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If any of you have ever been interested in the custom order process, today I'm going to outline exactly how it works with a kitchen island as an example. It is super easy and exciting because although we give you a good idea, you never actually know what the finished product will look like until it's done because each piece of reclaimed wood we use is different.
Step 1:
You choose the style of island
you want, the size of the top, whether there are cabinets below, or
just a shelf, whether there are wheels on it, or a footrest. In this
case, these customers chose an island with a metal frame with wood sides
and a metal back, footrest and overhang on one side for stools, a
cabinet with two sets of doors and a 6 foot by 3 foot top made from old
growth BC Fir. We give you a quote for the features and size of unit
you've chosen and you place a deposit so we can start building!
Step 2:
We provide you with a drawing showing the overall look of your island. Here are the examples that we did for these customers:
You would review these drawings and make any changes needed.
Step 3:
create production drawings for our carpenters and welder and send them
out so the unit can begin being built. We mill and prepare the wood
which involves removing nails, planing and sanding, cutting it to size
and gluing together the wood for the top.
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the metal frame is done, it is powder coated so it doesn't rust. Then
the wood is built into it and the cabinets and shelves are installed. We
finish constructing the double top by adding a 2" piece around the
outside to give it the look of a thick top without all the added extra
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The wood is then stained to the colour chosen and varnished to seal and protect it.
Step 6:
call you to let you know your island is ready, we receive the balance
of your payment and schedule delivery for a small fee depending on where
you live. Finally, you enjoy your morning coffee on your beautiful new
custom made kitchen island!!
process is basically the same with any of our large items that require
more customization such as cabinets, vanities, and TV stands. We try to
make the process as easy as possible. Now you have all our secrets and
how it all works so you can come and order your own!
Coffee Shop Upgrade!
We love working with local establishments to spruce up their spaces and that's exactly what the wonderful folks at Cherry Bomb Coffee on Roncesvalles had us do for them. We created a beautiful coffee bar for them made from reclaimed wood and steel, complete with drawers and compartments to store all of their necessities. Here are some pictures, or better yet, go see them in person at 79 Roncesvalles Ave in Toronto and grab yourself a delicious Cherry Bomb coffee while you're there.
Large Harvest Table in a Collingwood Home
Monday morning Martin and Joanna drove from our workshop in Toronto to Collingwood to deliver a beautiful 9' X-Frame Harvest Table with matching bench.
Joanna took a really beautiful picture. There are a lot of things I like about this harvest table in this kitchen. I like the contrast with the kitchen counter tops. I like the dark chairs that marry well with the hot rolled steel frame. But, mainly, I like that the table stain is much lighter than the floor. The contrast is pleasing. In store, I regularly have conversations with customers who are looking to purchase a table but are concerned with matching the stain with the floor or they are worried that it will clash or looked jumbled and confused. I always defer to the experts here – Apartment Therapy. Back in September, Joanna posted to our facebook page an article about mixing wood finishes and its got some great tips. That article featured two wood harvest tables with finishes that contrast with a dark or light wood floor. They look great, and it looks great here in this Collingwood home.
The other reason I love this harvest table is due to to its width. Like the X-Frame Harvest Table in the showroom this table is extra wide and I can only imagine how grand it looks.
Dimensions: 9' x 40''
Top Material: Reclaimed BC Fir
Top Stain: Colonial American
The Story On These Rustic Reclaimed Doors
One of the things our customers in the showroom always comment on are the large doors in the back behind the counter. Sorry, those are ours and they will be used in store. We get a lot of other questions about reclaimed wood furniture made from doors. Generally people love the idea of using an old door as a headboard and we are behind that idea 100%. But, it takes a lot of work to make it ready for the bedroom. Some people also like the idea of using a door as a table top. I regularly speak to people in store who want to embark on such a project and they ask us why we don't just use doors as table tops. The answer: its not as easy is it would seem. You will find several stories and videos on the internet with ideas and seemingly simple instructions for turning doors into tables. However, they all have a couple of things in common. There is either a glass top or the door that is being used is totally flat, basically the kind of door you find in new construction homes or condos. Old reclaimed doors often have features which make them uneven hence the glass. Also, attaching legs to an old door to make it a table is a difficult proposition. While the rustic furniture look of an old door is absolutely attractive and the idea to upcycle is one we support, we don't think a door as a table top is something that will function and last.
There is an issue with old doors that I, as a layperson to reclaiming old materials, had no idea about before I started at Forever Interiors. Old doors were often finished with lead paint. These doors just cannot go into homes and restaurants with that finish still on them. They need to be stripped safely and in well ventilated areas. As a result, we never work on doors in the winter as we must be outside.
Toques are Forever
Those of you who come into the shop to see us will know that Martin spends almost all of his time in a toque. Its part of his overall look. His current toque is orange, or 'pumpkin spice' as I call it. I have known Martin for years and have probably seen him sans toque maybe twice – even in the summer.
Perhaps it is a sign of me spending too much time at Forever Interiors (perish the thought) I have spent the entire day in my new toque. Its strangely comforting.
Look at this Lovely Up and Down Harvest Table
Late yesterday Martin and Stephan came busting in from the workshop with a dark walnut Up and Down Harvest Table and it is lovely. They brought the table in around 5pm and since our days are so short now it was already dark outside and the lights in the showroom really bounced off the newly varnished reclaimed wood tabletop. I wish we could keep it here. But, it belongs to someone else.
As with everything at Forever Interiors this table can be customized to fit your home.
Dimensions: 51/2ft x 3ft
Top Material: Reclaimed BC Fir
Top Stain: Dark Walnut
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When I select a language from the language toolbar, windows automatically changes the input font to one with characters from that language. Is there are a way to change the default font to something else?
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You can change the default UI font (which will affect everything). If the characters you are typing are supported by the default UI font, then a fallback font is selected, and you can't (officially) change what that is.
One method used to work upto Windows 7, I'm not sure if it still works with Windows 8.
First, remove all fonts that support the given locale, and remember to copy the font files to somewhere rather than just deleting them.
Then, install the font you want to render the given locale. Open a document with characters from that range. In absence of the previous font font, Windows seems to fall back to the one available with characters defined in that range. Then install all the other fonts. The one Windows had already set does not get changed even when the "original" default font is available again.


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I should preface my review for "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" with my thoughts on its predecessor.
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" came as a pleasant surprise in 2011. It was a reboot/prequel that nobody asked for, but thankfully it made for a solid summer blockbuster. The best part of that film is the character of Caesar played by the incredible Andy Serkis. Motion capture technology has allowed computer-generated characters to be played by humans. An actor provides all the mannerisms of the character on set, and the performance is converted to CGI (computer-generated imagery) in postproduction. Serkis is a master of this craft having played a handful of iconic characters such as Gollum, King Kong and now Caesar.
Caesar (Serkis) is the main focus of "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." The film opens with a close up of Caesar's eyes. In his eyes you see assured dominance. Immediately he's established as a commanding presence. As leader of the apes, Caesar, along with help from the others of his kind, has built a civilization. The intelligence of these beings is ever growing as they've found ways to build, hunt and communicate. Meanwhile on the human side of things, a plague caused by the apes has wiped out most of humanity. The humans in the film live in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco that's running out of power. The only source of power that could be useful is a dam that the apes happen to live on. Our human protagonist, Malcolm (Jason Clarke), is tasked with talking the apes into letting the humans operate the dam. This creates conflict between the humans and the apes, which could escalate into something far worse.
"Dawn" is a very good sequel that improves upon many aspects of its predecessor. Director Matt Reeves, who didn't direct "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," does a terrific job constructing plenty of memorable scenes through beautiful cinematography and edge of your seat tension. The action sequences, although they only come in the last 30 minutes or so of the film, are gripping.
Serkis gives arguably his best performance to date as Caesar. Now well respected, Caesar not only has the attention of the apes, but he also has the attention and respect of the audience. His outstanding screen presence is undeniable. This can all be attributed to the performance given by Serkis. I'd go as far as to say that Caesar is the best character in any film this year. This can also be said about the character of Koba (Toby Kebbell), a scarred and bitter ape that strongly dislikes humans (that's putting it lightly). Who knew that computer-generated characters could be so layered?
The main issue with "Dawn" is that all of the other characters are bland and uninteresting. This is especially true when it comes to the human characters. Our human protagonist played by Clarke is given no layers whatsoever. I never once cared about his character or the other members of his family, a wife (Keri Russel) and son (Kodi Smit-McPhee). Gary Oldman plays a man that believes the apes can't be reasoned with. That's about all you know about the character throughout the film. The screenplay tries to set up emotional arcs within the human storylines, but they just don't work. I blame this on weak writing.
This film is filled with themes such as family, lack of coexistence, loyalty, burden of leadership, racism etc. These themes are very present throughout the film and they make for a very good emotional payoff surrounding Caesar and the rest of the apes. Overall, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is a very good sequel with a great central character. The bland human characters bring this film down a notch, but it's a film that does almost everything better than its predecessor.
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Welcome to Chain Reaction Cyclery
Your local family-friendly bike shop
Welcome to Chain Reaction Cyclery! Located in Appleton, at 818 N. Superior St., and serving the Fox Valley, we're dedicated to providing the best in bicycle sales and detailed bicycle repair. We offer a wide range of bikes, wheels, clothing, accessories, and snowshoes. Niki has over 19 years of bike experience. We love riding bikes and equipping others to do the same. We take great pride in knowing most customers on a first-name basis, and look forward to getting to know you, too.
Stop by the shop, or give us a call to learn more!
- Opened in spring 2007
- Owned by Niki Jackson
- 19+ years of bike experience
- We service all makes and models
- We sell new bicycles
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Exciting News as 11-21-14!!!
I am super excited to announce to all of our Chain Reaction family, heading into our 8th year of being in business we're purchasing the building Chain Reaction is housed in!!! I'd like to personally thank Jane for being such an outstanding landlord all these years, and I now look forward to this exciting & important next step! Chain Reaction as a whole is really ramping up for an exciting 2015, and we've got so much to look forward to, starting with Fuji's great 2015 lineup, to our new line of fat bikes by Rocky Mountain (we're so stoked). We also have custom EWnR wool jerseys due to arrive any day, custom Moltini orange, warm, Merino wool, sweet. We also just signed on as a Tour de Fest ride sponsor on July 18th. All great exciting things to look forward to!
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I loved all of the local products and ended up picking up a few things! I was so excited about the local cherries, I ate them as soon as we got in the car! The smell once you...
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I loved all of the local products and ended up picking up a few things! I was so excited about the local cherries, I ate them as soon as we got in the car! The smell once you walked in was amazing! I even found a super cute hand made purse! Loved this cute little place!
The bumble berry pie as good but the craisen cookie was under cooked, unfortunately a bit on the raw side.
The place is worth a stop by as they have a bunch of other stuff like fantastic different types of jams.
So I would give it another try should I ever be in the area.
We thoroughly enjoyed the various fresh berry jams, including pepper jelly. We left with several jars in hand, with marionberry being my personal favorite. we thoroughly enjoyed our Tillamook ice cream too (I had marionberry pie ice cream) and my husband had a marionberry milkshake! Great stop on the "Fruit Loop")
We love fruit pies. This is the real deal. Also, best selection of artisanal jellies and jams. Our pie was so fresh and hot we needed it in a specially box to carry it.
This is a great place to stop and visit along the fruit loop in The Gorge. They have fresh apple butter that they prepare in a kettle over an open
fire onsite. They also have many other things that they make from local products....pie fillings, salsa, dressings, jams, etc. They also sell homemade pies and have a BBQ onsite as...
We were told of this store by someone we met at a stop while touring the Columbia River scenic drive route. It is a very simple store with exceptionally friendly staff. They provide samples of all of their products and will ship them if you decide to buy. Highly recommended stop if gou are in the area.
My wife and I stopped here with some friends during a recent trip to Portland. We were going to have lunch here as we had heard that they have great BBQ sandwiches, unfortunately they do not serve these on Sundays. While we were there we did pick up several different jellies and jams as this small country store has many...
Apple Valley is a must for my family when heading down the valley to Hood River and is a great place to take visitors.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — With our political leaders locked in a fiscal struggle that threatens to throw the economy off a so-called cliff and into recession, you might be wondering how we got to this place.
Remember that this supposed fiscal cliff is the direct result of two contradictory impulses in American life: Greed and guilt. Greed for low taxes, a strong military, a strong safety net and lots of government spending for everyone. And guilt that we weren't paying our way. Read "Stop calling it a 'fiscal cliff'"
All of us (or almost all) had a role in this melodrama, either benefiting from the spending or from the lower tax rates. Despite our culpability, it took strong national leaders to foster the heady mix of greed and guilt that brought us to this spot.
Here are the 10 people most responsible for bringing us to the edge of the fiscal cliff:
Arthur Laffer. Laffer was the economist who proved the existence of the free lunch. His Laffer Curve showed, in theory, that cutting tax rates would actually increase tax revenue. He gave intellectual cover to those conservatives who wanted to cut taxes, but who didn't want to be seen as contributing to a big deficit. He gave them a guilt-free way to cut revenue.
There's only one problem: Laffer's ideas didn't pan out in practice: Tax cuts don't pay for themselves. Tax cuts are a major cause of our $16 trillion national debt.
Pete Peterson. If there's one person who we can blame for making us feel guilty about the federal deficit, it's Peterson, a hedge-fund billionaire who was a cabinet secretary in the Reagan administration. Peterson founded, funded or supported most of the institutions in Washington devoted to publicizing the problem of the deficit, including the Concord Coalition, the Peterson Foundation, The Fiscal Times, and the anti-deficit documentary "I.O.U.S.A."
Without Peterson's billions and the guilt it bought, the deficit would be a fringe issue.
Bill Clinton. President Clinton made budget surpluses look easy. The budget was in the black the last four years of his administration. What's worse, he made surpluses look like a sure thing.
Clinton's surpluses were partly the result of Washington going on a serious budget diet, with higher taxes paired with moderation in spending. But it was the booming economy — and higher taxes on capital income — that turned the modest deficits of the early Clinton years into surpluses.
By the time Clinton left office, politicians were beginning to talk about perpetual surpluses, in exactly the same way that hucksters on Wall Street were talking about a perpetual bull market. And with exactly the same outcome.
Alan Greenspan. Greenspan was a high priest of both guilt and greed. He had always warned Congress about the dangers of the deficits, but his biggest failure as Federal Reserve chairman was the day in 2001 he told Congress that the worst thing it could do was pay down the debt because that would destroy the Treasury market and the Fed's power to control the economy.
That was the day he endorsed the Bush tax cuts. The Maestro's endorsement gave intellectual cover to the conservatives who wanted to cut taxes, but who didn't want to feel guilty.
Greenspan also catered to our greedy side as a serial bubble-blower. He inflated the housing bubble in the 2000s by keeping interest rates low and by refusing to regulate the shadow banking system.
George W. Bush. No one is more responsible for racking up our debt than Bush. He campaigned in 2000 promising to cut taxes in order to avoid paying down the national debt. And when the recession of 2001 arrived, he said tax cuts would revive the economy. And when the economy didn't revive, he cut taxes some more. Tax cuts for all occasions. And it was all guilt-free.
Dick Cheney. While Bush was busy cutting taxes, Cheney was busy planning the war on terror. For the first time in our history, we sent our military into battle without raising taxes at home to help pay for it. It added trillions to the debt.
David Lereah. Lereah was the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors and was perhaps the most enthusiastic and public cheerleader for the housing bubble. Even after the bubble began to deflate, Lereah still insisted that real-estate investments would never lose money.
Of course, Lereah didn't cause the bubble all by himself, but he does embody the greed that engulfed the real estate industry, the Wall Street banks that profited from it, and the homeowners who took on more debt than they could ever hope to repay.
The housing and credit bubble led to the collapse of the financial system in 2008 and was the direct cause of the Great Recession and the ensuing $1 trillion-a-year deficits.
Grover Norquist. As the head of a powerful lobbying and campaign-finance organization, Norquist forced almost every Republican officeholder to sign a pledge to never raise taxes under any circumstance. If anyone declined to sign or dared to violate the pledge, Norquist would back a primary challenger. The threat worked.
The Norquist pledge blocked any possibility of a budget deal between Democrats and Republicans over the past two years. Democrats insisted that any plan to balance the budget must include more revenue as well as spending cuts, but Republicans held solid against any tax increase.
There are signs that Norquist could be losing his hold on the party. Several Republicans won elections this year without signing his pledge, and several incumbents have said they don't feel bound by the pledge any more.
Barack Obama. Obama may be the perfect representative of our age, because he encapsulates our national schizophrenia over the budget. He honors both the greed and the guilt. He presided over the largest deficits in history, including a large fiscal stimulus, bailouts of the auto industry, and an expansion of the safety net.
But Obama also lectures us about the need for the government to tighten its belt, even during a recession. He wants to raise taxes, if only on a few, and he's expressed willingness to cut into the great middle-class entitlements. It was Obama's administration that first suggested the bargain in 2011 that created the fiscal cliff.
John Boehner. The House speaker is trapped in Grover Norquist's world. He's a pragmatic legislator who accepts that the government needs more revenue, but his caucus in the House doesn't agree. In the summer of 2011, Boehner nearly forced the nation to default on its debt because he couldn't deliver the votes necessary to raise taxes.
In the end, Boehner was forced to punt the problem down the road. Today's fiscal cliff showdown is the result of Boehner's inability to lead the House Republicans to a deal.
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Woman charged in firearm possession
A call about a gunshot sent police to a residence where they said a woman fired one shotgun round in the house, according to Officer Harold McClure, public information officer with the Wichita Falls Police Department.
Calisa Rutledge, 48, was charged with felon in possession of a firearm, a third-degree felony, in connection with the Tuesday incident. She was being held Wednesday in the Wichita County Jail.
According to McClure:
Police went to the 1500 block of 31st Street about 6 p.m. Tuesday to check on reports of gunfire. They spoke to neighbors, who said they heard one very loud shot.
Police went to the house and talked to a man and a woman, who gave police permission to come inside. There, officers found a "single shot 12-gauge shotgun with a spent round in the chamber," McClure said.
Officers noted a hole in the front screen.
Witnesses said the woman "poked the gun out the window," and fired a shot for an unknown reason. Identification technicians collected evidence.
No one was hurt in the incident, but a records check showed that Rutledge has a previous felony conviction, making it unlawful for her to possess a firearm.
The following was taken from Wichita County court records:
Rosario Ruiz, 36, address listed in the 2000 block of Polk, was charged with theft over $1,500 and under $20,000 in connection with an incident April 6. Ruiz' bond was set at $5,000. Ruiz was free Wednesday from the Wichita County Jail.
Jon Burt Scales, 43, address listed in the 4900 block of Kitty, was charged with fraudulent use/possession of identifying information in connection with an incident Dec. 4. Scales' bond was set at $10,000. Scales was free Wednesday from the Wichita County Jail.
Lawana Janell Lewis, 27, address listed in the 1600 block of Deer Parkway, was charged with theft of service over $1,500 and under $20,000 in connection with an incident July 29. Lewis' bond was set at $5,000. Lewis was free Wednesday from the Wichita County Jail.
The following was taken from Wichita County court records:
Zachary David Canafax, 20, address listed in the 1800 block of Victory, pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana over 2 ounces under 4 ounces in connection with an incident March 22. Canafax received two years probation and was fined $750 Feb. 6.
Floencio Salazar Jr., 31, address listed in the 400 block of Lamar, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated-repetition in connection with an incident May 12. Salazar received five years probation and was fined $500 Feb. 6.
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I have a Django-based webapp that is using PostgreSQL as the backend via psycopg2. Right now we're on postgres 8.4.x but will move to 9.1.x in the future. We're using the current stable release of Django (1.3.1).
I want to enable stricter transaction isolation (as per the postgres docs) at either the REPEATABLE READ or SERIALIZABLE levels. From the psycopg2 source, the ones available are:
"""Isolation level values."""
Unfortunately, Django 1.3.1's psycopg2 backend implementation of
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assert level in (0, 1) which seems to preclude using this method to set the isolation level as high as I want right now.
In a recent commit to Django's trunk, it's nice to see that this restriction has been relaxed to allow levels up to 4, however, there still does not appear to be an option via the normal Django settings to actually indicate to the backend that you want a higher isolation level than ISOLATION_LEVEL_READ_COMMITTED. In other words, whilst
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Why Israel shrugs at retaliation after attack on Iran
The threat of a simultaneous war with Iran's proxies – Hezbollah, Syria, and Gaza militants – is a key consideration for Israel as it weighs an attack on Iran. But Iran's allies may not be as keen about going to war for the ayatollahs as Tehran would like, and the Israelis know it.
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Last week Iran sent a high-level envoy, Saeed Jalili, on a particularly controversial public-relations tour to Lebanon and Syria, the most explosive corner of the region. After ruffling feathers during a Beirut stopover, Mr. Jalili traveled to Damascus to meet with President Bashar al- Assad, where he declared the ties between Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah to be an "axis of resistance."
Jalili is an iconic figure, whose position as the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council also affords him the role of chief negotiator for Iran's contentious nuclear program. Amidst a deadlock in negotiations and a rehashing of threatening rhetoric, Jalili's visit was meant to remind the Israelis that Iran's proxies on Israel's northern doorstep remain ready and willing to plunge the region into chaos if Israel strikes Iran's nuclear facilities.
It appears however, that Iran's allies in the eastern Mediterranean may not be as keen about going to war for the ayatollahs as Tehran would like – and the Israelis know it.
The threat of a simultaneous war with Hezbollah, Syria, and Gaza militants is the primary concern for the Israeli security establishment as it weighs a strike on Iran. Dubbed "the long arm of Iran" at the Israel Defense ForcesI headquarters, Hezbollah in Lebanon is said to possess more than 70,000 missiles that can strike as far south as Israel's nuclear reactor near the city of Dimona – nearly 140 miles from the Lebanese border.
Combine this arsenal with the more than 10,000 rockets and missiles in the Gaza Strip and with Mr. Assad's chemical weapons, and the threat to Israel's home front is the most formidable since the 1973 Yom Kippur War when Egypt and Syria attacked Israel.
And yet, Israeli leaders seem content to shrug off this threat. On two recent occasions, Defense Minister Ehud Barak boldly estimated that Israel would sustain 300 to 500 casualties in a conflict with Iran and its proxies. Such an estimate suggests that Mr. Barak himself does not believe that Israeli cities will bear the full brunt of Iran's "long arm" as a consequence to a strike.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also dismissed the danger of regional conflict by stating that these threats to the home front are "dwarfed" by a nuclear Iran.
Judging from their statements, Hezbollah leaders aren't so sure they want to enter into a conflict with Israel at Iran's behest. In February 2012, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said, "I tell you that the Iranian leadership will not ask Hezbollah to do anything. On that day, we will sit, think and decide what we will do."
Mr. Nasrallah's hesitation is understandable. Entering into broad conflict with Israel would result in even greater destruction to Lebanon than in the 2006 Lebanon war. This time, Hezbollah would be unable to replenish its stockpiles or rebuild destroyed villages so easily. Nasrallah's guarantor in Damascus is on his last legs, while his primary bankrollers in Tehran have already cut funding to the group as a result of sanctions and diversion of resources to Syria.
Further, entering into a conflict with Israel would likely severely damage Nasrallah's private militia, benefitting his sectarian rivals by stripping him of the only warranty of his political hegemony in Lebanon.
Next door in Syria, Assad faces similar concerns. A conflict with Israel could compromise his military advantage over an increasingly powerful rebel army, including the chemical weapons stockpiles so necessary in securing the protection of Alawite enclaves as the civil war intensifies.
Meanwhile, Iran's relationship with militant groups in the Gaza Strip has witnessed a dramatic shift in the midst of the Arab Spring. As Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior leader of Hamas in Gaza, put it in March, "If Israel attacks us, we will respond. If they don't, we will not get involved in any regional conflict" – though an Iranian report had him directly contradicting that statement and promising to retaliate "with utmost power."
Regardless of how the Iranian media may present Mr. Zahar, Hamas seems to be returning to its Sunni loyalties, cozying up to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, and away from Iran. Further, the trauma from the 2009 armed conflict with Israel in Gaza, known as Operation Cast Lead, continues to keep rockets off the Hamas launching pad. The sole mission of a 300-strong guerrilla force employed by Hamas is to impede rocket attacks by smaller splinter groups. Such attacks have recently flared.
Despite the weakened state of Iran's proxies, an Israeli strike on the ayatollah's nuclear program will not be without consequence. Hezbollah and splinter Gaza militant groups are likely to attack Israel in a display of their solidarity, albeit only in a limited effort. Judging from past flare-ups, these groups understand Israel's red lines, knowing exactly what ranges and what rates in which to fire their rockets while avoiding drawing the Israel into a confrontation which could compromise their grip on power.
Netanyahu seems willing to go down in history as the prime minister who saved Isrel from a nuclear Iran. And he's counting on minimal retaliation from Iran's proxies if Israel strikes first. But as Barbara Tuchman, the World War I historian, once said, "war is the unfolding of miscalculations."
Daniel Nisman is an intelligence manager at Max Security Solutions, a risk consulting firm based in Tel Aviv. You can follow him on Twitter @dannynis. Avi Nave is a political consultant based in Tel Aviv. A version of this op-ed appeared in Israel Hayom.


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The Gark's unique design for effective gardening.
It is made of high qualiIty and durable materials. Easy to clean and rust proof. Extremely strong and lightweight.
With 2 years warranty!
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Fantastically versatile
Does everything it promises and more! Very sturdy and extremely helpful around the garden, even for getting little cat `presents` out of my flower borders without having to touch them... Think it will also be invaluable in the winter with snow if we get the same as last year.
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FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a pet dental chew showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a front elevation of FIG. 1, the rear elevation view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view of FIG. 1, the left side elevation view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view of FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 1.
The broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.


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Seeds (initial rankings) 6-14 in our WTFit competition! Oh the horror! VOTE NOW in the first round!
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Doctor's Note
Just scheduled my first laser hair removal appointment! I've been saving up for this for ages, and am super excited for it.
I'm getting a full Brazilian done (with a bit of a landing strip remaining; see below).
Why am I doing this, you may ask? Well first off, it's not to please anyone. I don't really care what others think of my pubic hair (it's mine), but I personally am not a fan. I feel itchy, sweating makes everything 500% ickier, and overall I feel unclean. I've tried literally every other hair removal method to no avail. Shaving, depilatories, epilation, waxing, etc. Literally everything. They all gave me horrifically painful ingrown hairs, no matter what direction I shaved in, how much I exfoliated, used after-treatment creams, etc.
Not to mention that since my family is good friends with the doctor who does the surgery, we get 50% off. And I'm not likely to find those savings again anytime soon, so I figured, here we go!
I'm sooo excited at the prospect of having this hair gone forever.
suckertown asked:
It is 1:56am and I'm thinking about how sad I really am bc I just saw a post have a very happy man And I resent that
gordie u r such a bright star and that happy man has nothin on you. i hope you feel better soon because you deserve it
☀ now get some sleep, bug. staying up will only make you feel ickier.
send me a message telling me what time it is and what you are doing! (or whatever else you wanna say)
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Idk why I thought u lived up north by Santa Rosa or something. I'm in the south bay & it's suppose to get to 102 today & there are clouds! I'm like, go away clouds ur making it ickier! At least we aren't in the valley. It's suppose to get to 110!
I'm glad I don't live by Santa Rosa lol it's always soooo hot there. but yah it's around 100 here and sunny which is ok but not….ideal
Cons of living in a warm country: i cant use body lotion because it makes me feel warmer and ickier when i eventually sweat
i have 4 bottles of lotion (why idk it just piled up), all around probably 750 ml, when am i going to use them
i cant even use lip balm without worries i might wipe it off along the sweat on my face, we don't just pap the sweat on our faces anymore we wipe it, it's so hot you wouldn't care about proper face papping (???)


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The Gophers will bring back six wide receivers who lettered in 2013
2014 SOPHOMORE SEASON: Played in two games made his Minnesota and collegiate debut against Eastern Illinois, but did not record any statistics competed against Iowa.
2013 FRESHMAN SEASON: Did not see any game action.
2012: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Palm Beach Central High School three-time all-conference selection captained his team to a 7-3 record in 2011 team offensive MVP as a senior after catching 22 passes for 330 yards and two touchdowns 2010 team MVP also earned four letters in track and field.
PERSONAL: Born Dec. 10, 1993 son of Stacey Debellis and Ed Sardinha.
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City of Ottawa sics cops on Uber drivers
Expect the police to start busting more Uber drivers.
Expect the police to start busting more Uber drivers.
An Ottawa man who claims to be stateless because Canada wants to deport him and India won't take him, wants the feds to lift restrictions imposed on his movements.
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An online fundraising campaign to help the family of Andy Nevin, the 39-year-old cyclist killed in a hit-and-run collision June 28 is closing in on its $10,000 goal.
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A man who collapsed while cycling in Ottawa's rural east end had his life saved by a crew of fast-acting paramedics.
The man asks that his name not be used. And cautions he will only be doing this once.
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Two Kingston-area men drowned Saturday night but a three-year-old boy was rescued after a canoe tipped over in Bob's Lake north of Kingston.
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Local e-cigarette retailers would welcome government regulations to an industry that has been likened to the "wild, wild west."


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Management announced an immediate flow through to unitholders in a 6.2% distribution increase. That's expected to be effective with the (August) payment, assuming timely completion of the merger in the first half of 2013.
There's no question hedge accounting adds a layer of complexity for analyzing Linn that's not shared by other energy producer MLPs. And some analysts have looked at Linn's wells and found them to be on balance smaller and less predictable as well.
The Berry merger's scale and the nature of the added assets should answer at least some of the concerns on the second count, as it adds what are generally low-decline wells. That point was made by Moody's, which changed Linn's outlook to "developing" from "negative" following the merger announcement.
As for the hedge accounting, Linn's has been the subject of scrutiny in previous years, but never with anything that stuck. And though wide North American energy-price differentials -- coupled with soft economic growth -- are what amounts to a stress test for all accounting models this year, Linn's appears to be holding up.
Of course, regardless of how much it hedges and how well it does so, Linn is at its core an energy producer. Although it appears to have locked in prices for planned output through 2017, earnings are ultimately affected by commodity prices.
That's a risk all investors who buy the units should keep in mind. But so long as Linn Energy trades under $40 and continues to perform, it's a "strong buy" and a top pick for new money. The stock is a solid value yielding upward of 7% with considerable upside for the rest of 2013.