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The concept of self improvement is based on a person improving themselves in all ways on a regular basis. You?ll have to build self-awareness, learn new things, and develop spiritually, all leading to the fulfillment of your personal goals. The aim of this article is to assist you with some ways to enhance your self improvement goals. Taking steps can help you find a better understanding of yourself.

Many people often have goals that are too broad, when they are trying to grow through personal development. Make sure to come up with a target goal for yourself. When you have specific goals set, you will find that you get results.

TIP! Getting out and living your life can really enhance your quest for personal development. You need to chose to actively participate in your life instead of being a spectator.

To achieve success, list personal development goals that are broken down into specifics. The more specific your goals, the easier it will be to chart a course from where you are now to where you want to be in the future. You can face each challenge and move on to the success you desire.

Read some good books about self improvement. The best personal development books can give you new ideas and advice that could change your life forever. Books on the topic of self improvement can be poorly written. To avoid this, make sure you read books that have been reviewed well.

TIP! You should try to become the best at what you do. The passions you have should always make you want to achieve greatness.

Go to the movies with a friend. You will be out and about but not have to socialize as much. You will also begin to get comfortable being around large groups of people.

Remove the disorder and chaos from your life. Bringing structure to your life will give you a great sense of accomplishment, and living a more organized life will boost your confidence. Additionally, it will remove the stress caused by living a disorganized life. Having everything in its own place instills a calming energy.

TIP! In order to have a lifestyle that you love, set goals that you are sure that you can accomplish. When you determine what your weaknesses are, you can address them properly and become a better you.

Perhaps you have set high goals for yourself and keep failing to attain them. If this is the case, it is a good idea to stop and think why. Compare your goals with the goals of others that you can research online. You may find that you are setting the bar too high, forgetting a critical step, or not allocating enough of your resources to solving the problem.

Are you having a hard time finding that special someone? Perhaps you should try the Internet. Four out of ten couples meet online these days. You never know, the person you are looking for could also be looking for someone! Free sites have advantages and disadvantages, but so do paid dating sites.

TIP! Start giving other people compliments. Resist the urge to focus on the negative and instead speak out in kindness to others and you will find yourself being kinder to yourself, as well.

You must monitor your progress whenever you undertake a personal development project. Take heed of the advice provided here so that you can determine how this should occur. When you monitor your progress with any task, you will surely begin to notice improvement.

Now you have some more information about development to use to your advantage. This is an excellent start, but don?t neglect additional research. Use your time wisely so you?re able to get the success you desire. Do more research and adapt the tips and strategies you come across so they are relevant to your projects.

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Seattle's Richard Sherman wins suspension appeal

RENTON, Wash. (AP) ? Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman won his appeal of a four-game suspension for use of performance enhancing substances on Thursday, making him eligible for the NFL playoffs.

Sherman posted "I won," on his Twitter account Thursday morning, followed by teammates tweeting their congratulations. Sherman added, "Thank you (at)nfl for upholding the truth! To the 12s Thank you your faith is rewarded! Thank you lord."

The decision was made by former NFL executive Bob Wallace.

Sherman was steadfast since news broke of his pending suspension that he believed he would win on appeal. Sherman's appeal was based on errors in the chain of custody of his sample and that there were mistakes made by the tester.

Sherman made his appeal late last week.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email the league is reviewing the decision, but was declining comment due to confidentiality provisions.

The decision makes Sherman eligible for the Seahawks season finale against St. Louis and, more importantly, the playoffs. Seattle has played the last three weeks without fellow starting cornerback Brandon Browner who is serving a four-game suspension for a banned substance violation.

Browner's suspension expires after Sunday's game against the Rams, so Seattle will have both of its starting cornerbacks available for the postseason.

"Congrats to Richard Sherman for winning his appeal! Happy for him & it'll be great to have him with us as we move forward," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll tweeted Thursday morning.

According to STATS, Sherman is tied with Pittsburgh's Keenan Lewis for the NFL lead with 23 passes defensed. He is tied for second in interceptions with seven.

Sherman was a surprise omission from the Pro Bowl roster announced Wednesday. Despite his impressive numbers, Sherman was a first alternate at cornerback for the NFC, behind the Chicago duo of Tim Jennings and Charles Tillman, and Arizona's Patrick Peterson.

Even before the Pro Bowl rosters were announced, Sherman didn't seem to care about getting a trip to Hawaii.

"It don't mean nothing," Sherman said Wednesday. "I bet you I'll be on the first-team All-Pro. That means more to me."

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Stephen Witt Joins Audiovox : Page 1 of 1 : Dealerscope

Audiovox Electronics Corp. has announced the addition of veteran mobile electronics executive Stephen Witt. A veteran of Alpine and DICE Electronics, Witt is assuming the newly created position of vice president of mobile audio and advanced accessories.

Witt is tasked with increasing market share in the retail car audio market, as well as the expansion of the O.E. radio category. He will also work to develop such technologies as integration solutions, driver assistance and safety systems.

?The Mobile Electronics category is, and will continue to be very challenging, as an industry leader we have always been committed to employing the best and brightest, and I am very excited to welcome Steve as a key member of the AEC team,?? Tom Malone, president of Audiovox Electronics Corp., said in a statement.

??Steve is a well-respected industry veteran with over 27 years of product and marketing management for Alpine. He has also been an active participant in the Consumer Electronics Association for 18 years and more specifically in leadership roles with the Automotive Electronics Division Board for 17 years.?

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Cartwright Falls A Psychological Horror Story

Set in 1991 the story is about a murder in a small mountain community and the dark forces that caused it. Expect dark themes, character development and Investigation. The theme is Supernatural realism so imagine things like Lost, Twin Peaks, Alan Wake.

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"Cartwright Falls- A Psychological Horror Story"

Welcome.

Getting to grips with the system so please point out any over sights I may have made.

Of course ask many questions.

Your Pal Bosch.

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What kind of characters are you looking for? For example, the sheriff, the sheriff's daughter and her boyfriend who have been behaving strangely recently, and so on.

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
- Albus Dumbledore

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We need an FBI agent, a sheriff and deputies and towns people. If it makes sense in the setting I?ll consider anything.

While there is a high school this is not a High school RP. I see that location being used to interview the high school kids then sporadically at best. That's not to say teens are a bad choice after all the victims are students.

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Good choice. I recommend making her older or the same age as Julian.

Bosch

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Yeah sure that's fine. Looking forward to the CS.

Bosch

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Unfortunately I have to go now, I'll submit the CS ASAP tomorrow. Sorry.

TaniaSoulEater

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No worries. Take your time with it No rush.

Bosch

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Sounnds interesting, I was thinking of making a newbie deputy who joined the department recently. And if you need I can make another character, I like to be gender equal when I can.

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Your call, I'm happy to consider all CS's. Of course a Deputy can be either gender and the 5-0 are very important to this RP. All I ask is you don't bite off too much with multiple characters RPer fatigue can kill an RP dead.

Bosch

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Sounds extremely interesting... you were talking earlier about someone making a high school character, which is fitting because the victims are students. I'd love to do that. One problem to work around, though, would be that s/he would actually have to go to school, but there are ways.

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Lol, I usually play multiple characters, mostly because no one signs up for some of them and we need to fill spots to start haha. But I can start off with one for now, no need to push it if people are joining. Uhm...I have school right now so I'll make a CS when I get home later on today.

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Thank you I reckon this could work really well.

I want to avoid turning this into a High school based RP. Cartwright is pretty blue collar and I reckon a lot of young people probably drop out of school early.

On the other hand if we get a lot of people the forum system set up here would allow for a High school plot to be running concurrently. I love this forum set up it seems so flexible.

Anyway I look forward to seeing the "cast".

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Kaname_Takashi wrote:Lol, I usually play multiple characters, mostly because no one signs up for some of them and we need to fill spots to start haha. But I can start off with one for now, no need to push it if people are joining. Uhm...I have school right now so I'll make a CS when I get home later on today.

If that's how you normally play then ok. No rush on the CS's if we get under way around Thursday or Friday I reckon we'll be in pretty good shape.

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You have my interest. I'll submit a character sheet for a given law enforcement person in a day or so. Advance warning, it might borrow heavily from another character of mine for an RP that has yet to take off, and might never do so.

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No problem, it'll be new to me.

Bosch

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Ooh, second question. Are we allowed to expand on the profile? I might want to include my character's equipment (I will be very careful to keep it accurate).

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Yeah sure that will be fine. Just make sure they are applicable to the era and setting.

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Win or lose, Chavez says he'll accept result of Venezuela's vote

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? President Hugo Chavez's crusade to transform Venezuela into a socialist state, which has bitterly divided the nation, was put to the stiffest electoral test of his nearly 14 years in power on Sunday in a closely fought presidential election.

Both camps said turnout was high, with millions of Venezuelans casting ballots. Long lines formed at many polling centers, with queues of hundreds of voters snaking along sidewalks and around blocks in many parts of Caracas.

Chavez's challenger, Henrique Capriles, has united the opposition in a contest between two sides that distrust each other so deeply there were concerns whether a close election result would be respected.

"We will recognize the results, whatever they are," Chavez told reporters after casting his vote in Caracas.

Chavez was greeted at the polling center by American actor Danny Glover and Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu. He said he was pleased to see a "massive turnout."

The stakes couldn't be higher.

If Chavez wins a new six-year term, he gets a free hand to push for an even bigger state role in the economy, further limit dissent and continue to befriend rivals of the United States.

With a Capriles win, an abrupt foreign policy shift can be expected, including halting preferential oil deals with allies such as Cuba, along with a loosening of state economic controls and an increase in private investment. A tense transition would likely follow until the January inauguration because Chavez's political machine thoroughly controls the wheels of government.

Some Venezuelans were nervous about what might happen if disputes erupt over the election's announced outcome.

"There's a little anxiety on one side and also on the other," said Deyanira Duarte, a housewife who voted for Capriles in downtown Caracas. She said she was worried about what could happen if there were a dispute.

Others said they were simply pleased to be out backing their candidate.

Carlos Julio Silva, a bodyguard employed by a private security company, said whatever his faults, Chavez deserves re-election for helping people with programs including free medical care and public housing.

"There is corruption, there's plenty of bureaucracy, but the people have never had a leader who cared about this country," Silva said after voting for Chavez at a school in the Caracas slum of Petare. "That's why the people are going to re-elect Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias."

Chavez's critics say the president has inflamed divisions by labeling his opponents "fascists," ''Yankees" and "neo-Nazis," while Chavez backers allege Capriles would halt generous government programs that assist the poor.

During Chavez's final rally Thursday in Caracas, he shouted to the crowd: "We're going to give the bourgeoisie a beating!"

Reveille blared from sound trucks around the capital to awaken voters on Sunday morning, and the bugle call was later replaced by folk music mixed with a recording of Chavez's voice saying "those who love the homeland come with me." At many polling places, voters started lining up hours before polls opened at dawn.

"I'm really tired of all this polarization," said Lissette Garcia, a 39-year-old clothes seller and Capriles supporter who voted Sunday in the affluent Caracas district of Las Mercedes. "I want to reconnect with all my friends who are 'Chavistas.'"

Some said they waited in line for more than four hours to vote, while in other areas the lines moved more quickly.

Violence flared sporadically during the campaign, including shootings and rock-throwing during rallies and political caravans. Two Capriles supporters were shot to death in the western state of Barinas last weekend.

Troops were dispatched across Venezuela to guard thousands of voting centers Sunday.

Defense Minister Henry Rangel Silva said as he voted that all had been calm in the morning and he hoped that would continue. He said if any groups try to "disturb order, they should know there is an armed force prepared and equipped and trained... to put down any attempt at disturbances."

He didn't identify the groups to which he was referring.

Chavez held an impromptu news conference Saturday night, and when asked about the possibility of disputes over the vote, he said he expected both sides to accept the result. He says he has successfully emerged from about a year of cancer treatment.

"It's a mature, democratic country where the institutions work, where we have one of the best electoral systems in the world," Chavez told reporters at the presidential palace.

But he also said he hoped no one would try to use the vote to play a "destabilizing game." If they do, he said, "we'll be alert to neutralize them."

His opponents mounted a noisy protest in Caracas and other major cities on Saturday night, beating pots and pans from the windows of their homes to show displeasure with Chavez ? and also their hopes for change. Drivers on downtown streets honked horns, joining the din.

The 40-year-old Capriles, a wiry former governor affectionately called "Skinny" by supporters, has infused the opposition with new optimism, and opinion polls pointed to him giving Chavez his closest election.

Some recent polls showed Chavez with a lead of about 10 percentage points, while others put the two candidates about even.

"Chavez is going to fight until his last breath. He doesn't know how to do anything else," said Antonio Padron, a bank employee backing the president.

Padron expressed optimism that the 58-year-old Chavez would win, noting the leader has survived a fight with cancer that has included surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

But Padron predicted a close finish: "It's a tough fight. The opposition has never been this strong."

Chavez won the last presidential vote in 2006 with 63 percent of the vote.

A former army paratroop commander first elected in 1999, Chavez has presided over an oil boom and has spent billions of dollars on government social programs ranging from cash benefits for single mothers to free education.

But he has suffered declining support due to one of the world's highest murder rates, 18 percent inflation, a deteriorating electrical grid and a bloated government accused of endemic corruption and mismanagement.

While his support has slipped at home, Chavez has also seen his international influence ebb since he emerged in the mid-2000s as leader of a like-minded club of newly elected Latin American leftist presidents.

"I want to tell President Chavez, I want to tell him his cycle is over," Capriles said at his final campaign rally Thursday.

Capriles says Chavez has stirred up hatred, hobbled the economy by expropriating private businesses and squandered oil wealth. He criticized Chavez's preferential deals supplying oil to allies, including one that lets Cuba pay with the services of Cuban doctors.

"We aren't going to finance the political model that exists in Cuba," Capriles said in a TV interview last week. "But we aren't going to break off relations with Cuba."

Chavez accumulated near-absolute power over the past decade thanks to his control of the National Assembly, pliant institutions such as the Central Bank and friendly judges.

Gino Caso, an auto mechanic, said he would vote for Capriles because he thought Chavez was power-hungry and out of touch with problems such as crime. He said his son had been robbed, as had neighboring shops.

"I don't know what planet he lives on," Caso said, gesturing with hands blackened with grease. "He wants to be like Fidel Castro ? end up with everything, take control of the country."

Political analyst Ricardo Sucre said he expected the election to show "two halves, more or less even." Regardless of the result, he said, Venezuelans are likely to remain deeply divided by politics for years to come.

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Associated Press writers Frank Bajak, Christopher Toothaker, Jorge Rueda and Vivian Sequera contributed to this report.

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Mourning, relief in Turkish town shelled by Syria

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Emin Belgin, a truck driver (second from right), enjoys a rare peaceful evening at a sidewalk cafe in Akcakale, Turkey. The city is located seven miles from the Syrian border.

By NBC News's Charlene Gubash and wire reports

AKCAKALE,?Turkey --?The residents of a Turkish town allowed themselves to relax a little even as they mourned neighbors killed after a mortar from across the border in Syria slammed into a house, killing two women and three children.

"We couldn't sleep the last 10 days. We covered our ears in fear. Today was quiet for the first time -- nothing happened," cotton farmer Ussein Avsar told NBC News as he sat at an outdoor caf?.

Avsar says he can now return to his fields, which are just two miles from the Syrian border.

Wednesday?s deaths came amid escalating violence in the area.?Mortars have been landing on Akcakale, a town of 40,000, since September when rebels seized the Syrian side of the border from President Bashar Assad's forces, who have been shelling the area ever since.

Syrian rebels seize border crossing to Turkey

The attack was the most serious escalation of tensions between the two neighbors since Syrian forces shot down a Turkish fighter jet in June. It highlighted the rising risks of a broader conflict as Assad's 18-month crackdown on armed rebels continues.

NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from the Turkey Syria border where small farming communities take the brunt of spillover violence, making life unbearable.? ?

Up and down the 560-mile border, Turks were already growing increasingly frustrated at the violence spilling into their towns and villages and at the tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who are now sheltering on Turkish soil.

Stray bullets and mortar rounds have also struck Syria?s other neighbors, Jordan, Lebanon and the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Syrians sought refuge in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq.

UN Security Council condemns Syria shelling of Turkey

And finally, some say, Turkey has moved to defend them from the violence spilling over the border. On Thursday, Turkey?s parliament approved future retaliation, and Turkish leaders expanded their options for dealing with Syria.

SANA via Reuters

A look back at the violence that has overtaken the country

"It was a very good decision," Avsar said.

Friend Emin Belgin, a truck driver, said he wished his government had acted sooner.

Photos: Turkish soldiers secure border with Syria

"We couldn't sleep for the last two weeks.? All the children were terrified. And the world looked at the Turks as cowards," he said.? "They should have done it before the five people were killed."?

Turkey has authorized further military action against Syria saying it is intended to be a deterrent and to protect Turkey. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports.

Still, confidence is already seeping back into Akcakale.?

Aleppo explosions kill at least 40, Syria activists say

Young boys shout and laugh as they swing in the town playground late into the night.? Their schools closed during the bouts of shelling but will reopen in a few days. ?And residents who had evacuated began returning to their homes as soon as the parliament authorized military action inside Syria.

But the dark clouds will continue to gather over Syria?s borders as long as the conflict there, which activists say has already killed 30,000 people, rages on.

Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.?

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Nora Ephron: Justin Timberlake, Steve Martin Pay Tribute

Bette Midler, Kirstie Alley, Albert Brooks, Ron Howard and more also remember the late writer/director.
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Nora Ephron's untimely death Tuesday continues to dominate entertainment news via countless tributes and love letters posted online. There has also been an emotionally charged outpouring of love and respect from celebrities whose lives were influenced and affected by the late Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, director and playwright.

"She was the one you wanted to read, to listen to, to be in the company of. Nora Ephron. Incomparable wit; delightful friend. Sadness reigns," tweeted Steve Martin, who worked with Ephron on "Mixed Nuts."

"R.I.P. Nora Ephron... Funny, charming, witty, full of heart, and one of the greatest who put it all down in timeless, quotable classics," singer/actor Justin Timberlake added.

Timberlake's fiancée, Jessica Biel, tweeted: "Nora Ephron...thank you for your ground breaking contributions for women in the film industry. You have truly paved the way. With respect..."

"Nora Ephron was devastatingly funny, extremely witty, and was ALWAYS one of the kindest people I have ever met," wrote Colin Hanks, whose father, Tom Hanks, appeared in two of Ephron's most famous films, "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail."

"Nora Ephron. The Hostess with the Mostest on the Ball," Bette Midler wrote. "A brilliant soul, and we will all miss her so...."

Ephron's fellow writers/directors, Albert Brooks and Ron Howard, shared their memories of the late legend. "R.I.P Nora Ephron. A witty, charming, lovely person," Brooks tweeted, while Howard added: "RIP Nora Ephron brilliant gracious and FUNNY."

"You can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream. ... Oh Jeez... you will be missed..RIP XO," Kirstie Alley wrote. "Auditioned for Nora Ephron 20 yrs ago," Kevin Nealon chimed in. "Didn't get the part but she sent me a thank you note. I'll always remember that and you, Nora."

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Uganda anti-gay bill draws church, donor battle lines

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Peter, 23, used to enjoy hitting Kampala's bars with his boyfriend until a draft bill dubbed "kill the gays" forced him into hiding.

"I'm so, so afraid. I just live indoors," he says, sitting in the semi-darkness of the cramped two-room dwelling where he has lived since his family and friends turned on him after the bill was introduced in 2009.

In this conservative east African country, the bill that initially proposed hanging gays has pitted veteran President Yoweri Museveni's government against two influential but opposing forces: the evangelical church and western donors.

Existing legislation already outlaws gay sex. The new legislation introduced by David Bahati, a backbench lawmaker in Museveni's ruling National Resistance Movement party, would go much further.

It would prohibit the "promotion" of gay rights and punish anyone who "funds or sponsors homosexuality" or "abets homosexuality".

Denounced as "odious" by U.S. President Barack Obama, the first draft, which threatened the death sentence for what it called "aggravated homosexuality", languished in parliament for two years, never making it to the chamber's debating floor.

Bahati re-introduced a mildly watered-down second draft in February and is confident of a "yes" vote even though the bill's progress has stalled at committee level.

The death sentence clause is gone, as is the demand Ugandans report gays to the authorities, he told Reuters.

But the damage has been done, gay rights campaigners in Uganda say. A vitriolic homophobia is rising in Ugandan society, they say, pointing to the meteoric rise of the evangelical church as a driving force.

In the most recent clampdown, Uganda said last week it was banning 38 non-governmental organizations it accused of promoting homosexuality.

Two days before the announcement, police raided a gay rights conference outside Kampala, briefly detaining activists from around east Africa.

"Things were much better before the evangelical movement," said Frank Mugisha, director of the gay rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). He accuses Uganda's born-again pastors of spreading propaganda, including that homosexuals are "recruiting" young children.

EVANGELICAL INFLUENCE

Mugisha and other prominent gay rights campaigners say Bahati's initial bill was introduced directly after a March 2009 conference in Kampala that hosted representatives from the U.S. "ex-gay" movement.

U.S. evangelical pastor Scott Lively, who spoke at the conference, said it focused on the "recovery from homosexuality" and warned Ugandans the gay movement sought to "homosexualize society" and undermine the institution of marriage.

Ugandan activists have filed a civil complaint against Lively in the United States, alleging he incited the persecution of gays in Uganda, violating international law.

A former lawyer who is now pastor of the Redemption Gate Missionary Society in Springfield, Massachusetts, Lively said his legal team has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint.

"The narrative of their case is that my speaking against homosexuality in Uganda led to a climate of hate and fear that led the government to take actions they wouldn't otherwise have taken," he told Reuters.

"The list of things they have put in their complaint do not amount to anything close to crimes against humanity."

Lively said he received a copy of the draft anti-gay bill from an anti-gay activist in Uganda ahead of its introduction, and disagreed with language included in it.

"It was very harsh," he said, referring to the proposal to execute homosexuals.

Lively, a reformed alcoholic who sees homosexuality as a "behavioral disorder" akin to alcoholism, said he sent back alternative language urging a focus on prevention and rehabilitation.

Some of Uganda's pastors have been some of the bill's most outspoken supporters.

"Would you accept that a thief should be licensed, that a prostitute should be licensed? There is no difference between a thief, a robber, a prostitute and a homosexual," said Pastor Joseph Serwadda, who heads Kampala's 6,000 member-strong Victory Christian Centre Church.

A wave of persecution followed the introduction of Bahati's bill.

One local publication, Rolling Stone, embarked on a campaign to out Ugandan gays, publishing photos of more than two dozen of them and their names, sometimes under the banner "Hang them".

"People didn't pay much attention before. When the bill came out, they started noticing gays," said Peter, whose three-year relationship ended when his partner became afraid to be associated with him after another tabloid outed Peter's roommate.

Peter's extended family called a meeting when they got suspicious.

"My sisters, my brothers, my aunties, my uncles, my grandpas, everybody needed me to change. They asked, ?What seduced you to do that?'," Peter said.

"(They said) if I didn't change from what I am to what they called normal, I should just get out of the family."

He withdrew from the outside world. Home alone for hours at a time, Peter reads the Bible he keeps by his bed for comfort. A wall decoration reads: "Jesus cares".

PRAYED FOR HELP

While the proposed legislation has pushed many like Peter underground, for others it had the opposite effect.

"Biggie" Ssenfuka knew she was attracted to women from the age of seven. When she read the word lesbian in a dictionary, she says she immediately recognized herself.

Raised a Christian, Ssenfuka prayed to God and fasted in a desperate bid to alter her sexuality. She burned every letter she had received from other girls and tried dating a man.

"But still I didn't change. I woke up and told myself this is life, be what you want to be and let people say what they want to say," said Ssenfuka, who sports dreadlocks and baggy, boyish jeans.

"People thought that homosexuals are these beasts ... they didn't expect people from next door," said Ssenfuka.

The 29-year-old finally came out of the closet in 2009 after the bill was introduced. "I said, now I am going to be open."

Still, activists like Ssenfuka are in the minority. The majority of gays are too afraid to go public.

Sitting in an open-air bar in Kampala on a Saturday afternoon is her girlfriend of one year, a woman with long braids who has children from a previous relationship.

Asked about her relationship with Ssenfuka, Patience was evasive. "I'm not exactly her friend," she said, and refused to elaborate.

Ssenfuka and Patience are careful not to act like a couple openly.

"It's tricky. You have to watch out, especially in public. You can't just kiss, you can't just touch and be happy," Ssenfuka said.

"BLACKMAIL"

The bill's floundering in parliament since 2009 signals Museveni is reluctant to proceed.

Stephen Tashobya, who chairs the parliamentary legal affairs committee tasked with scrutinizing the bill before a vote, said the committee had been "busy with other affairs".

"The president made general remarks sometime back, more than a year ago, (that) he didn't think that the bill was very urgent," Tashobya said.

The one-time rebel leader is widely regarded as a shrewd political operator who knows how to curry favor from Western powers, as he has by sending troops to Somalia, and when feathers ought not be ruffled.

John Nagenda, among Museveni's top advisers, told Reuters the president believed it was evil to indulge in homosexual acts.

"But on the other hand ... while he himself doesn't agree with it himself, he thinks that there must be a fair way of going about (things)," Nagenda said.

Museveni's gripe, Nagenda said, was with donors threatening to cut aid to impose moral values.

"It treats us like children," he said.

In October, British Prime Minister David Cameron threatened to cut aid to countries that did not respect gay rights. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton followed up in December.

"That is blackmailing, that is neo-colonialist and oppression. Attaching sharing of resources to a lifestyle of people is completely unacceptable," said Uganda's Minister of Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo.

"If you want to give (aid), you give it irrespective of our customs and cultures."

London appears to have since softened its rhetoric. The British High Commission in Kampala told Reuters in a statement that the UK government had no plans to cut aid in connection with the bill.

However, the statement also said Britain's diplomats were raising concerns over the proposed legislation "at the most senior level of the Ugandan government".

Bahati is optimistic his bill will prevail in parliament.

"There is no amount of pressure, no amount of dirty tricks, that will prevent the parliament of Uganda from protecting the children of Uganda," he said.

"We are not in the trade of values."

(Additional reporting by Toni Clarke in Boston; Writing by Richard Lough; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)

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India is second largest market for Omani non-oil exports

By Conrad Prabhu -
MUSCAT ? For the third consecutive year, India retained its position as the second largest destination for Omani non-exports in 2011, the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) said in its Annual Report for last year.
Non-oil exports of Omani exports soared 27.7 per cent to reach a value of RO 413.1 million in 2011, from RO 323.4 million a year earlier. India has been a growing importer of Omani non-oil goods, receiving RO 219.4 million worth of merchandise in 2009.
As a percentage of total Omani non-oil exports, India accounted for a 13.6 per cent share last year, up from 13.2 per cent in 2010 and 11.9 per cent a year earlier. Rising exports of chemical products contributed to the growth in exports to India, the apex bank said.
But dominating the league table of major destinations for Omani non-oil exports was the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which received RO 450.1 million worth of goods in 2011, representing a 14.6 per cent share of the total. Exports to the UAE fell significantly from the previous year?s high of RO 573.6 million, largely due to lower exports of mineral products.
China, in third place, imported RO 331.8 million worth of Omani non-oil goods in 2011, which was sharply up from the previous year?s figure of RO 185.2 million. The Asian economic giant, together with the UAE, India and Saudi Arabia, accounted for 47.2 per cent of total non-oil exports of Omani origin in 2011.
Interestingly, Kuwait registered a four-fold increase in exports from the Sultanate, boosted largely by inflows of chemical products. The tiny oil-rich state, which imported RO 109.million worth of Omani non-oil goods, is rapidly emerging as an important trading partner of Oman, the Central Bank said.
Fellow GCC member Saudi Arabia also retained its position as the fourth largest market for Omani goods for the last three years. Non-oil imports from the Sultanate jumped to RO 239.6 million in value last year, up from RO 182.6 million in 2010.
Significantly, markets in markets in south-east Asia and the far-east have also been rapidly opening up to Omani merchandise. ?Oman is taking major strides in diversifying its export markets in recent years. A shift in the share from traditional markets in the Middle East to new markets like Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan is clearly discernible,? the Central Bank noted in its Annual Report.
In Europe, exports to the Netherlands more than doubled to RO 66.6 million 2011, which augurs well for the future in terms of diversification, the CBO said.
The value of non-oil exports of Omani origin increased considerably by 23.9 per cent to RO 3.033 billion in 2011, the apex bank said, adding that re-exports also increased by 17 per cent to RO 2,247.6 million in 2011 from RO 1,921.7 million in 2010.
Meanwhile, total merchandise exports (comprising crude oil, refined oil, liquefied natural gas, non-oil exports, and re-exports) increased by 28.7 per cent to RO 18.106 billion in 2011 from RO 14.073 billion in 2010. The surge in exports of crude oil and LNG during the year resulted mainly from higher realization of oil prices in 2011. While crude oil exports increased 33.1 per cent to RO 10.659 billion in 2011, LNG exports rose 24.9 per cent to RO 1.469 billion during the same year, according to the Annual Report.

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Where Washington meets Moscow in a peace of Syria | Simon Tisdall

As Assad loses ground to the opposition, Russia's interests in Syria appear increasingly threatened. Photograph: SYRIAN NEWS AGENCY SANA / HANDOUT/EPA

Months of futile diplomatic tussling, UN deadlock, and angry finger-pointing over Syria have now boiled down to this: a dramatic, last-ditch effort this weekend to cut a deal between the US and Russia that eases President Bashar al-Assad from office and replaces him with an inclusive, transitional government that can halt the current downwards spiral towards all-out civil war.

Barack Obama's administration first floated the idea of ditching Assad while simultaneously guaranteeing Russia's interests in Syria more than a month ago. Despite Moscow's rebuffs, the White House has kept at it. Obama spent two hours discussing Syria with a deeply sceptical Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, at this month's G20 summit in Mexico.

US officials did not pretend Putin was won over. But they did claim headway in identifying areas where US and Russian interests coincide, principally preventing a chaotic implosion and a regional war. "We agreed that we need to see a cessation of violence, that a political process has to be created to prevent civil war," Obama said. "We have found many common points on this issue," said Putin.

After follow-up meetings, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, and Sergei Lavrov, Putin's foreign minister, have agreed to attend an international summit on expediting Syria's political transition to be convened in Geneva on Saturday by the UN envoy, Kofi Annan. Significantly, Clinton and Lavrov will meet privately beforehand in St Petersburg on Friday.

US-Russian agreement on the way forward in Syria is crucial. Russia is the Syrian regime's most powerful ally and protector, its main arms supplier, and a veto-wielding member of the UN security council. Its influence within the regime is unmatched. For its part, the US is the world's foremost military and economic power with extensive Middle East interests, including guaranteeing Israel's security and safeguarding its energy supply.

For the past 18 months they have been at angry loggerheads. Now, despite hardline statements ahead of the meeting, they appear to be at least trying to work together.

On the American side, the need for a deal is ever more pressing. Obama, facing a tough re-election battle this autumn and with his domestic record assailed from all sides, could badly use a big international win. His handling of the Arab spring has not been impressive. Last week, as rightwingers see it, he "lost" Egypt, Washington's main Arab ally, to the Muslim Brotherhood. Mitt Romney, his Republican challenger, is describing Russia as America's biggest strategic threat. Thus the meaningfulness of Obama's attempt to reset relations with Moscow is also in the balance.

A transition deal in Syria would suit Obama for a host of other reasons. It would defuse criticism from American interventionists about US inaction. It would help secure the stability of neighbouring Iraq, on which so much American blood and treasure was spent over the past decade. It would prevent the spooked, volatile leaders of Turkey, a valued Nato ally, sliding into some kind of regional conflict.

Most of all, by stabilising Syria under a potentially more amenable regime with reduced allegiance to Iran, Obama might hope to lessen pressure from and on Israel to attack Tehran's nuclear facilities this autumn. "It is the strategic relationship between the Islamic Republic and the Assad regime [not Iran's unknown nuclear capabilities] that makes it possible for Iran to undermine Israel's security," said former US diplomat James Rubin. "The collapse of the Assad regime would sunder this dangerous alliance."

On the Russian side, a Syria deal with the US has growing attractions, notwithstanding Putin's visceral, often unthinking distrust of all things American. Russia's interest dictates a settlement in Syria that sustains its sphere of influence centred on its most important Arab ally, keeps open its Mediterranean port facilities, and maintains its business and arms sales links. As Assad loses ground to the opposition, these interests appear increasingly threatened.

Russia's broader interest (and national pride) demands that it prevent another Libyan or Iraq-style western military intervention, that it assert its authority as a major world player, and that it now move to limit the damage done to its links with the Gulf states and others by its apparent support for Assad's bloody repression. Some kind of national unity deal, under UN auspices, that could be passed off as a Syrian, not an American, solution would serve all these desired ends.

"Russia's leaders have said repeatedly that their goal is to guard against instability, not to support Mr Assad," said Ellen Barry, reporting from Moscow. "They have signalled that Russia would accept a change of leadership in Syria, but only if devised by Syrians and not imposed from outside."

Edward Burke of the Centre for European Reform makes a similar point: "Moscow knows the writing is on the wall for the Assad regime and that its slow demise will likely precipitate an increasingly deadly civil war that will damage Russian interests ? An attempt by Russia to negotiate a political transition should be welcomed. Moscow has made it clear that it future relations are not tied to the power status quo in Damascus."

The scene is thus set for a Clinton-Lavrov meeting that could still ring the death knell for the Assad regime. Maybe they can pull it off; maybe they cannot. Whatever the outcome, democrats will sadly note that Obama and Putin have something else in common: a deep wariness of the fractious, politically unquantifiable Syrian opposition and a pragmatic disinterest in ascertaining the wishes of the Syrian people as a whole.

This backroom deal, if it happens, has little or nothing to do with building a free, democratic Syria. It has everything to do with fixing a problem that is upsetting the world order as decreed from Washington and Moscow.

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Your Home Will Be Improved With These Helpful Tips ...

For anyone that has ever owned a house, home improvement projects are a weekend staple. Many of us are unfamiliar with the construction trade, but that doesn?t mean we cant take on even some of the most difficult home improvement projects. This article is meant to give you tips for your next home improvement project.

If your home is an older house there?s a good chance you might have outdated PVC windows, which are difficult to maintain and often yellow with age. Replacing the PVC with modern plate glass can make a significant difference in the look of the house. Glass windows will also allow more natural sunlight into your home, creating a more open, inviting atmosphere.

Synthetic building materials have a place in home improvement projects, and that place is usually outside. Synthetics tend to stand up to sun and weather better than the natural materials they replace. (Stone is a notable exception to this rule.) For wood in particular, there are a number of synthetic replacements that offer similar attractiveness and superior durability.

When doing a web search looking for a contractor to hire, do specific niche searches. Many contractors work in niche aspects of home improvement and can do an excellent job for you. These contractors have the experience and expertise that is required for many of the niche home improvement jobs.

To get home improvement ideas you may not have otherwise, visit a hardware store and just window shop for an hour. Even in home hardware, there are constantly new products and technologies, and new applications come with them. Just stroll the aisles with your hands in your pocket for an hour and soak it all in. Go home and mull it over, mentally placing items in your home, and then go back for the perfect project.

If you are looking to add some value to your home, you can create a new looking kitchen by resurfacing your cabinets. By simply sanding down the old cabinets in your home and staining them with a fresh new finish, you can increase the value of your home fairly dramatically.

Focus on interior lighting for your next home improvement project. If you change out your old light bulbs with Compact Fluorescent Lights, you will save energy and money. These bulbs also last longer than traditional lighting choices. This is a very simple project that will have remarkable results on the amount of money you save in energy bills.

Look for the line of nails! If you need to snug up a protruding piece of paneling or drywall you can normally tell where to add a new nail or screw just by closely observing the surface of the panel. It was installed by nailing it to the underlying wall studs and evidence of those studs will likely still be visible.

Instead of wooden flooring or linoleum, use tiles in your kitchen area. Most tiles are easy to clean and more spill proof than any linoleum or wood flooring on the market. They define your kitchen space and keep that area separate from the rest of your dining room or living room.

When doing home improvements be sure that every company you use is properly licensed and insured. There are many people who are not properly insured and if they cause harm to someone through faulty work it could become your liability. Licensing is important because there are fraudulent companies out there that may take your money and run. Be safe and do the research.

Updating the outside of your house by repainting the exterior or updating the siding is a very cost value added home improvement. It is one of the most effective ways to increase the sale price of your home. By giving your home an exterior facelift you can instantly add more buying appeal to your home.

Make sure that you install a window or proper ventilation in your bathroom. Humidity from showering with hot water creates the perfect place for mold to cultivate. Even if you keep repainting your bathroom walls, it still won?t sufficiently kill off the mold. Instead, do something that will prevent it from growing at all. Install a window or ventilation, to dehumidify your space.

When it comes to home improvement, small additions such as power strips and surge protectors can be extremely beneficial. Power strips allow for you to easily turn off groups of electronics, saving money on energy. Most surge protectors will protect your electronics from lightning strikes and power surges.

To change the look of your living room or den without spending a lot of money, consider updating your fireplace. Replacing the screen and painting the brick and/or mantel can add a fresh new look to the whole room, and eyes will immediately be drawn to the modern-looking focal point.

Beware custom made items. Custom is great for cabinets, but it can get costly when it comes to most items. Save money by figuring out how to modify store-bought items, or how to modify your home itself to fit around the item you purchase. This will typically end up saving you money.

If you are new at home improvement projects, or are working on your skillset, you are going to make some mistakes. Do not let setbacks get to you. If you let errors get you down, or halt your working, you are letting the process of home improvement beat you. You can master many tasks, but it will not happen overnight. Learn from your mistakes (or better still, learn from the mistakes of others!)

Have a backup plan for getting water or using the toilet if your home improvement project involves plumbing. It is impossible to predict how long it will take to install a new sink or complete a number of other plumbing projects. Even if you anticipate that you will be finished by the end of the day, have a backup plan in place just in case. You don?t want to leave your family without these necessities.

Change your shower curtain once a month. Showering produces excessive humidity in a bathroom that in turn causes shower curtains to develop mold and mildew. To keep your space fresh and healthy, replace your curtains. Don?t buy expensive plastic curtains with hard to find designs, and you won?t feel bad about replacing it.

No matter what project you decide to start with, home improvement tasks are a way to adjust the look and feel of your property to meet your changing needs. The information in this article can be used as a starting point to help you plan and complete your next project.

If you are planning to get a good drilling tools for your home improvement purpose, then check out the Dewalt cordless drill 18v. However, if you need a good vacuum cleaner that automate all your cleaning process at home, then you need to read more about Roomba 562 right now.

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Real Estate Weekly ? Blog Archive ? Brooklyn waterfront goes green ...

By Sarah Trefethen

When the new hotel and residential complex scheduled for completion at Brooklyn Bridge Park in 2015 opens its doors, residents and guests will have as their backyard and playground 85 acres of reclaimed waterfront that its builders and designers hail as a model of sustainable, eco-friendly design.

Brooklyn Bridge Park

Brooklyn Bridge Park, designed by the landscape architecture firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, has been under construction in phases since 2010.

Its forward-thinking and award-winning design was crafted to pay tribute to the history of the waterfront, including the reintroduction of native waterfront plants and the reuse of building materials in the park infrastructure.

The project has also turned a hot, uninviting stretch of asphalt into an oasis of green.

?On a day like today you could not stand on that parking lot for more than five or ten minutes without being overwhelmed by that heat,? Andy Schroder of Skanska USA, the project manager oversaw construction on Pier 1, Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Plaza and Fulton Ferry Park, said during last week?s heat wave. ?Now you could stay all day.?

On less sunny days, rain that falls on the park is collected in large, underground cisterns and then reused to water plants and grass. The cistern at Pier 6 holds approximately 135,000 gallons of water, while Fulton Ferry Park can take 90,000 gallons at a time and the Pier 1 cistern can hold 90,000 gallons.

Not only is this water kept out of the city?s overtaxed sewer system, the park saves the money it would otherwise spend on a water bill to keep the greenery green. The buyback period on the cisterns could be a little as five years, according to Schroder.

?When you think of the park being a continuous thing that?s going to be there for 100 years it makes phenomenal sense,? he said.

Among the aging industrial infrastructure that formerly dominated the park?s stretch of waterfront was a trio of cold storage buildings from the 1800s which, when demolished, yielded 11 million board feet of now-rare Longleaf Yellow Pine. The wood was used to construct benches in the park, and as the wooden cladding from some of the structures.

Re-using the wood was not a cost-saving measure, Schroder said, as the wood could have been sold and less durable wood purchased to construct the benches. But the chosen approach yielded a higher-quality product and avoided the harvesting of additional trees.

?From an ecological standpoint or an environmental standpoint it was a huge benefit,? Schroder said. ?

Other materials reused in the park included granite recovered from work on the Willis Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue Bridges. The stone can be found in the steps on Pier 1 and in the seating area near a newly established tidal marsh ? planted with smooth cord grass and intended as a home to marine and aquatic bird life.

Other ecosystems have been preserved though the decision to use existing piers in the creation of the park, Schroder said. Leaving the piers in place means the wildlife that has made its home there is not disturbed.

?You have birds nesting on the piles and fish that can spawn and get the food they need,? he said. ?There?s a symbiosis between the historical relic sense and an ecological green positive, if you will.?

Work on a picnic area on Pier 5 is underway, and it is scheduled to open this year. Pier 2 and the upland area of Pier 3 should open in 2013, and additional, as-yet unfunded plans exist for developing Pier 3 and the upland area above Pier 5, according to the park website.

Last week the park?s board of directors chose a joint venture between Toll Brothers City Living and Starwood Capital Group as the developer of an approximately 550,000-square-foot complex that will include a 200-room luxury hotel and 159 residential units upland of Pier 1.

The ten-story hotel and residential complex and five-story residential building, designed by Rogers Marvel Architects, will ?feature a stepped fa?ade of stone and metal, sculpted to embrace the unparalleled views of the New York harbor and the park,? according to a press release from Mayor Michael Bloomburg?s office.

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Visualized: photos of the glass block you get when you pre-order Project Glass

$1,500? That's a lot for some highfalutin' glasses, but we just couldn't resist. After wrapping up with the keynote, both myself and Darren Murph hopped in line and signed up for our very own pairs of Project Glass Explorer Edition devices. After completing a not-particularly-thorough sign-up process -- which, by the way, does not ask for a credit card -- those who agree to the terms of service receive an actual piece of glass with their number floating in the middle. This will match the serial number of the Project Glass device that will be shipped sometime next year. When will lucky numbers 782 and 788 be rolled? You can be sure you'll be first to know.

Gallery: Google Glass pre-order process (and glass block) at Google I/O 2012

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