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Target: Justice Minister Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Kareem Al-Eissa
Goal: To obtain the release of a prominent Saudi Arabian human rights defender.
A criminal court in Saudi Arabia has recently sentenced prominent human rights activist Dr. Abdulkareem Yousef al-Khoder to serve eight years in jail and handed down a ten-year travel ban. He was convicted on charges of disobeying the ruler, inciting disorder by calling for public protests, harming the state through the dissemination of false information to foreign groups and taking part in the founding of an 'unlicensed' organization. The Saudi government has routinely targeted the organization, Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA). These charges are simply an attempt to silence Dr. al-Khoder and his organization. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be immediately released without condition.
Dr. al-Khoder had been on trial since January 2013 and had recently requested a new judge be appointed to his case. He argued that the judge had made statements criticizing him before the case had even begun, thereby making the likelihood of a fair trial nearly zero. Dr. al-Khoder was also detained during one of his trial sessions when he refused to enter the courtroom. His refusal came after the judge denied women the right to enter the court session. These facts alone should cast doubt on the motives of the judge and show that the conviction was based on his activism.
The government has offered to drop five of the eight years of his prison sentence if Dr. al-Khoder agrees to not return to his activist lifestyle upon his release from prison. As mentioned above, Dr. al-Khoder is a prisoner of conscience and being held to halt his work promoting equality in Saudi society. Sign this petition and demand that the Saudi government immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Abdulkareem Yousef al-Khoder.
Dear Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Kareem Al-Eissa,
The recent sentencing of Dr. Abdulkareem Yousef al-Khoder is a great step backwards for equality in your country. The charges against him are a clear attempt by your government to silence his activism. This is evident by the offer to drop five years off his sentence if he promises to stop being an activist upon his release. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be immediately and unconditionally released.
I believe that by allowing for your citizens to engage in meaningful political discussion, society will benefit and the economy of your country will grow. Suppressing the human rights of the people only hurts any growth and shows the international community that your government has little interest in supporting your own people. I urge you to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. al-Khoder.
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god. i hope he doesn't have a permit.
This is a discussion on road rage in FL (the gunshine state) within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Man getting tail gated didn't like and gets out, shoots at the p/u Road Runner Video - Road Runner...
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god. i hope he doesn't have a permit.
I'm sure he won't, soon enough ... vehicular-, carry-wise and every other which way.god. i hope he doesn't have a permit.
Pulling over ... emergency flashers ... tapping the brake lights, if all else fails. Any of these are preferable to getting into a gunfight over feeling a car's too close.
Let's just hope he's an average Joe. The last thing we need is nails in the coffin following the Aurora blowout.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
As per another thread: Florida just dropped to 999,999 CCW holders.
I don't have flash player so I can't see the video. We have our share of road rage down here! My husband had a long gun pointed at him years ago up in Jax (I don't remember what prompted it now) and last year in Orlando the guy behind him apparently thought he was driving too slow and got out of his vehicle and started kicking and hitting my husband's car at a stop light. I've told him he needs to do 2 things - 1. Drive better ;) and 2. Carry in his car at least since he hasn't found time to get CCW.
Hopefully the guy in the referenced story doesn't have his permit.
yeah when someone is following too close i just let off the gas and set the cruise at exactly the speed limit (as opposed to my normal 5 over) and then get a kick out of the raging in my rear view mirror. if they do something even more dumb like tap my bumper (no lie someone did this to me) or pass in the shoulder i call the cops and report it. i never pull over, that to me is inviting an altercation.
You can fix ugly, you can remedy ignorant. But you cant fix stupid
He looked like a Rastafarian, his hair tucked up in the hat
I'm almost sure that guy's not a permit holder by the way he acted, waiting for the truck to drive by him and shooting from behind when he's already gone past. Strikes me like a dumb cowardly act only a wanna be ganster would atempt. I could be wrong though, there's all kinds of idiots out there..
Why?? Because at the last second, the Police are minutes away.
only one round struck the truck. If i had someone fire multiple rounds at me and only hit once. i would not hesitate to stop and return fire, the odds of him hitting his target are obviously low.


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The fine ground cornmeal – is that anything like masa? That's what tamales are made out of.
These were great! We just used olive oil for the margarine and a real egg. I loved the corn and rice flour idea. Thank you! I'm so glad I found this site!!
Wow! these look great! It's getting so hard to bake with my six little kids (ranging in age from 20 months to 10 years) since my oldest daughter is allergic to dairy, nuts, and gluten and my son is allergic to eggs and nuts (among other things). Add in a few picky eaters, dye sensitivities and that my family has been vegetarian for almost 20 years and cooking and baking with these kiddos is getting near impossible!
I love how easy these recipes are and that my whole family loves them!
hi madhuram,
I hopped into your site today and im glad i found a gf cookie recipe… since i cant source out the EnerG powder what can i replace it with and pls mention the qty for this recipe too.. my son is gluten allergic and im baking for the first time… plz post in some more of gf recipies… i would be glad.. Thanks.
Where do you live Asha? If you live in US, I think EnerG is pretty easy to find, you just have to look in the right place. See if this link is of use to you:
I have another GF cookie recipe here, do try it: http://www.egglesscooking.com/2010/03/04/oats-brown-rice-flour-chocolate-chip-cookies/
I'll try to bake gluten free goods and post it here.
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Strange how little effort brings in big returns
During my blogathon (to post every day for a year in my nature blog) I have noticed a strange phenomenon.
Some posts I really put some effort in, thinking about what I write and sourcing some suitable evidence to back up my theories or justify my reasons, and some just pour out without much thought, flowing through my fingers via the keyboard into the content fields.
What is demoralizing is the ones I really try hard with don't do as well as those that just 'happen'. You'd think that taking more care in what I say, strategically edited, reworked to sound good and strive to be entertaining, they would command a better response.
But no, it's the ones I rush off in a hurry, usually very short and limited in content, that do better. Why is this?
One train of thought is maybe overworking a contribution will make it stilted, constrained and dull. All the spontaneous spark has been drained out, the elements that made it interesting have evaporated through too much handling, the goodness has been blended into oblivion.
Or perhaps because the post is short and succinct, the message is easily absorbed, understood and appreciated. We live in a busy world where not everybody has time to waste reading long posts, so a snippet could be a nice change.
Or maybe I just excel at quick points of view, combined with a picture that fills in the words I haven't written. After all, writing short posts hasn't done Seth Godin any harm.
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[NWSL: Week 8] The Boston Breakers, losers of six of seven games and three in a row at home, got out of the NWSL basement with a 4-1 win over the defending champion Portland Timbers thanks to Jazmine Reeves' hat trick. The Chicago Red Stars extended their unbeaten streak to six games with a 2-0 win over Sky Blue FC that moved them to within four points of leader Seattle.
Canadian Adriana Leon scored the first goal and set
up Lori Chalupny for the second in the Chicago win.
MONDAY. The expansion Houston Dash's frustrating start to
the NWSL season continued as it dropped a 3-2 decision at the Washington Spirit on Christine Nairn's goal in the 93rd minute after it had twice come back from
one-goal deficits.
Canadian Diana Matheson and Englishwoman Jodie Taylor also scored for the Spirit, but
Nina Burger and Osinachi Ohale responded for the Dash, which dropped to 1-7-1.
NWSL WEEK 8, Results:
May 28
Boston 4 Portland 1
Sky Blue FC vs. Chicago
Monday, May 26
Washington 3 Houston 2
NWSL WEEK 8, Schedule:
Saturday, May 31
7:00 pm ET
Western NY vs. Houston
Sunday June 1
6:00 pm ET
Sky Blue FC vs. Seattle
6:30 pm ET
Boston vs. Washington
Streaming: NWSL You
NWSL Standings:
23 Seattle 7-0-2 19/7
19 Chicago 6-2-1 15/6
15 FC Kansas City 4-4-3 18/16
14 Portland 4-3-2 10/10
13 Washington 4-4-1 17/17
11 Western NY 3-3-2 13/11
10 Sky Blue FC 2-4-4 10/15
6 Boston 2-6-0 11/19
Houston 1-7-1 8/19
NWSL Leading Scorers:
8 Kim Little, Seattle
8 Amy Rodriguez, FC Kansas City
5 Jessica McDonald, Portland
5 Diana Matheson, Washington
NWSL WEEK 9, Schedule:
Wednesday, June
8:00 pm ET
Chicago vs. Washington
FC Kansas City vs. Western NY
Saturday June 7
8:00 pm ET
FC Kansas City vs. Boston
pm ET
Seattle vs. Chicago
Portland vs. Western NY
Sunday June 8
6:00 pm
Sky Blue FC vs. Houston
Streaming: NWSL You Tube
NWSL WEEK 10, Schedule:
Wednesday June 11
7:00 pm ET
Boston Breakers vs. Washington
9:00 pm
Houston Dash vs. Western NY
Saturday June 14
9:00 pm
Houston vs. FC Kansas City
Sunday June 15
2:00 pm
Chicago vs. Sky Blue FC
5:00 pm ET
Portland vs. Washington
Streaming: NWSL You Tube
NWSL WEEK 11, Schedule:
Wednesday June 18
pm ET
Western NY vs. Chicago
Thursday, June 19
pm ET
Boston vs. Seattle
Saturday, June 21
6:30 pm
Washington Spirit vs. Portland
8:00 pm ET
FC Kansas City vs. Chicago
Sunday, June
1:00 pm ET
Sky Blue FC vs. Boston
3:00 pm
Western NY vs. Seattle
Streaming: NWSL You Tube
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Wednesday, June 25
10:00 pm ET
Portland vs. Sky Blue FC
Friday, June 27
7:30 pm ET
Western NY vs. Boston
Saturday, June 28
8:00 pm ET
FC Kansas City vs. Portland
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by Lisa M. Brefere, Karen Eich Drummond, and Brad Barnes
1. At the website of the National Restaurant Association ( www.restaurant.org ), click on "Careers and Education," then on "Get Advice." Click on "job possibilities" to see a listing of all sorts of restaurant positions. Which position(s) are you most interested in exploring, once you complete culinary school?
2. Using the Career Path Guide (page 2 of the book) and Education Path Guides (pages 21-22), map out a possible career and education path for a chef in a cutting-edge restaurant or a corporate chef in a multi-unit restaurant, including:
3. Find two articles in recent restaurant-oriented publications about culinary trends. Summarize each article in one paragraph.
4. How would you rate the job outlook for culinary jobs in restaurants: excellent, good, fair, or poor? Explain briefly.
5. Would you consider working in restaurants? Why, or why not? If yes, what type of restaurant would you like to work in, and where?
6. Look at the job listings at the National Restaurant Association website (www.restaurant.org). Click on "Careers and Education," then on "Job Bank", click "Find a Job." Print out two job listings that sound exciting to you and that you could interview for while you are in culinary school or once you graduate. Look closely at the Required Skills and Experience section to see if you meet, or will meet, these requirements.
7. Working in restaurants is stressful, the hours are long, and you have to work many nights and weekends when most of the world is off. What would you do to ensure enough personal time to prevent burnout?
8. Go to the library and find five periodicals that relate to restaurants. List the name of each one, and compare and contrast them.
Name: Alexis Kaufmann Education: AOS, Culinary Arts, Culinary Institute of America, 2005
Explore any and all directions—you never know what you will enjoy, dislike, or what will interest you until you try.
Read Culinary Careers in Restaurants in PDF format at Wiley.com.
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Aloe vera can help with a variety of human health problems.
The benefits come from its unique consistency of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, sugars, anthraquinones, lignin, saponins, fatty acids, salicylic acid and amino acids. Aloe vera is most effective on two areas of the body – the immune system and epithelial tissue.
Known to herbalists and medical folklorists for centuries as the " medical plant " or "the potted physician", this cactus-like plant with green dagger-shaped leaves filled with a clear, viscous gel was brought from Africa to North America in the sixteenth century. But long before this, Aloe Vera, whose name means "shining bitter substance," was widely regarded as a master healing plant. The ancient Egyptians referred to Aloe Vera as the "plant of immortality" and included it among the funerary gifts buried with the pharaohs. In recent decades, medical research has confirmed and extended many of the health claims for the shining bitter substance (used topically or consumed as a liquid) that is the heart of Aloe Vera. Here is a brief review of its merits.
Aloe VERA HELPS HEAL WOUNDS!
The bulk of the Aloe Vera leaf is filled with gel, 96% water with the other 4% containing 75 known substances. Applied to wounds, Aloe Vera gel is a mild anesthetic, relieving itching, swelling, and pain: it also is antibacterial and antifungal, increases blood flow to wounded areas, and stimulates fibroblasts, the skin cells responsible for wound healing.
Aloe VERA GEL SOOTHES BURNS!
In a study in the Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand, 27 patients with moderate burn wounds were treated with a gauze coated in either Aloe Vera gel or Vaseline? (petroleum jelly). The burns healed more quickly in the Aloe group, with an average healing time of 12 days compared to 18 days for the group using Vaseline.
Aloe VERA MINIMIZES FROSTBITE DAMAGE!
A study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine established that Aloe Vera works for frostbite as well. Researchers gave standard treatments for frostbite (antibiotics, ibuprofen, and rewarming) to 154 patients with mild to severe frostbite.
Of patients who additionally received Aloe Vera gel, 67.9% healed without any tissue loss (amputation) compared to 32.7% in the control group.
Researchers concluded that Aloe prevented a decrease of blood flow to the frozen tissues, a common cause of tissue loss in frostbite.
Aloe VERA SCREENS OUT RADIATION!
Aloe Vera gel protects against skin damage from X rays, according to researchers at Hoshi University in Japan publishing in the journal Yakugaku Zasshi. They found that Aloe was an effective antioxidant, mopping up the free radicals caused by radiation,
and that it protected two of the body's healing substances, superoxide dismutase (an antioxidant enzyme) and glutathione (an amino acid which stimulates the immune system).
Aloe VERA PROTECTS FROM LUNG CANCER!
Aloe Vera juice protective effect was confirmed in a study of 673 lung cancer patients in Okinawa, Japan, published in the Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. This survey looked at the connection between smoking, comparative amounts of 17 plant foods in the diet; and the occurrence of lung cancer over a five-year period. Aloe Vera was the only one of the plant foods that was protective against cancer."The results of plant epidemiology suggests that Aloe Vera juice prevents human pulmonary carcinogenesis (lung cancer)," stated the researchers. Further, Aloe is "widely preventive or suppressive against various human cancers."
Aloe VERA EASES INTESTINAL PROBLEMS!
Aloe Vera juice can be effective for treating inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study in the Journal of Alternative Medicine.
Ten patients were given two ounces of Aloe Vera juice, three times daily, for seven days. After one week, all patients were cured of diarrhea, four had improved bowel regularity, and three reported increased energy(!). Researchers concluded that Aloe was able to rebalance the intestines by "regulating gastrointestinal pH while improving gastrointestinal motility, increasing stool specific gravity, and reducing populations of certain fecal microorganisms, including yeast.", Other studies have shown that Aloe Vera juice helps to detoxify the bowel, neutralize stomach acidity, and relieve constipation and gastric ulcers.
Aloe VERA REDUCES BLOOD SUGAR IN DIABETES!
Aloe Vera juice reduced the blood sugar levels in diabetics, as reported in Hormone Research. Five patients with adult (non-insulin- dependent) diabetes were given 1/2 teaspoon of Aloe Vera extract juice daily for up to 14 weeks.. Blood sugar levels were reduced in all patients by an average of 45%!, with no change in their total weight.
The Effects of Lifelong Aloe Ingestion on Aging and Pathology!
The use of Aloe Vera has crossed the barriers of time and culture in its promise to alleviate a broad range of illnesses. The basis of its reputation resides mainly with the steadfast beliefs in claims of its curative properties but without hard scientific evidence. The objective of our study was to initiate a systematic and scientific investigation of the effects of long-term Aloe ingestion on laboratory rats. Utilizing well-characterized inbred male F344 rats, housed under specific pathogen-free barrier conditions, we determined longevity, age-related pathology, and selected physiological and metabolic parameters.
A total of 360 rats were divided into four groups:
Group 1 (control) was fed a semi-synthetic diet without Aloe;
Group 2 was fed a diet containing a 1% freeze-dried Aloe filet;
Group 3 was fed a diet containing a 1% charcoal-processed, freeze-dried Aloe filet;
Group 4 was given whole leaf Aloe (0.02%) in drinking water.
For the longevity and pathological studies, 60 rats from each group were used.. For the physiological and metabolic studies, 30 rats were sacrificed at 4, 8, and 16 months of age.
A summary of results are as follows: Aloe ingestion, both crude and processed, was shown to extend (-10%) average life span and slow the mortality rate doubling time. Also, several beneficial effects from Aloe ingestion on age-related disease were found: Group 2 and 3 showed a lower incidence of atrial thrombosis than Group 1. Furthermore, Group 2 showed a significantly lower incidence of fatal chronic nephropathy and occurrence of multiple causes of death compared to the control group. All groups ingesting Aloe showed a slightly lower incidence of fatal leukemia. Moreover, no adverse, toxic effects were found with the ingestion of Aloe Vera.


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No. 14 Kentucky Earns No. 3 Seed in SEC Tournament
April 13, 2014
LEXINGTON, Ky. - After dropping a tight doubles point to the No. 15 University of Florida Gators, the No. 14 University of Kentucky men's tennis team rallied to win on two singles courts, but was unable to complete the comeback in singles as the Wildcats fell to Florida, 4-2, on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon on Senior Day in Lexington.
The Wildcats will be the No. 3 seed in the 2014 Southeastern Conference Tournament to be held next week in Nashville, Tenn., and will be hosted by the Vanderbilt University Commodores. By securing a top-four seed, the Wildcats earned a double-bye and will not see action until Friday.
On Friday morning at 9 a.m. CT, 10 a.m. ET, the Wildcats will play in the quarterfinal round against the No. 6 seed Tennessee or No. 11 Ole Miss. Kentucky beat both Tennessee and Ole Miss in the regular season, with the win over Tennessee coming on the road in Knoxville.
Kentucky lost the doubles court via a tiebreak on court one, as the Wildcats won on court two, but lost on the other two courts to give UF the early 1-0 lead in the match. Tom Jomby and Kevin Lai faced off against Floret Diep and Gordon Watson on court one, and fell in thetiebreak after there were no breaks of serve after all 14 service games in the match.
In singles, Kentucky tied the match at 1-1 when No. 95 Alejandro Gomez was able to solidify a 6-2, 6-1 win on court two to square the match. The win for Gomez on Senior Day was relatively easy, as he broke five times in the match and only dropped serve one time in his win. The win for Gomez was his fifth-straight, as he continues to play well on court two for the Wildcats.
After Florida re-gained the lead at 2-1 with a win on court three, Kevin Lai squared the match at 2-2 with a 6-0, 7-5 win on court four. The sophomore from Taiwan had no problems in the opening set, winning 6-0 before getting ahead at 5-3 in the early part of the second set and had a chance to serve out the match leading 5-3. Lai was then broken, but held for 6-5, where he broke his opponent, No. 82 Elliott Orkin, to win 7-5 in the second set.
After a Florida win on court six, the match then came down to court one, where Florent Deip had a set and a break lead on No. 13 Tom Jomby, leading 6-4, 5-4 and serving for the match. After three deuces, Jomby broke for the first time all match and forced a second-set tiebreak on court one. Jomby then fell in th tiebreak after a back-and-forth affair, and fell, 9-7 after having a set point to force a third set.
Freshman Jerry Lopez dropped the first set, but rallied to force a third set in the only remaining match on court at the time of the clinch. Lopez was up a break at 4-3 in the final set at the time of the clinch and looked destined to win the match there for the Wildcats.
In the nightcap, the Wildcats defeated Murray State with singles wins from Gomez, Pennington, Lopez, Nils Ellefsen, Lai and Maks Gold.
No. 15 Florida 4, No. 14 Kentucky 2
Hilary J. Boone Varsity Tennis Center - Lexington, Ky.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Match Duration: 3:37
Doubles (Order of finish: 2, 3, 1*)
1- Florent Diep/Gordon Watson (UF) def. No. 20 Tom Jomby/Kevin Lai (UK) 8-7 (5)
2- Beck Pennington/Alejandro Gomez (UK) def. Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin (UF) 8-3
3- Michael Alford/Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. Maks Gold/Nils Ellefsen (UK0 8-3
Singles (Order of finish: 2, 3, 5, 6, 1*)
1- No. 120 Florent Diep (UF) def. No. 13 Tom Jomby (UK) 6-4, 7-6 (7)
2- No. 95 Alejandro Gomez (UK) def. No. 106 Gordon Watson (UF) 6-2, 6-1
3- Maxx Lipman (UF) def. No. 112 Beck Pennington (UK) 6-2, 6-4
4- Jerry Lopez (UK) led Diego Hidalgo (UF) 2-6, 6-3, 4-3 (DNF)
5- Kevin Lai (UK) def. No. 82 Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-0, 7-5
6- Michael Alford (UF) def. Grant Roberts (UK) 6-4, 6-2
No. 14 Kentucky 4, Murray State 0
Hilary J. Boone Varsity Tennis Center - Lexington, Ky.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Match Duration: 0:59
Singles (Order of finish: 5, 6, 1, 3*)
1- No. 95 Alejandro Gomez (UK) def. Adam Taylor (MSU) 6-1, 6-1
2- Max McLean (MSU) led Beck Pennington (UK) 6-3, 0-3 (DNF)
3- Jerry Lopez (UK) def. Nicholas Mitric (MSU) 6-1, 6-0
4- Nils Ellefsen (UK) def. Davis Hess (MSU) 6-0, 3-2 (DNF)
5- Kevin Lai (UK) def. No. Anjan Kashyab (MSU) 6-0, 6-0
6- Maks Gold (UK) def. Mateo Barroetavena (MSU) 6-1, 6-0
For continuing coverage of UK men's tennis, log on to UKathletics.com.


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Al-Rawi, a geologist at Baghdad University and head of the Association of University Lecturers, says about 300 academics and university administrators have been assassinated in a mysterious wave of murders since the American occupation of Iraq began in 2003. About 2,000 others, he says, have fled the country in fear for their lives.
American and Iraqi officials say elections Jan. 30 will be one step toward ending the insurgency raging here. But scientists and academics have been under siege for more than a year and a half, and they fear the threat against them will continue. Doctors, scientists and academics — the educated elite who would be the foundation of a healthy economy and democratic society — continue to leave Iraq.
The attacks have caught the attention of the U.S. military and Iraqi security forces, but professors and university administrators say little progress has been made toward halting assassinations.
At the Ministry of Education, Abdul Rahman Hamid al-Husseini documents cases of murdered and intimidated academics. His numbers are far lower than al-Rawi's: 20 professors killed, more than 100 forced to flee. The precise number is impossible to pin down; al-Husseini's list omits victims confirmed dead by al-Rawi; al-Rawi includes people who do not work in academic fields, such as Ph.D.s working in government ministries.
Al-Husseini has met with American and Iraqi officials to discuss the problem and search for ways to end the campaign against academics. But with Iraqi security forces themselves the target of a bloody insurgency, law enforcement authorities have been at a loss to explain the assassinations of Iraqi academics. "We don't have a specific answer," al-Husseini says. "We don't know who's behind it."
The police "cannot protect themselves, so how can they protect us?" asks Khalid Joudi, the president of Baghdad's Al-Nahrain University. Promises that elections will bring relief ring hollow; Joudi remembers the hope he and his colleagues placed in the Iraqi interim government appointed in the spring.
"We were hoping with this government that things would improve, and they've gotten much worse," Joudi says.
Joudi says Iraq is already suffering an exodus of engineers, computer scientists and mathematicians.
In a country with distinct political, ethnic and religious fault lines, the university killings seem to follow no pattern. The dead have been Shiites and Sunnis, Kurds and Arabs, and supporters of various political parties. "They have a common thing: they are Iraqis," al-Rawi says.
Joudi says the motives for the attacks are varied — from score settling to terrorist attacks designed to weaken civil society. "Some of it may be personal," he says. "Just personal envy and hatred."
Extortion is another motive, al-Husseini says. Criminal gangs have kidnapped academics and other wealthy Iraqis for ransom and have threatened others. But, he says, some of the killings are designed to weaken Iraq by forcing its scientists and academics out of the country.
"There is a kind of campaign to make physicians leave the country," al-Husseini says, rattling off a list of medical specialties that are now understaffed in Iraq.
"We think it's politically motivated," al-Husseini says of the murder campaign. "Just to create a frustrating and disappointing situation among Iraqi college teachers and university lecturers."
The loss of some of Iraq's best minds has had an impact far out of proportion to the number actually killed or sent into exile, al-Husseini says, by depriving the country of its sharpest thinkers.
"Not because of the number of lecturers (killed)," al-Husseini says, "but because of their quality."
The persistence of the attacks has been a roadblock to the emergence of an open atmosphere on Iraqi campuses. Armed guards search visitors at Baghdad University's entrance. Professors and administrators must choose whether to work and travel with additional protection. Al-Rawi has chosen to forego such precautions, despite the risks.
"I deal with other human beings in a very normal way," al-Rawi says. "I can't deal with them normally if I'm carrying a pistol, or if I have guards behind me."
But Joudi, who has received death threats against himself and his staff, travels to and from his office with armed bodyguards.
Iraqi intellectuals see few signs the insurgency will end with elections scheduled for Jan. 30.
"The same forces will still be operating in Iraq, I think, after the elections," Joudi says.


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As seen Thursday night on iMPACT! Wrestling Dixie Carter wanted Hulk Hogan to join "Team Dixie," but the former iMPACT! General Manager told her, "I Quit," and walked out. Following the show, Carter wrote on Twitter, "You are so fired @HulkHogan!!!". However, he is still listed as a member of the TNA Wrestling roster.
The WWE Hall of Famer considers that four-year chapter over. Following the event, he wrote on his official Facebook account, "One door closes, another one opens, and I'm ready for my next challenge. Life is good. HH."
As we've previously reported, Hogan has yet to renegotiate his contract with TNA and both sides are working on a new deal.
Please, let the negotiations fall through.
I think the greater portion of the fans want him gone.
then your a fool hogan will always get a good fan reaction because must real fans respect what he has done for the biz hell he put your butt here
He didn't "put my butt here." I NEVER cared for Hogan. The Rock and Wrestling era ruined wrestling for over a decade, in my opinion. I liked wrestling, no sports entertainment. Hogan was the worst wrestler to ever step in the ring. I had for more respect for Ric Flair and the NWA than I did Hogan and the WWF.
I agree with u 100% I hope Hogan is gone for good
i think the greater portion of your brain is dead
If they are setting up a new NWO style inasion, HH will not benefit the storyline.
Please return to an X-division show, Revive the ECW action. People will watch. Continually pushing Magus-type wrestlers are boring the fanbase.
What's so bad about "Magnus?" He has had fantastic matches a few years back. What you're seeing now is only a quarter of what the guy is capable of. Just go on youtube and search his British Invasion matches from a few years back. Great work.
Yeah but like you said it was a few years back and obviously that was then and this is now.
Amen brother.
Hogan?? Is that you?
Agreed, leave Magnus out of it. U obviously don't like him cuz he's a brit. Did u not see the BFG finals or the gauntlet match on impact cuz he looked all good to me!
The problem is Magnus is terrible in singles matches, he has been during his entire run with TNA. He's always been more memorable in tag teams, and I think he always will. His character is incredibly dull, and he's ok at best in any singles match he's been in.
I happen to think it's TNA booking and the particular style of matches TNA leans towards these days. Only time will tell.
and the x really brought in the rating right
Considering he seems to be "playing along" with Dixie on Twitter, I'm guessing the ass isn't going anywhere. Total bummer.
thats the same thing your mom and what ever guy was that may have been your dad said when your ugly face came out
Your mommas so fat she could pass for a wrecking ball.
how is that playing up a storyline?? That sounds like a very real fb status
Hogan isn't leaving if he has no other offer. He will work at TNA for whatever price and just pretend he is paid more. He's on TV and gets paid a lot either way just for hanging around.
I so hope he's gone for good, TNA doesn't need him..
It's not a storyline, he's gone. A guy I work with is buddies with Jeff Jarrett and apparently everyone in TNA wants him gone so yeah.
and you're a big ass bullshitter if EVERYONE at TNA wanted hogan gone he would have been gone a long time ago and Jeff jarretts to busy with the japan and wrestling 1 promos to be dealing with TNA so yeah bullshit


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Egyptian Photographer Mohamed Ali Eddin Receives MRO Foundation Grant
ARLES, FRANCE(Marketwired - Jul 9, 2014) - Following a spirited and inspiring selection process, The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation announced today that Egyptian photographer Mohamed Ali Eddin has been awarded its fourth annual documentary photography grant. Selected from among twelve outstanding finalists representing nine countries, Mr. Ali Eddin's portfolio, Life of Quarry Workers, was awarded the top honor by a respected jury.
Life of Quarry Workers will document the plight of the 20,000 workers in the Minya governorate of Upper Egypt who endure long hours, deplorable conditions and serious injuries in the limestone quarries to earn a meager living. Against a stunning backdrop of the white rock, his winning portfolio shows spirited workers with no masks breathing quarry dust, heavy cutting machines with insufficient safety gear and tragic portraits of amputees. Focusing on their lives in village homes, over treacherous roads and in the dangerous quarries, Mr. Ali Eddin's aim is to not only expose the lack of health and safety standards in the quarries, but also to highlight the strong will and spirit of these people.
"I'm honored to be selected from among so many talented photographers and worthy projects," said Mr. Ali Eddin. "The MRO Foundation grant will allow me to bring a more in-depth view of these harsh and dangerous work conditions and the impact on the lives of the workers and their society."
Mohamed Ali Eddin is a freelance photojournalist based in Cairo. Born and raised in Cairo, he became interested in human rights and workers' issues as an investigative reporter working at a local newspaper. As a photojournalist, he began covering the Egyptian governorates in 2009 which are mostly ignored by the local media. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ain Shams University in Cairo. He is the 2013 winner of the World Press Photo Grant.


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Head Full of Snakes Issue II – a motorcycle magazine unlike any other! Photos by Sean Fennessy.
Head Full of Snakes Issue II – Published and designed by Stuart Geddes and Luke Wood. Photos by Sean Fennessy.
Head Full of Snakes Issue II – Published and designed by Stuart Geddes and Luke Wood. Photos by Sean Fennessy.
Head Full of Snakes Issue II – Published and designed by Stuart Geddes and Luke Wood. Photos by Sean Fennessy.
You might recall in August last year we ran an interview with stupendously clever and controversially bearded local designer Stuart Geddes of Chase & Galley. Don't pretend you don't remember. The story was expertly photographed by the one and only Sean Fennessy, and Stuart looked ravishing in his amazing yellow leather jacket, in a kind of fictional Wes-Anderson-character sort of way. (Y'all can chill out about the beard now, he's shaved it off).
As you know Stuart is an exceptionally talented and well respected local creative, specialising in book design. He's worked on some seriously stunning publications over the past few years, many of which we have featuring here, including Stuart Harrison's amazing book Forty-Six Square Metres of Land, The Melbourne Design Guide, and the re-design of Dumbo Feather magazine in 2011.
Stuart works incredibly hard in what can only be described as a seriously painstaking job! So, what does a book designer do on his days off…? Why, creates his own publication of course!
Stuart is a motorcycle enthusiast from way back. Last year he joined with fellow bike lover, New Zealand based Luke Wood to create Head Full of Snakes – a dense, beautifully designed indie publication about motorbikes, the culture that surrounds them, and the people who love them. The magazine really is a labour of love – not only is the content all produced by Stuart, Luke and their small team of collaborators and friends, but additionally, they print the WHOLE MAGAZINE in 3 colours on Stuart's own Risograph machine, meticulously collating the pages manually, and outsourcing only the binding. This is clearly completely MAD, and that, my friends, is why it is awesome! A truly handcrafted publication, in every sense of the word. (For a few behind the scenes pics of the insane collation process check out the HFoS blog!)
Head Full of Snakes is one of those intense projects, created with a level of perfectionism you really only see in a 'love' job. It's so thoughtfully researched and written, and beautifully laid out in a 'just blokey enough but just beautiful enough' way. At just $25.00 a pop these babies are destined to completely sell out, just as they did last year… and when they're gone, they're gone! If you have a motorbike-loving lad (or lass!) in your life, this might be the perfect anti-Valentines gift for him / her!
This month Stuart and Luke have released Head Full of Snakes issue II! We asked Stuart a few questions about the project –
What can we expect to find inside of issue two of Head Full of Snakes?
There's a bunch of stuff in there! It feels like a big issue, even though it's only 6 pages longer than the first (it's 114 pages). There's a couple of long interviews with motorbike people; David Beanham of Modak Motorcycles in Elizabeth Street, whose family has run Modak for 60 years; and Joe Grose, who restored a 1920s Harley Peashooter. There's also a great interview with Nicolai Sclater (Ornamental Conifer), A curated section by New York based This Long Century, a special Research Report by The Acid Sweat Lodge, a pull-out paper dart board and an embroidered patch made for us by Cash's, the last woven label manufacturer in Australia (along with a story about them by Carolyn Fraser). There's a whole lot more in there, but I'm sure you don't want me to go on.
How long has issue two been in development, and what challenges did you face getting this latest issue out of your brains and onto the shelf?
Really Luke and I started to talk about issue two as soon as issue one was done, so about a year ago. We were going to make it bi-yearly to begin with, but half way through the year we were both so busy that we thought it best to put issue two off – we followed story leads for most of the year, but the intense content gathering phase was really between October and the end of the year.
Luke (who is in Christchurch) came over here at the beginning of January to finalise the design and start the marathon of printing. The marvellous Penny Modra (of ThreeThousand) did our copy editing again, we had a bunch of friends and volunteers helping with the collating, and this time we outsourced the binding; but aside from that the whole thing is us. And so for 5 days we printed on it on our Risograph machine for 16 hours a day (and there was an all-nighter in there somewhere), and we worked out somewhere along the way that the print run is something like 202 000 individual prints. Some of the agony of production are detailed on the blog!
Buy Head Full of Snakes issue II from Motto Melbourne, The Modern Motor Cycle Company & on the HFoS website!


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If you're worried about things like IPv4 exhaustion, today is a good day. Google has just released an update for the Google Wifi app — and their Google Wifi and OnHub routers — that brings IPv6 support to the two networking devices. Other features in the new update include a warning when using the "Family Wi-Fi" feature to pause a connection on the current device, the ability to delete custom names, and a tool for benchmarking the speed of your mesh network.
Google Wifi & OnHub update adds IPv6 support and other new features [APK Download] was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
I knew I needed to review the TYLT Energi Pro when I first saw Daniel Bader rocking one on an overseas trip a few months back – and even though he's beaten me to the official take with his own excellent review, I've gathered some followup thoughts on the backpack in the weeks since. See, the TYLT Energi Pro isn't just any old backpack. It's a bag with a built-in 20,100 mAh battery beefy enough to recharge your tablets, phones, and even some laptops – and with 12+ compartments, it's big enough to hold all of that gadgetry, too. Combine that with water resistance, internal cable routing and enough comfort gel to keep your shoulders padded even with 20 lbs of cargo aboard, and you've got yourself a battery backpack that lives up to its high price tag (even though it's a stretch).
Click on through to MrMobile's TYLT Energi Pro review to see the best battery backpack of 2017 – or if you want to save some coin, check out some of the runner-ups below!
Today YouTube has announced a new video format to go along with all that VR the kids are using these days. It is called VR180, and it was created for YouTube in collaboration with Google's Daydream team. It works for both prerecorded and livestreamed …
Google's Android and Apple's iOS both have their pros and cons. We decided to compare them head to head to find out if one is better than the other. Here's what we found.(This is a preview – click here to read the entire entry.)
We've all been there. You're deep in the woods, maybe fist-fighting bears, maybe live-acting Minecraft, perhaps even escaping Shia LaBeouf. But, in the middle of things, your phone starts to buzz away in your pocket. Wouldn't it be way more convenient to just take a glance at the outdoor-optimized, 50m water-resistant, Android Wear 2.0 Casio WSD-F10 strapped to your wrist, rather than risk pulling your phone out of your pocket?
[Update: Now $317 and $323] Deal Alert: Casio WSD-F10 outdoor Android Wear 2.0 smartwatch $330-$340 at Amazon ($60-70 off) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
We have early access to the Galaxy S8's built-in Bixby Voice. Here's another look at what's coming to a Galaxy S8 near you.
We've already written plenty about the Galaxy S8's Bixby functionality, but what we haven't touched on is what to expect with Bixby Voice — ostensibly the main reason there's an extra button on the flagship device in the first place.
Up until the latest preview, all we knew about the Bixby is that it enabled you to press a button to control the phone with your voice. Well, now that we've had some time with it, we can confirm that Bixby Voice really is all about talking to the Galaxy S8. It's not the same as Google Assistant, though, as Bixby is more conversational and apologetic when it messes up. This is a voice-activated virtual assistant that aims to please.
Note: At present, you can only set up Bixby if you're part of the Early Access Preview, which is currently limited to the United States. There's no word yet on when Bixby will go live.
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Fingerprint sensors are rapidly becoming essential features on phones. It isn't just high-end flagships that ship with one these days. Even mid-range devices like the Moto G have them now. So, it comes as no surprise that more and more apps are integrating the feature, too. The 7.12 Evernote beta, which adds fingerprint unlock support, is just one of the more recent examples.
A fingerprint is no replacement for a password since it can't really be changed, but it is a convenient means of basic security.
Evernote's latest beta adds fingerprint support was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
If there's one thing that Motorola consistently does well, it's budget phones. All three variants of the Moto G4 – the normal, Plus, and Play – were some of the best inexpensive phones on the market last year. Now that the Moto G5 is out, we've seen the G4 Play drop to $100 on occasion, and now it has happened again.
If you need a refresher, the G4 Play has a 5″ 1280×720 display, a Snapdragon 410 CPU, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage.
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With the announcement of Samsung's Galaxy Folder 2 flip phone in South Korea, it's a wonder if we're backtracking through time to when phones were simpler things.
I can't believe I'm writing about a flip phone in 2017, but lo and behold, here we are.
What you see here is Samsung's Galaxy Folder 2, a flip phone with a 3.8-inch display that's sandwiched in between a large keypad and an outward-facing metal shell. There are also separate shortcut buttons for quickly accessing contacts, text messages, social channels, and the camera app — just like on the flip phones or yore — in addition to physical Android navigation buttons.
Inside, the Galaxy Folder 2 is a 1.4GHz quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. Fret not about the limited storage space, however, as there's an additional expansion slot along with a 1950mah battery powering the entire thing.
Unfortunately, even if you wanted to buy this thing for a giggle, you'd have to contend with its year-old,…


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"We can all picture the scene at a European Council sometime next year. Picture the face of our poor prime minister as the name 'Blair' is nominated by one president and prime minister after another: the look of utter gloom on his face at the nauseating, glutinous praise oozing from every head of government, the rapid revelation of a majority view, agreed behind closed doors when he, as usual, was excluded. Never would he more regret no longer being in possession of a veto: the famous dropped jaw almost hitting the table, as he realises there is no option but to join in.
"Then the awful moment when the motorcade of the President of Europe sweeps into Downing Street. The gritted teeth and bitten nails: the prime minister emerges from his door with a smile of intolerable anguish; the choking sensation as the words, 'Mr President', are forced from his mouth. And then, once in the cabinet room, the melodrama of, 'When will you hand over to me?' all over again."
William Hague, 21 January 2008
Alas, another of William Hague's prophecies bit the dust during closed-doors haggling at the European summit in Brussels this evening. Hague was always better at jokes than at politics, as his own policies towards Europe will demonstrate soon enough. Tony Blair's embarrassment at being so publicly rebuffed by the EU 27 will not last long and he will bounce back as usual. Foreign secretary Hague's difficulties will endure.
If it is any consolation, Hague may be able to tweak the joke and revive it. Blair is a hard man to keep down; at 56 he still has a lot of puff in him and a bulging contacts book. He is more likely to land an important job somewhere than he is to be put on trial for alleged war crimes over Iraq, though it does not seem likely that it will be as EU foreign minister – part of the endgame gossip in Brussels.
Was there ever a serious likelihood that such a serial EU offender as Blair, such a show-stealing, glamorous grandstander, could emerge as the public face of the Council of Ministers, the man Henry Kissinger would want to ring when he needed to "phone Europe"? Personally, I didn't think he would ever want such a frustrating role, pinned down by cautious – and jealous? – national leaders at every turn; it would have been like watching paint dry very slowly.
I also thought it would be too much like hard graft. It is not that Blair does not push himself relentlessly in his many roles – Quartet economic representative in the Middle East, many-sided philanthropist, big bucks adviser to banks and governments, all-purpose, high-minded hustler and maker of speeches. It was that the EU job would lack glamour, more of a chairman than a chief executive, as someone shrewdly warned.
Clearly, I was initially wrong in my calculations. Though the former Labour PM never openly threw his many hats into the ring, he allowed allies like Jonathan Powell to run his campaign and for Brown – who must have shared some of the qualms Hague mocked – to promote his name during the manoeuvres which preceded the appointment of the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy.
But it never struck me as likely that the EU would risk Blair, not for a host of reasons. Some flatter him, too big, too pro-active a figure to be the frontman for an organisation so determined to bury its head in comforting sand as a new world emerges all around it, a world which will seal the end to centuries when Europe dominated most of what mattered on the planet.
Others are more severe. He failed in his frequent promises to make Britain a "normal" EU member, part of the eurozone and of the Schengen passport zone (we have our own, with Ireland); far from it, Britain in 2009 is as Euro-neurotic as ever. Blair, like Brown and David Cameron, lacked the political courage or capital to take on the 'sceps and their strident, mostly foreign-owned, low-tax media.
Worse in many eyes, was Blair's role in supporting the invasion of Iraq in 2003. George Bush would not have dared do it without British cover, many say. Both leaders cooked the intelligence evidence to justify doing what the UN's weapons inspectors and the security council refused to countenance. The occupation was ineptly managed, the coalition's planners caught unprepared by an aggressive Sunni-led, al-Qaida-backed revolt in defence of lost privileges. Thousands died.
If Blair can point to three inquiries – a fourth now under way – which have not substantiated the main charges, there remains another. Blair has made a LOT of money in the two years since leaving No 10. Most of it can be properly accounted for, though a recent FT survey – which reckoned he has made £15m – claimed that the accounts for at least one of his charities look rackety. (According to Blair's spokesman, all three charities with which he is associated have been registered with the Charity Commission since the FT article in question was published in September.)
The money and the houses are not the problem; the Blairs have always been keen, even anxious, old friends say, about being short of material comforts. What must have troubled some squeaky-clean EU colleagues was the lack of transparency, concern that obligations may have been incurred which few knew about. For all the reasons above, they weren't prepared to risk it – and opted for a chairman, not a restless CEO with too much ambition.
Europe may come to regret it. Blair is unlikely to do so, he's not the type. Before he left No 10 I asked old friends what he might do in "retirement". He wants to work for peace in the Middle East, they said. He wants to get involved in promoting dialogue between faiths. People laughed, but he got stuck in. If I am wrong again and he fails to land a big international job he will find things to keep him busy.
One day he may even decide he's raced around enough. Cherie Blair, sitting at home waiting for her Ulysses to stop his wanderings, would be glad to see him.
• This article was amended on 20 November 2009, to add a response from Tony Blair's office regarding registration of his charities.


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Posted by Ryan Skinner on March 23, 2016
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Two days ago, Scott Brinker published his annual marketing technology supergraphic. It's now grown to some 3,800 vendors.*
There are, by my count, 159 vendors categorized in the content marketing part of his uberstack.
Some quick analysis of this collection:
- First of all, a blob of logos is hard to relate to (but it looks intriguing, so I know why Scott does it). To see the 'content marketing' vendors in a more usable way, I made a list in this spreadsheet (three relevant colums: all 159 vendors, the 89 new ones he added this year, and the 21 that departed, for varying reasons).
- Only a small handful of these vendors would ever be considered as an enterprise content marketing platform. Nine of these vendors made that cut last year.
- The longer and harder you look at any space, the more vendors you will find. Vendors that were new this year, but which have been around for several years, include DivvyHQ, Inpowered, Livefyre, Oracle Content Marketing, Nativo, Outbrain, Pressly, Sprinklr, Taboola, TechValidate, TrackMaven, and Uberflip. It's possible many other of the 89 'new' entrants are not new, but I don't know them as well.
- Only three of the 21 departed from the space are 'presumed dead'. The remainder were recategorized, pivoted or acquired (Storify by Livefyre, and Docalytics by Contently). Some pivots are likely equivalent to 'presumed dead' (in the content marketing space).
- It's worth noting that the separate space 'interactive content' (a group in which Brinker's own company has pride of place) is probably very hard to distinguish accurately from the 'content marketing' space.
- Furthermore, as is consistent with the results of our research with the users of Content Marketing Platforms [CMPs], many content marketers are as likely to say their CMS, marketing automation technology, ESP, native advertising or SMM technology is actually their primary content marketing technology.
- Even after you've pulled 100+ content marketing vendors from the morass of 3,800 marketing vendors, many of these 'content marketing' vendors would likely tell you that they do entirely different things from the other 'content marketing' vendors, and are thus incomparable. I have this on experience.
- The graphic highlights the importance of a very hands-on and knowledgeable internal marketing technology development team to manage integrations (in my experience, tiny vendors will bend over backwards for you - to win the business, but once they're large enough you're on your own with integrations). I have this second-hand, but from a lot of marketing technologists.
- The more sophisticated content marketers today will be spending as much time with the vendors (and colleagues) in the 'data' column of this graphic, as the 'content & experiences' column.
- Some of the smaller vendors here (possibly even many of them) are testament to the ease with which someone can begin marketing software with a logo from Fiverr, a templated website and a Crunchbase entry. Take that for what it's worth.
- With that said, marketers can get a surprising variety of content marketing-y jobs done at a small price with bespoke software tools these days.
- Some of these vendors did not give a moment's thought to how someone might find their website via google search.
*In many senses, this graphic has jumped the shark in the sense of its usefulness, but it's cute and an easy conversation starter in the marketing tech space.
I am predicting new type of
Comment from James Brown (not verified) on Wed, 03/23/2016 - 06:57
I am predicting new type of content- Interactive summary.
This will help readers to grasp content quickly and optionally they can utilize full content.
Content designed in such a way that each part of content will be useful and can be utilized without needing other.
There was an app for that
Comment from Ryan Skinner on Wed, 03/23/2016 - 08:18
What you're describing (an interactive summary) was largely the basis for an app called Circa; it sought to curate the full flood of news into a set of personalized summaries. Great idea, but didn't catch on, and they had to close shop. http://thenextweb.com/media/2015/06/24/circa-2015/#gref
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Gays in the Military?
Could it be time to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell?"
From the January 2011 Pop & Politics show @ the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles.
Left Right & Ridiculous is a unique blend of sketch, stand-up and video that skewers today's current events. Prepare for a hilarious hour of blasphemy and general disrespect that is definitely NOT fun for the whole family.
Have something to say? Leave a comment below and continue the conversation.
LOVE the new Branding~! …and really a lot better than the last incarnation, and I know you loved it Jimmy, but this is much better, seriously.
Great logo work, very clever on a high level. Top notch. It's a design like this that succeeds with typography where many other fail.
The cartoon is also pretty funny. caricaturing your own cynical anger that fuels this side of your comedy (and much of the rest of it).
Just wanted to tell you from a fan: good move. Love the new name and branding~!!


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Definition of bedouin
: a nomadic Arab of the Arabian, Syrian, or northern African deserts
Did You Know?
Arabic-speaking desert nomads of the Middle East are known as bedouin. Ethnically, the bedouin are identical to other Arabs. Bedouin social rank is determined by the animals they herd: camel nomads are most prestigious, followed by sheep and goat herders, and finally cattle nomads. Traditionally, bedouin migrated into the desert during the rainy season and returned to cultivated areas during the dry season, but since World War II some national governments have nationalized their range lands and conflicts over land use have arisen, and many groups have settled. Most, however, retain pride in their nomadic heritage.
Origin and Etymology of bedouin
Middle English Bedoyne, from Middle French bedoïn, from Arabic badawī desert dweller, from badw desert, desert dwellers
First Known Use: 14th centurySee Words from the same year
Other Anthropology Terms
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Do you have a week or two during the year when your services are not in high demand? Do your biggest clients seem to always take vacations during the summer or winter holidays? Are you being pressured to join your loved ones on a ski vacation, cruise, college tour, or family reunion?
If so, you need a vacation from your business. Here are some tips that have helped me know when to get away over the past 15 years of being a consultant:
1) If Your Clients Are Away – If your biggest, most time-consuming clients are going to be away between mid-December and New Year's Day, during Easter week, or a specific span of time next summer, why stick around if they're not there? If you want to take a break, it's simply the best time for you to go. Plus, there will be less to manage if your clients are away when you are.
2) If You're Snapping At Everyone, Including Your Dog – If you're super-stressed out about everything, no matter how busy you are, you really need a vacation. The longer it's been, the more you need one to recharge your batteries and reward yourself.
3) If You're Addicted to Email – Last year, I was so overwhelmed by emails, multiple projects, and the expected instant response times, I flew off to Micronesia to go scuba diving and totally unplugged for six days. No email. No laptop. No phone. Aaaahhhh. That was a vacation in itself.
4) If You Can't Get Enough Sleep – As I wrote in this recent article, if you're working too many long days because of too much work, too little time for breaks, and no time to eat, that's another indicator you need to take some time off.
5) If You Not Busy Enough – We all go through slow periods during the year, but if things are extremely slow and you know that business will pick up in a few weeks or a month, take some time off to plan your next marketing project or year-end business plan. If you can't afford an elaborate vacation, drive somewhere for a long weekend, take a few afternoons off to catch a movie, play golf or tennis, go for a hike, or just go out to lunch with a friend. All of this takes your mind off of work.
Remember, before your trip, don't forget to alert your clients far enough in advance that you'll be away, determine who's got your back to work with them while you're gone, arrange for secure remote access to your files, and change your office phone and email autoresponder messages. Then, relax and have fun!
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As a result, T-Mobile will display BlackBerry units at its stores and even have one of each model in each store in case consumers want to see the phone in action. But if a consumer wants to purchase a BlackBerry phone from the nation's fourth largest carrier, it will have to be delivered directly to the buyer.
On Friday, in announcing that it would write off nearly $1 billion in BlackBerry Z10 inventory, the manufacturer said that it would stop focusing on consumer sales and start focusing on the enterprise which is an area where BlackBerry has historically been strong.
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Soccer Aid helped raise £4.9 million for children's charity UNICEF.
The fourth bi-annual charity football match - created by Robbie Williams and Jonathan Wilkes - broke records by raising its highest amount so far, with the UK government matching all public donations pound for pound.
Will Ferrell, Gerard Butler, Edward Norton, Olly Murs and Gordon Ramsay were among the celebrities taking part in this year's event, which took place at Old Trafford on May 27.
Robbie Williams, UNICEF UK Ambassador, said: "I'm still basking in the glory of England's win and so pleased that this has been the best Soccer Aid yet with almost £5 million raised for UNICEF – for children.
"Thank you so so much to everyone who donated on the night or bought a ticket to the match - we couldn't have done it without you."
Michael Sheen, Rest of the World captain, added: "It was amazing to get back on the Old Trafford pitch this year and, despite not retaining our trophy from 2010, it was the most incredible year yet.
"Thanks to the pound-for-pound matching from the UK government we were able to raise more money than ever before which will help UNICEF reach so many more children with life-saving care like vaccines and emergency food."
Soccer Aid's funds will help UNICEF improve children's lives around the world by providing food, vaccines and other important supplies.
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Film Feast: O Brother Where Art Thou?
Join us for film themed event that provides a full sensory experience. Chef Mark Estee has created dishes inspired by the film of the week. Our waitstaff, joined by Utility Players will engage in character as we serve dinner as usual. Come 9pm, we will show the film of the week, offering BOGO drink specials to anyone who joined us earlier for dinner.
Event DetailsPhone: 7753361091
Admission: Free
Liberty Food and Wine Exchange
100 N. Sierra St.
Reno, NV 89501
Event Schedule
|July 25
|5pm - 10pm


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Map for Boulevard Dining Room
55-59 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HP
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Orem • A clothing store that featured risque T-shirts in its display windows won't face charges.
The decision by officials in Orem came three weeks after resident Judy Cox saw some of the shirts in the window of a PacSun store at University Mall and bought every last one in stock so the clothing she found offensive would be removed from display.
The shirts featured pictures of scantily dressed models in provocative poses.
City Manager Jamie Davidson told The Daily Herald of Provo that courts have ruled in similar cases that such displays are not illegal.
"People may find things in society objectionable that may not be illegal," Davidson said.


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Since there are so many expert landscapers on this site, with ideas I always think are perfect I'll ask about my front. This is the house I bought last year. A friend said the row of uniform hedges, from the garage to the front door, are outdated. Do they look bad?
First, I like how they provide privacy for the window next to the front door, which is my den. (former dining room). I did cut down 2 closest to the front door, to about 20" tall because I was afraid someone could hide behind there and jump out at me. (just kidding sort of). Now, looking at the photo maybe I could cut down the one closest to the garage door. It's wide, so would open up that space quite a bit from the corner of the garage. Would I leave it bare or plant something small there? The house faces south and I'm on a ridge and get less rain than other places, plus sandy soil makes it tough for anything to grow.
Secondly all the houses in this city are on septic, so I'm advised not to plant anything, but no one said anything about the existing shrubs. By 'anyone' I've had a couple of old time septic experts here.
One photo is older and now the gardenias under the front bedroom window are have grown due to fertilizer and watering. I'd like them to cover more of the window, for privacy. The edging stones in front of the bedroom have sunken, so I bought an interlocking sand at HD and someday, will dig the sunken ones up and put the special sand underneath them. You can barely tell but at the very corner of the house is a hibiscus that freezes back every yr but each yr it gets a little bigger. It's has orange flowers that work well with the brick. I'm in zone 9 so do get some freezes.
I removed the flag on the lightpost and also removed the red rocks around it.
Someday I want white windows and soffit and a light roof. I think everything is too dark now. But for now all I'm doing is repainting the shutters and garage door, which has faded to an ugly orange. Beige is the only color I can think of. The bricks are reddish so not sure most greens, (which would be my first choice) would work with red bricks. I just want something lighter.
This must be because the paint is so old? but when I rub my hand over the garage door the orange paint rubs off leaving black underneath. The door is white on the inside so don't know what that black is. I can tell at the very top it once was a dark brown, same as the shutters.
I'd paint the front door except for the security grill which my daughter and I like. I guess I could take it off and paint it too. I think they look better the same color as the door so they blend in.
All opinions will be valued.
house looks nice as it is. changing to white :barf:
if you don't like the color of the house, why did you buy it ?
put your money/time into updating the landscaping, though it doesn't look bad now. just not modern
I love the house and location. I'm not sure, on window color, and like hearing others opinions.
This weekend is my one yr anniversary in this house. One entire year of stripping wallpaper, cleaning, painting and planting shrubs and flowers in the back yard. I was lucky to find this house which had sat on the market. It took a lot of work but I could see the diamond in the rough.
I just stepped in to comment on the septic field---
That is ,most likely , in the back yard---you do not want to plant any trees or shrub on the field itself or within 15 feet or so---other than that area----plan what you wish---
gosh, i wish my house looked that good. my house needs pretty much everything. with the proper landscaping your house would look fantastic.
post a pic of the garage door and drive
ok, posting right side photo soon.
The septics are in the front yard here. The largest city in the county with aprx 85,000 population and yet septic. Everyone else likes it due to no sewer cost.
That's unusual----I like my well and septic-----no water/sewer bills---just maintenance on the system.
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The older houses here, like mine, have screens over the garage doors. I was going to remove them but they've been great for when I'm painting doors, etc. in the garage.
I like the multi trunks of the citrus but I think they are too much trouble to take care of.
The grapefruit tree (closer to the road) and the magnolia, to the right of it, both need to come out I think. They look half dead, but I imagine it will cost a lot to remove them.
On the drive I had trouble with dirty water standing in the swale. Last week I took a shovel and dug a shallow trench, 2' out from the drive, on each side, and now water runs off of the drive. I imagine I'll have to do that every couple of yrs. It's not deep enough for anyone to fall into.
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I blame the auto industry for brainwashing people into throwing away perfectly good things in order to "update" them to the latest "style."
All that matters is that YOU like the hedges, you are the one paying for them, put whatever you want in there and only accept input from those willing to PAY THE BILL for new stuff they want to see there in your yard or house!
I pay $5.82 for my sewer, $8.05 for 1,000 gals of water, and $15 for garbage collection.
Around here they are placed on the lowest lay of the land. With the standard distance away from the wells, whicg are all decommissioned anyway now that we have a community well that the region maintains.
We pay about $60 every 4 months for water..maybe a few dollars more if you have a swimming pool or ice rink to fill.
Garbage, recycle and compostable food waste, even large items are all free public services.
I agree that the house looks great. The plants could use a little cutting back, but since you are the one who lives there you should do what pleases you
yeah, only do what YOU like. no doubt. but, you asked, so i told ya. but like i said . a pro designed land scape job would look really nice there.
my freaking water/garbage bill is about $100 a freaking month :eek::furious:
They do an annual cleanup day here where they will take large junk, sofas, appliances and other assorted junk and volunteers go around in trucks and pick it all up at your driveway, but in the last couple of years it's been a bring it to a location in town yourself thing, with volunteers picking up at homes where the owner cant do it (elderly, no vehicle etc) and a nominal fee for large appliance disposal.
Its true..we do get large item pick up one a month and street sweeping in the spring, but its also true that my house and property are double that of yours and my property taxes are also double that of yours..each month..:mad:
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Framed Art Print
Belly of the beastby Pete Harrison
Choose from a variety of frame styles, colors and sizes to complement your favorite Society6 gallery, or fine art print - made ready to hang. Fine-crafted from solid woods, premium shatterproof acrylic protects the face of the art print, while an acid free dust cover on the back provides a custom finish. All framed art prints include wall hanging hardware.
This piece is a dedication to the monster movies over the years, " creature of the black lagoon, the mummy, the wolf man " are few of my favs, collaboration between Leigh Flurry and Pete Harrison.


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Giada De Laurentiis' Beach Essentials
The Food Network star and super-mom dishes on her beach must-haves.
What's in Her Bag?
This radiant chef, author, TV personality, and supermom of 4-year-old daughter Jade is a pro at whipping up scrumptious, clean-your-plate Italian fare on the Food Network and at home. And she has a secret to staying so svelte in spite of her trade: keeping active on the coast. "My husband and I love to paddlesurf and take walks on the beach near our home in L.A.," she says.
Beach Read
"An easy read is perfect for long afternoons spent lounging on the beach."
This is Not the Story You Think It Is...A Season of Unlikely Happiness by Laura Munson; amazon.com
Cute Swimsuit
"I love the color!"
Network One-Shoulder Top, $72, and American Bikini Bottom, $58, in Raspberry, BECCA by Rebecca Virtue; everythingbutwater.com
Salt-water Hair Primer
"This is the perfect no-fuss product to help me tame my curls, I love it!"
No. 14 Sea Salt Primer, $26; davines.com for salon locations.
"This cover-up is easy, elegant sun protection, but also light enough that I don't get too hot."
Queen of the Nile Tie-Front Cover-up, $218, Letarte; 203/992-4377
"Jade, my four-year-old, can spend literally all day splashing and playing in the sand."
UV Swim Goggles in Pink, $15; usa.babybanz.com
"The perfect sandals for the beach or going out on a summer evening."
Zana Sandals in Ore Satin with Swarovski Crystals, $650, Pedro García; shopbop.com
Beach Tote
"My husband and I love to paddle surf and take walks on the beach that is near our home."
Custom Canvas Tote with Anchor Design, $168 (large); shopiomoi.com
Lip Gloss
"It's waterproof and stays on for hours."
Lab Shine Lip Gloss in Shimmering Magenta, $18; sephora.com
Frozen Grapes
"They are a healthy and refreshing snack."