NEW YORK -- The Rangers bided their time for several years, building their team through shrewd drafting and allowing those young players to develop their skills while the team as a whole went through growing pains.
To become an elite team, however, elite players are needed. Enter Marian Gaborik and Brad Richards, a pair of expensive free-agent signings designed to transform the Rangers from a team that's just good enough to make the playoffs to one that's good enough to compete with the best.
On Tuesday night, Gaborik and Richards were worth every penny.
They came through against the League-leading Pittsburgh Penguins, combining for 2 goals and 3 assists in the Rangers' 4-3 victory at Madison Square Garden. Gaborik's winner in the second period came on assist from Richards, who scored 2:47 earlier to give the Rangers a two-goal lead.
The duo combines to earn 14.2 million this season, which accounts for 22 percent of the Rangers' salary-cap space. In 21 games, they haven't disappointed. Richards has 9 goals and 10 assists while Gaborik has 11 goals and 8 assists, tying them for the team lead with 19 points.
Against the NHL's top team both in the standings and in the eyes of many, the pair delivered in a big way.
"I thought Gabby was the best player (on both teams)," Rangers coach John Tortorella said. "He was skating, he was making passes, he was confident in the things he was doing. He made some big plays.
"Richie was really good at times, struggled at other times, but he made some big plays at key times, and that's what they're supposed to be doing. It certainly helped us win a hockey game."
With the Rangers trailing 1-0 midway through the second period, Richards and Gaborik delivered the tying goal on the power play, which converted twice while they were on the ice.
Richards drove back the Penguins defense and dished the puck to Ryan Callahan on the right wing. Callahan fed Gaborik as Richards cut toward the net. Gaborik skated around Chris Kunitz and threaded a pass through the legs of Matt Niskanen for a Callahan tap-in to tie it.
After John Mitchell put the Rangers ahead 2-1 at 14:09 of the second period, Richards made it 3-1 just 90 seconds later when he ripped a quick, precise wrist shot over the catching glove of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. It was the type of moment in the type of game Richards wanted to embrace when he signed a nine-year, $60 million contract this summer.
"They're all big. Playing Philly at home, Pittsburgh here … I talked about it all summer," said Richards. "It's fun to be in a hockey environment. No disrespect to the other places I played. I had a lot of fun. But this is a little different."
Gaborik's power-play goal with 1:34 left in the second period capped a three-point night for Richards and gave the Rangers much-needed insurance. The Penguins cut the 4-1 lead to 4-3 with goals from Evgeni Malkin with 6.1 seconds left in the second period and Pascal Dupuis early in the third period.
It was a clutch performance against a top team for Gaborik, who did a lot of his damage last season against teams in the bottom-third of the standings.
"Everyone prepares as best as we can for these games," Gaborik said. "They're always big for us. It's great that we came up big, myself and everyone in this room."
Not only was Gaborik contributing offensively, he wasn't ignoring his defensive responsibilities. That has been a point of contention with Tortorella at times since Gaborik signed his five-year, $37.5 million contract in July 2009. Gaborik was a complete player Tuesday, using his legs at both ends of the ice and drawing a penalty late in the third period with the Penguins pressing for the tying goal.
"He's pushing people back with his speed, and he's been skating all year long," Tortorella said. "Not only that way offensively, but skating this way (defensively) also when we don't have the puck. I thought he was a force just as far as his aggression with the puck skating and testing people and backing them off."
The Rangers' big-money players came through in a big-money game. If that trend continues, they could be cashing in during the playoffs.
"It's important to have your top guys play strong, especially in big games," Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist said. "Gabby and Richie looked really good out there."


Bailey Hats Salem Fedora from Village Hats.
Here we have Bailey's Hats take on a classic summer fedora. From the 50's to the present day you could find this hat on the heads of folks from Harlem to the Hamptons, from Compton to the Catskills. The Salem Fedora in natural is one of the hats that made Bailey's reputation in the U.S.A. The hat has a 10cm crown and 5cm snap brim and sports a striped bow with Bailey side pin.
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A Lost Commission and Lots of Litigation
By Andrew Lavoott Bluestone on November 30, 2012
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Real estate broker is asked to find a buyer. Broker presents a buyer, but no deal ensues. Broker papers the transaction and sits back. Later transaction goes through and Broker eventually seeks commission. Sellers attorney is sues. Is he liable?
Land Man Realty, Inc. v Faraone 2012 NY Slip Op 08218 Decided on November 29, 2012
Appellate Division, Third Department tells us the following: it's not enough to say " I did not commit malpractice," so please let me out of the case!
"The facts of this case are more fully set forth in our prior decision of this matter (70 AD3d 1246 [2010]), as well as another related decision of this Court (Land Man Realty, Inc. v [*2]Weichert, Inc., 94 AD3d 1221 [2012]). Briefly, defendants owned a 54-acre parcel of land in the Town of Wilton, Saratoga County, and entered into an exclusive listing agreement with Weichert Realtors Northeast Group to sell the property. Shortly thereafter, plaintiff's counsel sent multiple letters to, among others, defendants, claiming that it had previously presented Capital District Property, LLC (hereinafter CDP) as purchaser of the property prior to the property being listed with Weichert. Therefore, in the event that CDP purchased the property, plaintiff would be entitled to a 10% commission pursuant to an alleged oral agreement with defendants. Weichert ultimately sold the property to CDP.
Thereafter, plaintiff commenced this action against defendants, claiming that it was the procuring cause of the sale of the property and is entitled to a 10% commission pursuant to an alleged agreement with defendants. As is relevant herein, defendants, in turn, commenced a third-party action against third-party defendant, Robert W. Pulsifer, an attorney who represented defendants in the real estate transaction. Defendants claim that Pulsifer (1) failed to respond or take any action regarding plaintiff's letters asserting a claim for a commission, and (2) negotiated the contract for the sale of property to CDP in a manner that did not sufficiently protect defendants against plaintiff's commission claim. Defendants moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and Pulsifer moved for summary judgment dismissing the amended third-party complaint. Supreme Court denied both motions. Pulsifer now appeals.
We affirm. A legal malpractice action requires a showing that an attorney "failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession [and] the attorney's breach of this professional duty caused the plaintiff's actual damages" (McCoy v Feinmann, 99 NY2d 295, 301-302 [2002] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted]; see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]; M & R Ginsberg, LLC v Segal, Goldman, Mazzotta & Siegel, P.C., 90 AD3d 1208, 1208-1209 [2011]). Here, although Pulsifer himself avers that based upon his legal experience he was not negligent in the advice and representation he provided to defendants, he failed to submit adequate proof establishing the applicable standard of care and whether he breached that standard. As Pulsifer failed to meet his initial legal burden of establishing his entitlement to summary judgment as a matter of law (see Jack Hall Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v Duffy, AD3d , ___, 2012 NY Slip Op 07249, *2 [2012]), his summary judgment motion was properly denied.
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Since 1989, Bluestone has become a leader in the New York Plaintiff's Legal Malpractice bar, handling a wide array of plaintiff's legal malpractice cases arising from catastrophic personal injury, contracts, patents, commercial litigation, securities, matrimonial and custody issues, medical malpractice, insurance, product liability, real estate, landlord-tenant, foreclosures and has defended attorneys in a limited number of legal malpractice cases.
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In the last years, Mr. Bluestone has been featured for two particularly noteworthy legal malpractice cases. The first was a settlement of an $11.9 million dollar default legal malpractice case of Yeo v. Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman which was reported in the NYLJ on August 15, 2016. Most recently, Mr. Bluestone obtained a rare plaintiff's verdict in a legal malpractice case on behalf of the City of White Plains v. Joseph Maria, reported in the NYLJ on February 14, 2017. It was the sole legal malpractice jury verdict in the State of New York for 2017.
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It's now middle of March and spring is here finally, meaning Summer is on it's way. If you're wanting to feel refreshed and ready for the summer. This smoothie is the perfect combination! What better way to kick off the summer with a healthy green smoothie? I can't think of anything soooo start blendin'!
What better way to start than with a green smoothie? This Banana Mango Kale Green Smoothie is simple, and refreshing! It's super simple, requiring just 5 ingredients and a blender or food processor. I've used this recipe a lot recently and it's my go-to smoothie!
Pour into 1 large or 2 small cups.
NOTE: Best when fresh, though leftovers will keep covered in the refrigerator for 24 hours.


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Don Juan and his wife Namongan lived in Nalbuan, Don Juan went to the mountains in order to punish a group of their Igorot enemies. While he was away, his son Lam-ang was born. It took four people to help Namongan give birth. As soon as the baby boy popped out, he spoke and asked that he be given the name Lam-ang. He also chose his godparents and asked where his father was.
After nine months of waiting for his father to return, Lam-ang decided he would go look for him. Namongan thought Lam-ang was up to the challenge but she was sad to let him go.he decided to rest for awhile. He fell asleep and had a dream about his father's head being stuck on a pole by the Igorot. Lam-ang was furious when he learned what had happened to his father.
He rushed to their village and killed them all, except for one whom he let go so that he could tell other people about Lam-ang's greatness.Upon returning to Nalbuan in triumph, he was bathed by women in the Amburayan river. All the fish died because of the dirt and odor from Lam-ang's body.
Lam-ang found the house of Ines surrounded by many suitors all of whom were trying to catch her attention. He had his rooster crow, which caused a nearby house to fall.This made Ines look out. He had his dog bark and in an instant the fallen house rose up again. The girl's parent witnessed this and called for him. The rooster expressed the love of Lam-ang. The parents agreed to a marriage with their daughter if Lam-ang would give them a dowry valued at double their wealth
Lam-ang had no problem fulfilling this condition and he and Ines were married.It was a tradition to have a newly married man swim in the river for the rarang fish. Unfortunately, Lam-ang dove straight into the mouth of the water monster Berkakan.
Ines had Marcos get his bones, which she covered with a piece of cloth. His rooster crowed and his dog barked and slowly the bones started to move. Back alive, Lam-ang and his wife lived happily ever after with his white rooster and gray dog.


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1) Achieving well technical requirements, and 2) satisfying the environmental regulations . Moreover, the chemistry of drilling fluids is a top consideration since it directly controls the drilling performance, and most importantly the extent of formation damage across the pay zone.
Formation damage mitigation across producing reservoir is essential. Drilling fluid design optimization is the primary approach to reach borehole stability and, minimize well expenditure while improving production rates. Previous studies show that formation damage could occur due to the following: (1) extent of solid invasion, (2) clays swelling, (3) emulsion between oil-based mud and formation water , (4) bacteria effect , (5) and fine migration of clay particles . Mud invasion solids and filtrate are capable of reducing the permeability of the formation, especially when the mud particles have smaller diameter than pore throats, which lead to further migration of mud particles into the formation . One of the characterizations of suitable drilling fluids is forming a very thin mud cake which it can form very fast and which is easy to remove.
In order to optimize the drilling and well operations, choosing the most effective weighting material in such a water-based mud formulation is required. Barite is considered one of the most popular weighting materials since it has high specific gravity, low cost and less environmental effect . However, it has considerable disadvantages, where it is prone to severe sagging and insoluble in acids, which means that the barite removal process is difficult and expensive .
Another well-known weighting material is potassium formate. There are many advantages of potassium formate as well. It can dissolve in water, form high-density fluid , create very thin filter cake, stabilize shale, and minimize the potential of differential sticking. On the other hand, potassium formate can cause corrosion since it is reactive with CO2 forming more formic acid and precipitation of potassium chloride which damages the formation by plugging the pores .
Previous studies and lab experiments show that manganese tetroxide (Mn3O4) is a better weighting agent and represents an excellent alternative to barite and potassium formate. Manganese tetroxide retains relatively high specific gravity and small particle size, which reduces particle settling and sagging in high mud weight formulations. Manganese tetroxide particles have a spherical shape of (4 μm) in size and specific gravity of (4.8 g/cm3) which leads to lower contact in particle-to-particle interactions [11,12]. Field studies show that when Manganese tetroxide is used in oil-based drilling fluids, there was less formation damage and high amount of productivity. Al-Yami designed KCl water-based drilling fluid utilizing manganese tetraoxide and CaCO3. The CaCO3 materials were used to improve the filtration control. The aim of this study is to discuss lab work that was performed to design water-based drill-in fluids using CaCl2/Mn3O4 at 95 pcf and 300ºF.
All additives used in this study are conventional additives used in drilling fluids such as Polyanionic cellulose polymer, starch, and Lignite.
Starch is used as filtration control additive, which is the primary component of the seeds of cereal grains or tubers such as rice, wheat, corn, and potato. It has a formula of (C6H10O5H2O) n. Starch is degraded at temperatures of maximum 250ºF with concentrations of 2 to 10 Ib/bbl.
Xanthan is a polysaccharide water soluble polymer produced by bacterial action. XC-polymer has excellent suspension properties and is used in concentration of 0.2 to 2 Ib/bbl.
Polyanionic cellulose polymer can be used to control filtrion and build up viscosty. It can be used in fresh water, sea water and salt saturated fluids in concentration of 0.2 to 5 lb/bbl.
Hydrated lime Ca(OH)2 is made by adding calcium oxide to water. It is used in high calcium content drilling fluids to increase the pH in concentration of 0.5 to 20 Ib/bbl.
For potassium chloride drilling fluids, KOH is used to increase the pH in concentration of 0.5 to 3 lb/bbl. Lignite is used to provide filtration control and enhance rheological stability at high temperature upto 400ºF in water based fluids. It is notably effective in high density mud. Typical dosages are 2 to 6 lb/bbl depending on the degree of filtration control desired. In addition to that, it shows good filtrate control and rheological stability for high density fluids.
Vinyl amide/vinyl sulfonate copolymer are terpolymers of N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide, monomer acrylamide and vinyl sulfonate monomer 2-acrylamide-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid used for high temperature environment. It is used as fluid loss additive for water based fluids.
Vinyl amide/Acrylic Polymer is a low viscosity synthetic polymer to enhance filtration control in water based fluids which can work in high calcium chloride concentrations up to 100,000 ppm. The polymer can be used in brines containing Na, K+, and Mg++ concentration up to saturation and still shows stable performance in a wide range of pH environment.
CaCO3 is a good acid soluble weighting material for productive formation since it can be removed by treatment with hydrochloric acid. It can be used to formulate drilling fluids with a maximum density of 12 lb/gal due to its low specific gravity (2.6 to 2.8).
Mn3O4 is manufactured from heating manganese dioxide in air at 1000°C. Their properties of higher specific gravity (4.8), spherical shape, and solubility in different types of acids make them more attractive weighting material compared to CaCO3 (2.78 g/cm3) and BaSO4 (4.25 g/cm3).
CaCl2 can be used in combination with gypsum (calcium sulfate) when drilling evaporates sections. If the drilling fluid is not saturated, it will be washed out (Table 1). In this formulation HEC (hydroxyl ethyl cellulose) is used to build up viscosity. HEC polymers are nonionic derivatives of the cellulose polymer modified to impart water solubility to the cellulose molecule. The nonionic substitution in HEC polymers makes them very tolerant to high salt environments, including divalent calcium and magnesium. However, HEC Polymers alone are considered nonthixotropic. XC polymer functions quite well in CaCl2 fluids as long as the polymer is properly sheared in the initial mix. XC-polymer is one of a very few polymers which will build gel structure. This, therefore, makes XC-polymer the key ingredient when solids suspension is required (Table 2).
Table 1. CaCl2 used to drill evaporates sections.
Table 2: CaCl2 used to drill a reservoir section.
Intensive lab work was done using API RP 13B-1 procedure to design CaCl2/Mn3O4 water based drill-in fluids at a density of 95 pcf at 300°F.
The drilling fluid properties including PV, YP, Filtration (API and HT/HP), filter cake thickness, and drill-in fluid pH were measured. To evaluate thermal stability, the drill-in fluid was aged for 16 hours at 300°F and the properties mentioned earlier were measured again.
Polyanionic cellulose polymer was used to formulate Mn3O4/CaCl2 drilling fluid. Good rheology properties were obtained but having controlled fluid loss was the concern (Table 3). High concentration of CaCl2 was used so calcium bromide was added to minimize recrystallization.
Table 3. Formulation utilizing XC polymer and PAC-R and CaBr.
CaCl2 concetration was reduced and Mn3O4 amount was increased to investigate the compatibility of Polyanionic cellulose polymer with Mn3O4/CaCl2 drilling fluid (Table 4). Starch and CaCO3 fine and medium were added to improve the fluid loss control. However, no control was observed even before hot rolling.
Table 4. Formulation utilizing XC polymer and PAC-R and Starch and CaCO3 fine and CaCO3 medium.
Vinylamide/Acrylic Polymer was used to replace starch to control the fluid loss (Table 5). Good rheology properties were obtained but no fluid loss control was achieved even after adding more solids (CaCO3 and Mn3O4) and reducing CaCl2 salt concentration. Vinylamide/Acrylic Polymer was not compatible with Mn3O4/CaCl2 drilling fluid.
Table 5. Formulation utilizing Vinylamide/Acrylic Polymer.
Lignite was used in Mn3O4/CaCl2 h drilling fluid in attempt to control fluid loss. Manganese Tetraoxide was used only in the formula without CaCO3 to evaluate its filtration performance in combination with lignite. XC- polymer, Polyanionic cellulose polymer were used to evaluate their rheological performance. Exposure of drilling fluids to temperature might change the fluid's rheology and filtration. Good fluid loss control was observed before and after hot rolling at 300°F and 300 psi for 16 hours (Table 6).
Table 6. Formulation utilizing XC polymer and Resinex and CaBr.
Lignite was used again but with lower concentration of CaCl2 salt and with higher concentration of Mn3O4 and only 5 lb/bbl of CaCO3 (Table 7). An earlier study by Al-Yami at el., showed that 5 lb/bbl of CaCO3 with Mn3O4 can provide acceptable fluid loss control and thin filter cake when combined with good fluid loss additives (Figure 1). Good rheology and fluid loss control before and after hot rolling was observed from this formulation.
Figure 1. Effect of CaCO3 concentration on properties of Mn3O4 drilling fluid.
Table 7. Formulation utilizing XC polymer and Resinex Formulation.
Finally, Vinyl amide/vinyl sulfonate copolymer was tested without CaCO3 and high concentration of CaCl2 (Table 8). The best drilling fluids properties were obtained when using Vinyl amide/vinyl sulfonate copolymer in the Mn3O4/CaCl2 drilling fluid even after hot rolling for 300°F and 300 psi for 16 hours.
Table 8. Formulation utilizing XC polymer and Therma Check and CaBr.
Al-Yami showed that Polyanionic cellulose polymer and starch are better than Lignite and Vinyl amide/vinyl sulfonate copolymer polymers in providing good rheological stability and filtration control for KCl/Mn3O4 drilling fluid. In this study, we showed that Lignite and Vinyl amide/vinyl sulfonate copolymer are better than Polyanionic cellulose polymer and starch in providing good rheological stability and filtration control for CaCl2/Mn3O4 drilling fluid.
1. Oxygen scavenger was added to Polyanionic cellulose polymer to extend its stability and provide good rheological properties. However, the filtration control was not good.
2. Adding starch and CaCO3 and Polyanionic cellulose polymer did not solve the fluid loss control problem.
3. Vinylamide/Acrylic Polymer was not compatible with Mn3O4/CaCl2 drilling fluid. No fluid loss control was achieved even after reducing CaCl2 concentration.
4. Lignite and Vinyl amide/vinyl sulfonate copolymer are better than Polyanionic cellulose polymer and starch in providing good rheological stability and filtration control for CaCl2/Mn3O4 drilling fluid.
5. Polyanionic cellulose polymer and starch are better than Lignite and Vinyl amide/vinyl sulfonate copolymer in providing good rheological stability and filtration control for KCl/Mn3O4 drilling fluid.
6. The use of small concentration of CaCO3 (5 lb/bbl) with Mn3O4 (203 lb/bbl) improved the filtration and reduced the filter cake compared to using Mn3O4 alone.
Al-Yami AS, et al. Innovative Manganese Tetra-Oxide/KCl Water-Based Drill-in Fluids Paper SPE 110638 presented at the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Anaheim, California 2011. pp: 11–14.
Al-Yami AS, et al. Impact of Water-Based Drilling-In Fluids on Solids Invasion and Damage Characteristics. Society of Petroleum Engineers 2010; p: 1.
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Ezeakacha CP, et al. Investigating Impact of Rock Type and Lithology on Mud Invasion and Formation Damage. Society of Petroleum Engineers 2018; p: 7.
Falkowicz S and Kapusta P. Biological Control of Formation Damage. Society of Petroleum Engineers 2002; p: 1.
Fornasier FC, et al. Designing Environmentally Conforming Drilling Fluids: Challenges and Considerations in Latin America. Society of Petroleum Engineers 2017; p: 1.
Gray GR and Darley HC. Composition and Properties of Oil Well Drilling Fluids. 4th edn. Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, Texas, USA 1981.
Hamzaoui BS and Al Moajil AM. Causes and Mitigation of Completion Fluids-induced Formation Damage in High Temperature Gas Wells. Society of Petroleum Engineers 2018; p: 7.
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The ZAM systems are designed for the erection of folding blanks, from simple to highly sophisticated folding box shapes at high power. The common features are high size diversity and performance in short format change.
The system can be equipped to increase performance with up to 3 erecting heads. DIENST ZAM-systems are conceived for erecting processes of trays and boxes in various packing material qualities and in varieties in shape.
The carton blanks are picked out of the magazine by a swivel arm and then get transferred to the forming head where they are formed and fed to the following packaging process as a tray or a box.
An ergonomic and cost saving benefit is the easy change to different flap closing methods.
all three models can work as a stand-alone machine or be part of a packaging line as an integrated component.
all machine settings by spindles with counters.
ensured reproducibility of all machine settings by editable save of all setting values.
clearly structured operation panel with self-explanatory display and visualisation of the functional sequence.
quick restart after malfunction to ensure highest system availability.
smooth material treatment by adapted motion profiles of servo drives.
permanent data storage of all servo drives with trend analysis to prevent down-times.
The glueing of the flaps with the side walls or bottom is done through hot-melt application units respectively fold-over lock or tuck-in technology.
DIENST ZAM systems are designed in a modular and ergonomic way with specific attention to user-friendliness and variable maximum output. To increase performance every system can be equipped with maximum of three forming heads.
The forming of the blanks is carried out by special tuck-in, hot-melt or fold-over tools.
The variable forming tools can be individually adjusted to one format size.
the maximum output per minute is 60 boxes on every forming head, with three heads up to 180 boxes per minute.
separate drive of all modules by servo technology prevents vibrations and assures a smooth and dynamic run.
system configuration with up to three forming heads.
variable forming tools to minimize change parts.
format tools available to handle special carton designs.
magazine extension for more folding boxes provided.
extended corrosion protection for special climatic demands.
equipment with different coding systems and types.


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State lawmakers slam Dogara, say padding is corruption
Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara
Our Correspondents
More troubles came the way of the embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Saturday, as lawmakers from State Houses of Assembly carpeted him for claiming that 'padding' was not an act of corruption but a normal legislative process.
The state legislators in separate interviews with SUNDAY PUNCH correspondents across the country, expressed their anger against Dogara and maintained that 'padding' is criminal and that whoever is involved in such act should be prosecuted.
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, said budget padding is an offence especially when the Speaker failed to carry the entire members along in the addition and subtraction of figures.
He said, "When a budget is presented to the National Assembly, it is the duty of the legislature to look into the proposal, make necessary addition or subtraction of both the items and the amounts involved.
"This must be known to the relevant committees and the House.
"Illegal padding is corruption because you are corruptly using the name of the House, to put something which the House is not aware of."
Also, the Ondo State House of Assembly maintained that Dogara should stop defending the act of padding because it is a corrupt practice which should not be happening in a normal legislative assembly.
The House also called on the speaker to resign and allow thorough investigation into the matter.
The Deputy Speaker, Mr. Fatai Olotu, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, described budget padding as a corrupt practice and blamed President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress for keeping silent on the matter.
He said, "The ongoing budget padding at the House of Representatives is nothing but a corrupt practice, because after the budget has been passed, any item injected into it without the knowledge of the majority of members of the House or the executive that passed it into law, is illegal and a criminal act.
"In a normal democratic setting, the Speaker should resign because he has been mentioned in the process of the budget padding. But unfortunately the anti- corruption government of the APC sees nothing wrong in the matter because we have not heard them saying anything about it."
On his part, the Chairman, Committee on Information of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Gboyega Aribisogan, also described padding as corruption.
Aribisogan said, "It is corruption. If something is inserted into a budget after deliberation by the whole House and it is not known to other members or the person that will append his signature; it is corruption. It is a dishonest action. Dishonesty is corruption."
In Bayelsa, the lawmaker, representing Ogbia Constituency 3 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mr. Gabriel Ogbara, said budget padding is corruption if the legislature fails to consult with the executive on the matter.
Ogbara, who contended that padding was not a normal legislative process, however, said if padding was required, the lawmakers should inform the executive.
He said, "Whether padding is corruption or not, depends on the process. You cannot discuss an issue such as padding without having an understanding of the people and the executive.
"Padding is not a normal legislative process because it is not our duty as legislators to pad but if that is required, it means the legislature has to go back to the executive arm to know because you cannot add something which the executive is not aware of.
"So, it is corruption if the legislature fails to consult the executive to arrive at a consensus."
Corruption: Let's talk about it
National Assembly's incessant budget padding
Corruption: Nigerians must live within their means -Buhari
Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of Arewa Consultative Forum, Anthony Sani, said Dogara and Jibrin should resign so that relevant agencies can properly probe the various allegations in the lawmaking chamber.
He said, "Given the revelations that budget padding has been a practice that lawmakers in the National Assembly have used to pillage our common wealth, the duo of Dogara and Jibrin can resign on moral grounds in order to give teeth to the fight against corruption by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
"Even with that, it would be necessary to take a look at both the letter and the spirit of the provision for constituency projects for members of the legislature as to whether the practice has served the larger interest of the constituencies with a view to reconsidering the practice for common good," Sani told SUNDAY PUNCH.
Similarly, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders has called on the Federal Government to ensure that all the parties involved in the budget padding were probed.
The Executive Chairman of CACOL, Debo Adeniran, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the allegations were "too serious to be ignored."
He said, "The allegations are too grievous and make thorough investigations inevitable. Anyone found guilty of violating laid-down rules, procedures and the constitution should be prosecuted.
"It is therefore clear from the division in the House of Representatives over the budget padding saga that the matter cannot be reduced to one which the lawmakers can handle internally.
"We have always called for circumspection, thorough investigations, diligent prosecution and regard for the rule of law when situations like this arise and that is where we stand on this matter too," Adeniran stated.
I was misquoted — Dogara
But Dogara, in a statement on Saturday said the media misconstrued his statement on the crisis rocking the house.
In a statement on his behalf by Turaki Hassan, his spokesman, Dogara said he did not present himself as being above the law.
According to the statement, Dogara said he was quoted out of context when he spoke with journalists at the presidential villa after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, and also after a meeting with civil society groups in Abuja.
He said, "Unfortunately the media reported him as saying that padding was not a crime. This tended to insinuate that the Hon Speaker admitted there was budget padding but that this did not constitute a crime.
"The Hon Speaker's assertion was and remains that nothing untoward had been done by the House and indeed the national Assembly with respect to the 2016 budget.
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The number one word that comes to mind when I think about my mom is "strong". She lived an extremely hard life in China. While her marriage to my father wasn't technically a straight up, traditional arranged marriage, I don't believe she had much choice in the matter. She had my two older sisters while she was still in China. She'd basically give birth, strap her baby to her back and head out into the fields again for more manual labour. She pulled her own teeth out when she was a child (for reals!). She moved away from her parents and siblings to immigrate to Canada with my Dad, who had the benefit of his extended family living here in Vancouver at the time. My mom had to work in a country where she didn't know the language, then come home to cook and clean for four kids, her husband and his parents. Oy, my grandparents made her life hell. She didn't get along with her in-laws and throughout all their hurled insults, screams and verbal abuse, she would always hold her tongue and continue feeding their ungrateful asses.
Look up the word "stoic" and her photo should be there.
My mom went through two serious urinary tract infections when I was still in law school. Because she never complains and takes care of everyone's needs before her own, she didn't go to the doctor. Instead, she stayed home and kept on doing what she always does: cook, clean, look after her family. Because of this, the infections reached her kidneys and she had to be hospitalized twice. Even when she was in massive pain and overcome with nausea, she still wanted to make sure that the next meal was cooked and waiting for us before leaving for the hospital.
I was furious at her for not saying something earlier so that we could have prevented the seriousness of her ailment. I was terrified because I've never seen my mom that sick. My mom has always been the strongest person in my life. Seeing her so helpless and vulnerable was incredibly scary.
Thankfully my mom is in good health right now and I appreciate her more than words could ever say. She has always been there for me no matter what, being her logical, practical, comforting self. When I say comforting, I don't mean to say that she fawned all over us, told us we were wonderful, or bought us material things. We didn't have any of that – old school Chinese parents raise their children with iron fists. What comforted me was knowing that nothing ever fazed her. Seriously, nothing. She is the calmest person I know. I did all kinds of crazy things as a kid – I was forever rolling down the stairs into the basement and smacking my head on the concrete, I jumped onto a nail once, I was sick literally all the time. My mom is cool as a cucumber. She never freaks out. She always knows what to do. It's so calming. And amazing.
And today, for Mother's Day, I'll be taking my parents out for dim sum (I both love and hate you, MSG. Why are you so tasty yet make me feel so crappy?).
Sunday Supper is devoting today's lineup to items that would pamper our beloved mothers' taste buds. I turned to a breakfast comfort staple: cinnamon rolls. You need to take the proper care, love and time to make cinnamon rolls. This isn't an easy, whip it up, quick treat. You actually have to plan ahead. You need to give it some thought. You need to schedule time to make these babies. You have to have some patience. And I'm not making any ol' cinnamon rolls – I wanted to make them with a caramel apple flavour profile.
Your mom will thank you, especially since anything made with love tastes all the more sweeter.
I used Averie Cook's amazing recipe for overnight buttermilk cinnamon rolls. I didn't change anything so click here to go to her fabulous blog for the recipe.
Heat the butter in a sauce pan over medium high heat. When the butter is melted and the pan is hot, add your apples, brown sugar and cinnamon and saute until soft. If there's too much liquid, crank the heat up so that the liquid evaporates but keep an eye on the apples so that they don't burn.
Place all ingredients into the bowl of a stand mixer or a bowl with your electric mixer. Cream together until fully incorporated, smooth, and fluffy.
After rolling out your dough and covering it with butter, sugar and cinnamon, evenly distribute the sauteed apples. Roll the dough up as tight as possible (I wasn't so good at this part – I felt like my roll was pretty loose. Oh well, it was my first time making cinnamon rolls, I'll cut myself some slack).
After rolling out the dough, spread softened unsalted butter over top, then cover it with sugar and cinnamon.
Spread the apples over top.
Let the dough rest for it's second rise, either on the counter or in the fridge as per Averie's recipe. Bake, then slather with the caramel cream cheese frosting.
I'm not going to lie – these were some of the best cinnamon rolls I've ever eaten. Averie's buttermilk cinnamon roll recipe is da bomb – the dough was indescribably light, fluffy and moist. Even though I thought I really loaded it up with sugar, it wasn't overbearingly sweet. Topped with the amazing cream cheese frosting (I could've spooned it straight from the bowl to my mouth), this was perfection. Soft, slightly sweet, slightly salty pillowy mouthfuls of apple bliss.
I wish everyone a happy Mother's Day – may you be spoiled rotten all day long by your loved ones. Don't even think about lifting a finger. I especially hope someone is treating you to fabulous food, like the dishes found below!
Don't forget to join the #SundaySupper chat on Twitter today to celebrate Mother's Day! We'll tweet throughout the day and share our delicious recipes. Our weekly chat starts at 7:00 pm EST. Follow the #SundaySupper hashtag, and remember to include it in your tweets to join in the chat. Check out our #SundaySupper Pinterest board for more delicious recipes and food photos.
Do you have your ticket to the Food and Wine Conference yet? If not, there will be a special $100 discount available tonight only on the full conference pass if you participate in the #SundaySupper twitter chat from 7 to 8pm Eastern Time, and purchase your ticket during the chat. The discount code is: SundaySupper. We hope to see you there!
She pulled her own teeth?! That is one tough lady! This was a really beautiful tribute to your momma. I hope she had a relaxing day and let herself be pampered and cared for by others for once! It sounds like she definitely deserves this extra special, thoughtful treat.
Seriously, these look beyond amazing. I have no words to describe how yummy these look. Your mom sounds like a soldier. So strong!
Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls?! YUM! These look amazing. And your mom sounds like an incredible person!
Oh, oh, oh…those rolls, they look luscious! Great recipe for #SundaySupper!
What a wonderful tribute to your mother. I can see why you chose the list of adjectives that you did, starting with strong. It takes so much strength to live so graciously through the life she has lived. And I'm sure she feels very lucky to have you as a daughter. And love the cinnamon rolls – the next time I make mine, I'm definitely adding apples! Perfect!
Your mother sounds like an incredible lady! I really love the idea of combining apples and cinnamon rolls – two tasty treats come together!
Oh wow. I'm amazed at what your mom went through and what she has done for her family. It's great she is in good health now. What an amazing influence she is to you and what you have learned because of her.
Fantastic cinnamon rolls too. They are a perfect treat and breakfast for any mom.
These look amazing, I'd love to try adding apples. I made cinnamon rolls recently as well, sans apples. I'd love to try them with apples, though! Btw, love the name of your blog- super cute!
These look absolutely amazing! I can't wait to try this recipe.


USCHO.com Fan Forum | board.uscho.com > College Hockey > Men's Division II and III > East is Primelink / West is MCHA/NCHA the two will meet in Lake Placid. SCORES!!!!
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Primelink Video is @ www.primelink1.com/shootout -- Audio is with the usual great announcing crews.
There is audio from Marian.
Cadets control much of the play during the period.
1 - 0 Norwich through 1. The awful officiating continues in this match up!
Norwich got the lone tally of the period with 7:55 to play with Doug Lindensmith scoring his fourth goal of the season.
Lindensmith initially looked to pass to a streaking Thomas coming in from the opposite wing, but the attempt was blocked by a sliding Plattsburgh defender. Lindensmith followed up the play as the puck kicked out to the front of the goalmouth and he proceeded to flick the puck on the backhand into the net.
Couple of good chances by both teams that could easily have this be 2-1 right now.
Watching the game on Primelink1.
Are these the Platty announcers last year who did the (in)famous GOOOAAAALLLLLLL call??
Bob Emery's dump, chase, and cycle philosophy isn't working. Only seven shots on net through the first 40 minutes of play. Norwich is also playing sound defensively. PSUC has had multiple odd man rush opportunities, and have failed to capitalize. I hope the Cards can step it up in the third period!
Primelink is useless on a Mac.
i can't believe that shots are only 12-7 between these two offensively minded teams, through 2 periods. Norwich is averaging 35.5 SOG/G, Platty is at 39.5 SOG/G.
Both teams blocking shots and there has been a lot of action in the neutral zone. Neither team has really hemmed the other in the defensive zone for an extended period of time minus PP opportunities.
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What's in the files the NSA dribbled out after its Xmas dump?
Cory Doctorow 4:23 am Wed Dec 31, 2014
Patrick writes, "The NSA dumped its IOB reports on Christmas Eve, except that it was
short 15 files, I pointed that out, next dump was silent but an
additional 12 files, I pointed out the three missing files, and as of
today, the three extra files were added, but the extra 3 files have a
different naming convention."
Data analysis resources should be focused on the 3rd quarter report for 2010 and 3rd quarter and 4th quarter reports for 2009, especially as compared to other materials (Snowden?) for those time frames.
My heuristic being that people don't delay without a reason. It isn't necessary to know the reason, just to observe the delay.
NSA IOB Dump Finally Complete!
Tens of million in CARES Act loans went to the families of just 28 Congresspeople
A new analysis from Sludge Magazine shows that Washington nepotism is just as unsurprisingly nepotistic and grossly disappointing as ever: 18 congressional Republicans and one Libertarian have received $21.7 million for 38 businesses with which they are associated. Nine Democrats received $6.1 million for 11 of their own businesses. An additional roughly $54 million went… READ THE REST
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Donald Trump and his administration have effectively enacted a purge in the Defense Department, in the last 45 days of his term. On Friday, the Pentagon announced that two of Trump's longtime loyalists, Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, have been appointed to the department's Defense Business Board. Neither Lewandowski nor Bossie have any Defense experience.… READ THE REST
One of the highest-paid cops in the US accused of corruption
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Earlier this month, stargazers were dazzled by a rare celestial event as The Great Conjunction offered a view of Jupiter and Saturn huddled close together in the night sky. The planets themselves aren't actually in closer proximity to each other, but just the idea of seeing this optical convergence that hasn't been viewed from Earth… READ THE REST
This honeycomb-patterned gel cushion could be the answer to that nagging back pain
None of us are getting any younger. And while the ravages of time work differently on everyone, there seems to be one area where everyone from seniors down to the way-too-young start feeling discomfort first. Oh, that aching back. A lot of that may have to do with how many of us spend huge portions… READ THE REST
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Sony, Variety, MTV, and The New York Times are on board. The Rolling Stones, Snoop Dogg, and Katy Perry too. Mercedes-Benz, Disney, and yes, even Star Wars. They're all instantly recognizable brands that use WordPress as the engine to run their iconic website locations. It's no exaggeration to call WordPress the engine that runs the… READ THE REST


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Price: Rs.300
Organization : Swiggy
Industry :Foodservice
Themes: Entrepreneurship/ Business Models
Swiggy`s Delivery Model
The case study "Swiggy's Delivery Model" discusses how online food delivery company Swiggy used technology to power its delivery model. Swiggy was the brainchild of two engineers who were staying away from home and were struggling to get good food delivered at their doorstep. The duo worked on the idea of hassle-free food delivery, giving rise to Swiggy in 2014. Swiggy initially started taking online orders from customers in the Koramangala locality in Bengaluru which housed some of the best restaurants in the city. It gradually expanded across Bengaluru and other Indian cities like Delhi, Pune, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, and more. It launched its mobile application in May 2015. The case describes how Swiggy created a system that connected all the three partners in the delivery model – Delivery Executives (DEs), customers, and restaurant partners – seamlessly. The case also discusses the challenges Swiggy encountered when it began scaling up in 2016 and the initiatives such as just in time assignment, next order assignment, and batching that it took to overcome the challenges. The case concludes with Swiggy's plans for the future such as diversifying into medicines and grocery and the use of artificial intelligence technology (AI) for further scaling up and expansion.
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Published on Wednesday, February 19 2020
Blues and Bouwmeester to hold conference to discuss his future in NHL
We're on the edge on our seats…
The St. Louis Blues announced Friday that defenseman Jay Bouwmeester had a successful Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator procedure and remains in the care of the cardiology department. The blue liner needed the procedure after he was hospitalized upon suffering a cardiac episode and collapsing on the bench during the first period of the game against the Anaheim Ducks last Tuesday.
The procedure, which was done to restore the heart's normal rhythm, was performed in Anaheim. He was later flown back to St. Louis where he made a statement on his condition.
This has prompted the Blues and Bouwmeester to agree to talk next week and make public statement in 7-10 days about his future.
Many wonder if the veteran player will continue his career after the scary incident.
We will get more information in that pending public statement.
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Arabicization
Arabicization is one of the most contradicting aspects of Arab life nowadays. People in Arabic countries seem to forget their national roots and start to forget their own language while being westernized. The language, as the trait of the cultural identity, suffers the unfair war with other languages that seem to be more recently used. However, the defining aspect of the problem is that Arabicization has many meanings that are not addressed strongly enough while the Arabicization itself is being opposed and compromised all over the Arabic part of the world.
The recent trend around the world is to implement specific policies that might help people to prevent different problems with specific misunderstandings. However, Arabicization is not the exception of that new tendency so that people think about the development of the new educational system as well as the new Governmental heading. One of the main meanings of the Arabicization is the policy promotion that has to be achieved through the proper legislation process. Hence, that specific term is not used only for the currently mentioned perspective. The word Arabicization is widely used to describe specific issues that are common in gender studies, politics, communication, translation, education, sociolinguistics.
However, there is a difference between Arabicization and Arabization. Two related concepts represent that change in the sociolinguistic field while Arabicization expresses the partly-implemented policies that aim to enrich public policies and create a better literacy experience for Arab people and Arabization aims to change the whole concept of historical and cultural identity by implementing changes in sociolinguistic aspects of the Arab life. Hence, people in a modern world cannot support the second term due to its inconsistency and out-of-date meaning and objective. It was said that Arabization "failed" to accomplish its goals while the Arabicization succeeded in some parts of the post-colonial Middle East and North Africa.
Hence, there are specific reasons for the failure that the complete Arabization faces while Arabicization overcomes some of them. While Arabization follows stricter objective to change the community and people's attitude towards the cultural identity and language, Arabicization faces three specific patterns. Those three patterns are the critical position of Arabicization, post-, and anti-Arabicization positions. The first aspect of that problem that is the post-Arabicization includes specific views about religious and other background concepts that might enlighten the need of the Arabicization. Some people define the need of the Arabicization as the aspect of self-realization of any Arab country. For example, some people thing that Arabicization might help Moroccans to revive their national identity and rich cultural legacy, after the French colonization impact. Some faculties also find that appropriate to implement the Arabization on all levels of education to enhance the cultural enrichment. Moreover, people think that the language has to be developed in a greater one so that people might invent the way to learn it in a better and more competitive way.
The anti-Arabicization point of view was supported by those who find it inappropriate to make forced changes in the educational or any other systems so that people have to choose what they want. Moreover, that point of view also enlightens the argument that some people are tended to prioritize French and English languages in their lives so that 100% support is impossible in any country due to the post-colonization world's perspective. Furthermore, the problem here also concerns the new tendency of the modernized world that aims to use more concise languages that compete with others. Hence, those languages are the most common ones like English, French, Spanish, Russian, or Chinese. On the other side, there are more reasons that include the spreading of the languages among other cultures. That question includes marriages among different cultures so that future generations will be able to change their cultural understanding and language usage. In contrast, the new generation uses modernized words that "damage" the Arab language while enhancing the meaning of the point. Unfortunately, the main problem of the Arabicization is that it cannot say that all words from other languages can be translated with the same meaning as they are used in other languages. Therefore, people do not want to lose some specific information from specific sources, especially if those sources are scientific. Arabic scientists understand that their perspective is to read specific journals and other pieces of information in English because Arab language does not provide the needed number of journals and other sources of information. Moreover, the highest number of journals is written in English due to the popularity of the English language. Therefore, the new generation that seeks for knowledge cannot be limited by the Arab language usage in order to enhance the evolutionary development of the humanity.
Those who support the critical position of the Arabicization express their thoughts about that aspect in a manner of changing the why people want to implement that new tendency in the educational system. Those people concentrate on the usage of successful models to implement them in the educational system and learn failures from other parts of the world. These people concentrate on specific aspects that might enhance the usage of the Arabicization as the tool to establish a better country rather than something that might enhance the cultural contradicting change. That change is usually referred to the implementation of "new" new concepts that are out-dated. People who support critical Arabicization say that the new world requires the modern implementation of the Arabic literacy. Some sources state that the failure of the Arabicization can be described in the origin of its influence so that people are trying to change the new world for the old world that is in the past so that we are changing the future and replace it with the past. The obvious thing is that it is wrong to establish past connections because the humanity has to develop its heading to the nearest future perspective, and forget about old tendencies and issues. Moreover, Morocco and Algeria oppose to that new tendency because they have their unique system of thing that rely on the usage of other languages while the problem here is to change the life that is impossible. That is also the way people want to replace something that is new with something that is old. The problem, in that case, is that people are tended to think that old cultural roots are more important than new knowledge and advanced development while it is not. Therefore, a critical position, in that case, requires the evaluation of all pros and cons of small implementations while the effort has to be positive in the long run. Moreover, problems with new cultures that are present in new countries explain the contradiction of specific views. For some people, the implementation of the Arabicization policies would mean the win of the cultural identity while other will lose their cultural identity due to the fact of the forced law implementation which is wrong in its origin. The problem that once might be solved can provoke another problem that might be even greater than the last one. Besides, some implementation of language classes or other subjects that are specific to that language and culture should be the proper usage of the effort and interest while supporting the Arabicization. In addition, only a few percents of people feel the need in the implementation of Arabicization in the majority of Arabic countries.
The alternative definition of the term Arabicization also relies on the opposite flow of the impact. That aspect meets its reflection in the Arabicization meaning by the appearance of foreign words that ultimately do violence to the original language. The overflow of new tendencies is unstoppable, but the usage of new words could be passed or rejected if the one wants that idea to become accomplished on the national level. The first supporting argument warns people of not using the specific Arabized roots in order to form new words in the new language. Another perspective of that argument is that the richness of the language might be damaged in the long run due to its future modernized inconsistency. Moreover, there is a need to implement new Arabic words in order to enrich the language rather than implementing more new words that do not have the Arabic origin. Therefore, new "borrowed" words could be a nice tool to enhance the literacy while the Arabic language could be unable to accomplish that goal, but the problem is that people are using modernized words instead of Arabic ones in order to express their thoughts rather than using old ones to say what they needs. On the other side, those new words in the Arabic language could be replaced with old one, but the problem in that is that they can lose their eternal meaning. The result could be crucial due to the inconsistency of the translation and inability to express the needed information and idea. In contrast, other scientists emphasize that this strategy might prevent people from being interested in outside tendencies while developing their unique cultural identity. The ability to create something by their own might define their ability to adopt and develop. As for positions about the Arabicization, there is also a compromising expectation of the language change. All scientific works aim to implement as many new words as it is possible so that the main idea that might be helpful here is to add new words by filtering them through Arabicization concepts, and if the one fails to express them with the use of basic Arab rules and principles, there would be a need to implement the new world without any significant changes. The compromising aspect of the language orientation might be helpful to satisfy all needs and enhance the performance of both parties that might get satisfied by both conservative usage of the language and new trends, and words that appear in the language will satisfy opponents.
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Over the top of previously mentioned facts, the study was conducted by Albirini that enlightened the real need of new policies of Arabicization. Only one out of more than twenty students said that there is a need for the implementation of subjects that might be taught in the "old" language. Other students tried to explain the inconsistency and the pointless effort of that implementation. Moreover, they highlighted the inability of that language to stay against other languages. Moreover, they also pointed about the inconsistency of its usage due to the technological expansion and growth. Hence, new technologies are developed in order to satisfy recent needs in products that also use the most common language in order to reach their buyers. Therefore, the English language is the only one that might be cost-effective to study in order to be updated with new tendencies and have the needed knowledge in any field of study.
On the other side of previously mentioned fact, there is a UNESCO intervention that provided the implementation of specific education-based models. However, they were not really successful while different cultures did not implement new tendencies completely due to their post-modern structure. Hence, the post-colonial heading in any Arabic country will not let the needed tendency to pass through the filter of anti-Arabicization. The majority of Arabic countries do not see any point of new implementation of old stories while other does that in order to satisfy everyone. However, even the implementation of small changes within Arabicization is still opposed by different social and mass media claims that damage the process.
Despite all previously mentioned facts, there are also specific positive aspects of the given subject due to its basic definition. The definition of native language also provoked different claims that were tested and supported in their expression. As a fact, the old Arabic language is the mother tongue for all children so that it might enhance their performance at school. Moreover, their learning ability might benefit due to its easy access. Over the top of that, there will be no need to learn new languages to learn something. Besides, different educational facilities report translating documents and other pieces of information in the old Arabic language to enhance the educational performance. Their translations have the best possible way to express the information in the adopted language so that their translation as closely related to the original text and express the same idea as the original one.
To summarize the issue, it should be mentioned that Arabicization is a complex topic that might be discussed on the regular basis even on local levels of legislations. People in Arabic countries are tended to save any cultural identities they have so that there is a need to enhance the interest in enhancing the Arabic culture on the same level as they want to keep their own culture. People are tended to change, but sometimes there is a need to stick to your roots and do not forget the elders' legacy in order to save the cultural identity.
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