Can it be that your big transition is finally arriving? It is important to remember that it is not an overnight thing, but there appears to be a door which needs to be firmly shut by the time of the Full Moon in Pisces. Continue to go with the flow and manage your priorities as current energies may still leave you feeling as though you are scratching and crawling your way to the rewards which you seek. The hard times they were a bit burdensome, to say the least, but things are about to begin leveling out over the coming months.
Perhaps you have needed patience with the Leo energy, and the eclipses may have thrown in a few stressors for you. Bide your time until the New Moon at Virgo, as it will indeed help usher in a great deal of change. By then, you will be up for the challenge of creating your changes, and the Virgo energy which will be present will be very beneficial to you. Not being overbearing and demanding will prove to have its advantages, so, by not being in someone's face about a sensitive subject, you will have been successful in navigating, and yes, perhaps even manipulating a touchy situation. There are new beginnings available to you and change is definitely on its way.
Home, sweet home, or whatever it is that floats your boat and brings you comfort will be on your mind. This transition is all about your happiness, and you will find yourself giving this happiness careful consideration, no longer willing to settle. The Universe is helping with any struggles which you may have been having, and, as we pull away from the retrogrades they will become less and less. You are ready and poised to take on whatever comes your way.
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Over the last five to ten years, many of you have likely experienced more low moments than high ones, or, at the very least the low ones felt as though they far outweighed the good. The time has come to take the wisdom which you have gained through these experiences, and work with the messages the Universe is sending your way now. Through what you are manifesting it is possible to put things back on a more even keel. The opportunites await you, however, you must be willing to turn away from life's disappointments and betrayals and switch your focus to making things happen for yourself. No pity parties allowed. Remain grounded, and remember to nurture yourself in the process, while still putting yourself out there for others on a more balanced scale.
Do not allow yourself to be caught off guard when the Universe offers you an incredible opportunity to achieve a new beginning. The most important thing here is not to spend your time wishing for things, rather you need to be paying attention to what can actually be. After all that you have been through, it is natural for you to feel a bit of disdain toward certain areas of life. The time is here to turn your back on that which no longer serves you. Give thought to what inspires you, what brings you passion, and that will help you create the vision which resonates with your soul. Before proceeding, weigh the pros and cons carefully, so as to ensure your greatest success.
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Just look at you go! This new identity thing appears to be working well for so many of you. Finally, you feel as though you have a handle on things, taking charge of your life and your decisions, even relationship matters. Something is brewing around the time of the New Moon Solar Eclipse in Aquarius, so expect the Universe to be kicking up some dust. This can conceivably alter the course of your choices, but stand strong in your convictions. You will be able to put at least one issue to rest at the time of the New Moon. Do not cave, or engage, should others try to create conflict, as eclipses have a way of ending things permanently.
There is a flurry of activity and communication headed your way; the changes can be numerous now. Your stability has greatly improved, and you are much more grounded. Taking a practical approach to a matter can produce very liberating results for you, as you continue to put the hard times in your rearview mirror. Try not to do anything incredibly risky now, as there could be pitfalls and speedbumps ahead to veer you off course. Working with a solid plan will aid you greatly.
Aside from seeking your dreams of happiness, so many of you are looking for stability, fairness and balance in your every day existence. You have the answers within to help you achieve the justice you feel you deserve, and you will have the clarity to make the right moves to help you regain a foothold on your power. Truly, you are the one creating your own abundance, through your diligent efforts, and attention to detail. Continue to whittle away at that list you have been tackling this year, and, if you look around at the world, you may very well feel that you have become the calm in the midst of a stormy sea.
Eyeing new roads which lead to all kinds of exciting new changes, and even some new beginnings. What has been simmering on the back burner for you will soon be ready. The time is now to step into your power like never before; the fog is clearing and your hopes and dreams are right in front of you. Your karma is on the move and even more changes are imminent. The Universe decides to throw in a dash of good luck to sweeten the pot.
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Charity Shops in Uk
Search results for Charity Shops businesses serving the Uk area. See company profiles and contact details.
Barnardo's
23 Windsor Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim, BT9 6EE
family Centre offering range of support services to families and children, referred by social services....
5 Wellington Street, Ballymena, County Antrim, BT43 6AB
Barnardo's - Regional Head Office
542-544 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT4 3HE
Unit 2 Tower Centre, Wellington Street, Ballymena, County Antrim, BT43 6AH
Action Cancer
133c Andersonstown Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT11 9BU
Ulster Cancer Foundation Charity Shops
56 Main Street, Ballymoney, County Antrim, BT53 6AL
Unit 1, 3-7 St Patricks Avenue, Downpatrick, County Down, BT30 6DW
Drop in Ministries
25b Cookstown Road, Dungannon, County Tyrone, BT71 4BG
Charities and Charitable Organisations...
2 Hill Street, Newry, County Down, BT34 2BW
7 West Street, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, BT38 7AR
16 Stone Row, Coleraine, County Londonderry, BT52 1EP
11 Cushendall Road, Ballymena, County Antrim, BT43 6HA
30 Mill Street, Newry, County Down, BT34 1EY
N I Hospice
32-34 Main Street, Bangor, County Down, BT20 5AG
337 Antrim Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT15 2HF
Northern Ireland Hospice Warehouse
243 Shankill Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT13 1FR
14-16 Broad Street, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, BT45 6EA
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland
374 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT4 3EY
Barnardo's - Afterschools Project
315 Ballysillan Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT14 6RD
Drop Inn
7 Castlecroft, Main Street, Ballymoney, County Antrim, BT53 6TD

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Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World
hafiz wae 2 years ago
When Mxolosi saw a Tecno W2 smartphone in a store in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was attracted to its looks and functionality. But what really drew him in was the price, roughly $30 — far less than comparable models from Samsung, Nokia, or Huawei, Africa's other top brands.
"They're very attractive and appealing to your eyes," Mxolosi, who asked for his last name not to be used to protect his personal safety, told BuzzFeed News. "Honestly, I was a Samsung fan but I said, 'Let me try this new product.'"
It was another sale for Transsion, the Chinese company that makes Tecno and other low-priced smartphones, as well as basic handsets, for the developing world. Since releasing its first smartphone in 2014, the upstart has grown to become Africa's top handset seller, beating out longtime market leaders Samsung and Nokia.
But its success can come at a price. Mxolosi, an unemployed 41-year-old, became frustrated with his Tecno W2. Pop-up ads interrupted his calls and chats. He'd wake up to find his prepaid data mysteriously used up and messages about paid subscriptions to apps he'd never asked for.
"It was expensive for me, and at some point I ended up not buying data because I didn't know what was eating it up," he said.
He thought it might be his fault, but according to an investigation by Secure-D, a mobile security service, and BuzzFeed News, software embedded in his phone right out of the box was draining his data while trying to steal his money. Mxolosi's Tecno W2 was infected with xHelper and Triada, malware that secretly downloaded apps and attempted to subscribe him to paid services without his knowledge.
Secure-D's system, which mobile carriers use to protect their networks and customers against fraudulent transactions, blocked 844,000 transactions connected to preinstalled malware on Transsion phones between March and December 2019.
Secure-D Managing Director Geoffrey Cleaves told BuzzFeed News that Mxolosi's data was used up by the malware as it attempted to subscribe him to paid services. "Imagine how quickly his data would disappear if the subscriptions were successful," he said.
Along with South Africa, Tecno W2 phones in Ethiopia, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, and Myanmar were infected.
"Transsion traffic accounts for 4% of the users we see in Africa. Yet it contributes over 18% of all the suspicious clicks," Secure-D Managing Director Geoffrey Cleaves told BuzzFeed News.
It's the latest example of how cheap Chinese smartphones take advantage of the world's poorest people. Current security concerns about Chinese apps and hardware have largely focused on potential back doors in Huawei's 5G equipment. More recently, people have focused on how user data collected by TikTok could be abused by the company and the Chinese government. But an overlooked and ongoing threat is the consistent presence of malware on cheap smartphones from Chinese manufacturers and how it exacts a digital tax on people with low incomes.
A Transsion spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that some of the company's Tecno W2 phones contained the hidden Triada and xHelper programs, blaming an unidentified "vendor in the supply chain process."
"We have always attached great importance to consumers' data security and product safety," they said. "Every single software installed on each device runs through a series of rigorous security checks, such as our own security scan platform, Google Play Protect, GMS BTS, and VirusTotal test."
The spokesperson said Transsion did not profit from the malware, and they declined to say how many handsets were infected.
Michael Kwet, a visiting fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School who received his doctorate in South Africa, called the idea of Chinese-made phones extracting data and money from people living in poverty "digital colonialism."
"If you have no disposable income, you're basically left with people preying on your data," he told BuzzFed News. "The problem we have here is that we don't have a rational business model for a digital society."
Though it's largely unknown outside of Africa and in developing countries, Transsion is the fourth-biggest handset maker in the world, behind Apple, Samsung, and Huawei, but it's the only manufacturer in that group to exclusively focus on low-income markets.
The need to keep costs low opens the door to malware and other vulnerabilities, according to Cleaves. "A fraudster is able to take advantage of that desire for a low price by offering their [hardware or software] services, even at loss, knowing that they can recover the costs through this ad fraud," he said.
Secure-D previously discovered preinstalled malware on Alcatel phones made by TCL Communication, a Chinese handset maker, in Brazil, Malaysia, and Nigeria. It also exposed how Chinese technology preinstalled on cheap smartphones in Brazil and Myanmar robbed users with fraudulent transactions.
"In many cases it's [a consumer's] first smartphone and the first time these people have access to the internet," Guy Krief, a board member of Upstream Systems, the UK company that operates Secure-D, told BuzzFeed News. "The data eaten up by the malware — that's a very important part of their income."
Kenneth Adu-Amanfoh, the executive director of the Africa Cybersecurity and Digital Rights Organization, said Chinese phones with preinstalled malware have become a major threat on the continent.
"You have all these wonderful features for cheap, but there is a hidden cost," he told BuzzFeed News. "There are a lot of Chinese phones that have malware installed on it."
"At some point I ended up not buying data because I didn't know what was eating it up," said Mxolosi, who had to shut down a café he was running due to the coronavirus. South Africa has the fifth-highest number of cases of COVID-19 in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Learning that his smartphone had been stealing his money felt like yet another hardship. "Poor people are getting even more poor. People are going hungry," he said.
People in the United States are also being exploited. Earlier this year, Malwarebytes, a security service, found preinstalled malware of Chinese origin in two phones offered to citizens with low incomes as part of the US government's Lifeline program, which provides subsidized phones and mobile data. Both phones were made by Chinese companies.
Nathan Collier, a senior mobile malware analyst at Malwarebytes, said cheap Chinese smartphones are a security risk to people with low incomes around the world.
"It seems like we're seeing the same story over and over again where there's a cheap phone made from China with Chinese malware on it that gets in the hands of people who can't afford a pricier phone," he told BuzzFeed News. "Having preinstalled malware right there in your phone when you turn it on out of the box is gross and nasty."
Collier researched Triada and xHelper and said they were "the first malware [he's] even seen where a factory reset doesn't take care of it. That's a game changer."
Typically, malware like Triada and xHelper requires someone to be tricked into installing it on their phones, rather than it coming straight from the factory. It's often used to deliver invasive ads that send money back to whoever controls the malware. But it can also be used to install apps that subscribe the victim to paid services via monthly billing or prepaid data — siphoning cash directly from the phone's owner.
Transsion said it created a fix for Triada in March 2018 after reports identified its presence on W2 smartphones. Transsion said it also shipped a fix for xHelper in late 2019. In both cases, phone owners needed to download the fixes and update their phones.
Cleaves said Secure-D has continued to block transactions related to Triada and xHelper on Transsion phones into April this year, though at a lower volume than before.
"Although xHelper appears to have entered a dormant stage, we have no reason to believe it's gone away," he said. "There's no reason to believe that the perpetrators behind that malware are just going to give up. They've got this extremely virulent malware sleeping on millions of devices, and it's just a matter of time before they strike again."
Mxolosi said he had no idea which company made his phone. He was surprised and disappointed to hear it was a Chinese company.
"Oh god. That means the Chinese are just ripping us off left, right, and center," he said, comparing his malware-riddled smartphone to designer knockoffs made in China that flood South Africa. "We are getting [counterfeit versions] of clothing that are made in the US. They come in and make them with bad quality."
Mxolosi said he was planning to buy another Tecno phone until BuzzFeed News informed him of what was wrong with his W2. Now he is looking for other options.
"Now I would never," he said. "That device would make me spend more on that phone. So why should I go for that while we've having problems with money?" ●
Additional reporting by Odanga Madung.
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The Champs Élysées is, by all accounts, one of the best known avenues in the world, associated with sidewalk cafes, expensive shops, the Arc de triomphe, and great literature from the lost generation of Ernest Hemingway and stories of ex-patriots in Paris during the golden age of absinthe, to the long and weary tale of Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Misérables. It's all there, from the time of Louis XIV right up to the most recent Tour de France, the Champs Élysées evokes the best of Paris, and France, in the same way Broadway, or Route 66 evoke the core vibe of the American culture and dream. There is no doubt a cocktail named Champs Élysées would be very elegant, and so very French.
The first record of the Champs Élysées cocktail is in Harry Craddock's Savoy Cocktail Book, a book known for many classic recipes as well as incomplete and cryptic notations. In the spirit of it's namesake, the Champs Élysées is a cognac coktail, with Green Chartreuse and lemon, however, Craddock only specifies "Chartreuse." Your call on that, Green Chartreuse is what's mostly found in the many published recipes. Whichever Chartreuse you choose, you'll need some cognac, the other oh so French ingredient in this cocktail, which is, essentially, a variation of a Sidecar. The Chartreuse stands in for Cointreau, and it's enough to give the Champs Élysées an entirely different character. It's herbal, alluring, and layered with complexity because, that's what Chartreuse is for.
Making a Champs Élysées is pretty straightforward. It's no different than a Sidecar or any sour, but we're a bit out of luck when it comes to cognac. There is local brandy, however, and, if you're used to using a cognac like Pierre Ferrand 1840, Treos Brandy from Vivacity should feel (and taste) right in line with what you've already had. It's perfectly suited to this drink, and pairs well with the Green Chartreuse.
The challenge of the Champs Élysées is balance. Green Chartreuse is deceptive. It's herbal, really herbal and strongly flavored hiding its sweetness, but it is sweet. Some sugar is needed, but go easy until you find just the right amount. For us, we like just a touch of sweet to soften the edge, but not enough that the herbal notes are muted. Chartreuse is meant to stand tall in the glass, and there's no point hiding it. Just don't forget the Scrappy's Aromatic Bitters, and on that next night out, go see Les Mis. You'll want a Champs Élysées anyway, so why not go all the way? Just don't steal any bread.
Shake with ice and serve up. Garnish with a lemon twist.


Obviously user research is a really important part of website and digital service projects these days, but I know from experience as the lead quantitative researcher at Lagom that the research is only as good as the users you can get to participate.
There is a general view that recruiting users for research is hard and very time consuming. An expensive recruitment agent will be happy to tell you this. However, from my experience a good recruitment plan will cut down on the difficulties and time to make it a more affordable and positive experience.
Problem 1: You don't really know who your users are.
This problem can be more common than you think. In this situation I set up a simple survey on the existing website or digital service to just ask the people using the service who they are. Leaving this survey open for several weeks and keeping it short encourage users to complete it in sufficient numbers to draw out great insight.
If a digital service already exists then the obvious place to survey users would be on the current service. However if a digital service does not exist, then a survey would need to be promoted more broadly to find out who the potential users are.
From the survey data I map the users into user roles and support the client to prioritise them for the user research project.
I also use the survey to ask the users if they would be open to participate in user research and to leave their email address for follow up. This means I have already started the user recruitment process without little effort. This list can then be easily filtered and cut once I know more about which user roles the client prioritises for the research.
Problem 2: You don't know where to find potential research participants.
Early on in a project I work with the client to map out the best avenues (channels) to engage with the prioritised users roles. I often find that the client has a better understanding for where to find their users than they think. This maybe through channels like their Twitter account, website, databases which they already have and other contacts from similar organisations/departments.
I brainstorm and map out potential recruitment channels with the client in the project kick-off session. We are clear which research activities we need, which user roles we are looking to recruit, and how many of them per activity. This gives everyone a clear focus on what we are actually trying to achieve with our recruitment.
I quickly identify the users roles that will be the hardest to find and recruit for the research. They may be a particularly small, niche group, or extremely busy, like hospital doctors. I prioritise these roles and work up a recruitment strategy for them. Solutions from recent projects include targeted LinkedIn campaigns and targeted email shots (using the client's existing email list).
Problem 3: Unsure how to start the conversation with potential user participants.
I use a combination of the channels I've already identified with clients to reach out to the potential research participants.
Together with the client we construct carefully worded tweets, newsletters, snippets and website pop ups to attract participants. These promotional statements always have a strong call to action to click through and complete our screening form.
The level of interest needs to be closely monitor and promotions changed according to the interest levels.
Problem 4: You aren't sure how to get the right user participants for the research.
The first thing to do is screen the users using a screening form. This is often where time is taken up, but it doesn't have to be if you ask the users the right questions from the start and plan the project carefully before approaching them.
On the screener form, I ask potential participants what research activities they are interested in participating in, for example remote interviews, face-to-face usability testing, remote surveys. I give the participants as much information as I can, inc. description of the activity, location/s, dates and times. I make it as easy as possible for the participants by using tick boxes.
Here is an example of a screening form I developed for some usability testing. The form was built in CitizenSpace but we also use Google Forms to do the job.
If the promotion of the research has done the trick, I will now have a good database of user participants which you can easily filter to identify the best, willing and available users for each aspect of the research.
I usually use Google forms to create my screening forms so I can extract out the data into a Google or Excel spreadsheet which can be filtered easily.
The temptation at this point is to ask the potential participants lots of questions (while they are engaged), but like any good form design... I only ask what we really need to know at this point.
It also means I've only capture a minimal amount of personal data from participants inline with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Problem 5: You don't want to end up with time wasters.
I always include in the screening form a free text section for participants to write any further comments about their role or availability for research activities. As well as this being a great way to get more information to help with booking in participants, it can help with excluding users.
Some participants will use this opportunity to rant or even give themselves away as the wrong user role, and these participants may be more a hindrance to the research than a benefit so can be screened out early.
The best way to sift out time wasters is to ask them a few questions specific to their user role. For example with the user role health administrator I would ask them about the type of administration, when they last used the service and what they last used it for. They will have think about their response so you'll only get responses from those who are really game to support in the research.
In the past I've worked with clients who had businesses trying to sell to them. These businesses would use the research as a means to gain access to the client. These people were quickly weeded out when I asked them these specific questions.
If the user roles are professional people, many will use their work email which is also a good sign of them being sincere. I don't rule out participants who use personal email accounts, I just make sure these participants are screened more thoroughly. Users who use their work email account still might not be the user role which I am interested in, so this is still checked.
Overall this should help you confirm they are the role you are after. It will also confirm if you need to screen the participants out of the research. If I was still unsure then I follow up with a short telephone call.
It's better to have a five mins call than waste an entire hour in a usability testing suite with the client sitting behind the glass.
Once I have identified which user participants I want for each activity and have done the screening, I email the participants to book them in.
The email includes all the details of the activity including your contact details, time, date, location and a summary of what will happen on the day.
I always ask them to confirm by replying to the email - that way you know they are committed to participating.
Problem 7: You want to stop participants from dropping out or not turning up?
This is a big risk to the research.
One of our main tasks to overcome this problem is to email them two days before the activity to re-confirm their attendance. If they don't reply, follow up with a phone call.
If I don't get confirmation then I have time to replace them with someone else from my list of participants.
At this point I would have already identified a number of possible back-up users. It may be appropriate to contact them prior to the activity to see if they are happy to be back up (especially those activities which are at specific times and are face-to-face, e.g usability testing at a usability lab).
If there is a "no-show" on the day then I don't panic. I find out the reason for the no-show and re-book if it's appropriate. Many activities can be done remotely including usability testing.
I recently had a situation where two consecutive participants who were booked for usability testing had to go to hospital. It was too short notice to inform the back-ups, so instead we re-booked with these participants and did remote testing a week later.
Problem 8: You are unsure if you need to pay participants?
One of the main costs may well be incentive payments.
At the start of a project during the initial discussions about user roles and identifying recruitment channels it may become apparent that some or all the users are not very engaged or are just too busy to participate. In these circumstance it may well be appropriate to introduce incentives to encourage these users to participate.
If this is the case I would recommend £1 for every minute of their time... so a 30 minute interview would cost £30.
I often find that if participants are professionals within the workplace, then incentives are not needed, however paying travel expenses is.
Problem 9. You don't know what to do with your participant database once the research has finished.
I would always recommend that user research continues during the development and live phases of a digital service.
Fortunately, our clients now have a substantial database of users happy to participate in user research. I would have already removed any users who I screened out.
If I was to continue with the client helping them with further research I would think about what worked and didn't and amend my recruitment plan. When I have exhausted my database and need fresh users for research I follow my updated recruitment plan, it is much quicker the second time round.
Here is a quick link to the gov.uk summary page for the Data Protection Act. I'm careful not to keep information about participants any longer than is absolutely necessary and keep in a safe and secure environment.
Hopefully these pointers will give you what you need to recruit the right participants for your research.
Let us know how you get on and please share your best tips in participant recruitment.
Lagom Strategy specialises in working with in-house teams to deliver first-rate Discovery phases and user research for digital services. Lagom can support in recruiting participants for this type of research.


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Q: What is a grafted plant?
Grafting is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation where a piece of one plant (scion) selected for its flowers or fruit and containing the desired genes to be duplicated is inserted into a piece of another plant (rootstock), with a strong vigorous root system, usually a seedling.
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cultivar from budwood brought from Italy.
Very hardy fruit tree, easy to grow, drought tolerant, fast growing. Fruit are large size, yellow orange skin with yellow flesh, very sweet with no acid taste.


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Q: System freezes for 5 seconds when seeking in or skipping to songs and videos When I start playing a new video or MP3 or skip to a time when playing them, my system hangs for a couple of seconds. A restart solves this problem, but only for a while. It does not matter which player I use (VLC, Media Player, Winamp, Zoom Player), which media files or if they are located on a network drive or on the local hard drive. Everything else works flawlessly and after the playing has started, there are not problems - until I switch to another file.
Additionally, when the Winamp playlist continues to the next song, the system does not hang. When I skip to the next song manually, the system hangs.
I've been using Windows XP for years and consider myself a fairly professional windows user, but I have no idea what could cause this.
Dual-core 2Ghz, 2GB RAM, Windows XP SP3, Audigy card with kxproject. Worked flawlessly for years.
Would be glad if anyone could help.

A: I had exactly the same problem. Also Windows XP SP3, also Audigy card, and also kxproject. I managed to solve it by changing kX playback buffer size: right-click on kxmixer icon > Settings > Setup buffers. Then try a few different values for the second value.

A: I've seen this when some network share is unaccessible or slow. If you see this even if you try to open a normal document, or even browsing with file explorer, than this can be the cause. Check your network shares, disconnect few/all of them and try again.

A: Do these diagnostic steps when the problem occurs:

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*Try to disable your virus scanner and firewall because they might be slowing down the file access or album information request or something like that. In the trend of Sunny his answer, you can try to pull the internet cable too.

*Use Process Explorer and make sure that the Update Speed under the View menu is set low enough. After a freeze occurs you can then look to see what process is causing this behaviour.

*If you have the guts to go for a hard solution, look at a trace you can create with XPerf or take it to the Sysinternals Forums where they can help you with such trace or other tools like ADPlus.

*In the worst case, your hard drive is failing and can only keep up with caching the song.

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Calhoun County is een county in de Amerikaanse staat Illinois.

De county heeft een landoppervlakte van 657 km² en telt 5.084 inwoners (volkstelling 2000). De hoofdplaats is Hardin.

Bevolkingsontwikkeling

County in Illinois

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* A talented musician who passed himself off as a girl during music exams at a Nairobi high school has been arrested. The student wore a girls' uniform and attracted the attention of other students. The incident took place at Mukuyu Girls' Secondary School in Kakamega County in western Kenya.


Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of placement to encourage the flow of "chi" or energy through a person's living or work space. It is used to bring such things as success, love, riches, good luck, well-being, an effective career, balance, harmony, contentment, and happy relationships. Things are used for feng shui decorating to bring these gains to the inhabitant of the space. If budget concerns limit the use of genuine things like symbols or statues depicting these items, their facsimiles tend to be used in the kind of photographs, posters, sketches, paper sculptures, etc. The lifestyle mainly has regarding the positioning of furniture in an arrangement to allow chi to flow through the home or workspace, but decorative things placed in various locations can also be significant. Feng shui supporters that the items should be in pairs when possible,.
To do that, you have to map the various areas of your house out on paper, a simple blue print. Afterward, overlay the Bagua Map on top of the floor plan which you made (make sure they are similar sizes). Out of your front door, you can now discover what places in your house correspond to the life places that are different according to the map and start your Feng Shui decorating so. As you will see, your front door will not represents north, and all of the other areas can now be clearly identified.
The Chinese believe that everything and luck and abundance great in the world goes on waves of energy that is healthy. Most folks have the predicament of living in our nearest and dearest and a home that is arranged to obstruct most of this energy or some from reaching us. By using feng shui decorating for the house, you are going to make it into a tuning fork that catches this Chi and transforms it into harmony and good health for all living under the roof of that place.
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Dr. Bawumia and the NPP Brand
By Kwame E. Bidi
LISTEN APR 2, 2015
Successful business corporations have brands whose worth sometimes exceeds their actual market value. The Apple electronic brand stands for freshness and creativity. Volvo evokes a sense of safety in consumers. What does the New Patriotic Party (NPP) brand evoke in you?
Strong political parties have unique brands rooted partly in their founding history. To unpack the founding history, it is important to know who the founders were, what they did for a living, and what major event(s) triggered the party's formation. It is also useful to understand the founders' development philosophy. In this regard, the NPP has a unique brand imbued with meaning that helps differentiate it from others in the "political market place." Party brands, if managed well, yield dividends in what pundits call "political equity," which pays off at the polling booths.
The NPP brand appeals to people of all socio-economic persuasions, but particularly to a unique crop of youthful middle class. Bright Simons, an entrepreneur and social commentator, labels them the Aspirational Class, instead, describing them as "having a mix of entrepreneurial pursuits with the hunt for professional pedigree." They tend to consist of professionals, intellectuals and businessmen and women from both white and blue-collar professions. A shining example is the Broadcast Journalist, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, who is set to contest the NPP parliamentary primaries in the Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency of the Eastern Region. This does not mean that the party alienates the underclass. What it means is that, unlike its archrival, the party neither glorifies nor preys on electorates' material poverty to perpetuate itself in power. It is in this context that the political equity Dr. Bawumia, an Economist and NPP's Vice Presidential Candidate, brings to the table is best appreciated.
In light of this, the NPP rolls out smart economic and social policies that facilitate the upper mobility of the poor. An excellent example is Ex-President Kuffour'seight-year tenure. Inspired by the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition, Kuffour's robust policies grew the economy, and put Ghana on the lower middle-income trajectory for the first time in the country's history. He achieved this feat partly by slashing in half the proportion of Ghanaians living in extreme poverty and hunger, a feat that earned him the prestigious World Food Prize award in 2011.
In spite of his government's shortcomings, Kuffour managed to reinforce and consolidate the party brand. His government's strategy came to demonstrate what is possible when competent politicians and technically skilled elite force work intelligently with the private sector for the common good. By growing the economy, expanding the middle class and shrinking the underclass, Kuffour put a positive spin on the party brand, helping to appreciate its value.
Today, Dr. Bawumia is well positioned to play a crucial role in marketing the party brand, especially to the aspirational youth. To put it in a "dumsonian" language, he is increasingly becoming light to everything dark in President Mahama's handling of the stunting economy. He is well educated, intelligent, analytically rigorous, and above all, gracious.
His well-acclaimed public lectures employ evidence-based technical analysis in diagnosing the fundamental ills of the economy. For example, he predicted the infamous currency depreciation last year before it finally hit. By mid 2014, the Ghana Cedi became the worst performing currency in the world, behind conflict-prone Ukraine. In March of the same year, he also foresaw and warned government to clean up the fiscal space or risk bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). True to his words, President Mahama recently succumbed to a bail out loan of almost one billion dollars from the IMF. These lectures are not only elevating the standards of public discourse, but are most importantly revolutionizing the approach to policy formulation and implementation. This is a healthy development, given how new crop of militant government communicators have seized the airwaves and effectively diluted important public discourses to propagate parochial agendas.
The former Bank of Ghana Deputy Governor has transformed himself into the new poster child of the NPP brand. His value to the party derives not from seeking to transform its nature or character. That foundation has already been laid decades ago, thanks to the likes of Professor Adu Boahen, Dr. Abrefa Busia, and Dr. Joseph Boakye Danquah. Dr. Bawumia is valuable because he has become the major identifiable figure in our time that is actively re-aligning the party to its root, steeped in intellectual rigor, under the firm leadership of Akuffo-Addo. He is not reinventing the plot; he is retelling the party's story to a new generation.
Despite his obvious pluses, Dr. Bawumia has come under barrage of attacks by his opponents as being inexperienced—a political neophyte. It is true that Ghanaians do not yet know how effective the Economist would prove himself as an active politician. What everybody, including his opponents know, however, is the man's solid grasp of economic fundamentals of the country. Besides, does political experience in itself leads to good governance outcomes or actually impedes them?
Some pundits are of the view that having political experience actually tends to kill idealism by forcing candidates to conform to the often-toxic status quo. To quote H. Kwasi Prempeh, a Law Professor, "political experience gives [candidates] close familiarity with the tricks and loopholes in the system."
In a way, the President of Ghana, John Mahama, vindicates the law Professor. As the most politically experienced and prepared president in the history of the nation, Mahama is also perceived by many as the worst performer, at least in the Fourth Republic.
A PhD student at Northwestern University, Kofi Asante, also weighed in using the United States President, Barrack Obama, as an example. According to him, the "...appeal that Obama had was that he was a fresh face, in a sense, a non-establishment guy, he was not steeped in the bad old ways of partisanship, of big money, the lobbies etc."
As running mate to the influential Akuffo-Addo, it is easy to see the transformational power that their collective leadership would unleash on the nation. This is the political equity that Dr. Bawumia brings to the party. He is helping to establish a significant and differentiated presence of the NPP in the political marketplace, thereby retaining loyal party base and attracting new supporters.
When you visualize the NPP brand in 2015 under the current leadership duo, what do you see? Many see smart policies, middle class growth, and economic transformation. Needless to say, Dr. Bawumia's contribution to this branding can hardly be overemphasized.
The author is a graduate of the Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Massachusetts, USA. Contact: [email protected]
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I got my Trek play test materials from +Modiphius Entertainment for the new RPG coming out.
Was going to spend some time with them yesterday but other things like the day job came up. Though I have managed to print out the rules and will be going over them soon.
Over the summer I mentioned a desire to play some Trek using what ever rules seemed right. Likely White Star, but now I might try a simple training mission using these rules in addition to the official playtest.
Of course I'd make mine the NCC-3120 USS Protector; an homage to all the ships that inspired it.
I love the idea of those experimental nacelles.
Not to steal too much from Voyager or even Event Horizon, but my basic outline would be that while testing their new Warp-13 capable engines (shout out to the Omega-13 from Galaxy Quest) the USS Protector is transported ...somewhere... and in this section of space the stars are right and there are horrors.
The game would have other technobable details like the curvature of the warp nacelles and how this ship uses triberyllium instead of trilithium in it's warp core. Maybe it is a design upgrade the Federation got from the Thermians (all from Galaxy Quest). This produces an "asymmetric warp field". So start off as a regular Trek-like game, and then BAM hit them with the horrors. Hey, maybe the Theramins are evil. Who knows really.
Since it is based on the Ambassador Class space frame I could put it in the Enterprise C era.
Though if it is an experiment and the prototype in NX 3000 how do I explain the jump to NCC 3120?
No idea. Maybe the old classic it was a clerical error in the system registry databases.
I have a small Ambassador class Enterprise C at home and I think it is a great looking ship. I just want to do something with it.
In any case I am going to enjoy this. I am ready with the beats and the shouting.


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Juvenile Suicide in Confinement: A National Survey.
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D.H., 17, hanged himself with a bed sheet tied to the cell door at a juvenile detention facility in a southern state on Jan. 6. M.S., 14, hanged herself with a bed sheet tied to a shower brace at a public juvenile training school in a western state on Dec. 22, 1999. J.S., 16, hanged himself with a bed sheet tied to a sprinkler head on the ceiling of his room at a county juvenile boot camp in an eastern state on Nov. 2,1999. K.T., 13, hanged himself with a bed sheet tied to a ceiling grate at a private juvenile training school in a northwestern state on Oct. 15, 1999.
These deaths represent only a handful of the unknown number of suicides that occur each year in juvenile facilities across the country. Youth suicide in the general population is a major public health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control, as of 1995, the suicide rate of adolescents (ages 15 to 19) has quadrupled from 2.7 per 100,000 in 1950 to 10.8 per 100,000 in 1992. More teen-agers die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia and influenza, and chronic lung disease combined, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Until now, there has not been any comparable national research conducted regarding the nature and extent of juvenile suicide in confinement. The only national survey of juvenile suicides in custody contained several flaws in the calculation of suicide rates. Re-analysis of suicide rates in that study found that youth suicide in juvenile detention centers was estimated to be more than four times greater than the general population. Despite this statistical analysis, there still is no information available regarding the circumstances surrounding juvenile suicide in confinement.
What Is Known
Research has identified mental disorders and substance abuse as the most important set of risk factors for adolescent suicide in the general population. Other risk factors included impulsive aggression, parental depression and substance abuse, family discord and abuse, and poor family support. Life stressors, specifically interpersonal conflict and loss, as well as legal and disciplinary problems, also were associated with suicidal behavior in adolescents, particularly those who were substance abusers. It can be argued that many of these risk factors are prevalent in youths confined in juvenile facilities.
Although historically, there have not been any comprehensive national data regarding the incidence of youth suicide in custody, there is information suggesting a high prevalence of suicidal behavior in juvenile correctional facilities. According to one recent study, more than 11,000 juveniles are estimated to engage in more than 17,000 incidents of suicidal behavior in juvenile facilities each year. In addition, the limited research on juvenile suicide in custody suggests that confined youths may be more vulnerable to suicidal behavior based on current and/or prior suicidal ideation. For example, one study found that incarcerated youths with either major affective disorders or borderline personality disorders had higher degrees of suicidal ideation and more suicide attempts than adolescents in the general population.
Other studies have found that a high percentage of detained youths reported prior histories of suicide attempts, current and active suicidal behavior, and prior histories of psychiatric hospitalization. Two recent studies of youths confined in juvenile detention facilities found that suicidal behavior in males was associated with depression and decreased social connection, whereas suicidal behavior in females was associated with impulsivity and instability. Finally, other researchers have found high rates of suicidal behavior and psychiatric disorders among American Indian youths confined in juvenile facilities.
Beginning last August, the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) initiated a project to conduct the first national study of juvenile suicide in confinement. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). NCIA is being assisted with this project by two prominent national juvenile justice organizations (the National Juvenile Detention Association and Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators), as well as a four-member consultant team comprised of prominent juvenile justice practitioners and researchers.
The Juvenile Suicide in Confinement Project will determine the extent and distribution of suicides during a five-year period (1995-1999) in all juvenile facilities (estimated by OJJDP to be approximately 3,400) throughout the country. The study will be restricted to juveniles housed in more traditional types of confinement facilities -- juvenile detention centers/homes, reception/diagnostic centers, training schools/secure facilities, residential treatment centers, ranches, camps and farms -- operated by state and local governments and private organizations.
During the first phase of the project, a one-page survey instrument will be mailed to facility directors with an inquiry about whether the facility experienced any juvenile suicides between 1995 and 1999. In order to more accurately account for the total number of juvenile suicides during the survey years, NCIA will supplement the verification process by contacting various secondary sources, i.e., each state department of juvenile corrections, each attorney general's office and each state and/or county medical examiner throughout the country, and inquire about the number of juvenile suicides in their respective jurisdictions during the survey years. In addition, NCIA also will seek assistance from OJJDP's state advisory groups, state criminal justice councils and state juvenile justice specialists to further ensure accurate identification of all juvenile suicides during this period.
Once facilities experiencing suicides during the five-year study period have been identified, the second phase of the survey process will include dissemination of an in-depth survey instrument to facilities that experienced suicides between 1995 and 1999. The survey instrument will collect data on the demographic characteristics of each victim, characteristics of the incidents and characteristics of the juvenile facility sustaining the suicide.
Demographic characteristics will include, but not be limited to: age, sex, race, family status, current offense, prior offenses, legal status (detained, committed, other), length of confinement, drug/alcohol intoxication at confinement, substance abuse history, medical/psychiatric history, history of discipline within the facility and history of suicidal behavior.
Incident characteristics will include, but not be limited to: date, time and location of suicide, any special housing status (e.g., isolation, room restriction, etc.), method and instrument used, time span between incident and finding victim, and any emergency medical intervention used.
Facility characteristics will include, but not be limited to: facility type, facility location (urban, suburban, rural), construction/renovation dates, history of suicidal incidents and the four assessment criteria used in OJJDP's Conditions of Confinement study -- written suicide prevention plan, intake screening procedures for suicide risk, staff training in suicide prevention and observation levels for suicidal youths.
During the final phase of the project, NCIA will collect, analyze and describe the findings from the national survey in a comprehensive report to OJJDP. At minimum, descriptive statistics will be offered regarding the extent and distribution of juvenile suicide in confinement, as well as descriptive data on demographic characteristics of victims, of the incidents and of the juvenile facilities sustaining the suicides. In addition to the study findings, the report will offer conclusions and policy recommendations, if appropriate. Most important, in order to ensure complete confidentiality, all data provided by juvenile facilities will be coded and held in strict confidence. Results of the study will be presented in summary fashion, therefore, victim and facility names will not appear in any project report.
In addressing the issue of mental health disorders and substance abuse among juvenile offenders, former OJJDP administrator Shay Bilchik recently stated, "With more and more juveniles coming into the justice system, it is crucial that we deal not only with the specific behavior or circum stances that bring them to our attention, but also with their underlying, often long-term mental health and substance abuse problems." Consistent with this philosophy, the Juvenile Suicide in Confinement Project will, for the first time, provide comprehensive data on the nature and extent of juvenile suicide. In addition, findings from this study will be used as a resource tool for juvenile justice practitioners in expanding their knowledge base and juvenile correctional administrators in creating and/or revising policies and training curricula on suicide prevention.
Lindsay M. Hayes is a nationally recognized expert in the area of suicide prevention within adult and juvenile correctional facilities.
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Let the Middle East Govern Itself
Sep 1, 2014 Jeffrey D. Sachs
The West's interventions have consistently destabilized the Middle East, while causing massive suffering in the affected countries. It is time for the US and other powers to allow the Middle East to govern itself in line with national sovereignty and the United Nations Charter.
NEW YORK – It is time for the United States and other powers to let the Middle East govern itself in line with national sovereignty and the United Nations Charter. As the US contemplates yet another round of military action in Iraq and intervention in Syria, it should recognize two basic truths.
First, US interventions, which have cost the country trillions of dollars and thousands of lives over the past decade, have consistently destabilized the Middle East, while causing massive suffering in the affected countries. Second, the region's governments – in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, and elsewhere – have both the incentive and the means to reach mutual accommodations. What is stopping them is the belief that the US or some other outside power (such as Russia) will deliver a decisive victory on their behalf.
When the Ottoman Empire collapsed at the end of World War I, the great powers of the day, Britain and France, carved out successor states in order to ensure their control over the Middle East's oil, geopolitics, and transit routes to Asia. Their cynicism – reflected, for example, in the Sykes-Picot Agreement – established a lasting pattern of destructive outside meddling. With America's subsequent emergence as a global power, it treated the Middle East in the same way, relentlessly installing, toppling, bribing, or manipulating the region's governments, all the while mouthing democratic rhetoric.
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Jeffrey D. Sachs, University Professor at Columbia University, is Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has served as adviser to three UN Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary-General António Guterres. His books include The End of Poverty, Common Wealth, The Age of Sustainable Development, Building the New American Economy, A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism, and, most recently, The Ages of Globalization.
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Torbjorn Stenbeck Sep 15, 2015
Well, isn't it worth a try, let go, let them solve their problems? What is the alternative? Alternatives have been tried and have failed. Its time to try this one, to give up.
Dan Adams Dec 5, 2014
He is again wrong about Syria, believing the Middle East is full of non-agency. Every revolution from Iran to Syria is founded on local action rather than colonalism.
Sach is wrong about iran. He has read the same history America produces about the country.
And its disingenuious to name Sach as an environmental professor given his role in the 1980s. He was busy supporting intervention in that period.
Dan cohen Dec 4, 2014
Obama tried pulling out to the result we know
A disaster. History is not a good guide. Islam /
Islamists are an expanding force and if let unchecked will
Run over the civilised world and attack us
In our own countries. If you want isolationism then
Allow Israel to deal with the problem and stop
Victor Kamendrowsky Dec 3, 2014
Shia and Sunnis have been killing each other for centuries. Perhaps a foreign arbiter acceptable to both is the only solution.
Gary Mullennix Sep 28, 2014
You had me until the blurb about the UN Charter. Now, that is NEO-colonial.
Per Kurowski Sep 14, 2014
Would this argument not also apply to the veiled sort of neocolonialism, or sheer old-time-colonialism, represented in much of the development aid that Jeffery Sachs defends?
Jonathan Lam Sep 11, 2014
Gamesmith94134: Saudi Arabia to host talks with U.S., regional allies on Thursday
I am glad that Saudi Arabia is offering host talk on the regional talk; and it would be better off if only if it offers a permanent solution to the Middle East and present its Islamic position to the world. At first, I was shocked with the NATO's offer and acceptance by the Arab League in dealing of ISIS; now I am relieved that there is no blank check were given to US or NATO on the military assistance to yield winning over ISIS. Perhaps, Gulf Arab states to consider military action as well, and would like to see them support Sunni Muslim moderates in Iraq and Syria who could undermine the appeal of ISIS. This granted a true spirit of doing the right thing and we, American may not get boots on the soil; and Saudis must prepare itself and Sunnis to enter the new phase of peace development to the region.
However, I would concern how ISIS is being eliminated with no return; or ICC would charge on for the revolution or war crime. Therefore, the hosting Saudi must be prepared the reentry of the Sunni who may leave ISIS are protected by Amnesty International or other charters; so, we can cut short on the war through conversion, instead of dying till no return. Secondly, I would concern of the blank check if it were provided to US or NATO; I hope the transparency would give the world a better picture since many may ignore it as a regional problem of Islam only; and some oversight must give proficiency to the future action if World Bank can participate since the refugee problem must be dissolved as well. At last, I hope a proper agenda will provided to the United Nations Security Council to a fuller adoption, reckoned by the African Union as a final resolution in the future uprising of Separatists by Islam faiths; since the "no boot" commitment may limit the success on the military performance. It sound much like eating soup with a fork that you never can get a full scope if the participants of the committed parties cannot work on the synchronized fashion on the territorial settlement and other faiths or minorities in the regions.
I think of the pool game both in 8 ball that Saudi can host with both the regions and tribes that survey and discuss on resolution on the territorial control that comes a solid and stripe; and 9 ball as in African Union comes in the sequential agenda that how the wars and recommendations would come to if NATO or US can help in matching and capturing the resolutions that are proposed and adopted in a full global coalition by the United Nations Security council.
Moreover, I would appreciate Saudi and Arab League can give Islam a proper position to its claim on the regional control and responsibility in the course of humanitarianism and all faiths are equally protected under the charter of United Nations. Perhaps, I would rather like the Participants States to expand the issues on Islam and how others should accommodate in a orderly fashion that they can offer the African Union their resolution to their regional disputes as well. So, we all can reckon with through the processes.
Many may see it as ISIS that must be eliminated; but I see it more of a settlement of as an extended neglect through the western culture. I really see Islam can live and survive in its own fashion and adapt in the evolving world; if only if we stop and reconcile.
Here are the premises that I see in the resolution through the Saudi Arabic resolution in the ISIS crisis and the future of all faiths can survive in this world by adopting the majority rule of the region.
Saudi Arabia 8 ---- African Union 9
UN Human right commission and Amnesty International, World Bank, and UNSC—3
Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Palestine--5
Egypt, Jordon, Turkey, GCC, and Yemen plus Somalia----5
Add more supportive teams to the elements that make an inclusive Saudi Arabic resolution.
It is not a easy task to comply; but resolution is even harder than anyone can imagine; but we must sort them out in an orderly fashion with no regret.
May the Buddha bless you?
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The question falls on the priority and reasons on each of the action. Can bring the ISIS to the gate of hell justifies the strike? Perhaps, the American Strategists must know what Pan-Arab revolution and their history before targeting on its people or land. If Mr. Obama disgust genocide, then his strategy must give a fuller comprehension of his destiny even with no boots.
Perhaps, Mr. Obama already admitted puppeteer government did not hold. gift on anyone or whoever create conspiracy. it is not what he wants. It is not a NATO war in Middle East; so, Will that winning attribute to colonize to another hand over of Islam States. Beside, if the war is based on atrocity of an extreme belief, will the winner become its opposite?
Without the input of the Islam States, it paraphrases the Golan Height in the Israelite settlement. Perhaps, more shipment of arms to the region would put Israel to danger that the arms would surely show on their attack to Israel if the containment plan collapses.
Thereon, the input of the Islam States resolution must apply to the elements of recommendations of the rightful venue to the region of Middle East; and such agendas would become the resolution of UN approval and other nations too. Perhaps, it is time to reconcile and contemplate how the core of Islamic preposition censored by the sovereigns who are involved in its due course on a following agendas in the minutes of the United Nations Security council who will bring on its stripe and solids to the table.
It must come through the due process of law in the better view of the layout in the world audience. Perhaps, all the Islamic tribes and other religious minorities can fully accommodate on the final resolution the United Nations comes through. Of course, the sentiments of the permanent Members can attribute to finalize the result through their forth to forth voting.
Apparently, I think Syria has reservation of the outcome of the strike that is justified even it was supposedly to be friendly.
Eduardo L Sep 11, 2014
Sure Mr Sachs? Now?
Peter Groninger Sep 9, 2014
I make to claims to being an expert, but it seems to me that, absent continued support from America, Israel's strategic position is completely untenable if the Western democracies let the various players sort it all out without interference. Is that a desirable outcome?
Fazly Marikar Sep 9, 2014
Prof Sachs, this is an excellent article.
The idea that Middle East can be perpetually controlled by other countries (US, UK or others) is fundamentally flawed. a) The side effects of such control is that it provides room for extremists / terrorist to boom... b) it creates corruption and spoils the rulers (democratic or otherwise) of arab countries with back door deals c). it gives space to commit human rights violations by Other countries in the name of democracy.
hari naidu Sep 7, 2014
Jeffery, I suspect the idea of non-intervention in ME affairs is a reflection of your moral and intellectual despair. And I agree whole heartedly with your basic argument. However there is a caution - linked to 9/11 - because by now US invasion and occupation of Iraq & Afghanistan has, in fact, created conditions on the ground which neither US military nor existing sovereign states can control. And that means going forward - whether we like it or not -NATO and its allies, in particular, will inevitably be involved in sustaining some form of security umbrella in ME.
Carlos Bivero Sep 7, 2014
The UN Security Council is part and parcel of power politics but at least Permanent Members need to reach an understanding and the international community has a word to say and the framework for cooperating in helping to solve the crisis. Not ideal but it´s the best we have. Clear and objective analyis. The worlds should learn from its mistakes, and try to avoid repeating them. In the Middle East, it seems to be more difficuolt than elsewhere!
j. von Hettlingen Sep 5, 2014
Jeffrey Sachs believes the Middle East would be better off to "govern itself". The question is whether the governance would be in accordance with the "United Nations Charter". Does he really have so much confidence in the UN? Can he rely on the international community to get its act together, when most nation-states indulge in self-interests and realpolitik? Is he suggesting the world will be a better place without power politics?
The Middle East is ruled by the law of the jungle. The US had made terrible mistakes in the past and squandered blood and treasure in the region, "causing massive suffering in the affected countries". It's unclear whether "Syria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Egypt", etc "have both the incentive and the means to reach mutual accommodations". How can Mr. Sachs be so sure that: "What is stopping them is the belief that the US or some other outside power (such as Russia) will deliver a decisive victory on their behalf"?
It's true that European powers are to blame for the mess the region is in. Artificial states disregarding ethnic, sectarian faultlines were built as a result of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, signed after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Their greed for oil and control over "transit routes to Asia" helped create stooge regimes, that the US supported, despite rampant "corruption, sectarian politics, and brute force". The list of US "meddling" is long and it explains why the US has low approval ratings in the region.
Sachs doesn't seem to agree with "pundits (who) claim that Arabs cannot manage democracy". It's not only "the US and its allies (who) simply don't like the results of Arab democracy, which all too often produces governments that are nationalist, anti-Israel, Islamist", even citizens who cast their ballots, aren't happy neither! Don't they have the right to demand reforms?
Sachs believes the countries in the Middle East would be able to sort things out themselves without external interference, "thanks to 2,000-plus years of trade and war". He basically urges for a laissez-faire stance, acquiescing to the reality that: "there is enough hatred, corruption, and arms in the region to keep it in crisis for years to come. And nobody should expect stable democracies any time soon".
Faruk Timuroglu Sep 5, 2014
An honest approach to the problems of the Middle East. However, no place for honesty in real politics. Otherwise, the world would've been a paradise. As long as there are reach energy resources, the global powers will continue to create unmitigated catastrophes for the peoples of the region. Nevertheless, feel good to read.
Curtis Carpenter Sep 4, 2014
"f we let the current virulence be treated by local fever, what unintended consequences occur?"
That's a fair point -- but doesn't it need to be considered in light of the equally troubling question of what unintended consequences might occur as the result of more meddling? And who will bear the burden and responsibility for those consequences when the DO occur -- as, of course, they almost certainly will in an area like the Middle East?
And your view does seem to me to undervalue Mr. Sachs' second fundamental truth -- which may or may not have held in the case of Kosovo, I don't know.
Chris Lovell Sep 3, 2014
Completely agree with this article, further western intervention in the Middle East will only seek to prolong and exasperate the already dire situation in Iraq, Syria, Libya etc.
As ever though, corporate interest in oil will likely play a huge role in US policy and I don't doubt for a second that their air campaign will continue and progress into Syria causing more destruction and continuing the cycle of madness.
John Cutler Sep 2, 2014
As someone who worked in Kosovo during and after the conflict there, I find myself agreeing and disagreeing with Prof. Sachs on this issue. One glaring problem with his analysis: If the surrounding countries are left to complete the process of "starving hyper-violent groups" do we not get more of what we have now? ISIS also has its own oil revenues as well as other jihadist funding sources from adjacent states. If we let the current virulence be treated by local fever, what unintended consequences occur? Aside from more genocide and atrocities, can we not fast forward a few years to the possibility of war between Saudi Arabia and Iran? That could be a disaster for the world's economies and ecology. Pottery barn rule: we broke it, we own it. It may sound old fashioned, juvenile, or flippant, but with sincerity and gravity "Send the Marine Corps" to destroy this regime appears as sound policy and morally sanctionable... I agree, however, that the adjacent states need to sort out the Sunni problem on the ground in the same way the adjacent states of Europe sorted out Kosovo. They must be part of the solution - and the blood spent. One must draw a line when genocide is happening - as Obama and Congress failed to do a year ago on Syria. As old friends in the military might say, it is time to go back to the Sand Box.
I would like to second Mr. Myers' view below, and applaud in particular Mr. Sachs' second basic truth. Time to accept the fact that liberal democracy is not a universal curative, and certainly not one that can be imposed at the end of a cruise missile trajectory. Time for the West to accept the wisdom of the ancient Chinese saying that "by doing nothing, things get done." Time to recognize that intervention in civil wars is not the road to winning hearts and minds.
Paul A. Myers Sep 2, 2014
This is a very important op-ed piece by Mr Sachs. Is this the first grain of sand in a new avalanche of common sense for American policy.
It is long since past time for the US to quit behaving abroad as if it were an authoritarian government dominated by economic oligarchies.
David Morgan Sep 2, 2014
The US is invading countries causing death destruction and political instability in the name of democracy, however, the present day US is no longer a functioning democracy. In fact it is an autocracy controlled by lobbies who represent big business. A case in point is the gun law debacle. The US government according to the wishes of the majority of the people want to introduce tighter gun control laws. The NRA lobbyists, who represent gun manufactures and sellers do not want the laws changed and block the government. So who runs America? and in this debate the oil companies control US foreign policy. The US is now an autocracy.
It is now the largest oligarchy in world history dominated first and foremost by the financial oligopolies. There is not one economic sector in the US economy that is hot dominated by a handful of firms. So the US society is neither representative nor competitive.
Paul Daley Sep 2, 2014
A good article and wise counsel. Government guarantees -- whether they're financial or security guarantees -- invariably breed moral hazard problems. Allies will exploit those guarantees just as financial institutions will and, for the United States in particular, our foreign policy problems arise more from the behavior of our allies than our enemies. We are now learning how to manage the financial guarantees that governments extend. It's past time that we put those lessons to work in managing our allies as well.
Carl HT Sep 2, 2014
Jeffrey - it's fine for you who is probably somewhere skiing between lectures, but travel to East London or Western Sydney and you will realise this story is a lot more complicated.
The Iraq war occurred because Iraq had lost its sovereignty under international law due to aggression /occcupation of territory, violation of the Genocide Convention, as well as the aiding of international terrorists. In addition to suspicions of the breach of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
We made this commitment and not sticking by the commitment is in my view unethical. Now we are observing genocide and ethnocide of troubling proportions indeed this could be as a consequence of our intervention, but is it just that. I disagree and would point the finger at Islam.
Further, how does one stand aside from a moral perspective when human rights abuses of this kind are ongoing? I believe we have a moral obligation to ensure these injustices do not continue.
In addition, how can we sit idly by while people actively pursue and advance an ideology which when distilled to its fundamentals encourages death to Kafar and the destruction of the West?
Some estimates suggest a figure as high as 20% of Muslims have an extremist view (400m +), hence I will disagree with Ken Presting's comment. Cherry-picking individuals from the House of Wisdom from the Golden Age of Islam is not sufficient evidence of Islam's compatibility with Western ideals. Further, I contend the same arguments Ken cited show exactly why Islam is an inhumane and retrograde formula.
We need to acknowledge that Islam is incongruous with the West, unless people embrace the State which provides for them, and humanism before faith; there are going to be more and more people uniting under a caliphate who don't care if it was established with a gun or sword. With such a state emerging, you are suggesting we ignore the barbarian at the gate and our moral responsibility.
Ken Presting Sep 2, 2014
I don't read Prof. Sachs at all as accusing Islam of incompatibility with democratic values, but Carl HT clearly does. I appreciate the comment, and I will expand my point.
In the post-war period we have seen the absolute historical nadir of the Islamic world. Yet as Mr. HT notes, nearly 80% of Muslims - clearly the vast majority - reject extremist ideas. In fact, we have seen stability, investment, and regular elections return to Indonesia, Turkey, and (arguably) Iran.
Contrast the behavior of Western, Christian nations at the height of their political and cultural power, as the Renaissance blossomed into the Enlightenment. In what historians now euphemistically call "The Columbian Exchange" there was literally a decimation of native Americans, and the inconceivable cruelty of the African slave trade. And that was before our Civil, and two WW's. And when was it that the USA finally ended segregation? No really, I'm asking - have we?
My point to you, Carl, is that the alleged evidence that Islam can't abide democracy is dwarfed by the evidence that European Christians are addicted to genocide. Still, I'd be the first to agree that the developed world is on to something that the middle East has not yet grasped.
Prof. Sachs' argument is that geopolitics kept the Arab states down. You say it's religion. My point is that it's not West Vs. East anymore, it's just "West Side Story" in the global village.
I'm trying to think of a joke comparing B. Obama to O. Krupke, but I think I'll let it rest...
Prof. Sachs is so precisely correct in in most of this article that I hate to disagree. But I do want to express an alternative point of view on what he has identified as the relevant set of facts. Most important is to ignore those who suggest that Islam itself is incompatible with cosmopolitan tolerance. Pundits who say so are ignoring the role of Averroes and Avicenna in the European renaissance, not to mention such words as "algebra," "alkaline," and "Aldebaran" which are direct borrowings from the language in which those subjects were invented.
The Middle East is suffering from the same political dysfunction found over most of the post-colonial South - failed states, exploitative kleptocracies, and violent criminal insurgencies. Any terrorist group which is not better called "narco-terrorist" is surely working a kidnapping racket instead. Precious few nations have achieved what Max Weber called a "regional monopoly on violence" except by violently subjugating their own populace.
What is happening in the developing world is an epidemic of organized crime, not any kind of defect in international relationships. It is undeniable that Western meddling has contributed to the present chaos. I suggest that the way forward is to drop the analysis of world affairs in terms of sovereign nation-states. The facts on the ground are a collection of administrative districts, all in one global economy and one global environment. After all, which catastrophe upsets the international order more: when a sovereign nation massacres its own people, or when it defaults on its debt? If you admit that this is a fair question, then I have made my point.
It has already become common around the world to accept international monitoring of elections. This is one component of democratic infrastructure. Another is reliable public safety and law enforcement. This is where the West can contribute the most to truly assisting the people of the third world to create their own democracies. It is widely reported that the US Army has experienced a sea-change in what they call "counter-insurgency doctrine." But isn't that part of what every police department calls "keeping the peace?" That was the job left unfinished when we left Iraq, and it is the work still unfinished in Afghanistan. It seems the world is ready to accept international support for the police function of civil society too.
In the end, perhaps I do agree with Prof. Sachs. The role of Western power should not be to occupy or impose any form of government on post-colonial populations. Still, I would say we are obligated to uphold the indispensable peace-keeping role in areas where what Thomas Hobbes called "the war of all against all" is taking control instead.
Only a fool would argue that Western powers can always be trusted to do the right thing. But in both the UN and in NATO, I think we are seeing sincere, dedicated, and brilliant work towards a world order which respects universal human rights and can (possibly) extend peace in lawless areas. We must keep trying, and try to do better.
Zsolt Hermann Sep 1, 2014
I fully agree.
If we want to be honest most of the problems exploding today are the direct result of Western interference in the region, and not only in the Middle East but everywhere else.
Moreover we evolved into a globally interconnected and inter-dependent human system where the previous 'solutions", foreign policy methods, the notions of "global leader", "global policeman", "broker" have become not only futile but outright harmful.
Only equal, mutual round table discussions can work in such system, allowing the directly involved parties to keep meeting, discussing until they manage to rise above their inherent differences, distrust, even hatred in order to find mutual, common points they can build on.
And today there is such historic opportunity where such points can be found, as the common need of survival, a common fight against a completely chaotic and barbaric state, future has become sharp and real.
The best "help", "brokering" the US and allies can do is to take a step back and stop interfering at any level. If they don't they will pay the highest price since in an integral system any negative influence entered into the system comes back with multiple force to the party injecting it into the system.
We are in a completely new state, a new reality we have no historic experience or precedent for, the path is gradual and difficult but the first step is the understanding that what we have done so far is wrong and disqualified.
Manuel Moldes Sep 1, 2014
The opinion of Mr. Sachs can certainly be agreed upon from an ethical point of view, but real politics and ethics do not necessarily run in the same direction. What makes the difference are objectives and means, and I cannot see or infer from Mr. Sachs's article a clear set of objectives compatible with the reality of global politics in the region (the possible, not just the good, worlds). Moreover, to draft a set of political objectives like such, it is obviously necessary to take Israel deeply into the picture, which Mr. Sachs seems to consider just incidentally.
Of course history matters, but not just to dismiss it as the work of a bunch of dumb idiots or corrupt monsters. There are both of them, to be sure, but most of history has reasons, and our duty is uncover them to bring them into rational explanations, including the right of past political practitioners to have been rational, from the viewpoints of their times and interests, until proof in contrary.
Simon Matthew Sep 1, 2014
The truth is that intervention from outside forces has been the rule not the exception. The US might not have won against Britain were it not for French assistance.
How does this square with your advoacy for foreign aid? Why not just say that colonial interventions have done no good in Africa and now they should "develop themselves?"
Truong Chung Sep 2, 2014
foreign aid? not the point of this article.
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Roma Falls to Torino in Embarrassing Fashion, 3-1
Roma was woeful today against Torino, missing chance after chance as they fell 3-1, but hey, Totti scored his 250th goal, and that's really all that matters this year. Enjoy him while it lasts.
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Just as they seemingly do every week, Roma came out running this afternoon, pushing the Torino defence to the brink early in the first half only to be found wanting. While both Edin Dzeko and Radja Nainggolan threatened Joe Hart's goal within the first ten to fifteen minutes of the match, they simply weren't clinical enough to make it count.
There was one man who was up to the task in the first half, however. The unfortunate part was he played for the wrong team. Following a strong rebound off Wojciech Szczesny's hands, and a few touches in between, Andrea Belotti put the Toros up 1-0 thanks to a powerful header.
⚽ #goal Watch Andrea Belotti scores the 1-0 https://t.co/RMafEo3kXm #Torino #ASRoma
— Live Calcio Goals ⚽ (@goals_calcio) September 25, 2016
I feel like I've made my opinion on Woj clear by now—and yes, he had some nice saves in the first half—but this goal was on him if for no other reason than his horrid rebound control, although when you take another look at it, Alessandro Florenzi had a chance to beat his man to the ball. The lesson, as always, Roma's defense is in shambles.
Much of the action in the first half flowed through Mohamed Salah and Edin Dzeko, neither of whom were particularly crisp, with the latter being denied by Hart. There were plenty of chances going both ways, but Roma is becoming increasingly and worryingly reliant on these two as their sole source of offense; there is simply no offensive spark coming from anyone else, particularly not the midfield where the trio of Nainggolan, Daniele De Rossi and Kevin Strootman may simply be too similar to function effectively next to one another, at least in anything resembling a 4-3-3.
So once the defense pushes Salah out wide and crowds Dzeko in the box, that's pretty much all she wrote; there simply is no creativity coming from any other area of the pitch, particularly not with Bruno Peres playing out of position (more on that in a moment), so Roma just keeps banging their heads against the wall in hopes that the drywall will give.
So while it was an entertaining first half, it was more of the same from Roma: poor finishing and a lack of execution at the back.
The second 45 started off with the sub we were all dying to see, Francesco Totti on for Daniele De Rossi, and it wouldn't take long for Totti to make his mark.
Totti! He beats Joe Hart from the spot. 2-1 #TorinoRoma pic.twitter.com/RisDe07kQH
— Stereo Serie A Radio (@StereoSerieA) September 25, 2016
What you just saw was the 250th league goal of Francesco Totti's illustrious career, and sure, it ultimately mattered little on the scoreboard, but two days shy of his 40th birthday, Totti remains incredibly effective, as that was his sixth goal in his last 13 matches, to go along with five assists. Simply remarkable.
For a while it seemed as though Roma would mount a comeback, but thanks to Iago Falque (seriously?), it wasn't meant to be as Roma's former forgotten man beat Szczesny with a little help from a wayward Roma shin putting the Giallorossi down 3-1.
There isn't really much to say beyond that. This club is an absolute mess right now. The midfield has no creative spark whatsoever because it's occupied by three nearly identical players, none of whom have been able to consistently crash the 18 because the ball so quickly swings out wide to the wings, that they simply don't have time to get there before a cross is whipped in haphazardly towards Dzeko.
The defense, meanwhile, is even more of a disaster. Roma has arguably the best right back in the league, and certainly one of the best in the game, in Bruno Peres, playing left back. Let that sink in for a moment. Presumably they think Peres playing out of position and keeping Florenzi at right back is better than any other alternative, but it strips the club of an elite weapon on the right flank and further exposes Ale's defensive shortcomings.
Going forward, I have no idea what changes they'll make ahead of next week's crucial fixture against Inter Milan. Diego Perotti seems absolutely gassed, Salah appears out of ideas, while Strootman and Nainggolan are piling up the minutes, oh and now Kostas Manolas is suspended...against Mauro Icardi. Brilliant.
This shit just keeps getting worse, but hey look at the bright side, Roma will have the number one draft pick next year...wait, wrong sport.


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