What is the plural of “crisis”?

It seems like 2008 is becoming the year of global crisis. First we were faced with the worldwide food crisis, swiftly followed by, what now seems to be, a collapse of major financial institutions.

But it might not stop here. As FAO, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, calculated the cost to deal with the current food crisis at US$30 billion per year, donors stepped up their financial support.

But that was before the current financial crisis. At this moment, the governments worldwide concentrate their financial resources in keeping their banks and financial institutions afloat:

* The Belgian, French and Luxembourg governments put in US$9 billion to keep Dexia afloat.
* Previously Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg put up US$16.1 billion to save the Fortis bank.
* Britain is working on a US$87.7 billion bank recapitalization concentrating on Barclays, HSBC and the Bank of Scotland.
* Spain announced a US$40.9 billion fund to buy up bank assets and maintain liquidity
* Sweden is given Iceland’s biggest bank, Kaupthing, an emergency loan worth up US$702 million) to help keep it afloat.
* Germany has thrown a US$50 billion lifeline to struggling lender Hypo Real Estate.
* Italy is about to set up a rescue fund close to US$30 billion for the banking industry.
* Canada gave a US$25 billion “backstop” for there banks.
* Russia pledged to boost liquidity by more than US$100bn, on top of a US$5.4 billion loan to Iceland
* And of course we all know about the $700 billion monster US bailout
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This article compares previous research on gluten free e-demand in the Americas and Europe with analysis of major Asian countries using a re-developed GFP Matrix model. This model uses gluten free search term volumes in Google in specific communities to estimate the community’s gluten free market maturity. The matrix plots the raw gluten related search volumes versus ‘Adjusted celiac searches’ and finds a linear relationship between the two variables. The analysis looks at what defines a mature gluten free market as well as what products people in different countries are searching for and why. One of the main concepts in this article is ‘Adjusted Celiac searches’ which is based on raw gluten search term volumes. These values are then adjusted (increased) to account for internet usage in a country as well as the probable total search engine gluten queries (using specific country Google Market share as the basis). This adjusted value thus estimates the total gluten searches as if 100% of a country had internet access and all search engine results were used.

This intermediate value is then divided by (community population divided by 100) to gain a monthly ‘adjusted celiac search’ value. That is, assuming that that the average celiac rate is approximately 1 in 100 people (diagnosed and undiagnosed), this hypothetical value estimates on average, if all celiacs searched for gf products, how many times they searched for them each month. Note that as diagnosis in advanced countries may be as low as 20%, the actual number of times internet using celiacs currently search may be five times as much as the estimates predict!

To assist analysis, gluten related search terms were divided into seven groups as shown below. Only the top 50 terms were used for detailed statistical analysis, but in most cases, these fifty terms represent 95% of all terms.
» Read more: Global Financial Crisis? America Beats Japan in Gluten Free Demand – The GFP Matrix Shows Why

Although by definition, “Civil Rights” are the rights all Americans have to receive equal treatment in settings, such as employment, housing, education, health care, and more, today, these rights are often being challenged. Times are changing, and not always for the best.

Many people are very frustrated about what is happening to the American laws, and the once great and glorious Republic. All over the country, citizens are upset because of the turbulent times, and what is happening to their civil rights. Even in Minnesota, the Minneapolis civil rights citizens were enjoying are no longer what they used to be. Constitutional, economic and social issues are being obscured, and the media is constantly being manipulated. Many news reports are being slanted so that they are politically correct. As a result, the truth is not always revealed, and the public no longer knows what exactly is going on in their state, or in Washington, DC.

Even the nation’s key principles, the Declaration of Independence, and the U.S. Constitution are being trampled on. With every passing day, our civil rights are becoming more endangered, because they are threatened by laws that are increasingly taking away our freedom of speech, religion, etc. People no longer are equal, nor are they any longer united. Two-faced politicians certainly made sure of that.

Minneapolis civil rights, or those of citizens living in any other US county, city, or state are hurting, and it is time that the people of this once great nation stand up to fight for what is rightfully theirs. Therefore, if you want to protect your civil rights, register to vote, and elect those politicians that are willing to work hard to nurse this country back to health.

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