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The week before I left for Sweden was the longest of my life, I was so excited even Gran had to tell me to calm down a time or two as I shopped for a new winter boots. Knowing from my conversations with Eric that if I was going there I would be needing them, and as many layers as I could manage before I turned into a big marshmallow. It was so difficult as well, keeping the surprise to myself, every time Erik and I talked on the phone or over the computer, I fought the urge to blurt it out. But, I wanted to surprise my sad puppy of a husband because I would turn that frown upside down and all that good stuff as soon as we saw each other again. I was sure of it. If my night-time reading had taught me anything, it was that I could make my man do anything now, within reason of course.
I had illustrations and everything!
"You should get waxed." Isobel suggested as we took me shopping for reunion supplies – consisted of nice underwear, and a lot of thermal stuff too for actually being there because I was not an idiot, I was a Southern girl and we just did not do well with that climate. I also picked up some nice smelling body lotion, and an inflatable pillow for the plane, big mistake last time without one. But the key things were the pretty underwear. Not that I really thought my husband would care what my underwear looked like after a month of no sex and no me and no sex with me, but I wanted to feel pretty anyway.
"No, I shouldn't. He knows what it's like down there, he hasn't complained so far." I waxed once, nope, never again. Legs sure, who-ha, not natural, no thank you.
"It makes the sex better, I swear, everything is so sensitive!" She exclaimed as we browsed the women's section of Ann Taylor where I was picking up some nice scarves and things for his mom and grandmother. I had already used up my discounts in Coach for them too, so I think for them present wise I was all-good. I had no idea what to get his grandfather, and since I had never met his father, I had even less of an idea of what he might like.
"Of course it makes it better, every damn nerve down there is on edge because you've just ripped it open with scalding hot wax and yanked. Nuh-uh."
She just laughed at me.
"You excited to see him? Almost a month to the day is a long time."
I was excited, I was nervous, excited, a little scared. I was not scared of him but I was a little scared of things being awkward between us maybe, or just not being the same as they had been before. I knew I was worrying for nothing, but still, I worried because it gave me something to do, I guess.
"I am so excited, and I've been schooling myself." I nodded smugly as we left and headed to Starbucks, their caramel hot chocolate had my name on it, even if it wasn't that cold here to justify it. I told her about my educational readings and she then asked to borrow them when I was done, with a giggle and a sip of her cappuccino, I was flying out in a day and the closer it got the more anxious I was, and the harder it was not to tell Erik what was happening.
"Yes, there is a lot of work in the shop so that is good times to keep my mind busy of thoughts, thought of you and not being here and me not being there…" He sighed as we did our nightly chat, him there hours ahead of me, and me this time on the couch with Sam as we chatted via our laptops.
"That's good though that you're keeping busy, I'm busy here too…"
"Yes is your Grandmother's Christmas shopping going well, she told me before she looks forward to that."
"She does, she starts in November she likes it so much and she buys gifts or make 'em for half the damn town." I said rolling my eyes, she really did put herself to too much trouble. Including with spending a pretty penny to send me to Stockholm, but I couldn't tell him that yet.
"I've got you a few things," I began with a smile, "some of which I know you'll love, some fun things too, just silly things."
"I have some presents for you also." He smiled. "One I even made the other day in the shop."
"Oooh, fancy. Can I have a hint?"
"Nope." He grinned.
"Aw come on. Is it big or small?" I whined. And he just rolled his eyes but didn't stop smiling.
"With me things are always big but this it is… littlier."
"Littlier? That's not a word, Hun." I smiled. He meant littler but I wasn't going to point that out right then.
He waved his hand as if I was talking nonsense.
"Blah blah smaller than large then."
"So, wee?"
He cracked up at that.
"What are you now Irish girl?"
"To be sure to be sure." I said in my worst leprechaun-esq accent, I was ashamed but he still laughed.
"Never say that to an Irish person, it is like singing Abba to a Swede."
"But I've sung Abba at you…" I admitted, again with the shame. He just glared comically before smiling again.
We both cracked up at that.
As we signed off for the night, I couldn't help but feel guilty as I told him a little white lie.
"I'm going out of town for a couple of days –" his face sort of fell then. "It's a work thing, a new supplier up in New Orleans, they want to meet and discuss the figures in person, so I leave tomorrow for the weekend."
"Oh. That's is nice." He sounded sad. "Will it have the Wi-Fi?"
I grinned but stopped myself.
"I'm not sure actually, the place is pretty remote, so that's why I'm saying now, I might not be here when we usually Skype, if the connections are limited."
He frowned but forced himself to seem happy it was too cute.
"Oh, well, then I will see you in a few days then?"
This time I did grin, I couldn't help myself. Because he really would see me in a few days, only it would be in person.
I had spent the previous day sanding down the oak for the table top we were working on. My father was constructing the legs, I was sanding, my grandfather, well, he was sitting down occasionally painting something but mostly dispensing advice that no one asked for.
"Americans they like therapy too much, in all the shows it is boring people with note pads making thousands of dollars to listen to other people's problems. Erik, you should do that." He began causing me to narrow my eyes at him.
"No really, they are like hookers for the feelings when you think about it. You pay this man or woman a lot of money to sit and listen to your problems and then, they tell you what they think of you – probably that you are crazy because hey, you just paid thousands of dollar to talk when talking is free… and then you leave. The prostitutes of the mind!" He chuckled to himself then, spinning in his office chair back to the work at hand.
"Dad do you have whiskey back there by any chance?" My dad asked his dad and of course, the answer was yes. It explained so much.
An hour later of listening to his rambles, this time about our government, the meaning of why snow is white and just why can't we call cauliflower the albino broccoli rant later I offered to take him home in the truck. He never used to drink on the job, but with his arthritis, the way it was now, all he really could manage was painting a few small parts here and there and answering the phones. It was a huge step down and it annoyed him.
"Ack, Erik I'm drunk. That happened accidently." He said as I helped him out of the car.
"It did, and faster this time than usual. You been drinking a lot lately?" I helped him into the house, I would have to go out and shovel the drive again soon, fucking never ending snow.
"Some… a little here and there but not a much."
"Hm. You talking your pills?"
"Ah pills this that and the other you sound like your grandmother."
"We worry is all."
"I know son, I know." He petted me on the head as we walked inside. Thankfully, my grandmother was out so I was able to get him into bed without her commentary that I was sure in the mood he was in would only make things worse.
"We miss you around here you know? It seems so … lifeless with you gone." He said quietly from his bed where I tucked him in, leaving water next to him, knowing that when he woke for dinner he would be dying of thirst.
Whiskey was an unforgiving mistress.
"I'm here now right?" I said, not really sure of what else to say. I was here now but not for long. I knew my wanting a life somewhere else had hurt my family, but my reasons for that were never because of them. Now I was beginning to see that maybe their feelings should have factored in a little more, the feeling of guilt suddenly hit me like an overwhelming wave that I could not escape. I instantly wanted to see Sookie's face and talk it through with her, hear her words of reassurance. I couldn't because she was sadly out of town. I was glad she was, she was running her business and living her life, and I never wanted her just sitting around waiting for me to call. I knew that wasn't the woman I married but right in that moment I cursed that out of town florist!
Instead, I called my friends, who came over with fast food and beer, and we retreated to my bedroom as we did when we were teenagers. Jonas, Lucas and Emil arrived with burgers and beer and we began our free therapy session, my grandfather would have been proud it was free.
"It is okay to have a life away, Erik most people do." Emil reasoned with me after they listened to my tale of woe.
"I know, I do, but I just feel so guilty."
"It's okay to feel guilty too, people get old and it's hard, but you have life to live too. We all do."
"I just wish there was more I could do for them here, and when I go I feel so disconnected from them and that everything is just pushed pleasantries for the sake of keeping all of us under the fake illusion that everything is okay."
"Have you talked to Sookie about it? What does she say?" Jonas asked.
"I haven't, not yet, and she's not around for a few days she said she was going out of town on business. I did not want to bring it up then."
They nodded.
"I think she would understand greatly, she has a grandparent close by?" Lucas reasoned with a nudge.
"She does, she moved back home to be closer to her, they are very close."
"So then she would understand the guilt, maybe she can give you better talk than us." He carried on with a shrug of sorts, as if it was so easy.
"I think so, maybe. I know you all live near your families as well, but it will not always be the case." It wasn't' going to be because Emilie, Emil's sister had moved to England and came back occasionally when her husband was away in the army, and they visited often. But now Emil had been offered a job in Stockholm and was taking it, and Lucas was considering going back to university, this time perhaps in England too. So everyone was leaving as I would soon be going back to America too, so all my friends and I were scattered to the wind. I knew in my early thirties that this should have been something I was okay with, and was better able to accept perhaps than when I was younger. But the fear was there still and very real in its presence. Things would never be the same again, and even if they were, emails and Skype just wasn't the same as in person. As the month with only seeing Sookie thought a screen had taught me.
That evening was a tense one between my grandparents. My grandmother was scolding him for drinking at all, never mind during the day, at work around work tools. He dismissed her worries as nagging and insisted that he knew what he was doing and he wasn't stupid. I went to bed early after texting Sookie but receiving no reply. I knew she was probably travelling or with other people and she wasn't one to sit on her phone being anti-social to the people she was with. I decided that sleep was the best option before I depressed myself into eating the entire contents of the fridge. It was a close call but thankfully for my waistline, sleep won out.
I was awakened the next morning by my grandfather standing over my bed, his hands on his hips.
"Erik you must get up we have a delivery I need you to make for me."
I groaned.
"What time is it?"
"After six."
"Are you serious? Go back to bed it is still night-time. Look, it is still dark."
"Erik you are in Northern Sweden in winter do you really expect a decent sun rise? I think not. Therefore, it is moot now please get up. I have breakfast."
I groaned again.
"Where is the delivery too and why can't Simon do it?"
"It's two towns over, and he can't because I am asking you. The van is already loaded up."
Two towns over meant it would take me until at least after noon, damn it, I would need breakfast.
"There are things in the shop I need you to move for me before you go too, if that is okay." He asked when I made it sleepily downstairs. Granma was still asleep, and I think after the tense evening the night before, we both wanted her to have a long lie in bed.
I checked my phone and I had a text from Sookie, and it made me smile. Something that caught my granddad's attention.
"Someone is suddenly happy?"
I just smiled.
"Sookie texted me on the phone."
"Yes, she says she'll see me soon. We'll probably have a laptop date later tonight, I won't text back just yet, and it's the middle of the night there."
He just nodded, turning back to the eggs in the pan with a grin that seemed he was trying to suppress.
"That is good that you will see her soon, I bet it will be nice after a couple of days of not."
"I do not know how people did this before the internet." Then again, I would never have met her at all if not for the internet either, so it was a huge part of our coupledom.
"We survived, we wrote real letters, had real conversations because the wait of weeks at a time to hear back… well it always added to the anticipation of what your beloved had to say."
"Did you and Gran write?"
"We did. Many letters a week at times when I was away."
"And yet now you're not talking to each other, that doesn't seem right."
He just sighed serving my breakfast, despite my insistence that I could and would do it myself.
"Married life is long, Erik. You are at the starting gate, she and I … we've been in this race together a very long time."
"But you're not at the finish line yet and don't you forget it."
I hoped he realised that he wasn't at the finish gate where anything was concerned in life, mostly life itself. But that was another conversation for another time. I had work to do.
Who the fucked expected deliveries on a Sunday anyway?!
Getting out of the airport was a shock to the system. The warm welcome to Sweden this time was not so warm at all; in fact, it was so far below zero I questioned people's sanity to live here at this time of year. My baggage and I caught a cab to the train station, where I spent the majority of my day nodding off, reading my sex books shame free – it was Sweden after all, and no one knew me there. As far as they were concerned, I could have been some kind of sex expert brushing up on some light reading.
I rather liked that idea.
I had called Erik's grandfather, knowing that by what Erik told me he slept weird hours and would be up into the middle of the night. It was a risk, getting him on the phone and not Erik or his grandmother, but it had paid off when I told Carl of my plans.
He was giggling like a school boy at the idea of tricking Erik, and me surprising him. He was happy to go along with the rouse.
It took hours on that damn train, and I was starving by the time I arrived two towns over from the town where my love currently slept soundly in his bed. My body clock was messed up, but I knew when the train pulled in and I found myself at a little adorable bed and breakfast, I would be doing the breakfast, and then bed, I knew Erik wouldn't be there until the middle of the day which gave me more than enough time to 'get ready' to see him. Getting ready required eating what Braedeen, the owner of the establishment and grandmother to six don't you know, provided me with a large breakfast my tired, hungry self all but devoured, a bed and a shower after. The room on the other hand was not as welcomed at first.
The bed was on four ropes and …swung. The looked I gave her as she handed me my key made her laugh, and she said something in Swedish I did not understand but patted me on the back. I touched the bed and it rocked.
Holy Jesus.
It was the weirdest sleep I had ever had, but I'll be damned if it wasn't the best sleep. It literally swayed me to sleep. I wondered when I woke, if it was sturdy enough to hold both Erik and I, and what I had planned for us when he got here.
I hoped it did, if it did not we'd land with a bang.
In more ways than one, that's for sure!
Damn snow, there was at least four feet of it being cleared off the roads, traffic out of the town was a nightmare, and I knew that the stupid delivery would now not be made until at least one. I couldn't even stop for food because if I wanted to be back home at a decent hour – judging by the roads I might have been safer to stay the night in the other town, but I had a laptop date with my wife and it was much more important than some stupid frame for some demanding woman.
I got a call from my grandfather, reminding me that this woman – Susannah Consort – was staying at the little B&B by the water, he knew the owner apparently a nice woman, gives out amazing dinners. He heavily suggested I eat there. By my third hour in the car, I was not inclined to argue with him on that matter. I had left home at ten, the work in the shop having taken longer than either of us anticipated. Nevertheless, it was now the afternoon and I had pulled up at the address given, unloaded the large wrapped frame from the back of the truck and braced the heavy falling snow to traipse inside.
The cold wind that blew around the corners and up through the streets felt that it could literally cut you in two it was so sharp and intense, and the more I thought about driving straight back home, the less appealing it seemed, especially when I walked into the warm hug that was Braedeen Novak's business. The warm oak wood floors shining, the rich gold of the wallpaper, teamed with the smell of chestnuts and cinnamon it was like the hug I desperately needed.
"Hello, I have a package for a guest I think is staying here?" I said in our native tongue, as I had spoken to everyone since I had arrived. I knew my English would suffer from lack of use, but there was just no need for it without Sookie.
The woman behind the desk nodded and directed me to the third floor of the large town house that was now their bed and breakfast establishment, I had no doubt they also lived her too. From the looks of the place it held at least ten rooms for guests, I wondered if they had fun doing something like this, something that didn't require driving hours at a time in the damn snow so some woman could have a picture frame.
I got to room three hundred and five, and knocked politely and waited. And waited some more.
"Hello?" I said before I knocked again.
When the door opened I was about to speak when all ability to speak just seemed to fail me.
Ms Consort was my consort, my wife.
She stood there, in a simple red sheer blouse and a wavy black skirt; she was barefoot with her hair in big soft looking curls, a massive smile on her happy face. I don't think I'd ever see anyone look so beautiful.
"About time my package arrived, you have no idea how long I've been waiting for you!" She played.
I was sure I had lost my voice; all I could do was stare at her, a smile matching hers.
"Well, you gonna come in or you gonna make you drag you in?"
She had surprised me, usually I hated surprises, but this was one I could get used to.
Little did I know that it was the first of many surprises she had for me that afternoon.
The first of many was an understatement.


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So, my boyfriend, John, just started his first week of year two of law school and I wanted to send him some cookies to say "congrats" and help him get through the next week or two. He's a big fan of M&Ms (he keeps a bag stashed in a drawer by his desk expressly for snacking), so I figured M&M cookies would be a hit. The recipe is essentially your basic chocolate chip cookie recipe, with M&Ms in place of chocolate chips, so it's a no-brainer. From what I gathered online, this is the "original" recipe that appeared on old bags of M&M's, so it was created with them in mind.
Yields: About 3-5 dozen (depending on how big you make the cookies)
Prep. time: 10-15 minutes
Baking time: 9-12 minutes per batch
Difficulty: Easy
- 2&1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 12-16 oz. (1&1/2 to 2 cups) M&Ms
Preheat the oven to 375*F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper, or, if you don't have parchment paper, simply set aside, ungreased. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda, then set aside. In the mixing bowl of your electric mixer, add the butter, shortening, brown sugar, and sugar, and beat on medium-high speed with the paddle attachment until well-blended, fluffy, and creamy. Add in the vanilla and then the eggs, one at a time, mixing on medium speed until well-blended. Stir in the M&Ms (I recommend stirring by hand so that the M&Ms don't get broken apart by the mixer's paddle). Drop by rounded teaspoons (I usually just form small ball-like blobs by hand) onto the prepared cookie sheets and bake each batch for 9-12 minutes, until very slightly golden brown around the edges and slightly soft in the center. Remove from the oven and let cool, then place on wire racks to cool completely before storing them (or eating a bunch!). Helpful hint: Keep a slice of bread in the pot of cookies to keep them from getting too crispy.
These cookies are simple and classic. You can pick and choose M&M colors so that the cookies correspond to holidays (i.e. red and green for Christmas, pink and red for Valentine's Day, etc.) and they're perfect for an afternoon snack, bake sale, or family picnic.

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- 06/2015
Diego Aboal, Paula Garda, Bibiana Lanzilotta y Marcelo Perera
The employment effect of innovation in the heterogeneous universe of services is investigated using firm-level data provided by the 2004–9 Uruguayan services innovation surveys. The empirical analysis shows that the effect of product innovation on employment is positive, while process innovation appears to have no effect. Process innovation activities tend to replace low-skilled jobs with jobs of a higher level of qualification. Product innovation allows for efficiency gains in the production of new services with unskilled labor, and no gains with skilled labor. The results found for knowledge-intensive business services and small firms, with some exceptions, are similar to those found for the whole sample.


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Roadmap 2017 report!
We have noticed that the old opcode interpreter from the previous Vault is the source of a few problems, including the problem with block 383.
It is unfortunately necessary to rewrite this opcode interpreter, so Vault 3.0 functions well in its new BPN environment; if we do not rewrite this part of the software, there might be weird glitches down the line, as seen in the block 383 problem.
Work continues on GUI as well, I'll keep you posted!
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September Community Day
We can't believe it's September already! We've been busily preparing for our first annual event: Seattle PipeMasters Collab and we are looking forward to a day of kicking back, relaxing, and ... blowing some glass.
So listen up, we hold Community Day every 2nd Saturday of the month from 12-6pm. It's FREE and open to anyone 18+, no matter your skill level. We offer safety lessons & demonstrations for beginners before they hop on a torch. Nate Dizzle, EBZ, and other glassblowers will be giving demos throughout the day. If you have been curious about torch work, now is your chance to satisfy your craving.
Community Day is our way of giving back to our very supportive community, so we hope that you can join us for this fun day and also keep supporting our school & studio by taking some classes or renting some torch time. This is our NINTH month of business, and our 9th Community Day.


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Oh January, you're just so fresh aren't you? Nothing like frigid temps filling your lungs with cold air to alert you to the reality of a new year. January is like a Monday. It's fresh, new and clean. It means no harm but sometimes gets a bad rep. I'm finally over the awkward/weird/exhausting return to reality post-holidays and feeling more energetic and ready for what's next.
Weather-wise, Ottawa is on regularly scheduled programming, in stark contrast to our fake 2016 Winter (warmer temps, less snow, the skating canal was only open for like two weeks). While some days I just
want to hibernate, I do try to get ~out there~ and embrace my city and its cool air.
On this particular day, my sister and I went skating and then shopped a bit. The cold isn't so bad when the agony is shared. We had fun laughing at ourselves and our shaky skating skills. Also, hot chocolate tastes better when you're freezing.
In true Canadian fashion, my blog gets quiet in the Winter. And I know I'm not the only one as I notice a huge lack of realistic Winter fashion posts out there. I'm going to do my best to shoot more outerwear looks this season. I think the key is to be quick. And your photographer has to love you, like a lot.
Tell me, how is your January?
|Coat: Dejac, Value Village, $40. Scarf: DIY, Jeans: Forever 21, $20. Boots: Naturalizer, The Bay (outlet) $75.
|*when your eyes water from the cold.
|Photos by LISA KIDD.


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Food Distribution
Mrs. Sharon Frey
Problems With Food Distribution
There are many problems with food distribution. From market facilities, management, retailing, and then of course all the way to the distribution of the product. These are problems that not so much apply to the United States but in many other places around the world where the people are not as fortunate and blessed as we are. These problems need to be overcome so that people that are struggling to provide the right amount of nutrients and healthy food to sustain themselves and/or family can do so and not have to deal with the large super markets, so they can afford the products, and also to help stimulate the economy. There are many solutions to these problems and I will be explaining a few of them.
There are thousands and thousands of people in the world that struggle with "Food security, defined as, a measure of ensured access to essential nutrition" (Wiki). Food security all has to do with food distribution and how so many places in the world do not have the right means of getting the food that is needed to the people. The lower class can not always afford to or might not even have access to large super markets to go and get the products they need. There are some options to fix this problem though, such as educating people on how to grow and harvest their own crops and how to market their product to other people. If we could get more people educated in this field then we could help so many other people with this problem of distributing food to the people that need it the most. "The most serious problem in food distribution is productivity" (James). Again, If we can get people to be more productive in the food industry then more and more people will benefit from their productivity. The last and final problem that I will discuss has to do with retail of food products which is a huge part of the over all problem of distribution. "Lack of space or new market...
References: James, Frank. "CURRENT ISSUES IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION."ageconsearch.umn.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. .
"Major Food Supply and Distribution Problems." FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, for a world without hunger. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. .
comparison, way of, in one of the largest food producing countries in the world, the United States, approximately one out of six people are "food insecure", and including 17 million children. "Food security - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. .
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- 1 iCloud IMEI Unlock
- 2 iCloud Removal Request
- 3 All available methods to Unlock iCloud Free & Legally
- 3.1 iCloud Unlock FREE through Apple
- 3.2 Free Online iOS iCloud Unlock Guides
- 3.3 How to unlock iCloud when you are the original owner
- 3.4 How to iCloud Unlock a used iPhone (for not original owners)
- 3.4.1 How to Bypass iCloud Activation Lock Screen
- 3.4.2 Legal iCloud Unlock Request Service
- 3.4.3 Sample of Apple iCloud ID Finder results:
- 4 Conclusions and thoughts on iPhone iCloud Unlock FREE Solutions
- 5 Summary: Unlock iCloud Free in 2 steps
The iCloud Unlock free topic is a "viral" one from the moment iOS 7 version was released.
Many people are struggling with their iCloud Locked iPhones and desperately trying to find iCloud Unlock services, iCloud Unlocker tools, tips to iCloud Unlock Free Online any iPhone and "magic" software that can deactivate and Unlock iCloud or Find My iPhone feature.
For those that are seeking to Unlock iCloud Activation Lock for their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch (Apple Watch too!) there are good news!
TIP: Read what iCloud Lock is and find what is the iCloud Status of your iPhone (ON/OFF and CLEAN/LOST/ERASED).
All available methods to Unlock iCloud Free & Legally
⇒iCloud Unlock FREE through Apple
⇒Free Online iOS iCloud Unlock Guides
⇒How to unlock iCloud when you are the original owner
⇒How to iCloud Unlock a used iPhone (for not original owners)
⇒How to Bypass iCloud Activation Lock Screen
⇒Legal iCloud Unlock Request Solution
iCloud Unlock FREE through Apple
There are only two ways to iCloud Unlock an iPhone via Apple.
- Initiating a chat through Apple Support
- Calling Apple Support team
1. Requesting iCloud Activation Lock Removal through Apple Chat
By following the 13 steps below you will be able to initiate a chat with Apple's iCloud department and initiate an iCloud Lock Removal request – iCloud Unlock Free (And send a Formal / Official iCloud Lock Removal Template):
- Go to https://getsupport.apple.com/
- Paste the Serial Number of your iPhone to the "Serial number" field and click on the arrow
- Make sure that at the bottom of the next screen, it shows an iPhone (It recognizes that this is an iPhone)
- Click on the "Bring it for Repair" option
- Click on the "Service & Support" option
- Click on the "iPhone" option/image
- Click on the "iCloud, Facetime & Messages" option
- Click on the "The topic is not listed" option
- Type "iCloud Lock" to the input field and click on "Continue" button
- Click on the "Chat" option
- Type again your Serial number to the input field and wait to get redirected to the next page
- Fill out your First and Last name and your e-mail address (No need to type your Apple ID)
- Wait 2 (or more) minutes for the chat to gets started and then you need to paste them a formal / Official iCloud Lock Removal request Template once you receive a reply.
If you are not into chat, you can either do the above procedure again and pick the "Talk to Apple support" option OR you can follow the steps below, which will allow you to contact immediately an Apple agent.
Have in mind that by phone they will ask you to prove that you are the current owner of that iPhone, so you need to prepare your documents.
2. Requesting iCloud Activation Lock Deactivation by calling Apple Support
- Call 000 800 100 9009 number (Make sure to check if you will get overcharged!).
- Automated voice messages will inform you which numbers to press in order to connect to the proper department
- Once you start talking with an Apple agent, make sure, to be honest, and describe him/her exactly how this iPhone came to your hands.
- Most likely, the agent will ask you for Proof of purchase and ownership.
- In order to provide those documents, the agent will provide you with a link to upload them (Apple domain link)
- Those documents will be the Original Purchase Receipt and the invoice. They might ask you to upload some photos from this iPhone.
- After you complete the uploading (You will have to scan or take a photo all those documents) the Agent will start verifying them.
- If everything looks OK, then the Agent will give the order and an iCloud Unlock Free process.
- If not, either you will be asked for more proof (More documents or explanations) or they will reject your iCloud Lock removal request.
Some people in the early days were providing fake InVoices and Original Purchase Receipts and Apple could not verify them correctly. So, some iPhones were iCloud Unlocked from their NON-Owners. Nowadays, Apple has a very sophisticated method that can double check and verify with great accuracy all those documents. The chances to fool them are very low!
Free Online iOS iCloud Unlock Guides
There are some guides online that we have already tested, but they are not working. They claim to work with specific iOS versions, but even if you have a different one, you can spend 10 minutes and test them.
iCloud Unlock FREE guide for iOS 11.0.3 iPhones
This is a tutorial that I found online.
I tried testing it but it failed. It is an iCloud Unlock Free Guide which will not cause more damage to an iCloud Locked iPhone, so you can try it as well!
- If you have an option to restore your iPhone to that iOS version it will be good (If you cannot, you can go ahead and test this method anyway)
- You need to pick the "Unlocked by a Passcode" option ( If it does not have that option, stop and move to the next guide)
- You need to type the following numbers: First the "000000", then "477112" and finally the "744111"
- You will be asked for a Passcode again, so type the "332211"
- It should bypass the Activation Lock screen before (or after) you type the 4th digit of the "332211" number
Let us know if that worked for you because for us it did not work for the 5 iCloud Locked iPhones that we could get our hands on.
iCloud Unlock FREE guide for iOS 11.1 iPhones
This is a bigger one and some people said that it worked for them.
I am not a believer though since this method did not work too!
But, since it is FREE, you can also try it out, maybe you are lucky.
- Turn ON your iPhone and Select "Language & Country"
- You will be redirected to the Activation Lock screen
- To the "Enter Apple ID" empty field, type the first letter of the Apple ID (It should be visible to the Activation Lock Screen) and then fill it out with emojis (A lot of them – They should be 32!)
- Copy the weird Apple ID you just created and paste it to the "Password" field twice
- Tap on the "Login" button
- Of course, it will show you that the Apple ID and/or Password is not correct, so keep on doing the same thing until the iPhone will show you the 6 Digit Passcode Screen
- Once it shows you that, start applying the Previous iCloud Unlock Free method
- It should remove the Apple iCloud Activation Lock
Again, it would be very interesting to let us know if that method worked for you!
How to unlock iCloud when you are the original owner
The Unlock iCloud Activation Lock procedure for the Original Owner is as simple as a few taps!
- Tap on "Settings" from your iPhone's (iPad's / iPod's) Home screen
- Tap on the "iCloud" option
- Then, Tap on "Find My iPhone"
- Change the "Find My iPhone" to "OFF" state.
- You will be asked to type your "Apple ID" and "password" to verify that you are the Owner of that device
- Finally, Tap "Turn Off"
and that's it.
Your iPhone is now fully iCloud Unlocked but you will not be able to track it down if you lose it (Keep that in mind!).
How to iCloud Unlock a used iPhone (for not original owners)
For someone who is not the Original Owner, the above method will not work.
Simply because this user will not know the Apple ID and Password of the iCloud account in which this iPhone is linked to (If you know it, then go ahead and use the above method!).
In order for a non-Original Owner to iCloud Unlock Free from an iPhone, you will have to use a service, tool, an online iCloud Unlocker or a software.
Now, it is VERY important to understand when a service is real or fake because you can find hundreds of Online Services/Tools that claim to be able to Unlock iCloud.
I have tested many (If not all) of these so-called iCloud Unlock Free services or FREE iCloud Unlocker, but all of them are specialized on getting your money, nothing else!
And no, there isn't any iCloud Unlock Free Software or Tool (Please read more about the most popular icloudlockremoval.us tool review to get an idea)!
Even if you make a Google search for "Unlock iCloud Activation Lock tools", you will find software or tools that claim to be able to unlock iCloud for free.
Be aware that these tools are full of viruses and malware. They will mess up with your computer, so don't even go that path.
Some iCloud Unlocker Online tools, claim (And show) that they connect to Apple's iCloud databases and deactivate the Find My iPhone from your iPhone. This is impossible. Apple does not allow ANYONE to access their iCloud databases.
There are two tested main methods for making your iCloud Locked iPhone usable again:
- Through a method called "Bypass iPhone iCloud" Solution
- Through "Legal iCloud Lock Removal Request" Solution
Both of those methods are fully working, but there are some key differences.
How to Bypass iCloud Activation Lock Screen
Choosing the "Bypass iCloud Activation Lock" method might not be an ideal solution, but at least it will help you to gain back some functionality (Very basic things such as accessing the Home Screen and maybe browsing around to some websites).
By changing some DNS IP addresses, you will be able to "unlock" your iPhone's restrictions. Be careful though, because you need to pick a specific IP address depending on the area you live in.
You can read more in the "Can the iCloud lock be broken" topic in Quora.
Legal iCloud Unlock Request Service
This is a little more complicated procedure, but the results are permanent and it will remove ALL restrictions an iCloud Lock applies.
In a few words, you simply request from Apple (Or from the Original Owner) to remove the iCloud Lock from this device.
It involves more steps of course, but this is a general idea.
The iCloud Unlock Request service can be applied by using 3 available methods.
This means that Legally, you can Unlock iCloud Activation Lock with the following three solutions:
- Through the Original / Previous Owner
- Through Apple
- Through Apple AND the Original / Previous Owner
#1: iCloud Unlock Free through the Original / Previous Owner
The first way to get your iPhone iCloud Activation Lock removed is by contacting the original owner of that iPhone. The problem is that in most cases, the seller of a second-hand iPhones from platforms like eBay, Amazon or Craigslist usually isn't the original iPhone owner.
So even if you are able to track down the seller, he/she usually doesn't have the original owner contact information. It is very difficult to find the contact details of the original owner because Apple is very strict with that information.
What you need is a way to contact the original owner and ask him to unlock the iCloud Activation Lock or with the Apple ID, Original Owner's full name and a copy of the communication between you and him/her get help from Apple.
It may seem a very naïve solution, but it turns out that over 60% of second-hand iCloud Locked iPhones are not locked due to lost or theft. It is because the Original/Previous Owner simply forgot (Or didn't know how) to remove this device from his/her iCloud account.
Get iCloud Account Information from Apple
Getting the information of the original owner is not only increase the chances to get the iCloud unlocked by simply asking the original owner, but you might be able to sell his iPhone back to the original owner.
There are services however, that can retrieve the iCloud Contact Information of an iCloud account. We are not familiar with how those services exactly work, but you can easily find one by Googling "iCloud ID finder".
Those services will need the IMEI number and the UDID number of your iPhone.
How to get the iPhone's IMEI number (It is required):
- Option 1: Dial *#06# if you can open the Phone App
- Option 2: If you have an iPhone 5 or newer, your IMEI is printed on the back of the device
- Option 3: If your iPhone is not activated, there will be a little "i" button on the screen, tap it and you'll see the IMEI
- Option 4: Use some other methods from this post: 5 methods to get your iPhone's IMEI number
Get the UDID number for iCloud ID Finder service
- iTunes method to get UDID for iCloud Unlock:
- Open iTunes
- Connect your iPhone with your Computer
- Select your iPhone from Sources column (DEVICES – At the left sidebar of iTunes)
- Click on the Device Serial Number and it will change to UDID
- OS X (System Report) method for UDID iCloud Unlock:
- Using a USB cable, connect your iPhone to any OS X computer.
- Go to "About this Mac" (under the Apple menu)
- Click "More Info…"
- Click "System Report" which will open "System Information"
- In the left sidebar navigate to the section "USB" and select it
- You should see your iPhone (or iPod or iPad) there.
- In the section of your device, it says "Serial Number" which lists a 40-character text string. That's your UDID.
- Windows (Device Manager) method for UDID iCloud Unlock:
- Using a USB cable, connect your iPhone to any OS X computer.
- Right-click My Computer > Properties > Select Device Manager
- In the bottom, you will see "Universal Serial Bus Controllers"
- Select Apple Mobile Device USB Driver, right-click over it and select Properties
- Here you will have to go to Details tab and then Device Instance Path.
- The 40 characters after the last "\" are your device identifier or UDID number.
Use a service like iCloud ID Finder that has access to Apple's iCloud database. This allows you to get the Original Owner's contact information from the Apple iTunes database.
With that information, you can contact the original owner and ask him to remove the iCloud Lock of that iPhone.
Sample of Apple iCloud ID Finder results:
Some services will only provide you the Full Name, the Phone-number, and the e-mail address. That information is more than enough!
If you are looking for some proven templates to contact the original owner, you should get this eBook "How to Legally Unlock iCloud"
#2: Formal iCloud Removal request to Apple
Getting the contact information of the original owner is the safest, quickest and the only legal way to get the iCloud Activation Lock of your iPhone unlocked.
Of course, this applies to all iPhone models and all iCloud Status (CLEAN/LOST/ERASED).
If you are trying to Unlock iCloud Activation Lock for a stolen/lost iPhone, there is a chance that the owner will refuse to remove the iCloud Lock, but you will be able to send a formal iCloud Removal request to Apple. Their support team can also help you in such cases.
In several cases, the original owner either cannot be reached or he/she simply does not reply to calls and e-mails. You can inform Apple that you did your best to contact the original owner, but you received no reply.
Having the Apple ID of the original owner (The iCloud account in which the iPhone is locked to), can help you to remove the iCloud Lock by contacting Apple support and providing/proving that you tried reaching the Original Owner.
How to Contact Apple and request an iCloud Lock Removal:
If you failed to open a chat session with an Apple agent, even after the iCloud Unlock tips I showed you at the beginning of this article, don't despair. You can find the right department (And Tested / Working Official iCloud Unlock Request Templates) and request a Legal iCloud Lock Removal from Apple on this "How to Legally Unlock iCloud" eBook
#3: iCloud Unlock Free through Apple using Original Owner's communication and Original Purchase Receipt
The third and final solution is basically the combination of the two previous ones.
First, you need to contact the Original Owner and request for his/her assistance. Make sure to keep the full communication, because you will have to provide it to Apple afterward.
Even if you have no response from the Original Owner, note down (Screenshots would be the best) when the calls were made and when you send him/her emails.
Once you gather all the evidence that you tried contacting the Original Owner, it is time to contact Apple, request for an iCloud Unlock and provide them with all the available evidence that you gathered.
This combination will increase the chances for a successful iCloud Unlock removal.
Conclusions and thoughts on iPhone iCloud Unlock FREE Solutions
When the iCloud Activation is ON, it locks you out of the iOS and it will ask you to enter the username and password of the original owner's iCloud account (Apple ID and Password).
On an iPhone with the iCloud Activation Lock enabled, all you can do is power ON / OFF the iPhone.
That's really all you can do with an iCloud locked iPhone. Purchasing an iPhone with an active Apple ID linked to an iCloud account will not even allow you to go to your iPhone's Home Screen.
The reason behind the creation of the iCloud Lock is not only to have a personalized iPhone (Fully linked to its owner) but also to discourage/prevent people from trying to steal your iPhone.
When it comes to iCloud Unlock solutions, there are a few things that you need to take into account.
The first is to know the exact iCloud Status of your iPhone (You can do a full iCloud IMEI Check) and to know (or be) the Original Owner of that iPhone.
If you are the Original Owner, then you do not have to make an iCloud IMEI Check since the iCloud Removal procedure is pretty simple.
If you are not the Original Owner, do not worry, there are a couple of solutions for you!
Before the iCloud Unlock Activation Lock solution – Identify your iCloud Lock Status
An iCloud Locked iPhone can have two "states".
It can be either CLEAN or LOST/STOLEN/ERASED.
In those cases where the iCloud Lock Status is LOST or STOLEN on Apple's iCloud server, the original owner would also place a message like the following:
This device was LOST/STOLEN. Please contact me on [and they would put their phone number].
Check the screen of your iPhone and see what it says.
In short, there are two types of iCloud Lock Screens:
iCloud Activation Lock Screen #1:
Linked to Apple ID
This is how an iCloud locked iPhone looks like when in Activation Lock Screen linked to an Apple ID.
iCloud Activation Lock Screen #2
Lost or Erased Mode
This is how an iCloud locked iPhone looks like when it is reported as lost or stolen or erased.
If you are unsure about the iCloud Lock Status, you can use an IMEI iCloud Status Checker to check the real-time status of your iPhone.
The best way to check if your iPhone is LOST/STOLEN or CLEAN is through an IMEI iCloud / Blacklist Check.
We strongly believe in Unlock.Ultrasnow.EU that going for the Legal iCloud Activation Lock solutions is the best approach.
The risks of using Tools, Software, Online iCloud Unlockers and iCloud Unlock services are too high and very expensive.
The best case scenario is to avoid being in a position of having an iCloud Locked iPhone and identify it BEFORE even buying. Unfortunately, this is something that cannot be identified by just looking at an iPhone. It requires a full iCloud IMEI Check service.
Our recommendation is to follow the Legal procedures for Requesting an iCloud Unlock removal.
You can download a complete guideline with success-proven ways to unlock iCloud from ANY iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch (ONLY legal methods/ways are included – Not "magic" services or full of virus Software/Tools).
They first check the full history of your iPhone, which includes a full iCloud Status IMEI check and based on the findings, they are proposing/suggesting to you solutions.
Those solutions include iCloud Removal services (Guides, Tutorials, Templates, etc..) AND if an unlock is not possible, alternatives for selling or using this device with restrictions.
This is an ideal service if you do not want to spend time researching and reading about iCloud Lock Solutions and ways to bypass them.
Summary: Unlock iCloud Free in 2 steps
If you are lucky and you live in USA, Europe, Middle East (Gulf / Arab) or Australia, the iCloud IMEI Unlock service is available with specific requirements.
If you already tried unlocking your iPhone's iCloud with the IMEI iCloud Unlock method, the iCloud Lock Removal request is the only remaining option.
Our recommendation is to FIRST follow our FREE iCloud Unlock Guide and then proceed with the iCloud IMEI Unlock Method if it is available.
Leave a comment below if you need further help … and until next time, take care iCloud Unlockers!


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[Mike Tyson Disses Jimmy Kimmel On His Own Show]
[Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson] Source: LYBIO.net
So I say we are gonna try to break this cycle by trying to live by example, so I'ma try to stop being obsessive, I'm addicted to food, you don't look that way – when you look at me – I think – no way Mike looks great, but listen um, if that feeling comes over me I will eat 4 big ten pound cheese cake pies right in front of you.
[James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel]
Wow wow – well that's that's really great – I think that's – most people don't do that – they'll say —
[Mike Tyson]
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[Jimmy Kimmel] Source: LYBIO.net
Come on
[Mike Tyson]
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[Jimmy Kimmel]
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[Mike Tyson]
I don't know man.
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We gotta get you off of these vegetables.
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Smooth Air's feet on the mend
MIAMI - Be it ever so humble, for the Grade 2-winning 3-year-old Smooth Air, there is no place like home.
Home for Smooth Air is Calder Race Course, a track neither Smooth Air nor his trainer, Bennie Stutts Jr., has seen much of since the pair first set out on the road in late April for Churchill Downs and a run at the Kentucky Derby. Now, Smooth Air is back at Calder for the first time since the middle of May.
Smooth Air finished 11th in the Derby after missing several days of training a little more than a week out from the race due to a minor ailment. Smooth Air returned briefly to Calder following the Derby before shipping back out to Arlington Park, where he continued preparations for his most recent start, an impressive four-length victory in the Grade 2 Ohio Derby on May 31 at Thistledown.
But shortly after returning to Chicago, Smooth Air began having foot problems, which Stutts said were caused by his training over the artificial surface at Arlington.
"The Polytrack messed his feet up big time, and as a result I've already had to miss two derbies with him," Stutts said. "I came back to Florida for six days after the Ohio Derby, and when I returned to Chicago I could see immediately he was not right by the way he was pointing his foot. When I touched his heel quarters I thought he was going to fall down."
Stutts, who kept the majority of his stable at Calder while spending much of his time this summer at Arlington overseeing the training of both Smooth Air and his 3-year-old turf specialist Cubs Fan, said he worked on Smooth Air's feet for a week upon his return to Illinois. He then tried galloping him over the dirt surface on Arlington's training track in hopes that would remedy the problem.
"Using the training track at Arlington didn't go well either, so the owner asked if I'd be willing to move him back to Churchill Downs," said Stutts. "We shipped him to Louisville and he galloped there one day when I heard about a plane coming out of Kentucky bringing horses down to Florida last week for the Summit of Speed. I asked the owner if we could just bring him home and get him back over the track he got good on in the first place here at Calder. And he agreed."
Smooth Air returned to Calder last Wednesday and has been galloping regularly here ever since, Stutts said.
"His feet are better, he's back galloping, and perhaps I might even be able to give him a little breeze this weekend," said Stutts. "If all goes well, our main goal now would be the Pennsylvania Derby at Philadelphia Park on Sept. 1."
Two-year-old sprints top card
Friday's 10-race twilight card will be highlighted by a pair of starter allowance dashes for 2-year-olds, the eighth for colts and geldings and the ninth for juvenile fillies. Both races will be decided at five furlongs for purses of $24,000.
Cinnamon Road will likely be favored in the open division, coming off an easy 3 1/4-length victory for a $32,000 claiming tag here July 4. A son of Delaware Township, Cinnamon Road raced with Lasix for the first time that afternoon.
Other key contenders include recent maiden claiming winners Brother Terry, Nana's Appeal, and Grand Cash.
Sarahthetiger, second behind the odds-on La Chica Sensual under slightly more expensive starter allowance conditions on June 26, and the impressive debut winner Jazz Her Up will likely vie for favoritism in the filly division.


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The Bangladesh famine of 1974 refers to a period of mass starvation beginning in March 1974 and ending in about December of the same year. The famine is considered the worst in recent decades; it was characterised by massive flooding along the Brahmaputra river as well as high mortality.
After independence in 1971, Bangladesh's economy faced a crisis. According to Time Magazine USA, Jan. 17, 1972:[1]
In the aftermath of the Pakistani army's rampage last March, a special team of inspectors from the World Bank observed that some cities looked "like the morning after a nuclear attack." Since then, the destruction has only been magnified. An estimated 6,000,000 homes have been destroyed, and nearly 1,400,000 farm families have been left without tools or animals to work their lands. Transportation and communications systems are totally disrupted. Roads are damaged, bridges out and inland waterways blocked.The rape of the country continued right up until the Pakistani army surrendered a month ago. In the last days of the war, West Pakistani-owned businesses—which included nearly every commercial enterprise in the country—remitted virtually all their funds to the West. Pakistan International Airlines left exactly 117 rupees ($16) in its account at the port city of Chittagong. The army also destroyed bank notes and coins, so that many areas now suffer from a severe shortage of ready cash. Private cars were picked up off the streets or confiscated from auto dealers and shipped to the West before the ports were closed.
— Staff editors, BANGLADESH: Mujib's Road from Prison to Power, Time Magazine USA. Jan. 17, 1972.
Warnings of famine began in March, 1974 when the price of rice rose sharply. In this month "widespread starvation started in Rangpur district",[2] the region which would become one of three most afflicted.[3] It had only been two years and three months since the end of the war for Bangladeshi independence (December 1971) and the country's formal creation. In many ways, Bangladesh's new state and devastated infrastructure and markets were wholly unprepared to deal with the situation.[4][5] Corruption among the newly appointed officials was rampant and widespread. In April, though government officials reiterated that the crisis would be temporary, rice prices continued to rise sharply and reports of starvation became more widespread. From April to July, Bangladesh was hit by heavy rainfall and a series of devastating floods along the Brahmaputra river, with notably destructive incidents in May, July [6] In addition, neighboring India declined to cooperate with the government of Bangladesh. Rice crops were devastated and prices rocketed. In October rice prices peaked and conditions eased by November 1974 as foreign aid and the winter crop arrived.[7] The famine was officially over by December, though "excess" mortality (e.g. by disease) continued well into the following year, as is the case with most famines. More people suffered in the rural areas due to starvation. Generally, regional famine intensity was correlated to flood exposure and no doubt the floods exacerbated the famine.[8] However, though warnings of famine began long before the flood (as demonstrated above), it is to the floods which the famine is popularly blamed.[9]
Portrait of mortality
In terms of total mortality, though figures vary, one scholar estimates 1.5 million deaths as a reasonable estimate.[10] This number includes the post-famine mortality. Starvation was not the only factor; a significant number of deaths are attributable to diseases, cholera, malaria and diarrheic diseases. As with most famines, weakened, disease-susceptible conditions resulted in high post-famine mortalities of over 450,000.[11] The poor, labourers and non-landowners were especially susceptible.
Multiple authors agree that "wage labourers suffered the highest mortality for all groups".[12][13] Crude death rate "among landless families was three times higher than that for families with three or more acres".p. 18 Amartya Sen's micro-level entitlement analysis explains this trend. Sen's theory, looks at individual "entitlements", or direct access, to food resources. Individuals who have a direct claim to food (e.g. landowning farmers), will fare better than those who rely on markets to purchase food (e.g. artisans, or those in service sectors). For example, while a landowning farmer claims her product, her labourer is paid a wage and must buy food from the market. Thus, non-crop-owners are exposed to fluctuations in food prices, employment opportunities, wage and demand for products and services. In a time of food insecurity, these conditions deteriorate, leaving non-crop-owners susceptible to famine.[14]
As with most famines, the causes of the Bangladesh famine were multiple. These included flooding, government mismanagement of foodgrain stocks, legislation restricting movement of foodgrains between districts, foodgrain smuggling to neighbouring countries and so called distributional failures. The famine did not occur among all areas and populations but was concentrated in specific areas; particularly those hit by flooding.[15]
In their studies of the 1974 famine, various scholars find that 1974 average foodgrain production was a 'local' peak.[16][17] For this reason, scholars argue that, "food availability approach offers very little in the way of explanation of the Bangladesh famine of 1974".p. 141 Rather, they argue that the Bangladesh famine was not caused by a failure in availability of food but in distribution (or entitlement), where one group gained "market command over food".p. 162
Two distributional failures stand out. The first failure was internal: the specific configuration of the state rationing system and the market resulted in speculative hoarding by farmers and traders and a consequent rise in prices.[18] The second failure was external: the US had withheld 2.2 million tonnes of food aid, as the then US Ambassador to Bangladesh made it abundantly clear that the US probably could not commit food aid because of Bangladesh's policy of exporting jute to Cuba. And by the time Bangladesh succumbed to the American pressure, and stopped jute exports to Cuba, the food aid in transit was "too late for famine victims".[19]
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There were virtually no civil servants and little industry. Ports were clogged, railroads destroyed, the educated elite savaged. Worse, what had not been destroyed in war was soon destroyed by a devastating drought in 1973 and floods last year that inundated three-quarters of the country. — "BANGLADESH: Mujib: Death of the Founder". Time Magizine USA. 25 August 1975.
See also
- ^ Alamgir, M. (1980). Famine in South Asia: Political economy of mass starvation. Massachusetts: Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain
- ^ Sen, A. (1982). Poverty and famines: An essay and entitlement and deprivation. Oxford: Clarendon.
- ^ "BANGLADESH: Mujib's Road from Prison to Power". Time Magazine USA. 17 January 1972.
- ^ Controverse littéraire au Bangladesh. Ici Radio-Canada (in français) (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). 12 June 2013.
- ^ Baro, M. & Duebel F.T. (2006). Perspectives on vulnerability, famine and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. Annual Review of Anthropology, 35, p. 521-38.
- ^ Hugo, G. (1984) In Currey B. & Hugo, G. (Eds.), Famine as a geographical phenomenon (pp. 7–31). Boston: Reidel.
- ^ Sobhan, R. (1979). Politics of Food and Famine in Bangladesh. Economic and Political Weekly, 14(48)
- ^ "Famine". Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. 2012.
- ^ Sharma, D (August 2002), "Famine as commerce", India Together (Oorvani Media Pvt. Ltd.)
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