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Insurers declined amid speculation the industry's biggest companies may face tighter capital rules. MetLife Inc. (MET) dropped 5.8 percent to $37.16 for the biggest retreat in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, a day after its plan for a buyback was rejected by the Federal Reserve. Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU) slipped 2.4 percent to $61.58.
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LSI Corp. (LSI) rose 7 percent to $9.14, the highest price since April 2007. The maker of chips used in computer disk drives boosted its first-quarter earnings forecast to between 12 cents and 16 cents a share, compared with a prior prediction of 9 cents to 15 cents a share.
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Penson Worldwide Inc. (PNSN) declined 20 percent, the most since May 12, to $1.02. The securities-clearing firm reported a fourth-quarter loss that was wider than analysts projected, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Actually, I think it still minicrits on anything airborne from an explosion. So it makes a nifty counter to rocket and sticky jumpers, though it's not really a main reason to pick the weapon.
Is there a PA TF2 group I should worry about, or just join the server and shoot? Because I do love shooting folks.
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Perl keeps track of online orders
The script needs the Sysadm::Install, Cache::FileCache, DateTime, and DateTime::Format::Strptime modules from CPAN, which are best installed by way of a CPAN shell to resolve dependencies automatically. Alternatively, you can use your Linux package manager if its repository has all of the required modules on hand. Their names might be slightly different in this case, though: libsysadm-install-perl, for example, is Debian's idea of Sysadm::Install.
Before you start, you will need to set up an empty server-side repository manually with the use of git init (Figure 2). Perl modules are not required on the hosted machine; however, you do need the git program, but it is part of most of today's Linux systems anyway.
Figure 7 shows how the first client initializes its local repository, uses shop buy to enter a couple of purchases, runs shop list to query the local database, and ultimately transfers data to the server with shop push. The shop commands do not produce any output if they run successfully.
The second client then uses shop clone to create a local clone of the server repository, as shown in Figure 8. That client also makes a couple of purchases and tags the iPod Nano transaction with Amazon as complete. It then issues a shop push to push the local changes to the server.
The same procedure applies to all further clients; again, they first clone the server repository, make some changes to the local repository, push the new data to the server, and receive the latest updates from the other clients via a server pull. The feast of orders can go on and on, and thankfully, Git will notice immediately any deliveries that fail to reach their destination because of mail problems or supplier sloppiness.
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I believe you are incorrect. Flusser describes side vents as an English traditional look. Side vents were originally designed for wear when riding horses, so there is nothing modern about it.
Very seriously, you have 100% no idea what you are talking about.
Okay fair enough, here's my explanation. American suit styles are tradtionally a single vent down the middle. English are common for double. For an American suit to have a double vent its more of a modern look. Now that doesn't mean it's fashion forward what so ever. I just mean that traditionally single or no vents with American suits.


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The East County Observer Oct. 22 welcomed its newest team member, Josh Siegel.
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Because Siegel's dad, Terry Siegel, currently lives in Sonoma and formerly lived in Heritage Harbour, Josh is already familiar with the East County community and its geography.
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1. Manoomin Rice
The Anishinaabeg people of northern Minnesota have been cultivating this rice, canoeing through the wetlands where it grows, and beating the stalks with their paddles for hundreds of years.
Though it's called "wild rice," it's actually a grain similar to corn. Manoomin "tastes richly complex with subtle earthy notes of mushrooms and wood smoke," according to the Ark of Taste website. It's threatened by the rapid devastation of its natural habitat and by the spread of genetically modified seeds.
2. Navajo-Churro Sheep
North America's oldest domesticated farm animal, these once numbered in the millions throughout the Southwest, particularly New Mexico.
By the 1970s, there were only 450 left, but they have enjoyed a comeback in recent decades. Prized by weavers for their vibrant coats, the Navajo-Churro also boast a lean, sweet gamy meat.
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A Colonial-era drink made from fruit, vinegar and sugar that must be mixed with water to make it palatable. Shrub almost went extinct but was revived by the Tait family of farmers in rural Pennsylvania.
A new generation of mixologists have discovered Shrub and are mixing it with traditional liquors like rum and rye whiskey.
4. Narragansett Turkey
The quintessential American turkey, the Narragansett was once the foundation of the turkey industry in New England. As turkey production grew industrialized, the Narragansett fell out of favor, but it's recently made a comeback as pasture-raised turkeys are gaining in popularity.
5. California Mission Olive
One of the few olive varieties unique to the United States, the Mission once grew abundantly in the orchards of Jesuit and Franciscan missions up and down California. In recent decades, some of its original groves have been restored, and the Mission is once again being enjoyed as a table olive and as a source of delicious, luxurious domestic olive oil.


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Poirier finished Brandao in the first round too. Rather than getting carried away with Conor's win I think they should match him up with Poirier and take it from there.
Conor looked good for sure, I dont really hold Brandao in that high of a regard tho so I'm still looking for something more out of him. If the match gets made with Poirier and he handles himself well then thats a different story
Cole Miller trashes Conor McGregor's UFC Dublin win, insists only comparison to Ronda Rousey is 'they're both blond'
Brandao was actually a late replacement for Miller, who injured his hand in training camp and was forced to withdraw from his "Notorious" match up. But that didn't stop him from providing his mixed martial arts (MMA) assessment on Sherdog Radio (via MMA Fighting):
"I thought he looked pretty solid. It's pretty easy to look good when everything's made for you to look good. He got to fight in his home town with all those people there supporting him. He got a full camp of preparation when his opponent didn't. I don't think anyone can really judge Diego. He got in there and like I said, he didn't get his full camp. I think when these people are spoon-fed what their opinions should be they start saying the same stuff they've already been hearing from the UFC and the brass. I did see something where Dana said Conor reminds him of Ronda Rousey. That's a pretty bold statement. I told my brother they're both blond. That must be it."
And if you want beef, then bring the ruckus
Maybe you shouldnt have gotten hurt Mr.Miller. Then you wouldnt be so goddamn bitter - you would have been the one ZzZzZzZ on the octagon and not diego.
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I've seen a couple of basements pretty flooded round there but not to lake depth.
There do seem to be a lot of cavernous structures in Liverpool, like the tunnels over near Edge Hill or the shafts under the docks. I can't remember the names of either though, but I think Edge Hill was the Williamson tunnels.
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I think there's some deep tunnels leading off somewhere, around the basement of the bookshop news from nowhere, the basement is also a cafe ran by volunteers, so it might be worth a look
Hey guys, someone mentioned about there being access to underneath Bold Street - round the back of Liverpool Central Station and the old Lewis' department store there is a ramp which leads down to underneath the station (presumably for deliveries) so maybe that's what the person in the original article saw. And to Romanarmy4, I've been into the Next To Nowhere cafe quite a few times and there aren't any tunnels running off from it, it's just a pretty big basement that's deep down. Hope I was helpful.
Right guys, bit of an update on this.
Outside the Argos on bold street there are those glass floor things, one of them is missing and you can see down into a big room, it must be a 20ft drop. I didnt have my camera at the time but will try and get back there soon, before they fix it lol
Hey pickle 1984, I've been doing a report on the "tunnels" in bold street, and I've seen a few cellars, all of which seem to over run the foundations and continue into the middle of the street a bit, mate that's what's going on @argos, there were tales of a tunnel that leads down underneath foners ( now Claudia's jewelry ) although she is not allowing access, her boyfriend Had reportedly popped his head DOWN into the tunnel, which leads me to believe its under the cellars, it lead off towards the other side of the road and disappears into where central station was ( now a car park) I did see a concrete " cap" in a cellar a few doors down in the floor of the cellar, end of the cap had been chipped away like someone's Tried to open it before, but they were unsuccessful, my belief is that if there were any tunnels still in bold street they will be only short and blocked off,
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I'm not so convinced that would be the case. I hear it a lot for a range of comic book elements for a number of films, but I think many people would just accept it if it didn't detract from the film. The general audience may not be your average comic book fan, but they do know the conventions of comic books for the most part and do seem to accept them often enough.
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NASA's unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft may have put it best when it "tweeted" from beyond the solar system: "Farewell, humans. Sort it out yourselves."
Most employees at NASA are now among the million U.S. government employees on forced leave because congress has failed to pass a spending bill, forcing a shutdown.
The world is watching in seeming disbelief. So, is America a failed state?
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…. Obama now faces the second time in his presidency when war was an option. The first was Libya. The tyrant is now dead, and what followed is not pretty. And Libya was easy compared to Syria. Now, the president must intervene to maintain his credibility. But there is no political support in the United States for intervention. He must take military action, but not one that would cause the United States to appear brutish. He must depose al Assad, but not replace him with his opponents. He never thought al Assad would be so reckless. Despite whether al Assad actually was, the consensus is that he was. That's the hand the president has to play, so it's hard to see how he avoids military action and retains credibility. It is also hard to see how he takes military action without a political revolt against him if it goes wrong, which it usually does.
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'47 Percent Negro': Anti-Obama Protest Turns Racist In Phoenix
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As President Barack Obama spoke in Phoenix Tuesday about responsible home ownership, hundreds of people stood outside protesting his policies, many shouting and carrying racially charged chants and signs.
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HYDERABAD: The ground breaking ceremony for a new education faculty building, being funded by the USAID, at the Sindh University, Hyderabad was held on Wednesday.
"The building is part of the $40 million project to establish 14 new faculties of education across Pakistan over the next two years," informed the US consul-general, Michael Dodman, who was the chief guest at the ceremony. Two other education faculty buildings are being constructed at the University of Karachi and the Shah Abdul Latif University, he added.
The new faculty will accommodate two new teaching programmes including the two-year associate degree in education and the four-year Bachelors of education. "These courses have been designed in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC). The USAID is working with 110 universities and teacher training colleges in Pakistan to initiate these programmes."
The new building, to be completed by June 2014 at the cost of Rs23 million, will have 18 classrooms, computer labs, a wi-fi system, a library, an auditorium and a media library. Its eco-friendly structure will be an additional feature.
The three-storey structure is being built over an area of 20,000 square feet, adjacent to the heritage building of the old campus. "We will offer classes in the morning and evening shifts in order to accommodate as many students as possible," said the education faculty's dean, Dr Parveen Munshi.
USAID mission director Grogory Gottlieb said that around 2,500 students and 200 teachers will acquire education from the 14 new faculties every year. Over the last four years, he added, the USAID has rehabilitated around 600 schools, sponsored 10,000 university scholarships and provided training to 12,000 teachers in Pakistan.
Courtesy: The Express Tribune, July 11th, 2013.
House Passes Rohrabacher Amendment Tying Human Rights in Pakistan to U.S. Military Aid
Today, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's (R-CA) amendment tying the Defense Department's ability to give monetary aid to Pakistan's military to its treatment of ethnic and religious minority groups was included in final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 by the House of Representatives.
The amendment requires the Secretary of Defense to certify that Pakistan is not using its military to "persecute minority groups for their legitimate and nonviolent political and religious beliefs." The amendment specifically names the Balochi, Sindhi and Christian minorities, among others.
"This is a giant step forward for those victims of oppression in Pakistan," said Rohrabacher. "For the first time their plight is being recognized and a policy is being established of not giving the Pakistani government the weapons to carry on their repression. This is the first time the plight of the Balochi and the Sindhi have been underscored in legislation that links support for Pakistan's military to how they treat those minority groups."
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"I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded." – Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden was NSA Prism leak source – Guardian
A former CIA technical worker has been identified by the UK's Guardian newspaper as the source of leaks about US surveillance programmes.
Edward Snowden, 29, is described by the paper as an ex-CIA technical assistant, currently employed by defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.
The Guardian said his identity was being revealed at his own request.
The recent revelations are that US agencies gathered millions of phone records and monitored internet data.
The Guardian quotes Mr Snowden as saying he flew to Hong Kong on 20 May, where he holed himself up in a hotel. He told the paper: "I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things… I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded."
Asked what he thought would happen to him, he replied: "Nothing good." He said he had gone to Hong Kong because of its "strong tradition of free speech".
President Obama
We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional – what makes us American – is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." – President Obama 2013
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'The Left has become a cog in the wheel of the Islamist movement'
By Kiran Nazish
Kiran Nazish: You say that the Pakistani government has double crossed the US, and the US does not have the guts to stand up to it. What are those deceptions in your opinion? Why do you think the US does not stand up? What is their weakness or restraint?
Tarek Fatah:Any country that harbored and protected Osama Bin Laden for ten years while taking billions in US aid to supposedly locate the world's most wanted jihadi terrorist, would qualify as a country that double-crossed the USA. Pakistan's military and civilian establishment that runs the country is guilty on that count. In fact on July 19, when the US House of Representatives voted to cut US aid to Pakistan by $650 million, congressman Ted Poe (R-Texas), put it rather succinctly when he said, "Pakistan seems to be the Benedict Arnold nation in the list of countries that we call allies, they have proven to be deceptive and deceitful and a danger to the United States."
The United States gets blackmailed time and again by Pakistani Foreign Office's argument that any sanctions imposed on Pakistan will make things worse with Islamabad's nuclear assets falling into the hands of radical generals committed to a worldwide jihad.
Washington has been playing a Chamberlainesque diplomacy of appeasement and it seems the US State Department is at conflict with the Department of Defence, but has the upper hand in setting US-Pakistani relations.
The influence of pro-Muslim Brotherhood officials in the US State Department and the White House may also be a reason America has not come down hard on Pakistan and is focused on Iran as its enemy.
KN: What is your definition of a fascist? Especially given that you are a Punjabi Muslim yourself, and in that, how do you deal with the fact the Punjabis are often accused of fascism in Pakistan?
President Obama breaks into a tear. Gets overwhelmed with grief talking about 5-year old children shot dead.
FULL TEXT: President Obama's address to the nation after Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.
At least 27 people are dead, 20 of them children, after a masked gunman terrorized the school where his mother was a teacher
"They had their entire lives ahead of them – birthdays, graduations, kids of their own," President Obama said during an emotional press conference about the deadly shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.
Full text of President Obama's speech:
This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families.
We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would — as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there's not a parent in America who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.
The majority of those who died today were children — beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them — birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers — men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams.
So our hearts are broken today — for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children's innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.
The American dream and the Pakistani denial
The goals of Pakistani Americans in US politics may not align with those of Islamabad
By Dr Manzur Ejaz
Most of the correspondents of Pakistani news networks in Washington and New York were unable to understand why the anchors and commentators back home were not accepting what they were seeing on the ground – that Obama was winning the elections. The analysts back home had wishfully concluded that Mitt Romney would win, and that was what they wanted to hear. The US presidential election has shown that Pakistani opinion makers are in a state of denial. The expatriates are coming around to this reality and disagree with the views back home. Such diverging views may result in a change that may not be to Islamabad's liking.
Why I believe America and the world still need Barack Obama
The president came to office on a surge of hope but a faltering economy thwarted many of his ambitions. So his fight for regeneration and equality goes on. He must have four more years
By: Jesse Jackson
How much has the extraordinary wave of hope that swept the world four years ago, when President Obama was inaugurated, been borne out by his first term in office?
Why do I think it is so vital that he wins again this week, for America and for the world?
Let's remember President Obama inherited a very deep hole, a hole most Americans did not imagine existed. When he came in, we had lost four million jobs in four years – 800,000 jobs evaporated in January 2009 alone. Since that time, we have created five and a half million new jobs. That's more than 30 straight months of job growth in tough economic times. In addition, he had to confront banks that, through their greed, had forced record-breaking home foreclosures. The global economy – from the US to Europe and around the world – was at the point of total collapse. The banks were bailed out.
The automotive industry had collapsed. Now, because of the Obama administration's policies to rescue the auto industry, we're the number one auto-producing nation again. Autoworkers are once more working three shifts and producing high yields. The auto industry is back, though Romney said: "Let them go bankrupt."
Furthermore, when President Obama came into office, we were caught in a war of choice – an immoral, bad choice – in Iraq. President Bush and Tony Blair dealt us a severe blow. The whole world was telling them not to wage war – I was speaking in London at Hyde Park on the day of the big protest. We told them there was no basis for going into Iraq. Since then, we have lost British and American lives, resources and honour, and they have not been humble enough to apologise. That war cost us trillions of dollars, which took us from a budget surplus to a budget deficit.
US President Barack Obama at UN
US President Barack Obama has delivered his speech to the 67th United Nations General Assembly at its headquarters in New York.
He urged global leaders to rally against extremism, saying it was the obligation of all leaders to speak out forcefully against violence and extremism, as he framed his speech with references to the US ambassador murdered in Libya. ….
Read more » BBC
State Department warns Americans against travel to Pakistan
WASHINGTON – (Reuters) – U.S. citizens should avoid travel to Pakistan, the State Department said on Thursday, in a fresh warning that follows numerous protests, demonstrations and rallies in Pakistan that U.S. officials said are likely to continue.
Officials upgraded their ongoing caution about the travel risks in Pakistan, explicitly advising Americans to put off any non-essential travel to the country. They also "strongly urged" those who are already there to avoid protests and large gatherings.
The State Department said the presence of al Qaeda, Taliban elements, and "indigenous militant sectarian groups poses a potential danger to U.S. citizens throughout Pakistan."
Anger Over a Film Fuels Anti-American Attacks in Libya and Egypt
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
CAIRO — Protesters angry over an amateurish American-made video denouncing Islam attacked the United States Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday, killing a State Department officer, while Egyptian demonstrators stormed over the fortified walls of the United States Embassy here.
State of Terror – Why Obama should blacklist Pakistan – not just the Haqqanis. – Foreign Policy Magazine
In September 2011, Adm. Mike Mullen, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, astonished the American public when he declared at a congressional hearing that the network of Jalaluddin Haqqani was a "virtual arm" of Pakistan's top spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate. Pakistanis were surprised, as Mullen had been one of the most outspoken defenders of Pakistan's military and intelligence agencies and their efforts to combat Islamist terrorists within Pakistan. Since Mullen's head-turning testimony, pressure has continued to mount on the Obama administration, forcing it take a stronger position on Pakistan's intransigent support for one of the most lethal organizations killing Americans and allied forces in Afghanistan.
On Sept. 7, after considerable hemming and hawing, the Obama administration finally announced it would designate the so-called Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organization. The call was long overdue. Members of the Haqqani network move back and forth between Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency (and other localities) as well as the Paktiya, Paktika, and Khost provinces of Afghanistan. The network provides sanctuary, manpower, weapons, financing, and other amenities to several other terrorist and insurgent networks such as the Afghan Taliban, the Pakistani Taliban, and al Qaeda, among others. Its financial assets are vast and derive from numerous illicit and licit activities spanning South Asia and the Middle East. The Haqqani network is behind some of the most devastating and complex attacks against United States, NATO, and Afghan forces. U.S. officials hold it responsible for the 2008 assault on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, last September's attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters employing rocket-propelled grenades, assassination attempts against President Hamid Karzai and other leaders, as well as numerous kidnappings.
The Obama administration touted its decision to list the Haqqanis as an important step in being able to go after the vast resources of the network — never mind that the move was taken under considerable congressional pressure.
Why the long wait? Listing the Haqqanis was always considered sensitive because Pakistan views the network as one of its few reliable assets to shape Afghanistan in desirable directions, including restraining India's influence and physical presence. Given the tenterhooks upon which U.S.-Pakistan relations have hung over the last two years, critics of the decision will argue it amounts to further provocation for little payoff. Moreover, some in the U.S. State Department thought that the Haqqani network deserved a seat at the negotiating table even if doing so served no other purpose than placating Pakistan, according my discussions with an array of U.S. officials. Others feared that declaring the Haqqanis a foreign terrorist organization would lead to greater insistence from Congress and other quarters to label Pakistan itself a state that supports terrorism — a club populated by Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria. For this reason, the administration went to great lengths to clarify that this move does not pave the way for putting Pakistan on that inauspicious list.
U.S. Blacklists Militant Haqqani Network
By DECLAN WALSH and ERIC SCHMITT
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani officials reacted cautiously on Friday to news that the United States had designated the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network as a terrorist group, allaying fears that the move could drive a fresh wedge between the two uneasy allies.
The designation order, signed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Brunei before heading to Russia for a conference, ended two years of debate inside the Obama administration about the merits of formally ostracizing a powerful element of the Afghan insurgency that American officials say has uncomfortably close ties to Pakistan.
Within hours of the designation, American officials in Washington were seeking to play down worries that it could stymie peace talks with the Taliban or lead to the designation of Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism.
In the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, the designation received a studiously muted reception.
Rush Limbaugh Hopes that Hurricane Isaac Kills Poor Black Democrats
By: Jason Easley
Rush Limbaugh hoped today that Hurricane Isaac kills lots of poor Democrats in New Orleans, so that Louisiana can become a more Republican state. Here's the audio from Media Matters:
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White Terrorist Plot to Assassinate the 'Commander in Chief'
By: Juan Cole
A white terrorist cell on a military base in Georgia plotted to assassinate President Barack Obama and stage a military coup. It murdered two former members of the cell. It bought $87,000 of military grade weaponry and land in Washington state. It planned to bomb a dam in Washington and poison its apple crop. It planned to take over Fort Stewart in Georgia.
The National Security Agency is massively and illegally spying on ordinary Americans. Peace activists are bothered by police and put on watch lists. Journalists like Amy Goodman have been beaten up for covering peaceful protests. ….
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Former Pakistani ambassador: Pakistan behaves 'like Syria while wanting to be treated like Israel'
By Jamie Weinstein, Senior Editor
Recently removed Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani urged the American government to take a tougher line on his home country in a remarkably candid speech Wednesday afternoon.
"Pakistan ends up behaving like Syria while wanting to be treated like Israel," Haqqani told several dozens journalists, think tankers, opinion makers and government officials at a luncheon in Washington held by the Center for the National Interest.
"And the behavior change is not going to come unless and until there is behavior change on your part. So you should stop the meddling. … You have to stop going in and seeing all our politicians and thinking they are all your friends and trying to influence. Make Pakistanis realize that America has an interest in Pakistan, but you know what, America respects Pakistani opinion. Show respect for Pakistani public opinion. And if Pakistanis don't want to be your friends, you don't want to be their friends, thank you very much."
Haqqani, who recently returned to the United States to become director of the Center of International Relations at Boston University, was removed as Pakistani ambassador late last year after facing charges that he sought U.S. help to prevent a military coup in Pakistan in the wake of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Haqqani, who returned to Pakistan to face the charges against him at some personal risk, maintains the charges are baseless.
But Haqqani's essential argument at the luncheon was that America and Pakistan should no longer put up the pretense that they are allies. Haqqani said that it is unrealistic to believe that "endless discussions and chats and what I call the class of narratives will somehow, some day produce a change of thinking either in Washington" or Islamabad.
The U.S. isn't going to be convinced to treat India as an enemy for Pakistan's sake and Pakistan won't be convinced to give up its nuclear weapons or end its support for jihadi groups it sees as strategically beneficial for "regional influence" because America wants it to, he said.
As Netanyahu pushes Israel closer to war with Iran, Israelis cannot keep silent
Why aren't ministers and defense officials standing up right now, when it is still possible, and saying: We will not be a party to this megalomaniacal vision, to this messianic-catastrophic worldview?
By David Grossman
Here's a possible scenario: Israel attacks Iran despite the strenuous opposition of President Barack Obama, who is practically pleading that Israel leave the work to the United States. Why? Because Benjamin Netanyahu has a historical mind-set and a historical outlook under which, basically, Israel is "the eternal nation" and the United States, with all due respect, is just the Assyria or the Babylonia, the Greece or the Rome, of our age. Meaning: We are everlasting, we are an eternal people, and they, despite all their strength and power, are merely temporary and ephemeral.
From the Rocky Mountains to the volcano of hate – Dr Mohammad Taqi
The Punjab-based jihadists, and especially the SSP that spawned virtually all anti-India terrorists, is where the Pakistani strategic depth, India-centric jingoism and the religion-tethered state ideology converge
At a panel discussion during the Aspen Security Forum last week, the Pakistani envoy to the United States, Ms Sherry Rehman traded barbs with two key figures of the US administration on Pak-Afghan policy. President Barack Obama's special adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan, General (Retd) Douglas Lute, the former US ambassador to Afghanistan, General (Retd) Karl Eikenberry, and the current Afghan ambassador to the US, Eklil Hakimi participated in the session moderated by Steve Kroft, the host of CBS News' 60 Minutes. The Pakistani embassy in Washington, DC circulated the programme video just as what the media called the "zingers" let loose by the Pakistani ambassador made headlines in the US and Pakistani press.
NATO has already rejected some claims made by the Pakistani ambassador such as her assertion that Pakistan shared information on cross-border infiltration with NATO/ISAF some 52 times. She also said that Pakistan helped the US apprehend 250 top-tier al Qaeda leaders before closing her remarks with a message for Generals Lute and Eikenberry, saying, "We don't welcome or sanctuary foreign fighters on our soil…There is no question now of hedging bets…This is a new Pakistan. Catch up, gentlemen!"
The Pakistani ambassador did not care to explain what had those 250 al Qaeda leaders been doing in Pakistan in the first place. Not one, not two, not ten, but 250 of them, and of course, the mama hornet, no less, all caught in Pakistan. She lamented about the US having walked away from the region after the demise of the Soviet Union, leaving Pakistan to clean up the mess. It is not conceivable that the whole al Qaeda brass had been lounging in Pakistan without the knowledge and/or support of its omnipresent intelligence agencies and the latter's Punjabi jihadist protégés. While the world appreciates the Pakistani effort in handing over the terrorists, it certainly does not see it as a favour to the US and the global community.
After all, the US may have walked away from Afghanistan but it sure as heck did not ask Pakistan to babysit this whole regiment of terrorist ringleaders. Ms Rehman's views showed little concern about the US sensitivities on many issues, including Osama bin Laden's days in Pakistan. As she was busy defending Dr Shakil Afridi's arrest under the draconian Frontier Crimes Regulation as a "constitutional" move, elsewhere at the meeting, the chief of the US Special Operations Command, General Bill McRaven was fielding questions about the Navy SEALs raid to squat the mama hornet, within a mile of Pakistan's premier military academy. Pakistan and the US's perceptions could not be further apart.
Hell and al-Qaida descend on Syria
By: Tarek Fatah
Who would have thought a Canadian mother of two would leave her children behind and join the international jihad unfolding in Syria?
Meet Thwaiba Kanafani. She left the comforts of her apartment in downtown Toronto, soon to appear in a YouTube video dressed in camouflaged battle gear, holding an automatic assault rifle, to declare: "I came from Canada to answer the call of my homeland" as the men surrounding her chanted "Allah O Akbar."
Kanafani is not alone. A Dutch journalist who was kidnapped by rebels inside Syria, along with his British colleague, reports some of his abductors had "Birmingham accents," while others were from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Chechnya, with no Syrians present.
Reports of non-Syrian jihadis have been confirmed by correspondents of both the Guardian and the New York Times who say foreign fighters under the banner of al-Qaida's black flags bearing the Islamic declaration of faith, "There is no god but God," are taking a bigger role.
The jihadis are the best-funded and well-equipped of the groups fighting the Bashar al-Assad regime.
While the American-backed Syrian National Council (SNC) had its own share of U.S.-based Islamists pulling the strings, it is now clear these jihadis-in-suits will not be the ones determining the future of Syria when the doctor dictator is gone. Very soon, Damascus will get a taste of al-Qaida's hatred of life and their yearning for death as they have demonstrated in the last couple of months.
In one attack by the al-Qaida fighters on the historic Damascus district of Zainabiya, the fighters made no effort to hide the al- Qaida flag. Some wore the black head bands while others wore the flags of Pakistan, Somalia, and other Muslim countries. They killed Shia residents and pilgrims as they tried to destroy the shrines of Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter Hazrat Zainab and Ruqaiya. At least one Afghan family was slaughtered inside their home.
One al-Qaida commander inside Syria, Abu Khuder, had this to say about foreign jihadis: "In the beginning there were very few. Now, mashallah, there are immigrants joining us and bringing their experience … Men from Yemen, Saudi, Iraq and Jordan … (al-Qaida's) goal is establishing an Islamic state and not a Syrian state."
The role of America in Syria seems at best incompetent and disastrous.
However, evidence suggests there is a method in the madness of the Obama Administration. Instead of helping the democratic forces of Syria it has dilly-dallied on the sidelines until the Islamists managed to get an upper hand. The same cowardice was demonstrated when Iran's democrats rose up in 2009.
One of the leaders of the Syrian al-Qaida is Abdelhakim Belhadj, a Libyan accomplice of Osama bin Laden who, according to former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar, was suspected of complicity in the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
Belhadj was arrested by the CIA, but then released under mysterious circumstances and returned to Libya where he facilitated the U.S.-NATO overthrowing of Col. Moammar Gahdafi.
Now the same Libyan ally of NATO has been parachuted inside Syria with the help of the Turkish government.
Reportedly, 15,000 Syrians have given their lives to fight a dictator, and Belhadj's presence in the war-torn country could make it a hell on earth.
Courtesy: Toronto Sun
Via – Twitter
US wants tougher Pakistani action against Haqqanis
By: AP
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration expressed renewed frustration with Pakistan on Tuesday, urging its reluctant counterterrorism ally to break remaining links between its security services and the Haqqani network and stem the flow of bomb-making material into Afghanistan.
A State Department report credited Pakistan's government with taking action against al-Qaida last year, even though the United States acted unilaterally in the commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. It called Islamabad's attempts weaker when it came to snuffing out groups such as the Haqqani network and Laskhar e-Taiba. …
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Why I'm not celebrating US exit – by Pervez Hoodbhoy
Today there is only the cruel choice between continued American presence and Taliban rule
After a trillion dollars and 2000 dead Americans, there is precious little to show as the U.S. heads towards its 2014 exit. America's primary goal had been to create a stable, non-hostile Afghan government and army which could stop extremist groups from once again using Afghan territory as a base. But Hamid Karzai is already on the way out, rapid desertions could collapse the Afghan National Army, and only die-hards like Marine Gen. John Allen say that the U.S. can win. The Taliban are smelling victory.
America's failure drives many bearded folks – and Imran Khan's thoughtless supporters – into fits of ecstasy. It also delights some Pakistani leftists at home and abroad; imperialism has been humbled. Some comrades imagine that a mythicalAfghan "working class" – whatever that might mean – will pop up from nowhere and somehow stop the Taliban from moving in as fast as the Americans move out. Do they also hope for snowflakes in summer?
U.S. House urges adding Haqqani group to terrorist list
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON : (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the State Department to designate the Pakistan-based Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist group, pressing the Obama administration to get tougher on an issue that already has strained ties with Islamabad.
Terror Is Their Family Business – Why won't the State Department designate the Haqqanis?
By JEFFREY DRESSLER
The Haqqani network is the most aggressive terrorist organization targeting U.S. and host nation forces in Afghanistan. Founded by aging patriarch Jalaluddin Haqqani, the network is now managed by his sons Sirajuddin, Badruddin, and Nasiruddin, and their uncles Ibrahim and Khalil. They have carved out a terrorist mini-state in North Waziristan, just across Afghanistan's eastern border, where they host a who's who of high-value terrorist targets, including senior members of al Qaeda.
So why hasn't the State Department designated what U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker called "a group of killers, pure and simple" as a Foreign Terrorist Organization?
The U.S. and Pakistan Have Found Detente, but It Won't Last
The transactional U.S.-Pakistan alliance means that, once the Afghan War ends, so will their incentive to get along.
By: Joshua Foust
This transactional nature is reflected in the last ten years of U.S.-Pakistan relations. Washington was never eager to partner with Islamabad — documents recently declassified by George Washington University's National Security Archive show the anger and mistrust that drove initial U.S. demands for Pakistani compliance with the war in Afghanistan. As the Center for Global Development shows, the vast majority of U.S. aid to Pakistan after 2001 has been for its military, for the specific purpose of developing their capacity to go after militants. Yet the White House, through two administrations, has become less and less enthusiastic about the partnership as Pakistan's contradictory, self-destructive relationship with the militants in its territory became harder and harder to ignore.
U.S.-Pakistan relations seem on course for conflict the moment the U.S. no longer needs Pakistani GLOCs for Afghanistan. What shape that conflict takes remains to be seen. The U.S. can construct a strong case for describing Pakistan as a rogue state: it harbors and supports international terrorism; it is one of the world's most brazen proliferators of nuclear and ballistic missile technology; and it seems so stubbornly unwilling to admit fault that U.S. officials say they can barely raise either subject with their Pakistani counterparts.
Without the war in Afghanistan to draw the two countries together, it's difficult to see how they can maintain anything more than a distant, perfunctory relationship. Pakistani officials insist privately that they love America. Yet that professed love has not translated into very many pro-American policies. If that doesn't change, the U.S. and Pakistan seem destined to part ways 18 months from now. What happens after that, no one can say.
Read more » The Atlantic
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What to Do About Pakistan
With an "ally" in a state of perpetual dysfunction, it's time for Washington to reconsider its options: containment or benign neglect.
Excerpt: …. "At long last, it seems, various agencies of the United States government have come to the conclusion that Pakistan cannot be changed. Islamabad's behavior in the region will remain staunchly pegged to its antipathy toward New Delhi. It will pursue policies that threaten the integrity of the Pakistani state for no other reason but the chimerical objective of resisting the obvious rise of India, while clinging to the delusion that it is India's peer competitor — despite obvious and ever-growing disparities. Finally, Americans are asking what Pakistanis have long concluded: How can the United States and Pakistan have any kind of positive relationship when our strategic interests not only diverge but violently clash?…….While some may view these offerings as unreasonable, reckless, dangerous, and irresponsible, it is equally fair to ask whether Washington's decades of policies toward Pakistan have been unreasonable, dangerous, and irresponsible? Moreover, what good have they accomplished? While many policymakers and analysts are willing to bank everything on the gamble that Pakistan is too dangerous to fail, we should be willing to consider what failure would mean and the inherent costs and benefits of this happening. After all, when the Soviet Union fell, none of the worst fears materialized. And Pakistan is hardly the Soviet Union" ….
Read more »Foreign Policy (FP)
America mulls new covert raids in Pakistan
WASHINGTON: US military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan's failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighboring Afghanistan that they have considered launching secret joint US-Afghan commando raids into Pakistan to hunt them down, officials told The Associated Press. ….
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What not even a "soft apology"? Pentagon chief all but rules out apology for Pakistan
Pentagon chief all but rules out apology for Pakistan
By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON: (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta all but ruled out an apology over an air strike last year that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and badly set back efforts to improve U.S.-Pakistani ties, saying it was "time to move on."
Pakistan banned trucks from carrying NATO supplies into neighboring Afghanistan after the air strike, a move that costs U.S. taxpayers $100 million a month given the need to use more expensive, longer routes to the north.
To re-open the routes, Pakistan wants to impose high tariffs on NATO supplies and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said last week that Islamabad is still seeking an unconditional apology.
But Panetta, in an interview with Reuters on Thursday, suggested that past expressions of regret and condolences were enough and held out hope that troubled talks on re-opening Pakistani supply routes for the NATO war effort could succeed anyway.
Asked whether he would oppose any further apology, Panetta said: "We've made clear what our position is, and I think it's time to move on."
"If we keep going back to the past, if we keep beating up each other based on past differences, we'll never get anywhere," he said.
"The time now is to move forward with this relationship, on the (supply routes), on the safe havens, on dealing with terrorism — on dealing with the issues that frankly both of us are concerned about," Panetta said. ….
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A prominent Sindh-Dost writer Professor Afaq Siddiqui passes away
KARACHI: Sindh's prominent poet, writer and researcher, Professor Afaq Siddiqui passed away in Karachi, Sindh on Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 86.
The immigrants who came from India to Sindh, unfortunately they didn't accept or adopt Sindhi language and Sindh's evergreen secular culture of love, peace, tolerance and communal harmony. However, there were many who accepted Sindhi language, culture, and values, And, Sindh loves them, accept them and embrace them as her own children! One such great immigrant was Professor Afaq Siddiqui. His work was highly appreciated all over Sindh. He received more than 60 International awards. Amongst the various awards that he received, one is the Pride of Performance and the other is Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Excellence Award, which is the highest award of Sindh. He merged himself in the secular Sufi culture of Sindh. He was a prominent Sindh Dost researcher, poet and writer. Professor Siddiqui wrote 40 books, 18 of which are in Sindhi. He also translated "Shah Jo Rasalao". Sindh & Sindhis are truly indebted to this proud son of Sindh and to other Urdu speaking Sindhis who made Sindh their home.
Professor Siddiqui was born in 1928 in a house of a police officer in India. He migrated to Sindh after partition of the sub-continent. "He will be laid to rest in Sakhi Hassan graveyard in Karachi Sindh.
Courtesy: Sindhi e-lists/ e-groups, + facebook and internet.


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Robert White (ambassador)
Robert E. White (born September 21, 1926 in Melrose, Massachusetts)[1] is a career diplomat who served as US Ambassador to Paraguay (1977 - 1980) and to El Salvador (1980 - 1981). He is currently president of the Center for International Policy.
Background and family life[edit]
White served in the US Navy from 1944 to 1946,[1] and after the war benefited from the G.I. Bill.[2] He graduated from Saint Michael's College in 1952,[2] and after a Fulbright Scholarship graduated from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1954.[1]
He is currently married to Mary-Anne White and has 5 grown children. He resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
Joining the United States Foreign Service in 1955, White served in a variety of positions at the State Department and in US delegations, primarily in Latin America. Postings included Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras and Nicaragua. From 1968 to 1970 he served as Peace Corps deputy regional director and then regional director, for the Latin America region. From 1975 to 1977 he was Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States.[1] In October 1977 he was nominated by President Jimmy Carter as US Ambassador to Paraguay.[1]
Paraguay (1977-80)[edit]
1978 cable concerning operation Condor[edit]
On March 6, 2001, The New York Times reported the existence of a recently declassified 1978 cable from Robert White, at the time the U.S. ambassador to Paraguay.[3] Professor J. Patrice McSherry of Long Island University described the discovery as "another piece of increasingly weighty evidence suggesting that U.S. military and intelligence officials supported and collaborated with Condor as a secret partner or sponsor".[4]
In the cable, Ambassador White relates a conversation with General Alejandro Fretes Dávalos, chief of staff of Paraguay's armed forces, who told him that the South American intelligence chiefs involved in Condor "keep in touch with one another through a U.S. communications installation in the Panama Canal Zone which covers all of Latin America". This installation was "employed to co-ordinate intelligence information among the southern cone countries". White, whose message was sent to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, was concerned that the US connection to Condor might be revealed during the then ongoing investigation into the deaths of Orlando Letelier and his American colleague, Ronni Moffitt. "It would seem advisable", he suggests, "to review this arrangement to ensure that its continuation is in US interest".[4]
El Salvador (1980-1)[edit]
In 1980-81, he was posted to El Salvador during the first years of that country's brutal 12-year civil war. He was harshly critical of the Salvadorian government and accused the military and paramilitaries (widely alleged to have close ties) of committing widespread atrocities against civilians, many of which were later factually confirmed. He once called prominent military figure Roberto D'Aubuisson a "pathological killer". D'Aubuisson was widely suspected of collaboration with death squad killings including the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero. He also accused José Napoleón Duarte, El Salvador's President from 1984 to 1989 of being a CIA asset.[2]
He was dismissed by the new Reagan administration in 1981. He claims that Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, pushed for his removal because White did not favour a military solution to the Salvadoran situation.
Post-diplomatic career[edit]
After retiring from the Foreign Service in 1981, White served as a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was also Professor of International Relations at Simmons College in Boston,[5] and an election observer in Haiti's 1987 general election.[2] He was at one time President of the International Center for Development Policy, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.
In 1990, he joined the Center for International Policy as the President[5] and has presided at conferences, led delegations to several Latin American and Caribbean countries and published numerous studies regarding U.S. policy towards the region. Additionally, White led an ongoing effort to reform U.S. intelligence agencies.
In Oliver Stone's film dramatization of the Salvadoran Civil War, Salvador (1986), the character "Ambassador Tom Kelly" (played by Michael Murphy) is based on Robert White. White appeared in the 62-minute retrospective documentary Into the Valley of Death, included on the 2001 DVD release of Salvador. Although he points out some of the fictional aspects of Salvador, White was complimentary of Stone's film overall, noting that it captured the pervading sense of doom that surrounded the real-life events. In the documentary, White also re-iterated his criticisms of the activities of US intelligence and the Reagan administration in El Salvador.
- St. Michael's Col. Cook award.
- Honorary degree of Doctor of Political Science from Providence College[5]
- ^ a b c d e The American Presidency Project - United States Ambassador to Paraguay - Nomination of Robert E. White, October 11, 1977
- ^ a b c d Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, DEATH & LIES IN EL SALVADOR: The ambassador's tale, Commonweal, October 26, 2001 / Volume CXXVIII, Number 18
- ^ Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times, March 6, 2001, New Files Tie U.S. to Deaths of Latin Leftists in 1970's
- ^ a b National Security Archive, Operation Condor: Cable Suggests US Role
- ^ a b c Providence College, Honorary Degree Citations
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Andrew Poustie in action against Seattle. Photo credit Jake Ward.
March 16, 2014
RENO, Nev. -- The University of Nevada men's tennis team was victorious in both of its matches this weekend after dropping the UMBC Retrievers on Sunday by a score of 6-1.
The Wolf Pack won its fifth straight match and improved its record to 10-2 (0-1 MW) after its match with the Retrievers (9-5). This is the second straight weekend that Nevada has swept a two-match home stand, as the Pack did so last weekend with victories over Grand Canyon and Montana, and defeated Seattle University on Friday. Nevada got on a roll early against UMBC by sweeping doubles play (3-for-3) and cruised through singles play, winning 5-of-6 matches. Between Friday and Sunday, the Wolf Pack was a combined 17-for-18 in both singles and doubles play.
"Overall, it was a good outing this week," said Erik Burton, Nevada head coach. "We can definitely improve our intensity and ability to finish. Doubles will continue to improve for some tough matches coming up. We get some time off for these guys and then we're back to work this Thursday."
Doubles play began when Quentin Mege and Moez Chargui took home the first win of the day for Nevada, as they rolled past Daniel Gray and Alex Drean, 8-2. Fernando Sunago and Andrew Poustie followed with an 8-5 win over Eliott Loubatie and Kamal Patel to give Nevada a 1-0 lead. After a tiebreaker, the No. 32 national doubles team Victor Ouvrard and Robert Allan outlasted Justin Carter and Melker Svard, 8-7(11-9).
Ouvrard opened the singles scoring, as the No.7 ITA Mountain Region athlete ousted Carter in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. Ryan Andrada made the Nevada lead 3-0 when he defeated Loubatie, 6-0, 6-1. Allan got the match-deciding point for Nevada after he knocked off Patel, 6-4, 6-2. It was a 4-0 Nevada lead after Chargui dropped Svard, 6-2, 6-4. Montana grabbed a victory on court five before Quentin Mege grabbed the final victory of the day, as he overcame Drean 7-6(7-1), 7-6(7-5).
The Wolf Pack will be in action again on Sunday, March 23 when it faces Eastern Washington on the courts of Caughlin Athletic Club at 9 am.
Tennis Match Results
Nevada vs. UMBC
Mar 16, 2014 at Reno, Nev.
(Caughlin Athletic Club)
Nevada 6, Montana 1
Singles competition
- Victor Ouvrard (NEV) def. Justin Carter (UMBC) 6-1, 6-2
- Moez Chargui (NEV) def. Melker Svard (UMBC) 6-2, 6-4
- Quentin Mege (NEV) def. Alex Drean (UMBC) 7-6(7-1), 7-6(7-5)
- Ryan Andrada (NEV) def. Eliott Loubatie (UMBC) 6-0, 6-1
- Daniel Gray (UMBC) def. Fernando Sunago (NEV) 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
- Robert Allan (NEV) def. Kamal Patel (UMBC) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles competition
- Ouvrard/Allan (NEV) def. Carter/Svard (UMBC) 8-7(11-9)
- Mege/Chargui (NEV) def. Gray/Drean (UMBC) 8-2
- Sunago/Poustie (NEV) vs. Loubatie/Patel (UMBC) 8-5
Match Notes:
Nevada: 10-2
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,4,6,2,5,3)
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Vriska said...
Nov. 16 at 9:15 am
Nov. 16 at 9:15 am
Omg I love roses and your description was on point
TheComet said...
Jul. 15 at 1:31 pm
Jul. 15 at 1:31 pm
This pic is amazing! So beautiful and shows all the beauty of a rose. By the way I love what you said in the description ^_^
BestWritingByBrit said...
Jul. 6 at 1:46 pm
Jul. 6 at 1:46 pm
This is so pretty!
Poetic21 said...
Aug. 16, 2013 at 10:43 am
Aug. 16, 2013 at 10:43 am
oh my this is beautiful reminds me of the beauty of a woman white and innocent very delocate and yet outgoing and pure
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Aug. 26, 2013 at 2:01 pm
Aug. 26, 2013 at 2:01 pm
This is so lovely and amazing i have to agree with poetic reminds you of the innocence and beauty. I think the close up was amazing and the way you captured the water droplets i'm just in a wow nice work.
AnshuR said...
Aug. 15, 2013 at 12:18 pm
Aug. 15, 2013 at 12:18 pm
This one is beautiful. Nice work :)
Writer38942849 said...
Aug. 13, 2013 at 9:50 pm
Aug. 13, 2013 at 9:50 pm
This is amazing. The rain/dew drops makes it so clean and sureal. I have a soft spot for flower pictures and it looks like you have a winner here.
Jade.I.Am said...
Aug. 4, 2013 at 4:55 pm
Aug. 4, 2013 at 4:55 pm
this is really pretty, i love it :)
compassion said...
Aug. 2, 2013 at 9:17 am
Aug. 2, 2013 at 9:17 am
Exquisite! Really very very beautiful. And the description is even more beautiful :) Awesome work. I truly am in awe at the beauty of the description.
Quratulain said...
Jul. 31, 2013 at 12:30 pm
Jul. 31, 2013 at 12:30 pm
This is great.I think you've got a golden heart which can praise other's as well.
Midnight5765 said...
Jul. 31, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Jul. 31, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Love the rain (looks like teardrops) u should be in Yearbook like I was!!
Zoya_Khan said...
Jul. 30, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Jul. 30, 2013 at 3:02 pm
It's really beautiful. The dew drops and the white color of the rose make it look really neat, clean and pure :) :) :)
loveshersheys said...
Jul. 26, 2013 at 2:36 pm
Jul. 26, 2013 at 2:36 pm
Wow this is really pretty! =)
sarah98 said...
Jul. 23, 2013 at 11:40 am
Jul. 23, 2013 at 11:40 am
this looks right out of a catalogue. wow
PriyaModi said...
Jul. 16, 2013 at 9:27 am
Jul. 16, 2013 at 9:27 am
the sun is warm....the sky is clear.. the nature touch is soft like breezes...dew drops purity is cool as nature.. gud!
Mckay said...
Jul. 15, 2013 at 1:24 pm
Jul. 15, 2013 at 1:24 pm
Roses are by far one of my favorite flowers. I'm not ashamed to admit it. And the touch of water droplets speckling each petal just makes this picture so much more beautiful.
momo. said...
Jul. 15, 2013 at 7:44 am
Jul. 15, 2013 at 7:44 am
Very pretty. I love the water droplets!
RozaLaurine said...
Jul. 13, 2013 at 11:27 pm
Jul. 13, 2013 at 11:27 pm
Woah! Awesome!
WildGirl73 said...
Jul. 13, 2013 at 12:56 pm
Jul. 13, 2013 at 12:56 pm
This is an amazing picture the angle of the rose is perfect and the lighting is beautiful I love how you can see the water droplets and everything about this picture is so vibrant and just gorgeous.
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Jul. 13, 2013 at 12:36 pm
Jul. 13, 2013 at 12:36 pm
god i love this. I always fall for a good flower picture- especially one with water droplets. As for crituqe...hmmm. I'm thinking its good, but it could be better- a different angle maybe. My eye isnt drawn into it as much when it's right it the center- i would try this with rule of thirds, or from the side or below or something. Just to give the photo a little more visual interest. But I really like the water on the white. You wouldnt think it would be a good combination, bu... (more »)


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