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Welcome to a new era. I guess there’s no other way to call it. Since the 25 th January
We’ve gone through good days and we’ve definitely gone through bad days .Saying that gets me to think about our lives in general and how they are constantly being defined by new phases, new events and new eras on a personal level. we finish school and go to university , a change of era , we start our careers and live the time of being young , free and single , another era , we get married , the start of another era , we have children , a whole new era and so it goes on .. but what makes me wonder , is how much of all this do we really stop to appreciate even a Friday afternoon , spent having lunch with the family is an important moment , one that in years to come you’ll sit back and remember fondly . Watching your son take his very first steps or saying his first word is no doubt a defining moment in yours and his life. How much of all these moments do we really stop, contemplate and appreciate. Every day decisions are being made small and big ones. People make political decisions, personal decisions, Career decisions, etc. Some choices are simple and seem straight forward while others are complex and require a multi- step to make the decisions. Do not assume that you can’t do something give it a try first then decide. You are a decision maker. This is your moment and this is your life try to not make all of the events that happening around us make us feel depressed and letting go of many important moments in our life without feel it. I know that all of this events make us wonder about our future but we need to be pessimistic because we have no choice, We can still wonder and think about our future in Egypt and feel sad about what come may happened but we have to not lose our smile, hope, moments and only watch them pass by, without even stopping, without realizing that these too are important defining moments, that will change our lives, moving us from era to era and that’s not something to be missed. We have to live today for today and let tomorrow for tomorrow and only we can all do is hope, pray and work hard for a better future. And come what may this is a new era for the country and for us all. . Whatever era or phase of life you’re in, Realize that it won’t come again, Enjoy and appreciate it cause once it’s gone you can never have it back.
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UNITED BUT DIVIDED
The escalation of political violence and the battle of wills in Egypt make us united in nationality but divided in front of president palace which taking the country into dangerous and uncharted position, Nermine tarek reports. The decision of the leaders of the Constituent Assembly urgency to vote on a flawed and contradictory draft is not the right way to ensure the fundamental rights or to promote respect for the rule of law. the failure to address the deep concerns about the protection of some basic rights, will lead to huge problems in the future that will not easily be solved. Where the process of drafting the constitution characterized with a sharp differences and the number of members of the Assembly resigned in protest against what they described as the failure of the dominant Islamic factions to reach a compromise on the core issues, including the subject of religion from state affairs. The decision comes after of the controversial constitutional announcement by President Mohamed Morsi, on 22 November which Fort his decisions from judicial review. “We will write the door of the judiciary ourselves and we will not overseeing the referendum If our demands are not applied,” the President’s of the Emergency Assembly in Egypt Judges Club Judge Ahmed Elzend said. “The draft shrinking our mandate” Judges protesters said. The President Moursi constitutional announcement led judges to strike in many courts circles across the country to protest against the Constitutional announcement of the President Mursi. The General Constituent deliver a new constitution to President Mohamed Morsi with big festival in the conference hall in Nasr City and the President issued a 4
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Presidential decree inviting people for a referendum on a draft constitution on Saturday, December 15, 2012 in spite of all popular objections, Objections of judges in all grades on the legitimacy of the Assembly for the lack of representation of all classes of people in it and the Withdrawal of civil forces from it. Liberals, leftists, Christians, more moderate Muslims and others had withdrawn from the assembly saying their voices were not being heard. “There is no benefit of it” Civilian forces during its withdrawal from the Constituent said . From their point of view the Constitution was dye by religious dye. “The Islamic movement has sought to comply with the civil powers in constituent and made many concessions in order to complete the constitution,” a spokesman for the Constituent Assembly, the Secretary-Freedom and Justice Party in Cairo Dr. Mohamed El-Beltagy said. The withdrawal of the church and protest against it in the Supreme Constitutional Court which was besieged and prevent judges from considering the case which raising the division of the country. The civil forces and Tahrir revolutionaries called to crawl to the Federal Palace in Heliopolis, the civil disobedience and the continued escalation. On that opposition forces met led by the National Salvation Front (NSF) to protest against constitutional referendum and President Mohamed Morsi’s constitutional declaration. The revolutionary forces considered constitutional a coup against the democracy and the abduction of the judiciary. They demanded the abolition of the Constitutional declaration and the postponement of the referendum on the new constitution until a consensus on the controversial material which included many
concerns. The most important is include:Protection of rights Article 81 states that” There is no law organize the practice of rights and freedoms or restrict it’s prejudice and origin essence in the Constitution” but it goes on to say that “ these rights and freedoms exercised without conflicting with the principles contained in the section of the state and society of this Constitution.” the section include The text of Article 10 which states that “the state and society is keen to abide by the inherent nature of the Egyptian family,” and article 11, which states that “The State should care of ethics and morality and public system.” These articles characterized by loose language, open to interpretation and is available to justify the restriction of fundamental rights on a large scale. Apparently it puts “the inherent nature of the family”, morals and public system over fundamental rights. Freedom of expression Article 45 of freedom of expression without stating for allowed legitimate restrictions Nor on how to balance this right with Article 31 which states that “No case may insult anyone or contempt him” And article 44, which prohibits from the “abuse or exposure of all Messengers and Prophets”. The articles 31 and 44 Do not represent legitimate restrictions On freedom of expression under international human rights law and can offer to give difficult if not impossible for any serious reform of the Penal Code provisions based on criminalizing “insults” and defamation, these provisions are often used in the past to prosecute critics of the government. Increased litigation charges of “insulting the president” or “insulting the judiciary” since President Mursi took office. Freedom of belief Article 43 of freedom of belief restrict the right to practice religious rites and the establishment of houses of worship for Muslims, Christians and Jews. The previous provides drafts on the general right to practice religious rites but it restricted the establishment of places of worship on the followers of the three monotheistic religions. Article 43 discriminate against people of other faiths and exclude them, those followers including the Baha’i community. Under previous President Hosni Mubarak, the security forces arrested members of minorities religious such as Shiites and Ahmadis, Baha’is, and Quranists because of their beliefs. Military trials of civilians The final draft fails to put an end to military trials of civilians and retreat from the wording of the rights in the draft section. Article 75 was stated that “No civilians may be tried before the military justice system.” The members of this assembly deleted this paraphrase after a formal objection from the military justice officials. Article 198 of the final draft now that “there are no civilians trials infront of military courts except in the crimes that are harmful to the armed forces and the law defines such crimes which leaves the authority of the
military to trial civilians under martial law without prejudice. Women’s Rights Of the positive developments that the final draft of abandoned material that Article 68 that was in earlier drafts, which were provided on the subject of women’s right in equality to comply with the provisions of the Islamic Sharia and this text was strongly demanded by the Salafists members of the Assembly. However, the draft is no longer includes the “type” within the rationale for the prohibition of discrimination as it does not remember any justification. Article 30 now states that “citizens are equal before the law, they are equal in public rights and duties without discrimination between them” without specifying the categories covered by this text. When you read this article with Article 10, the failure in specific reference to discrimination on the basis of gender may become problematic. Article 10 states that: “The State must guarantee motherhood and child services free of charge reconciling the duties of women towards her family and her work.” And the State must care and give special care and protection to house wives and divorced and widowed women. “The current draft constitution is unfair to women’s rights and gains” the previous deputy in the dissolved parliment Margaret Lazarus said. The role of the state should be limited to ensure equality and non-discrimination without interference in women’s choices about her life or her family or work, nor to justify discrimination on this basis. Moreover this has been deleted wording that prohibits trading in women in an earlier draft from the final draft. Development of international commitments Article 145 states that the President ratifies treaties and ratifies after the approval of the parliment and the Shura Council then: “There is no approval of any treaty contrary to the provisions of the Constitution.” The Human Rights Watch has called on the members of the Constituent Assembly to insert text integrates human rights as defined by international treaties ratified by Egypt, integrates them directly in the Egyptian law and to strengthen the basis for the amendment of a lot of local laws restricting the rights. Indeed hundreds of thousands of rejecting the constitutional declaration crawled to the Federal Palace to express their rejection of the Constitutional Declaration, the draft constitution to a referendum without a social consensus and immunization of the President’s decisions against challenged in the court. “The people want to bring down the regime,” the protesters chanted in Tahrir Square said, they were echoing the chants that rang out in the same place less than two years ago and brought
down Hosni Mubarak. The protests also come in the wake of an anticipated decision by the government to increase prices by imposing higher taxes on several goods. The protesters insist on maintaining pressure on Saturday’s controversial constitutional referendum, which they want to be postponed until the constitution contents can be reached on national consensus. They described it as unrepresentative and drafted as it was by an Islamist-led Constituent Assembly. The large brick barriers erected by the military around the palace did not stop the protesters from crossing through openings. They managed to make. They chanted “Down with the Muslim Brotherhood”, “Down with the rule of the supreme guide” and “Two cannot be trusted; the army and the Brotherhood”. Egyptians from all social classes were presented at the demonstration and some well-known revolutionary slogans were heard including “Bread, freedom, social justice”, to the more extreme “The people want to bring down the regime”. The NSF is an umbrella group comprising major liberal, leftist parties and other independent groups. It is led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed AlBaradei, Egypt’s previous foreign minister and ex-Arab League chief Amr Moussa and leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi. The NSF announced its rejection of the referendum and called for continued mass protests. While the opposition protested at the presidential palace, the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi supporters gathered in Cairo’s Nasr City district some three miles away from the rival rally to voice support for the looming referendum draft constitution and to call for a “yes” vote in elections. WhileThe NSF called on the masses to vote “no” on the constitution instead of boycotting the elections. Rival mass rallies have become an almost daily occurrence in Cairo and the clashes between Islamists and the secular-leaning opposition on 5 December killed eight people and injured more than 750. the Republican Guard and the police calls to intervene but lately to disengage between them and build a concrete fence to protect the presidential palace of the Intruder to find ourselves in front of other signed sentences including ambiguity and claim of the presence of a third party and the loss of Egyptian blood. the NSF had announced it was going to attend the so-called “unity talks” called for by the army to help in ending the political crisis that only before the last meeting that has been postponed without providing more information. The army’s call was seen by some observers as an attempt by the military to seek a renewed political role. The military managed the country for 18 months from the time of the ouster of previous president Hosni Mubarak to the time Morsi became
president. They relinquished power after Morsi forced the military’s top two generals into retirement. It had been reported that the NSF would attend the army’s unity talks represented mainly by Al-Baradei, Sabahi, Moussa and another NSF member Mohamed Abul-Ghar. It is considered signaling to stop the refrendum until the settlement of all continues issues. Defence Minister Abdel-Fatah Al-Sisi, who is also the head of the Armed Forces, had said the talks were not intended to be political in nature. “We would sit together as Egyptians,” he said. Al-Baradei said in the Egyptian opposition the whole constitution-drafting process is considered “illegitimate”. “We are hoping that Mr Morsi will rescind his decision and he would really come to his senses,” Al-Baradei said. “You can not adopt a constitution which at least 50 per cent of the Egyptian people oppose that defies its basic rights and freedoms and tries to have a new dictator in the making.” He said. “We are at a cross in the road,” he said. “Either we will have a country that is civil which respects women’s rights, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, children’s rights and a balance of power or we will have a new dictatorship with a religious flavour.” He said. The opinion ended to cancel the constitutional declaration issued on Nov. 21, while maintaining the effects that resulted in and maintain the deadline referendum in December 15, 2012 as it is but if people reject the new constitution the president after three months, Wen announced the result by calling for the election of 100 members to establish new Constituent to draw up a new constitution in a period not to exceed 6 monthes. After that the President during this month from the date of receipt of the draft inviting voters to a referendum. In the case of emergence of a new signs on crimes related revolution on January 25 that returned investigations even if they are issued by acquittals. As the text of the constitutional declaration stated to not accept any appeals on constitutional declaration and the expiration of the case against it. The popular rejection of the Constitutional declaration issued by the President of the still continues on the bases of illegitimacy to the expiration of the issued after the revolution to hold free presidential elections that did not allow the President to issue any constitutional declaration from the begining. The civil forces reject the new constitutional declaration and some lawyers have filed a law suit to drop it. To continue the situation and the country located in aftershocks incompatibility and rocking the Egyptian economy. Waiting for another signed sentences or new federal or a new civil war or a peaceful solution satisfactory to both parties and the offer still continuous. 5
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AMERICANS GIVE OBAMA A SECOND CHANCE His victory makes Mr. Obama the first president since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 to succeed with a higher unemployment rate on Election Day than on his inauguration day four years earlier. U.S. unemployment now stands at 7.9%, compared with 7.8% when Mr. Obama took office.
President Barack Obama returned to the White House after winning the historic second term, Nermine Tarek reports. “The best is coming,” Obama said to the United States in his victory speech after winning a second term. “I did not love you more than this day,” Obama said to his wife Michellea when He was thanked his family, his campaign team and Vice President Joe Biden, who he described as the best vice president in U.S. history. The American voters renewed their confidence of Obama who was the first black president up to the White House in 2008 and the second Democratic president wins re-election for the second time since the Second World War. U.S. President Barack Obama Keep his position as President of the United States of America for a new term after defeating his rival Republican Mitt Romney in the presidential election in the United States, According to the final results, Obama made on Romney ahead 303 votes for 206 Romney in the electoral college. President Barack Obama narrowly won re6
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election, overcoming public doubts about his performance on the economy—doubts that challenger Mitt Romney appeared well-positioned to exploit. “I so wish that I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader,” Mr. Romney said in his concession speech. The voting results revealed that Obama won the votes of the states of Ohio, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Illinois, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Washington state and California and the Hawaiian Islands. While on the other hand, Romney won the votes of the states of Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Utah and Arizona, Nebraska and Idaho.
Mr. Obama also was aided by a wellexecuted turnout effort, one that was all the more successful because of demographic shifts that are placing more electoral power in the hands of minority voters, who tended to support Mr. Obama by large margins. Propelling Mr. Obama to victory was the unique coalition he forged four years ago, one that reflects the changing nature of the U.S. electorate—notably, the diminished influence of white Americans and the rising clout of Latino voters. The American election system is not restricted only on the voting to choose the president, but also members of the U.S. Congress and renewal thirds of the U.S. Senate, Congress members of each state, The selection judges of each state and the laws enacted them. Americans outside America have voted two months ago, Each according to its mandate, They sent the ballots mailed to the United States. The American people did two things: they gave President Obama a second chance to fix the problems that even he admits he failed to solve during his first four years in office, and they preserved Republican control of the House of Representatives. Republicans are expecting the next four years to be different from the past four years. “To the extent he wants to move to the political center…we’ll be there to meet him half way. That begins by proposing a way for both parties to work together in avoiding the ‘fiscal cliff’ without harming a weak and fragile economy and when that is behind us work with us to reform the tax code and our broken entitlement system,” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said. Greeting Mr. Obama will be a divided Congress. Democrats retained their Senate majority,While Republicans looked set to keep control of the House of Representatives. For Mr. Obama, the victory sets up a test of whether he can forge a productive second term in a divided political system. Mr. Obama will have little time to savor his victory. Looming almost immediately is the so-called fiscal cliff, a series of tax increase and spending cuts that come into force Jan. 1 and that could unravel
the economy’s fragile gains unless the president and congressional leaders engineer a compromise. The U.S. will also hit its borrowing limit in coming months, raising the prospect of a battle like the one last year that led to a downgrade of the U.S. debt rating. Mr. Obama hopes to broker a farreaching agreement, the kind of “grand bargain” that eluded him last year, which would include raising taxes on wealthier Americans. Republicans have said they would oppose any tax increase. The White House is already working to convene a meeting between the president and congressional leaders. A key player will be Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Romney’s running mate and a student of fiscal matters, who retained his House seat. Mr. Obama notched a victory in a political climate that seemed ripe for his defeat. Polls showed more than half the population believed the U.S. was on the wrong track and that the government performed too many functions best done by the private sector—attitudes that would seem to benefit Republicans. After winning a second term, President Barack Obama ends his victory speech with his vision for the country during his speech. “Now I look forward to sitting down with Gov. Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward.” Mr. Obama said In his victory speech. “We may have battled fiercely, but it’s only because we love this country deeply and we care so strongly about its future,” Mr. Obama said in his victory speech. He also said that he would meet with Mr. Romney in the coming weeks to discuss various issues confronting the country. The president’s re-election campaign was light on details of his second-term agenda, Which He promised on the campaign trail the following:Taxes What was a contentious issue during the campaign will likely remain so. Obama said that higher taxes on the rich will not stifle economic growth and that both tax hikes and spending cuts are needed to achieve long-term deficit reduction. Whether he can get Republicans to agree to any tax hikes may be his greatest domestic challenge. Obama also has said he would like to raise taxes on the wealthy and ensure they pay 30 percent of their income, which he says would help reduce the budget deficit. Obama said he supports extending Bush-era tax cuts for everyone making under $200,000, or $250,000 for couples. He had agreed in 2010 to a two-year extension of the lower rates for all taxpayers. But that extension ends on Dec. 31 and Obama has said he would let the top two tax rates go back up 3 to 4 percentage points to 39.6 percent and 36 percent— and raise rates on capital gains and dividends for the wealthy. Other taxes going up under Obama
would be to help cover Medicare costs from the Affordable Health Care Law—with a tax on highest-value health insurance plans. Obama has said he would replace the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) with the “Buffett Rule,” named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett. The AMT was originally designed to keep top wage earners from taking too many deductions, but it currently captures many middle-class families. The Buffett rule holds that millionaires shouldn’t have a lower effective tax rate than anyone else—and that they should pay at least 30 percent of their income in federal taxes. Obama would continue a 15 percent tax rate on dividends and capital gains for families making less than $250,000 a year. When it comes to business, Obama would reduce the top corporate rate to 28 percent from 35 percent. Obama has also called for new tax codes to encourage investment at home and discourage the offshoring of jobs and factories. As for the estate tax, Obama said he would reinstate the 2009-level rate of 45 percent after a $3.5 million exemption on assets passed to heirs. Economy & Jobs The current unemployment rate sits at around 7.9 percent. So, to get the economy moving and to create jobs. Obama said on the campaign trail that he wanted Congress to pass his $447 million,He initially proposed in 2011. It was defeated in the Senate. The key elements of the package reprise parts of Obama’s 2009 stimulus measure and a Social Security payroll tax cut enacted in 2010. The plan combines payroll tax cuts for workers and businesses with $175 billion in spending on roads, school repairs and other infrastructure, as well as unemployment assistance and help to local governments to avoid layoffs of teachers, firefighters and police. The jobs measure would be paid for by a 5.6 percent surcharge on income exceeding $1 million, expected to raise more than $450 billion over a decade, according to the Obama campaign. Obama has also proposed tax breaks for U.S. manufacturers producing domestically or repatriating jobs from abroad, and tax penalties for U.S. companies outsourcing jobs. Federal Deficit For the fourth-straight year the U.S. is projected to have trillion-dollar deficits. Obama has called for tackling the debt with a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases. Central to Obama’s plan is to let Bush-era tax cuts expire for couples making more than $250,000. Immigration During the campaign Obama admitted failure on getting promised immigration legislation through Congress that included a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. But he says he will try again. As part of immigration reform, Obama
had vowed to get Congress to pass the Dream Act which would give young illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as children a path to citizenship if they attend college or serve in the military. The bill was blocked by the Senate in 2010. But in June, Obama issued an executive order to allow many immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children to be exempted for two years from deportation and granted work permits if they apply to the government. Energy As for what he would do in a second term, Obama has called on Congress to end $4 billion in oil tax breaks for firms like BP, Chevron ,ExxonMobil, and ConocoPhillips . Instead that money would be used to invest that money in clean energy. Obama also pledged to cut subsidies for oil, coal, and natural gas. During the campaign Obama said he supported extension of the production tax credit for wind generated electricity. He has also touted nuclear power as a clean source of energy. Obama said that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission should increase its oversight of Wall Street, in the belief that trading speculators drive up oil prices. Obama called for an increase in penalties for such illegal activity. As for the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline that the White House put a temporary hold on in 2012, Obama has said he would make a final decision on the project after an environmental study on a new route through Nebraska would be finished sometime in 2013. Health Care Since he won re-election and the Democrats control the Senate for at least the next two years, GOP threats to dismantle Obama care would seem to have taken a back seat for now. The bill goes into full effect in 2014, with some provisions for tax increases on incomes more than $200,000 to pay for certain Medicare costs. Social Security The president did not propose a comprehensive plan to address Social Security’s potential financial problems. In 2011, he proposed a new measure of inflation that would reduce annual increases in Social Security benefits. The proposal would reduce the long-term financing shortfall by about 25 percent, according to the Social Security actuaries. Education Obama said often on the campaign trail that he opposed vouchers and using any public tax money to pay tuition at private schools. Obama also said he wanted to preserve a key federal student loan interest rate at 3.4 percent. The rate had been scheduled to double, an increase the president said would hurt students and parents. Congress voted in June to avert a higher rate. Mr. Obama also wants to tighten federal oversight of for-profit colleges. He has said that too many students graduate from 7
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these types of schools in too much debt. About the movement appointments in the new presidential period, The State Department announced that Hillary Clinton will leave their tasks and received her purse ministerial successors, who will be Chosen by Mr. Obama amid speculation that its successors former candidate for the presidential elections in 2004, John Kerry, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress or U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice. “Bdiaut Ahronot” newspaper views that Netanyahu who supports Romney feared that Obama’s victory might lead the U.S. president to avenge him and newspaper pointed out that those around Obama accuse Netanyahu of interfering blatantly in united States elections and that this matter has emerged during the third debate and last between Romney and Obama, when Obama is addressing Romney’s recent visit to Israel was to raise funds at a time vowed Romney that Israel would be the first stop after his victory in the elections. while Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon indifference Israel the results of the U.S. elections. “Israel will continue to enjoy American elections bipartisan and the best president for Israel is the one who is selected by the U.S. public” Ayalon said. Most Egyptians expressed during interviews conducted by the American “CNN” network their preference for President Barack Obama. “I prefer Obama as a President of the United States because of pursuing a moderate foreign policy “ Egyptian lady Mona Ahmed said. “I prefer Obama for his sympathy with the issues of the region, which reference to his origins.” young Egyptians Reda Shalaby said. “I am scared if Romney wins the presidency he pursues policies similar to those pursued by President George W. Bush” Egyptian woman Sahar said. While a large majority of voters said they were dissatisfied with the economy, relatively few blamed Mr. Obama, pointing their fingers instead at Wall Street and the administration of former President George W. Bush. A narrow majority of voters said they believed the country was making progress economically, and those voters tended to side with Mr. Obama and although Mr. Romney closed the gap in the polls, raising the possibility that the nation’s first African-American president might be voted from office at the end of a single term and Mr. Obama was favored to win for most of the campaign, but the race narrowed in the final month after he turned in a lackluster performance in the first of three presidential debates. Democrats succeeded in turning the presidential election into a tactical fight largely defined by negative attacks. Which raises uncomfortable questions for Republicans and they started asking themselves: What went wrong?, How Obama won? And How everything turned upside down? Some top Republicans agreed they need
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to rethink how they present their economic message. Mr. Obama’s rise to power might have been dismissed as a fluke had he not secured a second term. His biography is nothing like that of recent predecessors. Mr. Obama was raised by a single mother and his grandparents. His father was from Kenya and his mother’s family from Kansas. Mr. Obama spent most of his childhood in Hawaii, where he attended a prestigious private school. After graduating from Columbia University, he attended Harvard Law School, becoming the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review. He eventually moved to Chicago, where he became a community organizer and met his wife, first lady Michelle Obama. His political resumé is short. He served in the Illinois state Senate until 2004, when he captivated the nation with a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. He was elected to the U.S. Senate that same year and hadn’t served a full term before he won the White House in 2008. His first term included passage of the health-care law, the financial-regulation bill and a series of interventions to save the banking system from the worst downturn since the Great Depression. After the midterm elections in 2010, Republicans took charge of the House and Mr. Obama was forced to curb his ambitions. The president has predicted that he would have better results in a second term. David Plouffe, a senior White House adviser, said any ill will from the election would quickly vanish. Mr. Obama has said he would push several pieces of unfinished business left over the first term. He wants to pass an immigration overhaul that would provide a path to legal status for the 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally. With Hurricane Sandy ravaging the East Coast, Mr. Obama had a chance to show compassion to storm victims and deploy government resources to neighborhoods left in ruins. No less a critic than New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who gave the keynote speech at Mr. Romney’s nominating convention, went out of his way to praise Mr. Obama’s performance. About two-thirds of the public approved of the president’s handling of Hurricane Sandy, a Wall Street JournalNBC News poll showed. Sandy diverted the nation’s attention for days, forcing Mr. Romney to cancel some events and to juggle attacks on Obama with expressions of sympathy for storm victims. Still, Mr. Obama’s re-election would have seemed unlikely in the nadir of his presidency, the fall of 2010, when voters in the midterm election gave Republicans control of the House. Mr. Obama termed that election, “a shellacking.” White House advisers turned their attention to his political revival, knowing he was in a tough spot. Unemployment hovered near 10%, and
aides worried that independent voters had abandoned the president. Internal focus groups showed that voters didn’t give credit to Mr. Obama for the stimulus program, even though many economists concluded that the measures staved off an even more serious downturn. Aides settled on a strategy that emphasized steady improvement in the jobless rate while positioning Mr. Obama as a champion of the middle class. Rather than save their money for the post-Labor Day race to November, the Obama campaign spent millions of dollars on TV ads attacking Mr. Romney for his record at Bain Capital. They painted him as a predatory capitalist who bought companies and laid people off in search of a quick profit. Mr. Obama found multiple ways to chip away at the public’s confidence in Mr. Romney, as well as his conservative policy prescriptions. That multifront effort succeeded in raising enough doubt about Mr. Romney and sufficiently reinforcing Mr. Obama’s own message to allow the president to gain re-election. Despite Mr. Romney’s focus on the economy, pitching himself as a onetime businessman capable of fixing what ails the U.S., he couldn’t overcome missteps and attacks from Democrats over his work as a private-equity executive. “while Mr. Romney appeared to score well with voters in a number of categories, including his leadership and vision, Mr. Obama by the end held a lopsided advantage on the question of which candidate cares about people like them. Democrats succeeded in defining Mr. Romney as “a rich guy who didn’t care about them,” GOP strategist Karl Rove said. “Only 38% of voters say that if Mitt Romney is elected president his economic policies will be good for people like them. By comparison, 44% say President Obama’s policies will be good for people like them.” Democratic pollster Geoff Garin said. The Obama campaign also succeeded in undermining voter perceptions of Mr. Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital, the private-equity firm he founded. “In the final round of swing state polling… voters agreed by 17 points that ‘as a businessman, (Romney’s) priority was making millions for himself and his investors, regardless of the impact on jobs and the employees,” Garin said. In the end, Mr. Obama suffered no shortage of funds. In September alone, he took in $181 million in campaign donations. Altogether, the president and allied groups will have raised nearly $1 billion over the course of the campaign. It’s obviously that Mr. Obama burned through a good chunk of his campaign cash, making some Democrats uneasy But he made Mr. Romney unpopular among some voters and finally 2012 United States Presidential Election concluded with President Barack Obama securing a second term in office.
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ASMAL Opened New Sections What are the functions of your job and what are the conditions of it? I am the secretary general that responsible for ASMAL and my job change the Secretary General that responsible for it every year, the next secretary general is chosen by the current but The only condition for this job that he has to be in the faculty of law English department. What is ASMAL? ASMAL (Ain shams university model of Arab League) is considered a miniature students model of Arab League. ASMAL discusses the same issues that discussed in the Arab League and it is Under the supervision of the president of Arab League Dr/ Nabil El Araby. ASMAL opened in Ain Shams university from five years ago and it is not only restricted on Ain Shams university but also it goes to other universities and makes advertising on ASMAL for two days such as Naval academy, Misr International university and the British university in Egypt. ASMAL divides in two parts organizational committee and academic committee every part has it’s own duties. What are the duties of every committee in ASMAL? Organizational committee has many sections which are: Public relation section, Fund raising section, Coordination section, Reception and Media section. Every section has it’s own duties for ASMAL. What are the duties of every section in organizational committee?
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PR section: It makes the Soft opening of ASMAL sessions and it usually hosts public figures to discuss ASMAL issues in the sessions. Also it makes the Grand opening of the conference after ASMAL sessions. Fund raising section: It brings the sponsors to ASMAL. Last year was Pepsi and this year is Summit Company. Also it brings Media sponsors to ASMAL for example last year were EL Nahar channel and Kelmtna magazine, this year is Egyptian Gazette newspaper and ONTV channel. Coordination section: It organizes ASMAL sessions. Reception: it responsible on coffee break and foods in sessions and conferences. Media section: It photos the members of delegate and members of organizational committee , makes documentaries about the model (ASMAL) And site on the internet about ASMAL. The most important thing about organizational committee is that it brings a delegates (group of students) to the academic committee. What about academic committee? Academic committee takes this delegates and start to discuss with them all issues in all councils after that every member in the delegates choose which council he want and then register in it and start to discuss the issues in nine sessions then they collect the solutions about certain issue and apply the solutions in ASMAl conference after that they make an agenda
“ASMAL raise the political awareness for youth” Secretary general of ASMAL Yasmine Emad said in an interview with what’s up magazine. By Nermine Tarek
of all issues and solutions and provide it to the Arab league. What is the Benefit accruing to these students? These sessions make the delegates have soft and communication skills and they also take certificate from Ain Shams university and also from the Arab League. What are the new sections that have been opened in ASMAL? The academic committee in ASMAL opened five councils three of them are Arabic and the other two are English councils. The Three Arabic councils are the Shamia Affairs council, The Magharebia Affairs council and the African development council. The Two English councils are the Arab of human rights council and the Arab court of justice which is like the international court of justice. Arab court of justice still unofficial but the Arab league try to apply it as an official court. In Arab court of justice they discuss an Arabic issue and try to solve it, This year they discussed the problem of the Ethiopian and Somali War over Ogaden region of Ethiopia. What is your point of view about ASMAL? ASMAL is a very good model for raising the awareness of youth and it provides them with a chance to discuss their ideas and share in the political life. In my point of view ASMAL is a very good model of the mental development for youth.
DREAM’S NIGHTMARE The satellite channel has been suspended for allegedly violating the law. Reem Leila sees whether the decision involves any hidden political agenda
On Thursday afternoon viewers of the TV satellite channels Dream One and Dream Two could see nothing except a black screen with a disclaimer which read, “The channel declares its inability to broadcast any of its programmes due to a decree passed by Hisham Kandil’s Cabinet banning the broadcast despite the broadcast’s legality.” Talking to the media, Minister of Information Salah Abdel-Maksoud said that the two Dream channels broke Law 13/1979 which stipulates that all private channels are to broadcast their transmission from just one location in order to be under the control of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU). The ERTU council met on 8 November, and sent a letter to the administration of the two satellite channels, asking them to adjust their status in conformity with the law. “One week grace period was granted to them,” said Abdel-Maksoud. “We are just applying the law which no one should be exempted from.” According to the minister, “it’s their fault. They had a whole week before we told Telecom Egypt (NileSat) to cut the transmission of Dream satellite channels.” Since 2001, Dream has been transmitting from its own studios located at Dream Land, a compound in 6 October city. However, the only legal transmission site is the state-owned Media Production City (MPC). The owner of Dream Land and Dream channels, tycoon businessman Ahmed Bahgat, had taken legal permission from former minister of information Mamdouh Al-Beltagui to transmit from another location. Manager of Dream Channels Mohamed Khodeir said, “our studios are bigger than those of MPC. We use MPC studios in broadcasting our sports shows. Such programmes do not require large studios, unlike the other talk shows.” At the same time Khodeir denied the minister’s allegations that their broadcasting is illegal. “Six years ago, we agreed with the Ministry of Information and ERTU to transmit from Dream Land studios. We have official and legal
permission. We are also paying the required fees for the transmission to ERTU,” Khodeir said. Legal documents, approvals and permissions proving the channels’ legal right to broadcast from Dream Land studios were shown live on a 14 November broadcast. Abdel-Maksoud, though, claimed Dream’s status is illegal despite the permission they received. He said the channels should pay ERTU LE15 million in fees for renting the studios every year. “Now they are paying peanuts for the transmission. This is unfair to other channels. When other private satellite channels like CBC and Al-Hayat have to pay this amount, Dream channels should also,” said Abdel-Maksoud. However, Khairi Ramadan, a TV announcer at CBC, rejected the allegations. “Private satellite channels pay only LE1.5 million per year to ERTU as rent charge for their studios.” At the same time, Ramadan condemned the decision, saying that “a one week grace period to adjust their legal situation is not enough. They need at least three months. Investments estimated by millions in Dream studios will be wasted. Hundreds of workers will be jobless. So, they need at least few months to adjust their situation.” The disclaimer also stated that the ban confirms the onslaught on freedom, especially on the media. TV announcer and opposition writer Wael Al-Ibrashi insisted that the decision is mainly political. “When viewers see a dark screen of all Dream channels or any other channel, this means that freedom of expression as well as the media have died,” Al-Ibrashi said. During Hosni Mubarak’s time, Dream was among the private channels to encourage public protests and was the first channel to host the Muslim Brother supreme guide at a time when Mubarak kept the Brotherhood in check. “Bahgat was on the verge of being imprisoned for the interview but because there was a reasonable margin of freedom, he was not. Now Dream is being punished for its political stances,” said Al-Ibrashi. On 17 November, Bahgat held a press conference to provide more details regarding the ban. He said he will not give up his right to transmit from his own studios. “It seems that the channel and some of its anchors [referring indirectly to Dream anchor Gihan Mansour] have upset the ruling regime,” said Bahgat.
Mansour sued Essam Al-Erian, a leading member of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, on charges of accusing Mansour on air of receiving bribes from unknown entities to attack the Muslim Brotherhood. A court of misdemeanours has set 24 November for a hearing. Al-Erian has filed his own lawsuit against Mansour, accusing her of calling him a “fascist politician” during a phone-in on her TV show. Mansour, too, was referred to court. Abdel-Maksoud denied the existence of any political reasons behind the suspension of Dream. He said the decision did not ban the channels’ broadcast. “If the channels were banned from broadcasting they wouldn’t be able to display the disclaimer which they are putting on their screens. Only cables connecting the channels’ studios in Dream Land to the NileSat have been disconnected. When they re-adjust their situation, the cables will be reconnected,” said Abdel-Maksoud. Many political forces hurried to condemn the decision. In a joint statement issued by the Dostour Party and the Free Egyptians Party members expressed their profound respect of the law. “However, the sudden ban of Dream channels at this time and without providing owners with an appropriate grace period to adjust their conditions reflects severe arbitrariness and misuse of power… it is an ambush of the channel by the authorities,” the statement said. Members called upon both the information minister and prime minister to prove their good intentions by withdrawing the decision and giving the channel as well as other channels enough time to adjust their status. The private Al-Tahrir satellite channel warned of the illegality of the transmission ban and of “double standards” in dealing with private channels. Channels such as Al-Jazeera transmits from outside MPC, however, it did not receive any warning, according to the Al-Tahrir satellite channel which does not transmit through MPC. Abdel-Maksoud said in a TV show that the status of all channels “will be thoroughly examined individually. Those who will be found violating the law will be warned and then banned if they refuse to abide by the law. Transmitting outside MPC allows channels to escape rental fees which are necessary for studios to broadcast their programmes.” 11
Health & Fitness
Kate Moss loves them. Madonna is addicted to them. Bill Gates doesn’t leave home without them. Gone are the days when oats were seen as stomach-churning grey sludge. Today, they takes pride of place on health-conscious tables, Nermine Tarek writes. ‘’Oats are a useful grain for both cattle and man. Coked and eaten it is an excellent medication encouraging one’s daily stool; it fills the belly and is a fortifying source of nutrition. Its particular virtue lies in penetrating the damp and consuming hardened ulcers; the flour of oats may be used as a poultice. It is exceedingly good for fistula. It may be consumed warm as a meal but used as a medication externally it should be cool and dry. Oats are good when used for all manner of swellings and pustules on the body that occur from heat. Wild oats, the stem, seeds and leaves steeped in red wine and drunk soothes both red and white effluvia from the belly and increases the function of the urethra, taking with it all refuse which hath collected in the bladder and womb’’. German botanist Adam lonitzer said. ‘’The effect of oats: the broth from the steeping of oats is good against coughs. Boiled and eaten, the gruel plugs stool. Against gall stones the common man is wont to heat oats or juniper berries and to place them in a poultice. Oats may be used on swollen or dislocated limbs, just as barley flour. Mixed with white lead and used to wash the countenance it makes a clear, attractive complexion. Against the mange and scabs of small children there is nothing better than to bathe them in steeped oats’’. Italian herbalist Pietro Andrea Mathioli said Oats have many healing properties and are best known for their high protein and fiber content and cholesterol reducing abilities. Oats can enhance the immune system, prevent cardiovascular diseases, maintain healthy cholesterol and blood sugar levels, provide strength and energy from natural plant proteins and sugars, and improve the health of your skin and hair. The health benefits of oats are documented in hundreds of studies and have been recognized for centuries to indicate the power of oats to improve human health. A study at Tufts University shows that the unique antioxidants in oatmeal called avenanthramides are beneficial for heart disease, it help to prevent free radicals from damaging LDL cholesterol, thus reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. A Harvard study on 21,000 participants over 19 years showed that found that men who enjoyed a daily morning bowl of whole grain (but not refined) cereal had a 29 percent lower risk of heart failure Many studies have shown that Oatmeal, like many whole grains, contains plant lignans, which are converted by intestinal flora into mammalian lignans. One lignan, called enterolactone, is thought to protect
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TOP FAT-BURNING
FRUITS OATS TRESSURE against breast and other hormonedependent cancers as well as heart disease.Also If you are gluten intolerant or have celiac disease there is some cause for concern. Oats lack many of the prolamines (proteins) found in wheat (gluten) but oats do contain avenin. Avenin is a prolamine that is considered toxic to the intestinal mucosa of avenin-sensitive individuals. Oats can also contain gluten from nearby wheat field contamination and processing facilities. The unique fiber in oatmeal called beta-glucan, has beneficial effects on cholesterol levels by Removing your bad cholesterol without affecting your good cholesterol. It also Stabilizes blood sugar and reduces risk of diabetes asThe high fiber and complex carbohydrates slow down the conversion of this whole food to simple sugars. The high levels of magnesium nourish the body’s proper use of glucose and insulin secretion. It enhances immune response to disease as The unique fiber in oatmeal called beta-gluten also has been shown to helps neutrophils travel to the site of an infection more quickly and it also enhances their ability to eliminate the bacteria they find there.Oats useful food for people that suffer from constipation is usually much better than the drugs that are taken to treat constipation. oatsusesfor people suffering from depression or sadness, because it is a natural anti-depressant and anxiety, as we mentioned, and neurological disorders. - oats is a means to control the anger, especially if they are from individuals that get angry quickly is of good sedatives nerves. Australian researchers studied fourteen people who ate a control meal and three different cereals with different levels of oat beta glucan. They then collected blood samples for four hours after each meal, and found a significant dose response between higher levels of oat beta glucan and higher levels of Peptide Y-Y, a hormone associated with appetite control. Italian researchers reviewed existing research about the positive effects of beta glucans on human health. They found that, in addition to reducing cholesterol and blunting glycemic and insulin
response, beta glucans boost defenses of the immune system agains bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. While there is widespread belief that introducing solid foods to children too early may cause later health problems, a Finnish prospective study of 1293 children found that those introduced earlier to oats were in fact less likely to develop persistent asthma. Also in Australia, researchers at the University of Sydney fed 38 different foods, one by one, to 11-13 different people, then asked them to report their “satiety” or fullness every 15 minutes for the next two hours. From this, they ranked all 38 foods in a “Satiety Index.” Oatmeal rated #3 overall for making people feel satisfied and full, and it rated #1 in the breakfast food group. A cup is only 130 calories! It also stays in your stomach longer, making you feel full longer. You will have less hunger and cravings. It Provides high levels of fiber, low levels of fat, and high levels of protein, It’s on the short list for the highest protein levels of any grain. Everyone wants to lose weight follow a diet oats is an ideal solution to him, he can eat breakfast meal perfect, it contains a high proportion of fiber which makes the lists of foods that do not lead to obesity and low-calorie, the feature that contains oats is because it contains the richest minerals needed by the your body such as calcium, potassium and magnesium, which means that it is a good source for a proper diet for the body without gaining too many calories. People who avoid dairy milk by choice or necessity are fortunate to live in a time when multiple delicious and healthy milk alternatives are easy to find. Oat milk is a wonderful way to receive essential nutrition from a natural, lactose free, and sustainable source every day. Oats also is used to soften the skin and wet and give it softness and also to address the problem of dry skin, as well as used as a cleaner for the skin to remove pimples and blackheads and all that through certain mixtures So go ahead and add oats to other foods and remind you some of them.
Most fruits contains excessive amount of natural sugars that quickly converts into fat when eaten in excess. There are some fruits that actually work to help burn fat, Nermine Tarek writes. Adding more of these fruits to your diet can help with fat loss. While fruit has many natural healing compounds, sometimes its sugar content can be a problem for people interested in losing weight. However, some fruits actually help you to burn fat such as these fat burning fruits, Not only will these fruits help with weight loss, they have plenty of other health benefits too. the liver’s rate of metabolism by up to 30 percent, according to some experts. They also help keep you full so you’re less likely to snack on junk food. Coconut oil frequently aids the functioning of the thyroid gland. Coconut oil, coconut milk (not the low fat variety), coconut flour, and shredded (unsweetened) coconut all contain MCFAs.
Grapefruit: Many studies confirm that
For your Health: It helps to prevent cancer.
Tomatoes: Packed with vitamin C and the phytochemical lycopene, tomatoes stimulate the production of the amino acid known as carnitine. Research has shown carnitine helps speed the body’s fatburning capacity by one third.
Avocado: Loaded with healthy Omega 9
fatty acids (the same fats found in olive oil, olives, and macadamia nuts), avocados speed the conversion of fat into energy and boost the rate of metabolism.
For your Health: it helps to
disease.
grapefruit is an excellent weight loss food. In one study at Johns Hopkins University, women who eat grapefruit daily shed almost 20 pounds on average in only 13 weeks, without changing anything else in their diet or lifestyle.
For your Health: It gives the liver a boost.
prevent heart
Lemons: Excellent liver detoxifiers, lemons also alkalize our body. They may seem acidic based on taste but in the process of being metabolized by the body, they actually alkalize our bodily fluids and tissues.
For your Health: Maintaining the health of
the liver is also imperative to the body’s ability to digest and burn fat, since the liver is one of the organs responsible for these functions.
Coconut: Coconut is rich with medium
chain triglycerides (MCFAs) which increase
It’s easy to reap the weight loss rewards of these fruits. Use full-fat coconut milk and oil in curries, smoothies, or baking. Enjoy a grapefruit for breakfast or as a snack instead of something sweet. Make your own fresh salsa or add tomatoes to soups, stews, salads, or curries. Make fresh guacamole with minced onion, garlic, lemon juice, and chopped tomato and cilantro. 13
Pets World
THE MOST WORLD STRANGEST BIRDS
FIRST FCI BRANCH IN EGYPT “Some Egyptians have the most dog breeds that won the world championships for dogs in all different types”. Hisham Abd el Hameed one of the most famous collector and dog trainers of Golden Retriever in Egypt said. There are an expansion of lovers and dog breeders in Egypt in importing dogs from abroad and buy most dogs that won the world championships, Nermine Tarek reports.
Golden retriever dog “Hector”
Rottweiler dog”Hard rock”
Hector is significant of the best Golden dogs worldwide and was owned by the breeder and trainer Hisham Abdul Hameed. Hector came from Spain 7 years ago after five years of imported first Golden dog from abroad which is Max owned by Ahmed Hamza. because of Hector Egyptians defined the concept of a new Golden Retriever, Hector was a major shift in the world of this kind in Egypt. “Hard rock” one of the best Rottweiler dogs in the world owned by Ahmad Hadhod one of the dog trainers of Rottweiler dogs in Egypt. “Falco” one of the best German Shephard dogs in the world which owned by Amr Esmat one of the dog trainers of German Shepard dogs in Egypt.
dog in the specifications and training at Egypt level. “Hard Rock” got best dog in Rottweiler dogs in Siberia and first place in Egypt in Rottweiler dogs.” Falco” got first place in Germany and the first in Hungary and the first in Egypt in German Shepard dogs in the Egyptian club sigar Competition.
“Hector” got the best golden retriever
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“It’s injustice to not recognize pedigree of these dogs although it has been a mating within Egypt to the lack of a subsidiary assembly to the Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI) for dogs pedigree organization because of that it has been approved to open an assembly of the FCI organization of registration for dogs pedigree” Esmat said. large number of professional coaches
Birds have more limitations than other animals by their physiological and physical adaptations for flight and yet there are still bodies and behaviors that are strange and extreme, Nermine Tarek writes.
We opened this assembly to prove to the whole world that Egypt is estimated to manage this kind of competitions and thus entitled to be recognized by the world” Hadhod said.
TODY BIRDS
There are some birds that are considered strange because of their facial features or because of the way their feathers are throughout their bodies. Some birds are considered strange because of their coloring, and some for their strange behaviors. From parakeets to cockatoos and even macaws these birds are all raised in captivity and beautiful. There are also birds that can be deemed as the weirder bunch of birds.
German Shepard dog “Falco” met and agreed to send a request to open the first assembly of the FCI organization in Egypt and approve this request as the market traded dogs in Egypt not at least force from others in the world. The journey has appeared to adopt in establishing assembly by making many of international competitions over the land of Egypt and it has achieved great international success. The opening day were selected in 21/12/2012 in the second Egyptian sigar competition for German Shepard and Rottweiler at Cairo Stadium.
birthday so he can fly and after 3 years the male grows a beautiful long tail distinguishes it from a female that share the same attractive colors. Quetzal Digging in the trunks of trees with his strong beak, male and female alternating to incubate the eggs inside the tree but usually male attached its tail run out of the nest!
QUETZAL BIRD Quetzal deserved for it’s cheerful Colors and distinctive forms to be one of the most beautiful birds in the world. it lives in the mountains, tropical forests in Central America and Guatemala took it as a symbol so that the currency trading named after him and the Mayan and Aztec ancient considered it a sacred bird. the princes and clerics was dressed feathers during ceremonies and rituals. Quetzal feeds on insects, lizards and fruits and it takes 3 weeks after its
parents observed the young in the nest alternately. The strange thing is that this small birds feed their babies more than 140 times a day which is the largest proportion of feed in the world of birds. It is easy to see Tody birds graduated from their nests in the trunks of trees and on the edge of the roads in the Caribbean Islands which allows you to ponder and vision well as it doesn’t fly fast. BEE-EATER BIRDS
there are 5 of Small and beautiful types of tody birds. Each type live in a different island from the Caribbean islands: Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Espanyol that has two types live in it. Most species combines small size, suites green tails, yellow necks red and colors vary rest of the body depending on the type and location of the bird. these small birds Weighing from 5 to 7 grams and in length from 10 to 11.5 cm and it is characterized by high voice except the kind that lives in Jamaica, where it sounds Whistle low compared to the rest of the species. Tody birds Chasing most types of insects that are the source of his main nourishment alongside a tiny amount of fruit and pick them up usually on tree branches and leaves where it would prefer not to fly long distances, the longest distance registered it are flying for 40 meters and most of its movement are jumping on trees branches. Tody birds burrow nests in the trunks of old trees with it’s sharp pickaxe and
It’s not one bird but a whole range of bee-eaters. It has 26 different kind combined with bright colors that make them visually distinct and live mostly in Asia and Africa but there are species which live in the south of Europe, Australia and New Guinea. Bee-eaters Characterized with colorful feathers, small body, long wings, paint brushes and most types have a long tail grows. Bee-eaters feed on flying insects especially bees, wasps and picked it up with it’s beak when it flew in air. If it landed on the ground it does not care and does not see it as appropriate meal worthy of it. When appropriate hunts insect is beating its blunt object several times to get rid of toxic glands used in bites enemies to become eatable. Bee-eaters live in colonies and digging its nest in dry, sandy hills and help each other colony members in the education of youngs if parents need it.
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POTENTIAL BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM 2014 WORLD CUP
FOOTBALL IN ITS GOLDEN AGE We live in the golden age for the sport of football with this amount of goals and big names that we hear about every day in the world of football, Nermine tarek reports.
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In 2010, Inter Milan became the first team to win 3 trophies in one year and after this date one year, skip Barcelona this figure and was able to win 6 championships in just one year. In season 2011/2012 history has been re-write by Argentine player “Lionel Messi” after he managed to make 73 goals to surpass 6 goals ahead of the sum of goals achieved by any player in a single year in the history of football. The Premier League this year has been achieved 26 goals and finished most of the matches more than one goal. While meeting Arsenal in the League Cup saw 12 goals after finished score 7/5, and saw to meet Manchester United and Chelsea 9 goals after he had finished result 5/4 . Several players have emerged incredibly to increase their fame, where the top value 5 players for their teams in the English Premier League are:1- “WAYNE ROONEY” in Manchester United is not the most valuable player in his team only, but also he is the highest players value in the Premier League and perhaps the only player that thought of moving away from Manchester United, will surpass its price deal companion old “Ronaldo”, who left to Madrid in 2009, who is the second highest scorer in the league with 26 goals. 2 - Since his first day in court (City of Manchester) wonderful Argentine striker appeared “SERGEO AGUERO” like older players, persists and touring and score goals and devised it to his colleagues. His high value has appeared in a lot of
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important confrontations which he was passed by (cetizin) team in the current season. 3 - “ROBIN VAN PERSIE” in Arsenal, The Dutch cutthroat goal scoring in the ranks Gunners team. He is the English Premier League’s top scorer with 27 goals also recently was awarded the English League for the best player of the season. 4 - “SCOTT PARKER” midfielder in the Spurs Tottenham team. He is the best midfielder fulcrum in the English Premier League and one of the best players in the world during the current season. 5- Makpais Newcasile team live exceptional season when it was returned to the ranks of adults as it was before stumbling in recent years. May be the title of this success is the record of “Demba Ba” for many of the goals but the real secret lies in the performance of “JOHAN CABUAY” who provides his colleagues a stream of deadly passes. In 2012 European Championship in Poland / Ukraine, Spanish midfielder “Xavi” managed to pass 127 assists throughout the tournament behind 10 assists more than any other player in the history of football. These figures indicate that the current period is the brightest eras of football in history, most clubs in Europe are now enjoying the tune of good and talented players.
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Brazilian football awaits 2014 World Cup impatiently to surprise the world of what Brazilians players can present, especially after their big failing in the last two World Cups, so the potential assortment of samba team in this championship according to statistics and numbers that were on the Brazilian players in the recent period, Nermine Tarek lists.
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FACTS ABOUT SURVIVOR SERIES
There are many facts that are not known to many people about that show, which is considered one of the strongest WWE shows at all, Nermine Tarek presents.
-Survivor series Is the birthplace of the most famous legends where it was witnessed the first appearance of Andtaker and The Rock and flash fank.
-Survivor series is the only show that has major match on the WWE championship.
-John Sena participated seven times in this show and he was not subjected to any defeat where star masses could to win in all the confrontations that fought in this show and among those confrontations three in elimination system and he won them all.
-Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart and British Poldouh played in the same team. they are from the most famous legends in the history of WWE but they were never meeting because they had big enmity between them during the nineties of the last century but they have united together in one team against twenty wrestlers at once for the first time in survivor series show.
-Survivor series saw the birth of three types of very strong games which then witnessed legendary and enthusiastic confrontations and this types are “match ambulance”, individual “elimination” and “coffin match” which ending that the wrestler put his enemy inside the coffin and closed it on him. 18
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The longest dog Zeus in the world in America, with a length of 1.18 meters and owned by Dennis Dorlaj.
NEW REGISTRATIONS IN THE GUINNESS 2013 Guinness Has launched recently some new entries and updates in her book, which is considered a bestselling book in the world, a publication around the world in 22 languages, it is distributed in 100 countries around the world and a copy book of 2013 records sales 2.7 million copies. There are some updates on the records Guinness, Nermine Tarek lists.
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The largest muscles of the arm in the world of Egyptian Mustafa Ismail, where the total length of muscles left arm 64.77 cm As a relaxed, reaching a length 62.23 cm The right arm was long 63.5 cm, as a relaxed 60.96 cm were taken these measurements in Franklin in America and home to the now.
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The eldest world gymnastic (Johanna Quaas) was born in Germany on November 20, 1925 and is now in the sixth and Eighty years old is yet to play gymnastics so compete every talented young it was the movements necessary on the ground and balance beam in (Lo Show dei Record) in Rome. 3
The English “Sharan Alexander” is the heaviest sumo wrestling in the world and weighing up to 203.21 kg. 5
The smallest Thumper drums in the world, Julian Pavone of America and he was in March 21, 2010 from 5 years old and 10 months.
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The largest collection of Barbie dolls compiled by Bettina Dorfman from Germany, where owns 15000 Bride compiled since 1993.
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The longest hair in the world belongs to Kazuhiro and Antanabe from Japan with a length of 113.5 cm.
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Many people like to get distinctive accessories and antiques that goes beyond the price of each number consists of 6 zeros and in order to know to what degree could reach some mania, There are Antiques which their owners paid millions for its and others still waiting for a buyers, Nermine Tarek lists
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In this photo we see “Sarah Plumbly” who specialized in Islamic art and she took the bronze Fatimid medal in the form of deer. It was dating to the period From the middle of the tenth century to the early eleventh century and was sold at public auction Last April invaluable reached1.3 million dollars.
Archie, 16 months old is the smallest calf in the world. Archie, a length of 76.2 cm, lives in Northern Ireland.
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The world’s tallest horse is Big Jake at the age of 9 years of the Belgian type hybrid with a length of 210.19 cm in Smokey Hollow Farm in Wisconsin in America.
Harry Debbie “ Panel offered by the artist “Andy Warhol” at public auction in London in June 2011 and it was sold at a high price reached U.S. 9.1 million dollars.
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The world’s 4 years old tallest donkey in Oklahoma Sam in America called Jack Stoke, length of 155.45 cm on December10, 2011 Stoke is owned by Linda Davis.
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A ring known as the “drop of the Sun” which weigh up to 110 carats of diamonds And it will be sold soon in the public auction in “Hong Kong”. It is expected to cost up U.S. 15 million dollars. 22
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Persian inscription shows the name of the Mughal emperor “Jahangir” and his grandson “Alomoghair’’. It is part of Mughal Empire necklace which was worn by rulers and made of Diamonds, it was sold last year for 2.5 million dollars.
Box office get a list of the highest grossing movies in the US this week, Nermine tarek lists.
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The Candlestick Mamluks which is dating to the fourth century was displayed in a public auction ‘’Sotheby’s” in London in the last year and it’s price was estimated at 3 million pounds.
2012, like any other year, has been full of ups and downs at the box office. Luckily, the ups have been really strong and the downs have been manageable. 2012’s fall/holiday season has shattered expectations in a major way. November surged thanks in large part to The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 ($227 million) and Skyfall ($221 million) and this two movies are the highest grossing movies in the US this weak.
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A unique Statue to the cat “Kitty” was studded with a group of stones up to 1963610 Of Swarovski crystals and it is now showing in Tokyo and it’s price reaches to 14 thousand dollars.
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DO YOU REMEMBER?
Do You Remember
Books are the legacies left by the geniuses to the current generation to get knowledge and benefit from them and to the generation that are not yet born. There are some brilliant books for great writers. That we have to always remember.
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HIS DAUGHTER
She is the daughter of her father as her mother was portrayed her when she warns her sisters from revealing everything to her so she doesn’t go to her father and tell him, the truth that you can notice when you talk to The author asserts that no written her it’s not her father’s daughter only but tell what you translation of’’ Alsiddiq’’ , he does not write want on her as a lover of her father and his biography. history of his Succession and incidents of she gets everything of him even the tones of his hisvoice time, but the tent behind this work is to and exits of the terms that confirm them in herdisplays talk way,real mental image of ‹‘Alsiddiq’’, which are very similar to the talk way of her father, thewe can know clearly his morals so that late President Anwar Sadat. and motives of his work so that the Author has investigated accuracy of information in written truncated attitudes and events that beer evidence of serenity soul and the power of faith, in his characteristics and lieutenant of the’’ Prophet « to his succession to him , keys of his personality , his conversion to Islam , sponsorship of the state , his culture , his home and other topics .The writer wandering Us throughout this personality.
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ELNABATY The creativity of Youssef Zidane is the masterpiece of world literature. Zidane presented a brilliant literary production and returned to literature in the assets and the first roots of religion. Zidane enters strongly in the Arab cultural debates, and head directly to the heart of the subject in serious issues including: the role of religion between power and politics, tyranny and freedom and faith and perception, which is reflected in the emergence of Christianity as well as in Islam.
ALSEDDIQ CREATIVITY RELEGION AND RELIGIOSITY
Jawad Yassin explains the relationship between religion which offers itself as an absolute truth to come from outside the meeting and religiosity which is closely linked to the history that led to the amplification of religion itself. The book is divided Into two chapters: “meeting set” and “text in the context of development ... Inflation of the religious structure.” Coming Author question: “Can law treating relative and variable data to be part of religion as an “absolute truth”?, Then he goes over the 430 Page to
search for the causes of the relationship between the concepts of religion and religiosity and the difference between them, saying that the( correct) religious text includes what is an absolute constant can be described as “religion in itself and what is social chassis may not be appended to religion in itself. And asserts that belief in God and morality college alone absolute in religion and the legislation is linked to history. Throughout this history accumulated on the text of visions, concepts and provisions systems, it composed a religious culture wider than the operative structure religious carried by text. The vocabulary of this culture brought by the religious became part of “religion in itself.” And through it to the beliefs, origins costs, political and economic motives leaked to religious as well as «Disputes» primal instincts that drive to murder and hatred.
The author asserts that there is no written translation of “Alsiddiq”, he does not write history of his Succession and incidents of his time but the tent behind this work is to displays real mental image of “Alsiddiq”, so we know clearly his morals and motives of his work so that the Author has investigated accuracy of information in written truncated attitudes and events that beer evidence of the serenity of his soul and the power of his faith in his characteristics, lieutenant of the “Prophet” and his succession to him to the keys of his personality, his conversion to Islam, sponsorship of the state, his culture, his home and other topics.The writer wandering Us throughout this personality.
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FILLING THE TEN LOVE TANKS The problem is that we neglect to build the most important relationship, The one with the self. Self-worth is the fuel that can push us forward and make us successful in our daily lives. It forces you to dig inside and discover a world of talents and capabilities that distinguish you from anyone. Only when you know yourself, You will be ready to contribute in major life commitments like relationships, work and activities. It is time to build a new exciting time with the self by filling your love tanks, Nermine tarek writes.
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LOVE TANK ONE VITAMIN G1
that person depends on you.
LOVE TANK TWO: VITAMIN P1
Love tank seven is giving unconditional love to someone who is depending on you. Being responsible for the needs of others is an essential requirement of the soul . We cannot continue to develop after age thirty-five if we don’t create opportunities to give unconditionally. To fill up this seventh love tank , we need to take care of children and then later grandkids. If we don’t have our own grandchildren, then we should offer our services to others. We must feel responsible to someone else whom we care for and love. With this special love, we can begin making sacrifices, giving up what we want for another. This unconditional love and support is the appropriate relationship between parent and child.
The first love tank is love and support from God . When we are missing vitamin GI , life tends to be a struggle . We eventually become tired and stressed , because we thing we have to do it all ourselves , To fill this fist tank , we need to have regular contract with God or a spiritual relationship in some way with the universe. We need to understand that we are not alone and that there is a higher power assisting us . The second love tank is love and support from parents .When we are missing vitamin P1 , we tend to be held back in life by feeling of doubt , inadequacy , and unworthiness. We experience waves of emotional disturbance and distress in our lives. Fortunately, as adults , now we don’t have to depend on our parents or primary caretakers to get the unconditional love we need . Some parents will never be able to give us what we need , and some have died. As adults, we can pick and choose where to get this support , and we can learn to give it to ourselves.
LOVE TANK SEVEN: VITAMIN D
LOVE TANK EIGHT: VITAMIN C
The third love tank is love and support from family, friends, and fun . When your life is too serious and you are not having fun, you are deficient in vitamin F. If your primary relationship suffers from criticism, blame, or boredom, sometimes if you focus just on filling this tank, things will automatically get better. This third tank if filled by developing and enjoying friendships and having a good time.
Love tank eight is giving back to your community , assisting in making your local world a better and more beautiful place. This is the ideal time to begin doing volunteer work to help others not directly related to you . Any kind of project to help the poor , the schools , the library , or the environment , to name a few , helps you as well. In this stage of life, we need to be thinking about helping others . The gits we have received in life are the gifts we have to share with our community. To fill this tank. start looking for ways to give back some of what you have received.
LOVE TANK FOUR: VITAMIN P2
LOVE TANK NINE: VITAMIN W
LOVE TANK THREE: VITAMIN F
The fourth love tank is peer support . To fill this tank , we need to be in a club or support group of some kind. Having a favorite sports team or activity is another way of finding this support .
LOVE TANK FIVE: VITAMIN S
Love tank five is self-love. To fill up this tank , you have to make sure that you come first . You must be in charge of your life. You must begin asking yourself what you ant and then go for it.
LOVE TANK SIX: VITAMIN R
The sixth love tank is relationships, partnerships, and romance . To fill up this love tank , make sure that you are sharing yourself with someone. In some way, you depend on that person and
Love tank nine- giving back to the world – is an extension of love tank eight. It is a time to become more interested in political ideals and ideas in your county and around the world . You might volunteer to help a candidate get elected or run for office yourself. To fill this love tank , you may get involved in some kind of world cause .
LOVE TANK TEN: VITAMIN G2
Love tank ten is serving God . When we come into this world God takes care of us . As we grow and fill up inside , we gradually can give it all back . At this point , we are free to serve God. As we fill up this love tank , we are automatically most in tune with God’s will.
DISCHARGE YOUR STRESS HOW
The first step is learning to DISCHARGE is interactive meditation. Just as you have the ability to draw in energy through your fingertips in mediation, you have the ability to send it out. Once you have learned to meditate , it is incredibly easy to DISCHARGE. The second step is sending out the negative energy where it will do no harm . Negative energy is automatically absorbed and transformed by nature . This is why if you are stressed you automatically become more relaxed by going for a walk in a forest or garden . This is why some people enjoy the beach or lying in the sun . The elements of nature absorb our negativity and send out positive energy. By directing or discharging our negative energy into nature it is automatically transformed into positive energy once again. Discharging is an incredible experience.
You will feel a flow of energy out of your fingers . For many , it feels as if you were standing in a shower and the water is running down over your fingers and fingertips . You may feel tingling energy throughout your hands as the negative energy leaves your body and goes into nature . WHERE Nature absorbs our negativity Plants flowers , bushes , and trees are usually the best objects in which to DISCHARGE . For most people flowers are the most powerful. Women particularly appreciate flowers, because women tend to be more sensitive than men. Water absorbs negativity Another place to DISCHARGE is into a sink filled with water , a bathtub , hot tub, pool , pond , river , lake , or ocean . The bigger the body of water , the more powerful the
Throughout the course of our lives, We all experience episodes of stress, unhappiness or sadness. Often, People suffer because a loved one dies or from a personal tragedy or difficulty such as divorce or loss of a job, inexperienced mom who has a new baby, Most of us can cope with these and other types of stressful events. The stress is a big factor for not having the answers all the time and not getting enough sleep are also a major ones as well. Your body has to rest by discharging your stress, Nermine tarek writes. DISCHARGE.
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Fire is another powerful aspect of nature we can use to DISCHARGE. Think back to the wonderful times you may have spent telling scary stories around a campfire. Walking barefoot the earth, the grass, or the beach is also a powerful way to DISCHARGE. As you walk continue to say your meditation phrase and direct your fingers down to the earth. this can also be done while walking in a forest. It is fun to aim your fingers toward the trees and send out your negative energy like little ray guns and receive nature’s blessing. The most efficient and powerful way to DISCHARGE is to do it with your eyes closed and holding a fresh leaf or flower. The other ways work and should be enjoyed, but holding leaves and flowers works in the shortest amount of time. 29
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deny or suppress your true desires.
LETTING GO OF JUDGMENT
You become judgmental when you disconnect from your ability to see the good in others and circumstances . Finding fault with others and situations is an important skill to make positive changes , but it is of little assistance if it prevents you from recognizing the good in a situation. When you are stuck in being judgmental , you feel annoyed and irritated by situations that you cannot change and overlook and miss the positive . Every cloud has a silver lining, but you are unable to find it.
LETTING GO OF SELF-PITY
You become resentful when you disconnect from your ability to give your love and support . In most cases , you feel you have given more and not received what you deserve in return . You withhold your love because something happened that is not fair .
You become stuck in indecision when you disconnect from your inner ability and strength to find your direction and persist . When stuck in indecision , you lose your ability to find your way in life of fully commit yourself to some task.
LETTING GO OF PROCRASTINATION
LETTING GO OF GUILT
You procrastinate when you have disconnected from your innate ability to accomplish what you have decided to do. You are unable to get started until you have no choice.
LETTING GO OF PERFECTIONISM
When you disconnect from your innate ability to accept that life is not and can
You become stuck in guilt when you have disconnected from your innate ability to love yourself and forgive your mistakes. Feeling different degrees of shame after making a mistake is a good thing, but it is not good when the shame does not go away after you recognize and learn from your mistake .
LETTING GO OF CONFUSION
You experience self-pity when you have disconnected from your innate ability to appreciate and give thanks for the blessings and successes in your life . When you focus on what you are missing , you lose touch with your ability to appreciate what you have and do not recognize the many opportunities available to you .
LETTING GO OF INDECISION
REMOVING THE TWELVE BLOCKS
never be perfect , you get stuck in the desire to be perfect. When things have to be perfect , you cannot rest and enjoy what you have or who you are.
You become confused when you have disconnected from your innate ability to see clearly, understand , or make sense of what life presents you. Every positive or negative experience has the potential to teach you something useful that you didn’t know before and to reinforce and strengthen the positive qualities within.
LETTING GO OF YOUR BLOCKS Overcoming the twelve blocks to personal success will not only allow you to enjoy your outer success, but will also help you to connect to your true self . When you learn to experience inner peace, love , joy, and power , you will most effectively be able to attract and create what you want in your life . Without giving up who you are and by doing what you love , you will be able to get what you really want
When we are not getting what we need, or we are not in touch with our true desires, we become stuck, unable to feel the positive feelings of our true selves. We become blocked from being able to connect with our true selves. At such times, we must first recognize our block and then use it to point the way toward getting what we need by using a variety of tools and processes to let go . It is not enough to feel what we feel and explore what we want. When we are experiencing one of the twelve blocks to personal success, no matter how such we feel them, they do not go away. Feeling our blocks only makes them stronger. So you have to remove them to destroy them, Nermine Tarek writes. LETTING GO OF BLAME
When you blame others for your lack of happiness, you give up your ability to heal your self from sickness and unhappiness Blame prevents you from taking responsibility for your life and affirms that you are powerless.
LETTING GO OF DEPRESSION
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to make a difference. What we have been doing has not worked because we have been looking for love, support, success, or happiness in the wrong direction. We can become unstuck as we begin getting a different need satisfied. What holds us back is that we reject the things that we need the most.
LETTING GO OF ANXIETY
You experience anxiety when you have disconnected with your innate ability to trust that everything will work out and always does. When we have not healed
certain events in our past, we experience anxiety in the present. Anxiety is almost always directly related to pain in our past that is still unresolved.
LETTING GO OF INDIFFERENCE
When you become indifferent , you are no longer able to feel your soul’s desire . You have disconnected with your innate ability to know what is possible and what you want. You stop trusting that you can get what you want or you stop caring about what you really want . When trusting and caring are blocked , you will continue to
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Within the will of making change Within the gratitude of a thankful smile. Within the mystery of a sweet surprise. Within the beauty of a sunset There is always a place for me. Keep that in your mind, Nermine tarek writes.
Positive thinking is not about, expecting the best to happen, It’s about accept whatever happens is the best. “Shakespeare” People become really remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things when they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. “Norman Vincent peale” Be in the moment, Say ‘today I feel Good’ My life is amazing and Iam happy. Right now, in this moment there is no missing part of me, there is nothing missing. “Jennifer Pastiloff” Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. “W. clement stone” Resist impulses yo label yourself with descriptions that may limit you in anyway. Statements such as ‘I am not good at, .. or .. I’ve never been interested in …, … You can be good at and enjoy anything if you decide to. “Dr.wayne dyer” I have missed more than 9.ooo shots in my career I have lost almost 300 games , on 26 occasions I have been trusted to take game winning shot …and I missed and that’s precisely why I succeed. “Michael Jordan” You don’t need to be better than anyone else you just need to be better than you used to be. “Wayne W.dyer” The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. “Eleanor Roosevelt” You cannot always control what goes on the outside. But you can always control what goes on the inside. “Wayne W. Dyer” Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them. “Orison swett Marden”
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PICTURES TALK
SMILE Pictures can talk and can give us a bad or a good impression also it can make us smile without saying any word life is so simple and you can smile easily when you saw a little situation gives you an impression of happiness ,wish or hope. Not only a single smile can make someone else happy for even a second but the positive energy that flows out of you will also wrap itself around you and you will be surrounded by a bubble of oozing happiness and positive energy, Nermine tarek presents. So live to smile, live to see Live to breathe, live to be Live to care, live to live Live to create, live to give Spread happiness, kill the pain Live to fight and live to try again.
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BRIDAL IDEAS
Keep the love alive with a lovely morning, strawberry or chocolate, steamy message or custom kisses. The gifts we treasure most are always the ones from the heart instead of gifts coming from obligation. Keep the love alive by showing to your lover how you feel, Nermine tarek writes.
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BRIDAL TATTOOS There are many sorts of tattoos. There are small ones that are easily hidden, large ones proudly displayed, and medium sized tats in awkward-to-conceal spots. One thing that all tattooed brides have in common is that they either need to find a wedding dress that shows off their ink or hides it. These types will help you to figure out what to do about your tattoos on your wedding day, Nermine Tarek presents.
1. Lovely Morning Say to your love when you awake in the morning: “What can I do for you today that will make your life easier and less stressful?” Then do it. 2. Strawberry and Chocolate Surprise Buy some strawberries and a few bars of your spouse’s favorite chocolate on the way home from work to surprise them after dinner with chocolate-dipped strawberries! Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or by boiling water in a large pot and setting a bowl (with chocolate) inside to keep the chocolate from burning. Coat the strawberries and let cool, or just take the bowl of melted chocolate to the couch and feed them to each other freshly-dipped. 3. Origami Love Express your feelings in a unique way by writing your spouse a love letter on an origami flower. Buy a few sheets of pink or yellow paper from a local copy shop and get started with these easy directions. It only takes a few minutes of folding to create a love letter that they will never forget.
your birthdays for every year you’ve been alive. See what your parents were rocking out to when you were in the cradle and laugh about the first songs you remember hearing. This is a great way to share childhood memories and funny stories.
4. Custom Kisses Remove the little slips of paper from a half dozen Hershey’s Kisses and replace them with your own slips of paper, each listing one thing you love about your spouse.
7. Steamy Message Tomorrow morning, while your spouse is in the shower, draw a big heart on the mirror with your initials (i.e. J + B) in the middle, or write a little note like “Beth is cute”. They’ll love it.
5. Their Favorite Ice Cream Hide a pint of plain Haagen Dazs in the freezer and a few of your spouse’s favorite candy bars elsewhere. After dinner let them have fun creating their dream flavors Cold Stone-style with chopped-up Butterfingers, Snickers, M&M’s, or whatever!
8. After Dinner Menu After finishing up with dinner and the dishes, present your spouse with a menu for the evening’s entertainment. Design the menu to look like a real one and print it out with items for different “courses” like: Appetizer: kissing, cuddling, tickling Entree: romantic movie of their choice, music by the fire, board games, moonlit walk Dessert: massage, candlelit bath, They
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can only choose one item from each course – don’t be greedy! 9. Automotive Treasure Put together a little treasure hunt that takes place entirely within your spouse’s car. Hide 3 or 4 clues, such as “It holds your change and the next clue”, to lead them around the interior of the car and trunk. Start the hunt with a little text message or by leaving the first clue out in the open. Make the treasure something small such as a few green M&M’s with a “Save for later” note, or bigger like a coupon for a massage. 10. Promise of Things to Come Drop off or mail a gift to your partner’s work that hints at an exciting evening without providing any details. This could be a ripe strawberry with whipped cream, lingerie, a small vial of massage oil, or even a blindfold. Include a note that reads “See you tonight” and let them spend the afternoon wondering. They will probably try to call you. Tell them nothing. 37
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BRIDAL IDEAS There are many ideas for bridals for henna show to make your henna night a grandest dream you can live in it, Nermine Tarek presents.
HENNA SHOW
BRIDES MAIDS Most people will simply ask their bridesmaid to do them the honour of sharing the really special time of their wedding planning and wedding day with them (and let’s be honest, to be at the brides beck and call!) but how about making a little bit more effort with one of these simple but sweet statements to put a smile on their face and ask your chosen girls “Will you be my Bridesmaid? You could even add a little poem As I prepare for the day that I’m to be a bride, it would mean the world to have you sipping by my side When it comes to bridesmaid dresses, sometimes the usual suspects for brides are will it be very expensive? Or May be it will be cute, but not terribly exciting?! There are some bridesmaids dresses that are sure to please all parties and look good in the wedding photos too, Nermine tarek presents,
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WEDDING POSES
Always thinking about poses that will look gorgeous. study these pictures ,learn the angles and keep them in your mind, Nermine Tarek presents.
BRIDAL MAKE-UP It’s important to choose your makeup and hairstyle after you choose the dress. You want to make sure your hair and makeup complements the dress and vice versa. When it comes to makeup, a good rule of thumb to follow is to either play up the eyes or the mouth. Then take your cues from your dress. Would Smokey eyes look best or should you go for a really bright pink lipstick? So this is not a specific make-up artist work, this is for u to deiced on the make-up trend that you want, Nermine Tarek presents.
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Beauty Addicts
Metallic makeup is so hot during the colder months because it screams holiday parties and winter wonderland, Nermine Tarek writes. Nothing more than a shimmery eye or a shiny lip to get your glamorous look. Another great bonus with metallic that it’s easy to use and super-flattering: you can transform a super-clean look into something fabulous with just a splash of metal on the eye or lip.
SHINE ON WITH METALLIC MAKE-UP GET THE LOOK
Metallic Copper smoke
There are three easy steps to get Metallic Copper smoke eye makeup. This look is very simple to create and doesn’t require a lot of products either. metallic eyeshadow.
METALLIC GLAMOUR SMOKE
• Apply a silver eye shadow all over the lid, followed by a brown in the crease, with a small hard blending brush. If not defined enough, use a brown eyebrow pencil and blend out. • Apply a winged eyeliner using a gel or liquid liner. • Then, apply glitter by dabbing down eyelash glue with a Q-tip or the eyelash glue wand onto the eyelid. Let it dry for about 15 seconds. As it’s drying, apply silver glitter with a Q-tip all over the lid. • Apply mascara, then eyelashes. • On the bottom lid, apply a thin layer of brown eyeshadow, followed by eyeliner. Then blend with a small chisel brush. • Apply an eyebrow pencil/powder below the eyebrow and create an arch. Blend with a rough eyebrow brush.
GET THE LOOK
Firstly: We will create a base on the lids with kohl and matte black eye shadow. Secondly: We will just press the copper pigment on top of it. Thirdly: Finish off with some highlighter and mascara. You can also create this look with any other color shimmery
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Fashion
Presented by Nermine Tarek
REESE WITHERSPOON
MAKES STUNNING RETURN IN
ELIE SAAB DRESS
ELIE SAAB DRESSES
Reese Witherspoon attended to the Children’s Defense Fund ‘’Beat The Odds’’ Awards at Los Angeles, CA wearing a black sleevless cocktail pencil dress with sheer lace and pleat detail from the ELIE SAAB Resort 2013 collection. Reese Witherspoon achieves the impossible just 10 weeks after giving birth,she made a dazzling return to the public eye as she looked incredible in the effortlessly chic black Elie Saab dress featuring a criss cross lace upper half design and a form-fitting skirt to show off her dramatic post pregnancy weight loss just weeks after giving birth.
TAYLOR SWIFT
CELEBRITIES ON THE RED CARPET
LOOKED GLAMOROUS IN A WHITE
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Taylor swift attended the ARIA Awards 2012 at Sydney,Australia wearing an ivory sleevless chiffon gown with banded bodice from the ElIE SAAB (Ready-to-wear) 2012-2013 collection. Pop princess Taylor stole the show on the red carpet as she looked flawless in a flowing Elie Saab grecian-style gown which accentuated her tall slender figure. With her hair styled neatly into the perfect up-do and teaming a rosy lip with a smouldering eye.
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Horoscopes Horoscopes
By Nermine Tarek
CAPRICORN (Dec20-Jan20) People in job will have a certain sense
of dissatisfaction and look for new opportunities elsewhere. Just remain patient as things will improve soon. Curb your desire to spend recklessly or your budget may go haywire. A friend of yours may come forward to seek your help. Friends will be supportive and helpful this week. Your health might require your attention during the first half of the week. Better take care of your diet as well as routine. Talking idealistically, blend your good deeds with personal pleasure that you wish and want.
AQUARIUS (Jan21-Feb19)
In matters of health there is an exciting chance to begin a new exercise and fitness routine. Socially and romantically, this could be a terrific week. You may travel over this week. Guests from afar may visit you, and you may have a really sweet time entertaining them. Possibly, this week, you may change your investments or make new contractual arrangements. Career wise, you seem to be making progress.Atmosphere at work place will be normal and without much change. You should be patient with your subordinates and listen to what your boss has to say to you this week.
PISCES
(Feb20-March20)
Relax and enjoy activities happening around you. Initial days of week will keep you happy and contented with everything happening around you. Good news is on the anvil that will pep up your week. Your family will render cooperation letting you focus on opportunity elsewhere. Your financial position will remain satisfactory but will not match up luxuries that you are eyeing. Review and revise your investment plans to make most of the economic situation. Look after your health, taking great care of cleanliness around you. Take all possible preventive measures lest you will fall ill.
ARIES
(March21-Apr20)
You may suffer a short term financial failure. Success will only come through excessive efforts. There are losses in business and fall in professional status. Domestic strife will also prevails, but get resolved soon. Due to your intelligence and hard work, you will earn handsome. Higher authorities will grant you favors. 46
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You will acquire name and fame and fulfill your desires. In examinations students will meet success and enjoy higher studies. Generally you will have comfort and remain calm. You will have easy access to politically highly placed persons with whose help you will be able to set up some profitable business.
TAURUS
(Apr 21-May 21)
Sudden and unexpected problems might erupt at end of the week thus spoiling your peace of mind. Try not to be stressful. Speculation and new investments should be controlled. Unemployed natives may have good chance of clearing all the interviews and getting good job. Therefore, be confidant and put your sincere efforts, success would be yours whatever you will undertake. Your relations with your life partner would be much better than ever. Share inner emotions and feelings without any hesitation. Health would be okay. There will be financial progress during this week and you may get money from various sources.
GEMINI
(May 22-June 21)
There is possibility that your opponents may win. During this period, your confidence will make you unbeatable. You will also command much regard and respect. This is also a very good week for love and romance. Sudden unexpected gains are also possible. You will come into contact with higher officials and authorities. People in job will have strong chances of promotions and perks. You will feel strongly inclined towards religion and might visit sacred places.
CANCER
(June 22-July 22)
You will be popular with everybody. Your will be able to overcome your enemies. A gift or inheritance money will come your way. You will also do well in your field of interest. Beware of speculation as it can prove damaging for you. You are likely to be involved in noble deeds. Some auspicious ceremony in your family is on the anvil. Your income will increase . Your proficiency will let you handle even difficult situation. There will be unseen expanses pinching your pocket. Beware of speculation as it can prove damaging for you.
LEO
(July 23-Aug 22)
It is indeed a good time to feel loved and respected by others. Affection and respect will welcome you with open heart. Your hard work and labor will fetch you dividends. Short distance travels will be fruitful. Good news from abroad is possible. Your brothers and sisters will also assist you. Your contact with new people will also increase by the dint of your social activity. Meeting with old friends is also indicated. If you are involved in any
speculation, encouraging results are on the anvil. You will bask in the glory of the artistic expression and interpretation.
VIRGO
(Aug 23-Sept 23)
Your all problems will be sort out this week. Promotion or increment is on the anvil for the people in service. You will have a good understanding with your seniors. Business men will get new deals and contracts. Money will simply pour in from all avenues. Family wise it is a very fortunate week as you will enjoy most of the happiness and comforts. Stars foretell that this week is going to be a little complicated for you. It bring along with it heavy and sudden expenditures for you. Be careful and do not speculate recklessly. Do not take any kind of major risk to repent later.
LIBRA
(Sept 24-Oct 23)
New contacts or ideas may impress, urging a review. Prepare for a test of confidence at home, bringing uncertainty or confusion. This week, your stars focus on simple work transactions. There’ll be furtive incidents in the air. Try to find out happening behind the scenes. A partner or close associate will be under pressure from extended duty. You might focus on ways to earn money in or from your home. But you may feel like retreating from the social bustle. Your proficient demands will clash with your requirements.
SCORPIO
(Oct 24-Nov 22)
Your relationship may be slightly upset with family members and friends. You may buy new property or vehicle during this week. Habitually, you will spend extravagantly over household things. It is good week for students and those preparing for any sort of exams. Your relatives will ditch you causing loss of wealth. Overall, this week is going to produce some troubles at work place. Troubles in personal life are also foreseen. There would be lack of concentration and mental peace. There are lots of chances you may get injured during this week so be careful while driving or even while walking on road.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov23-Dec 21)
You might have to shell out extra money due to some unexpected expense coming up. A partner might behave in a very odd manner. Be willing to listen first before evaluating. Financially it will be an extremely beneficial week. Don’t put off the important tasks in hand. Some of you may go overseas, and initiate the new beginning in their career. Health will remain generally fine baring few minor ailments like headache, cough or cold. You must exercise your patience in certain delicate and emotional matters.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAPRICORN Ruling planet: Saturn Favorite color : BROWN STAR STONE : Onyx
criticism of self, they respect discipline from above and demand it from those beneath them. In their methodical, tough, stubborn, unyielding way, they persist against personal hardship, putting their families and/or their work before their own needs and welfare to reach their objectives long after others have given up and fallen by the wayside. In fact when practical ability allied with the drive of ambition are required in employees to make a project succeed, Capricorn are the people to hire. They plan carefully to fulfill their ambitions (which often include becoming wealthy), they are economical without meanness, and able to achieve great results with minimum effort and expense. Because of their organizing ability they are able to work on several projects simultaneously. They have a great respect for authority but may not, if they reach high rank, be willing to listen to other opinions on things they are directly responsible for. As the ranking authority figure in a given situation they expect their underlings to be as self disciplined as they themselves are, and to perform every task undertaken to the highest standard. They are, nevertheless, fair as well as demanding. Among their equals they are not always the most pleasant of work fellows for they are reserved and too conservative, valuing tradition more than innovation, however valuable the latter, and they are often humorless. There is also a tendency to pessimism, melancholy and even unhappiness which many Capricorn are unable to keep to themselves, especially if they fail personally. In the extreme this trait can make them a very depressed individual; ecstatic happiness alternating with the most wretched kind of
ABOUT CAPRICORN SIGN The sign Capricorn is one of the most stable and (mostly) serious of the zodiacal types. These independent, rocklike characters have many sterling qualities. They are normally confident, strong willed and calm. These hardworking, unemotional, shrewd, practical, responsible, persevering, and cautious to the extreme persons, are capable of persisting for as long as is necessary to accomplish a goal they have set for themselves. Capricorn are reliable workers in almost any profession they undertake. They are the major finishers of most projects started by the ‘pioneering’ signs; with firm stick-to-it-ness they quickly become the backbone of any company they work for. Capricorn make of themselves, resourceful, determined managers; setting high standards for themselves and others. They strive always for honesty in their
misery which is so subconsciously buried that he or she should seek help if such emotions become frequent. For the above reason, capable Capricorn should spend many hours in meditation, gathering the strength to control such inner emotions. The swings in mood are not the only reason some Capricorns deserve the adjective based on their name - capricious. They can be surprisingly and suddenly witty and subtle for the quiet, reserved individuals they seem to be, and they also have a tendency to ruin things by unexpected and utterly irresponsible bouts of flippancy. In certain individuals in whom the characteristic is strong, the temptation to do this has to be resisted with iron self-control. Another unexpected quality in some Capricorn is an interest in the occult which persists in spite of their naturally skeptical turn of mind. Their intellects are sometimes very subtle. They think profoundly and deeply, throughly exploring all possibilities before deciding on a ‘safe’ alternative. They have good memories and an insatiable yet methodical desire for knowledge. They
are rational, logical and clearheaded, have good concentration, delight in debate in which they can show off their cleverness by luring their adversaries into traps and confounding them with logic. In their personal relationships they are often ill-at-ease, if not downright unhappy. They are somewhat self-centered but not excessively so, wary and cautious around people they do not know very well, preferring not to meddle with others and in turn not to allow interference with themselves, thus they tend to attract people who do not understand them. Casual acquaintances they will treat with diplomacy, tact and, above all, reticence. They make few good friends but are intensely loyal to those they do make, and they can become bitter, and powerful enemies. They sometimes dislike the opposite sex and test the waters of affection gingerly before judging the temperature right for marriage. Once married, however, they are faithful, though inclined to jealousy. Most Capricorns marry for life. Their occupations can include most professions that have to do with math or money and they are strongly attracted to music. They can be economists, financiers, bankers, speculators, contractors, managers and real estate brokers. They excel as bureaucrats, especially where projects demanding long-term planning and working are concerned, and their skill in debate and love of dialectic make them good politicians. They are excellent teachers, especially as principals of educational establishments where they have the authority to manage and organize without too much intimacy with the staff members. If working with their hands, they can become practical scientists, engineers, farmers and builders. The wit and flippancy which is characteristic of certain Capricornians may make some turn to entertainment as a career. Possible Capricorn Health Concerns... Capricorn governs the knees, bones and skin, so its subjects may be liable to fractures and strains of the knees and other defects of the legs. Skin diseases from rashes and boils to leprosy (in countries where that disease is prevalent) are dangers, and digestive upsets may be caused by the tendency of Capricorns to worry or suppress emotions. Anemia, Bright’s disease, catarrh, deafness, rheumatism and rickets are also said to threaten the natives of this sign.
LIKES
• Reliability • Professionalism • Knowing what you discuss Firm Foundations • Purpose
DISLIKES
• Wild Schemes • Fantasies • Go-nowhere jobs • Ignominy
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YASMINE HAMADA SEDKY & MAHMOUD WALID MEKHAIMAR‘S WEDDING AT FAIRMONT HOTEL
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ITALIAN ROAST CHICKEN
WITH PEPPERS AND OLIVES A roast chicken always is celebratory. The vibrantly coloured and intensely flavoured vegetables that are cooked alongside here seem only to underline this, offering their own brightness and brio, sunny in taste as well as mood, Nermine Tarek Writes Ingredients 1.5 kg Chicken (preferably organic) 1 Unwaxed lemon, cut in half 4 Sprigs rosemary 3 Leeks, washed and trimmed 2 Red peppers 1 Orange pepper 1 Yellow pepper 100 g pitted dry-packed black olives 4 Tsp. olive oil Sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to serve.
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Preparation method * Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Untruss the chicken, sit it in a roasting tin and put the lemon halves and two of the rosemary sprigs into the chicken’s cavity. * Wash and trim the leeks, cut each into three logs, then slice lengthways and add to the tin. Now remove the core and seeds of the peppers and slice them into strips, following their natural curves and ridges, and add these to the tin. * Tumble in the olives, and now pour the olive oil, mostly over the vegetables but a little over the chicken, too. Add the remaining rosemary sprigs to the vegetables, along with some sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to taste. Using a couple of spoons or spatulas, gently toss the vegetables about to help coat them with the oil and make sure everything’s well mixed up.
* Sprinkle some sea salt flakes over the chicken and put it in the oven for about 1:1¼ hours, by which time the chicken should be cooked through, and its juices running clear when you cut into the flesh with a small sharp knife at the thickest part of the thigh joint. The vegetables should be tender by now, too, and some of the leeks will be a scorched lightbrown in parts. * Remove the chicken to a carving board and, while it rests (for about 10 minutes) pop the pan of veg back in the oven, switching the oven off as you do so. * Cut the chicken up chunkily, transferring the pieces to a large warmed platter. Now take the pan back out of the oven and, with a slotted spoon or spatula, remove the vegetables to the large platter and when all is arranged to your aesthetic delight, pour over it all the bronze, highly-flavoured juices that have collected in the pan. 51
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EASY CHOCOLATE CAKE This is a great recipe for an easy, foolproof chocolate cake. It’s moist and fudgy and will keep well for 4-5 days, Nermine Tarek Writes Ingredients “For the cake” 225 G. Plain flour 350 G. Caster sugar 85g Cocoa powder 1½ Tsp. baking powder 1½ Tsp. bicarbonate of soda 2 Free-range eggs 250 Ml. milk 125 Ml. vegetable oil 2 Tsp. vanilla extract 250 Ml boiling water “For the chocolate icing” 200 G. plain chocolate
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200 Ml. double cream Preparation method * Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line two 20cm/8in sandwich tins. * For the cake, place all of the cake ingredients, except the boiling water, into a large mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon, or electric whisk, beat the mixture until smooth and well combined. * Add the boiling water to the mixture, a little at a time, until smooth. (The cake mixture will now be very liquid.) * Divide the cake batter between the sandwich tins and bake in the oven for 25-35 minutes, or until the top is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. * Remove the cakes from the oven and
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allow to cool completely, still in their tins, before icing. For the chocolate icing, heat the chocolate and cream in a saucepan over a low heat until the chocolate melts. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk the mixture until smooth, glossy and thickened. Set aside to cool for 1-2 hours, or until thick enough to spread over the cake. To assemble the cake, run a roundbladed knife around the inside of the cake tins to loosen the cakes. Carefully remove the cakes from the tins. Spread a little chocolate icing over the top of one of the chocolate cakes, then carefully top with the other cake. Transfer the cake to a serving plate and ice the cake all over with the chocolate icing, using a palette knife.