Scotty McCreery's "See You Tonight" Sales Predictions

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnBZTGbxffOzuRhyphenhyphenUuVrdkH2Mm-SJQThEHVCokrrsboC6Cp2wceTrdaKX8njS1ew4QU07_b2n51jP8l3BL0uwb-9OxIaddwQ_zMQ0Xe3IxA8jEEsbixyLdt498bd5utp9aGtyd1imJe3g/s1600/hdd-rm20131016.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnBZTGbxffOzuRhyphenhyphenUuVrdkH2Mm-SJQThEHVCokrrsboC6Cp2wceTrdaKX8njS1ew4QU07_b2n51jP8l3BL0uwb-9OxIaddwQ_zMQ0Xe3IxA8jEEsbixyLdt498bd5utp9aGtyd1imJe3g/s400/hdd-rm20131016.png" width="313" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi" target="_blank">Hits Daily Double's rumor mill</a> just released their first week sales estimates for new debut albums, and Scotty McCreery's "See You Tonight" is estimated to sell 40K to 45K. Frankly, I was expecting a somewhat higher number mainly because <a href="http://aistats.blogspot.com/2012/10/christmas-with-scotty-mccreery-set-to.html" target="_blank">almost exactly one year ago</a> the estimated sales for his "Christmas With Scotty McCreery" was 35K to 40K (it ended up selling 41K that first week.) I was guessing this much stronger album of more radio friendly country music would sell substantially more than his Christmas collection (by more than just 5K more). That 40K-45K estimate is <a href="http://aistats.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-voice-winner-cassadee-popes-first.html" target="_blank">exactly the same estimate</a> HDD gave for Cassadee Pope's "Frame by Frame" which ended up selling 43K, so they were spot on with her. Nonetheless, Scotty will have the #1 selling country album almost certainly, since Cassadee's sales should drop off and no other country artist is close to his numbers. Plus every HDD estimate for his albums has started slightly low so hopefully he can at least end up closer to 50K. Hopefully with that more modest starting first week number his sales will not drop off as quickly, especially with him performing at large venues like the <a href="http://www.ncstatefair.org/2013/Entertainment/DortonConcerts.htm" target="_blank">North Carolina State Fair</a> and his televised appearances.<br /><br />I am curious if they will do another <a href="http://www.qvc.com/Scotty-McCreery-Christmas-and-Clear-As-Day-2-CD-Set-Movies-&-Music-Electronics.product.F09977.html?sc=F09977-Targeted&cm_sp=VIEWPOSITION-_-7-_-F09977&catentryImage=http://images-p.qvc.com/is/image/f/77/f09977.001?$uslarge$" target="_blank">QVC type promotion</a> like last year, but this year they could sell "See You Tonight" with CWSM, or possibly sell all three albums as a set now. ("Order now and not only will you receive the new 'See You Tonight' album, but his gold Christmas collection and his platinum debut album as well, all three for only $19.99!") I am also curious if his buddies at <a href="http://www.bojangles.com/buzz/detail/scotty-mccreery-bojangles-town" target="_blank">Bojangles</a> will try to use his new album with some type of promotion like they did with the Christmas album last year. Come on, Bojangles, how much chicken did Scotty help you sell this past year? Here is my remade chorus of "See You Tonight" to help then use Scotty's music to sell some chicken:<br /><br /> "<i>I go to Bojangles, where the chicken is hot</i><br /><i> Listen to me pulling into the lot</i><br /><i> I look in the windows, see the dining room lights,</i><br /><i> Bojangles, bird, I gotta eat you tonight</i><br /><i> The way the sweet tea's flowing, flowing</i><br /><i> Got me wishing I was holding, holding</i><br /><i> Holding a drumstick tight, with a buiscuit, that's right</i><br /><i> Bird, I gotta eat you tonight, tonight, tonight</i><br /><i> Bird, I gotta eat you tonight, tonight , tonight"</i><br /><br />

Scotty McCreery's "See You Tonight" Sales Predictions

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Top 5 Free Printable Coupons Sites For Grocery

Who doesn't want <span style="font-size: small;"><b>savings in grocery</b></span>? A middle class household of 3 uses at least $10 in grocery every day. A savings of even $ 1 on an average saves your grocery bill by 10%. And while surfing you might find some good coupons for your clothes or shaving kit or beauty or school products.<br /><br />Here are the top sites to go to while scouring for grocery deals daily. I mean if you want to buy Cheerios - better get it with a coupon - right?<br /><br />I have not ranked the sites in any particular order.<br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.coupons.com/" target="_blank"><b>Www.Coupons.Com</b></a> - get free printable coupons on cereals, chocolates, detergent, toothpaste, biscuits, soups as of writing this. One of the more popular sites to get your free online coupons. Alexa Site Rank - 659<br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.retailmenot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Www.RetailMeNot.Com</b></a> - Has free printable coupons on grocery with instructions on how to use them. The grocery coupons now include Gerber juice, vitamin supplements, spreads, coffe mate and more.<br />There some other great deals at the site on restaurants, movies, etc. Site Alexa Rank - 463<br /><br />3.  <a href="http://www.couponmom.com/" target="_blank">Www.CouponMom.Com</a> - No grocery coupon website review woul be complete without Stephanie Nelson's CouponMom.Com. She has a cult following with advise and ways to make the most of deals including tips for donating to charity. Site Alexa Rank - 12230<br /><br />4. <a href="http://www.mysavings.com/" target="_blank">MySavings.Com</a> - The site has loads of<b> free samples</b> and freebies listed on its front page. You find loads of printable coupons at the site However for grocery at www.mysavings.com/grocery-coupons.asp lead to other popular grocery coupon providers. Alexa Site Rank - 4149<br /><br />5. <a href="http://www.smartsavings.com/" target="_blank">Smartsavings.Com</a> - offers a lot of free printable grocery coupons filtered as per one's locality. One has to enter the zipcode to find the coupons related to a particular locality. Select the coupons you want and print all with the coupon printer. Alexa Rank - 8149<br /><br />There are hosts of deals and coupons online. The above are only a few of the more relaible and proven sites. While searching for grocery coupons keep a lookout for fake coupons. In many cases reliable coupons can only be used once. Enjoy your grocery shopping!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

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PBL- Butterfly Gardens and How They Fit Into the New Standards

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mbZrWcmaDvZU3-09v0QGhHFBDHRse-PqRuRt9hMUxi-h3NXRBbkyelURzWp1qqvpomJ6M8dSclyhfxU30n5S2-kUVlih0-JA9Vw3Q9lMEzJRmKcxvfqdrMzH1h9hyJYfa30U4oLuDhCn/s1600/37196_IMG_9011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mbZrWcmaDvZU3-09v0QGhHFBDHRse-PqRuRt9hMUxi-h3NXRBbkyelURzWp1qqvpomJ6M8dSclyhfxU30n5S2-kUVlih0-JA9Vw3Q9lMEzJRmKcxvfqdrMzH1h9hyJYfa30U4oLuDhCn/s200/37196_IMG_9011.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a teacher you will soon be faced with figuring out how to implement the new Ohio education standards into your curriculum. The new standards call for teachers to use Project Based Learning (PBL) in which students undertake projects from the beginning design stages, through construction and, finally, to completion. PBL also calls for multidisciplinary learning, where students integrate multiple subjects into the project. WILD School Sites and their associated projects can help you meet these new standards. WILD School Sites or outdoor classrooms are locations that can be used by students, teachers and the school community as places to learn about wildlife and the environment. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><h3><span style="font-size: small;">So, how can a simple butterfly garden help with PBL?<o:p></o:p></span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, let’s look at PBL. One essential element of PBL encourages students to develop the 21st century skills of critical thinking, collaboration and presentation skills. It also encourages students to collect data, research a project and work together to design a project. Then PBL has students incorporate feedback and revisions into their work to create a high quality product, and concludes with a public presentation to share with their community. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WILD School Sites consist of projects, like butterfly gardens, in which students, teachers and the community work together toward designing, building and implementing an outdoor learning area (Collaboration). To be effective, there must be a plan. Also, the site needs to be evaluated and inventoried for flora and fauna (Collect Data). Then research is needed and a plan designed for the site, including a budget and a timeline (Research and Critical Thinking). Next the plan should be presented to the school community (Presentation). After the plan has been reviewed, and possibly adjusted (Feedback), it can be then be implemented. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><h3><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: small;">Do butterfly gardens fit into other areas of the new standards?<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h3><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4X8ZErhzLkNTvMkTZF-xMeI0nJ3WIz9Q9xghgtHOiP4BjMOEnKhl3A8kxpfczToYzkGDYkKoXNfmGayFJzl-iEVxj3fmdSo0xVruWgxmnyg9cpj5kilbzPlyj9AyvB1KzzRSl9nY4DPh/s1600/kncb,%2520butterfly%2520garden%252001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4X8ZErhzLkNTvMkTZF-xMeI0nJ3WIz9Q9xghgtHOiP4BjMOEnKhl3A8kxpfczToYzkGDYkKoXNfmGayFJzl-iEVxj3fmdSo0xVruWgxmnyg9cpj5kilbzPlyj9AyvB1KzzRSl9nY4DPh/s320/kncb,%2520butterfly%2520garden%252001.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a class="irc_hol irc_itl" data-ved="0CAQQjB0" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=8xxyP9XBo4n2aM&tbnid=hMGg4dSym2Nq8M:&ved=0CAQQjB0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northcharleston.org%2Fvisitors%2Frecreation%2Foutdoors%2Fparks%2Fbutterfly_garden.aspx&ei=0O1eUtOYO7Sv4APn8oDgAw&bvm=bv.54176721,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNGDPfuZnwE8CPlGmY-1zzgq36L5iw&ust=1382039369322919"><span class="irc_ho" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">www.northcharleston.org</span></span></a><span class="irc_dim"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure! Obviously, the model curriculum is too long to reference each standard here; however, Project WILD and WILD School Sites are directly referenced in the Model Curriculum for the Science Standards. Teachers from other disciplines can also utilize the area. WILD School Sites are perfect for math (measurements and data analysis), language arts (research, presentation development), social studies (spatial awareness, mapping, community impacts), art and music (presentation development) as well.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For butterfly gardens, an obvious connection is the <u>Grade 3 Life Science (LS)</u> content statement referencing plant and animal life cycles that are part of their adaptations for survival. The life cycle of butterflies is well-known, but less often observed in its entirety. In addition, butterflies are species specialists, meaning each species of butterfly requires a unique and specific host, both as an adult and as a caterpillar and without those types of plants, butterflies cannot survive (<u>Grade 1 LS:</u>Basic Needs of Living Things and <u>Grade 2 LS:</u> Interactions within Habitats.) As habitat improvements are made to a site, butterflies are better able to survive (<u>Grade 4 LS</u>: Changes to an organism’s environment can be beneficial.) <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><h3><span style="font-size: small;">What about Field Investigations?<o:p></o:p></span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course WILD School Sites, and butterfly gardens, are also great locations to conduct field investigations. Where better to conduct animal observations, habitat inventories or other investigations, than at an outdoor lab? These sites are perfect for conducting comparative field investigations (i.e., How many insect species can be found inside the butterfly garden vs. in the school yard? or How many butterflies are found in the garden at different times of the year? or Are more butterflies found in the garden in the morning or at noon?) Even complex correlative questions can be investigated in the sites (What happens to the number of insect species at the site as more plant species are introduced? or What happens to the number of butterfly species as different native plants are introduced to the site?) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><h3><span style="font-size: small;">A Final Thought</span></h3><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></o:p></b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">WILD School Sites provide opportunities, in their design and construction, as well as in their use, for students to apply learned concepts and to demonstrate what they have learned. This is also the premise for Project Based Learning. In addition, field investigations require students to observe and collect data and organize the results for analysis. WILD School Sites provide a perfect setting to develop these real world problem-solving skills. For more information about these projects or other WILD School Site projects, contact your district’s Wildlife Communications Specialist, or visit wildohio.com.</span></span>

PBL- Butterfly Gardens and How They Fit Into the New Standards

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Lose Weight And Feel Great: Tips And Advice To Help You Meet Your Natural Weight Loss Goals

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Dr Pj Prakash</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Can you really lose weight without purchasing any dieting pills or expensive products? Well, this is a question you will learn to answer for yourself, after finding out about how weight-loss works. To get started on your education, here are some weight-loss tips that explain how simple the process can be.<br /> <br /> One easy way to lose weight is to not bring the worst foods into the house in the first place. This is especially helpful for those of us with very poor, or no, willpower. If you only bring high-fiber bread into the house, you won't be tempted to eat the refined white-flour French bread that you didn't buy.<br /> <br /> To avoid being hungry while on a diet, split up your calories into as many small meals and snacks as you can. If you eat the same 1500 calories broken up into six small meals, you will be less hungry than if you eat 500 calories at each of just three meals.<br /> <br /> One important tip for weight loss is this mantra: "plan, prepare, perform, and practice!" Weight loss doesn't happen by accident, it takes mental effort and deliberate steps in order to achieve the results that you want. Overcoming inertia and stepping out in action is one of the hardest and most rewarding parts. Once you start moving forward, the rest will be easier.<br /> <br /> Eat five small meals spread out throughout the day rather than three large meals. When calories are distributed in a more even way, blood sugar levels hold steady. When your body releases less insulin, your body controls your hunger levels. Additionally, this helps curb snacking: why have that candy bar now when you could have a healthy meal in three hours?<br /> <br /> Do you have aches and pains throughout your body? Did you know that a healthy, drug-free way to get rid of them is weight loss? Of course it won't happen overnight, but they will slowly go away with the more weight that you lose. Certain exercises can't be performed, such as running. A recumbent bike is a great way to exercise without causing stress to your joints. Swimming is another great exercise.<br /> <br /> Check the serving size of your favorite cereal and then use a measuring cup to make sure you are getting the right portion. Most people pour their cereal and they think they can come close enough. Most of the time people eat more cereal than they think they do, which can sabotage weight loss.<br /> <br /> Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day, but you should avoid certain foods. Sugary cereals are one of the foods that you should elude, as most are packed with sugar and fat. Eliminate sugary, pre-sweetened cereal from your diet, if you want to maximize your ability for weight loss.<br /> <br /> If you are having a lot of trouble stopping at the end of a meal, sprinkle salt or pepper on what is left. This will prevent you from eating it, as your food will no longer look appetizing. This is a great trick that you can use to finish eating towards the end of a meal.<br /> <br /> Dieting means you're no longer required to be a member of the "clean plate club". Don't be afraid to throw a few bites away. It can mean a lower calorie count in your belly and less fat on your waistline. If you absolutely can't throw that food away, share it or pack it up.<br /> <br /> While weight loss is entirely a personal life change for everyone, it does share the main goal of having a healthier weight, along with additional benefits such as diminishing or eliminating some health issues. As you have seen in these tips, there are various approaches; however, they are all created around living healthier at a better weight.<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). Stop by his site to learn all about <a href="http://naturalweightloss.me/">natural weight loss</a>, or how to become a <a href="http://goodnutrition.mobi/tough-time-with-weight-loss-try-this/">Nutrition Coach</a>. </div><br /> </div><br />

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Teamster BAs tell lawmakers not to pull a fast one on trade deal

<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/AVvXsEg1-2LOgsz5MkG7xikq0wSOJAjOOEoLCWou0pSgi2AFk0ET76eC9ZBP5K_gg0KqN9MFxJtqes0xmRxYHeduj-Wne7C0lC1kB1jyg1Wf7-0qI7YmzIcXZ006RdmenXSjBV52906saklWIbUe/s1600/Susan+Del+Bene.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-2LOgsz5MkG7xikq0wSOJAjOOEoLCWou0pSgi2AFk0ET76eC9ZBP5K_gg0KqN9MFxJtqes0xmRxYHeduj-Wne7C0lC1kB1jyg1Wf7-0qI7YmzIcXZ006RdmenXSjBV52906saklWIbUe/s400/Susan+Del+Bene.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rep. <a href="http://delbene.house.gov/" rel="nofollow">Suzan DelBene</a>, D-Wash., meets with Teamster business agents: <br />(LtoR: Sal Golfo, Teamsters Local 272, Debbie Gath, Teamsters Local 38, <br />Michael Dolan, IBT legislative representative, DelBene, Troy Gustafson,<br />Teamsters Local 120.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Teamster business agents visited their congressional representatives in Washington last week to tell them to vet every word of the TPP trade deal to make sure it doesn't harm American families.<br /><br />The TPP, or <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/03/tpp-power-grab-by-corporations-and-1.html" rel="nofollow">Trans-Pacific Partnership</a>, is a massive trade deal that's been<a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/175865/keeping-massive-trade-deal-out-fast-lane#" rel="nofollow"> negotiated in extreme secrecy</a> -- well, except for corporate lobbyists, who have access to negotiators and negotiating texts.<br /><br />TPP supporters want <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" rel="nofollow">Congress</a> to vote on the deal without reading it carefully, without amending it and with only debating it for a short time. That's called "fast track" authority, and Congress has to approve fast track authority before it can ram through the TPP. Teamster business agents went to the Capitol to tell lawmakers to vote against fast track.<br /><br />By the way, we think you know why politicians in the pocket of big business want fast track authority: They don't want the public to know they're passing a trade deal that sends more good American jobs overseas, lowers wages here, shuts down factories, censors the Internet and undermines our food safety laws.<br /><br />We're not crying wolf here. Politico Pro just reported members of Congress are hoping to set up a "Friends of TPP" caucus soon. Reports Politico Pro:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The group will act as a sounding board for lawmakers on the massive Pacific Rim trade deal, which the Obama administration is trying to close by the end of the year.</blockquote>Here's the good news, also from Politico Pro:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">It remains unclear how a fast-track bill would move through Congress or if the administration will formally request the legislation.</blockquote>The <a href="http://teamster.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters</a> will remain vigilant.

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LIBYA: A FAILED STATE

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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUbLjEFsgYHn0W1dc7sucijEAJviWQkfCaScHYiv0zuNA71YL7NgXGJLDLDJTAe3-HHCM6HhOg1HMWAQWgA5SCXbidcQLUKwrToTmw7zn_0Sg3AuAhlV9SINsEJA6FDYHlyIGUqfLnxf8/s1600/Wallpaper+new+Flag+of+Libya.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUbLjEFsgYHn0W1dc7sucijEAJviWQkfCaScHYiv0zuNA71YL7NgXGJLDLDJTAe3-HHCM6HhOg1HMWAQWgA5SCXbidcQLUKwrToTmw7zn_0Sg3AuAhlV9SINsEJA6FDYHlyIGUqfLnxf8/s400/Wallpaper+new+Flag+of+Libya.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">DON’T BE FOOLED BY LIBYA—THIS IS A FAILED STATE</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By James Stafford <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Via Oilprice</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gunmen seized LIBYAN Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a hotel in central Tripoli, releasing him shortly afterwards, but making it clear that post-Gaddafi LIBYA is a failed state and that the government is incapable of taking full control over its oilfields and export terminals. </span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Read related article:</span></i><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;">LIBYA - THE WILD WEST OF NORTHERN AFRICA </span></span></i></h3><i><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/2013/10/libya-wild-west-of-northern-africa.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/10/libya-wild-west-of-northern-africa.html</a></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While the markets have been responding lately with unfounded optimism over LIBYA, anyone who has been privy to the intelligence briefings and executive reports would know that announcements of progress emanating from the capital Tripoli are hot air. There are too many roving militias who want their piece of LIBYA’S fossil fuels largesse—and the government is impotent.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BepeMN-rVQz_8nh8YVX0znEsRt9pOIXLYXtUBs40gYOVE1xsev_YV3-9DXMmm1fW-c03waj0p_sa_QiXObkskHELpcgLas3rct7jMpZzb43U9FL3T_TIufmsju3aO2PpyNafy6LpRaH3/s1600/0001311435-08-000008_SJ20F07LIBYA.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BepeMN-rVQz_8nh8YVX0znEsRt9pOIXLYXtUBs40gYOVE1xsev_YV3-9DXMmm1fW-c03waj0p_sa_QiXObkskHELpcgLas3rct7jMpZzb43U9FL3T_TIufmsju3aO2PpyNafy6LpRaH3/s320/0001311435-08-000008_SJ20F07LIBYA.GIF" width="200" /></a></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";">Nothing demonstrates this more clearly than the seizure of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from the Corinthia hotel in central Tripoli. </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";">More to the point, the prime minister was apparently seized by militias linked to LIBYA’S Interior and Defense Ministries, which makes one ask whether he was kidnapped or arrested, or indeed whether it is even worth getting into the semantics.</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";">His arrest was not about oil, specifically, it was in retaliation for the US special-forces capture of a LIBYAN al-Qaeda suspect in Tripoli over the weekend. Militant groups—many of whom control various branches of the impotent government—were angered over the US capture of <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/10/10/ali-zidan-prime-minister-libya-kidnapped/2957313/">Abu Anas al-Libi</a></span>, wanted for the 1998 bombings of US embassies in KENYA and TANZANIA, in which more than 220 people were killed.</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";">Look no further than LIBYA’S National Congress, which was adamant that the US return the captor, which it labeled as a kidnapping and a violation of LIBYA’S national sovereignty. </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;"><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;"><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;"><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;"><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="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";">OIL CANNOT FLOW IN AN NOT FUNCTIONAL STATE </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";">Upon his release, Prime Minister Zeidan took to the international media, calling on WESTERN powers to step in—again. In an interview with <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24451180">BBC Newsnight</a></span>, Zeidan said the country was being used as a base to export weapons across the SAHEL and that “the movement of these weapons endangers neighboring countries too, so there must be international cooperation to stop it.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><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; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #444444;"><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";">Background Information</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></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;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">WHY THE SAHEL IS CRUCIAL TO EUROPE'S NEIGHBORHOOD – AND ITS SECURITY STRATEGY.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Read entire article at:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="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="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/2013/07/eu-involvement-in-mali.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/07/eu-involvement-in-mali.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;"><br /></div></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";">Regardless, the situation should be clear even for those LIBYAN enthusiasts who are under the impression that this is a functioning state. Ali Zeidan’s days are numbered without another direct Western intervention.  </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";">This is the same reason the oil cannot flow as planned. </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: #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";">VOLATILE SAHEL REGION</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 crisis began two years ago with the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi, but in August things took a definitive turn for the worse, with armed groups seizing major oil export terminals and demanding autonomy for the eastern region. (See Background information below) Now the crisis has reached the west where other militant formations ominously charged with guarding the country’s pipelines and oil fields are seeking to profit on the momentum of the strikers and protesters in the east. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><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; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #444444;"><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";">Background Information</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></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-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to some analysts this instability could also be triggered deliberately by certain foreign entities who invested heavily in LIBYA’S oil and fossil extraction prior to the military intervention in LIBYA. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When coalition forces decided to intervene in LIBYA they did not consider the consequences such intervention would have on the geopolitical landscape. </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-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFMRxuFmCAvQFvvY2zuVdmGUlE7f9o_KsqLC_giskzFPDDDm9GJxlgYUVYvbbryFreMRK82CoK9bgiAdUmAcWKlsGPWORsMCS2gLWYvgAtLwnz1LTMaIZiKAGlYjRRYwaU2_UL6DQNBC4/s1600/libya-oil-companies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFMRxuFmCAvQFvvY2zuVdmGUlE7f9o_KsqLC_giskzFPDDDm9GJxlgYUVYvbbryFreMRK82CoK9bgiAdUmAcWKlsGPWORsMCS2gLWYvgAtLwnz1LTMaIZiKAGlYjRRYwaU2_UL6DQNBC4/s400/libya-oil-companies.jpg" width="400" /></a></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-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">With the aim to gain control over Libya’s oil reserves WESTERN coalition forces thought they could outwit CHINA and RUSSIA who also invested heavily in LIBYA’S lucrative oil industry. Lured into voting in favor of the UN resolution which in the end paved the way for Military Intervention in LIBYA, RUSSIA and CHINA expected to receive their fair slice of the “energy cake” once the intervention was concluded, instead they were left out of the equation, losing millions of dollars of investments in LIBYA, for all energy deals RUSSIA and CHINA inked with </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Muammar Qaddafi</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> prior to the military intervention suddenly became void, leaving the USA, FRANCE and BRITAIN the sole benefiters of the entire operation. </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-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Read also:</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-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/10/libya-wild-west-of-northern-africa.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/10/libya-wild-west-of-northern-africa.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-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/10/chad-and-its-oil-reserves.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/10/chad-and-its-oil-reserves.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-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The interim government cannot manage this crisis. It’s already been forced to compromise, agreeing earlier in September to a 20% wage hike across the board for civil servants, and including oil security forces in this mix. At the same time, the government has issued warrants for the arrest of strike organizers in the east. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While the government will not be able to enforce these warrants, the blowback for this still will be severe and will result in a violent upheaval unlike anything else in the past two years. This will reverberate throughout the already volatile Sahel region, threatening security in TUNISIA and ALGERIA most immediately. It is also leading to a tightening of world oil supplies.</span></div>

LIBYA: A FAILED STATE

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Steven Moffat On The 50th Anniversary: How Do The Tenth And Eleventh Doctors Get On?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEG98y9RrlPivLVYvdpOUZuI2TAqb-1EQ4Sw08lXORJwXX5oKzLZ2KZJpCgRJ_sYuc7mVXLU2cji6my832sDjya4QhENb_glJp90yaY8Bpwzx5dj1nfC47MSZRZ3eWgHB1iqvTVuZiKWC/s1600/DotD1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEG98y9RrlPivLVYvdpOUZuI2TAqb-1EQ4Sw08lXORJwXX5oKzLZ2KZJpCgRJ_sYuc7mVXLU2cji6my832sDjya4QhENb_glJp90yaY8Bpwzx5dj1nfC47MSZRZ3eWgHB1iqvTVuZiKWC/s640/DotD1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Steven Moffat has been talking to SFX magazine about how he envisaged the relationship between the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors when he was writing the 50th Anniversary Special, <i>The Day Of The Doctor</i>. David Tennant will be returning to the TARDIS alongside the current Doctor Matt Smith for the celebratory edition.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Steven says that he saw friction between the two incarnations of the Time Lord.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“When you’re talking to yourself there are no limitations, there’s no holding back," he explained. "You wouldn’t be kind or courteous. At the same time, because they are two lovable, madcap, caffeinated Doctors, they’re also quite fanboyish about each other. They think it’s quite cool. They’re not broody, upset Doctors – it’s more ‘There’s two of us! Brilliant!’”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, he also adds that a lot has come from David Tennant and Matt Smith's own relationship and how they played the scenes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“…they were having such a good time together that they brought that out. They get giggly with each other. It is, by lovely accident, a tremendous double-act. They’re naturally funny together. Enough alike and enough dissimilar. Matt said it was like Laurel and Laurel, as if Hardy didn’t show up – except he does in the form of John Hurt!”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the similarities and differences between the Doctors he says, "Where they are similar is funny, because they're practically in unison, and where they are different is David is a cheeky, sexy, genuinely cool Doctor, up against a Doctor who thinks he's sexy and cool but is woefully wrong on that subject!"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Steven reveals that Matt and David were both quite nervous of the readthrough and though they had barely encountered one another previously they became great friends while filming the special.  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He also addressed the challenge of meeting fans' wishes while accepting that it would not be possible to bring back all of the previous Doctors to the special. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"They're all brilliant, they're all terrific, but that time has passed," he explains. "I think it would be beyond the dignity of all those very fine actors to want to force themselves back into a costume for 20 or 30 years ago."</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The full interview is published in the new edition of SFX, in shops now</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The Day Of The Doctor,</i> starring Matt Smith, David Tennant, John Hurt, Billie Piper and Jenna Coleman, will be simulcast by TV broadcasters around the world on Saturday 23rd November. The 75 minute special will also have a worldwide 3D cinematic release.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://david-tennant.com/2009/id205.html"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more about the 50th Anniversary Special here</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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Federal judge on voter suppression: Oops, these ARE bad laws

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXdZ39pOezxMaYjoorO-YNlsUUAFY1jqpTC_epO0dahH3ZneFySSAz04RLKytu9YcaQg_cl_tzhqT0Ng28fw7daKJqv6LvDVbNN2Q5YOpMtZ3jbV6qCWzrvOBTH8HLk6Q7eQwgh7BjFh2/s1600/voter_suppression.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXdZ39pOezxMaYjoorO-YNlsUUAFY1jqpTC_epO0dahH3ZneFySSAz04RLKytu9YcaQg_cl_tzhqT0Ng28fw7daKJqv6LvDVbNN2Q5YOpMtZ3jbV6qCWzrvOBTH8HLk6Q7eQwgh7BjFh2/s1600/voter_suppression.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Former federal judge <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Posner" rel="nofollow">Richard Posner</a> wrote a new book saying laws that suppress voting are a really bad idea.<br /><br /> Well that’s pretty obvious. But six years ago Posner didn’t think so. He wrote the majority opinion in a case defending voter suppression laws that use unattainable ID </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">requirements to disenfranchise working-class voters. Posner’s arguments in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_v._Marion_County_Election_Board" rel="nofollow">Crawford v. Marion County Election Board</a> unleashed a wave of strict voter suppression laws in states all over the country.<br /><br />Now Posner, a Reagan appointee, says <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/us/politics/judge-in-landmark-case-disavows-support-for-voter-id.html" rel="nofollow">he was very wrong</a>:</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In a new book, “Reflections on Judging,” Judge Posner, a prolific author who also teaches at the University of Chicago Law School, said, “I plead guilty to having written the majority opinion” in the case. He noted that the Indiana law in the Crawford case is “a type of law now widely regarded as a means of voter suppression rather than of fraud prevention.”</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">In an interview last week, Posner was asked more bluntly if he had gotten the ruling wrong:</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Yes. Absolutely.” Back in 2007, he said, “there hadn’t been that much activity in the way of voter identification,” and “we weren’t really given strong indications that requiring additional voter identification would actually disenfranchise people entitled to vote.”</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">In other words, Posner said he didn’t realize how dangerous voter suppression laws could be. But plenty of other people did, including dissenting Judge Terrance Evans:</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The dissent by Judge Evans, who died in 2011, began, “Let’s not beat around the bush: The Indiana voter photo ID law is a not-too-thinly-veiled attempt to discourage election-day turnout by certain folks believed to skew Democratic.”</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">T</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">here were many others making the same point. John Nichols at <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/176641/judge-who-framed-voter-id-laws-constitutional-says-he-got-it-wrong" rel="nofollow"><em>The Nation</em> writes</a>:<blockquote class="tr_bq">Judge Posner should have paid closer attention to the detailed amicus brief filed in 2006 by the Brennan Center for Justice, which explained how the Indiana law threatened to “<a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.brennancenter.org/legal-work/crawford-v-marion-county-election-board" target="_blank">exclude many eligible voters from participating in our democratic process</a>.”</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Because voter ID requirements have been <a data-ls-seen="1" href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/tag/voter-id" target="_blank">widely criticized as weighing more heavily of specific classes of voters</a>—people of color, students, low-income voters, the elderly—legitimate concerns have been raised about equal protection and a host of other constitutional concerns.</blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Crawford case was a gift to Republican extremists and groups like <a href="http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed" rel="nofollow">ALEC</a> that have been trying to block likely Democratic voters from the polls for years. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the heels of the Supreme Court gutting key parts of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965" rel="nofollow">Voting Rights Act</a>, extremist lawmakers have aggressively pushed voter suppression laws in states like Texas and <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/nc-governor-signs-voter-suppression-bill.html">North Carolina</a>, citing the Crawford case to justify their schemes. While they claim the laws are aimed at stopping voter fraud, they <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/06/25/505953/pennsylvania-republican-voter-id-laws-are-gonna-allow-governor-romney-to-win/" rel="nofollow">can barely conceal their real agenda</a>, which is to use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_tax_(United_States)" rel="nofollow">poll-tax</a>-like restrictions to rig elections they can’t actually win.</span><br /><br />As <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/10/14/voter_id_judges_shocking_admission_we_got_it_wrong/singleton/" rel="nofollow"><em>Salon</em> reports</a>:</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">In Texas, according to the <a href="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9177">DoJ’s analysis of the state’s own data</a> supplied to them, “Hispanic registered voters are more than twice as likely as non-Hispanic registered voters to lack such identification.” In South Carolina, where the DoJ <a href="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9007">blocked a similar law there last year</a> under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, they <a href="http://bradblog.com/Docs/Justice-Department-Letter-To-South-Carolina-Blocking-Voter-ID-Law_122311.pdf" rel="nofollow">found</a> that — again, according to the state’s own data — “minority registered voters were nearly 20 percent more likely to lack DMV-issued ID than white registered voters, and thus to be effectively disenfranchised” by the state’s new Photo ID restriction law.</blockquote>Even though the judge who authored the Crawford decision has now changed his mind, anti-worker radicals who support voter suppression certainly haven’t changed theirs. So the fight for voting rights continues.

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Richard II Starring David Tennant To Be Released On DVD

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT215VQK2KI3tLuv8JgQrOfWsLCfpIB7hznJXGCr8kZ64lPGlW4QwlYrl5lhFh_ooz7-YidT5RPGKg_4SLOybFIuUrdd5hbAodAJCzqxwefBiuDojs5KFUVh4PQIp_AQd6ZWvGnUIscOUv/s1600/WoS2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT215VQK2KI3tLuv8JgQrOfWsLCfpIB7hznJXGCr8kZ64lPGlW4QwlYrl5lhFh_ooz7-YidT5RPGKg_4SLOybFIuUrdd5hbAodAJCzqxwefBiuDojs5KFUVh4PQIp_AQd6ZWvGnUIscOUv/s1600/WoS2.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of <i>Richard II</i> will be released on DVD. Director Gregory Doran made the announcement this evening during the Director's talk at the Royal Shakepeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production, which is currently in previews, opens in Stratford on Thursday night. It runs until 16th November 2013 before transfering to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city>from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. David Tennant stars as King Richard with Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke, Oliver Ford Davies as the Duke of York, Michael Pennington as John of Gaunt and Jane Lapotaire as the Duchess of Gloucester. John Wyver of Illuminatio</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ns will be producing a live stream of the play into cinemas across the UK on Wednesday 13th November; this recording will also be broadcast into UK schools and cinemas worldwide during the following months.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more about Richard II here</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More information about the DVD release will follow as soon as we have it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

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The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of  Richard II  will be released on DVD. Director Gregory Doran made the announcement this ev...

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Selecting The Right Austin Health Coach

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Rhea Solomon</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Dealing with various wellness concerns is often quite difficult for anyone to manage. Many consumers suffer from specific conditions and issues with their well being that may be too difficult to overcome without the use of a trained professional which often leads them down the path toward finding professional guidance of some kind. Anyone that is focused on this particular need should know the basics of choosing the right Austin health coach in an attempt to receive effective guidance.<br /> <br /> Health coaches are trained in working with individuals that are struggling with their wellness levels and are searching for tailored support. People often discover that using qualified professionals is useful in making sure their specific concerns are improved on while others are simply looking for guidance in maintaining their current state of healthiness. Choices made from all available professionals are completed with a great deal of caution.<br /> <br /> People in Austin that are focused on this kind of professional assistance are offered plenty of viable options in which to consider. Consumers are usually unable to sort through all that is necessary when making sure they are making the most productive and viable decision available. The right coach is usually hired when various factors are considered.<br /> <br /> People concentrate their initial attention on considering any physical referrals they are offered. Referrals offered from a primary care doctor are often simple to amass as they are based on discussions about the wellness levels that one is trying to improve upon while trying to go beyond each medical appointment that is offered. Doctors are often well connected in their communities which can create an effective base of insight for consumers in need.<br /> <br /> An additional factor that receives quite a bit of attention from consumers is making sure the professional is equipped with the appropriate credentials. The entire wellness improvement industry of professionals is filled with a multitude of disciplines that are able to be studied and used for their clients which can be useful to match to any particulars that are needed. Professionals usually market their credentials heavily which can be put to great use in making an informed selection.<br /> <br /> The format of service offered from the coaching provider should also generate interest. Many providers are focused on virtual and teleconference guidance while others are much more direct and involved in the lives of their patients while both are quite effective when considered. People are typically interested in making sure they are offered access to both forms of guidance as part of being able to successfully overcome their difficulties.<br /> <br /> Long and short term solutions are also focused on by consumers in need. Dealing with short term complications is pertinent in feeling better while having access to long term guidance helps with maintenance and sustainability. Long term and less direct forms of oversight should be offered as part of a package form the professional to ensure enhanced well being is readily attained.<br /> <br /> When selecting the right <A href="http://www.choose.tsfl.com/explore">Austin health coach</A> consumers are additionally interested in their pricing. Paying for this form of professional attention is usually quite difficult for the consumer to manage when making sure they are offered the most viable forms of attention in addressing their needs. The right professional is able to offer the lowest prices for the best strategies.<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 visit the website <a href="http://www.choose.tsfl.com/explore">www.choose.tsfl.com/explore</a> for more helpful information about Hiring The Right Austin Health Coach </div><br /> </div><br />

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Army Ranger Josh Hargis' 'salute seen around the world' ... this is what a hero looks like

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48NyVnV8CC0u0LzITc8LqOBdfYngQr5W9rKkjAW4NDp5pZ27DglXGDRLmlAMpG1aTCcZq3pOT2Ie3tpySQ3UE-bnbWPL_W_4osWXh14YLZlcgBHKWcL-9rZ-T6VM9YCdJELM_I1yX6ztB/s1600/Army+Ranger+Josh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48NyVnV8CC0u0LzITc8LqOBdfYngQr5W9rKkjAW4NDp5pZ27DglXGDRLmlAMpG1aTCcZq3pOT2Ie3tpySQ3UE-bnbWPL_W_4osWXh14YLZlcgBHKWcL-9rZ-T6VM9YCdJELM_I1yX6ztB/s400/Army+Ranger+Josh.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This is a photo taken by Josh Hargis' wife, originally published in the <a href="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131015/NEWS/310150099/Cincinnati-soldier-delivers-salute-seen-around-world-?nclick_check=1">Cincinnati Enquirer</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Army Ranger Josh Hargis was severely wounded by multiple IUDs during a mission in Afghanistan. During the ceremony to award him the Purple Heart prior to his medevac to Germany, though medical staff said he was unconscious, Ranger Hargis rendered honors to his Commander as the citation was read. A GENUINE AMERICAN HERO.<br /><blockquote>... as the Purple Heart presentation began, Josh Hargis struggled to move his right hand and lift it into a saluting position. Military protocol calls for a soldier to salute when he receives the Purple Heart.</blockquote>Freedom is not free....<br /><br />USA Today: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/15/salute-seen-around-world/2988755/">Soldier delivers 'salute seen around the world'</a><br /><br /><i>H/T to Bill Janis </i>

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  This is a photo taken by Josh Hargis' wife, originally published in the Cincinnati Enquirer Army Ranger Josh Hargis was severely wound...

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