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Breaking! After Previous Commissions To Resolve Anglophone Crisis Failed, The North West /South West Peace Commission is Born.
Genuine intentions to resolve the Anglophone crisis or a masked lee way to tap unaccountable cash from the state coffers? A North West /South West Peace Movement has been born.
Since the beginning of the Anglophone crisis in 2016, several commissions and committees have been created either by the government or individuals with supposed objectives to calm tension.
The North West/South West Peace Movement is the latest of such an initiative.
The perculiarity of this commission is that members have been drawn only from the North West and South West regions. The members are parliamentarians, medical doctors, journalist, opinion leaders, civil society activists, lawyers and the clergy.
The North West / South West Peace Movement Initiative, is championed by Hon.Enwe Francis Abi, member of parliament for Momo West constituency in the North West and Hon. NN Mbile from Ndian Division in the South West region.
These two key leaders of the peace Movement, are militants of the ruling Cameroon Peoples' Democratic Movement (CPDM).
According to one of the members of the Peace Movement who preferred not to be named, the mission of the movement is to broker peace between Ambazonia frontline leaders and the government with a major goal of achieving lasting peace in Cameroon.
Members of the North West / South West Peace Movement intend to embark on a National and International tour to meet key actors in the conflict and explain the necessity for peace.
Questioned on the criteria for the selection of members of the committees, our source hinted "…I was mainly contacted by a close senior friend. That is how I attended the first meeting and since then all have been well." On what the Peace Commission has been doing all this while, the member says "they have been strategizing".
Who is Funding the NW/SW Peace Movement?
The initiative to put in place the NW/SW Peace Movement came to fruition shortly after the appointment Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute Joseph as the Prime Minister of Cameroon on the 4th of January 2019.
The first meeting of the members took place at the luxurious five star Sawa Hotel in Douala.
For a day, members brainstormed on the formula to re institute peace in Cameroon. At the end of the meeting marked by expensive wine and good food, our source say surprisingly he was offered a hundred thousand francs with other members harvesting an undisclosed sums too.
The second meeting in the month of February in another expensive hotel in Yaounde. Similar sums were dished out to participants.
The key leaders during meetings have continuously mentioned the approval of the Prime Minister though no official document has been seen to back such a claims.
Controversy:
There already exist the national commission for the promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism.
President Paul Biya on several speeches has refer to the commission popularly called the 'Musongue Commision' as that responsible for bringing about peace in Cameroon.
In December 2018, the president created the Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration Committee headed by Fai Yengo Francis, to let fighters drop their arms and come back to normal life.
These bodies for now have nothing to point as achievements. Thus commentators are questioning the continuous use of tax payers money by both legal and clandestine committees, commissions or Movement when bloodshed is still the only language understood in the Anglophone regions by both the ambazonia fighters and the military.
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Ever since the movie The Bucket List came out in 2007, the concept of things one wants to achieve before they die has become a huge part of the Western Culture. For many it features tasks such as 'get married' or 'sleep under the stars' while others opt for travelling and put down the major sites like the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, or the Pyramids. But there's always that portion of people who are a bit quirky and want to be a little different, or in the case of this list – a lot different. We've picked the top ten most terrifying, isolated or just plain weird places to put on your bucket list.
Have you ever dreamed of going from India to Bangladesh to India to Bangladesh to India? Here's the good news, there's a place called the Enclaves of the Dahala Khagrabari of the Cooch Behar District, and they are exactly what you need! Enclaves are small districts of a country surrounded by another country and are not so uncommon, most of them being quite small and unremarkable. The Cooch Behar district of India and Bangladesh has 106 Indian Enclaves and 92 Bangladeshi enclaves and each of those was created in such a way so it would ensure that Hindu villages remain a part of India while Muslim villages stay a part of Bangladesh. So if you're missing some excitement and want to travel from one country to the next and vice versa the whole day, this might be the place for you.
If you're a snake lover, then Ilha da Queimada Grande is the right place for you. Commonly known as the "Snake Island", it is situated approximately 20 miles off the coast of Brazil. It is also filled with snakes called Golden Lanceheads that are so venomous it takes them seconds to kill you. The snakes' venom makes the prey start to digest before the snake actually swallows it. According to the locals, there are up to five snakes per square meter, or about ten square feet. If you do visit, maybe it should be the last point on your bucket list, as you probably won't make it out of there alive.
Did you know there is a piece of land completely uninhabited and so far from the developed world nobody even wants to claim it? The Bir Tawil is a section of the Sahara between Egypt and Sudan which was claimed as both Egypt and Sudan when the mapping system was put into place a century ago. Nobody even bothered fighting for this piece of land, instead arguing about who would be the one who has to take it. There are no residents, no infrastructure and no buildings, only 800 square miles of land. This part of earth is the only one, apart from Antarctica, that hasn't been claimed by any nation.
A lot of people live near the coast. However, have you ever wondered how it would feel to visit the place that's so far away from the coast it's literally as far as it can be? If you're feeling adventurous then your next stop should be the poles of inaccessibility. The oceanic pole of inaccessibility is about 2,500 miles southwest of Santiago Chile and the nearest known land is a small island approximately 1,700 miles away. It's so far away that it's possible this is the least visited point on the entire Earth.
Kjong Dong is more known as North Korea's propaganda village, a small place in their demilitarized zone which is the only settlement visible from their neighboring country, South Korea. It looks startlingly different from the rest of the country, with aesthetically pleasing houses and beautiful fields. But it is also just a set of some kind, populated only by actors pretending to be living there, with buildings having no windows, no interiors, and electricity seems to come on at a uniform time. A fake village, in a nutshell.
If you dreamed of visiting a place that you can experience by yourself and yourself only, then one of China's ghost cities is the ideal place for you. The cities look beautiful, brand new and with fancy buildings. They are, however, completely empty. As part of China's development plan, they've built beautiful cities in the hope that industry and financial centers will follow when people move in. However, that never happened, with many luxurious services and beautiful housing completely empty for years.
Are you a fan of lightning storms? Then the Catatumbo river is a place of your own heart. For more than half of the year, the location is lit up at night due to the massive amount of lightning strikes. While it may not sound like the friendliest of places to go to, it will sure give you some great photo opportunities. Lake Maracaibo is a place where a very uncommon thing happens – almost every night just after sunset, a huge thunderstorm forms and produces so much lightning it can last up to ten hours. The best thing about it is there's no scientific explanation, it's just there! It's also becoming one popular place to visit as the show is quite spectacular.
Earth is home to many weird places, and one of them is a volcanic island so inundated with sulfur that people need to carry gas masks all the time. Miyakejima on the Izu Islands is situated south from the main islands of Japan and is the home of many volcanic eruptions, which contribute to the very high levels of sulfur dioxide. The residents are instructed to always have gas masks on while tourists who decide to visit receive them when stepping on the island.
Diomede Islands are a great place to visit if you like visiting the past. Want to go back a day? Then just skip from one island to the next! The two small islands are separated with two miles of sea and the Small Diomede Island is a part of Alaska, while the Big Diomede Island, which is uninhabited, is the Easternmost part of Russia. The thing that makes these island interesting is the fact they are separated by the International Date Line. The result is that anyone looking west from the village of Diomede is actually looking 21 hours ahead and seeing the future! While anyone who looks east from Big Diomede is looking into the past.
Have you ever wished to travel to the center of earth? What about as far away from it as possible? Chimborazo in Ecuador is a 20,564 ft peak known as the point farthest from the center of the earth. The interesting part is that Chimborazo sits at a mere 1° South latitude which means it should be almost at the equator. And geography teaches us that the areas closer to the equator are the ones that are further away from the center of the earth as the earth isn't perfectly round. So forget Mount Everest, climb Chimborazo instead!


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Mexico City National Cemetery
Though the name might suggest otherwise, this is an American cemetery.
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In 1851, the United States established a cemetery to bury those who had died in the Mexican–American War. Today, the Mexico City National Cemetery is one of 26 cemeteries around the world that is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Intervención Estadounidense en México (U.S. intervention in Mexico), took place between 1846 and 1848. It was sparked by the annexation of Texas—the Mexican government did not recognize the treaty that resulted in the land being signed over to the United States. The war ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which established the Rio Grande as the border between the two countries. The U.S. agreed to pay Mexico $15 million to compensate for damage caused by the war.
In 1850, the U.S. Congress authored the purchase of several acres of land in Mexico City to bury the dead from the war, as only a few had been returned to the States. It was the first U.S. cemetery established outside of the United States. There are 1,563 individuals at the Mexico City National Cemetery, interred between 1853 and 1924. In addition to the 750 American soldiers killed in action in and around Mexico City during the Mexican–American War, the cemetery holds 813 veterans, members of their families and members of the U.S. Diplomatic service. There are veterans of the Mexican–American War, the U.S. Civil War (both Union and Confederate), the Spanish–American War, and the U.S. Philippine insurrection.
In 1976, when a highway was being built, the cemetery was reduced to one acre. Many of the graves were exhumed and re-interred in new crypts and vaults elsewhere in the cemetery.
A small stone monument at the far end of the cemetery stands near the vaults reads: "To the honored memory of 750 Americans known but to God whose bones collected by their country's order are here buried."
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Immerse yourself in the complex cultural identity of Mexico City through its street food, bustling markets, and well-seasoned history of gastronomic traditions.
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Museo Universitario del Chopo (Chopo University Museum)
Museo Casa de Carranza
This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.
This industrial Art Nouveau gem is a historic hotspot for Mexican counterculture.
The former Mexican president kept the bullets that killed his predecessor on display in his home, now a museum.
Museo de Geología (Museum of the Institute of Geology)
The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.
Confederate Mound
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
Ypres, Belgium
Sanctuary Wood Cemetery
In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.
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Jinja War Cemetery
The final resting place of soldiers who fell during the First and Second World Wars.
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Mbala Pioneer Cemetery
A small cemetery on a hill overlooking Mbala contains the history of the town's colonial past.

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Issei Sagawa "The Japanese Cannibal" Audio (Recorded in 1981)
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Issei Sagawa (left), Renée Hartevelt (right)
On June 11, 1981 in Paris, France, Issei Sagawa killed and partially ate Renée Hartevelt, a Dutch female student he fell in love with.
Sagawa was born in Kobe, Japan in 1949 and was sent by his parents in 1977 to the Sorbonne university in Paris, for his modern literature studies. He there met Renée Hartevelt, a woman he quickly became obsessed with (he admitted having a obsession for tall European women). Have fun sleeping tonight!
Hartevelt's leftovers discovered by the police
Sagawa convinced Hartevelt to meet him in his apartment, pretending that he needed her to record German poems.
He then shot Hartevelt in the back using a .22 long rifle, while she was reading a Johannes Robert Becher's poem about death; Using a electric knife, he started taking more than seven kilos of meat off her body. He consumed her flesh during the three next days, cooking several meals using the body leftover, having sex with the corpse, before finally getting rid of the body. In addition of recording the whole butchery (Hartevelt's last words and the actual fire shot were caught on tape), Sagawa also shot a total of 39 photographs showing several "stagings" he made with the body.
Trying to make Hartevelt's body disappear, Sagawa eventually committed a mistake by losing in a public garden one of his suitcases containing body parts. The police later found the owner of the suitcase and arrested the man who was to be called "The Japanese Cannibal" by the newspapers. The rest of Hartevelt's body, the rifle, the butchery photos, the tape recorder as well as several other evidences were found in his department.
Sagawa wrote several successful books about the case
Oddly enough, Issei Sagawa was never condemned for the murder. Fully assuming his acts (he stated that he "needed to absorb the corpse's power" and qualified the crime as being an "artistic act"), he was recognized as mentally insane by three psychiatrist experts, and thus penally irresponsible. Interned for one year in a mental hospital, he was then transferred to Japan (where he was judged responsible, but the former verdict from the French court was definitive and left no decision for the Japanese justice), and finally released on 13 August, 1985.
Following the murder, Sagawa became a small-time celebrity in Japan, writing books, playing in erotic films, reviewing restaurants and invited as guest speaker in various TV shows. He currently lives in Yokohama, Japan, working as "freelance artist for nude paintings" and has recently been expressed the wish of dying slowly, being eaten by a "tall Dutch woman".
Death Audio
While all of the graphic crime scene and autopsy pictures were published in the magazine Photos in December 1983, the tape coming for Sagawa's audio recorder is not known to have been unearthed in any form. If it still exists, it likely remains in Police archives, like the Christine Chubbuck video.
Autopsy/Crime Scene Photos
WARNING: These photos are of Hartevelt's dismembered corpse. They are extremely graphic. View at your own discretion.
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Basketball: Lee Leading Alma's Success
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ALMA – When Alma lost 34 points per game to graduation last year, the obvious choice to take up some of that slack was Austin Lee.
The junior hasn't disappointed.
"Austin has gone from being the fourth option to the one they're guarding," Alma head coach Stan Flenor said. "He's been real steady with his willingness to score but also with his willingness to being unselfish. We've asked him not to force shots, and he hasn't. He's really set his teammates up."
Lee has really been spectacular in Alma's close wins this year.
In a 76-73 overtime win against Huntsville, Lee scored 31 points. In a 56-52 win against Harrison, Lee scored 18 points. In a 70-68 win at Shiloh Christian, Lee poured in 27 points.
Maybe the biggest game was Alma's 66-63 win against 5A-West-leading Morrilton when Lee scored 20 points. Lee had a three-point play and was 8-for-8 from the free-throw line, all in the final 3:56 when he scored 11 points.
"We came out more focused than we have this season," Lee said. "We all wanted the win. The starting five knew we were going to win. We came out with a lot of energy. Our student section helped a lot, and the crowd was in it."
The Airedales were inspired a little more than usual against Morrilton since the Devil Dogs had not lost a conference game and were ranked.
"It did," Lee said. "We had 18 turnovers up there, so we knew we could do it at home — that it could be done."
Lee came into the season as the logical choice to take up a lot of the scoring slack after the graduation of Brock Widders, Gage Jensen and Dee Candelaria.
"They taught me a lot," Lee said. "When they face-guarded Brock last year and took Gage away, it helped me get more shots. Then this year, if they're guarding me well I can just run the offense and if I'm not open my other teammates will be open."
Lee averaged 10.4 points per conference game last year. This year, he's averaging 16.5 points per conference game and is one of the top scorers in the 5A-West.
"I feel like when the ball's in my hands, I need to score," Lee said. "If the other teams is face-guarding me, I try to get my teammates the shot and work the offense."
The Airedales knew going into the season that Lee would have to score for them to be successful.
"Down the stretch, as he did against Morrilton, he's made big shots," Flenor said. "He also made big free throws down the stretch and took care of the basketball. That's been a key for us all year. He's been a leader for us on the court and off the court. We really only returned two guys that have played a whole lot. He's done a great job in that aspect."
While the Morrilton win was big, the Airedales are still locked in a battle for a state tournament berth in the 5A-West that will probably go down to the wire. The Airedales have three conference games left, including two at home, and will need the same type effort they had against Morrilton last week.


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Five Finger Death Punch and Breaking Benjamin dominate New Jersey With Larger Than Life Lineup Reviewed by David Zeck on August 17, 2018 .
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Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, Nothing More and Bad Wolves Bring Hard Rock and Metal To The Masses on Summer Tour
With the Summer concert season coming to an end, Five Finger Death Punch and Breaking Benjamin are just getting started. The highly successful and acclaimed summer tour, co-produced by Live Nation and Frank Productions, finds the two hard rock and metal heavyweights joined by newcomers Bad Wolves, as well as the always show stopping Nothing More. The massive tour began on July 17th in Seattle, and it was time for us at Shutter 16 to see what all the fuss is about.
I made my way to Camden, NJ's BB&T Pavilion for what was, without a doubt, the biggest tour in hard rock and metal. Say what you want about it but numbers don't lie.
Doors opened up bright and early at 5pm, and, trust me, get there early as Bad Wolves hits the stage at 6pm and they're a band you don't want to miss! Fans apparently felt the same because the lines were formed and the excitement could be felt up and down the lines. One of the seriously cool things about this tour is the band's and concert goers helping a great cause.
Fans purchasing a ticket to the tour are also supporting two charities that are close to the co-headliners hearts, as they are donating a portion of every ticket sold to two charity organizations. Five Finger Death Punch has chosen C.O.P.S – Concerns Of Police Survivors, an organization whose mission is rebuilding shattered lives of survivors and co-workers affected by line of duty deaths, through partnerships with law enforcement and the community. On July 21st in Boise, ID, the Boise Police Department presented Five Finger Death Punch with an award for their continued financial and emotional support.
Breaking Benjamin has chosen Prevent Child Abuse America to help counteract the abuse and neglect of our nation's children by promoting services that improve child well-being and developing programs that help to prevent all types of abuse and neglect. So when you buy a ticket for this show feel good knowing you're supporting art and important causes directly!
Now you've probably heard about the tour's opener Bad Wolves, thanks to the band's rendition of The Cranberries classic "Zombie". They quite literally dominated the airwaves and even YouTube. The band was originally set to record the song with Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan; unfortunately, due to her tragic passing, that never happened. However the band took things into their own hands and did what they could to help.
They released the track and in June at their New York City headlining show, and presented a $250,000 check to Dolores O'Riordan's family onstage. Don't be fooled though, Bad Wolves' success was anything but an overnight one.
The band consists of veteran musicians, most notably the band's vocalist Tommy Vext who has been hustling in this industry for longer than you can imagine. He's known for singing in bands like Snot, Divine Heresy, and Vext, to name a few. Then there's the band's guitarist Doc Coyle, who was part of the legendary metal outfit God Forbid. Bad Wolves released their debut album Disobey in May and have been out on the road with great success ever since.
This was my first opportunity to catch the guys live and what a great way to do so, on such a gigantic tour. The band promptly hit the stage at 6pm and before you could blink Bad Wolves took the stage and owned it right off the bat; singer Tommy Vext has a thing for catching some air. The band's performance is tight and the album's tracks sound absolutely fantastic live. I love when a band delivers a performance that pumps you up to revisit the album, and Bad Wolves delivers that emotion Live, these tracks really come to life and shine.
Tracks like "Officer Down" and "Learn to Live" are captured through raw emotion, and the record "Hear Me Know" sounded incredible, especially thanks to the surprise appearance from the song's featured artist Diamante. Tommy Vext, even picked a kid out of the crowd on the front barricade. He lifted him up and they performed the song together. This show had an extra special ending as the band performed their hit cover "Zombie", the crowd performed backing vocals for them. However, when the song ended, that was the defining moment. Label mates Five Finger Death Punch joined them onstage to present them with a platinum plaque for the success of The Cranberries' cover. Vext and Bad Wolves took time to thank the fans for making it all possible; it was nothing but love in Camden. I'm genuinely happy to see these guys receive all this success – they earned it. I highly recommend catching the band live and look forward to a headlining tour in the future. Bad Wolves Album Disobey is available now!
One of the most electrifying acts on the tour's line up is Nothing More. The Texas boys are a three-time Grammy nominated, hard rock/progressive metal act with a ton of radio success. They continue to defy expectation and top the Billboard charts.
Singles like "This Is The Time (Ballast)," "Mr. MTV" and "Jenny" hit in the top 15 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart. Nothing More returned in September of 2017 with their latest album The Stories We Tell Ourselves. The record's first single "Go To War" hit #1 on rock radio and got the attention of The Recording Academy once again earlier this year. The latest single, "Just Say When", shows the band's versatility as a ballad. The music video for the track has been viewed more than 1 million times.
Nothing More is known for always putting on an incredible live show with chaotic energy and their massive stage prop called the Scorpion Tail.
The Scorpion Tail is a massive 14-foot tall Mad Max-like animated structure, built by the band's bassist Daniel Oliver, from scrap metal and salvaged auto and motorcycle parts. Vocalist Jonny Hawkins rides the contraption onstage while simultaneously creating digital electronic effects for the songs, that uniquely adds to the bands one of a kind stage dynamic.
When Nothing More gets ready to hit the stage you can feel the crowd's attention shift on the first note… all eyes face the stage and the craziness began. I've said it before and I'll say it now, Nothing More is one of the best live rock bands on the planet! The band furiously took to the stage, with chaotic lighting to more atmospheric lighting and back to chaotic again. Frontman Jonny Hawkins doesn't stay still and when he does it's in masterful form. Bassist Daniel Oliver was found screaming and smiling to the extreme. It's so clear, just from watching these guys, that they believe in and love these songs. The set is filled with cryo blasters firing off from the bottom of the stage, and fan favorite tracks like "Go To War" and "Jenny" had fans passionately singing along word for word.
As the set progressed so did anticipation for the one of a kind and memorable moment of any Nothing More show. Finally Hawkin's made his way to the Scorpion Tail and catapulted himself way up above the stage and crowd to cap off the track "This Is The Time (Ballast)" and a cover of Skrillex "First of the Year". For the bands finale, an outstanding and driven performance of the song "Salem (Burn The Witch)".Fun fact: this song features bassist Daniel Oliver and guitarist Mark Vollelunga trading in their instruments for some drums while Hawkin's played the drums on the Scorpion as well as played his bandmates drums. Their show, like always, was unique, fun, unforgettable, and the perfect mix on this tour. Pick up Nothing More's latest album The Stories We Tell Ourselves.
Next up was the first of the co-headliners of the evening, Five Finger Death Punch. The band released their newest effort And Justice For None back in May. The album has sold over 100,000 copies, which is no easy task these days.
The record also generated over 100 million U.S streams and 250,000 digital song sales in the U.S. With these kind of numbers it's no wonder this tour is in high demand.
And Justice For None is the band's fifth straight top five album release, and is without question one of the top hard rock/metal albums of 2018.
Five Finger Death Punch has once again proved why they're larger than life both on and off stage, bringing their brand of intensity and pushing the envelope into new territories.
As Five Finger Death Punch began, a black curtain hung in front of the stage. An intro in the form of a creepy rendition of the children's classic Barney (Yes, Barney, the big purple dinosaur) theme song "I Love You" blurred through BB&T's speakers.
Chuckles and laughter could be heard from all those old enough, like myself, to remember that purple children's character.
As the curtain dropped the song "Lift Me Up" began and pyro blasted into the air. 5FDP took the stage, aiming to show just why this is one of the top selling shows of the summer and boy did they.
Vocalist Ivan Moody carried himself back and forth across the stage, signaling to audience members and connecting directly with the fans, even if on a large stage. Size didn't matter. The band barreled through tracks like "Wash It All Away" and "Jekyll and Hyde" with flames shooting from behind the entire band. A large skull was the backdrop and it was the band's most elaborate stage show that I've seen in years.
Moody isn't the only showman in the group either. The entire band interacts with the fan's like bassist Chris Kael making faces at the crowd or guitarist Zoltan throwing guitar picks to the kids in attendance. I don't know what changed since I saw them last, but these guy's had a new kind of energy, a renewed love for performing I don't know what exactly but whatever it may be it equaled a damn good show.
The highlight for me was seeing the song "The Bleeding" performed live and the crowd going nuts during it. They brought fun and excitement back to a metal show and it was more than refreshing, it was needed. The performance left me, and I'm sure some of the band's naysayers, understanding just why Five Finger Death Punch might be the biggest metal band around in 2018. You can purchase or stream And Justice For None at the band's official website.
The night's final act, Breaking Benjamin, have spent much of 2018 on the road and with good reason. They had quite the start to 2018 and the band doesn't look to be slowing down any time soon. This year, Breaking Benjamin already had a very successful North American Tour with Avenged Sevenfold and Bullet For My Valentine, then the band released their highly anticipated sixth studio album Ember (Hollywood Records) on April 13th. Breaking Benjamin's newest album is the follow up to 2015's Dark Before Dawn, which debuted at number 1 on Billboard's Top 200 and was lead by three number on rock radio tracks. Now with the release of Ember, Breaking Benjamin have once again risen to the top of the rock genre!
The band always puts on a great show, so I was more than excited to catch these guys live again. As the band began, Breaking Ben took the stage with a white curtain and when it dropped the band wasted no time with the track "Red Cold River" and some pyro of their own. The song which was the first of three tracks performed from the band's latest album, Ember, the other two being "Torn in Two" and "Psycho". Band founder Benjamin Burnley led the charge, with a show that featured every member of the group along with a series of special effects. Flames and smoke shot into the air on an almost regular basis. Breaking Benjamin delivered 16 songs, including a 10-minute medley of "The Imperial March", Tool's "Schism", Nirvana's classic "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Pantera's "Walk", and Metallica's "Sad But True". That was followed by a solo from the band's drummer Shaun Foist. The crowd sang religiously to every song, at times so loud that one could barely hear Ben's vocals. The setlist covered a wide range of BB classic tracks. Songs like "I Will Not Bow" from Dear Agony to the track "Blow Me Away" and of course the hit's "So Cold", "Sooner or Later" and "Believe", which featured guitarist Keith Wallin and bassist Aaron Bruch on vocals. Burnley and Breaking Benjamin proved once again why 2018 has taken them back on top of the world of Hard Rock.
Pick up Breaking Benjamin's latest album Ember. The tour teaming these four bands is truly one of a kind and something special. The value here is unbelievable and each band delivered stellar performances on their terms. After attending the show for myself, it's easy to see why this is the Summer blockbuster. These bands and this tour succeeds because of each performer's passion and the diversity in each band truly making this a show that offers something for everyone.
Due to the tour's high fan-demand, Five Finger Death Punch and Breaking Benjamin have announced the expansion of this co-headlining North American Outdoor Amphitheater tour with additional dates, which will take both bands on the road through Fall 2018. On the Fall leg of the tour, Bad Wolves will once again join the trek on select dates and Swedish heavy weights In Flames on other select shows. Also joining the tour this Fall are rockers From Ashes To New.
If you can't make it out to the Summer shows, I recommend you don't miss the Fall stops as this is a once in a lifetime kind of tour. For the full list of dates and ticket information head on over to Five Finger Death Punch's official website!
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The Sensory Profile: The Performance of a National Sample of Children Without Disabilities
Winnie Dunn; Kay Westman
Winnie Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA, is Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy Education, School of Allied Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3033 Robinson, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas 66160-7602
Kay Westman, MS, OTR, is Research Associate, Department of Occupational Therapy Education, School of Allied Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Rehabilitation, Participation, and Disability / Research
Winnie Dunn, Kay Westman; The Sensory Profile: The Performance of a National Sample of Children Without Disabilities. Am J Occup Ther 1997;51(1):25–34. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.51.1.25
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to obtain data about a national sample of children without disabilities on the 125-item revision of the Sensory Profile, a tool derived from sensory history items reported in the literature and designed to evaluate children's responses to commonly occurring sensory events.
Method. Parents of 1,115 children completed the Sensory Profile. The children were 3 to 10 years of age and did not have disabilities. Parents used a 5-point Likert scale to report the percentage of time their children engaged in each behavior Researchers then analyzed the data, using multivariate methods to identify trends in performance and age and gender differences.
Results. Ninety-one (73%) of the profile's 125 items were found to be uncommon behaviors for this national sample of children without disabilities. Although age and gender differences were significant (p < .001), effect sizes were so small (i.e., below .2) that differences were not meaningful for clinical application (i.e., mean differences less than .5 points). Only two items in the visual category approached a 1-point difference when comparing younger and older children.
Conclusion. There were no meaningful gender differences on the revised Sensory Profile, and only 2 items approached a meaningful difference related to age. Nearly three fourths of the items on the profile were uncommon for children without disabilities. If children with various disabilities display these behaviors, the Sensory Profile can be useful in evaluation and program planning for children with disabilities.
Detecting Differences in Activities of Daily Living Between Children With and Without Mild Disabilities
Comparing the Functional Performance of Children and Youths With Autism, Developmental Disabilities, and No Disability Using the Revised Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory Item Banks
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, September/October 2012, Vol. 66, 607-616. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2012.004218
Playfulness in Children With and Without Disability: Measurement and Intervention
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, January/February 2000, Vol. 54, 73-82. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.54.1.73
The Sensory Profile: A Discriminant Analysis of Children With and Without Disabilities
Role Perceptions of Mothers With Young Children: The Impact of a Child's Disability
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, September 1997, Vol. 51, 651-661. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.51.8.651
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A bit of clarity in the murk of Medicare politics
/ Friday, May 10, 2013
I don't qualify for Medicare yet, but like a lot of new enrollees I've spent the past couple of years learning just enough to tell the difference between Part A and Parts B through L. (And I still need a cheat sheet for those lower letters.)
Juliette Cubanski
That's why attending a seminar this week on Medicare funding and policy felt like going to one of those get-healthy ranch spas, but for my brain — rigorous and painful at first, followed by a subtle, pleasurable sensation of mastery. Not only do I see for the first time how all those complex moving parts fit together, but I believe I have an inkling about where they came from and where they might be going.
The conference for journalists was put together by a new outfit, the Medicare News Group, dedicated to the unenviable task of making Americans smarter about this much-misunderstood entitlement. It was funded by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation — which meant 24 journalists got to attend for free — and held at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg. Thanks to the fine minds made available to us there, I now know what to say to people who tell me — and I'm sure they've told you, too — that the Medicare program will go bankrupt in 2024.
Like most other scary factoids that stud the rhetoric surrounding federal deficit politics, this one has a core of truth to it. We are already spending more on hospital costs each year than we take in to the Medicare Part A Trust Fund.
Other parts of Medicare — the ones that pay for docs and drugs — have separate revenue streams, but Part A is funded mostly by payroll taxes. With a whopping surge in 65-and-older Americans now and in the next three decades, their hospital care will cost more than the current and near-future workers can cover. In 2011, the draw-down began, and the reserves that built up over time in the trust fund are expected to reach zero in 2024 if no action is taken.
"When people say Medicare is going bankrupt, this is what they're talking about," said Juliette Cubanski, associate director of the Kaiser Family Foundation's Program on Medicare Policy. "But the fact is, Medicare can't go bankrupt in the classic sense."
Maya Rockeymoore, who leads a D.C. "social change strategy firm" called Global Policy Solutions, drew a distinction between what is happening to this fund and the dynamic of being stony-broke.
The hospital component of Medicare, she said, "will experience a shortfall of 25 cents on the dollar of promised benefits. Workers will still be paying into the system, but there will be a shortfall. When we're talking about solvency, we're not talking about bankruptcy."
This means payroll taxes will continue to pour into the trust fund after 2024, even while the system operates at a deficit. Cubanski characterized this as "a mismatch between revenues and spending." Think of it as those years when your offspring go to college all at once, and you get to see your savings depleted, and then some.
But the good news is, it doesn't last forever. Just as even the most laggardly college student eventually goes out into the world, the pig-in-the-python demographic bulge of boomers will slowly work its way through the Medicare system. And it's not as if nobody saw them coming. That's why the reserve was there.
But it will need building up again — just as most of us mortals have to plan for retirement after weathering the big hit of child-rearing expenses. That means doing something about health care costs — which the Affordable Care Act is taking a stab at. And it may also mean tinkering with the Medicare formula.
But Cubanski, who gave us an overview of the leading contenders for Medicare policy change, seemed doubtful that a political consensus on these reforms can emerge just now.
"I don't think there's much common ground in terms of the details," she said. "I'm not really sure what the appetite is for big changes. Most people think you can actually make significant inroads in the deficit without changes to Medicare."
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Aubrey Plaza relives childhood fright playing young mom terrorized by revamped Chucky in new 'Child's Play'
Aubrey Plaza (Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Aubrey Plaza was haunted by Chucky long before she ever toyed with joining the new "Child's Play" movie.
The slasher film series about an evil killer doll left an impression on the actress at a young age, and now she's at the center of the franchise's latest flick — a modernized retelling of the 1988 original in which Chucky is now a high-tech robot who learns from humans rather than a toy possessed by an evil spirit.
Killer doll, Chucky, is pictured in a publicity photo for the latest adaptation of the 1980's horror film, Child's Play.
"It's something that I just remember so vividly as a child traumatizing me that I was really excited when I saw the script," Plaza, who plays Karen Barclay, told the Daily News.
"When I read it and I realized what they were doing with the updated version of Chucky and how they were reimagining the character, I thought it was really clever. I'm not someone that believes that all movies need to be remade, but I thought it was a really smart way to kind of bring Chucky into 2019 and scare the s--t out of a whole new generation of children."
The new "Child's Play," which hits theaters Friday, introduces lifelike Buddi dolls as the hottest toys on the market. The Buddis are capable of having in-depth conversations with people and controlling many household electronics.
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Plaza, 34, portrays a hardworking single mom who brings a Buddi doll named Chucky (voiced by Mark Hamill) home for her 13-year-old son. Little do they know this doll is different from the rest, and it quickly adopts brutally violent behavior.
Aubrey Plaza and Gabriel Bateman star in a new adaptation of the horror film, Child's Play. (Eric Milner)
"Having technology really be the villain was something that I could get behind," Plaza said. "There are some scenes and messaging in the film about how reliant we are on these smart devices, and I thought it was really interesting to have Chucky be an A.I. smart doll connected to the cloud so that it's less about Chucky being a malicious killer and more about him learning through human behavior and kind of copying our own toxic behavior, and having that turn on us."
The chance to play a young mother in the movie excited Plaza, who had never played a mom before.
"One of the reasons why I was so drawn to it is because my mom in real life is a really young mom. She had me when she was 20, so I felt a connection with the character," Plaza said, noting the age difference between her and her mom is the same as that of Karen and Andy.
"I really kind of thought a lot about that while I was preparing for the part," she explained. "Karen, she's working at Zedmart, which is a Walmart kind of a store, and she's struggling and doing the best she can. Growing up, my mom was always working really, really hard and trying to provide the best that she could, too."
Plaza, 34, rose to fame for her portrayal of the deadpan April Ludgate on the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" and has appeared in several comedy films in recent years. She doesn't consider herself a big horror-movie fan and had passed on offers to do other scary movies before the opportunity to star in "Child's Play" came along.
She believes the present-day twist on "Child's Play" manages to stay true to the original movie because it focuses on a group of people coming together as they try to survive.
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"I think that the spirit of the first movie lives on in ours," Plaza says, "even though the Chucky character is quite different."


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It began with the banjo: David Holt's long affair with traditional Southern Appalachian music
In 1969 David Holt packed up his truck and drove from California to North Carolina. "That was the same summer as Woodstock, and I was going to wood stick," he jokes. But the Texas-born multi-instrumentalist, who got his start as a jazz and rock drummer, had fallen in love with the banjo. He'd attended a Ralph Stanley concert and asked the bluegrass star where to learn clawhammer,
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Today I went golfing to New Prague Golf Course. I shot 44-44 for an 88, which suprised the hell out of me. Maybe I shouldn't play that much - I seem to do better that way. My short game was kind of crappy and my irons were coming up a bit short. My woods  were going pretty good though and I got the putting feel after a couple of holes.
 They're not "woods" anymore, but calling them "metals" seems odd as well.


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Thanks to Dave Oliver for pointing me towards the new Google Sightseeing Blog. The site has a pretty straightforward basis, following the introduction of satellite imagery to Google Maps the whole blog is filled with shots of famous places, places of interest, and some just plain weirdness. For example take a look at the weird trippy triangle in the desert north of Las Vegas.
Currently the maps only cover the USA and Canada, however that does mean that I've been able to check out some places that we know well.
For example, take a look at this plane coming in to land at Calgary International.
And this is Niagara Falls from above.
Or how about a view of Beth's parents place, the Crooked Tree Ranch from space?
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Q: Which version of Ubuntu can I use on an iBook G4? I have a very old iBook G4 with a CPU speed of 1.33GHz and 256 MB memory.
It has a tiny little harddrive of 150GB partitioned into a 60GB and a 90GB at the moment. I want to replace the Mac OS on the 60GB partition with Ubuntu. The other partition only has documents on it.
Which versions of Ubuntu can I use?
Will I be able to access the other partition from Ubuntu or will I need to do something in the installation to tell Ubuntu it is there?
I didn't partition the hard drive myself and I don't know so much about this kind of setup. I can get rid of the partition if it will be easier.
I only have a fairly basic computer literacy, I hope I am explaining myself well!

A: That laptop has an old PowerPC CPU. Lubuntu (a very lightweight version of Ubuntu) still offers PowerPC downloads, but requires a minimum of 640MB of RAM for the PowerPC versions. You can try the "alternate" installer, but with such little RAM, it might not be usable if it even runs.
You can download lubuntu-16.04-alternate-powerpc.iso from the following site:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/xenial/release/

A: For an old G4 you're only hope could be Lubuntu (any version). It's not about the version number (14, 15, 16, etc), it's more about the flavor. And the lightest flavor of Ubuntu is Lubuntu. And that still might be too much for the G4. Maybe try a micro-linux (like Puppy, Slax or Damn Small Linux). Look for any linux with an ultra-lite desktop environment (enlightenment, openbox, icewm).

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The Cut Columnist apologises for calling Priyanka Chopra scam artist
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The article, published on The Cut website, claimed that Nick shares a "fraudulent relationship against his will". "We've removed it and apologize". Now, the writer Mariah Smith has released her apology as well.
Mariah tweeted an apology on Friday which read, '"I sincerely apologize to Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas and to the readers I offended and hurt with my words". I don't condone racism, xenophobia, or sexism.
Mariah Smith said she took "full responsibility for what I wrote, and I was wrong. I am sorry", she has tweeted out.
A U.S. journalist has apologised after writing that Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra was a "scam artist" who had trapped USA singer Nick Jonas into marrying her to further her career. We've received dozens of messages from readers expressing their anger.
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Emaar tweeted the newlyweds: "Your love story has melted our hearts and we'd like to invite you to Dubai to say your vows once again, at the highest man-made point in the world: The Burj Khalifa spire". There is no good explanation for this other than human error and poor judgment.
Reportedly, Priyanka and Nick are expected to host another wedding reception in Mumbai.
"Priyanka and Nick are finding ways for their "love" make them money - circumventing the methods used by the celebrities of yore, who stuck to selling their wedding or baby photos to magazines", the article added.
Priyanka's in-laws and worldwide celebs Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner called the article disgusting, with Joe even tweeting, "This is disgusting".
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Is Iceland recovery closer than we think?
Business, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Politics
10:04 am December 19, 2008
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is happy with Iceland's progress in stabilising its economy, Poul Thomsen said in a press conference yesterday at the end of his team's first inspection visit to the country.
He said that the process was "advancing well", and that "judicious monetary policy" is helping to stabilise the Icelandic krona – the essential first step to recovery. He believes attention can soon be turned to lowering interest rates and lifting capital controls.
According to the BBC, Thomsen said that he remains "very confident" that the IMF emergency loan of USD 2.1 billion will be enough money to revive the economy.
Thomsen even went as far as to say that the worst of the crisis is now behind Iceland.
"This is obviously a very, very serious crisis," he said. "But the impact on Iceland is going to be very limited because you were hit with full force upfront."
If valuation and creditor engagement go well, Thomsen would like to see the banks recapitalised during the first quarter of 2009.
IMF officials will return to Iceland for an official review in February.
kreppa
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so guys new year has started
watch this currency rate of 350 towards the Euro
i want to get rid of my loan with this ridiculous price
indexed system. where do i buy the crown for this exchange
rate?
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=EURISK=X
Like	. Dislike	. January 1, 2009, 11:03 pm .
(Correction) Almost every mayor currency USD, GBP, AUD, NOK, DKK, etc, etc, ended up losing against the Euro but the ALMIGTHY Icelandic krona ended up strengthening by a 2%, based on what?People does it really look normal to you? Does the Goberment and Central bank really consider Icelanders stupid? are we really that Stupid? please wake up (those who havent).
Like	. Dislike	. December 29, 2008, 8:24 pm .
Almost every mayor currency USD, GBP, AUD, NOK, DKK, etc, etc, but the ALMIGTHY Icelandic krona ended up strengthening by a 2%, based on what?People does it really look normal to you? Does the Goberment and Central bank really consider Icelanders stupid? are we really that Stupid? please wake up (those who havent).
GBP AND THE USA $ ARE LOOSING VALUE AGAINST THE EURO. 1 GBP IS PRACTICALLY ALMOST 1 EURO TODAY. GBP HAS LOST 30% OF ITS VALUE AGAINST EURO, USA $ KEEPS WEAKENING, AND THE ICELANDIC CROWN THAT SHOULD BE WEAKENING STILL MORE RAPIDLY, SEEMS TO BE AGAIN JUST AROUND 180ISK PER EURO TODAY.
MANY CURRENCIES KEEP LOOSING VALUE AGAINST THE EURO, AND THE ICELANDIC CROWN AS WELL. BUT I THINK THE PRICE WE HAVE FOR THE ICELANDIC CROWN IS NOTHING BUT FANTASY.
KNOWLESS.. WAKE UP!!
Then again in this IMF report not the slightest mention or even hint that the worst has hapened, just as I mentioned in a previous post, what the IMF has required is beeing followed, what was necesary to do is beeing done, thats the report.
"Finally, there has been progress on the restructuring of the financial sector, BUT THE MOST CRUCIAL WORK LIES DIRCTLY AHEAD. A framework has been put in place to engage creditors of the old banks, an asset recovery strategy has been put in place, and the groundwork has been laid for a valuation of new and old bank assets. Work on the valuation of assets will now need to commence to bring recapitalization of banks to a conclusion by the end the first quarter.
Here is the 'horse's mouth' edition:
Knowless
Afaiu the IMF guy is correct when he says the worst of the crash has happened. The economy will further recede but the worst of the crash has happened.
Other countries will undoubtably recede (at a slower rate) with the weight of burden of their borrowing and continued heavy state borrowing.
Some of those countries with the highest ratio of external debt will get hit hardest, this is a revealing table
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_debt
Ireland is in the worst condition with on average €400k borrowed for every man woman child.
The USA has actually a huge burden of internal debt and will linger on longer, naturally external debt is more of a burden.
Like	. Dislike	. December 22, 2008, 11:21 am .
Peter – London said:
>>I don't think that's true me. Everything I've seen seems to show Visa and the banks using something closer to 170 than 290.
"The banks seem to charge 150-170 if you buy Krona and 290(up to 360 apparently http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=EURISK=X) if you sell Krona. "
Only an idiot would carry Kronur out of Iceland to their own country and exchange there into local currency.
The value of the Kronur for tourists relates to what they get in exchange (tourist related expenses) for their currency in Iceland. The evidence is that they they get a better deal than they did in the Summer time.
If a tourist has excess Kronur currency on their day of departure home they are advised to exchange it before they leave Iceland. That exchange rate difference between buying and selling Kronur for tourists is the same now as it has been.
Bromley86
Sorry me, my bad. I hadn't seen anyone post that the ECB rates (or anything like them) were actually used.
If you pay with a Visa or Mastercard issued in Iceland you pay the rates of Valitor.is (visa) and Borgun.is (mastercard) which are very similar to the rates of seðlabankinn (CBI) this rates will apply if you pay for something on line or if you use the card in another country, valitor and borgun get paid from the banks (glitnir, landsbanki, kaupthing) and these get paid from seðlabankinn, thats why they can use this fake rate, you see seðlabanki is buying cheap euros from icelandres because of this laws, and uses this cheap euros they are buying to pay visa and master card, but this can last only for so long, since we are a country that imports 10 times more or more than we export, so the difference between the fake icelandoc rate and the worlds rate has to be paid by seðlabanki at some point. Now if you have a master card or visa issued in another country then the rate can be from 200 to 323 ISK per euro.
Peter - London
The banks seem to charge 150-170 if you buy Krona and 290(up to 360 apparently http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=EURISK=X) if you sell Krona.
Which demonstrates that the only winners in this situation are currency dealers in the banks.
Tourists will not be encourage to visit Iceland as its still too expensive, Icelanders will still buy imports because the true cost is being hidden by a subsidised exchange rate. So Iceland's balance of trade will not be as positive as it could be.
The first thing you learn on the Icenews comments page is to beware of anybody who says "wake up".
well then i just had a bad luck those days when i was abroad(twice).and 3rd time too i guess when they charged me 290 for the things i purchased on internet.and i know i am not the only one.so i really don't know what is going on here…
Like	. Dislike	. December 21, 2008, 9:53 am .
>anywhere in Europe (Germany,Spain..) if you pay with your credit card they charge you 290 kr for 1 euro.
I don't think that's true me. Everything I've seen seems to show Visa and the banks using something closer to 170 than 290.
anywhere in Europe (Germany,Spain..) if you pay with your credit card they charge you 290 kr for 1 euro.so i think this rate is more valid then the one that the banks are showing here.try to buy something on internet and wait and see how much will they charge you.time to wake up!
One more post before Christmas!!!!!
We will at least recover from this recession quicker than some nations.
COME ON , 17 billion dollars in USA to bail out car manufacturers.
So they keep building cars, paying the workers until stocks of cars fill compounds …..BUT quess what? ……. Nobody is going to buy your v8 gas gusslers .FOOLS
There only hope is to put this money into production of new more efficient costing vehicles.
What next- 20 billion USD to bail out Boeing , cos noboday is ordering new aircraft?
Anyway as i can se less people are posting now with Christmas coming this is now a family time for us all to enjoy ourselves!
As we all know 2009 will be difficult .
So now fishy is signing off until the newyear.
Thankyou Alex and the Icenews team for giving us these articles to debate upon.
And wishing all the regular posters here a VERY Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Cheers for now FISHY….
@San-San
The clue was in the sentence:
"Looking at the ECB exchange rates, the ISK is still at 290 against the EUR"
ECB = European Central Bank.
http://www.ecb.int/stats/exchange/eurofxref/html/index.en.html
It's a reference rate though – there haven't been any real exchanges to base any real rate on. I'm not sure what the limits on changing at the 170 rate, but there are limits. So don't be fooled into thinking that the current market rate is what the central bank of Iceland says it is.
iceland bob
I totally agree with you Easy.
Most of the problem in this instance as i see it is not with people commenting of even with Alex reporting on what the media has said, it's more to do with how clearly the media puts across the information. I too intially thought he said that Iceland was past the worst of it. I had to go back and closely look at the news report again to get what was being put across. And it wasn't just me. A few of my friends thought the exact same thing. And these are guys who actually watch the news! Imagine how your average icelander who just skims the news will come away with a completely different view to what was being put across. A similar thing was done with the IMF report to the central bank in june (http://newsfrettir.com/?p=1449). Even though they reported that the Icelandic banks were in serious trouble and could not continue what they were doing, the icelandic media only reported the positive parts of the report in general. This isn't the first time this has happened.
Oh and If we are going to use disaster metaphors to desribe the kreppa, I liken it to a nuclear blast instead of a tidal wave/tsunami. A massive blast detroying everything in its wake, then some calm. Followed by the fallout which poisons everything for many years to come…
1 euro = isk 290?, dont know where u get the info but at sedlabanki.is u can read it is today 1 euro = isk 170, check ur sources plz ,
San-san greets Iceland
bye bye EU haha :D
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romeo cruz
iceland is only experiencing is tidal wave, but in the next year its tsunami, so its better for the people of this little republic ti tighten their belt and be focus whats happening inthe world crisis, so the key solution to this is united we fall ,and united we stand,thats the other way around.icelnders must be patriotic and not divided they must have fighting spirit like what they are playing the hand ball in olympic.
Polar Bear Mania
What I like about Icenews is the communication. They write news or what some might call "not" news and that is great, because people can post comment and get dialogs going. Good stuff Icenews!! Keep on the Good (or not) work.
Like	. Dislike	. December 19, 2008, 10:05 pm .
Deffenetly you are a true gentleman and one of the very few brave man there are left and rectify an honest mistake I honestly take my hat off.
I totally agree with you about the assertion that the article was wrong i ment the article´s title and should have said that not the whole article.
In response tho what Kevin says, I saw the interview with Poul Thompsen and when he said about iceland passing the worst stage he was clearly talking about makeing a decision about changeing the currency and he said that was not possible to do it in the middle of the chaos (Oct nov.) because there was no stabillity in the krona (LOCALLY) now that state of shock has passed and he clearly said it is time to make a decision, he never said that the worst has happen reffering to the crisis and the economical situation, and right after that he clearly said that Iceland was going to hit botom UNTILL the end of 2009, didnt you hear that? how come Iceland has past the worst but will ghit botom in one year time? and right after that he said that after hitting botom at the end of 2009 there will be YEARS of economic tightness.
now he mention that Iceland is doing fine in the sence that is doing what they ask them to do, not in the sence that the nation is doing fine (allready 10,000 unemployed) and he mention that the goals are beeing achived stabilizeing the krona (LOCAL) that means that people stop running to take their money out of the banks and they have actually put it back into the banks and there is a "normal" transaction of the krona inside iceland, now the media has taken this two comments "Iceland is doing fine" and the goals are beeing achived" and use it for propaganda and make people trust more. Cheers!!
As per the detractors are out in full force again, if anyone watch Thomsen last night on the news. He actually did say "Iceland is the past worst stage"
There is no propoganda in the reporting, Icenews are simply putting forward the news in a neutral way.
As a foreigner who lives in Iceland, who is somewhere inbetween basic and fluent in the language. Icenews gives me the news in English which I might fail to understand fully from mbl or visir.
@Easy:
Thanks for your constructive comments. I absolutely take your point about direct quotes: I was quoting an indirect quote, and that was perhaps a little ambiguous.
But the source article says, in these exact words: "The worst was behind the country, he told a press conference." That one sentence is even given as a whole, separate paragraph.
In light of your justified concerns, I am going to change the headline; but I still refute your assertion that, "This article was totally wrong".
Thanks for reading IceNews!
(We enjoy these comment boards almost as much as all you readers I think!)
Silvía
congratulations – kreppa has arrived. Well it all looks good on the books, but the people are suffering and will suffer for years to come. See you in Norway or the US!
The Comecon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comecon) countries exchange rates where unreal, but we had a plenty of "businessman" which where trading currency for a much better ratio then you could get in a National Bank :) , and we got our own equivalent of "dollars" called "Bon Towarowy", here you can see how the 10 cents looked like :) http://zdjecia.swistak.pl/03/390/3390302_1_b.jpg ragards Sebastian
I have read the BBC article and it never says that the worst has past the title of your article here in IceNews is this "Iceland past the worst": IMF. in written media the two marks at the begining and the end and two points clearly indicates a DIRECT quotation of the ORIGINAL SOURCE which in this case the original source never said that, when its your own interpretation of the original source you dont quote by putting the two marks at the begining and the end plus the two points to indicate the sourse from where you are quoting so ither you made a mistake posting the title of your article like this or you willingly or unwillingly are falling ito this dessire of trying to see things they are not, ither way its human to make a mistake and its of great man to accept it when Thompsen said, and I quote "This is obviously a very, very serious crisis," he said. "But the impact on Iceland is going to be very limited because you were hit with full force upfront." he was refering to the world wide crisis that is hitting in 2009 even the subtitle of the article "worse over?" is writen with a quistion mark denoting that some people might want to interpret this wrong, Alex I really apritiate all your hard work but I sencerily belive that this article was totally wrong and I hope you take this as it is, cunstructive criticism and at the end of the day I belive thats what you want in this open forum, Cheers!!
Physchim62
The Comecon countries kept up unreal exchange rates for more than forty years, by using very similar measures to those imposed in Iceland: forcing people to use national currency for national transactions (to generate demand), severely restricting the supply of foreign currency, and applying penal measures against transgressors.
I knew this story would stir up some debate!
But for those of you taking your anger out on IceNews, please read the original source material (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7790292.stm) and then decide how much IceNews has changed its meaning or tone.
Alëx, IceNews editor
I have to agree. I am not an economist. However, there is something wrong when a major world bank freezes an exchange rate and moves the currency off of the active trade list. Looking at the ECB exchange rates, the ISK is still at 290 against the EUR, with a date of 3 Dec for the last rate exchange. Can someone explain what is really going on outside of Iceland? These rates we see here and the statements that all is stabilizing seems a little fishy, and I am not talking about the cod stocks ;-)
>SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG HERE
Not necessarily. Loads of places have had exchange controls, including the UK.
The key is transparancy and regulation over who gets the foreign currency at that favourable rate.
He give Icenews a break, they report the news not write it. The IMF authors of the plan did indeed announce its was working superbly and the exchange rate is indeed 171/euro according to the central bank. The IMF plan seems to be to ignore the real world 370/euro rate by financing it with their loan. Obviously the 'success' of this policy will be decided when the Krona floats in Iceland at the real world rate.
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday Iceland had taken the FIRST STEPS to restore financial stability, voicing confidence that the aid pledged so far was sufficient to revive the crisis-hit island.
PAY ATTENTION TO CAPITAL LETTERS.
Separately, Russia said it COULD weigh in with a $500 million loan IF its government DECIDED TO join a slew of nations that have pledged support alongside a $2.1 billion IMF loan.
Poul Thomsen, chief of an IMF mission to Iceland, told a news conference the initial priority of stabilizing the Icelandic crown and restarting the LOCAL foreign exchange market had been achieved.
"I believe that objective has been met," he said.
Conditions had been created for a gradual reduction in interest rates and the lifting of capital controls, Thomsen said, predicting the country's net foreign asset position will improve in the coming YEARS.
He said he was "very confident" the aid package would be sufficient and that the global financial crisis was unlikely to hit the Icelandic economy any more than it ALREADY had.
"This is obviously a VERY, VERY serious crisis," Thomsen said. "But the impact on Iceland is going to be very limited because you were hit with FULL force up-front."
He added, "We are not assuming ANY CAPITAL INFLOWS so there are not going to be any surprises through the financial channels."
Iceland succumbed to the global crisis as its currency plunged and financial system collapsed in October under the weight of billions of dollars of foreign debts incurred by its banks. The top three commercial banks failed.
The volcanic island's economy is now expected to suffer a huge contraction next year while unemployment — which in recent years has rested close to zero — is set to soar.
A number of European countries, including Iceland's Nordic neighbors, have pledged loans to North Atlantic island nation, bringing the total PROMISED aid to $10 billion.
On Thursday, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin said the country COULD loan Iceland $500 million IF the government DECIDES TO grant aid.
"The financial situation is more or less normal, based on risks we can give them money (but) there must be a political decision," Pankin said.
Iceland asked Russia for a loan when the crisis overwhelmed the country. Icelandic officials originally mentioned a figure of 4 billion euros ($5.75 billion), although Russia has indicated that any loan would be for a far smaller amount.
The stabilization of the krona is LOCAL.
How can they post this kind of news, he never said that the worst has past at all, by the contrary, honestly the media here is just a bunch of criminals, what are you trying to do to the people, he said that the first shock has past People open your eyes, didnt you see the interview with poul Thomsen last night on chanel one news, how much clearer do you want it? number one: Iceland has to decide quickly which currency they want to take, Translation: the krona is death, number two: Iceland will hit bootom by the end of 2009, Translation: this is only the begining,(never said at all that the worst has past the shock of the moment has past), Number three: after that severe restricton to the national budget and the economy for years to come, translation: wellcome to poverty. For those of you how much clearer do you want it? He said that the goal of stabilizing the currency INTERNALLY was working, Translation: they have manage to convince the people not to take they money out of tha bank and put all that they took back in. thats all they have manage to stabilize the krona inside Iceland, he never said that the FX (forignxchange) is stabilizing but they are trying to sell this idea. Really what part of choose another currency, the country will hit bootom till the end of next year and severe resetion FOR YEARS to come dont you get? Cheers!!!
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE END. BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THINGS WILL BE OK RIGHT AWAY… "THE WORST" WILL TAKE MANY YEARS…
cfood13
Past the worst???? I believe this as much as I believe the exchange rate you guys have posted on this website… The articles and and information on this website are becoming worthless and for some time now, the chats are my only source for real facts. Thanks to all the people who keep these chats going, its the only way for foreigners here to get an insight into what´s really going on here… The only difference between here and the third world is the population size… If there were more peoplr here, starvation would be coming soon… There is no way you can pull off a fake currency rate for this amount of time.. SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG HERE!!!! It´s a ponzi scheme.