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At Hell in a Cell, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins will be forced to confront the monster who has haunted his nightmares when he steps in the ring against Demon Kane.
For The Big Red Monster, the opportunity is a golden one, a rare chance at snaring the top prize in sports-entertainment. But if he falls short of that goal, his Human Resources–endorsed alter ego, Corporate Kane, will be relieved of his duties as WWE's Director of Operations, per the orders of Stephanie McMahon.
Since re-emerging, masked, at WWE Night of Champions, Demon Kane has terrorized The Architect, chokeslamming and Tombstoning the Superstar he was once responsible for protecting under the direction of The Authority. His fiery onslaughts were precipitated by Rollins' betrayal months ago, when the WWE World Heavyweight Champion pounced on a weakened Kane, further injuring a knee that had been wrenched in an attack by Brock Lesnar and putting the 7-footer out of action.
Making matters more harrowing for Rollins, the business-minded Director of Operations has, at times, seemed eerily unaware of the demonic Superstar's actions toward The Architect, sparking speculation that Kane is no less than a modern-day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
If The Architect hopes to stop his tormentor, he will have to do better than he did on the Sept. 28 edition of Raw. Rollins used a steel chair to again attack Corporate Kane's left knee, but just as Kane was ready to be transported to a medical facility, a startling transformation took place, and Demon Kane escaped from an ambulance to wreak havoc on Rollins.
Demon Kane struck again days later at the WWE Live from MSG special on WWE Network, where he prevented Rollins from winning his United States Championship Steel Cage Match against John Cena.
Will Rollins put down his tormentor once and for all and retain the WWE World Heavyweight Title at Hell in a Cell, costing Corporate Kane his job as Director of Operations in the process? Or will Demon Kane exact retribution?
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Bandito back on a other myth hunt. This time we take on 2 myths. The first myth is the Lady vampire, some people say that supposedly they see a vampire lady killing and sucking someone's blood. The s second one is the "Kinship of Blood" a group of vampires that some people claim to see sacrificing people and drinking thier blood. Let the light of truth shine on these myths.
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- Both only come out at night.
- According to people the Lady Vampire can be seen at 3 places the swamps near Thieves' Landing, The shurbland near Armadillo, and by the river that separates U.S. from Mexico.
- When found both will be drinking random npc blood or sacrficing
To be completely honest I did not take this myth serious at all because of all the infromation was different and the people who said they saw vampires I could not just believe what they are saying, but anyways I looked for like a hour both on muti and single player and did not find a thing . My verdict is that both of these are not at all true and people are just lying about it or just getting confused with undead nightmare. Also the kinship of blood may be a posse of players that are devil worshippers. If you have any information or stories on swamp ghost feel free leave a comment.
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London: An improved system of adjusting run targets in rain-shortened matches will be introduced at Fridays first one-day International between Pakistan and South Africa in Lahore.
The new system has been devised to ensure fairness to both teams in matches where the side batting first sets an exceptionally high total, the ICC said in a statement.
Under the existing Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) system, victory targets are revised in rain-affected one-day games. New targets are based on how many overs a side has left to bat and how many wickets have already fallen.
This years World Cup final underlined the systems weakness when the side batting first posts a huge total. Australia raced to 359 for two in 50 overs. India, in reply, were bowled out for 234 in 39.2 overs, but had hopes of snatching an unlikely victory when storm clouds gathered over Johannesburg after they had made a bright start.
With rain threatening, India, on 145 for 3 after 23 overs, were only four runs behind par, said Frank Duckworth, one of the inventors of the D/L system.
Losing no more wickets and scoring 12 in next two overs, followed by a terminal downpour, wouldve given the title to India.
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Many dividend investors focus exclusively on finding the best dividend stocks. They spend countless hours analyzing companies, studying balance sheets and perfecting their entry criteria. Yet, when the companies that have taken so painstakingly to identify and research appreciate in price, investors decide to cash in and move onto the next idea. Unfortunately in most situations, investors end up worse off in the new idea, in comparison to just sitting tight and doing nothing.
I am always fascinated that investors who are quick to pull the trigger on gains they generate, freeze to death when the stocks cut or eliminate distributions. They become hopeful, when they should be fearful of losing their nest eggs. These investors end up hoping and praying that one day their dividend income will breakeven, meaning that they will generate as much income as when they originally made the investment.
These examples appear to be black and white, and too rigid. If investing has taught me anything, it is that things always change and that one has to remain flexible in their approach. Yet, one recurring pattern in my investment portfolio that I have noticed is that winners tend to keep winning, yet losers tend to keep on losing. In the world of dividend investing I have found that companies like the constituents of the dividend achievers list have a very high probability of continuing their streak of consistent dividend increases. I have also found that companies which cut or eliminate distributions are seldom good investments for the long term investor, even if they eventually decide to regain their dividend growth stock status.
What I am attempting to describe here is the fact that dividend investing is very difficult. It is not difficult because analyzing balance sheets, moats and business models is that hard. It is difficult, because a large component of the investment equation deals with investor psychology. Even if investors are shrewd enough to have selected the best dividend stocks in the world at the right price, they could still end up not making any money, or even worse – losing money.
Investors who purchased at the right price can do no wrong by simply holding onto the rising income stream, as long as the distribution is not cut or eliminated. The dividend trend should be their friend. Unfortunately, psychologically speaking, it is very difficult to hold onto a winning position. A position that goes up 50%, 100%, 200% and even more over a period ranging from a few months to a few years or even decades would make most investors want to ring the cash register. This would be the case even if the underlying fundamentals are still intact, and bullish trend in earnings and dividend payments is expected to continue onto the future.
Another psychological problem that dividend investing poses is that it is a slow process of building wealth and passive income. For many, it would take anywhere from one decade to several decades. Few investors have the tenacity to forgo current consumption and stick to a single investment strategy for years. People tend to give up easily when confronted with certain tasks where the payout is a long time away. It is very difficult to compare your long-term approach to dividend investing to the get rich quick mentality of most other investors, who might have made quick gains in volatile technology stocks over the past year. Investors who decide to take shortcuts to achieve their target dividend income, might end up being disappointed in the process. Some shortcuts include taking excessive leverage that could lead to huge investment losses even during a small market correction, or using options and futures without understanding them completely. Another shortcut could include loading up on high-yielding companies such as mortgage REITs like American Capital Agency (AGNC) or Annaly Capital (NLY). If short term interest rates start increasing faster than longer term interest rates, the distributions that these mortgage REITs pay would be in big jeopardy.
The psychological dilemma of successful dividend investing is evident for situations where investors have purchased companies that have raised dividends for a certain number of years, and when they keep raising them in the future. Many investors have been taught at school or at their jobs that inactivity does not result in payoff. As a result, many end up selling winners, paying capital gains taxes on the proceeds and limiting their upside this way. Unfortunately, successful dividend investing is sometimes counterintuitive to this way of thinking, since it is all about being right and maximizing this to the fullest extent possible, even if it takes several decades of positive reinforcement.
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|Reviews for Kill Bill: Three Months
| FavaBeans chapter 27 . 6/7
I really enjoyed this fic! I'm sad that there's not more, I would've loved to have see some chapters on bill and BB. If you guys ever get back to writing for the kill bill fandom, I'd love to see a fic centred around bill and BB and how he handled finding out that he had a daughter and how the birth all happened and how he changed his lifestyle to become a daddy. Those 4 years between the church and when Bea woke up interest me and I'd love to see someone take the challenge on. Thanks again guys, this was awesome!
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 26 . 2/24/2010
I really enjoyed reading Vernita's epilogue. I love that she has mixed feelings about Beatrix-feeling sorry that it happened, but knowing that now she's going to lead the life they both wanted. I like that Vernita went to Bill to be released from him. Their interaction was interesting. I think Vernita's relieved to not be a killer anymore. At the same time, she does have some respect for Bill. Very well done. I also like how Vernita sees B.B. as an innocent baby. She shouldn't suffer for her parents' sins. Vernita's thoughts on Budd and Elle were great too. Interesting and snide thoughts on O-Ren considering how she meets her death...
So...since I reviewed the next chapter awhile ago, I'll just say it here. As you know, I enjoyed your stories very much, as do many of the readers on here. I know how writer's block can be, how life can get in the way and everything...but please finish what you started. It's been years since we've seen an update. And really, it seems you are only two chapters from being completely finished with this epic story. Just Elle's and Bill's epilogue...I really look forward to reading as do the rest of the readers. Please, whenever you have a chance finish posting your story. This way all three are complete! You've done a wonderful job and didn't come this far only to stop at the very end. Just 2 more! I know you can do it!
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 25 . 2/24/2010
Great job on O-Ren's epilogue. I like the idea of writing an epilogue for each Deadly Viper and going in the order in which Beatrix made her Death List Five. I like how you wrote about Bill backing up O-Ren. I also felt I understood O-Ren's disdain and coldness towards Beatrix in this chapter in the way it matches up to the movie. Little does O-Ren know she'll meet her match...in time...
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 24 . 2/24/2010
You did a wonderful job with this chapter. Call me sick, but I've always wondered how the Beatrix experienced the beating at the hands of the Vipers. I guess because they show only clips of it in the movie. I like how you wrote about each Viper...Vernita avoiding Bea's belly, Elle out for her own revenge, Budd not being totally into the beating, and O-Ren deriving cold satisfaction from it. It was sad, tragic, painful, and ugly-you captured everything about the scene. Great job!
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 23 . 2/23/2010
You did an amazing job with this chapter. It was so neat to read about Bill's thoughts and feelings about Beatrix now that he's very close to finishing her off at Two Pines. I like that he enjoyed their last kiss and exchange of words. Even the part about him feeling remorse...it makes one wonder how everything would be different if he didn't go along with his plan. Then again, Bill doesn't strike me as one who would start something and then stop in the middle. Overall, it was great reading about how he's seeing everything.
There's just one thing...I really wish you had showed the part where him and Beatrix talk outside, and when Beatrix introduces Bill to Tommy. We already know the scenes having seen the movie, but it would've been interesting for you both to go in-depth with it, especially because there's so much tension in that scene. Tommy is oblivious, Beatrix looks uncomfortable, and Bill is very sneaky.
Overall though, I really enjoyed reading this. I just kept thinking "poor Tommy"-poor everyone really because no one in the wedding party could've seen this coming.
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 22 . 2/23/2010
Oh boy...here we go. Loved how you showed us Beatrix and Bill. I almost picture it like a split screen with Beatrix getting ready for the wedding, and Bill getting ready for the massacre. And it's fascinating how their minds are on completely different things. Beatrix is getting the normal life she always wanted and Bill is ready to have his revenge. I like how you interweaved Beatrix being Bill's "favorite person" as was mentioned in the movie. Great work!
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 21 . 2/23/2010
This was a very beautiful and sad chapter. Beautiful because Beatrix got to see ultrasound of her little girl, and sad because after Two Pines, she'll think her baby's gone. I thought this chapter was a great juxtaposition to the chapter where Bill sees Helen's photos of Beatrix and Tommy together. Bill was heartbroken and beyond furious, and Beatrix is happy and looking forward to being a mother.
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 20 . 2/22/2010
This was really good. I enjoy reading about the Vipers a lot. I like how Vernita has some boundaries, especially considering the fact that she's against killing an unborn baby in such a horrible manner by beating up the mother. Elle's reaction is no surprise, she hates Beatrix's guts. And I like that Budd is against the idea. It seems in his character for him to feel both Budd and Beatrix are to blame for what's occured. I like that Budd snapped at O-Ren since she seems full of herself. Although I have to admit, I don't see O-Ren as being another hateful enemy of Beatrix's...I always thought she was the closest to Beatrix. Finally I gotta tell you that I love this line: "I grant all of you the right to beat the utter living shit out of her." It's so hateful and cruel and wow! I love it! Bill really is a cold murdering bastard...and all his talk about him having nothing to do with the baby...yeah, so he thinks.
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 19 . 2/22/2010
I really like how it's all coming together. It's so creepy though with this whole idea of "the wedding to remember". It will be...in a very gruesome and sad way. I also like how you tied in Beatrix wearing the dress and Tommy seeing her in it despite it being bad luck. Bill mentions that in the movie, and it's great how you tied it in with Erica, Joleen, and Janeen having a say about it. Also like how you weaved in Bill's memory of how Beatrix would choose to die if she had a choice. Too bad it's going to be used against her...
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 18 . 2/22/2010
Poor Aiyana. That's a horrible way to die. She knew Bill wasn't in the right mode, and he just killed her off like that. That was so cruel and yet so twisted and sociopathic on his part.
I really enjoyed Bill's and Budd's dialogue. I liked Bill's lines about him preferring Beatrix to be dead than alive screwing another man. It just shows his "overreacting" and how jealous and also hurt he really is. I also love how you slipped in the "we all deserve to die" that shows up in Vol. 2. Great job!
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 17 . 2/21/2010
This was an excellent chapter. I really felt the tension that Helen and Dantae must've felt knowing they had to give Bill this bad news. And I really felt for Bill. He is a murdering bastard, but imagining how he sees the situation through his eyes is heartbreaking. You wrote about it very well. The whole love story of Bill and Beatrix is very tragic and you show this well in your story.
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 16 . 2/21/2010
Uh-oh...Bill has hired someone to track down Beatrix. And this lady, Helen, she was annoying. She's upset about the animals being killed (which is understandable), but doesn't seem to care she's dealing with a sociopathic serial killer who's offed more humans than she can imagine (yeah, what's with that?) I don't know why, but that bugged me.
I like the alternating scenes between Bill and Elle, and Beatrix and Tommy. Elle is totally taking advantage of Bill. Wow, that must've been a huge slap in the face for Elle to hear "Kiddo". But she defintely almost had him. I like the pickles and ice cream with Beatrix and Tommy...so sweet and normal.
Still, Dantae and Helen being hired to spy...this does not bode well for Beatrix...
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 15 . 2/21/2010
I like the beginning with Budd. His and Bill's interactions are always entertaining. I also like that Bill wants to track down Beatrix's assassin (or so he thinks.) This is getting very interesting!
I thought Beatrix's reaction to Tommy calling her 'kiddo' was very intriguing. Of course it'd bring up memories of Bill and who she used to be. But Tommy has no idea. I wonder if Tommy questions her about it later?
Will keep reading!
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 14 . 2/21/2010
So Miss Espona is turning out to be a decent replacement for Beatrix. It's been awhile since I read so I've forgotten what the other Vipers' reactions towards her. I remember Vernita liking her. Should be interesting to see what happens down the line.
I'm glad Tommy had this convo with Beatrix. It's important. It's just sad that he doesn't know he has less than three months to live. He's such a great guy. I really like that you fleshed out his character.
| Sassy Lil Scorpio chapter 13 . 5/30/2008
Great chapter. Miss Espona is quite the replacement for Beatrix. Haha-Vernita wishing she was good with a gun! Let's not forget how her aiming at Beatrix was off (prolly because of the cereal box, but still.) As for Martha, I don't blame her for what she's feeling and saying; Tommy is her son, after all. At the same time, she did come off as cold and she really doesn't know "Arlene's" real situation so...As for Beatrix...I can understnad her lying to protect Tommy from her past because in the end it does catch up to her. Reading this made me wonder what Martha's views were after the Massacre at Two Pines. It'd make for an interesting fic, don't you think?


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Elite athletes fall under the lean category. They have different standards than the average person and therefore comparing yourself is pointless unless you have the same level of physical activity and nutrition, remember, we are talking about training everyday on a strict diet regime. So what about the rest of us who aren't top-performing athletes? In general, a 30-year old man should ideally fall somewhere between 10-16% (my personal target is to get to 12%), while a 30-year old woman should fall between 18-22%.
Obesity in the U.S. and Europe is on the rise. Men with a percentage of over 25% and women with a percentage over 32% can experience severe health complications. This is clearly a visible unhealthiness. But what about dropping too low? Having a low body fat is equally as unhealthy, just in different ways. Having a low body fat percentage decreases performance and can also cause serious health issues. Unless you are training for the Olympics or some other high-intensity competition, there is really no reason to drop below 8% for men and 14% for women.
Some people continue to blame genetics on their health problems and/or levels of body fat, especially when it comes to weight. Where you store fat on your body can be contributed to your genetic makeup, but most weight gain and loss is linked to your lifestyle. The good news is, if you want to change your body composition you can. You are not confined to your present state of being. The biggest thing you can start to change is your diet. To achieve a healthy body fat percentage you must create the right balance between the food you eat and the energy burned (calories in versus calories out). It's not about total weight as this can usually give a false sense of healthy versus unhealthy. Underwater weighing, skin fold thickness measurements, bio electrical impedance, general measurements and the body mass index are ways in which you can determine your body fat percentage and start to reach healthy goals. Just remember to always use more than one form of measurement, ideally body fat percentage and measurements.
If its six pack abs you are after then, the ideal body fat percentage for men, is around 12% for basic definition and 9-10% to look ripped.


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Diwali means different things to different people all over India. People worship different Hindu Gods, have different customs to observe the religious importance of the day. Famously known as festival of lights, for me it is exactly that.
A festival of light, happiness, joy, sweets and togetherness. The whole country switches off to the festive mood, shopping splurges, cleaning up the house, buying gold, long cues at the famous mithai walas ( sweet sellers), gifts and proudly dressed up kids to show off there diwali dress. Even if you a not celebrating Diwali for the religious purpose, no one can resist the joy and over whelming festivity this festival brings. Here, in Kuwait, the celebrations are not as vivid ofcourse but it still doesn't stop me from making sweets.
Indians desserts have one ground rule: Anything that can go in milk or milk products and sugar can come out tasting like heaven.Which I just made up but I can assure you its true. Halwa is an Indian dessert made with full fat milk/milk product, sugar, nuts and ocassionaly spices with one key ingredient. The key ingredient is like bollywood hero. And all other ingredient are like villains and some are just supporting actors.
Let me explain what I meant. See, most of the halwa's start with healthy key ingredient like carrot, bottle-gourd, apple, pineapple, beetroot, lentils, sabodana etc. They are good, healthy, honest, good for you Indian hero. And there are villians, full fat milk, sometimes milk powders, khoya/mawa and sugar. And then there are supporting actors who make the whole thing complete - spices and nuts. I don't know how you feel about bollywood, but if you have sweet tooth and are yet to taste aIndian halwas, you are missing out on something very special.
Halwas are very versatile and you can make halwa out of almost anything sweet you fancy. Depending on the texture of your key ingredient the method and cooking may vary. If you are making a halwa with lentils such as moong dal it would take more time than say a pineapple halwa. They all taste different and the humble key ingredient turns into something divine. That said, its not a very waist friendly recipe, but hey remember " food to eat, legs to run" !
Pineapple Halwa
Serves : 4-6
For Mawa *
½ cup ghee
½ cup milk powder
For Halwa
2 cans pineapple in syrup**
¼ cup milk
½ cup sugar
1 tbsp almond (broken)
½ tbsp cashew (broken)
1 tsp raisins (optional)
Generous pinch of Saffron
*Indian halwa use khoya/mawa which is nothing but dry solid milk which is made by heating milk for hours and hours. In India, fresh khoya is readily available at stores. So Indians like us who live away from home try to find substitution for khoya. One of the commonly used substitution is milk powder which works extremely well. I use milk powder extensively in Indian sweets ranging from gulab jamun, ras malai to halwas. But in each sweet, the way it's used differs. For most if not all my halwas, I make mawa using this method and trust me its taste just like the real stuff.
**I don't use canned fruits specially in syrup but for this halwa canned works particularly well. In fact I prefer it over fresh pineapple. If you are using fresh pineapple the cooking time will be longer and adjust sugar according to the sweetness of the fruit.
Okay. Listen don't jump from here. You need to read this particularly well. This is so easy and you shall be so proud of yourself once you get it right.Heat the ghee in non sticking frying pan. Heat the ghee and then switch off the gas.
Let it cool a bit and then add your milk powder.
Mix. Put it back on the stove at low heat.
Looks like this. For the first 5 minutes it will feel like nothing's happening. All through out you have to keep moving it around to make sure nothing sticks. After 5 minutes, you will notice that its slowly changing color. It's a subtle change. And thinks will work fast from here so don'tt stop stirring it around. After 10 minutes, you will notice the color had gone slightly more dark.
Keep a bowl of water with you. Splash/sprinkle in some water. The mixture will start granulating like this. Keep sprinkling water till you see it starts leaving ghee.
Gradually most of the ghee will separate from it. Drain off the ghee.
This is the stuff that makes this halwa out of world. Yeah I know that sounds very cheesy. But when did I say I got writing skills?
Drain your pineapples.
Chop them finely. In a deep bottom saucerpan add the pineapples with sugar.
Let it cook for 15-20 minutes or till you see the pineapple has almost cooked in sugar.
Add the mawa and mix. Add saffron dissolved in milk, almonds, cashew and raisins.
Cook for another 15 minutes.Garnish with nuts and saffron.
My. Favorite. Indulgence. Happy Diwali!
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Banning Hijab is Escapist- Muslim group reacts to PresidentialMediaChat
Following President Muhammadu Buhari view on the possibility of imposing a ban on hijab , if the bombings in the north east continue during his presidential media chat on Wednesday, The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned any idea of imposing a ban on hijab. The director of MURIC Isaq Akintola in a press statement said the idea to ban the hijab is escapist, scapegoatism and the action would only open the floodgates of anarchy. Instead of solving Nigeria's security problems.
The director said that,If army and police uniforms are not banned which are often used by bandits, why should the hijab be banned?
He also added that security agents know how they often fish out hoodlums who use police and soldiers' uniforms to commit atrocities, saying the same method should be used to prevent the use of hijab for bombing.
According to him, "what crime have Nigerian Muslim women committed that they should be derobed in public? Without their hijab, Muslim women feel as if they are naked. Users of hijab are in all walks of life. They are civil servants, business women, teachers, etc. Most importantly, they are tax payers and voters. They voted Buhari into power. Is Buhari's government warming up to encroach on Allah-given fundamental rights of Muslim women? Is this an appropriate pay-back? "another dimension in the idea of banning hijab is the geographical area likely to be involved in the ban? Will it be limited to the three troubled states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe? Will it extend to the whole North East or will the ban cover the whole of Nigeria?" He added that, if hijab is ban, what is the time frame? When will it be deban, saying are we not likely to experience more religious upheavals after the ban as some religious zealots will want to capitalize on the ban by maltreating Muslim women, Will these religious fanatics who use the period of the ban to oppress Muslim women stop their repression even after hijab has been de-proscribed? He said that, has President Buhari pondered over the impact of the imposition of a state of emergency on those three states by the past administration? Did it stop insurgency? We posit that Boko Haram handlers will simply shift to other methods to conduct their nefarious activities. Already they have introduced suicide bombing by children. Is Buhari going to ban children from going out to the streets? He stated that, MURIC appreciates Mr. President's dilemma. We understand that Boko Haram must be defeated. But Muslim women must not be the scape goats. Nigerian Muslims will not succumb to a policy that dehumanizes their mothers, wives, daughters and sisters. Banning hijab tantamounts to institutionalizing the stereotyping of Muslim women. This is unacceptable. Added that, Hijab is more than a covering for female Muslims. It is a unique identity for Muslim women. It is a mark of dignity and a symbol of piety. Hijab is an integral part of Islam, a microcosm in a macro. Whoever bans hijab has fired a shot at the religion of Islam. We therefore advise Mr. President to tread softly.
"Hijab also represents chastity and innocence. By banning hijab, Nigeria will be pronouncing its hypocrisy to the international community as a country which claims to be fighting HIV and AIDS yet it has failed to protect chastity and innocence. Whoever bans hijab has given unbridled licence to indecent dressing among women, its attendant sexual licenciousness and the exposure of society to its aftereffects" He said He urged the president and his security chiefs must therefore find other means of stopping the bombings. They should leave Muslim women alone. Nigeria's security agencies must sit up and device other means. There must be new initiatives and fresh ideas. Armchair crime-fighting is an anachronism. They must not use Muslim women as scapegoats. They must step up their intelligence gathering gimmicks. "we opine that banning hijab will be a mark of victory for Boko Haram. The insurgents will celebrate their success in causing so much confusion and such wide division between the government and its Muslim citizenry's" he stated


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The Indian cricket team will be criticised for failing to beat New Zealand in the home Test series. For a change, the national football team should also meet with the same fate if it fails to deliver the goods in the Afro-Asian Games.
Anything less than the semis should be treated as failure, considering India have been training under a foreign coach for a while now and that they will be playing at home. Also, the group they find themselves in is clearly easier than the other one.
Having said this, I agree with Stephen Constantine that he hasnt had the ideal time to prepare and condition his team for such a tournament.
Also, some of the players he wants are not available. Its true that with club football governing the economy of football in almost all countries, it has become difficult for national sides to have all the players they want in a training camp for a significant period of time. Many top footballing nations have complained about this, mostly without any result.
The situation is no different here as the clubs in India look after the financial security of players. So, the clubs cant be blamed if they demand that footballers play for them, denying the national coach the time to work with them for a longer period of time.
Sadly, the similarity with other nations ends here. In most countries superior in football, the fitness level players have to maintain is better than what is needed for the national teams. Which is exactly the opposite here and thats why Constantine has a point when he says the fitness level of players when they join national camps is below what he expects.
Unfortunately, while the coach scores a point here, there remain questions he will find tough to answer. In all fairness and with due credit to Constantine for winning the LG Cup in Vietnam in 2002, it has to be admitted that under his guidance, India have not been performing close to what they were in the 2000 pre-World Cup tournament with Sukhwinder Singh as coach. After beating UAE in that competition and following the Vietnam triumph under Constantine, the Indians have consistently performed below par. The shameful low, of course, came in Dhaka earlier this year when Constantines team lost to Pakistan in the SAFF Cup.
The time has come to reverse the trend and a good run on home soil will reassure fans that Indian football can really prosper under this coach who has been given a lot of freedom be it in selecting players, criticising our football structure and finding flaws with methods Indian coaches follow. Success will justify all this, but our administrators and the coach himself will surely admit theres still some way to go.
A decent showing in the Afro-Asian Games, reaching the semi-finals at least, is an absolute must in order to show that what has been said and done were actually prudent and wise. A group comprising Rwanda, Malaysia and Ghana with no guarantee on whether these teams will be at full strength is just the tonic India needed.
I support Constantines move to exclude injured players like Alvito DCunha. He played and did reasonably well under the same coach in Dhaka earlier this year. The coach must have found something wrong with the players this time and though DCunha is a valuable member, there is no point in selecting someone who may not regain full fitness before the tournament starts.
But I have been taken aback by the exclusion of Sur Kumar Singh. He has tremendous zest and speed and is an excellent attacking defender. I dont know what strategy Constantine has in mind but whatever plan he has, should be based on the kind of players at his disposal. Sur Kumar, in the kind of form he is in, could have been quite a handful.
I have also been surprised by the fact that all this while Constantine chose to stay away from Calcutta, where the major chunk of our domestic football has taken place this season. Being here would certainly have helped the coach in selecting players and he would have gained by interacting with the local coaches.
I have not heard Constantine exchanging notes with our domestic coaches, which I think is an absolute must for the man in charge of the Indian team. Or may be, reports of him meeting the likes of Subhas Bhowmick, Subrata Bhattacharya and Mohammed Habeeb have escaped my attention.
Our football officials, players and fans have been patient with Constantine and accepted his criticism of all that he thinks is wrong with our structure. Some of the things he has said and done is justified but to prove that most of that is valid, he has to deliver.
Yes, the luck factor is there, as is the form of players on match-days. Performance is bigger than all this and its time for Constantine to deliver. Its his chance to prove critics wrong and a great opportunity for our players to show they too can do well in international meets.


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Up there among some of my favourite stays from last year. I was in Malaysia late last year and twice thrice this year. I am smittened with the city and yearn to see more of this beautiful country. Known for its beaches and rain forests, sadly none of which were on the itinerary for the last few trips. You have seen me post about my visit to the Batu Caves, a run down on what to see and do in Kuala Lumpur as well as the views from Petronas Towers, and a culinary tour of KL's China Town. With all the city gems available to explore in Kuala Lumpur one needs to consider a comfort spot to lay your head. It doesn't get any better than Mandarin Oriental in the heart of the capital. Perfectly located, sits right next to Petronas Towers, KLCC shopping mall and many cool and trendy bars and restaurants within reach. It was definitely worth the splurge! Plus, we managed to snub a room with a view of the twin towers.
I share another installment of my stay at Mandarin Oriental a while back. The pool is amazing and looks out on to the city, food in the hotel restaurants is fantastic not to mention we also pigged out on our first evening having arrived early evening and too tired to go exploring it was the perfect time to try out the hotel's room service. Once it arrived they set it all up for you with a portable dining table and chairs you as to bring the restaurant to you!
The luxury 5-star hotel definitely didn't disappoint. Heavenly comfy bed with great views, close to tourist attractions, about 40 minutes drive to the airport, great customer service not to mention the choice of rooms and suites available; 571 rooms, 21 suites and 40 executive apartments. It's hard not to feel at home once you arrive. We booked our room via Booking.com.
Shots below from our stay at Mandarin Oriental in Kuala Lumpur.
Have you stayed here before, or been to Kuala Lumpur? What was your impression of the city.


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Helo - When To Stack My Sisters Wedding Cake (Sun)
Decorating By hailinguk Updated 14 Aug 2015 , 5:17pm by -K8memphis
Hi There,
I'm making my sisters wedding cake for Sunday.
I've just got all 4 tiers covered. I'm just wondering when it's best to stack them as need to add ruffles etc.
I'm heading to the wedding venue in the afternoon as staying overnight before the wedding. That's why I've had to make the cake today. (Cakes were made earlier then defrosted, filled and covered today).
Can I stack straight them and decorate now? Or is it best to leave them to harden overnight, then dowel then stack?
This may sound like a stupid question but I have purchased plastic dowels. How is best to cut them to size. Just nipped the end with plyers and it doesn't cut it straight!
I have 2 x 8" cakes, 1 x 6" and 1 x 4" (I had to do 2 x 8" ones because my 10" pan is dented. The tiers are quite tall - around 6" each.
Thanks xx
That's a smaller cake, so it can be stacked and transported in one piece. I'd go ahead and stack them now, then wait and let them sit for a while,. If anything weird is going to happen to them settling and creating air bubbles or problems with the fondant it will show up before you try to decorate them.
If the bottom two tiers are both 8" round, stack those as usual then drive a dowel through both and cut it level with the top. That way the two tiers won't shift and create a ridge where they're sitting on each other.
You can cut the plastic dowels with a pair of cable cutters or a little saw if you have those. If not, just try to get them as flat as you can and as long as you put them in even;y around the tier it will be okay if they're not totally flat.
wow -- those are my first pictures since the big fix -- easier than easy peasy -- copy & paste -- so all that to say --
when i cut my plastic dowel i push them back & forth on the counter top with a ruler to be sure everybody's on the same page and clip where necessary -- one or more will pop out out line and look too tall -- you can tell how many are gonna be too long this way -- once they all scootch back & forth evenly then they are straight


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In Heat 01/30/2008
One of our dogs and one of our cats is currently in heat. The cat isn't too big of a deal as she is just a little hussy, sticks her butt in the air, meows and then hisses.
What an ingenious invention mens undies were. A trap door for the guys and a tale hole for the dogs. Cool!
An Oldie but A Goody 01/30/2008
Not sure where I originally found this at as I just found it on my computer while cleaning out files BUT this is us TOTALLY! Scary isn't it?
A Pickle Family Update 01/13/2008
This just in...All hell has brooken loose in the Pickle Barrel...details at ten.
Killer the Bat Slayer (3-13-07) 12/27/2007
OK, I know this year has brought a few things our way that some might view as bad luck. Cool, backed into a pole and knocked my rear view mirror off my van, he went in the ditch one morning on the way to work, my aunt almost died, Cool went to the ER with chest pains, the garage was on fire. It all depends on how a person views life as to how they handle these life situations. I have viewed these all as, "We were extremely lucky. Someone was really watching out for us." Some might say I was living life with my glass half full. Not today. What happened today is where I draw the line.
The predator guarding his prey.
Ice Storm (2-07) 12/16/2007
A winter storm came through the area this past weekend. It was more of an ice storm than anything. We had an inch of ice on EVERYTHING. The town is a mess. There are trees down, electric poles down and no electricity for thousands upon thousands of customers. We lost electricity at about 11:00 Saturday morning and got it back at 6:30 Sunday night. We were lucky. All of the towns and farms around us do NOT have electricity and are not expected to have electricity for up to 10 days. Yes, we were lucky! When the windows started looking like this and the electricity had been off for a while, we snuggled in my bed and took turns reading stories to each other. The picklets were happy to have daddy read to them.
Cool and I decided to go out and clean up some of the brush that had fallen from the trees in the yard. Upon opening the door we saw at least 3/4 of an inch of ice covering the grass and sidewalk.
It covered the outside toy box.
The basketball hoop.
The solar lights.
And was plain beautiful.
After coming in, the picklets made deviled eggs by candlelight.
And finished up the president's Day file folder (by candlelight).
It was down to 55 by bedtime and so the picklets snuggled down on the floor and slept in the living room. Camping at it's finest!
Milk in a Bag 12/16/2007
One of the memories that stands out from visiting my Grandma and Grandpa is the "milk in a bag".
So, on the way home I bought milk in a bag (from a gas station). Now they have handy little pitchers to put the bag in and a slit in the plastic to close the milk up. I cannot tell you the rush I had. It was pure exhilaration! I bought skim white milk, chocolate milk AND orange juice.
My picklets and I shared a glass of calcium enriched milk and a wonderful memory that was started in a brick house, in a small kitchen, with my Grandma handing me a glass. And just for a moment I thought I smelled that smell that only my Grandma's house had.
The Kindly Geppetto (2-07) 12/16/2007
My aunt was born was downs syndrome some 50 or so years ago. My grandparents made the radical decision to keep her instead of sending her off to a home for the mentally ill. The doctors told them she would never walk, talk, recognize anyone, have a personality and if she did happen to have a life of quality, she would not live past the age of 30. Boy were they wrong!
Through the night she regained some of her strength. She responded with the sparkle in her eye again and would joke with us. She was very emotional with my mom asking her for kisses all the time. The Elaine that loved my mom was showing herself again warming my mom's heart emensely. We left the hospital about 8:45 for the hotel.


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The EPA gas-mileage ratings are right on the money for most cars, but our experience indicates that the 2012 Mazda2 may exceed its rated numbers in real-world use--which makes it a little greener than expected.
According to the EPA, the Mazda2 gets 27 mpg city, 34 mpg highway when it's fitted with the four-speed automatic. Opt for the five-speed manual--which is probably more "zoom-zoom," to be honest--and those numbers go up to 29 city, 35 highway. For the latter, that's a combined 32-mpg rating. But our road tests indicated that the number may be closer to 35 mpg, even if you drive it energetically and flog it around.
Why so thrifty? The Mazda2 is light--very light. In fact, it weighs less than the current Miata two-seater, tipping the scales at a slender 2,300 pounds. Mazda calls the process it used the "gram strategy," meaning it shaved weight wherever and whenever possible, from every component. That saves raw materials, and it reduces the amount of fuel that needs to be burned to move it all around.


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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 recorded an impressive opening with 101 million Indian viewers (TAM data CS4+ extrapolated to the universe using a standard conversion factor) tuning in on the first day of the once in four year tournament. The inaugural day saw New-Zealand vs Sri Lanka and England vs Australia face off in the opening stages for the cup.
67% of the viewership for the opening day's game, Australia vs England, came from Hindi + vernacular feeds with English at 33%. This reflects a shift as compared to the prior edition of the World Cup where English dominated with a 55% share.
The World Cup buzz renewed the Australia - England rivalry as viewers lined up in big numbers to watch the co-hosts take on their arch rivals, irrespective of the time zone. The 9 am game delivered 2.5X of the ratings of the recently concluded tri-series and over ten times the viewership of any other Australia-England game, including day & night matches, in the last one year.
With nearly 4 million households having access to HD, Star Sports aired the games across a network of 4 HD channels including the newly launched Star Sports HD3, India's first all Hindi HD channel for sports. In a global first Star Sports 4K was launched giving cricket fans a chance to enjoy their favourite sport in ultra-HD.
The World Cup buzz also dominated the social trends online with fans extremely vocal in their enthusiasm. The opening day witnessed 131,000 conversations from 80,000 unique authors delivering 1 billion impressions (in India) for the two matches.
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Coach Pop Pregame Media Availability - Spurs vs. Raptors
(On Kawhi Leonard's availability for tonight's game…)
"He says he feels a lot better today. He went and had some more work done, so he is better off than he was the other day."
(On Toronto's recent success despite trading away Rudy Gay…)
"I don't know. They've played well though. Coaches have obviously responded really well. Players have responded well. They are all pros. They put it together and carry on. They show good professionalism by just getting it done."
(On the NBA possibly removing the lottery system…)
"I don't care. Whatever they do, they do. They make the rules and we follow them. It doesn't do any good to think about what they're going to be when they don't include us. Whatever they say the rule is, we'll figure it out from there."
(On the difficulty of tonight's game given Toronto's defeat of Oklahoma City last night…)
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Nearly 150 people were killed in a new outbreak of violence in South Sudan's capital Juba one day before the world's youngest nation marked the fifth anniversary of its independence from Sudan on Saturday, local broadcaster Radio Tamazuj reported.
The morgue of the Juba Teaching Hospital – the main government hospital – had received more than 90 bodies of soldiers and civilians, said a doctor working there, who did not want to be named.
Most of the bodies were male, he told dpa.
Radio Tamazuj put the number of bodies at the hospital at 109 and said that an additional 37 people had also been killed, bringing the total to 146.
Skirmishes broke out between members of the government's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and former rebels with the SPLA in Opposition (SPLA-IO) near the presidential palace where President Salva Kiir was meeting his deputy, former rebel leader Riek Machar on Friday.
Gunfire, grenades and mortars could be heard, according to local media and the UN mission in the country.
Radio Tamazuj said the fighting spread nearly all over the city, and that it was not always clear who was fighting and why.
The UN mission said "several rounds" of fighting had hit its buildings and that hundreds of internally displaced people had fled from their camp to the UN compound.
An army spokesman and a rebel spokesman said they were unable to give casualty figures.
"There are people walking on the streets, but the atmosphere is tense," said Jeremiah Young, an aid worker with World Vision in Juba.
"We are very concerned, as there is a possibility that this could deteriorate," he said by telephone.
Army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang had earlier described the situation as returning "back to normal."
Machar's spokesman James Gatdet blamed the fighting on Kiir's security forces, saying they had opened fire on Machar's bodyguards, the newspaper Sudan Tribune reported.
On Thursday, several people had been killed in clashes between rebels and the military in Juba.
Kiir formed a committee including government and rebel representatives to investigate the violence, local broadcaster Eye Radio reported.
South Sudan, whose 2.5-year civil conflict has led its oil production to plummet, had cancelled independence day celebrations for lack of money.
Radio Tamazuj meanwhile reported fighting in Eastern Equatoria in the south, quoting a resident as saying that there had been shootings at police stations and prisons.
Local resident William Okot told dpa that a police officer had been killed. It was not immediately possible to confirm the reports.
South Sudan declared independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, after two decades of civil war had pitted the Muslim and largely Arab north against the Christian south.
But peace did not last long, with a power struggle between Kiir and Machar escalating into a military conflict in December 2013.
The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced more than 2 million people, while up to 4.8 million people are facing food insecurity, according to the UN.
Kiir and Machar signed a peace agreement in August 2015. The formation of a transitional unity government in April was due to seal peace, but the renewed fighting dealt a blow to such hopes.
Independent armed groups which occasionally form alliances with the army or the rebels also operate in the country.
The UN mission said it was "outraged" by the new outbreak of fighting, while EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini warned that the "humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate at an alarming pace."
UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon said the fighting was "yet another illustration of the parties' lack of serious commitment to the peace process."


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I've been using this sweet and sour sauce for years. It came from the recipe booklet included with my first wok. In the past it was always served with home made deep fried chicken balls. I've modified my recipe to make it Volumetric with all the great taste of the original tangy sauce! It is also quick to prepare, making it a great mid-week meal.
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This was an excellent recipe! I usually don't eat sweet and sour chicken at Chinese places because it is often deep fried so this recipe is very welcome and will be made again. It tastes very much like what you get in Chinese places here with sweet and sour without all grease from the chicken. It was also quick and very easy to make, which is a big plus. The only thing that I changed was sugar instead of Splenda because they didn't have it at my supermarket. I'll have a look at the big supermarket to see if they have it for the next time that I make it to keep the calories down. Made for PAC March '09.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (chopped in chunks)
- 2 bell peppers (any color, chopped in chunks)
- 1 onion (large, chopped in chunks)
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup orange juice
- 1⁄2 cup pineapple juice (from a can of pineapple chunks)
- 6 ounces tomato paste (1 can)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch (dissolved in cold water)
- 1⁄3 cup Splenda sugar substitute
- 1 cup pineapple chunk
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat oil in a non-stick pan or wok.
- Cook chicken until no longer pink. Remove chicken, saving the liquid in the pan.
- Add the peppers and onions to the liquid in the pan and heat until cooked. I like my peppers and onions crunchy, so I don't overcook.
- Once cooked, drain and set aside.
- While chicken and peppers are cooking, prepare the sauce.
- To make sauce: place vinegar, salt, juices and tomato paste in a pot.
- Heat on medium and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Combine cornstarch with a small amount of water.
- Add cornstarch/water mixture to the sauce, stirring to remove any lumps.
- Add splenda and pineapple chunks.
- Continue to heat for another couple of minutes to heat pineapple chunks.
- Serving ideas: Either combine the sauce with the cooked chicken mixture, or serve the sauce on the side. Present with steamed rice.


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Danmas (IRE) 66-1 (9-7) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out and soon no impression, 12th of 14, 17l behind Hazaraba (9-0) at Naas 7f fll mdn stks in Jun.
Celestial Fable (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Mid-division early before dropping towards rear and 9th 4f out, ridden from over 3f out and good progress into 4th over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong without threatening winner, 3rd of 10, 3/4l behind Blackstone (9-5) at Killarney 1m mdn stks gd.
Dandysteps (IRE) Dandy Man filly out of Peggys Rose.
Empress Toorah (IRE) 10-3fav (8-11) Led and disputed lead, ridden early straight and headed 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 15, 8l behind Oor Jock (9-8) at Tipperary 7f hcp gf.
Memorable 12-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along and dropped to 7th 2f out, soon no extra, 9th of 12, 16l behind Carla Bianca (9-0) at Navan 1m 2f fll mdn stks gf in Jun.
Saldanha Bay (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Close up, ridden from 3f out, dropped to 4th from 2f out, soon no impression, kept on same pace, 4th of 6, 7l behind Shell House (9-1) at Naas 1m fll mdn stks gd in Jun.
Zanka (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) Towards rear early and in rear 4f out, ridden from over 3f out, some progress on inner over 2f out before soon short of room, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 8l behind Blackstone (9-5) at Killarney 1m mdn stks gd.


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042 Fritz Haber and the yellowish-brown cloud at five o'clock
Germans use poison gas as a weapon
It is Sunday 11 April 1915. It is the 42nd week after the shooting at Sarajevo.
Bulgaria agrees to a Serbian-Bulgarian committee that will investigate Macedonian border incidents.
The British experience great difficulties in repelling the Turkish-Arab attack near the port of Basra in present-day Iraq.
Pope Benedict XV informs American president Woodrow Wilson to be prepared to launch a joint peace initiative.
Fifteen allied airplanes bomb Ostend on the North Sea coast again.
The Germans decide to increase their efforts on the eastern front.
The British submarine E-35 tries in vain to reach the Sea of Marmara via the Dardanelles.
Russian troops, with additional Armenian volunteers under the command of general Andranik Ozanian, defeat the Ottomans in the Battle of Dilman.
The Germans see their attacks stranded at Notre Dame de Lorette.
British troops take Hill 60, a hill near the village of Zillebeke in West Flanders.
And a German prisoner of war tells the French that at Langemark bottles filled with gas are ready to be used, the poisonous experiment of Fritz Haber.
The story of the First World War is a random collection of contrasts. Take Fritz Haber, generally considered to be the ultimate promoter of chemical warfare, and Albert Einstein, especially known for his pacifism. It appears that Einstein, the apostle of peace, and Haber, the poisoner, were on friendly terms with each other before, during and after the war.
In 1914, just before the war, Haber got Einstein to the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, which has been called the Fritz Haber Institute since 1953. Two brilliant scientists, Haber and Einstein, both of German-Jewish descent. But Haber will trade in the Jewish faith for Protestantism already at a very early stage, while Einstein will adopt the Swiss nationality long before the war. The world view of one is completely opposite to that of the other. Between '14 and '18 Haber wants to win the war for the Germans by putting poison gas in the hands of soldiers. Einstein persists in his anti-militarism, although it is he who in later years will be at the basis of the most horrible weapon of all time, much more horrible than Haber's poison gas: the atomic bomb.
Both have to leave Germany in 1933, the year that the Nazis seize power. Especially Fritz Haber is getting a raw deal. He has worked hard for Germany as an ardent patriot all his life. Now the same Germany chases him away as the eternal Jew. In a letter Einstein expresses his sympathy with the exile Haber: 'I can feel your inner conflicts. It is somewhat like having to abandon a theory on which you have worked for your whole life. It is not the same for me because I never believed it in the least.'
What then was this sacred faith of Fritz Haber? Well, he formulated his scientific creed as follows: 'Im Frieden der Menschheit, im Krieg dem Vaterland' ('In times of peace humanity, in times of war the fatherland'). Gas was his most manifest contribution to the German war effort, but the Germans also managed to keep the production of ammunition at the usual level thanks to Fritz Haber. After the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914 the German army ran the risk of having no more explosives. As a result of the British trade blockade Germany had no more access to the raw materials for nitric acid. The Haber-Bosch process offered a solution. Together with Carl Bosch Fritz Haber had succeeded in making ammonia of hydrogen and nitrogen already before the war. The Germans managed to convert this ammonia during the war into hundreds of thousands of tons of nitric acid, essential for the production of ammunition.
Haber was not the only scientist who dealt with poison gas, but he was indeed the man behind the first successful gas attack of the Second Battle of Ypres. To many historians this was the beginning of chemical warfare. At the end of January 1915, however, the Germans had already made an effort to this on the eastern front near Bolimów. In the Neuve Chapelle area in October 1914 a German experiment with gas that made its victims sneeze violently was mainly aimed at eliminating the enemy temporarily. Even earlier in August 1914 the French had already been carefully working with tear gas. So it is highly questionable to call Fritz Haber 'the father of poison gas'.
Eric Wils, a Dutch chemist who has explored the First World War, eliminates the persistent misunderstandings about poison gas as follows: 'There has been a discussion since 1915 whether the use of tear gas grenades in 1914 by French soldiers was the first use of poison gas in the First World War. The fact remains that on 22 April 1915, when the Germans released 150 tons of chlorine at Ypres, there was a completely new situation. For the first time a chemical weapon had been developed which was used on a large scale to achieve a breakthrough in the trenchwar. Not just blowing some smoke or poisonous vapour in the direction of an opponent during a fight, but spreading 150 tons of chlorine. Especially produced for the fights in April 1915 in an industrial manner and stored in 6,000 cylinders. This chemical warfare escalated in such a way that in 1918 millions of poison gas grenades, including the ones filled with mustard gas, were fired by the fighting parties.' So much for Eric Wils' explanation.
Let us put it like this: Fritz Haber is responsible for poison gas to become a factor of importance in the war. According to estimates gas attacks proved fatal to 91,000 soldiers. That is not even one per cent of the 10 million who were killed in the First World War. But gas gave the war unprecedented and macabre dynamics. Statistics prove that, cynically speaking, bombs and grenades were deadlier and therefore less humane. But gas was so elusive and treacherous. It made the war in a certain sense inhuman. One of the German soldiers who had to dive into the hole that chlorine gas had made in the front on 22 April 1915, would say: 'I am not very happy with the idea of poisoning people. All the dead lie on their backs with clenched fists.'
We can still feel the soldiers' fear of the gas in their trenches when reading Wilfred Owen's poem, Dulce et Decorum est. The poet still hears his comrades call: 'Gas! Gas! Quick boys!' They reach for their gas masks, but one of them does not make it. The picture of this bloke, 'choking and drowning', 'blood gargling from his froth-corrupted lungs', that picture will never vanish from his dreams.
Such was the reality resulting from Fritz Haber's laboratory. But it is not said to have haunted him. Also after the war Haber kept defending the chemical weapon as a higher form of warfare. He has recorded this as follows: 'One cannot die a nicer death than by breathing hydrocyanic acid gas.' Besides, also a person like Winston Churchill will continue promoting the use of poison gas after the Great War. He intends to silence rebellious Arabs in Iraq with it.
And yet an overkill of combat gasses will remain reserved to the First World War. The Second has stayed deprived of it. It was a much too dynamic war for it. But gas also frightened both parties in World War II, just as a nuclear confrontation did not happen in the Cold War. In 1997 the signatories of the Chemical Weapons Convention agree to ban poison gas from the world. This is almost a century after all civilized nations of the world had promised to do the same during the Hague Convention.
This promise, however, proved of little value in the Great War. Backed by government and army command scientists, led by Fritz Haber, experimented with the new weapon to their heart's content. The gas escaped from cylinders and was blown towards the enemy by the wind or it was fired in grenades. After teargas at Bolimów and chlorine gas at Ypres there came attacks with phosgene, chloropicrin, hydrocyanic acid and arsenic compounds. The British and the French could only follow the Germans in their gas arms race with difficulty.
In July 1917 Ypres is again the backdrop for the release of mustardgas. It will appropriately be called Yperite. Mustard gas will prove to be the killer among combat gasses. Its victim is given the time to rot away from the inside and outside. The skin will be covered in blisters and the mucous membrane detaches from the trachea. The pain is infernal until finally death comes as the redeemer.
Likewise Fritz Haber's wife seeks redemptive death. Ten days after the chlorine attack at Ypres she commits suicide using her husband's service pistol. The night before hubbie had celebrated his promotion to captain with a dinner party. According to one theory another much younger woman is involved, the woman Haber will marry during the war, but whom he will also divorce again. A more plausible explanation is that Clara Immerwahr preferred death to life with a man who perverted science. As she herself had graduated as a chemist summa cum laude, she could not bear that her husband cultivated death and destruction in test tubes. She did not get through to him. Fritz Haber's patriotism was immune to his wife's pleading. The day after Clara's suicide Fritz Haber travelled to the eastern front to disperse his poison gas. Others were left to arrange the funeral.
In the first months of 1915 Haber had to convince the generals of the power of the gas. But it did not turn out to be a magic formula. Gas could surprise the enemy, but when should their own infantry start chasing the cloud? Too early and the gas would turn against their own troops. Too late and the enemy would be extra prepared for the attack. As the war progressed, the quality of protective measures increased. Initially cotton rags, handkerchiefs and gauze dressings drenched in urine had to protect the breathing passages. But soon gas masks were passed around in the trenches. A gas alarm was given with rattles and whistles.
Gas could have meant a breakthrough on 22 April 1915 between Steenstraat and Langemark. Chaos on the side of the allies was complete. Thousands of Algerians and zouaves, gasping for air, fled from the yellowish-brown cloud that had come drifting in at five o'clock in the afternoon. A six-kilometre hole had been created in the front, but the Germans failed to push through. The following day Canadian troops flowed in to prevent a German advance. They, too, were treated to gas, but Ypres stayed out of reach of the Germans.
Yes, the story of the First World War is full of contradictions. But also the peace that follows makes you raise your eyebrows. In 1919 it is announced that the Nobel Prize for chemistry is awarded to … Fritz Haber. There are of course protests, but Haber will still be honoured in Sweden as the man who managed to bake 'bread out of air'. Chemical fertilizers could be introduced because of Haber's synthesis of ammonia. Behold the Janus face of scientist Fritz Haber: the number of people he saved from starvation far exceeds the number of soldiers whose breath he took away.
After the war Haber and his friend Albert Einstein make an effort to undo the boycott of German scientists. Haber feels responsible for Germany's defeat, but dedicated himself fully to chemical insect control. This leads to Zyklon B, the gas the Nazis used to speed up the genocide of the Jewish people in the extermination camps.
Haber had no knowledge of this at all, having died in 1934 at the age of 65. He could not rest in German soil and that is why he is buried where he died, in Basel, Switzerland. Shortly before he passed away he required the ashes of his first wife Clara to be placed in his grave, which is what happened. It has remained a sober tomb though.
Next week: Anthony Fokker
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London - Ambulances are late to a third of life-threatening emergencies, shocking figures reveal.
In the year to August, more than 1.1million critically ill patients were left waiting for an ambulance longer than the target of eight minutes.
They included victims of cardiac arrests, strokes and road traffic accidents. Some had to wait for nearly two hours.
The NHS figures – the worst on record – were blamed on migration, the failure of GP services and a shortage of paramedics.
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To make matters worse, ambulances are having to queue outside busy A&E units and so cannot respond to other 999 calls.
Separate figures today show almost 77,000 ambulances waited at least an hour outside casualty departments last year – twice as many as two years ago.
Paramedics are meant to arrive on the scene of 'category A' calls – the most serious – within eight minutes of being dispatched.
But a Daily Mail analysis of NHS England statistics shows that, in 12 months, they took longer than eight minutes in more than 1.1million category-A calls.
This means they were late in 35 per cent of the 3.18million of category-A calls. The figures show the extent to which the under-staffed ambulance service struggles to cope with the soaring numbers of 999 calls.
In January ambulances were late for 36 per cent of category-A calls compared with 32 per cent in January last year.
And in March they were too late for 42 per cent, while in March last year the figure was 30 per cent. In August, the most recent figures, targets were missed for 36 per cent of calls compared with 30 per cent for the same month last year.
The crisis is fuelled by unprecedented demand from the ageing population and patients who are not seriously ill but use ambulances like a taxi service.
Paramedics say they are increasingly called to patients with minor injuries or illnesses who have been unable to get hold of a GP.
Some reported pressure due to migrants who do not register with a surgery or do not know where their nearest walk-in centre is.
The ambulance service is also desperately short of paramedics with an estimated 12 per cent of posts vacant.
These factors mean fewer ambulances are ready to respond to serious 999 calls.
Meanwhile Freedom of Information responses from the ten English ambulance trusts reveal 76,725 ambulances had to wait at least an hour outside A&E in 2015/16.
This was up from 51,632 in 2014/15 and 28,162 in 2013/14.
Katherine Murphy, of the Patients Association, said the figures were 'terrifying'. She said: 'It is particularly concerning that thousands of sick patients are made to wait in ambulances outside A&E for more than an hour, as their condition may deteriorate in this time. You can only imagine the panic anyone would be in if this was you and your loved ones in an emergency situation.'
Sarah Carpenter of the Unite union, which represents paramedics, said the figures reveal a 'catalogue of pain and suffering for patients'. She said: 'Hardworking and dedicated ambulance staff and paramedics are being pushed to their limit of endurance – and beyond.'
And Labour's health spokesman Jonathan Ashworth said: 'For patients already in distress this absolutely will not do.'
In March, South Western Ambulance Service reported a small number of category-A patients waiting more than 108 minutes for a response. And last month another trust, South East Coast, wrote to GPs urging them not to call 999 from surgeries in a desperate bid to reduce demand.
The same organisation was last year found to have downgraded thousands of emergency calls in a bid to hit response targets.
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Many trusts increasingly rely on firemen, the police or private ambulance crews to transport patients to hospital.
NHS England said the figures demonstrate the rise in demand. On ambulances waiting outside A&E, it said some had to delay handing over patients in order to continue giving care.
The Department of Health said: 'We expect patient handovers from ambulance to A&E to happen within 30 minutes.
'If delays occur, hospital and ambulance trusts must work closely together, with support from NHS England, to improve.'
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General Motors Co. threw up a roadblock to the bid by Magna International Inc. to transform itself into a full-fledged auto maker, taking the extraordinary step of using a corporate blog posting to say Magna's offer for GM's key European operations is not acceptable.
While negotiations between GM and the Canadian auto parts giant to take over and restructure Adam Opel GmbH will continue, "we simply could not execute the deal as submitted," John Smith, GM group vice-president and the auto maker's chief negotiator in the Opel talks, said Tuesday in a posting on GM's website.
A competing bid made by Belgium-based investment firm RHJ International "would represent a much simpler structure and would be easier to implement," Mr. Smith said.
The GM statement appears to knock Magna out of its position as front-runner in the Opel race.
His statement sets up a potential clash between GM and the German government, which clearly favours the bid Magna is making in conjunction with Sberbank of Russia and is prepared to finance it.
Germany, meanwhile "made it quite clear that [RHJ]would get no money from the German government," one European industry source familiar with negotiations said. Britain also supports the Magna bid, Mr. Smith acknowledged.
Magna and Sberbank would each own 27.5 per cent of Opel, while its workers - who also back the Magna-led initiative - would own 10 per cent.
GM would retain a 35-per-cent shareholding.
But Mr. Smith said "the bid presented to GM varied from the negotiations we had in the previous weeks and contained elements around intellectual property and our Russian operations that simply could not be implemented."
Among the problems he outlined are partnerships with others around the world that have joint ownership of the assets.
The GM partnerships in Russia include a joint venture with Russian auto maker Avtovaz that assembles the Chevrolet Niva sport utility vehicle and a co-operative agreement with Avtotor that makes three Cadillac models and four Chevrolets, including the Chevrolet Lacetti, the best-selling GM vehicle in Russia.
Magna meanwhile, is hooking up with OAO Gaz, another Russian auto maker, and has been seeking the rights to sell Chevrolet models in that country, which it sees as one of the world's major growing markets in the next decade.
Daniel Witzani, a spokesman at Magna's European headquarters in Oberwaltersdorf, Austria, said there would be no response from the company to Mr. Smith's comments.
Those comments included a statement that the RHJ bid would require less financial help from the German government while still turning Opel and its British unit Vauxhall, into an independent organization in Germany.
One high-ranking European auto source said he believes GM has been emboldened by its relatively quick trip through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States and may favour the RHJ bid because it would permit GM to buy back a majority stake in Opel once it has been restructured.
But "the money which was given by the U.S. government and the Canadian government was there to get General Motors on a sound, healthy footing in North America," the source said. "It wasn't meant to bail out [operations] in other parts of the world."
The German government has taken a leading role because Opel's headquarters, four of its assembly plants and about 25,000 of its 50,000 employees are in Germany.
A German state governor who has been involved in talks on Opel's future said Magna improved its offer by raising the amount of money it is prepared to contribute when the deal closes.
Magna is now prepared to invest €350-million ($536.2-million) in Opel immediately after taking a stake, an increase from its original plan to put up £100-million, Hesse state Governor Roland Koch said. The Magna plan includes loans of €4.5-billion from Germany.
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