Microvasculature with Acoustic Angiography Yields Quantifiable Differences between Healthy and Tumor-bearing Tissue Volumes in a Rodent Model. Radiology, 2012; DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12112000

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Cambodian deaths tied to common child illness

Mean Thida, 4, affected with mystery disease, sleeps at her home near a dump site at Sambour village, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 9, 2012. A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to many of the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm after a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Mean Thida, 4, affected with mystery disease, sleeps at her home near a dump site at Sambour village, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 9, 2012. A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to many of the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm after a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Cambodian villager from countryside holds her baby as she waits for a medical check up for children outside a children hospital of Kuntha Bopha, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 9, 2012. A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to many of the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm after a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian villagers from countryside hold their children as they wait for a medical check up for their children, outside a children hospital of Kuntha Bopha, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 9, 2012. A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to many of the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm after a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ? A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that sparked alarm after a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday.

Lab tests have confirmed that a virulent strain of hand, foot and mouth disease known as EV-71 is to blame for some of the 59 cases reviewed since April, including 52 deaths, according to a joint statement from the World Health Organization and Cambodian Health Ministry. The numbers were lowered from the initial report of 62 cases.

EV-71 is a virus that can result in paralysis, brain swelling and death. Most of the Cambodian cases involved children younger than 3 who experienced fever, respiratory problems that led to rapid shutdown and sometimes neurological symptoms.

Epidemiologists are still trying to piece together information about the cases by interviewing parents because some details may have been omitted or missing from medical charts and specimens were not taken from most children before they died, said Dr. Nima Asgari, who is leading the WHO investigation. Of 24 samples tested, 15 came back positive for EV-71.

"As far as I'm aware, EV-71 was not identified as a virus in Cambodia before," Asgari said, adding that based on the information now available it's likely that the majority of untested patients were infected with it.

"We are a bit more confident. We are hoping that we can come up with something a bit more conclusive in the next day or so," he said.

Hand, foot and mouth disease has been raging across Asia and usually causes a telltale rash. Blistering was only reported in some of the Cambodian cases, and it's possible that steroids administered by doctors could have masked the symptom or it may not have been recorded, he said.

The lab results also identified other diseases in some cases, including mosquito-borne dengue fever and Streptococcus suis, a germ commonly seen in pigs that sometimes infects people, often causing meningitis and hearing loss.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is spread by sneezing, coughing and contact with fluid from blisters or infected feces. It is caused by enteroviruses in the same family as polio. No vaccine or specific treatment exists, but illness is typically mild and most children recover quickly without problems.

The virus gets its name from the symptoms it causes, including rash, mouth sores and blisters covering the hands and feet. Many infected children don't get sick but can spread it to others.

Neighboring Vietnam has been battling a surging number of hand, foot and mouth disease cases for the past few years, with EV-71 also wreaking havoc there. Last year, the disease sickened more than 110,000 people and killed 166, mostly children whose immune systems were not strong enough to fend off the infection.

China is also experiencing an outbreak, and more than 240 people have died of the disease there this year, according to China's Health Ministry.

The Cambodia investigation is continuing, but the H5N1 bird flu virus, SARS and Nipah ? a deadly virus usually spread by fruit bats or pigs ? have all been ruled out.

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AP Medical Writer Margie Mason contributed to this report from Hanoi, Vietnam.

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