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There are plenty of signs that 2012 might turn out to be a tough one for Bellator Fighting Championships.
The de facto second-best MMA organization in America has a broadcast deal with SpikeTV lined up, but legal tendrils from Spike's previous agreement with the UFC mean Bellator will remain marooned on MTV2 for most of this year.
As if being mired in that suspended animation wasn't bad enough, the company's Friday timeslot will soon put it up against "WWE Smackdown" and on the same night as the new "live" incarnation of "The Ultimate Fighter."
None of that is great news, but if you want perhaps the best indicator of how weird things are at Bellator right now, consider this: The company just booked its hottest star a fight with Akihiro Gono.
Yes, that Gono. The 37-year-old journeyman who is currently riding a two-fight losing streak and is 3-5 dating back to 2008. The one who didn't fight at all during 2011. The one who these days is better known for funny ring entrances than anything he's done between bells.
He's assumedly the best Bellator could find when it went in search of an opponent for Michael Chandler. Chandler leapt to the forefront of our collective consciousness when he took the promotion's 155-pound title off perennial Top 5 lightweight Eddie Alvarez in what many thought was the best fight of 2011. He's been idle ever since, and if the wave of momentum is still rolling underneath him, at this point it's trickling dangerously close to shore.
In other words, now is definitely a strike-while-the-iron's-hot kind of situation for Chandler and Bellator.
So ... yeah ... Gono. Pretty much the equivalent of trying to jump start a party by asking the four people still hanging around your apartment at 3:15 a.m. if they want to watch your high school football highlight tape.
The saddest part is, it's not really even Bellator's fault.
This is simply the reality of trying to run a mom-and-pop MMA promotion in 2012. Last year's Chandler-Alvarez fight proved that Bellator can create homegrown stars, but right now it has precious few options for what to do with them after that.
It's not as if there are a ton of compelling lightweights floating around out there who aren't already under contract to one Zuffa property or another. Until Bellator's season six 155-pound tournament produces a challenger, there just aren't a lot of options for Chandler, short of guys like Gono or a rematch with Alvarez.
These upcoming six months of inactivity won't do him any favors, either. Chandler is currently hanging on at No. 10 on the ESPN.com lightweight power rankings, but to sit around from November 2011 until May 2012 knowing the best your employer can do is Akihiro Gono? That'll make your mind wander.
And it's no secret there aren't a lot of other places in this industry to wander off toward. Just one very big one.


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Architecture and Urban Planning.
Who's into architecture or urban planning?
What's your favorite building around the world? Most interesting city?
What changes would you make in your city, country?
Is there any architecture-related website you like?
Contemporist.com is great.
Re: Architecture.
Art Deco and Bauhaus are my fav styles.
Le Corbusier, Zaha Hadid and Jean Nouvel are my fav designers.
Dezeen and Architizer are good sites.
This could be a fun thread:hearts:
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I love Architecture! Been obsessed with it forever! I would have wanted to be an architect but I suck so bad at math and physics. :lol:
My favorite building in the world will always be the Empire State Building. However I also love the Chrysler Building, Petronas Towers, International Financial Center in Hong Kong, Bloomberg Tower, CitiGroup Tower in NYC, John Hancock Center in Chicago.
I am born and raised in New York City so architecture is in my blood. :lol:
I love Art Deco, International Style when done right, some post Modern.
I love the messageboards, Skyscraperpage.com, Skyscrapercity.com, wirednewyork.com.
I go around NYC and take photos of structures under construction and post on there.
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I was just going on about this an hour ago. I'm a transport nerd and I think urban planning is really underappreciated by the general populace in most cities/countries. I tend to like cities with an organic but ordered urban layout. I don't care for the grid system in most American cities. My favourite part of Manhattan is definitely downtown - the further down the better. I like the Wall Street/South Ferry/Battery Park area! I like cities where the topography plays a role in the urban layout. I like Rome, Istanbul, Venice, Stockholm and Budapest for these reasons. Genoa, Dresden, Prague, Seoul and Shanghai have their merits in this regard too. I suppose Amsterdam too but I'm not crazy about Amsterdam. Dublin, Geneva and Busan have this to an extent as well.
I also like smaller towns and cities that have well preserved historic centres or areas like Siena, Bruges, Hoi An, and Ubud.
Special mentions have to go to cities which are just beautiful treasure troves or architectural beauty or bygone finery like Vienna, Madrid, Athens, Siem Reap (Angkor), Pisa and Milan (to an extent) Florence (even though it's overrated) Washington DC, Boston and Kyoto.
I also love a good megalopolis or a city with a strong urban-feeling like Beijing, London, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Berlin, Bangkok and Paris. I suppose New York too but NYC and I aren't on quite the same wavelength. The same goes for Hanoi.
My boyfriend's moving to Istanbul this week:
Istanbul! by keithmaguire, on Flickr
The Blue Mosque by keithmaguire, on Flickr
Hagia Sophia by keithmaguire, on Flickr
The Basilica Cistern by keithmaguire, on Flickr
I think it's important for cities to have parks, green spaces, open squares and water spaces, if possible!
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I'm an architect.
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I'm not much of a fan and despite many years of classes of history of arts, I'm far from being an experct, but I found the new residential area of Malmo, the one built around the turning torso, do be some of the best things I've seen for look, functionality and liveableness.
Some pics i took:
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Urban planning by demand (@ 7:15, Victoria Park is where Centre Court is located in Hong Kong):
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The turning torso is definitely one of my favourite buldings around the world too, art deco is my favourite style but I don't like it with gaudy colors like in Miami, I actually prefer it without any color :lol:
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Love Art deco but I'm by no means an architecture aficionado.
In terms of modern architecture I love modern Spanish stuff, and as a country I think they have had a high standard of stylish architecture over the centuries.
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Shanghai, taken from various sources on flickr.com. Most of these buildings were originally built in the 30s. What you see below are some of the updated/restored results.
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Shanghai Tower
As of August 2012 (pictures hosted on flickr.com):
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High Line Park, Manhattan, New York City
All pictures from various sources hosted on flickr.com.
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I'm on SSC almost everyday :)
And I love so many different styles and types of architecture that it's too hard for me to pick one favourite building (or even top 10). Bauhaus, le Corbusier, Mies are certainly there though. Love Romanesque/Gothic architecture too.
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The Sail @ Marina Bay (far left), Singapore
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Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
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Re: Architecture and Urban Planning.
Great thread Max!
I'm in Environmental Engineering and I'm really thinking about making my way in Architecture or Urban Design to get in the world of Green Architecture. I sometimes think I didn't choose the right path and should have gone in Arch. Grrr.
Anyways, I really enjoyed Stcokholm and Copenhagen Architecture wise. Even better design wise, and their Design and Architecture musueums are amazing. Big fan of Modern and clean lines.
Of course New York is amazing as it is so varied and different. Miami is interesting for its Art Deco areas. I also LOVED Milan, as it is doing a perfect job in mixing the old with the new.
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China, one of the biggest Internet policers, took no chances with the latest online sensation and blocked the WikiLeaks website Wednesday amid potentially embarrassing claims made in leaked U.S. diplomatic memos posted there.
Attempts to access wikileaks.org and cablegate.wikileaks.org were met with a notice saying the connection had been reset, or were diverted the user to popular Chinese search engine Baidu. That's the standard response when the connection to an overseas-based website has been cut.
The U.S. Embassy memos – called cables, though they are mostly encrypted electronic communication – contain some frank talk about and attributed to Chinese figures and their North Korean allies.
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China's representative to six-nation disarmament talks, meanwhile, is described by a South Korean diplomat as an "arrogant, Marx-spouting former Red Guard who 'knows nothing about North Korea, nothing about nonproliferation.'"
Another memo reveals details of a Chinese contingency plan for North Korea's collapse – the existence of which is likely to drive a wedge between the allies at the very least.
The leaks also claimed that leadership of China's ruling Communist Party directed a cyber-intrusion into Google's computer systems, and expressed concern over attempts by Iranian front companies to obtain Chinese nuclear technology.
It wasn't clear when the blocks were imposed, although a vast swath of the Internet is inaccessible behind China's firewall, including social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Human rights and political dissent-themed sites are also routinely banned, although technologically savvy users can easily jump the so-called "Great Firewall" with proxy servers or other alternatives.
While WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told Time magazine this week that the Chinese government is "terrified of free speech," he takes heart from their fear.
"I think that is a very optimistic sign because it means that speech can still cause reform," he said in an online interview. "We believe closed societies have the most reform potential."
China's government has taken a low-key approach to the leaks, with the Foreign Ministry saying it would not comment on specific assertions in the cables.
"China takes note of relevant reports. We hope the U.S. side will properly handle the relevant issue. As for the content of the documents, we do not comment on that," ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the Global Times, a provocative tabloid published by the ruling Communist Party mouthpiece Peoples Daily, labeled the disclosure a "nefarious slander against China."
It also wondered why the U.S. didn't block the posting of the leaks, saying that raised questions as to whether it had reached some form of tacit understanding with WikiLeaks.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said that WikiLeaks acted illegally in posting the documents. Officials around the world have said the disclosure jeopardizes national security, diplomats, intelligence assets and relationships between foreign governments.
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Altoona Mirror (Newspaper) - February 15, 2001, Altoona, Pennsylvania Sports: St. Francis men keep playoff hopes alive H Life: "Grace And Glorie" play coming to area Alt00na mirror Copyright 2001 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2001 500 newsstand Bitterness swells in 9th District race Wtaf 9th District Republican minteonvwrtion. Alumni Hall, Brumbauih Science Center, Juniata Coltege. WkM: Saturday. Thm: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mmtoian: Open to the public. Mirror Staff Writer William Kibler takes an in-depth look at how the convention work and how the political drama might play out Saturday at Juniata. BY WILLIAM KIBLER StaffWrlter After Congressman Bud Shuster retired, some people suggested the Republican Party should nominate a caretaker candidate who would step aside for the next election so voters rather than politicians could nominate his true successor, said State Rep. Rick Geist, R-Altoona. It might have prevented the acrimo- ny and bitterness that came to a head Tuesday with a Blah- County Republican Committee choosing a split delegation to send to the nominating convention in Huntingdon Saturday 18 delegates for Bill Shuster, 10 for John H. Eichelberger Jr. It might have demanded less sudden uncovering of loyalties and enmities, less brandishing of rules, fewer bruised feelings, relationships and egos. It would have eliminated the fil- ing of a lawsuit by Shuster supporters to force a delegate vote of the full Blair committee. It might at least given people more time to get ready for the competition. But there doesn't seem to be any momentum for the caretaker idea any- more, said Bruce Kelley, an aide to state Sen. President Pro Tern Robert Jubelirer, R-Blair. It's gone too far. The bloodletting has already happened, so why try to stanch it now? Candidates and their supporters have worked too hard, invested too much, paid too big a price to just let it go, Geist said. The minute Shuster resigned when he did, however, it was bound to happen this way and Shuster knew it, Geist said. He wonders why his former aide Ann Eppard set it in motion, he said. Bud Shuster has answered that, say- ing repeatedly he resigned mainly for health and because he'd accomplished all he could in making laws and obtain- ing money for infrastructure projects in his district and nationwide. Please see AID Shuster Mixed reviews on public safety plan STATE PRISONS: New focus on treatment, as growth wanes Hi BY MICHAEL RACE Capitolwire.com IARRISBURG Gov. Tom Ridge appears to be borrowing from President Bush's "compassionate conservatism" theme in his spending proposal for the state's prison system. Ridge played up rehabilitation and treatment of inmates, while playing down the tough-on-crime talk that first helped get him elected, in the 2001-02 budget pro- posal he presented to lawmakers Tuesday. The reasons? Crime is down and so is the public's concern about it. Also, the once rapid growth in the state's prison population is slowing. "Six years ago, it would have been inconceivable that public safety would take up so few words in a budget Ridge told lawmakers. "But last year, once again, serious crime in Pennsylvania was down across the board." Still, tougher crime laws enacted when Ridge came into office have helped fill prisons beyond capacity. And most of those inmates will be released. While the budget plan Ridge rolled out includes more money for prison expan- sions and added staffing, the governor's office chose to stress Ridge's plans to put more money into prison-based edu- cation and treatment programs. Ridge wants to spend another million expanding vocational training programs at nine state prisons, and he is asking for to provide alcohol and drug treatment to another 200 inmates in four facilities. 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The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Wednesday to hold its first official safety screening meeting for Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, which the utility is seeking to restart.
The decision came after TEPCO presented last week a set of measures to improve the tough working conditions for people engaging in cleanup efforts at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, also operated by TEPCO, in response to the NRA's suggestions.
Although TEPCO has filed for safety inspections of the Nos. 6 and 7 reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in late September, the NRA has not held an official safety screening meeting, which is open to the public, amid concerns over the utility's poor handling of the crisis-stricken plant.
During a regular gathering of the five NRA commissioners on Wednesday, Chairman Shunichi Tanaka said, "It is the NRA's legal obligation to conduct screening of reactors...If we continue to keep the matter on hold, a legal problem could emerge."
Other members agreed to hold a safety screening meeting, while also noting that they should continue to keep a watch on the situation at the Fukushima plant, which is struggling to manage the buildup of a massive amount of radioactive water.
"I agree to hold a safety screening meeting, but TEPCO is not allowed to do careless work at Fukushima," Kayoko Nakamura, one of the commissioners, said.
TEPCO is eager to bring the idled seven-reactor Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant back online as it faces a tough business situation due to the massive costs stemming from the Fukushima crisis that began in March 2011. Resuming some of the reactors will help the utility cut huge costs for importing fuel for thermal power generation.
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Hey guys, i figure this place has been a great help to me, so I figure if we can, have a sticky of the 'recommended' folders that we can suggest within-reason for less than $100.
For the fiancée, I picked this up today. $90 flat out the door, new.
Saw a kijiji ad for a dude in toronto and has a few new bikes that he and his friend had imported from china. Wife-to-be hinted that she wouldn't mind riding with me if she could fit her bike with a basket to put the dog into, so I decided it wouldn't hurt to look at this one, since it met the criteria of:
1. folding handlebar stem
2. 16" wheels (can use my knock-off strida's pre-upgrade tires as spares for both bikes)
3. single speed with hand brakes
4. luggage rack
as a bonus, it has rear suspension.
Wow, this blew away my first folder from a few years ago. The main tube hinge mechanism is locked on both ends and has an adjustment shaft for elimiating play. The handlebar stem folds down to the left and locks between the bike when the bike is folded completely, and has a plastic sleeve built into the stem that keeps the handlebars pointed straight all the time.
The single speed gets it going at a decent pace and I figure its because of the size of the crankwheel.
Has a smooth comfy ride with the 40psi tires 16 x 1.75 and also rear suspension and womans sprung seat. The seat itself is a shorter nose womans saddle.
Not planning to make any upgrades to this one, but I already swapped out the really crappy stock pedals for the fake strida's previous folding pedals. When I get around to it, I'll also put on the stridas previous Velo Ergo grips! Folding basket will be attached to the handlebars!
Overall, I think the bike, even tho its small, is around 26lbs. Its easy to carry but after 10mins can be a bit much. it can be dragged as a stroller using the seat or extended handlebars. A decent ride for $90 and heck, I got to see the family i'm helping support a small bike start-up, and we can't have enough of those!
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Police searching for suspects in baby formula thefts
Menomonee Falls - Menomonee Falls police are searching for two men who shoplifted more than 20 cans of baby formula from two area grocery stores within a half-hour period on Dec. 11.
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A loss prevention employee at Pick 'n Save, N77 W14435 Appleton Ave., called police after two unknown men were seen concealing 15 cans of Gerber Good Start baby formula in their jackets on video surveillance at 5 p.m. Dec. 11. The men immediately left the store without attempting to pay for the items.
Approximately 20 minutes later video surveillance at the Pick 'n Save on County Line Road captured the same two men concealing 11 cans of Gerber baby formula and two sets of Gillette razor blades. The men left the store at 5:30 p.m. and fled in an unknown direction.
According to police, one of the suspects is also involved in a shoplifting incident at the Appleton Avenue Pick 'n Save on Dec. 14.
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Officers noticed an odor of intoxicants coming from the driver, a 52-year-old Menomonee Falls man. When questioned, the driver readily admitted drinking rum and Cokes that morning at home before driving his vehicle. He failed field sobriety tests and was arrested for drunken driving. His blood alcohol content was 0.13.
During a vehicle search police also discovered the driver had a loaded .44 magnum revolver in his truck.
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Endless Love review: Lovers remake's coy tone strikes wrong noteMovies
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The story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.PT2M17S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-32hy2 620 349 February 12, 2014
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- Scott Spencer, Joshua Safran, Shana Feste
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- Gabriella Wilde, Alex Pettyfer, Bruce Greenwood, Joely Richardson
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Endless Love is a glossy boy-meets-girl tale loosely derived from Scott Spencer's novel of the same name. His intense, articulate story of fixated love and desire was first filmed in 1981, with Brooke Shields as one of the leads and Tom Cruise and James Spader in supporting roles.
The remake bears little resemblance to the book, beyond the retention of character names and a misguided retooling of Spencer's literally incendiary opening.
Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde in the remake of Endless Love. Photo: Adam Fulton
Alex Pettyfer plays David, the oldest-looking teenager to graduate from high school, and Gabriella Wilde is Jade, the elegantly isolated young woman he's had a crush on since 10th grade. The death of an adored brother has left her and her family in a state of perpetual mourning; she's a Sleeping Beauty in need of a wake-up call.
The pair are from opposite sides of the social divide. David's dad (Robert Patrick) works with cars, and David plans to follow him into the family business. Jade is destined to be a doctor, following the wishes of her controlling father (Bruce Greenwood).
The film insists that one must ''fight for love'', but what it depicts is more of a light tussle. Director and co-writer Shana Feste (Country Strong) presents the struggle in coy, tasteful terms, and she goes out of her way to establish David as an admirable figure. If there's any obsession or intensity in this movie, it belongs to Jade's father - a detail that throws the movie somewhat off kilter.
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Morris, Linda, Training & Development
It's been 12 years since Daniel Yankelovich and John Immerwahr introduced the concept of discretionary effort - the voluntary effort employees provide above and beyond what's required. Encouraging this effort can restore America's competitive vitality, the researchers said. But a new survey reveals that employers aren't doing enough to encourage discretionary effort from their managerial, technical, and professional staff.
The survey was conducted by Response Analysis in Princeton, New Jersey, for Blessing/White, Inc., a Princeton-based individual and organizational development firm. It identified the most important factors that encourage voluntary effort, the least important factors, the factors that discourage effort, and how successfully organizations are encouraging this effort.
The survey's most significant conclusion is that there are extraordinary opportunities to improve productivity, but these opportunities are being wasted, says Dave Lynn, a Blessing/White vice president.
Entitled A Study of Voluntary Effort in the Work Force, the study surveyed 1,563 managerial, technical, and professional employees in manufacturing, services, and government/education.
Asked to rate their organization in encouraging voluntary effort, only 39 percent say it does a good job (29 percent) or very good job (10 percent). Another 20 percent say a poor job and 5 percent say a very poor job.
What encourages voluntary effort? The factors that are crucial to encouraging voluntary effort are grouped into five categories:
* Responsibility for the results of one's work (mentioned by 52 percent of employees) and the encouragement to challenge the ways the organization does things (32 percent).
* Sense of worth in one's job (42 percent) and recognition for contributions (41 percent).
* The organizations' making good use of employee skills (39 percent) and the opportunity to develop skills and abilities (30 percent).
* A good working relationship with the manager (29 percent).
* Compensation based on individual performance (29 percent).
Employers' attempts to give responsibility for the result of one's work got above-average ratings by 71 percent of employees. Organizations did not score well on most of the other important factors, however.
What doesn't encourage voluntary effort? Employees were asked to identify factors that least encourage voluntary effort. "There were surprises here. Some factors generally believed to play a strong role in encouraging extra effort, don't. While they're not negatives, they don't make a major impact," Lynn said. These factors fall into four broad categories:
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Your artwork is so beautiful. This one in particular has so much detail, it's very inspiring.
Hi im currently making an iOS app and i would love it if i could have your permission to use this image in my UI mockup. I wouldn't be using it in the final app it just perfectly captures the scene im looking for during this conception phase. Id make sure you were credited but no problem if its not ok. Keep on making great stuff.
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EU post-Annapolis aid package aimed at boosting PA economy, meeting Israel's security needs.
The European Union promised Monday to back any Israeli-Palestinian deal forged at the upcoming peace conference with aid, and urged Arab governments to open their wallets to help forge a credible Palestinian economy.
Israel and the Palestinians have so far failed to reach any agreements ahead of the Middle East gathering set for next week in Annapolis, Maryland.
On Monday, the EU foreign ministers endorsed a report - written by Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the EU external relations commissioner, and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana - outlining steps to support any peace moves emerging from the Annapolis conference.
"The report makes clear EU aid will be made available to boost the Palestinian police force, health, education and judiciary departments. Also, the EU stands ready to provide broad economic assistance while continuing humanitarian aid in the West Bank and Gaza Strip," Ferrero-Waldner told reporters.
"We are happy that Annapolis seems to be taking place," Ferrero-Waldner told reporters.
She said post-Annapolis aid measures would benefit the Palestinian economy and, in turn, meet Israel's long-standing demand for security guarantees.
"We know that Israel always fears for the security of its population," said Ferrero-Waldner. She said if the Palestinian economy can be revived, there would be hope again for peace.
In 2007, aid to the Palestinians from the EU and its member states will total about 1 billion euros ($1.47 billion).
"We have been contributing a lot," Ferrero-Waldner said. "It is important now that other donors come forward."
She said the EU looked notably to Arab League nations to announce contributions at a Paris donor conference that would follow the Annapolis meeting.
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Something like a power bar might be useful for mana users, not like you need one as an Elemental Shaman but just something to think about. Class colored bars are kind of messed up in that version (didn't know of a few settings suf had).
(Should update my UI in a couple days)
Glad to see you liked my setup.
I didn't really see any other texture I liked as much, I'm liking Litestep more than Minimalistic now after raiding with it. And the exciting factor keeps me from falling asleep during a raid, since I tend to mute Vent quite a bit. xD
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This whole page of images is making Treeston cry.
Try a flat texture and see what happens ("Interface\\Buttons\\WHITE8x8").
I've never liked Lifestep and I don't think it looks good in your last SS; that texture is awful, nothing to do with your setup.
Try nearly anything else if you don't want a flat texture, but I thinkg Lifestep looks outrageously bad,. I'd take your last texture instead of Lifestep hands down.
(I probably could have just did a full size image links since these are kinda small)
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Before you do anything else; please change the fonts and textures so they're all the same!
But Bazooka looks shitty on skada!
Pixil cmon, you comment on everyone else just not me. Do you have any ideas how to improve my UI @ post 6941?
[QUOTE=Pixil;18530362]Darkbottom and Gradient look nice. Have you ever thought about putting a monochrome outline on the fonts in your UI?
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Jeff Dubay says he started using crack after his brother slept with his wife
Dubay says his nearly three-year period of crack use came to an end in March 2011.
Jeff Dubay had a 10-year run as one of the foremost sports talk voices in the Twin Cities, but it came to an abrupt end when he was charged with felony drug possession after he tossed crack cocaine out the window of his vehicle while being pursued by police in October 2008.
SEE ALSO: Former KFAN jock Jeff Dubay flunks out of drug program again
Dubay's drug problem didn't end there -- during the first half of 2009, he tested positive for cocaine use 12 times and no-showed 11 urine tests. But he says he's been clean for nearly two years, and now he's speaking out about the chain of events that culminated in his life being consumed by crack.
In an interview with Mpls.St. Paul Magazine, Steve Marsh asked Dubay about the "family tragedy" that preceded his crack use. His response:
My brother slept with my wife. They're still together and they have a kid. We can go on the record, but let me make this clear: It was not the cause of my addiction. The cause of my addiction was bad decisions. My addiction is my responsibility.
Here's an excerpt from the interview (to read the whole thing, click here):
Do you have a relationship with your brother? For two years, I almost pretended like it didn't happen. And I was chummy-chummy with him. Then all of the sudden I got sober and I realized, "I'm pissed!" Now I don't talk to him. I didn't exactly handle this in a healthy way...
You were a weekend warrior? When I was contemplating whether or not to use it that first time, I thought, you know what, you've never done anything wrong in your life, you've had a brutal year, you make enough money, it's Friday night, if you take a 24- or 48-hour mental vacation, don't you deserve it? If I would have known that it was a three-year rabbit hole and not a two-day rabbit hole, I never would've done it...
Do you ever think you were in for a hellish time after your divorce no matter what? I wonder what would've happened if I wouldn't have picked crack cocaine. A month later I could've picked heroin. Or maybe I would've just committed suicide. Or just gone insane from depression. I stood on a ledge a couple times, but I couldn't do it. They pulled me out of a garage once. The first year of sobriety is maybe the hardest year. I was on Xanax for like two months and it made me a mental case. So I just said f--- it, I'm going to have an organic recovery. They said, "but you'll feel so bad!" And my answer was, if I don't feel shitty right now, when am I ever going to feel shitty? So I just said I'm just going to feel it all and just go do it. It was a lot to feel, but I still think it was the right thing to do.
Dubay has been co-hosting AM1500's morning show this week with Judd Zulgad. The Star Tribune writes that "Many people think the week is an audition for future work at the station, which has recently juggled its lineup." In the MSP interview, Marsh notes that Dubay was recently passed over for a job with K-TWIN, and asks him: "Would you move to another market?" Dubay says no because he wouldn't be good talking sports in a city where he didn't grow up cheering for the teams, but admits: "I don't have a great plan."
No matter what happens with his born-again radio career, it's great to learn Dubay is clean and openly discussing a stretch of his life that sounds about as brutal and depressing as any imaginable, short of someone dying.
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teresa jack and robyn cant make it!!Originally Posted by caz1712, post: 61866
will have to re think x
Hey Carreen
Well done you for copying this over must have taken a while, it was nice to re read it again. you are so organised i am now starting to wobble a bit i have a plan and tickets but i dont have any tshirts my guys wont wear them, yours and claires look amazing. I did have a another giggle at the race for life pictures...but like i said before it looked great fun, well done you guys for taking part.
i must join msn if thats ok, web cam sounds fun..
take care
Yeah it took a while - luckily the little one gets up at ungodly hours and just veggies on the couch with his milk so I got a bit of time to get it done!Originally Posted by Ilovesnowwhitej, post: 62052
I really need to start getting on but with Half term and the Girly MSN chats I'm getting very little done!:p015:
I'm sure the girls won't mind you joining in - do you girlies?
PM me your MSN addy and I will get you added on!
Part 15 1st November 2008
Hi guys! I know its been a few weeks since I updated but guess what??? Today I can finally say Were going to Disneyworld this MONTH!!!!! I am soo excited three weeks tomorrow we will be leaving for Manchester! We are now finally on the last page of our countdown calendar and its great to see!
So what been happening? Well Paddys wee fiesta didnt make it through the MOT so it had to be scrapped (all together now .Awwwww) and what did he go and do ..he went and bought me a Vauxhall Zafira and he has took my Focus CMAX. So we have now cancelled the 7 seater car hire up and down to Manchester but bad news is we did a trial run with the bags ( we just filled them with everything we had been buying for holiday and some dirty washing! ) and OMG its going to be really really tight! Between 6 of us we have 4 filled Holdalls and was planning on taking an empty case. This all fits in but it is going to be one uncomfortable car journey me thinks!! So we will probably have to curb the spending slightly! Dont know how Im going to break that news to my mother mind you!LOL
So I need to book airport parking now also so thats now been added to my to do list which is getting longer by the day!
I purchased a lovely little Tinkerbelle notebook and pens from ebay so that I can write all my notes for the trippie in!
It was half term a few weeks ago and the boys and I had a Disney DVD day and we watched loads! Peter Pan, The Lion King, Lilo and Stitch, Cars, Monsters Inc and the favourite surprisingly enough was .wait for it Sleeping Beauty!!!! Here s a picture of them engrossed in it:
As its Paddy and my 10th Wedding anniversary a few days after we get home I wanted to do something for him while we are away. I know he really fancied doing the Richard Petty Driving Experience but I just cant afford that just now and after seeing him watch a couple of videos on You tube of the Drivealong I thought I would just go ahead and book this for him. Not quite the same but it will give him a little taster and hopefully he will be able to go to Daytona sometime in the future and drive himself!
So I printed off a little certificate that the lady who done the other invitations had designed and I put his name and date in the little box myself ( although you wont be able to see it in the picture as its tiny. I then attatched the actual voucher to it. Ive made a little card with a poem on it to go in the envelope as well:
The last few weeks my evenings have been spent printing out the journal pages for the two older boys! OMG the pages look even better on paper than they do on screen but it has cost me an absolute fortune in ink 8 colour cartridges and 3 black later but they look stunning! I am waiting on the covers being designed so that I can then take them to staples to be bound and as soon as I have them I will be posting pictures! I think the boys will have fun filling them out, plus its something they can take into school with them to show everyone what they done!
I also ordered my dollars the other day! Having watched the slow demise of the dollar over the last few weeks I had been kicking myself at not buying sooner but hey you live and learn dont you! So after it had took a nosedive to 1.49 and then the next day it went back up to 1.54 I decided to bite the bullet and order! So order I did through Tesco !
Typically though the next again day the rate jumped up to 1.60 hey ho though its done now! My god its felt good having those dollars in my hand they smell soooo good!!!!
Ive also been watching the weather and it seemed to have turned rather cold in Orlando ( well cold for them not nearly as cold as it is here in lovely Scotland mind you!) so have been looking at clothes and worrying about what to pack! I keep thinking we are taking too much but I really want to be prepared for all weather. I know we can buy out there but money is tight and we dont have as much dollars with us as I was hoping for so cant really afford to just buy clothes for the sake of it.
You know there is loads more proabaly to tell but I cant for the life of me think straight so think I will leave it there and collect my thoughts properly and then update again!
Paddy'll be pleased with his gift!
Boys look so sweet watching the films!
Me and Gavin parked here, can't recommend them enough
Woohoo those $$$$ look so good!
I think you can guarantee another 10 years with that surprise hun
Thanks for the update Carren. I haven't been on for ages, what with half-term and DD2 birthday. Took me a whole day to make her a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Cake.
DD's have sleeping Beauty and I think I've now seen it at least ten times.
Hope you hubby likes the Richard Petty experience. Have to say I was quite happy standing at the side and watching when my friend done it. He loved it and wanted to go again straight after. He obviously didn't realise that I had an appointment with Mickey.
I can't believe that your holiday is approaching so quickly and OMG those $$$ lot so good.
Look forward to more updates before you go:fun50:
Thanks Tracey!
You'll need to post pictures of your cake! I'l bet it looked fab! I was going to order a cake through Disney for Aaron's birthday dinner at Crystal Palace. After reading alot of info on another forum regarding the cakes I phoned last week to order and the lady was far from helpful at all. The info she was giving me was nothing like what was given on the forum so I've decided to save myself the $40+ and just get one from Publix as I here they do lovely cakes as well! Plus it means we won't have to lug around a half eaten cake at the park we can save it for midnight feasting!!!LOL
Hope your daughters birthday was fun for her!


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The information concerning this ex candidate country has
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I. Snapshot of the Czech Republic
This landlocked country, nestled in between
Poland, Slovakia, Austria and Germany, has long played a
pivotal role in the history of Central Europe. Its location
and history have formed the national character and culture,
which have both Germanic and Slavic elements.
Prague, the capital, has through the centuries acquired
an unrivalled richness of architectural treasures which
have earned a place on UNESCO's world culture heritage list.
The romanesque, gothic, renaissance, baroque and art nouveau
styles form a unique aesthetic blend. In this way the city
represents well the successive phases of Czech history;
as a capital of the Holy Roman Empire, as an important cultural
centre of the Habsburg Empire and, in the first half of
the twentieth century, as the capital of an independent
and democratic republic between the two world wars.
Yet the country has much more to offer than the beauties
of its capital. The Czech Republic consists of three historic
regions - Bohemia, Moravia and the Czech part of Silesia.
The varied landscape of hills and plains boasts an impressive
array of castles and chateaux as well as picturesque villages
where folklore traditions still live on. Towns like Cesky
Krumlov, Tábor and Karlovy Vary for example, all
offer a rich cultural and historical heritage attracting
millions of visitors every year. The "Czech lands"
are well known for their long-established tradition of making
high quality beer and in the cities of Plzen (Pilsen) and
Ceské Budejovice one can find some of the country's
most famous breweries. There is also a rich culinary tradition
with influences from other countries in the Central European
region, such as the German, Hungarian and Polish cuisine.
Sport is taken seriously and the country has produced many
successful sportsmen and women, among them Martina Návratilová,
Ivan Lendl and Emil Zátopek. Ice hockey is the most
popular team sport and the national team has had great success
in recent years, winning the World Championships in 1999,
2000 and 2001, along with Olympic gold in 1998.
The Czech Republic has made a significant contribution to
European culture. In the sphere of music, the works of Antonin
Dvorák, Bedrich Smetana and Leos Janácek are
often played around the world. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived
and worked in Prague for some time, holding the world premier
of the opera Don Giovanni there in 1787. In literature,
Franz Kafka, Jaroslav Haek and Milan Kundera provide
examples of a rich Czech literary tradition. Well-known
Czech artists include the early eighteenth century painter
Petr Brandl and the Art Nouveau painter and poster artist
Alfons Mucha, while Czech cinema has produced names like
Milo Forman, Jan Sverák and Jirí Menzel.
Unfortunately, in 1997 and 2002 major floods caused extensive
damage to cities, including to Prague in 2002, and to widespread
rural areas across the country.
CZECH Data sheet
The history of the territory that now makes
up the Czech Republic goes back almost two millennia to
the time when Slavonic tribes settled in the area. Bohemia
first began to develop as an independent state in the 9th
century and Prague came to be the seat of the Premyslid
dynasty. In the 13th century, German immigration and colonisation
of the borderlands took place, initiating a period of intense
growth in trade and culture.
The power and influence of the kingdom of Bohemia reached
its peak during the reign of King Charles IV (1346-1378)
of the Luxembourg dynasty, who also became Holy Roman Emperor
in 1355. Prague held a very prominent position as the seat
of the Holy Roman Empire, and grew into one of the greatest
cities of medieval Europe. Charles IV gave Prague some of
the most important landmarks that now characterise the city,
such as the Charles Bridge over the river Vltava, the St.
Vitus cathedral and the New Town (Nové Mesto). He
also founded central Europe's oldest university, the Charles
University, situated in Prague.
Jan Hus, a preacher and rector of Charles University, is
a central figure in Czech history. In the late 1300s, a
century before Martin Luther, he formed a reform movement
with the aim of fighting corruption in the Catholic church.
The Hussite movement as it came to be called, was a national,
as well as a religious phenomenon; in particular, the translation
of the Bible led to the establishment of the Czech language
in written form. The ideas of the Hussites threatened the
power of the Catholic Church and Jan Hus was ultimately
burnt at the stake in Constance in 1414. This event initiated
the Hussite Wars in which followers of Hus successfully
fought off for many years the crusades ordered by the Pope
before finally being defeated.
In 1526, the Czech kingdom came under the control of the
Catholic Habsburg Empire. In 1618, the Bohemian Estates,
who were disappointed with the Habsburgs' failure to live
up to promises of religious tolerance and who were disgruntled
about the loss of privileges, threw two Habsburg councillors
from a high window in Prague Castle. This famous "defenestration"
sparked off the Thirty Years' war in which the Czechs initially
fought on the Protestant side. At the decisive Battle of
the White Mountain in 1620, however, the Czech forces suffered
a comprehensive defeat. A severe repression followed and
the Habsburgs intensified the process to Catholicise and
Germanise the country.
In the 19th century there was a revival of national awareness
culminating in the 1848 revolutions, when Prague was the
first city in the Hapsburg Empire to demand reform. The
Czech dream of forming an independent state however, was
not realised until after the First World War. With the support
of the Allied powers the Czechs and the Slovaks - who despite
having very similar languages had long lived politically
quite separately as Slovakia was part of the Hungarian Kingdom
- agreed to create the democratic federal state of Czechoslovakia
in 1918.
In the inter-war period Czechoslovakia prospered, led by
the charismatic President Tomá Garrigue Masaryk.
The industrial and economic development that took place
allowed the country to became one of the world's ten most
industrially advanced. Czechoslovakia developed into a liberal
democracy and the ideals and philosophy of Masaryk came
to play an important role in the development of the Czech
humanistic and democratic legacy. Although Czechoslovakia
flourished economically, political problems persisted. The
dominance of the Czechs in the new federal state, for example,
led to calls for Slovak autonomy, while ethnic Germans pushed
in the Sudeten areas, where they were a majority, for links
with Germany and Austria. The Munich agreement of 1938 between
Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy led to the
secession of the Sudetenland, and in March 1939, Nazi Germany
invaded Bohemia and Moravia, putting an end to the independent
Czechoslovak state. During the Nazi occupation virtually
the whole Jewish population perished in concentration camps
or were driven into exile and several terrible reprisals
for partisan actions were taken against civilians.
In 1945 the Red Army liberated most of the Czechoslovak
territories from Nazi occupation and the power and ideology
of the Soviet Union came to play a decisive role in the
political development of Czechoslovakia. After the war,
President Bene and his government-in-exile returned
to the Czechoslovak state for a brief interval before the
Communist Party seized power in the coup d'etat of 1948.
In the years 1945 to 1946, approximately 2.5 million former
Czech citizens of German origin were expelled.
The Communist coup ushered in a long period of political
repression and a harsh process of collectivisation and nationalisation
of agriculture, industry and trade took place. In the late
1960s a reform movement known as the "Prague Spring"
emerged in Czechoslovakia under the leadership of Alexander
Dubcek, a reform-minded general secretary of the Czechoslovak
Communist Party who aimed to create "socialism with
a human face". The Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact
countries, however, feared that these ideas threatened the
existence of the communist system, and they invaded Czechoslovakia
in 1968. A hard-line regime was consequently installed under
Gustáv Husák, which erased all traces of reform
in a process known as "Normalisation". However,
some dissident thinking continued, as expressed by Vaclav
Havel and other adherents of "Charter 77". During
this period of political stagnation the communist system
further eroded and finally collapsed in the "Velvet
Revolution" of 1989. After more than forty years of
communist dictatorship former playwright and dissident Václav
Havel was elected President of Czechoslovakia, symbolising
the re-emergence of democracy in the Czech lands.
In November 1989, under pressure from massive
demonstrations, the Communist regime agreed to a peaceful
and gradual democratisation of the political system which
led to the downfall of the Communist regime. Through this
process, known as the Velvet Revolution, the country took
up the task of resuming its pre-Communist traditions and
building a genuinely democratic political system.
The Czech Constitution establishes a Parliamentary Republic.
The President is Head of State with largely symbolic powers
and is elected by the Parliament. The Parliament is composed
of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Deputies are
elected for four year terms by proportional representation
whilst Senators are elected for six year terms on the basis
of a majority system. The Chamber of Deputies is the supreme
legislative authority and has the final say on budgetary
and legislative matters.
These new institutions have successfully provided the framework
for a stable and vigorous democracy. For much of the 1990s
Czech political life was dominated by the Havel-Klaus-Zeman
triangle. President Havel, the main leader of the dissident
movement and internationally recognised as a symbol of the
end of the Cold War, represented the Czech Republic very
effectively. Nonetheless, the orientation of government
policy was set by the Prime Minister, first Mr Klaus and
subsequently Mr Zeman.
Václav Havel, was elected President of Czechoslovakia
in December 1989 and the first general election was held
in June 1990. The Civic Forum, a broad democratic grouping,
won and formed a government but later split up, leading
in particular to the formation of the Civic Democrats led
by Finance Minister Václav Klaus as well as the Civic
By the next elections in June 1992 a wide diversity of parties
existed. Klaus, who remained Prime Minister until 1997,
and the Civic democrats won the elections on a platform
of accelerated economic reform and a pro-Western orientation
in foreign policy. On this basis he formed a coalition government
with the Christian Democrats. One of this government's most
important decisions was, in agreement with the Slovak Prime
Minister Meciar, to dissolve the Czechoslovak Federation
from 1 January 1993 and to replace it with the separate
Czech and Slovak Republics.
Mr Havel had resigned his post rather then preside over
the break up of Czechoslovakia, but he was re-elected as
the first President of the Czech Republic. Mr Klaus launched
an ambitious economic reform programme, notably through
a strategy of "voucher privatization" by which
the ownership of almost all companies was transferred to
the public (see section 4 on the economic environment).
In December 1996 the Czech government formally presented
the request to join the European Union.
In 1998 there was a shift in the political centre of gravity
as Milo Zeman's Social Democratic Party won the elections
and became the largest party in Parliament. Zeman's minority
government served a full term in office on the basis of
the "Opposition Agreement" whereby consensus was
established with the Civic Democrats on major policy issues.
This government secured membership of NATO in 1999 and intensified
preparations for accession to the European Union.
Following the June 2002 elections the Social Democrats remained
the largest party and Vladimír pidla replaced
Mr Zeman who retired from his post as Prime Minister. Mr
pidla went on to form a coalition government, with
a narrow majority, with the Christian Democrats and the
Freedom Union. The Civic Democrats are the largest party
of opposition whilst the Communists continue to maintain
a significant number of seats.
On 2 February 2003 President Havel brought to a close his
second full term in office, the maximum permitted by the
Vaclav Klaus was elected President of the Republic in early
March 2003.
Czechoslovakia entered the reform process
after the Velvet Revolution in 1989 with favourable initial
conditions as the Communist regime had maintained prudent
macroeconomic policies. The economic transformation proceeded
rapidly with the liberalisation of prices, the restitution
of most properties to their pre-1948 owners and the mass
privatisation of most companies through two waves of voucher
privatisation. After the Velvet divorce with Slovakia in
1993, the Czech Republic experienced the so-called Czech
miracle, a combination of a rapid transfer of ownership
to the private sector, low unemployment and no hyperinflation.
The country's mineral resources include coal and lignite,
and deposits of mercury, antimony, tin, lead, zinc and iron
ore, and uranium. Processing industries (particularly for
machinery, steel, chemicals, glass, and agri-food) are highly
developed. The country's main exports include manufactured
goods, machinery, cars and transport equipment, and beer.
Cereals, sugar beet and hops are intensively cultivated,
although agriculture plays a comparatively small role alongside
the traditional engineering and other industries.
Following a balance of payments crisis the country experienced
a recession between 1997-1999. This revealed an unfinished
reform agenda, notably concerning the financial sector where
the major banks were still state-owned as well as the corporate
sector which was unprofitable due to a lack of restructuring.
Moreover, improvements in the legal framework had not been
as rapid as the change in economic structures, and had allowed
the development of 'tunnelling' ( asset-stripping).
The authorities took a number of corrective measures. The
privatisation of the banking sector was completed in 2001
after a public bailout of the banks and their bad debts.
Particular attention was paid to the restructuring of the
largest loss-making companies. Finally, the legal framework
was improved especially in terms of combating economic crime
and establishing more efficient bankruptcy procedures.
A determined effort was aimed at attracting foreign direct
investment, which reached 10% of GDP and made the Czech
Republic the main recipient of FDI per capita in Central
Europe. For instance, new foreign direct investment has
been attracted from Toyota Motor Corp and PSA Peugeot Citroen
- a Euro 1.5 billion greenfield car assembly plant in the
Central Bohemian town of Kolín (the largest greenfield
investment in the country). In a bid to diversify, the public
investment promotion agency, Czech Invest, has recently
been targeting investment incentives on hi-tech services.
Spurred by FDI inflows, the Czech economy has resumed growth
since 2000 in a context of low inflation and stable but
significant unemployment. The economy has weathered the
recent global slowdown well, with real GDP growth at 3.3
percent in 2001, and 2.7% in 2002. Strong fixed investment
and buoyant household consumption - underpinned by robust
wage growth and modest gains in employment - helped sustain
domestic demand. Moreover, the external current account
deficit narrowed in 2001. Inflation remains subdued at 2%.
However, the public deficit has been rising and needs to
be stabilised. Also, enterprise restructuring has led to
rising structural unemployment and large regional disparities
in unemployment rates.
The privatisation programme is still not completed in the
steel, petrochemical, energy and telecoms sectors.
UNICE, the European employers organisation, supports the
accession of the Czech Republic, which it considers "a
frontrunner", with the Czech economy making good progress.
Further reforms need to concentrate on the administrative
and legal framework and corporate restructuring.
After World War II, the political system in Czechoslovakia
was greatly affected by the introduction of a Soviet-style
Communist regime, as it was in the other countries of central
and eastern Europe. The system of power was distorted. In
effect this imbalance meant that the three branches of power
necessary for democratic development - executive, legislative
and judicial - were substituted by a unified Communist power.
Its power was based on the constitution and for forty years
it ruled all layers of social and political life throughout
the country with the help of oppressive institutions. After
February 1948, the Communist Party became the only autonomous
political entity. It allowed a few other parties to exist
within the so-called National Front; however, these parties
held no real power and were created to provide an outward
image of Czechoslovakia as a democratic state.
After the revolutionary events of November 1989 which brought
about the downfall of the Communist regime, the entire country
faced the uneasy task of resuming its pre-Communist traditions
and building a democratic political system. A wide diversity
of political parties were well-established even before the
break-up of Czechoslovakia on December 31, 1992. The constitution
of the Czech Republic, which became valid on the
day of the birth of the new state, explicitly defined civil
rights, the relationship between the executive and legislative
branches of power, and the independence of the judiciary.
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