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Daniel001 wrote:Fun software, but it would be great if had an 'undo' button for tracking (not all takes are worthy to be saved).
crohde wrote:TabSel wrote:x64 ski remote avaible, too?
Not yet, we are working on that but I can't say when it will be ready.
dinobose wrote:crohde wrote:Hello,
Cubase iC is now available at the iTunes App Store:
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- Full iOS4 compatibility
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I downloaded and installed on my Ipod ... But it said I need some additional remote software for Cub6. Where can I get that? couldn't find on site
Rick Cutlip wrote:People have android only because its cheaper than IPhone4.
HowlingUlf wrote:Rick Cutlip wrote:People have android only because its cheaper than IPhone4.
Cheaper and better. But it's more a matter of staying out of the iCult. It's easy to get brainwashed into thinking everything starting with a lower case "i" is better than anything that doesn't if you get addicted to that kind of herd mentality.
wheelworker wrote:I am using Cubase 5.5 with an iPad 1. The Cubase iC worked great the first time, and one other time. Besides that, it either crashes or doesn't recognize the host.
I am using it to trigger backing tracks, MIDI controlled light show, and video live. It needs to be very stable since I'm using it for shows, and this is anything but.
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Mark Ballas was born into a family of dancers. His parents are Corky Ballas and British-born Shirley Ballas (née Rich). Mark is an only child. Mark's grandfather, George Ballas Sr., owned and operated a 64000 sqft dance studio called Dance City USA, known as the largest dance studio in the world. It was situated in Houston and had 125 teachers on payroll. Mark's grandfather sold the studio and later went on to invent the Weed Eater. Mark's grandmother was a famous Flamenco dancer who appeared in several movies and studied with Carmen Amaya in Spain. Talk about some amazing dance genes!
Mark moved to London with his family as a child and began competing in dance competitions. He grew up with siblings and fellow DWTS pros Derek and Julianne Hough, who lived and trained with his parents. Mark and Julianne partnered to win Junior Latin American and Junior Olympics dance championships.
He began playing the guitar at the age of 4 and at the age of 12 began to write and perform his own music, playing guitar, drums, and bass. The Hough siblings and Ballas had their own pop music trio called "2B1G (2 Boys 1 Girl)". With his best friend Derek Hough, he formed the band Almost Amy, now known as the Ballas Hough Band. The members of the band are Emily Grace - flute/sax/piano/vocals, Sam Marder - bass and Harry Sullivan - drums. They describe their music as acoustic/pop/rock/soul with catchy melodies and harmonies/funky guitar riffs with a pop/flamenco/jazzy feel-good vibe. The band released their first CD in March 2009.
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Luis Atilano labored from the start, setting the tone for the Nats' 7-6 loss.
Three times in their last 10 games the Nationals have lost in extra innings, all by one run. These are the losses that sting a little deeper, linger a little longer.
So excuse the Nats for feeling like they let another one slip away tonight, this 7-6, 10-inning loss to the Braves that could have easily gone the other way.
"Losing's losing, but when you lose and you came back and fought and kind of scratched and clawed, it hurts a little bit," Josh Willingham said. "But we'll be fine tomorrow. You've got to have a quick turnaround."
Willingham provided the most inspiring moment of the evening for the 15,616 at Nationals Park, delivering a pinch-hit, two-run single in the eighth to tie the game and ultimately send it to extra innings. But his insertion into the game by Jim Riggleman also played a role in the manager's strategy two innings later when this one was decided.
Fast-forward to the bottom of the 10th, the Nationals now trailing by a run after Matt Capps allowed his first run in 10 appearances. When Cristian Guzman led off against Braves closer Billy Wagner with a base hit up the middle, the table was set for either a game-tying or a game-winning rally.
Riggleman just had to decide which way to play it: Go for the tie, or go for the win. He chose to go for the win, opening himself up to some mild second-guessing when that plan failed.
Rather than have Ian Desmond bunt Guzman over to second, putting a runner in scoring position with one out, Riggleman instead let his rookie shortstop swing away. Desmond sent a fly ball to right field for the first out. Backup catcher Wil Nieves, summoned to pinch-hit forRead more »
- Aussie Guy - May 6, 2010 at 6:15 AM
Over the past few years I've always felt really deflatd by this type of loss. It's felt like just another blow to my Nats Pride. But now I feel sort of angry, like, damn, we are so close. It's still not a good feeling, but it's better to lose and be good, than lose and be bad.
- Dryw - May 6, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Ok, the ten-inning loss stung, but it stings a lot less when the team is still over .500 and I can feel confident that it was an aberration and not the start of a losing streak. It was disappointing last night, but last night is over, and I can't wait to see what the guys will do tonight!
- Doc - May 6, 2010 at 10:52 AM
Great article Mark. What's a manager to do? Nieves is your only pinch hitter left on the bench!
- Sunderland - May 6, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Mark, you're are right on when you note that Riggleman has pushed plenty of correct buttons. Really good analysis on his 10th inning strategy. Thanks.
- Section 109 - May 6, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Agreed, thank you for the illuminating analysis, Mark. Minor point, but I wish the FO wd come up with a new song to play when we end with a loss. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" isn't the attitude this team is taking, and I'm glad of it.
- bumsfan4 - May 6, 2010 at 1:10 PM
Mark: Why did Riggs have Capps in at all, let alone go two innings last night after closing on Tuesday? I am afraid he and Clippard will be burned out by mid-June at this rate.
- Uncle Atom - May 6, 2010 at 1:10 PM
Excellent anaylsis Mark. Riggs has impressed me a lot so far this season.Song to play after a loss. How about The Police – I Can't I Can't I Can't Stand Losing
- alm1000 - May 6, 2010 at 1:15 PM
Yesterday I praised Riggs for all his moves in that game.I have no problem with his decision in the bottom of the 10th. But I do question 2 things. First and foremost, why did he have Harris batting before Desi? I see no logical reason for it. Harris should be batting 8th when he is starting. It was a mistake and it cost us big time in the first when Harris made the 3rd out with 2 on and Desi in the on deck circle. Desi rips a hit to open the second that could have scored runs in the first. I know you can't assume he would have gotten the same pitch or got a hit if he batted in the first BUT, he had a much better chance of doing so that Willie. Big mistake!The other move is using Capps for a second inning. I am not sure what he should have done but using him for a full 2 innings means he is likely not available today and we are at the beginning of a 20 game stretch with no days off so again 2 innings was a bad idea.
- Carl the Big Fool - May 6, 2010 at 1:30 PM
How about Dunn striking out without swinging at a single pitch in the bottom of the 9th? You're a home run hitter, big guy, and if you hit one now, we win. Walks are nice in the grand scheme of things, but not right now. Swing the damn bat.
- phil dunn - May 6, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Mark, Your prediction of 1.6 million attendance for the Nats this season might be optimistic. Beautiful baseball weather and a winning record and the attendance continues to wither away. Stan thought DC area baseball fans would put up with a terrible team as long as there was the allure of the new stadium. That was just plain dumb. Any town that has been without baseball for 30 year isn't going to build a fan base with a lousy product on the field.
- Ephesius Remsen Hammersley - May 6, 2010 at 1:37 PM
I do not agree with Jim using Capps for two innings last night.Also, while the number of tickets sold (the only thing importnat to the Lerners) was 15,616 it was more like 3,616 and that wouold be generous,it was a beautiful night an virtually no one was at the game…they must have all been getting prepared for Redskins min-camp this weekend!! PATHETIC FAN SUPPORT.
- Richard - May 6, 2010 at 3:06 PM
I'm glad someone commented on Dunn not swinging in 9th. Very strange. Lack of fan support is hard to understand.
- Aeoliano - May 6, 2010 at 3:24 PM
I think Riggleman just didn't want to trot Miguel Batista out there again knowing what would happen: sending him to AAA where he appears to really belong and what he was signed to do.
- Barney - May 6, 2010 at 3:44 PM
Peric – come on, man. You constantly take shots at the same targets, even when they haven't done anything to justify it. Take shots when the ammo's there, but otherwise try and be positive.And no, Arnesen's not getting called up to spot start on Sunday
- Pete - May 6, 2010 at 3:56 PM
I may be the only person happy that Nieves didn't get a hit there. I didn't want to see another "Who? Wil Nieves!" advertisement on MASN.
- Ephesius Remsen Hammersley - May 6, 2010 at 5:27 PM
Mark – Any word on Saturday's starter??


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Would be interesting to know why BTRFS is slower than ext4. Maybe it is simply inherently slower due to some design decisions that won't go away.
Phoronix: EXT4 Still Leads Over Btrfs File-System On Linux 3.8
With the final release of the Linux 3.8 kernel coming in the very near future, here are file-system benchmarks of EXT4 and Btrfs on the Linux 3.8 development code compared to recent Linux kernel releases.
Would be interesting to know why BTRFS is slower than ext4. Maybe it is simply inherently slower due to some design decisions that won't go away.
Just to point out the obvious: This is not really what BTRFS is about, so it's all a bit meaningless.
I've not used it so far for anything important as it still looks immature to me, but BTRFS is similar in intent to ZFS. It's designed with data integrity at it's heart. Ext4 could be 5 times faster than BTRFS, but if it comes at the expense of my data, then I'll choose the tortoise!
- Metadata and Data checksums that verify the read data is what was actually written,
- Automatic fixing of (meta)data if the redundancy is there,
- Snapshots for history,
- Manage large pools of storage units (typically physical disks),
Ext4 is "just" a file system.
- No builtin protection against silent data corruption,
- If you can't see it's corrupted, you can't know to try and fix it, plus redundancy would require md,
- Needs LVM for snapshots,
- Needs md for managing pools of disks,
Now if the test were for say 4+ disks in a RAID10, with Ext4 on top of LVM and md, then it might start becoming more apples to apples. It also goes without saying that setting up that BTRFS RAID10 would take much less effort and reading than md/LVM/ext4.
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I find the headline to be misleading... EXT4 can't be leading over Btrfs, as they address different needs. It's comparing Apple to Orange. If they were artificially made to be similar (like enabling nodatacow and stopping consistency checking on Btrfs), it might make more sense. But as it is...
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As kiwi kid has pointed out, BTRFS has a lot of additional features that make it either more reliable or more helpful. EXT4 might be fast but it is a relatively primitive FS - I like to think of it as a very very well polished FAT32 with journaling and support for drives 2TB and larger.
I'd be interested in seeing EXT4 in 3.8 vs. EXT4 in 3.7 given that 3.8 is supposed to support inline data, which could lead to improved performance as well as lower disk usage.
The big show stopper for BTRFS IMHO is that it does not appear to support hot spares. That's a major issue for anyone wanting to use RAID for work.
Yawn. Please can produce something meaningful like a comparison of native ZFS port vs. BTRFS. I would actually be interested in that... This article is just another junk "RSS filler"...
Most people will be using TB drives in the applications for BTRFS and both EXT4 and BRFS are optimised for seek times etc on physical drives - I'd like to know how these metrics compare.
This comparison tells me nothing :-(
RIght on, except that even with lvm, ext4 doesn't do everything that btrfs can do (i.e., always at least one good copy of data, even if it is older than current) and there is the write hole with raid (though i do wonder if you could implement raid10 such that writes happened at different times to each stripe on the mirrors).
I've recently bought a new hd (seagate momentus 750GB) and decided to go with btrfs for the root (though home and var are both still ext4). So far its been amazing. The laptop has had numerous lockups (unrelated to btrfs) and other unclean shutdowns and it has resumed each time with no need for the annoying journal checking.
As everyone pointed out already, a real test would be a simple RAID1 test of ext4 over MD, versus BTRFS RAID1 with two disks. And perhaps a similar test with RAID5/6 since the BTRFS code is almost ready.
Another feature that I'm waiting on, that I don't believe has been implemented yet, is automatic removeal of failing drives from the array. A did a lot of testing on four failing drives in a BTRFS RAID1 array. BTRFS does an absolutely amazing job of recovering stripes when bad blocks are found. The problem is that there is no setting for kicking a disk from the array when too many errors are encountered (like MD has). If a disk is dying and a huge swath of sectors goes bad, BTRFS will just keep trying to read, and relocating blocks as it goes. This had the effect slowing my test server to an absolute craw, rendering it unusable. The good news is that this feature should be trivial to implement, and probably will once the RAID5/6 code matures a bit. I'd expect the hot spare code to also make its way it at that time.
Looking forward to it!


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White Sox hope offense stays awake in Detroit
Axelrod matches up with Porcello at Comerica Park
Maybe this year will be different.
Having lost 15 of their last 18 games at Comerica Park entering Tuesday, the White Sox have struggled mightily in Detroit the last two seasons.
But in their first of 19 meetings this year, the White Sox roughed up Justin Verlander and the Tigers en route to a 11-4 victory Tuesday night in what Chicago hopes will be the beginning of a brighter future against its division rivals.
To continue the success, the White Sox will have to buck more recent history Wednesday night, when the Tigers will send Rick Porcello to the mound to face Dylan Axelrod.
Porcello was extremely effective in his four starts against the White Sox last season, never giving up more than three runs and posting a 1.98 ERA against them.
Despite the success, Porcello, who is 5-6 with a 4.82 ERA on the year, said last season won't have any effect on his performance or approach on Wednesday.
"No, because every time out there is different, and this is a completely different year now," he said. "The adjustments that they make, you have to be ready for. Every game is different, anything can happen on any given day. So no, I'm going to go out there and be really aggressive. I don't think anything in the past gives or takes away what my preparation is for them tomorrow. I'm going to go out there like I treat any other team."
No team in the American League has scored fewer runs than the White Sox, but with a season-high 23 hits on Tuesday night, including a seven-run eighth inning, the Chicago lineup showed it's perfectly capable of putting runs on the board in a hurry. Porcello said he isn't overlooking the White Sox bats and especially their potential for power.
"At any given time, they have a lot of guys that can hit for power," he said. "Adam Dunn has [24] home runs, he's hitting the ball with power. They've got some guys that can hurt you, so you really have to make good pitches and stay on the top of your game throughout."
It's Axelrod's turn in the White Sox rotation Wednesday night, meaning he'll have to face a Detroit lineup that leads the AL in hits and batting average and ranks second in runs scored. Axelrod is coming off his worst start of the year, an outing in which he surrendered five runs and didn't make it out of the second inning against the Rays.
"Yeah, I guess I threw some balls up, and they are hot right now," Axelrod said of the start. "So, just try to turn the page and think about my next start. Maybe too much of the plate at times. I didn't feel like I was throwing horrible pitches, but it was obviously not good enough."
White Sox: Peavy eyes return before break
Jake Peavy says he's healthy enough to return to the White Sox rotation, but he'll likely have to make a rehab start first.
The right-hander, recovering from a fractured rib in his left side, threw 76 pitches in a simulated game Tuesday, meaning he could pitch again on Sunday. If Peavy had his way, the outing would be against the Phillies as part of Chicago's last game before the All-Star break, but chances are he'll be in Double-A Birmingham for a Minor League rehab assignment.
"I'm going to hold on to it until I get on that flight. You know me," said Peavy. "But I certainly respect [White Sox general manager] Rick [Hahn] and the front office and the coaching staff. Whatever they think is best, at the end of the day, I'm going to have to bow to that."
Tigers: Infante placed on DL
The Tigers decided not to take any chances with Omar Infante, placing the infielder on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Thursday.
Infante, who sprained his left ankle on a hard slide, will be eligible to return July 19, the Tigers' first game after the All-Star break.
"He'll be ready to go [after the All-Star break]," manager Jim Leyland said Tuesday. "It's just still lingering and pretty sore. He's not going to be ready for at least three days, and we've only got six more [games before the All-Star break], so why not get him all the way back?"
To fill his roster spot, the Tigers recalled Double-A second baseman Hernan Perez.
Worth Noting
• Miguel Cabrera smashed his 29th home run of the season Tuesday, giving him the most homers by a Tiger before the All-Star break in franchise history. He leads the Major Leagues with 92 RBIs.
• The Tigers have a league-leading six representatives in this year's All-Star Game. The White Sox have two.
• Of Chicago's 87 games this season, 67 have been decided by three runs or fewer.
Michael Periatt is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The food industry is driving me mad. Well, I used to use Nucoa for a "true margarine" But they "just" changed their product to Buttery Sticks (65% oil), so I guess I'm screwed on that one. It's still dairy free so it's a "no scorch product" so you can use it to saute or for oiling waffle grids or a griddle. Tastes nearly identical to Country Crock. When Shedd's Spread re-branded as Country Crock, it was basically a clarified butter blended with partially hydrogenated oil and a touch of artificial butter flavoring. (Clarified butter is totally shelf stable and lasts nearly forever.) Everyone went nuts over Country Crock, then they reformulated. Man......I guess I'll have to formulate a margarine recipe now arggg!!! anyhow... My recommendation was just shot down, so I guess that just leaves the whipped butter I posted in the pancake thread. Just eliminate the water and don't whip a lot of air into it, just get it nice and smooth.Sorry
Maybe use butter flavored Crisco instead? You can add however much water you want to then.
Colonels Crisco will need some salt water whipped in there, no?
Most 1960-70 margarine's had buttermilk, but I can't remember if it scorches since the solids are removed.
shortening tastes nasty though compared to lard, no?
Straight , good old Armor or some 'ol down an dirty local Manteca style?
Gotta be down an dirty for me, Manteca all the way. Have you tried it spread thin on a cinnamon roll?....
Lard on a cinnamon roll? You sir, are hard core. I wanna party with you. You, Peter, Craig, Tscarborough and I would be in jail within hours of meeting. No doubt in my mind.
Hey Lydia, what about Imperial Margarine. I see that a lot in stores and they sell a "spreadable" version, but are the sticks the real deal?
FWIW, I noticed at the grocery store I shop at that their house brand labels "Always Save" and "Best Choice" both have 80% vegetable oil stick margarine.
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on second thought, im sorry. im not retracting my critique, but i am simply trying to better situate it amongst my predominant belief in your good work. i would not like my concern to be the jist of what you hear from me as an avid listener. you feel fiercely over the injustices of the world and you suffer to bring those to light and provide hopeful correction via your lyrics. thank you. there is a weight that you carry and im not trying to make it heavier. peace brother
Ahhh my gosh i love this song!!!!! Love the truth. Only thing thats ever made sense to me. I really love your vibe, your swag, and the knowledge that you push. the fact that you don't need to rap about cars and hoes and gats. Your reasons not for money, and the fame is just a plus. Cant say that i like anything else more then what your puttin out right now!!
It is heartbreaking to be filled with hope at the peaceful words that you eloquently spit out and then become entirely deflated of that hope as you thwart your entire message through the promotion of redemptive violence at the end of your video (i.e. the fight scene with the guards). again, perhaps never have i found such resonance with the lyrics of an artist and such resonance with the victims whose aid you defend, yet perhaps never have i been so let down by finding a chink in a chain that throws the whole thing to the garbage. violence breeds violence. peace breeds peace.
"the problem is im peaceful..." I did believe it, but now i have to challenge your statement.
I would humbly ask that as someone who offers up a prophetic voice to a generation of young people you would consider a re-release of this video with a brand new ending in order that your message is no longer self-defeating but rightfully exposing, inspiring and convicting.
my suggestion? perhaps an ending where you take the place of the woman. yeah, its a bit less glamorous but honestly all of the power of your words becomes bullshit if you cannot accept this paradoxical reality of love.
inspiring. Hope you know that your courage to stand up and speak your mind when it isnt necessarily the most popular or financially responsible thing to do, is truly an inspiration to those of us who see whats going on in the world and scared and concern with the direction that our society is going. Dont feel like I am crazy or alone in seeing that shit needs to change and that no one but ourselves have control over our future.
great message and great video to match. keep speaks the truth as the world needs artists who aren't phased by the bullshit like atlantic. the only thing i want to ask is why the egyptian amulet here? any one got any feed back on what it means or its purpose. obviously theres gonna be some illumati conspiracy but the specific focus on it didnt seem relevant at all to the message.
I absolutely love what u say and how u say it!!! I just wish that there could be something done to not only enlightens others who need this but to activate them into doing something about something, anything! The plight of our people looks depressing and its time for real change! I commend you for having the guts to go against the grain and tell it like it is. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one left with a voice against things that are not right...Please keep making music thats worth listening to and continue to be who you are and do u!!!


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The Russki Empire fell apart at the end of the 80s, and 20 years later the West owns almost all of the Mediterranean AND the Persian Gulf.
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The Russki Empire fell apart at the end of the 80s, and 20 years later the West owns almost all of the Mediterranean AND the Persian Gulf.
The WONDER of it all.
I'll huff ... and I'll puff ... and I'll BLOOOOOOOOW you rebels up!
Syria is critical example of the West's "Greed" and "lust of intervention" in other's affairs. The West deems the other's land as its "shop" and wants to run it in her own fashion. They used to be the colonist and still feel about their ex-colonies as their properties. Many among us are their servants and feel proud to obey the ex-master's instructions. we are far behind the west in terms of technology, economy and self- esteem.If the existing differences are not bridged up with just and equity tension would continue to grow between Christians and Muslims and war of civilizations will ultimately turn into Armageddon.
This is Nicolas Sarkozy's legacy; think of it as the West's invitation to join the Mediterranean Union. (Remember that?)
Colonists: pffffft! The French were in Syria for only 25-30 years. The Turks had been there since forever .... blame them.
Self esteem: I agree (as Mr. Canadian here says often to his Algerian wife). That being said, many in the region's countries esteem others even lower than themselves (e.g., excited Islamists, various traditionalists, different peoples, different religious affiliation).
The problem throughout the region is weak institutionalization (too much governance by personal orders and decrees, malfunctioning courts, etc.). Now, social groups that have been held down have little way to resolve conflicts except through direct fighting.
It'll take a moderate or long while to build up countries' institutions; but the alternative is for the present situation to last a veeeery long time, if not forever.
"Greed and Lust".. I do not know if 69T has noticed but the people of the "West" do not want their countries to have anything to do with Syria' at all.
Has anyone heard anyone in the west, any crowds of people anywhere, urging their own government to get involved in Syria?
So, enlighten me, just what areYOU doing to catch up?
Hear, hear, the know-it-all Westerners sticking their noses in the picture again. Assad is right- Syria's problems must be solved by Syrians themselves.
The deal that Assad is cutting may have been made before, but it is a damn sight better than having a bunch of rebels destory Syria if the manage to get rid of Assad. The rebels are not a unified group- they are a mixture of self-interest groups, and mdercenaries, and ideologues. The minute Assad leaves power, the country will go the same way as Egypt, Libya etc etc, where there is LESS freedom, and more dissent.
The violence circus of Middle East is now playing it out in Syria. The West has its own agenda while the regional state and non-state players along with China, Iran and Russia want to see the west defeated in this latest bout. The price of all this is being paid by the innocent civilians especially children in Syria. Anti-Americanism will definitely be nursed through this conflict in the greater Muslim world but long term it will benefit nobody. Iran has learned from history its importance in the next geo-politcal makeup of Middle East and is going to wait it out till then. Russia and China can show their teeth but with no bite they wont be able to achieve their goals. Ultimately it will be America and the West who will come up with their own strategic compromises suiting their long term geo-econo-political agendas and all others will follow suit.
You don't get it. 99 percent pluss of the voters in the United States do not want anything at all to do with Syria.
The US is a democracy and thank God that is tying the polititions hands right now and preventing involvement.
You say ultimately. At the end the countries that get involved will end up getting the bill to rebuild Syria and the voters in the US do not and will not want to pay for what the Arabs are now blowing up.
"At the end the countries that get involved will end up getting the bill to rebuild Syria".No Sir! What you build is a very small fraction of what you destroy. Take Afghanistan for example. And you aren't building anything in Iraq or Libya. You're buying more of their oil, and getting oil contracts from there. So you're benefiting from suppression. Hypocrisy is the worst policy.
I agree with your post, except for the part where you say we are taking their oil. The strange thing is, we did not take nearly as much oil from Iraq and Libya as other nations did. According to NPR (National Public Radio) we only import 10% of our oil/gas from the ME. So that leaves the question of why we are still so heavily involved in ME affairs? Something else is keeping us tangled up there. We have been playing a large role in this Syrian crisis from the beginning. I just want to know why?
You make a good argument as to why tithe West should not touch Syria with a 50 mile pole.
And actually 99 percent of the infrastructure damage in Iraq was blown up by the Iraqis or other Arabs.
Syria and Afghanistan sell a lot of oil?
Actually, the US has spent 100s of $ billions building infastructure in Iraq and Afghanistan, most of which has been blown up. The State Sept. and USAID and Congress just keep flushing taxpayer money down the mid-east toilet though.
In my opinion Syria is a gone case by anarchism I thank you Firozali A.Mulla DBA
We will now see the major powers, who are backed by one of the arms manufaturers, dump millions of dollars of weaponery into Syria. The community of wackos in Syria will start killing innocent women and children and we will wring our hands in pity and indignation.
Our armies will say it is very neccesary that we become involved.
Our generals and equally cowardly trash will then insist we send our sons to be killed and maimed in some military action there.
Meanwhile they sit on thier cowardly asses in some safe haven or bomb shelter in Washington ,Ottawa or London and play war games.
Someday this trash will be held accountable.
We are wringing our hands now when assad kills women and children. (In england). We arent even doing that. 200 women and children killed every day is not news worthy over here.
Irrespective of stubborn attitude of Mr Bashar al-Assad, which you have termed as brazen, it is a fact that extremists & terrorists have thronged into Syria. There are reports that about 1000 Pakistani Taliban were killed while fighting along with opposition forces in battle for Damascus Airport a couple of weeks before. How many of Paki Taliban are still alive & fighting on the side of opposition is anybody's guess.
The observers are of the view that these Taliban infiltrated in Syria with the help of Saudi Arabi, Qatar & USA etc.
So, Mr Assad is quite justified in saying that the West & America are igniting flames in Syria.
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I wonder why the economist continues to post articles such as this one? Anyone who understands realpolitik will understand what is happening in Syria. They are Iran's only ally, meaning the only nation that would actually fight in a war with Iran, should it come down to that. Iran has already proven they would do the same as there are now hundreds if not thousands of Iranians in Syria aiding the regime. We, the "West," are doing everything in our power to fuel this conflict without directly getting involved. Syria is not Libya, they have backers who will insure nothing short of a full on invasion by us will topple Assad's regime.
This is a proxy war, short and simple. There will be no peaceful solution here. Neither side will back down, it's too late for that. I fear that it will eventually spread outside of Syria and other regional powers will get involved. Only time will tell, I just pray that the US doesn't send a single soldier anywhere near that mess.
The media, the lies, the half truths...long enough to get The West to meet their end...and poof! Society conscience follows up with some useless inquiry.
Iraq, Afganistan, Libya, Syria, and next is Iran
You are absolutely 100% right. Hooray for non-Westerners!
Result: the West conquers (almost all of) the Mediterranean AND the Persian Gulf in ten years (2003-2013).
There: the truth! Happy now?
The media, the lies, the half truths...long enough to get The West to meet their end...and poof! Society conscience follows up with some useless inquiry.
Iraq, Afganistan, Libya, Syria, and next is Iran
Brazen Bashar? I wonder.
Perhaps the Alawite sect may at this point be willing to seek peace and give up its control, had they not been afraid of revenge for their crimes. Perhaps "He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount." may be more appropriate
The rebels should pledge to not revenge the Alawites and accept a seperate Alawite state in the North West of Syria. This may present a reasonable solution for this civil war. 60,000 dead so far is a good reason to start looking for creative solutions.
The West appears to have recognised the rebels as the legitimate representative of the people, yet appear reluctant to provide the arms (such as ground to air missile systems)to counter the military supremacy of Assad. Why? av2ts suggests that the majority of fighters are salafists/Al Quaeda, and the West fears the abuse of arms. They hold back and so more people are driven in the hands of the extremists. The Alawites provide the sort of pragmatic westernised version of Islam that the West wants; it protects the rights of Christians and gives greater freedom to women. Yet, the West has also accepted the refusal of Assad to introduce more democracy and the suppression of the moderate opposition had gone too far and so supported on paper and in words at least, the militant opposition. Obama doesn't wish to follow the interventionist policies of Blair and co, having learned from Iraq that such intervention is both very costly to themselves but also has dubious results. Iraq also seems not to be a shining example of how a majority sect can rule with tolerance and multi-religious society. Also there appears to be some contradiction in the message where in Bahrain, a minority sect rules the majority with little tolerance for majority of its populace, yet are supported by the same oil rich states that support the uprising in Syria. Sadly, it would seem that there is no 'ideal' solution. Perhaps the best choice for the west is to identify which of the opposition is most likely to introduce the reforms and openness required in a post civil-war Syria and train (not just military but also intelligence) and arm them such that they can dictate the activities of the opposition and after the war defeat the extremists. But, somehow, this is unlikely to happen, so maybe the alternative best course of action of the West is to leave well alone and let the revolution run its course, providing only medical assistance at this time, and a safe haven to those who wish to leave from whichever side.
What do you mean by "West"?
Europe would like the US to do something. But right now Europe is broke, tired , self-absorbed, and have not funded any military in years and years.
The people of the US are burned out with the mid-east. Some policy types in government, who never wore a uniform or got shot at argue involvement but you never., never talk to anyone else in the US at work, in the neighborhood, or on the street who thinks US involvement would be smart or want any part of it. But, just because people do not want to get involved does not necessarily mean they approve of anything.
As for a safe haven, why not other Arab and Islamic countries?
West includes the US and Europe and I think most of the European countries have funded to a greater or more prevalently, the lesser degree, the effort in Afghanistan. I would not advocate direct intervention and experience elsewhere, not just the Middle East, but also Africa, suggests that funding third parties to fight proxy wars is extremely dangerous. Can we forget the origins of Al Qaeda in Pakistan?
I would not rule out people going anywhere, but I am talking about what we in the 'West' can do.
The problem in Syria cannot be solved without Western intervention,which in turn will attract responses from Russia,Iran and probably China.This will result in a stalemate.The rebels have not the capacity to dethrone Mr.Assad, and the regime has not the power to dismantle the opposition.It must also be clearly understood the most efficient fighters in the Opposition are AL-Qaeda and similar violent terrorist groups.We do not want to create a situation similar to Iraq or Afghanistan or even Egypt where the trend is towards an undemocratic Religious State.Active intervention is not advised,but humanitarian relief efforts could be redoubled.
Well, neither Russia nor China will have any military response over anything the West does in Syria. A lot of huffing and puffing but nothing more than a possible economic response over Syria. Probably not even that as not in either long term interest.
When you say the West you mean of course the US, as no one else has capacity to even take out Stria's air defenses. The rest of NATO (sans the UK, who can and will fight) is good for holding the US soldiers coats.
The US people are burned out on the mid-east.
IRONIC. Iraq cost the US too much blood and money leaving it burned out. A very major reason for this cost in blood and money was that the Sunni communities of Syria for 9 years sent their young men across into Iraq to fight jihad against the US soldiers and prevent the transition in Iraq to a majority Shia government. These young Syrians murdered hundreds of US soldiers and Marines, left hundreds with trumatic brain injuries and thousands missing arms and legs. The result is that 99 out of 100 Americans want absolutely nothing to do with Syria.
What kind of intervention do you see the West (or anybody else) making? Because I read occasional calls for intervention, but no specifics of what exactly those who want it would like to see happen. Perhaps you think the West has some kind of magic wand which will make the problem go away if only we can be troubled to use it. Unfortunately, we don't.
That's good news.Intervention by the West would be disastrous for the region.By the West,I meant specifically the United States.No other has the muscle.
Gee, he sounds like any other political leader -- past and present -- trapped in one kind of war or another. They all sound the same, whether Churchill, Stalin, Adolph, Blair, Putin, Bush, Obama, the Saudi royals, Israeli leaders, Iranian mullahs, even (historically) the Vatican, etc. They all spew half truths and half lies.
In Syria, if the rebels don't win by July, Assad wins, especially if Israel attacks Iran around then or before.
To say that foreign extremists and criminals make up a "small percentage" of the rebels is laughable on its face. Journalists and humanitarian workers actually in Syria attest to the fact that most of the rebel groups actually doing the fighting are led by Jihadi/Salafist types. Foreigners are said to account for about half of those treated in Doctors Without Borders camps. And rather than dismissing the political solution, Assad clearly called for large-scale political reform (constitutional change) including free elections for his post. All he's asked for is that Western governments and their petro-puppets (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE) stop their illegal interventions in Syria. He's offered cease fires from day one - only to be scoffed at by the rebels and their supporters in Western media circles. By arming the rebels and egging them to continue fighting in pieces like this, the West has as much blame as anyone for the continuation of the fighting.
With the continues support by Russia and China, whom Assad thanked in his speech, no one in the West will lift a finger. The Syrian civil war is nowhere close to its end.
It seems the world is set to witness many more months, if not years, of that ugly civil war, fueled by the Shiite-Sunni rift.
Could someone just kill this guy already? Is it that much to ask? How many more tens of thousands have to die in the name of maintaining his rule?
It is not about Assad. If Assad dies, the only possible exchange is that the killings will intensify.
It is about sectarian hatred involving the many ethnic groups that make u Syria. And those are going nowhere even if Assad is gone..
I will continue your sentence/question to read: '....have to die in the name of maintining his rule?'or for the uprising/members/rebels/civil-war-fighters continue their fight to defeat his forces?
It is NOT a one-sided affair, it takes TWO SIDES to have a civil war. Notwithstanding the fact of UNEVEN weaponry!!
As you acknowledge in your own comment, the killing has been disproportionately attributable to Assad, not the other side. You're right, some of that has to do with differences in force of arms. But what of it? My goal is to minimize deaths. Killing Assad would contribute to this greatly.
Point well taken, your comment is on target, indeed. However, please read my "Please Help" comment of 56/57 mins ago. May be you have an answer!!!
Nonsense. The level of killing is directly attributable to Assad's willingness to see the deaths of thousands of Syrians in the interest of maintaining his power. His removal will remove that causal factor and reduce the number of deaths.
Your attribution of the killing to "sectarian hatred" is just an exercise in handwashing--the same sort of handwashing that has permit 60,000 Syrians to die so far. No one disputes that there are sectarian issues in the country; but sectarian tension does not necessarily have to translate into "tens of thousands dead"; it takes a special kind of murdered to translate the former into the latter; Assad is that sort of murderer, willing to kill pretty indiscriminately to maintain his rule. Assad's removal would staunch the flow of the dead.
NO IT WON'T … otherwise … someone in his OWN CIRCLE would have killed him already!!!
The Alawis are in MORTAL FEAR … they have lived under the thumb of the Sunnis for HUNDREDS OF YEARS … they know what the Sunnis will do to their sect UNLESS THEY KEEP ON KILLING 'the Other' …
The Alawis will NOT STOP … perhaps when 100K are dead … Assad will move to the Alawite Zone surrounding Latakia … along with the best troops and best equipment to fortify themselves in Alawistan! That's the 'best outcome' for Assad & co …
Sunnis will not be benevolent … if the shoe was on the other foot … THEY'D HAVE SQUASHED THE ALAWIS MERCILESSLY … much the same as the Alawis have done!
WAKE UP! Sectarian violence is a daily occurrence in the Arab/Muslim Middle East … Christians … Kurds … Alawis … Bahais … Ismailis … Bahais … Zoroastrians … Baluchis … Sufis … Jews … et al
The Arab/Muslim ME is NO PLACE to be a minority group … NONE CAN THRIVE unless they 'flip' the equation … for example: The Baath Party in Syria where Alawis became LEADERS in a MAJORITY SUNNI STATE & the Baath Party in Iraq where the Sunnis became LEADERS in a MAJORITY SHIA STATE! Those are the exceptions NOT THE RULE!
See: http://pjmedia.com/spengler/2013/01/03/insoluble-syria/?singlepage=true
You say:
'...The level of killing is directly attributable to Assad's willingness to see the deaths of thousands of Syrians in the interest of maintaining his power.'
I wish you were right, and that it is all about Assad. I think you're wrong. Time will tell who got it right..
You say:
'No one disputes that there are sectarian issues in the country; but sectarian tension does not necessarily have to translate into "tens of thousands dead".'
It is indeed not necessary to be translated to tens of thousands of dead, but more often then not - it does when it comes to Arab in-fighting.
Talking about Syria - Let me remind you that in 1982, in the city of Hama, the Syrian army encircled the city with tanks, and opened indiscriminate fire into the city, killing in a few days anything between 10,000 - 25,000 people.
The hatred in Syria runs deep and wide. The Sunnis might be seeking their revenge for that 1982 event, as well as the last two years. The Alawites know that, and prefer to fight to the bitter end, apparently because they believe there is no other option.
Why not someone just kill Obama already? How many more tens of thousands have to die in the hands of the terrorists supported by the U.S., the Saudis and the Emirates?
Please HELP!!!!
I have 'googled' various terms to IDENTIFY a dictator, monarch, almost-absolute-ruler or other type of government head who resigned
VOLUNTARILY during an on-going ARMED civil war and BEFORE "his" government forces were defeated or defected in toto. My searches did not yield any names.
Any suggestion anyone, INCLUDING THE PUBLISHER OF THIS ARTICLE? Or if you know of any such 'ruler', please IDENTIFY him/her.
"...a dictator, monarch, almost-absolute-ruler or other type of government head who resigned...
VOLUNTARILY during an on-going ARMED civil war and BEFORE "his" government forces were defeated or defected in toto."
Usually when they surrender--voluntarily or by force--such absolute dictators are imprisoned, tortured and killed.
They have a bitter, dark end.
Many are never heard from again after 'disappearing'.
And it is no different than if they surrendered voluntarily or lost in battle.
When you are losing, surrender is a question of timing.
Everyone 'voluntarily' surrenders, the question is at the tip of a sword or after emerging from an bombed palace dusted and with crazy-hair.
Look at Muhoumar Qaadafi, Saddam Hussein, Mussolini, Jefferson Davis or even the fictional King MacBeth. And they are not treated well by soldiers.
They die...the question is how and when.
How about … Idi Amin … WHO LEFT UGANDA AND WENT TO SAUDI ARABIA to live wife his concubines?
How about … Ali Abdullah Saleh … WHO LEFT YEMEN AND WENT TO SAUDI ARABIA …
How about … Reva Pavlavi err the Shah of Iran … WHO LEFT IRAN IN SEARCH OF A NEW HOME … ENDING UP IN EGYPT …
THOSE are from the top of my head …
Do these slugs have anything in common? HELP!!!!
After Davis was captured on May 10, 1865, he was charged with treason. Davis did NOT resign VOLUNTARILY. The others you name escaped somehow, were captured and "dealt with", as you state.Further Macbeth was murdered, he did NOT leave voluntarily. My question is to do with the request by all caring governments is for Assad to resign/leave-office VOLUNTARILY. My search is for historical precedent.
Charles Taylor of Liberia left just before he was about sure to lose, with some pressure being added by G.W. Bush. But that didn't save the country, it was already completely destroyed by that time.
They had better timing to leave than many others.
Idi Amin's lot was defeated by the 'rebels'. Kampala was captured in 1979, and he took refuge in Libya until 1980, then refuge in Saudi Arabia until he died. DEFEAT and not voluntary resignation.
As to the Yemeni "gentleman", NO CIVIL WAR took place. But '...the death of 52 protesters mostly hit by sniper fire in San'a on March 18 proved to be a turning point, prompting a string of generals, tribal leaders, diplomats and ministers to resign or declare their public allegiance to the protesters'. Not a real voluntary resignation during an armed civil war as in Syria.
Will check the facts for the SHAH IN SHAH next, and will respond as I find the info.
The Shah-in-Shah's case is more complicated. In fact NO ARMED CIVIL WAR took place. Our then friend tried his best to stay in power without REAL blood shed. He however, did not succeed. He "installed", I am NOT sure if it was by choice or based on 'friendly' allied advice(??), a Military Government which did 'some shooting' at demonstrators over a short period of time.
In the long run, there was NO ARMED CIVIL WAR, and the finally Shah-in-Shah went into exile, firstly in the US for medical treatment then, as you state, in Egypt.
Mr Taylor's case is really complicated. He 'took office' by way of a civil war followed by an 'election'. And lost his presidency in the nick of time by NOT really loosing an armed civil war. It seems to me that Liberia's history is a collection of disasters.
In my evaluation I am NOT sure if I would describe Mr Taylor's resignation as VOLUNTARY. However, this may be the closest you can get to VOLUNTARY!!
You asked: "… who resigned VOLUNTARILY during an on-going ARMED civil war and BEFORE "his" government forces were defeated or defected in toto …"
You ALSO said: " (blah blah's) … case is really complicated …"
They're ALL COMPLICATED … we're not talking about a change of power by a WESTERN LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY now are we?
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- Build up of plaque in the blood vessels, called atherosclerosis
- Vasculitis—inflammation of the blood vessels
- A piece of blood clot or plaque that has broken off of another location
Blood and blood-clotting disorders such as:
- Severe anemia —too few red blood cells
- Polycythemia —too many red blood cells
- Hyperviscosity—abnormal thickening of the blood
- Endocarditis —an infection of the lining of the heart
Risk Factors
- History of previous TIAs
- Smoking
- Poor diet
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Excessive alcohol use
- Sleep apnea
- Low bone mineral density, especially in women
- Vascular dementia
- Blindness in one eye, often described as a window shade dropping, and/or other visual problems
- Weakness, numbness, or tingling of the face, arm, leg, or one side of the body (usually affects one side of the body, but there are exceptions)
- Difficulty speaking or understanding words
- Lightheadedness, unsteadiness of gait, or falling
- Trouble with balance or coordination
- Loss of consciousness
- Nausea
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- Sudden confusion or loss of memory
- Blood tests
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)—to measure your heart's electrical activity
- Doppler ultrasound —to assess blood flow in the arteries supplying the brain
- Echocardiogram —to look for blood clots and valve abnormalities within the heart
- CT scan of the head
- CT angiogram (CTA)—to assess blood vessels in the brain and neck with contrast dye
- MRI of the head
- Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)—to assess blood vessels in the head using magnetic imaging
- Arteriogram /angiogram—to locate and assess blockage or narrowing of blood vessels using contrast dye
- Regular exercise under the guidance of your doctor
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- Other lifestyle interventions , such as monitoring alcohol intake
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- Drink alcohol in moderation. Moderate alcohol intake is no more than two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women.
- Control blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes if you have these conditions.
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Zero is the main villain in the Pokémon movie, Giratina and the Sky Warrior. Zero's plan was to gain Giratina's powers and try to protect (or, in Ash's perspective, destroy) the Reverse World. He has long, silver hair. He was once Newton Graceland's student in studying the Reverse World, but he became obsessed with Giratina's power and decided to capture it. Using a machine designed by Newton himself, Zero was able to capture and unleash Giratina's power. He used the machine to cause destruction in the real world by damaging the Reverse World., However, his plans were thwarted by Ash and his team as well as Giratina. Zero was then stuck under an encasement of ice from many Ice attacks from native Pokémon as well as Dawn's Buneary and Swinub. Due to him being trapped like this, he lost all data on Giratina. Zero was then broken out from the ice and brought to jail. He made a brief cameo in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. During the end credits, he's visited by Newton who has recovered Infi.
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Cardinals and Giants have both struggled at the plate recently
In the last week, the Cardinals have faced the 2014 No-Hit Triumvirate of Josh Beckett, Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum and were shut out in each game. The degree of difficulty doesn't decrease Thursday.
Madison Bumgarner's resume lacks a no-hitter, but the 24-year-old has cemented his place among the Majors' best southpaws with an outstanding first half of the 2014 season. Prior to his last outing, Bumgarner (9-5, 2.90 ERA) had thrown at least seven innings in his six previous starts, a span in which he allowed just eight earned runs.
He's consistently given the Giants a chance to win, but his teammates haven't consistently taken advantage of his stellar performances, especially at AT&T Park, where the Giants are just 3-5 when Bumgarner takes the mound. They're 7-2 in his road starts.
Bumgarner is 3-3 with a 3.57 ERA in six career regular season starts against St. Louis. The Cardinals mustered three hits during seven shutout innings against Bumgarner May 30 at Busch Stadium. He struck out 10 that night.
The Cardinals will send young Carlos Martinez to the mound for his fourth start of the season. The hard-throwing 21-year-old's arm has been stretched out through his first three starts after he started the season in the bullpen, and the Cardinals say he's now able to reach 100 pitches if necessary.
Martinez is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts (13 1/3 innings, four earned runs and 12 strikeout) and 0-3 with a 4.67 ERA in 30 relief appearances this season. The Cardinals are 3-0 in his starts.
Cardinals: Offense Struggling
Prior to Wednesday night's game, manager Mike Matheny was asked why Oscar Taveras was slotted to play center field. His response summed up the team's current reality: The need for offense supersedes the concerns over him in center field.
Prior to Wednesday night's 2-0 victory, the Cardinals had a 24-inning scoreless streak and had been shut out in three of their last five games. Though, the opposing pitchers in those three shutouts weren't too shabby -- Beckett, Kershaw and Lincecum.
"I think we've been very aware of it," Matheny said when asked of the team's recent quality of competition. "It's kind of a two-edged sword giving too much credit, because we can beat guys like that when they're at their best. We can. We had Lincecum up against the ropes [Tuesday night] and couldn't make it happen.
"I think you fall into a trap saying, 'Well, if we're facing these real good pitchers who are hot right now then we can kind of just expect good things aren't going to happen.' But I think after watching guys go out there and fight with a positive attitude and the expectation that things are going to go well, we review situations we had, the pitches that were made and then I think we can be more honest and say, 'They didn't give us a whole lot.' When that's the case, it's a little easier to swallow."
The numbers, though, remain unappealing -- they're hitting just .224 (66-for-294) through the first nine games of their current road trip.
Giants: Power Outage For Morse
Michael Morse's power has been out for a while. Almost an entire month, to be exact.
Morse still leads the Giants in both home runs (13) and RBIs (44), but has added very little to those numbers recently. Morse's last long ball came June 5 in Cincinnati. He hasn't homered at AT&T Park since May 15.
The numbers get worse. He's 9-for-49 with two extra-base hits and no RBIs in his last 15 games. He has just two RBIs since June 8. In that same span, the Giants are 5-16. Manager Bruce Bochy said Wednesday that Morse has succumbed to the same illness that Pablo Sandoval dealt with a few weeks ago and that nearly half the clubhouse had felt under the weather with the same bug in recent weeks.
"It just zaps you," Bochy said.
Morse's power outage, combined with the absence of Brandon Belt, has left Bochy's lineup nearly devoid of power. The Giants have hit just three home runs in their last 13 games and eight in their last 21 home games. They're 34-14 when they do homer, compared with a paltry 13-23 when they don't.
Worth noting
• The Giants are hitting .138 (10-for-72) with RISP in their last 11 games.
• With three hits Wednesday, Matt Carpenter upped his career average against the Giants to .520 (26-for-50), tops among active players with at least 50 plate appearances against San Francisco. He's hit safely in 10 consecutive games against the Giants.
Ryan Hood is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Transporter 95 Travel Pack
In Stock Product Number: 19500
For ski expeditions to Chile, or climbing trips to Yosemite, the Osprey Transporter 95 is ideal for hauling gear from one end of the earth to the other. The extremely durable ballistic nylon gives the outside of the pack that extra protection when it's being tossed around, and a padded bottom protects the contents inside. Compression straps wrap the outside of the pack to cinch down contents, and a zip pocket in the top lid and end pockets provide extra storage space for smaller items. The Transporter 95 features dual end pockets and a Quick-Carry harness, that stows in the end pocket and holds up to 95 liters.
Gender: Unisex
Weight: 2lbs, 5oz; 1.05kg
Material: 420D Nylon Pack Cloth, Ballistics Nylon
Volume: 5700 cu in; 95 L
Season: F13 S14
Vendor ProductId: 137295
Review ProductId: 19500


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