My friend told me ladies will love this Samsung DualView TL220, since it has a front LCD which makes it easy for self portraits. Followings are some comments from ladies when they see this camera.
"-omg i can take nice self pic!!!!"
"-well the quality is pretty good though"
"-have all gizzmo like blink auto re-capture"
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While browsing for X'mas ideas for friends, I found a fun toy. It is a Rubik's Cube redesigned with touch technology. You can click here to see how it works.
Lucky guy, Dan Chung got a chance to test drive pre-production Canon 1D Mark IV. He was shooting at 720p 60fps and output to 24fps for the slow motion effect.
You can preorder Canon 1D Mark IV for $4999 Shipped here.
I used Chrome browser a few months ago before I switched to MAC completely. Today, the long awaited Chrome (Beta) has been released to MAC. If a light, fast, flash supported browser is all you need, please feel free to give it a try. Even though it is a Beta version now, I have been using it 4 hrs without crashing.
Download MAC Version Here, Windows Version Here to try.
I love Android. I love tablet. Webstation available for preorder now. A 7" inch Andriod tablet come with Wifi, GPS and 3G connection with USB dongle make it a nice internet browsing device. You can get Youtube, Facebook, Email, IM with a finger touch of the screen. If you preorder now, this should become an nice Xmas gift for yourself. $389 Early Bird Special order will process before Dec, 16.
A great song to share. No matter you are a Canon or Nikon shooter, you should like it.
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Friends told me the New Super Mario Bros for Wii is really fun. I dusted off my Wii console and got the latest softmod + USB Loader GX installed. I was surprised by the fancy user interface and would like to share with you guys. However, I am not going to show you the details of how to get the softmod done here since there is a chance of getting your Wii bricked (stop functioning).
p.s. New Super Mario Bros for Wii is really fun!!!
I have been using R-Strap as a fast & quick release strap for my camera. Recently, I found there is a Spider Holster available. I got one and did the unboxing video for you if you are wondering what it looks like.
Every camera has its own strength. Some cameras get you WOW image quality, some get you super zoom range... We may not need to have the one which can get us the best images in the world while you should find one which really fit your shooting style. The follow image is capture by Canon S90.
More then one friend asked me how I created the time-lapse video. Actually it's much simpler than you may think. After you get the photos ready, you can follow the simple video I prepared for you below.
I heard a great song from a TV show and spent almost 2 hrs to find it. I would like to share with you guys. The original name of this song should be "O come, O come Emanuel" while this is a different version.
Friends keep asking if I can help with install MAC OS on their Netbook. Actually, the process is much easier than they think. I make a instruction video, so everyone can DIY.
I always want to create a Time-Lapse video. However, using DSLR to make time-lapse will shorten the life of the shutter. So, a point and shoot camera with full manual control should able to handle the job at lower cost.
This is my first try of time-lapse video. Any suggestions will help me improve. Please leave as comments. Thanks in advance. If you haven't get this great camera yet. You can get it here for $429 and they ready to ship.
Friend told me he heard Amazon is selling Canon 5D Mark II Body for $2499 with Free Shipping, But when he check the price, its over $3500.00.
First of all, Amazon is out of stock (ship around 2- 5weeks). That is the reason if you search 5Dmark2 from Amazon you will see $3000+ from seller other than amazon.
To Make it simple, you can click the link here and you should see similar as below on your right hand side.
Canon XS, XSi and T1i are consider as consume camera (low-end), usually they are around $500 - $800 price range. They are lightweight with plastic housing and basic SLR features. Don't get me wrong, they are all able to produce good images. The function they are missing are for the professional to handle extreme conditions. Such as low light, situation that is not allowed use flash or require very high shutter speed to freeze fast moving object.
Canon 40D and 50D are considered Advanced amateur cameras which come with magnesium alloy body with advance feature which allow you to get more creative photos and able to handle some extreme lighting conditions. If you are a beginner and able to afford a $900 to $1200 camera, I would suggest you skip the low-end one.
All the 1 series are considered to be professional cameras, while the 5D Mark II is considered semi-pro. These cameras are very reliable with alloy bodies while all the 1 series come with weatherproof protection. Their auto focus system is extremely rapid and more accurate than those lower end models. These camera usually have full complement of both manual and automatic controls. However, the are big, heavy and they are all missing build in flash (If you can afford $2000+ camera, you should able to afford a external flash).
You may click on the camera images to check out the latest pricing from Amazon.
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Q: Does it fill like a new day now that preseason is over?**
A: I guess. It's been a fun preseason; it's been a different preseason. I'm excited to see who we're going to have on this football team because those guys made our coaching staff, and Jerry Reese and his staff's decisions pretty difficult. Heading into the regular season, I'm excited about it, I'm ready to get going, and we start off with the Dallas Cowboys and that's going to be very exciting.
Q: You went to the hospital to get your shoulder checked out earlier this week?
A: Mmm.
Q: You're fine?
A: Yeah.
Q: You've been saying you're fine all summer:
A: I don't lie much.
Q: Is it more precautionary?
A: We're just keeping our eye on things. Making sure that we do our due diligence, and not let anything surprise us like last year.
Q: This team has been taking shots from the outside all summer long:
A: We've been giving some, too.
Q: Seeing so many guys back from last year's team, are you surprised people are overlooking you guys?
A: It's very similar to what happened last year, if I recall. There were some teams already fitting their fingers for rings before they even played a football game. It doesn't look like people learned too much from last year. We relish having the opportunity to defend the title, and do it with people thinking that we can't. We are looking forward to having a great season.
Q: Do you know which team you are coming out of the preseason with, the 7-7 team or the 6-0 team that finished the year?
A: I wish I had a crystal ball and could tell you all the things that are going to happen here. That's why you play the game. I feel like we've built that bridge from the 6-0 record we had to finish last year, but who knows. We're just going to go out here and play the game, and play it to the best of our abilities, and see what happens.

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Milestone for US job market: More openings than unemployed
WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time on record, the number of job openings in the United States exceeds the number of unemployed Americans - a trend that may soon give workers more leverage to demand pay raises.
With employers struggling to fill openings, the number of available jobs in April rose 1 percent to 6.7 million from 6.6 million in March, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That's the most since records began in December 2000.
The figures underscore the consistent strength of the nation's job market. The unemployment rate has reached an 18-year low of 3.8 percent. Employers have added jobs for a record 92 straight months. And the abundance of openings suggests that hiring will continue and that the unemployment rate will fall even further. Not since December 1969, when the rate was 3.5 percent, has unemployment been lower than it is now.
FILE- In this Feb. 8, 2018, file photo, Garrett Thornton, left, Bradley Harper, Heather Wood and Marcus Brown fill out various job applications at the Governor's Job Fair in the Tommy E. Dulaney Center in Meridian, Miss. On Tuesday, June 5, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for April. (Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star via AP, File)
Employers appear confident about the economic outlook and growth. Analysts expect faster consumer spending to help accelerate growth to roughly a 3.5 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, after growth had lagged slightly in the first three months of the year.
In July 2009, just as the Great Recession was officially ending, there were, on average, 6.7 unemployed people for each job. Now, that figure has fallen to just 0.95 jobless people per opening.
The sharpest increase in openings in April was in a category called professional and business services, which includes a range of occupations, from accountants, architects and engineers. Increased openings were also especially evident among manufacturers and at hotels and restaurants.
Regionally, the largest increases in available jobs in April were in the Midwest and West. Open jobs in the Northeast and South barely changed.
Yet it's not clear that employers are trying very hard to fill all their open jobs. Online job boards and software that makes it easier to scan resumes for keywords also make it easier for employers to post openings and initially screen applications, even if they're not actually prepared to hire.
The surest sign that employers were scrambling for workers would be steady pay gains, as businesses bid higher for the workers they need. Yet wage increases remain sluggish, compared with previous periods when the unemployment rate was this low.
Hourly pay rose 2.8 percent in May on average for all workers, excluding managers, compared with a year earlier. In April 2000, the last time the unemployment rate was as low as it is now, hourly pay jumped nearly 4 percent from the previous year.
That may indicate that employers aren't as desperate to hire as the robust number of job openings would suggest. For example, data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta show that workers who switch jobs are starting to enjoy healthier pay gains. That is a sign that companies are willing to pay more to lure workers from other companies.
But by historical standards, pay increases even for job-switchers are relatively low. In April, wages for job-switchers rose 4 percent, on average. But in December 2000, near the peak of the late 1990s boom, they were receiving raises of 6.5 percent.
Martha Gimbel, director of economic research at job listing site Indeed, points out that pay increases for Americans who remain in their jobs are actually falling. Wages for job-stayers were up just 2.9 percent in April, compared with 3.7 percent six months earlier.
Separate research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, released last month, shows that 14.5 percent of people who remained in their jobs in early 2018 received no pay increase from a year earlier. That figure was just 11 percent before the Great Recession began in late 2007.
"That is really astonishing to me at this point in the recovery," Gimbel said. "That just signals that employers are not worried about their employees being poached."
In this June 1, 2018, photo, a hiring sign hangs in front of a Kroger's grocery store in Hilton Head, S.C. On Tuesday, June 5, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for April. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)


What if a future Mars mission lands near a crater you've named and that name is on every TV broadcast, internet, everywhere during this historic event? Pretty epic, huh? We're talking about history being made, and that history has already started as the Mars crater naming process is available for public, but now, it's something special. Uwingu space funding company, among offering nearly 600,000 Martian craters to be named, is now giving everyone a huge one, that would make the headlines someday, like famous Gale crater – Curiosity rover's landing destination. Big as Florida, the crater is waiting for you till Dec. 15 on eBay. "This is an unique opportunity" said Uwingu's CEO, planetary scientist Alan Stern. "Our goals at Uwingu are to get more people excited about space exploration, and to fund space exploration, research, and education projects via this new private sector way." But that's not all, besides the rights to name this huge crater and helping fund space research, the winner of the bid will also get two VIP passes to the NASA Insight Mars Mission Launch in 2016 and a desk globe of Mars valued at over $300.
The crater, 624 km in diameter, located at 25.1 deg south latitude and 327.3 deg east longitude, is larger than 60% of the countries on Earth. What's even more awesome, if you win the auction, the name given by you to the crater will be on official Mars map of the private Mars One project and will also be carried to Mars by Mars One's first robotic lander, planned for 2018. But the Dutch ambitious project isn't about sending just rover, its ultimate goal is to send a manned mission to Mars and establish there a permanent human colony. So the colonists will use your crater names, officially, that's the result of an agreement between Mars One and Uwingu.
The crater naming certificate would be a great Christmas gift, truly out of this world. It would be also unique birthday or anniversary gift, something very special, not only for astronomy lovers. Naming the largest unnamed crater on Mars is a kind of privilege, a way to give a fantastic experience to yourself or someone special.
Uwingu, with over 14,000 craters named so far, more than ten times the number named by scientists in the past 50 years, is in fact creating the most complete map of Martian craters. The prices for naming rights range from $5 to $5,000 depending on crater size.
It's important to note that Uwingu's initiatives are fueling space research and education. The list of the recipients is still growing bigger.
The auction on eBay is also a reminder of the 50th anniversary of NASA's Mariner 4, the first mission to Mars, launched on Nov. 28, 1964. To celebrate the anniversary Uwingu has also successfully sent almost 90,000 messages to the Red Planet, during the 'Beam me to Mars' event.
Bidding started on Dec. 5 and will conclude on Monday Dec. 15 at 4:59 p.m. Mountain time. There are currently 12 bidders and 42 bids have been already placed. The one and only Florida-sized crater won't wait for long, so place a bid now, win and create Mars exploration history!


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Friends by Mail
Fasting for Dad
My Baptism
Surgery Blessing
Come Listen to a Prophet's Voice: Take Not the Name of God in Vain
The First Thanksgiving in Utah
Patricia Reece Roper
Rebecca M. Taylor
Friend to Friend: Service and the Sabbath
Kimberly Webb and William W. Parmley
My Prayer Was Answered
Thad A. Carlson
Funstuf
Fourth Article of Faith Maze
Animals in the Scriptures
Jill B. Adair
Comforted by the Holy Ghost
Sharing Time: The Lord's Day
Sheila E. Wilson
Paul and Phillip Hathaway of Burien, Washington
Richard M. Romney
The Lord Speaks to Us through Prophets
The Sabbath Day
Gary Croxall and Kathleen Holyoak
Dishing Up Blessings
Sheila Kindred
For Little Friends
Randy's Turn
Rachelle Pace Castor
Blessings Tree
Julie Wardell
Remember the Sabbath Day
A Jar Full of Love
Myrna M. Hoyt
Special Witness: Now Is the Time
Trying to Be Like Jesus
Paula Garcia
I Will Seek Good Friends and Treat Others Kindly
Debbie Olsen
Activity-day Missionaries
Lia London Gubelin
"Will You Please Stop?"
Dominic Duncan
Austin Le
A Gift for Kathryn
Anne Petersen Creager
Guide to the Friend
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"Animals in the Scriptures," Friend, Nov. 2004, 31
By Jill B. Adair
The words hidden below describe 25 of the many different animals, insects, and other creatures found in the scriptures. Find the words in the list below by reading up, down, forward, backward, and diagonally. Some letters may be used in more than one word. The unused letters will spell a message from the scriptures about animals.
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"That there were beasts in the forests of every kind" (1 Nephi 18:25).


Since their very first psytrance parties more than ten years back in time the Berliners Kevin Hentschel and Rafael Gomez never stopped experimenting with electronic sounds. Alongside multiple excursions into various sub-genres, own label activities and many open air- and club events the two friends concentrate since 2012 on the production of driving psychedelic trance music. After some releases in Spain and further mindblowing experiences while playing large festivals – such as the Fusion Festival – the two musicians re-invented their sound – and themselves – as "Atacama". Sometimes mysterious, always complex and preferencial driving Atacama carry off their listeners in spheres between bygone experiences and oncoming promises where myths and reality, rhythm and movement merge into a cosmic unity.


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Eva Brunne, whom the Church of Sweden made the world's first openly lesbian bishop in 2009, has proposed that a church in her diocese remove all crosses and put down markings showing the direction to Mecca in order to make Muslim worshipers feel more welcome (Breitbart.com, Oct. 5). Calling Muslim guests "angels," Brunne explained on her official blog that airports and hospitals have multi-faith prayer rooms, and converting the Stockholm church would only bring it up to speed. Patrik Pettersson, a priest in Brunne's diocese, replied on his own blog that there is no way you can equate a consecrated church with a prayer room. "I should have thought a bishop would be able to tell the difference," he wrote.
Switch Kickers
Eight members of Iran's national women's soccer team are actually men who are awaiting sex-change operations, reports The Daily Mail (Oct. 1). Officials have ordered gender-testing of the entire team and the top players in the country's competitive league. This is not the first time Iran's national team has been involved in a gender scandal. Last year, four players were found to be men, and in 2010 questions were asked about the team's goalkeeper. As a result, the Iranian governing body introduced mandatory gender-testing. Those who cannot prove their gender are barred from competing in women's competitions, but they can be re-admitted after completing "gender reassignment." Sex-change operations have been legal in Iran since 1979, when the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a religious ruling giving them the go-ahead.
What Makes #Ahmed Tick?
Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old media darling from Texas whose "homemade clock" looked like a bomb and led to his arrest, is moving to Qatar with his family (BBC, Oct. 21). Ahmed, the subject of our New Oxford Note "What If #AhmedIsaFake?" (Nov.), has accepted a full scholarship for his secondary and undergraduate education from the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. In the same month that he met President Obama at the White House, Ahmed enjoyed red-carpet treatment from the Sudanese head of state, Omar al-Bashir, a tyrant responsible for directing a campaign of mass killing, rape, and pillage that led to the deaths of 400,000 civilians in Darfur, for which he was indicted by the International Criminal Court. If that's not bad enough, al-Bashir oversaw a civil war in which 2.2 million Sudanese were wiped out by his government. No word from the fawning Western press on Ahmed's dodgy new pursuits.
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A finance major from the University of Georgia takes a job in investment banking after graduation, gets pouched by client he represented for a merger, falls in love with a new industry and now finds himself running his startup out of PayPal Start Tank.
Wellable delivers customizable, high-engagement, and affordable wellness programs for employers. It was Nick Patel's (Wellable's President) time working at healthcare company, TriZetto, when he realized an opportunity and that entrepreneurial bug came crawling.
Patel, a self-described active individual, had only worked in large companies during his career, all of which had wellness programs implemented. Being active and fit on his own, he wasn't one that needed these programs to incentivize him to exercise. However, he was open to reaping the rewards that come with them.
This is where Patel began to see the problem.
Patel told me one scenario where he needed his doctor to sign and fax specific paperwork. That was just one of many friction points, like company programs not being sync'd up with the likes of RunKeeper or Fitbit.
Essentially, these programs took too much effort for employees to get involved and it would leave companies falling short of their wellness goals.
In November of 2012, Patel quit his job and began tackling his wellness solution. By May of 2013, he had recruited Cole Bolskey to join him and their first version was being tested by friends and family that summer.
Fast forward to November of 2014, after a live pilot version had been in use, Patel struck up a partnership with The Clinton Foundation to lessen health disparities between socioeconomic and racial groups, by offering health and wellness apps to people in participating communities.
Patel spoke a lot about the importance of this partnership, one that certainly couldn't have been easy to land for such an early stage company. Patel will tell you he got a bit lucky… I'd say he did what a determined entrepreneur would do – make the tough phone calls to the far-fetched prospects and spin a good sales pitch.
Wellable is a full service solution for companies seeking a wellness program and while Patel intends to target larger corporations in the future, he tells me the focus is on small and medium-sized business now, as they have the larger need.
Patel has taken his previous experiences (problems) and utilized them to make Wellable a seamless offering. Working with HR teams or benefit consultants, an email is sent off to every employee to begin a quick, one-time onboarding process.
Patel stressed the one-time activation. With popular wearable and fitness apps sync'd to Wellable, all an employee needs to do is connect their favorite apps once and Wellable will track their activity accordingly.
Patel and his team work closely with the companies to build out specific campaigns, even handling the rewards.
Company X provides a specific budget and Wellable structures the challenges, goals, campaigns and rewards (all approved by the client), which could be gifts cards to Whole Foods or sporting goods stores with which Wellable has partnerships already in place.
As a full-service solution Wellable administers the entire process equating to high retention rates for the startup.
Additional features offered are options like health and fitness tips, which are signed off by Wellable's staff MD. Research from the University of Kansas, Patel tells me, showed this type of info was desired among consumers, but it needed to be credible and easily accessible.
So, along with their in-house MD, Wellable implemented an opt-in text function in October. Since then, they've actually had clients sign on to specifically utilize this option only.
As of now Wellable is a 7-person team, a mix of full and part-time. They've raised $150,000 to date and Patel tells me he is in the process of securing an additional $150k to bridge the gap to some major contracts and developments coming in the new year.
The health and fitness space has seen so much activity over the years. it's hard to keep track of it as a consumer, never mind a company. It's great to see someone enter the space from a different angle - working with the existing players, benefitting both businesses and consumers, while also appealing to insurance companies and government regulations.
A lot of potential for Patel and his team.
We'll keep an eye on their progress and if you see an email come through the inbox from HR regarding your new Wellable company wellness program, let us hear about it!


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Africa has a new country – Azawad
Mali Tuareg rebels declare independence in the north
The Azawad region of the north of Mali has declared its independence. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) made the statement on its website, adding that it would respect other states' borders.
The Tuareg rebels who declared the now country independence in northern Mali and several other neighboring zones around northern africa have fought several rebelions for their liberation, claiming that the they have been ignored by the distant Bamako.
Tuareg rebel spokes man Mossa Ag Attaher said: "We completely accept the role and responsibility that behoves us to secure this territory. We have ended a very important fight, that of liberation… now the biggest task commences"
The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) is one of the 2 rebel groups to gain ground in the area after Malis Goverment was ousted in a coup.
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« Report from Damascus
This is war, in a few words »
Israel's No-Fly Zone
On September 23 a Syrian Sukhoi SU-24 wanted to bomb Jabhat al-Nusra positions in the Golan heights, but was shot down by Israel with a Patriot missile. The pilots could eject safely. Israel claimed that the plane violated its air space, but the crash site was far away inside Syria near the town of Kanaker, which is halfway between Golan's demarcation line and Damascus.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said the aircraft approached Israeli territory in a "threatening manner" and then crossed the border. Ram Shmueli, a former air force brigadier general who had been briefed on the incident, said the jet was believed to be on a mission to attack rebel forces but the IDF felt it had to shoot it down in order not to risk a possible attack on Israeli targets.
By deploying the Patriot system on Golan Israel has practically established a no-fly zone next to the Golan, which allows jihadist fighters to move freely from Jordan to Syria and Southern Lebanon and infiltrate Syria from the south.
Jordan hosts several military training centers (for instance in Russeifeh) where CIA operatives along with Israeli, Jordanian, British, and French instructors train rebels for combat and in the use of anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons. There is also a control room in Amman, where rebel operations are planned.
Jabhat al-Nusra has for a long time tried to establish a corridor on Golan and use it to transfer fighters and military equipment from Jordan to Syria and South Lebanon. This corridor is absolutely necessary to revitalize the southern front and to break the siege on Ghouta in eastern Damascus through the south.
The battle began on August 27 for control of the demolished Syrian part of Quneitra city. Israeli forces opened several entrances through the border fence with heavy artillery shelling when rebels first launched their attacks. The Israelis also shelled the headquarters of the Syrian army's 90th Brigade.
In recent weeks the jihadists have captured most of the territory along the demarcation line, including the main border crossing at Quneitra.
Israel has allowed the jihadists to move freely on the Israeli site and aided them with massive artillery strikes on Syrian positions (Tel Abu al-Nada and Tall Abu al-Faras for instance), which it always justified as a retaliation against alleged Syrian artillery shells landing on the Israeli occupied site of Golan.
Israel has also provided logistic help and intelligence about Syrian positions to the rebels. It has treated wounded rebel fighters in Israeli hospitals and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even visited an IDF field hospital to speak with wounded rebels.
Israeli troops and staff have left the Quneitra checkpoint 2 kilometers away from the ceasefire line, leaving the area completely under control of Jabhat al-Nusra.
UN peacekeepers have also left the demarcation line and the jihadists have occupied the UN buildings as their own headquarters. Syrian UN envoy Bashar Jaafari: "The terrorists are now using United Nations cars, which hold the emblem of the United Nations forces in the Golan. They are using the uniform of the UNDOF, the weapons of UNDOF, the positions of UNDOR to shell on the Syrian army as well as on the civilians in villages."
The UN Security Council blamed the increased fighting on the Golan for endangering the peacekeepers and forcing the UN to move hundreds of peacekeepers to the Israeli side of the Golan Heights. The Security Council said the fighting posed a risk to a disengagement agreement that has helped prevent Israel and Syria from going to war since October 1973.
Blah, blah, blah… Why were the UN peacekeepers there in the first place and why didn't they resist the Islamic militants?
Israel has bombed Syrian government and military installations at least 6 times in the last 24 months, including army training facilities, weapons depots, military headquarters, and artillery batteries near Quneitra.
In January and March last year Israel struck weapons depots (rockets for Hezbollah), in July and October last year Israeli warplanes hit a military base near Latakia. In January an Israeli air raid targeted a scientific research center. In February Israeli fighter jets struck a weapons convoy along the Syrian-Lebanese border.
In March IDF forces on Golan hit the school and mosque of al-Hamidiyeh with missiles and machine guns and fired tank shells towards al-Hurriyeh. IDF soldiers killed two Hezbollah fighters, they said were suspected of attempting to plant a bomb on the security fence along the demarcation line.
Syria is fair game. US warplanes bomb in the north, Israeli planes in the south. Violent criminals are trained openly in Jordan and Turkey, Islamic fighters and weapons move in freely from Turkey, Jordan, and Israel.
The UN Charter and international law are meaningless, Nobel Peace Price laureate Barack Obama can give a speech full of preposterous lies and outright mockery to the General Assembly without being heckled and booed off the stage. The press comments this speech with absurd and ridiculous platitudes.
And the brainwashed population blankly stares at the TV, computer, smartphone screens, obeying, voting, shopping, understanding nothing.
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Missouri sweeps Tennessee
Tribune staff report
The surging Missouri baseball team finished the regular season with an 8-2 victory over Tennessee on Saturday, completing a sweep of the Volunteers in Knoxville, Tenn.
The Tigers (35-21, 14-16) enter the Southeastern Conference Tournament on a six-game winning streak. Tenth-seeded MU will play seventh-seeded Texas A&M (36-20, 16-14) at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the first round in Hoover, Ala.
"It was just a great win to finish the season and to be on a nice little streak and play the game well," Missouri coach Steve Bieser told KTGR after the game. "We really pitched the ball well and made plays we needed to make. Really pleased with the way we came into Knoxville and played a complete series."
Missouri gave up only two runs in three games against Tennessee despite resting ace Tanner Houck so he could start the SEC Tournament opener.
Bryce Montes De Oca (4-5) got the win Sunday, giving up two runs and striking out six in five innings. The Volunteers (27-25, 7-21) scored twice in the first inning — including a leadoff homer from Jeff Moberg — but couldn't do any more damage against Montes De Oca or reliever Andy Toelken, who threw innings, before Michael Plassmeyer and Nolan Gromacki finished the game in the ninth.
Missouri tied the game in the second on a sacrifice fly from Chris Cornelius and an RBI groundout from Alex Samples. In the sixth, the Tigers scored four, with Kirby McGuire and Cornelius delivering RBI singles and Matt Berler hitting a two-run single. In the seventh, Brett Bond added an RBI single, and Trey Harris drove in a run with a double in the eighth.
Bond went 3 for 4 and McGuire, Cornelius and Berler were each 2 for 4.


Heather is an internationally certified, fully insured henna artist (aka mehndi designer) based between Boston MA and Providence RI, providing beautiful traditional and contemporary henna designs throughout New England and beyond.
Heather has been a henna artist since 1999, and has been doing art in general for as long as she can remember, thanks to a very supportive and creatively nurturing family. As an honors graduate of the Anthropology program at Boston University (2002), her passion for the art of henna comes from a deep respect for the cultures that use henna traditionally, and she is continually furthering her research on henna traditions.
Heather is the hostess of the Henna Gathering, tied with Neeta Sharma's Spring Fling henna conference for longest running henna conference in the United States. She teaches workshops for colleges, schools, after school programs, libraries, and adult education programs, as well as offering private lessons. Her henna work has been featured at such respected galleries as the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, the Hygienic Art Gallery, the Traina Center for the Arts, and was featured in world reknown henna artist Riffat Bahar's exhibit of henna and mehndi art at the Slough Museum in the United Kingdom. Heather's artwork has won competitions open to all henna artists worldwide.
Her instructional videos have been an inspiration and important source of information for innumerable henna artists in training. Her books of henna patterns in all styles, many designed specifically for henna beginners, have been published electronically, and she is also very generous with free henna patterns for all who visit her website. Wanting to provide others with access to the same high quality henna supplies of the calibur she uses herself, she has opened an onlinehenna / mehndi supply store, Artistic Adornment. Heather also runs an artist agency for henna artists throughout the US, all of whom she is glad to have met personally and worked with many times.
Heather is extremely grateful for how the art of henna has taken her to so many interesting places and helped her meet so many wonderful people. She looks forward to continuing on this journey and meeting many more lovely folks.
Henna is a natural reddish brown plant dye that is used to create beautiful, temporary body art. It lasts from 1-3 weeks, typically around 7-10 days.
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Heather first learned about henna in an anthropology class in her first year of college (1999). The intricately beautiful patterns of traditional Indian bridal henna immediately captivated her, and inspired her to pursue further research into application methods and design elements. First doing henna just for herself and friends, but eventually more and more people inquired, and she found a spot doing henna weekly at much loved, now closed store called Estas Elementals in Providence, RI. From there, she started doing bridal henna and weddings on-site at people's functions (back in the day before everyone had a GPS in their car! oh, the map-consulting adventures!). Now Heather is happy to share her art at many of the premier arts and cultural festivals throughout Southern New England, go to destination weddings throughout the US and even Mexico, and travel as far as California and Australia to teach the next generation of henna artists.
As an anthropology graduate, Heather's love for henna stems from an interest in and respect for cultural traditions. Innovations that keep things current and relevant are welcomed and encouraged, especially when they come from a place of understanding traditional henna design patterns and ritual practices. As more people worldwide are able to share their designs easily online, it is important to follow these changing trends and be able to offer them to her clients while still maintaining high artistic standards and deep cultural understanding.
In addition to providing her artistry for events, Heather is also deeply engaged with the henna artist community. She runs the Henna Gathering, an annual conference for professional henna artists and moderates the very active online forum for the conference. Her henna supply company,Artistic Adornment, provides premium quality materials for other artists who share her passion. She releases henna design booksfrequently, providing other artists with designs they can use in their own professional practice. She also has a popular YouTube channel.


Just a few months ago I streamlined my nail polish collection from over 200 bottles down to just 20 and that drawer in my storage had started to look a bit empty, then this incredible package from OPI Nails arrived and it couldn't have been more timely. To celebrate the launch of the Disney The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, OPI has collaborated with Disney for an OPI Nutcracker Nail Polish Collection to bring shades of royalty to your nails.
Watching Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet is a holiday tradition for many, the posters are up across London and on poster sites across the tube, so this collaboration has been done quite timely. I am an absolute Disnerd and am looking forward to seeing the film as soon as I am released from work for the year and the synopsis sounds just amazing: All Clara wants is a key - a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer's annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key-which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It's there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip, a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers, and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger, to retrieve Clara's key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.
OPI Black to Reality – This is my favourite shade within the box and it is one I would happily wear all year round. A beautiful deep red, almost plum shade which looks magnificent with one coat, but even more fabulous with two.
OPI Berry Fairy Fun – This is a metallic purple shimmer which hosts a pinky purple sparkle to it. It is one of those shades which needs a good 2-3 coats to really get the full effect of the sparkle, but I've found it is one which seems to dry much quicker than some of the other shades within the collection.
OPI Toying With Trouble – If you don't have a pink polish within your stash, then this is the one! Admittedly, I am not a pink polish kind of girl, but this one I absolutely adore. Best described as being more of a fuchsia pink than a hot Barbie pink, it applies like a dream and looks amazing with just one coat.
OPI Envy The Adventure – Green isn't usually a shade I would opt for but it really is one of the nicest greens I have come across and it makes a perfect shade for Spring if like me you are not too big a fan of pastel shades.
OPI Candied Kingdom – If you like your bright red polishes then this is the one! It is a beautiful neutral toned red and surprisingly you need just one coat to get that perfect opaque coverage and it doesn't dry streaky which is another tick in the box.
OPI March In Uniform – If a navy shade is more your thing, then this polish wil be calling your name as it really is a stunning deep navy. I had expected this one to be quite streaky, owing to previous experiences with another brand who has a navy shade, but surprisingly it isn't and even with one coat it looks absolutely stunning.
OPI Dreams Need Clara-Fication – Again, another beautiful shade for spring as it is a really pretty pastel blue shade. To me, it is a little on the thin side when it comes to the formula which means you need to apply at least two coats, but it is worth it because it is so pretty.
OPI Lavendare to Find Courage – This is a really pretty pastel, white based lilac shade which I have grown to really like and have worn twice since the package arrived. A definite Spring/Summer shade if you prefer a lighter polish but it does need at least two coats.
OPI Dancing Keeps Me On My Toes – This is a shade which can be worn on its own or over another polish and I absolutely love it. On its own, you need 2/3 coats to get that full glistening white snow white shade which is almost metallic. Over another polish, just the one shade.
OPI Dazzling Dew Drop – This is a yellow gold shade which has a glint of silver sparkle within it. Two coats are needed for full opacity and I didn't expect to like this shade at all, but it is really pretty and perfect for an accent nail!
OPI Ginger's Revenge – The first shade to catch my attention as I removed them all from the box. Best described as a deep, dark berry red, it is just absolutely stunning and the perfect shade for this time of the year and you only need one coat!
I have absolutely loved getting to know this collection and having the opportunity to try out some of the shades over the festive season, never have I wanted to change my nail polish colour as often as I have done with these colours. I love that there are some shades that you can change with the seasons and some that you can wear all year round too.
Also included within the box is the OPI Start to Finish 3 in 1 which works amazingly well as a base coat to not only protect your nails but you can also use it as a top coat and nail strengthener. Formaldehyde-Free it is infused with Wheat Protein and Calcium, the high-performance treatment can be applied before nail polish to prevent staining of natural nails, after nail varnish for mirror-like shine and protection against chipping, or as a strengthener to promote harder, stronger nails.
Do you have a favourite shade within the OPI Nutcracker Collection?
'March in Uniform' is su g a lovely shade. This such a beautiful collection and the packaging is absolutely stunning.
How cute is this! I love the red shade!
Oh my goodness tht GREEEEEN! I love it! Such a stunning shade!


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Tribunal Fixes July 31 To Hear Petition Against Saraki's Election
Jul 24, 2015 Our Reporter News, Politics 0
Senate President Bukola Saraki.
From Victor Seyi, Ilorin
The petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Kwara Central Senatorial
District in the last general elections, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, against his opponent in the election, Senator Bukola Saraki, before the election petition tribunal in Ilorin has entered its hearing stage on Wednesday.
The petitioner came with one witness, Mallam Oloyin Abdullateef Adebayo, who is also the Private Personal Assistant to the PDP senatorial candidate. The witness, who was led in evidence by the petitioner's counsel, Mr. John Obumse, was cross-examined by all the respondents' counsel.
Also, the petitioner's counsel informed the chairman of the tribunal, Justice Joshua Majebi, that he had an application dated June 17, which was filed on June 29, 2015 and thus sought for adjournment based on three grounds.
First, he said that the date print out of card reader to be collected at INEC headquarters, Abuja, meant to be used for the purpose of the petition was yet to be obtained.
Also, he said that the witness brought for Wednesday, Mallam Adebayo was the only witness in court and no one else.
The petitioner's counsel also sought adjournment to move the application, while the respondents' counsel did not object the motion.
Chairman of the tribunal therefore adjourned the matter till Friday, July 31, 2015 for continuation of hearing of the petition and the hearing of the application filed by the petitioners, saying that the court would sit like a normal day on the adjourned date, and that
those that needed to go for Juma'at prayer would be allowed to go and come back for the continuation of the hearing.
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