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Do you ever feel like what you have to offer is too small to be of any use? Whether it be musical talent, speaking ability, hospitality, finances or even time; I often feel as though what I can give is so much smaller than what others can do that it is insignificant, unimportant, or even useless. How can God use our little bits when others can give so much more?
I find myself stuck in this train of thought all too often. But God is good, and he often sends me reminders of His love and care for me. And He shows me that while he doesn't necessarily call us to do GREAT things (though there are many who WILL do great things), He does call us to do GOOD things!
Ephesians 2:10 ~ "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."
Micah 6:8 ~ "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God."
These are wonderful verses that tell us a great deal about what God would like us to do, or at least HOW to do, things here on Earth. But what if you are like me, and you like to know a little more specifically what God wants us to do?
Do you remember the Bible account about Jesus feeding the 5,000 (which is actually more like 15,000-20,000 since the Bible tells us it was 5,000 men PLUS women and children)? Jesus tells His disciples they need to feed all of those people, and when they check to see who might have food to share, Andrew comes back with this report:
John 6:8 ~ "There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?"
Even the disciples, who had seen Jesus perform countless miracles, doubted what this small offering could do for this large crowd! Yet a young boy, who could plainly see how pitiful his small amount of food seemed in comparison to the need, was WILLING to give what he had, in spite of how meager it must have seemed. And what happened next? After everyone had been filled, there were twelve baskets of leftovers! Jesus could easily have rained manna from Heaven, just like the Israelites had experienced in the wilderness, yet He used a small boy's lunch to bless a great crowd of people. God rewards our willingness to be a blessing by giving the increase!
As I was trying to remember other places in the Bible that showed how God had blessed those who were faithful, I recalled the chronicle of the Widow at Zarephath. Elijah was instructed by God to go to Zarephath and find a widow who would sustain him while he stayed there. When Elijah approached the woman to ask for a morsel of bread, she told him:
1 Kings 17:12 ~ "…As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die."
Obviously, this was the last of the food that she had for her and her son, and did not see a means to get any more. She was in a desperate situation for sure! Elijah told her to go in and make a small cake for him first, and then make something for her and her son to eat afterwards. Even though he promised that God would make sure that she did not run out of meal or oil, I have to think that was not an easy decision to make – to feed her son or this stranger with a very unusual promise. Yet, she was OBEDIENT and did as he told her, and was blessed for her small act of kindness, which not only failed to deplete her supplies, her household was able to eat for MANY days on the repeatedly replenished meal and oil!
Do you remember the telling of the widow's mite? Jesus saw how people were casting their money into the treasury. Those who were rich cast in much, but a certain poor widow put in just two mites. Jesus said to His disciples:
Mark 12:43-44 ~ "…Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living."
Neither Mark nor Luke tell us of any blessing the widow, or anyone else, received because of her actions. Yet, we can see that Jesus clearly thought more of her small gift than the gifts of those who had much to put in. Through these verses, we can know that when we have little to give, but make the SACRIFICE for the Kingdom of God, it pleases God – regardless of how useless WE may think our offering is.
I am sure that there are many, many other places in the Bible that tell us the great things that were done with small gifts, but these are the three that came to my mind. I sincerely believe that there are two problems that cause us to hesitate to give/use our small gifts:
- We compare our gifts to others and think we come up short – forgetting that God appreciates our sacrifices
- We fail to recall what the power of God can do, so we doubt that our SMALL contributions can make a BIG difference
So in the end, no matter how meager your talent, your time or your finances may be, be moved to action and trust GOD to give the increase!


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Though winter is almost behind us, germs are spreading year-round. Even if you spend your days locked in a school with children, you can avoid a springtime cold or a resurgence of the flu by preparing in advance. Shoring up your immune system is something you can do daily, through proper diet, plenty of sunshine, and a few valuable herbs and vitamins. I will provide 4 immune boosters below.
There is no doubt that when your body is healthy, it can fight off illness and infection. This is why people who take care of themselves are rarely out with the common cold. If symptoms do start to show, the issue can be handled quickly with natural remedies. For the most part, however, a healthy lifestyle will make for an automatic win against viruses and bacteria.
From regularly exercise, to eating organic food, there are many methods on how to strengthen your immune system. Here are 4 ways to supercharge immunity you can add to the list.
1. Vitamin C
Vitamin C is a known immune-booster, but people frequently head straight for the supplements rather than heading to the source: fruits and vegetables. Citrus fruits are an obvious choice for vitamin C. But dark leafy greens and berries are also rich in this crucial vitamin. Kiwi is another excellent choice. Load up with a spinach salad topped with orange slices and dried cranberries. If you do feel a cold or sickness coming on, this is where the higher doses (1,000 mg twice daily, for example) will be highly beneficial.
2. Echinacea
This herb is a go-to for many herbalists as it has numerous health benefits. It's easy to grow, but you can also find it in teas and supplements in health food stores. Taking Echinacea at the first sign of illness can shorten the duration and lessen the symptoms of the common cold. Some research found it to lessen the duration of colds by 26%.
3. Vitamin D
While getting enough sunshine is the best way to get attain vitamin D, that isn't always easy in the colder winter months. Supplementing with D3 can help fill in the gaps. This vitamin plays an important role in immune health. Shown to slash flu risk by nearly half even at low doses, vitamin D is currently one of the most recommended supplements for boosting overall wellness.
4. Astragalus
Preliminary research on Astragalus membranaceus, a flowering plant and one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, demonstrates that the root may improve immune system function and boost the effect of conventional immune therapy for some cancers. Astragalus root has long been used by Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners as a general tonic, to strengthen and energize the body, to help resolve colds and upper respiratory infections and to strengthen and regulate the immune system. The herb has just recently garnered the interest of western science for its potential to boost immunity and lessen side effects of chemotherapy
Finally, ditch the antibacterial gels and wipes that you may have grown to depend on. These products have actually been shown to reduce your immune function. Without being exposed to some germs, your body doesn't have a clue what to do when they are hit with a real illness. Soap and water is plenty to keep your hands clean and the "bugs" at bay.
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Life is still a bit busy around here but 93-year old Rob is out of hospital and on the road to recovery. He's a bit tender in the boy area and he wears out more quickly but he loves his new room at Arcare with it's 'music room' alcove complete with sofa, TV and a cabinet complete with little fridge. You never know when a quiet glass of single malt scotch with one ice cube might come in handy while you listen to the opera.
Joan still loves her room but she's not happy there. She realized yesterday that she can't get out on her own and refused to get up. I went over at 9am and waited until 10:30 for her to get ready for our walk. After dinner she exploded when Rob wanted to go back to his room because he said she couldn't go with him. Alzheimer's is a cruel disease. I know it will make me sound awful but her tantrums don't do a thing to me. They used to but then I realized in 5 minutes she was fine and I was still fretting an hour later. No more.
Back in the olden days when nobody knew I existed I posted my recipe for pickled beets or beetroot, depending upon what you call these globes of goodness. Let's have a little recipe redux so I can share it again because these are truly good. I love roasting the little beets and then letting them cool until I can slip the peel off without losing my fingerprints. I can never do this without eating one.
I also have a secret. It's possible to make pickled beets or pickled beetroot without much effort at all. In most large supermarkets you can buy a commercial sized can of baby beets and it's job nearly done. You will sacrifice only a little bit of flavor plus the knowledge that you didn't do everything from scratch.
Hoo ha, that has never bothered me at all. It's the pickling liquid that makes the pickles and that's where I spend my time.
I put the jars in the dishwasher and make the pickling liquid. When the jars are nearly done I put the canned beets in a big pot and bring just to the boil so I can put hot beets in a hot jar and cover with hot liquid. No glass breaking in my kitchen allowed.
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I love a spinach salad with slices of fresh orange, feta cheese and pickled beets including the onions. The dressing I like to use is some leftover orange juice from the slices mixed with a bit of the pickled beet juice and I'm a happy woman.
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- 1 Teaspoon Allspice
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- Place all ingredients into a pot and bring to a boil for 5 minutes.
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'Ben Barba is ill and he needs help': Bulldogs poster boy may be out of game for six months
The NRL's 2012 player of the year Ben Barba won't play in the Bulldogs opening round clash against North Queensland and his long term future is uncertain after being stood down over behavioural issues relating to a break-up with his long time partner.
Canterbury chief executive Todd Greenberg would not put a time frame on when Barba was expected to resume playing, telling a press conference: ''It could be six weeks, it could be six months''.
Fairfax Media understand the Bulldogs are helping Barba to overcome gambling and alcohol issues.
Greenberg refused to speculate on the exact nature of the problems but he said Barba needed to deal with them or the club would consider sterner action.
''By terminating his contract it doesn't help him,'' Greenberg said. ''What we are trying to do is put support services around him and people around him to help him individually off the field.
''That is the sort of club we are, we help ours when they need it, but he needs to take a big step up here and if he doesn't take that step up he won't play.
''If he helps himself he will be a Bulldogs player for a long time but he needs to help himself.''
Barba's absence will be a big loss for Canterbury but Greenberg said his long term welfare was more important.
''Ben Barba is ill and he needs help,'' Greenberg said. ''We thought we had a duty of care.
''He won't be playing when we open the season. We have stood down the Dally M player of the year, the pin-up boy of the game.
''Ben's at a point where I think football is the furthest thing from his mind.
The National Rugby League supported the Bulldogs' actions on Monday.
"The club [Bulldogs] has kept the NRL fully briefed on the matter and it is clear that this is a case of everyone wanting to put Ben's interests first," NRL CEO Dave Smith, said on Monday.
"This appears to be a challenging set of circumstances for a young man in the public spotlight and it is a time for us all to give him and the club some room to find the best way forward.
Barba said in a statement released by the Bulldogs: "Today is a very difficult day for me as I feel I've let my family, children, club and supporters down. My issues relate to seeking help for personal issues that I face day to day.
"I'm incredibly sad to be stepping aside as I've been so blessed with what's happened to me over the past few years, but I feel as though I would be wearing a mask if I didn't confront the matters I've been dealing with until now.
"I feel it is best to deal with these problems front on and I believe that by doing so this will make me a better person and player in the future.
"This will be a step by step process for me and whilst I hope to return to football soon, I hope that through this next period you can respect my privacy so that sooner rather than later I can return to playing rugby league as best I can.
"When I do, I hope that everybody sees a better person."
Barba's manager Gavin Orr maintained that the suspension could be lifted within weeks. He said he and Barba supported the club's actions.
''He's identified that he's struggling with a few issues with his family,'' Orr said. ''He wants a bit of private time to deal with those issues. I hope he'll be back in a week or two.
''He doesn't want to let anyone down. That's the big thing.
''There's just some personal issues between him and his family that he needs to address. He's going to be working hard over the next few weeks to address them.
''He just wants some personal time at the moment.''
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The Election Commission of the Republic of Somaliland on July 1, 2010 — as noted, the highly-iconic 50th anniversary date of the original union of the Republic of Somaliland with the former Italian Somaliland to create the Union of Somalia — announced that the pan-Somalist, radical Islamist Kulmiye party candidate, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, had won the June 26, 2010, Presidential elections.
Kulmiye — with major support from a broadly-based network of Islamists throughout the region, a range of pan-Somalists and southern Somalian clans, several regional governments, and at least one major Western front organization — prepared a broad campaign for which the UDUP Government under Pres. Dahir Riyale Kahin, although fully warned, were totally unprepared. Kulmiye had stage-managed significant elements of the Election Commission, and the media, and had prepared a round of post-election back-up plans which included adding prepared, loaded ballot boxes, and a campaign of street protests in the event that it looked as though all other steps failed and in the event that the Government had, in fact, taken strong pre-emptive steps to curtail Kulmiye's creative electioneering.
Kulmiye leaders and other pan-Somalists and Islamists with who they were working had been noting that July 1, 2010, would be the symbolic date of the beginning of the reunification of the two Somalilands. That the Election Commission, which had been strongly influenced by payments from foreign sources (as GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs had noted earlier), withheld announcement of the results of the June 26, 2010, Presidential elections until the iconic date of July 1, as if confirming the reports of collusion with the pan-Somalists.
The ramifications of the event will gradually become apparent, quite apart from short-term impact on Somaliland's hitherto stable society. Domestically, shari'a law will become dominant, and cooperation with jihadist groups, such as al-Shabaab, will become routine. Somaliland, for even as long as it continues to exist as an entity, will cease meaningful cooperation with the West on counter-terrorism and counter-piracy issues.
The key sponsors of the Kulmiye take-over, particularly Egypt and Eritrea, and possibly Iran, will push for Somaliland to tighten controls on international trade, through Berbera, to sustain landlocked Ethiopia. Clearly, the Kulmiye and al-Shabaab leadership will also push to take over control of the Government of Somalia, such as it is, within any new de facto or de jure reunion of the two Somalilands.
One very direct result will be to add pressure on the Meles Zenawi Government in Ethiopia, forcing it to rely more, once again, on Djibouti as the entrepot for Ethiopian trade. This will add significantly to Ethiopia's costs, given Djibouti's history of exploiting its position in this trade in the past. This accords with Egypt's wishes to weaken Ethiopia, which controls the headwaters of the Blue Nile, the major source of water for Egypt. Egypt's position of hostility to upstream riparian states on the Blue and White Niles, and Egypt's refusal, this year, to come to an agreement on Nile water usage with other riparian states.
Egypt's challenge to Ethiopia, as the principal water source for the Nile, may, however trigger a backlash, and actually cause Ethiopia to attempt to dam or divert Nile waters for energy and agricultural purposes, literally leading to a reduction in flow to Sudan and Egypt. The Egyptian Government has noted in the past that any attempts to deny Egypt the water to which it feels it has a legal right — in contradistinction to inter-state legal precedent on the topic — would represent casus belli: cause for war. The Egyptian Government has put interference with Nile waters ahead of any other possible cause for war.
Eritrea, meanwhile, still harbors hopes that Ethiopia would be forced to an accommodation with Eritrea to use the ports which Eritrea assumed from Ethiopia when Eritrean independence was willingly given by Addis Ababa — at the express command of Prime Minister Meles — in 1993. This is, perhaps, still the major point of contention which Ethiopians have against Prime Minister Meles: not just that he gave Eritrea, historically always a part of the Ethiopian Empire, its independence, but that he included in that "give away" before he even became an elected head-of-government coastal areas and ports of Ethiopia which had never been part of the Eritrean province. That move left Ethiopia land-locked and dependent on Eritrea for port access, a move which Eritrea exploited so ruthlessly — demanding that Ethiopia receive untradeable Eritrean currency for all of its exports — that a break in relations came, precipitating the Ethiopian-Eritrean wars.
Ethiopia subsequently developed port access through Djibouti, and then Berbera. Thus the collapse of the alliance with Somaliland, as a result of the July 1, 2010, announcement of a new President there, is of profound concern for Addis Ababa. The Pan-Somalists and al-Shabaab and others involved in the change in Somaliland are themselves openly and strenuously hostile to Ethiopia, which had militarily supported the Somaliland Government and had also put troops into Somalia — including into the Somalian capital (and former capital of Italian Somaliland), Mogadishu, to fight the Islamists, including al-Shabaab.
It is highly significant that the Italian Government had supported the pan-Somalists based on historical feelings of identity with the onetime Italian Somaliland, despite the reality that this has contributed significantly to the continued instability in the Horn. Similarly, the Italian Government has sustained its profound support for Eritrea against Ethiopia, once again because of "historical solidarity" with Eritrea, which it had briefly colonized, before being defeated on two occasions in Ethiopia (1893, at the Battle of Adwa, the most significant defeat of a Western power in Africa; and in 1941). What is significant is that the Italian Government has gained nothing of strategic value for this emotional attachment, but has contributed significantly to the instability of the Horn of Africa.
It is now possible that the Eritrea-Ethiopia relations will undergo a further increase in tensions. Eritrea put in substantial guerilla forces, and support for dissidents in Ethiopia, in the run-up to the June parliamentary elections which returned Prime Minister Meles' coalition to power.
It would be unsurprising if direct hostilities broke out again between Ethiopia and Eritrea within a year. Indeed, this may be the key to Eritrean Pres. Isayas Afewerke retaining power in his state, despite the continuing decline in the state's economic fortunes and the increasing repression in his state.
Significantly, the transforming situation marked by the July 1, 2010, collapse of Somaliland's moderate, pro-Western Government will be to ensure greater access by international jihadist and terrorist groups to the Horn of Africa; greater difficulty for external states to influence and reduce the incidence of piracy in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean regions around the Horn; a greater ability for groups supported by Iran to support cross Bab el-Mandeb operations against the Yemeni Government (and supporting anti-Sana'a forces based in the former South Yemen regions); as well as stimulating the prospect for Eritrean-Ethiopian conflict and possibly initiating Ethiopian-Egyptian military tensions.
Overall, the move to topple the moderate Government in Hargeisa, the Somaliland capital, provides a safe-haven for a wide range of activities by Islamists, jihadists, and other non-governmental actors from bases in the Horn. These will play into hostilities within the Arabian Peninsula as a whole, and will interact, almost certainly, with anti-state players in Pakistan. In all of this, Iran has historically played a key rôle in Somalia, and this will expand.
The Iran-Sudan-Egypt Connection
By Spring 2010, Tehran and its allies were increasingly worried about their strategic posture at the Red Sea as a result of the growing militant-separatist sentiments in southern Sudan. The likely outbreak of a civil war in Sudan would deprive Iran and jihadists the use of Sudan's Red Sea ports as the base from which to block the Red Sea in case of a major confrontation with the US. The series of Israeli clandestine, air, and naval strikes against convoys and ships in northern Sudan carrying weaponry to the HAMAS in Gaza (to be delivered via Egypt and the Sinai) only added to the Iranian sense of vulnerability.
In mid-April 2010, Sudan held the first ostensibly free elections in 24 years. According to the official results, President Omar al-Bashir and his ruling National Congress Party (NCP) won 68.24 percent of the votes. Far more significant, however, was the election of Salva Kiir Mayardit with an overwhelming majority of 92.99 percent to the post of both the First Vice President of the Republic of Sudan and the post of president of Sudan's southern region. Kiir was the candidate of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) which advocates the secession of the south in order to establish an independent state in the upcoming referendum now scheduled for January 2011. The referendum is the final step in the implementation of the January 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the SPLM and Khartoum.
However, Khartoum has already vowed to prevent the dismemberment of Sudan — particularly given the vast oil reserves in the south (particularly the disputed Abyei region) — and already manipulated the 2008 census results to reduce the number of eligible black voters in the south and bloat the number of Arab voters in the north. This created growing tension and fear of the resumption of the vicious civil war.
Indeed, starting 2008, the SPLM began using oil revenues in order to purchase heavy weapons — including tanks, artillery and rockets — in the former Soviet Union and ship them, via Kenyan ports, to Sudan in preparation for the anticipated resumption of fighting. The extent of the procurement efforts of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) was revealed in September when Somali pirates working for Sudanese intelligence hijacked a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying 33 T-72 tanks and crates of small arms. The ship later released after Kiev showed proper end-user documents identifying Kenya as the owner of the weapons and the pirates received a $3.2-million ransom. The flow of weapons has markedly intensified since Spring 2009. Some of these weapons were already used in the pre-election clashes in March 2010.
In early Summer 2010, the SPLA drafted plans to train pilots and acquire combat aircraft and helicopters. "We want to transform SPLA from a guerilla force into a veritable military," SPLA spokesman Maj.-Gen. Dame Koala said. Khartoum immediately warned that the establishment of an air force or navy in the south would violate the CPA. But SPLM leaders reiterated their commitment to establishing a proper military using oil revenues.
In May 2010, SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum warned in an interview with the Saudi-owned Al-Sharq al-Awsat that the establishment of an Islamic Republic in Sudan, as advocated by Bashir in the aftermath of the April elections, would lead to the break-up of the country. "If the National Congress Party insists on implementing a program for building the Islamic Republic then southerners will have no choice but to vote for secession. If the National Congress Party insists on imposing its policies of oppression and racial discrimination then southerners must secede, and if the National Congress Party continues to plunder the wealth of the south and unjustly divide oil revenues in the absence of transparency, then southerners will have to break free from those tyrants," Amum warned.
In early June 2010, Amum raised the ante in another interview with Al-Sharq al-Awsat in which he asserted that unification was unlikely under current conditions. "In the shadow of the National Economic Salvation regime, and its Islamic project, there is no solution, or even a drop of hope or Sudanese unity. ... There is no possibility or even the slightest chance to achieve Sudanese unity unless the NCP reoccupied the South and takes control of it through military force. This would be a bloody step, and this would not represent unification but occupation." Amum confirmed that Kiir is actively preparing to form a government of the South in their capital Juba. All the best SPLM cadres were transferred to Juba and only expandable SPLM officials were sent to fill CPA-mandated positions in the Khartoum Government.
Amum warned that the suggested postponement of the referendum would restart the civil war. "Any side that calls for postponement would, in other words, be calling for the Sudanese people to return to fighting. This would be a dangerous and irresponsible action to take." Although the South prefers to secede peacefully, Juba is cognizant that war is all but inevitable. Amum stated that "if there is no other choice but war, we will enter it [war]. The Sudanese People's Liberation Army is capable of solving these problems and restoring security," Amum stressed, "it is one of the largest armies in the region, and it has fought long wars, has excellent combat experience and is currently being transformed into a regular army."
As is the case of Somaliland, Egypt and Eritrea lead calls for the southern Sudanese referendum on self-determination to be postponed.
Possible Outcomes
In summary, coupled with the linked developments in Sudan, and as a result of the pivotal change in Hargeisa on July 1, 2010, the following developments should be expected, at the very least:
1. Increased Iranian support and capability for African, Arabian Peninsula, and Pakistani jihadist and terrorist activities, including support for the "Islamic Republic of Eastern Arabia", and direct actions aimed at overthrowing the present Yemen Government. This will all ultimately impact on trade costs and energy costs;
2. Increased piracy activities out of Somalian Puntland, with less ability for external powers to intervene or influence;
3. Significant revival of Eritrean-Ethiopian tensions, leading to the increased prospect for renewed conventional war;
4. Significant increase in Ethiopia-Egypt tensions, with a number of possible outcomes;
5. Spread of Somalia-style warlordism into Somaliland, and a new set of competitions for power over the entire Somalian entity, with unforeseeable results, other than that the competition will be protracted and indecisive. The likelihood will be that the African Union and United Nations will be called on, again, to provide peacekeeping forces for Somalia, with significant cost in capital and lives for the international community;
6. Potential for increased insurgency aimed at overthrowing the Djibouti Government of Pres. Ismail Omar Guelleh (bearing in mind that "French Somaliland", now Djibouti, is one of the stars in the pan-Somalists pantheon) (and bearing in mind that Djibouti remains a thorn in the side of Eritrean Pres. Isayas, who sees now only Djibouti providing an escape valve for Ethiopia);
7. Increased activities by Eritrean-backed terrorist and guerilla activities inside Ethiopia, possibly with the revived support of Libyan Pres. Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi and Egypt.
The interactive result of all of this, including the Sudanese developments, will be to increase the dangers to shipping in the Red Sea/Suez SLOC, and compound threats to Yemen and Saudi Arabia, at the very least. This contributes significantly to Iran's strategy to weaken Saudi Arabia's influence. Ironically, many of the jihadist/Islamist activities in the Horn have been ostensibly Wahabbist/neo-salafist in nature, deriving from the State-sponsored Saudi sect of Sunni Islam, which have — as with Osama bin Laden's proselytization — been used against the Saudi State and interests.
Ironically, early recognition of the sovereignty of the Republic of Somaliland when it broke away — as it had every legal right to do — from the ill-fated union with Somalia in 1990 would have prevented this situation, and would have helped stabilize the Horn of Africa long before this time. Egypt, the Arab League, and Saudi Arabia worked hard to prevent this recognition, but the African Union (AU), and the major trading powers with a vital interest in the Red Sea, could have unilaterally recognized Somaliland.
The absolutely spurious claim that Somaliland could not be recognized because it was a "breakaway" state from Somalia should have been recognized for what it was: legally nonsensical. Somaliland was fully independent and sovereign from the United Kingdom — its earlier colonial overlord — before it joined into the union with Italian Somaliland.
To say that Somaliland could not withdraw, and be recognized, from that union in 1990 would be tantamount to saying that Egypt could no longer be recognized as independent when it withdrew from its "United Arab Republic" experiment with Syria.
The outgoing Government of Somaliland was warned, privately, of the moves being made to overthrow it by using the occasion of the Presidential election to stage what amounts to a coup de manœuvre, and yet proved incapable of addressing the threat. GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs also publicly identified the process through 2010. And yet no-one acted, other than the extremists and their Western supporters who may well have been promised resource concessions in the region as payment for their support.
Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, with Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs.
(c) 2010 International Strategic Studies Association, www.StrategicStudies.org


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Introduced 1935 -1939 Number built – 2,738 cars - all versions
The MG SA was launched at the 1935 Motor Show and this elegant saloon was the first all new model to be introduced since the merger with Morris Motors in July 1935. It was launched alongside another new model, the PB Midget and a revised version of the N type Magnette, but everyone's attention was turned to the SA. This brand new car was a shock to the MG fraternity as it was a car of such huge proportions compared to the previous Abingdon offerings and was to be the largest MG to date. Many enthusiasts refused to recognise the SA as a genuine MG choosing to forget the fact that some of the earlier Magnettes were not exactly small cars. To understand the reasoning behind the launch of this luxury sports saloon, we need to look back to early 1935 and the revolution that swept through Abingdon. Leonard Lord was appointed as the new managing director of the MG Car Company when Nuffield sold the concern to Morris Motors in July 1935. Virtually overnight all racing activities and developments were ceased and although Cecil Kimber remained at Abingdon, there was little that he could do without the consent of Lord. Initially Lord said that he did not want to produce any more MG sports cars as they interfered with his plans to streamline the organisation. However Cecil Kimber still retained a lot of influence and he managed to gain enough support to eventually change Lord's mind. The end result of this disagreement between Kimber and Lord was the production of the MG Two Litre SA Saloon first announced in October 1935.
Lord felt that all that was necessary to sell a Wolseley at an inflated price was to put an MG radiator on it. This thought was rapidly dispelled by Kimber and his supporters and Kimber was allowed to design a new body for the Wolseley chassis. This he did with great success, producing a very attractive well proportioned body and at a mere £375 for the saloon version it was attractively priced as well. It was exceptional value for money particularly when compared to its predecessor the KN Magnette at £399. Other coachwork which included a four seat tourer and the handsome Tickford Coupe followed later. The pleasing appearance of the coachbuilt body was subsequently adopted by some of England's leading coachbuilders; one of note was Mulliner Park Ward. In terms of luxury, internal appointments and overall appeal, the SA stood favourable comparison with many other similar cars of the era. Sadly the car suffered from the inefficiencies that Leonard Lord was trying to get rid of, with the SA going through numerous changes of components, in order to take advantage of the standard items utilised by Wolseley. The production of the car was inevitably delayed through too many people being involved in the decisions surrounding the use of components, production procedures and the general inflexibility of the Nuffield group as a whole.
The SA model was aimed at the larger luxury car market. Based on the Wolseley Super Six, this graceful sports saloon was intended to be a prestige model that would enhance the Company image and move away from the stark and somewhat basic sports cars that had made MG famous. Certainly insurance companies welcomed this departure as there was considerable disapproval previously over the sporting image and hefty premiums were often imposed. This fact was no doubt considered by the Nuffield organisation as they invested heavily in this new luxury sports saloon. The MG purists were however most displeased with the SA as the familiar MG chassis was dispensed with, being substituted with a heavy conventional box-section Wolseley based variety. Gone also was the overhead camshaft engine, which was replaced with a Wolseley Super Six 2 litre pushrod operated unit. The familiar cable operated brakes were replaced with Lockheed hydraulic type, a system that Kimber did not favour at all, maintaining that the old style cable brakes were far more dependable. The prototype had pressed steel bolt-on type wheels instead of the knock-on wires and as a final insult a synchromesh gearbox with a long unwieldy gearlever was fitted.
The SA had its biggest setback just ten days before the launch of the model was due, when a new sporting saloon was announced by SS Cars of Coventry. MG had never considered this company to be any threat to them in the past, as they were not producing cars to compete in the same market sector. SS also did not have any competition successes worthy of note, however, this new car, the first to bear the Jaguar name, was a far more serious rival. William Lyons, the owner of SS cars was a brilliant designer from the same mould as Kimber, he also made all the major decisions, which meant that the Jaguar SS went straight into production, unlike the floundering Nuffield group which took until early 1936 to decide on the specification and supply the parts for the SA. With the initial publicity long since forgotten, it was over 6 months since the introduction of the model before the MG Two Litre went into full production. This delay was due also to Abingdon trying to uprate the specification to improve its standing against the Jaguar. The car initially had a 2062 cc engine and this was increased to 2288 cc's to match the Jaguars 2663 cc unit. Normally this sort of alteration to the specification would have taken a matter of days when Abingdon were dealing direct with suppliers and were doing their own design work. It took months for the Morris engines division to change the specification as they saw it as a relatively unimportant job. As a direct result many disillusioned customers, over 500 in all, who had been waiting for their cars, changed their orders to the Jaguar s'S which was ready for immediate delivery.
Other changes implemented were the replacement of the original bolt-on wheels with centre-lock wire wheels but even once production had started in earnest, there were continual changes in specification, which made a mockery of the so-called Nuffield efficiency. These changes could only be attributed to faulty initial design of the components; eventually even the complete chassis frame was modified. By the time of the 1936 Motor Show, circumstances dictated a price rise with the saloon now costing £389 and the Charlesworth open tourer at £385. The Tickford Coupe was introduced at £415. Early in 1937, the engine capacity was changed yet again to 2322 cc, probably to comply with Nuffield standardisation of models and there was little if any improvement in performance as a result. The performance could be described as adequate rather than exhilarating, with the car weighing in at almost a ton and a half and with only 75.3 bhp available, acceleration could only compare to its 18/80 forerunners. The SA did however have a genuine top speed of nearly 85 mph and could sustain a cruising speed all day long of 70 mph plus.
Brief technical specifications…
Type: Water cooled in line
Number of cylinders: 6
Bore and Stroke: Early; 69mm x 102mm. Late; 69.5mm x 102mm
Capacity: Early; 2288cc. Late; 2322cc Valve operation: Pushrod overhead valve.
Compression ratio: approx 6.5:1
Carburation: Twin direct downdraught horizontal SU's
Power output: 75.3 bhp at 4,300 rpm
Clutch: Wet cork
Gearbox: Manual 4 speed crash box on early cars. Part synchro on later cars. Chassis: Twin side members with cross members.
Wheelbase: 10'3" Track: 4' 5" front and rear Suspension: Front; half elliptic springs with beam axle Rear; half elliptic springs, live axle
Brakes: Lockwood hydraulic front and rear with 12" drums
Performance: Maximum speed: 85 mph
Fuel consumption: approx 17 mpg
Price in 1936: £415
Number Built: 2738 (includes saloon, open tourer and Tickford)
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Friendly Ice Cream Corp. named Harsha Agadi its chairman and chief executive officer. Agadi replaces Ned R. Lidvall, who left Friendly's to pursue other interests, according to a company press release.
With 24 years of foodservice industry experience, Agadi previously served as president and CEO of Church's Chicken and continues to serve as a shareholder and board member. He began his foodservice career focused on pizza, with positions at Pizza Hut, Domino's and Little Caesar's.
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1st confirmed case of new coronavirus reported in Washington state, CDC says
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The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from the outbreak's epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.
The man, identified as a Snohomish County resident is in his 30s, was in good condition and wasn't considered a threat to medical staff or the public, health officials said.
U.S. officials stressed that they believe the virus' overall risk to the American public remained low.
"This is not a moment of high anxiety," Gov. Jay Inslee said.
The newly discovered virus has infected about 300 people, all of whom had been in China, and killed six. The virus can cause coughing, fever, breathing difficulty and pneumonia. The U.S. joins a growing list of places outside mainland China reporting cases, following Thailand, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
Airports around the world have stepped up monitoring, checking passengers from China for signs of illness in hopes of containing the virus during the busy Lunar New Year travel season.
Late last week, U.S. health officials began screening passengers from Wuhan in central China, where the outbreak began. The screening had been underway at three U.S. airports — New York City's Kennedy airport and the Los Angeles and San Francisco airports. On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it would add Chicago's O'Hare airport and Atlanta's airport to the mix later this week.
What's more, officials also will begin forcing all passengers from Wuhan to go to one of those five airports if they wish to enter the U.S.
The hospitalized U.S. resident had no symptoms when he arrived at the Seattle-Tacoma airport last Wednesday, but he started feeling ill on Thursday and went to a doctor on Sunday with a fever and a cough, officials said. Lab testing on Monday confirmed he had the virus.
"The gentleman right now is very healthy," Dr. Nancy Messonnier of the CDC said Tuesday.
As coronavirus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas
The hospital, Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, said in a statement that it expected the man would remain in isolation and under monitoring there at least until Thursday.
CDC officials said they sent a team to Washington to try to track down people who might have come in contact with the man. The hospital also said it was contacting "the small number of staff and patients" who may have been with the man at a clinic.
The man is originally from central China, lives alone in the U.S. and made the trip solo, officials said. There were relatively few people who came in contact with him since he got back, health officials said.
Last month, doctors in Wuhan began seeing the new virus in people who got sick after spending time at a wholesale seafood market. More than 275 cases of the newly identified virus have been confirmed in China, most of them in Wuhan, according to the World Health Organization.
The count includes six deaths — all in China, most of them age 60 or older, including at least some who had a previous medical condition.
Officials have said the virus probably spread from animals to people, but this week Chinese officials said they've concluded it also can spread from person to person.
Health authorities this month identified the germ behind the outbreak as a new type of coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, some of which cause the common cold; others found in bats, camels and other animals have evolved into more severe illnesses.
SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, belongs to the coronavirus family, but Chinese state media say the illness in Wuhan is different from coronaviruses that have been identified in the past. Earlier laboratory tests ruled out SARS and MERS — Middle East respiratory syndrome — as well as influenza, bird flu, adenovirus and other common lung-infecting germs.
he new virus so far does not appear to be as deadly as SARS and MERS, but viruses can sometimes mutate to become more dangerous.
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The response has been "very efficient," Veesler said. "In a couple of weeks, China was able to identify the virus, isolate it, sequence it and share that information."
Veesler added: "We don't have enough data to judge how severe the disease is."


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I'm trying to implement Mutual Certificate Authentication , I have to be the CA and server at the same time , generate certificates and sign them for users. and I'm following this tutorial which is a very simple one comparing to the complicated articles on the web , steps are :
The process for creating your own certificate authority is pretty straight forward:
- Create a private key
- Self-sign
- Install root CA on your various workstations // ????
Once you do that, every device that you manage via HTTPS just needs to have its own certificate created with the following steps:
- Create CSR for device
- Sign CSR with root CA key /// THIS STEP
Create the Root Key :
openssl genrsa -out rootCA.key 2048
self-sign this certificate.
openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key rootCA.key -days 1024 -out rootCA.pem
Create A Certificate (Done Once Per Device) :
openssl genrsa -out device.key 2048
openssl req -new -key device.key -out device.csr
openssl x509 -req -in device.csr -CA root.pem -CAkey root.key -CAcreateserial -out device.crt -days 500
The last command is giving me this error :
Signature ok
subject=/C=XX/L=Default City/O=Default Company Ltd/CN=192.168.1.108
Error opening CA Certificate root.pem
3078969068:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:bss_file.c:355:fopen('root.pem','r')
3078969068:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:357:
unable to load certificate
The root.pem exists in the same folder why is it not being seen ?
Also, the first two commands gave me two files, root.key
and root.pem
there's no crt
file to give to browser .
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Every month, dozens of thousands of people from Samoa browse our platform, looking to buy or sell cars, motorbikes and trucks in the country. Samoacars is part of Pacific Ads Group network, available in more than 10 countries in Pacific, leader in the automotive classifieds industry locally.
We offer our advertising solutions and services for professionals and individuals wanting to improve and accelerate growth of their businesses and sales, either you are:
- An individual selling his vehicle
- A professional wanting to display its inventory of cars and find buyers quickly
- A business offering services to car / motorbike and truck owners
- A car parts specialist
- Any other type of advertiser wanting to reach local consumers in Samoa with an important purchasing power
Pacific Ads Group can offer you on demand customised advertising solutions, that can fit any budget and project, just contact us to know more.
Our offers will allow you to be visible on any of our platform, including:
• Our website:
Samoacars, the number 1 car classifieds platform in Samoa
• Our Facebook page:
Samoacars on Facebook, with more than 15,000 subscribers
• Our Newsletter :
More than 5,000 subscribers
Our audience is fastly growing monthly and we can tailor our advertising offers to your needs.
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Locksmith near me
In Poplar, We feel glad to provide honest and expert Poplar Locksmith services. Covering the area of Locksmiths Poplar for all kinds of locksmith activities such as fixing and fitting of locks, lock-in and lock-out emergencies, burglary repairs and lock changes.
We are working as usual and we follow PPE guidance and Covid-19 social distancing protocols. We are available 24 hours in the area of Poplar and make sure to fulfil all your requirements. No need to worry as we follow all the Covid instruction by the Government. We take all the precautions to protect our customers. Kindly contact us, whenever you need us.
Locksmith in Poplar
The London Locksmith also provides Poplar Locksmith Services with a team of specialists and gets your lock replaced or fixed with no damage to your property, if you want the lock to be replaced or upgraded, we can do it for you in no time.
Locksmith Poplar
Poplar Locksmith, provides 12-month services with a warranty of 90 days. So, no need to panic if you lock-in or lost your keys we are here to serve you.
If you are facing any problem with your locks, we are here to assist you 365 days.
We, being Locksmith Poplar service provider offers a wide selection of devices from leading brands such as Yale, ERA and Union. This indicates that your Locksmith in Poplar will be able to provide you with a wide range of traditional and modern locks.
Our Poplar locksmiths are CRB verified. Our goal is to reach your location in 30 minutes and we are ready to serve you at any time and any day.
It's Better to Change Your Locks
Do you know how many sets of keys used in your new apartment? How many generations have already lived there? Do you believe they will never come back or pass on those keys?
Don't take any risk and change or modify your locks as soon as possible. We can fit and fix all your locks at affordable prices. Feel free and call us today
Emergency locksmith services in Poplar
We respond in less than 30 minutes and try to track you back in 10-20 minutes.
got a problem with your gearbox or upvc door?
We have uPVC door and window lock specialists in Poplar that can provide any type of uPVC service.
Lost your door keys?
No need to worry if you have lost your keys, we can change the full lock to make you secure.
we provide emergency boarding up services
We offer 24-hour emergency boarding and robbery repair Services in Poplar.
We have an Locksmith in Poplar
The London Locksmith is reputable and qualified locksmith assistance. With all the hard work now, we are pleased to be recognised as the most active locksmith in Poplar. If you want to use our services you can reach us via 0203 189 1283. You can directly connect with a professional Poplar locksmith. Feel secure and discuss any issue related to your security concerns. However, we will also identify the problem and provide you with the best solution.
If we are not able to solve your problem then there will be no charges.
The London Locksmith will provide a fixed price when you call us and there will be no extra charges. (Until or unless your lock is unique than the one you explained). There are no VAT charges. However, 90% of our opponents add extra and ask for the payment when they arrive at the location.
Extra Locksmith Services in Poplar
⦁ Local Poplar Locksmiths
We are a team of experts and we are available 24 hours. Our experts are just one call away.
⦁ Locked Out
We can help you get access to the entrance in a professional way.
⦁ Emergency Locksmiths
We respond in less than 30 minutes and try to track you back in 10-20 minutes.
⦁ uPVC Door Lock Experts
We have uPVC door and window lock specialists.
⦁ Lost Keys
No need to worry if you have lost your keys, we can change the full lock to make you secure.
⦁ Locks Replaced and Restored
We provide a 12-months guarantee on lock replacements and modifications.
⦁ Strong Home Security Assessment
We provide a full security assessment in free of cost, you just need to book an appointment.
⦁ Emergency boarding up and Robbery repair
We offer 24-hour emergency boarding and robbery repairs.
All payment methods are acceptable for example cash, credit cards, debit cards and cheques. For every lock replacement, we provide insurance approved locks and digital systems.


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Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
Reporting Trend
Reporting trend based on the frequency at which the World Heritage Committee has deliberated over this property over the past 15 years. 0 = minimum reports, 100 = maximum reports.
For more information consult the The State of Conservation of the World Heritage Forest Network