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05-28-2012 07:52 AM
Lizer I am dry sanding with 180.

It was 90 here yesterday. I put the car in the sun to bake the poly so if it wanted to do any shrinking it could before I was completely done with my blocking. I noticed that when warm (even in the shade) it sands a lot softer and was actually loading my sandpaper. Two things that don't happen in cooler temps.
05-28-2012 05:44 AM
angel85lx P.s while waiting between coats take a mixing stick and mix your primer in the cup. It keeps it.from drying. Also give the trigger a little pull every few min to keep the tip from drying and clogging up.
05-28-2012 05:41 AM
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Thanks guys. Once again you've been a lot of help, as always. I'll post an update when I hit my hood with it. It should do wonders for that too
Told you the way to go was using poly primer. Are u dry sanding or wet sanding ? When u get really dry spots wet sand them it will help and make it easier. Also don't over lap remember to give your self flash time between coats. I had to get a timer and make my self wait till it was time. I know you can get really happy once that poly starts flowing right.
05-27-2012 04:51 PM
Lizer Thanks guys. Once again you've been a lot of help, as always. I'll post an update when I hit my hood with it. It should do wonders for that too
05-27-2012 03:18 PM
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Congratulations. Glad it's working out well for you.

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05-27-2012 01:52 PM
John long Congratulations. Glad it's working out well for you.

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05-27-2012 12:19 PM
Lizer Oh I believe you. This stuff has quite possibly been the best $90 I've spent on this car in a while. I NEVER would have been able to get it as straight as it is with this stuff. It's amazing. My driver's door is blocked completely flat now. My roof (which looked like a dairy cow) is blocked flat (well half of it), my trunk lid is almost flat, I need to work on it some more. It's really done wonders to that roof. And my hood scoop...well that's the show case today because it was most impressive.

It's a fiberglass part so you are all too familiar with how wavy those are. Everywhere there is a support ribbing underneath you could feel it on the top, and your hand would just go up and down as you ran it over the top. I really thought I was going to have to skim it first, but I wanted to try an experiment with the slick sand. This thing looked TERRIBLE when I sanded the epoxy before shooting the Slick Sand. Low spots galore.

The first two pictures below is after two coats of slick sand and blocked. Still some pretty big lows. The next two pictures are after another 3 coats and blocked as much as I could before I was going to break through. ALL the guidecoat was sanded off and the scoop was completely flat to the hand except for 1 or 2 small spots on each side. I'll probably glaze these but they are shallow. I spent so much time blocking it I don't want to have to block that slick sand off again.
05-27-2012 10:46 AM
MARTINSR You have to remember "Filling" scratches requires sanding off the top. There is NOTHING (generally speaking) that is going to "fill" scratches when you sand over them making it unable to see them without first sanding it flat.

BELIEVE ME that polyester primer WILL fill 36 grit scratches with two or three coats EASY! I have done it, I have did tests where it was abused! I did some dents on an friends car with his permission as a test. I sanded filler with nice new sharp 36 grit sandpaper and feathered the paint around it with 120. I applied three coats (as I remember it was 3, it may have been 4) and blocked it with 180, then 320, then 400 then 600 and painted black basecoat clear coat over that. Six months later I saw some of the 400 grit scratches that I missed and the bs/cc shrunk up a bit. But the 36 grit, NOTHING.

05-26-2012 06:07 PM
John long Josh, I assume you have touched bare metal at the high spots or close to it. When you begin your final blocking if you touch bare metal you will begin to build a lump since you will be sanding the low spots around it but will not be able to. bring down the high spots below the level of the bare metal. You can shoot extra build in the low areas but you had better shoot some all over if you have hit metal anywhere. Remember this is your final block and you want one consistent primer coat for you final color coat.

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05-26-2012 04:57 PM
Lizer Now for the important update...I shot two more coats without the filter in the gun. Made all the difference in the world.

I pretty much only have time to shoot 1/2 a quart a time and then it's used up. I blew some lacquer thinner through the gun, mixed up another 1/2 quart, then shot that for the second coat. Two coats and I still hadn't filled some of my 80 grit scratches... You have to go SLOW when spraying this stuff on, but still. I went over and over those scratches in some spots.

Anyone see any reason why you can't just shoot the low guide coat spots once it's all blocked and then block again?
05-26-2012 02:24 PM
Lizer Like an alligator, it can fully digest a turtle shell!

Anyways, I figured I would report back that I very much DO like this stuff now. I hit it with my 180 block and it started coming off in sheets, even with my 220. I found this was a case where trying to cut it down with 80 initially was absolutely pointless. That 80 grit would just bounce right over the top of it and not bite at all, even my '80 grit-turned 100 grit'. It blocked awesome with 220 even though I sprayed it several nights ago.

The other really cool thing is you can literally block the low dark guide coat spots away if you just keep sanding...this stuff builds so much. This was after just one coat. After the first round of blocking I had a lot less guide coat spots than when I started. I've blocked the first coat almost entire off now.

I'm planning on shooting another 3 coats today and I'm guessing that's probably all I will need.
05-26-2012 02:08 PM
MARTINSR I saw examples of it sprayed on plastic at NACE once that you could bend pretty tight and it didn't crack.

05-26-2012 11:58 AM
deadbodyman You can actually make molds with slick sand...Back when it first came out they had little model cars they filled up with it they were about 2" high so you can actually go that thick without it cracking ,,,WE ALL thought it was Gods gift to us body men ..I do believe if you built a box around a car then filled that box with slick sand all the way up to the roof ,then removed the box when the slick sand dried you would have a car that looked like a block with wheels....then you get out the chesils and belt sanders and you could sculpt any car you wanted out of this stuff... hell, you could make a Lambo out of a geo...or a pinto
That'd be pretty fly for a white guy
05-25-2012 09:57 PM
John long Ditto... JL
05-25-2012 08:39 PM
MARTINSR Very good way to look at it Henry. You have a good head on your shoulders.

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Hector, after starting the year as a forward, has had some impressive performances for the U14s at the heart of the defense. His size and strength helps bring sturdiness to the back line and his experience as an attacking player also means he is comfortable playing out from the back.

Defender: Garrett Welch, U-18 Academy

Garrett has been a regular on the TOTW’S all season. He brings a consistency to each game that is unmatched throughout the academy. The young center back is not only tough in his challenges, but he helps jumpstart the attack with precise balls from the back.

Midfielder: Christian Nelson, U-14 Pre-Academy

Christian is another player who has moved positions in recent weeks. The young 14-year-old has played most of the year at center back, but has been tried at defensive midfield over the last few weeks and has not disappointed. He was on the score sheet this past weekend, scoring from a full 25 yards out to help his U-14 side to a strong win on the road.

Midfielder: Jacob Salome, U-15 Pre-Academy

Jacob is another player who is not new to the TOTW. The 15-year-old midfielder was fantastic for the U-15s this past weekend. Although they did not get the result they would have liked, he played well enough to earn him a spot on this week’s Academy Team of the Week.

Midfielder: David Browne, U-13 Pre-Academy

David has been in sensational form for the U-13s in recent weeks. The young midfielder was great again this past weekend, connecting his passes and working both sides of the ball.

Midfielder: Christian Lucatero, U-18 Pre-Academy

Lucatero, who normally plys his trade on the U-16s, was played up this past weekened with the U-18s and did not dissapoint. The youth national team player was fantastic in his overall play and was not fazed by the jump in level.

Forward: Marco Ortega, U-13 Pre-Academy

Marco scored the lone goal for the U-13s this past weekend. He linked well from his center forward position and worked extremely hard to put pressure on their four defenders.

Forward: Julius Montano, U-16 Pre-Academy

Dom is named to the TOTW for the second time in two weeks. He was on the score sheet again and was a constant threat in attack. He not only was fantastic going forward, but he also worked very hard defensively.

Forward: Elo Ozumba, U-16 Academy

Elo scored twice this past weekend as the U-16s eased to a 5-1 victory over Lonestar. He was clinical in his finishes and also worked hard on both sides of the ball. He linked well with his midfielders and provided an outlet when needed.


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NCAA Being Sued By Former Players Who Find Themselves Being Used In Video Games

Not many people remember Ed O'Bannon for his exploits on the basketball court. But if he has his way, his name may end up as one of the most memorable in college sports history, primarily because he could end up being the one who changes college sports history.

O'Bannon was a star forward on the 1995 UCLA Bruins basketball team that won the national championship. He had a short, non-spectacular career in the NBA, and he now sells cars in Las Vegas. Several years ago, he noticed a player with his number, stats, and movements (but not his name) as part of a EA Sports NCAA basketball game. And O'Bannon kind of wondered why he wasn't getting any money from the use of his likeness.

Thus he launched a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA, and the licensing arm of the NCAA, for unauthorized use of his likeness and for engaging in anti-competitive behavior. The NCAA tried to have the case dismissed, but two weeks ago, a federal district court judge in California refused to dismiss the case, and now the NCAA is beginning to go into a kind of panic mode.

At issue is a piece of paper slipped into every scholarship package that must be signed by every college athlete.  The slip of paper is known as Form 08-3a, and it must be signed and returned to the NCAA before a player can play. This form contains language granting the NCAA and the universities authority to use the player's name and image to promote various NCAA sporting events. The catch is, there's no way for this clause to expire. And as such, there's no way for the players to ever regain control of their identities while the NCAA continues to earn dollars into perpetuity.

"That's basically what they're claiming," Matt Mitten, Professor of Law and Director, National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School, tells Hair Balls. "'You guys are reaping millions and we're not getting anything.'  That's the bottom line on it."

O'Bannon's case is premised in antitrust law which is meant to eliminate anti-competitive practices that restrict trade and commerce. He's got to prove that there's an agreement among the schools, and that this agreement is an unreasonable restraint of trade -- i.e. the schools have joined together to prevent O'Bannon from entering into agreements that would allow him to make money off of his name.

"You can certainly prove that there's an agreement among the schools. No question," Mitten said. "This is pursuant to that. Is it an unreasonable restraint of trade? Typically courts have upheld NCAA rules and agreements that are designed to maintain the quote amateur nature of college sports. But there's also a very significant business component to it. You might have some courts looking at it now and saying, hey, it raises a factual question. Whereas in the past, there were a number of courts that said it was almost a per se rule of legality any NCAA rule that was designed to maintain amateurism."

The NCAA has always been able to get away with just about anything when it comes to college sports because the organization has always been able to claim that what it does is to protect the amateur aspect of college sports. And it's this amateur aspect that has allowed the NCAA and the universities to make lots of money off of the names of guys like O'Bannon. But the genius of O'Bannon's suit is that he's not attacking the amateur myth. He's not demanding that current players be paid salaries. He's only asking that he (and current and former players) get a cut of the money that comes from the use of his identity.

"It's going to basically change the way that college sports does business if the court rules in the players' favor." Mitten says. "Because what has essentially happened is that the NCAA and the universities have been the ones that have gotten the revenues. The players' sole economic benefit has been basically a free education -- of course there's a significant economic value to a scholarship, to getting a college athletic degree."

But is that sole economic factor in the player's favor enough to give the NCAA and the universities the right to a player's identity into perpetuity? It's the risk of an adverse opinion that has the NCAA and the universities worried. University of Houston athletic director Mack Rhoades is following the case, and he does worry about what would happen to the school should O'Bannon win, primarily because the school has been known to the use the likeness of former stars Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon.

And if O'Bannon should win -- which is probably still years away -- then what? Professional players are paid when their likenesses are used in advertisements, in video games, fantasy stats, or anything that generates income. Most players are compensated through their players unions, which enter into agreements with the leagues and which then distributes a percentage of the money earned from the marketing efforts back to the players -- some players, like Michael Jordan and Barry Bonds, opted out of such generic agreements and negotiated their own contracts for the use of their likeness.

There is thinking that a trust of some kind would be established to serve the function of the professional player associations. The trusts would help negotiate deals on behalf of the players, and once the players graduated, the money in the trusts would be distributed to those players. The problem will be the past players. The guys like O'Bannon. And Drexler. And Olajuwon. And Vince Young and Earl Campbell and so on and so on. There's going to have be some way to compensate for the past uses of their names.

A conclusion is still years away. The case could still be dismissed. A settlement could still be reached. The NCAA could still win the case. And in the end, Congressional involvement in the BCS will probably amount to nothing in comparison to what Ed O'Bannon accomplishes.

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Yikes! 2 blunders earned company $35.2 million in 401(k) fines

A federal judge has ordered an employer to pay $35.2 million in damages after it was sued by participants in its retirement plan. Here’s what got the company in trouble.

ABB, Inc., a maker of power generation and distribution equipment, was found to be in breach of its fiduciary duties for two reasons:

  • Used a plan with excess fees to save money elsewhere. ABB used Fidelity Investments as its 401(k) plan provider. It also used Fidelity to process its payroll and benefits. ABB and its employees paid for the 401(k) service partly through fixed administration fees, and partly through giving Fidelity a cut of the profits the 401(k) funds generated — all of which is legal. However, the judge concluded that ABB allowed Fidelity to charge excessive 401(k) fees (taken from employee profits) in exchange for a discount on the payroll and benefits processing. That’s a big no-no. The trial lawyer for the employees said this amounted to ABB and Fidelity using employees’ retirement assets to benefit themselves. And if the amount of the fines tells us anything, it’s that the judge didn’t disagree.
  • Switched funds — but not to provide more value. ABB stopped using a Vanguard fund in which its employees’ retirement funds were placed and began using a Fidelity fund. But the judge said the decision was not to provide more value to ABB’s plan participants, it was to help Fidelity make more money so it would charge ABB less for other services. The judge said Vanguard’s fund wasn’t underperforming, and ABB failed to look into other funds besides Fidelity’s. That was strike two.

In addition to the $35.2 million in damages ABB was slapped with, Fidelity was hit with $1.7 million in fines as well.

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H-SC Bolts into U.S. News Top 100

September 15, 2011

RankingsWith the release of 28th edition of the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2012 - the oldest rankings with the most consistent and transparent methodology - this year's college "ranking season" reached a crescendo.

In the 2012 U.S. News & World Report rankings, Hampden-Sydney has much to be proud of.  Ranked 94 in Best National Liberal Arts Colleges, this is a 17-place rise from 2011 (a feat unequaled in the Top 100 by any other college but Austin).  Hampden-Sydney stands 3rd among ranked private liberal arts colleges in Virginia.

A one-time statistic is interesting, but trends are more important. About a decade ago, Hampden-Sydney began its ascent from the third tier*.  In 2002 rankings, the College moved from the third tier to the second (then unranked numerically).   Falling back into the third tier in 2003; rising into the second tier (rank 106) in 2004; falling back into the third tier in 2005.  From that point an upward trend was established: 2006 - 104; 2007 - 104; 2008 - 106; 2009 - 98 - 2010 - 97; 2011 - 111; 2012 - 94.  The drop in 2011 is unexplainable but illustrates that one year does not establish a trend.  The U.S. News & World Report rankings recognize the College's steady and sustained improvement.  The College's "Overall Score," which reflects a combination of factors including peer assessment, has risen from 49 (out of 100) in 2003 to 58 this year.  In the same period the acceptance rate has declined from 71% to 54%. The graduation rate has risen from 61% to 68%.

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Hampden-Sydney is ranked by Forbes 19 among Southern Colleges.
Forbes: National Ranks of Virginia Colleges and Universities

PayScale: Top Southern Colleges By Salary Potential

*U.S. News originally used a four-tier system numerically ranking only those in the first tier (top 50) and alphabetically listing all others by tiers. Early in that last decade, the numerical rankings were extended to the second tier (50-100). Last year, U.S. News replaced the four-tier system with a two tier system, essentially consolidating the old 1st, 2nd, and most of the 3rd tiers into the new first and the remainder of the old 3rd and the old 4thtiers into the new second.


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Booklet celebrates local airfields and memorials

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HUCKNALL’S rich and historic connections with aviation are celebrated in a new booklet that has taken off thanks to Newark Air Museum.

‘Aviation In Nottinghamshire’ is a 48-page guide that delves into the background of the county’s airfields and pinpoints the locations of memorials. Hucknall features heavily with a page dedicated to the town’s airfield off Watnall Road.

The famous site was used for the testing of the Flying Bedstead — a vertical take-off rig designed by Rolls-Royce that was the forerunner to potent fighter-planes. The Bedstead first took off in 1953 and had its first free flight in 1954.

Twice the Hucknall airfield was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) — from 1917 to 1919 and then from 1928 to 1957, which encompassed the Second World War when it was a base for Polish pilots.

The airfield achieved notoriety in December 1940 when it was the scene of the capture of infamous German prisoner of war, Franz von Werra.

The member of the Luftwaffe was shot down over Kent and after escaping and being recaptured, he was transferred to Swanwick, Derbyshire. He and fellow prisoners spent a month digging an escape tunnel and von Werra eventually fled the camp.

Using forged paperwork and assuming false identities, he eventually made it to the Hucknall RAF site where he was captured at gunpoint while in a cockpit attempting to make off in an aircraft.

He was transferred to Canada where he again escaped and made it back to Germany where he was given hero status. The story was the subject of the book and film, ‘The One That Got Away’.

Hucknall and nearby Annesley are also the sites of aviation memorials explained by the booklet.

Two intriguing ones sit side by side on West Street in Hucknall. The first relates to a crash on September 23 1940 when an aircraft from Hucknall airfield, with a Polish pilot at the controls, crashed at the corner of Ruffs Drive and Laughton Crescent.

The pilot and several members of the Evans household were killed. The pilot was buried with full military honours at Hucknall Cemetery.

The second plaque remembers Sally, a collie dog dubbed the ‘Pride Of Hucknall’ and owned in the 1970s and 1980s by Hucknall-based Pole Stefan Sztejer. She helped raise funds for the Royal Air Force Association (RAFA), Royal British Legion and Polish Red Cross.

The memorial at Annesley remembers January 14 1945 when the crew of a Stirling bomber were killed when en route to making an emergency landing at Hucknall.

The book also mentions the naming of Hucknall’s Flying Bedstead pub on Watnall Road to continue the town’s connections with aviation and a statue of the Bedstead rig on the traffic island at the Annesley Road end of Hucknall bypass.


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IBM Sequoia: US Supercomputer Takes Top Spot On Top 500 Fastest List

18/06/2012 08:49 | Updated 17 August 2012

An IBM supercomputer has regained its place on the list of the world's fastest machines for the United States.

The IBM Sequoia took the number one spot on the Top 500 list, announced at the International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany.

It is the first time a computer from the US can claim the top spot after China took first place in 2009.

The machine is capable of calculating in one hour what it would take 6.7 billion people around 320 years to manage with calculators. It is used at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in California.

It will be used to help simulate what will happen to nuclear weapons as they age

The machine is 1.55 times faster than Fujitsu's 'K Computer', which had headed the previous two lists.

The Sequoia uses 1.5 million processors - more than twice its nearest competitor - but actually uses less power, consming 7.9mw compared to the K's 12.6mw.

The researchers, who produce the list every six months, added that the new IBM machine is 273,930 times faster than the computer which led the list in 1993.

Elsewhere on the list IBM claimed five out of the top 10 places, but America's dominance actually fell overall, which its share of the fastest 10 computers falling from six to five.

The most powerful system in Europe is the German SuperMUC, and another German machine came in at number eight.

Italy also made its debut in the top 10 with an IBM BlueGene machine at CINECA. France also made it onto the top 10 list with its homegrown Bull computer. China has two sports on the top 10.

On the Top 500 list as a whole the UK has 25 machines - more than France (22) and Germany (20).

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Gordon Brown Takes Up UN Education Envoy Role

13/07/2012 18:51

Gordon Brown has taken up a role with the UN as the body's special envoy for global education, he said in a statement on Friday evening.

The former prime minister said it was a "great privilege to be appointed UN Special Envoy for Global Education and work with Ban Ki-moon to achieve quality education for all."

"He will focus on countries with the highest burden of children out of school, recognizing that nearly half of out of school children are in countries affected by conflict. He will help bring about change, mobilize resources and generate additional and sufficient funding."

The role comes in the same week another former Labour prime minister, Tony Blair, took up a formal post as an adviser to the party on sports policy.

Brown said: "My hope is that the Secretary-General’s ‘Education First’ initiative will accelerate progress not only towards the Millennium Development Goal on education, but across all the goals."

Brown, who blogs for The Huffington Post, has previously condemned the international community for failing to protect the rights of children in countries ravaged by war to an education, calling the effects "devastating".

In January, Brown called for the creation of a worldwide fund to combat what he describes as the "hidden and silent emergency in education". At the time, he claimed progress towards the United Nations' goal of universal primary education by 2015 had stalled and urged the developed world to reignite the drive to provide education worldwide.

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Universal Credit Reforms Will Not Help Working Parents

13/11/2012 08:24

The government has been told to "get a grip" after it was revealed that many single parents will be no better off if they work longer hours under the flagship universal credit reforms.

Work and Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has repeatedly said that the new credit - which replaces a range of benefits and tax credits for jobless people - will "make work pay" for the poorest in society and ensure that those who take on more work receive a financial benefit from it.

But a report published on Tuesday for the single parent charity Gingerbread found that one-parent families on the minimum wage will be left on or below the poverty line, and that working longer hours will have only a "negligible" effect on their net incomes.

Shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne said: "The welfare revolution David Cameron promised us is fast descending into welfare chaos.

"Universal Credit was supposed to ensure that work will always pay but this report shows the scheme is badly off-track. Many families are now set to find themselves better off for working less thanks to this Government's flagship scheme.

"This multi-billion pound project is late, over-budget and failing the government's own tests. Ministers have got to get a grip."

Because of the cost of childcare and housing - not all of which will be covered by universal credit - some of the poorest families will even see their disposable incomes fall if the parent takes on more work, according to the report by Donald Hirsch, director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University.

The report also found that a more generous universal credit would be many times more helpful to the poorest single-parent households than the government's increases in tax allowances.

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Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reforms have been a major part of government business

The £1,000 rise in the allowance introduced last year cost £3.3 billion but left typical low-paid single parents only about £1 a week better off, while spending the same amount on universal credit would have helped them to the tune of £24, it said.

Almost two million single-parent households will start to move on to universal credit from next year. The report found that, under the new system, it will pay for single parents to take on part-time work, even at the minimum wage of £6.19 an hour.

But it found that, because of the way the credit is designed, many families will swiftly find themselves stuck on a "financial plateau" where working longer hours will not increase their income once housing and childcare are taken into account.

Under the universal credit, a single parent with a child aged one would gain significantly by working up to 10 hours on the minimum wage. But for every additional hour worked after that, the family would only gain around £1.50 in income, with the rest lost in reduced universal credit and higher tax and national insurance. This sum would be further reduced by about £1 an hour because of the need for more childcare, leaving the family about 50p an hour better off.

Single parents with three children could actually see family income after housing and childcare decline if they work more than about 18 hours a week, even if they are on the national median average wage of £11.15 an hour, the report found.

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Iain Duncan Smith and David Cameron have gone round the country selling the reforms to the public

And the situation is more difficult in London, where childcare costs on average £5.16 an hour, compared with £3.70 elsewhere in the country.

At average London childcare rates, under the universal credit, a single parent cannot lift his or her family above the poverty line on the minimum wage and can only just do so on the average median wage, found the report. In both cases, the net income of the family falls sharply if the parent works more than 29 hours a week, because they hit the cap on support for childcare.

"Universal credit will help many - but by no means all - single parents to escape poverty, but is likely to leave most with incomes that are too modest to be able to afford the standard of living that most people would consider a minimum in 21st-century Britain," wrote Mr Hirsch.

"In many cases, increasing the number of hours worked will make a negligible difference to net household income, removing the incentive for them to progress and take on more work. Moreover, for some families, especially those with high housing or childcare costs, even working long hours will not remove the risk of poverty."

Gingerbread chief executive Fiona Weir said: "Through universal credit, the government has the opportunity to make work pay and offer real financial incentives for families on low wages to work more hours - which many want to do. However, we have discovered that for many single parents, working longer hours won't necessarily pay.

"This is about supporting single parents into work, into more hours and to lift their families out of poverty - which is exactly what the Government claims it wants to do. But unless the government gets it right now, the sums just won't add up for too many single parents."

A spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions said: "Universal credit will make millions of people better off, including 700,000 lone parents.

"An extra £300 million will be spent on childcare support, so that more families will be able to take up jobs. And we're changing the rules so that people can access childcare support from their first hour in work - a move that will clearly benefit lone parents.

"We know rising childcare costs are a concern, and the Childcare Commission is currently tasked with finding solutions to this problem."

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My Vintage Wardrobe: Alice Levine

14/08/2014 16:35 | Updated 22 May 2015

A Radio 1 presenter with seriously good taste, Alice Levine's vintage wardrobe is pretty much perfect. Jen Barton has a peek inside and gets shopping tips from the woman herself...

Alice Levine is a woman who needs no introduction. Neither does her amazing, vintage-dominated style. Think Breton tops with retro high-waist skirts, Peter Pan-collared ditsy tea dresses, cosy wool jumpers, patterned scarves and a Sixties-era beauty look. The result? Effortless style with a modern finish.

We caught up with Alice at one of her favourite vintage haunts, Scarlet Rage Vintage in North London, to sneak a peek at some of her favourite vintage wardrobe pieces. We also quizzed the BBC Radio 1 presenter on everything she knows when it comes to fashion and vintage shopping (which is A LOT). Are you taking notes?

Tell us a bit about your style.

I dress a bit like an evacuee - wool jumpers, little blouses and shirts and thick tights. I'm very suited to autumn/winter dressing - as soon as it gets sunny I get really confused about what to put on. I love coats and capes and boots - wrapping up warm and layering is my thing.

What sparked your interest in vintage fashion?

Was there a specific person that got you hooked? I initially got into vintage clothes through my mum, who had saved loads of treasures from when she was younger - amazing silk scarves, vintage jewellery and incredible shoes. We charity shop together when I go back home because she has such an amazing eye and she's also an incredible seamstress so can alter anything that isn't quite right.

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Where are your favourite places to source vintage items?

I love the chase of vintage, finding a diamond in the rough, which is why I gravitate towards jumble sales and charity shops. You really feel you've unearthed a treasure when you discover a great piece.

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What are some of your tips for styling vintage outfits?

I think the golden rule is - TRY EVERYTHING ON. It's not like high street shopping. Sizes and proportions were really different era to era so you don't know anything until you give it a whirl. Mix new with old - I love a high street breton top teamed with a vintage skirt, or just adding a vintage scarf can give a look a unique twist.

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What are some of your top tips for scouring the best vintage pieces?

I don't think you can necessarily go looking for something specific when vintage shopping, I always think you discover the best finds when you've got an open mind. If you go with a shopping list you may well end up disappointed.

How does your on-screen style differ from your everyday style? Does it influence your day-to-day style?

I'd say I'm much more dressy on TV. I wear more dresses and make more of an effort with my hair, styling in an up-do often. When I'm not working, I love jumpers and cardigans and my wardrobe is full of blouses. They're just easy.

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For more Alice, don't miss her recent guest appearance on BBC2's Never Mind the Buzzcocks and check out her comedy writing in action on her YouTube channel. She's also on BBC Radio 1 every Monday-Thursday with co-presenter Phil Taggart from 10pm-12am.

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What Is PTSD? Symptoms, Diagnosis And Treatment Explained

One in 10 people will experience it.

10/10/2016 08:00 | Updated 10 October 2016

Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a mental health disorder triggered by particularly distressing life events.

One in 10 people will experience it, according to PTSD UK

The anxiety disorder can be triggered by serious road accidents, prolonged sexual or physical abuse, military combat, traumatic childbirth and being caught up in natural disasters.

Sufferers will often relive a traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks. They may also feel isolated, irritable or guilty.

To coincide with World Mental Health day, we delved deeper into the world of PTSD to look at symptoms, diagnosis and how to access treatment.

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What Is PTSD?

PTSD is an anxiety disorder which occurs in response to a traumatic event.

It affects one in five firefighters, one in three teenagers who have survived a horrific car crash, 70% of rape victims, two in three Prisoners of War, 40% of people who experienced a sudden death of a loved one, and an estimated 10,000 women a year following a traumatic childbirth, according to PTSD UK.

In people who experience these events, it is common to experience upsetting, distressing or confusing feelings afterwards, reads Mind’s website. People may feel constantly distressed and may even develop emotional and physical reactions, such as feeling easily upset or not being able to sleep.

For most people, these feelings and issues will eventually subside. But in some, they will continue on, in which case you may be diagnosed with PTSD.

A recent report by NHS Digital found that, among women, the likelihood of screening positive for PTSD was high among 16 to 24 year olds (13%) and then declined with age.

Lucy Lyus, information manager for Mind, told The Huffington Post UK: “Although the data doesn’t allow us to draw any strong conclusions as to why this might be, the report’s findings that young women are also more likely to experience higher rates of common mental health problems, self-harm and bipolar disorder suggest they are facing increasing pressures in life and are at higher risk.”

The most common symptom of PTSD is ‘re-experiencing’, where a person vividly re-lives a traumatic event. This may be through flashbacks, nightmares, repetitive images or physical sensations like pain, sweating, nausea or trembling.

These feelings may even lead to people questioning whether they could have prevented the event, or even why it happened to them, leading to feelings of guilt or shame.

People with PTSD may also try to avoid being reminded of the event by deliberately steering clear of certain people or places. According to the NHS, these people will try to push memories of the event out of their mind, often distracting themselves with work or hobbies.

Others attempt to deal with their feelings by trying not to feel anything at all, which is known as ‘emotional numbing’.

Hyperarousal, or feeling ‘on edge’, is another issue linked to PTSD which results in people struggling to relax. They may be constantly aware of threats, easily startled and prone to irritability, angry outbursts, sleeping problems and difficulty concentrating.

They may also suffer from depression, anxiety, phobias, headaches, dizziness, chest pains and stomach aches.

It is also not uncommon for people with PTSD to self-harm, take drugs or drink.

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“The best way of accessing treatment is to speak to your GP, who will be able to talk you through the options available,” explained Lyus.

“If you have mild symptoms of PTSD or you have had symptoms for less than four weeks, your GP may recommend ‘watchful waiting’.

“This means monitoring your symptoms yourself to see if they get worse or if they improve. If this is the course of action your GP recommends and you feel comfortable with it, you should have a follow-up appointment within one month.”

In some cases, people with PTSD may be referred to a local practitioner, such as a psychotherapist, who has been trained in treating the condition.

“Getting professional help on the NHS can take time and waiting lists for talking treatments in particular can be long, with levels of access varying considerably depending on where you live,” said Lyus.

“You may want to consider seeing a therapist privately, but be aware that private therapists usually charge for appointments.”

In addition to ‘watchful waiting’, PTSD patients may be offered psychotherapy such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR).

The latter is a therapy designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories.

During a typical session, a client will be asked to target a particularly distressing memory. They will then be encouraged to move their eyes from left to right.

Dr Adam Simon, chief medical officer at, previously told HuffPost UK: “In essence, it’s not all that different from other forms of psychotherapy, where the distressing event is recounted and associated with relaxation exercises to try and desensitise the body’s reaction to that distressing, or stressful, event.

“However, in this case, the relaxation exercises are replaced by rapid eye movement, which are similar to those found during the deep, dream-inducing REM sleep.

“The aim is that in recreating this experience, the effect of the traumatic event will be reduced to the point that the patient can cope with it far more easily.”

Antidepressants such as paroxetine or mirtazapine may also be used to patients.

Useful Links And Helplines

PTSD UK offers a website with more information on the condition.

Samaritans offers a listening service which is open 24 hours a day, on 116 123 UK and ROI - this number is FREE to call and will not appear on your phone bill.)

Mind, offers a phone service open Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm on 0300 123 3393.

Get Connected is a free advice service for people under 25. Call 0808 808 4994 or email:

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Planet Appetite: The Greatest Wine in the World? Vin Jaune From Jura, France

21/10/2013 13:56

Most people are familiar with Burgundy wines, but neighbouring Jura produces Vin Jaune, the best wine in the world according to Napoleon.

Jura is one of those places that's just been a one night stop on the journey to the south of France for most British visitors, but it merits more. It certainly deserves to be a destination in its own right with its medieval towns and villages, set amongst rolling hills, and there's a distinctive local cuisine.

Vines have been here since Roman times and the grey shale soils are particularly suited to the Savagnin grape, a close relation of Alsace's Traminer. It's these grapes which are used to make the famous Vin Jaune and today they comprise 22% of vines grown, although Chardonnay is more common.

I recently came across Vin Jaune in the wonderful Hedonism wine shop in Mayfair, where they currently have a bottle for sale from 1774 priced at a very reasonable £72,553.80. It's obviously one of the world's great wines so I find myself in the cellars at the organic vineyard, Domaine de la Pinte, where they're explaining the process. It's entirely made from late harvest Savagnin grapes which, after they're crushed, are allowed to rest until fermentation has completely finished.

The juice is then transferred to French oak casks where it is stored for a minimum of 6 years and 3 months in cellars where the temperature is the same as the outside - a rollercoaster of heat and cold. Unlike normal wine barrels, they're not topped up as evaporation occurs, and the air inside interacts with the wine and oxidises it - the yeast forming special aroma notes. A veil of yeast forms on the surface which varies in thickness over the years, with the dead bits falling to the bottom as sediment.

It's a slightly risky business and, although the wine is sampled periodically, sometimes the veil doesn't form and the whole barrel has to be turned into normal wine. As it ages, oxidation creates the distinctive gold colour, hence its name, and when time's up, it's put into special 62 cl bottles known as Clavelins. The capacity is based on the idea that a litre of grape juice loses approximately a third during the 6 year process.

So how does it taste? Well, given that the same method is used in making Spanish Jerez wines, then at first tasting it could be mistaken for a sherry, but actually it's far more complex. On the nose are hints of mushroom, walnut, even curry, and it can be slightly acid on the tongue. As you sip it, the strong earthy flavour notes develop, and it's particularly good with Comté cheese, foie gras, snails and morels. The key is to let it breathe for a few hours, before drinking, and some people even leave it overnight, before serving between 14°-16°centigrade . Once opened, it can keep for a few months but whatever you do, don't put it in the fridge.

The spiritual home of Vin Jaune is the tiny village of Château-Chalon, perched precarious on a cliff, overlooking their vineyards where they grow the Savagnin grape. There was once a Benedictine Nunnery here, all destroyed during the French Revolution, but the village is picture postcard beautiful. There's a small museum, La Maison de la Haute Seille, illustrating the history of the wine and you can also do tastings here. I'm not convinced their wine is better than that of Domaine de la Pinte but they do serve a nice selection of Compté cheeses of various ages to compliment the tasting.

Each year, at the beginning of February, there's a special event known as Percée du Vin Jaune which runs for week when the new vintage is tasted by thousands of appreciative customers. The best gain the exclusive Clavelinage label and the maker become Commanderie des Nobles Vins de Jura. In 2013 it will be held in the town of Arbois and, even better, the humble tourist can join in and €12 includes a souvenir tasting glass and 10 tasting tickets. Opinions differ on the origin of Vin Jaune - some say that a barrel of wine was forgotten for years but when it was opened people liked the taste. Others say that it was created by nuns who were so bored they decided to experiment. Whichever is true it's certainly distinctive and classified in France as the world's 5th best white wine.

RyanAir flies direct to Dole from London Stansted, twice a week, from April to October.

The Hotel La Chaumiere, just outside Dol, makes a comfortable base and the restaurant has a well-deserved Michelin star.

Jura Tourism has information about the region.

France Guide has information about the country.

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Jarretta Hamilton, Teacher Fired For Having Premarital Sex, Sues Southland Christian School (VIDEO)

06/14/2010 03:09 pm ET | Updated May 25, 2011

A Florida teacher is suing the private school that fired her for having premarital sex.

Jarretta Hamilton, a former fourth-grade teacher, appeared on the "Today" show Monday to talk about her lawsuit against Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Fla.

Hamilton was fired in 2009 after going to school officials to ask for maternity leave. Hamilton, who is married, was asked by school officials about the date she conceived. When she explained that it was three weeks before her marriage to her husband, school officials decided to fire her. Hamilton, they argue, broke school policy to "maintain and communicate the values and purpose of [Southland Christian School]."

Hamilton is suing the school in federal court and is seeking "compensation for the loss of the job, and she's seeking compensatory damages for emotional distress," according to the Orlando Sentinal.

Recounting her story to Ann Curry, Hamilton and her husband explained that what bothered them the most was that school officials told colleagues and parents of students that Hamilton was fired for fornicating.

A letter from Southland Christian obtained by NBC News says that
"Jarretta was asked not to return because of a moral issue that was disregarded, namely fornication, sex outside of marriage."

The school asks that Hamilton drop her case and "consider the testimony of the Lord."

WATCH: Hamilton's interview on "Today"

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Reid Calls For Compromise: 'We Are Not Ostriches With Our Heads In The Sand'

11/03/2010 03:43 pm ET | Updated May 25, 2011

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), whose victory last night marked the single greatest win for Democrats this election cycle, said Wednesday that the biggest takeaway from this election is that the American people want compromise across party lines.

"We are not ostriches with our heads in the sand," said Reid of his Democratic colleagues. "We are willing to pull our heads out and look around if they have some better ideas."

Also on hand were Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), as well as Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who had been well positioned to become majority leader had Reid lost and Democrats kept control of the Senate.

"They want us to roll up our sleeves and find common ground even if it means giving in, as we must," said Durbin on a conference call with reporters. "They must give in. It's what the American process has been about. It's what the Senate has been about."

That's a statement likely to anger voters on the left, who feel Obama has already been too timid. What's more, the Republican Party has given Democrats little reason to hope for much compromise, having run successfully on a ticket of obstructionism this November.

At a press conference on Wednesday morning at the Capitol, Boehner said Republicans would begin laying the groundwork for repealing Obama's health care law, among other things.

"The American people have concerns about government takeover of health care," Boehner said. "I think it's important for us to lay the groundwork before we begin to repeal this monstrosity.

Though that sentiment doesn't sound like compromise, the message expressed by Senate Democrats today was underscored by a chastened President Barack Obama during a news conference on Wednesday.

"No one party will be able to dictate where we go from here. We must find common ground in order to make progress on some uncommonly difficult challenges," Obama told reporters. "I do believe there is hope for civility. I do believe there is hope for progress and that's because I believe in the resiliency of a nation that has bounced back from much worse than what it is going through right now."

To observers of Congress, HuffPost's Sam Stein reports, Obama's statement seemed more a rhetorical flourish than anything.

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Syria's Assad Relies On Inner Circle

07/18/2012 08:46 am ET | Updated Sep 17, 2012

(Reuters) - As fighting rages in Damascus, and the Assad family that has ruled Syria for four decades struggles for its life against a growing rebellion, a picture is emerging of a tight inner group determined to fight its way out of the crisis, even as support for the government falls away.

At its head is President Bashar al-Assad, who inherited power from his father in 2000 and who friend and opponent alike say appears increasingly detached from reality, convinced he is fighting a conspiracy against him and Syria.

Around him is a tight circle of family and clan members, and a security establishment staffed mainly by adherents of the Alawite minority to which the Assads belong, a branch of Shi'ite Islam in a country that is three quarters Sunni.

"Even those who love him feel he can no longer provide security," said Ayman Abdel-Nour, an adviser to Assad until 2007 and now an opposition figure. "They think he is useless and living in a cocoon."

"He thinks of himself as God's messenger to rule Syria. He listens to the sycophants around him who tell him 'you are a gift from God'. He believes that he is right and that whoever contradicts him is a traitor. Many of his close friends and advisers have either left him or distanced themselves from him."

In response, Assad has taken charge of a military crisis unit and takes all the daily decisions, from the deployment of army units to tasks assigned to the security services, as well as mobilization of the Alawite Shabbiha, the feared militia accused of a series of massacres in the past two months.

"Bashar remains the centre. He is involved in the day-to-day details of managing the crisis," said a Lebanese politician close to the Syrian rulers. "He set up an elite unit led by him to manage the crisis daily."

In this unit, intelligence chief Hisham Bekhtyar is responsible for security coordination, Dawoud Rajha is minister of defense, Assef Shawkat, the president's powerful brother-in-law, is deputy chief of staff of the armed forces. Alongside them are Ali Mamlouk, special adviser on security, Abdel-Fattah Qudsiyeh, head of military intelligence, and Mohammad Nassif Kheyrbek, a veteran operator from the era of Assad's father.

Maher al-Assad, the president's younger brother and Syria's second most powerful man, commands the main loyalist strike forces.

"Maher is directly involved in the confrontation on the ground and is in direct contact with every one of them. He has direct military responsibilities," the Lebanese politician said.

While there has been no shake-up in the leadership, its inner circle is beginning to realize it faces a serious crisis. "In the hierarchy of the authorities you don't see a noticeable change", he said. But "you hear more realistic language. The prestige and standing of the regime has been scratched".

Abdel-Nour, the former Assad adviser, paints a darker picture of the inner circle. He stresses that there is nothing autonomous about the way government units operate, whether the shelling of opposition neighborhoods by Maher's armored columns or the killing of villagers by the Shabbiha militia. All units are under Bashar's command and many have family ties.

Each region has its own Shabbiha leader and many of the central cities are led by Shabbiha men related to Assad.

The 46-year-old Assad said last month that Syria was at war and ordered his government to spare no effort in pursuit of victory against rebels he has described as terrorists.

Drawing parallels with his earlier profession as an eye surgeon, he said: "When a surgeon performs an operation to treat a wound do we say to him: 'Your hands are covered in blood'?"

"Or do we thank him for saving the patient?"

Some long-time observers of Syria's secretive politics believe Assad's attempt to keep tight control of his forces will not necessarily protect him from being toppled internally if it looks as though he cannot prevail militarily.

Patrick Seale, biographer of Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad, said: "Assad is a front man for a big security establishment of 300,000 regular army. He has a small clique that supplies him with information.

"They might still mount a coup against him and that remains his big threat."

After 16 months, the conflict has reached the seat of Assad's power in Damascus. Government forces and opponents are fighting with the ferocity of those who know what awaits them if they lose.

"There is war in Syria: either kill or be killed," said the pro-Syrian Lebanese politician.

A Western diplomat added: "They are fighting like a pack of wolves."

While facts on the ground often cannot be verified because independent media are largely excluded from Syria, the conflict is now seen by observers to have changed from an uprising in poor towns and villages to a civil war that has reached the streets of the capital.

It has also become a proxy war between Russia and Shi'ite Muslim Iran, which back Assad, one side, and Sunni Muslim powerhouse Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar, which are arming and funding the Sunni rebels on the other. The rebels now include the Free Syrian Army, a group of army defectors joined by Sunni youths, al-Qaeda style Jihadists, the Muslim Brotherhood, and local pro-democracy Sunni liberals.

Weapons are being smuggled across the borders from Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan.

"Syria ... is clearly right now a battleground for proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, reflecting a centuries-old conflict between Shi'ite and Sunni powers," said Ayham Kamel of Political Risk consultancy Eurasia.

While the rebels inside Syria are gaining ground, the Syrian political opposition in exile remains bogged down in factional divisions and is losing influence.

The government is meanwhile losing its ability to spread fear. Defections of senior officers and officials have accelerated in recent weeks although the backbone of the military remains intact due to Alawite solidarity.

"The Syrian regime is slowly and totally sinking. I don't know what the timeline will be. It is becoming difficult for the state to control the country. It is like a fire engine, they extinguish one fire and find that another fire has started in another place," said a senior Western diplomat.

"The army is overstretched, the government is under sanctions and there is erosion of power," he added.

Many Sunni officers, police and security staff have either defected or are not reporting for duty. Those manning traffic and police checkpoints are mainly Alawites, who can be recognized by their accent, residents say.

Responsibility for defending the Assads is falling on the mainly Alawite battalions led by Maher, Bashar's brother.

In outlying cities and on the outskirts of the capital, residents say the only sign of any government presence is tanks and armored personnel carriers stationed on main roads. Traffic and ordinary police are nowhere to be seen.

Residents stood in disbelief at the sight of rebels manning checkpoints, blocking streets and clashing with government troops in Damascus. "A few days ago, we would have said this was impossible. It is a dangerous indication," said a resident reached by telephone.

Government forces are scared of entering some rebel areas and they use artillery and helicopters gunships to bomb rebel positions, Syrians reached by telephone say.

Close watchers of Damascus say while the authorities' power has been eroding they doubt that a lightly armed rebels can defeat an army, backed with Russian-made tanks, armored personnel carriers and warplanes.

"Bashar and his regime have been profoundly destabilized but there is some doubt whether he can be toppled by the rebels for all the following reasons: Russia's protection, a divided opposition and no appetite for military intervention," said Assad biographer Patrick Seale.

But he added: "No regime can last forever ... I cannot see a peaceful settlement for the moment. I can see a bloody stalemate, more shooting, more killing. The situation is very bad, chaos and insecurity are everywhere. Kidnapping, killing and hostage-taking, ethnic-cleansing are rife," Seale said.

He said Assad's officer corps would not give up on him unless they feel they will have a role in a post-Assad Syria.

Despite the carnage and the failure so far of international peace efforts, Western diplomats said a Libyan-style military intervention is off the table, because of geopolitical complications and fear of a regional conflagration.

"Libya is different from Syria ... Russia (is) involved on the ground and backing Assad. Iran is providing a lot of financial and military help for the Assad regime," the Lebanese politician said.

Russia and Iran, Abdel-Nour said, are not just supplying Assad with weapons. They are also providing equipment to intercept the communications of the Free Syrian Army.

The focus of the United Sates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia is to try and entice senior officials and officers to split from the Assad circle to weaken his hold on power.

"At some point, they will feel that there is no way out and they have to abandon the boat before it sinks," said the Western diplomat.

Many observers say in the absence of outside military intervention, the conflict could slide into a full-scale civil war that would further weaken the Assads, bring in new players and force an internationally sponsored transfer of power.

"The regime has not lost full control. We will transition into civil war. The opposition has become a lot more powerful and capable at the military and financial level with the help of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey," said Ayham Kamel of Eurasia.

"Incrementally, the regime will become weaker," he said. "Change will come in two ways: either through a shift in the balance of power in the conflict, or though a prolonged civil war, or through a negotiated compromise and international transition plan sponsored by the US and Russia," he added.

"Even if Bashar goes it doesn't mean that someone will take over," he added, suggesting that the country will collapse into sectarian anarchy.

In the meantime, the authorities have upped their game, using tanks, artillery and helicopter gunships against rebels waging what they call "The Battle of Damascus".

"The question Damascenes ask has changed from before," one resident said. "They no longer ask if the regime will fall but when?

09/09/2012 12:25 PM EDT

Syria Blasts Aleppo By Air

09/05/2012 7:50 AM EDT

Syrian City In Flames

08/25/2012 1:45 PM EDT

Lebanese Pilgrim Freed

Hussein Ali Omar, 60, one of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims that Syrian rebels have been holding for three months in Syria, hugs his mother, right, upon arrival at his house in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, 2012. Syrian rebels freed Omar on Saturday in a move aimed at easing cross-border tensions after a wave of abductions of Syrian citizens in Lebanon. The Shiite pilgrims were abducted May 22 after crossing into Syria from Turkey on their way to Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

08/24/2012 12:22 PM EDT

Daraya, Syria

This image made from video and released by Shaam News Network and accessed Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, purports to show the funeral of children in Daraya, near Damascus, Syria. Syrian troops backed by tanks and helicopters broke into a Damascus suburb on Thursday following two days of shelling and intense clashes as part of a widening offensive by President Bashar Assad's forces to seize control of parts of the capital and surrounding areas from rebel fighters, activists said. At least 15 people were killed in the offensive on Daraya, only a few miles (kilometers) southwest of Damascus. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network SNN via AP video)

08/24/2012 11:05 AM EDT

Lebanon Sees Heaviest Clashes In Months

Clashes between Assad supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime killed two people in Lebanon on Friday, the Associated Press reports. 17 people were injured.

The AP gives more context:

Syria was in virtual control of its smaller neighbor for many years, posting tens of thousands of troops in Lebanon, before withdrawing under pressure in 2005. Even without soldiers on the ground, Syria remains influential, and its civil war has stirred longstanding tensions that have lain under Lebanon's surface.

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08/24/2012 11:02 AM EDT

Tripoli, Lebanon

A Sunni gunman fires a gun during clashes that erupted between pro and anti-Syrian regime gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The latest round of fighting first erupted on Monday in northern Lebanon and at least 15 have been killed in Tripoli this week and more than 100 have been wounded in fighting that is a spillover from Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

08/24/2012 11:00 AM EDT

Refugee Numbers Soar

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UN reports 200,000 #Syria refugees, 30,000 in past week alone. Many more internally displaced not counted.

08/23/2012 2:00 PM EDT

Azaz, Syria

Syrian boy Musataf Alhafiz, 11, who fled his home with his family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, carries his brother Saif, 9 months, while he and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. Thousands of Syrians who have been displaced by the country's civil war are struggling to find safe shelter while shelling and airstrikes by government forces continue. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

08/23/2012 12:09 PM EDT

Heaviest Bombardment This Month

Helicopter gunships shelled Damascus on Wednesday as Syrian security forces intensified their assault on the capital. Activists report that at least 47 people were killed.

"The whole of Damascus is shaking with the sound of shelling," a woman in the neighborhood of Kfar Souseh told Reuters.

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08/23/2012 10:56 AM EDT

Al Aan-Reporter Jenan Moussa Tweets:

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Graphic. We saw in a mosque in #Syria these 4 children staring at dead body. Pic by @HaraldDoornbos: #warsucks @akhbar

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