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Mortars rained down on a crowded marketplace in a Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital, killing 20 people as regime forces and rebels clashed on the southern outskirts of Damascus, activists said Friday. |
|Boys play on a destroyed Syrian army tank close to the Azaz mosque in Aleppo |
The attack on Yarmouk camp came as the government battled rebel fighters in the nearby Damascus suburb of Tadamon on Thursday evening. |
Clashes there continued on Friday and sounds of explosions from the neighborhood could be heard as far as the mostly deserted Damascus downtown, with plumes of smoke seen rising into the sky. The U.N. agency running Palestinian camps confirmed that at least 20 people had died in the shelling of Yarmouk. |
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After close to a year of hiatus, Q-bits is back. Hopefully you will find better than before, more focused and more insightful. |
As I’ve written before the BIG CRASH, this site is where I can be more than just a 140-character version of myself. This is where I can present the part of me that is unfettered by the seemingly narcisstic, over-sharing character typical of the social media scene dominated by Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and... |
But here is where I can be my more expressive self; secure in the knowledge that those who visit are not just curious bystanders, but those really interested in what I do and what I have to say. |
So you’ll find links to my writings, |
June 20, 2011 |
A "star-burst" pose by the STS-99 crew members helps to celebrate a successful Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour. Astronaut Janice Voss is at top center. Clockwise, around the circle from her position, are astronauts Dominic L. Gorie, Janet L. Kavandi, Gerhard Thiele, Mamoru... |
Topics: Mamoru Mohri, Gerhard Thiele, Janet L. Kavandi, Environment, Mohri, Kevin R. Kregel, STS-99, NASA Astronaut Group 14, Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie, STS-9, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, Space Shuttle, European Space Agency |
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Spring seemed a long way off last week as I took my lunchtime walk through the woods, the leaves on the trees were yet to unfurl, the ground was bare and covered in a mulch of last autumns dead leaves, and a light, cold wintry rain drizzled down. |
And yet I realised that my mind had picked up on the subtle changes in the quality of light and drawing out of the days. I became aware of a slight tightness in my ears, an unconscious straining and heightened alertness to the bird song around me. And I thought that after more Springs as a birder than I care to remembe... |
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Usability is commonly thought of as the art and science of making things easy to use. |
What is behind the science of usability? How do we know when something is easy, easy to learn and satisfying? |
Why is usability so important for any product, website, software or web application (including Rich Internet Applications)? |
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Welcome to the Xzibit area! When you're adding Xzibit songs to your playlist by left clicking on the results and entering the simple captcha code for the listening page, stay on this page some time to read gossips, latest album and song reviews about Xzibit. Please support our artists and buy Xzibit mp3 files legally o... |
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Xzibit: "Enjoy The Night" F. Wiz Khalifa, David Banner & Brevi - Source: Prefix Magazine With his seventh studio album-his first in six years- Napalm readying fo |
The UPC code sequence on last week's print issue read thin black line, thin white line, thin black line, thick white line, thick black line, thin white line, even thicker black line, thin white line, thick black line, thin white line. There should have been two thick black lines at the end. The Onion apologizes to ever... |
The Onion apologizes for its failure to meet the oh-so-high editorial standards of a genius such as yourself. |
The headline of Tuesday's article about homegrown terrorism was not as alarmist as it could have been. |
After defending Cindy for years, The Onion finally realized she’s no good. You were right. |
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- Casagrande Hotel Boutique is a small design hotel at the Buzios beach, of special attractive charm and managed by its owners. Casagrande guests find themselves from the time of arrival with a personalized and friendly welcome, and this is the way Casagrande Hotel Boutique enhances the adventure of traveling.Sensitive... |
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Top Ten differences between White Terrorists and Others |
1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with a gun? Wouldn’t that be, like, everyone in the US? Other terrorists are called, like, “terrorists.” |
2. White terrorists are “troubled loners.” Other terrorists are always suspected of being part of a global plot, even when they are obviously troubled loners. |
3. Doing a study on the danger of white terrorists at the Department of Homeland Security will get you sidelined by angry white Congressmen.Doing studies on other kinds of terrorists is a guaranteed promotion. |
4. The family of a white terrorist is interviewed, weeping as they wonder where he went wrong. The families of other terrorists are almost never interviewed. |
5. White terrorists are part of a “f |
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For the new BMW 6-series Gran Coupé, German tuning specialist AC Schnitzer has announced a new tuning program. The new AC Schnitzer F06 BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe tuning package features revised styling and a number of engine upgrades.This tuning package is available for both the 640d and 640i. |
Engine and specification: |
The 640i is equipped with 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-six petrol engine; it has a capacity to deliver 360 PS of maximum power instead of the standard 320 PS. In addition, the 640d is equipped with 3.0-liter six-cylinder diesel engine; it has a capacity to deliver 360 PS of maximum power of the standard 313 PS. |
A new sports suspension with a lowering spring kit helps to provide dynamic handling in the corners for the 6 Series Gran Coupe. |
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The mission of Flattr is to make it easy to give to creators of all types by providing a quick, ubiquitous, and simple to use platform. We want to see the greatest diversity possible in the numbers of people and projects being supported through our service. |
The creative tech industry has been growing at very impressive rate but there is still work to be done to ensure that this dynamic scene is open, accessible, and welcoming. We would like to take a moment to highlight just a few of the many awesome folks who have been working very hard in this regard. |
When pop culture media critic Anita Sarkeesian started a Kickstarter project to examine gender dynamics in pop culture and female tropes in video games she received a tidal wave of abuse in the form of racist, sexist, and generally threaten |
The Georgia High School Association will place schools in regions for the 2010-14 academic years on Dec. 2. Each day this week, the GHSF Daily staff is going to look at a different classification and tell you how we’d do the regions, starting with Class AAAAA. |
These are not projections. We’d have more luck predicting the exact scores of every game this week than how the GHSA will divide up the regions. Our goal is simply to bring to light some of the questions and challenges that define the GHSA’s task next week. |
Here’s how we’d do Class AAAAA: |
1-AAAAA (6 teams) |
Camden County (moved from 3-AAAAA) |
Valdosta (playing up) |
Going down: Houston County, Northside, Warner Robins |
Notes: Four current 1-AAAAA schools were assigned to Class AAAA because of declining enrollment. Schools may choose to pl |
I love to cook. I like to bake. I’m pretty good at both. Pie crusts on the other hand are my downfall. My mom always made (and still makes) fantastic pies – maybe this is why I always seem to fail when it comes to the crust. They aren’t as flaky, no matter how cold the ingredients are. The sides fall down. I could go o... |
So against all things homemade, I broke down and finally used a store-bought, refrigerated pie crust. No fail this time! |
Besides the store-bought pie crust, I tend to free-form my fillings – very unlike my mom’s pies which followed a recipe to the T most times. Hence the term renegade – I feel like a rebel when I throw caution to the wind and flip the bird to traditional recipes. How do I accomplish these rebellious acts you might ask? I... |
Companies do sometime make bad decisions. One of the worse bad decision it might bet the company on something that did not pay off. It is part of the risk companies take. |
However, when it involves selling off part of the business that you are famous and in the lead for because it is dull and to pursue more sexy business that the company is not in the lead, that will not be sound decision. One knows one is doing it if there is a lot of opposition or surprise when one announces the decisi... |
So far, of the three examples I heard of in the tech industry, two failed, and one is not doing as well as it would. |
The first example is Marconi. It decided to sell its defense and wireless equipment business to concentrate on the telecommunication business. Tha |
Aren't we all just loving the grief that the FTC is giving Kinder Morgan? This is causing a huge readjustment of assets and debt and making us all nervous. Reminds me of my retirement last year.... I just had to walk away from the work world and leave it up to the younger people to figure it all out now. So let all of ... |
And to other posters about the GP taking 50% of the cash flow and then we get the other 50%: we get |
Why? A 30% short term gain isn't enough? Bulls make money; bears make money; pigs get slaughtered. |
Any idiot who sold is just that. Did anyone notice how much money the company actually made? Brown is doing what he gets paid to do; err on the side of caution. This is a short sellers manipulation, I wouldn't be surprised if the stock recovers at least $2 from its lows today by the close, and will be back to close to ... |
A friend of mine who works at the SEC said more Wall Street thugs will be going to jail. I expect the GS analyst who trashed HP yesterday to be indicted within 6 months. See this story for evidence that the feds are cracking down, and cracking down HARD! |
Actually I bough |
When the Freedom Riders arrived in Montgomery, Alabama in May of 1961, they were greeted and beaten by a mob at the Greyhound station. The civil rights activists were not welcome in the deep south, and local law enforcement failed to protect them from violence and intimidation as the activists attempted to end race dis... |
Yesterday, current Montgomery police chief Kevin Murphy apologized to the Freedom Riders, including Georgia Representative John Lewis, at the historic First Baptist Church, offering the congressman his badge and admitting that the police department had enforced unjust laws while the Freedom Riders protested in Montgome... |
The police chief told NBC News that, "I think what I did today should have been done a long tim |
Havre Daily News Sports Editor |
The scores may not indicate it, but Tuesday was a pretty good day for the Havre High track teams. The Pony boys and girls were both soundly defeated by Class AA CMR in dual action at Great Falls' Memorial Stadium. |
The CMR boys defeated Havre 92-52, while the Rustler girls crushed the Ponies 107-37. However, with forecast of cold weather for the coming days, a day of competition was better than a day of practice. |
"I'd much rather have a Tuesday meet than a Tuesday practice," HHS head coach Mark West. "It's good to go out and compete instead of working out in the cold." |
The Ponies not only got to compete, but got the chance to compete against a very good Rustler team. |
In the boys, CMR won 11 events, led by double winners John Michelson in the 1,600 and 3,200, P |
What is campylobacteriosis? |
Campylobacteriosis is an infection of the gut caused by Campylobacter bacteria. These bacteria are a frequent cause of food poisoning. |
How do you get it? |
You get campylobacteriosis by eating foods or by drinking water contaminated with the bacteria. You can also get it from infected people or pets especially kittens and puppies. |
Persons at highest risk of getting the disease are workers who handle animal products, agricultural and wildlife workers, and veterinarians who handle infected animals. Infection usually occurs while processing animal products, either by direct contact with the contaminated raw material or by indirect contact in a cont... |
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