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► INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES 18 July 2013 : Spotify Study: Festivals, Delayed Releases Lead To Increase In Online Music Piracy
► GUARDIAN 17 June 2013 : Thailand cracks down on monks living it up with luxuries || Watch Video on youtube
► SUN 22 July 2013 : Jennifer Lopez is tearful as she accepts award || ► MIRROR 19 July 2013 : Jennifer Lopez blubs on stage and wears see-through leotard - as Marc Anthony and Chloe Green watch
► TELEGRAPH 19 July 2013 : 'Prince William will do the right stuff on the day'
Aw, what the heck? What's so great with the birth of a royal baby? Ehhehehhe, even primitive tribes have been carrying out duties as parents well, instinctively. Moreover, as long as their baby is not in trouble, I guess giving birth is the most natural thing. In human history, Catherine Elizabeth Middleton is not the first woman who will give birth in this world. Ah, I smell feudalistic here.
► GUARDIAN 21 July 2013 : Israeli-Palestinian peace talks' resumption put in doubt by both sides
► Violence continues in France over Islamic veil ban
► ZERO HEDGE 21 July 2013 : And It's Gone: Guy Walks Into Citi Branch, Loses $40,000
► NY TIMES 21 July 2013 : Across Syria, Violent Day of Attacks and Ambush
► TECHCRUNCH 20 July 2013 : Google Surveys Can Make Anyone A Professional Pollster
► FOXNEWS 21 July 2013 : Obama to talk jobs in Illinois in first in series of economic addresses
► GAMING : Trials: Evolution (Rage Edition). Published on Jul 21, 2013 by PewDiePie
► NEWS& POLITIC : Controversy In Thailand Over Buddhist Monk Living The Good Life. A Buddhist monk who triggered a storm of criticism in Thailand after he was filmed carrying a Louis Vuitton bag aboard a private jet has now been accused of being a fraud who is married and owns 13 cars and motorbikes. Luang Pu Nenkham Chattigo, an abbot of the Khantitham Forest Monastery in north eastern Thailand, made global headlines when he was seen with designer sunglasses and bag in footage posted on YouTube on May 22.
After launching an investigation, Thailand's Department of Special Investigations has now accused the 34-year-old monk of being married to a woman called Yupinpraethong Janthawa and having relationships with at least seven other women, the Telegraph reports. It has also now emerged that Pu Nenkham is the focus of a money-laundering investigation.
Police colonel Pong-in Intarakhao claims the monk is part of a group of people who have bank accounts filled with cash from public donations to the monastery, and that he owns two houses and 13 cars and motorbikes. A fellow abbot has also accused the monk of being a fraud, saying he is not entitled to wear the religious robes and that he had filed a complaint against him in Bangkok's Criminal Court. It is a criminal offence to wear the robes in Thailand if you are not entitled to do so. Pu Nenkham is believed to be in Europe and has been ordered to return home to Thailand.
After the video was made public, the country's national Buddhism body said it was taking steps to monitor any inappropriate behaviour by monks. The director-general of Thailand's Office of National Buddhism, Nopparat Benjawatananun, criticised the monks for "not adhering to Buddha's teachings of simplicity and self-restraint".
But Mr Benjawatananun said life was different when Buddha was alive and monks today had many more temptations at their fingertips. "When Lord Buddha was alive, there wasn't anything like this. There were no cars, smart phones or cameras, so the rules were much simpler," he said. 'While the monks need to keep themselves abreast of new knowledge, current events and technology, they are restrained to choose the appropriate tools.'
Mr Benjawatananun said often monks were given luxury sports cars and gifts by their followers and called for people to stop spoiling them..Published on Jul 7, 2013 by NewsMedia24
► Abe vows to keep focus on economy after win
By Linda Sieg - TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, fresh from a strong election victory, vowed to stay focused on reviving the stagnant economy and sought to counter suspicions he might instead shift emphasis to his nationalist agenda.
* Factbox: Japan PM Abe scorecard
► Netanyahu to put Kerry peace ideas to cabinet
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan - JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek formal cabinet backing for reviving U.S.-sponsored peace talks with the Palestinians, an Israeli official said, after pro-settler ministers threatened to try and thwart the initiative.
* Netanyahu sees Mursi fall as sign of political Islam's weakness
By applying the standards of narrow Islamic, Islamism precisely execute the scope of many of Islam's blessings, both Muslim and non-Muslims. High emphasis on Islamism to internal Islam raises the effect that Islamism is the rise of tribalism in the modern nation state.
Modern Islamism does not take most brilyan aspects of the history of Islam and universal, especially in terms of social-organizing the country's politics and tend to vacillate on the trivial aspects of religion. It is clear, people facing economic problems, illiteracy and unemployment, as well as a deficit of freedom, and they even are presented with conservative religious regulation and restraint. Accordingly, it is appropriate when there is a cynical critics who says that a nation "will not be able to eat the Sharia" (Mohamed ElBaradei, Foreign Policy, July-August 2013).
With a lot of mistakes in diagnosing issues and find a way out of this political social, Islamist regime often laughable. They are also accused of being strengthen the religious sentiments in the organization of political governance.
Let alone go away from local forces towards global glory as well as the efforts to strengthen the integration of fellow children of the nation first, Islamism is precisely such a disintegration factor between the nation members and failed to build global solidarity of Muslims in different parts of the world. Parting of the North-South Sudan, for example, is a concrete proof of the failure of Islamist regime in Sudan to be an integrating factor.
When the nationalists has slogan "religion has God, country for all" or "Egypt belongs to all its citizens", Islamism in the style of Morsi actually increase the tension and polarization among the nation's children. Morsi entrapped into the condemnation of Shia in the chaos that is now happening in Syria shows that the sectarian mindset has not successfully surpassed the Islamists, even growing and worsen.
Therefore, I conclude that the failure of Islamism in the country's management (except in Turkey), not primarily because of incompetence, but rather due to the completion of their internal mindset as an ideology and a movement that has big dreams. The explanation is simple: in this global world, the efforts to insulate the nation and to minimize the potential and their dreams within narrow limits, not only against the world flow but also contrary to permanent provisions from God.
Its natural law is simple. If you want to embrace a lot of segments and the potential of a nation, then you first need to make a house or tent comfortable and open to accommodate all. In the case of Islamism in various parts of the Muslim world, both Salafists and Ikhwani, the trend does not seem so.
In short, Islam which will be used as a political ideology has not been appointed as a mercy for all, even feared to bring misfortune and misery.
***
(Summary of discussion between me and my beloved partner at bedtime with just one kiss. Of course all of this is out of my astonishment over how the mob-driven massively can drop the legitimate government. It is a bad precedent. "It's a bad precedent, dahling" I insisted in a whisper. He did not respond anymore, but putting his glasses and my glasses on the small table next to our bed and turned off the room lights.
In my imagination, I was going to do one thing: turned on the lights again and reaffirmed one thing, even without my glasses, "Military Coup in Egypt is a very bad precedent, dahling!"
And in my imagination, too, I thought he would say, "Come on, hon. As you said, the Arabs are indeed funny."
It turned out my imagination partially realized. "They're indeed really funny, you say so, right?" he said while hugging my back. Without looking into his face I knew he was smiling because listening his own words.)
***
(CZ-lacalifusa072213)
Modern Islamism does not take most brilyan aspects of the history of Islam and universal, especially in terms of social-organizing the country's politics and tend to vacillate on the trivial aspects of religion. It is clear, people facing economic problems, illiteracy and unemployment, as well as a deficit of freedom, and they even are presented with conservative religious regulation and restraint. Accordingly, it is appropriate when there is a cynical critics who says that a nation "will not be able to eat the Sharia" (Mohamed ElBaradei, Foreign Policy, July-August 2013).
With a lot of mistakes in diagnosing issues and find a way out of this political social, Islamist regime often laughable. They are also accused of being strengthen the religious sentiments in the organization of political governance.
Let alone go away from local forces towards global glory as well as the efforts to strengthen the integration of fellow children of the nation first, Islamism is precisely such a disintegration factor between the nation members and failed to build global solidarity of Muslims in different parts of the world. Parting of the North-South Sudan, for example, is a concrete proof of the failure of Islamist regime in Sudan to be an integrating factor.
When the nationalists has slogan "religion has God, country for all" or "Egypt belongs to all its citizens", Islamism in the style of Morsi actually increase the tension and polarization among the nation's children. Morsi entrapped into the condemnation of Shia in the chaos that is now happening in Syria shows that the sectarian mindset has not successfully surpassed the Islamists, even growing and worsen.
Therefore, I conclude that the failure of Islamism in the country's management (except in Turkey), not primarily because of incompetence, but rather due to the completion of their internal mindset as an ideology and a movement that has big dreams. The explanation is simple: in this global world, the efforts to insulate the nation and to minimize the potential and their dreams within narrow limits, not only against the world flow but also contrary to permanent provisions from God.
Its natural law is simple. If you want to embrace a lot of segments and the potential of a nation, then you first need to make a house or tent comfortable and open to accommodate all. In the case of Islamism in various parts of the Muslim world, both Salafists and Ikhwani, the trend does not seem so.
In short, Islam which will be used as a political ideology has not been appointed as a mercy for all, even feared to bring misfortune and misery.
***
(Summary of discussion between me and my beloved partner at bedtime with just one kiss. Of course all of this is out of my astonishment over how the mob-driven massively can drop the legitimate government. It is a bad precedent. "It's a bad precedent, dahling" I insisted in a whisper. He did not respond anymore, but putting his glasses and my glasses on the small table next to our bed and turned off the room lights.
In my imagination, I was going to do one thing: turned on the lights again and reaffirmed one thing, even without my glasses, "Military Coup in Egypt is a very bad precedent, dahling!"
And in my imagination, too, I thought he would say, "Come on, hon. As you said, the Arabs are indeed funny."
It turned out my imagination partially realized. "They're indeed really funny, you say so, right?" he said while hugging my back. Without looking into his face I knew he was smiling because listening his own words.)
***
(CZ-lacalifusa072213)
► Prince William's wife Kate in hospital in labor
► PM Abe bids for stronger hand as Japan votes
► Neil Young performs at France's largest rock festival
► Philippe ascends throne urging unity in divided Belgium
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■ Six killed in militant attacks in Egypt's Sinai
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■ Insight: By relying on Iran, Syria's Assad risks irrelevance
■ Senate Gang Orders Lobbyists to Target House GOP
■ Activists: Kurds free al-Qaida-linked commander
■ Aurora survivors marry on anniversary of massacre
■ Iran's top leader urges caution in dealing with US
■ Netanyahu sees Mursi fall as sign of political Islam's weakness
■ Hamas reeling from Egyptian crackdown on Gaza tunnels
■ Gold rush-era discards could fuel cellphones, TVs
■ Child injuries from falling TVs increasing in U.S.
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■ Kate Middleton's in Labor! So What Happens Now?
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► OMG! : Fashion Faceoff: Rihanna vs. Nicole Richie
Geez, I'm freezing here. And when I imagine them competing in wearing, I feel warm clothes and closed is the only best friend for me right now. I do not care one bit about what they will do with their skimpy clothes. Actress lifestyle is not always intelligent and educated.
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► Viewpoint: What Upper House victory means for Shinzo Abe
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► FUTURE
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► Clashes erupt in France over veil ban
► Security concerns as Pope due to visit Brazil || ► Pilgrims flock to Brazil to greet pope
► Inside Story : Is Japan's sun rising again?
► Iran's New President Reaches Out, But the U.S. Hasn't Answered Yet
By Massimo Calabresi - Incoming Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has taken a softer approach to U.S. relations. Now, the ball's in Obama's court to either secure or derail an attempt at diplomacy
* Hassan Rowhani: The Key to War or Peace
* Inside Iran's Election: A Nation Eager to Be Heard
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