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Flipkart, announced that it would shut down Flyte,that is a digital music store

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEb4fahqgc2WGnep0tk1FvEmuD_kBEGw63uwxmII3F5-qGur4pTIaY24FD0VczIfJ0VXUhmy8sLggzq4ZE9V5UQygqJIu1n4B4k_lCNr5GpbJEHPENTUPQAVdoxhxZfo7j095X5NTbCo/s1600/flipkart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEb4fahqgc2WGnep0tk1FvEmuD_kBEGw63uwxmII3F5-qGur4pTIaY24FD0VczIfJ0VXUhmy8sLggzq4ZE9V5UQygqJIu1n4B4k_lCNr5GpbJEHPENTUPQAVdoxhxZfo7j095X5NTbCo/s640/flipkart.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Indian Big E-commerce company announced that it would shutDown flyte, that is digital music store. that music store compete with iTune store. But due to some reason FlipKart shutdown own flyte store . Those reasons are :<br /> <a href="http://gan.doubleclick.net/gan_click?lid=41000613802451916&pubid=21000000000636820&lsrc=17">Free Shipping on all orders $100+ at SecuritAll</a><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Musical Piracy or easy micro payments</li></ul><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Mekin Maheshwari ( </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">head of digital media and payments at Flipkart)</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b> said to</b> ,"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">We have realized the music downloads business in India will not reach scale unless several problem areas such as music piracy and easy micro-payments etc are solved in great depth".</span></blockquote><br />Flipkart allows digital locker to customer for purchasing e-books or music songs etc . doesn't provides credit or debit card facility which is time consuming.<br />According to <span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Maheshwari</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Flyte launched in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">February last year.</span> Flyte provide best service to own customer.<br /><br />17 june 2013 Flyte customer receive an email that Flyte services would be shutdown due to some specific reason which is mentioned in above .Also Flyte says to own customers that We request you to use your Flyte Wallet balance, if any, by that date. But if for some reason you are unable to do this then not to worry. We will refund the unused Flyte wallet balance to you.<br /><br /><br /></div>Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author">Jacob lefore</a></div>

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Indian Big E-commerce company announced that it would shutDown flyte, that is digital music store. that music store compete with iTune store...

A Day at the Laundromat

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal">Every single apartment in my complex has a washer and dryer in it. They are apartment sized so they can’t handle huge loads, but they are pretty handy to have. Nothing sucks more than having to go to the Laundromat to do you clothes. It’s inconvenient, time consuming and in general it’s a HUGE hassle. <br /><br />But, it can also be a pretty fascinating place. Much like riding the city bus, you meet all kinds of interesting people at the Laundromat. I remember going to the Laundromat in San Antonio. Now that was an experience! I really miss those people too.<br /><br />The first thing I had to do was decide whether or not my clothes were worth dying for should gunfire break out. I decided that I would protect my clothes unless there were more than two people attempting to take them or if it was one person with a gun.<br /><br />There was quite a collection of people down there. There was a little old lady that looked to be at least 137 years old. I assumed she was the attendant that the sign said was on duty from 8 am til 12 midnight. Oh by the way, anyone there at midnight better either have a death wish or be a total fucking bad-ass cause if that place was scary at 2 pm I really would hate to see it after dark.<br /><br />There was also the young, as in probably barely 20 years old, girl with THREE kids. Oh and the kids were sooooooo cute too. Especially the way they kept opening the doors to everybody’s dryer so it would stop and I would have to go over and restart it. Finally I just moved my chair over in front of the dryers with my clothes in them.<br /><br />And of course there was the prostitute working the afternoon shift. I assume they work shifts right? I mean, if I were a pimp I’d want coverage on both the day shift and night shift. Anyway, she came in to take a lunch break. Lunch consisted of two bags of Nacho Cheese Doritos and a can of Pepsi.<br /><br />She came over and sat down near where I was sitting and started talking about how hot it was out there and she should start only going with guys who have air conditioning in their car. She was pretty funny. Anyway, she seemed pretty nice, which I guess she would be, being in the customer service industry and all. Finally, she turned to me and asked if I wanted the rest of her second bag of chips cause she was “stuffed”. I said no thanks. She shrugged her shoulders and said “Okay, but this is the only thing I give away for free.”<br /><br />Okay, she didn’t really say that. She just shrugged her shoulders and tossed the bag on a folding table and walked out. But, someday when I write my screenplay and put the “laundry scene” in it, I’m gonna have the hooker say that. I think it’s important for hookers to be presented in a good light so I’ll make her all funny and sassy.<br /><br />Then the big guy showed up. And by big, I mean Saquille O’Neal would give this guy a wide berth. He walked in, surveyed the situation and then asked the young mom what machines where hers and she showed him. I was sitting in front of mine, but I would have happily moved if he would let me live. Instead he went to the other end and opened the dryers being used by a guy and his girlfriend who stupidly stuffed their clothes into a dryer and left. He grabbed all their stuff and walked out. Nobody even really looked at him even though we all knew what he was doing. The old lady just shook her head and went back to her ironing and folding. I decided my clothes were more than dry enough and began to pull them from the dryers.<br /><br />Then, the highlight of the day happened. The young mom tried to start a dryer and it wouldn’t work. She turned to one of her kids and said “Go tell daddy that the machine took my money”. So, the little kid went outside and told the drug dealer working the parking lot that mom needed money. The drug dealer handed him some keys which he took back to mom. Mom then unlocked the door on the machine and took her quarters back out and moved everything to another machine. Then the kid took the keys back to daddy.<br /><br />Yup, the drug dealer in the parking lot was the attendant on duty.<br /><br />I didn’t even bother to fold my still semi-wet clothes.<br /><br />I also never went to that Laundromat again either.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://facebook.com/Jayman68">Facebook.com/Jayman68</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">*Sorry there are no pics with this post, but Blogger sucks and I couldn't upload any.  </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

A Day at the Laundromat

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Under Thatcher, the Poor Became Poorer

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Dr.Scholl's inserts bzz campaign

5:46 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TljILUgSwx8/UaaeV5vOwMI/AAAAAAAAIM4/bDjauWDgC4w/s1600/Dr+Scholl's+insoles+bzzcampaign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TljILUgSwx8/UaaeV5vOwMI/AAAAAAAAIM4/bDjauWDgC4w/s320/Dr+Scholl's+insoles+bzzcampaign.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Whether I am working or working out in the gym or taking a walk around the neighborhood I am always on my feet and at the end of the day they are aching like you will not believe!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I was so glad when I was invited to this campaign for being a Bzz Agent and couldn't wait to try these massaging Dr. Scholl's insoles for my shoes!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6V8ac4ldp_A/Uaaed45zjAI/AAAAAAAAINA/jRujM8v4LDI/s1600/Dr.+Scholl's+inserts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6V8ac4ldp_A/Uaaed45zjAI/AAAAAAAAINA/jRujM8v4LDI/s320/Dr.+Scholl's+inserts.jpg" width="320" /></i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Here is a shot of my shoes with the inserts inside of them!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Wearing these inside of my shoes make my feet feel so comfortable and they don't get that tired achy feeling at all even by being on my feet all day!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I absolutely loved how they made my feet feel, this is a great product for anyone who suffers from foot pain or that is on their feet all day!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Dr.Scholl's inserts bzz campaign

Whether I am working or working out in the gym or taking a walk around the neighborhood I am always on my feet and at the end of the day the...

Spring gardening in the Valley

5:01 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QK_vFIxKgX7sp3UgK0Iho7vsSMoLse0N2mqnXz1hXKiNbyfApb4k3tAK7NBJ8F3HJ3mHCm6b6oH3KHTnFI3OXsaQvy_fIGSW1YUnqfoKkxkn8kk-gQFQ7pzAPHenU82yHzh3NAAPlcD2/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QK_vFIxKgX7sp3UgK0Iho7vsSMoLse0N2mqnXz1hXKiNbyfApb4k3tAK7NBJ8F3HJ3mHCm6b6oH3KHTnFI3OXsaQvy_fIGSW1YUnqfoKkxkn8kk-gQFQ7pzAPHenU82yHzh3NAAPlcD2/s640/1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Spring means hands in the dirt, blooming perennials and trees, and planting bountiful pots of annuals that will grow and bloom into the fall. This purple salvia perennial has been especially pretty this year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqqWGOVFhsZ0TwG7u4o-9mRnKasOLULKA-OPs5C2CJQDr2FrBSax7R-3xEYuOSkAm69gZKhIpQt_REtOxkQ8qA4rwvBZv4wFj-6U36ub0Oak2tgsO1jcq-J0XLuv9UULYZMNqlxBUFzrw/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqqWGOVFhsZ0TwG7u4o-9mRnKasOLULKA-OPs5C2CJQDr2FrBSax7R-3xEYuOSkAm69gZKhIpQt_REtOxkQ8qA4rwvBZv4wFj-6U36ub0Oak2tgsO1jcq-J0XLuv9UULYZMNqlxBUFzrw/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The plants in this flower box will grow and fill in the empty spaces until it is overflowing and draping over the sides.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhEY6FmrxpUhqXkg_oAjCxDiyDbRQywHQbUF6DdStnhpW6iImZJZ3xvFoi6dfmC3a31xdjL_Y33LgUlIKW3KRSAgI_9AetJ22igWKAPUIWqcSNRjR_xKpE-7yLQeZKOE3yXyOl75AUKsa/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhEY6FmrxpUhqXkg_oAjCxDiyDbRQywHQbUF6DdStnhpW6iImZJZ3xvFoi6dfmC3a31xdjL_Y33LgUlIKW3KRSAgI_9AetJ22igWKAPUIWqcSNRjR_xKpE-7yLQeZKOE3yXyOl75AUKsa/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The rhododendron bloomed while we were on vacation so we're catching the last of the fading blossoms.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7p4hAC3O_MHNYFrbxcdIeFeK23vmyCoDQn5GYAlzSskBOyOGVmj9HQIvr-wWIolI18wOQPjQwendUcUTwVJkaq9j5ykpndCaUiXL0yONMv9TwhO4pPl_tRxNPOmXfhJfuecwljdgYVdg/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7p4hAC3O_MHNYFrbxcdIeFeK23vmyCoDQn5GYAlzSskBOyOGVmj9HQIvr-wWIolI18wOQPjQwendUcUTwVJkaq9j5ykpndCaUiXL0yONMv9TwhO4pPl_tRxNPOmXfhJfuecwljdgYVdg/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Throughout the yard the sweet-smelling peonies are showing off in a way only peonies can.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mQA2dSbPZgUBiOPHD7ZTa_cwAHuiUkgxwe3VT7BTP_p1aXQLvYYMk8p2kRLHGtWzoeiOx4QRCuYk18MzqAQL_ZLvYW5Qs5UGF7Gch2EVxhFDRp2WF0cHK7gGw4myZj3-9AAC0x7HEe43/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mQA2dSbPZgUBiOPHD7ZTa_cwAHuiUkgxwe3VT7BTP_p1aXQLvYYMk8p2kRLHGtWzoeiOx4QRCuYk18MzqAQL_ZLvYW5Qs5UGF7Gch2EVxhFDRp2WF0cHK7gGw4myZj3-9AAC0x7HEe43/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A tender, colorful Columbine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2WOw8v2p17sLC9w3UEpPKXHiRG0PnTTIkI2YdTS85bTjwIujCiBX3_0CfQ8uXbfw1yB1wjieicjlfcW5H_FTCK2pRrifI0HucrrETV-OVk8vYjoPSQW4OpHJM_uHHY2pUEgEu3yo8Odx/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2WOw8v2p17sLC9w3UEpPKXHiRG0PnTTIkI2YdTS85bTjwIujCiBX3_0CfQ8uXbfw1yB1wjieicjlfcW5H_FTCK2pRrifI0HucrrETV-OVk8vYjoPSQW4OpHJM_uHHY2pUEgEu3yo8Odx/s640/5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Tools of the trade ... new potting soil each year helps grow gorgeous flowers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKLE2HdRp7pSpZ9k0F48buHmfzdChXBi_MGpE7_Z15WkUflakpoAJFehzJPztpaH6Yc3theijhd3oxVHT_RioOR98bdhyGeMty_1-vHNWJNdV7322g14iRs1gZJAtqgRLyK5TpS0bbMQP/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKLE2HdRp7pSpZ9k0F48buHmfzdChXBi_MGpE7_Z15WkUflakpoAJFehzJPztpaH6Yc3theijhd3oxVHT_RioOR98bdhyGeMty_1-vHNWJNdV7322g14iRs1gZJAtqgRLyK5TpS0bbMQP/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> All these plants were transferred into terra cotta pots and window boxes, and will now spread their roots and flourish with watering and fertilizing through the growing season. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5tuwbrKTwJh1yI39-5VwpO0yF3VPqAuM7m6SRzGmNXlN0TgBzJ72CKdsEhQ50is1sPR0TTNSSI1xhUzvQJ-Y-2pAIFzN2vGsCF3WGf4fsvSW9jtU040POJJaZvGjhz2ZbufB4vduEVy4/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5tuwbrKTwJh1yI39-5VwpO0yF3VPqAuM7m6SRzGmNXlN0TgBzJ72CKdsEhQ50is1sPR0TTNSSI1xhUzvQJ-Y-2pAIFzN2vGsCF3WGf4fsvSW9jtU040POJJaZvGjhz2ZbufB4vduEVy4/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Besides perennials that are already growing in the yard, the new crop of annuals includes white impatiens and red geraniums for the back yard/porch and for the front yard/porch/deck there's pink and purple<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[55].:1:0:1:comment10200134788438063_46421413.:0.:1.:0.:1.:0.:0.:0:2"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[55].:1:0:1:comment10200134788438063_46421413.:0.:1.:0.:1.:0.:0.:0:2.:0"><span id=".reactRoot[55].:1:0:1:comment10200134788438063_46421413.:0.:1.:0.:1.:0.:0.:0:2.:0.:0"><span id=".reactRoot[55].:1:0:1:comment10200134788438063_46421413.:0.:1.:0.:1.:0.:0.:0:2.:0.:0.:2"> dianthus, purp</span></span><span id=".reactRoot[55].:1:0:1:comment10200134788438063_46421413.:0.:1.:0.:1.:0.:0.:0:2.:0.:3"><span id=".reactRoot[55].:1:0:1:comment10200134788438063_46421413.:0.:1.:0.:1.:0.:0.:0:2.:0.:3.:0"><span id=".reactRoot[55].:1:0:1:comment10200134788438063_46421413.:0.:1.:0.:1.:0.:0.:0:2.:0.:3.:0.:0">le  alyssum, white alyssum, violet petunias, and yellow zinnias. As scraggly plants are marked down in garden centers, I'll add some new varieties and nourish them from ugly ducklings into beautiful swans.</span></span></span></span></span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89pM82kdoA7gxA-h-XLy28IvLZMsIe94ItP24WkT8khUbEEAqDKgeice11H9HLZhNFZG7gh4qp3V2o66F6ng-z1AhzCONmF6Nk9MHSMJweS1dMMnv2f9Zs91SGF2oCCbF9SswK3v6D0cG/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89pM82kdoA7gxA-h-XLy28IvLZMsIe94ItP24WkT8khUbEEAqDKgeice11H9HLZhNFZG7gh4qp3V2o66F6ng-z1AhzCONmF6Nk9MHSMJweS1dMMnv2f9Zs91SGF2oCCbF9SswK3v6D0cG/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> More tools of the trade: planting pots. I love the texture and Old World look of terra cotta.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-jpEErBOv7_9mhzhYybR8CiEZLaQCd0e1C3ltIz23_uKw3Yk3QIjPzPxSxxFbzZd6_NCZC5gj7TRyQL_4TFKPWJ6zQ0kTi9CFM4-pA1b_vhIqSglKrDXwIx6ssQ0p7gy5NBvgOVBfxVv/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-jpEErBOv7_9mhzhYybR8CiEZLaQCd0e1C3ltIz23_uKw3Yk3QIjPzPxSxxFbzZd6_NCZC5gj7TRyQL_4TFKPWJ6zQ0kTi9CFM4-pA1b_vhIqSglKrDXwIx6ssQ0p7gy5NBvgOVBfxVv/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These two were ready to be placed on the porch. As the alyssum grows and spreads, it will fill in under the dianthus.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sadly, we lost our bluebird babies Tuesday when a five-foot black snake crawled up the post and got into the house. The parents had been busy all morning flying back and forth feeding their little ones but the snake had wiped them out by the time SWAC Husband found him. He won't be back.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We're back into the mowing-gardening routine, and ready to begin outdoor entertaining. It's spring in the Shenandoah Valley....</div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />May 28, 2013

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Four Futures for MSG and Penn Station

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This morning I attended the <a href="http://mas.org/">Municipal Art Society</a>'s Design Challenge for Penn Station presentation at the TimesCenter, in which four architects proposed future scenarios for Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. With their <a href="http://mas.org/new-penn-station-alliance/">Alliance for a New Penn Station</a>, MAS and RPA are pushing for a major overhaul of the sports and transportation facilities, and this design exercise is one way to drum up interest in the site's potential.<br /><br />I won't go into any detail on why MSG and Penn Station should change, or why it's getting so much attention now, but I'd recommend Michael Kimmelman's articles on the subject from the <i>Times</i>, one from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/arts/design/a-proposal-for-penn-station-and-madison-square-garden.html">last February</a> and one from just <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/arts/design/at-penn-station-seizing-a-chance-to-right-a-wrong.html?">last week</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8881262247/" title="MAS Design Challenge for Penn Station by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="MAS Design Challenge for Penn Station" height="450" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7326/8881262247_c712328a5f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Below are some photos I took (pardon the rough quality and odd angle) followed by brief descriptions from the architects, courtesy MAS. They are in the same order as this morning's presentations.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.h3hc.com/">H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture</a>:<br /><object height="480" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790571458%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F8880490713%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790571458%2Fwith%2F8880490713%2F&set_id=72157633790571458&jump_to=8880490713"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790571458%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F8880490713%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790571458%2Fwith%2F8880490713%2F&set_id=72157633790571458&jump_to=8880490713" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br /><blockquote>In pursuit of making rail the “mode of choice”, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture asserts that several inextricably linked interventions must be made to improve the City’s essential systems and better express its culture: Public Space, Entertainment, and the Environment; Transportation; Education; and Economic Development. A relocation of Madison Square Garden to a 16-acre site on the west side waterfront provides an enhanced venue with a singular new identity and expanded tourist, hospitality, and entertainment opportunities. The New Penn Station, including an eight-track high-speed rail expansion to the south, accommodates increased capacity and integrates community and traveler amenities, including a new three-acre public park, retail complex, and two-acre roof garden. Redevelopment of the Farley Post Office creates a centrally located Center for Education. And, perhaps most importantly, 24 million square feet of private development around Penn Station and up Seventh Avenue serves as an economic engine for improvements and a revived world-class commercial district.</blockquote><br /><a href="https://www.som.com/">SOM</a>:<br /><object height="480" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633789754783%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F8881456516%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633789754783%2Fwith%2F8881456516%2F&set_id=72157633789754783&jump_to=8881456516"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633789754783%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F8881456516%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633789754783%2Fwith%2F8881456516%2F&set_id=72157633789754783&jump_to=8881456516" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br /><blockquote>SOM proposes to grow the footprint of Penn Station by two additional blocks to accommodate high speed rail lines for the Northeast Corridor, expanded commuter rail service for all of the tri-state area, and direct rail connections to JFK, LGA, and EWR. This last connection would allow one to go straight from the curb of 7th Avenue , through security at Penn, onto a train, and directly to one’s gate. The station itself is open and intuitive. A central, transparent Ticketing Hall is placed at the center of the site, with dedicated vehicular drop-off and radial, pedestrian connections to the city surrounding it. Below this are two concourses running North-South, seamlessly enabling passengers to move from ground level to below grade. Retail lines these circulation spaces, integrating the station into the surrounding streetscape. Finally, at the lowest levels are the expanded platforms, where visitors arriving from an overnight flight from Hong Kong rub elbows with a commuter on her way to Morristown . With all of these networks intersecting at Penn Station, its central hall would become the iconic gateway for nearly every visitor around the world. Around the Station, Midtown West will continue to grow. Private development adjacent to a major transportation node is perfectly sensible – even desirable. That includes MSG, whose natural location would be adjacent to, but not on top of, a transit hub.</blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.dsrny.com/">Diller Scofidio + Renfro</a>:<br /><object height="480" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790079987%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F8880980205%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790079987%2Fwith%2F8880980205%2F&set_id=72157633790079987&jump_to=8880980205"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790079987%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F8880980205%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790079987%2Fwith%2F8880980205%2F&set_id=72157633790079987&jump_to=8880980205" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br /><blockquote>Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Josh Sirefman offers Penn Station 3.0, which will be a city within a city, a porous and light-filled civic structure filled with diverse new programs that reflect the hybridity of contemporary urban life. Not just a gateway to New York , the station will be a destination in itself with fast, transit-oriented programs layered with slower destinations in a gradient of decelerating speeds from tracks to roof. The building will host transient and resident populations including commuters, office workers, fabricators, shoppers, foodies, culture seekers and urban explorers. In this plan, MSG will be located to the west end of the Farley building on Ninth Avenue , with access to Eighth Avenue.</blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.shoparc.com/">SHoP Architects</a>:<br /><object height="480" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790430497%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F8881129367%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790430497%2Fwith%2F8881129367%2F&set_id=72157633790430497&jump_to=8881129367"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790430497%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F8881129367%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157633790430497%2Fwith%2F8881129367%2F&set_id=72157633790430497&jump_to=8881129367" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br /><blockquote>SHoP Architects’ plan imagines an expanded main hall of Penn Station as a bright, airy and easily navigable space that defines a center of a new destination district, Gotham Gateway. In addition to striking public architecture, the project proposes significant security and rail capacity improvements that address major needs at the existing station. The team proposes new development, as well as new parks and amenities, around the station to help defray the required public investment, including an extension of the High Line that connects the new station to a glorious and financeable new Madison Square Garden.</blockquote>Kimmelman and representatives from the four architects in conversation after the presentations:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8881884674/" title="MAS Design Challenge for Penn Station by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="MAS Design Challenge for Penn Station" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/8881884674_aa6455787c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This is a topic that will be getting plenty of press today and in the coming weeks, leading up to the June 19 City Council meeting that will decide how long MSG's permit for operating above Penn Station will be renewed for; MAS is recommending 10 years. Stay tuned for more on the above designs and on the unfolding story of Penn Station's future.<br /><br /><b>Update 05.30:</b> <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-29/madison-square-gardens-owner-will-not-be-moved">Businessweek publishes a statement</a> from Madison Square Garden Co.'s spokesperson Kimberly Kerns:<br /><blockquote>“It’s curious to see that there are so many ideas on how to tear down a privately owned building that is a thriving New York icon, supports thousands of jobs, and is currently completing a $1 billion transformation. These pie-in-the-sky drawings completely ignore the fact that no viable plans or funding to rebuild Penn Station and relocate MSG actually exist. Not that long ago, MSG spent millions of dollars and three years exploring a move to the Farley building as part of the new vision for Moynihan Station. That plan collapsed for a number of reasons that did not involve MSG, but did involve many of the same people now pressuring MSG to move, including the Municipal Art Society, which created enormous obstacles to achieving the relocation. The restoration of Moynihan Station has been a 20-year discussion that has led to very little progress or funding. The fact that this exercise does not include anyone who actually has detailed knowledge of this issue or understands the realities of this complex project exposes this exercise for exactly what it is.”</blockquote>

Four Futures for MSG and Penn Station

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Library Director - Beacon Falls Public Library

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<strong>Library Director -</strong> <strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Beacon Falls Public Library</span></strong>.  Works under the direction of the Library Board of Trustees.  Develops,  administers, supervises and coordinates the work of the Library and  staff.  Performs managerial duties related to budget, collection  development, library operations and services in conformity of the  policies established by the Board of Trustees and the regulations of the  Connecticut State Library. Hours of Work: Full-time. Thirty (30) hours  per week. Qualifications, Education, Experience: The skills and  knowledge required would usually be acquired with a Master’s Degree in  Library Science and ten (10) years of progressively responsible library  work, including five (5) years in the supervision of a Public Library  major department or as a Director of a smaller Public Library.  A  combination of education and experience which demonstrates the ability  to successfully meet the requirements of the position may be considered.  Excellent communications skills and organizational skills. Ability to  administer the activities of a Public Library and to supervise the work  of others. Ability to develop short and long term development, plans and  objectives. Current knowledge of standard Library principles and  practices, concepts of  freedom of speech, copyrights, collection  development, patron confidentiality, censorship, and other Library  ethical issues. Proficiency with computers, popular Library software,  internet, digital Communications and social medias. Thorough ability to  establish and maintain effective working relationships with superiors,  subordinates, associates, officials of other agencies, and the general  public. Good customer service focus, able to handle constant  interruptions. Physical demands:  standing, lifting, reaching, moving  office furniture when necessary. More specific duties required are  available in the First Selectman’s Office, Town Hall, 10 Maple Avenue,  Beacon Falls, CT 06403. Applications for this union position paying  $28.46 per hour with full benefits can be picked up at the Office of the  First Selectman, 10 Maple Avenue, Beacon Falls, CT from 9:00 A.M to  12:00 noon and l:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. no later than 2:30 P.M. on Friday.  Applications may also be requested electronically by sending an email  to <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:KWilson@townofbeaconfalls.com" href="mailto:KWilson@townofbeaconfalls.com">KWilson@townofbeaconfalls.com</a>.  Deadline for submission of application, resume and references to the First Selectman’s Office is Wednesday, <span style="color: red;">June 12, 2013</span>.   No phone calls please. EOE.

Library Director - Beacon Falls Public Library

Library Director - Beacon Falls Public Library . Works under the direction of the Library Board of Trustees. Develops, administers, supe...

McDonnell's years of work lead to voting rights restoration ... Cuccinelli jumps on board

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6k_mb12nXU-bSUyM840DbivBHAd9TVcdf72XwtjUrqjr9Fy822sdPe-D1qyBawjcmgrnhhtZwGBHFPCSaRTaMwNksvy_EylsEmcqKEzGG93nG4nghZSx3uKZ65vZIKv5YNhnqVLj6JioI/s1600/Bob+McDonnell+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6k_mb12nXU-bSUyM840DbivBHAd9TVcdf72XwtjUrqjr9Fy822sdPe-D1qyBawjcmgrnhhtZwGBHFPCSaRTaMwNksvy_EylsEmcqKEzGG93nG4nghZSx3uKZ65vZIKv5YNhnqVLj6JioI/s320/Bob+McDonnell+6.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell</i></div><br />Since 2010, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has restored the voting rights of  4,843 nonviolent felons, a campaign goal the Republican leader has pursued for years.<br /><br />Effective July 15, he will automatically restore those rights to nonviolent felons on an individual basis, writes reporter Olympia Meola at the <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_08d1b42c-c80c-11e2-8950-0019bb30f31a.html"><i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i></a>:<br /><blockquote>Gov. Bob McDonnell today will announce that he is automatically  restoring the voting rights of nonviolent felons on an individual basis.<br /><br />The sweeping administrative action -- while not an instantaneous  blanket restoration -- is as far as the governor can go within current  Virginia law, administration officials said.<br />...<br />Janet Kelly, Secretary of the Commonwealth, added, "We are on the as-soon-as-possible timeline." </blockquote>Wednesday's announcement is just the latest installment on an issue McDonnell has been working on since the beginning of his administration.<br /><br />Reporter Meola explained the process:<br /><blockquote>McDonnell's change applies only to nonviolent felons. Under current  procedures, there is a two-year waiting period before a nonviolent felon  can apply for restoration of rights. Under the current process, the  governor does not have to approve any particular application.<br /><br />McDonnell is removing the waiting period and the  subjectivity. Once the administration verifies that a nonviolent felon  has completed his sentence and probation or parole, and paid all fines  and restitution, the governor will send the person a letter restoring  his rights, provided the individual has no pending felony or misdemeanor  charges.</blockquote>Staff members have said that former prosecutor McDonnell believes  in punishment but he also believes in redemption and opportunity. <br /><br />"Virginia is one of only four states to permanently take away the right to vote from citizens with felony convictions," write <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/their-opinion/columnists-blogs/guest-columnists/article_c18839be-533d-59b2-b534-1141836873f8.html">Darrell K. White and Mark Croston</a> at the<i> Times-Dispatch</i>.<br /><br />White, president of the Baptist General Convention, and Croston, president of the Virginia Baptist State Convention, noted that "restoring voting rights sends the message that citizens who want a second chance are welcome as full members of our communities," and added:<br /><blockquote>Gov. Bob McDonnell understands this. A man of deep Christian faith  himself, he has repeatedly called on the General Assembly to pass a  constitutional amendment to automatically restore rights to people with  nonviolent felony convictions upon completion of their sentences. “Once  individuals have served their time, and paid their fines, restitution  and other costs, they should have the opportunity to rejoin society as  fully contributing members,” McDonnell said in a January statement. “As a  nation that believes in redemption, we want more productive citizens  and fewer people returning to prison.”<br />...<br />Unfortunately, the governor’s pleas to the legislature have gone  unheeded. The General Assembly has refused to pass several proposals for  automatic voting rights restoration, leaving no further legislative  options. But there is another way. While Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli  recently announced his view that McDonnell does not have the  constitutional authority to issue an executive order to automatically  restore civil rights for citizens with felony convictions after they  have completed their sentences, we disagree with that analysis. The  Virginia Constitution makes it clear that the governor has the exclusive  power to do so, making a difference for hundreds of thousands of  citizens who have paid their debts to society. </blockquote>Perhaps in a bit of "me, too" campaign enthusiasm, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli jumped the Governor's planned announcement with one of his own on Tuesday. <a href="http://hamptonroads.com/2013/05/cuccinelli-has-change-heart-felons-voting-rights"><i>Virginian-Pilot</i></a> reporter Julian Walker took a look at Cuccinelli's change of heart<a href="http://hamptonroads.com/2013/05/cuccinelli-has-change-heart-felons-voting-rights"><i></i></a>:<br /><blockquote>Time and again during his state Senate service, Ken Cuccinelli opposed  attempts to change Virginia’s Constitution so certain nonviolent felons  automatically regain their voting rights.<br /><br />Now, the attorney general and Republican gubernatorial candidate has positioned himself at the vanguard of efforts to improve the state’s rights-restoration process, saying he has had a change of heart.</blockquote>Governor McDonnell has public opinion on his side as well as the Baptist Assembly, the Catholic Conference of Virginia, the United Methodist Church, and the Presbyterian Church USA, proving once again to be a leader who is willing to fight for the issues that are important for Virginians.

McDonnell's years of work lead to voting rights restoration ... Cuccinelli jumps on board

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Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell Since 2010, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has restored the voting rights of 4,843 nonviolent felons, a campai...

Facebook cracking down on hate speech

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After protests from various activist groups, Facebook has <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22701082">rolled out a new policy on hate speech</a>.<br /><br />In a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-safety/controversial-harmful-and-hateful-speech-on-facebook/574430655911054">post on Facebook</a>, Marne Levine, vice president of Global Public Policy, made the announcement that began:<br /><blockquote>Recently there has been some attention given to Facebook’s content policy. The current concern, voiced by Women, Action and The Media, The Everyday Sexism Project, and the coalition they represent, has focused on content that targets women with images and content that threatens or incites gender-based violence or hate. <br /><br />Many different groups which have historically faced discrimination in society, including representatives from the Jewish, Muslim, and LGBT communities, have reached out to us in the past to help us understand the threatening nature of content, and we are grateful for the thoughtful and constructive feedback we have received. In light of this recent attention, we want to take this opportunity to explain our philosophy and policies regarding controversial or harmful content, including hate speech, and to explain some of the steps we are taking to reduce the proliferation of content that could create an unsafe environment for users.<br /><br />Facebook’s mission has always been to make the world more open and connected. We seek to provide a platform where people can share and surface content, messages and ideas freely, while still respecting the rights of others. When people can engage in meaningful conversations and exchanges with their friends, family and communities online, amazingly positive things can happen.</blockquote>There followed a number of steps that Facebook hopes will prevent further issues as they noted they are constantly working to balance open communication with protection of users.<br /><br />Hundreds of comments left on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-safety/controversial-harmful-and-hateful-speech-on-facebook/574430655911054">post</a> ranged from praise to criticism as commenters debated the pros and cons of the new policy.

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After protests from various activist groups, Facebook has rolled out a new policy on hate speech . In a post on Facebook , Marne Levine, vic...

the fourteen bears in summer and winter

2:30 AM Anonymous 0

Happy Wednesday all! How is your week moving along? We are on day three of summer vacation and I'm already worn out. We've been spending a lot of time outside and playing many many games of 'library'. Basically I sit on the floor in their room and pick out books and the girls check them out. It is one of those great games that requires minimal brain power from me and keeps the girls occupied for hours. I am a game creating genius.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTXmChfcMEFZhgYeYvodNUaxbhoGm5RJ0qo1tao-XWkzu2wtQbkB3mkniECEdPN_vZnV_2LOzQtqRnIfxFK7G1ypnp4zI_a858JzwQj3OBQ0P6hHH4DIOc3r_y1cpNhnFMJJ0dYgRaSEN/s1600/61047G33CBL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTXmChfcMEFZhgYeYvodNUaxbhoGm5RJ0qo1tao-XWkzu2wtQbkB3mkniECEdPN_vZnV_2LOzQtqRnIfxFK7G1ypnp4zI_a858JzwQj3OBQ0P6hHH4DIOc3r_y1cpNhnFMJJ0dYgRaSEN/s400/61047G33CBL.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br />The hot item at 'the library' these days is my absolute favorite childhood book. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fourteen-Summer-Winter-Deluxe-Golden/dp/0375832793/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369800464&sr=8-1&keywords=fourteen+bears" target="_blank">The Fourteen Bears in Summer and Winter</a>. The fourteen bears are kind of like the Duggars of the literary world - 12 sisters and one brother who live with their mom and dad in the forrest. They have great adventures in the summer and winter (duh, as the title implies) but what I would pour over for hours were the pictures.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIvpQD5duJcExVgURPStv93BY1dcMLvTIvSx8zMpU7giA053jb7ERcJX-VaRF9uNNc1zxDuZosG8ANJxJJUe-_s5ODZHa5O5sIx6iv7fspA2fkEJLSHsqrqdzQ4jDDOPVsPP3CxF6zUul/s1600/14bears.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIvpQD5duJcExVgURPStv93BY1dcMLvTIvSx8zMpU7giA053jb7ERcJX-VaRF9uNNc1zxDuZosG8ANJxJJUe-_s5ODZHa5O5sIx6iv7fspA2fkEJLSHsqrqdzQ4jDDOPVsPP3CxF6zUul/s400/14bears.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><br />Each sister had her own tree and each tree was decorated differently. It was like House Beautiful for those under 10. You had traditional, mid century, chippendale, country; you name it they covered it. There is even a feature on how they decorated their front doors. Pure heaven.<br /><br />My copy is well loved, shall we say, and over 35 years old. So just for fun I did some digging to see if I could get a new copy. And I can, for $641.70.<br /><br />Excuse me?!<br /><br />Apparently this book went out of print not long after my sisters and I got it for Christmas and it became quite the collectors item. They started a reprint in 2005 but it went back out of print in 2008 and has been 'a get' ever since. Who knew?<br /><br />Makes me think twice about playing library with it. But part of what I love about the book is how used it is. One page even has a rug that has been colored in by...someone. I vividly remember doing it oddly enough. I was watching Punky Brewster at the time. Ah, like it was yesterday.<br /><br />Do you have any items from childhood that were a glimpse into what you wanted to do when you grew up? Any happy memories about an old book? Ever color in a book? Yeah, me neither.

the fourteen bears in summer and winter

Happy Wednesday all! How is your week moving along? We are on day three of summer vacation and I'm already worn out. We've been spen...

Brand new smart phone Carbon Titanium S5 comes in market and it has some special thats why it makes sense to buy

1:37 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span>There is a big compititon in the budget smart phone market because of smart phone popularity amoung the peoples. So in this series there not only small companies but also big companies are going to launch cheap and low cost smart phone in the market to compite to each other. Although the big companies are defeating by new and small companies in cost. but there are some  local companies like Micromax and Carbon are giving tremdous collision.</div><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Carbon Titanium S5 </span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></em></strong><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88D4frtyKRsDuqnd11A1t1z1CRA86878Y54ICcOA2JQXaKAJgO5_1Lg_dYlAPcXvPeFWOJauvCLaI9oby-ur6XyNuDnRkmyRGzxGYZ1TR-6xOpAbFApbeazNZT5Z2cDmWr3iFb6YEylw/s1600/carbon+t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88D4frtyKRsDuqnd11A1t1z1CRA86878Y54ICcOA2JQXaKAJgO5_1Lg_dYlAPcXvPeFWOJauvCLaI9oby-ur6XyNuDnRkmyRGzxGYZ1TR-6xOpAbFApbeazNZT5Z2cDmWr3iFb6YEylw/s1600/carbon+t.jpg" /></a></div><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></em></strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><brdiv div=""></brdiv></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today we giving some suggestions to buy Carbon Titanium S5 the new launch by the carbon mobile company </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> in the market by its some special features like 5 inch display catagories smart phone hows it makes sense to buy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Design of Look and Display</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4sVqQUth39gVcCydqWMWvWsa97RgUaBaP3OO16BcDHyVzAldl4d2xEMusW5R0e04dfOUEW5I_4G9inPEEELVY4QgLWW4KnyyTCl2H8ac21kJraSmsQdVScJF2-pt5qRGdV3CnDaYmJs/s1600/titanium+design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4sVqQUth39gVcCydqWMWvWsa97RgUaBaP3OO16BcDHyVzAldl4d2xEMusW5R0e04dfOUEW5I_4G9inPEEELVY4QgLWW4KnyyTCl2H8ac21kJraSmsQdVScJF2-pt5qRGdV3CnDaYmJs/s1600/titanium+design.jpg" width="320" yya="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There is done hard work on the designing of Carbon Titanium S5 thats why it looks primium in comparision of Micromax Canvas HD.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There are some soft curve and designs who makes its very cool and wonderfull. and its back panel are glassy type.and this device is available in three colors Black,White and blue and all three colors handy are charming and attractive. But there has to keep very special care when it is putting on smooth surface to safe from slipping.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">and this device is very light weighted and handy type.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">Operating System</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpF7LrPtS3FNe4MrHGcXpE_9gyMv-gH94ih8fHoUvwKj1BSGurDqcD7wmv5PWg2vX6Uyl0UsxQ2y-U8UZJDXT5Grs2VyT-qlSnuSLfovIuugpr_N1KiZZ5t_HUfHKqBe8UrFJsHA88DM/s1600/titaniun+os.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpF7LrPtS3FNe4MrHGcXpE_9gyMv-gH94ih8fHoUvwKj1BSGurDqcD7wmv5PWg2vX6Uyl0UsxQ2y-U8UZJDXT5Grs2VyT-qlSnuSLfovIuugpr_N1KiZZ5t_HUfHKqBe8UrFJsHA88DM/s1600/titaniun+os.jpg" width="320" yya="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span a="undefined" c="4" closure_uid_923016508="46" id="result_box" lang="en" sd="null"><span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="140" sd="null">The Carbon mobile's Titanium</span> <span class="hps atn" closure_uid_923016508="141" sd="null">S</span><span closure_uid_923016508="142" sd="null">5</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="143" sd="null">is based</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="144" sd="null">on</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="145" sd="null">Android</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="146" sd="null">4.1.2</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="148" sd="null">jellybean OS</span><span closure_uid_923016508="149" sd="null">.</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="150" sd="null">Due to the</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="151" sd="null">updated version of</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="152" sd="null">the Android</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="153" sd="null">operating system it </span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_923016508="154" sd="null">get good performance</span><span closure_uid_923016508="155" sd="null">.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;">Battery backup</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">There comes the common problem of less battery backup with android phones so here provide 2000mah battery as satisfactory work.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4LYT1thV7ROCqsvBwnw1CGupNcq_gI-Yj3qX3JMEVOCaUt_-bQgBMlJKiSk24jz4yYia8mLEt7MiBZ2W3xxzppOl0r8REru-9ZxhxT8lq2w0poEiYZfutPy1j_wR7uRm5wgIncKz62g/s1600/c+tit+backup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4LYT1thV7ROCqsvBwnw1CGupNcq_gI-Yj3qX3JMEVOCaUt_-bQgBMlJKiSk24jz4yYia8mLEt7MiBZ2W3xxzppOl0r8REru-9ZxhxT8lq2w0poEiYZfutPy1j_wR7uRm5wgIncKz62g/s1600/c+tit+backup.jpg" width="320" yya="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;">  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: magenta;">Cost</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span a="undefined" c="4" closure_uid_167828063="46" id="result_box" lang="en" sd="null"><span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="67" sd="null">If</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="68" sd="null">you</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="69" sd="null">want to buy</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="70" sd="null">an affordable price</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="71" sd="null">smartphone</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="72" sd="null">with</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="73" sd="null">a five</span><span closure_uid_167828063="74" sd="null">-inch</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="75" sd="null">display</span><span closure_uid_167828063="76" sd="null">, the</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="77" sd="null">carbon mobile </span><span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="78" sd="null">may</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="79" sd="null">make sense</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="80" sd="null">to buy</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="85" sd="null">Carbon</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="86" sd="null">Titanium</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="87" sd="null">S</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="88" sd="null">5</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="89" sd="null">is</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="90" sd="null">worth only</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_167828063="92" sd="null">11,999 rupees</span><span closure_uid_167828063="93" sd="null">. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br />Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/102418621855646948908" rel="author">Narendra Kumar</a></div><span class="GingerNoCheckEnd"></span></div>

carbon gadget news smart phone Brand new smart phone Carbon Titanium S5 comes in market and it has some special thats why it makes sense to buy

There is a big compititon in the budget smart phone market because of smart phone popularity amoung the peoples. So in this series there not...

Cutting Ties

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbre-us1qCa_udE4RIvuSNXhNoR8VptmC5OsrqUr7qPBbkPP_0GloCYGBNla3UEW8mTXOEZEvO64oMP_WxBGe2o-XVNGTbfAqpaLVjJYbP_51Q9KRAhfmiYlruVgtEtpJqVhScmvt-cl0/s1600/Cutting+Ties+With+Love+Family.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbre-us1qCa_udE4RIvuSNXhNoR8VptmC5OsrqUr7qPBbkPP_0GloCYGBNla3UEW8mTXOEZEvO64oMP_WxBGe2o-XVNGTbfAqpaLVjJYbP_51Q9KRAhfmiYlruVgtEtpJqVhScmvt-cl0/s400/Cutting+Ties+With+Love+Family.jpg" width="400" /></a>Cheers and Happy Hump Day Peoples!!<br /><br />Y’know?  Sometimes?  One needs to cut ties.  Sometimes, things just don’t work out.  And today?  That is exactly what I am doing.<br /><br />No, you morons, I’m not cutting romantic ties with Jayman…I’m cutting romantic ties with IWS’ favorite ingénue and bit player, Schmoop.<br /><br />It’s been a great, nearly thirteen year run, and I have loved every minute of it, okay, well, except for the last few months, but overall, she is, and has been, a sweetie.<br /><br />She asked me not to mention her any longer, but well…I have to have closure (touchy, feely phrase).<br /><br />Here’s the thing, and I know some of you, including the sexy man himself, Jayman, will be pissed at me for writing this, but as I proffered earlier, here’s the thing…<br /><br />It is harder and harder to write funny stuff when I think of Schmoop’s* current frame of mind and her actions, and in fact, it has affected me and what I write and what I say on the show.<br /><br />Her attitude, especially towards me, consumes me, and I apologize.<br /><br />I can’t write as I normally do, because instead of writing something funny, I am writing about Schmoop. Shut Up!!  I do occasionally write something fumy!!  But no, and you are correct, I am always thinking of her.<br /><br />Ha…you know what pisses me off the most?  Ryno is graduating this Saturday, Schmoop and I will have more money, I’ll have no guilt, and yet?<br /><br />Schmoop goes all angst on me.  WTF?<br /><br />And I thought that <i>others </i>had bad timing.  Pfffffffffft...I win!!<br /><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank">@MattMan_IWS</a></span><br /><br />*But being the most respectful guy that I am, this is the last post that invokes her name, as requested.</div>

Cutting Ties

Cheers and Happy Hump Day Peoples!! Y’know? Sometimes? One needs to cut ties. Sometimes, things just don’t work out. And today? That is...

“PIPELINEISTAN”

6:37 PM Tukiyooo 0

<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-Tb6fnGpqueWxVhDR1aGMW7zkaWsN-5xyGpfZI5wUc6zfmSBIYGxEd-u4jQjhe8Ubp4ilUPZYpwCIxhu1Fzv9X_pO8PlscFz52Pbon0BF7N1w4oZYIQXiI_uutlHPnCNXAOE5oUy0xyZ/s1600/pipeline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-Tb6fnGpqueWxVhDR1aGMW7zkaWsN-5xyGpfZI5wUc6zfmSBIYGxEd-u4jQjhe8Ubp4ilUPZYpwCIxhu1Fzv9X_pO8PlscFz52Pbon0BF7N1w4oZYIQXiI_uutlHPnCNXAOE5oUy0xyZ/s1600/pipeline.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ASSAD TALKS, RUSSIA WALKS</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Pepe Escobar via AsiaTimes</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Executive Summary:</span></u></b></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><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";">Nusras is pursuing al Qaeda's agenda of a greater Islamic      nation</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What Aassad didn't say</span></b><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";"></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Assad talks, Russia walks</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don't forget “PIPELINEISTAN”</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><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";">IRAN-IRAQ-SYRIA gas pipeline agreement signed in July      2012 worth us$10 billion, a “win win” situation, but not for QATAR and      TURKEY <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><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";">Is “PIPELINEISTAN”- energy, once more the real reason      for the civil war in SYRIA?</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The EU oil-for-al-Qaeda scheme</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><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";">Whoever gets their hands on the oil, water and      agriculture, holds Sunni SYRIA by the throat</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So Bashar al-Assad has spoken - <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/may/18/interview-bashar-al-assad-syria-international-community-video">exclusively</a>, to ARGENTINE daily El Clarin (there's a huge SYRIAN diaspora in ARGENTINA, as well as in neighboring BRAZIL). <br /><br />Cutting through the fog of WESTERN hysteria, he made some valuable points. The record shows that, yes, the regime has agreed several times to talk to the opposition; but myriad "rebel" groups with no credible, unified leadership have always refuted. So there's no way a ceasefire, eventually agreed on a summit - such as the upcoming US/RUSSIA Geneva conference - can be implemented. Assad makes some sense when he says, "We can't discuss a timetable with a party if we don't know who they are." </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><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";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NUSRAS IS PURSUING AL QAEDA'S AGENDA OF A GREATER ISLAMIC NATION</span><br /><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, by now everyone following the SYRIAN tragedy knows who most of them are. One knows that the Un-Free Syrian Cannibals, sorry, Army (FSA) is a ragged collection of warlords, gangsters and opportunists of every possible brand, intersecting with hardcore jihadis of the Jabhat al-Nusra kind (but also other al-Qaeda-linked or inspired outfits). <br /><br />It took Reuters months to finally admit that jihadis are running the show on the ground. A "rebel" commander even complained to Reuters, "Nusra is now two Nusras. One that is pursuing al Qaeda's agenda of a greater Islamic nation, and another that is SYRIAN with a national agenda to help us fight Assad." What he didn't say is that the real effective outfit is al-Qaeda-linked. <br /><br />SYRIA is now Militia Hell; much like IRAQ in the mid-2000s, much like the WESTERN-imposed, "liberated" LIBYAN failed state. This AFGHANIZATION/SOMALIZATION is a direct consequence of NATO-GCC axis interference. So Assad is also right when he says the West is adding fuel to the fire, and is only interested in regime change, whatever the cost. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">WHAT ASSAD DIDN'T SAY</span> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Assad is not exactly a brilliant politician - so he wasted a golden opportunity to explain to WESTERN public opinion, even briefly, why GCC petro-monarchies SAUDI ARABIA and QATAR, plus TURKEY, have the hots for setting SYRIA on fire. He could have talked about QATAR wanting to hand over SYRIA to the Muslim Brotherhood, and SAUDI ARABIA dreaming of a crypto-emirate colony. He could have talked about them both being terrified of Shi'ites in the Persian Gulf harboring legitimate Arab Spring ideals. <br /><br />He could have pointed to the absolute shambles of TURKEY'S "zero problems with our neighbors" foreign policy; one day there's a triad of collaboration Ankara-Damascus-Baghdad, the next Ankara wants regime change in Damascus and routinely antagonizes Baghdad. And on top of it TURKEY is puzzled to see KURDS emboldened from northern IRAQ to northern SYRIA. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information</span></u></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="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-erratic-foreign-policies-all.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-erratic-foreign-policies-all.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-syrian-policies.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-syrian-policies.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/turkeys-middle-east-chess-game.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/turkeys-middle-east-chess-game.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/turkey-and-kurds.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/turkey-and-kurds.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/turkeys-foreign-policy-poker-game.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/turkeys-foreign-policy-poker-game.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />He could have detailed how BRITAIN and FRANCE inside NATO, not to mention the US, as well as their petro-monarch puppets are using the disintegration of SYRIA to hit at IRAN - and how none of these actors supplying weapons and plenty of cash, give a damn about the suffering of the "Syrian people". The only thing that matters is strategic targets. <br /><br />While Bashar al-Assad was talking, RUSSIA was walking. President Vladimir Putin - well aware that the Geneva talks are being derailed by various actors even before they happen - moved RUSSIAN naval vessels to the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; and offered SYRIA a batch of ultra-modern ground-to-sea Yakhont missiles plus a batch of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles - the RUSSIAN equivalent to the AMERICAN Patriot. Not to mention that SYRIA already has RUSSIAN SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">DON'T FORGET "PIPELINEISTAN"</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL0AHk5hgaHQZhBqfyyvRN-omCBhuJ3U6hHk6aVM8Z-2_8G2Hava4k2-lZQtAyZg9Z2Yru8d-0G5yJcBMh3urEAAT7czx_3W55uc23Wg9EfCY6R8aTjRxj2ifZ_yAtPFL5F7u4MqI4aX7/s1600/ill06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL0AHk5hgaHQZhBqfyyvRN-omCBhuJ3U6hHk6aVM8Z-2_8G2Hava4k2-lZQtAyZg9Z2Yru8d-0G5yJcBMh3urEAAT7czx_3W55uc23Wg9EfCY6R8aTjRxj2ifZ_yAtPFL5F7u4MqI4aX7/s400/ill06.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NATO-GCC, now try to even bypassing the UN, to unleash a mini-Shock and Awe on Damascus. Or to install a no-fly zone. QATAR and the House of SAUD, militarily, are a joke. The BRITS and FRANCE are seriously tempted, but they don't have the means - or the stomach. Washington has the means - but no stomach. Putin was dead sure the Pentagon would read his message accordingly. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information</span></u></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="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">TRANS ARABIAN PIPELINE “TAPLINE”</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><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";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">IRAN - IRAQ - SYRIA GAS PIPELINE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN JULY 2012 WORTH US$10 BILLION, A “WIN WIN” SITUATION, BUT NOT FOR QATAR AND TURKEY </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGPqIXFDohGoZuxU301yYxY81SZXJB8j5dnaxuwbsNJ0D9rgnDSBendTUiiCSIOKPACsKE6pNOoXPY_s8NYnXBrWyEcmvFlTf0qCHef9O60MICOIFwyYkZ0ir5wAjy8j0zm1by8ZGBEzL/s1600/1-s2.0-S0920410512000629-gr1-e1349998373550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGPqIXFDohGoZuxU301yYxY81SZXJB8j5dnaxuwbsNJ0D9rgnDSBendTUiiCSIOKPACsKE6pNOoXPY_s8NYnXBrWyEcmvFlTf0qCHef9O60MICOIFwyYkZ0ir5wAjy8j0zm1by8ZGBEzL/s400/1-s2.0-S0920410512000629-gr1-e1349998373550.jpg" width="400" /></a><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";">Assad could also have talked about - what else - Pipelineistan. It would have taken him two minutes to explain the meaning of the agreement for the US$10 billion IRAN-IRAQ-SYRIA gas pipeline that was signed in July 2012. This crucial Pipelineistan node will export gas from the South Pars field in IRAN (the largest in the world, shared with QATAR), through IRAQ, towards SYRIA, with a possible extension to LEBANON, with certified customers in WESTERN EUROPE. It's what the CHINESE call a "win-win" situation. <br /><br />But not for - guess who? - QATAR and TURKEY. QATAR dreams of a rival pipeline from its North field (contiguous with IRAN'S South Pars field), through SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN, SYRIA and finally TURKEY, which bills itself as the privileged energy transit hub between East and West. Final destination: once again, WESTERN EUROPE. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><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";"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As in all Pipelineistan matters, the crux of the game is bypassing both IRAN and RUSSIA. That's what happens with the Qatari pipeline - frantically US-supported. But with the Iran-Iraq-SYRIA pipeline, the export route may originate nowhere else than in Tartus, the SYRIAN port in the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN that hosts the RUSSIAN navy. Gazprom would obviously be part of the whole picture, from investment to distribution. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IS “PIPELINEISTAN”- ENERGY, ONCE MORE THE REAL REASON FOR THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA?</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><br /><br />Make no mistake; Pipelineistan - once again tied up with bypassing both RUSSIA and IRAN - explains a great deal about why SYRIA is being destroyed. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information:</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE EU OIL-FOR-AL-QAEDA SCHEME</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile, the real SYRIAN army - backed by Hezbollah - is methodically retaking strategic Al-Qusayr out of "rebel" control. Their next step would be to look east - where Jabhat al-Nusra is merrily profiting from another typical EU blunder; the decision to lift oil sanctions on SYRIA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">WHOEVER GETS THEIR HANDS ON THE OIL, WATER AND AGRICULTURE, HOLDS SUNNI SYRIA BY THE THROAT</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy14AF-5zi22ULUUU9f4NFySp1SRbHtdrzVRqY0MYt6eyeX5yRQMRBRUpsKUMJXh8jeqbbubmOSoHmp1aMgX2AQCsPR3BfNNY4VVUDNqyLTUruEVIFKXtEEkqVHfeQ1Lmlaz52DUZHbfnk/s1600/Gas+Dollar+Sign_eb0e7.jpg" 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/AVvXsEiy14AF-5zi22ULUUU9f4NFySp1SRbHtdrzVRqY0MYt6eyeX5yRQMRBRUpsKUMJXh8jeqbbubmOSoHmp1aMgX2AQCsPR3BfNNY4VVUDNqyLTUruEVIFKXtEEkqVHfeQ1Lmlaz52DUZHbfnk/s320/Gas+Dollar+Sign_eb0e7.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SYRIA Comment blogger Joshua Landis drew the necessary conclusions; "Whoever gets their hands on the oil, water and agriculture, holds Sunni SYRIA by the throat. At the moment, that's al-Nusra. EUROPE opening up the market for oil forced this issue. So the logical conclusion from this craziness is that EUROPE will be funding al-Qaeda." Call it the EU oil-for-al-Qaeda scheme.</span></div>

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