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Grim Fandango was a game that was critically acclaimed upon its original release in 1998 and today marks the day in which the world of gaming can either experience it all over again or for the first time.
Releasing on PS4, Vita, Pc, Mac, and Linux today (at a price of $14.99), Grin Fandango has not just been touched up but has had many new features added, including;
- Updated visuals-The game now has new advanced lighting and high resolution textures on all the characters. Press the touchpad on PS4, select on Vita, or Z on PC to check out the old visuals.
- Live orchestral score recorded by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- New control options-There are now both camera relative controls and tank controls for gamepad, touch controls for Vita, and point and click on PC.
- Special features-There are director's commentary tracks that can be enabled featuring 14 members of the original team, as well as an in-game concept art browser.
As a fan of Lucas Arts adventure games and the fact that I completely missed this one as a child, I must say I am looking forward to playing this.
Expect a full review for the PSN Version of Grim Fandango later this week. On a final note, we do have a Steam Version of the game that we going to run a giveaway so keep your eyes peeled here and on our Twitter account later on today for more details.

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Updated: December 26, 2018 10:34 PM
ArcelorMittal will become the manager of Hibbing Taconite, effective August 12th. Ownership of the 8-million ton capacity mine remains unchanged, and there are no anticipated changes to production or operating plans.
Longtime manager Cleveland-Cliffs announced back in August they were resigning from the management role. "When Cliffs announced it would tender its resignation as managing partner, we knew that assuming oversight for the operation was the right thing for our business, the Hibbing workers and the Iron Range community," said John Brett, president and CEO of ArcelorMittal USA. "Assuming the role of managing partner demonstrates ArcelorMittal's continued commitment to Hibbing Taconite while ensuring the long-term supply of quality iron ore to our key operations in the United States."
The statement said that over the next eight months, the partners will work to ensure there is an orderly transition of management with the goal of maintaining stability for the Hibbing workforce. Also, the Hibtac owners will continue to honor the terms of the recently ratified labor agreement with the USW.
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I agree that everyone has creativity in them from the time of birth and it is depleted by how our students are schooled ("How creativity gets schooled out of us"; May 24, and "Allow 'childish' imagination to take flight" by Mr Atanu Roy; last Friday).
In Singapore's education system, we are made to excel in our studies by having everything - from mathematical concepts to Chinese characters - drilled into our minds.
Letting a student think about what is being explained in class will allow him to develop a deeper understanding of what is taught.
Thought-based learning can be conducted by letting students find an alternative way to, say, carry out a science experiment or solve a mathematical problem.
If we have more thought-provoking ways of learning, instead of purely memorising, we can help students think out of the box and let their creative juices flow.
Who knows? The next Mark Zuckerberg (co-founder of Facebook) or Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web) may be in our midst.
Christian Wong Kai En, 14,
Secondary 3 student
If you are 21 or below and want to air your opinion on any article or letter in The Straits Times, e-mail your letter to email@example.com, with the header "Voices of Youth". Do include your age, educational level and contact details, and the headline of the article/letter you refer to.


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Title: Really Lancashire: a magazine for the Red Rose County (vol. 1 only)
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The Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Hayden J, sent a letter on 26 November 2019 to other judges of the Court of Protection, reproduced here, in which he noted that:
One of my most surprising discoveries on becoming V.P. was that the Court of Protection did not have a clearly structured system for administration of appeals. The route by which cases came to be heard on appeal was haphazard and inconsistent. Some appeals simply got lost and others took an unconscionable time to reach a hearing.
The letter sets out the internal procedure for appeals, in particular, for appeals from Tier 2 (i.e. Circuit Judges) to Tier 3 (High Court judges).
The Practice Direction governing appeals, PD20A, can be found here.


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Rome becomes the capital of the castanets. From 10 to 20 January, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, the Festival of Spanish dance and flamenco returns, bringing the latest trends in Iberian dance to Italy, starting from its principal popular expression.
The event, now at its second edition, will become a regular annual event. For Roger Salas, artistic director of the Auditorium, this will "make it possible to create more organic programming and show, in detail, the many-faceted current aspects of this art."
The planned shows include the premiere of the Déjà Vu project on Friday 11 January, with Belén Maya on stage, the dancer and choreographer from Seville, and Mayte Martín, the Catalan singer. The following day will see the concert by guitarist Antonia Jiménez with his female ensemble.
Cinema also features with a season providing an overview of the evolution of flamenco and with the big screen featuring icons such as Antonio Ruiz Soler, Carmen Amaya and Antonio Gades.
Sunday 13 January you should not miss the young dancer El Yiyo who, with his brother El Tete, is considered one of the best male flamenco dancers. The day of Thursday 17 January is dedicated to talents under the age of 34 who are bringing fresh vitality to the sector, and on Saturday 19 January, the Jesús Carmona company presents the choreographic show Ímpetu's.
Last but not least, Sunday 20 January, the Falla 3.0 concert of the Camerata Flamenco Project, in which the timeless music of Manual Falla is modernised with great respect and creativity.
In Rome, loves and myths as seen by Ovid
At the Scuderie del Quirinale, until 20 January, an exhibition focusses on the Latin poet who was exiled by Augustus, with masterpieces of ancient art and memorable verse
The Opera di Roma, the new ballet season
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Guys, I seriously feel like Firestone is good at ripping people off. My car fan problem has been fixed but they told us I had a small leak for the anti-freeze. I thought that was strange because the car never gave any indication that was going on. No light, no hot air (except for when parked due to the fan being broken). I thought maybe it was a very slow leak when they said this and just ignored it. However, today I saw the light on my car for the first time. Anyone else think that is fishy? To me, it seems they might have either did damage to it and tried to act like it was always there or when they were working on it they made a leak (that was small) bigger and didn't own up to it. It is an old car. I just never trusted Firestone by how much they charge and when they did my brake work my brake light came on when it never did before and now I'm pretty sure my emergency brake doesn't work.
Thing is, every time I try to take my car somewhere else I just get thrown around. I HATE dealing with car mechanics. RAWR
At least the fan part is fixed now. If I have to keep putting anti-freeze in it, so be it.I'm not going to spend the money to get that part fixed on a car that is seeming to bleed me dry on funds. It will be nice when I can finally afford a new car.
As for my health, I dodged a bullet so far and somehow didn't have to go to the E.R. I had been having burning, pain, loss of appetite, major bloating, and slight nausea for a good 7 days. I have lots of stomach issues so some of that doesn't seem abnormal to me, but when it was lasting that long I started to get concerned. I went to the urgent care and the doctor was trying to get me to go to the E.R. for a more thorough check-up. I just told her I would if I got even worse or saw blood. They did a bunch of blood work on me and made me do the HPylori test. Of course, all the lab work was normal. So, more money wasted! I'm just glad I didn't go to the E.R. when she told me too. I'm feeling a little better now but I'm still extremely bloated. If it gets bad again I will just call my PCP and see if he wants me to go to the E.R. After suffering with a partial blockage before and not knowing the cause it makes me just a little bit nervous.
I made jokes to my friends that if I have to go to the E.R. I would have to start a GoFundMe page. LOL
Somehow that joke turned into something very very very sad when we started to say – Yup, GoFundMe the American Health Care System.
America needs some serious help. orz
It's sad how my coverage sucks when I work for the damn hospital. lol
Speaking of work… here is my hole in the wall desk space. This is where I spend a huge chunk of my life, heh.
I finally got around to decorating it a little with some pictures and stuff. The poster was a gift from some friends. They bought it thinking it was Madoka (hahaha). It's actually Sakura from CardCaptor Sakura. Works out for me, I love the show. ♥ It brings back good memories. I like how my corner is way in the back against a wall. It is a nice little spot. The only bad thing is sometimes people look over my cubicle and scare the crap out of me. Only the taller people though, haha!
If you wonder what I do it is absolutely nothing! Ha! JK I would go nuts if that was the case. I use to be a Help Desk Tech, but now I'm a Help Desk EMR Analyst. What is the difference? Pay for one… The other is I deal more with the electronic medical record and not with the actual computer as a whole. I'm also a trainer for the doctors on the dictation system. Which is also my responsibility for when it has issues – troubleshooting and stuff like that. I might still answer phones but the nice thing about this new spot is I don't have to worry about doing hard labor to fix things anymore. Which is great for my health issues.
And now, for my two comic recommendations. My last one had comics you had to eventually start paying for so this time I'm doing free ones. Both of these can be found on WebToon.
I Love Yoo – Yeah, it is a love triangle type of story. Hear me out though, this one is unique in the fact that the girl is not interested in either of them and the pace is nice and slow. It's also hard to figure out who she might end up with. It also isn't just about a romance (though there is some nice fanservice artwork, hehe). It's more of a drama than a romance, with a good portion of comedy. The female lead gets involved with two brothers who couldn't be more different, one seems like a total ass and the other is super nice but already has a girlfriend. The nice guy is just trying to be her friend for some reason. Anyway, there is a lot of mystery such as, why did the female leads mother leave her with her dad and take her sister. Also, why did her mother not want anything to do with her? Then, what is with the relationship between the brothers. Is the brother's mother really nice or is she up to something evil? What happened between the female lead and one of the brother's girlfriend… so many questions! The author is dedicated she is pushing through despite health issues. WebToon
Bastard – Not for the faint of heart! This is a horror comic. A pretty good one too. The great thing about it is that it is actually complete! Wahoo! This story is about a wimpy looking boy who has a huge secret, his father is a serial killer. He eventually meets a young girl whom he likes and decides he will stop at nothing to protect her and keep his dad from getting a hold of her. I don't want to say a lot to spoil the secrets it holds but if you must know it has a decent ending. It isn't some horrible comic that has a horrible and sad ending. Webtoon


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The New Douro Tasting showed how the region is changing from mass production of port and average table wines to quality table wine and quality port. Traditional red blends are being eschewed for interesting field blends and there is an explosion of mineral whites using indigenous grape varieties.
Quinta de la Rosa, Quinta do Vallado, Quinta do Vale Meão, Dirk Niepoort and Symington Family Estates were just some of the wineries that shone at the New Douro Tasting, held in London, that turned a spotlight on the exciting new developments in Portuguese table wine.
So what's new about the Douro, Portugal's best regarded wine region?
Quite a lot actually.
A visit there this summer, after an absence of maybe five years, revealed infrastructure that has benefited massively from EU and government investment; travelling from Porto to Pinhao now takes just one and a half hours, against the two and a half I recall.
The New Douro has increasing numbers of spa and boutique hotels (check out Six Senses or Quinta do Vallado) and tourism has hit the big time, with Americans, Chinese and Japanese all enjoying the region's much-improved restaurant offering.
Most important though, are the changes that have swept through wine-making, which were evident at this year's New Douro Tasting in London in November.
Over the past 20 years, producers have been massively investing in table wine and downplaying the port production that was once the defining thing about the Douro: for most, port now accounts for a small fraction of production, with the best producers focusing on quality and leaving bulk production to the big names.
Douro reds are now understandably the most sought after in Portugal, with renowned wine-makers from other regions now boosting production there (Quinta dos Murcas from Esporao in the Alentejo is a good example, with their Assobio now recognised as one of the region's best quality entry-mid level wines).
And producers that once focused on the typical Douro blend (Touriga Nacional blended with Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz etc) are now making great field blends that can utilise any number of local varieties, often from very old vines, to remarkable effect).
But there's another revolution taking place in white wine, previously an also-ran here. Producers are now prioritising production of high quality, mineral wines using the local white varieties including Malvasia Fina, Gouveio, Rabitago and Viosinho and many excellent examples were at this tasting.
This truly is a region where badly made wines are increasingly hard to find
So out of so many excellent producers which wineries best represent the New Douro?
It would be impossible not to mention the eclectic boundary-pushing Dirk Niepoort, so I won't try other than to say that this man seems incapable of making a boring wine.
Both his main whites – Redoma and the barrel Redoma Reserva Branco 2015 – are fine examples of the New Douro white, open and expressive, the red a blend of 40 varieties, whilst his red Batuta 2014, a high-end field blend, is complex and inviting, reflecting both the meticulous wine-making and the complex schist soils of the estate.
Quinta do Vallado is probably best known for its typical Douro blends Vallado Douro white and red, but its Reserva Field Blend 2014 and its inexpensive, newly launched, organic Vallado Douro Superior 2014 are both much more interesting and well worth seeking out.
However for me, the Vallado Prima 2014 was the star white of the tasting: made from 100% Moscatel, this dry wine appears almost sweet on first taste, but is remarkably mineral and complex. Outstanding.
From the Upper Douro, the wines offered by Quinta do Vale Meão are dark, tannic and complex and none the worse for that. Winemaker Francisco Olzabal has done a fantastic job making real terroir wine from the varied soils here, and his Meandro White and Red are both well worth checking out.
For richness and complexity, seek out his rich, layered and complex Monte Meão Touriga Nacional 2013.
Quinta de la Rosa is one of the most scenically located wineries on the Douro but its wines have been long been underrated, despite being amongst the first Douro producers to make the shift towards focusing on table wines. With production now at around 250,000 bottles there is more opportunity to see what progress has been made.
Three whites are produced here, but the oaked La Rosa Reserva White 2015, a blend of 60% Viosinho and 40% other local white varieties gives an idea of how far white wines have progressed in this region.
It would be impossible to write about the Douro without mention of Symington Family Estates so I won't try.
Their Altano white 2015 and Organic red 2014 remain amongst the best value, high quality "entry level" wines from the region whilst at the other end of the price scale, Quinta do Vesuvio 2014 and its younger but no less impressive brother Pombal do Vesuvio 2014 (retailing for around £54 and £25 respectively) show just how stunning New Douro wines can be.
Little wonder the Douro is now described as one of the world's most exciting wine regions.


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Regency Personalities Series
In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency (I include those who were born before 1811 and who died after 1795), today I continue with one of the many period notables.
William Henry Whitbread
4 January 1795 – 21 June 1867
William Henry Whitbread
William Henry Whitbread was an English Whig and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1818 to 1835.
Whitbread was the son of brewer Samuel Whitbread and his wife Lady Elizabeth Grey, the eldest daughter of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was awarded a M.A. in 1816 and became a partner with his brother Samuel Charles Whitbread in the brewing firm.
In 1818 Whitbread was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford and held the seat until 1835. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Bedfordshire and became High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1837.
Whitbread lived at Southill, Bedfordshire and died at the age of 72.
Whitbread married, Harriet Sneyd, daughter. of the Rev. Wettenhall Sneyd, of the Isle of Wight on 5 November 1845. They had no family.


text: Mapping Your Move to Colorado Springs--A Tech-Free (Mostly) Road Trip05/17/2019By Julie DeLong, A-1 Freeman Moving Group Ahh, the beauty of the open road. Ideas of road-tripping cross country, taking in the sights, finding a perfect local eatery--all the inspiring images of driving Route 66 vanish in a hurry when your reality is shepherding the kids along with a dog to your new home. Organizing a drive which keeps everyone on an even keel is probably not near the top of your to-do list right at this point yet take a little bit to pre-plan your travel strategy along with your path--it's unquestionably worth it. If your moving company has packed and loaded all your things, and a multi-day trip is standing between you and your new home in Colorado Springs, the dread of the trip is genuine. And it may seem like the easiest thing to do is to load up on USB chargers to make certain everyone seems to be constantly busy, and you are able to have some solace and also NPR. That is the effortless way, but who said life was meant to be easy? Get some road maps, games, coloring pages, crayons, and load up your mobile phone with road songs--this is seen as a generation that's evolved on "Baby Shark" and has to learn "John Jacob Jingleheimerwhatever". Arranging Your Path to Colorado Springs Get authentic paper road maps for the kids and show them the best ways to read the icons and find the waterways, roads, state borders, and so on. Ask them to identify enjoyable things to do--"sight-seeing opportunities"--along the path and let everyone pick out at least one tourist trap on the way, or one per day you are on the road. If you're traveling with family pets, here is the chance to get them outside and going a little through the day. Car Games Young ones these days. They are so obsessed with Snapchat and YouTube they have neglected the joys of car activities. If you're unable to remember any, or you hated them as a youngster and did not take notice, try these. You simply need your creativeness for these old favorites. You and your spouse can begin all the activities till there is full buy-in. · Name Game--list a name. The next individual must think up a name whose first letter is the last letter of your name--George--Ellen--Nathaniel. You can create your individual rules concerning nicknames and diminutives, dependant upon your youngsters' ages and all round inclination regarding hand to hand fighting. Proper names, locations, vehicles--anything goes here. · Punch Buggy--enjoy this one as you can, given that VW is stopping manufacturing on the Beetle. If you notice one, you holler the color and also punch buggy--"orange punch buggy" and then--quickly say--"no punch backs". The champ then is able to GENTLY poke sisters and brothers in the arm--with no retaliatory punch backs. · Grandma Went to London--there are many names for this game, nonetheless essentially, you commence with "Grandma left for London and she packed ......" The subsequent person states the same thing and adds a second thing, and so on. It's easier to go alphabetically to get beyond the third round. · I Spy--easy enough, one tip. The thing you spy has to be in the vehicle. · My Cows--or billboards, or bridges. Select the feature, and the person who spots it first gets the points. If you're proceeding through a rural region and see actual animals, make sure you count rapidly. Sing Tunes Cue family-friendly, entertaining to sing music on your gadget, and teach the kids the excitement of the previously mentioned John Jacob. Let them teach you tunes they've learned, as well--but one Baby Shark per journey. Or Mommy's visiting London with an empty suitcase. Audiobooks Long times in the vehicle are generally tiring, and none of us wants to be endlessly entertained. Tune in to audiobooks--pick books you happen to be all acquainted with, therefore if someone dozes off they don't miss something. Nothing beats Harry Potter for road trip listening. Don't be the mean mother and father and block all of their technology but do attempt to minimize it by offering other things to do. Too much screen time can make us all a touch dialed out and touchy, and this is certainly not the time to encourage the grouchies. Quickly enough, the professional movers in Colorado Springs will be unloading the truck and you will be in the course of unpacking your new home. The youngsters can retreat in their new spaces and never be seen again. Take this time to force a bit of old-school entertainment on them--years from now, these will be fond recollections. Request a free quote


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According to the gregorian and Julian calendar, this is the third month of the year. March was discovered by the Romans. The name 'Of March' comes from the Roman God of war – Mars. This is because this was the month where military operations have usually started.
The two zodiac sign is associated with this month – Pisces and Aries. People from March 1st to March 20th are the member of Pisces Sign. Pisces strength is – wise, gentle, musical, artistic, intuitive and compassionate. They like most sleeping, romance, swimming, visual media, music and spiritual themes. Pisces people are selfless, always ready to help others, without expecting anything. People born from March 21st to 31st are a member of Aries.
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These type of people are very courageous, determined, confident, honest and passionate. They like most taking on the leadership role, physically challenge and individual sports. the presence of the Aries zodiac always symbolizes the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are constantly looking for speed, speed and competition, always being first in everything – from work to social gatherings.
World Water Day – World Water Day is celebrated every year throughout the world on 22 March. The United Nations decided to celebrate this day as an annual event through a General Assembly in the year 1993. In this campaign, World Water Day was celebrated on 22 March every year to explain the importance of water to increase awareness of people and about water conservation.


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Last Feb 2, Tess, Dhang and I flew to Cebu City to visit a dear friend who is suffering from cancer. The following day, a first friday we heard mass at Ayala Center and met another friend, Ditz, a former officemate who mentioned that they were attending a marian pilgrimage going to Carcar and Sibonga where the crying madonna was located. I immediately decided that we must visit those places, besides the miraculous Guadalupe cave which was originally in our plan.
Everything fell into place when another friend in the industry offered his car for our use! I believe this is mama mary's gift to us for our experience that day was truly enriching.
First stop as suggested by Ditz's husband was Sibonga so that if we were early enough we can witness the monks' vespers.
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Spiritus Locum
"Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart." A couple of years ago, someone gave me a refrigerator magnet with this saying on it. A couple of months ago, I threw it in the kitchen junk drawer. You could give me every popular or ancient saying about peace and they would all end up in the abyss of that drawer. Since my mother died, I have found grief and peace to be mutually exclusive.
Obviously, I have a problem. I've forgotten what peace feels like. It's not like I'm living in a complete peace vacuum. I've had fly-by, pop-up peaceful moments which are certainly better than nothing, but that's not what I'm talking about. Grief snatches the lovely ordinariness out of our lives. You know that bone-deep sense of everything being right with the world? Grieving deletes it. Looking for a place of peace in the land of the living is difficult.
However, I had forgotten that I don't actually have to look very far. A couple of months ago, I wrote about a place of great and timeless beauty where my family has gathered for many years. It was also the place my mother loved best. Therefore, it turned into a place of great pain for me. I did not want to return at all this past summer, but I did. This turned out to be a good decision because of the conversation I had with one of my cousins. He shared his experiences and thoughts with me; they were a gift.
He said, "My father's pipe is on the mantel in exactly the same spot where he left it the last time he was here. After he died, I didn't like coming here either. It made me even sadder. Things like his pipe made it feel like a mausoleum. However, time passed and now I understand what makes this place truly special. Most of the time, we are all involved in our busy schedules and routines. Yet we are so fortunate because we get to come back here, to this timeless place. Okay, so now most of us can use our cell phones in the middle of the meadow, but everything here remains essentially unchanged."
His words remained in the back of my mind until a few weeks ago. Now I have made a momentous decision. I am returning to this place by myself for a few weeks this autumn. I will finish my book in its unchanging solitude and silence. I am hoping the spiritus locum, the spirit of the place, will bring some healing. I'm hoping for timeless peace to find and fill my restless, but timeless, soul.
As published in Luminous Wisdom Magazine
November 2017


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The Future Of War Is Bright
Does war and mass destruction have a future? 500 years of war, genocide by the West will continue – unless the West is disarmed.
False ideas.
Academia floats. Media promotes.
Take this study by Norwegian University (@UniOslo) on the future of war.
It is now 25 years since Africa's population surpassed that of China and India: it now stands at 2.8 billion.
This mix of futurology and fiction is one of the possible answers to what the world will look like in 2050. Part of the reason that future wars in now relatively peaceful countries such as Mozambique – whose civil war is now 30 years in the past – and Tanzania is the contention that war itself is going to become far less common.
Havard Hegre, a professor in the department of Political Science at the University of Oslo, is the latest academic to devise a statistical model capable of reaching into the future and telling us what is likely to happen next. His study, in collaboration with the Peace Research Institute Oslo, claims that in five years' time India, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Uganda and Burma will be at the greatest risk of conflict, while in 40 years, it will be China, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
For the purpose of the model, war is defined as being between governments and political organisations that use violence and in which at least 25 people die.
"The number of conflicts is falling," the professor observes. "We expect this fall to continue. We predict a steady fall in the number of conflicts in the next 40 years. Conflicts that involve a high degree of violence, such as Syria, are becoming increasingly rare."
In other words, the number of wars will halve. In 2009, some 15 per cent of the world's countries were suffering from armed conflicts. That proportion will fall to 7 per cent midway through this century, according to the Norwegian researchers' predictions. At its core, the study has taken a history of global conflicts over the last 40 years and added United Nations predictions for key indicators such as infant mortality rates and population structures up to 2050 to data on probable education rates.
His conflict model shows the combination of higher education, lower infant mortality, smaller youth cohorts, and lower population growth are a few of the reasons why the world can expect a more peaceful future. The population is expected to grow, but at a slower pace than today, and the proportion of young people will decrease in most countries, with the exception of African ones.
Unfortunately, the model has already had to be tweaked to take account of the Arab Spring and renewed Israeli-Palestinian tensions. The authors admitted that since the first findings of the model were published in 2009, conflicts in the Middle East had weakened the clear correlation between socio-economic development and the absence of civil war, while the fighting in Syria and Libya had shown that "we also have to include democratisation processes in the model".
via The future of war is looking bleak – World Politics – World – The Independent.
2050 projections based on blinkered studies. Factually wrong.
Africa's population after the end of WWII, in 1950 was estimated at 22 crores (220 million) – and is now at about 110 crores (1100 million). Can it be 2.8 billion ?(280 cr.; 2800 million). Even by 2050? Unless external meddling is stopped?
For the 200 years of the British Raj in India, population in India grew at its slowest pace, as per historical estimates.
Africa suffered more.
Population decline of Africa was a direct result of slavery and colonialism.
Colonialism in Africa was dismantled over thirty years (1947-1977) after India – a process in which India's foreign policy played no small role. Seeing colonialism anywhere as a threat to India, India's foreign policy in the first 25 years concentrated more on global issues than on India's own interests. Without economic or military might, India spoke on world stages – and colonial powers listened.
With great resentment.
War is probably decreasing because war mongers in the West no longer have the capacity, due ageing population and economic decline at home.
No less significant is the fact that resistant societies have found new ways to wage war. Libya is the most recent example.
In Africa.
The extract above interestingly does not mention colonialism, missionary objectives or Pax Americana as a cause but blames people for being born – through concepts like population control.
Dubious studies by people with doubtful intentions.
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Is India getting encircled?
Using China-encircles-India theory, the Anglo-Saxon Bloc is actually encircling India. All over again. This time the action is in Bangladesh.
Frenemies – for now
The Chinese have no tradition of imperialism or a history of conquest.
To believe that China is India's biggest threat is to believe that the Chinese national and State character is changing.
Where is the evidence of this change? Minor border disputes with neighbours?
China's expansion of naval power? What could be China's realistic motivations for seeking more naval bases?
Ships from the Chinese Navy patrolling the seas on anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden area for over a year now could not go to the rescue of De Xin Hai a Chinese bulk carrier with a Chinese crew of 25 members transporting coal which was hijacked by a group of Somali pirates 400 miles North-East of Seychelles and taken to the waters off Somalia in October last.
Their demand for ransom was initially resisted by the Chinese. How can China, which views itself as a power on par with the US, pay ransom? The US Navy's Sea Air Land Commandoes (SEAL) had rescued the master of the US ship "Maersk Alabama" in an operation on April 4,2009. There were similar instances of intervention by the naval special forces of Holland and France.
Independent experts outside China were not hopeful of the Chinese Navy's ability to intervene. They were certain that the Chinese Navy would ultimately have to cave in to the demands of the Somali pirates. The Jamestown Foundation, a prestigious American think-tank based in Washington DC, had predicted that China was unlikely to use its special forces in a rescue operation because it had too few ships in the area and its ships had no combat experience, especially in dealing with pirates.
Chinese authorities managed to get back their ship and crew from the pirates on December 28,2009, after air-dropping sacks containing US $ four million on board the ship from a helicopter. The pirates collected the money and left the hijacked ship, which is now reported to be on its way back home.
The Chinese Government has so far not told its people that it paid a ransom in order to get the ship and its crew back. The "China Daily" News merely told its readers that the ship had been "successfully rescued".
Their embarrassing experience with this incident has brought home to the Chinese the limitations from which their Navy suffers.
One of the lessons mentioned by their experts is that the Chinese Navy could not hope to be the equal of its US counterparts unless it had overseas bases in areas of concern.
China already has two options before it—- Gwadar on the Balochistan coast in Pakistan and Hambantota in Sri Lanka. It has already constructed for Pakistan a commercial port at Gwadar, which is now being managed by a Singapore company.
Pakistan would be only too happy to respond positively to any Chinese request for naval base facilities at Gwadar. The only inhibiting factor for China would be the bad security situation in the area due to the ongoing Baloch freedom struggle. From the point of view of security, Hambantota could be ideal for the Chinese, but would the Sri Lankan Government agree to any such proposal if it comes from Beijing? (via Sri Lanka Guardian: China's interest in naval base: Gwadar or Hambantota or elsewhere?).
History tells us
Instead, look at Western imperialism.
After 500 years of Western imperialism, entire populations and continents have been wasted. Native Americans, Australian aborigines, Africa. This list is just for starters.
US has a significant presence in Pakistan, Afghanistan – and now wanting it in Bangladesh, too.
America's threat to send its seventh fleet to stop liberation of Bangladesh in 1971 is a known fact. Now, 41 years later – it is America again – which wants to park its seventh fleet in the country – for its strategic interests. Worried by increasing presence of Chinese naval bases in the South China Sea – America now eyes a counter strategy – as it wants an overall presence in Asia – right from Japan to its Diego Garicia base in the Indian Ocean.
This by parking its seventh fleet in a base in Chittagong giving it both an eye on taking on China and a strategic post in Asia as it pulls out of Afghanisthan. The US State Department denying on the record that Hillary Clinton's visits had anything to do with military co-operation.
This move by America could put India on the back foot if the American fleet moves to Bangladesh, all of India's security installations will come under the American scanner. Bangladesh is not willing to comment on record even offering explanation to deny the developments. This Clinton visit a more strategic one than just a friendly one- the Indian establishment caught unawares–as this base could cast a shadow on India's own strategic interests. (via Excl: America eyes Bangladesh- TIMESNOW.tv – Latest Breaking News, Big News Stories, News Videos).
Fox guarding the chicken-coop
China's diplomatic activity has been under much scrutiny by the West.
There's been much talk in the media of an apparent offer by the Seychelles of a base for Chinese ships deployed to the Gulf of Aden and the West Indian Ocean, to help combat piracy. China's Foreign Ministry was quick to state that Beijing isn't contemplating a military base in for the Seychelles, adding that it wouldn't "violate" its traditional policy of "not stationing troops abroad." China began pursuing its so-called "String of Pearls" strategy in the Indian Ocean in 2001 via the commercial route, constructing the Gwadar port. Subsequently, China won contracts to construct ports at Hambantota on the southern tip of Sri Lanka, Chittagong in Bangladesh and Kyaukpyu on the east coast of Burma in the Arabian Sea.
But what's China's interest in establishing a base in the Seychelles?
For a start, it satisfies China's hunger for a firm foothold in the Indian Ocean. The Seychelles provides the PLA Navy an ideal platform from which to counter any threat to its sea lines of communication from Africa by the U.S. Navy operating out of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean region. In addition, to assist with the resupply, rest and refit of PLAN ships undertaking anti-piracy duties in the region, China requires a large logistics depot, which can be supplied by air and merchant/naval ships.
Perhaps most significantly, the Seychelles is equidistant from sea lines of control carrying oil from the Middle East and Africa to China, enabling the PLAN to effectively support its merchant vessels in times of crisis. (via China Base a Threat to India Navy? | The Diplomat).
Eternal vigilance, they say
After Sri Lanka refused naval base facilities to the US. A human rights violations censure motion was moved by the US.
Globally, military bases are at
the heart of a global American empire that employs some 1,000 bases outside the United States. Their purpose: To ensure that no matter who governs in Asia, Africa or around the world, the US military would be in a position to "run the planet" from its chain of strategic island bases. (via Chagos: The heart of an American empire? – Opinion – Al Jazeera English).
More than two centuries ago, an American politician noted, 'eternal vigilance is the price of liberty'.
It is time we believed him.
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A Genocide Debate: History, Cause & Effect
How comparable are Rwandan warlords and Bosnia's killers to George Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan? The genocide debate …
Though, in 1995, the women and children of Srebrenica were first removed from the killing grounds by Bosnian Serb troops, though the 8,000 men and boys they killed were a small proportion of the Bosnian Muslim population, it meets the definition. So the trial of Ratko Mladic, the troops' commander, which began last week, matters. Whatever one thinks of the even-handedness of international law, and though it remains true that men who commissioned or caused the killing of greater numbers of people (George Bush and Tony Blair, for instance) have not been brought to justice and are unlikely to be, every prosecution of this kind makes the world a better place. (via My fight may be hopeless, but it is as necessary as ever | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian).
Here is an interesting Western debate – between members of self-identified Left. On the issue of genocide.
George Monbiot of The Guardian tries to persuade Noam Chomsky, John Pilger that the Aboriginal genocide in Australia or the extermination of the Native Americans is somehow equal or problematic as civil war killings by warlords in Balkans and Africa (specifically in Rwanda and Bosnia).
There are two aspects that seem important to me.
One – There is a difference between systematic killings by the State – like in the case of Native Americans, Australian Aborigines, and the killings by factions in a civil war – like in Rwanda and Bosnia. There is also a good case that these two cases of killings (Rwanda and Bosnia) were in fact based on the structures erected and supported by Western imperialism.
Two – A significant difference is status of the killers.
Can a Rwandan warlord who kills nearly a million Africans in a civil war be an equal to a George Bush who initiated war against Iraq based on patently false grounds?
George Monbiot seems to say yes!
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'Progress' in Libya
Who said Gaddafi had to go?
Gaddafi is dead, the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyya over. But is what we have witnessed, Hugh Roberts asks in the new issue of the LRB, 'a revolution, or a counter-revolution'? In 1969 Gaddafi and his Free Officers overthrew King Idris, who had cut Libya off from the rest of the Arab world out of deference to the Western powers that had put him on the throne. Once in power, Gaddafi made new friends in Africa: Boumediène, King Hassan, Idi Amin. He even planned to provide the Sahel countries with water from the vast reserves beneath Libya's desert. This will not be possible, following the success of the Nato-assisted 'revolution'. Western (particularly French) water companies are queuing up alongside the oil firms for their slice of the action. A system of dual power is emerging, whereby decisions about everything that really counts – oil, gas, water, finance, trade, security – will be made outside the country. Though the NTC occupies centre stage in Tripoli, the country's formal government, Roberts argues, 'will be a junior partner of the new Libya's Western sponsors'. More
Good time and place
This extract linked above is good place to start understanding how Libya and Gaddafi came to a sorry end. And now is a good time to remind ourselves of recent events in Middle East. But before that, a short recap of the last 100 years in the Middle East.
Killing fields
At the end of 19th century, as British Empire expanded into Africa, capturing gold mines of Africa, the most significant objective of the Anglo-Saxon Bloc was to end the Ottoman Empire. Declared a leading ideologue of the British Empire –
Just as Europe turns upon the dismemberment of Turkey, so the Eastern question in Asia turns upon the continued solidarity of Hindustan – George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon (Marquis of) in Problems of the Far East: Japan–Korea–China; published in 1894.
Secret agents as historians
Between 1890-1920, Britain worked on plans to dismember the Ottoman Empire – plans that were executed after WWI. Renegades-warlords fighting against the Ottoman Empire were glorified as 'freedom-fighters' of the Middle East and installed as pliable rulers by Western masters. Western intelligence agents, posing as archaeologists and historians (Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, TE Lawrence), part of the Arab Bureau, were sent into Ottoman territories to support supply and manage these renegade-warlords.
'Progress' … they promised
These Middle-East despots, then potentates, were put in positions of power after WWI by Western powers. All the while, condemning the 'regressive' Ottomans, making tall claims about 'progress', these despots have run the Middle-East into the ground. Within 20-30 years after their installation, these Western-puppets, ran out of good-will and were overthrown in a series of mostly bloodless coups. 30 years after the break up of the Ottoman Empire, the template was reused by the British Raj to break up India – using Jinnah.
A cure worse than the disease
Muammar Gaddafi was one such coup leader who overthrew King Idris – a Western puppet. While no paragon of benign governance, Western cures seem worse than the Islamic disease. The numbers of people that Saddam killed was far less than the score of George Bush. We may see similarly, that Qaddafi's dictatorship was a lesser evil than the NATO puppets.
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Debt Crisis in The Third World
The Debt Crisis: An Overview
Modern day international usury is, of course, much more complex than the more primitive relation we have just presented. Total Third World debt amounts to USD2 trillion; annual payments is about USD 200million. The system of debts has evolved into a key aspect of the capitalist economy; a weapon for consolidating the domination of the people's of the Third World. In many ways, the debt today is a weapon more potent than others devised by colonialism and neo-colonialism.
It is institutionalized to a very high degree, is regulated by a massive bureaucracy of the multilateral finance institutions; and backed up by the military might of the mightiest nations on earth. Worse the burden of paying debts is passed on to society in general as a routinary process. (via South South Summit 1999 Document: The Development and Historical Context of the Debt Crisis).
Pareto's Economics
The previous post examined the debt situation of the West.
Since the global financial system is a Western captive, humungous debts are arranged, serviced, cancelled, written-off, repaid – without significant discomfort. Gross debt of the West is US$ 100 trillion (State; Corporate and Household); while the States of West are debtor to the extent of US$ 30 trillion; which is nearly 40% of global GDP.
Finally, the debt problem will be managed. Many ways to skin a cat.
But …
US$2 trillion debt that is owed by the developing world will be used to extract maximum benefit – at lowest prices. Raw materials will be bought at below-low prices. Imports will be priced at exorbitantly.
The answer is …
Two-fold. At an individual level, invest and stay invested in gold. At a national level, the developing world must create a multilateral framework for a third currency.
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Democracy – How Think tanks shape policy making
Old boys club
Council on Foreign Relations sounds like a pretty harmless group, which has a few academics that potter around – and release an occasional irrelevant paper.
Not quite. If not harmful, they are atleast pretty powerful.
In 1952, Eisenhower and Richard Nixon became the first CFR members to be elected President and Vice President of the USA.
Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic candidate beaten by Eisenhower and Nixon, was also a CFR member.
'The Council was starting to dominate American politics at the highest levels,' write Burnett and Games.
'The pattern would be repeated four years later, with Stevenson again losing out to Eisenhower and Nixon.
'Although Nixon was to narrowly lose the next election in 1960 against John F Kennedy, the charismatic Bostonian was another member of the CFR.
'Nixon would return in 1968 to defeat fellow CFR member Hubert Humphrey, and win again in 1972 against George McGovern.
'Although not a CFR member in 1972, McGovern saw the light and joined afterwards.' (via Southern Times – Why Africa needs secret societies).
Red herrings – the challenge ahead
English language media at least, is dominated by a few news agencies like Reuters, Bloomberg, API, and AFP. These agencies in turn are fed by various think tanks and reserch organizations, which then dominate global debate. In the last few years, top 10 websites control 75% of the web traffic. Hollywood dominates the big screen.
For instance the highly flawed model of Transparency International promotes a narrative of corrupt Africa and Asia. To dominate the debate, censorship is not the only solution. It is not even a preferred solution.
More noise is equally effective.
Capture and exploit
After this kind of media capture, the West drives the narrative. And exploits this narrative. To get over the 'problem' of economic stagnation, the West has created artificial 'crisis' situations.
- Population Explosion
- Global Warming and climate change
- Civil Wars in Africa
- Islamic Demonization and the spectre of `Islamic terrorism
- Financial meltdowns
These are major diplomatic offensives using media, academia, events and situations, to
- Maintain superior negotiating positions
- Define the agenda – which usually means non-substantive issues.
But for an India to match the trade and tariff barriers, propaganda and diplomatic offensives, calls for more resources.
Benign designs?
The manner of funding Indian NGOs by external sources, especially the West, is not benign anymore. More than 33 lakh NGOs operate in India, with foreign funding that is estimated at US$4 billion. This figure is double the official Government figure that is based on declared receipts, which reports say, are under-declared.
In times to come
Is the West aiming to capture these Indian 'think-tanks'? The promotion of Western Climate Change agenda by Amartya Sen, under the auspices of the Aspen Institute India is indication of times to come.
Mechanics of माया maya?
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Africa – A Problem of various 'isms', 'archies' and 'cracies'
EU trade policy has long been hijacked by European business, which wants raw materials at cheap prices. EU priorities are a mirror image of positions adopted by corporate lobby groups. The commission frankly states: "We will rely on EU business to provide much of the information on the barriers which affect their trade or investment with third countries."
There is a serious risk that Europe's budget and unemployment crisis will put policymakers even more in hock to the demands of big business.
Opposition from Africa
It is hardly surprising that European policy faces mounting opposition from most African countries, which have long opposed signing investment agreements with the EU. The Raw Materials Initiative should be opposed by Europe's citizens, too, because it distracts from the need to reduce their own consumption. Europeans already consume four times as much as the average African. (read more via The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : The European Union's ugly resource grab).
Idea of 'exploiting' resources on the cheap
To take away rights from people 'who do not know the value' of such resources (Native Americans, Australian Aborigines, Africans) and transfer property rights to the 'discoverer' of these resources is an old idea which strangely finds legitimacy, even after 400 years of bad experience. Ranging from Spain to Belgium, with the Dutch and the English, all joined in this 'resource' grab. And this saga continues.
Bankruptcy of ideology – ism, cracy and archy
In some case, modern nation-States based on various 'isms' (Capitalism, Communism, Socialism) combine with various 'archy' (monarchy, oligarchy) and 'cracy' (democracy, plutocracy, bureaucracy) continue to ensure that power and wealth remains in the hands of very few. The Rest of Us have to be happy with illusion of being equal, of having power over leaders, etc. And no.
This power does NOT flow from the barrel of the gun – but from limiting access to ज़र, zar (gold), जन jan (people) and ज़मीन jameen (land). Instead of various 'isms', 'archies' and 'cracies', what the world needs is a system that will guarantee the four essential freedoms – काम kaam (desire, including sexual) अर्थ arth (wealth), मोक्ष moksh (liberty) and धर्मं dharma (justice)
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- Africa, EU reach out for economic tie-up in troubled times – AFP (news.google.com)
Wall Street Journal invokes Ayn Rand to 'Whitewash' History
Ultimately, "Atlas Shrugged" is a celebration of the entrepreneur, the risk taker and the cultivator of wealth through human intellect. Critics dismissed the novel as simple-minded, and even some of Rand's political admirers complained that she lacked compassion. Yet one pertinent warning resounds throughout the book: When profits and wealth and creativity are denigrated in society, they start to disappear — leaving everyone the poorer. (via 'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years – WSJ.com).
Adversity does strange things
The second half of 20th century saw the end to dominant inputs for Western 'success'.The Western world, faced a serious economic crises with the decline in: –
- Slavery in the Western world, due to many slave revolts, social disaffection due to unemployment
- Colonial exploitation was an 'adequate' replacement for slavery
- Genocide in the Americas, and Australia – and near annihilation in Africa.
- The wages of crime. Opium (forced production in India, forced trade with China), piracy, slave trading
Bretton Woods agreement helped the Western world to partly re-engineer their economies. The re-working of the global political system became essential, after non-colonial nations with lower access to slavery, led by Germany, challenged the dominant colonial-slavery economies of Europe (Britain, and France). These conflicts quickly spread and became WWI and WWII.
By the end of WWII, the world was left standing with US as the major economic force in the world. Faced with this existential crises, the last thing that the West needed was a dose of truth.
Pulp fiction of capitalism
This 'White-Wash' job was taken up by professional Western propagandists. One such was a popular writer, waxing nostalgic for this 'golden age' – Ayn Rand.
Her books have become popular in the last 50 years. In India too, her popularity has created a demand for pirated prints of her books that are sold from pavements. Her glossing over slavery, her token objections to segregation were reminiscent of an age gone by. The economic contribution of slavery to the wealth of the West, the creation of patronage structures for 'innovation and invention' and the loot from the colonies were all absent from Ayn Rand's hagiography on capitalism.
There was no mention whatsoever of the numerous genocides by the West in various continents of the world. He disregard for family structures was her contribution to 'modernizing' capitalism.
Stephen Moore's vacuous memoirs of his time with the Cato Institute, 'virginity' and 'initiation' seems like a rather clueless intellectual response by the West.
To clutch Ayn Rand's skirts, is pretty lame. Facing up to the biggest challenge the Western world has seen – I would say, in the last 500 years.
None of this new
Every word of what I have written is known. So it should not be a surprise to any one. But to see the Wall Street Journal, a 'respected' pillar of the Western economy, reduced to publishing such writing by Shri Stephen Moore, a senior writer, seems like a rather big come down.
For the West!
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On the occasion of Amitabh Bachchan's 75th birthday, an extremely talented TFODian – artist Sadashiv Sawant has rendered a pencil sketch of the legendary actor. The sketch, stunning in its details, is a hyper-realistic rendition in black and white which succinctly captures the poignancy of emotions that the maestro is known to depict.
TFOD - The Future Of Design celebrates the superstar's special birthday and sends warm wishes his way!
Pencil Perceptions, the studio established by Sadashiv Sawant encompasses the wide world of pencil drawings. The artist, passionate about the sketching skills he has developed with years of practice – is equally passionate about teaching others the art of sketching with graphite and charcoal. So, he conducts workshops, and now even offers regular coaching in classes of varied durations for aspiring artists. Landscapes, fruits, flowers, and animals – all are a part of Sawant's portfolio.
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"Every stroke of the pencil is a line in a story that is ready to be read," elucidates the artist. And when Amitabh Bachchan is the subject of the portrait – expectations go skyrocketing, the pressure is enormous. He has been captured in varied moods and styles, over the last five decades. His face is known to the tiniest toddler and the oldest granny; his popularity scales across urban and rural India; and it sells products ranging from hair-oil to jewellery, and from paav-bhaaji masala to high-end men's suiting.
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Besides the legendary Indian superstar, the artist has a collection of some other celebrities from Bollywood and Hollywood, too! Also through TFOD - The Future Of Design, the artist was commissioned by IIID (Institute of Indian Interior Designers) to do a sketch of famous architect Hafeez Contractor - also seen here!
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