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The path to peace in the ME is tricky, in part due to extremist forces on both sides (including the more radical Diaspora) who resent each other.
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John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
It always amazes me when opponents of US policy like Chandra Muzaffar nonetheless give us credit for some brilliant, underhanded strategy that ties it all together. The day they find out the truth we will really have a problem. Truth is my country is a nation of undereducated cretins who can't find Saudi Arabia on a map, much less a tiny speck like Israel. And those are the voters, don't let's even talk about the politicians and the military. If they ran an ice-cream stand in Gaza it would fail.
" Mr Gerges has long urged America to shake up its policy in the region. "
I urge Mr.Gerges to come down from his ivory tower and see how the real world operates...
Mr Gerges has long urged America to shake up its policy in the region. Time and again, he writes, America creates problems for itself. Its tolerance of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories may be the biggest call to jihad for the radicalised young men that Washington fears. Today such criticism may be more relevant than ever.
One wonders whether Mr Gerges has any concept of just how hard it is to actually change American policy. Especially these days. One party will reflexively fight anything that the other does. One party will refuse to allow any effective constraints on what the current Israeli government does. And neither party has a good, and implementable, idea for actually defusing the pull of jihad for young men who are unhappy with their lot in life and with the way that their countries are going, and crave a simple answer to making everything better.
In short, it is all very well to call for a policy change. It is another to come up with a why that such a change might actually happen. It is like saying "The Palestinians and Israelis should be integrated into one country, with everybody respecting each other's varied beliefs and ways of life. And all putting the disputes of the past behind them." Sure, that is one possible better future. (Not necessarily the best possible one. Just a better one.) But getting from here to there? Not obvious how that could happen.
Fawaz Gerges writes:
'Its [US's] tolerance of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories may be the biggest call to jihad for the radicalised young men that Washington fears.'
This argument is in line with the "blame Israel" for the Islamists aggression. The Islamists Imperialistic aspirations and ideology are the problem. Even if tomorrow we all wake up, and find out that not only Israel is out of the West bank, but also Israel is entirely wiped out - This won't change!
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Using the Apostate's trick of advancing Democracy, it seems that the Hegemon have found the magical formula to keep both the Zionists and Jihadis happy at the same time.
The Middle East is all about oil. The American wars on Iraq and Libya is also all about oil. American policy is all about divide and rule. The best way is to play the Arabs against the Iranians, the Sunnis against the Shias, the Muslims against the jews and the Christians against the rest. For this card to work well Israel is the linchpin. So American policy in the Middle East have been to support Israel at all costs to the tune of billions of USD in military and other aid per year. Off course, aid is never free. Wehn tensions subsides, Israel can be counted upon to raise it and the subsequent profits for massive weapons sales more than make up for the aid money. Wars are profitable. Money keeps rolling in to US coffers. In the meantime, the Middle East continues to languish from wars and despotic regimes. This is US policy at it's best!
What part, I'm curious, of the war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, or giving money away to Israel, provides money to the US coffers? All of these things drain the coffers. Some might provide contracts to US defense companies, but nothing to the tune of the trillion plus dollars thrown at these wars. The US buys oil from all over the world, I don't see how your 'oil conspiracy' plays out to any real life aspirations. What oil does afghanistan offer? Somehow you left them out. How does Israel translate into oil?
After Saddam and Mubarak affairs, many crony autocrats who are doing the dirty jobs now live in fear that the bear hugs will turn into a backward assing orgy.
Not true. If you don't have oil, and you are not an ally of Iran, then you're safe.
Obama comes from the US tradition of saying one thing and doing another. While purportedly supporting democrazy, the US subverted democrazy in other countries for decades. Supporting tyrants like Mubarak, profiting immensely from weapons sales and instigating wars everywhere. The US wants influnce and a comfortable lifestyle at the expense of other countries. 911 is but the consequence of US duplicity. The war on terrorism is a misnomer for the war on Islam. You can fool some people some of the times, but eventually they wake up to the fact that you are a liar and they will get very angry.
"But Mr Gerges echoes the disappointment of many that the president failed to live up to his soaring rhetoric and bring about real change."
The problem is that these are foreign nations, with issues and hatreds that stretch back millenia. Obama does not have the ability, by any direct means, to bring about real change in the Middle East. Soaring rhetoric may in fact be the most powerful weapon he can bring to bear, trying to inspire the people of those nations to change the way things are going.


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Where to buy multi-day tickets.
If you want to travel by tram or bus in Amsterdam the first thing to do is to read the information in Dutch and English on the website of the www.gvb.nl
GVB is the public transportation company for Amsterdam. You will also find maps of all transports.
On the home page you will find a TOURIST GUIDE with valuable info. I show here what is most important:
"Gvb tickets & info
For information in person about the public transport options in Amsterdam, we invite you to visit gvb tickets & info. Here you can also buy tickets, obtain route maps and timetables for all of the gvb routes in Amsterdam."
"Where are public transport chip cards sold?
Public transport chip cards, as well as GVB day or multi-day tickets (valid for 24-168 hours), are sold at GVB Tickets & Info. The day ticket is also sold in trams and buses. You can buy a 1 to 4-day ticket (valid for 24-96 hours) at the ticket vending machines at all metro stations."
Best for tourists is to buy the day tickets 1(24 h), 2 (48 h), 3 (72 h) or 4 day (96h) ticket and more till 7 days.
But here start the difficulty for the foreign visitor.
There are only 4 GVB Tickets & Info offices in Amsterdam at these four stations:
GVB Tickets & Info, Stationsplein Central Station:
Monday to Friday: 07:00 - 21:00 and
Saturday and Sunday: 08:00 - 21:00.
GVB Tickets & Info, Station Bijlmer ArenA:
GVB Tickets & Info, Station Lelylaan
GVB Tickets & Info, Station Zuid
Most foreign visitors arrive at Central Station so that tourists are queuing at this office outside the station on the square.
The other possibilities are the vending machines at all metro stations but only for 1 - 4 day tickets.
As the Metro lines do not cross the city centre the only metro station located in the tourist area is the one at the Central Station with 4 vending machines accepting cash (eventually the one at the Waterlooplein).
Only the 1 day ticket is sold in trams and buses.
From my experience there are no other places where one can buy multi-day tickets than the 4 GVB offices and the metro stations (only 1 in the tourist area).
So that when you arrive in Amsterdam CS the first thing to do is to buy a multi-day ticket at the GVB office or in the underground Metro station.- Trains
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Buying a multi-day travel ticket.
First thing to do if you want to travel inside Amsterdam by tram or bus is to buy a multi-day travel ticket when arriving, like most tourists, at the Central Station (see my previous tip).
There are two possibilities:
Start queuing at the GVB ticket & Info office on the Stationplein or go downstairs at the exit of the station to the Metro. In the hall (see the map) you will find 4 vending machines. Explanations on the touch screen machine are in Dutch and in English.
For tourists best are GVB "dagkaarten" day or multiple day cards entitling unlimited travel around Amsterdam - day and night - on bus, tram and metro, for the number of 24 hours that best suits you.
The number of hours starts at first check in on the public transport mean.
Here are the fares for 2014:
1 day - 24 hours € 7.50 can be bought directly on tram or bus.
2 days - 48 hours € 12.00 can be bought directly on tram.
3 days - 72 hours € 16.50
4 days - 96 hours € 21.00 these can be bought at the vending machines in the Metro stations.
For more days up to 7 one has to go in one of the 4 GVB offices at Amsterdam main stations.
On the vending machine choose your language, type of ticket, number of hours/days and do not forget to enter "betaling contant" cash payment before entering your Euro notes or coins.
These machines are also used for the OV chipcards mostly used by the inhabitants.
My photo shows a 96 hour/4 days ticket at 21 €.- Trains
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Check in - check out.
With a one-day or multi-day ticket (dagkaart) a tourist would think that after the first check in on the tram, metro or bus he would be all right as this card entitles to unlimited travel in Amsterdam for the number of hours paid for.
That is not the case as you will read on the GVB website about the day or multiple day cards:
"With this OV-chipkaart, you must check-in and check-out when boarding or disembarking from a tram, bus, or metro.
It is important that you always check in and check out of each vehicle. This includes when transferring.
To check in, just hold your card in front of the card reader (you will hear a beep and see a green light flash). These are located at all the entrance and exit doors of trams and buses. When exiting the tram or bus, you should check out by holding your card in front of the card reader once again. In the metro hold your card in front of the metro gate to open the metro gate. When transferring by metro you do not have to check out, and check in again in between your journey. You should only check out at the end of your metro journey."
The check out is important, on some type of trams it opens the door; a recorded voice remembers in Dutch and English to check out.
There are also stop buttons on the trams and busses to ask for the stop.
On the GVB website one can find various maps also available in PDF and easy to print. Inside the trams or busses the destination and next stop are shown on a display and announced by voice.
What is special with trams 1, 2 and 5 is that in the very commercial and narrow Leidsestraat they alternate because there is only one railtrack. They wait their turn on the bridges over the Prinsengracht and Keizergracht as you can see from my photo.- Budget Travel
As a cyclist I rarely use the trams, but I am highly in favor of them on general principles and was very impressed with the fast and efficient tram system in Amsterdam.
Some of the newer trams even have a live human conductor who sells and checks tickets. By his presence he also serves to keep order and prevent vandalism.
You don't see this any more in Germany, where they go to absurd lengths to avoid hiring human personnel, and then moan about the unemployment rate being too high.
Second photo: Tram number 9 goes from Centraal Station to Diemen via Damrak, Waterlooplein and Linnaeusstraat. You could take this line to go out to the Frankendael House, for example.
Third photo: Tram 25 goes from Centraal Station to President Kennedylaan via Damrak, Muntplein and Weteringcircuit. In my photo it is waiting for the lights to change, meanwhile lots of cyclists are going by.
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Take the tram
Most attractions in center city are just a half walk from the Central Station, but sometimes taking a tram is more convenient.
10 different Trams travel to/from the Central Station, covering all areas of center city.
The Tram is managed by the GVB, the Amsterdam Transport Authority also managing the local metro, buses and ferries.
These are the Amsterdam Tram lines:
-1 -Centraal Station-Osdorp de Aker
-2 -Centraal Station-Oudenaardeplantsoen
-3 -Muiderpoortstation-Zoutkeetsgracht
-4 -Centraal Station-Drentepark
-5 -Centraal Station-Binnenhof
-7 -Sloterpark (bad)-Flevopark
-9 -Centraal Station-Diemen Sniep
-10-Van Hallstraat-Azartplein
-12-Sloterdijk Station-Amstelstation
-13-Centraal Station-Lambertus Zijlplein
-14-Sloterpark (bad)-Flevopark
-16-Centraal Station-Gustav Mahlerlaan
-17-Centraal Station-Dijkgraafplein
-24-Centraal Station-Stadionplein
-25-Passenger Terminal Amsterdam-President Kennedylaan
-26-Centraal Station-IJburg Ruisrietstraat
Like taking a metro or bus you can travel the metro with an "OV chipkaart".
Disposable tickets can be bought at the trams (depending on the type at the driver or the conductor)
Much on the trams is self-service:
-opening the entry doors
-checking in your OV chipkaart
-pressing the stop button if you want to leave at the next stop
-checking out your OV chipkaart
Center city trams and metro map- Budget Travel
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Nice but Confusing
Everyone keeps telling me that things are 'just a five minute walk'. Well I don't want to walk. I know I will HAVE to walk sometimes, but I'm not going out of my way to walk. I got a large blood blister on my big toe which I've been nursing along since the first day on the ship and it has gone down some but is still tender. So, we went out of the hotel and got on a tram that was going to the Central Station which was where the boat terminal was.
Oops - I got on the exit door. The conductor reprimanded me, and then apparently felt sorry for us because she let us ride free for the one stop that it would take to go to the Central Station.
We got off the Hop On Hop Off Canal boat, Now to get back to our hotel. I went to the information desk that was there near Central Station and took a number to buy a tram ticket at about 1645. When I was finally waited on at about 1700 the lady said I could go on any tram except 26 to get back to our hotel.
I really needed to find the specific trams that were on my map as the ones that stopped there. But relying on her directions, we got on tram 9 and that wasn't one of the ones. The driver indicated that we must walk back several blocks after his stop. Ugh- Trains
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Explore Amsterdam by public transport
Amsterdam's public transport network cover the city and surrounding areas. It consists of metro, trams and buses during the day. Night services are provided by night-buses.
In 2010 a new electronic ticket system with so called "OV chipcards" has been introduced. For tourists the following ticket options seem to be useful: 24, 48, 72 hours cards for 7,50 Euro, 12,00 Euro or 16 Euro (prices of October 2012).
A single 1 hour card costs 2,70 Euro and this one as well as the 24 h card can be purchased onboard from the driver. Aprt from that, all tickets are available from GVB offices; e.g. opposite of the Central Railway Station.
When boarding a vehicle the ticket has to be placed on the electronic sensor near the entrance (chipping in). This also has to be done when leaving the vehicle (chipping-out).- Budget Travel
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Tram Amsterdam
As a lot of people on this forum say, the tram really is the best way to move around Amsterdam. Especially in the center of Amsterdam. If you have to travel further distances, it might be more convenient to use the subway/metro. If you don't know anything about it, using the tram in Amsterdam can be quite difficult, so it's reccomended to gather some information about the Amsterdam tram. The sites I like to use are www.9292ov.nl and www.nl-ingelicht.nl/verkeer/tram-amsterdam.
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Getting to/around the city
The tram system in Amsterdam is very efficient and modern.With much of the city and surrounding districts covered by the network and a waiting time for most trams usually no longer than 15 minutes.We were based in the Slotermeer district in the west of Amsterdam and regulary took trams to the city centre.Its best to purchase a 24 hour ticket if you plan on using several trams a day,for 7 euros 50 it offers unlimited travel on the network all day no matter how many journeys you make,these can be purchashed from the driver when boarding.Just remember to place your ticket over the pass gate every time you get on or off the tram,this will beep if you have done it.
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Fast and cheap
Getting around in Amsterdam is not a big problem. Some of the interesting or must visit places are quite adjacent to one another...walking is very possible. However, some places do need a little bit of traveling but it's no big deal. Trams were everywhere. It's quite tricky to identify the right tram, but the way I did it...we just hopped on any tram and ask the conductor inside. They were very helpful, and if we have taken the wrong tram...we just go down on the next stop. Anyway, I used the 24 hrs tram ticket during my stay in Amsterdam. It's 7 euro per ticket and can be used as many times as I wish for 24 hours. The 1 hr ticket is 2.60 euro per ticket. Well, the 24 hours ticket was definitely very useful for me and would recommend it for those who wish to take many tram rides in 24 hours :)
The picture here was taken in Zeeburgerdijk while I was waiting for a tram to the city. Traveling in trams were indeed fast, cheap and convenient for as long as you don't carry too heavy/big luggage since the trams don't really stop for a long time. The trams moved fast, so make sure to hold on something when you're standing. -
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"Viewed from its streets one sees little or nothing of the Amsterdam that painters have loved. It is far from attractive. I might say it is repulsive, as its own people confess, and confirm their opinion by action, for they flee from the city whenever possible."
— from 'Netherlands — How We Saw Amsterdam' in "Antiques Digest" 1906
Things have changed greatly since this appeared in "Antiques Digest" in 1906. Amsterdam is very attractive. The best way to see the city is on foot. That is how we see all cities we visit. Therefore, we did not ride a tram in Amsterdam. We walked everywhere. It is that kind of city.
The tram system is extensive and well organized. It is eco-friendly. Use it! Please.- Architecture
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Tram travel is easy in Amsterdam
Tram travel is an easy and inexpensive way to get around Amsterdam.
Also look out for Diana who is a tram driver here. We got on the number 5 tram and who should be our driver?... Yep Diana..... and a very cheeful and helpful driver she is! :o)- Budget Travel
Central Amsterdam is served by 16 TRAM Lines and are the primary means of getting around. Since streets are narrow and parking scarce, taking a tram is highly recommended. Centraal Station is the Terminal point for 11 of the 16 Tram Lines and where we took Tram 16 to get us to the French Embassy - our first stop. My sister-in-law Nel had a card which she used for us. Disposable chipkaart singles cost Euro 2,60 or 2 for Euro 5,00. 24-hour ticket cost Euro 7,00. Don't try and travel on a tram without a valid ticket as agents do regular checks and on-the-spot fines of Euro37,50 apply.
The Tram Line 5 (which our friend Diana/ VT member Dila drives) is the busiest with over 40,000 passengers per day. The line traverses 3 Zones and has 27 stops. An average journey from one end to the other takes about 40 minutes. -
15 Strip Strippenkaarts vs Day Tickets
Why use the 15 strip strippenkaart over a day ticket in Amsterdam? Here are some reasons:
1) Within Central Amsterdam you only need to stamp two strips on your strippenkaart and you can already travel for one hour so long as you keep within the same fare zone.
2) You can use 1 strippenkaart for more than 1 person. You just need to stamp the appropriate number of strips for each person.
3) Strippenkaarts are valid for at least a year from date of purchase and are valid throughout the Netherlands not just Amsterdam. So if you intend on going to other places in Holland, you can still use your strippenkaart so long as it still has unused strips of course.
4) Buying the 15 strip (6.5 Euro) ticket is more cost effective than buying 2 strip tickets (1.60 Euro) from the tram driver everytime you take a ride. Note you can't buy the 15 strip ticket on trams or buses. You must do so at ticket machines in train stations or at GVB ticket outlets such as that in front of Amsterdam Centraal. A number of small kiosks and newsstands also sell the 15 strip ticket.
Fares, maps and schedules are easily accessible on the comprehensive website operated by the GVB which is the Public Transport Company of Amsterdam. The website has an English version.- Budget Travel
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The trams are spread all over the city , you can buy ticket on the tram and there are tickets for 1 hour and more.
This is a great opportunity to see the city like the local people and get to far places.
I used the tram to get to the t'ij brewery and for 2 Euros only.
It took me 10 minutes by tram instead of walking for more than 1 hour !
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The Company designs, develops, markets and supports open standards-based hardware and software security systems that manage and secure access to information assets.
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Innovative internet security
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Earning beat and,
VASCO is reaffirming its guidance for the full-year 2012 as follows:
•Revenue for 2012 is expected to be $175 million or more, and
•Operating income as a percentage of revenue, excluding the amortization of purchased intangible assets, for full-year 2012 is projected to be in the range of 13% to 16%.
I sold this stock back at $14 and change. Now here it sits just below $7. I'm not sure I will buy back in, but I think it's worth a shot with regard to a CAPS entry. Yes, the services they offer are, or should be, in high demand. The problem is that VDSI has no real moat to speak of. In their industry, I view them as competent but not formidable. The PEG ratio at 2.5 is higher than I like, but tolerable. The P/E is now more reasonable at about 19. All in all, I'm thinking the stock has a reasonable shot at a 50% gain in the next year or two.
Smartphones, Tablets, Laptops and basically anything else that is electronic requires PCB's (printed circuit boards). This company produces those in 8 plants based on the United States and 1 plant in China. With smartphone saturation at only 3-4% worldwide, the upside of this company to supply that industry (along with new customers in Aerospace/Biotech/Automotive industries) this company is bound to succeed. Recent acquisition of an Asian company with almost the exact same size and makeup only helps their cause. Should be a fun ride up!
I love the momentum of this stock and how it keeps beating the SPY Index time and time again. Security systems and IT are going to remain a prominent winning combination for years to come.
Vasco really has no moat. Tech is highly competitive and subject to geek-birth at any time. Banks also have other more pressing issues than record security ----- their ownership security. I own way too much of this stuff and I have learned to not listen to "you-know-who."
VDSI should be in double digits before next summer. I think it can crawl it's way to $8 before the year ends. Then it will continue to climb its way back towards $20 in a few years. Get in now or hate yourself later! (I put A LOT of real money into it..backing up my words)
This is one of my STARZ.
Here is the thought process on this STAR:
a) Divided rate over Zero
b) 3 Year Beta between -5 & +3
c) 15% + Insider ownership
d) No greater than -50% Growth rate for the last 3 years (tough last couple of years so good that insiders are still owning the stocks)
e) Current CAPS rating between 3 Stars & 5 Stars
Open to all Industries and Sectors screened this down to just 250 stocks. I like round numbers. 12 of them I already own through other screening tools. I tend to be somewhat conservative but looking for 3 things at this point in my investing:
1. Stability & Strength
2. Yield and Modest Growth
3. Strong Position within a sector regardless of whether the
entire sector is strong or not. Each sector has to perform to some degree for the whole world economy to function. I am looking for 5 or more years down the road, ROI, and Growth. Not looking for rockets, just stars. This is a Star!!
Security gaining new customers and forward guidance looks good.
Putting my money where my pick is ... bought today at $6.44
Picked up 438 new customers (including 52 banks) in Q1, but still managed to miss earnings estimate. However, they reaffirmed full-year 2010 guidance of 15% - 20% revenue growth. Even though Q1 net income was down on 3% increased revenue over Q1 last year, I'm figuring that with continued customer and revenue increases, they should be able to turn earnings around later this year and into 2011. Besides, after missing Q1 estimates, they're on sale today.
Low current price and recovering markets will lead to earnings and stock price gains which will beat the S&P.
good company
Following Fools.
Banks rally play.
I work in the information security field. It is a rapidly growing industry and, as companies become increasingly reliant on computer systems to automate processes, will continue to grow more important. Companies such as VDSI are properly positioned to profit from this. VDSI caters strongly to an international market. Countries such as Japan and the U.K. are AHEAD of the United States and technologies, including in the security field. Operating without debt, VDSI is a very good long-term play in my opinion. I predict the stock price to trend slightly upward in the first half of 2010 and expect it to move much higher from there.
Cybersecurity is still a growing market with plenty of room for growth. Although VASCO is down now, as the economy recovers they are postured for a comeback.


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Just surveying her visitors into her home!!
Her eyes are so different to a house cat..and do not be lured into thinking...cute!
she is a wild outdoor critter, and has teeth to stay away from
Taken last week at the BWC in Surrey
V2 a fuller version of her
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Brand: | Canon |
Camera: | Canon EOS 5D MkIII |
Lens: | EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM |
Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
Date Taken: | 18 Jul 2012 - 11:35 AM |
Focal Length: | 400mm |
Lens Max Aperture: | f/5.7 |
Aperture: | f/7.1 |
Shutter Speed: | 1/500sec |
Exposure Comp: | -2/3 |
Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
Title: | Scottish Wild Cat |
Username: | Lillian |
Uploaded: | 27 Jul 2012 - 12:37 PM |
Tags: | Bwc, General, Pets / captive animals, Scotish Wild Cat, Surrey, Wildlife / nature |
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Stunningly beautiful, no V2 at the moment Lillian.
Two very beautiful captures, Lillian, love 'em both Looks almost quite cuddly...
Wonderful image, superb detail and colours, those eyes definitely hide the actual intent !!!!
Excellent detailed head shot, Lillian, but I'm leaning towards the whole shebang in v2 The pose on the log and composition is very good.
Two lovely images Lillian. Particulary like V2, very good indeed
A purrfect shot, even if she is so wild.
Honestly, her eyes DO look like Elrond's but maybe that is because he is a maine coon. But he only turns wild when you try to put flea drops on him
Beautiful feline portrait, Lillian, with an expression that speaks of its wild nature in a way that only you could capture, but V2 is also wonderful, so no favourite.
.Sadly I can't view your v2 v1is an excellent pic
Beautifully captured and composed. V2 for me too.
Very well done for capturing these images Lillian, not a moggy to mess with.
Thought she was a wild one her eyes are very different the detail is superb
A beautiful wild cat portrait, such wonderful detail in both the fur and the eyes
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Family is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together, always and forever. Now, centuries have passed, and the bonds of family are broken. Time, tragedy and hunger for power have torn the Original Family apart.
Klaus Mikaelson, the original vampire-werewolf hybrid, has returned to New Orleans, the city his family helped build, the city from which he and his siblings " Elijah and Rebekah " were exiled a century ago by their relentless hunter father. Drawn back by a mysterious tip that a plot is brewing against him in the supernatural melting pot that is the French Quarter, Klaus is surprised that the city still feels like home to him despite the decades hes been away.
Curious as to why Klaus would return to the one place he swore he would never set foot again, Elijah follows his brother and learns that the beautiful and rebellious werewolf Hayley " Klaus onetime flame " has also come to the French Quarter searching for clues to her family history. Hayley has fallen into the hands of a powerful witch named Sophie Deveraux. When Sophie reveals to the brothers the almost unbelievable news that Hayley is carrying Klaus unborn child, Elijah realizes that the Original family has been given a second chance at humanity and the redemption they desperately crave.
The series stars Joseph Morgan (The Vampire Diaries, Immortals) as Klaus, Daniel Gillies (The Vampire Diaries, Saving Hope) as Elijah, Claire Holt (The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars) as Rebekah, Phoebe Tonkin (The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle) as Hayley, Charles Michael Davis (Greys Anatomy, Switched at Birth) as Marcel, Daniella Pineda (Homeland, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas) as Sophie, Leah Pipes (The Deep End, Sorority Row) as Cami, and Danielle Campbell (Prison Break, Starstruck) as Davina.
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"Farewell to Storyville ", 03/11
TRAPPED IN THE CITY OF THE DEAD " Despite Klaus (Joseph Morgan) rage, Elijah (Daniel Gillies) is determined to protect Rebekah (Claire Holt) while the three of them are trapped in the City of the Dead cemetery by a witchs boundary spell. Klaus and Rebekah trade bitter accusations until Elijah steps in to reveal a long-held secret from the familys past. Meanwhile, Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) races to free Rebekah, ultimately finding himself forced to make a deal with Genevieve (guest star Elyse Levesque). Finally, Rebekah and Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin) connect over their shared concern for Hayleys unborn baby. Jesse Warn directed the episode written by Michael Narducci (#116).
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UNNATURAL ALLIANCES " After accusing Klaus (Joseph Morgan) of doing nothing while their control over the Quarter crumbles, Elijah (Daniel Gillies) makes a move to take matters into his own hands. He receives an intriguing offer of support from Francesca (guest star Peta Sergeant), a beautiful woman from a powerful New Orleans family. In an attempt to bring the warring factions of the city together, the Mikaelsons throw an extravagant party, where Klaus offers Jackson (guest star Nathan Parsons) a tempting deal, Elijah and Hayely share a dance, and a violent fight comes to a surprising end. Finally, even as Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) works on a new path to power, he continues to help Cami (Leah Pipes) deal with her Uncle Kieran's tragedy (guest star Todd Stashwick). Michael Robinson directed the episode written by Michelle Paradise & Christopher Hollier (#117).


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Benedictus de Spinoza, or Baruch Spinoza (November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Jewish origin, considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy and a definitive ethicist. — exerpted from Wikipedia |
- (1662) On the Improvement of the Understanding (Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione)
- (1663) Principles of Cartesian Philosophy (Principia philosophiae cartesianae)
- (1670) Theologico-Political Treatise, translated by R. H. M. Elwes (1883) (Tractatus Theologico-Politicus)
- … … Theologico-Political Treatise, translated by Robert Willis (1862)
- (1677) Ethics (Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata)
- (1677) Hebrew Grammar
- (1869) Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being
- 1671, October 5: Letter from Gottfried Leibniz
- 1671, November 9: Letter to Gottfried Leibniz
Works about de Spinoza[edit]
- Spinoza: the Man and the Philosopher, Littell's Living Age, April 21, 1877
- Benedict de Spinoza, Littell's Living Age, March 30, 1878
- H. B. Alexander, "Spinoza, Baruch," The New International Encyclopædia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1905.
- "Spinoza, Baruch" by Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
- Benedict Spinoza, Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
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Next Monday, The New York Times will finally do what for over a year it has been promising to do -- erect a paywall around its content on the web. But as details of the plan have emerged this past week, it looks to be one of the strangest, and leakiest, paywalls in the history of online content.
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[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official profile] issued a memorandum [text] Monday that proposes to limit the use of attaching presidential signing statements [1993 DOJ backgrounder] which raise constitutional or other legal questions before bills are signed into law. The memorandum suggested parameters for the disregard of statutory provisions based solely on differences in policy, yet at the same time recognized the need to uphold the historical and legal significance of raising valid constitutional objections. Obama also noted the public criticism of presidential signing statements generated by the George W. Bush [JURIST news archive] administration, and the memorandum states:
To ensure that all signing statements previously issued are followed only when consistent with these principles, executive branch departments and agencies are directed to seek the advice of the Attorney General before relying on signing statements issued prior to the date of this memorandum as the basis for disregarding, or otherwise refusing to comply with, any provision of a statute.
[JURIST] Turkish police on Tuesday arrested 56 people charged with plotting to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) [party website], including two retired generals. They were arrested [Reuters report] after the Istanbul prosecutor issued an indictment linking them to the Ergenekon [BBC backgrounder] group case. The group is allegedly responsible for bombing the headquarters of the newspaper Cumhuriyet [media website, in Turkish], assassinating Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink [BBC obituary], and planning other attacks to provoke a military coup to topple the AKP. Retired General Sener Eruygur and retired General Hursit Tolon were arrested last year but were released for health reasons. Tuesday's arrests are the latest in a series of arrests related to the Ergenekon probe. Last week, a Turkish court ordered the arrest of Cumhuriyet [media website, in Turkish] journalist Mustafa Balbay and internet publisher Neriman Aydin for their alleged involvement the coup plot. There are currently more than 100 suspects in custody, with 40 arrested January 7, another 12 arrested January 12, and 30 arrested January 19. [JURIST reports]. The suspects include journalists, academics, army officers, policemen, and Turkish Workers' Party [party website, in Turkish] leader Dogu Perincek [JURIST report]. In October the High Criminal Court in Istanbul began the trial [JURIST report] of 86 defendants allegedly involved in the coup plot.
[JURIST] The Italian government on Tuesday asked the country's Constitutional Court [official website] to dismiss kidnapping charges against US and Italian intelligence officers, arguing that allowing the case to go forward would harm the country's national security interests. The case involves 26 Americans being tried in absentia and five former Italian intelligence officials charged in the 2003 abduction and rendition [JURIST news archive] of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr [JURIST news archive]. The Constitutional Court is now hearing the case [ANSA report] in closed sessions after suspending the case [JURIST report] for three months in order to allow the government and prosecutors to prepare arguments on the national security issues. Both Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and his predecessor, former Prime Minister Romano Prodi [BBC profile], have warned that certain evidence collected by the prosecution could jeopardize future collaboration between Italian and US spy services. Prosecutor Armando Spataro has accused Berlusconi, ex-Italian military intelligence agency chief Niccolo Pollari, and others of inflating security arguments to obstruct justice. The Constitutional Court is expected to rule on whether the case can go forward later this week.Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, was seized on the streets of Milan by CIA agents with the help of Italian operatives, then allegedly transferred to Egypt and tortured by Egypt's State Security Intelligence before being released [JURIST reports] in February 2007. Defense lawyers for Pollari have said they need Italian agents' testimony and classified government documents to assert their defense that Pollari was not involved in the kidnapping. Last May, Magi ruled that Berlusconi can be called to testify [JURIST report].
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Tuesday dismissed [order, PDF] a lawsuit by Saudi Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Ghassan Abdullah al-Sharbi that challenged his confinement based on a request [text, PDF] from al-Sharbi himself. According to al-Sharbi's attorney, Judge Emmet Sullivan made the decision after a private hearing [Washington Post report] conducted Friday through a video link with the prison. Sullivan wrote:
While the Court may certainly question the wisdom of abandoning a legal challenge to a detention that has lasted seven years without trial, the Court cannot say that Mr. Al Sharbi is incompetent or is making the decision to withdraw the pending habeas petition involuntarily and unknowingly. Mr. Al Sharbi was able to articulate to the Court his own reasons for wishing to proceed in this manner. The Court cannot say that these reasons are based on incompetence, mental infirmity, or the result of threat or coercion.
[JURIST] Spain's General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) [official website, in Spanish] on Tuesday said that there will be an investigation into the failure of Judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to report his earnings while on sabbatical in the US. Garzon, famed for indicting Osama bin Laden and former Latin American dictator Augusto Pinochet [JURIST news archives], took a leave of absence [El Pais report, in Spanish] and accepted a teaching position at New York University between 2005 and 2006 but did not report his earnings. According to CGPJ, any Spanish judge taking a leave of absence must report to the judicial oversight committee any salaries that will be received during that time. While there will be no disciplinary hearing, if he is found to be in violation of the rules, Garzon could be fined, suspended, or possibly expelled.In addition to the Pinochet and bin Laden indictments, Garzon is well known for his involvement in high-profile investigations of terror and human rights cases. Last October, he ordered [JURIST report] the exhumation of 19 mass graves in Spain, launching an investigation into the disappearances of tens of thousands of people beginning in the Spanish Civil War [BBC backgrounder], and continuing through the early years of the Francisco Franco dictatorship [BBC backgrounder]. Garzon has also called for the creation of a "truth commission" [JURIST report] to uncover Franco-era abuses.
[JURIST] The Supreme People's Court [official website, in Mandarin] of China will take steps to eliminate judicial corruption, according to a report delivered Tuesday to second session of the Eleventh National People's Congress [official website] by Chief Justice Wang Shengjun [official profile, in Mandarin]. Wang reported that that 712 court officials were punished for misconduct in 2008 and that such corruption has negative social impacts [Xinhua report] and affects the credibility of the courts. He said that the Supreme People's Court would take measures to lessen such corruption with improved ethics education.In October, the Chinese legislature removed the vice president of the Supreme People's Court [JURIST report] without explanation, although there were allegations of a scandal. In January 2007, the Communist Party of China (CPC) [official website] promised to confront government corruption after former Chief Justice Xiao Yang called for judicial reform [JURIST reports] to regain the public's trust. Several months later, Xiao Yang applauded the reform [JURIST report] that had been achieved.
[JURIST] Head of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) [official website] Ziaul Islam said Tuesday that there are no plans in place to lift the ban on several websites that have posted a recording in which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [official profile, BBC profile] is criticized by army officers over how she handled the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) [official website] mutiny [BBC backgrounder] in late February. The BTRC blocked several websites [AFP report] Sunday on government instructions that identified them as subversive or detrimental to the administration because the audio [YouTube clip, part 1 in Bangla; part 2, in Bangla] of the meeting could be distributed through them. Among the websites banned [Blitz report] are YouTube and Esnips [websites]. Bangladeshi media has reported on the contents of the meeting but has not published a transcript.Bangladeshi officials said Saturday that the government is considering trying by court-martial [JURIST report] the more than 1,000 border guards accused of participating in the BDR mutiny, which killed dozens of top BDR officials, including the force's commander. The US FBI team sent to Bangladesh to assist in the investigation arrived on Sunday [BBN report], and Scotland Yard investigators are also expected to join in the investigation. Hasina was elected to office in December 2008, ending two years of military rule.
[JURIST] A group of lawyers called Monday for the formation of an International Finance Court to adjudicate the issues around the Bernard Madoff [JURIST news archive] fraud case. The Madoff Case Global Alliance of Law Firms, established last month [press release, DOC] at a meeting in Spain, aims to form an international network [Reuters report] to facilitate sharing information and developing strategies. They say an international forum must be established to address the complex issues of the case because of their sheer magnitude and because they unfold across several legal systems. The group plans to meet Wednesday with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [official website] chairman Mary Schapiro [official profile] to lobby for their proposal. The alliance also plans to present their proposal to the Group of 20 (G-20) [official website] at their April meeting in London in the belief that their plan should be organized in conjunction with the UN, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. Leading the coalition of lawyers is Javier Cremades [professional profile, in Spanish], from the Spanish law firm Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo [firm website, in Spanish], and Gaytri Kachroo [professional profile], from the US law firm McCarter & English [firm website]. Cremades and his law firm have brought a lawsuit [summons, PDF] against the Spanish bank Santander [corporate website, in Spanish] in a US federal court, although the case has not yet been adjudicated as the judge questions the appropriateness of jurisdiction [Bloomberg report] and the need for court intervention. McCarter and English is the law firm representing Harry Markopolos [Boston Globe profile], a whistleblower who accused [text] Madoff of fraud before the SEC in 2005.In February, Madoff consented to a partial judgment [JURIST report] with the SEC over civil charges brought by the SEC to obtain preliminary injunction and freeze Madoff's assets. Madoff still faces criminal charges [JURIST report] by the SEC. The SEC's capacity for enforcement has been heavily questioned in the wake of the alleged Ponzi schemes perpetrated by Madoff and other financiers like Allen Stanford [JURIST report].
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Not only do dead DPS (and tanks) do zero damage, but dead tanks also usually mean multiple dead DPSSurviving is always going to be the #1 tank priority though. Dead dps dp zero dps.
I will give a more detailed response to this when I have time. But it might be a bit. My work week is ridiculous this week. The short version is: and that's why I say "well maybe..."It's a simple flowchart:Are you dying because the boss flattens you/you are under-geared? -> stam/mastery Do you have zero survivability issues and need/want more dps? -> avoidanceSurviving is always going to be the #1 tank priority though. Dead dps dp zero dps.
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Not only do dead DPS (and tanks) do zero damage, but dead tanks also usually mean multiple dead DPSSurviving is always going to be the #1 tank priority though. Dead dps dp zero dps.
Druids aren't particualrily spikey becuase they get a rather larger amount of armour than the other tanks, (and now they also get a much larger Healthpool too). Spikey druids are more likely wasting rage on maul spamming, or suck at using FR to react to hits with.
SimC, which has nothing to do with Agg's sim and is a much, much more sophisticated tool, pretty much says the exact same tool, avoidance, even taking into account the extra rage generated (and hence extra Sblock/sbar uptimes), whilst decreasing the overall damage taken, increases the probability of you taking a fatal string of hits. Seriously go download it, play about with it, sim your own toon.
Thing is the actual number of shield barriers up doesn't really matter. the timing of them is much more important; You really shouldn't die if have shield block up, if strings of blocks are enough to kill you toy're pretty far up a creek without a paddle. Most of the times tanks die its to a hit string either preceding or following a boss special (particularly if a boss special causes healers to move or otherwise take their eyes off a tank). That string of hits can't occur if you have Shield Block up, if shield blocks up you're pretty much clear of that event happening, you're not gonna die with shield block up, layering a barrier on top doesn't actually stop you dying any less, however making sure that you always have something in place, who cares if its sblock sbarrier does make you less spikey. much the same way putting a condom on a dildo won't lower your risk of getting pregnant, putting a condom on your boyfriend will.
And tbf the difference in RPS between a mastery stacker and an avoidance stacker averages out to be around 2 RPS, we're only talking an extra two, maybe three barriers a minute.
In LFR you could gem spirit and it wouldn't matter, the damage is so trivial for the ilvl requirements that your secondary stats don't make make a difference to your survival; The thing about tank DPS is that if upping the raid DPS really matters dropping one healer for a dps is a much larger raid DPS gain than a warrior tank switching from mastery to avoidance.
Key point here is not that the theorycrafting is incorrect (granted it may well be), but does it apply to your raid? If the source of your wipes isn't tank death, does it really matter that the tank isn't gemming full survivability? as long as the tank doesn't die, they're gearing fine.
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Attack of the Boxing Pundits: Are They Hurting Our Sport? |
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I try to take the good with the bad (or the bad with the good, however it goes), but in boxing there's a lot of bad when it comes to pundits.
Is it something that boxing fans should just accept as part of life, or start calling it for what it is? Attack of the Pundits / Writers. |
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great read! i think the first step to resolve the problem is to identify it - the article does that. its a step in the right direction. but i think bad boxing pundits are as prevalent as bad writers, and they been around for a looooong time lol
thx for the read again. ima gonna have to start frequenting the uk site |
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Although its message is never subtle, Delhi Safari is fun enough to earn the right to preach. Read full review
Out-of-date animation throws up a roadblock for this Indian animated 3D family film. Read full review
The picture all too obviously recycles bits and pieces from "Madagascar," "The Lion King" and other made-in-America toons. Unfortunately, much gets lost in the translation. Read full review
Except for a few scenes with some flamboyant vaudeville pink flamingos (giddily voiced by Jane Lynch and Jason Alexander), the film is without wit and, sadly, entirely forgettable. Read full review
A much better way to strike home the same green message, while also having more fun, would be to just skip this movie and take your kids to a national park. Read full review
The worst thing about the animated film Delhi Safari isn't that it's awful. It's that it shamelessly rips off much better animated movies. Read full review
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Linus Torvalds: Don't glorify the security "monkeys"
Leave it to Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux kernel, to speak his mind. While many point to Linux as superior to Windows as offering superior security, Torvalds doesn't want anyone to make a fetish of security, including the OpenBSD people to whom he addresses this classic missive:
...[O]ne reason I refuse to bother with the whole security circus is that I think it glorifies - and thus encourages - the wrong behavior.
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