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Tick Tock IX: The Not Yet Nation
Posted by sepoy on November 16, 2007 · 9 mins read
Several senior administration officials said that with each day that passed, more administration officials were coming around to the belief that General Musharraf's days in power were numbered and that the United States should begin considering contingency plans, including reaching out to Pakistan's generals. NYT, U.S. Is Looking Past Musharraf in Case He Falls, Nov 15, 2007.
I have argued, for a while and to earlier criticisms, that the American support for Pervez Musharraf is wrong-headed - not just on ideological terms (our self-proclaimed call for Freedom's March Across the Muslim World) but also in strategic terms (our efforts to eliminate al-Qaeda and counter extremist ideologies in Western Asia).
The support for Musharraf on ideological terms seems to me to be a rather indefensible position but people still manage to do it, including the White House. The defense hinges on the "Not Yet Thesis" - freedom is good, dictators are bad, but Pakistan is not yet ready for freedom and must depend on dictators to build civic institutions, train the electorate and, in future, bring democracy. (Which is akin to waiting for the fox to install security in the henhouse. Makes perfect sense.)
We maintain that the man we know - a benevolent dictator named Pervez Musharraf - is better than the multitudes we do not know. We fear the multitudes on two fronts. One is that we conceive of them as masses without politics - forever hostage to gross religious and ideological provocations. Masses which do not constitute a body politic or act with an interest in self-preservation or self-growth. Faced with that absence of reason, we are forced to support native royals to do the job (from Egypt to Pakistan). We justify it by stressing that we may not like these dictators but we know that if we did not have them, the masses would instantly betray us to the very forces of extremism that we seek to destroy. This ignores, of course, actual historical and political realities in those countries. This disengagement means that our knowledge remains sketchy, undifferentiated and reliant on gross generalizations of the "masses". It intimately links us to the gross abuses of power that our dictators exert - with means provided by us. Second is that these masses are Muslim. This fear grounded in our history can, at best, be understood as the fear of the "Other" and, at worst, as the Lewis/Huntington model of civilizational clash. Either case, it is borne out of our inherent belief in "difference". They are not like us. They do not possess reason, etc. (Ask Dick Cheney why nuclear deterrence worked with the Soviets but cannot work with Iranians.)
The strategic case is just as nonsensical. The fight against extremism is a fight that ordinary Pakistani citizens have much more at stake in. It is their immediate freedoms that are threatened by the Talibanization of their society. It is their frustrations that are being capitalized upon by the Islamists. The historical, political and social trends have always clearly shown that the Pakistani publics predominantly prefer a moderate and open society. If we really are serious, we need to empower the Pakistani publics and not facilitate their oppression.
The conventional wisdom, however, remains against such a reading. Take Fareed Zakaria's Pakistan's Pinstripe Revolution in Newsweek - where he feels that benevolent dictators should be cut some slack and that Pakistan needs that helping hand. But Zakaria seems to misread Pakistan's judicial and political history and, at the very least, Musharraf's entire public persona. He argues that the judicial problems of Musharraf begin in 1999 when he asked - for the first time - for the Supreme Court justices to resign and re-take their oaths of allegiance. What he fails to point out is that Musharraf was simply following in the footsteps of every dictatorial regime in Pakistan - all of whom asked the judiciary to re-take their oaths - and that the judiciary acquiesced in every single case. The 'new-ness' of Pakistan's recent judicial crisis is that only recently did they decide not to rubber stamp the military regime. The causes for this break are diverse and I have outlined them elsewhere.
Zakaria makes further dubious claims: "He turned the country's strategic orientation away from the Taliban, revived the economy with real reforms, empowered women and spoke out against the pernicious influence of Islamic extremism." He turned the country away from the Taliban insofar as he didn't. The Taliban continue to find solace and refuge in the northwestern province and his relationship with Karzai's regime have never gone below the boiling point. He revived the economy insofar as the US has poured 10 billion dollars into the Pakistani military-industrial complex since 2001. This influx of money has created the biggest land and industry holding entity in Pakistan's history - the Pakistan Army. Please look at Ayesha Siddiqa's Military, Inc. for a solid understanding of that immediate history. Empowered women insofar as he allowed the Hisba Bill to pass in NWFP and it was only the Supreme Court that stepped in to stop it. And finally, on that Islamic extremism front. I do not really think that publishing an editorial in the Washington Post about "Enlightened Moderation" qualifies as doing much if one constantly cuts deals with Islamist militants in NWFP, Swat, Quetta and Islamist parties in Islamabad.
Another recent piece, Lee Smith's Mixed Messages, in Slate, is even worse. It argues not only that we should support Musharraf but that that is the only way to combat extremism. Leaving aside the Orientalist reading of history, Smith appears horribly misinformed about Pakistan. He claims, for example, that, "The Pakistani military, as is the case with most armed forces in the Muslim world, is the citadel of the country's modernity, its most significant secular institution and protector not only of the modern nation state but the idea of the nation state itself." I don't really know what being a citadel of modernity actually means, but the Pakistan Army has undergone a rigorous program of Islamization and faith-based militancy since Zia ul Haq in 1979. Whatever lingering secularism is there belongs to the older cadre of senior staff that came into the military pre-80s. Folks like Musharraf. The main troop strength comes from rural Punjab, Baluchistan and the Northwestern province, and no one is reading Karl Marx or Nietzsche, I assure you.
Therein lies the heart of our problems with making an ideological or strategic case for aligning with dictators. We trust and privilege the narratives they provide us. Musharraf, like Zia ul Haq before him, has successfully explained Pakistan and the world to us. The forces of darkness hover at the border and only the rightfully guided leader can shepherd the nation. For Musharraf the bugaboo is extremism, for Zia ul Haq it was Communism. In both cases, we pumped amazing amounts of liquid cash and military hardware into Pakistan and waited for the eventual victory. Somehow we still act surprised when victory doesn't materialize.
The good news is that, as I watch the Democratic Presidential debate, Biden, Obama, Edwards and Richardson are all agreeing that we need democracy in Pakistan more than we need to prop up Musharraf's dictatorship. The tide is shifting. The people of Pakistan may yet escape the not yet.
See Tick Tock Series ... VIII, VII, VI, V, IV, III, II, I for our journey so far.
Jawad | November 15, 2007
Hey, I thought you were going to spare that poor sad sack Zakaria. Zakaria and Smith are already in a tiny minority that is cozy to Musharraf. The conversation is rapidly turning towards Benazir is the Team America savior. I am blogging about shift and proposing strategies on how to steer the conversation right past Benazir and towards the rule of law.
aswin | November 16, 2007
Thank you for this and all the earlier round-ups.
sepoy | November 16, 2007
Jawad: You are right, esp. after you did a good job fisking Zakaria. But the post demanded that I provide some counter arguments. On BB, more coming. Aswin: Thanks, mate.
Andrew R. | November 16, 2007
Is there some means that the South Asianist (not sure if that's a word, but I'm coining it) academic community could use to get word of the actual condition of Pakistan out at least to the media if not the U.S. government?
Haniya | November 16, 2007
what is especially depressing is the number of pakistanis who have come to buy this whole "not yet" ready/in the waiting room of democracy argument. the years of indoctrination that we have undergone (at the hands of the military) that have made us actually believe that we are lacking/inadequate in some way that other nations are not. so while "outside" readings of how we are not ready for freedom and must put our fate in the hands of generals who will "teach" it to us is annoying and enraging, the fact that so many of my fellow (young) pakistanis firmly believe the same thing is truly disheartening... of course there is much to say about the segment of (older) pakistanis that constitute this viewpoint but when its preached by the relatively young ...
Sara | November 17, 2007
Hi, I know this is not related to this post but just wanted to share it with everyone. Some MPs in UK are rallying for the release of all political prisoners in Pakistan. University of Bradford has sent a letter to UK's Gordon Brown asking for the government to put pressure for release of Imran Khan and others thrown into jail by the regime, restoration of judiciary etc. Whatever your political alliances, please sign this petition to show support so that there is some sort of pressure put on Mush. http://www.brad.ac.uk/chancellor/freeimran/index.php Let's fight for Pakistan!
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December 27, 2019 By Neal Rentz
Jay Norris is the chief executive officer of GuesstHouse, which recently opened in The Westchester in White Plains.
Pop up stores are common in shopping malls. GuesstHouse Powered by Guesst is providing an alternative to businesses through its new concept called "pop-sharing."
Jay Norris, the chief executive officer of GuesstHouse, recently opened one of his facilities in The Westchester shopping mall in White Plains. The company began two years ago, he noted.
As stated on its Web site, GuesstHouse works with retailers and commercial landlords to use existing space to create new revenue. "Using Guesst is an agile, lower-cost alternative to pop-up stores, giving access to in-store retail opportunities in order to enter brick and mortar or to expand existing retail presence," that are faster, easier and less expensive than having a company doing it on their own, GuesstHouse stated on its Web site. The company has a slogan that it provides "Brick & mortar retail with all the perks, and none of the work."
Norris, who resides in Connecticut, said last week it is common for shopping centers and malls to have vacant commercial spaces and his company is providing a way to fill the openings. His clients pay GuesstHouse licensing fees for an initial three-month period and if the business owners want to continue the arrangement they can do so on a month-to-month basis, Norris said. In return for their licensing fees GuesstHouse provides its expertise and staffing, he said.
GuesstHouse has a number of "strategic advisors" from such companies as Bed Bath & Beyond and WeWork.
Many of his clients, who are brands and retailers, have an online presence but not a physical location in a shopping center or mall, which now is being offered by his company, Norris said. He noted that Amazon now operates physical stores. Norris described his company's concept as providing a "co-retailing space" for his clients.
"E-commerce brands pay to be in the space and we sell their goods for them," Norris said. "Brands that don't have a physical presence come to us."
In The Westchester Norris said he has about 20 spaces available at one time which combines for 3,200 square feet.
For more information about GuesstHouse Powered by Guesst visit https://guesst.co/. The company also has a Facebook page.
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METAIRIE (AP) — Saints defensive end Alex Okafor is dealing with another lower leg injury as he tries to come back from an Achilles tear that sidelined him much of last season. He was able to walk off the field as he left Wednesday's practice. But coach Sean Payton has not provided specific information about Okafor's condition. First-round draft choice Marcus Davenport returned to practice and has resumed his work at defensive end after missing about two weeks.
"It sucks for a guy coming back from an injury that he just came back from," said starting offensive tackle Terron Armstead. "I know the feeling. Been hit with things back-to-back. It's a lot mentally, maybe more than physical sometimes, dealing with injuries. But praying for him of course. I'm going to go check on him as soon as we go back inside. Hopefully he's going to be alright."


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class BrowserContext;
}

namespace extensions {
class Extension;
class ExtensionPrefs;

// The ErrorConsole is a central object to which all extension errors are
// reported. This includes errors detected in extensions core, as well as
// runtime Javascript errors. If FeatureSwitch::error_console() is enabled these
// errors can be viewed at chrome://extensions in developer mode.
// This class is owned by ExtensionSystem, making it, in effect, a
// BrowserContext-keyed service.
class ErrorConsole : public KeyedService,
                     public ProfileObserver,
                     public ExtensionRegistryObserver {
 public:
  class Observer {
   public:
    // Sent when a new error is reported to the error console.
    virtual void OnErrorAdded(const ExtensionError* error);

    // Sent when errors are removed from the error console. |extension_ids| is
    // the set of ids that were affected.
    // Note: This is not sent when an extension is uninstalled, or when a
    // profile is destroyed.
    virtual void OnErrorsRemoved(const std::set<std::string>& extension_ids);

    // Sent upon destruction to allow any observers to invalidate any references
    // they have to the error console.
    virtual void OnErrorConsoleDestroyed();
  };

  explicit ErrorConsole(Profile* profile);

  ErrorConsole(const ErrorConsole&) = delete;
  ErrorConsole& operator=(const ErrorConsole&) = delete;

  ~ErrorConsole() override;

  // Convenience method to return the ErrorConsole for a given |context|.
  static ErrorConsole* Get(content::BrowserContext* context);

  // Set whether or not errors of the specified |type| are stored for the
  // extension with the given |extension_id|. This will be stored in the
  // preferences.
  void SetReportingForExtension(const std::string& extension_id,
                                ExtensionError::Type type,
                                bool enabled);

  // Set whether or not errors of all types are stored for the extension with
  // the given |extension_id|.
  void SetReportingAllForExtension(const std::string& extension_id,
                                           bool enabled);

  // Returns true if reporting for either manifest or runtime errors is enabled
  // for the extension with the given |extension_id|.
  bool IsReportingEnabledForExtension(const std::string& extension_id) const;

  // Restore default reporting to the given extension.
  void UseDefaultReportingForExtension(const std::string& extension_id);

  // Report an extension error, and add it to the list.
  void ReportError(std::unique_ptr<ExtensionError> error);

  // Removes errors from the map according to the given |filter|.
  void RemoveErrors(const ErrorMap::Filter& filter);

  // Get a collection of weak pointers to all errors relating to the extension
  // with the given |extension_id|.
  const ErrorList& GetErrorsForExtension(const std::string& extension_id) const;

  // Add or remove observers of the ErrorConsole to be notified of any errors
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  void AddObserver(Observer* observer);
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  // Returns whether or not the ErrorConsole is enabled for the
  // chrome:extensions page or the Chrome Apps Developer Tools.
  //
  // TODO(rdevlin.cronin): These have different answers - ErrorConsole is
  // enabled by default in ADT, but only Dev Channel for chrome:extensions (or
  // with the commandline switch). Once we do a full launch, clean all this up.
  bool IsEnabledForChromeExtensionsPage() const;
  bool IsEnabledForAppsDeveloperTools() const;

  // Return whether or not the ErrorConsole is enabled.
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  // Return the number of entries (extensions) in the error map.
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  // Set the default reporting for all extensions.
  void set_default_reporting_for_test(ExtensionError::Type type, bool enabled) {
    default_mask_ =
        enabled ? default_mask_ | (1 << type) : default_mask_ & ~(1 << type);
  }

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  // Checks whether or not the ErrorConsole should be enabled or disabled. If it
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  void CheckEnabled();

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  void Enable();

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  void Disable();

  // Called when the Developer Mode preference is changed; this is important
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  void OnExtensionUnloaded(content::BrowserContext* browser_context,
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  void OnExtensionLoaded(content::BrowserContext* browser_context,
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  void OnExtensionInstalled(content::BrowserContext* browser_context,
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  void OnExtensionUninstalled(content::BrowserContext* browser_context,
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  // Add manifest errors from an extension's install warnings.
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  base::ScopedMultiSourceObservation<Profile, ProfileObserver>
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  PrefChangeRegistrar pref_registrar_;

  base::ScopedObservation<ExtensionRegistry, ExtensionRegistryObserver>
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};

}  // namespace extensions

#endif  // CHROME_BROWSER_EXTENSIONS_ERROR_CONSOLE_ERROR_CONSOLE_H_

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The 202s
Midterms 2022
Hillary Clinton backs down in foreign policy scuffle with President Obama
By Aaron Blake
Hillary Clinton prepares to sign copies of her new memoir "Hard Choices" at a Costco in Arlington, Va., in June. In the book, Clinton detailed some differences with President Obama's foreign policy. This week, she took it a step further by pretty openly criticizing Obama's "Don't do stupid [stuff]" approach. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA)
This post has been updated with a quote from a Clinton spokesman saying she didn't intend to criticize Obama. The statement is at bottom.
Hillary Clinton wants to distance herself from President Obama's foreign policy. This much has become clear over the past 24 hours — and it makes sense politically.
Unfortunately for the former secretary of state, attempting to do so in as blunt a fashion as she did carries with it significant risks. By paraphrasing Obama's own attitude toward foreign policy — "Don't do stupid [stuff]" — and turning it against him, she has understandably touched a few nerves in Obama-world.
Case in point: David Axelrod. The top former Obama adviser tweeted this broadside Tuesday morning:
Just to clarify: "Don't do stupid stuff" means stuff like occupying Iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) August 12, 2014
The tweet, of course, is a reference to Clinton having voted for the Iraq war. That issue just happens to be the one which really opened the door for a guy named Barack Obama to beat her in the 2008 primary. In other words, Axelrod's rejoinder is about as personal and pointed as Clinton's initial criticism of Obama's foreign policy. In neither case were Clinton or Obama actually named, but the targets are unmistakable in both cases. And in both cases, the messages were broadcast in strikingly public ways.
In addition, it's pretty clear that administration officials are only so happy to try and undercut Clinton's attempts to distance herself from Obama. Witness this New York Times story from late Monday, in which anonymous administration officials suggest that Clinton doth protest too much when it comes to certain foreign policy issues:
Still, when Mrs. Clinton says that "the failure to help build up a credible fighting force" against President Bashar al-Assad in Syria "left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled," the suggestion is that Mr. Obama's refusal to arm the rebels might end up being a singular misjudgment. But at the time of the Obama administration's internal debate over that decision, several officials said, Mrs. Clinton's advocacy was far less thunderous: The United States had tried every diplomatic gambit with Syria, she said, and nothing else had worked, so why not try funneling weapons to the moderate rebels.
At the end of her tenure, for example, Mrs. Clinton wrote a memo to Mr. Obama recommending that the United States lift its half-century-old trade embargo against Cuba. It was not a position that she seriously advocated while at the State Department, officials said.
If you think it's any coincidence that anonymous "officials" are speaking out in ways that make Clinton look hypocritical is any coincidence, we have some oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you. No, it's pretty clear that feelings have been hurt and battle lines have been/are being drawn.
As in relationships, sometimes when you want a clean break, you need to be a little harsher than you'd like to be. Unfortunately for Clinton, that means the other person is much more liable to hold a grudge. And when that person is the incumbent president of the United States, things can get messy.
Update 3:24 p.m.: Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill has released the following statement, which says that Clinton and Obama have spoken about the matter and argues that Obama wasn't, in fact, a target of her comments -- despite her having used the same "don't do stupid [stuff]" construction:
"Earlier today, the Secretary called President Obama to make sure he knows that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him, his policies or his leadership. Secretary Clinton has at every step of the way touted the significant achievements of his presidency, which she is honored to have been part of as his secretary of state. While they've had honest differences on some issues, including aspects of the wicked challenge Syria presents, she has explained those differences in her book and at many points since then. Some are now choosing to hype those differences but they do not eclipse their broad agreement on most issues. Like any two friends who have to deal with the public eye, she looks forward to hugging it out when she they see each other tomorrow night."
Update 4:43 p.m.: It's also worth noting that "Don't do stupid [stuff]" was brought up earlier in the interview by the interviewer, Jeffrey Goldberg. Clinton then returned to it in the portion of the interview in which she appeared to rebuke Obama's foreign policy.
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The Bethel School Board has now approved 2017-18 District Calendar – Updated 8.28.17 , 2017-18 District Calendar – Spanish – Revised 8.28.17 for the coming school year.
We only have 3 budget reduction days (you will see them marked with an X), and the last day of school will be June 14th.
Meanwhile, we're off to a great start. Join us for our Open House next Thursday, September 28th from 6:00-7:00pm. Visit your child's classroom and see how they spend their day.
Each year, all first grade students in the Bethel School District take part in a screening done by the Speech/Language Pathologist in their school. The purpose of the screening is to listen to students' articulation of speech sounds, grammar, and overall communication. The screenings usually take place during the 1st two weeks of school. A note with individual results will be sent home later in the month.
All kindergarten students in the Bethel School District will have their hearing screened at school during the 3rd week of September. If there are any concerns, you will be contacted by the Speech/Language Pathologist.
Cada año, todos los estudiantes de primer grado del Distrito Escolar de Bethel participan en una evaluación realizada por el Patólogo de Lenguaje en su escuela. El propósito de la proyección es escuchar la articulación de los estudiantes de los sonidos, la gramática y la comunicación general. Las proyecciones ocurren las primeras dos semanas de escuela. Una nota con resultados individuales será enviada a casa más tarde en el mes.
Todos los estudiantes de kindergarten en el Distrito Escolar Bethel tendrán su análisis en la escuela durante la 3ª semana de Septiembre. Si hay alguna preocupación, usted será contactado por el Patólogo de Lenguaje.
The first day of school at Malabon will go on as scheduled Tuesday, but smoke in the air from Oregon wildfires may keep all Bethel students indoors.
We have a great air handling system, but as always, in any weather-related situation parents should make the final decision on whether to send their children to school.
We are looking forward to our first day of school this Tuesday, September 5th! If you haven't registered your child yet, please stop into our office anytime after 7:45am.
Please click here to see the changes to our dismissal procedures at Malabon. There are a few changes in our routine so take a minute to familiarize yourself with these changes if you are picking your child up in a vehicle. Our goal is to keep all safe during this busy transition. Thank you for your support and patience.
I'll send you a revised school year calendar in two weeks after it is officially approved by the School Board. Meanwhile, this news is a real boost for everyone and the excitement is building for the start of the school year at Malabon.


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Home Balkan Hate Speech – Evidence that the Ustashi ideology lives
Hate Speech – Evidence that the Ustashi ideology lives
President of the Association of the refugee associations of Serbs from Croatia, Milojko Budimir, has said that the failing of the Prosecutor's Office of Croatia to respond to a radical and extreme hate speech directed against Serbs and Serb representatives in Croatia is terrible and only proves that the Ustasha ideology in Croatia is not defeated.
Commenting on the threats by Vladimir Horvatic, a doctor of the Vukovar Hospital, directed to Vojislav Stanimirovic, the president of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS), and Milorad Pupovac, Budimir has said that it is a reflection of today's Croatia that cherishes "tradition of Independent State of Croatia (NDH)" and its "position on the Serbs".
"I keep saying that the Ustashi ideology in Croatia has not been defeated, but is present in the public and manifested in various forms," said Budimir.
He stressed that Croatia would deny these allegations if the Prosecutor's Office of Croatia responded to the recent Vukovar threats, and the threats that preceded the Vukovar ones.
"They passed the laws in line with European standards, which they fail to comply with. If it was a state governed by the rule of law, equally protecting the rights of all citizens, a prosecutor should have processed the hate speech cases. This is terrible," said Budimir.
He has stressed that it is easy for him to give such fully realistic statements from distance, but that only Serbs living in Croatia without basic human rights know how it is.
"I do not know what else they need to do so that all Serbs disappear from Croatia. The most tragic is that all this is happening now, when Croatia is a member of the EU that should cherish values that EU supposedly has, but behaves like the worst fascists-Ustasha instead." Budimir said.
He recalled that Stanimirovic was attacked before, what the Association has warned about, but the attacks culminated because the HDZ wants, at all costs, to "break" Stanimirovic and Pupovac and compel them to support this party for forming a government.
"Therefore, these attacks are directed towards Stanimirovic and Pupovac, because the HDZ sensed they would be coalition partners with the SDP. This is the essence, but the Ustasha methods should not be used," concluded Budimir.
Vladimir Horvatic, a doctor of the Vukovar General Hospital, threatened the SDSS leader, Vojislav Stanimirovic, via his Facebook account, that he would "drink the blood of three Chetnik's fingers and would not allow him to decide on terms of office in the Croatian Parliament".
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Trump Stops Pushing Vaccines?
Stem Cell, Other Techniques To Fight Chinese Coronavirus Emerge
by Joseph Hammond May 2, 2020 May 2, 2020 03636
Some good news in the fight against the Chinese coronavirus in the past week has flown under the radar.
Pharmacists in the United States and scientists in the United Arab Emirates have made significant breakthroughs in the fight against the pandemic in the past week.
On Friday, the United Arab Emirates announced a breakthrough in the battle against the novel pathogen. A team of doctors and researchers at Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center have developed a novel stem cell treatment for those made ill from the disease.
President Sheikh Khalifa, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces all offered congratulations to the Emirati researchers.
Dubai, one of the constituent emirates within the UAE, has started to ease some of its social distancing measures.
So far, the stem-cell based coronavirus treatment has been applied to some 73 patients, each of whom has gone on to recover without any apparent side effects. Trials of the procedure are ongoing, and the treatment has yet to be replicated outside the oil-rich Arab Gulf State and critical American ally in the Middle East.
Stem cells are extracted from a patient's blood and reintroduced after being "activated" and nebulized into a fine mist. The treatment is then inhaled in to the lungs of the patient – one of the primary areas that the novel coronavirus attacks.
The revelation comes as the UAE's Ministry of Economy declared it had granted a patent to the Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center for the development of the treatment. The patients treated with stem cells also received other treatments typically usually applied to treat the disease.
The UAE has seen 13,038 cases along with 2,543 recoveries and some 111 deaths. Some 26,000 tests for the virus have been conducted, which is also referred to as the Wuhan Flu over its apparent origin in that Chinese city in late 2019.
Globally there appear to be new tools being developed for the treatment of the pandemic.
On Friday, U.S. regulators with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of an experimental drug known as Remdesivir under the terms of the FDA's Emergency use authorization. Remdesivir appears to allow patients to recover faster from the COVID-19 illness. The drug was developed by the California Bay Area company Gilead Sciences and has been touted by the administration before. All 1.5 million doses will be made freely available.
President Donald Trump announced the emergency approval of the drug in a joint announcement with Stephen Hahn, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs Administration at the White House on Friday. The announcement comes as some states most notably Florida have started to roll back restrictions put on the public.
These developments are promising news in the absence of a proven and widely available cure or vaccine. Measures to stop the disease's spread, such as social distancing and other preventative measures, are likely to continue in order to decrease the impact of the disease.
There is also more welcome news, as a trial vaccine in Oxford University administered to monkeys has shown success. The same team has repeatedly claimed that a million doses of the vaccine will be available by September.
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Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
found in the LICENSE file.
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<link rel="import" href="/tracing/core/test_utils.html">
<link rel="import" href="/tracing/extras/importer/trace_event_importer.html">
<link rel="import" href="/tracing/metrics/tracing_metric.html">
<link rel="import" href="/tracing/model/memory_dump_test_utils.html">
<link rel="import" href="/tracing/value/histogram_set.html">

<script>
'use strict';

tr.b.unittest.testSuite(function() {
  function makeModel(events, opt_track) {
    return tr.c.TestUtils.newModelWithEvents([events], {
      trackDetailedModelStats: opt_track
    });
  }

  function getEventStringSize(events, indices) {
    return indices.reduce(function(sum, index) {
      return sum + JSON.stringify(events[index]).length;
    }, 0);
  }

  function checkDurationHistogram(histograms, metricName, expected) {
    const histogram = histograms.getHistogramNamed(metricName);
    assert.closeTo(1000 * histogram.average, expected, 0.1);
  }

  test('tracingMetric_hasEventSizesInBytes', function() {
    const histograms = new tr.v.HistogramSet();
    const events = [
      {name: 'a', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 524, cat: 'foo', tid: 53, ph: 'B'},
      {name: 'a', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 560, cat: 'foo', tid: 53, ph: 'B'}
    ];

    const model = makeModel(JSON.stringify(events), true);
    assert.isTrue(model.importOptions.trackDetailedModelStats);
    tr.metrics.tracingMetric(histograms, model);
  });

  test('tracingMetric_totalTraceSize', function() {
    const histograms = new tr.v.HistogramSet();
    const events = [
      {name: 'a', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 524, cat: 'foo', tid: 53, ph: 'B'},
      {name: 'a', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 560, cat: 'foo', tid: 53, ph: 'B'}
    ];
    const model = makeModel(JSON.stringify(events), true);
    tr.metrics.tracingMetric(histograms, model);

    const eventStringSize = getEventStringSize(events, [0, 1]);
    const histogram = histograms.getHistogramNamed('trace_size');
    assert.strictEqual(histogram.average, eventStringSize);
  });

  test('tracingMetric_maxValuePerSec', function() {
    const ONE_SEC_IN_US = 1000000;
    const events = [
      {name: 'a', pid: 52, ts: 1, cat: 'foo', ph: 'B'},
      {name: 'a', pid: 52, ts: ONE_SEC_IN_US + 1, cat: 'foo', ph: 'B'},
      {name: 'a', pid: 52, ts: 2 * ONE_SEC_IN_US + 1, cat: 'foo', ph: 'B'},
      {name: 'a', pid: 52, ts: 2 * ONE_SEC_IN_US + 3, cat: 'foo', ph: 'B'},
      {name: 'a', pid: 52, ts: ONE_SEC_IN_US + 2, cat: 'foo', ph: 'B'},
      {name: 'a', pid: 52, ts: 2 * ONE_SEC_IN_US + 2, cat: 'foo', ph: 'B'}
    ];
    const model = makeModel(JSON.stringify(events), true);
    const histograms = new tr.v.HistogramSet();
    tr.metrics.tracingMetric(histograms, model);

    const maxEventCountPerSec = 3;
    let histogram = histograms.getHistogramNamed('peak_event_rate');
    assert.strictEqual(histogram.average, maxEventCountPerSec);

    const maxEventBytesPerSec = getEventStringSize(events, [2, 3, 5]);
    histogram = histograms.getHistogramNamed('peak_event_size_rate');
    assert.strictEqual(histogram.average, maxEventBytesPerSec);
  });

  test('tracingMetric_diagnostics', function() {
    const histograms = new tr.v.HistogramSet();
    const events = [
      {name: 'a', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 524, cat: 'foo', tid: 53, ph: 'B'},
      {name: 'a', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 535, cat: 'foo', tid: 53, ph: 'B'},
      {name: 'bb', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 546, cat: 'bar', tid: 53, ph: 'E'},
      {name: 'a', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 560, cat: 'foo', tid: 53, ph: 'B'},
      {name: 'bb', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 578, cat: 'bar', tid: 53, ph: 'E'}
    ];
    const model = makeModel(JSON.stringify(events), true);
    tr.metrics.tracingMetric(histograms, model);

    const DIAGNOSTIC_HISTOGRAMS = [
      'Max number of events per second',
      'Max event size in bytes per second',
      'Total trace size in bytes'
    ];
    for (const histogram of histograms) {
      if (!DIAGNOSTIC_HISTOGRAMS.includes(histogram.name)) continue;

      const d = histogram.diagnostics.get('category_with_max_event_size').value;
      assert.strictEqual(d.name, 'foo');
      assert.strictEqual(d.size_in_bytes, getEventStringSize(
          events, [0, 1, 3]));
    }
  });

  test('tracingMetric_memoryInfraTracingMetrics', function() {
    const MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY =
        tr.metrics.MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY;
    const histograms = new tr.v.HistogramSet();
    const events = [
      {name: 'OnMemoryDump', pid: 1, ts: 510, tid: 1, ph: 'X', cat: MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY, args: {'dump_provider.name': 'mdp1'}, dur: 4}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'OnMemoryDump', pid: 1, ts: 520, tid: 7, ph: 'X', cat: MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY, args: {'dump_provider.name': 'mdp2'}, dur: 15}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'OnMemoryDump', pid: 1, ts: 530, tid: 7, ph: 'X', cat: MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY, args: {'dump_provider.name': 'mdp3'}, dur: 5}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'OnMemoryDump', pid: 2, ts: 510, tid: 2, ph: 'X', cat: MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY, args: {'dump_provider.name': 'mdp1'}, dur: 9}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'OnMemoryDump', pid: 2, ts: 520, tid: 8, ph: 'X', cat: MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY, args: {'dump_provider.name': 'mdp2'}, dur: 17}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'OnMemoryDump', pid: 2, ts: 530, tid: 8, ph: 'X', cat: MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY, args: {'dump_provider.name': 'mdp3'}, dur: 7}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'OnMemoryDump', pid: 2, ts: 540, tid: 3, ph: 'X', cat: MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY, args: {'dump_provider.name': 'mdp4'}, dur: 8}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'ProcessDumps', pid: 1, ts: 550, tid: 1, ph: 'X', cat: MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY, args: {guid: 4}, dur: 8}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'ProcessDumps', pid: 2, ts: 540, tid: 2, ph: 'X', cat: MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY, args: {guid: 4}, dur: 18}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'thread_name', pid: 1, ts: 0, tid: 1, ph: 'M', cat: '__metadata', args: {name: 'CrBrowsermain'}}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'thread_name', pid: 1, ts: 0, tid: 7, ph: 'M', cat: '__metadata', args: {name: 'MemoryInfra'}}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'thread_name', pid: 2, ts: 0, tid: 2, ph: 'M', cat: '__metadata', args: {name: 'CrRendererMain'}}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'thread_name', pid: 2, ts: 0, tid: 8, ph: 'M', cat: '__metadata', args: {name: 'MemoryInfra'}}, // @suppress longLineCheck
      {name: 'thread_name', pid: 2, ts: 0, tid: 3, ph: 'M', cat: '__metadata', args: {name: 'Compositor'}} // @suppress longLineCheck
    ];

    const model = makeModel(JSON.stringify(events), true);
    tr.model.MemoryDumpTestUtils.addGlobalMemoryDump(model, {ts: 550});
    tr.metrics.tracingMetric(histograms, model);

    const memoryCategorySize = events.filter(
        slice => slice.cat === MEMORY_INFRA_TRACING_CATEGORY).reduce(
        (acc, slice) => acc + JSON.stringify(slice).length, 0);
    const totalSizeHistogram = histograms.getHistogramNamed(
        'total_memory_dump_size');
    assert.strictEqual(totalSizeHistogram.average, memoryCategorySize);
    const sizePerDumpHistogram = histograms.getHistogramNamed(
        'memory_dump_size');
    assert.strictEqual(sizePerDumpHistogram.average, memoryCategorySize);

    checkDurationHistogram(histograms, 'mdp1_memory_dump_cpu_overhead', 6.5);
    checkDurationHistogram(histograms, 'mdp2_memory_dump_cpu_overhead', 16);
    checkDurationHistogram(histograms, 'mdp3_memory_dump_cpu_overhead', 6);
    checkDurationHistogram(histograms, 'mdp4_memory_dump_cpu_overhead', 8);
    checkDurationHistogram(
        histograms, 'nonmemory_thread_memory_dump_cpu_overhead', 47);
    checkDurationHistogram(histograms, 'memory_dump_cpu_overhead', 91);
  });

  test('tracingMetric_traceImportDurationMetricWithoutTrackDetailedModelStats',
      function() {
        const histograms = new tr.v.HistogramSet();
        const events = [
          {name: 'a', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 524, cat: 'foo', tid: 53, ph: 'B'},
          {name: 'a', args: {}, pid: 52, ts: 560, cat: 'foo', tid: 53, ph: 'B'}
        ];

        const model = makeModel(JSON.stringify(events), false);
        assert.isFalse(model.importOptions.trackDetailedModelStats);
        tr.metrics.tracingMetric(histograms, model);
      });
});
</script>


Monnow Eyecare review their range of sunglasses every year so you are sure to find the frames and colours that suit your face shape, colouring and provide excellent protection from harmful UV rays.
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Each town in Wyoming has a unique charm. This isn't because of the building colors or how many stoplights there are; it's because of the community. Local shops – from clothing stores to bakeries to your local accountant – are an important contribution to a town's sense of community. They help to make up the culture and character that identifies our towns. Because of this, connections with your customers can be incredibly valuable. Running a small business that fosters a sense of community and gives back to your area can help set your business apart.
Being active in the community offers an important human quality to your business that larger businesses can miss out on. It shows a commitment to your neighbors and customers and makes the town an even better place to live. There are countless ways to serve your community – I hope you will consider ways to help build a sense of togetherness in yours.


text: Q: Only one checkbox is checked at the time How to allow only one checkbox to be checked at the time in a form by clicking button submit using pure Javascript? I know I should use radio buttons, but I am required to do using checkboxes and I have no idea how.

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From international warfare I to Operation wilderness typhoon, American policymakers have many times invoked the "lessons of historical past" as they reflected taking their state to battle. Do those ancient analogies really form coverage, or are they essentially instruments of political justification? Yuen Foong Khong argues that leaders use analogies no longer purely to justify rules but additionally to accomplish particular cognitive and information-processing initiatives necessary to political decision-making. Khong identifies what those initiatives are and exhibits how they are often used to give an explanation for the U.S. selection to intrude in Vietnam. hoping on interviews with senior officers and on lately declassified files, the writer demonstrates with a precision now not attained via prior stories that the 3 most crucial analogies of the Vietnam era--Korea, Munich, and Dien Bien Phu--can account for America's Vietnam offerings. a different contribution is the author's use of cognitive social psychology to aid his argument approximately how people analogize and to give an explanation for why policymakers usually use analogies poorly.
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More specifically, Process-tracing seeks to establish the ways in which the actor's beliefs influenced his receptivity to and assessment of incoming information about the situation, his definition of the situation, his identification and evaluation of options, as well as, finally, his choice of a course of action. " 40 George recommends that one begin with the congruence procedure and then use process tracing to refine and check one's findings. For reasons explained below, I find it more helpful to begin with process tracing and end with the congruence procedure to assess the fit between beliefs and options chosen or rejected.
4 Critical cases are those in which one's arguments are either most likely or least likely to hold. If one's arguments fail to hold up in the most likely case, they must be very weak; conversely, if they hold up in the least likely case, they must be considered promising. 5 The case of Vietnam, I argue, approximates a least likely case for my arguments. S. officials inflicted on the American public in the 1960s are likely to find the skeptics' hypothesis that analogies are used for justification and advocacy much more plausible than my argument that analogies are used for analysis.
Despite these advantages, the correlation between containment and military intervention raises as many questions as it answers.


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Today is a difficult day for most of us in the LGBT community. It is, as you know, the 1 year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in Orlando, Florida. We know the outcome. We will be reminded of it for the rest of our lives, every June 12th as we are of other tragic dates in our immediate timeline of life.
I don't want to be sad today. I want to celebrate my sweet friend Eddie Sotomayor who lost his beautiful, happy, loving life that fateful night.
I was in Tampa with the BOTS Tour and Eddie came to see me with Al & Chuck's Al Ferguson, his friend (and mine), mentor and boss. Now, just know that i NEVER go out after the shows. I mean never, EVER. I LOVE my sleep and without it, my voice goes bye bye very easily and since i sing live, that isn't good. BUT…..That night the girls all went to a local bar because our old friend (I mean that figuratively but mostly literally) Lady Bunny was in town performing so I thought, "Al and Eddie are here and so is Bun Bun, and WHEN is the next time that THIS motley crew would be together again?" so I actually went out. YES! So, Al and Eddie wait until I changed out of my show clothes and got my luggage on the tour bus then we all went together. We went upstairs into the VIP area, watched Bunny's show but then as the drunks started reallllllly hitting it hard, that is when i wanted to quit it. Hard. I couldn't find Al so Eddie being Eddie, he said, "dont worry about Al, I will walk you back to your hotel and I will tell Al you love him and you'll see him soon." Sounded like a plan. So we walked back to the hotel, like a 15 minute walk or so, chatting about the next Drag Stars at Sea cruise, his boyfriend, my family (Eddie had a special relationships with my daughters) and my career, etc. Eddie always cared. He always had the kindest words to me ABOUT me that it almost felt unwarranted. I am not good at taking compliments (if you listen to the podcast you know that i am working on this!) but Eddie would never have it and was always throwing them at me so i had no choice but to accept and receive.
That walk was May 15th. That was the last time i got to see Eddie.
This picture is from that night. May 15th.
I am so grateful for May 15th.
Eddie, your love and support meant more to me than you will ever know. The way you made my daughters feel meant more to me than you will ever know. The way you included a very awkward teenage girl who was struggling so desperately and made her know that her opinion mattered and that eating snails was a good thing meant more to me than you will ever know. Your smile meant more to me than you will ever know. YOU meant more to me than you will ever know.
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Wow, this year seems to have been bad news after bad news so far with everything being health related in both mine and Andy's families.
The main one that comes to mind is getting an engagement ring after being engaged since March 2O11, it turned up and it just abour fits my big toe so I'm still unable to wear it but I have one.
We sat for ages triple checking my measurements and it still arrived massive so it's waiting to be resized.
It's so so pretty! Annoying that it doesn't fit perfectly yet though, I bet you're dying to wear it!


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Then one day God asked them to leave their careers as traveling speakers and plant their family in New Orleans. With the help of other key churches from all over the country Saints Community Church was launched. In fact, many others packed up their lives, families, and belongings to be a part of what God was going to do.
The story of Saints Community Church is a story of risk, faith, and great adventure. It is centered on Jesus and a call to be obedient to His word to help imperfect people know the perfect God. It's a story that doesn't settle for the status quo but believes that God cares about a city and about the individuals that call that city home. It's a story that believes the best days are ahead. And it's a story we want you to be a part of.
We are a community of spirit-empowered Christ followers with diverse backgrounds, whose purpose is to reach the city of New Orleans by starting multiple campuses.
We believe in the power of God for today. We would love to pray with you at the end of the service about anything going on. We practice open communion, so if you are a follower of Christ, you are welcome to receive.
We believe in families. This is seen in our kids, in how we strengthen marriages, and how we walk alongside parents to be help raise their children for Jesus.
We want to equip our people to serve, both in the church and in the community. We believe in helping people find their exact spot to serve in the local church and beyond. Great purpose is found our lives as this happens.
We don't tolerate diversity, we embrace it! We believe that Jesus brings people of all races, ages, cultures, and religious backgrounds together. That also means that we have to be intentional in everything we do.
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Come Away, Death is a 1937 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the eight in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. Although the plot revolves around Greek Mythology, the title is taken from a line from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. It was followed by a loose sequel Lament for Leto in 1971.

Synopsis
Keen to rediscover the secret of the Eleusinian Mysteries, archaeologist Sir Rudri Hopkinson plans to recreate the traditional rituals in Greece and summon the ancient gods. However from the beginning a series of strange incidents mar the expedition, ultimately ending in murder.

References

Bibliography
 Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
 Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994.
 Miskimmin, Esme. 100 British Crime Writers. Springer Nature, 2020.
 Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

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Novels by Gladys Mitchell
British crime novels
British mystery novels
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Novels set in Greece
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This is not a new problem in RC2. It's been this way since beta versions of SE 2015 (but, of course, SE 2014 doesn't do this).
When you paste a text in Linux (doesn't happen in Windows), the pasted text is highlighted/selected. I need to de-select the text before I can do anything useful. For example, if I want to copy one line and paste it 10 times, I paste it once, deselect the pasted text (by moving the cursor for instance), and repeat these steps 9 more times. I used to be able to just paste it 10 times and done.
I'm using the Brief emulation mode, which I'm not sure matters. Could you please fix this behavior?
This default has not been changed.
Set the macro variable "def_deselect_paste" to 1 (Macro>Set Macro Variable).
Not sure how you got into this state though. If you try a default config and switch into brief emulation ("vs -sc /tmp/newconfig"), you will find that paste does not leave the pasted text selected.
Thanks Clark. It did the trick.
As a side note, if you want to paste something 10 times, you can use the repeat-key function. I have it mapped to Ctrl F10, next to the default macro record and execute keys.
Hit Ctrl F10 (repeat-key), 1, 0, then Ctrl V (paste).


Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's former captain was found editing his Wikipedia page, replacing words and sometimes entire sentences .
"He immediately minimised the window on his computer screen when I walked into his room last evening," said younger brother Ashfaq. "At first I didn't think anything of it, figuring he was just watching reruns of Dancing With the Stars, but then I noticed the tab on the minimised window said 'Shahid Afridi - Wikipedia'. I backed out of the room slowly and went out to get some more hair conditioners to add to Shahidbhai's collection, which never fails to lift his spirits."
Other sources have opined that Afridi is pulling out all the stops in a bid to make a comeback to the Pakistan team, now that Waqar Younis, with whom Afridi has had a turbulent relationship, has resigned as coach.
The following are the parts of the page as edited by the Pakistan player before, due to complaints by some users and Afridi's agent, Wikipedia reverted it back to the original. Afridi's inputs appear in bold and the words he replaced are struck through.
distinguished himself in 27 Tests, 325 one-day Internationals, and 43 Twenty20 internationals (T20Is) for the Pakistani national team. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 at the tender age of four (a record, one among many that he holds)against Kenya and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.
highest scoring over ever ever ever in an ODI. He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes EVER in the history of ODI cricket. Afridi considers himself as good a bowler as he is a batsman (who the hell wrote this thing??) and has taken (1)48 Test wickets and way over 300 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is the leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 format (ever) with (1)53 wickets from 43 matches.
Having started as a fast bowler, Afridi decided to switch to bowling spin after he was told he was throwing simply too fast. He modelled himself on Pakistan legspinner Abdul Qadir.
Hollywood heartthrob Sylvester Stallone. His supporters have been known to superimpose his head onto the body of Rambo on posters, though they needn't do that for I - I mean Afridi - already has a body that Rambo would die in Afghanistan for.
In June 2009, Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younis Khan (better believe it!) and naturally was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match as ODI captain, against Sri Lanka, he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs.
lack of form and ability to play Test cricket pressing humanitarian work in various developing nations around the world in his other job as spokesman for UNICEF, UNDP, PETA, and various other capital-letters-thrown-together thingies; at the same time he announced his retirement from Tests.
was replaced stepped down again as captain. Later that month he announced his conditional retirement from international cricket in protest against his treatment by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Yeah but with Waqar gone, I'm back now, b******s!
Note: All the facts and writings are a made up, not to be taken as serious!!


Using Giveaway Promotion Sites to Launch Your Event » Read. Write. Hustle.
The Internet is packed full of directories and listing sites. There's a listing for everyone and every niche, from garage sales to Giveaway Events. Of course, the latter is what you're interested in right now.
This step is quite easy, actually. Depending on the listing site, you'll simply add the fundamental information about your event such as dates and details. Don't forget to include a link for people to click on.
It's important to know that while you may not get thousands of clicks on sites like these, the return on investment is usually pretty high. It takes just a few minutes to list your event with a site and it can generate visitors, links, and traffic.
Pay attention to the terms. What are you agreeing to when you list your event?
Is there a cost for a listing?
Do they offer featured listings?
When will your listing be published?
Do they promote listings on social media?
Will they change the content or details in your listing?
Will they change your link?
How can you measure your listing's performance?
Review a few giveaway sites and decide if you're going to use them to promote your event. This is an ideal task to outsource. Send the list to your assistant and let them take care of it for you.


text:
module Data.ASN1.Object
    ( ASN1Object(..)
    ) where

import Data.ASN1.Stream

-- | an object that can be marshalled from and to ASN1
class ASN1Object a where
    -- | transform an object into an ASN1 stream.
    toASN1   :: a      -> [ASN1]
    -- | returns either an object along the remaining ASN1 stream,
    -- or an error.
    fromASN1 :: [ASN1] -> Either String (a, [ASN1])


Independent community publishers, also known as hyper-local publishers, have today been provided with a £200,000 boost, with Economy Minister Ken Skates announcing Welsh Government funding to support the sector.
The fund will look to support publications that are independent of political, commercial, and religious interests; are community-focused and produce contemporary news content and will be made available to eligible Welsh based print and online publications who have been actively publishing for six months or more in Wales.
"We live in a world of unprecedented exposure to news and information, with hyper-local media expected to evolve and stay current, often with very little financial or human resource. These are small businesses, generally employing fewer than four people, but that provide a vital local service to communities the length and breadth of Wales.
"This new funding will build on our commitment to supporting journalists seeking to set up their own business in hyper-local news and will, I hope, through the further development of skills and networks help to sustain and grow the sector, allowing existing hyper-local journalists to broaden their scope and reach within their communities.
Director of the Independent Community News Network (ICNN), Emma Meese praised the government on its commitment to hyperlocal news.
"This is a major step forward in recognising the invaluable work of independent community journalists across Wales. Investing in this sector could have a great impact on local journalism, local enterprise and social cohesion.
The grant funding is available from 1 April 2019 for one year and is additional to the existing support for businesses through Business Wales.