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Tommy Haas - ´my career-ending is not far away´- View: 3785 by Adam Addicott
In a interview with German Newspaper Bild. Tommy Haas has indicated that he will retire in the near future but as to when is still unknown. The 36 year old former world number 2 (May 2002) has been recently struggling with a shoulder injury which forced him to pull out of the recent Monte Carlo Masters tournament.
So far this year his win-loss is 9-7 with his best result so far being runner up at the Zagreb Indoors back in February. When he was asked about how much longer he is going to keep playing by Kai Psotta. He responded (rough German translation):- " My career-ending is not far away .
When it is just so far, I do not know. I"ll feel when it"s time to go . My friend Andy Roddick is one day stood up and felt that it , time to go " is that he has only played the U.S. Open and then it was over . And he is with himself and his career at peace .
So I would wish me well . " Also in the interview he criticised the German Tennis federation and called for a full time president to be implemented by saying �"A bit of DTB-President is on the side of absolute bull****". He said this in reference to current president Karl-Georg Altenburg who is stepping down in November due to commitments in the banking sector.
He elaborated more by saying:- "When DTB President what you should put on your feet and make it not only half-heartedly on the side. It must be one who knows the sport well, and above all it should be a full-time job,� Maybe this is a role for Haas when his tennis career ends? Tommy Haas returns to action at the BMW Open in Munich which begins tomorrow.
He is seeded second and will receive a first round bye. His first match will be against the winner of the first round match between Alejandro Falla and Jarkko Nieminen. .


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Ohio Senator Joseph W. Uecker recently visited PWE preschool classrooms. Pictured with Senator Uecker are Mike Scarpino and George Goddard with COAD and Mr. Platzer ES principal.
Washington-Nile Local School District's Early Childhood Center (Preschool Program) is a 5 STAR Quality Rated Program. The Early Childhood Center provides a strong foundation for young children preparing to enter kindergarten. Children explore, though developmentally appropriate play - with Ohio's new Birth-Kindergarten Entry Early Learning and Development Standards as the focal point for each child's growth and development. Head Preschool teachers (Amy Berry and Alisha Adkins) are highly qualified professional with bachelor's degrees in the field of early childhood education. These teachers work in close collaboration with our Head Start Teachers.
Preschool children must be 4 years of age by September 30, must not be eligible for kindergarten, meet all eligibility guidelines, and must be potty trained. Washington-Nile Schools provides transportation to/from children's home to PWES on the elementary bus routes/times. Preschool is scheduled for Monday-Thursday each week.
Parents interested in preschool for their child(ren) are encouraged to contact or stop by Portsmouth West Elementary School (858-1116) or visit the PW Preschool Webpage.
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A tuckable mag pouch? Please help.
I carry a Glock 26 in an iwb holster. I also always carry 2 spare 10 shot magazines on my left side, idpa style. I am thinking about exploring a tuckable holster, like the Galco King Tuck or Supertuck. I want to carry extra mags and am wondering if there are any "tuckable" mag pouches on the market. Thanks.
I'm sure there are but I've never seen one Rusty, other than the belly bands with mag pouches.
If you go ^^THIS^^ route I'd suggest finding one with the pouch just forward of the gun compartment.
Been carrying my PM 9 with 1 BUM this way for the last 5 of my 17 years of EDC and it's the most concealable and comfortable method I've discovered. ;)
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Summit, NJ, April 2011 – The leadership at Overlook Hospital is proud to announce the opening of the Institute for Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases located in the Medical Arts Building 1, 33 Overlook Road, Suite 211.
Two leading physicians, Neil Kramer, MD, and Elliot D. Rosenstein, MD, and highly regarded academic rheumatologists will be joining Overlook's new Institute for Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases. Doctors Kramer and Rosenstein have had decades of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of systemic rheumatic and other inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases and are nationally recognized leaders in the field of rheumatology.
In addition to its clinical resources, the Institute will include an on-site infusion center and be in close proximity to laboratory and imaging services. Multi-specialty centers of excellence to treat complex conditions are being organized in conjunction with physical therapy and pain management, as is an active clinical research division to develop improved treatment modalities. Education services for physicians, patients and the community will be provided.
"I am excited at the opportunity to advance clinical research in the field of rheumatology and autoimmune diseases at Overlook Hospital," said Dr. Kramer. "It will allow our patients to enter clinical trials of new treatments."
The Institute for Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases at Overlook Hospital will specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory and degenerative musculoskeletal diseases, with a focus on diseases of auto-immune origin, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Sjögren's syndrome, scleroderma, spondyloarthropathies and vasculitis.
"Although many rheumatic diseases affect the joints, the inflammatory conditions we deal with really know no boundaries and can affect many different organ systems, making a multidisciplinary approach essential to effective diagnosis and treatment," says Dr. Rosenstein. Collaborations with other medical disciplines at Overlook including nephrology, pulmonary, ophthalmology, dermatology, high-risk obstetrics, physiatry and orthopedic surgery will be the foundation of the integrated programs offered at the Institute.
The availability of cutting-edge imaging techniques such as ultrasonography of cranial vessels and newer magnetic resonance imaging methods for evaluating joint and muscle inflammation will help maximize accurate diagnosis and minimize patient discomfort.
"We were delighted to recruit Doctors Kramer and Rosenstein to create the Institute," said Alan Lieber, president, Overlook Hospital. "Their expertise in the field of rheumatology complements the high quality physicians practicing at Overlook, our high-level of diagnostics and research capabilities and existing centers of excellence."
Dr. Neil Kramer received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed his internship, residency and chief residency in internal medicine at NYU/Manhattan VA Medical Center, and fellowship in clinical and experimental rheumatology at New York University/Bellevue Medical Center. He is also Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Dr. Kramer is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology. He served on the American College of Rheumatology Task Force on Alternative Therapies. He has published over 50 scientific articles, monographs and chapters. He is past president of the New Jersey Rheumatology Association.
Dr. Elliot Rosenstein received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and completed his internship, residency and chief residency in internal medicine, and fellowship in clinical and experimental rheumatology at New York University/Bellevue Medical Center. Dr. Rosenstein is Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Clinical Immunology at Mount Sinai and is an adjunct professor at NYU and New Jersey Dental School in New Brunswick.
Dr. Rosenstein is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology. He has published over 50 scientific articles, monographs and chapters. He is a former editor of the American College of Rheumatology Hotline. He is past president of the New Jersey Rheumatology Association. He is on the board of directors of the Arthritis Foundation - New Jersey Chapter and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Lupus Foundation of America – New Jersey Chapter.
For appointments and patient referrals, please call the Institute for Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases at 908-598-7940.
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The three hospitals have a combined total of 1,308 licensed beds and more than 2,750 affiliated physicians providing a wide array of health care services to the residents of Northern and Central New Jersey, and Northeastern Pennsylvania. Specialty services include cardiovascular care, neurosciences, pediatrics, cancer care; orthopedics, diabetes care, gastroenterology, trauma and emergency medicine, behavioral health, minimally invasive surgery, radiology and advanced diagnostics, women's health and maternal fetal medicine, home and hospice care and rehabilitation services.
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Editor's Note: Sandy was the Pet of the Week a few weeks ago but is still looking for a good home, so we are rerunning this article.
Nine years ago the Santa Cruz SPCA did the fifth largest animal rescue airlift out of New Iberia, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, saving the lives of over 150 cats and dogs. Sandy, a now 12-year-old Chow/Golden Retriever mix, was loaded into one of the Santa Cruz bound airplanes after being pulled from a Louisiana rooftop all those years ago. After no owner was located, he was adopted as a three-year old by a wonderful woman who loved and cared for Sandy for nine wonderful years. Sadly, she recently entered into a hospital for serious health issues and was told she would need to stay in their care for the foreseeable future. With no family able to care for this beautiful boy, Sandy was reunited with the SPCA staff who remembers him fondly and now searches for that special someone with a heart for a sweet older guy.
Although in his senior years now and nearly blind from a retinal disorder, Sandy still has a zest and appreciation for life. He's relatively active and very mobile, thoroughly enjoying walks and moving like a much younger dog. His eyesight has progressively diminished but he's still able to make out large objects and seems to adapt to new surroundings rather easily. Sandy has taken this change in scenery and routine as well as one could hope and is amiable, friendly and easy to have around.
Because of his one sensory fading, his others are on full alert. Sandy is very responsive to voices and sounds, coming when called and cocking his head at strange tones. He can smell a treat from a mile away and will sit and lie down if asked. He walks nicely on a leash and for the first half will lead you on a brisk walk, eager to smell around the great outdoors. When coming into contact with people and other dogs, Sandy is very polite and gentle. He is house-trained, quiet and content to be with his people.
While in his previous home, Sandy was an indoor dog with access to a yard to go potty and we would like to keep him in a similar environment. Because of his age and poor eyesight we do not recommend an environment with young children.
For more information call the Santa Cruz SPCA at 465-5000, or visit www.spcasc.org. The SPCA is located at 2685 Chanticleer Ave. and is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.


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Happiness is mother's goal
"I try to plan my day on my way to work in the car, so I can use my time effectively and leave the office around 6.30pm," says Yeung, a senior geotechnical engineer with the geotechnical engineering office at the Civil Engineering and Development Department.
As the mother of two children, a three-year-old son and a seven-month-old daughter, Yeung says, like many, she has several roles to play. "I am daughter to my parents, a mother to my children, a wife, a subordinate to my boss, and I also have subordinates," she says. "My goal is to try to make everyone happy, if I can achieve this than I am happy." Happiness also comes from reading stories to her son and relaxing with her family.
In addition to keeping others happy, Yeung is responsible for keeping Hongkongers safe by inspecting and carrying out upgrades on slopes to prevent landslides. "We are always on standby when a landslip warning is raised," Yeung says. Her department is responsible for checking design submissions for private and public engineering projects that involve slope work. She is also responsible for educating the public on slope safety and dealing with the media.
Yeung spends most of the working day in her office, co-ordinating projects to reduce landslide risk, surrounded by photographs of her family and a collection of rock samples. Previously, her job involved outdoor on-site inspections. "During a heavy rainstorm in 2005, I had to recommend temporary evacuation of homes at Sha Tin Heights," Yeung recalls. "On another occasion I made an inspection from a helicopter when heavy mud flows were spotted near Lion Rock tunnel."
A graduate from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where she was one of the first civil engineering students and the only female student among 45 men, Yeung is quick to dismiss the idea that geotechnical work is a domain for men. "About 20 per cent of today's civil geotechnical engineers are female," says Yeung, a founder and first chairwoman of the HKUST Civil Engineering Society.
An enthusiastic traveller, Yeung has organised several geotechnical delegations to different construction sites on the mainland, including the Three Gorges project. She also enjoys travelling overseas with her children and husband, who she met while studying at the HKUST through a table tennis club.
The recipient of several awards, including the 2006 Young Engineer of the Year Award and a British Chevening-Cambridge Scholarship to study for a master's in philosophy at Cambridge University, Yeung uses her skills to help others on the mainland. Since the 2008 earthquake struck Sichuan province, Yeung and her colleagues have helped build and maintain a school close to where the earthquake struck.
She is also an active member of a volunteer group which supports and visits orphans in Lijiang, Yunnan. "Being a mother has intensified my feelings towards children," Yeung says. "I cherish having a loving family, but giving back to the community is also very important."


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Famous rapper, fashion designer, husband of Kim Kardashian West and incorrigible enfant terrible Kanye West announced his desire to design for Ikea in a recent interview with Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1."I have to work with Ikea—make furniture for interior design, for architecture," he told... View full entry
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For a serious architect who has designed public housing in Dallas and a bridge in Slovenia, it may come as a surprise that Oana Stanescu's best-known work is a 50-foot-high volcano that Kanye West ascended onstage during his grandiose Yeezus tour...Along with Dong-Ping Wong, her partner in the West Village architectural firm Family, Ms. Stanescu is making a name for herself in design circles for her ability to merge pop culture with utilitarian design. — The New York Times
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An OMA-designed temporary pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival was inaugurated today with a screening of Kanye West's debut short film Cruel Summer. The pavilion, with a design led by Shohei Shigematsu, is a raised pyramid containing a seven-screen cinema invented by West's creative team, Donda. — oma.eu
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"Bilal's Stand" at MoMA's New Directors, New Films 2010
Inspirational stories about youths overcoming social and familial obstacles in pursuit of the "American Dream" are a dime a dozen in Hollywood. What sets "Bilal's Stand," Sultan Sharrief's autobiographical first narrative film, apart is Sharrief's employment of not only his real-life friends and family to play themselves in his film, but also the 500 community volunteers that helped make the film in his hometown of Detroit. "Bilal's Stand" is currently playing at the Museum of Modern Art's New Films, New Programs in New York City.
Though Sharrief says he took his "stand" against his friends and family, who initially scoffed at his decision to pursue a higher education at the University of Michigan, sooner than his fictional alter-ego Bilal (played by Julian Gant), the rest of the story of he depicts is true. In the film, Bilal is a Muslim high school senior who works several shifts for his family's taxi stand. When he is accepted to the University of Michigan, he decides to take up ice-sculpting to help him win a critical scholarship, much to the chagrin of his family and friends, who think he's abandoning them.
"Forget shoe-string budgets, we were shooting on a spaghetti-string budget," says Sharrief, who initially wrote the script for "Bilal's Stand" while still an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. The filmmaker, now 25, adds that he was so broke, it took him eight months to see even see the film dailies after shooting the film in 2006, because he didn't have the cash to have his film developed. Luckily, he was making the film with not only friends and family, but also the high student participants of the EFEX Project (Encouraging the Filmmaking Experience), which he founded to help mentor Detroit locals learn about the arts.


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- T's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 2.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 1.6%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
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Hi everybody,
I have to make a 9" round angel food cake covered in fondant. Any suggestion how that cake holds the weight of fondant. Also any tips for better cake. Do I still need to put it upside down for two hours even its not in tube pan? Thanks
I've never done it, but I would guess that the weight of the fondant will crush it. Any batter cake would be better.
I covered a choc chifon cake with fondant and it crushed. I think the same will happen with angel food.
That cake will never hold any weight. You would be wasting your time. Unfortunately, it is a great tasting cake but it far too light to hold much of anything. Good luck.


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My last essay ended by noting that conservatives are told by many of their leading politicians and pundits that Americas fundamental problem is that too many of their fellow citizens no longer understand its basic principles, of which liberty has pride of place. Were we to get enough Americans to appreciate the teachings of the Founders, and of the American political tradition (APT) more generally, they would become far more moderate and judicious in their voting.
It is appropriate to remind us, as Matthew Spalding did in his 2009 book, We Still Hold These Truths , that the Founders would have expected the perpetuation of liberty to depend on spirited citizens . . . actively engaged in the democratic task of governing themselves and holding to the truths of 1776.
When, as ample evidence demonstrates, most of our high-school and college students . . . consistently score poorly in virtually every measure of civic knowledge, this cannot occurour citizens have to know what the truths are before they can consider whether they should hold to them. Nor can it occur, Spalding suggests, when the typical professor at our typical college prefers to put scare-quotes around truth.
So the answer, often proposed, is to reform higher and secondary education, so that it mandates study, just as Thomas Jefferson insisted upon at the founding of the University of Virginia, of the general principles of liberty and the rights of man, and the distinctive principles of the government of our State, and that of the United States. As the Jefferson-guided Board of Visitors indicated, such a curriculum would likely feature close study of the Declaration, The Federalist , Washingtons farewell address, and John Lockes Second Treatise , among others.
What Jefferson couldnt foresee, but which Spalding knows well, is that such mandates can only work if the teachers charged with teaching the principles reject reigning dogmas which reject the very possibility of truth.
I have been involved in and employed by such reform efforts myself, and entirely endorse them. I also endorse the most immediately doable reform effort of all, which is for adults to themselves form and promote book-groups dedicated to the study of such texts.
Other Americans may hesitate to endorse such a program, or the more general enthusiasm they note among conservatives for the Founders, perhaps because it smacks of a style of patriotism they feel little affinity for, but more fundamentally because they suspect there is a larger agenda behind it that they cannot endorse.
Now the programs promoting greater civic education generally have been careful to keep themselves free from dogmatism, political agitation, or the exclusion of liberals, and indeed they would welcome of greater participation by scholars who lean leftwards, but there can be no denying that they are often in spirit linked to a larger trend, or even school of thought, known as Founderism.
Founderism is mainly embraced by conservatives and libertarians. Liberals indulge in periodic public rhetorical displays of So-to-Speak support for the Constitution, and they like well-told history or biography about the Founders as well as anyone, but they arent as interested in treating them as a guide.
And liberals are especially and deliberately uninterested in what scholarly conservatives, of the West Coast Straussian school especially, have established about the original progressives concerning their departures from the principles of the Founders. For these findings have exposed severe limitations in the narrative of Americas development long-offered by our liberal-dominated historiography and political science, and widely accepted by the public as authoritative.
So there is an agenda. There cannot but be one.
What I mean is, no feeling person who faces the WCS findings on the progressives can avoid thinking that either a) liberalism is just wrong , or b) it has to become more serious about its foundations, and in a way that puts it in a less direct conflict, or at least in less arrogant conflict, with the Founders and todays Founderism. My own agenda is, a) is what I think for myself, b) is what I recommend for Democrats who are not prepared to think a) but who recognize their need to work and dialogue more with their non-liberal fellow citizens.
But again, none of this can justify the simplistic counter-narrative that has increasingly characterized Conservative Founderism, which I criticized here . To review, the narrative suggests that the political principles of the Founders n Lincoln were the completely correct ones and not in any fundamental tension with one another, and that Americas present trouble is largely due to the Progressives opposing these and gradually/covertly getting Americans to abandon them.
It is an agenda of denunciation. It only points a finger. It never extends a hand.
And the key point here is that presently, all the Founderist narrative can tell the discouraged Post-Morning conservative, is that contemporary progressives can only be winning so many key contests due to trickery , to appeals to raw economic-entitlement self-interest , to reverse racism , and to America-hatred , which is at bottom, a hatred of Liberty and a desire for Statist Tyranny. Were it not for these, it would still be Morning in America.
Are not these most puzzling and unlikely conclusions?
In terms of a secret agenda for collectivist authoritarianism, I admit a few liberal elites are that depravedI was myself shocked by the degree to which the leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America, the ones who helped train our current President and whose leader (Michael Harrington) I myself read and admired in the 80s, were open to deception and smear-tactics, as revealed by Stanely Kurtzs Radical in Chief . And one can, if one wants, learn more about the nefarious doings of the left during the 20th-century. You could make yourself an expert about the likes of Bill Ayers, and yeah, when we read the findings of that (necessary) expertise, it does tend to make us angry and very wary.
But to hold that the typical liberal leader today desires to extinguish liberty, for the sake of collectivist statism? To hold that the typical American who calls herself a progressive wants that? Such a conclusion lays at the heart of a key popular text of Founderism, Mark Levins Liberty v. Tyranny .
From such a framework, one can only conclude that Americans let liberals win because they have betrayed their Fathers. Americans just aint being Americans!
So let them return to the principles of their fathers! goes the cry. But alas, comes the reply, the institutions of higher academy and public education are now hopelessly dominated by liberals and thus utterly biased against the correct understanding of those principles.
An aside. I do not think those of us involved in the more Founders and more APT reform efforts at the college level can offer, after many years of effort, much evidence to the contrary to this domination idea. I have engaged in no systematic investigation, but it seems to me our efforts remain piecemeal, modest, and quite dependent on outside funding. Very few political science and nearly zero history departments are dominated by our kind or are even one-fifth populated by our kind. Special center-based departments or de facto departments, such as the American Studies one I belong to at Christopher Newport University, remain exceptions to the rule. But they will face great obstacles to becoming common and to gaining real power. Unless major players in the main universities begin to favor our efforts during the next decade or so, we wont be able to honestly claim to be making a much of a dent against the current trends. Were keeping the flame alive, sure.
For our efforts to go beyond such survival-mode, and to actually do what conservative pundits are calling for, depend a great upon a broader reform movement to restore genuine liberal education to the general curriculum and to give its champions real power. I dont see many signs of that on the horizon.
What we APT educators do is better than nothing, and it makes some kind of difference. But still, if a rich and high-powered conservative donor came to ask my advice, whether they should try to start a new college, or whether they should try the easier and apparently more civic-spirited task of helping to reform existing ones (by aiding things like existing APT programs, such as the one that employs me), I think I am obliged to advise the former. That is not what I would have advised even five years ago.
And would I tremble to give the advice, because the logical result of such a start-new-conservative-colleges-because-the existing-ones-have-proven-hopelessly-dominated-by-leftists-and-technocrats strategy is an ideologically segregated system of higher education. It is bad enough that our media menus are now so segregated, but the possibility of an America fifty-years from now where the most natural question posed to a graduate would be Did you go to one of the Old Blue colleges, or to one of the Upstart Red ones? is a pretty frightening one.
But its a real possibility. Because we're increasingly out of options. So unless the rumored-to-exist moderates show up for once in the college wars, that could be where the nation eventually is going to arrive. Because it is fantastical to think that as political and culture-war polarization increases in our society, conservatives and the traditionally religious will continue to send their children and savings to the existing colleges, even as they remain doggedly unrepentant about or in denial about their gross biases. Yes, all higher-ed signs of Thats Just The Way It Is, such as the brand-power of the old Ivies mere names, presently suggest that system will continue as per usual. But logic shows you it cannot for much longer.
So, to return to my main argument, there seems no way to return Americans to their principles outside of a massive citizen movement for self-education. The colleges, and in turn the public schools, are hopeless.
Presuming all that is the case for the moment, musn't the Founderist Conservative account for why liberals came to dominate American academia, and lets thrown in American journalism, too, in the first place? It goes back to the Progressives! comes the reply. It was a deliberate long-march infiltration plan! Okay, that is to a degree true, but still, if American principles were so inherently wonderful and so innately American, why were the Progressives, with their anti-American principles, able to succeed in infiltrating and then dominating these institutions? Not to mention to win elections?
Again and again, the Founderist narrative can offer no non-nefarious explanation for the liberal triumphs. It keeps conservatives from facing the fact that the Progressives, and most of the others who disagree with them, are their political brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothersthat we are Americas children all, not simply due to formal citizenship, but due to the fact that something about Americas original principles, even something about Americas successes, caused many of its children to sincerely, if not always wittingly, reinterpret and thus actually oppose those original principles.
Moreover, we are unlikely win them back to a more correct understanding if we begin by accusing them of a kind of spiritual treason, or to use a more medical metaphor, if we begin by diagnosing them as suffering from some kind of ideological infection. Ah . . . so that explains it. Your mind is riddled with the Hegelian virus!
I have some sympathy for the Hegelian virus thesis, actually. Because I myself became a somewhat different person once I had really digested the Nature v. History distinction taught by the Straussians. I could no longer hear, for example, a song like "Blowin in the Wind with the same sort of innocence that muddled the Biblical and Historicist hopes together.
But heres the key thing. To establish modern republican democracy the way our Founders did means to enter into a perpetual race against the triumph of crude, but home-grown, democratic mindsets (see Republic book VIII, or Tocquevilles discussions of a desire for equality throughout Democracy in America ), and a perpetual multi-sided persuasion-battle against a host of more sophisticated but nonetheless errant democratic mindsets built upon the cruder ones.
So to truly apply the mindset of Madison today means to admit what he couldnt quite see: that just as air is to the regrettable existence of fire, and as liberty is to the regrettable existence of faction, so is modern republican government to the regrettable existence of various at-bottom-suicidal democratic mindsets: progressivism, democratic socialism, militant secularism, and libertarianism. All of these will kill modern democracy (in their society) if they get to rule it for long, and all of them are endemic to it .
Why do we conservatives act so outraged that this is what we are now up against? And even if some may be intellectually healed by coming to understand the way historicist thought has warped their expectations and ideas, why do we act as if we expect all to be well once respect for Marx and Hegel is put to bed? Especially those scholars who should understand the significance of what Plato and Tocqueville said about democracy, and who should understand that historicism can never be decisively defeated at the popular level nor dismissed at the philosophic one?
I will have a few more comments about the role of conservative scholars, especially Strauss-influenced ones, in an additional post, but let me finally wind up the main argument here.
No, not all would be right and good if we could only teach Americans their principles. My proposed book will show there is more than one set of principles involved, and that what works best for America is a certain combination of them. The natural rights principles are central and primary, but they do not capture the broader vision of liberty Americans had from the beginning, let alone the dialogic conflict between various conceptions of liberty that developed over time. We simply have to be able to explain our regimes development without a) regarding it as inevitable , progressive , and irreversible , as many (esp. boomer or older) liberals do, or b) regarding it as primarily a story of betrayal that must be utterly reversed, as the conservative Founderists do.
Nor can we hope to get liberals, nor serious communitarians, nor serious Christians, nor perhaps even serious libertarians, to accept our invitations to join us in necessary civic-education APT efforts if we insist on one tidy and loyalty-demanding interpretation of it.
We need the focus on principles, make no mistake. But to think America was ever just so wonderful and dandy, so that a return to the correct understanding of those principles is easily done and will make most everything right, is foolish, idolatrous, and ultimately, despair-causing.


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Fine with me. Bullitt was awful and was never really all that good. Angerer's already probably better than Brackett, so it certainly hurts depth but the starting LBs are just as strong.The Indianapolis Colts today placed linebacker Gary Brackett and strong safety Melvin Bullitt on injured reserve, signed linebacker A.J. Edds off the New England practice squad and signed quarterback Dan Orlovsky to the active roster.
Brackett's salary jumps up a ton next season, gotta figure his time as a Colt's over.


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This is a collection of twenty-five year old arcade games being re-released for the PC by Microsoft, containing Xevious, Mappy, Motos, Rally-X and Ms. Pac Man. While these names will certainly bring back a lot of memories for long-time gamers, reviewing such a pack isn't particularly easy. The games are a mixed bag, and everybody has their own favorites from days spent in the arcade.
Xevious is a classic shooter in the vein of Zaxxon or River Raid. You control one small ship that can freely move up and down, left or right, and fires two different types of guns--one for aerial opponents, one for ground targets. The gameplay is simple, and while the graphics don't look quite as good as I remember them from the arcade, the fun factor is definitely still there, even after all these years.
Mappy is an example from another prolific genre--that of the cartoon character who must around grabbing goodies before the bad guys close in; somewhat in the mold of Donkey Kong or Dig-Dug. Here you control a cartoon mouse who can move vertically through the levels easily, but can only rise horizontally by jumping on trampolines that get progressively weaker as time goes on. The game has a lot depth considering the brevity of the design, but I found the keyboard controls a little too unresponsive.
What can you say about Ms. Pac Man? If you liked it back then, you'll still like it now. I have to admit I was cured of Pac Man fever a long time ago. I wasn't too impressed with Rally-X either, a timed maze chase only vaguely related to racing games.
But the lesser known Motos was a pleasant surprise, and stands as my personal favorite in this pack. Like Joust, Tron or any number of other older, simpler games, it holds up quite well and is a perfect time killer for five to ten minutes in-between word processing or other less-than-exciting tasks. It's also the kind of unique design we rarely see anymore.
At any rate, whether or not this collection is worth your twenty bucks depends, of course, on whether or you feel an overwhelming nostalgia for any of the titles in the pack. Even that's a debatable proposition, considering the amount of emulators out there on the web. In theend, nostalgia really only goes so far--the odds are pretty good that you'll buy the pack, play some of the games once or twice, and then forget all about it.
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Discussion in 'The National Football League' started by Frills, Aug 31, 2006.
wouldn't you want a trade as well??
I mean he's been on that team behind McNair, thinking that if he plays well, he'll one day be the starter........ thinking McNair only had a few years left. McNair leaves the team, and now it looks like he'll still be #2 on the depth chart??
From what he says, he thinks he's held up his part of the bargain. He thinks he's played well(I don't know as I haven't watched... or cared to watch, any of his games).
he thinks he's getting shafted.
Fisher said that VY will remain the #2 no matter what...He said Volek and Collins would compete for #1....Read into it how ever you want, but he clearly said that VY will remain #2....
This kinda stuff is why I'm gonna be keeping an eye on the Titans. Between them and the Cowboys....the stuff of daytime television.
We're like a Soap Opera over here. Nashville is Ka-Ray-Zee
While I understand the reasons why he would want out, I can't wait until week 3 when they playoff hopes are over and the fans want VY to play.
Nothing better than seeing the Titans go down le'crapper.
Why? Has Young earned the no. 2 spot? Or is it an edict from the owner?
I don't blame Volek if he's the no. 3 QB after all these years.
I agree that Volek is getting the shaft. He has played well (in my eyes) and deserves a chance to be the #1. This is his only chance to start, and play for a contract somewhere else. He aspires to be a great QB, and the Titans sound like they have been giving him mixed signals.
I am not sure about why...But That is what he said...IMO, it doesn't make sense for V.Y to be the third QB...Think about it...The titans,IMO, are in a rebuilding stage, and most don't forsee the Titans making any kind of noise come December/January...So if your starting QB gets injured or is playing so bad that he has to get yanked, why wouldn't you put in VY??/ I am sure Cashville ten-a-ki, would go absolutely nuts if the starter were to get yanked, only to put in someone else....Honestly I think they are just trying to give VY a chance to learn, because starting him, and sitting him don't seem like they would make that much difference in the outcome of their season...
Well it depends on your philosophy. If you're a team that wants to sit your rookie QB in order for him to learn the NFL and system, then you put him 3rd. You don't want him playing unless the game is put away or out-of-control.
At no. 2, Young is just an injury away from playing. Why not start him then? Why not give him the Troy Aikman / David Carr treatment and say sink or swim?
Honestly, I think Young will be starting by the end of the season (probably by the time they play the Texans in Houston). So they've got to have him at no. 2, because a jump from 3 to 1 just doesn't make sense.
As good as the experts have pegged him, I think he's good enough to start now. Is he better than Collins? Let's find out!
I agree with that statement. I don't think that he will come in and lead the titans to the promise land, or anything crazy like that...But from the games I've watched, there wasn't much decline in play from Volek to VY...I think Volek is just upset because this was supposed to be his turn, and Collins just came in a crapped all over that parade...But yeah, I agree with you...when the titans come to H-town, VY probably will be the starter, because IMO, there season will dead by then....
that's even worse....
Exactly.... I'm sure Volek couldn't wait to get on the field, even before the draft, when everyone knew Tennessee were going to to take QB at the top of the first round.
He knows he isn't the future of Tennessee, so this year was going to be his resume. I like that kind of spunk in a guy...... makes no sense for him to stay in Tennessee.
Bizarre move IMO. Why bring in Collins at all? The only possible reason can be to win more games but if you actually believe that then if he is succeeding how are you going to bench him for VY? If they are just waiting to lose enough games to justify putting in the rookie they could have let Volek have the chance his patience and representations have to a degree earned.
Thats true...But the whole Collins thing is puzzling period....If I ran the Titans I would have rather had Volek start this season period...IMO, they will suck anyway so why not atleast show some kind of respect to Volek for his loyalty...
That may be exactly why they didn't want Volek as their guy. You don't just take a winning QB out when you're in a race to the playoffs. So, get rid of Volek, start Kerry Collins......... you don't have to worry about a playoff race.
So you're saying the Titans are subbing in Collins for Volek because he gives them less of a chance of winning?
They could already be focused on next years draft, I wouldn't put anything over on old Bud.
My THEORY is that you can't start Young mid-season if the current starting QB is doing well. Volek stands a better chance of success than Collins at this point, simply because he knows the system and is probably a better QB right now.
Two things don't make sense without further understanding (in my mind): obtaining Collins, and stating that Young is no. 2 no matter what.
Didn't Volek light it up in '04 while McNair was out with injury?
I would think this is perhaps just a reaction to the guy not being given a chance and feeling he deserves it. I'm sure when they called out Vince's name at the draft he knew his time in Tennessee was up.
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The Rio Grande Valley leads the State of Texas in the rate of people out of a job.
Yvonne "Bonnie" Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer for the Lower Rio Grande Valley Workforce Solutions said it TMs not necessarily due to a lack of jobs.
"We believe there are many jobs, Gonzalez said. There are actually, right now, 2,700 jobs that are available" said CEO Bonnie Gonzalez.
Gonzalez said one of the reasons why some people can't find a job, is because there is there is a skills gap in the workforce pool and the jobs available.
"The jobs of today are very different than the jobs of 10 or 20 years ago Gonzalez said.
Customer service, critical thinking, technology, computer (skills), problem solving - those are just basic skills sets that are critical for any and all jobs.
In addition to education, leaders at the conference also examined two other key points they said will help create jobs in the Valley.
"Entrepreneurship. What do we, as communities, need to do to encourage and continue to develop entrepreneurship activities and spirit in this area? Gonzalez said.
(Also), economic development. What do we as communities|need to do to continue to support the development of a competitive advantage?"
Adam Hutchison, Vice President of Student Learning at Texas State Technical College said employers are now demanding higher skills sets, and that although there are challenges in the Valley, it's an exciting time for higher education.
College is more attainable than ever before, Hutchison said. The federal government and state government acknowledge that education is the way out of a recession and the key to economic development."
Unemployment Rates
United States 8.8
Texas 8.4
Hidalgo County 12.3
Cameron County 12.4
Willacy County 15.1
Starr County 15.5
Brooks County 9.9
As published by Texas Workforce Commission
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As of Friday, more than 100 employers had pre-registered from Willacy, Hidalgo, Cameron and Starr counties to take part creating more than 2,700 job openings.
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Monica Ozores-Hampton, Peter J. Dittmar, Eugene J. McAvoy, Richard N. Raid, Hugh A. Smith, and Susan E. Webb2
This is Chapter 16 of the Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida, 2016-2017 edition. The most current version of this chapter may be found at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/cv/cv13500.pdf.
This nine-page chapter includes:
Botany and Planting
Table 16.1. Planting information for sweet corn.
Table 16.2. Description of major sweet corn cultivars currently available.
Table 16.3. Supersweet (shrunken-2) sweet corn cultivars arranged by kernel color.
Table 16.4. Selected herbicides approved for managing weeds in sweet corn.
Table 16.5. Selected insecticides approved for managing insect pests of sweet corn.
Table 16.6. Sweet corn fungicides ordered by disease and then FRAC group according to their mode of action.
This document is HS737, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Extension. First printed: June 1995. Revised June 2015 and June 2016. This is Chapter 16 of the Vegetable Production Handbook of Florida, 2016–2017 edition. Visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.
Monica Ozores-Hampton, associate professor, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center; Peter J. Dittmar, assistant professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; Eugene McAvoy, Extension Agent IV, Hendry County; Richard N. Raid, professor, Everglades Research and Education Center; Hugh A. Smith, assistant professor, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; Susan E. Webb, associate professor, Entomology and Nematology Department; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
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HALE CENTER Farwell Lady Blue head coach Steve Scott was willing to display some humility Tuesday.
After his third-ranked Lady Blue forced Hale Center into 27 turnovers and 28 percent shooting he said: "I wish I could coach offense."
Farwell produced just enough offense, however, to overcome the Owlettes 34-28 in the Hale Center gym.
"Defense wins games, and our defense was huge (Tuesday)," Scott said.
"This was a big win for us because they beat us for district last season," Farwell post Chelsi Kaltwasser said. "We just had a good defensive effort."
The Lady Blue's defensive pressure set the tone early as Farwell forced the Owlettes into 10 first-quarter turnovers and 17 in the first half as it jumped out to a 20-7 halftime lead.
Farwell (16-4 overall, 2-0 District 4-2A) kept its lead in double-digits as Kaltwasser's putback put it ahead 29-18 after three quarters.
But Hale Center (9-9) had one last rally. Lindsay Davis' basket sliced the deficit to 33-24 with 3:54 left in the contest. Jametra Clark nailed two free throws, and Amber Hickman followed with a putback, brining the Owlettes within 33-28 with 2:53 remaining in the game.
But that was the last field goal for either team. The Lady Blue went to a four corners offense as Hale Center needed to four fouls to put Farwell into the penalty.
The Lady Blue were able to run down the clock to 16 seconds before Marni Lunsford hit 1-of-2 free throws, finishing the game.
Farwell was also a victim of facing a good defense as it shot just 21 percent (12-of-57) from the field and turned the ball over 23 times.
"I thought our team really stepped it up on the defensive side of the floor," Hale Center head coach Jeri Been Goodman said. "But we had a hard time handling their pressure. Our inexperience in the backcourt really showed."
The 6-foot-2 Clark also struggled Tuesday. The all-state post was held to 10 points and did not score until she hit a pair of foul shots midway through the third quarter. Kaltwasser, who had 19 rebounds, and Lisa Herington spent most of the night guarding Clark.
"We just wanted to keep her from getting the ball," Herington said. "When she did get it, we just played good team defense."
Ashley Crawford was the only Farwell player in double figures as she scored 13 points.
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FARWELL 34, HALE CENTER 28FARWELL Crawford 5 2-2 13, Miller 2 0-0 5, Gast 0 0-0 0, Stout 0 0-0 0, Kaltwasser 3 2-3 8, Chandler 0 0-0 0, Woods 0 1-2 1, Lunsford 2 1-2 5, Herington 0 2-2 2. Totals 12 8-11 34.
HALE CENTER M.Ceniceros 0 0-0 0, Davis 1 2-4 4, Moralez 1 0-0 3, Boyce 1 0-0 2, C.Ceniceros 1 0-0 2, Hickman 2 0-0 5, Clark 3 4-4 10, Applewhite 0 0-0 0, Watson 0 0-0 0, Cummings 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 6-8 28.
Farwell11 9 9 534
Hale Center5 2 11 1028
Three-point goals: Farwell 2 (Crawford, Miller), Hale Center 2 (Moralez, Hickman). Total fouls: Farwell 14, Hale Center 16. Fouled out: Moralez. Turnovers: Farwell 23, Hale Center 27. Rebounds: Farwell 49 (Kaltwasser 19), Hale Center 35 (Clark 10). Records: Farwell 16-4, 2-0; Hale Center 1-1.
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I've been following the story of 24-year-old canyoneer, Matthew Pack, from San Juan Capistrano, CA, whose body was spotted hanging limply in the middle of 400-ft Mildred Falls on Friday. Hikers spotted Pack's body in the falls after hearing screaming. They called 911 for rescue, but helicopter rescue efforts were delayed Friday by the dangers surrounding the heavy waterfall flow. The next day, a San Diego SAR team was able to recover Pack's body at 1 p.m.
I have seen little in the forums regarding Pack's trip plan, experience, or commentary on the accident, and I haven't been to Mildred Falls, myself, so it's difficult to speculate on what might have happened here. Seems like a rank beginner wouldn't have the equipment or cojones to venture out to a canyon with a 400-ft drop on his own, though, so I'm guessing Pack had some experience under his belt. Why he went alone on such a big trip (500 feet of rope is a lot to carry on your own) with such strong water conditions (big flow, water temperature in the 30′s) poses some powerful questions. Mildred Falls is generally listed with a 4 A/B III rating, implying no flowing water; perhaps Pack did not anticipate the cold, raging torrent that greeted him at Mildred? At the same time, from the various site descriptions and photographs available on the web, it looks like you can see the falls pretty easily on the hike in.
Whatever the scenario, it is incredibly scary to imagine being entangled in your own ropes in the middle of that much cold water. Let us learn from his tragedy, that less stories like his happen within our community. Deepest sympathies to Pack's family and friends, and to Pack, who died pursuing great adventure.
Here are a few links to related the limited available information:
Fox 5 San Diego
Orange County Register
Update from Jenna Chandler at San Juan Capistrano Patch


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Anyone else thinking about attending!
Looks as EPIC as can be!!!
Bands im estatic about seeing! SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLIPKNOT, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Hole, Lamb Of God, Trivium, Alter Bridge Lostprophets, Cobra Starship, The Used, Coal Chamber, Hatebreed, CKY, Dragonforce, hell yeah.. and offspring if they are in fact in the second announcement like predicted. apparently there are a few more major bands to be announced..
I will have to go through the complete list there are tons of other bands i have heard of but havn't actually listened too! I can't believe they have such a good line up, it makes the BDO look rather pants in comparison!
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It's now up on Grantland:
Coaching is about putting players in positions to succeed. Griffin's potential is nearly limitless, but as a rookie playing his first game, he's not Tom Brady just yet, and asking him to throw 40 or 50 traditional drop-back passes was not going to give Washington its best chance to win. Shanahan has clearly gone into this year with an open mind — something many otherwise excellent pro coaches don't do often enough — and he's blended his tried-and-true West Coast/zone-blocking offense with some of the best andsimplest principles Griffin executed so well at Baylor.
Read the whole thing.


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The staff at IKEA moved into their new home in Tampa over the weekend, and guess what? Inside it's starting to look like a full-fledged store.
When it opens May 6, the sprawling layout at Adamo Drive and 22nd Street will be the largest of three IKEA stores in Florida. A store tour this morning found new hires doing what IKEA's customers will wrestle with shortly -- learning how to assemble furniture that comes in a box.


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Philip Schofield loses it as Katie Hopkins erupts into ANOTHER rant on This Morning
SHE'S no stranger to controversy, and today Katie Hopkins had the nation fuming once again following another appearance on 'This Morning.'
Speaking about obese children alongside journalist Sonia Poulton, Katie even managed to wind up hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby as she aired her usual outspoken opinion.
At one point, as Katie and Sonia bickered with one another on the sofa, Phillip held in arms up in the air and said rather loudly: "No stop talking at once! One at a time. Your turn!"
The pair were guests on the show to discuss the fact that a third of children in the UK are overweight or obese, and whether or not they should simply be told that they are fat.
Of course, mother-of-three Katie was arguing that small children should simply be told that they're "too fat" and when Holly disagreed, she turned on her too.
"I believe that we're far too soft, and Holly is an example of a soft parent," she said.
"Some children are fat. 'You are fat!' That's what we need to say!" she added. But Sonia wasn't willing to let Katie intimidate her.
"I'd like to know what happened to you as a child," she responded. "People being horrible bigots are causing us problems."
Of course, Katie resorted to her usual tactics of attacking Sonia's appearance and described her as a "zebra wearing a wig."
Sonia replied by stating that she wasnt' actually wearing a wig, and added: "I don't sit on here for newspapers to pick up soundbites on me. I'm looking at the bigger picture."
Unsurprisingly, Twitter is full of viewers who are disgusted with Katie's latest opinion, but she is more than happy to retweet them.
"@kthopkins you're a vile thing. Everyone questions your upbringing because you're an ugly bigot. You're a bigger issue than obesity," one user wrote, while another said: "@KTHopkins wtf, whats wrong with being fat. People like you are what makes society ugly."
However, a lot of people using the social networking site also agreed with the former Apprentice star, and simply believe that Katie is saying things that many people are too scared to say in public.


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Petitgout responds
Left tackle Luke Petitgout was as surprised as anyone to hear the critical comments from Giants general manager Jerry Reese about him in the New York Post.
Petitgout said he was angry about it but wouldn't have any retaliatory comments after learning the GM of his former team called him, among other things, a marginal player. He said only, "I don't know why he's worried about me. It is what it is."
Petitgout said it gives him "something to put up in my locker" for inspiration. The tackle played eight seasons for the Giants but was released unexpectedly after 2006, a season in which he missed the final seven games with a broken leg.
Click here to see Reese's comments.
(Pictured: Luke Petitgout during minicamp. Times photo - Brendan Fitterer. Click to enlarge.)


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[This Coupon Is Worth 25 Cents]
The front panel reads, "Save 25 cents on finest quality McCormick Plain Unflavored Gelatine." The back panel is a red, white, and blue coupon for McCormick Gelatine with a drawing of an open box of gelatine.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: McCormick's
Publisher: McCormick and Co., Inc., Schilling Division (San Francisco, Calif.)
1957 (ca.)
12 p.
7 x 15.6 cm
Language: English
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Copyright: This item is under copyright.
Citation: [This Coupon Is Worth 25 Cents]. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=4074


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PAKISTANIS are concerned about the maintenance of peace during the forthcoming general elections. Suffice it to say, ensuring peaceful elections will be a gigantic challenge for the law enforcement agencies.
Without mammoth public meetings, election campaigns cannot gain momentum. To mobilise the masses political parties are dependent on huge public meetings.
Public meetings, corner meetings, processions, filing of nomination papers and transportation of election material need foolproof security. Election security can be defined as "the process of protecting electoral stakeholders, information, facilities, and events".
Grim realities from our history have given rise to a bleak scenario. The first major incident was the assassination of Pakistan's first prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951. Much later, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz survived an assassination attempt while campaigning in Attock district in July 2004.
Upon her arrival in Pakistan on Oct 18, 2007, the convoy of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto was hit by two explosions; she remained unhurt but more than 140 people lost their lives. Two months later, Ms Bhutto herself was assassinated in Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi.
During the last general elections unsuccessful attempts were made on the lives of politicians Aftab Sherpao, Sikandar Sherpao, Amir Muqam and Afrasiab Khattak.
In 1997 during by-elections in Peshawar, the only son of Ghulam Ahmed Bilour was shot dead. Last year after returning from a corner meeting Bashir Bilour was assassinated in a suicide bombing. Between 2008 and 2012 abortive attempts were made on the lives of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the late Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Asfandyar Wali and Amir Haider Hoti.
Elsewhere in South Asia there is a history of violence during the electoral process. On May 21, 1991 during an election rally Indias former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber. In 1999, former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga was injured in a powerful bomb explosion at an election rally in Colombo.
Given such examples, it is imperative that a proactive approach be adopted by the law enforcement agencies. In the past, issues of transparency and credibility dominated the elections but now everyone asks how elections will be held in such a hostile situation. The prevention of pre-poll violence will be a significant factor in motivating people to cast their votes.
Traditionally, in certain parts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elders, religious groups and local political parties bar women from exercising their right to vote. Such situations can give rise to clashes between contesting candidates.
Violence during the campaign phase communicates signals of fear and insecurity, hence affecting the turnout on election day. In 2008, a suicide attack on a polling station in Buner killed 35 voters. Therefore providing security cover to 72,000 polling stations needs synchronised efforts.
The probability of violence at polling stations during the tabulation of results is another important issue which needs special attention.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently published a code of conduct. In case of violations, legal action to the extent of disqualification can be taken. According to the code, the candidates shall communicate the schedules of public meetings three days in advance. To ensure personal security each candidate will be allowed five security guards during the campaign.
Potentially dangerous venues should be identified by carrying out threat assessments. Classification according to the threat level must be made, which will help police chalk out preventive and reactive strategies.
The threat assessment needs to identify the likely victims, perpetrators and motives. Yet threat assessments in Pakistan lack a professional, scientific approach and objectivity. In fact, police should frequently issue security advice to those who are on the hit list of militant organisations. The likely victims of election-related violence can be candidates, voters, security personnel, observers or members of the media.
During campaigns, public meetings of political stalwarts get security cover but often corner meetings and other political activities fail to achieve the required security cover. Therefore, the free flow of communication between political parties and police authorities is imperative.
To ensure the neutrality of police, while transporting ballot papers from election offices to polling stations, ballot papers should not be placed in police vehicles.
Also, during elections conflicts can occur due to identity issues. For example, the presence of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in certain parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Karachi affects the local ethno-political dynamics as the IDPs assert themselves; this can trigger violence during elections.
Soon after the announcement of unofficial results at polling stations supporters opt for violent means to celebrate the victory of their candidate, for example through aerial firing. Such incidents, including the recent indiscriminate aerial firing during a corner meeting in Multan, call the effectiveness of the code of conduct into question.
To educate police officers about their responsibilities during election duties coordinated efforts between the ECP and police are needed. Indeed the poll campaign will be a major test for the law enforcement agencies.
From best international practices one learns that election security is not an isolated venture but rather the collective responsibility of election management bodies. These bodies include law enforcement agencies, political parties, the media, civil society organisations and judicial officials.
Democracy and policing are interlinked. Neutrality of the police ensures the strengthening of democracy while true democracies are instrumental in creating a service-oriented professional police force.
The writer is deputy inspector general of police.


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Punch Gran Puro Pico Bonito 5 Pack
Punch Gran Puro Pico Bonito
Punch Gran Puro Pico Bonito are Toro-size cigars made from an enticing full-bodied blend of vintage, all Honduran-grown tobaccos. This handsome cigar is very spicy, yet buttery smooth with a dark, lusciously oily wrapper. A must try for seasoned cigar smokers who crave extra rich flavor and aroma.
My go to cigar, absolutely love this stick
These beauties are incredible right out of the box. The construction and appearance are near flawless. The smooth flavors are matched only by it's near perfect draw and even burn. I would have expected to pay in the AVO price range for a box of these. I still can't believe they are less than $80.00.
A tobacconist friend of mine gave me the 54-ring size, and it was terrific in all respects. I was so intrigued that I bought a box, but this time went with the 50-ring Pico Bonito. It had the same great sun-grown flavor as the first one did, but after getting partway through the box I'm having some tight draw and inconsistent burn problems. Still, for the price it is hard to beat this full-flavored all Honduran smoke.
Punch puro toros were my favorites for many years. Within the last year, the fillers they use are inconsistent within each stick. The last 3 boxes of Sierra s and Pico bonito s I ve smoked have hard fillers on one side. I have to continually relight to get them to burn. For $4.25 a pop, I expect better construction. The Hoyo Governor is cheaper and burns way better.


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Obama preparing order to shut Guantanamo
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WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue an executive order his first week in office - and perhaps his first day - to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, two presidential transition team advisers said yesterday.
It's unlikely the detention facility at the Navy base in Cuba will be closed anytime soon. In an interview last weekend, Obama said it would be "a challenge" to close it even within the first 100 days of his administration.
But the order, which would fulfill a campaign pledge, would start the process of deciding what to do with the estimated 250 Al Qaeda and Taliban suspects and potential witnesses who are being held there. Most have not been charged with a crime.
The Guantanamo directive would be one of a series of executive orders Obama is planning to issue shortly after he takes office a week from today, according to the two advisers.
The advisers spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the orders that have not yet been finalized. Obama transition team spokeswoman Brooke Anderson declined to comment yesterday.
The two advisers said the executive order will direct the new administration to look at each of the cases of the Guantanamo detainees to see whether they can be released or if they should still be held, and if so, where.
Many of the Guantanamo detainees are cleared for release, and others could be sent back to their native countries and held there. But many nations have resisted Bush administration efforts to repatriate the prisoners back home. Both Obama advisers said it is hoped that nations that had initially resisted taking detainees will be more willing to do so after dealing with the new administration.
What remains the thorniest issue for Obama, the advisers said, is what to do with the rest of the prisoners, including at least 15 so-called "high value detainees" considered among the most dangerous there.
Detainees held on US soil would have certain legal rights that they were not entitled to while imprisoned in Cuba.
It's also not clear if they would face trial through the current military tribunal system, or in federal civilian courts, or though a to-be-developed legal system that would mark a hybrid of the two.
Lawmakers have moved to block transfer of the detainees to at least two potential and frequently discussed military facilities: an Army prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and a Navy brig in Charleston, S.C. A Marine Corps prison at Camp Pendleton in Southern California also is under consideration, a Pentagon official said.
Senator Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, said yesterday that "it's hard to show why terror suspects should be housed in Kansas."
"If the holding facility at Guantanamo Bay is closed, a new facility should be built, designed specifically to handle detainees," Brownback said in a statement.
Obama promised during the presidential campaign to shut Guantanamo, endearing him to constitutional law specialists, civil libertarians, and other critics who called the Bush administration detentions a violation of international law.
The executive order marks only a first step at what is likely to be a long legal process. Still, American Civil Liberties Union legislative director Caroline Fredrickson called it "extremely meaningful."
"It's clear that there is a process of time that will be necessary to close it properly, to make sure that human rights and respect and security is protected," Fredrickson said. "But the fact that it's set in motion is extremely good news."


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Although some might say travel is an unnecessary expense to begin with, some people just get that travel itch, especially as the weather gets warmer. Travel doesn't have to mean spending money on hotels and tourist traps, though. Follow these tips to reduce the costs of each aspect of your trip so you can see the sights on a shoestring.
Where to Go: When planning a trip on a budget, avoid the typical tourist destinations. These places are usually expensive and not always the most interesting. For a more unique and adventurous travel experience, plan a trip to a city near your own hometown, or a small town with a beautiful natural landscape.
How to Get There: You can reduce your transportation costs to zero by staycationing, taking a vacation in your hometown. If you do want to travel a little distance, try Megabus.com for a cheap ride to a nearby city. In general, the slower the method of travel, the more inexpensive it will be, so consider taking a bus or train and packing some extra books rather than flying to your destination.
When to Go: Most destinations have peak travel seasons when costs will be higher, so consider traveling in the off season. If you are booking travel on planes, trains, or buses, book your tickets either well ahead of time or at the last minute to take advantage of discounts. Being flexible with your travel dates can allow you to get the best deals.
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What to Do: Do some research ahead of time to find out about free and cheap attractions in the city you are visiting. Although it might be some distance away, the beach or a lake is often a very inexpensive place to visit, especially if you pack a cooler full of snacks and beverages. Many museums have free or pay-what-you-will pricing on certain days of the week. Ecotourism activities, such as hiking, bird-watching, or visiting a national park, are another inexpensive option.
Mix and match or follow all of these tips so you can satisfy your urge to travel without breaking the bank.