BERLIN (AP) ? Germany’s foreign minister is pressing disparate Syrian opposition groups to unite in preparation for the collapse of the Bashar Assad regime.

Guido Westerwelle is also urging the international community to be ready to provide economic support.

Berlin hosted a gathering of Syrian opposition representatives and diplomats Tuesday to address how to prevent basic services and infrastructure collapsing, and how to revive the economy, once Assad falls.

Westerwelle said a common platform is urgently needed, and that the people of Syria must see “there is a credible alternative to the regime.”

He called on the opposition “to create as fast as possible the conditions for … a transition government.”

However, he stopped short of French President Francois Hollande’s call last week for the Syrian opposition to form a provisional government now.

Associated Press

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461 W Superior, Chicago, IL 60610

Last week I toured the mansion for sale at 461 W Superior in Chicago?s River North Neighborhood. The 8,380 SF Georgian home is a fairly vertical home.

There are 6 levels including a basement, 4 above ground interior floors and a large rooftop terrace with nice city views. All levels are connected by a large staircase in the center of the home, a spiral staircase hidden except on the basement level, and an elevator.

The home has 6 bedrooms, 7 full bathrooms and 2 half bathrooms. There?s an attached 3 car garage. The basement includes a theater room.

The home doesn?t have a yard, but there are plenty of outdoor spaces. In addition to the large rooftop terrace there are 3 terraces on the south (back) side of the home.

The mansion is located in the northwest part of River North. It?s 1 block west of the fine dining restaurant Zealous and 3 blocks southeast from Japonais.

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The Tulsa Area United Way officially kicked off its 2012 fundraising campaign Friday night during halftime of the MidFirst Backyard Bowl between the Jenks and Union high school football teams at the University of Tulsa?s Chapman Stadium.

The $24.9 million campaign goal is a $400,000 increase over last year?s goal of $24.5 million. Last year the agency raised a total of $24,556,573.

Mark Graham, president and CEO of the Tulsa Area United Way, cited increased need and decreased funding for the increased campaign goal.

?Virtually every one of our partner agencies is reporting increased need,? he said, and those same agencies have experienced a $2.2 million cut in state and federal funding.

?I?d love to say this is a trend that is going to be reversed, but we?ve seen nothing but signs of shifting away from federal and state to the private sector to fund these services,? Graham said.

He pointed out that Oklahoma ranks poorly in hunger and poverty statistics, adding that 86 percent of elementary school students in Tulsa Public Schools qualified for free or reduced lunches last year.

?What happens to those kids when they go home at night and when the weekend comes around?? he asked.

Announcing the goal in front of nearly 18,000 football fans was an opportunity for the agency to reach a broader audience, Graham said.

?Rest assured that thousands of them have been helped by one of these agencies, or their family or co-worker,? he said. ?Jenks and Union (schools) run their own United Way campaigns. ? They know the reach of support of the United Way.?

In the past 88 years, the Tulsa Area United Way has invested more than $618 million in the Tulsa area. It provides services to more than 630,000 individuals annually through its 61 partner agencies in Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Wagoner and Tulsa counties.

?That?s 2,000 people a day,? said Chet Cadieux, president of QuikTrip Corp. and chairman of the fundraising campaign. ?It?s important for all of us to come together to provide support for our friends and neighbors when they need it.

?There?s no other way for folks to have such a broad impact on their community.?

For more information on the United Way?s campaign, call 918-583-7171 or go online to tulsaworld.com/tauw.

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Work from home ideas are being searched for everyday in the search engines and web directories. Because the year 2009, the actual unemployment rate has been above 8%. It is estimated that more than 12 million everyone is out of a job right now. If this doesn?t frighten you, I don?t know what?s going to. Americans have fought since the economic crisis hit back in 2009. The majority are struggling to pay their bills, buy household goods and worse yet, paying their home mortgage.

Several Americans have got themselves into financial debt and see no end in sight. Many are taking considerable spend cuts just to be able to afford a relatively sustainable living. When you are in this predicament or even don?t want to find yourself within it, there are many opportunities looking forward to those willing to perform bit of leg work and research.

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There are lots of work from home ideas and options for the grabbing. If you are being looking to earn some extra cash or completely earn a comfortable dwelling, there are home based businesses to take into account.

Let me walk you through a few of the business opportunity ideas I have come across that will not only allow you to pay off some of those costs piling up, but may help get you in a better financial position compared to you were or are in. In order to be successful with a work from home job, you must be prepared to put some time in to it and be patient. If you can put in a bit of effort in to many of these work from home opportunities, then you give yourself a fighting chance at living your own dreams.

Preparation when looking for home business ideas

The most important planning one needs to do when searching for any work from home opportunity, will be the mental preparation. Most people get overwhelmed with the research one needs to carry out when looking for those ideal home business ideas. They begin to get frustrated because it is something totally new to them. Work from home ideas may, at first, be time consuming. With a little bit of business, though, things will quickly make sense and those work from home suggestions will soon start to make feeling.

One of the first work from home ideas is selling your own product. This could also be a site that you provide. As an illustration, let?s say that you are an accountant and have just recently recently been laid off. Well, market yourself and provide data processing services from your home pertaining to small business that can not afford to hire a full moment accountant.

As for the item issue, one business ideas would be to market your product via the internet. There are several means of doing this. That?s the great thing about figuring out what it is you wish to market yourself inside, is that there are many strategies in which you can promote your product or service. Some of these advertising and marketing tools are sites like eBay or even Craigslist. You can promote your product on web sites and wait for men and women searching for your type of product to purchase this.

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Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon, will be memorialized during a private ceremony Friday (Aug. 31) in Cincinnati, according to media reports.

Armstrong died Saturday at the age of 82, of complications from a recent heart surgery. The late astronaut had long made his home in Cincinnati, and that’s where the ceremony will be held, the Associated Press reported.

Friday’s service will be a private one, which isn’t surprising given Armstrong’s retiring nature. Though he shot to international fame after stepping onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, Armstrong never sought the spotlight.

Indeed, in a statement released shortly after his death, Armstrong’s family called the astronaut “a reluctant American hero.” [Photos: Neil Armstrong Remembered]

U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) will eulogize Armstrong at the ceremony, according to the AP. Portman has described Armsrong ? who was born in the western Ohio town of Wapakoneta ? as “a good friend and adviser,” the AP added.

To honor Armstrong, American flags at federal facilities will fly at half-mast on the day the astronaut is interred, President Barack Obama announced today (Aug. 27).

“As a mark of respect for the memory of Neil Armstrong, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that on the day of his interment, the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset on such day,” Obama said in a statement.

Discussions have also begun about a possible national memorial service for Armstrong, though nothing has been decided yet, the AP reported.

Armstrong commanded NASA‘s Apollo 11 mission, which lofted him, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin spent more than 21 hours on the lunar surface, while Collins orbited above in their command module Columbia.

After eight days in space, the mission returned safely to Earth on July 24, 1969, achieving the ambitious goal laid out by President John F. Kennedy in May 1961.

Apollo 11 was Armstrong’s second, and last, spaceflight (he had previously blasted off aboard the Gemini 8 mission in 1966). The astronaut left NASA in 1971 to become a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati, a post he held for the next eight years. After that, he became active in several business ventures.

Armstrong cared deeply about the future of NASA and human spaceflight throughout his life, and in the last two years he waded into the public eye to let his voice be heard.

In 2010, he objected strongly to the Obama Administration’s decision to cancel NASA’s moon-oriented Constellation program. And in September of last year, he told the House science committee that he had misgivings about NASA’s plan to rely on private companies to fly astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit.

Follow senior writer Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall or SPACE.com @Spacedotcom. We’re also on Facebook and?Google+.

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Methylamine is a tricky thing to hide

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Matt, I?m glad that you?re around to defend Walt for craving a little credit for his successful pursuit of excellence. He makes the best damned meth in Albuquerque, and he has the purity rating and the cash flow projections to prove it. I know that I?m hard on Walt. He pushes my buttons like no other TV character (except maybe some of the reality competition egotards I?ve loved to hate). At this point, my desire to see Walt get his comeuppance is mostly about needing to see his monstrous ego get slapped down and only a tiny bit about wanting him to pay for all the bodies he?s dropped and all the souls he?s destroyed with his meth.

It?s Walt?s always-bubbling-under-the-surface disdain that sets me off. When his attempts at sweet-talking Jesse back into their partnership failed, he immediately shifted into an angry, condescending tone to declare that Jesse has nothing in his life ?except videogames and go-karts.? He treated Jesse like he used to treat Skyler?holding back information, making assumptions without consulting him?and Jesse?s decision to walk away, even without the millions of dollars that he?s owed, reminded me of the way Skyler simply got up and left the table when Walt started talking to her about his new work colleague. Walking away doesn?t solve the problem, but at least it reduces the irritation.

I can?t stop thinking about how it was Walt?s ?You?re welcome? that got in the way of Mike being able to walk away from his post-Gus adventure. What is it about that phrase that feels so insulting when it?s uttered sarcastically? The folks at MTV?s Awkward. certainly know its power. They made it the catchphrase of Sadie Saxton, the show?s queen bitch. Check her out. You?re welcome.

I also wonder about the wisdom of stashing the methylamine at the car wash. Obviously, it?s a tricky thing to hide (oh, how I wish the laws of chemistry made the White family swimming pool, which has seen so much over the course of the show, a suitable resting place), but putting it there requires the Whites to close down their only apparent source of income. Won?t a prolonged closure have Hank and Marie asking questions?

Miriam, parting thoughts, of which I have two: I have no idea why Declan would go along with Walt?s plan. And what could Walt do to enforce Declan?s obedience? Walt has no enforcers and no organization to back him up. Declan knows that Walt has only one tangible asset: his stash of methylamine. Sure, Walt killed Gus, but does he even know where Declan lives? Could he get past Declan?s bodyguards? If I were Declan, I wouldn?t exactly be losing sleep about Heisenberg.

Daniel Wachsberger wasn?t Mike?s lawyer. Hank said, ?He represents every one of these douchebags [the ?legacy costs? crew] except for Ehrmantraut.? Hank told Gomez to follow Wachsberger, but we don?t know how the DEA justified busting in on the epicurean attorney while he was going about his business in the safety deposit room. We know that he was distributing the proceeds of illicit activity, but did the DEA have enough proof to justify storming in on that very private transaction? Like the bathroom, it?s a place where you have a right to expect a bit of alone time. (Perhaps they looked at the sign-in sheets from when Wachsberger visited his clients in jail and noticed that he was sometimes accompanied by a paralegal called Michael Ehrmantraut. Still, I want to see how they got from Hank ordering a tail on the attorney to the scene at the bank.)

And speaking of Mike?s jailhouse visits, the ?next week on Breaking Bad? epilogue gave off a very Oz vibe. There was Dennis Markowski, the member of the Gang of Nine that we saw him visit in Episode 503, resplendent in prison orange, appearing to make a deal with Hank. (More ominously, was that a shiv clattering down to a jailhouse floor drain in the final image? Does that mean Todd?s uncle is joining Team Heisenberg?) A sound clip would have us believe that Walt is going to reject Jesse?s plea for help and instead turn to Lydia. No matter how smart they are, or how strong their will to live, I don?t see how inexperienced brainiacs like Walt and Lydia can beat a bunch of cold-hearted gangsters. But I bet the major players will all survive next Sunday?s ?midseason finale.? Comeuppance will wait until 2013.?

Cake pops?they?re balls of cake on a stick,
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TAMPA (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Isaac menaced the U.S. presidential election campaign on Sunday, forcing Republicans to make changes to their national convention in Tampa, Florida, where party officials scrambled to make sure candidate Mitt Romney‘s message to voters does not get blown off course.

The storm was now forecast to hit land midweek, possibly even blasting into New Orleans at hurricane strength on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – which might hurt the party’s effort to get out its message more than if it had hit Tampa Bay directly as originally predicted.

Expecting earlier that Tampa would be in Issac’s sights, convention organizers had canceled Monday’s opening events and tried to squeeze as many speakers and activities into three days as had been planned for four.

Republicans this week are to formally nominate Romney and vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan as their candidates to face President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the November 6 election.

“It’s a concern … competing with a major weather event,” Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told ABC’s “This Week.” Still he said he expected independent voters particularly will tune in to hear Romney and Ryan speak. “I think we’ll still get a fair amount of attention, and the message will be good.”

“We’re going to tell the Mitt Romney story, we’re still going to prosecute the president on what he promised, what he delivered, and why we think we need to save this country and put Mitt Romney in the White House,” he said on CNN.

The Republican convention, just like the Democrats’ similar gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, early next month, is typically a celebratory event bringing together thousands of party activists from across the United States for a week of speeches, partying and strategizing.

But the Republicans, now faced with a potential natural disaster along the same Gulf Coast that saw 1,800 people killed and billions of dollars in damage from Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, will have to temper any celebrations with concern for those affected by Isaac.

The importance of the convention for Romney cannot be overstated. Running either even with Obama or slightly behind him, Romney needs a bounce in the polls from the convention.

His challenge is to convince Americans that he is a viable alternative to the incumbent Democrat, and his big week, culminating with a speech on Thursday, needs as few distractions as possible. Media focused on howling winds and storm surges in another part of the country will make his task more difficult.

He enters convention week having made a self-inflicted error by telling a crowd in Michigan “no one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate,” a joke that rekindled a storyline from conservatives over whether Obama was actually born in the United States.

Romney tried to get the focus on what he considers the paramount issue in the campaign, the weak U.S. economy, telling Fox News he and Ryan would offer “big and bold answers.”

“America needs that kind of help at a time when so many people are out of work or underemployed or having a hard time making ends meet,” he said in remarks broadcast on Sunday.

Fueled by warm Gulf waters, Isaac is expected to strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds and landfall was likely to come midweek somewhere between Florida and Louisiana, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.

The storm expected to be at or near hurricane force when it swept across the Florida Keys by Sunday evening, the NHC said. A storm becomes a hurricane when sustained winds reach a minimum of 74 miles per hour. At least six people were killed when it moved across Haiti.

SAFETY FIRST

Party officials were working with Florida state officials and emergency management to ensure the safety of everyone attending the convention. Although it may move ashore to the west, heavy winds and rain can stretch hundreds of miles out from the storm’s center.

A Lynyrd Skynyrd concert planned for Sunday night was canceled due to the likely severe weather, although performances by Trace Adkins, Kid Rock and Journey were moving ahead as scheduled.

The Republican convention will bring 50,000 visitors to the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, home to well over 4 million people. Over the last few days, local authorities have said they could handle the crowds and the approaching storm.

Many attendees booked earlier flights to be in place before any bad weather. Hotels said they were ready to shift party schedules or move outdoor events indoors.

The last Republican convention, in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2008 was also delayed a day due to a storm. That year, Hurricane Gustav hit the Louisiana coast as the convention was set to nominate Senator John McCain as the Republican nominee.

The party, still reeling from criticism of Republican President George W. Bush’s handling of devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005, rushed to delay the meeting out of respect for Gustav’s victims.

Convention president Bill Harris said the party was ready operationally for events in Tampa to begin but they were acting out of an “abundance of caution” because of the uncertainty of the weather.

“I want to make sure everyone who attends the convention is safe and everyone who lives in Florida is not unnecessarily injured by any activities taking place when a storm threatens,” Harris said.

Biden, who had planned to visit Florida during the convention but who had already canceled his Tampa event because of the storm has decided to also cancel his other events in Orlando and St. Augustine.

(Additional reporting by Deborah Charles; Editing by Jackie Frank)

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Lance Armstrong, center, prepares to take part in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the starting line in Snowmass Village, Colo., early Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. The race is the first public appearance for Armstrong since the U.S. Anti-Doping Association stripped him of his seven Tour de France championships and banned him for life from the sport. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Lance Armstrong, center, prepares to take part in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the starting line in Snowmass Village, Colo., early Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. The race is the first public appearance for Armstrong since the U.S. Anti-Doping Association stripped him of his seven Tour de France championships and banned him for life from the sport. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Lance Armstrong prepares to take part in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the starting line in Snowmass Village, Colo., early Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. The race is the first public appearance for Armstrong since the U.S. Anti-Doping Association stripped him of his seven Tour de France championships and banned him for life from the sport. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Lance Armstrong prepares to take part in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the starting line in Snowmass Village, Colo., early Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. The race is the first public appearance for Armstrong since the U.S. Anti-Doping Association stripped him of his seven Tour de France championships and banned him for life from the sport. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Lance Armstrong kisses girlfriend Anna Hansen as Armstrong prepares to take part in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the starting line in Snowmass Village, Colo., early Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. The race is the first public appearance for Armstrong since the U.S. Anti-Doping Association stripped him of his seven Tour de France championships and banned him for life from the sport. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A course worker removes an anti-doping sign from a light post after Stage 5 of the USA Pro Challenge cycling race in Colorado Springs, Colo.. on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Tyler Farrar, the Wenatchee, Wash., rider for Garmin-Sharp, won the stage after he completed the 117.9-mile leg from Breckenridge in 3 hours, 58 minutes and 27 seconds. (AP Photo/Bryan Oller)

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) ? Lance Armstrong was feeling just fine even after being beaten by a lanky teenager in a grueling 36-mile mountain bike race.

Better than fine, even. He’s more at ease now than he has been in a decade.

In his first interview since the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency disciplined Armstrong with a lifetime ban from professional cycling and vacated his seven Tour de France titles, he said, “Nobody needs to cry for me. I’m going to be great.”

Armstrong couldn’t catch Keegan Swirbul at the Power of Four bike race Saturday, finishing nearly five minutes behind the hard-charging kid.

“It’s cool to get your butt kicked by a 16-year-old when you know he has a bright future,” Armstrong said, smiling.

For a few hours, Armstrong was back in his element ? on a bike and in a race.

No controversies weighing him down, either.

The escape into the mountains around Aspen was almost refreshing. He took the time to enjoy a bright, blue day and soak in the scenery.

As for what lies ahead, Armstrong wasn’t thinking that far ? only toward lunch. Armstrong chatted for a few minutes before saying, “OK, I’m going to go eat a cheeseburger.”

Before leaving, though, he posed for pictures with the throng of fans that gathered at the base of a ski lift to watch the racers finish.

Asked if there was anything he would to say to his fans, the ones who’ve supported him through the controversy, he said: “I think people understand that we’ve got a lot of stuff to do going forward. That’s what I’m focused on and I think people are supportive of that. It’s great to be out here.”

Decked out in black and gold and sporting a Livestrong emblem on his jersey, Armstrong tinkered with his bike and gave a kiss to girlfriend Anna Hansen before pedaling off. Hansen was waiting at the finish, too.

So were plenty of other members of the Armstrong entourage.

His busy weekend was supposed to include a trail marathon Sunday. But he told The Associated Press two hours later he was going to skip the race.

This competition simply took that much out of him. With good reason, given all the climbing the cyclists had to do.

And while Armstrong may be banned from cycling, it certainly hasn’t diminished his passion for competition.

Only now, these weekend races may have to suffice.

“It’s not so much about racing anymore for me,” Armstrong said. “For me, it’s more about staying fit and coming out here and enjoying one of the most beautiful parts of the world, on a beautiful day, on a very hard course. Some may say you’re a little sick to spend your free time doing stuff like this. I had a good time.”

So did Swirbul ? beating his idol was the highlight of his burgeoning career.

Or so he thought. Then came this: Armstrong saying Swirbul was a rider to keep an eye on down the road. Swirbul beamed as he stood next to Armstrong.

Swirbul hardly had the heart to tell Armstrong that he won with only one gear ? the rest going out early in the race.

“I’m so psyched right now,” said Swirbul, who turns 17 on Sept. 2. “I wanted to win this race so bad.”

How come?

“To beat the 7-time Tour champ,” he said, grinning.

To riders such as Swirbul, Armstrong will always be champion of those Tour de France titles, no matter what rulings are made.

“It’s just a bunch of bureaucrats causing trouble,” said Max Taam, who trains with Armstrong and finished third Saturday. “I think he’s just happy to move on and be out on his bike.”

Armstrong, who retired a year ago and turns 41 next month, said Thursday he would no longer challenge USADA and declined to exercise his last option by entering arbitration. He denied again that he took banned substances in his career, calling USADA’s investigation a “witch hunt” without any physical evidence.

USADA said its evidence came from more than a dozen witnesses “who agreed to testify and provide evidence about their firsthand experience and/or knowledge of the doping activity of those involved in the USPS conspiracy,” a reference to Armstrong’s former U.S. Postal Service cycling team.

The unidentified witnesses said they knew or had been told by Armstrong himself that he had “used EPO, blood transfusions, testosterone and cortisone” from before 1998 through 2005, and that he had previously used EPO, testosterone and Human Growth Hormone through 1996, USADA said. Armstrong also allegedly handed out doping products and encouraged banned methods ? and used “blood manipulation including EPO or blood transfusions” during his 2009 comeback race on the Tour de France.

USADA chief executive Travis Tygart described the investigation as a battle against a “win-at-all-cost culture,” adding that the International Cycling Union was “bound to recognize our decision and impose it.”

Fans defended Armstrong on Twitter, insisting his work with Livestrong trumps what he accomplished on a bike. His success helped sell millions of “Livestrong” yellow plastic bracelets as he promoted cancer awareness and research. He’s raised nearly $500 million since the Lance Armstrong Foundation started in 1997.

On Friday alone, the foundation said it received 400 donations that totaled around $75,000.

There were plenty of fans wearing Livestrong hats and shirts in the crowd, cheering when he finished.

“I’m focused on the future. I’ve got five great kids, a great lady in my life, a wonderful foundation that’s completely unaffected by any noise out there, and we’re going to continue to do our job,” Armstrong said. “The people like the people who are standing around here or on the course, they voiced their opinion in the last 48 hours and are going to support us.”

As for the sport?

“There are a lot of good young guys. A lot of good young guys,” Armstrong said. “Cycling is going to be fine.”

___

AP Sports Writer Jim Vertuno in Texas contributed.

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Direct sales is one of the easiest and most profitable ways to get started running your own business. The direct sales industry is worth over $132.5 billion annually in sales worldwide.

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How to Market Your Direct Sales Business Effectively (Marketing Matters)

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