text:
Land Securities rose 18 1/2p to 837p, excited by talk of a takeover. At these levels the group carries a price tag of £4.3bn, a near-30% discount to its property portfolio, reckoned to be worth in the region of £6 bn. City speculators claim British Land, up 17p at 494p, is also looking vulnerable. It is valued at £2.5bn, once again a substantial discount to the asset value of its property portfolio.
Reports at the weekend claimed Land Securities chairman Ian Henderson had gone on bid alert after confronting fellow board member Manish Chande with allegations that he had been hatching a management buyout to cash in on the growing disparity between the share price and the asset value. Chande is believed to have approached German bank WestLB last year about providing the financial
Brokers say Hammerson, 4p lower at 488 1/2p, is another company that looks cheap compared with asset value.
The rest of the market rallied from an early mark-down in thin trading. The FTSE 100 index recouped a 41-point deficit to close 11.7 up at 5138.5. Wall Street is closed for Martin Luther King Day.
Mining giant BHP Billiton continued to benefit from last week's positive comments from brokers, the price adding 13p to 366p. The firm has just completed a management reshuffle that appears to have been well received in the City.
Vodafone fell 2 1/4p to 163 1/4p after US securities house Morgan Stanley said it was not happy with the outlook for growth, which had shown signs of slowing. The scope for further falls in the shares was limited.
Computer software specialist CMG firmed 7 1/4p to 237 1/4p after US securities house Goldman Sachs upgraded the shares from market performer to market outperform. It reckons margins are improving and the shares look good value, having dropped from a peak of 1086p last year. Merrill Lynch has also upgraded from neutral to buy.
Luxury cruises operator P&O Princess fell 2p to 398p after rejecting the latest bid from rival US cruise line Carnival. But P&O said that it intended to proceed with its friendly merger with Royal Caribbean.
Broker HSBC Securities has upgraded its pre-tax forecasts for Great Universal Stores, 12p down at 643p, by £10m for the next three years to reflect buoyant trading at Argos. It now expects profits of £540m for the year, against £310m last time. It has raised its sum-of-parts estimates from 710p to 760p and repeated its buy advice and 750p price target.
Broadcasting and media group SMG fell 9p to 133 1/2p on talk that it is meeting its bankers to try to change some covenants. It may need to flog parts of the business. Struggling golf courses operator Clubhaus firmed 3 3/4p to 10 1/4p as more than 14 million shares were traded. Clubhaus, hit by poor weather and increased competition, slumped from a peak of 49 1/2p last year. Former newspaper publisher Eddy Shah has teamed up with former Davis Cup tennis coach David Lloyd to try to win control of the firm.
Esporta rose 1/2p to at 71 1/2p, despite venture capitalist Duke Street Capital buying 5.5m shares and increasing its holding from 15% to 18.3%.
Prices and indices in this section are supplied from various sources and calculated at different times and may not always match those listed in the tables. Ofex prices relate to the previous close.
World markets, updated every 15 minutes
Every share, updated every 15 minutes
AIM, updated every 15 minutes
techMARK, updated every 15 minutes
Today's gainers and fallers


text:
Evaluation and Treatment of Skeletal Diseases
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|September 28, 2001
|Last Updated Date
|June 20, 2017
|Start Date ICMJE
|September 25, 2001
|Primary Completion Date
|Not Provided
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00024804 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Evaluation and Treatment of Skeletal Diseases
|Official Title ICMJE
|Evaluation and Treatment of Bone and Mineral Disorders
|Brief Summary
This study has four objectives: 1) to provide investigators the opportunity to study bone specimens from patients with various skeletal diseases; 2) to treat patients with skeletal diseases at the NIH; 3) to expose NIH trainees to certain skeletal diseases; and 4) to gain more knowledge about skeletal diseases and stimulate further study of bone biology.
Anyone with a disease that affects the skeleton may be eligible for this study.
All evaluations, tests, procedures and treatments given study participants are used in the standard care of skeletal diseases. No experimental evaluations or treatments are offered. Patient evaluations include a medical history, review of medical records and routine physical examination. Based on the findings, other procedures may be recommended, including blood tests, urine tests, and imaging tests, such as X-rays, bone densitometry, bone scan, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Bone specimens from participants will be collected for research use. Specimens will be obtained from bone removed during a patient s planned surgical procedure performed for medical care, or patients may be requested to have a bone biopsy removal of a small piece of bone tissue as part of the patient evaluation procedure.
|Detailed Description
Human diseases are commonly manifested in the skeletal system. The skeleton may be the primary or secondary target of the disease and the disease may be congenital or acquired. While understanding of the molecular and cellular biology of bone and mineral disorders has increased in the last several years, much remains to be understood about the underlying biology of the skeleton. The gaps in the understanding of skeletal biology are evident in the paucity of tissue-specific therapies for skeletal diseases.
Within this study, we plan to obtain tissue and clinical specimens from outside institutions as well as to evaluate subjects with bone and mineral disorders at the NIH Clinical Center. Subjects will undergo clinically indicated testing and possibly receive treatment, which will be limited to therapies based on the best professional judgment of the investigators and treatment with medications commercially available under FDA law.
The objectives of this protocol are to:
Study Population:
The study population will include subjects:
This protocol is a training, evaluation and treatment protocol.
Outcome measures:
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Design ICMJE
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Target Follow-Up Duration
|Not Provided
|Not Provided
|Sampling Method
|Not Provided
|Study Population
|Not Provided
|Condition ICMJE
|Intervention ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Study Groups/Cohorts
|Not Provided
|Publications *
|Not Provided
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Completion Date
|Not Provided
|Primary Completion Date
|Not Provided
|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
1. Subjects unwilling or unable to abide by procedures of protocol.
|2 Months to 100 Years (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contacts ICMJE
|Listed Location Countries ICMJE
|United States
|Removed Location Countries
|Administrative Information
|NCT Number ICMJE
|Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE
|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|Not Provided
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
|Not Provided
|Plan to Share Data
|Not Provided
|IPD Description
|Not Provided
|Responsible Party
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) )
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
|Collaborators ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Investigators ICMJE
|PRS Account
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
|Verification Date
|September 6, 2016
ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP

subset: commoncrawl


text:
for Sale
I'm Selling...
To pay with cash check or money order, by postal mail,
These pictures are provided only as examples of the different panty styles and are not necessarily the panties that you will receive. Panties will be chosen for you, by me, when I receive your order.
|E-Mail Sonia | Webmasters
© Copyright 1997-2017 SoniaDane.com and all images of Sonia Dane,
are the exclusive property of Sonia Dane (dba Sonia Dane Enterprises & Phantom Technology).
These, and the images of all other models appearing on this site,
are copyrighted and protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.


text:
Say It. I Dare You.
View Single Post
View Public Profile
Send a private message to kayb
Find More Posts by kayb
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,165
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 12:17AM
I don't think my landlord and I will get along long term.
Yesterday when I moved in my mother noticed that the face basin was leaking. So I called the landlord to report it and she claims it wasn't leaking when she checked it as if to claim that I somehow damaged it.
I told her that I would be going on the road tomorrow so the plumber will have to come in the afternoon. She's asking if my door will be open for him to come in while I'm away. Uhm, no. His ass has to come while I am here.
I don't know this man or woman from Adam and I am not letting either of them in my room unaccompanied.
Next, I noticed the fridge was frosting up after a week. So I called to ask if it was a no frost fridge. As soon as I mention the word fridge she starts ranting about not changing it because she already bought it. This, I assume stems from the fact that I quite bluntly told her the fridge was too small when I came to see the place. You cannot expect two people to share what is in essence a one person fridge.
This woman is already getting on my nerves.
I ain't thirsty. There's plenty of fish in the sea, but I don't want all of them, can I have some standards? Or do we just have to settle, for someone's who meh and will do.


text:
Westbeach's book "Out West" release party -Words & Photos: Scott Serfas
2009 marks the 30th year for Westbeach, the Canadian snowboard original, and with that comes the Heritage book. Out West, written by Dano Pendygrasse is a look back into the origins of the Canadian snowboard scene. Vancouver's Red Bull Louge, Westbeach held the release party and a lot of the old dogs came down to throw a few shakas and talk….um, poker? Check out Westbeach.com for more info.
"nobody knows the things we've seen" -dano
The entrance lined with pages from the book.
Page from the book.
The old dogs still get the love they deserve. Sean Johnson and Marc Castonguay.
Alex Warburton and Murray Siple talk old times.
Marc Morriset and Sean Johnson.
Marc Castonguay and Chis Nicols came to say hi.
"You block me and I'll run." Extra CL Smooths did find a home. Some things just don't change.
For more about the Westbeach book, check TWS' earlier post here: OUT WEST


text:
With four successful "Ice Age" films in the can, 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios are ramping up for part five- "Ice Age: Collision Course."
Nearly a year after announcing their engagement, Seann William Scott and Lindsay Frimodt have called it off.
A rep for the "American Pie" star confirmed the news to Us Weekly, saying, They remain friends. It was a very amicable split."
Going for ultimate shock value, "Movie 43" has once again put together a red band trailer that's sure to catch viewers by surprise.
Directed by a slew of helmsmen including Peter Farrelly, Will Graham, Steven Brill, James Duffy, and Brett Ratner, the ensemble comedy consists of interwoven plotlines and plenty of profanity and vulgarity.
Adding to the increasingly-popular ensemble movie trend, "Movie 43" has just released a brand new promotional trailer, and it's not for the faint of heart.
The new clip includes plenty of profanity and filth, but the real excitement surrounds all the stars included in the cast.
After releasing the Red Band Trailer earlier this month, Relativity Media released the Green Band Trailer for "Movie 43" today (October 18).
Stepping out for a media appearance, Seann William Scott was spotted at "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in Hollywood last night (April 2).
The "Role Models" stud showed some love to his fans and signed autographs and posed for pictures while the paparazzi looked on.
Adding another Tinseltown betrothal to the mix, Seann William Scott has announced he's engaged to model Lindsay Frimodt.
The "Role Models" stud reportedly popped the question this past Valentine's Day, and admits he's quite fortunate she said yes.
Back together after a nearly nine year hiatus, the cast of "American Reunion" gathered for the Hollywood, CA premiere of the new Universal Pictures film on Monday night (March 19).


text:
Ce Approval 23L Table Top Autoclave Steam Sterilizer
|FOB Price:
|US $700-1,100 / Piece
|Min. Order:
|1 Piece
|Min. Order
|FOB Price
|1 Piece
|US $700-1,100/ Piece
|Production Capacity:
|5000 Sets Each Month
|Transport Package:
|Carton / Wooden Box for Dental Autoclave
|Payment Terms:
|L/C, T/T, D/P, Western Union, Paypal, Money Gram
- Model NO.: autoclave sterilizer 23L
- Type: Pressure Steam Sterilization Equipments
- Electric Tension: 110V-240V
- Ultra High Temperature Alarm: Ultra High Temperature Alarm
- Material: Stainless Steel
- Feature: LCD Screen Display
- Sterilization: 121 Degree /134 Degree
- Exterior Dimensions: 490mm(W)*455mm(H)*680mm(D)
- Atmospheric Pressure: 76 Kpa - 106 Kpa
- Sku: 1020100800
- Specification: 18L / 23L
- HS Code: 90181990
- Theory: Autoclave
- Certification: CE, SGS, FDA, EEC, ISO13485
- LCD Display: With LCD Display
- Sterilization Information Recording and Printing: Sterilization Information Recording and Printing
- Grade: Class B or Class N for Optional
- Noise Level: <70 dB
- Operation Temperature: 5degree -40degree
- Net Weight: 51 Kg
- Shipment: ASAP
- Trademark: Baistra
- Origin: Henan, China (Mainland)
Features for Autoclave Steam Sterilizer:
Grade: Class B or Class N
Volume: 18L, and 23L
Series: A, C, D, and T type
Technical specifications for Autoclave Steam Sterilizer:
|Φ 247mm x 450mm
|Rated Voltage
|AC 220-240V 50Hz (110-130V 60Hz)
|Circuit breaker
|F16A/400V (F20A/400V for 120V)
|Nominal power
|Capacity of the distilled water tank
|Approx 2.5 L (Water at level Max)
|Approx 0.5 L (Water at level Min)
|Operation temperature
|Exterior dimensions
|Net weight
|51 kg
|Noise level
|<70 dB
|Relative Humidity
|Max 80%, non condensing
|Atmospheric pressure
|76 kPa - 106 kPa
Dental autoclave pictures:
What is the different between Class B and Class N autoclave?
The class B autoclave has vacuum cycle. However, the class N autoclave do not have vacuum cycle.
The Class B is the highest class autoclave, which is confirming to the most stringent demands and therefore can be unrestrictedly used for the sterilization of all possible loads for all kinds of sterilization packaging(Solid, hollow road type A and hollow road instruments with wrapped and unwrapped).
If you only sterilize unwrapped non hollow instruments, you only need an autoclave capable of running Class N cycles.
A "Class B" autoclave must in any case pass a Helix test as per EN 13060.
What is the standard of EN13060?
It specifies the performance requirements and test methods for small steam sterilizers and sterilization cycles which are used for medical purpose or for materials that are likely to come into contact with blood or body fluids. This European standard applies to automatically controlled small steam sterilizers that generate steam using electrical heaters or use steam that is generated by a system external to the sterilizer.
Model Number
The first letter of the model number means Class N type or Class B type autoclave.
The Arabic numbers in the model means the capacity of the autoclave.
The last letter of the model number means the which series of our autoclave.
Company information:
Henan Baistra Industrial Corporation is an international trade-oriented company engaged in sale of dental product. We have 24 years manufacturing exeperience and professional after-sale service.
At present, we are dealing on seven categories, like dental equipment,dental orthodontic series, dental supplies,dental materials,dental decoratios and dental accessories,ect.
From its foundation, we have served close to thousands of customers all over the world. Kindly be advised that we have been independently verified by TUV Rheinland, and now wa have our own brand:AZDENT. You can build our relationship on trust.
Packing and shipping:
Mainly packed by carton or other common security package, you also can give us your special requirments about it. We will try our best to make sure the goods arrive safely.
1. Your order will be sent via International Express(DHL,Fedex,UPS, TNT or EMS) after you finish the payment.
2. We will offer the tracking number for you to check the status of your items online at any time.
3. It usually takes about 3-8 days for customers to receive their items.But some times, it will take more time for custom to handle it, so you should wait 2-3 days more.
Our services:
Pre-sale service:
1. 24 hours online, please feel free to contact us anytime.
2. Provide our customers best quality product.
3. High degree of expertise to solve any problems
After sale service:
1. Fast delivery with tracking number provided to make sure ou can receive your goods fast and safety.
2. Offer free warranty service.
3. Focus on every client's satisfaction. Professional team will solve any problems you may meet In the process of using.


text:
colorblock flats
These colorblock flats are awesome. Wear these if you want a retro glam look.
Tags: shoes, Clothes, studded, flats, ballet flats, accessoriesAdded 7 Years Ago from Fredflare
The look, the feel of Coach, without the hefty price tag. Because no resessonista should have to pay $300 for cute flats.Tags: flats, ballet flats, fred flareAdded 8 Years Ago from Fredflare
Purple is one of my favorite colors and these purple lace flats are awesome! Best of all, these flats are rich and vivid in color which are perfect for fall, winter or all year round if you're daring.
Cute designTags: fashion, shoes, style, womens shoes, ballet, flats, black and white, ballet flats, fred flareAdded 9 Years Ago from Fredflare


text:
- Covington Workforce Center: 124 S Lexington Avenue
Covington, VA 24426
- The Franklin Center:
50 Claiborne Street
Rocky Mount, VA 24151
- Roanoke Workforce Center:
- 1143 First Street, SW, Suite 100
Roanoke, VA 24016
There's A Workforce Center Near YOU!
Whether you are looking for a job or an employee, visiting your local Virginia Workforce Center can help. The Workforce Centers offer
- job matching
- career counseling
- educational training resources
- resource room for online job searching
- unemployment insurance information
To find out specific services offered at each center click on the center nearest you (Covington, Rocky Mount, Roanoke, or click here for another center).
The Virginia Workforce Network is a system of one-stop Workforce Centers established to serve the needs of individual job seekers, the business community and organizations focused on matching the supply of workers to the demand for jobs.
Comprehensive centers are staffed by representatives of all partners mandated by the Workforce Investment Act. Satellite centers offer services from one or more mandated or optional partners and provide referrals to other services. Information centers serve to educate the public on how to access the workforce network, its partners and programs.
The Western Virginia Workforce Development Board has chartered three centers in Virginia Local Workforce Investment Area III in Covington, Roanoke and Rocky Mount. Each of these comprehensive centers provides a full range of individual and business services. Satellite centers at The Villages at Lincoln in Roanoke provide additional access to workforce services.


text:
Advice on Retrofit Water Drainage For Foundation 4 FT Under
Hi everyone, I was hoping to get some advice on my water problem. I have a house that is a split level.
I recently dug up part of the wall to explore the system. The wall was parged and then tar was painted on and a thin plastic was placed over that. The basement is exactly 4ft underground. The previous owner of the house has an interior drainage system installed on one of the walls. Contractor dug up the concrete used a dimpled membrane (miradrain?) and redirected the water to a sump pump. Then they punched weep holes into the block so when it rains and water gets into the block, the water flows under the membrane and towards the sump pump.
The system on that side of the wall works perfectly. Unfortunately, one of the other walls seeps some water when we get heavy rains. I want to completely stop the water from getting into the house.
I have read of a few methods and was hoping someone could recommend what the best option was.
Plan of Attack:
I was going to dig up the foundation 1 wall at a time. Method 1 is less digging since I don't have to go all the way down to the footing.
Method 1:
- Add Miradrain membrane to all the walls. This membrane will essentially keep water from entering the walls of the foundation and most likely push water down toward the footings.
- Add a curtain drain 4ft to 6ft from the foundation wall. (I have read a few times now that anything close then 4ft will actually suck water into the wall)
Method 2: (This is a huge amount of work)
- Add Miradrain membrane to all the walls.
- Add a a footing drain (This will require a lot more digging)
- Routing the footing drain away from the house will also require a lot more digging.
My concerns with method 1 is that if I have no footing drain and some of the water makes it past the curtain drain then I am essentially pushing water into the footings side. I guess the big question is will the curtain drain 4ft to 6ft from the foundation effectively capture all water coming at it.
1st, thankfully 4' isn't much so you won't have to shore up anything,,, 2nd, interior systems do nothing to prevent water from entering,,, 3rd, its better to prevent interior wtr than manage it,,, & 4th, always seems to come down to $$$ :huh: when the final decision's made.
parging AND tarring's a bit unusual but its done,,, we use foundation mastic then delta drain ( or equal ) system leading to the toe drain which's properly installed in a filter lined trench,,, the 4" pipe leads to daylight or, in some cases, an exterior sump ( collection point ) & mechanical discharge of collected wtr ( zoeller pump )
we ' dig ' these systems every day,,, you'd be surprised at what a good crew can do if properly incentivised :thumbsup:
have done only 1 wall, $$$ MAY have been influenced p/o's decision,,, i'd bet against a curtain drain in this instance.
4' cut means 8' trench be careful and do cutbacks
4' now requires shoring ? wasn't aware that'd changed,,, when ?
4' out means 8' tall trench, even 6' if not pushed back enough. had a guy in job northern va got suffocated with head above ground from weight of collapse on his chest. just sayin be careful
So the basement is 4' underground...and with that 4' dug out & piled up you are saying an 8' deep trench ?
So depends upon how the dirt is piled
I think that I may be confused.
If the house is a split level, with a 4 foot wall below grade, why would you need to go deeper than 4 feet to hit the footing?
Hi everyone, I guess I should clarify. :yes:
The basement is 7' feet in height. 4' (actually 3'6" is below grade). The trench I dug so far is about 8' long and the width is about 2'. I piled the dirt right next to the hole. I didn't think there was a chance of the trench collapsing should I be concerned? I am going to take some pictures today to share. The other side of house has the same foundation wall but is a slab on grade.
Money is tight and I am basically the one doing the digging (no crew lol). I want to do it correctly. If I decide to go with method 2 and adding the drain tile at the footing, there a lot of extra digging because I eventually have to run the termination points away from the house. I am actually still trying to figure out where you are suppose to run the pipes to. Someone mentioned to daylight which I don't know if it makes much sense in my case considering my lot is flat and bringing the pipe to daylight would mean pitching the pipe up. Still a bit confused by that as I have read it elsewhere.
Reason method 1 would also be easier is the fact that a 2 foot trench 6' feet away from the house would be a lot easier once I start doing to whole house.
BTW, where does the existing interior draintiling (the one retro-fit wall you mentioned) currently drain into?
Go with the footing drain.
It's your choice whether to put that just inside (digging up the basement floor) or just outside (digging around the outside).
The outside version works a little better but you would need a 4 inch pipe through the foundation to get to an inside sump pump pit. Outside sump pump pits can work but need special treatment in cold climates to keep from freezing.
If you dig around the outside, while you are at it, paint waterproofing compound on the foundation wall.
Note that draining to daylight works only when there is a significant visible slope down from the foundation since the drain pipe must slope down and also "catch up" with the surface sloping down.
Curtain drains buried at less than foundation footing depth can reduce surface water coming at your house, say from an uphill neighbor, but don't help remove water that already soaked below that level.
I have no more info to add on the "fix", but I'm curious about why you have water around the house to start with. Is this ground water, or from above (rain, run-off, etc)? If it is ground water, then big ouch. If it is from above and can be prevented (gutters, over-hangs, dirt really sloped away from the house, etc), by all means to that after you do whatever w/ the drain tile, etc.
Thanks for all the feedback everyone.
To follow up:
The existing interior drains into a sump pump. We haven't a problem with that wall its another wall that doesn't have that drain installed that has been seeping.
The water that is entering the basement is occurring when we get heavy heavy rains. We have gutters on the house. I still need to better grade the house around the house. Previous owner of the house has some landscaping down and they put mulch that is creating small pockets of water etc. But I still think the safest bet is to attack the foundation.
Also I was thinking of using some thoroseal on the outside but I may just use a product by karnak that is made of asphalt since the I don't see an easy way to remove the coat that's outside already.
Quick question technically isn't it possible to connect the drain tile to the city sewer pipe? (the one where the toilets flush into)
In practically all cities it is not permissible to drain rainwater into the sewer system.
The sewage treatment plant is able to process only X gallons of water per hour, More than that and sewage that hasnt dwelled in the treatment plant tanks long enough to digest the material has to be released to the river or ocean. Like having to release criminals from jail before their sentences are up because too many new prisoners are coming in and the place is getting overcrowded.
A septic tank system will also overload if rain water is poured in. The leach field might not be able to absorb that much and then the house plumbing backs up.
Ahhh ok, that totally makes sense Allan. So where does one drain the water from the drain tile too?
|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:37 PM.
vBulletin Security provided by vBSecurity v2.2.2 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.


text:
Ferrell & Friends Bring Laughs to VF
December 04, 2012
It's Vanity Fair's first-ever comedy issue and while funny people Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Kirsten Wiig and Melissa McCarthy (to name a few) are obvious choices to grace these coveted covers, somehow Megan Fox also made the cut.
This may be in part because Judd Apatow was the guest editor for the Jan. 2013 issue and Fox stars in his upcoming comedy This Is 40, the pseudo-sequel to Knocked Up hitting theaters Dec. 21. "I have always loved comedy, and this portfolio and issue, filled with men and women I admire, are my attempt to show you what it means to me," Judd explained. "Some of them have shaped my sensibility; others just make me laugh."
RELATED: Inside the Comedy of This Is 40
Vanity Fair's comedy edition also includes Maya Rudolph, Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. In addition, Emmy winner Louis C.K. will answer the Proust Questionnaire, while Jimmy Fallon stars in the Out to Lunch column.
Given the plethora of comedic talent in Hollywood, who would you say is your fave?
' More Sad Details Revealed About Robin Williams' Final Resting Place'(Fox News)
' WOW: 'Dating Naked' Is In Big Trouble'(Fox News)
' Katie Holmes Talks More About Tom Cruise'(Celeb Dirty Laundry)
' Are Taylor Swift and John Mayer Back Together?'(Celeb Dirty Laundry)
' What Is Really Going On With Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey?'(Hollywood Hiccups)


text:
California gays in marriage case cite status woes
By Peter Henderson
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two California men challenging a ban on same-sex marriage on Monday said they had been a couple for nine years and felt like third-class citizens, leading them to launch the federal case which could set national precedent.
The men and a lesbian couple unable to marry in California hope to take their case against the state's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and to overturn bans throughout the nation.
A loss in the top court, two ranks above the action in the case which began on Monday, would seriously undermine efforts to win gay marriage rights in state courts.
The United States is divided on same-sex marriage. It is legal in only five states, though most of those, and the District of Columbia, approved it last year.
Approval of Prop 8 in November 2008 was a sweet victory for social conservatives in a state with a liberal, trend-setting reputation, and maintained the steady success they have scored on the issue at the ballot box. Where it is legal, gay marriage has been championed by courts and legislatures, not voters.
"I don't think of myself as a bad person," said Paul Katami, describing the persecution he felt from a media campaign warning California parents to 'protect' their children by voting against same-sex unions in the 2008 poll.
He and his would-be husband, Jeffrey Zarrillo, described slights in gay life that ranged from being pelted with rocks and eggs in college to the awkwardness of checking into a hotel and not being able to clarify the relationship.
"Being able to call him my husband is so definitive," Katami said. "There is no subtlety to it. It is absolute." Continued...


text:
Best of Boston
BEST Facial
Skoah's short but sweet facial menu promises customizable "sweat-free skin-care workouts" powerful enough to whip even the most problematic skin types into shape. Case in point: The "Fitskin" facial, a 45-minute treatment that includes an exfoliating mask, hydrating lotions, and… read more»
Jennifer Catrambone, Prettyology
If the best way to judge a good aesthetician is by her skin, Jennifer Catrambone wins this award easily—her face is clear and radiant. Her spa-side manner is equally as inviting: Combining a clinical approach with luxe touches (hot lavender… read more»
Brad Duncan Skin Care
Brad Duncan is the best kind of aesthetician. He isn't an alarmist, he doesn't push product, and, as years of sun damage and bad living dissolve under gentle fruit enzymes, he contributes just enough useful information and amiable chatter, even… read more»
Skoah's slogan is "personal training for your skin," and yes, a facial here is honestly one of our favorite workouts. All that deep cleansing and extracting while we kick back in a peaceful, light-filled setting. We now go for regular… read more»
Having endured all kinds of spa mumbo-jumbo and dubious beauty-boosting therapies ("And the final step is a blast of air from our oxygen machine…."), we began to wonder: Since when did facials become more about the experience than the result?… read more»
Brad Duncan Skin Care
From the outside, it's easy to mistake Brad Duncan Skin Care for a physical therapist's office. But once you ring the bell and descend the stairs, you'll find yourself in Zenlike subterranean digs. Duncan's skin-care mecca focuses on anti-aging corrective… read more»
Anne-Cecile Curot
Our poor pores are no strangers to painful excavations, or to being smothered in flowery-smelling goo. That's why they haven't quit thanking us since we introduced them to Anne-Cécile Curot, spa director at Marc Harris's new Financial District location. A… read more»
Brad Duncan
This California import's gentle voice and gentler touch have an almost soporific effect on clients, who come for a freshening-up but leave with full-on rejuvenation. By appointment only. read more»
Caroline Frost
New England weather can be brutal on the skin, stripping away good oils and parching a delicate puss. Skin-care mistress Caroline Frost rejuvenates tired skin with a gentle exfoliant and helps fend off wrinkles with a moisturizing head, neck, and… read more»
Grace Kinahan, Splash at Sports Club/LA
In Grace Kinahan's hands, pore cleansing and zit zapping are somehow rendered relaxing. It might have something to do with her plush, blanketed bed and brief initial skin consultation, followed by an hour-long steam, mask, and Jurlique hydration therapy. Clients… read more»


text:
[Date Index]
[Thread Index]
[Author Index]
Re: Rearrangement of a sequence into random order
Loren Dill wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm a math teacher, and need to prepare exams from time to time. I
> typically prepare questions for the exam in a sequential order starting at
> the beginning of the material and going to the end. I may have something
> like 20 short-answer questions. I want a program that will randomize the
> order of the questions. In other words, I want to provide n, the number of
> questions, and have the program provide a list of length n that contains all
> the numbers from 1 to n in a random order without any number being repeated
> or omitted. I'm sure that this is an easy task for Mathematica, but I can't
> figure out the best way to do it.
> Loren Dill
This amounts to the basic shuffle-a-deck problem that has come up
several times in one guise or another over the past year or so. Below is
some code to do it. The idea is to iterate over the list of
{1,2,...,20}. At each position, pick a random position between that one
and the size of the list (inclusive of endpoints). Swap the elements at
those positions. This can be shown to give a uniform random shuffle.
shuffle = Compile[{{n,_Integer}},
Module[{deck=Range[n], newj},
newj = Random[Integer, {j,n}];
deck[[{j,newj}]] = deck[[{newj,j}]],
In[9]:= shuffle[20]
Out[9]= {16, 1, 19, 12, 6, 18, 15, 3, 4, 9, 2, 20, 5, 13, 14, 8, 11, 10,
17, 7}
I use Compile in the code because, for large sets, it makes a
significant difference in speed. Actually I don't feel compelled to
apologize for this small added code complexity, because you tacitly
requested "the best way to do it". It may be quite useful if instead you
give an exam with 20 million questions:
In[13]:= Timing[shuffleddeck = shuffle[20000000];]
Out[13]= {578.71 Second, Null}
This is substantially the same code as I used in a conference notebook
that covers this topic among many others. It may be found at the URL
Daniel Lichtblau
Wolfram Research


text:
Outright Distribution has sold the forthcoming US version of Who Do You Think You Are? into Australia.
Australia's Nine Network has picked up broadcast rights to the US adapation of the genealogical show, made by British indie Wall to Wall. It is due to launch in the US on NBC in January next year featuring Lisa Kudrow, Sarah Jessica Parker and Susan Sarandon amongst others.
Nine has also picked up 6 x 60-minute ob doc series Sea Patrol, also distributed by Outright and produced by Wall to Wall, which aired on National Geographic UK over the summer.
Log in to leave a comment. Sign In / Sign Up


text:
Style: 28395135 Colour:
Multicolor stripe knitted poncho with attached hood and two armholes at the sides. The bottom front has a kangaroo-style pocket.
Free People
The perfect poncho
The holes cut into the sides of this for your arms are beyond perfect. They are so useful it's ridiculous. They allow you to maneuver and work and live your life without having to lift the entire poncho from your side. In effect, you get to stay covered up and warm. The colors of the pink are so flattering against the skin of the collar bone and neck, I bought TWO of them. I also have the other darker color, and I found a third color at another site because I love the flattering and functional cut of this so much. It comes down just long enough to hide your thigh-touch if you're one of those people not fortunate enough genetically to have a thigh gap, and it's quite soft. Another bonus? I accidentally threw one of mine into the dryer after washing it on cold... and it didn't shrink. I was shocked and delighted. That meant this poncho is not only beautiful enough to receive compliments and questing querries: "WHERE did you get that?", it's also functional and easy to launder. I honestly don't think it gets better than that.
Magnifique poncho fidèle aux photos. Je l'adore! Il est tout doux sur la peau. J'ai longtemps hésité à passer commande aux States mais tout c'est passé parfaitement et rapidement. Thanks Free People. I love your brand <3
Love this funky piece
This is my go-to fall poncho, as I always need something for when the weather is cool but not quite winter cold yet. This is fun and funky and sooooo soft and unique. I ordered a medium and it fits me perfectly, I am 5' 11".
Love it!
It's perfect - what else is there to say? Super soft, comfortable, and I get compliments (with people wanting to touch it!) all the time. Really happy with this purchase :) :) Not sure how it will hold up in the wash, so I can't give it five stars, but with some TLC, I'm sure it will be just fine. (fingers crossed!)
There's a couple of but's - but
I received this today and I immediately put it on to try it and then decided it was a night we should go out....it was raining and windy and it was an absolutely perfect idea and top!!! My"but" is that there's a ribbon of pink in the "Bubble Tea Snow White" - the photo of which shows mostly white and light grey. The order came stamped "multi color poncho" - so I'm not sure what's going on in Free People and their orders but nevertheless whatever they call it - I love it. I ordered the XS/S - I am 5'4" and around 135 lbs - more tomboy shape - it goes just a little bit lower in the top leg area than the model and has plenty of fabric everywhere else without drowning me. I wore it tonight with the Exaggerated Fringe Collar in silver, jeans and some high silver wedgies, and it was a good combination. Love the little sleeves - and the kangaroo pockets. A keeper....
Probably my favorite item of clothing ever
I love this poncho so much that I have bought 2. I purchased the first one a while back and it has more navy blue in it than the one I just bought, although both are gorgeous. I purchased a second one because the first one is looking a little worn in and has been through some major wear and tear. I was so glad that it was still on sale because this is a piece that I really can't live without. So comfortable and cute and I get complements every single time I have it on.
this is a must have
I ordered this in the cream combo- wore it today with boots jeans and a woolf scarf- Its the bomb- unique style and worth EVERY penny ! Thinking of ordering the black combo- flattering fit and great layer piece
Beautiful, super cute!
This jumper/poncho is beautiful. I adore it! super cute boho. it will look fantastic with all sorts of bottoms. I bought the cream/neutral/brownish one and the colours are gorgeous, a little bit of s warmer shade than the photos. The fabric is lovely, not too heavy or too light, a medium weight. The style is oversized but not excessively and it is a poncho style, so it is meant to be roomy. It isn't too long or short perfect length. I got the XS/S which is always my size at FP. I am 165cm and a slim build. Well worth the $$$.
Stunning detail, great fit
I'm not sure why this is being stated as "fits large". It's an oversized poncho, duh. Based on reviews I was expecting the xs/s to fit like a dress and it doesn't. The size is surprisingly true to size, especially for free people. I got the blue color and it's unbelievably gorgeous. The photos do not do this piece justice.


text: Since the 19th century, the resort area has attracted affluent residents including the former U.S. president George H.W. Bush whose mansion on Walker Point is visible from Ocean Avenue. In warmer months, tourists converge on Dock Square at the town center and hop aboard trolleys for guided town tours. At the Seashore Trolley Museum visitors can view a collection of more than 250 trolleys and streetcars.Hide


text:
- 12.31.01
My Favorite Bookmarks: Jonathan Ressler
Picks From the president of Big Fat Inc.
Who: President and CEO, Big Fat Inc.
URL: www.bigfatpromo.com
Surfing Manifesto: Don't show me the same crap I can get everywhere else. I use the Net to make life easier and to keep my information in one place.
General Thinking
A place to check out what innovators are thinking about and doing.
IQ and Personality Tests
This site is chock-full of personality tests that range from silly to serious. It even has CEO-specific tests and worksheets.
A great site that showcases up-and-coming artists. Buy art that could be worth millions someday.
Nightclub & Bar
What's happening outside of New York and L.A. There is life between the coasts.
Promo Magazine
This is my industry's magazine.
A down-to-earth bar-listing site that tells it like it is. If you want New York or L.A. info, this is the place.
The Winners Club
This site lists every sweepstakes and contest under the sun. See which brands are wasting their money on what.


text:
Most workers in the private or public sectors would be delighted with an 11 per cent pay increase. Pay rises are currently running at one per cent in the public sector or about two per cent in the private — in other words a real-terms cut; many are weathering a pay freeze.
Which makes it all the more remarkable that Parliament's expenses watchdog, Ipsa, is recommending that MPs' pay should increase 11 per cent from £66,000 to more than £70,000 a year from 2015. Though it is proposed that they will lose some pension and costs allowance, the overall cost of Parliament will rise as a result.
Their pay is already rising: MPs are currently paid £66,396 but that is due to climb to £67,060 in April 2014 and go up by a further one per cent the following year. Ipsa has let it be known that it would be wrong for the party leaders to stymie the move. Its head, Sir Ian Kennedy, says: "you do not tell the regulator what to do." And duly Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said that he is against a pay increase but would not try to block it.
Yet Parliament is still sovereign, no matter what Sir Ian says, and it is within the rights of the Government, supported by the Opposition, to put the issue to a vote. Such a vote would be interesting, given that party leaders do seem realise how badly the pay rise will play in the country but behind them are backbenchers who seem to operate on the L'Oréal motto — that they're worth it.
There is in fact something to be said for the principle that MPs should be given a larger salary in return for forgoing expenses and allowances, with London MPs getting less because they are close to Westminster. But timing is the important thing. The economy is still struggling and voters are under pressure. For MPs to enjoy a pay rise on this scale at this time looks like the height of arrogance. It further discredits the machinery of democracy. MPs are not badly paid. If they find a parliamentary salary inadequate, they shouldn't stand for election.
Oyster issues
The extension of the Oyster card system to overground rail services was a welcome move to a more integrated transport system but it has its drawbacks. London Travel-watch, a public transport watchdog, reports that many passengers do not understand how the dual pink and yellow ticket reader system works. In particular, people have problems with journeys that are part rail and part Underground. If they do not use an Oyster card reader as they leave the overground rail system and then again as they enter the Underground, they may find themselves paying double the fare. London Travelwatch says the system should be simpler and more transparent.
The provision of more staff at interchanges between rail and Tube would help. So would notices reminding passengers that they may be overcharged if they do not check in and out. It does not help that so few rail station ticket machines allow passengers to see their fare history. Oyster users will feel that they are being exploited if they are overcharged for what should be a simple journey. TfL says it is making improvements: so it should.
America's new man
The new US ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun, is young, reportedly tech-savvy and a noted Obama adviser. We look to him to uphold the vitality of the special relationship — and we hope he enjoys our city. Welcome to London, Mr Ambassador.
- More about:
- House Of Commons


text:
Half Moon Bay Steel 'Nervous Pills' sign
Item No.3310169659
Item No.3310169659
This green steel sign from Half Moon Bay has a 'Nervous Pills' design for nostalgia.
Sunday to Friday - order by 9pm
Saturday - order by 6pm
Monday to Sunday - order by midnight
Orders over £20 - FREE
Orders under £20 - £2
Show full delivery details
Subject to exceptions, Debenhams is happy to exchange or refund your purchase within 28 days of delivery. Please check here for more details on our returns policy and exceptions.
Open a Debenhams Credit Card today and receive:
Please note: if the amount you pay on your card is less than £500 after the 10% discount is applied, the 0% interest offer will not be available.
Credit available from NewDay Ltd to over 18s only
*Terms & Conditions apply.Find out more & apply now


text:
Committee Opinion 486 was replaced by Committee Opinion 691, "Carrier Screening for Genetic Conditions," which continues to recommend all women should be offered cystic fibrosis screening for women who are considering pregnancy or currently pregnant.
Washington, DC -- Preconception and prenatal cystic fibrosis (CF) carrier screening should be made available to all women of reproductive age as a routine part of obstetric care, according to a revised Committee Opinion issued by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. In addition to an update of current guidance for CF screening practices, the document discusses counseling strategies, special reproductive health considerations for women with CF, and clinical management recommendations.
Cystic fibrosis is a progressive, multisystem disease that primarily impacts the lungs, pancreas, and digestive tract. CF significantly shortens the lifespan of people affected by it—median survival is approximately 37 years. Because CF is caused by an inherited genetic mutation, carrier screening is recommended to identify couples at risk for having a child with the disease.
The incidence of CF is highest among non-Hispanic white individuals (roughly 1 in 2,500) and people of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. It is considerably less common (but still occurs) in other ethnic groups. The College recommends that CF carrier screening be offered to all women of childbearing age, preferably before conception. Women who are CF carriers and their reproductive partners may need additional screening tests and referrals for genetic and reproductive counseling.
The College also recommends contraception and preconception consultation for women with CF who are considering pregnancy. They should be told that their children will be CF carriers and that their partners should also be screened to determine carrier risk. Women with CF who want to become pregnant can work with a multidisciplinary team to manage issues such as pulmonary function, weight gain, infections, and the increased risk of diabetes and preterm delivery.
Committee Opinion #486, "Update on Carrier Screening for Cystic Fibrosis," is published in the April 2011 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College), a 501(c)(3) organization, is the nation's leading group of physicians providing health care for women. As a private, voluntary, nonprofit membership organization of approximately 55,000 members, The College strongly advocates for quality health care for women, maintains the highest standards of clinical practice and continuing education of its members, promotes patient education, and increases awareness among its members and the public of the changing issues facing women's health care. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), a 501(c)(6) organization, is its companion organization. www.acog.org
Follow us on Twitter Check us out on YouTube


text:
U.S. halts nonlethal aid to Syrian opposition
WASHINGTON — Just a month before a peace conference that will seek an end to the grinding civil war in Syria, the Obama administration's decision to suspend the delivery of nonlethal aid to the moderate opposition demonstrated again the frustrations of trying to cultivate a viable alternative to President Bashar Assad.
The administration acted after several warehouses of U.S.-supplied equipment were seized Friday by the Islamic Front, a coalition of Islamist fighters who have broken with the moderate, U.S.-backed opposition, but who also battle al-Qaida.
Administration officials said the suspension was temporary and that aid could flow again. Under the administration's division of labor, the State Department is in charge of supplying nonlethal aid to Syria while the Central Intelligence Agency runs a covert program to arm and train Syrian rebels.
But with rebels feuding with each other instead of concentrating on fighting Assad, and with the U.S. still groping for a reliable partner in Syria, the odds of any peace conference breaking the cycle of bloodshed appeared to have dimmed.
For the White House, which has pinned its hopes for Syria on a political solution, the fracturing of the opposition raises a number of thorny questions, including whether the U.S. should work more closely with Islamist forces as it sometimes did in Iraq.
"For all practical purposes, the moderate armed opposition that the administration really wanted to support — albeit in a hesitant and halfhearted way — is now on the sidelines," said Frederic C. Hof, who as a State Department official who worked on plans for a political transition in Syria and is now a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.
Under such circumstances, Hof said, the prospects for major progress at the peace conference were "pretty grim."
The impact of the aid suspension was hard to gauge, as rebels have routinely complained that aid from the U.S., Britain and their allies is too little, too late and has had little influence on the conflict.
Many antigovernment activists reacted with scorn and bravado, saying they did not care about the suspension of aid that they believed had been mostly for show.
"What nonlethal assistance?" said Moaz, an activist who recently fled Syria. "The U.S. is supporting us with expired tuna, and in this way they think they are supporting the revolution."


text:
30 Rock Thread
To use the forums, you need to Register or Log in
This topic contains 3 replies, has 4 voices, and was last updated by An Inside Joke 4 years, 3 months ago.
February 1, 2013 at 6:22 pm #27914
Matthew Wrather OTI Staff
So this is it. 7 years of 30 Rock. Thoughts on the finale, or on the series as a whole?
One thing, related to the snow-globe ending. The young lady pitching Kenneth the show we just saw is Mini-Tracy's granddaughter, pitching the real-life experiences we've been watching for 7 years as a NEW show for NBC. Kenneth says "I know" because he was there the first time.
Right?… Right?February 1, 2013 at 9:24 pm #27915
Mark Lee OTI Staff
Apparently Kenneth died twice during the show's run, but came back both times, because he's immortal and ageless.
Apparently Kenneth occasionally argues with an unseen entity called "Jacob." The biblical Jacob? Jacob from Lost? A supernatural power that grants him eternal life and youth?February 5, 2013 at 2:58 pm #27991
Howard Well Actually
I will never forget you, Rural Juror.
A lot of photons have been spilled on the internet about this, but it bears repeating that it's a minor miracle 30 Rock lasted as long as it did and got to go out on its own terms. So many shows get de-facto finales that a finale (and a final season) that actually feels planned out is the exception rather than the rule. I'm truly grateful NBC never got its act together and found a replacement show that would do better ratings (though I would definitely watch a couple episodes of Grizz and Herz).
30 Rock's relationship with NBC in that light is interesting, since 30 Rock spends so much time poking fun at NBC. Is there another show out there that seemingly bites the hand that feeds it so consistently? 30 Rock is in a somewhat unique position because it takes place at the network, and therefore they can create this whole alternate universe NBC where the real life media personalities can adopt totally different personae. I guess there's some upside for NBC in that the network looks like it's in on the joke, but still, I can't imagine David Letterman cracking jokes about CBS (but correct me if I'm wrong).
As for the finale itself, I loved it. The room definitely got a little dusty during Liz's scenes with Tracy in the strip club and Jack at the pier. The only thing that felt a little off was Pete's subplot about faking his death – maybe it would have played better if they had spent the whole season seeding it, but as is it felt pretty dark.
These truly were the best days of our flurm!March 5, 2013 at 3:55 am #28220
To answer your question about other shows that "bite the hand," I immediately thought of The Simpsons and all the jokes they crack about Fox. Of course, it's not quite on the same level, as The Simpsons isn't about producing a TV show, and doesn't have as many organic moments to bring up network politics, but they do get their shots in when they can.
Also, I found it interesting that Wrather assumed the woman at the end was mini-Tracy's child. I thought she looked ethnically ambiguous or multi-racial, and was intended to be the potential daughter of either of Liz's children.
Log in to reply to this topic.


text:
IMF Head Accused of Sexual Assault in NYC, Owns Dumbarton Street House
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, no longer the active managing director of the Washington-based International Monetary Fund, is sitting in New York City's Riker's Island prison, denied bail after being arraigned for the attempted rape and other alleged sexual offenses of a 32-year-old maid on May 15 at a midtown Manhattan hotel near Times Square. Few Americans knew who Strauss-Kahn is, and fewer Georgetowners knew that he and his wife Anne Sinclair live nearby on Dumbarton Street across from the First Baptist Church near Rock Creek Park. Busy with international work, they have been in D.C. for only three-and-a-half years. A profile of Strauss-Kahn in the latest Washingtonian Magazine reveals how he and his wife rarely interact with social Washington and would be quite anonymous dining at Cafe Milano.
The break in the leadership of the IMF, a key player in worldwide financial bailouts, causes uncertainty in the global economy. Strauss-Kahn was also seen as a leading contender to become the next president of France, although he was already known for his womanizing as "le grand seducteur"—the great seducer. Observers in France view the arrest as a "thunderbolt" and "political earthquake." Accused of a lavish lifestyle by his political opponents, Strauss-Kahn will remain in custody at least until a May 20 hearing and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of attempted rape, criminal sexual act and unlawful imprisonment.


text:
Offer is subject to change. Does not apply to sale items.
From the Artist
- Tell us a bit about this design and what is the message or meaning you're trying to convey.
- Inspired by the endless fossil beds of Utah. spend a little time in this prehistoric landscape and you'll see the creatures in the rock forever.
- Who are you?
- An ex tattoo artist and car builder, now I spend most of my days drawing comics and creating designs for apparel.
- Any shout outs?
- them golden age heroes.


text:
Only have 2 of these currently in stock. They are "stock" ratio 3.40 first, brand new, with 3rd/4th straight cut, and REM micro polishing.
Gearshop made these by mistake instead of the 2.67 ratio sets. Therefore we are offering special pricing to blow these out. So if you can bear with the ratios it is probably a once in a lifetime chance to get a deal like this.
Ratios are:
1st: 3.40
2nd: 1.93
3rd: 1.32
4th: 1.05
Please email me email@example.com to order
*Note: Picture is old and just for reference, these gear sets are REM'd and 3/4 straight cut.


text:
i've thought about this often. but i could never go thru with it. i have virgin hair- i've never dyed it or chemically alter or anything!! and to be honest, i'm a chicken for anything like that. i often though about trying wash n curl to see if it would work, but i dont know what kind of ingredients are in that so i stay away.
nothing wrong with wanting well behaved curls


text:
FUNERAL NOTICES — March 30, 2013
Posted in: Funeral Notices by Ryan Schlehuber "Scoop"
Charley "Gene" Fare — 1 p.m., Jesus Non-Denominational Church, Greenville. (Christiansen Cremation & Funeral Care, Greenville)
Robert "Bob" Slack Sr., — 2 p.m., home of Jim and Julie Slack, 2400 Winslow Road, Imlay City.
Staranne VanNortrick — 1 p.m., Spencer Township Hall, Gowen. (Hurst Funeral Home, Greenville)
Charles "Chuck" Winwright — 11 a.m., First Congregational Church of Greenville. (Hurst Funeral Home, Greenville)
Jack Wymer — 11 a.m., SS. Peter and Paul Church, Ionia. (Lake Funeral Home, Ionia)
Lucille Jensen — 11 a.m., Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Edmore. (Hurst Funeral Home, Greenville)
Helen Middleton — 11 a.m., Lux and Schnepp Funeral Home, Carson City.
Follow Us
Twitter: Follow @greenvilledn
Email Alerts: Coming Soon…
Rate this Article


text:
The 2013 IACC-NA Color Summit
International Association of Color Consultants-North America
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 6:00 PM - Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 2:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The International Association of Color Consultants North America (IACC-NA) and the Art Institute of Atlanta - Decatur Campus bring you...
The IACC-NA Color Summit
Saturday, April 27, 2013
from 9:00am-4:30pm.
- Don't miss the Networking Reception on Friday, April 26 from 6PM-9PM at Sycamore Place Gallery! - (120 Sycamore Place, Decatur)
Color consultants, students, designers, artists and small business owners - Come hear from Frank Mahnke, IACC International President, world respected environmental designer and innovator in color science. Enhance your knowledge of lighting, color and color rendering, improve business strategies and network with consultants, artists and vendors from around the world.
IACC members and students of the Art Institute of Atlanta receive free admission the Friday Networking Reception and to all Saturday seminars (student ID required). Non-IACC members or Art Institute of Atlanta students pay $15 to attend the Friday Networking Reception and the Saturday sessions (includes refreshments).
Check out the Schedule!
2013 IACC-NA Color Summit
Friday, April 26 (At Sycamore Place Gallery)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Networking Reception
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM - LIVE MUSIC! w/ Alex Gordon of Alex Gordon Hi-Fi
Saturday, April 27 (At Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur Campus)
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM - Frank Mahnke session
11 AM – 11:15 AM - Break (light refreshments)
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM - Designer Roundtables – Old timers roundtable with newbies on the block. Sharing some trade secrets to keeping your business alive and working well for you! Ask your questions and you WILL get answers!
What do you want to hear about in the roundtables? Tell us by clicking here...
*Just added! 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM - The Future of Lighting. Learn how lighting is effecting your color design. Ann Campbell Laidlaw of RoLyn Group, Color Technology & Management Consultants will be giving us a lighting presentation from the Color Technology perspective.
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM - Lunch on your own in Downtown Decatur
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM - CEU credit course Paint 101 with Randy Smith. Learn about what makes a great paint cost more, and how to best serve your color by choosing the right paint. This presentation is thorough with actual samples of materials, but we are saving time for your questions while we have this expert on hand!
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Writing you IACC-NA Thesis - Our own Pattie Heaton, IACC VP will be presenting a thesis writing session. She will have IACC approved samples and exerpts on hand. She will help deminish your fears about the thesis process and answer your questions.
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM - Break (light refreshments)
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM - Wordpress Websites, What's the buzz and why should I have one? Presented by Daving Green of Green Machine.
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM - Designer Roundtables – Old timers roundtable with newbies on the block. Sharing some trade secrets to keeping your business alive and working well for you! Ask your questions and you WILL get answers!
*Satuday, April 27 (At Courtyard by Marriott-Decatur)
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM - IACC-NA Member Dinner
*Sunday, April 28 (At Courtyard by Marriott-Decatur)
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM - Executive Committee Meeting and Breakfast
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM - IACC-NA Member Lunch Meeting and WrapUp
Sycamore Place Gallery - 120 Sycamore Place, Decatur, GA 30030
The Art Institute of Atlanta- Decatur Campus - East Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030
Courtyard by Marriott-Decatur - 130 Clairemont Ave., Decatur, GA 30030
*Denotes IACC-NA Member only events
The 2013 Color Summit brings together IACC-NA members with non-member designers, students, artists, vendors, business owners and color consultants for an interactive day of color in a great, creative location! Last year, the successful Color Summit was held at the Goat Farm in Atlanta, GA.
When & Where
Sycamore Place Gallery (Friday Networking)/ Art Institute of Atlanta - Decatur Campus/Courtyard by Marriott-Decatur (Sunday meetings)
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 6:00 PM - Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 2:00 PM (PDT)
Add to my calendar
International Association of Color Consultants-North America
The IACC is an organization of color professionals specially trained in the functional application of color and the human response. Color can have a profound psychological and physiological impact on the human experience, and in particular, on users of the built environment. The goal of the IACC-NA is to use color in a more effective way and to create more human, user-supportive environments through the educated application of color.


text:
VIDEO: Gowen resident offers unique and spectacular Christmas light show
GOWEN — Gowen resident David White has been decorating his home for the holidays for 12 years — he calls it his passion.
But if you were to ask someone who has visited the White residence anytime after dark this holiday season, they will more than likely tell you his passion to decorate has created a unique spectacle of lights and music worth paying to see.
In the daytime, 14181 Macclain Ave. is simply the address of White's home where he moved his family to from Ohio just a year and a half ago.
But at night, his yard becomes a must-see drive-in light show that features thousands of lights and decorations synched to 30 different songs that play throughout the evening.
"It's a hobby, that's what it is," White said of his light display. "When I was a kid I liked Christmas lights, so I thought I'd go just a little overboard and it just kind of grew from there."
Inspired by a Budweiser commercial featuring Christmas lights set to a holiday tune by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, White took it upon himself to research computer control of electronics.
Working in his basement he spent one month arranging light displays for two songs. Today, he works year-round and now has a catalog of more than 30 songs that are synchronized to light displays.
White uses a computer program and writes his very own custom light displays for every song that is played, as opposed to a "plug-and-play" system where lights go on and off with the beat of a song. He estimates on average it takes anywhere from one week to a month to write out a display for a new song.
"Each night I play 15 songs," he said. "The next night, if you come back, it will be 15 different songs and you'll see a whole different show from the first night."
White featured his display for the first time in Gowen last year, but ran into problems as his display attracted drivers who ended up parking on Macclain Avenue.
"Last year, my first year here in Gowen, I had my display in the front yard," he said. "But people parked up and down Mcclain and the sheriff was eventually called in to clear up the road."
Due to popular demand, White moved his display to the side of his house and spent the past year reworking his driveway into a circle with a dirt parking lot which can fit several rows of cars.
"It varies by night, but I've had that little lot completely full some nights," he said. "I'd guess as many as 30 cars."
And White would know, as he frequently makes rounds throughout the cars passing out candy canes to children with his wife and family.
White's "Winter Wonderland" is open to the public at no charge, and according to White, has brought people from as far away as Traverse City to see the show.
Rebecca Wheeler, who drove up from Grand Rapids with her husband, Jeremy, and four daughters Wednesday night, couldn't believe the sight when she arrived.
"All I can say is, 'Wow,'" she said. "It's awesome and the kids love it. We just thought it would be lights but this goes to the music, it's unbelievable. The kids just keep saying 'It's magical,' they can't believe it."
According to Jeremy Wheeler, there's nothing else quite like it that he's seen in the Grand Rapids area.
"There are people that have lights, but nothing like this," he said. "I'm going to go tell a lot of people in downtown (Grand Rapids) and they'll make the drive for something like this. It's one of a kind, I'll tell you that."
White uses an FM transmitter which allows him to broadcast the music from his laptop right into the stereos in people's cars, as long as they turn their dials to the correct station.
"People just have to pull right up, turn their radio station to 89.1 FM and enjoy the show," he said.
White says he has no plans now or in the future to charge for anyone to see his show, claiming that's "not what it's about."
"I like to build and create, I like to try and make it come to life," he said. "It's a hobby I get to share with people five weeks of the year and as I say, it's our Christmas present to the community."
White and his family have only been a part of that community for one and half years, but his wife, Shelly, says their family immediately felt right at home living just outside of Greenville.
"We've been doing this show for six years, but only here in Michigan have we received cookies and candy from people in appreciation for the show we put on," she said. "People don't have to do that, they never have before, but everyone is just very friendly here in this area. There are a lot of big-hearted people in this community."
What White puts into the show, from his lights to the candy canes he hands out, comes out of his own pocket. Though there is a donation box for people to contribute to as they exit the show, White said everything he collects goes straight to charity.
"That donation box is there if they want to donate, that's all," he said. "It all goes to charity. If I ever get to the day where I have to take donations to run the display, that will be the day I quit doing it."
But White said he doesn't expect a donation and doesn't want people to feel they have to donate in order to enjoy his show.
"Some people can't (donate)," he said. "I get a lot of single moms or single dads and they don't have much. They can come here three, four, five times and it doesn't cost them a cent. It's a good time, their kids are loving it and that's what it is all about."
White's Winter Wonderland is open until 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays until New Year's Eve. It opens at dusk on Thanksgiving Day every year.
For more information on White's Winter Wonderland, visit www.whiteswinterwonderland.com.


text:
But while excited hype and easy headlines are O'Leary's stock-in-trade - all delivered at the speed and noise of a Dublin-bound 737 - the 41-year-old Ryanair boss is happy to be judged on the 40% passenger growth and over £100m profit the budget airline has delivered in aviation's worst year in a decade.
From his High Court victory allowing adverts to call British Airways 'Expensive BA....ds', to using a backdrop of Brussels' Mannequin Pis fountain statue to accuse now-bust Belgian airline Sabena of 'taking the piss', to goading Lufthansa to offer free flights to Frankfurt if Ireland had beaten Germany in the World Cup, O'Leary has aggressively targeted national flag carriers to get publicity in markets he wishes to break into.
Typical of his style was Ryanair's recent order for 100 new Boeing 737s. He hijacked the Boeing organised and financed Press launch, winning headlines that Ryanair will be Europe's biggest airline by the end of the decade. Then, to Boeing's consternation, he couldn't help boasting he was getting the aircraft at nearly half price.
Happy to be perceived as a quick-witted, fast talking 'professional Paddy', O'Leary has made a fortune from Ryanair. He has taken £56m cash out of the business over the past 2 1/2 years and his residual holding is worth more than £200m.
Outside of the business , however, he is low-profile. Rather than spend his millions playing with Ireland's jet-setting racehorse owner/breeders, the unmarried former tax consultant from a family of six claims his cash goes straight in the Post Office. True? Of course not. But like the way he markets his airline, O'Leary will always be more bull than bear.
Ryanair profits top £100m
- More about:
- Air Transport
- Boeing Company
- British Airways
- Lufthansa AG
- Ryanair


text:
Reckless Kelly at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino Friday, February 22nd
Who: Reckless Kelly
What: Reckless Kelly makes music with the intent to make each record better than the last and with the success of their most recent release, they have their work cut out for them. Good Luck & True Love was recently named to the Americana Music Association's top 100 albums of 2012. The band has a country rock sound that comes through loud and clear on songs like; "Nobody's Girl," "I Still Do" and "Ragged as the Road."
When: Friday, February 22nd
Show begins at 8pm
Where: Ovations LIVE! Showroom
Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino
5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd.
Chandler, AZ 85226
Tickets: Tickets are $15.00 - $20.00 and can be purchased online at WinGilaRiver.com, by phone at 877.840.0457 or by visiting the box office at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino. Discounts of up to $20.00 are available with a complimentary Player's Club card.


text:
We don't just get sneakers floating into our office, we get everything sneaker-related you can imagine. We have a box of loose laces the Loch Ness monster could hide in, we've got toys, air fresheners, cutlery, stationary, sculptures – just about anything can be sneakerfied with the right mind. So here we take a look at ten sneaker novelties, some are stupid, some are awesome, most are stupidly awesome – that's for you to decide, though. And yes we're getting it started with this heinous cardboard box shoe, replete with mint laces and dodgy Swoosh. The 'designer' actually tried to sell this thing – we ain't got nothing but respect for true hustlers like that.
Google has a lot of money, and they don't spend it all on crappy scooters to zoot around the office in. They also bank roll a stack of inventors to come up with things like driverless cars, interactive video recording spectacles and… shoes that talk. When we saw this pop up last year our first thought was, "Meh, no swag". That evaluation stands, but kudos to the big G for having a go and doing something weird. These flips are like mi adidas on 'roids. They're fitted with a speaker, computer, accelerometer, gyroscope and pressure sensor. That means you get data about your speed and movement, but the shoes also talk to you. And they've got a mouth on 'em, if you're being a slob and not moving they'll tell you about it.
Someone had to do it, and someone did. These actually look like they pack a bit of a punch. They're soled out for now, though. Get it? Soled? Hahahahaha. But seriously, you can't get 'em. Or maybe holler at the designer, Nash Money, if you want him to whip you up some.
This idea has massive potential to suck, but French designer Merystache has created some intricate miniaturised sneaker necklaces that do justice to the classic flips they're inspired by. Find her on Etsy.
We've seen sneaker grip show up a lot on mobile phone covers but this is cooler. Get them from Cook & Push
Yeah we've already seen something very similar, but this has speakers and a weird little drive that pops out for something circular to be placed in. What the hell is that? Is it a weird tongue?
Cos we've always wanted to eat our waffle-soled trainers. Stop pretending you haven't had a lick downstairs before.
From National Geographic comes the Expedition Shoe Lights. Hmmm. Maybe if you subbed in coloured lasers on these and hit the discothèque they would be dope, but we prefer holding a flashlight when we're out on night time reconnaissance, it's way spookier.
It's sticky tape with a cartoon shoe lace print on it. What a cutesy way to ship a pair of sneaks to your peeps.
Not particularly weird, but definitely practical. Our boss man Woody says he uses 'the bin' to clean his sneakers, cos he throws anything un-fresh out for good, but our second longest serving sneaker freak, Hans DC, says he puts his flips in his lady's lingerie bag and chucks them in the washing machine. This new bag, however, allows you to have clean kicks and bras at the same time. You whack the shoes in the bag and stick it on the inside of the machine door, shoes get dry quick but don't have to experience the unforgiving rough and tumble. Find it on The Fancy.
February 14, 2014
February 14, 2014
Tags: Listicle


text:
FanStar Team & League Manager
by: Michael Gregoire • 33
All Android applications categories
by: Michael Gregoire • 33
This APP is a compliment to the FanStar Fantasy League Manager website. It is a mobile interface that allows team owners access to all the features of the service. Features include:
• Do add, drops, waiver wire, trades, lineups, bids and more
• View live league results
• View league reports
• Supports Live Drafts
and much more.
Android is such a diverse OS with many hardware configurations. Please, if you any questions with functionality of app, email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. We will make sure it works for you or refund your money
Tags: fanstar manager
from 33 reviews
Download FanStar Team & League Manager
Free - V2.0 - 4M
Share this app


text:
Remember me
Forgot your password?
"The team was happy with the news about Beckham, but what people don't know is that we'll also have George Clooney as coach and Brad Pitt as assistant manager."-- AC Milan defender
Kakha Kaladze on David Beckham's arrival on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy. (Irish
Times) ...More


text:
Olive Grove is Chandler's newest extended stay community. Enjoy all the conveniences of home in the ornately furnished one- and two-bedroom suites. Many amenities are available such as heated pool and spa, cedar sauna, state-of-the-art fitness center, basketball court, two playgrounds and a business center with computer and accessories.
- Wifi
- Restaurant Onsite
- Pets Allowed
- Property Size 8 units
- Conference Facility
- Kids Allowed
- Nearby City Chandler
- Nearby Water N/A
- Open Dates All Year
Nearest Airports
- Phoenix-Mesa-Gateway Airport (AZA) / 11.1 miles
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) / 14.7 miles
- Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (DVT) / 31.8 miles
* Not all airports listed here may be open to public use, or service commercial flights


text:
NATO's Slow Genocide in Libya: Syria is Next
April 19, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under Commentary
What the world has to look forward to if NATO and the UN gets its way in Syria.
by Tony Cartalucci
April 19, 2012 – While Qatari government propaganda outlet Al Jazeera is busy whitewashing the NATO-led terrorist take-over of Libya with "documentaries" like "Gaddafi: The Endgame – State of Denial," depicting the evisceration of one of Africa's most developed nation-states as a pro-democracy revolution yielding a promising tomorrow – Libya in reality has been plunged into perpetual violence, destabilization, and division. And as militants battle each other while carving the once unified Libya into a myriad of fiefdoms, genocidal death squads continue a campaign of extermination nationwide.
One group of Libyans hit hardest are the people of Tawargha – who were either exterminated or exiled from their city of 10,000-30,000 during the NATO-led destruction of Libya last year. Since then, their refugee camps have been raided, and survivors who have not yet fled Libya are being systematically imprisoned, tortured, and murdered.
Now, the very network of corporate-funded and directed NGOs charged with "human rights advocacy," who assisted the Libyan rebels in willfully lying to the world over violations of "human rights" in the lead up to NATO's military intervention, are finally reporting the widespread atrocities being carried out by the rebels themselves. In fact, organizations like Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International, both funded by convicted criminal and Wall Street speculator, George Soros, began reporting such atrocities back in 2011, but only long after NATO bombs were already falling on Libya and the process of "regime change" was already irreversible. And, at critical junctures, such as the sieges of Bani Walid and Sirte, where NATO itself was committing systematic war crimes by air in tandem with terrorist forces on the ground – organizations like HRW and Amnesty International were altogether mute.
Image: The desolate Libyan city of Sirte after NATO's months-long siege – the tragic aftermath of a UN-sanctioned "humanitarian war." Not a word regarding NATO's blockade and bombardment of these cities has been mentioned by either HRW or Amnesty International in any terms resembling the rhetoric they used to justify NATO's intervention in March of 2011.
Now though, with Syria next on the chopping block, many around the world are looking at the "progress" made in Libya to see if the UN and NATO's proposal for military intervention is justified, warranted, or feasible. What they see is a patchwork of terrorist regimes butchering people systematically, infighting, making duplicitous, self-serving deals with foreign firms and otherwise running the nation into the ground.
Amnesty International, a full-year too late, has published a report titled, "Libya: NTC must investigate death of another Tawargha man under torture," in regards to the latest case in the NTC's systematic genocide of the people of Tawargha – a city now rendered a "ghost town." HRW had published a report last week titled, "Libya: Wake-Up Call to Misrata's Leaders," also regarding the systematic genocide of the people of Tawargha. Ironically, both Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are giving all inquiring minds a look behind the curtain as to how exactly they are distorting other conflicts – including Syria today.
From the Beginning, Libyan Rebels were Known War Criminals
Long before the first NATO bombs dropped on Libya, genuine geopolitical analysts including Dr. Webster Tarpley of Tarpley.net, noted that the Libyan "rebels" were in fact notoriously brutal racists and led by militias belonging to a listed international terrorist organization responsible for violence not only in Libya, but in Afghanistan and Iraq. On March 1, 2011 Dr. Tarpley spoke on the Alex Jones show warning that Libyan rebels were lynching black Libyans, hailed from Al Qaeda, and that the overall agenda of destabilizing and possibly intervening militarily across the Arab World was to implement "chaos, civil war, and the division of countries," along with the installation of weak puppet-regimes.
Just days after NATO began its military operations against Libya in mid-March of 2011, Dr. Tarpley confirmed that the Libyan rebels were led by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), claimed by West Point's Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) to have been involved in fighting Western troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq before returning to Libya to then be armed, trained, and led by Western forces in the overthrowing of Muammar Qaddafi.
During the initial phases of NATO's intervention, HRW and Amnesty International were complicit in covering these facts up and instead focused on lending legitimacy to the now confirmed lies of the NTC regarding human rights abuses perpetrated against them by the Libyan government. It wasn't until July of 2011 that HRW would admit that Libyan rebels were carrying out systematic abuses of their own, and even then they were whitewashed and excused. And while Human Rights Watch now admits that what the Libyan NTC is doing to the Tawargha people amounts to "crimes against humanity," they could have just as easily drawn such conclusions backed with ample evidence before NATO intervened militarily and rendered moot the entire "humanitarian" "responsibility to protect" doctrine the entire war was disingenuously based on.
In retrospect, we are meant to believe these organizations simply made a mistake and could not have possibly known the rebels would turn out to be worse human rights violators than those they sought to replace.
HRW & Amnesty Repeating "Mistakes" in Syria, No Mistake
That HRW and Amnesty International appear to be making the exact same mistakes in Syria, even as they finally admit the crimes of the "pro-democracy" rebels in Libya a year later and tens of thousands of lives too late, is certainly no mistake. This is exactly the purpose both organizations are meant to serve along with a myriad of other faux-NGOs – to lend legitimacy to both the Syrian terrorists and the governments of the West arming and directing them as they carry out what is essentially a campaign of foreign military conquest.
The first admissions of Syrian rebels committing atrocities have likewise come a full-year after unrest was triggered in 2011. Human Rights Watch admitted in their report, "Syria: Armed Opposition Groups Committing Abuses," that Syrian rebels are kidnapping, torturing, and executing people, many of whom have been confirmed to be civilians. Again, geopolitical analysts have stated since the unrest began in 2011 that Syria's opposition likewise represented not genuine "pro-democratic" forces, but rather proxies for foreign interests, many linked to extremist groups including Al Qaeda, and with Libya's LIFG commander Abdul Hakim Belhaj literally pledging cash, weapons, and men to the Syrian rebels' and NATO's cause.
Indeed, Syria is destined not for a stable democratic-tomorrow, but rather the same division, destruction, chaos, and genocide now rampant across Libya, where self-serving traitors simultaneously sell their nation out from under its people while eliminating their competition through violence and terrorism. As NATO and the UN attempt to court Syria's ruling business and government cliques, it would be wise for Syrians to look at Libya as an example of just how much worse it can get and the necessity to remain unified against what has been planned from the very beginning to be the end of Syria.
That the West's war machine extends not only around the world in the form of vast military assets, but with an immense media infrastructure to propagate their agenda, and a gargantuan network of NGOs funded and directed to subvert every form of national institution should be a big enough clue for stake-holders within besieged nation-states that the West has neither the need nor the desire to "share" once they prevail.
Stand United, or Fall Divided: Basic Game Theory
Strategists in the West approach each targeted nation, including Libya and now Syria, employing a form of game theory assuming that those they interact with, friend and foe alike, "play" using the dominant strategy – meaning, each "player" picks the best strategy resulting in the maximum benefit for themselves only, regardless of how other "players" play. This means that the West approaches two opposition factions in any given nation, makes their intentions of moving in known, and offers each the chance to defect. Defectors are given calculated benefits and losses, while their opposition will be eliminated entirely. While in reality, both factions stand the most to gain if they thwart the vastly superior West from plundering their nation, neither considers this an option because of a combination of intellectual flaws, thus both will lose more, even under the most favorable outcomes.
The West specifically targets and favors those faction with the most flaws in character, intellect, motivation etc., as in any conflict, those ruled by emotions and irrational methodology are infinitely easier to manipulate.
In Libya, had the rebels of Cyrenaica worked with Qaddafi to expel foreign encroachment and worked to divide an intact and unified Libya's wealth amongst themselves, they would have both vastly benefited more than even the sole victors are now. Instead, the West was able to prey on the arrogance, ideology, animosity, ignorance, and prejudices of both factions, wearing both down, dividing the remaining victor, and will, in time, eventually even eliminate them altogether. The same can be seen playing out in the perpetually divided Iraq and the same will certainly happen in Syria.
The age old axiom of standing united, or falling divided, is just as relevant today as ever. Understanding the true fault-lines running through humanity, between the global corporate-financier oligarchy and everyone else, and disallowing artificial fault-lines to be imposed upon us allows us to stand united against our true enemies and prevail. The moment we begin fighting amongst ourselves, regardless of who prevails, we all ultimately lose.
NYT Insults Intelligence in Latest Syrian Op-Ed
April 10, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under Commentary
Dear New York Times, It Takes Two to Tango.
an editorial by Tony Cartalucci
April 10, 2012 – In New York Times' (NYT) latest, anonymous editorial, they berate the Syrian government for not making good on Kofi Annan's alleged "peace deal," openly admitted by US policy think-tanks as a rouse to buy time for a floundering NATO proxy force and to be used as leverage to justify a partial invasion by NATO-member Turkey into northern Syria.
More specifically, the Fortune 500 funded Brookings Institution think-tank, in their latest report, "Assessing Options for Regime Change" stated (emphasis added):
"An alternative is for diplomatic efforts to focus first on how to end the violence and how to gain humanitarian access, as is being done under Annan's leadership. This may lead to the creation of safe-havens and humanitarian corridors, which would have to be backed by limited military power. This would, of course, fall short of U.S. goals for Syria and could preserve Asad in power. From that starting point, however, it is possible that a broad coalition with the appropriate international mandate could add further coercive action to its efforts." –page 4, Assessing Options for Regime Change, Brookings Institution.
And now that is exactly what the UN, NATO, and its massive network of propagandists are attempting to sell the public – including the New York Times' anonymous editorial board.
While the NYT unprofessionally throws around adjectives like "despicable" "brutal" and describes the events unfolding in Syria as "slaughter," even by the Syrian opposition's own admissions and throughout reports by "top rights groups" like Human Rights Watch (HRW), they are fighting just as "despicably," "brutally," and committing "slaughter" just as readily. That is because it takes two belligerents to conduct an armed uprising – a fact of reality the NYT attempts to sidestep in their desperate appeal to what they must assume is an infinitely ignorant readership.
Photo: The "Free Syrian Army," whose composition consists of not only Syrian extremists, but Libyan terrorists from the US State Department listed "Libyan Islamic Fighting Group" led by Abdul Hakim Belhaj, are far from the "hapless, helpless" victims the New York Times portrays them as – nor is the current conflict in Syria as one-sides as the Times portrays.
The HRW report titled, "Syria: Armed Opposition Groups Committing Abuses," is broken into three parts in regards to the rebels forces; kidnapping, torture, and executions. And while the report attempts to focus mainly on atrocities carried out against security forces and government supporters, the mention of civilian victims is made as well. The report states:
"Abuses include kidnapping, detention, and torture of security force members, government supporters, and people identified as members of pro-government militias, called shabeeha. Human Rights Watch has also received reports of executions by armed opposition groups of security force members and civilians."
Under the title "Kidnappings," it is stated:
"Abuses include kidnapping, detention, and torture of security force members, government supporters, and people identified as members of pro-government militias, called shabeeha. Human Rights Watch has also received reports of executions by armed opposition groups of security force members and civilians."
"Human Rights Watch also expressed concern about FSA [Free Syrian Army] kidnappings of Iranian nationals, some of whom the group has confirmed are civilians."
Under "Executions," HRW's report describes the Syrian opposition's practice of rounding up suspects and killing them without trial, generally on the grounds of confessions coerced through torture. Other executions are simply carried out as reprisals with no apparent offense beyond suspected affiliations being cited.
What responsible government would allow overtly armed factions to carry out such crimes within its borders? What responsible journalist would omit these documented crimes during a discussion over how to end the bloodshed in Syria? Clearly both sides are armed, both sides are fighting one another, both sides are alleging the other is committing atrocities while declaring their own hands clean.
What the NYT also conveniently fails to mention is that the rebels they are so adamant in defending, have outright rejected Kofi Annan's "peace deal," in effect rendering the entire deal null and void, declaring their intentions to continue fighting the Syrian government with the constant torrent of cash and weapons pledged to them during the last "Friends of Syria" summit – a summit that disingenuously supported the "peace deal" while openly making provisions to continue the bloodshed. How could President Bashar al-Assad withdraw troops then, even if he wanted to?
Finally, the NYT shamelessly cites hearsay over an alleged "cross border" incident admittedly unconfirmed and involving conflicting reports in an attempt to further demonize the Syrian government and provide the impetus for Turkey, a NATO member since the 1950's, to establish Wall Street and London's prescribed "safe havens" and "humanitarian corridors" from which to continue their attempts to topple the Syrian government. As a matter of fact, Today's Zaman literally announced verbatim that Turkey's next step would be indeed to implement this very strategy, conjured up not from within the halls of the Turkish government in Ankara, but within the pages of a Fortune 500-funded Washington "think-tank."
An informed citizen would recognize NYT's editorial as just another mouthpiece of a singular Western agenda of premeditated violence with predetermined prescribed courses of action prepared to topple the government of Syria – a plan decades in the making. It is not that conditions on the ground have coincidentally converged to justify these plans – it is that professional liars like the NYT, the TV networks and the governments of NATO are creating and/or lying about the conditions on the ground when they otherwise would not exist to justify these plans.
Recognize that we are once again being lied to by the New York Times, just as we were by "Curveball" and Donald Rumsfeld regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, or the admittedly false "humanitarian" claims made by the Libyan opposition, or most recently by the US government-funded Kony 2012 propaganda campaign. How many more times must we be lied to by the exact same shrill voices before we, as a rule, doubt, question, and challenge everything they say?


text:
Dwight Howard scored 19 points to lead six players in double figures and added 16 rebounds Wednesday night as the Orlando Magic handed the host Indiana Pacers their sixth straight loss, 111-96.
Coming off a home loss to Detroit on Monday, Orlando hit 16 3-pointers in 34 attempts. The Magic (30-16) went ahead for good late in the first quarter and built a 23-point lead in the second half.
Jason Richardson also scored 19 points, Hedo Turkoglu added 18 and Ryan Anderson hit four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points - all in the first half - for the Magic. Jameer Nelson scored 12 points and J.J. Redick had 10.
Danny Granger led Indiana (16-26) with 27 points. Darren Collison added 21 for the slumping Pacers.
Gilbert Arenas' 3-pointer as the first period ended gave the Magic the lead for good, 22-21. Orlando stretched the lead to 47-30 midway through the second quarter and 60-43 just prior to halftime.
The Magic built an 80-57 lead with 5:47 remaining in the third quarter before the Pacers rallied. They closed to 86-79 early in the fourth period before Turkoglu had a three-point play, Richardson hit a jumper and Nelson had a 3-pointer, giving the Magic a 94-79 lead.