Listen: Preview Carrie Underwood and Audra McDonald singing "My Favorite ...

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><img src="http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r620-ecc0c91d9498de3f2bbcf37f059a7862.jpg" width="600"/> </p><br /><p>A preview of Checotah native Carrie Underwood and Broadway veteran Audra McDonald belting 'My Favorite Things' has premiered exclusively on EW.com. To hear it click here.</p><br /><p>The beloved tribute to raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens is from NBC's upcoming production of 'The Sound of Music Live!'</p><br /><p>As previously reported, Underwood will play Maria and TV/theater star Stephen Moyer ('True Blood') will play Capt. Georg Von Trapp in the beloved musical.</p><br /><p>The three-hour live production will air Dec. 5.</p><br /><p>'The Sound of Music Live!' also features McDonald ('Private Practice'), who has won five Tony Awards and two Grammys, as Mother Abbess; Tony Award winner Christian Borle ('Smash'), who will portray von Trapp family friend Max Detweiler; and Tony winner Laura Benanti ('Go On'), who will portray Elsa Schrader, the captain's one-time fiancee.</p><br /><p>The live holiday spectacular is based on the original 1959 Broadway production of 'The Sound of Music,' starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel.</p><br /><p>The music and lyrics for 'The Sound of Music' were written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, respectively, with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The iconic story centers on a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.</p><br /><p>'The Sound of Music Live!' is executive produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan. Beth McCarthy-Miller and Rob Ashford serve as co-directors. 'The Sound of Music Live!' is produced by Universal Television.</p><br /><p>'The Sound of Music: Music from the NBC Television Event' is available for pre-order and set for Dec. 3 release.</p><br /><p>The soundtrack features studio recordings of all the musical numbers performed in the live broadcast, including Rodgers and Hammerstein favorites 'The Sound of Music,' 'My Favorite Things,' 'Do-Re-Mi,' 'Sixteen Going on Seventeen' and 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain,' among others.</p><br /><p>Here is a trailer for the production:</p><br /><p>-BAM</p><br /></div>

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Veteran film, TV, stage actor Al Ruscio dies

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://media.kentucky.com/smedia/2013/11/16/18/56/919-MbfcS.AuSt.55.jpeg" width="600"/><br /><p>- Veteran character actor Al Ruscio, who appeared in countless film, television and stage productions across half a century, has died at age 89, said his longtime manager, Judy Fox.</p><br /><p>Ruscio, who died Nov. 12 at his Encino, Calif., home following declining health, appeared in such films as the 'Godfather, Part III' and 'Guilty By Suspicion,' and on some of the most memorable TV shows of all time, from 'Sea Hunt' to 'Seinfeld.' His stage credits include 'A Hatful of Rain' and 'A View From the Bridge.'</p><br /><p>In addition, Ruscio taught college acting classes, wrote a drama text called 'So Therefore...A Practical Guide for Actors' and served on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild.</p><br /><p>Ruscio is survived by his wife, actress Kate Williamson, four children and five grandchildren.</p><br /></div>

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Veto override will limit pesticide use, GMO crops on Hawaiian island [ 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 Christopher D’Angelo</p> <div class="body-slot-mod"> <div class="yom-remote"> <div class="yom-loading" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div> </div> </div> <p>LIHUE, Hawaii (Reuters) – The governing body on the Hawaiian island of Kauai voted on Saturday to override their mayor’s veto of a bill that seeks to reign in widespread pesticide use and the testing of new genetically modified crops.</p> <p>The Kauai County Council’s 5-2 vote means agricultural companies will be unable to plant crops inside buffer zones created around schools, homes and hospitals. New limits will be placed on pesticide use and companies must disclose where they will plant test crops.</p> <p>The vote to override Kauai County Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr.’s veto caps months of protests by islanders and mainland U.S. groups opposed to extensive testing of crops on Kauai, a largely rural island that has a tropical climate considered ideal for trying out new biotech crops. The council needed five votes to cancel the veto.</p> <p>The spread of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food and feed has triggered a global dispute with critics claiming GMOs require more use of pesticides and cause environmental damage and health issues for people and animals.</p> <p>Companies opposed to the measure have said biotech crops are essential in boosting global food production and in improving environmental sustainability. They said pesticides already are well regulated by state and federal agencies.</p> <p>Among the firms that have tested biotech crops on Hawaii’s “Garden Isle,” as Kauai is known, are DuPont, Syngenta AG, and Dow AgroSciences, a division of Dow Chemical Co.</p> <p>Passage of the measure in Kauai was hailed by California-based Pesticide Action Network North America.</p> <p>“The victory not only creates critical new laws but also serves as a signal to other communities across the United States that they can prevail over powerful corporations,” Paul Towers, the group’s organizing and media director, said in a statement.</p> <p>Concerns about pesticide use on the island have been mounting in recent years and some people contend health problems, including cases of cancer, are tied to the farm chemicals on the experimental crop fields.</p> <p>Carvalho said the bill is vulnerable to legal challenge and he proposed ordering a study on health and environmental impacts of pesticides on the island.</p> <p>“Of course we will honor the council’s decision and I will continue to work with my departments to determine how we will implement this new law,” the mayor said after the vote. He said the law would take effect in nine months.</p> <p>(Writing by Kevin Murphy; Editing by Alex Dobuzinskis and Bill Trott)</p> <ul id="topics" class="hidden"> <li>Nature & Environment</li> <li>genetically modified crops</li> </ul><p></p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Veto override will limit pesticide use, GMO crops on Hawaiian island [ BeritaTerkini ]

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Apple reportedly buys Kinect tech

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>Apple has reportedly acquired PrimeSense, the motion-tracking company responsible for the technology in the original Xbox 360 Kinect, in a deal said to be worth around $345m. Whispers of the possible purchase, today reported by Israeli news site Calcalist, began back in July though were described as being in the early stages, and PrimeSense unofficially dismissed the speculation along with chatter rumors of a $280m price tag.</p><br /><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/primesense_kinect-580x386.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>According to the latest reports, however, that denial was less than accurate, and the negotiations between Apple and PrimeSense have been ongoing nonetheless. A pubic announcement is said to have been planned in roughly two weeks time, though if Apple is true to past form, the company may simply decline to comment on any deal. We've got a request in for more information, and will update if and when we hear more.</p><br /><p>PrimeSense's appeal is in its advanced body-movement tracking technology. Although Microsoft switched from the original PrimeSense system used in the original Kinect sensor for Xbox 360, to a homegrown alternative in the more recent version, that hasn't stopped the company from further developing its system and targeting smaller implementations.</p><br /><p>One such implementation is Capri, shown below, which significantly reduces the size of the sensor array while still allowing accurate motion-tracking of separate limbs and more.</p><br /><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/PrimeSense_Capri-580x188.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>Initially, Capri was seen as being the main point of appeal for PrimeSense to Apple, with suggestions that the new sensor could find its way into future iterations of iPhone and iPad. However, according to the Israeli report today, Apple's actual intended goal for PrimeSense's systems is its much-rumored television project.</p><br /><p>That would suggest navigation of an on-demand, streaming smart TV system using gestures rather than a complex remote. Talk of a full TV with the Apple logo has persisted for some years now, fueled in part by comments by Steve Jobs in which he reportedly claimed to have 'cracked' the problem of unintuitive interfaces.</p><br /><p>At the time, it was assumed that Apple's voice control system on iOS, Siri, would be the key to that system, but if the PrimeSense leaks are authentic, it now looks like motion-control could also play a part. That would certainly fit in with PrimeSense's own development roadmap; the company said it was exploring TV integration all the way back in January 2011.</p><br /><p>Another suggestion, though not one necessarily based on any more than speculation, is that the sensor system could be used in Apple's smartwatch project, unofficially-dubbed the iWatch. It's unclear whether even the reduced Capri sensor array could fit into a wrist-worn-scale device at this stage, however.</p><br /><p>VIA Hillel Fuld</p><br /></div>

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Andre Ward moves closer to Carl Froch fight by beating Rodriguez

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71162000/jpg/_71162517_71162513.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>Last updated at 09:16 GMT</p><br /><p>American Andre Ward stepped closer to a rematch with Britain's Carl Froch after beating Edwin Rodriguez on points in a non-title super-middleweight fight.</p><br /><p>WBA champion Ward's title was not on the line after his Dominican opponent failed to make the weight.</p><br /><p>The 29-year-old shrugged off a shoulder injury which has sidelined him for 14 months to win unanimously, taking the contest 118-106, 117-107, 116-108.</p><br /><p>IBF champion Froch lost to Ward in 2011 and is open to fighting in Las Vegas.</p><br /><p>A shoulder muscle tear and surgery had kept Ward out of the ring for over a year, but he showed no ill effects in California as he dominated from the beginning and survived a fourth round bout of wrestling in which both fighters were deducted two points.</p><br /><p>Undefeated Ward, who inflicted one of Froch's two professional defeats, took the first round despite Rodriguez running at him from the opening bell, trying to get inside and make things uncomfortable.</p><br /><p>There was no sign of Ward being ring rusty despite his lay-off and his work-rate had his opponent well behind after the first three rounds.</p><br /><p>After the spate of brawling caused referee Jack Reiss to intervene, 2004 Olympic light-heavyweight champion Ward responded to the warning with a big right hand to make it four rounds in a row.</p><br /><p>He continued to land jabs and a massive left in the 10th round sealed a comfortable victory.</p><br /><p>The Californian had not fought since a 10th-round stoppage of fellow American Chad Dawson in September 2012.</p><br /><p>Nottingham fighter Froch, who holds the IBF super-middleweight belt, will defend both of his titles against London's George Groves in Manchester on 23 November.</p><br /></div>

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Orgeron's wild 180 sparks USC's big win over No. 5 Stanford

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/cbss/ui5/authors/80x80/14190.png" width="600"/><br /><p>LOS ANGELES -- For the first time in some 17 years, USC fans stormed the field after a Trojan win Saturday night, celebrating as if they'd just won a national title after their team's stunning upset of No. 4 Stanford, 20-17, on a last-minute field goal. On this night, the Trojans didn't snap a 13-game winless streak against arch-rival Notre Dame. The victory over the Cardinal, though, had a surreal quality to it. After all, it has only been six weeks since head coach Lane Kiffin was fired and a proud program was left in disarray. USC AD Pat Haden tabbed Ed Orgeron as the Trojans' interim head coach to handle the remaining eight games. No one outside of the USC locker room expected much. The team was 0-2 in Pac-12 play and Orgeron's previous history as a head coach -- three rough seasons in the SEC at Ole Miss, where he won three conference games combined -- left many, especially down south, snickering.But a truly crazy thing is happening in Los Angeles. That team that was left for dead in late September, is now 5-0 in Pac-12 play since Orgeron took over and just notched its first win over a ranked team since 2011. On the field, as fans and families swarmed the field from a sellout crowd of 93,607, Trojan offensive assistants Clay Helton, Mike Summers and Tommy Robinson, three coaches with a combined 76 years of professional experience, celebrated in a group hug, jumping up and down.'This is unbelievable,' said the 50-year-old Robinson, as tears welled up in his eyes. 'I am so proud of these guys and this team.'Robinson, the USC running backs coach, has grown close to Orgeron, and took the moment to campaign for the former defensive line coach to become the Trojans' permanent head coach.'Ain't no doubt in my mind that Ed Orgeron should be named USC's head coach, and I don't care who hears me,' said Robinson. 'No man on this planet can make these kids play harder than he can. We got 50 kids on scholarship playing like they are and like they did tonight against that team? This guy is phenomenal.'The undermanned Trojans, who only subbed two defensive reserves into the game the entire night against the punishing Stanford attack (and one of those two subs, CB Torin Harris, only played one snap), held the Cardinal to a season-low 17 points, a week after David Shaw's team mauled No. 2 Oregon. Stanford, which came into the game converting third downs at 52 percent, managed just four-of-12 Saturday night.'It was a tremendous effort by the organization and the coaching staff,' Orgeron said. 'For some reason on Monday there was a belief that we were going to find a way to win this game.'I'm awfully proud of our young men. This is something that we've wanted for the past Trojans and coaches. This is for the Trojan family.'It's a family that has been through a lot since Pete Carroll moved on to the NFL. There's been hefty NCAA sanctions that had gutted the program. There was the tumultous Kiffin tenure and the cloud of uncertainty hanging over a program still coping with severe scholarship reductions. That Orgeron, a 52-year-old gravelly voiced Louisiana native who predated Carroll in Los Angeles and has embraced the USC heritage probably as much as any Trojan grad, is the one leading this improbable story only seems to galvanize the program and its fans that much more and make it all seem that much more curious.In his three tumultous seasons in Oxford, his record was 10-25. (I had a front row seat for much of his time there while I worked on my recruiting book, 'Meat Market.') Orgeron's Ole Miss teams played hard and were almost always competitive, but they couldn't seem to turn the proverbial corner. One particularly heartbreaking day came in October, 2007 when it seemed the Rebels were about to cap off a frenetic comeback to upset Nick Saban's Alabama team in Oxford, but instead there was a controversial call made by the officials, essentially ending the game. Ole Miss lost 27-24. A few hours after the game I recall Orgeron's wife telling me how some Ole Miss fans just kind of shrugged their shoulders, as if trying to console her by saying, 'Maybe this all just wasn't meant to be.'Five weeks later, Orgeron was fired. The move came a day after his decision to go on fourth down, two touchdowns up against Mississippi State, blew up in his face and the Bulldogs rallied for a 17-14 win. I suspected that deep down Orgeron believed if his team routed their arch-rival in Starkville, his bosses couldn't fire him.Orgeron, like the Ole Miss coach he replaced and the one who replaced him, clashed with his AD, and that lack of trust helped create a toxic enviroment around the program. He had recruited some good young players, but never stayed around long enough to see them develop. Those players would later become the nucleus of back-to-back Cotton Bowl teams that his successor, Houston Nutt, got to coach. Since then, Orgeron has bounced from a year in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints to another season at Tennessee and then back home to USC. And now, somehow, he's living out a fantasy of sorts. Getting a do-over at the program that means more to him than any other.How he's grown as a head coach is almost mind-boggling to me. He has proven to be radically different than he was in his time in Mississippi -- and just as importantly, radically different than his predecessor, Kiffin. Orgeron has done seemingly everything differently than he did in his first time as a head coach. The joke in college football circles is that ever since being flipped the keys the gruff Cajun has adopted the George Costanza's bizarro 'opposite' philosophy. On Monday, Orgeron admitted he's never seen Seinfeld but laughed and nodded when told about mirroring Constanza's 180.Orgeron explained to me last month, a few days before his first game as USC's head man, that he's learned not to chase ghosts and instead keep the big picture in mind. Gone are the days when he worked everyone into the ground and instead he would remain relentlessly upbeat and enthusiastic. He would trust his assistants and his players, and they'd lean on each other. He'd treat them like he treats his own sons. He would be the guy recruits fall in love with -- the one whose presence dominates a room. Not the one who seemed so on edge. A few days after Orgeron took over, he hired 72-year-old Pete Jenkins, his old college coach and mentor, to join the staff. A lifelong D-line coach from the NFL and the rigors of the SEC, Jenkins knows Orgeron better than anyone. A half-hour after the game had ended, Jenkins, too, had tears in his eyes while he spoke about USC's win and about his protege.'I think he learned so much from his time at Ole Miss,' Jenkins said. 'The thing is, he learned a lot about what to do, and what not to do. Those players we have, they love that guy. And that is a really powerful thing. That's a really good line we faced, and we played them without subbing out one guy on the line all night. They're giving us everything they have and they really are so focused. 'At this point in time, [Orgeron] is the best guy for this job. Everything is about timing. I'm not saying he'd be perfect for everywhere else. Some places are different, but I believe this: he's perfect for USC. He truly loves this place and these people.'The Trojans still have two games remaining. Next week they play at Colorado before finishing up the regular season against cross-town rival UCLA. Whether Orgeron gets to coach the Trojans after this season is anybody's guess. But one thing is certain: the guy who was the longest of long shots when he was first announced on a sunny Sunday in September, is a legit candidate now. According to sources, Orgeron has a lot of influential boosters in his corner and an increasing number of fans. But he knows his team still has a lot of work left. 'All I can do is work with [the team] every day,' Orgeron said. 'I think everything happens for a reason and that there's a greater plan. What that plan is I don't know, but we'll work together on a daily basis. That's all I know.'</p><br /><p><img src="http://www.cbssports.com/images/cbss/ui5/authors/80x80/14190.png" width="600"/>Bruce Feldman is a senior writer for CBSSports.com and college football commentator for CBS Sports Network. He is a New York Times Bestselling author, who has written books including Swing Your Sword, Meat Market and Cane Mutiny. Prior to joining CBS, Feldman spent 17 years at ESPN.</p><br /></div>

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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

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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>

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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>

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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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17-Nov-2013 09:23

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17-Nov-2013 09:23

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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 ]

Doing their bit for the conservation of indigenous medicinal plants, the Ezhimala Indian Naval Academy is all set to launch an Oushadha poon...

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17-Nov-2013 08:22

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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

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...

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