SAUDI ARABIAN PROTESTS

<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEi3q7Jcc6eFhYV-IjkirD0Wa9OX7NHrMziYbD_hDlYbIA7x2BeV3zncRJFA3aXkgDeQpU1ic6wJyNA58lukFG1kneIt6f5as-JS-gHe8aVNNpWfbNHwKXN-U4w0VIKV7aydKGygXZNJfJym/s1600/_62090607_saudi_mecca_g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q7Jcc6eFhYV-IjkirD0Wa9OX7NHrMziYbD_hDlYbIA7x2BeV3zncRJFA3aXkgDeQpU1ic6wJyNA58lukFG1kneIt6f5as-JS-gHe8aVNNpWfbNHwKXN-U4w0VIKV7aydKGygXZNJfJym/s400/_62090607_saudi_mecca_g.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">  </span></b></span><br /><span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In January 2012, Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring wrote:</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE QUIET WAR IN SAUDI ARABIA</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/food-for-thought_19.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/food-for-thought_19.html</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></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";">While western powers have been happy to use SAUDI ARABIA as an ally to ratchet up the pressure on Assad's beleaguered regime in SYRIA, it has not caught a whiff of the silent crackdown occurring within the kingdom. Since late November the protest movement which was largely snuffed out last spring has returned to the streets in force, largely centered on the oil rich and largely SHIA Eastern Province. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SAUDIS DISCRIMINATION AND MISTREATMENT AGAINST SHIA IN ITS EASTERN PROVINCE COULD BACKFIRE</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><br />The SAUDI response was both brutal and predictable. Security forces shot and killed three protesters and wounded many more over several days of crackdowns in the eastern city of QATIF. Clashes continued throughout December as demonstrators battled security forces who routinely utilized live ammunition. In a series of retaliatory raids on the homes and districts of protest sympathizers hundreds were arrested and wounded. The killings along with the continued discrimination and mistreatment of the SHIA of the Eastern Province has formed the basis of the current protest movement - a protest movement that has suffered heavily like its neighbour in BAHRAIN, but with little in the way of a headline.<br /><br />Today, while attention was focused on the Strait of Hormuz, on SYRIA, and on the rising tensions in BAHRAIN, SAUDI security forces launched an assault on the city of AWAMIYAH killing at least one and wounding half a dozen more. Eye witnesses have stated that soldiers on trucks opened fire on demonstrators, hitting many as they fled. The attack bears all the hallmarks of a planned operation with electricity being cut to the area prior to the assault. The area at the time of writing is apparently still under military lock-down and reflects a state of siege with clashes continuing to occur and gunfire being heard.<br /><br />This attack was almost certainly condoned by the royal family and comes on the heels of a series of indictments against demonstrators and high profile invectives against the protest movement. Despite this attack and others like it, the rumblings and tremors of protest and crackdown show no sign of abatement. Indeed in the past few months they have once again reared their head in the south west in NAJRAN and JAZAN, compounded with protests over women’s rights in RIYADH and BURAYDAH.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaE1NfYhAKzHBIusbnI_FKpOGzArj7QH-LUpIh00D7aLsa8a_sGkbSNpuz_aShKdoZAijiLKiGClfMFOdFfrjBn0SVLjIIfK-6SLzduwhPxN8gFl5-KzEUxAbaNYOYW_ea6nqIyYAxTb9/s1600/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaE1NfYhAKzHBIusbnI_FKpOGzArj7QH-LUpIh00D7aLsa8a_sGkbSNpuz_aShKdoZAijiLKiGClfMFOdFfrjBn0SVLjIIfK-6SLzduwhPxN8gFl5-KzEUxAbaNYOYW_ea6nqIyYAxTb9/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">STORM CLOUDS LOOMING OVER THE OIL KINGDOM</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br /><br />These protests bear all the hallmarks of a movement which could coalesce and burst anew from the ashes of the disjointed and largely suppressed protests of last spring. They also come at an extremely troubling time for the kingdom. The death of Crown Prince Sultan highlighted the geriatric character of the upper echelons of the ruling family, and the potential uncertainty and disquiet surrounding the issue of succession.<br /><br />Meanwhile, continuing tensions in the STRAIT OF HORMUZ and rising furor on the streets of BAHRAIN open up the risk of unrest spreading to the kingdom in a domino effect. Indeed the extremely aggressive SAUDI position on BAHRAIN and the continued quartering of troops in the tiny island monarchy has a direct relationship to their fears of domestic instability. The possibility of SAUDI SHIA rallying on behalf of their co-religionists in BAHRAIN, or vice versa is a looming threat that the SAUDIS are taking great pains to neutralize.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PROTESTS COULD HAVE TUMULTUOUS IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET</span></b></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";"><br />Though the protests currently centre on a single province, the Eastern Province is home to the majority of SAUDI energy reserves, terminals, and processing facilities. Disruption and upheaval in this province has a disproportionate impact on SAUDI ARABIA. A protracted and visible uprising would not only weaken the SAUDI government internally but could have a tumultuous impact on the global energy market. This is all the more reason for not only the media, but for western governments to begin taking an active interest in the ongoing street conflict.<br /><br />SAUDI rulers certainly understand the threat posed by the protesters and the risk of an expanding movement: their actions are a testament to that fact. So why is the world’s media apparently incapable of recognizing the same thing? Arab media has been noticeably silent, with the two largest ARAB MEDIA entities the Saudi-owned AL-ARABIYA and the QATARI-owned AL-JAZEERA having said almost nothing. However there is little excuse for western media. SAUDI ARABIA is probably AMERICA'S most important ARAB ally, the world’s most important single energy node, and one of the most influential countries in the region.<br />It's also experiencing its worst domestic upheavals since its rebellions of the early 1980's. Taken in a vacuum this is a significant news story. When set against the context of the unfolding drama in the GULF and the wider contours of the ARAB SPRING, it is incredible.<br /><br />The past year was a bad one for SAUDI ARABIA: the coming year augurs to be even worse. The time has come to slice through the veil SAUDI ARABIA has kept around its crackdown and recognize that the Arab Spring at least in limited form has hit the kingdom. What comes next is difficult to say, but with the rapidity of change that the Arab Spring has introduced us to, it would be wise to pay close attention to the warning signs as they appear. It is entirely possible that we will see a very, very, warm spring in SAUDI ARABIA.</span></div>

SAUDI ARABIAN PROTESTS

  In January 2012, Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring wrote: THE QUIET WAR IN SAUDI ARABIA http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/...

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Elin Nordegren dating billionaire Chris Cline not Tiger Woods

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Elin Nordegren hits the beach in Miami after announcing split from Jamie Dingman." src="http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/76/41/76410e72692bde2dd84253d6dcf9a81b.jpg?itok=Hq-QHgRD" /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;">Just as everyone assumed that <a class="inline_link" href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/tiger-woods" style="color: #3e72a7;">Tiger Woods</a>and <a class="inline_link" href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/elin-nordegren" style="color: #3e72a7;">Elin Nordegren</a> had patched things up and revived their romance, a Tuesday (March 12) piece by <a href="http://www.showbizspy.com/article/257936/elin-nordegren-is-dating-a-53-year-old-billionaire.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3e72a7; font-weight: bold;">ShowBizSpy</a> refutes all previous reports.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;">According to <a href="http://www.showbizspy.com/article/257936/elin-nordegren-is-dating-a-53-year-old-billionaire.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3e72a7; font-weight: bold;">SBS</a>, Nordegren, 33, is not <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/tiger-woods-and-elin-nordegren-back-together-for-trial-marriage" style="color: #3e72a7; font-weight: bold;">back in Tiger's arms</a> like everyone suspects, and is in fact dating 54-year-old billionaire, <a class="inline_link" href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/chris-cline/articles" style="color: #3e72a7;">Chris Cline</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;">The coal magnate and the former Swedish model live in Florida's exclusive North Palm Beach oceanfront community of Seminole Landing, which is where they reportedly met.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;">"Elin and Chris have been dating since the holidays," said a source.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;">So, who is Elin Nordegren's new love interest, Christopher Cline?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;">Born in Beckley, W.Va., Cline is a coal-mining entrepreneur and a philanthropist. He's the owner of Foresight Reserves LP and is regarded as the "New King Coal."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;">According to <a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/christopher-cline/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3e72a7; font-weight: bold;">Forbes</a>, Cline is worth an estimated $1.2 billion, which makes him the magazine's billionaire #1175, #377 in United States, and #360 in Forbes 400.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;">He's been married twice, with his most recent one ending in 2000, and is the proud father of four: two sons and two daughters.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;">Cline currently resides in his 33-thousand-square-foot home in Palm Beach, Fla., which happens to be just around the corner from Nordegren's rebuilt mansion.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;">What do you think about the rumored "Elin Nordegren new boyfriend"?</div></div>

Chris Cline Elin Nordegren dating billionaire Chris Cline not Tiger Woods

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FACTBOX-Soccer-Reaction to Barcelona's Champions League comeback

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="first" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Italy Soccer Champions League" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DUg4qH49Wx_d6Jj4IVqQrQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD01MTI7cT04NTt3PTM4MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/Sports/AP_Soccer/201302191326483667896-p2.jpg" /></div><div class="first" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; padding: 0px;">BARCELONA, March 13 (Reuters) - Following is a selection of reactions to Barcelona's 4-0 Champions League victory against AC Milan on Tuesday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">World Player of the Year Lionel Messi scored twice as Barca became the first team to overturn a two-goal first-leg deficit without the benefit of an away goal to advance to the last eight 4-2 on aggregate:</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">*Gary Lineker, former England and Barcelona forward turned soccer pundit, on Twitter: "Delighted Barca got through. It was a victory against all odds and a triumph for football.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Lionel Messi is so utterly brilliant it is beyond belief. I saw a lot of (Diego) Maradona and played against him. Wonderful though he was, Messi is better and so much more consistent.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Lionel not only has the genius of Diego but is also as prolific a goalscorer as we have ever seen.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Only genuine argument is the World Cup. Messi will be the same age next year as Maradona was in 1986. I sense his moment will come."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">*Marco Materazzi, former Inter Milan and Italy defender, on Twitter: "Habemus Messi! Where did they create this alien? He's not human."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">*Madrid-based sports daily Marca:</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Leo, hero again. Messi responded to those who doubted him with a brilliant performance. The most important game of the season came around and Leo Messi did not fail. He had a bad night at the San Siro ... like the rest of his team mates, but last night, with the whole team fired up, Messi was decisive."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">*German weekly magazine Der Spiegel: "Gala performance. Barcelona magic sees them through to the quarter-finals. With its 4-0 triumph Barcelona gave an impressive response to critics."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">*German sports daily Kicker: "Messi turns Milan ice cold. Barcelona remain among the Champions League favourites. They did not let themselves get derailed after their setback in Milan and are back in the last eight - thank Messi."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">*French sports daily L'Equipe: "No, Barca are not dead. They are more alive than ever. The team that were written off after losing 2-0 at Milan three weeks ago are back to their best."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">*Britain's Daily Mirror: "Monster Messi just two good."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">*Britain's Daily Telegraph: "Messi stages greatest of European escapes. Of all the statements of their footballing greatness, and that of the unreal Lionel Messi, perhaps this was Barcelona's most emphatic in the modern era."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">*Britain's Daily Mail: "The word of the night was 'remontada'. It means comeback. And this was the madre of all remontadas. In Lionel Messi, Barcelona have a player as great as any to have walked the earth. Up there with Pele, with Diego Maradona, with Johan Cruyff or Zinedine Zidane." (Reporting by Iain Rogers; additional reporting by Karolos Grohmann in Berlin, Julien Pretot in Paris and Alan Baldwin in London; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)</div></div>

Barcelona FACTBOX-Soccer-Reaction to Barcelona's Champions League comeback

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Ray Lewis joins ESPN

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Hi-res-161460139_crop_exact" src="http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/article/media_slots/photos/000/761/415/hi-res-161460139_crop_exact.jpg?w=650&h=440&q=85" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Two-time Defensive Player of the Year </span><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/964/ray-lewis" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ray Lewis</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"> officially joined ESPN on Wednesday, one month after helping the </span><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/bal/baltimore-ravens" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Baltimore Ravens</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"> win the Super Bowl in his final NFL game.</span><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The linebacker, who retired after 17 seasons, will appear on "Monday Night Countdown," "Sunday NFL Countdown" and "SportsCenter."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He also will travel to the site of each week's "Monday Night Football" game, where he will offer analysis for ESPN's shows and have a weekly segment on ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike in the Morning."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"ESPN is such a big part of how fans watch and experience sports, especially the NFL, so I'm excited to join their team," Lewis said in a statement. "I'm ready to bring the same level of passion to this next phase of my life as I brought to the field during my years as a player. I can't wait to work with my new teammates, many of whom I've already known for years."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lewis helped the Ravens win two Super Bowl titles during his career and was selected to 12 Pro Bowls, fifth on the all-time list and most by a linebacker. He was named The Associated Press' Defensive Player of the Year in 2000 and 2003 and retired as the Ravens' franchise leader in several categories, including tackles (2,643), fumble recoveries (31) and games played (228).</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Ray is a tremendous addition to our NFL roster and he will have an immediate impact on our coverage," said John Wildhack, ESPN executive vice president, production. "One of the most accomplished players in NFL history, fans will be drawn to his knowledge, experience and, of course, the passion he always exudes for the game."</div></div>

Ray Lewis joins ESPN Ray Lewis joins ESPN

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New Round of Voting Fails to Name a Pope

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/03/13/world/europe/20130314-VATICAN-slide-GR0Z/20130314-VATICAN-slide-GR0Z-articleLarge.jpg" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">VATICAN CITY — Black smoke billowed from a makeshift copper chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, signaling that the 115 cardinals of the Catholic Church eligible to vote for a new pope had again failed to muster majority support for a successor to</span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/benedict_xvi/index.html" style="background-color: white; color: #666699; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;" title="Times Topic Page">Benedict XVI</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> and that balloting would continue until they do.</span><br /><br /><div class="columnGroup first" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 7px; width: auto !important;"><div class="articleBody" style="margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;"><div data-key="AfvAfv" data-num="1" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">A first vote ended inconclusively on Tuesday, and the inky black smoke a day later indicated continuing divisions in two subsequent ballots on Wednesday among the cardinals over what kind of pope they want to confront the pressing, sometimes conflicting, demands for change after years of scandal.</div><div data-key="ImooPP" data-num="2" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“It’s more or less what we expected,” the Rev. Federico Lombardi, the <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/roman_catholic_church/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #666699;" title="More articles about the Roman Catholic Church.">Vatican</a> spokesman, said of the first three ballots. In relatively recent times, he said. only Pope Pius XII, whose papacy spanned World War II and lasted from 1939 to 1958, had been chosen on the third ballot.</div><div data-key="VisVis" data-num="3" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Voting is set to continue on Wednesday afternoon and onward — with up to two rounds each morning and afternoon — until the cardinals reach a two-thirds majority of 77 votes.</div><div data-key="AtpTbo" data-num="4" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">At that point, white smoke will billow forth, telling the world’s one billion-plus Catholics that they have a new leader to take on the myriad challenges confronting their church. The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica will peal over the huge piazza of the same name to announce the election of Benedict’s successor.</div><div data-key="IwwOoa" data-num="5" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">In what was scheduled as the first full day of balloting since the conclave began on Tuesday, the prelates celebrated a morning Mass in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace before voting in the Sistine Chapel under 16th-century frescoes by Michelangelo. Outside, on a rainy morning, pilgrims and sightseers sheltered by umbrellas began assembling early in case word of a new pope came sooner rather than later, hoping that the signal from the burning ballot papers would be unequivocal.</div><div data-key="TcsSct" data-num="6" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The crowd soon thickened, with many people staring toward the chimney with its simple cover or looking at it on huge television screens. Some closed their eyes and clasped their hands around rosaries in prayer.</div><div data-key="AtlBoT" data-num="7" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">At the last papal election, in 2005, the color was indeterminate in an early round, prompting confusion. But, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the smoke was unmistakably black.</div><div data-key="ThtBgs" data-num="8" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Technology helped, too. By the time the first smoke emerged, at 7:41 p.m. on Tuesday, it was dark outside. But giant screens in St. Peter’s Square showed the smokestack clearly.</div><div data-key="TVhBdf" data-num="9" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The Vatican has given details of how the black smoke is generated, saying that, since 2005, a secondary device alongside the traditional ballot-burning stove generates colored smoke from different chemical compounds. Both devices feed into stovepipes that join up as a single smokestack on the Sistine Chapel roof.</div><div data-key="FbsWsh" data-num="10" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">For black smoke, the Vatican Information Service said, the compound blends potassium perchlorate, anthracene and sulfur. White smoke heralding a new pope comes from a mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose and rosin, “a natural amber resin obtained from conifers.”</div><div data-key="BtbBtb" data-num="11" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Before 2005, the black smoke was “obtained by using smoke black or pitch and the white smoke by using wet straw,” the Vatican said.</div><div data-key="TioNfh" data-num="12" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The inconclusive outcome of the early balloting had been widely predicted. No front-runner had emerged in the same way as in 2005, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected to become Benedict XVI on the fourth round of voting.</div><div data-key="FdbFdb" data-num="13" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">For decades before his election, the average number of voting rounds was higher, around seven, while no conclave since the early 20th century has lasted more than five days.</div><div data-key="BrlBrl" data-num="14" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Benedict <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/world/europe/pope-benedict-xvi-says-he-will-retire.html?pagewanted=all" style="color: #666699;" title="Times Topic Page">resigned last month</a>, citing failing powers and infirmity, the first pope to do so in six centuries.</div><div data-key="TptBii" data-num="15" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">That paved the way for the voting in the Sistine Chapel, whose secrecy shields the cardinals’ deliberations from outside scrutiny. But it is also designed to protect cardinals from earthly influence as they seek divine guidance.</div><div data-key="TisTis" data-num="16" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Those influences seemed potentially acute on Wednesday for at least one cardinal elector inside the Sistine Chapel — Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, the former archbishop of Los Angeles.</div><div data-key="EatEat" data-num="17" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Even as the prelates weighed their options late Tuesday, news reports from California said the archdiocese, the cardinal himself and an ex-priest had reach a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0313-archdiocese-settlement-20130313,0,1962671.story" style="color: #666699;" title="Los Angeles Times story">settlement</a> of almost $10 million in four child sexual abuse cases, according to the victims’ lawyers.</div><div data-key="TaoTao" data-num="18" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The agreement offered eloquent testimony to the sexual, financial mismanagement and other crises facing Benedict’s successor.</div><div data-key="CMwCMw" data-num="19" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Cardinal Mahony, who retired less than two years ago as the leader of the largest Roman Catholic archdiocese in the United States, was removed from all public duties by his successor, Archbishop José H. Gomez, last month as the church complied with a court order to release thousands of pages of internal documents that show how the cardinal shielded priests who sexually abused children.</div><div data-key="HpcTto" data-num="20" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">His presence contrasted with the fate of <a href="https://connect.nytco.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=3dd3dd74c9024401894797d3e563d19a&URL=http%3a%2f%2ftopics.nytimes.com%2ftop%2fnews%2finternational%2fcountriesandterritories%2funitedkingdom%2findex.html%3finline%3dnyt%2Dgeo" style="color: #666699;" title="More news and information about United Kingdom.">Britain</a>’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who announced his resignation last month after being accused of “inappropriate acts” with priests and said he would not attend the conclave. The timing of his announcement — a day after news reports of alleged abuse appeared in Britain — suggested that the Vatican had encouraged the cardinal to stay away.</div><div data-key="WaaWaa" data-num="21" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">When asked about criticism of some cardinals by advocates for the victims of clerical sex abuse, Father Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, said the group SNAP — Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests — was taking advantage of the attention focused on the conclave to reap publicity.</div><div data-key="PiCTca" data-num="22" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Prelates including Cardinal Mahony “have given their answers, have given their explanations,” he said. “These cardinals are people we should esteem” and they have the “right to enter the conclave,” he said.</div><div data-key="FLaAft" data-num="23" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Father Lombardi also said there were no plans for Benedict to attend the inaugural Mass of the new pope. As for the potential date of that ceremony, he said Tuesday — the feast day of St. Joseph — would be a “good hypothesis.”</div><nyt_author_id><div class="authorIdentification" style="margin-bottom: 2.8em;"><div data-key="DJWDJW" data-num="24" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.467em;">Daniel J. Wakin reported from Vatican City, and Alan Cowell from London.</div><div><br /></div></div></nyt_author_id><nyt_correction_bottom><div class="articleCorrection" style="margin-bottom: 2.8em;"></div></nyt_correction_bottom><nyt_update_bottom></nyt_update_bottom></div></div><div class="columnGroup " style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 7px; width: auto !important;"><div class="articleFooter" style="margin-bottom: 16px;"></div></div><div class="columnGroup " style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 7px; width: auto !important;"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom shareToolsInstance" data-description="Black smoke billowed again from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, meaning a new pope had not been elected by the cardinals in the latest balloting." data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|,save,email,showall|Share" data-title="New Round of Voting Fails to Name a Pope" data-url="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/world/europe/vatican-pope-selection-conclave.html"><div class="shareToolsBox"><ul class="shareToolsList" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding-left: 0px;"><li class="shareToolsItem shareToolsItemFacebook noLabel firstItem" data-share="facebook" style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0.45em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 14px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: uppercase;"></li></ul></div></div></div></div>

Pope New Round of Voting Fails to Name a Pope

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Intel sponsors professional development for teachers at Thembelihle Primary

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><br />Submitted by Janet Thomson CEO of SchoolNet</em><br />Thembelihle Primary School is a small school, recently established by the Methodist Church in Howick for the benefit of learners from severely disadvantaged backgrounds. The school has expanded gradually from just being a play school and with the help of some overseas funding has built additional classroom and employed new teachers. It is now in the process of registering as an independent school with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education. The majority of learners receive sponsorship of their school fees; otherwise they would not be able to attend any school. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In an attempt to foster innovation and excellence in teaching the school intends to equip the teachers with laptops and data projectors. The aim of this intervention is not only to provide technology and skills for teachers but also to allow teachers to access valuable lesson resources and to enhance their teaching in the classroom. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></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/AVvXsEhAmS544ClXelc0Qv4HDhCL2OKmfRuSpxuApP5jsJlmHqZ1EL2KVTbF5aDuIcUOytwkbdQpBuOW7TyE7EGJHXfS4FLSHVp_GROtqpmfFtsRb3ZolpVaoD7EZ23wF7mmgnArnahUnACnDbo/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXXyJYzyI6LWtIGrY65sJ_ieVMwINnHlbSDKYPWB1HRdzFguRrq6Olg0jypVtPWoT7qdn-U1dbouW_rpqsmP4UGFd4-RKWUJAPeJy4pZ9x7oG0-jRpE92z-XG0sHVEsjufADou6t0wseg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Learners at Thembelihle School</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting in the 2013 second term Hlengiwe Mfeka from SchoolNet South Africa will conduct professional development training for all the teachers that will be sponsored by Intel. Teachers will study the Intel Teach Getting Started course initially and then progress to the Intel Teach Elements courses for project based approaches. </span><br /><br /></div>

Intel Intel sponsors professional development for teachers at Thembelihle Primary

Submitted by Janet Thomson CEO of SchoolNet Thembelihle Primary School is a small school, recently established by the Methodist Church in Ho...

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Beware of over automation: an endless ifttt loop gone wrong

I use <a href="http://ifttt.com/">ifttt.com</a> to automate. Well, yesterday, something happened - I'm still not quite sure what -- that triggered an endless loop between <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.diigo.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Diigo">Diigo</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://blogger.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Blogger">Blogger</a> via ifttt.com.<br /><br />It posted over and over just links to this blog and the words "Cool Cat Teacher Blog" and as soon as it was on Blogger, it bookmarked to Diigo when posted back to blogger.<br /><br />So, I've turned off the autopost to Blogger via IFTTT.com - it is done and it won't happen again. I've learned a lesson - sometimes things happen that you don't really understand and it is best to totally control some things - especially blog posts.<br /><br />Needless to say - all of these links were posted to Facebook and Twitter too. AURGGH.<br /><br />Stay away from "recipes" that automatically post to your blog - especially if your blog posts send out automatic messages everywhere else.<br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://maketecheasier.com/use-ifttt-to-automate-internet-life/2013/01/27" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/141032336_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://maketecheasier.com/use-ifttt-to-automate-internet-life/2013/01/27" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Use IFTTT to Automate Your Internet Life</a></li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://jessversteeg.ca/2013/03/05/if-this-then-that/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/149978878_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://jessversteeg.ca/2013/03/05/if-this-then-that/" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">If this, then that</a></li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=db5e4408-2929-43dc-bc95-e89c0e1d7f29" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

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3 Exercises to Burn Fat at Home

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2></h2><span style="font-size: large;"><b>To Burn Fat, you need to exercise, These are some simple exercise tips that will help you lose weight easily and quickly at home.</b></span><br /> <br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-5028478688240504"; /* AdSense in Post */ google_ad_slot = "6975892477"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /></center> <br /><h3><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>(1.) Jumping Jacks:</b></span></span> </h3><span style="font-size: large;">Before starting off with the rest of the exercise, do jumping jacks to warm up. It increases your heart beat and also stamina o do the rest of the workouts.</span><br /><ul style="list-style-type: disc; text-align: left;"></ul><span style="font-size: large;">>> Stand with your feet at ease and hands by your side.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">>> Now jump to set your feet apart and simultaneously flinging your arms in the air.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">>> Jump gain to get back to position 1 </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0dHnhLroVwQxcWE0ieCN41h7xf9w6eLonewwXKE_lCvdsso7vgvyjoPklKjs3WQQ5Ot5WbkzDBZYdCCUQ8lm4MauhuuIO0oFS8q8nW_az5RNw4zcpozmFJPBpb4xkBywBQggmZrLW34/s1600/jumping-jack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0dHnhLroVwQxcWE0ieCN41h7xf9w6eLonewwXKE_lCvdsso7vgvyjoPklKjs3WQQ5Ot5WbkzDBZYdCCUQ8lm4MauhuuIO0oFS8q8nW_az5RNw4zcpozmFJPBpb4xkBywBQggmZrLW34/s400/jumping-jack.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><ul style="list-style-type: disc; text-align: left;"></ul><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"></ul><h3><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>(2.) Jumping Ropes:</b></span></span> </h3><span style="font-size: large;">Relive your childhood days with jumping ropes. It tones your legs and works on flab and other parts of the body too.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95pNO6HNf_qrQ7ZyxsnRDsDNi3BTtOXPdK1WWaB0hG7Al1x6dS_xZvhP1c83j-gSvApQwkfVSDJTrmMQiu1-rA6sKbkMJZqVGXKVBav3lKekgCRAH6m0IPOsT5m08fvpQbRMj6GEwzcA/s400/jump_rope.jpg" width="251" /> </div><h3><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>(3.) Squats:</b> </span></span></h3><span style="font-size: large;">Squats is like the king of exercise. It works on your thighs, abs, the lower back and also the cuffs of your legs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">>> Stand with your legs apart at a distance of 1 foot.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">>> Bend your knees and lower yourself as if you will be sitting on a chair. Lift your       hands up straight.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">>> Bend your knees and stoop down as much as you can.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">>> Hold this for a few seconds and stand up straight.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">>> Repeat as many times as possible. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VXCcC0BCB9fSJbqdJb5UWM6TtjWzlZmuYa-l7U-reL1vGR2bkQgeU4LJ6C5lsc-p-7WUgs56J_F2abX8BzO87wjG9H7BSzFW2JGuNXIn7_3L1X3sNy9JYqQHpuENPPt7DVMk_7Mu2so/s1600/squats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VXCcC0BCB9fSJbqdJb5UWM6TtjWzlZmuYa-l7U-reL1vGR2bkQgeU4LJ6C5lsc-p-7WUgs56J_F2abX8BzO87wjG9H7BSzFW2JGuNXIn7_3L1X3sNy9JYqQHpuENPPt7DVMk_7Mu2so/s400/squats.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Other than these,  you can do crunches and sit-ups.</span><br /> <br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-5028478688240504"; /* AdSense in Post */ google_ad_slot = "6975892477"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /></center> <br /></div>

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SAUDI ARABIA and IRAN

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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9Jqu54rXucB7ymjitUQeA00DrjE3yHzS0W-mdrJpL70URB6EuqCFL7mxFmRjgOCygiAw_eZqiQWZ1I62SDb_nQ2mGDHyaocFsNxZ3E_k-SnUb4WQ_uHq_RlAA37tAiL6aH_4UHhH2q6D/s1600/sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9Jqu54rXucB7ymjitUQeA00DrjE3yHzS0W-mdrJpL70URB6EuqCFL7mxFmRjgOCygiAw_eZqiQWZ1I62SDb_nQ2mGDHyaocFsNxZ3E_k-SnUb4WQ_uHq_RlAA37tAiL6aH_4UHhH2q6D/s400/sun.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The sun sets over the holy city of Mecca as seen from the top of Mount Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel, during the annual haj pilgrimage October 21, 2012.</span> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Image by:</b> Amr Abdallah Dalsh / REUTERS</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">MIDDLE EAST UNDER THREAT AS IRAN ENCOURAGES SHIITE UPRISING IN SAUDI ARABIA?</span></b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">See <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">additional</span> </span>Background Information: </span> </span></b></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> 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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style><![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/saudi-arabian-intelligence-headquarters.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/saudi-arabian-intelligence-headquarters.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SAUDI ARABIA'S anti-Shiite policies are leading the country closer to the worst clash of the Shiite and Sunni schools of thought in the history of the Kingdom, a clash which will branch throughout the rest of the Muslim world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #990000;"><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";">SAUDI ARABIA ACCUSED IRAN FOR SUPPORTING UNREST IN SHIITE DOMINATED PROVINCE </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Eastern Province (Ash-Sharq?yah), the largest province of SAUDI ARABIA, is dominated by a population of two million Shiites and is termed as a significant site of opposition against the SAUDI monarchy. Sources have revealed that SAUDI higher-ups have raised the prospect of a Shiite insurgency in the Eastern Province and accused IRAN for supporting the unrest. The SAUDI Government, including the King, recently held a meeting to lay out a strategy on diffusing the effects of any expected Shiite uprising in the Kingdom, as unrest has been fueled by IRAN in retaliation for the SAUDI support of the rebels against Bashir al-Assad’s regime in SYRIA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #990000;"><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";">HARDSHIP (APARTHEID) FOR SHIITES LIVING IN SAUDI ARABIA</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shiites, as the minority sect at 17 percent of the total population of the country, face state-sanctioned discrimination fuelled by the Kingdom’s powerful Wahhabi clerics: Shiites are banned from practicing their rituals in public, as well as from holding high positions in government, state-owned companies, and the judiciary. They are very often turned away from the government employment, including police, army, and security services positions. Every year thousands of Shiites face unfair trials and are jailed for speaking against the monarchy. Shiites are closely watched and monitored by SAUDI intelligence agencies for routine activities.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The SAUDI government has even restricted certain activities in an attempt to discourage Shiites from showing their identity, including outlawing names specific to Shi'a Islam. Most appallingly, there is no cemetery for Shiites in SAUDI ARABIA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2011, in the wake of the Arab Spring, Human Rights Watch condemned SAUDI ARABIA'S policies towards its Shiites citizens and urged on SAUDI authorities to treat the Shiites’ minority as equal citizens. However, SAUDI ARABIA is a major U.S. ally, and the U.S. has refrained from publicly criticizing violations of human sights or the Kingdom’s role in putting down pro-democracy protests.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #990000;"><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";">WAR INSIDE IN ITS OWN TERRITORY</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxduIY7dH_ooKRc1U6XPjxzJoOtpWSm158D6OOfaLY5Pr98V8RTqq4EcAgGQPq2Sg5oRO9f32AR67SO-p9PM-2BhhURMABsOTyWEfFhh-COMDiMOA0SHTrpx0ivkimn6q9zAoy1juoONfP/s1600/Saudi_shia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxduIY7dH_ooKRc1U6XPjxzJoOtpWSm158D6OOfaLY5Pr98V8RTqq4EcAgGQPq2Sg5oRO9f32AR67SO-p9PM-2BhhURMABsOTyWEfFhh-COMDiMOA0SHTrpx0ivkimn6q9zAoy1juoONfP/s640/Saudi_shia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By supporting the rebels against the Assad’s regime in SYRIA, attempting to make IRAN the world's only Shiite country, SAUDI ARABIA has unbolted a new war inside in its own territory that could unearth grave consequences for the sovereignty of the Kingdom.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The monarchy of SAUDI ARABIA is already deeply concerned, as the Eastern Province is‎ home to most of Kingdom’s Shiite population and 90 percent of SAUDI oil, not to mention it is just 30-minute drive across the causeway from BAHRAIN. The aim of the recent conference called by the SAUDI top officials was actually to gain support from Muslims countries, excluding IRAN. A SAUDI state news agency quoted Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal as saying that King Abdullah has called for "an extraordinary Islamic solidarity meeting to ensure... unity during this delicate time as the Muslim world faces dangers of fragmentation and sedition".</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile as SYRIA (allegedly) heads towards the fall of Assad’s regime, retribution from IRAN is gradually increasing in the form of support for a Shiite uprising in SAUDI ARABIA, creating an increasingly dangerous situation for the stability of the Middle East as well as to the SAUDI monarchy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SAUDI ARABIA and IRAN have a long account of enmity, with centuries which have never witnessed good relations due to the SAUDI hold on Holy Kaaba. But now, both have geared up to blow the Middle East, which could lead towards a severe sectarian battle categorically injurious for the entire Muslim world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Malik Ayub Sumbal via Oilprice </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div>

SAUDI ARABIA and IRAN

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one room challenge - week 6

We have arrived at week 6 of the One Room Challenge (<a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/p/one-room-challenge.html" target="_blank">see week 1 - 5 here</a>) and I'm ready to put everything together. Mostly. I've only got a few things left to do and then there is that whole putting the room together thing. I'll be busy this weekend. That's for sure.<br /><br />But enough about what I <i>still</i> have to do, let's see what I got done. I warn you it's not much, but maybe if I talk about it in a really up beat way, it will seem like a bigger deal. Smoke and mirrors people.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9I0x1tiu5wtAMhcGYVwi-OHUg-1XxyA0cB-YAnRm0aYT-xDHDV9bhNpYNtoUxeumYau8j8-6fN_teiF1-r4bCYs8bSpUmzRlgFqXJ-qmoONB50r8fAZ7CrJhe2I8sTUs10bgy25iSxYBs/s1600/Navydresser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9I0x1tiu5wtAMhcGYVwi-OHUg-1XxyA0cB-YAnRm0aYT-xDHDV9bhNpYNtoUxeumYau8j8-6fN_teiF1-r4bCYs8bSpUmzRlgFqXJ-qmoONB50r8fAZ7CrJhe2I8sTUs10bgy25iSxYBs/s400/Navydresser.jpg" width="341" /></a></div><br />The dresser is finally finished and he's been moved in to the room. He was a lesson in patience and has earned his own post. Soon enough dresser. You will get your day.<br /><br />I also finished the silhouettes to go above the girls' beds which was refreshingly easy. (that passive agressive comment is for you dresser) The hardest part was trying to get Eve to sit still long enough to take the picture. (bribery and a doughnut works wonders)<br /><br />To get as high contrast in the pictures I set the girls in front of a window and snapped away. Take a look at those yummy cheeks.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIjmjW5B_5FGrwk2n-OXvlgL-9_D_mSTswDcP9k55l-2uzlcEykJM9-OkJVVIKP3PTmz0EkGTKGkQtl7GultF7uMgcNmLvql4Xms7iRJJg7wG0FG9PwTsCbCh33DkRTvIabsZGccX51zb/s1600/GirlsSilhouetteBefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIjmjW5B_5FGrwk2n-OXvlgL-9_D_mSTswDcP9k55l-2uzlcEykJM9-OkJVVIKP3PTmz0EkGTKGkQtl7GultF7uMgcNmLvql4Xms7iRJJg7wG0FG9PwTsCbCh33DkRTvIabsZGccX51zb/s400/GirlsSilhouetteBefore.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I printed them off in black and white, which again helps with the contrast, and then cut my child's sweet little head. Thanks to the contrast, it is very easy to follow the lines.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNPdig3-O_6WVweRFMWUg6kkQR1g_VS0Ja9dTYaO27koEbrMMzw5c3CIQgsns3CmdualsVCa0JnaFLTPehdH7QOoDXzBbuAHnMOsqLZtYgxmy6CIyFx6qwdaqz1bTPBd76OPX3OBOSm3W/s1600/SilhouetteCutOut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNPdig3-O_6WVweRFMWUg6kkQR1g_VS0Ja9dTYaO27koEbrMMzw5c3CIQgsns3CmdualsVCa0JnaFLTPehdH7QOoDXzBbuAHnMOsqLZtYgxmy6CIyFx6qwdaqz1bTPBd76OPX3OBOSm3W/s320/SilhouetteCutOut.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br />Then I centered the black and white silhouette on top of the colored paper (pink for Eve and yellow for Amelia) and traced the black and white silhouette with my x-acto knife, leaving me with a simple and colorful silhouette. But when I pulled the finished silhouette away from the paper, I decided I liked the silhouette void even better than the silhouette itself. It acts like a mat and gives the silhouette a bit more presence. Voila. Happy silhouettes. (I'm going to call Guinness as soon as I'm done writing this post to see if I've broken the world record for number of times using 'silhouette' in a single paragraph. Fingers crossed)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9G-ZCN2ppOUQ8oW8s0sGo-IqbjsTD-7RSqATaB72P2ebrOS9CkRgL55FWtg_LFHxM3WuEEv-QswaiWoOjuuNtkoA8WYJ9NiUFmw9mXteRgDW0fAmnD0QOXWS_7x0IG6sarj6-TwC5g8e8/s1600/SilouhetteAfter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9G-ZCN2ppOUQ8oW8s0sGo-IqbjsTD-7RSqATaB72P2ebrOS9CkRgL55FWtg_LFHxM3WuEEv-QswaiWoOjuuNtkoA8WYJ9NiUFmw9mXteRgDW0fAmnD0QOXWS_7x0IG6sarj6-TwC5g8e8/s400/SilouhetteAfter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />And finally, I picked up the cherry on top of two very happy beds.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xXQZzHlx0J_hQtOdqqRhgtppn79I4T-jxdznUsaqOS3ZWJMGTMxOPSnqc1ffUP4z_u317LXwxprEcWMPgAYFiYVi2SRVEPYJYIlVUqvjxeAsDTtUtU97RCRKMj99frfKOOZNL5IV9G4a/s1600/monograms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xXQZzHlx0J_hQtOdqqRhgtppn79I4T-jxdznUsaqOS3ZWJMGTMxOPSnqc1ffUP4z_u317LXwxprEcWMPgAYFiYVi2SRVEPYJYIlVUqvjxeAsDTtUtU97RCRKMj99frfKOOZNL5IV9G4a/s1600/monograms.jpg" /></a></div><br />Now to put it all together. I've only got three items left on the list and #5 has me stumped. Should I go with grosgrain, pom poms or some awesome new trim I don't even know about? What say you?<br /><br /><ol style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Come up with functional floor plan</span></strike></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Paint walls/ceiling/trim</span></strike></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strike>Paint dresser (new hardware too)</strike> </span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strike>Update vanity (maybe some fun color or hardware)</strike></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Find curtains and add trim</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strike>Add a rug and new bedding</strike> </span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hang art and create some personalized pieces <b>PROGRESS</b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Find/Install new light fixture (buh bye ceiling fan)</span></strike></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strike>Reupholster chair and possibly add comfy floor cushions</strike> </span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Find/Make lampshade(s) </span></li></ol><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.984375px;">I don't know about you, but I'm excited to see how this will turn out. 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one room challenge - week 6

We have arrived at week 6 of the One Room Challenge ( see week 1 - 5 here ) and I'm ready to put everything together. Mostly. I've o...

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