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- TypeModern
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- ConditionExcellent
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Sinn U1 Automatic Divers Wristwatch on Bracelet - pre owned
Used, excellent condition Sinn U1 on steel bracelet. Comes complete with all boxes and papers. Sinn are well renowned and highly regarded in watch manufacturing as they are innovators and producers of mainly instrument, military and aviation watches. They are know for investing large amounts of money in research and development and have some world leading technical innovations that make their watches highly desirable and collectible. Moreover, they are fanatical about engineering standards , and the Sinn watches are over engineered, without being over designed – and at a price point that does not edge them away from the enthusiasts. The U1 and U2 watches are indeed unique and one of a kind. They keep in line with Sinn's philosophy of manufacturing watches that are built to the highest standards, and employ the latest in technical developments. The U1 and U2 are designed with specific diving use and totally impervious to water penetration. The U1 and U2 cases are made from stainless steel that used in the construction of the outer hull of submarines. The steel was by procured by Sinn from a steel supplier to Emden GmbH, one of Germany's North Sea shipbuilding yards who construct submarines from the very same steel. This submarine steel is not only extraordinarily sea water resistant (PRE value up to 38), it possesses also the highest anti magnetic quality. The Uni directional ratchet operated rotating bezel is Tegimented where the steel can be hardened on up to 1500 Vickers. Compared to regular 316 L stainless steel which is hardened to approximately 220 Vickers. The indices are machined directly into the bezel without the use of bezel inserts, which can corrode or come loose at deep depths. The watch has the bezel hardened to 1,500 Vickers by the use of Sinn's tegimented treatment in the Sinn laboratory. Has a sapphire crystal with anti reflective coating, screw down crown with three gaskets and is water resistant to 1000 metres to DIN 8306 specification. The watch has a Seletta SW200 automatic movement, operating at 28,800 beats per hour, shockproof according to DIN 8308 specification and anti magnetic according to DIN 8309 specification. It operates in temperatures between -45° Celsius to +80° Celsius due to the special lubricants in the movement applied in the Sinn laboratory. Super Luminova luminous broad hands and dial markings for maximum legibility. Functional and utility looking red and white hands and sweep second hand. Outstanding watch. Width is 44mm, lug to lug is 50 mm, Thickness is 14.5mm.


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The husband thinks he is married to Superwoman. The man doesn't expect me to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but he does think that I can hear through walls, closed doors, Superhero Logoaround corners and up a flight of stairs.
You might think my lack of superpowers would impede our communication, but it really doesn't.
He will be working from home in the kitchen and I will be working from home in the family room and he will say, "Muum bruff, buddlah budda mm bruff."
"Pardon?" I ask in a raised voice, still glued to my chair.
"Carton?" he answers back in a raised voice, still glued to his chair.
"That carton of ice cream is gone!" I shout through the wall and around the corner. (Sometimes I twist my mouth when trying to talk to him through walls, thinking it will somehow help the sound wind around the corner.)
Granted, it is only 8:40 a.m. and he probably isn't looking for a carton of ice cream. It is entirely possible that I may have misunderstood him. It is even possible that I may not have had a clue as to what he said and just took a guess, but the walk from where he is to where I am is the same distance as the walk from where I am to where he is.
He knows he didn't hear what I said, and that I didn't hear what he said, but he's not coming in to ask so I just stay put and add "carton of ice cream" to the grocery list.
A minute or so later he appears and says, "I didn't say carton, I said 'pardon.'"
"But I had just said 'pardon' to you," I say.
"No, you said carton," he says.
"No, I said 'pardon,'" I say.
"This is going nowhere," he says.
"And fast," I say. "Would you like some ice cream?"
When we aren't talking through walls, he likes to test my supernatural abilities by playing One Flight Up. He waits until I am past the bottom stretch of stairs, and on the next to last stair and starts a conversation from down in the kitchen.
If I am wearing shoes that click, I just keep clicking because I figure he has to hear me on the hardwood floor going upstairs. If I'm not wearing clickers, I usually just shout downstairs, "Oh, I didn't know about that."
It's true. I didn't know about that and I still don't know about that. It's usually a safe response, as the husband works for the media and is constantly relaying stories of crime, death and mayhem, much of which I don't know about and don't want to know about.
Medical people tell medical stories, mechanical people tell mechanical stories, news people tell news stories. Sometimes I wish one of us was an impressionistic painter. Our conversations would be more pleasant. And colorful.
Moments ago I heard my stomach rumble so I asked, through the wall, still glued to my chair, "Should I make us something for lunch?"
"No thanks, I don't need anything to munch," he shouts back. "I'll just wait for lunch."

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Liberty News
Liberty highlighted in 'Christianity Today'
The growth and success of Liberty University is highlighted in the September issue of "Christianity Today," a leading national magazine for evangelical Christians.
In the article titled "Liberty Unbound: How Jerry Falwell's ambitious sons have led the Lynchburg university to financial success and a burgeoning student body," John W. Kennedy shows how the 39-year-old school is on firm financial ground despite financial struggles in the past and how new amenities and academic improvements are bolstering enrollment.
The article credits Jerry Falwell, Jr., now chancellor, and his "head for business":
"A University of Virginia law school graduate, Jerry Jr. is foremost a fiscal manager intent on recruiting quality students to the 39-year-old school that has the largest student body among evangelical colleges."
Liberty has 11,500 students on campus this semester and another 37,000 enrolled online.
The article also highlights Liberty's affordable tuition, its generous scholarships and highly respected faculty, along with the success of its young law school.
In the Sept. 2 convocation, Falwell said he had been receiving emails and calls from Christian leaders all over country who had read the article and were excited about what is happening at Liberty University.
"Apparently many of them were unaware of how God is blessing this school. … I guess it was more of a secret than we thought it was," he said. "It's encouraging for outsiders to begin to recognize what God is doing here at Liberty University."
Click here to read the full article online.


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If you are interested in market sector analysis, chances are you want to find the sectors that are set for explosive growth and of course you want low risk, you should look at the sleep testing market sector which is set for explosive growth over the next decade.
Around 20 Million Americans alone are estimated to have Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and an unknown greater number have other serious sleep disorders and with the growth of awareness that this is a serious illness and the fact that Government legislation is making sleep testing compulsory is leading to an up surge in sleep testing.
An Opportunity in an Expanding Market
For example, JACHO and other hospital organizations are now insisting people be tested for OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) prior to anesthesia.
Across the USA states are putting into place legislation which means trucking companies have to have a specific "sleep program" which means testing is needed to obtain professional driving licenses.
Laboratory Sleep Tests V Home Sleep Tests
Until recently, sleep tests been conducted in hospitals and independent sleep labs and people have had to travel to these destinations to have a sleep test conducted. People have to travel to these controlled testing areas and in rural locations this can cause major inconvenience, with centres many miles from the patients home and waiting lists in many areas are many weeks or months. More sleep tests are needed and this has led to an explosive growth in home sleep testing which has several advantages over being tested in a outside centre.
Home testing can be offered at a reduced price of up to 50% less than testing in a laboratory, tests can be provided in days and the tests are considered on par with laboratory tests and many believe are better, because the person is being tested in their everyday surroundings.
A Market Sector Set for Exponential Growth for the Next Decade
In terms of market sector analysis, the demand for sleep tests is rising in demand. Home sleep testing companies are filling the void and many are seeking funding and offering investment opportunities and this area is now being looked at by serious investors, seeking high growth potential coupled with limited risk.


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Dick Van Dyke Honored With 2012 SAG Life Achievement Award
49th Annual Accolade to be Presented During the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
Simulcast Live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, January 27, 2013
LOS ANGELES (August 21, 2012) –Dick Van Dyke, beloved actor, singer, dancer, writer and comedian, will receive SAG-AFTRA's highest honor – the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. Van Dyke will be presented the performers union's most prestigious accolade, given annually to an actor who fosters the "finest ideals of the acting profession," at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, which premieres live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. MT and 5 p.m. PT.< /font>
In making today's announcement, Ken Howard said, "Dick is the consummate entertainer — an enormously talented performer whose work has crossed nearly every major category of entertainment. From his career-changing Broadway turn in 'Bye Bye Birdie' and his deadpan humor in the Emmy® winning 'Dick Van Dyke Show,' to his unforgettable performance as Bert in 'Mary Poppins," he sets a high bar for actors. Stage, big screen, small screen, literally everywhere he has worked he has inspired millions of fans and has had a tremendously positive impact on the industry and the world. He is so deserving of this honor and I congratulate him."
SAG-AFTRA Co-President Roberta Reardon said: "With Dick, it's so much more than the prover bial 'triple threat.' He started his career as a radio announcer, game show host and comedian and was a spokesman for Kodak, among numerous other roles over his nearly 60-year career. His contributions to the success of the business and to his fellow performers is legendary as is his work with a number of the leading ladies of our times, including Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore — both previous Life Achievement Award recipients. His infectious laugh has warmed audiences for decades and is an unforgettable facet of his fabulous personality."
Holder of five Emmys®, a Tony® Award and a Grammy®, Van Dyke at 86 still possesses the zest for life that first propelled him into the limelight more than a half-century ago with the Broadway and film versions of "Bye Bye Birdie," the seminal '60s situation comedy "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and the film classic "Mary Poppins."< /span>
He was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, on December 13, 1925, and raised in Danville, Illinois, hometown as well to Donald O'Connor, Gene Hackman and Bobby Short. As a youngster he taught himself music, magic and pantomime. By 16, he was appearing in school plays, running track, serving as junior class president and working part time as an announcer on a local radio station. Enlisting in the Air Force at 18, he soon was performing for the troops and hosting a radio show called "Flight Time." After one year of duty he was back in Danville, giving advertising a try, but it was not a fit. With another Danville local, Phil Erickson, he hit the road in a record-pantomime act called "The Merry Mutes," a perfect showcase for his physical comedy gifts. While appearing in Los Angeles, he sent for his high school sweetheart, Marjorie Willet. The two were marrie d on "Bride and Groom," a network radio program offering gifts and a honeymoon to newlyweds.
After a run hosting a daytime talk show in Atlanta and a morning show in New Orleans, CBS put him under contract. Van Dyke moved to New York where in 1954 he began hosting "The Morning Show" (which featured up and coming newscaster Walter Cronkite). Other hosting jobs preceded his 1957 television-acting debut on an episode of "The Phil Silvers Show." and his Broadway debut in 1959 with Bert Lahr in the comedy revue "The Boys Against the Girls." The following year his career soared when he was cast by director/choreographer Gower Champion opposite Chita Rivera in "Bye Bye Birdie." His performance as rock star Conrad Birdie's songwriter/manager Albert Peterson earned Van Dyke a Tony® Award and brought him to the attention of Sheldon Leonard and Carl Reiner, who signed him for a pilot opposite newcomer Mary Tyler Moore. The now eponymous "The Dick Van Dyke Show," starring Van Dyke and Moore as Rob and Laura Petrie, premiered in 1961 and ran for five seasons. With a perfect ensemble cast including Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam, the wittily written series was a showcase for Van Dyke's genius for physical comedy, earning him three lead actor Emmy® Awards.
The tireless Van Dyke spent his series' hiatus shooting the film version of "Bye Bye Birdie" in 1963 followed by "What a Way to Go" and Disney's 1964 musical classic "Mary Poppins," It won five Academy Awards® including one for star Julie Andrews (SAG's 2006 Life Achievement Award recipient) and earned Van Dyke a Golden Globe® nomination and, with Andrews, a Grammy®. A run of films followed including "Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN," (1966), "Divorce American Style" (196 7), "Fitzwilly" (1967), the musical "Chitty Chitty Bang-Bang" (1968), Garson Kanin's satire on conformity "Some Kind of a Nut" (1969) and Norman Lear's anti-smoking "Cold Turkey" (1970). Van Dyke, who had delivered the eulogies for his comedy idols Stan Laurel and Buster Keaton, explored the role of a fictional silent movie star in 1969's "The Comic," He would return to the big screen again in Stanley Kramer's "The Runner Stumbles" (1978), Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy" (1990) and more recently the Ben Stiller comedy "Night at the Museum" (2006).
After a year of filming "Chitty Chitty Bang-Bang" in England, Van Dyke moved with his family to their ranch in Carefree, Arizona where "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" was produced for CBS for three seasons. In 1974, his stunning portrayal of an alcoholic family man in David Wolper's grou ndbreaking ABC Television movie "The Morning After" earned Van Dyke an Emmy nomination. A guest-star turn as a homicidal photographer opposite Peter Falk's "Columbo" followed.
It was back to song, dance and comedy in NBC's variety series "Van Dyke and Company," earning him a fourth Emmy® (this time shared with his fellow producers,) followed by a national tour in "The Music Man," which brought Van Dyke back to Broadway and a national tour in "Damn Yankees." The 1980s brought a run of television movies including the Showtime production of "The Country Girl" opposite Faye Dunaway, "Drop-Out Father," opposite Mariette Hartley, "Found Money" opposite Sid Caesar, "Breakfast with Les and Bess" opposite Cloris Leachman for PBS's "American Playhouse" and the miniseries "Strong Medicine."
In 1982, Van Dyke earned his fifth Emmy for his vocal performance as the Father in the CBS Library special "Wrong Way Kid." His voice over talents were employed most recently in the 2006 animated feature "Curious George" and the 2010 short "The Caretaker 3D," a tribute to the Hollywood Sign.
Van Dyke's crime solving physician, Dr. Mark Sloan, was introduced in a 1991 episode of "Jake and the Fat Man" and became the central character in three TV movies before evolving into the CBS series "Diagnosis: Murder." It ran from 1993 to 2001, followed by two Dr. Sloan television movies in 2002. "Diagnosis: Murder" co-starred Van Dyke's son Barry as a police detective and during its run provided guest-star opportunities for Van Dyke's daughter Stacy, grandchildren Carey, Shane, Wes and Taryn and brother Jerry Van Dyke. &nb sp;From 2006 to 2008, the father-son team reunited for a series of four Hallmark Channel "Murder 101" movies, casting Barry as a private investigator opposite Dick's absent-minded but brilliant criminology professor, Dr. Jonathan Maxwell.
In 2003, Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore re-teamed to portray lonely seniors in D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "The Gin Game" on "PBS Hollywood Presents" and the following year recreated husband and wife Rob and Laura Petrie for Carl Reiner's CBS telefilm "The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited." They were notably reunited this past January when Van Dyke presented Moore with SAG's 48th Life Achievement Award on the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Van Dyke, whose 2011 memoir "My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business " made the New York Times Best Sellers list, admits that his retirement plans have yet to work out. In 2006 he returned to Broadway receiving standing ovations in his "Bye Bye Birdie" leading lady's "Chita Rivera: The Dancers Life." In addition to his memoir, Van Dyke is the author of "Faith, Hope and Hilarity: The Child's Eye View of Religion" (1970) and "Those Funny Kids" (1975), a collection of classroom humor.
Music, Van Dyke's spiritual nourishment, became richer when he teamed twelve years ago with Eric Bradley, Bryan Chadima and Mike Mendyke to form The Vantastix. Their first major public appearance was at the Society of Singers Ella Awards honoring his "Mary Poppins" leading lady Julie Andrews. They've since performed the National Anthem at L.A. Lakers playoffs, mounted a musical memoir at L.A.'s Geffen Theatre, appeared at the Ho llywood Bowl, Disney Hall and at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. with the President and First Lady in the front row and released an album of children's song: "Put on A Happy Face."
For nearly twenty years Van Dyke has been tirelessly committed to his volunteer work at The Midnight Mission, Los Angeles' century-old downtown shelter for the troubled and homeless. He helped raise millions for their new building program and is there without fail every Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and times in between offering comfort and cheer, often with the Vantastix and members of his own family. He is passionate about raising funds for music and art programs for public schools and has performed at countless fundraisers. He became a spokesperson for the National Reye's Syndrome Foundation in 1967 after losing a granddaughter to that disease and in 2010 was named the fir st spokesperson for the Cell Therapy Foundation.
Van Dyke has four children from his marriage to the late Marjorie Willet Van Dyke — sons Christian and Barry, and daughters Stacey and Carrie Beth — and seven grandchildren.
On February 29, 2012, he married make-up artist Arlene Silver (whom he met at the 2007 SAG Awards) and whose vocal talents now occasionally blend with those of Dick and The Vantastix. They live in Malibu, California.
The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA will be produced by Jeff Margolis Productions in ass ociation with Screen Actors Guild Awards®, LLC. Kathy Connell is the producer. JoBeth Williams, Daryl Anderson, Scott Bakula, Shelley Fabares, Paul Napier, and Woody Schultz are producers for SAG-AFTRA. Gloria Fujita O'Brien and Mick McCullough are supervising producers. Benn Fleishman is executive in charge of production. Rosalind Jarrett Sepulveda is executive in charge of publicity. Jon Brockett is awards coordinating producer. Maggie Barrett Caulfield is the talent producer. For more information visit sagawards.org/about, "like" the SAG Awards at facebook.com/sagawardsofficialpage and follow the SAG Awards at twitter.com/sagawards.
SAG-AFTRArepresents more than 165,000 represents actors, announcers, broadcasters journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. With national offices in Los Angeles and New York, and local offices nationwide, SAG-AFTRA members work together to secure the strongest protections for media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA at sagaftra.org, follow SAG-AFTRA at twitter.com/sagaftra& nbsp;and 'like' SAG-AFTRA at facebook.com/sagaftra.
TNT, one of cable's top-rated networks, is television's destination for drama. Seen in 99 million households, TNT is home to such original drama series as "Rizzoli & Isles," "Falling Skies," "Dallas," "Perception," "Major Crimes," "Franklin & Bash," "Leverage," Southland and the upcoming "Monday Mornings." The network also features dramatic unscripted originals like this summer's "The Great Escape" and the upcoming "Boston Blue" (working title) and "72 Hours" (working title). In addition, TNT is the cable home to popular dramas like ? ??The Mentalist, "Bones," "Supernatural," "Las Vegas," "Law & Order" and "Castle," which starts this year; primetime specials, such as the "Screen Actors Guild Awards®;" blockbuster movies; and championship sports coverage, including NASCAR, the NBA and the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
TBS is basic cable's #1 network among young adults in primetime. Available in 100 million households, TBS features the Emmy®-nominated late-night series "CONAN," starring Conan O'Brien; and original primetime comedy series like "Men at Work," "Sullivan & Son," "Cougar Town," Tyler Perry's "For Better or Worse," "Wedding Band," "King of the Nerds"), Deon Cole's "Black Box" (working title) and "Who Gets the Last L augh?" (working title). TBS also features an outstanding slate of contemporary comedies, such as "The Big Bang Theory" and "Family Guy," along with blockbuster movies and championship sports. In addition, TBS produces special live comedy events, like the star-studded comedy festival held each year in Chicago.
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Everyone Freak Out! Gangs Have Discovered The Internet!
from the technology-can-do-what? deptZauber Paracelsus points us to a Kotaku report of the National Gang Intelligence Center's National Gang Threat Assessment for 2011. Kotaku specifically takes the report to task for its inclusion of Second Life as a tool used by gangs to communicate and recruit. While that in and of itself is pretty funny, the whole section on technology is worth a read for the "what the crap?" moments.
In the key findings of the report (PDF and Embedded Below) the NGIC lays out its primary concern over the technology used by gangs:
Gangs are becoming increasingly adaptable and sophisticated, employing new and advanced technology to facilitate criminal activity discreetly, enhance their criminal operations and connect with other gang members, criminal organizations, and potential recruits nationwide and even worldwide.Basically, the concern is that the internet has allowed gangs to move outside neighborhoods and cities and spread their influence throughout the world. That can be a concern for law enforcement, but do we really need to worry this much about it?
Gang members routinely utilize the Internet to communicate with one another, recruit, promote their gang, intimidate rivals and police, conduct gang business, showcase illegal exploits, and facilitate criminal activity... Social networking, microblogging, and video-sharing websites - such as Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter - are now more accessible, versatile, and allow tens of thousands of gang members to easily communicate, recruit and form new gang alliances nationwide and world wide.So here the NGIC lays out some more specific concerns over the use of social networking. Yet, aside from the criminal activity portions of this complaint, the same could be said of any group that is trying to spread its message. Take for instance the recent Occupy Wall Street movement. It started in New York and has now spread throughout the US primarily by the use of the same social network sites listed as used by gangs. Looking further back at the Spring Uprising in the Middle East and Africa, they too used social networking to build their protests. It should really come to no surprise to anyone that the same tools used by peaceful groups would also be employed by gangs and other violent groups.
Luckily, the report does not go as far as suggesting any kind action plan on just what to do about this technology employed by gangs. Based on recent actions in the US, such as that taken by BART, we would probably see more calls for removing anonymity, expanded monitoring capabilities and the ability to shut off such services if they are used by gangs and their members. Much like the attempts to thwart piracy through legislation such as SOPA/PROTECT-IP, such a move will not stop any law breaking group or person from doing what they do. Such a move will only harm the law abiding citizens and groups that rely on such tools for communication. This is a lesson that many people in the government continue to fail to learn.
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I -- along with the majority of Americans (hopefully) -- keep wondering when Rick Santorum will make such a fool of himself that his supporters will fiiiiiinally see that the wannabe-emperor wears no clothes. It could have been when we heard that he considers birth control "dangerous" and thinks sex should only occur within a marriage to procreate. But it wasn't. This past weekend, the guy dissed higher education ... Could that have been the final straw?
One would think/hope so! In case you missed it, Santorum was speaking to more than a thousand activists at the American for Prosperity forum in Troy, Michigan. He said, "Not all folks are gifted in the same way. Some people have incredible gifts with their hands. President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob." Words that, while widely lampooned since Saturday, Santorum said he still stands by. Ooookay.
He's still convinced that colleges are "indoctrination mills" and are somehow brainwashing kids to become leftist "big government"-loving drones. Rrrright. Because placing a premium on education is such an elitist concept. Not like it might be the key to actually qualifying young people for a variety of career tracks and helping boost employment numbers or anything like that!
And to make it seem as though President Obama doesn't understand or respect that not everyone is meant to attend a "traditional," four-year liberal arts college or university is ludicrous. Clarifying his stance yesterday, Obama told the National Governors Association:
I'm not only talking about four-year degrees. I'm also talking about going to community college to get a degree for a manufacturing job where you have to walk through the door to handle a million-dollar piece of equipment.
While clarification is helpful to those who might have been confused by Santorum's twisting of the President's values, it's also just plain sad that Obama has to waste his time reiterating something like this. It should go without saying that higher education in all its forms is a priority to Americans. Especially when you look at countries like China and India that are beating us -- whether or not we (or especially the GOP) like to hear that, it's the truth -- in the global economy, because they emphasize lifelong learning.
The bottom-line is this: Santorum's extreme stances on copious issues -- from sexuality to education -- defy logic and just boggle the mind. But maybe he's onto at least one thing: Getting Americans to "dumb it down" might be the only way for a guy like this to get elected!
Here's Jon Stewart's brilliant riff on the whole thing at around 4:57 ...
Can you believe this guy?
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Courtney flirted lightly with Kerry over the last few episodes, then they spent Thanksgiving together, and finally in last night's episode, the two women crossed the line and shared a steamy kiss in Kerry's apartment. And it actually lasted longer than two seconds!
Laura Innes is rumored to be leaving the series soon, so this may be the most this relationship is ever really developed, but it's better than cranky no-love-life Kerry. And between the burgeoning Kerry-Courtney romance, Pratt's gay brother, and Sara Gilbert's recurring role as a caustic nurse, ER is almost gayer than America's Next Top Model these days.
Speaking of Tyra, America's Next Top Model's last lesbian standing, Michelle, was eliminated last week, and her twin sister got the axe in the next episode. In her exit interview with AfterEllen.com, Michelle talked about coming out on the show and then doing a photo shoot where she had to be both Ellen and Portia: "the day after I announced that I might be gay they do the couples shoot, and I happened to be the one with the two girls. At first I was like, 'Oh, good job, production.' I didn't really care, but I thought it was funny. But it ended up being really cool because Ellen rocks, so it was fine."
I'm just glad they didn't ask her to be Mary Cheney and Heather Poe!


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OTTAWA (Reuters) - With deadlines fast approaching, Canada is still weighing two proposed foreign takeovers of domestic energy companies, but a top minister offered no clues on Tuesday as to when or how the government would announce the hotly debated decisions.
The government says it will unveil new policy guidelines on foreign investment at about the same time it announces verdicts on the proposed takeovers: A bid by China's CNOOC Ltd for Nexen Inc and a bid by Malaysia's Petronas for Progress Energy Resources Corp.
Although the deadline for delivering a decision on the CNOOC-Nexen deal is December 10, Industry Minister Christian Paradis said officials had not finished their work yet. Paradis is in nominal charge of the file, although few political analysts doubt that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make the ultimate decision.
"There are (takeover) reviews ongoing that I cannot comment on, but we are working on the policy framework to make sure that, in the future, foreign investment continues to provide net benefit for Canada," Paradis told reporters.
"We'll go out with the reviews, with the guidelines when we are ready to do so. We will clarify what we need to clarify."
The Conservative government is trying to balance the need for foreign investment to develop natural resources with concern that China and other countries could snap up a big chunk of the energy sector and that state-owned companies might not play by free-market rules.
Andrew MacDougall, Harper's chief spokesman, declined to comment on a Business News Network report that Ottawa might want CNOOC to sell Nexen's 7 percent stake in the large Syncrude oil sands joint venture because China's Sinopec has a 9 percent stake in it.
Nexen shares closed 2.3 percent lower at $24.20 in New York, well below CNOOC's offer price of $27.50.
The CNOOC bid featured in the campaign for a parliamentary seat in the center of the oil city of Calgary. No decision came before a November 26 election there and in two other cities, as observers had predicted.
Although December 10 is the deadline for Nexen, investors are also eyeing November 30 after online news service dealReporter quoted Canada's consul general in New York, John Prato, as saying Ottawa would issue the foreign investment guidelines during November.
The Conservative party is divided on what to do about Chinese investment.
In Toronto on Tuesday, Alison Redford, Progressive Conservative premier of the oil province of Alberta, noted that foreign investors once owned 78 percent of the energy patch and the result was that Alberta is now Canada's economic engine.
"It's not something that we are hesitant about," she said of foreign investment.
"We think that if you want to play on the international stage and you have the sorts of resources that we have in Canada, it's important for us to be able to build those business partnerships," she told reporters.
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WR3A Proposes a Partnership with the United Nations
Last week, three wise men came to our plant in Middlebury Vermont. I had met them at the CES in Las Vegas in January, where both WR3A and their UN Group were featured for efforts bringing technology to the developing world, during the CES Keynote address.
I had a follow up with them at the United Nations office of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in New York in February. We had lunch with Ambassadors and the president of Korea University, and met UN Deputy Secretary General (from Tanzania).
Three of the group (including Paul Jhin, former Deputy Director of US Peace Corps, Dr. YD Kim, former CEO of Hyundai, and Henry Kang, CEO or Earth Therapeutics) came to Middlebury to investigate WR3A's approach to used computers. I showed them how Good Point Recycling domestically recycled 77.5% of all the material we collected in 2008, and the employment generated by whirring tools and balers and sortation of plastics and metals... but I also showed them the 22.5% of material, such as working monitors and Pentium 4 computers, which we carefully triage for hard drive wiping, testing, and eventual export.
The UN obviously has to be careful wading into a controversial topic like ewaste and escrap and exports etc. I had shown them the coverage in CBS 60 Minutes, National Geographic, BusinessWeek, etc. in 2008. And I showed them emails from clients asking Good Point Recycling's assurance that nothing will be exported to a poor country.
We invited some Vermonters to listen in and participate in the dialogue about the risks and rewards of used computer exports. Corey Berman came from the University of Vermont, one of our most important clients. Norm Staunton of the Association of Vermont Recyclers came and helped take care of the guests when I was pulled away from time to time. Zosha Peters, a Middlebury resident who volunteers for WR3A and who has lived in South Africa, came. And we even invited a new prospective buyer for WR3A, Lucien of Cameroon. Lucien and I had just met by internet, and he offered to come up to Boston to meet with the philanthropists and our clients.
Everyone had seen WR3A's Youtube video by now, and more film and photos of our refurbishing partners in Mexico, Egypt, Peru, Indonesia, and Malaysia. And we looked at the chart showing where the growth is for internet access.
What struck me most was that people at the table, like Dr. YD Kim, had lived through a transformation of the Korean peninsula, had actually experienced the changes that the UN is dreaming for Africa. In their lifetimes, Korea changed from a country that was less developed than Tanzania or Cameroon is today, to one of the largest OECD economies in the world. And they had seen Korea work from repair and refurbishing to light manufacture to engineering and invention. They were all aware that some of the 20 richest people in China were former bicycle repairmen and tractor repairmen. They could visualize what WR3A was trying to explain - that in the countryside of Ngaoundal Cameroon (where I was a Peace Corps volunteer in the 80s), that motorcycle repair or TV repair or computer repair was like an engineering job. The best and brightest and most aggressive people on the continent were people just like Lucien. And Souleymane. And Allen and Fang and Mariano and Jinex...
WR3A is hoping that the UN can bring some balance and some sanity to the "war on drugs" or rather "war on internet" that is being inadvertently waged in Europe and the USA. The Basel Convention explicity, explicitly, explicitly says that exports of CRTs for repair and refurbishment is LEGAL.
Yesterday I got another email from another client insisting that we not export anything. The day before I had a phone call with an OEM representative, who is offering Vermont thousands of dollars for TV recycling... he had been in the maquilas in Mexico where the TVs were assembled, and he thought it was great what we were doing with Retroworks de Mexico and Las Chicas Bravas ... personally that is. But he had to insist that the company's brand of electronics, computers and TVs, be destroyed.
He hoped WR3A's message would prevail some day.
The UN supporters were really, really attracted to the story of computers being delivered to schools in Africa that were refurbished by smart and talented Africans. They understood that it's possible to sort out working and repairable equipment, and to export without shipping "Toxics Along for the Ride". They are going to visit the factory in Malaysia which WR3A vetted, which is ISO14001, which is legally permitted to import for repair, and which today takes back junk CRTs from across the state of Penang for recycling into new CRT glass.
That factory, which Dr. Kim is visiting this month, is moving its refurbishing technology to WR3A partners Egypt and to Mexico. The Malaysians flew to visit the Mexicans. The Mexicans and the Egyptians came to meet with the Americans and the Malaysians at the Recycling Today conference, and came again to the EScrap conference (WR3A sponsored their entrance).
Paul Jhin said, "Feed a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime."
This is incredible progress. Recycling overseas is progressing faster than Korea in the 1970s or Japan in the 1960s. And some of my clients want us to sit on the sidelines.
As if breaking our equipment is going to keep these people down. As if they are going to stay barefoot and pregnant. Despite the horrible one-sided press accounts, despite deliberate misrepresentation of the facts, we cannot stop this. If I cannot sell them the equipment they need, they will buy it from a back alley. If I cannot move the refurbishing technology, they will fix it with a coathanger.
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Theresa, Rural Doctoring, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. I submitted one of my posts from last week. You can read this weeks grand rounds here. Wonderful, scholarly edition!
Some of you may know I am an amateur Shakespeare scholar. I pursue the study of the Bard during my spare time, which means I don't pursue it very deeply. Medicine and blogging seem to be the great consumers of time lately, but this week's Grand Rounds gives me the chance to marry the three subjects together. I present to you a Shakespearean Grand Rounds, and I begin with a literary digression.
Chris, Made a Difference, recently posted regarding 73rd Cavalry volunteers who are treating Iraqi children and need supplies. For a list of the supplies and where to send them, so here.
Dr Smak will make you laugh with this post on Pelvic Dyslexia.I recently received from a friend, Deb, this great news about US troops at CSC Scania(that's Convoy Support Center) south of Baghdad who are volunteering their time to run a clinic for Iraqis in need of medical care. These aren't people who were sent to Iraq as medical providers. Their official duty is to refuel trucks and keep them running on the convoy line running north and south through Mesopotamia. They treat up to 80 patients a day, many of them burned children. They report that they are seeing the same burns I saw so commonly: scald and oil spill burns from uncovered cooking sources in the home. They rely on donated service hours and donated supplies. If ever anyone needed a reason to be proud of our military, look no further than these troops.
A Gory Eye Picture from Marianas Eye (you are forewarned).
What happens when one of the physicians in your practice gets injuried or dies? Read this -- Parables of Practice Management: A Tale of Three Clinics; Medical News of Arkansas, September 2--8; by Chad Carlson
When a physician has an equity stake in a medical practice and he or she is unexpectedly disabled or dies, the consequences for the rest of the partners (or the physician's heirs) can be severe. Failing to adequately prepare for forced transitions may seriously impair a successful practice and may even result in lawsuits................Whether you're just beginning to write your story or you're already deep into the storyline, make updating your buy/sell agreement a priority. Establishing, structuring, and funding an adequate arrangement is a team effort. You should always have the involvement of a tax advisor and legal counsel.Plan well and ensure for yourself, your family, and your practice, a very happy
Dr Wes shares with us "What your heart attack might be like" and includes a video ad from Great Britain. Well, worth watching and sharing!
Although one would hope the symptoms wouldn't get to this extreme, the ad makes the point that heart attacks aren't really just about chest pain: but also chest or arm tightness or a discomfort, dizziness, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, sweating, and the like..............And one more thing to consider: if a friend wants to call an ambulance for you, let them. Remember they are objective observers, and might just save your life even despite yourself.
Check out Dino's recent two posts on Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome here and here. Then check out my own experience with Bell's Palsy here.
The patient's daughter had discovered a condition known as Herpes Zoster Oticus -- also called Ramsay Hunt syndrome. It is basically shingles of the geniculate ganglion, and it explains every single one of the patient's symptoms!Essentially zoster of the ear, Ramsay Hunt consists of a painful vesicular rash in the external ear canal associated with a facial nerve palsy, vertigo, oral vesicles and taste disturbance. Treatment is with antivirals directed against herpes zoster, which I had already initiated, and steroids.
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These are not the first Classic Elite patterns on Patternfish... Many of our older patterns, most of which are now out of print, have been digitized and are available for purchase. A search for Classic Elite as the publisher yields almost 500 patterns, sortable by gauge, size, knit style, category or difficulty level. You can even specify "No Seaming"! You'll find designs from Kristin Nicholas, Norah Gaughan, Annie Modesitt, Margery Winter, and our very own Susan Mills, now creative director of Classic Elite! You'll even see a few shots of a young, stunning Uma Thurman, 17 year old knit model...
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My Petunias See Some Action And We Eat Irish Soda Bread
The greatest homework assignment I ever got was to collect "soft things." The plan was to hang the soft things in a mesh bag from a tree so birds could pad their nests with them.
I was in kindergarten. For the second time. It was important that I get this right.
So I went home and thought it over.
I asked myself: If I were a bird, how would I pimp out my nest?
And I decided that a clean, nice-smelling floor was a good place to start.
My hair was clean and smelled like Winnie the Poo shampoo, so I got out the safety scissors and cut it off.
I brought my clippings to school in a little baggie and I added them to the class pile of ripped up t-shirts and tissue paper.
The other kids were all HOLY CRAP, YOU CUT YOUR HAIR OFF.
And I was all HOLY CRAP, YOU GUYS DIDN'T CUT YOUR HAIR OFF?!
And the teacher was all HOLY CRAP, I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF YOU KNEW HOW TO USE SCISSORS.
Check plus.
I continued nailing my homework assignments all the way through school, and now I don't have to do them anymore.
But today a bird started nesting in my hanging basket, and it's stressing me out.
Now there are two of them, they're occupying both baskets, and they're pecking, preening and circling each other.
You don't need to work at National Geographic to know this is going to result in some bird-on-bird action in my petunias.
Mourning doves have six sets of babies each spring.
Part of me feels responsible for these damn birds and their uncomfortable nest. Another part of me says I'm not getting extra credit for this, so screw it.
And the part of me that is a special kind of genius is standing behind the door with a pair of scissors, waiting for Scott to come home.
Thankfully, I have Irish soda bread to withhold if he gets mad at me.
And this bread is for real.
It's my friend Norah's family recipe. She says this one isn't the most traditional because it has raisins and butter in it. (For straight-up brown bread, check out The Bite House for a tasty-looking loaf.)
But guess what Norah's mom's name is? Eileen O'Callaghan.
That's really all I need to know. This bread is legit.
The best part is you can make it in one go. There's barely any kneading. There's no yeast, so you don't have to wait for it to rise.
I can't stand how good it is with butter.
Irish Soda Bread {Download & Print Recipe}
Family recipe of Eileen O'Callaghan and her daughter, Norah Cooney, reworded a little by me.
3 c. flour
1 c. whole-wheat flour
3 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
6 tbsp. butter
1 1/2 c. raisins (yellow or brown, as you prefer)
2 eggs
1 1/2 c. buttermilk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 2-quart round casserole dish or two smaller round dishes (I used a large souffle dish and a Le Creuset pot.)
Mix the first five ingredients in a large bowl.
Cut the butter into pieces and, with your hands, work it into the dough until the butter is in small crumbs. (You can also use a pastry blender or cut it in with two knives, scissor-fashion.)
Stir in the raisins.
In a medium-sized bowl, beat the eggs slightly with a fork. Remove 1 tbsp. of the egg and reserve.
Stir buttermilk into the remaining egg, and stir the egg mixture into the flour just until the flour is moistened. The dough will be sticky.
Turn the dough onto a well-floured surface and knead about 10 strokes to mix thoroughly. Stop kneading as soon as you can shape the dough into a ball (or two balls, as you prefer).
Place in the casserole dish(es). With a sharp knife, cut a 4 inch cross about 1/4 inch deep. Brush dough with reserved egg.
If baking 1 loaf, bake 1 hr. and 15 or 20 minutes, until the loaf is golden and a toothpick inserted into the loaf comes out clean.
If baking 2 loaves, the baking time should be shorter. I baked my two loaves at the same time, and they took about an hour.
Cool in the dish about 10 minutes, and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
The bread was a huge hit with Thunder, who went into her best stealth mode.
The photography session drove her bonkers.
She can't eat raisins, but she was looking at it so wistfully that I gave her lots of treats.
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In a time when the Postal Service has suffered declines in volume and revenue across many categories, it has turned to the international market. For example, it has seized opportunities, including with China, to increase its overall market share in package and express business. But the Postal Service has to maintain an "international" infrastructure in order to efficiently receive and dispatch this mail flow.
International Service Centers (ISCs) in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco distribute and dispatch international mail. International Airmail Records Units are located within the ISCs which are part of the International Network Operation. These units validate mail records before transmitting information to the International Accounting Branch in St. Louis for billing foreign postal administrations.
Currently, the records units are located in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, New Jersey and Honolulu. In recent years, workload in Miami and Chicago were redistributed to other locations.
Our office previously reported the records units operated in an obsolete, inefficient, and manual work environment resulting in the use of unnecessary work hours. Specifically, we found that these units supported more than 2 million hard copy records. Since then, the Postal Service has improved efficiency by implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies to streamline processes and continues efforts to transition to a paperless environment.
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On a bare stage under bright light, six hapless clowns do their best to get along and pass the time. They fight and chase in eruptions of uneasy mayhem, then cool off a little, settle and wait for the whole thing to kick off again. Carefully unbalanced between funny and not funny, Out Of Order is the ruins of a show in the ruins of a world.
Do playwrights – like sculptors and painters – have studios where they turn their ideas into material? Matthias de Koning, Damiaan De Schrijver and Peter Van den Eede construct the fourth wall, and subsequently demolish it again. Welcome to this laboratory of naturalism, realism and hyperrealism!
Based on the Golem myth – in which Jewish scholars bring dead matter to life, which subsequently turns against them – Thomas Ryckewaert creates an explicitly visual performance about ambition, creativity, power, creation, insanity, and destruction.
Gaëtan Rusquet has three performers build a construction. The actors continually have to fight against the threatened destruction of what they are building up. The passage of time and the relationship between humans and their environment become tangible: the history of a city unfolds before your eyes.
FC Bergman is recreating the majestic Rubens room at the Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, which is currently closed for renovation. Het land Nod is both comical and melancholy, a sequence of powerful images inspired by the French cinema.
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Glasses are solids in the sense that, in contrast to liquids, they are resistant to shear. However, in contrast to solids, glasses do not have a regular internal order of atoms; they are amorphous. Due to the lack of long-range atomic order, it is still not completely clear if the glass state is thermodynamically different from a strongly supercooled liquid. Large scale computer-simulations of glasses have shown that extended low-dimensional correlations exist within glasses. These structural correlations are responsible for anomalies in the vibrational spectra of glasses and for facilitate relaxational processes.
(C. Oligschleger, H.R. Schober, Phys. Rev. B 59, 811 (1999))
Using computer simulations and analytic methods we undertake studies on models and materials such as Se and CuZr. Cooling from the supercooled melt to glass transition, diffusion and relaxation become strongly correlated. The atoms move in chain-like structures where single atoms typically move only a fraction of the distance to their nearest neighbour. These chain structures persist in glass. Even at temperatures below 1K where tunnelling is observed, systems motion is collective. Collectivity of motion is intimately connected with the dynamic heterogeneity seen in glasses and under cooled melts.
(D. Caprion, J. Matsui, H.R. Schober, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4293 (2000)).
Here our investigations centre on a model for island formation in submonolayer epitaxy in the presence of a long-range elastic interaction between the adsorbed particles. The interaction is caused by the deformation of the underlying substrate and has a repulsive 1/r^3 character. The atoms perform a random walk until they attach themselves irreversibly to an island. With increasing elastic repulsion, island nucleation is hampered and deferred to higher coverage values. We obtain a scaling law combining particle flux, particle mobility and elastic interaction strength.
(F. Gutheim, H. Müller-Krumbhaar, E. Brener. Epitaxial growth with elastic interaction: Submonolayer island formation Phys. Rev. E, vol. 63, 041603 (2001)).
Phase transitions of alloys are usually accompanied by strong temperature gradients and lattice misfits between the different components. They can induce elastic deformations which strongly alter growth and coarsen behaviour. Particularly in terms of melting and crystallization processes, new phases appear which are no longer spherical but are of a more complicated, disk-like shape. Strong interactions between adjacent inclusions lead to new physical features.
(E. Brener, V. Marchenko, H. Müller-Krumbhaar, and R. Spatschek, Coarsening Kinetics with Elastic Effects, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4914 (2000)).


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The 2010 Special Olympic Winter Games were held March 12 through 14 at Woodstock Inn and Suicide Six ski area in South Pomfret, Vermont.
This was the 39th year and largest Winter Games to date with 382 athletes participating, a 38.4 percent increase from 2009.
Nine athletes from The Valley's Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports/Sugarbush participated in the alpine slalom, giant slalom and Super G races: Phillip Kellum, Christopher Riley and Grace Kirpan of Moretown, Tommy Johnson of Warren, Bennett Townley of Williston, Gabriel Teran of Montpelier, Josh Bartold of East Montpelier, and two new members, McKayla and Jakob Kingsbury of Waitsfield. Jakob, the youngest team member, is the team's first snowboard competitor.
Competing in the novice slalom, giant slalom and Super G category, Josh
took home a gold and fourth-place ribbon and Jakob had a spectacular
first year winning a gold and two silver medals.
Competing in the intermediate category, Phillip Kellum celebrated his 20th anniversary as an Olympic competitor and took home a gold and two silver medals. Christopher won two gold medals and a fourth-place ribbon, Ben took home a gold and silver, Grace won a gold, fourth- and fifth-place ribbon, Gabriel took home a silver, McKayla received a fourth-place ribbon, and Tommy participated in the preliminary time trial races. All nine athletes competed with smiles, determination, wonderful team spirit and sheer enjoyment of the games.
The athletes thanked their head coach Henry Erikson, Rich Reisner and the many volunteers at VASS who helped coach this season. The team is made possible through the generosity of Sugarbush and Maggie Burke, director of Vermont Adaptive at Sugarbush North.
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I took this picture at the Arlington West Memorial Day commemoration in 2006. It was my great honor to know him through our common work in the Los Angeles peace movement and specifically the continuing Veterans for Peace project known as Arlington West, Santa Monica. He was an early supporter of my film project that became Vietnam: American Holocaust. He will be missed.
The Syrian regime has "proven" that Bashar al-Assad is alive and well and on post for a third time since an explosive decapitation attempt in Damascus took out four of his top repression chiefs on July 18th. The first two were via undated video without audio. This latest pronouncement came via a written statement to the troops.
I woke up to news reports that quoted Assad's speech and I thought I would be writing a very different diary today. I knew that Bashar al-Assad was scheduled to address the troops today. It was Armed Forces Day in Syria and traditionally Assad gives a morale building speech to the troops on state TV. This would seem to be more important than ever today. Not just me, all the Assad watchers have been waiting for this day. Yesterday the twitter hash tag #assad was alive with anticipation.
I brought up Al Jazeera English Live even before I got out of bed and when I heard them quoting from Assad's speech, they didn't report that it was a written speech, not at first; I thought for sure the gig was up and I would have to write a diary saying that I was wrong and that Bashar al-Assad had clearly been proven to be among the living. But no, not yet!
Reuters is reporting:
Assad praises troops but his whereabouts are mysteryWhat I don't understand is why there aren't more voices in the major media expressing doubts about Assad's continued well being? For example, Reuters attributes the secrecy over Assad's whereabout to "heightened concern over his personal security" two week after the deadly explosion, but I have already proven that he swore in his new Defense Minister in the Presidential Palace in Damascus the day after the explosion, if the pictures and video (without audio) released by SANA are to be believed.
Wed, 1 Aug 2012 10:24 GMT
By Erika Solomon
Aug 1 (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad told his troops on Wednesday that their battle against rebels would determine Syria's fate but his written message gave no clues to his whereabouts two weeks after a bomb attack hit his inner circle.
Assad has not spoken in public since the bombing in Damascus on July 18 killed four of his close security aides although he has been seen on television.
His latest remarks - made as the two sides battled for control of Syria's commercial capital Aleppo - appeared in a statement in the military's magazine to mark armed forces day.
But it was not clear exactly when or where he was speaking, indicating heightened concern over his personal security in the wake of the bombing at the defence headquarters in the capital.
I know I often see things differently and so far, in every "proof" that has been offered by the Assad regime of his continued leadership and well being, proofs that seem to be accepted without question by the MSM, I see the opposite. I see further proof that all is not well in the house of Assad.
I mean come on! We have a regime with a proven track record of lying and photoshopping. It has been two weeks now since a massive explosion in a security building took out four of his top war planners at a meeting that Bashar, the CnC, would most likely have attended.
Since then, and at this critical phase in his nations history, when his personal leadership and authority could easily mean the success or failure of his cause, we have not heard from Bashar al-Assad. Why? Give me a good reason.
I'll give you one, the same one I gave the day after the explosion: Bashar al-Assad is either dead or seriously injured.
I think that the current extremely aggressive and bloody offensive by what remained of the Assad regime after that 18 July explosion, is a desperate attempt to consolidated some kind of hold onto power before that cat gets out of the bag. Further, I suspect that the MSM and the major intelligence services are now complicit in this cover-up because it also buys them time to work out some kind of "transition" that is acceptable to them. More than anything they fear the disorderly collapse of the Syrian state, and for that reason they are keeping silent on the fate of Bashar al-Assad, even if the silence leads to continue bloodshed in Syria.
If that turns out to be the case, there will be a heavy blood debt to pay in a number of capitals far from Damascus.
This just in from ABC News:
General Assembly to Ask Syria's Assad to Step Down
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS August 1, 2012 (AP)
Arab countries pushed ahead Wednesday with a symbolic U.N. General Assembly resolution that tells Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign and turn over power to a transitional government. It also demands that the Syrian army stop its shelling and helicopter attacks and withdraw to its barracks. A vote is set for Thursday morning.
The draft resolution takes a swipe at Russia and China by "deploring the Security Council failure" to act. Moscow and Beijing have used their veto in the smaller, more powerful Council three times to kill resolutions that could have opened the door to sanctions on Syria.
While the 193-member General Assembly has no legal mechanism for enforcing a resolution, an overwhelming vote can carry moral and symbolic power. Voting is by simple majority, and there is no veto.
A very good little documentary about the Free Syrian Army:
Today from EAWorldView on Syria we have these reports:
Syria Live Coverage: Aleppo --- This Does Not Look Like Regime "Victory"On Tuesday's execution of members of the pro-regime Barri clan, reportedly carried out by the Brigade, al-Haji said:
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:42 Scott Lucas
1730 GMT: Syria. Back from a break to find the Syrian National Council has criticised Tuesday's executions by insurgents of members of the Barri clan in Aleppo.
Khalid Saleh, a member of the group's executive committee, said, "The persons executed were well known to be responsible for many deaths on Aleppo. Nonetheless, we firmly believe everyone deserves a just trial even in the case of field trials."
1340 GMT: Syria. Mona Mahmood, who spoke earlier with a the head of the Free Syrian Army's Military Council (see 1255 GMT), has now obtained parallel claims from Basheer al-Haji, the spokesman of the Tawheed ("Unification") Brigade in Aleppo.
Al-Haji said the Brigade, made up of 3500 fighters, was formed by the Free Syrian Army to fight in the city. He claimed insurgent advances:
We are in control of nine neighbourhoods which are at the eastern part of the city and three others at the western part of the city.
By controlling these neighbourhoods at the eastern side of the city, we are in full control of the civilian airport.
We extended our control of the western side of the city to al-Rawsa neighbourhood where the artillery college is. This is the base used by the regime to fire against the city.
We were in a truce with the Berri clan, which are shabiha clan. We asked them to stay at home and not to support any part of the fight but they did not comply to the truce.
We were attacking one of the police stations in the city and Berri clan began shooting against us from behind. They killed 15 members of the FSA. We were in big clashes with them and were able to kill 20 of them and arrest another 50.
Then we held a field trial for them. We have judges and lawyers who are in the opposition. They found that seven of the Berri clan were involved in killing and they decided to execute them. Others are kept for trial after the collapse of the regime.
We are keeping a lot of prisoners for trial after the collapse of the regime as long as their hands are clean of the Syrian people's blood, otherwise we kill them immediately.
1315 GMT: Turkey. The Turkish military has carried out a drill with about 25 tanks in the southeast of the country near the Syrian border.
The manoeuvres occur after Turkey has sent three convoys of tanks, weapons, and ground-to-air missile batteries to the border.
1312 GMT: Syria. Claimed footage of a house set ablaze by shelling of the Khamidiya section of Homs:
1255 GMT: Syria. Mustafa al-Sheikh, the head of the Free Syrian Army's Supreme Military Council, has spoken to The Guardian from "the Syrian-Turkish border". He claimed insurgents hold 70% of Aleppo, where the humanitarian situation is "a disaster": "There is no wheat at all, we live on lentils and groats stored by people at their homes, we get water from wells, power comes and goes."
Al-Sheikh not only defended Tuesday's execution of members of the pro-Assad Barri clan but predicted further incidents:
The Barri clan...have a long history of being pro-regime shabiha and they have been involved in a lot of killing in Aleppo.
The regime used to provide them with light weapons and knives and gather them in schools to go and launch their attacks against civilians. Just before they left one of the schools they were caught by the FSA and killed.
In this war in which we left alone to fight such a vicious regime, everything is possible and legitimate and as long as the international community keeps looking at Syria in such carelessness, you will see more of that and even worse.
Al-Sheikh also said the Free Syrian Army could accept the presence of foreign fighters in Syria:
Al-Qaida are now in different places in Syria, they work separately, they are even in Aleppo. We do not work with them. They have Syrian and Arab fighters and they have their own targets and weapons.
They are different hardline groups. We do not deal with them but we do not mind their work anywhere in Syria.
1245 GMT: Syria. Activist "The_47th" has an ominous assessment of the aftermath of Tuesday's execution of members of the pro-Assad Barri clan in Aleppo:
Chiefs of Baggara, Berri & other pro Assad Tribes in Aleppo met this morning and announce arming themselves for vengeance.
?The 47th? (@THE_47th) August 1, 2012
I'm being told that among the tribes that net are Hasasne & Zeido. Together with Baggara & Berry, they have no less than 20k fighters.
?The 47th? (@THE_47th) August 1, 2012
I think Aleppo is going to witness a major war: FSA against Assad Forces & Arab tribes who want retribution for death of Zaido Berri.
?The 47th? (@THE_47th) August 1, 2012
1125 GMT: Libya. A bomb has shaken the Department of Military Intelligence in Benghazi early Wednesday, damaging the building.
There were no injuries. The identity of the attackers is unknown.
A bomb was defused outside the iconic Tibesti hotel on Sunday, while a hand grenade hit the appeals court and a rocket punctured the outside wall of the main prison last Friday.
1025 GMT: Syria. The United Nations mission in Syria says its observers have witnessed regime fighter jets opening fire on insurgents in Aleppo.
Spokeswoman Sausan Ghosheh also said the UN had confirmation that the insurgents now have heavy weapons of their own, including tanks.
0959 GMT: Syria. CNN's Ivan Watson and Raja Razek report from a school converted into an insurgent-run prison in Aleppo Province. They say there were signs that captured shabiha militia were beaten, while regular regime military were treated better.
0954 GMT: Syria. Al Jazeera English's Jane Ferguson reports on the Free Syrian Army's announcement that it will re-use regime land mines against President Assad's forces:
0948 GMT: Syria. In a written statement for Armed Forces Day, President Assad has commented on the insurgency, "The fate of our people and our nation, past, present and future, depends on this battle," as he praised the "heroic" armed forces as "heroic" as the defender of "just causes".
0913 GMT: Syria. Amnesty International has posted a report, based on the observations of one of its staff in Aleppo in May, which harshly criticises the regime:
Scores of demonstrators and bystanders, most of them young men and boys but including several children and older men, have been shot dead and hundreds injured in the city by security forces and the notorious shabiha, the armed militias working alongside government forces. Some of the victims were bystanders who were not taking part in the demonstrations.
Families of demonstrators and bystanders shot dead by security forces have been pressured to sign statements saying that their loved ones were killed by armed terrorist gangs.
Wounded people risk arrest and torture if they go to hospital. Doctors, nurses and first-aiders who provide life-saving medical treatment to injured demonstrators in makeshift secret field hospitals have themselves been arrested, tortured and even killed by government security forces.
Activists organizing protests and those suspected of participating in demonstrations, making or distributing anti-government leaflets or opposition flags, or otherwise supporting protesters are often arrested and detained arbitrarily without access to their families or lawyers. Detainees are routinely tortured, in some cases to death. Some have been subjected to enforced disappearance; their families have been unable to obtain any information about their fate and whereabouts since their arrest.
0908 GMT: Syria. US NBC News has reported that insurgents have acquired a small supply of surface-to-air missiles for the first time.
A Western official did not dispute the claim.
NBC said the Free Syrian Army had obtained nearly two dozen missiles, also known as man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADs) delivered via Turkey.
0816 GMT: Syria. An opposition website has posted this explanation of Tuesday's execution of captured members of the Barri clan (see 0642 GMT):
When the uprising began, the Barris started to show off their patriotism. The regime provided them with a list of prisoners the Barris had asked for to help them in attacking protesters. Their leaders financed Aleppos Shabiha [pro-regime militia]....0642 GMT: Syria. The Brown Moses blog summarises Tuesday's capture and execution of members of the Barri clan, accused by activists of drug and gun dealing and of the killing of Free Syrian Army members. In this video in Arabic, a Free Syrian Army commander puts forward the circumstances of the execution of the Barri men:
Al Barris would go to mosques to attack protesters using knifes etc. The majority of Aleppos martyers were killed by Al Barris.
When the FSA [Free Syrian Army] arrived in Bab Al Nairab and besieged it, the two sides agreed a truce on Monday. Al Barris had proposed it. One of the Al Barris conditions was to keep the picture of Bashar al Assad posted on their premises. The rebels agreed, although they had the upper hand to avoid clashes.
Today, the Barris killed one of the rebels in Al Marjah district. The FSA then entered the Barri's stronghold. They captured the clans leaders. They killed some of those who resisted, families and children were allowed to leave the neighbourhood.
0635 GMT: Syria. The Local Coordination Committees report 87 people were killed on Tuesday by security forces, with 22 of the deaths in Aleppo Province.
0530 GMT: Syria. In its only brief reference to Aleppo this morning, State news agency SANA declares, "Armed forces continued chasing the fleeing terrorist groups in the area of Ard al-Sabbagh in Salah Eddin neighborhood in Aleppo, killing and injuring a large number of terrorists, some of them holding Arab and African nationalities."
The website does not attempt the line, as it did days ago, that regime forces had cleared the insurgents out of Syria's largest city. That's understandable --- information and video from other sources indicated that, far from pushing the insurgents out of neighbourhoods like Salaheddin and Sakhour, President Assad's forces were facing continued resistance and that the Free Syrian Army was able to bring in reinforcements.
Indeed, there were two dramatic episodes that pointed to the ascendancy of the insurgents in parts of the city. The Free Syrian Army attacked three police stations, occupying them for part of the day and reportedly causing dozens of casualties. Then last night footage emerged of the capture of the Barri clan, well-known supporters of the Assad regime and --- according to their critics --- renowned for their violent, criminal activity. Further video testified that the head of the family, Zaino Barri, and other members were executed.
Syria: Ceasefire faltering as mass protests breakout12:38 PM PT:
I dont condone summary execution but dont know how Id react against child killers in a war situation & absence of justice system.
Magpie V (@i_magpie) August 1, 2012


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UFC 150 Card Preview — Henderson vs. Edgar II
UFC 150 takes place this Saturday, August 11th, at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.
Here is our UFC 150 preview of all the matches on the main card and the preliminary bouts that will take place on FX beforehand.
Main Card
Frankie Edgar (14-2-1) vs. Benson Henderson (16-2)
First up on our UFC 150 preview is Edgar against Henderson. Poor Frankie Edgar seems perpetually doomed to face the same opponent twice in a row when other fighters get new dance partners. This started with BJ Penn; Edgar beat him (twice) by unanimous decision. It happened again with Gray Maynard, who Edgar fought to a draw before defeating him by unanimous decision in their next contest.
At least this time Edgar is looking to redeem a loss; he wound up on the wrong side of a decision to Henderson in their back-and-forth match at UFC 144. He's quite small for his weight class, but has no interest in moving down a weight class, so perhaps an immediate rematch is the best he could have hoped for. The incredibly skilled Ben Henderson hasn't suffered a loss since he battled Anthony "Showtime" Pettis back in the WEC, and though Pettis is itching for a rematch, Hendo's bout with Edgar was close enough that this main event is warranted. (Of course, Diaz is next in line to face the winner, and Melendez and Maynard are also in the mix.)
If it's anything like their last bout, it'll be an exciting back-and-forth war and well worth the price of UFC 150.
Melvin Guillard (30-10-2) vs. Donald Cerrone (18-4-1)
Cerrone really struggled with Nate Diaz's speed and power in UFC 141, but rebounded with a decision win over the heavy-handed Jeremy Stephens at UFC on Fuel TV 3. Cowboy had intestinal problems going into the bout, but fought in spite of advice from his coach and teammates…and still walked away with the W. Guillard's career-long problem has been his submission defense, and he suffered a loss via rear-naked choke by Joe Lauzon (funny that Guillard called out a submission specialist), and then another defeat via rear-naked choke to Jim Miller. Guillard has since rebounded with a decision win over Fabricio Camoes, but Cerrone has 13 submission wins and heavy hands to boot. If he can contend with Guillard's speed and striking (and he's got a good chin), he should be able to finish this fight at UFC 150.
Jake Shields (27-6-1) vs. Ed Herman (20-8)
Next in our UFC 150 preview, is Herman versus Shields. Ed Herman has been on a tear. First, he defeated Tim Credeur via TKO in under a minute. Then, he submitted Kyle Noke with an inverted heel hook in the 1st round of their bout. Most recently, he defeated Clifford Starks via 2nd round rear-naked choke. Known for his durability and aggression, Herman is a good match-up for the skilled but somewhat unexciting Jake Shields. Shields, the former Strikeforce middleweight champion, has gone 2-2 in the UFC, and hasn't had a win via stoppage since 2009. Still, he managed to rebound from back-to-back losses to GSP and Jake Ellenberger with a unanimous decision win over Yoshihiro Akiyama, and is a slight favorite going into this welterweight tilt.
Yushin Okami (26-7) vs. Buddy Roberts (12-2)
For the first time in his entire MMA career, Yushin Okami is coming off of back-to-back losses in UFC 150. Losing by KO to Anderson Silva is nothing to be ashamed of, but his KO loss to Tim Boetsch was a bit more unexpected. A heavy hitter in his own right, Okami should have a bit of an easier time against Buddy Roberts, who trains at Jackson's MMA. Roberts did score a notable upset when he defeated Caio Magalhaes in his last bout, earning the nod from all three judges. In this bout, though, Okami is an incredibly heavy favorite.
Justin Lawrence (4-0) vs. Max Hollaway (5-1)
Hailed as a prospect from the get go, Max Hollaway has a very exciting stand-up game, with flashy knees, kicks, elbows and punches in his arsenal. He's gone 1-1 in the UFC, losing to Dustin Poirier by mounted triangle armbar in a fight where he stepped in as a late replacement, and rebounding with a decision win over Pat Schilling. Lawrence is a striker as well, with a boxing and kickboxing background. The UFC 15 alum defeated John Cofer by headkick KO in the season finale, winning Fight of the Night and Knockout of the Night bonuses. Still, Hollaway is a slight favorite coming into the UFC 150 bout.
Preliminary Bouts (FX)
Dennis Bermudez (8-3) vs. Tommy Hayden (8-1)
Tommy Hayden made his UFC debut last January, and the Team Gurgel representative will be looking to rebound off of his submission decision loss to Fabricio Camoes. Bermudez's weakness may well be submission defense, but he has strong wrestling, so look for him to try to control from top position. Hayden holds a blue belt from a strong BJJ academy, and will likely try to work submissions from wherever he can get them.
Jared Hamman (13-4) vs. Michael Kuiper (11-1)
A black belt in judo and BJJ, Kuiper will be making his second attempt to win a bout in the Octagon; He lost a decision to Rafael Natai in his UFC debut. Jarred Haiman has had a checkered UFC record, going 2-3. If nothing else, Hamman has shown that he can absorb a massive amount of punishment, has two Fight of the Night wins, and looks to be more at home as a middleweight, a weight class he's only had two fights in. We'll see how he fares against the Dutch judoka on Saturday night.
Ken Stone (11-3) vs. Erik Perez (11-4)
Erik Perez is coming off of a controversial win; he defeated John Albert via technical submission due to armbar, but Albert never tapped. Interestingly enough, the referee was Kim Winslow, who usually lets bout go the distance. In any case, Perez will have his next chance in this bout against former collegiate wrestler Ken Stone, who comes into the fight riding a two-fight winning streak.
Nik Lentz (21-5-2-1) vs. Eiji Mitsuoka (18-8-2)
Nik Lentz has had a rough go. After a devastating and highly illegal knee by Charles Oliveira (in a bout which was overturned to a no-contest), Lentz has lost two in a row, ending up on the wrong side of a decision against Mark Bocek and succumbing to TKO in a scrap against Evan Dunham. Lentz will be looking to rebound, and keep his job, in this tilt against submission specialist Eji Mitsuoka. Mitsuoka has only had one UFC bout, a TKO loss to Takanori Gomi at UFC 144 in February. This is definitely Lentz's fight to lose, so we'll see whether his training at American Top Team gives him what he needs.
Preliminary Bout (Facebook)
Chico Camus (11-3) vs. Dustin Pague (11-6)
TUF 14 alum Dustin Pague last fought Ken Stone only two weeks after a submission win over Jared Papazian, and on six days notice. Now he'll be facing Roufusports product Chico Camus, who will be making his UFC debut after winning 3 decisions in a row in the local circuits. Both fighters are durable and well-rounded, so we'll see how Pague performs with a full training camp and how Camus does under the lights.
What match at UFC 150 has you jacked the most?