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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Things You Should Know About Email Marketing | Internet Marketing ...
There are a lot of myths about online marketing. Now a few misconceptions may not matter all that much if they were harmless, but when it comes to your money, then it?s always better to be well-informed. Some of the worst, most damaging myths out there revolve around business to business email marketing. With that in mind, here are some things you should be aware of before running your next email campaign.
1. Know your customer. The more you know about your customer, the better. What are their problems? What are their current solutions? How can you help them? What do you know about their business? All of these questions need to be answered before you send a company an email message. First, you need to make sure they are a good customer for your offer. Second, it shows respect and they will appreciate that you know something about who they are.
2. Get to the point. Imagine you are meeting with your prospective customer at their place of business. You may start with a bit of small talk, but you wouldn?t linger on it. In other words, you can start your business to business email marketing with a friendly tone, but you also have to stick with a no-nonsense approach at the same time.
3. Remember who the message is for. Yes, you are sending out the email to generate profits for your own business, but the message it contains is for the person receiving it. In other words, you have to be very clear about how your offer benefits them.
4. Ask for their business. One of the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to business to business email marketing is not being bold enough in closing the deal. You don?t have the benefit of making your presentation in a face-to-face setting, so you need to be clear and direct in what you want the reader of your message to do.
5. Don?t use trickery to get them to open your email. Sure, you may get them to open your message, but you will have done so through dishonesty. That will kill the sale before you ever get a chance to present your offer. You also need to bear in mind that there is a fine line between being clever and being deceitful; make sure you don?t cross it.
6. Track results. When doing business to business email marketing you should keep track of and measure everything you can. When you sent out each message, to whom, what the subject line was, the body of the email, open rates, click-through rates, how many previous messages you have sent, and so on. You can use any and all of this data to refine your sales message and improve your results over time.
In today?s world, mastering the art and science of business to business email marketing is one of the most important keys to success. It?s relatively inexpensive, especially when compared to traditional forms of advertising, and it can give you a very robust return on your investment.
Source: http://jagwealth.com/things-you-should-know-about-email-marketing/
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Judge in WikiLeaks case weighs evidence request
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) ? Military prosecutors argued Wednesday for the right to present evidence of other misconduct by an Army private charged with a massive leak of classified information to the website WikiLeaks.
Prosecutors say Pfc. Bradley Manning received "corrective training" from a platoon sergeant in 2008 after preparing a video for his family in which he talked about his daily life and used words like "top secret" and "classified." The prosecutors believe that experience is relevant to the case because it should have shown Manning not to share classified information with people who aren't authorized to have it. He was nonetheless arrested two years later in the biggest leak of secrets in U.S. history.
Manning, 24, is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, including Iraq and Afghanistan war logs and State Department cables, while working as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad in 2009 and 2010. He faces a potential life sentence, and prosecutors and defense lawyers have been hammering out evidentiary issues in an ongoing hearing at Fort Meade. A trial is expected next year.
Prosecutors want to be able to present as evidence information about the 2008 training as well as a couple of other instances of unspecified prior misconduct. A judge is expected to rule Thursday whether and how those allegations of past misconduct can be used in the case.
In the video made for his family, officials say, Manning used words that could identify him as a person with a high-level security clearance and that could make him a target of anyone seeking to compromise him. As part of his "corrective training," he was directed to explain to his unit why what he had done was dangerous and how sensitive information could be exploited by the enemy. He also made a PowerPoint presentation about the importance of information security.
"The evidence shows the accused has knowledge that information posted on the Internet is accessible to and sought after by the enemy," Captain Angel Overgaard, one of the military prosecutors, said at the court hearing.
Manning is in pretrial detention at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/judge-wikileaks-case-weighs-evidence-request-171605421.html
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Green Blog: A Late Bet on Coal May Not Pay Off
The Prairie State Energy Campus, a vast new coal-fired power plant and mine that is now approaching completion in downstate Illinois is likely to be one of the last of its kind in this country, given that new Environmental Protection Agency regulations bar plants that put out as much carbon dioxide as conventional coal plants. The builders, a consortium of municipal utilities and co-ops across eight states from Missouri to West Virginia, rushed to get it up and running before greenhouse rules could stop it, convinced that coal would be cheaper for the next few decades than alternative sources, like gas or nuclear.
But at least for the near term, the owners will be paying extra for electricity, according to a report produced at the behest of anti-coal groups. When the construction cost rose from the $4 billion estimate to what the opponents put at $4.9 billion, the price of electricity from the project, which includes the capital cost, went above the cost of electricity bought on the open market in the Midwest, according to the report, produced by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, a nonprofit group in Belmont, Mass.
?The Prairie State coal plant is turning out to be the financial and environmental nightmare that many of us feared when the plant was proposed,?? said Sandy Buchanan, executive director of Ohio Citizen Action. Mostly because of the low price of natural gas, a megawatt-hour of electricity in Ohio now wholesales for about $40, but power from the first unit of the plant, which went into service in June, costs about $60, the groups pointed out, and the customers face some additional charges because of a slight delay in getting the generators into service. The second half is due on line late this year.
The details, though, are complicated. While production costs are clearly now above the market average, natural gas is at a record low, at a little over $3 per million B.T.U., and whether the plant remains above market depends on the price over the next 30 years. (In 2007, when the decision was made to build the plant, prices were about double what they are now. )
When the first unit began operation, the consortium building the plant said that the 2007 decision to build ?was based on sound long-term forecasts?? and that the plant?s output ?would be very competitive with other fuels such as nuclear and natural gas over the anticipated 30-plus year life of the facility, which remains the case today, even with some operating delays.?? Natural gas prices will vary but coal prices will remain stable, the consortium said.
While the future price of gas is one of the great uncertainties of the energy economy, one element of the price is the cost of production, which depends in part on continued use of fracking, a technique that some of the groups, including Ohio Citizen Action, oppose.
And the environmental effect is also uncertain. Prairie State?s builders say that adding 1,600 megawatts will accelerate the retirement of older plants, many of them coal. And those plants often lack scrubbers that control sulfur emissions and precipitators that catch the ash, and other controls required on new plants. In addition, modern plants like Prairie State operate more efficiently and produce more electricity per ton of coal, and thus somewhat less carbon dioxide per ton.But Tom Sanzillo, lead author of the report, said in a conference call with reporters that the new capacity would also crowd out wind and solar, which are cleaner, and efficiency, which is cheaper. He said he was not sure what effect it would have in decisions about old coal plants facing low natural gas prices, low demand and high costs for new pollution control equipment.
Raj G. Rao, the chairman of Prairie State and the head of the Indiana Municipal Power Agency, which is a part owner, predicted a different path. In 2007, he said, electricity on the spot market sold in the vicinity of $80 a megawatt-hour, but the price collapsed when industrial demand declined in the financial crisis; it will bounce back when the economy does, he predicted.
The current argument has a touch of irony. The developers sold the project to the public power entities (municipal electric departments, power authorities and co-operatives) in part with the argument that they could reduce their exposure to the vicissitudes of the electricity marketplace by becoming owners rather than buying on the spot market, and by buying the fuel as well as the power plant, in the form of a 30-year coal supply adjacent to the plant.
Vic Svec, a spokesman for Peabody, said that having the users buy shares of the plant in proportion to their power needs was a common approach for projects like this. ?Ultimately, when the scorecard is complete, we firmly believe Prairie State will continue to provide reliable, clean, low-cost electricity for the benefit of millions of customers in multiple states for decades to come,? he said.
But Mr. Sanzillo said the buyers had taken on risk they could not afford. ?This was supposed to be low-cost electricity that put municipalities in a better position, not a worse position,?? he said.
Mr. Rao predicted that gas would increase in price when the United States began exporting.
?Japan is buying liquefied natural gas for $18, and India for $15 or $17. Our $3 gas is not going to stay here,?? he said. ?The average price could cost up to $7 in three to five years.?? And that would make Prairie State?s output look cheap, he said.
Source: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/a-late-bet-on-coal-may-not-pay-off/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Isaac becomes Cat 1 hurricane near Gulf Coast
CHAUVIN, La. (AP) ? Isaac became a hurricane Tuesday that could flood the coasts of four states with storm surge and heavy rains on its way to New Orleans, where residents hunkered down behind levees fortified after Katrina struck seven years ago this week.
Shelters opened for those who chose to stay or missed the chance to get away before the outer bands of the large storm blow ashore ahead of a forecast landfall in southeast Louisiana on Tuesday night or early Wednesday. However, with the exception of some low-lying areas, officials had not ordered mass evacuations.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Isaac became a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday with winds of 75 mph. It could get stronger by the time it's expected to reach the swampy coast of southeast Louisiana.
President Barack Obama said Gulf Coast residents should listen to local authorities and follow their directions as Isaac approached.
"Now is not the time to tempt fate. Now is not the time to dismiss official warnings. You need to take this seriously," Obama said.
In Houma, a city southwest of New Orleans, people filled a municipal auditorium-turned-shelter. However, in the bayou country of Terrebonne Parish off Highway 24, storms pose a perennial dilemma for those living a hardscrabble life.
While some of the homes along Bayou Terrebonne and other nearby waterways show signs of affluence, this section of Louisiana 24 is mostly lined with trailer homes or small, often run-down houses. Staying could be dangerous, but many here who could be in harm's way have nowhere to go and little money to get there, especially given the high price of gasoline.
Monica Boudreaux lives in a trailer on low-lying land but was talking Tuesday morning with a cousin who lived closer to the bayou. They and two friends chatted as the storm approached. Boudreaux laughed when asked what she'll do if the storm hits.
"I'm surrounded by all family," she said, referring to her friends as well as her cousin. "I'll just pick up my little fat feet and run, I guess."
The Coast Guard was searching the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida-Alabama state line Tuesday for a man who failed to return home from a water-scooter trip as Isaac was approaching the coast. The search began after the man's wife called the Pensacola, Fla., station about 8:45 p.m. Monday, Chief Petty Officer Bobby Nash says.
Forecasters warned that Isaac was a large storm whose effects could reach out 200 miles from its center. Water may be worse than wind because the storm could push walls of water while dumping rain to flood the low-lying coast in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
So far, the main damage in the United States was political: Republicans cut one day off their presidential nominating convention in Tampa in case the storm struck there, though in the end it bypassed the bayside city. Isaac is also testing elected officials along the Gulf from governors on down to show they're prepared for an emergency response.
Isaac's track is forecast to bring it to New Orleans seven years after Katrina hit as a much stronger storm on Aug. 29, 2005.
This time, federal officials say the updated levees around the city are equipped to handle storms stronger than Isaac. The Army Corps of Engineers was given about $14 billion to improve flood defenses, and most of the work has been completed. The levees surrounding New Orleans are designed to withstand far more than the forecast 12-foot surge. And the city's flood control system can pump out an inch of water per hour for the first hour, and a half-inch of water each hour after that.
But with landfall expected near the Katrina anniversary, anxiety was high, especially in the Lower 9th Ward, wiped out by Katrina after floodwalls burst and let the waters rush in.
"I don't really trust the levees," said Robert Washington, who planned to evacuate along with his wife and five children. "I don't want to take that chance. I saw how it looked after Katrina back here."
He leaned over the banister of his porch railing and looked out onto empty lots where houses stood before Katrina. His neighborhood, just a few blocks away from where the floodwall protecting the Lower 9th Ward broke open, remains largely empty.
Farther away on the Alabama coast, Isaac had begun pelting the shore with intermittent downpours Tuesday morning ? one moment it was dry, and the next brought rain blowing sideways in a strong breeze. Gov. Robert Bentley lifted mandatory evacuation orders for low-lying coastal areas but encouraged residents to remain vigilant nonetheless.
The boardwalk at the tourist town of Gulf Shores was virtually deserted except for John McCombs, who ventured out to see waves lapping at the seawall at the public beach.
Within moments he was drenched and running for cover as a band of rain hit the wooden walkway.
"That's it. It's here," he said, scurrying back across the street.
One question haunting locals is how much oil left over from the Gulf oil spill in 2010 might wind up on the beaches because of Isaac. Experts believe large tar mats lie submerged just off the coast, but no one knows where they are or how many might be in the Gulf.
Isaac was centered about 75 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River at midday and was moving northwest at 10 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It was 160 miles southeast of New Orleans.
Although Isaac's approach on the eve of the Katrina anniversary invited comparisons, the storm is nowhere near as powerful as Katrina was when it struck. Katrina at one point reached Category 5 status with winds of more than 157 mph, and made landfall as a Category 3 storm.
Still, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warned that Isaac, especially if it strikes at high tide, could cause storm surges of up to 12 feet along the coasts of southeast Louisiana and Mississippi and up to 6 feet as far away as the Florida Panhandle.
Rain from the storm could total up to 14 inches, with some isolated areas getting as much as 20 inches, along the coast from southeast Louisiana to the extreme western end of the Florida Panhandle.
On Tuesday morning, there were few signs on New Orleans' famed Canal Street that a hurricane was imminent. A group of apparently intoxicated tourists asked 30-year-old Adrian Thomas to snap their photo as he scanned the headlines of The Times-Picayune in a newspaper box.
Thomas said he was waiting for his father to wire him money so he could leave for his hometown of Greenville, Miss., which is along the Mississippi River more than 200 miles from the coast. However, he said he might not make it out in time ? and he was just fine with that.
"I believe it's going to be all right," he said. "If I have to stay here and ride it out, I'll ride it out."
In Mississippi, beachfront casinos were shutting down late Tuesday morning as a beach road flooded and residents hurried to shelters. Coastal residents Charlotte Timmons and Brenda Batey said they planned to stay put unless Isaac took a more menacing turn, believing it wouldn't cause the devastation of some past storms.
Since Katrina, people have a more cautious attitude toward tropical weather, perhaps so cautious that there's a danger of complacency setting in after near misses, Timmons said.
"It's like crying wolf," said Timmons, a 63-year-old retired media manager. "If they make such a big deal and start moving people out (too soon) and then it fizzles, people might not leave the next time."
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Burdeau reported from New Orleans. Associated Press writer Holbrook Mohr in Gulfport, Miss., Michael Kunzelman in New Orleans and Jay Reeves in Gulf Shores, Ala., contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/isaac-becomes-cat-1-hurricane-near-gulf-coast-163010820.html
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Clark Atlanta University to offer course on Michael Jackson | theGrio
Today the world celebrates what would have been Michael Jackson?s 53rd birthday, and a university in Atlanta is honoring the King of Pop with a college course reflecting on his cultural legacy.
Veteran entertainment attorney James Walker has been selected by Clark Atlanta University to teach a unique new MBA course, Michael Jackson: The Business of Music, which will examine how the eccentric late pop star built a billion dollar empire.
Click here to view a slideshow of Michael Jackson?s most underrated songs
?The class will feature a curriculum that reviews everything about Jackson?s empire ? from how he negotiated and his tours, record deals, and merchandising, to how he revolutionized legal practices related to entertainment copyrights, trademarks, licenses and more,? an official press release stated. ?The course will also highlight the late pop-star?s dealing in TV, real estate, film and music publishing.?
Clark Atlanta is the first university to offer a masters level course on the King of Pop. Walker has a long list of high-profile clients that have included Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, BET star Dr. Bobby Jones, Gospel legend Dr. Shirley Caesar, DMX, and Freddie Jackson.
Click here to view a Grio slideshow of the King of Pop?s biggest musical influences
?The goal is to help students who have an interest or future desire to work in the entertainment industry whether as artist, attorney, business manager, accountant or other,? says Walker. ?I?ve taught classes at Yukon University, Boston College and other places covering a lot of topics related to entertainment and the legal profession, but this course allows me to really provide my students with a comprehensive understanding of the music industry and the business mechanics involved.?
It?s been three years since the world lost Michael Jackson, one of the most popular artists of all time. To this day, Jackson?s multimedia empire is virtually unrivaled.
Clark Atlanta University is a private, historically black university in Atlanta, Georgia. It was formed in 1988 with the consolidation of Clark College and Atlanta University.
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Source: http://thegrio.com/2012/08/29/clark-atlanta-university-to-offer-course-on-michael-jackson/
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Jays' Bautista to have season-ending wrist surgery
NEW YORK (AP) ? Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista will have season-ending surgery to stabilize a tendon in his left wrist.
Bautista said before Tuesday night's game against the New York Yankees that the recovery period is three to four months and he would be ready to play long before the start of spring training next year.
"There's just too much instability in that tendon and it got to the point where risking injuring the tendon was not worth it," Bautista said. "That's why we're opting to do it now."
Bautista was initially injured in an at-bat against the Yankees on July 16. He chose to give rest and rehab a try and he returned from the disabled list Friday. But he says, while he did not experience any pain, he felt the tendon moving around too much and was taken out of the game against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. The two-time defending AL home run champion was immediately put back on the DL and sent to Cleveland to see a hand specialist.
Dr. Thomas Graham will perform the operation next week in Cleveland.
"Luckily for me the tendon is completely intact," Bautista said. "He just needs to make it stable again."
Manager John Farrell said Bautista made it through his rehabilitation program without issue. But the instability he was feeling when he returned was what prompted the recommendation for surgery.
"It's a definitive plan going forward," Farrell said. "The tough thing through all this is Jose never felt any discomfort but, yet, he didn't feel the strong stable feeling he typically does."
Bautista spoke with Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Sam Fuld, who had similar surgery this spring after a more extended period of rest and immobilization. Bautista did not want to risk missing time next year by trying lengthy rest since it didn't work for Fuld.
After a slow start in which his average didn't rise above.200 until mid-May, Bautista finished with a .241 average, 27 homers and 65 RBIs in 92 games.
"I didn't have the consistency I wanted to but I think I picked it up on a production level and I was able to contribute," Bautista said. "What I really wanted to do, and I said this many times, was remain healthy but unfortunately I wasn't able to."
Farrell said rookie Moises Sierra would get most of the action in right field in place of Bautista until Triple-A Las Vegas' season is over and Anthony Gose returns to share playing time.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/jays-bautista-season-ending-wrist-surgery-222551240--mlb.html
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Hurricane Isaac storm surge tops levee in Plaquemines Parish
A storm surge pounds the seawall along Lake Pontchartrain as Isaac makes landfall. (AP)
A storm surge from Hurricane Isaac topped a levee in Plaquemines Parish south of New Orleans early Wednesday, officials said, trapping those who chose not to evacuate.
Plaquemines Parish president Billy Nungesser said the 8-foot-high levee--which is not part of the $1.5 billion federal levee system constructed after Hurricane Katrina--was in the process of being raised.
"The levees are topping in several locations," Nungresser said on CNN. "We're trying to get the few people who have stayed out. ... We've got a serious situation over there."
[Live-blog: Hurricane Isaac batters New Orleans, Gulf Coast]
Isaac made landfall at 6:45 p.m. CDT Tuesday in Plaquemines Parish, and the slow-moving Category 1 hurricane--now centered about 50 miles south southwest of New Orleans--is expected to dump as much as 20 inches of rain in several parts of Louisiana.
"Not only did we see the worst case scenario, it got worse than that by this storm just stalling," Nungresser said. "So the levees can only take so much."
Nungresser said there were reports of up to 12 feet of water in some homes. "This is something I've never seen before," Nungresser said. "And I rode out Katrina."
[Slideshow: Hurricane Isaac pounds Gulf Coast]
He said three parish residents, including a woman on a roof, were saved by a private boat. Rescue workers were waiting for conditions to improve--and skies to lighten--before attempting other rescues.
"We're working with U.S. Coast Guard to rescue people stranded on top of levee," Nungresser said at a press conference.
The southern end of the parish was under a mandatory evacuation order, though it's not clear how many residents followed it.
"There are homes inundated and some folks trapped by water in those homes," Guy Laigast, director of homeland security for Plaquemines Parish, told the Weather Channel.
Meanwhile, more than 438,000 customers were left without power in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, officials said.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/hurricane-isaac-plaquemines-parish-124906826.html
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The Morning Wrap - The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
Isaac: Delaying the start of the Republican National Convention to Tuesday, Tropical Storm Isaac approached the Tampa Bay area on Sunday with heavy rain and strong winds, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Isaac likely will bring three inches of rain to the Tampa Bay area, with storm totals of up to 15 inches. The storm is expected to strengthen to a hurricane and make landfall in Louisiana.
Obama, Romney: President Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney are running neck and neck as they go into the conventions, The Washington Post reports. Romney is at 47 percent among registered voters and Obama at 46 percent, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Apple: The $1.05 billion verdict Apple Inc. obtained on Friday against Samsung Electronics Co. in their smartphone and tablet trial will stand as the largest patent verdict in history if it isn't reduced in post-trial motions or on appeal, The Recorder reports.
Neil Armstrong: Neil Armstrong, the first person on the moon, died on Saturday, The New York Times reports. "Complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures" caused his death, according to his family. He was 82.Sandusky: The person known as Victim 1 at Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse trial sued Penn State on Friday, the Associated Press reports. The young man's suit said the university's actions were "a function of [Penn State's] purposeful, deliberate and shameful subordination of the safety of children to its economic self-interests, and to its interest in maintaining and perpetuating its reputation."?
Source: http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2012/08/the-morning-wrap-7.html
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Taiwan minister calls on men to sit down to pee
Taiwan's environmental minister is calling on the island's men to sit down when they urinate in order to keep toilets clean, drawing a mixed reaction from the public.
Stephen Shen, head of the Environmental Protection Administration, said Monday he himself had adopted the habit, and suggested other men follow suit so toilet seats will be ready for the next user.
An environmental official contacted by AFP Tuesday acknowledged the advice would be hard to follow in public restrooms, where urinals constitute the main facilities.
Therefore, she said, men are encouraged to first try to develop the new habit at home.
Reactions to the proposal on the Internet forums and chatrooms were mixed, with some calling it a good idea that should have been brought up sooner while others were more critical.
"Brain-damaged politician, why doesn't the environmental bureaucrat start to wear a skirt," said a message posted by a user on the United Daily News forum.
"I'd love to see Stephen Shen and (President) Ma Ying-jeou demonstrate on TV how to sit down to pee," said another message left on the forum.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-minister-calls-men-sit-down-pee-055143318.html
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
2 Chinese ships hit by typhoon; 4 dead, 11 missing
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? A powerful typhoon pounded South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday, while the nation's coast guard battled rough seas in a race to rescue fishermen on two Chinese ships that slammed into rocks off the southern coast. At least four fishermen died and 11 were missing.
Dangerous waves kept rescue boats from approaching the ships, so the coast guard used a special gun to shoot rope to one ship so that officers could pull themselves over and bring the fishermen to shore, said coast guard spokesman Ko Chang-keon. Eighteen fishermen were either rescued or washed ashore.
South Korea issued a storm warning for the capital, Seoul, as Typhoon Bolaven battered the country's south and west, knocking over street lights and church spires, ripping signs from stores and leaving tens of thousands without power. North Korea, which is still rebuilding from massive floods and a devastating drought before that, was expected to be lashed by rain and wind Tuesday evening.
Heavy rain is often catastrophic in North Korea because of poor drainage, deforestation and dilapidated infrastructure. North Korea is still trying to help people with food, shelter, health care and clean water after heavy flooding in July, according to a recent United Nations situation report. More than 170 died nationwide and tens of thousands of homes were destroyed in the floods, according to official North Korean accounts.
Many still live in tents with limited access to water and other basic facilities, the U.N. report said, and there is worry about increased malnutrition in coming weeks.
Farther south, another typhoon, Tembin, doubled back and hit Taiwan three days after drenching the same region before blowing out to sea. Fierce winds and rain toppled coconut trees and blew away large advertising boards in the beach resort town of Hengchun.
South Korean officials predicted strong winds and rain in Seoul, and the Defense Ministry said U.S. and South Korean military forces have temporarily halted ongoing joint war games. Traffic was sparse in Seoul on Tuesday during the normally congested morning rush hour. More than 15,000 schools cancelled classes, and businesses and homes taped windows or pasted the glass with wet newspapers to keep it from shattering.
Nearly 200,000 South Korean households lost power, the government said, and more than 50 were left homeless because of floods or storm damage.
Bolaven hit the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Monday, injuring four people but doing less damage than feared before moving off to sea. More than 75,000 households lost power.
Weather officials had warned that Bolaven would be the strongest typhoon to hit the region in several years, but its gusts weren't as powerful as predicted.
In Manila, the Philippine weather agency reissued typhoon warnings to residents and fishermen for Tembin, which blew out of the archipelago over the weekend. Fishing boats in the north were urged not to venture out to sea while larger ships were warned of possible big waves and heavy rains.
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Associated Press writers Hye Soo Nah and Foster Klug in Seoul, and Annie Huang in Taipei, Taiwan, contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/2-chinese-ships-hit-typhoon-4-dead-11-044118039.html
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Climate landmark as Arctic ice melts to record low
The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its smallest point ever in a milestone that may show that worst-case forecasts on climate change are coming true, US scientists said.
The extent of ice observed on Sunday broke a record set in 2007 and will likely melt further with several weeks of summer still to come, according to data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the NASA space agency.
The government-backed ice center, based at the University of Colorado at Boulder, said in a statement that the decline in summer Arctic sea ice "is considered a strong signal of long-term climate warming."
The sea ice fell to 4.10 million square kilometers (1.58 million square miles), some 70,000 square kilometers (27,000 square miles) less than the earlier record charted on September 18, 2007, the center said.
Scientists said the record was all the more striking as 2007 had near perfect climate patterns for melting ice, but that the weather this year was unremarkable other than a storm in early August.
Michael E. Mann, a lead author of a major UN report in 2001 on climate change, said the latest data reflected that scientists who were criticized as alarmists may have shown "perhaps too great a degree of reticence."
"I think, unfortunately, this is an example that points more to the worst-case scenario side of things," said Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University.
"There are a number of areas where in fact climate change seems to be proceeding faster and with a greater magnitude than what the models predicted," Mann told AFP.
"The sea ice decline is perhaps the most profound of those cautionary tales because the models have basically predicted that we shouldn't see what we're seeing now for several decades," he added.
Arctic ice is considered vital for the planet as it reflects heat from the sun back into space, helping keep down the planet's temperatures.
The Arctic region is now losing about 155,000 square kilometers (60,000 square miles) of ice annually, the equivalent of a US state every two years, said Walt Meier, a scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
"It used to be the Arctic ice cover was a kind of big block of ice. It would melt a little bit from the edges but it was pretty solid," Meier told reporters on a conference call.
"Now it's like crushed ice," he said. "At least parts of the Arctic have become like a giant slushie, and that's a lot easier to melt and melt more quickly."
The planet has charted a slew of record temperatures in recent years, with 13 of the warmest years ever taking place in the past decade and a half, along with extreme weather ranging from severe wildfires in North America to major flooding in Asia.
Researchers have also reported a dramatic melt this summer on the ice sheet in Greenland, which could have major consequences for the planet by raising sea levels.
Scientists believe that climate change is caused by human emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions.
But efforts to regulate emissions have faced strong political resistance in several nations including the United States, where industry groups have said that regulations would be too costly for the economy.
Kumi Naidoo, the executive director of Greenpeace who on Monday intercepted a Russian ship in the Arctic, said the ice melt showed that the planet was "warming up at a rate that puts billions of people's future in jeopardy."
"These figures are not the result of some freak of nature but the effects of man-made global warming caused by our reliance on dirty fossil fuels," he said in a statement.
Shaye Wolf of the Center for Biological Diversity pressure group called the record ice melt "a profound -- and profoundly depressing -- moment in the history of our planet."
The melt has rapidly changed the politics and economics of the Arctic region, with shipping companies increasingly eager to save time by sailing through the once-forbidding waters.
Data released Monday by the Washington-based Center for Global Development found that nations including China, India and the United States were reducing the intensity of their carbon emissions but that the effort was overwhelmed by the surge in power consumption in developing nations.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/arctic-ice-melts-record-low-us-researchers-171243395.html
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In climate landmark, Arctic ice melts to record low
The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its smallest point ever in a milestone that may show that worst-case forecasts on climate change are coming true, US scientists said Monday.
The extent of ice observed on Sunday broke a record set in 2007 and will likely melt further with several weeks of summer still to come, according to data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the NASA space agency.
The government-backed ice center, based at the University of Colorado at Boulder, said in a statement that the decline in summer Arctic sea ice "is considered a strong signal of long-term climate warming."
The sea ice fell to 4.10 million square kilometers (1.58 million square miles), some 70,000 square kilometers (27,000 square miles) less than the earlier record charted on September 18, 2007, the center said.
Scientists said the record was all the more striking as 2007 had near perfect climate patterns for melting ice, but that the weather this year was unremarkable other than a storm in early August.
Michael E. Mann, a lead author of a major UN report in 2001 on climate change, said the latest data reflected that scientists who were criticized as alarmists may have shown "perhaps too great a degree of reticence."
"I think, unfortunately, this is an example that points more to the worst-case scenario side of things," said Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University.
"There are a number of areas where in fact climate change seems to be proceeding faster and with a greater magnitude than what the models predicted," Mann told AFP.
"The sea ice decline is perhaps the most profound of those cautionary tales because the models have basically predicted that we shouldn't see what we're seeing now for several decades," he added.
Arctic ice is considered vital for the planet as it reflects heat from the sun back into space, helping keep down the planet's temperatures.
The Arctic region is now losing about 155,000 square kilometers (60,000 square miles) of ice annually, the equivalent of a US state every two years, said Walt Meier, a scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
"It used to be the Arctic ice cover was a kind of big block of ice. It would melt a little bit from the edges but it was pretty solid," Meier told reporters on a conference call.
"Now it's like crushed ice," he said. "At least parts of the Arctic have become like a giant slushie, and that's a lot easier to melt and melt more quickly."
The planet has charted a slew of record temperatures in recent years, with 13 of the warmest years ever taking place in the past decade and a half, along with extreme weather ranging from severe wildfires in North America to major flooding in Asia.
Researchers have also reported a dramatic melt this summer on the ice sheet in Greenland, which could have major consequences for the planet by raising sea levels.
Scientists believe that climate change is caused by human emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions.
But efforts to regulate emissions have faced strong political resistance in several nations including the United States, where industry groups have said that regulations would be too costly for the economy.
Kumi Naidoo, the executive director of Greenpeace who on Monday intercepted a Russian ship in the Arctic, said the ice melt showed that the planet was "warming up at a rate that puts billions of people's future in jeopardy."
"These figures are not the result of some freak of nature but the effects of man-made global warming caused by our reliance on dirty fossil fuels," he said in a statement.
Shaye Wolf of the Center for Biological Diversity pressure group called the record ice melt "a profound -- and profoundly depressing -- moment in the history of our planet."
The melt has rapidly changed the politics and economics of the Arctic region, with shipping companies increasingly eager to save time by sailing through the once-forbidding waters.
Data released Monday by the Washington-based Center for Global Development found that nations including China, India and the United States were reducing the intensity of their carbon emissions but that the effort was overwhelmed by the surge in power consumption in developing nations.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/arctic-ice-melts-record-low-us-researchers-171243395.html
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Hurricanes hold election-year peril for candidates
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Politicians know every hurricane means avoiding disaster ? including their own.
Republicans from Mitt Romney and Southern governors scrambled to shape their tone and tactics Monday as an ominous storm barreled past their national convention site in Tampa, Fla.
Political peril awaits those who fumble disaster preparedness and the response. That's the legacy of Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 storm that forever changed how responses to disasters would be judged.
Democrats are also quietly making their own calculations, mindful of how one insensitively timed political speech or line of attack could bring blowback. On a low-profile day at the White House, President Barack Obama got briefings on Tropical Storm Isaac and went forward ? for now ? with plans for a campaign trip beginning Tuesday to Iowa, Colorado and Virginia.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hurricanes-hold-election-peril-candidates-211332108.html
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Hi and welcome to the board you never want to join.? Sorry you had to find your way here; and this diagnosis is so new to you your head must be spinning.? Your emotions are totally understandable and we've all cycled through some variation of how you feel.
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My daughter was diagnosed 7/30/10 with high risk Pre B ALL and will be done with treatment 11/30/12.? She was almost 12 at dx, but has Down syndrome and is not near her chronological age cognitively.? Every child reacts differently, but the first four weeks were absolutely miserable for Lauren.? I'd say the first four weeks were miserable, the next two weeks were bad, and then she started feeling better and the bad times were not as long lived.? They were just now and then.
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I seriously wondered if it was worth treating her the first couple weeks because she was so miserable.? She was in pain, had mouth sores, sores on her rectum, lost control of her bladder and bowels, her bones ached and she screamed every time she sat on the toilet.? Between the meds, the IV fluids, the medication for high blood pressure and to help her kidneys and liver she was a MESS.? Every time she walked to the bathroom she moaned and cried.? She was zoned out in her own little world and it was awful.? I felt like I had "lost" her and didn't know if she'd ever come back.? It felt like her sparkly little soul had died.? But the good news is, she came back!? Her old sparkly little self started to come back about 4 weeks into treatment.? We also were able to take her off the meds for blood pressure and kidney and liver after about 4 weeks.? There were still some rough times, but not as consistently bad.? After that first month we were up and down, had times she felt good enough to go out for a movie and to restaurants, etc.? She missed all but a few days of school that entire school year, but I don't think any time during treatment was as bad for her as the beginning.?
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I have never heard that a 2 year old can't be in pain or nauseated.? And quite frankly, I don't believe it and would tell your team that.? I'm sure there are other people on this board who have young children and I'll be surprised if they say their child didn't experience pain.? Think about the different cries babies and toddlers have. With my 2 year old grandson I can tell if his cry means he is just trying to get attention, he is tired, or he is in pain.? We used oxycodone in the first couple months for pain and then haven't needed it much since.? We also used zofran to control nausea and vomiting.? We still have to use zofran and bendadryl when she has spinals or she gags and retches for hours afterwards.?
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Best of luck to you.? There is also a Facebook group called A.L.L. Moms that is a wealth of information and allows for quicker replies.? You need to be a FB friend of someone in the group to join.? Email me at robbieharding@aol.com if you want to join the group.
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Robbie and Lauren
Source: http://community.lls.org/thread/16800
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Monday, August 27, 2012
My Mother Hired a Cambridge Personal Training Professional
My mother recently hired a Cambridge personal training professional to help her not just lose a bit of weight but she needed to strengthen her muscles after recovering from a very serious operation and being immobile for several months. The trainer helped mom so much, I am very impressed and mom is feeling much strong and healthier. I recommend a personal trainer no matter what your physical fitness level is. It certainly has paid off for mom and I know it will you too.
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FDA approves 4-in-1 HIV combination pill
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new anti-HIV pill that combines four medicines to combat the virus that causes AIDS.
The agency approved Gilead Sciences' Stribild as a once-a-day treatment to control HIV in adults who have not previously been treated for infection.
The pill contains two previously approved antiviral drugs, emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, currently sold as the combination pill Truvada. Those drugs are combined with two new drugs: elvitegravir and cobicistat. Elvitegravir interferes with one of the enzymes that HIV needs to multiply. Cobicistat helps prolong the effect of elvitegravir.
Company studies showed that 88 to 90 percent of patients taking Stribild had an undetectable level of HIV in their blood after 48 weeks, compared with 87 percent for patients taking Atripla, another HIV drug that contains Truvada and one other drug.
An estimated 1.2 million Americans have HIV, which develops into AIDS unless treated with antiviral drugs. AIDS causes the body's immune system to break down, leading to infections which are eventually fatal.
Patients can live relatively healthy, normal lives when treated with antiviral cocktails.
Like most other HIV drugs, Stribild will carry a boxed warning about potentially dangerous side effects, including severe liver problems and the buildup of lactic acid. More common side effects include nausea and diarrhea.
Earlier this year, Gilead received FDA approval to market Truvada as the first preventive medicine for healthy people who are at high risk of acquiring HIV. Truvada was first approved in 2004 for patients already infected with the virus.
Gilead Sciences Inc. is based in Foster City, Calif. Shares of the company fell 10 cents to close at $57.19 and then added 11 cents in after-hours trading.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fda-approves-4-1-hiv-combination-pill-212259766--finance.html
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Analysis: South Africa mine killings could hurt Zuma ahead of vote
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - South African's President Jacob Zuma rose to power as a man of the people but seemed a world away from the masses when he stood in a suit under a parasol to speak to destitute miners about the deadliest police killing since apartheid ended.
The deaths of 44 in a labor dispute this month at Lonmin's Marikana mine, including 34 armed miners shot by police, could undermine Zuma's populist appeal and threaten his chances in a December vote where he seeks re-election as the leader of the party that dominates politics.
Zuma's critics say the day last week he spoke to miners for a few minutes under the blazing sun showed him more beholden to special interest groups than to millions of South Africans waiting for him to ease poverty.
He took more time to speak to Lonmin's executives than miners and then left the mine to dance in front of cameras at a ruling African National Congress event, despite declaring a week of mourning.
"Our government is becoming a pig that is eating its own children," Julius Malema, the ANC Youth League expelled from the ruling party after crossing swords with Zuma, said at a memorial service on Thursday for the victims.
"Our government is failing to intervene in mines because our leaders are involved in mines," Malema said.
It is too early to tell how much damage Zuma will suffer from the killings at the Marikana mine, northwest of Johannesburg, but the president's foes have been using the event to store ammunition before December's vote.
"The fact that Zuma ordered police to bring the Lonmin strike under control has exposed him to accusations of complicity in the miners' deaths," Mark Rosenberg wrote in a note for the political risk consultancy Eurasia Group.
BUMPY ROAD
Banished from the ANC, Malema is in a position to say things ANC leaders cannot in public because the party prefers to confine debate to behind closed doors. It also makes Malema influential to those who want to unseat Zuma.
The incident, dubbed by local media the "Marikana Massacre" has hit the base of support that brought Zuma to power, widening a divide between him and his former backers in the Youth League.
The staunch support Zuma once had from the powerful COSATU labor federation has also been called into question with its flagship group, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), finding itself isolated by miners who say it has lost its focus on workers by cozying up to the ANC and mining giants.
Prior to the killings, Zuma seemed headed to a victory at the ANC election, which would put him in a position to remain as South Africa's president until 2019.
While he is still in the driver's seat, the road has become a lot bumpier.
"Before Lonmin, with NUM in his corner, the race was going to be easy but it's going to be difficult to get a clear consensus from COSATU when there are big people who are anti-Zuma," said a senior union official campaigning for Zuma's re-election who did not want to be named.
Nominations for the race open in October and the ANC forbids potential candidates from lobbying ahead of time.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is the most viable choice. Insiders say the man who served as caretaker president for eight months from September 2008 when the ANC recalled former President Thabo Mbeki to make way for Zuma, will only raise his hand if he knows he can win.
Before Marikana, Zuma's supporters are believed to have courted Cyril Ramaphosa, the former leader of NUM who is now an ANC heavyweight and one of the country's richest businessmen - offering him the position of deputy president.
The former labor leader and anti-apartheid activist Ramaphosa now sits on Lonmin's board as a non-executive director and has been called a sellout by Zuma's critics, such as former youth leader Malema.
"It's a different ball game now and Cyril is tainted," the Zuma campaign official said.
CRACKS IN SOCIETY
The incident has also laid bare cracks in society with an electorate complaining of growing levels of income inequality and the government's slow pace in addressing apartheid-era infrastructure backlogs in housing, education and healthcare.
Unemployment has inched up under Zuma while the country has slipped in Transparency International's rankings of perceived corruption. Several Zuma allies are being probed on suspicion of using political connections to line their pockets.
COSATU Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi, a potential kingmaker and critic of what he calls a "predatory elite" among the political class, may be looking to garner support from unions in the federation to oppose Zuma's re-election, a senior union official said.
"Something like this (Marikana) is what Vavi and his followers were waiting for. It shows exactly what they were saying," the official said.
COSATU, with 2 million members and in a governing alliance with the ANC, has been a powerful vote gathering machine for the ruling party.
"Those who want to unseat Zuma could not ask for anything better," said a member of the ANC's national executive committee.
(Editing by Jon Herskovitz and Anna Willard)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-south-africa-mine-killings-could-hurt-zuma-065808477--finance.html
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Home Staging Tips ? My Blessed Life?
Good morning, lovelies! I hope you have had a wonderful weekend! I?ve mentioned on Facebook that my favorite online ?time-wasters? {besides Pinterest} are real estate listing and house plan sites. I love looking at the potential in real estate listings.
I know a lot of folks hire a home stager, which is great, but it can get expensive. We sold a home back in early 2011 after showing it during peak-Christmas season {yes, it was decorated!}. I implemented these home staging tips to allow our home to shine.
10 Tips To Staging Your House To Sell
The first five tips are all about making your home sellable and the last five tips are about making your home memorable. The buying and selling process is both psychological and financial. 
Make It Sellable
1. Curb Appeal
It is incredibly important that your house look good from the outside. If there is a ?for sale? sign in the yard, but the yard is un-mowed and the shrubs and flower beds are uncared for, people aren?t typically going to schedule a showing. Buyers often look at the front-of-the-house photo and then do a ?drive by? before calling the realtor.
2. Declutter and Minimize?
Potential buyers want to look at the entire house, so stuffing clutter in a closet or drawer isn?t going to cut it. Go through all closets, cabinets, drawers and storage spaces and get rid of junk. It is especially important to declutter every room, so people can see the room and not piles of stuff.
3. Remove Personal Items
Some realtors say get rid of it all, but I say, put away personal items {photos, toiletries, food, drinks etc} that take away from your home. Anything that could be categorized as clutter should be put away, but if you have family photos hung in a tasteful way on the wall, please don?t feel like they *have* to come down. It?s still your house until you sign it away to someone else.
4. Neutral Palette?
If you?ve decorated with crazy, bright colors in your home, then it would be very wise to tone things down both for the listing photos as well as for showings. When a house is decorated with neutral colors on the big things {think walls, floors, trim, cabinetry}, potential buyers can more easily envision their belongings fitting in.
5. Decorate Thoughtfully
I?m not here to tell you to get rid of all your pictures, photos, pillows and other accessories. {I personally dislike when decorators and designers tell clients that.} Just be thoughtful about it. Keep things minimal, pretty and enjoyable for you who are still the owner.
Make It Memorable
When a realtor calls you for a showing, here are my five top things to do before-hand.
6. ?Burn Candles or Bake Bread
While you?re flying around the house, cleaning up and putting things away, burn candles to make your house smell good. I almost always had time to whip up some banana bread or cookies before a showing. Making your home smell good is one of the most important things you can do after jazzing up the curb appeal and de-cluttering.
7. Open Curtains and Blinds
No one wants to buy a home they can?t really even see. Light is your friend, so make it work for you by opening all curtains and blinds. Create a happy, light-filled space that will make an impression on potential buyers.
8. Turn On The Lights
Not only is it important to allow natural light to come in, but also remember to turn on the lights throughout your home. Lamps as well as lighting in closets and the laundry room will make it easier for the realtor to show your home and no one will have to search for a light switch.
9. Play Music
Soft, easy-listening, instrumental-type music is the best for this situation because you have no idea what a buyer?s music taste is. Whether your home has a sound system throughout or if you play a CD on repeat, either one works. ?Just make it quiet and soothing.
10. ?Always, Always Leave
I can?t reiterate this enough. After you?ve worked hard making your home sellable and memorable, please leave and let the realtor do his or her job. It is awkward enough for a potential buyer to walk into your home. If you, your kids or your pets are there it makes it even more awkward. They will be wishing their way out the door instead of enjoying looking at your home. Trust me.
Showings are grand opportunities to make potential buyers feel at home in your home, so be thoughtful in using these tips next time your home is on the market. Also, if you know someone who is trying to sell their home, I would love it if you passed on these tips to them!
Do you have a home staging tip to add to the list?
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Source: http://myblessedlife.net/2012/08/home-staging.html
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97% Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
All Critics (63) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (61) | Rotten (2)
A movie that somehow mixes apprehension for Ai with a feeling of warmth and, certainly, fun.
Affable and unpretentious, Ai comes across as a cagey operator whose candor is very appealing.
It's likely to change the way you think about art and politics and the state of China today.
Using archival footage dating back to Ai's adventures in the New York art world in his 20s, Klayman traces his evolution as a creator and as an activist.
Though he has paid the price, Ai is a pathfinder in this new phenomenon in tactical insurrection. Never Sorry is a new-style profile in 21st-century courage.
Ai admits that he's become "a brand for liberal thinking and individualism," though that's nothing to be ashamed of -- at this point, his Warholian talent for self-promotion may be the only thing keeping him alive.
Klayman deserves a lot of credit for being in the right place at the right time with the right person. Ai is a treat to follow around, and his courage is clearly more than a pose.
An unprecedented inside look at Chinese politics and a fascinating tour of modern art at the same time.
A powerful film that teaches us as much about ourselves as it does it's subject, "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," is a sure bet to be nominated for an Oscar come January 2013.
This riveting documentary deserves consideration for year-end awards. Klayman gained unprecedented access to this very photogenic man with a dynamic personality.
The film's recurring theme is of an artist on a perpetual hunt for transparency, in his country and abroad.
A lively, informative, funny and inspirational portrait of a courageous, charismatic, highly original man.
His willingness to speak out despite severe consequences is inspiring, and his recent silence speaks almost as loudly as his work in calling attention to China's repressive tactics.
This essential, finely honed biographical portrait is jollied along by all the ironies and complexities of modern China.
Who doesn't hate it when critics say, "this is an important documentary you must see!" Well, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is a critically important documentary you need to see.
Though we might wish for more insight or explanation, Klayman's film remains an incredible document of a courageous individual who the Chinese officials would prefer to make disappear.
The boundaries between performance and protest are virtuosically, vitally fuddled in this stirring documentary chronicling three years in the life of Ai Weiwei, the outspoken Chinese artist and dissident.
The artist repudiated the repudiation. Art had, as art always should have, the last word.
Fascinating account of Weiwei's practice and politics that gives centre stage to his charismatic personality.
This is how a documentary portrait should be done.
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