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Much more rigid and primitive are the ideologies sponsored between lines by this magazine. What matters is to keep oil prices and expenditures in military weapons by the sauds 'stable', never mind the looting of a trillion plus $ and 1/3rd of the population in poverty, no rights for women, and slavery abolished nominally only a few decades ago. The most barbarian regime is good cause humans are the 'costs' of the economic capitalist system. The Economist has not changed ideology since his owners, the rothschild took over the manufacturing of wars in the XIX c. Now the Sauds are the biggest customer of BAE and that justifies it all.
One day though a new osama will rise in the day of atonement at the big mosque and declare a new kingdom of god, and that will conceded be as barbarian as the sauds but who will balme them?
No country for young men
The Saudi family and their cult wahabism is the source of much of the hatred, terrorism and funding for both in the world.
They have no legitimacy other than being puppets of the British empire last century.
Shame on America for protecting these barbarians. Their rule will end one day as well.
Politicians of European constitutional monarchies should ask their respective royal families to start interacting more with the Arab royal families. Hopefully, then a greater number of the Arab royals would understand that they only have two options.
First, they could agree to slowly surrender power, while trying to be accepted as a royal family living in luxury without any real political power (much like Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain and other European royals). Or, they will stop being royals all together (exiled or having their heads chopped off like during the French revolution).
I think resistance to democratization from the Arab royals would be much less, if they were to envision a future for their country not as a republic, but as a constitutional monarchy. Even more so, if they were to realize that the more proactive they are themselves in promoting democracy in their respective countries, the more likely it is that eventually they in the end will be accepted by their citizens as formal representatives of the whole country, although without political power.
Actually other democracies with a royal family should also ask their royals to interact more with the Arab royal families. One example of such a royal family would be the Japanese one.
As of right now 25% of the 20 year olds that are leaving university in the UK are without jobs. In the US the unemployment rate for kids in their 20's is around 36% since they graduated and did not get a job, they can not claim unemployment benefits and do not even show up on the U3 statistic.
Why is it that no one believes these kids in the UK and US are not about to riot and revolt against the government. On the flip side 80,000 Saudi men and women are attending college in the United States alone on full scholarship and even more globally for schooling through to a PHD. A Saudi scholarship pays for flights to and from the Kingdom annually, free cell phone to call home and housing expenses as well.
The Saudis get free healthcare that includes sending people the US for special operations and treatments. Those kids can get interest free loans to start a business if they wish, something the US and UK kids can not get from their government while they are paying back their student loans with interest.
The problem is an entire group of Saudi kids that don't want to work and not a lack of jobs that are currently being performed by an army of foreign nationals. Ask any ex-patriot working in the Kingdom and they will tell you they don't want to work an 8 hour day and you need 3 Saudis to do the work of one American.
Hey, if those 25% of graduates without jobs don't know the difference between expatriates and, like in your post, "ex-patriots", I'm not surprised that nobody would hire them.
Seriously, quality of education, especially at the so called 'liberal arts colleges' is so low, that "kids" - often in their late twenties and early thirties - can only fondle their self-esteem with their degrees. They have no practical value whatsoever. MA in ecological technology, huh? LOL!
Dear Richard in 2012 an MA in ecological technology makes more sense than many other degrees. Is not that maybe you are from Saudi?
Yeah, I'm from Mecca, to be precise.
And "ecological technology" means tree-huggers' psycho bubble, they don't teach "kids" nothing serious about real ecology, nor real technology.
This craze starts to fade (global catastrophic man made warming-->climate change-->sustainability... next stop "business as usual')... who'll hire, and what for, someone good in rhetoric of yesterday and nothing else?
Inside jokes should have been explained. Sorry. It is a running joke with my friends that work in other countries that to try and avoid taxes. I do love to rib them that they are not patriots and are ex-patriots due to their abandoning their country and avoiding their patriotic duty of paying taxes.
The point is still clear that all of those well educated kids come home and want a job as a CEO because they went to a good school. If I were to pick a degree like these kids have, I would most pick one that would allow me to get a job in my country. Getting a degree in oil development when I live on Fiji would be a bad idea. As much as a degree in Ecological Technology in Saudi Arabia seems a little silly since they have little reason to use alternate energy sources that spill out of the ground, it is not bad if you can find someone in the market to employee you. The market is the market. They are getting a great number of doctors and that is a good thing for a country wanting to leave the tribal stone age of the third world.
Few jokes survive ex-planation, but your "ex-patriot" for not paying taxes is certainly a good one. Eh... don't Americans pay US taxes even living abroad?
Everything the Saud(i)s do nowadays is related to Iran.They wont let the Persians play first fiddle in the region. Thus they have to destabilize Iran in a way or other. Be it in Syria, with economic sanctions via US, by keeping oil prices low (could be a boomerang)or encouraging the Sunnis in Iran (eg.Balouchistan). However, the Persians also know how to play the game.Be it in the small Emirates in the Gulf or in oil rich fields of Saudi Arabia, Shiites are there, too.
kindda looks like the region is paying for the lonf rivelry of iran and KSA. they are playing in iraq qith their fellow shiite groups and sunni groups, in afghanestan-at least at some times-, the saudis are paying for the salafi movemenets around the globe, afghanestan, uzbakestan, even the near-to-iran tajikestan.
looks like if the US stops making these two countries more hostile towards each other, the region could have more peace
TE: "A third of Saudi young people are jobless. The 140,000 or so Saudis studying abroad will want a say when they return".
One would expect them to want jobs in the field of their study, and only after they proved themselves worthy - "a say" in societal matters. The problem is, whatever education Saudis get abroad, they expect to become bosses (in the most general sense), bankers or bureaucrats upon returning. To busy themselves with anything else is a shame for them.
Technology, research, industry of any kind, including the all important for the country oil industry, healthcare – in other words, any practical area – are manned predominantly by guest workers, from doctors to garagists, telephone technicians, domestic help... you name it.
TE: "A rising middle class will not lie back indefinitely on a cushion of handouts in lieu of a real voice in running the show".
A middle class can rise only on real economic activity. Loafers by their own choice (practical or menial jobs are shameful in the Arab mentality) living on petro-money handouts don't count for such. And they certainly don't deserve "a voice in running the show".
Reluctant Polluter you need an update. What you have in Saudi is not loafers by their own choice. It is the only thing we were allowed to do. Speaking about politics is not allowed and generally avoided in public. You can only talk it if you are supportive to what you think is the government's view. Fortunately, social media and particularly twitter really changed that.
The country is full of guest workers because they are cheaper and because of the need generated by the huge expansion. As for Saudis wanting and expecting to become bosses upon their return, that is just natural, we know better. :)
I sincerely wish you all the success in becoming a boss. Boss of your own destiny, that is. It can ever happen only if you start to dismantle Wahhabi domination in minds and souls. Mohammedanism as the stalwart of your society is what's killing it. Dynastic rules of inheritance are the distant second (or twenty second).
And this will take something much more serious than social media. Twitter against mosque?... Hm, is it a Hollywood romantic comedy, or what?
Your post has some accuracy into it, especially if we were speaking 10-15 years ago. It's changing dramatically as we speak. Lots of Saudis now are working in their field of study, technical, menial, labor jobs.. you name it.
Lots of Saudis also are becoming doctors, engineers, scientists and high end careers, aiming for a better life quality and status, being a boss now is not an aim, but it won't hurt.
Lots of Americans wont do some mexicans job, do they get a voice or say?
I'm a Saudi youth studying in America, I see a better, different future for us, given the right timing and circumstances. And we ARE going to run the show.
Well that last part doesn't make sense. If the middle class are loafers that rely on handouts and because of that don't deserve a voice in running the show, then the Saud family don't either.
Saud family is irrelevant to this problem - they're monarchs, and in a monarchy they're out of the equation.
If the population of the country (or some alien invaders) manage to change the construction of the society - say, establish a republic - then the Royal Family becomes just a family, and then they'll deserve (or not) to have a voice in running the show on the same basis as everybody else.
But not in current circumstances.
Here is the part that you are not comprehending and which make your argument not make sense:
The reconstruction of Saudia Arabian society or who has a voice in running the show is not going to change the cultural desires, but the change will be who the acting monarch is.
In a culture where the norm is for the rich to do nothing but dictate and the slaves do all the work and make no direct decisions, then everyone will want to emulate the top. And some will fight for their chances to actually get there.
The culture desires are common to all the people, slaves and rich and everyone in between
Everybody in this culture has a final desire is to be a monarch (that is control the wealth and otherwise not have to work work.)Its just that the slave/monarch roles have to be changed around a bit from time to time in order to ease the tensions and avoid stagnation as the monarch cycles always end/begin. Great Britain included.
There is no perfect society, its all a work in progress which cycles round and round. Now does that make sense?
Yes, it does - because it just confirms what I told in the first place.
To be clear, I believe that monarchy as a type of society is superior to republic, and by far - to democracy (which is just the rule of mob). But then, it depends what type of monarchy we speak about.
The Saudi type is the most primitive and, to be straight, silly one. You described it quite precisely, and true - it's the prevalent culture which determines monarch's and everyone's else mentality over there. And culture is based on religion, whatever the shrilly atheists bleat. Hence we come to Islam as the root of their troubles.
Enlightened monarchy is very much different: even the most absolutist of them - say, Lois XIY of France - wouldn't imagine to prescribe their subjects' diet, to control their every business transaction, to tax them off of more then 75% of their income, or to conscript all males into the armed forces. Not to speak of introducing a tax on hot (or cold) weather...
Democracies do it.
Last time 'The Economist' forecast political change in the Arab world it was 2010, and they were predicting that social-media-led political upheavals would shortly spell the end of Mubarak et al. Uncanny. I'm therefore inclined to take this prediction seriously.
A part of the world still stuck in the Middle Ages, suddenly amassing all that wealth and power during the 20th century (largely due to geological luck, rather than social or economic accomplishments), has done little to affect positive change in the Middle East.
In many ways, it has probably held back the global Muslim community, due to the sudden prominence of the backward-looking Wahhabist branch of Islam, which the Saudi's have lavishly funded and aggressively promoted around the world.
Old men, with pre-20th century social mores (who take policy guidance from the Qur'an) charting the course of countries has not proved an effective system, anywhere. It's difficult to see how societies still presided over by such political establishments can meet the social, economic and environmental challenges of the 21st century.
The Saudi's have a long way to go before they can enjoy the benefits an open society and economy. With the deepest of respect to that ancient culture: there's a lot of catching up to do. The sooner they get moving down that path, the better for all concerned.
I wish them the very best of luck.
Peter Baker
"Stuck in middle ages" and "take policy guidance from Qur'an" are reflecting bias and hatred. I am 29-years-old Saudi, seeking change. We're not in dark ages, and we want guidance from Qur'an.
Do some research, don't educate yourself from websites and media then ass-u-me.
I unreservedly apologise if you found my comments offensive, or felt that they reflected hatred.
The human race is all in this together, so I am entirely behind the Saudi people, and any attempts to move their country forward (just as I am behind attempts to move all countries forward, including my own).
My comments regarding contemporary Saudi society were based on things such as:
> the fact slavery was only outlawed there as recently as 1962
> in 2009 Saudi Arabia imprisoned a man for 3 years and gave him 300 lashes, because the Saudi police interpreted a booklet written in his native Eritrean as occult symbols
> business people I know who work in Saudi Arabia report that the government's near-blanket control of Saudi industry leads it to being inefficiently and inappropriately organised, compared to economies where there is greater economic freedom
> the fact of the position of head of state is being passed around the ageing sons of a recent absolute monarch
Maybe my comments did not do justice to the recent achievements of the Saudi people in the last century. However, to my mind, all of this speaks of a society facing major obstacles before it can embrace the fruits of modernity in the best interests of its people.
For your information, I have read the Holy Qur'an - a book for which I have nothing but the profoundest respect, in full. However, I question whether it can provide that much hard guidance on the multitude of public policy issues which modern societies face.
Once again, I apologise if you were offended. I wish only the best for yourself, Saudi Arabia and its people.
Warm regards
Peter Baker
Thank you for the reply. I will only reply on the Holy Qur'an part, because for the rest, I won't dig into history for individual cases. And as for the shameful slavery, this is part of our development, and how countries develop. 1962 might be like yesterday for your country as a civilized country, but it's an history for us, since our land has transformed is very short time.
As for taking Qur'an as a code of policies, I believe it is not for the specific issues; neither the modern nor the old. A guidance does not equal a book of codes where 1+1=2. However, "guidance" is a broad word, and taking the Qur'an for guidance is something we want.
The ruling family did not take the book to apply rules. A source of guidance, for the law. Not for their political behavior.
We can argue about to what extent did they really apply Islam even in law, but this is not the topic. I just wanted to clarify that the family's internal political failure and misconduct has nothing to do with following the guidance of the holy Qur'an. Linking between the two is misleading.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
One thought, might look irrelevant:
The church's men represent the religion. Therefore, when they have alliance with the ruler people will hate religion, and the reaction is getting away from it, as happened clearly in western Europe.
However, Islam's scientists are only scientists. They are valued for their knowledge. They are not holy men, and hence do not represent the religion by their actions. We don't see scientists-in-religion holy. Their alliance with someone doesn't make that person more valuable.
Islam is there, everyone can read and be a scientist when they give it the dedication.
Dear Mr. Baker,
Thank you so much for your thoughtful, considerate approach making your point.
You hit the nail on the head, and if I to be honest, there are way many things in Saudi needs to change, and right now, if we aspire to keep up with the rest of the world. There are things I'm truly ashamed of there and only hope we, as the new generation, can change and make it a better place, and further more contribute to the world.
I'm studying here in America, and I've come to realize of how different and backward we are. America have taught me so many things I'm so excited and hopeful to bring some back home.
And you're right, it may seem like a long way, but we're willing to take it, fastidiously.
I hope the Saudis could embrase this change and not resist it, it's inventible.
And the youth, especially the 29 years old, should take constructive criticism and observations as tool to help see things differently and use it.
I do sincerely appreciate your delightful input and concern about our country, being part of the universe. And that the better it gets, the better the world become, as with any country.
Thank you, Sir.
Sincerely yours,
29 Saudi
Thank you - good luck with everything! Hands across the ocean! ;o)
Peter Baker
well written Peter
What about queen Elizabeth she is ruling the world
What kind of BS comment is that?
Not BS at all. He's refering to Palin's recent comments:
Why do you espouse such foolish nonsense, when positive comment, or helpful criticism might help to make a difference in a meaningful way.
It's been Quarter-Century, since I Last Set-Foot on that MOST Precious-Peninsula!
On this Silver Anniversary of MY Exile, here's a Simple Single "Radical-Tought" from the FAR-WEST:
ALL People, Deserve the Governments they Get!!
Even when you can NOT Vote, you are Still the Biggest Factor...
ALL Power to the People.
Peace, Love & Respect.
There is nothing wrong with hierarchical monarchies. It sure beats having to choose between lesser______(fill in your word)every four years.Put that in your hookah.
I came to work in Saudi Arabia six years ago and found it to be a very good and safe place to live and work. I do not feel any fear or repression amongst young talented Saudis with whom I work. It is not a country like Egypt or Iraq under Baathists or Central Asian regimes to whose excesses the West closed its eyes as long as they were keeping the Islamists in check. People feel safe and happy at their work place and homes. The young Saudis whose technical eduction in West was fully financed by the government are as good and talented as in any Western country.
The House of Saud transformed this desert with few roads, schools and decent houses into one of the best places to live in the course of the past 60-70 years. I hope they continue to rule the country in the current balanced way.
many thanks to Prince VVs from the house of saude, coomenting for us from Jeddah Palace!
Which PR company did the House of Saud employ ? Or have they outsourced a little PR work to the Hasbara? The truth is India and any country with a sizeable Muslim population is awash with Wahabis and Saudi money The Wahabis are famous for two things being party pooping killjoys (no music no sports no women with out FULL burquas etc etc ) and producing fundamentalists who are one step away from being terrorists ! And yes the Saudis have a PEACHY REALTIONSHIP WITH BOTH USA and ISAREL
You are obviously one of the lucky ones. Try looking further down the scale to the expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia and I don't think many of them would agree with you. Indonesia, Philippines and now Kenya have all banned sending housemaids & domestic staff to work in Saudi Arabia because of how badly they are treated, either through physical or sexual abuse, working inhumanly long hours, or because they are not paid. The House of Saud transformed this desert on the back of slave labour, and it would fall apart without all the worker expatriates, but its human rights records seem to be ignored by the US & UK, as well as other Governments.
You are obviously one of the lucky ones. Try looking further down the scale to the expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia and I don't think many of them would agree with you. Indonesia, Philippines and now Kenya have all banned sending housemaids & domestic staff to work in Saudi Arabia because of how badly they are treated, either through physical or sexual abuse, working inhumanly long hours, or because they are not paid. The House of Saud transformed this desert on the back of slave labour, and it would fall apart without all the worker expatriates, but its human rights records seem to be ignored by the US & UK, as well as other Governments.
You are obviously one of the lucky ones. Try looking further down the scale to the expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia and I don't think many of them would agree with you. Indonesia, Philippines and now Kenya have all banned sending housemaids & domestic staff to work in Saudi Arabia because of how badly they are treated, either through physical or sexual abuse, working inhumanly long hours, or because they are not paid. The House of Saud transformed this desert on the back of slave labour, and it would fall apart without all the worker expatriates, but its human rights records seem to be ignored by the US & UK, as well as other Governments.
Saudi Arabia is more responsible than any other country for the current chaos in the Middle East. It has used its oil weath to placate and foster a significant number of barbaric fanatics, either by making sure they have sinecures, big houses, big cars, and cheap maids to rape and abuse, or by sending them abroad to stir up trouble elsewhere through "proselytization" (see Chechnya, Bosnia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, etc...). It's more than ironic then that it considers itself a stabilizing factor.
What kind of evidence do you have amigo?
Chechnya? Bosnia? Indonesia? Sri Lanka?
Where are you living? + Don't forget the roles of other "democratic" countries that actually defied all common-sense + international laws and destroyed whole nations. Shall I continue?
Current chaos in the Middle East were made by the people who ruled those countries and NOT by Saudi!!!
Qaddafi? Mubarak? Assad? .......
Actually, if you watch news carefully, Saudi was active in the removal of Qaddafi and is the most active to solve the Syrian crisis.
Accusations are easy but evidence is needed, right?
If you're looking for me to defend America's invasion of Iraq, you're barking up the wrong tree. We're in agreement on that. That doesn't doesn't have anything to do with, however, the role that Saudi oil wealth has played over the past 70 years: fostering intolerance; spreading ignorance; glorifying violence. Are you honestly going to argue that it hasn't been Saudi money funding and staffing the madrassas in NW Pakistan? How's that worked out? As for evidence of my previous accusations, you can use google. Every country I mentioned has been inundated with significant amounts of "charity" from Saudi Arabia, and most of it goes to building monstrously hideous mosques led by -- you know who -- Wahabbi idiots. These seeders go on to raise a community of violent ignoramuses, in the process often uprooting far more peaceful, indiginous practices of Islam. And for you to decry American intervention in Iraq and applaud Saudi meddling in Syria (undoubtedly involving Sunni terrorists -- you know like the ones from 9/11), then we clearly have different standards on hypocrisy.
off course they should be active in removing syria and assad!which saudi prince wouldt want a fewer iranian allie in the region?!
where they as active in Yemen?c'one, theire both arab countries,what makes Yeman and Syria so diffrent/
Building mosques, churches or any other place for people to worship is not a problem.
Saudi Arabia got a license from those countries' governments to build a mosque. Moreover, the preachers in those mosques are not Saudis but are from the countries where the mosque is built. Therefore, if these countries have corrupt governments that agree on such a thing, they should get most of the blame for their lack of monitoring or regulation.
Regarding charities to Pakistan my friend, "come on", (and please don't get wrong here, but we're debating politics) the US is the biggest charity giver to Pakistan!!! It finances some parts of the government of Pakistan, read the news (I recommend the Economist for this one).
Finally, Sunni terrorists in Syria? That was a bad one. I don't think a SUNNI child bombed with his family by the regime is a SUNNI TERRORIST.
The GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council, largest member "Saudi") was the most active player in resolving the Yemeni problem. The Yemeni problem was worsening because of Mr. Ali Abdullah Saleh (Former President). Actually, pressure from the GCC led Mr. Saleh to hand down his power. Therefore, your argument is incorrect.
Second, at least Saudi Arabia is working under international laws and through diplomacy to resolve the Syrian crisis. On the other hand, countries such Iran are sending weapons to the regime to continue the bloodshed. Thus, SAUDI ARABIA AND NOT "A SAUDI PRINCE" (remember Saudi is a country and not a prince) will OFCOURSE be in a different position with Iran. Syria is an Arab country, a member of the Arab league and a crucial player in Middle East politics and Saudi Arabia knows that, hence, this is why it will matter more to Saudi than Iran.
Those "3 dozen men" on the Alliance council and their kin will control the Arab Peninsula for the next 100 years.
There should be a special report on the Alliance Council. We've been schooled that two economic models are in conflict those ascribing to Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx.
It Oil vs. no Oil.
It matters not how you set up anything else.
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela, and the UAE all prove one thing:
If you have oil, the normal rules don't apply.
Saudi Arabia has managed to maintain a 15th century tribal political structure well into the 21st century.
Venezuela has kept Latin American communism on life support long after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Russia has held off its middle classes against the most kleptocratic ruling class the world has ever seen.
And the UAE has somehow managed to convince a millions-strong underclass to live and work in the country without any of the benefits of citizenship.
Signs are encouraging in Russia that autocratic rule is beginning to slowly thaw as the riches are spread more widely.
And as mentioned in the leader the sheer ridiculousness of the Saudi regime means online ridicule has been an effective form of dissent (see: http://dailycurrant.com/2012/04/16/saudi-arabia-allowing-women-forks/)
But we will never fully get rid of the resource curse until a concerted effort is made to replace petrol as the primary source of fuel for automobiles.
Western governments need to support alternative energy more forcefully, not only for their own resource security - but also for the welfare of the millions of human beings living behind the oil slick curtain.
I am reminded of the 1996 movie The American President. I do not usually think there is a lot of wisdom from Hollywood but they hit on something transcendantly brilliant:
When the female protagonist lost her environmentalist effort to get off fossil fuels she angerly scolded the President and took it personally. The President said she did not lose anything compared to the nation.
We had (to a lesser extent have) a path to energy independence.
What is that path? Increasing fossil fuel production in the United States and Europe?
As both Bush and Obama said 'The United States is a Cruise Linter not a speedboat.' Meaning it moves increments.
The best thing Clinton did in his 1994 budget was to put a gas tax. He should have fought like hell to continue a annual 10% increase in the gas tax.
When Obama came in the first thing would be raise the gas tax. Gas should have been 5 dollars a gallon and we should have had a $700 dollar check in the mail just like Bush did in 2007.
I completely agree with you.
"Ultra-reactonary religious authorities" says it all really.
Another country in trouble also has ultra-conservative, and totally corrupt, religious authorities: Greece. Possibly, in Greece, they might be forced to pay tax and butt out of politics, but I doubt it.
In SA I doubt they would let go of their brain-washing control of the people under any circumstances. Even the ruling family is frightened of them.
"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true."
--Steve Jobs
Sooner or later all power is yielded.
We can choose to yield...or have it yanked from our hands.
Ultraconservative Salafism based in Saudi Arabia is the seed of modern terrorism for the past generation. And the current Royal leadership is largely responsible for its worldwide proliferation.
God in His Wisdom has seen fit to make men mortal.
Death will be the Change Agent for the Saudis.
And the Saudis MUST change or endanger the world.
More stodgy and dodgy(must make my voice heard)rant on all things Arab from CTDs!
"Ultraconservative Salafism" XD wow, how did you come up with this term?!
I'm glad we inspire you to come up with such terms. I can see your frowning face while striking the keyboard while typing the sentence! Take it easy, we won't go anywhere. Enjoy life, and stop envying others.
Kind Regards,
A 29-years-old Saudi. A seed of modern awesomeness. Like the rest of Saudis.
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Winmalee Eco Home, New South Wales, Australia
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Name: Winmalee Eco Home, Winmalee, New South Wales, AustraliaSize: 3,700 square feetConstruction Cost: $850,000 (Australian); $875,000 (U.S.) Completed: April 2010Architect: Ross Young, Katoomba, New South WalesBuilder: Blue Eco Homes, Winmalee
Name: Winmalee Eco Home, Winmalee, New South Wales, Australia Size: 3,700 square feet Construction Cost: $850,000 (Australian); $875,000 (U.S.) Completed: April 2010 Architect: Ross Young, Katoomba, New South Wales Builder: Blue Eco Homes, Winmalee
The 7.5-liter-per-minute Caroma Liano kitchen faucet features a ceramic-disc cartridge to eliminate drips. Each of two Fisher & Paykel Dish Drawers with the energy- and water-minimizing Eco Cycle option are run separately when full, saving water and energy. Caroma: 800.605.4218. www.caroma.com. Circle 330. Fisher & Paykel: 888.936.7872. www.fisherpaykel.com.
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The 7.5-liter-per-minute Caroma Liano kitchen faucet features a ceramic-disc cartridge to eliminate drips. Each of two Fisher & Paykel Dish Drawers with the energy- and water-minimizing Eco Cycle option are run separately when full, saving water and energy. Caroma: 800.605.4218. www.caroma.com. Fisher & Paykel: 888.936.7872. www.fisherpaykel.com.
Water Collection
The water reclamation system includes three large tanks from local distributor Aquip Supplies: a 35,000-liter precast concrete tank mostly reserved for bushfire fighting and 14,000- and 12,000-liter metal tanks at the front of the house (one shown here).
The all-in-one eFlow Water Reuse Dispersal System from Netafims Australian division is designed for high-efficiency lawn and garden irrigation using treated domestic wastewater. A sub-surface polyethylene dripperline delivers a slow and precise application, guaranteeing uniform distribution over the entire application area. 888.638.2346. www.netafim.com.
Main Tank/Drinking Water Filter
The collection tanks feed into the main 32,000-liter tank at the back of the house, where the water is filtered before use via the chemical-free Ecotrol-Radfire system from Australian manufacturer Puretec. The ultraviolet-light treatment destroys microorganisms found in unchlorinated water such as bacteria, viruses, mold, and fungal spores. It operates at a flow rate of 91 liters per minute. www.puretecproducts.com.
In the midst of its worst drought in more than a century—rainfall in some regions is half what it should be—Australia is dealing with a water crisis of unprecedented proportion. Many areas of the country are operating under severe water restrictions as the government attempts to avert a disaster. In response, architects and builders throughout Australia are incorporating advanced water-efficient measures that U.S. water experts point to as practical solutions for our own looming crisis.
The desperate conditions in Australia prompted New South Wales custom builder Joe Mercieca to look beyond traditional water conservation tools in planning his own new home four years ago, and he resolved to push the envelope on how self sufficient the house could be. But Mercieca soon found that the small-scale water reclamation products and technologies he needed were not readily available. "We knew what we wanted to achieve," he says, "but there was no one out there who could help us do it."
So Joe and his wife, Merylese, and local architect Ross Young studied already-available commercial systems and found that many of them could be adapted for residential use. They were determined to build a user-friendly and extremely water-conserving house that could be replicated using the systems they'd selected. The resulting home won last year's GreenSmart Award for Water Efficiency from the Australian Housing Industry Association.
"We made very sure we were putting the right technology into the house so it would be fairly cost effective, and that it would work," Mercieca says, "because a lot of what we were thinking of doing was just hearsay as to whether it would work on a domestic scale."
The NovaGrey system can recycle up to 1,148 liters of greywater a day for laundry use, toilet flushing, car washing, and garden watering. It features an energy-conserving "hibernation" mode when not in use. An above-ground polyethylene tank stores the treated greywater until needed. www.watergurus.com.au.
The 1,500-liter NovaClear blackwater system's aeration chamber breaks down microorganisms and digests organic matter with almost no excess sludge buildup and no odor, the company says. A secondary filtration/disinfection chamber completes the aeration process. The system is designed to recycle up to 2,200 liters a day, which is then used for subsurface lawn and garden irrigation. www.watergurus.com.au.
The chemical-free MembraneSafe technology used in the NovaGrey and NovaClear systems originated in the commercial water treatment industry. It filters all household wastewater to 99.99% pathogen-free quality with flat-sheet membranes that remove bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms larger than .2/1,000 millimeter.
For extreme water conservation in the bathrooms, Mercieca speced Caroma 9-liter-per-minute rainshowers, 6-liter-per-minute faucets, and Opal II dual-flush toilets with the company's Smartflush feature, which uses 4.5 liters of water for a full flush and 3 liters for a half flush. The model, which is not available in the U.S., was named Product of the Year from Australia's Housing Industry Association GreenSmart Awards. 800.605.4218. www.caroma.com.
The Australian 4-star-rated front-loading Electrolux washing machine uses water supplied from the greywater tank. 877.435.3287. www.electrolux.com.
The house in the Blue Mountains bush country, completed last April, captures and treats 100% of its own water, making use of it twice inside the house before employing it for irrigation. The whole-house water processing system cost $54,000 (about $55,300 in U.S. dollars).
For emergency purposes, the house is tied in to the municipal water system but Mercieca doesn't foresee needing it: The reservoir tanks hold a 250-day supply of water so that even with no rainfall his family of five could live in the home for more than six months without tapping into the town's water supply.
Rainwater collects on the 3,700-square-foot home's four slanted and curved corrugated metal roofs and flows into three tanks, where it is screened and gravity-fed into a 32,000-liter main tank at the rear of the house. In total, the four tanks are capable of holding 90,000 liters.
The water in the main tank is pressurized and pumped into the house for showers, cooking, drinking, and dish washing. To bring it to drinking water standards, it is cartridge particle- and UV-filtered before entering the house.
A compact greywater system re-treats wastewater from this first round of use and prepares it for washing laundry or cars; toilet flushing; and above-ground garden watering. A 3,000-liter polyethylene tank at the back of the house holds the treated greywater.
Once it is utilized a second time, the water diverts into the blackwater system's 1,500-liter underground tank, which is set off from the house in the backyard. After undergoing a sanitizing process, the wastewater irrigates the site's 5 acres of lawns and gardens. The house has no access to the municipal sewer system.
In addition to collecting, treating, and recycling water, the home is miserly in how much it uses, with dual-flush toilets, low-flow faucets and showerheads, and an ultra-efficient washing machine and dishwasher. The fixtures are certified to a minimum 4-star rating out of 6 in the country's Water Efficient Labelling and Standards (WELS) initiative, a joint program of federal, state, and local governments.
A 26-year veteran of the Australian construction industry, Mercieca is known for building environmentally sound homes that are responsive to their natural surroundings while taking into account clients' needs and style preferences. His own home includes high-performance features such as a 4.2-kW PV system that generates nearly 100% of the home's electricity, in-floor hydronic heat, and a roof-mounted evacuated-tube water heating system. The dwelling is also ultra-fireproof—thanks to its concrete block foundation and non-flammable metal siding—a necessity due to the home's location in a bushfire-prone area.
Four years since Mercieca first dove into on-site water collection and reclamation, products are much easier to come by, he says, as drought-weary Australians' interest in the technology soars. The real proof of his home's self reliance came last Christmas when houseguests upped the home's capacity from the usual five people to 11 people, for several days.
"We had plenty of water for everyone," he recalls happily.
Jennifer Goodman is managing editor for EcoHome.
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This walk-through, interactive attraction that takes guests through pirate adventures including a confrontation with skeleton pirates, singing mermaids, and a summoning of the squid-like Kraken. Virtually all of the presentation takes place in a room designed like a pirate's cave lair. Animatronic figures and other props are placed around the room and are used at various points during the show. A talking skull, recognizable from the Magic Kingdom's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, serves as a narrator for each scene. Finally, an impressive holographic Jack Sparrow takes guests through a pirate oath, cementing their commitment to kidnapping, ransacking and not-giving-a-hoot-ing.
That being said, it's difficult to see who Disney thinks is the target audience for this attraction. For one thing, guests are instructed at various points to chant, roar, and stomp their feet in order to vanquish each threat, as if the entire audience were three-year olds taking part in a Dora the Explorer meets Pirates of the Caribbean episode. But the skeletons, monsters and shooting are scary enough to frighten many small children, so it's not clear for whom the attraction is designed. If you can ignore the juvenile dialog, however, the holographic Jack Sparrow and Johnny Depp's new scene are worth the few minutes you'll spend here.
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If you haven't visited this Pirates of the Caribbean-themed attraction, check it out the next time you're at the Studios. When it first opened, most visitors thought it was far too juvenile in style and not really reflective of the humor found in the films. In response, Disney took out some of the more Dora the Explorer-like moments so guests could get to Johnny Depp's almost-in-person cameo that much quicker.
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The study will seek and recruit substance-using Black Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in New York City for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing and will link and retain those who are HIV infected in HIV primary care. The STAR study has two primary objectives: to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) in the substance using Black MSM population for identifying individuals who are HIV infected and not in care; and to assess the relative effectiveness of patient navigation and financial incentives in linkage and retention to HIV care.
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Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Screening |
Official Title: | Seek, Test, and Retain. Linkages for Black HIV+, Substance-Using Men Who Have Sex With Men. |
- Retention Rates (Linkage to Care) [ Time Frame: Up to 3 months from HIV diagnosis ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Linkage to care will be defined as the attendance of at least one scheduled HIV primary care visit within three months of receiving a confirmed HIV diagnosis. Retention in care will be defined as three visits within nine months of HIV diagnosis.
- Dollars per patient linked and retained in care [ Time Frame: Up to 9 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]We will calculate dollars per patient linked and retained in care to measure cost-effectiveness of the two linkage/retention interventions: costs administering the incentives for the financial incentives arm and staffing costs for the peer navigation arm. All such values will then be adjusted by the opportunity cost of each participant's time. In addition, we will include fixed costs (eg, pamphlets and teaching materials to train the navigators) and the cost of space required to host the navigators.
- Proportion of substance-using Black MSM who are recruited [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Effectiveness of Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS) for seeking and recruiting substance-using Black MSM: the characteristics of RDS will be estimated using conventional proportion calculations, with confidence intervals.
Estimated Enrollment: | 200 |
Study Start Date: | July 2011 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | April 2015 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | April 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Financial Incentives
Financial incentives participants will receive money for attending clinic visits.
Behavioral: Financial Incentives (FI) Intervention
After confirmation that they have completed their first HIV primary care visit, Financial Incentive participants will receive a gift card. Additionally, the coordinator will flip a coin and give participants a bonus gift card if the coin flip comes up heads. Participants who attend the second HIV primary care visit will receive a gift card. Patients who attend a third HIV primary care visit will receive a gift card. Study staff will be responsible for confirming participants' attendance at appointments.
Other Name: FI
Active Comparator: Patient Navigation
Patient navigation participants will receive support from navigators in choosing a provider and remembering to attend appointments.
Behavioral: Patient Navigation (PN) Intervention
Patient Navigation is defined as an individual relationship between a navigator and participant to promote retention in the continuum of HIV care . For this study, three experienced navigators will be hired. Their primary role will be to ensure that participants are linked to an HIV primary care provider, that they attend at least one scheduled visit within three months of receiving a confirmed HIV diagnosis, and that they are retained in care (as defined by attending three HIV visits within nine months of diagnosis). To promote linkage to HIV care, navigators will help participants identify material and other barriers to accessing care and will work with participants to overcome those barriers.
Other Name: PN
Detailed Description:
The HIV epidemic in the United States most severely affects men who have sex with men (MSM): 61% of all new infections occur in this population. Black MSM bear a disproportionate burden, with prevalence of 28%, in contrast to 19% in MSM overall. Black MSM undergo HIV testing less frequently than other MSM; are less likely to be aware that they are HIV infected; are more likely to experience delays in entry into HIV care; and are less likely to be prescribed antiretroviral therapy (ART) when eligible. These disparities are pronounced in substance-using MSM, as substance users are at elevated risk of late diagnosis and delayed engagement in HIV care. The combination of pervasive stigma associated with MSM behavior and high rates of substance use hinders effective prevention efforts in this population, even as the prevalence of infection in Black MSM in some US cities approaches 50%. Reducing HIV-related disparities in MSM and among Black Americans are National HIV/AIDS Strategy priorities and are essential to the effort to control and prevent HIV/AIDS in the US.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Self-identify as Black, African American, Caribbean Black, or multi-ethnic Black
- Identify as male
- Greater than 18 years old
- Have had sex with a man during the preceding 12 months
- Have ever used illicit drugs or alcohol to intoxication
Exclusion Criteria:
*Participation in other study assessing linkage and retention in HIV care
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01790360
United States, New York | |
Harlem Prevention Center | Recruiting |
New York, New York, United States, 10027 | |
Contact: Julie Franks, PhD 646-448-0944 firstname.lastname@example.com | |
Contact: Avelino Loquere, RN 646-448-0941 email@example.com | |
Principal Investigator: Wafaa M El-Sadr, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Wafaa M El-Sadr, MD | Columbia University |
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | Wafaa Mahmoud El-Sadr, Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, Columbia University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01790360 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | AAAI1585, 1R01DA032100-01 |
Study First Received: | January 7, 2013 |
Last Updated: | February 11, 2013 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
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JennyA Reply To The Previous Frizzy Comments:Ive had access to over four-thousand user reviews, and viewed over hundreds of actual before and after photos, all related to the Solia 1.25 Flat Iron.. I have to say that if your hair remains frizzy and dull after.. its because youre not using heat protectant spray; period. You may not have shine depending on something else, but the only thing that protects your hair from damage is the heat protectant sprays out there. While these products can work well; learning from my research and trust me.. my all too limited use lol.. One thing I will say is that you CANNOT believe any advertisement that states that their flat iron is heat protectant; especially for those that are either ceramic or ceramic and tourmaline; you still need heat protectant! I talked with three top-end hair specialists on-site in one day, and then had a previous appointment to have my hair cut for that same day later in the evening. After that still I spent hours upon hours cross-referencing facts through technical data, user reviews, function, and price. There is one commonality in use and care that needs to be applied with every single flat iron and use - heat protectant spray. Ill tell you that the first time it was tried on me in one day.. no heat protectant was used, and though I didnt know much about these things I still tried it. My hair was 100% different than it had been since I was about six years old; straight, soft, and shiny then. Over the years I tried many things - like many others, but not a lot; it just never seemed to work; nothing and not beauticians. Then the second and third times that day I used it with heat protectant spray, and the third time my hair was completely done from the beginning to end. My hair was magazine, television, or movie ready.. and no other products were used. When I was real young - like six years old - my hair was entirely straight but with that kind of softness that makes it look more full than flat bone straight hair. Then when I was about twelve my hair began to change into thicker wavy hair, and in early adulthood I learned I had hypothyroidism; which, many women know.. can create brittle hair in its dysfunction and even after synthroids nothing is nearly it should be.. so since I was in my early twenties... oh my hair only looked good when I went to my boyfriends best friends salon, but the one thing it never was soft. I tried a lot of the serums, and things, for shine already along time ago and they all looked more like a whole lotta grease than shine; even with very small amounts applied, they were heavy on the hair, some were sticky, hands always messy, and for a whole lotta nothing that I wanted those products were, and are, vastly overpriced; a lot that many people mention now and think they are great; I think, too, a good many people confuse shine and grease, so when an equally good number of people are saying its greasy it most likely is. My hair without the miraculous use of a flat iron and heat protectant spray alone is: dull, a soft matted dry when blown straight with a wide tooth comb, frizzy fly a-ways all over from head to ends - about twenty inches of hair or so, and bangs and all every end was thick and frizzy, so much so that my hair was like smooth matted chunks (except for the 20� of fly-a-ways). A good choice I have summarized from my vast research is to have a couple to few hair-dos you like so you dont feel the need to use a flat iron daily; wear your hair lightly combed and down the day after; the day after that (on the third day) where your hair up and do something with your bangs, and then on the fourth day wash your hair and start over if you want; always using heat protectant spray! I do believe that if one follows this they will never have damaged hair from the use of a flat iron. Another thing I learned.. is pricing, quality, and durability.. pricing largely reflects on the amount of features you want, and if you think about it.. all ceramic or all ceramic tourmaline irons are the same technology and materials, so really once you find one that you believe is most suitable for yourself it really comes down to the warranty and most certainly the user reviews on durability and results. The same technologies will give you the same results, but knowing the good companies from the weak ones is key. They will provide a good warranty, a much more solid product (not flimsy and prone to breaking down), good customer service (no run-arounds), and they will provide a reasonable price as well, etc. Even more to be able to view hundreds upon hundreds of REAL before and afters is great, too. I also viewed hundreds upon hundreds of before and afters for the Sedu.. and there were so many befores that actually looked better than the afters.. and a great percentage from them all had me saying, "I get that with blow-drying my hair and thats your flat iron!" A few here and there looked really good, but I imagine they had non-frizzy hair to begin with and just used it to straighten. Well anyway.. I�m going to return here periodically after I�ve used my first flat iron to give updates and reviews of all my experiences with the product, and the company I choose to purchase it from. My Four star rating means nothing because I havent yet purchased or used this product, but I dont want to leave a less than acceptable rating and appear false in that, so Im kind of stuck, and since my research led me to this product Im at least confident in that.posted Jun 29, 2009Link to this post
CassandraUnited StatesGreat ProductI read a lot of reviews before I bought my first "expensive" flat iron. I was leary even after reading the reviews but the Solia made a believer out of me. After having a straightening perm for the last 30 years I let my natural hair grow out because I was starting to thin. This flat iron straightens my hair and gives it a beautiful silky sheen. I dropped it recently and one of the plates came out, but to my surprise I was able to slide it back in place and it still works. Im thinking of purchasing another to have just in case. The free heat stand that came with it comes in very handy too.posted Jun 9, 2009Link to this post
Meli EBronx, NYThe Best Flat Iron I've Ever Used!Leaves my hair as if I just came out of the salon! Great product and would recommend to anyone. My hair is curly, thick and long- this flat made the process of straightening my hair easier and faster. Ive been an owner of many flat irons but this has to be the best. If your hair is like mine, I recommend the 1 1/4" because it is bigger and will be faster to do hair.posted Jun 7, 2009Link to this post
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SonyaNew York, New YorkUhi would only buy if want frixzzy hairposted Mar 19, 2009Link to this post
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FacrunBrossard, MontrealThe Best!I think this is totally nice you get to have the Solia 1/4 flat iron whos wide enough for your hair and small enough to style your bangs or curl your hair!!!ITS AMAZING!!!!!So you get the Solia 1/4 flat iron,Sedu Moisturizing Heat Protecting Boost Value Pack and a heat protecting pouch!!! Lets not forget that this flat iron can be also used in Europe, Asia, Australia and lots of other countries!!And also the Solia flat iron box includes an iron stand!!isnt that a great offer!! hurry up and buy it before anyone else do!!posted Mar 3, 2009Link to this post
MelanieCaliforniaSlow And InaffectiveThis flat iron took a long time to straighten my hair.i would have to iron one 3 inch part of my hair over and over again slowly only to get it a little straight.i ony have wavy hair.the comparison between the chi hair straighter ans the solia semmed to goo to be true,i guess it is.i am very dissapointed and am shipping it back!just thought you should know.posted Feb 24, 2009Link to this post
Becca FraizerThis Straightner Is Great!!!!Alright, i have had like 3 chis already they usually break in 6 monthes, so my thought I should try a different brand, and i got this and it straghttens great ! my hair is like wavy and fluffy, but it still got the job done like in 10 minutes. im so happy with this product, its definatly worth the money, plus you get a warranty, and like these heat protecting spray! i recommend it!posted Jan 31, 2009Link to this post
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