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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

THE EXPERIMENT An economics professor made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire ...

Open House!

2:51 PM Tukiyooo 0

Open House!

We have a lot of exciting events taking place in the house in the next few weeks. In two weeks we have a photographer from a UK magazine vi...

While I'm not surprised at the Manhattan-centric nature of the cover of <a href="http://nymag.com/nymag/letters/hurricane-sandy-editors-letter-2012-11/">New York Magazine's forthcoming issue</a>, I must admit the photograph by <a href="http://www.iwan.com/">Iwan Baan</a> is exceptional. It certainly doesn't summarize the impacts of Hurricane Sandy, but it does a great job showing how a chunk of the island lost power for close to a week.<br /><br /><img alt="nymagcvr121105_710.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/nymagcvr121105_710.jpg" title="New York Magazine cover" /><br />[New York Magazine cover by Iwan Baan | image <a href="http://nymag.com/nymag/letters/hurricane-sandy-editors-letter-2012-11/">source</a>]<br /><br />As explained by the editors: <br /><blockquote>A photograph taken by Iwan Baan on Wednesday night, showing the Island  of Manhattan, half aglow and half in dark, was the clear choice [for the cover], for the  way it fit with the bigger story we have tried to tell here about a  powerful city rendered powerless.</blockquote>

Covering Sandy

While I'm not surprised at the Manhattan-centric nature of the cover of New York Magazine's forthcoming issue , I must admit the pho...

30 Days of Google #4: Back up your Blogger blog

10:27 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7XjAZbjfDB8F2ADOMcUo_N5hKRTFStsw7MveEHNIxFp_aanwiiVrcE6IAdpANvf5ElaLAaAwNHXvCUUouJoL-P8uyUaFADrObqZgGUqg4HMt8xiuIdwld5Uz4XlnFSCZwshbxepVM04/s1600/blogger2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7XjAZbjfDB8F2ADOMcUo_N5hKRTFStsw7MveEHNIxFp_aanwiiVrcE6IAdpANvf5ElaLAaAwNHXvCUUouJoL-P8uyUaFADrObqZgGUqg4HMt8xiuIdwld5Uz4XlnFSCZwshbxepVM04/s320/blogger2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="font-size: small;">Submitted by Fiona Beal</span></span></i><br />Recently I was opening my Blogger blog when I was directed to a message from Google saying that people in two parts of the world (Austria and Sweden) were trying to access the blog. Google gave the IP address of the devices concerned  They had refused permission to these unknown people but wanted to know if I wanted to give them access – good old Google<span style="font-size: small;">!</span> They advised me to change my password in case it was someone trying to compromise my account…which of course I did. So I knew it was time for me to back up my blog!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Other reasons for backing up a blog</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I remember Richard Byrne on this blog <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/" target="_blank"><i>Free technology 4 teachers</i></a> urging his read<span style="font-size: small;">ers</span> one time, as a weekend project,  to back up our blogs; so I crossed over to his post for guidance.  He gives some good reasons for backing up a blog, '<i>The fact of the matter is, if we rely on a free web-based service we should be aware of the possibility that it could shut-down or move to a fee model at some point. To that end, we should be in the habit of periodically creating offline back-ups of our data.’</i></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How to back up a blog?</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is a relief to know that nothing happens to the original blog when you backup!  I have put the steps I took into a Slideshare. It was rather nerve-wracking at first as I imagined how it would be if something went wrong and I lost the whole blog! To allay that fear I practised on a not-too-important previous blog and all went well.<span style="font-size: small;"> So here is what I did...</span></span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/15020172" style="border-bottom: #ccc 0px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="427"> </iframe>  <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/back-up-your-blogger-blog" target="_blank" title="Back up your Blogger blog">Back up your Blogger blog</a> </b>from <b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a></b> </div><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What else can be done with the exported file?</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you decide to change blogging platforms you can import the xml backup files to the new blog. Amazing! The other thing you can do with the xml file is convert it to a PDF and make it into a book using <a href="http://www.blogbooker.com/">BlogBooker</a> – a free service! It takes about 5 minutes. Imagine how nice it would be to do this for your students’ blogs at the end of a year!  BlogBooker points to some public examples on the web to look at<span style="font-size: small;"><b>.</b></span></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cvfRBnOs7R-O_-tFcA4i0OJs6tBPMDI6FOyJtBnzYdusqlVCpFBcsPGDGtIxZ9uuBNsFNkDB6viUDp4ZWn4611_ystDqsZnXNufOE4iJsntciJBz1TnqqbtJ8IawtWEz__EWndZ90UQ/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefR7T0QsvXrqeBbh_Jc8ztZ_ctL-ktPSVUVYkRKY9Gp5lV7vziRaHU7-Qrcn8LL1RPVN83vJJZ-afyNYVdQ9kbw8dYNDWbha9RYJzYisf0yNDhJWDTkbkIXJ_jGMR9CpbVxBbRodEyqY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can also get this done professionally on the web into a hard cover book using <a href="http://blog2print.sharedbook.com/blogworld/printmyblog/index.html">blog2print.</a> I have seen one of these <span style="font-size: small;">at a friend's house </span>and they are lovely.</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSWGQJKdDcz4B0lvH-37IhrLZcoN416jlBUQABnuG_jyyjn0GRNFPQvQ2ZZjaONWSTPjXBYPoKrmkEj20vCSLmWN-8fJ8FKQuSZKL9mvtoml-wj7z81Dn7mALERnFAE0KWbHzbVLrJyY/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxWpCn0BeCuTCGot5izAb2LWhv1nEFEu4JYjCqdxp07S8pUQzXdhmNvC4TzLdno4MBwO7Z19EJ_uYlokKSo2v1s6zEDslxMeWaw6swp04-_uD78Ck_h55_cG5gB0a2yUXO0WTV4gez0M/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are the proud own<span style="font-size: small;">er of a Blogger<span style="font-size: small;"> or</span> Edublogs/Wordpress blog please think about backing up your blog. It would be a terrible plight to lose all those hard-earned hours of work just like that!</span></span></span><b> </b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Further reading</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1) <a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/7-tips-for-turning-your-blog-into-a-book">7 tips for turning your blog into a book</a><br />2) <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/how-to-back-up-your-blog-and-why-you.html#.UJaoscXjRuY">How to back up your blog and why you should</a></span></span></div>

30 Days of Google Slideshare Tutorials 30 Days of Google #4: Back up your Blogger blog

Submitted by Fiona Beal Recently I was opening my Blogger blog when I was directed to a message from Google saying that people in two parts ...

Malbec!

2:00 AM Tukiyooo 0

<span style="font-size: large;">I had my sister and best friend over for dinner the other night.  It was a lot of fun and really great to catch up.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My twin sister brought a beautiful malbec with her which between the two of us we had no problem polished off - it was delicious.  Amy has been on a big malbec buzz since she was at a recent wine tasting event and she picked up a couple of bottles.  I had got a few nice bottles of wine at the annual French Wine Sale Event in Superquinn but Amy turned her nose up at them.  It's all about the malbec with her!    ;-) </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">We ordered a Thai meal from Diep.  Wow, it was amazing.  Their green curry is fantastic!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And then we took a dip in the hot tub.  We are going through a cold snap in Ireland with a polar air front over the country.  Personally I think this is the best time to go in the out door hot tub.  The colder it gets the better the warm water feels.  I can't wait to get into it when there is snow on ground!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">                                   Here's Amy & Alice</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8GXrvcDqRfzf_gz9IaBqqIJhnDt2YwRqmWT2WJgfR7mKUSMPgELElfSPFP4XUk5fl6I42i0OELzoBlQAbhbUNPRhbDYAoswipQfA2EGwfOeQXRgKzVry61YVx2jsR7qWFqyVah9CFLZ1/s1600/IMG_2333%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8GXrvcDqRfzf_gz9IaBqqIJhnDt2YwRqmWT2WJgfR7mKUSMPgELElfSPFP4XUk5fl6I42i0OELzoBlQAbhbUNPRhbDYAoswipQfA2EGwfOeQXRgKzVry61YVx2jsR7qWFqyVah9CFLZ1/s320/IMG_2333%5B1%5D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span style="font-size: large;">                                   and Amy & I</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21oOsFwGs1XEwfyaFNXIiDCzi01uGTXcIlanGVu-Qd5ckK8BcCbsk_HRRKfLcVfhw57wX6RgdNwC0f2URNddeBg74ckRtar3quNyhOKBKvn3Q3llPSYPiW9ORd1ErXjj6h3Zn1GLdYhVB/s1600/IMG_2340%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21oOsFwGs1XEwfyaFNXIiDCzi01uGTXcIlanGVu-Qd5ckK8BcCbsk_HRRKfLcVfhw57wX6RgdNwC0f2URNddeBg74ckRtar3quNyhOKBKvn3Q3llPSYPiW9ORd1ErXjj6h3Zn1GLdYhVB/s320/IMG_2340%5B1%5D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>

Malbec!

I had my sister and best friend over for dinner the other night. It was a lot of fun and really great to catch up. My twin sister brought...

IWS Babe of the Week: Timepieces

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. came to an end this morning at 2 A.M.  I hope you remembered to set your clocks back an hour...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Asian ruvry is twelve hours ahead of us which is good, because I'd ruv to be behind her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_8dZkBJ-v-_GTiZ3sN3AQfZdiOt4OguLm8s-pJf6k-36s8kRoqdiekTfpndFZaLjJpCTDUIgfE3HzPbWjeovX82Gc6rkM1hYuJfoAOQK1re-Pq0DWEpDMsEk4l0JlfPih_UTjF7luq8/s1600/Daylight+Saving+Time+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_8dZkBJ-v-_GTiZ3sN3AQfZdiOt4OguLm8s-pJf6k-36s8kRoqdiekTfpndFZaLjJpCTDUIgfE3HzPbWjeovX82Gc6rkM1hYuJfoAOQK1re-Pq0DWEpDMsEk4l0JlfPih_UTjF7luq8/s320/Daylight+Saving+Time+1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This chick's second hands are running a bit fast, but not as fast as my heart...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QSF3C0XJ9HEfMkRHlRRHZMwZCUu-1n5lE2DvTj4uvy9BLTRIkYsF1-UkMWD3NSJ8K9OAcSXQO7kP7x_WEAAohwTv5kB2UZcgG5ri5GuS6wJB4S6Lbf6vVNKvKc4-pIf7z4TVy07knT4/s1600/Daylight+Saving+Time+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QSF3C0XJ9HEfMkRHlRRHZMwZCUu-1n5lE2DvTj4uvy9BLTRIkYsF1-UkMWD3NSJ8K9OAcSXQO7kP7x_WEAAohwTv5kB2UZcgG5ri5GuS6wJB4S6Lbf6vVNKvKc4-pIf7z4TVy07knT4/s320/Daylight+Saving+Time+2.jpg" width="181" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Be it Daylight Saving Time or Standard Time, Jessica Alba is always <b><i>right</i></b> on time...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwLB2rOTGt1ZcAwPm9cvLr-vFLUH6OpAqjHpvUt0eNljEER_xZ4c4TpxAVoHJTDDhAJu097hEg_P3U_dxYtvl1Eu3AZjtWeCwRgRJOErnvN6nT8tVV4cv6DvjKbAujDOP8jGqPTzkqak/s1600/Jessica+Alba+Hot+Sexy+Naked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwLB2rOTGt1ZcAwPm9cvLr-vFLUH6OpAqjHpvUt0eNljEER_xZ4c4TpxAVoHJTDDhAJu097hEg_P3U_dxYtvl1Eu3AZjtWeCwRgRJOErnvN6nT8tVV4cv6DvjKbAujDOP8jGqPTzkqak/s320/Jessica+Alba+Hot+Sexy+Naked.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Move over Big Ben.  Big Coco is the one ringing my bell from now on...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyC9U_QtqVKx5U-jsSntOo-nlrbIm5zaS0_LgAyGnpy_csahnYzIBqBrg3APEFw2ha8GdNQOIVMGEhyO1PaLzc76EBoLWoGSlqSUJLImW9e2IcGIjPR0cAEWbE_syA5cZ9qiN7BsaV53w/s1600/Daylight+Saving+Time+coco-big-sexy-ass-boobs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyC9U_QtqVKx5U-jsSntOo-nlrbIm5zaS0_LgAyGnpy_csahnYzIBqBrg3APEFw2ha8GdNQOIVMGEhyO1PaLzc76EBoLWoGSlqSUJLImW9e2IcGIjPR0cAEWbE_syA5cZ9qiN7BsaV53w/s320/Daylight+Saving+Time+coco-big-sexy-ass-boobs.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there you have it folks.  The IWS tribute to the end of Daylight Saving Time.  No one does it sexier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And remember, Jay and Matt broadcast on Blog Talk Radio today LIVE at Noon E<i><b>S</b></i>T, or if you forgot to set your clocks back, that would be 1 PM E<b><i>D</i></b>T.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can catch us LIVE at Noon EST today breaking down and prognosticating about the 2012 Presidential election as only we can, by clicking <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2012/11/04/pundits-and-pinheads" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><i>HERE</i></span></a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Cheers!!</i></div><br /></div>

IWS Babe of the Week: Timepieces

Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. came to an end this morning at 2 A.M. I hope you remembered to set your clocks back an hour... This Asian ...

THE GEOPOLITICS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT

8:17 PM Tukiyooo 0

<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEBA81YAywMfv0yJugmzWf7LjMwl0T4Zqw6s9LUzCSbsiWW5zmZ2pPHxfdfZ8g3W8SUos670Vs5C4uBe6VHWA5WGP8BQtGdcJLolUtW__wasCpXBYDKD7sKzbcfcRIZm9AWLCw1pMwEhm/s1600/the-Voice-of-Youth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEBA81YAywMfv0yJugmzWf7LjMwl0T4Zqw6s9LUzCSbsiWW5zmZ2pPHxfdfZ8g3W8SUos670Vs5C4uBe6VHWA5WGP8BQtGdcJLolUtW__wasCpXBYDKD7sKzbcfcRIZm9AWLCw1pMwEhm/s400/the-Voice-of-Youth.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HARBINGER OF REVOLUTION</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Nearly three years removed from the onset of the Great Recession, we are now faced with a global economy that has uncoupled itself from the conventional laws of cyclical economics. This impressive feat was accomplished through a combination of quantitative easing and public stimulus, coordinated by various national governments around the world. They accomplished their immediate goal of stemming the tide of global economic contraction, yet no one can be certain as to the extent of their success because of the uncharted economic territory that we find ourselves in; where contradictory economic signs emerge on a daily basis.<br /><br />But there is one economic indicator that has remained consistently negative since well before 2008- global youth unemployment. This is arguably one of the most important indicators of all given the fact that, historically speaking, high youth unemployment has always been a harbinger of revolution; just ask the Hosni Mubarak or any other politician on the wrong side of the ARAB SPRING. <br /><br />It’s not only ARAB SPRING countries that are facing the problem of youth unemployment. Just about every quantitative measure available indicates that youth unemployment is a big problem all over the world, and it’s only getting worse.  <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_180976.pdf">According to the UN’s International Labor Office</a> (ILO), the global youth unemployment rate has maintained its 2009 peak-level of 12.6 percent through 2011, which equates to nearly 75 million unemployed youths (aged 15-24) worldwide.<br /><br />Some regions bear a heavier burden than others. The MIDDLE EAST and NORTH AFRICA have the highest rates of youth unemployment at 26.5 and 27.9 percent respectively, and EAST ASIA boasts a relatively low rate of 9 percent. However, there is a tendency across all regions for the youth unemployment rate to be higher than the adult rate. Even with the ostensibly positive example of EAST ASIA, youths are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Background Information</span></u></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlf6xn15_VAqhPkUy8kFKxmwNgNqX45mQrvBIEuVPnFZZ8rjOTR3JlXuZaN51LSGHyto1VHOOg4DKjJKUpjHZd_FP3jSYNvZNbfAOHsfsoqP-NAxvDgPp4_wuQQt2T1P00sG9-ru9t8KS/s1600/6a00d83451608369e200e552e6415c8834-800pi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlf6xn15_VAqhPkUy8kFKxmwNgNqX45mQrvBIEuVPnFZZ8rjOTR3JlXuZaN51LSGHyto1VHOOg4DKjJKUpjHZd_FP3jSYNvZNbfAOHsfsoqP-NAxvDgPp4_wuQQt2T1P00sG9-ru9t8KS/s200/6a00d83451608369e200e552e6415c8834-800pi.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WEAPON FOR CHANGE – DEMOGRAPHY – THE YOUTH EQUATION </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/iran.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/iran.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: red;">BBC ARGUES THAT THE OVERALL RATE IS SKEWED UPWARDS BY CLASSIFYING STUDENTS AS ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE</span><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />Some organizations have taken exception with the ILO numbers, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19745115">notably the BBC</a>, arguing that the overall rate is skewed upwards by classifying students as economically inactive, especially since so many young people are going back to school in order to increase their employment potential. While there may be some truth to this argument, there is <a href="http://theyec.org/43-troubling-facts-about-the-youth-unemployment-crisis/">a considerable body of evidence</a> that indicates many of these students will end up in the ‘unemployed’ column after they graduate anyways. There are also several concomitant issues that don’t even show up in official statistics, such the increasingly highly-skilled competition over unskilled work, workers who are underemployed, and young people who have simply given up their search.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOIv3R7k499RG2H-jh2GrKHlDWKYtgBw-u6_9jp7S6-s5CoM7iTtUzvDe87ijFvHwkjvPnq7ezDGGqXL-ykZTpXp_wee0-fktSB4SjJXjCW_sHNSPMOVMHgp0x5JhmynYqZ9xDsZkMz1y/s1600/50323427youth+unemployment.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOIv3R7k499RG2H-jh2GrKHlDWKYtgBw-u6_9jp7S6-s5CoM7iTtUzvDe87ijFvHwkjvPnq7ezDGGqXL-ykZTpXp_wee0-fktSB4SjJXjCW_sHNSPMOVMHgp0x5JhmynYqZ9xDsZkMz1y/s640/50323427youth+unemployment.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Youth unemployment</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> rates in OECD countries, December 2007 - March 2012</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">STIFLING YOUTH OPPORTUNITY AND CREATING POCKETS OF INSTABILITY AROUND THE GLOBE</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><br />The problem as it exists right now is stifling youth opportunity and creating pockets of instability around the globe, but there is a real risk that youth unemployment could begin to spin out of control in the future.  The ILO has projected that the youth unemployment rate will remain steady at around 12.6 percent through 2017. These projections are built on the assumption that global economic growth will stabilize. Given <a href="http://india.nydailynews.com/newsarticle/f21f65e62663d4afb0c9f39fabf1a578/india-china-slowdown-pulls-down-asia">recent signs of slowdown</a> in CHINA and INDIA, the ongoing Euro Zone crisis, and the ‘fiscal cliff’ that’s looming over the UNITED STATES; such assumptions may well prove to be misguided.<br /><br />There will be 100 million young people <a href="http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/eurpro/moscow/info/publ/employment/build_enabling_environment_yese.pdf">entering the global workforce</a> every year for the next ten years. In 2011, six million new university graduates began their job search in CHINA alone. It would be foolish to assume that the global economy will be able to create enough jobs to absorb these new workers. Their access to opportunity will be blocked by the following three factors:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Fewer jobs are being created.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Technological advancements are <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/business/new-wave-of-adept-robots-is-changing-global-industry.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">reducing the role of human labor</a> in the manufacturing process. Simply put, there are fewer and fewer ways to achieve the widespread employment that was once possible via agriculture and later manufacturing, and this trend is being <a href="http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Global_Crisis_and_Youth_Bulge_-_FINAL.pdf">reflected in dropping worldwide population-to-employment ratios</a> from 2005-2012)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">   </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><br /><b>Federal governments are hampered in their ability to stimulate job creation via stimulus spending.</b> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/oct/02/world-bank-600-million-jobs-needed">According to a World Bank report</a> that was just released, federal stimulus spending will be required if 600 million jobs are to be created for young people entering the global workforce in the near future.  Judging from the budgetary challenges being faced by EUROPEAN governments, as well as the fiscal reckoning that looms over the UNITED STATES, this is easier said than done.<br /><br /><b>The paradox of an infinite economic growth that is fueled by finite resources</b>. The cohort that’s hitting the global job market over the next decade could well begin to feel what <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9741000/9741475.stm">Oxford Professor Stephen Emmott has dubbed</a> an ‘unprecedented planetary emergency.’ Or in other words, human population pressures on the planet’s natural resources. The very thing that is required for global growth and thus job creation- an expanding global middle class-<a href="http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2012/08/from-youth-bulge-to-food-and-family-planning-los-angeles-times-beyond-7-billion-series-synthesizes-population-challenges/">is already stretching the planet’s resources to their limits.</a> It thus stands to reason that water scarcity and rising food prices will in turn create a drag on economic growth by eating into household budgets.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ARE HERE TO STAY, A PROBLEM THAT HAS HISTORICALLY GONE HAND-IN-HAND WITH POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND REVOLT</span></b></span></span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsvJuhYZDXjweg7WuYel3XvcqFqWq6SOs3ncvDJTSSDa6SetjSaulVuaMhXhXpT18Caqaie4WgCShxKmUjlKZHSHj1VXmrRJD57RdItxk3k3nuHcrsWfKcv5U5DsVGhbZQyU8-yr7OZoG/s1600/riot111_51021t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsvJuhYZDXjweg7WuYel3XvcqFqWq6SOs3ncvDJTSSDa6SetjSaulVuaMhXhXpT18Caqaie4WgCShxKmUjlKZHSHj1VXmrRJD57RdItxk3k3nuHcrsWfKcv5U5DsVGhbZQyU8-yr7OZoG/s320/riot111_51021t.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">These three factors suggest that high levels of youth unemployment are here to stay, a problem that has historically gone hand-in-hand with political instability and revolt. The ARAB SPRING is just the latest in a long line of historic examples that includes the FRENCH REVOLUTION, the fall of the WEIMAR REPUBLIC, JAPAN’S invasion of CHINA, and the Marxist insurrections throughout LATIN AMERICA in the 1970s. <a href="http://www.cfr.org/society-and-culture/effects-youth-bulge-civil-conflicts/p13093">There is a school of thought</a> that believes a surplus of disaffected, economically marginalized youths contributed in large part to instigating all of these historic upheavals. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">YOUNG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE ARE FAR MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO COMPETING POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS WORLDVIEWS </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The destabilizing dynamic of youth unemployment follows a fairly straightforward logic. Early job opportunities don’t just feed people and give them something to do, they serve to indoctrinate a new generation into embracing the current system. Alternatively, young people who cannot find jobs won’t become invested in the status quo, thus leaving them far more susceptible to competing political or religious worldviews that challenge the very traditional authority that isn’t working for them. Interestingly, <a href="http://www.cfr.org/society-and-culture/effects-youth-bulge-civil-conflicts/p13093">studies have shown</a> that job expectations also play a large part in this kind of unrest. The more educated a pool of unemployed youth is, the more likely they are to ferment dissent when they discover that their original expectations of a better life are not going to be realized. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">That’s why the IMF “loan doctrine” for countries seeking bailouts always includes two main demands, namely: reduction on education budgets as well as curtailing the health care system!! Poorly educated and fragile youths are easier to manipulate<span style="font-size: large;"> and control<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Background Information:</span></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">First step the IMF imposes on lending countries is to reduce its budget on national health care and education</span></b></span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/global-financial-monopoly-game-part-2.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/global-financial-monopoly-game-part-2.html</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/imf-advice-to-europe.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/imf-advice-to-europe.html</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/imf-on-trial.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/imf-on-trial.html</a></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">DIFFERENTIATION SHOULD BE MADE BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><br />The potential geopolitical repercussions stemming from youth unemployment differ depending on the political institutions of the state in question, so a differentiation should be made between developed and developing countries. There was a marked lack of legitimacy surrounding the authoritarian political institutions of Arab Spring countries, and this allowed a popular movement that was rooted in economic dissatisfaction to engender a political revolution. <b>It’s possible that similar scenarios could play out in developing countries with high numbers of unemployed youths, just as it’s equally possible that their efforts will be channeled towards other activities such as terrorism, crime, or sectarian conflict. Some notable hotspots to monitor in this regard are <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/Demo_Trends_For_Web.pdf">IRAQ</a>, <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/Demo_Trends_For_Web.pdf">SAUDI ARABIA</a>, YEMEN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, <a href="http://www.ilo.org/manila/info/public/pr/WCMS_178637/lang--en/index.htm">the PHILIPPINES</a>, and much of sub-SAHARAN AFRICA as well as BOSNIA and KOSOVO</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></span></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Background Information</span></u></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BALKAN states have a rather young and growing population of disillusioned youth</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/bosnia-european-unions-stepchild.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/bosnia-european-unions-stepchild.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Potential power of youth movements in the Balkans </span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/bosnia-cursed-by-european-union-eu.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/bosnia-cursed-by-european-union-eu.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">2011 LONDON RIOTS: 66 PERCENT OF THE RIOTERS WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 25</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Youth unemployment is also a problem in developed countries, most notably in EUROPE. SPAIN recorded a staggering youth unemployment rate of over 46 percent in 2011, and <a href="http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Global_Crisis_and_Youth_Bulge_-_FINAL.pdf">CROATIA</a>, <a href="http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Global_Crisis_and_Youth_Bulge_-_FINAL.pdf">ESTONIA</a>, IRELAND, SLOVAKIA, BOSNIA and KOSOVO are all dealing with rates that range from 25 to 42 percent.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNECoNQ9OXwIS26vQ1lsA7DI94eUl3Zn2WWknvOXf4kN6vbgSsMAZcmpIJoHyzt7CMfCrTTxS6LbPaeOxzc-qCwqgQnwlNIfU0xViFFZLXzzcX3YWVmSteAdt_ZBE1cMWw8-v_sPmilA-/s1600/150px-Otpor.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNECoNQ9OXwIS26vQ1lsA7DI94eUl3Zn2WWknvOXf4kN6vbgSsMAZcmpIJoHyzt7CMfCrTTxS6LbPaeOxzc-qCwqgQnwlNIfU0xViFFZLXzzcX3YWVmSteAdt_ZBE1cMWw8-v_sPmilA-/s200/150px-Otpor.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <br /><div class="MsoNormal">Otpor (Resistance) youth movement</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otpor">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otpor</a>!</div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The potential repercussions of youth unemployment in developed countries are different due to the relative strength of the political institutions involved; sure there may be <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/uk-youth-unemployment-plan-2012-10">1.1 million unemployed young people</a> in the UNITED KINGDOM, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that a BRITANNIC Spring is in the cards. Yet they are still detached from the political mainstream, and this detachment can manifest itself in other ways. Research conducted by the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/18/england-rioters-young-poor-unemployed">Institute of Public Policy Research found</a> that the worst-affected areas in the 2011 London Riots were those with high levels of child poverty and youth unemployment. They also discovered that over 66 percent of the rioters were under the age of 25. This trend is also beginning to show up in GREECE and SPAIN, where youths are taking to the street in protests that display a <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/chaotic-video-shows-you-how-serious-protests-are-becoming-in-spain-as-officer-is-drop-kicked-from-behind/">growing propensity for violence.</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE MORE IMMEDIATE THREAT IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD IS IDEOLOGICAL</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><br />But the more immediate threat in the developed world is ideological, as neo-Fascism, xenophobia, and anti-globalization, have always shown themselves to be a natural cognitive fit for disenfranchised youths. In the case of EUROPE, these political forces rally around the goal of dismantling the EU, which is already the stated mission of both the National Front in FRANCE and Golden Dawn in GREECE, two extreme-right parties that happen to draw <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/10/marine-le-pen-young-voters">a lot of support</a> from young, <a href="http://transform-network.net/fr/blog/blog-2012/news/detail/Blog/the-rise-of-the-extreme-right-in-greece.html">male voters.</a> The EU makes for a handy scapegoat, as the free flow of labor and capital that EUROPEAN integration ushered in can easily be portrayed as the Trojan horse that ruined the purity of this or that contrived national nostalgia. But at its core, this is merely an issue of disenfranchised youths turning their backs on the status quo that has not provided them with any route for advancement. To a lesser degree, the same dynamic is at work in the Occupy movement of NORTH AMERICA, though in this case it produced starkly different political conclusions.  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: red;">WE CAN KNOW WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT WHEN JOBLESS YOUTHS GET TOGETHER IN LARGE NUMBERS: IT’S BEST TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED. </span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYy5Jsvt4jdHT3aZckqrwgmFuekY9Lz46_15qzHa3WZYESpWm7I4JjRqlYjHIOoLDJeS-rVkoX1dg-VMscxJsHQnaghyphenhyphenOzT7bb4L6x81xDpegVG2sKyM6TwnPLP2JBbkXeO5-hg-bxLSU/s1600/blog-jobless-youth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYy5Jsvt4jdHT3aZckqrwgmFuekY9Lz46_15qzHa3WZYESpWm7I4JjRqlYjHIOoLDJeS-rVkoX1dg-VMscxJsHQnaghyphenhyphenOzT7bb4L6x81xDpegVG2sKyM6TwnPLP2JBbkXeO5-hg-bxLSU/s320/blog-jobless-youth.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The problem of worldwide youth unemployment isn’t going away, and as it continues to get more and more pronounced, so too will instability in both the developed and developing world. <b>The list of potential repercussions is as long as it is troubling: revolution, state-collapse, religious fundamentalism, xenophobia, economic protectionism, and so on</b>. But as we saw with the Arab Spring, nobody can say with any certainty when a crisis is going to boil over and change world history forever.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />But we can know with absolute certainty that when jobless youths get together in large numbers: it’s best to expect the unexpected. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Zachary Fillingham, via Geopoliticalmonitor</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See also: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/looming-generation-conflict-old-versus.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/looming-generation-conflict-old-versus.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Otpor (Resistance) youth movement</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otpor">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otpor</a>!</span></div>

THE GEOPOLITICS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT

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