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Madison — Generally pleased with what they saw from their top two quarterbacks in the opener, University of Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema and offensive coordinator Paul Chryst see no reason to stray dramatically from their game plan this week.
That means Scott Tolzien will get his second consecutive start and is likely to get the majority of the work against Fresno State. Curt Phillips' playing time might be determined by the score and flow of the game.
"Overall I thought there was some good stuff we've got to build on," Chryst said, "and some things we've got to clean up."
The good for Tolzien included completing 15 of 20 passes (75%) for 257 yards and a touchdown in UW's 28-20 victory over Northern Illinois. The yardage total is the most ever by a UW quarterback making his first start. That broke the mark of Jim Sorgi, who completed 21 of 29 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-24 overtime loss to Purdue in 2000.
The bad for Tolzien included two interceptions. The first came in the second quarter, one play after UW linebacker Mike Taylor ripped the ball from the arms of Northern Illinois tailback Me'co Brown to give the offense the ball at the Huskies' 24.
UW failed to pick up a blitz from Tolzien's right side by cornerback Patrick George. Tolzien was hit as he threw, and linebacker Cory Hanson made an easy interception at the 17.
"But he still could have bailed it out," Chryst said, "and gotten the ball out of his hands a little bit quicker."
The second interception came in the final quarter, with UW holding a 28-12 lead.
On first down from his 20, Tolzien dropped back and scanned the field. He was late coming back to his right to wide receiver Nick Toon near the right hash mark. That allowed Hanson to drop into coverage and intercept the pass. The Huskies took over at the UW 31 and eventually scored a touchdown to get back into the game.
"Where he was going with the ball . . . he was going to the right place," Chryst said. "I thought he was a little bit late. I think the (defender) did a nice job. (He) fell off of Garrett (Graham) and played his eyes a little bit . . .
"If you're rating the quarterbacks, that factors in. And yet I thought he was on point on a lot of things. I thought he played with poise and vision. I like seeing that he had to stand in on a couple things (pressures) and show toughness."
Both interceptions came one series after Phillips ran the offense. Chryst said he noted that but considered it a coincidence and not the primary factor for the turnovers.
Phillips, on the field for two of UW's 11 possessions, completed three of five passes for 24 yards and rushed four times for 34 yards.
"He had a couple high throws," Chryst said, "but then he settled in and cut it loose on a couple third-down throws. I think it was a good intro for him."
Tolzien directed nine of UW's 11 possessions and had 44 plays compared to 16 for Phillips.
He had an 80-yard touchdown pass on UW's first play from scrimmage and directed touchdown drives of 58, 92 and 67 yards.
Phillips' first series covered 50 yards but ended with a punt. His second series covered 53 yards but ended with a 41-yard missed field-goal attempt.
"We didn't go in with set numbers in mind," Chryst said of the number of plays each quarterback received. "I thought they were legit reps. Would you like to have had more? Absolutely."
Both quarterbacks will get more work this week.
"Both of them came in and did some things," Bielema said. "(Scott) really handled and managed the game well, and I like the way Curt came off the bench."
"We kind of shared with him during the course of the week what we thought he would walk into as far as the timing of it. And he really did some good things, so we're going to stick with the same game plan."

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If you download the freebie and read this post I would so appreciate any ideas you guys have for student valentines. I try to stay away from sugar since we have so much of that anyway and I've been buying the velcro monkeys from Oriental Trading for the last few years, so I want to mix it up. Any ideas you might have would be so, so welcome!
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We have our parties first thing in the morning. We serve breakfast so they get a healthy start to the day. We don't ask for any sweets to be brought in (however, parents usually send things in without being asked!) having the party in the morning keeps kids from asking, "how much longer until our party?" Then for the rest of the day we can do other Valentine things or do normal things. We also do this with our Halloween party, too.
2ndinline.blogspot.comFor every Holiday, I put themed (sharpened) pencils on the students desks so they get a gift first thing in the morning when they arrive. My students LOVE them & look forward to them. This year, I made pencil toppers that I'll put on them for Valentine's Day. I made ladybugs for the pencils and my daughter will give her class tootsie pops, so I made a the cute heart mice to use. All free, if they work for you, enjoy!
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ThePolishedTeacherMy kids are obsessed with bouncy balls and Target has some for a pretty good price in the party section. I will put them in a cute little bag with a sign that says "Have a Ball on Valentine's Day!"
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Kathy Tyers (born July 21, 1952) is an American author and musician currently living in Bozeman, Montana.
Kathy Tyers (née Moore) was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She obtained a degree in microbiology from Montana State University, where she met her future husband Mark Tyers. After their marriage, she returned to school and became certified to teach grades K-12. When their church opened a private school, she took over teaching the lower grades. In 1979, she retired from teaching to start a family; her son Matthew was born in 1981 and she began writing in earnest two years later.
Tyers sold her first novel Firebird to Bantam Spectra in 1986. She subsequently sold Fusion Fire (1988; a sequel to Firebird), Crystal Witness (1989) and Shivering World (1991). During this period she also authored a nonfiction travel book and, with her husband, released two CDs of folk music, Leave Her, Johnny and The Very Best Dreams on which she played flute and Irish harp. In 1991, while working on another speculative fiction novel, she was approached with an opportunity to write a novel in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Her novel The Truce at Bakura (1993) reached the New York Times bestseller list.
Despite her success, after the sale of her novel One Mind's Eye, Tyers took a complete sabbatical from writing from 1994 to 1997. She eventually returned to writing, specifically targeting the Christian Booksellers Association in an attempt to sell Christian science fiction, and Bethany House Publishers published rewritten versions of Firebird and Fusion Fire.
The rewritten versions, published in 1999 and 2000 along with a third novel, Crown of Fire, were much more spiritual in nature and, in most markets, were marketed as Christian fiction instead of science fiction. They were published as a single volume edition in 2004. During the same period, Tyers was approached for the Star Wars market again and authored another novel, Balance Point, in addition to short stories for four Star Wars anthologies. Shivering World was revised and re-released in early 2004.
Tyers' husband Mark died from alcoholism in 2004.[1] She took another sabbatical from fiction writing, working with guitarist Christopher Parkening on his autobiography Grace Like a River. In 2006, she entered Regent College in Vancouver BC, and after earning a Master of Christian Studies degree, emphasis Christianity and the Arts, she lived in Bellingham, WA for a year before returning to Montana.
The three Firebird novels were re-released in an annotated version by Marcher Lord Press in 2011, to be followed by two additional series novels; Wind and Shadow in 2011, and Daystar in 2012 completing the Firebird Saga.
Tyers is currently active in the Presbyterian (PCA) church.
- Firebird (1987, revised 1999 and 2011)
- Fusion Fire (1988, revised 2000 and 2011)
- Crystal Witness (1989)
- Exploring the Northern Rockies (1991, travel)
- Shivering World (1991, revised 2004)
- The Truce at Bakura (1993) (Part of the Star Wars fictional universe)
- "We Don't Do Weddings" in Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995) (Part of the Star Wars fictional universe)
- "A Time to Dance, A Time to Mourn: Oola's Tale" in Tales from Jabba's Palace (1996) (Part of the Star Wars fictional universe)
- "The Prize Pelt: Bossk's Tale" in Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1996) (Part of the Star Wars fictional universe)
- One Mind's Eye (1996)
- "Tinian on Trial" in Tales From the Empire (1997) (Part of the Star Wars fictional universe)
- Balance Point (2000) (Part of the Star Wars fictional universe)
- Crown of Fire (2000)
- Firebird: A Trilogy (2004)
- "Their New Masters" in Eat My Martian Dust, (2005)
- Grace Like a River (2006, biography)
- The Annotated Firebird (2011)
- Wind and Shadow (2011)
- Daystar (2012)
- Leave Her, Johnny (1986)
- The Very Best Dreams (1988)
- ^ "Interview with Kathy Tyers". RJ Sullivan Interview with Kathy Tyers. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
External links[edit]
- Kathy Tyers's website
- Kathy Tyers at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Interview with Kathy Tyers


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What images do the words "quality of life" bring to mind? A peaceful beach? A beautiful park? A farmers market full of healthy produce? In the realm of policing, the phrase "quality of life" carries different connotations. It means a veteran getting hauled in for sleeping on the sidewalk, a homeless woman being prohibited from resting on a park bench, or even brutal scenes like these from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Fresno.
For poor, homeless, queer, transgendered, and disabled people, "quality of life" is a zero-sum game. It means someone else's life is better only if theirs is worse. It also means no begging, no sitting or lying on public benches or sidewalks, no congregating in public space, and no sleeping outside. In this context, "quality of life" is an array of ordinances being used against people deemed "abnormal" or "undesirable," especially in gentrifying areas. Quality of Life campaigns have been driven by the concerns of Chambers of Commerce, Business Improvement Districts, and residents uncomfortable with the unsightliness of extreme poverty, especially middle-to-upper class whites.
The heavy-handed tactics shown in the video clips above are extreme expressions of the daily harassment visited upon those who have to struggle with poverty, addiction, mental illness, and disabilities in open public view because they lack basic amenities such as housing. These tactics help the police clearly demarcate urban boundaries and enforce who belongs where. They're part of a social system where welfare and punishment have become almost indistinguishable.
This is the second part in a series of articles we're running on Quality of Life campaigns. Here we explore their theoretical basis, what they actually do, and what their implications are for our society.
Quality of Life laws are based on the Broken Windows theory, first popularized in an influential 1982 Atlantic Monthly article written by James Q. Wilson and Edward Kelling. The article reflected the ascendant conservative ideology that New Deal and Great Society programs had turned the U.S. into a "nanny state" that reinforced the laziness and criminality of the lower classes, especially people of color. This is the theory's dubious starting point.
The premise of the Broken Windows argument is simple: it is necessary to come down hard on the "disorderly" (e.g. homeless panhandlers, drunks, prostitutes, and rowdy youth) to discourage more serious criminals from taking over a neighborhood. This was to be done by saturating selected areas with beat cops that have the "discretionary authority" to not only respond to actual crimes, but to "manage street life." These tactics go by the various names of zero tolerance, order maintenance, and broken windows policing.
Wilson and Kelling write:
"The unchecked panhandler is, in effect, the first broken window. Muggers and robbers, whether opportunistic or professional, believe they reduce their chances of being caught or even identified if they operate on streets where potential victims are already intimidated by prevailing conditions."
"Tough on Crime" advocates saw Broken Windows as a panacea to the problems facing their cities. The cumulative effects of economic stagnation, growing inequality, unemployment, rampant privatization, and government neglect were ravaging urban centers. The first to apply it were New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his Police Commissioner William Bratton. In 1994, they put forward Police Strategy No. 5: Reclaiming the Public Spaces of New York. Giuliani and Bratton made their careers off exporting this model. Giuliani created a consulting company and Bratton took jobs in other major cities such as Los Angeles.
In recent years, activities associated with being homeless became the most glaring signs of disorder that needed to be eliminated, and as a result the problems faced by homeless people were transformed into a criminal justice issue. Today, more than 50 cities have passed laws that prohibit sitting or lying down in public places and 100 localities have passed some form of anti-begging ordinance. To bolster Quality of Life policing efforts, Business Improvement Districts have hired private security guards to monitor and patrol public space with scant oversight to limit civil rights violations.
Consequently, public funds are being redirected from social services to homeless courts, jails, and prisons. So much so that in 2007, a public defender in Los Angeles told the Daily Journal on the condition of anonymity: "It's not abnormal for the DA to have a policy. But this policy is about targeting the homeless in that area because the city is redeveloping that area. It's a policy to get people off the streets and into state prison, jumping right over rehab and jail."
Quality of Life campaigns have been credited for cleaning up and making business, entertainment, and shopping districts more enjoyable for their intended users, namely tourists, shoppers, and concertgoers. In New York City, for example, the campaign was so successful that only one homeless man remains in Times Square, but at the same time homelessness in the city was up 34%.
So the question must be asked: Do these ordinances actually work or are they "politically successful policy failures?" Who exactly do they work for and at what cost for society as a whole? Do the ends justify the means? Or are we once again developing a repertoire of exclusionary mechanisms that further tarnish our country's claims on freedom, equality, and justice for all?
There is no clear evidence that Quality of Life campaigns have seriously reduced crime. In his book Illusion of Order: The False Promise of Broken Windows Policing, University of Chicago law professor Bernard Harcourt calls attention to a Harvard study in which the authors conclude that "the current fascination in policy circles on cleaning up disorder through law enforcement techniques appears simplistic and largely misplaced, at least in terms of directly fighting crime."
In the pursuit of "safe," "sanitized," and "livable" cities, we're systematically stripping people of basic civil and human rights and banishing them beyond the realm of human decency. By reactivating or expanding the application of archaic vagrancy laws, we're criminalizing the basic necessities of living and keeping in existence a disgraceful system of second-class citizenship. Nightsticks and jail time cannot address the lack of housing and services that put millions of people on the streets in the first place.
Even Wilson and Kelling concede that:
"Of course, agencies other than the police could attend to the problems posed by drunks or the mentally ill, but in most communities especially where the 'deinstitutionalization' movement has been strong -- they do not."
They go on to raise concerns about equity:
"How do we ensure that age or skin color or national origin or harmless mannerisms will not also become the basis for distinguishing the undesirable from the desirable? How do we ensure, in short, that the police do not become the agents of neighborhood bigotry?...We are not confident that there is a satisfactory answer except to hope that by their selection, training, and supervision, the police will be inculcated with a clear sense of the outer limit of their discretionary authority. That limit, roughly, is this -- the police exist to help regulate behavior, not to maintain the racial or ethnic purity of a neighborhood."
So, why have police become our society's primary service providers? Aren't other agencies better trained to deal with health, social, and economic problems? In the next part of this series we will take a look at the "long and unbecoming" history of other exclusionary social policies carried out in the name of "regulating behavior." Histories that should make us think twice about the police's ability to provide safety for everyone. We hope that looking at Ugly laws, anti-Okie laws, and Jim Crow laws will give us the distance and perspective we need to illumine our own blind spots and democratic failings. The fact of the matter is, we can only police the gross inequality riveting our society for so long.
This series is a collaboration between researcher Casey Gallagher and Western Regional Advocacy Project.
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Steve Jobs, the business-savvy genius who pioneered home computing with Apple and conquered the movie industry with Pixar, has passed on at the age of 56. The official Apple website has posted a tribute to the company's visionary leader, and even President Obama issued a statement hailing Jobs as "among the greatest of American innovators."
Jobs co-founded Apple, and in 1986, purchased the computer animation division of Lucasfilm called The Graphics Group, which later became the Pixar animation studio, one of Hollywood's biggest runaway success stories.
His global influence is being paid tribute to via the devices he devised as some of the biggest names in Hollywood took to Twitter to pay tribute to Steve Jobs...
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Justin Bieber will be making a cameo appearance in Pee-wee Herman's new movie. He just doesn't know it yet.
Pee-wee has been developing a new movie project with Judd Apatow and announced Justin's (potential) involvement while being interviewed at the San Diego Comic-Con.
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Progressive Traditions: The Progressive Tradition in American Politics
Part Two of the Progressive Tradition Series
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About the Progressive Tradition Series
Accompanying the transformation of America's public philosophy away from the predominant laissez-faire vision of the late 19th century and toward stronger forms of democratic governance in the 20th century, numerous changes occurred in the issue agendas, constituencies, and policy platforms of the major political parties in the United States as they came to grips with rising progressive sentiment.
Progressive reforms:
A century of accomplishments
- The eight-hour workday and 40-hour workweek
- Worker's compensation for on-the-job accidents
- Unemployment insurance
- Prohibitions against child labor and workplace exploitations
- The legal right of people to organize within labor unions and engage in collective bargaining for fair wages and benefits
- The constitutional right to vote, full legal equality, and the elimination of formal discrimination for women and minorities
- The graduated income and inheritance tax
- Protections against contaminated food and medicines
- Hundreds of millions of acres of protected wilderness areas, waterways, and national parks
- Antimonopoly and anticompetitive regulations of corporations
- Direct elections of U.S. senators, direct primary elections of political candidates, and the initiative and referendum process in the states
- Civil service tests to replace political patronage
- National supervision of banks and the creation of a flexible national currency
- Regulation of the securities industry
- Federal insurance of bank deposits
- Bans on speculative banking practices
- Refinancing and foreclosure protections for home and farm owners
- National infrastructure including electrification, railways, airports, bridges and roads, and the Internet
- Social Security and Medicare to aid the elderly and Medicaid and CHIP to help low-income families and children
- Minimum wage laws and income support for the working poor
- Public education, college loans and grants for students, and the GI Bill
Progressivism has always found expressions both within and outside the major political parties, beginning with the early protest movements of the populists and other third party insurgencies to the transformative candidacies of William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Roosevelt. As Herbert Croly, co-founder of The New Republic, notes, the most distinctive progressive faction—as opposed to the more populist and agrarian one represented by Bryan—was located within the Republican Party and most fiercely advocated by prominent voices such as Theodore Roosevelt and Robert La Follette of Wisconsin. Roosevelt and La Follette both formed outside Progressive Parties to promote the ideas of national reform after failing to transform the Republican Party into a genuinely progressive vehicle.
Meanwhile, the slow conversion of Woodrow Wilson from his southern conservative background into a national progressive president solidified progressivism within the Democratic Party—a legacy that was greatly extended under the long tenure of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt's aggressive national actions to repair and transform our society and government in the wake of the Great Depression set the course for the midcentury liberalism of Harry Truman, the New Frontier of John Kennedy, and the great civil rights advances under Lyndon Johnson.
Improvements in American life would not have happened without the pioneering ideas of these early progressives. The shift from conservatism toward progressivism helped to structure our society in far more humane and effective ways and gave real meaning to our founding principles of liberty, equality, and opportunity. Progressives built on this new foundation and expanding levels of support from the American public, successfully amassing a worthy list of policy accomplishments over the last century. These included such landmarks of equality and social justice as the eight-hour workday and 40-hour workweek; the constitutional right to vote, full legal equality, and the elimination of formal discrimination for women and minorities; and Social Security and Medicare to aid the elderly and Medicaid to help low-income families and children. (See sidebar for an extensive list of key reforms.)
This paper will trace the political lineage of progressivism from the late 1890s to the late 1960s. In doing so, we show how the demand for progressive policies went from outsider protest to dominance of the American political mainstream. Future papers in our Progressive Traditions series will explore more contemporary political expressions of progressivism.
About the Progressive Tradition Series
With the rise of the contemporary progressive movement and the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, there is extensive public interest in better understanding the origins, values, and intellectual strands of progressivism. Who were the original progressive thinkers and activists? Where did their ideas come from and what motivated their beliefs and actions? What were their main goals for society and government? How did their ideas influence or diverge from alternative social doctrines? How do their ideas and beliefs relate to contemporary progressivism?
The new Progressive Tradition Series from the Center for American Progress traces the development of progressivism as a social and political tradition stretching from the late 19th century reform efforts to the current day. The series is designed primarily for educational and leadership development purposes to help students and activists better understand the foundations of progressive thought and its relationship to politics and social movements. Although the Progressive Studies Program has its own views about the relative merit of the various values, ideas, and actors discussed within the progressive tradition, the essays included in the series are descriptive and analytical rather than opinion based. We envision the essays serving as primers for exploring progressivism and liberalism in more depth through core texts—and in contrast to the conservative intellectual tradition and canon. We hope that these papers will promote ongoing discourse about the proper role of the state and individual in society, the relationship between empirical evidence and policymaking, and how progressives today might approach specific issues involving the economy, health care, energy-climate change, education, financial regulation, social and cultural affairs, and international relations and national security.
Part one examines the philosophical and theoretical development of progressivism as a response to the rise of industrial capitalism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read part one »
Part two examines the politics of national progressivism from the agrarian populists to the Great Society. Read part two »
Part three examines the influence of social movements for equality and economic justice on the development of progressivism. Read part three »
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Well you haven't met your crowd is all
I mean your crowd as in the group of people or person that you just click with. You know, you guys have the same interests and share the same humor and stuff. Don't go chasing after people who don't care about you. I don't know who old you are, but this is what I've learned growing up. I'm still learning in fact and am happier too.
Join a sporting team. It will take a few weeks but you will slowly become friends with some of the people involved.
It doesn't have to be sports but some group with an interest that you like. Then just keep being friendly. When I moved it took 6 months for the people I came into contact with on a daily basis to start interacting with me.
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Almirante Brown, Argentina, August 19, 2011 – Cuba scored a 3-1 (25-20, 16-25, 25-21, 25-21) victory over France in Pool C of the 2011 FIVB Boy's World Championship.
Three Cuban players finished in double figures in the scores with Yordan Bisset leading the parade with 16 followed by Danger Quintana (15) and Lazaro Fundora (14). Quintana totaled four blocks and Bisset finished with 3 aces. France's Thibault Rossard led all the scorers with a match-high 18 points while Soane Falafala and Trevor Clevenot registered 14 and 12 respectively.
Cuba led the blocking category 11-7 while France held a slight margin in service aces 8-6. The defeated side committed 33 errors to 25 by the winning team.
Cuba came out firing at the start of the first set and raced into 5-1 and 8-3 leads with powerful serves causing damage to the French reception. They rushed to a 16-8 advantage at the second technical time-out. Coach Rodolfo Sanchez called for a time-out when the difference narrowed to three points (17-14). When play resumed Cuba, blocked several times to increase the gap to 24-17. After three consecutive points by France, Sanchez called for another time-out and Fundora converted the final point with an amazing spike from the right side (25-20).
In the second set, France took advantage of the erratic play of Cuba in the early going and never looked back. The French team built up a 4-point lead when Coach Sanchez called for a time out. The first technical pause found France with a 5-point difference (8-3). The margin expanded to 10-3 with the inspired offense of lefty Thibault Roosard and was 16-8 at the second stop. The European team reached the 20-point mark commanding 20-11. Falafala parlayed ace and spike setting up the stage for the attack off the block by Clevenot and the 25-16 in favor of the European side.
Cuba reached the first TTO of the third set with a difference of 4 points (8-4). They maintained the same advantage (10-6) when France's coach called for a time out. The French boys came back motivated playing better defense but Cuba was still in front 16-12 when the second technical pause arrived. The European team came close in the score at 19-17 with Falafala and Rossard in a hot streak but Cuba recovered to win by a comfortable 4-point difference 25-21 with a bomb by Fundora from the right side.
Cuba led 8-4 in the fourth set but France reacted to make the difference smaller and both teams battled point by point. One ace by Bisset earned Cuba a 15-13 lead and Falafala hit out of bounds for 16-14. France had the opportunity to tie up the charts, but it was not possible due to a counter attack made by Fundora. Bisset's spike and ace gave Cuba a four-point cushion (23-19) and the match finished with the fantastic Fundora's spike (25-21).


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Unfortunately, this is bad news for the whole world. Rember what PRI did last time? Efecto Tequila, when the world economy shook thanks to mexican president Carlos Salinas from PRI.
These crooks have improved their techniques on sacking mexican national reserves. Remember Moreira, Yarrington, etc.
To think that the 1995 economic crisis was caused by politicians stealing money is simply childish. How in heavens would someone steal billions of dollars? :) Put them where? Plus you can´t really remove money from a country´s economy, only shift it from one place to another.
I will not even attempt to explain the actual mechanics of the 1995 peso crisis; it would be a waste of bytes, you would never understand.
A sincere thanks goes to you for helping cutting gas emissions by not squandering bytes and keeping your thoughts to yourself. So AMLO'ish, init?
Zerge, arrogance from Salinas team got us into the 1995 crisis. The first sign of that arrogance that I remember was listening to this phrase: "you would never understand". Things dont change. Same arrogance,same party.
"Perhaps his (Calderon's) biggest victory is that the three main presidential candidates all advocate continuing the struggle (against drug cartels)".
Really, Economist? Most probably not. The candidates have no option but to say that... now. Hard to conceive that Mexicans can stand six more years of such gruesome strategy. The candidates just have to look at Calderon's falling popularity to know what to avoid, not emulate.
Completely agree. They HAVE to say that, if they do not want to get pummeled by the media. But as soon as they take office... we will see what they really are up to.
10 days for election and more than 40% in Mexico thinks to vote for the best candidate Enrique Peña Nieto. PRI it´s coming back to put order in Mexico.
"To put order", that is the best clue we can get from a PRI supporter mindset. The fascist PRI wing will try to take charge.
"Fascism" is right wing. PRI is anything but right wing. If anything is center-left.
But I know what you mean. I woulnd´t worry too much, one thing PRI is is pragmatic. They know that they have to behave if they want to keep winning elections.
Zerge, I am from Veracruz, PRI has ruled there for more than 70 years. PRI's idea of "order" in Veracruz means ruthless control by the use of paramitarly armed gangs (Zetas). As an example the hanging of a female mayor two days ago. That is PRI in action, now. Not a pragmatic party, a ruthless , cash oriented group.
Is Mexico ready? Very unlikely. It's difficult to see the PRI going back to its old ways as society and communications/social mobilisation methods have changed. It is also difficult to believe the PRI will not try to embed itself for another number of years at all costs.
Not a PAN or a PRD voter here, just gauging by what the vast majority of the middle class people I know in Mexico think.
Indeed, any party would want to embed itself into a country. Except that the embedding process has evolved in Mexico. So PRI can achieve this by actually giving results, so people will keep voting for them. They know this, they have a great organizational structure, they practice realpolitik and are not limited by left wing or right wing dogma, and that´s why I think they will try hard to do a good job.
If they don´t however, we will vote them out just as easily we voted them in.
And people voted for Hitler also.
How could anyone on their right sober mind could vote for the PRI again after 70 years of corruption?
Zerge, please be kind enough and explain how exactly the embedding process has evolved in Mexico?
The PRI, during their 70 years rule, was corrupt not because they where the PRI, but because they where the only party in power. Mexico has changed, we have a true democracy, and it is simpleminded to think that today´s PRI is the same as the PRI of the past. It cannot be, the whole environment has changed.
Are PRI state governments still corrupt? Of course! But so are PRD governments, and PAN governments, and ALL governments in the world! Come on people, corruption is a byproduct of government! Get over it! Of COURSE we should work to establish processes to reduce corruption, but there´s an ABSOLUTE obsession with corruption, don´t you see?
Simple: governments do stuff for the people, spending our taxes in a sufficiently reasonable way, and we keep voting for them. If we don´t like what they do with our money, we vote them out.
Why do you think PRD wins in Mexico City consistently?
AND people voted for Chavez also.
There was corruption in Mexico before and after the PRI
"It cannot be, the whole environment has changed."
Really? Not even the US trusts Peña Nieto because of the relationship the PRI has with the drug cartels, the states governed by the PRI are the most violent and many are related to drug cartels and money laundering. Peña Nieto also vetoed a transparency law to protect Arturo Montiel, the former governor from being investigated for money laundering and unexplained fortune he has. Also the documents that The Guardian presented about how Peña Nieto bought favorable coverage on Televisa wich is forbidden by the law.
The cases surrounding Peña Nieto of corruption are simply overwhelming. Lots of people have the TV ad the only source of information and its manipulated favorably towards Peña Nieto, how can there be democracy? Also he was the worst governor when he was in charge of the State of Mexico.
You are deluding yourself if you think the PRI are interested in helping the majority of the people.
Even Peña Nieto admits that the PRI was a very corrupt party, too bad he doesn't admit that the PRI he represents is the same PRI with new face.
I couln´t care less what the US thinks. And saying that the states governed by the PRI are the most violent is not saying much, since PRI governs most states in Mexico.
I will repeat what I´ve been saying: I don´t CARE if PRI is corrupt. All parties are corrupt. I don´t think PRI wants to help people. No party does. I have no faith in politicians or anyone else but myself. And I don´t need to be saved.
The only thing I don´t want is a nutcase like AMLO as president. That´s all. And I´m not alone. We´ll show you this Sunday ;)
AMLO is the most honest candidate, i know you don't care if the PRI is corrupt, all parties are corrupt yes, but no party and no candidate is as corrupt as Peña Nieto. AMLO has always been fighting for the people and not for just a few rich people, mind you that most of the people surrounding Peña Nieto has links to the drug cartels, corruption, money laundering and such. PRI governs most states in Mexico yes, and the ones not governed by the PRI are much less violent. EPN government poverty, unemployment, homicide and kidnaps rised incredibly.
AMLO although not as many people would like but he diminished poverty, unemployment, violence, homicide and kidnaps.
Maybe you don't love Mexico as i do, but i do want the best for it.
Many people don't want AMLO and you're not alone, but there is a whole lot more people who don't want EPN as the president, EPN is the laugh stock on the internet and every site you visit you'll find the majority of people against it. Why? Because they have all the information they need to know how corrupt and violent EPN government can be.
Hi Adrian and everyone else in this discussion. I live over here in Mexico, and I'm not an economist and don't know in too much detail about laws or politics (I'm a graduated engineer in electronics), but I've seen so much videos and pictures (and heard testimonies) about how PRI dishonestly acquired so much votes, that I feel soooooooooooo sad about my country!
I used to feel that Mexico had been growing stronger and stronger (I mean, in terms of stability), and that we could almost touch democracy at long last, and then, the 1st of July happens. Like I said, I'm no expert at all, but I really feel dumb by being but a witness in how Mexico's democracy steps 70 years back. Is there anything we can do to change this? I feel desperate because even though all of the PRI's tricks have been denounced, I don't feel that much is achieved with this.
I'm not a member from any party, (I must confess I voted for Josefina Vazquez) I actually don't like AMLO's extremist way and would have given PRI a second chance, but not after hearing all the lies this man has said about his past work as Estado de Mexico's governor (many friends of mine live there), and all the money he used in campaigns to "look responsible and trustful". And especially not after hearing him speak. He looks just like a puppet that needs to read and memorize his speeches in order to speak eloquently.
And most importantly, I don't want to give PRI a second chance after all the vicious and dishonest things they did to acquire all the votes they needed to win. From all my friends/family, maybe a 5% or even less confessed in voting for Peña Nieto. And I've been checking at the voting results sheets on pages like www.yosoyantifraude.org (these are actual photos of the voting results sheets that people, including me, took the night the voting process ended) and on the vast majority of the sheets, Peña Nieto lost to AMLO. Now, I haven't obviously checked each and every one of the sheets, but several sites like the one I posted have, and it seems it's a lie Peña Nieto won.
Like I said, I'm no AMLO follower at all, but I definitely don't want a cheater and a liar for president! (I know maybe all politicians are like that, but they are more discrete)
I also want to spread the word about what we're living over here because on local channels, all the news seem to be in an agreement with Peña Nieto, and don't show what reality really is. This is so unfair because obviously only the people that have access to internet are aware of this, leaving all the thousands of less-than-average Mexicans ignoring what's going on.
Am I being too paranoid about all this? Is this normal on all democratic countries? If not, or if someone else understands me and can give me a clue about what to do or whom to ask for help to, please tell me! I want to help my country and punish all the injustices done along these elections!!
"Am I being too paranoid about all this? Is this normal on all democratic countries?"
It isn't that's why this elections was one of the most observed of all time in Mexico. In other countries there is less corruption so you will see less protests than México.
Yes it is sad that EPN has the majority of votes but look, check all this irregularities.
All of this exceed 100% of citizens participation which is impossible. All this plus the votes bought and Soriana Gate where the PRI used those card to pay the people who took other people to vote for the PRI, The Guardian television scandal about EPN paying Televisa favorable coverage and all that.
Im very sure that if Televisa was a more impartial medium, EPN woulnd't had won this elections at all.
But we are still fighting, they are already recounting all the votes and such and there is a possibility that they invalidate this elections. Not all is lost.
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Billy Ray Cyrus on Miley's Lap Dance: 'It's What People Her Age Do'
The video shows openly gay Shankman grinding up against Cyrus with a drink in hand. It was even reported that several people left the party after the dance display because they felt uncomfortable or had small children with them. Cyrus' parents were not in attendance.
But earlier today, when TMZ got a chance to chat with Cyrus' dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, about his thoughts on the video, he replied, "It's what people her age do." He went on to say his daughter was just "having fun."
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- Thursday 13 MayBy MZLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
- Thursday 13 MayBy bcapricorn55Highest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
So there you have it folks..now you know what your teen kids are doing out there..you heard it here from papa cyrus...they are out there for starters dirty dancing with men old enough to be their fathers...oh what I would give to have teenagers again...I guess it is okay with him because he is probably out there doing the same thing..dirty dancing with little girls..Get a clue cyrus
- Saturday 15 MayBy georgiablewHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Ahh, you are not far off bcapricorn, Billy Ray's other job was as a male stripper when he was discovered. So it gives you a bit of perspective about the things he says.
- Friday 14 MayBy luisHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
He is NOT a parent of hers simply an Employee!
- Thursday 13 MayBy kaysingsHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
"It's what people her age do"?? Billy Ray is not only out of touch with the real world with this remark, but it now appears that he may actually be responsible for at least some of Miley's screwed up behavior. She is a minor child, for Pete's Sake. Where is social services?
How times have changed. I remember when Walt Disney himself gave Annette Funicello permission to wear a two-piece swimsuit for her role in her first beach party movie! Mr. Disney is rolling in his grave. - Friday 14 MayBy SherryHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Yeah-I am with you Kaysings-WHERE IS SOCIAL SERVICES???To be honest-I am afraid to know what else this girl is allowed to do
or what other things her parents have made her feel is normal.
It just makes me shiver!!!!!!!! - Thursday 13 MayBy mikunupHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
"This is what people her age do." Seriously??? My father would have locked me in my room for years. Maybe it would have been different if I had been the family's cash cow.
- Friday 14 MayBy GretchenHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Cash cow is right. I remember "Achy Breaky Heart." I believe that was his only hit. Since then he was relatively unknown except for a small element of country music. Now his daughter is a far bigger celebrity than he could ever think of being. He is on her show. He escourts her to events. Employee is right. She tells him what she will do. He tossed his parent card away when the money started to roll in.
- Thursday 13 MayBy ajHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
ummm yea this is not a good idea billy shes 17 underage and she was 16 doing this to a 44 yr old someone who pretty much the same age as you are you kidding me kid her dont do this unless they're looking for a some old sagging guy thats just sick
- Thursday 13 MayBy AitchCSHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
It is now chic, hip, in-style, cool, etc. etc. for women and girls to act like strippers and pornstars so no big surprise!!!
- Thursday 13 MayBy DigiHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
LOL its been obvious this was the move this girl was going to make. Shes been dying to get naked for the camera since she first saw it. Leaking little bits here and there, I garentee you Hugh Hefner already is counting dollars hes gona make from that playboy issue.
I think its funny you all let your teenage girls mimic this trash queen...sucks to be you LOL - Thursday 13 MayBy DigiHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
LOL her and Lindsey Lohan should start a club....Trashed hasbeens on a constant downhill spiral. Actually I think its funny. Lindsey Lohan got all trashy so fast she couldnt even sell a porn.
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A 16-year-old girl??? This isn't a dance, it's porno. What the hell was Adam Shankman thinking, she's a minor for God's sake.
As for Billy Ray, God help us all. He condones this behavior knowing his daughter is a role model for millions of young girls? His parenting skills influence our kids, too, simply because he's Miley's dad. Billy Ray needs to crack down on his daughter, then tell our kids he was wrong, too.
Maybe if he'd get his hair out of his eyes, he could SEE what is going on. - Thursday 13 MayBy spikes_dadHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
I think what she's doing is GREAT!!
Can't wait to see Miley & Lilo doing their "DUET DANCE" at the local "Boom Boom Room"!!
Maybe her Uncle Daddy Billy will be the M.C & Aunt Mama Tich will be the warm up act.
Look in your Websters for the term "White Trash" and you'll find their pictures.
- Thursday 13 MayBy PeggyHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Seems as though the daughter has been supporting the parents, why else would he condone what she has done? Everyone needs to quit buying anything with her name on it, no music, and if he has any cd's out don't buy his either. If this is what they think the role model is supposed to be for young impressionable girls they are sicker than their inbred mentality.
- Thursday 13 MayBy E. RuthHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
This young lady knows exactly what she is doing! If she doesn't
know right from wrong at the age of 17, she will never know it.
Her dad has let her do whatever she wanted to do since she hit
her teens, and the money has rolled in. Remember the picture with
she and her dad posing in a sexy pose, which came under much
criticism? Where is her mother? - Friday 14 MayBy lhladyHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
mommie dearest is probably behind the camera counting the profits. Someone in that family has to earn the money and Miley's been doing it for a long time. Maybe she's tired of lugging her whole family around and is going out on her own.
- Thursday 13 MayBy StephanieHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
If her parents truly think that this behavior is acceptable for a 16-year-old, it's no wonder Miley is headed down the path she's on. Too bad.
- Thursday 13 MayBy kim parrishHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
I have been defending Miley Cyrus to other parents and grandparents I know....UNTIL watching this video. I will NOT be encouraging my two daughters, ages 7 and 11, to be a fan any longer! I was absolutely sickened to watch this piece of pornography between a child and an adult pervert. If Miley does this in public, what's she doing in private??? WAKE UP BILLY RAY, AND BE A PARENT!!!
- Friday 14 MayBy MelissaHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Billy ray you are a schmuck no kids Miley's age do not act like that it is very inappropiate especially since she has many young fans.She was not having fun she was inappropiate.I cannot stand you or your daughter.
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We've already roundly ribbed the HiFiMAN HM-601 for looking like something released 10 years ago, but perhaps more serious are its interface problems. Its looks are simple, its basic menu layout familiar, but navigating through it can feel like operating something through a mirror's reflection, because the D-pad rarely behaves as expected.
For example - when in the "What's playing now" view, you'd expect a right press to go to the next track, right? Wrong, it brings up a pop-up that lets you add the track to a favourites list. To go to the next track you press down.
The HM-601 gets itself into these usability scrapes because it doggedly sticks to the principle that a left press on the pad should always flick between different menus (apart from the few odd occasions when it doesn't, just to spice things up a bit). Once one control element is flip-reversed, a domino-like effect takes over that infects the whole interface. So, to edit EQ faders, you press left and right rather than up and down, and some of the time the select button in the middle of the D-pad will do nothing at all. Diddly. Squat.
When other players do just fine with a similar complement of buttons, it's a wonder that HiFiMAN has managed to make everything feel so fiddly. Its navigational quirks are things you'll get used to, but for a little while it does feel like learning a new language... that uses a different alphabet. In defence of the player, we experienced similar navigational face-palm moments in Cowon's J3 and X7 players too - perhaps it's all part of being an audiophile-oriented player. Just like needing to have 300 hours of publically sneering about the MP3 codec to get your audiophile club card.
Once you've passed the unintuitiveness test and earned your HM-601 interface license, the menu structure is actually dead simple. As it's not a feature-packed device, everything of note can be shoved into one main menu without it seeming overcrowded.
You can rifle through your audio library by Artist or Album, change EQ settings, activate the shuffle and repeat settings - but that's about it. There's no radio, no audio recording and - it goes without saying, but - no Wi-Fi, no apps and no games. The screen is basic too. It's colour, but doesn't display album art and suffers from both colour and contrast shift when viewed from an angle. A text-only approach keeps things clear, but it's not pretty.
The HM-601 is not sold on its features though, rather its audio quality - and in that argument, a lack of features can be sold as a positive, the unadulterated nature of the internal circuitry resulting in less interference. How much you believe in the realities of such claims is up to you.
It does, however, play more audio codecs than several top audio players, including the Sony NWZ-A866 and iPod Classic. On top of MP3s, it will play the high-end OGG as well as the lossless FLAC and APE codecs. Some reports online suggest it struggles to pick up some specific codec configurations, but we didn't experience any problems. Files from SD cards are integrated into the main library too, using the files' ID3 tags - an important usability win (or at least non-fail) for the HM-601.
After having learnt to live with the player's dysfunctional ways, it continues to demand patience. Against "modern" devices, the HM-601's 9-hour battery life seems rather ridiculous given its size - the Cowon J3 lasts for around 45 hours, the iPod Classic around 40. It takes an age to charge too. In summary, this device is horribly impractical in a number of ways. This alone should be enough to turn off most looking for a decent MP3 player. It does, however, make up some of the lost ground with its sound quality.


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Preparation of novel mercury-doped silver nanoparticles film glassy carbon electrode and its application for electrochemical biosensor. | |
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PMID: 15866527 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
A novel mercury-doped silver nanoparticles film glassy carbon (Ag/MFGC) electrode was prepared in this study. Electrochemical behaviors of cysteine on the Ag/MFGC electrode were investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The results indicated that cysteine could be strongly adsorbed on the surface of the Ag/MFGC electrode to form a thin layer. The doped electrode could catalyze the electrode reaction process of cysteine, and the cysteine displayed a pair of well-defined and nearly reversible CV peaks at the electrode in an acetate buffer solution (pH 5.0). The Ag/MFGC electrode was used for determination of cysteine by differential pulse voltammetry. The linear range was between 4.0x10(-7) and 1.3x10(-5) mol/L, with a detection limit of 1.0x10(-7) mol/L and a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. The relative standard deviation was 2.4% for seven successive determinations of 1.0x10(-5) mol/L cysteine. The determinations of cysteine in synthetic samples and urinal samples were carried out and satisfactory results were obtained. Amperometric application of the Ag/MFGC electrode as biosensors is proposed. |
Mao-Guo Li; Yong-Jia Shang; Ying-Chun Gao; Guang-Feng Wang; Bin Fang |
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– in the House of Commons at 11:29 pm on 12th October 2010.
I secured this debate to bring to the attention of the House the murder of three of my constituents-Mohammed Yousaf, Pervez Yousaf and Tania Yousaf-who were killed in Pakistan on
Mohammad Yousaf, aged 51, his wife Pervez, aged 49, and their 22-year-old daughter, Tania, were all British citizens living in Nelson in my constituency. Mohammad Yousaf had lived in the UK for more than 40 years, working for many years as a furniture manufacturer making beds, and for a period running a small business before retiring. He also helped his wife Pervez raise their six children-three sons and three daughters. One of those daughters was Tania. Born in Nelson on
After leaving school, Tania married and had two young boys of her own-three-year-old Arien and nine-month-old Harris. She worked for Pendle borough council and then as a clerical assistant at business solutions firm Liberata in Nelson. Back in May, her manager, Wendy Smith, was reported in The Times newspaper describing Tania as
"a hard-working and conscientious member of the team who was always happy and one of the nicest people we have ever met. She had a lovely sense of humour and was always a team player."
The Yousaf family decided in April 2010 to make a trip to Pakistan to arrange the wedding of their 24-year-old son, Asad Yousaf. They flew to Pakistan in two groups on 22 and
The family entered the village in two cars, one being driven by Ghulam Abbas, the family's driver, and the other by Mohammed Anwar. After spending some time at the residence of Nusrat Bibi, they had lunch before proceeding to the graveyard. At approximately 2.20 pm, Mohammed, Pervez and Tania, along with Mohammed Anwar and Nusrat Bibi, entered the graveyard to pay their respects, along with their driver, Ghulam Abbas. It was then, while in the graveyard, praying and paying their respects, that they were ambushed by a group of armed men. The gunmen shot Mr and Mrs Yousaf and Nusrat Bibi with Kalashnikov rifles, before dragging the daughter, Tania, from the family's car. After dragging Tania from the car, the gunmen made her call her husband for help on her mobile phone. The call connected, but before Tania could explain to her husband what was happening, she was killed with him still listening on the line.
To illustrate further the sheer brutality of these murders, I can today for the first time, and with the permission of the Yousaf family, reveal that at Tania's post-mortem, more than 100 bullets were removed from her body. Owing to the almost indiscriminate use of automatic weapons in the incident, one of the gunmen, Khursheed Arif, was killed, along with an innocent street vendor. An aunt of the gunmen was also injured, leaving a total of six people dead and one injured, three of the dead being the Yousaf family, who were British nationals and constituents of mine.
The whole incident was witnessed by Mohammed Anwar and Ghulam Abbas, the driver, and they saw at first hand how the brutal incident unfolded. At 3 pm, a first information report was registered with the police by one of the eye witnesses, Mohammed Anwar, naming the murderers as Khursheed Arif, Sheraz Arif, Naveed Arif and Qamar Abbas, along with other unidentified people. The police attended the scene, and while they were present Qamar Abbas reappeared, and was recognised and duly arrested. Therefore, out of the four people named in the initial police report, one was dead, one was under arrest and two-Naveed and Sheraz Arif-were on the run.
At this point I would like to try and shed some light on the motive for these senseless murders. If what I have described so far is not shocking enough in itself, these cold-blooded murders were not perpetrated by a lawless gang; rather, the culprits were actually known and related to the Yousaf family. The accused-Khursheed Arif, Sheraz Arif and Naveed Arif-are all brothers. Their sister, Nabeela Mahmood, was married to Kamar Yousaf, the eldest son of Mohammed and Pervez Yousaf, in 1999. Over a period of time, Nabeela and Kamar had marital problems, which eventually led to Nabeela moving out of the marital home around 12 months before the incident took place. I understand that the two families were keen to help to save the marriage, and there was frequent dialogue, with no indications that this would or could lead to violence. However, on
Yousaf family members have told me-I believe them-that if there had been any indication that those marital difficulties could have led to violence, their parents would not have travelled at all, or would at least have travelled with security, as is frequently the case in Pakistan. On
On the same day, following pressure from the Yousaf family and the media, the police made moves towards arresting the two accused men, Naveed and Sheraz Arif. Unbelievably, however, given the gravity of what is alleged, they were granted bail until
From the day of the murders until now, I have done whatever I can to assist the family in their quest for justice. In fact, I referred to the case in my maiden speech, when I committed myself to doing whatever I could to ensure that the family obtained justice through the Pakistani courts. The family have tried several different means to secure justice through the Pakistani judicial system. They have kept in constant contact with the police and relevant authorities in Pakistan. They have met Pakistani politicians and Ministers visiting the UK to highlight the case to them. The "Justice for the Yousaf Family" Facebook group has more than 2,500 members. The case has also been widely reported in both the British and Asian press, helping to raise awareness.
I was also very grateful that the Minister took the time to meet the family and me at the Foreign Office in July to discuss the details of this case and what, if anything, the British Government could do to assist. The family accept that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's powers are limited, but I would be grateful if the Minister were to refer to that meeting and tell me what, if anything, he or his Department has been able to do since.
Members will have noticed the significant number of people in the Public Gallery listening to this Adjournment debate tonight, which speaks volumes for the desire of the family and their supporters to get justice through the Pakistani legal system. Sadly, however, the killers remain at large and the family still do not have justice. Despite numerous expressions of support and warm words, there has been little progress on the ground in Pakistan. The police seem to have put numerous people in charge of the case since the murders, but the investigation appears to be going nowhere. Each new person who is appointed never seems to be given the time to look into the case before he is transferred.
The Yousaf family, who still do not feel it safe to travel to Pakistan, have now employed a barrister in that country, at considerable cost to themselves, to have the relevant cases against the accused and their family members registered and heard. However, given the troubled past of the Pakistani legal process-and corruption, which remains an issue-the family seem to have hit a brick wall, preventing any further action or focus on the case from the authorities.
The family appreciate that neither this House nor the Minister has any powers to intervene in the Pakistani judicial system. However, after five months, they have grave concerns about how seriously the Pakistani authorities are dealing with the case. The family and I hope that by setting out the case today, we will raise awareness of this incident not only here in the UK, but in Pakistan, and that, in doing so, we will bring pressure to bear on those who are in a position to help the family to achieve justice.
I do not wish to diminish the importance of this horrific incident, but it is clear that the implications of whether the Yousaf family get justice or not go well beyond this individual case. In August this year, two other UK citizens, Gul Wazir and his wife Bagum from the Alum Rock area of Birmingham, were also murdered in Pakistan, and hon. Members will remember the case of Sahil Saeed, the five-year-old boy from Oldham who was abducted for ransom while his family were on holiday.
I thank my hon. Friend Andrew Stephenson for bringing this matter to the House's attention. I, too, have been involved in cases relating to justice in Pakistan, and I want briefly to mention my constituent, Mrs Saeeda Dar, whose father has been held without proper trial for more than 20 months. He is 79 years old and a diabetic, and he is being held in very basic conditions. He is a retired headmaster, and his alleged crime was to write a foreword to a pamphlet. I have read a translation of that foreword, and it is very moderate and proper. Many people in Pakistan agree with his very moderate views. Many Members on both sides of the House are very supportive of Pakistan, and I am pleased to include myself in that group as a member of the all-party parliamentary group on Pakistan. However, we feel very strongly about these cases in which justice is not being done. I thank my hon. Friend for giving me this opportunity to bring that case to light.
My hon. Friend brings me to my next point. More than 1 million people living in the UK can trace their roots back to Pakistan, and many of them live in the constituencies of the hon. Members to whom I am grateful for having stayed to listen to the debate tonight.
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this Adjournment debate. I want to express my support for the dozens of Yousaf family members and supporters who have come to the House and stayed so late to watch the debate. That really is a testament to the importance of this issue, and I hope that they get some satisfaction and justice very soon. I represent a constituency with a rather large Pakistani community-and with many Kashmiris as well-and I understand the importance of the close links with Pakistan, particularly at a time when the British Pakistani community is doing so much for flood relief in that country. Does my hon. Friend agree that this would be a good time to get justice in this case?
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The crux of the matter is that many British Pakistanis hope to keep strong ties with Pakistan and visit the country for weddings, funerals and holidays. Many more who have founded successful businesses here in the UK look to Pakistan as an economy to invest in. It is worth noting that this Saturday our Foreign Secretary will join the Pakistani Foreign Secretary here in London to launch the British Pakistani Foundation, which seeks to encourage and support philanthropy among the British Pakistani diaspora.
British Pakistanis will simply not visit or invest their money in Pakistan if the law and order situation continues to deteriorate and the judicial process seems incapable of delivering justice. Such an outcome is certainly not in the interests of Pakistan. For British Pakistanis to have confidence in the future of that country, cases such as that of the Yousaf family must be dealt with in a swift and fair manner. I therefore urge the Minister to continue to do whatever he can to help get justice for the Yousaf family.
I begin by thanking my hon. Friend Andrew Stephenson for securing this debate. Although he arrived in Westminster only relatively recently, we all know that he has a long history of working on behalf of the local communities that now form his constituency. His persistence in following this harrowing case is a further example of how he puts their welfare at the forefront of everything he does. I also thank him for offering me the courtesy of a copy of his remarks before the debate, so that I could more properly answer the questions he put on behalf of his constituents. I would also like to thank the Minister of State, Department for International Development, my right hon. Friend Mr Duncan, who has a keen interest in Pakistan, for his courtesy in attending the debate. That shows the Government's interest in and concern for these issues.
I shall not deal in detail with the two interventions of my hon. Friends the Members for Watford (Richard Harrington) and for Colne Valley (Jason McCartney), but I am happy to receive any further written representations on the points that they raised, which highlight the width of the issue and the depth of concern about the matters that my hon. Friend the Member for Pendle has raised.
My hon. Friend has described a horrific crime. Mohammad, Pervez and Tania-a father, mother and daughter-gunned down, far from home and on an occasion that should have been a cause for joy and celebration. It is hard to imagine the anguish that the Yousaf family has been through and it is impossible to overstate how much they want to see those responsible brought to justice. Any one of us would feel the same. The description of the scale of the brutality that we have heard about tonight leaves one wondering how anyone who calls himself a man could machine-gun a woman to death in such circumstances. There is no cultural or traditional justification for killings of this sort. First and foremost, then, I offer my heartfelt condolences and those of the Government to the Yousaf family.
When this Government came into office, we set out three priorities for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Safeguarding national security and building prosperity were two. The third is no less important-support for British nationals around the world. People expect us to be there and to help when they are at their most vulnerable. As the Minister responsible for south Asia, I am determined that we will fulfil that duty.
The Yousaf family have been persistent in their pursuit of justice. They have, I know, seen the Punjab Minister for Law when he visited the UK, and they have spoken to the Pakistani high commissioner in London. The family came to see me, as my hon. Friend said, in July to discuss the case. These are all important efforts and I commend them.
During the course of his remarks, my hon. Friend rightly asked what we have done as a result of that meeting. Our consular staff in Islamabad have remained in touch with the Pakistani police and have sought regular updates on their investigation. These updates have been passed to the family's police family liaison officer so that they can be given directly to the family. The fact that the police authorities in Pakistan are continually contacted underlines our continuing interest in the ongoing investigation and makes the Pakistani police aware of the continuing interest of the UK Government in the circumstances.
What can be done further to help? As my hon. Friend knows, in the days following the murders, consular staff both in London and Islamabad were in direct contact with the Yousaf family. They explained how the FCO can assist the family in terms of support and advice, but also our limitations with regard to the police investigation. Since then, the local police have been in regular contact with the family through a family liaison officer and our consular staff have passed messages to the family through that route.
As my hon. Friend mentioned, the Pakistani police have identified two suspects in the case, both of whom have absconded. Two other suspects have been bailed, and the case against them is now proceeding through the Pakistani justice system. At this stage, when there is an ongoing police investigation overseas, the main priority for us is to ensure that the family receive the information that they want and need as quickly as possible. Trying to gain access and to understand a foreign and unfamiliar system can be extremely distressing, but we can help to some degree. We can suggest the best ways for the family to raise any concerns with the local authorities. We can offer information about the local police system and the legal system. We can point the family in the direction of any legal aid that is available. Here in London, as soon as our consular staff obtain any new information from the Pakistani authorities, we will immediately pass it on to the family.
In any case of this kind, whether at home or abroad, the uncertainty and delay as an investigation proceeds are a source of huge frustration for the family of the victims. They want to see the killers of their loved ones caught and punished as quickly as possible. Again, none of us would feel any different. I know that the Yousaf family are deeply worried about the progress of the investigation into the murders, and want us to do all that we can to maintain pressure on the Pakistani authorities to deal with the case swiftly and decisively.
As my hon. Friend knows, our ability to act in individual cases is limited. I appreciate that he is asking-as are the family-what, if any, pressure we can put on the Pakistani authorities. The British Government cannot interfere in the judicial systems of other sovereign countries, just as we would not allow any interference in our own. Nor do the British police have jurisdiction. The investigation is the responsibility of the Pakistani police and judicial authorities. They will have their own methods of investigation, and their own local experience of similar cases. Difficult though it is for our consular staff, for all of us, and even more for the family, we cannot insist that the Pakistani police investigate this shocking crime in the same way as it might be investigated in the UK. We have no power to do so. Nor can we insist that the British police carry out a joint investigation with the local police.
In many countries, it is a fact that the judicial process takes much longer than in the United Kingdom. When that happens, we cannot insist that a case be handled more swiftly than normal; but we will make representations to the local authorities if we fear that an investigation is not being carried out in line with local procedures, or if there are justified complaints about discrimination. I undertake here and now to my hon. Friend and to the family of Mohammad, Pervez and Tania that should there be such evidence in this investigation, our high commission in Islamabad will raise it with the Pakistani authorities.
Let me also say clearly that I will remain personally engaged in this case-as will my hon. Friend-will continue to follow it closely, and will become involved as and when I can appropriately do so in a manner that might be helpful. I have set out the support I believe that we can and should offer to the family. If any of them do not think that we are providing that support, I shall be pleased to be told about it, and my hon. Friend will tell me.
As was observed by my hon. Friend and others who have spoken tonight, this tragedy is not an isolated incident. That point was made very clearly and strongly to me by the family themselves when they came to see me. Perhaps that is one of the most worrying aspects of the case. It goes without saying that the vast majority of the many visits made each year to Pakistan by British nationals are entirely trouble-free, but over the years we have seen a number of British nationals die in suspicious circumstances in Pakistan, and there have been a number of violent assaults. Since October 2009, there have been nine murders of British nationals in Pakistan of which we are aware, in addition to those of Mohammad, Pervez and Tania. Indeed, there have been two similar cases since the Yousaf family's own tragic loss, with the deaths of four British nationals.
We cannot say for certain why these tragedies have happened, but there is some evidence to suggest that most have resulted from a family dispute about money, property or marriage. Nor, I should add, are they exclusive to Pakistan. In addition to the work on this particular case, I have asked officials in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to consider how we can raise awareness of those recent incidents with the Pakistani community here in the United Kingdom. I will also speak to the Pakistan high commissioner, drawing his attention to the incidents and to my worries-and the worries of colleagues who have raised the issue in the House tonight-about their implications, and seeking his views on what, if anything, we can do to prevent such tragedies from happening again and how he and we can reassure families like the Yousafs that the Pakistani authorities will do all in their power to ensure that justice is done.
I mentioned at the start of my speech the two other priorities for the FCO: safeguarding national security and building prosperity. The British Government are committed to a long-term, productive and friendly partnership with Pakistan. Events in Pakistan have a direct impact on our national security and the safety of our citizens, including those of Pakistani heritage. We therefore have a strong interest in helping Pakistan to embed economic and democratic stability. This has been particularly evident in the light of the devastating floods that have hit the country. The UK has led the international response to the flooding, encouraging our international partners to commit support to help Pakistan meet the long-term challenges it faces, and securing European Union agreement to pursue a step change in its relationship with Pakistan, including through increased trade concessions.
All of this goes to show the strength of family relationships between this country and Pakistan, relationships which many Members have experienced, and continue to experience, in our constituencies. It also shows the importance of Pakistan to so many people in the country, and it shows the need for a sense of stability and security to be there in Pakistan for those who visit.
All Members of Parliament are concerned for the welfare of our constituents wherever they may be in the world. I can assure Members that consular staff worldwide share the same concern and desire to do their best for British nationals in need of their assistance. In this case-where none of us can fail to be moved-I again commend the work of my hon. Friend the Member for Pendle.
We continue to extend our deepest sympathy to the family of Mohammad, Pervez and Tania, and I hope I have made it clear that the remarks made in this debate are likely to go some distance tonight and to be heard by many people. If in any way they help to bring a sense of concern to the authorities who are dealing with the case, and if they raise awareness of the danger to some-although far from all-who visit Pakistan, my hon. Friend will have done a very good job. We will continue to do all we can to ensure that the most important outcome of the case-justice for the family and those who have been killed-is eventually achieved.
Question put and agreed to.
House adjourned.


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Affilation: | United Arab Emirates university, AE |
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