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Leopoldo López, a Venezuelan opposition leader and founder of the Voluntad Popular (Popular Will) party, appeared in court on Tuesday for the first time since the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found his detention illegal and called for his immediate release on October 9. He had refused to appear until presiding judge Susana Barreiro ruled on the recommendation.
Judge Barreiro rejected the WGAD recommendation last week, saying that it was not binding. Using the same argument as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Barreiro argued that Venezuela is a sovereign nation and rejects international interference. López' lawyers have appealed Judge Barreiro's decision in the Court of Appeals.
López has been in pre-trial detention since he was arrested on February 18 for his alleged involvement in inciting violence during widespread protests. President Maduro has said that he believes that López is "responsible for crimes, violence, destruction, (loss of) human lives," and that "he has to pay, and he's going to pay."
Various high-profile world leaders have called for the release of López and the other political prisoners arrested during Venezuela's tumultuous protests in February, including UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, U.S. President Barack Obama, Pope Francis I, and OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza. On Monday, Socialist International joined the growing lists of international groups and human rights organizations calling for López' release.
The family of imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López announced yesterday that the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled in Opinion No. 26/2014 that López is being held illegally, and called for his release. The Working Group consists of five members appointed by the UN Human Rights Council that investigate possible cases of arbitrary detention, and they have been working on the Lopéz case since he was arrested on February 18 for the alleged incitement of violence during widespread protests.
López, the national coordinator of the opposition party Voluntad Popular (Popular Will), is being held at the Ramo Verde military prison in Miranda state. In addition to determining that López' detention was "arbitrary," the Working Group asked the Venezuelan government for reparations for his detention. President Nicolás Maduro's government had previously met with the Working Group to defend its treatment of López and argue against López' claims, although they were unsuccessful. The group further noted that his imprisonment appeared to be motivated by political opinion.
The government detained hundreds of demonstrators involved in the anti-government protests that erupted in February, including Mayors Daniel Ceballos and Enzo Scarano from San Cristobal and San Diego, respectively. The government is currently facing numerous allegations of human rights violations surrounding both the arrests and the treatment of its prisoners. International criticism of the detentions has increased in recent weeks, with calls for the release of prisoners from U.S. President Barack Obama and OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza.
Jesus Torrealba, the new chief of Venezuela's Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (Democratic Unity Roundtable—MUD) opposition coalition, has targeted Venezuela's 2015 parliamentary elections as the opposition's next strategic opportunity to end chavista rule. After narrowly losing the presidential election to President Nicolás Maduro in 2013, the opposition coalition is now looking to win a majority in the National Assembly next year in order to put pressure on the president and potentially force a recall referendum in 2016.
Although the ruling Partido Socialist Unido de Venezuela (United Socialist Party of Venezuela—PSUV) maintains control over the executive and legislative branches, Maduro's administration has been beleaguered by a rapidly declining economy, 63 percent inflation, high crime rates, and shortages of basic goods.
In addition to the months-long protests against the Maduro government that engulfed several major cities in Venezuela earlier this year, the administration has also come under fire from a dissident faction on the Left critical of what it sees as a departure from the Bolivarian Revolution's ideals. "What we have now is deterioration ...This is chavismo's worst moment ever," Gonzalo Gomez Frieire, leader of the dissident Marea Socialista (socialist tide) told Reuters.
While the MUD has historically been known as a fractured party—most notably when former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles and imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo López responded differently to the popular protests in February—many see an equally fractured PSUV as the primary explanation for Maduro's lack of an adequate response to Venezuela's recession.
President Maduro's approval rate dropped to 35 percent in September in light of the continued economic crisis.
En nombre de la Revolución Bolivariana, Hugo Chávez le dio una prioridad nunca antes vista a la política exterior venezolana. Ni en el periodo de la Doctrina Betancourt—diseñada para aislar a los regímenes autoritarios de las Américas—ni en el del Tercermundismo de primer gobierno de Carlos Andrés Pérez, tuvo Caracas un protagonismo internacional como el que experimentó bajo la revolucionaria y sobredimensionada Doctrina Chávez.
Es por ello que la tímida y defensiva posición diplomática de Venezuela en el primer año de Maduro llama la atención y genera cambios en la dinámica política hemisférica. ¿Qué pasó con la política exterior venezolana? El precio de un barril de petróleo sigue alrededor de los US $100, y Chávez parece haber dejado instrucciones precisas. Las principales piezas gabinete de gobierno son hombres de confianza de "El Comandante," pero la política exterior venezolana es irreconocible.
Como política pública, la exterior es compleja, porque conecta a los sistemas políticos doméstico e internacional, es decir, que está sujeta a variables internas y externas. Las variables del sistema internacional—salvo graves crisis—suelen moverse de manera lenta. Aun los cambios más espectaculares requieren de meses o años de maduración antes de ocurrir. La política doméstica puede ser más volátil, sobre todo en países en los que la institucionalidad ha sido degradada sistemáticamente. Esto genera una interacción de sistemas que van a distinta velocidad. Por esta razón, el caso de la contracción de la política exterior venezolana debe ser coyunturalmente analizado a partir de factores de política doméstica.
De los factores a analizar podemos destacar dos íntimamente vinculados: la desprofesionalización diplomática y la ausencia del líder fuerte. Ambos corresponden al proceso de desinstitucionalización propio del personalismo político. El primero es responsabilidad directa del mismo Chávez. Contrario al resto de las potencias regionales y potencias medias—y buena parte de las menores—latinoamericanas, Venezuela partidizó su academia diplomática y en la práctica abolió la carrera del servicio exterior. Este proceso fortaleció al presidente, a su partido, pero debilitó al Estado en su conjunto. La muerte de Chávez pone en evidencia a una política exterior altamente dependiente de la discrecionalidad, sin que existan instituciones que permitan darle continuidad, ni siquiera a la propia promoción revolucionaria en el exterior.
Luego de pasar por la elección más reñida en la historia reciente de El Salvador, el país espera que en menos de un mes Mauricio Funes, el primer presidente del partido de izquierda Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), deje el poder y le pase la banda presidencial al primer presidente excombatiente del FMLN, Salvador Sánchez Cerén.
El país está literalmente dividido—después de una elección cuya diferencia fue de apenas 0.22 por ciento—y se encuentra en un ambiente de expectativa, en ocasiones tenso y nervioso. Ante una realidad como esa, sumada a un panorama económico desalentador y un aumento en la delincuencia, el presidente electo se verá obligado a colaborar con la oposición política al menos hasta las elecciones legislativas del 2015. Es por eso que la reciente visita de Sánchez Cerén a Venezuela ha generado reacciones encontradas.
Yo le doy dos posibles lecturas a la visita de Sánchez Cerén a Venezuela el pasado 1 de mayo: la primera es optimista y la segunda es un poco más apegada a la realidad. Hace dos meses, en las vísperas de la elección presidencial de El Salvador, el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro fue el primero en felicitar a Sánchez Cerén, aun cuando a El Salvador se le agotaban los recursos legales para afirmar quien había ganado la elección presidencial con los márgenes de diferencia más estrechos de las últimas décadas.
Public support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro dropped to its lowest rate since he took office in 2013, the daily newspaper El Universal reported on Monday.
The Venezuelan executive's approval rating dropped from 46.8 percent in February to 37 percent in April amid chronic consumer shortages, high inflation, increased violence, and street protests that began in February.
The poll, conducted by public opinion group Datanálisis, also found that 79.5 percent of Venezuelans have a negative view of the country's current state. The economic conditions—including an inflation rate rapidly approaching 60 percent—as well as the violence and extreme shortages that sparked the nation-wide protests in February continue to be the biggest factors affecting Maduro's popularity. A third of Venezuelans polled cited these as the country's main problems.
Venezuela has also faced international scrutiny for its response to the three-month-long demonstrations that have paralyzed major cities across the nation. A recent Human Rights Watch report highlighted the unlawful use of force perpetrated by security forces against unarmed, nonviolent anti-government protestors, who have been shot at point blank range, severely beaten, and forced to undergo physiological and physiological torture.
Peace talks between President Maduro's government and the Venezuelan opposition are scheduled to continue today, while the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática's (Democratic Unity Roundtable—MUD) opposition coalition calls for the Central Bank to release March's official inflation data. The bank generally releases the datain the first 10 days of the month.
The MUD claims that country's inflation is 60 percent, an increase of 2.7 percent since February. Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles announced via Twitter that inflation increased more than 4 percent in March—higher than the annual inflation for several other Latin American countries. While no agenda has been set, financial transparency is expected to be a one of the topics in the peace negotiations that will continue today.
The country's high inflation was one of the factors that sparked the deadly protests that erupted across the country in February killing at least 41 people. Venezuela's military strategic command chief, Vladmir Padrino, recently admitted to "excesses" in policing, but maintains that less than one percent of security forces were responsible for the "cruelty and torture."
A finales de 2002, después de meses de conflicto y de un golpe de estado que dejó al entonces presidente Hugo Chávez fuera del poder por dos días, Venezuela decidió apostar por el diálogo. César Gaviria, quien estaba al frente de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), abrió el debate entre gobierno y oposición, representado por la Coordinadora Democrática, una coalición de partidos, ONGs y agremiaciones adversas al "proceso revolucionario."
En medio de las negociaciones se inició un paro nacional que buscaba presionar la renuncia del Presidente. Dos meses de inactividad comercial asestaron duros golpes a la economía nacional, especialmente a la industria petrolera, pero Chávez salió victorioso. Con la derrota de la oposición, el diálogo adquirió mayor fuerza y condujo a un acuerdo que se cristalizó con un referendo revocatorio presidencial que dejo a Chávez en el poder. Una vez más, Chávez ganó la batalla.
Desde entonces, la oposición y el gobierno han participado en una danza política que ha hecho imposible el consenso nacional. Ambos bandos se han negado a reconocer al otro lado y, ensimismados, parecen ignorar que el país colapsa. Ahora, después de un año de intenso enfrentamiento político, y después de dos meses de protestas con un saldo de 41 muertos y más de 2 mil detenidos, el gobierno, encabezado por Nicolás Maduro, y la Mesa de la Unidad Democrática—coalición opositora que defiende la vía institucional para resolver la crisis—aceptaron exponer sus puntos de vista, frente a frente, en la sede presidencial. La reunión fue obligatoriamente transmitida en cadenas de radio y televisión.
A delegation of foreign ministers from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) returned to Caracas on April 7 and 8, securing an agreement to hold peace talks to calm political polarization and protests in Venezuela. The talks are being mediated by the foreign ministers of Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador, plus a Vatican representative.
The UNASUR delegation first visited in late March, recommending that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and leaders of the opposition's Mesa de Unidad Democrática (MUD) enter into a dialogue. The U.S. State Department had expressed support , as had Organization of American States (OAS) General Secretary José Miguel Insulza.
However, UNASUR's plan will be complicated by Maduro's reliance on paramilitaries within his Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (United Socialist Party of Venezuela—PSUV), whose loyalty requires his polarizing words and deeds. This conundrum already wrecked a previous dialogue.
In early February, before protests broke out, a highly placed government official explained to me, on the condition of anonymity, that Maduro was pursuing dialogue and cooperation with the opposition. This was because Maduro had realized that citizen insecurity could sink his administration—and that chavismo could not solve this problem alone. "The opposition controls many of the largest states and municipalities," the official said, and "without the help of these governors and mayors, we cannot solve this problem. […] They are the ones that control the police and bureaucracy in these areas; we don't."
Maduro's decision to approach Henry Falcón, a former chavista and governor of Lara state, as well as elected opposition officials in Caracas, appeared to be paying off. Successful meetings had also begun with Henrique Capriles, leader of the MUD and governor of Miranda state, Antonio Ledezma, the metropolitan mayor of Caracas, and opposition mayors of Caracas' local municipalities.
Demonstrating Maduro's seriousness, I was told that PSUV Federal District Mayor Jorge Rodríguez was "fully onboard" with the meetings, despite his reputation as a strident chavista. The "big problem," according to the Maduro administration official, was Leopoldo López, the leader of the Voluntad Popular (Popular Will) party, who did not have any interest in talks.
Indeed, a section of the opposition was strenuously arguing that it was political suicide to cooperate with Maduro if his polarizing rhetoric and restriction of democratic opposition activity continued unabated.
This sparked "#LaSalida"—a call for protests against the Maduro administration. A bitter confrontation ensued between the pro-dialogue opposition and #LaSalida's authors—López and María Corina Machado, a national assembly member. When #LaSalida led to protests on February 12, Maduro had Lopez thrown in prison, only reinforcing López' warnings.
Why couldn't Maduro restrain his seemingly counterproductive words and deeds? A major reason is that some members of the PSUV feel such antagonism to the opposition that Maduro dared not enter into a dialogue without continuing to vilify and restrict the opposition. Although he had good reasons to seek cooperation, Maduro's base has been nurtured on highly polarized, class-antagonistic, black-and-white, good-and-evil rhetoric.
Sustaining polarizing rhetoric especially caters to the PSUV paramilitaries Maduro needs to stay in power. Chavismo was never very effective organizing on its own in barrios, and Chávez didn't even launch the PSUV until 2008, so he turned to groups that already had control in the barrios before chavismo arrived. Today, chavismo's very effective get-out-the-vote and loyalty-enforcement machine in Venezuela's barrios relies on allied "ultra-Left" groups, local criminal groupings and motorcycle gangs that have become armed paramilitary groups, euphemistically called "colectivos"—a slander against most colectivos, which are non-violent barrio community groups.
But these paramilitary gangs could turn against Maduro without receiving the clientalist largesse and rhetoric that reifies their sense of solidarity with his administration. Chávez—who began enlisting them following the failed 2002 anti-Chávez coup as future street fighters to protect his government— occasionally spoke sharply to regulate these groups' excesses, something Maduro lacks a similar authority to do. And, their effectiveness as extra-legal enforcers has been recently demonstrated as they've marauded in opposition middle-class neighborhoods, attacked demonstrations and barricades, invaded universities to beat students, and—most importantly for Maduro—prevented open protests in their home-turf barrios.
Maduro's contradictory dependence on—and fear of—paramilitaries explains why he has called opposition protesters "fascists" and "coup plotters." This deliberately evokes the romantic logic for paramilitaries, whom Chávez declared would "descend from the barrios" to defend the presidential palace against any future coup.
These PSUV dynamics clearly threaten UNASUR's new peace dialogue. Especially if the government's recent economic response to protests fails to produce timely reductions in food shortages and inflation, protests could spread into barrios—the Maduro administration's worst nightmare—and further cement Maduro's reliance on paramilitaries there.
Even though Maduro's allies in UNASUR publically advised him in March to abandon inflammatory rhetoric, and former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva himself earlier advised Maduro to "… dialogue with all the democrats," such steps could directly undermine the loyalty of the PSUV's core get-out-the-vote, barrio-pacification and street-fighting apparatus. A difficult conundrum, indeed.
After weeks of unrest, the Venezuelan government and the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (Democratic Unity Roundtable—MUD) opposition coalition agreed on Tuesday to "formal talks" to end the anti-government protests.
The two sides have tentatively planned to meet on Thursday for a discussion mediated by the Vatican and the Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (Union of South American Nations—UNASUR). The foreign ministers of Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador are also expected to attend Thursday's meeting.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro praised the preliminary talk on Tuesday, but said his government is not willing veer away from the Bolivarian Revolution. "Neither will we try and convert them [the opposition] to Bolivarian socialism, nor will they convert us to capitalism," Maduro said.
Leopoldo López, the recently-imprisoned leader of the Voluntad Popular (Popular Will) party and member of the MUD, expressed skepticism about the talks, saying in a message published by his wife on Twitter, "I believe deeply in dialogue, but in a dialogue of equals, not [with one side] on its knees." A new round of protests erupted on Friday after Venezuela's attorney general charged López with inciting violence, arson, damage to property and conspiracy.
The announcement of formal talks comes two weeks after Venezuelan government troops cleared the western city of San Cristobál, where the countrywide protests began in February. Since then, 39 people have died and over 600 have been injured in the unrest.
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A Look At Gaborik
by Paul on 08/27/06 at 08:29 AM ET
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from the Pioneer Press, Over here,
Gaborik surrounds himself with friends and family while enjoying a lifestyle as one of his country's biggest celebrities. He draws satisfaction knowing his parents and brother are managing the arena he built and donated to the city, allowing more kids to pursue hockey dreams. And he is happily involved with a strong-minded woman who knows how to keep her famous boyfriend's feet on the ground. No one yet is rolling red carpet over the cobblestone streets so Trencin's most celebrated son can parade Lord Stanley's trophy through this historic 15th-century city for the first time. But Gaborik, 24 and entering his sixth NHL season, has the confidence to dream big. He can envision a 50-goal season and a homecoming party unlike anything Trencin has thrown. And it gives him chills.more
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Bruins Need A Nucleus
by Paul on 08/26/06 at 10:01 AM ET
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from the Nashua Telegraph,
Park said defenseman Zdeno Chara, signed as a free agent this summer, will help make up for some of the size lost by Thornton, without providing the points. Meanwhile, Park is impressed with new Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli. "I've met him, I've talked with him," he said. "He's a Harvard guy, he's from Canada, you've got to like those two combinations right away. He's got a big job ahead of him. Time will tell." The Bruins, who start training camp in a couple of weeks, need one thing above all, Park said. "The problem they have is they have to establish a nucleus," Park said. "They've signed a lot of good players, but they have yet to form a nucleus. So it's going to be very key for them to start the season well."more
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Dave King Talks Compensation
by Paul on 08/26/06 at 09:14 AM ET
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from George Johnson of the National Post,
"That day at customs, as everyone else was running around trying to find him, I just sat on the bus. I knew it wasn't a case of his being unable to find his boarding pass. I knew he was gone.'' The Russians are right to oppose the current IIHF-NHL agreement that will net their federation a paltry $200,000 for such a unique talent as Malkin. "And that figure,'' King reminds you, "is split between all the teams here. Which means $10,000 to Metallurg Magnitogorsk. A pittance, when you consider the time and money spent developing him.'' King says the ramifications of young superstars leaving goes far beyond any fee paid out.... "Teams are trying to generate sponsorship, there's an effort being made to bring in sponsors to televise games on TV. When the star players keep leaving, that makes selling yourself awfully tough.''read on (reg. may be req.)
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Over The Boards
by Paul on 08/26/06 at 08:15 AM ET
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via the Detroit Free Press,
The Wings have 11 forwards under NHL contracts, and Holland doesn't anticipate signing another unless Anson Carter or J.P. Dumont -- unrestricted free-agent forwards noted for their offense -- drop their demands.Robert Tychkowski in the Edmonton Sun,
Memo to the Russian Ice Hockey Federation: Stop crying like you're the only teams in the world whose star, players can walk out of their contracts by simply giving two weeks notice. Chris Pronger did it in Edmonton long before Evgeni Malkin ever thought of it.Shawn P. Roarke at NHL.com,
A few minutes later, I followed Yashin's path back out into the blinding sun, leaving the unique sights and sounds of the hockey rink behind, but not forgotten. A similar -- although far less photogenic -- smile was plastered to my face. For me, hockey season has begun. Not even the brutal rush-hour traffic on the Long Island Expressway, the Van Wyck Expressway, the Belt Parkway and the slog across Staten Island to the Garden State Parkway could dampen that fact.more
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Luongo Still Bitter
by Paul on 08/26/06 at 08:05 AM ET
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from the Miami Herald,
Luongo still feels bitter toward the Panthers, saying they made him out to ''be the bad guy'' during the past negotiating period. Florida had been trying to get Luongo to sign a long-term contract, although Luongo's agent publicly said his client only wanted a one-year deal. With Luongo facing unrestricted free agency after this coming season, the Panthers didn't want to go into another season with uncertainty and rumors swirling around their franchise goalie. On the day of the trade, however, Luongo said he told the Panthers he would sign a four-year deal with the team. According to Luongo, he wanted $1 million more over the course of the contract than was offered.read on
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Sens Interested In Axelsson
by Paul on 08/26/06 at 07:55 AM ET
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from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,
While Senators GM John Muckler has most of his roster in place as the Sept. 14 start of camp draws closer, sources say it's anything but completely set and he and could be making a pitch for Boston Bruins left winger P.J. Axelsson. A former teammate of Daniel Alfredsson with Frolunda during the lockout, Axelsson also played on a line with the Senators captain when Sweden won Olympic gold in Turin last February. Still, it's doubtful the Bruins will trade Axelsson -- who recently signed a three-year, $1.85 million (all figures US) deal with Boston this summer -- because he has played a big role with the club.more
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Malkin Intends To Sign In Early September
by Paul on 08/25/06 at 08:41 PM ET
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from Darren Drager at TSN,
Evgeni Malkin has spent the past week in Los Angeles preparing for his first NHL training camp. I'm told Malkin expects to sign with the Pittsburgh Penguins in early September, following the Labour Day long weekend, and fully intends on being on the ice when the Penguins open rookie camp on September 7th. At least that's the plan Malkin, the Penguins and the NHL is following.continued
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Tanabe Lunches In Carolina
by Paul on 08/25/06 at 04:57 PM ET
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from the Triangle Business Journal,
Is former Carolina Hurricanes defenseman David Tanabe returning to the team? Tanabe, who recently became an unrestricted free agent when the Boston Bruins exercised their "walk-away" option, was seen having lunch at Restaurant Savannah with Hurricanes General Manager Jim Rutherford and Coach Peter Laviolette on Friday. Tanabe was awarded $1.275 million, one-year contract by an arbitrator on Aug. 3. The collective bargaining agreement made it mandatory for the Bruins to sign Tanabe at that amount within 48 hours or set him free.continued
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What Would Friday Be Like…
by Paul on 08/25/06 at 04:47 PM ET
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...without hearing from Brett Hull! From the Dallas Stars,
What can the league do to try and make the game more marketable on television? They have to market the personalities. They need to get some people on television that will say something and give you a direct point of view from someone who really knows the game. We need a little more "hoop-la". It's not always the game. It's what's around the game these days that will help.more Q & A with Brett...
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Franzen Signs
by Paul on 08/25/06 at 03:09 PM ET
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from the CP via the Globe and Mail,
The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed forward Johan Franzen to a three-year contract. The 26-year-old Swede was eligible for unrestricted free agency in July 2008 but the Wings got him signed through the 2008-09 season. "Johan had a very good rookie season in the NHL," Wings GM Ken Holland said in a statement. "He was a big part of our penalty killing, provided us with a physical presence and played very well in the playoffs. Moving into his second NHL season and beyond, we're hopeful he can gain some confidence and increase his contribution in the scoring department as well."
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Seminary Comes Together to Celebrate Life and Legacy of Metropolitan Tikhon
On Thursday, March 7, 2013, the St. Tikhon's Seminary came together to celebrate the life and legacy of His Beatitude, Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All-America and Canada.
It was a heartfelt and emotional evening with representatives from the Board of Trustees, Faculty, Alumni, and student body all sharing stories from His Beatitude's time living within the St. Tikhon's Community.
For over two decades His Beatitude has served the Orthodox Church faithfully from within the community of St. Tikhon's. During his many years he has served as an instructor, a choir director, a novice, an editor, an assistant abbot, a bread and candlestick maker, a confessor, a church cleaner, an Abbot, a publisher, a grass-cutter, a painter, a Bishop, an Archbishop, a Rector, but most importantly a spiritual father and inspiration to hundreds of faithful here and throughout the country.
Bishop Michael of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, and the Rector of St. Tikhon's Seminary, served as the Master of Ceremonies at the event, which was also attended by Bp. Mark, Administrator of the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, and Fr. John Jillions, the Chancellor of the OCA. Music was provided by Harry and the Dogmatix, led by Dr. Harry Boosalis, Professor of Dogmatics at the Seminary.
Bishop Tikhon
was born Marc R. Mollard in Boston, MA on July 15, 1966, the oldest of three children born to Francois and Elizabeth Mollard. After brief periods living in Connecticut, France, and Missouri, he and his family settled in Reading, PA, where he graduated from Wyomissing High School in 1984. In 1988 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Sociology from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, after which he moved to Chicago.
In 1989 he was received into the Orthodox Church from Episcopalianism and, in the fall of the same year, he began studies at Saint Tikhon's Seminary, South Canaan, PA. One year later he entered the monastic community at Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk as a novice.
After receiving his Master of Divinity degree from Saint Tikhon's Seminary in 1993, he was appointed instructor in Old Testament at Saint Tikhon's Seminary. He continues to serve as Senior Lecturer in Old Testament, teaching Master level courses in the Prophets and the Psalms and Wisdom Literature. He is also an instructor in the seminary's Extension Studies program, offering courses in the lives of the Old Testament saints, the liturgical use of the Old Testament, and the Old Testament in patristic literature.
Bishop Tikhon collaborated with Igumen Alexander (Golitzin) in the publication of "The Living Witness of the Holy Mountain," published by Saint Tikhon's Seminary Press, by illustrating this classic book about Mount Athos.
In 1995 he was tonsured to the Lesser Schema by then Archbishop Herman, and given the name Tikhon, in honor of Saint Patriarch Tikhon, Enlightener of North America. Later that year he was ordained to the Holy Diaconate and Holy Priesthood at St. Tikhon's Monastery. In 1998 he was elevated to the rank of Igumen, and in 2000 to the rank of Archimandrite.
In December 2002, he was appointed by Metropolitan Herman to serve as Deputy Abbot of Saint Tikhon's Monastery.
His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman presided at the consecration of Archimandrite Tikhon to the episcopacy at the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk on Saturday, February 14, 2004.
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Essen Games Fair 2012
Just back from Essen Games Fair.
And for those who have questioned the health of the Board Games category of late, you obviously haven't been to Essen recently!
Packed aisles full of hardcore Gamers, families and evey one in between. if you've never been and you're interested in board games you really need to go.
Now the type of Games there can be a little hardcore, and therefore not necessarily suitable for mass market audiences, but both Hasbro and Mattel were in attendance, so there really is a game for everyone.
The most unusual thing about Essen is that it is both Trade show and Consumer show. The reality of chasing between meetings while negotiating hordes of Gamers is not always a happy reality, but it certainly adds to the flavour and atmosphere, and I yet again met most of my favourite people from board games companies in Essen.
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Private, Btry. A, 33rd Div., 124th F. A. Son of P. W. and Mat Broom. Husband of Della Broom, of Cabarrus County. Entered service June 24, 1918, at Concord, N.C. Was sent to Camp Jackson, S. C.; transferred to Newport News, Va. Went to France Aug. 22, 1918. Fought at Meuse-Argonne, Oct. 5, 1918, to Nov. 11, 1918. Was in Germany nine months. Returned to the USA May 24, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., June 4, 1919.
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Prabir Mukherjee, the Eden Gardens curator, has strongly criticised MS Dhoni's call for turning pitches, calling it "immoral", and even sought a month's leave from work. However, by Saturday evening, the Cricket Association of Bengal had convinced Mukherjee to come back to work.
The developments came less than a week before India's Kolkata Test against England, and days after the BCCI deployed Ashish Bhowmick, a member of its grounds and pitches committee from Tripura, to "assist" in the preparation for the Test that starts on December 5.
The series between India and England is tied at 1-1 after India lost on a square turner in Mumbai, with their spinners taking nine wickets between them even as Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann shared 19.
"Why does Dhoni want a square turner on the first day? Then why are you selling tickets for five days? It's immoral," Mukherjee told CNN-IBN. Mukherjee said he didn't like the way the whole issue was handled. "I have not resigned but asked for a month's leave," he said. "I am not loving this atmosphere and not happy that the Cricket Association of Bengal did not support me."
Dhoni and Mukherjee have famously struggled to get along as professionals. Last year, after India beat England in an ODI in Kolkata, Dhoni said the pitch was an "ugly wicket". Mukherjee then responded by saying, "Pitches don't score runs, batsmen do." It was also reported that Mukherjee had made disparaging comments about Dhoni's demands for specific pitches. He is reported to have asked for written official instruction if he was to prepare a pitch that began turning and bouncing on day one.
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Usually after a presidential debate, both sides spin the results. But after the first face-off between President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney, Obama's exasperated handlers made no such effort. How could they when most opinion polls revealed that two-thirds of viewers thought Obama clearly lost?
Within minutes of the parting handshake, the liberal base went ballistic. Bill Maher, Chris Matthews and Michael Moore all but accused Obama of embarrassing the progressive cause. The post-debate spin focused not on whether the president had been creamed by challenger Mitt Romney, but rather on how that had been possible.
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Why, then, the hysteria over a typical Obama performance? Again, roll the tape of any prior debate, press conference or question-and-answer session, and what you see is about the same as we saw the other night.
What was radically different was not Obama's normal workmanlike performance, but two novel twists.
This was the first debate in which Obama has had a record to defend. In 2000, he ran for Congress in a primary race against Bobby Rush and attacked the incumbent. In 2004, he ran successfully for the U.S. Senate, offering all sorts of promises — but never ran for re-election on their fulfillment.
In 2008, a blank-slate Obama ran for president and won by lumping in challenger John McCain with unpopular incumbent president George W. Bush — while offering banalities like "hope and change" and "yes, we can!"
The debate with Romney, however, marked the first time in his national political life that Obama has had the harder task of defending a record of governance. That he could not make the case onstage for a successful four years suggests either that his record is nearly indefensible — 42 months of unemployment above 8 percent, more than $5 trillion in new debt, record numbers of Americans on food stamps, anemic economic growth — or that Obama believes voters don't care that much. Perhaps they will again be mesmerized by his promises of millions of new green jobs, more government entitlements and more attacks on the better-off who haven't paid "their fair share."
Barack Obama has always felt that it was enough to show up rather than to achieve. We all know that he got into Occidental College and Columbia University, was Law Review editor at Harvard, was offered a professorship at the University of Chicago Law School, and was elected senator and president. But we rarely heard of a significant record of actual achievement as a student, academic or legislator — until his first term as president.
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Obama ended up mostly achieving draws when jousting with Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primaries. He won two of the three debates with nondescript presidential rival McCain by consistently attacking Bush and blaming the 2008 financial meltdown on Republicans.
In previous debates, Obama sounded not much different than he did last week against Romney. Obama customarily looked down, gave disjointed off-topic sermons, and stuttered uncertainly. That did not matter all that much, given that his youth and professorial air contrasted well with the inept Bobby Rush and Alan Keyes, and he appeared on camera as a fresh face in contrast to old, familiar, retread politicos like Clinton and McCain.
Obama's handlers know all this. No wonder what worries them is not that Obama was off his game against Romney, but that the game itself — not Obama — has suddenly changed.
: (Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author of the just-released "The End of Sparta." You can reach him by e-mailing: [email protected].)
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