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I know that this has been done before but I thought Id write down my very own review anyway of this newly released and first LEGO set/toy from the coming Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones just for fun and to share my views of it.
The box:
Here in Sweden/Europe the Jedi Starfighter comes in what I call a cornflakes box, a thick cardboard box that opens by pressing down a perforated halfcircle etc, and not as a seal box issue with an inner tray for parts as earlier sets has been released in. It seems that LEGO has gone for these somewhat simplified boxes at least here in Europe and a qualified guess is that its done to cut down the cost of packaging a bit but then again Im not sure and to be honest I like the seal box issues better. The once so famous trade mark of the LEGO logo with the characters from the films are also gone in the European releases that also have just the plain and simple Star Wars logo type on top of the box.
The instruction booklet:
Nothing new here but just the same design as with all other sets released earlier but on the interesting side is that the Episode II sets are being shown off except the Republic Gunship thats only shown off on the backside of the box.
The ship/set itself:
The construction of the ship was straight forward as usual and it was great fun to build the Jedi Starfighter as it is the very first merchandise from Episode II that Im buying since the action figure and hardware series of toys arent available at all here in Sweden.
My view of the Jedi Starfighter:
I dont really know how accurate the ship is compared to the design in the movie but at least it looks like a Jedi Starfighter and I like the set even if Im not overwelmed with it but Ive got to agree with most of the negative feedback it has gotten though.
- Just as JediTricks said the Jedi Starfighter is longer then the X-Wing Fighter and way out of scale as it is supposed to be smaller then the later but then again whats new with LEGO system set spaceships being out of scale. Sigh.
- Once again as JediTricks said the cockpit fails as the canopy leaves a huge gaping hole and then again the cockpit is way to narrow so that Obi-Wan sits in this come-to-daddy-I-want-a-hugg kind of pose.
- I agree with JediTricks and all you other as well that the wings are way to floppy and that the click-brick parts used in the 7130 Snowspeeder set would have been way better and more stable to use.
- The idea of having a decent landing gear unlike the 7140 X-Wing Fighter set was a very good idea of the LEGO designers but I agree that they are a bit too weak due to the weight of the ship itself.
Having seen the Hasbro toy version of the Jedi Starfighter with options of Attack mode makes me wish that the LEGO designers had gone for this option as well but then again I guess most people can make their very own custom adjustments of this ship.
Ill give the ship a total amount of three out of five lightsabers for being an okay set.
Kindest regards,
Lars Olsson in Sundsvall, Sweden.


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|Explored and settled by the Spanish in the 16th century, Panama broke with Spain in 1821 and joined a union of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela - named the Republic of Gran Colombia. When the latter dissolved in 1830, Panama remained part of Colombia. With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. In 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by the end of the century. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the subsequent decades. With US help, dictator Manuel NORIEGA was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were transferred to Panama by the end of 1999. In October 2006, Panamanians approved an ambitious plan (estimated to cost $5.3 billion) to expand the Canal. The project, which began in 2007 and could double the Canal's capacity, is expected to be completed in 2015.
Strategic location on eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean
|Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 75,420 sq km
land: 74,340 sq km
water: 1,080 sq km
Size comparison: slightly smaller than South Carolina
|Land Boundaries:
| total: 555 km
border countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km
|2,490 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or edge of continental margin
|tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)
|interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills
|Elevation extremes:
| lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Baru 3,475 m
|Natural resources:
|copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower
|Land use:
| arable land: 7.16%
permanent crops: 2.51%
other: 90.33% (2011)
|Irrigated land:
|346.2 sq km (2003)
|Natural hazards:
|occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area
|Current Environment Issues:
|water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
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| noun: Panamanian(s)
adjective: Panamanian
|Ethnic groups:
|mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 70%, Amerindian and mixed (West Indian) 14%, white 10%, Amerindian 6%
|Spanish (official), English 14% note: many Panamanians are bilingual
|Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
|3,559,408 (July 2013 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 27.7% (male 503,633/female 483,145)
15-24 years: 17.4% (male 315,918/female 304,056)
25-54 years: 40% (male 721,225/female 703,459)
55-64 years: 7.3% (male 127,743/female 130,899)
65 years and over: 7.6% (male 124,409/female 144,921) (2013 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 55.1 %
youth dependency ratio: 43.9 %
elderly dependency ratio: 11.2 %
potential support ratio: 8.9 (2013)
|Median age:
| total: 28 years
male: 27.6 years
female: 28.4 years (2013 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.38% (2013 est.)
|Birth rate:
|18.91 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Death rate:
|4.73 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
| urban population: 75% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|PANAMA CITY (capital) 1.346 million (2009)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|21.1 (1976 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|92 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 11.01 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 78.13 years
male: 75.35 years
female: 81.04 years (2013 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|2.4 children born/woman (2013 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|52.2% (2009)
|Health expenditures:
|8.1% of GDP (2010)
|Physicians density:
|1.5 physicians/1,000 population (2000)
|Hospital bed density:
|2.2 beds/1,000 population (2009)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 97% of population
rural: 83% of population
total: 93% of population
urban: 3% of population
rural: 17% of population
total: 7% of population (2008 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 75% of population
rural: 51% of population
total: 69% of population
urban: 25% of population
rural: 49% of population
total: 31% of population (2008 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|0.9% (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|20,000 (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|1,500 (2009 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|25.4% (2008)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|3.9% (2008)
|Education expenditures:
|4.1% of GDP (2011)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.1%
male: 94.7%
female: 93.5% (2010 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2010)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 14.6%
male: 11.2%
female: 12.4% (2011)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Panama
conventional short form: Panama
local long form: Republica de Panama
local short form: Panama
|Government type:
|constitutional democracy
| name: Panama City
geographic coordinates: 8 58 N, 79 32 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|9 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 3 indigenous territories* (comarcas); Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Embera-Wounaan*, Herrera, Kuna Yala*, Los Santos, Ngobe-Bugle*, Panama, Veraguas
|3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain on 28 November 1821)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 3 November (1903)
|11 October 1972; revised several times
|Legal system:
|civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Justice
|18 years of age; universal and compulsory
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Ricardo MARTINELLI Berrocal (since 1 July 2009); Vice President Juan Carlos VARELA Rodriguez (since 1 July 2009); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Ricardo MARTINELLI Berrocal (since 1 July 2009); Vice President Juan Carlos VARELA Rodriguez (since 1 July 2009)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for five-year terms (president not eligible for immediate reelection and must sit out two additional terms (10 years) before becoming eligible for reelection); election last held on 3 May 2009 (next to be held in May 2014)
election results: Ricardo MARTINELLI Berrocal elected president; percent of vote - Ricardo MARTINELLI Berrocal 60%, Balbina HERRERA 38%, Guillermo ENDARA Galimany 2%
note: the ruling government coalition - formerly comprised of CD (Democratic Change), Panamenista Party, MOLIRENA (Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement), and UP (Patriotic Union Party) - split in August 2011 when President MARTINELLI relieved Vice President VARELA from his position as Foreign Minister prompting the Panamenistas to pull out of the coalition; UP has now merged with CD, and CD and the Panamenista Party will now run separate candidates for the presidency in 2014
|Legislative branch:
| unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (71 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 3 May 2009 (next to be held in May 2014)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRD 26, Panamenista 22, CD 14, UP 4, MOLIRENA 2, PP 1, independents 2; note - changes in political affiliation now reflect the following seat distribution: as of 13 February 2013 - seats by party - CD 36, PRD 17, Panamenista 13, MOLIRENA 4, PP 1 note: legislators from outlying rural districts are chosen on a plurality basis while districts located in more populous towns and cities elect multiple legislators by means of a proportion-based formula
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 9 magistrates and 9 alternates and divided into civil, criminal, administrative, and general business chambers) judge selection and term of office: magistrates appointed by the president for staggered 10-year terms
subordinate courts: appellate courts or Tribunal Superior; Labor Supreme Courts; Court of Audit; circuit courts or Tribunal Circuital (2 each in 9 provinces); municipal courts; electoral, family, maritime, and adolescent courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Democratic Change or CD [Ricardo MARTINELLI Berrocal] Democratic Revolutionary Party or PRD [Juan Carlos NAVARRO Quelquejeu] Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement or MOLIRENA [Sergio GONZALEZ-Ruiz] Panamenista Party [Juan Carlos VARELA Rodriguez] (formerly the Arnulfista Party) Popular Party or PP [Milton HENRIQUEZ] (formerly Christian Democratic Party or PDC) note: The Patriotic Union Party (UP) has merged with Democratic Change (CD)
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Chamber of Commerce Concertacion Nacional (mechanism for government of Panama to formally dialogue with representatives of civil society) National Council of Organized Workers or CONATO National Council of Private Enterprise or CONEP National Union of Construction and Similar Workers (SUNTRACS) Panamanian Association of Business Executives or APEDE Panamanian Industrialists Society or SIP Workers Confederation of the Republic of Panama or CTRP
|International organization participation:
|BCIE, CAN (observer), CD, CELAC, CSN (observer), FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, SICA, UN, UNASUR (observer), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|harpy eagle
|National anthem:
| name: "Himno Istemno" (Isthmus Hymn)
lyrics/music: Jeronimo DE LA OSSA/Santos A. JORGE
note: adopted 1925
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Mario Ernesto JARAMILLO Castillo
chancery: 2862 McGill Terrace NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 483-1407
consulate(s) general: Honolulu, Houston, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, Tampa
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Jonathan D. FARRAR
embassy: Edificio 783, Avenida Demetrio Basilio Lakas Panama, Apartado Postal 0816-02561, Zona 5, Panama City
mailing address: American Embassy Panama, Unit 0945, APO AA 34002; American Embassy Panama, 9100 Panama City PL, Washington, DC 20521-9100
telephone: [507] 317-5000
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Panama's dollar-based economy rests primarily on a well-developed services sector that accounts for more than three-quarters of GDP. Services include operating the Panama Canal, logistics, banking, the Colon Free Zone, insurance, container ports, flagship registry, and tourism. Economic growth will be bolstered by the Panama Canal expansion project that began in 2007 and is estimated to be completed by 2015 at a cost of $5.3 billion - about 10-15% of current GDP. The expansion project will more than double the Canal's capacity, enabling it to accommodate ships that are too large to traverse the existing canal. The United States and China are the top users of the Canal. Panama is also constructing a metro system in Panama City, valued at $1.2 billion and scheduled to be completed by 2014. Panama''s booming transportation and logistics services sectors, along with aggressive infrastructure development projects, have lead the economy to continued high growth in 2012. Foreign investment, at around 10% of GDP in both 2011 and 2012, has continued to be a source of growth. Strong economic performance has not translated into broadly shared prosperity, as Panama has the second worst income distribution in Latin America. About 30% of the population lives in poverty; however, from 2006 to 2012 poverty was reduced by 10 percentage points, while unemployment dropped from 12% to 4.4% of the labor force in 2012. The US-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement was approved by Congress and signed into law in October 2011, and entered into force in October 2012. Panama also achieved removal from the Organization of Economic Development''s gray-list of tax havens by signing various double taxation treaties with other nations.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $58.02 billion (2012 est.) $52.42 billion (2011 est.) $47.29 billion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $36.25 billion (2012 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|10.7% (2012 est.) 10.8% (2011 est.) 7.5% (2010 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $15,900 (2012 est.) $14,600 (2011 est.) $13,400 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 58.3%
government consumption: 12.7%
investment in fixed capital: 28.9%
investment in inventories: 1%
exports of goods and services: 83.4%
imports of goods and services: -84.3% (2012 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 58.3%
government consumption: 12.7%
investment in fixed capital: 28.9%
investment in inventories: 1%
exports of goods and services: 83.4%
imports of goods and services: -84.3% (2012 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock; shrimp
|construction, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling
|Industrial production growth rate:
|15.7% (2012 est.)
|Labor force:
|1.517 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2012 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 17%
industry: 18.6%
services: 64.4% (2009 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|4.4% (2012 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|26% (2012 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 40.1% (2010 est.)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|51.9 (2010 est.) 56.1 (2003)
| revenues: $9.07 billion
expenditures: $9.835 billion (2012 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|25% of GDP (2012 est.)
|Public debt:
|39.2% of GDP (2012 est.) 40.57% of GDP (2011 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.7% (2012 est.) 5.9% (2011 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$4.191 billion (2012 est.) -$3.892 billion (2011 est.)
|$18.91 billion (2012 est.) $16.93 billion (2011 est.) note: includes the Colon Free Zone
|Exports - commodities:
|gold, bananas, shrimp, sugar, iron and steel waste, pineapples, watermelons
|Exports - partners:
|South Korea 15.7%, US 14.9%, Japan 8.3%, Honduras 7.8%, Indonesia 5.9%, Thailand 5.3% (2012)
|$24.69 billion (2012 est.) $22.95 billion (2011 est.) note: includes the Colon Free Zone
|Imports - commodities:
|fuel products, medicines, vehicles, iron and steel rods, cellular phones
|Imports - partners:
|US 23.6%, China 6.4%, Costa Rica 4.6%, Mexico 4.4% (2012)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$3.303 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.304 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$14.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $12.58 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|$10.68 billion (31 December 2011) $10.92 billion (31 December 2010) $8.048 billion (31 December 2009)
|Exchange rates:
|balboas (PAB) per US dollar - 1 (2012 est.) 1 (2011 est.) 1 (2010 est.) 1 (2009) 1 (2008)
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|Electricity - production:
|6.546 billion kWh (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 106
|Electricity - consumption:
|5.805 billion kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|39 million kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|71 million kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|1.815 million kW (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|51.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|48.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|98,890 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|46,370 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|15.46 million Mt (2010 est.)
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|Telephones in use:
| 560,200 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 93
|Cellular Phones in use:
|6.735 million (2011)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: domestic and international facilities well-developed
domestic: mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has increased rapidly
international: country code - 507; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), the MAYA-1, and PAN-AM submarine cable systems that together provide links to the US and parts of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to the Central American Microwave System (2011)
|Broadcast media:
|multiple privately owned TV networks and a government-owned educational TV station; multi-channel cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; more than 100 commercial radio stations (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|11,022 (2012)
|Internet users:
|959,800 (2009)
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| 117 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 49
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 57
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 30 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 60
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 51 (2013)
|3 (2013)
|oil 128 km (2013)
| total 76 km
standard gauge: 76 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
| total 11,978 km
paved: 4,300 km
unpaved: 7,678 km (2002)
|800 km (includes the 82-km Panama Canal that is being widened) (2011)
|Merchant marine:
| total 6,413
by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 2,525, cargo 1,115, carrier 27, chemical tanker 588, combination ore/oil 1, container 742, liquefied gas 205, passenger 42, passenger/cargo 51, petroleum tanker 545, refrigerated cargo 191, roll on/roll off 87, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 290
foreign-owned: 5,162 (Albania 4, Argentina 5, Australia 4, Bahamas 6, Bangladesh 5, Belgium 1, Bermuda 27, Brazil 3, Bulgaria 6, Burma 3, Canada 6, Chile 14, China 534, Colombia 2, Croatia 2, Cuba 2, Cyprus 5, Denmark 41, Ecuador 3, Egypt 11, Finland 2, France 7, Gabon 1, Germany 24, Gibraltar 1, Greece 379, Hong Kong 144, India 24, Indonesia 10, Iran 5, Ireland 1, Israel 1, Italy 25, Japan 2372, Jordan 11, Kuwait 12, Lebanon 2, Lithuania 3, Luxembourg 1, Malaysia 12, Maldives 2, Malta 2, Mexico 5, Monaco 11, Netherlands 6, Nigeria 6, Norway 81, Oman 10, Pakistan 3, Peru 9, Philippines 5, Portugal 10, Qatar 1, Romania 3, Russia 49, Saudi Arabia 11, Singapore 92, South Korea 373, Spain 30, Sweden 2, Switzerland 15, Syria 34, Taiwan 328, Tanzania 2, Thailand 6, Turkey 62, UAE 83, UK 37, Ukraine 8, US 90, Venezuela 13, Vietnam 43, Yemen 4)
registered in other countries: 1 (Honduras 1) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|Balboa, Colon, Cristobal
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|On 10 February 1990, the government of then President ENDARA abolished Panama's military and reformed the security apparatus by creating the Panamanian Public Forces; in October 1994, Panama's Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the creation of a standing military force but allowing the temporary establishment of special police units to counter acts of "external aggression"
|Military branches:
|no regular military forces; Panamanian Public Security Forces (subordinate to the Ministry of Public Security), comprising the National Police (PNP), National Air-Naval Service (SENAN), National Border Service (SENAFRONT) (2013)
|Manpower available for military service:
|males age 16-49: 890,006 (2010 est.)
|Manpower fit for military service:
| males age 16-49: 731,254
females age 16-49: 728,329 (2010 est.)
|Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
| male: 32,142
female: 30,879 (2010 est.)
|Military expenditures:
|1% of GDP (2012)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia operate within the remote border region with Panama
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
|refugees (country of origin): 15,723 (Colombia) (2012)
|Illicit drugs:
|major cocaine transshipment point and primary money-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of financial transactions is improving; official corruption remains a major problem
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A Duke map with 70×180 mm object size in width and horizon was measured in 2 m distance.
This object is strongly diffusive because it is paper printed. So the hologram signal intensity in the detector plane is weak but the signal intensity is effectively distributed over the fov.
In the reflective geometry, 21×21 hologram patches were scanned over 10 hours in the dark room and the hologram patch is composed of 1200×1200 pixs.
The object image is backpropagated using the angular spectrum method without any further process.
Note the image pixel resolution is equally 4.4 mm which follows the size of detector's pixel pitch.


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So what feels right to my eyes in the real world is going to be pretty difficult to illustrate accurately using internet JPGs. I can just say that when I display the figures and look at them from across the room, the brown bandana just feels more correct.
I did come up with this comparison image and tried to match to colors up as close as I could. I sampled multiple photos for each color and came up with an average, then adjusted that average until it looked right on my monitor:
When I sample the colors using the HSB sliders, I get:
Brown: H = 34, S= 45, B = 24
Red: H = 12, S = 89, B = 54
Actual: H = 1, S = 68, B = 40
So, using these colors, the red clearly is closer to the proper color than the brown. Even though both red and brown bandanas are too far over to the red/orange side of the spectrum and the actual bandana is more a pure, middle-red.
But again it's about how it looks to my eyes in reality. Even knowing what I know about the numbers, the brown just feels closer to the correct color than the red.
Most likely it's because I've spent over 20 years drawing stuff primarily in pencil, so my mind has been conditioned to translate everything into a grayscale image and decipher every color based on it's value first, hue second and saturation level third.


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So like a lot of folks too I've grown up under the Remington(American Made) Label and have been faithful to it for the most part. I've got a Rem. 870 Express 20ga. that my Ol'Man got me when they first came out. It's been flawless through it's almost 20 years and 8k+ Shells later.
However it seems clear that besides the 870 & 1100 all other Rem. Shotguns(Recently) have and are suffering from severe LACK of Quality Control.
Being in the business of finding my FIRST 12 Ga. Semi-Auto Hunting Shotgun, naturally my first thoughts were towards Remington.
.....and onto the VersaMax. Yes I have read the ENTIRE 92 page(1836 posts) Epic VersaMax Topic on ShotgunWorld.com.
I've read many of the complaints and praises about the VersaMax and as hard as it is to admit I just can't get these few thoughts out of my head. Why would a company allow for their Flagship Shotgun to continue to be pushed out with obvious MAJOR flaws? Bent Barrels, Bent Mag Tubes, FTE's due to a sharp edge on the shell catcher etc. I know folks who are VERY happy with their VersaMax's and I know those who have been sent 3 different barrels, and have had their VM replaced 2-3 times and some who have just got a refund and moved on. These folks are still happy with Remington (Taking care) of them but that is NOT something I want to go through. I want to buy a new shotgun and be satisfied.
I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm just finding it very difficult to sink $1200-1500 in a Shotgun(Remington VMax) that may or may not work when I get it.
So I'm looking outwards.
As it stands it seems Berretta & Benelli currently own the field in Waterfowl Type Hunting Autoloaders. With Browning, Winchester, Remington and Mossberg in the field of play too.
For now I'm MOSTLY interested in hearing reviews and thoughts on Beretta's(A400 Xtreme) and/or Benelli's(Vinci/Super Vinci) but by all means please don't hold back on any other gun manufactures who are producing these type shotguns.
BTW You can look on Shotgunworld.com right now and see topics on Benelli's with FTF issues and Beretta's failing to function with 3 1/2's so I'm aware they aren't all FLAWLESS
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter Issue 433 2014-06-18
Table of Contents
- 1. Segmenting Work With Job Arrays
- 2. Online Resources For Principal Investigators
- 3. Summer Tours Presentations Have Begun
- 4. ARSC Training
- 5. More Information
A publication of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center.
1 Segmenting Work With Job Arrays
Ben Bettisworth, ARSC Research Projects Assistant
1.1 What Are Job Arrays?
The purpose of a job array is to break up the work in a compute job into distinct parts for the job scheduler, letting the scheduler know that the components can be executed separately. This is especially useful if a job is exceptionally large but can be broken apart, so the execution of the program components can take up all idle cores dynamically.
1.2 Using Job Arrays
To specify a job array and its size, use the
-t flag, which
specifies the range of task ids for the job array. Below is an example
of submitting such a job from the command line:
qsub -q standard_4 -t 1-10 -l walltime=8:00:00,nodes=1,ppn=4 ./myprog
Here is the same job submitted in a script:
#!/bin/bash #PBS -q standard_4 #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=4 #PBS -l walltime=8:00:00 #PBS -t 1-10 cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR ./myprog
To specify the maximum number of jobs to be run concurrently,
% followed by the number desired. For example, to limit the
number of running tasks in the job above to 2, the new command would
qsub -q standard_4 -t 1-10%2 -l walltime=8:00:00,nodes=1,ppn=4 ./myprog
For all of this to be useful, you will likely want to apply the
$PBS_ARRAY_INDEX variable, available for scripts. This variable
informs the current process as to which index it owns in the array, so it
can know which part of the work it must handle. For example, if you
have a set of files
workfile.[1-10].csv then the following script
could be used to run
myprog on each of those files:
#!/bin/bash #PBS -q standard_4 #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=4 #PBS -l walltime=8:00:00 #PBS -t 1-10 cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR ./myprog workfile.${PBS_ARRAY_INDEX}.csv
1.3 Caveats
- We have recently observed a problem with short-lived array jobs
confusing scheduler operation. Consequently, you may experience
difficulties if you submit array jobs that run for less than fifteen
minutes. One option is to find a way to increase the run time of the
array jobs, such as running multiple instances of your program
sequentially inside the pbs script. (This would require doing some
math with the
PBS_ARRAY_INDEXvariable to ensure each command received an appropriate index value.) Or consider taking some other approach which does not involve job arrays, such as running multiple serial executables simultaneously on a single node.
- This approach should not be used on MPI jobs, as the number of
running jobs will change over time. If you had constructed the array
-t 1-100%5, then the maximum is set to five job components, but there may be only four running at a time, or even just one.
- Job arrays are not guaranteed to run in any specific order.
- The wall time applies to each job component individually and is not cumulative.
- To delete a job array with the
qdelcommand, you will again need to pass in the array range with the
2 Online Resources For Principal Investigators
PI's should be aware of the wealth of information available to them about their projects through our Extranet web portal. To view this information, log in using your UA username and password. From the "Memberships" pane, select the "Details" link for any project for which you are a PI.
The details page for a project contains summary information about the project in the "Project Details" pane. Under this you will find the "Project Allocation" pane, which provides colorful graphs illustrating project allocation, CPU load, and job quantity data for the current fiscal year. Separate graphs distinguish between system-total and per-user data.
The right side of the page contains a "Project Members" pane, allowing
you to view project membership, as well as request the removal or
addition of members. Underneath this are tables that represent (1) total
data storage usage (for example, how much disk space your project is
occupying in the
$CENTER directory), (2) data storage usage by user,
and (3) top user statistics, which reveal those users burning the
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|OC and Tracy are in the states for the holidays and currently in Seattle. We visited with them last week on the Cape. They are looking great (steve's 40#'s lighter than the last time I saw him). Family considerations has them wieghing thier options on continuing the trip. At this point it looks like they will probably go back to NZ and prep "Hannah" to put on the market.
Happy New Year! I have been searching for this forum and finally found it !!! I will go to your site for more info and adventure stories!!! Hope all is well with you and yours! Happy Sailing!!! Jim & family
|Looking forward to seeing you after xmas. I've been putting an e'mail together, in my head, with all the news that's fit to print. I'll get to it this weekend maybe. That can be some wild weather heading to NZ. Be safe. I've got a minor problem with my NZ project but it ain't going to get me a trip. It would be cool to catch up with you guys in Auckland.
|Sounds amazing... let me know when you're in town and smooth sailing to NZ buddy
Hey Fred, Great to see your keeping up with the blog. Yup we are in the Kingdom of Tonga in the Vava'u group of islands where one would swear that they are in the Pacific North West Island groups. Dozens of green islands about 20 to thirty minutes apart, some have villages other just coconuts. plenty of fishing and clamming here on the reef as there is no cigqutera poisoning here in Tonga. Tons of lobsta too just walk the dry reef as it gets dark and pick them up. Not much fly fishing just lazy I guess rather catch goat fish and grouper for meals while fishing in a dugout canoe with some local guy. Diving and snorkeling is great, water temp 80 degrees and clear water colorful reefs. We are getting ready to head further south tomorrow to the Lifuka Group then on to the south end of Tonga. We will wait there for a weather window to New Zealand which should be a ten day trip with plenty of bad weather. There are about 200 cruisers like ourselves getting ready to do the same and all of us are very nervous about it and all are really fine tuning the boats. 19 boats left two days ago and are being called back by their router as a major low developed real fast at S 30 degrees just past NZ.
Hope Tracy and me can get together with some of you right after Christmas as we will be back on Cape Cod for a week or so at the old house in Dennis. Also be at old house in Seattle after that and the ranch in Wyoming for the holiday. Let's party hardy. Tracy has updated the blog a lot lately so check it out.
Steve and Tracy.
|Time to bring back to page 1... Tonga, heading for NZ soon.
Juro, Hope to be in Seattle in early January maybe even cast aline for early steel. Can't tell you how incredible those flats were. What a place to go for a couple of weeks to enjoy the simple raw beauty of the South Pacific. Maybe a bit expensive with airfare and lodging but well worth it i you have some extra cash under the mattress.
Moonlight, great to hear from you sent you an e-mail recently but not sure if you got it or not. Yes please catch me a steel on the cane as my cane is all stored away in climate control locker. Glad to hear all is well on the home front and hope you run into sinktip up north. We are pulling out in an hour or so for an all night crossing to Western Samoa and the sea port of Apia. Looks good with 15 knots of wind early in creasing throughout the night to 25 with seas at 10 feet eight seconds. So a little bouncy but pretty quick trip as long as I keep good radar watch for the breaking waves on the open reefs that abound. Glad to hear you like our blog site, Tracy has done a good job on it.
Hope we can get a good internet conection in next port I do know the beer is cheap!
Hey Steve
Good fun following the Sail Blog Log you two have been posting. I greatly enjoyed the post re the allnighter and no you wouldn't want to do that for four more days weeks or let alone four years ! Thankfully gales pass and the heart is lifted to new and higher highs on each of there passings. (pretty deep for an old beach sailor eh)
I am heading my old Airstream on a Voyage North in the next few days Cane will be cast and fish will be rizzen I will of course get your share for you so that you will not be left out. I trust you will do the same for me on the Tropical Fish front!
All is well here in PA.
Glad to hear the storm is breaking. There's a bleached out log on the Skykomish where I'd love to hear these tales some April morning down the road.
That waypoint looks nothing short of a virgin bonefish paradise. It's proximity to bluewater and remoteness from man must make it a home to giant bones of dreamlike size, or so my mind wanders. I feel an urge to explore that place but have a feeling few people will ever have that experience... we venture vicariously through you!
Hi Juro,
Life is usually pretty mellow when out cruising. Today in Pago Pago harbor was not mellow as many cruisers were dragging anchor, smashing into other boats. we all were out in our avons in choppy seas trying to help out. Winds are going down now only 17 knots or so so I may get to have a rum drink yet tonight.
A little eye candy of some fine bone flats on google earth at s 16 31 6 W145 28 6
Incredible. Wow my life is boring
Thanks for keeping us informed throughout your exhilarating adventure.
Sorry for not posting more but internet in French Polynesia was real bad. We are now in America Samoa for those who might be interested in our journey. The trip from Bora Bora was 9 days and the first 3 to 4 were really bad weather. A Low pressure system moved way north from out of the roaring forties down by NZ and moved 640 miles in 24 hours creating a squash zone with 40 knot wind and sea up to 30 feet. We made out fine as Hannah really liked it but Tracy and I were very tired from all the banging around. Many cruisers like us got hamered with knock downs, lost masts and loads of other damage. They are all safe now here in Pago Pago and we are working on getting parts from the USA sent and doing repairs as cruisers stick together. It was told to us that American Samoa was a lousy place to go but we have enjoyed it as the people are friendly and the island is beautiful with tourists. They just hosted the Polynesian arts fest that takes place every four years and all Islands in the pacific come to show their stuff. The dancing was as good as it gets. Fly fishing here not much from what I can see but did find some mangrove mud flats that might have bones. Tracy put a pic of the flats I fished of the Island of Fakarava in the Tuamotu group. If you check out our blog site at www.sailblogs.com/member/svhannah you can see that it is truely paradise and no fly fhishermen to be found. Lots of fish for the taking.
Steve and Tracy
From today's blog post. sounds cool.
Tumakohoa Pass, Fakarava, Tuamotu Archipelago
06/11/2008, same
Never bungee jumped, never parachuted, never hot-air ballooned...but the tourist activity of choice here is to drift dive through the pass. Between a small atoll which is the village of Tetamanu, the ancient capital of the archipelago, and a chain of pink sand beaches with flat azure coves with bone fish, is a 200 meter opening to the sea. It is somewhat like some bars of the West Coast; massive amounts of water flow in and out of the lagoon, with true slack often not corresponding with high or low. One gets in the dinghy, motors out to the surf line at beginning of inflow, then jumps over holding a line to tow the dinghy behind. One just floats through the pass without effort, back into the lagoon. Underneath is a world of vivid exuberant healthy coral, with thousands of reef fish jumping and sneaking and cruising around..together with their brethren the black-tipped reef sharks and gray sharks. During the day the sharks are not hunting much, and Steve swears the "cute" black tips look like cats hanging out. By late afternoon, the big-eyed fish of the night start to come and and the sharks go into hunting mode. We all went in, with varying degrees of trepidation, and found that it was, well, pretty comfortable. And went in again and again and again. Amazing. Wish you were here. Off to Tahiti today.
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When people gather together and string Christmas lights, light candles and cook large meals, house fires are more likely to break out.
So this holiday season, from Thanksgiving until the new year, while spending time together families are encouraged to remember a few safety tips.
Brian Rigby, of Servpro of Tupelo, said the holidays are more fire prone because people are home more and they are cooking, lighting fires in the fireplace, using decorative candle holders and leaving Christmas trees lit and unattended.
"It really is a perfect storm," he said. "And this year, with another week in between Thanksgiving and Christmas, people will have their tree up another week, and that's another five days for the tree to dry out. And, as presents accumulate around the tree and people get busier closer to Christmas, they are less likely to water the tree."
Rigby and Tupelo Fire Chief Thomas Walker both said keeping a live Christmas tree well-watered is very important during the holiday season.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, an average of 240 home structure fires begin with a Christmas tree each year, causing an average of 13 deaths, 27 injuries and $16.7 million in property damage nationwide. Another 150 home structure fires come from decorative holiday lighting.
Rigby said often, small fires cause enough damage to ruin a family's Christmas, starting on the stove or Christmas tree and causing enough smoke to damage insulation and duct work.
"A lot of years, we've been in our customers' homes on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day," he said. "The house is damaged bad enough that we have to take their furniture, presents and Christmas tree out of the home."
Walker said when using extension cords outdoors, make sure they are intended for outdoor use and insulated. Don't overload outlets and use a maximum of three strands of lights on a tree.
Rigby and Walker agreed, never leave a lit Christmas tree, candle, stove or fire unattended – turn them off before leaving the house.
"We hope these tips will be a reminder to Tupelo area families to make fire prevention a priority in their holiday preparations, so they can spend the season enjoying family and friends, not dealing with the aftermath of a fire," Rigby said.


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At the beginning of the 20th century, art—whether visual or literary, music or ballet—had become a blood sport. At the 29 May 1913 premiere of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes's Le sacre du printemps, the creative fusion of Igor Stravinsky's score, Vaslav Nijinsky's choreography and Nicholas Roerich's design exploded into the theatre. The orchestra had barely embarked upon Stravinsky's now-famous primitive, syncopated passages when the audience erupted into a riot. Shouting turned into fist fighting. The police had to be called. Stravinsky retreated backstage. Nijinsky continued bellowing counts to the dancers. Later, it was revealed that it had not only been the music that had set the audience off, but the choreography and the costumes. Afterwards, Diaghilev claimed that the scandal was just what he wanted.
One of the world's richest collections of costumes from the famed Ballets Russes resides at the National Gallery of Australia and will be on display in December 2010 in this major exhibition. Through 140 costumes from 34 productions from 1909 to 1939, the vivid and innovative dance design of the early 20th century will be brought to life on the 100th anniversary of the Ballets Russes. The audience that gasped at the extravagant and sensual spectacle of its first performances could not have imagined the creative drama that was to envelop Diaghilev and his floating team of exiles for the next 20 years as they responded to some of the most turbulent times in history.
The Ballets Russes made its first appearance in Paris in the 1909 Saison Russe, a sensational season of dance organised by Diaghilev, a Russian-born impresario. The ballet integrated traditional dance narratives with modern design, folk art, contemporary music and new approaches to choreography. Raising every aspect of performance—dancing, choreography, music, stage and costume design and publicity—to an equal level of inventiveness and excellence, Diaghilev unleashed a torrent of creative activity on European theatre, placing the formerly moribund art of ballet into the Modernist framework of early 20th century design and culture.
He harnessed the new and powerful expressiveness of Post-Impressionism and the visionary elements of Cubism linking them to new forms of music built around atonalism and primitive rhythms. Russian designers Léon Bakst and Alexandre Benois provided the sumptuous and exotic spectacle of the first performances while other artists of the emerging Russian and European avant-garde joined Diaghilev—among them, Michel Larionov, Natalia Goncharova, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Giorgio de Chirico, André Derain, Robert and Sonia Delaunay and Pavel Tchelitchev.
Composers Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev gave new musical form to the Ballets Russes. Diaghilev employed some of the 20th century's most innovative choreographers including Michel Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Léonide Massine, Bronislava Nijinska and George Balanchine. Performances by émigré Russian dancers such as Vaslav Nijinsky, Tamara Karsavina and Adolph Bolm became legendary, with the male dancers bringing new, powerful energy to the stage.
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TUPELO – Tupelo High senior pole vaulters Callie Watson and Ashton Huey have specific heights they're shooting for this season.
The two inched closer to achieving their marks as they won their events during Thursday's 43rd annual Daily Journal Relays at the THS football stadium.
Watson, who has a goal of 12 feet, was disappointed with her winning vault of 9 feet. Last year's 6A state runner-up at 11-feet, she missed on three attempts at 9-6 in the Relays.
"I'm frustrated because I'm not quite there," Watson said. "The weather has set us back. Hopefully, I'll get more practice.
"Thinking about where I am, I think I'll peak at the right time."
Watson is the Relays record holder with a vault of 10-2 last season.
Huey, who placed third overall last season at the state meet, recorded a winning vault of 12-6 on his second attempt.
His goal is to vault 14-2, which would qualify him to compete in this year's New Balance Nationals.
"With pole vaulting it's all about getting the numbers right," he said. "You have to have the right pole, the right run and grip."
Some college coaches have talked to Huey about competing in the multi-event decathlon or heptathlon.
"It would be fun to try," he said.
On the track, Tupelo's defending state champion in the 3,200 meters, Darnell Collier, easily won his event in 10 minutes, 30.60 seconds.
"I really didn't have a strategy," the sophomore said. "I started out fast. Once I was leading, I relaxed. I ran wild, really fast, the last two laps."
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UW-La Crosse beats UW-Stout 33-18
LA CROSSE, Wis. - UW-La Crosse rebounded from a lopsided loss to UW-Platteville last week with a 33-18 win over UW-Stout at Veterans Memorial Sports Complex. The Eagles improved to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in WIAC conference action.
"We have the stuff we're going to run and keep coaching it, and eventually, you have to trust that it's going to come out and show up and the kids will understand and start to figure it out," Eagles Coach Joel Dettwiler said.17072494
The Blue Devils took a 10-0 lead in the first quarter, but UW-La Crosse scored the next 26 points. Stout trailed 26-18 late in the fourth and attempted an on-side kick, but La Crosse recovered and scored on the next play to seal the victory.
Eagles quarterback Andy Sires finished 22 of 32 passing for 261 yards and two touchdowns. UW-La Crosse's 443 yards of total offense is a season high.
The Eagles will need all the offense it can get against next week's opponent, UW-Oshkosh. The Titans are 7-0 this season.
"It's not over," Eagles quarterback Andy Sires said. "We've got another big one next week and we're going to take the same mentality into next week and see what happens."


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News out of Bristol today has Chad Millman taking over as editor in chief of ESPN the Magazine this coming June. It's a great opportunity for Millman, who started with the publication in 1998, and whose work I've always enjoyed. I wrote about Millman -- who does espn.com's outstanding "Behind the Bets" column -- and ESPN's attitude toward its reporters gambling on sports they cover in February (see "Sucker Bet
This week in the Phoenix, media columnist Sean Kerrigan asks whether sportswriters ought to be allowed to bet on the sports they cover. No other journalistic specialty would allow anything close to this: financial reporters, for instance, can't write about stocks they own. And the media has been getting very sensitive to even small-bore conflicts of interest: Keith Olbermann was fined by MSNBC for making small donations to democratic candidates.


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Relationship Advice for Women Who Have Been Cheated On… From Women Who Have Been Cheated On
We asked women who have been cheated on in the past what advice they'd give to women who are currently dealing with a recent breakup or a stressful relationship because of cheating. Here's what they had to say:
Sarah—"Listen to your intuition."
I would have all of the evidence in the world, except his confession and still want to give my ex the benefit of the doubt. It's not easy to accept something you know will break your heart. Don't make the same mistake I did. 9 times out 10, my intuition has been right. If you feel like a guy is cheating on you that's because he probably is; and if not, then there's something he's not telling you about how he feels about your relationship. Whichever the case, do exactly what your gut is telling you to do, do exactly what you would do if your intuition was right. I promise that you won't regret it and you'll be happier in the long run.
Ana—"He'll Never Change."
Don't fool yourself. If a man cheats, then he'll do it again… and again. Regardless of what excuse he gives you for cheating, he did it because a. he's unhappy with the relationship b. you're not his ideal woman and he wants to explore other options, while keeping you as his safe blanket c. he's an inconsiderate pig.
Rebecca—"Don't be afraid of change."
Change opens up opportunities for bigger and better things. If your significant other is cheating on you and you don't do anything about it then you'll always be stuck in that situation. You should never let it get to the point where you're so used to feeling insecure, stressed and unloved that you begin to think those feelings are normal in a relationship. When you meet a man who makes you feel secure, happy and loved, you'll regret not leaving your ex sooner.
If you have any questions for Sarah, Ana or Rebecca, then simply leave it in the comments below and we'll have them get back to you in a future blog post.
*The name of each woman has been changed for obvious reasons.