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Policy makers in the developing world are grappling with new dilemmas created by openness to trade and capital flows. What role, if any, remains for the state in promoting industrialization? Does openness worsen inequality, and if so, what can be done about it? What is the best way to handle turbulence from the world economy, especially the fickleness of international capital flows?

In The New Global Economy and Developing Countries Dani Rodrik argues that successful integration into the world economy requires a complementary set of policies and institutions at home. Policy makers must reinforce their external strategy of liberalization with an internal strategy that gives the state substantial responsibility in building physical and human capital and mediating social conflicts.

Author: Dani Rodrik
Paperback:  180 pages
Company: Overseas Development Council  (1999-01-13)
ISBN: 156517027X
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This National Academy of Sciences report describes ways to exploit aquatic weeds for grazing, and by harvesting and processing for use as compost, animal feed, pulp, paper, and fuel. The book also describes utilization for sewage and industrial wastewater.

Aquatic weeks have always existed, but in recent decades their effects have been magnified by man’s more intensive use of natural water bodies - his modifying them into canals and dams, polluting them with farm and city wastewaters, and introducing aggressive plant species into new locations. These plants, among the most prolific on earth, grow luxuriantly in the tropics, weigh hundreds of tons per hectare, and can be a serious hindrance to a nation’s development efforts. Eradication of the weeds has proved impossible, and even reasonable control is difficult. Turning these weeds to productive use would be desirable, but only limited research has been carried out.

This report examines methods for controlling aquatic weeds and using them to best advantage, especially those methods that show promise for less-developed countries. It emphasizes techniques for converting weeds for feed, food, feritlizer, and energy production. It examines, for example, biological control techniques in which herbivorous tropical animals (fish, waterfowl, rodents, and other mammals) convert the troublesome plants directly to meat.

Author: National Research Council (U. S.)
Paperback:  184 pages
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Capital flows to the developing economies have long displayed a boom-and-bust pattern. Rarely has the cycle turned as abruptly as it did in the 1990s, however: surges in lending were followed by the Mexican peso crisis of 1994-95 and the sudden collapse of currencies in Asia in 1997. This volume maps a new and uncertain financial landscape, one in which volatile private capital flows and fragile banking systems produce sudden reversals of fortune for governments and economies. This environment creates dilemmas for both national policymakers who confront the "mixed blessing" of capital inflows and the international institutions that manage the recurrent crises.

The authors--leading economists and political scientists--examine private capital flows and their consequences in Latin America, Pacific Asia, and East Europe, placing current cycles of lending in historical perspective. National governments have used a variety of strategies to deal with capital-account instability. The authors evaluate those responses, prescribe new alternatives, and consider whether the new circumstances require novel international policies.

CONTRIBUTORS Gail Buyske, Independent Consultant, New York City Pablo Cabezas, New York University Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley Albert Fishlow, Council on Foreign Relations Miles Kahler, University of California, San Diego Rachel McCulloch, Brandeis University Sylvia Maxfield, Yale University Peter A. Petri, Brandeis University Carmen M. Reinhart, University of Maryland, College Park Vincent Raymond Reinhart, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Harvard University Dorothy M. Sobol, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Andres Velasco, New York University

Paperback:  288 pages
Company: Cornell University Press  (1998-11)
ISBN: 0801485622
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The Council has produced five Working Papers thus far, offering thoughtful articulation -- in plain language -- of the science behind the core concepts of child development ... (more...)

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A good question should not be so quickly suppressed, as this one was. Here are my thoughts, but what do you, the readers here, think? Nobody knows what Peter believed, since he never left any record, never wrote any letters, despite what some might say. There is a second-hand account that suggests that he believed Jesus was Son of God, but since this ignores the Holy Spirit, it is not an adequate measurement of whether Peter was a Trinitarian. There are some places in his writings, however, where you get the impression that Paul might have harbored some Trinitarian thoughts. He ends one of his best letters thus: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you." (2 Cor 13:13 NRSV) Many people see in this a clear reference to the Trinity. The Nicene Creed was adopted at the Council of Chalcedon in 451. The Council of Nicaea adopted a very similar creed, but it the Church essentially became Arian for a time. However, the concept of the Trinity was not born at that time, nor at the Council of Nicaea as you suggest. It was around for some time before that, although it is obviously not fully developed in Biblical times. It is a concept that the Church gradually discovered explained a lot of the questions they had about Jesus, and it has stood the text of time, not because some old men said it was so, but because the Church has tested it over and over and found it the best answer to the question about the nature of God. It is imperfect, and if we were to try to do it over today, I doubt that we would arrive at the same place as the Church Fathers did, over a period of centuries, so long ago. It is important to note that the Church at its famous councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon met to define the Church's precise understanding of the nature of Jesus Christ. They were not debating the Trinity; they were debating the precise understanding of it. It would be a mistake to see this as the beginning of the doctrine of the Trinity. The leading opposition, Arianism, did not dispute the Trinity; they merely disputed whether Jesus was (is, actually) an aspect of God, uncreated but co-eternal with God the Father. They simply insisted that Jesus was created by God. One can easily be an Arian (not to be confused with an Aryan) and believe fully in the Trinity. Indeed, many of today's church members and even some leaders do, even though they might not be fully aware of it. In order for scriptural citations to suggest Paul was aTrinitarian, the text has to suggest all three persons of the Trinity, and none mentioned thus far have done that. I still think my example from 2 Cor is a good example, however. The 1 Cor 8 is hardly a refutation of the Trinity; Quite the opposite. The citations of Galatians and Romans are irrelevant to the subject. C'mon folks!! No points for not thinking.... (more...)

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I am carrying out a research for my university project on the "long term strategies to develop poetry in (greenwood) primary school". I have done an interview with the headteacher of the primary school and I have a survey which was conducted by the arts council. Would these both be qualitative or quantitative research? (sorry I get confused with the both) Also is an interview and past survey enough for a research? How would I introduce my research methodology? (more...)

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A common misperception is that the Jews were forced into the diaspora by the Romans after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the year 70 A.D. and then, 1,800 years later, suddenly returned to Palestine demanding their country back. In reality, the Jewish people have maintained ties to their historic homeland for more than 3,700 years. A national language and a distinct civilization have been maintained. The Jewish people base their claim to the land of Israel on at least four premises: 1) God promised the land to the patriarch Abraham; 2) the Jewish people settled and developed the land; 3) the international community granted political sovereignty in Palestine to the Jewish people and 4) the territory was captured in defensive wars. The term "Palestine" is believed to be derived from the Philistines, an Aegean people who, in the 12th Century B.C., settled along the Mediterranean coastal plain of what is now Israel and the Gaza Strip. In the second century A.D., after crushing the last Jewish revolt, the Romans first applied the name Palaestina to Judea (the southern portion of what is now called the West Bank) in an attempt to minimize Jewish identification with the land of Israel. The Arabic word "Filastin" is derived from this Latin name. The Twelve Tribes of Israel formed the first constitutional monarchy in Palestine about 1000 B.C. The second king, David, first made Jerusalem the nation's capital. Although eventually Palestine was split into two separate kingdoms, Jewish independence there lasted for 212 years. This is almost as long as Americans have enjoyed independence in what has become known as the United States. Even after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the beginning of the exile, Jewish life in Palestine continued and often flourished. Large communities were reestablished in Jerusalem and Tiberias by the ninth century. In the 11th century, Jewish communities grew in Rafah, Gaza, Ashkelon, Jaffa and Caesarea. Many Jews were massacred by the Crusaders during the 12th century, but the community rebounded in the next two centuries as large numbers of rabbis and Jewish pilgrims immigrated to Jerusalem and the Galilee. Prominent rabbis established communities in Safed, Jerusalem and elsewhere during the next 300 years. By the early 19th century-years before the birth of the modern Zionist movement-more than 10,000 Jews lived throughout what is today Israel. When Jews began to immigrate to Palestine in large numbers in 1882, fewer than 250,000 Arabs lived there, and the majority of them had arrived in recent decades. Palestine was never an exclusively Arab country, although Arabic gradually became the language of most the population after the Muslim invasions of the seventh century. No independent Arab or Palestinian state ever existed in Palestine. When the distinguished Arab-American historian, Princeton University Prof. Philip Hitti, testified against partition before the Anglo-American Committee in 1946, he said: "There is no such thing as 'Palestine' in history, absolutely not." In fact, Palestine is never explicitly mentioned in the Koran, rather it is called "the holy land" (al-Arad al-Muqaddash). Prior to partition, Palestinian Arabs did not view themselves as having a separate identity. When the First Congress of Muslim-Christian Associations met in Jerusalem in February 1919 to choose Palestinian representatives for the Paris Peace Conference, the following resolution was adopted: We consider Palestine as part of Arab Syria, as it has never been separated from it at any time. We are connected with it by national, religious, linguistic, natural, economic and geographical bonds. In 1937, a local Arab leader, Auni Bey Abdul-Hadi, told the Peel Commission, which ultimately suggested the partition of Palestine: "There is no such country [as Palestine]! 'Palestine' is a term the Zionists invented! There is no Palestine in the Bible. Our country was for centuries part of Syria." The representative of the Arab Higher Committee to the United Nations submitted a statement to the General Assembly in May 1947 that said "Palestine was part of the Province of Syria" and that, "politically, the Arabs of Palestine were not independent in the sense of forming a separate political entity." A few years later, Ahmed Shuqeiri, later the chairman of the PLO, told the Security Council: "It is common knowledge that Palestine is nothing but southern Syria." Palestinian Arab nationalism is largely a post-World War I phenomenon that did not become a significant political movement until after the 1967 Six-Day War and Israel's capture of the West Bank. Israel's international "birth certificate" was validated by the promise of the Bible; uninterrupted Jewish settlement from the time of Joshua onward; the Balfour Declaration of 1917; the League of Nations Mandate, which incorporated the Balfour Declaration; the United Nations partition resolution (more...)

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I'm Italian For other uses, see Italy (disambiguation) and Italia (disambiguation). Italian Republic Repubblica Italiana Flag Coat of arms Anthem: Il Canto degli Italiani (also known as Inno di Mameli) The Song of the Italians Location of Italy (dark green) ? on the European continent (light green & dark grey) ? in the European Union (light green) ? [Legend] Capital (and largest city) Rome 41°54?N 12°29?E? / ?41.9, 12.483 Official languages Italian1 Demonym Italian Government Parliamentary republic - President Giorgio Napolitano - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Formation - Unification 17 March 1861 - Republic 2 June 1946 EU accession 25 March 1957 (founding member) Area - Total 301,338 km2 (71st) 116,346.5 sq mi - Water (%) 2.4 Population - 1st March 2008 estimate 59,829,710[1] (23rd) - October 2001 census 57,110,144 - Density 197.6/km2 (54th) 511.7/sq mi GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate - Total $1,787 trillion[2] (10th) - Per capita $30,365[2] (IMF) (25th) GDP (nominal) 2007 estimate - Total $2,104 trillion[2] (7th) - Per capita $35,745[2] (IMF) (20th) Gini (2000) 36 (medium) HDI (2005) ? 0.941 (high) (20th) Currency Euro (?)2 (EUR) Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Drives on the right Internet TLD .it3 Calling code 39 1 French is co-official in the Aosta Valley; Friulian is co-official in Friuli-Venezia Giulia; German and Ladin are co-official in the province of Bolzano-Bozen; Sardinian is co-official in Sardinia. 2 Before 2002, the Italian Lira. The euro is accepted in Campione d'Italia (but the official currency is the Swiss Franc).[3] 3 The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states. Italy /??t?li/ (help·info) (Italian: Italia), officially the Italian Republic, (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within the Italian Peninsula, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. Italy has been the home of many European cultures, such as the Etruscans and the Romans, and later was the birthplace of the universities and of the movement of the Renaissance, that began in Tuscany and spread all over Europe. Italy's capital Rome was for centuries the center of Western civilization; it also spawned the Baroque movement and seats the Catholic Church. Italy possessed a colonial empire from the second half of the nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Today, Italy is a democratic republic and a developed country with the 8th-highest Quality-of-life index rating in the world.[4] It is a founding member of what is now the European Union (having signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957), and a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It is a member of the G8 (having the world's 7th largest nominal GDP), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Trade Organization (WTO), the Council of Europe, the Western European Union, the Central European Initiative, and a Schengen state. It has the world's 7th largest defence budget and shares NATO's nuclear weapons. On 1 January 2007, Italy began a two year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. (more...)

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ENGLAND I think this really sums it all up. After hearing that many cities did not want to offend other cultures by putting up Xmas lights, so DIDN'T! After hearing that the Birmingham council changed its opinion and let a Muslim woman have her picture on her driver's licence with her face covered. After hearing of a Primary School in Birmingham where a boy was told that for PE they could wear Football League shirts (Aston Villa,Birmingham, West Brom etc) but NOT an England shirt as it could offend others ! This prompted the editorial below written by a UK citizen. Published in a British tabloid newspaper. IMMIGRANTS. NOT BRITONS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on London , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Brits. However, the dust from the attacks has barely settled and the 'politically correct' crowd begin complaining about the possibility that our patriotism i s offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to Britain . However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand. This idea of London being a multicultural centre for community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. As Britons, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle. This culture has been developed over centuries of wars, struggles, trials and victories fought by the untold masses of men and women who laid down their lives and one of the millions of men and women who have sought freedom. We speak ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, learn the language! 'In God We Trust' is our National Motto. This is not some Christian, right wing, political slogan. We adopted this motto because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture. If St.George's cross offends you, or you don't like ' A Fair Go', then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from. This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our National Motto, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great British freedom, 'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'. We didn't force you to come here. If you don't like it GO HOME!! You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted. Pretty easy really, when you think about it. I figure if we all keep passing this to our friends (and enemies) it will also, sooner or later get back to the complainers, lets all try, please. This is not necessarily my views or opinion I was just asking for comments. This item was not written by me This is not necessarily my views or opinion I was just asking for comments. This item was not written by me (more...)

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Which 10 of these events had the greatest inpact in shaping modern times. 1350-The Italian Renaissance begins. 1434- The Medici family takes control of Florence. 1450- Christian humanism spreads in northern Europe. 1455- Gutenberg prints Bible using movable type. 1492- Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas. 1497- John Cabot and Amerigo Vespucci explore the Americas. 1508- Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel. 1517- Martin Luther initiates the Protestant Reformation. 1518- First boatload of slaves brought directly from Africa to the Americas. 1519- Spanish begins conquest of Mexico. 1519- Charles 1st of Spain is elected Holy Roman Emperor. 1520- Magellan sails into Pacific Ocean. 1520- Mannerism movement begins in Italy. 1534- Henry vii creates the Chruch of England. 1545-The council of Trent is formed. 1558- Elizabeth the first becomes queen of England. 1566- Violence erupts between Calvinists and Catholics in the Netherlands. 1598- French Wars of Religion end. 1618- Thirty Years? War begins 1630- English found Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1648- Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years? War. 1650- Dutch occupy Portuguese forts in Indian Ocean trading areas. 1689- Toleration Act of 1689 is passed in English Parliament. 1690- John Locke develops theory of government. 1700- English establish colonial empire in North America. 1701- Fredrick 1st becomes King of Prussia. 1767- Burmese sack Thai Capital. (more...)

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It's for my sis, when I write the answer it does sounds right. Help me out here? Double check please and sorry for all the spaces. 1. Which of the following is an example of the importance of geographic literacy? A) Maintaining economic and national security. B) Adapting to changes and challenges in communication technology. C) Developing an appreciation for diverse cultures. D) All of the above E) None of the above 2. What does the word geography mean? A) Study of earth?s landforms B) Study of earth and everything on it C) Study of climate patterns D) Study of people and cultures E) None of the above 3. Which statement is the most accurate about the different types of geography? A) Physical geography is the study of landforms, climate patterns, plants and animals. B) Human geography helps promote an appreciation for diverse cultures. C) Human geography focuses on how human behavior affects earth?s surface D) First two above E) All of the above 4. Which of the following is an example of human geography? A) National Weather Center issues a hurricane warning for the Louisiana coastline. B) Homeowner digs a well to provide water for irrigation of lawn and vegetable garden. C) Congress votes to establish the Rocky Mountain National Park. D) All of the above E) None of the above 5. What would you use to describe the directions not exactly north, south, east or west? A) Intermediate directions B) Cardinal directions C) Latitude D) Longitude E) None of the above 6. The most important line of latitude is called ____. A) Prime Meridian B) International Dateline C) Equator D) 90 degrees north E) None of the above 7. Which part of a map shows the relationship between the actual size of a place and its size as it appears on the map? A) Grid B) Directional Indicator C) Scale D) Symbols E) None of the above 8. What type of map would you generally use to find out the elevation above sea level of Mt. McKinley in Alaska? A) Special Purpose Map B) Political Map C) Physical Map D) All of the above E) None of the above 9. Of the three ways cultural **behavior patterns** are grouped, which is the best example of a political activity? A) Birthday celebration B) City council meeting C) Super Bowl football game D) Farmers? Market E) None of the above 10. Which of the following accomplishments helped Roman culture spread during the time of the Roman Empire? A) Building roads B) Use of Latin language in new territories C) Developing new markets and trading centers D) All of the above E) None of the above 11. The desire to rebuild devastated economies after WWII resulted in the signing of which document? A) Treaty of European Union B) Laeken Declaration C) Treaty of Brussels D) Treaty of Paris E) None of the above 12. Creating a more democratic and open Europe, with which citizens can easily identify, is a goal of the ______. A) Laeken Declaration B) Treaty of Paris C) Treaty of Brussels D) Schumann Declaration E) None of the above 13. What was the main goal of the Treaty of Paris? A) Create a European Council B) Control the production of oil C) Establish a union of all countries in Europe D) All of the above E) None of the above Wow you guys are a lot of help...if you don't want to answer, don't, >_> (more...)

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Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have decried Israel's continued aerial bombing campaign as unlawful and denounced the killing of more than 300 Palestinians since 27 December, including scores of unarmed civilians not taking part in the hostilities. Israel's attacks on the densely populated Gaza Strip also elicited condemnation from numerous world politicians and sparked protests in global cities. Despite international outcry over escalating violence, the U.S. mainstream media continues to privilege a prepackaged narrative in which Israel's actions are never disproportionate, never counterproductive and certainly never gratuitous. According to the mainstream media, the U.S. must continue uncompromisingly supporting Israel because the allegedly beleaguered democracy is held hostage by monomaniacal Islamofascists who are inherently evil. Promoting a paradigm in which Israel is always David up against Goliath, the U.S. media presents suffering Palestinians as expendable for the greater cause of Israel winning its epic struggle. To justify U.S.'s carte blanche to Israel, the mainstream media restricts American readers to an echo chamber in which the following claims are repeated ad nausem until they are mistaken for fact: 1. Israel has a legal and moral right to bomb Gaza out of defense Security concerns are not and never have been a tolerable justification for pre-emptive attacks. Israel's decision to bomb Gaza represents a major assault on the international rule of law. The law of occupation is one of the oldest and most developed branches of international humanitarian law. An occupying power is obliged to follow the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, which protects the civilian population. The United Nations Security Council held in 1979 that the Fourth Convention did apply in the territories seized by Israel in 1967. Article 48 of the additional protocol is clear that Israel, as an occupying power, has obligations: "The Parties to the conflict shall at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives and accordingly shall direct their operations only against military objective." The latest Israeli attacks come on top of a brutal siege of the Gaza Strip which has created a humanitarian catastrophe of dire proportions for Gaza's beleaguered Palestinian residents by restricting the provision of food, fuel, medicine, electricity, and other necessities of life. "International law is not observed with respect to Israeli policies towards the Gaza Strip, Israel continues to reinforce an occupation whose every element violates international humanitarian law, and particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention," notes Jeff Halper, an Israeli-American Anthropologist, author, lecturer, political activist, and co-founder and Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. 2. Israeli citizens live in constant fear of Hamas rockets Since 2005 Hamas has fired some 6,300 rockets from Gaza at Israel, killing 10 people.[1] In just the last four days, Israel has reduced the Gaza Strip to rubble and killed over 300 Palestinians. During the ongoing four-decade-long brutal occupation of historic Palestine and the recent grotesquely inhumane blockade of Gaza, Palestinian deaths have far outnumbered Israeli deaths. Since September 29, 2000, approximately 123 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians whereas 1,050 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis. Since September 29, 2000, a total of 1,062 Israelis and no fewer than 4,876 Palestinians were killed in the conflict.[2] 3. Hamas refuses to recognize the right of Israel to exist and has never made any concessions As Seth Ackerman of Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) notes, there is no need to euphemize Hamas' history of brutal tactics or its bellicose ideology, but Hamas has signaled its potential willingness to accept a two-state settlement and make other concessions to broker peace.[3] Hamas has also made tentative offers of a long-term "hudna," or truce, albeit with less gusto than Israel demands. 4. Israel is only targeting Hamas headquarters Gaza, one of the most densely populated tracts of land in the world, is home to about 1.3m Palestinians, about 33% of whom live in United Nations-funded refugee camps.[4] Avoiding civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip during aerial raids is comparable to trying to avoid such casualties in Washington DC, New York City or Los Angeles. "Because Gaza is so densely populated, there is no such thing as precision strike - you have glass, brick, shrapnel flying into people's homes," notes Ewa Jasiewicz, a volunteer with the Free Gaza Movement.[5] 5. Attacking Hamas will help Israel achieve security There is no doubt that the recent attacks will only embolden and multiply Israel's detractors. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a religious decree to Muslims around the world o (more...)

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Hi all We have had a rough marriage. 8 years into it (in the middle there was 1 year where we did not live together due to arguments but had a reunion) with 1 2year old baby girl and pregnant with the 2nd baby due Aug 09. I have had this problem with my head and my nervous ticks/twitches for few years now. Lately in the last few years it become so severe that my head feels almost in pain all time. I feel as if there is no circulation, it feels so detached. I keep shaking my neck in effort to boost some circulation which gives me stiff neck and pain also. To be honest I am kind of person who especially at this stage now is much in peace and harmony when living alone. Thing is that we live in small 1 bed flat which is making me feel so clausterphobic (especially since the living room has now become some kind of palyground for my baby girl). I am really suffering now mentally and physically. Right now I am actually making application for Disability Living Allowance. I need to live on my own now. Atleast for 6 months to 1 year so that in this time whilst I am more relaxed I can sort out my problems and also look to make money to finance deposit for place with atleast 2 bedrooms. Right now I cannot buy new place because I am owner of theone I am living in now and do not wnat to sell this one because of poor price I fetch.At the same time I do not have finance for deposit in new prioperty. I need to find solution urgently because the marriage as it is on its last legs, My wife is pregnant and I fear miscarriage due to my stress that causes arguments daily with her and I fear for my bay girl who sees us arguing daily which is starting to probably effect her mentally and also the flat being too small. I do not wnat to live with my wife especially the way we are currently residing (its just become impossible). But at the sme time I do not want either to divorce her or sell my flat to trade up. I prefer seperation which is much softer landing compared to divorce. This is where I need help. If I seperate, then: do I have to leave the flat (bear in mind I am the sole signotory to the mortgage, my wife opted out). OR she will be asked to leave and arrange new accomodation which because she is full time housewife and hence does not earn any monies, the council will find the accomodation for her. Will she then get benfits to live on. And if short then will I be asked to provide contribution which I am ok with if the amount is not too hudge and fits my budget which too be honest right now is stretched. What about the baby or babies I Should say. Obviously it looks like that they will stay with her because they are too young. But arrangement to share the baby e.g 3 days with me and rest with the mum looks realistic or far fetched. Kindly take note that by looking to explore the seperation option, I do not intend in anyway to disown my babies but the way the things are now I have reached the dead end. Something has gotta be done about my situation with the wife otherwise I am looking at bankruptcy and mental failure (half way there already). Reaosn why I say bankruptcy is because my employer is firing me sometime in feb/march 2009 (he is fed up seeing me stressed/depressed, half alert and moody) and to be honest I do not feel I am employable in my current state due to reasons as explained above about myself i.e nervous head shaking and ticks, jumping up and down evry few minutes and slow mental reactions. And whats worse is that being on benfits is not an option either because I lots of expenses and debts including mortgage that benefits will just not cover even if my mortgage is paid by my insurers. Hence by separating All I am really trying to do is avert a personal disaster. Every dayliving the way I am living now is costing me and making me closer to bankruptcy. Heck I have been sleeping on the floor in m,y living room for some time because I cannot share the bed with wife, so much hatred that has developed between us. And this seperation could just be an excersie in just living apart for some time becauase I really intent to make use of time when I live in the flat alone. Let me explain this by saying that lately and in the last year or 2 I have been learning techniques of making wealth. I know I can do a good job of getting rich or atleast having enough for deposit for bigger flat if I am given some time, space and peace of mind. Time meaning 6 months to year and half And peace of mind meaning living on my own so I can concentrate and focus and come out of my depression that has been haunting me for last few years and getting severe lately. I mean its not that I cannot really live with the wife but its becoming very apparant that I cannot live in prevailing circumstances i.e 1 bed flat. Atleast if I had 2 bedrooms, I wouild be able to have one of them for myself and my studies and relaxation which is very importnat to me. As is it is now, there is switch off place in my flat, n Just continuing from the message lsited above............... As is it is now, there is no switch off place in my flat, nowhere to go if u just want to relax and unwind for day's stressed which means that stress and anxiety just multiplies. So its just a matter of atleat 1 extra room that could do wonders right now for me and married life. But thats not the case now. And to be honest nothing gonna change the way things are going hence a need to change the ways a little even if it means seperation (as explained, selling the flat and divorce is what I am avoiding right now). Kindly comment wih th helpful replies. Much apperciated if people iwth seperation experiences can come forward and share their experiences and shed more light into the seperation process and that if the scenario I present above is logical and rationale. Many Thanks in advance. smk www.richfeelings.com (more...)

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I have been married with my wife for 8 years. During this time we had one year where we did not live together due to problems but then re-united 3 years ago. Before this reunion, we did not have any child but straight after the re-union, she got pregnant with baby girl who is just over 2 years now and the most sweetest thing for me. Now she is pregnant again with 2nd baby due next August. Thing is that we both just do not click and there is no compatability between us. As it is, just before the news of new prgnancy I was going to discuss seperation with her and family. But i guess that plan now has to wait until after she concedes the baby. To be honest, I really do not want to be living this women. I have my own problems like being stressed all times, I have developed serious nervous tensions like head shaking and jumping up & down. I really want to move on with my life without disowning my kids. I prefer seperation to divorce because if I am not mistaken that is more of softer way of ending it. Because our relationship is really dead, my personal issues, the small flat that I am owner of which is really causing stress because it is only small 1 bedroom and my desire to really move on, My best scanario would be that we seperate and the council give her another flat (hopefully near to my flat), she gets benefits to live on which I can top up if within my financial reach and as for kids we both have a share it arrangement where I can see the kids whenever I want or certain fixed periods. Is this realistic scenario I am presenting here as a possible result of our serperation. Kindly advise as to what is involved in seperation process? What r possible repruccsions i.e what will happen to my flat for which I am sole mortgage payer and the mortgage is on my name solely (if the question arises that either me or my wife has to leave the flat for this seperation, will it be me or her). Much apperciated if you could reply promptly. Many thanks. Regards www.richfeelings.com (more...)

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