The bloodshed continues in Syria with incessant shelling on civilian areas by government forces bent on destroying the rebel movement against President Bashar al-Assad, killing two prominent journalists, Marie Colvin from the U.S. and Remi Ochlik from France. This comes less than a week after New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid died of an apparent asthma attach in northern Syria and well known opposition journalist Rami al-Sayed was killed in Homs.

These most recent deaths occurred when a house in the Baba Amr area of Homs that was being used by journalists was shelled. It is believed that 10 other people were also killed and 3 other journalists injured by the shelling. Ms. Marie Colvin was a reporter for a British publication the Sunday Times and has over 20 years of experience reporting from war torn areas around the world. She is one of the most respected war correspondents who was dedicated and fearless in her quest to bring the atrocities of war to the notice of the larger world. She only grew stronger in her commitment towards reporting from dangerous places after losing one eye to shrapnel during the conflict in Sri Lanka in 2001.

So, Tanya Dalhaus is the challenger II who is currently in the week 8 of the challenge that has her on her toes in keeping up with the weight reduction strategy that she has in mind. So far there are no signs of her slowing down although she believes that she could take up more reduction if she did not slack as much. Nevertheless, her strategy seems to be working and her scales keep making her happy and more motivated week after week. She started out keeping in mind that she wouldn’t resort to techniques that weren’t advisable for a long lasting weight loss effect. Hence, incorporating her daily activities into the workout sessions was a way for Tonya to keep herself focused in the job she has ahead of her.

In a positive break from the negative gloom that has surrounded British economy for a little more than two years the inflation figures were reported to be lower than before. This eventually made the consumer confidence surge which was riddled with a lot of pessimism recorded the highest in April 2010. While the consumers start spending with a better mindset and outlook towards the resurging economy, analysts believe that this can be taken as the start of return of comprehensive stabilization. According to the surveyor Markit’s Household Finance index, consumer pessimism reduced and markets saw an upswing with intuitively could be expected to be reflected in employers feeling more comfortable in increasing their workforce and also increasing the wages for the ones they have already in their recruitment.

If you want to be the president, you better pay up.  The road to the White House is a costly one as Mitt Romney is experiencing.  In January alone he spent 19 million dollars which is phenomenal, spending three times the amount that he raised.  That big push that he made was spent in order to seal the deal for his republican nomination but now that Rick Santorum is gaining momentum, Mitt knows he is in for the long haul.  Now Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Santorum and Romney are in search of new donors to help their campaigns make the final push.  In an ideal world, one wouldn’t have to raise capital to become president but get the candidacy based on their merits and integrity.