News for today's 2018: 05/12/13

Sony unveils Xperia ZR waterproof phone

11:48 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPDG_DDXVBIXupfziTOL32Qm9U_GI8ruNXeWCGCY-VT5phRFCRJfiD5nGWFrlrozSS050XZ5pX_QJ4BfsmkpRdOYD13MCCOKNzKOC5Lv4lhx8wjLARCwM8K_NxDAAIbcKKYS3tn1Vv8U/s1600/xperia-zr-1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" mwa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPDG_DDXVBIXupfziTOL32Qm9U_GI8ruNXeWCGCY-VT5phRFCRJfiD5nGWFrlrozSS050XZ5pX_QJ4BfsmkpRdOYD13MCCOKNzKOC5Lv4lhx8wjLARCwM8K_NxDAAIbcKKYS3tn1Vv8U/s320/xperia-zr-1a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sony has officially announced the <strong>Xperia ZR Waterproof</strong> <strong>mobile</strong>. After two weeks the phone's specifications unveiled on the Internet.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Before this Device, <a href="http://www.pc-gadgetworld.com/2013/05/xperia-z-sony-phone-review.html">Xperia Z reviews</a>of the customer are very good for sony company.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The Xperia ZR features the highest level of water-resistance and can capture photos and full-HD videos underwater, with IP55/ IP58 rating. One can keep it submerged in 1.5 meters of fresh water for up to 30 minutes. The phone has a 4.6-inches HD reality display sporting a resolution of 720x1280 pixels.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Powered by a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core processor, the Xperia ZR has 2GB of RAM and internal storage of 8GB expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. It sports a 13-megapixel fast-capture camera with Exmor RS featuring 16x digital zoom with auto-focus and a VGA front facing camera.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Sony Xperia ZR will launch across the gobble from Q2 2013, with availability varying depending on the market.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Here are the devices core  specifications at a glance:-</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><ul><li>4.6-inch HD reality display with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels</li><li>1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core processor</li><li>2GB RAM</li><li>8GB internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD</li><li>13-megapixel Exmor RS autofocus camera with LED flash </li><li>VGA front camera</li><li>3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, EDGE, GPRS, GPS, LTE</li><li>Android 4.1 (jelly Bean).</li></ul><br /><br /></div>Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/112865615030946176397" rel="author">Priyanka</a>

mobile news Sony unveils Xperia ZR waterproof phone

Sony has officially announced the Xperia ZR Waterproof mobile . After two weeks the phone's specifications unveiled on the Internet. Be...

Way Post Partum Bullshit

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbQU8ZjgfvkXeftrux7_LPvbPy-uNMbKMajBRWQb4ZVMcAGwzrV7a0GJasNYdGgjE-PnVbVJ3stzTzzgYoaOJYDA1oHqKovoLelRyAuwR5Y1M-XkIxRi3p6BB9MT2b1qFnEY33Ycb5mg/s1600/Bullshit.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbQU8ZjgfvkXeftrux7_LPvbPy-uNMbKMajBRWQb4ZVMcAGwzrV7a0GJasNYdGgjE-PnVbVJ3stzTzzgYoaOJYDA1oHqKovoLelRyAuwR5Y1M-XkIxRi3p6BB9MT2b1qFnEY33Ycb5mg/s400/Bullshit.png" width="400" /></a>Cheeeeeers and Greetings my friends!!<br /><br />Allow me to tell you what the hell is sticking in my crawl…I mean, aside from my persistent and virulent case of crabs…<br /><br />Rudeness, Self-Absorption, and otherwise, “all about me syndrome” is sticking in the nether regions of Schmoop’s  underwear my that I call, my pants...<br /><br />Now I know that some of you are thinking that this post is about me, but dig it…it isn’t about me…entirely.<br /><br />There are very few times that I get MAD…And I mean upset to the point where something or someone affects me to the degree where I can’t think straight.  Well, I have reached one of these said and salient points…<br /><br />And yes my friends…you can NOW say, it does affect me…but not only me, AND more than affecting me…it perplexes the hell out of me.<br /><br />I’m talking…what is this irrational, illogical, alternate universe thinking type of lack of thinking thing going on?  I know…That last sentence, while correct, was grammatically awkward, yet it still shines as a beacon and testimony to my greatness of, and master over, Englishisity.<br /><br />Anyhoo…Today?  I am talking manners, so let’s hit it…<br /><br />I find it to be nice manners for person to think outside their ego box and over themselves, and yet, evidently I have a sister who doesn’t think that way, and maybe you do too.<br /><br />My sister who hasn’t been to a family Christmas, 4th of July, or Show Me Your Boobs Family party since 1999, yet sends her daughter to said parties, is finally coming out and celebrating, a <i>“My daughter is graduating and the thrill is mine!!”</i> party.<br /><br />The only problem is…my brother and his wife were going to throw a joint bash for my son and the aforementioned daughter in June, and now?  Nothing.<br /><br />Here’s the thing IWS readers and listeners…<br /><br />Why, after all these years of staying home herself, and sending her daughter only to the Mahoney family parties, does my sister want to have one of her own parties rather than have one thrown for her daughter?<br /><br />I have analyzed, surmised, rectified, and sanctified, and the only answer I can come up with is…<br /><br />She’s a dick!!<br /><br />Annnnnnnd, while I am sad that we won’t be having a joyous family party in June, I am glad that my sister’s daughter will be getting a college degree in four years and getting the hell out of her mom’s lazy, yet firm grasp.<br /><br />For this…I pray.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><span style="color: blue;">mattmaniws@ymail.com</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span><br /><br />Jayman and I did have one helluva good radio show yesterday as we celebrated moms, MILFs, and our special guest, Sherri.  So to listen in the archives, you can listen below:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="370" src="http://player.cinchcast.com/?show_id=4825645&platformId=1&assetType=single" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;">Listen to <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/">internet radio</a> with <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid">IWS Radio</a> on BlogTalkRadio</div></div>

Way Post Partum Bullshit

Cheeeeeers and Greetings my friends!! Allow me to tell you what the hell is sticking in my crawl…I mean, aside from my persistent and virule...

Today's archidose #674

4:15 PM Tukiyooo 0

Here are a few photos of the <a href="http://www.paulderuiter.nl/en/projectens/temporary-car-park-morspoort/">Temporary Car Park Morspoort</a> (2012) in Leiden, Netherlands, by <a href="http://www.paulderuiter.nl/">Paul de Ruiter Architects</a>, photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/">Klaas Vermaas</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/8721605903/" title="leiden parkeergarage morspoort 02 2012 de ruiter p_bk cops p (morswg) by Klaas5, on Flickr"><img alt="leiden parkeergarage morspoort 02 2012 de ruiter p_bk cops p (morswg)" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/8721605903_3a265a76d5_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/8722727158/" title="leiden parkeergarage morspoort 01 2012 de ruiter p_bk cops p (morswg) by Klaas5, on Flickr"><img alt="leiden parkeergarage morspoort 01 2012 de ruiter p_bk cops p (morswg)" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/8722727158_1fcebfcdda_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/8721605479/" title="leiden parkeergarage morspoort 04 2012 de ruiter p_bk cops p (morswg) by Klaas5, on Flickr"><img alt="leiden parkeergarage morspoort 04 2012 de ruiter p_bk cops p (morswg)" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/8721605479_ac668b8fb3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #674

Here are a few photos of the Temporary Car Park Morspoort (2012) in Leiden, Netherlands, by Paul de Ruiter Architects , photographed by Kla...

Cup of Joe

9:48 AM Tukiyooo 0

<p>I hold my hands up to the fact that I am addicted to Starbucks.  It's my little treat to myself my quiet time in the middle of my hectic days. </p><p>I love Starbucks. I like the way they are consistent in how my drink is made.  I like their free WiFi.  I like their brownies. </p><p>I was so surprised when I found <a href="http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/">this website</a>.  From what I can see it is full of Starbucks baristas venting about their customers (or disgustomers as one forum poster calls them).  Lol!</p><p>Below is a picture of Starbucks at the<a href="http://www.thewrightvenue.ie/"> Wright Venue.</a>  Very funky!</p><p><a href="http://db.tt/B1xQ0ES7">Starbucks pic</a></p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1fOrHFArtIjG2pYEHAmV9WW3ndhkalZwVf8kETTrQsZNKGO6C7JJ2F10iKCGHZCAFGDPZ_JVCQ4YMRYigzAS463rCRov_y5AvNCKxHd8sd9ts7kGOFQYYV6inbbexK1hyphenhyphenSuKQj4IsnOi/s1600/2013-05-12%25252013.33.30.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1fOrHFArtIjG2pYEHAmV9WW3ndhkalZwVf8kETTrQsZNKGO6C7JJ2F10iKCGHZCAFGDPZ_JVCQ4YMRYigzAS463rCRov_y5AvNCKxHd8sd9ts7kGOFQYYV6inbbexK1hyphenhyphenSuKQj4IsnOi/s400/2013-05-12%25252013.33.30.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Cup of Joe

I hold my hands up to the fact that I am addicted to Starbucks. It's my little treat to myself my quiet time in the middle of my hectic...

Nokia launched Lumia 928 in the US

9:16 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0l9SOm5XyfntC2-xU3_Wgs_liyu5urE0dNWjs3WaX6xNyh4N2OR2GEiImwY8-ryepONYbgWKQmx2Dyy6zY1Ay00qYRO0jfMeahBW32ciWKvlrCRdP7fn09X3VHOVHLFa3i5Ls2EBLVk0/s1600/nokia-lumia-635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" mwa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0l9SOm5XyfntC2-xU3_Wgs_liyu5urE0dNWjs3WaX6xNyh4N2OR2GEiImwY8-ryepONYbgWKQmx2Dyy6zY1Ay00qYRO0jfMeahBW32ciWKvlrCRdP7fn09X3VHOVHLFa3i5Ls2EBLVk0/s320/nokia-lumia-635.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.pc-gadgetworld.com/2013/05/nokia-has-announced-launch-of-lumia-925.html">Nokia</a> doesn't seem like one of  those manufacturers who likes to stay out of the news for too long, seeing as it has now launched <strong><a href="http://www.pc-gadgetworld.com/2013/04/nokia-lumia-with-different-color.html">Lumia</a> 928</strong>, the  new high-end smartphone through U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new Lumia 928, priced at $99 if customers mail-in a $50 rebate and agree to a two-year deal with Verizon Wireless , is similar to the 920 model currently sold through AT&T , but is lighter and slightly different in appearance.It's light weighs 162 grams compared  with 185 grams for the 920.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 928's 4.5-inch screen.The new models also come in black and white compared with the colourful options of the earlier Lumia range.Most other features, such as a 8.7 megapixel camera and 1.5-gigahertz dual core processor by Qualcomm, are the same as the 920's.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 928 is the latest in Nokia's Lumia range of smartphones which use Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 software.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><u>Lumia 928 Best key  specifications:-</u></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>    priced :  $99</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">     -   New high-end smartphone through U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">     -   light weight 162 grams </div><div style="text-align: justify;">     -   Screen 4.5-inch </div><div style="text-align: justify;">     -   Camera 8.7 megapixel </div><div style="text-align: justify;">     -   1.5-gigahertz dual core processor by Qualcomm</div><div style="text-align: justify;">     </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Nokia is due to reveal its new Lumia strategy at an event in London  next Tuesday.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/112865615030946176397" rel="author">Priyanka</a>

mobile news Nokia launched Lumia 928 in the US

Nokia doesn't seem like one of those manufacturers who likes to stay out of the news for too long, seeing as it has now launched Lumia...

Flamingo crossing!

9:03 AM Tukiyooo 0

<p>I was in Ikea today and picked up these tropical Summery glasses - they're flamingos!  I like these glasses, they're fun and they remind me of Key West.  The drinks practically taste better out of them!</p><p>Theses glasses are short (sort of like a little old-fashioned) but they did have taller high balls with pineapples on them.  They were nice too!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDjciopb8_G5EXon3dixWMhe3P6zn4-tgXLgaAn77PP6TUMA_FkSvhUBkrNEsJFSu0qvPusljSm8h_IYrgGsIU00Y5HM96VCLUylI2zR4ZQ-rMBHmJrOcVVrvkBMiklIKae5EhXmxHha7/s1600/20130512_164825.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDjciopb8_G5EXon3dixWMhe3P6zn4-tgXLgaAn77PP6TUMA_FkSvhUBkrNEsJFSu0qvPusljSm8h_IYrgGsIU00Y5HM96VCLUylI2zR4ZQ-rMBHmJrOcVVrvkBMiklIKae5EhXmxHha7/s400/20130512_164825.jpg" /> </a> </div><br /><br />I want to go back and buy the pineapple ones!!! <br /><br /><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMvue2Igezb2lEIkma5S72BTxbofLHohZYIhiRCaIAbvsFJiF-S3OJ9Scw1NfyNKg-qwUyyfPZ_iFXTBFjei8QnkT0gba3hpXg3uwtBIcqRWaIZPUDOja4abfEZifKBicJe4peAWSxKo_/s640/blogger-image--1458232312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMvue2Igezb2lEIkma5S72BTxbofLHohZYIhiRCaIAbvsFJiF-S3OJ9Scw1NfyNKg-qwUyyfPZ_iFXTBFjei8QnkT0gba3hpXg3uwtBIcqRWaIZPUDOja4abfEZifKBicJe4peAWSxKo_/s640/blogger-image--1458232312.jpg" /></a></div>

Flamingo crossing!

I was in Ikea today and picked up these tropical Summery glasses - they're flamingos! I like these glasses, they're fun and they re...

ISRAEL, IRAN and the BALKANS Part 5

8:40 AM Tukiyooo 0

<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFT9ch_RL-b-589PkLSs0rmbGWhgavgFHUhJG_MUX3j_Dj-ilhInzqN4MKMMkV83QQl_FI59jVMBVlD24-o6dV1zwac-SinecZu-tc1fF2kZbx3hnQSTCSkyFR0sPJ6SN8ZHHGeSP5hGnc/s1600/kosovo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFT9ch_RL-b-589PkLSs0rmbGWhgavgFHUhJG_MUX3j_Dj-ilhInzqN4MKMMkV83QQl_FI59jVMBVlD24-o6dV1zwac-SinecZu-tc1fF2kZbx3hnQSTCSkyFR0sPJ6SN8ZHHGeSP5hGnc/s320/kosovo.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><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";"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ISRAEL’S SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE BALKANS. SERBIA AND KOSOVO</span></b></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";">Adapted by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring from the original article written by Chris Deliso </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SERBIA AND KOSOVO: A TRULY COMPLICATED SITUATION </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most complex diplomatic situation in the BALKANS today remains that of SERBIA and KOSOVO. This has unsurprisingly led to a knotty situation for the international relations of ISRAEL, IRAN and these BALKAN states.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While archrivals ISRAEL and IRAN can’t seem to agree on anything, they have so far both agreed on not recognizing KOSOVO as an independent state. After Prishtina’s February 2008 unilateral declaration of independence, the ISRAELI government was concerned that the Palestinians could use this as a precedent, and chose not to recognize KOSOVO, though they did realize the importance of fostering good relations. Humorously enough, in January 2009 <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2009Jan22/0,4675,EUKosovoImageCampaign,00.html"><span style="color: blue;">the task of nation-branding KOSOVO</span></a> to win more international recognitions was awarded to Saatchi & Saatchi, the Israeli subsidiary of France’s Publicis.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For their part, the IRANIANS perceived the KOSOVO independence process as a US-backed project, which it certainly was, and as such remain happy to oppose it. Thus Tehran’s own sectarian archrival, SAUDI ARABIA, is along with QATAR and TURKEY in a much stronger position among Muslim countries when it comes to KOSOVO. IRAN’S support for SERBIA was also a legacy from the days of YUGOSLAV leadership in the non-aligned movement under Tito. In fact, Tito cut off diplomatic relations with ISRAEL when the Six-Day War of 1967 occurred; they would only be renewed on January 31, 1992, when Milosevic was in charge in Belgrade and the other republics were breaking away in the various wars. ISRAEL understood then that its IRANIAN rivals were supporting the BOSNIAN Muslims against the SERBS.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since both ISRAEL and IRAN do not recognize KOSOVO, it has been difficult for either to advance institutional relationships in key areas, though both nations are believed to have key ‘agents of influence’ among the local business and political elite. The other major power interested in SERBIA is RUSSIA (that sometimes ally of both IRAN and ISRAEL), which of course brings the US and NATO states into the game as well.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Considering that both SERBIAN and KOSOVAR authorities claim to want EU membership, all of these competing interests makes the situation very complex. SERBIA has somehow managed to fairly successfully balance its relations with all parties, inviting IRANIAN investment and even allowing IRAN Air flights to refuel in Belgrade between March and June 2011, until alleged US pressure forced its stop. At the same time, Belgrade and ISRAEL are trying to develop deeper diplomatic and economic relations, and the number of SERBIAN tourists visiting ISRAEL continues to rise year-on-year. The sheer complexity of SERBIA’S balancing of interests makes for a situation that is both very interesting and very difficult to read.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It can be reasonably assume that IRAN will not risk its entrenched interests in SERBIA by trying to conduct any operations on its territory. And while reliable intelligence sources revealed the presence of at least 120 (Sunni) Muslims from KOSOVO, SERBIA and MONTENEGRO among SYRIA’S rebel ranks, these fighters are opposing the IRANIAN-supported SYRIAN government. So, even if they are deeply anti-ISRAELI, they are in some way on the ‘ISRAELI side’ in this very complex and constantly-shifting conflict. The real question for the future is how ISRAELI and IRANIAN approaches to SERBIA and KOSOVO will shift in the long term, after the latter two come to some sort of eventual compromise.</span></div>

ISRAEL, IRAN and the BALKANS Part 5

ISRAEL’S SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE BALKANS. SERBIA AND KOSOVO Adapted by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring from the original article writ...

As a Gift to Our Mothers and Daughters, Consider You May Be Wrong About the Doctrine of Male-Only Authority in the Church

6:24 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Jc2Wit2dxFpvue5B2SLAkzollGKr80Ex0XQqmREbAGsaNMPPAhB2ssX6SUQROSzHT1w5BBGKMb4LTxHIQOTu7Dt7Eg58eh5Ek9hQ6q_-hqJz3u7sXy9Ra72rOSWi0RV9gSNttQvK5ZPW/s1600/womansilhouette.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604249640848239778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Jc2Wit2dxFpvue5B2SLAkzollGKr80Ex0XQqmREbAGsaNMPPAhB2ssX6SUQROSzHT1w5BBGKMb4LTxHIQOTu7Dt7Eg58eh5Ek9hQ6q_-hqJz3u7sXy9Ra72rOSWi0RV9gSNttQvK5ZPW/s400/womansilhouette.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /></a><i>Readers: Below is a re-posting of my 2011 Mother's Day post. Enjoy!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>------------------------ </i></div><br />Happy Mother's Day to all of you WD-reading Mothers! I hope your day is filled with love and joy!<br /><br />I want to take this Mother's Day as an opportunity to encourage all men who read this blog - for the good of your mothers, wives, daughters, and granddaughters -  to consider that you just might be wrong about what the scriptures say about women and their subordinate role they must play in the church.<br /><br />I know that the prevailing thought based on scriptures such as 1 Timothy 2 and the account of the fall in Genesis 3 is that women should be subservient to men, and that men should have authority over women, and that women are forbidden from teaching men, or holding certain offices in church.<br /><br />I know, because I was taught that in Southern Baptist Churches my entire Christian life. I've been taught it by people in my family and by my baptist pastors for over two decades. It was when I heard of the firing of Dr. Sheri Klouda by Paige Patterson that I first considered that perhaps this doctrine that led to this tragic action taken by Patterson was wrong. I read a good portion of Patterson's deposition in the Klouda case a couple of years ago, and the absurdity of statements made by Patterson under questioning of Klouda's lawyer, Gary Richardson, further led me to believe that this doctrine of male authority in the church is counter to scripture and the will of God and required my further investigation.<br /><br />And I have to say one of the turning points that caused me to dig even deeper, is last year when I came across Ergun Caner's "joke" at the <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2010/04/ergun-caner-growing-up-i-learned-about.html">2007 Ohio Free Will Baptists Men's Retreat</a> when he said that he believed women should be behind the pulpit...how else could they get back there to vacuum....and his jokes about "mutant granddaughters" barking like dogs. It made me sick that this sort of thing came from one of the most popular baptist preaching-circuit personalities.<br /><br />So after much reading and research I have come to the conclusion that I was wrong, that in fact the bible does NOT teach that God's plan is for men to have authority over women, and that the Bible does NOT teach women are exempted from having leadership positions over men in the church.  I may explore this topic in future posts as to the particular arguments for what I believe, but I want to in this post simply implore men to consider an alternative view by a conservative teacher that can be trusted in this area.  His name is Jon Zens.<br /><br />Jon Zens is a preacher and author that has spoken around the world, but mostly outside the institutional church which is why many Southern Baptists have not heard of him. He is a pastor of a church, but does not draw a salary. He has taught and lived out for years a different model of pastor, not of a pastor having authority over people, but of serving and being amongst the congregation as a servant. You can read Jon's bio <a href="http://housechurchresource.org/expastors/gradual-zens.html">here</a>. Jon is a good friend of author Frank Viola ("Pagan Christianity"), and also of Cal Thomas who uses Jon as a reviewer and editor of his work. Jon and his wife Dottie are sweet Christians who in recent years have been involved in traveling to the Philippines to help women and children<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcypMEyr9wso76XvgE2iegISQ40EP2zlKca7hh_0u2E0MqBsi77qvbzvxuJRFvCEqlz97hyphenhyphenO8gZidE4yVHExL-pNQ_t1SFlis4se52xvWLkt63E7LvDX4Nf3uZDmeCzkLqSKMOi7Bd1sgR/s1600/JohnZens.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604263579568904258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcypMEyr9wso76XvgE2iegISQ40EP2zlKca7hh_0u2E0MqBsi77qvbzvxuJRFvCEqlz97hyphenhyphenO8gZidE4yVHExL-pNQ_t1SFlis4se52xvWLkt63E7LvDX4Nf3uZDmeCzkLqSKMOi7Bd1sgR/s320/JohnZens.png" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 211px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 249px;" /></a> get out of the sex-slave trade.<br /><br />I had the privilege of meeting Jon for lunch last September when he was in Jacksonville to do some teaching at a home church group here in Jacksonville, after which he traveled down to Gainesville to meet his friend Frank Viola and minister in that city. We talked over lunch about my family's experience at First Baptist, the journey I have traveled through my blog, and my views on tithing which Jon has written about for quite some time. Jon graciously shared with me a bag full of books and other materials related to topics I was writing about on my blog that he had written about.<br /><br />What I would recommend for men (and women!) who are willing to just possibly consider they have been taught wrongly what the bible say about women is to listen to Jon Zens' 8-part teaching series he delivered at Wade Burleson's church last September. Click <a href="http://www.winterlive.com/Emmanuel-Enid/login.php">here</a> to go to Emmanuel Baptist Church's video archive, and scroll down to September 2010 to see this teaching series. Also, Jon has written a book entitled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Paul-Women-Jon-Zens/dp/0976522292">"What's With Paul and Women"</a>, and another one out this year entitled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/No-Will-Own-Patriarchy-Personhood/dp/0982744633">"No Will of My Own - How Patriarchy Smothers Female Dignity and Personhood"</a>. Read Wade Burleson's forward to this latest book <a href="http://kerussocharis.blogspot.com/2011/05/connection-between-christian-patriarchy.html">here</a> at Wade's blog.<br /><br />Let me give you a quote from Wade Burleson's foreward he wrote for  Jon's book "What's With Paul and Women": <br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">"The viper known as 'the doctrine of male authority' has bitten the church. the toxin emitted by this errant teaching affects the females within our assemblies. It debilitates their God-given gifts, denigrates their Spirit-led ministry, and downplays their role as new Covenant priests. Those of us who have seen the church bitten need assistance, and help has arrived. This book will help you suck out the venom of male-only authority within the church. It will do so by helping you be able to articulate Jesus' view of the equality of women and then revealing for you how Paul's words in 1 Timothy 2 are consistent with Jesus' own teaching and ministry. You will be able to point out to others how the modern institutional church has misconstrued and misinterpreted Paul's writings on the subject, while at the same time ignoring Jesus' words and life on the same subject."</span></blockquote>So I hope this Mother's Day you will commit to at least consider the possibility that you have learned wrongly what the Bible says about women, and do further investigation starting with Jon Zens' bible teachings in this area. I believe this is so very, very important. I believe this wrong teaching that has infected our churches for so long is why we are reading about so much sexual abuse and cover-ups in our churches as Christa Brown has chronicled for years. I also firmly believe that the absence of women from any serious positions of leadership in the Southern Baptist Convention or in our churches is why there is no movement at all toward reaching out at a denominational level to victims of pastoral abuse or establishing a database of credibly accused ministers to keep predator pastors from freely moving from church to church. Many of the problems we see in the SBC, I believe, are related to having women on the outside of the leadership circle.<br /><br />So Happy Mother's Day...and please, men....as a gift to the women in your life, be open to what God might speak to you in this important area.

As a Gift to Our Mothers and Daughters, Consider You May Be Wrong About the Doctrine of Male-Only Authority in the Church

Readers: Below is a re-posting of my 2011 Mother's Day post. Enjoy! ------------------------ Happy Mother's Day to all of you WD-rea...

Happy Mother's Day!

2:16 AM Tukiyooo 0

<p>Happy US Mother's Day!</p><p>For info. Mother's Day fell this March in Ireland, this year.</p><p>Hope you are doing something special with your mother.  Or if you are a mom I hope your day started with breakfast in bed!</p><p>When we were kids to treat our mom we would get money from our dad to go the chemist to buy small gifts for her.  On Mothers Day she would be presented with things like a Pears Soap or a bottle of Yardley or Coty perfume!  </p><p>Breakfast in bed would also be served awkwardly to her - which I don't think she enjoyed because she would be thinking of the mess we made downstairs!!</p><p>Now for Mothers Day, my mam likes a bouquet of flowers from me (I also surprised her with a Coach bag which she loved) and she likes us to all visit her house for a big family dinner.  </p><p>How is your Mother's Day?</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Yx-v1nJs8aEnRsKB58YTzuDGfIx8Bi00eFCHwguILR5_qAxHErrRjQNyG5Svbm2EYqJ11OvU2OWNkxDEKMZc71Ulgd-eqmZ0RUsbaouebd7zBbU53A5Tc3yHlj3oRHT2ria1fpJkhYCe/s1600/i-love-you-mom.jpeg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Yx-v1nJs8aEnRsKB58YTzuDGfIx8Bi00eFCHwguILR5_qAxHErrRjQNyG5Svbm2EYqJ11OvU2OWNkxDEKMZc71Ulgd-eqmZ0RUsbaouebd7zBbU53A5Tc3yHlj3oRHT2ria1fpJkhYCe/s400/i-love-you-mom.jpeg" /> </a> </div>