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Saturday, October 30, 2010
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... seeing that I'm just waking up from an enjoyable night/morning at the Smokers Club Tour and having to wake up 8 AM to get to work this morning (.. not so enjoyable) had to post up the new album cover of Pilot Talk 2, very similar to the original Pilot Talk cover . November 22nd homies !!!
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Friday, October 29, 2010
found this video online for some detailng of the Bordeaux VII's ..
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
SUPPORT and CELEBRATE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH !!!
... listen everybody, MEN ESPECIALLY, we need to give as much support as we can to all the Breast Cancer victims around the Earth. I am a prolific Titty Man myself.. in all honesty, *eh-hem* excuse my French, but next to the female vagina thats the most appreciated part of a woman's body IMO. Most Men have preference for a nice bottom, but I'm a Breast Mann all day everyday.. and so I'd do anything to keep the women's upper body healthy.. #beleedat !!! To the point, please show support to any Breast Cancer Awareness group that you can, whether its donating coins to a local school drive, or hospital... whatever ! Just show some fxcking support ! One of my personal fav. groups is the Keep-A-Breast Foundation, because they carry the illest BOOBIES stickers, and the I Heart BOOBIES bracelets, and some more shxt that the younger generation can look fly in and still show love..
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is #fxckinridiculous ...
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NEW ERA x CHAMPION...
... available on this Japanese site right now, might wanna use your Google tranlator ...
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CULTURESHOQ x SEBAGO NEXUS PROJECT...
... i just posted these a few days ago, and got pretty excited when I seen both pairs, further theses were designed by the great collabo genius Ronnie Fieg himself. I cant even distinguish which pair of the two is more propa, cause i know I'd body each pair on deck. Removable TASSLES & LEATHER LACING... IS YOU STOOOOPID !!! It just sucks that there's only 48 pairs of each different styles to be released on the DavidZ website and their store on Broadway tomorrow morning.
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... clean line-up for the VISVIM Kiefer - Hi's, created with elk-skin leather and some stitched detailing around the ankle of the shoe. Black pair beats the white in my opinion, but im sure some of you will agree to disagree..
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HAPPY FxCKIN THURSDAY ...
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L.A.'s UNDEFEATED "Bring The Heat" Tee..
And Miami ShoeGallery's response.. "The HEAT IS ON" tee !!!
... you know since the Don K is South Florida reppin' .. I gotta stick with my main store and Heat team on this one *kanye shrug*. WTF is a Laker ?!
leave a comment and let the World know who's side you're taking !
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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PILOT TALK 2 IN STORES NOVEMBER 23rd !!!
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#nowplaying Diddy x Dirty Money x Drake - Loving You No More ..
via NR
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#nowplaying Joe Buddens - Follow My Lead
off that MMIV !!!
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SO FxCKIN PURE..
..these Foamies look like straight SEX !!! Straight orgasmic shxt on rubber.. just the sexiness of the shoe got me looking through my phone tryna find a young lady to link up with. The Dark Neon Royal Foamy aka the triple-OG-triple Nike Air Max Foamposite One will make its return again ! I know, I know.. I already posted em.. but really, have you seen the exuberance of this classical 1997 Magic-Jersey-Penny-Hardaway sneaker. Sucks we gotta wait til' first quarter of '11 to cop a pair.. as if we don't have another releases within the first 3 months ALONE ! They are guna kill our pockets this and next year. But, if you livin' nice in the recesshy right now, and can afford the heavy price tag of buying them early.. the peep the RMKStore for a pair!
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Top 100 Hip hop singles of the Decade (70-65)
70. G-Dep Special Delivery
Especially the remix!!!
69. The Game- How we do (fresh 83)
It was all good just 6 years ago...
68. The Game- One blood
Then two years ago this drops...Niiiice
67. Eminem-Superman
If you ever said to yourself (or anyone else) "Bxtches aint Shxt"- This was probably your backdrop
**Warning Must be 18 years or older to view this edited video according to You Tube**
66. Afroman - Because I got high
Before we had Wiz Khalifa...We had Afroman...Laaaa da dada da La dada da La dada da La dada daaa
65. Outkast-The whole world
Some might Disagree...but this is definetely not the last time you'll see the greatest hip hop duo ever on the countdown. Believe that
...We shall proceed...Later
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Nicki Minaj - Right Thru Me (Official Video)
Ms. Minaj is finally showing her human side. No barbie, No Alien in this one. Just Onika. I can dig it.
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CYHI DA PRYNCE x DJ GREEN LANTERN..
on Invasion Radio for the interview and OnDaSpot freestyle sesshy... via NR.
This fxcker CyHi is the fxcking truth... #fxckinridiculous !!!
This fxcker CyHi is the fxcking truth... #fxckinridiculous !!!
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DQM CAP GAME for FALL 2010
the ill Dave Quality Meats caps available on their online shop now...
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WU-TANG x ROCKSMITH...
.. this is a ill Rocksmith collection for the holiday season, dedicated to the pioneers of Hip-Hop, the Wu-Tang Clan.. with creative tee prints like the historical Inspectah Deck lyrics for the gangsta tune "Triumph" or the infamous Ghostface "Jason Mask".. C.R.E.A.M hoodies and beanies. Plenty more Wu-related products will be released as well during the Mid-November time period.. for more information check out HS.
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... if you've been in the shoe game long enough, cruising through message boards to see what most exclusive shoes and products are floating around or waiting to be released, i'm sure you've passed by these samples before. I remember around 2005 time period when everybody was onto the Nike SB craze.. and these were samples pending to be released. It sucks that it actually took em damn near 5 years for them to actually put em on the actual Nike SB line-up, but hey.. at least we're gunna be able to purchase a pair. The Nike Dunk SB "Loons" aka the "Loonies" are pretty much crazy on rubber. The supposed release date is November 6th at the Familia shop, but if you're that #happyface that they will be releasing, you might wanna Make sure to stalk your SB accounts to see when the exact release date for the Loonies..
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
when I say that me and my brotherin' Blackmonnn Mars had the Huarache game on lock... ask about us ! Now I get to crush competition when these make way back into the stores again. I'm kinda feeling the new colorways that Nike had provided for use, but I moreso love the fact that they're bringing back the OG Black and Grey colorway for us. I havent seen a clean pair of those in years.. I'm really hoping that they can bring back the ALL NAVY and CAROLINA BLUE colorway. They missed me on the release in the mid-2000s.. I just remember seeing this one homey from H.S. crush em .. and I didn't have em! SMH! Be sure to check us out later on though, I'm sure we'lll have some more info on em'... via SN
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Top 100 hip hop singles of the decade...(76-71)
In case you havent noticed...we did a little overhaul. The top 50 of the decade is now the top 100. I don't care what anyone says this was the best decade for hip hop music. I couldn't limit it to just 50. Thats no where near enough. So without further ado do.
76. Kanye West. - Gold Digger
On any other countdown this probably would have been top 10. This was easily Ye's biggest single today. It created the stage rushing, vma crashing, auto tuning, 808ing and heartbreeaking monster we see today.
75. Field Mob-Sick of Being Lonely
If you never heard of Albany, GA u definitely heard of it after this
74. Shawty Lo- Dey Know
We know they know you know she knoooowwww...If nothing else Shawty is nice with the pronouns. The song was fiiiirrrree though and infectous. And it spawned one of the better remixes of 2008.
73. Rocko -Umma Do Me
Monica's ex husband had a hit on his hands with this one. Like My Kingston PPls say...big Chhhuuuunnne!!!!
72. Bubba Sparxxx-Ugly
Keeping up with the Georgia theme.
71. Lil Wayne-Way of life
Is it just me or is everything that came in the summer of 2002 Hot ShxT
Stay tuned suckkkkkassssss !!!
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CULTURESHOQ x RONNIE FIEG x SEBAGO NEXUS..
... Ronnie does it everytime ... EVERY FxCKIN TIME !!! No word on when the boots will release, but got damn famalam.. them things is superb ! Peep the blog for more updates when the time comes around ... via Fieg's blog .
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... super clean trashbag to carry your things around in with a $150 price tag, semi-affordable for all my goonies.. super cheap for all my money-changers ! Available at the LL Bean online spot
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Lately, I have been seeing a lot of talk about modems (mainly in the CarbonRom thread). I never heard of updating them, altough I have experience with rooting/flashing new ROMs/installing custom recoveries on multiple devices.
I saw someone claiming that newer modems are usually better, they would give you better reception and call quality, as well as improving battery life.
So I was thinking if it would be any good if I would flash a new modem on my phone, the current version is I9195XUBMJ7.
Should I keep my current modem? Should I flash Modem-I9195XXUCNE6.tar or Modem-I9195XXUCNF7.tar? And if I do, would I notice any improvement?
I live in Belgium, if that makes any difference. I'm on a recent build of CarbonRom by F4K and my device is the LTE variant (I9195).
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Two years ago, the Iron Man crew swept into San Diego and wowed the massed geeks with early footage. Would their return in 2009 get a similarly ecstatic reaction? Well, yes. With wowsy footage and a hilarious panel, it can definitely be classed a triumphant return
A beaming Jon Favreau was first to appear, striding on stage to the backing track of Black Sabbath's Iron Man. He saluted the absolutely packed Hall H — even highly-regarded Iron Man artist Bob Laylon had trouble getting in — then cued up a short promo reel with glimpses of behind-the-scenes action. "Sorry, guys, but that's all we could put together in time," he explained when the applause died down. "We only wrapped last week and..."
Suddenly he was interrupted by a Twilight-level cacophony of screams. The cause? An ice-cool-looking Robert Downey, clad in Tony Stark suit and sunglasses, who'd strolled in from the wings, feigning dissatisfaction. "Who, whoa, whoa!" he said. "What was that unadulterated garbage? This is bullshit, dude! You showed me better stuff than that in the edit room. Give these people something good to watch!" And cue the real footage. It opens with Tony Stark, in the Iron Man suit minus helmet, sitting in the centre of the giant donut that adorns the roof of legendary LA snack-shop Randy's Donuts (coincidentally, we'd seen said giant donut onscreen just minutes before, rolling down a freeway and nearly taking out John Cusack's limousine during an action sequence from 2012). Stark is munching on a box of sugary hoops, but is interrupted by a call from down below: "Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to exit the donut." It's Samuel L. Jackson's eye-patched Nick Fury, who proceeds to have a stern chat with Stark over a cup of coffee. "I'm not sure if you're real or a figment of my imagination," says Tony. "Oh, I'm the realest person you're ever going to meet," Fury retorts. We're then whisked to a courtroom, for a high-level hearing that's being broadcast by CNN. Stark's being interrogated by one Senator Stern (played, in a genius bit of casting, by Larry Sanders himself, Garry Shandling!), who wants him to hand in his Iron Man technology to the US government, no doubt so that the military can use it in nefarious wars. Tony refuses, saying that Iron Man is not just the suit but also himself, and that he'd have to hand himself in too. Also visible in the courtroom are Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and arms dealer Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), and there's a surprise entrance from Tony's old friend, Jim Rhodes (Don Cheadle), who appears to be testifying against him. "I didn't expect to see you here," mutters Stark. "I'm here. Deal with it. Let's move on," says Rhodes. Downey Jr.'s on great smartass form in this scene, baiting the starchy senator repeatedly with lines like "Yes, dear?" and causing him to lose his cool and yell, "Fuck you, Mr. Stark!" In the next scene, we get our first proper look at Mickey Rourke's metal-toothed Russian villain, Ivan Vanko. He appears to be obsessed with Stark – we see a room whose walls are covered in newspaper clippings of the playboy's adventures. A sinister voiceover from Vanko plays: "You come from a family of thieves and butchers. And now, like all guilty men, you try to rewrite your own history." We see him creating his own glowing blue power hub, then get a quick look at him in action as Whiplash, fighting Tony at the Monaco Grand Prix. In the money shot, our hero lies battered on the track, looking up in horror as Vanko approaches, smirking and cracking together two whips made of electrical energy. Boo! After a quick montage – including glimpses of Scarlett Johansson's lithe Black Widow, some sexy dancing girls and a long FX shot of Iron Man getting into some aerial turbulence— it cut to a scene in a military hangar between Hammer and Rhodes. Sucking on a lollipop, Hammer looks longingly at a metal object that Rhodes has laid out on a table — part of Iron Man's suit? — then gives a sales pitch, showcasing a range of high-tech weapons. "You're like a Sphinx – I can't tell you what you're thinking," he complains. "Which one do you want?" After a quick beat, Rhodes answers, "All of them." Flash-cut to the final image of the footage: Rhodes inside his own metal exo-suit, one which bristles with guns of all shapes and sizes, including some kind of cannon mounted on his back. Yep, it's our first ever look at War Machine — and the crowd went utterly beserk. In the Q&A, Cheadle got asked an awkward question about replacing Terrence Howard (who has been outspoken about the way he perceives he was treated). He wriggled his way out with tact: "That was something I think we deal with in an elegant way in the movie. I tried to make it my own. But being the vampire I am, I syphoned off everything I could from his performance too!" There was a lot of interest in the villains. Johansson revealed her training program for the role: "Deep knee bends and lunges. Plus lots of egg-white omelettes." And Favreau expressed some surprise at how Method Rourke (who was absent due to to filming commitments) had gone for the role, saying, "We informed Mickey that the character had done some time in a Russian prison. The next thing I heard, he was in a Russian prison. And I had to hear it from TMT!" He went on to explain that the first American film they got in Russia was 9 1/2 Weeks. "Micky is a sex god in Russia. So it doesn't take a lot of arm-twisting to get him to go there." "And where," Downey Jr. chipped in, "would you want to go if you're a sex god in Russia besides the prison?"
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2008. China. Zhang Chi. 98 min.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 6:15 p.m.
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2009. USA. Directed by Kimi Takesue. The world refracted, bisected, multiplied, and made extraordinary. 9 min.
The Shaft
2008. China. Directed by Zhang Chi. Accomplished newcomer Zhang Chi charts the profound changes in a tightly knit family over a critical year in three separate, interrelated, and pitch-perfect stories. Set in a small town in western China, The Shaft's precise and beautiful sense of place is palpable. Ding Baogen, who has worked in the mines all his life, is set to retire. His daughter Jingshui has to make a choice that would separate her from her father and from her brother Jingsheng, who is rebellious, a little star struck, and determined not to live the life of his old man. And although their mother is missing, she is a presence. In its quietly powerful way, Zhang Chi's first theatrical feature is a wiry and calibrated tale of change and hope. 98 min.
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Ziegler to take over Binghamton Scholars Program
William Ziegler, associate professor of computer science, has been named faculty director of the Binghamton Scholars Program.
The position was previously held on an interim basis by Elizabeth Carter. Janice McDonald, director of Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards, will act as administrative director.
The Binghamton Scholars Program is a selective four-year honors program for students of exceptional merit. These students take small classes together with an emphasis on communication skills and leadership.
Ziegler, who will continue his duties in the Watson School and as faculty master of Newing College, said he is "truly honored" to direct the program.
"My first goal is to meet with all of the stakeholders, including the 350 student scholars currently in the program, to learn what they think it takes to be a first-rate Scholars Program," he said.
"Additionally, I want the Scholars Program to be a voice to the rest of BU, our community and beyond, of all the wonderful academic accomplishments that occur at BU every day. … Everyone sees how well we rank because of the students we attract, but I would like to see more written about the accomplishments of our students while they are here and after they graduate."
Share your ideas for Homecoming 2010
The Office of Alumni Relations is organizing Homecoming 2010, which will take place on campus Friday-Sunday, Oct. 8-10.
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Ross Fund applications are now available
Applications for the 2010 grant cycle of the Stephen David Ross University and Community Projects Fund are now available. Ross, a Binghamton University faculty member, established the fund with the hope of fostering working partnerships between the University and the community.
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Proposals sought for interdisciplinary grants
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EDMOND — Assembling a concert season is a bit like spinning a roulette wheel. There's a finite number of choices and there's no way to predict the outcome. The challenge comes in choosing the best artists and then lining up their availability for specific dates.
Armstrong Auditorium prepares for 16th season of concerts
Armstrong Auditorium recently put the finishing touches on its 16th season of concerts which runs October through May. This will be the fourth season in Armstrong's $20 million concert hall on the Herbert W. Armstrong College campus.
"Every year, we get to know our customers better and discover the types of concerts they enjoy and what they will support," said Shane Granger, Armstrong Auditorium's marketing director. "We like to bring in some international groups to give people a good sense of what's happening (artistically) outside of the U.S.
"And part of our branding is featuring some splashier classical names, which lends the concert experience an evening of high art. Guests who have more popular appeal help round out the cultural experience."
The 2013-14 season gets underway Oct. 7 with an appearance by the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble. Created to preserve the authentic folk music of Hungary, the group is regarded as one of the best folkloric dance ensembles in the world.
The Canadian Brass will make a return visit to Edmond Nov. 7. Formed in 1970, this celebrated brass quintet has earned an international reputation for masterful performances of music, spanning five centuries. Their unique brand of humor has also contributed to their appeal.
The Moscow Festival Ballet returns Jan. 27 and 28 for a pair of full-length ballets: Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" and Leon Minkus' "Don Quixote." Both featuring choreography by Marius Petipa, these celebrated ballets are sure to satisfy even the most discerning ballet devotee.
Kicking off the new year Feb. 16 is a performance by the Jenkins-Malone Piano Duo. Featuring Armstrong College faculty members Mark Jenkins and Ryan Malone, the duo will perform works by Mozart and Rachmaninoff, in addition to solo pieces by Chopin, Liszt, Ravel and Zez Confrey.
"Mark and I grew up together in St. Louis and we've been friends and colleagues ever since," Malone said. "This exciting program will also give us a chance to show off our two Hamburg Steinways."
The Haifa Symphony Orchestra of Israel, under the direction of principal guest conductor Boguslaw Dawidow, will perform Feb. 27. The best-known orchestra in northern Israel, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, will perform Mozart's "Symphony in G minor, K. 550" and Dvorak's "Symphony No. 9 in E minor" (the "New World"). Violist Uri Bracha will be the soloist in Uri Bracha's "Melodies for Mount Carmel."
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For a long time, the literature on how children learn to read has focused on how adults influence children's development. Linda wants to shift the focus and use the child's own behavior during reading to predict how well they learn to read. If children's interest during reading proves to be an important factor, parents could facilitate their children's learning by choosing books related to the child's interests and providing reading-related experiences that are of interest to the child. Then, Linda says, "We can continue to explore how children shape their own development."
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New NIH Policy Establishes Goals to Support Scientists Early in Their Careers
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today a new policy establishing goals to encourage funding for scientists new to NIH and those who are at an early stage in their careers. The involvement of new investigators is considered essential to the vitality of health-related research and has been the focus of several critically important NIH initiatives. NIH is hopeful that this new policy will nurture a new cadre of promising scientists and provide the continued expertise needed to foster the next generation of biomedical research. NIH expects this new policy will level the playing field, allowing new investigators to achieve success rates comparable to those of established scientists submitting new grant applications. Achievement of a comparable success rate should permit the NIH to support 1650 or more New Investigators across all Institutes and Centers in FY 2009, a number equivalent to that achieved in FY 2008.
"Exceptional scientists with new ideas are at the core of our success — we
must invest in the future of our new scientists today if we expect to meet the
nation's health challenges of tomorrow," said NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni,
As a first step, NIH created a new 'Early Stage Investigator' category designed
to accelerate the early transition of new scientists to research independence
(announced Sept. 26 in NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-08-121 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-121.html).
An Early Stage Investigator is defined as a New or First-time investigator
who is within 10 years of completing his/her last research degree or is within
10 years of completing medical residency (or the equivalent). Beginning with
R01 research grant applications received in February 2009, NIH will identify
Early Stage Investigators and take into consideration their career stage at
the time of review and award.
Under the policy:
NIH strongly encourages Early Stage Investigators seeking NIH funding for the first time to apply for traditional research project (R01) grant awards, instead of applying for small grants (R03) or Exploratory/Developmental Research Awards (R21). R03s and R21s are limited in scope and period of support, and thus may not be the most effective way to launch an independent research career. NIH is responding to concerns that an increasing number of new investigator applicants are applying for these mechanisms, despite the fact that R21 success rates can be lower than R01 success rates, and a smaller proportion of individuals with initial R21 or R03 grant support subsequently apply for and obtain R01-equivalent funding.
The Early Stage Investigator policy stems, in part, from a major initiative
underway at NIH to enhance the peer review process with a goal to "fund
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burden." (See Enhancing Peer Review <http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/index.html>
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to new investigators, to ensure the pipeline of promising scientists will be
steady and strong in the coming years. NIH established the New Innovator Award
in 2007 with the twin goals of stimulating highly innovative research and supporting
promising new investigators. NIH launched the Pathway
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Trucks owner clamored for 'illegal holding'-A A +A
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
TWO truckloads of logs were flagged down by the City Local Environment and Natural Resources Office (Clenro) at the City Environment and Natural Resources Office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and (Cenro-DENR) checkpoint in Barangay Lumbia Monday night.
Edwin Dael, Clenro chief, told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro that he got a report of two truckloads of logs being transported, prompting him to gather his team and respond to the alert.
Dael said his team left the two truckloads of logs to the checkpoint in-charge to verify the papers of the hauled logs first thing on Tuesday morning.
"We doubt the document presented to us. There are two truckloads but we saw only one document which doesn't even contain a plate number. Aldrich Resma, Cenro chief, is in South Korea. We want to make sure that this is not something being 'maneuvered," Dael said.
When Dael and team his returned to the checkpoint in Lumbia Tuesday morning, one of the trucks left, which fueled the more Clenro's doubt.
"The Cenro checkpoint just simply told us, the truck left. We told them not to let go of the trucks until we have verified the papers," Dael said.
30,000 cut logs
Dael recalled that three weeks ago, his group apprehended a truckload of logs cut from Cagayan de Oro but the permit was issued in Talakag.
"We reported it to DENR. How can that process be possible? They cut trees in Cagayan de Oro and then get the permit in Talakag. Thus, Cenro conducted an inventory and found out 30 truckloads of logs have been cut which are now in barangays Tignapoloan particularly in sitios Man-ay and Dungguan, another in Barangay Besigan and a few in Barangay Tignapoloan," he said.
The said incident alerted Clenro to ensure that not a single truck could get out of the city.
"This is why we are very cautious with any documents. We need to verify them so that none of those logs could get out from the city's jurisdiction," Dael said.
Jone Nacalaban, owner of at least 248 pieces of falcata logs worth P80,000, clamored against the holding of the logs at Lumbia checkpoint until Tuesday despite showing his permit.
Nacalaban said his permit was issued March 24 by DENR-Northern Mindanao and the 10-wheeler truck is owned by his brother in-law.
Nacalaban said the logs are due for delivery to Tagoloan town in Misamis Oriental for lumber use. He showed a document dated December 23, 2013 that bears the signature of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Northern Mindanao Director Ruth Tawantawan, granting a permit to cut, harvest and utilize "planted trees within the private land/area of (the late) Mr. Francisco Bugsahan at Barangay Pigsag-an," a remote village in Cagayan de Oro.
Bugsahan is the father-in-law of Nacalaban.
Nacalaban said the logging business is commonly owned by the heirs of Bugsahan.
He maintained that what Clenro operatives did was illegal and that it usurped the Environment department. "Kung kasuhan ko nila, walay problema tungod kay naa man ko sa insakto. Dili baya ta gusto maulawan ug madaut ang atong pangalan... kumpleto baya ko sa papeles."
Nacalaban heard that Clenro received reports that "we would be transporting lawaan, a hard wood that loggers are prevented from cutting."
"Pero lantawa ra gud na ninyo, wala kaha sila mabuta ana?" Nacalaban said.
He said he has been in the logging business for years, "pero karon pa gyud mi nadakpan tungod kay nagsunod man gyud mi sa balaud, magkuha man gayud kami sa tanan dokumento."
Dael's team also confiscated five more water pumps in Barangay Pigsag-an Tuesday morning. "Despite the illegal logging interference, we continued our anti-illegal mining campaign and confiscated more water pumps." (With Loui S. Maliza)
Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 26, 2014.
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Dominic Raab
|Dominic Raab
|Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice
|Assumed office
12 May 2015
|Prime Minister
|David Cameron
|Preceded by
|Simon Hughes
|Member of Parliament
for Esher and Walton
|Assumed office
6 May 2010
|Preceded by
|Ian Taylor
|28,616 (50.2%)
|Personal details
25 February 1974
|Political party
|Erika Rey-Raab
|Thames Ditton, Surrey
|Alma mater
|Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Jesus College, Cambridge
Dominic Rennie Raab[2] (born 25 February 1974) is a British Conservative politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Esher and Walton in Surrey and is a former international business lawyer. He was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Human Rights, at the Ministry of Justice on 12 May 2015.
- 1 Biography
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Raab grew up in Buckinghamshire, to a Czech father, who came to Britain in 1938 as a Jewish refugee. Raab went to Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham. He went on to Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where he read law.[3] After graduating, Raab gained a masters from Jesus College, Cambridge. Raab started his career as a corporate lawyer at Linklaters in London. Raab spent the summer of 1998 at Birzeit University (near Ramallah) where he worked for one of the principal Palestinian negotiators of the Oslo peace accords, assessing World Bank projects on the West Bank.
In 2000, Raab joined the Foreign Office, covering a range of briefs including leading a team at the British Embassy in The Hague, dedicated to bringing war criminals to justice. Upon returning to London, he advised on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, the European Union, and Gibraltar. From 2006 to 2010, Raab worked in Parliament as Chief of Staff to Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, and to fellow lawyer and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Grieve.
Political career[edit]
Cameron-Clegg ministry (2010-2015)[edit]
Raab was elected to Parliament to represent Esher & Walton at the 2010 election with a total of 32,134 votes (58.9% of the popular vote).[4] Raab gained a majority of 18,593 over his nearest rival.[4]
Raab lives in and commutes from the constituency. Since the election, he has campaigned for fairer funding for local services in Elmbridge, stronger local democracy in the running of community hospitals in Cobham, Walton and Molesey, in favour of more visible and responsive policing and against the construction of an M25 service station at Downside.[5]
In the House of Commons, he has spoken out strongly in support of the coalition government's plans to cut the budget deficit, expand academy schools, repeal ID cards and enact a Freedom Bill.[6] He criticised the government for opting into the EU directive on a European Investigation Order, arguing it would strain operational policing resources, and dilute safeguards protecting British citizens from misuse of personal data and guaranteeing a fair trial.[7]
In July 2010 he secured a review of 'positive discrimination' rules being applied to Foreign Office work experience schemes, having been contacted by a constituent who had been rejected from the scheme for failing to meet "the social criteria". The two programmes at the organisation all barred white males from applying other than those from low income backgrounds, Raab argued they re-introduced discrimination 'via the backdoor'.[8] The MP welcomed the review, blaming the situation on the previous Labour government. He stated "positive discrimination is wrong in the same way as negative discrimination. It means people are thinking in terms of social criteria and it is anti-meritocratic."[9]
He came to media attention in August 2010, after requesting that the pressure group 38 Degrees remove his parliamentary email address from their website, arguing that lobby groups sending or co-ordinating 'clone emails' designed to deluge MP's inboxes detracted from their ability to correspond with constituents and help those in real need. 38 Degrees said that the email address is paid for by taxpayers' money and is in the public domain, thus they have every right to host it on their website and use it for campaigning.[10][11]
Raab won "Newcomer of the Year" for 2011 at The Spectator's Parliamentary Awards.[12] Raab had lead debates on giving prisoners the vote and extradition. In April he had also presented an ultimately unsuccessful Ten Minute Rule Bill proposing that emergency service and transport Unions should be required by law to ensure that strike votes receive 50% support of union members. Raab argued that reform was needed to prevent "militant union bosses" holding the "hard working majority" to ransom.[13][14]
On 7 March 2012, Raab opened a debate in the House of Commons on Sergei Magnitsky and Impunity for Gross Human Rights Abuses, calling upon on the UK government to bring forward legislative proposals that would allow it to impose visa bans and asset freezes on state officials responsible for gross human rights abuses against individuals. The motion was supported by three former Foreign Secretaries and two former foreign Ministers and had cross party support[15] and was passed unanimously by MPs.[16]
In September 2012 he reportedly turned down a position as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury during the Cameron ministry reshuffle[17]
Libel case[edit]
On 30 January 2011, The Mail on Sunday published an article alleging Raab was a workplace bully in his previous role as Chief of Staff to David Davis. Raab responded by saying 'This is a smear and any insinuation that I have behaved improperly is false and malicious'. He subsequently sued the Mail on Sunday for libel. The Mail on Sunday paid substantial compensation to settle the claim out of court, and on 18 March 2012 issued an apology stating: 'We accept that our allegations were unfounded and we apologise to Mr Raab for the damage, embarrassment and offence caused'.
Prisoners' rights[edit]
On 10 February 2011, Raab gave the winding up speech in the debate on whether to give prisoners the vote, arguing that freedom entails responsibility and that elected law-makers in the House of Commons rather than unaccountable judges in Strasbourg should decide the matter.[18][19][20]
On 22 June 2011, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published a report on The Human Rights Implications of British extradition.[21] As a member of the JCHR, Raab proposed that the committee look into the issue of fast-track extradition of British citizens following several instances of miscarriages of justice. In an article for the Times.[22] Raab argued that more needed to be done to protect British citizens subject to European Arrest Warrants. The JCHR have called for safeguards to ensure warrants are not issued for minor offences and when there is minimal evidence and checks to prevent extradition for investigation rather than prosecution. On 24 November 2011, Raab led a debate in the House of Commons calling for extradition reform.[23] His campaign has cross party support and is also backed by victims including Gary Mackinnon's mother, Janis Sharpe.
On 30 January 2014, Raab proposed an amendment to the Immigration Bill to deport all prisoners given a sentence of a year or more. It was defeated, but allowed 99 Members to voice that change was necessary to prevent immigrants convicted of crimes from using the ECHR as support to remain in the UK.[24]
Cameron ministry (2015-2020)[edit]
In the 2015 General Election on 7 May 2015, Raab retained his Esher and Walton seat with a majority of 28,000 votes over his nearest rival.[25]
Raab was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice under Michael Gove on 12 May 2015.[26]
Civil liberties and justice[edit]
In 2009, Raab published his first book, The Assault on Liberty – What Went Wrong with Rights,[27] in which he argued against what he claimed was "Labour's attacks on Britain's proud tradition of freedom".
In October 2010, he published Fight Terror, Defend Freedom, a pamphlet on the Home Office counter-terrorism review.[28]
In January 2011, Raab wrote an article on the use of control orders in counter terrorism cases in which he contended that they are ineffective and should be scrapped with a greater focus on prosecutions.[29]
Raab published a pamphlet with the think-tank Civitas entitled Strasbourg in the Dock in April 2011. The pamphlet follows Parliament's recent rejection of a European Court ruling that at least some prisoners should have the right to vote. Raab argues that unelected judges have overstepped the mark in relation to the Hirst case - even though the Strasbourg judges are in fact elected [2]. He contends that many of the judges are lacking in experience and as a result "are undermining the credibility and value of the Court".[30] He makes a range of proposals to strengthen the authority of Britain's Supreme Court, give elected law-makers the last word on creation of new rights and reform of the Strasbourg Court.
In July 2011, Raab called for reform of the UK Borders Act (2007) which currently allows foreign criminals to avoid deportation by claiming a "right to family life" under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Raab has proposed that the reference to the Human Rights Act be removed. He argues this could be done in a way that ensures foreign criminals could only avoid deportation if there is a "serious risk" they will be tortured on their return.[31]
Equality, meritocracy and positive discrimination[edit]
On 30 January, he wrote a comment piece for the Sunday Times on the Equality Act. Raab argued for a meritocratic approach against positive discrimination and highlighted the lower standard of human rights protections in extradition cases compared to deportation cases.[32]
In a 24 January 2011 article on the Politics Home website, Raab argued in favour of transferable paternity leave and against "the equality bandwagon" "pitting men and women against each other". He also argued in favour of a consistent approach to sexism against men and women commenting that some feminists were "now amongst the most obnoxious bigots" and it was sexist to blame men for the recession.[33] Raab highlighted the wide range of sex discrimination faced by males including "anti-male discrimination in rights of maternity/paternity leave" young boys being "educationally disadvantaged compared to girls", and how "divorced or separated fathers are systematically ignored by the courts." Raab stated "from the cradle to the grave, men are getting a raw deal. Men work longer hours, die earlier, but retire later than women", noting that the pensions inequalities were still not going to be rectified for another seven years.[34][35]
He was subsequently interviewed on the piece by the Evening Standard[36] and BBC Radio 4.[37] Theresa May the Minister for Women and Equalities criticised Raab's "obnoxious bigots" comment but agreed with his suggestions on paternity leaving and ending gender warfare[38] Raab's remarks were condemned by Labour MPs such as Harriet Harman and Nia Griffith, who said Raab should "stop being so self-pitying. The reality is that women with very good qualifications time and time again do not get the top jobs and opportunities."[39] However, Raab stood by his comments in a comment piece for The Telegraph, highlighting the various sexist statements Harman had made about men, contrasting them with similar comments about women by the likes of Andy Gray.[40] Raab also noted he had received an "overwhelmingly positive" reaction to his comments "from both men and women".[41]
On 30 July 2012, Raab published a pamphlet with the Centre for Policy Studies entitled Unleashing the British Underdog: 10 Bets on the little guy.[42] In the report, Raab outlines 10 policies to improve social mobility and provide opportunities for those from non-traditional backgrounds to succeed.
After the Coalition and the Future of Conservatism[edit]
In October 2011 Dominic Raab, along with 4 other 2010 intake MPs published 'After the Coalition', arguing that Conservative principles adapted to the modern world are essential for future national success of the party. The book was serialised in the Daily Telegraph. Raab wrote his piece for the paper on British foreign policy. He argued foreign policy should reflect the national interest – Britain should not over extend itself in foreign conflicts, aid should be focused on the poorest countries and Britain should champion free trade abroad.[43]
Raab also contributed to David Davis' book, The Future of Conservatism, with a chapter on trade union reform.
In November 2011, Raab wrote a pamphlet published by the Centre for Policy Studies, Escaping the Strait Jacket – Ten Regulatory Reforms to Create Jobs. The paper makes the case for reforming red-tape to boost job creation on grounds of economic competitiveness and social fairness.[44]
Britannia Unchained[edit]
In September 2012 Raab co-authored the book Britannia Unchained. In it, the authors claim that "Once they enter the workplace, the British are among the worst idlers in the world".[45]
The book also addressed issues of national debt, state education, innovation and work ethic. Writing on work ethic in the Daily Telegraph, Raab said that longer periods in education, earlier retirement, welfare dependency and high marginal rates of taxation had led to a situation where "(w)e have a smaller proportion of the workforce pedalling harder to sustain the rest – which is economically debilitating and socially divisive."[46] Raab called for measures to cut regulation on start up companies, expand vocational training, reduce child care costs and lower marginal (income-focused) rates of taxation to "rediscover and reward the lost virtue of hard-work – a tried and tested route to individual success, a more prosperous economy and a fairer society."[46]
Personal life[edit]
Raab is married to Erika Rey-Raab, a Brazilian marketing executive, and they live in Thames Ditton, Surrey.[47]
- ^ "Dominic Raab MP". BBC Democracy Live (BBC). Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ The London Gazette: no. 59418. p. 8745. 13 May 2010.
- ^ "LMH, Oxford - Prominent Alumni". Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Esher & Walton". BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Dom in the media
- ^ Hansard – Commons | Houses of Parliament – Archives
- ^ Whitehead, Tom; Porter, Andrew (26 July 2010). "Britons to be spied on by foreign police". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ^ Carlin, Brendan (25 July 2010). "Work experience at the Foreign Office? Not if you're a middle class white male". Daily Mail (London).
- ^ http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/8296985.MP_wins_review_of__discriminatory__Foreign_Office_policy/?ref=rss
- ^ Pidd, Helen (9 August 2010). "Conservative MP tried to remove email address from websites". The Guardian (London).
- ^ http://domraab.blogspot.com/2010/08/lobby-group-politics.html.
- ^ http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2011/11/the-spectator-parliamentarian-of-the-year-awards-winners/
- ^ The Times, 26 April 2011
- ^ House of Commons Hansard Debates for 26 Apr 2011 (pt 0002)
- ^ "MPs urge government sanctions against Russia over Magnitsky death". BBC. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201212/cmhansrd/cm120307/debtext/120307-0003.htm#12030763000001
- ^ http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2012/09/reaction.html
- ^ Letts, Quentin (11 February 2011). "How Karate Kid MP gave Europe the chop". Daily Mail (London).
- ^ Raab, Dominic (2 February 2011). "What happens if we defy Europe? Nothing". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ^ "Will David Cameron defy Parliament on prisonersâ votes, or Europe?". The Daily Telegraph (London). 11 February 2011.
- ^ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201012/jtselect/jtrights/156/15602.htm
- ^ The Times newspaper, Thunderer Column, 22 June 2011
- ^ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111124/halltext/111124h0001.htm#11112452000132
- ^ http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2014/01/the-full-list-of-mps-who-voted-for-the-raab-amendment.html Tally of Raab amendment to the Immigration Bill, 30 Jan 2014
- ^ getsurrey.co.uk: "Election 2015: Dominic Raab holds onto Esher and Walton seat with huge majority", 8 May 2015
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- ^ Published by Fourth Estate on 19 January 2009 as a 276-page paperback (ISBN 0-007-29339-9). Not to be confused with The Assault on Liberty: Rambling Thoughts of a Roads Scholar by Mason Mccoy
- ^ "Book launch this evening: 'Fight Terror, Defend Freedom' by Dominic Raab MP". Big Brother Watch. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ Raab, Dominic (6 January 2011). "Control orders are a sideshow". The Guardian (London).
- ^ Strasbourg Court flouting democratic self-government « Civitas
- ^ Barrett, David (17 July 2011). "MP seeks to stop criminals using human rights to avoid deportation". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ^ dominic raab | Search | The Sunday Times
- ^ Dominic Raab (24 January 2011). "We must end feminist bigotry". Politics Home. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "MP Dominic Raab says men victims of discrimination". BBC News. 25 January 2011.
- ^ Prince, Rosa (24 January 2011). "Dominic Raab: men should 'burn their briefs' in protest at 'obnoxious feminist bigots'". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ^ Pippa Crerar (25 January 2011). "Feminism is for out of touch Lefties". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ Eddie Mair (25 January 2011). "Dominic Raab update". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Theresa May slaps down 'feminist bigots' MP Raab". BBC News. 27 January 2011.
- ^ Prince, Rosa (24 January 2011). "Dominic Raab: men should 'burn their briefs' in protest at 'obnoxious feminist bigots'". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ^ Dominic Raab and Fay Weldon (26 January 2011). "Are men victims of obnoxious feminism?". The Telegraph (London). Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ MP Raab claims support for male discrimination view – News – getsurrey
- ^ http://www.cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/120726105826-UnleashingtheBritishUnderdog.pdf
- ^ Raab, Dominic (14 September 2011). "Time for a foreign policy that puts Britain first". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ^ http://www.cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/111114155257-escapingthestraitjacket.pdf
- ^ "Tackle 'lazy' Britain, fellow Tories tell David Cameron". Evening Standard. 17 August 2012.
- ^ a b Raab, Dominic (4 September 2012). "Hard graft can make Britain great again". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ^ Tory MP Dominic Raab blasts 'obnoxious feminist bigots' and says men get a raw deal | News
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The best thing about Madison is: The Badger fans!
Best UW road trip: 2010 spring break trip to California
This summer I: went to California with Elle and we ran into Brian Heffernan at the AVP Tour stop
If I wasn't playing college volleyball, I would be: Going to school at the UW hanging out with the volleyball team ... they are awesome!
Dream as a collegiate player: To play in the final four
Is there anything significant about your uniform number? I had the number for volleyball growing up in both high school and club.
My role models are: My sister Julie and my friend Sarah
What talent would you like to have? I would like to be able to cook really well!
One thing I absolutely have to do before I turn 40: Travel anywhere and everywhere
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Fantasy job: Teaching or tutoring in a children's hospital
If I could live anywhere in the world, it would be: Madison, Wis.
If I could bring one thing from my hometown, it would be: The Shed (a restaurant)
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I can't live without: My television
Greatest invention of the last 100 years: The iPod
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DENVER - Coloradans can brighten their holiday spirit at the Denver Zoo's "Zoo Lights" opening December 6 and continuing through January 5. Zoo Lights offers 38 acres of radiant illuminations and more than 150 animated animal sculptures. Other events at Zoo Lights include a Winter Wonderland, Santa's Village, a month long Festival of Lanterns, and more.
Now through opening weekend at Zoo Lights, visitors receive half price off admission with a new, unwrapped toy. All toys will benefit Broncos player Wesley Woodyard's annual toy drive held on December 9 at the Downtown Aquarium. Open to the public, the event will benefit the Tennyson Center for Children and GIVE Denver's Adopt-a-family program. Learn more at TheDenverChannel.com.
Join 7NEWS at the Zoo or tune in at 5pm on December 6 to see 7NEWS Meteorologist, Mike Nelson from the 24/7 Weather team help light the lights on opening night. After opening weekend, visitors can still donate a toy to 16Ways Foundation and receive $2 off admission to Zoo Lights. To learn more visit http://denverzoo.org/zoolights/.


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Dr. Sandra Cesario, assistant professor of nursing at Texas Woman's
University's Houston campus, will receive the Association
of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses 2004 Award
of Excellence in Education. The award honors an AWHONN member who
is recognized by his or her peers as exemplifying the highest standards
of nursing in the area of advocacy.
The award will be presented
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Dr. Cesario's nursing career spans 28 years. She has worked
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Following World War II, a strong nationalist movement in Tunisia engaged in a protracted struggle against French colonial rule. On 20 March 1956, following arduous, delicate, and behind-the-scenes negotiations, an independence protocol was signed by French Foreign Minister Christian Paul Francis Pineau and Tunisian Prime Minister Tahar ben Amara. On 25 July 1957, the Tunisian Constituent Assembly ousted the bey, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, who was sympathetic to France and had long been unpopular; declared the formation of the Tunisian Republic; and elected Habib Bourguiba as president.
Bourguiba, who ruled until 1987, was decidedly pro-Western in his ideas and foreign policy. He also maintained cordial relations with France. As he tried to transform Tunisia into a modern, democratic state, he was backed by the majority of young, Westernized Tunisian intellectuals. His main political support came from the well-organized Neo-Destour Party, which he had founded in 1934, that constituted the country's chief political force.
Bourguiba was not without political rivals, however. Early in his presidency, he was strongly challenged by Salah ben Youssef, who leaned toward Egypt and Pan-Arabism and who championed the continuation of Tunisia's ancient Islamic traditions. Youssef was generally supported by conservative, wealthy urbanites and traditionalist Muslims.
The constitution of Tunisia was introduced in 1959 and amended in 1988. It provides for a presidential system not unlike that of the current French Fifth Republic. The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term, while the prime minister is appointed by the president.
During the Cold War, Tunisia aligned itself squarely with the West and was considered a strong American ally. During the June 1967 Arab-Israeli War, for example, Bourguiba refused to sever relations with the United States over its support of Israel, despite considerable pressure to do so from other Arab states.
In spite of its support of Western-style democracy, the Bourguiba regime exerted strong, centralized authority. The economy was closely controlled by Tunis, and as fears of Islamic fundamentalism increased, especially after the late 1970s, the government increasingly relied on censorship and illegal detentions to smother radical movements. Bourguiba's heavy-handedness and frail health combined to bring about his ouster on 7 November 1987 during a bloodless coup led by General Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who succeeded him as president.
In recent years, under Ben Ali's tenure, Tunisia has taken a moderate, nonaligned stance in its foreign relations. Domestically, it has sought to diffuse rising pressures for a more open political system while at the same time dealing with increased Islamic fundamentalist activities and growing anti-Western sentiments. These efforts have resulted in significant government-sponsored repression and a deteriorating human rights record.
Tunisia's principal industries have been agriculture, mining, tourism, and light manufacturing. Petroleum is the chief mineral resource. Government control of economic affairs, while still heavy, has gradually moved toward privatization, simplified tax codes, and a more prudent approach to debt management. Since the late 1990s, Tunisia's economy has witnessed significant growth, which has begun to attract foreign investment. In 1995, Tunisia also signed an agreement with the European Union (EU) to remove trade barriers over the next decade. Broader privatization, increased government efficiency, and further reductions in the trade deficit are among the challenges that still lie ahead.
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Further Reading
Mosaad, Niveen, and Ali Helal. Al-Nozom Al-Siaseya Al-Arabya Kadaya Al-Estemrar wa Al-Taghaior [Arab Political Systems: Issues of Continuity and Change]. Beirut: Center for Arab Unity, 1999.; Perkins, Kenneth. A History of Modern Tunisia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.; Salem, Norma. Habib Bourguiba, Islam, and the Creation of Tunisia. London: Croom Helm, 1984.


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Nick Catanese of Black Label Society and PRS got together to renovate his signature SE. The 2012 model will have a straightforward, sleek look with a mahogany body with a flame maple veneer, ebony fingerboard with no inlays, and a Scarlet Red finish with black binding. The SE Nick Catanese features chrome EMG Chrome 81/85 pickups and Tone Pros adjustable stoptail.
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Russian National Ballet Theatre performs 'Romeo and Juliet' at the Sunrise Theatre
FORT PIERCE - Russian National Ballet Theatre will perform "Romeo and Juliet" at the Sunrise Theatre at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28.
The world's most famous love story returns to the stage in a full-length ballet performed by the Russian National Ballet Theatre.
With a lightning bolt's urgency, love crashes into Verona, where the impulsive Romeo and the impetuous Juliet are helpless to prevent its damage.
From Tchaikovsky's gently foreboding opening notes to the sorrowful keening of the finale, the young lovers, the Montagues and the Capulets dance in regal splendor and blazing intensity in this luxurious production of "Romeo and Juliet." This highly dramatic and visually stunning production features more than 50 dancers upholding the grand tradition of Russian ballet in the tragic tale of Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet."
The Russian National Ballet Theatre was founded in Moscow during the transitional period of Perestroika in the late 1980s, when many of the great dancers and choreographers of the Soviet Union's ballet institutions were exercising their new-found creative freedom by starting new, vibrant companies dedicated not only to the timeless tradition of classical Russian Ballet, but also to invigorate this tradition as the Russians began to accept new developments in the dance from around the world.
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The EARLY Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) will test the finalized EARLY preventive intervention against one comparison and one control condition. Because prevention of Alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP) will be achieved whether woman change drinking OR contraception, the primary endpoints will be rates of risky drinking and ineffective contraception at six-month follow-up, in addition to dichotomously defined "successful outcome" that will be observed whenever a woman has sufficiently altered one or both of the behaviors that placed her at risk of Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancy (AEP). The goal is to identify a transferable intervention that effectively reduces behaviors that put women at risk for AEP and alcohol-related birth defects including FASD.
Alcohol Exposed Pregnancy
Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing plus feedback
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Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
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|Reducing Alcohol Exposed Pregnancy Risk
- Drinks per drinking day [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Rate of effective contraception [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Alcohol Exposed Pregnancy risk [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Risk for AEP is defined as the proportion of women who no longer meet the entry criteria for the trial based on her use of alcohol and unprotected intercourse, measured via the TLFB. Specifically, this means that the woman is 1) no longer at risk for pregnancy due to perfect contraception or abstinence; and/or 2) is drinking at or below recommended levels (<8drinks per week with no binges).
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Motivational Interviewing plus feedback counseling with information via video and brochures
Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing plus feedback
Provides an MI + feedback intervention supplemented with video and brochures-based information
Active Comparator: Video Information
Providing FASD information via documentary video clips
Behavioral: Video
Video arm will provide information via documentary video
Active Comparator: Informational Brochure
Participants will receive informational brochures on contraception, women and drinking, and cutting down your drinking.
Behavioral: Informational Brochure
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Inclusion Criteria:
- ages 18-44
- fertile
- can provide informed consent
- had vaginal intercourse with a man in the past 3 months
- uses ineffective or no contraception
- speaks and reads English
- reports drinking more than seven standard drinks per week on average or more than one binge drinking episode (more than 3 standard drinks on one occasion) during the past 3 months
- if opioid dependent with recent use, is enrolled in opiate agonist treatment
- planning to remain available for the follow-up period
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- pregnancy
- cognitive disorders including mental retardation, dementia, or active -psychosis that could impair ability to understand the intervention material or give informed consent
- current Major Depressive Disorder that could diminish responsiveness to interventions focused on promoting change
- currently opioid dependent with active use and not engaged in opiate agonist treatment
- concurrently participating in another behavioral intervention study during the study period targeting drinking or contraception efficacy that could interfere with or augment the intervention in the EARLY project.
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|Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23294
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|University of Virginia
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|August 4, 2015
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Keywords provided by University of Virginia:
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
AEP risk
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Soapbox on MSN Video was a service from Microsoft offered via its MSN portal. It is similar to YouTube in that it is an internet video-sharing service. As of December 17, 2006, the service was usable as an invitation-only beta. The site launched a public beta in February 2007. In order to upload content, users were required to sign up for a Windows Live ID. Those who already had a Windows Live ID were able to use their existing ones instead. In its time, MSN Soapbox was compared to YouTube. A major difference between YouTube and MSN Soapbox is that Soapbox states in its privacy policy that use of copyrighted material is not allowed and will be deleted. YouTube has a similar policy, but copyrighted material is still present on the site, as YouTube leaves the responsibility of finding copyrighted material in the hands of the copyright holder.[1]
On June 16, 2009, Microsoft Vice President Erik Jorgensen said that Microsoft plans to scale back Soapbox, citing tough economic conditions.[2]
Soapbox used an interface heavily dependent on JavaScript and AJAX. The original codename for the project was Warhol, the Soapbox name being subsequently chosen by an intern during the summer of 2007. Soapbox on MSN Video differed from other video sites as it offered features such as RSS. Users also did not need to open a new window to continue using the site and browsing videos when they were uploading a video of their own.
The last version of Soapbox was available in English (U.S.); service and upload instructions are also in English. There were, however, plans for language availability to be widened in the future. Videos were shown at 400 x 300 pixels by default, but could be expanded to play in full screen. Soapbox played videos using Microsoft's Windows Media Player plug-in when loaded with Internet Explorer, while videos loaded in other browsers were displayed with Adobe Flash Player.
On July 21, 2009, it was announced that Microsoft would be closing the service to uploads at the end of July. The service was closed entirely at the end of August 2009.[3]
See also[edit]
- ^ "YouTube Video Identification Beta". youtube.com. 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ "Microsoft gives up YouTube chase". cnet.com. 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "Microsoft closing YouTube rival". cnet.com. 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
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