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The plan for a New World Order stumbles on geopolitical realities
The slow formation of an international order
- Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1559-1641)
The negotiations lasted four years (1644-1648). Ultimately, they enshrined the principle of equality in negotiations between all parties in conflict, whether Catholic or Protestant, republican or monarchical.
The Treaty of Westphalia laid down four fundamental principles:
1. The absolute sovereignty of the nation-state, and the fundamental right to political self-determination.
2. Legal equality between nation-states. The smallest state is, therefore, equal to the largest, regardless of its weakness or its strength, its wealth or poverty.
3. Compliance with treaties, and the emergence of binding international law.
4. Non-interference in the internal affairs of other states.
Certainly these general principles do not determine an absolute sovereignty, but there never was such a thing. However they did delegitimize any action likely to abolish the sovereignty of a state.
Political philosophers have all supported these projects. Rousseau strongly called for the constitution of a single state contract involving all European countries. Kant published Towards Perpetual Peace in 1875. For him, peace was a legal construct that required the codification of a general law applicable to all States. Bentham, the English utilitarian, stigmatized secret diplomacy in that it placed itself above the law. He also called for creating an international public opinion able to force governments to comply with international resolutions and submit to arbitration.
The creation of international regulatory institutions
It was with this objective in mind that the League of Nations (LoN) was founded after the First World War. It emerged as a mere manifestation of the dominant power relations serving the victors. Its moral values were relative. Thus, despite its stated goal of resolving disputes between nations by arbitration rather than war, it declared itself competent to supervise underdeveloped peoples or politically, economically or administratively colonized peoples pending their own self-determination. This naturally led to the legitimization of mandates. In assuming this position, the League of Nations embodied the colonial reality.The artificiality of this organization was revealed when it found itself unable to cope with serious international events like the conquest of Manchuria by Japan, that of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and the annexation of Corfu (Greece) by Italy, etc..
The ideology of globalization was thus embodied in the UN which, upon its creation, claimed to establish a system of collective security for all, including States that were not members. In reality, the UN isn't any more a contractual society of equals than the League was, but rather a reflection of momentary power relations in favour of the victors of the day.
That said, the whole world bowed to the will of the UN.
- The United Nations Security Council
This structuring of roles was evident in the functioning of the UN whether with respect to applications for membership or for the treatment of conflicts, as was seen with regard to Palestine, Korea, the nationalization of Iranian oil, the Suez Canal crisis, the Israeli occupation, Lebanon etc..
The UN was created by proclaiming "faith in fundamental human rights, the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, to create the necessary conditions under which justice and respect for obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law". However, the veto system has deprived other nations of the right to be involved equally.
Ultimately, international institutions have always shown the balance of power far from any idea of justice in the philosophical or moral senses.
The Security Council is a global directory (a continuation of the one installed by Metternich). It reserves the ability to impose resolutions only by the Allied victors of World War II, not by those who seek peace.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it was crucial to change the international system.
The reshaping of international relations by the U.S.
- Tony Blair sets out his doctrine (Chicago, April 22, 1999)
The notion of resistance, after the French Resistance to Nazi occupation, was de-legitimized in favour of a requirement for conflict resolution through negotiation, independently of the inalienable rights of the parties. Similarly, the concept of terrorism – never defined in international law – was used to de-legitimize any armed group in conflict with a State, whatever the causes of this conflict.
Repealing the laws of war, Washington has revived the days of "targeted assassinations" abandoned after the Vietnam war and practiced by Israel for over a decade. According to their lawyers, these are not strictly speaking "assassinations", but "murders in self-defence", even though there is no need to protect oneself, nor any relation between the threat and the reaction, nor proportionality in the response.
Humanitarian intervention, or responsibility to protect, has been placed above the sovereignty of states.
Finally, the notion of rogue states has emerged.
They do not respect international law and constitute a permanent threat to their neighbours.
They support terrorism.
They hate the United States and its democratic principles.A decade after the disappearance of the USSR, the U.S. launched its remodelling of international relations. Concerning the Middle East, the neoconservative philosopher Bernard Lewis and his disciple, Fouad Ajami, set out the main objectives: to put an end to Arab nationalism by striking at the tyrannical regimes that have cemented their tribal, sectarian, and religious mosaics.
The destruction and dismemberment of the states of this region would lead to "constructive chaos", an uncontrollable situation in which any social cohesion dissolves and where man is returned to the brute state. These societies then return to a pre-national, or even pre-historical condition from which spring ethnically homogeneous microstates that are, by necessity, dependent on the United States. A leading Straussian, Richard Perle, assured that the wars in Iraq and Lebanon would be followed by others in Syria, Saudi Arabia, and would culminate triumphantly in Egypt.
Three stages
3. In the period from 2006 to today, the unipolar system has given way to a non-polar world. Power is widely dispersed. China, EU, India, Russia and the United States alone account for over half of the inhabitants of the world, they hold 75% of global GDP and account for 80% of world military spending. This fact justifies to some extent a multipolar functioning because of persistent competition between these poles.
Two basic mechanisms have supported the non-polar world:
A number of financial flows have found their way outside legal channels and without the knowledge of governments. This suggests that globalization weakens the influence of major powers.
These flows have been widely used by the oil states to secretly fund non-state actors.
Therefore, in a non-polar world, being the strongest state in the world does not guarantee the monopoly of force. All kinds of groups or individuals can accumulate influence.
According to Professor Hedley Bull, international relations have always been a mixture of order and chaos. According to his theory, the non-polar system left to itself becomes more complex. And that's what has happened.
In 2011, the exacerbation of tensions over Libya showed that the non-polar system was no longer viable. Two competing orientations have emerged.
The first is US centred. It aims to build a new world order corresponding to Washington's strategy. It involves the abolition of state sovereignty as established since the Peace of Westphalia and its replacement by foreign interference rhetorically justified as humanitarian intervention, in reality a Trojan horse for the "American Way of Life".
Clearly, control of resources, including renewable energy, is the ideal gateway to the creation of a new system, whose emergence has been blocked since 1991.It is also clear that control of gas and transportation routes is at the centre of the conflict over Syria. Undoubtedly, the polarization of the powers on this topic goes beyond internal causes, and surpasses the issue of access to warm waters, or the logistical interests of the Russian naval base in Tartus.
The energy imperative
For Cheney, energy demand is growing faster than supply, which ultimately leads to a shortage. Maintaining U.S. dominance thus depends primarily on control of the remaining reserves of oil and gas. In addition, more generally, if current international relations are structured by the geopolitics of oil, it is the supply of a state that determines its rise or his fall. Hence his four-point plan: Encourage, whatever the cost, any local production by vassals in order to reduce the dependency of the United States vis-à-vis unfriendly suppliers and increase Washington's freedom of action.
Control oil exports from the Arab Gulf states, not to monopolize them, but to use them as leverage against both clients and other suppliers.
Control shipping lanes in Asia, that is to say, the supply lines of China and Japan not only in oil but also in raw materials.
Encourage the diversification of energy sources used in Europe in order to reduce European dependence vis-à-vis Russian gas and the political influence thereby derived by Moscow.
The implementation of these traditional geopolitical goals has led the U.S. to strengthen its naval presence in the Asia-Pacific, and to enter into a network of military alliances with Japan, India and Australia; always with a view to containing China.
Washington has always regarded Russia as a geopolitical competitor. The US exploited every opportunity to reduce Moscow's power and influence. It particularly feared the increasing dependence of Western Europe on Russian natural gas, which could affect its ability to oppose movements in Eastern Europe and Russia in the Caucasus.
To offer an alternative, Washington has pushed the Europeans to source in the basin of the Caspian Sea by building new pipelines through Georgia and Turkey. The idea was to bypass Russia, with the help of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, thus avoiding the use of Gazprom pipelines. Hence the idea of Nabucco.
To enhance the energy independence of his country, Barack Obama has suddenly turned into a nationalist autarkist. He has encouraged the exploitation of oil and gas in the western hemisphere, regardless of the dangers of drilling in environmentally sensitive areas, such as the coast of Alaska or the Gulf of Mexico, and regardless of techniques used, such as hydraulic fracking.
In March 2011, Washington increased its imports from Brazil to wean itself off oil from the Middle East.
In fact, Washington has continued to ensure U.S. control of vital sea lanes that extend from the Straits of Hormuz to the South China Sea and has built a network of bases and alliances that encircle China-the emerging global power-in the form of an arc stretching from Japan to South Korea, Australia, Vietnam and the Philippines in the South East, then India, in the Southwest. All this is crowned by an agreement with Australia to build a military facility in Darwin on the north coast near the South China Sea.
Washington is trying to include India in a coalition of regional countries hostile to China to wrest New Delhi from the grasp of BRICS, a strategy of encircling China which is of very serious concern in Beijing.
Regarding the Mediterranean, the essential is found in Syria. The deposit discovered at Qara may reach 400,000 cubic meters per day, which will make the country the fourth largest producer in the region, after Iran, Iraq and Qatar.The transportation of gas from the Zagros Belt (Iran) to Europe must pass through Iraq and Syria. This has completely upset American projects and has consolidated Russian projects (Nord Stream and South Stream). Syrian gas has escaped Washington which must now fall back on Lebanese gas.The war goes on …


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Young Golfer Aspires to Greatness
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"She was in middle school and, being the only child, she didn't know how to deal with conflict," Cheryl Thomas said. "I was looking for a sport where she could excel on her own ability, not a group thing. She participated in tennis and swimming and she played the piano and other things. She played basketball and softball, but she was always being bullied," she said.
Micaa appears poised to help break barriers in a sport, which started in Scotland in the 15th century, that hasn't always welcomed African Americans.
"My determination is there and I'm determined to do well," Micaa said.
The support from her parents sustains Micaa and also provides additional motivation, she said. "It costs a lot of money to do this, but the sacrifice is worth it," Michael Thomas said. "We find ways to pay for these things, but it's not easy."
Cheryl Thomas even caddies for her daughter, because it could cost more than $1,000 to hire a caddy just for one tournament.
"Micaa's determination and the amount of effort she puts in are amazing," Cheryl Thomas said. That determination proved itself on a hot, humid and otherwise brutal day in July 2013 when Micaa played at a tournament in Greenville, Tenn.
On a tee-shot, Micaa's ball landed in a thick brush off the fairway.
As she contemplated announcing the ball to be unplayable, which would have meant the automatic loss of one stroke, Cheryl Thomas conferred with her daughter and Micaa ultimately crawled into the thick brush, and hit a Tiger Woods-esque shot that more than raised eyebrows.
"She won that tournament by 11-strokes," her mother said. "Not too many girls would have done that."
A complete list of Micaa's scheduled competition for 2014 and her profile can be found at www.micaathomas.com.
The golfing sensation's efforts to be among the elite has garnered support from the Atlanta, Ga., based Women in Golf Foundation, an organization dedicated to assisting female junior golfers and women in obtaining the necessary corporate and individual sponsorship needed to participate in the expensive sport.
Foundation officials said they offer a tax-deductible benefit to all who contribute as an incentive to supporting young and aspiring golfers.
"It's a great organization and contributions really do help to offset the high cost of travel, tournament registration fees, training, and equipment upkeep," Michael Thomas said.
To make a contribution for Micaa through the Women in Golf Foundation, visit their website at www.womeningolffoundation.org and indicate Micaa's name.

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Michael Hansen is a facilitator, trainer, and experiential educator who has an ability to highlight individual and group learning patterns in a manner that is simple, effective, and relatively painless (fun). He has worked with thousands of people throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, providing hands-on learning experiences that have an immediate impact as well as a heightened sense of awareness that unfolds over time. Another Way to Be – The Path Within is an endeavor to recreate a comparable learning experience through the use of story and metaphor.
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Michael Hansen's award-winning book, Another Way to Be – The Path Within is a delightful and thought-provoking read. The story offers a serious look at the human condition without taking itself too seriously. In the genre of Richard Bach's Illusions, Dan Millman's Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and the books of Carlos Castaneda, Hansen takes the reader on a captivating journey of exploration and self-discovery. Part novel, part training manual, the book received first place honors for Visionary Fiction from the Independent Publishers of North America. Hansen has excellent pacing, a talent for innovative wordplay, and a whimsical sense of humor. His Seven Principles of Learning and other nuggets of truth and wisdom are seamlessly woven into the fabric of the story. The writing is clear and concise and the images, as well as the principles and practices, linger long after finishing the relatively short 172 pages of this entertaining and engaging book.
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I learned how to write at Evergreen. I started keeping a daily journal when I first arrived in 1976 and continued the practice for the next thirty years. Campus life generated lots of colorful imagery and out-of-the-box thinking that helped shape my evolving world view. The Evergreen State College campus is the backdrop for a significant portion of my novel.


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"Silk and steel" acoustic guitar strings, available through a quantity of manufacturers, are made of silver-plated copper wire wound on the silk and steel core. Lots of my fellow bluegrass and fiddle tune pickers think I'm crazy, however i love silk and steel strings. Alright, the truth is I do not play in a bluegrass band, so when I jam it is almost always just with a couple of individuals who aren't playing too loud. But volume and projection are related to, not just the gauge and type of string or the size your guitar, but picking technique too. In fact, not only do I use silk and steel strings, but I use them on small guitars! I play only 00 and 000 size guitars: I quit playing dreadnaughts years ago. Yet, I recieve plenty of volume. Actually, I've my little 1930's Slingerland May-Bell (a little 12-fret to the body parlor guitar with an arched top and a round soundhole) strung with silk and steels and she has cutting power as if you wouldn't believe!But here's why I really like silk and steel strings. First, they're in lighter gauges than their respective steel string counterparts. For instance, GHS medium gauge silk and steels run from .011 to .048 inches, where Martin light gauge phosphor bronze strings range from .012 to .054 inches. The result is that silk and steel strings put a smaller amount stress on the top and neck of the guitar. I would not dream of putting regular steel strings on my Gibson L-C Century from the 30's, since it has an extremely thin top. Silk and steels will also be my option for my Carson J. Robison (A Gibson-made "no frills" depression era guitar), because it doesn't have truss rod reinforcing the neck. Acoustic Guitar StringsAnother reason I really like these strings is that they sound wonderful. I have not liked the sound of silk and steels on the some of the newer guitars, but on my small vintage instruments I adore them. Though these strings sound mellower, they do not sound wimpy for flatpicking. Actually, should you play an instrument which is biased toward the high end, silk and steels may give a wonderful solution. I really like the sensitivity of those strings! You don't have to punch them hard to create a number of dynamics. And, last but not least, since they're lighter in gauge, they're more flexible, and thus easier around the fingers and easier to experience.


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Quit smoking and then you have trouble breathing!
Hi everyone,
I cannot believe this! I have read so many posts where people have quit smoking and then follows that they find it difficult to catch their breath, the feeling that you can't get enough oxygen into your lungs. I am 41 years old and smoked for 17 years. I quit about 4 months ago and since then I have had episodes of where it feels like I can't get enough oxygen into my lungs. Weirdly enough this happens more when I am talking on the telephone than any other time.
I was talking to someone today and they even asked me if I was having an asthma attack.... I just don't understand why this happens. I would think that your oxygen level would be greater. I know that it takes time for you body to heal, but I thought it would be getting better by now. I too wonder if it's anxiety related, I don't seem to be anxious at the time, but who knows.
Sorry, for rambling, it's just that this was a very hard thing for me to do, I quit cold turkey and I have really struggled with not picking up a cigarette, and still have no intentions of ever doing so. I did gain about 20 pounds and developed pretty bad allergies. I have tried to think of every possible thing it could be.
I feel like sometimes that I was healthier when I smoked, and I know I wasn't. I just want to get past this.
Thanks for listening, and if anyone has any opinions or comments please post them.
Thank you
Think you better see your doctor. I am a respiratory therapist by profession, and I think you might have some underlying problems that were masked by the nicotine from the cigarettes.
It has been my experience that anyone who quits smoking gets a "productive" cough because the heretofore nicotine- paralyzed cilia (hairlike projections in the trachea that move the pollutants out of the airways) have become active again. But I haven't had any experience with anyone suddenly developing obstructive pulmonary disease from smoking cessation.
I defer to the doctors on the board to answer your question, but please keep in mind that they will not diagnose you on SDMB, only your private physician can do this.
Best Wishes and good onya for stopping the habit!
It is hard to believe, but sometimes people have asthma (or other respiratory problems) and don't realize it until they quit smoking. Cigarettes have chemicals in them that actually open your bronchial tubes, much as an asthma inhaler does, so you get that rush of nicotene faster. So while smoking damages your lungs, it can temporarily make it easier to breathe (until the chemicals wear off, when you quit).
Or it could just be your lungs working the junk out. Either way, I've heard this happens to many ex-smokers. Follow Quasimodem's advice and get yourself to a Dr. to check that things are ok.
And congratulations on quitting!
-Velma (who quit 9 months ago).
Let me third the advice to see your doctor.
Before I started smoking, I had allergy attacks that incapacitated me for a week. Haven't really had one but I know it's not worth the price.
Having tried and failed miserably to quit several times, please see your doctor so that this does not stand in your way of quitting successfully. It's hard enough without having an excuse to go back.
I agree with Velma:
The smoking causes a decrease in air volume you can inhale, but the nicotine and some other elements in ciggies will cause bronchial passages to expand.
So, as long as you keep smoking the reduced lung capacity is mitigated by the elements in your smokes.
You cut out smoking and you're just left with crappy lungs.
It WILL pass. Your body needs to expunge the damaged lung tissue and kick out as much of the carbon deposites in your lungs.
But as always, if you feel the need to post about it, it's bothering you enough you should go see a doctor.
[whisper]Psst! Ryan_Liam! The idea is to be supportive of people who have quit smoking, you see? Here, watch me:[/whisper]
Congratulations on quitting, Faith, and I'll second the advice to see a doctor about this. It may be something relatively simple to take care of, but as pointed out above, quitting is tough enough without the feeling that it's causing new problems.
And welcome to the boards.
Rock on Faith, keep up the good work! I quit cold turkey and YES it was difficult. But I had every reason to quit and only a good occasional feeling to stay smoking. Keep it up you'll live longer.
Don't listen to Ryan, it has obviously not dawned on him that saving himself from an exruciating lung cancer or lung disease is worth it...
Hi and welcome, Faith: Another suggestion that you have this checked out.
Also remember, you smoked for 17 years. It will take more than a few months for the ill effects of smoking to go away. I had this same shortness of breath after quitting, but it had passed by the end of the third month. I'm on month number 18 now. Remember this: "I'd rather be a non-smoker with an occasional urge to smoke than a smoker with a constant urge to quit."
Ryan_Liam: I read in another thread that you are 17 years old. Smoking sucks, and I hope you decide to drop the habit now, instead of wasting tens of thousands of dollars on smokes like I did before I quit.
You say you love smoking. I loved it too. The cigarettes were my best friend. They were a friend that stole my money, made me feel bad, smell bad, and placed me in unacceptable social and employmenmt situations. Eventually, that friend will kill you. He kills some sooner than others, but ol' Nic kills all his friends eventually. Some friend, right?
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If you feel that your property's tax assessment is out of line (too high) compared to neighboring homes with similar characteristics, exercise your right to challenge it. Remember, there is no charge for doing so, and your assessment can only be lowered or remain the same as a result of a challenge-it cannot be raised.
Nassau County utilizes a four-year cyclical assessment valuation system believed by county officials to offer greater stability and predictability for property owners. Unless physical changes are made to your property or you receive an assessment reduction resulting from a challenge, your assessed value will not change within the cyclical period. Under this valuation system, assessment reductions that are the result of challenges will carry forward into successive years. Property owners may still file an assessment challenge each year.
Residents should receive their home's assessed value from Nassau County in early January 2016. If you do not receive this notification, you may view it online on the Nassau County Department of Assessment's Land Records Viewer (enter your parcel number or propery address and click on "View Correspondence") or call the Assessment Department at (516) 571-1500. The Tentative Assessed Value will be used in determining your 2017-18 school taxes and 2018 general taxes.
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Ever a classy lady, Christina Aguilera left the hotel in Paris wearing this tres-sophis high-waisted skirt paired with a see-through tanktop and no bra. It looks like her stylist went shopping at Wet Seal and didn't have enough money left over for the sparkly purple boa to cover up those big boobies.
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A team of researchers from Canada and Scotland has shown that the prehistoric fish known as Leedsichthys problematicus was the largest bony fish to ever swim the oceans, capable of growing over 16 metres in length!
Leedsichthys problematicus was a large plankton-eating fish that existed over 165 million years ago, while dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Researchers have been finding fossils of this species for years, but the remains were always incomplete and difficult to classify (thus earning it its name). Without a full skeleton to measure from end-to-end, though, it was difficult to know the exact size of the species. Guesses were made using the various parts of it, but it wasn't until a new fossil was recently discovered near Peterborough, UK, that researchers were able to figure out how big it can get.
"We sat down and looked at a wide range of specimens, not only at the bones, but their internal growth structures as well — similar to the growth rings in trees — to get some ideas about the ages of these animals, as well as their estimated sizes," said Professor Jeff Liston from the National Museum of Scotland, who led the research team, according to a University of Glasgow statement.
"What we have demonstrated here is that a small adult Leedsichthys of 8-9 metres could reach that length within around 20 years, whereas after 38 years it would be around 16.5 metres long — possibly even outgrowing today's massive whale sharks."
Scientists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, in Drumheller, Alberta, as well as the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, worked with Liston to piece this all together. Their research appears in the latest issue of Mesozoic Fishes.
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Finally locking down the size of this massive fish has given the researchers a clear insight into a major change in the Earth's oceans during the Jurassic period. Before fish like Leedsichthys showed up, plankton-eating fish were fairly small by comparison, may reaching half a metre in length. With Leedsichthys able to grow so large, they would need an abundant food source, meaning that there must have been a population explosion of plankton in the oceans at that time.
Liston said: "This has implications for our understanding of biological productivity in modern oceans, and how that productivity has changed over time."
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Regarding Apple's recent victory in winning Nortel's coveted patents, Google's former CEO, Eric Schmidt, said, "I'm worried and disappointed that we've gotten to this point in the industry,'" and according to some he definitely should be worried, and worried big time.
Some say that the only thing Google can do now is to complain that there was a conspiracy to keep those patents deliberately out of Google's hands, thus making it into a type of anti-trade restriction, which would be illegal. Unfortunately, however, for Google, it really doesn't have much time on its hands as American and Canadian regulatory agencies are expected to approve the deal base on its own rules as early as today.
Google, on the other hand, was apparently very cocky and had arrogantly assumed that it would win any bidding war, as was reflected in some of the very strange bids that it had made. Google's loss, however, is now making a lot of people now question whether or not it will totally derail Android?
I'm not sure of the above, but one thing is for sure: it's now going to be a lot harder going on for anyone who thinks that they can just get an iPhone clone for free. With Microsoft, Oracle and possibly soon even Apple demanding licensing fees from Android OEM's, well making Android devices in the future might just prove to be a little too unappetizing for many OEM's to swallow. This could end up with a lot of Android OEM's abandoning the platform, and end up licensing either Windows Mobile 7 or WebOS instead.
TechChrunch's, MG. Siegler has an excellent post on just how Apple led its winning bid, and on why Google may have just blown its last great chance to defend Android against any future patent claims against it. This leads some to believe that there are at least 10 reasons on why Google will eventually end up trying to buy out RIM. RIM, of course, is one of the winning Nortel bidders, and if they were to buy it it would give Google fair use of the very patents that it just lost.
However, the one thing wrong with the above is the simple assumption that Google can or will be even able to buy RIM in the first place, just as it was assumed it would win the Nortel patents outright. I would also tend to think that Microsoft, Apple and others are now also thinking along the same lines and will try to bid on the beleaguered Canadian company themselves. After losing the Nortel patents, you can bet your last pair of pink-puffy, poky-dotted bloomers that Google will try even harder the next time in any bidding war.
A lot of people also assume, again falsely, that Google is unbeatable, that it is just too big and has just too much money for anyone to go after them. This, of course, is also totally false. For example little-old Apple is actually not only big in and of itself, but it's a far lot bigger and a far lot richer than Google, or anyone else in tech for that matter. Likewise, so is Microsoft.
So, after all is said and done, is the Android platform really doomed?
That is yet to be answered, but it isn't looking all that great at the moment for a platform that was originally built on the very premise of using other people's patents, such as Apple's iPhone multi-touch patents, or Oracle's and Microsoft claimed patents, but, in conclusion, I think MG Siegler summed it up best in his post above, when he stated:
"And if the U.S. and/or Canadian governments don't now either block this result (which seems unlikely given that they approved the bidders beforehand) or force fairly drastic changes (such as they did in the Novell patent case) — which Google will have to lobby heavily for — Android seems to be in some very serious trouble.
Things didn't ultimately end well for Le Chiffre, remember."
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EMLA Spotlight: Revenge of the Flower GirlsPosted by annastan on June 24th, 2014. Filed under: Blog Tour, Books, EMLA.
The blog tour for The Prank List continues! I was interviewed by Vonna Carter about creating the story, I shared the inside scoop on the inspiration behind the book, and I did an interview that includes a giveaway of a signed copy.
Back in May when I was at my agency retreat, I was reminded of how lucky I am to have so many talented agent-mates. After I got home, I vowed to put more of their books on my summer reading list. First up is Jennifer Ziegler's hilarious new book, Revenge of the Flower Girls, about triplets who have to stop their sister from marrying the wrong guy.
This was exactly the kind of light, fun read I needed this week. The story is full of funny misadventures and general shenanigans, but what I particularly loved about it was the voice. Plus, the triplets have such a great relationship with each other and with their older sister that you're rooting for them to break up the wedding, even if that means watching them do some pretty crazy stuff. This is the perfect summer tween read.
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As reader surveys go, one the political newsletter Quorum Report conducted last week confirms what some Austin insiders have been saying for months. The Republican primary in Texas House District 88 should be one of the most closely watched on May 29.
"This one seems headed for a runoff," the newsletter wrote in its evaluation of the race in the drastically redrawn rural district. Plainview's Rep. Jim Landtroop is being challenged by Canadian school board president Ken King, Pampa businessman Mac Smith, and former Rep. Gary Walker of Plains.
Of the 150 House races, Quorum Report readers were asked to choose the top five and based on dozens of surveys returned, the contest in District 88 ranked fifth, according to Harvey Kronberg, editor of the newsletter.
The article makes it clear that King, Smith and Walker challenged Landtroop largely because of the 16 counties he currently represents, his home county of Hale is the only one included in District 88. As this newspaper has reported from time to time, Landtroop has had to introduce himself to voters in 16 of the 17 counties District 88 will represent in the next legislative cycle.
If no one gets 50 percent plus one vote on May 29 there will be a July 31 runoff between the two top vote-getters. Since no Democrat is running because this is a predominantly Republican district, the winner of this race is expected to represent the district in next year's session.


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This band's eponymous ECM debut last year was one of the most acclaimed jazz recordings of 2012. Shadow Man is stronger. It is wilder and deeper, an oceanic extravagance of strange sonic shapes and colors. Yet it coheres according to proprietary logic.
The individual voices in Snakeoil are compelling. Oscar Noriega (clarinets) is free fluidity and light. Ches Smith (drums and vibraphone) unleashes percussive forces in clattering waves, none the same. Matt Mitchell (pianos) is an original in both concept and sound. The remarkable independence of his two hands creates unique jagged designs. His clanging notes command the air. In this company, Tim Berne's alto saxophone is ferocious as ever, but more focused and concise.
But the individual voices serve Berne's bold manifestations of ensemble form. "Son of Not So Sure" is powered upward in a sweeping trajectory as instruments are added to the gathering din. "OC/DC," at 23 minutes, is not too long. Its vast variety sequentially unfolds: finely delineated contrapuntal interactions; crashing, careening ensembles; duos and trios breaking off from the quartet. Relationships between composition and improvisation are complex yet organic. Dynamic range can swing from single piano notes surrounded by silence to the direst sonic crises. "Socket," at 19 minutes, comes closest to a string of vivid solos, yet no one dominates for long. Mitchell usually chooses to prod and incite Noriega and Berne, but might choose to overwhelm them.
Smack in the middle of five expansive Berne originals is Paul Motian's four-minute "Psalm," a duo performance made from scattered piano chimings and alto saxophone long tones. In press notes, Berne describes it as "something that you weren't really supposed to hear," perhaps because it is too intimate to be shared. It is a call of the sprit in one single breath. It is the eye of the hurricane in Shadow Man.


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Skip to comments.MSNBC TAKES INCENDIARY HOSTS FROM ANCHOR SEAT... DEVELOPING...
Posted on 09/07/2008 6:33:59 PM PDT by flyfree
MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channels coverage of the election.
That experiment appears to be over.
After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent network NBC, the channel decided over the weekend that the NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host David Gregory would anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night. Mr. Olbermann and Mr. Matthews will remain as analysts during the coverage.
The change which comes in the home stretch of the long election cycle is a direct result of tensions associated with the channels perceived shift to the political left.
The most disappointing shift is to see the partisan attitude move from prime time into whats supposed to be straight news programming, said Davidson Goldin, formerly the editorial director of MSNBC and a co-founder of the reputation management firm DolceGoldin.
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MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... David Gregory will anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night.... Developing...
MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... David Gregory will anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night.... Developing...
What a great day...this news...and Republican ticket leading by 10 in Gallop poll.
That's supposed to be an improvement?
Today might be the best news day ever.
I am so broken up over this!
Or would be, if I watched those losers or that cable station...
Could it be that it was a word from their sponsors?
Olberman and Chrissy? Happy Dance time!
Well that's a good thing
Now if NBC would please drop the Sesame Street Bert looking Keith Olbermann from Sunday Night football.
WOW!!! This and the 10 point Palin-Mccain lead is a great Sunday night!
Abb you better addd to your dying news networks list LOL!
Well.... In a word......Si
There goes the comedy relief.
some kind of wet slimy stuff sliding down my leg
How's that thrill up your leg feelin' about now Chris?
Maybe they figured out these wackjobs only hurt their cause.
they get to keep their shows, just not go to the debates...so what
Gregory is not much better than those two shills.
Ratings, betoch.
I LOVE how you altered the title hehehe
I wish Drudge would wait til he actually HAS a story instead of running crap like this. The "NYT baby" story is the same faux headline.
I thought gallup had them at 3, did they come out with a new poll? If so please give me a link, I wish to savor that!
Mathews is bad, but Olbermann is just downright intolerable. Good riddens.
Maybe MSNBC wants to hang on to those last 20 viewers.
These clowns were making a mockery of journalism, for what that's worth these days. I would not be surprised if the Obama camp "suggested" this to remove them being such easy targets for critics. Bottom line: They had run their course in their service as useful idiots. The Party had to make this move.
Ok, ok, ok...so let's not gloat for more than 5 minutes, ok?
Gregory is strong lefty! He has masked his proclivaties in order to get the Meet the Press job! Buyer beware.
Brokaw said there were no problems and all their commotion was our fault!
Lots of people must have threatened to quit.
It was a circus.
Cue the wackos on the left to start crying censorship.
The two event may be related.
With McCain taking the lead and a victory possible, the last thing MSNBC would want would be to be shut out of a McCain/Palin administration
Another thought-MSNBC is in the tank for Obama-the jerks that are anchors now are helping McCain and hurting Obama. Replace those guys before it gets worse.
No way! BWAHAHAHA.
David Gregory, he is fairly incendiary also.
The DUmmies are already beginning their stages of grief: Shock, Denial, Anger...
Wolsh (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-07-08 07:39 PM
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1. What the hell....
tekisui (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-07-08 07:39 PM
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2. F***, I hope he's wrong.
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3. Say it ain't so!
I hope this is one of Drudge's lies.
You don't seem to understand what fragile egos these little prima donnas have. This means that when they go to parties the girls will be giggling at them behind their backs. No ... wait ...
you beat me just by seconds!
Wowy Zowy!!
Isn't Olbermann some kind of pervert? Not that this would be a negative for a lefty....
Check the 2nd breaking story to the right in FR.
Incendiary....1. a person who commits arson?
An incendiary agen (like a bomb) Yup Yup thats them they bomb all the time....he he
or a person who excites factions,quarrels or sedition, ooooh...that's the one!
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The rash appears 10 to 21 days after the individual comes in contact with the disease. Before then, typical symptoms include fever, headache, or a stomach ache. Throughout the course of the illness, it is not unusual for a person to have between 250 and 500 blisters. The blisters first appear on the face, chest, and scalp. After a couple of days, they become cloudy and then scab over. New blisters often appear in clusters and can be found in the mouth, on the eyelids, and in the genital area.
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Sergeant York
Sergeant York and Gary Cooper-Part II
Continuing on from the first part of this post on Sergeant York and Gary Cooper.
Frank James Cooper, a\k\a Gary Cooper, was a child of the last century, being born into it on May 7, 1901, the son of Charles and Alice Cooper. Unlike Alvin C. York, Cooper was born into a prosperous family, his father being a farmer turned attorney who would eventually serve on the Montana Supreme Court. His parents were English immigrants from Bedfordshire, and from 1910-1913, Gary and his brother were educated in England.
After high school, Cooper went on to study at Grinnell College for a few years, although he did not receive a degree. After an unsuccessful attempt to earn a living as an editorial cartoonist in Helena, he followed his parents out to Los Angeles where they had retired. Cooper later said that if he was going to starve, he might as well do it where it was warm rather than where it was freezing.
Out in the land of fruits and nuts, Cooper tried his hand at many things in order to earn a living: promoter for a photographer, a seller of electrical signs and even applied for work as an ink-stained wretch at a newspaper. Out of desperation for employment rather than any burning desire to be an actor, Cooper began to work as an extra in movies. A friend, Nan Collins, advised him to change his name to Gary after her hometown of Gary, Indiana, and Cooper took her advice. After several years as an extra, Cooper achieved early stardom in the western, The Virginian. Although he would appear in every type of film imaginable in his career, Cooper always appeared most comfortable in Westerns, a genre which fit his understated, laid back acting style, and his laconic speech. Cooper specialized in playing ordinary decent men, trying to do their best in extraordinary situations. He also had a flair for comedy where his dead pan delivery, combined with a dry wit, ensured laughter whatever "funny" lines he was attempting to deliver.
The archetypal film during this period of his career for Cooper was The Westerner where he played a cowboy who tangled with "Judge" Roy Bean, "Law West of the Pecos", magnificently portrayed by Walter Brennan who appeared with Cooper in several films, including Sergeant York as York's pastor. The film is a skillful mixture of comedy and drama, with Cooper giving a bravura performance.
Alvin C. York had been approached by Hollywood producer Jesse Lasky several times, beginning in 1919, to make a movie of his life. Each time he refused, summing up his position simply with the phrase, "This uniform ain't for sale."
Sergeant York and Gary Cooper-Part I
In 1941 the film Sergeant York was released. A biopic on the life of America's greatest hero of WWI, it brought together two American originals: Alvin C. York and the actor Gary Cooper.
York arrived in this world on December 3, 1887, the third of the eleven children of William and Mary York. He was born into rural poverty. Although both of his parents were quite hard-working, the Yorks lived in a two-room log cabin at a subsistence level. None of the York children received more than nine-months education, as their labor was desperately needed to farm the few hard scrabble acres that the Yorks owned and to hunt for food to feed the large family.


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By Karen PallanschApril 26, 2013
The following are excerpts from Karen Pallansch's closing remarks at the April 16 National Water Infrastructure Summit held in Washington.
When it comes to our water infrastructure, we certainly face regional and individual challenges. Yet we share a common goal in enabling clean and safe water for everyone. Collectively, we know how important water infrastructure is to the physical and fiscal health of our nation … and the people, businesses and jurisdictions each of us who spoke today proudly serve 24/7, 365 days a year.
We know that modern and dependable water infrastructure is a crucible for economic growth. It plays a vital role in driving prosperity, enabling a healthy community and creating jobs both in the short term and long term. … We all have a stake in that outcome; we must take steps together.
We know that replacing and refreshing our out-of-date water infrastructure will create jobs in a variety of economic sectors — such as research, engineering, construction, technology and manufacturing — and also emerging green industries that help us save on energy costs and be more sustainable. We know that our future utilities won't look like they do today; they will manufacture miracles of energy, nutrients and other yet to be discovered opportunities from what we think of as, well, something to flush and forget, instead of as a sustainable resource for investment.
Investing in our water infrastructure can move the job-creation needle in the right direction … and that fact should be a major part of any national conversation about current and future economicstrength and prosperity. We need to keep the narrative of the importance and value of our water infrastructure fresh and compelling … and constant, not just among those of us that make this our day's work but among those that can help us make a difference, from right here on Capitol Hill all the way to our neighbors and families.
At Alexandria Renew [Enterprises], I view our water infrastructure as this great taproot that helps nourish the economic activity above. It helps the city of Alexandria [Va.] to flourish … it helps it to create an overwhelming majority of good middle-class jobs in our profession as well as related industries. Businesses take a hard look at infrastructure, including reliable water infrastructure, when deciding where to locate. They look at health, safety and service. I know that you join with me in the belief that great communities need and deserve great water infrastructure and great water quality. One cannot exist without the other.
Our water infrastructure— the lifeblood of our businesses, our families, our America —is being compromised by a lack of focus, a lack of understanding, and a lack of commitment and desire to take a stand and make water our national priority. "Water for jobs" is not a bumper sticker for the water industry but something in which we passionately believe … and strive to achieve. Water for jobs means investing not just in jobs … but also investing in our families, in our communities … and in a better future for our country.
Investing in our water infrastructure can move the job-creation needle in the right direction … and that fact should be a major part of any national conversation about current and future economicstrength and prosperity.
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Tuberculous meningitis in adults: evaluation of 38cases
Abstract number: P584
Inal A.S., Kurtaran B., Candevir A., Tasova Y., Aksu H.S.Z.
Objective: Tuberculous meningitis (TM) as a marker of uncontrolled of tuberculosis in population is still a health problem in developing countries. The aim of this study is to determine epidemiologic, diagnostic, clinical features and outcome of TM in adults who were admitted in Cukurova University Hospital.
Methods: Thirty-eight patients treated in Infectious Diseases Department between January 1995 and December 2004 were investigated retrospectively.
Results: Of patients, 20 were male (52.6), and 18 (47.4) were female. Mean age of the cases was 29 (min 15, max 60, SD ±13). Diagnosis was confirmed by microbiological evidence (culture, polymerase chain reaction or acid fast stain positivity) in 15 cases (39.5%), by histopathological, radiological and clinical findings in 13 (34.2%), and through response to therapy in 10 (26.3%) of patients. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT) was recovered from clinical samples in 10 patients (26.3%), wheras acid fast stain positive only in 4 (10.5%) patients. Drug resistance were detected for 2 isolates from CSF (One resistant to both isoniazid and rifampicin, and another resistant to both ethambutol and rifampicin). Both patients who has resistant MT were recovered with sequela. The initial examination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed cell counts ranging from 10 to 1530 with mean cell count 263/mm3, mean protein level 227 mg/dl (min 16, max 700), mean lactate 6.4 mmol/L (min 2.2-max 11.3). Three (7.9%) of the patients were classified as stage I, 15 (39.5%) as stage II, and 20 (52.6%) as stage III according to their clinical findings. Overall, 5 (13.2%) of the patients had a full recovery, 25 (56.7%) had recovery with sequela and 8 (21.1%) fatal cases were observed. All deaths were associated with stage III. No patient had HIV infection and in 33 (86.8%) of the patients there were no evidence of underlying pathology. Three patient had diabetes melitus, one has Crohn disease and one was pregnant. All of the patients received four major antituberculous drug regimen for 34 months and then INH and RMP plus steroid around 4 weeks, except ones with resistant MT. The mean duration of therapy was 12 months. Hydrocephalus was evident in 16 patient (42.1%), and 5 (13.2%) of them required ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.
Conclusion: TM is still an important health problem with high mortality and cost and severe sequela even in adults in developing countries. Clinicians must be aware and administer promp terapy to reduce complications.
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President Obama Speaking on 'Marketplace' Tonight
By Wells Dunbar • Mar 21, 2012
President Barack Obama will discuss energy, economic policy and more on American Public Media's "Marketplace" tonight.
The "Marketplace" team says host Kai Ryssdal "will chat with President Obama at the Copper Mountain Solar facility in Boulder Hills, Nevada. In addition to talking about energy policy and high gas prices, they will touch on many aspects of the economy: jobs, the budget, housing, average Americans, banks and the politics of economic policy."


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Christmas Eve is a time for celebrations and rituals. It's a night of anticipation that brings together special foods, close friends, the comforting observances you've kept alive for generations and the new traditions you've created.
We invite you to share your Christmas Eve plans with us for possible inclusion in a story, whether those plans include caroling or curling up with a favorite holiday movie.
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#1 He's a very thankful and appreciative child who can be easily pleased. I asked him what he wanted for his special breakfast and all he said was "oatmeal and fruits". The day before, we picked up some fruits at the grocery store and upon seeing me put in some strawberries and a cantaloupe into the cart, he replied "This is going to be the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!"
#2 He loves visiting new places and discovering new things which is why we brought him to the Petrosains Science Center at Suria Mall where he learned a lot about science and got to do a whole bunch of hands on activities. Some kids might be a little sad having to spend their birthday in a new country, surrounded by new faces and away from their friends, but when we told Ben he'd be having his 5th birthday in Malaysia he was so excited. He even said, "Mommy, next year I wanna have my birthday in Egypt!" I just love his adventurous spirit...
#3 Ben loves to make funny faces and taking pictures definitely captures his range of expressions. Our nickname for him around the house is BEAN as in Mr. Bean and if you watch Mr. Bean then you know why. You can probably guess by now who's the culprit behind perfectly imperfect family photos.
I wonder where he gets it from.
#4 After we had his birthday dinner at Chili's, we asked him if he wanted his chocolate cake for dessert. He said, "No". Baffled, we continued ice cream then? No. Cupcakes? No. Donuts? No. Brownie fudge sundae? No. Instead of a sweet treat or dessert with a candle on top, this boy asked for one thing and one thing only. MORE BUFFALO WINGS! He's probably the only 5 year old I know who'd rather have buffalo wings instead of cake and ice cream for his birthday. We sang happy birthday to him as he made a wish and "blew out" his spicy, saucy drumsticks.
#5 But like any other kid on the planet, Ben LOVES candy. We only allow them candy on three occasions; Easter, Halloween and their birthdays. So to top off his birthday celebration we brought him to Candylicious where he was overwhelmed with the myriad of sweet, sour, fruity, chewy, chocolatey selections. After walking around the entire store several times and two visits to the restroom, he walked out with some Formula Sour juice candy and a Batman Pez dispenser. He was a happy boy.
Happy Birthday Ben and may you continue to be a thankful, adventurous, humorous, unique and happy kid! Love you BEAN!


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What Is A Weblink
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A weblink is a document of type "reference". It has no template, thus no TVs. It simply serves as a link that will be part of a generated menu.
The content of the weblink is just an URL. The parser doesn't even parse it; as soon as it sees that it is a "reference", it just uses the content as the argument for sendRedirect($url).
You can use an external URL for the content, or you can use a document Id to link to a document in your MODx document tree. (at least in the 0.9.5 beta version you can; in earlier version you must have the complete URL in the weblink's content) For example, you want a footer menu with links to a Terms of Use, a Privacy Policy, and stuff like that. But you also want a link to "Contact Us" there. Contact Us is one of your main pages, and is in the top-level of your tree to be displayed in your main menu. You would put those documents in one "utility pages" folder, probably unpublished so it won't show up in your main menu, and use that folder ID as the docId for the menu snippet. In that folder you would also put a weblink to your site's contact page. This way the menu will include a link to the contact page, even though that document is not in the folder.
Or, you could do it the other way around, have the Contact Us document in your unpublished "utility pages" folder, and put the weblink to it in your top-level so it will show in the main menu.
Originally a menu snippet would make the link to the weblink document itself, just as to any other MODx document, thus causing the page to be loaded by the parser, triggering the redirect. The latest version of Wayfinder uses the URL in the weblink's content directly, thus the URL in the menu is that of the desired page (internal to your MODx installation or to an external site) instead of using the URL to the weblink document and requiring the parser to redirect.
The most recent beta versions of MODx 0.9.5 include a modification to the core parser that allows the use of a document ID in the weblink.
The parser will detect that the weblink's content is a number, and run it through makeUrl($id) before redirecting. A feature was also added to the weblink's editing page in the Manager that allows you to click on a little folder icon, then on a document in the Document Tree frame to select the desired document to link to. This works great with older menu snippets. However, the new Wayfinder uses the weblink's content to make its link, which totally breaks the use of a document's id!
This means that Wayfinder, and any other snippet that uses the content of the weblink doucment, must first run the value through $modx->makeUrl($id) before generating the link. Otherwise, the link will consist of "mydomain.com/6" (in the case where the content is 6) instead of the proper URL to the document being linked to (such as contact.html, or index.php?id=6).
This can be done by checking to see if the content value is_numeric():
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I have created two new short cinematic music pieces that are perfect for any kind of logo intro animations/logo reveals.
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I have created two new short cinematic music pieces that are perfect for any kind of logo intro animations/logo reveals.
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I have written a new music track for your projects: Ideal intro or trailer music for your RPG or any other video game or video project with a mood or feeling of "Adventure" or "Fantasy". You can buy it on audiojungle.
The music begins with an acoustic guitar/flute intro, flows into a strings middle part with a flute melody and ends with a staccato strings/brass part that is typical of adventure films, think of ...Read more →
I have a new royaltyfree music track for you and your trailers or teaser videos: "Our Epic Announcement"!
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My music can now also be found on youtube. I've created a playlist of my royalty-free music (well, some of my pieces actually – I'm gonna fill this list more and more with new and older titles). Just play this video below and a new track will begin to play automatically when finished each track.Read more →
I've writtten a new music track for your epic trailers or video game titles: "Something Huge is coming". Available on audiojungle
This epic, orchestral cinematic cue is just ideal for any kind of product/game trailer/opener. Imagine an announcement, promising "Something Huge Coming" or just any other kind of trailer. A string spiccato/staccato beginning is growing into a percussive bed, accompanied by a memorable brass (Horns) melody, then a short break and a great end part ...Read more →
I've written a new track for your trailers or video game titles: Epic Space Adventure
You are listening to a hybrid electronic/orchestral piece of music that is just ideal for any kind of (space themed) trailer or video game title. The suspenseful beginning is starting very subtle but you will hear how the music is turning more and more into an "action scene" and the grand final is the icing on the cake Some huge french ...Read more →
To group my music a bit better and to get them in one set as HTML5 player (for playback on mobile devices like iPhone or iPad) I just created a soundcloud set for my Trailer Music. All these are available for sale in my audiojungle portfolioRead more →
This epic piece of music is just ideal for a "big announcement" of a product, party etc… Perfect for any kind of fat trailer or teaser video. Available for sale on Audiojungle hereRead more →
I´ve written a new track – a cinematic ambient background track – just ideal for any epic dreamy film scene, trailer/teaser or video game with a certain sense of mystery and darkness – the magical 7th dream!
The piece is building up more and more and in the finale you hear a beautiful female ethereal solo voice.
You can buy it here on audiojungle.Read more →
I´m pleased to hear that the first podcast using one of my music tracks as intro music is now available.
It was done by Mohammad Azam (azamsharp) and Steffen Itterheim (gaminghorror). It´s a short custom hardrock track created just for this purpose. I already talked about it here.
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A seminal work of Spanish mysticism, Teresa of Avila's The Way of Perfection describes the practices and qualities of a prayerful life devoted to Christ. Although it was written over 500 years ago solely for the nuns of her convent, her devotion continues to instruct and inspire believers today.
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I'm an Argentine reader, I speak Spanish so English is not my mother tongue, nevertheless I was able to understand the narration and every detail of the book, Tavia's reading is absolutely fabulous.
All the book is very good for the spirit and I would recommend it to people accustomed to read christian- spiritual books.
"2nd time"
This is the second time I have listened to the book. I got so much more out of it then the first time. I am looking forward to listening to it the third time.
"A Spiritual Classic!"
This is a spiritual classic, so no review of St. Teresa is necessary! In terms of the audiobook, this is a very well-done reading. The narrator has an odd way of pronouncing a few words that are repeated a lot. She pronounces "theologian" with 5 syllables and "prayer" with two syllables. After awhile this began to grate on me. My other criticism is that perhaps the narrator should have been an older woman, given the age of St. Teresa when she wrote this work. But overall, this was a very good reading of an excellent spiritual work. Despite my criticism, I would enjoy hearing books read by this narrator again.
"A Spiritual Classic"
Saint Teresa of Avila, a 14th Century Spanish mystic , gives sound psychological/ spiritual advice.
"A classic"
What else can I say, a timeless spiritual classic with eternally good advice. A great help in the struggle for virtues and interior life
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One year after Strathmore Development Co. acquired the private portions of Gahanna's Creekside, residents can enjoy new stores and restaurants already in business and look forward to others opening soon.
Businesses that have opened at Creekside since the Michigan-based Strathmore acquired the property June 21, 2012, include: Honey Grove Botanicals, a bath and candle boutique; The Chocolate Tree, featuring homemade fudge and chocolates; Chocolate Kitchen, a seasonal shop for holiday baking needs; Three Creeks Coffee & Cafe; Ciao Vino Italian Kitchen and Local Cantina Mexican Restaurant & Bar.
Stores scheduled to open in July are UBREAKIFIX, a SmartPhone repair shop; and Yudu Salons, featuring 22 luxury salon and spa suites.
Terry Benton, Strathmore vice president of real estate, told ThisWeek it has been a pleasure listening to existing and new residents all over Gahanna and getting to know the current and new Creekside business owners.
"We will have eight new businesses open in 13 short months since the acquisition," he said. "Each time a new business opens, the other businesses at Creekside and the greater Gahanna community all seem to stop in and welcome them to Gahanna."
Honey Grove Botanicals was the first business to open at 121 Mill St., Suite 126, under the new owner. It was formerly located across Mill Street at the current location of Koko's Tea Salon & Bakery.
Honey Grove owner Barbara Drobnick said she has experienced an increase in traffic at her business with the new stores and events that promote Creekside.
"(Strathmore) is bringing people to the condos," she said. "They have done a lot. In encouraging business, they've asked what they could do to help. They check in and give me contact information for referrals."
Dan Dang of Golden Nails & Salon, 101 Mill St., Suite 109, has been at Creekside for five years.
He said he'd like Creekside businesses to complement one another rather than provide the same products and services, because it's a small development.
"We want a peaceful community," he said. "We need to support each other to survive."
The newest business at Creekside, the Local Cantina Mexican Restaurant & Bar, opened June 14.
After developing and growing restaurant brands such as Aladdin's, Graffiti Burger, La Fogata and others, owner George Tanchevski and his team went to work two years ago to develop the new Local Cantina Mexican Restaurant brand, starting in Grandview.
After a year of adjusting the operation, the team opened its second location on Creekside Plaza adjacent to the Rotary Stage.
Taking full advantage of the views, two doors roll up at Local Cantina to let in the outdoors.
The restaurant's menu features tacos, burritos, quesadillas and margaritas, among other staples.
Ten days prior to the Local Cantina's opening, Ciao Vino Italian Kitchen made its debut at Creekside on June 4.
The business is the new Italian Kitchen creation of Craig and Laura Decker, who also own the Wine Guy chain.
For years, they said, they have wanted to develop their old-world Italian recipes, and they immediately commenced a remodel on space when it became available.
The Deckers and executive chef and menu creator David Miller created a private kitchen table at Ciao Vino, something that has been a craze in exclusive restaurants in Las Vegas, New York and Miami.
Scheduled to open at Creekside later this month or early July is UBREAKIFIX, followed by Yudu Salons, an upscale salon and spa, July 30.
Yudu, meaning "washing one's hair in flowing water," will offer hair and nail services, massage, skin care and laser hair removal on the second floor of 101 Mill St.
Managing partner Kelly Wert said clients can expect personal attention from the independent image specialists who will work in the private salon suites.
"Each of our specialists is an independent business owner," she said. "Yudu makes it easy for our salon owners to operate their own private, fully furnished salon within an atmosphere that they need and their clients expect.
"This is the first location, and we are very excited to be at Creekside."
Benton said the goal has been to create a center of the community where people can live, work, play and relax, and that's just starting to take shape.
Gahanna City Councilman Brian Larick recently told colleagues he appreciates the time and energy Strathmore has put into the development.
"It's satisfying to see a renaissance occurring in Creekside," he said. "Over the (recent) weekend, I talked to Lew Griffin about his (renovated) building. It's a wonderful addition. The Local Cantina is another place families can go and draw a broader audience. We're in the early stages of seeing things happen."
Councilman Brandon Wright said he's also happy to see the progress.
"To see where we were a few years ago at Creekside and to see where we're at now, it's heartwarming," he said.
Benton said Strathmore is very fortunate to have a strong group of professionals on its team, and they appreciate all the support they have received in Gahanna this past year.
"It has been an incredible amount of hard work to get us to what we believe is only about the halfway point at Creekside," he said. "We look forward to more successes in the second half of 2013 and beyond as we all work to build a better community for everyone to enjoy."


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PHILADELPHIA — Five faculty members from the University of Pennsylvania have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Three are from the Perelman School of Medicine, one is from the School of Arts and Sciences, and one has appointments both at Penn Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
They are among 388 members of AAAS awarded the distinction this year for "their efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished."
Frederic D. Bushman, PhD, professor of Microbiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, was elected for distinguished contributions to microbiology, including methods development, bioinformatics and translational research to characterize host pathogen interactions.
Andrew Dancis, MD, associate professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, was elected for pioneering discoveries of exceptional significance on the fundamental mechanisms by which organisms acquire, distribute, utilize and regulate the essential metal iron.
Robert W. Doms, MD, PhD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine and pathologist-in-chief and chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, was elected for his significant discoveries in virus entry, including his work in identifying host cell pathways that HIV and other disease-causing viruses use to infect cells, and in investigating how AIDS develops.
J. Kevin Foskett, PhD, chair of the department of Physiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, was elected for pioneering studies of the InsP3R calcium channel and molecular mechanisms and roles of calcium signaling in Alzheimer's disease, programmed cell death and cellular bioenergetics.
Philip A. Rea, DPhil, professor of Biology in the School of Arts and Sciences and Rebecka and Arie Belldegrun Distinguished Director of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences & Management, was elected for outstanding fundamental research discoveries on the membrane transport and detoxification of xenobiotics and for distinguished accomplishments and creativity in science education.
The new Fellows will be honored on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the AAAS Fellows Forum during the 2014 AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $5.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 18 years, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $373 million awarded in the 2015 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center -- which are recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report -- Chester County Hospital; Lancaster General Health; Penn Wissahickon Hospice; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional affiliated inpatient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region include Chestnut Hill Hospital and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine.
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Brian Terry
Eric Holder suddenly concerned about "illegal firearms"
Mr. Fast and Furious –, whose idiotic operation supposedly (and officially) designed to trace firearm flow in Mexico (there is a very strong case for a political gun control agenda actually driving the operation) has led to one and possibly two deaths of Border Patrolmen — is suddenly concerned about criminals and their access to "illegal firearms":
The number of officers killed in the line of duty jumped 13 percent in 2011 compared with the year before — and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder condemned the increase as "a devastating and unacceptable trend" that he blamed on illegal firearms.
The number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty rose to 173 this year, from 153 in 2010, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund announced Wednesday. This year's figure is 23 percent higher than 122 killed in the line of duty in 2009.
Yes, law enforcement is dangerous work. Yes, I feel for the families of those officers slain. This, however is not some sort of record year (see 2001) and in fact, in most years more officers are lost to traffic accidents than to "illegal firearms".
Additionally, I'm sure the Mexican law enforcement officers killed by the guns Holder's department allowed to flow into their country find this concern of his particularly hollow. Why it could even be considered … wait for it … racist. I just throw that out there as an example of what some GOP AG would have been hit with by the left had he or she been so stupid as to run an operation like Fast and Furious. Anyway:
Holder said "too many guns have fallen into the hands of those who are not legally permitted to possess them," in explaining the increase.
Yes, Mr. Holder, that's why they are called "criminals". In case you haven't figured it out criminals are scofflaws. Like the criminals you supplied with guns and ammo in Mexico.
Criminals break the law. So obviously passing laws making it a criminal offense for criminals to possess firearms doesn't work, huh? It also is a problem when you just hand them firearms as well.
But, as we've surmised, Fast and Furious was supposed to set up a "better case" for more gun control, right? And one can assume the stealth premise, soon to be obvious, is the way to keep criminals from getting illegal firearms is to more tightly control them. That, of course, means more "gun control", doesn't it?
"This is a devastating and unacceptable trend. Each of these deaths is a tragic reminder of the threats that law enforcement officers face each day," Holder in a statement. "I want to assure the family members and loved ones who have mourned the loss of these heroes that we are responding to this year's increased violence with renewed vigilance and will do everything within our power — and use every tool at our disposal — to keep our police officers safe."
You mean just like you did for Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, Mr. Holder?
Incompetent political hack.
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