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What on earth is going on in academic medicine? From David Gorski's presentation today, I learned that an association of schools with fake-medicine facilities exists, the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine, has over 70 member academic medical centers, which is up from only eight in 1999. What?
Gorski recounted a long list of deeply troubing developments in "quackademic medicine," such as the recent $200 million gift to UC Irvine for the construction of an inegrative medicine research facility, Harvard students learning about meridians from an acupuncturist, and the Cleveland Clinic's wide array of offenses against science, which includes nonsense treatments like reiki.
Reiki. Man, that's a real humdinger, that one. The Cleveland Clinic's website boasted that reiki involves a "universal life force that is limitless in abundance." As Gorski clarifies, "Reiki is just faith healing with Eastern mystic religious beliefs."
It's maddening. So many resources and so much time and energy directed toward these unscientific non-disciplines. Those $200 million could certainly be better used to pursue real medical breakthroughs rather than making the supporters of homeopathy feel validated.
Part of the problem is how the quackademics muddle their claims with sciencey sounding terms, and layering it all with heaping dollops of self righteousness. Alt-med, CAM, integrative medicine, functional medicine, all of these in one form or another assert that they "treat the whole person," the exclusively "treat the root cause of disease, not just symptoms," and only they emphasize prevention of diseases (which is a surprise to, well, real doctors. But it's okay, because these alt-med types are using "the best of both worlds." This leads Gorski to ask, "How can you use the 'best' of quackery?"
Clearly, though, the reality-based community and the champions of integrative medicine are having different conversations. If you doubt that, note the quote from Dr. David Katz, who insists that homeopathy works, and that medical science needs to embrace "a more fluid concept of evidence."
If your head has exploded over this, perhaps you'd like to check in with the Cleveland Clinic, and see if your unlimited life force energy an heal your freshly detonated skull.


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In 2009, the GDP grew by 4.5 percent to 5,613.4 trillion rupiah ($600.63 billion).
"Growth may surpass 5.5 percent [this year] if banks spur lending," Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told reporters Thursday.
"But I see that banks will likely remain conservative in this quarter and the next. Because of this, growth in the first half may be hampered," she continued.
The central bank said lending might expand between 18 percent and 20 percent this year, up from 10.7 percent in 2009. But uncertain political conditions may curb demand from businesses, Mulyani said, citing a statement by the Indonesian Banks Association.
The minister said that external factors resulted from the decisions made by some major economies to take an earlier exit policy in their stimulus programs. The early exit policy from the stimulus package could hurt the Indonesian economy, she added.
"We need to be careful because many countries will halt their stimulus programmes in the second half [of 2010]," said Mulyani.
Many countries have considered raising their interest rates as part of their early exit policy. The higher interest rate, which will cause an increase in borrowing costs, may hurt the flow of investment.
Mulyani said the 2010 state budget was aimed at maintaining people's purchasing power and business confidence as sources of growth. "If external challenges loom larger, sources of growth will be domestic. The source has two factors: consumption and investment," she said.
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B-311303.2: May 13, 2009
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SEB. CO. Costruzioni S.a.s. / CO. PEL. S.a.s. / C.D.M. S.r.l., a Joint Venture, (JVSCC) protests the award of a contract to La Termica S.r.l. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N33191-07-R-1001, issued by the Department of the Navy for construction services in Italy.
We deny the protest.
B-311303.2, JVSCC, May 13, 2009
The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release.
T. Wayne Gray, Esq., Joseph P. Hornyak, Esq., and Megan M. Mocho, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester.
William A. Roberts, III, Esq., Phillip J. Davis, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., and Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for La Termica S.r.l., the intervenor.
Amy M. Steed, Esq., Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for the agency.
Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's technical proposal is denied, where the evaluation was consistent with the solicitation evaluation criteria.
SEB. CO. Costruzioni S.a.s. / CO. PEL. S.a.s. / C.D.M. S.r.l., a Joint Venture, (JVSCC) protests the award of a contract to La Termica S.r.l. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N33191-07-R-1001, issued by the Department of the Navy for construction services in Italy.
The RFP provided for the award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) construction contract for a base year with four 1-year options for the design, construction, alteration, repair and/or improvement of existing Navy facilities in southern Italy. Offerors were informed that award would be made on a best-value basis, considering the following five evaluation factors: organizational and team experience; organizational past performance; management approach; safety; and price. The RFP provided proposal preparation instructions for each of the evaluation factors and stated that the individual non-price factors were equal to each other in importance and, when combined, were approximately equal in importance to price. RFP amend. 1, at 32-33, 34-39. Offerors were also informed that technical proposals were limited to 20 pages in length, RFP amend. 1, at 30, but that the page limitation did not include "Project Information Sheets (Section 00202 Attachment A), Past Performance evaluations, coversheets, or divider pages." RFP amend. 2, at 1.
The "organizational and team experience" evaluation factor was described to be a measure of the degree to which an offeror had completed relevant construction and/or design-build projects that were similar in scope, construction features, monetary value and complexity to the requirement described in the solicitation. The RFP required offerors to provide a maximum of four construction projects and two design and/or design-build projects for which the offeror was the prime contractor/designer. Id. at 35. Offerors were informed that the "[p]rimary focus" under this factor would be on IDIQ-type contracts with simultaneous performance of multiple projects similar in value to the work that would be ordered under the contract to be awarded here. With respect to relevancy, the RFP identified the following elements, which were stated to be of equal importance, "as defining relevant prior projects": similar in facility usage; similar in complexity; work on-going or completed within the past 3 years; and total project value of " [euros] 100,000 - 2,000,000." RFP amend. 1, at 34'35.
For offerors that were joint ventures, the RFP required that the joint venture offers include at least one project for each joint venture partner, "where each partner performed by itself or as part of a joint venture group," and cautioned that "[i]f the Joint Venture offeror fail[ed] to comply with the requirement in this paragraph, then the Joint Venture offeror [could] not be assigned a rating of satisfactory or better for this factor."[1] Id. at 35.
The "organizational past performance" evaluation factor was described to be a measure of the degree to which an offeror had satisfied its customers in the past and complied with applicable laws and regulations. Offerors were informed that evaluation of this factor would be based on the extent to which the offeror demonstrated, and its reference checks confirmed, that the offeror had managed the relevant projects evaluated under the "organizational and team experience" factor. In this regard, offerors were required to provide a point of contact and an alternative point of contact for each project identified in their proposals. The RFP cautioned that "[f]ailure of references to be able to respond to past performance inquiries [might] preclude the evaluator's ability to assign a past performance rating of satisfactory or higher." Id. at 36.
Offerors were informed that the agency would evaluate under the "management approach" factor the offeror's ability to successfully and simultaneously manage multiple projects in different locations, considering the following subfactors: construction process management, key personnel management team, organizational structure, and quality control. Id. at 36-37.
Under the "safety" factor, the offeror's proposed safety approach and methods would be evaluated. Offerors were instructed to submit a description of their procedures to ensure compliance with local and Italian, environmental, safety and security laws and requirements, and to submit the offeror's "lost work day incident" and "recordable incidence" rates for the past 5 years. Id. at 37-38.
Six proposals, including JVSCC's and La Termica's, were received by the RFP's closing date for receipt of proposals. Following the evaluation of proposals, the Navy awarded a contract to La Termica, and JVSCC protested the award to our Office (B-311303). Prior to submitting its report, the Navy informed our Office that it would take corrective action by terminating La Termica's contract and re-evaluating all of the proposals. We dismissed JVSCC's protest as academic, based upon the agency's corrective action.
The Navy established a new technical evaluation board (TEB), price evaluation board (PEB), and source selection board (SSB) to reevaluate the proposals. In this regard, the Navy did not conduct discussions or allow offerors to revise their proposals, although offerors were allowed to extend their proposals. The six proposals were evaluated and ranked, as follows:
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Agency Report (AR), Tab 6, TEB Report, at 4; AR, Tab 7, PEB Report, at 5; Tab 8, SSB Report, at 3.[2] La Termica's technically superior rating reflected the TEB's judgment that La Termica (the offeror submitting the second lowest evaluated price) had clearly demonstrated superior overall technical abilities and qualities, and that the firm had demonstrated "a clear understanding of the requirements defined in the RFP and present[ed] a high probability of success with no apparent risk to the U.S. Government in the performance of this contract." AR, Tab 6, TEB Report, at 4, 5-13. On the other hand, the overall marginal rating of JVSCC's proposal (the proposal with the lowest evaluated price) reflected the TEB's lack of confidence in the ability of the joint venture to successfully perform the contract; in summary, the TEB found with respect to JVSCC's proposal that:
[t]he offeror has demonstrated a marginal understanding of the overall requirements defined in the RFP. The proposal offers no strengths, or if there are strengths, these strengths are offset by weaknesses. The proposal represents a low probability of success with an overall high degree of risk to the Government in the implementation of the requirements under this proposed contract. The overall proposal with its lack of relevant past performance record and lack of demonstration of relevant team management performance as a Joint Venture leads to an expectation that successful performance might be difficult to achieve or that it can occur only with increased levels of Government management and oversight.
Id. at 42.
The agency's SSB reviewed the TEB's and PEB's evaluation reports and recommended that the source selection authority (SSA) select La Termica's proposal as reflecting the best value to the government. AR, Tab 8, SSB Report, at 8. The SSA agreed, concluding with respect to JVSCC's lower-priced proposal that La Termica's evaluated technical superiority, combined with the risks associated with JVSCC's marginal overall rating, justified paying the associated price premium of approximately 61,000. Award was again made to La Termica, and this protest followed.
JVSCC challenges the Navy's evaluation of its technical proposal under each of the RFP's evaluation factors, complaining, among other things, that the evaluators applied unstated evaluation criteria and that the agency's evaluation under the first factor, "organizational and team experience," unfairly affected the rest of the agency's technical evaluation.
Our Office examines an agency's evaluation of experience and past performance to ensure that it was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria and applicable statutes and regulations; however, the necessary determinations regarding the relative merits of offerors' proposals are primarily matters within the contracting agency's discretion. Kay & Assocs., Inc., B-291269, Dec. 11, 2002, 2003 CPD para. 12 at 4. In this regard, our Office will not question an agency's determinations absent evidence that those determinations are unreasonable or contrary to the stated evaluation criteria. Id. Moreover, a protester's mere disagreement with the agency's judgment does not establish that an evaluation was unreasonable. UNICCO Gov't Servs., Inc., B-277658, Nov. 7, 1997, 97-2 CPD para. 134 at 7.
With respect to the Navy's evaluation of JVSCC's proposal under the organizational and team experience factor, JVSCC's marginal rating reflected the TEB's judgment that four of the six contracts that the protester identified in its proposal were not relevant, and therefore were not considered in assessing JVCC's experience. AR, Tab 6, TEB Report, at 36. The Navy explains that, in evaluating the degree to which an offeror had completed relevant projects, it used the four relevance elements identified in the RFP, under which a project would not be considered relevant where an offeror failed to satisfy any two of the elements for that project. Supplemental AR, at 1-2. JVCC argues, however, that because the RFP did not specify that projects had to meet any minimum number of relevance elements to be considered relevant, the agency's evaluation methodology was arbitrary and inconsistent with the terms of the RFP. Moreover, the protester contends that the agency's relevance evaluation was inaccurate and unreasonable.
We find from our review of the record no basis to object to the agency's assignment of an overall marginal rating to JVSCC's proposal under the organizational and team experience factor. As described above, the RFP required that each of the six projects identified by the offeror in its proposal must have been performed by the offeror as a "prime contractor," and that, where, as here, the offeror was a joint venture, each joint venture partner must have performed at least one of the projects as a prime contractor or as part of a joint venture that was the prime contractor. See RFP amend. 1, at 35. One of the projects identified by JVSCC in its proposal--the only one identified as being performed by one of the JVSCC joint venture partners, CDM--was for the "construction of electrical services" for another firm, "Mirabella S.p.a.," for the construction of a "bowling centre" at a Navy support site. See JVSCC Technical Proposal at 2, 4. The Navy concluded that this project could not be considered relevant because CDM performed this work as a subcontractor to Mirabella and not as a prime contractor.
JVSCC argues, however, that because Mirabella is the property owner and the Navy only uses the facility, CDM actually performed the electrical work as a prime contractor. The Navy responds that because CDM did not bear overall responsibility for the job of building the bowling center, but instead performed only the electrical work, CDM cannot be considered the prime contractor for the project.[3] Supplemental AR, at 3.
We find, from our review of the record, no basis to disagree with the Navy's judgment that CDM performed the work on this project as a subcontractor. The record shows that JVSCC's proposal simply stated that CDM performed the electrical work for another firm, Mirabella, for a bowling center being built for the Navy, which reasonably indicated that CDM's work on this project was performed as a subcontractor. It is an offeror's responsibility to submit a well-written proposal, with adequately detailed information which clearly demonstrates compliance with the solicitation and allows a meaningful review by the procuring agency. See CACI Techs., Inc., B-296946, Oct. 27, 2005, 2005 CPD para. 198 at 5. Moreover, JVSCC's arguments, here, do not demonstrate that the Navy's conclusions regarding CDM's performance of this project were unreasonable. In sum, the Navy reasonably found that CDM's work on this project (the only project provided for this joint venture partner) was not done as a prime contractor and therefore the Navy's marginal rating of JVSCC's proposal under this factor was consistent with the RFP.
JVSCC also objects to the Navy's evaluation of its proposal under the second factor, "organizational past performance," arguing that the agency's "arbitrary evaluation methodology from Factor 1 had the highly prejudicial effect of precluding consideration of two thirds of JVSCC's past performance surveys." Protester's Comments on Supplemental AR, at 7. Specifically, JVSCC complains that the Navy should have considered the protester's performance under a number of the projects that the Navy concluded were not relevant.
The Navy found that only two of JVSCC's six identified projects were relevant; of those two projects, only one of the provided references responded to the Navy, despite the agency's repeated attempts to contact the other reference.[4] That one reference from which the Navy received feedback informed the Navy that JVSCC's performance of the project had been good. The Navy concluded, given the lack of past performance information and that no strengths were identified in JVSCC's past performance, that JVSCC's proposal merited a satisfactory rating.
On this record, even if we accept JVSCC's arguments that the Navy should have considered the protester's performance under a number of the projects that the Navy had found not relevant, we find that JVSCC has not shown a reasonable possibility that it was prejudiced by the Navy's assessment of the firm's past performance as satisfactory.[5] Athough JVSCC identified two projects out of the six it had proposed (other than CDM's subcontract project) that were considered to be not relevant by the Navy and for which JVSCC claims that it had excellent past performance,[6] there is no showing that this could reasonably result in a higher past performance rating for JVSCC, given that the firm failed to provide past performance information for all its joint venture partners as contemplated by the RFP. In addition, JVSCC has not shown that a higher rating under the past performance factor would have improved JVSCC's overall competitive position, given that, as noted above, the protester had significantly lower evaluation ratings than the awardee under all of the non-price evaluation factors.
JVSCC also challenges the Navy's evaluation of its proposal under the "management approach" factor, for which JVSCC's proposal was also rated as marginal. The Navy found under this factor that the protester's proposal was "marginally written," failed to explain its processes or plans, failed to include key personnel resumes that adequately demonstrated the experience and qualifications of its proposed personnel, failed to clearly show its organizational structure, and failed to provide sufficient detail to explain the firm's quality control program. AR, Tab 6, TEB Report, at 39-40.
Although JVSCC contends that its proposal adequately addressed each of this factor's subfactors and should have received a higher rating, our review of the record provides no basis to disagree with the agency's judgment that JVSCC's proposal only generally responded to the management approach subfactors. For example, under the "Construction Process Management" subfactor, the evaluators found that JVSCC's "process management approach proposal was marginally written and did not clearly explain its proposed process management for the Joint Venture's plan in executing the proposed requirements under this . . . contract." We agree. As the evaluation report pointed out, the protester's proposal reiterated the experience of the three separate companies in the implementation of IDIQ or job-order-contract type construction projects by two of the joint venture partners, without making clear what role the third partner would have in the organization and process management for construction implementation. AR, Tab 6, TEB Report, at 39; AR, Tab 4, JVSCC's technical proposal, at 8. In addition, the evaluators found that JVSCC's process management explanation was "very elementary and marginally adequate." AR, Tab 6, TEB Report, at 39. JVSCC has not shown that judgment to be unreasonable. While JVSCC disagrees with the Navy's evaluation judgments, its disagreement is not sufficient to establish that the agency acted unreasonably. Entz Aerodyne, Inc., B'293531, Mar. 9, 2004, 2004 CPD para. 70 at 3.
JVSCC also disagrees with the Navy's assignment of a satisfactory rating to the firm's proposal under the "safety" factor. The Navy found that, although the firm's proposal generally addressed the safety plan elements and other requirements, it did not provide "good detail" of the safety-related duties of all on-site personnel. In this regard, the Navy concluded that the protester's safety plan/accident prevention plan was "more or less" a narrative summary of excerpts of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Health and Safety Regulations Manual. The Navy also expressed concern that JVSCC reported no lost workdays or recordable incidents over a 5-year period. AR, Tab 6, TEB Report, at 41. JVSCC objects to the agency's concern with JVSCC's reported Lost Workday Incident Rate and Recordable Incident Rate but does not dispute the agency's assessment that the firm had failed to provide a detailed safety plan and that it had merely summarized the Corps of Engineers manual. Under the circumstances, although the Navy provided little support for its documented concern that the joint venture partners had not reported any lost workdays or recordable incidents over a 5-year period, we find no basis to conclude that JVSCC's proposal would merit a higher than satisfactory rating where the protester does not dispute the Navy's other documented concerns with the firm's discussion of its safety plan.
JVSCC also challenges the Navy's evaluation of La Termica's technical proposal in a number of regards. For example, JVSCC contends that La Termica's technical proposal exceeded the RFP's page limitation with respect to past performance information. The RFP, as amended, however, informed offerors that past performance evaluations would not be included in the page limitation. Supplemental AR at 4; RFP, amend. 2, at 1. JVSCC also raises a number of other fairly minor objections to the Navy's evaluation of La Termica's technical proposal, such as generally arguing that the evaluators were biased in favor of the awardee and that three of the construction projects La Termica cited in its technical proposal included no design work. We have reviewed each of these challenges and find no basis to object to the Navy's evaluation of the awardee's proposal.
The protest is denied.
Daniel I. Gordon
Acting General Counsel
[1] The RFP provided that technical proposals could receive adjectival ratings of excellent, good, satisfactory, marginal, or poor. In addition, proposals could receive a neutral rating under the past performance factor, where an offeror had no relevant past performance to assess. RFP amend. 1, at 32-33.
[2] La Termica's and JVSCC's proposals received the following factor ratings:
Organizational/Team Experience
Organizational Past Performance
Management Approach
La Termica
AR, Tab 6, TEB Report, at 5.
[3] In support of its position, the Navy has submitted a statement by the facility operations specialist who was responsible for maintaining and operating all the facilities at the Navy support site where the bowling center was constructed, stating as follows:
I know that the Bowling Center was constructed by Mirabella as prime contractor, using subcontractors for specialty work such as mechanical installation, electrical installation, architectural finishings and the like. I know this because I was working in the same position during the construction of this facility and any field changes necessary were negotiated between the Navy and Mirabella as prime contractor/lessor for this facility.
Id., exh. A.
[4] The RFP warned offerors that it was their responsibility to provide accurate contact information for references and that the "[f]ailure of references to be able to respond to past performance inquiries may preclude the evaluator's ability to assign a past performance rating of satisfactory or higher." RFP amend. 1, at 36.
[5] Prejudice is an element of every viable protest, and our Office will not sustain a protest unless the protester demonstrates a reasonable possibility that it was prejudiced by the agency's actions; that is, unless the protester demonstrates that but for the agency's actions, it would have had a reasonable possibility of receiving award. Cogent Sys., Inc., B-295990.4, B-295990.5, Oct. 6, 2005, 2005 CPD para. 179, at 10.
[6] JVSCC also argues that CDM's performance of the electrical subcontractor work for Mirabella warranted an excellent/good past performance rating. However, as noted above, the Navy reasonably found that this work was not performed by CDM as a prime contractor and was, under the terms of the RFP, not considered relevant. RFP amend. 1, at 36.
Oct 28, 2020
Tetra Tech, Inc.
We deny the protest.
Inalab Consulting, Inc.
We deny the protest.
Quanterion Solutions, Inc.
We deny the protest.
Oct 27, 2020
Silver Investments, Inc.
We dismiss the protest as untimely because it was filed more than 10 days after the protester knew, or should have known, the basis for its protest.
CareFusion Solutions, LLC
We dismiss the protest.
Open SAN Consulting, LLC
We deny the protest.
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Director Milos Forman and "Law & Order" boss Dick Wolf are among those tapped to receive this year's DGA Honors from the helmers' guild.
Award recognizes individuals and orgs that have made "distinguished contributions to American culture" through their impact on the worlds of film and TV. Also set for DGA Honors are Robert Rosen, dean of UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television; U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.); and Irwin Young, chairman of Gotham post-production giant DuArt.
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Oh XL-ent!
Is that "simply" an attachment for the grinder?
Where do you get the skins?
The variations are endless, must have a go at that. We'd be eating sausages for weeks!
Looks so damn appealing right now.
JXL - yup, just an attachment. That black plastic cone that has the skins on in photo two - that's all it is. I got the skins from my butcher, but they can be bought online.
Got some lamb in the fridge. Might try lamb sausages. The idea of Long Puddings came to me last night too.
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We are pleased to have completed the installation of the Automatic Museum Guide at the Þórbergssetur Museum, located at Hali in Suðursveit, Iceland. The guide offers a lively addition and enriches the interpretation and stories of the remarkable writer Þórbergur Þórðarson.
The visitor explores the museum with headphones on, listening to stories and discovering the artifacts by using a smartphone with iBeacon technology for automatic indoor location detection.
There is no need to pay any attention to the Museum Guide as the stories present themselves automatically at the right locations. If the visitor wants to dig further, more information is available on-screen, like commentaries and reference material.
It has been a great experience to get to know the people behind the museum and assist them in developing the guide and presenting the content. Their vision is clear, bringing to life stories of the past, to their modern visitors.
After receiving the script, Locatify took care of the content production pipeline and the translations with the aid of our contractors.
The narrations were originally available in English and Icelandic, but this summer 7 more languages have been added, including; German, Spanish, France, Chinese, Japanese, Swedish and even Esperanto, as Þórbergur believed that language would help uniting people.
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When the first two languages were ready, we delivered the Museum Guide devices which were hung up with headphones in a cabinet. Then the iBeacons from Kontakt.io were installed for the automatic story telling to work. The beacons were tightly secured hidden away behind the scenes. The reception staff were trained and visitors began enjoying the audio guide.
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Shah Mahmood Qureshi the new Prime Minister?
While the whole nation is resorting to conspiracy theories to explain even the most basic things, let me also speculate about an important event that is about to happen. Shah Mahmood Qureshi, our Foreign Minister, might get the slot for Prime Minister of Pakistan in place of the incumbent Yusuf Raza Gilani. So, why I say that? Please read on.
The successful completion of the lawyers' "Long March" and the restoration of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has severly detrimented the political standing of President Asif Ali Zardari. He was let down by his advisers like Governor Salmaan Taseer and Interior Adviser Rehman Malik into believing that the lawyers pose no threat and that even the support of Nawaz Sharif won't muster enough street power to force the government to restore the CJ. But, massive popularity (at least in the urban Punjab) for Iftikhar Chaudhry forced the government to restore him. This reduced the popularity graph of the President, but at the same time enhanced the image of PM Gilani who was constantly portrayed by media as doing the right thing (restore the CJ, allying with PML-N), but unable to accomplish it because of forces beyond him (the presidency?). In fact, it was also reported by the media that PM Gilani opposed the Governor's rule in Punjab and wanted to restore Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif as soon as possible. Hence, what was happening was that all the good things were being attributed to the PM, and all the bad things were being pointed to the President.
Then, there is the issue of PM Gilani asserting himself to the detriment of President Zardari. According to newspaper reports, Gilani sided with Gen Ashfaq Kayani to restore the CJ and CM Shahbaz Sharif. He also sacked Maj Gen Mahmud Ali Durrani, the National Security Adviser, for not consulting him prior to leaking the identity of Ajmal Kasab. This episode was a snub for Zardari, as he was the one who hired Durrani at the first place and wanted to see him around longer. Gilani also appears closer to the Sharif brothers and the PML-N mitigating the traditional rivalry between the two parties that has been the bane of voters for the last two decades. It has been along these lines that two parties extract votes from the populace and Gilani is trying to dilute them. So in short, Zardari is unhappy with Gilani and he can argue with the party that why Gilani has to removed as the PM.
But first, Zardari needs to gain the political capital he lost in the CJ/CM episode. Recently, he called the editors and columnists of major newspapers to the presidency and explained to them his position. They have been writing positive articles about him since. Next he needs to remove the advisers that are political liabilities for him. (The recent editorial of The News mentions Taseer being removed). And then, Zardari will go for checkmate. He will remove Gilani and appoint Shah Mahmood Qureshi as the new Prime Minister.
Why Qureshi? Because Qureshi is urbane, suave minister from Multan who is the current Foreign Minister (next in line only to the Prime Minister). He is perhaps the only PPP leader to have the support of the so-called liberal/secular elite of Pakistan. His political views are much in line with Zardari's; like war on terrorism, tackling the financial burden through IMF and Friends of Pakistan, and normalizing relations with India and Afghanistan, etc. Moreover, Qureshi is a new entrant to PPP, only being nominated as President PPP Punjab in 2006. Therefore, he will not have created a big following within the party, unlike Gilani who has been PPP's vice chairman since 1998 and despite 5 years of incarceration, he didn't buy his way out of jail and so will retain a larger following. Therefore, Qureshi can't be a nuisance to Zardari as Gilani could be. And last but not the least, Qureshi's performance as the Foreign Minister has been exemplary. His dealings with India after the Mumbai attacks made headlines and his performace vis-a-vis America has been appreciable. Therefore, Zardari can build his case in front of the people about this change.
So why this is about to happen now? Recently Qureshi was in Multan building the case for war on terror and appealing for national consensus and political stability – not the most critical statements for a Foreign Minister. And Qureshi was also present in the high-powered meeting of the President, PM, COAS and ANP chief to discuss the challenges of militancy in Swat and FATA. It seems that Qureshi has more on his plate than a usual Foreign Minister.
I would say that Shah Mahmood Qureshi is definately on the move. If not the PM now, we would surely see him there once before the current government dissolves.
The Saudi Strategy
Allow me to state some facts: 1) the recently concluded military deal between British and Saudi governments will deliver 72 Eurofighter Typhoons to Saudi Arabia, which makes it one of the six and the only country outside Western Europe to operate the most sophisticated aircraft. This deal places the Saudis just behind the world's five nuclear powers, Japan, Germany and India in terms of annual military expenditure. 2) The Saudi King Abdullah in 2007 helped unite the warring factions of Hamas and Fatah, and launched a peace initiative between Israel and Palestine. Although the effort failed, it depicts the changing attitudes of Saudi monarchy towards the decades old conflict if we compare it to the anti-Zionist and pan-Islamic stand of the late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. 3) And of course, the Saudi government is sitting on 262 billion barrels of oil, the largest in the world.
This is the image of a regional power, whose power outgrows its region, Arabia. Conceivably, the Saudi monarchy could be planning and implementing policies for such influence since its independence in 1932, or possibly luck continually stayed on its side as the monarchy persevered external and internal threats. But, the fact of the matter is that we have on our hands the region's most stable state, armed with the latest western weaponry and unending oil money that is confident in itself to make changes in the world according to its own interests. They have on their side the alliance of the West, the well-wishes of the fellow Muslim countries, and a tamer local populace thanks to the combination of authoritarian diktat and frivolous social spending.
Most of the modern history of Saudi Arabia or more specifically the area of Hejaz, the western and the more populated part of the kingdom, has seen the yoke of foreign rule. The Ottomans who ruled Hejaz for more than 400 years were mostly Turks, which exacerbated the Arab-Turk power struggle towards the end of their rule. Their struggle was then molded into a definite shape by the British agent T.E. Lawrence (famously called the Lawrence of Arabia) who gave the Arabs hope that they too could one day govern themselves. However, the defeat and breakup of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War and the rise of Al-Saud family didn't bring stability to the region. It took 14 more years for then King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud to actually unify the kingdom into its present form in 1932. Then, the discovery of oil in 1938 helped sow the seeds of future prosperity, but not without the fundamentalist ideology impacting its society and other Muslim nations.
The rise of the House of Saud imbued the future kingdom with puritan version of Islam or Wahhabism. The founding prince of Saud dynasty sought the help of Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab in the 18th century, the ideologue who professed the strictest application of Islam, to defeat the rival tribes. Hence, the enforcement of Wahhabi Islam became inevitable in modern Saudi Arabia, not only because it led the House of Saud to victory, but also because the successive kings thought of it as a unifying force. This version was later exported to other Muslim countries, specifically to the South and Central Asia in the name of aggrandizing the concept of "Ummah." The New York Times reporter Thomas L. Friedman observed a portrait of King Faisal in a Pakistani madrassa near the northwestern town of Peshawar.
All of this may be true, but the Saudi model of influence was not always on the ascent in the Arab and Muslim world. The Baath model in Iraq and Syria, the pan-Arab model of Gamal Abdel Nasser, or even the Islamist model of Sayyid Qutb (implemented by al-Qaeda) had been threat at various times to the generally pro-American stance of the Saudi and other Gulf countries. It was a legitimate threat because all of the above models were perceived anti-colonialist and/or anti-imperialist unlike the Saudi model, and thus gained far more public support. But, failure to free the population of economic and political hardships, all of these political and social movements lost the same public support. Thus, what remained was the neoliberal, free market, and pro-West monarchial paradigm represented chiefly by the Saudi kings.
On the economic front, the Saudi economy is shifting from oil manufacturing to oil-based products. The primary example is that of SABIC, one of the world's largest chemicals fertilizers company. Although, the economy would continue to be based on oil in the near future, but with projects like the $26bn King Abdullah Economic City on the coast of Red Sea, the country's infrastructure, energy, ports and shipping industries will be getting a major boost. Even Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal's 4.4% stake in the Citigroup says a lot about the diversification of Saudi money, as he too is a member of the royal family.
Militarily, the Royal Saudi Air Force will be getting the 72 Typhoons in the near future, which would be joining the 110 American F-15's and the 100 European Tornados, making RSAF having the qualitative edge matched only by the Israeli Air Force in the region. Similarly, Saudi Army has the latest 380 M1 Abrams tank, the Main Battle Tank of the United States Army. These acquisitions were only possible because Saudi Arabia spends up to $21bn annually on military hardware. Perhaps, Matt Damon's character in the movie Syriana was off the mark when he said that "a hundred years ago you were living in tents out here in the desert chopping each other's heads off and that's where you'll be in another hundred years."
In the foreign policy arena, being pragmatic is the best way to describe the Saudi putsch. They let the Israeli jets use their airspace in 1984 when they were on their way to bomb the Osiraq Nuclear plant in Iraq, because a Baathist Iraq was a threat to Saudi Arabia. But, such an intrusion was clearly disapproved when America invaded Iraq in 2003, thus leading to evicting the American military presence on Saudi land, which was earlier invited at the onset of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. At first, it was the threat from Saddam Hussein, and later it was the following the public appeal. On the other hand, the year 2008 featured the first Saudi king to visit the Vatican and holding a conference in Madrid promoting religious peace.
This is the Saudi Arabia that is on its way to become the regional superpower. Only Israel can match its domination, but Israel needs Saudi more than Saudi needs Israel because of the Arab-Israeli conflict. As long as Turkey is looking towards EU for prosperity, the stage is set for the desert kingdom to dominate the Middle East, which has no threat as far north as Europe and as east as India. Combined with the Wahhabi ideology, petrodollars, and a pragmatic foreign policy backed by a strong military, the Saudi monarchy is witnessing the growth of its power that has an impact far beyond its borders. This is the finest case of oil money being well spent as opposed to its annoying neighbor Iran, which thinks it can challenge the sole superpower with its aged Soviet weaponry, rusting industrial houses, a rigid and dangerous foreign policy and which exports its crude oil to buy back refined oil because it lacks adequate oil refineries.
Movie Review: Khamosh Pani (2003)
I pray too, but that doesn't mean I don't think.
Zubeida's disappointment with her ex-lover Saleem described the essence of the film Khamosh Pani, or Silent Waters. The unending struggle between literalist interpretation of religion and a more moderate approach to it has been captured beautifully in the 1979 Charkhi village in the province of Punjab. The year also marked the advent of the Zia's Islamic value system imposed on the country, which we saw being implicated in the small dusty Punjabi village. We see the simple lifestyle of the villagers being transformed by the politically-oriented city boys of Lahore.
Certainly, Lahori influence on the Charkhi village is not unprecedented. Islamic history is replete with such examples where the conservative literalists that advocated imitation of the Islamic jurisprudence clashed with the liberal reformers who supported broadening of the sources of understanding by reconciling Western philosophies with their Islamic counterparts. Where the Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun's reign of religious and cultural open-mindedness catapulted Islamic arts and sciences and ushered the Islamic Golden Age, the later Abbasid Al-Qadir's outlawing of Mu'tazili school effectively ended the philosophy in Islamic thought. The great philosopher Ibn-Sina's (Avicenna) reconciling of Western thought with Islamic overtone was later challenged by Al-Ghazali (Algazel) who rejected Hellenic philosophy as mere heresy. Moorish Spain saw similar trends as Abd-ar-Rahman III's reign featured freedom of religion, but the later invasions of the conservative Almohad Berbers saw Jew and Christians being persecuted and expelled from Iberian peninsula. Khamosh Pani portrays this classical scuffle in a Punjabi flavor in the modern post-partition era where Charkhi's way of live is under siege.
Khamosh Pani, directed by Sabiha Sumer, a filmmaker of Pakistani descent, is a story of middle-aged woman named Ayesha who lives with her son Saleem in the village in central Punjab. After her husband's death, she is left with her only son, who in turn is in love with the local girl, Zubeida. All is well until two religio-political students enter the village. With their sugar-coated message of spiritual rejuvenation, these two set in motion the process of religious partisanship based on their rigid interpretation of piousness. Later, these devouts storm the Sikh yatrees, who came to the village for their annual pilgrimage
One can easily denounce the methods of those two boys as self-serving and agenda-oriented, but seeing the locals turning into marauding machines (in one part, we see the local villagers armed with bamboo sticks charging through the market to threaten the Sikh pilgrims) can terrify just about anybody. May be this could help explain Veero's loss of hope for his son towards the end of the movie as he too has crossed the Rubicon and she does the unthinkable.
The film is wedded with so many explicit and implicit incidents, that to interpret them in a single article is not possible. The local barber's outburst at the mullah that "Do I need a kid like you to tell me what Allah has or hasn't decreed," the mullah's raising of girl school's walls so that "they could be confined to their homes, " and the mullah's rendering of VCR as "an American machine" speak volume of narrow-mindedness of the religio-political inclined mullah.
The film ends on an interesting, but cynical note. We see two advertisements; one says "crescent" and the other "liberty." The former being the part of the national flag of Pakistan and its Islamic character and the latter being its true intention behind its founding. But, this idealism was crushed early on at the hands of inept rulers paving the way for more organized clergy to step in. Now, these two adverts could very well be the classical dichotomy undermining the existence of the country.
Movie Review: The Battle of Algiers (1966)
It's difficult to start a revolution, even more difficult to sustain one, and still more difficult to win one.
These were the words that defined the epic struggle of Algeria against the French occupation; captured meticulously on celluloid by Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo in his docudrama The Battle of Algiers. This 1966 black-and-white narrative was shot around the neighborhood of Casbah, in downtown Algiers, couple of years after Algeria gained independence from France in 1962. The gruesome recreation of French persecution of the Algerian populace to sustain control appalled the world and the film stayed banned in France for many years.
Many watchers will perceive Algiers' vintage documentary style and finely crafted battle scenes to be actual war footage. In fact the realism of its skirmish settings became synonymous with guerrilla tactics of the 1960's and 1970's. The kidnapping and torture occurrences of Argentinean Dirty Wars were highly reminiscent of Colonel Mathieu's methods of information extraction. Parallels were even drawn with the conduct of insurgents in the current Iraq War with FLN, the Algerian revolutionary group that fought the French. There was an official State Department screening of the film in 2004 to educate policymakers and intelligence officials about the urban warfare and stakes involved in it.
Based on the memoirs of Saadi Yacef, one of the military commanders of FLN or National Liberation Front, Battle of Algiers portrayed the resentment of the masses against the French colonialists that grew each day. The plot revolved around Ali La Pointe, an uneducated and unemployed youth, who became the symbol of revolution. His struggle inspired three women who stopped at nothing to emancipate Maghreb from the scourge of the west. Even the general public shared the mood of resistance, as women performed the traditional "ululation" after each tactical or moral victory against the invaders.
"Should France remain in Algeria? If your answer is 'yes,' then you must accept all the consequences." This was the question Col. Mathieu asked the French people: Either we could glorify our colonial possessions or vindicate ourselves by 'doing unto others (Algeria, et al) as we would have them (read Nazi Germany) do onto us.' Sadly, the French chose the former and unleashed terror to tame dissent. Thus began the tit-for-tat; one force would launch attack on the other, which provoked revenge of greater intensity. But, the causalities of the deadly game were civilians: French and Algerian alike. State terror proved fatal and the French won the battle, but not the war. The seeds of discontentment were sowed, which eventually led to the expulsion of the French in 1962. Hail to FLN!
Alas, the euphoria didn't last long. Three decades of FLN rule harbored corruption and obstructed democratic progress, which brewed antipathy towards the government. Casbah, the site of anti-colonialist forces now became the site of anti-establishment activities. However, this time the movement didn't materialize in another form of Marxist-socialist revolutionary, but a religio-political entity called Islamic Salvation Front or FIS. Such was the popularity of the party that it won the 1992 general elections, but was denied to form a government by the military-FLN nexus. Thus, FIS resorted to guerrilla warfare; a period we now call the Algerian Civil War.
Gillo Pontecorvo visited Algeria in 1992 after three decades, and to his dismay the public vented anger on him for the European states indifference for Algerian military government's suppression of political freedom and west's mocking of the religion Islam. He had to clarify that he was a friend of Algeria and the director of one of the most important films about Algerian War of Independence; they say only an Italian could have made.
The Analysis of General Zia-ul-Haq in 1988
There isn't much to discuss about the legacy of General Zia-ul-Haq's brutal regime. The menace of sectarian violence, sacrilege of democracy, curtailing of political freedom, and embarking of Army into every spheres of life, are all attributed to eleven years of direct military rule. But such a scathing review didn't come when the general died in a plane crash (or sabotage) on August 17, 1988.
Shahid Javed Burki, the former VP of World Bank and finance minister of Pakistan, had a softer opinion about Zia, when he wrote "Pakistan Under Zia 1977-1988" in the Asian Survey of October 1988. The Economist on August 20, 1988 also shared his constructive approach; "Zia the soldier has a decent place in the momentous recent history of the region."
Burki's analysis focuses on Zia's economic achievement, his alliance with America to defend Pakistan from the scourge of communism, and his popularity amongst the "shurafaa" or the middle class, who were being sidelined by Bhutto's socialism, and to whom Zia's policies were directed. Burki doesn't even criticize the regime's Islamization policies and accredits them to Zia's religious background and his true belief in Islamic reformation (these policies were later on debunked by General K.M. Arif, the deputy of Zia, as mere policy ploy by Zia to keep him in power). The author believes that if Zia started a political party, he would have surely won.
Being born in a poor Arain family that were historically farmers and not characterized as martial races by the British, Zia's rise through the Sandhurst-educated Army echelons was characterized by the author as remarkable. His adherence to Islam throughout this ordeal and his avoidance of all worldly evils shows Zia's aversion to not only the moral corruption but also the political corruption that plagued the nation from its birth. Thus, Zia worked or intended to work in the best interests of the country.
Burki contends that Zia's political longetivity was not only the result of West's support, as it is believed now, but due to his statesmanship and vision. Zia's siding with the Americans in the heat of Cold War was his political genius and earned him respect from all over the world, with massive aid flowing in the country. Zia's brilliant handling of the Army's senior command did not lead to a single instance of coup within the Army, his main source of power. Unlike Ayub Khan, who made Yahya the military chief and was later overthrown by him, Zia made it a policy to keep the Army leadership in rotation, thus minimizing their chances of officers to create a following of their own. Even Bhutto's hanging was a momentous decision; there was no political backlash, in fact none whatsoever during the eleven years of power, as long as middle class interests were protected.
It is ironic that the policies one leader sets into motion do not bear effect even during a decade-long government. Zia's overt support of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to be the leader of Afghanistan after the communists was supplanted by Zia's successors to support the Taliban, once Hetmatyar was out of the picture. The destruction it brought to Pakistan in terms of influx of millions of Afghan refugees and infiltration of drugs and weapons cannot be denied. The acceleration of Pakistani nuclear program by the Zia's regime did bring us the bomb, but only at the cost of slapping Pakistan with economic and military sanctions, once the Afghan operation was over. These policies nearly declared our country to be a rogue state.


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Family Resources
The Jesus Story Book Bible
By Sally Lloyd-Jones
The Jesus Storybook Bible tells the Story beneath all the stories in the Bible. At the center of the Story is a baby, the child upon whom everything will depend. Every story whispers his name. From Noah to Moses to the great King David---every story points to him. From the Old Testament through the New Testament, as the Story unfolds, children will pick up the clues and piece together the puzzle. This Bible invites children to join in the greatest of all adventures, to discover for themselves that Jesus is at the center of God's great story of salvation---and at the center of their Story too.
The Big Picture Story Book Bible
by David Helm
Simply written and beautifully illustrated, this book teaches children the Bible's whole story so they can begin to appreciate the fulfillment of God's promise to his people. The Big Picture Story Bible is perfect for parents to read to their children and for older children to read on their own.
Shepherding a Child's Heart
by Ted Tripp
Written for parents with children of any age, this insightful book provides perspectives and procedures for shepherding your child's heart into the paths of life. Shepherding a Child's Heart gives fresh biblical approaches to child rearing.
Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus
by Elyse Fitzpatrick
Give Them Grace is a revolutionary perspective on parenting that shows us how to receive the gospel afresh and give grace in abundance, helping our children know the dazzling love of Jesus and respond with heartfelt obedience.
Family Shepherds: Calling and Equipping Men to Lead Their Homes
by Voddie Baucham
Family Shepherds calls men to be held accountable for their God-given responsibilities in their homes. Baucham's clear style and practical approach will spur men to protect their marriage, raise kingdom-minded children, value the synergy between church and home, and navigate difficult family dynamics.
Big Truths for Young Hearts: Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God
by Bruce Ware
With Big Truths for Young Hearts, Bruce Ware encourages and enables parents of children 6-14 years of age to teach theology at a level their children can understand. Parents can teach their children the great truths of the faith and shape their worldviews early, based on these truths. With this non-intimidating format, parents will be emboldened to be their children's primary faith trainers-and perhaps learn a few things themselves along the way.
Helping Children Understand the Gospel
by Sally Michael, Jill Nelson, and Bud Burk
This booklet explores the following: preparing the hearts of children to hear the Gospel; discerning stages of spiritual growth; communicating the essential truths of the Gospel; and presenting the Gospel in an accurate and child-friendly manner. This booklet includes a 10-week family devotional to help parents explain the Gospel to their children.
Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens
by Paul Tripp
Teenage hassles that disrupt parents? lives? Or prime opportunities to connect with, listen to, and nurture our kids? Paul Tripp uncovers the heart issues affecting parents and their teenagers during the often chaotic adolescent years. With wit, wisdom, humility, and compassion, he shows parents how to seize the countless opportunities to deepen communication, learn, and grow with their teenagers.
Girl Talk: Mother Daughter Discussion on Biblical Womanhood
by Carolyn Mahaney and Nicole Mahaney Whitacre
A mother is her daughter's first role model, teacher, and friend, and she carries the responsibility of passing on to her daughter a legacy of biblical womanhood. Join mother-daughter team Carolyn Mahaney and Nicole Whitacre as they give you insights and suggestions on how to talk-really talk-to each other about what it means to become a godly woman.
Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teenage Years
by Dennis and Barbara Rainey
Barbara and Dennis Rainey map out the unfamiliar, demanding landscape of both pre-adolescence (ages 10-12), as well as the teen years that follow. In Parenting Today's Adolescent the Rainey's help children and parents build a satisfying relationship while forging a vision for a productive, God-honoring life-before, during, and after adolescence.
A Father's Guide to Blessing His Children
by David Michael
David Michael is convinced that pronouncing blessings upon our children is a powerful way to plead for God's grace upon them and to give them a vision for what we hope they will become. Includes blessing cards, each based on a biblical text, with prayers that flow from a father's heart for his daughters and a pastor's heart for the children in his church.
Helping Children Understand the Gospel
by Sally Michael, Jill Nelson, and Bud Burk
This booklet explores the following topics: preparing the hearts of children to hear the Gospel; discerning stages of spiritual growth; communicating the essential truths of the Gospel; and presenting the Gospel in an accurate and child-friendly manner. Includes a 10-week family devotional to help parents explain the Gospel to their children.
Preparing Young People for Baptism
By David Michael
Baptism is a significant act of obedience in the life of a believer. Pastor David Michael is eager to equip the church to responsibly oversee the ordinance of baptism for young people without usurping the privilege of spiritual leadership God has given to parents.


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What's Meerkat? Explaining the New Video Service
Meerkat, a video streaming app, appeared out of nowhere and in mere days picked up a lot of social media attention. Meerkat's Ryan Cooley discusses the app with Sara Murray. Photo: Meerkat
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