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► Your energy will be strong today -- when it's working, that is. Through the day your energy is probably going to turn off and on unpredictably, but this will not distract you too much. Plus, you need to slow down anyway, and a temporary blip in your circuitry will give you the breaks throughout the day that you need. So if you suddenly feel the urge to turn off your computer and go for a walk, do it. You won't get anything done until you clear your mind. Your goals are within reach if you just push yourself a little further! You should find that it's easier than ever to flow past obstacles. Stop yammering and start adapting -- things are getting better!
Are you predicting or asking for consolation? Ehehehe, I feel the U.S. problem will end up after 17 October this year. Then there will be two points in a line towards the end of October 2013. If I'm wrong in feeling, sorry. If I'm wrong in feeling, sorry. No need to be panic or cursing between the parties, because the U.S. government will not go bankrupt, well ... just need some sort of diet.
► "The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language." - Christopher Dawson
► DAILY MAIL11 October 2013
■ British Red Cross volunteers to ask supermarket shoppers to donate groceries to struggling families in bid to tackle food poverty
■ Father, 50, is diagnosed with tongue cancer after seeing symptom in photo of a warning label HE was designing for cigarette packet
► NY TIMES 7 October 2013 : Sponges Recycle Food for Reefs
► NBC NEWS 9 October 2013 : How to watch NASA's Juno zip by Earth on its mission to Jupiter
► SCIENCE DAILY
■ 4 October 2013 : Astronomers Discover Large 'Hot' Cocoon Around a Small Baby Star
■ 8 October 2013 : Blood Vessel Cells Can Repair, Regenerate Organs
► NEWSCIENTIST 2 February 2012 : Fomalhaut's giant exoplanet may be small lava world
► SCIENCEMAG
■ 4 October 2013 : ScienceShot: Einstein's Secret? A Well-Connected Brain
■ 7 October 2013 : ScienceShot: Why Some Male Marsupials Die for Sex
■ 8 October 2013 : ScienceShot: Where Should I Drink My Whiskey? A new study finds that the environment in which people sip a whiskey influences how they perceived certain aspects of the beverage and even changes how much they liked it, researchers report today in the journal Flavour
► DAILY KOS 11 October 2013 : Rep. Louie Gohmert says John McCain 'supported al Qaeda'
► HUFFINGTON POST 11 October 2013 : Miss Venezuela Pageant Bridges Political Divide
► GUARDIAN 12 October 2013
■ Middle-class young 'will fare worse than their parents'
■ Letters detail punitive tactics used on Guantánamo hunger strikers
► SLATE 12 october 2013 : The Shutdown Continues, the Supreme Court Gears Up, and Malcolm Gladwell Defends Himself
► NEWSMAX 12 October 2013 : Obama Bites Tongue as Cruz Confronts Him at White House Meeting
► PBS NEWS HOUR 10 OCtober 2013 : How will shutdown stalemate shape future negotiation in Congress?
► ENTERTAINMENT : Putin Laughs Off Hilary Clinton's Threat To Russia. Published on Jul 31, 2012 by chasingthetruths
The Syrian Airlines jet performed an alarming dive on its nighttime approach into Damascus airport in an attempt to avoid any hostile fire. The exterior lights on the aircraft were switched off to make it less visible to any rebel fighters attempting to shoot the plane down. Syrian army artillery rounds were flying through the air, thudding into residential suburbs not far from the airport.
Once we'd landed, I saw little of the Syria I knew from my previous two visits. The airport that had been the gateway to the country for tourists was quiet. The road to the centre of Damascus was eerily empty. Our driver drove as fast as he could, speeding us past signs welcoming us to Syria on a road that regularly comes under attack or is caught in the crossfire in a conflict that has now cost more than 70,000 lives and displaced millions. How, I wondered, had Syria and its people, whom I had such warm memories of, reached such a state?
Like many people, I first travelled to Syria in 1995 to immerse myself in the country's extraordinary and varied history. Now I was in Damascus to direct and film a documentary that would explain how history had helped shape and influence the appalling civil war that is tearing Syria and its different communities apart. It was a strange relief to be in Damascus, as visas for journalists and filmmakers, issued by the Syrian government, are difficult to obtain.
The programme's Middle East producer had doggedly convinced a suspicious Syrian Ministry of Information that now was the right time to make a history of Syria after weeks of officials telling us to come back after the 'current, temporary problems' were over. We persisted in pushing for access because history can help explain the current violence in Syria; violence that has become increasingly incomprehensible for audiences of news programmes around the world.
I was surprised by my own ignorance about the subject. It was only after weeks of reading and meetings with experts before actually arriving in Syria did I map the historical connections, linking present day events with the past. How though, were we to go about making a documentary in a country consumed by civil war?
Permission to film almost anything and anyone was frustratingly difficult to obtain. The official from the Syrian Ministry of Information assigned to take us around kept apologizing for the numerous new restrictions that had been put in place. Getting access to the beautiful Old City of Damascus now involved negotiating a way through sandbagged checkpoints past soldiers who were suspicious of foreigners and visibly on edge.
Surreally, though, Syrians were rushing around going about their daily business, seemingly ignoring the near constant sound of gunfire and fighter jets which screeched overhead to bomb targets in the suburbs. An even stranger sense of normality prevailed in other locations we filmed, particularly in Syria's coastal city Lattakia, where no fighting was taking place. We mingled with couples watching the sunset over the Mediterranean and for a moment one was back in pre-conflict Syria. But the effects of war were never far away. Published on May 14, 2013 by NewDOCUMENTARlES
► SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - Uploaded on Jul 27, 2011 by NASAtelevision : NASA Mission to Jupiter Ready for Launch. NASA's Juno spacecraft is ready for launch. The solar-powered spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter in July 2016 and orbit its poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's interior, atmosphere and aurora. Juno is currently scheduled to launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5 at 11:39 am Eastern. || ► Juno Mission Launches to Jupiter. NASA's Juno spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter after being launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on August 5 at 11:25 a.m. Eastern. The solar-powered spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter in July 2016 and orbit its poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's interior, atmosphere and aurora. Scientists believe Jupiter holds the key to better understanding the origins of our solar system.
► Iran rejects West's demand to ship out uranium stockpiles
► Porsche Exhibit Showcases the 'art of Speed' An exhibit of 22 racing and street cars made by Porsche opens Saturday at the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh. "Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed" includes actor Steve McQueen's 1958 Speedster and singer Janis Joplin's 1965 Cabriolet. (Oct. 11)
► Day 12 of Government Shutdown ||► Reid: Open the Government, Let Us Pay Our Bills
► NEWS
■ Netanyahu urges Britain and France not to ease sanctions on Iran
■ Congress lumbers while threatened default looms
■ Emerging Senate proposal focus in budget battle
■ Focus of shutdown negotiations shifts to Senate
■ JPMorgan's Dimon on US default: 'You don't want to know'
■ Pope stresses 'service' role for women in Catholic Church
■ Snowden: mass surveillance making us less safe
■ Gabby Giffords' Gun Control Group Hopes to Go Head-to-Head With NRA in 2014
► TRAVEL : 9 beautiful places to learn horseback riding
► OMG! : Vanilla Ice Heads to Amish Country
► SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT : Sponges help coral reefs thrive in ocean deserts
► FUTURE : Are we on the brink of the first mile-high building?
► 'No Monsanto!': World marches against GMO food
► Kerry fails to secure deal on US 'troop immunity' in Afghanistan
► Cash-for-Castles: Italy sells off historic sites to plug budget holes
► Wizard of Woz: Apple's Wozniak speaks to RT about NSA spy scandal
► VIDEOS
■ Default Deadlock: Obama, Congress play chicken in debt deadline countdown
■ 'Stop Monsanto!' Hundreds of protests held worldwide against GM food
■ 'Crap Town': London rated worst place to live in UK
► The Gridlock Economy Blues
By Rana Foroohar - Get ready for the new normal, where blue chip stocks trump government bonds, and politics trump the economy
Haiya .... I giggle with the headline above. One word: Blues. I love the blues, you know?
* Senate Hopes to Save the Day
* 5 Blows to Expect if Shutdown Doesn't End Soon
* America Blames GOP
► FRAMEWORK : The Week in Pictures | Oct. 7-13, 2013 - Posted By: Marc Martin
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