Today's Teamster News 08.01.13

<a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamsters-protest-mckessons-worker-abuse-and-executive-pay-shareholder-meeting" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Protest McKesson's Worker Abuse And Executive Pay At Shareholder Meeting</a>  IBT   ...Teamsters from across the country protested today outside the annual shareholder meeting of San Francisco-based McKesson Corporation, North America’s leading pharmaceutical distributor...<br /><a href="http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-no-end-in-sight-for-gold-cross-strike-20130731,0,4417353.story" rel="nofollow">No end in sight for Teamsters strike against Gold Cross</a>  Imperial Valley Press   ...The Gold Cross ambulance employees strike entered its third day Tuesday, and with talks between the company and the employees’ union at a standstill, there is no end in sight...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/UPSFreightNegotiationsUpdate7312013.pdf" rel="nofollow">UPS Freight Negotiations Update</a>  IBT   ...The UPS Freight National Negotiating Committee met today to discuss concerns that members have raised about the tentative agreement that was rejected. The committee also discussed the next steps for continuing negotiations with the company so that an agreement can be put to another membership vote. <a href="http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/UPSFreightNegotiationsUpdate7312013.pdf" rel="nofollow">View the memo here...</a><br /><a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/civil-service-ruling-in-scranton-parking-authority-case-seen-as-harbinger-1.1529151" rel="nofollow">Civil Service ruling in Scranton Parking Authority case seen as harbinger</a>   Scranton Times-Tribune   ...A state Civil Service Commission dismissal of a furlough appeal by Scranton Parking Authority's former executive director may be a harbinger in an unrelated arbitration case involving union workers, who are members of Teamsters Local 229, who also were laid off...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/TLA_Annual_Schedule_2013_07312013.pdf" rel="nofollow">2013 Teamsters Leadership Academy (TLA) Course Summary and Registration Form</a>  IBT   ...Check out the Teamsters Leadership Academy schedule of programs for Teamster leaders that available for the remainder of this year. Download the schedule <a href="http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/TLA_Annual_Schedule_2013_07312013.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>...<br /><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/07/31/economic-recovery-by-statistical-manipulation/" rel="nofollow">Economic Recovery by Statistical Manipulation</a>  Counterpunch   ...he Obama administration will announce a major revision of how it calculates GDP which will bump up GDP numbers by as much as 3% according to some estimates...<br /><a href="http://americanmanufacturing.org/blog/new-amtrak-trains-made-usa">New Amtrak trains, made in USA</a>  manufacture this   ...The Department of Transportation reports that the first of Amtrak's new fleet of electric locomotives, called Cities Sprinters, rolled out of a Siemens plant in Sacramento, CA...<br /><a href="http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2013/7/31/Truckstransported608ofUS-NAFTAtradeinMay2013.aspx" rel="nofollow">Trucks transported 60.8% of U.S.-NAFTA trade in May 2013</a>   Trucker News Services   ...The Bureau of Transportation Statistics released May, North American Free Trade Agreement freight numbers showing that trucks carried 60.8 percent of the $98.6 billion of freight moved in May 2013 between the United States and its NAFTA partners, Canada and Mexico...<br /><a href="http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/union-leader-says-bart-contract-talks-were-unprodu/nY8c2/" rel="nofollow">Union leader says BART contract talks were unproductive</a>  KTVU News   ...BART management met with union leaders again Tuesday to try to reach an agreement before the contract for the transit agency's employees expires Sunday night but a union official said the talks weren't productive...<br /><a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/30/4378519/low-wage-worker-protests-fire.html" rel="nofollow">Protests about low wages continue in Kansas City</a>  Kansas City Star   ...Stand Up KC, a campaign to give a collective voice to low-paid fast-food workers, staged a rally and march Tuesday afternoon at which 500 people advocated for higher pay and union rights...<br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-31/bankrupt-detroit-receives-less-u-s-aid-than-colombia.html" rel="nofollow">Bankrupt Detroit Receives Less U.S. Aid Than Colombia</a>  Bloomberg News   ...President Barack Obama proposed giving Colombia about $323 million in aid next year, mostly to combat drug trafficking and violence. Detroit, with an 81 percent higher homicide rate, will get $108.2 million...<br /><a href="http://nwahomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=449462" rel="nofollow">Walmart Embroiled in D.C. Wage Battle</a>  KNWA-TV   ...Walmart is threatening to pull out three of its stores that are planned to open this fall in the nation's capital. If the mayor signs the Large Retailer Accountability Act that was passed by the D.C. Council, the corporation could be forced to pay its employees more than $4 above minimum wage...<br /><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/07/30/fox-claims-that-feeding-seniors-in-need-is-an-e/195129" rel="nofollow">Fox Claims That Feeding Seniors In Need Is An Effort To Buy Their Vote</a>  Media Matters for America   ...Fox News continued its campaign to demonize programs that provide necessary food assistance to millions of Americans by attacking the AARP's effort to enroll eligible seniors in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), baselessly claiming the program was an effort to buy their vote and dismissing the fact that many eligible seniors find it difficult to get the assistance they need...<br /><a href="http://wxxinews.org/post/prison-guard-union-still-smarting-over-closure-announcement" rel="nofollow">Prison Guard Union Still Smarting Over Closure Announcement</a>  WXXI News   ...Correction officers say they are still in “shock”, that late on a July Friday, with very little advance warning, New York's Gov. Cuomo’s prison agency announced the closure of four prisons within the next year...<br /><a href="http://apnews.excite.com/article/20130729/DA7R3V3G2.html">Group accuses Apple supplier of labor abuses</a>  Associated Press   ...A labor rights group Monday accused a Chinese company that makes iPhones for Apple Inc. (AAPL) (AAPL) of abuses including withholding employees' pay and excessive working hours...<br /><a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1012036" rel="nofollow">Opinion: NC House Dances With Joy Over Their Accomplishments</a>  CNN iReport  ...It should have been a solemn day last Thursday when the NC General Assembly passed legislation that has been called the most severe voter restrictions  ... in the country, but instead there was fiddling, dancing and ice cream...

Today's Teamster News 08.01.13

Teamsters Protest McKesson's Worker Abuse And Executive Pay At Shareholder Meeting   IBT   ...Teamsters from across the country protest...

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Sony launched new Phablet Xperia Z Ultra with Free Internet in India

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Electronic Business Unit, Sony launched its new Xperia Z Ultra phablet in India which will be available for Rs 46,990. The device would be in stock of all the ECommerce sites and stores across the India from 2nd August.<br /><br />Xperia series of Sony Company is already popular all over the world. High budget smartphones of Samsung or other companies have to compete now with this new Ultra phablet which also lookalike smartphone. The phone has 6.4 inch Triluminos High resolution display with X reality for mobiles, 212g weight and retains the waterproof and dual resistant features.<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/AVvXsEhj_YnceFqmJ7HYOf-DVlReU_fF3wYj6SykXFM2whUytS7GVKxJwDkeRF1jKMibqnNmdzIzxWiKhg7zbxyAeZviBaFcvjD7ejcB3Fm5r6_ZZhqboxzXV5n-zq-jDbQ_aA5L2mHO7Jl5YW8/s1600/Sony+Xperia+Z+Ultra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_YnceFqmJ7HYOf-DVlReU_fF3wYj6SykXFM2whUytS7GVKxJwDkeRF1jKMibqnNmdzIzxWiKhg7zbxyAeZviBaFcvjD7ejcB3Fm5r6_ZZhqboxzXV5n-zq-jDbQ_aA5L2mHO7Jl5YW8/s1600/Sony+Xperia+Z+Ultra.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source: DainikBhaskar</td></tr></tbody></table>Xperia Z Ultra have all the latest features. Sony signed an agreement with Vodafone in which the user will get 8 GB free data for 2 months. Second it will also come with 1 year free subscription of Live App and Music Jive App.<br /><br />Phablet is powered by Qualcomm snapdragon 800 processor with 2.2 GHz quad core CPU. It is also powered by the latest Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS having in built bug fixes and performance enhancements. The new Xperia Z consists of 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB internal storage which is expendable up to 64 GB.<br /><br />The phablet has powerful 3050 mAh battery which is long lasting battery for users who don't like to charge their phone often. You can capture high resolution moments of your life with 8 MP rear camera and 2 MP front facing camera is also there for video calling.<br /><br />If we talk about the protection of Xperia Z then there is scratch resistance shutter proof glass. New Xperia Z Ultra also have 2G, 3G, 4G, Wi Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and micro USB 2.0 port.<br /><br />Users enjoy HD graphics with its high resolution of 1920-by-1080 pixels. This phablet is available in three color variants Black, White and Purple in the Indian market and also supports wireless charging feature.</div>

phablet smart phone Sony Technology Sony launched new Phablet Xperia Z Ultra with Free Internet in India

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Very similar to USB thumb drive : Google Chromecast review

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;">Google : Enjoy your life with your family .Now Google has launched a new device "chromecast"  for you. It looks very similar to USB thumb drive.</span><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/AVvXsEhoo2SlXlaZu8Fto-6GUR02NORxsMQrwkaowO9sHAbCHlGmixRSwrm33enqsJDgop_-MecSt295UpaPLjohWsqnP91AukhtaJWBuW0YbqqsJ4CA6ZmDBKcWPC6RRQSvawuxxqu3k08zeGI/s1600/marquee-product+(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoo2SlXlaZu8Fto-6GUR02NORxsMQrwkaowO9sHAbCHlGmixRSwrm33enqsJDgop_-MecSt295UpaPLjohWsqnP91AukhtaJWBuW0YbqqsJ4CA6ZmDBKcWPC6RRQSvawuxxqu3k08zeGI/s1600/marquee-product+(1).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source : Google<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table>It comes with two side plug , a HDMI at one end and a micro USB port with rounded edge with a small status light at the other end. You can easily enjoy TV shows, movies, entertainment from YouTube , Google Play, Chrome. It support automatic updates with new apps.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhhPAXlnlrn8coPAqO3IzdNbZZivbnx9_H9lWdMwjWPsefvu05spyj4jvee_1XtctGkyB0N5tk5TUxTkfdWNVDPOkLlc26Zw0k6f8mbJclC8FGwh3zRi2GWMG0-qRTN6eeL9ZSy8Co80/s1600/podecast2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Enjoy online video and music on your TV : Google chromecast " border="0" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhhPAXlnlrn8coPAqO3IzdNbZZivbnx9_H9lWdMwjWPsefvu05spyj4jvee_1XtctGkyB0N5tk5TUxTkfdWNVDPOkLlc26Zw0k6f8mbJclC8FGwh3zRi2GWMG0-qRTN6eeL9ZSy8Co80/s1600/podecast2.png" title="Enjoy online video and music on your TV : Google chromecast " width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source :Google</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIh1R8cywMwwBl1nQqFcmTNHXtVMaXpYJcGkWF-4NEHVq5Wk2-CgI1tCbh65RxW0Q65motVJ4lsO3No_44f61bnWaH-xM4thecTm2LpO0NYwrDKLmq7G5xyYkhOrevKA80Ik0bm-arYA/s1600/podecast1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIh1R8cywMwwBl1nQqFcmTNHXtVMaXpYJcGkWF-4NEHVq5Wk2-CgI1tCbh65RxW0Q65motVJ4lsO3No_44f61bnWaH-xM4thecTm2LpO0NYwrDKLmq7G5xyYkhOrevKA80Ik0bm-arYA/s1600/podecast1.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source :Google</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEpbCWWBqCt3glidEUmIqR2gIT6fAUAsQSUcwPcHsK1klVtwhjmmIOfGtZmSq0VgedgFPOsbk6pR56YHKwyu12DHlRbzJybkvMc75VH4jCPsa99P7d8_c1o9m2D5aXdiRA6TWT-DWRMA/s1600/podecast3.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEpbCWWBqCt3glidEUmIqR2gIT6fAUAsQSUcwPcHsK1klVtwhjmmIOfGtZmSq0VgedgFPOsbk6pR56YHKwyu12DHlRbzJybkvMc75VH4jCPsa99P7d8_c1o9m2D5aXdiRA6TWT-DWRMA/s1600/podecast3.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source : Google</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Chromecast runs on a large number of devices and platforms,including tablets, smartphones, iPhones, iPads, Chrome for Mac and Chrome for Windows.<br />The table given below shows some information about the market competitors who are closest to it.<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/AVvXsEhSHEcgJa0vwc2p2U2mmud0sX07sAxT50tQ3Lnm04IBJGdVhPFsmx6pI4nbYUZkxNQjZOoo38h1VnDXM60lpFY7TNllYaGDS1D181anwx-LV1loiSKC0PORD788YnzWS6SXXqMpJXJAiQI/s1600/table1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="the market competitors who are closest" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHEcgJa0vwc2p2U2mmud0sX07sAxT50tQ3Lnm04IBJGdVhPFsmx6pI4nbYUZkxNQjZOoo38h1VnDXM60lpFY7TNllYaGDS1D181anwx-LV1loiSKC0PORD788YnzWS6SXXqMpJXJAiQI/s1600/table1.JPG" title="the market competitors who are closest" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">(Source: Danny Sullivan, Marketing Land)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Best Specification</b> </span><br /><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>It support android devices.</li><li>Easy setup: Plug into any HDTV and connect to your home WiFi network.</li><li>Light weight support ,1.1 ounces weight according to amazon</li><li>2.8 x 1.4 x 0.5 inches</li></ul><div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Best Buy from</span><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/#play">http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/#play</a><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; border: thin solid #000000;"><table style="width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="auto-style1" rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwq1TqeWf9-Gy7S135LTaOHSIQHvbajeZZw0nOINVBSyjn5XxCZOxJlgJcxESBAi5LDZZe-4FMuo_r2K4dEB8ndM79BG_fG7-tGVQ1xr4ZBHzXaUtpCslKV8sXGXVd3GGBvk8Hdh2MHuU/s200/jacob.jpg" style="height: 69px; width: 59px;" /></td> <td>About the author : <a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author">Jacob </a>        <a href="http://pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in/search/label/jacob">View All post by Jacob</a> </td> </tr><tr> <td><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">He is the co-founder and Chief Editor of pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in. He is well known among his circle for his incredible attraction towards smartphones and tablets.Jacob is a DOTNET programmer and also a part-time Android App developer</span></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div>

jacob news Very similar to USB thumb drive : Google Chromecast review

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ISRAEL PALESTINIAN PEACE TALKS REVIVED?

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"></span></span></h3><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><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/AVvXsEjYM54mYqnttqUW1enGYYtKar_DOI14MRKm0-5f6qgOztgpt1LN8fdYPWOidg-qtcTC2ETz8BX3UU9G6BgXsvmW-kGZ-Dvk3e8gcDNSf0ZJ7feWaFbZ8W6mh8UEW7UKhaSTfMcwg5JhkbYR/s1600/Jordan+is+Palestine+Map+low+res.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYM54mYqnttqUW1enGYYtKar_DOI14MRKm0-5f6qgOztgpt1LN8fdYPWOidg-qtcTC2ETz8BX3UU9G6BgXsvmW-kGZ-Dvk3e8gcDNSf0ZJ7feWaFbZ8W6mh8UEW7UKhaSTfMcwg5JhkbYR/s400/Jordan+is+Palestine+Map+low+res.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; 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="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span>JORDANIAN-PALESTINIAN CONFEDERATION AIRED BY NETANYAHU, ABDULLAH</span> </span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: xx-small;">Via DEBKA<i>file</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i> </i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div> Article originally posted on 4 Jan 2013<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/63hTOaRu7h4?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">ISRAEL, JORDAN AND PALESTINE </span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></h3></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Aspects of a possible confederation between a Palestinian West Bank state and the Hashemite Kingdom – not SYRIA - were the subject of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s recent conversation with JORDAN’S King Abdullah in Amman, debkafile’s sources reveal. Nothing was decided and the two leaders agreed to hold further discussions in due course. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_Vw5sGQmCmMs1UEYLVi18S35A9S2A-uiJPZFihZijFGzU-JBCdKiEaxLBiNOcfS5QZEyolgjsb9vR1EUR-6BtSrY_xR-4BMDGyT76IN6UIAVS4Pl-7CsAiHs2nXrzQYnZDfL7JlXJGzm/s1600/IsraelMapReduction1922-mandate_for_palestine.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_Vw5sGQmCmMs1UEYLVi18S35A9S2A-uiJPZFihZijFGzU-JBCdKiEaxLBiNOcfS5QZEyolgjsb9vR1EUR-6BtSrY_xR-4BMDGyT76IN6UIAVS4Pl-7CsAiHs2nXrzQYnZDfL7JlXJGzm/s400/IsraelMapReduction1922-mandate_for_palestine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This idea has become a focal talking point in Amman, Washington and PALESTINIAN centers.<br />Netanyahu brought some pointed questions to the highly confidential one-on-one at the Hashemite palace: He asked the king how much responsibility would Jordan undertake in controlling West Bank security and intelligence activity? What were his plans for extending such control from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip? And how would JORDAN’S intentions fit into the security arrangements demanded by ISRAEL in both territories as part of any accord with the PALESTINIANS?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to US and JORDANIAN sources <i>au fait </i>with these ideas, the current goal for the next stage of ISRAELI – PALESTINIAN negotiations in the coming months would be a long-term interim accord. It would leave the core disputes on permanent borders, Jerusalem, the PALESTINIAN refugees and the future of ISRAEL’S settlements in Judea and Samaria to a later round of negotiations at some unspecified time in the future.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN CONFEDERATION WOULD SIDESTEP THE DIFFICULTIES OF RECIPROCAL RECOGNITION - A PALESTINIAN STATE BY ISRAEL AND ISRAEL BY THE PALESTINIANS</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_WdEPzVHaDtCAtQF-Op2fz33PG1YQvxDm81fhS8TpkA-KBpXsh0qPj6fKH7MYt5BrqoRzvxCpwqkfMaZn9Dr-YLvyHuVy3ULeXiyqt-fLKc2DLaGRRF4IxJKdQgVI6M7jNiONhJHq5xY/s1600/jordanpal.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_WdEPzVHaDtCAtQF-Op2fz33PG1YQvxDm81fhS8TpkA-KBpXsh0qPj6fKH7MYt5BrqoRzvxCpwqkfMaZn9Dr-YLvyHuVy3ULeXiyqt-fLKc2DLaGRRF4IxJKdQgVI6M7jNiONhJHq5xY/s200/jordanpal.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The establishment of a PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN confederation would sidestep the difficulties of reciprocal recognition - a PALESTINIAN state by ISRAEL and ISRAEL by the PALESTINIANS as the national state of the Jewish people. JORDAN has recognized ISRAEL and the two nations maintain full diplomatic relations. The confederation’s ruling body as such would be able to recognize ISRAEL without requiring a public PALESTINIAN declaration of acceptance. Equally, ISRAEL would be saved from having to formally accept PALESTINIAN statehood and could simply greet the new joint entity and extend an assurance of cooperation that in practice would be implemented through JORDAN or any Muslim Arab element taking part in the move.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> 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style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In December 2012, the PALESTINIAN Authority’s Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) secretly advised certain PALESTINIAN leaders “to be prepared for a new confederation project with JORDAN and other parties in the international community.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />He did not name those parties. debkafile’s sources reveal that he was referring to EGYPT, TURKEY and QATAR – in other words, the members of the pro-AMERICAN Sunni-led bloc AMERICAN diplomats established in Cairo last month in the course of ISRAEL’S Pillar of Defense operation in Gaza and the negotiations that led to an ISRAEL-Hamas ceasefire. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SUNNI CRESCENT - SAUDI ARABIA AND GULF NATIONS WILLING TO GRANT SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR PALESTINIAN JORDANIAN CONFEDERATION PROJECT</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Msy4iYHL6tXKGY58NMyRPNaWtvV_HsfA7YPDufuiIbQ6TfyX4io6yt21B4RJXW7hXtN8cKLjagiLV8cYEHVqAFbh9CnZ0g8JfnZ4XWDK9n6TYjrpyOqz-WbL5VrAIfHgLfyoQZdvl1cK/s1600/news-graphics-2006-_631107a.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Msy4iYHL6tXKGY58NMyRPNaWtvV_HsfA7YPDufuiIbQ6TfyX4io6yt21B4RJXW7hXtN8cKLjagiLV8cYEHVqAFbh9CnZ0g8JfnZ4XWDK9n6TYjrpyOqz-WbL5VrAIfHgLfyoQZdvl1cK/s1600/news-graphics-2006-_631107a.gif" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">AMERICAN sources said at the time that Washington was not averse to additional Gulf nations including SAUDI ARABIA adding their weight to the initiative for a JORDANIAN-PALESTINIAN confederation and was willing, if it took off, to consider granting the endeavor security guarantees and economic assistance.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Asked why the project had not figured in ISRAELI political discourse, those sources accused the ISRAELI media of generating an election campaign climate that hostilely depicted Netanyahu and his party as extreme right-wing nationalists who consistently refused to talk peace with the PALESTINIANS.  Showing the prime minister as quietly preparing to return to the peace track after forming his next government, assuming he wins the Jan. 22 poll, would spoil their show. Netanyahu himself prefers to stay aloof from his accusers.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to Arab sources involved in the new initiative, it gained traction from the UN General Assembly’s Nov. 29 upgrade of the PALESTINIANS to non-member observer status. On the strength of this upgrade, the PALESTINIAN Authority is claiming the status of a government representing an independent state and therefore eligible to join JORDAN as a confederation partner.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Such a setup may have room for Hamas which too would be saved from having to recognize the state of ISRAEL.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CRISIS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS - MIDDLE EASTER STYLE </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For the first time in their decade-long rocket offensive against their ISRAELI neighbors, the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers are scrupulously upholding the ceasefire deal they struck with ISRAEL.  The Netanyahu government has reciprocated by substantially easing restrictions on the territory. And now, after six years, ISRAEL will allow building materials to cross through into the territory, including cement and gravel, withheld until now lest they were used to build smuggling tunnels for supplying terrorist organizations with war materiel. Public transport, including buses and trucks, will also soon be running through the crossings. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">HAMAS MAY FIND THE CONFEDERATION PROJECT WITH JORDAN ATTRACTIVE</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Netanyahu appears to have decided that the chances of another outbreak of hostile operations from the Gaza Strip have receded.  Indeed, there is a good chance that Hamas may find the confederation project the West Bank’s Fatah rulers are about to pursue with JORDAN attractive, and let itself be led to join by EGYPT and QATAR.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There are more straws in the wind attesting to the confederation project being on the move. The US-based PALESTINIAN professor and journalist, Daoud Kuttab, writing in <i>The Atlantic</i>, reported that King Abdullah’s closest advisers include partisans of the confederation notion – i.e. JORDAN’S restoration to its pre-1967 rule of the West Bank.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Kuttab goes back in history to quote the late <span style="color: red;"><b>Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad), the terrorist leader ISRAEL eliminated in Tunis in January, 1991, as saying: “What the PALESTINIANS wanted was five minute of independence and then they would happily agree to a confederation with JORDAN. “</b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TURKEY DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ADVOCATE A PALESTINIAN JORDANIAN CONFEDERATION </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Interestingly, this phrase is increasingly cited by Arab and Western media.<br />Furthermore, US and Arab sources disclose that TURKISH Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has deeply committed himself to the step. They say this commitment was partly manifested by his consent to drop TURKEYS boycott on cooperation with ISRAEL in the framework of NATO and that more evidence of revived US-TURKISH-ISRAELI cooperation is still to come.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">debkafile reported exclusively that ISRAEL and the PALESTINIANS had agreed to resume peace negotiations in March, as soon as Netanyahu, who is generally expected to win the January election, has assembled his new government.<br />The Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem made haste to deny reports that he planned to invite opposition leader and former foreign minister Tzipi Livni to join the next cabinet in her old job as lead negotiator in talks with the PALESTINIANS. According to our sources, Netanyahu has reserved that role for himself.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>

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Grocery Shopping Rules

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">Holaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa shoppers! If you listen to IWS Radio, and you damn well better be, you heard short discussion about grocery shopping during last Sunday’s <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/07/28/sexy-sexting-show">Sexy Sexting Show</a>. So, I thought that today would be a good day to give everyone a few tips on grocery shopping the Jayman Way. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3-vwOYvJL_8FSjJPUeVuUEWzzILFcn6tUzrQ-jZf1cZWeYkWAdacX3_1j0w9NSb3og7EZOZxJzXHIPujdkuK-Upt2z-CSOt_qeMZSlLrYg1mprctGm0tu9bXDcCw8pD1x7lF0eWWrBs/s1600/Eva+Longoria+Cleavage+Hot+Shopping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3-vwOYvJL_8FSjJPUeVuUEWzzILFcn6tUzrQ-jZf1cZWeYkWAdacX3_1j0w9NSb3og7EZOZxJzXHIPujdkuK-Upt2z-CSOt_qeMZSlLrYg1mprctGm0tu9bXDcCw8pD1x7lF0eWWrBs/s320/Eva+Longoria+Cleavage+Hot+Shopping.jpg" width="155" /></a><b>Shower and Look Acceptable: </b>A lot of people don’t bother showering or making themselves presentable when they go to the store. This is a mistake. Everyone you’ve ever known in your life will be there if you show up stinky and wearing your twenty-eight year old ripped up senior high t-shirt. It’s also possible that a cute little red head in nursing scrubs will also be there and you might get to take your chance at love just like Bobby Kraft was telling us all about on the <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/07/21/summer-of-love">Summer of Love</a> show a couple of weeks ago. Worst of all, you just know the paparazzi will be hanging out in the parking lot to get pics of you. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Menu:</b> The best way to do grocery shopping is to know what you’re gonna need. The only way to know what you’re gonna need is to make a menu for the week. You know like baked chicken, mac & cheese and rolls on Monday, pork chops, baked beans and broccoli on Tuesday and on for the rest of the week. Same goes for breakfast and lunches. This way you know what to put on your … <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>List!!</b> You can’t go grocery shopping without a list! The best way to make out the list is to think about the layout of the store you’re going to and make the list follow the layout. That last thing you want to do is keep going back and forth from one end of the store to the other looking for shit. The list keeps you from doing something crazy like trying to make up your menu for the week in your head. It’s all about efficiency. Most importantly, the list keeps you from just wandering the isles looking for stuff that looks good and you end up with a full cart and a blown grocery budget. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Multiple Stores:</b> Speaking of grocery budgets, us regular everyday folks who can’t afford to shop at Whole Foods and get all organic everything sometimes have to go to two different stores to get what we need at the right prices. You know, like maybe go to Aldi to get boxed and canned items, sliced mild cheddar, frozen chicken tenders, paper items and shit like that.  If you don’t have an Aldi, then Walmart it is I guess. Then you have to go to a real store like Hudson’s Supermarket AKA: The People Pleasing Place to get your fresh produce and quality meats.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUqtLr_VnosY7GjMZyz9sYx5lu1Yuc6gMjCNJWtFHZBHEacO5TSMjyR-K1YOv8eNgqfAJC-RAtCvc4cP15PVc_MuNUzHyKV7d7MnkazSimcalbSglE2b0dbVCJzjKrbbDEraopAOMHFQ/s1600/Lea+Michele+Hot+Legs+Shopping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUqtLr_VnosY7GjMZyz9sYx5lu1Yuc6gMjCNJWtFHZBHEacO5TSMjyR-K1YOv8eNgqfAJC-RAtCvc4cP15PVc_MuNUzHyKV7d7MnkazSimcalbSglE2b0dbVCJzjKrbbDEraopAOMHFQ/s320/Lea+Michele+Hot+Legs+Shopping.jpg" width="233" /></a><b>Salmonella’s no Joke Man: </b>The most important part of grocery shopping is to make sure that cold items don’t get too warm and nobody dies because you don’t know how to handle your meat. First, you have to keep your raw chicken away from other items. The chicken should be wrapped in a plastic bag in your cart in case it leaks nasty raw chicken juice of death. Also, be sure to get your milk and frozen items LAST!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Once you get to the car, depending on how hot and humid it is during the dog days of summer you should put the milk and the meats in a cooler. If there’s room, some of the frozen stuff like ice cream should go in the cooler too. This way you don’t risk anything going bad or melting and you don't kill anyone. It’s a win-win situation. If you want, you can always take more than one cooler and put ALLLLL of your cold items in a cooler. That might be a bit extreme, but you can never be too careful. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">There are always some exceptions. If you happen to be at the store when they’ve got a big box of sausage patties for half price or maybe four 12-packs of Pepsi for $10, or bun length hot dogs for a buck or something like that, you gotta take advantage that shit. Otherwise, those are basically the rules. Happy shopping kids and let’s be careful out there. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/jayman68">Facebook.com/Jayman68</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws">@Jayman_IWS</a> <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

Grocery Shopping Rules

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World of Warcraft: Item Store Preview

<div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:34999cef-914a-4d88-a41d-25a7b99d350d" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object height="480" width="853"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/1uLknPTEz7U?hl=en_US&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/1uLknPTEz7U?hl=en_US&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="853" height="480" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div></div> <p align="justify"><a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/patch-notes/under-dev">Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar</a> will see an item store added to <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/">WOW</a>.  The above video gives a nice preview of the vanity items that currently exist on the public test realm.  Prices and items are subject to change when Patch 5.4 goes live.  Areyou looking forward to the release of Patch 5.4?</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a2b5f2ee-b8ff-4364-80f9-2c9ac49e3de6" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/World+of+Warcraft" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/WOW" rel="tag">WOW</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/MMO" rel="tag">MMO</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/video+games" rel="tag">video games</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/item+shop" rel="tag">item shop</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/transmogrification" rel="tag">transmogrification</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/vanity+items" rel="tag">vanity items</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Siege+of+Orgimmar" rel="tag">Siege of Orgimmar</a></div>

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Bob McDonnell orders flags flown at half-staff in memory of Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

<b>Governor Orders State Flags to Fly at Half-Staff Friday and Saturday</b><br /><br />On Wednesday, Virginia's Governor Bob McDonnell ordered all state flags to fly at half-staff on Friday and Saturday in memory of U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., 98, who passed away Wednesday morning. Governor McDonnell noted the order and commented on the Senator's passing: <br /><blockquote>“This morning, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., America’s oldest living former senator, passed away at his home in Winchester. This is a sad day in the Commonwealth. A chapter of our history has concluded; we’ve lost a good and decent person and a dedicated public servant.<br /><br />"Senator Byrd was a son of the Valley. He was born in Winchester. While he would go on to attend school at VMI and UVa, serve our nation in World War II, represent the area in the State Senate, and then serve three terms in Washington as a United States Senator, it was always true that in spirit and in soul, Harry F. Byrd, Jr. never left the Valley that he loved.<br /><br />"Senator Byrd was an iconic figure in Virginia history. He lived through a century of immense change, both here at home and abroad, and he never sat on the sidelines. From his time in public office to his long career in journalism, Harry F. Byrd, Jr. was at the center of the great debates and policy discussions that marked our nation’s path forward. He made his mark as a strong fiscal conservative, always committed to ensuring that taxpayer dollars be wisely and conservatively utilized.<br /><br />"I had the great opportunity to visit with the senator several times over the past few years at his home. His mind was sharp, and he was quick with stories from growing up in Virginia’s Executive Mansion in the 1920’s to his experiences as the first person ever elected and re-elected to the United States Senate as an independent. The senator was rightly known for his civility, candor and wit, and those attributes remained with him until the very end. As governor, there were a number of times I would receive a carefully handwritten letter from the senator, well into his 90’s, letting me know how he felt about legislation and policy discussions in Richmond. He lived to participate in the public discourse and he cherished democracy and civic engagement. That was the common thread that ran from his time in public office to his editorials and columns in The Winchester Star and The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record.<br /><br />"Virginia will mourn the passing of Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.”</blockquote>

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Ted Cruz is a 'train wreck'

<div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="245" id="msnbc724728" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=52629446&width=420&height=245" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc724728" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="420" height="245" FlashVars="launch=52629446&width=420&height=245" allowscriptaccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object></div><div style="background: transparent; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 420px;"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; color: #5799DB !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;"><br /></a></div><i>“Have you seen what Ted Cruz is doing? He’s going crazy on Republicans … Ted Cruz is attacking anybody that is not willing to shut down the government over Obamacare … I have to be very careful about what I say, but Ted Cruz comes in, obviously so completely ignorant about the war that Tom Coburn has been fighting for 20 years. And to say something like this about Tom Coburn. Ted Cruz is a total train wreck. He is comparing Mitch McConnell to Barack Obama. He is attacking Tom Coburn as being a member of the ‘surrender caucus’ when Tom Coburn, and yes Ted Cruz…I…put our political lives on the line more times in six months than Ted Cruz will put on the line his entire lifetime.”</i><br /><div style="text-align: center;">- former GOP Congressman Joe Scarborough (<a href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/31/watch-why-ted-cruz-is-turning-into-a-total-train-wreck/">"Morning Joe,"</a> July 31, 2013)</div>

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Taxpayer-funded ALEC trip for Kansas lawmakers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiargDKuEiNV_abCnSX2bRWtzxYOce_jPuYT86yW5VxiWZ6ouvZRdjEw42U3eSrRmtQ_rPMqJ-Rrx9N1Q8STueIsztJppvqjdi6MU1jNBBuCNG_eVJZDWheeZjWUdphCziLe1foeqndlwGj/s1600/taxpayer+funded+alec+trip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiargDKuEiNV_abCnSX2bRWtzxYOce_jPuYT86yW5VxiWZ6ouvZRdjEw42U3eSrRmtQ_rPMqJ-Rrx9N1Q8STueIsztJppvqjdi6MU1jNBBuCNG_eVJZDWheeZjWUdphCziLe1foeqndlwGj/s320/taxpayer+funded+alec+trip.jpg" width="246" /></a></div>Kansas lawmakers who advocate small government are taking a taxpayer-funded <a href="http://alecexposed.org/" rel="nofollow">ALEC</a> trip Aug. 7-9 in Chicago. There they'll be wined, dined, flattered, enriched financially and handed a draft bill to empower corporations at democracy's expense.<br /><br />Tim Carpenter at the <a href="http://cjonline.com/news/state/2013-07-26/kansas-gop-flocking-alec-gathering" rel="nofollow">Topeka Capital-Journal</a> broke the story five days ago:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">More than two-dozen Kansas legislators, including top Republican leaders of the House and Senate, plan to participate at the national convention in Chicago of an organization dedicated to layering a corporate agenda into politics at state Capitols, officials said Friday. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">House Speaker Ray Merrick, R-Stilwell, and Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, are national board members of the conservative, Republican-oriented American Legislative Exchange Council and scheduled to lead the Kansas delegation from Aug. 7-9. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">State policy allows a subsidy of registration fees for each legislator in attendance, which would be a minimum of $475. Other travel, hotel and meal costs can be covered by taxpayers only if the lawmaker serves in a leadership role in ALEC, said Jeff Russell, director of Legislative Administrative Services.</blockquote>Oh, the irony.<br /><br /><a href="http://ottawaherald.com/opinion/073113editGuest">The Hutchinson News</a> calls it "comically ironic."  <br /><br />And in a scathing editorial, The Hutchinson News excoriates the Kansas hypocrites:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">...a group of self proclaimed budget hawks apparently missed the memo that government spending is the root of all evil, and that even the smallest government expenditure is a misuse of hard-earned taxpayer dollars. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">According to the legislative administrative service, in fiscal year 2012 legislators received $150,666 for convention-related travel expenses. In fiscal year 2013, lawmakers received total reimbursement of $119,528 for such travel – and the upcoming year totals more than $4,875 so far, with the filing deadline not ending until June 30, 2014. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Kansas lawmakers are certainly free to attend whatever conferences they think will help them become better legislators. But it’s a special type of hypocrisy when a group of legislators who brand themselves as budget watchdogs and small government conservatives eagerly line up for a taxpayer handout to help pay for a voluntary networking weekend in Chicago.</blockquote>ALEC isn't really about small government. ALEC just wants one thing to be small: constraints on corporate plunder of the public trough. No one should be surprised that self-serving hypocrites are taking part in the looting by taking a taxpayer-funded ALEC trip. <br /><br />ALEC's stench has wafted all the way across the Atlantic, where the Irish blog Vestibule caught wind of these taxpayer-funded ALEC trips. Vestibule wrote a hilarious send-up of these ALEC "conferences" a few years ago, which we will share with you below:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Now, imagine if you will that you are a Republican lawmaker in a state whose legislature is controlled by your party.  You are approached by persons you admire, with an invitation to attend a conference under the aegis of ALEC.  And let us situate that gathering at some plush and exclusive enclave- Palm Springs, for example. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">There you and your spouse will be met and looked after (families are distinctly welcome)  by business leaders whose names ring with the reassurance of real power- Fortune 500 executives and their staffs. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">You will socialise- play golf on exquisitely maintained courses, dine on the most blissful fare, and exchange neatly patented views with the very men and women who concocted them. You will be flattered and cajoled.  You will be welcomed into circles you have always aspired to enter- assuming you were not born there, a condition of privilege discreetly enjoyed by many state office-holders.  Finally, you will be showered with political support in the form of crucial campaign donations and endorsements. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">And really, all you have to do is attend a two-hour meeting with friendly representatives of, let's say, the commercial prison industry. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">At this meeting you will be presented with a handsome, well-written, entirely serviceable piece of legislation.  It may contain the word "reform" in its title.  (Again, think Humpty Dumpty)<br />The matter at hand could involve a perfectly reasonable tightening of immigration law.  Or the justified imposition of harsher, more restrictive criminal sentences.  The bill may mandate the laudable establishment of profit-making industries in a state penitentiary system, or the withdrawal of wasteful educational services to undeserving prisoners. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">But whatever the avowed goal of the prefabricated legislation, you may be sure its passage will result in enhanced revenue and power for those companies which drafted the law.</blockquote>Spot on. <br /><br />

Taxpayer-funded ALEC trip for Kansas lawmakers

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EISAI ROCKS - I think we found a provider

I just heard from my local Eisai Rep.  She's going to be calling me tonight to give me some information on providers in the Houston area that prescribe Belviq.  So that will soon solve my issue as well as another local person hopefully.  EISAI ROCKS!!!!!!!!  And so does Leighann!!!!<br /><br />We're still waiting to hear from the Miami are rep - I think they actually already have the physician contact information and they are just trying to get a visit it.  <br /><br />These Eisai reps are EXTREMLY busy trying to get the word out to these physicians.  I appreciate everything they do for everyone.<br /><br />I'm doing my 6 week weigh in Friday.  Are you excited????????  I'm NERVOUS.  I "HOPE" for 2 things:  1, I hope to break under the 270 mark.  If I do that, it will be the first time in over 5 years since I was under 270.  and 2, I hope to have lost at least 25 pounds total.  Why?  It's the 1/2 mark of my short term 50 lb goal.  It will mean SO much to do that.<br /><br />I made a deal with those that I went to high school with.  Our 25 year reunion is this year.  Now, if you haven't already read my story, you will see here at <span lang="EN"></span><br /><div align="LEFT" dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"></span></span><a href="http://marketplayground.com/2013/07/29/arena-pharmaceuticals-inc-nasdaqarna-and-anti-obesity-drug-belviq-the-eillie-wenker-story/"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN">http://marketplayground.com/2013/07/29/arena-pharmaceuticals-inc-nasdaqarna-and-anti-obesity-drug-belviq-the-eillie-wenker-story/</span></span></span></a> that my years in junior high and high school were very painful.  I didn't go to any other reunion.  But, I told the girls planning the reunion that if I lost 50 pounds by October, I would go.  CRAZY?  Why yes!  But I can do it because I still have 2.5 months to get it done and I KNOW I can do it.  Let's do the math, if I lose 2 pounds a week, its literally 12 weeks from now.  That's 24 pounds.  So, it can be done in a very healthy manner.    PLUS, one of the girls on the planning committee, Ashley (Dill) Martin, was the homecoming queen - a very beautiful person inside and out.  We have gotten to know each other more over that year or so.  I told her that if I come, I WANT A CROWN!!!!!  Let's see if it happens.  I'll of course get that on video hahaha</div><div align="LEFT" dir="LTR"> </div><div align="LEFT" dir="LTR">XOX</div><div align="LEFT" dir="LTR">Ellie</div><div align="LEFT" dir="LTR"> </div><div align="LEFT" dir="LTR">PS - THANKS SPENCER OSBORNE for writing a wonderful article and his side kick Demian Russian for getting it formatted, etc and up on marketplayground.com. </div>

EISAI ROCKS - I think we found a provider

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South Park: The Stick of Truth

<div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:52d6b960-080f-4b84-914c-54d75e29f506" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object height="480" width="853"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/_-c27maVdWY?hl=en_US&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/_-c27maVdWY?hl=en_US&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="853" height="480" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div></div> <p align="justify">We all know them, and love them or hate them, you must admit the foul mouthed fourth graders at <a href="http://www.southparkstudios.com/" target="_blank">South Park</a> Elementary are hysterical.  Believe me, I  was once in the camp that didn’t like those foul mouthed fourth graders at all but now, now I find them hysterical and spot on social commentary.</p> <p align="justify">I’ll admit it.  I’m more than a little looking forward to popping <a href="http://southpark.ubi.com/stickoftruth/en-us/home/index.aspx" target="_blank">South Park: The Stick of Truth</a> into the Xbox.  Oh I’m quite sure the game will be quite full of crude humor, no I take that back I know it will be packed with it, but I also know I will laugh every time.  Playing alongside Cartman and gang will definitely make real world problems and challenges recede into the background. </p> <p align="justify">So get ready world, November 2013 Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Kenny and the rest of  South Park, CO hit you console and PC.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:bf7a555e-6223-4668-927d-bbaf1fe9e18c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Ubisoft" rel="tag">Ubisoft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/South+Park%3a+The+Stick+of+Truth" rel="tag">South Park: The Stick of Truth</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/South+Park" rel="tag">South Park</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Xbox" rel="tag">Xbox</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/PC" rel="tag">PC</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Playstation3" rel="tag">Playstation3</a></div>

South Park: The Stick of Truth

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Beta: The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot

<div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:4613beed-9a2d-4a30-a447-88844dda49a8" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object height="480" width="853"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/tbu9HXX27Ww?hl=en_US&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/tbu9HXX27Ww?hl=en_US&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="853" height="480" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div></div> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.ubi.com/US/" target="_blank">Ubisoft</a>’s 2013 entry into the MMO market is in the form of <a href="https://www.themightyquest.com/?locale=en" target="_blank">The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot</a> to be released exclusively on the PC.  There is currently an “open house” for the game from July 30th – August 6th and so I stopped by this morning.  </p> <p align="justify">Here are my impressions of the beta:</p> <ul> <li>calling it an MMO is overly generous</li> <li>the absence of any playable female character is a complete turn-off</li> <li>inability to customize character is unacceptable</li> <li>extremely simplistic</li> <li>flat graphics</li> <li>appropriate for ages 8 and up</li></ul> <p align="justify">Seriously, this game would run flawlessly on my Surface RT or an ipad.  I am baffled as to why Ubisoft is only releasing this for PC’s.  There is nothing complicated.  Basically, it is a cartoony version of Diablo III without the story and the simplicity of running through a castle collecting shinnies.  Heck, you can die during a castle run and the only consequence is you don’t get the loot at the end of the castle.  No biggie there.  </p> <p align="justify">This game is definitely more suited to the younger crowd.  No blood, no guts, no worries.  Admittedly, some younger players might have trouble reading the endless lines of text but players over the age of 8 won’t find the game difficult.</p> <p align="justify">Verdict: Don’t waste your time unless you truly need a mindless romp while stuck on a meeting or are nursing an incredible hangover.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:31e27d80-58e9-4219-bccd-1cdcbd1bb8fd" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Ubisoft" rel="tag">Ubisoft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/The+Mighty+Quest+for+Epic+Loot" rel="tag">The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/MMO" rel="tag">MMO</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/video+games" rel="tag">video games</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/free+to+play" rel="tag">free to play</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/F2P" rel="tag">F2P</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/beta" rel="tag">beta</a></div>

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Low-wage strike comes to Chicago, Detroit, Flint, Mich.

<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/AVvXsEinxzYO20fBTZx3aUT6bjWX5ZQN4Ba8O8MSmg6sbrjrsbpmzuxO2a7E3O7kemorpC3jNbtiRaieGCds1loKGgIQ-dVw-clD438ZVByuUqueisK7phlE-DQHlVqGtf4JKmk23uuSivD4Hqde/s1600/7-31lowwagerally4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="They are holding signs and demanding better wages and treatment by the company." border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxzYO20fBTZx3aUT6bjWX5ZQN4Ba8O8MSmg6sbrjrsbpmzuxO2a7E3O7kemorpC3jNbtiRaieGCds1loKGgIQ-dVw-clD438ZVByuUqueisK7phlE-DQHlVqGtf4JKmk23uuSivD4Hqde/s400/7-31lowwagerally4.jpg" title="This photo shows Whole Food workers in Chicago protesting." width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workers in Chicago picket Whole Foods market over pay, poor treatment.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hundreds of workers joined the nationwide low-wage strike today, walking off retail and fast-food restaurant jobs in Chicago, Detroit and Flint, Mich. to protest low wages and abuse. It marked the third day of short strikes in cities across the country, part of a nationwide movement to raise wages and end retaliation for organizing a union. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Detroit and Flint, the low-wage strike forced restaurant closings. Large rallies were held in Chicago outside of Whole Foods, McDonald’s and Checkers, while some fast-food workers took their message to the community. <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Workers in other industries have joined the revolt. Teamster paramedics and EMTs in El Centro, Calif., are in the fourth day of a strike to fight low wages paid by Gold Cross Ambulance. Teamsters are even now protesting pharmaceutical distributor McKesson’s retaliations against workers at a Lakeland, Fla., warehouse. They are engaging in a rally and shareholder action at McKesson’s annual meeting in San Francisco. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A wave of labor unrest has hit low-wage employers since last fall, when fast-food workers first went on strike in New York City. Since then, a series of short, sudden one-day strikes captured the news media’s attention and elicited sympathy from a broader public. Revelations of extravagant CEO pay have helped galvanize the movement, as worker productivity rose and wages fell since the end of the 2008 recession. <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today in the Windy City, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23fightfor15&src=hash" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fight for Fifteen reported more than 200 employees picketed</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in front of a Whole Foods market at midday to bring attention to poverty wages and the company’s poor treatment of them. Strikers demanded higher pay and an end to Whole Foods’ arbitrary point system used to punish workers.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Circling in front of the supermarket entrance, </span><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/samwiseoccupies?utm_campaign=ustre-am&utm_source=10881934&utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">video of the event</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> showed energetic employees making clear they are not going to stand for mistreatment anymore. Among the chants heard were:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Hey workers, I’ve got a story. Let’s tell the whole world this is union territory!” as well as “When workers are under attack what do we do? Stand up, fight back!”</span></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo55A-VwkojpdTXjrd16133pk1aD-yUEge0vXckWsSGEGMt7dkV3kl5_XSybwzGflH9v_CtYfalEBDsf61hOKi3gALSnqFMyoLXmEAhJDO02cCeqVB3yZCjYsVVG_G7HiftmOetbf7EX1a/s1600/7-31lowwagerally3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="They are demanding better pay and treatment." border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo55A-VwkojpdTXjrd16133pk1aD-yUEge0vXckWsSGEGMt7dkV3kl5_XSybwzGflH9v_CtYfalEBDsf61hOKi3gALSnqFMyoLXmEAhJDO02cCeqVB3yZCjYsVVG_G7HiftmOetbf7EX1a/s320/7-31lowwagerally3.jpg" title="Workers in Detroit are holding signs outside a fast-food restaurant." width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detroit workers demand fair pay at fast-food restaurant.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Earlier in the day, fast-food workers in Chicago, Detroit and Flint made their voices heard both inside and outside restaurants such as McDonald’s and Checkers. McDonald’s employees at different outlets<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/StandUpChicago/status/362554202087624704/photo/1" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">used the same line to criticize</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> the hamburger giant:<o:p></o:p></span><br /><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hold your burgers, hold your fries, make our wages super-sized.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Workers also took the low-wage strike into the community. Workers at a McDonald’s in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood, for instance, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/StandUpChicago/status/362554202087624704/photo/1" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">began handing out leaflets in the surrounding area</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to raise awareness about their plight. Detroit organizers, meanwhile, used Twitter to </span><a href="http://lowpayisnotok.org/onstrike/?utm_campaign=LowPay&utm_medium=partner&utm_source=NoRetaliation-DET" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">call on the public to sign online petitions</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to show their solidarity with fast-food workers in their push for a living wage.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In all, </span><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/07/31/fast_food_strikes_build_in_michigan_chicago/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">employees from 80 restaurant chains in Detroit and Flint</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> walked off the job. Organizers in Chicago said workers from </span><a href="http://www.chicagogrid.com/news/food-retail-workers-strike-mcdonalds-sears/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26 fast-food and retail chains</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> were expected to strike as well. They join the low-wage strike started this week by workers in New York City, St. Louis and Kansas City who <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are fighting for higher wages and the right to form a union without retaliation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can help out by signing the petition <a href="http://lowpayisnotok.org/noretaliation/?utm_campaign=LowPay&utm_medium=FBPage&utm_source=NoRetaliation">here</a> and giving a “Like” to the “Low Pay Is Not OK” Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LowPayIsNotOk?ref=br_tf">here</a>.</span></div>

Low-wage strike comes to Chicago, Detroit, Flint, Mich.

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Reminder: QuakeCon 2013 begins Tomorrow

<div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:8045a061-5509-49ef-a212-38ebb9541ac9" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object height="480" width="853"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/VHj5VvFWbtE?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/VHj5VvFWbtE?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="853" height="480" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div></div> <p> </p> <p align="justify">Dallas, TX will be the site of <a href="http://www.quakecon.org/" target="_blank">QuakeCon 2013</a> beginning tomorrow, August 1st.  Events will be streamed via <a href="http://twitch.tv/" target="_blank">twtich.tv</a> and the schedule from streamed events can be found <a href="http://www.quakecon.org/" target="_blank">here</a>.  Of particular interest will be the <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/bethesda" target="_blank">live stream</a> of actual game play of the highly anticipated release of The Elder Scrolls Online next Spring and of <a href="http://www.wolfenstein.com/en-us/" target="_blank">Wolfenstein: The New Order</a> which is scheduled to release later this year.</p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:9c0093ec-4034-4009-95f7-6809e2f41c33" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object height="480" width="853"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/BlvfqfGTar4?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/BlvfqfGTar4?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="853" height="480" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div></div> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:ec508224-19ef-4004-9e88-04e1e245dd90" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/QuakeCon" rel="tag">QuakeCon</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/QuakeCon+2013" rel="tag">QuakeCon 2013</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Bethesda" rel="tag">Bethesda</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Elder+Scrolls+Online" rel="tag">Elder Scrolls Online</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Wolfenstein" rel="tag">Wolfenstein</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/twitch.tv" rel="tag">twitch.tv</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/video+games" rel="tag">video games</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/MMO" rel="tag">MMO</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/console+gaming" rel="tag">console gaming</a></div>

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Reminder: SOE Live Starts Tomorrow

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XBox: August Games for Gold Members

<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FJ7bcUzEWjk/Ufk8Dg3YGNI/AAAAAAAADA4/BX3k0u_zX0k/s1600-h/crackdown%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="crackdown" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GgHhzFkYhl0/Ufk8EmHghtI/AAAAAAAADBA/vU7MfAq3K-8/crackdown_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" title="crackdown" width="174"></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CxOyD47va10/Ufk8FAO_SEI/AAAAAAAADBI/KCWR6G6lm-4/s1600-h/Dead_Rising_2_-_Dvd_-_Custom_-_V2_por_makuxito%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Dead_Rising_2_-_Dvd_-_Custom_-_V2_por_makuxito" border="0" height="231" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ITDC4Nld2E4/Ufk8F4-masI/AAAAAAAADBQ/iYIV6ve_CJE/Dead_Rising_2_-_Dvd_-_Custom_-_V2_por_makuxito_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" title="Dead_Rising_2_-_Dvd_-_Custom_-_V2_por_makuxito" width="344"></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sc1X8eAHoms/Ufk8GScuvrI/AAAAAAAADBY/XP75cqJQHQY/s1600-h/boxartsm%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img alt="boxartsm" border="0" height="224" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Az3YunBinP0/Ufk8G2CSSgI/AAAAAAAADBg/B26wnxUI6_M/boxartsm_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" title="boxartsm" width="160"></a> </p> <p>The <a href="http://majornelson.com/2013/07/31/games-with-gold-for-august-crackdown-dead-rising-2-dr2-case-zero/" target="_blank">free titles</a> for XBox Gold Members for August are <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Crackdown/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d5307dc?cid=majornelson" target="_blank">Crackdown</a>, <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Dead-Rising-2/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802434307ec?DownloadType=Game#LiveZone" target="_blank">Dead Rising 2</a> and <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/DR2-CASE-ZERO/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410a8d?cid=majornelson" target="_blank">Dead Rising 2: Case Zero</a>.</p> <p>Crackdown will be available on August 1st.  And both Dead Rising Games will be available starting August 16th.  Just a reminder, games are free for download and will remain a permanent part of your Xbox account, even if your Gold account lapses in the future.</p> <p>Today, July 31st is the last day to download <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Assassins-Creed-II/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025553083b" target="_blank">Assassin’s Creed II</a> and to get the remainder of the Assassin’s Creed series and DLC on sale.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:53978baf-5c9a-4933-9839-915bf2da349d" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Xbox" rel="tag">Xbox</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Games+for+Gold" rel="tag">Games for Gold</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/console+gaming" rel="tag">console gaming</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/free+games" rel="tag">free games</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Crackdown" rel="tag">Crackdown</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Dead+Rising+2" rel="tag">Dead Rising 2</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Dead+Rising%3a+Code+Breaker." rel="tag">Dead Rising: Code Breaker.</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Assassin's+Creed+2" rel="tag">Assassin's Creed 2</a></div>

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