Top 10 Reasons To Eat Real Sourdough Bread — Even If You’re Gluten Intolerant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="white-sourdough-bread-cut" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-25526" height="266" src="http://www.cheeseslave.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/white-sourdough-bread-cut-1024x682.jpg" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'The other day I went to the farmer’s market in Santa Monica and spent some time talking to Jack Bezian of Bezian’s Bakery, the home of Los Angeles Sourdough. I say “spent some time” which makes it sound like twenty minutes or so, but the truth is I must have talked to him for a couple of hours.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The man is a font of fascinating information about health, nutrition, probiotics, gluten intolerance, and fermented foods. He’s been baking traditional sourdough bread since 1966. I’m not talking about the fake stuff you find in grocery stores — this is bread made from a living sourdough starter.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Most modern bread is made with baker’s yeast. Sourdough starter is the traditional way of making bread. It’s how everyone used to make bread before they had commercial baker’s yeast. There are many advantages to eating naturally fermented bread instead of modern bread made with yeast.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://www.cheeseslave.com/top-10-reasons-to-eat-real-sourdough-bread-even-if-youre-gluten-intolerant/">more... </a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>

Top 10 Reasons To Eat Real Sourdough Bread — Even If You’re Gluten Intolerant

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Make Your Own All-Natural Sleep Aid

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How To Make A Herbal Sleep Tincture" class="size-full wp-image-1262" height="403" src="http://www.herbs-info.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/How-To-Make-A-Herbal-Sleep-Tincture.jpg" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none; margin: 0px auto ! important; padding: 0px;" width="403" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'In my experience, there have been three extremely powerful natural remedies that have transformed the way I — and my family – sleep. And those have been herbal teas, homemade herbal sleep capsules, and the most effect has been the herbal tincture.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And the secret is the Valerian.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Valerian’s ability to help one sleep is literally incredible!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It works directly on the nervous system and produces a deep sleep almost instantly. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Valerian:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">helps to quite a restless mind</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">is not habit-forming </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">does not cause a groggy feeling…in fact you should feel completely refreshed upon waking</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">is effectiveness against anxiety, stress, and headaches</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">can be taken in the middle of the night to help you fall back to sleep quickly improves mental function</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My favorite way to use Valerian is in a tincture form…and today I want to share my recipe with you.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://frugallysustainable.com/2012/08/make-your-own-all-natural-sleep-aid/">more... </a></span>

Make Your Own All-Natural Sleep Aid

'In my experience, there have been three extremely powerful natural remedies that have transformed the way I — and my family – sleep. An...

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Let Food Be Your Cosmetic: Coconut Oil Outperforms Dangerous Petroleum Body Care Products

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NDO1Aldb9YY" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-size: large;">'What you put on your skin goes directly into your body. Indeed, human autopsy studies have shown that mineral oil widely permeates our internal organs; major moisturizer brands have been found to cause tumor formation in treated animals. All the more reason why we need healthy “food cosmetics” as alternatives to petroleum-derived body care products.<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It boggles the imagination how most mass market body care products today are almost entirely composed of petroleum-derived chemicals, whose toxicity are thoroughly established. Take <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/toxic-ingredient/parabens">parabens</a> as an example. <br /> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">These endocrine-disrupting, estrogen-like petrochemicals have been found at concentrations 1 million times higher than the estrogen (estradiol) levels naturally found in human breast tissue, leading to the highly concerning conclusion that <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/human-hormones-are-being-eclipsed-synthetic-chemicals">human hormones are now being eclipsed by synthetic chemicals</a>.'<br /> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/coconut-oil-as-a-skin-moisturizer-and-sun-protection-dr-bruce-fife/">more... </a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Let Food Be Your Cosmetic: Coconut Oil Outperforms Dangerous Petroleum Body Care Products

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True Health: After Reading This, You’ll Never Look at a Banana in the Same Way Again

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="http://www.freshfruitportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bananas_ffp.png" class="decoded" src="http://www.freshfruitportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bananas_ffp.png" /></div>Photo Credit: Fresh Fruit Portal<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'This is interesting. After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again. Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes. But energy isn’t the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://sitsshow.blogspot.com/2013/11/true-health-after-reading-this-youll.html">more...</a></span>

True Health: After Reading This, You’ll Never Look at a Banana in the Same Way Again

  Photo Credit: Fresh Fruit Portal 'This is interesting. After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again. Banan...

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Villagers mob U.S. aid choppers as Philippine relief effort spreads [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div id="yom-ad-LREC" class="yom-ad yom-ad-LREC"> <center> <div id="yom-ad-LREC-iframe" class="yom-ad"></div> </center> </div> <p><br></p> <p>By Aubrey Belford</p> <div class="body-slot-mod"> <div class="yom-remote"> <div class="yom-loading" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div> </div> </div> <p>TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan flocked to ruined churches on Sunday, kneeling in prayer under torn roofs as the Philippines faced an enormous rebuilding task from the storm that killed at least 3,681 people and displaced 4 million.</p> <p>At Santo Niño Church, near the waterfront in the flattened city of Tacloban, birds flitted between the rafters overhead as women moved through the pews with collection plates. At the end of mass, the Roman Catholic congregation broke into applause.</p> <p>Rosario Capidos, 55, sat crying in one row, hugging her nine-year-old grandson, Cyrich.</p> <p>Capidos had been sheltering at home with nine other members of her family when Haiyan struck on November 8. As the waters rose, she floated her three grandchildren on a slab of styrofoam through a road flooded with debris and shipping containers to a nearby Chinese temple. Her family survived.</p> <p>“That’s why I’m crying,” she said. “I thank God I was given a second chance to live.”</p> <p>A massive relief effort is finally kicking into gear, nine days after one of the most powerful typhoons on record wreaked havoc across the impoverished area in the central Philippines with monster winds and a deadly storm surge of sea water.</p> <p>Philippine authorities and international aid agencies face a mounting humanitarian crisis, with the number of people displaced by the catastrophe estimated at 4 million, up from 900,000 late last week.</p> <p>Nearly half a million houses were damaged by the storm, half of them destroyed, according to the United Nations.</p> <p>While aid packages have begun to reach more remote areas, much of it carried by helicopters brought by the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, the United Nations said people were still going hungry in some mountainous provinces.</p> <p>It said information about several provinces in the west of the Visayas region remained “limited”, with 60 percent of people in towns in the northeast part of Capiz province needing food support.</p> <p>“I remain concerned about the health and well-being of the millions of men, women and children who are still in desperate need,” U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said in a statement.</p> <p>President Benigno Aquino, caught off guard by the scale of the disaster, is scheduled to visit affected areas on Sunday. He has been criticized for the slow pace of aid distribution and unclear estimates of casualties, especially in Tacloban, capital of hardest-hit Leyte province.</p> <p>There are 1,186 people missing, according to the national count. The official death toll has only risen by 60 since Friday, giving hope that initial local estimates of 10,000 dead were overstated.</p> <p>The government estimated damage to infrastructure and agriculture at about 10 billion pesos ($ 230 million), the bulk of it in the farming sector. The United Nations warned that economic and human cost could rise if aid did not reach farmers in rice-growing regions in time for the next planting season in December and January.</p> <p>It also said that fishing, another crucial food source, had been placed in jeopardy by the storm.</p> <p>“The destruction of boats, fishing gear, fish ponds and related equipment left many families with no means of livelihood and decreased protein intake,” the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.</p> <p>(Writing by Stuart Grudgings; Editing by John Mair)</p> <ul id="topics" class="hidden"> <li>Disasters & Accidents</li> <li>Society & Culture</li> <li>Philippines</li> </ul><p></p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Villagers mob U.S. aid choppers as Philippine relief effort spreads [ BeritaTerkini ]

By Aubrey Belford TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan flocked to ruined churches on Sunday...

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YEMEN CONFLICT

<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; vertical-align: top;"><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/AVvXsEhDd0GIMztrqiH7KlBzW6eVfUTz6ql-84LyyZbealPRBS3J-n019uB4omblEnrPUmrU8xdYNj5IAGg_ClG0cn2xlHF5csqNa1iEguZ_IHNniDWknTtDpYk3gkMth1pQ5jroXyHTgaFW_Cx1/s1600/20131113_341803820131113161906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd0GIMztrqiH7KlBzW6eVfUTz6ql-84LyyZbealPRBS3J-n019uB4omblEnrPUmrU8xdYNj5IAGg_ClG0cn2xlHF5csqNa1iEguZ_IHNniDWknTtDpYk3gkMth1pQ5jroXyHTgaFW_Cx1/s400/20131113_341803820131113161906.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Shi’ite Houthi rebels in YEMEM</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: top;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: top;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">YEMEN FIGHTING RISKS DEEPENING SECTARIAN DIVISIONS </span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: Reuters</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; text-align: justify;">A deadly assault by Shi’ite Houthi rebels on a Salafi Islamic school planted in their mountain heartland could ignite wider sectarian conflict in YEMEN, where instability has already helped al Qaeda militants to take root.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Houthis, who belong to the Zaydi branch of Shi’ite Islam, have bombarded the sprawling Dar al-Hadith seminary in Dammaj village for two weeks, killing at least 100 people. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular (AQAP) pledged revenge for the assault.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Political rivalries may have helped to start the violence, but the struggle over a Salafi outpost deep in Houthi territory is also part of a regional contest between Shi’ite IRAN and Sunni SAUDI ARABIA that has been sharpened by the war in SYRIA.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">YOUTH STUDY ULTRA-ORTHODOX SALAFI DOCTRINES</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Zaydis have for years been alarmed by young Sunnis flocking to Dar al-Hadith, in the northern province of Saada, to study ultra-orthodox Salafi doctrines that cast Shi’ites as heretics.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Houthi militants, whose rebellion is fuelled by the accumulated grievances of many Zaydis, dominate Saada after fighting government forces on and off for nearly a decade.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They detest Dar al-Hadith, proclaiming on October 30 that the Salafis had “turned Dammaj into a launch-pad for their criminal actions and a training center (for) thousands of armed foreign elements from more than 120 countries”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dar al-Hadith’s leaders, who deny any such activities, have condemned al Qaeda, but some militants, including the “AMERICAN TALIBAN”, John Walker Lindh, have been through the school, and its founder was linked to a 1979 Islamist uprising in Mecca.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; line-height: normal; padding: 1pt 4pt; text-align: start;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.2in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">Background Information:</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.2in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">YEMEN A CRITICAL BUT FORGOTTEN FRONT </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.2in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/08/yemen_21.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/08/yemen_21.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Dammaj fighting is one of many crises besetting YEMEN, where state failure could further empower an al Qaeda wing that has targeted Western ships and airliners in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">JOCKEYING FOR POSITION</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">YEMEN’S best hope may lie in national reconciliation talks begun in March to draft a new constitution and defuse threats from Houthis, southern secessionists and Islamist insurgents.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That effort followed the negotiated removal of veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh after mass protests against his rule that began even before a wave of Arab revolts in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Under the deal, interim President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi must hold elections next year and try to reach a workable compromise among YEMEN’S myriad tribal and political factions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Houthis’ onslaught on Dammaj may be a gambit to strengthen their bargaining power before any such deal.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We are coming to the conclusion of the dialogue and each party is trying to consolidate its presence on the ground,” said YEMENI analyst Abdul-Ghani al-Iryani. “Dammaj is deep in Zaydi territory. The Houthis are trying to capture it militarily.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQBsypeAiqxDpGHnRudrppbo3rd3CIyM0YmUXQW0jtIrz_gaOCd77lyvNMEXF85OMiORF_8PUzuUTjPjCFEYVRIneUQBS6IOmbsXieyDTdIe4c6bkBDuK3GiMRLtXNEDZ9KPQR1y3BjEx/s1600/yemenalqueda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQBsypeAiqxDpGHnRudrppbo3rd3CIyM0YmUXQW0jtIrz_gaOCd77lyvNMEXF85OMiORF_8PUzuUTjPjCFEYVRIneUQBS6IOmbsXieyDTdIe4c6bkBDuK3GiMRLtXNEDZ9KPQR1y3BjEx/s400/yemenalqueda.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">Houthi-Salafi strife could further poison the once-relaxed relations between Shi’ites and Sunnis in YEMEN, already strained by IRANIAN-SAUDI rivalry and feelings heated by the sectarian hatred that now imbues SYRIA’S struggle between Sunni Islamist rebels and a president whose Alawite sect derives from Shi’ism.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“YEMENIS don’t hate each other for sectarian reasons,” Iryani said. “But that does not preclude this outcome, down the line, if this crisis is not fixed quickly.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saleh, the former president, exploited sectarian sentiments during his successive wars with the Houthis, according to Ibrahim Sharqieh, a YEMEN expert at Doha Brookings think-tank. “This conflict did not start last week,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Zaydis dominate the rugged highlands of YEMEN, which their Imams ruled for 1,000 years until a 1962 military coup.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.2in; padding: 0in; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">Background Information:</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.2in; padding: 0in; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">BAB EL-MANDAB: STRATEGIC LINK BETWEEN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, VIA THE RED SEA AND THE SUEZ CANAL at</span>: <a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/yemen.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/yemen.html</a></span></b></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They are well-represented in YEMEN’S political, military and tribal elites, but have generally kept their faith out of national politics – even as Salafi influence began to rise in mosques funded by SAUDI ARABIA and other Gulf neighbors.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">SAUDI ROLE</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Houthis emerged in the north in the 1990s in response to economic deprivation and waning Zaydi political influence, as well as Salafi inroads in the area, symbolized by Dar al-Hadith.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saleh’s military attempts to crush the Houthis from 2004 to 2010 prompted IRAN to adopt their cause as fellow-Shi’ites, albeit from two very different branches of the sect, although Tehran denies SAUDI accusations that it armed them.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2009 SAUDI ARABIA even fought a brief war with the Houthis, who control territory just over its southern border.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">SAUDI FUNDED WAHHABI RELIGIOUS CENTERS IN YEMEN</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgp8CNjEJBkwcIMS2mTb2AM1W0F009-pLvgzvIhRoQWaq0w322JwXF3-sgUioP6Qm5kx0J4z8N0INZhaloGEOyu4AWqn0kYajM0JnsccQk2yY8LA3TXF9qQiNpXtTFvJjLJ3WwgwpGmTj5/s1600/ikhwan_4-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgp8CNjEJBkwcIMS2mTb2AM1W0F009-pLvgzvIhRoQWaq0w322JwXF3-sgUioP6Qm5kx0J4z8N0INZhaloGEOyu4AWqn0kYajM0JnsccQk2yY8LA3TXF9qQiNpXtTFvJjLJ3WwgwpGmTj5/s320/ikhwan_4-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wahhabi's </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Riyadh’s links to YEMEN go deep. It has long subsidized the government, as well as funding unruly tribes in a complex quest for influence in its impoverished and more populous neighbor.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wealthy and often well-connected donors from SAUDI ARABIA and other GULF NATIONS have bankrolled Sunni religious centers in YEMEN, including Salafi ones such as Dar al-Hadith.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The seminary’s founder, Sheikh Muqbil al-Wadi’i, studied in SAUDI ARABIA in the 1970s after converting from Shi’ism.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He fell in with radical preacher Juhayman al-Otaybi, who led the two-week seizure of Mecca’s Grand Mosque in 1979 by militants seeking an Islamist revolution. Otaybi and dozens of his followers were beheaded after the revolt was crushed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">POWERFUL YOUTH RECRUITMENT BY WAHHABIS </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sheikh Muqbil, who did not take part in the attack but was accused of writing a statement for Otaybi, was deported to YEMEN, where he set up Dar al-Hadith. Within a few years it began drawing thousands of YEMENI and foreign students.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to Mohammed al-Ahmadi, a YEMENI expert on Salafis, up to 7,000, including hundreds from the UNITED STATES, CANADA, EUROPE and SOUTHEAST ASIA study there, some living with their families on the compound in Dammaj, a complex of white-washed concrete buildings in a lush valley surrounded by mud houses.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Former students describe a monkish lifestyle of memorizing the Koran and studying the sayings of the Prophet Mohammad.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The books of medieval theologian Ibn Taymiya, those of the founder of Wahhabism, Sheikh Mohammed ibn Abd al-Wahhab, and of Sheikh Muqbil himself, fill the seminary’s library.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While many students pay for their education, donations by GULF businessmen helped fund Dar al-Hadith, although these were curbed after the September 11, 2001, attacks on U.S. cities.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GULF backing for Sunnis and IRANIAN support for Shi’ites may suggest outright sectarian conflict, but Salafis and Houthis represent radical ideologies in Islam’s two main wings, not mainstream Sunnis and Shi’ites, and they share some views.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Both advocate a return to the early teachings of Islam guided by sharia law and both call for a restored Caliphate, a single entity ruling the whole Muslim world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“They may be enemies, but they both reflect the hardline creed of their faiths,” Iryani said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Comment by Geopolitical analysis and Monitoring: <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During missionary development in countries of interest, Sunnis and Shi’ites never engage in battle against each other. On the contrary, in Balkan countries such as BOSNIA Sunni and Shi’ites even cooperate through NGO’s and other means in order to achieve their objective, namely to increase their number of followers and recruitment of youngsters with the potential of turning them into fanatic fundamentalists. The problems start once the recruiting process and country development is concluded, that is the time when the sectarian differences between them start to resurface.     <o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><br /></div>

YEMEN CONFLICT

  Shi’ite Houthi rebels in YEMEM YEMEN FIGHTING RISKS DEEPENING SECTARIAN DIVISIONS Source: Reuters A deadly assault by Shi’ite Houthi rebel...

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Expedia promised a full airline ticket refund – but never delivered [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div id="main-content-picture"> <img alt="Cancellation travel insurance should cover illness." height="276" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/11/12/1384278141666/Cancellation-travel-insur-006.jpg" width="460"><p>Cancellation travel insurance should cover illness. Photograph: Lee Sang-Hak for the Guardian</p> </div> <div id="article-body-blocks"> <p><strong>In June I booked a £230 return airline ticket via Expedia for my mother from Stockholm to London. I took out cancellation insurance and did, indeed, have to cancel due to my mother’s medical condition. I sent Expedia a medical certificate and was promised a full refund but have only been sent £56 because, Expedia says, “the airline doesn’t want to pay”.</strong> <em>LVF, London</em></p> <p>Your contract is with the airline, not the booking agent, but whether the airline wants to pay or not, the insurance company owes you, assuming that your mother’s illness complies with its terms and conditions. Expedia blames “agent error”, a culpability it seemed curiously unable to admit until the press office got involved. It has now refunded the full sum plus the cost of your many phone calls and a magnificent £25 to soothe your feelings.</p> <p><strong>If you need help email Anna Tims at</strong> <strong>your.problems@observer.co.uk</strong> <strong>or write to Your Problems, The Observer, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. Include an address and phone number.</strong></p> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Expedia promised a full airline ticket refund – but never delivered [ BeritaTerkini ]

Cancellation travel insurance should cover illness. Photograph: Lee Sang-Hak for the Guardian In June I booked a £230 return airline...

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LG G Flex Specs Review: The Phone with Real Flexible Cure Display

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>After an array of rumors and speculations, LG has finally revealed the specifications of its latest smartphone - the LG G Flex. The device has especially been in the news because of its 6-inch flexible curved display with HD resolution of 720p. The phone uses flexible OLED screen technology allowing for a dramatic curve horizontally for a comfortable fit around your face, instead of an angular weird curve.</p><br /><p>The 177 grams heavy G Flex measures between 7.9 to 8.7 millimeters thick at different points through its vertical arc. This curvaceous smartphone impresses beyond its look and design with its 2.26GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor along with 2GB of RAM, and a powerful 3500 mAh battery. Furthermore, it offers awesome photography experience with its 13-megapixel camera.</p><br /><img src="http://www.pc-tablet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/lg-g-flex-smartphone-1-xl.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>The device features a 'dual window' mode that allows you to open two separate windows on the same screen, adding to your multi-tasking ability and efficiency. Besides, its 'swing lock screen' feature changes the position of the Wallpaper corresponding to how the handset is being held, and displays different unlock touch effects depending on the position of the fingers of the user.</p><br /><p>What more, drawing comparison between G Flex and Wolverine's ability to regenerate tissue cells in order to heal wounds, LG has announced about the 'self-healing' scratch resistant film applied at the back of the device, which will heal light scratches within minutes.</p><br /><img src="http://www.pc-tablet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/LG-G-Flex.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>However, the company hasn't yet specified about when we can expect a global roll-out of the G Flex. Of course there are mounting expectations that the Korean electronics company shall release the device in November, although the date might shift as well. A leak from @evleaks says LG has signed a deal with AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile, all of whom will be stocking the phone. Finally, an article on the G Flex's Korean launch also quoted an LG executive, who said a release in America, the UK, and in China was next on the firm's list, and that discussions with networks were well underway.</p><br /><p>It's worth mentioning that LG had introduced its OLED screen technology with its curved 55-inch OLED TV panel, as well as a 5-inch OLED plastic panel during a demonstration at a trade show.</p><br />See how LG G Flex heals itself:</div>

Technology LG G Flex Specs Review: The Phone with Real Flexible Cure Display

After an array of rumors and speculations, LG has finally revealed the specifications of its latest smartphone - the LG G Flex. The device h...

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Ezhimala Naval Academy to set up herbal garden – The New Indian Express [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p>Doing their bit for the conservation of indigenous medicinal plants, the Ezhimala Indian Naval Academy is all set to launch an Oushadha poonkavanam (garden of medicinal plants) in two separate spots on its campus in Kannur district.</p> <p>It was a news report that appeared in Express that inspired Naval Academy Base Commander Santhosh Pillai to set up herbal a garden there.</p> <p>The Oushadha poonkavanam project, a joint effort of the Naval Academy and Hamsa Madikai, a ninth generation member of the family of Sufi healers, focuses on preserving  endangered medicinal plants.</p> <p> The mission plans to integrate cultivation with popularising  the need to cultivate plants.</p> <p>“Nobody can wash his hands of the obligation to preserve the disappearing greenery,” said Commander Santhosh.</p> <p> “How healthy would it be especially for the cadets if they wake up breathing fresh air from the medicinal plants! Here, we already have a good collection of medicinal plants and this project is an attempt to widen our collection,” he said.</p> <p>“If people from other walks of lives are also interested in the green mission it can take a giant leap forward in the protection of nature,” he added.</p> <p>As an initial step, ahead of the launch, Hamsa Madikai took a one-day class on the importance of medicinal plants, for the cadets.</p> <p>“If one cadet on the campus gets a thorough knowledge about the application of a minimum of five herbals, it would be the success of the project,” said Hamsa Madikai.</p> <p> “We want to make the present generation the custodians of traditional medicines. Vaidyar Hamsa Madikai grows around 1,424 varieties of medicinal plants, of which 800 herbs are rare.</p> <p> Around 500 medicinal plants, including aloe wood, elephant creeper, Ashoka tree, sandal tree, Indian ginseng, broom creeper, Malabar gulbel, lavender, peppermint, parsley, three-leaved-caper, arrowleaf sida, rosary pea, asparagus, red sandalwood, neem, brahmi, garcinia and many more will be planted on the five-acre land allotted for the garden.</p> <p>He will supply the medicinal plants for the academy without charging any money.</p> <p> Vaidyar Hamsa, hailing from Madikai in Kasaragod, embarked on the mission to save rare herbal remedies by launching herbal groves last year. As part of his mission he also sets up oushadha poonkavanams in schools across the state.  M Kunhiraman, state president of the Oushadha Sasya Padana Bala Sabha, run by Vaidyar Hamsa, said the Naval Academy had shown an exemplary model for society. The organisers hope that the programme can be launched in the first week of January.</p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Ezhimala Naval Academy to set up herbal garden – The New Indian Express [ BeritaTerkini ]

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17-Nov-2013 08:22

Geithner Heads to Private Equity - Wall Street Journal :: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304243904579200323813063730">http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304243904579200323813063730</a><br /><br><br /><br>Miami-Dade Police Say They Believe They Have Found Body of Florida Man ... - ABC News :: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/miami-dade-police-found-body-florida-man-fell-20911611">http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/miami-dade-police-found-body-florida-man-fell-20911611</a><br /><br><br /><br>Toronto mayor in crisis; some backers stay loyal - Businessweek :: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-11-16/toronto-mayor-in-crisis-some-backers-stay-loyal">http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-11-16/toronto-mayor-in-crisis-some-backers-stay-loyal</a><br /><br><br /><br>McAllister wins 5th District congressional seat - Kansas City Star :: <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2013/11/16/4628021/mcallister-wins-5th-district-congressional.html">http://www.kansascity.com/2013/11/16/4628021/mcallister-wins-5th-district-congressional.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Southern author, dies at 89 - FederalNewsRadio.com :: <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/315/3506920/Louis-D-Rubin-Jr-Southern-author-dies-at-89">http://www.federalnewsradio.com/315/3506920/Louis-D-Rubin-Jr-Southern-author-dies-at-89</a><br /><br><br /><br>Losing JFK: 50 years ago, a president died and the nation was thrown into tumult - San Jose Mercury News :: <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_24538398/losing-jfk-50-years-ago-president-died-and">http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_24538398/losing-jfk-50-years-ago-president-died-and</a><br /><br><br /><br>Paul Ryan to Iowans: Next time 'be a little more skeptical' - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/17/paul-ryan-obama-iowa/3617349/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/17/paul-ryan-obama-iowa/3617349/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Andre Heidari's big foot gives USC a big upset of Stanford - Los Angeles Times :: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-1117-usc-stanford-20131117,0,1583175.story">http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-1117-usc-stanford-20131117,0,1583175.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>Malfunctioned Drone Hits Navy Ship During Training - ABC News :: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/malfunctioned-drone-hits-navy-ship-training-20914582">http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/malfunctioned-drone-hits-navy-ship-training-20914582</a><br /><br><br /><br>Philippines typhoon survivors attend church services - BBC News :: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24977113">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24977113</a>

17-Nov-2013 08:22

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UK PREMIERE: Doctor Who: Greatest Monsters And Villains Weekend Episode 3

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2DkRdSvWMJm5jgSGil26ovloSbPJvYzJzSGuV5Aul8qsk3EIN-VIsJfTYVZuhKTpadAdLaVYP7YvrHmbvsup53EAs_6g_wd2gLHMehDdQRmhf-0dHBC2UDGbmAC6ZgcnYbUEl03sz2E/s1600/doom1+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2DkRdSvWMJm5jgSGil26ovloSbPJvYzJzSGuV5Aul8qsk3EIN-VIsJfTYVZuhKTpadAdLaVYP7YvrHmbvsup53EAs_6g_wd2gLHMehDdQRmhf-0dHBC2UDGbmAC6ZgcnYbUEl03sz2E/s640/doom1+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The countdown draws to a close as comedian Joel Dommett reveals which of the show's impressive roster of enemies have been voted the top three. Among the villains expected to place highly on the list are the ancient Earth-dwelling Silurians, the legions of the Ood and the memory-bending assassins the Silence, along with the cold, calculating Cybermen, the hateful mutant Daleks and the Master, the Doctor's nihilistic Time Lord nemesis.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tune in to BBC Three at 7.30pm tonight to find out who is the greatest foe of all...</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>

Doctor Who Doctor Who 50th Anniversary UK PREMIERE: Doctor Who: Greatest Monsters And Villains Weekend Episode 3

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Lady Gaga Sings Her 'SNL' Opening Monologue

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://cdn04.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2013/11/lady-gaga-snl-opening-monologue-watch-now.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p><strong>Lady Gaga</strong> appears on stage in a bejeweled bodysuit for her opening monologue during her stint as a guest host on <strong>Saturday Night Live</strong>!</p><br /><p>The 27-year-old singer commented on how there are different types of applause - the type people give when they actually enjoy something and the type they give when they feel they are supposed to applaud - and she loves them both.</p><br /><p><strong>Gaga</strong> then began singing a spoof of her song 'Applause' that was titled 'Cheap Applause'! She even segued into a bit of the classic song 'New York, New York.'</p><br /><p>Make sure to watch below!</p><br /><p>Like Just Jared on Facebook</p><br /><img src="http://cdn03.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2013/11/debbie-gibson-shows-off-body-in-leotard-links.jpg" width="600"/></div>

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Praying in ruined churches, Filipinos face up to massive rebuilding [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div id="yom-ad-LREC" class="yom-ad yom-ad-LREC"> <center> <div id="yom-ad-LREC-iframe" class="yom-ad"></div> </center> </div> <p><br></p> <p>By Aubrey Belford</p> <div class="body-slot-mod"> <div class="yom-remote"> <div class="yom-loading" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div> </div> </div> <p>TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan flocked to ruined churches on Sunday, kneeling in prayer under torn roofs as the Philippines faced an enormous rebuilding task from the storm that killed at least 3,681 people and displaced 4 million.</p> <p>At Santo Niño Church, near the waterfront in the flattened city of Tacloban, birds flitted between the rafters overhead as women moved through the pews with collection plates. At the end of mass, the Roman Catholic congregation broke into applause.</p> <p>Rosario Capidos, 55, sat crying in one row, hugging her nine-year-old grandson, Cyrich.</p> <p>Capidos had been sheltering at home with nine other members of her family when Haiyan struck on November 8. As the waters rose, she floated her three grandchildren on a slab of styrofoam through a road flooded with debris and shipping containers to a nearby Chinese temple. Her family survived.</p> <p>“That’s why I’m crying,” she said. “I thank God I was given a second chance to live.”</p> <div class="body-related"> <div class="img-wrap"> <div class="cta-overlay"> <span class="cta-text xsmall">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall">.”</span> </div> <p><img alt="People carry a coffin with the remains of their relative, …" class="body-related-thumb lzbg" height="200px" src="http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/base/images/transparent-1093278.png" style="" title="" width="300px"></p> </div> <div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="width: 300px;">People carry a coffin with the remains of their relative, who was killed during Typhoon Haiyan, to a …</div> </div> <p>A massive relief effort is finally kicking into gear, nine days after one of the most powerful typhoons on record wreaked havoc across the impoverished area in the central Philippines with monster winds and a deadly storm surge of sea water.</p> <p>Philippine authorities and international aid agencies face a mounting humanitarian crisis, with the number of people displaced by the catastrophe estimated at 4 million, up from 900,000 late last week.</p> <p>Nearly half a million houses were damaged by the storm, half of them destroyed, according to the United Nations.</p> <p>While aid packages have begun to reach more remote areas, much of it carried by helicopters brought by the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, the United Nations said people were still going hungry in some mountainous provinces.</p> <p>It said information about several provinces in the west of the Visayas region remained “limited”, with 60 percent of people in towns in the northeast part of Capiz province needing food support.</p> <div class="body-related"> <div class="img-wrap"> <div class="cta-overlay"> <span class="cta-text xsmall">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall">.”</span> </div> <p><img alt="A man repairs his house, which was damaged by Typhoon …" class="body-related-thumb lzbg" height="200px" src="http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/base/images/transparent-1093278.png" style="" title="" width="300px"></p> </div> <div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="width: 300px;">A man repairs his house, which was damaged by Typhoon Haiyan, at a coastal area south of Tacloban No …</div> </div> <p>“I remain concerned about the health and well-being of the millions of men, women and children who are still in desperate need,” U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said in a statement.</p> <p>President Benigno Aquino, caught off guard by the scale of the disaster, is scheduled to visit affected areas on Sunday. He has been criticized for the slow pace of aid distribution and unclear estimates of casualties, especially in Tacloban, capital of hardest-hit Leyte province.</p> <p>There are 1,186 people missing, according to the national count. The official death toll has only risen by 60 since Friday, giving hope that initial local estimates of 10,000 dead were overstated.</p> <p>The government estimated damage to infrastructure and agriculture at about 10 billion pesos ($ 230 million), the bulk of it in the farming sector. The United Nations warned that economic and human cost could rise if aid did not reach farmers in rice-growing regions in time for the next planting season in December and January.</p> <p>It also said that fishing, another crucial food source, had been placed in jeopardy by the storm.</p> <p>“The destruction of boats, fishing gear, fish ponds and related equipment left many families with no means of livelihood and decreased protein intake,” the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.</p> <p>(Writing by Stuart Grudgings; Editing by John Mair)</p> <ul id="topics" class="hidden"> <li>Disasters & Accidents</li> <li>Society & Culture</li> <li>Philippines</li> </ul><p></p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

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17-Nov-2013 07:21

House OKs Bill to Allow Americans to Keep Substandard Insurance, But Obama ... - Atlanta Black Star :: <a href="http://atlantablackstar.com/2013/11/16/house-gop-pass-bill-allow-americans-keep-substandard-insurance-obama-threatens-veto/">http://atlantablackstar.com/2013/11/16/house-gop-pass-bill-allow-americans-keep-substandard-insurance-obama-threatens-veto/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Democrats lay groundwork for Clinton 2016 - Washington Post :: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-lay-groundwork-for-clinton-2016/2013/11/16/8b919fa6-4ed2-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-lay-groundwork-for-clinton-2016/2013/11/16/8b919fa6-4ed2-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_story.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Timothy Geithner Named President of NYC Private Equity Firm - TIME :: <a href="http://business.time.com/2013/11/16/timothy-geithner-to-lead-nyc-private-equity-firm/">http://business.time.com/2013/11/16/timothy-geithner-to-lead-nyc-private-equity-firm/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Ryan knocks Obama in return to Iowa - NBCNews.com :: <a href="http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/16/21498038-ryan-knocks-obama-in-return-to-iowa">http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/16/21498038-ryan-knocks-obama-in-return-to-iowa</a><br /><br><br /><br>Republican businessman McAllister wins US House race in Louisiana - Reuters :: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/17/us-usa-politics-louisiana-idUSBRE9AG01X20131117">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/17/us-usa-politics-louisiana-idUSBRE9AG01X20131117</a><br /><br><br /><br>JFK: The assassination of a beloved leader - New York Daily News :: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jfk-assassination-article-1.1515624">http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jfk-assassination-article-1.1515624</a><br /><br><br /><br>We risk more Haiyans if we ignore climate change - Financial Times :: <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8251fd86-4de8-11e3-8fa5-00144feabdc0.html">http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8251fd86-4de8-11e3-8fa5-00144feabdc0.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Toronto mayor in crisis; some backers stay loyal - Houston Chronicle :: <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Toronto-mayor-in-crisis-some-backers-stay-loyal-4988861.php">http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Toronto-mayor-in-crisis-some-backers-stay-loyal-4988861.php</a><br /><br><br /><br>USC upsets Stanford on last-minute field goal - Los Angeles Times :: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-usc-vs-stanford-live-game-updates-20131116,0,4771252.story">http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-usc-vs-stanford-live-game-updates-20131116,0,4771252.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>China police station attack leaves 11 dead - BBC News :: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24976925">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24976925</a>

17-Nov-2013 07:21

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Alec Baldwin Speaks Out After MSNBC Suspends His Talk Show

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://www.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20131012/rs_634x1024-131112081438-634.Alec-Baldwin-Arrives-Court-Stalker.jl.111213.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>Wagner AZ/AKM-GSI</p><br /><p><strong>Alec Baldwin</strong> is speaking out (again) following more backlash from his gay slur controversy.</p><br /><p>In a column for the Huffington Post, the 30 Rock star shot back at reports that he used a particular homophobic slur against a paparazzo--an event that led MSNBC to eventually suspend his talk show, Up Late With Alec Baldwin, for two weeks.</p><br /><p>After reiterating again that he 'never used the word f-ggot,' during the incident, the actor went on to share his dismay about the suspension of his show, saying he's not sure if it will be back on air given the circumstances.</p><br /><strong>PHOTOS: Alec Baldwin cradles baby Carmen, profanely rips into paparazzi (again)</strong> <img src="http://www.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20131014/rs_634x1024-131114132344-634.alec-baldwin-cute-baby-11413.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>'Whether the show comes back at all is at issue right now,' Baldwin wrote. 'My producers and I had a very enlightening and well-researched program prepared to air on November 22nd itself, dealing with John Kennedy's assassination. That show is off the air now. I am deeply apologetic to Ron Fried, who worked extremely hard with me on that show. It's heartbreaking to me that the show, meant to coincide with the actual anniversary, will not be aired that night.'</p><br /><p>The thesp also expressed his concern for the well-being of his wife <strong>Hilaria Baldwin</strong>and his daughter <strong>Carmen</strong>.</p><br /><p>'I am concerned for my family,' he continued. 'In Bloomberg's New York, forty or fifty paparazzi are allowed to block streets, inconvenience homeowners, workers and shoppers, and make life miserable for my neighbors. Photographers have tripped and fallen on babies in strollers on my block. They have nearly struck my wife in the face with microphones. They provoke me, daily, by getting dangerously close to me with their cameras as weapons, hoping I will react.'</p><br /><strong>NEWS: Anderson Cooper blasts Alec Baldwin</strong> <img src="http://www.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013826/rs_1024x759-130926125401-1024-AlecBaldwin.HilariaThomas.9263.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>'When I do, the weapon doubles as a device to record my reaction,' Baldwin went on. 'And then, apparently, I lose every time.'</p><br /><p>'If quitting the television business, the movie business, the theatre, any component of entertainment, is necessary in order to bring safety and peace to my family, then that is an easy decision. This country's obsession with the private lives of famous people is tragic.'</p><br /><p>Baldwin asked that no one 'allow my problem to be MSNBC's problem,' and for everyone to 'please respect the privacy of my family.'</p><br /><p>Baldwin's editorial comes a day after he apologized to GLAAD, after the organization informed him that 'c-ksucking,' which he audibly said in the released video, was also an anti-gay epithet.</p><br /><p>The videotaped incident occurred earlier this week when Baldwin directed an anti-gay slur at a paparazzo who was taking pictures of him and his family.</p><br /><strong>(E! Online is a part of the NBCUniversal family.)</strong> <strong>PHOTOS: Alec Baldwin's 7 most rage-filled feuds</strong></div>

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USC upsets Stanford on last

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><img src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-52880b97/turbine/la-sp-sn-usc-vs-stanford-live-game-updates-201-001/600" width="600"/> </p><br /><p>USC tailback Javorius Allen gains yards in the Trojans' last home game, a 19-3 victory over Utah. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / )</p><br /><p>About an hour before kickoff here at the Coliseum, which is sold out for the first time this season.</p><br /><p>It's been cloudy most of the afternoon and there is a 20% chance of rain during the evening, according to forecasts.</p><br /><p>ESPN's 'College GameDay' show originated from USC 's campus this morning, which added another element to the school's homecoming festivities.</p><br /><p>USC is 7-3 overall and 4-2 in the Pac-12 Conference after last week's easy victory at California.</p><br /><p>The Trojans will be without tailback Silas Redd (knee) and defensive end Leonard Williams could be limited because of a shoulder injury he has nursed all season. Receiver Marqise Lee has said that his left knee is sound, so it will be interesting to see if coaches turn him loose after limiting him at Cal.</p><br /><p>USC has not defeated Stanford at the Coliseum since 2005.</p><br /><p>The Cardinal is 8-1 overall and 6-1 in the Pac-12 after defeating Oregon, 26-20, on Nov. 7.</p><br /><strong>ALSO:</strong> USC is putting it on the line against Stanford Trojans vs. Cardinal: How the teams match up USC's Javorius Allen makes the most of his chance</div>

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Louisville Holds Off Houston

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><img src="http://ad.Doubleclick.net/ad/espn.us.com.ncf/ncfrecap;pgtyp=ncfrecap;sp=ncf;gmid=333200097;sz=150x45,1x1;" width="600"/> </p><br /><p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- With each carry, Dominique Brown showed a hard-charging aggression that defenders were powerless to stop.</p><br /><p>Most important was that he showed that talent and durability when Louisville needed them most.</p><br /><p>Brown ran for a career-high 137 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in the third quarter, and No. 20 Louisville held on to beat Houston 20-13 on Saturday night.</p><br /><p>Listless on both sides of the ball and trailing 13-10 at halftime, Louisville turned to Brown, who carried 11 times in the third quarter for 50 yards and a 3-yard touchdown. He finished with 27 carries.</p><br /><p>'My hat's off to the offensive line,' Brown said. 'The tight ends and receivers did a great job of springing me for the long runs.</p><br /><p>'When a running back gets the momentum, you got to keep running him.'</p><br /><p>Louisville's defense meanwhile awakened to hold the Cougars (7-3, 4-2 American Athletic Conference) to 41 second-half yards and help the Cardinals (9-1, 5-1 American Athletic Conference) win their third straight game and stay within reach of first-place Central Florida.</p><br /><p>Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater completed 19-of-29 passes for 209 yards but had his streak of 21 games with a touchdown pass end at 21. DeVante Parker had four receptions for 72 yards, including a 39-yarder that set up Brown's second TD run.</p><br /><p>John Wallace kicked field goals of 37 and 39 yards for the Cardinals, who outgained the Cougars 332-195 and just 15 on the ground.</p><br /><p>'At halftime we made an adjustment to stop the run,' linebacker James Burgess said. 'There wasn't much they could do once we stopped the run.'</p><br /><p>Brown had been building toward his career game in recent weeks, posting his first 100-yard game at South Florida last month to become the primary back that Louisville has sought all season after using a rotation that included Senorise Perry and former Auburn star Michael Dyer.</p><br /><p>Against Houston, Brown started both halves with game-changing plays.</p><br /><p>After capping Louisville's first drive with a 13-yard touchdown run, the junior provided a 17-13 lead with his second TD run on the opening possession of the second half, just the spark that the Cardinals needed following a lethargic second quarter. Louisville held the ball for 12:24 in the period, and Houston never recovered.</p><br /><p>'If we're going to hold an opponent to 20 points, we feel like we're in a good chance to win the football game with what we do offensively,' Houston coach Tony Levine said. 'I felt like we had opportunities, we had possessions offensively to get that done, and we just didn't.'</p><br /><p>Brown's second TD led to frustration for Houston safety Adrian McDonald, who was ejected for punching Louisville offensive lineman Kamran Joyer several times on the play.</p><br /><p>The game marked Louisville's first Saturday night contest in five years and its first meeting against Houston since a 65-27 victory in 2004 -- their second straight 60-point performance against the Cougars.</p><br /><p>Houston looked poised to jump on the Cardinals right away when Demarcus Ayers returned the opening kickoff 61 yards with the help of five missed tackles, and the Cougars moved 11 yards for a first down at the Louisville 28. After three straight incompletions, they gambled on fourth down instead of kicking a field goal into the wind, but John O'Korn's slant pass to Xavier Maxwell came up 5 yards short.</p><br /><p>Brown's running quickly got the Cardinals on the board, carrying seven times for 44 yards, including the touchdown run off left tackle. Wallace's first field goal two drives later put Louisville up 10-0.</p><br /><p>Houston needed just two drives to tie the game, driving 48 yards for Kyle Bullard's 46-yard field goal and 60 yards ending in Kenneth Farrow's 4-yard run with 6:35 left before halftime. Those drives were telling as the Cougars' no-huddle offense seemed to confuse the Cardinals' defense, which struggled to keep up.</p><br /><p>Defensively, Houston succeeded in pressuring Bridgewater, sacking him twice and keeping him on the run at other times.</p><br /><p>Two key plays helped the Cougars take a 13-10 lead. The first was Michaelee Harris' muffed punt recovered at the Louisville 39 by Trevon Stewart, who entered leading the nation with eight turnovers.</p><br /><p>Louisville appeared to escape damage when Hakeem Smith intercepted O'Korn's tipped pass at the 15 and returned it to the 35. But Cardinals defensive end Lorenzo Mauldin was penalized for roughing O'Korn, wiping out the turnover and setting up first down at the 24 and leading to Bullard's 22-yard field goal with 25 seconds left in the half.</p><br /><p>The Cardinals quickly snatched the momentum away from the Cougars with Brown leading the way.</p><br /><p>'We got kind of complacent and got comfortable,' Louisville coach Charlie Strong said of the first half. 'Offensively, we didn't do a good job of continuing to move the football...</p><br /><p>'I told (Brown) we were going to ride him, and that's what you like to see happen.'</p><br /></div>

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Kansas beats out Illinois for No. 3 prospect Cliff Alexander

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 3 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="2995338919" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Kansas beats out Illinois for No. 3 prospect Cliff Alexander</span><br /><a href="http://www.cbssports.com/">http://www.cbssports.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_jumcZGRm-A" width="620"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.25px; margin-bottom: 0.6em;">If the 2014 class has been highlighted by drama and unpredictability, Cliff Alexander's recruitment epitomized that storyline. Over the past few months, at least three or four teams have been deemed the favorite – and even over the final 24 hours before Alexander's decision, three teams seemed to be the pick.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.25px; margin-bottom: 0.6em;">In the end, it was <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KANSAS/kansas-jayhawks" style="color: #6e8dcf; text-decoration: none;">Kansas</a> for the Chicago big man.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.25px; margin-bottom: 0.6em;">Alexander chose the Jayhawks over <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/ILL/illinois-fighting-illini" style="color: #6e8dcf; text-decoration: none;">Illinois</a>, <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DEPAUL/depaul-blue-demons" style="color: #6e8dcf; text-decoration: none;">DePaul</a> and Memphis.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.25px; margin-bottom: 0.6em;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.6em;">Friday's announcement was just the final domino in a topsy-turvy recruitment. He burst onto the scene as a high school freshman, and his recruitment picked up rather quickly. Michigan State was the heavy favorite early on, and the Spartans still seemed to be the leader prior to the AAU season. Kentucky made its play and moved to the forefront – before falling back rather quickly. Late in the summer, it appeared Kansas and Illinois were the ones with momentum, but DePaul and Memphis also had their moments in the sun for Alexander. The Fighting Illini had most of the momentum the past couple of weeks, but an unofficial visit last weekend to Lawrence stemmed the tide and the Jayhawks restaked their claim. The relationship between Kansas assistant Jerrance Howard (who recruited Alexander while he was at Illinois) and Alexander, as well as the fact Alexander's girlfriend attends Kansas, were keys.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.6em;">Alexander, a 6-foot-9 big man from Curie (Ill.), is ranked No. 3 in the <a href="http://247sports.com/Season/2014-Basketball/CompositeRankings?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool" style="color: #6e8dcf; text-decoration: none;">247Sports Composite</a>for the class of 2014. He is as college-ready as anyone in the country, and his strength and build will enable him to be a dominant force next season in the Big 12. Alexander is an extremely strong rebounder, and his 260-lb. frame gives him the edge in most battles on the boards. He's very tough and has a good motor. Once he develops consistent back-to-the-basket moves, Alexander is going to be an absolute force.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.6em;">Kansas only has two commitments in the class of 2014, but they are both elite-level players. Alexander joins five-star small forward Kelly Oubre, the No. 7-ranked player in the 247Sports Composite. He chose Kansas over Kentucky last month. But Bill Self probably isn't done in 2014. Texas big man Myles Turner is still a target, and an interesting prospect to watch could be five-star guard Jaquan Lyle. The former Louisville commit is close with Alexander, and Self could be looking for a point guard.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.6em;">The Jayhawks will obviously see <a class="playerLink" href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/players/playerpage/2104339/andrew-wiggins" style="color: #6e8dcf; text-decoration: none;">Andrew Wiggins</a> leave for the NBA, although center <a class="playerLink" href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/players/playerpage/2104334/joel-embiid" style="color: #6e8dcf; text-decoration: none;">Joel Embiid</a> and guard Wayne Selden are also potential lottery picks. <a class="playerLink" href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/players/playerpage/1780279/tarik-black" style="color: #6e8dcf; text-decoration: none;">Tarik Black</a> is the lone senior – and Alexander will slide in perfectly as his replacement.</div><br /><br /><br /></div>

Kansas beats out Illinois for No. 3 prospect Cliff Alexander Kansas beats out Illinois for No. 3 prospect Cliff Alexander

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