Even Non-Violent Revolutions Are Paid in Blood

At least one apparent hero has emerged from Revolution 2.0--Wael Ghonim. Like Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Before him, Ghonim is passionate and enounce about the current civil rights issues facing lowly citizens in the Muslim world. Thanks to Cnn, Twitter and Facebook, every person knows Ghonim's name.

It is an unfortunate truth that revolutions for core civil rights are often earned over many years and with the blood of their heroes and proponents. American rights were demanded from the starting of the history of the American colonies, and some would argue that we still don't enjoy all of them. The American Revolution cost 4,435 killed in action.

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Mahatma Gandhi's revolution against British rule in India took a lifetime. It took Gandhi many years to convince Indians of the logic of non-violence in their revolution. In March of 1919 the British passed the Rowlatt Act, which was an prolongation of urgency measures adopted during World War I to operate communal unrest in India.

Gandhi called for the Rowlatt Satyagraha, a non-violent protest in which all Indians would close their businesses and fast, but he called it off when he was convinced that Indians were not ready for his non-violent strategy. The British intentionally provoked violent reaction. They may have realized that their 200,000 British administrators could not operate 350,000,000 Indians if those Indians simply refused to be governed non-violently.

On April 13, 1919, thousands of non-violent Sikhs gathered at Jalianwala Bagh orchad for a religious festival. Led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, British Army soldiers surrounded them with a small force of about 50 rifles, and fired upon them until all of their ammunition was expended. Reports say 379 citizen were killed and 1,100 wounded in what is known as the Amritsar Massacre.

Both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Did survive to see the starting of their victories. India became independent from Britain on August 15, 1947, and the Civil rights Act of 1964 and the Voting rights Act of 1965 came before Dr. King was assassinated. But both heroes became martyrs for their causes, and are honored widely by their countrymen today.

Today's revolutionaries have considerable non-violent weapons at their disposal. They have Gandhi's and King's examples from history, not to mention the courageous example of many Egyptians, Tunisians, Bahrainis, Yemenis, Algerians, Libyans, and Iranians; and they have communal networks, which allow them to speedily bring the condemnation of the world when their rulers behave cruelly. No, the communal networks are not perfect, as the plug pulling regimes of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen have proven, but they are ultimately effective. Revolution 2.0 has shown that the news will leak out, and repression can be stopped.

Were the blood and long struggle of earlier revolutions worth their sacrifice? Essentially all living Americans and Indians assuredly think so. We reverently honor our fallen heroes, who died for and defended our human rights. Their reduce made it potential for our countries to become among the most prosperous in the world.

Our Freedoms make it potential for us to corollary with the ideas and energies of all of our citizens. Repressive regimes delay the improvement of their countries, and keep them weak. You only need to look at the relative economic success of countries throughout the world to see that repression means miniature prospects for a society. The rich get richer, but the poor stay poor.

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Brain Training - by comparison everything You Read and Hear With an Example

Are you ever reading something you do not quite understand? Or watching it on Tv? You 'sort' of understand it, but you cannot quite get a grip on it. Is it because you never paid concentration to the subject before, or is it you are getting older and did not quite listen to the whole explanation because your mind was wandering off? If the latter is the case, and your mind does a lot of wandering, you might eye to do some brain training to get brain and mind back on track.

If you read about or see a difficult subject you might much easier understand it if the program or the author would by comparison a exiguous more with some examples. Then his blab blab would suddenly make sense to you, since the example is down to earth and understandable for anything with an open mind.

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For example, if in the economic news there is a report on oil prices and the reporter tells us that the coming months the prices of oil go up again, like every year nearby this time, you may nod your head and think 'tss tss' or you may think 'huh?', what does he mean? His criticism will not categorically stick with you since it is just a bit foggy for you.

What if that reporter in one sentence had added: "The oil prices go up again the coming summer months since everybody is taking his car and goes on vacation, so the interrogate of gas will be a lot bigger." Now that makes sense to you, does it not? Of policy the interrogate grows; you yourself will trip by car as well...

If you would make it a habit to give every idea you have one or two examples to by comparison it to somebody else, or to by comparison it for yourself, you would categorically train your brain in doing so. Think of examples for different habitancy of different ages. Keep your examples as easy as you can, to categorically get habitancy to understand your thought. And when you hear other people's thoughts, do the same for yourself. Think of an example, so you categorically grasp what person is saying.

In doing this on a regular basis you will train your brain while at the same time you will notice that you have less issue understanding things you hear and learning new things. Now would that not be wonderful? All this because of a exiguous habit which might give you satisfaction to do as well!

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Addicted to Oil

"America is addicted to oil" - George W. Bush

In today's corporate culture, the consumer's voice resonates deeply. If a business engages in immoral or illegal behavior, the consumer can choose not to buy the company's products, and stage a boycott as a show of protest. This is not a new phenomenon; it occurred in Colonial America after the British government monopolized tea, and it is currently being used against Coca-Cola for it's immoral practices, including poisoning drinking water, murdering union members, and racial discrimination. consumer responsibility entails the following: purchasing products from a business like Coca-Cola signifies condoning and certainly supporting their actions; boycotting a company's products sends a message to them that their practices must stop and attempts to hurt their sales adequate that turn becomes necessary.

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What is the divergence in the middle of tea, Coca-Cola, and petroleum as consumer products? The divergence is that the world cheaper is addicted to petroleum. In President Bush's state-of-the-union speech, he proclaimed, "America is addicted to oil". He added stated that he wants replace more than 75% of America's Middle Eastern oil imports by the year 2025.
Currently, the plausibility of such a goal seems doubtful. As of March 2006, the United States' third-largest source of crude oil was Saudi Arabia. Our dependence on Saudi oil is deplorable; the credentials of the Saudi Arabian government are horrendous: it has a theocratic and despotic government, oppresses women and perpetrates human rights' violations, and created terrorists and extremists. Doing business and maintaining a strong alliance with the Saudi Royal house greatly hurts America's prestige for pursuing justice and democracy, particularly in the Middle East. In this sense, America fails as a responsible consumer.

When examining consumer responsibility in dealing with oil, it is necessary to see what is done with the improbable profits these countries receive as a effect of new skyrocketing oil prices. Some of this money is used to economically produce these petrol states (as in Dubai). But in many cases, this money is used to fund terrorism (Iran), prop-up laberious regimes (Saudi Arabia), and spread anti-American rhetoric (Venezuela). In this essay, three countries from the Persian Gulf will be examined: Bahrain, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia. Why the Persian Gulf? The Gulf is said to possess 2/3 of the world's oil reserves, and an arguably great share of undemocratic and laberious governments. I will explore the political and group climate of these states and stop that we must not keep their policies by ending our dependence on oil in order to achieve American foreign policy goals of democracy and freedom.

The Rentier State Effect

"Look where the most creative innovation is happening in the Arab-Muslim world today. It is in the places with microscopic or no oil." - Thomas Friedman

Before examining each nation and the effects of its oil revenues, it is necessary to understand the implications of oil on petrol states straight through the Rentier State Theory.

Why should we not buy oil from a tyrannical government? What effect does our purchase have upon a citizen's wellbeing? according to the theory, a rentier state does not rely on taxation for running the state, but rather relies on a commodity, such as oil. This becomes problematic under the necessary of "no taxation without representation," for if a government does not tax its people, it does not need to characterize its people, and will remain despotic. A rentier state is also able to use its wealth to provide group services to the people, thereby making the citizens dependent and thankful to the government. These group services also disallow the development of detach group groups that may interrogate political ownership from the state and be a source of democratic reform.

According to this theory, buying oil from a tyrannical rentier state (such as Saudi Arabia), supports an unrepresentative and undemocratic regime that does not need to act in accordance with the ownership and wishes of its people. Professor Michael Ross of Ucla tested this principles empirically and proved that given many other factors, including culture and history, resource richness was the many factor in determining either a non-developed state would be democratic or authoritarian.

Bahrain

"...some degree of trauma us needed to bring about dramatic change". -The Economist

A cited example of the decreased dependence on oil revenue and the Rentier effect is Bahrain. according to Thomas Friedman, "Bahrain was the first Arab Gulf State to run out of oil...[and it] is the first to hold a free and fair election, in which women could both run and vote." Unlike its neighbor Saudi Arabia, not only can Bahraini women drive and be unveiled, but they can also vote. according to Friedman's hypothesis and the Rentier State Theory, Bahrain had to break its confidence on oil revenues, as its plenty began to grow thin, and that meant an increasing confidence on its habitancy for its economic growth; this decrease in confidence has lead to the liberalization of politics on the small island.

But can the democraticization of Bahrain be solely attributed to the decrease in oil? Mr. Friedman claims that Bahrain's decreased confidence on oil is the cause of the island nation's liberalization; but the situation is a bit more complex. The movement can also be attributed to the new turbulent history of Bahrain. The island state was wrought with violence in the 1990s as the Shiite majority resented the Sunni emirs who ruled Bahrain. The Shiites demanded more representation and reform to dilute the power of the Sunni ruling class who were repressing them. While Thomas Friedman states that it was the decrease in oil reserves that caused democratization in Bahrain, the intuit that the Shiite majority protested when they did was because of a changing group structure and the large importation of foreign labor. It can be said that the turn was not the effect of a decrease in oil reserves and revenues, as the Shiites did not historically benefit from Bahrain's oil boom, so a turn in oil revenues had microscopic impact on their wellbeing. But the oil boom led to a great deal of economic diversification and to the development of the island. While the Rentier State principles suggests that decreases in oil will lead to political liberalization, as the state will need to rely on the people, during its diversification period, Bahrain built its cheaper to rely on business, tourism, and foreign labor, and not its people. Furthermore, the diversification and Westernization that occurred during the oil boom was economically successful, but the group changes, including Western ideologies that accompanied it were contrary to Islamic philosophy and isolated and angered the Shiite population. While there was a decline in oil production, it was other forces, such as the example of Iran's 1979 Shiite-inspired Revolution and the comprehensive unemployment among Shiites caused by the importation of foreign labor that were pivotal to their interrogate for representation. In 1999, after the violence had subsided, the charismatic and progressive King Hamad came to power. He has since been the source of much praise for liberalizing Bahrain, and proves political leadership to be yet another major non-oil source of political liberalization.

It can be argued that oil indirectly caused the political turn in Bahrain, as Bahrain's drive for diversification caused by the fear of dwindling oil reserves led to Shiite dissent. But we can stop that bigger forces, such as sectarian divide, group change, and political leadership were major sources of reform in Bahrain. Therefore, claiming Bahrain as an example for other Arab petrol states and as a keep for the Rentier State principles is a premature and spurious claim.

Dubai

"Yet the time to come that he is construction in Dubai -- to the applause of billionaires and transnational corporations everywhere -- looks like nothing so much as a nightmare of the past: Walt Disney meets Albert Speer on the shores of Araby." - mum Jones

Dubai, one of the seven states of the United Arab Emirates, has recently come to be the Gulf's economic success story. It has been using improbable oil profits to come to be the Middle East's (and perhaps the world's) financial hub, even though oil only accounts for 7% of its Gdp. This multiethnic and dynamic state has also come to be a tourist hot spot, a communication center, a booming real estate market, and a destination for corporations to produce a foothold in the Middle East or to build a bridge in the middle of Europe and East Asia. Here will be a brief examination of what oil money has done for the economic, political, and group climate of Dubai.

Economically, Dubai is proving that it is the dominant financial and tourist hub of the Persian Gulf, and even the Middle East. Yet, Dubai is much less reliant than other Gulf States on oil. As stated previously, only 7% of its Gdp is from oil, whereas oil accounts for 45% of Saudi Arabia's Gdp. Dubai's cheaper is diversifying as the city-state is trying to produce itself in the world economy. A great deal of Dubai's breakneck growth is caused by the construction that is demanded from its burgeoning real estate shop and its desire to come to be a corporate capital. While the World Bank estimates that it will cost billion to rebuild Iraq, Dubai is spending 0 billion on its current construction projects. Reportedly, one-fifth of the world's cranes are in Dubai, and 250,000 men are at work construction this fantasyland. In this sprawling city, an synthetic island in the shape of a palm tree has been made as a housing development, the first of many projects. It doesn't stop there: the world's tallest building, the biggest shopping mall, an underwater hotel, and an indoor ski resort are all in the works. Even before the completion of these impressive projects, Dubai receives 5 million tourists each year, a amount that is recommend to double shortly.

Where does all this money come from? according to The Economist, most of the funding for the remarkable projects in Dubai comes from the government (namely the wealthy al-Maktoum family). Although only 7% of Dubai's Gdp is derived from oil, with oil prices increasing, Dubai is a sufficiently wealthy oil exporter. Much like Bahrain, Dubai's oil is said to deplete soon, with estimates given at reserves ending in 2010. Dubai, also like Bahrain, is trying to come to be economically self-sufficient by relying on business, tourism, and expatriate labor (which will be later examined) for its economic survival after the depletion of petroleum reserves. Yet, Dubai's most promising time to come source of revenue and venture is from abroad. Dubai's leaders have worked hard to make it the city-state an moving venture occasion and a financial hub. The Jebel Ali Free Zone provides a site surface Dubai City, but within the state of Dubai, that has zero taxation and allows for 100% foreign ownership. Furthermore, after the 9/11 attacks, much of the money that Arab oil states had previously invested in America, as well as time to come investments, began being moved to Dubai, upon worries of an anti-Arab backlash in the Us. In 2004 alone, the Saudis are said to have invested billion in Dubai. While Dubai's own oil supplies may not seem impressive, the great deal of oil money from abroad that is being invested there shows that oil is still a necessity for the growth of the burgeoning city, particularly after the city-state's reserves run out.

Politically, Dubai is not democratic. On the Economist's 1-10 scale of democracy, with 1 being a dismal democracy, and 10 being a perfect democracy, the United Arab Emirates (the federation Dubai is a part of) was given a rating of 1. While it had the top ranking of economic openness in the Arab world, its political freedom was given a 1, and its press freedom a 3. One of the suspected reasons for this lack of political freedom is the lack of taxation (following the principle of no taxation without representation). As one Saudi once said, "I would love to pay tax, if only so I wouldn't have to pretend to be grateful all the time." But the status of taxation is not likely to change, as Dubai seems poised to be able to rely on investments, tourism, and expatriate labor to fuel its cheaper in the future.

Socially, religiously, and culturally Dubai is fairly open. A writer from The Guardian notes that "[Dubai] is not a Saudi Arabia. Brokeback Mountain is soon to open in Dubai cinemas, which it never could in Saudi Arabia". But the biggest and most common question with Dubai's group structure is the treatment of its expatriate labor force. Human ownership Watch stated that Dubai is sustaining its growth on "forced labor". When workers come from abroad, in general from India and Pakistan, their visas and passports are confiscated to ensure against escape. These workers are then crowded into rooms with up to twelve people, work in unsafe environments that have led to unnecessary deaths, and are not always paid on time or even at all, in many cases. And there is nothing that these laborers can do: labor unions are strictly outlawed in Dubai. treatment of construction workers aside, prostitution and child slavery are also posing problems for the city-state. Hbo Real Sports reported that Dubai's jockeys, "some as young as three -- are kidnapped or sold into slavery, starved, beaten and raped".

As an economic model, Dubai holds microscopic competition, and is arguably the most economically advanced Gulf state. It serves as an example of how oil wealth should be used. Although Dubai has made leaps-and-bounds over other Gulf States economically, its lack of democracy, as well as its practices for achieving its economic growth and prestige are shameful and must not be condoned.

Saudi Arabia

"I would love to pay tax, if only so I wouldn't have to pretend to be grateful all the time." -A would-be Saudi democrat

Saudi Arabia has the largest oil reserves and the top output of oil in the world. It is also the third largest source of crude oil imports to the United States. Saudi oil is pivotal to the world market; if its output slows, world oil prices will rise, even affecting the price of domestic oil; if its output increases, oil prices fall and the world cheaper breathes a group sigh of relief. While the world is dependent on Saudi oil, the Saudi Arabian government is likewise dependent on its oil revenues. Petroleum accounts for 75% of Saudi Arabia's allocation revenues, 45% of Gdp, and 90% of export earnings.

With Saudi oil being so abundant and so important, it is no strangeness why the United States and Saudi Arabia are such close allies. But aside from petrol politics, what do the United States and Saudi Arabia have in common? Very little, I would argue.

Two big discrepancies in the middle of Saudi Arabian and American policy lie in the Saudi form of government and Saudi Arabia's legal system. First, the despotic Saudi royal house runs the government. On The Economist's scale of democracy, Saudi Arabia was given a 0 comprehensive and a 0 in Political Freedom. Furthermore, the article details that "[Saudi Arabia] is the Gulf's political laggard, with no representative institutions of any kind, a heavily restricted press, and fearsome security services". While United States policy pushes for democracy in the Middle East, even going so far as to engage in war and vocation in Iraq to achieve this goal, its close relations with Saudi Arabia as a chief regional ally and business partner are hypocritical. The United States must rethink its relations with Saudi Arabia if it wishes democracy in the Middle East.

Second, Saudi Arabia's legal principles is based on Sharia law. This legal code, coupled with Saudi Arabia's Wahabi field of Sunni Islam that is imposed on the population, has been the source of the mistreatment of Saudi women and the oppression of minorities. In Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to drive, go to the music or video section of a store, or mingle with men surface of their family. Its theocratic government bans all religions but Islam, thereby oppressing religious minorities. The Economist declared that Saudi Arabia has the worst rankings of women's ownership and religious freedom in the Arab World.

This environment of theocratic law and despotism has produced extremism and terrorism. Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States were Saudi nationals. Wahabist schools, theocratic schools funded by Saudi oil money, serve as a breeding ground for terrorist recruitment and the spread of extremist ideologies responsible for such horrific attacks. Furthermore, the extremist views that are perpetuated in Saudi Arabia have led to a new growth in anti-American sentiment in the country.

The ideologies that the Saudi government purports are fully contrary to American policy and ideology. The treatment of women in Saudi Arabia is horrendous and contrary to American ideologies of equality and freedom to all. Moreover, the intolerance of religion is incompatible with the principles established by the United States' founding fathers of the disjunction of church and state and the freedom of religion.

While diplomatic pressure from abroad has resulted in some turn in Saudi Arabia, sufficient and expansive reforms are absent and much needed. Decreasing our confidence on Saudi oil, and oil in general, will end our keep of extremism and the theocratic and despotic government that has created terrorism by lowering oil prices and thereby lowering Saudi revenue. according to the 9/11 Commission Report, the Saudi-American relationship must be a "relationship about more than oil. It should include a commitment to political and economic reform...It should include a shared interest in greater tolerance and cultural respect".

The Case for Less Oil

"Thinking about how to alter our energy consumption patters to bring down the price of oil is no longer a easy hobby for high-minded environmentalists or some personal virtue. It is now a national security imperative". -Thomas Friedman

It can be said that being a responsible consumer must not stop at the purchase of soft drinks, but it must expand to every business or state whose products we purchase. While Dubai used oil money to develop, its undemocratic practices and inhumane actions and must not be condoned. Likewise, we must stop our keep for Saudi Arabia's government; a government which breeds terrorism, oppresses its women and minorities, and fosters autocratic and theocratic rule.

Although a decrease in oil revenue did not directly turn Bahrain politically, in Dubai, oil money seemed to be certainly used for economic development. But development came at the cost of democracy, slave-like labor conditions, and a patrimony of prostitution and child slavery. Saudi Arabia's theocratic and autocratic government proves to be a troubling example of a suited state with a tradition of repression and intolerance. Our keep of the inhumane and undemocratic policies of these states must end straight through a decrease in the confidence on oil imports.

The Rentier State principles makes the case for the end of autocratic petrol states straight through the decreased dependency on "the resource curse." As Thomas Friedman stated, "Although we cannot affect the provide of oil in any country, we can affect the global price of oil by altering the amounts and types of energy we consume". While Saudi Arabia and many other tyrannical and oil-rich states may have petroleum reserves that will last for decades, the world, especially the American people, can instate turn by relying less on oil, thereby decreasing its price. This will lead to petrol states relying less on natural resources and finding more to their habitancy for support, thereby encouraging representation and a government that answers to its people. But one must also note that the example of Bahrain and Dubai showed that waning oil supplies did not lead to political liberalization, but rather it led to economic diversification. These states began relying on other sources of revenue, such as business, tourism, and foreign labor, not necessarily its people, thereby weakening the occasion for a democratic movement to arise.

While Americans and the rest of the advanced world may benefit from the conveniences of using oil to power our lifestyles, it is at the price of the victims of the petrol states: their own oppressed citizens and even their customers, who are the victims of the terrorism created by the extremism of these states. As responsible consumers, we must be wary of where our products come from; oil is no exception. We must end our keep of the undemocratic, hate-mongering, and laberious petrol states. While we cannot be definite that the Rentier State principles can be applied to Saudi Arabia, by using less oil, we end the keep of its government and achieve a symbolic and strategic victory. straight through an sufficient energy policy, including researching new technologies and conservation, achieving this victory can come to be a reality.

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The Middle East Is Shaken Not Stirred - But the Suspenseful Audience Awaits

Starting at the beginning of 2011 we watched protesters, rioters, and demonstrations throughout the Middle East. The protesters took down the government of Tunisia, Egypt, and by February 20 there had been riots in protest in Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, Jordan, Syria, Algeria, and even civil unrest in Saudi Arabia. In fact it had also spread to even someone else continent - South America where there were riots and protests in Venezuela, and Bolivia.

Indeed, there was a very telling report in the Wall street Journal the other day, front page unquestionably titled "Fall of Mubarak Shakes Middle East - Army Takes control as President Yields to Furious Protests; Region Astir as Second Arab Leader Is Toppled in Two Months" by Charles Levinson, Margaret Coker, and Matt Bradley in Cairo, and Adam Entous in Washington published on February 12, 2011.

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The titled suggests that there will be more to follow, or other Arab nations will have to get behind freedom, democracy, liberty, and their habitancy quick-like. I'd concur with that assessment, although you should read the report to get a sense of their insider views on things. In fact, on February 22, 2011 the Arab league of Nations called an accident summit. The United Nations also called an accident summit.

And you can bet the agency of Defense of the United States of America the most considerable nation ever created in the history of mankind, is also on high alert. And on February 22, 2011 we learned that Qaddafi of Libya had ordered his Air Force to fire on protesting Libyans. If you ask any habitancy in the United States, they'd probably say that the United States Air Force should shoot down any planes that were firing on their civilians. It's hard to say what the United States will do, but something has to be done.

One demand now has to be asked, how many more Arab nations will fall, and how will this sway their economies, unemployment, inflation, and food shortages going forward. And how will this sway the rest of the world, as the Arab nations stop their oil supply shipments, or the workers in those countries go on strike, slowing the flow of oil? As of February 21, 2011 oil shot up to 5 per barrel. There is a lot of tension in the world, and things do not seem to be easing.

Some recommend that there is a lot of spy games going on behind the scenes, and they are using the protesters to their own avail. Yes, the Middle East is shaken, not stirred. unquestionably I hope you'll please consider all this.

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The Ongoing War in Libya - Why the No Fly Zone Is a Bad Idea

I normally don't touch on International Relations and Politics, because it is a whole new ball game. Also there is a lot at stake in this war, and it would be extremely one-sided for me to comment from all the way from South East Asia. So if I have any comments about this commentary, I would be more than willing to learn from it.

It seems to me that Us President Barack Obama may be the only Nobel Prize Peace recipient to have started a war against someone else country. Of policy the reason that is given to the community is that they want to prevent a gigantic genocide from taking place.

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And what about neighbouring Bahrain and Yemen? Is it because there are Us forces assets in these countries? Is it because somehow, they will sort out the trouble themselves. Or is there something more sinister like material assets in Libya that is thoughprovoking sufficient for intervention. And what about North Korea's incessant bullying of South Korea? Why is it located by sending an ex-president there for talks? Why can't the same be done for Libya? With negotiations?

No-Fly Zone is a No Go Policy
Now, Aerial Supremacy alone, will not win the war. Lessons from Kosovo & Bosnia should have taught the Un forces that Ground forces are still needed to ensure that peace reigns. Any way in terms of monetary-wise, it may not be feasible for a Us led Un Ground Force to enter Libya. Fighting the war in Afghanistan and Iraq has already strained the Us economy. Her allies like Britain are still trying to convince her people back home about the Iraqi war.

Arming the Rebels is a No Go Policy
Sending covert teams into Libya to palpate the Libyan ground rebels may not be a good idea. Similarly, equipping Libyan ground rebels with weapons is also not a good idea.

Remember Osama bin laden? Remember how the Us equipped his rag-tag force back then against the Russians? In fact, some opponents of equipping the rebels, worry about the political leanings of some fighters, especially since Nato's top commander Admiral James Stavridis said on Tuesday that while most rebels were "responsible," some showed "flickers" of Al-Qaeda or Hezbollah sympathies. These countries have a separate sense of the term "democracy". What the west sees as democratic, the countries in middle east see it as something deviant or euphemistically, different. So while the ground rebels cry for help, equipping them with weapons from the Un, will send a wrong message.

And that message is that peace is obtained by more force. And what happens when the Un forces are in? They get stuck there in a messy quagmire, because they are needed to build the country like in the case of Iraq.

There is no doubt that the current Libyan leader, Gaddaffi, is a mad ruler. To fight him head on is like fighting your shadow -- Pointless. And fighting a shadow war now in Libya will only force the mad ruler to bite back, and with more casualties.

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Real Estate investment by Foreign Nationals - Uh oh?

So inspiration hit me in Montreal this weekend after some drinks. It wasn't the alcohols effects that caused it (I swear!!!), but the not so amazing cost.

When I went to school in Burlington Vt ('97-'01), my friends would frequent Montreal for numerous reasons. A few that come to mind were the gorgeous landscape (a.k.a. Strip clubs), the drinking age of 18, and the fact that they could go out to eat, get surf and turf, appetizers, and drinks for American.

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Not so anymore..... The same principle without fail effects peoples purchasing decisions in most realms, Real Estate included. I found an involving description http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/05/29/realestate/29lizo.html?ex=1154059200&en=399b29e55613ce54&ei=5070 titled "Who Needs the Riviera", that focused on a small group of Europeans taking benefit of their strong Euro in the American Real Estate market. The description also indicated that it wasn't necessarily a small group of Europeans settling in the area.

The current replacement rates are not just favoring those with a strong Euro versus the Dollar, any way it also appears to be fueling some currency venture straight through housing. other description [http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/business/15045250.htm] "South Korean cash flows into U.S. Real estate" shows a excellent example of the mental behind the speculation.

"They (wealthy Koreans) are betting that the U.S. Dollar will strengthen, causing the value of their U.S. Holdings to appreciate when converted into Korean currency, and that even slower home-price appreciation in the U.S. Will continue to beat returns in Korea, where high taxes on real-estate profits discourage speculation."

With interest rates on the rise, I think that their guess that the Us dollar will strengthen, is a very educated guess.

So is this a good thing or not? Well it depends on who you are.

If you're a homeowner worried about the value of your home in an uncertain market, this should ease some of your stress. Foreign venture can be a great thing for homeowners in a obvious area. The growth in interrogate and foreign money to an area that did not have it prior, will verily help increase/sustain asset values of other homes nearby the area.

For those of you still renting waiting for just the right time......If you're going to be in the same area for a few years, and you have good credit, the best time is now.

And for potential investors just waiting nearby for the bubble to pop and great deals to start popping up from people who overextended themselves, it appears as though you might have some foreign competition on some of those purchases.

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F1 Season relate With Brazilian Gp

What a great way to end this recipe One season. This season will go down to the history books as one of the most remembered season in the 57 years of F1 history.

When we idea that the fairy tale story of Lewis Hamilton will come true it just didn't happen. His inability to win the title this year taught me one thing that its not all about talent or having the best thing in life. Its all about luck.

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Yes. Kimi Raikkonen had the best of luck in this race and that's why he is the World Champion. Also not to forget the great teamwork of Ferrari. Mclaren lost everything just because the people of the team was busy in fighting with each other.

Felipe Massa took pole in qualifying followed by Lewis, Kimi & Alonso. But the script was still not completed until the race day. When the race started both the Ferrari's had a good start Massa precisely went ahead but Lewis was not only overtaken by Kimi but even Alonso made a move and was able to pass him. Lewis tried to fight back but lost momentum in the second angle when he braked late and went out of the track but he rejoined the race again in 8th position and when we idea we are going to see Lewis magic his World championships hopes where marred by a gear shift problem. Ten cars went past him in that time of the race and he went down to 18th. Mclaren had to convert their strategy and Lewis had a 3 pit stop strategy and that costed him the championship.

In the middle part of the race we saw the genius brain of Ferrari's Ceo John Todt working. He handled the situation very well. He worked on well with his team that fetched Raikkonen the World championship of this year.

Lewis fulfilled, in 7th position and his teammate Alonso in 3rd where Raikkonen won the World Championship with 110.Just a particular point ahead of Lewis & Alonso who where tied with 109 points but Lewis became the runner-up just because he had five 2nd position finish than that of the spaniard's four. It has happened in the past that when two teammates like Ruetamann & Alan Jones fought hard Nelson Piquet clinched the world title, when Mansell & Piquet fought hard then Alain Prost took the championship & it happened again.

The tyre grainning was a major concern this weekend but the Ferrari's simply did a great job to clinch all the titles this year. I salute the Ferrari for their great teamwork. Well that's why Ferrari won the titles for 5 consecutive years in the past. It simply shows that how good they are as a team. They effect the uncomplicated system of having a distinctive driver 1 as they had in the great Micheal Schumacher.

In the end I feel bad for Lewis but he didn't had the luck and Kimi had it. But someday luck would also favour Lewis and needs to wait for that.

Season Review

1)Ferrari: They started with a bang and even fulfilled, it with an explosion. At the end of the season 2006, their great driver Micheal Schumacher retired from the game. The technical genius Ross Brawn also decided to leave and they went on to have a convert in their management. John Todt was promoted to the position of Ceo and Stephano Domencaeli the old team manager became the Head of the F1 team.

They won the season opener in Australia courtesy Kimi Raikkonen followed by Massa winning it in Spain & Bahrain. They lost a lot of momentum in the middle part of the season due to their unreliable machinery but with spygate scandal and all the controversy surrounding them & Mclaren put them in an advantageous position and as Mclaren where stripped of this year's championship they became the constructors champion. In the end it was down to the drivers to accomplish in the track to clinch the Drivers title and Kimi Raikkonen with six wins and an consistent operation did the job for himself & his team.Also not to forget the supporting role played by Felipe Massa. Massa seems to come up a long way.He may not be have same natural talent like the Kimi's, Lewis's & Alonso's but still he is a man to watch out for next season.

2)Mclaren: The best car, the best drivers but the end effect is nothing. Why? Blame it on the team, blame it on Fernando Alonso. They had the most dependable engine,they had the best of the setup but they lost it all over spygate scandal where Fia & its Wmsc was not even able to prove that the team cheated or not. Just with the E-mail that the drivers exchanged the team was expensed guilty. I feel bad for Hamilton. After all the hard work he did after all those odds that he overcame he just lost it due to an on going fight inside his team. Mclaren, I would also say is a bad strateigist. Lewis could have precisely won the championship in China but with all the tyre question and the late call by the team costed it all for the young british rookie. But still Lewis should be congratulated for whatever he did this year. As a Rookie when you start your work with a car like spyker then you have less tention coz you know its not the best of the car in the grid and even if you try hard you are not going to get into points. But when you are driving a Mclaren you know you need to accomplish well as all are seeing at you.The so called Driver 1 Mr.Alonso must rethink how he wants to play the game. Coz his cry child approach towards the World Championship did no great things for him.It may be possible that he move to Renault next year after what has happened between the team & him where he even try to blackmail Ron Dennis.

3)Bmw Sauber: I would love to congratulate Dr. Mario Theissen & the team for doing such a good job. They are working as a great team and their drivers Nick Heidfeld & Robert Kubica has done a extremely good job.They knew there limitation and they have performed pretty well within that limitation.Only four race retirements along with the huge crash of Kubica in Montreal. So three cheers for Bmw.

4)Williams: A pretty good season. They also had itsybitsy resources but they also performed well. Alex Wurz recorded the best finish for them in this season in Montreal finishing 3rd .Nico Rosberg seems to have developed a lot and in near future I believe he is going to make it big like his father Keke. If Alonso leaves then Nico will be my ideal replacement in team Mclaren.

5)Renault: After winning the back to championship no one would have idea that there operation would go down like this. The setup of their car was so bad they didn't got the permissible balance. Giancarlo Fisichella had a poor season in the cockpit. But their driver no.2 Heikki Kovaleinien, old World series Champion did a great job and even fulfilled, second in the tricky conditions in Fuji speedway.They can take only one obvious thing from this season and that is their dependable machinery.I don't remember any race retirements due to a mechanical failure.

6)Red Bull:Well they struggled throughout the season with their gear box technology (Zero shift).But still with an contact team of Adrian Newey(Chief Designer), David Coulthard & Mark Webber they still posted some good finishes and even Webber fulfilled, 3rd in Nurburgring.

7)Toyota:Tim Scott,the editor of F1 racing Magazine was telling in the criticism booth while the race in turkey that the actual supervision of Toyota is based on Japan and the workshop is based on Colonge. So until & unless the bosses from Japan take any decisions the people of cologne can't work. In one word the engineers cant work independently and that's why they are lacking.They had the most awful setup this season. Ralf Schumacher strugglrd straight through out this season and also left it in the end. Jarno Trulli still seems to administrate a good operation then his teammate.

8)Honda:Well nothing much to article about this team coz they came up as an independent team this year after breaking their tie up with Brackleys and even they where without a sponsor.They didn't had the pace,they didn't had the setup everything seems to have gone wrong for them. Jenson Button was superb in three races. Nurburgring, Monza & Japan.Driver2 Rubens didn't scored any points this
year.

9)Torro Rosso: Well nothing much to report. Only I would like to thank them for giving
a occasion to Sebastian Vettel. What an eventful season he had.Raced in the Us gp for Bmw as replacement for Kubica who was adviced by the physician to rest due to the heavy emergency he had in Montreal. Vettel powerful well in 6th and fulfilled, 8th.Then in Japan in Torro Rosso he was doing well under the wet conditions until he got crashed out after colliding with Red Bull's Mark Webber. But he came back strong & fulfilled, 5th in China again a rain interrupted race. Vitantonio Luizzi was also quite ok but he has thrown away many races and that's why he will be supplanted by the 4 time Champ car champion Sebastian Bourdais who will be joining soldiery with Vettel. Also not to forget Scott Speed who was asked to leave as his operation was not up to the mark.

10)Super Aguri: The team powered by Honda engines did performed well in the middle season with Sato scoring at Spain & Canada. They even seemed to accomplish good than Honda until the latter surpassed them in Japan.

11) Spyker: Lastly the team that every Indian would like to talk about. The team doesn't seems to have a great operation until Adrian Sutil fulfilled, 12th in Belgium and even scored a point in Japan. After Luizzi was disqualified. Sutil had a decent rookie season.

Albers was said to leave the team after his prime sponsor was not able to pay the sponsorship money. Albers was supplanted by Markus Winkelhock who lead his first grandprix in rain interrupted Nurburgring. Sakon Yamamoto of Japan was appointed as Driver2 for the last six races and even he failed to perform. The big news is that the team is now owned by Indian Businessman Vijay Mallya & Micheal Mol. It costed them 88 million euros.But still Indian can rejoice for having a team like this. The team would be called Force India F1 team after the name was officially popular ,favorite by Fia & other F1 teams.The driver line-up for next season probably would be Ralf Schumacher & Narain Karthikeyan.

So that's the end of this year. Lets hope that next year we will have an an additional one provocative season like this but I hope it will be without an additional one spuygate scandal and I also hope to see a race uner flood lights & some great fights in the track again.Especially Alonso vs Hamilton. Till then Ciao.

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mobile Phone - What to Do If Your mobile is Lost Or Stolen

A sad but true fact is that movable phone theft is on the growth and it could happen to you regardless of where you live.

In the Uk, more than 1 million websites were stolen while last year. In the same time period, more than 1 millions were also lost. When it comes to damage of mobiles 200,000 were sent through the washer, 400,000 were sent plummeting into a drink, and a whopping 600,000 mobiles were flushed down the toilet.

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If you then add to that fact that more than 15,000 were left on buses or tube trains, these are not salutary numbers. Of course, the most you can do about damage is replace your movable and hope that you have some sort of assurance protection. However, when you lose your phone, someone may just find it and be nice enough to keep it for themselves which could lead to high bills and money out of your pocket.

Two simple steps if your movable goes missing?

Step 1 - narrative it to the Police as soon as inherent and ask for a crime reference number. This will help you if you need to make an assurance claim at a later date.

Step 2 - warn your phone provider and let them know what has happened as they can block your phone from production any further calls approximately immediately. Ask them to to block both your Sim and handset. At the same time, if your movable phone is equipped with a Gps system, they may be able to help the police find the mobile. To find the right whole for your network, call the Immobilize information line on 08701 123 123.

Protecting your movable

There are some steps you can take to make your movable phone more secure, together with holding your phone out of sight when not in use and using the phone's security features such as your phone lock and Pin whole access. These features may stop population production unauthorized calls using your phone or Sim.

It is easy for your phone to "go walkabout" if you have a habit of putting it down on a pub table, or shop counter - so take extra care when you are out and about.

Keeping quiet - there are times when it is best to have your movable on silent or switched to vibrate as beloved ring tones admittedly alert a thief to the latest phone model you might be carrying in your pocket. Busy places such as tube stations, markets or sporting venues supply ideal places for thieves to disappear into a crowd so you should also consider silencing your phones in these areas. Thieves tend to be opportunistic so don't make yourself an easy target.

The Uk government runs a service called the National movable Phone Register which allows anything to register their movable phone (and other items of property) through their Immobilise.com website. Immobilise is a free service that allows you to narrative the details of as many of your possessions as you wish on a secure, offsite inventory. If you wish you can upgrade your free account and add photographs and certificates of ownership. The register is used by the Police and other authorities to trace stolen and lost asset so it should be high on your list when your purchase a new phone. You will need your Imei whole or serial whole which can be retrieved from any type of handset by keying in *#06# or alternatively take off the back cover and you will find your Imei under the battery.

Simple security tips to keep your phone safe

- Never leave your phone unattended in your car

- Never put it down in a group place or leave it unattended - keep your movable on you

- Keep your phone out of sight

- Be aware of your surroundings when using your phone, who's watching you?

- Avoid using your phone in busy places such as railway stations and other group vehicle locations.

- Switch your phone to silent in circumstances where a ring tone might attract the attentiveness of a thief

- Make use of your mobile's security features

- Register your phone for free at http://www.immobilise.com

- warn Police immediately, and ask you service provider to block both you Sim and handset in the event of loss or theft

- Never give your movable phone to strangers who ask to use, look at or borrow it.

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Unethical company Practices

Bad press and lawsuits are things that every firm owner fears. Bad press can ruin your reputation, as well as your business, and lawsuits can bankrupt you. The easiest way to avoid both of these situations is to avoid unethical firm practices. There are very easy ways to avoid unethical firm practices.

First, cleave to the old standby that honesty is the best policy. Be honest in all of your firm dealings, either it concerns vendors, customers, or employees. This also means that you need to use honesty when reporting wage and expenses, when paying employees and vendors, and when disclosing information to customers.

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When you are faced with a complaint, either that complaint comes from a customer, a vendor, an employee, or the community, the complaint needs to be dealt with head on. Burying your head in the sand, and hoping that the question will go away will only serve to make the situation worse, and because you are responsible, this isn't the ethical way to deal with problems. Never try to spin your own version of the truth to make the question not look as bad as it verily is. This will only damage your reputation in the long run.

When many companies are using unethical firm practices, instead of trying to strict the problem, they try to cover it up. They will even go as far as paying loads of money on advertising and public relations to try to hide the problems at hand. Again, this is an unethical firm practice, and it should be avoided. When mistakes are made, address them clearly, apologize, do better, and move on. The community as a whole will respect you a great deal more for this than they will if you do nothing, or try to hide a problem, only to be found out later.

Ethical firm issues often arise that have small to do with the workplace, but a great deal to do with the goods that is being sold. It could be that there are dangers with the goods that were only recently discovered. If you are practicing ethical business, you will post the public about these dangers, and depending on the extent of the danger, you may need to recall the goods - even if it means losing some money, and losing some firm in the future. Recall the goods and fix the problem, and you will avoid a loss of your reputation, as well as lawsuits. When you recall a product, you get press, but because you took the appropriate ethical action, it isn't thought about to be bad press.

Placing blame is an additional one issue. When problems occur, it seems that a businesses first instinct is to look for someone to blame, instead of taking accountability for the question themselves. Not only is this unethical, it is approximately childish in nature, and it does small to instill trust in the public, in employees, or in vendors. If the issue arose because of a mistake that an employee made, depending on the seriousness of the problem, the employee may be fired, but it is unethical for the firm to name that employee. In the public's eyes, it is the firm that made a mistake, and not an employee.

Again, there are many unethical firm practices that crop up in the firm world on a day-to-day basis. For your singular business, it is foremost to enduringly monitor yourself and your employees to ensure that you are operating above board, and that unethical firm practices are dealt with immediately, in the best potential way.

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Libya and Rest of the Middle East crisis May Push Oil Beyond report Levels

The pro-democracy revolution in Egypt had only a diminutive impact on the markets, given its tiny role as an oil exporter. From the transport point of view as well, Suez Canal has allowed the traffic (>5% of total traffic) so far. However, the case of Libya is separate - it the first time since the revolt broke out in Tunisia that the impact of sagging oil supply is being felt.

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The crude prices in the international shop have already started to feel the heat, almost repeating their 2008 recession rally. On February 25, 2011, U.S. Oil prices touched 3 per barrel, before plunging to the following day. The London Brent for April delivery shot up to 3.91 per barrel on Thursday. The wider concerns review to the cumulative effects of the Jasmine Revolution on the fuel production and supplies. This is particularly true for the already unwell world economy, where most of the nations are still struggling with the aftermath of the sub-prime crisis. Any fresh spike in the fuel prices is likely to give a severe blow to the economic recovery. Meanwhile, the market-watcher haves come up with some rather grim forecasts, expecting a additional rise to 5-0 per barrel in the short-term. If the crisis escalates further, the shop may eye historical highs of around 0 per barrel!

Problem Areas

The fancy why the Jasmine Revolution is so mighty is that it bolsters the coarse request for democracy in a whole of countries, along with some of the Opec members. Tunisia was the first affected nation and the internet helped the stir spread, in a matter of days, to other dictatorial and communist regimes - China, Gabon, Libya, Bahrain, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Iran and others. The Governments are working hard at controlling the responsible websites and forums to prevent the protestors from coordinating the movement any further. In Libya, Gaddafi has gone a step ahead, deploying the forces and resorting to state-sponsored violence. The Government quarters have threatened to destroy some key oil wells and other supply lines, a move that may cause irreversible damage to the Libyan economy.

The safe bet Side

The brutal reaction from the Gaddafi-led government has invited attentiveness from the international community. The U.N. Is planning sanctions against the country, while Uk and France may enforce arms embargo. Nato has also taken cognizance in the matter and most of the nations are against Gaddafi. If the international pressure forces the Dictator to quit, peace may ultimately be restored and Libyan oil exports may be resumed. The major economies have already stocked excess fuel to meet contingencies and the other Opec nations are planning to ramp up their domestic production, in case the situation worsens. Further, Libya is a big crude exporter, yet it constitutes less than 1% of the global volumes. The transportation straight through the Suez Canal is also not under any immediate threat.

Though such crisis measures may check the soaring oil for the time being, the volatility will continue unless the revolt reaches its destination, whatever it may be!

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The Afghan-Pakistan Border in 1980

As I read of soldiers killed in Afghanistan and President Obama's dilemma regarding an ongoing procedure for American action, the rational pros and cons slip away as I remember a day on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan in 1980.
I was teaching in Bahrain and a visit to Pakistan offered a favorable destination for Christmas vacation. Adding interest was the news which seethed with accounts of Soviet attacks on Afghan villages and the plight of refugees. Pakistan, with financial help from oil-rich Arab countries and the United States, was setting up refugee camps on the plains below the Torkham crossing in the middle of those two countries. I wanted to do more than read the newspapers-I wanted to see for myself. My husband had a car in Pakistan and we set out for the border.

We drove across the plains of Punjab, past the thousands of refugee tents, until we reached Peshawar which fit my image of a town on the raw and violent American frontier. Very different dress, of course, but the same ubiquitous guns, small blacksmith shops, horses and wagons (along with many pickup trucks for a contemporary touch), and streets crowded with an often bearded, rough-looking male population.

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We did not linger there, both because of our time limits and the ordinarily inhospitable atmosphere, but set out on the Kyber Pass to Afghanistan. This part of the trip brought back all the images from books on British expeditions that fell to ambushes on this narrow path in the middle of overlooking mountains. Finding occasional small observation posts or forts high on the hills, I could dream the chill of foreboding British troops must have felt as they moved forward.

When we arrived at the border in the middle of Pakistan and Afghanistan late that morning, I met with a scene of chaos. A small guard post containing a Pakistani soldier marked each side of a dirt path about the width of a two lane road. The soldiers were casually smoking while they talked to Pakistani pickup drivers arriving from the refugee camps and seemed oblivious to the steady throng of citizen entering their country from Afghanistan. The Afghan terrain sloped beyond the post, and I saw an unbroken line of humanity stretching for miles. No vehicles, no horses, no wagons-only citizen walking.

As they approached and crossed the border, I saw practically all were women with small children. Their faces had a blank look of greatest exhaustion as if they had concentrated plainly on curious transmit mile after mile for hours. I was particularly struck by one house group: a young woman carrying a baby while two young children clung onto her tunic. She was one of few accompanied by her husband who carried a toddler. When I raised my camera to take their picture, the man shouted at me, so I plainly watched as he negotiated with a pickup driver on the charge for driving the house down to the refugee camps.

When an agreement was reached, the pickup, loaded with this house and several others, started down the pass. After boosting his house up into the truck, the man turned and walked into Afghanistan without Finding back.

I watched this human drama for several hours, struggling to grasp of conception of a non-existent border. Finally the temptation was too much and I walked past the guard and into Afghanistan. I had walked perhaps fifteen feet when I heard the guard shouting and turned. I didn't need a translator to know that he was telling me to come back, but to be sure I obeyed, he turned to my husband and shouted at him. So I came back, and my venture into that war-torn nation ended.

I have carried the memory of that day for the decades since. I can still see, in memory, the faces marked by suffering beyond tears, beyond fear of whatever lay behind them, focused only on survival and safety for their children. I am burdened with the knowledge that this was only a few hours of one day, and that the suffering has prolonged day after day for thirty years.

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capability Inspection in China - Like learning a New Language?

It's one of the hardest aspects of doing company in China for companies who are finding to outsource their production, studying the language. English is not widely spoken in the country; in fact estimates give China the bottom level of functional literacy of any country in the world when it comes to English.

Mandarin Chinese is most commonly spoken in China, with Cantonese advent a distant 2nd. So studying Mandarin would seem sensible, until you consider that much of the country's manufacturing heartland is based around Guangzhou and in that region Cantonese is the celebrated tongue, though not in Shenzhen only an hour away and closer to Hong Kong (where Cantonese is the standard).

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Sadly though even if you do learn to speak both languages you're going to find that capability concepts aren't common in China, in most cases your new facility won't have heard of Kaizen, Total capability administration (Tqm), Six Sigma, Iso, or Ce marking and if they have, their understanding of the ideas will likely leave a lot to be desired.

The Chinese collective aren't particularly bothered about capability when it comes to their own purchasing decisions, despite the "economic boom" that has catapulted their nation to the status of the world's second largest economy. The ground level photograph is very different to the headlines. A salary of around 0 Us dollars a month is adequate to enable you to join the middle class, but it's not adequate to leave much in the way of disposable income.

In truth China has the least affordable housing market in the world when you collate asset prices to wages, and the median Chinese house will spend around 90% of their income on buying their house on a mortgage, paying transport costs to their work place and feeding themselves and outside utilities bills.

This means that the exiguous disposable slice of their salaries has to stretch as far as possible, which has led to the local buyer becoming obsessed with cost at the cost of whatever else. As long as something is fit for purpose for now, it doesn't matter about tomorrow.

Which presents a qoute for Western companies outsourcing to the country, their customers do care if goods last, they do care if they are made to an ethical appropriate and there will be gigantic collective outcry if a lack of care leads to a risky stock resulting in a recall or worse personal injury or even death.

Which means that while you may not need to learn the language, after all most businesses rely on a local translation service which provides an examiner and ensures documentation is understood by both parties to any agreement, you may well need to teach your provider the language of quality.

When you begin outsourcing it's worth spending some time working out your objectives, which should not be exiguous to; "saving money". Your customers want to save money but they don't want to save money at the cost of their safety or the capability of the environment nor do they want their products to be made by children working for 10 cents a day.

You need to be very clear about your client's requirements prior to starting any negotiation; you must be able to say in fact what it is that matters to your end users.

When you begin to draw up an trade with a provider again you should not focus solely on price, after all it's cheaper to build a stock with no standards for raw materials (the facility can change their sources at a whim without letting you know about the corresponding drop in quality) and no capability inspection procedures in place, than it is to make products that are fully assured to meet your exacting requirements.

You should work with your provider to build capability checklists and process documentation for production, for packaging and for materials and any other requirements you may have. All of this documentation should be bi-lingual (English plus the local Chinese dialect) as clear and easy to way as inherent ideally with diagrams explaining any involved points (literacy rates vary among Chinese workers greatly - your guides may be phenomenal but if they aren't understood by those doing the work, they still aren't much use to you).

You also need to build in some form of auditing and inspection regime, the local "face" culture may mean that your facility will tell you they understand your demands when they do not, or may agree to your demands with no intention of following them (it's hard for population to say "no") or they may implement them and then fast or moderately start to cut corners or move away from processes whether accidentally or by design.

Many companies do all this work themselves, it can be time sharp but in the end it assures their customers that their brand can be relied upon. Other outsourcers work with a local company specialising in quality, with both local and Western staff who can make sure that all transportation is clear and standards are ensured. Whichever way you select to go remember that capability Inspection in China is not an elective route, at least until the country learns the language of capability anyway.

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Panicked Buyers to Drive Molybdenum Price and Moly Stocks Higher

There is presently a growing panic among molybdenum traders. From our sources, it appears reduced inventories have been overpowered by rushing demand for the silvery-white 'energy metal.' On the day before the Ryan's Notes metals conference at the New York Athletic Club on Tuesday, our sources told us moly traders are sweating, scrambling to find inventory. One told us, " per pound molybdenum is a heartbeat away." This would represent an increase of nearly 50 percent from gift pricing.

How did this tightly controlled, somewhat secretive and fulfilled, market get out of control?

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Record nickel prices are one of the key drivers. Scarce inventory has forced ThyssenKrupp Ag, the world's largest stainless steel manufacturer, to start reducing the company's use of nickel. Added cuts are being contemplated.

Finnish austenitic supplier Outokumpu plans to increase production of ferritic stainless steels. Ferritic steels continue to use molybdenum, but are nickel-free. Outokumpu recently released a low-alloyed duplex stainless steel, trademarked Ldx2101, with low nickel content, but balanced with manganese, nitrogen and molybdenum. Allegheny Ludlum began campaigning for greater manganese use earlier this year in stainless steel products.

According to the International Stainless Steel Forum, the fastest growing type of stainless are those grades absent the nickel content, or with lesser nickel in the composition.

In yesterday's article, we covered the soaring substitution of super-ferritic stainless steels for copper-nickel and austenitic condenser tubes in nuclear reactors, coal-fired power plants and other power plants.

Plymouth Tube general boss Dan Janikowski told us, "This year, at the pace we are going, we will sell more of this tubing than we've ever sold before. We are working at a report pace." He was referring to the high chromium, low nickel stainless steel tube called Uns #S44660, which contains 3.7 percent molybdenum.

The S44660 tubing is presently used in Lake Maracaibo's Pdvsa collection towers (Venezuela) and in the U.S. Government's Strategic Petroleum reserves for cooling gas and/or crude when utilizing sea or brackish waters.

This week, Janikowski meets with general galvanic to discuss plans for reactor condenser tubing for nuclear power plants to be constructed for Entergy and Dominion. Recently, his company won the contractor to furnish tubing to China's Qinshan #2 reactor. He estimated condenser tubing for new power plants can range between 35,000 and 41,000 pounds of molybdenum.

Our study shows there could be more than 1,000 power plants constructed colse to the world over the next decade. This quantity of molybdenum consumption alone would represent about one year's of current mining production. China is reportedly constructing between one and two power plants per week.

According to Janikowski and Edward Blessman, technical director of Trent Tube, the major company with respect to the North American power plant market comes from re-tubing worn-out or eroded copper-nickel tubes in the plant's steam condensers. These come in the form of life extensions for both nuclear and fossil fuel plants. "Two-thirds of our performance is in re-tubing existing plants," Blessman told us. "Scarcity of water is driving the re-tubing."

New water rules in Nevada, New York, Missouri, Iowa and Arizona have forced power plants to use treated sewage water as cooling water. Utilities can't get fresh water to use in cooling their plants.

Blessman explained that secondary water, such as waste water, can have elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and chloride. These chemicals punish copper-nickel tubing. The highly corrosive water-environment has driven the replacement for super-ferritic stainless steel tubing. Janikowski and Blessman agreed this trend is predicted to accelerate because of lessened water availability.

Nowhere is this scarcity more clear than in the Middle East. They both agreed this region has run out of fresh water and are using sea water or treated waste water in their district cooling and refrigeration.

We spoke with Otto Spork, who had been traveling in Europe. His Toronto-based Sextant Strategic Opportunities Fund was recently ranked the 'best-performing Canadian fund' over the past twelve months with 117-percent returns for that period.

Spork, who had been traveling through the Middle East to promote his recently launched Global Water Fund, confirmed there was no surplus fresh water left in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain or the United Arab Emirates. He called the situation 'desperate." This has driven more countries in this region to compose more desalination plants - other possible key driver for the molybdenum price.

Another key factor driving the molybdenum demand, according to Blessman, is the growing whole of regulations about copper discharges into the environment.

Blessman explained, "Federal limits are one parts per million, which is very easy to meet with copper alloy tubes." But he added, "Localized limits, mostly state driven, could be much more stringent." Blessman pointed to the 12 parts per billion (ppb) extraction limits recently issued for new permits at three Nipsco (Northern Indiana social Service) coal-fired plants which extraction into Lake Michigan. He told us this was reported at the Champaign galvanic Utility Chemistry workshop last month. "I know of other plant here in Wisconsin with 45 ppb limits.

What we didn't realize is the impact of corrosive water on copper-nickel tubing. Janikowski told us, "Condensers weighing 800 thousand pounds at installation weigh about one-half as much because of all the copper discharges over time."

These discharges can ultimately pose a danger and/or downtime while the power plant's operation. In a paper Janikowski presented at an manufactures workshop in 2003, he wrote, "The copper can replate on turbine blades, resulting in loss of efficiency, or on boiler tubes, resulting in premature failures. In some North American regions, high extraction levels have prevented the reuse of copper alloys in power plant heat exchangers."

"Copper-nickel isn't totally out of use, but the high cost and copper issue issues have cut into the whole used," Blessman told us. "My personal evaluation is these are less than 20 percent of the power condenser market these days."

Janikowski agrees, "We know of only one new power plant sited or built in the past ten years in North America using copper-nickel tubing. All of the other new plants have chosen stainless steel or titanium. Some existing power plants are still re-tubing with copper-based tubing but this division is dropping." Because of the high price of titanium and nine-month (or longer) lead times, stainless is outpacing titanium by four to one for such tubing.

The high price of nickel and the far lower price of chromium are driving manufacturers to rely more upon molybdenum for the improved thermal carrying out required in many power-related applications. The crossover to secondary water for cooling power plants demands a high level of corrosion-resistance not found in many replacement metals. Of course, molybdenum is best-known for its anti-corrosive properties.

Investment Opportunities in Molybdenum Companies

At this time, there are less than a full handful of primary molybdenum producers. The majority of molybdenum production comes as a byproduct of copper mining. A year ago, we forecast the rise of primary molybdenum producers. Shares in companies we began exterior a year ago, such as Thompson Creek and expectant producer Roca Mines, have appreciated exponentially.

How much upside is left? This depends more upon the price of molybdenum than any other factors. A year ago, moly companies were kneeling in their prayer boxes, hoping molybdenum would not sink into the teens. Back then, we argued it would go in the opposite direction. manufactures forecasts were less sanguine and suggested we were mistaken.

About eleven months ago, we talked with Michael Magyar, the Usgs molybdenum commodity devotee about pricing of the metal. He explained, "The molybdenum market usually needs about 10 to 12 weeks of inventory for its comfort level." That comes to about 60 to 80 million pounds. "The whole of moly floating colse to right now, in the hands of producers and traders, might be about 10 million pounds." About two weeks of production.

In November 2006, Magyar told us, "There is not adequate excess to rebuild inventories." Clearly, the moly furnish atmosphere got tighter since we began coverage on this space.

In the May 2007 Monthly Stainless Steel report ready by Damstahl®, the company forecast that molybdenum ore furnish is predicted to increase by only 12 percent to 460 million pounds by 2009. The Danish stainless steel constructor wrote, "The market will remain tight for some time." This compares with a statement one trader made to American Metal market magazine in late May, "The demand is there but the furnish isn't."

On May 29th, the furnish got tighter. The recently Ipo'ed Sprott Molybdenum Participation Fund announced the purchase of 600,000 pounds of molybdenum. Eric Sprott, who has been promoting his moly fund in the media, has reached legendary status among Canadians for his prescient investing in the uranium sector three years ago. For example, one of Sprott's beloved uranium companies, vigor Metals Corp, announced on Monday it would be acquired by Uranium One at more than 1000 percent from the level where the fund boss began acquiring the company's shares.

We believe Sprott will repeat his success in the molybdenum market.

This past week, Sprott told Canada's company Television, "Our view is that moly, which at one time touched , could have a very good opportunity of going back there again." He believes inventories have been depleted and that demand has already exceeded supply.

One of the molybdenum companies in which Sprott has invested is Roca Mines. We talked with Scott Broughton, chief menagerial of this company. He agreed with Sprott, "Current demand for concentrates is clearly outpacing supply."

Broughton knows this because his company will be mining and grinding at the Max molybdenum deposit in British Columbia this summer. "We have gotten significant, recent interest from Asian and North American buyers," he told StockInterview. "Those buyers are both end-users and metals brokers desperately seeking off-take, despite the fact that Roca Mines already committed its production for 2007."

Some are not surprised at the molybdenum price's strong rally over the past year. Adanac Molybdenum Corp's menagerial vice chairman Larry Reaugh told us, "I've been watching the moly story unfold since our exploration days in the mid 1990s. The usual market demand will be Added upwardly affected through new usage created by environment, vigor and water requirements in emerging economies in Asia, South America and the Middle East."

Reaugh, who follows the sector like a hawk, believes the molybdenum price will eclipse the former 2005 highs, as early as this summer. (Top-rated fund boss Otto Spork, mentioned earlier in this article, has molybdenum exposure through his fund's investments in Adanac.)

Pioneering moly commentator Ken Reser is overjoyed with recent developments in the market place, but insists, "Moly prices have a fair ways to climb yet as more new uses and realities of molybdenum demand gift themselves." Reser, who also serves as a study consultant to Adanac, believes molybdenum could come to be front page news soon, as we have found in the uranium mining market.

But Reser warns, "Many investors are going to be burned by the rainbow chasers and fly-by-nights." We agree because we've seen the whole of uranium 'mining' companies grow from 30 to more than 400, since we began exterior this space. Most lack the technical expertise or deposits required to launch mining operations.

Nonetheless, we anticipate this growing interest in molybdenum mining companies will continue to attract herds of investors. In a recent article, we ready a 'ratings checklist' for investors to apply when evaluating the smaller, and possibly prospective, molybdenum juniors. As a reference case, we reviewed United Bolero, which met our coverage criteria. For other possibilities, one can delineate StockInterview's Molybdenum Hq.

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Cairo - A absorbing Workplace For Expatriates

Cairo, the largest city in Africa and in the Arab World is the capital of Egypt. truly meaning, 'The Vanquisher', it has long been a cultural and political hub of the region. As the economy of the city develops exponentially, jobs in Cairo are becoming a favorite with those finding for jobs in Middle East.

Be it health, education, transportation, sports, media, entertainment or any other thing, Cairo offers best of all in Egypt. Being one of the mega cities, it is the largest city in Egypt in terms of area, spread over 453 quadrilateral kilometers. Cairo is a busy city that is home to colse to 15 to 20 million people and the people keeps growing as thousands of expatriates keep arrival to the city for work. Jobs in Cairo are in abundance across all fields from banking & finance to medical & healthcare, from marketing & sales to coordinating & controlling and many others. All level jobs for managerial, assistant and menagerial levels are open for well marvelous expatriates in this city placed in Northern Egypt. This vibrant city welcomes people from all parts of the world-Europeans, North Americans, Asians and others.

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A sharp window into the modern Middle East, Cairo is just the right place to know the Arab culture. This city along the River Nile makes you part of a diverse community of expatriates as you get a deeper insight into their culture, lifestyle and laws. Before accepting jobs in Middle East, you must try and seek the region as it is very separate from rest of the world. You should never wait till the time you enter the city as it may lead to a big culture shock especially for Westerners. Undertake a research, join expat communities and forums, read blogs online of people living and working in those places, befriend and develop your network by talking to expatriates there. As well known, personal reference makes it easier to grab a job in any of the Middle Eastern countries. All such actions will help you get a clear insight of the cultural and legal practices followed in the city as well as of the religious tolerance and code of conduct like restrictions linked to dressing, nightlife, etc.

You may be one among the journalists, editors, web designers, teachers, administrators, consultants, lawyers or improvement workers; one thing is for sure that you will be paid very well. This is as clear the major puller for expatriates finding for jobs in Middle East as it makes you financially sound. Not only do you get to save your tax-free salaries as it is but you may also spend them in going colse to the place. Cairo is a marvelous place with numerous museums, shopping areas, churches, mosques, towers, parks, opera houses and many more attractions. Egypt's love for arts since the time of the Pharaohs has made it the Hollywood of Middle East and cultural center of the Arab world. It has fascinated the West for more than 500 years and inspired not only creative talents like play writers, novelists, poets and dramatists but also film makers of Hollywood. Apart from its vital gift to the world of cinema, Egypt has also been the source of origin of Arabic literature. It has been retention International Film Festivals since 1976 and welcoming hundreds of international superstars every year.

With so much to offer, jobs in Cairo are definitely one of the best ones to look in the Middle East. Among the liveliest cities, Cairo is sure to fascinate you with its rich cultural inheritance as well as modern world developments.

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Obama Makes the Arab League Participate!

The President and Secretary of State have done a masterful job of handling the diplomacy important for the Libyan crisis, setting the stage for huge shifts in world affairs. In one stroke they have reset international expectations about the Middle East, and set the world on a policy for a best future.

For Americans watching the Libyan situation play out, it sure would feel good to see rogue Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi swallow a Tomahawk cruise missile as belated retribution and payback for the Pan Am Flight 103 victims. Many of us wish President Ronald Reagan, who was President when the tragedy occurred, had done it. Regretfully for this month's innocent victims in Libya, the President of the United States cannot ignore the potential for chaos in the hereafter of the Middle East, and its implications for the long term protection of the United States.

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Let us reconsider what has been fulfilled, by President Obama's and Secretary of State Clinton's diplomacy:

1) They have forced the Arab League to sass unanimously that there is a point beyond which even Arab peoples cannot stand by and allow the massacre of innocent civilians. By the Arab League vote on March 12, 2011, even the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Bahrain, which are currently in the middle of suppressing dissent in their countries, have had to sass that there is a point beyond which they cannot go, even in the eyes of their fellow Arabs.

2) By insisting on Arab participation in the "no-fly zone" over Libya, President Obama has avoided the canard that America considers itself the policeman of the world. Apparently United Arab Emirates and Qatar troops have agreed to participate in the U.N. Operation in Libya.

3) In his speech of March 18, 2011, President Obama told Arab dissidents that they need to look to themselves for convert in their own countries. It is not uncostly for them to expect the United States to come to their saving without very good reason. Muslims have roundly criticized Americans throughout the world for a decade for intervening in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the face of that criticism, dissidents cannot believe that the United States will save them without establishing their own legitimacy.

As the President rightfully said: "This is just one more episode in the convert that is unfolding across the Middle East and North Africa. From the starting of these protests, we made it clear that we are opposed to violence. We made clear our reserve for a set of universal values, and our reserve for the political and economic convert that the habitancy of the region deserve. But I want to be clear that convert in the region will not and cannot be imposed by the United States or any foreign power. Ultimately, it will be driven by the habitancy of the Arab World. It is their right and their responsibility to determine their own destiny."

4) He allowed President Nicolas Sarkozy to be front and town in the declaration of the actions United Nations troops are taking to impose U.N. protection Council Resolution 1973. This is only standard since the French and Italians have the most to lose from humanitarian crises along the central Mediterranean coast of Africa. Conservative pundits criticized the President for being in Brazil during this time, but by doing that the President is emphasizing the importance of international trade with one of our largest trading partners, while not overshadowing other leaders, who do have much more to lose from an immediate humanitarian crisis. Possibly the fact that the French began the "no-fly zone" over Libya will somehow rehabilitate France as an ally in the eyes of many Americans.

5) President Obama and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice proved that they could avoid vetoes from Russia and China in the U.N. protection Council. This may have been the Obama Administration's greatest achievement, because it shows that even Russia and China must sass that there is confident behavior beyond which the international society will no longer give a free pass to national leaders. Considering light of their histories of repression of their own people, this may well be seen as a turning point in human history.

Yes, the short-term situation in Libya is ugly, and may well be ugly for some weeks to come. I believe that there are back channel efforts to get Mr. Gadhafi out of power quickly. The Libyan military, among many other interests, have to realize that Gadhafi's days are numbered, and that they must go on with their lives and careers after all of this is over. Possibly Gadhafi's own children might like to continue with their own lives.

I have no doubt the President and Secretary of State struggled through many long and sleepless nights over what to do. The pressures from venal politicians, who took it upon themselves to take gratuitous shots against them on national television, must have been difficult to endure. But in the end, I believe that President Obama's and Secretary of State Clinton's diplomacy in this matter will be seen as nothing short of brilliant.

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agreement Gps is Best Found Online Due to Sales and Refurbished Units

When it comes to buying a trade Gps device for the lowest price, going online is your best choice. Not only can you save a lot of time and see many more options and prices, but the potential to buy refurbished Gps devices gives you the potential to get a Gps device for even more of a bargain. In most cases, a refurbished Gps device is as good as new.

Whether you are finding for a refurbished Gps device or a laptop computer, fellowships who sell "made new" items do so with the purpose of making the device as good as new again. They would lose lots of money if returns of refurbished units were common, so making customers happy with these units is their goal. In the realm of Gps, buying a refurbished Gps device is the best way to get a trade on a more expensive Gps unit that had a small premise flaw that wasn't recognized before it was originally shipped to a retailer. Because a constructor cannot mark the fixed item as new, you save on the cost of a "made new" item.

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When at a brick-and-mortar store, unless it is a constructor outlet (e.g. Garmin), the closest you will come to refurbished Gps devices are those that are opened box deals. These ones allow a savings as well, but it's just not the same. Buying your trade Gps online gives you all of the advantages and none of the disadvantages. As long as you understand a few key things. First, going through a trusted online retailer is the only way to go. You know the big names, and they are at the top of the list for a reason. For years they have been giving customers the lowest prices and the best customer service. That is the heart of the online retail world. It's this way because customers can find the best deal. If you want to sell online, you had great be the one with the best deal and the best history of customer happiness.

The selection of trade Gps devices at the major online retailers is the second key thing you should take away from this article. A larger selection of manufacturers, devices, and smaller retailers affords you the potential to get the very best price. When the online retailer is more like an interconnected online mall, competition for your buy means that you will find the lowest price. Whether you want to buy "made new" or brand new, going online for Gps bargains is the recommended way to shop. Window shopping has never been more fun or convenient. Ready to get started? Click here to start your search for trade Gps devices

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My Introduction to the Middle East

I had worked for Natwest Bank in Cardiff for three and a half years and Bournemouth branches for a year and having passed my banking exams, I was ready to find more spicy work and higher pay and started to apply to assorted overseas banks here in Uk. I also wanted to find a way of leaving home as I was dependent on my parents for accommodation. I got an acceptance from The Chartered Bank in London and I abruptly put in my consideration to resign.

In February 1970, I joined my new employer in Bishopsgate London, an international bank, to join their foreign staff, with branches in the Middle East and Far East. I was even provided with accommodation at their hostel in East Molesley and commuted into Bishopsgate from there. I started a series of attachments to assorted Head Office and London departments for familiarization. New starters to the foreign staff ordinarily went to Hong Kong for their first overseas assignment. However, in early April I was working in the telex room and saw an transfer of telexes about a colleague called Bruce (I cannot remember his surname) who was in Hong Kong and had been asked to go to Muscat in Oman but was putting up objections about going. He was obviously having such a great time in Hong Kong that he naturally did not want to go. This sounded ominous as I was the next pupil to hike overseas. In due course, I was summoned by the Staff normal employer to his office to be told I was going to work at a subsidiary, the Eastern Bank in Muscat, Oman in May.

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I was then introduced to the Court of Directors who would authorize my power of attorney to operate on their behalf. We were called Covenanted Officers. I was paid my kit discount and was granted some leave while my visa for Oman was duly obtained. It was then called a No Objection Certificate and was issued in London by the Consulate of Muscat & Oman. This subsequently arrived stamped into my passport together with my air ticket.

In 1970 there were no direct flights to Oman. In fact as I subsequently discovered, the airfield at Bait Al Falaj just exterior the town of Muttrah and about 10 miles from Muscat, could barely take a Bac 1-11, depending on the air temperature. So, it complex a flight leaving from London Heathrow to Bahrain on Saturday 16th May 1970 on a Gulf Air Vc-10 where I stayed over for 3 nights at the Gulf Hotel which enabled me to have some supplementary familiarization in Bahrain and to acclimatise. On Monday 18th May I took the twice weekly Gulf Air Fokker F-27 flight to Muscat via Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. I arrived at Muscat the same day at colse to 4pm and discovered just how hot Oman was in May - 42 C in the shade! What an introduction! I wondered if I had done the right thing!

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Don't Ask Don't Tell policy on Homosexual in forces

The navy has had its own share of controversies over the years. Now, it's the don't ask don't tell course that is development the headlines of major newspapers and news networks all over the world. And it's not just the media conglomerates that are paying attentiveness to this accusation of abuse, it's also human possession activists and family members all wanting to know the truth about what goes on within the confines of the Navy.

Simply put, don't ask, don't tell is a term that refers to the restriction imposed on the United States troops from outing their members who want to keep their sexuality discreet and also at the same time, preventing openly gays from joining the troops service. When this mandate was created, it was so that the military's prestige would be protected from being tarnished by unacceptable gay behavior.

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The don't ask part was directed towards the officers, which essentially disallowed them from conducting any investigations on whether a personnel was gay or lesbian. Unless of course, if that personnel in inquire was exhibiting questionable behavior that affected their troops capabilities, then that would be the only time that he or she would be subjected to investigation. It seemed like a foolproof course that would help protect both camps in the long run, but unfortunately it hasn't worked out that way.

For many years, many ex servicemen have come out with their stories of the rampant abuse they experienced in the hands of the military, but it wasn't until Joseph Rocha came forward that the navy officials and the government started to absolutely notice. Rocha shares that during his brief stint as a dog trainer for the Navy in Bahrain, he has been subjected to long hours of torture and humiliation instigated by his superiors and fellow sailors for being gay.

The don't ask, don't tell course which was supposed to protect him became the main and important calculate for his abuse. Months of emotional and bodily torture ultimately got to him and he decided to ultimately resign from his post, on the grounds of his sexual preference. From then on, his case attracted media attention. And a navy probe as well.

It's no surprise that this course has fueled countless debates on whether gays and lesbians should be allowed into troops service in the first place and if they are absolutely protected by it, considering that a few murders have happened because of this policy. A lot of loopholes and inconsistencies have been discovered in the traditional course that lead to many human possession activists starting to inquire its credibility.

The tension has dramatically escalated that an advocacy assosication was created in order to sustain the thousands of service members that have been discharged because of this policy. To date, navy officials and the pentagon are still in the process of studying the course and finding for ways that the Obama administration will be able to deal with years of abuse and humiliation brought by the don't ask don't tell policy.

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