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FBI probing
California
massacre as
terrorism case
Pak-origin shooter duo had ammo for more
mayhem and bomb making material at home
Targeted group of about 90 were attending a
Christmas party in San Bernardino
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Rory I. Lancman (in kurta and scarf) and other Council Members
hosted the event and honored Indian Americans.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo flanked by former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos who is charged
with corruption and former Speaker Sheldon Silver (right) has been convicted.
Albany: Disgraced exAssembly Speaker
Sheldon Silver's conviction on corruption
charges has put the heat on New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo in more ways than one.
Cuomo, whose administration already
appears to be in the crosshairs of U.S.
Attorney Preet Bharara's ofce, needs to
deliver tougher ethics laws if he wants to
avoid having his legacy tarnished by Albany's
ethics morass, re form advo cates said
Tuesday. The governor is going to have to
do something to show the public that he gets
the message from the public," said Susan
Lerner of Common Cause, New York.
Lerner and other reform advocates said
Cuomo must push reluctant lawmakers into
adopting a set of ethics measures that
include greater restrictions if not an out
right ban on legislators outside income
and tighter campaign nance restrictions,
including closure of the socalled LLC loop
hole that allows a nearly unlimited torrent of
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the nations deadliest mass shooting since the assault on an ele
mentary school in Newtown, Conn., nearly three years ago. Most of
the carnage unfolded in a single room of the Inland Regional
Center, the police said, which was filled with people with whom Mr.
Farook had a personal connection. While shots rang out, others in
the building cowered and hid, sending text messages or making
frantic calls.
The suspects were armed with two .223caliber assault rifles and
two 9millimeter semiautomatic pistols, and they left behind at the
service center an explosive that did not detonate, made of three
pipe bombs, Chief Burguan said. In a rented Ford Expedition with
Utah plates, he said, the couple had 1,400 rounds for the rifles and
200 for the handguns with them at the time of the shootout. And at
the home where they apparently lived in the nearby city of
Redlands, officers found more than 2,500 rounds for the assault
rifles, more than 2,000 for the pistols, several hundred rounds for
a .22caliber rifle, and 12 pipe bombs. There were also supplies for
making more of them.
Law enforcement officials said the F.B.I. had uncovered evidence
that Mr. Farook was in contact over several years with extremists
domestically and abroad, including at least one person in the
United States who was investigated for suspected terrorism by fed
eral authorities in recent years, but had not been charged.
The officials called the case perplexing, saying that no clear evi
dence of terrorism had emerged, though the attack was clearly pre
meditated. The victims were Mr. Farooks coworkers at the county
health department, and the shooting may have involved grievances
against them, but it did not fit the mold for workplace violence,
either.
Chennai.
The worst hit were the poor, tens of thousands of who live in
shanties in lowlying areas. Hundreds were stranded at the railway
stations. Banks advised customers to use ATMs to take out cash as
some branches would not open.
Surinder Singh, a doctor from Delhi who was stuck in Chennai,
told IANS: "It looks like the entire city is under one foot of water. In
some places, the water level is more. Flood water has reached
almost every locality, including posh areas. Everyone on the streets
is barefoot."
Jayalalitha, who had a meeting with Modi, said over 41.95 lakh
food packets were provided to people and those living in apart
ments in affected areas were given water bottles and food by heli
copters and boats.
She said the power supply would be restored once the water was
drained out of the flooded areas.
The railways cancelled 20 trains out of Chennai Central and
Chennai Egmore stations and seven trains from other stations.
People in many areas opened up their homes to the distressed.
Some gave away food to those marooned. Hundreds had moved to
rooftops in the hope of getting food packets from military helicop
ters. Chennai has been battling heavy rains since early November
due to a low pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal. The
floods have also killed 54 in neighboring Andhra Pradesh and two
in Puducherry.
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Vijay M Rao
to provide educational resources
of the RSNA at point of care for
radiologists," Rao said.
Rao, who has served on the edi
torial boards of multiple journals,
has published more than 200
papers, 250 abstracts in medical
literature, and a dozen book chap
ters.
She coedited MRI and CT Atlas
of Corre lat ive Imag ing in
Otolaryngology the oldest med
ical specialty in the United States.
USAID, EnglishHelper
launch RightToRead
project in India
New York: Indian Americanled
EnglishHelper and the United
States Agency for International
Development have launched the
RightToRead project to help
improve the reading levels of
many schoolchildren in India.
The project, launched Oct. 16,
is hoping to help roughly one
million students in India. Boston,
Mass.based EnglishHelper has
developed a computerbased
technology platform that can
verbalize any text, including stu
dents textbooks. According to
the Annual Status of Education
Report (in) 2014, only 48.1 per
cent (of ) children in class 5
could read a class 2 textbook,
EnglishHelper chief executive
of ficer (global) Sanjay Gupta
said
in
a
statement.
RightToRead is a multistake
holder alliance bound together
with a common vision: to pro
vide a scalable and ef fective
solution to achieve literacy for
every child in the country.
We are seeking to demon
strate that technologyenabled
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said.
The campaign, Desai said, is now
becoming a countrywide reality and
inspiration to other nations in the
world as well. The campaign by the
government, social leaders and
media will help sensitize the society
at large and accelerate change and
transformation, he added.
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IN BRIEF
drons.
The Ambassador watched the food be
ing packaged into the distribution vessels
and sent by conveyor belts to the dispatch
area. He was deeply impressed by the
cleanliness and hygiene of the kitchen
processes.
As he departed from the kitchen, Am
bassador Verma promised to endorse the
good work of Akshaya Patra . Later on
that day, Ambassador Verma highlighted
Akshaya Patra's work in a speech titled
"Technology, Innovation, and Societal
Change" at the Indian Institute of Man
agement Bangalore.
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US AFFAIRS
Updating the
Planned Parenthood
shooting in Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO: Three people died
and nine others were wounded last Friday
after a gunman opened fire at a Planned
Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs,
Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper on
Sunday called the shooting "a form of ter
rorism" and said the United States needs to
do more to "keep guns out of the hands of
people that are unstable."
The alleged gunman has been identified
as Robert Lewis Dear, 57. Described by his
neighbors as a loner and someone "you had
to watch out for," Dear had several previous
runins with the law. Dear is being held
without bond on charges of firstdegree
murder .
Multiple news outlets have reported that
Dear mentioned "no more baby parts" in a
statement taken by law enforcement after
he was in custody. Though Dear's motives
for the attack have not been confirmed by
investigators, "baby parts" is a clear refer
ence to the widely debunked series of
videos released earlier this year that show
Planned Parenthood staf f talking about
fetal tissue research.
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After some days of respite, fresh downpour crippled life in Chennai, flooding numerous roads and neighbourhoods and causing traffic jams and power cuts.
Chennai/New Delhi: Life in the Tamil Nadu
capital was crippled as fresh downpour
worsened an already disastrous flood situa
tion, posing danger to thousands of people
in lowlying areas. The financial loss may
exceed Rs.15,000 crore, an industry lobby
body said, as weather forecasting agencies
predicted heavy rain to continue for at least
the next two days.
Soldiers joined the rescue and relief work
and more troops were on their way from
Bengaluru to Chennai, the sprawling south
ern metropolis with over 4.6 million resi
dents.
The unprecedented rains, the worst in
100 years, have battered Tamil Nadu's
northern districts such as Chennai,
Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram and Cuddalore. In
the last spell of rains, around 180 people
had died in the four districts.
Union Urban Development Minister M.
Venkaiah Naidu said in New Delhi that the
situation was "unheard of and unprecedent
ed", and promised all help to the belea
guered city and other areas.
Kumari Selja
the stalemate after the treasury
benches on Wednesday sought to
contradict Selja's claim that she
faced caste discrimination at the
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Sushma Swaraj
likely to visit Pakistan
next week
Islamabad: External
Af fairs
Minister
Sushma Swaraj is likely
to visit Pakistan next
wee k for a reg ional
conference
on
Afghanistan, officials in
Islamabad said.
Pakistan is cohosting
a ministeriallevel con
ference on December 9
to discuss reg ional
cooperat ion
on
Afghanistan and of fi
cials of about 27 coun
tries are expected to
attend it.
A Foreign Office (FO)
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
of ficial told PTI that
Pakistan has invited the Foreign Pakistan's Foreign Of fice and an Indian
Ministers of different countries including diplomat that "Swaraj will most likely
attend the conference following this
India for the meeting.
"We hope for maximum participation, week's unscheduled meeting between the
though some of the countries like India so prime ministers of Pakistan and India in
far not confirmed highlevel participa Paris".
PM Modi and Mr Sharif had a brief
tion," he said on condition of anonymity.
meeting
during which they warmly held
Another FO of ficial said there was
hands
before
sitting down for a chat, with
"greater possibility" that Ms Swaraj would
come to Pakistan for the regional confer the Indian side describing the encounter
ence after the brief interaction between as a "brief exchange of courtesies" but
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistanis terming it as a "good" meeting.
Ms Swaraj's possible visit may also indi
Pakistani counterpart in Paris on the
cate breaking of impasse created in Indo
sidelines of the UN climate summit.
According to Dawn, a senior Pakistani Pak t ies after the cance llat ion of a
of ficial said that Ms Swaraj was "highly meeting between the NSAs of the two
countries in August amid mutual blame
likely" to attend the meeting.
The Express Tribune quoted officials at game.
and JDS.
JDU leaders Ajay Alok and Neeraj
Kumar say the party lost at least four seats
as people confused the JDU symbol with
the 'bow and arrow' symbol of the
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Shiv Sena.
The JDU contested 101 of the 243 seats
and won 71.
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By Amit Kapoor
A staggering 147 heads of state have assembled at Paris to discuss and possibly find a
solution to the problem of climate change at the COP21.
this 2 degree limit.
Another major problem with the 2 degree
limit is that it does not take into account the
historical contribution so far that countries
have made. This makes it even more difficult
to reach a consensus on the limit.
Developing countries like India have argued
that since they have not contributed to cli
mate change in a massive way in the past
150 years, why are they being pressurized
to reduce carbon emissions in the same way
developed countries have been asked to do?
It is a question of fairness, they argue. India
goes further to talk about the issue of "cli
The simple fact is that if India is intolerant now, it was always that
way. And if it is tolerant now, it was always that way.
damentally changed, but the articu
lators of its core values have. That
has much to do with the sheer size
of its population and inherent reli
gious, cultural, demographic and
linguistic diversity.
It is absurd to think that a nation
of 1.25 billion people, which is
home to six world religions, can be
treated with monolithic certitudes.
Purely in terms of its demographic
heft and diversity one can create
about a dozen separate countries
out of India. With that being the
case, how does anyone say any
thing with such finality? There is
no comparable multireligious,
multilingual and multicultural
democracy of India's size and com
plexities. T hat uniqueness
demands a far deeper engagement
than what the shallow hordes that
run amuck on social media prac
tice. However, even those shallow,
often uninformed and misinformed
people on social media, collectively
called trolls, serve a greater demo
cratic purpose than the kind of
misanthropic epidemic that is
debilitating parts of the Middle
East and Africa. No matter how
unpleasant their counter to the lib
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Oil tankers have been plying regularly from Syria to Turkey for the
Western market. This smuggling enterprise is controlled by a son of
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. These tankers and the mercenary
soldiers protecting them have come under heavy Russian fire. So, that
gives credence to Putin charge that Turkey has been siding with ISIS
and shot down his plane deliberately.
zone. The of ficial Russian press
note quotes verbat im what
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
told his Turkish counterpart,
Mevlut Cavusoglu on November
26: by shooting down a Russian
plane on a counterterrorist mis
sion of the Russian Aerospace
Force in Sria, and one that did not
violate Turkeys air space, the
Turkish government has in effect
sided with ISIS.
Lavrov added Turkeys action
appears premeditated, planned
and undertaken with a specific
object.
Even Washington has not come
to Turkeys rescue. In the joint
Press Conference with Frances
Francois Hollande, President
Pt Birju Maharaj, Jatin Das and Pt Bhajan Sopori are among those
asked to vacate government accommodations.
Cabinet
Committee
on
Accommo dat ion on Tuesday
directed the urban development
ministry to initiate proceedings
to get the flats vacated.
What is likely to cause heart
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No one can miss the beautiful St Basil's Cathedral in the Red Square area with its
colorful onion shaped domes. It is showcase of Renaissance Russian architecture.
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A view of the Kremlin. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of
the Russian Federation.
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Subhash Ghai.
added. Ghai's comments were
perhaps in reference to recent
incidents, involving Bollywood
superstars Shah Rukh Khan and
India is an important
audience for us: MLTR
anish band Michael Learns
to Rock (MLTR), who have
won over music lovers
through their pop and soft rock
numbers, are looking forward to
their multicity tour of India next
month as they consider the coun
try important. Formed in 1988,
the band consists of singerkey
board player Jascha Richter,
drummer Kare Wanscher and
guitarist Mikkel Lentz. The
group, which has delivered hits
like "Paint my love", "You took
my heart away", "Sleeping child"
and "Someday", will visit
Gurgaon, Guwahati, Dimapur,
Kolkata and Goa to celebrate
their 25th anniversary tour '25
Live. Commenting on the
upcoming tour '25 Live', Richter
said in a statement: "It is a pleas
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The popular Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade with balloons, floats, celebrities and musical acts cruised
down New York City's Central Park West, through the Avenue of the Americas and ending in Herald Square, near
Macy's iconic Manhattan store. The parade, now in its 89th year, featured perennial favorites like Snoopy,
Spongebob Squarepants and of course Santa Claus bringing up the rear, mixed with new arrivals like Red from
Angry Birds, and a new Ronald McDonald balloon.
Oscar winning
Hollywood actor
Morgan Freeman
arrives at Sarnath
Buddhist monasteries
near Varanasi in India
early November. He
was shooting there
for a documentary on
the greatest religions
of the world.
(Photo: IANS)
Devotees perform
Abhisheka to the statue
of Gomateshwara on the
occasion of
Masthakabhisheka near
Mysore on Nov 29, 2015.
The 57ft monolithic
statue is dedicated to
Bahubali (one with
strong arms), son of
Rishabha, the first
Tirthankara of Jainism.
The famous statue is sit
uated on a hill in
Shravanabelagola in
Hassan district of
Karantaka.
(Photo: IANS)
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English football's
governing body a
player on a student
visa cannot join a
club in the top two
t iers of women's
football.
After this, she
signed a oneyear
deal with third divi
sion team, West Ham
United Ladies.
Her student visa is
now expiring and
the team had planned to sponsor
her for a work visa.
But Aditi, however, cannot apply
for a work visa through the club
because West Ham are in the third
tier and classed as semiprofes
sional.
"There is nothing to do but laugh
at it," Aditi said.
"I was not allowed to play in the
first or second division at first, but
now I'm not allowed to play in any
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DIASPORA
Aditi Chauhan
divisions but those. It's just ridicu
lous and stupid," she added.
She doubts if a male footballer
faces any such problem.
"T he men's clubs have more
money and they can af ford to
sponsor visas. I don't think they
have problems like this, but for
women footballers, it's just a bit
more difficult. I've never heard of
a male footballer in my situation,"
she noted.
Kerala to set up
NRI Commission
30.
"This has been a long standing
demand of the diaspora and our
of ficials after home work have
given the nod for setting this up,"
he said.
Even though there is a special
NRI Police Cell, there are limita
tions in its functioning but with
the commission being a quasijudi
cial body, diaspora complainants
can engage a lawyer who will be
appearing before the panel and
the complainant need not waste
his/her time, unlike when police
handles such cases.
The Kerala diaspora has always
been regarded as the backbone of
the state economy and latest stud
ies reveal that the number of
Kerala emigrants as in 2014 was
23.63 lakh, with 90 percent settled
in various Middle Eastern and Gulf
countries. During the 12month
period ending March 1, 2014,
their total remittances stood at
Rs.72,680 crore.
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India seeks
political solution to
problems in Nepal
New Delhi: India has sought a political solution to
the problems in Nepal, where protests against the
new constitution have virtually closed the bor
ders with India and
led to massive short
ages.
External Af fairs
Minister Sushma
Swaraj conveyed this
message
when
Nepal's
Deputy
Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister
Kamal T hapa met
her here.
Sushma Swaraj reit
External Affairs Minister
erated the "need for
Sushma Swaraj
urgent political solu
tion to political problems facing Nepal", external
affairs ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweet
ed. Nepal's new constitution has evoked strong
resentment from the southern Terai region where
Madhesi political parties have launched violent
protests alleging that their interests had been
ignored.
The protests have led to a blockade of essential
supplies from India to Nepal. Most border cross
ing points on the Nepal side have been shut due
to the protests.
Sushma Swaraj assured Thapa "that there is no
hindrance to supplies from India. But Nepal
needs to normalize situation asap", Swarup
tweeted.
approached him.
"It was a cordial chat, (last
ed) less than two minutes long
and nothing of significance
was discussed," the Dawn said.
The two leaders last met on
July 10 on the sidelines of
SCO summit in the Russian
city of Ufa. But this did not
lead to any breakthrough.
Sharif and Mo di were
together in New York during
the UN General Assembly ses
sion in September but only
got to wave at each other and
exchange smiles.
Islamabad: Pakistan
has executed four ter
rorists
for
their
involvement in last
year's attack on a
school in Peshawar.
"Four
militants
involved in the Army
Public School attack
were hanged in Kohat
district prison on
Wednesday," Geo Tv
quoted a Peshawar
security official as say
ing. T his is the first
Pakistan is to observe the first anniversary of
time that convicts of a
December 16 attack that killed
deadly terrorist attack
at least 150 people, mostly children.
were executed. Army
chie f General Rahee l Sharif on was involved in Pakistan Army Force
Monday signed the death warrants base attack in Peshawar and abet
ment in the school massacre.
of the convicted terrorists.
Maulvi Abdus Salam was found
The four were identified as Maulvi
Abdus Salam, Hazrat Ali, Mujeeb ur guilty of harbouring suicide bombers
Rehman alias Ali alias Najeeb Ullah, who were later used in the attack.
All four terrorists were active
and Sabeel alias Yahya.
The mercy petitions of the four members of Toheedwal Jihad Group
were rejected in August by President ( TWJ ) and admitted their guilt
before the court.
Mamnoon Hussain.
The executions come as Pakistan
Hazrat Ali was convicted of
involvement in collecting funds to prepares to observe the first anniver
sary of December 16 attack that
carry out the school attack.
Najeeb Ullah transported suicide killed at least 150 people, mostly
bombers for the attack, while Sabeel children.
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HEALTH
Bill de Blasio,
Andrew Cuomo pitch
efforts to fight AIDS
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on glucose alone.
The researchers warn that such
glucoseonly drinks could pro
duce gut discomfort and suggest
sucrosebased alternatives, or
sugar in water, can help make
exercise easier.
The carbohydrate stores in our
liver are vitally important when
it comes to endurance exercise
as they help us to maintain a sta
ble blood sugar level.
However, while we have a rel
atively good understanding of
the changes in our muscle carbo
hydrate stores with exercise and
nutrition, we know very little
about optimizing liver carbohy
drate stores during and after
exercise, lead researcher Javier
Gonzalez said.
They tested various sucrose
and glucosebased drinks to see
how dif ferent carbohydrates
could help. Their experiment,
conducted on longdistance
cyclists, showed that ingesting
carbohydrates in the form of
either glucose or sucrose pre
vents the decline in liver glyco
gen carbohydrate stores and
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Is that compliment on
your new dress for real?
W
hen she says she loves your new
haircut, is she telling the truth or
being sarcastic? The answer is not
always obvious, especially for men, a study
says.
Also, for people who suffer from diseases
like Alzheimers or Parkinsons, or neuro
developmental conditions such as Autism,
any form of nonliteral speech such as sar
casm, teasing or white lies can be very con
fusing.
A new video inventory of examples of
these forms of indirect speech developed at
McGill University, Canada, should help in the
diagnosis and clinical testing of those with
disorders of this kind. We tend to believe
that people tell the truth most of the time,
said Kathrin Rothermich from McGills
School of Communication Disorders. So sar
casm and white lies seem to go against a
basic understanding of what should be hap
pening in conversation. This may be part of
what makes them so dif ficult to recognize
for some, Rothermich explained.
Rothermich and her colleague Marc Pell
have developed the Relational Inference and
Social Communication (RISC) video invento
ry. These 926 videos feature short, scripted
scenes with four actors interacting in differ
ent relationships (as romantic partners, as
friends, as colleagues, or as boss/employee).
In each exchange, the actors were asked to
convey one specific intention through their
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Portfolio Rebalancing
Rebalancing is a necessary but often
overlooked portfolio task. Financial advi
sors recommend reviewing your portfolio
Charitable Contributions
The holidays are a good time to remem
ber the causes you care about. In fact, youll
be in good company, as December is the
most popular month for charitable giving,
with 18 percent of annual donations hap
pening this month alone. If you itemize
your deductions, you can take a deduction
ag ainst
donat ions
to
501(c)(3)
organizations.
Your donations can take many forms:
cash, appreciated stocks, or even the cost of
ingredients for a big pot of chili for a home
less shelter.
The GoGetter
Purchasing a gift for a busy parent, a
world trave ler or a so cial butterfly?
Wearable technology will definitely be at
the top of their lists this season.
Fitness fanatics will love soupedup
Bluetooth headsets and activity trackers;
while onthego moms will be grateful for
the ease a smart watch provides them.
Do your homework to ensure whichever
gift you pick is compatible with the recipi
ents existing technology. If your loved one
is an Apple fanatic, you dont want to get
an Android smartwatch.
Add extra personalization by taking into
account product design. For example, sev
eral jewelry designers have introduced
necklaces and bracelets that cleverly house
sports act ivity trackers inside the
accessory.
The Entertainer
Gift lists always include a friend or fami
ly member that loves to entertain guests.
Home chefs who like to throw dinner
parties will surely appreciate a wireless
Bluetooth cooking thermometer that syncs
with a smartphone to alert them when
their main dish is done, or a digital meas
uring cup, that enables cooks to precisely
measure liquids and easily convert meas
urement units.
Wine aficionados can also go high tech
this season. New g ifts include sonic
decanters, smart chillers, and even special
devices that allow you to pour wine with
out uncorking it to preserve freshness.
ullying outside
the
home
makes head
lines daily, but sib
ling bullying can
happen under ones
own roof, and can be
misperceived as nor
mal, say experts.
Sibling rivalry
and sibling abuse
are two separate
things, says Pam
Franklin, author of My Five Sisters, a mem
oir of the authors challenging childhood.
Mental health issues are both at the root of
these problems, and can also perpetuate
them.
Franklin, who was psychologically and
physically abused by her mentally ill older
sister, has turned her story into a unique
exploration of how dangerous sibling abuse
can become if not addressed. She feels her
story could help others and is of fering
insights to those attempting to identify
whether behaviors they have witnessed are
normal or problematic:
s While all siblings are inclined to bicker
or compete, a supreme imbalance of power
that threatens the mental or physical safety
of a particular child is not acceptable and
should be addressed. Observe your children
and ask other responsible parties, such as
babysitters and relatives, for feedback on
what theyve seen or heard.
s Keep in mind that many children wont
normally share problems occurring at home,
fearing retribution from abusers or possess
ing anxiety that no one will believe them.
Many such children become masters at hid
ing their feelings. Dont ignore signs. Pursue
the matter until you discover the truth. Even
if there are no visible issues, regularly talk
ing to your children about their thoughts
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architect.
Here are two of Aalis best poems in
Romanized Urdu:
Karb Ho Ke Lazzat Ho
Karb Ho Ke Lazzat ho
Zindagi Ganeemat ho
Ai Chiraghaye
Betab Bas yehi
Wakt Ne mitta
Daaley Who Gulab Se
Rukhsar
Aab to Zard Chehroun
Ki Dilkashi Ganeemat hai
Husn o Ishq ka
Mahfoom kyon samajh ke
Hoon mamnoon
Aise chaand lafzon
Ki Naghmayi Ganeemat
Hai
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some task in hand, you are determined to finish it. You are
very soft spoken and kind hearted person.
Health this year: This year you will have to be little careful
while travelling. As you will be travelling a lot this year, just
keep in mind that careless driving could harm you. So, be
extra careful while driving especially on turnings. Health
wise a good year ahead.
Finance this year: You need to apply your thinking power to
make quick decisions regarding investing the money in
right place this year. You yourself would invite financial
losses if you invest carelessly. You need to save yourself
from investing in dubious financial schemes.
Career this year: Happiness, prosperity and fame, is what
most of you can expect in the coming year. Your methodical
approach to work, coupled with your sincerity, will take you
to newer heights in your professional career. Your quest for
knowledge and research will help you immensely in your
field of work to achieve success.
Romance this year: This year you are likely to develop a
sudden acquaintance with a stranger who will share your
thoughts fulfil dreams and love without end. This will not
only bring an everlasting fragrance of true love but also
sink you slowly in the sea of love. Those who are already in
a relationship will enjoy the love and affection of their loved
ones.
Lucky month: July, September and January
11th December, 2015
Ruled planet: Moon Ruled by no: 2
Traits in you: Being number 2, you are a person who is
highly ambitious and always look upwards towards
progress and prosperity. You need to control your dominat
ing nature, to keep those around you happy. You are a born
leader, and expect your colleagues and friends to follow
whatever you order them to. This sometimes, leads to mis
understandings.
Health this year: Nature and natural surroundings will draw
your attention in the coming year. You will be able to enjoy
the seas, flowers and on the whole, nature, which will give
you a sense of satisfaction. Being closer to nature gives both
mental and physical peace.
Finance this year: Investment related to your house can be
profitable as you will decide to purchase a new plot. It will
improve your financial position by bringing long term gains
for you.
Career this year: In the coming year, your superiors will
notice your sincerity and loyalty, and they will entrust a lot
of responsibility on your shoulders. You will be able to fulfill
these duties to the utmost.
Romance this year: If you are in love, then your affair will
have to face some testing times as it might get disclosed this
year. However, it will be in your interest to face it courageous
ly, so that you can enjoy your life with the person you love.
Lucky month: June, September and December
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