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Are We Witnessing The Start of A Global Revolution? By Andrew Gavin Marshall
Jan 27, 2011 | Feature Articles | 1 comment
For the first time in human history almost all of humanity is politically activated, politically conscious and politically interactive… The resulting global political activism is generating a surge in the quest for personal dignity, cultural respect and economic opportunity in a world painfully scarred by memories of centuries-long alien colonial or imperial domination… The worldwide yearning for human dignity is the central challenge inherent in the phenomenon of global political awakening… That awakening is socially massive and politically radicalizing… The nearly universal access to radio, television and increasingly the Internet is creating a community of shared perceptions and envy that can be galvanized and channeled by demagogic political or religious passions. These energies transcend sovereign borders and pose a challenge both to existing states as well as to the existing global hierarchy, on top of which America still perches…
The youth of the Third World are particularly restless and resentful. The demographic revolution they embody is thus a political time-bomb, as well… Their potential revolutionary spearhead is likely to emerge from among the scores of millions of students concentrated in the often intellectually dubious "tertiary level" educational institutions of developing countries. Depending on the definition of the tertiary educational level, there are currently worldwide between 80 and 130 million "college" students. Typically originating from the socially insecure lower middle class and inflamed by a sense of social outrage, these millions of students are revolutionaries-in-waiting, already semi-mobilized in large congregations, connected by the Internet and pre-positioned for a replay on a larger scale of what transpired years earlier in Mexico City or in Tiananmen Square. Their physical energy and emotional frustration is just waiting to be triggered by a cause, or a faith, or a hatred…
[The] major world powers, new and old, also face a novel reality: while the lethality of their military might is greater than ever, their capacity to impose control over the politically awakened masses of the world is at a historic low. To put it bluntly: in earlier times, it was easier to control one million people than to physically kill one million people; today, it is infinitely easier to kill one million people than to control one million people.[1]
– Zbigniew Brzezinski
Former U.S. National Security Advisor
Co-Founder of the Trilateral Commission
Member, Board of Trustees, Center for Strategic and International Studies
An uprising in Tunisia led to the overthrow of the country's 23-year long dictatorship of President Ben Ali. A new 'transitional' government was formed, but the protests continued demanding a totally new government without the relics of the previous tyranny. Protests in Algeria have continued for weeks, as rage mounts against rising food prices, corruption and state oppression. Protests in Jordan forced the King to call on the military to surround cities with tanks and set up checkpoints. Tens of thousands of protesters marched on Cairo demanding an end to the 30-year dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak. Thousands of activists, opposition leaders and students rallied in the capitol of Yemen against the corrupt dictatorship of President Saleh, in power since 1978. Saleh has been, with U.S. military assistance, attempting to crush a rebel movement in the north and a massive secessionist movement growing in the south, called the "Southern Movement." Protests in Bolivia against rising food prices forced the populist government of Evo Morales to backtrack on plans to cut subsidies. Chile erupted in protests as demonstrators railed against rising fuel prices. Anti-government demonstrations broke out in Albania, resulting in the deaths of several protesters.
It seems as if the world is entering the beginnings of a new revolutionary era: the era of the 'Global Political Awakening.' While this 'awakening' is materializing in different regions, different nations and under different circumstances, it is being largely influenced by global conditions. The global domination by the major Western powers, principally the United States, over the past 65 years, and more broadly, centuries, is reaching a turning point. The people of the world are restless, resentful, and enraged. Change, it seems, is in the air. As the above quotes from Brzezinski indicate, this development on the world scene is the most radical and potentially dangerous threat to global power structures and empire. It is not a threat simply to the nations in which the protests arise or seek change, but perhaps to a greater degree, it is a threat to the imperial Western powers, international institutions, multinational corporations and banks that prop up, arm, support and profit from these oppressive regimes around the world. Thus, America and the West are faced with a monumental strategic challenge: what can be done to stem the Global Political Awakening? Zbigniew Brzezinski is one of the chief architects of American foreign policy, and arguably one of the intellectual pioneers of the system of globalization. Thus, his warnings about the 'Global Political Awakening' are directly in reference to its nature as a threat to the prevailing global hierarchy. As such, we must view the 'Awakening' as the greatest hope for humanity. Certainly, there will be mainy failures, problems, and regressions; but the 'Awakening' has begun, it is underway, and it cannot be so easily co-opted or controlled as many might assume.
The reflex action of the imperial powers is to further arm and support the oppressive regimes, as well as the potential to organize a destabilization through covert operations or open warfare (as is being done in Yemen). The alterantive is to undertake a strategy of "democratization" in which Western NGOs, aid agencies and civil society organizations establish strong contacts and relationships with the domestic civil society in these regions and nations. The objective of this strategy is to organize, fund and help direct the domestic civil society to produce a democratic system made in the image of the West, and thus maintain continuity in the international hierarchy. Essentially, the project of "democratization" implies creating the outward visible constructs of a democratic state (multi-party elections, active civil society, "independent" media, etc) and yet maintain continuity in subservience to the World Bank, IMF, multinational corporations and Western powers.
It appears that both of these strategies are being simultaneously imposed in the Arab world: enforcing and supporting state oppression and building ties with civil society organizations. The problem for the West, however, is that they have not had the ability to yet establish strong and dependent ties with civil society groups in much of the region, as ironically, the oppressive regimes they propped up were and are unsurprisingly resistant to such measures. In this sense, we must not cast aside these protests and uprisings as being instigated by the West, but rather that they emerged organically, and the West is subsequently attempting to co-opt and control the emerging movements.
Part 1 of this essay focuses on the emergence of these protest movements and uprisings, placing it in the context of the Global Political Awakening. Part 2 will examine the West's strategy of "democratic imperialism" as a method of co-opting the 'Awakening' and installing "friendly" governments.
The Tunisian Spark
A July 2009 diplomatic cable from America's Embassy in Tunisia reported that, "many Tunisians are frustrated by the lack of political freedom and angered by First Family corruption, high unemployment and regional inequities. Extremism poses a continuing threat," and that, "the risks to the regime's long-term stability are increasing."[2]
On Friday, 14 January 2011, the U.S.-supported 23-year long dictatorship of Tunisian president Ben Ali ended. For several weeks prior to this, the Tunisian people had risen in protest against rising food prices, stoked on by an immense and growing dissatisfaction with the political repression, and prodded by the WikiLeaks cables confirming the popular Tunisian perception of gross corruption on the part of the ruling family. The spark, it seems, was when a 26-year old unemployed youth set himself on fire in protest on December 17.
With the wave of protests sparked by the death of the 26-year old who set himself on fire on December 17, the government of Tunisia responded by cracking down on the protesters. Estimates vary, but roughly 100 people were killed in the clashes. Half of Tunisia's 10 million people are under the age of 25, meaning that they have never known a life in Tunisia outside of living under this one dictator. Since Independence from the French empire in 1956, Tunisia has had only two leaders: Habib Bourguiba and Ben Ali.[3] The Tunisian people were rising up against a great many things: an oppressive dictatorship which has employed extensive information and internet censorship, rising food prices and inflation, a corrupt ruling family, lack of jobs for the educated youth, and a general sense and experience of exploitation, subjugation and disrespect for human dignity.
Following the ouster of Ben Ali, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi assumed presidential power and declared a "transitional government." Yet, this just spurred more protests demanding his resignation and the resignation of the entire government. Significantly, the trade union movement had a large mobilizing role in the protests, with a lawyers union being particularly active during the initial protests.[4]
Protests in Tunisia
Social media and the Internet did play a large part in mobilizing people within Tunisia for the uprising, but it was ultimately the result of direct protests and action which led to the resignation of Ben Ali. Thus, referring to Tunisia as a "Twitter Revolution" is disingenuous.
Twitter, WikiLeaks, Facebook, Youtube, forums and blogs did have a part to play. They reflect the ability "to collectively transform the Arab information environment and shatter the ability of authoritarian regimes to control the flow of information, images, ideas and opinions."[5]
We must also keep in mind that social media has not only become an important source of mobilization of activism and information at the grassroots level, but it has also become an effective means for governments and various power structures to seek to manipulate the flow of information. This was evident in the 2009 protests in Iran, where social media became an important avenue through which the Western nations were able to advance their strategy of supporting the so-called 'Green Revolution' in destabilizing the Iranian government. Thus, social media has presented a new form of power, neither black nor white, in which it can be used to either advance the process of the 'Awakening' or control its direction.
Whereas America was publicly denouncing Iran for blocking (or attempting to block) social media in the summer of 2009, during the first several weeks of Tunisian protests (which were largely being ignored by Western media), America and the West were silent about censorship.[6] It should be noted in this regard, that the US based foundation Freedom House was involved in promoting and training the Middle East North Africa Facebook and Twitter bloggers (See also Freedom House)
Steven Cook, writing for the elite U.S. think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations, commented on the lack of attention being paid to the Tunisian protests in the early weeks of resistance prior to the resignation of Ben Ali. He explained that while many assume that the Arab "strongmen" regimes will simply maintain power as they always have, this could be mistaken. He stated that, "it may not be the last days of Ben Ali or Mubarak or any other Middle Eastern strongman, but there is clearly something going on in the region." However, it was the end of Ben Ali, and indeed, "there is clearly something going on in the region."[7]
France's President Sarkozy has even had to admit that, "he had underestimated the anger of the Tunisian people and the protest movement that ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali." During the first few weeks of protests in Tunisia, several French government officials were publicly supporting the dictatorship, with the French Foreign Minister saying that France would lend its police "knowhow" to help Ben Ali in maintaining order.[8]
Days before the ouster of Ben Ali, Hillary Clinton gave an interview in which she explained how America was worried "about the unrest and the instability," and that, "we are not taking sides, but we are saying we hope that there can be a peaceful resolution. And I hope that the Tunisian Government can bring that about." Clinton further lamented, "One of my biggest concerns in this entire region are the many young people without economic opportunities in their home countries."[9] He concern, of course, does not spur from any humanitarian considerations, but rather from inherent imperial considerations: it is simply harder to control a region of the world erupting in activism, uprisings and revolution.
The Spark Lights a Flame
Tunisia has raised the bar for the people across the Arab world to demand justice, democracy, accountability, economic stability, and freedom. Just as Tunisia's protests were in full-swing, Algeria was experiencing mass protests, rising up largely as a result of the increasing international food prices, but also in reaction to many of the concerns of the Tunisian protesters, such as democratic accountability, corruption and freedom. A former Algerian diplomat told Al-Jazeera in early January that, "It is a revolt, and probably a revolution, of an oppressed people who have, for 50 years, been waiting for housing, employment, and a proper and decent life in a very rich country."[10]
In mid-January, similar protests erupted in Jordan, as thousands took to the streets to protest against rising food prices and unemployment, chanting anti-government slogans. Jordan's King Abdullah II had "set up a special task force in his palace that included military and intelligence officials to try to prevent the unrest from escalating further," which had tanks surrounding major cities, with barriers and checkpoints established.[11]
In Yemen, the poorest nation in the Arab world, engulfed in a U.S. sponsored war against its own people, ruled by a dictator who has been in power since 1978, thousands of people protested against the government, demanding the dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. In the capitol city of Sanaa, thousands of students, activists and opposition groups chanted slogans such as, "Get out get out, Ali. Join your friend Ben Ali."[12] Yemen has been experiencing much turmoil in recent years, with a rebel movement in the North fighting against the government, formed in 2004; as well as a massive secessionist movement in the south, called the "Southern Movement," fighting for liberation since 2007. As the Financial Times explained:
Many Yemen observers consider the anger and secessionist sentiment now erupting in the south to be a greater threat to the country's stability than its better publicised struggle with al-Qaeda, and the deteriorating economy is making the tension worse.
Unemployment, particularly among the young, is soaring. Even the government statistics office in Aden puts it at nearly 40 per cent among men aged 20 to 24.[13]
Protest of the Southern Movement in Yemen
On January 21, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Albania, mobilized by the socialist opposition, ending with violent clashes between the police and protesters, leading to the deaths of three demonstrators. The protests have been sporadic in Albania since the widely contested 2009 elections, but took on new levels inspired by Tunisia.[14]
Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom stressed concern over the revolutionary sentiments within the Arab world, saying that, "I fear that we now stand before a new and very critical phase in the Arab world." He fears Tunisia would "set a precedent that could be repeated in other countries, possibly affecting directly the stability of our system."[15] Israel's leadership fears democracy in the Arab world, as they have a security alliance with the major Arab nations, who, along with Israel itself, are American proxy states in the region. Israel maintains civil – if not quiet – relationships with the Arab monarchs and dictators. While the Arab states publicly criticize Israel, behind closed doors they are forced to quietly accept Israel's militarism and war-mongering, lest they stand up against the superpower, America. Yet, public opinion in the Arab world is extremely anti-Israel, anti-American and pro-Iran.
In July of 2010, the results of a major international poll were released regarding public opinion in the Arab world, polling from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates. Among some of the notable findings: while Obama was well received upon entering the Presidency, with 51% expressing optimism about U.S. policy in the region in the Spring of 2009, by Summer 2010, 16% were expressing optimism. In 2009, 29% of those polled said a nuclear-armed Iran would be positive for the region; in 2010, that spiked to 57%, reflecting a very different stance from that of their governments.[16]
While America, Israel and the leaders of the Arab nations claim that Iran is the greatest threat to peace and stability in the Middle East, the Arab people do not agree. In an open question asking which two countries pose the greatest threat to the region, 88% responded with Israel, 77% with America, and 10% with Iran.[17]
At the Arab economic summit shortly following the ousting of Ben Ali in Tunisia, who was for the first time absent from the meetings, the Tunisian uprising hung heavy in the air. Arab League leader Amr Moussa said in his opening remarks at the summit, "The Tunisian revolution is not far from us," and that, "the Arab citizen entered an unprecedented state of anger and frustration," noting that "the Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment and general recession." The significance of this 'threat' to the Arab leaders cannot be understated. Out of roughly 352 million Arabs, 190 million are under the age of 24, with nearly three-quarters of them unemployed. Often, "the education these young people receive doesn't do them any good because there are no jobs in the fields they trained for."[18]
There was even an article in the Israeli intellectual newspaper, Ha'aretz, which posited that, "Israel may be on the eve of revolution." Explaining, the author wrote that:
Israeli civil society organizations have amassed considerable power over the years; not only the so-called leftist organizations, but ones dealing with issues like poverty, workers' rights and violence against women and children. All of them were created in order to fill the gaps left by the state, which for its part was all too happy to continue walking away from problems that someone else was there to take on. The neglect is so great that Israel's third sector – NGOs, charities and volunteer organizations – is among the biggest in the world. As such, it has quite a bit of power.[19]
Now the Israeli Knesset and cabinet want that power back; yet, posits the author, they "have chosen to ignore the reasons these groups became powerful," namely:
The source of their power is the vacuum, the criminal policies of Israel's governments over the last 40 years. The source of their power is a government that is evading its duties to care for all of its citizens and to end the occupation, and a Knesset that supports the government instead of putting it in its place.[20]
The Israeli Knesset opened investigations into the funding of Israeli human rights organizations in a political maneuver against them. However, as one article in Ha'aretz by an Israeli professor explained, these groups actually – inadvertently – play a role in "entrenching the occupation." As the author explained:
Even if the leftist groups' intention is to ensure upholding Palestinian rights, though, the unintentional result of their activity is preserving the occupation. Moderating and restraining the army's activity gives it a more human and legal facade. Reducing the pressure of international organizations, alongside moderating the Palestinian population's resistance potential, enable the army to continue to maintain this control model over a prolonged period of time.[21]
Thus, if the Israeli Knesset succeeds in getting rid of these powerful NGOs, they sow the seeds for the pressure valve in the occupied territories to be removed. The potential for massive internal protests within Israel from the left, as well as the possibility of another Intifada – uprising – in the occupied territories themselves would seem dramatically increased. Israel and the West have expressed how much distaste they hold for democracy in the region. When Gaza held a democratic election in 2006 and elected Hamas, which was viewed as the 'wrong' choice by Israel and America, Israel imposed a ruthless blockade of Gaza. Richard Falk, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Inquiry Commission for the Palestinian territories, wrote an article for Al Jazeera in which he explained that the blockade:
unlawfully restricted to subsistence levels, or below, the flow of food, medicine, and fuel. This blockade continues to this day, leaving the entire Gazan population locked within the world's largest open-air prison, and victimized by one of the cruelest forms of belligerent occupation in the history of warfare.[22]
The situation in the occupied territories is made increasingly tense with the recent leaking of the "Palestinian Papers," which consist of two decades of secret Israeli-Palestinian accords, revealing the weak negotiating position of the Palestinian Authority. The documents consist largely of major concessions the Palestinian Authority was willing to make "on the issues of the right of return of Palestinian refugees, territorial concessions, and the recognition of Israel." Among the leaks, Palestinian negotiators secretly agreed to concede nearly all of East Jerusalem to Israel. Further, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (favoured by Israel and America over Hamas), was personally informed by a senior Israeli official the night before Operation Cast Lead, the December 2008 and January 2009 Israeli assault on Gaza, resulting in the deaths of over 1,000 Palestinians: "Israeli and Palestinian officials reportedly discussed targeted assassinations of Hamas and Islamic Jihad activists in Gaza."[23]
Hamas has subsequently called on Palestinian refugees to protest over the concessions regarding the 'right of return' for refugees, of which the negotiators conceded to allowing only 100,000 of 5 million to return to Israel.[24] A former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt lamented that, "The concern will be that this might cause further problems in moving forward."[25] However, while being blamed for possibly preventing the "peace process" from moving forward, what the papers reveal is that the "peace process" itself is a joke. The Palestinian Authority's power is derivative of the power Israel allows it to have, and was propped up as a method of dealing with an internal Palestinian elite, thus doing what all colonial powers have done. The papers, then, reveal how the so-called Palestinian 'Authority' does not truly speak or work for the interests of the Palestinian people. And while this certainly will divide the PA from Hamas, they were already deeply divided as it was. Certainly, this will pose problems for the "peace process," but that's assuming it is a 'peaceful' process in the first part.
Is Egypt on the Edge of Revolution?
Unrest is even spreading to Egypt, personal playground of U.S.-supported and armed dictator, Hosni Mubarak, in power since 1981. Egypt is the main U.S. ally in North Africa, and has for centuries been one of the most important imperial jewels first for the Ottomans, then the British, and later for the Americans. With a population of 80 million, 60% of which are under the age of 30, who make up 90% of Egypt's unemployed, the conditions are ripe for a repeat in Egypt of what happened in Tunisia.[26]
On January 25, 2011, Egypt experienced its "day of wrath," in which tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets to protest against rising food prices, corruption, and the oppression of living under a 30-year dictatorship. The demonstrations were organized through the use of social media such as Twitter and Facebook. When the protests emerged, the government closed access to these social media sites, just as the Tunisian government did in the early days of the protests that led to the collapse of the dictatorship. As one commentator wrote in the Guardian:
Egypt is not Tunisia. It's much bigger. Eighty million people, compared with 10 million. Geographically, politically, strategically, it's in a different league – the Arab world's natural leader and its most populous nation. But many of the grievances on the street are the same. Tunis and Cairo differ only in size. If Egypt explodes, the explosion will be much bigger, too.[27]
In Egypt, "an ad hoc coalition of students, unemployed youths, industrial workers, intellectuals, football fans and women, connected by social media such as Twitter and Facebook, instigated a series of fast-moving, rapidly shifting demos across half a dozen or more Egyptian cities." The police responded with violence, and three protesters were killed. With tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets, Egypt saw the largest protests in decades, if not under the entire 30-year reign of President Mubarak. Is Egypt on the verge of revolution? It seems too soon to tell. Egypt, it must be remembered, is the second major recipient of U.S. military assistance in the world (following Israel), and thus, its police state and military apparatus are far more advanced and secure than Tunisia's. Clearly, however, something is stirring. As Hilary Clinton said on the night of the protests, "Our assessment is that the Egyptian government is stable and is looking for ways to respond to the legitimate needs and interests of the Egyptian people."[28] In other words: "We continue to support tyranny and dictatorship over democracy and liberation." So what else is new?
Egyptian Protest, 25 January 2011
According to some estimates, as many as 50,000 protesters turned out in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and other Egyptian cities.[29] The protests were met with the usual brutality: beating protesters, firing tear gas and using water cannons to attempt to disperse the protesters. As images and videos started emerging out of Egypt, "television footage showed demonstrators chasing police down side streets. One protester climbed into a fire engine and drove it away."[30] Late on the night of the protests, rumours and unconfirmed reports were spreading that the first lady of Egypt, Suzanne Mubarak, may have fled Egypt to London, following on the heels of rumours that Mubarak's son, and presumed successor, had also fled to London.[31]
Are We Headed for a Global Revolution?
During the first phase of the global economic crisis in December of 2008, the IMF warned governments of the prospect of "violent unrest on the streets." The head of the IMF warned that, "violent protests could break out in countries worldwide if the financial system was not restructured to benefit everyone rather than a small elite."[32]
In January of 2009, Obama's then-Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, told the Senate Intelligence Committee that the greatest threat to the National Security of the U.S. was not terrorism, but the global economic crisis:
I'd like to begin with the global economic crisis, because it already looms as the most serious one in decades, if not in centuries … Economic crises increase the risk of regime-threatening instability if they are prolonged for a one- or two-year period… And instability can loosen the fragile hold that many developing countries have on law and order, which can spill out in dangerous ways into the international community.[33]
In 2007, a British Defence Ministry report was released assessing global trends in the world over the next 30 years. In assessing "Global Inequality", the report stated that over the next 30 years:
[T]he gap between rich and poor will probably increase and absolute poverty will remain a global challenge… Disparities in wealth and advantage will therefore become more obvious, with their associated grievances and resentments, even among the growing numbers of people who are likely to be materially more prosperous than their parents and grandparents. Absolute poverty and comparative disadvantage will fuel perceptions of injustice among those whose expectations are not met, increasing tension and instability, both within and between societies and resulting in expressions of violence such as disorder, criminality, terrorism and insurgency. They may also lead to the resurgence of not only anti-capitalist ideologies, possibly linked to religious, anarchist or nihilist movements, but also to populism and the revival of Marxism.[34]
Further, the report warned of the dangers to the established powers of a revolution emerging from the disgruntled middle classes:
The middle classes could become a revolutionary class, taking the role envisaged for the proletariat by Marx. The globalization of labour markets and reducing levels of national welfare provision and employment could reduce peoples' attachment to particular states. The growing gap between themselves and a small number of highly visible super-rich individuals might fuel disillusion with meritocracy, while the growing urban under-classes are likely to pose an increasing threat to social order and stability, as the burden of acquired debt and the failure of pension provision begins to bite. Faced by these twin challenges, the world's middle-classes might unite, using access to knowledge, resources and skills to shape transnational processes in their own class interest.[35]
We have now reached the point where the global economic crisis has continued beyond the two-year mark. The social repercussions are starting to be felt – globally – as a result of the crisis and the coordinated responses to it. Since the global economic crisis hit the 'Third World' the hardest, the social and political ramifications will be felt there first. In the context of the current record-breaking hikes in the cost of food, food riots will spread around the world as they did in 2007 and 2008, just prior to the outbreak of the economic crisis. This time, however, things are much worse economically, much more desperate socially, and much more oppressive politically.
This rising discontent will spread from the developing world to the comfort of our own homes in the West. Once the harsh realization sets in that the economy is not in 'recovery,' but rather in a Depression, and once our governments in the West continue on their path of closing down the democratic façade and continue dismantling rights and freedoms, increasing surveillance and 'control,' while pushing increasingly militaristic and war-mongering foreign policies around the world (mostly in an effort to quell or crush the global awakening being experienced around the world), we in the West will come to realize that 'We are all Tunisians.'
In 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr., said in his famous speech "Beyond Vietnam":
I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.[36]
This was Part 1 of "North Africa and the Global Political Awakening," focusing on the emergence of the protest movements primarily in North Africa and the Arab world, but placing it in the context of a wider 'Global Awakening.'
Part 2 will focus on the West's reaction to the 'Awakening' in this region; namely, the two-pronged strategy of supporting oppressive regimes while promoting "democratization" in a grand new project of "democratic imperialism."
Andrew Gavin Marshall is a Research Associate with the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). He is co-editor, with Michel Chossudovsky, of the recent book, "The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century," available to order at Globalresearch.ca. He is currently working on a forthcoming book on 'Global Government'.
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[5] Marc Lynch, Tunisia and the New Arab Media Space, Foreign Policy, 15 January 2011: http://lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/15/tunisia_and_the_new_arab_media_space
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[14] EurActiv, 'Jasmine' revolt wave reaches Albania, 24 January 2011: http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/jasmine-revolt-wave-reaches-albania-news-501529
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[17] Shibley Telhami, A shift in Arab views of Iran, Los Angeles Times, 14 August 2010: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/14/opinion/la-oe-telhami-arab-opinions-20100814
[19] Merav Michaeli, Israel may be on the eve of revolution, Ha'aretz, 17 January 2011: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/israel-may-be-on-the-eve-of-revolution-1.337445
[21] Yagil Levy, Israeli NGOs are entrenching the occupation, Ha'aretz, 11 January 2011: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/israeli-ngos-are-entrenching-the-occupation-1.336331?localLinksEnabled=false
[22] Richard Falk, Ben Ali Tunisia was model US client, Al-Jazeera, 25 January 2011: http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/01/201112314530411972.html
[23] Jack Khoury and Haaretz Service, Two decades of secret Israeli-Palestinian accords leaked to media worldwide, Ha'arets, 23 January 2011: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/two-decades-of-secret-israeli-palestinian-accords-leaked-to-media-worldwide-1.338768
[24] Haaretz Service and The Associated Press, Hamas urges Palestinian refugees to protest over concessions on right of return, Ha'aretz, 25 January 2011: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/hamas-urges-palestinian-refugees-to-protest-over-concessions-on-right-of-return-1.339120
[25] Alan Greenblatt, Palestinian Papers May Be Blow To Peace Process, NPR, 24 January 2011: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/24/133181412/palestinian-papers-may-cause-blow-to-peace-process?ps=cprs
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[29] MATT BRADLEY, Rioters Jolt Egyptian Regime, The Wall Street Journal, 26 January 2011: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704698004576104112320465414.html
[30] Catrina Stewart, Violence on the streets of Cairo as unrest grows, The Independent, 26 January 2011: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/violence-on-the-streets-of-cairo-as-unrest-grows-2194484.html
[31] IBT, Suzanne Mubarak of Egypt has fled to Heathrow airport in London: unconfirmed reports, International Business Times, 25 January 2011: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/104960/20110125/suzanne-mubarak-of-egypt-has-fled-to-heathrow-airport-in-london-unconfirmed-reports.htm
[32] Angela Balakrishnan, IMF chief issues stark warning on economic crisis. The Guardian: December 18, 2008: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/16/imf-financial-crisis
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[34] DCDC, The DCDC Global Strategic Trends Programme, 2007-2036, 3rd ed. The Ministry of Defence, January 2007: page 3
[35] Ibid, page 81.
[36] Rev. Martin Luther King, Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence. Speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/058.html
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Tod Raguay	on January 29, 2011 at 5:15 pm
These individuals really want freedom and an opportunity at something other then poverty. I hope President Mubarak steps away for a leader which will help all people.
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Опса () — агрогородок в в Браславском районе Витебской области Белоруссии. Административный центр Опсовского сельсовета.

География

Расположение
Расположен на берегу озера Опса, в 18 км к юго-западу от Браслава на шоссе Браслав — Поставы недалеко от точки схождения границ Белоруссии, Латвии и Литвы.

История

В письменных источниках Опса впервые упоминается в 1500 году когда великий князь литовский Александр Ягеллончик передал Опсу во временное пользование смоленскому князю Глазыню, земли которого в то время были заняты русской армией. Со второй половине XVI века Опса — центр староства. В 1768 году построен католический храм, однако в 1886 году он сгорел, годом позже на его месте был возведён новый храм во имя Иоанна Крестителя. В 1792 году под Опсой состоялось одно из сражений русско-польской войны 1792 года.

После третьего раздела Речи Посполитой Опса в составе Российской империи. 6 июля 1812 года в Опсе располагался штаб командующего 1-й русской Западной армией генерала М. Б. Барклая де Толли, а 11 июля 1812 года — штаб командующего французским кавалерийским корпусом маршала Мюрата. С 1823 года Опса — владение графской семьи Плятеров. В начале XX века в селе построена усадьба Плятеров, частично сохранившаяся до нашего времени.

В середине XIX Опса — центр волости Новоалександровского уезда Ковенской губернии, в 1859 году село насчитывало 11 дворов и 163 жителей. В 1864 году открыто народное училище. В начале XX века Опса насчитывала 415 жителей в городке и 55 жителей в имении. В первую мировую войну в городке, поместье и окрестностях располагались штабы, резервные части российских войск, санитарные и тыловые учреждения, госпитали. В 1916 году из Друи в Опсу проложена узкоколейная железная дорога.

Согласно Рижскому мирному договору (1921 г.) Опса оказалась в составе межвоенной Польской Республики, где стали центром гмины Браславского повета Виленского воеводства. В 1931 году в Опсе проживало 907 жителей.

В 1939 Опса вошла в БССР, c 1940 года — центр сельсовета. Во время Великой Отечественной войны в Опсе было уничтожено более 200 жителей.

Достопримечательности
 Католическая церковь Иоанна Крестителя (1887 г)
 Усадьба Плятеров (начало XX вв.)

В 1990 году католический храм, служивший во времена СССР складом, был возвращён Церкви, после чего проходил длительную реставрацию. Вторая достопримечательность агрогородка, усадьба Плятеров, пребывает в заброшенном и сильно запущенном состоянии — существуют планы её полной реставрации с превращением в VIP-гостиницу.

Примечания

Литература
 Свод памятников истории и культуры Белоруссии. Витебская область / ред. С. В. Марцелев [и др.]. — Минск: БелСЭ им. Петруся Бровки, 1985. — С. 153—154.

Ссылки
 Опса на сайте radzima.org

См. также
 Гетто в Опсе

Агрогородки Браславского района

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La rivière du Pin est un affluent de la rive sud de la rivière du Sud laquelle coule vers le nord-est jusqu'à la rive sud du fleuve Saint-Laurent, dans la région administrative de Chaudière-Appalaches, au Québec, au Canada.

La rivière du Pin traverse les municipalités régionales de comté de :
 Les Etchemins : municipalité de Saint-Magloire.
 Bellechasse : municipalités de Saint-Philémon, Armagh,
 Montmagny : municipalité de Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud.

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La rivière du Pin prend sa source en zone montagneuse dans la municipalité de Saint-Magloire dans les Monts Notre-Dame.

À partir de sa source, la rivière du Pin" coule dans une vallée encaissée sur  selon les segments suivants :
  vers le nord-est, jusqu'à la limite entre Saint-Magloire et Saint-Philémon ;
  vers le nord, en recueillant les eaux de ruisseaux de montagnes, jusqu'aux chutes "Les Portes de l'Enfer" ;
  vers le nord-est, jusqu'à la route 281 ;
  vers le nord-ouest, jusqu'au pont du chemin du rang Saint-Isidore ;
  vers le nord, recueillant les eaux de son principal affluent la rivière Gabriel, jusqu'à la route 216 qu'elle coupe à  à l'est du centre du village de Saint-Philémon ;
  vers le nord-ouest, jusqu'à la limite nord-ouest de Saint-Philémon ;
  vers le nord-ouest, formant la limite entre Armagh et Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud ;
  vers le nord, dans Armagh, jusqu'au pont de la route de la Fourche-du-Pin ;
  vers le nord-ouest, jusqu'à sa confluence.

La rivière du Pin se déverse sur la rive sud de la rivière du Sud (Montmagny) à la limite des municipalités de Armagh et de Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud.

Toponymie
Le toponyme Rivière du Pin a été officialisé le  à la Commission de toponymie du Québec.

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Rivière du Sud, un cours d'eau
 Rivière Gabriel, un cours d'eau
 Saint-Magloire, une municipalité
 Saint-Philémon, une municipalité
 Armagh, une municipalité
 Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, une municipalité
 Bellechasse, une MRC
 Les Etchemins, une MRC
 Montmagny, une MRC

Liens externes

Cours d'eau en Chaudière-Appalaches
Bellechasse
Les Etchemins
Montmagny (municipalité régionale de comté)
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Q: Center image on page if tag is in an un-ordered list I am trying to figure out how to center an image to the page instead of to the list item.
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On a normal list, the list item will be indented a bit, which is what I want. However, I want the image to be centered to the page div not the list item. Is this possible? I would need it to work in IE 9 and preferably IE 8 as well.
Also, some of my lists may be indented a couple of levels to, so maybe margin-left: 40px or margin-left: 80px so I would need to account for this.
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A: You can use absolute positioning to do this, and it will center to the parenting relative object, which would hopefully be the page. I made a fiddle here:
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Tour De France: Belgium's Wout Van Aert Wins Fifth Stage, Frenchman Alaphilippe Loses Yellow Jersey
"It's a bit disappointing," he said. "We only heard about it obviously after the finish. It's a bit of the high and lows today. We thought we'd have yellow and green but unfortunately, we don't have it now.
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Belgian Wout van Aert won the fifth stage of the Tour de France, a 183km ride from Gap that featured no breakaway, an almost unprecedented scenario in normal racing conditions in the modern era on Wednesday. France's Julian Alaphilippe lost the competition's overall lead after a 20-second penalty, handing it to UK's Adam Yates.
Dutchman Cees Bol was second and Sam Bennett took third place to become the first Irishman to wear the green jersey for the points classification since Sean Kelly in 1990.
Alaphilippe was first reported as having retained the overall leader's yellow jersey after staying tucked in the peloton the whole day. But it has since been announced that he has lost the Tour de France's overall lead after being handed a 20-second penalty at the end of Wednesday's stage.
Alaphilippe snatched a bottle 17km from the line, but the rules state that feeding is illegal within 20km of the finish.
Adam Yates is the new overall leader in the updated Tour de France rankings.
Thursday's sixth stage is a 191km middle-mountain trek from Le Teil to the Mont Aigoual.
News of Alaphilippe's time penalty took some of the shine off Bennett's celebrations in green.
"It's a bit disappointing," he said. "We only heard about it obviously after the finish. It's a bit of the high and lows today. We thought we'd have yellow and green but unfortunately, we don't have it now.
"I'm honoured to wear (green) at least once and I'm really happy that happened today. It's hard to go for stages and the green jersey – today I was so focused on the green I almost forgot to really, really try to win.
"I've never had such mixed feelings in my career. I'm really happy to have green but sad to have lost the stage. But I did everything I could. In the last two kilometres I didn't have the legs to sprint, but I'm pretty happy with my performance in the end."
Yates follows Tom Simpson, Sean Yates (no relation), Chris Boardman, David Millar, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas in pulling on the yellow jersey.
The 28-year-old, who will join Team Ineos next season, came to the Tour insisting he would focus only on stage wins after an illness hurt his preparations to have another tilt at the general classification.
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In 2005 after five years of combining full-time work with studies, Kate received her CGA designation. She moved to Langley, had a son and decided to open a home office in her garage. It was so successful she moved the office to its present location in Langley City, where she has had to expand space to accommodate a growing team. In 2013 she was blessed with the birth of a baby daughter that once again changed the dynamic of the business – such is life.
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Q: Elements disapear when height is relative I have 3 a with width:100%. I don't want to set a height so that the images keep their ratio. For some unknown reason the a elements desappear if height is not specified or set to auto. Any idea why this happens?
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A: Because your link tag is empty , I suggest you add:
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A: That's because your a tag is empty. If you want it to grow with it's content you need to give it some content (background is no content). You could add the image you want with an img tag inside.

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Abstract: This paper (only available in German) shows that building up a sustainable society on the ground of capitalist economy is an illusion. Mere technical solutions as proposed by supporters of the so called "Green New Deal" will not do it. But we need not only overvome capitalism but also industrialism. The paper is going into techincal details to give reasons for this view.


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NASCAR has ordered staff pay cuts across its entire company until the series returns to racing.
NASCAR President Steve Phelps sent a memo to employees Tuesday saying all officers will have a 25% reduction in salary, while all other employees will have their salary reduced by 20%. Budget expenses also have been frozen, and employees are being encouraged to use vacation.
NASCAR currently is suspended until May 9, a span costing the series seven of its elite Cup races. Phelps has vowed all will be rescheduled. NASCAR was four races into the season — the longest in sports at almost 11 months — when the coronavirus brought the series to a halt.
BASKETBALL HOF inductions postponed
The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's newest class won't get inducted until next year.
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TrackTown USA, the local organizing body, announced Tuesday that is working with USA Track & Field and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee on rescheduling the event, which was originally set to start on June 19.
BASEBALL Syndergaard to have Tommy John surgery
New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard has a torn elbow ligament and needs Tommy John surgery that will keep him out of action this year.
New York medical director Dr. David Altchek will operate Thursday.
Opening day has been postponed until at least mid-May because of the virus outbreak.
Nicknamed Thor, the right-hander was the No. 2 starter in a strong rotation behind two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom. New York has for now sufficient starters to make up for Syndergaard's absence, with Marcus Stroman, Michael Wacha, Rick Porcello and Steven Matz.
Syndergaard turns 28 in August and currently is eligible to become a free agent after the 2021 season. He agreed in January to a $9.7 million, one-year contract.
Syndergaard was an All-Star in 2016 when he went 14-9 with a 2.60 ERA but his ERA has climbed to 2.97 in 2017, 3.05 in 2018 and 4.28 last year, when he was 10-8 in 32 starts.
FOOTBALL Cam, Carolina part ways
The Cam Newton era is over in Carolina, as the Panthers released the 30-year-old quarterback after nine seasons.
The move became a mere formality after the Panthers made it clear last week they were moving on from Newton by giving him permission to seek a trade and then agreeing to a three-year, $63 million contract with free agent quarterback Teddy Bridgewater about 90 minutes later.
On Monday night, Newton posted on his Instagram account that he was "hungrier" now because he is "unemployed."
"Cam has meant a lot to this organization and the Carolinas," Panthers general manager Marty Hurney said in a statement Tuesday. "Everyone saw his performances on the field. I had the privilege of seeing how hard he worked off the field, and his commitment to this team when no one was watching. He's the ultimate competitor and it physically hurts him to lose. He willed this team to victory on many occasions and will always be considered one of the greatest players in the history of this franchise."
After the Panthers announced Newton was free to seek a trade, the QB took to Twitter, posting a message directed at the front office that read, "Stop the word play!! I never asked for it!! There is no dodging this one; I love the Panthers to death and will always love you guys!! Please do not try and play me or manipulate the narrative and act like I wanted this: You forced me into this."
Newton now becomes a free agent and can sign with another NFL team immediately.


Always-parenting God, we cry out to you with a prayerful heart on behalf of our fathers.
Where our fathers have blessed us with their faithfulness, integrity, and love, deepen our gratitude.
LET OUR PRAYERS BECOME A SONG THAT PLEASES YOUR HEART.
Where our fathers have wounded, mistreated, or abandoned us, deepen our healing and forgiveness.
LET OUR PRAYERS BECOME AN EXPERIENCE OF YOUR EMBRACE.
Where children and fathers are alienated from one another, deepen either our reconciliation or our acceptance of necessary distance.
LET OUR PRAYERS BECOME INSTRUMENTS OF RECONCILIATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PEACE.
Where good men have never been called to be fathers, or have never been given the opportunity to raise children, deepen the fatherly role they play in the lives of many.
LET OUR PRAYERS BECOME AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL MEN AND AN ILLUMINATION OF THE CRITICAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN YOUR STORY.
Where fathers are grieving over the loss of their children and children over the loss of their fathers, deepen our awareness of your weeping and redeeming presence.
LET OUR PRAYERS BECOME THE CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH YOU MAKE YOUR WAY INTO OUR DEEPEST PAIN.
Where fathers are committed to loving their children comprehensively and raising them in a spirit of vulnerability, devotion, and gentleness, deepen the joy and purpose they find in fatherhood.
LET OUR PRAYERS BECOME A GRATITUDE THAT IS DEEPER THAN OUR WORDS.
Where fathers and children are struggling in relationships that feel broken, depleted or dysfunctional, deepen our shared compassion and encouragement.
LET OUR PRAYERS BECOME PART OF THE HEALING THAT YOU OFFER TO WOUNDED SOULS.
On this Father's Day, engage us in a more dynamic communion with your holy presence, where fatherhood always finds its origin, its meaning, and its redemption. We pray this in the name of Jesus, whose perfect relationship with the Father is the source of our deepest hope. AMEN.


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Women say Raiders coach Cable abused them
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Women: Cable has violent history
Two women, including his former wife and a recent girlfriend, say that Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable has a history of violent behavior toward women.
In separate interviews with ESPN's "Outside the Lines," Sandy Cable and Marie Lutz say that Cable hit them during relationships dating back more than 20 years.
Cable's alleged temper has been in the news since August, when Oakland assistant coach Randy Hanson accused Cable of breaking his jaw during an altercation in a coaches meeting.
On Oct. 22, Napa County district attorney Gary Lieberstein said he would not pursue charges against Cable, citing inconsistencies in Hanson's story that were not corroborated by the three assistants in the room at the time.
But the two women interviewed by "Outside The Lines" say that Cable, in his first full season as the Raiders' head coach, physically abused them at various times during their relationships.
In 1989, Sandy Cable sought a temporary order of protection, which said, in part, "On two occasions, one back in '86 and the other in '88, he hit me. The second time in the face, however on attempts to call law enforcement, my husband would rip the phone out of the wall."
A third woman, Cable's second wife Glenda, said in documents related to the couple's 2008 divorce that "in the past he has been physically and verbally abusive to me." Glenda and Tom Cable were married for 17 years. She declined to speak to "Outside The Lines", but is currently receiving support payments from Cable.
Glenda Cable's attorney on Saturday issued a statement to OTL which contradicted the statements in the divorce documents.
"I have known Tom Cable for more than 20 years, including 17 years of marriage," Glenda Cable said in the statement. "Throughout the time I have known him, Tom has never been violent to me or our children. I chose not to speak to the media before now to protect my privacy and that of my children. However, I am very troubled by what is being claimed by others and I felt compelled to speak out about my own lengthy experience with Tom."
Lutz, who dated Cable as recently as January 2009, said she remembers Cable hitting her "three, four times." She described a scene in a car after they left a restaurant where "[Cable] just got so angry I could not recognize him."
Last Jan. 6, Lutz said she came to Cable's house early in the morning and found another woman there. According to a police report from Alameda, Calif., Lutz became "very upset" and "demanded to meet the woman." Lutz told police that after an altercation, Cable "grabbed her by the left arm, causing her to fall to the ground" and "eventually pick[ed] her up and pushed her out the front door."
Lutz went to the emergency room and was treated for back pain and a contusion. Lutz also told police Cable had grabbed her by the neck several months earlier.
She did not press charges with any police jurisdictions.
Cable remarried in May, according to a statement issued on Carol Cable's behalf by Tom Cable's attorney. In the statement, Carol Cable said she was the woman in Cable's house the morning of Jan. 6 when Lutz showed up unannounced. Even though Carol Cable told Alameda police that she did not see Lutz that morning, according to a police report, Carol Cable now says she heard her getting angry.
"I was present at Tom's house when Marie Lutz came to the house in January of this year," her statement reads, in part. "At approximately 5 a.m., we heard someone pounding very loudly on the front door and ringing the doorbell over and over again.
"When Tom opened the door, Ms. Lutz told him she needed to talk to him, that she needed his help, and begged him to let her into the house," the statement said. "After she entered the house, the two of them had a verbal exchange. At no time did Tom commit any act of violence toward her. After not getting what she wanted from Tom, Ms. Lutz screamed at Tom 'I am going to ruin your [expletive deleted] life and I am going to ruin your [expletive deleted] career if it is the last thing I ever do.' "
Sandy Cable told OTL that she called the police when she was married to him, but she didn't receive any support from local law enforcement officers in Idaho, where they lived. "I was quite young, didn't understand the system," she said. "This was prior to domestic abuse being a big issue ... before mandatory arrest laws."
Sandy Cable said that, when she and Tom Cable broke up, she suggested counseling. "That angered him even further," she said.
Through his attorneys, Cable declined to comment earlier. On Sunday, he released a statement through his agent and attorney Donald Yee, saying "on only one occasion in my life have I ever touched a woman inappropriately."
"More than 20 years ago, during my first marriage, I became aware that my wife Sandy had committed adultery. I became very angry and slapped her with an open hand. What I did was wrong and I have regretted and felt sorrow about that moment ever since," Cable said in his statement. " ... The incident involving Ms. Lutz, in which she came to my home uninvited, was fully investigated by the Alameda Police Department and I cooperated fully with that investigation. I never battered her in any way. The police concluded, correctly, that I had done nothing wrong and that was the end of the matter."
Sandy Cable followed up her former husband's statement with her own Sunday, saying, "He constantly made accusations throughout the relationship. There was never any infidelity on my part. And he did not slap me, he punched me."
After Sunday's game, Cable was asked if these off-field issues wear on him.
"Who knows, maybe they're tied together," Cable said. "You know that's really all I can say about it. Like I said, I gave an earlier statement that was released and I'm going to stand by it."
The NFL had been considering whether to discipline Cable under the league's personal conduct policy, which specifically identifies workplace violence.
League spokesman Greg Aiello issued a statement Sunday saying the NFL would review the matters "in conjunction with the Raiders and consistent with our personal conduct policy."
The Raiders had no comment before Sunday's game.
"We've got nothing to say right now," Raiders senior executive John Hererra said.
Cable, 44, was the Raiders' offensive line coach in 2007-08 but took over as head coach when Lane Kiffin was fired four weeks into the 2008 season.
He broke into the NFL in 2007 as an offensive line coach with the Atlanta Falcons. Cable coached at eight universities between 1987 and 2005, including four seasons as head coach at the University of Idaho.
Cable had been accused of assaulting and threatening to kill Hanson at a meeting at the team's training camp hotel in Napa, Calif., on Aug. 5. Hanson was treated for a broken jaw following the incident.
Hanson reportedly did not want to press charges when he went to the hospital, but officials contacted local authorities.
When interviewed, Raiders assistant coaches John Marshall, Lionel Washington and Willie Brown did not back Hanson's version of events, telling investigators that Cable did not punch Hanson or make any verbal threats.
Lieberstein, in declining to prosecute Cable, said the coaches told police that Cable became angry and rushed toward Hanson, but Washington stepped between the two. Cable ran into Washington, who bumped into Hanson and knocked him out of his chair. The witnesses also told authorities that Cable then grabbed Hanson by the shirt but never struck or threatened him.
Why are Sandy Cable and Lutz talking now? Sandy Cable told "Outside the Lines" she spoke up "because it continues to happen."
Lutz said she wants Cable to get help for his anger. "This is the reason why I'm here now," Lutz said.
Information from ESPN reporter Colleen Dominguez and The Associated Press was included in this report. Paula Lavigne, a reporter for ESPN's Enterprise Unit, also contributed.


Recently I painted a new animal painting to add to my collection that has been in the works. I have always loved the look of Mandrill monkeys so I decided to use one for my next subject. First I sketched out the basic placement lines of where I wanted the monkey and crowned african eagle to go.
I began the monkey by doing a layer of colored pencils on his face and body. Then I followed the pencil with a layer of paint. I continue the process of layering and building up the layers of pencil and paint until I achieve the results I want.
And finally there. The cherry on the top was the details such as the little hairs on his eyes and nose and the reflections on his eyes. The details are always my favorite and the parts that keep me chugging along when I am having a hard time pushing through. Knowing I get to add these little details really put a fire underneath me to get to the finish line. Painting the texture of fur has been SO FUN for me!
I always love a polka dot, and recently I am into pale pink combined with black, so this is what I chose for the background.
The background was done with a technique called negative painting. An example of how it is done can be found HERE . I also painted some imaginary fruit to add to the monkeys environment.
This painting and others can be found at Artisan Coffee Shop at the Whole Foods Market in Akron for the whole month of April (1745 W Market St, Akron, OH 44313).


Bloodthirsty, gruesome or just plain scary. Is it necessary to write repugnant scenes?
In every book the prime aim of a good author is to keep the reader enthralled. Whether you're writing romance, suspense, vampire or a good old scary ghost-story you have to capture that book lover. But do your scenes have to be completely over the top to be a gripping read for your audience?
I asked a few author friends to give me some examples of things they'd written in some of their books which they thought captivated their readers.
Each victim had been given such a bracelet, and they had worn it with pride, not knowing that the gift singled them out. It was as befitting as a gift could be. They were the chosen ones.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Clint was back and pounding on the door. "Okay, okay, I'm coming." Eyes half open, Samantha lifted the bar and flung open the door. She'd decided to give him a nasty piece of her mind upon his return. "Clint we neeee…"The man standing there wasn't Clint. Instantly his foot was in the threshold preventing her from slamming the door shut.
I'm crashed out in the bed and I'm dreaming. Full colour. Full sound. It's a summer's day. Children are playing, shouting, somewhere off in the distance and I'm looking at this one kid sitting under an old oak tree. There's something familiar about him. Those round spectacles on a 10-year-old kid. He's using them to look intently at something he's holding in his hand. My heart races. It's Ersmith as a 10-year-old boy. What's that he has in his hand? I zoom in. He opens his hand. It's a spider, quite big, about two inches across. And the spider's running away but just before it can make it, Ersmith picks it up again by one of its legs. He's smiling. He's looking intently, observing the thing through those 20/20 specs. He pulls off one of the spider's legs and places the animal back on the ground. He's watching, seeing how the spider manages with just seven legs. He's smiling again. He's picking up the spider and pulling off another leg. He's watching again, looking to see how the animal now copes. It's asymmetric now. He's pulled off two legs from the same side to see how the spider moves lopsidedly. He's pulling off another leg. Another smile. He's watching, waiting. Another leg. Another smile. Another look of intense concentration. He leaves the animal with just one leg. The spider is lying there, waving that one long leg aimlessly in the air. He doesn't kill it. He watches for a long time. He smiles once more, stands up and leaves the animal there, unable to move.
Just a few short excerpts from authors who write in very different styles and genre. Do you agree that letting your imagination do the work is best or do you prefer full-on gore? I'd be interested to know. Do check out these authors as there is some fine work here.
Thank you for dropping by…have a great week!
A great article, Faith! Thanks for featuring that piece of mine!


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Gunnebo Group has appointed Howard Lang as the new president of Gunnebo Entrance Control. Lang will take up the position from Feb. 1. He succeeds Sacha de La Noë.
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Pro-Vigil, a provider of remote video monitoring, management and crime deterrence solutions, today published its third annual "The State of Physical Security" research report. It revealed that amid ongoing supply chain issues and emerging economic uncertainty, businesses experienced a rise in physical security incidents in 2022.
Russian Hackers Attempting to Use ChatGPT for Malicious Use
While OpenAI's ChatGPT tool features a number of safeguards, that's not stopping hackers from trying to make use of the tool for malicious intent.
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A new chatbot called ChatGPT from artificial intelligence research lab OpenAI has gone viral. The bot mimics human communication, and it's been used to generate content on a wide range of topics—from small talk to academic essays to news stories and more.
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Looking forward, Darktrace is offering its 2023 Predictions, including where we can expect to see changes in MFA where accessibility and usability continue to dominate the discussion; continued Hactivism from non-state actors where 'know thy enemy,
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iluminar Inc. has announced joining System Surveyor as a manufacturer partner. iluminar's participation in System Surveyor's open-platform, SaaS-based graphical system design platform will make their product catalog and accessories available to thousands of users, from system integrators to end customers, streamlining system design, installation and maintenance.


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US News Ranks Gonzaga Online Family Nurse Practitioner Program 9th Best in Nation
U.S. News: GU Online Nursing Track Nation's 9th Best
Kelly Anderson, a graduate of the Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner track ('09) and the Post-Master's Doctor of Nursing Practice program ('18).
Gonzaga News Service
SPOKANE, Wash. — U.S. News & World Report ranks Gonzaga University's online Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner track the 9th best (tie) specialty master of nursing program in the nation. The excellence of this program in Gonzaga's School of Nursing and Human Physiology is included in the publication's rankings of the best online programs released this week.
Vincent Salyers, Ed.D., registered nurse and dean of the School of Nursing and Human Physiology. (GU photo)
"We are honored to be considered the ninth best online Family Nurse Practitioner program in the country. This ranking is a true testament of our stellar students, faculty and alumni. This recognition also reflects our strong reputation with peer institutions throughout the country and the transformational learning experiences for which our school is known," said Vincent Salyers, Ed.D., registered nurse and dean of the School of Nursing and Human Physiology.
The specialty rankings are based entirely on responses to a peer assessment survey. For each specialty, respondents were asked to volunteer up to 15 institutions that they believed had strength in these areas. Schools were ranked in descending order of total ratings received by peer institutions.
A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse with additional education who can perform physicals, order labs, prescribe medicines, educate patients on their care and more. Gonzaga's online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) track prepares students to provide a holistic approach to primary care for individuals and families of all ages, as well as to manage a wide variety of acute and chronic health problems.
Family Nurse Practitioners work in independent as well as collaborative practice settings including:
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Gonzaga's nursing department offers a humanistic, Jesuit approach to nursing across three degrees — a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), and a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) — and a whole host of programs. All of the graduate-level, online nursing classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience. Gonzaga is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).The baccalaureate, master and doctor of nursing practice degree programs at Gonzaga University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Prospective students may find more information about nursing offerings at www.gonzaga.edu/nursing or contact Amy Smith at (509) 313-6243 or (866) 380-5323 or smitha2@gonzaga.edu.
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We all know how devastating the fires in Eastern Montana has been. The amount of acres that have been burned is unreal and the blaze is still going. Fire Fighters from 34 different states have came to help battle the flames. Not only are the families in the area in need of help but so are the Fire Fighters. This Sunday you can help them out and make a donation at Canyon Creek Brewery. The BB-Cajun-Taco Benefit is from 4pm-8pm.
There will be food trucks serving free food! Come by and grab some grub and make a donation. Big Guy Barbecue, Canyon Creek Brewery, Cajun Phatty's, Fat Taco, and Lindo Michoacán will all be there. Montana Outlaw BBQ will also be there and these guys have even won some awards for their BBQ! The B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S will be on hand raising money with a 50/50 raffle. Please come by and help out the victims of Lodgepole fires in Garfield County. Let's show our neighbors how much we care about them.


Posted on 26/11/2015, in Parenting, Paternity Leave, Uncategorized and tagged My Family Care, Paternity Leave, Quentin Letts, Shared Parental Leave, Shared Paternity Pay, Stay At Home Dad, Virgin. Bookmark the permalink.	Leave a comment.


Grandpa's gearing up for the "grandaddy of all fights." A gust of wind took down a big branch from the tree across the driveway outside his bedroom window. He's been obsessing about it because he can see it straddling the wooden picket fence like a teeter totter. Robert told him not to worry about it, but Grandpa has plans for that wood, and they're crazy plans that have to do with the book he's writing. Ugh! Reality versus fiction, and the workings of Grandpa's mind.The line between the two are blurred sometimes, but trust me, he's all there! Claire told Grandpa to talk to Bob about it in the morning. I'm telling you, Grandpa's about ready to strike again! Look out.