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In this short film released today, Aegis captures the moment the Sudanese community in the UK came together on London's streets for the first time in a unified call for President Bashir – the only head of state in the World currently wanted for genocide – to leave office and answer for his crimes at the International Criminal Court.
The moment came last Saturday, 30 June, on the 23rd anniversary of Bashir's seizure of power in Sudan and little more than a week ahead of the first anniversary of South Sudan's independence (which will be marked on Monday, 9 July).
With the Sudanese Government blocking food aid from hundreds of thousands bombed out of their homes in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile during the past year, activists, Darfuri and Nuba groups had organised delivery of a petition to 10 Downing Street calling on UK Prime Minister David Cameron and the British Government to take assertive diplomatic action to secure humanitarian access. The London organisers expected at least a few dozen Nuban and Darfuri refugees to take part. They did not expect what actually happened: hundreds of Sudanese, from right across Sudan, pouring onto the streets in solidarity with the Nubans and with demonstrators back home.
"There's two options. They either step down or we will topple them."
As Baroness Cox, Nuba and Darfuri representatives entered Downing Street with the petition, Whitehall echoed to Arabic chants of "Khartoum, revolt, revolt! We'll not be ruled by Kafori!" (Kafori was the birthplace of Omar Bashir). And then in English, "El Bashir to ICC!"
Protests have shaken Khartoum in recent weeks following imposition of harsh austerity measures triggered by South Sudan halting the flow of its oil to the north in January.
"I think there's a misconception that the revolts are only purely because of austerity measures that have been recently put in place," one young woman comments in Aegis' film at the demonstration. "There's been protests since January of 2011 around human rights violations that are occurring in Sudan."
Ali Mahmoud Hassanein, Vice President of Sudan's Democratic Unionist Party, also comments in the film. "People are fed up of this regime because of so many reasons. Because of the bad relationship between the north and the south; because of the war in Darfur; because of the war in the Nuba Mountains; because of the war in the Blue Nile area; because of the suppression and oppression of people all over Sudan; because of the malpractice of the government in economic matters. People are quite fed up, and they have come to a point where they cannot coexist with this regime."
One placard read, 'We are all Elbow-Lickers' – a reference to Omar Bashir's jibe that anyone who wants to overthrow the Sudanese Government can lick his elbow. Another read, 'keep calm and tweet the revolution' – a modern Sudanese twist on the popular British wartime poster 'keep calm and carry on'. With Sudan's mainstream media state-controlled, and with western media leaving Sudan a long way down the priority list, activists in Khartoum are taking to Twitter under the hashtag #SudanRevolts to make themselves heard – at home and around the World. Hundreds have been jailed in Sudan in recent weeks.
"This is a very violent, autocratic regime. These people are actually going out and killing people, don't make any mistake about that," says one Sudanese London demonstrator on Aegis' film. "You look in the Nuba Mountains at what they're doing now, they're basically just bombarding people in the mountains. These are normal civilians. So this is the kind of regime you're dealing with. Even on a day-to-day basis, you feel it in Sudan."
Outside the Sudanese Embassy, the crowd took up a powerful chant that has become emblematic of the Arab spring. It translates simply: "The nation needs a change of regime."
"People think it's an Arab Spring, a new thing," says one young man. "We've actually done this twice before. In Sudan it's happened once in the '50s and once again in '85. So we can really change things again."
"They either step down or we will topple them," says another. "There's two options. There's no further alternative, and it's about time that we get rid of them."
"Captured in today's film from Aegis is a sense both of optimism and new-found determination among the Sudanese community to overthrow their dictator," says the Aegis Trust's Special Representative Dr Mukesh Kapila, former Head of the UN in Sudan. "I'm greatly heartened by this. I also find it remarkable that in its first year as a nation, by stopping oil production South Sudan has succeeded in generating the kind of economic pressure for change in Khartoum that the international community failed to generate in over two decades."
The petition to Prime Minister David Cameron was supported by the Aegis Trust, Darfur Union UK, Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART), Nuba Now Campaign, Nuba Mountains Solidarity Abroad, Waging Peace and Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF).
The Aegis Trust invites all supporters to sign this petition and join Sudanese refugees walking at 1.30pm Saturday 30 June from Lancaster Gate to Downing Street to deliver a letter to David Cameron calling for assertive diplomatic action to secure humanitarian access to all areas of Sudan affected by conflict – particularly the Blue Nile and the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan.
The Sudanese Government is blocking international aid from reaching hundreds of thousands displaced from their homes in the two areas by fighting and Government bombardment during the past year. These people are now at increasing risk of starvation.
To find out more about the crisis in Sudan's Nuba Mountains, watch Aegis' latest film and read this article by Aegis Special Representative Dr Mukesh Kapila, formerly head of the UN in Sudan.
"When Aegis visited the Nuba Mountains earlier this year, I witnessed for myself the flight of women and children from Sudanese Government bombers and saw captured anti-personnel landmines and cluster bombs which had been used against civilians," says Dr Kapila. "Bold measures are needed to secure humanitarian access to the hundreds of thousands who not only continue to suffer the daily threat of bombardment, but are now at risk of starvation. The situation in the Nuba Mountains is the World's worst forgotten crisis, and it's time the British Government showed some leadership on it."
Many of those walking on Saturday – including Baroness Cox, founder of the Humanitarian Aid Relief trust (HART) – will go barefoot in solidarity with people displaced from their homes across Sudan.
"I recently visited camps along the Sudan border, where there are now at least 150,000 refugees, with 1000 sometimes arriving in a single day, many ill, having walked for seven days without adequate food or water", says Baroness Cox. "With the arrival of the rainy season last month there is little access for emergency food supplies."
Even as the crisis escalates in the Blue Nile and the Nuba Mountains, 2.5 million people remain displaced from their homes in Darfur and 300,000 are living as refugees in Chad. An increase in violence in Darfur, the blocking of humanitarian aid and the denial of visas to humanitarian organisations means many more civilian lives are at risk.
Zaki Samwiil, a representative of Nuba Mountains Solidarity Abroad (NMSA), says: "The main purpose of the walk to Downing Street is to stand in solidarity with all marginalised communities of Sudan but in particular with those in the Nuba Mountains who are currently facing aerial bombardment by their own government. By conducting this walk we hope to exert pressure on the UK government to take some serious practical measures in order to allow humanitarian assistance to reach those most vulnerable in the region."
The Aegis Trust, Humanitarian Aid Relief trust (HART), Nuba Now campaign, Nuba Mountains Solidarity Abroad (NMSA), Waging Peace, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and Darfur Union in the UK and Ireland are all supporting the walk on Saturday, which will coincide with an international day of action following recent anti-government protests in Khartoum.
The date marks the 23rd anniversary of Omar Bashir taking power in Sudan. The Sudan Government has vowed to crack down on protests in the country and a number of activists have been detained. The protests began with students using the #SudanRevolts hashtag on Twitter.
Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust, says: "Securing humanitarian access to South Kordofan and Blue Nile should be one of Britain's highest international priorities. Innocent people are dying for lack of it. Far more will die if it isn't secured quickly. Piecemeal action on Sudan isn't enough anymore though. It's the only country in the World governed by an indicted genocide suspect, yet nations including the UK continue to conduct business as usual with Khartoum. Britain should set an example by downgrading diplomatic relations with Sudan – especially if unhindered aid access is not immediately granted to the hundreds of thousands now running out of food."
The letter to be delivered to the Prime Minister's office has already been signed by more than 400 people and will be delivered by Baroness Cox, together with representatives from the Nuba Mountains and Darfur.
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5 June 2012 - Nuba 2012: Return to Genocide? is a short film released today by the Aegis Trust on the first anniversary of a massacre by Sudanese Government forces in Kadugli, capital of South Kordofan State, which marked the start of the new wave of ethnic cleansing against the Nuba. Featuring Dr Mukesh Kapila on his first return visit to Sudan since he blew the whistle on the Darfur crisis as head of the UN in Sudan in 2004, the film includes prima facie evidence of war crimes.
Using hit lists, on 5 June 2011 Sudanese troops in Kadugli commenced a massacre of Nuba civilians. They targeted anyone associated with the SPLM-North – the section of the SPLM that was based in the Nuba Mountains, in contested areas north of the new border between Sudan and South Sudan. Special provisions for these areas had been made in the 'Comprehensive Peace Agreement' – the peace deal which ended a two-decade war between the southern rebels of the SPLM and the Sudanese Government in Khartoum. However, those provisions were never fulfilled.
Seeking refuge at the UN base outside Kadugli, Nuba residents were shot dead in front of UN peacekeepers who made no evident attempts to protect them.
The massacre was initiated just days before South Sudan formally declared independence. It was accompanied by an assault on the armed wing of the SPLM-North – which had refused Sudanese Government demands to lay down weapons ahead of the schedule set in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
New film shows evidence of war crimes
"The massacre which began on 5 June 2011 marked the start of a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Nuba," says Dr Mukesh Kapila, former head of the UN in Sudan, now the Aegis Trust's Special Representative for Crimes Against Humanity.
"The Sudanese Government has spent the past year trying to mask its ongoing atrocities as no more than a legitimate counter-insurgency against the SPLM-North, but ground attacks and aerial bombing have been used to drive hundreds of thousands of Nuba civilians from their homes and prevent them from growing crops, putting them at risk of starvation. At the same time, the Sudanese Government has completely blocked food aid to the region.
"I have seen clear evidence of crimes against humanity in the Nuba Mountains with my own eyes, as you can see for yourself in the film being released online by the Aegis Trust today," says Dr Kapila. "I also witnessed evidence that the Sudanese Government is using illegal weapons in the process – including anti-personnel landmines and cluster bombs – both of which constitute a war crime under international law.
"In the ongoing absence of cooperation from Khartoum, and with the rainy season now making transport increasingly difficult on the ground, it's time for the British Government and wider international community to help local community groups facilitate assistance," says Dr Kapila. "This is not without risks, but bold measures are justified. Time is at a premium and tens of thousands of lives are now under threat."
"Sudan is the only nation in the World led by a man wanted for genocide at the International Criminal Court," adds Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust, who accompanied Mukesh Kapila on his return visit to Sudan, crossing into the Nuba Mountains from South Sudan in March this year. "Especially in light of clear evidence that he is presiding over ongoing systematic and widespread atrocities against civilians, it's time for Britain to set an example by downgrading diplomatic relations with his regime."
9 May 2012 - Figures released by the UK Home Office following a Freedom Of Information request from the Yorkshire Post (see YP article here, quoting Michael McCann MP – Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Genocide Prevention) indicate large numbers of war crimes suspects continue to reside in the UK. It is not clear how many, if any, may currently be subject to police investigation with a view to prosecution, but none have been prosecuted since UK law on international crimes was strengthened in April 2010.
"Aegis successfully campaigned for a change in law to allow the prosecution of genocide and war crimes suspects residing in the UK, but unless that law is applied the UK will remain a safe haven for people responsible for the worst crimes known to humanity," says Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust, quoted in today's Daily Mail on the issue. "The question is, how many of the suspects identified by UK Border Agency have been fully investigated by the police and how many investigations are currently in progress?
"If there's a significant disconnect between numbers of suspects identified by UKBA and numbers rigorously investigated with a view to prosecution or deportation, then procedures in UKBA and the police need to be re-examined.
"It's concerning that we have yet to see any prosecutions of war crimes suspects in the UK since the change in law two years ago."
1 May 2012 – Royalty and celebrities will be among those attending the Hagelou Ascot Prom in support of Aegis next week. To be held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 12 May from 11.30am, it promises to be the most glittering event in Ascot's social calendar.
VIP guests are set to include HH Princess Nauf Bint Bandar Al Saud and guests of honour, HH Prince Saleh bin Ghalib Al-Quaiti and Prince Lorenzo de Medici.
Featuring fine dining, riveting horse racing and outstanding entertainment, the prom is being hosted by Héloise Agelou, founder of Hagelou Horse Racing Ltd, working in partnership with I.T.C-International Thoroughbred Consultants and world class violinist Jenny Bae.
An original Salvador Dali Sculpture will be among the lots included in a live auction for Aegis during the event.
"We are thrilled that Héloise Agelou and her colleagues are organising such a fantastic event in support of Aegis' vital work," says Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust. "Hagelou and ITC staged a brilliant fundraiser for Aegis at Windsor last year, and it's truly gratifying to see their commitment to the cause of genocide prevention."
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1 May 2012 - Adrien Niyonshuti, the only Rwandan cyclist to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games, has thrown his support behind the first-ever London-Paris ride raising funds for the Aegis Trust. Taking part in pre-Olympic training in the UK last month, Niyonshuti met Rony Cohen, organizer of The London to Paris ride www.riding4charity.org, and expressed warm support for the initiative.
The ride is raising funds specifically for Aegis' unique peace-building education programme in Rwanda, helping a new generation to learn about the dangers of prejudice and building trust between the children of survivors and perpetrators.
Thanks to match-funding of up to US$100,000 for Aegis' peace-building education from OneWorld Boston, a Cummings Foundation Affiliate in the United States, Aegis is now able to double every donation made in support of the programme – including all sponsorship for the London-Paris ride.
Recent independent analysis has found that not only is the education programme changing attitudes and behaviour among the students taking part, but also among the school communities from which they come – including fellow students who didn't attend.
"Personally I find what Aegis does in Rwanda amazing – such as educating the youth on how to stop ethnic division or any other divisions which can lead to another genocide in Rwanda," says Adrien, who is himself a survivor of the 1994 genocide, in which he lost six of his brothers.
Adrien's own incredible journey – from survival of the genocide to competition in the 2012 Olympic Games – will feature in a documentary about Rwanda's national cycling team to be released later this year. Aegis sourced and provided the historical archival material for the documentary. To follow the journey and find a screening near you, sign up for updates at www.risingfromashesthemovie.com.
"Adrien is an inspirational athlete and yet such a humble man," says Rony Cohen. "I'm so proud to have met him, and I just hope that people reading this will join Adrien in supporting Aegis by sponsoring the London-Paris ride at www.riding4charity.org. We all wish him success in the Olympic games."
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Full text of the Valedictory Address by Dr Mukesh Kapila, Special Representative of the Aegis Trust and Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester, UK at the Fourth International Roundtable Conference at the Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai, India, "Structuring Peace: the State and Conflict Transformation: prospects and challenges in South Asia", 17-18 April 2012.
To make "peace", we must understand "war". Inevitably this is a complex subject and there are many theories of conflict analysis. So, it may be useful to identify some basic understandings that could be practically useful.
First, to recognise that all conflicts have logic. They are not random, irrational or unpredictable disturbances. Conflicts have winners and losers, the corollary being that it is essential to understand the interests and motivations of the stakeholders. We see this in every conflict around the world; for example, most notably at present in Syria and in Sudan.
Second, all conflicts have a "career": they smoulder, flare up, die down, re-ignite, extinguish. But they always remain flammable. As suggested by Paul Collier's work at the World Bank, the best predictor of future conflict is a past history of conflict. In that sense, a society that has once tasted conflict is always at risk of falling prey to it again. And memories of conflict get transmitted down from generation to generation – sometimes over hundreds of years as we saw in Serbia in relation to the Kosovo war. Conflicts come in cycles and can be perpetually recycled.
Third, it is vital to dissect the internal anatomy of a conflict. In doing so, it is useful to distinguish between the underlying vulnerabilities, the proximate triggers, and the perpetuating factors. The underlying vulnerabilities are the pre-disposing factors to a conflict that may often be very longstanding i.e., the "fuel". The proximate triggers to violence are the immediate causes i.e. the "match that ignites the fuel", and the factors that perpetuate the conflict are like the "oxygen that keeps the fire burning". This helps us to decide on the optimal points for intervention to break the conflict cycle… or, at least, not to make it worse by careless meddling.
If it is most important to know where to intervene within a conflict, it is equally crucial to judge when to intervene. That is my fourth point: Conflicts have to be right for solving—and much effort and resources can be wasted unless there is clarity on where we are at in the "conflict cycle" and, therefore, what are the realistic objectives for influencing the "conflict dynamics". In other words, the conflict-breakers have to decide whether they are aiming for resolution, mitigation, or only containment. In current international parlance, this is reflected in strategies for peace-making, peace-keeping, and peace-building.
The brute evidence of history suggests that most conflicts are ultimately resolved only when they hurt enough, and when one side or the other finally wins the argument through the application of physical force or equivalent coercion, even if dressed up in the face-saving compromise language of a peace agreement.
Finally, one could observe that conflict is not always bad—and trying to stop it prematurely, even if one succeeds, is not always a smart contribution to history. Arguably, this could be said for the wars in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s; although armed hostilities eventually ceased after strong US-led international pressure, the result endorsed the outcome of the war; that is, an identity-based partition of the country and a possible freezing—but not resolution—of the conflict.
The painful real history of the world is that enlightened, fairer societies have often required forging in the crucible of conflict when the oppressed have had to fight for their rights against oppressors whose behaviour is beyond the pale and who will not be reasoned out of their aggression. Indeed, some would go as far as saying that no human rights have ever been gained by any group except through struggles that have required the forceful confrontation of vested interests. The genocidal wars in Darfur and now in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan are a tragic contemporary example. We have also learned, for example, that shabby deals for peace without justice and honour usually unravel sooner or later, as happened several times in Sierra Leone. This is implicitly understood in contemporary practice where the more common and realistic objective is the reduction of deadly or armed violence, as opposed to the resolution of the conflict itself; as, for example, in Palestine. But the logic of any conflicting side is to win and it is debatable whether or not it is possible to pursue a conflict effectively without engaging in some level of violence or aggressive coercion. This is exemplified by Afghanistan where sustainable peace is going to take time to emerge.
The theory I have just outlined emerges from empirical observations of past and current experience of the world we live in. How do we link that to the business of development, which is the core purpose of good governance and central to the social contract between citizens and state – at least in democratic societies?
We live in an increasingly rebellious world where the revolution in communications technologies and a globalising tendency mean that both dreams and discontents are rapidly transmitted across communities, continents and cultures. In such a world, development is no longer what someone – a benevolent patron or government – does to you but what you do to yourselves to liberate your own self to make your own choices, assert your rights and achieve your fullest potential as a human being.
Such an outlook is captured in the notion of human security as part of the larger freedom of people and societies. The concept signifies not only protection from violence but also the enjoyment of well-being and basic social, economic and political rights. The notion is attractive because of its comprehensiveness, inclusivity and, above all, the liberal world view and accompanying values system on which it is obviously predicated. But there are problems over the notion that building human security through development brings peace and security. Consider, for example, that many societies in history have turned the corner from war to peace before any wide-scale development—at least that benefited sufficient numbers of ordinary people. There is plenty of evidence that "poor people generally don't rise up in revolt," but have to be manipulated to do so, as perhaps happened earlier in Nepal's unhappy recent past. Conversely, economic progress does not always insulate against conflict.
Here, it is useful to distinguish three different working approaches that may be called "working around, or in, or on conflict".
The intention of working around conflict is to avoid the detrimental impact of the conflict on the achievement of the purposes for which development aid is being given.
The second approach of working in conflict is bolder: classically, this is what constitutes traditional humanitarian relief where attempt is made to reach innocent civilians while the conflict continues around them.
However, from the strategic peace and security angle, we are interested in working on conflict, that is, using development action to transform a conflict.
Let me use my personal experience in the health sector to outline what I mean. The health sector provides many examples of Track II or informal diplomacy, and the experience is generalizable to other sectors of human development. Using health as a bridge for peace, we have learned a great deal since the early experiences in Central America in the 1980s, the Balkans during the 1990s, and subsequently in Afghanistan and West Africa. In 1981 the World Health Assembly passed a resolution stating that "the role of physicians and other health workers in the preservation and promotion of peace is the most significant factor for the attainment of Health For All."
However, what are the experiences and the evidence for effectiveness of a "health track to peace"? Work done by McMaster University in Canada and at the World Health Organization (WHO) has postulated several "peace-health linkage mechanisms":
Pursuing common issues or interests brings protagonists together, such as when planning for recovery in Mozambique before the peace agreement was signed stimulated progress toward peace.
Evoking and extending altruism generates positive feelings among parties, such as in the polio vaccination days in Afghanistan and many other countries.
Identifying and replacing rumours with facts rebuilds mutual confidence, such as that created between Crimean and Ukrainian authorities regarding the cholera threat among displaced populations.
Redefining the prevalent norms changes the terms of the debate and opens new space for discussion, for example "war" may be seen as a test of manhood and adventure but can be redefined as a "disaster."
Confronting demonized stereotypes can bring about psychological healing, such as when Sri Lankan trauma counselling centres were established for all sides.
Regenerating a sense of shared identity to keep basic human connections going across the conflict divide; for example, with the establishment of a public health surveillance reporting system in Northern Alliance health districts in Afghanistan where workers were willing to report to the Taliban-controlled Ministry of Health in Kabul.
Health access negotiation skills can mediate barriers to medical care distribution; for example, the mediation required between the two sides in the Sudan conflict to allow immunization teams to move about forged contacts that subsequently were able to be maintained through formal diplomacy.
Personal solidarity actions by healthcare professionals, especially respected doctors, can have a demonstrably powerful effect; for example, in the Malaccas, Indonesia, where "personal witnesses" accompanied the injured not just to provide care and protection but also to diffuse tensions.
Campaigning by healthcare professionals against "unjust" tactics in wars can have powerful moral and, eventually, political force to influence public and official opinion; such as when the documentation of the human impact of anti-personnel landmines led to the landmark Ottawa Treaty.
In summary, these mechanisms appear to seek one or more of the following:
A balanced judgment on the impact of health-as-a-bridge-for-peace work would be that it can, under specific circumstances, reduce or mitigates levels of violence at the tactical level. It can also provide a useful channel or entry point for political peacemakers to come in. It can help to maintain or even consolidate peace once a fragile peace has been attained by political efforts. Finally, it could be useful for making an early start to addressing some of the original underlying factors to the conflict.
Thus, development-peace linkages (DPL) may be a useful "second track instrument" for peacemaking and peace building, and ought to be valued in that role. Much more could be done to maximize this stabilisation role, especially in fragile or transitional situations between conflict and peace, possibly by development and political practitioners working alongside one another more often. But aid is neither the panacea nor the magic pill for all the ailments of conflict situations. To get the best out of such linkage, it has to be part of wider and more serious peace and security processes.
With this realistic understanding of what development-peace linkages can achieve under the right conditions, several further questions arise. How can the best practices of DPL—both in relation to working in conflict, and working on conflict—be codified for systematic use, for example, through suitable guidelines and standards? What capacities should be developed to promote this as a practical approach, and can impact be measured with greater precision? Would it be appropriate to offer such development-peace linkages as a second track channel for peacemaking efforts, on a predictable basis in major conflicts?
The focus of practical action must be at the country and community level where precise context-specific analysis is essential to find the optimal entry points for the DPL approaches that are most likely to be effective. One prescription cannot suit all ailments. The creation of national DPL networks in war-torn countries could be a useful device to bring together interested stakeholders to expand access and allow assistance to reach people caught up in a conflict. This could go further by attempting, through practical example, to promote international humanitarian law and reduce levels of violence. DPL work could promote a wider understanding in conflict-riven societies about the underlying grievance factors that fuel the conflict, and could lobby for action to address them. More ambitiously, DPL could proactively seek to counter the culture of impunity where this is a particularly serious matter, as we have in Sudan today.
What can we conclude on the question: can development heal broken societies? The jury remains out on the question. In short, I am not convinced that economic or social development – by itself – buys peace. But is it possible to conduct such development in particular ways in the context of conflict so as to influence its dynamics? Quite possibly, yes, provided that there are acceptable terms of engagement between the political and security side, on one hand, and, on the other, development and humanitarian assistance efforts that will get to underlying roots of conflict to find sustained solutions.
26 April 2012 - LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands — In a historic ruling, the Sierra Leone Special Court says former Liberian President Charles Taylor is criminally responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting notoriously brutal Sierra Leone rebels in return for blood diamonds.
Judges have not yet formally delivered verdicts against the 64-year-old warlord-turned-president, but Presiding Judge Richard Lussick said that prosecutors have proved beyond reasonable doubt that Taylor is "criminally responsible" for aiding and abetting crimes by rebels in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war. Taylor had pleaded not guilty to 11 counts, including murder, rape, terror and conscripting child soldiers.
Charles Taylor is the first head of state ever found guilty of international crimes.
Aegis Trust Special Representative Dr Mukesh Kapila CBE is speaking in London on 26 April. Tickets are free and open to all. Book them here.
Dr Kapila will discuss the current crisis in the southern Sudanese states, providing a unique insight into the conflict and a detailed report on what he personally witnessed in the region. Join Aegis as we call on the UK Government to take urgent action to prevent further atrocities and protect innocent civilians.
As head of the UN in Sudan during the original Darfur crisis, Dr Kapila has compared the current crisis to Darfur. In a recent Al Jazeera interview he said: "The situation in Southern Kordofan, that I witnessed for myself last month, is even worse than Darfur."
Aegis is determined to shed light on the ongoing atrocities. While in the region, Aegis saw thousands of women and children living under boulders and in caves in an attempt to protect themselves and personally witnessed direct attacks on innocent communities, which may amount to breaches of international law.
To watch the full Al Jazeera report including an extended interview with Dr. Kapila, click here.
The event is being held jointly with the Royal Commonwealth Society and will take place at their central London venue - 25 Northumberland Avenue, London - at 6:30pm. To find out more or to secure your place, click here.
If you are unable to attend on 26 April Dr Kapila will be speaking at the School of Oriental and African Studies on 10 May at 6pm. For more information or to reserve your place, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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23 April 2012 - The Aegis Trust warmly welcomes the US President's announcement of the creation of an Atrocities Prevention Board, and a comprehensive strategy for the United States to make prevention of mass atrocities and genocide a key focus of US foreign policy.
For analysis of this hugely significant move, see (among others):
Madelaine Albright and William Cohen (Foreign Policy)
Sarah Margon (Think Progress)
Samantha Power - appointed chair of the new Board - wrote this article in the White House Blog when President Obama announced plans last year to set it up.
Following widespread news coverage of The Aegis Trust's Special Representative, Dr Mukesh Kapila, discussing the emergency in Sudan's Nuba Mountain region, this Al Jazeera report provides a deeper look at the ongoing violence.
Correspondent Peter Greste brings together footage from the region and a extended interview with Dr. Kapila, former UN representative in Sudan, who personally challenged Greste to report from the Nuba Mountains.
'The situation in Southern Kordofan, that I witnessed for myself last month, is even worse than Darfur' said Dr. Kapila.
Kigali, 7 April 2012 - After laying a wreath at mass graves in which some 250,000 victims of the 1994 genocide lie buried, Rwanda's President, H.E. Paul Kagame, lights the Memorial Flame at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, 7 April 2012, marking the 18th anniversary of the start of the genocide in which a million Tutsis were murdered. Established by the Aegis Trust in 2004 and opened on the 10th anniversary of the start of the genocide, the Memorial is run by Aegis in partnership with Rwanda's National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG).


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Keith Campbell does his best work while wearing headphones.
"I love loud music," he says, as he dials up cuts from One Republic and Timbaland Collaboration. "It helps me concentrate!"
The self-styled "Hair Architect," who has coiffed the likes of Missy Elliot and Serena Williams, must focus to create meticulous, artistic designs. He always has a vision, as in this shoot with models Belinda and Naima. "I want to create something that is red carpet, but unorthodox red carpet," he says. "Sophisticated
but edgy."
Strong-form cuts provide the foundation for the looks, then Campbell mixes it up with extensions used for color punch. "They make it easy to create a totally different look," he says. "They are quick and to the point."
Campbell places wefts along the halo over the top, just behind the fringe, to allow the highlight color to stand out without dominating the design. To finish, he uses pomade, spray or gel to place lengths and accent texture. Turn it up!
Click here to see how he created Naima's design.
Click here to see how he created Belinda's design.
Styling assistance by LaWanda Pierre; photography by Roberto Ligresti; make-up by David Maderich for www.mistermakeup.com, with Make-Up For Ever cosmetics; photostyling by Viviana Rodriguez. Naima's silver top by Miss Sixty, striped top and necklace by Club Monaco and vest by Fire Los Angeles. Belinda's silver cami by Niteline, sleeveless shell by Polenci.

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The Gay Desperado is tremendously silly, a fact which may put off some viewers, but those with a tolerance for all things quirky will find it engaging and charming. True, Desperado is not perfect; there are some stretches where the tone isn't quite right, where one might wish the daffiness where either a trifle more or a triffle less pronounced. And there's no doubt that Nino Martini is a far better singer than he is an actor, yet Martini's performance is so guileless (and so in keeping with the demands of his naïve character) that it works splendidly, in spite of the actor's deficiencies. He also works quite well with Ida Lupino, who gives a thoroughly winning performance, full of spunk and life, and imbued with a wonderful sense of timing and style. Leo Carillo and Harold Huber make a delightfully ridiculous pair of bandits, enlivening the proceedings throughout with their simple but amusing banter. Rouben Mamoulian has directed with tremendous style and wit, and makes good use of his obsession with shadows several times throughout the film; the entire visual look is a delight, with shots of startlingly tall cacti or oversized yucca plants adding to the film's outlandish tone. Desperado may be a bit of a jumble, and its lampooning may attempt a few too many genres, but it's so good-natured that most will forgive it these flaws.
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MARIETTA, Ga. (BP)--An upcoming dialogue between a key Intelligent Design proponent and a Darwinian evolutionist from Florida State University reflects the fact that, Our commitment to truth leads us to believe that we have nothing to fear from public discussion of important topics, said Robert Stewart, associate professor of philosophy and theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
The 7 p.m. Feb. 3 dialogue between ID proponent William Dembski and evolutionist Michael Ruse is the featured event of NOBTS two-day Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum, to be held at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga.
Dembski, a mathematician and philosopher, is the Carl F. H. Henry Professor of Theology and Science at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.; senior fellow of the Discovery Institutes Center for Science and Culture; and author of numerous books on Intelligent Design, including No Free Lunch and The Design Revolution.
Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and professor of zoology at Florida State and author of Taking Darwin Seriously and Can a Darwinian be a Christian? Ruse also is the founder and editor of the journal Biology & Philosophy and editor of the Cambridge University Press Series in the Philosophy of Biology.
Steve Lemke, NOBTS provost and professor of philosophy, described Dembski as the foremost advocate and architect of the Intelligent Design movement in the United States whose writings have given intellectual credibility to the ID perspective within the scholarly community.
Intelligent Design studies patterns in nature and, similar to forensic science or archaeology, uses empirical evidence to detect whether the pattern was set in place by design or by undirected natural processes.
Reliance on empirical evidence and testability distinguishes Intelligent Design from creationism and previous design arguments. Intelligent Design examines scientific data on its own merits, without presupposing either evolution or design.
The Intelligent Design movement provides an intellectual framework which makes the affirmation of a created universe not only believable by someone educated in the perspective of modern science, but intellectually credible, Lemke said.
Intelligent Design, Dembski said, is establishing a proving ground in which faith and science co-exist with integrity.
Advances in molecular biology make Darwins explanation much harder to accept, he said. There are patterns in nature that can only be explained by intelligence.
Dembski said that, although a century of biological research has failed to define the evolutionary pathways of building highly complex organisms from simple ones, science education presents no alternatives to evolutionary theory.
Many Christian youth go off to college and then struggle with their faith. The apologetic value of ID is in defeating scientific materialism, the view that everything can be reduced to matter and explained by natural processes, Dembski said.
On Feb. 4, Christian apologetic authors William Lane Craig and Francis Beckwith also will address Intelligent Design at the Greer-Heard forum.
Craig, who will speak at 11 a.m., is research professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology at LaMirada, Calif. His topic will be "Evolutionary Theory and Naturalism."
Beckwith, who will speak at 2:30 p.m., is the associate director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University and the current vice president of the Evangelical Theological Society. His topic will be "Intelligent Design, Public Education, and the First Amendment."
The non-Christian world needs to see educated, articulate believers who can dialogue on these issues and exhibit respect and courtesy to those with whom they disagree, Stewart said.
Intelligent Design is not your fathers old Earth creation science, he said Even many who do not agree with its thesis admit as much. For this reason, it is likely the most significant challenge to the dominant Darwinian paradigm since Charles Darwin penned his Origin of Species.
Dembski also is scheduled to speak at the 10 a.m. Jan. 24 spring convocation at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo.
His visit should help to clarify the notion that Intelligent Design really is the intelligent position on this issue, said Midwestern President R. Philip Roberts.
Dembski also will speak at an apologetics conference at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 18-22.
For more information on New Orleans Seminarys Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum, see www.greer-heard.com or contact Johnson Ferry Baptist Church at www.jfbc.org.
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By Carolyn O'Neil, for the AJC
Nobody's perfect and that's especially true when it comes to eating a healthy, well-balanced diet. Diet modification experts say you have to plan for occasional splurges as part of the long-term plan. Atlanta personal fitness trainer Beth Lewis offers empowering psychological advice to her clients who need a boost: "Don't mistake setbacks with failure." So, here are a few ways "cheating" on your diet can actually be a refreshing and powerful strategy to support successful weight control.
Order dessert first
This strategy helps you plan the rest of your meal around the sinfully rich dessert you really crave. OK, the waiter may think you're weird asking to see the dessert menu first, but you need information on your destination before you can map out the meal. So, if you know you've just got to have the chocolate cheesecake or coconut cake with pineapple ice cream, then you will make sure not to start with the fried calamari appetizer or the creamy New England clam chowder. Save yourself for your true love, dessert.
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A food diary or journal can help you keep track of your intake, so you won't be caught going over your daily calorie limit. Research shows the most successful dieters do it and do it daily. Your journal notes don't have to be super detailed. This will give you an insightful snapshot of your relationship with the foods you love. Nowhere to write it down? Text yourself a message or, easier yet, take a photo of your meal.
It's about technique
Did you know that properly fried foods have less total fat and calories? These are the bad boys worth the heat. If fried foods are greasy, they are going to be higher in total fat and calories because they've soaked up more oil. Cooking oils with a high smoke point (peanut, olive and canola oils) allow foods to fry at a higher temperature and, therefore, cook faster and absorb less fat. However, fried foods are always a splurge.
Accessorize sensibly
As fashionistas know, accessories can make or break a look. The same goes for smartly dressing your dinner plate. For instance, think of blue cheese and bacon crumbles as accessories. They add flavor and flair to a dish, but too much just piles on unnecessary fat and calories. So, when you're dining out it's not necessary to totally avoid the butter, gravy, cheese sauce and full-fat salad dressings; just learn to accessorize sensibly.
Seek 'thindulgences'
If it's a punch of flavor you're looking for to liven up a salad or grilled chicken and fish, learn to identify very low-calorie ingredients, sauces and sides that perk things up (such as salsas, hot sauce, steak sauce, citrus, vinegar, herbs, spices) while keeping calorie counts down. Ordering fresh fruit for dessert? Did you know chocolate syrup has only 15 calories per teaspoon? Frozen beverage fan? Fragrant tea whirled in a blender with ice, a squeeze of lime and a little sugar turns iced tea into a real treat.
Savor every moment
If you're going to cheat, then relax and enjoy it! Choose really fine chocolates so you need only a few decadent bites. Or if it's a five-course gourmet meal you're luxuriating over, remember to put your fork down every so often and savor the flavors. It's quality, not quantity that counts.
A diet study conducted at the University of Rhode Island found that women consumed fewer calories and were more satisfied when they ate at a slower pace. Bottom line: By eating slower, the women ate 70 calories less and said they enjoyed the meal more.
Whether your meal is a race or a ritual is just one facet of eating behavior that might affect food consumption. So, slow down and let your body and soul appreciate small portions of big tastes.
Carolyn O'Neil is a registered dietitian and co-author of "The Dish on Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous!" E-mail her at carolyn@carolynoneil .com.
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February 16th, 2010
8:54 pm
Nice post. It is necessary to have strategies for not being totally on plan ahead of time, so that you can confine the splurge and not let it get you off track. I wouldn't call this cheating, it's just learning how to eat sensibly, and build splurge foods into your diet in a reasonable way. Here are some techniques and tips that have helped me stay motivated on my weight loss journey:
February 17th, 2010
7:31 am
I tend to stay away from the word diet and use the term "adjusting my calorie selection". To me, the very definition of a diet is temporary change. It's like admitting I'm not going to stick to it but just see how far I can get "this time". Now, I don't have the same goals as a lot of people in this food-ballpark, but my goals are important to me just as everyone's is important to them. Just my experience.
February 17th, 2010
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If someone has more than 75 lbs to lose. There cant be cheating some foods have to out of their lives forever.Trigger foods have to be avoided forever. The first 20 days are the hardest then its smooth sailing.For something to be gained something has to be sacrificed.


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MIAMI, Fla. – The Rutgers baseball team used timely hitting and heads-up base running to earn a 5-4 victory over No. 12 Miami in game two and earn a split with the Hurricanes in a tightly-contested seven-inning doubleheader Saturday in front of 2,803 fans at Alex Rodriguez Park. The Scarlet Knights dropped a 4-2 decision to the Hurricanes in the afternoon's first game. The win was the first of the season for RU (1-2), which handed UM (2-1) its first loss of the 2009 campaign.
Tied at 4-4, sophomore Brandon Boykin (Teaneck, N.J.) collected his first collegiate hit with a single to center field to open the seventh and final inning. Sophomore Michael Lang (Dumont, N.J.) executed a sacrifice bunt which allowed Boykin, who was moving on the pitch, to move all the way over to third. An alert Boykin noticed the fielders weren't covering the base so the Scarlet Knight headed for home plate and scored the game-winning run to ignite a celebration in the RU dugout and put a state of shock on the faces of everyone in attendance.
Senior Tony Wargo (New Providence, N.J.) then held off the Hurricanes in the bottom of the frame for the win. After surrendering a leadoff double and a walk, Wargo fielded a bunt and alertly fired to third to get the lead runner for the first out. The Hurricanes got a runner 90-feet away from home plate and the tying score later in the inning but Wargo got Scott Lawson to pop up to third base to end the game.
The Scarlet Knights and Hurricanes played a tight-game throughout the contest with RU scoring the first run of the contest.
Sophomore Jaren Matthews (Teaneck, N.J.) gave Rutgers the early lead with an RBI single to right field in the first inning to score Lang.
Miami responded with a run of its own in the opening frame to tie it back up.
Junior Jarred Jimenez (Monroe, N.J.) but the Scarlet Knights back on top with a towering home run to left field one inning later.
Freshman Charlie Law (Mainland, N.J.), making his first collegiate appearance, ran into trouble in the second, loading the bases with just one out, but the true freshman induced an inning-ending double-play to get out of the frame unscathed.
Like he did in the first, Lang capitalized on some Miami fielding miscues to race around the bases. The Scarlet Knight reached base on a fielding error by the third baseman (also reached on a fielding error in the first inning). A failed pickoff attempt resulted in two more Hurricane errors and put Lang on third base where he scored one play later to make it 3-1 in favor of the Scarlet Knights.
Miami got a run back in the third on a Dave DiNatale RBI single and the Hurricanes threatened for more with runners on second and third, but Law got a big strikeout to end the frame.
UM then tied it up in the fifth with an RBI single to right field from Iden Nazario off Scarlet Knight reliever Sean Peterson (Wall, N.J.). The Hurricanes once again threatened for more but Peterson induced a pair of foul outs and a groundout to end the inning.
A Dan Betteridge (Sewell, N.J.) walk and a Matthews single was followed by a Jayson Hernandez (Belmar, N.J.) sacrifice bunt to put the pair of Scarlet Knights in scoring position with just one out. Jimenez once again lifted a ball deep into the outfield. This time, the park held it in, but it was deep enough to bring home Betteridge on the sacrifice fly to give RU a one-run edge.
That lead didn't last long as Miami's Yasmani Grandal took the fourth pitch of his at-bat over the right-field fence in the sixth to tie it back up, setting up the final-inning dramatics.
Wargo earned the win with 1.1 innings of shutout relief, while Miami reliever Rene Guerra was tagged with the loss after giving up the run on two hits in the seventh. Law posted four strikeouts in four innings in his first career start.
In the day's opening game, Miami erased a 2-1 deficit with three runs – all with two outs – in the sixth inning to take a 4-2 victory.
Down, 1-0 in the third, RU got both of its runs thanks to a two-run single to center field off the bat of DH Pat Biserta (Pt. Pleasant, N.J.) to score D.J. Anderson (Randolph, N.J.) and Boykin.
Miami responded with three hits in the sixth, including a pair of extra-base hits from DiNatale (double) and Nathan Melendres (triple) to score three runs off reliever Kevin Lillis (Fair Haven N.J.).
Lillis (0-1) suffered the loss, while Miami reliever Travis Miller (1-0) earned the win with an inning of scoreless relief in the sixth. Hurricane closer Kyle Bellamy struck out the side in the seventh to earn the save. Junior Dennis Hill (Hillsdale, N.J.) started the contest for the Scarlet Knights, working five strong innings with just one run on two hits and a strikeout in his first appearance since April 28, 2007. He missed last season after being struck in the head with a batted ball during preseason workouts.
The Scarlet Knights and Hurricanes will conclude their four-game series with a 1:00 p.m. game tomorrow at Alex Rodriguez Park. Junior righty Kyle Bradley (Howell, N.J.) will get the ball for RU in the contest.


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I am overjoyed and relieved to be able to report that my bone scan results were normal! The scan was investigating possible bone cancer, so I am grateful beyond words to know this fear has been removed from the list of my possible diagnoses. Perhaps this is why I arrived home from work at 6PM last night, having arisen at 4AM as usual, still feeling filled with energy and vivaciousness. (Trust me, as much as I truly love my job, this is still not my typical post-work-day state.) Amidst the idyllic weather I channeled my energies into mowing the lawn, yet even after the grass was evenly carpeted and order had been returned to our front and back yards, I still felt the urge to bounce up and down like a toddler after an afternoon nap. Most of all, I felt like baking!
Since I'd already planned on baking a welcome-home treat for our next-door neighbor-friend and her two young sons, who all return home from her long business trip tomorrow, I seized the impulse and decided it was officially cookie-baking time! I also had a large bag of flax-seed that longed for a higher purpose in life beyond being sprinkled on morning cereal, so into the mixing bowl went some flax seed, along with oats, a variety of whole-grain flours, and some hand-chopped chunks of extra-dark, 80% cacao chocolate. I was so enthused about the recipe emerging in the bowl before me that I decided to live dangerously and double the recipe in order to save some cookie dough in the fridge for baking when Zach arrives home on Friday, despite not yet being assured of the cookies' success... As I often do with new cookie recipes, I sampled a wee pinch of dough as I was rolling the cookies into balls - I always have an inner struggle with the biology-oriented side of my brain that informs me of the dangers of raw egg every time I nibble uncooked dough, but I dare not risk baking an entire batch of cookies without first ensuring that they taste like actual cookies instead of, possibly, a train-wreak in dough form. These particular cookies were so delectable in their pre-baked state that the utmost willpower was required to keep me from nibbling a much larger second piece of dough... I couldn't resist sampling a cookie when they emerged from the oven, though - after all, I felt it was my duty to ensure the delectable-ness of the cookies before gifting them to friends...
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'Here Comes the Boom': James Puts Up a Fight
James Rocchi, Special to MSN Movies
Considering that we usually see Kevin James mostly in proximity to the comedy antimatter that Adam Sandler now represents -- not only unfunny, but pulling any accidental or ambient comedy from the air around him into his soul to smother and destroy it -- "Here Comes the Boom" is a welcome surprise. While it's directed by Frank Coraci, who also gave us "Click" and "The Waterboy," "Here Comes the Boom" is enjoyable -- or, at the very least, not torture like "Grown Ups" and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry." And while it does a serious disservice to suggest that all Mr. James needs to do to make an adequate film is not be near Mr. Sandler, the evidence nonetheless leads us to that conclusion.
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James (who also co-wrote alongside Allan Loeb and Rock Reuben) plays Scott Voss, a burned-out Boston biology teacher who used to care but has seen his enthusiasm slip away between apathetic kids and petty bureaucrats. The final straw comes when the school's staff are told that cutbacks mean closing down all extracurricular activities, which includes music and the position held by music teacher Marty Streb (Henry Winkler), who's got a baby on the way. This offends Scott -- and it more importantly offends Ms. Flores (Salma Hayek), a nice nurse Scott has his eye on -- and so he sets about to make the $47,000 it will take to save Marty's job and program through the most logical way he can: by competing in mixed martial arts fights.
Scott is not, it should be noted, fighting to win. As he learns from Niko (real MMA fighter Bas Rutten), a burly student in his U.S. citizenship class he's teaching on the side, even losing a fight can earn you, in five minutes, far more money than you would make, say, teaching a U.S. citizenship class on the side. And so Scott -- who used to wrestle in high school and college, many years and pounds ago -- figures that he can, in fact, raise the money to save music and Marty by getting the hell beaten out of him on a regular basis.
As played by James, Scott Voss has a big heart and a low center of gravity. As Niko and Marty become his support team, he has his own passions for teaching and life reignited like they haven't been in years. And James is good here: dogged, determined, wondering how precisely he wound up apathetic and indifferent. And Winkler, as the warm, lightly confused but steadfast Marty, is excellent, and gives the film a lot of sincerity and a few great laughs. The film is shot nicely where the fight scenes have the fast, scary feel of a real fight. While James clearly had some stunt doubles, he also clearly did not have them at all times.
"Here Comes the Boom" is false about MMA fighting, but it is, in its way, less false than the manipulative and maudlin "Warrior," and portrays the risks alongside the rewards. It would, I'm sure, be more realistic to have Scott Voss killed in the ring, but that would also be a very different film. "Here Comes the Boom" may be a montage-heavy rip-off of fight films since the beginning of time, but it's at least smart enough to show us Scott Voss trying, and combines moments for the heart with blows to the head in agreeably acceptable fashion.
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SUFFOLK - Recycling in Suffolk is now as easy as taking items to the curb.
Hundreds of residents have paid to take part in the city's new curbside recycling service and they'll be getting the 95-gallon rolling bins in the next two weeks.
TFC Recycling will collect paper, bottles, cans and cardbord beginning the week of July 19.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (February 18, 2012) – Rutgers University gymnastics put together a team score of 191.700 to finish in third place in a quad meet in front of 1,278 fans at Comcast Center at the University of Maryland on Saturday evening. RU scored better than the College of William & Mary (191.175), but dropped to West Virginia University (194.800) and Maryland (194.550).
"We had some great individual performances tonight, but we left some points out there," said head coach Louis Levine. "We had potential to put up one of our highest scores of the season, but unfortunately it did not work out."
Rutgers (7-7, 0-6 EAGL) scored highest on the floor exercise once again (48.450), led by a 9.800 from junior Jenna Zito (Rockaway, N.J.). Classmate Nicole Romano (Livingston, N.J.) scored a season-high 9.775 in the event, while freshman Sara Skammer (Dallas, Pa.) and sophomore Alyssa Straub (Nazareth, Pa.) each earned a 9.700.
Sophomore Alexis Gunzelman (Tabernacle, N.J.) led RU in the all-around with a 38.200, scoring a 9.725 on the vault, uneven bars and balance beam. Straub also competed all-around (37.325).
The Scarlet Knights return home to the Livingston Recreation Center next weekend for Alumni Night on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. for a quad meet with Bridgeport, Air Force and Eastern Michigan.
Follow Rutgers Athletics on Facebook (www.facebook.com/RutgersAthletics) and Twitter (@RUAthletics) for all of the latest news and updates. For specific updates regarding women's gymnastics, follow the program on Twitter @RUGymnastics. Fans can receive timely information, including special offers and giveaways throughout the year on our social media outlets along with www.ScarletKnights.com


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Chuck E. Cheese's is not my favorite place on Earth. But when I go there, I do expect to be relatively safe. It's a kids' restaurant, after all. There are games, playground equipment, and masses of little people running all over the place. So imagine someone brings in a semi-automatic pistol. And then pulls it out of her handbag. And threatens another parent with it.
Thirty-year-old Tawana Bourne allegedly pulled out her gun and waved it at another woman at a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Connecticut. The two had gotten into an argument. Bourne was there with her child, and the woman she threatened was also with a child. Thank god no one was hurt! Does it make anyone feel better that Bourne had a valid permit for that gun -- or does it make you feel worse?
Tawana was charged with breach of peace, second-degree threatening, first-degree reckless endangerment, and three counts of risk of injury to a minor. Police took away both her gun and her permit. Chuck E. Cheese's does NOT allow firearms of any sort in their restaurants, whether or not you have a permit.
I don't know WHY this woman thought she needed to bring a gun with her to freakin' Chuck E. Cheese's. She clearly lacks the good judgement to handle a gun responsibly. But how are you supposed to check for that? You can check a person's history for mental illness or arrests. But there's no law against owning a handgun while FOOLISH. And there's no telling when a person who qualifies for a gun license won't still snap and do something irrational and dangerous.
A man with no criminal history murdered his children in front of their mother the other day. Again, you don't have to be mentally ill to be dangerous. You just have to lose it one day. What do we do about that? I think this is why we need a national gun registry -- so at least people like this who've had a permit revoked in one state can't get one in another state.
But there's more to it than that. What do we do about people who feel they have a right to bring a gun anywhere? What do we do about people who aren't mentally ill, but who do sick things like this? Stories like this scare me.
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How do we keep moms like this one from bringing guns where they don't belong -- and trying to use them there?
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Through community support and education. We continuously teach our society how to be responsible with weapons from a young age, and we teach our children, families, communities how to correctly respond to explosive situations, anger, etc.
The only way that you are going to keep people from bringing a gun where it doesn't belong and using it there is to completely confiscate - by force (because that is the only way it's going to happen) - every single gun that is in anyone's possession. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
And I'm sorry, but that is NEVER gonna happen. Ever. If the government tried, you would see, first hand, the real reason that the 2nd Amendment was placed in the Constitution: to protect the people from a tyrannical government.
The next best thing is to remove the abject fear that people have for guns and replace it with respect. That involves a complete cultural overhaul - everything from changing Hollywood (hello, where do you think the "gun culture" comes from?) to changing the minds of individuals like you, Ms. Velez. We fear that which we do not understand. We respect that which we do understand.
We have this crap happening because for the last 30, 40, maybe more, years, we have devalued life. We've decimated the family. We've told people that morals are subjective. We've de-valued life, killing our own babies, and glorifying murder in video games, television, movies and song.
It's not the guns, it's us. Until we change our culture and our values; until we learn to love and respect one another, this s* is going to keep happening.
And I'm keeping my guns to defend myself if it happens around me.
Law-abiding citizens always follow laws until they don't. All criminals were law-abiding citizens until they day they weren't. That's the scary part.
What evidence is there that she didn't follow the law? All we have is an extremely thin news report indicating an action taken and an arrest made. We have no idea if the women felt that her life or child's life was threatened to the point of she felt she had no option but to let this woman know that she was armed. I know that police are very much of the mindset that they will arrest a person and let the DA sort out whether charges are actually warranted or not. Did you know that the laws in many states on gun use are such that it is often more lawful to actually shoot someone who is threatening you than it is to merely show them your weapon in an attempt to frighten them away? I feel like I don't have enough information to know whether this action was warranted or not.
We do not need community support and education, we already have that in the form of the public school system. We can all see what resounding success that has been. What we need are parents actually parenting.
If she gets a felony conviction she will be automaticly banned from buying another firearm, no need for registry, it is already the law.
Well said, Pony. And, where I live, this is why I don't go to Chuck E Cheese. Period.


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What is the most inspiring speech you have heard?
This speech was made by Charlie Chaplin in his movie 'The Great Dictator' and it has always inspired me since I first saw it. So my question to you all is this: What speech have you heard or a talk you have seen on TED that inspires you to be a good person or gives you a brighter outlook on life?
PS: A link to the speech/talk would be appreciated if possible.
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Thanks everyone for the great links, its been a blast looking at all these speeches and getting the chance to share some of the talks that inspire me has been great.
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Oct 14 2011: Simon Synek How leaders inspire action thats my favorite TED Talk, its so complete it has eethos pathos logos y just love it and it actually inspire me. The only thing i dont like about this talk is that doesnt work in my country.
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Row 1, Image 1: The Scarlett Belle sparkling with Christmas lights for a winter event in the Channel Islands Harbor, Image 2: Rustic and elegant winter invitations by Beacon Lane,
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This inspiration board highlights the unexpected beauty of winter weddings aboard the Scarlett Belle. Textured decor like twigs and pinecones bring balance to an ivory palette and subtle sparkling details. Guests can stay nice and warm inside, or bundle up on the bow to watch the twinkling lights reflecting on the water of the Channel Islands Harbor.


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Faron Young (February 25, 1932 – December 10, 1996) was an American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most successful and colorful stars. Hits including "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" marked him as a honky-tonk singer in sound and personal style; and his chart-topping singles "Hello Walls" and "It's Four in the Morning" showed his versatility as a vocalist. Known as the Hillbilly Heartthrob, and following a movie role, the Young Sheriff, Young's singles reliably charted for more than 30 years. He committed suicide in 1996. Young is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Jeff Kopp's the dude to talk to if you have a question about the area's garage, surf and punk music, the guy whose passion for the primal pound of thud-rock is in evidence each week on his KDHX (88.1 FM) show The Wayback Machine, perfectly soldered into the Saturday midnight slot. Kopp, whom everyone knows as Kopper, one-upped himself recently by releasing Landlocked and Loaded, a compilation of local and regional punk, garage and surf music, the raw stuff by some of the city's raw best, both those still gigging (the Ded Bugs, the Tripdaddys, Thee Lordly Serpents, the Honkeys) and those disbanded (the Geargrinders, Space Age Palmer, Johnny Magnet). Add to this batch some regional faves -- the Cripplers, the Delstars, the Revelators, the Bent Sceptors and so on -- and you've got a decent taste of all things garage.
The background isn't all that exciting; it never is, unless snake-handling's involved, but the result is one of the most solid and professional-looking and -sounding comp discs the city has seen in a long time. Unlike much St. Louis product, were you to discover Landlocked in a record store, the "local" alarm wouldn't immediately ring. It looks like any good garage-rock compilation -- the Pebbles series, the Back from the Grave series, the seminal Nuggets compilation. Says Kopper: "I contacted as many bands as I could around the area that were playing in St. Louis a lot, and some that were from the region -- Iowa, Illinois -- who played in town every once in a while, like the Bent Sceptors, the Bellstars, basically just using the stuff from my radio show as the basic style I was looking at -- the hard underground rock & roll, garage, punk, surf and rockabilly. It was the bands that I really liked, or the bands that I'd heard about that I really liked."
Kopper explains that the impetus for Landlocked and Loaded was simple; the same urge to represent the city is evident in compilations of St. Louis hip-hop, punk, country & western and new age. "The reason I'm doing it," he says, "is because there are so many bands in the area that I think are as good as these bands from California or Chicago or New York or Boston that are getting signed to these indie labels, and I just wanted to try and have them get their music out so people could hear and see just what was going on around here, because a lot of people don't really know. I try and bring as many bands to St. Louis as I can that are touring just so they can have a chance to play with the St. Louis bands, and usually they have a blast and love them."
(At some point, we St. Louisians must face the reality that the gravy-train tracks don't run through St. Louis, and even if they did, it's a bogus train to begin with. We pine and pine for national recognition for our music scene when the truth is, well, who cares whether Kurt Loder ever utters our fair city's name? Who needs Rolling Stone buzzing about St. Louis? It'll just bring a bunch of directionless losers to the city, which will jack up the rent, shrink the selection at Value Village and deplete the availability of parking spots. Who needs the affirmation of a bunch of idiots?)
Landlocked is an ace release, the caveat being "as far as comps go." Compilations are generally hit-and-miss, and as we all know from our attempts to browse through the rock-compilations section at Vintage Vinyl, they're a dime a dozen. It doesn't take much in the way of brains or creativity to pile a bunch of like-minded lugheads' work onto a CD, write a check and then sit on the stoop and wait for the clown in brown to deliver your shipment of 500.
In a perfect world, Landlocked would have felt a bit more inspired. It's not even the music, or the intention, that's lacking; it's the format. We want excitement, wide-eyed enthusiasm. We want some of the vintage drag-racing ads that Kopper and co-host Jaimz drop between cuts on The Wayback Machine. Sandwich one of them between the ace Ded Bugs cut "Summer Blows" and the Cripplers' ferocious cover of "Roadrunner." Or at least invent some sort of theme that ties the music together. How about garage bands covering Steve Reich minimalist pieces? Surf bands tackling Bach sonatas and partitas? Something further removed from the basic "Here's a band. After that, another one. They're from the Midwest." A compilation needs something to set it apart from the infinite others, and that's the problem with Landlocked and Loaded.
The peaches on the compilation are many: some nearly perfect garage-rock by the late, lamented Geargrinders; a searing version of the Troggs' great "I Can't Control Myself" by the equally late, equally lamented Johnny Magnet; a sax-roaring rocker by Space Age Palmer.
But the Ded Bugs' "Summer Blows" shines above the rest; their inspired-by-but-seldom-derivative-of Ramones style has never sounded as refreshing as when king Bug Matt Meyer sings "Summer blows/I got no muscles and no summer clothes/I got broken AC hangin' out my broken window." The song is worth the price of admission alone.


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