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- 03 Jul 2016, 11:10
- Forum: Feeding and Housing
- Topic: Housing in Winter
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Re: Housing in Winter
They will naturally search for cover if it's wet and damp and perhaps you could just leave the shed door open during the winter so they can go in there? I'm unsure of your arrangement - do they free-range around? If you cover the run will that restrict your access? I have a couple of coops in the ga...
- 25 Jun 2016, 13:59
- Forum: General & Misc
- Topic: ID Tags?
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Re: ID Tags?
I'd Google for pigeon leg tags as they seem to come with various information on them. Another way to go of course would be to get a unique colour for your chickens and alert the local vet in case yours were ever taken in. Good luck.
- 22 Dec 2015, 16:40
- Forum: George's Lounge
- Topic: MERRY CHRISTMAS!
- Replies: 4
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Re: MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thanks CP and extending those wishes from me and my chooks to everyone at the forum!
- 02 Nov 2015, 17:14
- Forum: General & Misc
- Topic: Winding down for Winter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1713
Re: Winding down for Winter
It's still warm here but autumn is definitely upon us. I'm chicken=sitting a friend's 10 hens that she brings over here. They know the garden well and apart from a few tussles with my resident flock they all get on OK. However, with a total of 18 laying hens, I'm getting an average of four a day. To...
- 07 Oct 2015, 08:03
- Forum: General & Misc
- Topic: Rescued chicken breed and sex?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2382
Re: Rescued chicken breed and sex?
nice to know she's found a good home with you Samps!
- 04 Oct 2015, 08:59
- Forum: General & Misc
- Topic: Rescued chicken breed and sex?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2382
Re: Rescued chicken breed and sex?
Hi there and welcome to the forum. Well I'm no expert and there are plenty on this site who are - and who hopefully will come along later and reply authoratitvely - but it looks to me like a common old garden farm hen. I have plenty of these, mostly runaways from the local egg farm down the road. Th...
- 26 Sep 2015, 07:30
- Forum: Pests and Predators
- Topic: Dog Attack
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3647
Re: Dog Attack
Excellent advice from Dr. Fish .....
- 23 Sep 2015, 18:44
- Forum: Poultry Clinic
- Topic: Help! What to do for the best??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3068
Re: Help! What to do for the best??
My cockerel was an excellent dad and wanted to be near the eggs and the babies ... I'd say as long as they are with an adult to protect them from other adults and predators then fine. 5 weeks is about the time the mother wants to have her freedom back !
- 31 Aug 2015, 18:37
- Forum: George's Lounge
- Topic: My reward....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2285
Re: My reward....
excellent haul! I'm not too sure what mushrooms are good and what aren't and can't trust my own judgement!!! But those look tasty! Enjoy!
- 30 Aug 2015, 08:18
- Forum: Feeding and Housing
- Topic: Clever Coop Company/Plastic houses
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3984
Re: Clever Coop Company/Plastic houses
Looks interesting, I'd never heard of them before so can't comment. Certainly the plastic panels look quite substantial. I have a GreenFrog which took quite a lot of time to assemble although all joints have metal snap clips and it is quite solid (and very heavy). Red Mite have only made an occasion...
- 23 Aug 2015, 10:08
- Forum: General & Misc
- Topic: Diy chicken shelter ideas?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2612
Re: Diy chicken shelter ideas?
Could you get a piece of heavy duty tarpaulin, roll it up and attach one side of it permanently to the fence/wall at one side of the coop ... when it's raining then pull it down at 45degrees to the fence and secure it to the ground with tent pegs so they have a little triangular bolthole?
- 19 Aug 2015, 09:13
- Forum: General & Misc
- Topic: Removing broody from chicks - How do I do it and when?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4521
Re: Removing broody from chicks - How do I do it and when?
You'll find that eventually mum will start rejecting the chicks and they'll do their own thing. I kept mum and chicks separated from the flock for about six weeks although within sight. Eventually I'd let them out to forage on the grass and mum was very protective and flew at any hen that came close...
- 17 Aug 2015, 19:40
- Forum: Feeding and Housing
- Topic: nest boxes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3660
Re: nest boxes
Hi Scott and welcome to the forum. I'd say you have the right amount of nest boxes ... I have two for seven hens and it seems ample. Sometimes they queue up to lay an egg if the box is occupied, sometimes two of them squash in together, but it's never been a problem. They don't all lay at the same t...
- 08 Jul 2015, 19:45
- Forum: Pests and Predators
- Topic: Pekin killed
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3771
Re: Pekin killed
So sorry for your loss but my first thought was also that a hawk might have been responsible, eating what it could as the chicken would be too heavy to carry back. I'm not sure what advice to offer to deter birds of prey ... hopefully somebody else will come along with some better ideas.
- 18 Jun 2015, 06:54
- Forum: Eggs and Growers
- Topic: Boys or girls
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3357
Re: Boys or girls
oh i wish I could, I have no idea. I just wanted to say they are delightful and all look like me on a bad hair day !!


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The new iPad has a dual core Apple A5X processor with quad core graphics, compared to a dual core Apple A5 processor with only dual core graphics in the older iPad 2. The new iPad also has twice the RAM as the old iPad 2, a full 1GB as opposed to 512MB. However, the new iPad also needs to throw around 4 times as many pixels as the old iPad 2 -- 2048 x 1536 as opposed to 1024 x 768. How does that all net out when it comes to launching amazing, Retina-ready apps like Infinity Blade II and Tweetbot, and web sites like iMore, The New York Times and the Sun Spider benchmark?
First up we launched Infinity Blade II on both the new iPad and the iPad 2, and while there's no doubt the A5X quad-core GPU will make for better gaming eventually, when it comes to raw launch tests, the results were pretty even. They both smoked the original, first generation iPad, but were fairly close to each other.
The same thing happened with Tweetbot, even though on the new iPad it had to move a much, much larger PNG file around.
The point of all this isn't that the new iPad or the Apple A5X chipset isn't a powerhouse or a great improvement -- is most assuredly is. It's just that most of that power is going to the Retina display and moving around the 2048x1536 pixels that make it up, rather than to speeding up the general performance of the device.
This the iPad 2 was snappy to begin with, that's a good thing. Instead of making something already fast even faster, Apple took this generation to make it better.

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- 1/2 cup cream cheese low-fat whipped
- 2 tablespoons refrigerated pesto with sun-dried tomatoes
- 4 large whole wheat flour tortillas
- 3/4 pound thin sliced, smoked turkey breast
- 2 cups shredded romaine lettuce
- 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion or alfalfa sprouts
- Combine cream cheese and pesto in small bowl; stir well.
- Spread evenly over each tortilla.
- Place turkey slices, lettuce, tomatoes, and red onion, or alfalfa sprouts over bottom third of tortillas, making sure ingredients don't touch edges.
- Gently roll up tortilla to completely wrap around the filling.
- Wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until serving time.
- Cut in half and serve.
- 2/3 cup low-fat sour cream or 1 (8-ounce) package nonfat cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons bottled horseradish, drained
- 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
- 5 (8-inch) whole wheat flour tortillas
- fresh spinach leaves, stems removed
- 1 pound, thin sliced, deli roast beef
- 4 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese (optional)
- Beat cream cheese or sour cream, horseradish and mustard in small bowl until smooth. Spread cream mixture evenly on each tortilla.
- Arrange spinach leaves over cream cheese.
- Place 2 slices roast beef over spinach.
- Sprinkle with blue cheese if desired.
- Roll each tortilla up tightly; wrap with plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
- To serve, cut each tortilla in half or into 1-inch slices for appetizers.
Terri's Notes
This is just a good beginning; you can't add too many fresh veggies if you want to eat healthy and I think tomatoes, red pepper slices, olives, shredded carrots, and more, would all be wonderful!
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No. Because, ladies and gentlemen, on the great and majestically designed imposing stone entrance to one of the greatest and oldest medical schools in the world, are etched these immortal words:
These words, according to one Cambridge resident, have "been there forever". I'm sure the university's tried to remove them before, but someone must either be maintaining them, or the paint they used was VERY strong. Or maybe the university proctors have a sense of humour. I'm just relieved that not ALL the medics here are humourless fact-regurgitating machines.
I hear there's also a very professionally-designed manhole cover somewhere in Cambridge as well, whose origins the Cambridge City Council has admitted it knows nothing about. Now if only I had the time to track it down...


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When there's no way out and capture is imminent, the super spy is forced to rely on the final solution - the poison pill. In the movies they bite a capsule and, like, instantly keel over. No interrogation, no torture, it's the ultimate escape plan.
Sequestration is a poison pill designed to make Congress do the right thing - or else. Too bad it won't work quite like the capsule in the movies. Unfortunately when Congress fails to do their job this time and has to swallow the medicine of their own making, everybody else gets poisoned - but not them.
Now Obama and the Democrats would have us believe all this nastiness could be avoided if only Republicans would agree that only the 'wealthy' should be poisoned. The middle class could then be spared (not that Republicans would be viewed as the sparers). This is a good example of why Republicans have from time to time chided Barry on driving policies via class warfare. The president is counting that 99-percenters will opt to save themselves and clamor for 1-percenters to be burned at the stake. Odds are the president is taking a smart stance, for the mob is predictable and fickle. And if the mob has its way, the rest of the movie will be a yawner for the same show is now playing on screens throughout Europe. And the ending is not one in which everyone lives happily everafter.
Class warfare strategy is immensely frustrating to conservatives because it's a sucker's play employed by leaders too weak to do the right thing. It's like giving a fatty treat to Fido, which will surely endear Fido to the treat-giver over the strong hand and discipline of the master which truly loves the animal.
Before the deluge of emails descend, no, Americans are not dogs salivating brainlessly over bacon scraps. And both political parties must share the blame (of late) in spoiling their best friend in an attempt to win him over.
But OMG, give me a break and get real - it's no exaggeration and this sequestration dance is downright disgusting. If the only thing our two parties can agree upon is mass suicide - chaining themselves to a train track and watching as steel wheels turn us all to mush - then shame on us all. Some are actually saying this will be a good thing, that it might not hurt that much. 'If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out' is a pretty tough lesson.
These guys really can't find any money to save? Really? The idea that our only option is to increase taxes - on anybody - is dumber than wings on a pig. And all the porkies they let into the circus since the beginning of the republic are still trying to fly. They never cut anything. Not even the $200 million TV reality show in India to advertise U.S. cotton. Or the $20 million for a Pakistani version of 'Sesame Street.' Or the $2 billion a year in food stamps that go for sugary drinks. Or $120 million in federal retirement benefits to already deceased beneficiaries. Or the $1.5 billion spent on…
Sadly, Congress can find no way out.
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April 20, 2012
Nearly 40 killed and more than 190 wounded in attacks as political crisis deepens
At least 39 people were killed and more than 190 others were wounded in seemingly coordinated attacks that included 24 explosions and some small arms fire that hit mixed and mostly Sunni provinces, Thursday, in the midst of a deepening political crisis that threatens to undo the fragile balance of the political process in the country.
In Baghdad, seven parked car bombs, three roadside bombs and one suicide car bomb killed 18 people and wounded 96 others, said security and medical sources. Four of the explosions hit Taji, a northern suburb, while others hit Amil, Haifa St, Palestine St, Kathimiyah, Tarmiyah and Zafaraniyah neighbourhoods.
In the northern oil rich city of Kirkuk, where Arabs, Kurds, Turkoman and others reside and where tensions run high as ethnic groups vie for supremacy, two parked car bombs targeted the motorcade of a high ranking police officer killing four policemen and injuring 33 people, security officials said. While in Dibis, a western suburb, mortar rounds killed one civilian and wounded ten others.
The political crisis broke out in December when Iraq's Shiite led government headed by Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, attempted to depose Salih al Mutlag, The PM's Sunni deputy, and to arrest Tariq al Hashimi, the country's Sunni Vice President, accusing him of leading death squads that targeted Shiite politicians and citizens.
These acts were seen as a blow by Maliki to his Sunni partners in the national partnership government that since have threatened the fragile balance in the government after the U.S. military pulled out of Iraq, and raised serious fears of Maliki consolidating power in his own hands, even among some of the Shiite politicians. And talk of calling for a vote of no confidence regarding the PM is becoming common in the corridors of the parliament although no official steps have been taken yet.
"We know there are agreements and alliances by parties outside the National Alliance [the coalition that brought Maliki to power] working, at this time, towards replacing Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki" said Haider al Abad, a lawmaker close to Malki, in a press conference "And that there are three nominees for the office of Prime Minister - But those political parties do not have the quorum required in the parliament to lift confidence from Maliki."
Samarra, to the northwest of Baghdad, the city of the double domed shrine, the targeting of which sparked off the sectarian strife in 2006, witnessed two car bomb and three roadside bomb attacks that targeted security checkpoints manned mostly by former Awakening forces, killing six people and wounding ten others.
Diyala, a mixed province to the northeast of Baghdad, that still struggles with a strong presence of al Qaida and Shiite militias, was hit with two roadside bombs in the town of Khanaqeen that went off within minutes of each other, killing one civilian and wounding six others; while a suicide bomber wearing a suicide vest walked into the midst of a crowd in north Baquba, Diyala's capital city, and detonated, killing two civilians and wounding another ten.
Anbar province, to the west of Baghdad, a mostly Sunni province that is still restive and witnesses minor security incidents almost on a daily basis, witnessed two car bomb attacks in its capital city, Ramadi, Thursday, that claimed the lives of three civilians and wounded ten others. While in Fallujah, armed men raided the home of a police officer, killed him and wounded four others, including his two children.
And in Hilla, capital of mostly Shiite Babil province to the south of Baghdad, a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol early Thursday, wounding five policemen. All of these attacks, except Fallujah and Hilla, took place between 7 and 9.30 a.m. Thursday, security officials said.
The Ministry of Interior, in a written public statement said that "terrorist gangs are sending a message to their regional supporters that they are still functional and have not lost the battle", in order to acquire funding and reinforcements after [the government] dried up their existing sources. The statement included a list of the attacks that took place Thursday. The list fell far short of the reality according to security and medical sources. The statement also mentioned that the toll for Thursday's attacks was just nine people killed and 46 injured.
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April 17, 2012
First Kuwaiti Flight to Iraq After More Than 20 Years
The first Kuwaiti flight to Iraq in more than twenty years landed in Najaf Airport today.
But why in the southern, holy city of Najaf and not in Baghdad? Officials said that trips to Baghdad will be the next step, withought mentioning details.
After the significant role Kuwait played in the occupation of Iraq in 2003, one would have thought that its relations with the new Iraqi leaders would have been "chummy" - At least that's what many Iraqis thought. But the truth of the matter is that relations between Iraq and Kuwait are still "strained".
Kuwait made a show of goodwill at the Arab League summit meeting that was held in Baghdad in late March when it's ruler, the Emir himself, attended. Although some say that the concessions made by Maliki to ensure the Emir's presence were well worth it for Kuwait.
During the AL summit, Kuwaiti officials said there were still many unresolved issues between the two countries that are holding them back, naming some: finalizing the border-line in accordance with the UN mandate, Iraqi debt and the unknown fate of Kuwaitis taken by Saddam during his occupation of Kuwait.
In spite of the hope for better relations between the two contries that this step brings, many Iraqis feel that there is a lot of bad feeling on both sides. Kuwaiti looks on Iraq and remembers humiliation and loss, and Iraqis look on Kuwait as a principal factor in the occupation and therefore partly responsible for all the loss of life that ensued and feel that more time is needed to heal the wounds and make the tentative steps forward more sincere.
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April 03, 2012
Will Top Sunni Official Return?
Just a few days after the U.S. military oficially departed Iraq last December, PM Nouri al Maliki accused top Sunni official, VP Tariq al Hashimi of leading death squads and killing Iraqi officials and civilians during the sectarian strife. In a press conference Maliki said that he had a criminal file on Hashimi that he had been sitting on for three years, and was now ready to prosecute him. For the objective observer, the timing of this announcement was telling.
Most Iraqis believe that much of the violence was - and still is political. And that many politicians and officials on the highest levels are involved to some degree - Whether Sunni or Shiite.
Confessions of Hashimi's security personnel were aired on state television and an arrest warrent for Hashimi himself was issued and also made public on state TV - All this publicity on Malikis side in order to burn the bridges and make any political deal impossible in this country whose government is glued together with political deals.
Hashimi fled to the northern region of Kurdistan and said that the confessions were extracted under torture. He said he was willing to attend a trial if it would be held in Kurdistan, or at least in Kirkuk, where he said the courts were not as strongly influenced by Maliki.
He was given asylum by Masoud Barzani, head of the region who was convinced that Hashimi was being pursued for political reasons, regardless of criminal cherges. Barzani commented on Hashimi's predicament and Maliki's government saying, "The guilty are hailed as innocent - and the innocent are named guilty."
This gave rise to a sticky situation between the government of the Kurdish region and the Shiite led government in Baghdad.
Change of venue was turned down by the judiciary in Baghdad, and a date and place for Hashimi's trial was announced: May 4th, in Baghdad. And if he does not show up - he will be tried in absentia.
In March, the Hashimi guard who confessed to criminal acts under orders of Hashimi, died in prison and photos of his (dead) body with marks of horrendous torture were posted over the internet. Hashimi's party announced that they were going to file charges of torture and murder.
So many in Iraq were looking forward to the summit in hope that it would bring some relief to the strained Iraqi internal scene. The summit was hailed a success, but only as far as Iraq's relations with other Arab states are concerned, in that it broke the ice that had formed between Iraq and the Arab states after the occupation and the rise of a Shiite led government with close ties to Iran. But no Iraqi internal issues were officially discussed - and no relief gained for the rising tensions on the political scene.
On Sunday, April 1st, just three days after the summit was held, Hashimi left Kurdistan/Iraq "on a tour" that statrted with a visit to Qatar, one of the Gulf States that is most opposed to Maliki's Shiite led government.
In a statement, his office said that Hashimi has departed on a tour to visit several countries - and will return to Kurdistan when his tour is done.
Big smiles - snickers, outright laghter and also many sad expressions on the faces of Iraqis when asked, "Do you think Hashimi will return?"
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February 24, 2012
It Is Not Our Parliament
On Thursday, Feb 23, a huge wave of attacks with car bombs swept Iraq led to the death of more than 60 people and wounding over 200. As usual, Iraqi president and the high rank officials including the speaker of the Iraqi parliament condemned the explosions, members of his parliamentary bloc (Iraqia bloc) blamed the government for the security violation and the speaker of the bloc demanded the government led by Nouri al-Maliki to resign if it can not control the security situation. on the other hand, a lawmaker from the Prime Minister bloc blamed Tariq al-Hashimi, the Sunni vice president who is accused with sectarian killings and attacks. and that is all. No more talk about the explosions or the dead people. The parliament continued its work (approving laws) which are mostly useless ones or kind of laws that give the lawmakers more privileges.
The same day and while security forces were cleaning the locations of explosions from the blood of innocent victims and while the families were either in their ways to the cemeteries to bury their beloved members who died or on their way to the morgue to the receive their bodies, the Iraqi parliament approved a law that allows its members to buy armored cars from the Iraqi budget.The estimated cost of the cars is 60 billion Iraq Dinars (more than $50 millions).
I am speechless. I have no real words can describe my feelings now. Those people who claimed they would work for Iraqis think about no one but themselves. While the bodies of the people who voted for them scattered to pieces, they think about nothing but gaining more and more before the coming parliamentary election.
I felt so ashamed when I read the news about approving this law especially when i read sentence (the Iraqi parliament) because those group of people who carry the Iraqi citizenship prove with no doubt they are Iraqis only because they carry official Iraqi documents not because they are real Iraqis who care about Iraq and Iraqis.
May Peace be upon the innocent souls who left us few hours ago and may God be with their families and give them patience.
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February 06, 2012
Big Day in My Neighborhood
Last Saturday was a big day in our street because it witnessed one of the important changes in the life of all the families in the street. Mohammed, the owner of the private generator had to move his generator to another location after he got a warning from the owner of the land where he used to put his generator. The landlady told him that he can't any more use her land.
The work started since 8 a.m. Members of the families who subscribe came to the location and started detaching their cables. It's not easy to detach a cable that passes over many houses and electricity poles. The length of some cables is over 100 meters belong to families live in other streets. After more than four hours of hard work, so many people took their cables while others gave up and left the mission to the owner of the generator. To make things worse, the owner of the generator told us that he needs two more days to re install the generator in the new location. All the men in the place were shouting and complaining because two days without electricity means extra expenses for all the families because they must use their small private generators. The only man who was happy that day is our neighbor who sells gasoline. Many families sent their kids to buy 5 liters of gasoline for the home generator. Shouting and screaming ended with cursing the government which failed even after eight years to provide electricity in spite of the billions of dollars spent during more than eight years. In my neighborhood, having the national electricity power for ten hours a day is not more than a dream. In the best circumstances, we have it for Seven hours a day makes life very difficult especially in winter. For example, waking up early morning and planning to have an early bath is not always a doable dream especially for those who live with big families like me.
One of the angry people shouted "why does the government pay budget for the ministry of electricity? Why does it pay salaries for unproductive employees?" and finally he asked simply "why don't they give us the money to manage our electricity problem instead of wasting money?" The last question was the most important one for me. It reflects clearly the disappointment of Iraqis. Obviously, we don't trust our government and our politicians in general because after even after eight years of collapsing Saddam's regime, our politicians failed in everything. They failed in providing services, they failed in forming a real national government, they failed in protecting Iraq and they failed in saving Iraqis lives. They succeeded only in one thing. They perfectly succeeded in dividing Iraqis.
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January 14, 2012
Blood River Continues
One more bloody day in Iraq and this time in Basra province south Iraq. Medical sources said that at least 53 people including kids, women and security forces were killed and about 140 others were wounded in a suicide attack. The attack took place on Saturday morning while Shiite pilgrims were walking towards a mosque in west Basra province. Security sources confirmed that the suicide bomber could pass the checkpoints with a faked police ID and when he reached a crowded check point, he blew himself up among the crowds. The attack is the second big attack within less than ten days. The first attack was in Nasiryah province in south Iraq where a suicide bomber killed 38 people and wounded over 70 others.
When I saw the pictures of the explosion on TV, when I saw the weeping mothers, the crying children and the people who were running everywhere looking for their relatives, I couldn't stand the scene and I changed the channel. When my wife tried to ask me about the explosion, I interrupted her and asked her never to ask me about anything. It looks that eight years of work with press and going to dozens of explosions scenes had filled my heart with pain and sorrow and there is no more place for any news pains.
The attacks come during a very critical and strained political situation. The crisis between the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and his political competitors is increasing. The political parties failed until now in holding a meeting they were talking about for weeks. The shadow of the civil war is growing bigger and the victim will be always Iraqis. Iraqi blood is always the cheapest fuel for this political fight and our politicians proved with no doubt that we are not even on the list of their concerns. their main concerns are power and personal interests. The only thing they do in such incidents in expressing their deep sorrow and condemnation which can't bring back the innocent victims to life or heal the deeps wounds of the hearts of their families.
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January 10, 2012
The Universal Imam Hussein
In the history of humanity, there are some events changed the life of nations and societies. The battle of Taf where Imam Hussein was killed with his family and supporters more than 1300 years ago is one historical event that so many people including western intellectuals who studied the Islamic history appreciate and consider one of the biggest event in man history because Imam Hussein with only 72 loyal followers faced over 30000 soldiers and they were killed defending human rights and justice.
Next Saturday will be the Arba'inya visit when Shiite Muslims go to Imam Hussein's shrine. Arba'inya means the forty. According to the Islamic historical calendar, the heads of Imam Hussein and his followers were taken to the Amawi Caliph Yazeed in Damascus which was the capital of Islamic nation during that time. After forty days, the heads were brought back and buried with the bodies in Karbala
For generations, Muslims used to commemorate the anniversary of the Arba'inya by walking from everywhere in Iraq and Arab land to the holy shrine in Karbala in spite of many kinds of danger basically death. Many rulers tried to prevent people from going to Karbala by many ways. During the Abbasian era which lasted for over a century, the caliphs imposed taxes to prevent people from going to but people paid happily. When they found out that money is not enough to stop people, they ordered to cut one hand from every pilgrim but again, they failed because people gave their hands. At the end the authorities ordered to kill one from every ten pilgrims and one more time, they failed because sacrificed their souls. During the modern history, things didn't change a lot. In Saddam's era, Arba'inya visit meant certain death. Even after 2003, the situation stayed the same. The pilgrims are still a target but this time not for the authorities in Iraq but for the Islamic extremists. The only change was the method. Instead of cutting the hand of pilgrims or killing one of ten, the insurgents chose to kill the biggest number of pilgrims by car bombs, suicide bombers and even poisoned food and drinks. Thousands of men, women and even kids were killed by brutal attacks in all the Shiite cities just because they love Imam Hussein. In fact, the attacks targeted even the Shiite people in others countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan. But did the extremists succeed? One more time, the answer is no.
Two nights ago and while I was watching one of the Shiite channels, I saw pilgrims from all over the world walking to Karbala challenging explosions and death. The reporter talked to some of them and I found out that there are pilgrims from Kenya, India, Canada, Spain, Germany, Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S.A and many other foreign countries in addition to others from many Arabic countries especially Gulf countries. One of the pilgrims said he is an American citizen came from Washington DC. He was carrying a banner on which a portrait of Imam Hussein was drawn with a sentence saying (Labbayk Ya Hussein= At your service Imam Hussein). He said he doesn't care about death because he learnt what sacrifice means from Imam Hussein. Another pilgrim from Bahrain said dying while walking to Imam Hussein is an honor he wishes to gain. Local officials in Karbala province expect the total number of pilgrims to pass 17 millions. People who live on the way to Karbala province provide all kind of services to pilgrims like food, drinks, places to sleep and even medicine and massage for the pilgrims who come from far distances.
Imam Hussein anniversary is not any more an Iraqi anniversary. It became a universal issue because as so many intellectuals say Imam Hussein sacrificed for humanity all over the world.
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January 05, 2012
The Fuel of the Political War
One more bloody day in Iraq. One more day of wailing and tears. More kids joined the very long list of orphans. More families lost their sponsors and joined the world of poverty.
Over sixty innocent people were killed by successive explosions by car bombs and suicide bombers in Baghdad and Nasiriyha a province in south Iraq Thursday morning. The explosions didn't target the (occupation forces) as those who used to claim they fight to liberate Iraq because these forces left the country. Moreover, the explosions didn't target any kind of security forces. They purely targeted civilians. In Baghdad, the explosions targeted daily laborer in Kathemiyah neighborhood in northwest Baghdad and Sadr city in the eastern side of the capital while the suicide bomber in Nasiriyah province targeted Shiite pilgrims who were commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. The only fault of the killed and wounded people was being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
The explosions are clear reflection of the strained political situation and the continuous fight between the political parties over power which is ongoing for over eight years and doesn't seem to end soon.
As an Iraqi citizen, I wouldn't really care about our politicians and their fight because I never felt for a moment that any of them represents me or any regular people but the only thing that pushes me to care is the fuel of this fight. Since the political fight ignited between the Iraqi politicians, poor Iraqis were always the fuel that inflames it. Hundreds of thousands were killed or missed since 2003 and God knows when the bath of blood would stop in my bleeding country. Prayers of mothers, fathers and sons couldn't stop the blood shedding because their political brothers always pray for more blood for political gains since fuel is always available and cheap as they believe.
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January 02, 2012
He IS NOT from MY PEOPLE
It is very well known in any democratic country adopts the parliamentary system that a lawmaker is a representative of all people not only those who voted for him but it looks that this principle is not applied in Iraq and it might need to be approved by our lawmakers first .
The story began when I went to the parliament with my colleagues Roy and Sahar to interview some lawmakers. An hour later, we met in the office of the committee of security and defense because Sahar and Roy wanted to interview a member of the committee. When the man came, he took my colleagues to his office for the interview while I stayed in the reception of the committee waiting for them.
While I was waiting, I saw an officer who came to complain about sending him to retirement. He was talking about his achievements in the fight against the insurgents group and how he refused a $ 5 million bribe to release Qaida members. He was asking about the reasons of sending him to retirement although he is not old. While the man was talking, a female lawmaker came carrying some two requests. She asked the secretary of the committee to check them. It was so easy to tell that she is from one of the Northern provinces from her accent. The man told her that he can help her only with one of the requests because there are some certain rules and instructions he can't break. He showed the lawmaker the orders issued by both the committee and the ministry of defense. At the end of their conversation, the lawmaker said "any way, I don't really care. he is not even from My People. He is from your People". She made her comment and left. We were about six men in the room and we all couldn't believe what we heard. The secretary of the committee said " Do you believe this is the way a lawmaker talks! She should represent all Iraqis and defense their rights."
Even after eight years of what so called FREEDOM and even after three elections, Iraqis are still loyal to sect and race more than being loyal to Iraq and it seems that we will need more time to change the sick mentality of race and sect and move to the mentality of the country.
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December 31, 2011
SMS from the Iraqi Prime Minister
"We are all for Iraq. Glory and honor to people. I congratulate you and our proud Iraqi people for this historical day. With my love and respect to you and your family. Your brother Nouri al-Maliki"
This is the full transcript of the SMS I received from Zen Mobile Company which sent it to all its subscribers. The SMS is a congratulation SMS sent by the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Kamil al-Maliki to the Iraqi people for what is called (the Day of Iraq) referring to the 31 of December which represents the official end of the US forces withdrawal from Iraq according to the agreement signed by the Iraqi government and American administration in 2008.
I don't know why Mr. Maliki sent this SMS and whether he really believes that this day deserves to be named (the Day of Iraq). For the first moment, the SMS gives the impression that the withdrawal of the American forces is the key to solve all the problems that appeared after the U.S invasion in 2003. But is that impression right? Is the American presence is the only problem of Iraq????? Do the Iraqi political blocs really care about Iraqis?
During the eight years of the American military existence in Iraq, the American administration and military committed many mistakes. One of the biggest mistakes was the idea of partnership government. This kind of ruling system brought nothing to Iraq but sectarian parties that look only for the interests of their members. It also created a very weak parliament with lawmakers who vote for the interests of their parties regardless the interests of Iraqis.
But, if the system is not suitable for a country like Iraq that embraces many races and sects, why the parties don't work to create or adopta different ruling system that guarantees the rights of Iraqis and improve their life? The only reasonable answer for this question is unfortunately is because the Iraqi political parties never tried to find a substitute. The best evidence is the complete negligence of approving a law of the political parties. The other clear evidence is the failure of the parties that form the current government to agree about the ministers of the security minister.
As a result for this simple conclusion, I believe that the Day of Iraq is not the day of the American forces departure. It's the day when the Iraqi parties think about Iraq and Iraqis regardless their sects and races.
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My reasons? The difficulty to find the exact data, and a visualization maybe too complicated for the average reader.
I must agree with Cairo on his idea about the change of fashion at infographics criteria: big spectacular double-spreads have lost their space, now occupied by statistical cartography and original database visualizations. Maybe the future is a mix between both. Who could dare to say what will the future has to show?
Many say that this new wave is not infography anymore. That tis is just inforamtion processing, work of developers and creation of software. I do not agree. Infographics are not 'what infographics journalists-artists do'. Infographics are not defined by the creator, but by the result. If it's a visual explanation, with some weird exceptions, for me, it's an infographic: it could be shown as a photo, as an illlustration or even text (as the Word Train by nytimes.com, the one I had on mind for the Peter Sullivan this year).
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Livid after consecutive losses in the ODI tri-series, Australia coach Mickey Arthur on Saturday said the side and its "jaded" stand-in skipper Ricky Ponting would have to face the consequences if they don't atone for the defeats with an improved performance against India in Brisbane on Sunday.
"If I have to be totally honest, Ricky is a little bit jaded...and last night was a bit of unacceptable," remarked Arthur as he took stock of two successive defeats against India and Sri Lanka in the one-day series.
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Australia were unable to defend a total of 269 against India at Adelaide and on Friday night lost by eight wickets to Sri Lanka, conceding a bonus point, in Sydney.
"The guys are hurting and this is an opportunity for them to atone for what happened last night...if they don't atone for it, they know what the consequences are," said Arthur.
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A character like Ponting is someone you want around the team all the time because he's so inspirational, he's still our fittest player and hardest trainer. He trains with the most intensity, he's a fantastic example to every guy who comes into the team," he said.
"Ricky is a class act, there is no way you can write off a champion like him. He faced those same issues around the first couple of Test matches and he came through the Test series, had a great series against India and I hope he turns it around tomorrow," he added.
Ponting has only 11 runs from four innings at an average of 2.75 in the present series.
'It's totally Michael Clarke's team and Ricky is very aware of that'
Due to injury to regular skipper Michael Clarke, he is also leading the Australian side as a stop-gap arrangement.
"It's totally Michael Clarke's team and Ricky is very aware of that.
"He was outstanding around the group, he oozes confidence and to have a guy like Ricky leading the ship, we are in a very fortunate position if something does happen to Michael Clarke," he said.
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Ponting's appointment as stop-gap captain surprised many who believed the nod should have gone to opener David Warner -- the vice-captain of the side.
"We saw some huge potential in Dave, we want to grow him as a leader, he definitely has that potential. He's not ready yet and he knows that and we've communicated that to him.
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'We see Matty Wade being a good finisher for us'
Australia isn't getting good output from their bowlers and don't seem quite sure with the role of Matthew Wade who has opened and then come down the order as a finisher.
"Our bowlers in Melbourne, I thought were outstanding. They won us a game in Perth defending 230 which wasn't bad. Adelaide was a bit flatter so it was a bit more difficult. I don't think we can be questioning our bowlers at all.
"We wanted Matty Wade to finish for us. We see him being a good finisher for us in years to come.
"He has the ability to open the batting as well and while we have one recognised opener in our squad, Matt is doing the job with a huge amount of distinction. If and when Shane Watson comes back, Matty could also play a role for us at the back end," he said.
'We wanted to see Shane play some cricket'
Watson, injured for long, is back to Shield cricket and it appears the formidable all-rounder is beginning to find his feet on a cricket field.
"We'll sit down and discuss after tomorrow's game what to do with Shane. We wanted to see Shane play some cricket and we think it was really important that he got out there for New South Wales, not only for us but for him as well.
"He came through a Shield game really well and we'll take that point to the discussion able on Monday.
"We want to see a fit and firing Shane Watson and so the sooner we get him back, we'll be happy."
'Guys know we need some performance now'
Arthur stressed there weren't going to be far too many changes in the side for the time-being.
"We selected two squads for these two games. Guys know we need some performance now. We showed a trend of losing in Adelaide and Sydney last night and it's never good to have back-to-back losses. We need someone to stand up for us tomorrow.
"We want to win every game and we've been very disappointed by what's gone down over the last few games. Collectively, we have taken responsibility and had a good hard chat about it."


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Thankfully, they didn't change any of the password recovery info on the secondary Yahoo email, so we were able to recover this account right away--only to discover they'd deleted every single email and all of my contacts (presumably so I couldn't contact my friends to tell them about the scam). I did manage to recover my Facebook as well, but only because they didn't alter my security question. My primary email (gmail), however, was lost to me. As well as everything else linked to my Google account, including...this blog (and my Youtube, Google groups, Google+, all Google documents, and anything that required me to use my email info to log in). You can imagine what a damaging loss this is. Professionally, I was left exposed, turned into a quivering mass of vulnerability. Talk about demoralizing. I had no way to contact Google, no recourse for recovery except a stupid Google form I had to fill out to prove I was the owner of my Google account (which means having to remember the exact date I opened my Google account, who sent me my gmail invite, when I opened my blog and Google groups, etc.). I filled out this form three times before Google finally disabled my blog, pending an investigation.
Friday, I managed to recover my Google account finally. Clearly I'm not the hacker impersonating Carol--you can tell probably by my correct use of "demoralizing" and commas and the absence of begging for money (wait until tomorrow).
Okay, so, what's the deal, right? Why did they do this? Money, of course. After some research, I've discovered this is a really common scam/hackjob. And a very sophisticated one. Poor grammar aside, this email actually gave a number of my contacts pause, worried I was actually hurt and penniless in Spain . Intelligent people do fall for this because of their own big hearts (and end up providing their own info and money), which is why the jackholes keep doing it. Their programs/viruses work really fast in a really invasive way, and the scam emails are much better written and thought out now, urgent and designed to appeal to bleeding hearts.
Why did they attack me? Random probably. I did happen to have a $#!%load of contacts in both my emails, so mega score for the hackers. Chances are, though, I logged into a fake Google page which phished my password, and in a heartbeat, everything was gone.
What can you do to prevent your Google account from getting hacked? Or any email? So many of us have Google accounts which we use to access a load of programs. Get your Google (or Yahoo) account hijacked, and you're seriously SCREWED. But there are steps you can take to prevent this from happening.
1. Provide Password Recovery Info: That means a secondary email, backup phone number(s), and security questions and answers. Obviously, though, this isn't foolproof, as I did this. If they hack your password, they can change all of this. So...
3. DO NOT USE THE SAME PASSWORD for every account, application, and program. I know, I know, who wants to remember a million passwords? So much more convenient to have a single password for everything. But whatever program these hackers used was sophisticated enough to find every account associated with my gmail account and attempt to hack in with the same password. Thus, I also lost my secondary email, my Facebook, and my blog, and every account/program linked to them. Now, I have a list of passwords written down and in a text file I keep on my desktop and on a removable hard drive. Those passwords are also a billion miles long with symbols, numbers, and letters. I merely copy and paste when I need them.
4. EVERY time you prepare to log into an account, just take a quick glance at the URL of the sign-in page. Make sure it looks right and that you haven't just been redirected to a fake URL which mimics the real one. If it has an @ symbol in the URL, be wary. Double check the spelling of words in the address, too (www.gimail.com versus www.gmail.com). Best way to ensure you get a legitimate web address is to type in the URL yourself.
5. You can further protect your Yahoo accounts by creating a special Sign-in Seal for every computer you own. Go to your Yahoo "Account Info" and there you will find a link to create a Sign-in Seal (customized badge) that will appear in the top right corner every time you go to your Yahoo sign-in page. Then if you don't see that badge, you may have landed on a fake sign-in page that could phish your password.
5. Don't be lazy or vain or naive. Don't assume that you're not at risk. Phishing/hacking/hijacking doesn't only happens to stupid people who do dumb stuff like click on obvious spam links and search porn. Anyone can become a victim. Phishing schemes are becoming more and more sophisticated the wiser and more tech savvy we become as online users.
6. You can learn more about phishing schemes and how to prevent this sort of thing by checking out this page from Outlook. It's worth it to stop by, guys, and take a few precautions. It doesn't take long, and can save you serious misery.
What do you do if your account gets hacked/hijacked? Besides break things and curse Google to no end and write majorly gory hacker death scenes?
2. Fill out an Account Recovery Form (this is what it's called in Google. Yahoo has something similar, I think). The questions on this are tough. Just answer to the best of your ability, providing as much accurate information as you can remember. If you don't get a response right away, fill out another form. You'll need to be patient as this may be a long wait, but be persistent. Hound their arses. And make it clear that you believe the account has been compromised so that they disable the account while it's being investigated to prevent hackers from using it.
When you recover your account,
1. First, change your passwords and do everything I said that you need to do to prevent this from happening again.
2. Double check to make sure any secondary email accounts and phone numbers that have been added by the hacker for their own password recovery purposes are removed from your account settings. If not, remove them.
3. Also, go into your mail settings (under "Forwarding and POP/IMAP") and double check to make sure that your messages are not getting forwarded to a secondary email that you did not yourself add (this was the case for me!), and then under "Accounts and Import" make sure no third party email still has access to your account.
4. Prepare to work your butt off to recover everything you lost while your account was hijacked, including all your emails and your contacts, which will likely have been deleted.
Anyone else have any good tips on preventing any hacking/hijacking? Stories to share?
I think I finally discovered exactly how my gmail was hacked. I used to have both a Gmail account and a Yahoo account that used to be linked (each account was added to the other account to be used in the event I was unable to access one or the other account); and the accounts also used to have the same password. Occasionally, I would get (and continue to get) an email notification to my Gmail inbox that looks as if it is from Yahoo indicating that my Yahoo account information has been changed. But when I look closely, it is not my actual Yahoo account, but one perhaps similar with my name. There is always a link that I am supposed to click to investigate the changes. Clicking on the link directs me to a fake login page where I'm supposed to insert my Yahoo login information. My login information would then be phished and my Yahoo account immediately hacked. When I fell for this scam before, because my Gmail account also had the same password as my Yahoo account, the hackers were able to hack directly into my Gmail account using the same password, and then both of my accounts were compromised.
If you receive such an email indicating that your account information has been changed, do not click on the link. Rather open up a new window, insert the URL yourself and investigate the issue on your own. You will likely find that nothing has been changed.


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The Young Communist League of South Africa is a Marxist-Leninist youth wing of the SACP.
The YCL stands for:
18 June 2017
Consolidate young communists, organize young people and prepare for socialism!
Leadership of the SACP as led by Cde Madala Masuku, Leadership of the African National Congress by Cde Aron Motsoaledi, Leadership of COSATU as led by Cde Zingiswa Losi, Leadership of the Progressive Youth Alliance, Our National Chairperson Cde Yershen Pillay, Our esteemed National Committee Members, Our Provincial Secretary Cde Tinyiko Ntini, together with all Provincial Secretaries, Former Leaders of the YCLSA, Young revolutionaries who come from across the length and breadth of our country.
Receive our special profound revolutionary greetings from the 4th National Congress National Committee on this assembly of young revolutionaries during our month as youth of South Africa.
As the current generation of the YCLSA , First, we first salute the 1976 generation of young people that stood up and fought gallantly against brutal apartheid system and we also salute and thank YCLSA founding members and former leaders of the YCLSA who have established ,moulded , defended and builded this home of the young communists , the YCLSA. These comrades include the likes Mbeki, JN Sigh, Willie Kulk,Stanley Silwana,Sara Sable( the first National secretary of YCLSA), Eddie Rough, Moses Mabhida, Joe Slovo, Ruth First(the second National Secretary),Chris Hani, Moses Kotane, whom we continue to pay homage and remember as we continue with the baton that they have left to those who came before us.
Secondly our youth month 2017 message is about young people that are unemployed, about employed youth, about young people that has been abused, about young people that have been raped, about young people that have been killed, young people that are casualties, young people that have no access to education, about unemployed graduates
What is the problem, what is the nature of the problem and what must be done
South Africa's history of Colonialism, Apartheid and Segregation has led to institutionalized and systemic poverty, inequality, unemployment and underdevelopment requiring a decisive state-led response to redress the imbalances of the past. The brutal and fascist, white monopoly Apartheid regime, systemically dehumanized and underdeveloped black South Africans as part of ensuring a conveyor belt of future labour for the extraction of surplus value with the ultimate objective of ensuring the economy remains solely owned and controlled by white monopoly capital.
Youth constitute a significant, growing and distinct group in society. Much can be said about how society views youth. The way in which society views youth is critical to shaping perceptions by the adult population and how youths view themselves. There are three contending social perspectives on youth; youth as consumers in society, youth as problems to society and youth as assets to society.
The legacies of colonialism, apartheid and segregation have produced and reproduced the challenges of youth unemployment, poor quality education, lack of skills, high levels of HIV/AIDS, and low levels of entrepreneurship amongst the youth. It is no wonder that despite significant strides since the advent of democracy in 1994, the majority of young South Africans remain doubtful of a better life endowed with education, skills, jobs and opportunities for social and economic progress.
Youth must lead their own development and the state must support. Youth must be at the forefront of building schools, libraries and community centers as community builders and leaders of society. Young South Africans must never destroy or damage buildings such as schools or hospitals simply because of anger and frustration due to the lack of access to these buildings or to demand something else. Youth anger must be challenged strategically where youth build and not destroy where youth repair and not damage and where all youth are intellectually and productively militant and not destructively emotional.
Comrades, allow me to look closely on youth unemployment as it is a major problem facing young people in our country. The youth unemployment statistics in the first quarter of 2017 increased by 1.2 of a percentage point to 27.7% - the highest figure since September 2003.
The statistician-general of Statistics South Africa, released the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of this year recently, saying that the growth in employment was offset by the increase in the number of job seekers who entered the market in the beginning of the year.
The expanded unemployment rate - which includes those who wanted to work but did not look for work - increased by 0.8 of a percentage point to 36.4%, or 391 000 people. This amounts to 9.3 million people who were unemployed but wanted to work in the first quarter of 2017.
The statistician-general of Statistics South Africa further said the gap between the unemployment rate envisaged in the National Development Plan (NDP) and the current rate is widening.
"The NDP states unemployment should be 14% by 2020 and we have only two and a half years to that target," he said. "The gap to 2020 currently stands at 13.7 percentage points."
In the fourth quarter of 2016, unemployment stood at 26.5%.
Of the 433 000 of people who joined the ranks of the unemployed in the first quarter of 2017, approximately 58% were young people between the ages of 15 and 34 years. "Unemployment remained high among those with an education level of less than matric at 33.1%, which is 5.4 percentage points higher than the national average."
This number is even higher when the number of discouraged work seekers is taken into account. The quarterly figures show that less than 5% of the discouraged work seekers have tertiary education, while approximately 72% had an education level below matric.
The unemployment rate among graduates are 7.3%.
Employment by industry level
The employment by industry levels through the latest figures show that the manufacturing sector reflected the biggest growth in employment in the first quarter of 2017 - by 62 000.
The mining industry showed employment growth of 26 000 after a decline for four consecutive quarters.
The agricultural sector shed 44 000 jobs in the period under review, while employment in the trade sector dropped by 15 000.
Jobs in the informal sector also went down by 14 000 to 2.7 million.
Unpacking our theme: consolidate young communists, organize young people and prepare for socialism
When we say that the YCLSA is the home for Communist Youth, branches should bring this into reality as a major player in regard to being a training ground for young communist for the SACP. Therefore, all our strength and resources should focus on building strong YCLSA structures especially the branches.
The YCLSA should strive to establish branches in all wards, in townships, rural areas, villages, suburbs, towns, workplaces, campuses, and all other places were young people are based. The minimum objective is to establish branches where we currently have SACP Branches, but this should not limit our potential to grow beyond the SACP, thus, indirectly increasing the organisational form of the SACP.
In doing so, branches should be engaged in the following tasks, to satisfy their vanguard and vigilant role:
The capitalist social system is characterised by poverty, unemployment, and inequality and class exploitation. This affects the section of society we seek to represent. It also provides political space for the organisation to mobilise youth to fight against this system. As the struggle against Apartheid was one through many forms and tactics, so will the struggle against capitalism.
In order to increase our mass-base, and to be an advanced guard for youth development, youth interest and aspirations, we need to put concerted efforts towards campaigns. The purpose of our campaigns should be to expose the brutality and inhuman of capitalism, and to highlight the plight of the working class and poor youth. In as much as most of the campaigns that we will engage into will not immediately usher a socialist society, they intervene in scathing minimal but qualitative bruises to the capitalist system. This also provides a platform to draw attention to the fact that societal crises are as a result of capitalist accumulation path.
We must continue to put our focus and target the following sections in our society and target the brutalities below:
Our campaigns should also be used to mobilize and organize youth behind the banner of Socialism and Communism, and to ensure that minimum but emphatic struggles are waged against capitalism. We can also use campaigns to educate youth about the social ills that are as a result of the system of capitalism, and how certain behaviour's, conducts and addictions are as a result of profit and not entertainment. However, as the YCLSA, we should not fall in the trap of making noise and not providing solutions. The YCLSA can engage into alternative seeking Projects by encouraging the formation/ establishment of co-operatives across the province and Issue-Based Campaigns. We must also use South African Road to Socialism as a guide to our programmes and we must set a progressive youth agenda that will characterize a developmental agenda. Therefore if we can succeed on this revolutionary work our organization indeed will be consolidated and young people should have been organized and the momentum, the capacity and preparations for socialism will be indeed in full swing.
Comrades, there are also current problems facing young people that are not being said?
As the YCLSA we are in a firm view that to remain silent is the betrayal of the struggle. Our revolution and the Alliance is experiencing turbulences. The sovereignty of our country is a stake. It is not business as usual, the abnormality is the normality we are not lamenting. We are telling things as they are. On this youth month of 2017 we are speaking truth to power and power to truth as part of taking responsibility for the revolution as well as fighting for the betrayal of the revolution. History teaches us that all revolutions and all revolutionaries are capable of selling out the revolution. At times we might be confused that is it him/her, we say history is on our side we are all capable of selling out the revolution. Young revolutionaries and revolutionaries must never be confused when our revolution is being sold out!
Comrades, this what is facing our revolution, the young people and young revolutionaries is the contradiction of the contradiction. We raise this issues that people are afraid to tell the youth of our country. We say to the youth of our country judge us , criticize us , insult us but truth is on our side , we will continue to say no on anything that seeks to affects the future of our youth and our country. We raised the issue of the former security branch member Mr. Ntlemeza, we were insulted but we won. We raised the about Brian Molefe, the golden boy of the Guptas, we were insulted but we won. We are raising the issue in particular the influence of Guptas, we are being insulted, but we know we will win. Now also we have an issue with the Minister of Guptas, Mr. Malusi Gigaba, he is not the Minister of Finance is the minister of the Guptas. He has betrayed the 1976 Youth Generation mission and even betrayed the current youth generation. We say to him you are compromised, your consciousness if you have it must guide you on what you do, either you resin or not but it must guide you. We are also saying now to the President of the Guptas , Mr. Jacob Zuma , who has decided instead of being the President of the ANC and the Republic of South Africa but decided to be the President of the Guptas , we say on behalf of over 105 000 members of the YCLSA, please step down . You have lost your credibility.
As the YCLSA on this youth month rally of 2017, we want to send a clear and unambiguous message both to the all senior leaders in the congress movement and the youth of our country.
Do not corrupt us!
Young people are the current and the future of both the congress movement and our motherland South Africa. If you care about the future of this country. Don't corrupt us! Instead your responsibility is to teach us about an organization, teach us about the history of our revolution, teach us about the theory of the revolution, teach us about being patriotic and teach us about love for humanity and the importance or the fundamental principle of serving the people.
YCLSA is your organization!
As the YCLSA, we are the youth-wing of the SACP however the youth of our country should know that whether you are a member of YCLSA or you are not a member YCLSA is your organization. YCLSA continues to champion the needs, interests and aspiration of all young people in our country. History is on our side, history speaks for itself for us. In our consultative conference, we resolved in the Ten Youth Demands for 2015:
On our youth month rally in 2016, we launched a youth manifesto with the Ten Youth Fronts:
As the YCLSA, we want to argue that while much progress has been achieved since 1996, a new approach that is mass-based and focused targeting unemployed youth, youth from poor households and youth in rural areas is the next phase of youth development most appropriate for a second, more radical phase of the national democratic revolution (NDR). The focus of youth development in the second, more radical phase of the NDR should be on education and skills development, youth entrepreneurship and cooperatives development as well as social mobilization - all of which are the key drivers of accelerated job creation for young South Africans. We argue that more needs to be done to foster a culture of youth entrepreneurship and cooperatives development in order to develop youth who are job-creators and not simply job seekers. As part of making education fashionable, a culture of academic excellence and increased access to education for youth from poor households and youth in rural areas must be prioritized in the new approach.
Finally, we stress the importance of social mobilization and the need to institutionalize, mainstream and massify youth service in the second, more radical phase of the NDR. The greatest challenge confronting the youth movement today is that of youth unemployment. We therefore argue that the strategic objective of a new approach to youth development should be accelerated job creation for youth in the second, more radical phase of the transition. The new approach to youth development should inform the review of the national youth policy, the review of the integrated youth development strategy and the development of a long term youth employment plan as a blueprint for accelerated job creation.
Red card to corruption, Red card to dictators and Red card to lies!
We want to say to SACP and COSATU we applaud you and admire you courage and resilient for speaking out about what is happening in the ANC. No one has a license to speak only about ANC. ANC is the project of the South African people. We all joined the ANC and paid the same subscription amount.
If the working class is the main motive force of the national democratic revolution as the ANC asserts on strategy and tactics document, then working class has every right not only to express but also to assert its views on who should lead the revolution. The ANC is not national democratic revolution and national democratic revolution is neither ANC nor was it first conceived by the ANC.
But, if the ANC expects to lead national democratic revolution organizationally, it must also expect that the character of its leadership will be discussed by the main motive force of the revolution, the working class.
The word democratic in the national democratic revolution, first and foremost means that the leadership of the revolution must itself be a result of democracy or a democratic process. It is dictorial to expect people to follow leadership they could not express their views about it in the first place.
But as the YCLSA , we note that on the ANC leadership discussion the word women has been vulgarized and has only been centered around one women, whom we are not sure about her capacity. We believe that the name proposed is supposed atleat to be the President of the ANCWL than the ANC as in the ANCWL the is a vacuum of the President.
As the YCLSA, we want to categorically say we support struggles of the working class women. We support poor women, we support women's work in the kitchens, we support women's that are being raped every day and we support all the women's both employed and unemployed, they must count us, we fully support them.
We also want to say to the women's in the congress movement, they must refuse women to be used. Any women that has allowed herself to be abused they must stand up and say not in our name.
The name proposed for ANC president does not even by inch represent the poor women, women in the kitchen and all unemployed women's. This women's candidate is totally belonging in a very different class. Therefore, as the YCLSA we can't support such name and such imitative.
We say to the youth our country the time is now to emulate the generation of 1976
We say to the youth of our country let's stand up and fight corruption
We say to the youth of our country, let's stand up and fight the Guptarization of the ANC and the State
We say to the youth of our country, lets strive to be the worthy sons and daughters of martyrs that fought for freedom
We say to the youth of our country, let's all rise up and fight for free, compulsory and quality education for the poor
We say to the youth of our country, let's all stand up and fight for nation building and development of our country
We say to the youth of our country, let's stand up and fight the corporate capture of the state by Guptas and its stooges
We say to the youth of our country, let's all in unison say capitalism is our strategic enemy
We say to the youth of our country, we are the present and the future and we are building that future and that future is socialism.
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Sarah Weiskopf, an honors student in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology (ENWC), presented her poster earlier this month at the National Wildlife Society Meeting in Milwaukee, WI.
The poster, titled, "What do snow leopards really eat? Using genetics to reduce bias in food habit studies," placed third place at the conference amongst undergraduate presenters.
Weiskopf is completing her senior thesis in Kyle McCarthy's Rare and Elusive Species Lab, where she works closely with Shannon Kachel, graduate student in ENWC, on snow leopard ecology.
As for the specifics of her research, Weiskopf explained that knowing what snow leopards—an endangered species that live high in the mountain areas of central Asia–eat is critical to their survival. "One of the reasons they're endangered is lack of natural prey species so it's really important to have accurate information on what they're eating for management plans and conservation initiatives."
Weiskopf, who is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) EPSCoR program, and the ENWC department and works with data from Panthera– a global wild cat conservation group–and samples collected by Kachel, said that their research found that snow leopards' diet consists mainly of large mammals. "When we looked at all the samples that we collected, we found that small mammals like hares and Pikas were not as important in snow leopard diet as we previously thought, and they were actually eating a lot more large mammals like Ibex and Argali."
The problem with the snow leopards' diet consisting mainly of these two species is that they are both in danger as well, with both being targets of hunting and poaching and Argali being classified as an endangered species.
"They're competing with domestic livestock for the food resources in the area and so when you have less natural Ibex and Argali populations, the snow leopards will turn more to eating domestic livestock which creates problems with humans in the area," said Weiskopf.
Weiskopf said that she is very thankful that she gets to work with Kachel and McCarthy, assistant professor in ENWC, on the project, saying that they both have been very supportive and helpful, even allowing her to work in the lab on her own which she said was a great learning experience.
She also said that the conference was a great experience because she got to listen to a lot of wildlife biologists talk about their respective projects and had the opportunity to present her own work.
As for her work with snow leopards, Weiskopf said that if she continues to study the species, she would love the opportunity to travel to central Asia to study them in the wild, something she might not have known about herself had she not gotten this opportunity.
"It wasn't something that I thought about before. I didn't think, 'Oh, I really want to study snow leopards' but it was definitely a really cool project to get involved in."
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As New England farmers left the area for Midwest farmlands, the White Mountains grew increasingly popular. Fabyans, the Lafayette House, the Flume House, and many other increasingly comfortable hotels sprang up throughout the region.
Tourists clutching their guidebooks traveled by railroads to the Whites beginning in the early 1850s and more followed. Popular among urbanized New Englanders and New Yorkers, the tourist industry promoted the Whites as a place for quiet rejuvenation and contemplation.