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Of all the negative reports about Walmart, we are not surprised by this recent report from the web site 24/7 Wall St.

Seems the retailer, considered to be the largest retailer in the US, is number one in providing bad customer service.
We’re thinking this may be the level of service being exported around the world by this large retail corporation. It’s the standard by which all other big stores offering discounts is measured.

The American Consumer Satisfaction Index, (ACSI), is an economic indicator measuring the satisfaction of consumers across the U.S. economy.

In the results of its most recent survey…ta-da! Walmart beat the competition. No other retailer received a lower rating.

“Among all retailers rated by the ACSI for customer satisfaction, none received a worse score than the 71 for Walmart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), which it received from the ACSI when it was graded as a department and discount store.” ~ excerpted from ACSI survey results for Walmart customer satisfaction (more…)

“There is a large percentage of people with degrees in the community who struggle to find work in their own profession; there are still schools who don’t admit children because of their race; and the Rabbinate still makes things hard for the Ethiopian community. We need to amend existing legislation and at the same time work to legislate new laws to help society be more egalitarian.” ~ Pnina Tamano-Shata, (Yesh Atid ), first black female Ethiopian MK, (Member of Knesset)

Elected in January of this year, attorney Pnina Tamano-Shata has become Israel’s first black female Ethiopian representative in the * Knesset.

*(The literal translation of the Hebrew word Knesset is “the gathering”. It is the name of the single parliamentary house in the government of Israel responsible for passing all laws, electing the President and Prime Minister, (although the Prime Minister is ceremonially appointed by the President), approving the cabinet, and supervising the work of the government.)

Pnina Tamano-Shata, is  a member of the Yesh Atid a new liberal Israeli political party, formed in 2012 by former journalist Yair Lapid,  who now serves as Finance Minister. The party’s stated mission is to represent the interests of the middle class. (more…)

“I want to show that my community has many beautiful qualities that aren’t always represented in the media.”
~Yityish Titi Aynaw, Miss Israel 2014

“It’s important that a member of the Ethiopian community win the competition for the first time. There are many different communities of many different colours in Israel, and it’s important to show that to the world.”

So said the first black Israeli beauty queen who after her winning the title met the first black elected President of the United States…This is big news…a showcase of diversity for both nations.

The newly crowned Miss Israel 2013 is Yityish Titi Aynaw, an Ethiopian Immigrant, admits  President Barack Obama of the United States has been a “notable influence” in her life,  after meeting the American chief executive, said,

“He’s an exciting man, a world-class hunk, charming and an extraordinary gentleman.”

This according to reports in the Israeli publication Yediot Aharonot. (more…)

You may be familiar with the name John McAfee. You may recall him as the guy who developed the anti-virus program for computers before any digital viruses had been created to cause  digital infection. That was  in 1987. Twenty-six years ago John McAfee founded McAfee Associates, a computer anti-virus company. He is said to be the first to distribute anti-virus software using what has come to be known as the ” shareware”  business model. Today McAfee Associates, acquired by Intel in 2010 for $7.68 billion is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel. (more…)

How fortuitous…following a memorial service commemorating what would have been the eighteenth birthday of the murdered unarmed black Florida teen, Trayvon Martin, a Florida judge today denied a motion by the confessed shooter to delay his June trial for a murder which took place  one year ago this month…February 2012.

Seminole County Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson, who lives in the city of Sanford where the fatal shooting took place, denied a motion by Zimmerman’s lawyer, Mark O’Mara, for a continuance in the racially charged trial.
This means the trial is to go forward as scheduled on Monday, June 10, 2013. (more…)

The children are this planet’s most precious resource. The statement is often repeated and sounds cliche: the children are our future. The fact is they are.

Over the past one hundred years the deadly legacy of armed conflict throughout the world is the insidious anti-personnel mine…also known as the land mine. Unexploded land-mines remain lethal as a war-torn country begins its reconstruction and development. Frequently the widespread practice of mining agricultural land has led to malnutrition, even to famine and starvation. This heinous military practice is harmful to adults and children alike.

Placing minefields without marking and recording them for later removal is considered a war crime under Protocol II of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons,  an attached condition to the Geneva Conventions.

Using his childhood experience, making toys from whatever materials were available while growing up in war distressed Afghanistan, designer Massoud Hassani has created a wind-powered sphere made from bamboo and biodegradable plastic that can be used to clear landmines. The Mine Kafon.

It is the inexpensive the solution to this dilemma. Watch the video made by artist/film maker Callum Cooper, of the United Kingdom, to see the prototype of this unique lifesaving device in action.
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According to the web site for the project One Billion Rising,

“ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.
ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY.”