The long war: Syria is at the crux of ‘pipeline geopolitics’ – Mondoweiss

September 1, 2013

US-UK training of Syrian opposition forces [began in] 2011 aimed at eliciting “collapse” of Assad’s regime “from within.” So what was this unfolding strategy to undermine Syria and Iran all about? According to retired NATO Secretary General Wesley Clark, a memo from the Office of the US Secretary of Defense just a few weeks after […]

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Research firm: Motorola phone made in US isn’t more expensive to make – Greenfield Daily Reporter

August 31, 2013

Subjects: Mobile phones (36) Consumer electronics (84) Technology (842)   NEW YORK — Motorola’s new Moto X phone doesn’t cost more to make simply because it’s assembled in Texas, research firm IHS said Wednesday. The Moto X is the first smartphone to carry the “Made in the U.S.A.” designation. Labor costs are higher in […]

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First US-made smartphone just as cheap to produce – gulfnews.com

August 31, 2013
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Iran can’t access much oil income – HeraldNet

August 31, 2013

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Minimum Wage Jobs Won’t Be Replaced By This Robot Anytime Soon – Huffington Post

August 30, 2013

NEW YORK — The poster boy for the movement that opposes a major increase in the minimum wage is a burger-flipping fraud. A Japanese “robotic chef” that was held up Thursday as a hassle-free alternative for restaurant owners sick of dealing with human line cooks would simply not be able to do the job, the […]

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Minimum Wage Jobs Won’t Be Replaced With This Robot Anytime Soon – Huffington Post

August 30, 2013

NEW YORK — The poster boy for the movement that opposes a major increase in the minimum wage is a burger-flipping fraud. A Japanese “robotic chef” that was held up Thursday as a hassle-free alternative for restaurant owners sick of dealing with human line cooks would simply not be able to do the job, the […]

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Strong Turnout for – Rio Grande Sun

August 30, 2013

When Miguel Medina looks out over the field during practice, he can’t help but smile remembering when he first started as Española Valley football coach in 2012 and what he sees now. “When I first got here, we had eight kids show up,” Medina said. “Now, we got over 50 kids.” Recruiting freshmen and connecting […]

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Syria intervention plan fueled by oil interests, not chemical weapon concern – The Guardian

August 30, 2013

On 21 August, hundreds – perhaps over a thousand – people were killed in a chemical weapon attack in Ghouta, Damascus, prompting the US, UK, Israel and France to raise the spectre of military strikes against Bashir al Assad’s forces. The latest episode is merely one more horrific event in a conflict that has increasingly […]

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Valuable war trophy being returned to South Korea – Stars and Stripes

August 30, 2013

SEOUL — More than six decades ago, a U.S. servicemember came home from the Korean War with a rare – and valuable – souvenir: a dollar bill-sized bronze plate lifted from one […]

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How the New PV-JB/MF Open Format Junction Box for PV Modules Came to Light – ThomasNet News (press release)

August 30, 2013

Email |  Comment   Share   Multi-Contact USA 100 Market Street Windsor, CA, 95492USA Press release date: August 19, 2013 Multi-Contact AG, a global electrical connector manufacturer using advanced contact technology, […]

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