2013 NFL Team Previews

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">Holaaaaaaaaaaaaa football fans! As I write (okay, type) this the NFL Hall of Fame game is being played between Dallas and Miami. Yes, it is almost time for football again. We’ll get few preseason games, then opening weekend of college football where I watch football from 11 am until around 12 midnight and refuse to apologize for it and then it will be NFL season again. I know you’re probably wondering who is going to be good and who is going to suck this season. Well, wonder no more cause I’m here to expertly break down every single team in the league for you. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>NFC South:</i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Atlanta Falcons:</b> OVER-RATED *CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP* OVER-RATED<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Carolina Panthers:</b> Could either be much better or still sucky. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>New Orleans Saints:</b> WHO DAT?! My #1 Team. Great offense. Shitty Defense. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Tampa Bay Buccaneers: </b>Probably shitty, but awesome cheerleaders…</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fyx3JgXX7nysnVEz2yRn_sixkWEwmgMoU-8XN0KPb5T9HGSolWlai_KMuA8w_WG3_LDXkScIwH565h9hAP2Z7AozDNSFMPjTqhNlep-ledhyphenhyphenTb3IeVeTpydWtQ62Pbi0FbO6jW6lRrHl/s1600/Sexy-Buccanneers-Cheerleaders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fyx3JgXX7nysnVEz2yRn_sixkWEwmgMoU-8XN0KPb5T9HGSolWlai_KMuA8w_WG3_LDXkScIwH565h9hAP2Z7AozDNSFMPjTqhNlep-ledhyphenhyphenTb3IeVeTpydWtQ62Pbi0FbO6jW6lRrHl/s1600/Sexy-Buccanneers-Cheerleaders.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>AFC South:</i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Houston Texans: </b>My #2 Team. Solid, but can’t quite get it done. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Indianapolis Colts:</b> Insufferable. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Jacksonville Jaguars:</b> They fucking suck. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Tennessee Titans: </b>Not bad, but nobody cares much about them. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>AFC North:</i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Baltimore Ravens: </b>Very good but probably won’t repeat. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Cincinnati Bengals:</b> Not too bad w/ Ginger Ninja at QB<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Cleveland Browns:</b> Poor Cleveland. They deserve so much better. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Pittsburgh Steelers:</b> 8-8 team that gets enough weirdly great calls from refs to win 10. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>NFC North: </i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Chicago Bears:</b> OVER-RATED *CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP* OVER-RATED <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Detroit Lions:</b> You think the city is a disaster, get a load of these guys. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Green Bay Packers:</b> Underachievers led by Aaron Rogers who is a shitty teammate. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Minnesota Vikings: </b>As average, boring and predictable as the NFL itself. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>NFC East: </i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Dallas Cowboys: </b>They're actually pretty good, but ... Romo. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>NY Football Giants: </b>Who knows? Probably good. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Philadelphia Eagles:</b> Might be exciting but probably suck. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Washington Racial Slurs: </b>I will watch RG3 every week. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>AFC East: </i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Buffalo:</b> I’m so sorry y’all. Another city that deserves better. Or do they?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Miami Dolphis:</b> Slightly better than averagely shitty. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>New England Patriots:</b> Trending downward. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>New York Jets: </b>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>AFC West: </i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Denver Broncos:</b> Good but Manning will fuck it up again somehow. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Kansas City Chiefs:</b> Fuck ‘em. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Oakland Raiders:</b> Combined IQ of all players = 72<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>San Diego Chargers: </b>Who cares when you have cheerleaders like these…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkElXP65bxSyjK3NvUuZcwQ6uDMldw51PdNzbPf8ylRsQQtH87tG7pzCnI4W1SpHtmcTrVKcKqG6hSO_8I_D_bUDhn64-cs3SkghuDRQlgpSgdcyzbbNW0jWZxeVavgH2hq4HjID5hjUV/s1600/Chargers+Cheerleaders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkElXP65bxSyjK3NvUuZcwQ6uDMldw51PdNzbPf8ylRsQQtH87tG7pzCnI4W1SpHtmcTrVKcKqG6hSO_8I_D_bUDhn64-cs3SkghuDRQlgpSgdcyzbbNW0jWZxeVavgH2hq4HjID5hjUV/s1600/Chargers+Cheerleaders.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>NFC West: </i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Arizona Cardinals:</b> Are they still in the league? <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>San Francisco 49ers:</b> Best team in the NFL. Crazy good. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Seattle Seahawks: </b>Very good team. Fans are HUGE whiners though. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>St. Louis Rams:</b> The usual shit. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">So there you go folks. You won’t get this level of NFL team analysis anywhere else. Time to head to Vegas cause you know everything you need about each team now. You’re welcome. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><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><br /><div class="MsoNormal">In other news, we threw a HUGE surprise Birthday Party for President Obama on IWS yesterday. It was a freaking blast too! Lots of people wishing Obama a happy birthday including Kanye West, Lady Ga Ga, John McCain, Thomas Jefferson, John Q Adams and a couple of dozen more! Plus we made many attempts to call important people. Listen to hear how those turned out…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="370" src="http://player.cinchcast.com/?show_id=5220213&platformId=1&assetType=single" width="400"></iframe><br /><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><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br />Also, bonus smoking-hot Tamp Cheerleader ...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqPwAWj_jaI5TtvYMNeZIaxZdqCruCQ4c2792QxbZUZYUVE9tw_rBJ9gn3CwBYVUDALHI1CLGivImgvsiI9-DEhxGi1inmZOkyJDZN5el_4j6GujyLRViEUBjcOiD8W1I24cftALC46sI/s1600/Sexy-Hot-Cheerleader-Tampa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqPwAWj_jaI5TtvYMNeZIaxZdqCruCQ4c2792QxbZUZYUVE9tw_rBJ9gn3CwBYVUDALHI1CLGivImgvsiI9-DEhxGi1inmZOkyJDZN5el_4j6GujyLRViEUBjcOiD8W1I24cftALC46sI/s1600/Sexy-Hot-Cheerleader-Tampa.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></div>

2013 NFL Team Previews

Holaaaaaaaaaaaaa football fans! As I write (okay, type) this the NFL Hall of Fame game is being played between Dallas and Miami. Yes, it is ...

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Doctors At Hartford Hospital, Yale Take Google Glass For Test Drive - Hartford Courant

<base href="data:">To get Google Glass — the much-discussed wearable computer that hasn't yet hit the market — Hartford Hospital had to explain in an application why it wanted the device.<br><br>Chris Madison, a simulation technician for the hospital, got to the point: "I said, 'We want to save lives.'"<br><br>That was good enough for Google.<br><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcM_ASMZ0F7aQvUXCrWiZAQbJU7IviqpKUk6BJulZbNWbheGrWPwhJwqtxG5DqjXZzpcVsEWaImnwurjfulV00dfvJWJcK3D57SAfX5hP-v_L4u8BP_-aD0RtrtPMKhyphenhyphenV6OD2X-ReHSm4/s1600/pixel-765476.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5908348419033446898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcM_ASMZ0F7aQvUXCrWiZAQbJU7IviqpKUk6BJulZbNWbheGrWPwhJwqtxG5DqjXZzpcVsEWaImnwurjfulV00dfvJWJcK3D57SAfX5hP-v_L4u8BP_-aD0RtrtPMKhyphenhyphenV6OD2X-ReHSm4/s320/pixel-765476.gif" /></a>Finding out whether Google Glass can actually do that is the mission of Madison and his co-workers at the hospital's Center for Education, Simulation & Innovation.<br><br>What if, for instance, updates on a patient's lab results can be shot right into a doctor's fields of vision during an operation? What if it could bring a little more order to the frenetic communication of the emergency department?<br><br>Earlier this year, Google distributed no more than 8,000 of the devices in the world. Applicants had to explain their potential use for it in 50 words or less. If selected, they paid $1,500 for the device.<br><br>Google Glass, which looks like the frame of a pair of glasses, houses a small camera for video and photos and a tiny screen display, both in the upper right hand corner. The touch pad is on the right side of the frame. The device provides many of the same features as a smartphone or iPad, allowing the user to search for information, communicate, and take pictures and video. The difference is that Google Glass is mostly hands-free and the information comes to your field of vision, although you have to look up slightly to see it.<br><br>For people who wear glasses, there are special sets that fit over the glasses, and there are prescription sets that comes with lenses.<br><br>Whether Google Glass ends up proving to be a genuinely useful tool or just a nifty gimmick is an open question. Suggested uses have included GPS navigation for drivers, an instructional display for everyday tasks (for instance, mounting a large-screen TV), an educational tool for schoolchildren, a sheet music display for orchestras, and an audio/visual guide for museum tours. Some police departments are exploring whether it could aid in investigations.<br><br>Hartford Hospital's education and innovation department has had its Google Glass for the past few weeks and is brainstorming possibilities. Madison applied for the Glass after speaking to hospital officials about it, but he wasn't alone in thinking that a hands-free computer might be a help to doctors and nurses. He said he knows of about a dozen others in the health-care field who have one. Yale-New Haven Hospital also received a Google Glass, and its simulation team is now focusing on its potential in as a training tool.<br><br>Exactly how many hospitals have one is hard to say. Google technically has provided the device only to individuals, not institutions. A Google spokesperson said the company couldn't provide specifics about recipients.<br><br>One of the more high-profile medical uses of Google Glass took place in June, when Dr. Rafael Grossman, a surgeon in Maine, wore the device while inserting a feeding tube into a patient. For the sake of documentation, he used the device's camera to stream the procedure live on the Internet. Grossman told Forbes magazine that it's a "wonderful teaching tool."<br><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcM_ASMZ0F7aQvUXCrWiZAQbJU7IviqpKUk6BJulZbNWbheGrWPwhJwqtxG5DqjXZzpcVsEWaImnwurjfulV00dfvJWJcK3D57SAfX5hP-v_L4u8BP_-aD0RtrtPMKhyphenhyphenV6OD2X-ReHSm4/s1600/pixel-765476.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5908348419033446898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcM_ASMZ0F7aQvUXCrWiZAQbJU7IviqpKUk6BJulZbNWbheGrWPwhJwqtxG5DqjXZzpcVsEWaImnwurjfulV00dfvJWJcK3D57SAfX5hP-v_L4u8BP_-aD0RtrtPMKhyphenhyphenV6OD2X-ReHSm4/s320/pixel-765476.gif" /></a>Hartford Hospital and Yale-New Haven have proceeded more cautiously, so far keeping the device inside their simulation centers, where the staff can practice medical procedures on mannequins.<br><br>Dr. Thomas Nowicki, an emergency medical doctor who doubles as Hartford Hospital's cognitive simulation director, said he thinks the hospital's high-tech simulation center convinced Google to provide them with a Glass.<br><br>"Having access to this environment is really advantageous because we can test it here without having to go through all of the steps to get it in place in a patient care environment where those things need to be figured out," he said.<br><br>But not everyone is so quick to embrace new technology. Nowicki said that when nurses use iPhones — probably calculating medications or using some other medical app — some patients think their caregivers are emailing friends. The hospital had to restrict iPhone use because of the patients' perception, Nowicki said.<br><br>So that raises another question to be figured out: Will patients will be happy to have a doctor with what appears to be a third eye looking at them?<br><br>Madison said he got mixed results wearing Google Glass in public. For the first two weeks after Google sent the device, Madison wore it virtually non-stop. Getting used to the device itself only took a few hours, but the social aspects of Google Glass were a little harder, he said. He got a lot of funny looks, and many people came up to ask questions about the device. He said he was treated like a celebrity when we walked into a Best Buy recently, with clerks clamoring around him.<br><br>One of the first things Hartford Hospital has considered is whether the device can improve communication in the emergency department. Right now, a medical alert for a patient needing special attention is issued over a speaker in the emergency room. The doctors take turns responding to the alerts, but with so much going on, they can sometimes lose their place in the cycle.<br><br>What often happens, Nowicki said, is that three or four doctors will respond to the same alert.<br><br>One possibility is that all the doctors in the emergency department would be outfitted with Google Glass, and the alerts will be sent visually to a specific doctor.<br><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqfWEYN65dSg9OavoW3konU2zpFjRDSIAaWPoLQaQ4dpV2J7R-ldRszmU2RaZ4yNBlXxqXsgu_o9LBjaDRvQ8Fz47xhkIvo7v_k6dqREDCb477vaxs94-b4FbtxNVw2oseR5YRwwIdsI/s1600/pixel-767010.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5908348430132009682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqfWEYN65dSg9OavoW3konU2zpFjRDSIAaWPoLQaQ4dpV2J7R-ldRszmU2RaZ4yNBlXxqXsgu_o9LBjaDRvQ8Fz47xhkIvo7v_k6dqREDCb477vaxs94-b4FbtxNVw2oseR5YRwwIdsI/s320/pixel-767010.gif" /></a>"When the medical alert comes in, the recipient taps the side of the device to accept the call," Madison said. "If he doesn't, the alert moves onto the next physician after a certain amount of time."<br><br>When or if this or any of their ideas can be put into practice is hard to say, Madison said. For one thing, Google isn't expected to put the device on the market until sometime next year.<br><br>"We started with it being more of a research project to see if these things can be a benefit," he said. "And if they can, then we ask, 'How do we implement it?'"<br><br>Yale-New Haven also is looking at the potential for Google Glass to improve communication. For a recent trauma simulation on a mannequin, the team leader wore the device to record the procedure. Simulation supervisor Jason Fenstermaker pointed to the video of the procedure on the large screen in SYN:APSE, the hospital's simulation center, when two medical residents appeared to be talking over another resident.<br><br>"You can go back and look at that footage and see where those communication issues are," he said.<br><br>David Dias, a simulation technician at Yale-New Haven, said that there are other cameras a person can wear, but that Google Glass also allows communication with other people while using the camera. And because the footage goes to Google, he said, it's easily accessible to many people.<br><br>It could also help doctors coach residents in training because the doctors could see the procedure in real time, Dias said.<br><br>"You could even have some off-site — we have facilities in Greenwich, we have facilities in Bridgeport — you could have somebody from that hospital actually doing the coaching here, or vice-versa."<br><br>Another possibility is to have put the device on a training mannequin, which would give the medical staff a good idea of how patients can perceive what's going on around them.<br><br>"Having the clinicians hear what they're talking about over a patient — good things, bad things — and the patient hearing what they're talking about, it might have them adjust where they would have those conversations," Dias said.<br><br>Once the device is on the market, the simulation team at Yale-New Haven hopes to have everyone wear Google Glass in order to watch a mock procedure from every possible perspective.<br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqfWEYN65dSg9OavoW3konU2zpFjRDSIAaWPoLQaQ4dpV2J7R-ldRszmU2RaZ4yNBlXxqXsgu_o9LBjaDRvQ8Fz47xhkIvo7v_k6dqREDCb477vaxs94-b4FbtxNVw2oseR5YRwwIdsI/s1600/pixel-767010.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5908348430132009682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqfWEYN65dSg9OavoW3konU2zpFjRDSIAaWPoLQaQ4dpV2J7R-ldRszmU2RaZ4yNBlXxqXsgu_o9LBjaDRvQ8Fz47xhkIvo7v_k6dqREDCb477vaxs94-b4FbtxNVw2oseR5YRwwIdsI/s320/pixel-767010.gif" /></a><br>At Hartford Hospital, residents wear the device while going through simulated procedures. Nowicki and Madison have simulated patient data, such as potassium or sodium levels, which are then flashed to the physician's field of vision. The goal is to see whether this will allow a more efficient process by eliminating the need for a doctor to go to a conventional computer to get the same information or to have a nurse read it aloud.<br><br>One obstacle to putting this into practice this is that Glass operates on Google's servers, so putting patient information through it could violate patient privacy laws. Madison is working on a prototype app in which the information would be conveyed through private servers.<br><br>"We want to send mock data in a simulated environment and see if there's any benefit to doing that, and if there is, then there's the potential of talking to these companies about building a full-fledged app that actually integrates with hospital systems," Nowicki said.<br><br>Might wearing the device be a bit distracting for a doctor? That's one more thing to find out.<br><br>"Obviously, anything that's in a doctor's vision can be distracting, so I think that comes with the learning curve," Fenstermaker said. "I think that's why simulation is a good jumping ground for trying stuff. Doctors use this and they can say 'Is this too distracting for this procedure,' or 'Is this not distracting for that procedure?'"<br><br><br><a href="http://articles.courant.com/2013-08-03/health/hc-google-glass-0725-20130803_1_google-glass-hartford-hospital-device">http://articles.courant.com/2013-08-03/health/hc-google-glass-0725-20130803_1_google-glass-hartford-hospital-device</a><br><br>

Doctors At Hartford Hospital, Yale Take Google Glass For Test Drive - Hartford Courant

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Bolling, Sabato hit Twitter, FB with Va gubernatorial frustrations

Virginia's gubernatorial campaign took another interesting turn on Friday as two powerful political pundits took to social media to express frustration with the candidates and the state of both campaigns.<br /><br />Sinking further into the muck, the past week saw the Cuccinelli campaign accusing McAuliffe of saying something he didn't while news broke that McAuliffe's former GreenTech company has come under SEC scrutiny.<br /><br />It was almost possible to hear the exasperation in University of Virginia Professor Larry Sabato's voice Friday afternoon as he <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=Larry%20Sabato&src=typd">tweeted</a>:<br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Just re-checked my VA Constitution. Requirements for GOV do NOT include being controversial or seedy.<br />— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) <a href="https://twitter.com/LarrySabato/statuses/363348708491919360">August 2, 2013</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Sabato immediately followed that tweet with another referring to Virginia's Lieutenant Governor:<br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Bill Bolling goofed big-time. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23VAGOV&src=hash">#VAGOV</a><br />— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) <a href="https://twitter.com/LarrySabato/statuses/363348904915378176">August 2, 2013</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Friday night the <a href="http://www.billbolling.com/">Lieutenant Governor</a> himself took to <a href="https://twitter.com/lgbillbolling/status/363473020356005888">Twitter</a> and Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bollingva?hc_location=stream">here</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/billbolling?hc_location=stream">here</a> (he has two FB pages) to express frustration about the current state of Virginia's governor's race. Bill Bolling posted:<br /><blockquote><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[32efj].[1][4][1]{comment10153084183635387_42097311}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2]"><span data-reactid=".r[32efj].[1][4][1]{comment10153084183635387_42097311}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[32efj].[1][4][1]{comment10153084183635387_42097311}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[0]"></span></span></span>I'm very frustrated by the current direction of the gubernatorial campaign. Instead of spending millions of dollars calling each other names, I'd like to see the candidates actually talk about the important issues facing our state. The people of Virginia deserve better than they are getting, and that's a bipartisan criticism.</blockquote>By Saturday morning he had received hundreds of thumbs ups from around the Commonwealth and, presumably, there were many more who did not publicly give their approval but were thinking it.<br /><br />Dozens left comments, some noting that they would be writing in Bill Bolling's name on the November ballot, a recurring theme that has come up in letters to the editor and conversations on the street. This comment from a supporter named Bill echoed those sentiments:<br /><blockquote><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[32efj].[1][4][1]{comment10153084183635387_42097311}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2]"><span data-reactid=".r[32efj].[1][4][1]{comment10153084183635387_42097311}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[32efj].[1][4][1]{comment10153084183635387_42097311}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[0]">I will be writing in Bill Bolling and I have lots of friends here in Goochland that will be doing the same.</span></span></span></blockquote>Another supporter pleaded:<br /><blockquote>Bill, it's not too late. Give us another choice. PLEASE!!!!!</blockquote>Commenter John looked at the election in a different light:<br /><blockquote><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[5fr0p].[1][4][1]{comment10153084183635387_42098062}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2]"><span data-reactid=".r[5fr0p].[1][4][1]{comment10153084183635387_42098062}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[5fr0p].[1][4][1]{comment10153084183635387_42098062}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[0]">If this were a job interview for a corporation, I was the hiring manager, and I was down to the two party's respective candidates as my final applicants, I would tell my Human Resource Department to leave the job posted, as I haven't found the right hire.</span></span></span></blockquote>That was the tone of most of the comments as voters expressed concerns, even suggesting Bolling 2017. The naysayers stopped by, too, like James who quipped:<br /><blockquote>It might be helpful if you constructively supported your party's nominee....</blockquote>To which Chris responded:<br /><blockquote>Well, it would have also been nice to have gotten to vote in a primary too, but that didn't happen either.</blockquote>Bottom line: there is definitely dissatisfaction among voters, something picked up on in Sunday's <i>News & Advance</i> editorial, <a href="http://www.newsadvance.com/opinion/editorials/article_be923a3a-fbaf-11e2-b11b-001a4bcf6878.html"><i>Cuccinelli, McAuliffe and the Split in the GOP</i></a>. With that said, we are still three months away from election day 2013.<br /><br />Cross-posted at <a href="http://www.politicalpineapple.com/">Va Political Pineapple</a>

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situation - and Bandar's mystique thrives on rumors. In fact, the same day that Bandar's jet landed in Moscow, SYRIAN government forces "liberated" the strategic city of Homs, which the opposition fancifully used to call their "revolutionary capital". </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With this, the government regained control over the country's central provinces, which are traversed by the two strategic highways linking Damascus respectively with the northern city of Aleppo and the Mediterranean port city of Tartus, where RUSSIAN navy maintains a SOVIET-era base. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>OUR MAN IN RIYADH</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bandar is SAUDI ARABIA'S key point person for SYRIA. Only last weekend King Abdullah named him director-general of the SAUDI Intelligence Agency on top of his post as secretary-general of the National Security Council. The appointment has been widely seen as signifying a new phase in the SAUDI push for "regime change" in SYRIA. </span></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">SAUDI DEPUTY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF ALLEGEDLY KILLED: PAYBACK?</span></b></span><span style="background: yellow; color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2012/07/saudi-arabian-intelligence-headquarters.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2012/07/saudi-arabian-intelligence-headquarters.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />By now it is clear that the Obama administration proposes to be involved through the CIA rather than the Pentagon in the SYRIAN civil war. Obama opted for CIA operations in preference to any direct US military operations as such after being warned by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey that outright intervention in SYRIA would require "hundreds of aircraft, ships, submarines and other enablers", and would cost "in the billions". </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTo5eH76Pc5-AsaWprv_F76_hyphenhyphenzAuPB4oWadeVM93QAMYPY6MN3-z2uiw1yc1fuONHT9ZGLVMSklctuT3XTBUf0G8a4iPjth7s10lGktl69OXQmfEVyMcOmzU6D9mzC95BbLpvn4PZbD16/s1600/2012-07-20T170204Z_1_CBRE86J1BBK00_RTROPTP_3_RUSSIA.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTo5eH76Pc5-AsaWprv_F76_hyphenhyphenzAuPB4oWadeVM93QAMYPY6MN3-z2uiw1yc1fuONHT9ZGLVMSklctuT3XTBUf0G8a4iPjth7s10lGktl69OXQmfEVyMcOmzU6D9mzC95BbLpvn4PZbD16/s320/2012-07-20T170204Z_1_CBRE86J1BBK00_RTROPTP_3_RUSSIA.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />The AMERICANS hold Bandar in high regard as a "can-do person" - almost like one of them and as Ha'aretz put it, "Bandar is considered the CIA's man in Riyadh." <br /><br />Bandar served as the SAUDI ambassador in Washington for 22 years at a stretch and proved invaluable as interlocutor for successive AMERICAN presidents so much so that he received the protection of the US Secret Service as AMERICA'S national security asset, something strange in diplomatic history. <br /><br />To be sure, last weekend's appointment of Bandar as the spy chief signifies that Abdullah has put him on the driving seat to steer the SAUDI-US juggernaut that hopes to roll down the road to Damascus, the present road blocks notwithstanding. <br /><br />After all, Bandar could do an exceptional job in AFGHANISTAN in the 1980s to ensure that the Mujahideen were kept supplied with a steady flow of funds or weapons to bleed the SOVIET Red Army, while his brother-in-law, Prince Turkei, who held charge of SAUDI intelligence, liaised with the dangerous folks who later morphed into the al-Qaeda. <br /><br />Bandar leads the pack of hardliners within the SAUDI regime who shall not settle for anything short of SYRIAN President Bashar Al-Assad stepping down. What brought him to Moscow was obviously Syria. <br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO SAUDI ARABIA</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Put plainly, he thought of leaving his name card. Bandar's visit implies a tacit SAUDI acknowledgement that Putin's robust SYRIAN policy is meeting with success. <br /><br />But then, Bandar has a genuine aversion toward revolutions (in the Arab lands) and he views the Muslim Brotherhood as an existential threat no less than IRAN'S rise. He heard somewhere that there could be scope to develop commonality of interests with Moscow, which never quite disguised its own distaste toward the Brothers. <br /><br />The overarching SAUDI agenda is to create whatever misunderstanding possible in the RUSSIAN-IRANIAN equations by creating a misperception that Moscow may be tempted to follow a "dual track" policy on SYRIA. But, of course, Bandar's timing was appalling. <br /><br />The RUSSIANS knew Bandar recently held coordination meetings in Washington and Tel Aviv to devise new ways of stepping up the military pressure on the SYRIAN government forces by arming the rebels - including groups affiliated with al-Qaeda in northern SYRIA - and to weaken the Hezbollah, whose fighters are helping the SYRIAN army. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Comment by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: The notion that ISRAEL and to some extend the USA are engaged in toppling the SYRIAN government is something the two countries are eager to portray to the outside world but in reality, ISRAEL in particular never favored the removal of Assad, for reason explained numerous times on this Blog. Some might argue that this assumption is not valid because of the IRAN ISRAEL equation, but even the warmongering rhetoric’s between ISRAEL and IRAN are smoke and mirror tactics, because behind the scene the situation looks rather different then what the general public is being made to believe. In most likelihood current behind the scene wheeling and dealing regarding SYRIA are there to find face saving tactics for all parties involved. </span></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">IRAN SOFTENS TUNE ON ISRAEL</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/iran-and-israel-improvement-in.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/iran-and-israel-improvement-in.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">ISRAEL’S CHOICE BETWEEN TWO EVILS</span></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/syria-assad-or-jihadists-to-be-or-not.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/syria-assad-or-jihadists-to-be-or-not.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">ARE IRAN AND ISRAEL REALLY ARCHENEMIES, OR IS IT JUST A FACADE? </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/iran-and-israel-real-archenemies.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/iran-and-israel-real-archenemies.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">AN EERIE SIMILARITY</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><br />Arguably, Obama's policy has an eerie similarity with the cunning strategy that Jimmy Carter and Zbignew Brzezinski crafted following the SOVIET intervention in AFGHANISTAN - bleed the Red Army in a covert war bankrolled by the petrodollar sheikhs. <br /><br />Whereas the RUSSIAN focus will be on paving the way for a political track leading to a level playing field in the presidential election due in SYRIA in 2014, the US-SAUDI-ISRAELI problem with that is, Assad's prospects of winning in that election and ruling SYRIA with greater legitimacy than ever before are excellent as things stand today. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESVIW_yGXHA0gTczfwcV7JAY6tqhyphenhyphen3jk0Hr3UblLeqboyMTlAepVYW4wibhi06HMsPV56dKvlfY8n7Th9Dy_q3QcLpV0CKN5y9fb4-rYXviNrB_lw5cTNM7M_aHiyIMs-R-fRioi9g-q5/s1600/assad-and-putin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESVIW_yGXHA0gTczfwcV7JAY6tqhyphenhyphen3jk0Hr3UblLeqboyMTlAepVYW4wibhi06HMsPV56dKvlfY8n7Th9Dy_q3QcLpV0CKN5y9fb4-rYXviNrB_lw5cTNM7M_aHiyIMs-R-fRioi9g-q5/s320/assad-and-putin.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />The fact remains that for a very substantial section of the SYRIAN people, Assad stands between them and the deluge that is enveloping the Muslim MIDDLE EAST. <br /><br />Enter Bandar. The forte of the SAUDI prince lies in finessing Salafist fighters as instruments of regional policy, something that fits in with the broader US's geo-strategies as well in the so-called Greater MIDDLE EAST (including AFGHANISTAN and CENTRAL ASIA). <br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE SAUDI-BACKED COUP IN EGYPT REINFORCES THE US - SAUDI AXIS IN SYRIA</b>.</span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The interim government in Cairo has reverted to the full-throttle collaboration with the ISRAELI security establishment characteristic of the Hosni Mubarak era, which is something that pleases Washington. Most important, Riyadh and Cairo have given a big hand to kick-starting the stalled MIDDLE EAST peace talks, which is a significant contribution to the US's desperate need to be seen as a benevolent mediator. <br /><br />Over and above, the sidelining of QATAR has removed a maverick while the puncturing of TURKEY'S pretensions as the leader of the Arab people ensures that the US - SAUDI axis has a better control over the conduct of the covert war in SYRIA. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information: </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE QATARI PROJECT: “DESTROYING SAUDI ARABIA”?</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/saudi-arabia-and-qatar.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/saudi-arabia-and-qatar.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">IMPACT FROM QATAR’S AGGRESSIVE INTERVENTIONIST POLITICS IN SYRIA</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/crisis-qatars-transition.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/crisis-qatars-transition.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 5.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">QATAR WAS THE MOTHER WHOSE MILK FED THE ISLAMIST GROUPS</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">.</span>  <a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/qatar-and-muslim-brotherhood.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/qatar-and-muslim-brotherhood.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">SAUDI ARABIA’S PROXY WAR</span> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2012/08/saudi-arabias-proxy-war.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2012/08/saudi-arabias-proxy-war.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">THE SYRIAN CRISIS -A FIRST-RATE WRESTLING MATCH BY EXTERNAL POWERS OVER REGIONAL HEGEMONY</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2012/08/a-saudi-overture-to-iran_19.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2012/08/a-saudi-overture-to-iran_19.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SYRIAN CONFLICT TAKES A NEW GEOPOLITICAL DIMENSION BY LOCKING IN BIG POWER RIVALRY</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most certainly, Bandar's intention was to fathom the mood in Moscow at a juncture when US-RUSSIA ties are poised to take a tumble over the case of the ex-CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden. <br /><br />Simply put, there is a high probability of the SYRIAN conflict taking a new geopolitical dimension by locking in big power rivalry. The influential US senator John McCain said Thursday that Moscow's decision on Snowden is "a slap in the face of all AMERICANS". He said in a statement, </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";">Now is the time to fundamentally rethink our relationship with Putin's RUSSIA. We need to deal with the RUSSIA that is, not the RUSSIA we might wish for. We cannot allow today's action [on Snowden] by Putin to stand without serious repercussions. Today's action by Putin's RUSSIA should finally strip away the illusions that many AMERICANS have had about RUSSIA in the past few years. We have long needed to take a more realistic approach to our relations with RUSSIA, and I hope today we finally start. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile, RUSSIAN media reported intercepts of message addressed to "jihadists" from North CAUCASUS to look to join the holy war in RUSSIA rather than proceed to SYRIA, and to "prepare for the so-called Olympics Games in Sochi [February 2014]." <br /><br />The Kremlin would know from the "Afghan jihad" that Bandar is a dangerous customer. The Itar-Tass did a fine work of photo journalism with the picture of the portly figure of Bandar seated on a gilded chair lost in thoughts, presumably in an ante-room at Novo-Ogarevo - left to himself.</span></div>

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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Dr Pj Prakash</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Good nutrition is something that everyone should try to achieve daily. Once you have enough information it'll be easy for you to plan out healthy meals for all of your meals. Continue reading for some excellent nutritional tips. By utilizing them, you can be on the right track towards coming up with a healthier diet.<br /> <br /> As essential element to any nutritional regimen is riboflavin. It is required by our body to help release energy from protein, carbohydrates and fats in our diet. It can also move iron and help with metabolism in the body. Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is naturally occurring in milk, leafy green vegetables, liver, and bakery products which use enriched flour.<br /> <br /> It is vital to consume protein daily. Protein helps build muscle and helps maintain your skin, blood and various organs. They are also vital to cell development and the body's metabolism. Protein also gives your body the strength it needs to protect itself against disease. You can find high quality protein in whole grains, dairy products, fish and fowl, meats, soy products, beans and legumes.<br /> <br /> Aim to consume numerous types of protein every single week. Mix up the meats that you eat to include fish and poultry. You should also eat eggs for a source of protein. Recent studies have demonstrated that a single egg each day does not adversely impact an individual's health. Sometimes, you will want to refrain from eating meat on a particular day. Instead, try using nuts, peas, or even seeds in your food.<br /> <br /> Always choose almonds to cook with if you ever have the option. Of all the nuts, they are by far the most nutritious, help keep your cholesterol down, boost your protein levels and maintain healthy blood cells. They are also one of the less costly nuts you can buy.<br /> <br /> Incorporate broccoli into your diet. A real super food, just one medium stalk of broccoli more than fulfills your recommended daily value of vitamin K. Also, it boasts nearly two days' allotment of vitamin C. These nutrients are important in building strong bones and it could reduce the risks of getting cancer. Steam your broccoli to help it keep its nutritional value.<br /> <br /> Make sure you eat in moderation throughout your day. Overeating causes an influx of nutrients, creating a situation where you gain fat. This can adversely affect how your body functions and cause harm to your health.<br /> <br /> A great tip for good nutrition at Thanksgiving is to eat a little snack before dinner. You are more likely to over-indulge if you begin eating when you are super hungry. Eating something healthy beforehand will help you fill up faster and limit your food intake.<br /> <br /> Dessert should not be a part of your meals that is emphasized too much. Try limiting dessert to a few nights a week.<br /> <br /> Nutrition is not only important for physical health. It's also important for mental health. When you are properly educated about your dietary requirements, then you do have the power to give your physique the fuel it needs. Take what you've learned here to heart, and start incorporating proper nutrition into your life today.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>About author: Dr. PJ Prakash has a Ph.D. in Nutrition from the Univ. of Rhode Island (USA). Want to know more about <a href="http://goodnutrition.mobi/">good nutrition</a>, then visit his site on how to achieve <a href='http://goodnutrition.mobi/good-nutrition-advice-that-will-keep-you-from-getting-down-about-it/'>nutritional weight loss</a>. </div><br /> </div><br />

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A Personal Trainer San Diego County Reveals The Secret To Shedding Pounds Without Workout

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Patricia Neill</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Are you trying to lose those ten pounds of weight you've gained over the holidays? In San Diego County where lots of people are too mindful of their health especially since summer is fast approaching, several fitness trainers are devising some plans to help their clients to effectively lose weight.<br /> <br /> In fact, a top personal trainer San Diego County has revealed some of the secrets to losing weight even if you do not exercise at all. So get started today and attain a bikini worthy body come summer.<br /> <br /> Get Enough Sleep<br /> <br /> It may not be a secret anymore that getting enough sleep could help you to lose more weight, but there are still a lot of people who are not aware of this and others just simply ignore this concept. But research shows that you could end up feeling hungrier if you deprive yourself of sleep. In fact, experts say that those who are getting less than 6 hours of sleep each day could end up consuming more than 500 calories a day. With this, the personal trainer San Diego County would recommend that you should get no less than eight hours of sleep in a day.<br /> <br /> Drink From A Straight Glass<br /> <br /> Studies show that drinking from a curved glass could lead to the accumulation of more fats around the belly as well as on the thigh area. This is true for people who are fond of sodas, alcoholic drinks and juices.<br /> <br /> Experts say that people who drink from curvy glasses are likely to drink faster and it is hard for them to tell how much they have already consumed because of the shape of the glass. The personal trainer San Diego County states that if you drink from a straight glass, it is easier for you to tell if you have already consumed too much, thus, you could prevent overindulging on unhealthy drinks.<br /> <br /> Get Enough Sleep<br /> <br /> A new study revealed that the secret to eating less and feeling satisfied is to turn the lights off. Research shows that people who ate meals under dim lights will be less likely to overeat and overindulge. Scientists backed this study saying that the harsh fluorescent lights that are found on several fast food restaurants will have psychological effects on the eater, making him or her to eat more. Therefore, the personal trainer San Diego County advises that you light a candle or two during dinner time so you will not end up overindulging yourself.<br /> <br /> So if you are somebody who can't find time to exercise or to go on a diet, then perhaps you could just follow the tips above. Though it might not make you to lose as much weight as compared if you workout regularly and go on a strict diet, somehow you can prevent yourself from gaining so much weight, which could one way or another help you in your quest to stay fit. But if you really want to end up successful, sign up with a personal trainer San Diego County now.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Getting in good shape with the help of<a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-san-diego/">Personal Trainer San Diego County</a> not just improves your physique but also your health as well. The rewards that one could obtain from <a href="https://plus.google.com/108101280309758744012/about">Personal Trainer in San Diego County</a> are endless.</div><br /> </div><br />

A Personal Trainer San Diego County Reveals The Secret To Shedding Pounds Without Workout

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Honey And Sugar-Cinnamon For Weight Loss

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Stacy Moshos</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Weight problems may be the number one threat factor contributing to well being conditions including heart disease, stroke and diabetes all over the world. So it really is but natural for the United States to become mad about weight reduction. As a result, several individuals are trying to find a natural means of slimming down. Moreover, the most current weight loss trend to enter into city is honey and cinnamon for weight-loss.<br /> <br /> It really is believed that cinnamon, the same spice that adorns your preferred morning donut, has potential weight loss stimulating skills. Cinnamon continues to be identified to maintain insulin and excellent cholesterol amounts in the body. In addition, it hurries up metabolic process, which can be necessary for digestion. Cinnamon also generates a thermogenic effect within the body, where the body temperature rises, triggering it to burn up calories.<br /> <br /> The other component, honey, has been identified to science for its rich supply of vitamins and minerals including selenium, sodium and glucose. Honey acts like a hunger suppressant. Additionally, it maintains steady blood sugar amounts, which signifies it lowers your cravings for sugary treats.If folks mix each ingredient together, they will get a honey and cinnamon for weight reduction combination.<br /> <br /> Include the next drink within your program, to experience the weight-loss properties of honey and cinnamon.<br /> <br /> 1) Heat one cup of water to the boil.<br /> <br /> 2) Put in teaspoon of cinnamon and mix thoroughly. Let this mixture stand for at the least thirty minutes, allowing the cinnamon to infuse the drinking water.<br /> <br /> 3) Pour the cinnamon-water combination through a filter, right into a different cup. Guarantee this has cooled totally, ahead of putting in honey. Heat destroys the nutrient contents in honey.<br /> <br /> 4) Now add one teaspoon of honey to the cinnamon-water combination and mix completely.<br /> <br /> 5) One cup of this mixture is meant for two servings. Have one serving in the early morning, an hour or so ahead of breakfast. Have the second cup, before heading to bed.<br /> <br /> 6) Don't heat up this mixture. This will likely ruin the benefits of honey. It truly is better to maintain it at room temperature or inside your fridge.<br /> <br /> Whenever you try this honey and cinnamon for weight-loss recipe, you will surely experience the advantages of this natural remedy. When you do not feel any weight-loss a few times, a minimum of you will get numerous of the nutrition from this consume. The weight-loss will certainly follow. And very best of all it's all-natural, without any unwanted side effects. Shedding weight would be the greatest strategy to avoid your possibilities of acquiring wellness troubles such as diabetes, and coronary heart illness. People around the globe are going for honey and cinnamon for weight-loss.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>You can learn more about <a href="http://ewalktc.com/honey-and-cinnamon-for-weight-loss/">Honey and Cinnamon for Weight Loss</a> program .now days its most popular because of its medicinal value among people. <a href="http://ewalktc.com/routes-in-what-method-to-use-benefit-of-honey-cinnamon-weight-loss/"> cinnamon for weight loss</a> program is more common because of the all-natural value.</div><br /> </div><br />

Honey And Sugar-Cinnamon For Weight Loss

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A Brief Evaluation on Forever Body Transformation

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Beatrice Rogers</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>What is Forever Body Transformation? Forever Body Transformation is actually a mixture of straight forward weight-loss exercise routine and also eating plan. The program is actually created by Candice Sadler and Tyler Tsujimoto that happen to be fitness experts and healthful life-style lovers. The creators involved with Forever Body Transformation acknowledge the existence of what is referred to as the yo-yo diet. When a person undergoes a weight loss workout program and then is successful; from the time body fat reappears, there's this tendency in going back to old undesirable eating habits. To put it differently, there is no consistency and / or management in order to keep a constant body-weight.<br /> <br /> What to Expect with Forever Body Transformation? Forever Body Transformation is easily the most appropriate exercise program for individuals who would like to shed weight and then get physically fit. It will take no special equipment to be able to begin the course - no dumbbells or even an exercise ball. It is additionally residential exercising consequently there are not health club sessions required. The product does not just consist of exercise session solutions but in addition proper diet recommendations and healthy way of life methods. Forever Body Transformation contains some of the never heard of before fitness procedures and strategies. In essence, Forever Body Transformation is an ebook format comprising detailed recommendations and plans for melting down the body's excess fats. The entire guide features prepared aims and diet programs for you to facilitate success for losing weight, thereby accomplishing long-lasting outcomes. Furthermore, it has in excess of 200 videos of conditioning training in addition to wellness information. In addition to that it's got fifty two hours of real-time group training by fitness trainers - a live chat and even webinar involving the gurus.<br /> <br /> Is Forever Body Transformation Succesful? Forever Body Transformation is probably the most trusted weight loss and wellness e-books to date founded on personalized accounts of success and expert reviews. This program is very safe for use without any hazardous end results like lack of fluids or hypoglycaemia. The product assures no ill-effects from the eating and working out. It also has a carefully created meal plan and / or referred to as the Pro-FBT diet plan which can be more or less shopped for online. It's easy to attain the expected outcome of any sort of weightloss program as publicized on condition that those people agree to a constant work out regimen.<br /> <br /> The actual aftermath connected with Forever Body Transformation enhances the results of any standard fat loss program.<br /> <br /> What are the Outcomes of Forever Body Transformation? The consequences of Forever Body Transformation are generally the real deal. It is possible to reduce or even bulk up your physique devoid of suffering from dehydration or needing to smother ones appetite. Additionally, it does not disturb on the standard working of the entire body similar to workout training can. The fat loss platform associated with Sadler and Tsujimoto is certainly broadly well known throughout the United States and even currently reaping reviews that are positive.<br /> <br /> Just How Much Does Forever Body Transformation ? Forever Body Transformation expenditure is relatively cheap at a basic $47.00. The program supplies a sixty-day free trial no quibble cash back guarantee. However, the designers make certain that individuals will enjoy it and it is well worth a run for his or her money. Forever Body Transformation remains safe, highly effective and possesses the very easy-to follow fitness and well-being e-books. It's a well balanced carefully guided workout and food manager. Using this product together with individual efforts and determination, it'll be no wonder that you achieve the final results you ought to possess.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>If you need extra information on Forever Body Transformation, then you're always welcome to check out the writer's website, then find out more at <a href="http://www.foreverbody.co">www.foreverbody.co</a>.</div><br /> </div><br />

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Learn More On Environment-Friendly Coffee Diet Plan Fat Burning Studies!

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Ronnie Rivera</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>The green coffee bean draw out for fat burning is a brand-new natural supplement that assists your body drop weight without the need for doing any workout. You do not have to purposely change anything about your way of living and this supplement will help you drop weight. It's like a magic tablet for weight-loss.<br /> <br /> The raw coffee beans that have not been roasted are considereded as Green coffee beans. These sorts of beans offer you lots of benefits consisting of weight management. Chlorogenic acid present in them contributes towards weight-loss.<br /> <br /> This coffee bean extract is derived from green beans which make up in Chlorogenic acid. It assists your liver to process fatty acids more successfully. Due to the reason that fatty acids are processed rather rapidly, we often lose rather rapidly. It is an exceptionally rich source of natural antioxidants as well. The total affect on your body is rather excellent and therefore you have the ability to stay fit and healthy for many years. The significance of this item for fat burning is astounding. If you want to understand anything more about it then you can consider speaking with a trained expert in this market.<br /> <br /> Eco-friendly coffee remove provided numerous advantages and below are some of the known wellness perks of Environment-friendly coffee bean extract. First off, it provides you outstanding energy however never makes you feel jittery. In addition, it even increases up your metabolic process rate a great deal so that your natural fat burning process runs through efficiently. Secondly, with the assistance of green coffee, the look of dimpled skin is likewise decreased a lot. In truth, the anti aging residential properties of green coffee beans are rather amazing. The chlorogenic acid present helps you in the process of weight management. Finally, green coffee assists you in maintaining body sugar level and has no adverse effects.<br /> <br /> Green coffee can be found in many kinds. Some individuals consume it as an herb put normally in coffee, others in extracts, while to some, they get the green coffee in diet tablets. Discovered by Chinese in the ancient duration, the green tea was utilized for both its medical and natural benefits. One of the significant advantages in regard to fat burning is its capability to speed the body's metabolic system. This will obviously lead to cutting weight as the body burns the excess calories in the system. The various other health benefit is that it will clear the waste products in the body and prevent their accumulation.<br /> <br /> In closing, when purchasing supplements, ensure you review the list of components. When looking for a green coffee bean supplement, it must consist of the chlorogenic acid draw out detailed as GCA. GCA is the ingredient used in the researches that led to the remarkable weight management. Ensure there is at least 400 mg of green coffee bean draw out, without fillers.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>The present writer is very knowledgeable apropos <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTyPOvxj3ZI">green coffee bean weight loss</a>. Please check out at their site to know even more.</div><br /> </div><br />

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Today's Teamster News 08.04.13

<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/tedreed/2013/08/02/teamsters-we-did-not-raid-american-we-were-invited-in/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters: We Did Not Raid American -- We Were Invited In </a> Forbes   ...The International Brotherhood of Teamsters says it did not raid mechanics and related workers at American Airlines, but rather was invited in by the incumbent union...<br /><a href="http://charlestown.patch.com/groups/elections/p/teamsters-local-25-endorses-boston-city-council-candidates" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Local 25 Endorses Boston City Council Candidates</a>  Charlestown Patch   ...Endorsements for the at-large race went to incumbent Ayanna Pressley, former city councilor Michael Flaherty and newcomers Jack Kelly, a Charlestown resident, and Michelle Wu...<br /><a href="http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_23790590/teamsters-union-hall-is-first-los-angeles-county" rel="nofollow">Teamsters union hall is first Los Angeles County Property Assessed Clean Energy-funded project</a>  Long Beach Press-Telegram   ...Every month, Teamsters Local 848 pays an average of about $2,500 in energy bills to power its meeting hall on the 3800 block of Cherry Avenue. But when it's done with its energy-efficient project, the group representing some 7,000 delivery and bus drivers and warehouse workers can see that cost shrink to as low as $10 a month...<br /><a href="http://www.record-bee.com/ci_23787121/teamsters-strikers-call-community" rel="nofollow">Teamsters, strikers call on community</a>  Record-Bee   ... Teamsters, Paratransit employees and members of the community gathered Friday at noon in front of City Hall to picket, address the media and call on county leaders and Lake Transit to take action on the public transportation issue...<br /><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/2/we_are_slowly_dying_fast_food" rel="nofollow">"We Are Slowly Dying": Fast-Food Workers Launch Strike for Living Wage and Right to Unionize </a> Democracy Now   ...A national strike for a living wage and the right to unionize in the fast-food and retail sectors has spread across seven cities...<br /><a href="http://www.alternet.org/recession-forever-10-reasons-american-workers-are-screwed" rel="nofollow">Recession Forever? 10 Reasons American Workers Are Screwed</a>  Alternet   ... real median wages fell by about 2.8% between 2009 and 2012...<br /><a href="http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/gop-pushing-more-low-paying-guestworker-visas-5321" rel="nofollow">GOP Pushing More Low-Paying Guestworker Visas</a>  Economic Populist   ...The House will propose nearly 400,000 new H-2B visas for temporary foreign guest workers in non-agricultural work (for unskilled and semi-skilled labor.)...<br /><a href="http://www.tradereform.org/2013/08/u-s-manufacturing-gains-only-6000-jobs-in-july-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-manufacturing-gains-only-6000-jobs-in-july-2013" rel="nofollow">U.S. Manufacturing Gains Only 6,000 jobs in July 2013</a>.  TradeReform   ...Our trade deficit with China is rising. Public investment in construction and infrastructure is declining. Aggregate demand is weak...<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/business/economy/us-cuts-take-increasing-toll-on-job-growth.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" rel="nofollow">U.S. Cuts Take Increasing Toll on Job Growth</a>  New York Times   ...the economy continued to add jobs in July and that the unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent, from 7.6 percent. But the pace of job growth slowed somewhat from the first half of the year and remains modest enough that the economy is years away from a full recovery. Contributing to the hangover from the worst financial crisis in decades is a wave of cuts in domestic and military spending, known collectively as the sequester, which is causing government furloughs as well as job losses and curtailed hours among federal contractors...<br /><a href="http://prospect.org/article/how-vast-error-prone-databases-are-trashing-our-economic-lives">How Vast Error-Prone Databases Are Trashing Our Economic Lives</a>  American Prospect   ...more than a million low-income Americans have been denied the opportunity to open bank accounts because of little-known databases that penalize them for sometimes minor banking mistakes in their past, including bouncing checks, overdrawing bank accounts, and accumulating fees...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-gibson/scott-walkers-crackdown_b_3684908.html" rel="nofollow">Scott Walker's Crackdown on Free Speech Backfires</a>  Huffington Post   ...As the news of the mass arrests at the singalong attracts the attention of national cable news networks, Walker's approval rating has taken a plunge in the latest polls...<br /><a href="http://www.southernstudies.org/2013/08/whats-next-for-moral-mondays.html" rel="nofollow">What's next for Moral Mondays?</a>  Facing South   ...The first action planned outside Raleigh will take place in Asheville on Aug. 5 and is being billed as Mountain Moral Monday, with Rev. Barber as a featured speaker...<br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2013/08/03/the-comments-detroits-emergency-manager-will-wish-he-can-take-back/" rel="nofollow">The Comments Detroit's Emergency Manager Will Wish To Take Back</a>  Forbes   ...“For a long time the city was dumb, lazy, happy and rich,”...

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Mo the cat

<span style="font-size: large;">My cousin was cat sitting Mo in London.</span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Mo was quite the character!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1wJFZxS71ll9sLliD0ry_-HNQYCdSqSLsCU7IT0QElQHBGDhJPer36kKP201sVuKSD_O8xZf7vpkIGXiuwlmI6d0SNIknH9ROz4ZVycYYfnhKOejwItT8b6Eg7LzNa6TDKKX8J9rs1_1/s640/blogger-image--118438664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1wJFZxS71ll9sLliD0ry_-HNQYCdSqSLsCU7IT0QElQHBGDhJPer36kKP201sVuKSD_O8xZf7vpkIGXiuwlmI6d0SNIknH9ROz4ZVycYYfnhKOejwItT8b6Eg7LzNa6TDKKX8J9rs1_1/s640/blogger-image--118438664.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7oPKWPJs2Hb0w6KWWdB9eEy_nhzI5GXjj8-g7c_SVSLCL4pWOh3RwPYY8NCpY-ChksG_XPIaOJ9qfLdcoz9F15FWTFD0DeZAQFjFiLlJDy54QHfTzfRasYznKt2cLo7Y7Xvi6_L-loRH/s640/blogger-image-1922644271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7oPKWPJs2Hb0w6KWWdB9eEy_nhzI5GXjj8-g7c_SVSLCL4pWOh3RwPYY8NCpY-ChksG_XPIaOJ9qfLdcoz9F15FWTFD0DeZAQFjFiLlJDy54QHfTzfRasYznKt2cLo7Y7Xvi6_L-loRH/s640/blogger-image-1922644271.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHqgQ4kIz5xMCXNpTi0YJob3c61F4-v_nVDg5_Afqf-WNJDlnf6uNS31i7SMRkcAfsDfJESCpvB8rak3rCpRTjxOrB3Ut9AKquHxRvS3sRNQ-k_CWXOD5NARkhJxNoo0MW6vbaWur-eyn/s640/blogger-image-930615951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHqgQ4kIz5xMCXNpTi0YJob3c61F4-v_nVDg5_Afqf-WNJDlnf6uNS31i7SMRkcAfsDfJESCpvB8rak3rCpRTjxOrB3Ut9AKquHxRvS3sRNQ-k_CWXOD5NARkhJxNoo0MW6vbaWur-eyn/s640/blogger-image-930615951.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Mo slept in the bed with Amy and I.  Sleep really is a loose term for the activity she got up to at night.  She slept on my face and on top of Amy's head. Springboarded on to my face at one point and tapped Amy's pendant off the nightstand with her paw for fun - you get the idea - the cat was mad - really hyper!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxY2O64mecbyPK-wi-a_1O7jpf3ruhpLHb5B599BB6_cxQsPvJuWUAHS40vSQemC1zAoA9VDsB4e-S4uZnB-XZ_uLOu96cztCKOmFLHxGt98j7SQVRGdcCqV4Q4Fxr8Y9BGCSCSAXWoTU/s640/blogger-image-2006038275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxY2O64mecbyPK-wi-a_1O7jpf3ruhpLHb5B599BB6_cxQsPvJuWUAHS40vSQemC1zAoA9VDsB4e-S4uZnB-XZ_uLOu96cztCKOmFLHxGt98j7SQVRGdcCqV4Q4Fxr8Y9BGCSCSAXWoTU/s640/blogger-image-2006038275.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>

Mo the cat

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/04/2013

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s8yQv5yzlUh9AY8_h9dCnoUPxQAWzw9D7iduGHTZq_4/edit">The Paperless Classroom with Google Docs - Google Drive</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A lovely overview by North Canton City Schools about how to go paperless with Google Docs. If you're working towards being as paperless as possible, this is a nice document to get you started. (For some of you out there who don't know this - Google renamed everything "Google Drive" to respond to Dropbox's domination of cloud storage but many of us still call the word processor "Docs".)</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google">google</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/drive">drive</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OhZuPRWgT-eit2-c4yEER4epRC3IumbOcTH2saONMeg/present#slide=id.g323f8ef1_2_14">40 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Google Drive</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A slick presentation about Google apps for education. Becky Evans created and shared this and says you can use it as a presentation to introduce current features to teachers at your school. Take a look as you prepare to give teachers an overview of Google Apps for Education.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google">google</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/drive">drive</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/professionaldevelopment">professionaldevelopment</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/web2">web2</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://fluency21.com/blog/2013/02/19/60-inspiring-examples-of-twitter-in-the-classroom/">60 Inspiring Examples of Twitter in the Classroom | Fluency21 – Committed Sardine Blog</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">60 examples of how Twitter is being used in the classroom today. From sharing with parents quick takeaways from the day to empowering class discussions, Twitter is a tool you can use. I'm announcing a hashtag for my class on the first day! ;-)</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/social">social</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/media">media</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://prezi.com/h48zmby5hse5/brainstorming-in-the-cloud-using-prezi-meeting-to-facilitate-feedback-during-the-topic-selecting-and-organizing-stage-of-the-composition-process/">Brainstorming in the Cloud: Using Prezi Meeting to Facilitate Feedback during the Topic Selecting and Organizing Stage of the Composition Process by Shawn Apostel on Prezi</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Prezi meeting is a tool that students are using in the brainstorming and planning phase of a project. This presentation shares how this works.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborativewriting">collaborativewriting</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/brainstorming">brainstorming</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/composition">composition</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literature">literature</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google%2B-Hangouts-for-Teaching">How to Use Google+ Hangouts for Teaching: 8 Steps - wikiHow</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Nice examples and instructions if you're wanting to use Google Hangouts for Teaching and flattening your classroom.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google+">google+</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/04/2013

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