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I prayed Fajr and Zuhr and 'Asr without having done ghusl for janaabah because I forgot. After having a bath at Maghrib time I repeated these prayers before praying Maghrib. Then my husband told me that it is essential to have the right intention (niyyah) for doing ghusl, so I did ghusl and prayed 'Isha' and I did not repeat the rest of the prayers. Are my prayers from Fajr to Maghrib valid? What do I have to do?.
Whoever prays when he is not in a state of tahaarah (purity) has to purify himself and repeat the prayer, according to scholarly consensus, even if he forgot. Al-Nawawi said in al-Majmoo' (2/78):
The Muslims are unanimously agreed that it is haraam to pray when one is impure, and they are unanimously agreed that the prayer is not valid whether he knew that he was impure or was unaware of it or forgot. But if he prayed not knowing it or having forgotten it, there is no sin on him; if he knew that he was impure and that it is haraam to pray when one is impure, then he has committed a grave sin.
Ghusl following janaabah is not valid unless one has the intention of doing ghusl, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Actions are but by intentions." Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1; Muslim, 1907.
The site of the intention is the heart; it is not required to speak it out loud.
If you remembered that you were in a state of janaabah before you took a bath at Maghrib time, and you took a bath for that reason and repeated the prayers that you had offered when you were junub, then that ghusl is valid because the intention was there. You did well to repeat the prayers as this is what is required of you.
But if you did not remember that you were in a state of janaabah until after you had had the bath, and you took a bath in order to clean yourself or to cool yourself down, for example, then this bath did not take away the janaabah because there was no intention to do so. In that case you have to repeat the ghusl and the prayers. You repeated the ghusl, so all that remains for you to do is to repeat the prayers. So repeat Fajr, Zuhr, 'Asr and Maghrib.
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Time to move on from Honesty
After almost two years as partner and digital director for the ad agency Honesty I have decided to move on. Earlier today, the last details were taken care of and so I am out. It feels weird, but it feels alright. I made my mind up almost 6 months ago when I spent Christmas with my girlfriend. There are simply other things to life than work, and I need to find a way to combine life at work and away from work so that I can thrive in both.
Leaving 2 years of Honesty
Honesty will move on without me and I believe they will find themselves in good shape. I have loved working with Halebop and Pepsi and haven't ever experienced such strong relationships with clients before. The stuff we've made together has been great and although I am always close to criticizing my work, I am pleased. There have been some great results and some great bumps, but we did what we believed in and what was right to do. Many thanks to Christina and Linda at Swedbank, Malin and Ann-Charlotte at Röda korset, Alexandra at Cancerfonden, Johan and all others at PFO, Lena at Grönt Ljus, Hanna at Mediamarkt, HSB, WGP, Apotek Hjärtat and everyone else who have made me bleed from my eyes and eat 10 Excederin Migraine per day for the past two years.
To my co-workers… Love you.
In the end I was not very motivated and I sort of crashed this summer. It was as though my body knew that I was getting out of it and decided to take a break. Started forgetting things, mismanaged myself, didn't sleep, my bones were hurting to the core, and my head was constantly hurting. In late July I found out I was both celiac, had a bacteria in my stomach and a mouse arm. I'm getting old. My body doesn't like me anymore.
So what will I be doing now?
I am currently living in the US. For now I will be working with SEO and PPC as well as help some old
friends with their strategy. I will also pick up on my poker career and have planned for two or three bigger tournaments this coming year (amongst them the WSOP in LV next summer). I am not allowed to work over here yet so right now I will be spending my time relaxing and…
- Finishing my book
- Building lego and playing video games
- Travelling and meeting people
In the next few months however I will most likely work together with an old partner to finalize a gamification platform as well as a casting platform that can be used for a new type of recruitment process. We are done with the technology parts of them, but we need to package the deals and create a few more cases than we have right now.
In December or early January we will be launching "a thing" that for sure will make a dent in the current web market. I am talking to investors about it and we should be operational on a larger scale in the end of Q1.
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See you stateside sir!
Long time no see ol' workmate,
Sad to hear that you've had issues with your health.
Being a celiac is not really the end of the world, though; It can be the start of your healthy life.
Don't know if you remember, but I've had issues with my digestion since I was 16, and I've been reading up on all articles I've found about diet, celiac disorders, colitis ulcerosa, crohns disease, IBS etc since that.
I've done a lot of thinking and own conclusions from my reading, and it was very interesting when I started to find researchers and MD's with conclusions pointing in the same directions as my own.
Here's one great starting point in blog form, an MD who is writing about his own form of modified paleodiet, The Archevore Diet. He sums it up very nicely:
I really recommend you read this, from my heart since you are a nice guy, and from my brain, since all I've been reading and experiencing since 15 years back has lead me to believe that this research is on the right track..
I'm currently in the process of reading this book, http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789144041674/maten-och-folksjukdomarna/, by Staffan Lindeberg of The Kitava Study (http://www.staffanlindeberg.com/TheKitavaStudy.html). There's so much to diet and health that has been researched - and still hasn't been accepted by the consensus yet...
Mail me or Skype me if you want to discuss more :)
...and one addition. Why are you a celiac?
Doctors of the current consensus will most likely tell you it's an auto-immune disease. And well, the answer is close, but probably not on target. The most likely reason is this:

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(CNN) -- Last Friday, oil contracts traded in New York closed at $104.42 per barrel, levels not seen since September 2008. This second spike in as many weeks comes after fierce fighting in Libya has raised fears of an extended civil war and the shutdown of what the International Energy Agency estimates might be more than 1 million barrels of oil production per day.
Reuters is also reporting that hedge funds and big speculators have weighed into the market, seeing the real possibility of sustained high prices for petroleum.
They appear to be right. The spike did not begin with oil at $30 or $50 per barrel. Rather, the benchmark West Texas Intermediate started out already high, closer to $90, just before the protests began in Tunisia. Assuming that the revolutionary fervor across the region subsides after Libya stabilizes -- a scenario that is not a given -- prices will only retreat into the $90s, resting on the extremely strong "fundamentals" of global demand, especially from Asia.
At either of those levels, continued crisis in Libya and additional disruptions in oil supply -- from always-unstable Nigeria, Iran or elsewhere in the Arab world -- could wreak havoc on our oil-dependent economy. In particular, as happened in 2007-2008, higher gasoline prices domestically could trigger a new round of mortgage defaults. With persistent high unemployment; oil fueling well more than 95% of America's transportation system; and transportation costs running 24% of income in suburbia, and in exurbia, 35%, America's middle class is extraordinarily exposed.
That's bad enough, but oil is what we call the "keystone" commodity, meaning higher energy costs translate to higher costs for all other commodities. Unfortunately, demand is strong here as well. According to International Monetary Fund data, in early 2006, global nonfuel commodity prices -- such as food and industrial materials -- broke free of their post-Cold War trading range, increasing 37% before receding in the Great Recession. Since bottoming out in December 2008, these same essential economic inputs have risen another 78%, for an increase of 149% in the last decade.
Food, in particular, is trading at all-time highs. Corn and soybeans are at near-record prices. Wheat, hit badly last summer by the Russian heat wave, is still trading 30 percent higher, even after fears have eased over a major Chinese drought.
High global food costs, radiating out from drought-stricken Asia, could further destabilize other developing nations, democratic or not, whose populations are upset that their governments are unable to protect them from the disruptive forces of the global marketplace. Here at home, higher basic food and other costs would erode the accounts of middle-class families even more.
What is driving this new era of high commodity prices?
Over the last decade, while America's attention was focused elsewhere, China, India and Brazil woke up. China went from export-led growth to construction-led growth supported by a powerful export machine. India unshackled its highly educated and English-speaking middle class from the oppressive regulation known as the "Permit Raj," and Brazil succeeded in electing a competent, growth-oriented, center-left government after decades of tragic mismanagement. All three nations had growth rates of more than 7.5% in 2010.
The growth story in these rising powers, however, is less about exports and more about urbanization and the increasing domestic consumption that comes with it. China and India alone will need to build residences, workplaces and infrastructure for 750 million new city dwellers in less than 20 years, according to recent studies from the McKinsey Global Institute. That means massive increases in demand for energy, food, water and building materials as the cities go up. Indeed, we've never before attempted such a large construction project as a planet. Under business as usual, we just won't have the resources to pull it off.
Combined with the deeply intertwined challenge of ecological sustainability, the coming decades are looking grim if America stays on its current course.
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In short, these high and rising global prices are signaling the arrival of a new strategic era for which America is dramatically ill-prepared. Our domestic economy is quite vulnerable to price shocks, and our national security toolbox is oriented toward violent, not economic, challenges.
The good news is that America has overcome such great global challenges before. To do so, however, we have to look beyond the drama of the Arab street and recognize that leading the free world now requires America to become a sophisticated steward of a sustainable global order.
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I think one important point you left out is that the patterns of reimbursement change over time. For this reason, I don't think it's very prudent to choose a career within medicine purely based on compensation. People who have entered radiology for this purpose are starting to discover this, as employment opportunities and compensation are starting to drop across the nation.
Perhaps I'm being a bit naive, but my focus has been to systematically eliminate and select specialties based on considerations like job satisfaction, intellectual challenge, work environment and lifestyle. The downside is that I'm halfway through my 3rd year, and I've eliminated everything thus far
Back on topic: Chief of specialty at my current rotation has a LMB E92 M3 ZCP. I wish I could bring up the topic of cars with him without coming off as a complete douche.
I like talking about cars with anybody and if a med student brought it up it would probably end up in a long conversation that had nothing to do with medicine or surgery. If he has a ZCP I would guess he either just bought the most expensive one he could or he is a car guy at heart. A conversation lie that would mean I'd remember that that student. People who stand out usually have more responsibility tossed on their shoulders and as a result have more opportunities to stand out and shine.
Reimbursement patters definitely change but there are some pretty stable trends. Payment for surgical procedures continues to decline. There are many better ways for a person to make money than in medicine and I agree that reimbursement shouldn't play the greatest role but it should play some role. Job satisfaction and lifestyle should be the biggest factors. Satisfaction is going to be low however if you work 80 hrs/week and make far less than peers who work 40 hrs and spend far more time with their families.
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OF CHAMPIONS AND CHILDREN conclusion
So, we are in the stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons, with 75,000 other fans. I look for my Atlanta friend, but the seats she was in Saturday are empty. I text her, still outside fighting the crowd to get in.
Now we find our seats, in the upper deck, corner, about halfway up.
However, the view through the binoculars is perfect, taking in the whole court. A friend who was there Saturday had told me the sight lines were better than the United Center, where the Bulls play.
I look to my daughter and say I can't believe we made the title game. She says: "I can't believe I'm here!" with a big, parent satisfying grin.
And it is all over twitter that Webber is at the game. Just to continue to make it all about him, though, he does not sit with his four teammates. As my daughter says, whatever.
It seems there are more Louisville fans in the crowd, judging by wearing apparel. Not all of our fans wear maize, of course, but it seems that more than half the throng is wearing red.
The Louisville end zone is in front of us; ours at the opposite end. Our students act as they did at home games, standing througout, crowding to the court, so that the last few rows of seats were empty during the first half.
I am told the half-time performing bands used them for the second half.
Our noise making leads the elderly Kansas fans next to us to note that Michigan fans are really serious.
My great fear, the zebras, appears to materialize as Burke picks up two quick fouls, the second yet to be seen by anyone else. I feel impending doom. Disaster. A Louisville blowout.
Bad calls are made on both teams. When you can see a mid-court foul from my seat, without binoculars, it is impossible to conclude that the officials all missed it. That one would have been on Hardaway.
A friend texts that he does not think that the referees are in good enough shape to keep up with the players, so that they can be in position to actually see the game they are calling.
You could not disprove that theory by what I am seeing.
So, Burke sits. Spike shoots. And scores. And shoots and scores and shoots and scores and, you saw the game.
I raise my hands to the heavens like Ecstasy Guy. Yes, it is our destiny, clearly, nothing can stop us!
The half winds down. I figure we need to be ahead by at least ten.
Woops. The entire lead evaporates in a rain of Louisville threes. We just barely get back on top as the half ends.
The vibes are bad again. I remember leading Indiana in the 76 game at the half, still tied with ten minutes left, and, the end, losing by double digits.
I find my friend at halftime, take a picture, have a short visit. Her son is sitting in a different spot. I am sorry to miss him, a 16 year old survivor of Ewing's sarcoma, a virulent form of cancer.
The second half begins.
It is a battle of two heavyweights, exhanging blows, no quarter asked, none given.
I keep thinking Louisville will pull away, but they do not.
Then the play of the year, the Burke block at the far end of the court. Looked good to me live. Looked better on the replay.
The advantage of attending sporting events live is that you can look where you want. You are not bound by the director mandating shots of players' parents in the crowd.
I watch Burke, wander alone to the corner, looking away from the court.
He is pissed, I tell my daughter.
And rightly so. But he composes himself, and plays out the game, to the best of his ability.
As did all the players, on both teams. And the coaches.
I cannot remember another championship game like this, in any sport. No one ever seized the momentum and ran with it. Neither team was able to work its will on the other.
Disappointing result? Of course. It was meant to be. That is how I handle such things after decades of the ups and, more frequent, downs, cheering on the Maize and Blue.
Bad officiating? Blatantly, but that does not mean a perfectly called game would have mandated a different result.
With 3.9 seconds on the clock, my daughter and I look at each other and get up to leave. She has to punch in at the barn in Lexington in less than 8 hours, and it is 6 hours driving time.
The parking spot works to a charm; we seem to be in the first 15 vehicles leaving the stadium. And the road leads right to the freeway.
Erin is still up front next to me in the passenger seat. I call my friend who texted me to get his impressions from watching on TV.
A magnificent spectacle, he agrees.
The adrenaline is still going, for a while.
I stop for gas and a cappuccino and she takes up residence on the sleeping bags and pillows in the back of the mini-van.
Hmmmm. Maybe I should have pounded some 5 hour energy drinks.
Out of Georgia and back into the curving mountain roads of Tennessee. Which I do not remember. Oh, yeah, I was napping during this part of the trip down.
No lights on these roads either. Usually a semi truck or two is in sight.
Somewhere around 3:30 a.m., I pull off for a power nap.
Erin wakes me up about half an hour later, and off we go again.
After the next gas stop, I have her drive the last hour and a half or so. We are on schedule, and she is fully awake.
I am in the passenger seat and we chat about the hoop programs our our respective alma maters, Kentucky and Michigan.
She says the only player to graduate during Calipari's tenure was a holdover, who had promised his grandmother he would get a degree. He talks at post-game conferences about how some of his guys are not coachable. Well, why the hell should they be? They are just on a one year layover before they go pro. She is familiar with player attendance at classes, and not impressed.
The contrast with our coaching staff could not be more stark.
The team, the team, the team. Michigan Man values. Exposure to these beliefs is the benefit of having taken my girls to UM games since before they could talk.
Sports imitates life. You win some, you lose some. But how do you play the game?
As a parent, how do you get quality time with your kids?
I heartily recommend long road trips to Michigan sporting events.
Having exhausted the topic of basketball, she goes on to tell me her relationship with her bosses, the owners of the huge horse farm, the ladder to advancement, what she wants to do, and how she plans to get there.
This is the reason for my trip. To have that time, to check in on her life, to see how she is really doing.
Her sister lives in Detroit and I am blessed with frequent contact with that wonderful person.
I have not seen Erin since this trip. She will be up here this weekend, August 16.
She pulls in front of her house about 6:15 a.m. I go in to use the bathroom, but my dog allergies drive me back to the van for some sleep. I hear her "Thank you!" as she gets in her car to drive to work.
After some sleep, I drive home, arriving about 3:30 p.m., meaning that, except for 6 hours in Atlanta and pit stops, I have been in the mini-van for about 33 hours.
I would do it again in a heartbeat.


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With Boston fans celebrating a rare championship, the pundits can't resist invoking names like Bucky Dent, Bill Buckner, or the Bambino—all demons in the Red Sox's 83-year World Series drought. But does the Patriots' win, no matter how thrilling, really make up for 83 years of futility?
Romeo and Belichick: How did the Pats upend the highly favored Rams? The Kansas City Star's Jason Whitlock blames Rams coach Mike Martz: "Someone remind Mike Martz that Marshall Faulk is the best player in the NFL. Someone tell Martz that when [Kurt] Warner is nursing numerous injuries, including a sore thumb on his throwing hand, that he's not nearly as effective. … Martz believed the hype. He bought into the garbage about the Rams being too fast for the Patriots. He thought Warner and his receivers would throw 30 points on New England with relative ease." From the other sideline, the New York Times' Mike Freeman praises Pats coach Bill Belichick. "Playing against Belichick, the New England coach, is like coming across the neighborhood tough guy in a dark alley. But the brawler doesn't have only bulging muscles, he also has the I.Q. of a nuclear physicist." The Boston Globe's Will McDonough singles out Romeo Crennel, New England's obscure defensive coordinator, who kept the Rams and Warner off balance all night.
Kurt Warner channels Jim Everett: Warner tossed two interceptions and couldn't find the end zone until the fourth quarter. "Sorry, but the great offenses come through in the biggest games," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Bernie Miklasz writes. "The San Francisco 49ers of the 1980s and early 1990s and the Dallas Cowboys of the '90s went a combined 8-0 in the Super Bowl and the offense always delivered at trophy time. In their last five quarters of Super Bowl play, these Rams have scored 24 points. Too many duds. Not enough points." By gagging, Warner missed a chance to join an elite club, the Dallas Morning News'Tim Cowlishaw suggests. Of the eight quarterbacks who won multiple Super Bowls, seven are enshrined in Canton or headed there on the first ballot. Warner's constant misfires remindedLos Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers of the "Jim Everett-Dieter Brock-T.J. Rubley football that used to be played in Anaheim."
The New York Post's Steve Serby wrote the most unabashedly jingoistic lead: "Inside a red, white and blue fortress called the Superdome, they let freedom ring last night, and they let freedom sing, and then they played a football game that stands today as tall as the Twin Towers once did as a defiant statue of liberty. On the night they wrapped a star-spangled banner around the neck of terror and squeezed tight, they played a football game that will be remembered as Patriots' Day."
Rose with any other team: As the NBA's Feb. 25 trade deadline approaches, the biggest talent on the block is shooting guard/provocateur Jalen Rose, the Chicago Tribune's Sam Smith reports. The Trail Blazers have offered Scottie Pippen; the SuperSonics have dangled Vin Baker. But the Bulls might trump both by dealing Ron Artest and Brad Miller.
Smith raps Wizards coach Doug Collins for failing to develop Kwame Brown, the first overall pick in last year's draft. Just one week earlier, the Washington Post's Michael Wilbon wrote a similar column. But "Sports Nut" had the story in October: "What should worry the Wizards is that Collins has yet to develop a big man from scratch. … This is a non-issue if you're building the team around a 24-year-old Michael Jordan, a potentially major one if, like the Wizards, you're building it around Kwame Brown, an 19-year-old power forward who never played a minute of college basketball."
Elegy for Iron Mike: Last week, the Nevada State Athletic Commission denied Mike Tyson a license to box, effectively canceling his title bout with Lennox Lewis. The Kansas City Star's Joe Posnanski argues that Tyson's career hardly merits a title shot. He made his name by outpointing washed-up former champs and nobodies. "Mike Tyson has never been anything but a fraud in the ring. A no-heart slugger. Everybody talks these days about whether Mike Tyson, the man, deserves another shot at the title. Somebody, somewhere, might want to mention that Mike Tyson, the boxer, definitely does not."


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The world's first test tube burger, costing a whopping R3 million has been unveiled in London.
Up until now, the donor for the world's first test tube burger was anonymous.Not any more, Sergey Brin who is the co-founder of Google is the donor of the £220,000 (over R3 million).5 years in the making, the 5oz patty was made from lab-grown "cultured beef" by creator Professor Mark Post.The #CulturedBurger will be tasted by Chicago author Josh Schonwald and Austrian food researcher Hanni Rützler.The world's first stem cell burger will be fried by Richard McGeown, chef of Couch's Great House Restaurant in Polperro, England. Natural colourants (Saffron) were added as well as some bread crumbs. The most relevant ingredient that is missing is fat. Twitter is a-flurry over this historical event...@henryfountain How it's made (1): muscle stem cells from cow neck are multiplied, put in petri dish, differentiate to become muscle cells. #culturedbeef@henryfountain How it's made (2): Muscle cells form ring-shaped fibers which are then cut to make strips. 20,000 strips = 1 burger. #culturedbeef@CulturedBeef #culturedbeef is created by painlessly taking muscle cells from a living cow. It's biologically the same as meat that comes from a cow.@TheRationaliser #CulturedBeef I haven't eaten beef for about 16 years. Looking forward to trying this! I'll be a test subject!@susannahbutter#culturedbeef creator dr mark post says stem cell burger is safe if not safer than beef. He'd allow his kids to try it, and they want to@CulturedBeef "How do you overcome the yuck factor?" - Down to marketing, changing the public's perception. The same as all new technology. #culturedbeef@liliradloff@food24 20 years ago people thought IVF babies won't have souls because God didn't make them. People will catch on if it's beneficial.@alexwattsTest tube burger creator Prof Post says he believes with current technology he can make cultured beef for $70 a kilo.@seaefGoogle Burger, anyone? RT @food24: This is what the #culturedburger looks like ..[snip] .. culturedbeef.net @shaunwewege @CulturedBeef @food24 Surely eating something that had a conscience and emotions is more creepy than eating a man-made food item?The tastingBoth journalists agreed that the absence of fat left a leaner, less juicy burger. They also said the flavour was quite strong and the mouth-feel very like meat but not exactly like it.Watch this video from Cultured Beef (Maastricht University) about the test tube burger.
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American Industrial Systems (AIS) introduced its standard and custom offering of human machine interface (HMI) panels for the building automation industry. Its building control and monitoring systems are designed for commercial and industrial facilities.
AIS HMIs help building owners and operators manage their Building Management Systems (BMS), Energy Management Systems (EMS) and the burgeoning Building Automation Systems (BAS). Building control systems applications suited for AIS HMI building management panels include: chiller control, boiler control, lighting control, HVAC control and access control systems.
In commercial buildings, the BMS is a computer-based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors the building's mechanical and electrical equipment. An EMS has software and data acquisition hardware components that are used to collect and analyze energy usage at the building or system level, mainly for monitoring decisions only. The BAS consists of stand-alone or networked hardware and embedded software that automatically controls a single building function (mechanical, electrical, or electronic).
BAS and BMS data from commercial buildings are a tool in managing energy consumption, triggered by rising energy costs, the benefits of system maintenance and the need for remote property monitoring.
AIS's scalable and flexible operator interface panels, and deliver HMI integration and visualization of automation systems for smart buildings. Open platform HMI panels with pre-installed Windows embedded operating system from AIS offer hardware and software functional expansion capabilities with software development kits (SDK) for customer-specific applications.


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Though predicting a favorable crop season, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization said The Gambia needs continued assistance to address food crisis with high prices of goods restricting access.
The Gambia, in a normal year, relies on imports for nearly half of its cereal consumption requirements (mostly rice and wheat) and domestic cereal prices are strongly affected by world prices and the exchange rate of the Dalasi (GMD), the national currency.
The depreciation of the dalasi over the past few years made food prices to spike making access to food difficult for most people.
The UN says prospects for the 2016 cereal crops, to be harvested from September, are favorable in most regions following regular and widespread precipitation since the beginning of the season this summer.
At least 239,000 tons of cereal is expected to be produced, a 37% increase from 2014 and 9% above the five-year average.
The Gambia's main export is peanuts and yield is expected to increase by 13%.
In 2014, The Gambia was hit by food crisis due to poor rains. At least a third of the country is food insecure. About 200,000 people have already crossed the emergency threshold and need urgent food assistance. Across the country, 50,000 children are acutely malnourished, 8,000 of them in the highest category of severity.
The UN said despite major crises unfolding around the globe and in the region, the needs of vulnerable Gambians must not be overlooked.
The combined effects of the recent Sahel food crises, localized heavy flooding in 2012 and 2013, and drought in 2014 have eroded vulnerable households' coping mechanisms and resulted in protracted food insecurity in pockets of the country and persisting acute malnutrition.


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Eyal Gruner is the co-founder and Co-CEO of Cynet, which is quickly making its mark in the world of cybersecurity.
He is also co-founder and former CEO of BugSec, Israel's leading cyber consultancy, and Versafe, which was acquired by F5 Networks in 2013. Gruner, or "boy security wonder," as Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst Avivah Litan referred to him in her blog, began his career at age 15, when he hacked into his bank's ATM, then approached bank management to demonstrate the weaknesses of their system.
Gruner joined the Information Security team of the bank for a year, before spending another year at age 16 working at the former Aladdin Knowledge Systems. He founded BugSec in 2005. Gruner has been recognized in Google's Hall of Fame with a Google Security Reward for identifying and reporting vulnerabilities.


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Games services specialist Babel Media worked closely with Team 17 to ensure the game retained its unique sense of humour, style and gameplay on interactive TV. Worms will be exclusively available to Sky digital viewers, and will be played on a scrolling background.
Adrian Pilkington, Sky's Head of Games said: "We are delighted to be working with leading licence holders and games companies such as Team 17 and Babel - and excited that we can bring another award-winning games title to Sky Gamestar users."
The Worms series has achieved success across all platforms and has attracted a huge following worldwide, with more than six million units sold. The game is based on opposing armies of worms that users take into battle armed with uzis, grenades, shotguns, mines, exploding sheep and other weapons. The Sky Gamestar version allows for both single-player and multiplayer gameplay.
Debbie Bestwick, Team 17's Commercial Director said: "Worms is one of a few franchises in the Industry that can be converted to almost all media platforms and retain the gameplay experience we have all become used to. We appreciate the technical challenges that were present on the project and are very proud of the outcome. This is a testament to the skill of the personnel involved in the development and design of the project."
The addition of Worms to Sky's dedicated games zone - Sky Gamestar - increases the line-up of games titles, including free and pay-to-play games such as Tetris, Denki Blocks, Pipemania, Beehive Bedlam, Trivial Pursuit and the recently launched Cartoon Network branded games area. Gamestar is currently the most popular interactive area on Sky Active with 56% of Sky digital subscribers having played games, and 25% of users playing regularly each week.
Anthony McGaw, Babel's Chief Operating Officer said: "Let the licence holder develop the IP and we'll take care of it for them. Worms is a prime example of how a great idea can be taken onto different platforms and be done so in the most cost-effective way possible."


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I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Kevin Mirallas steal the penalty yesterday. And from my fantasy captain, none the less?! He had to miss, it was written in the stars. The experts lashed out at him as everyone wished they could've heard the half time team-talk in the Everton dressing room. After the game though, which was one of the most boring experiences of my life, manager Martinez said that there was no drama involved as Mirallas was taken off at half time. I guess we have to believe him.
Let's just forget this week's edition of Monday Night Football, shall we? Arsenal beat City on Sunday! Who would've thought…Well, I have to say that the crucial penalty given at the Etihad was SOFT at best. Monreal went down rather theatrically. Anyways, City did not deserve to win, and that means Chelsea have a 3 point cushion atop the Premier League. They DID deserve to win their game against Swansea. Such quality, such beautiful football.
Southampton still looks strong as Ronald Koeman brought in fellow Dutchman Eljero Elia who in turn secured a victory at Newcastle. And what about Crystal Palace's epic turn around at Turf Moor? Alan Pardew-effect, much?
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Classical Sprint victory in Oberhof for Fessel and Wenzl
Nicole Fessel and Josef Wenzl powered to win in the first competition of German performance tests taking place these days in Oberhof.
Dotzler dominates in the prologue, Wenzl claims victory
First sprint competition of the season over 1500 m in classical technique took place in the ski hall of Oberstdorf with strong international start field featuring Germany's top athletes and Russian Cross-Country squad. Hannes Dotzler laid down the fastest qualification time more than a second faster than the runner up Tim Tscharnke. Josef Wenzl went through with almost a ten second margin and the ninth place.
The quarterfinals system has been modified to standard sprint procedure as only the winner of the heat proceed further and all the others had to wait for their times. The semifinals system went back again to normal. In the finals Josef Wenzl came to victory with a clear gap on Jens Filbrich and third place went to Daniel Heun.
Victory in the ladies' competition for Fessel
Ladies' competition was spiced up by Slovakia's sprint specialist Alena Prochazkova. Nicole Fessel was the quickest already in the qualifying session and edged out to second place Denise Herrmann by 6 seconds. Hanna Kolb took third place in the qualification. Nicole Fessel dominated the finals ahead of Prochazkova and Herrmann.
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When it comes to home decorating, spare bedrooms are often neglected, especially if they're seldom used. This space also tends to be the smallest room in the house, so decorating can be difficult. But all it takes to create an inviting space is some basic furniture and a few thoughtful touches.
To give the illusion of space, choose a light colour for the walls and paint the ceiling white. If you opt for darker colours, the walls and ceiling will feel closer. Inject some colour with a few throw cushions in a bright fabric.
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Look for plain window dressings that let in as much light as possible. To make windows and French doors appear taller, opt for long curtains in a light-coloured material. If the window is east or west facing, consider installing a blind as well as curtains to block out the sun and keep the room cool on hot days.
Rather than replace a dated bed, you can DIY a fabric bed head to match your new colour scheme. Choosing smaller pieces of furniture, such as a double bed instead of a queen, will make the space less cramped.
For a more contemporary look, opt for pendant lights instead of lamps. Position lights above the bedside tables and controlled by dimmer switches within easy reach of the bed.
Freestanding wardrobes take up a lot of space and aren't essential in a bedroom that's seldom used. A small chest of drawers offers ample storage for guests' clothes and hooks can be secured to the back of the bedroom door in case hanging space is required. Keep fixtures and fittings to a minimum or the room will look cluttered. Consider using mirrors to make it appear bigger.


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A scientist before he was a beekeeper, Mark L. Winston found in his new hobby a paradigm for understanding the role science should play in society. In essays originally appearing as columns in Bee Culture, the leading professional journal, Winston uses beekeeping as a starting point to discuss broader issues, such as how agriculture functions under increasingly complex social and environmental restraints, how scientists grapple with issues of accountability, and how people struggle to maintain contact with the natural world. Winston's reflections on bees, beekeeping, and science cover a period of tumultuous change in North America, a time when new parasites, reduced research funding, and changing economic conditions have disrupted the livelihoods of bee farmers.qManaged honeybees in the city provide a major public service by pollinating gardens, fruit trees, and berry bushes, and should be encouraged rather than legislated out of existence. Our cities, groomed and cosmopolitan as they appear, still obey the basic rules of nature, and our gardens and yards are no exception. Homegrown squashes, apple trees, raspberries, peas, beans, and other garden crops require bees to move the pollen from one flower to another, no matter how urbanized or sophisticated the neighborhood.qEssays on Bees, Beekeeping, and Science Mark L. Winston. imagination, but our salaries are not bloated ... My first consulting job was not at all lucrative, but it did have a great impact on my future. I had just completed my graduate researchanbsp;...
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Neroli oil is extracted from the small, white, waxy flowers of the bitter-orange tree by steam distillation and yields 0.8 - 1 %.
It is used in treating skin conditions linked to emotional stress. Any types of skin can benefits from this oil although it is particularly good for dry, irritated or sensitive skin. It regulates oiliness and minimizes enlarged pores;
It helps insomnia, and as one of the essential oils with the most sedative effects is useful for treating depression, anxiety and shock and is also effective in calming heart palpitations, treating headaches, neuralgia and vertigo. It can help when a patient is convalescing and is a good general tonic.
Neroli oil helps to clear acne and blemished skin. other properties include being anti-depressant, antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cordial, deodorant, digestive, stimulant, and tonic. we offer high quality of Neroli oil which can be used directly as per the prescription.
Neroli oil has a sweet, floral and slightly haunting aroma, the color is pale yellow and the viscosity is watery.
The main chemical components of neroli oil are a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, a-terpinene, nerol, neryl acetate, farnesol, geraniol, linalool, nerolidol, linalyl acetate, methyl anthranilate and indole.
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Say no to traditional tinsel and lights. Sparkling decor and twinkling touches for your winter wonderland.
DwellStudio's slanted tea light candle holders stand up to wintery winds. $248 (set of 3), www.dwellstudio.com
When you're a reindeer this sparkly, there are plenty of reasons to bust a move. $40 each, at JCPenny stores
If you can't decorate a real-deal evergreen, Restoration Hardware's snow-dusted Winter Wonderland Trees are an enchanting consolation prize. $149-$189, www.restorationhardware.com
Frosted votives nest in lichen moss for Olive & Cocoa's charming botanic candle boxes. $44 each; two for $74, www.oliveandcocoa.com
Pottery Barn Kids' light-up snowflakes add a little magic to the air. $38-$55, www.potterybarnkids.com
Restoration Hardware's starry lights are strung along bendable copper wire and come with a battery pack, meaning you can elegantly wrap them around mirrors, wreaths, planters or anything that needs a little sparkle. $15-$99, www.restorationhardware.com
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Anger gets a bad rap. We are told not to give in to it, or hang on to it, or let it rule you. Forgiveness is the way to go apparently. Most of the time I believe that to be true, but there is a time and place for anger. To slam and stomp, in the words of Nina Simone's "Breakdown and Let It All Out." (Preferably done in the confines of your home so as not to end up on an episode of "Cops.")
Anger for me was a gas pedal. It was the turbo boost I needed to get me out of the muck I was stuck in. The song I wrote as my personal anger management homework was "Mistake." It allowed me to have out loud the conversation I'd been having with my ex in my head while vacuuming, showering, doing yoga, etc. I didn't censor myself, I didn't worry about going too far or saying the wrong things. I put the pedal to the metal and let it rip and it felt glorious.
My ex kept referring to his infidelity as a "mistake." It was such a small word and seemed like such a throw-away comment. It grated on me. It felt like the people who say, "the gun just went off." Well yes, while you had your finger on the trigger. It didn't just go off all by its sweet little self.
What I really wanted to hear was "I fucked up." That I could have dealt with. That would've been a place I could have a conversation from. Honesty. Straightforwardness. A place to begin.
I got so tired of hearing the word "mistake" from him that I actually looked up the definition. My ex was an English major while I attended school sporadically. I grew up in Brooklyn during the worst budget crisis ever. Put it this way, English was not my strong point.
The dictionary inspired me to write this verse:
"My little English major
So into proper usage
Your misuse of the words
Are worse than your excuses
So let us turn to Webster
For a proper definition
Of the word mistake I
Present for your submission
It's to misinterpret or to misunderstand
To miscommunicate not a Ms. in your pants"
I know that being married isn't some magical bubble in which you and your spouse stop noticing or being attracted to other people. God knows I had my own temptations and attractions to deal with during the course of my marriage. But I never put my marriage at risk for the sake of an attraction.
I have heard from many people since then that infidelity is a symptom of a broken relationship, not the cause. Certainly this "Ms in his pants" exposed the cracks in our relationship, and something was clearly not working between us. Time and distance has reduced my burning sense of outrage to a better understanding.
Writing "Mistake" was a catharsis. But I realized one evening that anger had served its purpose and the better part of me knew it was time to stop. I didn't want to burn my wheels out on anger. I still had a long way to go and I'd need them.
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Legal guardianship forms for children can be found for free online through many state court self-help systems or state legal services agencies, notes FindLaw. Links to those systems and forms for most states and the District of Columbia can be found on the FindLaw website.Continue Reading
Guardianship forms are used during the legal process when a person, often a child, can no longer make or communicate safe or sound decisions about his own property or has become susceptible to fraud or undue influence, explains the National Guardianship Association. While the forms are often free, they can be difficult to understand. People who need assistance completing and filing these forms should consult an experienced attorney in the state in which the forms will be filed, says FindLaw.Learn more about Child Support & Custody


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For the gravy: Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Once the butter is melted and foamy, stir in the flour and cook until pasty, 1 to 2 minutes.
Slowly whisk in the milk, making sure there are no lumps. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently.
Season the sauce with nutmeg, a pinch of salt and black pepper. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
For the potatoes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9- by 9-inch casserole dish with nonstick spray.
Layer a third of the potatoes into the casserole dish. Top with a third of the shallots and sprinkle lightly with salt and black pepper. Repeat with the remaining potatoes and shallots, a third at a time. Cover the potatoes with the black pepper white gravy and bake, covered in tinfoil, for 25 minutes.
For the pork chops: Heat the vegetable oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat.
Combine the flour, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and cayenne together in a pie plate. Sprinkle the pork chops on both sides with salt and black pepper, and then dredge them through the flour mixture. Add the pork chops to the hot oil and brown on both sides. You do not want to cook them all the way through.
Remove the casserole dish from the oven and lay the chops on top of the potatoes. Bake until the potatoes are soft and the pork chops are cooked through and browned, 35 to 40 minutes. Serve with some chopped parsley sprinkled over the top if desired.
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Here's a small explanation so you know what things are and how they work.
This script should be pretty self explanitory... Should; Thats why I'm
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First, you have to log in. The way it's made, you don't need a password
to get into the chat. I personally love this. So just select your
nickname and click Submit. Then click Go to the chat! when you're
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Now you're in the chat! Talk by selecting the text bar at the bottom
and type.. Then hit Enter or click Send and it'll appear in the
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Now, it says a notice when people leave, enter, the chat data gets dumped,
and when someone gets kicked.
Every 15 lines of text, the room 'dumps' it's self. This means that it
clears the data files and the room is clear so you can see what you're
typing again. You can also do this manually by using the Admin Panel.
To get into the admin panel, click Admin Panel at the bottom right.
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All that said, guess the make and model of this gem we found in the TenderNob the other day. Amazingly enough, it wasn't one of us who wrote that sign, because we fucking hate car alarms.


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To many Macintosh owners, it is anathema even to suggest that Apple computers are anything but vastly superior to Windows PCs. But that is exactly what one of them is saying--and he's so disenchanted that he might switch back to a Microsoft machine.
Normally, such blasphemous talk might be easily dismissed for its inanity, insanity or both. But the comments have generated particular controversy because Russell Beattie, an experienced software developer who works for Yahoo, has never been known as a booster for Windows. In a list of 33 complaints, he begins with this entry: "Anyone who says that Macs are more stable than Windows are smoking dope. I have two brand new Macs and they regularly go wacky and need reboots."
Beattie has received so much response that some bloggers are running excerpts of the many retorts.
Blog community response:
"The majority of Russell's complaints have primarily to do with his dislike of applications. So Russell, if you prefer Windoze, then by all means, go and do it--switch back. But don't go trying to turn your preferences into computing axioms."
"While I don't plan to switch back, I share a lot of his frustrations...I can't repeat enough times how frustrating the inconsistent interface is to me, or how much it sucks that my nearly $4000 top-of-the-line Mac laptop chokes on portions of Dungeon Seige--a game that's been out for FIVE YEARS--can't run Doom 3 at all."
"Russell Beattie pulls the standard old blog trick. Tells the world that he's thinking of switching away from his Mac and back to Windows. That always generates lots of traffic and gets lots of links. Me? I can't buy this kind of publicity."


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Lionsgate has picked U.S. distribution rights to Katherine Heigl crime-thriller "One for the Money," from Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.
"One for the Money" is based on the first tome in Janet Evanovich's bestselling Stephanie Plum series. Julie Ann Robinson will direct. Liza Brixius is currently rewriting the adapted script.
At the age of 30, Plum finds herself newly divorced and without a job. Living in Trenton, N.J., she takes a job with her slimy cousin in the bail bond business. Her first big case: A local cop wanted for murder who just happens to be the guy who broke her heart in high school.
Lakeshore's Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard and Nick Meyer's Sierra Pictures are handling international distribution and will be selling foreign rights at Cannes.
Acquisition was announced by Lionsgate COO/MOtion Picture Group prexy Joe Drake, Lakeshore chair/CEO Tom Rosenberg and SKE chair Sidney Kimmel.
Producers are Lakeshore's Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi, Kimmel and Wendy Finerman ("The Devil Wears Prada").
"Janet Evanovich has created an extraordinary literary character in Stephanie Plum. Katherine Heigl is the perfect actress to bring Stephanie to the screen. Gary Lucchesi and I are thrilled to be reunited with her after our wonderful experience on 'The Ugly Truth,'" Rosenberg said.


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9 Actors Who Could Be Big Movie Stars Next Year
Who's on the verge of a major breakout?
This year's edition of the 100 Most Valuable Stars in Hollywood had some notable debuts — including Shailene Woodley at No. 24, Kevin Hart at No. 40, Chris Pratt at No. 68, and Lupita Nyong'o at No. 82 — but who's the likeliest to leap on the list in 2015? We talked to studio executives and sifted through next year's release calendar to find nine major talents (some already better-known than others) whose cinematic choices could soon make them household names, and let's just say the British are definitely coming. Get in on the ground floor!
John Boyega
The 22-year-old Brit first impressed in 2011's scrappy sci-fi vehicle Attack the Block, but his next foray into that genre will be one of the biggest movies of all time: After meeting with just about every young actor in town, J.J. Abrams cast Boyega as the male lead in Star Wars: Episode VII. (And to judge from his frequent, giddy posts on social media, no one is more excited about the movie than Boyega himself.) Will he prove to be the next Harrison Ford, or take after Mark Hamill ... or, more likely, blaze a new career path all his own?
Cara Delevingne
She's known mostly for her Vogue covers and high-profile fling with Michelle Rodriguez, but British model Cara Delevingne is set to take cinema by storm next year. She's got crucial supporting roles in a clutch of eclectic films, including Pan, the Hugh Jackman–starring redo of the Peter Pan story; the star-stuffed period drama Tulip Fever; and the Amanda Knox dramatization The Face of an Angel. But the 22-year-old's biggest opportunity for a breakout will be playing the female lead Paper Towns, adapted from the book by YA icon John Green, who also wrote The Fault in Our Stars.
Miles Teller
After plenty of parts where he played the funny best friend, the 27-year-old Teller is making big movies, leading acclaimed awards contender Whiplash and landing the lead in the reboot of Fantastic Four. He's not your conventional pretty-boy superhero — and Teller is the first to admit that director Josh Trank had to fight reluctant studio executives to cast him in the role — but the talented American can bring the sort of gravitas that this superhero movie needs.
Eddie Redmayne
The 32-year-old Brit has always been on the verge of a major breakout, and he nearly nabbed an Academy Award nomination for his work as Marius in 2012's big-screen adaptation of Les Misérables. Oscar's attention won't be so elusive this time around: He's practically assured of a nod for his stunning performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, and many pundits think Redmayne could even win. No matter, he has an even juicier role lined up afterwards, playing a sex-change pioneer for his Les Miz director Tom Hooper in The Danish Girl.
Amy Schumer
Schumer's already got a rabid following thanks to her seriously brilliant sketch-comedy show Inside Amy Schumer, but the lead role in Judd Apatow's summer comedy Trainwreck (which she also wrote) will break her out beyond basic cable, leading an eclectic ensemble that also includes Bill Hader, John Cena, Barkhad Abdi, and Tilda Swinton. Can the 33-year-old American become one of the big screen's leading funny-women?
Jack O'Connell
The 24-year-old Englishman won raves for his intense work in the indies Starred Up and '71, and he'll have his biggest showcase yet in December, when he leads the Angelina Jolie–directed Unbroken as World War II hero Louis Zamperini. It's the sort of juicy role that could be tipped for a Best Actor berth, and if O'Connell does manage to land a nomination, he'll be the first young man in the 25-and-under bracket to do so since Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain.
Daisy Ridley
No actor on this list is as poised for as stratospheric a transformation as Daisy Ridley. The young Brit was a complete unknown fresh out of school (with only a few bit TV parts to her name) when J.J. Abrams cast her as the protagonist in next year's most highly anticipated movie, Star Wars: Episode VII. Major agencies started fighting over Ridley immediately (she signed with UTA, then was lured over to CAA two months later), but when the rest of the world is introduced to her next winter in the most significant studio debut in ages, what's in store?
Jamie Dornan
Since Fifty Shades of Grey began as an erotic spin on Twilight, does that mean its leading man Jamie Dornan is poised for a Robert Pattinson–style breakout? The 32-year-old Irishman spent most of his career as a male model, but he's impressed in TV shows like The Fall and landed the lead in Fifty Shades (out Valentine's Day) after a very protracted casting search. It should make him a star ... or, at the very least, next year's biggest sex symbol.
Lily James
Best known for playing Rose on Downton Abbey, the 25-year-old James will don more period frocks in two of next year's most high-profile properties: She's playing the lead role in the Kenneth Branagh–directed Cinderella, where she'll be menaced by wicked stepmother Cate Blanchett, and then she'll take on Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which purports to be a straight-ahead adaptation of the Jane Austen classic until the zombies show up. (As they do.)


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Endpiece: Tiger 'flu
When the basics of the Communist Manifesto appear as analysis in the New York Times,
Steve Eckardt reckons it's time to take another look at the economic crisis in Asia.
How ironic that opinion-makers, trying to prevent panic as Asian markets and currencies plunged to unplumbed depths, settled on the phrase 'Asian 'flu'.
Bad choice. For at that very moment a 'flu virus in Hong Kong poultry was making an extraordinary mutation that enabled it to leap from chickens to humans – a dangerous 'zoonotic' mutation of the type that gave us the spectacularly deadly Ebola virus. The Asian 'flu, it seemed, might ravage the world like the Black Plague.
Oops. Could its financial equivalent do the same to the world's economy? Frankly, it could.
It's the conjuncture of global 'over-capacity' and the collapse of unsustainable Third World economies that account for the sudden appearance of phrases like 'extremely acute financial panic' in normally staid publications like the New York Times and The Economist.
After all, lots of poor nations allegedly 'emerging' into First World status have been belly-up for many years now. Northern lenders, with glowing assurances, press Big Plans – dams, superhighways, nuclear reactors – on impoverished nations. The poor countries plunder their resources and pump out their cash in a fruitless race to keep up with interest charges. More loans are piled on to help pay for earlier ones. At last, currencies – the economies behind them now bled white – plummet and the entire venture collapses.
Back home, the bankers get bailed out by (mainly working-class) taxpayers. Seen from 'overseas' the bail-out looks more like an enforcement visit from a loan-shark: companies and natural resources are signed over at fire-sale prices and austerity measures are imposed to squeeze even more from the poor.
And so the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. If you're a lender, it's a great system – at least until you submerge a region like Asia that accounts for a third of all world trade. True, previous bankrupted countries weren't quite the financial size of South Korea (the world's 11th largest economy) or the human size of Indonesia (the world's fourth-most-populous country).
But it was the coincidence of the Asian disaster with what New York Times financial writer Louis Uchitelle describes as 'a developing worldwide crisis driven mainly by a phenomenon called "over-capacity"' that got even staid knees shaking. Uchitelle quotes another analyst as saying that the global economy 'produces more goods even as it suppresses wages... in both industrial and developing countries. You cannot do that – producing more and cutting the wages of those who buy – forever.' Uchitelle adds that 'the global economy appears, in effect, to be capable of self-destruction'.
Now that's news – when the basics of the Communist Manifesto are printed as analysis in the New York Times.
Of course, none of this is news to those who never bought all that nonsense about the 'triumph of capitalism', or 'trickle-down' wealth 'raising everyone's boat'. Nor is it news to the vast numbers of people enduring an economic calamity far worse than anything that has yet befallen the world's financial capitals. After all, nearly 70 per cent of humanity have never made a phone call, more than 50 per cent lack access to a sanitary toilet and almost a quarter regularly go without enough food.
No, the real news – regardless of what happens with the immediate crisis – is that millions of people in Asia will not accept placidly the draconian cuts in their living standards now being dic-tated by international lenders. Already, what the Financial Times calls the 'infamously militant South Korean workers' are on the move. So, too, are the peoples of Indonesia.
Our New York Times analyst declares: 'There IS something to worry about.' Sounds like some people have started killing chickens – whether you call the disease Asian 'flu or not.
Steve Eckardt, a Chicago-based writer, invites readers to visit his website [ http://www.SeeingRed.com ] and leave comments or questions there.
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When selling in a crowded market, your sales strategy is the foundation on which your success will be built. In my first article in this series, "How to Penetrate the Market with a New Product in the Oversold Market", I examined how salespeople can excel by using relationship focused sales techniques. However, when developing a strategy to answer the question of how to penetrate the market with a new product, a company must also consider product positioning and promotion.
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Selling a new product is most easily done by a salesperson who is liked and trusted, and when sold to those existing customers with whom the salesperson has developed a strong business relationship. When strong sales skills are combined with high emotional intelligence and back to basics techniques, the result is a cocktail of powerful selling ability that will ignite sales.
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Green grass instead of white snow covered the Woodstock Square last weekend, but that didn't stop scores of area residents from going there for holiday activities, including horse-drawn carriage rides, a Christmas Tree Walk and storytelling by Kathie Comella in the role of Aunt Holly, a kindly character the Woodstock actress started portraying more than 10 years ago.
The tree walk and storytelling took place in the Woodstock Opera House. Twenty-one trees were on display, each decorated by an area business or civic organization. In an adjoining room, Comella read holiday stories to youngsters. On the opera house steps, dozens of families lined up for carriage rides around the square.


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The Talking Cats from Tuscany
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Romantic Stories of Love At First Sight
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Toulouse to Carcassonne & Narbonne - The History of the Laurgais
A history of France and the Lauragais region south of Toulouse. The Albigensian Crusade was one of the most bloody periods of the history of the Lauragais.
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A Family Saga - Lonely Mirrors Book Review
How World War 2 Affected lives, so many people displaced and separated from their families. Lonely mirrors is a story of the affect war can have on families and the repercussions that can be felt for years to follow.
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New Puppy Care and Training
When a new puppy arrives at your home it will be exploring a whole new world. One that in some cases presents potential hazards. Your job is to ensure that those hazards are kept to a minimum.
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Puppy Needs and Necessities
Prepare for your new puppy's arrival by ensuring that you have the necessary equipment and facilities to care for him and keep him comfortable and safe.
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Ballpoint Pen Inventor and History - Including John Loud
The ballpoint pen, looks pretty simple when you look at a basic BIC for example. But no way this was a major technological advance.
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Perpignan in France, Tourist Information & Tourism
Every time I seem to visit one of the cities or towns in the South of France, especially in the Languedoc Roussillon region, I end up being completely bowled over by just how attractive the cities are.
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Cap d'Agde Photos & Pictures - South of France
Cap d'Agde, without doubt one of the nicest of the French Mediterranean resorts and well worth photographing.
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French Road Trip Destinations Across Southern France
Just imagine the soft top pulled back, the sun shining and the vineyards all around the winding roads. What could be better for driving in the south of France.
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A LifeTime through The History of Cars
If you live in the western world, cars come as a part of everyday life. Even for a modest earner it is amazing how many you can own in a lifetime.
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Exercise and Lose Weight
It is pretty straightforward really if you really want to lose weight, you have to establish an active lifestyle.
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The Knights Templar Lived in Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire
After moving to France I started to find out all about the Knights Templar. Then when I went back to the UK I found out there history was all around me.
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Do You Need a Cholesterol Lowering Diet Plan or Program?
It's a bit of a shock when you find out you have a high cholesterol problem. But it's not the end of the world, many people can deal with it through modest changes in lifestyle.
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Halloween Fancy Dress Costumes - Michael Myers Masks
So where do all these traditions and celebrations come from. This one actually originated in the lands of the Celt's. The costumes these days though are more often influenced by films and celebrities.
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Halti Training Collars for Dogs
Dog training requires a lot of patience and tolerance. Staying friends with your dog is the best approach. Much better than resorting to using unnecessary punishment. Plus a few appropriate training aids can help enormously.
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Ski Holidays Austria - Skiing in Mayrhofen
When it comes to skiing, Austria is to skiing like salt is to pepper. Austrian towns and villages are completely irresistible in the winter season all covered in snow and looking completely gorgeous.
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Northern Soul and Wigan Casino, the worlds best disco
A personal pilgrimage to the coveted Wigan Casino way back into the seventies. Certainly a night to remember, and I mean all night.
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Ski Canada - Banff Ski Resort
If you want to ski at Lake Louise, Sunshine Mountain and Mount Norquay all on the same skiing holiday then Banff is a great place to set up camp.
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Compaq Presario Laptop RAM Memory Upgrade
Upgrading a Compaq Presario to provide more RAM is a very straight forward process and could add life to computer that removes the need to buy a new one.
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Differences Between Statistical Process Control & Acceptance Sampling
A brief look at quality control and the benefits of 2 different quality control methodologies. Plus a few downsides.
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Learning to Ski at 40, Is It Too Late?
How close I came to not bothering to learn to ski! What I would have missed out on doesn't bear thinking about. It's not just the skiing it's the whole environment.
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Rennes le Chateau Hoax- South of France
Never mind the mystery and intrigue, just look at the views. They are pretty spectacular.
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Days Out UK - Historic Gloucester
Gloucester is a lovely city that sits as the gateway to the South West of England in a lovely part of the country and central to the Cotswolds, the Royal Forest of Dean and the Malvern Hills, all of which are areas of outstanding natural beauty.
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Issel - Languedoc Roussillon, South of France
Our home village, tranquil and peaceful in the French countryside. But drive for few minutes and you can be in the thick of French life. Castelnaudary, Carcassonne and the Canal Du Midi, all on the doorstep.
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Holiday in Languedoc Roussillon - South of France
Self catering accommodation in France Le Moulin de l"Argentouire is a former water mill that dates from the 18th century and resides just outside the small village of Issel which is in the 'Pays de Cathar' region of...
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Places to Visit in France
Going back to my birthplace means for me a drive through some of the most gorgeous French countryside. Just thought I would share the trip!!
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Digital Cameras Review- Canon EOS Versus Nikon and Sony
The main benefits that any digital camera has over an analogue film based camera, for me, revolves around 2 key points: - print correction and safety in numbers.
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A day out in Corbieres Wine Region - South of France
More wine than you can shake a stick at comes out of the Corbieres wine region south of Carcassonne. A portion of the Languedoc Roussillon that is responsible for 30% of France's wine production and is also a very attractive holiday destination.
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A Day out in Carcassonne - South of France
Moving to live near Carcassonne was one of the best moves we ever made. Now we get to visit this fabulous city whenever we like. Would have been selfish not to share some of its attractions.
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A Day Out in Toulouse - South of France
Thinking of day out in a major city in the South of France. This hub is to give you a little bit of an insight into what you can find in Toulouse, the city which is famous for being the city de espace,the centre of technology and home of Air Bus, France's principle aerospace industry.


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