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Archive for May 7th, 2008
Burma: Cyclone updated top news (7 May 2008)
New York Times
French Official Urges UN to Force Aid on Myanmar
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People washed clothes next to their destroyed homes on the outskirts of Yangon on Wednesday. More Photos > By STEVEN ERLANGER PARIS – The French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said that the United Nations should invoke its "responsibility to …
US envoy says toll from Myanmar cyclone might reach 100000 The Associated Press
First UN aid flights start arriving in Myanmar Reuters
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US diplomat: 100000 may have died in Myanmar cyclone
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Bodies floated in flood waters and survivors tried to reach dry ground on boats using blankets as sails, while the top US diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that up to 100000 people may have died in the devastating cyclone.
A crack in Myanmar's wall International Herald Tribune
Aid begins to trickle into cyclone-ravaged Myanmar Los Angeles Times
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Ghosts and smell of victims haunt survivors of the Burma cyclone
Times Online –
The stench of death hung over the Irrawaddy delta town of Labutta, where the blackened bodies of people and animals, rotting in the tropical heat, were washed aground as Burma's cyclone floodwaters receded.
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Aid arriving in cyclone-hit Burma
BBC News – Foreign aid is beginning to arrive in Burma, devastated by a cyclone that left more than 22000 dead. The country's secretive ruling generals have given a UN aid plane permission to land, while neighbouring India and Thailand have also sent aid flights.
Burmese prisoners 'executed after cyclone hit' Telegraph.co.uk
Burma death toll 'likely to hit 80000' ABC Online
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Burma cyclone death toll could hit 63,000
Burma: 60,000 feared dead in Cyclone Nargis
According to state television, 22,464 had been killed and another 41,054 were missing after cyclone Nargis barrelled into the low-lying Irrawaddy delta with 120mph winds, bringing with it an enormous storm surge that indunated towns and villages.
The social welfare minister Maung Maung Swe said that 95 per cent of houses in the delta town of Bogalay had been "destroyed".
"More deaths were caused by the tidal wave than the storm itself," he added. "The wave was up to 12 feet high and it swept away and inundated half the houses in low-lying villages. They did not have anywhere to flee."
If previous disasters of this kind are anything to go by, few of the missing are likely to be found alive, and if anything the toll could rise further. Around one million people were estimated to be homeless.
But despite the scale of the devastation, Burma's military junta — the country has been under a dictatorship for 46 years — were obstructing the entry of foreign aid personnel and supplies.
"The United Nations is asking the Burmese government to open its doors. The Burmese government replies: 'Give us money, we'll distribute it.' We can't accept that," said the French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, who is a co-founder of the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres.
A UN disaster assessment team was stuck in Thailand overnight, unable to obtain visas, and the Burmese embassy in Bangkok was closed on Monday for a Thai holiday.
Countries around the world are offering help, but have yet to be invited in by the authorities, and aid agencies say that their staff are still waiting for visas.
In New York, Rashid Khalikov, the UN's humanitarian affairs co- ordinator, appealed to Burma to drop visa requirements for UN aid staff.
"Unfortunately we cannot tell you how many people are in need of assistance," he said. "We just clearly understand that it will probably be in the hundreds of thousands."
But if visas were not forthcoming there were few alternatives, he said. "The backup plan is to urge (the government) to issue visas."
Burma's rulers are deeply suspicious of the outside world, particularly the West, but after years of mismanagement, corruption and self-imposed economic isolation, the country's infrastructure is creaking at the best of times, and their ability to distribute huge quantities of supplies across a vast area in dire circumstances is highly questionable.
One aircraft arrived in Rangoon from Thailand with nine tonnes of food and medicine, but had to be unloaded by hand as no forklift trucks were available.
The World Food Programme began distributing 800 tons of food — a tiny amount relative to the scale of the disaster – in Rangoon, where supplies are running short, but its country director Chris Kaye said: "In order to meet the needs of the persons most badly affected by the disaster, much more cooperation will be required in the short term."
The military government said a constitutional referendum that is part of its so-called "roadmap to democracy" would go ahead this weekend, except in the worst-affected areas. Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy, which won elections in 1990 but has never been allowed to take power, said the decision was "extremely unacceptable".
But analysts said the vote could give ordinary Burmese a safe way to protest against the generals' handling of the disaster, after their bloody crackdown on protesting monks and civilians last year.
"The juxtaposition of the cyclone and the voting might cause many in Burma to feel this is an indication that the military should not be in power," said David Steinberg, a Burma expert at Georgetown University in Washington.
Many Burmese are deeply traditionalist, he pointed out, and the disaster could be taken to mean the current rulers had lost the "mandate of heaven".
In Rangoon, where monks and civilians were clearing the streets of debris, a man who refused to be identified added: "Where are all those uniformed people who are always ready to beat civilians? They should come out in full force and help clean up the areas and restore electricity."
How you can donate:
A number of charities have launched appeals to help the Burmese in the wake of this weekend's cyclone. You can donate online to the British Red Cross, www.redcross.org.uk (£5 will provide water purification tablets for 60 people), to Oxfam's emergency fund, www.oxfam.co.uk, to Christian Aid, www.christianaid.org.uk, and Save the Children, www.savethechildren.org.uk.
Burma cyclone death toll could hit 63,000
Aid agencies are scrambling to mount a massive relief effort after military rulers in Burma, also known as Myanmar, said 22,464 people had been killed and a further 41,000 were missing feared dead after the weekend cyclone.
Foreign minister Nyan Win revealed that more than 10,000 people had been killed in a single town, Bogalay, as he gave the first detailed account of the scale of the disaster.
With the number of dead or missing growing by the hour a huge humanitarian crisis is looming with hundreds of thousands left homeless and without drinking water since Cyclone Nargis crashed into the coast on Saturday at 120mph, destroying entire villages and battering Rangoon.
As United Nations agencies warned of a disaster in the south-east Asian country, the normally isolationist dictatorship issued a rare appeal for international assistance.
The foreign minister asked Western diplomats for tents, medicine and water purification equipment.
"We will welcome help … from other countries, because our people are in difficulty," he said.
A first shipment of aid is expected to leave neighbouring Thailand later today.
US President George W. Bush urged Burma's military rulers to allow in international help, saying he was prepared to send navy ships to help the recovery.
"We want to do a lot more," he said. "Our message is to the military rulers: let the United States come to help you, help the people."
The White House later announced it was offering an additional three million dollars in aid, building on its initial offer of 250,000 dollars.
A Pentagon spokesman said the USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship with 1,800 marines aboard, and three other naval vessels were off the coast of Thailand and could be redirected to Burma if asked to do so.
But the junta insisted foreign aid teams would have to negotiate before being allowed to operate here, and many agencies said they were still waiting for visas to allow their staff into the country.
Social welfare minister Maung Maung Swe told reporters that most of the town of Bogalay, one of the delta areas that bore the brunt of the storm's force, had simply been washed away.
"Ninety-five percent of the houses in Bogalay were destroyed," he said. "Many people were killed in a 12-foot tidal wave."
Satellite images from US space agency NASA showed virtually the entire coastal plain of the country, one of the poorest nations on the planet, under water.
The government also said it would proceed this weekend with a constitutional referendum as part of its slow-moving "road map" to democracy, except in the areas hardest hit by the disaster.
The head of the Asian Development Bank expressed his condolences to Burma over the country's devastating cyclone, and said the institution would decide how best to respond.
"I would like to take a moment to offer, on behalf of all of us at ADB, our heartfelt condolences to the people of Myanmar who are struggling through the aftermath of Sunday's cyclone with huge losses of life and property," ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said.
"We will work closely with shareholders and development partners to decide how best to respond," he told a news conference at the end of a four-day annual ADB meeting in Madrid.
America's First Lady Laura Bush called a press conference on Monday night to promise aid to Burma – the first reaction from the White House since the scale of the crisis became clear.
But she accused the junta of failing to warn its citizens via the state-run media of the danger they faced from the storm.
Mrs Bush also said it would be "odd" if the country went ahead with Saturday's planned referendum.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said the organisation "will do whatever (necessary) to provide urgent humanitarian assistance," and stressed that a disaster management team was ready to leave for Burma.
Mr Ban's chief of staff Vijay Nambiar met with Burma's UN Ambassador Kyaw Tint Swe. The talks focused on prospects for urgent grant allocations from the UN's $500 million Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), as well as communications and coordination support to assist aid delivery.
Gordon Brown pledged that Britain would do everything it could to ease the suffering in the disaster-hit state.
Speaking to an audience of business leaders in central London, the Prime Minister said: "I believe nearly a million people are now need in need of food aid and we will have to help the families of those where people have died.
"I want to pledge on behalf of the British Government that we will work with the whole international community to make sure that food aid is available to the people of Burma."
But there were doubts about exactly how open the Burmese regime really is to foreign assistance. Diplomats asked ministers whether visas would be available to relief workers and whether duty would be waived on relief supplies. The ministers could give no such commitment.
The cyclone, which flattened thousands of buildings, ripped power lines, uprooted trees on key roads and disrupted water supplies, came days ahead of Saturday's controversial referendum on a constitution which critics say will entrench military rule.
The junta has insisted that it would press ahead with the vote, but many in Rangoon said that they had other priorities.
The former capital, with a population of five million, took a direct hit. "We have no electricity, we have no water," said one man.
Aid workers were meanwhile facing a desperate battle to help hundreds of thousands of Burmese.
Western diplomats told The Daily Telegraph that the government had failed to make it possible for United Nations agencies to move swiftly to bring relief to thousands left without drinking water and shelter.
A UN source said that the organisation can deliver the first supplies within 24 hours of an official request, which would open Burma's tight borders to aid shipments. But he added that no such request had been received.
A Western diplomat, who asked not to be identified, said of the generals who rule the country: "They are incompetent. They don't care.
"You'd have thought, with a military government, they would get cracking and sort it out, but somehow I don't think it is going to be like that."
An international aid worker based in Burma said: "Normally it takes two weeks to get permission to go into the field. At this point, they are not deviating from that procedure."
Tropical cyclones are immensely powerful low-pressure weather systems capable of generating ten times as much energy as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Nargis devastated a vast swathe of the country after hitting the coast, flattening thousands of buildings, ripping power lines, uprooting trees on key roads and disrupting drinking water supplies.
Burmese state television said five regions with a combined population of 24 million people had been declared disaster zones.
Survivors in the worst-hit region, the densely populated Irrawaddy Delta, face a growing risk of disease and possibly hunger.
In Rangoon, the former capital and a city of five million people, the situation is dire after it took a direct hit from the storm.
The price of fuel has doubled since the cyclone struck, while many homes have been severely damaged and the water supply has collapsed.
Women came out on to the streets to wash clothes in the gutters when it rained last night. Broken trees and electricity poles littered the roads of the city.
There is also a danger that the price of food and other essentials could rapidly rise, adding to public discontent.
With the economy crippled by decades of misrule, and most people already struggling to meet their basic needs, many were quick to criticise the junta's faltering response.
"We are really suffering, but the government don't care, they are happy enough," said one man.
Analysts believe that if the referendum goes ahead, there could be a significant "no" vote and blatant vote-rigging by the generals.
Circumstances exist for a political crisis to develop in what is already a dire humanitarian emergency. One diplomat said yesterday: "What on earth is going to happen to this poor country next?"
The devastation represents Asia's worst natural disaster since the earthquake that killed more than 70,000 in Pakistan in 2005. The Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 killed more than 200,000 in Indonesia and across the Indian Ocean.
While the Red Cross has managed to distribute water purification tablets and mosquito nets, Save the Children estimated yesterday that more than 50,000 are without shelter in three towns in the Rangoon region alone. It said that people are camping out in schools, monasteries, churches and mosques.
Win Myint, 38, a resident of Rangoon, told how he had fled his home moments before a tree ploughed into his home.
He scooped up his two-month-old daughter and ran through driving rain and winds into the face of the storm to seek shelter at a Buddhist temple in the satellite city of Dagon.
"We had to run for our lives during the storm at 3 am on Saturday," he said. "We were frightened. We have nothing now. I don't even have milk powder for my daughter.
"She is sick now. I have no idea what we should do. We got some rice, salt and oil from the authorities. But of course it's not enough."
The cyclone toll in Asia
Nov 12, 1970, Bangladesh: The country's deadliest cyclone destroys Chittagong and dozens of coastal villages, killing around 500,000 people.
Nov 19, 1977, India: More than 10,000 people die when cyclone hits south-east Andhra coast. It disrupts life for 5.4 million people and damages 3.5 million acres of arable land.
May 24, 1985, Bangladesh: 11,000 people die in cyclone that hit Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and coastal islands.
April 29, 1991, Bangladesh: 143,000 people died after cyclone hits coast with 15ft tidal surge.
Oct 29, 1999, India: A "super-cyclone" hits the northeast state of Orissa, killing almost 10,000.
Nov 15, 2007, Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr kills around 3,500.
May 3, 2008, Burma: Up to 10,000 feared dead and 3,000 more missing after cyclone hits Irrawaddy Delta and Rangoon.
Burma: Cyclone updated top news (7 May 2008)
Burma cyclone: up to 50000 dead and millions homeless, but still … Times Online
Up to 50,000 dead as cyclone Nargis hits Burmese delta Slide Show
Voice of America
Visa delays stall Burma relief efforts
ABC Online –
By South Asia correspondent Karen Percy The death toll from Burma's Cyclone Nargis could climb steeply unless aid agencies get into the country quickly and get clean drinking water and shelter to the tens of thousands of traumatised survivors.
Out of tragedy, light may shine on Burma Telegraph.co.uk
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World Focus on Burma (7 May 08)
NB. Due to high influx of new items minute by minute, some may not be published on this blog unfortunately.
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New York Times, United States – Myanmar — the name the junta gave to Burma — has been ruled by military dictatorship for 46 years, increasingly isolated and struggling under economic …
Cyclone death toll now 22500
Dispatch Online, South Africa –
President George W Bush's wife, who has been the administration's chief voice on human rights and political conditions in Myanmar – formerly Burma – faulted …
Burma Reels as Storm Toll Rises
Ruled by a clique of reclusive generals since 1962, Burma, also known as Myanmar, has degenerated from a resource-rich country that upon independence from …
Helping victims of Cyclone Nargis
Blog d'AdmiNet (Communiqués de presse), France – Over the past few days, we've followed the devastation left in the wake of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma). News reports have tallied more than 22000 dead …
Irrawaddy delta 92706 people homeless
Thaindian.com, Thailand – On Monday night Myanmar state electronic media reported that Myanmar welcomes foreign aid for relief and resettlement for the regions hit by deadly cyclone …
Letter: Your View – Human Disaster
Glasgow Daily Record, UK –
THE news that the death toll from the recent cyclone which ripped through Burma could be as high as 50000 is a real shock to the system. …
Bush asks Myanmar to accept US aid
TVNZ, New Zealand –
"This is a fitting tribute to a courageous woman who speaks for freedom for all the people of Burma, and who speaks in such a way that she's a powerful …
Delayed visas stall cyclone aid to Burma
Washington Times, DC – By Richard Ehrlich and Betsy Pisik May 7, 2008 Soldiers deployed by Burma's ruling military junta unload supplies from a Thai transport plane in Rangoon. …
Right time for Burma is right now
The Oregonian – OregonLive.com, OR –
T he men who rule Myanmar — the country still known by all except the military brutes who rule it as Burma — have been fighting a desperate battle for …
Oregon-based Medical Teams International urges Myanmar to let it help
The Oregonian – OregonLive.com, OR – Tigard-based Medical Teams International is imploring Myanmar to allow volunteers into the country for treating cyclone victims. …
350 People Here Wait for Word on Myanmar
International aid is finally reaching some of the survivors, but the death toll could rise to 50 thosand in the country formerly called Burma. …
Youngstown Vindicator, OH –
Indeed, the refusal of the ruling junta in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian country formerly known as Burma, to initially tell the truth about the fatalities …
Bush administration moves to exploit Burma cyclone disaster
World Socialist Web Site, MI – By Joe Kay The Bush administration lost no time in seeking to exploit the devastating tragedy in Burma (Myanmar). It has seized upon the cyclone that struck …
Local Family Reacts To Cyclones
WTOV9.com, OH –
The deadly cyclone in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, hit close to home for Uba and Mathein Maung, who now live in Wheeling. The Maungs used to live in …
Myanmar Reels as Cyclone Toll Hits Thousands
New York Times, United States –
A human rights group based in Thailand, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), which has provided reliable information from Myanmar in …
Rochester Family Trying to Reach Loved Ones in Myanmar
KTTC, MN – Both were born and raised in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, and tonight they found out that all family members have survived the storms. …
Is Myanmar's military junta likely to reject US aid for its …
Times Now.tv, India –
A tragedy of epic proportions continues to play out in Myanmar, three days after Cyclone Nargis left a trail of death and destruction across the country. …
First international aid reaches Myanmar after cyclone
Town Hall, DC – REUTERS/Democratic Voice of Burma/Handout (MYANMAR). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. However, coastal areas of …
22000 die in Myanmar
Austin American-Statesman, TX – The UN's World Food Program said international aid began to flow to Myanmar, also known as Burma, with 800 tons of food getting through to the first of …
UN begins food distribution in cyclone-ravaged parts of Myanmar
Malaysia Star, Malaysia –
The death toll in the country, which is also known as Burma, rose above 22000 Tuesday, with more than 41000 others missing, state radio reported. …
US navy ready to help cyclone-ravaged Myanmar
Mathaba.Net, UK –
… in aide for cyclone-hit Myanmar. "We urge the government of Burma to grant full access to the affected areas to international humanitarian relief teams …
Burma (Myanmar) cyclone
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland – It is estimated that 22000 people have died and up to a million are homeless. Local people are saying this is the worst storm in living memory. …
New Zealand Red Cross opens donation line for Myanmar relief …
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland –As the full extent of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Nargis becomes more clear, thousands of Myanmar Red Cross volunteers and staff are working around …
Emergency aid rushed from Helston to Burma
Falmouth Penryn Packet, UK – … volunteers were gathering to pack around 1000 tents ready to send to Burma. Members of a ShelterBox response team were at the Myanmar High Commission in …
Red Cross accepting donations for cyclone victims
Clovis News Journal, NM – The Red Cross is accepting donations for victims of a cyclone thought to have killed as many as 14000 in Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, …
"It looks like the end of the world here"
Salon –
… be delivered and transported to Myanmar as quickly as possible." However, the first humanitarian aid will probably come from Burma's neighbor Thailand. …
UN: Hundreds of thousands need help
TVNZ, New Zealand – Khalikov was asked if he had a backup plan if the military government in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, refused to issue visas to UN aid workers. …
22000 dead, 41000 missing: Donors beg Burma to let them in
LIVENEWS.com.au, Australia –
"Every indication that we have at the moment is that we've been receiving full cooperation from the government authorities in Myanmar (Burma)," CARE …
Britain pledges aid for cyclone-hit Myanmar
People's Daily Online, China – … community to make sure that the food aid and the other support that is necessary is available to the people of Burma (Myanmar)," Brown said. …
New York's Burmese Community Unable To Reach Loved Ones At Home
Actually, my parents live in Burma so I'm so worried about my parents and my country people. No, I could not contact them." According to Myanmar's …
Local ties to Myanmar cyclone
KPNX-12, AZ – 6, 2008 04:56 PM There are many local ties to the deadly cyclone that ravaged Yangon, Myanmar, half a world away. Formerly known as Burma, Myanmar is …
Deutsche Welle, Germany –
Once again Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is making headlines. But not due to the referendum on the constitution which is meant to decide the country's …
Burma: Cyclone Nargis death toll tops 22000 Telegraph.co.uk
Burma's Military Too Slow to React to International Aid after … Asian Tribune
Junta 'co-operative' Sydney Morning Herald
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Christian Science Monitor
Will Burma (Myanmar) let world in for aid?
Christian Science Monitor, MA –
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – The military government in Burma (Myanmar) is receiving an outpouring of emergency aid offers from the international community, …
Official media: 10000 dead in 1 town from Myanmar cyclone The Associated Press
Local ties to Myanmar cyclone KPNX-12
US provides initial aid to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar AFP
AccuWeather.com – Christian Science Monitor
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Ottawa Citizen
In nod to world pressure, Myanmar delays vote in some areas
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Myanmar is also known as Burma. "They really need to prioritize … and make sure that no more people die from exposure or from malnutrition or illness. …
Myanmar/Burma Los Angeles Times
Myanmar cyclone: 22500 dead, 40000 missing Euronews.net
US Congressional Medal of Honour for Suu Kyi Merinews
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US offers more cyclone assistance to Myanmar
Xinhua, China –
… that is currently pre-positioned in Bangkok awaiting permission to enter Burma (Myanmar)," she said. "We urge the government of Burma to grant full …
US AID sets aside $3 mln for Myanmar relief Reuters
US increases cyclone assistance to Myanmar San Diego Union Tribune
USAID Provides Additional $3 Million in Assistance to the Burmese … Earthtimes (press release)
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck – AFP
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PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Gospel for Asia Reaching Cyclone Victims
Christian News Wire (press release), DC –
KERALA, India, May 6 /Christian Newswire/ — Gospel for Asia has more than 500 native missionaries on the ground in cyclone-struck Burma (Myanmar), …
Canada joins relief effort as Myanmar reels from weekend cyclone Vancouver Sun
Burma cyclone death toll could hit 63000 Telegraph.co.uk
NZers thought safe after Myanmar cyclone New Zealand Herald
Times Online – Globe and Mail
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The Southern Ledger
US increases cyclone aid for Myanmar
The Associated Press –
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, also known as Burma, has soared above 22000. The storm hit early Saturday with winds of up to 120 …
Bush asks Myanmar to accept US help Economic Times
Bush to Myanmar: 'Let us help' CNN
US navy ready to help cyclone-ravaged Myanmar Xinhua
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Cyclone struck Myanmar appeals for aid
NDTV.com, India –
The UN is organising drinking water, plastic sheeting and food through its only two agencies that operate inside Burma — the UN Children's fund and its …
States, aid agencies offer to help storm-hit Myanmar Reuters
Dr Zar Ni: Waves of suffering wash over my land Independent
Myanmar Says Cyclone Death Poll at 22000 and Couting Gay Wired
Toronto Sun – Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Myanmar cyclone toll climbs to nearly 22500
ABS CBN News, Philippines –
YANGON – Myanmar's military government raised its death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22500 with another 41000 missing, almost all from a …
Burma cyclone: victims killed by 12ft tidal wave Times Online
SNAPSHOT-Latest developments after Myanmar cyclone Reuters
Myanmar cyclone toll climbs to nearly 22500 Reuters India
International Herald Tribune – Reuters UK
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Washington Post
Burma: Relief Efforts
Washington Post, United States –
Washington, DC: Which is correct: Burma or Myanmar? My map says Myanmar. The WP says Burma. Matthew Cochrane: We use Myanmar, following the lead of the …
US Eases Sanctions to Permit Disaster Aid to Myanmar U.S. News & World Report
Red Cross launches appeal for Myanmar (Burma) ReliefWeb (press release)
Comment by Tion Kwa Bernard Schwartz Fellow, Asia Society
Reuters AlertNet – Jaunted
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Voice of America
US: Myanmar junta failed to warn people on cyclone
Washington calls the country Burma. Laura Bush, who has taken a leading role in shaping US policy towards Myanmar, said Washington "stands prepared" to …
Bush calls for action, adds $3m to Burma aid Bangkok Post
Was Burma's cyclone predicted? BBC News
US pledges more funds to Burma as regime refuses aid guardian.co.uk
Voice of America – Washington Post
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Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Burma agony
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
Rangoon – Official state media said on Tuesday the death toll from Saturday's Cyclone Nargis now stands at 22000 – with another 41000 missing. …
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Death Toll Soars to 22000 in Myanmar Storm Aftermath KESQ
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Aviation Week
NASA Earth Observatory Imagery: Cyclone Nargis Floods Myanmar (Burma)
Space Ref (press release) –
The first cyclone of the 2008 season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Myanmar (Burma). According to reports from Accuweather.com, …
Satellite photos show cyclone fury Aljazeera.net
NASA Sat Captures Nargis Approach To Myanmar Aviation Week
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Monsters and Critics.com
In photos: 'Burma Nargis Cyclone Damage and Aid Effort'
Monsters and Critics.com –
… toppled trees lie next to a swimming pool in the garden of a house in Yangon (formerly known as Rangon), Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), 05 May 2008. …
Cyclone leaves fields littered with corpses Sydney Morning Herald
Myanmar cyclone death toll soars past 22000 Boston Herald
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Metro Vancouver residents fear for families in Myanmar
Vancouver Sun, Canada –
Myanmar, once known as Burma, is still reeling from the aftermath of a deadly tropical cyclone that slammed into the impoverished and politically troubled …
Cyclone plunges Burma into primitive existence CTV.ca
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Leader Post
Reginans with ties to Myanmar wait for news
Canada.com, Canada –
Noe fled Myanmar — then called Burma — as a refugee in 1992 and spent 14 years in a refugee camp before coming to Canada in 2006. …
Local relief efforts stalled as cyclone toll soars Atlanta Journal Constitution
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The Southern Ledger
Burma's Katrina moment
Christian Science Monitor, MA –
Since 1988, hundreds have been killed trying to bring back democracy to Burma (or Myanmar). Now many more are dead because a lack of democracy and openness …
Analysis: Devastating cyclone raises risks for Myanmar junta The Associated Press
Local residents react to Myanmar cyclone abc7news.com
Bay Area Burmese In Mourning After Deadly Cyclone CBS 5
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Analysis: Deadly cyclone poses political risks to Myanmar's ruling …
International Herald Tribune, France –
… many in Burma to feel this is an indication that the military should not be in power," said David Steinberg, a Myanmar expert at Georgetown University, …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
WHO: Myanmar facing malaria, other disease outbreaks after cyclone …
Newsweek –
WHO was waiting for Myanmar's military leaders to request aid from a regional emergency fund the UN agency set up last year to fill the time gap between …
Disease fears for cyclone victims The Press Association
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Pope urges international help for Myanmar
Reuters –
In a telegram sent in his name to the Catholic bishops of the country once known as Burma, the Vatican expressed the pope's deep sadness and heartfelt …
Voice of America
Burma Cyclone Damage May Further Boost Rice Prices
Voice of America –
Burma, also known as Myanmar, was expected to export about 400000 metric tons of rice this year. The President of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, …
The Associated Press
White House weighing broader response to cyclone in Myanmar
The Associated Press –
The US embassy in the Southeast Asian nation, also known as Burma, is immediately providing $250000 in aid from an existing emergency fund to humanitarian …
Environment News Service
Myanmar Accepts UN Funds, Food for Cyclone Survivors
Environment News Service –
A military regime governs the country formerly known as Burma. "We appreciate the government's announcement that it is making available approximately $5 …
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Hundreds of thousands need help in Myanmar-UN
Reuters –
Khalikov was asked if he had a backup plan if the military government in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, refused to issue visas to UN aid workers. …
Myanmar tells diplomats cyclone death toll could top 10000, asks … 940 News
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ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland –
"We have also been in contact with some of our NGO partners and I hope that we will be able to release the first funds for relief in Burma before the end of …
Turkish Press
Myanmar Death Toll
Wall Street Journal –
Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, used to be one of the world's biggest exporters of rice before securing independence from Britain in 1948. …
Myanmar May Import Rice After Cyclone; Price Rebounds (Update8) Bloomberg
Myanmar cyclone stirs more rice supply fears Reuters UK
Cyclone could hurt Myanmar rice exports: WFP Democratic Voice of Burma
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Xinhua, China –
… community to make sure that the food aid and the other support that is necessary is available to the people of Burma (Myanmar)," Brown said. …
Peninsula On-line
Rights group says 36 dead after prison riot in Myanmar
Reuters – May 5, 2008
With most telephone lines into the former Burma severed and the Internet down, it was impossible to confirm the report with another source.
Prison guards 'shot dead 36 inmates to quell unrest' Independent
Myanmar: Unprecedented cyclone disaster Global Voices Online
As Many as 10000 Dead in Burma Cyclone Voice of America
Merinews – Turkish Press
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Aid agencies accepting Myanmar cyclone relief donations
The Associated Press –
… Tilden Lane Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 984-0217 http://www.amurt.net Baptist World Aid Myanmar (or Burma) Relief 405 North Washington St. Falls Church, …
Jewish and Israeli organizations have mobilized to help the … Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Burmese in Md. fear for their families Baltimore Sun
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The Southern Ledger
First lady ever prominent as diplomat
The Associated Press –
She is outspoken in defense of the people of Myanmar, also known as Burma, where military rulers have repressed basic freedoms. She was planning to voice …
Laura Bush's Katrina Amnesia: Slams Burmese Govt. For Ignoring … Think Progress
all 57 news articles »
WCBS-TV New York, NY –
New York is more than 8000 miles from Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. Maw has now spoken twice to his daughter, who says walking down the street is now …
Cyclone leaves Burmese refugees worried for families Utica Observer Dispatch
Groups to meet with refugees about cyclone Utica Observer Dispatch
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Baltimore Sun
Burma cyclone from space
Baltimore Sun, United States –
The terrible cyclone Nargis that swept in from the Andaman Sea onto the low-lying coastal territories of southern Burma this week killed tens of thousands …
Bay is a focus for devastating storms Times Online
Myanmar Cyclone Death Toll Rises to 4000 (UPDATE) Daily Green
A Look at Nargis WRAL.com
AFP – AZ Central.com
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Myanmar Toll May Reach 60000; UN Tells Junta to Accept Aid
Bloomberg –
The country, formerly known as Burma, has been under international sanctions since the military rejected the results of elections in 1990. …
Bush awaits Myanmar request for help
United Press International –
Tens of thousands of people are reported dead or missing in the Southeast Asian nation, formerly known as Burma, with even more left homeless by the storm. …
Burmese cyclone: how you can donate
guardian.co.uk, UK –
It is seeking donations to it general fund: Tearfund is supporting partners in Burma, including World Concern Myanmar and the Myanmar Baptist Convention, …
Tearfund partners in the eye of the devastation respond to … ReliefWeb (press release)
all 2 news articles »
Aust to give $3m in immediate aid to Burma
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand –
"Every indication that we have at the moment is that we've been receiving full co-operation from the government authorities in Myanmar Burma," CARE …
UN says aid workers waiting for Myanmar visas
Reuters –
… expressing hope the staff would be permitted to travel to the former Burma soon. There are already some UN workers in Myanmar, including small teams …
UN: Myanmar gives green light for aid; workers await visas The Associated Press
Burma's death toll could reach 10000 The Age
UN and NGOs rush to ready aid for Myanmar cyclone victims The Associated Press
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King sends condolences to Burma's leader
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
"We wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to Your Excellency and through you to the people of the Union of Myanmar and their bereaved families for the …
Aid workers race to reach Myanmar cyclone victims
Tropical cyclone Nargis barrelled early Saturday into the southwest coast of Myanmar, once known as Burma and now one of the poorest nations on the planet. …
Christian Science Monitor
Is the US doing enough to alleviate the world food crisis?
Christian Science Monitor, MA –
Burma (Myanmar) is the latest hard-hit nation where world aid groups are scrambling to get food to those who need it. The US, for its part, has provided …
"It looks like the end of the world here"
Salon –
… be delivered and transported to Myanmar as quickly as possible." However, the first humanitarian aid will probably come from Burma's neighbor Thailand. …
The Age
Burma cyclone leaves 15000 dead, 30000 missing
The Age, Australia – o
A spokesman from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the Australian embassy in Rangoon was still trying to contact all Australians in Myanmar, …
Burma's 'sham' referendum may be deferred Special Broadcasting Service
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The Associated Press
Myanmar cyclone death toll soars past 22000: state radio
The Associated Press –
Up to 1 million people may be homeless after Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian nation, also known as Burma, early Saturday. …
India says it warned Burma about cyclone
Times Online, UK –
Mrs Bush yesterday accused Myanmar's military regime of failing to take action to protect the remote part of the impoverished country from the storm. …
India 'gave warning' Gulf Daily News
'India warned Burma about cyclone' PRESS TV
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Ease Travel Restriction Of Refugees, Says Myanmar Exile Leaders
Bernama, Malaysia –
Soe Aung, the spokesperson of the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB) based in Thailand, said he could not rule out the possibility of thousands …
UN Agencies Sending Air To Cyclone-Hit Myanmar AHN
Myanmar: UNHCR offers immediate assistance to cyclone victims ReliefWeb (press release)
Cyclone in Myanmar: Malteser International secures water supply in … Reuters AlertNet
all 5 news articles »
States, aid agencies offer to help storm-hit Myanmar
Reuters – May 5, 2008
"We are deeply concerned by the situation in Burma in the wake of cyclone Nargis, and saddened by the terrible loss of life. …
Govts open wallets for Myanmar Otago Daily Times
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Winnipeg Free Press, Canada – o
Meanwhile, the Salvation Army is asking for donations to help with its relief efforts in Myanmar. It has been working in the country formerly known as Burma …
Manitoba Support To Myanmar CJOB
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CWR Responding to Victims of Myanmar Disaster
Evangelical Covenant Church, IL –
… massive cyclone that devastated large areas of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), killing more than 22000 people with another 41000 still missing. …
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland –
Athens, 6 May 2008 – The government and people of Greece cannot but be moved by the incredible humanitarian disaster that has hit Myanmar/Burma. …
Daily News & Analysis, India – May 5, 2008
NEW DELHI: Faced with a devastating cyclone which rippled through Myanmar this weekend, Asian neighbours are stepping forward to help the isolated military …
NewsHour –
… that shook Burma in September. GWEN IFILL: US officials complained today the Myanmar government has so far refused to admit a US damage assessment team. …
Britain pledges 5 million pounds for cyclone victims Monsters and Critics.com
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Knoxville News Sentinel, TN –
An e-mail sent Monday morning from a US consular representative in the country, also known as Burma, alerted Bynum and her husband, David, …
Indecision 2008 (satire) –
… we figure that some candidate will find some way to turn the tragedy in Myanmar (or Burma, like Matt over at the CC Insider, we don't know what to call …
NGOs say five nations unfit to serve on UN rights body
"With the exception of Burma (Myanmar), the UN Human Rights Council has so far failed to adequately address any of the egregious human rights situation …
Reuters –
HLAING THA YAR, Myanmar, May 6 (Reuters) – When the full force of Cyclone Nargis passed overhead, people in this one village in southwest Myanmar could do …
Cyclone may yet sweep away dictators Scotsman
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Clovis News Journal, NM – o
The Red Cross is accepting donations for victims of a cyclone thought to have killed as many as 14000 in Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, …
22000 dead, 41000 missing: Donors beg Burma to let them in
LIVENEWS.com.au, Australia –
"Every indication that we have at the moment is that we've been receiving full cooperation from the government authorities in Myanmar (Burma)," CARE …
ABCUSA: International Ministries To Give $5, 000 Grant For Myanmar …
Worldwide Faith News (press release), NY –
Myanmar has tremendous historical and current importance to American Baptists," said Murray. "Formerly known as Burma, our mission agency began with the …
New York's Burmese Community Unable To Reach Loved Ones At Home
Actually, my parents live in Burma so I'm so worried about my parents and my country people. No, I could not contact them." According to Myanmar's …
NGOs say five nations unfit to serve on UN rights body
"With the exception of Burma (Myanmar), the UN Human Rights Council has so far failed to adequately address any of the egregious human rights situation …
Reuters –
HLAING THA YAR, Myanmar, May 6 (Reuters) – When the full force of Cyclone Nargis passed overhead, people in this one village in southwest Myanmar could do …
Cyclone may yet sweep away dictators Scotsman
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for the Objects of HappynessMay 29, 2005 – October 8, 2005
Since 2001 Michael Wuliger has presented his Shlock Shop in the Jüdische Allgemeine weekly in Berlin, an ironic statement about Jewish Kitsch and commodities from the Internet. Together with him we surfed in the World Wide Web, went shopping in duty free shops and souvenir stands and presented our fine choice of Jewish contemporary objects, between secular dreams and ritual tradition, while searching for god and identity.
Jewish Kitsch @ Hohenems
The world of Jewish Kitsch today is best explored on the Internet and in souvenir shops. Jewish objects promise identity in a Diaspora that did not cease to flourish after the rise of the State of Israel.
Kitsch seems to be a promise of luck that maybe doesn't come to us in this world, but at least can be represented. The kitsch of the Diaspora represents our bonds to a tradition, that has become a secular, cultural one for many of us, but is still based on the religious laws and the history of a people. And it represents our relation to the utopia that is called Jerusalem. "Next year in Jerusalem" one says every year on Pessach. But this Jerusalem does not exist in the Near East of today, but in our dreams.
Over a hundred years ago, particularly in the US, the focus of immigration as such, a market for Jewish products emerged on the scene, a market that offers all kinds of ritual objects and educational toys, ironic and kitschy keepsakes, and the every day equipment for a more or lesser kosher way of life.
After the catastrophe of the Shoah, the crime of the 20th century, Jewish tradition has become the subject of nostalgia, not only by Jews. And the longing for identity moves everybody in a modern world of mobility and migration, of global exchange and the search for "authenticity", that again and again lead into conflicts and wars.
The Jewish culture is rich of rituals, which, along with its objects, are performed mostly at home, creating an abundance of identity objects that you can find in every Jewish household, be it religious or not. Only a minority sticks to the laws of Kashrut and religious tradition in a literal sense. But still the material heritage representing these traditions is meaningful to most of us.
Thus the field of contemporary Jewish objects is a world to explore the productive process between religious traditions and secular culture, and the ironic twist that make some of them a provocative comment about the contradictions of Jewish life today, between old myths and new challenges.
Jüdisches (Jewish Things)
The Frankfurt based photographer Peter Loewy has portrayed Jewish things, ritual objects and keepsakes, artifacts and objects of memory, little collections and "arrangements".
Thanks to the confidence with which he was welcomed, he could stride through the private world, the homes of Jews living in Frankfurt today. What we see – on shelves and tables, in boards and show cases, on walls and doors – are the markers of identity, still life and a little paradise, kitschy and ironic, nostalgic or melancholic. Like a child we search for the "Jewish" things in the Puzzle of every day life, of all kind of objects and sentiments: a magic landscape of privacy. Peter Loewy, born 1951 in Israel, turns to the objects of wishes and dreams, the world of Kitsch, food culture and commodities, of material self-representation in many of his photographic projects. Living in Frankfurt he publishes most of his projects with Kehayoff Publishers in Munich, such as his Bagel book or his project about window shopping in Paris. He is currently working on a project on artist's studios.
Feinkost Adam (Adam's delicatessen)
in the museum's parlor
The Berlin based Jewish artist Anna Adam attacks prejudices and clichés about Jews, with an ironic slant and a lot of good humor.
The satirical project Feinkost Adam TM takes all your senses: you can see it, you can smell it, you can touch it, you can hear it, you can taste it. For the Jewish Museum Hohenems Feinkost Adam has prepared new offers – find them in our shop and buy. Anna Adam, born 1963 in Germany, studied art and education in Düsseldorf and is a member of the Diasporic artists group Meshulash in Berlin. Various exhibitions in Germany and abroad. Her controversial project Feinkost Adam TM, started in the Jewish Museum of Fürth years ago, made her one of the best known Jewish artists in Germany.
… and other secret obsessions
Hidden in the drawers of the Museum's permanent exhibition showcases we present collections of friends of the Jewish Museum: fetishes and talismans, smoking pipes and art, Judaica and Islamic postcards, historical documents and the chaos in kitchen drawers, all kinds of collecting activity human beings perform in their every day life.
The Jewish Kitsch exhibition concept was also realized later in Wuppertal.
Hanno Loewy (Hohenems)
Mike Wuliger (Berlin)
stecher id (Götzis)
Roland Stecher und Thomas Matt
Public relation / exhibition management:
Birgit Sohler and Hanno Loewy (Hohenems)
Museum education:
Helmut Schlatter (Hohenems)
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11 Healthy Food Trends Predicted For 2018
Poke bowls, plant-based diets and Middle Eastern foods…
21 January 2018
Food trends in 2018 are predicted to reflect a more health conscious food industry, as attitudes are changing towards health, community and the environment.
With fermented food, gut health and plant-based diets becoming popular trends in 2018, the food world will also start to appreciate specialised teas, Hawaiian poke bowls and Middle Eastern cuisine!
This year we'll be more considerate of food waste and the source of our food products, as environmental concepts such as the "root to stem" process are set to continue into 2018.
So if you're wondering which food and beverages will become popular in the coming year, check out our food trend predictions for 2018…
#1 Poke bowls
Hawaiian food is on the rise this year, as poke bowls could be your new favourite dish. An everyday food in Hawaii, poke bowls are a raw fish salad served as an appetiser or main course. If you're a sushi lover then you'll want to try these, as they're basically a bowl of sushi with a Hawaiian twist. Customisable to suit your tastes, poke bowls are also economical and surprisingly filling.
#2 Gut health
Gut-friendly food will feature prominently in 2018, as fermenting, pickling and preserving are the way forward. You'll start to hear about probiotics like kimchi, miso and kefir and prebiotics such as onions, garlic and other alliums, which all have health benefits and help healthy digestion.
#3 Middle Eastern foods
Middle Eastern spices like Turmeric, harissa, cardamom and za'atar are becoming main stream, as dishes like shakshuka, grilled halloumi and lamb are also popular. Health experts are encouraging Middle Eastern foods as they are known for keeping the body healthy and helping with cardiovascular problems. The food is still full of flavour without excess salts, sugars and fats. Other Middle Eastern cooking ingredients include pomegranate, eggplant, cucumber, parsley, mint, tahini, tomato jam and dried fruits.
Turmeric, which started to trend in 2017, has anti-inflammatory powers, as the super herb boosts the body's defence system, helps gut health and even eases joint pain.
#4 Root to stem
More shops and restaurants will start to promote the food industry's "root to stem" concept, in 2018. The idea involves using ALL of the vegetable or animal so that food waste is minimised and climate change is considered. By using the entirety of the vegetable you are wasting less food and therefore helping the environment, it's that simple and so is an easy step to try in 2018.
#5 Specialised tea
Tea is starting to become just as big as coffee, with more tea bars and cafes opening worldwide. The sales of herbal and green teas are also increasing, with many new tea varieties and flavours constantly entering the market. Therefore, there has been a growing appreciation of tea and its apparent health benefits.
#6 Plant-based diets
Plant-based proteins such as tofu, tempeh and quinoa are on the rise, as is veganism and vegetarianism. Restaurants are therefore taking dishes back to their plant-based roots and have started to experiment with new flavours and ingredients to try to be meet-free in 2018.
#7 Timut pepper
Timut pepper is one of the new seasonings we'll be exploring this year, but beware it's got a kick to it! Originating from Nepal, this zesty spice has a hint of grapefruit to it and particulary works well with drinks.
#8 Alcohol-free beverages
We're familiar with non-alcoholic restaurants and drinks in the UAE, however it appears that alcoholic free beverages are set to trend worldwide in 2018. As a health conscious food and drink industry is circulating this year, more people are opting for mocktails, sparkling waters with interesting flavours and fruit cordials with botanical mixes, over alcoholic options.
#9 Nootropics
Another one for the healthy eaters, nootropics are brain food, as the trend to eat well for brain power, ability and concentration could overtake the gut health trend. Foods such as salmon, eggs, turmeric, dandelion greens and jícama (Mexican yam) are all on the brain food list for 2018's clever consumers.
#10 Drinking soup
Green juices and smoothies are being swapped for drinkable soups in 2018, which are more filling and often have more flavour. With organic antioxidant-packed produce,drinking soups are the new way to get your five-to-ten servings of healthy produce each day.
#11 South American food
Just as South America gets more popular with travellers and tourists, so does its food! Expect to see Mexican, Peruvian and Brazilian foods along with a Japanese-Mexican fusion, in 2018. Traditional South American ingredients such as quinoa and chia seeds have peaked, but purple potatoes, white and purple corn, black quinoa and kiwicha seeds are becoming increasingly more known and used. We can't wait to taste some of the flavours that this food trend will bring!


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Part of cannabis and investing
Green Growth Brands Inc. filed its formal bid for Aphria Inc. this week and two things are clear: This is no ordinary takeover bid, and winning over the target's shareholders will be an uphill battle.
The terms of the hostile bid, outlined in a takeover circular, are rare – if not almost unheard of. In a normal takeover, the acquirer is usually bigger than the target; in this case, a newly created U.S. company is trying to snap up one of the largest legal cannabis growers in the world.
The math behind the purchase price is also murky. When first announcing its takeover intentions, Green Growth claimed its offer was worth $2.8-billion. But because the transaction is an all-share deal, the value is based on the price of Green Growth's stock. The $2.8-billion value is derived from a $7 share price – yet Green Growth has never touched that value.
"It is very perplexing on its face," said veteran mergers and acquisitions banker Brent Walker at Morrison Park Advisors. This type of merger isn't unprecedented, he said, "but it doesn't happen often."
When Green Growth first announced late last month that it intended to bid for Aphria, the Leamington, Ont.-based pot producer was under siege. Short-sellers accused the company in a December report of overpaying for international acquisitions it made last summer, sending its shares tumbling and prompting some big changes at the company.
In the past month, Aphria announced that chief executive officer Vic Neufeld and co-founder Cole Cacciavillani will be standing down from their executive roles in the near future. The company has also named new financial and legal advisers in Bank of Nova Scotia and Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP.
In advising Aphria, Scotiabank is making its first foray into the cannabis space. On the legal side, Aphria's hiring of Fasken is a break from long-time legal adviser Stikeman Elliott LLP, a development that comes weeks after The Globe and Mail reported the pair would cut ties. Aphria did not respond to requests for comment on the status of its relationship with Stikeman. Stikeman declined to comment.
Amid all the drama, a window was cracked open for Green Growth. In the takeover circular filed this week, Green Growth acknowledged that the short-seller reports "presented a potential opportunity."
Its task now is to convince the scores of retail investors who predominately own Aphria that the Green Growth offer has real merit, and that the financing underpinning the bid can be executed. Aphria, for its part, has told its shareholders to refrain from taking action on the bid.
On strategy, Green Growth's success will likely depend on selling Aphria investors on its vision. The bidder's pitch is that it will add value by combining its management team's deep retail roots in the United States, having served in senior roles at the likes of American Eagle Outfitters and Victoria's Secret, with the formidable cannabis producer. Analysts at CIBC World Markets Inc. acknowledged the strategy makes sense – but added there isn't enough of a premium to sway Aphria investors to tender.
"We believe that ultimately this bid will not entice a majority of Aphria shareholders," CIBC analyst John Zamparo wrote in a research note Wednesday.
The financing is a trickier matter. The offer's $2.8-billion value was based on a valuation of $7 a share of Green Growth, but when the announcement was made, Green Growth's stock had been trading at $4.98. To bridge the gap, Green Growth said it expected to complete a $300-million financing at $7 a share – which would presumably boost the stock price.
At the time, Green Growth promised that it would soon provide more financing details. The formal bid this week only complicated matters. The suitor revealed that it has lined up All Js Greenspace LLC to buy up to $150-million of the financing, yet All Js Greenspace is closely tied to the Ohio-based Schottenstein family that created Green Growth.
All Js is also already Green Growth's largest shareholder, which means the suitor's backers have simply promised to buy more stock if they acquire the lucrative target.
While rare, such a tactic has been seen before: In Amaya Gaming Group's acquisition of PokerStars' parent company. (A spokesman for Green Growth declined to comment on the takeover terms and to discuss the Schottensteins' connection to All Js.)
When Amaya announced the US$4.9-billion online poker takeover in 2014, its revenues were roughly one-tenth that of target Rational Group Ltd. To pull the deal off, Amaya lined up US$3-billion in debt financing, and also got commitments from investors to buy shares in an equity financing.
However, that was possible, said Mr. Walker, the mergers and acquisitions banker, because the two firms had good reason to come together. "In situations like that, investors are looking at the pro-forma company," he said. PokerStars was a giant, but it had gotten into legal trouble and had been shut out of the U.S. market; selling to a Canadian company made it seem much friendlier.
That Green Growth is using Amaya's takeover strategy makes sense, considering that Canaccord Genuity served as both companies' lead financial adviser. Yet this time the investment bank seems to have a tougher sell.
For one, the Amaya deal was a friendly deal, not a hostile takeover. And in that transaction, the major investor supporting the transaction, Blackstone Group, was fully independent – not an insider. Canaccord could not be reached for comment.
But Green Growth's bid is open until May 9, and the cannabis sector has proven that a lot can change in short period of time.


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Faculty Spotlight Series – Wednesday, Oct. 18
The second presentation in the 2017-18 Faculty Spotlight series will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Holley E. Lynch, Assistant Professor of Physics will speak on Can Geometry Explain Tissue Spreading?
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (lunch served at 11:30 a.m.)
Location: Lynn Business Center Boardroom – 213
All are welcome!
Click here for a complete schedule of Faculty Spotlight Series.
Can Geometry Explain Tissue Spreading?
The motions of tissues and cells play an essential role during development. Here I will explore shape-dependent differences in the rate tissues spread and the extent to which these can be reproduced by a computational model based solely on tissue geometry
Holley Lynch, Assistant Professor of Physics, received her Ph.D. in physics from Vanderbilt University and worked as a postdoctoral researcher in bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She enjoys teaching and researching the physics of tissue migration. She finds the mechanics of biological tissues particularly interesting because they are a unique material: not quite a solid or a liquid and self-propelled. In addition, determining the basic mechanics of tissue migration will help inform efforts to engineer organs and to create therapies that deter cancer metastasis.
Faculty Spotlight Series
The Faculty Spotlight Series at Stetson University is a showcase of faculty research, creative inquiry, and other scholarly engagement to the campus community. Presenters are primarily recipients of grant awards through the Stetson Summer Grant Program.
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Are CEOs Ignoring Big Data in Favor of Gut Decisions?
Are CEOs Ignoring Big Data in Favor of Gut Decisions?
Despite the vast amounts of data currently being analyzed in the market today, decision makers may still favor gut decisions over statistical analysis.
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Big data is a hot topic in business right now, and the suggestion is that it will help us to overcome the decision making biases that so afflict us. The promise of wiser, more rational decisions however rests on our willingness to actually listen to the data.
A recent study highlights how forlorn this hope may be. It reveals how when making investment related decisions, executives frequently ignore data in favor of decisions based upon gut instinct.
The paper, written by a German team and published in the Journal of Finance reveals what really underpins executive decision making.
"CEOs systematically put too much money in projects with high potential upside", the authors say. "Many CEOs themselves say that 'gut feeling' is important for their investment decisions. The problem is, that there is by now overwhelming evidence from psychology and economics suggesting that intuitive reasoning in financial matters frequently leads to biased and therefore suboptimal decisions. Our paper shows that investment decisions biased towards long shots may indeed be a serious problem in many firms."
How We Decide
The paper saw around 1,000 conglomerates studied over a 20 year period to try and understand how they invest and which segments they invest in. These decisions were compared against rivals in those segments who specialized in that area and did nothing else.
The authors suggest that conglomerates are more likely to choose projects with an asymmetrical division of chances. In other words, the projects with lots of potential (no matter how remote).
For example, if an executive was given a choice between two projects:
- Project A, which offers a 50% chance of a 5% payoff, and 50% chance of an 8% payoff
- Project B, which offers a 75% chance of a 4% payoff, but a 25% chance of a 12% payoff
Despite project A offering, on average, a better chance of a good return, most executives chose project B.
Why Are Our Decisions Irrational?
The authors suggest that the prime culprit for this poor level of decision making is the CEO themselves, and especially among younger CEOs who they found were more inclined to go for long-shots.
There is also a tendency towards this form of decision making in companies with weak corporate governance, and also in ones whereby the CEO is extremely powerful.
I've written previously about the rise of automated traders that attempt to remove some of this irrationality from investment decisions. I suspect it would take a brave person to suggest the final say should be taken away from the boss and given to an algorithm however.
Published at DZone with permission of Adi Gaskell , DZone MVB. See the original article here.
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While scientific research on balneology (the therapeutic use of thermal and mineral spas) is only just emerging, the mineral-rich waters of natural hot springs are widely credited with many physical and mental benefits. Hot springs continue to be as prized today as they ever were—even if just for the pleasing scenery and intense full-body relaxation a warm outdoor bath provides.
Nevada is home to over 300 natural hot springs. The following favorites provide beautiful scenery and are set in the western region, making them convenient weekend destinations for Californians.
1. Fish Lake Valley Hot Well
Adventurers will appreciate the quiet expanse of Fish Lake Valley, while newbies will find comfort in the simple man-made amenities of its poured concrete pool. Although it isn't fancy, handrails and ladder keep this rustic hot spring easily accessible for most people. Its water temperature regularly hovers just over 100°. The surrounding warm pools and marshy brush make Fish Lake Valley a great destination for swimming, fish-watching and bird-watching in peace from spring through fall.
Located 40 miles west of Tonopah, between Dyer and Coaldale on Route 264 in Esmeralda County, Fish Lake Valley Hot Well is free to the public and can become busy on weekends with ATV traffic and RVers.
2. Carson Hot Springs
This resort located in Carson City offers hot springs with more creature comforts. Beach chairs, towels, on-site food and lockers mean you can easily spend a full day soaking up the sun and mineral water with a low-cost day pass. Unlike many hot springs that are unmanned, each tub at this resort is drained and refilled with spring water that varies from 93–110° (depending on pool and the time of year). Best of all, Carson Hot Springs offers private mini spa rooms that are clothing-optional and allow temperature control.
Carson Hot Springs is located at 1500 Old Hot Springs Road in Carson City. Admission is $13/day ($11 for kids and seniors), which includes a locker. Towels can be rented for $1, and private mini spas are $20/person for two hours ($15 for seniors).
3. Paradise Valley Hot Springs
On a remote stretch of Northern Nevada in the shadow of several mountain peaks is an unassuming collection of hot springs named for the surrounding panorama called Paradise Valley. Little Humboldt River flows nearby, and since the area is susceptible to flooding, check locally whether it's accessible before making the trek. Besides pipes feeding into a large soaking trough and a rugged dirt parking area, there are no services at this free-access location—so this hot spring is best for those who are comfortable exploring and maybe losing GPS connectivity.
Paradise Valley Hot Springs is off Shelton Lane, east of Route 290 and about 20 miles southeast of Paradise Valley. Because some pools are too hot for soaking, be sure to test waters before entering.
4. Arizona Hot Spring
Active hikers may enjoy the challenge of finding Arizona Hot Spring, which is located in Lake Mead National Recreational Area a short distance from the Colorado River. The six-mile (round-trip) trail, which is closed throughout summer for its hazardous temperature, is estimated to take five hours because of its rocky volcanic terrain and 800-foot change in elevation to the slot canyon where the springs reside. Tired feet will appreciate the soothing 111° water at Arizona Hot Spring, while the mind will revel in the dramatic scenery of its narrow vertical walls.
Arizona Hot Spring is located 4.2 miles east of Hoover Dam off US Hwy 93. Watch for trailhead signs and follow the marked trail. Note that the hike includes climbing a 20' ladder. Admission to Lake Mead Recreational Area is $25/car (for up to a week) or $15/person if hiking or biking in.
5. Soldier Meadows Hot Springs
Part of the Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area near the Black Rock Desert, Soldier Meadows is located in one the most treacherous areas of the Lassen-Applegate pioneer trail that led settlers to California. Marks of the original trail can still be spotted on this land that has remained virtually undisturbed for over 150 years. A campsite with parking area is located next to the main pool, but it's also is home to several other springs, including a picturesque warm creek and a more private pool aptly named Hidden Spring. This location is ideal for a low-impact hike and peaceful camping. If civilization calls, the nearby Soldier Meadows Ranch and Lodge provides accommodations and access to additional springs—for a small fee, of course.
Soldier Meadows Hot Springs is located about 60 miles north of Gerlach on County Road 34. Lund Petrified Forest is along the drive.


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World's Biggest Pension Fund Stops Lending Shares To Short-Sellers Amid Threat Of Market Crash
Ahead of the next market crash, Japan's public pension fund, one of the largest pension funds in the world, has developed a new market tool where it will no longer allow shares of its $733 billion global equity portfolio to be loaned out for short selling, reported the Financial Times.
The announcement by Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), comes at a time when the global economy is quickly decelerating into year-end, could see a significant repricing event where global equities correct into 1H20.
To get ahead of the downturn, about $370 billion of its $733 billion global equity portfolio will no longer be loaned out. It could be used as a weapon to combat evil short-sellers when the market plunges. If other pension funds follow GPIF's lead, which they likely will, this could be a highly disruptive market tool to stem downside and also create the mother of all short squeezes.
The reasoning behind GPIF's move to discontinue lending of at least half of its global equity book isn't because it's "concerned that lending stocks out stopped it exercising proper stewardship over the underlying investments. This included a lack of transparency over the final borrower and how it was using GPIF shares," as FT notes, but rather it's an unorthodox market tool that was similarly used by the Chinese government to stem further downside in a 2015 stock market crash.
GPIF will lose nearly $300 million in fees per year from discontinuing its lending of shares from the foreign segment of its portfolio, FT noted.
Traders in Tokyo told FT that other pension funds will likely follow suit. Though they said, the move to stop lending shares to short-sellers wouldn't have an immediate impact on market fundamentals, though it could prove useful to limit the downside during the next market crash.
And it already seems like Elon Musk is already a big fan of GPIF's market tool:
Bravo, right thing to do! Short selling should be illegal.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 3, 2019
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Fabio Bonetti has been married to Livia for almost 20 years. One day a private eye investigating on their neighbors, the Vitali family, by mistake starts filming and recording Livia's life. When Fabio gets the films he discovers his family life is far from being tedious and flat.
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The Australian Terrier was originally known as the Blue-and-Tan Terrier, the Blue Terrier, or the Australian Rough Coated Terrier, and today affectionately as the Aussie. It was created in the 19th century by crossing several terrier breeds including Yorkshire, Norwich, Cairn, Scottish, Dandie Dinmont, Skye and Irish Terrier. Although in earlier days there was some hostility towards the breed, it steadily gained popularity and was officially recognized by the Kennel Club in 1933.
The Australian Terrier is an affectionate, energetic and entertaining little dog. He does well with young children if raised with them. Although originally bred to kill small vermin, these dogs may be able to live peacefully with other small pets, including cats. It is one of the smallest of the terriers, but one of the hardiest and bravest. The Aussie can withstand almost any weather and any hardship. The Australian Terrier's personality is described as energetic, high-spirited, loyal, and affectionate.
Easy to look after and very trainable, he makes a very good apartment dog, as he sheds very little and does not need a lot of exercise. Its outer coat is harsh and straight, and about two and a half inches long all over the body which requires minimum grooming. To maintain a good coat condition, frequent brushing and combing is usually recommended, but only little trimming is required to prepare your dog for the show ring. There are three to four puppies in a litter of Australian Terrier.
Although the Australian Terrier is a healthy breed, there is an increased risk of developing adult-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.1
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Many businesses today are using machine learning algorithms to build intelligent applications. One of the ways algorithms are used in marketing is customer segmentation- grouping customers based on specific qualities such as demographics or behavioral patterns.
In machine learning, one method for segmenting customers is clustering. Clustering algorithms use an unsupervised learning approach which means that the algorithms are not trained with labeled training data. Instead, the algorithms learn to identify patterns and find structures in the data on their own. Common clustering algorithms include k-means, Gaussian mixture models (GMMs), and hierarchical clustering. When it comes to segmentation k-means is a popular algorithm choice.
What is K-Means?
The k-means algorithm finds clusters of data with similar attributes then creates distinct groups. Each group contains data points that are similar to each other, and the number of groups is represented by the variable K. You must input the total number of clusters (K) to be created by the algorithm. For example, if you want to group customers by annual income or spend data, the input for variable K would be the number of groups you'd like the algorithm to look for.
Each cluster has a centroid which is the location (real or imaginary) that represents the center of the cluster. The algorithm selects data points and groups them together in a way so that each data point is attached to a cluster with the shortest mean distance ("means"). The geometry or metric used by the algorithm is the distances between points. The Euclidean distance function is commonly used with k-means. The algorithm iterates until all the centroids move less than the convergence distance.
A Popular Choice for Segmentation
So, why is k-means a popular choice when it comes to segmentation? K-means is one of the simplest unsupervised learning algorithms to implement and use for solving clustering problems. The algorithm only requires one parameter (K) to be inputted. Some of the other clustering algorithms are harder to implement than k-means because they have more parameters that must be set. And for some of the other clustering algorithms, computation tends to be more complex with greater overhead than k-means. Another reason k-means is widely used for segmentation is that the algorithm works well on large datasets; it scales well to a large number of samples. K-means is a general-purpose clustering algorithm that works well for a wide variety of verticals and use cases.
Not Without Some Drawbacks
While k-means is a fast and easy-to-use algorithm, it's not without some drawbacks. The algorithm assumes clusters are even in size and spherical. In some cases, this assumption may reduce the accuracy of the algorithm. K-means is well suited for flat geometry clustering use cases. If the clusters have complicated geometry, then k-means will not work well. An algorithm that can handle clusters with non-flat geometry would be needed.
Understand Customers at a Granular Level
Segmentation allows marketers to understand customers at a granular level and build highly personalized marketing campaigns that target audiences when they're ready to buy.
You could use an open-source machine learning framework like scikit-learn or TensorFlow to implement a clustering algorithm like k-means for customer segmentation. However, our self-learning customer data platform makes customer segmentation a whole lot easier.
Our platform does the marketing data prep for you and lets you easily separate customers into micro-groups such as LifeStage, LifeStyle, Potential, and RFV.
Interested in customer segmentation and data analytics? Request a demo.
Janet Wagner is a Zylotech contributing writer.
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Tidy Up Ludlow Day Set for April 25
Mon, 04/13/2015 - 16:06 RCN Newsdesk
The City of Ludlow will host "Tidy Up Ludlow Day" on Saturday, April 25 as part of Great American Cleanup.
The Ludlow Historical Society is coordinating the event and is currently looking for individuals or groups to volunteer at the cleanup to help beautify the city. Citizens of all ages are welcome and youth groups looking for service hours are encouraged to sign up. Gloves, tools and bags will be provided.
The event begins at 9:00 a.m. and runs until 12:00 p.m. The rain date for the event is Sunday, April 26 from 12:00-3:00 p.m.
To sign up for the event, click here. Questions? Contact Cindy at 859-291-6043.
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Mr. Abbas accompanied his mother as she traveled to Germany to receive treatment for her back pain. We called Mr. Abbas to find out about their experiences with the German medical system and with Premier Healthcare Germany.
How did you find out about Premier Healthcare Germany?
Searching on the Internet, I found your website. I was searching for a medical treatment for my mother. She had serious spine problems. She had received an operation in Egypt in the past, but the end result was not satisfactory. We decided to go to Germany for additional medical treatment. She received a PRT therapy in Germany in Asklepios Westklinikum from Dr. Köhler.
How did we help you?
First of all, finding the right hospital for my mother was the most important thing for me. I contacted Premier Healthcare Germany and the response was very fast and professional. The company guided me with the medical travel, and we were satisfied with the medical treatment my mother received.
How can we improve our services?
I am very satisfied with the services PHG delivered. But it would be better if the period to collect the invoices of the hospital could be shorter. I paid an amount of money in advance. The actual medical costs turned out to be lower. It took quite some time before I received the amount of money back. PHG explained me that administrative processes within German hospitals can be quite long. PHG first has to collect all invoices of the healthcare providers.
Would you recommend us to others?
I already referred two friends of me for medical treatment in Germany.


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I came across an article that stated 9 items to remove from the bathroom because of mold/humidity, and I was overwhelmed.
Here's the 3 top bathroom tips for a cleaner bathroom experience:
1. Put the toilet lid down when flushing.
This applies to #1 and #2.
Putting the lid down keeps germs from spreading. You're welcome!
2. Store your toothbrush elsewhere.
Even with the plastic toothbrush cover (that has holes in it), your oral hygiene is at risk.
If you have a linen closet, store it in there, or your night stand.
3. Store your makeup brushes elsewhere.
Nobody wants to put dirty makeup brushes on a fresh face.
I literally just cleaned mine and am letting them air dry on my dresser.
P.S. I personally decided to add a 4th tip for a cleaner bathroom.
4. Use Potty Pearls.
Potty Pearls do a superb job at blocking odor, which definitely helps when trying to keep the porcelain throne pristine.
Which bathroom tip will you be implementing? Let me know!


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If we built you correctly from the beginning, if we overhauled your operation along the way, or if you just did a really great job of building your business in the first place, then you're set up to properly scale. If not, we may have some prerequisite work to do first, but regardless, scaling is possible.
What is scaling? It is the growth that comes in chunks. It's going beyond selling 1000 products to 1000 people and figuring out how to sell 10 products to 100,000 people.
When you start your business, growth is slow and comes in little pieces – your first sale, your first resale, your second sale, and so on. After you gut it out for a handful of years and outlast your less-dedicated competitors, growth speeds up a bit.
This is where you get your first referral, your first hiring boom, and your first real marketing push. What started out as one customer at a time now becomes five and ten customers at a time.
Growth continues for a while and, soon, those fives and tens become twenties and fifities. Now you need to grow fast, but you can't fall apart in the process. This is where we lean on a foundation of automation and analytics.
You begin to operate at a whole new level. If we made bricks during Creation, and then built buildings during Operation, now it's time to develop communities in Escalation.
Automation of key marketing operations allows you to speed up and supercharge the growth process.
Where you used to collect customer data one at a time at the register, now you collect it by the dozens in the online shopping cart.
Where you once networked one business card and handshake at a time, you can now connect with thousands of prospects through social media.
Where your customer list used to live in your memory or on a list, it now lives in your CRM software which is connected to your email system, your sales management system, your chat system, and your analytics.
From your ads to your postings to your blogs to your store itself, automation is the key to scalable growth.
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Although I am not listed an a participant in this show, open June 4th, I am participating with Kelsey Allen in a joint piece. The new piece is the follow-up to "The Internet pt. 1."
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I am not sure about my satin stitches, but I attempted them. Hopefully they look okay – well I think they do at the moment. This was quite a bit of specialty stitching today. Took a bit to get this much done. It is fun to try these things though.
Close ups – Kloster squares, Algerian Eyelets and daisy stitches… as well as the regular cross stitch…
And the border – sparkles included:
Thank you everyone for all your comments!!
Now what should I stitch on tomorrow?? Maybe some Egyptian Guarden? Or one the Mirabilias??? Recommendations? Thoughts?


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You may be able to invest an honest amount for purchasing a house. It's thrilling to us to have a replacement house. However, the source of funds becomes a problem to most of the homebuyers. That's why the homebuyers believe the loan program to urge funds easily and to form investment for your house. All the loan options have different eligibility criteria, and you've got to understand the small print of your chosen loan program. One among the common options to the homebuyers in America is USDA loan. The borrowers, trying to find range in the agricultural region, can apply for USDA Home Loans in Pennsylvania.
Now, the question is- How would you apply for USDA Home Loans in Rhode Island? We've presented you with an in depth guide applying for this sort of home equity credit to shop for a replacement property.
Look for a lending company and obtain prequalified-
One of the main steps to avail USDA loan is to look for a lender. You'll have found several lenders in your locality. However, you've got to affect one, who offers you rural home equity credit. After choosing the lenders, you've got to urge ready for the pre-qualification. To prequalify for this loan, you would like to form out the loan amount that's affordable to you. The lenders will assist you to understand whether you're eligible for this loan.
The step for pre-qualifications saves some time within the purchase of homes. You'll easily determine the proper house and make your deal. In few cases, the lenders warn you of the factors, which prevent you from becoming eligible for the loan. Most of the lenders ask questions on-
• The amount of be borrowed
• Your monthly earnings
• Your debts
The lenders for USDA Home Loans in Rhode Island can also inspect your credit score at this step.
Preapproval of loan-
The lender has got to verify your financial details. You've got to submit various documents, including bank statements, photo ID and pay stubs. After this verification, the lender will tell you about the quantity that you simply can borrow. Your realty agents and residential sellers may ask you to point out pre-approval letter.
Look for USDA-eligible house-
You have to understand the principles of USDA loan program and begin checking out the house. You'll believe the assistance of realty agents to seek out the house in an appropriate region. You'll easily get the USDA-approved house and have your loans from the lender.
Sign your agreement-
You may have talked to your lender after finding the house. Now, you've got to form a negotiation with the house seller to sign the deal. After signing the agreement, the lender orders an appraisal for USDA Home Loans in Pennsylvania. This appraisal is that the process of home inspection, and it makes sure that the chosen home is eligible for the USDA loan. Secondary appraisal is important while you would like repairs of the house.
The underwriter analyzes your details and inspects the documents to see out their accuracy. In few cases, the underwriter takes much time to accomplish the method.
Closing the loan-
At this step, you've got to travel through some paperwork to finalize the loan. You're now able to own the house by investing the loan amount for it.
Thus, these are the steps to possess the USDA loans for purchasing a replacement house.
Go online website for USDA Home Loans Pennsylvania and USDA Home Loans Rhode Island .


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For Directors, By Directors
NACD's director education offerings have always been "for directors, by directors." Certification is no exception. NACD Directorship Certification™—from the program content to the exam questions—has been informed by more than 2,000 board members. The NACD Directorship Certification Steering Committee, however, has provided guidance and direction for the overall initiative from the very beginning. It includes highly experienced corporate directors and corporate governance practitioners:
Dennis Beresford, Former Chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board; Former Director, Fannie Mae, Kimberly-Clark, and Legg Mason
Michele Hooper, Director, PPG Industries, United Continental Holdings, and UnitedHealth Group
Glenn Hubbard, Director, Automated Data Processing, MetLife, BlackRock Closed-End Funds; Dean of Columbia Business School
Simon Lorne, Director, Teledyne Technologies; Vice Chair and Chief Legal Officer, Millennium Management; Former General Counsel, US Securities and Exchange Commission
Bill McNabb, Former Board Chair and CEO, Vanguard; Director of UnitedHealth Group; Executive in Residence at the Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute, LeBow College of Business
Myron Steele, Former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court; Partner, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
Dona Young, Lead Director, Foot Locker; Member of the Supervisory Board, Aegon NV; Director, NACD


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Cramming is something that chronic procrastinators are forced to do. Studying for any test in college can be overwhelming and waiting until the last minute isn't the smartest decision. However, many of us just get busy and forget to study ahead of time. Here are some tips for those of you that are currently cramming for a big college exam.
1. Get some sleep
Prep up as much as possible before you sit down and study consistently for X number of hours. You'll need energy if you want to study for long periods of time.
2. Make sure to eat
Try to get your energy up by eating at least a snack. Don't skip any meals, make sure you're getting the nutrition that you need as much as possible.
3. Highlight what you need
Make sure you single out the important points in the chapter or whatever you're reviewing for. Don't just study the whole chapter again and again, make sure you talk back to the text. Ask questions about what you don't understand.
4. Make a practice exam
Read and answer the questions at the end of each chapter. Looking over these and analyzing how it's set up is important. You can follow that before you make questions for a practice test. A practice test will help you prepare properly for the upcoming exam.
5. Type your notes
If you have handwritten notes, typing them helps. Looking over these will help you review as you type them up. Taking handwritten notes is important because it helps you retain information while you're in class. This is a strategy I recommend trying.
6. Review graded assignments/quizzes/tests
Look over what you got wrong and do your best to see what you did wrong. Looking over this several times will help you retain this information and remember the right answers.
7. Work in the library
You need a quiet studying space and what spot is better than the library? It's quiet and has a positive environment where you can get your work done with minimal distractions. Probably a lot better than any dorm will be.
8. Breathe!
This is an obvious yet one that we sometimes forget. When we're under a lot of stress, we can forget to breathe. So just relax and keep on breathing as you get through this intense study session.
9. Have study buddies
Having a group to study with can be extremely effective if you stay on task. It can be fun to have someone else there to quiz you and to share ideas with. Just make sure your able to focus on studying only!
10. Use flashcards
Making your own flashcards on the particular subject your studying for is a strategy that pretty much always works. Make sure that the flashcards are filled with necessary information. You can use any other strategies to help you remember the information but this is probably the most common and effective one I can come up with. Then just keep on quizzing yourself and you'll retain the information in no time!


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Compositions Available on Smart Music
The following compositions by Rob Grice are available on SmartMusic. SmartMusic is ideal for woodwind, brass, percussion, string, and vocal musicians of all levels. Play or sing your part with accompaniment, while SmartMusic's suite of interactive practice tools assists with fingerings, slide and string positions, tuning and more. Learn more about SmartMusic here.
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Grade .5 - Beginning
12 the Clock Strikes
Land of Lost Zombies
Legend of Mekong
Zombie Stomp
Grade 1 - Very Easy
10 to the Power
Clash of Warriors
Defeating the Giant
Defender of Time
Dragon Slayer
Dragon Slayer (String Orchestra)
Escape in Time
Feast of the Kings
Fire Dragon Mountain (String Orchestra)
Gentle River
Hunter's Mountain
Little Star
Reflections on the Missouri River
The Good Life
Grade 1.5 - Very Easy
Grade 2 - Easy
Abandoned Treasure Hunt
Above the World
Age of Empires
An American Original
Battle of the Ancient Dragons (String Orchestra)
Carpe Diem
Great Britian
Dark Fortress Overture
Happy Go Lucky
The Gold Rush of 1849
The Knight's Last Ride
Warriors of Beijing