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Investment bankers salivate over North Africa
Chaos and strife create the revolutionary atmosphere in which opportunity abounds
Written by Atheo | Aletho News | March 8, 2011
Investment banking is usually thought of as a field that values stability. Yet the greatest rewards are often attained through destabilization.
North African regimes and leaders have their obvious faults and flaws. Autocracies have an inherent weakness in their tendency to ossification. This basic reality is reflected not just in the obvious lack of democratic institutions, but also in the economic structures of the North African states. Regimes which have persisted for many decades tend to retain many of the economic characteristics of the era in which they were formed.
In the developing economies, during the decades prior to the neo-liberal reforms of the 1990's, state owned industries were fostered in order to provide basic services such as telecommunications, transport and public utilities. Local manufacturing industries were protected from offshore competition as a means of furthering development goals and enhancing balance of trade accounts. These well established practices have come to be seen by today's promoters of 'free trade' and privatization as an impediment to maximizing profits. Once established, these industries are in many cases difficult to dislodge.
Therefore, a clean break is required for restructuring primary domestic industries in order for international investors to reap a greater share of locally generated profits. This process is referred to as 'creative destruction'. To facilitate the emplacement of the new order, the old order must first be swept aside. This requirement of upending the existing order explains why Western neoconservatives have been promoting the revolutionary uprisings in North Africa. Neoconservative think tanks and publications are closely associated with the banking interests. Evidence of their designs on North Africa is abundant.
A 2010 Bertelsmann evaluation titled Transformation Tunisia reported:
Tunisia's decision makers have once again advanced transformation too sluggishly. Despite the formal abolition of trade barriers for industrial goods with the European Union as of 1 January 2008, in practice, Tunisia has seen too little progress in terms of trade liberalization [emphasis added].
[The] Tunisian banking sector and capital market are regularly cited as one major hindrance to the country's economic modernization. Although they have been formally brought up to international standards, financial supervision and regulation remain subject to political influence. This is partly due to direct state control over financial flows and partly to the state's direct involvement therein. Although it sold its stakes in two banks in 2002 and 2005, respectively, the state remains the controlling shareholder in at least four other banks because it controls 50% of their assets. Under these conditions, top-rank bank executives are de facto appointed by the president through a controlling body.
On January 7, 2011, Elliott Abrams wrote for the Council on Foreign Relations:
"Tunisia, whose literacy rate has long been the highest in Africa at nearly 80% and whose per capita GDP is about $8,000, should have the ability to sustain a democratic government—once the Ben Ali regime collapses [emphasis added].
"Tunisians are clearly sick of looking at all the giant photos and paintings of Ben Ali that appear on walls, posters, and billboards all over the country. […]
"If Tunisia can move toward democracy, Algerians and Egyptians and even Libyans will wonder why they cannot. This kind of thing may catch on [emphasis added]. In fact, in Algeria it may already be catching on." (Elliott Abrams: Is Tunisia Next?)
On February 13, the New York Times described Robert Kagan as "a Brookings Institution scholar who long before the revolution helped assemble a nonpartisan group of policy experts to press for democratic change in Egypt." [emphasis added]
Maidhc Ó Cathail has noted that:
Arianna Huffington … was prescient in a December 13, 2010 op-ed in Lebanon's Daily Star titled "Social media will help fuel change in the Middle East."
And also that:
Robert Kagan, who co-founded the Project for a New American Century with William Kristol in 1997, was joined on that "nonpartisan group" by PNAC founding member Elliott Abrams and PNAC deputy director Ellen Bork. Bork is currently "democracy and human rights" director at PNAC's successor, Foreign Policy Initiative, where Kagan and Kristol are directors. Not surprisingly, Kristol wrote in the Weekly Standard on January 29 that he was "in complete agreement" with his fellow PNACers' Working Group on Egypt in its demands that the U.S. suspend aid to Mubarak. […]
Appearing on ABC's This Week, Kagan looked positively sanguine about the prospects for a post-Mubarak Egypt. Like George Soros, he seems confident that Israel has "much to gain from the spread of democracy in the Middle East."
It should be recalled that many of these same individuals and institutions were principle actors in the promotion of the 'color revolutions' in many of the former Soviet Republics as well as in Iran's failed 'green revolution' during the summer of 2010.
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi points out that the direction that events take is not being left to local forces:
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was interviewed by Rachel Maddow several weeks ago and revealed that Washington has already begun meddling. Albright denounced Egyptian ex-president Mubarak … and then confirmed that the National Endowment for Democracy was already hard at work in Egypt, even though Mubarak had not yet stepped down, building up infrastructure and supporting party development. Recall for a moment that Albright believes that a heavy fist is an essential part of diplomacy and that US interests always trump whatever suffering local people have to endure. […]
Those who are aware of the insidious activities of the National Endowment for Democracy or NED, an ostensibly private foundation that spreads "democracy" and is largely funded by the government, will not be surprised to learn that it is already active in North Africa because it is almost everywhere. NED, which has a Democratic Party half in its National Democratic Institute, and a Republican Party half in its International Republican Institute, was the driving force behind the series of pastel revolutions that created turmoil in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism. Remember when the Russians and others complained about the activities of NGOs interfering in their politics? NED was what they were referring to.
Albright is in charge of the NED Dems while John McCain leads the NED GOP. […]
Neoconservative Ken Timmerman has identified the core NED activity overseas as "training political workers in modern communications and organizational techniques," surely a polite way to describe interfering directly in other countries' politics.
On February 27, John McCain and Joe Lieberman visited Cairo. As reported by Politico:
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who's on a quick trip through the Middle East, said Sunday he found Cairo to be a "very exciting place."
"We went to Tahrir Square today. Got a warm, enthusiastic welcome," he said of his visit to Cairo with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Of course, to suggest that the uprisings have been orchestrated solely by these interests would ignore genuine grassroots concerns. Nothing here is meant to suggest that conditions for unrest were not present or that sacrifices for social change have not been made by the peoples of North Africa. This article is only meant to inform as to the activities of the interventionists. The real accomplishments of the uprisings may yet predominate.
Within a month after demanding cessation of military aid to Mubarak, the very same neocon cabal was demanding military intervention in the less pliable Libya. Jim Lobe reports for IPS:
In a distinct echo of the tactics they pursued to encourage U.S. intervention in the Balkans and Iraq, a familiar clutch of neo-conservatives appealed Friday for the United States and NATO to "immediately" prepare military action to help bring down the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and end the violence that is believed to have killed well over a thousand people in the past week.
The appeal, which came in the form of a letter signed by 40 policy analysts, including more than a dozen former senior officials who served under President George W. Bush, was organised and released by the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI), a two-year-old neo-conservative group that is widely seen as the successor to the more-famous – or infamous – Project for the New American Century (PNAC).
Warning that Libya stood "on the threshold of a moral and humanitarian catastrophe", the letter, which was addressed to President Barack Obama, called for specific immediate steps involving military action, in addition to the imposition of a number of diplomatic and economic sanctions to bring "an end to the murderous Libyan regime".
In particular, it called for Washington to press NATO to "develop operational plans to urgently deploy warplanes to prevent the regime from using fighter jets and helicopter gunships against civilians and carry out other missions as required; (and) move naval assets into Libyan waters" to "aid evacuation efforts and prepare for possible contingencies;" as well as "(e)stablish the capability to disable Libyan naval vessels used to attack civilians."
Among the letter's signers were former Bush deputy defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz; Bush's top global democracy and Middle East adviser; Elliott Abrams; former Bush speechwriters Marc Thiessen and Peter Wehner; Vice President Dick Cheney's former deputy national security adviser, John Hannah, as well as FPI's four directors: Weekly Standard editor William Kristol; Brookings Institution fellow Robert Kagan; former Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman Dan Senor; and former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and Ambassador to Turkey, Eric Edelman.
It was Kagan and Kristol who co-founded and directed PNAC in its heyday from 1997 to the end of Bush's term in 2005.
The letter comes amid growing pressure on Obama, including from liberal hawks, to take stronger action against Gaddafi.
Two prominent senators whose foreign policy views often reflect neo-conservative thinking, Republican John McCain and Independent Democrat Joseph Lieberman, called Friday in Tel Aviv for Washington to supply Libyan rebels with arms, among other steps, including establishing a no-fly zone over the country.
By March 6, Reuters was already reporting the hoped for results:
As entrenched monopolies and patronage give way in the Middle East and North Africa, governments in the region could open their markets further and divest some state assets.
Wealthy Gulf states such Kuwait and Qatar have little cause to sell, but post-revolutionary states such as Tunisia will likely lower protectionist barriers…
"… this crisis is going to reveal some opportunities as structures linked to old regimes will be unwound," said Julian Mayo, investment director at Charlemagne Capital. […]
"When you have an economy moving from socialist dictatorship to full-fledged free market, the spider in the web of that transformation will be the banks," [emphasis added] said Bjorn Englund, who runs an investment fund focused on Iraq.
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A regional strategy for democracy in the Middle East
Zalmay Khalilzad | Washngton Post | March 15, 2011
… The Middle East uprisings that hold the greatest promise are in anti-American dictatorships. The immediate challenge is to ensure the ouster of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. […]
… Gaddafi's overthrow and the consolidation of a liberal, pro-American regime would bolster prospects for reform in Iran and Syria by countering Iranian propaganda that the current revolts are Islamist in character and directed only at partners of the United States.
We can follow up with a variety of steps to foment democratic revolutions against Tehran and Damascus, beginning with clarion calls for change. These include: training and support for opposition forces in and outside the countries; pressure directed against regime officials who attack their own people, including targeted sanctions and referrals in international tribunals; surrogate broadcasting and other pro-democracy messaging; funds for striking workers; and covert efforts to induce defections by regime and security officials. …
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What academia does to help with that transition will be key, experts say.
"We want to help them transition into school. We want to help them stay there and then get out of school, and find jobs," said Lawrence Braue, the director of Veteran Services at the University of South Florida, one of several specialists planning to address the three-day conference.
Braue said he retired from the Army after 27 years in uniform and began to work with veterans at the University of South Florida about four years ago. Initially his office had four staff members, but it has grown to a full time staff of seven, has added a full-time Veterans Administration benefits adviser, and has about 18 part-time staffers.
In recent years, the veteran population at his university has grown from about 500 to 600 veterans to more than 1,500 now, he said. And the key to attracting them, and helping them succeed, has been gathering people together who can give veterans the help they need, Braue said.
"We set up a one-stop shop," Braue said, a center populated with people who understood the complex medical and financial benefit systems that they must navigate in order to pay for their education.
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Henry Townsend (Norwich)
|Henry Townsend
|Circa 1695
Oyster Bay, Long Island, Province of New York
|Known for
|Early settler of American colonies, signatory to the Flushing Remonstrance
|Home town
|Oyster Bay, Long Island
|Ann Coles
Henry Townsend (1626–1695) was an early settler of the American Colonies.
Disagreement exists surrounding the facts of Henry Townsend's place of birth and his parentage. The work Ancestral Heads of New England Families from 1923 suggests that Henry Townsend was the son of Thomas Townsend (1594-1677) and Mary Newgate (1595-1692).[1]
These facts are disputed by findings of the "Townsend Surname DNA Project," conducted by the Townsend Society of America, a well-respected member organization composed of members with Townsend lineage.[2] These findings suggest that Henry Townsend was not the son of Thomas Townsend and Mary Newgate and that these families have "completely different DNA" according to Townsend Society sources. Naturally this raises questions surrounding date of birth of Henry Townsend, and to the date that he and his two brothers Richard and John emigrated to the colonies. The work A memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend, and their descendants published in 1865 is cited for more information on the topic.[3]
While some disagreement exists surrounding origins, general agreement exists around other aspects of Henry Townsend's biography. Henry settled in Flushing, where his brother John Townsend (1608-1668) was one of the original settlers of that place, to whom the patent was granted by Gov. Keift in 1645.[4] On account of political difficulties with the Dutch governor, Peter Stuyvesant, the Townsend brothers moved to Warwick, Rhode Island.
In 1656 Townsend and his brothers, Henry and Richard, again attempted to settle in Long Island, this time obtaining the patent of Rustdorp (now Jamaica). The following year in 1657 he was arrested, imprisoned and fined. Records from 15 September 1657, show Henry Townsend was asked to pay £8 Flanders or depart the Dutch province within six weeks, "upon the penalty of corporeal punishment."[5]
The source of Henry's trouble was his practice of allowing meetings of Quakers in his house. The Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant had outlawed this activity, banning the practice of all religious activity outside of the Dutch Reformed Church.
Later a petition, known as the Flushing Remonstrance was signed by Henry and many others on 27 December 1657.[6] Stuyvesant rejected the petition. Henry Townsend was arrested, imprisoned and fined £8 Flanders for harboring Quakers in his house.
In the following year, 1658, Townsend moved with his brothers to Oyster Bay, which was out of the jurisdiction of the Dutch. Here he spent the remainder of his life, and died at Oyster Bay, in 1695.[7]
Henry Townsend in Oyster Bay[edit]
Henry Townsend married Ann Coles in 1649 and had seven children.
First Generation[edit]
John Townsend (1653-1705)
Rose Townsend (1648-1720), who fed her father through the bars of the window while imprisoned by the Dutch government; married Captain Joseph Dickenson.
Henry Townsend (1649-1703) was the son of Henry Townsend and Anne Townsend. He married Deborah Underhill in 1677. Deborah Underhill (1659-1698) was daughter of Captain John Underhill (1597-1672), another important figure in Colonial America who trained the militia of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and served as magistrate of Flushing for a brief period of time, before settling on 150 acres (0.61 km2) of land outside of Oyster Bay. Captain Underhill was converted to Quakerism by his second wife, thus making the union of Henry Townsend and Deborah Underhill the combining of two of the most influential Quaker families in Oyster Bay.
Susanna Townsend, married Aaron Forman, Jr. and had sons Aaron and Jacob.
Mary Townsend, married John Wright, son of Nicholas Wright, and had Rose, Eliphal, and Mary.
Elizabeth Townsend, died unmarried, September 13, 1680.
Robert Townsend, born June 3, 1667, bought land on Long Island from the Indians, died in 1687.
Second Generation[edit]
Henry Townsend (1670-1709) was the son of Henry Townsend and Deborah Underhill. He bought the mill his grandfather had built from his uncle John Townsend, and when his Uncle John died, he was elected town surveyor, being the third generation in direct descent engaged in surveying and to operate the mill. He married Eliphal Wright, daughter of his aunt Mary Townsend and John Wright.
- ^ Ancestral Heads of New England Families, Frank R. Holmes, (Originally published: New York, 1923, Reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md. 21202-1964, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1999, Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 64-19755, ISBN 0-8063-0182-1), Page 241
- ^ Townsend Surname DNA Project Townsendsociety.org, Townsend Surname DNA project
- ^ A memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend, and their descendants (1865) Memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend, and their Descendants
- ^ American Ancestry, by Thomas Patrick Hughes, Frank Munsell (1887)
- ^ Cocks, George William (1914). History and Genealogy of the Cock - Cocks - Cox Family. New York: Privately Printed. p. 367. OCLC 14443162.
- ^ The Flushing Remonstrance is considered a precursor to the United States Constitution's provision on freedom of religion in the Bill of Rights.
- ^ Hughes, Thomas Patrick (1887). American Ancestry. New York: J. Munsell's Sons. pp. 83–84. OCLC 27520905.


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three remaining sites that could host a team in Los Angeles,
although the talk of returning to the country's second largest city
was overshadowed by the league's labor situation.
The league is working on contingency agreements with the three
sites: the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and a
parking lot next to Angel Stadium in Anaheim.
Owners had discussed trimming the list from four sites to three
at the meetings, but that task was done for them when the city of
Carson dropped out of consideration over the weekend.
"I think we've made good progress," commissioner Paul
Tagliabue said Wednesday at end of two days of owners' meetings,
"and certainly we're going to keep focused on that and keep that
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So Iplan on getting a Jl10e as my first 1/10 drift/touring car. But Ihave a few quick questions.
I plan to drifting about 60% of the time and I'm having a hard time choosing between the shaftie or...
I'll check that out in a little bit, thanks New Dude.
My rear clicking, after going RWD for a test is now because of a stripped input gear, really annoying.
Couldn't you put springs to fill up...
If the diff is loose you can tighten by using the hex tool it came with. It shows exactly where to tighten it in the manual.
Front wheel drive was a hopeless attempt, just switched to rear wheel lets see if that makes a difference.
My truck is still clicking in the rear. I switched the front and rear diffs and the clicking only stopped for about 1 pack
I might just leave it front wheel drive until I can think of something.
Thanks Shark.
I'm getting some RC18t rims and mounting the recon tires on them.
I recently got my motor replaced also, as the shaft was sort of rattling which caused my spur gear to strip.
The mesh between my motor and spur is fine, I have an feeling the pinion gear on the...
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Thanks guys, the 2nd and 3rd light finally came off and the lipo is at 8.41volts. I guess i'll just deal with it using the 2nd and 3rd light to represent cell one and two.
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That happened last Saturday. I had a few pieces of gear to test from companies, so I carried a camera. Larry and I woke up at 5 am and drove up for an hour to a trailhead of a place we recently discovered (last Fall), truly enjoy and where one can be on trails yet run, not trip over rocks and roots - there are some, but God, it's like almost PNW trails, and it even has pine trees!
The loop is 7.2M, one can make some add-on's and do 8M (Larry's choice), we were off for 2 loops at 7 am. With the early wake up and the long drive it almost felt like we ARE training! It was a touch cloudy, but pretty humid right away. As I moved, resolution #1 came - run every step (I really never know if I'd be able to run the hills nowadays). As the miles beeped, I thought I am either going to blow up, or have fun - all the while snapping photos of my gear in action. Before I knew it, pace quickened a lot, and I was strong and having a blast. Larry's variation of a loop allowed us to bump into each other a few times (what saved me on the second loop, as I lost my 2 gels at the beginning of it), and that was uplifting as well.
Of course, Tuesday came with a road shuffle so slow, I was glad I made a decision to leave a watch at home. But Wednesday's suddenly resurrected morning run-commute to work felt like a slog, until I looked at the watch upon arrival - and turned out I made a pretty dang good time (all things in my own little world"good run" considering).
So, this is how life goes. Neal Gorman, who first was writing his experiences dealing with CMV tagging onto overtraining syndrome ("You had a great year? That's a pay-back") in 2013, was cleared to run in late April, was careful during the summer, had a cancelled Grindstone 100 in October, and came to run Rocky Raccoon 100 on February 1st, technically exactly one year after beginning dealing with his weakness and shortly prior his official diagnosis. While he managed to turn-around his race at Rocky after walking part of 2nd (of 5) loop and finish strong in 5th place and fast time, something snapped - he never wrote a report, never ran another race, and his blog is dead (and I am afraid to impinge and email him). I think that whole immune and hormonal systems shut-down for a variety of reasons is far less studied and more serious and less explainable than we'd like to assume.
What bring me to my own running. I am learning to take things as they go. I am trying really hard not to look into the future, and while I am toying with some ideas, I simply don't share them anymore, because, well, I just don't know. I even had a pretty awesome track run a week before a day after a fantastic hill run - only to get sick with cold 3 days later (didn't help to spend 6 hrs volunteering at the Hells Hills races, where it was overcast and windy and cool - awesome for runners who all PR'ed, not so awesome for under-dressed volunteers).
Knitting new big order for thin alpaca hats, had to set aside my own projects - love good yarn! Wish everybody who orders hats or scarfs would be willing to pay that little extra that would allow me to buy a better quality yarn, a win-win for everybody. This particular requests involves being lightweight and lots of holes:)
There was a question floating last night about why there are coaches for running and why folks need them. I had some thoughts on it that I offered (short version: some runners need accountability and structure and wisdom in one place vs internet search and asking other runners), and that I came to it via folks asking me for help long before doing it officially - eventually I took certifying classes and set a small fee (much smaller than any average coach in US I had heard of). Although I never turned away a free question (and those who benefited know about that), I also am aware of a way "if I don't pay, I will find excuse not to do something" (ask me why I have to be a member of the gym and yoga studio and not use dumbbells and mat at home). From the 10:19 Bull Run Run 50 finisher: "And not to be forgotten, thank you so much for your expertise, guidance, and enthusiasm. I can be rough on myself, sometimes unfocused, and be of the opinion that I'm never doing enough. But you set me straight and change my way of thinking. Thank you. I credit your training plan with making my day yesterday so very enjoyable." And from recent running beginner and now a finisher of hot and humid Possum Kingdom 52M race: " I know without you, I would not have improved my speed nearly as much as I have since August and would not have been able to complete PK 52 feeling as good as I do today." This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and keep on helping even when I am tired starring at schedules and emails and announce to Larry I am done with this "business".
And lastly, Larry and I ventured for a date in the city on Sunday - (besides schedules for running clients) I didn't have to work one day this weekend. That felt awesome! We had coffee, walked Congress all the way to the river, set on the bench and talked, talked...That was wonderful! I am looking forward out trip to Bay Area in a week. I am having a great appreciation of having a partner I can share so much with, and who accepts me and understands me and looks towards the same direction as me - yet doesn't feel intrusive and overwhelming. This marriage may have happened "on the fly", and it took a lot of work, but it is totally worth it.


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WASHINGTON — The unrest engulfing Arab streets and threatening authoritarian governments in the Mideast is complicating U.S. counterterrorism efforts, scrambling the volatile battleground against al-Qaida in Yemen and raising concerns about the durability of Egypt's stance against militants.
U.S. counterterrorism officials need to move quickly to firm up relationships with veteran Mideast intelligence and security services in the aftermath of momentous changes, experts say. Lingering confusion over who will take the reins of power could hamper instant decision-making in the short term.
Over the longer term, will the U.S. be able to work as closely against al-Qaida and other terrorist groups if important allies such as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh cede power to Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood?
"Right now the situation is so fluid it's just about impossible to make any determinations about long-term repercussions," said Roger Cressey, a former counterterrorism deputy in the Clinton and second Bush administrations. "The counterterrorism community has to be cautious about even jumping six months ahead."
Uncertainty about whether the U.S. can depend on Arab allies to join against militants comes amid growing American concerns following a string of failed attacks plotted in Yemen and al-Qaida's home base inside Pakistan. Less reliance on Mideast partners could force the U.S. to strike back on its own there, if a future terrorist attack were to succeed.
"The next time American interests are attacked and there's a return address in Yemen, the U.S. may have to act unilaterally," said Christopher Boucek, an expert with the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
U.S. counterterrorism officials worry that continuing demonstrations in the Yemeni capital in Sana'a could led the country's security forces to focus more on protecting the government, giving breathing room to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, suspected in plots against the U.S. in recent months.
Some street protests have come from pro-democracy elements, Boucek said. Others have been stirred by Islamic fundamentalist and secessionist groups already arrayed against Saleh's government.
In a sign of the mounting alarm about Yemen's role as a terrorist staging, President Barack Obama told Saleh on the phone this past week about the need for "forceful action" against the al-Qaida affiliate. Obama did praise "the significant reform measures" that Saleh ordered to defuse the protests.
Obama also took the unusual step of publicly chiding Saleh for releasing Abd-Ilah al-Shai, a sympathizer of the al-Qaida group who had been sentenced to five years for his ties with it. Al-Shai had met in 2009 with Anwar al-Awlaki, a fugitive militant cleric who is suspected by American authorities of involvement in the Christmas Day plot that year to bomb a Detroit-bound jet and the October 2010 scheme to send mail bombs on planes from Yemen to the U.S.
Saleh, who's kept power despite battling three separate insurrections, often has to wire-walk between U.S. officials pressing for more leeway to take the battle against al-Qaida and powerful Yemeni tribes suspicious of his dealings with the Americans. Diplomatic cables released this year by WikiLeaks described the gap between Saleh's public posturing and private utterances — telling top U.S. counterterror adviser John Brennan at one point that he would pretend that a series of U.S. airstrikes had been carried out by Yemeni forces.
"Saleh's good at dancing in the snake pit," said Juan Zarate, a former top Bush administration counterterror official who is now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "The unrest he's dealing with now poses some dangers, but he's pretty adept at getting out of trouble."
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Second Medal of Honor Experience vid shows chopper combat
Following the release of Medal of Honor multiplay footage in the Fallen Angel video last week, EA's just dropped a second movie, titled Gunfighters, showing off single-play.
This is the second in a set of "Medal of Honor Experience" trailers. No idea why this popped up today.
The video shows circling helipcopters blasted a village full of RPGs and other nasties. It ends badly for the nasties.
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The same type of federal funding and approvals that trigger NEPA also trigger a separate federal law, called the "Section 106" process because it is based on Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Under Section 106, the FAA must identify areas in and around the possible tree removal zones to determine whether the houses and associated landscaping are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. In this case, the review process will probably focus upon residential subdivisions and landscapes around the airport that were platted and developed between 1909 and the early 1960's (the review focuses on any property older than fifty years). Removal of trees that were originally a part of an historical planned development, or that may be newer but reflect the continuation of a deliberate landscaping plan, could be determined to be a harmful effect to historic properties. In that case,a separate law requires FAA and LRAA to avoid tree removal or, at a minimum, minimize the removal through other actions (e.g., trimming instead of removal).
Any individual, organization, or business who is concerned about the project's impact on historic properties (whether you own an affected property or business or not) can be involved in Section 106 as a "consulting party." The Kentucky State Historic Preservation Officer is a required consulting party, and Metro Louisville will likely be a consulting party. Plea For The Trees will distribute information at the right time on who to ask for consulting party status and how to ask. This entitles you to directly receive all reports and information relating to identification of historic landscapes and neighborhoods, the types of impacts that are predicted, and ways to mitigate impacts. Involvement in Section 106 is different than the NEPA process. In NEPA, you can get a copy of the EA and submit written comments or comment at a hearing, but that's it. Section 106 involves dialogue and consultation (usually accomplished through a series of meetings) that seek as a goal agreement between all parties on ways to preserve historic landscapes and properties as the project goes forward.
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Kentucky State Historic Preservation Office sends letter to FAA regarding Section 106.
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"A Citizen's Guide to Section 106" by the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. See:
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Other games on slate for the XBLA House Party include THQ's Nexuiz and EA's puzzle-based stealth actioner, Warp.
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Overdosage of benzodiazepines is usually manifested by varying degrees of central nervous system depression ranging from drowsiness to coma. In mild cases, symptoms include drowsiness, mental confusion and lethargy. In more serious cases, and especially when other drugs or alcohol were Ingested, symptoms may include ataxia, hypotonia, hypotension, hypnotic state, stage one (1) to three (3) coma, and very rarely, death.
Induced vomiting and/or gastric lavage should be undertaken, followed by general supportive care, monitoring of vital signs, and close observation of the patient. Hypotension, though unlikely, usually may be controlled with norepinephrine bitartrate Injection. The value of dialysis has not been adequately determined for oxazepam.
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so I'm thinking of buying some of those busou shinki.
I'd love a Figma of this. She's cool!
Awesome design!
this is awesome
soooooo awsome!!!!
Very pretty
Extremely slick! Love the colors you used and the way you colored her hair! Great job!
aaaaaaaaaaaand Gatling Gun takes the cake
very nice design.
very nice design.
Awesome design as usual, man. All I can say is that anything worth buying is usually expensive, but if you really want it, and you can still eat after...you buy the shit out of it.
Expensive decision, but whatever floats your boat
This pic reminds me of Strike Witches, albeit more high-tech XD
Very cute and deadly
This pic reminds me of Strike Witches, albeit more high-tech XD
Very cute and deadly
These hips aren't as childbearing as I'd come to expect...!?
Cute and lethal lass.
Make sure those Busou Shinki figures dont blow a hole on your wall~
wow I love her design <3
Where are her legs? D: This is awesome though! I love how you can draw things like clothes and accessories and those kinds of things so well. I need to practice that! ^-^;
no flamethrower?
Awesome.....just awesome. Don't know how else to describe this amazing work!!!
Just awesome as always
Waah it's so cool * A * I love her pose and the way you drew her clothes and her weapon is so good!
The blue and orange colors mix is such a good idea > ^ < You have so much skills Alex //touches
The blue and orange colors mix is such a good idea > ^ < You have so much skills Alex //touches
Watch out or they'll get your soul
i've been wanting some shinki too.. they're expensive but well worth it. they'er also crazy poseable so they'er awesome replacements for that lame wooden figure...
too bad im broke. lol.
too bad im broke. lol.
Ooh, so that's what the minigun was for. Nice bit of work.
The design is awesome!
Eye brows. I love them. Can i touch and caress her forehead for bearing such marks of beauty.
Very nice indeed ZAK-O =u=b
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Here's the thing about growing up…
Don't do it. Seriously, fight against it. I spent a great deal of my 20's so incredibly anxious to be older. I wanted to be 21 so I could go to the cool clubs. I wanted to be 25 so I could rent a car. I wanted to be 30 because no one took 20-year olds seriously. Mannnnn, listen. SO dumb. I plan on being youthful for every y'all. Yeah, I know the dark circles under my eyes say otherwise but to hell with thinking I NEED to be a certain age.
I'm where I need to be and I'm going to be a big kid for as long as I live, y'all. And this is why I'm going giddy over this Disney Minnie Beauty By SEPHORA COLLECTION.
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Linda graduated from UCM in 1970 with a BS in education and in 1980 with an MS in education. She earned her Ph.D. in leadership from the University of Texas-Austin in 1997. She has served as a board member for Boy Scouts of America, the American Heart Association and the Harlingen Housing Authority.
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Must be the infection, because today started off with me throwing up, and hasn't gotten much better. Feel like total crap.
Hopefully as the antibiotics kick in I will start feeling better. Glad my hubby comes home today:)
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We saw the heartbeat today @ 6weeks . I have had 2 misscariges before this . Does this lower the rate of miscarriage by percentage or is that just a myth ??
Does hearing the heartbeat mean ?
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gosh... I hope it's not a myth! Just saw my heartbeat today at 7w5d. I believe I have read that it lowers the rate at this point. Wish I had thought to ask today. I've had 2 miscarriages and a CP myself, so I know where you are coming from!
Me(40). DH(41).
Me(40). DH(41).
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Posted 12/03/2012
I was such a nervous wreck that I didn't think to ask until I came home . I just want to get through these first 14 weeks without worrying so much ..
Posted 12/05/2012
My doc said once you hear or see a heartbeat, the odds of a mc go down to less than 3%
If all goes well, we will be expecting our First Born, and planning on green team! :)
Amy 36, DH 40 - married 6yrs, together forever
If all goes well, we will be expecting our First Born, and planning on green team! :)
Posted 12/07/2012
^^this. It can still happen but the chances are much lower.
Andrea - IVF/Adoption survivor
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Now that was impressive. Giving that background story while the movie was loading was a good idea, or else I wouldn't have known what was going on. The style you had going on througout this movie was really crisp. One of the best scenes was when raspberry clock was at the cemetary; very cool. Most flash users have bad luck with choosing the right BG music, but your choice fit in perfectly with the action. And to top it off, your ending with Mr. T couldn't have been any better. It's movies like this that remind me why I suppor the C.C.; great job.
Now that was a damn good movie! I've even noticed two or three clock haters vote 7 and 8 overall on this. Make more of these kickass flashes!
This is much more than just a GOOD clock movie, this is just incredible (Needed better sound though). I believe that this is their true potential, and I'd love to see them try to do better. It's amazing how Strawberry and his somewhat crappy entries like "B", started this whole Clock Crew cult following.
Great...too bad it's Clocks
The animation's awesome... the plot is pretty sweet... but the worst part about it is that it stars the lame-ass Clock Crew... I don't know why I dislike them so much... I suppose I just think that putting a clock on something is a horribly stupid idea?... Well, this Flash rules 'cause yer an awesome artist =)
Whats with clock anyway?
I don't like how u portray crab apple as the bad guy, instead of killing him they should have found a way to redeam him, anyway i still donno what everyone sees in clocks, and in no way was this interactive (i've seen way to many 10's on interactive for this)
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PARIS, TX-- Questions and concerns over what the city plans to do with a generous donation made to the lake crook development project were discussed at Monday's council meeting.
Last month the city of Paris received a $100,000 donation from Dr. Richard and Susan Swint to re-develop Lake Crook.
The city had plans to develop the lake as resort area with apartments and homes. The Swint's, however, say the area should be used for lodges, trails and wildlife areas.
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Whats Klinkers stuff like Doug? Seems to be getting a fair amount of k's does he have a legit out pitch ?
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Pitches-strikes: Jukich 73-47 - 64%Code:Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Jukich 5.0 5 1 1 1 6 1 4.21
thats one of the funniest things ive seen .
2009 Redszone MLB Mock Draft
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Jukich has thrown the ball extremely well since being moved back to starting. Will he move past Maloney on depth chart?
Solid debut as a starter for Mark Serrano up in Dayton.
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Sarasota is down 2-0 in the 5th.
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Rev. Rick Warren, who is President-elect's controversial pick to give the invocation at his inauguration on Jan. 20, will be the keynote speaker at Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Commemorative Service at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church on the day before the Inauguration, Atlantic Progressive News reports. Before she passed away, King's wife, Coretta Scott King, declared that gay marriage was a civil rights issue and denounced a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban it.


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One of the best things about travel is that it gets you away from your to-do list long enough that you can tear it up and make another one — even longer and more idealistic than the original. (I've replaced "write more," with "Write Your Novel!" Sigh.) Upon my return from a three-week wedding/honeymoon extravaganza, my anxiety has risen to its previous level, which for me means it's time to research systems! I'm a huge Lifehacker fan, natch, as well as 43 Folders, and lately, Slate has gotten into the systems game with "Lifehacking tips from the rich, the famous, and the just plain interesting." They're good tips, absolutely worth reading, but here's the one I really enjoyed.
Prioritize. In a word, that is what too many of us fail to do too often. When the proverbial to-do list is too big for the memory on your laptop, it is time to step back and say "What really matters?" Too often we don't take that simple step, getting consumed by the papers that happen to rise to the top, rather than by the issues that matter most. Ask the really hard questions about what is worth doing at all and why. After that, there is nothing like an incipient deadline and three cups of coffee to get the job done. Forget the herbal tea; double espresso wins the day.
From which famous person, you ask? Eliot Spitzer. Who would've guessed that was his secret?
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Director: Anton Slayer
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Cast: Sativa Rose, Nadi Phuket, Ricki White, Trent Soluri, Kaiya Lynn, Lee Stone, Ben English, Rebecca Steel, Marco Banderas, Anthony Hardwood
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
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Take five young girls, ply them with dreams of superstardom and a wad of cash, and apparently they'll let you put all manner of things into their asses. These gorgeous youngsters ride some of the biggest cocks in porndom with seeming aplomb, a true testament to the power of dreams.
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MeiKe MK-300 is a cheap, mini TTL flash with full controls
Third-party flashguns seem to be getting bigger and bigger as they try to ape the designs of Nikon and Canon's oversized Speedlight SB-910 and Speedlite 600EX. Bucking the trend is the new MK-300 from MeiKe. Just 66mm tall and 145 grams in weight, the diminutive flash unit packs a surprising number of features into its unassuming shell. For users just needing a more powerful replacement to a pop-up flash with a minimum of fuss, this $50–60 product could be a good contender.
The MeiKe MK-300 has i-TTL exposure control, 22 levels of manual power adjustment and a stroboscopic (multi-flash/repeat) function. The design draws inspiration from Nikon's stripped-down SB-400 Speedlight, a small flashgun aimed at entry-level users and missing certain things like the ability to swivel horizontally. We haven't been hands-on with the MeiKe unit but product images look like it can't tilt vertically either.
Still, the MK-300 does benefit from a metal mounting foot, a micro-USB port (the purpose of which is unclear — either synchronisation or firmware updates) and an LCD screen. The top control panel means that this third-party unit actually has much more electronic adjustment available than the Nikon SB-400 (which can only be switched on or off from the device itself) while coming in around half the price.
The MK-300, like the SB-400, will not have been built with raw performance in mind. The recycle time is a sluggish six seconds at full power — with no option for external power to speed this up — and the guide number is a relatively mediocre 32. Moreover, you won't find high-end features like wireless TTL or high speed sync here.
The unobtrusive size, simple design and wide range of control means that a photographer, particularly a hobbyist, looking for just a simple, cheap on-camera flashgun, should investigate the MeiKe MK-300. Could it become the go-to brand for cheap on-camera flashguns as Yongnuo has done for off-camera flash? Our experience with MeiKe products in the past has been somewhat mixed so we will reserve final judgment until we obtain a sample to try evaluate for ourselves.
The MeiKe MK-300 is available now for $59.99 on eBay. It is also currently $20 off at HK-based retailer Link Delight, selling for $47.33. The manufacturer's web site is mkgrip.com.
Coupled with an Odin receiver it will make a small remote-controlled manual flash for mere $180. Hmm..
Let us know how it works! I agree it would be a compact, cheap wireless setup to have a few of these with Odins or YN-622's…
Finally it arrived (Russian Post is pathetic).
First impression: it's HEAVY! Plastic is okay. Handles quite well.
Works with Phottix ODIN, tried both TTL, and manual (1/1 through 1/128) – no problems.
All in all I'm quite happy, it's a great alternative to my older Sunpak FD-20XDs: http://www.sunpak.jp/english/products/pf20xd/index.html thjat I use gelled, for lightig spots.
P.S. Just discovered that Sunpak now makes RD2000 that almost match these on price, but lack manual modes: http://www.sunpak.jp/english/products/rd2000/index.html
what about YN622? ever got a chance to try that?
nice design, shame it doesn't support wireless TTL master functions as it would make a perfect replacement for the canon ST-E2
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Nikon protocol only? That would be unusual…
In the past MeiKe has released its MK580 for Canon only and MK900 for Nikon only. Overall each has the same features but distinct body shapes. Perhaps we'll see a MeiKe flash that's inspired by the Canon 270EX II?
I found a review on another site where they say that the purpose of the USB port is a mystery. And there is a place for "S1" and "S2" but no actual slave sensor on the device, suggesting this is a future feature. The head does not tilt upwards, which is their biggest criticism. Otherwise, the outlook is positive.
Would an SB800 be able to control or trigger two of these?
hi, i got two from gb.
the outlook is positive,
but i-ttl sucks!
manual – ok,
rpt – ok,
but i-ttl overexpose,
and the flash compensation
does not work.
near the same expsure from -1 to -2,7,
and then -3,0 is dark.
I own this flash and have mixed emotions; I like the flash because it does work but quite disappointed in the short battery life and the fact that it has no built in assist auto focus illumination, but, yet, it disables the in camera (Nikon) auto focus assist lamp leaving the camera aimlessly hunting for a focus in low light or low contrast objects. Notified the manufacture and their solution is to avoid taking pictures in those shooting environments. My advise is to save your money and invest in original equipment.
Javier Victor Mariano Bruno
I bought this flash recently. I'm very amateur. Its work nice on my Nikon D7700. A little bit over exposed on some pictures (when is too dark, on close room) But you can easily avoid it using manual mode (on the flash). Or decreasing the -0.5 on ttl mode. Anyway, for people like me, this flash its an awesome option. Its really cheap and have a lots of functions to play with. Thanks for the post.
Just curious when on ttl if you could adjust the flash compensation on the camera itself? or do you have to do it from the flash unit…
Javier Victor Mariano Bruno
The flash shoot whatever the camera says to shoot. So if you camera got the option on control the level of the flash when shooting, you can control it from your camera, my camera doesn't, so the flash have this option to correct what the camera says. So in my particular case I correct the shot from the flash.
will this work on an Nikon 1 V1 ?
Will Nikon or ANY 3rd party company please sell a CLS compatible commander unit for Nikon 1-series hotshoe!!! If, not can some company please make a 1-series hotshoe adaptor that allows i-TTL???
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does not ttl with any sony alpha the direct connects to hot shoe.. but works with a77 II and rx100 when using the adapter (sh21)


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Once you're done with family-related obligations, chances are good that you'll want a cocktail. I'd recommend stopping by the classy-yet-cozy confines of the Hazlewood in Ballard, which is open this Christmas evening. The Hazlewood is located at 2311 NW Market Street, right near Ballard Avenue.