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Rarely has an NBA off-season seen as much change as what went down this past summer. Shaq moved to Florida, T-Mac moved to Texas, the Nuggets suddenly look terrifying and the Lakers suddenly look like the Clippers. My fantasy team is a mess.
But in case you simply can't wait for the NBA to officially start in November, EA has stolen the tip by releasing NBA
Live 2005 in October. Unlike a busy off-season filled with change, however, this is mostly the same game you've been playing since way back in the '03.
In fact, the biggest change has nothing to do with the normal game at all. NBA
Live 2005 brings the fans what they wanted by adding a playable NBA
All-Star weekend, complete with a Rookie/Sophomore game, Three-Point Shootout,
All-Star game and, the one that rules them all, a Dunk Contest.
first three are pretty self-explanatory. The Rookie/Sophomore game is just as
it sounds: the rookies versus a squad of second-year men, and it's pretty forgettable.
The Three-Point shootout is almost identical to the one found in the old NBA
Live games for the original Playstation, forcing you to simply pick up the
ball and shoot it. There's a bit of added depth since the different players require
different timing (the quick-firing Peja has a much different release than the
more classic Ray Allen), but by and large it's
just a diversion. And of course, the All-Star game has been in video games forever.
The Dunk Contest, though, is entirely new. Dunks are broken
down into three phases: the takeoff, the trick and the release. Each of the
four face buttons gives you a different takeoff, be it off one foot, two feet,
or with a spin. You then press another button in mid-air to start a trick and
hold it for just the right amount of time to jam it home. The shoulder
buttons modify the tricks and the analog sticks can be used to bust out cool
alley-oop tosses during the takeoff. Couple all that with the fact that the
dunks and animations change depending upon your location on the court, and
you wind up with a system that boasts literally thousands of dunks.
It's surprisingly robust and looks very cool thanks to the great animations, that's for sure, but the whole Dunk Contest isn't very intuitive. Completing basic slams is pretty simple and, if modified and done perfectly, can net some high scores. Getting the perfect 50s, though, requires a more advanced alley-oop toss, which is where the difficulty suddenly spikes through the roof. The timing is very, very hard to master; most gamers will probably play around with it for a while, then opt out and go back to the main game. Still, hats off to EA for giving the crowd what it wants.
The Dynasty mode has received a minor facelift. A handy calendar has been added alongside more scouting options, and it's now possible to actually have a prospect work out with the team. An occasionally annoying PDA keeps you up to date on news, trades, injury reports and owners concerns. You can simulate your way through 10 seasons and can even halt a game in progress during any quarter to take control yourself.
It's better than last year, although isn't quite as slick as the one found in ESPN
while the Dynasty Mode is adequate for would-be GMs, it's fairly bare bones.
Apparently the different development houses at EA don't share info, because the
kind of detail we see in the Madden series is still
nowhere to be found in Live.
The gameplay sees a couple notable tweaks. A new tip-dunk ability expands your
control over rebounding, while the pro hop button, which was far too powerful
in NBA Live 2004, has been dialed back to the point of being almost unusable,
often resulting in a charge or a turnover. EA is also touting "Freestyle Air," which
is just a fancy name for the ability to press the dunk button while in the
act to switch to a layup. You're now afforded a bit more control over the type
of shot you switch to, although this is a move that has been in b-ball games
for years and isn't really new.
Otherwise, NBA Live 2005 plays out much like NBA
Live 2004. Freestyle control is the same as it ever was, which is a good thing as it still trumps ESPN as the better, more responsive control system. Live retains a more arcadey feel than ESPN; it's a faster-paced game in general, and the 10-man motion capture means it still looks much more upbeat than the competition. The core gameplay is solid, no doubt.
Still, some old programming flaws have not been resolved. Players prefer to stop to catch passes rather than catch them on the run, making fast-breaks nearly impossible. Though you can still choose between a jump shot and a layup, you don't feel like you have much control on whether or not it goes in – it seems like a roll of the dice more than anything.
This failure to upgrade is most evident in the graphics, which are largely unchanged
since 2004 and are starting to look a little dated. The Dunk
Contest looks great, filled with fancy effects and fantastic animations, but
the rest of the game could use a spit-shine. In all three console versions,
player models don't
look as realistic as those in ESPN, clipping errors are common
and the framerate tends to gum up a bit. The Xbox version is the best looking
of the three, but it still isn't a looker. You
almost get the feeling they're waiting for the next round of consoles to crop
up before they make any significant changes to the engine.
The sound is also much the same. Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith handle the dunk contest duties pretty smoothly, while Marv Albert and Mike Fratello take care of the play-by-play and color commentary. They grow redundant fairly quickly and occasionally offer ridiculous insights (Fratello likes to point out, for instance, that despite being down by 30 with 2 minutes left, the Hawks "better start scoring if they want to get back into this game." Did David Stern give the okay to a new 15-point shot, Mike?) Expect plenty of hip-hop for the soundtrack, which is par for the b-ball course nowadays.
Poor Gamecube owners miss out on the ability to hop into some online play,
and beyond that, there isn't
much else to NBA
Live 2005 in terms of extras. You can unlock gear and jerseys and whatnot
in the NBA Store, but none of it actually has any bearing on the gameplay.
Like the NBA in general, NBA Live 2005 goes for flash over substance
by putting more effort into its dunks than the fundamentals, although in this
case the basics were pretty sound to begin with. The much ballyhooed Dunk Contest
offers some incentive for fans looking for more sizzle, but for the most part,
this baller didn't learn a lot over the summer.

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Unani Tibb
'Tibb' means medicine in Arabic, and dates from the early Islamic period (750-1000 CE). 'Unani' means Greek, and Unani Tibb refers to the tradition in south Asia.
The tradition is based on earlier Greek medicine, and was developed within the Islamic Empire by Muslim, Christian and Jewish scholars. They were supported by Muslim rulers keen to develop medical and scientific knowledge. This led to a large-scale translation movement converting texts into Arabic. It also generated enormous amounts of new medical knowledge, collected in encyclopedias by scholars such as Ibn Sina. These were translated from Arabic into Latin, and became the basis of European medical teaching for many centuries.
Tibb is based on the Greek concept of humours in which the mixture of humours contributes to an individual's temperament. The hakim, or doctor, keeps the individual's temperament internally balanced and in harmony with the environment. Practitioners use the gentlest treatments possible to restore balance. They often advise changes in lifestyle, diet and exercise.
The progressive Muslim occupation of India from the 11th century brought new medical knowledge. Muslims' growing influence in south Asia over the centuries saw Tibb expand too. Tibb eventually became Unani Tibb, or Greek medicine, throughout the region. It developed as a tradition, and shared materia medica ideas with Ayurveda. Like Ayurveda, Unani Tibb was discouraged during the British rule of India. Support for the tradition was part of the independence movement.
Since India became independent in 1947, the government has supported biomedicine. It also recognises traditional medicines including Unani Tibb and Ayurveda. Unani Tibb is now practised worldwide, particularly in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Related links
Techniques and Technologies:
BibliographyP Pormann and E Savage-Smith, Medieval Islamic medicine (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007)
S Alavi, Islam and Healing: Loss and Recovery of an Indo-Muslim Medical Tradition, 1600-1900 (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
M Bode, Taking traditional knowledge to market: the modern image of the ayurvedic and unani industry 1980 – 2000 (Hyderabad: Orient Longman Private Limited, 2008)
J Alter (ed.), Asian medicine and globalization (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005)
G N A Attewell, Refiguring unani tibb: plural healing in late colonial India (New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2007)
The name given to the medical practice that is based on the sciences of the body, such as physiology (the functioning of the body).


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NIH Awards $84 Million Grant to NYU Langone Medical Center and Partnering Institutions for First-of-its-Kind Comparative Effectiveness ISCHEMIA Clinical Trial
International study of 8,000 participants to evaluate treatment options for patients with stable ischemic heart disease
NYU Langone Medical Center announced it has received an $84 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to study the comparative effectiveness of two initial management strategies for patients with coronary artery disease. The International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches (ISCHEMIA) is a randomized controlled trial that will study 8,000 patients with stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD) and moderate to severe ischemia. The study, funded by one of the largest grants ever awarded by the NIH for a comparative effectiveness trial, will enlist the collaboration of more than 150 medical centers around the U.S. and hundreds of sites in 33 countries worldwide. The grant is the largest ever awarded to NYU Langone Medical Center.
"NYU Langone is committed to conducting leading-edge research, such as the ISCHEMIA Trial, to contribute to the body of comparative effectiveness research to equip physicians with clinical evidence to inform medical decisions," said Robert I. Grossman, MD,dean and CEO of NYU Langone Medical Center. "Leading a trial of this size and scope is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to excellence – not only to patients, but to the medical, scientific, and health policy communities."
The trial, which will be clinically coordinated from the Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, will determine whether a routine early invasive strategy (INV) with cardiac catheterization followed by revascularization plus optimal medical therapy (OMT) and lifestyle changes is superior to a conservative strategy of OMT, reserving invasive procedures for failure of this strategy in patients with moderate to severe ischemia. The study will also assess whether INV improves angina-related quality of life. The other clinical trial core functions of ISCHEMIA will take place at different U.S. sites.Duke Clinical Research Institute will be the statistical and data coordinating center, and it will also serve as the coordinating center for the cost economics and quality of life. Emory School of Medicine will be the ischemia imaging coordinating center.
"The medical community agrees further study is necessary to better determine the need for an invasive strategy and the value of revascularization when treating this patient population," said study chair Judith Hochman, M.D., M.A., clinical chief of the Division of Cardiology, co-director of the Clinical Translational Science Institute, and the Harold Snyder Family Professor of Cardiology of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center. "With the NIH grant, we have the opportunity to collaborate with other cardiology thought leaders from around the country and world who share our urgency in learning more about what therapies offer optimal outcomes for patients in the most cost effective manner."
"This multicenter, international study provides a unique research opportunity that could yield vital information to guide clinical practice and improve quality of life and overall medical care for large, diverse populations," said Susan B. Shurin, M.D., acting director of the NHLBI.
In addition to Dr. Hochman serving as study chair, the ISCHEMIA leadership committee includes faculty from Vanderbilt University, Columbia University, The University of New York at Buffalo, East Carolina University, Duke University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and staff from the NHLBI.
NIH funded more than seventy percent of the $259 million in research grants awarded to NYU Langone Medical Center in the fiscal year of 2010. The same year, baseline NIH funding grew from $126.4 million to $138.1 million – a nine percent increase from the previous year and a five-fold rate increase compared to other medical schools around the country.


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Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:PFG) announced today that its board of directors declared a cash dividend of $1.39075 per share on its 5.563% Series A non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and a cash dividend of $0.407375 per share on its 6.518% Series B non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock. The preferred dividends are payable on March 30, 2015, to preferred stockholders of record as of March 12, 2015.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements as to operating earnings, net income available to common stockholders, net cash flows, realized and unrealized gains and losses, capital and liquidity positions, sales and earnings trends, and management's beliefs, expectations, goals and opinions. The company does not undertake to update these statements, which are based on a number of assumptions concerning future conditions that may ultimately prove to be inaccurate. Future events and their effects on the company may not be those anticipated, and actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The risks, uncertainties and factors that could cause or contribute to such material differences are discussed in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013, and in the company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2014, filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated or supplemented from time to time in subsequent filings. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: adverse capital and credit market conditions may significantly affect the company's ability to meet liquidity needs, access to capital and cost of capital; conditions in the global capital markets and the economy generally; continued volatility or declines in the equity, bond or real estate markets; changes in interest rates or credit spreads; the company's investment portfolio is subject to several risks that may diminish the value of its invested assets and the investment returns credited to customers; the company's valuation of securities may include methodologies, estimations and assumptions that are subject to differing interpretations; the determination of the amount of allowances and impairments taken on the company's investments requires estimations and assumptions that are subject to differing interpretations; gross unrealized losses may be realized or result in future impairments; competition from companies that may have greater financial resources, broader arrays of products, higher ratings and stronger financial performance; a downgrade in the company's financial strength or credit ratings; inability to attract and retain sales representatives and develop new distribution sources; international business risks; the company's actual experience could differ significantly from its pricing and reserving assumptions; the company's ability to pay stockholder dividends and meet its obligations may be constrained by the limitations on dividends or distributions Iowa insurance laws impose on Principal Life; the pattern of amortizing the company's DAC and other actuarial balances on its universal life-type insurance contracts, participating life insurance policies and certain investment contracts may change; the company may need to fund deficiencies in its "Closed Block" assets that support participating ordinary life insurance policies that had a dividend scale in force at the time of Principal Life's 1998 conversion into a stock life insurance company; the company's reinsurers could default on their obligations or increase their rates; risks arising from acquisitions of businesses; changes in laws, regulations or accounting standards; a computer system failure or security breach could disrupt the company's business and damage its reputation; results of litigation and regulatory investigations; from time to time the company may become subject to tax audits, tax litigation or similar proceedings, and as a result it may owe additional taxes, interest and penalties in amounts that may be material; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and applicable laws and the company's certificate of incorporation and by-laws may discourage takeovers and business combinations that some stockholders might consider in their best interests.
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text: Westeros #1 Posted March 21, 2010 Prince Rhodry Nymeros Martell has made his triumphant return to Sunspear, after having spent some time at Godsgrace awaiting word from the four corners of Dorne regarding what remnants of the king's army exist. Ser Perrin Blackmont, reconciled with the prince after the debacle at the Battle of Godsgrace, was left in command of much of the force that Rhodry brought back from the Tor, with orders to mobilize them if the king's forces to the north at Yronwood attempted to venture back into the depths of Dorne. As for himself? Rhodry seemed intent on shedding the last of his responsibilities as his brother's commander in the field, now that there was little likelihood of bloodshed.He and the other knights and commanders who arrived were cheered through the Threefold Gate as they passed through the shadow city. The prince was greeted by his brother, Prince Marence, and much of his court. A feast was prepared, as appropriate—but the first reminder of the prince's contrary nature became clear, when he swiftly disappeared to his own apartments in the Tower of the Sun, of which he is Keeper. What followed after were wild rumors: that he was preparing to depart Sunspear for good, that he had invited a pillow house-worth of girls to celebrate his return, that he sent his assistant Lady Elysa Dayne scurrying about for councillors, armorers, and guards as if he was preparing to fight a new war.And it's true, that even now Salt Shore is still under siege, with fresh reports from Ser Manfryd Qorgyle and Lord Andrey Blackmont indicating it will be a month yet before they have siege engines capable of battering down Salt Shore's well-founded walls. Does Prince Rhodry forsee an attempt to storm the town, whether by land or by sea? And what of Wyl on the Boneway, still held by the king's hand, or Yronwood where a force more than 6,000 strong sits? Few could put it past the vicious prince. His elder brother Prince Marence may say nothing against the continuing siege—indeed, he has had supply arranged with the help of the Dalts and the Allyrion—but the slow nature of a siege is hardly to Rhodry's taste. Yes, he may well be preparing to argue that Salt Shore be stormed… or perhaps, instead, he'll argue for an assault on the Dornish Marches, a punitive measure to win back some of the wealth the Young Dragon and his reavers stole from Dorne. And the worst of it? There are those who would be eager to make the attempt, though thousands have died in the effort to free Dorne, or perhaps because of it.Many notable knights and lords are gathered in Sunspear, and all of them, it seems, are intent on securing a say in the future of Dorne. Prince Marence is beset with petitions for audiences, with requests for certain grants and exemptions in light of the war and recent heroic efforts. Too much power is gathering at the Old Palace, and that with a cautious prince left to try and control it as cracks begin to appear in Dornish unity, cracks that may make the difference between peace and war in the coming years.Visit the Site! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Despite stereotypes born out of hundreds of years of tradition, modern-day coal mining in the United States is much more than tough men with picks and shovels donning headlamps. In fact, the complex electrical equipment used in today's mines provides jobs for 12,650 certified electricians, making up about 12% of all mining industry employees. In the last five years, 15 of these electrical workers have been killed and 152 injured in electrical accidents.
To address electrical safety in U.S. mines, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), headquartered in Arlington, Va., put on its first National Electrical Troubleshooting Contest for electrical workers in the mining industry in October. Seventeen finalists from four different states competed in regional and state competitions to qualify for this national competition. Judged based on a written test along with a hands-on, timed, simulated challenge, contestants were given 25 minutes to troubleshoot and properly ground fault test an underground power center.
"One of the challenging parts is a lot of people watching you," says Bryan Jude, the winner of this year's competition.
An electrical worker for the past 17 years, Jude is currently an electrician for Rockspring Development at Camp Creek Mine in Kentucky. "I think the troubleshooting contest is really good for the industry because it refreshes you on the right way to do things … like an inspector would do … and you get scored on that heavily," he says.
Ray McKinney, administrator of coal mine safety and health with MSHA, agrees. "It creates an opportunity to simulate a real-life situation in a safe environment, without a catastrophic result," he says. "By taking the test and studying, it's just a good refresher for them on the laws and the safe practices that you should exercise each day when you're working with electricity."
McKinney notes that most electrical-related injuries and deaths in the coal mining industry are the result of not following proper lockout/tagout procedures. Stray electrical currents and contact with live wires have also caused death and injury in recent years.
MSHA plans to repeat the troubleshooting contest next year and hopefully take its show on the road. Using a new van designed with simulation equipment for the hands-on portion of the contest, MSHA plans to localize its contest throughout the country.


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News, video from UConn practice
UConn will play in New York for the last time this season when it takes on St. John'son Wednesday night in a Big East game at Madison Square Garden.
The Huskies met with the media Tuesday afternoon at Gampel Pavilion before leaving on their road trip.
Some highlights:
-- The Huskies hope for a different outcome than their last trip toNew York when they lost to North Carolina State, 69-65, on Dec. 4.
A post-season ban will prevent UConn from returning to New York next month for the Big East tournament.
"DeAndre (Daniels) and I were talking about that yesterday, that it will be the last time we'll play in the Garden this year," sophomore Ryan Boatright said. "So we've definitely got to make sure we go out and get a win considering we dropped the ball against NC State,"
Boatright expressed frustration over the team's post-season ban. Check out the attached video for his comments.
-- UConn is shooting for its season-high tying fourth straight win. The Huskies are 2-2 in Big East road games this season.
"It's another business trip, trying to win another one on the road," coach Kevin Ollie said. "You know how tough the Big East is, if you can get a couple on the road, it will be good."
The road trip continues with UConn visiting Seton Hall Sunday in Newark,N.J.
-- The Huskies (15-5, 5-3) still believe they have a shot to win the Big East regular season title. They reside in seventh place. Syracuse(7-2) is in first place.
UConn hosts Syracuse on Feb. 13 in Hartford.
"We've just got to take care of business," Boatright said. "As long as we work hard and win our games, it will all take care of itself. I think Syracuse is going to be a key game."
-- Junior Shabazz Napier says he's still having some trouble with his injured shoulder.
"Better," said Napier when asked about his shoulder. "It's still hard for me to sleep. I wake up in the middle of nigh to change positions because it's aching."
Napier's game is certainly healthy.
He earned his second Big East player of the week honor on Monday after averaging 21 points, five rebounds, 3.5 assists and two steals in overtime victories over South Florida and Providence.
-- St. John's recruited freshman Omar Calhoun, who's from Brooklyn.
"Coach (Steve) Lavin is a great guy," Calhoun said. "Everyone looks at St. John's if they're from New York. It's definitely a school that I looked at."
Calhoun is close friends with St. John's freshman Chris Obekpa, who leads the nation in blocked shots. Obekpa attended Our Savoir New American in Centereach, N.Y.
"I was trying to get him to come here once I committed here," Calhoun said.
-- Calhoun is not the only Husky looking forward to playing in Madison Square Garden.
"Love the Garden," junior Enosch Wolf said. "I'm excited."
Wolf had his best game in that building, finishing with a career-high tying 12 points and nine rebounds againstN.C.State.
-- UConn has played great defense in the last two games, frustrating South Florida (34.9 percent) and Providence (33.8 percent) while winning both games in overtime.
But no one defender has stood out this season, according to Ollie.
"I think our team defense is good." Ollie said. "Shabazz can play great defense when he puts pressure on and Ryan can play good defense when he puts pressure on. I think we do it by team.
"… I wouldn't say one guy is standing out. Niels (Giffey) plays good defense when he comes off the bench and R.J. (Evans) plays real, real good defense. But those guys are not playing the majority of the minutes. But I think we do a good job with our team defense."
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With all the news out of Syria of late, Egypt has taken a back seat in the mainstream media. But the situation in the Arab world's largest country remains very unstable, and very threatening to Israel. The following is an exclusive report about where Egypt could be headed.
Ahmed K., a 38-year old Egyptian, doesn't believe in violence. Neither does he participate in mass demonstrations against the military that ousted his party's leader Mohamed Morsi from power in June's re-revolution, nor does he possess a weapon. But he is a staunch defender of Islam and a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) supporter.
"I don't believe in whatever the army is trying to tell us. We are all very confused. We don't know who or what to believe. The military tries to depict us as animals, as if we are murdering our own people but not all of us are like this," Ahmed told Israel Today, adding, "We simply want to re-establish Sharia Law and we despise the idea of the army governing the country."
Yet, footage of armed gangs going on shooting sprees in Cairo flood the Internet, but Ahmed prefers to ignore them: "I don't know whether they actually have weapons – maybe these videos were edited by Photoshop. But even if they do, I don't know where these arms are coming from. It's very difficult to tell the truth. Here in Egypt everything is just a part of a game called politics."
About one thousand people have been killed in this "game" so far. The army says it's fighting terrorists who stage war in the name of religion, but the Muslim Brotherhood rebuts these allegations, insisting the military is killing peaceful demonstrators.
Not-so-peaceful demonstrations
Amr Zakariya, an Egyptian scholar and a founding member of Afaq, an institute for Middle East Studies in Cairo, said the demonstrations were far from being peaceful: "After Morsi was toppled, the Muslim Brotherhood could have opted for peaceful means. They could have boycotted the elections or demanded early polls. Instead, they resorted to violence, killing civilians indiscriminately. We thought Mubarak was too harsh on [the group], but now we see he was right. They attack [Christians], police officers and army personnel, they torch churches, hospitals and public offices, they are ruining the country."
A former Muslim Brotherhood supporter, Zakariya said the movement's actions made him turn against it. "I supported the democracy and the decision of the people. But democracy has limits. We cannot allow killing each other in its name."
Seeds of civil war
Zakariya explained to us that while more than half of Egypt's 85 million people voted the Muslim Brotherhood into power a year ago, "many people became disappointed" with the group's lies, and support has dwindled to below 20 percent. Many Egyptians are now embarrassed or afraid to identify with the group.
"It's not a conflict between the Muslim Brotherhood and the army anymore, but rather a confrontation between the Muslim Brotherhood and all other Egyptians," he noted.
Israel and the politics of Islam
Despite the reduced public support and an army crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the conflict in Egypt doesn't show any signs of dying out any time soon.
Zakariya argues the reason for this lies in the Muslim Brotherhood's ability to connect religion to politics. "They said that whoever supported Morsi, supported Islam. This makes it difficult for people to go against the Muslim Brotherhood."
The group emphasized that Islam is fighting the non-believers. Conveniently and predictably, Israel was chosen as a scapegoat.
Recently, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara possessed evidence proving Israel's involvement in the military coup that toppled Morsi. Even though the accusations seemed ungrounded, Ahmed believed in their validity. So did many other Egyptians.
The country's anti-Muslim Brotherhood movement claims it collected the signatures of more than 300,000 people who want Egypt's armed forces cancel the country's peace treaty with Israel. Ahmed said he was one of them: "Israel seeds conflicts in Egypt and other places because it serves their 'divide and conquer' policy. I believe Erdogan, he doesn't have a reason to lie."
Addressing the issue, Zakariya said Israel had nothing to do with the revolution. "It's a purely Egyptian conflict and it doesn't serve Israel's interests."
Avoiding American missteps
As for the cancellation of 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty, Zakariya argued that petition numbers had been largely inflated. "You cannot believe everything they are trying to sell you. The final decision-maker is the army, and it understands the importance of this pact. But its termination is still possible and can be caused by wrong US maneuvers."
The problem is that Washington gives enough reasons to panic. In mid-August, President Obama called off joint US-Egypt military drills, giving Russian President Vladimir Putin the opportunity to declear that Russia's arsenal would be at Egypt's disposal. A week later, Washington decided to withdraw $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt.
The move sent shock waves through America's regional allies, including Israel, who fear the collapse of the Egyptian army would inevitably lead to further disorder and violence in the area.
Israeli ambassadors in Washington, London, Paris, Berlin and Brussels worked overtime to convince their host nations to maintain the flow of cash to the Egyptian military, and the Jewish state simultaneously increased cooperation with Egypt on the military and intelligence levels.
But there remain serious questions regarding Washington's motives in this regard. Some trace the decision to the influence of the powerful Arab Lobby. Others claim Qatar and Turkey – staunch Muslim Brotherhood supporters – sweet-talked the US into taking the step.
Rumors in Egypt have it that the US plans to redraw Middle Eastern borders with Egypt destined to lose its Sinai Peninsula in favor of the Palestinians under the rule of the terrorist organization Hamas, a Muslim Brotherhood offspring.
Obama's Muslim Brotherhood ties
US-based news website Guardian Express explained Obama's stance by saying that the American president has family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Reportedly, Obama's half-brother Malik is at least indirectly a member of the organization.
The website charged:
"Malik Obama is the executive secretary of the Islamic Da'wa Organization (IDO). This entity was founded by Hassan al-Turabi, longtime leader of the Sudanese political party, the National Islamic Front – itself an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. ...In this capacity, it is claimed, Malik oversees the Muslim Brotherhood's international investments. This claim has been made by Tahani Al-Jebali, former Chancellor of the Constitutional Court of Egypt."
The website continued by noting that while "President Obama cannot be held responsible for the actions or associations of his half-brother, it cannot be denied that the two have always been close; Malik Obama has visited the White House; the two have been photographed together numerous times and Malik was best man at Barack's wedding. Malik Obama founded the Barack H. Obama Foundation, which was arbitrarily granted tax-exempt status in the US."
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Norman Invents Low-Cost, Low-Tech Arsenic Filter, March 1, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., March 1, 2001 -- David Norman, a professor of geochemistry at New Mexico Tech, recently was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to further develop his new "low-tech" method of removing arsenic from drinking water.
The simple filtering device Norman has invented consists entirely of a five-gallon plastic bucket with a hole on the bottom, filled with crushed and screened laterite--a weathered reddish-brown material composed primarily of hardened clumps of iron oxide, which occurs naturally in some soils.
Through the Hilton Foundation grant, Norman will adapt his bucket-filter technology for use in villages in Ghana where villagers are often subjected to high arsenic levels in their drinking water, which is typically drawn from communal wells.
"In our field studies in Ghana, we came across water with so much arsenic that drinking it will result in skin problems and cancer," Norman relates. "But after we ran it through the bucket filter, you could safely drink the stuff. . . . These type of filters are awesomely efficient."
Once instructed on how to make bucket filters, Ghanaians would have little trouble constructing their own arsenic filtering devices, Norman maintains, since most of the required materials--discarded plastic buckets, window screens, and laterite-rich soil--are readily available throughout Ghana and other neighboring African countries.
Norman's research also has shown that buckets filled with ground up laterite can be used to filter out high concentrations of iron from drinking water.
"Basically, that's iron taking out iron," the Tech geochemist points out. "And, we really don't know why this is happening. . . . We just know that it works just as well."
Laterite deposits also occur in soils found in some of our own country's north-central states, including Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, Norman explains, and, as such, the bucket-filter technology might also have applications for residents of those states where high-iron content in their water poses problems with hard-water stains.
"It might eventually be possible to develop a smaller, cartridge-type filter filled with laterite as an active ingredient to effectively remove most of the iron out straight from the tap," Norman says.
With the grant from the Hilton Foundation, the bucket-filter technology, which is more technically described as a "continuous sorption column," also will be adapted to a larger-scale, square-meter-sized, concrete-encased filtering system which will be employed in larger Ghanaian villages for their communal wells.
World Vision, a nonprofit international organization which is committed to advocacy for children, has also pledged to assist Norman and his fellow researchers by providing them with trucks
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Over the past two days rumors regarding the upcoming graphics cards from NVIDIA have surfaced. First of all, we have a new roadmap, which doesn't really reveal that much new information, but it's definitely updated. It is also worth bringing up the specs of GeForce GTX 780 revealed by German website Chip.de.
Previous NVIDIA roadmap mentioned Kepler architecture to be released on 2011, but we all know they were not launched 2 years ago, but this year, so it was quite out-dated. The new one does not mention any Kepler Refresh GPUs for 2013, but nor does it mention a Fermi Refresh.
So it seems that the completely redesigned silicon, also known as Maxwell, will be launched in 2014. Redesign means a new approach in dealing with the computing power of the graphics processor, which would now be supported by an additional ARM core (which is probably a ARMv8 64-bit processor).
Maxwell GPUs would offer a significant performance boost in computing power per Watt — 2.6x times faster than the current Kepler generation per Watt. But before you get too excited about this fact, it's worth saying that it does not mean that the graphics cards will be 2.6x faster overall. It means that the GPUs will be smaller (20nm), will generate less heat and consume less power.
GeForce GTX 700 Series – Kepler Refresh
But before we learn any details about Maxwell GPUs, there's still a Kepler Refresh to come. These GPUs will likely launch in the first quarter of 2013. The most anticipated one is obviously a derivative of GK110 silicon. However, NVIDIA will not launch the same GPU known from Tesla as a GeForce card. Some say it's just a castrated version of it, some say it's a completely new GPU.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Specification
- GPU: GK2xx
- Base Clock: 1100 MHz
- Boost Clock: 1150 MHz
- Memory Clock: 1625 MHz (6500 MHz effective)
- Memory type: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Interface: 384-bit
According to Chip.de, the GeForce GTX 780, which would supposedly use this processor, may feature 2304 CUDA cores. The site also reveals that the card would use 3GB GDDR5 memory across a 384-bit interface. Nevertheless, our sources are less enthusiastic about this card. From what we know, it would have 1920 CUDA cores (2110 tops), 160 TMUs and 48 ROPs. Needless to say, probably the most certain information right now is the 384-bit interface. The site also mentions the exact clock speeds, but it seems that these are pure speculation, since NVIDIA does not usually launch their cards with such round clock numbers. Anyway, from what has been said so far, the GPU would be clocked at 1100/1150 MHz (for base and boost respectively), and the effective memory clock is 6500 MHz.
These specs suggest that the memory bandwidth would increase from 192 GB/s to 312 GB/s (that's 62% increase). The texture fill-rate would be around 170.6 GT/s (32% increase) and pixel fill-rate 52.8 GP/s (64% increase)
The Kepler Refresh Naming
It's still unclear whether NVIDIA will launch their new GPUs with the GK1xx or GK2xx naming. However our sources and the leak from previous week suggest that the Kepler Refresh is using a GK2xx scheme. What that means is there is no GK110 or GK114 powered GeForce graphics card coming.
GeForce GTX 780 Launch Date
The GTX 780 is currently planned for February/March 2013. First engineering samples should be available in January. The release date of GTX 780 might be changed depending of the sales of current Kepler cards. However the information that GeForce GTX 780 might arrive this year is a complete nonsense.
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Could someone please give an update on what's going on with the Kern Legacy GB?
Hi Patriot, I am having trouble access a paid GB link - I sent a PM and commented in the forum - was for Jon Loomer Facebook product 2015
Hey Pat,
Any chance I can get access (if it's been shared) to Frank Kern's "High Level Fellowship?" I paid for this on Tuesday/Wednesday but I've never
received access to download, I appreciate it's a busy time of year and everyone's been super busy, just eager to put it into action. Thanks!
Hi!!! Pat
Sorry for sending you this message as a PM.
I paid for the GB# USS2Ck UWSA 2014 back in Nov 2014
Till today I have not received the material. I left messages for everyone even in general discussion forum. But no answer. I have been given a good runaround.
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Time 21:22
Amount UD$10
I will appreciate if you can look into this.
Thnx again
Hi Patriot
I need to PM you please!!
Thank you very much
hi patriot i requested a seat to be reserve for me before it was close ....http://groupinsiders.com/showthread....rse-2nd-Chance i wonder if it is being reserved????
PAt why dont u use GOOGLE WAllet service??
better than paypal?
i think paypal have might limited your account
they also did same for me
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Loving White Walls: Rooms with Colorful Furniture
Living in a rental can be a temporary situation, whether you're waiting to buy or making a home during a short term work or school stretch. Painting for such a short time often seems like a lot of work, and sometimes isn't even allowed by your landlord. A great way to inject some color into your home while living with boring white walls is with a really striking, colorful piece of furniture. Check out some bold choices in that liven up a bland space.
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1. Forget standard primary colors — pastels and metallic are an unusual pairing. From 101 Woonideeen via Moody's Home.
2. Desire to Inspire
3. A shower curtain is one of the few ways to add color to a bathroom. Image from Martha Stewart.
4. Green chairs jazz up a white kitchen. Stadshem via Home Designing.
5. Colorful Wishbone chairs and accessories brighten an all-white kitchen from Style at Home.
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6. Pulling together various colored chairs add interest to a bland white kitchen from Coco and Kelley.
7. Even just a hint of a really bright color transforms a white wall. From Front and Main.
8. One colorful headboard is all you will need to make a rental bedroom your own. From Lonny.
9. Bright bedding is a great way to introduce color without commitment. From Rue Magazine.
10. One simple bright rug makes this white dwelling, as seen on House and Home.
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Kirby Puckett Eye Mobile unveiled at FanFest
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kirby Puckett is here in spirit at All-Star week -- and beyond.
He is here in the form of smiles on so many Twins fans around these parts who treasure his memory, in the stories people like Tom Kelly are telling this week, and most importantly, in that inimitable smile that is larger than life on the sides of the new Kirby Puckett Eye Mobile.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kirby Puckett is here in spirit at All-Star week -- and beyond.
He is here in the form of smiles on so many Twins fans around these parts who treasure his memory, in the stories people like Tom Kelly are telling this week, and most importantly, in that inimitable smile that is larger than life on the sides of the new Kirby Puckett Eye Mobile.
In a tribute to the late Hall of Famer, who spent his entire career in Minnesota from 1984-95 before losing his vision in one eye, the Kirby Puckett Eye Mobile was unveiled on Friday at the Minneapolis Convention Center as the first and only mobile eye clinic in the Twin Cities region.
With two fully equipped exam rooms on board, it's like an eye doctor's office on wheels. It is owned, operated and staffed by Phillips Eye Institute, part of Allina Health. The motorcoach-sized vehicle was parked outside T-Mobile All-Star FanFest as Major League Baseball, the host Twins and Phillips Eye Institute added this dedication event to the unprecedented and ongoing All-Star Legacy Project.
"It's really important, because people come out to see," Kirby Puckett Jr. said. "They always remember my dad and this is one of the great memories they have of him -- going around helping people that are in need. People that can get eye screenings, that's going to be a good thing for the community."
"I just think it's wonderful," said Catherine, Puckett's daughter, who sat beside her brother during the ceremony. "All of the good things that he has left for everybody, to be able to take care of kids who need to get their eyes checked. Just the simplest thing is going to help so many people. We are so proud to be here. He would be proud of this. It just feels special and honored to be here."
The legend's two children were joined at the event by Kelly, who managed Puckett over a storied tenure with the Twins; Twins owner Jim Pohlad and president Dave St. Peter; Dr. Dan Conrad, president of Phillips Eye Institute; and Tim Brosnan, MLB executive vice president of business. Now-retired Twins broadcaster John Gordon emceed the event.
"Major League Baseball sent me a package in the wintertime, and it had numerous things to mark off -- what would I like to be doing during All-Star week, [because] they really wanted me to be part of it," Kelly said. "My wife and I were reading along, going through so many things, and then when the Kirby Pucket Eye Mobile stared me in the face, that made it all so easy. We put a big check on that one.
"Kirby did so much for me and my family, we could never repay that. We went back a long way, all the way back to Clearwater, Fla., when he was first starting out as a player. ... He made me better, he made his teammates better and he certainly made baseball better in the Upper Midwest -- two world championships, wonderful memories. And he's still continuing on now to make things better."
Indeed, after the rest of the baseball world departs the Twin Cities following the 85th Midsummer Classic on Tuesday, the Kirby Puckett Eye Mobile will become a prominent feature in the community. On Wednesday, it will be launched with a free vision screening event for the public, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CT at the Midtown Exchange, 2925 Chicago Ave., in Minneapolis. Then it will become a familiar site within the school districts, providing exams to students as well as free glasses. It is all part of Phillips Eye Institute's Early Youth Eyecare (E.Y.E.) program, which the Twins are backing.
"Poor vision is a roadblock to student learning," Conrad said. "It also affects quality of life, threatens the ability to live independently and contributes to costly and life-changing falls in the elderly.
"Many people do not have access to good vision care because of cost, lack of transportation or other challenges. By providing free vision screenings and comprehensive eye exams to those in need, the Kirby Puckett Eye Mobile can help address all of these problems."
It was impossible not to let your mind wander and think about the indelible moments Puckett provided. What does Kelly remember most about the player who made that amazing catch and hit a walk-off homer in the classic Game 6 win over Atlanta in the seminal 1991 World Series?
"Kirby Puckett had a wonderful smile," Kelly said. "He had a charisma, an aura about him. He was not the prototypical baseball player, where he's 6-foot-2 and cut. He was a short, roly-poly-type guy. I think he identified with the fan base immediately. They recognized his hustle -- he'd run all the balls out, he'd catch every ball with two hands in the outfield, none of that one-handed catch stuff.
"He had fun. He played the game with passion. It immediately gravitated to the fans. He always had a good look on his face and had that charisma for the game that makes him very special. And it made it very easy for people to grab onto. This is why he became such a favorite. Plus he could play. He was such a good player, he could do so many things. ... He was special."
For Kirby Puckett Jr., his father still is special and still leaves an inspirational message in spirit.
"Follow your dream and don't follow others if they aren't doing the right thing," the younger Puckett said. "Stick to what you want to do and you'll be all right."
The 85th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.
The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again allow fans to help choose the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com and via Twitter in the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote Sponsored by Pepsi, and their collective voice will represent 20 percent of the overall vote that determines the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
MLB.TV Premium subscribers, for the first time, will be able to live stream the All-Star Game via MLB.TV through FOX's participating video providers. Access will be available across more than 400 platforms that support MLB.TV, including the award-winning MLB.com At Bat app. MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
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KWETHLUK, Alaska—The mere presence of Santa and Mrs. Claus put broad smiles on the faces of many children in an Alaska Yup'ik Eskimo community this week, and it wasn't just because they were about to receive gifts.
For some of the children, this was the first time they had laid eyes on the man with a white beard in the red suit, the mythical character they have heard so much about over the years.
The experience with Santa even reduced a few toddlers to tears.
"They get scared, some of them, the first time seeing him (Santa)," said parent Roy Michael, adding the program is important event not only for children but also a time for families to celebrate. A village-wide announcement of Santa's visit went out, and parents, community members and elders from Kwethluk, a western Alaska burg of about 700, filled the small gym on Wednesday afternoon.
The rare visit was thanks to the Alaska National Guard, which attempts to arrange three Operation Santa Claus visits to remote Alaska Native villages every year.
Volunteers can fly in helicopters or planes for hours in the nation's largest state just to reach some of these places.
"You don't see anything for ever and ever, and then all of a sudden, there's a little village out there," said the program's chairwoman, Jo Katkus. "It's hard to describe how remote some of these places are.
"Santa and Mrs. Claus is not something that normally happens out there for them," she said. "It's a real treat to be able to get in there and do something for the kids that they might not ever see."
The fact the visit to Kwethluk even happened is a testament to the adaptability of Alaskans, whose flight plans change at any given moment because of weather or mechanical issues. Flying—oftentimes in bad weather—is required in Alaska since most communities are off the state's limited road system.
The original plan was to fly the volunteers 300 miles west from Anchorage in the military transport to the western Alaska hub community of Bethel, and then take the National Guard's Blackhawk helicopter the last 12 miles to Kwethluk.
But a mechanical issue grounded the helicopter, making it appear the program's second scheduled visit to the Yup'ik community would be a bust. A separate mechanical failure doomed a planned visit last month.
Instead of giving up, 10-year program veteran Dina Banez dug out her cellphone. Within minutes, she found a local air taxi company, Grant Aviation, willing to donate a flight to take about a third of the volunteers and gifts to Kwethluk, despite wind gusts of up to 50 mph.
This wasn't even the most creative fix she and others have come up with since the program began in 1956.
"We've gone on dog sled from different villages, snowmachines, ATVs, pickup trucks, whatever it is. We adapt and overcome, and it's all to make the kids' Christmas and bring a little joy to them," Banez said.
The visitors arriving in the school multipurpose room, where lunch was just finishing up, created a buzz throughout the school.
Everyone was excited "because we hardly get Operation Santa, and it's fun for the kids," said senior Alicia Michael, 17.
Teachers, some speaking in English, others in Yup'ik, paraded their students into the gym, where photos were taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus before they received a gift.
Since two-thirds of the volunteers remained in Bethel, plans had to be changed on the fly. After the older kids received their presents, the younger children came back to receive more swag after volunteers opened up additional boxes: Backpacks filled with school supplies, toys, toothbrushes and floss.
Long gone are the days when children received bags of candy, and the toothbrushes are intended to promote good dental care in rural Alaska, where there are few dentists.
Children were also given a book, which Banez said is the highlight for many children, and received an apple and an orange each on the way out of the gym—a treasure in western Alaska, where fresh fruit is an expensive luxury.


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|Maisey had 1 tooth pulled
|And a zipper put in.
|Brookie had 2 teeth pulled
|and then a beer to knock herself out.
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The USS Potemkin was a 24th century Federation Excelsior-class starship operated by Starfleet.
In 2361, the Potemkin was the last Federation starship to make contact with the failed colony on the planet Turkana IV until 2367. The personnel of the Potemkin were warned by the colony's ruling cadres that anyone transporting to the colony would be killed. (TNG: "Legacy")
It was also in 2361 that Lieutenant William T. Riker was assigned to the Potemkin. During his tenure on this ship, Riker led an away team to evacuate the science outpost on Nervala IV because of a dangerous energy distortion field covering the planet. It was not realized at the time that this distortion field caused the Potemkin's transporter to malfunction, materializing a duplicate Riker on the planet's surface. The Potemkin left orbit, unknowingly abandoning the duplicate Riker for eight years. The original Riker was promoted to lieutenant commander after this rescue mission. However, his duplicate was discovered in 2369 by the USS Enterprise-D and subsequently began a new life as Thomas Riker and reassigned to the USS Gandhi. (TNG: "Second Chances"; DS9: "Defiant")
The Potemkin's officers routinely held a poker game. As a young officer, William Riker took up the game so he could ingratiate himself to his seniors. Fortunately, they realized he was young and inexperienced and decided not to hold it against him, something Deanna Troi reminded him of when Riker later believed Ensign Sam Lavelle was doing the same thing aboard the Enterprise-D. (TNG: "Lower Decks")
It was also on the Potemkin that Riker tried an unconventional tactic of positioning the ship over a planet's magnetic pole and shutting down the power, in order to confuse an opponent ship's sensors. (TNG: "Peak Performance")
In 2368, the Potemkin ferried Dr. Toby Russell, a neuro-specialist, to the Enterprise-D in order to help Lt. Worf recover from a severe spinal injury. (TNG: "Ethics")
During the Dominion War, the Potemkin was part of the Ninth Fleet around Bajor. In 2374 she visited Deep Space 9 to be repaired along with the USS Exeter, the USS Sutherland, and the USS Akagi. (DS9: "You Are Cordially Invited")
Personnel Edit
|Excelsior-class starships
|USS Berlin • USS Cairo • USS Charleston • USS Crazy Horse • USS Enterprise-B • USS Excelsior • USS Farragut • USS Fearless • USS Fredrickson • USS Gorkon • USS Hood • USS Lakota • USS Malinche • USS Melbourne • USS Potemkin • USS Repulse • USS Valley Forge • Unnamed
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Background information Edit
In an internal list of starships, from 26 September 1990, the Potemkin's registry was NCC-8253. [1] The non-canon user manual for the video game Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, released in 1997, listed the ship with the registry NCC-18253. It is unclear where this new number came from.
In the original Star Trek Encyclopedia (1st ed., p. 321), the ship's registry from the ship list was mentioned, while the newer Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 176) mentions NCC-18253 as the Potemkin registry.
The LCARS graphic appearing in "Second Chances" depicted the Potemkin with the silhouette of an Ambassador-class starship, contrary to the ship's earlier appearance as an Excelsior-class. The number, 42547, that was next to the silhouette might be the ship's registry; however, this was uncertain.
According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 176), the Potemkin, like the previous ship of the same name, was "named for Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin (1739-1791), a Russian military figure under Catherine II."
Apocrypha Edit
The Excelsior-class Potemkin was also mentioned in the non-canon reference book Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual, but with the registry NCC-2005.
According to the 1994 Malibu Comics Star Trek: Deep Space Nine issue #6, the Potemkin participated in the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367.
External linkEdit
- USS Potemkin (NCC-18253) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works


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Light blue linen shirts always appeal to me but this year I'm thinking about going for a chambray (the first three images show a chambray: a plain weave fabric / criss-cross weave). There is something about the softness and lightweight of the chambray shirt that appeals to me, much more than the denim shirt (a twill woven fabric / woven diagonally).
linen Massimo Dutti shirt to my wardrobe, a classic piece that I hardly took off. I wore it so much that there is now a slight tear on one of the sleeves. I would love to buy another one that has the same cut but it's no longer available. I wore it without ever rolling down the sleeves, which makes me wonder if I should go for a short-sleeved shirt this summer. When I saw that Madewell chambray shirt, in the right photo below, I immediately fell for it.
Last weekend I was doing some shopping when I saw a blue cotton and linen shirt in H&M for a very good price. I cannot find it on their website but the one Gisele is wearing has the same vibe. Shirts like these are timeless and you can pair them with pretty much everything.
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1: Elin Kling for Marciano via Rowe / 2: Gilles Bensimon for Glamour US, January 2014 | Elsa Hosk wearing a chambray shirt by Calvin Klein, styled by Anne Christensen / 3: Madewell / 4: Madewell Spring 2014 lookbook via Pinterest / 5: SplashNewsOnline via Tumblr / 6: The Sartorialist / 7: Style du Monde


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