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Five interesting on/off splits for Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks
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The Bucks have lost nine consecutive games and that is not a fun experience for the team's fans — even the ones who want the team to have the greatest number of ping-pong balls in the NBA lottery. They could be losing by 4 points instead of 24, or they could play to a record of 10-30 instead of 7-33 and the team would still be primed to win the perverse prize of NBA lottery probability.
But having Giannis Antetokounmpo on the team is fun. It's fun because he is new to the United States, it's fun because he is 19 years old, and it's fun because he smiles a lot.
It's fun because he tweets things like this,
and because he poses for pictures like this one:
Let's add one more to the list. Giannis Antetokounmpo is fun because he's the best player on the Bucks. 40 games into the season, today, January 21, 2014, Giannis is the best player on the (mostly impotent) roster of Bucks.
To that end, here are five interesting on/off splits for Giannis and the Bucks this season.
1) On/off net points per 100 possessions: -3.5
A negative 3.5 differential is still exactly what it seems: the Bucks' opponents are outscoring the Bucks when Giannis is on the floor. But the damage is typically minimized with Antetokounmpo playing.
It's mildly tragic that the big three veteran, offseason acquisitions — Caron Butler, Gary Neal, and O.J. Mayo — are also the ones yielding the biggest differentials.
2) Team free throws per 36 minutes: 17.3/12.3
When Giannis plays, the Bucks average 17.3 free throws per 36 minutes. When he sits, that number falls to 12.3. By driving the ball to the hoop, and by pushing the ball in transition, Giannis and his teammates are much more likely to get to the line when he is out there playing. Speaking of which:
3) Opponent fast break points per 100 possessions: 10.7/13.7
The Bucks have something of a propensity for allowing the other team a bunch of easy baskets. It's a common feature of nearly every bad team. But with Giannis in the game, the easy fast break points take a 22% dip, from 13.7 per 100 possessions down to 10.7.
It's probably a two-fold effect: By taking more shots close to the rim with Antetokounmpo in the game, there are fewer long rebounds that trigger breaks. Also, Giannis is better at getting back than some of his older peers, and when he scoots back to get in front of the rim, he's just as likely to block a shot as a center.
In addition, the Bucks are much better themselves at scoring in transition with Giannis playing. They score 14.7 points per 100 possessions on the break when he plays, and 10.4 per 100 possessions when he doesn't. That's a 41% bump.
4) Team blocks per 100 possessions: 6.6/5.1
Without Giannis on the court, the Bucks only swat 5.1 shots per 100 possessions, so having their prized rookie on the court helps them protect the rim. And he really is protecting the rim: according to the SportVU data, opponents only convert 42.1% of their field goals when Antetokounmpo is within five feet of the rim. Among NBA "regulars" (20 more games played, 20 or more minutes per game), that ranks him fourth in the NBA.
5) Team field goal percentage: 43.2%/41.2%
There are a lot of players on the roster who shoot better than Giannis does. Neal, Butler, Mayo, Luke Ridnour, and Brandon Knight all have much more refined jump shots. And the Bucks as a whole shoot much better on mid-to-long three-point shots when Giannis is OUT of the game.
But on the whole, the Bucks shoot better with Giannis in the game. They are much better at shooting at the rim with him on the court (59.8%) than off (50.8%) and they are much, much better at creating those shots with him playing too.
As a result, the team's field overall field goal percentage takes a hit when Giannis leaves the floor.
And since we're dealing with advanced stats, if you prefer the more advanced true shooting percentage (TS%), that's higher with Giannis playing as well 51.7%/49.0%.
In any case, you can say that the Bucks' youth movement is being done with an eye toward the future, but please, please, please don't tell anyone that the youth movement is hurting the product that's being put on the floor today.
It's not. Giannis is their best, even if he's only operating with a newcomer's grip on the team's offensive and defensive schemes, whatever they may be.
To see more of the Greek rookie's on/off splits (and to see which part of the NBA/Stats site these numbers came from), click here.
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Messed up that the 18/19-year-old rookie is our best player.
Would a Wolters, Knight, Giannis, Henson, Sanders starting lineup with a Ridnour, Mayo, Middleton, Ersan, Radz second unit really be that aversive? Just give it a try at least.
But would that second unit ever be repulsive defensively, if they could score enough to balance it out though. Think Mayo should likely start over Wolters only to give extra 3 point shooting. If Ersan isn't starting(and he shouldn't be at this point)you need another shooter.
amen andy, although shooting in that starting line up would be horrible. Still worth a try!
Excellent article. Giannis impacts the game in so many ways. On the unusual nights when he scores a bit more like 14-16 points he seems to be almost All Star in his impact on the game. Stats seem to back it up.
is anyone else concerned that the bucks might try and do something really stupid and attempt a trade for carmelo? With our history of grabbing prolific/incompetent shooting guards past their prime wouldn't melo be the holy grail of such players. personally i think he is a cancer and a shitty leader. I don't think he'll win a ring as the focal point of a team. Nor do i think he'll play in milwaukee or sign an extension, but i wouldnt be surprised if the bucks did something stupid like this. (didn't really know where to post this)
Carmelo is a free agent after this year.
This is Chad Ford level jerking, Giannis is good, but far from being a complete NBA player, let alone the best player on this team. Some day he'll have to do more than make cuts and run a fast break or two throughout the course of a game. I love Giannis, but he's been bad, terrible at times, this year. It's hard not to look at him through rose tinted glasses, but there's probably 4-5 guys who contribute, or consistently contribute more towards actually winning games than Giannis.
Whom are these 4-5 guys?
And do they play for the Bucks ?
I agree that it's a stretch to say Giannis is already the Bucks' MVP. But the whole point of the article is to suggest that Giannis' value now might have more to do with his 'ripple effect' than with his boxscore stats or his ability to take over a game. In other words, it seems that his being on the court helps create favorable situations for the Bucks without him directly creating them. For example, in defensive fast break situations, he might not get a highlight reel block but maybe he gets back quicker than other SFs, or maybe he deters people from taking it hard against him.
Either way, for me the useful argument of this article is that Giannis' game and his diversity have non-obvious consequences. It'll be interesting to look more closely at why these things happen in future games.
Giannis is Oscar minus the eye-blinding confidence that he is the best player on the court.
Three years in college playing against substandard competition would have built that, but instead we get a kid coming from 2div in Greece going head-to-head against the best of the best and being a kinda useful average player with some good highlight reel plays. At nineteen. From 2div. In Greece.
Sooner or later, he is going to crack, eyeball Knight or Mayo or someone and say 'Give me the damn ball'. And then, if you're a Bucks fan, the fun will begin.


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The shocker of the 2012 campaign is Mitt Romney's mistaken assumption that he had a small lead to protect rather than a small gap to close. This false premise caused Romney to close the campaign with the tactics that were designed not to lose rather than to win.
Recent activity in my largest holding, Vical (NASDAQ: VICL) has me wondering if I am also making counter-productive moves that will brand me a financial Romney, burning money on a false premise.
Vical's phase III melanoma immunotherapy, Allovectin 7 is not going to be reporting results by the end of 2012 as company CEO Vijay Samant had been leading investors to expect since the results were pushed back earlier this year. The holdup is too few deaths to calculate overall survival benefits. Perhaps naiveté has caused me to conclude this indicates Allovectin is working. But this trial, unlike the phase II has restrictions on inclusion of patients with liver or brain mets, so perhaps the healthier trial population is behind the delay as the control arm receiving Chemotherapy could be living longer. Vical CEO Samant pushed back against this theory with news that the median age of trial enrollees is 4 years older than phase II and the incidence of stage 4 cancer is 63% vs 48% in the previous trial. The implication is that trial design improvements allowing for continuing treatment that wasn't allowed in the phase II trial are the key difference.
Delay I can live with, denial on approval prospects for Allovectin 7 would be a crushing blow to my finances and ego. That's why this assessment of Allovectin 7 from thestreet.com biotech columnist Adam Feuerstein was so upsetting.
"The latest delay tells you the melanoma assumptions upon which Vical designed the phase III study are worthless. The study is a mess. If allovectin manages to demonstrate a survival benefit (miracles happen occasionally) it will be small and clinically meaningless."
Not a good way to start the day when you own nearly 60,000 shares of the company behind a worthless mess in need of a miracle. Down goes Vical! I still want more. Crazy? Not really, even a harsh critic like Feuerstein expects Vical to match Chemo. Assuming he is right, which I do not, Allovectin's unblemished safety and tolerability makes it a better product than Chemo.
Assume you have two products that will give you the same survival time benefit, but one option will make your last days so miserable you will consider death a blessing and the other product is equal to getting an allergy shot, leaving some life for your last days. Which option do you choose? Me too!
Moreover the Vical process for alerting the immune system to the cancerous invader has been approved and is working in dogs, sold by Merial under brand name of Oncept. This may be what drew Fidelity, Federated, T-Rowe, Blackrock and many other large institutional investors to buy big on a small stock trading under $5. Or it could have been the $35 million from Astellas with many millions more to come for the phase III immunotherapy against Cytomegalovirus in bone marrow and organ transplant recipients. The safety advantage is well illustrated by the ability of immune system compromised patients to tolerate the Vical immunotherapy process.
Since CMV is the leading cause of birth defects and mental retardation, a vaccine against this condition, given to young women along with the HPV vaccine protecting them from cervical cancer has been estimated as a $2 billion annual market. Vical says there are many big pharma companies interested in a partnership and it makes sense to me that they would be. Moreover, success in the phase III with transplant patients, matching the phase II results that brought the big Astellas partnership, makes it a no-brainer that the Vical CMV vaccine will work on the immune system of pre-adolescent girls.
Vical has an adjuvant called Vaxfectin that has recently been licensed by Bristol Meyers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) but terms of the deal have not been announced because Vical is negotiating with other companies who also want to use the Vaxfectin adjuvant as a special ingredient in their biotech therapies. The market currently gives this no value, and doubters like Feuerstein fail to mention the credibility a deal like this gives the Vical intellectual capital, but an adjuvant has the economic aspects of software, once the initial expense of discovery is covered it's all profit.
Vical's thought leadership status in the immunotheapy field is demonstrated by licensing agreements with many of the world's leading research universities, including the University of Washington, where jointly held patents for a Herpes vaccine are about to be turned into a formula for a phase I test. This is just another nugget to pull another lucrative partnership to Vical.
My expectation for Vical is Allovectin performance that shows major survival benefits to Chemotherapy, but simply equaling Chemo on survival with incredible safety and tolerability benefits that have not been shown by any competing therapy, along with a cost structure that allows for profitable use in the companion animal market, is the margin of safety behind my large investment.
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... Michael Cox Penglai Xianzi needs to learn to relax, says Cruz Tony Cruz gives plenty of points to Penglai Xianzi for effort, but the trainer reckons if the six-year-old didn't try as hard as he does he would be a lot better off. The wholehearted but hard-going performer Cruz describes as his own worst enemy. He got the race run to suit and took full advantage, delivering ...http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1148886/penglai-xianzi-needs-learn-relax-says-cruz
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Tony Cruz starts the season with a bang
Posted Sep 09th 2013, 12:00am by Michael Cox
... Cruz restores his reputation It's no surprise the perpetually fit-and-ready-to-run stable of Tony Cruz has a history of firing at the season opening meeting at Sha Tin, and while he went home empty handed 12 months ago, yesterday's treble put things right and restored his "first-up" reputation. Last season aside, Cruz has produced an exceptional day one record ...http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1306506/tony-cruz-starts-season-bang
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Beauty Flash can return to glory days, says Cruz
Posted Sep 29th 2012, 12:00am by Michael Cox
... Michael Cox Beauty Flash can return to glory days, says Cruz Trainer Tony Cruz concedes Beauty Flash has lost much of his early dash, but believes the former star miler can put ... in this race. He jumps from gate seven which is perfect and he is spot on for this," Cruz said, revealing it wasn't just joint issues holding his horse back last season. "He had a blood ...http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1049680/beauty-flash-can-return-glory-days-says-cruz
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California Memory has shot at Horse of Year, says trainer Tony Cruz
Posted Feb 23rd 2013, 12:00am by Michael Cox
... Michael Cox firstname.lastname@example.com Trainer Tony Cruz says grey's joint woes are no longer an issue, Gold Cup within reach California Memory has shot at best of year California Memory can continue to build his case for Horse of the Year in tomorrow's HK$8 million Citibank Hong Kong Gold Cup, with trainer Tony Cruz also eyeing an end-of-season trip to Tokyo now ...http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1156480/california-memory-has-shot-horse-year-says-trainer-tony-cruz
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Your girlfriend, fiancé, or wife is mad at you – and I say "or" because if you have a girlfriend, fiancé, AND a wife chances are one of them will be mad at you at any given time (especially if they find out that you have a girlfriend, fiancé, and a wife). In short, you're sleeping on the couch because you're a terrible boyfriend, fiancé, husband, and human being.
Sure, you're buying a 6-pack every once in a while so it looks like you're pulling your own weight, but admit it: you're a good-for-nothing freeloader who's been crashing on your college buddy's couch for the past 3 months while you, "look for a job." Quit slacking off, Trevor. It's time to get your own place and your own couch.
After another long day at the office you came home, sat down on your couch, turned NetFlix on, and started watching "Bad Boys II" starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. This is the fourth time you've tried to watch the entire 2-hour-and-6-minute Michael Bay-directed action-comedy flick in as many days despite the fact that you can't help but doze off midway through the scene where the Bad Boys confront that Haitian gang leader. The movie's high energy and all but what a long day...
Your bed's on fire. You can't sleep there.
While shopping in Ikea for a cheap-yet-durable Home Entertainment Glörk you realize that the employees and other customers are nowhere to be found, which means the store must have closed for the night. Luckily, you're in a furniture store! Unluckily, you're in a massive furniture store and can't even find one twin-sized Dråsh to sleep on. But fear not! You're in a section that has a wide variety of soft leather, corduroy, and linen fabric Vlööbles to choose from. So get comfy.
A full-grown, hostile octopus has taken control of your bedroom. You might be able to fight off one, two, maybe even three of his tentacles, but he has eight! There's no way you're getting that sea creature out of your apartment on your own. Your roommate said he'd help you get rid of it, but now he's out on another date with that girl Jessica he met on Match.com. If Ryan's not back soon it looks like you're staying put on the couch for another night. Just don't do anything stupid with that harpoon, okay?
The aliens who abducted you and are currently studying your living habits have set you up in an "acceptable Earthling home" and apparently they seem to think the couch is where most humans prefer to sleep. There may not be a bed in the glass-enclosed dwelling that resembles an "average human living room," but at least there's a TV with NetFlix streaming so you can try to finish "Bad Boys II."


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After a year of more drama than comedy, entertainer Katt Williams stood in a Sacramento courtroom Wednesday pledging to get serious about showing up for future court dates.
The celebrity comedian, rapper and actor appeared before a judge for a bizarre Capitol Park incident in November, when the California Highway Patrol reported he drove a three-wheeled motorcycle on sidewalks, led officers on a short pursuit and blew through several red lights. The "Friday After Next" movie star added to his legal woes when he failed to appear at least three times since then.
"I want to apologize," Williams said to Superior Court Judge Laurel White. "I don't need this. This has already cost me a $20 million tour."
In the end, the judge decided to take a chance on Williams, recalling a second bench warrant, reinstating bail at $100,500 and setting further proceedings and bail review Feb. 20.
Williams' attorney, Harris B. Taback, said the comedian missed Sacramento court dates because he was appearing in a Southern California court in a custody battle for his adopted children.
"He was trying to change the court dates here, and he was relying on advice being given him that an attorney was progressing on that," Taback told White of his client. "He has no interest in evading Your Honor. He's well-known to the public. He can't go anywhere without being recognized, and he has no desire to be in a warrant status."
White told Taback to bring proof of the other court obligations when they next return to Sacramento court.
Williams was in Sacramento for a concert on Nov. 25, 2012, when CHP officers said they spotted him driving a Spyder, a three-wheel motorcycle, on an L Street sidewalk about 2:30 p.m. He reportedly drove onto K Street, where motor vehicles are not allowed, allegedly almost hit five pedestrians, and didn't stop when the officer pursued him with lights on and siren blaring.
The officer gave up the chase, fearing for public safety, but Williams was arrested later in the Los Angeles area. He was charged with felony vehicle code violation of reckless evasion of a peace officer.
When he missed his first court appearance, a bench warrant was issued and bail was set at $100,500. Williams missed his second appearance and bail was increased to $200,500. The comedian again missed a Feb. 4 court date.
The Dayton, Ohio, native, whose real name is Micah Williams, has had a string of legal and personal troubles in the past few years, including rants at concert audience members, stolen gun and child endangerment accusations, and charges of attacking a tractor driver. He also was sued by a former employee who said he hit her, and was in a bitter custody battle with a former nanny for his children.
He was arrested in Yolo County just after the motorcycle escapade on suspicion of assaulting a Target employee in Woodland.
Williams said the employee had repeatedly called him a vulgar word for an African American.
Williams told reporters the downtown Sacramento lark was a "misunderstanding," and that failing to appear in Superior Court was a mistake.
"I had a conflict and I chose poorly," he said outside the courtroom. "So I had to throw myself on the mercy of the court."
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TMZ.com reports that the Johnston native impregnated a 26-year-old woman while he was in Las Vegas to Dee-Jay an event.
According to TMZ the mother filed documents in New Jersey to establish paternity but Pauly has already taken a DNA test confirming he is in fact the father.
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Monsters University (2013) for Movies
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at the University of Fear -- when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn't stand each other. Monsters University unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends. Directed by Dan Scanlon. Stars Billy Crystal, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi.
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Haiku to Hip-Hop: A Serial Open Mic Event
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(Shout Out to All Lyricists, Poets and Performers)
Don't miss it...Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., featuring the dynamic DC Youth Poetry Slam Team. Writers and performers of all kinds and all ages are invited to share their talents in a supportive environment--the southwest Neighborhood Library. The suggested theme for February's open mic is "Creating African-American History."
All promising singers/poets/beat makers/rappers/actors are encouraged to sign up and participate at Southwest library. A subsequent open mic night is scheduled for March 14 with the suggested theme: "Honoring Women Writers/Performer/Activists," also from 6:30 to 8 p.m.


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More than 70 women faculty and staff members at NJIT gathered recently for breakfast to mingle and greet new faculty and staff plus commend others for recent outstanding accomplishments. Shweta Dhadiwal, a master's degree candidate in electrical engineering, and Theresa Benony, a junior in the biomedical engineering program, were recognized as this year's winners of scholarships sponsored by the Murray Center. >>


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Map Symbol Bingo is a great way to teach your kids map symbols. Download our free game here. There are three levels of difficulty, so not just for kids!Read more →
Here's a few ideas of things to do when out and about with the kids.
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You don't always have to go far to get out with your kids. We've been making Seedballs in the garden. Great fun to do with the kids. See how we got on.Read more →
We've been trying out this owl hoot whistle, which makes the sound of a Tawny Owl. This is a great activity to do with kids; you may get an owl hoot back.Read more →
Here's a collection of Easter crafty ideas for kids. Not just things to do indoors, we've found some outdoor activities too of course.Read more →
We had an excellent time at Go Ape's Tree Top Junior adventure. Don't be fooled by the Junior bit. This is a high ropes course, but designed for kids. Give it a go. It's a great family activity.Read more →
A walking in the woods doesn't have to be dull for the kids. There's loads of fun things to do. Here's a list of ideas to help brighten your woodland walk.Read more →
Finding Dinosaur Teeth is an activity our little lad came up with, and could be a useful distraction when out on a walk. There are places though where you can find real fossils, and we cover those too.Read more →
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Stargazing is a fun activity that you can do as a family. It's also a great activity to add onto a camping trip in the countryside, away from light pollution of towns and cities.Read more →
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Campus Spotlight
Colleen MarlowAssistant Professor in Physical Sciences
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From the left: Logan Foust, Kristen Chauvin, and Dr. Colleen Marlow
Dr. Colleen Marlow, assistant professor of Physical Sciences, is relatively new to RIC. Marlow began teaching at the college in 2012. She has already received her first grant at RIC, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through RI-INBRE for her study: "Computational Analysis and Modeling of Human Eye Movements." Human eye movement refers to the actual movements the pupils make while scanning a scene. These movements allow the brain to access high quality images from one specific area of the eye while also understanding the peripheral.
Her research is inspired by a project during her post-doctoral studies in which a group of individuals posed the question, "do artists look at scenes in a different way than the rest of us?" Marlow is investigating how "the rest of us," including artists, scan an image. "My goal is to assess how we acquire information from the visual field," says Marlow.
This investigation concentrates on how the eyes function when they are freely looking.
"The way your eyes behave when you look out at the ocean and take in the view is very different than when you are looking at the ocean on a whale watch," explains Dr. Marlow, who is most interested in how the eyes function when we "take in the view."
In this study, Marlow is using data collected while at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF.) She is also collaborating with Dr. Goldfield of the RIC Infant Lab to acquire data from infants. Both groups' data was generated from recording the path of movements that a subject's eyes create while scanning an image designed to mimic nature.
Dr. Marlow is evaluating data with the help of two student research assistants, Kristen Chauvin and Logan Foust. The three are working together to analyze the data using algorithms. They are also contrasting their findings from the UCSF group, which includes adults with neurodegenerative disorders, with data from the Infant Lab. "By comparing this data, I hope to better understand the visual system," says Marlow.
When asked what initially interested her in the human visual system, Dr. Marlow answered, "I find it amazing how complex the world is yet how simply we navigate it."


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Clinical Trials Facilitation Group (CTFG)
EU Heads of Medicines Agency (HMA) agreed in 2004 to establish a clinical trials facilitation group (CTFG) to coordinate implementation of the EU clinical trials directive 2001/20 EC across the member states.
In relation to clincial trials the CTFG acts as a forum for discussion to agree on common principles and processes to be applied throughout the European medicines regulatory network (EMRN). It also promotes harmonisation of clinical trial assessment decisions and administrative processes across the national competent authorities (NCAs).
CTFG Members and Representatives
The CTFG is composed of representatives from the NCAs, European Commission (EC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
CTFG is currently chaired by Dr. Elke Stahl (BfarM) and Dr. Martyn Ward (MHRA). The secretariat for the group is provided by Kristof Bonnarens (fagg-afmps):
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CTFG Mandate
CTFG's Mandate and Terms of Reference were adopted on the 4 January 2008 by HMA. Click here
The CTFG has the following work-plan ambitions and aims:
- Sharing of scientific assessment of multi-national clinical trials
- Harmonising processes, practicies and assessment relating to clinical trials mainly in the fileds of clinical trial applications (CTAs), clinical trial amendments and safety procedures
- Developing data sharing and participating in improvemnt of information systems
- Developing communication with stakeholders and co-operating with other EU working groups
CTFG Workplan
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CTFG Public meetings (Presentations)
- International CTFG Workshop on the Voluntary Harmonisation Procedure (VHP) for the Assessment of Multi-national Clinical Trial Applications, 30 April 2010, Bonn
- International CTFG Meeting on "Strengthening of worksharing on clinical trials in Europe", 11 June 2010, Paris
- CTFG Meeting on "Clinical Trials: from European perspectives to National implementation", 19 November 2010, Brussels
CTFG Activity Report
Clinical Trials Authorisations (CTAs)
- The Voluntary Harmonised Procedure (VHP)
- Guidance document for a Volunatary Harmonised Procedure for the assessment of mult-national Clinical Trial Applications, June 2013 click here
- UPDATE - Results of the Voluntary Harmonisation Procedure (VHP), January 2014 Click here
- National fees/information
- Overview of the fees charged by NCAs for submission of different types of clinical trail or amendments, January 2012
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- Overview of the fees charged by NCAs for submission of different types of clinical trail or amendments, January 2012
- CTA Assessment by NCA and Ethics Committees in Member States, January 2012
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Dana Ortiz – Executive Director
I came to this vocation in a bit of an odd manner – through a variety of professional experiences that have enriched my life tremendously. I have enjoyed a career in chemistry working in a few different industries, including, pharmaceutical development, project management, agricultural metabolism, and winemaking. What was God doing when He called me to this position? I may have been slow to listen and heed his call, but He is persistent!
I have been blessed to have worked with the homeless population over the past 25 years as a volunteer, including working early on with my sweetheart/ husband in a family shelter in San Jose, California before we moved to Lawrence. We moved from the San Francisco Bay Area 19 years ago for Leo to get his Ph.D. at KU. We fell in love with Lawrence and decided to raise our girls here. Leo teaches American History at Baker University. Leo and I are the very proud parents of two amazing daughters, Emily and Jamie. Emily attends Simpson College and Jamie attends Lawrence High School. Both girls embrace all that life has to offer, including playing in their school orchestras, soccer, service, and a love of travel. It was a full family decision through prayer that led me to leave my position at Aptuit Pharmaceutical Company in September, 2011 and join Family Promise of Lawrence.
The best things in my life are my faith, my family, friends and travel. I love to read, the study of scripture, music, exercise and backpacking and hiking, especially in the mountains. Leo and I joke that we fell in love while I was eating his trail dust on trips in the Sierra, and by working alongside homeless families in San Jose. And so this job is a bit of a full circle for us!
This job is a gift and joy. I consider it an honor to work though grace with Family Promise guests, board, staff and volunteers. To offer the lost art of hospitality, to come alongside the families in the program through a very difficult period in life, to see God actively at work in the lives of so many on a daily basis and to meet people in all walks of life who strive to make the world a bit brighter. This beautiful organization truly models one of my favorite passages of scripture, from the minor prophet, Micah 6:8 "And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."
Becky Peters – Assistant Director
Hi! I'm the Assistant Director at Family Promise. I graduated in 2007 with a degree in Christian Education from Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Before joining Family Promise, I worked with Trinity First Lutheran School in Minneapolis as the Director of School Ministries. In this role, I was blessed to minister to school families with family education programs, summer programs, and music ministries.
My husband and I have a beautiful toddler who keeps us on our toes! Her favorite new word is "uh-oh" usually following a big crash, and she loves to run everywhere! In my free time I enjoy playing and listening to music, reading, and cooking! I am passionate about living in intentional community and coming alongside those God places in my path as we journey together.
Shannon Fisher – Family Service Coordinator
As a lifelong Lawrencian, I am delighted to be serving families in the community that I grew up in.
After graduating from Lawrence High I attended Ottawa University to play soccer. Luckily, I also received a great education. I studied history and theology. After undergrad I lived in London in an intentional community called the Catholic Worker Farm. I lived with, served, and advocated for female refugees from around the world. I learned that living in community isn't easy, but it's always good. I returned to Lawrence to attend law school at KU. I finished in May of 2012 and have found my way back to an intentional community. I hope to utilize my skills to serve the guests at Family Promise and to learn from them as well as they achieve their goals of stable housing.
In my free time I love long road trips and international travel. I spend a lot of time playing various recreational sports and reading.
Kendra Werner – Strengthening Family Facilitator
I have worked with children and families for more than 10 years as an LMSW (Licensed Masters Social Worker). I've served as a therapist and in the area of foster care/adoption. I am married and have two fun and energetic children. When I'm not having light saber battles with the boys, I enjoy reading, baking, and simply breathing in the beauty and peacefulness of God's nature. I have called Lawrence home for 8 years and am so excited to live, work, and do ministry in my home community.
It is an extraordinary blessing to be a part of families' lives as they are transformed by their own strength and perseverance, and also by the support and love the families receive by the community. My role with the families is to support, advocate, and help them address their needs so they can reach their goal of obtaining permanent housing. The favorite part of my job is being with families that, although they are going through a tremendous struggle in life, are still so full of joy and have the biggest hearts of anyone I have ever encountered.


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#Jaguars DE Jason Babin didn't hold anything back today with the #Titans media when talking about the #Eagles:
#Jaguars DE Jason Babin didn't hold anything back today with the #Titans media when talking about the #Eagles:
(on the situation in Philadelphia) They have a different approach and a different style than I do. It's upsetting because they knew what they were getting when they hired me. I don't know if they were going to try and change me. My stripes are kind of already the way they are, the way I practice, aggressive, loud, the way I play the game. I don't know, I just guess they thought they could change the way I went about my business. I feel like I got the way I got because of how I practiced and worked and lived and played. I look at it as a great opportunity for me. (on if he was concerned that it may have been the end of his career when he was waived by the Eagles) That was probably their approach because they don't have amicable splits with people. You saw how dirty they did (Jim) Washburn with leaking out the false stories and the way they talked about him on the way out. It's kind of a big socialistic system that they have. I didn't really care. I'm only going to worry about what I can control, and that's practicing hard, working hard and playing hard on Sunday. (on the fact that the Eagles knew what kind of coach they were getting in Jim Washburn) Yeah, and that's the surprising part. You find out the fact that they had a D-line consultant the whole time they had him. Well, if you don't trust the guy…It's kind of like one of those things where they say they trust you, and they want you to do certain things a certain way, but then behind the scenes, they're monitoring it and second-guessing it. It's unfortunate because as you guys know, (Jim) Washburn gives his heart and soul every practice and gets the most out of all of his players. But that's life, I can't really sit up here and whine and complain about my situation when people around the country and around the world for that matter are in a lot worse situations than myself.
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Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities. It compiled lists of albums, artists, and songs, including both "best of" and "worst of" lists. In each issue, there was a review of an artist's entire discography, with each album being analyzed in turn.
Blender was published by Dennis Publishing. The magazine began in 1994 as the first digital CD-ROM magazine by Jason Pearson, David Cherry, and Regina Joseph, acquired by Felix Dennis/Dennis Publishing, UK it published 15 digital CD issues, and launched on the web in 1997. It started publishing a print edition again in 1999 in its most recent form. Blender CD-ROM showcased the earliest digital editorial formats, as well as the first forms of digital advertising. The first digital advertisers included Calvin Klein, Apple Computer, Stephen Colbert, Toyota and Nike.
In June 2006, the Chicago Tribune named it one of the top ten English-language magazines, describing it as "the cool kid at the school of rock magazines."[1]
Owner Alpha Media Group closed Blender magazine March 26, 2009, going to an online-only format in a move that eliminated 30 jobs and reduced the company's portfolio of titles to Maxim alone. Blender's final print issue was the April 2009 issue.[2][3] Subscribers to the magazine were sent issues of Maxim magazine to make up for the unsent Blender issues.
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The Indian edition of Blender was the title's first venture outside of the United States. Inaugurated by its May 2008 issue, which featured Mariah Carey on its cover,[6][7]the magazine showcased a combination of popular international and local indigenous music, as well as lifestyle trends.[8] The magazine was targeted at men age 18-34, who are single, college educated, urban and upwardly mobile.[5] The magazine was launched through Dennis Media Transasia India, a joint venture between Dennis Publishing and Media Transasia,[9] the Asian publisher of Dennis' licensed titles Maxim and Blender.[10] The joint venture was based in New Delhi[11] with offices in Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai. Media Transasia already published Maxim and Blender in Asia.
Blender released Summer Chillout, its first music compilation CD, free with the July 2008 edition of the magazine. The CD was made in association with Foster and DadA Music and contained nine songs and an extra hidden track. Editor in Chief, Sam Lal, claimed, "The CD is a fusion of the coolest dance and electronic music around at the moment. It also contains some more contemporary Indian sounds and guitar based tracks."[12]
- ^ "50 Best Magazines," Chicago Tribune, June 15, 2006.
- ^ Jason Fell, "Blender Folds: Music magazine latest to succumb to recession", Folio, March 26, 2009
- ^ "Stairway to Hell", New York Post, March 30, 2009
- ^ "Blender India launches TV Campaign, announces Free Copies". Medianewsline.com. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ a b "Blender enters Indian market". Dmnews.com. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
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- ^ "Blender enters Indian music magazine space". Brandrepublic.com. 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ Dan Leahul (2008-09-11). "Dennis Publishing taps into Indian market with joint venture". Brandrepublic.com. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ Jennifer Whitehead (2008-09-11). "Dennis moves into Indian market with joint publishing venture". Brandrepublic.com. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ "Dennis Publishing expands into India". Marketing Week. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ "Blender Magazine releases its first compilation CD with its July summer special issue". Financialexpress.com. Retrieved 2013-05-04.


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Islamist Watch (IW) maintains an extensive archive of news items on nonviolent Islamism in the Western world. The complete collection can be found here; lists organized by topic are accessible on the right side of the IW homepage.
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French burqa ban gets seal of approval from European court
In a decision that will refocus the debate over burqas and niqabs, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has backed the French statute that proscribes concealing one's face in public. Judges rejected a woman's claims that she has suffered discrimination and that the limits on personal freedoms are incompatible with European law. Interestingly, the ECHR downplayed valid concerns about public safety and emphasized social cohesion instead. An official statement explains that the court was "able to understand the view" that these coverings "call into question the possibility of open interpersonal relationships, which, by virtue of an established consensus, formed an indispensable element of community life within the society in question." Because the law is not targeted solely at religious dress and does not generally restrict freedom of movement, it "could therefore be regarded as proportionate to the aim pursued, namely the preservation of the conditions of 'living together.'" Objections rang out, but there is no place to appeal.
Beyond affirming the status quo in France and Belgium, which has a similar law and was a party to the defense, the ECHR has reinvigorated opponents of such garb elsewhere. The government of Spain's Catalonia region quickly pledged to advance a bill as the Catalan city of Reus passed a measure of its own. Rumblings about legislation have also been heard in Austria, Britain, Denmark, and Norway. Is this the beginning of the end for Europe's burqas and niqabs?
Left: The culture clash as seen in a photo from a London subway. Right: John Walker Lindh's prison duds have put him in a litigious mood.
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by David J. Rusin • Wed, 25 Jun 2014, 12:01 PM
Women testify in Michigan court with faces veiled
Imam Mohammad Masroor was found guilty of raping three children in a case that "may be the first in Michigan and the U.S. where a judge allowed women wearing a niqab to testify," the Detroit Free Press reveals. Combined with other garments, niqabs leave only the eyes exposed. Masroor's lawyer insists that Judge Michael Hathaway's unusual accommodation meant that his client was "denied the right to fully cross-examine and confront" two veiled witnesses. The prosecutor had warned that rejecting them would be "a message to criminals everywhere that they can target women with niqabs or burqas because they would have a hard time testifying." Michigan's top court has set rules giving judges discretion in the matter.
Covered witnesses are rarely accepted, but courts continue to grapple with the subject. In 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada outlined a test for determining if "the salutary effects of requiring her to remove the niqab outweigh the deleterious effects of doing so." Applying the test in 2013, the Ontario judge who had sparked the review by refusing a woman's request to stay veiled nixed it again when the case came back to him. An English judge also did not permit a Muslim to wear a niqab on the stand last year, citing the need "to see the defendant for the purposes of evaluating her evidence." One hopes that the Masroor trial will not mark the beginning of a new trend that puts cultural considerations above the integrity of the judicial process.
Left: Mohammad Masroor was convicted of raping girls of ages 10, 12, and 13. Right: On May 24, a gunman murdered four at the Jewish Museum of Belgium.
by David J. Rusin • Wed, 30 Apr 2014, 2:19 PM
NYPD drops intelligence unit detested by Islamists
A year to the day after the Boston bombings, the New York Police Department announced the end of a program designed to protect the city from violent jihad. The Demographics Unit, which angered Islamists by gathering intelligence on Muslim neighborhoods and the radicalism therein, has been disbanded. Reflecting Commissioner Bill Bratton's softer approach, the NYPD will strive to amass comparable data through outreach. Mayor Bill de Blasio praised the "critical step forward in easing tensions between the police and the communities they serve, so that our cops and our citizens can help one another go after the real bad guys" — whatever that means.
Promises that more focused intelligence work will continue are less than reassuring. The New York Post recalls that Bratton "once backed a similar 'mapping' program as Los Angeles' top cop, only to later scrap the idea under political pressure." Given this record of caving, one fears that ongoing objections to what remains could prompt more PC-sodden adjustments. Some also ask if the city will now cease to defend its legal right to conduct proactive surveillance, which is challenged in lawsuits. Finally, the mere perception that New York is letting its guard down could entice jihadists to try their luck, a scenario noted by former police official Paul Browne. If the worst comes to pass, de Blasio and Bratton will have difficult questions to answer.
Left: Islamist Linda Sarsour, a vocal opponent of NYPD surveillance, was among the community "advocates" who were granted a preview of the policy shift a week before the public rollout. Right: David Cameron wants to know what the Brotherhood has been up to in the UK.
by David J. Rusin • Mon, 31 Mar 2014, 12:41 PM
Federal judge backs NYPD's counterterrorism tactics
Outraging Islamists, U.S. District Judge William Martini dismissed a lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of violating Muslims' civil rights by covertly investigating mosques, businesses, and student groups in New Jersey to identify possible terrorists. The plaintiffs, he explains, "have not alleged facts from which it can be plausibly inferred that they were targeted solely because of their religion. The more likely explanation for the surveillance was a desire to locate budding terrorist conspiracies" after 9/11. "The police could not have monitored New Jersey for Muslim terrorist activities without monitoring the Muslim community itself." To the extent that Muslims experienced "adverse effects," the secret program's disclosure by the Associated Press is to blame. "Nowhere … do plaintiffs allege that they suffered harm prior" to that, he notes. An appeal was filed; a separate suit is pending in a Brooklyn court.
The ruling is the latest vindication of the NYPD and a win for common sense. Why does counterterrorism work gravitate to the Muslim community? Because that is where terrorists tend to be found. Other police departments would be wise to ignore the Islamists' complaints, some of which compared the NYPD's efforts to Japanese-American internment, and instead emulate the NYPD. With the anniversary of the Boston attacks near, they should heed an Investor's Business Daily editorial: "If Boston authorities had been as proactive as their counterparts in New York, they might have caught the radicalization of the Tsarnaev brothers at their Cambridge mosque."
Left: Judge William Martini, a reasonable man in unreasonable times. Right: CAIR's Nihad Awad spoke at the launch of the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations on March 12.
by David J. Rusin • Thu, 27 Feb 2014, 1:24 PM
Massive Muslim enclave planned for Toronto area
Residents of Thornhill Woods, a suburb of Toronto, Ontario, are up in arms about a proposed "high-density Muslim community" there. On land that includes its Jaffari Centre mosque, the Islamic Shia Ithna Asheri Jamaat (ISIJ) wants to add a pair of 17-story condo towers and 61 townhouses, prompting a parade of objections at a public hearing on February 4. Though many concerns focus on overcrowding in the low-density neighborhood, some fear a Muslim-only enclave. Developer Shafiq Punjani insisted that "it will be open to everybody," but ISIJ president Shabbir Jeraj has said the opposite (see video at the link). Asked if the housing will be exclusively for Muslims, he replied, "Of course! Because we are building it. We are paying for it."
Also alarming is that the ISIJ-affiliated East End Madrassah was using Iranian teaching materials that call Jews "crafty" and "treacherous," while urging boys to stay fit "so that you may physically be ready for jihad whenever the time comes for it." Moreover, the ISIJ demanded that Ontario's government apologize for welcoming Salman Rushdie. Problematic Muslim enclaves are not uncommon, but the boldness of the ISIJ plan, the radicalism of its backers, and its location in a "predominantly Jewish area" make this a particularly interesting battle to watch. A city council-sanctioned working group will offer rezoning recommendations by summer.
Left: In this video, a member of the Jaffari Centre looks forward to gender-segregated swimming at the complex. Right: The flu is spreading, but so are conflicts over vaccinations.
by David J. Rusin • Fri, 31 Jan 2014, 9:55 AM
Washington promises more politically correct counterterrorism
"The Justice Department will significantly expand its definition of racial profiling to prohibit federal agents from considering religion, national origin, gender, and sexual orientation in their investigations," the New York Times reports, citing an anonymous official. The move responds to "criticism from civil rights groups that say federal authorities have in particular singled out Muslims in counterterrorism investigations." NBC confirms that there will be no exception for national security matters. Details of the updated policy were leaked from a meeting between Attorney General Eric Holder and Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City. De Blasio has pledged to rein in the NYPD's controversial intelligence programs that target Muslims.
But counterterrorism has not focused on the Muslim community due to bias; it has done so because that is where the terrorists are. A review of Justice Department data finds that "more than 80 percent of all convictions tied to international terrorist groups and homegrown terrorism since 9/11 involve defendants driven by a radical Islamist agenda." Muslims also dominate the FBI's list of wanted terrorists. Further, while demographic factors have few intrinsic links to most types of crime, Islamist terrorism has religion at its heart. Ignoring reality by formalizing a see-no-Islam approach to terrorism can only end in more Fort Hoods, more Bostons, and worse.
Left: Eric Holder's comical aversion to acknowledging radical Islam as a motivator of specific terror plots was on display at a House Judiciary Committee hearing in 2010. Right: Above this London storefront is the new base of operations for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
by David J. Rusin • Tue, 31 Dec 2013, 2:19 PM
CAIR's Philadelphia office hires Jewish executive director
The Philadelphia branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) threw a curveball in October by appointing Jacob Bender, a Jewish leftist, as its executive director, making him the highest-ranking non-Muslim in the nationwide Islamist group. Bender promptly released a letter that quotes from the Koran and speaks of "defending CAIR against the unfounded and hate mongering attacks of the Islamophobic network." He obviously has the jargon down pat. Some Jewish organizations are skeptical about Bender — and given his less-than-friendly stance toward Israel, they should be. The Philadelphia Daily News, which recently talked with him, fuels the fire by relaying that "he doesn't help himself, either, with his critics by refusing to say whether he supports Israel's right to exist." Bender remarked elsewhere that "I find no contradiction between my long-stated opinions on the Middle East and those of CAIR," adding that "I've never had any question or negative feeling about CAIR" — a disturbing thought considering its status as an unindicted co-conspirator in a federal trial that focused on the illegal funding of Hamas.
"CAIR's choosing of a Jewish filmmaker to lead its Philadelphia chapter is just a headline-grabbing step in its overall interfaith offensive," writes the Clarion Project's Ryan Mauro, who notes how CAIR uses non-Muslim allies "as a battering ram." Bender's Jewish background provides specific advantages, including the opportunity to revisit the narrative — previously retailed by a CAIR spokesman on Iranian TV — that compares the plight of American Muslims to past Jewish suffering. He is already playing this card: "As part of a community that has historically faced persecution in Europe and the United States as well, I hope that I would bring a certain amount of sensitivity." A non-Muslim chapter head also bolsters CAIR's push to move beyond purely Muslim issues, a rebranding seen in its joining an anti-NSA lawsuit and calling for the Washington Redskins' name to be changed. As useful idiots go, Bender may be more useful to CAIR than most.
Left: Jacob Bender has had a long relationship with Islamists. His film Out of Cordoba was financed and advised by them. Right: Britain's National Health Service has been administering a nasal flu vaccine to kids — and upsetting some Muslims in the process.
by David J. Rusin • Sat, 30 Nov 2013, 12:58 PM
The FBI's newly released hate crime statistics covering 2012 have once again thrown cold water on the tired narrative that American Muslims find themselves under siege from increasingly violent "Islamophobes." The 2012 numbers reinforce the conclusion drawn by Islamist Watch's previous analysis of post-9/11 (2002–11) FBI data: Muslims endure fewer hate crimes per capita than other prominent minorities. A closer look at the details:
FBI-tabulated incidents of anti-Islamic hate crime fell from 157 in 2011 to 130 in 2012, a decrease of 17.2 percent. Incidents of hate crime spanning all victim groups dropped by only 6.8 percent, 6,222 to 5,796.
Of the 1,099 incidents of hate crime motivated by religion in 2012, anti-Islamic ones constituted just 11.8 percent. Anti-Jewish crimes dominated the tally with 674 incidents, comprising 61.3 percent. This distribution saw little change from 2011.
by David J. Rusin • Thu, 31 Oct 2013, 1:45 PM
Islamists salivate over Bill de Blasio, New York's mayor-in-waiting
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's successor will bring change to New York City, and some of it is likely to warm an Islamist's heart. Consider the NYPD's post-9/11 intelligence-gathering operations inside the Muslim community. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly have defended these counterterrorism tactics against years of criticism; long-shot Republican candidate Joe Lhota also supports them. However, Democratic frontrunner Bill de Blasio has pledged to replace Kelly and clearly seeks to curb the NYPD, telling Muslims that "the efforts of surveillance have to be based on specifically specific information." Recapping the Islamist terror plots thwarted by the NYPD, writer Daniel Greenfield explains that "the standard of 'specifically specific information' would have led to the deaths of countless New Yorkers." He adds: "They relied on informants drawing out potential terrorists, instead of waiting blindly for them to strike. If Bill de Blasio has his way, that will no longer be something that the NYPD will be able to do." The sole silver lining is that any resulting tragedy will prompt the swift repudiation of such kinder, gentler counterterrorism — at least until forgetfulness triumphs once more.
Another probable change involves city schools. Both de Blasio and Lhota favor closing them on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, a move that Bloomberg opposes. One can reasonably argue that Muslim holidays should be treated no differently than Jewish holidays if the two populations are of comparable size. Yet there are drawbacks to altering the calendar. First, the mere prospect of adding Muslim holidays has already sparked a flood of requests that other groups be similarly recognized. Second, this concession will only embolden Islamists to demand more — and that is never a happy outcome.
Left: Conspiracy theorist Linda Sarsour spoke at the October 16 rally of Muslims for de Blasio. Right: CAIR's Zead Ramadan, who has characterized NYPD counterterrorism work as "f—ked up," also attended the event, a month after he was trounced in a City Council primary.
by David J. Rusin • Mon, 30 Sep 2013, 2:00 PM
CAIR can hide its foreign donors, but not its radicalism
September was the cruelest month for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), whose dirty laundry repeatedly made news. Just as CAIR was releasing a report that smears its opponents as bigots, the Justice Department's inspector general underscored the group's ugly track record by censuring FBI field offices for engaging CAIR in outreach despite a ban on such interactions due to its links to Hamas. Will greater isolation result? More damaging was a Daily Caller exposé of how CAIR uses "multiple corporate entities that conceal the large financial donations that come to CAIR from Middle East sources," including governments, in a shell game that appears to violate U.S. law. So much for CAIR's claim to speak for American Muslims.
Al-Shabaab's Kenyan mall massacre also created headaches for CAIR. Rumors that Americans were among the attackers sparked recollections of how CAIR had slammed critics of al-Shabaab and impeded investigations into the terror gang's recruitment of Muslims in the U.S. Regarding the possibility that Muslim Americans had participated in the bloodshed, spokesman Ibrahim Hooper offered this observation: "Who cares?" In yet another September embarrassment, it was revealed that representatives of Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir had "met with [CAIR executive director Nihad] Awad during the 2009 UN summit seeking his help to gain access to individuals in the Obama administration." This occurred eight months after Bashir was charged with crimes against humanity.
Left: Nihad Awad compared al-Shabaab terrorists to "advocates of Islamophobia." Right: Niqabs are seen — and will continue to be seen — at Birmingham Metropolitan College.
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