News for today's 2018: 05/28/13

Cutting Ties

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbre-us1qCa_udE4RIvuSNXhNoR8VptmC5OsrqUr7qPBbkPP_0GloCYGBNla3UEW8mTXOEZEvO64oMP_WxBGe2o-XVNGTbfAqpaLVjJYbP_51Q9KRAhfmiYlruVgtEtpJqVhScmvt-cl0/s1600/Cutting+Ties+With+Love+Family.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbre-us1qCa_udE4RIvuSNXhNoR8VptmC5OsrqUr7qPBbkPP_0GloCYGBNla3UEW8mTXOEZEvO64oMP_WxBGe2o-XVNGTbfAqpaLVjJYbP_51Q9KRAhfmiYlruVgtEtpJqVhScmvt-cl0/s400/Cutting+Ties+With+Love+Family.jpg" width="400" /></a>Cheers and Happy Hump Day Peoples!!<br /><br />Y’know?  Sometimes?  One needs to cut ties.  Sometimes, things just don’t work out.  And today?  That is exactly what I am doing.<br /><br />No, you morons, I’m not cutting romantic ties with Jayman…I’m cutting romantic ties with IWS’ favorite ingénue and bit player, Schmoop.<br /><br />It’s been a great, nearly thirteen year run, and I have loved every minute of it, okay, well, except for the last few months, but overall, she is, and has been, a sweetie.<br /><br />She asked me not to mention her any longer, but well…I have to have closure (touchy, feely phrase).<br /><br />Here’s the thing, and I know some of you, including the sexy man himself, Jayman, will be pissed at me for writing this, but as I proffered earlier, here’s the thing…<br /><br />It is harder and harder to write funny stuff when I think of Schmoop’s* current frame of mind and her actions, and in fact, it has affected me and what I write and what I say on the show.<br /><br />Her attitude, especially towards me, consumes me, and I apologize.<br /><br />I can’t write as I normally do, because instead of writing something funny, I am writing about Schmoop. Shut Up!!  I do occasionally write something fumy!!  But no, and you are correct, I am always thinking of her.<br /><br />Ha…you know what pisses me off the most?  Ryno is graduating this Saturday, Schmoop and I will have more money, I’ll have no guilt, and yet?<br /><br />Schmoop goes all angst on me.  WTF?<br /><br />And I thought that <i>others </i>had bad timing.  Pfffffffffft...I win!!<br /><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank">@MattMan_IWS</a></span><br /><br />*But being the most respectful guy that I am, this is the last post that invokes her name, as requested.</div>

Cutting Ties

Cheers and Happy Hump Day Peoples!!Y’know? Sometimes? One needs to cut ties. Sometimes, things just don’t work out. And today? That is exactly what I am doing.No, you morons, I’m not cutting romantic ties with Jayman…I’m cutting romantic ties wi…

“PIPELINEISTAN”

6:37 PM Tukiyooo 0

<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-Tb6fnGpqueWxVhDR1aGMW7zkaWsN-5xyGpfZI5wUc6zfmSBIYGxEd-u4jQjhe8Ubp4ilUPZYpwCIxhu1Fzv9X_pO8PlscFz52Pbon0BF7N1w4oZYIQXiI_uutlHPnCNXAOE5oUy0xyZ/s1600/pipeline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-Tb6fnGpqueWxVhDR1aGMW7zkaWsN-5xyGpfZI5wUc6zfmSBIYGxEd-u4jQjhe8Ubp4ilUPZYpwCIxhu1Fzv9X_pO8PlscFz52Pbon0BF7N1w4oZYIQXiI_uutlHPnCNXAOE5oUy0xyZ/s1600/pipeline.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ASSAD TALKS, RUSSIA WALKS</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Pepe Escobar via AsiaTimes</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Executive Summary:</span></u></b></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nusras is pursuing al Qaeda's agenda of a greater Islamic      nation</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What Aassad didn't say</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Assad talks, Russia walks</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don't forget “PIPELINEISTAN”</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IRAN-IRAQ-SYRIA gas pipeline agreement signed in July      2012 worth us$10 billion, a “win win” situation, but not for QATAR and      TURKEY <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Is “PIPELINEISTAN”- energy, once more the real reason      for the civil war in SYRIA?</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The EU oil-for-al-Qaeda scheme</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Whoever gets their hands on the oil, water and      agriculture, holds Sunni SYRIA by the throat</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So Bashar al-Assad has spoken - <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/may/18/interview-bashar-al-assad-syria-international-community-video">exclusively</a>, to ARGENTINE daily El Clarin (there's a huge SYRIAN diaspora in ARGENTINA, as well as in neighboring BRAZIL). <br /><br />Cutting through the fog of WESTERN hysteria, he made some valuable points. The record shows that, yes, the regime has agreed several times to talk to the opposition; but myriad "rebel" groups with no credible, unified leadership have always refuted. So there's no way a ceasefire, eventually agreed on a summit - such as the upcoming US/RUSSIA Geneva conference - can be implemented. Assad makes some sense when he says, "We can't discuss a timetable with a party if we don't know who they are." </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NUSRAS IS PURSUING AL QAEDA'S AGENDA OF A GREATER ISLAMIC NATION</span><br /><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, by now everyone following the SYRIAN tragedy knows who most of them are. One knows that the Un-Free Syrian Cannibals, sorry, Army (FSA) is a ragged collection of warlords, gangsters and opportunists of every possible brand, intersecting with hardcore jihadis of the Jabhat al-Nusra kind (but also other al-Qaeda-linked or inspired outfits). <br /><br />It took Reuters months to finally admit that jihadis are running the show on the ground. A "rebel" commander even complained to Reuters, "Nusra is now two Nusras. One that is pursuing al Qaeda's agenda of a greater Islamic nation, and another that is SYRIAN with a national agenda to help us fight Assad." What he didn't say is that the real effective outfit is al-Qaeda-linked. <br /><br />SYRIA is now Militia Hell; much like IRAQ in the mid-2000s, much like the WESTERN-imposed, "liberated" LIBYAN failed state. This AFGHANIZATION/SOMALIZATION is a direct consequence of NATO-GCC axis interference. So Assad is also right when he says the West is adding fuel to the fire, and is only interested in regime change, whatever the cost. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">WHAT ASSAD DIDN'T SAY</span> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Assad is not exactly a brilliant politician - so he wasted a golden opportunity to explain to WESTERN public opinion, even briefly, why GCC petro-monarchies SAUDI ARABIA and QATAR, plus TURKEY, have the hots for setting SYRIA on fire. He could have talked about QATAR wanting to hand over SYRIA to the Muslim Brotherhood, and SAUDI ARABIA dreaming of a crypto-emirate colony. He could have talked about them both being terrified of Shi'ites in the Persian Gulf harboring legitimate Arab Spring ideals. <br /><br />He could have pointed to the absolute shambles of TURKEY'S "zero problems with our neighbors" foreign policy; one day there's a triad of collaboration Ankara-Damascus-Baghdad, the next Ankara wants regime change in Damascus and routinely antagonizes Baghdad. And on top of it TURKEY is puzzled to see KURDS emboldened from northern IRAQ to northern SYRIA. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-erratic-foreign-policies-all.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-erratic-foreign-policies-all.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-syrian-policies.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-syrian-policies.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><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></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/turkey-and-kurds.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/turkey-and-kurds.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/turkeys-foreign-policy-poker-game.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/turkeys-foreign-policy-poker-game.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />He could have detailed how BRITAIN and FRANCE inside NATO, not to mention the US, as well as their petro-monarch puppets are using the disintegration of SYRIA to hit at IRAN - and how none of these actors supplying weapons and plenty of cash, give a damn about the suffering of the "Syrian people". The only thing that matters is strategic targets. <br /><br />While Bashar al-Assad was talking, RUSSIA was walking. President Vladimir Putin - well aware that the Geneva talks are being derailed by various actors even before they happen - moved RUSSIAN naval vessels to the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; and offered SYRIA a batch of ultra-modern ground-to-sea Yakhont missiles plus a batch of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles - the RUSSIAN equivalent to the AMERICAN Patriot. Not to mention that SYRIA already has RUSSIAN SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">DON'T FORGET "PIPELINEISTAN"</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL0AHk5hgaHQZhBqfyyvRN-omCBhuJ3U6hHk6aVM8Z-2_8G2Hava4k2-lZQtAyZg9Z2Yru8d-0G5yJcBMh3urEAAT7czx_3W55uc23Wg9EfCY6R8aTjRxj2ifZ_yAtPFL5F7u4MqI4aX7/s1600/ill06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL0AHk5hgaHQZhBqfyyvRN-omCBhuJ3U6hHk6aVM8Z-2_8G2Hava4k2-lZQtAyZg9Z2Yru8d-0G5yJcBMh3urEAAT7czx_3W55uc23Wg9EfCY6R8aTjRxj2ifZ_yAtPFL5F7u4MqI4aX7/s400/ill06.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NATO-GCC, now try to even bypassing the UN, to unleash a mini-Shock and Awe on Damascus. Or to install a no-fly zone. QATAR and the House of SAUD, militarily, are a joke. The BRITS and FRANCE are seriously tempted, but they don't have the means - or the stomach. Washington has the means - but no stomach. Putin was dead sure the Pentagon would read his message accordingly. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">TRANS ARABIAN PIPELINE “TAPLINE”</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">IRAN - IRAQ - SYRIA GAS PIPELINE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN JULY 2012 WORTH US$10 BILLION, A “WIN WIN” SITUATION, BUT NOT FOR QATAR AND TURKEY </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGPqIXFDohGoZuxU301yYxY81SZXJB8j5dnaxuwbsNJ0D9rgnDSBendTUiiCSIOKPACsKE6pNOoXPY_s8NYnXBrWyEcmvFlTf0qCHef9O60MICOIFwyYkZ0ir5wAjy8j0zm1by8ZGBEzL/s1600/1-s2.0-S0920410512000629-gr1-e1349998373550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGPqIXFDohGoZuxU301yYxY81SZXJB8j5dnaxuwbsNJ0D9rgnDSBendTUiiCSIOKPACsKE6pNOoXPY_s8NYnXBrWyEcmvFlTf0qCHef9O60MICOIFwyYkZ0ir5wAjy8j0zm1by8ZGBEzL/s400/1-s2.0-S0920410512000629-gr1-e1349998373550.jpg" width="400" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Assad could also have talked about - what else - Pipelineistan. It would have taken him two minutes to explain the meaning of the agreement for the US$10 billion IRAN-IRAQ-SYRIA gas pipeline that was signed in July 2012. This crucial Pipelineistan node will export gas from the South Pars field in IRAN (the largest in the world, shared with QATAR), through IRAQ, towards SYRIA, with a possible extension to LEBANON, with certified customers in WESTERN EUROPE. It's what the CHINESE call a "win-win" situation. <br /><br />But not for - guess who? - QATAR and TURKEY. QATAR dreams of a rival pipeline from its North field (contiguous with IRAN'S South Pars field), through SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN, SYRIA and finally TURKEY, which bills itself as the privileged energy transit hub between East and West. Final destination: once again, WESTERN EUROPE. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As in all Pipelineistan matters, the crux of the game is bypassing both IRAN and RUSSIA. That's what happens with the Qatari pipeline - frantically US-supported. But with the Iran-Iraq-SYRIA pipeline, the export route may originate nowhere else than in Tartus, the SYRIAN port in the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN that hosts the RUSSIAN navy. Gazprom would obviously be part of the whole picture, from investment to distribution. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IS “PIPELINEISTAN”- ENERGY, ONCE MORE THE REAL REASON FOR THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA?</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><br /><br />Make no mistake; Pipelineistan - once again tied up with bypassing both RUSSIA and IRAN - explains a great deal about why SYRIA is being destroyed. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information:</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE EU OIL-FOR-AL-QAEDA SCHEME</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile, the real SYRIAN army - backed by Hezbollah - is methodically retaking strategic Al-Qusayr out of "rebel" control. Their next step would be to look east - where Jabhat al-Nusra is merrily profiting from another typical EU blunder; the decision to lift oil sanctions on SYRIA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">WHOEVER GETS THEIR HANDS ON THE OIL, WATER AND AGRICULTURE, HOLDS SUNNI SYRIA BY THE THROAT</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy14AF-5zi22ULUUU9f4NFySp1SRbHtdrzVRqY0MYt6eyeX5yRQMRBRUpsKUMJXh8jeqbbubmOSoHmp1aMgX2AQCsPR3BfNNY4VVUDNqyLTUruEVIFKXtEEkqVHfeQ1Lmlaz52DUZHbfnk/s1600/Gas+Dollar+Sign_eb0e7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy14AF-5zi22ULUUU9f4NFySp1SRbHtdrzVRqY0MYt6eyeX5yRQMRBRUpsKUMJXh8jeqbbubmOSoHmp1aMgX2AQCsPR3BfNNY4VVUDNqyLTUruEVIFKXtEEkqVHfeQ1Lmlaz52DUZHbfnk/s320/Gas+Dollar+Sign_eb0e7.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SYRIA Comment blogger Joshua Landis drew the necessary conclusions; "Whoever gets their hands on the oil, water and agriculture, holds Sunni SYRIA by the throat. At the moment, that's al-Nusra. EUROPE opening up the market for oil forced this issue. So the logical conclusion from this craziness is that EUROPE will be funding al-Qaeda." Call it the EU oil-for-al-Qaeda scheme.</span></div>

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3.5 weeks To Go!

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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i>**all photos on this post, with the exception of the first one, were professionally taken by <a href="http://www.elkinks.com/" target="_blank">Emily at Elkinks Photography</a>. </i> </span></div><br />It's hard for me to imagine that I am <i>this</i> close to the end of my pregnancy.  It truly seems just like yesterday that I found out I was going to have a baby.  I remember laying on my couch in October thinking, "How am I ever going to survive this until June"?  Here we are!   <br /><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/AVvXsEjk_ebA6Sp_0eQjdHrYVixAQrIAMsIfvHkuSB9PTFqoZSNRZOiAW6kyUwJgH8z5H-keuAuNEd4NO8BeTgnaarNt4r-sU_PFGW2pRm5PGtwKLycZvo90l9236iAVx2R3znJ168sUnGmdkho/s1600/36+weeks+pregnant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_ebA6Sp_0eQjdHrYVixAQrIAMsIfvHkuSB9PTFqoZSNRZOiAW6kyUwJgH8z5H-keuAuNEd4NO8BeTgnaarNt4r-sU_PFGW2pRm5PGtwKLycZvo90l9236iAVx2R3znJ168sUnGmdkho/s400/36+weeks+pregnant.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">36 weeks</td></tr></tbody></table>If there is one thing I've learned throughout this entire process, it's that every single person responds to pregnancy differently, both physically and emotionally.   Sure, those who are able to get pregnant and carry a baby fullterm inevitably a) get pregnant and b) deliver a kid in some fashion.  But what goes on in each woman's pregnancy can vary greatly.  This isn't a bad thing!  It's just good to know that what I went through, or your mother went through, or your friend went through, doesn't automatically mean you will go through those same things when you are pregnant.   <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8kRdQGoSSYcmUDYSlUMpcz8ymPAU0m341SH_g1ygkq-0cUGkOual5lxzuylREoi-phcZSpgFG7OTA7tARhfuWFrHTyb_HoZDbmN3SwoM886PQJacSMe_0q6LQjnJi7T4mKL5oZSz3fw/s1600/facebook+prego+cover+photo+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8kRdQGoSSYcmUDYSlUMpcz8ymPAU0m341SH_g1ygkq-0cUGkOual5lxzuylREoi-phcZSpgFG7OTA7tARhfuWFrHTyb_HoZDbmN3SwoM886PQJacSMe_0q6LQjnJi7T4mKL5oZSz3fw/s400/facebook+prego+cover+photo+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />On top of that, there are so many parallels to draw between a person's weight loss journey and their pregnancy journey.  Both are physically demanding.  Both are emotionally demanding.  Both are unique to the individual.  And both involve receiving a lot of opinions, whether you asked for them or not!   And truth be told, I can say <i>all</i> these things and for some, this will not click until they go through their own journey.  That's fine too!  I am one of those people.  I've read a LOT about weight loss, and I've been around enough pregnant women to know the basics of what goes on.  But when you're not the one enduring the journey, it doesn't quite sink in the same way. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFRBSWLarMmNriaiskiGcDA6kN9uCpEl-k7Nd2Y2VgDLaNOWHFL6Z0403C0Vx-D4b7kEerDehKt-To9NC7j6v_yuwwnacfYlvgy9SVbbVXvqC6KrnuR2ssI4je-bqHLsCAJObKN8NxNE/s1600/facebook+prego+profile+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFRBSWLarMmNriaiskiGcDA6kN9uCpEl-k7Nd2Y2VgDLaNOWHFL6Z0403C0Vx-D4b7kEerDehKt-To9NC7j6v_yuwwnacfYlvgy9SVbbVXvqC6KrnuR2ssI4je-bqHLsCAJObKN8NxNE/s400/facebook+prego+profile+pic.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><br />I can now say that I am thankful to God for giving me the ability to make a human.  While I could not have seen myself voluntarily wanting to be pregnant ever in my life, I am so glad I've gone through this experience.  I know it has made me a better person because of it.  Pregnancy truly is a miracle - not only in the conception of the child, which is a miracle all on it's own, but also in how your body begins to respond to a growing human.  The hormones that automatically turn on, the way your bones start to shift, the ability of your heart to start pumping more blood through your system.  It all blows me away. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7U6otWxpGmbjMVZ8kf3VS2zDU-Id1EhPiwStpFLr08tFpJygeMqk9C7WskSt9E1nWuGrZ9hCzBvpLbDc2Z_K99W9ni4sixGx1x19iiDyLU6vCapnY-2mJog_JHFUtK5ZPGWfkXSe2BEE/s1600/joel+fb+photocover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7U6otWxpGmbjMVZ8kf3VS2zDU-Id1EhPiwStpFLr08tFpJygeMqk9C7WskSt9E1nWuGrZ9hCzBvpLbDc2Z_K99W9ni4sixGx1x19iiDyLU6vCapnY-2mJog_JHFUtK5ZPGWfkXSe2BEE/s400/joel+fb+photocover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />What blows me away even more is how <i>my</i> body has responded to pregnancy.  I've talked about this <a href="http://the-big-weight.blogspot.com/2013/04/minor-health-issues.html" target="_blank">before</a>, but it's worth jotting down again for my own sake.  I am most definitely not about to condone being overweight.  However, I feel a lot like my blogger friend <a href="http://www.coffeecakeandcardio.com/" target="_blank">Ashley</a>.  <span style="color: #999999;"><i>{</i></span><i><span style="color: #999999;">Ashley has her own weight loss journey that she talks about on her blog <a href="http://www.coffeecakeandcardio.com/" target="_blank">Coffee Cake and Cardio</a>.}</span></i>  The thing that draws me to Ashley is something I believe we share (or, rather, <i>shared</i> prior to becoming pregnant).  Ashley is very fit - she works out a ton each day, and also plays on a <a href="http://www.coffeecakeandcardio.com/category/dc-divas-football/" target="_blank">professional sports team</a> in the area.  Yet, she's talked about being ridiculed by doctors for being overweight.  Ashley has very clearly proven that the number on the scale is, just in fact, a number. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSDXPdPWznnWyPO7eo0aAUZ4CGB7tdVGHP9vXaiKg7mrVa6oeSOcSrEhpX4E_Y4VPOe5hFZ6ciwlqISm6LVdf4Rf1pe164OkWETQWIhi9PGu-ZHtOEVLWCcgTTFxASVRYKSMm308u4s4/s1600/joel+prego+fb+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSDXPdPWznnWyPO7eo0aAUZ4CGB7tdVGHP9vXaiKg7mrVa6oeSOcSrEhpX4E_Y4VPOe5hFZ6ciwlqISm6LVdf4Rf1pe164OkWETQWIhi9PGu-ZHtOEVLWCcgTTFxASVRYKSMm308u4s4/s400/joel+prego+fb+pic.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><br />By no means was I ever as fit as she is right now, but I can relate to this ridicule.  Aside from my weight, I have excellent vitals.  My blood pressure is always normal and tends to even be slightly on the lower side.  My bloodwork is always as it should be (no high cholesterol, etc).  Now, perhaps age is on my side.  However, over the last 2.5 years, I've maintained a regularly active lifestyle.  And going through this pregnancy, my body has amazed me that it has actually been able to do it's normal job, despite my being overweight.  Sure, I have aches and pains, but I know what I experience is no different than what someone half my size is going through either.  I said before, I definitely never wanted to have a baby being as overweight as I was.  It didn't seem fair to my body, and certainly not to the child.  Here I am, 3.5 weeks to go, and all appears as it should be!  I am so grateful to God for this. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODx4LdQ6-f3xi31XQUCeB_OKka-_HcXWXgXG6fxaD8v5NXzHvOogIR9tWIDMUplyF5W2y7QSJscqOORZwjFCK-lHYCWu8jp1o8b4pI9n-I5quvh1NNzQ6TGQXlMMgcFAJpL5c-KmYSdY/s1600/IMG_3487-2510797688-O.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODx4LdQ6-f3xi31XQUCeB_OKka-_HcXWXgXG6fxaD8v5NXzHvOogIR9tWIDMUplyF5W2y7QSJscqOORZwjFCK-lHYCWu8jp1o8b4pI9n-I5quvh1NNzQ6TGQXlMMgcFAJpL5c-KmYSdY/s400/IMG_3487-2510797688-O.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Having said <i>that</i>, I had <a href="http://the-big-weight.blogspot.com/2013/04/weight-gain-and-pregnancy-son-of-a.html" target="_blank">another</a> bad doctor's appointment today.  I saw that same doctor today, that I saw <a href="http://the-big-weight.blogspot.com/2013/04/weight-gain-and-pregnancy-son-of-a.html" target="_blank">this time around</a>.  I tried to go into this appointment mentally prepared for the weight discussion.  And sure enough it happened.  It was the first thing out of her mouth.  So I asked her what the concern was with my weight gain (I had gained 7 lbs in 2 weeks).  She rattled off a list of medical terms, throwing in "fetal death" and "hardships with recovery postpartum".   These things are all risk factors with an overweight woman.  Now, part of me wants to call b-s on this.  I know that what she's saying is what <i>could</i> happen based on studies and evidence of previous pregnancies gone wrong.  But that doesn't mean that just because I'm overweight it automatically means my child will die, or I will have a hard time healing postpartum, or all of the other medical jargon she threw at me.  And I just got done saying how proud I was of my body for being so resilient.  Yet, it doesn't lessen the sting when a medical professional tells you these things.  The last thing I'd want to happen is for my child to die simply because I was overweight during their delivery. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZ6Qt3GETk9dlOOFyDQNMXLMLlfi-xBXw9MPt2MCh42cvy3ok5n-IkhgPijRiKS7LMl7P1ypJ2zsu9faarlC0DcARIrXZmjy_NYvS3xmgF6sw_Z8SZDqRRM-1OQrp10aFyhRoia5Wkd0/s1600/IMG_3516-2496789867-O.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZ6Qt3GETk9dlOOFyDQNMXLMLlfi-xBXw9MPt2MCh42cvy3ok5n-IkhgPijRiKS7LMl7P1ypJ2zsu9faarlC0DcARIrXZmjy_NYvS3xmgF6sw_Z8SZDqRRM-1OQrp10aFyhRoia5Wkd0/s400/IMG_3516-2496789867-O.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />The bottom line is, it hurts.  I know she's just doing her job.  But my being overweight has reared it's ugly head yet again.  Despite that the baby has passed all of her little tests, and I have passed all of mine (gestational diabetes, other bloodwork, etc), I'm still not good enough.  As I've said, I don't condone being overweight - as soon as she is born I cannot WAIT to return to eating normally again and getting back to exercise.  I also know that part of this is my fault for being overweight, then getting pregnant.  Still, the reality of it hurts. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQlkQSYPYDTI_Zjemliioe3WbUHYaEGdOzuYzyF9L4mEwjPKo5CO06YkIe9dpO25NMbOy3KnOQLKClEmYaJvPbVLSeYNIdplXcPRUyQF3E0pvJubuyZYgrH99u1tJJwTN0mXsc1P7zR0/s1600/IMG_3744-2514952436-O.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQlkQSYPYDTI_Zjemliioe3WbUHYaEGdOzuYzyF9L4mEwjPKo5CO06YkIe9dpO25NMbOy3KnOQLKClEmYaJvPbVLSeYNIdplXcPRUyQF3E0pvJubuyZYgrH99u1tJJwTN0mXsc1P7zR0/s400/IMG_3744-2514952436-O.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The appointment today ended with orders to get a "rate of growth" ultrasound.  If the baby is measuring too large at this point, I will be offered an elective c-section.  How embarrassing, and how awful of a person am I that I might have to have a c-section simply because my child is too big before the 40 week mark... and too big because of me.  How would I even make that kind of decision?  She said they'd offer it to me, but I could also just continue on to see how things go.  So, if I continue on to see how things go, and the baby goes into distress because now she's even bigger because I've waited <i>and</i> because I'm overweight, then what kind of person am I? <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64SewLLOVSES8L8axu-mZmVbKimg_MPw12PZNCF1C1qDLU2InmMetgv3nMKX7ZfGhfT9_AVWKdI_x1S5Wa7hPm1dLN_LPZ7JEBHFLSkMyl8TEi4q49LuoHpJGLas9N3stCPlU1zwBo3g/s1600/IMG_3510-2510902412-O.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64SewLLOVSES8L8axu-mZmVbKimg_MPw12PZNCF1C1qDLU2InmMetgv3nMKX7ZfGhfT9_AVWKdI_x1S5Wa7hPm1dLN_LPZ7JEBHFLSkMyl8TEi4q49LuoHpJGLas9N3stCPlU1zwBo3g/s400/IMG_3510-2510902412-O.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />I pray nothing happens to her or to myself during these next few weeks that remain. <br /><br /><br /><i>**all photos on this post, with the exception of the first one, were professionally taken by <a href="http://www.elkinks.com/" target="_blank">Emily at Elkinks Photography</a>. </i>

**all photos on this post, with the exception of the first one, were professionally taken by Emily at Elkinks Photography. It's hard for me to imagine that I am this close to the end of my pregnancy. It truly seems just like yesterday that I found …

Broken Silo

10:00 AM Tukiyooo 0

If you've ever visited the contact page for architectural photographer <a href="http://timothyhursley.com/">Timothy Hursley</a>, you've probably wondered about that warped structure that is represented in four photos at different angles.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sm4MX_FkXVanigNrUWxidlcSkLVAdgy2kr0aXc1CSGtpdtoKxvaWuuBwURDmRnHDiPvZogBrCCtt-Qfb1cTzsFoJO9NqU2EuHyLENZgiepIiRFW1DhqkSQdRLcotd84RUV4vld92wsza/s1600/hursley.jpg" /><br />[Screenshot of <a href="http://timothyhursley.com/">timothyhursley.com</a>]<br /><br />Some insight comes in the form of "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qj5yME3zh2c">The Beauty of a Broken Silo</a>," a seven-minute film from Oxford American that is definitely worth watching:<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qj5yME3zh2c?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />(Thanks to Keith Z. for the heads up via Facebook.)<br /><br /><b>Update 05.31:</b> Timothy Hursley pointed out to me that <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/twisted_silo_baseball_cap-233895872005911705">there are even hats</a> with the "twisted silo" on it!<br /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/twisted_silo_baseball_cap-233895872005911705"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98fak9NvVef1G-LHQ4AozIV_8VUqYqOTyf9gxJwRKDARlLZMxcrAL_Fy2qjQNYC31_UW5S3pXziHX3dv-O_dtkvdgGM5f806nGCsfkhPJR65Q5gumdCGchDnzw_HTPUc0W7mgJwDms7RG/s1600/twisted-silo.jpg" /></a>

Broken Silo

If you've ever visited the contact page for architectural photographer Timothy Hursley, you've probably wondered about that warped structure that is represented in four photos at different angles.[Screenshot of timothyhursley.com]Some insight comes i…

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 offer advanced feature camera

6:19 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJxcAzsqBe05zJgUxgOeDZNNuLg26jUuj96aoMPrektR513vxoMvWa_jtMtr_njEuFqviexS8YIVktdAQ6xO-PBbdMV-owtDCQfrNFgMuuYh3lq1R3bFxgz4dtJa_kwVWPPhIlpN6Ybk/s320/Samsungglaxynote2.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 could see some major enhancements to its onboard camera.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Due out in the second half of 2013, the next Note may sport a 13-megapixel camera with an anti-shake feature designed to capture higher-quality pictures. Citing "industry insiders," Korean site ETNews claims that Samsung's mobile communications team is developing technologies to bring</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OSI and shutter functions to the Note 3, putting it more on par with traditional digital cameras.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An official from the communications division reportedly told ETNews that "we are pondering various technologies at this stage -- for example, OIS and shutter functions.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Best features of the Samsung Galaxy:-</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mmersive screen with smartphone portability</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easy tasking on the full screen</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Free capturing and creation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Powerful performance</span></li><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></div>Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/112865615030946176397" rel="author">Priyanka</a>

Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 could see some major enhancements to its onboard camera.Due out in the second half of 2013, the next Note may sport a 13-megapixel camera with an anti-shake feature designed to capture higher-quality pictures. Citing "industry…

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 05/28/2013

2:30 AM Tukiyooo 0

<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/222010/digested-sucks-notes-and-highlights-from-ibooks-and-spits-them-out-in-evernote-or-pdf/">Digested Sucks Notes And Highlights From iBooks And Spits Them Out In Evernote or PDF | Cult of Mac</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">If you use iBooks and have a mac, this program called Digested will pull your notes and highlights from iBooks into evernote.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="https://drive.google.com/keep/">Google Keep</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Here's the link to Google's new notetaking service. Honestly, I used to depend on Google notebook. Because I've lost so much with Google lately, I don't want to go back and depend on something else I'll lose.  You can't tag the note but you can add a color to it. This is definitely something missing in the Google suite of services as schools are having to pick between Evernote and One Note, the two most prominent and ubiquitous services out currently.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google">google</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/notebook">notebook</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/notetaking">notetaking</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57586066-285/how-to-set-reminders-in-evernote/">How to set reminders in Evernote | How To - CNET</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">You can now set reminders in Evernote, here's how. (A student might want to remind themselves with a note about the quiz and a quick study guide, etc.)</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/notetaking">notetaking</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://lifehacker.com/everclip-automatically-imports-your-ios-clipboard-to-ev-477580643">EverClip Automatically Imports Your iOS Clipboard to Evernote</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Yes, you can clip from your ipad or iphone screen into Evernote using this handy app.  "Once you're done clipping, hop back over to EverClip to organize your note. You can select any combination of the clippings to add to Evernote, rearrange them, add an additional photo or text note, then export it to your default Evernote notebook."</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iphone">iphone</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://edudemic.com/2013/01/create-digital-portfolios/">How To Use Google Drive and Evernote To Create Digital Portfolios</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">ePortfolios can be done in just about any medium, with Google Drive and Evernote being two of the easiest. Here's Edudemic's guide for this.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/efolio">efolio</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Google">Google</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/drive">drive</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://notanotherhistoryteacher.edublogs.org/2012/11/26/part-6-staying-secure-with-evernote/">Part 6: Staying Secure with Evernote</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Evernote security tips.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/245623">Evernote for Educators - LiveBinder</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">A lovely livebinder about Evernote and the uses in the classroom.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://help.studyblue.com/studyblue/topics/how_do_i_sync_my_studyblue_and_evernote_accounts">How do I connect my StudyBlue and Evernote accounts?</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">You can link Study Blue and evernote to pull your notes and study guides together.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 05/28/2013

Digested Sucks Notes And Highlights From iBooks And Spits Them Out In Evernote or PDF | Cult of Mac If you use iBooks and have a mac, this program called Digested will pull your notes and highlights from iBooks …