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Syrians Under Siege Amid New Bomb Attacks - Sky News
Syrians Under Siege Amid New Bomb Attacks - Sky News
Twin car bomb attacks have struck Syria's second city of Aleppo, according to state TV, as up to 10000 troops are reported to be massing on the outskirts of the besieged city of Homs.
Not for years have north-south relations been so poisonous, with a proxy war between the two nations that has already flared into direct Sudan-South Sudan clashes. The jagged, disputed frontier separating Sudan from its newly independent neighbor is now probably the most incendiary fault line in Africa, with big armies that fought each other for generations massing on either side.
Two Sudans Near Brink in Oil Dispute
Sudan and South Sudan are seizing tankers, shutting down wells and imperiling the tenuous peace that has held — just barely — after decades of war.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/world/africa/sudan-and-south-sudan-edge-closer-to-brink-in-oil-dispute.html?nl=afternoonupdate&emc=aua2&pagewanted=all
Jack press.net: Two "terrorist eplosions" have hit Syria city.
Two 'terrorist explosions' have struck Syria's second city of Aleppo, according to state TV, as up to 10000 troops are reported to be massing on the outskirts of the besieged city of Homs....
http://www.jackpress.net/2012/02/two-terrorist-eplosions-have-hit-syria.html
Those cartesian products weren't due to how I designed my FROM block, it's good to know that my logic about how that SQL section is formed is safe from what I thought I would have to do - thank goodness for small favors. But I still had issues with cartesian products beyond what I was expecting. Some cartesian products are totally unavoidable when you denormalize data from an RDBMS to a flat file. Turns out I learned a kind of best-practice when designing queries like these. Take the fro ...more...
Original by Sky News Twin car bomb attacks have struck Syria's second city of Aleppo, according to state TV, as up to 10,000 troops are reported to be massing on the outskirts of the besieged city of Homs.
The explosions, which reportedly killed 25 people and injured 175 others, were the first in Aleppo, the northern city which has been relatively quiet since the uprising against President Bashar al Assad's regime erupted last March.
State TV blamed "armed terrorist gangs" for ...more...
Flock House Introduction What if mobile, self-sufficient living units were the building blocks for future cities? By reflecting the future of urban space and building off of what is already there, Flock House is a group of migratory, public, sculptural habitats that are movable and modular with the ability to merge.
In a time when growing urban populations are faced with environmental, political, and economic instability, and when dislocation and relocation is important to consider and reconcile, Flock Houses are ...more...
Syria: Ground Troops Mass On Outskirts Of Homs, Stuart Ramsay | World News | Sky News
Two 'terrorist explosions' have struck Syria's second city of Aleppo, according to state TV, as up to 10,000 troops are reported to be massing on the outskirts of the besieged city of Homs.
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16166952
What strategies do you use to defeat email overload?
Influential Expression Consulting | How to Win Your Battle with Your Inbox
Do you look at your email inbox as your enemy? Are messages massing to attack and take over hours of your day? Fight back with a system. Investing time planning and putting a system of folders and fil...
http://www.influentialexpression.com/index.php/Blog/how-to-win-your-battle-with-your-inbox.html
So why was I pruning my links on bad diabetes research? Because that was one of about a dozen issues that came up in the wake of a survey on "information gaps" that are "missing" (to use the survey sponsor's words) from the flood of messages aimed at those affected by diabetes.
Though I don't usually flog my blog here (or anywhere), I was pleased with how a post about the survey came out. The blog now has a condensed index to things I think anyone dealing w ...more...
Diabetes Remission
Are there "gaps" in what you hear and read about diabetes? An online survey for people affected by the disease(s) is gathering "missing" information to incorporate into educational...
http://diabetesremission.blogspot.com/
Original by @rchitecture TORRE BLANCAS a project by francisco javier SÁENZ DE OIZA madrid, spain, completed 1969 –––––––––––– The Torre Blancas is an architectural icon of the Spanish Organicism movement. Designed by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza and completed in 1969, this exposed concrete tower rises 71 meters above the Madrid skyline. It also stands as one the most complicated and innovative reinforced concrete structures of the era, absent of the typical r ...more...
Massive U.S. military buildup reported south of Hormuz
While U.S. Preisdent Barack Obama’s supporters hailed his withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq as the end of the war in the middle east, behind the scenes the Pentagon has been quietly massing troops and armaments on two islands located just south of the Strait of Hormuz, and within easy striking distance of Iran, infowars.com reported. In addition to some 50,000 U.S. troops currently in the region waiting for orders (apparently they won’t be home by this past Christmas as was originally promi...
http://www.firetown.com/blog/2012/02/04/massive-u-s-military-buildup-reported-south-of-hormuz/
TRDL 2012 Series, No. 11 – Emma Frost, X-Men First Class Version [TRDL Redesign] The TRDL R3 Challenge this week was to redesign a character from a comic adaption show or film that you specifically didn’t like. I chose to do Emma Frost from the X-Men: First Class film. Setting aside my frustration with how January Jones either played the role, or acts in general, depending on your opinion of her I guess. I’m focusing here on the costuming. They were after a 60′s influenced version o ...more...
Massive U.S. Military Buildup Reported Around Iran; Up to 100,000 Troops Ready By March
Mac Slavo | The Pentagon has been quietly massing troops and armaments on two islands located just south of the Strait of Hormuz, and within easy striking distance of Iran.
http://www.infowars.com/massive-u-s-military-buildup-reported-around-iran-up-to-100000-troops-ready-by-march/
Original by @rchitecture 173 PARK STREET RESIDENCE a project by joeb MOORE + partners new canaan, connecticut, united states, completed 2010 –––––––––––– Prutting & Company has completed the 173 Park Street Residence project, an impressive cedar-sided and zinc-clad contemporary townhouse they built in 2010. Designed by Greenwich-based studio Joeb Moore + Partners, this 5,300 square foot three-level home is located in New Canaan, town in Fairfield County, Con ...more...