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Apparently Meaghan's roommates weren't happy with how she disposed of her bang trimmings in the recycling bin. But c'mon, at least she didn't leave em in the sink or the shower drain, right? Or…maybe she was confused about how the whole "locks of love" thing works? Or…aww, screw it. Can't you bitches all just get along?
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When four people share one bathroom, true equity in toilet-paper purchasing is nearly impossible to come by without conflict.
Just take a look at the opening salvo issued at Laura's apartment in Georgia:
…and the first response:
Your move, "Scott."
related: Five approaches to TP maintenance
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"My two roommates have been locked in a butter war all week," our submitter in Oregon reports. "One will pull out the butter to let it soften, and as soon as she walks away, the other will put it back in the fridge."
Although our submitter says she's made a point of staying out the debate, she spotted this note on her way out the door this morning…
By the time she returned home from class, a second note had appeared as well.
Adds our submitter: "I'm pretty sure the butter won't actually kill me as the pink note says, but I also wonder how long the other roommate spent picking out a font for the printed note. Also: one roommate is a comm major and the other studies history. See if you can guess which is which."
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Option a) "Hey, Iva, could you buy some TP? We're out."
Option b) Several weeks of seething funneled into eight six colored markers' worth of heart exclamation point smiley THREAT heart heart.
And the winner is…
Gee, Bell, that IS funny, cuz you really threw me off with that "I hope you had a nice day!! <3 :)" shit. (I'M ACTUALLY KIDDING. I WILL CUT YOU.)
related: One sure sign your roommate situation isn't working out?
Tags: heart · mean girls · not-so-veiled threats · rainbow-colored · roommates · signed with love · smiley · toilet paper
Really, some people are just better off living alone.
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Writes Randall, of xkcd fame: "This is a box of rice I found in our apartment's fridge. I'm guessing it belonged to Tedd."
That extra "d" sure seems to have given Tedd a bit of unresolved rage, huh?
related: How would you feel if I used up all of your "whatever?"
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"When I moved in a year ago, my roommate was an ovo-lacto vegetarian, whereas I was (and still am) an omnivore," explains our submitter in Brooklyn. "She used to not care about my eating habits, but about four months ago she decided to become a full-blown vegan and has been insufferable since then. Yesterday I went food shopping for myself, and when I came back from work today I found this letter on my bedside table."
(Yeah, the writing is a little hard to read — just wait for the page to load completely, and then click the images below to enlarge.)
related: Carnivore? Keep being awesome!
Tags: and that's an order · Brooklyn · food · most popular notes of 2011 · roommates · self-righteous vegans · TL;DR · unsolicited feedback
Compared to the notes we usually see about food theft, Steven seems like a pretty reasonable guy. But isn't "respectful stealing" still something of an oxymoron?
recent: That Outback bread was…
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Beth in London says this is only the most recent in a series of sad/hungry/angry household items created by one of her flatmates. "We're all fairly disorganised," she admits, "but one guy, possibly fearful of confrontation, prefers to avoid addressing any issues directly."
Adds Beth: "A loo-roll holder with eyes is not a very appealing bathroom companion, by the way."
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the United Kingdom, one of Emma's flatmates decided to take a similarly cartoonish approach to their toilet troubles.
related: Fluffy the Fox is here to teach you about bathroom hygiene!
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The MIT Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) and four of its founders and builders are the third annual recipients of The Adolf F. Monosson Prize for Entrepreneurship Mentoring. Alec Dingee, Professor David Staelin, Sherwin Greenblatt and Lou Goldish were all presented with the prestigious Monosson award by MIT Sloan Prof. Edward B. Roberts at the MIT Entrepreneurship Center's recent E-Lab CEO Reception. This is the first time that an organization has been singled out for this important award, and also the first time that multiple individuals have been recognized as forming a contributing team of mentors.
Since January 2000, the MIT Venture Mentoring Service has supported innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the MIT community through a group of volunteer mentors who assist students, faculty, staff and alumni to boost the chances of their entrepreneurial success. Founded by the shared vision and generosity of Dingee (MIT Sloan SB '52) and Staelin (MIT EE SB '60, SM '61 and ScD '65), VMS has already provided valued assistance to hundreds of members of the MIT community and was nominated by many of its beneficiaries. Greenblatt (MIT EE SB '62 and SM '64) has served as the VMS Director since 2002, and continues to build the organization. Goldish (MIT ME SM '65 and Sloan SM '67), meanwhile, is responsible for the screening of VMS applicants
Adolf "Sonny" Monosson, MIT '48, was a serial entrepreneur, founder and CEO of more than ten businesses in the finance, publishing, computer, and leasing industries. He was deeply committed to investing time and capital to help other would-be entrepreneurs. Sonny is memorialized in this meaningful award by the initiative and generous funding provided by his long-time partner and friends Bill Grinker, MIT '56, and Ilene Grinker, now joined in this tribute by other family and friends. In aiding this fund, the Monosson family has just released posthumously Sonny's book "Turning Problems into Profit", available from Boston Financial & Equity Corporation.
For fifty years the MIT Sloan School of Management, based in Cambridge, Mass., has been one of the world's leading academic sources of innovation in management. The School's mission is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice.
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Kinshasa — "The three Assumptionist Fathers who were kidnapped last October are still in the hands of their kidnappers. The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and, in particular, the Diocese of Beni-Butembo, continues to demand for their release.
"These priests have done nothing to deserve a similar fate. Those who hold them are asked to repent and release them to serve God." This was contained in an appeal launched by the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, via a message posted on the website of the local Episcopal Conference, for the release of the three Assumptionist priests: Jean-Pierre Ndulani, Anselme Wasikundi and Edmond Bamutute.
According to FIDES, the three were kidnapped on the evening of October 19 when they were in the parish of Notre-Dame des Pauvres of Mbau, 22 km from Beni and 70 km from the episcopal see of Butembo (eastern DRC). Since then there has been no news about them.


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NBA Betting: Basketball Stock Market Report for 2/19/13
- Updated: February 20, 2013
Basketball teams go like the stock market. Sometimes they're hot and you have to buy them, and sometimes they're cold and you have to sell. Our NBA betting tips show the teams that you should hold and the teams you should ditch here at Bang the Book!
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Miami Heat: Ok, more specifically, LeBron James. James is shooting 56% from the field this season, and he is knocking down more than 60% of his shots over the course of his last seven games. In those games, he has put up at least 30 points every single time, and he is the reason that the Heat are literally on fire. Miami has scored seven straight SU wins and four straight covers, and in those four games, the team has scored at least 107 points every single time.
Sacramento Kings: The Kings are indeed one of the hottest teams in the league going into the second half of the year, as they had covered four games in a row before their final game prior to the break. Of course, a 123-100 loss to the Dallas Mavericks reminded us that yes, these are still the Kings that we are dealing with, but they are really playing competitive ball at the moment. Sacramento has scored at least 100 points in four straight games, and it has SU victories over the Houston Rockets and Utah Jazz in that mix as well.
New Orleans Hornets: Are the Hornets really starting to put it together? Sure, they only have 19 wins all season long, but four of those wins came right at the end of the first half of the season. The offense has at least been respectable in those games, something that has been a problem all year long. If New Orleans starts to really put together some solid offensive efforts, the defensive intensity will be able to carry this team to victory more often than not. Don't believe us? Ask the Portland Trail Blazers, who scored just 63 against the Hornets six nights ago prior to the break.
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Milwaukee Bucks: And the skid hits eight games for the Bucks… Yuck. Milwaukee has failed to cover eight in a row dating back to the end of January, and it is the only team in the league that has failed to cover a game in the month of February. At least there is a tiny bit of good news for the Bucks, though. They get to play the Brooklyn Nets twice this week, and they have covered the Nets 10 straight times. Still, until we see an ATS victory, Milwaukee is one of the most poisonous teams in the league.
Charlotte Bobcats: Consider this a season-long stock down for the Bobcats. This franchise has been a wreck over the course of the last two seasons, and the argument could be made that this team is just as bad as last year's club that set all sorts of records for futility. Charlotte is started off the year at 7-5 SU and 6-6 ATS, but since that point, the team has won just five games outright and has a dreadful 13-26-1 ATS mark.
Portland Trail Blazers: The Blazers have generally always been a bad road team, but this East Coast swing that they went on to end the first half of the year was as brutal as it gets. Not only did the team lost its final five games and fail to cover each of those games, but the losses just kept getting worse and worse. The team lost by 14 to the Mavericks, 15 to the Rockets, six to the Magic (as three-point favorites), 13 to the Heat, and finally, 36 to the Hornets. That last loss against one of the worst teams in the NBA was an embarrassing defeat that will not be forgotten easily, and it is that type of a loss that sends a team down the tubes for a long period of time.
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Perhaps a combination of both. Apple doesn't seem shakey enough to cowardly change policies over an investigation, but it could have been in the interest of time, possibly reputation. I'd say compitition definitely played a part in it. Developers don't like being limited which is causing them to go to other platforms. I can't tell you how many programmers I've talk to who don't want to work with iOS because theyre afraid something small will cause them to be rejected. Will the policy tweaks change their minds? Probably not, but it looks like apple is trying.
EU Commission calls off investigation into Apple
The European Commission is calling off the investigation into Apple's ban on cross-compilers after Apple reversed the policy. The EU also claims that the policy change was a direct result of their investigation.
"Apple's response to our preliminary investigations shows that the Commission can use the competition rules to achieve swift results on the market with clear benefits for consumers, without the need to open formal proceedings," Almunia said.
While the FTC/EU investigation is certainly one of the leading theories behind Apple's new App Store policies and guidelines, others have suggested increased competition from Google's Android, and a desire to have games in the App Store based on engines like Unity and Unreal.
So which theory is correct? Or was it a combination of factors that made Apple change their minds?
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Google gaining ground fast with their android platform makes the most sense. They loosened their restrictions to sell more devices and avoid a negative reputation. The biggest example of this is allowing gv mobile for google voice after denying it for so long. This feature is integrated into all android phones and apple didn't want to lack a feature to android.
I'm not sure that I understand exactly why Apple made the policy in the first place. But it's pretty clear that Apple understood that by reversing this policy, they would no longer be subject to investigation by the EC. There's was undoubtedly some very clear communication between Apple and the EC as to why the EC was engaging in the investigation and what Apple needed to do to avoid that investigation. So I would tend to agree that Apple's policy reversal was in direct response to that communication with the EC.
Great - now where's my skyfire ?
It was definitely both. They might have been able to push back the investigation if they didn't allow any cross-compilers at all. But when they started their push toward the game cross-compilers, that pretty much shot up any chance of them not being in trouble from the investigation.


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PI3K inhibitors and clinical data of Bendamustine +other drugs in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and other leukemias were the flavor at ASH ´12 and at the 31st JP Morgan Healthcare conference. The positive impact of these was seen in the small cap Japanese company SymBio Pharma (4582) whose stock has gone up by ~185% since our initiation on September 14th 2012.
SymBio´s focus on Japan and select Asia Pacific Rim countries market along with its pipeline makes it attractive to companies seeking presence in these geographies. We currently attribute this impact to the investment it received from PE Whiz Partners in the form of convertible bonds and promising future potential of its product portfolio.
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Steam Holiday sale begins today
Valve's annual Steam Holiday Sale went live not too long ago, bringing discounts to more than 2,000 games on PC -- with new deals arriving each day. As always, there will be Daily Deals that change ever 24 hours, Flash Sales (every 8 hours), and "Community Choice" voting.
Today's Daily Deals Include:
- BioShock Infinite
- Batman: Arkham origins
- Dishonored
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- Space Hulk
- Dead Island
- The Stanley Parable
- Monaco
- Assetto Corsa
This year Valve is also introducing Snow Globe Trading Cards. After collecting all 10 special cards you can turn it in for the Snow Globe badge and an in-game item from a top Free to Play games. These items are both tradable and marketable. You'll also get a holiday emoticon and profile background. Crafting the foil Snow Globe badge will earn you 5 randomly chosen in-game items.
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A few years ago i met a chap early one morning in tesco's of all places (4am) it was one of those open all night stores and i was returning from a weekend away,
we met on the garden supply section and i was putting bags of compost in one of those trolly things and noticed he'd done the same,
We both felt a little bit emarrassed as we both thought each other may think we we're mad buying garden compost at 4am, but a smile can open a million doors and as such he told me he had a railway running all the way around his small garden,
We exchanged tel/numbers and later on we met up and i saw his miniture railway,
it really was out of this world with all the stations/little cottages/ signal box "all working" road crossing gates etc etc and on the house walls we're old railway notices made of metal,
all this along with flowers etc really was a nice mix of a long time hobby ref gardening and his life time spent working on the railway as a signalman.
Have you seen any such theme gardens made by the ordinary person?
a Dalek,yep straight from doctor who which turns its head and flashes lights.child love it when they pass and it has many other things.I think the gardener is a artist.
I myself are not a Dr who fan "not my sort of thing" But a great idea.
Keep them coming.
I pass this place on my way to visit family - the cowboy is fantastic http://www.demotix.com/news/425718/unusual-metal-statues-suffolk-garden#media-421915
Once went to look at a house for sale that was on the site of an old quarry. The back garden was essentially a hole and, down one side, it had the longest, steepest playground slide I have ever seen. We didn't try it.
There's a shop mannequin in a front garden near the main road in Exeter who changes her costume according to whim and weather ... When we had the floods she had flippers and a snorkel, recent sunshine has brought out some remarkable swimwear and she has a fairly extensive day wardrobe complete with accessories ...


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by Eve Conant NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Jan 12, 2009
In the grim, sleepless months of excavation after the September 11 attacks, forensic pathologists in New York City worked day and night to identify the dead. They didn't have much to go on. The collapsed World Trade Center towers had burned at temperatures reaching 2,000 degrees, incinerating those trapped inside. Many of the bodies of the passengers aboard the two airplanes that struck the buildings were consumed by burning jet fuel, leaving only traces of DNA, much of it so damaged that it was impossible to read. Few bodies were found intact. Most of the human remains culled from the vast wreckage at Ground Zero were little more than tiny fragments of charred tissue and bone. The volume was overwhelming. Robert Shaler, who headed the city's Department of Forensic Biology and was a leader of the identification effort, worried his lab would be paralyzed if it tried to identify every piece. At first, they decided they would only attempt to test samples that were "the size of a thumb or larger," he says. But when they saw how small many of the fragments were, they changed their minds. "If we were really going to make an honest effort," Shaler says, "we had to do everything that came along."
Shaler and his colleagues at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner gave weekly updates to family members of the victims, reporting how many of the dead had been identified and reassuring them that the city was doing everything to identify their loved ones.…Continue reading
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January 14, 2009
Posted at History Commons Groups
The National Archives today released a set of records the 9/11 Commission gave it. It did so today because the commission told it it had to wait until 2009 to do so, presumably on the off chance that people would have forgotten about it all by then. The records are in two groups, Memorandums for the Record (MFR), which are available online, and other records, which are not available online.
Editor's Note: The National Archives 9/11 Commission Records URL's have been updated.
Kevin Fenton, who wrote this blog entry today, is one of the great researchers working with Paul Thompson and so many other fine people at HistoryCommons.org (formerly known to most of us as CooperativeResearch.org) to document our history. Not just about 9/11, but about aspects of our lives so appallingly rewritten by media and textbooks. The work underway at HistoryCommons is absolutely invaluable, and we encourage readers to get involved and otherwise support that work.
I have been trawling through the ones that are available online and I have learned a few things of interest.
(1) Stacks of the MFR are not actually available. Either they have not been reviewed yet (pending), or have been withdrawn because they are very classified, or they have been made available, but have had the bejesus redacted out of them.
(2) Two of the two key MFR, of interviews of Tom Wilshire, a CIA officer involved in just about everything… Continue reading
by Mickey S. Huff and Paul W. Rea
They say goldfish have no memory
I guess their lives are much like mine
and the little plastic castle
is a surprise every time
and it's hard to say if they're happy
but they don't seem much to mind.
–Ani DiFranco, Little Plastic Castles
For the past eight years, American culture has seen an outburst of media-driven mythmaking. Corporate mainstream media organizations, the pundits they sponsor, and politicians from both major parties have formed a new contextual chorus singing the same refrain: "On September 11th, 2001, everything changed." From cable TV to AM radio, from the blogosphere to the town-hall meeting, Americans repeatedly hear that "this is a post-9/11 world."
Although there is some truth to this platitude of pivotal change, independently minded citizens may also wonder whether such mass media messages have become self-fulfilling prophecies. This provides an interesting point of debate about what has or has not changed in America since 9/11.
This chapter concerns itself with the ongoing phenomena of media mythmaking and how, like many Americans surmised just after 9/11, everything has not changed. 1 Corporate mainstream media have resurrected powerful myths from America's past to shape public perception in the present. Through the prism of 9/11, one can see how the corporate mass media are in fact doing more mythmaking than news reporting. Here, the authors will examine central historic American myths the corporate media and even much of the alternative independent media have extended into the… Continue reading
By Joe Dwinell
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Three families who lost loved ones in the 9/11 terrorist attacks head to court
today to plead with a federal judge to release a million pages of documents
detailing the mass murder of nearly 3,000 Americans.
Those secret papers, one Bay State family member told the Herald, are "so
bad you won't believe it."
"It was out control," Paul Keating, 45, said of security on Sept.
11, 2001, including at Logan International Airport in Boston where two ill-fated
jets left on a collision course with infamy.
"My mother went through the most public murder you could imagine . .
. and I've been putting up with this crap for seven years," Keating
said of his refusal to settle his case out of court.
Keating's 72-year-old mother, Barbara, a Framingham native, died aboard
American Airlines [AMR] Flight 11.
Keating is making legal history today, along with the families of Mark Bavis,
31, and Sara Low, 28, by asking Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in Federal District
Court in Manhattan to lift the order keeping all the evidence hidden.
Low was a Boston-based flight attendant on Flight 11; Bavis of West Newton,
a passenger on United Airlines Flight 175. Both jets left Logan with hijackers
on board and were slammed into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers.
"Sept. 11 should not have happened," said attorney Donald A. Migliori,
whose firm represents all three families.
He said the secret papers include depositions of former Massport Executive… Continue reading
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Los Angeles, CA 900045
April 23, 2009
JAREK KUPSC — "The Reflecting Pool," trying to tell the truth, in America, through film.
anybody born and raised
behind the Iron Curtain,
it wasn't difficult to realize
what you were getting from
the television, newspapers
and the media did not exist
outside your house," Kupsc says.
"People developed other ways
to find what was going on."
JAREK KUPSC, 43, lives in Los Angeles, as of February 2009.
Born in Warsaw, Poland, Jarek has been involved in independent film production
since 1983.
He studied art and history in his native Warsaw, Poland, learned Byzantine
Icon painting techniques in Greece, and received his B.A. in Film Writing/Directing
from San Francisco State University.
He authored and illustrated "The History of Cinema for Beginners,"
a comic film history textbook (Writers&Readers, New York/London, 1998).
As a writer/director/producer, Jarek completed numerous short films, including
the Rosebud Award-winning "Dog."
He debuted in 2001 with "Recoil" in the feature film category, following
with "Slumberland" in 2005 (Winner of Special Jury Prize, 2006 Gdynia
Film Festival, Poland; First Prize, 2007 Oskariada FF, Poland; Best Screenwriter,
2007 Young Film Festival, Poland.).
He is the writer/director of the 9/11 film "The Reflecting Pool."
"For anybody born and raised behind the Iron Curtain, it wasn't
difficult to realize what you were getting from the television, newspapers and
the media did not… Continue reading
My lecture is entitled "9/11: Time for a Second Look." In suggesting that it is time for people to take a second look at 9/11, I have in mind primarily people who decided long ago that the attacks of 9/11 happened essentially the way the Bush-Cheney administration and the official reports about 9/11 said they happened, and who therefore decided that the so-called 9/11 Truth Movement, which disputes that account, is comprised of crazy conspiracy theorists with no capacity to evaluate evidence objectively. Having formed these views long ago, such people, including most journalists, have been impervious to any arguments presented by the Truth Movement. They simply roll their eyes and move on.
However, both the Truth Movement and the available evidence have changed dramatically in the past three years. Because of these changes, it is not rational to reject the claims of this movement out of hand, without taking a second look. If you are a person who has had such an attitude, you cannot, in the face of these changes, simply roll your eyes without exhibiting the very irrationality of which you accuse the people you dismiss as "conspiracy theorists."
My lecture is also addressed, albeit indirectly, to fellow members of the Truth Movement. Some members have decided that, now that Bush and Cheney are out of office and the Obama administration has reversed some of their 9/11-based policies, getting the truth about 9/11 revealed is no longer so important. Other members of the… Continue reading
by Shoestring May 26, 2009 911blogger.com
Langley Air Force Base was the second military base that launched fighter jets to defend America in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Three of its F-16s were ordered to take off toward Washington at 9:24 a.m. that morning, but by the time they were airborne, more than 40 minutes had passed since the first attack on the World Trade Center, and almost half an hour since the second.
Furthermore, the pilots were hindered by an extraordinary combination of confusion, communications problems, conflicting orders, breaches of protocol, and other difficulties. Consequently, when the Pentagon was hit at 9:37 a.m., the jets were further away from it than they'd been when they took off. According to witnesses on the ground, fighters did not arrive over the Pentagon until around 10:40 a.m.–more than an hour too late to protect it from the attack.
A close examination of publicly available accounts raises the possibility that deliberate attempts were made to sabotage the ability of the Langley jets to respond to the 9/11 attacks, thereby paralyzing normal, well-practiced procedures. In this article, I focus on three particular aspects of the jets' response.
Firstly, I examine the initial order to launch F-16s from Langley AFB. Notably, instead of the usual two jets taking off, a third pilot took off in a spare jet. This left the unit with no supervisor of flying (SOF) to communicate with other agencies and pass on vital information to the pilots.… Continue reading
May 29, 2009
Statement On Behalf of the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism
In Response to the Solicitor General's Refusal to Support The 9/11 Families'
Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court
(In Re: Thomas E. Burnett, Sr., et al. v. Al Baraka Investment & Development
Corp., et al., Case No. 03-CV-9849 (RCC) In Re: Terrorist Attacks on September
WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is a statement
of 9/11 Family Members: Mike Low, Father of Sara Elizabeth Low, AA Flight 11;
Bill Doyle, Father of Joseph M. Doyle, WTC North Tower; Tom & Beverly Burnett,
Sr., Parents of Thomas E. Burnett, Jr., UA Flight 93; and Terry Strada, Wife
of Thomas Strada, WTC North Tower on Behalf of the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt
Terrorism in Response to the Solicitor General's Refusal to Support The 9/11
Families' Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court:
Today the Obama Administration filed in the Supreme Court a document that expressed
the Administration's decision to stand with a group of Saudi princes and against
the right of American citizens — 9/11 family members — to have our day in
court. Let there be no doubt: The filing was political in nature and stands
as a betrayal of everyone who lost a loved one or was injured on September 11,
We are deeply dismayed by this decision, filed by the solicitor general of
the United States in response to the Supreme Court's February 23, 2009 invitation
for the government to express its views in the 9/11 families' request to appeal
a portion of the case to the Court.…
Aidan Monaghan
June 22, 2009
According to a Freedom of Information Act reply from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the last known pre-9/11 flights for three of the four aircraft involved in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 took place in December, 2000, nine months before the attacks, while no pre-9/11 final flight information was provided for American Airlines flight 77 (N644AA).
However, a discovered searchable online BTS database produces the following search results for three of the four 9/11 aircraft on September 10, 2001:
AA 11 departs San Francisco (SFO): AA 09/10/2001 0198 (flight number) N334AA (tail number) BOS (destination) 22:04 (wheels-off time)
UA 175 departs San Francisco (SFO): UA 09/10/2001 0170 (flight number) N612UA (tail number) BOS (destination) 13:44 (wheels-off time)
UA 93 departs San Francisco (SFO): UA 09/10/2001 0078 (flight number) N591UA (tail number) EWR (destination) 23:15 (wheels-off time)
2009 Truth Statement
We STILL Want Real Answers About 9/11
[Signatures have been closed as of March, 2010]
On August 31, 2004, Zogby International, the official North American political polling agency for Reuters, released a poll that found nearly half (49.3%) of New York City residents and 41% of those in New York state believe US leaders had foreknowledge of impending 9/11 attacks and "consciously failed" to act. Of the New York City residents, 66% called for a new probe of unanswered questions by Congress or the New York Attorney General. Since that time, multiple professional polling organizations have obtained similar results in polls conducted nationally and internationally.
In 2004, 911truth.org assembled a list of notable Americans and family members of those who died who signed (see that list of signatories, below) a 9/11 Statement, calling for "immediate public attention to unanswered questions that suggest that people within the current administration may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war."
On the eighth anniversary of 9/11, in spite of Americans having elected the "other" party in hopes it would deliver on its promise of a change in direction, we find ourselves asking these same questions and encountering the same resistance to transparency. The ensuing wars have destroyed countless lives, our civil liberties (including habeas corpus) are in tatters, posse comitatus is history, and our economy lies essentially in ruin. Meanwhile, thousands of 9/11 responders who rushed to stand with America in its time of… Continue reading
By emptywheel
Saturday November 14, 2009 7:51 am
A senior counsel for the 9/11 Commission, John Farmer, has written a book exposing the degree to which our response to 9/11 was disorganized and outdated, geared to respond to an attack from Russia rather than from terrorists. Most significantly, Farmer reveals that FAA and NORAD altered their chronologies of the day only after a briefing at the White House.
Perhaps nothing perturbs Farmer more than the contention that high-ranking officials responded quickly and effectively to the revelation that Qaeda attacks were taking place. Nothing, Farmer indicates, could be further from the truth: President George W. Bush and other officials were mostly irrelevant during the hijackings; instead, it was the ground-level commanders who made operational decisions in an ad hoc fashion.
Yet both Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Vice President Dick Cheney, Farmer says, provided palpably false versions that touted the military's readiness to shoot down United 93 before it could hit Washington. Planes were never in place to intercept it. By the time the Northeast Air Defense Sector had been informed of the hijacking, United 93 had already crashed. Farmer scrutinizes F.A.A. and NORAD records to provide irrefragable evidence that a day after a Sept. 17 White House briefing, both agencies suddenly altered their chronologies to produce a coherent timeline and story that "fit together nicely with the account provided publicly by Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz and Vice President Cheney."
We've known for a long time that the… Continue reading
November 29, 2009
News: The Fifth Estate
'The Unofficial Story: Eight years after 9/11, why are doubts growing about
the official record of that day?'
This documentary was originally broadcast on November 27, 2009 on Canada's
CBC and will be available for viewing at www.CBC.ca (or below, if you are not in Canada).
On September 11, 2001 the world watched in shock and disbelief as planes flew
in to New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, and Americans
realized they were under attack. But by whom? What really happened? In The Unofficial
Story, the fifth estate's Bob McKeown introduces us to people who believe the
real force behind the attacks was not Osama Bin Laden, but the U.S. government
Emerging from the dust and debris that day was a movement, known these days
as 9/11 Truth or "truthers" — people who believe that 9/11
was part of a vast conspiracy and cover-up by a criminal faction within the
U.S. government. As the fifth estate reports, public opinion polls now show
that the majority of Americans believe the Bush Administration had advance knowledge
of those attacks and somehow allowed them to happen and that one-third of Canadians
share the same belief.
In The Unofficial Story, Bob McKeown explores why these questions and theories
are growing in popularity.
You'll meet some of the leading proponents of "truther" theories:
Richard Gage, an American architect, explains how the WTC twin towers and the
lesser known 'Tower #7′ could only have crumbled as they did due
to explosive charges placed inside the buildings.…
City Room Blog – NYTimes.com
by Jennifer 8. Lee
Jeff Clark used pager message data released by WikiLeaks to created a visualization of the events of the day. The words, which are sized to their overall frequency over a 24-hour period starting from 3 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, brighten and fade in the video depending on how often they were used.
Programmers are introducing tools to analyze the hundreds of thousands of pager messages, supposedly dating from Sept. 11, released last week by WikiLeaks, an organization that releases sensitive documents and materials.
More than half a million messages were released by WikiLeaks, which has not disclosed who turned over the messages. Jeff Clark, a data visualization research who is not involved in WikiLeaks, interpreted the data in the aggregate, creating a video that shows the most commonly used terms that day, like "complex has evacuated" or "possible terrorist act." The words grow brightest when they hit their peak and are sized by how frequently there were used.
"I recognize the pager data was very much like Twitter data, because it's basically a time stamp with a bit of text," said Mr. Clark, who had done work with Twitter.
He also created small time lines showing when certain key phrases hit their peaks, and then ordered the phrases by the peak time to create a moving narrative of the day.
Over the weekend, another programmer, Colin Keigher, created a searchable database of the messages, which makes them much easier to parse than the original 40-megabyte file.…Continue reading
By John Byrne
May 11th, 2010
Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama's latest nominee to the Supreme Court,
helped protect the Saudi royal family from lawsuits that sought to hold al Qaeda
financiers responsible in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
The suits were filed by thousands of family members and others affected by
the Sept. 11 attacks. In court papers, they provided evidence that members of
the Saudi royal family had channeled millions to al Qaeda prior to the bombings,
often in contravention of direct guidance from the United States.
But Kagan, acting as President Obama's Solicitor General, argued that the case
should not be heard even if evidence proved that the Saudis helped underwrite
al Qaeda, because it would interfere with US foreign policy with the oil-rich
nation. She posited "that the princes are immune from petitioners'
claims" because of "the potentially significant foreign relations
consequences of subjecting another sovereign state to suit."
In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer published Tuesday,
the mother of a man who was killed on United Flight 93 in Pennsylvania said
he didn't know why Kagan argued that the case not even be heard. By keeping
the case off the dockets, the Saudis were spared scrutiny of their finances.
"We had hoped she would be with us so that we could have our day in court,"
Beverly Burnett said.
I find this reprehensible," said Kristen Breitweiser, another family
member whose husband was killed in the 9/11 attacks, said
at the… Continue reading
David Ray Griffin
There are many questions to ask about the war in Afghanistan. One that has been widely asked is whether it will turn out to be "Obama's Vietnam."1 This question implies another: Is this war winnable, or is it destined to be a quagmire, like Vietnam? These questions are motivated in part by the widespread agreement that the Afghan government, under Hamid Karzai, is at least as corrupt and incompetent as the government the United States tried to prop up in South Vietnam for 20 years.
Although there are many similarities between these two wars, there is also a big difference: This time, there is no draft. If there were a draft, so that college students and their friends back home were being sent to Afghanistan, there would be huge demonstrations against this war on campuses all across this country. If the sons and daughters of wealthy and middle-class parents were coming home in boxes, or with permanent injuries or post-traumatic stress syndrome, this war would have surely been stopped long ago. People have often asked: Did we learn any of the "lessons of Vietnam"? The US government learned one: If you're going to fight unpopular wars, don't have a draft — hire mercenaries!
There are many other questions that have been, and should be, asked about this war, but in this essay, I focus on only one: Did the 9/11 attacks justify the war in Afghanistan?… Continue reading
An Open Letter to Terry Allen, Noam Chomsky, Alexander Cockburn, David Corn, Chris Hayes, George Monbiot, Matthew Rothschild, and Matt Taibbi1
by David Ray Griffin2
July 6, 2010
According to several left-leaning critics of the 9/11 Truth Movement, some of its central claims, especially about the destruction of the World Trade Center, show its members to be scientifically challenged. In the opinion of some of these critics, moreover, claims made by members of this movement are sometimes unscientific in the strongest possible sense, implying an acceptance of magic and miracles.
After documenting this charge in Part I of this essay, I show in Part II that the exact opposite is the case: that the official account of the destruction of the World Trade Center implies miracles (I give nine examples), and that the 9/11 Truth Movement, in developing an alternative hypothesis, has done so in line with the assumption that the laws of nature did not take a holiday on 9/11. In Part III, I ask these left-leaning critics some questions evoked by the fact that it is they, not members of the 9/11 Truth Movement, who have endorsed a conspiracy theory replete with miracle stories as well as other absurdities.
I. The Charge that 9/11 Truth Theories Rest on Unscientific, Even Magical, Beliefs
Several left-leaning critics of the 9/11 Truth Movement, besides showing contempt for its members, charge them with relying on claims that are contradicted by good science and, in some cases, reflect a belief… Continue reading
Memoirs reveal former US president gave order to shoot down any hijacked planes before United Airlines flight 93 crashed.
by James Meikle
29 October 2010
George Bush initially believed the only plane not to reach its intended target during the 11 September attacks had been shot down on his orders, according to leaks from the former president's memoir of his two terms in office.
Bush reveals that he gave the order for any further suspected hijacked planes to be shot down after the first aircraft were flown into the World Trade Centre in New York during the 2001 terror attacks.
He at first thought the crash of United Airlines flight 93 in Pennsylvania had resulted from this instruction, although it later emerged that passengers had stormed the cockpit as hijackers flew the plane towards the Capitol building in Washington.
The memoir, Decision Points, is due to be published on 9 November, in the aftermath of the US midterm elections, and Bush is already lined up for interviews on the Oprah Winfrey and NBC Today shows.
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by Kevin Ryan
Foreign Policy Journal
Just after September 11th 2001, many governments began investigations into possible insider trading related to the terrorist attacks of that day. Such investigations were initiated by the governments of Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Monte Carlo, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United States, and others. Although the investigators were clearly concerned about insider trading, and considerable evidence did exist, none of the investigations resulted in a single indictment. That's because the people identified as having been involved in the suspicious trades were seen as unlikely to have been associated with those alleged to have committed the 9/11 crimes.
This is an example of the circular logic often used by those who created the official explanations for 9/11. The reasoning goes like this: if we assume that we know who the perpetrators were (i.e. the popular version of "al Qaeda") and those who were involved in the trades did not appear to be connected to those assumed perpetrators, then insider trading did not occur.
That's basically what the 9/11 Commission told us. The Commission concluded that "exhaustive investigations" by the SEC and the FBI "uncovered no evidence that anyone with advance knowledge of the attacks profited through securities transactions." What they meant was that someone did profit through securities transactions but, based on the Commission's assumptions of guilt, those who profited were not associated with those who were guilty of conducting the attacks. In a footnote, the Commission report acknowledged "highly suspicious trading on its face," but said that this trading on United Airlines was traced back to "A single U.S.-based institutional investor with no conceivable ties to al Qaeda." 1
With respect to insider trading, or what is more technically called informed trading, the Commission report was itself suspect for several reasons.…Continue reading


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The entry point to high-end shorts.
You've committed — got the bike, the pedals, the helmet, and everything else. Now it's time for a pair of shorts worthy of your mileage. The Giordana Silverline products exist as a sort of welcome to high-end cycling clothing. Here, you'll find the patterns and detailing typically reserved for more expensive shorts, with a few compromises to keep the price down (a tried-and-true chamois vs cutting edge, for instance, or non-compressive fabrics).
Regardless of the balancing act that is clothing manufacturing, the Silverline Women's Shorts will keep you comfortable as you build base miles and venture into centuries and more. The primary fabric is silky-smooth, and it's a heavier spandex, which means it offers a bit of muscle support along with its moisture-wicking capabilities. At the center of any pair of shorts is the chamois, and in this case it's the Nimbo-W OF, a more-substantially-padded chamois, designed for the wider placement of women's sit bones.
- Super-smooth and supportive primary fabric
- Silicone leg grippers
- Fold-over waistband
- Nimbo-W OF chamois
Tech Specs
Size chart
Sizing Chart
Note: Giordana cycling apparel has a tight fit, do not expect a baggy or roomy fit.
|Dress Size
- How to Measure:
- For best results, take measurements over your underwear.
- Chest:
- Measure under your arms, around the fullest part of your chest.
- Natural Waist:
- Measure around your natural waistline, keeping the tape a bit loose.
- Hip:
- Measure around the fullest part of your body at the top of your legs.
Reviews & Community
What do you think of the
Giordana Silverline Women's Shorts
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Nancy B.
Nice material but more stretchy
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
I really like the feel of the material in these shorts. The pad has a good level of padding where I need it most. The only problem is that since the material stretches more I will need a smaller size. I also purchased the Laser shorts and they ran to size based on the sizing chart but these will run larger than the sizing chart. I am 5'8" and 140 lbs. I usually wear a medium but this sizing chart showed I should get a large. The large works well for the laser shorts as the material is stiffer and more compressive. These are more stretchy and thus I will reorder a medium.
Janie Greenwood
Love These
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
Great for the price! These are super comfortable to ride in.
Aaron Bender
The Best
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
- Fit: True to size
I myself have owned and loved two pairs of Giordana Fusion shorts so when the time came to buy my wife a new pair of shorts getting her these was a no brainer. The chamois is super comfortable without being bulky. My wife loves the leg length and the style of the waistband as well.
Really Nice but So Pricey :(
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
These shorts have an amazing, silky feel, the chamois provides a comfortable buffer but isn't too bulky, and the silver and white band at the bottom offers a minimal and sleek design element. I am 5' 5" and weigh 120, but I carry more of my weight in my hips/butt/thighs. I tried both the Small and the Medium. The Small was just a tad too tight for me to feel truly comfortable in, but if you are in my height/weight range and your weight is evenly distributed the Small would probably be the way you would want to go. The Mediums have enough extra room on me that I think they'd work for someone who weighs 130/135. It will take me a little while to get used to how high the back is but otherwise the design of the hip band is comfortable and flattering. So if you have the cash, the Giordanas are attractive, comfortable and highly recommended. However, I have never spent this much on an item of cycling clothing in my life, and I've been an avid cyclist for over 30 years. The only way I could justify purchasing is knowing I will take care of them, line dry them and hope they have a looong life span. In the future I'll stick with purchasing my beloved Sugoi Lucky shorts. If you can find them on sale (at Backcountry, of course! Love you guys!), you can buy 2 pairs for the cost of one of the Giordanas, and they have the added benefits of not being a shiny lycra (ie a little more flattering, less slippery on the seat), and having a small pocket on the lower back hip for a key, ID, a few bucks or a small MP3 player.
100 % satisfaction
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
great fabric, very comfortable, highly recommended
Debbie C
Silverline 'Leg-Grippers'
Stays in place with no binding. The chamois/leg grippers are the same in both the shorts and the knickers. Both are great for the casual and/or curvier figured riders, too, as the fit is more 'forgiving' and relaxed (but not sloppy).
Debbie C
Silverline chamois
Larger than the Lasers/F.R.C.; overall structure is more relaxed, too.
Inseam length?
Inseam length?
Debbie C
My 'XL''s measure 7"; and they can easily be pulled down on the thigh a bit more...nice fit, not overly compressive...very comfy and the chamois is very comfy, too. Great also for 'curvier' figures, but is in no way sloppy. You'll love it!
Hope this helps.
Chris Stephens
bought M, great fabric!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
I am 130lbs, 5'4.5", bought M, and have tried to fit into the tiny bike shorts that have the unforgiving fabric before, and the ones that run really really small and make me have to buy size L, even had some shorts split open while I try to pull them on mid-ride. :( These are NOT like that! Yay! :) These run true to size (I normally wear a 4 or 6 pant), the fabric is light and stretchy and dries quickly, pull on really easily even when sweaty, and they still hold their shape and fit my butt and thighs nicely. The length is perfect - hitting mid thigh (not too short or too long). The padding is adequate as far as I know - my problem is that my bike seat is terrible, so I might not be the best reviewer. The padding has good distribution and isn't too terrible to walk in. The waist band is really comfortable, coming up a bit higher in back. Overall - best shorts I've ever had! Great in hot weather.
Debbie C
You'll love the Silverline jerseys, too, if you like the fit/performance of the Silverline shorts. Great fit, even if not a super-athlete!
You might like Gore's Xenon line-up, too. They have a great fit, and super-performance, right up there with the Giordana Lasers', and almost as good as the FR-C line, but more comfortable, both in overall fit, and comfortable chamois (and this is coming from a gal that still desperately needs to change out the bike saddle, a mens Fuel EX 8...so if it works comfort wise/wicking wise for me, I'm pretty sure it'll work for most all!
Check it out next time, and have a great riding season!
Debbie C
Once more...for the road!
Just got another pair, this time with the black leg-cuff...very sharp. I use these for intermediate rides, and the Lasers' for longer rides, because of the great compression that they offer and superior breathability.
Silverline is perfect for the curvy-figured ladies' out there, who also want & deserve performance & style,too!
Debbie C
Well Worth the Wait
- Gender: Female
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Tested this today as the weather in our area was more or less agreeable...just like the knickers: they are so comfortable, not binding at all; very stretchy, leg cuff stayed in place. Chamois very comfortable, and not diaper like, nor quite as obvious as some other brands. Waist band very comfortable, I just have to get used to this style concept, but I will say...no "muffin-top"!!! Perfect for the curvy-bodied woman who also demands quality/performance/style, and not have to compromise! Love it. RECOMMENDED.
UP-DATE: Have since had opportunity to wear several times as the weather is getting warmer...very nice! Ordered another pair, so I have both leg-cuff versions...so very comfortable.


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Cast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. Hanks portrays a fictional FedEx employee who is stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes on a flight over the South Pacific. The film depicts his attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo, as well as his eventual escape and return to society. Hanks was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards for his critically acclaimed performance.
In 1995, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is a time-obsessed FedEx systems analyst, who travels worldwide resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots. He is in a long-term relationship with Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt), with whom he lives in Memphis, Tennessee. Although the couple wants to get married, Chuck's busy schedule interferes with their relationship. A Christmas with relatives is interrupted by Chuck being summoned to resolve a problem in Malaysia. Flying through a violent storm over the southern Pacific Oceanand having flown off course trying to avoid the stormChuck's airplane crashes into the ocean, making him the only survivor among five. Chuck is able to escape the sinking plane and is saved by an inflatable life-raft but in the process, loses the raft's emergency locator transmitter. He clings onto the life-raft as it floats all night in the storm before being washed up on an island. After Chuck wakes up, stranded, he explores the island and soon discovers that it is uninhabited. Several FedEx packages from the crashed plane wash up on the shore, as well as the dead body of one of the pilots (to which he gives a funeral). Chuck initially tries to signal for rescue and makes an escape attempt with the remnants of his life-raft, but he cannot pass the powerful surf. He searches for food, water, shelter, and opens the packages. He finds a number of potentially useful items but leaves one package, painted with a pair of wings, unopened. During a first attempt to make fire, Chuck receives a deep wound to his hand. In anger he throws several objects, including a Wilson Sporting Goods volleyball from one of the packages. A short time later he draws a face in the bloody hand print on the ball, names it "Wilson" and begins talking to it as if it were a person. Four years later Chuck is dramatically thinner and bearded with longer hair and wearing a loincloth. He has become an expert at spearing fish and making fires. Chuck has regular conversations and arguments with "Wilson". After a large sheet of plastic from a portable toilet washes up on the island, Chuck uses it as a sail in the construction of a raft. After spending some time building and stocking the raft and deciding when the weather conditions will be optimal, Chuck launches it and is able to use the sail over the powerful surf, finally escaping the island. After some time on the ocean, he encounters a storm that all but destroys the raft. The following day, "Wilson" falls from the raft and is lost. Overwhelmed by grief and loss, Chuck abandons his attempt to find rescue. Later, he is found drifting by a passing cargo ship. Upon returning to civilization, Chuck learns that he has long been given up for dead by everyone he knew; his family and friends held a funeral, and Kelly has since married Chuck's dentist and has had a daughter. After reuniting with Kelly, the pair profess their love for each other but, realizing a future together would be impossible due to her commitment to her family, they part. Kelly gives Chuck the keys to the car that they had once shared. Chuck then travels out into the country to return the unopened FedEx package to its sender. The house at the package address is empty, so he leaves the package at the door with a note telling the occupant that the package saved his life. He then departs and stops at a remote crossroads, apparently trying to decide which way to go. A woman passing by in a pickup truck stops to explain where each road leads. As she drives away, Chuck notices an illustration on the back of her pickup truck that is similar to the one on the parcel. Chuck is left looking down each road. The camera focuses on his face, as he looks toward the departing woman in the truck with a faint smile.
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Syrians wait in line for gas in Idlib in western Syria. Vilence across the country has caused shortages in gas. AFP
DAMASCUS: Syria's regime and opposition on Friday accused each other of killing more than 150 people in Treimsa village, with the latest carnage in the 16-month uprising triggering calls for tougher U.N. action.
France joined the opposition Syrian National Council in urging the U.N. Security Council to pass a binding resolution against Damascus, which pointed the finger at the "bloodthirsty media" and "terrorists" seeking intervention.
Security Council envoys had earlier failed to make any headway in talks on rival Russian and Western draft resolutions on Syria, as Moscow spurned calls for sanctions against President Bashar Assad's regime.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said regime troops with tanks and helicopter gunships were backed by militias armed with guns and knives as more than 150 people were slain in Treimsa on Thursday.
Rebel leader Abu Mohamad, chief of a group based north of Treimsa, said more than 200 people were slaughtered.
"Several dozen rebel fighters were among those killed," said the Observatory, adding only around 40 of the dead had been identified, while 30 were burned and 18 were "summarily executed."
"Some are estimating higher numbers, but even at around 150, especially considering how small the town is, this might be the biggest massacre committed in Syria since the start of the revolution," the Observatory's Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
"The army must have got the green light to commit a massacre of this scale, and I bear President Bashar Assad responsible for the killing."
An activist at the anti-regime Sham News Network said most of the dead were rebels and that the bloodbath happened when pro-regime forces retaliated following a Free Syrian Army attack on an army convoy.
"At this stage, though we do not yet have the final count, the number of civilians killed by shelling is not more than seven," the activist who identified himself as Jaafar told AFP. "The rest were members of the (rebel) Free Syrian Army."
"An army convoy was on its way to the region of Hama when it was attacked by the FSA," he said. "The army staged a counter-attack with the support of (pro-regime) reinforcements from (nearby) Alawite villages. The FSA resisted for an hour before it was defeated."
If confirmed, the killing at Treimsa in the central province of Hama would rival the massacre at Houla on May 25, when a pro-Assad militia and government forces were accused of killing at least 108 people.
The Syrian National Council urged the Security Council to pass a binding resolution against Assad's regime.
"To stop this bloody madness which threatens the entity of Syria, as well as peace and the security in the region and in the world, requires an urgent and sharp resolution of the Security Council under Chapter VII (of the UN Charter) which protects the Syrian people," it said.
Chapter VII allows for punitive measures against regimes considered a threat to the peace, including economic sanctions and military intervention.
-- 'Stiffened resolve' --
France called for "stiffened resolve... with the threat of sanctions from the Security Council."
"This tragedy shows how much the first step towards a cessation of violence must be taken by the Syrian government," foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told journalists in Paris.
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood said UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan as well as Assad allies Iran and Russia must through their inaction shoulder the blame for Treisma.
The government said the massacre was staged in a bid to trigger UN-backed intervention.
"The bloodthirsty media in collaboration with gangs of armed terrorists massacred residents of Treimsa village ... to sway public opinion against Syria and its people and provoke international intervention on the eve of a U.N. Security Council meeting," state-run news agency SANA said.
Rebel leader Abu Mohamad said regime forces bombarded Treimsa for 10 hours from about 11:00 am (0800 GMT) on Thursday, although an activist who identified himself as Abu Ghazi said it started at about 6:00 am.
"That was followed by clashes with the Free Syrian Army," said Abu Ghazi.
"The number of martyrs is very high partly because the army shelled a mosque where scores of people had taken shelter, to treat the wounded and hide from the bombs."
The village, which had a population of 7,000, he said, "is empty now. Everyone is dead or has run away."
Treimsa is near Al-Kubeir, where at least 55 people were killed on July 6, according to the Observatory. Like Al-Kubeir, Treimsa is a majority Sunni village situated near Alawite ones.
Assad belongs to the Alawite community -- an offshoot of Shiite Islam -- although the vast majority of Syrians are Sunni.
In New York, the Security Council wrangled over the future of the troubled UN observer mission to Syria after Russia and the West proposed rival resolutions on renewing its mandate, which expires on July 20.
Mission chief Major General Robert Mood said his team was ready to go to Treisma if a ceasefire is in place.
"The facts that we already have, related to the situation in the Hama province and the village Treimsa, are already reported to New York," Mood said in Damascus, adding a team of monitors was present "five or six kilometres" (three to 3.7 miles) away from the village.
Annan will on Monday meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the crisis and "the chances of an internal Syrian solution," ITAR-TASS news agency said, in a report confirmed by the peace envoy's office in Geneva.
Meanwhile, Anatolia news agency said two Syrian brigadier generals and a score of other soldiers crossed into Turkey, bringing the total number of high-ranking defectors to 17.
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Former Indiana Pacers player Lance Stephenson says he shouldn't be known only as the guy who blew in LeBron James' ear. He's right. That one moment should not overshadow the time he cuffed James under the chin, or legitimate statistics from last season, such as 17 technical fouls.
James is undecided whether to wear No.6 or No.23 in his second stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He sent out a tweet last week asking fans for their input. He should probably stay away from a number so associated with an iconic player. After all, Julius Erving will always be No.6.
A crowd of 22,000 turned out at Safeco Field in Seattle for Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman's charity softball game. Among those who played: Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson, NBA star Kobe Bryant and musician Macklemore. Sherman could draw more fans next year if he can persuade Michael Crabtree to show up and pitch a fit.
ESPN baseball analyst Keith Law lists Kris Bryant, a Triple-A player in the Chicago Cubs organization, as the top minor-league prospect in the game today. I can only imagine how great Bryant will be five years from now when the Cubs trade him to the Red Sox for a couple pitchers who blow out their arms.
Speaking of the Cubs, the team has filed a lawsuit against a fake mascot involved in a bar fight near Wrigley Field. The fake mascot has hurt the reputation of the real mascot, Clark the Cub, who better represents the team because he doesn't hit at all.
Andrew Bynum is considering sitting out the next NBA season in order to undergo a non-surgical knee procedure to grow new cartilage. This is bad news for Bynum, but good news for the team whose chemistry he would have disrupted next.
University of Memphis men's basketball coach Josh Pastner has hired high school coach Keelon Lawson to be one of his assistants. Lawson is the father of three elite upcoming recruits. I'll bet Pastner can't believe his luck at such an unbelievable coincidence.
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LG will soon be expanding the availability of its flagship phablet. The Korean manufacturer will be bringing the Optimus G Pro to 40 new countries, starting with Italy this week.
Following its launch in Italy, LG Optimus G Pro will be available in Europe, Latin America, Commonwealth of Independent States and the Middle East by the end of this quarter. However, the Optimus G Pro is unlikely to make it to the stores of UK, as LG is reportedly worried about the "immature" LTE network in the region.
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Tough is one word to describe the draw for Starkville's 8-year-old Coach-Pitch All-Stars at the Dizzy Dean State Tournament in Louisville this week.
Football season unofficially begins now.
(Editor's Note: In order to give Mississippi State fans a better understanding of where various projects in terms of campus facilities stand, the Starkville Daily News sat down with athletic director
This is a special day for anyone who lives in the United States of America.
It's a great day for those who call the state of Mississippi home.
Danny Carlisle has been around baseball most of his life, and even after retirement, he still finds room to support the game.
It's tournament time this week in Starkville.
Among all of the Dizzy Dean State Tournaments that take place around Mississippi, the 10-year-olds gather in Starkville to compete for a state title.
Wayne Madkin and Eric Moulds, are two of the most well-known athletes to ever don the maroon and white for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
The high school coaching carousel took another turn in June with the departure of Trae Embry as Eupora's softball coach.
According to various sources Rodney Hood will transfer to Duke.
There's little doubt Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen has changed the way people see the Bulldogs.  More importantly he has changed the expectations placed upon MSU.Â


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Friends and Family and Minimalism (Unpacking Part 4)
Today my dad came over to help me with some drywall repairs and other little projects I had to do around my condo (by the way, home maintenance is a really good reason to not own a home, but we'll get to that on a different day of our journey).
When he walked in he saw the packed boxes and bags of clothes in my second family room (why the hell do I have two family rooms again?).
I spoke to him about minimalism before today, so he had an idea of what I was doing. He asked me, "Is this part of your whole minimalism thing?"
"Yes it is," I replied, "and I can't tell you how good it feels to have this stuff packed up and ready to give away!" Then he went on about how great it feels to do something like that, and used his experience with cleaning out his garage to relate.
While my dad and I worked around the condo, my girlfriend was in and out all day. Early in the afternoon, we all broke for lunch and I had to unpack another plate for my dad, as well as a glass and some utensils. We talked about minimalism and it was nice to see them both engaged and interested in what I was doing. They were both interested in how I wanted to change my life. They were supportive of the change.
It is important to have a group of supportive people (be it friends, family, coworkers, etc.) around you when you are making big changes in your life. And while it's not necessary to have these people around during your journey into minimalism, it can make things much easier. These people might not even fundamentally believe the same things you do (it's obvious to me that my dad doesn't totally get the concepts of minimalism [yet], and my girlfriend is somewhat ambivalent on the topic), but they are still willing to support you because they care about you.
Later in the day, we finished the work that needed to be done and my dad asked me if I had any suits that I was getting rid of. I said I had five or so. He asked if he could have all of the clothes that I didn't want any more so he could see if anyone at church could use them (it was like reverse home delivery).
Of course I let him take what he wanted. By the time he rummaged through everything, he left with—get ready for this—five bags of clothes, five pieces of drywall, five book bags, one camping backpack, two coolers, and a bunch of other knickknacks. His truck was loaded full of stuff.
The saying "another man's trash is another man's treasure" was certainly the case today. Well, at least partially the case. I do know that most of my things will be given to people who need them (e.g., some of my suits will go to people who need a suit for church or for an interview). But I also know that most people (especially within our culture) can't pass up free junk, and some of the folks at my dad's church will end up with a bunch of my crap that, in the end, they will end up throwing out or donating (a vicious cycle of consumerism). Much of it is just junk that they don't need (just like I didn't need it).
Spending time with my dad and my girlfriend today made we realize that people are much more important than the things in my life. The boxes of crap in my family room are worth nothing and are all filled with replaceable items. My relationships with my family and my friends are irreplaceable, and they are what really matter.
Your action item for today is simple: make a list of people who are there for you, people who will support you on your journey into minimalism. Call those people today and tell them about what you're doing. They might think you're a little crazy at first, but that's OK, because the people who really care about you will support you in your mission to change your life.
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Mine pair has been fatastic
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have had a pair for almost a year - moderate use - which have held up extremely well, fit well, feel superb, no sign of wear whatsoever. I see the other reviews and wonder if we are reviewing the same product or perhaps I just got lucky with a well-made pair. Yes, all leather gloves are a bit hard to get off. I truly love these gloves
Not recommended
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I've used this item for more than a year. Every part of the glove seemed to have stretched a bit and fit nicely except for the pinky. I've never had this problem with other brands (specialized, castelli, rapha).
Also very difficult to remove after long sweaty rides.
Thumb web stitch quite bulky
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I'm a lady that loves the look of these gloves. Currently own small, but they have stretched a bit.
Also, the point where all the fabric meets on the inside of thumb is quite bulky. It needs to be a flatter stitch. After a long ride when the gloves come off, thumb web generally hurts.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
These gloves feel great when you put them on. Nice soft padded leather palms and they look fantastic in a classic way. They do take a bit longer than most gloves to get off after a ride.
HOWEVER-after only about 100 miles the stitching on the outside of the left glove has come undone where the fingers end/palm begins. Seems like a poorly designed joint.
Overall these could have been the perfect glove but the stitching quality ruins them.
Damian Floring
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Biggest problem no finger pulls for getting them off other than that the gel pads are nice. Fit is ok but seem like they wont last super long.
the stitching doesn't hold up....
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
....to the cost of these.
The fingers are coming undone, making way for the mesh in between the fingers to tear.
Yes i take the gloves off by reversing them, and not pulling on the finger outlets.
Other than that. I dig'em.
Worth $30.00
Especially since their made in '67 Saigon !!!
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Great look, so-so fit
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Other's may disagree with me but I don't love these gloves. And I really wanted to. I use Giro's Monaco glove all the time so I thought the LX would be a nice and classy upgrade. While they are similar, I think they fall a bit short in the fit department. While initially they conformed to my hands I feel they have loosened up too much. My other problem with the glove is that it is difficult to get off my hand after a long and sweaty ride.
Jack Stephenson
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Check out the Sizing Chart underneath the size selector. In order to size them appropriately you need to "measure around your hand at the widest point excluding the thumb." Hope this helps.


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