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Dubai-based Islamic mortgage provider Tamweel concluded investor meetings on Monday and said any eventual transaction will be backed by properties and receivables located in Dubai.
June 26, 2012 5:46 by Reuters
Tamweel, a unit of Dubai Islamic Bank, plans to sell a $235 million sharia-compliant asset-backed securitisation, arranging banks said on Tuesday.
The Islamic instrument, due 2046 but callable after five years in July 2017, is seen pricing at between 335 and 345 basis points over the 1-month London interbank offered rate (Libor).
Dubai-based Islamic mortgage provider Tamweel concluded investor meetings on Monday and said any eventual transaction will be backed by properties and receivables located in Dubai.
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Adrian and his family are excellent hosts in this Baracoa bed-and-breakfast. The accommodations are clean and comfortable, the food delicious. Meilly and Elio likewise treated us like family. Yes, we will go back!
Myself and two friends stayed at this lovely casa at the end of june. When we arrived to the casa I was really ill with food poisoning (which i had picked up in santiago de cuba) , Adrian, the owner of the casa took me to hospital and translated between the doctor and myself. I would not have been able... More
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Adrian and his whole family is very nice and they can help you with everything you need to know in this wonderful baracoa. Great food, relaxed place a bit away from the centre but walking distance, so it's more quiet.
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FrontPoint Partners will not be a one-fund firm after it liquidates its flagship multi-strategy hedge fund and most of its other assets.
The FrontPoint-SJC Direct Lending Fund, which launched in January with a six-year lockup, was already known to be safe. But in a letter to investors, Stephen Czech, who heads the $1 billion fund, said he and his team would not be alone at FrontPoint's Greenwich, Conn., headquarters.
Czech said that FrontPoint, suffering from an avalanche of redemptions in the wake of an insider-trading scandal, was liquidating "some, but not all" of its single-strategy funds. Neither FrontPoint nor Czech has said which of those funds will survive the massive wind-down, expected to be completed by the end of next month.
"We expect the decision to unwind the FrontPoint Multi-Strategy Fund will have no impact on the business, financial position or operations" of the Direct Lending fund, Czech wrote in a letter obtained by Pensions & Investments, as it is "legally, operationally and financially separate" from the firm's other funds.
The redemptions suffered by the Multi-Strategy fund would prevent it from "maintaining" its "diversified investment strategy and objectives," Czech explained. The fallout of that fund's demise is the demise of several single-strategy funds, he continued.
FrontPoint completed its spin-off from Morgan Stanley in March, months after firing its healthcare team and liquidating its $3.5 billion in assets after its top healthcare manager, Joseph Skowron, was identified as the recipient of confidential information from a French doctor, Yves Benhamou. Benhamou has pleaded guilty; Skowron himself was charged last month.
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An American journalist has told of his dramatic escape from armed men in Syria after five days of capitivity.
NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said he and members of his network crew fled unharmed after more than a dozen pro-regime gunmen dragged them from their car, killed one of their rebel escorts and subjected them to mock executions.
Appearing on NBC's Today show, an unshaven Engel said he and his team escaped during a gun battle on Monday night between their captors and rebels at a checkpoint. They then crossed into Turkey.
NBC did not say how many people were kidnapped with Engel, although two other men, producer Ghazi Balkiz and photographer John Kooistra, appeared with him on the Today show. It was not immediately clear whether everyone was accounted for.
Engel said he believes the kidnappers were a Shiite militia group loyal to the Syrian government, which has lost control over swaths of the country's north and is increasingly on the defensive in a civil war that has killed 40,000 people since March 2011.
"They kept us blindfolded, bound," said the 39-year-old Engel, who speaks and reads Arabic.
"We weren't physically beaten or tortured. A lot of psychological torture, threats of being killed. They made us choose which one of us would be shot first and when we refused, there were mock shootings," he added.
"They were talking openly about their loyalty to the government," Engel said. He said the captors were trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and allied with Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militant group, but he did not elaborate.
There was no mention of the kidnapping by Syria's state-run news agency.
Both Iran and Hezbollah are close allies of the embattled Syrian government of President Bashar Assad, who used military force to crush mostly peaceful protests against his regime.
The crackdown on protests led many in Syria to take up arms against the government, and the conflict has become a civil war.
Engel said he was told the kidnappers wanted to exchange him and his crew for four Iranian and two Lebanese prisoners being held by the rebels.
"They captured us in order to carry out this exchange," he said.
Engel and his crew entered Syria last week and were driving through what they thought was rebel-controlled territory when "a group of gunmen just literally jumped out of the trees and bushes on the side of the road."
"There were probably 15 gunmen. They were wearing ski masks. They were heavily armed. They dragged us out of the car," he said.
He said the gunmen shot and killed at least one of their rebel escorts on the spot and took the hostages into a waiting truck nearby.
Engel said he and the others were moved late on Monday to another location in northern Idlib province.
"And as we were moving along the road, the kidnappers came across a rebel checkpoint, something they hadn't expected. We were in the back of what you would think of as a minivan," he said.
"The kidnappers saw this checkpoint and started a gunfight with it. Two of the kidnappers were killed. We climbed out of the vehicle and the rebels took us. We spent the night with them."
Engel and his crew crossed back into neighbouring Turkey on Tuesday.
The network said there was no claim of responsibility, no contact with the captors and no request for ransom during the time the crew was missing.
NBC sought to keep the disappearance of Engel and the crew secret for several days while it investigated what happened to them.
Major media organisations adhered to a request from the network to refrain from reporting on the issue out of concern it could make the dangers to the captives worse.
News of the disappearance did begin to leak out in Turkish media and on some websites on Monday.
Syria has become a danger zone for reporters since the conflict began.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Syria is by far the deadliest country for the press in 2012, with 28 journalists killed in combat or targeted for murder by government or opposition forces.
Among the journalists killed while covering Syria are award-winning French TV reporter Gilles Jacquier, photographer Remi Ochlik and Britain's Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin.
Also, Anthony Shadid, a correspondent for The New York Times, died after an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria.
The Syrian government has barred most foreign media coverage of the civil war in Syria.
Those journalists whom the regime has allowed in are tightly controlled in their movements by Information Ministry minders. Many foreign journalists sneak into Syria illegally with the help of smugglers and travel with rebel escorts or drivers.
Engel joined NBC in 2003 and was named chief foreign correspondent in 2008. He previously worked as a freelance journalist for ABC News, including during the US invasion of Iraq.
He has lived in the Middle East since graduating from Stanford University in 1996.
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Mala Sichuan Bistro
Fair warning: this small spot is popular, and the parking can be difficult, but it's worth it. "Ma" means "numbing" and "la" means "spicy," and you can bet every dish here is packing heat. For that reason, order some Chillin' Cucumber Sticks, the cucumber tossed with cilantro in sesame oil—your tongue will thank you. A few of our fiery faves include the Crispy Chicken (battered bites sautéed with hot chiles) and the dandan noodles, toothsome, house-made, and topped with spiced ground pork, spinach, and green onions in a slow-burn sesame sauce. For a more accessible option, equally tasty but decidedly more docile, try the fine rendition of fork-tender Mongolian beef. (5/15)
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Cuisine: Chinese
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Boulder Bookstore. Laughing Goat. The Cup. Hapa…all my faves do it. You know how much energy it takes to make the inside like an icebox, and leave the doors wide open (which I understand helps retail) when it's blazing hot outside? It's like leaving the door of a refrigerator the size of your house open, all day long, every day.
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Utilizing Genotype Imputation for the Augmentation of
Sequence Data
Brooke L. Fridley1*, Gregory Jenkins1, Matthew E. Deyo-Svendsen1, Scott Hebbring2, Robert Freimuth1
1Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, 2Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
Background: In recent years, capabilities for genotyping large sets of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has increased
considerably with the abilityto genotypeover 1 millionSNP markersacrossthe genome.This advancementintechnologyhas
led to an increase in the number of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for various complex traits. These GWAS have
resulted in the implication of over 1500 SNPs associated with disease traits. However, the SNPs identified from these GWAS
are not necessarily the functional variants. Therefore, the next phase in GWAS will involve the refining of these putative loci.
Methodology: A next step for GWAS would be to catalog all variants, especially rarer variants, within the detected loci,
followed by the association analysis of the detected variants with the disease trait. However, sequencing a locus in a large
number of subjects is still relatively expensive. A more cost effective approach would be to sequence a portion of the
individuals, followed by the application of genotype imputation methods for imputing markers in the remaining individuals.
A potentially attractive alternative option would be to impute based on the 1000 Genomes Project; however, this has the
drawbacks of using a reference population that does not necessarily match the disease status and LD pattern of the study
population. We explored a variety of approaches for carrying out the imputation using a reference panel consisting of
sequence data for a fraction of the study participants using data from both a candidate gene sequencing study and the
1000 Genomes Project.
Conclusions: Imputation of genetic variation based on a proportion of sequenced samples is feasible. Our results indicate
the following sequencing study design guidelines which take advantage of the recent advances in genotype imputation
methodology: Select the largest and most diverse reference panel for sequencing and genotype as many ''anchor'' markers
as possible.
Citation: Fridley BL, Jenkins G, Deyo-Svendsen ME, Hebbring S, Freimuth R (2010) Utilizing Genotype Imputation for the Augmentation of Sequence Data. PLoS
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In the last five years, the capabilities and technology for
genotyping large sets of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
has increased significantly. Current genome-wide SNP arrays have
the capability to genotype over one million SNP markers across
the genome. This advancement in technology has led to an
increased number of completed and on-going genome-wide
association studies (GWAS) for various complex disease and
drug-related phenotypes. These GWAS have resulted in more
than 350 publications and over 1500 SNPs implicated for
association with multiple (.80) disease phenotypes or traits [1].
However, the SNPs identified are not necessarily the functional
variant and many GWAS studies are moving into the next phase
of disease mapping involving the validation, augmentation and
refining of these putative regions or loci [2]. The task of
determining the ''causative'' variant(s) is difficult since 43% of
associated SNPs are located in intergenic regions, and 45% are
located within intronic regions of known genes [1].
Indirect association, as a result of linkage disequilibrium (LD), is
a key factor in the success of genetic association studies. As a result
of LD, a disease-susceptibility SNP need not be genotyped, as long
as it is ''tagged'' by a SNP or set of SNPs that are genotyped (i.e.,
SNPs in LD with the disease-susceptibility SNP are genotyped).
Recently this concept has been further exploited by the
introduction of methods to impute genotypes at untyped markers,
based on genotypes at typed markers and information about LD
within the region [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]. These methods are
particularly useful in the context of failed genotyping and
combining data across multiple platforms and recently have been
extended to untyped markers using a reference data set [8,10,11].
One approach for following up replicated findings from a
GWAS would be to determine all genetic variation within the
locus, especially rarer variants not currently included on GWAS
SNP arrays, as they may play an important role in the etiology of
the disease [13]. This could be accomplished using the 1000
Genomes Project. However, one limitation of the use of 1000
Genomes Project for imputation of markers in a locus of interest is
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that the possible ''deleterious'' or ''protective'' alleles may not be
represented in this relatively ''healthy'' cohort. An alternative
approach would be to catalog all variants by sequencing the locus
in the study subjects [14], followed by association analysis of each
variant in the locus. However, sequencing is still relatively
expensive and it may be cost prohibitive to sequence a region
on a large set of individuals. A more cost effective approach would
be to sequence a portion of the individuals, possibly selected based
on the distribution of the phenotype and/or haplotypes, and then
employ genotype imputation methods [15,16,17,18] for imputing
the sequenced markers in the remaining individuals. This
approach could also be augmented with the additional inclusion
of data from the 1000 Genomes Project.
In this manuscript we explore the use of the recently developed
genotype imputation method implemented in MACH [16] for
sequencing studies with the goal of localizing possible functional
variants through statistical analysis. In doing so, we explore a
variety of approaches for carrying out the imputation of untyped
markers using a reference panel consisting of sequencing data for a
fraction of the study participants. The various approaches are
implemented using data from a candidate gene sequencing study
conducted at the Mayo Clinic and data from the 1000 Genomes
Project (http://www.1000genomes.org) [19].
Materials and Methods
Mayo Sequencing Study: GENE1
To explore various approaches for imputation of untyped
markers using a reference panel determined from sequencing data,
we utilized a recently completed sequencing study for a gene
which we will denote as GENE1 (unpublished data). Little is known
in regard to common genetic variations within GENE1, and even
Table 1. Summary of sequence data for GENE1 for variants with MAF.1% or in HapMap.
African American White non-Hispanic AmericanHan Chinese American
MarkerPosition ObsHETMAFObsHETMAFObsHETMAF
213456 0.5210.3960.4170.3120.4690.411
22352500000.052 0.036
25* 4467 0.0520.026000.1460.083
274893 0.0420.0210000
28* 50160.010.0050000
29* 503100 0.0520.02600
37 59740.0210.011 0.0420.02100
39*61660.3850.203 0.4690.4320.3650.224
41 626500000.0620.031
57*7975 0.0310.0160000
60 8230 0.0210.010000
*SNP Marker in HapMap; used as typed genotypes in all samples (i.e., markers on a GWAS SNP array).
MAF=minor allele frequency based on imputed ''dosage'' or expected genotype, position=physical base-pair location of the SNP based on build 36,
ObsHET=observed heterozygote rate.
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less is known in regard to the relationship of GENE1 genotypes
with protein function or clinical phenotypes. In an attempt to
address these issues, we have sequenced GENE1 in 288 samples
from the Coriell Institute's publically available ''Human Varia-
tion Panel'' (http://ccr.coriell.org/Sections/Collections/NIGMS/
Populations.aspx?PgId = 177&coll = GM), consisting of 96 Afri-
can American (AA), 96 Caucasian American (CA), and 96 Han
Chinese American (HCA). DNA was extracted by the Coriell
Institute from EBV transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines.
As a consequence of GENE1 being a relatively short gene (5 kb),
the entire gene was sequenced using Sanger sequencing technol-
ogy. PCR primers were designed to span the entire gene plus 1 kb
beyond the 59 and 39 UTR. PCR products were bi-directionally
sequenced on an Applied Biosystems 3730 DNA Analyzer and
analyzed with SoftGenetic's Mutation Surveyor software. Sixty
variants were cataloged across the three racial groups; eleven of
these variants were previously-known SNPs that have entries in
dbSNP (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/). Table 1
presents a summary of the 31 polymorphisms that are either
contained in HapMap (www.hapmap.org) or have a minor allele
frequency (MAF).1%.
1000 Genomes Project: COMT
The initial goal of the 1000 Genomes Project was to sequence
the entire genome in approximately 1200 individuals as a means of
documenting all human genetic variation. Recently, the number of
samples to be sequenced has increased to over 2000 samples [20].
As of September 20, 2009 (release 2009_04), there were 172
HapMap samples sequenced from three racial groups (57 U.S.
residents with northern and western European ancestry (CEU), 56
Yoruba people of Ibadan, Nigeria (YRI) and 59 individuals from
the Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China (JPNCHB)) available for
download and analysis from the 1000 Genomes Project. The data
was part of a Pilot Project, in which samples were sequenced at, on
average, 2x–4x coverage using ABI's SOLiD, Roche's 454 and
Illumina's Solexa sequencing technologies. This pilot study was
completed by the 1000 Genomes Consortium to evaluate the use
of LD information and sequence data from multiple samples to aid
in the genotype calling from low coverage, whole genome
sequencing (http://www.genome.gov/26524516). Once down-
loaded, we focused on the region of the genome where the gene
COMT is located based on the March 2006 build of the human
genome as shown on the UCSC genome browser at http://
genome.ucsc.edu/ (chromosome 22, 18243040–18336530). Four-
hundred and six SNP markers were determined to be in the CEU
population, 517 SNP markers in the YRI population and 290 SNP
markers in the JPTCHB population.
Genotype Imputation using Sequencing Data
To explore various approaches for imputing untyped markers to
augment sequence data, using a reference panel determined from
sequencing a portion of the study participants, we will utilize
sequence data available for GENE1 and COMT. To assess the
various approaches, we have created the following hypothetical
experiment. A SNP marker within a gene (e.g., GENE1 or COMT)
has been determined to be associated with a disease phenotype
based on a large GWAS, in which all subjects have been
genotyped for a set of SNPs on a large SNP array (e.g., Affymetrix
Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0 or Illumina human1M-duo
array). The GWAS consists of subjects from three different racial
groups. To follow-up the association findings, denser genotyping
of the gene using sequencing technologies (Sanger or Next-
Generation) was completed in a proportion of the individuals from
each racial group. Based on the sequence data for the subset of the
study participants, we wish to impute untyped markers for the
remaining subjects using current genotype imputation methods.
Based on previous reports regarding comparison of genotype
imputation methods [21,22,23], we have elected to use MACH for
the imputation [16].
In assessing the use of sequence data for genotype imputation,
the experiment varied: the proportion of samples sequenced (or
the size of the reference data), the number of markers genotyped
for all subjects (''anchor'' SNPs) and how these markers were
selected, imputation based on the sequenced participants (''refer-
ence panel'') unphased genotypes or most-likely phased haplotypes
and imputation based on race specific reference haplotypes or all
reference haplotypes (regardless of race). The various simulation
scenarios investigated using GENE1 from the Mayo Study and
COMT from the 1000 Genomes Project are outlined in the
following sections.
To assess the accuracy of the various simulation scenarios, we a
priori determined the samples to be considered the reference panel,
Table 2. Imputation Scenario Design Summary.
Factors Varied for Imputation
Use of Phased Reference Haplotypes for Imputation
Most likely phase reference haplotypesXXX
Unphased genotypesX
Reference Haplotypes
Race specific reference haplotypesXX
All reference haplotypes, regardless of raceX
Number of Markers Genotyped on All Subjects
COMTTag SNPsXXX
SNPs on GWAS arrayX
Table 3. Concordance values between the ''true'' genotype
and most likely imputed genotype for GENE1 for Scenarios 1,
2 and 3.
Proportion Sequenced
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using all of their sequencing data. For the rest of the sample
considered the ''observed''sample, non-anchor SNPswere masked,
but retained and considered to be the ''true'' genotypes. These
''true'' genotypes could then be compared to the imputed markers
arrived at using MACH's most likely genotype call, with anchor
SNPs in common between the reference population and ''ob-
served'' sample. In addition to computing the concordance rates
based on most likely genotypecall, we also used the –mask option in
MACH to compute quality measures for the imputed markers and
estimated MAF based on the expected genotype (i.e., dosage).
Imputation Scenarios for GENE1
Table 2 displays the various genotype imputation scenarios
investigated for use with sequence data. The first simulation
scenario (Scenario 1) was one in which the reference haplotypes
for the sequenced samples was determined using the most likely
haplotypes produced by fastPHASE [24]. The eleven prior known
SNP markers were treated as the ''anchor'' markers genotyped on
all subjects with the remaining markers sequenced in a portion of
the subjects. The haplotype estimation and the genotype
imputation were both completed by race.
In Scenario 2, imputation was completed by race (as for
Scenario 1), but imputation was based on all reference haplotypes
for all three races. To assess the variation in haplotype assignment
and impact on imputation accuracy, imputation Scenario 3 was
completed, by race, with only unphased genotypes for the
sequenced samples (i.e., no phased reference haplotypes used). It
should be noted that not all genotype imputation methods allow
for the use of only unphased genotypes and may require reference
haplotypes. Lastly, Scenario 4 assessed the impact of the number
of ''anchor'' markers genotyped for all subjects, with either 3
markers (Scenario 4.3), 5 markers (Scenario 4.5), or 7 markers
(Scenario 4.7) used in the imputation with the same design as
Scenario 1.
Imputation Scenarios for COMT
For the COMT study, based on data from the 1000 Genomes
Project, the ''anchor'' markers were selected for two situations: a
candidate gene study (Scenarios 1, 2 and 3) and a genome-wide
association study (Scenario 4) (Table 2). Scenarios 1, 2 and 3 were
similar to the corresponding scenarios for GENE1. For scenario 4
the COMT and GENE1 scenarios differed in implementation.
Scenario 4 for GENE1 was used to assess the impact of varying the
number of anchor markers (either 3, 5 or 7), while for COMT this
scenario assessed the impact of how the ''anchor'' markers were
selected: one based on candidate gene study in which SNPs were
Figure 1. Comparison of mean SNP imputation quality score between the various imputation scenarios for GENE1. The proportion of
the sample used as the reference panel is displayed on the X-axis and the mean SNP imputation quality score is displayed on the Y-axis.
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selected by tagging the region and one based on a priori defined
SNPs on a GWAS SNP array. SNPs were defined to be on the
GWAS panel if they were contained in HapMap, as many large
GWAS SNP arrays are designed based on HapMap SNPs.
To mimic the candidate gene scenario, we consider the
common situation where the anchor markers, genotyped on all
subjects, would be LD based tag SNPs. Therefore, to determine
anchor markers for COMT, tagging was completed by race using
Haploview v4.1 [25] with a minimum inclusion minor allele
frequency (MAF) of 0.05 and a r2of 0.8. This resulted in 125, 187
and 117 tagSNPs selected for CEU, YRI, and JPNCHB
populations, respectively. These markers, for each race, were
then taken to be the ''anchor'' markers genotyped on all samples in
the candidate gene study. To mimic the case in which the
''anchor'' markers were on a genome-wide SNP array (Scenario
4), SNPs were chosen as any SNPs present in HapMap, resulting
in 25 for the CEU population, 50 SNPs in the JPTCHB
population and 32 SNPs in the YRI population [26].
Genotype Imputation for GENE1
Sequencing of GENE1, using Sanger Sequencing technology,
detected five novel variants with MAF greater than 5% and 20
novel variants with MAF greater than 1% not previously reported
(Table 1). None of the SNP genotypes deviated from Hardy-
Weinberg equilibrium, where HWE was tested by race using
Haploview [25]. By using our study population consisting of
Caucasian Americans (CA), African Americans (AA) and Han-
Chinese Americans (HCA), we are able to ensure the compara-
bility of LD structure used in the imputation. This may not be true
if the 1000 Genomes Project data were to be used, as the
Figure 2. Comparison of minimum SNP imputation quality score between the various imputation scenarios for GENE1. The proportion
of the sample used as the reference panel is displayed on the X-axis and minimum SNP imputation quality score is displayed on the Y-axis.
Table 4. Concordance values between the ''true'' genotype
and most likely imputed genotype for GENE1 for various
number of ''anchor'' markers.
Number of Anchor Markers
Race357 11
Table presents results for scenario with 50% of the samples sequenced.
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The Real Price of Achieving Your Dreams …
In 2006 I had one of the most amazing experiences in my life. It was the release of my first book. I had the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people from many walks of life all looking for the same thing—FREEDOM.
I myself am still searching for freedom, which I define as the ability to be able to do what I want, when I want, whenever I want. As of today, I still have not achieved that freedom but I know that I am on my way. Many people believe that once you become self-employed that you suddenly become "free." Free from answering to someone else, free to live the type of lifestyle that you want to live, and free to make as much money as your bank account can hold. While it is true that these goals are obtainable from becoming your own boss, the truth is there is a higher price that you will have to pay to achieve these goals. The real price of achieving your dreams is costly. Not in terms of money but in sacrifices.
If you think that by becoming self-employed you will be able to buy a fancy car, a big home, and take tons of vacations, then you may be in for a rude awakening. The reality is you will have to make some serious sacrifices to achieve those goals. Last week as I anxiously awaited the release of my book, I got a call from my publisher telling me there was a printing delay and that there may be a chance that I would not have any books for my release party. Well you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that you need books for a book release party.
So as I continued to work my normal ten to twelve hour day taking care of my businesses, I found myself also having to spend countless more hours helping to plan a book release, doing media interviews, and taking care of my family. The price for me last week was sleep deprivation, something I am still paying for today! I found myself getting up at 5:30 a.m. and not going to bed until 12:30 a.m. and repeating the cycle daily. Even thought it was a rough week, I kept my eye on the prize because I knew in the end there was a reward waiting for me. My reward was that I was publishing my first book; a book I knew would help in changing people's life!
In my ten years or so as an entrepreneur, I have made many sacrifices—financial, emotional, mental (definitely mental), and physical. All the while keeping my eyes focused on the rewards. You have to be willing to pay the price to get what you want in life because if you have lived long enough, you already know that no one will give anything to you. I am a firm believer that you are only limited to your own limitations. Based on that belief, I set personal and professional goals as if there are no limits. I encourage you to live your life the same way because in the end, as long as you have your eye focused on the prize, you will always achieve your dreams. Good luck on your future endeavors.


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Music festivals
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What we learned this week The week in music: Nicki Minaj on cultural appropriation, Stewart Lee's ATP 2.0 and moreSam Smith takes Bond where he's never been before, Kanye West pronounces on 'misogynistic' rap, and Björk prepares to break hearts – all in this week's roundup
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Mumford & Sons crowd-pleases, Kendrick Lamar delights with old-fashioned showmanship and punky Slaves salute their dear departed goldfish
'All right Reading!' – test your knowledge of the Reading and Leeds festivals with our fiendish quizWith the rocktastic festivals taking place this weekend, it's time to see how much you know about their history
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Reviewed this week: festival toilets, Simon Cowell's new beard, the Spike TV channel and the Segway
Festival sends the boots and rain ponchos left behind by revellers to help those stranded in The Jungle
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The semi-staging of unfinished science-fiction opera Orango brings the thrill and chill of a Soviet rally to the Proms, complemented by a savage Bartók ballet
As a cathedral to techno music this ex-power station is unbeatable: some DJs conjured epic sounds through its huge structure. And those that didn't wore wigs
Kanye West fills in for Frank Ocean, while Run the Jewels threaten to steal his crown and Solange 'frees the nipple'
Super Furry Animals take Saturday with a gloriously long set, while a dazzling St Vincent proves that Green Man just gets better with age
If this year's main stage lineup had been scheduled according to the artists' popularity on the streaming site, Metallica wouldn't be headlining …
Kasabian and Chvrches are the saving graces for a pantheon of populism that's full of faux-soul lads and commercial radio's C-list
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Watch this one, also, http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/how-do-you-explain-the-holocaust-a-discussion-with-rabbi-adin-steinsaltz/2012/04/25/gIQAjpQ5gT_video.htmlReplyDelete
the Rabbi's truthful view of the Jews assimilation in Germany plays a part in the Holocaust, comparing the Jews assimilation to a science-fiction alien invasion threat to the host country.
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Loved that Dawn got picked to share in the reward only to have it yanked away. She's the one remaining player I don't want to see win. I don't think she can win, but she's almost assured of making the final three now. And I'd rather not see her even get that far.
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You most likely saw the Bigfoot x The North Face collabo pack and wondered why you didn't live in Japan where dope collabs like that come along every hot minute. Well if you did and happen to live in NYC, RadCollector has a special opportunity for you. We have two (2) VIP passes for the Bigfoot x TNF collection viewing happening at The North Face store in SoHo tomorrow. The party goes from 7-10 but if you holler at us on Twitter with the name your favorite The North Face collabo, you and a friend might get hooked up to get in at 6pm to meet the artist. Maybe we'll even see you there! Full info after the jump.


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Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams (I Can Read Chapter Books)
It's 1635, and Mary and her family live in the Massachusetts Bay Colony where Mary's father, Roger Williams, is on trial for preaching what was then considered radical ideas about freedom and equality. When Roger is found guilty, he must escape and travel into the wilderness, where his only hope will be to find his friends the Narragansett Indians. Avi's account of how Roger Williams founded Providence, Rhode Island, is vividly brought to life by James Watling's evocative pictures.


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Wayne Lyons, No. 8 Stanford hold off No. 25 Notre Dame
STANFORD, Calif. -- Tangible evidence of a job well done.
It's a phrase Stanford coach David Shaw often preaches to motivate his players, referring to what they can show they've accomplished -- not what others might say they have or haven't. At the end of another grueling regular season, Shaw and his team has plenty of proof for success.
Now they hope for a little more.
Wayne Lyons intercepted two passes by Tommy Rees late in the fourth quarter, and No. 8 Stanford held off No. 25 Notre Dame 27-20 on Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both teams.
The Cardinal (10-2) captured the Legends Trophy -- the kind of evidence Shaw covets -- given to the winner of the series. And they'll get a chance for an even bigger piece of hardware when they face No. 13 Arizona State in the Pac-12 championship game next.
"The first team meeting on Monday I showed them a picture of the trophy," Shaw said. "The freshmen hadn't seen it. It was here for three years, and it was gone. I wanted to make sure they looked at it. We talk about it, people can jump on and off our bandwagon, tell us they love us and tell us they hate us, but when there's a trophy on the line, all you do is point to the trophy. There's no defense, there's nothing we can say or they can say about us. You win a game and you get a trophy."
Stanford will go for its second straight Pac-12 title trophy and Rose Bowl berth now. If Arizona State beats rival Arizona late Saturday night, the league championship will be held in Tempe, Ariz. Otherwise it will be at Stanford, which handed the Sun Devils their only league loss this season.
The final tuneup for that game turned out to be another tough test.
The Cardinal overcame two interceptions from Kevin Hogan and a penalty that wiped away another touchdown to win their 16th consecutive home game. Tyler Gaffney ran for 189 yards and a touchdown to cap his sensational Senior Day, and Hogan threw for 158 yards and TD pass to Devon Cajuste to help the Cardinal take a 21-6 lead in the third quarter.
Rees nearly rallied the Fighting Irish (8-4) by throwing two touchdown passes later in the quarter. But interceptions on Notre Dame's final two drives dashed Notre Dame's come back.
"We took it to them and we were fortunate to come out on top," Gaffney said.
Gaffney plowed through the Irish line from a yard out to give the Cardinal a 14-3 lead early in the second quarter. The bunched formation was similar to the one Notre Dame stopped Stepfan Taylor on last year to win in overtime, a stinging loss that the Cardinal regrouped from to roll off eight straight victories, including the Pac-12 title and the Rose Bowl.
Backup Anthony Wilkerson capped the opening drive of the second half in similar fashion. He ran for a 20-yard TD run on third-and-9 to put Stanford ahead 21-6.
Notre Dame drove deep in Cardinal territory on its first and final drives of the first half before settling for field goals each time. With Stanford seemingly ready to turn the game into a rout, Rees threw touchdown passes to TJ Jones and DaVaris Daniels late in the third quarter before missing his targets late.
"Not good enough obviously. Proud of the guys and my teammates and how we fought all year but you don't come to Notre Dame to go 8-4, and everyone understands that," Rees said. "You have to be better."
The Cardinal will likely have to be better against the Sun Devils if they want to keep the Pac-12 title trophy another year.
Stanford had no problem sustaining drives but struggled to finish them with touchdowns in the second half, twice settling for field goals. On one of them, a holding penalty on right guard Kevin Danser -- only the second one by a Stanford offensive lineman all season -- erased a touchdown rushing for Gaffney.
Bennett Jackson and Austin Collinsworth each intercepted a pass by Hogan, and officials also called a 15-yard personal foul penalty on Alex Carter -- originally ruled targeted before it was overturned on a video review -- that led to a Notre Dame touchdown.
Just as it has so many times over the past two seasons, the Cardinal defense still bailed out the offense in the end.
Lyons intercepted an underthrown pass by Rees, the 36th straight game the Cardinal have forced a turnover. And after the Irish stopped Stanford three-and-out, Lyons leaped high to intercept another pass by Rees on Stanford's 30 with 2:24 left.
"I was in the right place at the right time," Lyons said after his first multiple-interception game at any level.
Rees finished 16-for-34 passing for 199 yards. He passed Jimmy Clausen (60) for second on Notre Dame's career list with 61 touchdown passes, behind only Brady Quinn (95).
After losing to Alabama in the championship game, the Irish will have to wait to find out what lower-tier bowl they'll land.
"It's not where we want to be, 8-4 is not where we want to be," Irish coach Brian Kelly said. "We come to Notre Dame to win football games."
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South Carolina moves game vs. LSU to Baton Rouge after flooding
South Carolina has decided to give up Saturday's home game against No. 7 LSU because of devastating floods that have hit the state, moving the game to Baton Rouge.
Bevo to miss Red River Rivalry with life-threatening illness
Texas says longhorn steer mascot Bevo XIV has a "life-threatening condition" and won't travel to Dallas for the team's rivalry game Saturday against No. 10 Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl.
Mountaineers safety Karl Joseph out for season with knee injury
West Virginia All-Big 12 safety Karl Joseph is out for the remainder of the season after injuring his knee during a non-contact drill in Tuesday's practice.
Leonte Carroo back with Scarlet Knights
Rutgers has reinstated senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo a day after an assault charge against him was dropped.
Hearing impaired Ole Miss CB Tee Shepard leaving football
Ole Miss cornerback Tee Shepard, who missed all of last season with a toe injury, has decided to give up football and focus on completing his college degree.
UCLA coach Jim Mora believes Myles Jack's decision risky
UCLA junior linebacker Myles Jack has withdrawn from school and will enter the NFL draft, making the decision just weeks after suffering a season-ending knee injury.
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Album Rating: 3.5The popular songs, which I really like.
Album Rating: 4.0I like this and Beggars pretty equally. I have been leaning more towards Beggars lately; album has been surprising me with how good it is with the last few listens.
Album Rating: 5.0Both albums are growers
Album Rating: 4.0I had the exact opposite happen with them. Loved Major Minor right away and didn't think much of Beggars at first. Then they started moving in the opposite direction and now are sitting nice at a 4.
Album Rating: 4.0both albums are good, but I prefer Beggars over this one as well. it just flows better.
Digging: Nechochwen - Heart of Akamon
Call it in the Air still shreds.
EDIT: My rating's too high though.
Album Rating: 4.0Call in in the Air is the good stuff. I like everything on this, but Blur kinda irritates me. It's not a completely skip able track, but I do sometimes.
i don't know how i feel about this band generally. the illusion of safety had some cool songs but this bores me
Album Rating: 3.0yup boring
Album Rating: 3.0I'm stupid, this ain't a 3
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ACEMS Interterm EMT Class
ACEMS runs an EMT-B certification course over January interterm. This year's course will run from January 5-21, 2015. Although in the past, we have been able to accept other five-college students due to underenrollment, the course is now only open to Amherst College students due to the high demand.
Thank you for your interest in EMS and the squad.
Update: The application process for the 2015 EMT course is now closed.
Joining ACEMS
We are always looking for motivated individuals to join our team. Tryouts are held in the first few weeks of each semester.
Already Certified:
If you are First Responder or EMT certified and would like more information joining ACEMS, please e-mail
Upfront Tuition Assistance
If you are an Amherst College student and need upfront tuition assistance for EMT class, please notify ACEMS (). The availability of upfront tuition assistance is not guaranteed. If you need tuition assistance, please check with us before signing up for any EMT class.
In addition, ACEMS reimburses its members for the full cost the Interterm EMT Class held at Amherst College as well as state certification Fees. One half of the full reimbursement amount is awarded for every two semesters a member runs in good standing with the squad. That means members can be reimbursed for the full cost of the Interterm EMT Class and State Certification after four semesters. However, applicants must have taken the Interterm EMT class at Amherst College to qualify for reimbursement.
Please note that the conferment of membership in ACEMS is contingent upon ACEMS staffing needs and the applicant's performance in written and practical evaluations during the ACEMS application process. Passing EMT class and attaining state EMT certification does not guarantee acceptance. Update: Beginning with the Interterm EMT class of January 2012, members must attain and maintain Massachusetts EMT certification to receive educational reimbursement. First responder certification alone no longer qualifies a member to receive educational reimbursement.
Other EMT Classes in the Area
Students who were not able to enroll in the Interterm EMT course may find other offerings available in the local area. Any EMT course that certifies you to be a Massachusetts EMT-B or higher will allow you to apply to join ACEMS. However, acceptance into ACEMS is not guaranteed and will depend on your demonstrated EMT skills and knowledge as well as ACEMS staffing requirements.
Other EMT classes in the area:
(ACEMS is not affiliated with these class providers. Contact ACEMS for information about potential tuition assistance or reimbursement for these classes.)
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It's not been an easy journey: PrudhvirajNicknamed '30 Years' for his dialogue in the film Khadgam, Prudhviraj has come a long way since his debut in Aa Okkati Adakku (1992). Having done more than 100 films spanning two decades, Prudhviraj has faced his fair share of struggle in the industry. Deccan chronicle, 2 months ago
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Standup Paddle Boarding
The Y and The Mariner have teamed up to offer Paddle board rentals. Stop by the Mariner and check out this fun activity! Read more in The Kittanning Paper.
The Y and The Mariner have teamed up to offer Paddle board rentals. Stop by the Mariner and check out this fun activity! Read more in The Kittanning Paper.
We are excited to welcome our newest Board Member, Patty Shiring! If you see Patty please congratulate her.
Jamie was awarded a Lifetime Membership Award at the regular Board of Directors meeting on Monday, April 20. Over the years Jamie has volunteered in many different capacities at the YMCA. He has helped with the soccer program, volunteered at our races, was a guest speaker at our Day Camp over the past few summers and served on the YMCA Board of Directors for years. In his area of expertise, Jamie has prepared documentation for the sale of the old Y, written up employee agreements, prepared paperwork for our federal name change, documents for the Mac's purchase, and answered any … read more
We are proud to announce that 9 of our Snyder Stingray Swim Team members qualified for States! The competition is on March 22 at Penn State University. To qualify for States, swimmers had to post any of the six-best times among three districts or be among the next six fastest overall. They have worked extremely hard over the last 6 months and we wish them all good luck at States. Read more about their accomplishments. The Leader Times The Kittanning Paper
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: We want to share some exciting things that are featured in today's local paper that shows our commitment to Healthy Living and Youth Development. Mixxedfit® is the west coast fitness craze that we brought to the east coast. We are proud to be one of the first to offer this fun, upbeat class. Also, We are proud of our Snyder Stingray Swim Team kids who will represent us at Penn State University this weekend for the District Swim Competition. These kids put in a lot of hard work and dedication to achieve their qualifying times. We wish … read more
Thank you to all who attended the Dedication of the Berdell-Kohl Annex on Tuesday, January 13, 2015. We are excited to have more to offer our members and the community. read more
The Richard G. Snyder YMCA Campus is excited to announce that our NEW Annex will be open on Monday, January 5, 2015. The Annex includes a Y-Fit gym and Pickleball court. We will be offering Y-Fit for FREE to our members during January and February.
Starting JUNE 30, 2014 all Richard G. Snyder YMCA Campus members will have access to our NEW Branch located at 316 First Avenue, Kittanning, PA 16201.


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WASHINGTON — Although Iraqi refugees who fled their homes to escape ISIS are now homeless and living in tents, containers and other makeshift housing arrangements in the Kurdish north, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali said Wednesday that the morale of displaced refugees is much higher than the media is portraying.
Nazir-Ali, who is the former Anglican Bishop of Rochester, an author and current president of the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue, explained during a discussion at the Heritage Foundation that the non-discriminatory involvement that the Christian church community has put forth in supporting Iraqi refugees of all faiths has led those displaced by the barbaric Islamic State to be uncharacteristically hopeful.
Along with an ecumenical delegation of bishops, Nazir-Ali recently visited with refugees in northern Iraq as a guest of the Chaldean Catholic Church and was astounded to find that the refugees, who have lost just about everything due to ISIS, were in much higher spirits than he was led to believe before his visit. more >>
A former heroin addict who now dresses as Jesus Christ and goes by the name "Philly Jesus" has started an online fundraiser to accrue $70,000 for his ministry.
On a GoFundMe page created Thursday, the resident of Philadelphia whose real name is Michael Grant has requested money to help finance his ministries.
"iF you BELiEVE that the LORD is in this Ministry that i have launched. ... iF you Believe that you will be helped by it ...and Believe OTHERS will be helped by it ... i want to ask you to OPEN your Heart and ask The HOLY SPiRiT of Christ Jesus (Yeshua) ... if u should sow financially into this Ministry i have launched," reads the page's description. more >>
Pope Francis has said that leaving migrants to die in the Mediterranean sea, such as the fate of thousands in the past few years, is similar to the "scourge" of abortion and euthanasia. The pontiff spoke out at a meeting of the Italian Science and Life Association, where he warned against several "attacks against life."
"The scourge of abortion is an attack on life. Leaving our brothers on the boats in the Sicilian channel is an attack on life. Death at work is an attack on life because it does not respect the minimal security conditions," Francis said, according to an article on LifeNews on Monday.
"The love of Christ urges us to become servants of the small ones and the elderly, of every man and every woman, through which the primordial right to life is recognized and protected." more >>
The United Nations Population Funds has hit back against accusations that it's pushing abortions on Nigerian rape victims who are pregnant, stating that it always abides by the government's laws, and promotes voluntary family planning instead.
"The U.N. is made of governments. It is not an NGO. All UNFPA work is at the request of governments, in line with their national priorities and plans. Its programmes are designed and implemented by and with the government of Nigeria and respect the nation's sovereignty and laws," Azza Karam, senior adviser at UNFPA, told the World Evangelical Alliance in an email conversation shared with The Christian Post.
"If governments allow abortions by their own laws, they agreed internationally at Population Conferences that their health systems are to make them safe and accessible. UNFPA does not promote abortion as a method of family planning in any of the more than 150 countries where it works, including Nigeria. It promotes voluntary family planning, so women can exercise their human right to determine freely the number and spacing of their children. This helps reduce unintended pregnancies and recourse to abortion," Karam argued. more >>
According to a Kurdish activist who works closely with Iraqis displaced by the Islamic State, ISIS militants allegedly forced a 17-year-old Yazidi girl to recite parts of the Quran while she was being raped. And when she refused, she was punished by having boiling water poured on her.
Twenty-three-year-old Delal Sindy, who is from Sweden, has been working as a humanitarian worker in the Kurdish-protected northern Iraq since October 2014. In a Monday Facebook post that has been shared over 13,000 times, Sindy shared the tragic story of one recently escaped Yazidi refugee girl she met named Suzan, who is now 17, and pregnant after being subjected to ISIS' brutal sexual slavery.
According to Sindy's post, Suzan, her 10-year-old sister and mother were originally taken captive by ISIS and transported to a hotel in Mosul called "The Galaxy," which is essentially a sex slave market filled with half-naked women and girls. The last day Suzan and her sister saw their mother was the day they were sold out of the hotel and shipped to Raqqa, Syria. more >>
After the key Iraqi city of Ramadi recently fell to the Islamic State, an influential New York Times best-selling author wrote a blog post describing the heart wrenching experiences that a group of Iraqi mothers went through to escape ISIS, and in doing so, has helped raise over $500,000 in three days that will assist displaced Iraqi children and families.
Ann Voskamp, who published her best-selling book, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are in 2011, travelled to Iraq in March and talked with displaced mothers who are now living out of shipping containers since ISIS has taken over their land.
Voskamp, a 41-year-old Christian, learned about the awful experiences and tough choices those mothers had to make in order to flee from their communities to dodge the wrath of ISIS. more >>


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Manually adding images to Photo Stream
Apple's Photo Stream service does a good job of automatically syncing your latest photos across all your Macs and iOS devices—but what happens when you need ubiquitous access to an older photo? Well, you can manually sync your device and transfer it over, or you can just use Photo Stream to your advantage to send it back out to your devices. To do so, just drag and drop any image or collection of images you want from iPhoto or Aperture on your Mac into your Photo Stream, and viola—all of those photos will now appear in your Photo Stream on your iOS devices, for the next 30 days, at which point they'll "expire" to make room for new memories.
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Remember that the photos in your Photo Stream are not full resolution in some cases. The ones sent to iOS devices are downloaded at 2048x1535 pixels (3 megapixels) and not the original resolution. Shouldn't matter in most cases, but if you somehow did a backup from a device that wasn't the original and didn't realize this you might not be impressed when you later printed out that picture.
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Just 4 percent of UAE residents walk every week, according to a new survey. Wow, that is way more than Kipp thought it would be.
August 2, 2010 4:11 by kippreport
A press release just hit Kipp's desk announcing that just 4 percent of UAE residents walk on a weekly basis, compared to 40 percent of people in the UK.
Kipp is amazed. You mean to say 4 percent of UAE residents walk every week? That is far higher than we ever would have guessed.
The sad fact is that walking here is not part of life. In Dubai, in particular, Kipp would be very surprised if as many as 4 percent of residents walked. It is a very difficult thing to do in the city, for all the obvious reasons: the heat, the traffic, the pollution, and the lack of places to walk are only the first that spring to mind.
The press release in question is all PR fluff, from a company that manufactures "functional shoes." But it did provide Kipp with a small chuckle. "Despite world-class pedestrian-friendly atmosphere, culture of walking still missing in UAE," it says. "The walking infrastructure in the UAE is well advanced compared to most countries in the world."
Is it? Can anyone tell Kipp where we can find this pedestrian-friendly atmosphere? Presumably it is somewhere away from the deadly drivers, sidewalks blocked by scaffold, noise, dust, and searing heat. And we'd love to find this "walking infrastructure." Maybe they mean the track around Safa Park?
It doesn't matter. Even if the atmosphere and infrastructure existed outside of the release author's imagination, guess what: We still wouldn't walk. Because fuel is cheap; because things are far away… but most of all, because we are lazy.
Welcome to Dubai – you're probably better selling those functional shoes somewhere else.
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I do not agree with the writer. There are a lot of places in Dubai where one can have a nice stroll. However, if its about walking to something, like nearest mall or to nearest landmark, its difficult. Largely because of the soaring heat and then because everything is so far away.
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