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Nikah Mut'ah "Pleasure Marriage"
Nikah mut'ah "pleasure marriage" is a private and verbal temporary marriage contract that is practiced in Twelver Shia Islam in which the duration of the marriage and the mahr must be specified and agreed upon in advance. It is a private contract made in a verbal or written format. A declaration of the intent to marry and an acceptance of the terms are required as in other forms of marriage in Islam.
Despite being illegal in Iraq, the BBC found that mutaa marriages were widely available in Kadhimiya. Out of 10 clerics approached by a BBC undercover reporter, eight said they performed them. Of those eight, we had further conversations with two who agreed to approve them for girls as young as nine.
"You can marry a girl for half an hour and as soon as it's over, you can marry another," one of the clerics, Sayyed Raad, told our reporter on camera, "even after half an hour, you can marry another," he repeats.
In Kadamiya, Sayyed Raad offered to officiate a pleasure marriage between our reporter and "a young virgin". He advised him not to take her virginity during their time together, adding that "anal sex is permitted". "If I do take her virginity, God forbid, what do I do?" our reporter enquired. "Do [her family] know where you live?" Sayyed Raad asked. "No, they don't," our reporter confirmed. "Then you can just leave," the cleric declared.
"Our young men aren't even interested in 18-year-olds," he says. "They're looking for 13-, 14-, 15-year-olds. At 18 she will barely have a chance. "The court's social worker says she has processed 126 teenage marriages in the last six weeks alone. She predicts most of them will end in divorce.
Ali says he personally prefers girls who are 16 and older because they are more experienced and more affordable than the younger girls. The 12-year-olds, he says, are "fresh" and therefore more expensive, earning the clerics as much as $800 per contract.
Rusul agrees it is the virgins that are in demand.
"There are clerics who look for young virgin girls because many customers want them, they are more desired, and people pay more for them. This is happening to many girls - not just a few."
Even though this practice is illegal, it is still being practiced. In fact, 2 years ago the Iraqi Government was trying to pass a law to move the legal marrying age from 18 to 9 years old. It did not pass but they are trying again. This is one story of a 9-year-old forced to marry a 28-year-old man. Similar to many child marriage and child rape practices around the world, they are illegal, however, these laws are not being enforced and are openly practiced. Child rape and Child Sex Trafficking is taking place under the name of religious and cultural "practices" and the world is failing to enforce these laws.
It is not uncommon that religious laws have been misinterpreted, twisted, and at times altered to meet the demands of the sexual desires of men. Many of us in the United States or in other Western Cultures are often unaware of the extreme oppression, slavery, and sexual abuse girls and women are being forced to endure around the world. Afghanistan is another example of this.
After the fall of the Taliban in 2001, the United States claimed to have freed Afghan women from the misogynist regime of the Taliban. However, this is not the case. There are countless stories of abuse still going on, which include beatings, cutting of toes, hands, noses, and many other horrific acts. Because of these hardships, the depression rate among Afghan women is over 90 percent and scores of women commit suicide by self-burning every month (Qazi, 2009).
Bashira, a 14-year-old girl, was gang-raped by three men, one of them the son of an infamous warlord in Sar-e-Pul (Northern Province ) called Haji Payinda. Although she raised her voice and demanded justice, the boy is free today with no action taken against him. Previously, President Hamid Karzai pardoned three men from influential tribes in the Northern Alliance convicted of raping and killing a woman (RAWA, 2009).
On Saturday April 4th, 2009 a leaked copy of the laws surfaced in The Times in the UK , revealing President Karzai's legislation. This law permits marital rape, bans women from leaving their homes without permission and allows girls to be married from when they start menstruating (Times, 2009). Canada has made it clear that they will remove their 2,800 troops if this law is not repealed (Cohen, 2009). Several articles found in this legislation are shown below.
Article 27 The age of maturity (and thus marriage) is 15 for boys; for girls it is when they have their first period.
Article 132 The couple should not commit acts that create hatred and bitterness. The wife is bound to preen for her husband, as and when he desires. The husband, except when traveling or ill, is bound to have intercourse with his wife every four nights. The wife is bound to give a positive response.
Article 133 The husband can stop the wife from any unnecessary, un-Islamic act. The wife cannot leave the house without the permission of the husband.
Article 177 The wife does not have the right to the provision of maintenance by the husband unless she agrees to have intercourse with him and he gets an opportunity for doing so.
Obedience, readiness for intercourse and not leaving the house without the permission of the husband are the duties of the wife, violation of every one of them will mean disobedience to the husband (Times, 2009).
While there have been many positive changes, an increase in laws to protect women and children, more women standing up against abuse, it is not enough. There are over 15 million children married every single year around the world, many, as you have seen, against their will. Making child marriage illegal is not enough without enforcing it! We need to stop turning a blind eye. It doesn't matter what your religious beliefs are, a 9-year-old is not able to consent and a parent or guardian has no right to giver permission for her to be raped! This isn't a one religion or one Country's problem, this is a GLOBAL PROBLEM! One that fuels Sex Trafficking. Religious and cultural practices that are enslaving women, forcing them into sexual slavery under the name of "marriage". It is all of our problem and we need to speak out and stand up against it!
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Cohen, Toby (2009). Sexist Afghan law Deters NATO Troops. Retrieved on May 14th, 2009 from http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=4189.
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Quazi, Abdullah (2009). The Plight of the Afghan Women. Retrieved on May 14th, 2009 from http://www.afghan-web.com/woman/.
Shabot, Joey (2002). Middle East. St. Martin's Press. New York, New York, USA.
Times (2009). President Karzai's Taleban-Style Laws for Women. Retrieved on May 14th, 2009 from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6025362.ece.
Tortajada, Ana (2004). The Silenced Cry. St. Martin's Press. New York, New York, USA.
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Iker Ayestaran, the artist behind those brilliant Bicycle Thieves posters that were recently released, has two new art prints available. "The Hunter" and "Man on the Tracks" are both 16″ x 24″ screenprints, have editions of 50, and cost £40 each. Visit DarkCityGallery.com.
I love the hunter print. Great work.


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This is hike #2 of our journey to the Summit. The hikers that reached Deer Flat were more than halfway to the Summit. It is only 1.6 miles further to Juniper Camp. There is 900 feet of elevation gain from Deer Flat to Juniper. I know you all can do it. There are flush toilets and water at Juniper. We will rest for as long as you want. We will make a brief rest stop at Deer Flat. $6 parking fee at Mitchell, but also flush toilets and water.
This is a beautiful 11.4 mile round trip hike on the north side of Mt. Diablo. While it is not for fast hikers because of the leisurely pace, it is not for beginning hikers either because of the 2400 foot elevation gain. Our route will take us up shady Mitchell Canyon to scenic Deer Flat. After a rest break, we will continue to the picnic tables at Juniper Flat for lunch. We will then return the way we came enjoying spectacular views on the way down. Plan on spending 6 hours for this hike. Also, be sure to bring at least 2 liters of water per person, hat, sun block, and food for snacks and lunch.


All this time I never knew that I was living the life of an "ePatient". That's what they are calling us. We are the new trend that's been developing since the advent of the internet. Patients who no longer sit back and digest only what our doctors have to say or what we can learn from local support groups.
We are the patients who have gone electronic. The ePatients. We google, we surf, we join yahoo or Facebook groups, we tweet, we post, we reach out. We read everything we can on the topic that is nearest and dearest to our hearts. Our own health.
I started this blog in 2007 when I was wrestling with the idea of joining a clinical trial. My first instincts were to head to the internet and look for info. As naturally as the generation before me might have reached for the Encyclopedia Britannica, I reached for my mouse.
What I found was that I couldn't find information regarding a clinical trial from a patient's point of view. I needed so badly for someone to put a face on the process and tell me that a) not everyone dies if they join a trial and b) they didn't actually have to live at the study center in a cage, running on a wheel.
Deciding that I needed to take the chance despite the lack of e-reassurance, I jumped in. But I vowed to write a blog so that others after me might have a place to go. To look in through the exhibit glass and see that the "specimen" which was me, was doing just fine. Just don't tap on the glass or try to feed me anything but that 50-cent handful of pellets.
So the blog was born. I got much feedback from MSers who happened to land on my page by chance. Almost always it was either encouraging or inspirational. Many times it was both.
To this day it shocks me sometimes to know that there are actually people who are reading along. I guess I think I am sitting here in my solitary room, drafting my memoirs and merely storing them in cyberspace, forgetting that others can and do read it. Thank you for that. I am truly humbled.
But you are wondering when I am going to get to the point, aren't you? I piqued your interest with the title and, in my patented style, am taking forever to spit it out.
It all started with the purchase of my new Android phone. Never having had a smart phone before, I was playing with all the gadgets it came with. One of them was Twitdroid. I set up my @FingoHead account and went poking around at what the app can do.
Now, while I appear to tweet fairly often, it's all an illusion. Behind the smoke and mirrors I have Twitterfeed doing all the work. Taking my blog posts, shortening the url, and posting to twitter for me.
Because of this, I never go there or see the direct messages I may have gotten. But with this new app on my phone and the fact that I was clicking around checking stuff out, I found out that @CraigLipset had DM'd me asking if he could talk to me about being an ePatient who blogged a clinical trial start to finish.
I answered on a whim, not digging any further to see who he was, figuring he was either a fellow MSer or a fellow blogger or something.
Imagine my surprise when, after sending him my email address, I get a response within an hour, and it's signed by Craig Lipset, Head of Clinical Innovation, Worldwide Research & Development for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.
Wow. I needed a moment to absorb all that. And another moment to do what we ePatients do best: go google the heck out of him and see if it was legit.
Turns out it was. I won't copy and paste the email here, but let me just give you the gist of it. He is interested in the ePatient and the whole social networking angle. He said that he thought my blog was unique in that I was writing about my clinical trial from start to finish (with a lot of other crap mixed in, granted -- that being my observation, not his).
Here's the part that really gave me goosebumps: He said that he had followed my blog for the duration of the trial and that he has included the story of my blog in a few presentations: "including this past June at the NIH". What I wouldn't have given to hear that!! I wonder if there's a podcast of it somewhere?
Long story short (okay it's too late for that), he asked if we could speak by phone. I sent him my number and he called last Friday morning. We spoke for over an hour and we both learned from each other, I think. If nothing else, he learned about the person behind the blog he'd been reading, and I learned that Big Pharma actually has at least one genuine, nice, down to earth, caring person behind the neon sign.
A big part of the discussion revolved around the future of blinded clinical trials and drug companies not having control over patients comparing notes. In the past, if you were in a clinical trial, the only place you might have encountered a fellow lab rat might have been in the waiting room of the study center. Now we can find each other everywhere on the internet.
It's only human nature to want to reach out and know you aren't alone. And by sharing experiences we can bond and overcome our fears.
The trouble is that bonding comes at a price.
I believe that not only will we see the Placebo Effect that is documented in clinical trials and a known phenomenon, but we will now start seeing the Hypochondriac Effect, where you find out someone else who is in your particular study (and may or may not be on the same stuff you are on) has a side effect (which may or may not be due to the study medication) and you suddenly are dead certain you, too, are having that issue.
What I have learned over the years of blogging the trial and observing/participating on message boards and support groups is that once we start sharing the questions of "is this a side effect" it can snowball out of control and start widespread panic.
I cannot stress enough to anyone out there who might be reading this as they search for answers to their health related issues: You should speak to your doctor first and foremost. Go for a second opinion if you don't trust what he's telling you, and if you MUST go googling, do so on Google Scholar. Granted the results might be a little dry and hard to read, but they will probably be far more trustworthy than JoeBlow55's posted opinion on some unmoderated message board. (I made that up about JoeBlow55 so if that's you, here's my disclaimer: JoeBlow55 is a fictitious character who in no way is meant to be construed as an actual person in real life).
So, we concluded our phone call and I was left pondering the future of the ePatient and clinical trials.
Hopefully I will be able to continue as a trial blogger in the future... I am awaiting word of Novartis starting the long term Phase IV trial of which I have heard whispers.
If I'm going to be poked and prodded, I'm going to be here blabbing about it.
It's therapy for me, and if it helps you any, well, that's good, too.
And if you are reading this, @CraigLipset, thanks for the call -- I felt like I had been pulled up on stage to dance with the band for a moment. Best of luck in harnessing the empowered ePatient. You've got your work cut out for you.
I am so glad you blogged about this, I had been hoping you would. Thanks Jeri, for all your sharing here over the years. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Your blog was absolutely instrumental for me when I was deciding whether or not I could be a trial participant myself. Any drug company who wants to hear what their trial participants are thinking and feeling can do no better than to read your blog.
Awww, shucks. Thanks Anne. the best part of blogging has got to be all the new friendships forged.
As someone who logs on almost every day, all I can say is that Craig know an insightful bloga when he reads one. for what it's worth, in addition to Google Scholar, Pub Med Central is a great place to go. It's maintained by the National Library of Medicine. By law, all biomedical research that receives government funding must be deposited electronically with NLM and made publicly available within 6 months. also I found a wonderful app called MS living medical etextbook. It's free and updated electronicallly. It's actually meant As continuing medical education for students, I think. it's a great resource to have around; you can even take the pre- and pst-chapter tests. I downloaded it for my ipad.
Thanks, Jeri, for sharing your experience. If you like the definition of ePatient that includes being empowered by accessing and sharing information about a medical condition online, the you are an OUTSTANDING ePatient.
ePatients are an important participant in the future of medical research and developing new medicines, and I hope this is just one part of a larger conversation.
Here is a link to the slides from my presentation at NIH this past June http://www.fnlm.org/Events_2011_Conference/downloads/presenters/Craig%20Lipset%206.7.2011%20Presentation.pdf. Your blog was on slide #3 (which is a bit buried in this PDF version because of some animation in PowerPoint).


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The wingspan is 14–18 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the dead leaves of Quercus cerris.

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Le président de la république du Zimbabwe est le chef de l'État du Zimbabwe, depuis la première proclamation de la république en 1970 puis à partir de la deuxième indépendance de la Couronne britannique le . Il cumule les fonctions de chef d'État et de chef de gouvernement.

Le pays s'est successivement appelé Rhodésie, Zimbabwe-Rhodésie puis Zimbabwe.

Système électoral
Le Président de la république du Zimbabwe est élu au scrutin uninominal majoritaire à deux tours pour un mandat de cinq ans, renouvelable une seule fois. Pour être élu au premier tour, un candidat doit réunir la majorité absolue des suffrages exprimés. À défaut, les deux candidats arrivés en tête s'affrontent lors d'un second tour, et le candidat qui recueille le plus de suffrages est élu.

Les candidats à la présidence se présentent avec deux colistiers, eux-mêmes candidats aux postes de premier et second vice président. En cas d'incapacité du président, le premier vice président le remplace jusqu'au terme de son mandat de cinq ans. Il en va de même pour le second vice président s'il est à son tour dans l'incapacité d'accomplir ses fonctions.

Les candidats à la présidence ou aux vices présidences doivent être de nationalité zimbabwéenne de naissance ou par ascendance, être âgés d'au moins quarante ans et résider au Zimbabwe.

République de Rhodésie (1970-1979)

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Increased number of psychiatric patients indicates good service
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The huge increase in patients with mental health issues indicates that people are able to come forward without the hesitation of being stigmatized because of good services and approach provided said the prime minister.
Psychiatric patients increased from 169 in 2006 to 617 in 2016 which the PM said is a big jump. From 2013 to 2016 2688 psychiatric patients were treated all across the country. "While we may need to do more in terms of health and medical treatment and psychiatric health, a lot has been done and lot more needs to be done," the PM said adding that the cases can be brought forward even if it may not be severe.
Meanwhile health minister Tandin Wangchuk said that the people with mental disorder can be treated like any other diseases if they are detected and treated early. "Every individual has the right to avail the services from any of the health centre in the country," he said. "Most Bhutanese still do not have an understanding of mental illness, therefore those with mental health problems face stigma and discrimination." He said myths and beliefs about mental illness and their families should be dispelled and individuals, families, and communities should encourage people living with mental illness to seek care and support.
Currently there are 4 Psychiatrists including 1 Psychiatric Nurse and 2 counselors as mental health professionals. The ministry has already selected 4 doctors for PG in Psychiatric and Faculty of Nursing and Public Health (FNPH) in Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan.
The minister said the ministry has introduced the services at all level of health centers in the country. "The doctors, nurses and health assistants and clinical officers are trained and up-dated on early detection and treatment of mental illnesses," he said.
The ministry has trained 86 doctors, 104 Nurses/Health Assistants and Clinical Officers in the year 2016 and 2017. "To have complementary services and counseling in mental health, mental health program has also trained 8 Menpas," he said adding that we as Bhutanese should feel proud that health services in our country are provided free of cost.
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How the covid-19 pandemic is changing Americans' spending habits
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DURING THE early days of the covid-19 pandemic, American shoppers raided the aisles of supermarkets and pharmacies as if they were preparing for the apocalypse. Retailers such as Costco and Walmart were so swamped they began limiting the number of customers allowed into their stores. Today, with stay-at-home orders in effect for 300m Americans in more than 40 states, the early rush to stock up seems to have subsided.
That is one of the findings of a new paper by a team of five economists at American and Danish universities. Using data on purchases of goods and services (excluding mortgage payments, rent and utility bills) from a money-management app, the authors examine how the spending of 4,735 Americans has changed over the course of the pandemic. Being users of such an app, the sample is probably younger than the population as a whole.
The researchers find that in the last week of February, as social-distancing measures were first rolled out, the consumers in their sample increased their spending by 94% compared to a week before. Expenditure on air travel soared (presumably, as people rushed to get home) and shoppers stocked up on groceries and other goods. Yet spending rose even for non-essential goods and services, such as restaurant meals. By late March, as more states and cities ordered residents to stay at home, spending collapsed by more than 75% from its February peak, declining most sharply on flights and public transport. The amount spent on air travel fell by 88% between the end of February and the end of March. Perhaps unsurprisingly, overall spending fell about twice as far in states that enacted lockdowns than in those which did not.
Consumers did not react uniformly to social-distancing guidelines. Households with children spent more than other households in the early days of the pandemic, but later cut back twice as fast as those without, perhaps because parents were less inclined to venture out with their kids. Men seemed more reluctant than women to change their behaviour. They didn't stockpile as much in the early days of the pandemic, and reduced their spending by less as restrictions began to bite. Some households may have prepared for the lockdown by taking on more debt. The researchers found that at the end of February credit-card spending rose by more than 60% in a week, on average.
Americans' appetite for spending remains low. The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment recently recorded its biggest slump since 2008. Spending could pick up in the coming months just as quickly as it fell, in a "V-shaped" recovery. But this may be wishful thinking. Even if Americans do emerge from lockdowns ready to splash the cash, they will have plenty of canned food to finish first.
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How to adopt a child from Ukraine, in Odessa city?
How to adopt a child in Odessa? The statistics show that the problem of abandoned children in Odessa is one of the priorities. Is "the future of the country", "flowers of life", "happiness of parents" – it is just beautiful words? Only in orphanages in Odessa are 268 children in need of adoption. This very young children (up to age 4) houses, two children, and orphanages "Zhemchuzhinka" (4 to 12 years) and a boarding school №5 (of 7 to 17 years old). As the head of the child forms State and family Council of the City of Odessa Lyudmila Yakimenko, last year parents "found" only 84 children, 58 of whom have adopted our countrymen, and at 26 became the parents of children by foreigners.
In addition to the desire of prospective parents for adoption, of course, require the consent of the child, except for How to adopt a child in Odessa? in cases where the age or state of health, he can express his opinion. You must also consent to the guardian, trustee or boarding for adoption. The court will make a positive decision about the adoption of not taking into account the state of health of the adopter, the circumstances and the reasons for the adoption of financial and family and the time during which you have already taken care of the child. Just be aware of the fact that the court does not have the right to refuse the adoption if the parents already have children.
What documents are needed for adoption?
copy of the document which confirms the ownership or use of the premises.
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Odessa oblasnoy Drug Dispensary, rue J. Breus, the house 26/2.
Within 10 business days of the receipt of the request for the citizens of Ukraine wish to adopt a child, and a package of documents, the agents inspect the living conditions of the residence of the applicants, shall constitute the act of and consider the possibility of the candidates to be adoptive parents.
I hope everyone understands all the responsibility of such an approach. To begin, a person must realize that he is in need is a child – not a toy or an animal, but a living person – the director of the fund Medyanik -. First, we give complete information on children awaiting adoption. The prospective parents begin to see their children, buy gifts, the things that are necessary and communicate with them. Child, grosso modo, is "to go to the eye." After this, you must communicate with the child outside of the guardianship authority – the take a day or two at home, so that he gradually mastered, accustomed to. And parents need to assess their capacities and their desire to adopt a boy or a girl.
According to the members of the foundation, parents should read the information on the documents necessary for adoption and, if necessary, seek the assistance of a lawyer. Only after all the formalities are beginning the adoption process, which can drag on for several months. However, as evidenced by the practice, many people fail at this stage. When a person is confronted to all the problems, I understand that the child's great – does not happen.
The last step is the psychological help to the parents. Little by little, the initial euphoria passes, and "fall rose-colored glasses." In addition, the adoptive parents, in most cases, do not have their children and simply do not know how to handle a child, especially if you take a teenager.
Imagine that to hear such words adoptive parents. Of course, there is a moment of rejection, a host family is the depression! And then, it will certainly be in need of psychological support – only one of which is difficult to handle. This step – very difficult.
However, all good things, sooner or later, bear fruit. According to a member of the Fund, his cousin, once helped four of 16 years, the children of the orphanage, who acted at the time in college. While the man was already seven children, but it has taken over four of the orphanage and treat them as their own, helping them both in words and in deeds. However, these children have created a family and maintain the closest relationship and family truly with the person that helped them find themselves in life.
What are afraid of the adoptive parents?
Taking the family of the child, the parents are guided by feelings, and intentions are the most kind. However, the fears stereotyped imposed by public opinion, can seriously How to adopt a child in Odessa? shake the confidence of the adopter. Do I have to do? Why should I wait? What to do if? What to do if? A lot of questions haunt the parents-to-be. Try to answer the most frequent.
1. W hat to do if a child has poor genetics?
Strictly speaking, the heredity – this potential. The extent to which this potential, both positive and negative, is implemented to a greater extent depends on the family in which the child grows. Not to explain all the bad heredity!
2. Suddenly, the child will grow up stupid, lazy, and don't want to learn?
3. What to do if the baby is going to fly? It is the orphanage!
Children from orphanages often do not have their things, so do not always understand that which is "foreign". How to adopt a child in Odessa? around, were commonplace, to take without permission – does not mean "steal". In addition to the small man obtains information only on us, the adults, and when parents tell him that he is a thief, the way it is. No need to hang labels, which are sometimes "work" such as hypnosis social.
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Often in life, it's not about how long you live but about the meaning of life and living it to the fullest on a day to day basis. Singapore, being a "Red Dot" in the world map may be one of the smallest countries in Asia, but it came in one of the top few places to live in Asia with that high quality of life.
According to Global Human Resource Consultancy Mercer, Singapore come in Top City to live in Asia in terms of "Quality of Living" and also "Happiest country in South-East Asia" from World Happiness Report 2018.
Different people may share different values, cultures, thoughts, and spiritual well-being. But being in Singapore where there are multi-races, multi-religion, multi-nationality, Singapore has all the while used to embracing each other culture, belief, and religion and able to live in harmony despite so many religions and races in Singapore.
Stages in Life
Quality of Life is measured by one own happiness. There are multiple factors that affect this quality of life such as personal net worth and personal belief, and also external factors such as political and economic environment factors, etc.
Still, each of these belief and values change over time. Things that make you happy when you are young differ greatly when you are an adult versus an elderly.
Be it any stage in life, most important is still one health, wealth, and family well-being.
Different Stages in Life
Childhood. Childhood start all the way from birth to childhood to early adulthood. Still, one quality of life, values, happiness differs greatly over time. In childhood, got milk to drink, got people to play with, smile will often appear on a baby's face. In Childhood, now seems an apple iphone and games seem to bring that smile to kids in childhood. In teenagers, holding latest gadget, mixing with friends with common interest seems to form that happiness.
Generally, during childhood, it's about been happy and education without much consideration to politics, economic, global events nor even bread and butter.
Adulthood. As one reaches adulthood, the focus will be on career and setting up a family. As Singapore's cost of living is pretty high together with housing, both husband and wife often find they both have to work in order to sustain their lifestyle and paying their property mortgage loan. Singapore's land prices have risen steadily together with inflation that brings up property prices too in Singapore.
Newlywed couple looking at a good location such as Tiong Bahru, Toa Payoh can expect to pay from $500k to $700k+ for a HDB BTO.
As a newlywed couple start their family, one has to think on a long term basis, planning for kids study, planning for ownself financial freedom so as not to burden their kids next time and the best part, to leave
Elderly. When one reaches the retirement stage, the best thing is to be financially free and have some passive income as often, one will experience rise in medical bills due to "Wear and Tears" or other medical conditions. Most importantly, when one passed away, leave something valuable for your love ones.
Happiness for the elderly often is seeing their children setting up families and visiting them for a meal in which most Singaporean often gather together for a meal with their parents like once a week.
Considerations that Impact Quality of Life from External Forces
Political and Social Environment
With the rise of infrastructure and technology, political and social environments nowadays don't encompass only within the country within a global scale. The global environment is challenging both in the short and long terms with new events such as Covid-19 that provide a very good example that see Singapore goes into Circuit Breaker mode for about 2 months.
The key challenges therefore, are the ability to be able adapt and change in this rapidly changing society. On top of that, the Singapore population is also aging rapidly with not much population increase as more families choose either not to have children of just 1-2 children. This may be due to the high cost of living in Singapore, stress from work with breadwinners getting more career-minded, and also change in mindset as more ladies hold top positions in the corporate world. The days are gone where women need to stay home after marriage and give birth, taking care of babies. The high cost of housing can be a reason that contributes to this as the high cost of housing often required both husband and wife to work to sustain the house and lifestyle.
Still, as the Singapore economy is highly dependent on trade, it is volatile as it is subjected to challenges in the global environment. Singapore has to adopt a long term and targeted view to tackling challenges in economic so that be it short term or long term, Singapore can emerge stronger from all these challenges.
Singapore has all the while been able to attract big corporate and MNCs to invest and start their business in Singapore as it presents itself in the front end as an open business, corruption-free, and competitive environment. Some of the industries include finance centre, health care, bio-medical and even research and development (R&D) Hub.
Singapore's knowledge-based economy, world-class infrastructure, social stability, and open trade policies are the few reasons why foreign investors and corporate head to start these businesses and headquarters here. In fact, Singapore's economy is on the most open in the world as ranked by The World Economic Forum.
From the report by Ernest & Young and Japan External Trade Organisation, Singapore was one of Asia's preferred investment destinations for foreign companies. It benefits both parties in a win-win situation as foreign companies bring in the latest technology, capital while Singapore supplies manpower and talent staff as it focuses on training and also the influx of foreign talent.
Singapore port is also on one the busiest port in the world due to its strategic location as ships from China pass Singapore and Straits of Malacca to head to the US, Europe, and other parts of the world.
Singapore emphasis much on education as it equipped the next generation individual with the necessary skillset in other to compete in this global environment. That is why Singapore schools maintain high standards of learning and teaching.
Singapore Management University (SMU), National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological Univerisity (NTU) are in the top 50 business schools globally, from ranking ing "Top 100 Global MBA" 2018.
Other than the 3 internationally recognized local universities, other renowned world-class institutions such as United World College, INSEAD, University of Chicago Graduate School have also put their footprint here in Singapore.
Singapore is well known for its world-class health infrastructure and technology in the healthcare industry as many foreigners flock in for their medical treatment. Foreigners love the "medical package" here as one can see doctor, go shopping, eat and stay hotel all within walking distance especially at Mount E Orchard.
Singaporean wise has one of the top levels of nutrition and health in Asia. On top of that, Singaporean has a "Medisave" account where they have to make a monthly contribution via his Central Provident Fund (CPF) account. This helps in paying for medical expenses when needed.
Singapore government on its end provides affordable and good health care and subsidizes medical services at polyclinics and public hospitals.
There are 2 main categories of housing in Singapore namely public housing – HDB and private housing that include condominium and landed property. Choice of which often, depends on one budget, lifestyle, preferred location and long-term planning.
HDB is more for local Singaporeans, though it is open for Singapore Permanent Residents (PR) too. It is considered a Subsidised flat together with an executive condo.
Private condominiums, on the other hand, are build by private developers and sold via developer. These condominiums are of higher price tag and come with condo facilities such as swimming pools, gym, tennis court etc. A condominium can be purchase by anybody include foreigners. There's no restriction of foreigners' purchase on a condominium. Just that they have to pay the Additional Buyer Stamp Duty (ABSD).
For a dream home, other than quality finishes and branded electrical appliances, one has to consider the serenity of the location as well. Rmyden 77 being located at Telok Kurau put this development in a low rise landed enclave with a river that is connected with park connector to East Coast Park. Residents who appreciate the quality of life, the quietness and serenity of Telok Kurau will love this development.
Source: www.propertyreview.sg
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eToro joins the London Summit 2018's Crypto Trading Floor, cementing its foray into cryptocurrencies. As part of its presence at the event, the global investment platform will host educational sessions with analysts and offer insight into peer-to-peer crypto payments, as well as market outlooks for the leading cryptocurrencies.
eToro's Founder and CEO, Yoni Assia, will also be giving a keynote speech showcasing opportunities in crypto.
Held at the Old Billingsgate on November 13-14, the London Summit 2018 offers the standard trading industry gathering for learning, meeting contacts and creating new business. An estimated 3,000 are expected to be in attendance this year, making the event one of the largest in Europe.
eToro's inclusion as a sponsor of the Crypto Trading Floor comes as little surprise, given its growing focus on crypto. The retail trading venue has consistently leveraged a focus on the crypto trading space, including launching partnerships with upwards of seven landmark football teams, setting a London based office, and announcing a similar plan for the US, a lucrative crypto market.
The Crypto Trading Floor is the London Summit's newest addition, bringing together traders, exchanges, and industry startups, all part of the vibrant crypto community. Of note, this event will cater not just to industry participants but also cryptocurrency traders as well.
The summit will also feature individuals from leading retail FX brokers, investment banks, fintech startups, and crypto service providers. The Crypto Trading Floor's two key sponsors will be eToro along with DX Exchange, an emerging exchange that boasts a Nasdaq-powered matching engine. DX Exchage will be holding a token projects pitch, showcasing some of the most exciting upshot firms. The Floor will be held at the Vault, the same place as the Summit's Networking Blitz.
The Crypto Trading Floor will host several other notable speeches and panels touching on a variety of cryptocurrency topics. Coinbase's CEO (UK) Zeeshan Feroz will be delving into the creation of an open financial system that is facilitated by blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Later on, a panel of experts will weigh in on the various methods of trading crypto, for both retail and institutional investors.
Concluding the event is an upbeat Crypto Innovation Stage, featuring new products and services in crypto trading. Five crypto firms will be showcasing their wares, battling for your vote for the Most Outstanding Crypto Product Award.


BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: In the new film "Furious 7" (2015), Brian O'Conner, the character played by Paul Walker, is driving in Los Angeles when his car is targeted by a drone entitled the "Predator". Although O'Conner was not struck by the Predator's missiles, his car was not so lucky, suffering a direct hit and exploding upon impact. Art imitating life. The drone strike scenario depicted within "Furious 7" was a premediated attempt by Universal Pictures (at the behest of the CIA in Switzerland) to muddy the waters in respect to the fact that Walker really died from a Predator drone strike while driving in a suburb of Los Angeles on November 30, 2013. By creating essentially the exact same drone strike scenario within the film, the CIA in Switzerland is hoping that Fast & Furious fans automatically think of Walker's last film when confronted by the conspiracy theory that Walker was killed by a U.S. drone strike. In other words, the Predator drone strike in "Furious 7" was not only an onscreen tribute to Walker's brutal assassination, but a reverse psychology PSYOP (psychological operation) if there ever was one. After all, if Walker did in fact die from a Predator drone strike as alleged, why would Universal Pictures put a scene eerily reminiscent of the attack his last film?
SWITZERLAND, Zurich — As evidence continues to mount that Fast and Furious star Paul Walker was killed by a U.S. drone strike, his fraudulent cause of death should more appropriately be relabeled a targeted killing—the premeditated killing of an individual by a government outside a declared battlefield.
When Walker's last film "Furious 7" (2015) finally opened in U.S. theaters on April 3, 2015, it was only after the film's production was "shut down indefinitely" on December 6, 2013, and the release of the movie (see trailer) was officially pushed on December 23, 2013 from July 2014 until April 2015.
The sudden stoppage along with the unprecedented 9-month delay were instituted at the behest of the CIA in Switzerland (the same organization which ordered Walker's assassination) in a desperate attempt to quell the incessant rumors that Paul Walker was killed by a U.S. drone strike.
Aside from said stoppage and delay, Universal Pictures inexplicably decided to retire Paul Walker's character on January 6, 2014, rather than having him killed off in the "Furious 7" film. Universal evidently did not want to invoke the notion that Walker was murdered in real life, hence the all too convenient retirement.
Rumors that Walker was killed by a U.S. drone strike were originally spawned by Truther.org on December 1, 2013, in a report entitled "Fast and Furious Star Paul Walker Assassinated by Obama Drone Strike?" which accumulated over 100,000 hits in less than 24-hours.
A follow-up article entitled "10 Reasons Why Fast and Furious Star Paul Walker Was Assassinated" was subsequently published on December 3, 2014, detailing what witnesses describe as a "huge explosion and fireball that could be seen for miles". Said explosion reportedly sent a "fireball high into the sky" which is indicative of a high impact missile strike, not a Porsche Carrera GT's gas tank detonating upon impact.
Although Walker's shocking death was cited as the primary reason for the aforementioned stoppage and delay of the "Furious 7" film, it was only a convenient and timely excuse. The reality is that the CIA in Switzerland premeditatively attempted to quell the Walker assassination rumors by ordering said stoppage and subsequent delay.
This claim only makes sense when it's understood that Walker's assassination was exposed by David Chase Taylor, a nuclear terror whistleblower who is currently seeking political asylum in Switzerland. Consequently, the 9-month delay imposed by the CIA was specifically designed to deny Taylor and his theory any further publicity.
Despite the fact that mainstream and alternative media outlets continue to deny the facts surrounding Walker's death, millions of Fast and Furious fans the world over now believe that Walker was killed by a U.S. drone strike, something which the evidence corroborates.
As someone once said, "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story". Although it's convenient to blame Walker's death on speeding, the facts surrounding his premature death on November 30, 2013, suggest that he died from an AGM-114 Hellfire missile that was fired by an MQ-1 Predator drone.
In order to quell the incessant rumors that Paul Walker was killed by a U.S. drone strike, the autopsies of Walker and Rodas were released by the LA County coroner's office within 96 hours, something unprecedented for the state of California and unheard of in the death of a celebrity. Although government-funded autopsies generally take weeks or even months to complete, the autopsies of Walker and Rodas were performed, documented, reviewed and released within a 4-day period. Interestingly, Walker's autopsy report stated that he died of "combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries" which are coincidentally consistent with a high-impact missile strike. Interestingly, on January 3, 2014, it was revealed that Walker and Rodas did not have alcohol or drugs in their system at the time of their death. Toxicology findings, which are generally included in an autopsy report, were curiously not released by the coroner until 30 days after the original autopsy was released on December 4, 2013. The secondary autopsy report also stated that "For unknown reasons, the driver lost control of the vehicle, and the vehicle partially spun around", findings which are also consistent with a high impact missile strike. That is to say that the impact of the missile strike was so powerful that it spun Walker's car around. The secondary autopsy report suggests that the original autopsy released on December 4, 2013, was not comprehensive and was therefore prematurely released in order to quell said rumors surrounding Walker's death. Conversely, when Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings died in an alleged drone strike on June 18, 2013, his autopsy was not released until August 20, 2013, some 9 weeks later.
As previously reported, Walker's car has all the earmarks of a drone strike. Considering that the red hood of Walker's car remained intact after allegedly striking not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, but 5 trees, as well as a sidewalk and concrete light pole, it can be deduced that the black crater at the center of Walker's car was the result of a high-impact missile strike. The notion that Walker's car suffered a drone strike is corroborated by the fact the 605 horsepower engine found within the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT is located at the center of the vehicle, precisely where it suffered the most damage. When analyzing the list of active missiles used by U.S. military drones, the most likely culprit in the missile strike on Walker's car is a version of the AGM-114 Hellfire missile which employs an infrared homing guidance system. Known as "heat-seekers", Hellfire missiles are specifically designed to target the hottest part of its respective target (i.e., the engine of the car) which is exactly where Walker's Porsche suffered the most damage. As evidenced by the photos of Walker's car, the high impact missile strike opened the Carrera GT like it was a can of tuna, starting from just behind the driver's seat. In what appears to be inside joke of sorts in respect to the missile which directly struck Walker's engine, a reported was published on December 18, 2013, which stated that "Paul's Porsche had mechanical problems at the time of the crash", a report which later turned out to be fraudulent in nature.
When narrowing down the various launch platform of the AGM-114 Hellfire missile, the MQ-1 Predator, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built by General Atomics, is by far the most likely suspect. Aside from the fact that the MQ-1 Predator drone is one of only a few launch platforms that deploys an AGM-114 Hellfire missile, the Predator is almost exclusively used by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), both of which are linked to Obama's Disposition Matrix, the "next-generation kill list" which targets U.S. citizens via drone strike. The MQ-1 Predator drone, which is equipped with inferred cameras, can been modified to carry and deploy two or more AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, one of which likely killed Paul Walker and Roger Rodas on November 30, 2013.
The notion that Paul Walker was killed by an MQ-1 Predator drone strike isn't that farfetched considering MQ-1 Predator drones are flying sorties out of Riverside and Lancaster, California. Back in 1996, the U.S. Secretary of Defense selected the U.S. Air Force as the operating service for the RQ-1A Predator system, placing an undisclosed amount of MQ-1 Predator drones under the Air National Guard's 163d Reconnaissance Wing at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California, roughly 75 miles (120 kilometers) from where Walker was assassinated in Valencia, California. Some 16-years later on June 13, 2012, a Public Intelligence report revealed that there are now 64 drone bases on American soil, 12 of which house Predator drones. The notion that MQ-1 Predator drones are flying sorties over California was first reported on September 1, 2012, when it was revealed that Predator drones operated by the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing were flying above the Rim Fire at Yosemite National Park, likely sparking the blaze with multiple Hellfire missile strikes. Roughly 10-months later on July 26, 2013, the FBI informed U.S. Senator Rand Paul via an unclassified letter that drones have flown over U.S. airspace a total of 10 times in the past 7 years, a number which is likely far higher in reality. In a Los Angeles Times report dated December 7, 2009, it was revealed that MQ-1 Predator drones are now being used by the U.S. Border Patrol to track illegal immigrants on the Mexico-California border. Said drone are reportedly based in Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County, roughly 35 miles (55 kilometers) from where Walker was assassinated in Valencia, California. Lastly, on January 28, 2014, it was reported that the U.S. Border Patrol grounded its drone fleet after a $12 million drone crashed off the coast of California, further confirming that drones are actively flying over California. Given the close proximity of MQ-1 Predator drone bases in respect to where Walker was killed in Valencia, California, a missile strike could theoretically be executed on Walker's car in less than 15 minutes. If a drone was already in the vicinity, the time would even be less. In order words, the notion that Walker's car was targeted by a Predator drone strike is logistically possibly and highly plausible.
Aside from Paul Walker, U.S. citizens have been routinely targeted for assassination by U.S. drones strikes, something President Obama proudly advocated and openly admitted on May 22, 2015. More recently, on February 10, 2014, The Hill published a report entitled "Obama Weighs Drone Strike against American Citizen Affiliated against Al Qaeda", confirming, albeit in a de facto manner, that the CIA's drone strike program is alive and well. Aside from the Terminator movie series, the American population has been inundated with drone-related programming and propaganda. Back on December 2, 2012, a so-called "street artist" was reportedly arrested for erecting a number of NYPD drone attack posters. The guerilla operation was likely part of CIA-spawned media campaign designed to psychologically prepare Americans for eventual drone strikes on men, women and children. Lastly, the notion that the U.S. government is conducting secret drone operations within the United States was further substantiated on February 24, 2015, when it was revealed that the Secret Service is conducting undisclosed drone exercises over Washington, D.C. Needless to say, the notion of drones flying armed sorties over the U.S. is just the next step in the evolution of drone warfare.
In April of 2012, John O. Brennan, the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), gave a speech entitled "The Ethics and Efficacy of the President's Counterterrorism Strategy". In the speech, Brennan stated the following: "…There is nothing in international law that bans the use of remotely piloted aircraft for this purpose [of assassination] or that prohibits us from using lethal force against our enemies outside of an active battlefield". In other words, the U.S. can indiscriminately use autonomous drones to assassinate whomever they want whenever they want, for whatever reason they want, regardless of citizenship or location. Due to this all too convenient legal loophole, there is nothing that the international community can do or say about it (not that they would). In short, the legal precedent laid out by Brennan not only allows for President Obama's Disposition Matrix to exist, but to thrive.
The Disposition Matrix, which was reportedly developed by the Obama administration in 2010, is a database which U.S. officials describe as the "next-generation capture/kill list". The Disposition Matrix goes beyond existing CIA kill lists and creates a blueprint for tracking, capturing, rendering, or killing undeclared "suspected enemies" of the U.S. government. The program, which relies heavily on autonomous drone strikes, is intended to become a permanent fixture of American domestic policy. Since the criteria used in the process of determining which citizens and/or terrorists are to be targeted for assassination is not public, the program is naturally ripe for abuse. Considering that the Disposition Matrix was heavily shaped by the aforementioned CIA Director John O. Brennan, it's no surprise that the CIA is one of only a few agencies which employs the use of the MQ-1 Predator drone for classified assassinations. As depicted in the Russia Today report from January 16, 2014, entitled "Secret Amendment in Congress Keeps CIA in Charge of Deadly Drone Strikes", secret and illegal drone strikes by the CIA are the norm.
As previously reported, Paul Walker's car exhibits the same characteristics as an admitted high impact missile strike on a civilian vehicle. The damage to Walker's car is also identical to the suspected drone strike which killed Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings while driving his car in Los Angeles on June 18, 2013. A drone strike was likely also responsible for the West Texas Fertilizer Company explosion on April 17, 2013, as evidenced by an eyewitness video which appears show a missile striking the building just prior to the massive explosion which killed 15 people. Another suspected U.S. drone strike was executed on June 30, 2013, when an explosion killed 19 firefighters near Yarnell Hill, Arizona. As is par for the drone strike course, the autopsies and photos of the 19 dead firefighters were withheld from the victims' families, most likely because they not consistent with the previously retracted autopsy report which stated that burns and smoke inhalation were the cause of the firefighter's deaths. In other words, the classified autopsies were not consistent with fire-related causes of death and therefore not released to the public. Considering that the 19 firefighters suffered a radio blackout just prior to the deadly explosion (electronic blackouts generally precede black operations), and MQ-1 Predator drones are admittedly being used to fight forest fires (and start them), it is highly likely that the 19 fire fighters were assassinated by a U.S. drone strike.
The SKYNET terminator scenario depicted in the film "Terminator 2" (1991) was a colossal psychological operation (PSYOP), namely because the real autonomous terminators hell bent on humanity's destruction do not walk on land as depicted in the movie, but rather fly through the air in the form of autonomous drones. Although SKYNET was billed as the fictional name for the terminator program within the Terminator movie series, it is in fact the actual name of NATO's satellite program which currently encircles the globe. According to Wikipedia, "SKYNET is a family of military satellites, now operated by Paradigm Secure Communications on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defense, which provide strategic communication services to the three branches of the British Armed Forces and to NATO forces engaged on coalition tasks." Without the use of SKYNET satellites, which provide GPS-related logistics and communication for autonomous aerial vehicles (UAVs), the SKYNET terminator scenario would not be able to function. In other words, SKYNET is the electronic backbone of the terminator drone program. Although SKYNET was founded in 1969, the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago marked the first time in history that the full-scale implementation of autonomous aerial terminators was publically disclosed.
The hi-tech computerized kill system known as SKYNET was originally exposed by Truther.org on May 20, 2012, in a report entitled "Chicago Terror Cover For NATO Implementation Of SKYNET Terminator Program". The report revealed for the first time in history that the SKYNET terminator program was not only real but was officially activated during the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago. Roughly 5 months later, SKYNET inexplicably changed their name to Astrium Services, despite the fact that they had used the name SKYNET since 1969. The sudden attempt to rebrand the SKYNET satellite system appears to be a direct reaction to fact that the nightmare terminator program was exposed by Truther.org.
SWITZERLAND, Zurich —The simple and honest question posed in the latest Truther.org article entitled "Fast and Furious" Star Paul Walker Assassinated by Obama Drone Strike?" has sparked an international outrage over the inexplicable and suspicious death of one Paul Walker. Regardless of how Walker was killed, the facts surrounding his death do not add up on any level and deserve further investigation, at the very least. Although cliché, the cover-up is always worse than the crime.
If Walker was in fact killed by an autonomous drone strike, it would behoove U.S. authorities to see to make sure the truth does not come out under any circumstance. In the aftermath of state-sponsored black operations such as assassinations and terror attacks, intelligence agencies routinely disseminate fraudulent dis-information through various media outlets such as CNN and TMZ in order spin stories and create confusion. The tragic death of Walker is no different.
By engaging in critical thinking and employing deductive logic, a more clear and concise picture of how Walker died and who is responsible will hopefully emerge. By examining the following evidence (or lack thereof), the world will be able to decide for themselves who and what to believe. After all, the goal of any real journalist or Fast and Furious fan should be to find out what really happened—something I'm quite sure Paul Walker would have wanted.
Exactly what Walker's car hit first and in what order depends on which report you believe. According to a November 30, 2013, report by CBS Los Angeles, Walker's car "crashed into a tree and then a light pole before bursting into flames". This report by CBS was later contradicted by Jim Torp, and apparent intelligence operative, who stated in a December 2, 2013, report that "Roger lost control of the control. They didn't spin or anything. They went into a tree. They hit four trees and took a big light pole down. The light pole came down and the car bounced off of it. And then they crashed into a tree, that's what eventually stopped the car". In a pathetic attempt to explain away the massive damage to Walker's car, it has now been alleged to have hit a total of 5 trees and 1 light pole, yet the hood of the car is remains mysteriously unscathed. Considering that the car was allegedly traveling at a high-rate of speed when it crashed, it can be ascertained that the car would have suffered the most damage to its front end which took the brunt of the impact, which it clearly does not. Rather, the vehicle is cut in half starting from behind the driver's side. There is a huge round-like crater in the middle of the car which can only be explained by a high-impact missile strike (see photo above).
Knowing that the public would not buy the notion that a small tree could literally blow up a sports car, Walker's car is alleged to have also hit a light pole. According to a December 1, 2013, report by the Huffington Post, "the Porsche [Walker] was riding in smashed into a light pole and tree" and that "the downed light pole had a speed limit sign of 45 mph". Although the order of the objects hit by Walker's car clearly don't match, Jim Torp, and apparent intelligence operative, stated in a December 2, 2013, report that "They hit four trees and took a big light pole down. The light pole came down and the car bounced off of it". In the event that Torp was actually telling the truth, the videos and photos of the crash scene would show the downed light pole, which they clearly do not. There is no pole in sight and not one witness at the crash scene made reference to one laying in the street or on the side of the road. However, a day or two after the accident, a pole with the 45mph still attached was sign was conveniently laid in the exact same spot where the vigil for Walker has been erected (see photo). A downed light pole would have likely caused a local blackout or at least an electrical emergency due to its exposed wires, yet the electrical company has not arrived on scene to fix the pole. Interestingly, the alleged crash pole exhibits an octagon-like shape and is clearly made out of cement while all of the other standing light poles are metal, white in color and circular in shape.
In the event that Walker's car was in fact struck with a drone missile, a tremendous explosion would have occurred. Coincidentally, on December 2, 2013, TMZ reported that the crash that killed Paul Walker resulted in a "huge explosion and fireball that could be seen for miles" and that the blast sent a "fireball high into the sky". The explosion depicted by TMZ does not sound at all like something ever witnessed in the suburban streets of America but rather like something witnessed in Iraq of Afghanistan. In a December 1, 2013 report by the Huffington Post, Jim Torp, an apparent intelligence operative, stated that he heard the loud sound of a car's engine revving and then an explosion, ultimately insinuating that something fishy occurred just prior to the explosion. To add even more confusion and disinformation to the equation, Torp told CNN that he heard a blast in the distance before the car slammed into a light pole. "What the first explosion was, I don't know if their tire blew up, because it sounded like a tire blew on the car". Regardless, if Torp's disinformation campaign, there was a major explosion which is indicative of a drone strike.
In the event that Walker's car was actually speeding, it is highly likely that the brakes would be applied at some point during the accident. On December 2, 2013, the New York Post reported that the "lack of skid marks until just before the point of impact suggests the driver didn't have control of the speeding car's steering". The steering and brake components of a car are completely unrelated and therefore even if someone lost control of the steering, the breaks would still work. According to a CNN report dated December 3, 2013, there were "Tire skid marks on the asphalt near the crash site, which indicate a car was doing doughnut spins, also are being looked at", concluding that "it has not been concluded that they are related to the Walker wreck". In the initial moments of a video shot by witnesses who arrived at the crash scene shortly after the accident, three sets of skid marks can be clearly seen on the road, only one of which resemble "doughnut spins". Although two sets appear unrelated to the crash, one skid mark leads directly to the accident. In a CNN interview, Jim Torp, likely an intelligence operative, stated that he "looked closely at the skid marks and concluded they were left by a car with smaller tires". By reversing Thorps disinformation statement, it can be deduced that at least one of the skid marks likely belongs to Walker's car. Whether or not the force of an alleged high-impact missile strike could cause the skid marks is not known, but the fact that mainstream reports are discounting the skid marks suggests that they do matter.
In an apparent move to dispel the rumors that Walker was assassinated by a drone strike, TMZ released a video report on December 3, 2013, entitled "Paul Walker Crash—The Moment of Impact & Massive Inferno". Just like the headline, the video fails to show the reported "explosion" or any sound of an explosion whatsoever. As evidenced in the silent surveillance video, the smoke from Walker's crash scene goes from barely there to all over, instantaneously. The unnatural manner of the smoke dispersion indicates that there is likely a video edit, cut or splice at 00:18-00:19 seconds in the TMZ video or 13:00-14:00 in this YouTube video. Also, the video starts off with white smoke (indicative of burning trees and leaves) and is followed by black smoke (indicative of burining gas, oil and rubber). Obvioulsy, the car was on fire prior to the trees which also suggests that the video has been tampered with. Although an independent investigation must be conducted prior to reaching any concrete conclusions, it does appears that the massive explosion was premeditatedly cut out of the video completely. After all, if an explosion was depicted in the video, the camera would likely shaken severely. Also, the fireball from the explosion would then have been able to be compared forensically with that of a missile explosion, something those responsible cannot let happen. If Walker's car had exploded naturally, due to gasoline combustion, one would expect a relatively minor NASCAR-type crash explosion, but definitely not something that would blow the car in two pieces.
In order to convince the public that Walker's death was an "accident", the notion that speeding was involved had to become part of the official narrative. Less than 24 hours after the crash, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department stated that "speed was a factor" in Walker's death. The report went on to state that "investigators are working to determine how fast the car was traveling and what caused it to go out of control", further insinuating that speed was the predominant factor in the crash. When conclusive statements are made by officials within 24 hours of a supposedly random accident, the likelihood of foul play increases exponentially simply due to the fact that there has not been enough time to complete a real and thorough investigation. Witnesses have not been interviewed, video has not retrieved and tests have not been conducted, yet authorities are disseminating what can only be construed as speculation? This behavior suggests that there is an agenda, albeit covert, to lead the public in a certain direction—way from foul play. The fraudulent notion that Walker was speeding at the time of his death was reiterated on December 2, 2013, when TMZ released an article entitled "Paul Walker — I Once Hit 185 MPH… On The Freeway!". Predictably, the report went on to state that law enforcement believes speed was a factor in the crash. One look at the December 3, 2013, video released by TMZ and it's self-evident that any high-rate of speed on that road at that time would have been impossible simply due to the sheer amount of cars sharing the road with Walker.
In order to further sell the notion that Walker was speeding, a fraudulent rumor was disseminated which insinuated that the deadly crash was the result of an illegal street race often witnessed in the "Fast and the Furious movies". The rumor was first identified on December 2, 2013, when TMZ reported that police were investigating the possibility that Paul Walker was in the middle of a high-speed street race with another car at the time of his death. According to the report, law enforcement told TMZ that "investigators have received tips that Walker and the man driving the Porsche, Roger Rodas, had been racing prior to the crash" and that "cops are on the hunt for video and witnesses that could prove another car was involved". The article concluded by stating that "the area where the crash occurred has a history of being a popular street racing location", further insinuating that Walker was street racing. According to a December 3, 2013, CNN article, Hercules Street, the road on which Walker died, "has a reputation for fast drivers", which spurred a crackdown by deputies two years ago. While completely untrue and unsubstantiated, the street racing rumors were released in a coordinated effort by TMZ and law enforcement to corroborate the narrative that Walker was speeding at the time of his death.
In order to further sell the notion that Walker was possibly involved in a street race when he crashed, CNN published a report on December 3, 2013, entitled "Paul Walker death investigation: Police rule out second vehicle, focus on speed". According to the report, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman stated that investigators have been "unable to find evidence of a second car in the accident that killed Walker". Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Cohen reportedly told CNN that authorities received a tip on Sunday, December 1, 2013, suggesting that another car was at the scene racing the Porsche when it slammed into a light pole and burst into flames. The report concluded that investigators have since ruled out the presence of a second vehicle and the theory that the Porsche was drag racing. Regardless of the retraction, the idea that there may or may not have been a second vehicle was disseminated as part of a coordinated intelligence operation to corroborate the narrative that Walker was speeding at the time of his death.
In another brazen attempt to steer the public away from the notion of foul play, on December 2, 2013, a New York Post report entitled "Mechanical Failure Behind Paul Walker Crash: Report" revealed that, "The trouble-prone Porsche that "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker was riding in when he died in a crash suffered a mechanical failure that was likely caused by a power steering fluid leak". According to the report, sources told TMZ that they saw "evidence of a fluid burst and subsequent fluid trail before the skid marks at the accident scene." The report went on to state that the "lack of skid marks until just before the point of impact suggests the driver didn't have control of the speeding car's steering". The unnamed witness then reportedly saw Rodas prior to the crash "trying to help employees figure out what was wrong with a red Porsche Carrera GT that kept stalling". The lack of source and witness names suggests that this information was disseminated in order muddy the waters in respect to the Walker crash and steer the public away from the notion that Walker may have been assassinated.
In order to further the notion that the death of Walker was at the very least accidental, on December 3, 2013, CNN released an article entitled "Porsche Carrera GT: 5 Reasons the Car Paul Walker Died In Is Different" which was published in an apparent bid to sell the notion that Walker's Porsche was just an accident waiting to happen. Among other things, the report states that the Porsche has three times the horsepower of the average car, is notoriously difficult to handle, even for professional drivers, and is unusual because it has no electronic stability control. Eddie Alterman, editor-in-chief of Car and Driver magazine, essentially went on to state that the car was just too hot to handle by stating that, "This was not a car for novices" and that the "Carrera GT program began as a racing program". Alterman also stated that "The Carrera GT is able to change direction "very quickly, very much like a race car. It was beyond a super car. It is what we call a hyper car" and that the car "had such a hair-trigger throttle, because it changed directions so quickly, there is a lot to learn." Todd Trimble, an exotic car mechanic in Las Vegas, followed Alterman's lead by stating that the Carrera GT is "Very hard car to drive…You really need to know what you're doing when you drive them. And a lot of people are learning the hard way." Trimble concluded by stating that, "They're getting rarer and rarer…Most of the time, when they do get wrecked, there's not much left of them". Based on these "experts", the Porsche Carrera GT is a dangerous machine that is almost impossible to drive. The blatant demonization of the car speaks to the desperate nature of intelligence agencies to sell Walker's death as accidental.
"Fast and Furious" Star Paul Walker Assassinated by Obama Drone Strike?
SWITZERLAND, Zurich — Based on evidence acquired to date, it appears that Fast and the Furious star Paul Walker was assassinated in a drone strike while riding in a car in Los Angeles, California on November 30, 2013. While initial reports state that the car split in two after striking a tree at a high rate of speed, one look at the crash scene (see photo below) and it's evident that the tree (no more than 6 inches in diameter) was not solely responsible for cutting in half, exploding and completely destroying the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT.
A few inches of wood are obviously no match for thousands of pounds of forged steel allegedly traveling at an extremely high-rate of speed.. In other words, what is being alleged as the cause of death by authorities is scientifically impossible. The Walker crash scene is eerily similar to what is known to be a missile strike on a civilian vehicle and almost identical to that of fiery crash witnessed when Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings was assassinated on June 18, 2013, in Los Angeles, California. As evidenced in a video taken by witnesses who arrived at the crash scene only moments after the explosion, pieces of Walker's Carrera GT can be seen strewn across the street in every direction, characteristic of a high-impact missile strike.
It's no secret that SKYNET killer drones are operating in American airspace, the only question is whether or not they are now openly assassinating U.S. citizens, something President Obama has already admitted doing. Roughly 4 months ago on July 26, 2013, the FBI informed U.S. Senator Rand Paul in an unclassified letter they have flown drones over U.S. airspace a total of 10 times in the past 7 years, a statistic which is likely much higher. Aside from the deaths of Walker and Hastings, other suspected drone strikes include the West Texas Fertilizer Company explosion on April 17, 2013, in which a missile can be seen striking the building just prior to the explosion, as well as the explosion which killed the 19 elite firefighters near Yarnell Hill, Arizona, on June 30, 2013. Curiously, the autopsies and photos of the 19 firefighters are being withheld from the victims families because they are most likely not consistent with the now retracted preliminary autopsy report which stated that burns and smoke inhalation were the cause of death in all 19 fatalities. Considering that the firefighters suffered a radio blackout just prior to the explosion (i.e., electronic blackouts generally precede black operations) and that drones are admittedly being used fight forest fires (or start them), the likelihood of foul play in the tragedy is exponentially higher. Although the FBI's drone missions are still classified, they're evidently comprised of assassinations which are intended to look like "accidents".
UPDATE: Everybody wants to know why the Obama administration would want to assassinate Paul Walker. While I can only theorize, it's possible that Walker was assassinated in order to highlight Operation Fast and Furious just prior to an unprecedented gun-related massacre in the United States stemming from one or more of the 2,000 assault rifles sold by the ATF (Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms) to Mexican drug cartels. Since Walker's death, the words "Fast and Furious" have been in the news non-stop and have been subconsciously programming the public in a psychological manner for an impending state-sponsored terror attack that will likely be connected to Operation Fast and Furious. In the aftermath of said terror attack, Obama would likely attempt to ban and confiscate guns in America which would be unfair (since he supplied the guns) and highly anti-American. Suffice to say, the incident would inevitably lead to a second American civil-war over the 2nd Amendment and the right to bear arms.


Adair County Coroner Brian Noe declined to release the names of the victims Wednesday until family members are notified.
Balliew says the plane's wreckage was scattered along a 300-yard path through a pasture, a wooded area and a bean field about three miles from Kirksville. The bodies of the two victims were found in a ditch.
Investigators say the airplane was stopping for fuel on a flight from Denver.
National Transportation and Safety Board agents arrived at the airport Wednesday morning to begin an investigation.
Kirksville is about 165 miles northeast of Kansas City.


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I wouldn't say that the Scottish Labour Party leadership contest is preying on my mind but I dreamt about it again last night.
That formidable Scottish Labour Organiser and fixer, the late Jimmy Allison, had been charged with drawing up a short leet of candidates that looked beyond the current pool available to choose from. He let me have a look at his first draft of runners and riders.
Good links with the Trade Unions; outward looking internationalist; strong supporter of a Scottish Parliament within the UK, international human rights, women's issues and temperance.
Great plans for housing involving developing a partnership between political parties, local authorities and building employees and employers. Aims to build 190,000 new council houses at modest rents, gradually increasing to 450,000.
Proposes taking on the Nationalists by devolving power to a Scottish Council of State and a Scottish Council of Industry. He also has bold plans for a North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board.
Early reputation as a socialist firebrand who refused to compromise, now standing on a platform of promoting public access to Arts and Culture and establishing an Open University, extending Higher Education to all.
Would bring a strong international flavour to the post. Fierce opponent of apartheid in South Africa and defender of Allende's regime in Chile, would champion International Development, keeping it high on Labour's agenda.
Led the 50/50 Campaign for gender equality in the Scottish Parliament. Great champion of working class based politics and the women's movement - but would have to rule her out as she is still very much alive.
'And who do you think will win?, I asked. He just smiled.
When you have just given your all to defeat the constitutional change for which the SNP lives, breathes and has its being, it's great to be able to turn your thoughts again to constitutional changes that you believe really would benefit the people of Scotland and the UK.
The parliaments of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Israel and New Zealand are all unicameral with scrutiny carried out by parliamentary committees. A minority of UK MPs voted for the outright abolition of the upper house in 2003, and it was Labour party policy until the late 1980s. For more than a century UK Governments have attempted to find a way to reform the House of Lords - the Parliament Act 1911 introduced by the then Liberal Government; the Labour Party elected in 1997 with a manifesto including the promise to reform the House of Lords: all three of main parties promising to take action on Lords reform in the 2010 general election, and, following it, the Coalition Agreement including a promise to "bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber on the basis of proportional representation" (abandoned after Tory opposition).
The Lords is a very different looking body now from what it was when I was a young. But on this, as on so many other issues, ordinary people are well ahead of the political parties. Many people (especially Labour supporters) tell you on the doorstep that we need to get rid of the Lords once and for all.
Of course, a unicameral system has its weaknesses. It is dependent on powerful scrutiny of the Executive which has been singularly lacking from the supine nationalist members of the Holyrood Committees. On this score Westminster has fared much better with their Select Committees enjoying a surge in public approval over their handling of the banks; the media; public accounts; welfare etc.
We need to abolish the Lords - no ifs or buts - and introduce a robust process of pre-legislative scrutiny involving a wide cross section of public interest, expert opinion and civic society.
The Government of the UK has held 12 referenda since 1973 but only two of these have been UK wide. Referenda on EU expansion and on the Euro were abandoned. I have been able to vote on 5 in my lifetime - Membership of the EEC, two on Scottish Devolution, the AV voting system for Westminster and Scottish Independence. I voted for the winning side on all of them although we failed in the first Scottish Devolution one on a technicality. Don't tell the nationalists, but referenda are always consultative and Parliament remains sovereign. However in reality no UK government is going to ignore the democratic verdict of the people in a referendum it has sanctioned, either pre-legislative or post-legislative.
Women represent over 50% of Scotland's population, but are not proportionately represented in political and public life. At the moment, only 22% of UK MPs are women (and 22% of Scottish MPs); 35% of MSPs; and 24% of Scottish councillors.
Labour has been streets ahead of the other parties in tackling the under-representation of women. Both All Women Shortlists for the UK and the twinning of Scottish Parliament seats to select a man and a woman have been very successful. That's why they have also been controversial. Labour must now move to continue the progress on improving women's representation.
We should propose legislation for political parties to have quotas for women candidates and put forward a legislative programme and timetable for both UK and devolved parliaments to achieve 50/50 representation. As with all gains for women, representation goes through a cycle of campaigning, achievement and backlash. We only need to look at how our current leading women politicians in the UK and Scotland are judged to see the double standards that are applied.
Local government has developed over time in Scotland as a result of the desire of communities to provide services and buildings, paid for by local communities and determined at the local level. Local government services became both more professional and extensive in scope. The creation of the Scottish Parliament has seen a significant increase in the legislation passed relating to local government - on childcare, education, transport, economic development, housing, environment and justice.
But local government should not just be about service provision but should be a collective expression of the values and priorities of local communities. The impact of the reduction in financial flexibility has seen the focus change from innovative thinking about local priorities (when I first worked in local government) to being mainly about driving efficiency and cost savings (by the time retired).
Think back to 1983 and the re-election of the Thatcher Government. That Government then went ahead with its plans to take control of local authorities' expenditure and income collection, aimed in particular at progressive high spending Labour Councils. Plans were laid to divest local government of services like taking transport away from the GLC and abolishing the English Metropolitan Councils and the GLC itself. Great strategic authorities like Strathclyde stood as the unofficial opposition to the Tory Government. Sadly we have seen the same pattern of centralising, controlling, divesting of local government under the majority SNP administration elected in 2010.
That's why my favourite section of the Scottish Labour Party's 'Powers for a Purpose' document is Chapter 7, 'Empowering local government - enhancing local democracy.' It is time for Local Government again. We need to empower our local authorities to have an impact on the local economy, devolving powers not just from Holyrood but from UK reserved areas too. The Work Programme and the Crown Estates have been headline examples of this, but I would also like to see local communities involved in working with DfID in promoting international development work locally and encouraging partnership working with towns and regions in developing countries.
Over the years the debate about electoral reform has focused largely on the issue of proportionality. It was assumed that people would reconnect with politics if representation more fairly reflected voting. But this has been pursued at the expense of the importance of the member/constituency link.
In the debate about the list system used for the election of some MSPs, we were told that this would bring about an extension of democracy - more choice for the elector. Tories can choose to go to a Tory MSP; Labour supporters to a Labour MSP; nationalists to a nationalist. This analysis proved as about as robust as the view that the Scottish Parliament would deliver a new politics of consensus. The truth is that we have a Scottish Parliament of entrenched party politics.
I believe that democracy was diminished when we weakened the tradition of the duly elected constituency member as the representative of all the electors of that constituency. There is plenty of scope for pursuing a vigorous party political role, while also ensuring that you act as an elected representative and advocate on behalf of all individual constituents. MPs still have that role but for a reduced range of responsibilities; Constituency MSPs have it but List MSPs don't; and councillors share it with others in large multi member wards. I feel we have abandoned an important and valuable democratic tradition and replaced it with a rather ill thought through 'Balkanisation' of our system of political representation.
I believe we were seduced into embracing these electoral reforms for little gain. More important is the need to address how we achieve political representation at Westminster, in the Scottish Parliament and in Local Government that reflects the whole of Scottish society: women and men; ethnic minorities; youth and experience; all social backgrounds. I don't suppose we are ever going to get 'First Past the Post' back for these roles, so it will have to be AV we aim for!
At the age of 16 a British citizen can get married, join the army, smoke, leave home, claim benefits, and contribute to the public purse through taxes – but vote in a general election? Not yet. There is absolutely no good reason to deny the vote to 16 and 17 year olds. Those who voted in the Scottish Independence Referendum will now find themselves disenfranchised in the UK General Election in May of next year, and, with fixed term UK parliaments, many young people won't get the chance to vote in a UK General Election till they are in their 20s. Votes for all at 16? As comedian Arnold Brown would say, - 'And why not!'.


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La CV-166 es una carretera valenciana que actúa como conexión entre la misma carretera, la CV-15, en el tramo entre Albocácer y Benasal (oficialmente Albocàsser y Benassal), donde dicha carretera da la vuelta por el norte y la CV-166 va totalmente al contrario, por el sur.

Nomenclatura

La carretera CV-166 pertenece a la red de carreteras locales de la Generalidad Valenciana. Su nombre viene de la CV (que indica que es una carretera autonómica de la Comunidad Valenciana) y el 166, es el número que recibe dicha carretera, según el orden de nomenclaturas de las carreteras locales de la Comunidad Valenciana.

Historia
Hasta hace poco, el tramo de la CV-166 entre Culla y San Pablo era una carretera totalmente distinta, se deniminaba CV-163, y pertenecía a la Diputación Provincial de Castellón. Pero tras ser remodelada durante la primera mitad de 2007, la CV-163 fue incluida en la CV-166, y la antigua desapareció.

Trazado actual
Aun siendo una carretera que comienza y finaliza en la misma vía, es utilizada en diferentes tramos:
 Tramo San Pablo - Torre de Embesora: Acceso desde la CV-15 en San Pablo al municipio de Torre de Embesora.
 Tramo CV-15 - Benasal -Fuente Seguras - Culla: Acceso desde la CV-15 (justo antes del Puerto de Ares) hasta Culla, por Benasal.

Comienza en un cruce en la carretera CV-15, en el punto de comienzo del Puerto de Ares en esa carretera. A pocos kilómetros y tras un pequeño puerto de montaña, llega a Benasal, que lo atraviesa por el medio del pueblo. En ese punto es de donde sale una carretera, la CV-167, que comunica con Villafranca del Cid. Tras salir del pueblo, se adentra en un frondoso bosque, por el cual, un poco más adelante, llegará a Fuente Seguras, aunque solo pasa próxima a la pedanía bensalense. Tras este, por un puerto de montaña, llegará a Culla, situado en la cima de una montaña.

Municipios y zonas de interés próximos
 CV-15
 Benasal
 Fuente Seguras
 Culla
 Torre de Embesora
 San Pablo de Albocácer

Futuro de la CV-166
No hay proyectos nuevos

Véase también
 Anexo:Carreteras de la Comunidad Valenciana

Carreteras autonómicas de Castellón