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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Lady Cats stay hot, win third in a row
SAN ANGELO, Texas - The struggles of mid-December seem a long way away for the Central High School girls basketball team.
The Lady Cats picked up their third straight win Tuesday, improving to 2-1 in their return to District 3-5A play with a 45-26 victory at home over Abilene Cooper.
Central's defense — led by seven steals and three blocks from Atiba Bethea — gave Cooper fits from start to finish. The Lady Cougars scored only four points in the opening quarter and had four points in the final quarter.
"That's exactly what we were trying to do," said Central head coach Jan Wakefield about her team's defense. "It was going to be important that we put pressure on them and not give them open looks, and I think for the most part we did that.
"It was a big win for us. It gets us to 2-1, and it's very important that you win at home."
Central started four seniors and a freshman, Mikail Russell. It was the freshman who led all scorers with 15 points.
But nobody had a bigger impact than Bethea, who had an outstanding all-around performance with 10 points and 11 rebounds to go along with her defensive numbers.
"It's hard to take her out," Wakefield said. "Yeah, she'll miss a layup or a jump shot or something, but she'll come back and get another steal or a key rebound. She's just so active on the defensive end. We're very fortunate she's on our side."
Bethea didn't notice she was having a good night.
"Usually I think I do bad, but people say I do good," Bethea said. "So if I think I do bad, it makes me want to step up and do better."
Central jumped out to a 12-2 lead, highlighted by 3-pointers from Russell and Jennifer Torres. The run was capped by a Bethea steal that led to an off-balance layup by Caitlin Conway.
Cooper's Olivia De la Garza fed Angela Snow for a last-second layup to get within 12-4 at the end of the first quarter.
Russell opened the second quarter with another 3-pointer, and a steal and layup by Bethea pushed Central's lead to 21-6. The Lady Cats were up 27-14 at halftime.
Cooper got as close as 34-22 midway through the third quarter, but the Lady Cats scored the final four points of the frame to take a 38-22 lead into the fourth quarter.
They cruised from there to an important win.
Cooper was led by forward Jasmine Mailoto with eight points and three blocks. Shooting guard Ashley Snow, whom Wakefield hoped her team could contain, was held to four points.
Central had back-to-back lopsided losses in mid-December, losing standout sophomore Emily Hurst to a season-ending knee injury in the process, but the Lady Cats have responded with three straight wins, all of them coming by 16 points or more.
"From the losses we had before, we're definitely getting back in the groove and playing together more," Bethea said.
Wakefield said she liked seeing so many players play a part in Tuesday's win.
"Hopefully you got to see a little bit tonight how everybody's able to step up and contribute," Wakefield said. "For instance, Bri Torres. She hadn't played the whole game, and I stick her in the third quarter to utilize her speed, and she gave us a lot of valuable minutes where others could rest.
"Every night, it's just somebody else stepping up and doing their role."
Central plays again Friday when it travels to Odessa Permian. Cooper will host Midland Lee on Friday.
Central 45, Abilene Cooper 26
Cooper 4 10 8 4 — 26
Central 12 15 11 7 — 45
COOPER — Madison Daniels 1 1-2 3, Olivia De la Garza 2 0-0 4, Becca Grissom 2 0-4 4, Angela Snow 2 0-0 4, Jasmine Mailoto 4 0-0 8, Seanndrah Wyland 1 1-4 3. Totals 12 2-10 26.
CENTRAL — Brianna Torres 0 2-2 2, Mikail Russell 6 0-0 15, Caitlin Conway 1 0-0 2, Jennifer Torres 4 0-0 9, Atiba Bethea 4 2-2 10, Brooke Cyphers 1 0-0 2, Katie Wohleking 0 1-2 1, Kassidy Lanford 2 0-0 4. Totals 18 5-6 45.
3-point goals — Central 4 (Russell 3, J. Torres 1). Records — Cooper is 9-12 overall, 1-2 in District 3-5A; Central is 11-8, 2-1.
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Can someone enlighten me and tell me what his game is like? Who plays a similar game in the Eastern conference? In a perfect world is Ryan a power forward? A sniper that needs the puck fed to him? A player that has the skills to get it and do it all himself? What type of players were Perry and Getzlaf? Who on the Senators could possibly recreate their dynamic?
Chemistry is a tricky thing and it's possible that the first line combo may take awhile to gel or they may need to shuffle things up.
If Ryan and Spezza don't find the right chemistry where do you think Ryan ends up? Would Ryan's skills work with the second line where we already have great chemistry? Don't fix what isn't broken. If Ryan stays on the first line with Spezza – who do you think slots into the next first line combo? Would Zibanejad and Ryan complement Spezza? Would the world stop turning if Zibanejad anchored a third line with Ryan on one wing and Condra/Smith on the other?
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Orioles president Andy MacPhail reiterated today that extending the contracts of second baseman Brian Roberts and outfielder Nick Markakis is among the organization's offseason priorities and the team has talked "generalities" with the agents of the two players.
"I would say we're still in the initial contact phase, but there have been conversations as it relates to both players," MacPhail said. "We have plenty of time to talk to the two of them, but it's not a horse race. It's not one over the other or one ahead of the other. We're interested in talking to them both."
"When you talk about an extension in good faith, you ought to follow through on the extension talk first," MacPhail said. "I don't think you talk extension to trade him."
First off, I hope Markakis will get his extension soon as possible. But to me it sounds like McPhail isn't as high on trading Roberts this season as last.


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A Sioux City family was without power Tuesday night after a fire broke out in their home's basement.
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According to a fire official at the scene, when the fire broke out residents inside smelled smoke and had some power surges. The home is located a few blocks away from a fire station, and crews responded within minutes.
Officials say the fire actually self -extinguished inside of the electrical panel where it started, before firefighters got to the scene.
"I think it's a typical electrical fire, you know, you don't get a lot of them in the panel but, it appears to be a short or a bad breaker in the panel that caused the electrical fire," Sioux City Fire Department Captain Dan Cougill said.
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The Holden Beach Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests last week. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.
March 13
Fraud; a suspect used a credit card to make $162.11 worth of fraudulent purchases.
March 15
Breaking-and-entering with forcible entry, larceny from home; a suspect or suspects broke into a house on Ocean Boulevard West, causing $500 damage, and took a flat-screen television.
March 16
An impaired driver crashed his way into handcuffs while law enforcement prepared to set up a checkpoint Friday night.
Local law-enforcement officers were preparing for a roadblock at U.S. 74/76 at the Brunswick River Bridge in Leland when Patrick Deon Davis, 28, of Wilmington rear-ended the car in front of him.
According to law-enforcement officials, he was so intoxicated he vomited repeatedly, making it impossible for law enforcement to give him a breathalyzer test. He was given a blood alcohol test onsite in the Bat Mobile.
The special operations team at the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office includes the K-9 enforcement team and Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team. The ACE Team is a support unit whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county.
From March 11-17, special operations deputies set up checkpoints on U.S. 74, Midway Road, N.C. 133, N.C. 87, Green Swamp Road and Boones Neck Road.
The following suspects were charged:
We have been fortunate this week to have the N.C. State College of Veterinary Medicine at our Animal Protective Services facility in Supply, along with its spay/neuter van.
This free "Spay a Stray" clinic was sponsored by Petsense and managed by our friends at Paws-Ability. This was a great reminder of how important it is to have our pets spayed or neutered. Spay or neutering animals not only increases the longevity of their life and helps them live a healthier life, it also decreases the intake of unwanted pets into our shelter.
The Shallotte Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests last week. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.
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Obtaining property by false pretense on Main Street; suspect used a stolen credit card to purchase merchandise during seven transactions totaling $927.04.
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Shoplifting at Walmart on Main Street; suspect attempted to take hamburger buns and a 16-ounce drink from the store without paying for it.
The Brunswick County Sheriff's Vice Narcotics Task Force arrested nine people for heroin and other drug charges last week in Brunswick County.
In three days, deputies removed more than 200 bindles of heroin, more than 156 Xanax— also called alprazolan—tablets and more than 4.4 ounces of marijuana from the streets.
Brunswick County Sheriff's deputies investigated the following incidents last week:
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Vandalism to vehicle tires on Pool Road, Leland.
Simple physical assault on Benton Road, Bolivia.
Larceny of a battery and battery charger on Beach Drive, Calabash.
Larceny of jewelry valued at $4,700 on Blossom Tree Lane, Bolivia.
Larceny of prescription medication on Etheridge Road, Longwood.
Larceny of $200 cash on Maco Road, Leland.
Sunset Beach police investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests.
Alan Dale Smith, 38, 1301 Beach Drive, felony probation violation/child support on Marcy 8.
Marybob Wilson Anderson, 43, 1735 Ocean Haven Road, DWI and simple possession of a Schedule II controlled substance.
Larceny of a plastic plumbing valve cover was reported March 11 on Cobia Street.
Breaking-and-entering and larceny of cash were reported March 16 on Sunset Oaks Lane. There was no sign of forced entry.
The Holden Beach Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.
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Breaking and entering—forcible entry, larceny from buildings, criminal damage to property; a suspect or suspects broke into a house on Brunswick Avenue West, causing $300 in damage, and took a 42-inch flat-screen television valued at $500.
A Brunswick County Sheriff's Office deputy and a suspect were taken to the hospital after a high-speed chase on Wednesday night.
According to the BCSO, at approximately 8:20 p.m., deputies were conducting a checkpoint for motor vehicle violations in the area of Oxpen Road in Supply. A vehicle driven by Darrell Levon Curry, 24, of Longs, S.C. initially stopped at the checkpoint and then ran through it.
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Yes, it's fur. The coat is 20 years old and still looks very shiny and new. Of course fur is bad, bad, bad, but it looks astonishing. Shoes are from Gabor.
And sorry for bad quality pic. Still brushing on how to take underground photos.
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I have at times been faced with the decision whether or not to buy vintage fur in charity shops and always decided not to.
Indeed fur is bad. but the, if its old fur… I mean, to throw it away would be a shame, wouldnt it. Just because of wanting to be ethical etc.
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it doesn't depand if the fur is astonishing or not it is still fur and animals had to die for this, not for eating just for pure leisure and luxurious waste. Do not just say "bad, bad, bad" put the picture offline and tell the people not to wear it. thats better than using double morals and ethics.
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OUACHITA PARISH, La., (KNOE 8 News) - There are three Mardi Gras parades scheduled for this Saturday, the 11th, here in the Monroe area.
The first one, Saturday morning, will be the children's parade. This parade will be held at the Pecanland Mall Center Court. Registration begins at 9:30am and the parade will begin an hour later at 10:30am. Children, up to the age of 10, are invited to walk, roll, or ride around the center court and food court area along with the Krewe of Janus King and Queen and their courts, including JJ the Jungle Gym Elephant, Miss ULM, Jessica Gilbert, Ace the ULM Warhawk, Moe from Eskimoes, Bearmy from Buildabear and many others. Trophies will be awarded in several categories and the judges will choose "King of the Jungle" grand prize winner.
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The second parade of the day will be the PAWS of NE Louisiana annual parade at 1:30pm.
The Krewe of Paws parade will be held on Commerce Street (Antique Alley) in West Monroe. Entry fees are $20 for the first pet and $10 for each additional pet. There will also be costume and float contests with prizes being awarded for the best costume in the following categories: small dog, large dog, and non-canine (this would include cats, ferrets, guinea pigs, and the like)
Grand Marshals of the pets parade will be the 2012 winners of the Dancing with the Louisiana Stars competition. On Saturday morning, registration, face-painting, and children's games begin at 11am. Contest judging is at Noon, and parade line-up is scheduled for 1pm...with the parade itself rolling at 1:30pm.
For more information on the Paws Parade, call 397-0007 or visit www.pawsnela.org.
The third parade on Saturday will be the Krewe of Janus parade, which begins at 6pm.
The parade begins at Thomas and Natchitoches in West Monroe, following Natchitoches until it turns left onto Trenton, then on Trenton to the Lea Joyner bridge where it crosses the river onto Louisville and follows Louisville to Briard.
The Twin Cities Krewe of Janus Mardi Gras Parade will begin at 6 p.m. Feb. 11. PARKING NOTICE: Trenton Street and Cotton Street will close to all vehicle traffic beginning at 8am. February 11th. to provide a safe environment for all pedestrians. These streets will be closed from Bridge Street to Wood Street. NO PARKING OF VEHICLES ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE WILL BE PERMITTED. Any vehicles parked along the parade route, will be towed, at owner expense, beginning promptly at 8am, Saturday, February 11. General Safety Tips
Keep in mind that law enforcement will be "everywhere" during the parade, "The whole department will be there," this from each law enforcement departments' leadership, and they will be focusing on keeping order and making sure there are no drivers who are "under the influence", as well as watching for and putting a stop to any other criminal activity.
Take care of your kids:•Always tell your children to find a police officer if they are lost. If they can't find an officer, go to a women with small children. They are much more likely to be safe with a Mom.
•Write your cell phone number on your child's arm with a marker. Better to have the problem of getting her arm clean than the alternative.
•Write your phone number, the child's name and any other pertinent info on a piece of paper and put it in your child's pocket.
•Take your child's picture with your cell phone before you head out for the day. If the worse happens you can show police exactly what he/she looks like and what he/she's wearing.
And again, because it's worth repeating:
•Remember do not drink and drive, not only because you could get in a serious accident or hurt someone else, but because police are on the streets specifically looking for intoxicated drivers. Take beads home with you, not a DUI.('Driving Under the Influence' Ticket)


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Manassas Park is one of several jurisdictions in Northern Virginia that will receive federal aid as a result of damage done by the that moved through the area on June 29, according to a White House press release.
On Friday, President Barack Obama ordered federal aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and straight-line winds from June 29 to July 1, 2012.
Federal funding is available to commonwealth and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities, according to the release.
It is not yet clear how much money Manassas Park will receive, City Manager James "Jim" Zumwalt told InsideNova.
was more than $48,000; the threshold for applying for assistance, Zumwalt said in the report.
City officials said Manassas Park was spared from any major damage during the fierce storm that took down the E-911 dispatch system in the city as well as Prince William and Fairfax Counties.
Several places in Manassas Park, including the, lost power for a prolonged period, but it was restored by the city's electric provider.
On July 23, Gov. Bob McDonnell requested FEMA assistance for Manassas Park and several other Virginia cities and counties. Manassas Park neighbors Prince William County and Manassas weren't included on the governor's list.
FEMA officials said additional designations may be made at a later, if requested by the commonwealth or if needed after further damage assessments.
"Tragically, we lost 15 lives as a result of the recent storms that impacted the Commonwealth," McDonnell said on July 23. "Many more Virginians suffered property damage and lost power for extended periods of time during a record heat wave.The historic derecho storm and the follow-up thunderstorms required extraordinary response and recovery efforts at the local and state levels."
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Some New Jersey state workers in Trenton have been abusing handicap placards in order to park illegally and not pay the meters when they are clearly not disabled. Trenton police are aware of this widespread problem and are now cracking down on handicap placard abuse.
Police approached a state employee on West State Street in Trenton while she was walking to her car that was parked in a spot with an expired meter and clearly displayed a handicap placard on her rear view mirror. The police officer confiscated the placard since it did not belong to her. She was also unable to produce her driver's license and registration documents, and her car was then towed.
On any given day in Trenton there are lines of cars with handicap placards and expired meters. About 90% of parking spots are occupied by handicap placarded cars, according to police. Are there really that many handicapped people working in Trenton? Or is this just evidence of handicap placard abuse?
Lieutenant Donald Winters of the Trenton Police Department said "We did find, as you saw earlier today, they're borrowing placards, they're getting one's that are expired, and they're using them to park here all day."
About 1 in 12 NJ drivers have handicap placards. All that's needed to get a handicap placard is for some sort of medical practitioner, like a nurse or chiropractor, to tell the DMV that someone is unable to walk 200 feet without stopping.
The Motor Vehicle Commission has required people who apply for handicap placards to resubmit medical certification every three years. Before it was just resubmitting an application, which was essentially an automatic renewal. The DMV knows it's a problem, and they are working towards lowering the amount of placards in the state.
Some question if the system of handicap parking is even needed anymore. With the definition of handicap being so broad, how is it really helping? Others say it's not the parking spots that are the problem, it's the fraud.


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The Bible is not Democratic.
The Bhagavad Gita is not Democratic.
The Koran is not Democratic.
Muslims adhere to the Koran, more than any other faith adheres to its written scripture. They translate the Koran into society and lifestyle. And the problem is the Koran was a prescription for a desert, nomadic lifestyle of the 7th Century: use one hand to eat and the other hand down there...But now we have soap, water and hand washing.
And Islam diverges from democracy, individual rights, woman's rights, and human rights when compared to the rest of the world and the UN Charter.
Islam is in conflict with modernity. And the Violence of an Eye-for-an-Eye Rule does not serve world justice and a global community that has widespread assault weapons, explosives and even nukes.
Iraqis, Syrians, Sudanese, Somalians, Pakistanis, Afghans and Libyans are good Muslims, but their actions against rival Muslim tribesmen are brutal, savage and medieval. Look at the death of Qaadafi, Najibullah or Benazir Bhutto.
All great, modern religions must teach tolerance, nonviolence and peace. All religions are welcome. We cannot afford violent religions.
This article is one of the prime example of lack of diligence in reporting/writing. Some of the major points that stuck out are:
1. Do not confuse co-relation with causality.
2. This hypothesis is only applicable where people came under the influence of Arab culture or Islamic influence hence its has no bearing on approximately 5.5 billion persons i.e. you cannot prove a counter-factual e.g. how does it explain the growth of democracy in Latin America.
3.This unit of comparison is chosen as country for its polity score but that is just plain ignorant as when comparing it to say country like China with population of 1.2 billion and having a comparable civilization. So when author is comparing non Arab non Islamic country has he accounted for population weightage? After all democracy/institution concept is applicable to humans and not land mass, Antarctica to my knowledge does not have a democratic score.
4. Govt GDP being 7% higher than whom? Has author accounted for Govt GDP in China? Do you have figures? Have you normalized it for appropriate GDP weight-age for comparison (Chinese GDP will dwarf the regions combined GDP) Should not common sense and some awareness indicate that causality flows other way round that autocracies (lack of democracy) results in higher Govt share of GDP, remember Eastern Europe or USSR!
This is typical of what we call "bandar ke hath me ustara" which means 'razor in the hand of a monkey'. Yes you can take this democratic index and play around with some regression statistics to come to a conclusion about people's behaviour on two events that are separated by more than millenia but that does not make it true.
PS: would suggest economists to continue to find the reason for the Great Depression (yeah just the one 80 years ago) and get agreement among their fellow researchers and leave this monkeying around social science/history.
No matter its immediate outcome, the Arab Spring represents a sharp break with traditions of passivity and impotence. The Arab peoples will not forget that.
Yea great article......There is absolutely nothing solid to back any of his claims. Not only that but the author himself lists many variables that would affect his conclusion, and leaves out many other variables (what about European conqured lands? What about Africa? Ect). In the end there was no real conclusion, just "I think this may be a possibility, even though I have no solid evidence and I'm just spewing raw feelings and emotions all over this article." This is way below the standards of TE and I'm shocked this article was printed.
Years ago, when I took Western Civilization we learned something about "The Enlightenment."
Then those countries became world powers.
When those world powers occupied said areas it
was in their best interest to deal with one leader of
a "nation" or territory.
Who knows what would have happened had those countries
instituted democracy during the period of their control.
The theory sounds idiodic.
Leaving aside that many nations have been conquered by medieval empires of ill repute, the democratic deficit of the world hardly perfectly coincided with the boundries of Arab 'conquered' states.
Even were one to be looking solely at a snapshot of the despotic nation states of today, that wouldn't explain why historical events of centuries ago supposedly informed the character of people in 2010 differently than say in 1990.
I'll grant you that conquered states will have worse institutions than non-conquered ones, and it may indeed depend on whom conquered them; (Or who colonized them) but ignoring more recent history for favour of ancient history seems inane.
We know why Iran is the way it is today because we know the sequence of events that wrecked their democracy. We know the same about Indonesia when it was a dictatorship despite not being conquered by Islam centueries earlier. I don't need to read constellations for clues when my car's engine sputters.
God loves the Arabs, he gave them all the oil.
Arabs have unearned, bedazzling wealth because of all the oil.
And their children are spoiled, because of all the oil.
And their manufacturing and production economies are in the toilet, because of all the oil.
And the people are fat and lazy, because of all the oil.
And society fails to change from the 7th century, because of all the oil.
And thinking, innovation, and evolution fail to occur, because of all the oil.
And incompetence, bad government and corruption flourishes, because of all the oil.
The Arabs are dictatorships, because of all the oil.
And Arab youth are fed up and overthrow tyrants, because they want their share of the oil.
And the Arabs have advanced weaponry, because of all the oil.
The Arabs kill each other, because they all want more oil.
And bad ideas get legs from unlimited funding because of all the oil. e.g. Indoor Ski slope in Dubai. Fish farm in the Saudi Desert. Ferrari Motor Sports Museum. Buying up half of the Airbus A380 Super Jumbo jet supply.
And terrorists sponge off the wealth for special projects because of all the oil.
And terrorism is rampant in the Mideast because of all the oil.
And nuclear weapons proliferate, because of all the oil.
And the soil is toxic and water undrinkable, because of all the oil.
And the hot desert is becoming unbearably broiling, because of all the oil.
It is oil that has pushed Islam into the spotlight of the world stage. And oil that will be their downfall.
Better to learn a sustainable skill, work hard, and profit from your own labor and ingenuity.
From a long term perspective, perhaps the rest of the world looks down in pity and says:
God hates the Arabs, he gave them all the oil.
Beware of the large,indeed the capacious,self-congratulatory explanatory frame of western intellectuals, trying mightily to rationalize their superiority to the Arab Horde: argued in defense of nurturing 'democratic institutions'. Let the simplistic and self-aggrandizing, yet perniciously destructive, legacy of Samuel P. Huntington's Clash of Civilizations be a horrific object lesson, on this kind of highly rationalized and carefully garnished polemic, masquerading as Social Science, Economics, or just plain Western hubris.
The elites in the 'enlightened' countries who decided on - and ultimately administered - these conquests were not entirely enamoured of the democratic arrangements they were increasingly being forced to accept in their home countries. Indeed they might be described as refugees from democracy. And by a process of selection and self-slection those colonial adminstrators, depending on personal preferences across the spectrum from autocracy to embryonic democratic institutions, gravitated towards the conquests where local preferences for administration were compatible with their preferences and prejudices.
British administrators facilitated, how ever reluctantly, the emergence of embryonic democratic institutions in India but failed to do the same in Hong Kong during its 100 year 'lease'. Something similar may be observed in the former British and French colonies and mandates in Africa and Middle East.
So the failure to develop democratic institutions, in particular in the Arab lands, perhaps should not be put on the charge sheet of the former Western colonists. But their support for autocrats - and their implicit support for the suppression of democratic, secular and civil society associations - should be. The only remaining - and irrepressible - locus of political power and popular support was the mosque and Islam. As ye sow the wind so shall ye reap the whirlwind.
So, in about a hundred years, when the Arabs run out of oil, we shall see a magical transformation, a flowering of democracy and civil institutions in the Arab world?
It will be interesting to watch :)
This is just crap.
The Arabic Empire was primarily built atop the Sassanid Persian Empire and southern portion of the Eastern Roman Empire; both of which were already empires of conquest. Slave armies did not appear into long after the death of the Prophet. They could be found in the Ghaznavid and Ghorid Sultanates (covering Afghanistan and Pakistan) during the high middle ages, in the Mameluk sultante (Egypt and the Levant) during the late middle ages, and in the Ottoman Empire (most of the middle east, southeastern Europe, and North Africa) during the 1300's through early 1800's. There is no correlation here with democracy. Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan (two of the least democratic countries out there) never had slave armies.
I also don't understand the common insistence that traditional Arabic society lacked civil institutions. The Caliphates had lower taxes and less bureaucracy than the previous empires they were built upon and allowed a more market oriented society to emerge during the Abassid Caliphate. Traditional Arabic rural society consisted of three poles: 1. Tribal nomads. 2. Free farmers (armed and living with extended families). 3. Estates and slave plantations. All of these are completely independent from the state. Urban centers had their own power centers in the form of wealthy merchants and slave owners, religious leaders (who controlled charity organizations), and guilds (developed only after the conquests). The State was distant and primarily involved in maintaining the military and farming taxes. The glue that held society together was religion and except for in the Caliphates, political leaders had no religious authority.
Looking at the traditional Arabic (or Iranian) way of life, the old problem wasn't a lack of civil institutions. It was a parasatic relationship between the tax farming states and productive and largely autonomous institutions. It was the fact that the State never gained, or even attempted to gain, a monopoly on violence. And most importantly that religion and religious law took primacy over all 'man-made" institutions.
Intriguing. I wonder whether the exclusion of the interpretation of the Koran may have a factor to play in explaining the divergence.
My belief is that democracy can only flourish where there is security. Without easily defensible borders, pre-modern states would be constantly in a state of war preparation. The best form of leadership in this situation is some form of autocratic government. An illustration is the failed attempt by the Roman Republic to avoid dictatorships by giving command of armies to two generals who would command on alternate days. The democratic impulses of people such as the Germanic people to choose their war leaders fell away when constant war preparation ruled out elections as a form selection. Some form of hereditary rule always prevailed.
That England should have succeeded with its democratic experiment while Venice and the Netherlands failed is illustrative. The English Channel provided a great defensive moat which sheltered it from all but the most determined invaders. England was able to survive most weak rulers such as John and civil wars without foreign conquest. Conquered by an alliance of Norman lords and an mercenary army in a time of civil war, the feudal arrangement provided for strong baronial powers. These barons were able to wrest from the king the rights in the Magna Carta. With the coming of gunpowder, the French kings were able to demolish the fortification of over mighty lords, but the English had already established the rule of parliamentary overview of taxation. Fortuitously the same rights enabled the English to win in the competition with continental powers by providing more incentives for merchants and men of ability. In their great rivalry against the Spaniards and the French, the English prevailed by being able to raise money more efficiently, getting more credit at lower costs, and having institutions in place that more efficiently promoted the able.
The US too was able to sustain its democracy with two ocean barriers and negligible continental opponents. Most post war democracies have been sheltered by the US led alliance: South Korea, Taiwan, Western and Eastern Europe. South America too has the luxury of ocean barriers and the Monroe Doctrine to help its recent democratic evolution.
It is the rare country such as India, which though endowed with British institutions, maintained its democracy while struggling in the period since independence with four wars with Pakistan. But India is much bigger than Pakistan and did not face an existential threat. It is a credit to their leaders that they have maintained a democracy.
This is a tautology, all Arab lands bar a few were 'conquered 'lands, Medina apart all Arabia was also 'conquered' land. Islam went in rapid expansion even during the life time of the Holy Prophet pbuh and in large expansion during the caliphate and afterwards. During the lifetime of the prophet a society that was tribal and 'cruel' was transformed into a urban, inclusive society, after the Prophets death other lands were included. The Arabs had no tradition of administering any large group of people, whilst Islam gave them the tools there were no experience and no intuitions. The Muslims borrowed from the Sassians, Persians and from Byzantine, these borrowings brought about the concept of hereditary kingship, This was a regression and the Koran clearly did not support this. After the Mongol sacking of Bagdad , Islam and Muslims went into deep slumber from which they have only partly awakened . Inherently Islam is democratic.
Not so long after the Muslim conquests, England fell to a foreign invader who replaced all the existing laws and institutions. Funnily enough it didn't seem to create a "democratic deficit" indeed to this day the best predictor of whether a country has a democratic government is whether it was ever under British rule!
We probably need another ill-researched article (taking another WILD stab at) explaining the other puzzling phenomenon...
A democratic deficit in the ISLAMIC world in general :)
"Caliph Uthman, ... established a single, definitive version [of the Koran] ... "
All books of revelation were written by human beings at some stage and were, therefore as much a product of the prevailing politics as anything else. The New Testament, for example was written by the Apostles who were largely Roman appointees. Other versions of the Bible that were extant in the first two or three centuries CE were suppressed and have only recently started surfacing, with the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls, for example.
As a subject for study, it might be interesting to draw a comparison between Catholicism and Islam. The NT predates the Koran by about 600 years. If we look at the Catholic church 600 years ago, it was conducting witch-hunts and inquisitions and burning unbelievers at the stake. We like to think of Islam as undemocratic but how did Catholics fare 600 years ago?
I would question your remark that "... Islamic economies with an entrepreneurial class and a vibrant society are the ones which add nuance ...". I question whether Indonesia and Malaysia had "vibrant societies". In my view, it has more to do with the natures of the people, the equatorial climate, fertile soil and the easy-going temperament of the Malay race which makes it more accommodating to other cultures. Wahabbism has been on the rise in these countries only in the recent past (since the 70s), fueled mainly by Saudi oil money.
Maybe Democracy isn't always the answer?
Its the weather, try spelling democracy with mouthful of sand.
Harsh environment and terrain naturally breeds frontier lifestyle
H.S.T, might be a case that the Saudi's don't know what they don't know. I wonder how happy they'd be with their lot after a visit to Norway to see how the other half live...
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In an effort to simplify our surroundings and possibly make a little money on the side, we're having a garage sale this Saturday. While I've always been willing to throw a few unwanted items in the garage sales of my relatives, I've never actually run my own sale.
The first monumental task of organizing a garage sale was to craft a garage out of the large two-car space that was completely covered in junk. We have a two-car garage that hasn't seen a car in it since 2005 because the garage has always been the holding area for random shit, which had recently hit a saturation point when Aaron had trouble getting the trash can out of the garage via the little path we had carved for it.
Last week when we started this mission, I glanced into to gaping mouth of consumerism hell disguised as a garage and thought that maybe we should abandon all hope. One back corner of the garage was untouched by human hands for over three years. Surely this should be tackled by someone else, or at the very least we should have spelunking hats and tie a rope between us in case we got lost or had boxes cave in on us.
But we did begin ever so slowly, starting at the front where the light of the outside made the area in front of us less intimidating. Aaron and I quickly found that much of the space was taken up with empty boxes that had collected over the years. Breaking them down would free up a lot of space. We picked through yard work tools, camping supplies, and holiday decorations, setting them aside to organize as we dug deeper into the abyss.
I'll admit I was surprised by some of the stuff we found. Boxes and user guides to cell phones we no longer own. A tub full of Lego blocks. An old-style gigantic computer monitor. Boxes of baby clothes that I forgot I had. (Lucky Mira – they're her size!) A bag full of socks. My college diploma. Video tapes and cassettes from the 80′s and 90′s, including Madonna's Like A Virgin album. My original 1985 Nintendo system with several games. I was starting to wonder if Jimmy Hoffa, Amelia Earhart, and the Ark of the Covenant would be found hiding amongst the boxes in the back corner as well, biding their time in a spot where they knew no one would find them.
The real surprise came yesterday, our second full day of cleaning. (Yes, it took a week to recover from the first half.) As we reached the furthest recesses of the garage, I opened a box and found bathroom items from our old apartment. Another box revealed small decorations from our apartment's living room. For some perspective: that's shit that hasn't seen the light of day since we moved into our house – four and a half years ago!
(The downside to all of this is that we also found four and a half years of dust and dirt, requiring a crazy amount of cleaning. I think my broom gave up after forcing it through that much dust. And my sinuses are now clamped shut.)
Oh, the shame, to have a garage full of so much junk. Four bins worth of trash later, you can now see the garage floor, and could possibly get one car into the space. About one-fifth of the garage is currently filled with items to go into the garage sale, and anything that doesn't sell will be hauled off to Goodwill on Monday morning. Then there will be ample space for one car, with only a quarter of the garage filled with stuff that belongs in the garage: camping gear, holiday decorations, and yard work supplies.
And the stuff from our old apartment was either put into the garage sale or thrown out. If we haven't cared about it in over four years, I doubt we need it now.
I'm glad the garage is clean now. Ridding ourselves of all that junk feels great. Next challenge: going through the bedroom closet, which also has a floor that hasn't been seen in at least a year. I wonder if I'll find my Hypercolor shirt from the early 90′s? I mean, the 80′s are in fashion currently, right? 90′s fashion has to be right around the corner.


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A number of recent articles have been swimming around in my mind to develop into this one. The first was from a great new magazine called sommelier journal. If you are on-premise, I would recommend you take a look at it. The article discussed how the modern sommelier is the essence of multitasking. Another piece appeared in a recent decanter where the author was discussing how reputed "off vintages", specifically the 1998 vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon in California, should be looked at beyond the vintage report. I still remember a sales rep who heard a story from an off-premise account about a homeless man who came into the shop. He was a regular and would ask for his fifth of 'Mad Dog' every week. One day this homeless man entered the store asking for his usual, but stated he didn't want any of the 1998. That's right – you read that correctly – the American press had done such good job warning the public about the ills of the 1998 vintage that the perception filtered down to a homeless man buying MD 2O2O. Did anyone else find it easy picking up the great 1998s from Australia at the same time? I know I did. The biggest irony in all of this is that some of the highly toted 1997s are starting to get a little tired while some 1998s are drinking very well at the moment.
My point is not to challenge the media in their rankings of wines but rather to stress the importance of tasting yourself. Forget the points, forget the reviews. Is the wine good? Many a time I've tasted a wine that's been reviewed and I'm wondering if the reviewer and I happen to be tasting the same wine. Personal opinion formed from experience certainly can be at odds with someone else's opinion; the confusing part is that neither of them is wrong. One needs only to look at a review of a Californian, well, any grape, reviewed by the wine spectator and decanter to see that.
Portfolio tastings can occur at a fast and furious pace at certain times of the year. Some of the major ones even happen on the same day (nudge, nudge; wink, wink) which even adds to the difficulty. The point is that as hard as is it is to make the time to attend such tastings, reading reviews should be only part of the element in deciding what to buy. Other factors can come into play that you, the buyer, only know. Does it work with my program? Is the price right? Can I get the amount that I need? Can I sell it? And again to my point, is the wine good, in my opinion?
With so many tastings happening around the same time it's very easy just to write off a number of them and go to just a few. This in the short term might be beneficial to your sanity, however, in the long run, not having the tasting knowledge of what was there can be detrimental. Yes, I admit I've bought a wine before based on points without tasting it first and was very disappointed by the results. In that regard, I have no one else to blame other than myself. To be fair to that reviewer, if I had just looked at the rating I would have agreed if that was the only assessment of the wine. The description of flavors, weight and the style of the wine is where the disagreement came into play. And because of this, the wine really did not work for the slot on the list that it was earmarked for.
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Sarah Pallas, professor of neuroscience at Georgia State University's Neuroscience Institute, was recently named as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a prestigious honor bestowed by her peers.
Fellows are recognized for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications, according to the association. Pallas was nominated for not only her research on sensory system development and plasticity, but also her efforts regarding quality science education, especially in terms of teaching about evolution.
"It's quite gratifying to be recognized by my fellow scientists for the research done in my lab," Pallas said. "It is particularly nice that the many months spent on improvement of K-12 science teaching across the state of Georgia is recognized by the nation's premier scientific society as an important contribution. I'd also like to acknowledge that my chair at the time, Dr. [P.C.] Tai and my Dean Dr. [Lauren] Adamson were quite supportive and helpful."
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Begins with pretty easy climbing. Crux is near the top where it gets thin but it's well-protected.
Scramble up to the right of the main face overlooking the road to a landing of loose, gravely rock. When you've gone about as far as you can, the route will be on your left.
12 bolts plus two at the anchor so bring 14 draws unless you plan on skipping bolts (which is an option since there are so many). You'll use all 60 meters of your rope so don't try it with anything shorter.


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It's so beautiful to watch white people with glasses make their yearly migration south. #SXSW—
tamara federici (@snowpants) March 09, 2013
You can always count on the hypocritical media outlets to report how overwhelmingly white gatherings of conservative are, while ignoring the overwhelming white complexion of every major liberal media institution and deified Democratic political machine.
See, for example, here, here, here, here, and here. For starters.
As we've been reporting, the hipster South by Southwest conference has been taking place all week in Austin, Texas. But we've yet to find any major national media publication or news station headlining the lack of racial diversity at SXSW. Nope, no massive, front-page photos or editorials decrying the racial imbalance of the attendees the way Tea Party gatherings were attacked relentlessly.
Fortunately, many Twitter users have resisted the urge to whitewash the truth about the failure of progressives of pallor to practice what they preach.
If you're curious about the demographics of #SXSWi it's just like a bunch of white dudes. #meh—
Kimya Kavehkar (@kimyanattalie) March 09, 2013
With the lack of diversity in tech, whose wise idea was it to put all @sxsw "black" programming at the Hilton Garden hotel? #SXSW …contd—
(@jaybobo) March 10, 2013
So many white dudes. Soooo many white dudes. #sxswi—
m (@_mattie) March 08, 2013
I go to SXSW every year for the same reason… To mingle with white people.—
Jelisa Floyd (@jbully21) March 10, 2013
More white people are in line to see grumpy cat at sxsw than there are Spanish folks trying to see Chavez' body.—
Shabooty ➿ (@SHABOOTY) March 09, 2013
I met alot of famous white people last night at #SXSW and they really enjoyed my convo but I forgot their name lol—
Terince Stephens (@borocitykid320) March 10, 2013
SXSW: White people finding creative new ways to entertain you/make money.—
Ryan Smith (@RyanSmithWriter) March 08, 2013
SXSW is in discussions to finally change it's name to "a bunch of stressed out white people running around"—
Luke Winkie (@luke_winkie) March 07, 2013
LMAO!!!! RT @bweyandt: OMG I have never seen so many #cool #white #people in one place #blessed #SXSW—
Janelle Jolley (@jolleyjanelle) March 10, 2013
Seriously never been on a flight entirely full of young scruffy white people before. I mean ENTIRELY. #sxsw—
Amy S. Choi (@awesomechoi) March 08, 2013
File this one away for reference when the media report on the Conservative Political Action Conference next weekend.
Misogynist bracelets, rape jokes, and more: 10 tweets on sexism at #SXSW


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There is nothing quite like the embarrassment one can feel when a child in our care throws a temper tantrum at the grocery store. It's normal to believe that everyone thinks we're a bad parent, and no one understands how hard we work at teaching our child. If we are to be an effective caregiver for children we have to feel good about ourselves, so it's important to think about this problem carefully. We will need to:
• Remember that we are doing the best we know.
• Remember that no one is perfect.
• Refuse to accept the uninformed opinions of others.
However, there are also things to think about that may help us feel better about ourselves. We may need to:
• Learn more about raising our children, especially what to expect at different stages of development.
• Be open to finding help for a parenting issue troubling us.
Some tips may be helpful. Some will take time to develop, but they have a good chance of making your life easier at the grocery store.
• Leave enough time to relate to your child while you shop.
• Use things and colors the children noticed in the store for conversation.
• Help your child learn at home that "No" is "No," and that you won't argue about it.
• Give the most attention to your child when he or she is behaving well.
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Iraqi Interpreter Settles In To New Life In Minn.
After years of living in a war-torn country, an Iraqi man is starting a new life in Minnesota with the help of some American soldiers he met overseas. Twelve days ago, Khalid, known by American soldiers as "Phillip," arrived in the Twin Cities. "Twelve days without any check points. Nobody asks me where I'm going, you know, all the security stuff. And you feel safe," Khalid said. "The first three, four days [it] was exciting. First time to see snow, you know. All this nice weather, but now, I feel cold."
Iraqi Interpreter Comes To Minn. With Local Veteran's Help
There are a lot of good stories this time of year about people giving back. But the greatest gift this holiday season may be what Twin Cities war veteran Paul Braun gave to an Iraqi man he met while overseas. The man, known as Phillip, put his life on the line to serve as an interpreter for Braun and his fellow soldiers. Braun first met Phillip, whose real name is Khalid, when he was assigned to the 34th Military Police company in Basra, Iraq in 2009.


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The Jersey Shore kids are off in Italy for Season Three and The Real Housewives of New Jersey are already planning a fourth season, and the Garden State is getting yet another reality TV series.
Food Network's new show, Tough Cookies, focuses on sisters Linda Brand and Susan Adair, who own Crazy Susan's Cookie Company in Ocean City, New Jersey. The bakery is hugely popular in the region and Brand and Adair have their hands full both managing a large, mostly-related staff and innovating new recipes like Episode One's banana split cookie.
Tough Cookies premieres on Monday July 11. Here's hoping it's even half as entertaining as its New Jersey predecessors. (Maybe they'll even offer up a cookie inspired by The Situation.)


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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WDRB) - It is the season of giving--but there is a group of people that are sometimes forgotten about. At the same time, they are some of the most important people to remember this holiday season. If you want to give this season, but just do not know how, you can join the city of Jeffersonville in donating items to soldiers overseas.
"I'd just like to do anything we can to make them feel a little bit more homey while they're away and let them know they're appreciated, especially this time of year," said Sarah Green,
Sarah Green opens up her heart to helping animals. But recently, she sent a care package to a longtime friend, Bryan Cox, a marine serving in Afghanistan. "My husband and I decided to send him a couple of packages of food. And he was so excited about it when he got it, I thought, I wonder if everybody else gets that, and I asked him about it and he said, not always." She pushed even more. "And then I said, 'how many are in your unit?' And he said, 'There's 70 in our shop.' And I thought maybe we can swing 70."
But Green knew she would need some help. Green asked the city of Jeffersonville to step in. Judith VanGilder, assistant to Mayor Mike Moore, started getting the word out and buying items immediately, including packages of socks--which she set on her desk without any thought. "People started coming in and saying, well what are you doing with socks on your desk, and I said it's for the soldiers," said VanGilder.
The mayor's office has a good stockpile of crackers, snacks, deodorant, shampoo, and other toiletries.
But it is still not enough. Green says to think beyond the essentials. She says soldiers enjoy getting things that are fun, like a football. In fact, someone brought three by, signed by Chris Redman, a former U of L and NFL player.
Other ideas include crossword puzzles and playing cards. "Everyday you see something bad about somebody being killed. Our guys," said VanGilder. "We just want them to know, because this guy said some of the guys get gifts and others don't. these are for the ones that don't get gifts."
You can drop items off at the J.B. Ogle Shelter or the Jeffersonville Mayor's Office.
For a list of items, click here.
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HORSHAM West Primary School students participated in their first Fresh Fruit Friday for 2014 on Friday.
Fruit and vegetables were provided by Safeway Horsham after the State Government axed its original initiative, Free Fruit Friday, in July 2012.
New co-ordinator Sue McKenry said the parents club at Horsham West wanted to continue the program so it approached Safeway in 2013.
The business now provides a range of fruit and vegetables to the school.
"I think it is just showing kids healthy eating and giving them a chance to taste fruit and vegetables," Ms McKenry said.
Ms McKenry said the program showed some parents that their children did like eating fruit and vegetables and encouraged them to include healthy food in their lunch boxes.
"Some children have not had the chance to taste different fruit and vegetables and turn out enjoying the different flavours," she said.
On Friday, Safeway provided a trolley full of a variety of fruit and vegetables and 10 parents volunteered their time to help prepare the food for students.
The government ran the Free Fruit Friday program from 2007 to 2012 in 300 schools in Victoria to tackle childhood obesity.
Each school received a minimum of $40 a week to provide fruit and vegetables to students in years prep to two.
The government axed the program to make way for a $40-million health promotion program.
Horsham West Primary School has Fresh Fruit Friday once a month.


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Everybody in this county "know more" than everyone else, but it sure hasn't helped this county grow and prosper much. I think it is time we get some know it alls who really know how to do something.<quoted text>
I do know who Wagley is, obviously, but it seems to be bad judgment to have a guy that just took a job with the chamber and does not even live in the county to be telling Jefferson Countians what we need to be doing. I know more about the so-called megasite than most people in this state and I know all about the inefficiency and ignorance that goes on at the chamber and that has gone on with Mr. Wagley.


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Players who have gotten under the Lakers' skin.
"Doug Christie epitomized the upstart Sacramento Kings at the beginning of the decade with his feisty play and outspoken nature. His numerous verbal and physical altercations with the Lakers set the tone for one the league's great, albeit short-lived rivalries." I don't remember Christie as being especially outspoken. I do remember Rick Fox's greasy hair, though.


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In an ideal world, all the Bruins would be healthy (INCLUDING MAHC FRIGGIN' SAVAHD) and i would be swooning over Tuukka on a daily basis.
In an ideal world, the Habs would never win-----EVER.
In an ideal world, all these injuries would be happening to the Habs (just 'cause i'd love to see them suffer).
And in an ideal world, the B's would magically be healed so we could get back to being the BOSTON FUCKING BRUINS.
sorry. that just needed to get out of my system.
it's TURCOTIME...? TURCOMANIA running wild...? Meh. Not the same.


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The Peoria Ballet is continuing its annual tradition of capturing the holidays with bringing the magical production to the Peoria Civic Center stage on December 10 and 11.
Director Servy Gallardo is a native of Venezuela where he was a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Venezuela. Additionally, he was a principal dancer with numerous ballet companies in the United States and has been nationally recognized for his award winning choreography.
This year, the Peoria Ballet's production of Nutcracker is bigger and better than ever. Gallardo brings together the most amazing talent of 110 Peoria Ballet Academy students, other local dancers, and four guest artists to present the traditional and cherished holiday story. Travel back in time with Clara and her Nutcracker Prince as they embark on a journey through the magical Kingdom of Sweets.
Members of Heartland Festival Orchestra, under the direction on David Commanday, bring the wonderful Tchaikvosky score to life. The Nutcracker Treble Chorus is directed by Julie A. Clemens and comprised of students from Illinois Central College and young singers throughout the Peoria area.
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Reginald Chance, biker in Manhattan SUV attack, turns himself in
Related mediaPolice identify biker in Manhattan SUV attack
MANHATTAN - Police say one of the bikers who allegedly attacked the driver of an SUV earlier this week in Manhattan has turned himself in.
Reginald Chance allegedly bashed in the driver's window with his helmet before the driver, Alexian Lian, was dragged out of the car and beaten.
Police say the couple in the SUV were out celebrating their anniversary with their toddler when the attack happened. A man from Passaic has been charged with sparking the alleged attack by stopping his bike short in front of the SUV on purpose.
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Another man turned himself in, but police haven't pressed charges.


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