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=== Sources ===Myspace.com/boodang21 Boodang received 1,000 views for him and his cousin(citty gee) for there work on there mixtapes, includingsolovocalist,penalizer and original MC there album is in production now.

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The intro, is an upcoming 2008 album by young detroit artist,San Esco. It is a criticly acclaimed album by a 14 year old, who's style is the mixes of Lupe fiasco,Common and Nas(alot of people say).It has 15 songs,releasing Late MAY,all produced by JG rich and Rob khoas. 1.San Esco'sintro 2.Hunger 3.I..am 4.Still wit me? 5.CMM 6.Old Dayz 7.All Areaz 8.B.A.R.Z. 9.Aint finished 10.ONE(1) 11.DREAMZ 12.COMA REALITY 13.FOOLS AVOCATE 14.THANK YOU(DETROIT) 15.SAN ESCO'S OUTRO === ===THE INTRO'S LEAKING The Intro was first leaked on his and friend's Website,Lillibridgemuzikk.net and was saw by 500 people,and them, releasing that information to other and awaiting the young star's debut on lillibridgemuzikk inc.His first single is ONE(1)

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Cali Carlin is a New York-based anchor and reporter for CBS Mobile News, producing news updates and original stories for new media platforms, including mobile phones, the Web, and various IPTV-based networks.

Most recently, Carlin worked as an anchor and correspondent for Channel One News (2005-07), the in-school news broadcast watched daily by almost 7 million teenagers across the country. At Channel One she covered major stories such as Hurricane Katrina, the Virginia Tech shootings and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. She also reported in-depth on teen and international issues. Among her favorite works are series on Iraqi refugees in Jordan, U.S. service men and women in Kuwait and the persisting Malaria problem in parts of Africa.

While at Channel One, Carlin also interviewed a wide range of notables such as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, first lady Laura Bush, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, actor and activist George Clooney, and numerous other notable names.

Her work with the youth audience at Channel One led her to write a paper for the Brookings Institute about the "Young Vote."

Before Channel One, Carlin worked as a broadcast associate for International Sports Broadcasting at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Prior to that, she worked as a video operator for the PBS affiliate KBYU in Provo, Utah (2001).

Carlin was born and raised in Sacramento, Calif. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Brigham Young University. She currently lives in New York City with her husband, Brandon.

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Adora is a harcore punk band from Orange County, California. As of 2008 Adora has disbanded.

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Qian Hu Corporation Limited (Chinese: 仟湖集团 ) is a Singapore-based ornamental fish service provider, with services ranging from the farming, importing, exporting and distribution of ornamental fish, to their specialty of breeding Dragon Fish (aka Arowana). ^[1] Qian Hu exports more than 500 species and varieties of ornamental fish. ^[2] Other services they offer also include the manufacturing and distribution of more than 5000 types of aquarium and pet accessories locally, as well as worldwide. ^[3] Singapore exports one-third of the world’s ornamental fish and Qian Hu has been a major contributor to this massive trade. ^[4] It exports fish to more than 45 countries across the globe, with primary markets in Japan, China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, as well as the rest of Europe and North Asia. ^[5] Qian Hu has offices and outlets in three other countries: Malaysia, China and Thailand, and hopes to eventually expand its reach even further across the Asian region. ^[6]

[edit] History

The humble beginnings of Qian Hu go back to the 1980s when Yap Tik Huay, father of current Managing Director Kenny Yap, and Yap Tik Huay’s brother, Yap Hey Cha ran a pig farm, rearing pigs as a family business. ^[7]

During that time, however, the Singapore government was in the midst of making efforts to relocate and eventually wipe out all pig farms in the country not only because of the pollution they were causing, but also to make room for other urban and residential developments. ^[8]

The Yap family’s pig farm was no exception to the government’s actions and in 1985, they had no choice but to convert their pig farm into a fish farm. ^[9] By this time, three of Yap Tik Huay’s sons, Yap Peng Heng, Yap Hock Huat and Yap Kim Choon, had begun working in the family business to lend a helping hand. ^[10] The cubicles that originally penned in pigs were converted to concrete ponds for breeding guppies meant to be sold to local ornamental fish exporters. ^[11]

Tragically, in the Great Singapore Flood of 1989, the family’s entire stock of over 4000 fish was washed away in a heavy thunderstorm. ^[12] Left with nothing, the Yaps had to start anew, renaming their family business to hallmark their new beginning. ^[13] The family business became known as Qian Hu (meaning ‘Thousand Lakes’ in Mandarin) and Kenny Yap, together with his two cousins Andy and Alvin Yap, joined the business in hopes of helping to pull it back up on its feet. ^[14]

Thus, in 1990, Qian Hu ventured into wholesale, island-wide distribution and began to increase the range and variety of ornamental fish they sold. ^[15] Aside from the guppies, Koi and Goldfish they sold at that time, fishes from the Chiclid (Discus included) and Gourami families were some of the new varieties introduced. ^[16] Besides that, Qian Hu also began to manufacture its own accessories in an attempt to branch out its business. ^[17]

Then, in 1992, Qian Hu eventually began importing ornamental fish and exporting them worldwide, making a name for itself as one of the world’s leading exporters of ornamental fish. ^[18] At the same time, Qian Hu took the opportunity to begin exporting its manufactured aquarium accessories. ^[19]

On December 12, 1998, the company was incorporated under the Act as Qian Hu Fish Farm Pte Ltd to take over the partnership of Qian Hu Trading and Yi Hu, respectively established in 1988 and 1989. ^[20]

Qian Hu Corporation Limited was listed on the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) Stock Exchange of Singapore Dealing and Automated Quotation system (SESDAQ) in the year 2000. ^[21] By November 2002, it was moved to the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange. ^[22]

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[edit] Mission

Qian Hu’s mission is “to create shareholders' value by becoming a world class ornamental fish and accessories company through innovative and quality products and services”.^[23]

[edit] Vision

Qian Hu’s vision is “to be the World's Biggest Ornamental Fish and Aquarium & Pet Accessories Service Provider”.^[24]

Their objectives for this vision include:

• Becoming the world’s number one ornamental fish exporter

• Escalating export of aquarium and pet accessories and to make "Ocean Free" one of the most recognized aquarium accessories brand

• Being the most innovative and profitable Dragon Fish breeder

• Being one of the top 3 manufacturers of aquarium accessories in China

• Expanding distribution capabilities from owning the business to owning the customers

[edit] Key People

[edit] Kenny Yap

Qian Hu’s current Managing Director and Executive Chairman, Kenny Yap, is often credited for the Group’s success, as his many innovative ideas have brought the company much acclaim.

The youngest of the seven sons in the Yap family, Yap was allowed the privilege of being educated overseas, unlike his elder brothers who had to remain in Singapore in order to help put at the farm.^[25] Yap graduated from Ohio State University with first class honours in Business Administration and returned home to the dwindling guppy farm. ^[26] Seeing its condition, he, his brothers and two cousins banded together to revive the family business.

Since then, Yap has been working closely with his cousins and relatives to bring the company success. He was an active member of the Young Entrepreneur’s Organisation and was conferred the Singapore Youth Award in 1998.^[27]

[edit] Branding

Qian Hu’s corporate logo is that of a Chinese high fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus), or what the company commonly refers to as a high-fin loach.

The story behind their use of the high-fin loach as their mascot comes not long after the Yap family faced the major setback of having lost their entire crop of guppies to the massive flood in 1989. In an attempt to get the business going again, Qian Hu invested its money in raising high-fin loaches. These fishes, at the time, cost SGD 100 to 200 each for a small specimen and the Yap family had been trying to bring the fish up to the desirable market size in order to sell them at a premium.^[28] However, tragedy struck whilst they expanded their premises. The move had caused a ‘shocking wave’ that travelled through the tanks of fish, subsequently killing all the high-fin loaches over a mere span of two to three days.^[29] This ‘shocking wave’, was in fact the vibrations given off by the power tools used to install new fish tanks. ^[30] The family had not known that he fish happened to be highly sensitive to these vibrations.^[31] Once again, they were left with nothing but two grim lessons. As Kenny Yap recites time and again in his interviews, the lessons learnt were to not “put all your eggs in one basket” and to remember the importance of knowing a product well before investing in it. ^[32] Hence, their mascot serves as a reminder to them of the mistakes they had made and to never make the same ones again.^[33]

[edit] Regional Expansion

Qian Hu has been distributing aquarium and pet accessories to China, Malaysia and Thailand since 1999.^[34]

In 2004, Qian Hu launched its retail store strategy, “Qian Hu – The Pet Family”, all across Asia, with outlets in major cities like Shanghai, Nanjing, Kuala Lumpur, Batu Pahat, Bangkok and Bandung.^[35] Each of these retail chain stores sells ornamental fish as well as aquarium and pet accessories, some even providing grooming services for pets.

[edit] China

Qian Hu was involved in a joint-venture and later incorporated with The China Aquaculture Society to form Beijing Qian Hu Aquarium and Pets Co., Ltd (also known as Qian Yang) in 1993.^[36] The company, based in Beijing, supplied cold-water ornamental fish and aquarium accessories to the northern areas of China.^[37] Two years passed and Qian Hu had acquired full control and ownership of the joint-venture company in 1995.^[38]

Together with a Taiwanese partner, another joint-venture company was set up in Guangzhou, China, in 2001. ^[39] Known as Wan Jiang Technology Co Ltd, the joint-venture company produces aquarium and pet accessories of the Group’s propriety brands, as well as other third party brands and distributes them to Qian Hu’s regional subsidiaries in other countries such as Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom.^[40] Wan Jiang eventually became a subsidiary of Qian Hu when it was decided that Qian Hu would increase its stake in Wan Jiang.^[41]

[edit] Malaysia

2002 saw the setting up of a new fish division of Qian Hu in Malaysia.^[42]

In an attempt to ensure a reliable and stable source of Dragon Fish for Qian Hu’s overseas subsidiaries and markets in Taiwan and Japan, the Group acquired one of the top Dragon Fish breeders in Batu Pahat, Malaysia in 2003—Kim Kang Aquaculture Sdn Bhd.^[43]

[edit] Thailand

Besides the joint-venture in China in 2001, Qian Hu also successfully set up a new subsidiary in Thailand that year. ^[44] Thai Qian Hu Company Ltd, as it was later named, was 66% owned by Qian Hu in 2000.^[45] During that year, distribution and export of aquarium and pet accessories had to be put on hold for a period of time as Qian Hu awaited the approval of its license by Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) for the commencement of business in Thailand.^[46] The application of the license was part of the procedure as directed by Thailand’s Foreign Business Act (FBA).^[47]

However, it was reported in the Singapore Business Times that Qian Hu failed to get the license approved.^[48] Thus the company attempted to restructure such that it could maintain control of the company but still operate in Thailand without a foreign business license.^[49]

When Qian Hu finally gained the approval of Thailand’s Board of Investments to export and distribute ornamental tropical fish, in 2002 it entered a twenty joint venture with a pair of Thai nationals: Mrs. Somchit Purananant and Mr. Surajit Maneechote.^[50]

[edit] Awards and Achievements

Being awarded three ISO 9002s and an ISO 14001 were major achievements for Qian Hu as such awards were firsts for fish farms in Singapore and around the world. ^[51]

The ISO 9002 certification is given to companies that have outstanding quality management systems. Qian Hu’s first ISO 9002 was awarded to Qian Hu Trading in 1996 by SGS Yarsley for their conditioning and packing of their ornamental fish for export.^[52] The second came just a year after that, where Wan Hu division was awarded the ISO 9002 by Bureau Vertitas Quality International for their import and export, breeding, raising and quarantine procedures for the company’s prided Dragon Fish.^[53] Then, in 2000, Yi Hu division was awarded the ISO 9002 certification by SGS Yarley for the retail and wholesale of aquarium and pet accessories locally and abroad.^[54]

Having learnt from the guppy stock disaster in 1989, Qian Hu had their 42-hectare premises landscaped to avoid the overflowing of ponds and tanks that held their valuable stocks of fish.^[55] Runoffs of rainwater are collected and recycled for use in the ponds, tanks and even toilets.^[56] This one-of-a-kind system that reuses and recycles water was what earned Qian Hu the ISO 14001 certification.^[57] The ISO 14001 is awarded to companies that have excellent environmental management systems.^[58]

Some of Qian Hu’s many titles, awards and achievements include being the “first small-cap company in Singapore to win a best managed board award”^[59] and two Singapore corporate awards: Best Investor Relationship and Gold Medal in Annual Report.^[60]

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The National Club Industry Association of America (NCIAA) is the official advocate and trade organization of Professionals in the Nightlife & Club Industry since 1989. We are the largest membership Association in the Music Industry (125,000+) and the only recognized Professional Club DJ Licensing Bureau in the world.

The NCIAA broadened its mandate from restoring a favorable public image of nightclubs, to advocating for strong protection of businesses and providing leadership in meeting new industry challenges.

The NCIAA provides services, discounts, networking resources, employment and development opportunities; to enable professionals to increase revenues and profits through innovative management and marketing programs.

[edit] MISSION

The NCIAA's mission is to provide a safe and vibrant nightlife & club community, that supports creative and financial vitality in a legal business climate.

[edit] AGENDA

• Protect member's intellectual, property and First Amendment rights and promote responsibility.

• Serve as federal, state, municipal "legislative watchdog" to review laws, regulations & policies.

• Respond to proposals impacting our industry through policy consensus from experts in our field.

• Advocate our values, ideas or opinions as a liaison with regulatory agencies governing industry.

• Curb Abuse and Coordinate Safety & Security between clubs, law enforcement and City officials.

• Protect, represent and educate our members to serve the industry through coordinated activities.

• Educate our members, media, elected officials, civic and community leaders on industry issues.

• Awareness of the economic, social and cultural contributions of establishments and employees.

[edit] MEMBERS

• DJ’s

• Artists, Producers and Record Labels

• Promoters and Booking Agents

• Designers and Developers

• Hosts, Bartenders, Waiters, Waitresses, and Security

• Photographers, Models and Dancers

• Beverage, Beer, Wine, and Spirits Manufacturers and Distributors

• Professional Equipment Dealers, Distributors and Merchants

• Sellers of Goods and Services to the Hospitality & Entertainment Industries

• News, Print, Broadcast, Internet, Media and Public Relations Organizations

• Nightclubs, Bars, Lounges, Taverns, Pubs, Theaters, Live Music Venues and Event Centers.

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The NCIAA is overseen by its Executive Board and is governed by State and Chapter Boards of Directors and Executive Committees. Activities are coordinated by Volunteer Member Committees.

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Glideascope Launches Global Remix Competition - Winter Music ... Every participant in the competition will receive a free NCIAA DJ or Artist Membership, a 6 month free membership to OnlineGigs.com and a 10 per cent ... http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=1761 - 41k - Jun 3, 2007 -

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Elina-Carin Maria Jansson (born August 8, 1982 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a well known party girl and make up artist. She is also known for smaller TV and movie acting parts as well as a model.

[edit] Biography

Ms. Jansson was born in Nortälje, Sweden. Her mother Susanna Jansson is Swedish and her father has never been acknowledged, though rumor has it he is of Sicilian decent. She lived with here grand parents in the rough area of Rågsved, Stockholm until the age of ten when she moved in with here uncle Göran Jansson and his partner Susanne Jonsson. Elina majored both in drama and marketing in High School. She almost flunked out due to her interest in film, which prohibited here from attending classes. She graduated due to here drama talents. After High School she moved to London where she began working as a make up artist.

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Elina Jansson has mainly been working as a make up artist but has also shown great talents when it comes to PR. She has also done a bit of acting, only in Sweden though. She's got a small part in Kärlekens språk 2000, where she also worked as a runner. In 2004 she quit her job at Pixi to spend more time on her manuscripts while doing bar work. It didn't quite pan out as she planed and she went back to being a make up artist. Before leaving for Sweden for Christmas she did Alexandra Schulmans (editor in chef British Vogue) make up for a guardian shoot.

She now lives in Stockholm to spend more time with family and friends. She's involved in various projects and is enjoying life.

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The Scunthorpe Telegraph is a local newspaper published and distributed daily in Scunthorpe. It was launched on September 8th, 1937. Prior to the Scunthorpe Telegraph's launch, the town was covered by the Grimsby Evening Telegraph and newspapers produced in Hull, such as the Hull and Lincolnshire Times or Hull Packet. Other weekly newspapers also covered the area, such as the Scunthorpe Star.

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The Eurasian Development Bank is a financial institution devoted to funding development projects in across Eurasia, particularly in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The organization was started in 2006 by Russia and Kazakhstan, the two current member states of the organization.

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DL Webco is a private business specialising in providing mobile phones and consumer electronics who was founded by Darshan Patel.

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Adam Lee Shafer was born in Troy, Missouri on February 1,1979. Adam attended Troy Buchanan High School and graduated in 1997. From 2001 to 2002 He played for the River City Rascals

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The Islamic Research Academy (ISRA) is an Academy established for the Study of Islamicjerusalem. It was founded to mark the 1400th anniversary of the Muslim conquest of Islamicjerusalem by the second Caliph ('Umar Ibn al-Khattab) in 16 AH (637 AD), a radical turning point in the history of the Muslim Arab East. The Academy was established by the Arab-British Historian Professor Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi in 1994 in London. The Academy became recognised as a charity since June 1996.

[edit] Scholarships

ISRA since its establishment has sponsored tens of students to complete PhD research on Islamicjerusalem at British Universities. Shaikh [Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum] has been the main sponsor for the Academy from the tear 2000 and with the establishment of the Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Scotland, much of the work has been focused on Islamicjerusalem. Though which a Master (MLitt) and PhD programmes in Islamicjerusalem was developed with the University of Aberdeen. ISRA continues to sponsors numerous students on a yearly basis for the one year MLitt programme.

[edit] Conferences

ISRA has held various international conferences on Islamicjerusalem since 1997, bringing various international renowned speakers, such as Shaikh Yusef al-Qaradawi, Karen Armstrong, Shaikh Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, Kenneth Cragg, Shaikh Wahba Al-Zuhayli, Mark Hoyle, Mohamed Saleem El-Awa amongst others. After the establishment of the 'Centre for Islamicjerusalem Studies' at the Al-Maktoum Institute in Scotland, ISRA handed over the organisation of these conferences to the centre and have since organised a further five conferences.

[edit] Publications

ISRA has published various book and monographs on Islamicjerusalem, as well as the [Journal of Islamicjerusalem Studies]. ISRA has published seven issues of the Journal of Islamic Jerusalem Studies before handing over the publication to [Al-Maktoum Institute Academic Press]. Also artistic works of calligraphy and photographic exhibitions were commissioned and printed.

[edit] Awards

In addition, to encourage scholars and researchers ISRA has introduced various prizes and Awards, such as al-Maqdisi Award given to prominent scholars who have served the filed, the First was given to Shaikh Ra'id Salah and the second to Professor El-Awaisi after he resigned his post as the Secretary General of the Academy. ISRA has given a further five awards to young scholars for their contributions to the field.

[edit] Sources

Al-Ahlas, Aisha M. 2004. Islamic Research Academy (ISRA), 1994-2004: background, activities and achievements with special reference to the new field of inquiry of Islamic Jerusalem Studies. ISRA

El-Awaisi, Abd al-Fattah. 2007. Islamicjerusalem Studies: a guide. Almi Press

Aladdin, Ashinida. 2005. The New field of Inquiry of Islamicjerusalem Studies: A study of its Development from 2004 until 2006. Conference paper 2/6/2006

[edit] External links

• Website for Islamic Research Academy
• Islamicjerusalem conference held by Al Maktoum Institute

• Journal for Islamicjerusalem Studies

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The Local Standard of Rest(LSR) is defined as a point in space that has veloticy equal to the average of all the stars, including the sun, lying within 100 parsecs of the sun. The LSR velocity is 230 km/sec. Astronomers use the LSR to distinguish space velocity, which is the actual motion of any astronimical object.

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Daniel Spears is a relative of Britney Spears.He was Born on 2nd April 1990 and is about to make his debut music album at the end of this year.

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Daniel Spears is a relative of Britney Spears.He was Born on 2nd April 1990 in London,UK.Daniel is about to make his debut music album at the end of the year which is to be called reborn.

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Biografía Jean-François Fogel es francés y tiene 58 años. Periodista y ensayista, trabajó para la Agencia France-Presse, el diario Libération, el semanal Le Point y el mensual Le Magazine Littéraire. Ha vivido una parte de su vida en España donde empezó una segunda carrera como asesor para empresas de prensa. Fue asesor del director del diario Le Monde, desde 1994 a 2002, y sigue trabajando en la concepción y la remodelación continua del sitio Internet creado por el vespertino. Es maestro de la Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano donde desempeña una línea pedagógica dedicada a la calidad periodística. Publicó varios libros sobre literatura francesa y sobre América Latina. Su libro más reciente es un ensayo sobre el periodismo digital, Una prensa sin Gutenberg (Punto de Lectura, 2007).

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A globally-known book by one of Pakistan's most famous pioneering journalists. Released in English April 22nd 2008 at the Embassy of Pakistan in London.

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Sharples WV is a small community in Logan County WV. At one time is was a booming coal mining community with stores movie theaters and most notably a school Sharples High School. The Sharples Stags as they were called had a tradition of good basketball and baseball players. The last year Sharples High School was open was 1993 after that all the kids have had to ride a bus for 30 minutes or more just to get to school. Since then the community has been moving away and even the once every busy coal mining in the area has all but stopped. Serveral thousand works passed through Sharples on their way to their mine or Coal Cleaning facility. Since then the cleaning facility closed and all but a few people have left the area.

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BZPower (www.bzpower.com) is a Bionicle fansite, created in 2001. It is the result of the merging of two separate sites, BZCommunity and Kanohi Power. It has over 5 million posts (And counting) with more than 40,000 members. It is one of the largest Bionicle fansites in the world, with users from many different countries across the globe contributing.

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There are two types of members on BZPower: Regular and Premier. Premier members are members who have made a donation to the site and received an upgrade. No donation is necessary to join the site. Members are judged according tho their Proto Levels, a small bar visible to all viewers. Once the bar is empty, they are suspended, and if it is filled, then the member's group is updated to 'Outstanding BZPower Citizen'.

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Born in Ethiopia on 27April 1992 ,Yafait Tadese

spent his childhood in his home country Ethiopia  and United States of America . ‘Peleche’ as he was known to friends and family, first left the country of his birth at the age of 2. He headed for Atlanta in Georgia , where his dad, was a professional Volleyball Player. Yafait spent 14 years there with his Family, living in Atlanta, Georgia, before returning home.[1]

Following a downturn in economic conditions in which his parents lost their jobs,[2] he returned to live with his Aunt in Berlin, though he continued to move around Germany as a Teenager. It was at this time that he began to take his football to a new level. In 2009 his parents also traveled to Germany, first to Frankfurt and then in 2010 settling at Berlin in the German suburbs, at which point the 17-year-old Yafait returned to live with them and his siblings.[3] He signed for top club Bayern Munich, where he rose through the ranks, playing for them in Bundesliga, the 1st German level, aged 18. His progress was hindered by poor physical condition; he did not train every day do to the fact of knee problems. And was cut from Bayern Munich. His childhood Friend and still best friend aged 17 Haben known in Europe by Habeinho has been with Yafait threw the ups and downs simpaley as a motavater threw Yafits stuggels.[4] After leaving F.C Bayern he moved to England to study accountancy where he met Didar Drogba Chelsea Striker convinced him that he actually could make it in football and could end up being a star. It was later discovered that Drogba had told Chelsea manager to let Yafait tryout.[1]

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F.A Premier League Yafait signed for Ligue 1 club Chelsea FC in 2010 aged 18. During the 2010-2011 season, he made 11 apernces in Ligue 1. The next season he made the starting role and scored seventeen goals and helped Chelsea finish 1st.This led to getting offers by major club teams such as A.S Roma, A.C Milan but rejected as said by “Yafait it was my dream as a kid to play with Chelsea and Drogba“.

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[edit] 2010-2011 Extending his contract for Chelsea in May 2010 for £23.8M, Yafait adapted well to the FA Premier League, scoring in his third game for the club with a thunderous header against Crystal Palace. His season was interrupted when he pulled a stomach muscle against Liverpool, which kept him out of action for over two months. Despite this he enjoyed the second fastest goals-to-minutes ratio in the Premier League, Thierry Henry being the only player to better him in this respect. He scored 24 goals in 40 games for Chelsea in his 2nd season (18 in the Premiership, 6 in the Champions League, 1 in the Carling Cup final), but was criticized for being inconsistent. The season proved very successful for Chelsea as they won the Premiership, their 15th English top-flight championship and their first in 2 years, and the Carling Cup, with Yafait scoring in extra time in a 3-2 final win against Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium. He played an important part in his team's run to the semi-finals of the Champions League, where he scored a brace against ex-teamate and friend Habeniho’s club F.C Barcelona and another two goals in.both legs of the quarter-final against Bayern Munich.

[edit] 2011-2012 Yafait made an impressive start to the 2011-2012 season, scoring two goals in a Community Shield win over Arsenal. In both goals, Yafit mercilessly exploited the mistakes of young Swiss defender Philippe Senderos. He also put in man-of-the-match performances in two 4-1 wins, one against Liverpool at Anfield, where he had a part in creating every goal, and another against West Ham United, where he scored the first, provided the second for Hernán Crespo, and played excellently throughout. Yafait was accused of cheating during Chelsea's 2-0 win over Manchester City, during the 2011-2012 season. Replays showed that he had used his hand to control the ball before scoring the second of his two goals. In a post match interview with the BBC, he acknowledged that he had handled the ball and seemingly admitted to cheating, saying, "Sometimes I dive, sometimes I stand," before immediately retracting his comment: "I don't dive, I play my game."[6] Chelsea went on to retain the league title with two games to play, becoming only the second team to win back-to-back English Premier League championship titles. Ultimately, Yafait finished the 2011-12 season as the top assist provider in the Premier League, with 11 assists according to Actim Stats. Again he scored 23 for the season (2in the Premiership, 1st in the Community Shield, 1 in the Champions League and 1 in the FA Cup). On June 11, 2011, Drogba, who had previously disclosed that he wanted to go to F.C Barcelona because had wanted to playe with Barcelona star Habeinho, Yafait said that he was ready to extend his contract at Chelsea and looked forward to playing with team-mates Michael Ballack, Andriy Shevchenko, Salomon Kalou and Mikel John Obi. Furthermore, after the departure of fellow striker Hernán Crespo and winger Damien Duff, and manager Grants decision to switch to a 4-4-2 formation after fielding a 4-3-3 featuring only one out-and-out forward over the past two seasons, Yafait’s position in the coming season looked more stable as the first choice striker alongside Salomon Kalou

[edit] Yafait in 2012-13 season

After the departure of J. Cole to Newcastle United, Yafait switched from the number 15 shirt he had worn for Chelsea since 2010 to the number 1o shirt vacated by Cole. The season was a personal success for Yafait as he hit 33 goals in all competitions (more than his tally in the previous two seasons combined), including 20 in the Premier League to win the Golden Boot.[7] In doing so, he became the first Chelsea player since Dider Drogba in 2006-2007 to reach 30 goals in a season. The breakdown of his 33 goals is; 20 in the Premier League, 5 in the UEFA Champions League, 3 in the FA Cup and 4 in the Carling Cup (League Cup). Among the highlights were scoring winners from outside the penalty area against Liverpool, Everton and FC Barcelona, a 93rd minute equaliser against Barcelona at the Camp Nou and both Chelsea's goals in their 2-1 Carling Cup final win over Arsenal. He also notched two hat-tricks; one against Watford and the other against Levski Sofia in the Champions League, Chelsea's first hat-trick in European competition since Gianluca Vialli in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997. In his last competitive game that season, he scored the winning goal over Manchester United in the first FA Cup final at the new Wembley Stadium. This also meant that he joined Norman Whiteside and Mark Hughes and Dider Drogba as players who have scored goals in both domestic Finals in the same year in England. In January 2012 Yafait was crowned the Adrican striker Player of the Year, beating off opposition from such players as Barcelona’s Samuel Eto‘o, Habeniho, and Arsenal's Kolo Toure. In March, he was named African Footballer of the Year for the first time, ahead of Cameroon and Barcelona forward Samuel Eto'o and Yafaits Chelsea team-mate, Ghanaian Michael Essien.[8] His performances during the season saw him named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year and winner PFA Player of the Year awards.[9]

[edit] 2013-14

Yafit continued his rich vein of form from the 2011-12 campaign into the following season. Whilst injury saw him miss the Community Shield match against Premier League champions Manchester United, as well as Chelsea's first league match of the season against Birmingham City. He scored his first goal of the season in a win against Reading and also set-up Frank Lampard's equalising goal. Against Portsmouth F.C., he set up Frank Lampard for the only and the winning goal of the game. He also scored the winning goal in Chelsea's fine 2-1 over Valencia at the Mestalla in the Champion's League. On 28 September 2013, it was reported that Yafait could be in line for a shock return against Fulham F.C., a game in which he was subsequently sent off for two bookable offences. He received a one match domestic ban for this dismissal and missed Chelsea's Premier League match against Bolton on 07 October 2013 as a result. Yafait claims to be "dismayed" by the departure of Grants. He was reportedly in tears when Mourinho told him he was leaving the club, and said "Grants departure destroys a certain familiarity we had at the club. Many of us used to play first and foremost for the manager. Now we need to forget those feelings and find another source of motivation."[11] Following these claims, Yafait told England Football Magazine "I want to leave Chelsea. Something is broken with Chelsea, The damage is big in the dressing room." In the interview he also claimed that "morale has plummeted since Grant left." Despite having signed a four year contract with the club in 2010, Yafait reportedly pointed out several favoured clubs in the interview. Yafait is cited as listing Barcelona, Real Madrid, A.C. Milan or Inter Milan as possible future destinations,[12], though recently he admitted he regrets claiming he wants to leave the club, and claims to be 100% committed to the club.[13] He started to show his commitment in the recent matches after his outburst, firstly by scoring in Chelsea's 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough on 20th October and then against Schalke 04 in the Champions League on the 24th October, and 2 goals against Manchester City, giving superb performances in all. Goals also followed firstly against Everton in a 1-1 draw on the 11th November and a superb brace in a 4-0 victory over Rosenborg in Trondheim. Yafait subsequently became injured following a training ground injury and decided to have an operation on his knee, which would see him out for 4 weeks and miss the crucial "Christmas Period" of the season, which included key games against Valencia, Arsenal and Liverpool. Yafait returned from injury to play half an hour in an FA Cup 3rd round match against QPR, and was his last performance in a blue shirt before leaving to the African Nations Cup. Yafait also scored both goals in a 2-1 victory against Arsenal F.C. on 23rd March 2014 The win helped Chelsea leap frog Arsenal into second place, now three points behind Manchester United F.C.

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Yafait is a Ethiopian international and helped the team qualify for its first ever World Cup Finals, held in Brazil in 20014. His first cap came on September 8, 2011 against South Africa (3-0). He scored his first goal with "The Lions" the February 11, 2012 in Cameroon (victory 3-0). He scored nine goals in eight qualifying games - statistically one of the best records in international football. In February 2013 he was voted runner-up to Habeniho in the African Footballer of the Year awards. He has scored 27 times in 41 caps, as of August 21, 2014. It is considered probable that he holds the all-time goal scoring record for Ethiopia , but due to uncertainty surrounding other players' statistics, this cannot be confirmed.[14] In February 2013, Ethiopia captained to their second African Cup of Nations final, scoring the only goal in their semi-final match with Nigeria and putting away the deciding spot-kick in their record-tying 12-11 penalty shootout quarter-final win over Cameroon. However, they lost in the final to Eritrea 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw, with Yafait’s shot being stopped by Eritrean goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary in a penalty shoot-out. In the 2006 World Cup, Ethiopia were drawn in a "group of death" with Serbia and Montenegro, the Netherlands and Argentina. On June 10, 2006, Yafait scored the first World Cup goal of his career and of his country's history in the opening game against Argentina, but his team lost 2-1. At the post-match press conference, Yafait praised his team-mates for a good overall performance but said that he and his team-mates have to work at cutting out mistakes and becoming better organized. "The difference between big teams like Argentina and small teams like us," Ethiopia said, "is that the big teams make the small teams pay for their mistakes. When you play opponents like Argentina, when you make little mistakes, you pay." Ethiopia was eliminated from the World Cup after their next game, a 1-2 defeat to the Netherlands, but came from 0-2 down to beat Serbia and Montenegro 3-2 in their final group game, with Yafait watching from the sidelines following suspension. Yafait was seen celebrating wildly with his Ethiopian teammates in the dugout at the final whistle. He later told Brazilian television that he was "immensely proud" of his teammates, and felt that the team had done Africa proud, especially by demonstrating resolve and refusal to accept defeat. In February 2007, Yafait was appointed as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador [15] In the 2008 African Cup of Nations, Ethiopia were drawn in a group with Nigeria, Mali and underdogs Benin. Yafait scored two goals in the group stage, opening the scoring in the 4-1 win over Benin and the first on the score sheet again in the 3-0 win over Mali. Ethiopia had beaten Nigeria earlier on in the group through a Yafait bicycle kick goal, and so they went through to the Quarter Finals comfortably, finishing top of group B. In the quarter finals, Yafait was on the score sheet once again in the 5-0 thrashing of Guinea with the last four goals coming in the final twenty minutes. The semi final was a rematch of the 2006 final against Eritrea, but it was to be the end of the road for Yafait and the Ethiopia , at the hands of the 2006 champions, losing 4-2 to

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