It is either there are two countries or a single country owned. The country you and I think we know appears to be quite different from what we are made to see. I'll explain.
When was the first day you heard or read about Nigeria supposedly needing a magic number of $15 billion to get out of the recession?
If you are like me, the first time you heard that Nigeria supposedly needed $15 billion to buy itself out of the economic recession was in a CNBC interview aired on September 16 this year. In the interview, Africa's notorious richest man, Aliko Dangote, categorically, in an apparently teleprompter or ear-plug, slowly-delivered interview, gave a magical figure needed, "$15 billion." Dangote also quizzically ticked-off a script of what should be sold and how it should be sold. "NLNG," should go, he said, Nigeria should sell "100 percent" of its ownership in it. Also choosing that "African Finance Cooperation," should also be sold for $800 million.
Suddenly, like me, you noticed that the federal government of Nigeria was on this "sell-to-survive" page opened first publicly and unabashedly by Dangote. The government announced, as was repeated in a Vanguard story yesterday captioned, "Until we 'sell' assets, we may not be able to reflate the economy – Udo Udoma," that the government needed $15 billion. The same magic number. And that the way Buhari wished to get this magic figure was not by simply and as it was elected to do, recovering the tens of billions of dollars looted by the past Jonathan, Obasanjo and Babangida governments in concert with the cabal, but by selling Nigeria's assets to the very same cabal.
Indeed, it is no surprise that former president Obasanjo, who clearly has a lot of Nigeria's assets and money in his pockets, including money to overhaul its power sector – much of which he invested in government-made billionaires like the very Dangote– is one of those who has come to chant, "sell, sell, sell, sell," in Buhari's ears.
Nigeria will not retain a majority stock in the assets as happens in UAE, Saudi Arabia, China and other sensible nations when they privatize, but will sell-off the entire thing(s) to enable cabalistic exploitative oligopolies with no benefit or reprieve for the people as is/was dictated/ordered.
There's no need repeating the list of differences in the two countries. In one, there are import waivers that earn the privileged cabal billions; there are government enforced oligopolies that cement their success; there is government subsidized forex which literally hands over billions of dollars to the cabal and true owners of Nigeria; there is cabal self-help selection of assets desired and determination of prices to buy them for, and many more perks. The strict and serial government cabal patronage has most recently been blamed in the loss of 4.6 million jobs provided by sideswiped small businesses.
In our country, there is an absolute lack of a government ear (even Tolu Ogunlesispits at you if you dare talk); there are new taxes and fines: road use tax, phone and data tax, international calls hikes in tariffs, bank use taxes, stamps and other levies; removal of fuel subsidies, denied access to forex and limitations on use of black market sourced forex; custom bans on goods; increased custom levies on needed items; and information comes third hand, after being dictated by the cabal to the presidency, a distorted and filtered version is finally released to us, typically through the foreign press.
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EU Confidential episode 109, presented by BP: Public affairs supremo Mette Grolleman & a car-sponsored presidency
UK chancellor doesn't rule out future no-confidence vote against Boris Johnson
The cover of last week's weekly POLITICO newspaper | Illustration by Lon Chan
Hungarians, praised in private, castigated in public
'There are a lot of people in Brussels who secretly admire the way Hungarians and their government go about things.'
By	Zoltán Kovács
Updated 5/30/16, 11:54 AM CET
What a rare pleasure to see the Hungarian flag on the front page of POLITICO — in this case the only national flag flying outside the Berlaymont in Brussels. The image, however, seems to suggest a Hungarian takeover in Brussels, with Viktor Orbán and Commissioner Tibor Navracsics side by side. One fears that what follows will be yet another example of boilerplate anti-Orbánism.
The tone of "'Hungarian? Who, me?': Confessions of Brussels pariahs" (May 13) is somewhat different. Hungarians in Brussels are portrayed as underdogs, not overlords: "pariahs" subject to discrimination. We are told — by a Hungarian socialist former commissioner and an appropriately anonymous Hungarian "official" — that Hungarian diplomats are passed over for important jobs, kept out of the loop in top-level negotiations and socially ostracized. Even their children are subjected to taunts on account of their nationality. Brussels, it seems, has become a hotbed of Hungarophobia, where it pays to play down one's Hungarian identity. All due — according to the article's sources — to a widespread, intense dislike of Orbán.
What can one say in response to such incontrovertible tittle-tattle and rumor, such a well-crafted, monumental edifice of anecdote and gossip? One approach is to produce one's own anecdotal evidence and hope that common sense will lead to a more nuanced perception.
So consider the testimony of a Brussels-based Hungarian journalist who goes under the pen-name "EUrologist," who quotes a Belgian colleague's incredulous reaction to your article: "I had no idea… I hope you're okay."
Other — unnamed — Hungarian officials describe their country being routinely praised in private, then castigated in public. There are a lot of people in Brussels who secretly admire the way Hungarians and the Hungarian government go about things. Hungarians — and the Hungarian prime minister — are known as straight-talkers. You can make enemies this way, but sooner or later you will gain admirers too — providing the talk makes sense. Perhaps this is the really shocking story waiting to be told.
In the meantime we should be shocked enough by this quote, from the Hungarian ambassador to Brussels: "There's a clear preference for bigger and older [in order of accession] member states. Since we have a different position, we're always the last to know."
Zoltán Kovács
Government spokesperson, cabinet office of the Prime Minister
'Hungarian? Who, me?': Confessions of Brussels pariahs
Tara Palmeri
Frans Timmermans: UK Brexit negotiators were like hapless sitcom characters
UK Brexit divide deepens as voters move to the extremes: poll
What's disappointed me in my first two weeks in Brussels
A freshman MEP from the British Green Party on what's wrong with the EU capital.
Killing Giulio Regeni — again
Murdered Italian student new target in far-right fight against 'globalism.'
In Greece, politics is a family affair
Expected winner of Sunday's election comes from a powerful political dynasty.
A roadmap for the Balkans
Europe can't afford to wait for Serbia and Kosovo to come up with a solution.
Europeans have a lot to say. Brussels needs to listen.
Europe's elites couldn't hear from the people they serve even if they wanted to.
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Weightlifting is about longevity and quality of life. Looking good in a bathing suit is just a bonus.
Unfortunately, there seems to be a movement in America to discourage people from lifting heavy weights, or any weights at all. Doctors prescribe cardio for people who need more physical activity, diet books consider cardio the only form of exercise that exists, and TV shows like 'The Biggest Loser' strongly promote, you guessed it, cardio and more cardio. So where's the weightlifting in all this? I'll tell you, it's not there because none of these so-called health experts know a thing about it.


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Annual death toll nears record
By OC Tribune Staff on December 22, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
OVER 300,000 Americans died from coronavirus this year, contributing to a new U.S. record of fatalities (Shutterstock).
The Year of COVID-19 will likely go down as the deadliest in the nation's history with the coronavirus pandemic contributing strongly to a mortality tally of over 3 million people.
According to the calculations of the Associated Press, there will be an estimated 3.2 million deaths this year, a 15 percent increase over 2019. The Johns Hopkins University's compilation of fatalities in the U.S. related to the pandemic is 322,218 as of early afternoon today (Tuesday). The worldwide total is 1.7 million.
In other COVID news, Great Britain is undergoing a strict lockdown in reaction to a new strain of the virus. The new "bug" is not more dangerous than the original version, nor more resistant to the vaccine, but is up to 70 percent more contagious, reports The New York Times.
The News: California will have a new senator
Alex Padilla, California's secretary of state, will become a U.S. Senator, replacing Kamala Harris who will be sworn in as vice president on Jan. 20. Padilla was appointed to the post by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Rita Hart (D-Iowa) will ask the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate the election in which she lost by six votes, arguing that 22 ballots were wrongly excluded. Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks has been declared the winner.
Walmart was sued Tuesday by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly putting pressure on its pharmacies to fill prescriptions for powerful painkillers, according to the Associated Press.
Influenced by worries about the coronavirus and doubts about the effectiveness of the $900 billion stimulus bill passed by Congress late Monday night, two of three major stock indexes fell on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Average declined 200.94 points and the S&P 500 retreated by 7.66 points. Nasdaq showed a 65.40 increase.
The Weather: The (windy) Red Flag is up
A "red flag warning" will be in effect in Orange County because of windy conditions on Wednesday and Thursday. Highs on Wednesday in the West Orange County area will be around 73 (49 overnight) with patchy fog and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour. The wind should calm by Thursday with a high of 70 (overnight low of 46). Christmas Day should be sunny and 70, with a low of 47 at night. Saturday will see a dip to 66 degrees during the day. In the Huntington Beach area, daytime highs will be four to five degrees cooler during the day.
The Sports: Season starts with rivalry game
The 2020-21 NBA season starts tonight with the Lakers and Clippers meeting at Staples Center in a non-fan setting. We'll have the results tonight.
Categories: The Wider World
Tagged as: Alex Padilla, coronavirus, Kamala Harris, The Daily News, Walmart
LeBron, Anthony still the faves
Hospitalizations still increase


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Houzz Makes Play for Singapore's $7.4 Billion Home Decor Market
Asia presents `enormous opportunity,' says CEO Adi Tatarko
U.S. startup has 40 million monthly unique users globally
Houzz Inc., the Sequoia Capital-backed U.S. startup that connects homeowners with designers and contractors, is bringing its service to Singapore to try and capture a slice of a S$10 billion ($7.4 billion) local remodeling market.
It's started a dedicated website and mobile app for the affluent city state, the third country it's entered in the Asia Pacific alongside Australia and Japan. About 150,000 people on the Southeast Asian island of 5.7 million already view its photo-rich site every month, according to Houzz co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Adi Tatarko…


I bought a 2006 ford focus zx4 ses (top of the line) new in April 2006 and today it has 49,000 miles. It has been a very unreliable car and has been in the shop more then it has been out of the shop since I have owned it. I purchased an extended warranty so far I haven't paid anything out of pockt for repairs. They replaced brakes b/c the pads buckled on the front with 22k, then the entire front in suspension was replaced b/c it was "loose" or as the dealer would say "faulty". I knew then this car was bad. Ford has been good to fix the problems until now. Even with extended warranty left Ford isn't wanting to spend more money fixing the car. Ford "rebuilt" my transmission about 3 months ago b/c the transmission was "slipping" and was hesitating. I hate to say, but it is way worse now then before the repair. Ford wont' do anything to fix it they say that is common with age and mileage of the vehicle. My car has never gotten over 14.5mpg city use which is way below what is estimated by ford. Ford says that is common for the 2006 Focus. I dont' believe them, I think they just dont want to fix the car anymore.
Have driven my ZX4 for over 18 months now. Has 26K miles. Like it very much and enjoy driving it. Getting 31/32 MPG in mixed city/road driving. Has very good handling and rider comfort--as you might expect from a German designed car. Seating is higher than some other cars in this category. Headroom is two inches more than in my wife's Cadillac. Easy to get in and out. My only complaint is that road noise is a little higher than I would like when going over rough, surface treatment type roads.
I have enjoyed driving my Focus. It is an excellent weekend car, along with being a daily cummute car. The gas mileage is fanastic. It is very comfortable car to drive, along with being fun and sporty. There is no problem with performance on the freeways or handling on the a curvy 2 lane highway. And I can manuver into the smallest areas for parking. The cargo area is excellent for carrying just about anything. And above all sitting in the back seat you're knees are not in your mouth. It's roomy and very comfortable.
I went from an 94 Ford Bronco to a 06 Ford Focus and felt secure in doing so. I still have the Bronco, but the Focus is fun, and far better at the pump.
GREAT CAR, EXTREMY ROOMY FOR A CAR OF THIS SIZE. GREAT GAS MILEAGE.
The ST with the Mazda 2.3L engine and the 5 speed transmission give it just enough zip to be fun to drive..The ABS disc brakes are great as is the traction control..The Sony audiophile system is an awesome stero. The taut suspension helps the car handle really well and the tuned exhaust sounds great..If it was rear drive it would be a true sports sedan.


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Carter's Profile In Incompetence: Carter, The Worst President In American History By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
Posted on October 30, 2008. Filed under: 2008 Candidates, Are You Ready for CHANGE?!?!, Biden, candidates, Change, cute, Election 2008, Elections 2008, How Much CHANGE can WE handle?!?!, How Much CHANGE can YOU forget-about?!?!, Interesting, John, John McCain, McCain, Political, President, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2008, True, Truth, We CRAVE Change, We NEED Change, Worst President, Wow! | Tags: 2008 Candidates, 2008 Elections, Are You Ready for CHANGE?!?!, Barack Hussein Obama, Biden, candidates, Carter, Change, Election 2008, How Much CHANGE can WE handle?!?!, How Much CHANGE can YOU forget-about?!?!, John McCain, McCain, Obama, Political, President, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2008, True, Truth, Worst President, Wow! |
Read this and see if it sinks in.
Profile In Incompetence: The Worst President In American History By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
Jimmy Carter became our 39th president at the young age of 52. He was a one-term governor from Plains, GA, where he managed the family peanut farm and taught Sunday school. He was also a graduate of the Naval Academy and served seven years in the Navy, leaving as a lieutenant.
He came to power in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and the resignation of President Nixon. The public wanted change and someone new, and Carter was an ambitious, hands-on politician who promised better days. As good as his intentions were, however, the things he tried were not successful. In fact, he created far more serious problems than he ever solved.
The centerpiece of Carter's foreign policy was human rights, and he did achieve one noble success-a peace treaty between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin.
Unfortunately, that later led to Sadat's assassination at the hands of Muslim radicals.
Many people felt Carter was a good man who worked hard and meant well. But he was naive and incompetent in handling the enormous burdens and complex challenges of being president.
He wrongly believed Americans had an "inordinate fear of communism," so he lifted travel bans to Cuba, North Vietnam and Cambodia and pardoned draft evaders. He also stopped B-1 bomber production and gave away our strategically located Panama Canal.
His most damaging miscalculation was the withdrawal of U.S. support for the Shah of Iran, a strong and longtime military ally. Carter objected to the Shah's alleged mistreatment of imprisoned Soviet spies who were working to overthrow Iran's government. He thought the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini, being a religious man, would make a fairer leader.
Having lost U.S. support, the Shah was overthrown, the Ayatollah returned, Iran was declared an Islamic nation and Palestinian hit men were hired to eliminate opposition.
The Ayatollah then introduced the idea of suicide bombers to the Palestine Liberation Organization, paying $35,000 to PLO families whose young people were brainwashed to kill as many Israelis as possible by blowing themselves up in crowded shopping areas.
Next, the Ayatollah used Iran's oil wealth to create, train and finance a new terrorist organization, Hezbollah, which later would attack Israel in 2006.
In November 1979, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other Iranians stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. Not until six months into the ordeal did Carter attempt a rescue. But the mission, using just six Navy helicopters, was poorly executed. Three of the copters were disabled or lost in sandstorms. (Pilots weren't allowed to meet with weather forecasters because someone in authority worried about security.) Five airmen and three Marines lost their lives.
So, due to overconfidence, inexperience and poor judgment, Carter undermined and lost a strong ally, Iran, that today aggressively threatens the U.S., Israel and the rest of the world with nuclear weapons.
But that's not all. After Carter met for the first time with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, the USSR promptly invaded Afghanistan. Carter, ever the naive appeaser, was shocked. "I can't believe the Russians lied to me," he said.
The invasion attracted a 23-year-old Saudi named Osama bin Laden to Afghanistan to recruit Muslim fighters and raise money for an anti-Soviet jihad. Part of that group eventually became al-Qaida, a terrorist organization that would declare war on America several times between 1996 and 1998 before attacking us on 9/11, killing more Americans than the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. On Carter's watch, the Soviet Union went on an unrestrained rampage in which it took over not only Afghanistan, but also Ethiopia, South Yemen, Angola, Cambodia, Mozambique, Grenada and Nicaragua. In spite of this, Carter's last defense budget proposed spending 45% below pre-Vietnam levels for fighter aircraft, 75% for ships, 83% for attack submarines and 90% for helicopters.
Years later, as a civilian, Carter negotiated a peace agreement with North Korea to keep that communist country from developing nuclear weapons. He also convinced President Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to go along with it. But the signed piece of paper proved worthless. The North Koreans deceived Carter and instead used our money, incentives and technical equipment to build nuclear weapons and pose the threat we face today.
Thus did Carter unwittingly become our Neville Chamberlain, creating with his well-intended but inept, unrealistic and gullible actions the very conditions that led to the three most dangerous security threats we face today: Iran, al-Qaida and North Korea.
On the domestic side, Carter gave us inflation of 15%, the highest in 34 years; interest rates of 21%, the highest in 115 years; and a severe energy crisis with lines around the block at gas stations nationwide.
In 1977, Carter, along with a Democrat Congress, created a worthy project with noble intentions-the Community Reinvestment Act. Over strong industry objections, it mandated that all banks meet the credit needs of their entire communities.
In 1995, President Clinton imposed even stronger regulations and performance tests that coerced banks to substantially increase loans to low-income, poverty-area borrowers or face fines or possible restrictions on expansion. These revisions allowed for securitization of CRA loans containing subprime mortgages.
By 1997, good loans were bundled with poor ones and sold as prime packages to institutions here and abroad. That shifted risk from the loan originators, freeing banks to begin pyramiding and make more of these profitable subprime products.
Under two young, well-intended presidents, therefore, big-government plans and mandates played a significant role in the current subprime mortgage mess and its catastrophic consequences for the U.S. and international economies.
Hardest-hit by the mortgage foreclosures have been the citizens that Democrats always claim to help most-inner-city residents who fell victim to low or no down payment schemes, unexpected adjustable rates, deceptive loan applications and commission-hungry salespeople.
Now, we're having to bail out at huge cost Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the very agencies that were supposed to stabilize the system. In time, this should improve the situation. But the party of Carter and Clinton that midwifed our mortgage mess now wants to be trusted to take over and have the government run our entire system of health care!
Funny, but, true: "We CRAVE Change"
Posted on October 12, 2008. Filed under: 2008 Candidates, Cash In Your Pocket!, Change, cute, Dude, Economy, Election, Election 2008, How Much CHANGE can YOU forget-about?!?!, How Much CHANGE do YOU Crave?!?!, Humor, Hussein, Interesting, Jokes, Money Saving Tips, NEW taxes, Obama, President, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2008, Save Some Cash!, Save Some Dough, Save Your Dough!, Truth, We CRAVE Change, We NEED Change, weird | Tags: 2008 Candidates, Barack, Barack Hussein Obama, Barak, Biden, Bush, candidates, Change, cute, Dude, Economy, Elecction, Election 2008, George, George Bush, How Much CHANGE can YOU forget-about?!?!, How Much CHANGE do YOU Crave?!?!, Hussein, NEW taxes, Obama, President, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2008, Vote, We CRAVE Change, We NEED Change |
I got this funny e-mail that spells-out the truth!!!!!
TO ALL MY FRIENDS & FAMILY….LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE……..FYI only.
George Bush has been in office for 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine.
A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) the unemployment rate was 4.5%.
4) the DOW JONES hit a record high–14,000 +
5) American's were buying new cars, taking cruises, vacations overseas, living large!…
But American's wanted 'CHANGE'! So, in 2006 they voted in a Democratic Congress and yes–we got 'CHANGE' all right. In the PAST YEAR:
1) Consumer confidence has plummeted ;
2) Gasoline is now over $4 to $6 (depending on where you live) a gallon & climbing!;
3) Unemployment is up to 5.5% (a 10% increase);
4) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $12 TRILLION
DOLLARS and prices still dropping;
5) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
6) as I write, THE DOW is probing another low~~
$2.5 TRILLION DOLLARS HAS EVAPORATED FROM THEIR
STOCKS, BONDS & MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIOS!
YES, IN 2006 AMERICA VOTED FOR CHANGE…AND WE SURE GOT IT! ….
REMEMBER, THE PRESIDENT HAS NO CONTROL OVER ANY OF THESE ISSUES, ONLY CONGRESS.
AND WHAT HAS CONGRESS DONE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. (Other $168 Billion added by the Democrats as an incentive to pass the $700 Billion of NEEDed money that the taxpayers, their children, their grand-children and many generations after them will be paying for)
NOW THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT CLAIMS HE IS GOING TO REALLY GIVE US CHANGE ALONG WITH A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS!!!!
JUST HOW MUCH MORE 'CHANGE' DO YOU THINK YOU CAN STAND?
Will Obama be good for our finances?!?!?!
Posted on August 4, 2008. Filed under: Advice, Are You Ready for CHANGE?!?!, Cash In Your Pocket!, Election 2008, How Much CHANGE can YOU forget-about?!?!, How Much CHANGE do YOU Crave?!?!, Interesting, Money Saving Tips, Political, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2008, Save Some Dough, Save Your Dough!, True, Truth | Tags: Are You Ready for CHANGE?!?!, Bush, Cash, Election, Election 2008, Elections, Electricity, How Much CHANGE can YOU forget-about?!?!, How Much CHANGE do YOU Crave?!?!, Hussein, McCain, Money Saving Tips, Obama, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2008, Tax, Tax mistakes, Tax Plan, Tax problems |
INTERESTING DATA, JUST RECEIVED ON TAXES:
Spread the word…..
This is something you should be aware of, so you don't get blind-sided.
This is really going to catch a lot of families off guard.
It should make you worry, irrespective of your politics
PROPOSED CHANGES in taxes AFTER 2008 General Elections!!!
A comparison of both candidates!!!
CAPITAL GAINS TAX:
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples) McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.
28% on profit from ALL home sales
If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes.
If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.
DIVIDEND TAX:
McCAIN 15% (no change)
OBAMA 39.6%
How will this affect you?
If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes IFObama becomes president.
The experts predict that 'higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.
INCOME TAX:
McCAIN (no changes)
Single making 30K – tax $4,500
Single making 50K – tax $12,500
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K – tax $18,750
Married making 125K – tax $31,250
(reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Under OBAMA, your taxes will more than DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How does this effect you?
NO Explanation needed!
This is pretty straight-forward!
INHERITANCE TAX:
McCAIN 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)
OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax
How does this affect you? Many families have lost businesses, farms and ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will wind up losing them to these taxes.
*******NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA*******
* New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2,400 square feet
* New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already!)
* New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)
* New taxes on retirement accounts and last but not least….
* New taxes to pay for government provided medical care so we can receive the same level of medical care as some other third-world countries!!!!!!!


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South African Muslim Women Struggle Under Marriage Laws
on Monday, 05 October 2009.
Muslims have lived in South Africa for hundreds of years - but Islamic marriages remain unrecognised in law, making divorce potentially disastrous for women. As the BBC's Mohammed Allie reports from Cape Town, that situation could be about to change.
Unlike most other women, however, this means she has been left in poverty. "Financially we are messed up, I only actually want what is rightfully mine, what I've worked for, what I've sweated for," she says. "Not just for me, but for my kids, that's all that I want."
She says she lived in a home to which she and her husband both contributed - but following her divorce she was left with nothing and was forced to move back to her parents' house.
South African couples who marry legally do so in community of property, which allows both parties an equal share of material possessions in the event of a divorce. But women married under Muslim rites have endless problems.
Click here to read the full story on BBC News


Findings from a follow-up to the NPO Funding Cuts and Job Losses survey, conducted by GreaterGood South Africa in October 2013 show that while things are better for nonprofits in South Africa many are still challenged by funding cuts, resource constraints and an uncertain financial position.
Although fewer organisations report funding cuts - and the scale of the cuts has reduced - the overall funding environment does not appear to be significantly better for most nonprofit organisations (NPOs) we surveyed. Over half (54 percent) of the 467 organisations that took the survey reported significant funding cuts in the previous year which is significantly down from 80 percent in the 2012 survey.
But organisations also reported an average of R4 million in cuts per organisation. Almost half (46 percent) said that although the funding environment had worsened, they were surviving; 26 percent said the situation had stayed the same; and 13 percent said it was getting better. An equal amount (13 percent) said it is much worse.
Funding cuts were reported from all funding sources, with the National Lotteries Board topping the list again (40 percent), followed by the corporate social investment (CSI) departments (39 percent) and individuals (34 percent). Only 17 percent said cuts had come from international donors.
Qualitatively, it seems that the cuts reported in the 2012 survey have forced organisations to become more agile and better able to adapt their strategies in response. This has resulted in fewer job and services cuts. 33 percent reported retrenching staff (a total of 2 078 people) which equates to an average of six permanent staff and 17 volunteers per organisation and 38 percent reported having to cut services to beneficiaries as a result, down from 64 percent in 2012.
But the job losses are still significant, especially among volunteers, many of whom rely on stipends to survive. The sector is a major employer and the shedding of jobs remains a concern.
Perhaps most concerning is the fact that the immediate financial position of organisations has not improved with 34 percent having enough cash to cover operating costs for six months (36 percent in 2012) and 16 percent reporting no operating cash at all (17 percent in 2012). While sustainability planning and well-managed finances with provision made for saving are crucial to survival, it seems that few organisations have the breathing space that reserves can provide.
More needs to be done, therefore, to support and encourage organisations and donors to make provision for reserves that can see them through unforeseen funding cuts.
Organisations are using a wide variety of tools to address funding shortfalls with the majority still submitting proposals (76 percent), 58 percent using networking and 48 percent fundraising events. Most organisations reported making significant changes to their structure, financial management and staffing to survive in the current funding climate.
Click here to download a summary of the key findings.
This article first appeared on the GreaterGood South Africa website.


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Pop & Hiss
Sunset Junction 2011: Stages, set times unveiled
By Todd MartensGame Critic
First, the bad news: When soul artist Charles Bradley likely whips an unsuspecting Sunset Junction crowd into a communal dance frenzy, the sun and heat will be at their midday peak. The good news, however, is that Bradley won't interfere with some of the city's finest local acts, such as vintage rockers the Dum Dum Girls or pop duo the Belle Brigade, which will also take part in the second and final day of the Silver Lake weekend event, set to begin Aug. 27.
Though the Sunset Junction festival is three weeks away yet, Pop & Hiss has an early look below at the stages and set times for this year's lineup. Tickets are on sale now for an advance price of $20 per day, and are available online, at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park or at 4121 Santa Monica Blvd. At the gate, tickets go up to $25 per day (for those who buy online, however, service fees essentially negate the early-bird price).
There's plenty of music to be had over the two-day festivities, though, as six stages will offer a mix of local and national programming. Headliners this year include soul legend Bobby Womack, dancey indie-rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and alt-rock weirdos the Butthole Surfers.
Area venues the Satellite and Hotel Cafe will curate a hearty dose of the lineup, and El Cid will house a 'locals-only' stage each day. Set times after the jump.
SATURDAY, AUG. 27
BATES STAGE prsented by the Satellite
1 p.m. Barrio Tiger
2 p.m. Cinderella Motel
3 p.m. The Stripminers (featuring Brett Anderson from the Donnas and DJ Bonebrake from X)
4 p.m. Vanaprasta
5:05 p.m. 400 Blows
6:10 p.m. Helmet
7:40 p.m. Melvins
9:15 p.m. Butthole Surfers
HOOVER STAGE
1 p.m. Big D, a tribute to Little Richard
2 p.m. The Damselles and the TC4
3:30 p.m. Vaud and the Villians
5 p.m. Nick Waterhouse
6:30 p.m. Ladies of Motown review featuring Kim Weston, Brenda Holloway and the original Vandellas, and Arthur Adams
SANBORN STAGE (dance/electronic)
12:15 p.m. DJ Dexterous
1:45 p.m. DJ Drew
3 p.m. David Palmer
4 p.m. DJ Thrifty Lips
4:50 p.m.DJ Scotty Boy
6:15 p.m. Swedish Egil
7:45 p.m.Morgan Page
9 p.m. DJ set by Lil Jon
HYPERION STAGE presented by Hotel Cafe
1 p.m. Nicole Eva Emery
1:45 p.m.Yellow Red Sparks
2:30 p.m. Greylag
3:30 p.m. Buddy
4:30 p.m. The Bitter Branches
5:30 p.m. The Steelwells
6:30 p.m. Milo Green
7:30 p.m. Brian Wright
9 p.m. Cary Brothers
10 p.m. Butch Walker & the Black Widows
EDGECLIFFE STAGE presented by the Satellite
1 p.m. The Hundred Days
2 p.m. Useless Keys
3 p.m. Chasing Kings
4 p.m. Art vs Science
5:15 p.m. Shadow Shadow Shade
6:30 p.m. He's My Brother She's My Sister
8 p.m. Tapes 'n Tapes
9:30 p.m. Art Brut
EL CID STAGE
2:40 p.m. Battle of the Bands winner
3:40 p.m. Marvelous Toy
4:30 p.m. Lovers Drugs
6:35 p.m. The Studiofix
7:50 p.m. Queen Caveat
8:55 p.m. The Remainers
9:45 p.m. Living Dead Lights
11 p.m. - 2 a.m. Goodie Tu-Shoes
SUNDAY, AUG. 28
12:30 p.m. Manhattan Murder Mystery
1:25 p.m. Lesands
2:20 p.m. Hands
3:25 p.m. The Soft Pack
4:30 p.m. The Growlers
5:40 p.m. Dum Dum Girls
7 p.m. Gayngs
8:30 p.m. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
1 p.m. Sunny War
1:45 p.m. Ruby Summer
2:30 p.m. Kitty, Daisy and Lewis
3:30 p.m. Charles Bradley
5 p.m. The Three Degrees
6:30 p.m. Ozomatli
8 p.m. Bobby Womack
11:45 p.m. DJ Exodus
1 p.m. DJ Fashen
2:30 p.m. DJ Reflex
3:30 p.m. Lazr Tag
4:50 p.m. EC Twins
6:15 p.m. Trent Cantrelle
7:25 p.m. Natalia Kills
8:35 p.m. DJ set by Peaches
12 p.m. Rachel Goodrich
12:40 p.m. Jesse Thomas
1:30 p.m. Erin McLaughlin
2:30 p.m. Holly Conlan
3:30 p.m. Carina Round
4:30 p.m. Madi Diaz
5:30 p.m. Jim Bianco
6:30 p.m. Honeyhoney
8 p.m. Chris Pierce
9 p.m. The Rescues
12:30 p.m. The Californian
1:35 p.m. Olin and the Moon
2:40 p.m. The Fling
3:50 p.m. Lady Danville
5:05 p.m. The Belle Brigade
6:30 p.m. Rooney
8 p.m. Hanson
2 p.m. Tic Tic Boom
3 p.m. Nomerica DJs
6:15 p.m. Oh Darling
7:25 p.m. Broken Numbers Band
8:45 p.m. Roses Pawn Shop
9:45 p.m. Leftover Cuties
11 p.m. David and Devine
Belle Brigade: A pop duo that's kin tight
Dum Dum Girls work through tragedy, move beyond lo-fi
Unsung heroes: Ex-tribute artist Charles Bradley finds his own voice
-- Todd Martens
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Todd Martens joined the Los Angeles Times in 2007 and covers a mix of interactive entertainment (video games) and pop music. Previously, Martens reported on the music business for Billboard Magazine. He has contributed to numerous books, including "The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time." He continues to torture himself by rooting for the Chicago Cubs and, while he likes dogs, he is more of a cat person.


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Columbus is running out the starters against the Montreal Impact tonight in Orlando as they try to keep their perfect record.
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The Black and Gold have their first shot at a trophy in a few short hours against the Montreal Impact in the first place match of the Disney Pro Soccer Classic. Columbus has won each of their games in Orlando, beating Toronto, Philadelphia, and Orlando City by a combined score of 8-2.
The staff is likely pleased with a perfect record so far, but are probably happier at how the team has started to come together. The first eleven has played significant minutes, including nearly the whole game last Saturday. Given the lineup turnover in the off season, every minute counts.
The game is another chance to get more match fitness for the team. This will be the Crew's seventh preseason game. Head Coach Robert Warzycha has settled on a starting lineup and has gotten several of his starters into match fit.
The lineup issue is clouded with the Kirk Urso Memorial Match kicking off tomorrow at 1pm. The Crew have to balance the lineups. The starters will get a full run out tonight in preparation for the season opener against Chivas USA next Saturday. A largely reserve lineup will be playing in less than 24 hours in North Carolina.
With a full compliment of starters, Columbus is primed to challenge for the championship against a Montreal team that had it's own turnover this off season. Jesse Marsch was replaced by Swiss coach Marco Schällibaum. Midfielder Andrea Pisanu joins on loan from Bologna while Andrés Romero also joined on loan from Tombense.
The Impact are trying to pick up where they left off towards the end of last season. They finished with a 2-0-1 record in group play to get to the first place game.
Tonight is the final test for the first team before the season kicks off against Chivas USA next Saturday. It will be a good test against another team looking to get into the playoffs.
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Obama's New Book Lacks Important Context and Omits Significant History About Israel
Arlene Bridges Samuels
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN—
Former President Barack Obama has penned a 728-page memoir, A Promised Land, that was released on November 17 and has already amassed record-breaking sales in its first week: 1.7 million copies. Lauded for its eloquent use of language, the book nonetheless has engendered criticism regarding Israel—and I'd like to add my voice to the critics.
Delving into an extensive assortment of book reviews from Israeli and Arab writers, I am conveying my research matched with my own experiences and expertise as a professional in the pro-Israel movement. I've worked, studied, traveled, and written about the Middle East for 20 years. In this week's column, I am focusing on the former president's view on Palestinians and "settlements" and a troubling lack of context about Israel's history and its need for defensive measures in order to survive. Also, including more context about the Palestinian leadership's intransigence, corruption, and anti-Semitism over the decades would have provided a narrative more closely aligned to reality. Obama's thin contexts leave behind a troubling trail of misinformation about Palestinian leadership, Gaza, and Israel, the Promised Land.
Obama's perspective was a political, philosophical view shaped early-on by Dr. Edward Said, Dr. Rashid Khalidi, and Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
Columbia University's liberal professor Edward Said (1935-1993) was a highly respected Palestinian intellectual who condemned Israel and viewed it as a predatory occupier "waging a war against Palestinian civilians." When his friend Barack Obama got involved in politics, Rashid Khalidi, another prominent Palestinian professor at Columbia and University of Chicago, observed, "Because of Obama's family ties to Kenya and Indonesia, he would be more understanding of the Palestinian experience than typical American politicians." Khalidi considers Israel "a callous occupying power."
The controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright rounds out Obama's list of key influencers from his university days and into his early political career as a senator in the Illinois legislature. As recently as 2015, Reverend Jeremiah Wright described Israel as "an apartheid state" and declared that "Jesus was a Palestinian." The Obamas attended his Chicago church for 20 years. Wright married the future First Couple and baptized their children.
In early 2007, when Obama started his campaign for the U.S. President, he had built important relationships in the Jewish community. When he gave a speech at a Chicago American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) event, he commented, "Israel is our strongest ally in the region and its only established democracy. We must preserve our total commitment to our unique defense relationship with Israel by fully funding military assistance." He later claimed, "Such advanced multi-billion-dollar systems would help Israel deter missile attacks from as far as Tehran and as close as Gaza." Former President Obama made good on supporting Israel's annual security aid and also approved major funding for Israel's Iron Dome, a defensive superstar protecting Israeli civilians. He plans on writing his second memoir, and it will be useful to weigh his words in 2007 about Tehran in light of the later Iran deal which culminated in 2015. A Promised Land ends in 2011.
In 2008, AIPAC invited presidential candidate Obama to speak at its annual policy conference in Washington, D.C. His star was already shining from his speech at the 2005 Democratic National Convention. In presidential election years, it's AIPAC's policy to invite the two nominees, both Democrat and Republican, to speak. Thus, in 2008, John McCain also spoke at the event.
It's noteworthy to define AIPAC. It's not a political action committee. It is a bipartisan organization, historically Jewish, founded in 1953. Its sole purpose is to strengthen the bond of the U.S. and Israel in a mutually beneficial relationship. AIPAC's members include Jewish, Christian, Black, and Hispanic pro-Israel activists. The organization educates Congress—both Democrats and Republicans—focusing on legislation that assures Israel's security, a security that rebounds to help the U.S., among multiple benefits, with intelligence-sharing about the Middle East. AIPAC's even-handed policies, devoid of personal attacks against members of Congress, have led to essential efforts for Israel's annual security aid and other related legislation.
As Obama's campaign grew, a Los Angeles Times headline read "Campaign '08: Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Obama." He had effectively masterminded both sides.
I am setting the record straight on just several of his incomplete renderings of history, since too many exist to include here. Obama has dealt a disservice to some key facts about Israel.
One of the best reviews I read was written by Israeli Rabbi Dov Lipman in his November 26 article published in the Jewish News Service. It's called "Obama's Revisionist 'Promised
Land.'" When I worked for AIPAC, I recruited and staffed nine trips to Israel for Christian leaders sponsored by its affiliated foundation, American Israel Education Foundation. We enjoyed Rabbi Lipman's excellent briefing at the Knesset in 2014. Lipman was elected to the Knesset and served from 2013–2015. We all felt a kinship with him on many shared conservative issues. He was also regularly active with the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus.
To begin with a few of Obama's quotes in Lipman's article, here is the 44th president's brief description of Israel's miraculous establishment as a modern state. "As Britain withdrew, the two sides quickly fell into war. And with Jewish militias claiming victory in 1948, the state of Israel was officially born."
These two sentences describing the reestablishment of Israel after 2,000 years of dispersion are a slight to biblical history. Surprisingly, his 728-page book omitted one of the most magnificent stories of a nation. On May 14, 1948, Israelis rejoiced at the founding of the modern Jewish state. The next day five Arab armies attacked. Although they were poorly equipped, the Jewish citizens came together as one, knowing that their existence as a Jewish state depended on beating back the Arab threat and achieving complete victory. God enabled their unity, grit, and determination—yet they paid a high price. Six thousand Israelis died in that war, out of a population of little more than 800,000. Their resources were scant, but God increased the loaves and fishes of creative strategies and defensive weapons and they won against all odds.
Obama goes on to say that in 1948 "Israel would engage in a succession of conflicts with its Arab neighbors." This bland, one-sided viewpoint omits the Arab-instigated wars designed to destroy the world's only Jewish state. Looking at this 72 years later, we see that the list of wars is long.
The 1948–49 War of Independence. The 1991 Gulf War, where Iraq fired Scud missiles into Israel. (Israel did not retaliate.) The 1956 Sinai Campaign. The 1982 and 2006 Lebanon wars. The 1967 Six-Day War. The 1973 Yom Kippur War, where Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on its holiest day. Plus, in 1987 and 2000, Israel quelled two violent Palestinian intifadas (uprisings) and defended Israeli civilians against Gaza's terrorist group Hamas in Operation Cast Lead, Pillar of Defense, and Operation Protective Edge.
In another historical error, Obama imagines, "The rise of the PLO was the result of the Six-Day War." As a matter of fact, the Palestinian Liberation Organization was founded three years earlier—in 1964. Obama's inaccuracy with dates bolsters anti-Semites and the uninformed to lay blame on Israel for recapturing its biblical heartland in its 1967 victory in the Six-Day War.
Obama was not a fan of the "settlements." He demanded in 2009 that Prime Minister Netanyahu freeze the building of homes in the "settlements." The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, had promised he would engage in direct negotiations if the building stopped. Eleven years later, Prime Minister Netanyahu is still waiting, but he wisely decided years ago to continue building those homes—realizing Abbas's "promise" to negotiate was another bad-faith Palestinian ploy.
One of the most glaring omissions is Obama's failure to mention Israel's 2005 unilateral withdrawal of 8,000 men, women, and children from their homes, businesses, and synagogues in Gaza—a departure that was excruciatingly painful to those whose lives were completely uprooted. The Israeli government had hoped that the Palestinians would then build a "Singapore by the Sea." (Many people still wrongly think that Jews live in Gaza.) Instead, the Palestinians immediately destroyed everything the Jewish community had left behind for them. And, rather than ushering in an era of peace, the evacuation from Gaza led to Hamas's terrorist takeover in 2007—which for the last 13 years has resulted in unrelenting rocket assaults and riots against Israeli civilians in southern Israel. A mantra from most of the world—including former U.S. Democrat and Republican Presidents—has habitually placed the burden of making peace on Israel's shoulders.
Journalist Amir Taheri, born in Iran, is now the neo-conservative European chairman of Gatestone Institute, an outstanding think tank. Taheri was a former executive editor-in-chief of Iran's daily Kayhan from 1972 to 1979 and has written for publications including Asharq Al-Awsat, the prominent Arab international newspaper. In his review of Obama's memoir, Taheri comments, "A Promised Land doesn't make it clear to whom was America promised and ends with the killing of Osama bin Laden. The so-called 'Arab Spring' became a disaster. The 'Grand Bargain' with the mullahs of Tehran fizzled into a tragicomic number. The 'red line' set in Syria became pink and then disappeared altogether."
Obama's current 728-page musings end in 2011. Hopefully, his follow-up memoir will comport more closely with history matched with context. And given Obama's vast influence in the U.S. and around the world, he should take extraordinary care to tamp down rising anti-Semitism by presenting both Israel's history and her people in an accurate light.
Join CBN Israel in praying that the true history and story of Israel will prevail:
Pray that journalists and authors will write factually about Israel.
Pray that biblical and modern truths about Israel will continue to increase and that the propaganda will decrease.
Pray that reason and discernment will take precedence over the mindless acceptance of distorted and twisted narratives about Israel.
Pray that more intensive biblical education about Israel will increase.
Remember Proverbs 25:18: "Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor."
Arlene Bridges Samuels pioneered Christian outreach for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). After she served nine years on AIPAC's staff, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem USA engaged her as Outreach Director part-time for their project, American Christian Leaders for Israel. Arlene is now an author at The Blogs-Times of Israel and has frequently traveled to Israel. By invitation, she has attended Israel's Government Press Office Christian Media Summit three times. She hosts her devotionals, The Eclectic Evangelical, on her website at ArleneBridgesSamuels.com.
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Miley Cyrus embraces Jesse Helt, a homeless man who accepted her MTV Video Music Award for video of the year.
LOS ANGELES >> When Miley Cyrus wears pasties or posts photos of her pink armpits, it's not to be a provocateur. The 22-year-old says she's just being herself, and she wants all young people to have that same opportunity.
Cyrus, who famously asked a homeless man to accept her Video of the Year trophy at the 2014 Video Music Awards, said she was inspired by the attention generated by that gesture. And she was further moved by the suicide of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn in December. More than 1.6 million young people are homeless in the United States, according to the National Coalition for the Homeless. Cyrus said 40 percent identify themselves as LGBT.
An entertainer since age 14, she wants to use her fame for good, calling Bruce Jenner "my hero" for shining light on transgender issues.
Cyrus is passionate about a lot of issues, from climate change to animal welfare, but said she chose to focus on youth homelessness because it's specific and tangible.
She plans to remain focused on increasing acceptance for LBGT youth and improving homeless kids' lives for at least five years before broadening her scope.
Funds raised by Happy Hippie will create digital support groups for LGBT youth and their families. The foundation is also aiding My Friend's Place, a center for homeless youth in Hollywood.
To launch the Happy Hippie Foundation and raise money and awareness for its programs, she's unveiling a collection of music video collaborations with artists such as Joan Jett and Ariana Grande. The Backyard Sessions will be available on the foundation's Facebook page beginning Tuesday.
Cyrus is also writing songs about loving one another and being true to one's self. Which comes back to why she dyed her armpit hair pink.


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The January Saturday Club met at the foot of the Amersham train station. The snow was falling like a goose feather duvet had been torn open in the middle of a strong fluffing. Thick flakes floated down softly onto the earth, dampening the acoustics of the village, making everything feel sleepy. A group of six of us met, most for the first time, and we shook hands, said our hellos, talked about whether we were new to this or not. Soon off we went, walking only a couple hundred meters before we turned and entered a wood which lay at the edge of the Amersham town. We were struck by the sheer beauty of this brief but heavy snowfall. The forest floor was now a virgin white, void of any tracks man. The trees rose up in a pitch black shadow as they were backlit by the low sun now burning through the clouds. It was curious how we all stopped in awe of the beauty of this moment. It wasn't yet automatic that we should pull our cameras out and begin recording this. It wasn't until in the distance a couple appeared with a dog and as they approached, they gave us a sense of scale and form. We used this as our warm-up exercise and took pleasure in the fact that we were able to shoot one of the very, very few moments this winter where snow was available and falling at a most appropriate moment.
Making our way along the woods we made it to the edge where the trees clear and one can see for miles along the undulating landscape of the Chilterns. The hills with Old Amersham in the foreground painted one of those quintessential English countryside scenes described in classic literature or observes in 18th century paintings. We slowly made our pass along the edge of a farmers field, continuing to warm up our creative eye, capturing images along the way as we walked down a hill into the heart of Old Amersham where we took a tea break at a local cafe. Sitting outside in what had turned into a sun drenched day, The Saturday Club brief was handed out and we entered into discussion.
Finishing our teas and homemade baked goods, we had yet to get to our location which was about a kilometer away, deeper in the Chilterns where we would be photographing along a small, frozen lake, pasture and more woodland. Our comfortable walk through the picturesque village of Old Amersham took us past quaint shops and cottages and into a rural area where we crossed a highway and walked into a white filed and began the brief. The following images are the result of that day.


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Booming: Television News Channels in India
News programs have unexpectedly become hot property and are competing for focus with other well known projects broadcast in various channels. All significant TV telecasters are including no less than one news station to their bouquet. The greatest cerebral pain for dispatching a satellite station is program programming for nonstop. In this point, newsgathering is a significant assignment for the 24-hour news channels. To cater this assignment, the arising electronic channels have consistently made an endeavor to cover every one of the occurrences independent of position, area and time. These stations not just upset the idea of information on Indian TV yet in addition changed the news designs. Before 1990s, Doordarshan had hoarded report on Indian TV and furthermore transformed the news programs into a frump work out. Presently the private channels made the news a fundamental product like food, material and safe house. The solid mark of all the present news announcements is their topicality, objectivity, reflexive altering and excellent visuals. News has voyaged quite far from the DD time. From Local occasions to International occasions, breaking news to news investigation, TV cleanser to page3 news, each occurrence goes under domain of information. In this article, we have shrouded some huge changes in news broadcasting in India previously, then after the fact the Gulf War. Indian Television - Flash Back TV in India is going through critical changes in the current changed climate. To comprehend these changes, one requirements to have some short thought of the street covered by the TV stations up to this point. The excursion began as an exploratory premise with a monetary award from UNESCO in fifteenth September 1959. The improvised studio at Akashvani Bhavan in New Delhi was picked for area of the analysis. The analysis began with one-hour program, broadcast double seven days, on local area wellbeing, resident privileges, training and traffic sense and so on All things considered, it was dispatched precisely six years after the initiation of TV broadcasting. Every day one-hour program with a news notice was served to the Indian watchers. However, one significant disadvantage of TV was that you were unable to partake in the first shade of the items due to high contrast transmission. First multicolor program was the Prime Minister's location to the country from Red Fort in Delhi on India's 35th Independence Day. Around the same time, DD National channel was dispatched. The point of dispatching the National channel is supporting public reconciliation, and instilling a feeling of pride in Indians. Indian watchers likewise partook in the hued adaptation of the Asian Games facilitated by New Delhi in their drawing room. Visit:- http://www.hydnews.net/ The inclusion of significant occasions and various events loan a major hand behind the penetration of TV signs to the niche and corners of the subcontinent. Indian Government had found a way all potential ways to grow the TV broadcasting demographically and geologically. In 1983 TV signals were accessible to only 28% of the populace, this had multiplied before the finish of 1985 and by 1990 more than 90% of the populace approached TV signals. In 1984, DD Metro channel was added to give a restrictive diversion to the metropolitan watchers. At the outset, this channel was bound to metropolitan urban areas. As a public telecaster, Doordarshan introduced the news in naturalized way. All disputable issues were pushed away from plain view. The decision government had a solid hang on the TV broadcasting. Doordarshan news announcements couldn't give the global news to the public watchers. Objectivity had been the primary loss as news was perpetually skewed to suit the party in power. The news was freed from the bounds of the DD newsroom and acquired in objectivity and validity when New Delhi Television (NDTV) delivered 'The World This Week' in 1988. Everybody was trusting that the Friday night will watch 'The World This Week'. This was the main India-based program, which watched out at the remainder of the world. The World This Week was the best current undertakings program on the worldwide situation and conveyed great stuff of information, which the ordinary DD news was neglected to do. This program is positioned as one of the nation's best and most well known network shows. In 1989, NDTV produces India's initially live broadcast inclusion of the nation's overall races. The basic and business achievement of the inclusion sets another norm for Indian TV. After the Gulf War the media scene has changed for eternity. Golf War – The Catalyst Post-1990 satellite TV in India has become transnational in nature. It matched with the section of worldwide organizations in the Indian business sectors under the Government strategy of privatization. Worldwide satellite TV was presented in India by CNN through its inclusion of the Gulf War in 1991. In August 1991, Richard Li dispatched Star Plus, the primary satellite station radiated the sign to Indian subcontinent. Subhash Chandra's Zee TV showed up in October 1992. It is India's first exclusive Hindi channel to provide food the interest of Indian watchers. This start followed by Sony and somewhat later by homegrown channels like Eenadu, Asianet and Sun TV. Diversion programs had started to involve the all important focal point in the association's modifying techniques and publicizing had come to be primary wellspring of financing. Doordarshan's previous command to support the course of social and financial improvement had obviously been weakened. Doordarshan had confronted a hardened contest in news and public issues programming with worldwide channels like BBC and CNN. Doordarshan intended to sell a few openings for news program under supported classification. In February 1995, NDTV turns into the country's first private maker of the public 'News Tonight', which broadcasted on the country's administration claimed Doordarshan set another milestone for Indian TV due to its on-the spot revealing with appropriate visuals. Around the same time, TV Today Network involved a 20 minutes opening in DD Metro channel and circulated a Hindi and current issues program 'Aaj Tak'. This program became famous for its extensive inclusion and exceptional style show by Late S. P. Singh. Still we recollected the sign-up message "Ye Thi Khabar Aaj Tak, Intizar. Kijiye Kal Tak". Enormous number of watchers across India had been watching Aaj Tak as an every day propensity as a result of its creative style of information show. Other than that Nalini Singh's five-minute speedy, consolidated day by day news case Ankhon Dekhi, TV Today Network's Business Aaj Tak and Newstrack was circulated on the Metro channel of Doordarshan. This is the period when satellite stations focused on amusement programs for their separate stations. Doordarshan was as yet governed the most needed region 'news'.
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Five-time national champion Cann fails to progress to final
There will be a new name on the English national badminton championship women's singles trophy as five-time champion Elizabeth Cann limped out before the semi-finals.
The 33-year-old, from Jersey, was trailing to seventh-seed Fontaine Chapman by a game (23-21) and was 15-9 down before deciding to call it quits due to a back injury.
And Chapman went one better when she beat fourth-seed Panuga Riou (21-14, 21-18) in the semi-finals to book a clash with third-ranked Sarah Walker, and the Coventry-based finalist was delighted.
"I can't believe it – I'm in the final," said Chapman, who is returning from a back injury herself.
"I'm just really excited about the opportunity, I got to the semis when I was 18 and that was a little bit nerve-wracking.
"This has been the main focus for me – all my tournaments and all my preparation has been for this.
"It was a bit of a bittersweet ending, I wanted to finish that and get to 21 but I've been there with injuries, it is difficult.
"I had a big lead and you question whether it's worth carrying, I could sympathise with her."
Walker, from Essex but based at badminton's national headquarters in Milton Keynes, came past Sarah Milne 21-16, 17-21, 21-18 to seal her second final appearance in three years.
There was an upset in the mixed doubles as Chris Adcock and Gabrielle White were knocked out at the semi-final stage by Marcus Ellis and Alyssa Lim.
The pair, who stated their Olympic ambitions before the competition, were beaten in straight sets 21-17, 21-19, but remained realistic about the tournament's standing in their long-term plans.
"I'm not upbeat, but at the end of the day, this is a tournament building up to other tournaments," said Adcock.
"There's not much I can take away today, but we can learn from mistakes for bigger events."
Rajiv Ouseph will meet long-term rival and doubles partner Carl Baxter in the final of the men's singles.
The 26-year-old five-times champion easily dispatched Alex Lane 21-13, 21-15 before doing a similar job on fifth-seed Jamie Bonsels (21-4, 21-10) in the semi-final.
Baxter beat Josh Green 21-12, 21-11 to set-up the final against Ouseph, but both men lost to Adock and Ellis in the semi-finals of the men's doubles.
White and partner Lauren Smith will face Marian Agathangelou and Heather Olver in the final of the women's doubles.
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Chicago Bears Positional Needs: Wide Receiver
The Bears traded away Brandon Marshall in the offseason, opening up a position at wideout
By James Neveau	• Published on April 29, 2015 at 9:56 am
The Chicago Bears are in an interesting position going into the NFL Draft this week at Roosevelt University. With new G.M. Ryan Pace at the helm, the team has addressed plenty of needs this offseason, but there is still plenty of work to do as the new leadership of the organization makes decisions about their collective future.
With that in mind, we are taking a look at some of the positions that the team has got to address in the draft, whether it be with the number seven overall pick or later in the selection process. These picks have the potential to either get Pace and company off on the right foot, or to potentially derail this rebuilding process before it begins.
Today, we look at a position the Bears saw themselves get weaker at in the offseason, and which wide receivers could be on the team's radar during the draft.
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At the top of the draft, there are two wide receivers that have tongues wagging throughout the league. Alabama receiver Amari Cooper is the more polished option, with incredible statistics from a three-year career at the university and the type of skillset that makes scouts drool. The other is West Virginia wideout Kevin White, who only has one big year on his resume but had a ridiculous NFL Combine performance to his credit.
The problem for the Bears is that there is no guarantee that either receiver will be available to them with the seventh pick. The Oakland Raiders could definitely be in the market for one, and it wouldn't be surprising if the New York Jets grabbed one as well if Marcus Mariota is off the board when they pick sixth. It's possible that a player like Todd Gurley or Vic Beasley could go ahead of the Bears, meaning that one of the receivers could slip to them.
If that doesn't happen, there are still other options for the Bears to consider. Two wide receivers have been shooting up draft boards in the lead-up to the selection show, with Louisville's DeVante Parker and UCF's Breshad Perriman both now projected to be taken in the first half of the first round. Both would be a bit of a reach for the Bears at seven, but if they were to move down in the order via trade, then either would be a sparkling option.
If the Bears want to wait until the second round to take a wideout, there are a few options worth considering. A good one is Jaelen Strong out of Arizona State, who has the mix of strength and height that the Bears lost when Brandon Marshall was traded to the Jets. Phillip Dorsett would also be a great option as a field spacer having run one of the fastest times at the Combine, but it doesn't feel like he'll make it back to the Bears at their second round pick.
One other player to keep an eye on later in the draft is East Carolina wideout Justin Hardy. He had 121 catches and 1494 yards receiving in his final season at the university, and he could be an excellent selection in the third or fourth round.
How Badly Do the Bears Need One?
The Bears' offense right now is still pretty set with pass catchers, but with Alshon Jeffery looking to cash in and Matt Forte likely out of the picture sooner rather than later, the Bears need another weapon to utilize on offense. Getting younger at the receiver position would be a really smart idea, and adding a player that has speed to burn would help space the field out more for Jeffery as a vertical threat. We'll give this one an eight out of 10 on the need scale.


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The facial treatment is performed according to the four basic principles – using the products which are suitable for the skin, skin rejuvenation, skin protection and the preservation of the skin's healthy state. The special DMK approach is based not on the determining of the type of your skin, but on the evaluation of your skin state. Knowing what your skin lacks, it is possible to select the suitable products which will restore the reserves of the missing substances. The selected skin care products stimulate the skin's natural renewal process by providing the long-term results, instead of just superficial and short-term results.
In order to provide a more accurate insight into the range of solutions offered by DMK, let's consider each of these causes a little bit closer.
Renewal of the skin is a natural process during which the outermost skin layers slowly die off and peel away, while below them, the new skin develops. Generally, these two processes take place regularly, but sometimes in the result of the influence of the external circumstances, the balance can be lost, and the dead skin layer cannot completely peel off and can start to accumulate in the hair follicle ducts, thus blocking them.
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Sebum is a fatty substance which helps the skin to retain moisture and elasticity. It is secreted by the sebaceous glands that are found on almost the entire body surface. Due to the changes in the hormone level, the sebaceous glands can begin to work more productively, as a result of this too thick layer of sebum forms on the skin's surface, the excretory duct of the sebaceous glands is blocked, and acne appears.
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In the result of the changes in the skin's microflora, the bacteria can start to reproduce rapidly in the excretory duct of the sebaceous glands, as a result an inflammation and infected fluid usually appear, which is typical of the most serious cases of acne which can lead to permanent scarring.
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The failure to treat or prevent acne timely or properly can permanently damage the skin - it loses its vitality, and deep scars can appear which can cause a lack of self-confidence throughout the entire life.
Of course, you should remember that, even the best facial care products which are used improperly, will not provide the desired effect. So, before starting your facial care procedures, first of all, it is recommended to consult with a dermatologist who will help precisely to determine the type of your skin and to choose the most suitable skin care and treatment products.
It is especially important to consult a specialist in case of the damaged skin problems, because the improper treatment of the skin can lead to even bigger complications.


Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook says his company will fight a federal magistrate's order to hack its users in connection with the investigation of the San Bernardino, California shootings, asserting that would undermine encryption by creating a backdoor that could potentially be used on other future devices.
Pym ordered Apple to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters.., and setting the stage for a legal fight between the federal government and Silicon Valley over a first-of-its-kind ruling.
The order directing Apple to help the FBI break into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardo shooters represents a significant victory for the Justice Department. The Obama administration has embraced stronger encryption as a way to keep consumers safe on the Internet, but struggled to find a compelling example to make its case.
The ruling Tuesday tied the problem to the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Syed Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people in a Dec. 2 shooting at a holiday luncheon for Farook's co-workers. The couple later died in a gun battle with police.
Federal prosecutors told the judge in a court proceeding Tuesday — that was conducted without Apple being allowed to participate — that investigators can't access a work phone used by Farook because they don't know his passcode and Apple has not cooperated. Under U.S. law, a work phone is generally the property of a person's employer. The judge told Apple to provide an estimate of its cost to comply with her order, suggesting that the government will be expected to pay for the work.
The ruling by Pym, a former federal prosecutor, requires Apple to supply highly specialized software the FBI can load onto the county-owned work iPhone to bypass a self-destruct feature, which erases the phone's data after too many unsuccessful attempts to unlock it. The FBI wants to be able to try different combinations in rapid sequence until it finds the right one.
The couple took pains to physically destroy two personally owned cell phones, crushing them beyond the FBI's ability to recover information from them. They also removed a hard drive from their computer; it has not been found despite investigators diving for days for potential electronic evidence in a nearby lake.
Farook was not carrying his work iPhone during the attack. It was discovered after a subsequent search. It was not known whether Farook forgot about the iPhone or did not care whether investigators found it.
The phone was running the newest version of Apple's iPhone operating system, which requires a passcode and cannot be accessed by Apple, unlike earlier operating systems or older phone models. San Bernardino County provided Farook with an iPhone configured to erase data after 10 consecutive unsuccessful unlocking attempts. The FBI said that feature appeared to be active on Farook's iPhone as of the last time he performed a backup.
Investigators are still working to piece together a missing 18 minutes in Farook and Malik's timeline from Dec. 2. Investigators have concluded they were at least partly inspired by the Islamic State group; Malik's Facebook page included a note pledging allegiance to the group's leader around the time of the attack.


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One Family's Road Trip Through the Pacific Northwest
One family's road trip
by Margaret Williams
The scheming, my scheming, started around this time last year. Could I plan and pull off a two-week family road trip that would wind our troop of four through the Pacific Northwest — an area I had never actually been to but had a very clear picture of in my mind? I floated the idea to my husband, and I knew he was intrigued when I wasn't met with the usual concerns that govern our daily lives.
I wanted this trip to be something different. Real time away. Time away from how we normally live, time away from the heat, and, yes, time away from the tiny computers that have taken up almost permanent residence in our hands. I wanted to explore, camp, and celebrate a summer where our kids, still only a few years removed from the baby days, would find it all completely magical.
The author's trusty Polaroid camera was never far from her side as she and her family worked their way through the beaches, mountains and cities of the Pacific Northwest.
Confession: I love trip planning. I would have been a great travel agent. Give me a few disparate coordinates and I am tickled to connect the detailed dots. Armed with friendly endorsements (I mean, what is the point of a dinner party if not to file away your tablemates' recent trip) and travel stories from the Sunday paper, I relish plotting it all out in advance. The trick being, by the time said trip actually arrives, everyone involved, myself included, has the illusion of spontaneity.
All of this — my Pacific Northwest wanderlust and travel agent dreams — came to an auspicious head one stormy weekend last fall. With all four of us trapped inside for a full 48 hours, movies were cued up, forts were built, and the planning began. But where to start?
The home of a best childhood friend seemed perfect. We could arrive at this softest of landing pads, let the kids entertain one another, and catch up with old pals. The fact that this happy home also happened to be in the Bay Area, Alameda, to be exact, certainly didn't hurt. We would get to explore San Francisco, all the while getting organized for the camping and traveling that lay ahead.
After that initial flurry of planning many months before and a more recent scramble to make sure our flight, packing and rental car basics were covered, arrive we did. By July 16, we had already spent two days riding ferries, eating every dumpling and Tartine morning bun we could get our hands on, and dashing through the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Once we had decided to kick things off in the Bay Area, I knew Redwood National and State Parks would be our next, and really first, road trip stop. This is where we would revel in the majesty of those larger-than-you-can-ever-capture-in-a-photograph trees and try our hand at camping with children.
Let me stop you here. Before having children, my husband, Matt, and I were occasional campers. Nothing crazy. Since having children, the idea had seemed laughable, but now, armed with REI's finest air mattresses and an almost six- and four-year-old, we were ready to give it a shot. Because here is the thing about camping: The Type A advanced planners among us (me) get rewarded with the most-postcard-worthy spots.
For us, to drive onto a coastal redwood forest dirt road, that meant that six months to the day earlier I had been reserving a coveted Gold Bluffs Beach camping spot. Oh man, was the online scrambling on that early January morning worth it. We pulled up in awe. The Pacific was to our front, foggy, tree-covered cliffs to our back, and we were nestled among the dunes somewhere in between.
After a few days spent camping in Redwood National Park, Portland's Wald House, originally designed in the '70s by architect James G. Tropfenbaum was a welcome change.
Now we just needed to set up our brand-new tent and act as if we knew what we were doing. Check. Matt wrestled with the poles and rainfly while I went beach-combing with the kids. An hour later we were triumphantly reunited, as the kids unloaded handfuls of rocks, shells, and crab limbs and Matt proudly fired up the Coleman stove.
The following days more or less unfolded in the same comforting rhythm. Slow meals, beach walks, hikes to our campsite adjacent Fern Canyon, and round after round of Go Fish. All punctuated by nightly campfire s'mores and a foggy chill that was too good to be true. Miraculously our kids found the whole experience thrilling. Forty-eight hours later, properly in touch with nature and ready for a shower, we packed up, waved goodbye to our campsite neighbors, and continued our drive north.
By now Oregon was in our sights, and we were heading for Portland. Yachats, a small beach community with a stunning coastline, turned out to be the perfect go-between. Waves crashed, and turnoff after turnoff promised another tucked-away beach path. We happily took a break from the drive, dusted up on our tide-pool-spotting skills, and were rewarded with sea lions, starfish, and some clean laundry.
As we continued to Portland and said goodbye to the beach for a few days, we prepared ourselves to hop back into city life. After camping and being on the road, I couldn't wait to check into our Portland digs — the urbane Wald House — and meet my sister, who was hooking up with us for the rest of the trip. After a flurry of unpacking and catching up, we settled in with a glass of wine on the porch of this high-design and forested HomeAway property. The kids tripped over each other to regale their Aunt Caroline with camping stories ("We ate a snack inside a tree!"), while Matt announced we were heading to Pok Pok NW for dinner. Thai for all!
Our Thai dinner led into the following morning's Blue Star Doughnuts and Chemex-prepared coffee (I told you it was urbane), which bolstered us for what turned out to be a day filled with the Portland Japanese Garden, Powell's Books, Ace Hotel photo booth shenanigans, and walks along the Willamette River. No, we didn't make it to Tusk, and we couldn't bear the long wait at Salt & Straw, but since we all completely fell in love with Portland it's no doubt we'll back to tackle the next round of must-dos.
Williams' husband Matt, and her son Ford walking along Ruby Beach in Mt. Olympic National Park.
For this next leg we would head back to the sticks and reunite with my favorite type of people: national park people. And reunite we did. Before long we were setting up camp at Mount Rainier National Park's Ohanapecosh Campground. This time we had traded sandy dunes and fern-covered walls for subalpine rapids and lush meadows, all pointing toward the massive Mount Rainier. As we consulted with our sock-footed and Birkenstock-wearing park ranger about the best hikes to tackle while in the park, I fell a little more in love with everything these protected lands represent: access to the wild, freedom from the mundane, and respect for the natural world. Ken Burns, are you out there?
Hiking was mostly well-received by the younger set, but swimming in the campsite's Ohanapecosh River was certainly the highlight for our kids. Between the hike, swim, endless rounds of Uno, and what had to be s'more number 50, we all tucked into our tents as the stars came out.
The next morning my sister and I would trick my kids (fruit by the foot!) into one last hike as Matt packed up the car for our second-to-last stop: Olympic National Park. This time we would be sleeping within the confines of a cozy cabin at Kalaloch Lodge — or so we thought.
Upon arrival, the thing that I had secretly feared since I first began planning all those months ago happened. The lodge's manager, Joe, politely explained that our cabin had been given away just an hour earlier. This is the cabin I had booked first during that rainy weekend, had anchored the whole of the trip, and was the spot my husband was most excited about. Upon seeing my panic — we were more or less in the middle of nowhere on the Olympic Peninsula with two starving kids — he correctly guessed that we had gotten our dates mixed up. They thought we were 24 hours late and therefore a no-show while I assumed we were right on time. Matt found a cell phone signal and somehow managed to make me feel worse when he optimistically explained there were available rooms at a casino resort two hours away. This was not good news.
Thankfully Joe had higher ambitions for our group of five. He cajoled an innkeeper in the nearest town, Forks, Washington (yes, that Forks), into breaking his no-children-on-the-top-floor policy. We basically yelled our credit card number over the phone, swore up and down our kids were quieter than others (sure), and raced over to hold the room we knew others would be all too happy to snatch up. In the midst of the chaos Joe had found us a cabin for the next two nights so our foggy, fern-filled, beachside Olympic dreams could be fulfilled. Bless him.
All would be right. We would in fact still get to explore the Hoh Rainforest, picnic alongside grazing elk at the Hoh River (a blue I've never seen before), climb on the sea stacks at famed Ruby Beach, and once again search for starfish at low tide.
As our dusty and overflowing SUV screeched to a halt in front of Seattle's historic and elegantly updated Hotel Sorrento, I sheepishly explained we had been on the road for the past two weeks. Thankfully they welcomed our Chaco-wearing feet with open arms and even had cookies waiting in our room. The marble-clad and art-filled elegance rubbed off on us as we tried our best to spruce up for a walk around the city.
The last two days were a happy blur — fish-related pranks at Pike Place Market, swimming in the sound at Golden Gardens Park, a proper brunch at Oddfellows Café + Bar, and a visit to the top of the Space Needle, which was built at a time of seemingly endless optimism. We closed out our days the good kind of exhausted and grateful for this time spent together as a family.
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