No Tow Vehicle? No Problem! Let's Go Camping!

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No Tow Vehicle? No Problem! Let's Go Camping!

Gotta love it.

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Jim Comiskey on the World Bank and the IMF

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Guess where GOLD and SILVER is going? </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Also get in the HEAT MISER CONTEST</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />HeatMiserJCM@gmail.com</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>"The whole idea behind the World Bank and the IMF and the BIS is to create a situation of sub-servitude.  The people that run the world financially want to enslave us, and they're doing it..."</b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>---Jim Comiskey</b></i></div><b><br /></b></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pKdw8OVNrH4?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

Jim Comiskey on the World Bank and the IMF

Guess where GOLD and SILVER is going? Also get in the HEAT MISER CONTEST HeatMiserJCM@gmail.com "The whole idea behind the World Bank a...

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Eric Sprott: NO GOLD in the USA VAULTS

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Where's the GOLD?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUaQSCBSmGoeixhoZ25Qi80jjTqVXf2UoKUo8PB60JtY3Up0b81ZlVO4S-HWxByjKi57MnQ8bY4LWkbSJug1x4DnP0siiTYzYMhLG2wh2BVVagNQt6Uv7b3Pg4LYyXHKhnULlerwZkbk/s1600/Eric_Sprott_sprot_21241artw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUaQSCBSmGoeixhoZ25Qi80jjTqVXf2UoKUo8PB60JtY3Up0b81ZlVO4S-HWxByjKi57MnQ8bY4LWkbSJug1x4DnP0siiTYzYMhLG2wh2BVVagNQt6Uv7b3Pg4LYyXHKhnULlerwZkbk/s1600/Eric_Sprott_sprot_21241artw.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Concerns rise about SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>All of the sudden there is a major concern with actual physical U.S. GOLD RESERVES.  Apparently there is none left.  Learn more below by listening to Eric Sprott, Chairman of Sprott Asset Management:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://www.kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Entries/2014/2/8_Eric_Sprott_files/Eric%20Sprott%202%3A8%3A2014.mp3" style="color: red;">CLICK HERE TO LISTEN</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Eric Sprott also warns of exercising extreme caution in the STOCK MARKETS.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><!-- Start FreeStockCharts.com Chart Widget --> <div align="center" width="100%"><iframe frameborder="0" height="390" scrolling="no" src="http://widgets.freestockcharts.com/WidgetServer/InteractiveChartWidget.aspx?guid=f630e29c-c77d-4a64-b362-6997858a0756&w=500&h=390" style="border: none;" width="500"></iframe></div><!-- End FreeStockCharts.com Chart Widget --></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>...developing...</b></div>

Eric Sprott: NO GOLD in the USA VAULTS

Where's the GOLD? Concerns rise about SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) All of the sudden there is a major concern with actual physical U.S. GOLD RE...

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Book Review: Crossover (and some notes on continuity)

<a href="http://www.randomhouse.de/book/Crossover/Cecil-Balmond/e327707.rhd?pub=58500"><b><i>Crossover</i></b></a> by Cecil Balmond<br />Prestel, 2013<br />Hardcover, 720 pages<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aZNHZx-TzWbid2X6q553RNeUTGggZmBzu8mosNp3rrHaGQyUc5pZK1dvPg9oQd37tmNTYFaJTDU4nFNi7mnGqYJQICO1Cp1yEkAKZ7g9rnJ2cmmeKuEjmErChVQKCbz8cJvRJ4i9JSoa/s1600/book-balmond.jpg" /><br /><br />The more I read books, at least non-fiction, the more I realize that the middle of a book is often the most important part. This it not a universal rule, but something I've noticed particularly in monographs. Placing something important in the middle of a books seems intentional, for doing such at the beginning would front-load the book and make the rest like a downhill path, while doing such at the end would make the journey seem longer than it should. Putting it in the middle gives a more natural, bell-curve-like arc to a book's narrative, making the experience of reading more enjoyable.<br /><br />This hypothesis comes to mind in the case of Cecil Balmond's follow up to his popular book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3791337769/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3791337769&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Informal</i></a>. Occupying just over 100 pages in the middle of <i>Crossover</i> is OMA's CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, easily one of the most important projects in structural engineer Cecil Balmond's career. It is a bravado feat of engineering, a building that reconsiders what a tall building is by looping it in on itself through its two legs and daring cantilever. The building actually expresses the structural forces at play, a testament to Balmond's abilities and creativity, but also the willingness of architects like Rem Koolhaas to trust him to help shape their projects.<br /><br />Like <i>Informal</i>, <i>Crossover</i> isn't strictly a monograph or a theoretical text; it combines both to present case studies but also manifestos and peeks into how Balmond's brain works. The latter is definitely the most valuable aspect of the book, illustrated through loads of sketches and other documentation, and accompanied by text that describes the voyage of each project. To be sure there are many circumstances of "that's going to be impossible," followed by lots of hard work and (re)conceptualizing, and often involving a "eureka moment" where the structure and architecture fall into place.<br /><br />To return to my idea about the importance of a book's middle section, I'd also say that the end of a book is important for pointing the way forward, giving a hint at the preoccupations that are in their early stages and will probably be explored fully at a later time. In the case of <i>Crossover</i>, such a thing is found in Toyo Ito's Opera House <a href="http://www.tmoh.com.tw/page/05-schedule/schedule_main.htm">under construction in Taichung, Taiwan</a>, what I believe will be one of the most important works of architecture in this century. The sponge-like mass of concrete achieves a synthesis of architecture and structure, where any distinction between the two disappears. The project, second to last in the book, signals that great things are still to come for Balmond and the architects he works with.<br /><br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3791345222/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3791345222&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/3791345222/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3791345222&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/3791345222/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3791345222&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b><br /><br /><b>Some notes on continuity in the form of architectural monographs:</b><br /><br />Another thing that comes across in Balmond's latest book is the relationship of the book's content and form to its predecessor, <i>Informal</i>. Balmond employs similar means of telling the stories of the projects in each book, but they also have a similar (but not the same) appearance, size and graphics. The stripes from <i>Informal</i> (cover photos above) can be seen extending to the spine of <i>Crossover</i>, where they shift to <a href="http://crossover.balmondstudio.com/">a curving pattern</a> on the cover. The book feels and reads similarly to the first (but thankfully the odd, just-off-center, right/left justification spine of <i>Informal</i>'s text is gone), meaning that the continuity achieved with <i>Crossover</i> is important. Balmond is not the first to do so, and below are a few others that come to mind.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoC5397Df3fyge3UXJwi1nVxajmb7fvcItZDPZvPfzT4b0wwjaWDUVyRAibRlUhOZg6GgVYl9GNdrfcLf4-Fg3NKTB9EKM8TamhC57dRHdWckOKMnTj_wJa8eBsRguh4wv2_LEK4NTVYU/s1600/book-holl.jpg" /><br /><br />Steven Holl was not the household name that he is now when <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878271512/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1878271512&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Anchoring</i></a> was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 1989. But I'd wager that the linen cover, square format and thorough documentation of primarily unbuilt projects made quite an impression on other architects (not to mention the introduction by Kenneth Frampton and the strongly theoretical essay by Holl). It's no surprise that Holl used almost the same format for 1996's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568980612/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1568980612&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Intertwining</i></a>. In the ensuing years Holl has published many books with both PAPress and other publishers, departing from the continuity of the first two monographs. But the 2009 release of <a href="http://www.archidose.org/books/holl.html"><i>Urbanisms</i></a> (and to a lesser degree the 2007 book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568985878/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1568985878&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>House: Black Swan Theory</i></a>, which is meant to be the "micro" to <i>Urbanisms</i>' "macro") harks back to <i>Anchoring</i> and <i>Intertwining</i> with its linen cover and same-size format. The interior is much different, but side-by-side on one's bookshelf these books illustrate that Holl's ideas have been fairly consistent over the years, yet growing in scale with his popularity.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdAZC1ekpKbKG9Kio9alcayJJE1V91izZMx4DcU7RKgl1hOjJOtau4ppEXbvwspga-yLEMpgocHI9FnnSYzrl8Zl8ZLWbPAMfsCjoAgH2oojv79no9iZ2yq_3WdoP2wzy0wv0W0YVfn-7/s1600/book-piano.jpg" /><br /><br />One architect I'd least expect to receive the treatment of one monograph after the other in the same format is Renzo Piano, whose buildings responds to the unique circumstances of site, client and program to the extent of not having a personal style. But when seen at the level of the details, Piano's buildings are actually pretty consistent. In that sense, having the details of a series of monographs (cover, author (Peter Buchanan), layout, etc.) stay the same is consistent with the architect's practice. The latest book in the series is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0714844721/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0714844721&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Complete Works, Volume 5</i></a>.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEI-sZlXFXU6tytlkmASjPDLHlYhBTTbEMat6mBtHuYd42qjn-Ra1JJxtgvVwTIcPWSvP0ZbZBjMrE5I7VsUq5E5rZ3vheqCg5UMreo0oyU2hwj8KIdenPt33q_Ts9cAJJlXV7dtGUnfsh/s1600/book-meier.jpg" /><br /><br />On the other hand, one architect I <i>would</i> expect to receive such a treatment is Richard Meier, whose drawings and models are as consistent as the white buildings he designs. Meier's recognizable style is now documented across six monographs published by Rizzoli, which just released <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0847842304/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0847842304&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Richard Meier Architect: Volume 6</i></a>. It seems that the only difference is the color on the cover.

Book Review: Crossover (and some notes on continuity)

Crossover by Cecil Balmond Prestel, 2013 Hardcover, 720 pages The more I read books, at least non-fiction, the more I realize that the midd...

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I Love The Smell Of Sawdust

Mixed with Chanel #9.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqU_8UxUFZ3qN4AvhFq5kKyMAhpGs01dfEpztEwnr3RJF22pYhscxce9mHKDmlC-hM5oJs1FRAZ2RTn7SxGBGn8RLRCKOLdq46KapG4OjhyphenhyphenALivsKTRwEph_YvMhKgrMhBnGeoxPMQatEV/s1600/2014-0125-Promotional+Calendars-Building+Babes-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqU_8UxUFZ3qN4AvhFq5kKyMAhpGs01dfEpztEwnr3RJF22pYhscxce9mHKDmlC-hM5oJs1FRAZ2RTn7SxGBGn8RLRCKOLdq46KapG4OjhyphenhyphenALivsKTRwEph_YvMhKgrMhBnGeoxPMQatEV/s640/2014-0125-Promotional+Calendars-Building+Babes-13.jpg" /></a></div>

I Love The Smell Of Sawdust

Mixed with Chanel #9.

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Peter Schiff says expect more STOCK MARKET CRASHING

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>*****FINANCIAL WARNING*****</b></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">DANGEROUS MARKET CONDITIONS AHEAD</span> </b></div><br /><b>Peter Schiff says he's betting against the U.S. economy by owning gold, commodities, and investing most if his money internationally to escape the damage the Federal Reserve and the government is doing to our currency and to our economy:</b><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KoEAK2iL1_o?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">*****GOLD ALERT*****</span> </b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is happening with GOLD?</b></span></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ePBDeRDADmY?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

Peter Schiff says expect more STOCK MARKET CRASHING

*****FINANCIAL WARNING***** DANGEROUS MARKET CONDITIONS AHEAD Peter Schiff says he's betting against the U.S. economy by owning gold, c...

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A message to Michelle Obama on FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have a COLLEGE DEGREE?</span></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"I want you to know that you can succeed in college."</b></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>---First Lady, Michelle Obama</b></i></span></div><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/A8cD8XOlDWI?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

A message to Michelle Obama on FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS

Do you have a COLLEGE DEGREE? "I want you to know that you can succeed in college." ---First Lady, Michelle Obama

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Clint Eastwood saves man from choking

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>That makes my day!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ZH6YlHNOxaE?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe></div>

Clint Eastwood saves man from choking

That makes my day!

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Commercial Power Outage and the Federalization of Power Stations

<b>Everyone is  talking about the SUB-STATION TERRORIST ATTACK that occurred in April 2013 in California.   This is all leading the the federalization of power stations...</b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ON6qaaY6oXU?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

Commercial Power Outage and the Federalization of Power Stations

Everyone is  talking about the SUB-STATION TERRORIST ATTACK that occurred in April 2013 in California.   This is all leading the the federal...

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The SOSHI 2014 Winter Olympics and FAKE GOLD

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">All this work for a FAKE GOLD MEDALLION</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1To_2x_m7Srd42rCMA4S4aXfwgl9eBjRUAqvoa422OtuoCSFP81JKu56FoArTqCziYA6tnkzbNp5rvq1EuJ5BnPymKKW_kbXRCJubQLzT6xw6xtY4yLLEP2whTXp8_VN-zOh2Z4OrkaQ/s1600/Olympics_medal_Sochi_2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1To_2x_m7Srd42rCMA4S4aXfwgl9eBjRUAqvoa422OtuoCSFP81JKu56FoArTqCziYA6tnkzbNp5rvq1EuJ5BnPymKKW_kbXRCJubQLzT6xw6xtY4yLLEP2whTXp8_VN-zOh2Z4OrkaQ/s1600/Olympics_medal_Sochi_2014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>PRECIOUS METALS or PRECIOUS COUNTERFEITS?</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>AN INSULT TO HARD WORK </b></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Did it ever occur to anyone that these Olympics reward the winner with metals that are not the real thing?  All this work and you're handed a counterfeit round.  How sad this is for all that hard work by the Olympians.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>If the GOLD metals were actually gold instead of being gold plated they would be worth $21,478:</b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2014/02/05/sochi-gold-medal-will-be-the-largest-in-olympic-history-heres-how-much-its-worth/" style="color: red;">http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2014/02/05/sochi-gold-medal-will-be-the-largest-in-olympic-history-heres-how-much-its-worth/</a> </b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-olympics/news/20130530/2014-sochi-olympics-medals.ap/" style="color: red;">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-olympics/news/20130530/2014-sochi-olympics-medals.ap/</a> </b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/metalsalloys/f/what_are_olympic_medals_made_of.htm" style="color: red;">http://chemistry.about.com/od/metalsalloys/f/what_are_olympic_medals_made_of.htm</a> </b><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tabZ4XKKOFc?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_ehcutljxr8?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Go TEAM USA!  :-)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Welcome back to the IRS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>WINNERS?  or LOSERS? </b></span></div><b><br /></b><b>Come back and owe the IRS for your fake gold....What?...</b><br /><br /><b>U.S. Olympic metal winners could own the IRS up to $10,000...</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW:</b><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NBzk0s19tR8?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

The SOSHI 2014 Winter Olympics and FAKE GOLD

All this work for a FAKE GOLD MEDALLION PRECIOUS METALS or PRECIOUS COUNTERFEITS? AN INSULT TO HARD WORK Did it ever occur to anyone that th...

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IDF looks for recruits

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Israel Defense Force looking for recruits</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-2nyqmkhunw?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><b>...developing...</b></div>

IDF looks for recruits

Israel Defense Force looking for recruits ...developing...

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jsnip4 was the Super Bowl XLVIII Press Crasher

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>jsnip4 caught on camera...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>jsnip4 now a domestic terrorist...</b></span></div><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TX3LRIZ1tYU?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><b>...developing...</b>

jsnip4 was the Super Bowl XLVIII Press Crasher

jsnip4 caught on camera... jsnip4 now a domestic terrorist... ...developing...

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Réunion d'information sur le dispositif de couveuse le 25 février 2014

</BR>La <b><a href="http://www.couveuseentreprises-pes45.fr/">Couveuse d’entreprises PES 45</a></b> organise une réunion d’information collective le 25 février 2014. </BR></BR>Pour mémoire, la couveuse d’entreprises est un outil qui aide un porteur de projet à créer son entreprise en testant son projet en grandeur réelle. Le passage en couveuse est l’étape qui lui permet de sécuriser son parcours de création d’entreprise. Cette réunion a pour objet de fournir une information complète sur le dispositif de couveuse d’entreprises (fonctionnement, éligibilité des activités et conditions d'admission). </BR></BR><b>Date</b> : mardi 25 février 2014 de 9h30 à 12h00 </BR></BR><b>Lieu </b>: Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - 18 avenue de la Bolière - Orléans La Source </BR></BR><iframe frameborder="0" height="350" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://maps.google.fr/maps?hl=fr&safe=off&ie=UTF8&q=maison+de+l%27emploi+orleans&fb=1&gl=fr&hq=maison+de+l%27emploi&hnear=Orl%C3%A9ans&cid=0,0,16374211102988293771&iwloc=A&ll=47.836154,1.932756&spn=0.006295,0.006295&output=embed" width="425"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.fr/maps?hl=fr&safe=off&ie=UTF8&q=maison+de+l%27emploi+orleans&fb=1&gl=fr&hq=maison+de+l%27emploi&hnear=Orl%C3%A9ans&cid=0,0,16374211102988293771&iwloc=A&ll=47.836154,1.932756&spn=0.006295,0.006295&source=embed" style="color: blue; text-align: left;">Agrandir le plan</a></small></BR></BR><b>Pour en savoir plus</b>, consulter le site de la <a href="http://couveuseentreprises-pes45.fr/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=299&cntnt01detailtemplate=detail_actus&cntnt01returnid=51">Couveuse d'entreprises PES 45</a>. </BR></BR><b>Inscription et renseignements</b> auprès d’<a href="mailto:enoisier@couveuseentreprises-pes45.fr">Elodie NOISIER</a>. </BR></BR>

Réunion d'information sur le dispositif de couveuse le 25 février 2014

La Couveuse d’entreprises PES 45 organise une réunion d’information collective le 25 février 2014. Pour mémoire, la couveuse d’entreprises...

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A Quick Guide To Killer Drones

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IOzCiCl05Ec" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Your Quick Guide To Killer Drones -- David Axe, War Is Boring</b></span></div><br /><i>The future of air warfare is 50 feet across, shaped like a bat.</i><br /><br />In early February the British Ministry of Defense pranked the aviation world with the surprise announcement that its Taranis jet-powered drone prototype flew for the first time … six months ago. The ministry and manufacturer BAE Systems managed to keep the whole thing a secret.<br /><br />Taranis is only the latest in a growing stable of high-performance robot warplane prototypes meant, ultimately, to be armed with missiles and bombs.<br /><br />Most of them share certain characteristics. They’re jet-propelled and shaped more or less like bats, lending them high subsonic speed and a certain amount of radar stealth, but possibly less endurance than older, propeller-driven robot models—just 12 hours instead of 24.<br /><br />They’re all between 30 and 66 feet from wingtip to wingtip. And if they don’t already have internal weapons bays, they’ll surely get them, as that’s a requirement for avoiding radar detection.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://medium.com/p/7f1b5a4e8ddc">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> These are the aerial drones .... expect naval and ground drones to be coming soon. The above video is from the PBS program Nova.

A Quick Guide To Killer Drones

Your Quick Guide To Killer Drones -- David Axe, War Is Boring The future of air warfare is 50 feet across, shaped like a bat. In early Febru...

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Is the end of Twitter near?

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Twitter is losing it's appeal</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsewteQJx7ty9Ii2E1RJv_W_Fm42hTXx0NKzPKrc20FO5pvyor1Qmj5o7hgnUIvwIYDpVUUN4KYoOmm7jePbvHxaHrMInPC0ElqMv9f-pcvO0V33-ePFvottvAQ1d73XgjRksv3l16EU/s1600/twitter-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsewteQJx7ty9Ii2E1RJv_W_Fm42hTXx0NKzPKrc20FO5pvyor1Qmj5o7hgnUIvwIYDpVUUN4KYoOmm7jePbvHxaHrMInPC0ElqMv9f-pcvO0V33-ePFvottvAQ1d73XgjRksv3l16EU/s1600/twitter-logo.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>SOCIAL MEDIA is becoming a real mess...</b></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>I don't like Twitter.  Even GOOGLE is starting to do things with GOOGLE+ to ruin their system.  But what good is Twitter?  Twitter has failed.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Unfortunately GOOGLE is advancing their YOU TUBE platform into more of a user unfriendly system forcing their GOOGLE+ on the user and another invasive platform of complexity.  Right now we have these companies really making a mess out of social media: </b></div><br/><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Ny7Lo7Z0_Jc?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><b>...developing...</b></div>

Is the end of Twitter near?

Twitter is losing it's appeal SOCIAL MEDIA is becoming a real mess... I don't like Twitter.  Even GOOGLE is starting to do things wi...

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Turd Ferguson expects $1,500 GOLD in 2014

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The "Silver Doctors" Doc and Eric Dubin</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>with special guest Turd Ferguson </b></span></div><b><br /></b><b><a href="http://www.silverdoctors.com/tag/eric-dubin/" style="color: red;">http://www.silverdoctors.com/tag/eric-dubin/</a> </b><br /><br /><b>Below is an informative interview:  Turd Ferguson is friends with Jim Comiskey in Chicago.  They seem to be a group of guys that are somehow linked with CME traders in Chicago that have an interest in gold and silver also.  There has been quite a bit of horseplay on YOU TUBE over the last year or two interspersed with questionable economic commentary while gold and silver were in a bear market.  Now we have what may be a sector shift in these commodities as some credible reports are surfacing regarding GOLD and SILVER, and The News UNIT will be watching the situation very closely.   </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Several sources are reporting quite a demand for GOLD and SILVER in Dubai and also other Arab nations along with much of Asia and the far East.  There are reports of a large and growing demand for quasi-numismatic bullion with limited mintage from various reputable mints both in the U.S.A. and abroad.  </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>The News UNIT is monitoring the situation as we may be seeing a sector shift into certain commodities as investors, collectors, and traders take a sudden interest in these precious metals and price action is already reflecting the growing demand:</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Check out Mr. Ferguson below in this audio interview below.</b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ijefQXjTBWM?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe> <b></b><br /><b><br /></b><b>RELATED LINKS:</b><br /><b><a href="http://www.silverdoctors.com/" style="color: red;">http://www.silverdoctors.com/</a> </b><br /><b><a href="http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/" style="color: red;">http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/</a> </b><br /><b><a href="http://sdbullion.com/" style="color: red;">http://sdbullion.com/</a> </b><br /><br /><b>...developing...</b><br /><br /><br />

Turd Ferguson expects $1,500 GOLD in 2014

The "Silver Doctors" Doc and Eric Dubin with special guest Turd Ferguson http://www.silverdoctors.com/tag/eric-dubin/   Below is a...

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United Nations: Afghan Civilian Deaths And Injuries Up In 2013 As Fighting Worsens

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfE7nYMSqgCWRJbSBLzm3aYMDbCftEtAS_MCeu4QuFG0DTqbr5xPrGiUIA1SMXl29w93B1F_Pp2sLq5cBuqCtJ4oFiStH2Y5NYRd9qJFDL4CVcy34Olthj3UEznaOxZD6tb6DkSq9Dv0W6/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfE7nYMSqgCWRJbSBLzm3aYMDbCftEtAS_MCeu4QuFG0DTqbr5xPrGiUIA1SMXl29w93B1F_Pp2sLq5cBuqCtJ4oFiStH2Y5NYRd9qJFDL4CVcy34Olthj3UEznaOxZD6tb6DkSq9Dv0W6/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Afghan policemen walk near a crater at the site of a suicide attack at the Indian consulate in Jalalabad province August 3, 2013 (Reuters / Parwiz)</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Afghan Civilian Deaths Up In 2013 As War Intensifies: U.N. -- Reuters</b></span></div><br />(Reuters) - War took an increasing toll on Afghanistan's civilians in 2013 as fighting intensified between the government and insurgents, the United Nations said in a report on Saturday, with total casualties rising 14 percent.<br /><br />The gradual withdrawal of foreign troops has left Afghan government forces more vulnerable to attack by insurgents, and the resulting battles helped account for last year's rise in casualties, according to the report.<br /><br />"The new trend in 2013 of increased civilian casualties from ground engagements, including the alarming increase in women and children casualties, reflected the changing dynamics of the conflict over the year," the United Nations said.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/08/us-afghanistan-casualties-idUSBREA1706D20140208">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Afghan Civilian Deaths Up In 2013</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/08/afghan-civilian-casualties-2013-un-deaths">Afghan civilian casualties rose in 2013 as foreign troops headed home</a> -- The Guardian<br /><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/report-insurgents-blamed-as-civilian-casualties-mount-in-afghanistan-1.266437">Report: Insurgents blamed as civilian casualties mount in Afghanistan</a> -- Stars and Stripes<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26096357">UN reports rise in Afghan civilian deaths and injuries</a> -- BBC<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/un-afghan-civilian-deaths-up-in-2013/1847186.html">UN: Civilian Casualties on the Rise in Afghanistan </a>-- Voice of America<br /><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/8/afghan-civilian-deathsupin2013aswarintensifies.html">UN: Afghan civilian deaths up as fighting worsens</a> -- Al Jazeera<br /><a href="http://www.dw.de/un-report-civilian-deaths-up-in-afghanistan/a-17419092">UN report: Civilian deaths up in Afghanistan</a> -- Deutsche Welle<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/un-more-children-dying-in-afghan-violence/2014/02/08/ad5489c0-9093-11e3-878e-d76656564a01_story.html">UN: More children dying in Afghan violence</a> -- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-afghan-civilian-deaths-20140208,0,886554.story#axzz2sMnRJJuA">In a reversal, Afghan civilian deaths rise in 2013</a> -- L.A. Times<br /><a href="http://rt.com/news/afghanistan-civilian-death-surge-un-179/">UN: Afghan conflict 'changes nature' leading to civilian death surge in 2013</a> -- RT<br /><a href="http://www.khaama.com/afghan-civilian-casualties-increased-by-14-percent-in-2013-unama-3410">Afghan civilian casualties increased by 14 percent in 2013: UNAMA</a> -- Khaama Press

United Nations: Afghan Civilian Deaths And Injuries Up In 2013 As Fighting Worsens

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Japanese Broadcast Official: The U.S. Made Up Japanese War Crimes To Cover Up Their Own Atrocities

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFVA9O4Gq0egA-xcK0peiezz2tsEd4ELS1EM_dmItYOt-pjhDfCTfxQmEzTM6ETXouk6HsoXfuQoX3S91B0TQivOZE-vOwS4I5fv2kDcNwQEqM9M8tkCV8GxThzwc8nnDdDytz0Gfki35/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFVA9O4Gq0egA-xcK0peiezz2tsEd4ELS1EM_dmItYOt-pjhDfCTfxQmEzTM6ETXouk6HsoXfuQoX3S91B0TQivOZE-vOwS4I5fv2kDcNwQEqM9M8tkCV8GxThzwc8nnDdDytz0Gfki35/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Writer and NHK board member Naoki Hyakuta, seen here last year at the launch of one of his books, believes the Japanese did not commit war crimes in World War II and that the U.S. fabricated them</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Japanese Broadcast Official: We Didn’t Commit War Crimes, the U.S. Just Made That Up -- CNN</b></span></div><br />Japan's top TV figures are making increasingly outrageous statements about World War II<br /><br />In the clearest signal yet of U.S. unhappiness with the rightward tilt of Japan’s political leadership — and by extension, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — the U.S. embassy in Tokyo has strongly condemned charges by a top official at Japan’s national public broadcaster that Americans fabricated war crimes against Japanese leaders during World War II in order to cover up American atrocities.<br /><br />“These suggestions are preposterous. We hope that people in positions of responsibility in Japan and elsewhere would seek to avoid comments that inflame tensions in the region,” an embassy spokesman told TIME early on Friday.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://world.time.com/2014/02/07/japanese-nhk-officials-world-war-ii/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment: </b>This is one reason (among many) on why Japan has no friends in Asia.

Japanese Broadcast Official: The U.S. Made Up Japanese War Crimes To Cover Up Their Own Atrocities

Writer and NHK board member Naoki Hyakuta, seen here last year at the launch of one of his books, believes the Japanese did not commit war c...

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More Claims Of War Crimes In Sri Lanka

<div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="208" id="flashObj" width="370"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=3152897412001&playerID=1638546175001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAmtVJIFk~,TVGOQ5ZTwJZhmi7steBjnvKikk1S5nut&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=3152897412001&playerID=1638546175001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAmtVJIFk~,TVGOQ5ZTwJZhmi7steBjnvKikk1S5nut&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="370" height="208" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>War Crime Claims Re-Emerge In Sri Lanka -- Al Jazeera </b></span></div><br /><i>When troops crushed the Tamil Tigers, allegations of mass killings arose, but officials reject calls for an inquiry. </i><br /><br />In March 2009, in a small town in the north of the island, hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamils had formed a queue to collect kanji, a boiled rice-porridge dish, which was being distributed by a charity later found to have ties with armed groups.<br /><br />Then the explosions began.<br /><br />"I remember that one shell fell adjacent to the food distribution line, and when it exploded the shrapnel hit many civilians who were standing in line," said one eyewitness.<br /><br />"I remember seeing many dead bodies... A number of these dead bodies were elderly people and children."<br /><br />At the time, the north was the scene of the concluding stages of a 26-year civil war fought between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an armed separatist organisation known as the Tamil Tigers, and government troops - a fight which the UN says may have claimed as many as 40,000 civilian lives in its final months. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/02/war-crime-claims-re-emerge-sri-lanka-201425121848920663.html">Read more </a></b>....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> As long as the men who led the war (and final defeat) of the Tamils remain in power, there will never be a true account of what happened. But one day there will be an examination and the truth will come out .... but not now.

More Claims Of War Crimes In Sri Lanka

  War Crime Claims Re-Emerge In Sri Lanka -- Al Jazeera  When troops crushed the Tamil Tigers, allegations of mass killings arose, but offic...

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Monuments Men

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CreneTs7sGs" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YTMqXnjtJS4" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><b>My Comment:</b> I know that the critics <b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/07/showbiz/movies/monuments-men-review-ew/">are panning it</a></b> .... but I love such films (war and history) and I will be seeing it Saturday night.

movie Monuments Men

My Comment: I know that the critics are panning it .... but I love such films (war and history) and I will be seeing it Saturday night.

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