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Puntlands Shaykh Muhammad Atam: Clan Militia Leader or al-Qaeda Terrorist?
No roads penetrate the mountains of the Galgala district of Puntlands Bari Region. Though it lies almost directly south of the bustling port of Bosasso, Puntlands commercial capital, the moderate climate and cave-riddled hills of the relatively inaccessible Galgala region form a natural base for guerrilla operations. Control of the area has become a source of conflict in recent years after mineral exploration efforts uncovered a rich trove of various deposits in high demand on international markets. Efforts by the regional administration of Puntland (a semi-autonomous region of Somalia) to introduce resource exploitation into the area have resulted in a local resistance movement that may have morphed into a jihadi movement under the command of a local Islamist named Shaykh Muhammad Said Atam. Puntland, which comprises the horn of the Horn of Africa, declared regional autonomy in 1998 to create a stable administration separate from the political chaos and violence engulfing Mogadishu and southern Somalia. The administration is dominated by the Majerteen clan.
Shaykh Atams Background
Shaykh Atam, a member of Puntlands minority Warsangeli clan (a branch of the Darod), is alleged to have been part of the al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI) forces, under Shaykh Muhammad Haji Yusuf, that fought the Ethiopian military incursion in southern Somalias Gedo region in 1996 (Frontier FM [Nairobi], August 13, 2010). Shaykh Atam, a respected Islamic scholar, has been described as educated, disciplined and charismatic. His native Galgala region was once part of the Warsangeli Sultanate that ruled the area from the 13th to 19th centuries.
A known arms-dealer believed to have ties with the arms trade in Yemen, Shaykh Atam equipped a local armed group that resisted efforts by Australian firm Range Resources to carry out resource exploration in the Galgala region in 2006. The ad hoc militia succeeded in driving the exploration company and its security guards from the area. Shaykh Atam has since maintained his militia and is reported to wield influence in the area through funds provided by arms sales, his advocacy of Sharia, and his ability to play up clan differences within Puntlands majority Majerteen clan to alienate locals from the regional administration, which normally has only the slightest presence in the area (Reuters, July 28, 2010). Shaykh Atams militia is sometimes referred to locally as the Natural Resource Troops or The Defenders of Sanaag Resources (Galgala News Agency, July 31, 2010; August 17, 2010).
A report issued by the UN Monitoring Group in Somalia in 2008 claimed that information had been received indicating that Shaykh Atam was aligned with al-Shabaab and may take instructions from Shabaab leader Fuad Muhammad Khalaf Shangole. The reports also suggested that his forces received supplies of weapons from both Yemen and Eritrea. [1]
Clashes Begin
On July 26, Shaykh Atams forces attacked Puntland security checkpoints in the Karin district of the Bari region, killing one soldier. Security forces responded with a mass attack on insurgent bases in the mountains (Radio Gaalkacyo, July 26, 2010). The next day, Shaykh Atam told a news conference that he intended to continue fighting until his movement took control of the Puntland commercial center of Bosasso and implemented Sharia there (Radio Shabelle, July 27, 2010). He also said the attack was a response to the regional administrations blockade of supplies to the region (Radio Garowe, July 29, 2010).
Shaykh Atams militia clashed with security forces again on August 8, 2010 (Miisaanka.com, August 9, 2010). Al-Shabaab media relayed a report from the militants that claimed the capture of ten named members of the security services (Radio Andalus, August 8, 2010). Heavy fighting continued on August 9, 2010 near the Galgala town of Karin, with a reported 18 insurgents killed and some 20 wounded security personnel and insurgents arriving at a Bosasso hospital for treatment (Radio Horseed, August 9, 2010; Dayniile Online, August 10, 2010). General Abdisamad Ali Shire, commander of the Puntland security operations in the region, vowed to crush the insurgents, but military moves to secure important roads in Bosasso led to rumors that Shaykh Atams forces had already entered the city (Shacabkha.net, August 9, 2010; Somali Memo, August 9, 2010). While General Ali Shire issued threats, Puntland security minister Yusuf Ahmad Khayre was offering amnesty to the insurgents if they would withdraw from the fighting, even as other government officials said the fighting was spreading to other villages (Dayniile Online, August 10; Horseed Radio, August 9, 2010). Shaykh Atam told a sympathetic media source, We are not here to provoke anyone; however, if the forces in western Bari Region attempt to provoke us with an attack, we will teach them a lesson (Dayniile Online, August 10, 2010). By August 11, 2010, senior Puntland commanders were claiming to have seized the last of Shaykh Atams bases, though one of his lieutenants, Abdikarim Ahmad Beynah, insisted that the militants were in fact besieging the security forces (AFP, August 11, 2010). Shaykh Atam also accused the security forces of burning farms and torturing residents (Dayniile Online, August 10, 2010).
While traditional elders in the Bari region at first tried to mediate between the regional administration and Shaykh Atams group, the heavy-handed response of the security services (including the burning of farms and forcing women to remove the jilbab, an Islamic covering that reveals only the face and hands) led some elders to call for an uprising against the regional administration by mid-August (Shabelle Media Network, August 16, 2010).
Fighting flared up again on August 20 when Shaykh Atams fighters launched an attack on security forces inside Galgala village (Mareeg.com, August 20, 2010). Additional forces and weapons belonging to the Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS) and the Puntland Paramilitary were rushed to the Galgala region on August 22, 2010 while a committee of elders attempted to restart peace negotiations (Voice of Mudug, August 22, 2010; Galgala News Agency, August 26, 2010). Apparent differences with the government over the conduct of the fighting in the Galgala Mountains led to the resignation of Puntland military chief Colonel Said Abdi Farah Tutaweyne (Radio Gaalkacyo, August 22, 2010; Raxanreeb, August 22, 2010). After a brief lull, ten officers and civilians were killed in a new outbreak of fighting in the Bari region on September 12, 2010 (Mareeg.com, September 13, 2010).
A report on a pro-Islamist website pointed out that the Puntland forces from Garowe and Bosasso lacked the necessary skill, patience and special training to fight effectively in the mountains of the Bari region, elements possessed by Shaykh Atams local forces, well trained in guerrilla warfare (Somali Memo, August 13, 2010). It was an assessment shared by Shaykh Atam in a mid-August interview; I am operating from my backyard [laughing] and thanks to God none of our militiamen was hurt. These people [i.e. the security forces] are moving like animals, firing blank shots while we are firm on the ground because we know the terrain. We do not just fire unless we are sure of what we are firing at
The people who are fighting are members of the local community who took up arms against injustice of displacement, burning down houses, killing the young and the elderly as well as poisoning wells and other sources of water (Frontier FM [Nairobi], August 13, 2010).
After losing his main bases to Puntland security forces, Shaykh Atam announced a change in tactics on August 14. Rather than trying to defend static positions, the insurgents would now rely on hit and run methods (Radio Gaalkacyo, August 14, 2010). An example of the new tactic had already been displayed two days earlier, when a hit and run attack on a Puntland security forces base in the Bari region was repulsed with the loss of two government soldiers and at least four insurgents (AFP, August 13, 2010). Shaykh Atams militia typically deploys small arms, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. It has also used improvised explosive devises (IEDs) to harass security forces and interfere with their supply lines (Shabelle Media Network, August 17, 2010; Raxanreeb.com, August 25, 2010; Somaliland Press, August 20, 2010).
A Battle for Resources?
The current conflict in Galgala has its roots in a 2006 effort by the regional administration to begin resource exploration in the area without local consultation and outside of any existing constitutional framework for such activities. Armed resistance led by Shaykh Atam to attempts by Puntland security forces to force their way into the area led to numerous deaths and the withdrawal of the Range Resources exploration team.
The region was the subject of intense exploration efforts in the early 1990s by Conoco and Phillips Petroleum, but the dissolution of effective government in Somalia after the overthrow of President Siad Barre in 1991 led to these firms abandoning their concessions.
Australias Range Resources signed a controversial exploration deal with the Puntland administration of Mohamud Muse Hersi Adde in 2005. A dispute with then TFG president and Puntland native Abdullahi Yusuf over the legality of other Puntland resource deals led to the resignation of TFG Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Gedi in October 2007. Yusuf had at first said Puntland had no authority to negotiate such deals outside the framework of the TFG, but a reversal in his stance led to the dispute with Gedi. The resource deals played a large part in the brief creation of the self-proclaimed Warsangeli-dominated Maakhir State (based roughly on the borders of the old Warsangeli Sultanate) between 2007 and 2009.
After being repulsed by the Galgala militia, Range Resources brought in Canadian-owned Africa Oil Corporation (formerly Canmex) as a joint-venture partner in developing Puntlands oil and mineral wealth in 2007. The election of Abdirahman Muhammad Farole, an Australian citizen, as Puntlands president in January 2009 marked the beginning of Range Resources renewed efforts to conduct oil and mineral exploration operations in Puntland.
Galgala and other parts of the Bari region are above the Majiyahan Ta-Sn Deposit, a zone rich in minerals such as albite, quartz, microcline, tantalite, tapiolite, cassiterite, spodumene and muscovite. Some of these minerals are used to produce highly pure concentrations of lithium carbonate, a key component of batteries.
In May 2008, there were reports that the foreign exploration firms had assembled their own 250-man militia, armed with 50 of Somalias ubiquitous technicals, armored pick-up trucks equipped with a heavy machine gun or anti-aircraft weapons on the flatbed (Garowe Online, May 21, 2008).
The Regional Response
Though the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Mogadishu has expressed alarm over the outbreak of violence in Galgala, it has no forces available to assist in the repression of Shaykh Atams movement. TFG Minerals and Water Resources minister Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdid suggested instead that the government-aligned Ahlu Sunnah wal-Jamaa Sufi militia send forces to the region (Markacadey.net, August 9, 2010). TFG Member of Parliament Asha Ahmad Abdalla claimed that President Farole was conducting atrocities in his effort to secure Galgalas mineral resources, for which he had already accepted payment from Western companies. She also accused the TFG of sending arms to the Puntland security forces to assist in this campaign (Dayniile Online, August 16, 2010).
Somalilands interior minister, Dr. Muhammad Abdi Gabose, declared that Somaliland (a self-declared but unrecognized state neighboring Puntland) had not devised a strategy to deal with the Galgala militants, whom he described as a threat to Somaliland whether they are defeated by Puntland or not
If they are defeated, their remnants can commit acts of terrorism inside Somaliland (Garowe Online, September 8, 2010). The ministers remarks indicated that Hargeisa regards the militants as an outgrowth of the Islamist insurgency in southern Somalia rather than a home-grown resistance to efforts by the Puntland administration to exploit the resources of the Galgala region. Even though Somaliland is engaged in a low-level border conflict with Puntland over the city of Los Anod and the regions of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn, Abdi Gabose also appealed for greater security cooperation with Puntland (Garowe Online, August 13, 2010; Somalimirror, August 14, 2010). Somaliland claims Galgala is part of its eastern Sanaag province, a claim locals have used to assert that the Puntland administration is attempting to operate in areas outside its jurisdiction (Somaliland Press, February 15, 2010; August 20, 2010).
Addis Ababa regards Shaykh Atams forces as a wing of al-Shabaab. According to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "The ongoing fighting between Puntland forces and al-Shabaab is an indication that the threat posed by this group is not just limited to southern Somalia regions but to other parts of the country that are peaceful." The ministry urged Puntland and Somaliland to cooperate in forming a powerful force to fight al-Shabaab (Dayniile Online, August 18, 2010).
Despite claims that the administration has Galgala under control, President Farole has also appealed for international assistance in putting down the revolt. "This war terrorists have launched on Puntland today will not be limited to this region. If the international community does not assist us, the war will spread all over the region. Indeed it has already reached Kampala (AFP, July 26, 2010). Shaykh Atam has mocked President Faroles requests, saying, He pleaded that the international community and women take up arms
We are self-sufficient and God is our shepherd because we have been attacked without provocation (Dayniile Online, August 10, 2010). He suggested Ethiopia had denied a request by Farole for the intervention of the hated Ethiopian military. Farole went looking for additional forces from the Ethiopian colonizers but they rejected his requests for fear that they might be afflicted with painful lessons similar to the ones in southern Somalia where they were engaged in jihad. We are now undertaking a jihad similar to that one and we will defend ourselves from anyone that attacks us, declared Atam (Dayniile Online, August 16, 2010).
The Puntland Intelligence Service
The Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS), led by Colonel Ali Muhammad Yusuf Binge, is the strongest armed group in Puntland and has taken the lead in the fighting in Galgala. The security force is largely drawn from the Osman Mahmoud subclan of the Majerteen and was established in 2001. It has been a frequent target of suicide-bombings and assassinations directed by al-Shabaab, which intends to extend its influence into Puntland. The PIS owes much of its prominence in Puntlands power structure to aid and assistance provided by the United States and Western intelligence agencies. In addition, it is alleged to receive 50% of the state budget. It has been frequently accused of inciting clan warfare between Majerteen and Warsangeli in the Bosasso region and acting in a provocative fashion towards leaders of the Islamic community (Puntlandpost, March 25, 2009). In April 2009, the newly elected Abdirahman Muhammad Farole ordered the PIS to shut down its Bosasso office after numerous public complaints, but the PIS obtained an extension (Garowe Online, April 29, 2009). The clashes in Galgala will help cement the PIS presence in the region. The PIS is unpopular in Bosasso, where residents commonly refer to it as Ashahaada la dirir, i.e. Those who fight against the unity of God (Hiraan Online, August 18, 2010).
Farole has struggled since his election to establish dominance over the powerful PIS. Matters came to a head in March when the President ordered the sacking of the PIS leader since 2004, Osman Abdullahi Diyane. [2] There were suggestions that Farole suspected Diyane of using his contacts with Western intelligence agencies to provide damaging information regarding Faroles links to Puntland-based piracy to the United Nations. To emphasize his reform of the organization, Farole also decreed that the PIS would be henceforth named the Puntland Intelligence Agency/Puntland Security Force (PIA/PSF) (Somaliland Press, March 14, 2010). However, this rather unwieldy moniker has failed to catch on and the organization is still commonly referred to as the PIS.
The PIS has also cooperated with Ethiopian security services by arresting and handing over leading members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), an ethnic-Somali separatist movement that has traditionally used Puntland as a cross-border refuge (Garowe Online, April 25, 2008; May 4, 2008).


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Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1943, Barry Manilow attended the Juilliard School in New York City before writing music for television and advertising. In the 1970s, Manilow's voice could be heard singing "You Deserve A Break Today" on ads for McDonald's. His big break came when he teamed up with Bette Midler for a nightclub act, leading to solo hits like "Mandy" (1974), "I Write the Songs" (1975) and "Can't Smile Without You" (1978).
Manilow's Style
Born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York, on June 17, 1943, Barry Manilow is best known for his romantic and borderline saccharine songs. But before achieving stardom, Manilow was a whipping boy for the critics throughout much of the 1970s, even as he sold millions of albums and gained a huge audience base. Though he didn't always write music, even when recording work by other artists, Manilow cultivated a lush and melodic musical style that was popular during the pre-rock era. His style evolved during the early 1980s, from tame, string-laden, AM-radio pop to a more classic, jazzy sound influenced by both swing and 1930s and '40s Broadway show tunes (many of which he later covered).
Unabashedly embracing a sentimental style that appealed primarily to white middle-class women of the working and homemaking sort, it is unsurprising that this Brooklyn-born and -raised songwriter was frequently denounced by the male-dominated rock and rock critic worlds. Because female-associated forms of entertainment such as soap operas and romance novels have historically been devalued, entertainers catering to that audience have routinely been dismissed by mainstream critics.
Early Life
Unlike his ragtag rock 'n' roll world counterparts, however, Barry Manilow's resumé has "professionalism" written all over it. After taking up a variety of instruments at an early age, Manilow attended both the New York College of Music and the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City, and became the musical director of a CBS network television show in 1967.
Thereafter, Manilow remained busy writing a successful off-Broadway adaptation of The Drunkard, doing musical arrangement work for Ed Sullivan Productions and writing a number of well-known commercial jingles for Dr. Pepper and Band-Aid, among other large companies. In the 1970s, Manilow's voice could be heard singing the McDonald's jingle "You Deserve a Break Today." He even released a medley of his commercials on one of his '70s albums.
Career Highlights
Barry Manilow got his foot in the door of the pop music world while working as part of a duo with the then-unknown Bette Midler. Working out of New York City gay bathhouses as her pianist, Manilow soon became her musical director and arranger, co-producing and arranging her Grammy Award-winning debut album and its follow-up. His own debut album, on the other hand, went nowhere, but his second album featured the number one Billboard Pop single, "Mandy," laying the groundwork for his rise to fame throughout the rest of the 1970s.
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Let the games begin. No, not those Games. The games on the field and on the screen, TV and video. England's Premier League and EA's FIFA Soccer 13.
In practically the blink of an eye, the game engine that powers one of the world's most popular video games (the company says that nearly two billion games were played online with last year's version and that 41 million people played FIFA games worldwide) simulated the entire 2012-13 Premier league season with all 20 clubs "playing" under the same conditions they will encounter during the season.
The game gave the nod, for the second straight season, to Manchester City and said that the team's Argentine striker, Sergio Agüero, would lead the league with 25 goals. City's local rival Manchester United was picked to finish second, with its new striker, Robin van Persie, also finishing behind Agüero in goals with 21.
"Our people love the game, not just the video game," Matt Bilbey, the general manager of the EA′s FIFA group in Vancouver, British Columbia, said in a telephone interview. "You have to understand the sport. We have over 20 nationalities in Vancouver working on the game, and we think of FIFA as more than a video game. Even professional players play the game."
FIFA 13 will be available in North America on Sept. 25. Britain remains the top market for the game, closely followed by the United States "where the appetite for soccer is accelerating at a dramatic pace" (at least the video version), according to Bilbey.
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Funeral arrangements have been made for a child killed in a crash.
It happened on Simpson Lane at Walnut Grove in Richmond on Friday night.
State Police tell 27 NEWSFIRST that 6 year old Wellington Abreu died when the car he was riding in turned into the path of a truck while making a right onto Walnut Grove.
Abreu's visitation will be from one to three Tuesday at Saint Mark Catholic Church in Richmond.
His funeral will follow the visitation.
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Thursday, January 06, 2011, 10:50 am
AT&T announces it will sell Apple's iPhone 3GS at new $49 price
AT&T has revealed that starting Friday, Jan. 7, it will begin selling the iPhone 3GS at a new standard price of $49 with the usual two-year service contract.The $49 contract price will be available for both new and upgrade-eligible AT&T customers. The handset with an 8GB capacity will be sold through the company's official online store, as well as in its more than 2,200 retail locations across the U.S.
"We want to deliver the best, most complete package for our customers from price, to speed, to worldwide access and more," said David Christopher, chief marketing officer of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. "Combined with our new, lower monthly data plans beginning at just $15 a month, this new price brings even more value to one of the most popular devices in our leading lineup of smartphones. Were very excited for more people to experience iPhone on the nation's fastest mobile broadband network."
AT&T noted in its accompanying press release that the price of the iPhone 3GS sold in Apple's own channels is determined by Apple, suggesting that the $50 price cut for the handset is solely AT&T's doing. Apple's own official iPhone site still shows the 8GB iPhone 3GS for $99.
Starting with the launch of the iPhone 3GS in 2009, Apple began selling the previous year's model with a two-year AT&T contract in the U.S. for $99. While the initial $99 handset from Apple was the iPhone 3G, last year that was upgraded to the 8GB iPhone 3GS when the iPhone 4 launched.
AT&T's aggressive price strategy with the entry-level iPhone 3GS is viewed as a preemptive strike against competitor Verizon, which is expected to launch its own iPhone from Apple early this year. In covering AT&T's price cut on Thursday, Dow Jones Newswires noted: "The move comes as competitor Verizon Communications Inc. gears up to offer the popular smartphone."
On Topic: iPhone
- Samsung Galaxy S4 & Google Now accused of violating Apple patents for Siri
- AT&T to bring FaceTime over cellular to all customers by end of year
- Apple debuts new iPhone discounts, subsidies to gain ground in India
- Looking to pull even with Apple, Samsung to pay developers for Galaxy-specific apps
- 10M Samsung flagship phones in 28 days a 'record,' 5M iPhone 5 in 3 days 'disappointing'


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No, Little Bird.. I won't hurt you.. -Sandor Clegane
Our fast "food" display is now 2 years old. The word food is questionable, since the bread-like and meat-like substances have not molded or spoiled in any way. Bugs won't even bother with it. Please think twice about giving this to your kids. You have a choice, but they don't. We truly are what we eat.
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You are not Bansky by Nick Stern
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Alto Cinco Puerco
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Each time I see an animal covered head to tail in the blood of it's prey I am reminded how beautiful and loving Nature is compared to us pathetic and insensitive humans. They can truly show us the capacity to love one another if only we would follow their example. Thanks Nature! We can only hope to match your brutality.
Edit: where did I put my bath salts?
Not very manly but every time I see Jim Sturgess I hear: "Is there anybody gonna listen to my story?"
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Kill Your TV
KILL YOUR TV (before your TV kills you)
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Lovin' the Baphomet pants.
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The 2nd photograph appears to be a screen capture from the video posted [HERE] It is the image Matt Drudge (or cronies) chose to illustrate the article with.. pretty intentional grab to me but I will let you decide for yourselves.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A white Colorado second-grade student who wore black face paint as part of a Martin Luther King costume has drawn criticism from school officials.
Sean King was pulled out of class Wednesday after donning the makeup for a project requiring students to dress up as a historical figure.
The Colorado Springs boy said he was trying to honor the slain civil rights leader. His parents knew about his costume and came to watch the presentations.
School officials "thought it was inappropriate and would be disrespectful to black people, but I say that it's not, I like black people," the 7-year-old King told KRDO-TV ( http://bit.ly/KqIxqM ).
A new twist in the face paint controversy over a white Meridian Elementary second grader wearing black face to portray Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. Sean King was doing it for a school project.
I talked with Steve Klein from The King Center in Atlanta. This is an organization founded by Dr. King's wife, Coretta Scott King. It's literally all things Dr. King. Klein told me, "Sean seems to be a decent kid who wanted to honor Dr. King in some way. I think it would be good for the young man to understand and his family to also understand why there are still people who are offended by black face worn by white people."
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"The ice cream masks the liquor flavor in this delicious creamy concoction." - by Betty
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Congratulations to all our Scholars for making our 13th Annual Research Poster Symposium a huge success!
Developing Scholars Program (DSP)
The Developing Scholars Program is an Excelencia In Education Honorable Mention
What is DSP?
DSP offers underrepresented students research projects with faculty mentors. Students will receive academic, social, and financial support while participating in the discovery and creation of new knowledge at Kansas State University.
The program provides structured, faculty-supported opportunities for selected students who typically have not been well-represented in higher education in Kansas. If you are a student who has been historically underrepresented and are interested in doing research with faculty, you are strongly encouraged to apply.
Students will be involved in a seminar course for each semester of their first year. During subsequent semesters, students will be required to attend lectures and follow-up discussions at monthly meetings.
What does DSP provide?
- Fosters mentoring and tutoring relationships among students
- Involves your families, as appropriate, in your academic accomplishments.
- Organizes annual mini-conferences to share your research accomplishments with others.
- Encourages high levels of success throughout your studies and beyond.
- The Developing Scholars Program staff is trained to assist with a variety of study skills and to monitor your progress.


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It's pretty easy to remember an anniversary when the date and the company name are the same. To celebrate the company's 85th anniversary, the , and other participating locations, will provide free Slurpees from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
In keeping with the dual-number theme, the free iced drinks will be served in 7.11 ounce-size cups, available while supplies last.
"This year we expect to give away 7 million Slurpee drinks, more than ever before, beating last year's offer by 2 million," Joe DePinto, 7-Eleven president and CEO, said in a statement.
Here's what Slurpee fans had to say on 7-Eleven's Facebook page about the free drink:
Debbie Rose Conner: My husband loves slurpees, I like them too but I am diabetic so I quit drinking them. Now I hear they have a sugar free slurpee, yeah buddy, I am going to get me a free, sugar free BRAIN FREEZE.
Russ Evans: WOO HOO! Can't wait till tomorrow!
Geena Halpern THANKS 7 ELEVEN!!! I love cherry.
7-Eleven got its start in 1927, the statement said, when an employee started selling bread, milk and eggs on an ice dock in a Dallas suburb. The corporation now has 9,300 7-Eleven stores in North America and nearly 50,000 worldwide.