News for today's 2018: 10/20/12

IWS Babe of the Week: Our HOT IWS Friends

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Each and every Sunday on the IWS website, we typically highlight a famous actress, actresses, or celebrities <strike>who may be trending and would provide good traffic for our website</strike> whom we truly love.<br /><br />However, today?<br /><br />Because of things that have transpired over the last few days, which will remain sub rosa until Wednesday's show, we'd like to<strike> excoriate</strike>, illuminate some of the hot babes who listen to, read, and/or otherwise take out cease and desist orders toward IWS Radio, and Jay and I.<br /><br />First up...<i>The Schmoopster.</i>  This chick has been adored, canonized, and well, at the same time, made fun of on more than one occasion by Jay and Matt...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBm-1_p7p3fZpqS70bNz4JxJzRPWrS8txZXcx9tC0tCAKGaPTQEDCNRVUK1U6iZ34Nu-Wo-Q1FrLiKZ8qDd32D7tyr-4w0WmyPfPCOWfIbLYFr3QsWWChrUvIwbwSdeqTdFxr9EvLBDgs/s1600/SchmoopBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBm-1_p7p3fZpqS70bNz4JxJzRPWrS8txZXcx9tC0tCAKGaPTQEDCNRVUK1U6iZ34Nu-Wo-Q1FrLiKZ8qDd32D7tyr-4w0WmyPfPCOWfIbLYFr3QsWWChrUvIwbwSdeqTdFxr9EvLBDgs/s400/SchmoopBanner.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><br />On deck, we have the lovely Missalicious.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXhDJpQf678RM8Bhim2yAS1id6yTs3aIFn0lKOi6WXj97ZBn96rEbivmdczfTpGHfdxJJM4tKKWkdZSewu7HfyFv7VXcBX_aD_BF9cRQbeJm4ChQP1irL3kB2duvuWxqD6MXzBo8aoTg/s1600/Missy+Cali+Love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXhDJpQf678RM8Bhim2yAS1id6yTs3aIFn0lKOi6WXj97ZBn96rEbivmdczfTpGHfdxJJM4tKKWkdZSewu7HfyFv7VXcBX_aD_BF9cRQbeJm4ChQP1irL3kB2duvuWxqD6MXzBo8aoTg/s400/Missy+Cali+Love.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Now Missy has done a fundraiser for us.  She also offers plentiful advice to us, such as...<br /><br /><i>"If I knew when I agreed to do your show that there would be no bagels in the Green Room, I would have told to you two cheap bastards to forget it...Uuch."</i><br /><br />Of course there is always the uber-lovely <a href="http://www.artmustdie.com/"><i><span style="color: blue;">Jo</span></i></a>.  She is so damn hot...especially when she wears ponytails and cruises the High Schools in hopes of a tawdry and illegal affair...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZKNDj95pYcVwojMVk7D26OvnSOnMdvfdD8byCaKEVNjSb7iLoRWtE7A05VKhyshFNQZgUUZkL1tZLvIB_5YIAxaYgUcKFiv3tKGvhTNtQ3agsLwsZ6UY6WLTdwgWcTRqEbAksL3xXeA/s1600/jo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZKNDj95pYcVwojMVk7D26OvnSOnMdvfdD8byCaKEVNjSb7iLoRWtE7A05VKhyshFNQZgUUZkL1tZLvIB_5YIAxaYgUcKFiv3tKGvhTNtQ3agsLwsZ6UY6WLTdwgWcTRqEbAksL3xXeA/s400/jo2.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br />And then, we have Jayman's BFF Warrior Kat.  Kat is a nurse, and if she ever said to me that this test requires that she quickly and painfully stick a needle into my scrotum, I would still answer, <i>"Oh Yeah, Baby. Do it three times for accuracy!!"</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VAj_CHUBOrGoT1dK3LgRz3ucoxuNKifh027UrF3Ui9SEn7aWOfeK7sOjmwufA4Iuezp-HWBsp2LNcbkOQwKYCNN3Orne_RSiHJUmsu6LkerBQCzGEM0vNCdk_aRx0FVTogoxlQnW3WA/s1600/Kat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VAj_CHUBOrGoT1dK3LgRz3ucoxuNKifh027UrF3Ui9SEn7aWOfeK7sOjmwufA4Iuezp-HWBsp2LNcbkOQwKYCNN3Orne_RSiHJUmsu6LkerBQCzGEM0vNCdk_aRx0FVTogoxlQnW3WA/s400/Kat.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><br />Hell...While we make fun of her often, we love when <i><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://amidlifescrises.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Dana</span></a> </span></i>escapes her mythical Accounting Meeting and joins us most Wednesdays...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Zo0x2xPEEJp2AwlXNep8m_fV9Y4nMWELx3zQSXrqYuXcY9xLrJke1Zrp2zK2EIqJJsZX4FHzRY3rUXouV01H_tVF6_VeQAwgPBDroBOG7pl9NqY22H-AL6dmNKsuEMMcX1opRxaEtw/s1600/Dana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Zo0x2xPEEJp2AwlXNep8m_fV9Y4nMWELx3zQSXrqYuXcY9xLrJke1Zrp2zK2EIqJJsZX4FHzRY3rUXouV01H_tVF6_VeQAwgPBDroBOG7pl9NqY22H-AL6dmNKsuEMMcX1opRxaEtw/s400/Dana.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />And then of course...There is Tamara.  Tamra is one hard nosed, hard rocking chick, who...loves the animals and tries to save all of those whom she can...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoabnq5RBJ9qkmUf8TaBpM6nuaHotv6zkey_LPw5A_j_GgvZrcZP_Y9eRGimr_X2fewMtfFh1kAligHN2rwisTO-I-i3ylfcoCWPiuEULe7hNUDM6Cb4Kmd8vs7-yWXIq90Mkmg3ltIg/s1600/Tamra+Tree+BW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoabnq5RBJ9qkmUf8TaBpM6nuaHotv6zkey_LPw5A_j_GgvZrcZP_Y9eRGimr_X2fewMtfFh1kAligHN2rwisTO-I-i3ylfcoCWPiuEULe7hNUDM6Cb4Kmd8vs7-yWXIq90Mkmg3ltIg/s400/Tamra+Tree+BW.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Yeah, celebrity Bitches are perceived as hot many times, but seriously?<br /><br />Jay and I are blessed with boatload of hot chicks who listen to us, and more importantly, hot chicks whom we consider our friends.<br /><br />Annnnnnd....We will be broadcasting<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2012/10/21/when-we-were-18"> <i><span style="color: blue;">LIVE</span></i></a> today at NOON ET as we talk about when we were 18 years old.<br /><br />As Matt-Man's son Ryno will turn 18 on Wednesday we thought it to be the perfect time to re-live our glory days when we were 18.<br /><br />Join us LIVE today at NOON ET on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2012/10/21/when-we-were-18"><span style="color: blue;"><i>BTR</i></span> </a>as we discuss our youth and you can listen and chime in as well by clicking <i><a href="http://http//www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2012/10/21/when-we-were-18">HERE.</a></i><br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i></div>

IWS Babe of the Week: Our HOT IWS Friends

Each and every Sunday on the IWS website, we typically highlight a famous actress, actresses, or celebrities who may be trending and would provide good traffic for our website whom we truly love.However, today?Because of things that have transpired o…

TÜRKEI

8:20 PM Tukiyooo 0

<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJrZ5PD9qAqtsJCMjZcIF-cbKKbtv6t0_mLtNx_tDNhjePsoaJuKFKEdVvlZ8apsgRaXhSEaj6ZHWlaOPgiSQFRyXIsHD3KEaYb8e6QeNU9Wg5MheU2qS9c3jt9IT1Jk-L_y83nDv3qK6/s1600/Ottoman_Empire_Coat_of_Arms_by_TurkForce.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJrZ5PD9qAqtsJCMjZcIF-cbKKbtv6t0_mLtNx_tDNhjePsoaJuKFKEdVvlZ8apsgRaXhSEaj6ZHWlaOPgiSQFRyXIsHD3KEaYb8e6QeNU9Wg5MheU2qS9c3jt9IT1Jk-L_y83nDv3qK6/s320/Ottoman_Empire_Coat_of_Arms_by_TurkForce.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b>Ottoman Em<span style="color: red;">pire Coat of Arms</span></b></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">MIT ALLER GEWALT</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ankara ist auf der Suche nach seiner Rolle in der Region. Jetzt muss sich Erdogan mit den alten Feinden ISRAEL und KURDISTAN auseinandersetzen, will er seine Stellung im Nahen Osten wahren.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Nachdem SYRIEN im vergangenen Juni einen türkischen Kampfjet abgeschossen hatte, wurden in ISRAEL Stimmen laut, denen zufolge der Abschuss den TÜRKEN gerade recht kam: Ankara suchte nur nach einer militärischen Legitimation, um selbst eine bewaffnete Intervention in SYRIEN zu starten. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In dieses Kalkül passte der Angriff natürlich perfekt. Und sollte der Zwischenfall nicht ausgereicht haben, dann gab es spätestens mit dem tragischen Vorfall vor einigen Tagen ausreichend Zündstoff für weitere Aggressionen: Fünf Zivilisten, darunter drei Kinder, wurden bei dem Angriff auf die TÜRKISCHE Grenzstadt Akçakale durch Mörsergranaten getötet.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Prompt entschuldigte sich SYRIEN und erklärte der UN, dass es sich um einen Unfall gehandelt habe. Trotzdem war der politische Schaden zu groß, um den Vorfall mit einem Pressestatement glattzubügeln: Das Parlament in Ankara segnete kurz darauf ein Gesetz ab, dass es der TÜRKEI erlaubt, „im Verteidigungsfall“ militärisch zu intervenieren, auch jenseits der eigenen Grenze.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ANKARA UND DAS STREBEN NACH EINFLUSS</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Klar ist, dass die TÜRKEN eine dominantere Rolle im SYRISCHEN Konflikt spielen wollen, sei es mit diplomatischen oder militärischen Mitteln. Diese Entscheidung ist von zentraler Bedeutung, weil sie signalisiert, worauf die TÜRKISCHE Strategie im NAHEN OSTEN hinausläuft. In letzter Zeit hatte Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan mit einer Art „neo-ottomanischen“ Plan auf sich aufmerksam gemacht, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.linkiesta.it/turchia-siria-ottomano" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT">den sein Außenminister Ahmet Davutoglu ausgearbeitet hatte</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">. Die TÜRKISCHE Strategie war es immer, sowohl wirtschaftlich als auch politisch an Einfluss zu gewinnen. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mit Nachdruck hat die Regierung in Ankara beispielsweise die Handelsbeziehungen zu den südlichen Nachbarn intensiviert – und das nicht zufällig. Bis zur Eskalation des Konflikts vor eineinhalb Jahren sahen viele Beobachter SYRIEN als „die TÜRKEI vor 30 Jahren“, ein Land voller Potenzial. Dieses Potenzial wollte Ankara nutzen.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Politisch wollte man sich gleichzeitig als Musterbeispiel einer islamistisch-demokratischen Alternative zum IRAN darstellen. Die Abstecher türkischer Handelsflotten in den Gaza-Streifen zahlten auf diese Taktik ein: Primär waren die Fahrten als humanitäre Expeditionen zum Nutzen der Palästinenser geplant, aber natürlich wollte Ankara damit auch ISRAEL diskreditieren und für seine Vormachtstellung in der Region werben. Zudem hoffte man in der TÜRKEI darauf, die Beziehungen zu RUSSLAND zu verbessern: Neben Kooperation in Energiefragen (die TÜRKEI ist die Schlüsselstelle zwischen Ost und West) träumte Erdogan schon lange von engerer politischer Zusammenarbeit, ungeachtet der zahlreichen Kriege, die beide Länder in den vergangenen Jahrhunderten angezettelt haben.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">GESCHEITERTER NEO-OTTOMANISMUS </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Doch allen Bemühungen zum Trotz ist der Neo-Ottomanismus gescheitert. Es ist immer deutlicher geworden, dass der „ARABISCHE Frühling“ kaum frühlingshaft war, und außerdem eher „islamistisch“ als arabisch. Es ist ein Islamismus, aus dem sich kein konfessionsübergreifendes Bekenntnis zu Frieden und Liebe ableiten lässt, sondern der lokal (beinahe auf Stammesebene) verharrt. In ÄGYPTEN, TUNESIEN und LIBYEN werden vor allem Eigeninteressen verfolgt – auf die TÜRKEI schaut dort niemand. In den anderen Ländern der arabischen Welt, in den alten sunnitischen Königreichen, mit oder ohne Ölreichtum, regiert ohnehin schon seit dem Ende der „richtigen“ arabischen Revolution 1918 der Konservativismus.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCviYVViVOUwo4WMOrcSyy5FBQ6AJu_hudHkYZb-KppnqPG4NonTE9bxvatyTXKqgdOuy62AQPuTK6mtXeC6v02qJNMIvsXyz6_PXuk58NSgNvIMHmXJjFKCZh2cf9Wgxh1Bc8xlxZDRmV/s1600/flotilla02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCviYVViVOUwo4WMOrcSyy5FBQ6AJu_hudHkYZb-KppnqPG4NonTE9bxvatyTXKqgdOuy62AQPuTK6mtXeC6v02qJNMIvsXyz6_PXuk58NSgNvIMHmXJjFKCZh2cf9Wgxh1Bc8xlxZDRmV/s320/flotilla02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ein Zwischenfall illustriert die Machtlosigkeit der TÜRKEI: Als ISRAEL die Handelsflotte auf dem Weg von der TÜRKEI nach Gaza stoppte, sprang aus der Kontroverse nicht einmal etwas für die TÜRKEI heraus. <b>Neben Friedensaktivisten waren auch mehrere Vertreter der Muslimbrüder an Bord</b>. Zwar gibt es auch unter den Islamisten gemäßigte Fraktionen, doch die Einstellung der Muslimbrüder ist zumindest zweifelhaft. Konservative Quellen </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/muslim-brotherhoods-flotilla" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT">aus den USA</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> und </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://jcpa.org/text/Turkey_Muslim_Brotherhood.pdf" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT">aus ISRAEL</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> behaupten, dass es den Muslimbrüdern vor allem um das Knüpfen von Kontakten zur Hamas gegangen sei. Egal ob die Vorwürfe stimmen: ISRAEL war verärgert und die TÜRKEI konnte keine eigenen Erfolge vorweisen.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">GELD STATT ABENTEUER</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">An diesem Beispiel wird auch deutlich, wie eng politischer und wirtschaftlicher Erfolg der TÜRKEI verzahnt sind – und welche Rolle ISRAEL spielt. Nach der Verschärfung der Sanktionen gegen den IRAN und nach dem Ausbruch mehrerer Bürgerkriege in der Region war ISRAEL das einzige Land, das weiterhin blühende Handelsbeziehungen mit der TÜRKEI hatte – und das, obwohl Erdogan sein Bestes tat, um eine enge Zusammenarbeit zu verhindern. Fröhlich </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/122840/premier-says-turkey-suspended-all-military-aareements-and-commercial-relations-with-israel.html" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT">erklärte er im September 2011</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">, dass er dabei sei, „jedes militärische oder wirtschaftliche Abkommen mit ISRAEL zu suspendieren“. Der bilaterale Handel boomte trotzdem und stieg im Jahr 2011 sogar über die Marke von vier Milliarden US-Dollar. Mehr noch: Bis die israelischen Streitkräfte eines der nach Gaza fahrenden Schiffe, die „Mai Marmara“, am 31. Mai 2012 angriffen, wuchs der ISRAELISCH-TÜRKISCHE Außenhandel um mehr als ein Drittel. Tourismus ist da noch nicht einmal mit eingerechnet: Eine halbe Million junger ISRAELIS verbrachte ihren Urlaub bisher jedes Jahr in den TÜRKISCHEN Massenressorts voller Fastfood und Nachtclubs. Jetzt ist diese Zahl auf 60.000 gefallen – zum Missfallen der Unternehmer in Bodrum oder Antalya: Ihnen geht es um das Geld ISRAELISCHER Touristen, nicht um waghalsige maritime Abenteuer der eigenen Regierung. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Hintergrund Informationen</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">:</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Israeli Exports to Turkey rise 42% to equal exports to Germany</span></i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/see-no-evil-hear-no-evil.html"><span lang="EN-US">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/see-no-evil-hear-no-evil.html</span></a></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/turkeys-middle-east-chess-game.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/turkeys-middle-east-chess-game.html</a></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.economywatch.com/economy-business-and-finance-news/turkey-israel-economic-relations-continue-despite-tensions-16-08.html">http://www.economywatch.com/economy-business-and-finance-news/turkey-israel-economic-relations-continue-despite-tensions-16-08.html</a></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The two countries recently signed a cooperation agreement relating to the protection of natural gas drilling sites</span></i></b></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The visit comes against a backdrop of worsening relations between ISRAEL and TURKEY following the May 2010 <b>TURKISH flotilla incident, which is cited as the official reason for the rift between the countries but in reality it has always been because of the gas and oil findings</b>and TURKEY’s double edged strategies of recent past. </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/eastern-mediterranean-sea.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/eastern-mediterranean-sea.html</a></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">DIE ÖKONOMISCHE SITUATION MACHTE ES NUN SOGAR NOTWENDIG, DIE HALTUNG GEGENÜBER DER KURDISCHEN MINDERHEIT ZU ÜBERDENKEN</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKM0omjut_4DVNm-pyaHQPGjmJdofNkMUfwGHKIRKccLnrUjGubgfWhLjRcKaSVfPBlJdM0oEjl5NXdAx0nsHIqLZXCEinbA5ZczZEFe143Ougpxk_p7uSxlGdqIAQotKUZQogZuwY0Lzx/s1600/photo+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKM0omjut_4DVNm-pyaHQPGjmJdofNkMUfwGHKIRKccLnrUjGubgfWhLjRcKaSVfPBlJdM0oEjl5NXdAx0nsHIqLZXCEinbA5ZczZEFe143Ougpxk_p7uSxlGdqIAQotKUZQogZuwY0Lzx/s400/photo+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Im Übrigen genießt die TÜRKEI einen Exportüberschuss gegenüber ISRAEL. Es wäre wenig durchdacht, diesen wachsenden Markt – einen der wenigen funktionierenden Märkte in der Region – zu gefährden. Die ökonomische Situation machte es nun sogar notwendig, die Haltung gegenüber der KURDISCHEN Minderheit zu überdenken. Die TÜRKEI versucht, sich vor allem mit den im IRAK lebenden KURDEN gut zu stellen, und überdenkt daher auch die Behandlung der KURDISCHEN Minderheit im eigenen Land. Dank der föderalen Struktur des IRAKS können nun auch Ölabkommen ausschließlich mit dem NORDIRAK getroffen werden, ohne sich mit den chaotischen Strukturen der Zentralregierung in Bagdad auseinandersetzen zu müssen. TÜRKISCHE Firmen beziehen das Öl von IRAKISCHEN Kurden, raffinieren es und verkaufen es dann zurück oder pumpen es in Richtung der eigenen Verbraucher.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Hintergrund Informationen</span></u></b><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">:</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/double-dealing-in-iraq-and-syria.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/double-dealing-in-iraq-and-syria.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TURKEY'S GAMBLE ON KURDISTAN OIL</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-erratic-foreign-policies-all.html"><span lang="EN-US">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-erratic-foreign-policies-all.html</span></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Doch allen TÜRKISCHEN Annäherungsversuchen zum Trotz haben KURDISCHE Organisationen – und vor allem die PKK – weiterhin wenig Sympathie für Ankara. Die PKK argumentiert, dass es trotz einiger Zugeständnisse keine Einigung bei den wirklich wichtigen Fragen von politischer Repräsentation und Autonomie gibt. Vorigen August hat die Organisation sogar eine TÜRKISCHE Polizeistation nahe Sirnak mit Granaten angegriffen – und das ist lediglich ein Beispiel für die seit Jahren wachsenden Spannungen. Es überrascht nicht, dass jetzt Gerüchte laut werden, SYRIEN habe die KURDISCHEN Rebellen unterstützt und ihnen beispielsweise Waffen geliefert oder Ausbildungslager organisiert.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">DIE TÜRKEI UND DIE REALPOLITIK</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Und RUSSLAND? Erdogan war sicherlich bewusst, dass er sich in der SYRIEN-Frage nicht auf Moskau verlassen kann, gerade wegen der russischen Interessen in der Region. Israel zu schwächen würde ihm deshalb nicht dabei helfen, die Fühler bis nach JORDANIEN oder ÄGYPTEN auszustrecken. Vielmehr würde es dazu beitragen, die Position der Hisbollah im SÜDLIBANON zu stärken – also genau die Gruppe, die Assad als IRANISCH-RUSSISCHE Puppe im Amt hält. Es ist kein Zufall, dass der IRAN Hisbollah neuerdings mit technischem Know-how für den Bau von Drohnen unterstützt, um damit über ISRAELISCHES Gebiet zu fliegen. Auch in SYRIEN sollen Hisbollah-Kämpfer </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-calls-for-ceasefire-to-extract-its-fighters-from-syria-rebels-report/" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT">für das Assad-Regime aktiv sein</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Insgesamt muss die TÜRKEI sich immer mehr von ihren „neo-ottomanischen“ Plänen verabschieden und der Realpolitik zuwenden. Für Erdogan gilt es, sich mit alten „Feinden“ ISRAEL und KURDISTAN auseinanderzusetzen, um den Schlüssel für den Nahostkonflikt zu finden. Eine solche Lösung ist politisch und wirtschaftlich heikel – umso mehr, seitdem wir </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21552216" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT">die Wahrheit</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> über die TÜRKISCHE Wirtschaft und die hohe Inflationsrate kennen. Es wird sich noch herausstellen, ob der Versuch, eine islamische Nationalidentität aufzubauen und das kemalistische Jahrhundert hinter sich zu lassen, eine realistische Perspektive ist.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>ByStefano Casertano</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Via The European</i><span lang="DE-AT" style="mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;"></span></div>

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<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLypZf8sKLIdwrq8uj1RUrAvuKqLciG0SHRrzCwAYEovfELZBmazn9iRj481gO8wnwOpimmTyPDbOOeP3uXkThp06Su3ewZnM1uGqa-THE2daPym8pMwrx1Rdrh-KTBcFwUWKY1NRFuge/s1600/6a00d83451608369e200e552e6415c8834-800pi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLypZf8sKLIdwrq8uj1RUrAvuKqLciG0SHRrzCwAYEovfELZBmazn9iRj481gO8wnwOpimmTyPDbOOeP3uXkThp06Su3ewZnM1uGqa-THE2daPym8pMwrx1Rdrh-KTBcFwUWKY1NRFuge/s320/6a00d83451608369e200e552e6415c8834-800pi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WEAPON FOR CHANGE - DEMOGRAPHY</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WHILE THE U.S. PURPORTS TO HAVE A STRATEGY FOR NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS, WHY IS THERE NO STRATEGY FOR WOOING THE YOUNG IN IRAN?</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"Death to AMERICA" has been the rallying cry of IRAN'S Islamic Revolution since the late 70s, and images of IRANIAN radicals chanting the regime's favorite slogan have made a lasting impression in AMERICAN minds.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But there is a huge misunderstanding in the West about IRANIANS as religious fanatics. For many young IRANIANS, hatred of their own government is all consuming, and they stand fiercely against the corrupt religious regime. So why wouldn't we consider anyone who hates the current IRANIAN regime as possible allies?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SEVENTY PERCENT OF IRAN'S 74 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER 35</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">and have no real memory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Fifty percent of the IRANIAN population is under 25 and very well educated. Many of these young people joined the democracy protests in 2009, but were severely beaten and are now afraid to speak out against their country. While the 2009 demonstrations didn't lead to an EGYPT-style revolution, they did permanently alter the landscape of IRANIAN politics.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h2drJtntKgiiLfDUWhAExhze0ZeJfsxJl71Sp1zSnNbufmNjPTOZDxopEt2bnaw0lWe2MxNRUV5JE5mWnFLbt7BiPX6JVPouEXcowDlnGZJqEU0mEA-_tr1K5J7xg9RFucws7SOVXBg1/s1600/popiran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h2drJtntKgiiLfDUWhAExhze0ZeJfsxJl71Sp1zSnNbufmNjPTOZDxopEt2bnaw0lWe2MxNRUV5JE5mWnFLbt7BiPX6JVPouEXcowDlnGZJqEU0mEA-_tr1K5J7xg9RFucws7SOVXBg1/s640/popiran.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To the dismay of the IRANIAN government, and despite their strong arming tactics, their youth often look upon the UNITED STATES, if not warmly, at least with some jealousy. Many young IRANIANS have access to the Internet and satellite television, which is banned but still widely used. And they long for what AMERICANS enjoy: freedom, liberty, equality and justice. They often describe themselves as the "burnt generation," and many young IRANIAN bloggers say they await the opportunity to once again take to the streets to express their disapproval of their spiritual leadership's aggressive policies.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IRAN IS ONE OF THE MOST TECH-SAVVY SOCIETIES</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Broadcasting Board of Governors conducted a phone survey in March and reported that over one third of IRANIANS watch satellite television. The IRANIAN police go house to house and take the dishes away, but most do not issue any fines. Pirated music, videos and video games are also widespread. Many IRANIAN youths push the legal limits sometimes to a breaking point. Millions go to websites such as Facebook that are blocked by the government but accessible to anyone with some technical knowledge. IRAN is one of the most tech-savvy societies in the developing world, with an estimated 28 million Internet users, led by youth.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to the UNITED STATES Institute of Peace, "IRANIAN youth are among the most politically active in the 57 nations of the Islamic world and represent one of the greatest long-term threats to the current form of theocratic rule. IRAN'S youth are increasingly pivotal to elections. After the 1979 revolution, the voting age was lowered to 15, but later raised to 16 then 18, as the theocrats recognized the youth's political power. The young constitute nearly 40 percent of the electorate, a number expected to grow over the next decade. Whether they vote, and how, will be a major factor in the 2013 parliamentary elections, the regime's next official test."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IRAN is one of the youngest societies in the world, skewing politics, the economy and social pressures, and the sheer number of well-educated youth is one of the biggest threats to the current regime. But even with a university degree, it takes two to three years to find a job, and many are chronically unemployed, left frustrated, angry and ready for change. According to the IMF, IRAN has one of the world's highest rates of brain drain.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja17z19k-87FWHXuvRhhJcuDcE2-MYEQ43e6l00eN2FfqBEnnX5RIsAqeo6IOsExW05JGTrJpzFMNojjEEpOPwGp7rGYp8Kja0ZqhmScGQZVd3Cq-TwDyb7fFxlN7hEd4nL_8UJJB606el/s1600/Youth-Unemployment-in-Iran.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja17z19k-87FWHXuvRhhJcuDcE2-MYEQ43e6l00eN2FfqBEnnX5RIsAqeo6IOsExW05JGTrJpzFMNojjEEpOPwGp7rGYp8Kja0ZqhmScGQZVd3Cq-TwDyb7fFxlN7hEd4nL_8UJJB606el/s640/Youth-Unemployment-in-Iran.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Youth unemployment in Iran</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In April, <i>Al Arabiya News</i>reported, "The increasing infighting between Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad has given even more hope to the many young IRANIANS in the pro-democracy movement. The infighting between these leaders is more than an indication of their lack of popular support. It is a sign of their weakness and myopia, not to mention a golden opportunity for young reformers to swoop in. It may happen during the next presidential election in mid-2013 or it may happen sooner, but whatever the case, sometime soon political power will land in the laps of young IRANIANS. When it does, change will follow. In the meantime, the children of the Islamic Revolution are still stirring, and as the old chaps fight among themselves, young women and men are setting the stage for a new day in IRANIAN politics."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rising education, erosion of government restrictions on information and an expanding middle class are the key to change in IRAN. Given some time to let the young mature and have children of their own, IRAN could become more like TURKEY in the future.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">So while the U.S. purports to have a strategy for nuclear negotiations, why is there no strategy for wooing the young in IRAN?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A war with IRAN will only strengthen the hatred IRANIANS have for the West, including the on-the-fence burnt generation. The West should consider using the IRANIAN youth—not bombs—as their weapon for change.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Teri Schure</span></div>

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The show must go on!

2:27 PM Tukiyooo 0

<span style="font-size: large;">I went to see <a href="http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/arts/dublin-theatre-festival-review-the-talk-of-the-town-3249484.html">"The talk of the town"</a> today with my sister and  cousin.  When I went to collect the tickets from the box office it was explained that the main actress had been in an accident and had a fractured skull.  A new actress stepped in to the role but given the short notice (5 hours!) she would be reading the script.  </span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The play its self was very good but unfortunately the reading of the script was highly distracting and somewhat amateurish.  At the end of the hour and 45 minute show the look of relief on all of the actors faces was palpable when they realised that they had got through the show (particularly the actress who played Maeve Brennan). This was the last day of the run so there was only one evening performance left.  I have never heard of this being done before and I wonder why there was no understudy.  Quite strange!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Afterwards we enjoyed a cocktail in the Mint Bar in the Westin Hotel - my twin sister and I swear by their cocktails, we think they are the best in Dublin!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRP490GjOIjUHJ9Df3KcpMIH_li9rRfT3QlYxU6rBuO-IGOL-4MIS0gCuFhdpx8du_omcaYym8T3Bi8b0WezU41bsO6tnakeCS7q2j0Xp5tMk8UvGpe4ig-bjpwWUPnGtCR4jbd7gdcgx/s1600/IMG_2233%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRP490GjOIjUHJ9Df3KcpMIH_li9rRfT3QlYxU6rBuO-IGOL-4MIS0gCuFhdpx8du_omcaYym8T3Bi8b0WezU41bsO6tnakeCS7q2j0Xp5tMk8UvGpe4ig-bjpwWUPnGtCR4jbd7gdcgx/s320/IMG_2233%5B1%5D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">                          Here I am enjoying a caipiroska - Cheers!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">BTW, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.443350055701336.88409.122333021136376&type=1">here</a> are lots of picture of the house, if you are interested!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>

The show must go on!

I went to see "The talk of the town" today with my sister and cousin. When I went to collect the tickets from the box office it was explained that the main actress had been in an accident and had a fractured skull. A new actress stepped in to the …

The SodaBIB Project

6:00 AM Tukiyooo 0

<a href="http://www.sodabib.org/">The SodaBIB Project</a> is "a prototype project to reuse plastic water bottles to form a thatch roof -- to help people to create shelter from discarded materials." The design of SodaBIB (Soda-Bottle Interface Bracket), developed by professors and students at New York Institute of Technology (<a href="http://iris.nyit.edu/architecture/">NYIT</a>), consists of a custom shipping pallet that breaks down to serve as an armature for mounting empty water bottles. Therefore water bottles can be shipped to people and places in need, and then <i>everything</i> can be reused for shelter.<br /><br /><img alt="sodabib.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/sodabib.jpg" title="The SodaBIB Project" /><br /><br />The NYIT folks have already created a 5-foot-square prototype, but now they're aiming to build a barrel-vaulted mock-up on the Old Westbury campus. As is becoming the norm, Kickstarter is being used to help <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jasonvannest/the-sodabib-project">fund the project</a>. A short video on the project is below, but much more information on SodaBIB can be found on <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.kickstarter.com/projects/jasonvannest/the-sodabib-project">its Kickstarter page</a>.<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jasonvannest/the-sodabib-project/widget/video.html" width="640"> </iframe>

The SodaBIB Project

The SodaBIB Project is "a prototype project to reuse plastic water bottles to form a thatch roof -- to help people to create shelter from discarded materials." The design of SodaBIB (Soda-Bottle Interface Bracket), developed by professors and student…

Chobani's Golden Deliciousness

4:27 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEF1FTAnWvkJu4xRXjbPHycl-DwosvBCh6yKpCsag4425uOjO0PbuOIZtzpdXP4VrOqpYAC6BbhPRKv2U1ZOH61U8EOKtib577bEZpfEe05F1MniPZo4DjvDF4UMahP9nwX6-TXEqEdBE/s1600/pineapple+chobani.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEF1FTAnWvkJu4xRXjbPHycl-DwosvBCh6yKpCsag4425uOjO0PbuOIZtzpdXP4VrOqpYAC6BbhPRKv2U1ZOH61U8EOKtib577bEZpfEe05F1MniPZo4DjvDF4UMahP9nwX6-TXEqEdBE/s320/pineapple+chobani.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> My favorite fruit is Pineapple,so I figured I would give Chobani's Greek Pineapple yogurt a try. I am so glad that I did! From the first bite I fell in love with it. Ever  since then I buy it all of the time! It's not too sweet, not watery and runny, thick,creamy, chunks on pineapple throughout the yogurt and it's not high in fat! It's high in protein for a quick snack after a workout and only 2.5 grams of fat, not bad at all for a healthy and affordable yogurt! I give them an A+! <a href="http://www.chobani.com"></a>

Chobani's Golden Deliciousness

My favorite fruit is Pineapple,so I figured I would give Chobani's Greek Pineapple yogurt a try. I am so glad that I did! From the first bite I fell in love with it. Ever since then I buy it all of the time! It's not too sweet, not watery and runny…