Arizona man says he beheaded wife 'to get the evil out': Police - Times of India: "An Arizona man who admitted to decapitating his wife and her two dogs in a bloody incident last month in Phoenix told authorities he was attempting "to get the evil out" of her, according to court documents released on Monday.
Kenneth Dale Wakefield, 43, also told police that he had smoked marijuana and the designer drug Spice about an hour before the gruesome killings in a Phoenix apartment on the morning of July 25, the documents showed."
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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Rape Club: Japan's most controversial college society - YouTube
Rape Club: Japan's most controversial college society - YouTube: "Uploaded on Jan 21, 2008
Rape Club, 2004: Japan's attitude towards women is under the spotlight following revelations that students at an elite university ran a 'rape club' dedicated to planning gang rapes.
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Rape Club, 2004: Japan's attitude towards women is under the spotlight following revelations that students at an elite university ran a 'rape club' dedicated to planning gang rapes.
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Hindu Woman Doctor Goes on Uber Rampage in Florida, Suspended by Hospital | saboteur365
Hindu Woman Doctor Goes on Uber Rampage in Florida, Suspended by Hospital | saboteur365: "Anjali probably received subsidized medical training courtesy of the white American taxpayer. Do you really want this nasty chick examining your privates and prescribing your medicine?
She belongs in a Dell call center in Mumbai, not on the streets of America, cursing out people."
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She belongs in a Dell call center in Mumbai, not on the streets of America, cursing out people."
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Friday, January 29, 2016
The California Town Where Chinese Millionaires House their Kids—and Mistresses - YouTube
The California Town Where Chinese Millionaires House their Kids—and Mistresses - YouTube: "Published on Dec 5, 2014
The town of Arcadia California has gained the nickname "the Chinese Beverly Hills". Peggy Fong Chen, who makes a living selling high priced real estate in Arcadia, says that almost all of her buyers are from mainland China. She also pointed out that almost all of her clients pay for their multi million dollar homes in cash. Many Chinese billionaires buy these homes along with exotic cars for their children who are often sent to American colleges. Others use these mansions for the less wholesome purpose of housing their mistresses. Whatever their reasons may be the Chinese elite are buying up American real estate to the tune of $22 billion last year alone."
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The town of Arcadia California has gained the nickname "the Chinese Beverly Hills". Peggy Fong Chen, who makes a living selling high priced real estate in Arcadia, says that almost all of her buyers are from mainland China. She also pointed out that almost all of her clients pay for their multi million dollar homes in cash. Many Chinese billionaires buy these homes along with exotic cars for their children who are often sent to American colleges. Others use these mansions for the less wholesome purpose of housing their mistresses. Whatever their reasons may be the Chinese elite are buying up American real estate to the tune of $22 billion last year alone."
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Google parent Alphabet may soon top Apple's market value - Yahoo Finance
Google parent Alphabet may soon top Apple's market value - Yahoo Finance: "SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- As the digital advertising market booms and demand for smartphones wanes, Alphabet Inc. could soon dethrone Apple as the world's most valuable company.
If it happens, Alphabet will move to the head of the class just five months after Google reorganized itself under the holding company.
The Silicon Valley rivals could trade places as early as Friday, given how rapidly the financial gap between them is narrowing. At the end of trading on Thursday, Apple's market value stood at $522 billion; Alphabet was worth $515 billion.
That's a dramatic swing from where things stood just 13 months ago. Apple then boasted a market value of $643 billion, almost twice Google Inc.'s $361 billion.
Since then, investors have soured on Apple Inc. The company has struggled to come up with another trend-setting product amid slumping sales of its most important device — the nearly 9-year-old iPhone, which accounts for roughly two-thirds of Apple's overall sales."
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If it happens, Alphabet will move to the head of the class just five months after Google reorganized itself under the holding company.
The Silicon Valley rivals could trade places as early as Friday, given how rapidly the financial gap between them is narrowing. At the end of trading on Thursday, Apple's market value stood at $522 billion; Alphabet was worth $515 billion.
That's a dramatic swing from where things stood just 13 months ago. Apple then boasted a market value of $643 billion, almost twice Google Inc.'s $361 billion.
Since then, investors have soured on Apple Inc. The company has struggled to come up with another trend-setting product amid slumping sales of its most important device — the nearly 9-year-old iPhone, which accounts for roughly two-thirds of Apple's overall sales."
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Thursday, January 28, 2016
Shudders — Greater Fool – Authored by Garth Turner – The Troubled Future of Real Estate
Book and Weblog – Authored by Garth Turner — Greater Fool – Authored by Garth Turner – The Troubled Future of Real Estate: "This is the work of analyst Andy Yan who illustrates an incredible fact: in less than a year the number of homes assessed at $1 million or more in Vancouver has increased from 65% to an historic 91%. More arresting, these numbers are six months old, and prices rose another 4-5% since then.
Says Yan: “The low cost of borrowing over the last decade, the effect of global capital entering the residential market, a growing city population, speculative purchase behavior, a cultural and financial predisposition to home ownership versus renting and generational wealth transfer have all shaped the values of residential property.” "
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Says Yan: “The low cost of borrowing over the last decade, the effect of global capital entering the residential market, a growing city population, speculative purchase behavior, a cultural and financial predisposition to home ownership versus renting and generational wealth transfer have all shaped the values of residential property.” "
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States - Yahoo Finance
The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States - Yahoo Finance: "One wealthy Turkish family is using Rothschild’s trust company to move assets from the Bahamas into the U.S., he said. Another Rothschild client, a family from Asia, is moving assets from Bermuda into Nevada. He said customers are often international families with offspring in the U.S."
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The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States - Yahoo Finance
The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States - Yahoo Finance: "Some are calling it the new Switzerland.
After years of lambasting other countries for helping rich Americans hide their money offshore, the U.S. is emerging as a leading tax and secrecy haven for rich foreigners. By resisting new global disclosure standards, the U.S. is creating a hot new market, becoming the go-to place to stash foreign wealth. Everyone from London lawyers to Swiss trust companies is getting in on the act, helping the world’s rich move accounts from places like the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands to Nevada, Wyoming, and South Dakota.
“How ironic—no, how perverse—that the USA, which has been so sanctimonious in its condemnation of Swiss banks, has become the banking secrecy jurisdiction du jour,” wrote Peter A. Cotorceanu, a lawyer at Anaford AG, a Zurich law firm, in a recent legal journal. “That ‘giant sucking sound’ you hear? It is the sound of money rushing to the USA.”
More from Bloomberg.com: Wal-Mart: It Came, It Conquered, Now It's Packing Up and Leaving
Rothschild, the centuries-old European financial institution, has opened a trust company in Reno, Nev., a few blocks from the Harrah’s and Eldorado casinos. It is now moving the fortunes of wealthy foreign clients out of offshore havens such as Bermuda, subject to the new international disclosure requirements, and into Rothschild-run trusts in Nevada, which are exempt.
The U.S. “is effectively the biggest tax haven in the world” —Andrew Penney, Rothschild & Co.
The firm says its Reno operation caters to international families attracted to the stability of the U.S. and that customers must prove they comply with their home countries’ tax laws. Its trusts, moreover, have “not been set up with a view to exploiting that the U.S. has not signed up” for international reporting standards, said Rothschild spokeswoman Emma Rees.
More from Bloomberg.com: The Trader Who Made 6,200% on China Stocks Has Some Advice For Investors
Others are also jumping in: Geneva-based Cisa Trust Co. SA, which advises wealthy Latin Americans, is applying to open in Pierre, S.D., to “serve the needs of our foreign clients,” said John J. Ryan Jr., Cisa’s president."
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After years of lambasting other countries for helping rich Americans hide their money offshore, the U.S. is emerging as a leading tax and secrecy haven for rich foreigners. By resisting new global disclosure standards, the U.S. is creating a hot new market, becoming the go-to place to stash foreign wealth. Everyone from London lawyers to Swiss trust companies is getting in on the act, helping the world’s rich move accounts from places like the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands to Nevada, Wyoming, and South Dakota.
“How ironic—no, how perverse—that the USA, which has been so sanctimonious in its condemnation of Swiss banks, has become the banking secrecy jurisdiction du jour,” wrote Peter A. Cotorceanu, a lawyer at Anaford AG, a Zurich law firm, in a recent legal journal. “That ‘giant sucking sound’ you hear? It is the sound of money rushing to the USA.”
More from Bloomberg.com: Wal-Mart: It Came, It Conquered, Now It's Packing Up and Leaving
Rothschild, the centuries-old European financial institution, has opened a trust company in Reno, Nev., a few blocks from the Harrah’s and Eldorado casinos. It is now moving the fortunes of wealthy foreign clients out of offshore havens such as Bermuda, subject to the new international disclosure requirements, and into Rothschild-run trusts in Nevada, which are exempt.
The U.S. “is effectively the biggest tax haven in the world” —Andrew Penney, Rothschild & Co.
The firm says its Reno operation caters to international families attracted to the stability of the U.S. and that customers must prove they comply with their home countries’ tax laws. Its trusts, moreover, have “not been set up with a view to exploiting that the U.S. has not signed up” for international reporting standards, said Rothschild spokeswoman Emma Rees.
More from Bloomberg.com: The Trader Who Made 6,200% on China Stocks Has Some Advice For Investors
Others are also jumping in: Geneva-based Cisa Trust Co. SA, which advises wealthy Latin Americans, is applying to open in Pierre, S.D., to “serve the needs of our foreign clients,” said John J. Ryan Jr., Cisa’s president."
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Goldman Sachs's Leissner Moves to Los Angeles, Takes Personal Leave - Bloomberg Business
Goldman Sachs's Leissner Moves to Los Angeles, Takes Personal Leave - Bloomberg Business: "Goldman Sachs’s business in Malaysia. The bank’s dealings with the country’s state-owned investment company, 1Malaysia Development Bhd., drew public scrutiny because of the high fees Goldman was paid.
1MDB Bonds
Three 1MDB bond sales in 2012 and 2013 totaling $6.5 billion yielded fees, commissions and expenses for Goldman Sachs of $593 million, or about 9.1 percent of the money raised, a person familiar with the matter said earlier. 1MDB subsequently became entangled in a political scandal due to its ballooning debts and ties with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Both the premier and 1MDB have consistently denied any wrongdoing.
Leissner was appointed as head of investment banking in Singapore in August 2002 and was made a partner in 2006. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 as an executive director in its mergers advisory business.
Goldman Sachs worked on $18.8 billion of Malaysian mergers and acquisitions over the past five years, making it the top foreign adviser with a 20.3 percent market share, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The New York firm was ahead of Bank of America Corp., which had a 15.8 percent share, and beat all local rivals except CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. and Malayan Banking Bhd.
The banker was involved in a number of large transactions such as billionaire T. Ananda Krishnan’s 2009 initial public offering of Maxis Bhd., the country’s largest wireless operator. Later that year, Goldman Sachs received a license from Malaysia’s Securities Commission to set up fund management and corporate finance advisory operations in the country."
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1MDB Bonds
Three 1MDB bond sales in 2012 and 2013 totaling $6.5 billion yielded fees, commissions and expenses for Goldman Sachs of $593 million, or about 9.1 percent of the money raised, a person familiar with the matter said earlier. 1MDB subsequently became entangled in a political scandal due to its ballooning debts and ties with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Both the premier and 1MDB have consistently denied any wrongdoing.
Leissner was appointed as head of investment banking in Singapore in August 2002 and was made a partner in 2006. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 as an executive director in its mergers advisory business.
Goldman Sachs worked on $18.8 billion of Malaysian mergers and acquisitions over the past five years, making it the top foreign adviser with a 20.3 percent market share, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The New York firm was ahead of Bank of America Corp., which had a 15.8 percent share, and beat all local rivals except CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. and Malayan Banking Bhd.
The banker was involved in a number of large transactions such as billionaire T. Ananda Krishnan’s 2009 initial public offering of Maxis Bhd., the country’s largest wireless operator. Later that year, Goldman Sachs received a license from Malaysia’s Securities Commission to set up fund management and corporate finance advisory operations in the country."
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Face value: How fertile women spot rivals - Times of India
Face value: How fertile women spot rivals - Times of India: "It is not only animals that rely on physical cues to gauge the fertility of potential rivals for a mate, an unusual study asserted on Wednesday.
Without knowing it, human women seem to be able to recognise others in the most fertile phase of their menstrual cycle, around ovulation, simply by looking at their faces, it said. And intriguingly, this ability was pronounced in women with high levels of oestradiol, a female sex hormone linked to high general fertility.
The findings implied that more fertile women, who are likely to have more children in their lifetime, "are better at guarding their mate from potential adultery," study co-author Janek Lobmaier of the University of Bern told AFP.
The paper was published in the Royal Society Journal Biology Letters.
Previous research had shown that men prefer portraits of women taken around the ovulation period over those of the same women in a non-fertile phase.
Few studies, if any, have tested whether women too can discern such cyclical facial differences.
Lobmaier and a team showed pairs of photographs of women -- one taken in the most fertile and one in the least fertile phase of their menstrual cycle -- to over 200 other women, some in an online survey and others in the lab.
Unlike men, women did not find the faces in the portraits more or less attractive depending on when they were photographed, the team found.
Overall, they also did not suspect either version to be more likely to "entice your date away from you", as the question was phrased.
But looking at a subgroup of respondents for whom the team had data on naturally-occurring hormone levels, the team found an interesting trend.
Those who were not ovulating but had high oestradiol levels were more likely to pick the photo of an ovulatory woman as a potential date thief.
"One explanation for our findings might be that ovulatory women (who are currently fertile) pose a greater threat to women with high oestradiol levels (who are currently not fertile but have a high potential fertility)," said Lobmaier.
The study did not test the potential influence of naturally fluctuating oestradiol levels.
Many animals send conspicuous signals to indicate fertility -- using plumage, colouring, scent or a special call.
"In humans, these changes are not obvious, so many researchers have suggested that ovulation is concealed in humans," said Lobmaier.
"But there is accumulating evidence that there are subtle changes in human females that are not obvious, but they can still be detected."
Women are fertile for a relatively short period of their menstrual cycle -- a few days before and the day of ovulation.
As with animals, it is theorised that if men can detect this window, it boosts their ability to spread their genes."
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Without knowing it, human women seem to be able to recognise others in the most fertile phase of their menstrual cycle, around ovulation, simply by looking at their faces, it said. And intriguingly, this ability was pronounced in women with high levels of oestradiol, a female sex hormone linked to high general fertility.
The findings implied that more fertile women, who are likely to have more children in their lifetime, "are better at guarding their mate from potential adultery," study co-author Janek Lobmaier of the University of Bern told AFP.
The paper was published in the Royal Society Journal Biology Letters.
Previous research had shown that men prefer portraits of women taken around the ovulation period over those of the same women in a non-fertile phase.
Few studies, if any, have tested whether women too can discern such cyclical facial differences.
Lobmaier and a team showed pairs of photographs of women -- one taken in the most fertile and one in the least fertile phase of their menstrual cycle -- to over 200 other women, some in an online survey and others in the lab.
Unlike men, women did not find the faces in the portraits more or less attractive depending on when they were photographed, the team found.
Overall, they also did not suspect either version to be more likely to "entice your date away from you", as the question was phrased.
But looking at a subgroup of respondents for whom the team had data on naturally-occurring hormone levels, the team found an interesting trend.
Those who were not ovulating but had high oestradiol levels were more likely to pick the photo of an ovulatory woman as a potential date thief.
"One explanation for our findings might be that ovulatory women (who are currently fertile) pose a greater threat to women with high oestradiol levels (who are currently not fertile but have a high potential fertility)," said Lobmaier.
The study did not test the potential influence of naturally fluctuating oestradiol levels.
Many animals send conspicuous signals to indicate fertility -- using plumage, colouring, scent or a special call.
"In humans, these changes are not obvious, so many researchers have suggested that ovulation is concealed in humans," said Lobmaier.
"But there is accumulating evidence that there are subtle changes in human females that are not obvious, but they can still be detected."
Women are fertile for a relatively short period of their menstrual cycle -- a few days before and the day of ovulation.
As with animals, it is theorised that if men can detect this window, it boosts their ability to spread their genes."
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Chinese investors bet big on India, internet giants pour funds into digital startups - Times of India
Chinese investors bet big on India, internet giants pour funds into digital startups - Times of India: ""Chinese internet companies have recognized the big potential in India's digital startups where there are similarities in learning curves and experiences," Frank Hancock, managing director, advisory, Barclays said. He pointed out that the broader FDI investments have pivoted towards the east with Japan competing with the US and the UK among the top three sources of capital. "In that context, the incremental Chinese private investments are important from a signaling perspective," Hancock said.
A recent Credit Suisse report highlighted that India's internet and e-commerce journey bears close similarity with that of China, with a lag of 8-10 years. "The presence of such investors on the boards of investee companies enables access to insightful market advice and winning business models," said Anup Vikal, CFO, Snapdeal, which has attracted investments from Alibaba, Taiwan's Foxconn and Japanese telecoms & internet giant Softbank.
Besides the strategic investors, Hillhouse Capital, one of the largest China-based investment funds, picked up a stake in online classifieds player Cardekho last year, and took positions in the domestic public markets. More significant, though little known, are the investments by State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), a fully-owned subsidiary of People's Bank of China, in some of India's pedigree large cap stocks. SAFE, entrusted with managing China's estimated $3.5 trillion foreign reserves, started taking positions in Indian public equities at least two quarters back, several top bankers in Mumbai said in recent conversations.
Between January 1, 2015 and January 22 this year, investors from Asia chose 48 Indian startups to provide financial backing. The 22 companies, from countries including Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia, participated in funding rounds worth $3.4 billion in this period. Chinese companies Alibaba, Tencent, Ctrip, Didi Kuaidi, Hillhouse Capital and Tybourne (Hong Kong) were significant investors.
Most of China's cash reserves are said to be invested in dollar and euro denominated assets though it has started taking risk exposures in other geographies as well. While Chinese investor interest around Indian internet startups has gathered momentum, it is yet to translate into other sectors which the dragon has eyed for some years now.
Take, for instance, Fosun, arguably, the largest Chinese private conglomerate and the most active overseas acquirer. Fosun -- with interests spanning from pharma to real estate to internet -- started scouting for investments in India more than two years ago but hasn't struck any deals yet.
This is where some bankers forsee "the mutual dislike" between Indian and Chinese businesses, which are rooted in cultural differences and historical prejudices. "Private businesses in the two countries vary vastly, and love to look down upon each other," a senior banker said on condition of anonymity. Then there are whispers about India preferring neutral money from Japan and Canada to build its infrastructure."
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A recent Credit Suisse report highlighted that India's internet and e-commerce journey bears close similarity with that of China, with a lag of 8-10 years. "The presence of such investors on the boards of investee companies enables access to insightful market advice and winning business models," said Anup Vikal, CFO, Snapdeal, which has attracted investments from Alibaba, Taiwan's Foxconn and Japanese telecoms & internet giant Softbank.
Besides the strategic investors, Hillhouse Capital, one of the largest China-based investment funds, picked up a stake in online classifieds player Cardekho last year, and took positions in the domestic public markets. More significant, though little known, are the investments by State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), a fully-owned subsidiary of People's Bank of China, in some of India's pedigree large cap stocks. SAFE, entrusted with managing China's estimated $3.5 trillion foreign reserves, started taking positions in Indian public equities at least two quarters back, several top bankers in Mumbai said in recent conversations.
Between January 1, 2015 and January 22 this year, investors from Asia chose 48 Indian startups to provide financial backing. The 22 companies, from countries including Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia, participated in funding rounds worth $3.4 billion in this period. Chinese companies Alibaba, Tencent, Ctrip, Didi Kuaidi, Hillhouse Capital and Tybourne (Hong Kong) were significant investors.
Most of China's cash reserves are said to be invested in dollar and euro denominated assets though it has started taking risk exposures in other geographies as well. While Chinese investor interest around Indian internet startups has gathered momentum, it is yet to translate into other sectors which the dragon has eyed for some years now.
Take, for instance, Fosun, arguably, the largest Chinese private conglomerate and the most active overseas acquirer. Fosun -- with interests spanning from pharma to real estate to internet -- started scouting for investments in India more than two years ago but hasn't struck any deals yet.
This is where some bankers forsee "the mutual dislike" between Indian and Chinese businesses, which are rooted in cultural differences and historical prejudices. "Private businesses in the two countries vary vastly, and love to look down upon each other," a senior banker said on condition of anonymity. Then there are whispers about India preferring neutral money from Japan and Canada to build its infrastructure."
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Cops foil women's attempt to storm Shani shrine and end bias - Times of India
Cops foil women's attempt to storm Shani shrine and end bias - Times of India: "SHINGANAPUR (Ahmednagar): With the odds stacked heavily against them, around 500 women activists of advocacy group Bhumata Ranragini Brigade made a determined bid to enter the Shani Shinganapur temple -women are prohibited from worshipping here -but were taken into preventive custody by cops and later released following a written assurance that they would not barge into the shrine.
Calling off the day-long high voltage agitation near Supa village, around 70 km from Ahmednagar, group leader Trupti Desai demanded intervention from chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and called for dissolving the temple trust with immediate effect, and sought an end to the alleged gender-bias at the shrine."
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Calling off the day-long high voltage agitation near Supa village, around 70 km from Ahmednagar, group leader Trupti Desai demanded intervention from chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and called for dissolving the temple trust with immediate effect, and sought an end to the alleged gender-bias at the shrine."
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Monday, January 25, 2016
Arrest those who show off extravagance, say experts | Arab News
Arrest those who show off extravagance, say experts | Arab News: "JEDDAH: Legal experts have urged the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution (BIPP) to issue arrest warrants and take legal action against people who boast about their extravagance on social media.
The experts were reacting to the trend of citizens and residents overspending on food and on social events, and also boasting about the same through video clips, local media reported on Saturday.
“They waste the grace of God given to them, incite partisanship, revive rivalries, encourage wastefulness, break the hearts of the poor, damage the reputation of society and disseminate the culture of boasting and arrogance,” they said, adding that such acts call for prosecution.
A video showed a number of people holding silver pans and pouring Oud perfume for their guest to wash their hands, instead of soap. Another video showed a person taking throwing bundles of currency notes in front of camels as fodder. In another video, a man scattered cardamom on the floor for his guests. Another person was seen in a video putting currency notes in a coffee pot containing hot water, thus damaging the notes and saying that his guest deserves more than this.
Sheik Hamad Al-Razen, a judge in Riyadh General Court, was quoted as saying that extravagance and wastefulness are against the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah.
“If a person deliberately intends to show to the public extravagance, he committs two sins — disobeys God and boasts about it.”
Legal action should be taken against such people like arresting referring them him to the specialized court to impose suitable punishments, he added.
Abdullah bin Obaid Al-Nufaiei, associate professor of civil law in Taif University, said: “Our religion teaches us to be moderate, rational and kind without wasting money, food or other things. By showing off their extravagance, these people disobey God.”
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia), as a body to keep a tab on public morals, is entitled to pursue these people, arrest them then and then refer them to BIPP.
Ahmad Jamman Al-Malki, lawyer and legal adviser, said: “According to article 3 of the anti-forgery of money law issued in the Royal Decree No 12 dated 20/7/1379, whoever intentionally destroys the currency of the Kingdom or washes it with chemicals or partially destroys, it is punishable by a prison term ranging of three to five years and a fine of SR3,000 to SR10,000 or both.”"
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The experts were reacting to the trend of citizens and residents overspending on food and on social events, and also boasting about the same through video clips, local media reported on Saturday.
“They waste the grace of God given to them, incite partisanship, revive rivalries, encourage wastefulness, break the hearts of the poor, damage the reputation of society and disseminate the culture of boasting and arrogance,” they said, adding that such acts call for prosecution.
A video showed a number of people holding silver pans and pouring Oud perfume for their guest to wash their hands, instead of soap. Another video showed a person taking throwing bundles of currency notes in front of camels as fodder. In another video, a man scattered cardamom on the floor for his guests. Another person was seen in a video putting currency notes in a coffee pot containing hot water, thus damaging the notes and saying that his guest deserves more than this.
Sheik Hamad Al-Razen, a judge in Riyadh General Court, was quoted as saying that extravagance and wastefulness are against the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah.
“If a person deliberately intends to show to the public extravagance, he committs two sins — disobeys God and boasts about it.”
Legal action should be taken against such people like arresting referring them him to the specialized court to impose suitable punishments, he added.
Abdullah bin Obaid Al-Nufaiei, associate professor of civil law in Taif University, said: “Our religion teaches us to be moderate, rational and kind without wasting money, food or other things. By showing off their extravagance, these people disobey God.”
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia), as a body to keep a tab on public morals, is entitled to pursue these people, arrest them then and then refer them to BIPP.
Ahmad Jamman Al-Malki, lawyer and legal adviser, said: “According to article 3 of the anti-forgery of money law issued in the Royal Decree No 12 dated 20/7/1379, whoever intentionally destroys the currency of the Kingdom or washes it with chemicals or partially destroys, it is punishable by a prison term ranging of three to five years and a fine of SR3,000 to SR10,000 or both.”"
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Sunday, January 24, 2016
Saturday, January 23, 2016
US east coast paralyzed by monster snowstorm, 19 reported dead - Times of India
US east coast paralyzed by monster snowstorm, 19 reported dead - Times of India: " A blizzard that has paralyzed much of the US east coast intensified on Saturday, bringing Washington to a standstill and forcing the closure of roads, bridges and tunnels into New York until Sunday morning.
In all, there were at least 19 deaths in several states related to the storm. It ranked No 3 in terms of snowfall accumulation in New York City history with at least 25.1 inches (63.7 cm), and was among Washington's biggest too, the National Weather Service said.
Thirteen people were killed in weather-related car crashes in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia. One person died in Maryland and three in New York City while shoveling snow. Two died of hypothermia in Virginia, officials said."
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In all, there were at least 19 deaths in several states related to the storm. It ranked No 3 in terms of snowfall accumulation in New York City history with at least 25.1 inches (63.7 cm), and was among Washington's biggest too, the National Weather Service said.
Thirteen people were killed in weather-related car crashes in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia. One person died in Maryland and three in New York City while shoveling snow. Two died of hypothermia in Virginia, officials said."
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US snowstorm: Massive US blizzard paralyses East Coast - BBC News
US snowstorm: Massive US blizzard paralyses East Coast - BBC News: "More than 50 million people across more than a dozen states have been warned to stay at home as it moves north.
The nation's capital, Washington, could lie under a record 30in (76cm) of snow by the time the storm passes on Sunday.
At least nine people have been killed and a state of emergency declared in 10 states. Transport services have been cancelled, and homes are without power.
The weather system affects a huge swathe of the country, from Arkansas in the south to Massachusetts in the north-east.
Supermarkets ran out of food amid a rush for supplies before the first snowflakes fell on Friday."
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The nation's capital, Washington, could lie under a record 30in (76cm) of snow by the time the storm passes on Sunday.
At least nine people have been killed and a state of emergency declared in 10 states. Transport services have been cancelled, and homes are without power.
The weather system affects a huge swathe of the country, from Arkansas in the south to Massachusetts in the north-east.
Supermarkets ran out of food amid a rush for supplies before the first snowflakes fell on Friday."
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Food wasted in Makkah enough to feed millions going hungry globally | Arab News
Food wasted in Makkah enough to feed millions going hungry globally | Arab News: "MAKKAH: The food wasted in Makkah could feed 17 percent of hungry children in 18 developing countries, said a press report Friday. There are an estimated 4.8 million
starving children in Africa, Asia and Latin American countries, said Ahmad Al-Matrafi, director general of a charity food project in Makkah.
Al-Matrafi said that food wasted at an average wedding was sufficient to feed at least 250 people. He said that during the mid-year holidays, 24,000 people were fed with food collected at weddings and other social events."
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starving children in Africa, Asia and Latin American countries, said Ahmad Al-Matrafi, director general of a charity food project in Makkah.
Al-Matrafi said that food wasted at an average wedding was sufficient to feed at least 250 people. He said that during the mid-year holidays, 24,000 people were fed with food collected at weddings and other social events."
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