Human Rights Council holds interactive dialogue with Commission of Inquiry on Syria
Source: UN Human Rights Council Country: Syrian Arab Republic MORNING/MIDDAY 16 September 2014 Concludes General Debate on Thematic Reports and on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights The Human Rights Council today held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Commission of Inquiry o ...
Guardian Outdoes Itself with This Editorial on ISIS Strategy
The UK Guardian has published an editorial on how to deal with the Islamic State from Bradley/Chelsea Manning. Manning is currently serving 35 years in Leavenworth for leaking classified intelligence during the Iraq war. The strategy itself sounds like the one Obama first offered, between the lines, ...
Topic Tuesday: What to Eat After a Workout
You know the feeling. The high of endorphines from a great workout, the relief that it’s over and the contentment that you put in WORK. And then there is the hunger. This isn’t regular hunger. This is that ‘suddenly my stomach is eating my back’ hunger. You need to eat, NOW. But what can you eat tha ...
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It's a neat feeling to be able to remember the day your brother-in-law was born. It's an even better feeling to be able to remember the day s your brother s-in-law were born. With Johnny, I remember sitting in my French Literature class with my cell phone on my desk hidden behind the top of the back ...
ISIS Is Making Less On Oil Than Feared — But They're Still Wrecking Iraq's Biggest Industry
The Islamic State has taken over several oil-producing areas in Iraq and Syria, raising fears that the group could leverage its hydrocarbon wealth to the point of economic self-sufficiency. A Washington Post article today complicates that picture: ISIS is indeed producing between 25,000 and 40,000 b ...
Silverclub
Theres been another big gap since the last blog post. Not because of writers block or owt like that. Just been mad busy which I suppose is one of them ‘good problems’ to av. A phrase often uttered by turds. Busy with what? Well theres at least 6 releases about to drop all in the next few months incl ...
You Have a Nice Wine…From WHERE?
You Have a Nice Wine…From WHERE? When people are looking for something interesting in wine I commonly turn them on to a different varietal—a grape they never heard of—perhaps Friulano or Aglianico. It’s also fun to suggest wines from unexpected places—and some real treasures can be found. Looking fo ...
The wildly anticipated debut cookbook from the founder of Skinnytaste.com
As a busy mother of two, Gina Homolka started Skinnytaste.com when she wanted to lose a few pounds. She started skinny-fying her favorite meals so she could eat happily while still losing weight, quickly establishing Skinnytaste as the number one go-to resource for slimmed-down recipes that you’d sw ...
The Muslim Brotherhood in Exile Finds a Potential Home in Turkey
Turkey’s President Erdogan has said he will allow members of the Muslim Brotherhood exiled from Qatar to stay in Turkey. As the New York Times reports: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said on Monday that several exiled leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood who fled to Qatar but lately have ...
From the creator of Sunday Suppers, the wildly popular Brooklyn-based food community and blog, comes a gorgeous menu-based cookbook celebrating the magic of communal meals shared with family and frien ...
Karen Mordechai was one of the first to redefine “entertaining” as “gathering,” changing the experience from stressful to intimate with a focus on bringing people together to connect over delicious food and in an inspiring environment. In 2009, she created the now iconic Sunday Suppers, a cooking co ...
Smuggled Across Turkey's Border, Homeless Syrians Call A Bus Station Home
KILIS, Turkey -- Outside of a Turkish bus station, weary travelers shuffle past a taxi driver shouting “To the fence!” in Arabic, offering rides to those wanting to be smuggled across the Syrian border just a couple of miles away. A Syrian family with ...
Over 1,000 ND fall turkey licenses still available
BISMARCK (AP) - More than 1,000 fall turkey licenses are still available in North Dakota. The state's Game and Fish Department says the remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis starting Sept. 30. Licenses remain available in ...
Turkey’s Inflation: Most Serious Overshoot Since 2006
Turkey’s inflation could hit 10% later this year with pressure on the Turkish lira and other risks. Turkey’s central bank would have to reverse course to raise interest rates to address higher inflation and a dropping currency. That’s well ahead of ...
Muslim Brotherhood Leaders May Come To Turkey
Turkey in the past has been heralded in the past as one of the best, most modern countries of the Middle East. Speaking to journalists, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Muslim Brotherhood leaders that they may come to Turkey if no obstacles are ...
Turkey to develop economic relations with Russia amid sanctions
Turkey expects Russia to do away with logistical tariffs and provide free entrance to more Turkish trucks, said Turkey's Economy Minister ISTANBUL Turkey is to increase its exports to Russia in the face of toughened Western sanctions against the country ...
Outgoing Turkish Consul General on visiting Turkey for fashion, food, fun
How do you let people across an ocean and a continent know how wonderful it is to visit your country? Turkey knows - they put on a fabulous party each year in Chicago. As a way to raise awareness of the treasures of Turkey, this year the 12th annual family ...
Turkey facing winter gas shortage
Poor forward planning and political manipulation of energy prices look likely to leave Turkey facing gas shortages this winter, even before the prospect of regional gas cuts due to the on-going hostilities in Ukraine. Turkey last week experienced an ...
