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Let's try this again. Back on January 17, 2011 almost 2 full years ago, I introduced myself to you, along with introducing our two associates who also had joined the company to establish the new Enjoy Life Foods marketing team. I had joined the company as the Chief Marketing Officer and Kasey Moss and Alina Tylman joined as Marketing Associates.
A lot has changed since we joined, but what has remained consistent is the fact that we all still remain a part of the Enjoy Life team. Both Alina and Kasey have taken on significantly additional amounts of responsibility, and I am now running both Sales and Marketing, with my revised title being Chief Sales & Marketing Officer.
What also hasn't changed is that we continue to help guide the brand, raising its awareness, engaging with our consumers and supporters, developing new products, and working tirelessly to bring you the best tasting products that are safe for all who want to eat freely.
Looking back on the last blog post, here is what I promised on January 17, 2011:
Here is our commitment to you….
1. The blog will offer a window into the company, sharing intimate details as to what we are doing, and how we do it.
2. The blog will offer transparency. We will not only share the good things, but we will share the challenges that we face, and how we work through the issues.
3. The blog will not have a corporate voice. That is what press releases are for. Instead, the blog will be personal.
4. The blog will be updated regularly, we promise. And we're serious.
5. The blog will be interesting. It will be worth reading, and worth subscribing to. If we are committed to one thing, this is it. WE WILL NOT BE BORING!!!
And here are the promises that we kept. None. Zero. Well, true, we weren't boring, but not hard to do when you are non-existent. Sorry about that.
Over the past 2 years, we have connected with you via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, E-blasts, and over 100 annual consumer events around the country, but we never did get the Blog going. No one's fault but my own.
Here is my commitment to you now that we are in 2013, and this one I will be able to keep. We will post on a regular basis, but we are not necessarily committing to what regular means. It will be at least once per week, but could be more. It all depends on what we have to say, and how interesting it really is.
Here is the other commitment. This is not going to be an Enjoy Life corporate blog as much as it is a blog from the point of view of the Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, along with other members of the marketing team. Some days I will share with you specific details about what's happening within the company, and those posts will provide the window into the company to which we had previously committed. Some posts will feature the voice of Kasey or Alina, providing a different perspective from the marketing team as they continue to execute the great work on which they focus their efforts. Some days we will talk about things happening within the industry, that have little to do with our company. Some days we will simply talk about sales and marketing in general, and hopefully these conversations will provide an insight as to how we make the decisions that we do.
Finally there will be days when I personally share a rant. I do that on occasion, and these days can be fun, embarrassing, troublesome, and cause people to rant right back at me. That's okay; it is an opportunity to have a good-natured dialogue. We will always welcome your comments.
So there you have it. The blog plans for 2013. It is a view of the world as seen through the eyes of the Marketing team at Enjoy Life Foods. All opinions are our own; the company is not responsible for what we write, what we have to say, and what controversy we may cause. And I'm sure it will happen.
More to come, I promise! Seriously….
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She was born on April 9, 1921, in Mound City to Gus and Grace Good Warzel. The family later moved to Fort Scott, where she attended school. She earned bachelor of arts degrees in education and music from St. Mary's College, Leavenworth. She received her nurse's training and practiced as a registered nurse at a physician's clinic and Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott.
She married Bernard Gorman on June 9, 1949, and they returned to Mound City.
She was director of nursing and co-administrator of a nursing home in Mound City for about five years. She later worked for the Kansas Department of Health as a nurse surveyor of health care facilities. She was selected as the Surveyor of the Year for the state of Kansas and also National Surveyor of the Year, both in 1988.
Survivors include four sons, James Gorman and his wife, Barbara, Tim Gorman and his wife, Brenda, Joseph Gorman and his wife, Pamela, and Bill Gorman and his wife, Sandy; two sisters, Patricia Keating of Fort Scott and Shirley Keal of Parsons; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bernard; two brothers, Jack Warzel and Robert Warzel; and a sister, Thais Warzel.
The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Mound City. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery. The rosary will be at 7 p.m. today at Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home at Mound City, with a visitation to follow until 8:30 p.m. Memorials are suggested to Mound City Medical Clinic.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.coffelschneider.com.


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Pakistan's Most Dangerous Place
Pakistan's remote and poorly understood tribal region has emerged as key to the future of both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
As the United States struggles to broker an endgame to the decade-old war in Afghanistan, an arid mountain region in northwestern Pakistan not much larger than Vermont has emerged as the key to the beleaguered Afghan state's future—and perhaps Pakistan's as well. Often described as the most dangerous place on earth, Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal region serves as a haven for Al Qaeda operatives, Pakistani militants, and jihadists from across the Islamic world, as well as Muslim radicals from the United States and Europe who come for ideological instruction and to plot terrorist attacks in their home countries.
Once mainly a springboard for cross-border attacks into Afghanistan, the region now harbors militants who have taken the battle deep inside Pakistan itself. Their ambitions expanded in 2007, when escalating conflicts between religious militants and the government of the then president Pervez Musharraf exploded during a government effort to expel militants from the famous Red Mosque in the capital city of Islamabad. A long standoff that concluded with an assault by Pakistani army and paramilitary troops left scores of people dead. That December, some 40 militant leaders from the tribal region and elsewhere gathered in South Waziristan, a regional district, to unite under the banner of a new organization called Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). With thousands of fighters, the group seeks to enforce draconian Islamic rule in the tribal areas and neighboring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly called the North-West Frontier Province).
Most of the leaders had long experience fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan and attempting to overthrow the government of President Hamid Karzai. But now they turned their wrath against Pakistan's security agencies and the military. Within a year, the TTP had swept through almost all the tribal territory as well as part of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa. By the middle of 2009, Taliban fighters had advanced to the districts of Swat and Buner, only 70 miles from Islamabad.
A massive army operation pushed back the advancing Taliban, but the insurgents maintained their hold in some of the tribal territory. That August, U.S. drone aircraft killed TTP leader Baitullah Mehsud (who had been blamed for the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto); the attack was one of the highest-profile successes of the CIA's aerial campaign in the tribal areas. But the insurgency was not dampened by the death of Baitullah Mehsud; he was replaced by an even fiercer commander, Hakimullah Mehsud, who unleashed a fresh wave of deadly terrorist attacks across the country to avenge his comrade's death.
Over the past five years, thousands of Pakistani civilians and military personnel have been killed in terrorist attacks and in the fighting in the country's northwest. The TTP has launched suicide bombings and other attacks in Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore, targeting crowded markets and other civilian targets as well as security installations. In a stunning attack in 2009, militants stormed the army's heavily guarded national headquarters in the city of Rawalpindi, killing several officers and holding off Pakistani troops for hours.
These events made it clear to knowledgeable Pakistan observers that their worst fears were being realized. Not only had the Taliban forged a new unity, but it was forming an increasingly well-coordinated web including Al Qaeda and outlawed militant groups such as Jaish-e-Muhammad and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen whose primary objective is to drive Indian forces from the disputed Himalayan border state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Despite the wave of U.S. drone attacks that have killed many of its leaders, Al Qaeda is gaining strength. A flood of recruits from Pakistan's well-educated urban middle class—young people, professionals, and retired military officers—have flocked to its strongholds in the tribal areas. This new generation of militants, committed to global jihad, act as a magnet for Muslim radicals from across the world. They are part of a new Al Qaeda that has taken root in Pakistan, one whose influence is no longer confined to the distant mountains. The port city of Karachi, a metropolis of 18 million people that is Pakistan's economic capital, has become a significant militant hub and source of funding. Thousands of madrassas in the city provide a steady stream of new recruits and suicide bombers.
The economic and political costs of the spreading militant violence have been huge, threatening to destabilize the country. Last January, Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab, Pakistan's most powerful province, was shot to death by a member of his security detail who claimed that the governor had committed blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. Hard-line clerics publicly hailed the assassin as a hero of Islam. Weeks later, a government minister was shot dead by militants outside his house in Islamabad for the same reason. In May, days after U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in his hideout in Abbottabad, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a band of Taliban fighters infiltrated a Pakistani air base in the southern city of Karachi and managed to keep it under siege for 16 hours. It was clear that the attackers had been helped by insiders. The audacious attack on the high-security defense installation dealt a serious blow to ordinary Pakistanis' confidence in the military's ability to deal with the militant threat.
Meanwhile, high inflation and growing unemployment have fueled discontent among Pakistanis, providing an even more conducive environment for religious extremism. The beleaguered government of President Asif Ali Zardari has been unable to deal with the country's grave political, economic, and security challenges. Pakistan, a country with more than 100 nuclear weapons and an army half a million strong, has descended into near chaos. The fragmentation of the country, perhaps with Pakistani security forces losing control over some parts of the tribal areas to the Taliban insurgents, has become a real possibility.
The region officially known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas has a long history of fierce independence and lawlessness. Occupying less than five percent of Pakistan's total area, it is divided into seven semiautonomous districts. The thick forests and numerous caves that dot the treacherous mountains make the region a natural redoubt for insurgents. Six of the districts border Afghanistan. Two are at the heart of the current tribal unrest: North and South Waziristan. The division is mostly a matter of administrative convenience; it is generally more useful to think in terms of one Waziristan. Most of Waziristan's population is composed of Wazirs and Mehsud, two of the fiercest tribes of an ethnic group, the Pashtuns, whose homeland extends into Afghanistan.
Tribal members zealously guard their independence under a code of honor known as pashtunwali, and no foreign invader, from Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan to the British in the 19th and 20th centuries, has ever tamed them. Sir Olaf Caroe, who had the misfortune to be a British colonial administrator in the region during the 1940s, likened the Wazirs to panthers and the Mehsud to wolves: "Both are splendid creatures; the panther is slyer, sleeker, and has more grace, the wolf pack is more purposeful, more united, and more dangerous." The two tribes, segmented into a complex array of clans and other subgroups, have long coexisted in a state of chronic feuding, though they have always united when faced with an invader.
In 1850, that invader was Britain, intent on creating a buffer zone between British India and the Russian Empire. The British launched six major expeditions into Waziristan between 1850 and 1880. All six failed. Finally, in 1893, they were able to compel King Abdur Rahman of Afghanistan to accept a formal demarcation of the frontier between his country and the part of British India that is now Pakistan. It was called the Durand Line, after the British diplomat who negotiated it, Henry Mortimer Durand. By heedlessly dividing the Pashtun population in half, however, the mapmakers sowed the seeds of endless conflict. Predictably, the tribesmen despised the artificial divide, and continued to move freely across the border as if it did not exist.
The British granted the territories a high degree of autonomy, ruling indirectly through Pashtun maliks, or tribal elders, using a mix of persuasion, pressure, and regular armed intervention to govern. Nevertheless, they faced a series of major revolts, led in most cases by mullahs. Waziristan's landscape is dotted by early-20th-century British forts, monuments to a largely futile effort to control the territory.
After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, the tribes pledged their loyalty to the new government, and in return the authorities withdrew regular army troops from the region, replacing them with locally recruited paramilitary forces. But Pakistan largely retained the British colonial administration and legal structure, so that the tribes were deprived of basic civil and political rights and other protections under Pakistani law. Only in 1997 did residents gain the right to vote in Pakistani elections.
All power in each district rests with a centrally appointed political agent who operates through the maliks; some of these agents are chosen by tribes, others by the government. The perpetuation of the old colonial administrative arrangement is largely to blame for the continuing lawlessness, neglect, and social and economic backwardness of the region. Less than 30 percent of tribal members attend school, and of this group, 90 percent drop out before completing their education. Poverty is pervasive. Smuggling, gunrunning, and drug trafficking are common occupations.
Radical Islam took root in the region only after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, when Pakistan became the frontline state in the U.S.-backed Afghan resistance war. Afghan mujahideen fighting the Soviets used Pakistan's tribal areas as their base, and Pakistan's Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in collaboration with the CIA, funneled weapons and millions of dollars into the region. Thousands of tribesmen joined their fellow Pashtuns across the border in the holy war. Strategically located Waziristan became the main training center for thousands of Arab fighters who came to wage jihad against the Soviets.
American money and arms stopped flowing into Pakistan after the end of the Soviet occupation in 1989, but a civil war in Afghanistan kept the kettle boiling. Fearful that India, Pakistan's great rival, might gain a foothold to the north, Pakistan's military and the ISI helped Pashtuns in the tribal areas link up with their Taliban brethren across the border who were fighting the secular regime left behind by the Soviets. The fighting drove hundreds of thousands of Afghan Pashtuns across the border, causing severe social and economic strains in the impoverished tribal areas. Meanwhile, Saudi- and Pakistani-funded madrassas flourished, strengthening the influence of militant clerics.
The invasion of Afghanistan by American forces in October 2001 pushed thousands of Al Qaeda operatives and Afghan Taliban fighters into the Pakistani tribal region, where, for the most part, they were welcomed. Not only did pashtunwali demand it, but many were not strangers to the region at all—indeed, some had married local women after the anti-Soviet war and had families there. Al Qaeda was helped, moreover, by the simple fact that it had money to spend.
The region's lush valleys became home to clusters of sprawling, rugged, mud-brick compounds—Al Qaeda's new command-and-control centers. Humming inside nearby caves were sophisticated propaganda factories, complete with video-editing capabilities. Several camps sprung up in the area to provide training to new recruits from across Pakistan and from other Muslim countries. Money was freely distributed to tribesmen to secure their loyalty, bringing a newfound prosperity to many communities.
In 2002, Pakistani troops entered the tribal area for the first time in 55 years, albeit under an agreement that confined the army to development work. The main objective was to secure the border and prevent Al Qaeda operatives fleeing U.S. and other NATO forces in Afghanistan from entering tribal areas, but the treacherous mountain passes made it impossible to completely fulfill the mission. Foreign fighters moved freely through the region, using it as a base for cross-border attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan. Pakistani military leaders were reluctant to launch military operations to drive the foreigners out, a policy of appeasement that later cost Pakistan hugely when the militants turned against Islamabad.
Early in 2004, under pressure from the United States, Pakistan finally launched an offensive against Al Qaeda in South Waziristan, but it soon turned into an undeclared war between the Pakistani military and rebel tribesmen, spreading into other tribal areas. Despite the commitment of more than 100,000 troops, the military's efforts have yielded only questionable gains. The Taliban and Al Qaeda have shown themselves capable of regrouping and striking back after defeats, and they have resumed attacks in some areas that were thought to be secure. American drone attacks have killed a number of senior Al Qaeda leaders but have had little effect on the group's operations. Indeed, the drone strikes have helped fuel the insurgency by stoking public anger over the increasing toll on civilians, including many women and children. Pashtunwali, moreover, requires the families of those killed to seek revenge. In the crucial district of North Waziristan, meanwhile, the frustrated Pakistani military struck a peace deal in 2006: Local Taliban groups would sever their ties to the TTP but would be free to keep fighting U.S. and Afghan forces across the border.
North Waziristan is now the eye of the storm. It has become the main sanctuary for the TTP and other Pakistani militant groups driven from South Waziristan and other tribal regions. Pakistani military officials admit they cannot contain militant violence in the country without clearing North Waziristan of TTP sanctuaries. Yet the region is also the home base of one Afghan Taliban group, the Haqqani network, that they are not prepared to act against. Led by legendary former Afghan mujahideen commander Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin, the Haqqani network has perhaps 10,000 fighters battling U.S. and other NATO forces in Afghanistan. Its strong connections with Al Qaeda have made the network the most dangerous insurgent faction in Afghanistan.
Pakistani military leaders maintain that the Haqqani network has not been involved in the TTP's activities inside Pakistan. But their deep reluctance to take action against the network is also a reflection of Islamabad's concern about what will happen after the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan, which is supposed to be completed by the end of 2014. The Pakistani military establishment doesn't believe the United States has a clear strategy for an orderly exit from Afghanistan. Its leaders are convinced that if the United States and NATO leave in 2014 without first putting a political settlement in place in Afghanistan, civil war will again break out in the country. If that happens, the Haqqani network and other Pashtun-dominated Taliban groups will be needed as proxy forces to protect Pakistan's interests in Afghanistan against other tribes and the much-feared Indian influence.
Meanwhile, a series of spectacular attacks by the Haqqani network on Western installations, including a strike on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul last September, has led to a complete rupture in relations between Washington and Islamabad. "The Haqqani network acts as a veritable arm of the ISI," charged Admiral Mike Mullen, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a hearing in September before the Senate Armed Services Committee. In November, a NATO attack on a Pakistani border post that killed 24 troops provoked Islamabad to halt all NATO supply shipments to Afghanistan through Pakistan. The United States has suspended all military cooperation with Pakistan, the most serious blow yet to what has been a tortured alliance.
No Afghan peace effort will succeed if the trust gap between the United States and Pakistan is not bridged, and an unstable Afghanistan would pose a threat to the entire region. In the interest of both its own national security and regional peace, Pakistan must eliminate militant sanctuaries in North Waziristan, but as long as the standoff with the United States persists, it will be extremely difficult for Islamabad to launch a major military operation in the region.
Over the longer term, however, military action alone does not offer a solution to the complex problems of the tribal areas. Pakistan needs to take urgent measures to end their alienation and backwardness, and the ongoing military operation provides an opportunity to push for the long-delayed integration of the region into Pakistan and end its semiautonomous status. The oppressive, century-old administrative system must be scrapped, and the people of the region must be accorded the full protection of the nation's legal system. Massive investments in human and physical infrastructure are needed. A modern road network, for example, would help end the tribal areas' economic isolation and link them with the rest of Pakistan, and Afghanistan too. In other words, in this crucial, strife-torn region, more war is not the answer.
Read a post on the WQ blog about this article by Woodrow Wilson South Asia Associate Michael Kugelman.
Zahid Hussain, the Pakistan scholar at the Wilson Center for 2011-12, is an Islamabad-based correspondent for
more from this author >>and The Times of London. He is the author most recently of The Scorpion's Tail: The Relentless Rise of Islamic Militants in Pakistan--and How It Threatens America.
The opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and in no way represent the views or opinions of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. This section is moderated by Wilson Quarterly staff.
Zahid Hussain has succeeded again in very brilliantly stereotyping the Pashtun community in Pakistan. Anyone who is interested in understanding how things work in FATA must read Farhat Taj's book, Taliban-Anti Taliban. One can sense communicative violence in the very structure and syntax of his sentences, 'Rebel Tribesmen', 'Legendary Haqqani', 'semi autonomous region' etc etc. I am a resident of South Waziristan and I know Tribal Elders, extended families and ordinary individuals who were target killed by the state intelligence agencies for standing against the on going tide of militancy in the region, others were intimidated to silence. Military personels in the guise of Taliban target locals who stand against the Taliban. I don't know what kind of semi autonomy zahid is speaking about? no journalist, no outsider can move into the area without the miltary permission then how come foreign militants sneak in into FATA? Taliban and Pak military are two faces of the same coin.
Posted by: asfandyar wazir | 2/9/12
Pashtunwali & sanctuary
@ asfandyar wazir: Sir. I am an ignorant Yank and I have a question about Pashtunwali and hospitality. We are constantly told that the Pashtuns must accept the presence of people hostile to the US and defend them, indefinitely, even when they continue to attack US forces. I read something to the effect that Pashtunwali requires sanctuary be given for a short time but if the one seeking refuge doesn't leave but stays and continues to rely on the protection of the host, he transitions into a client of the host and owes him obedience. Could you set me right or wrong on that?
Posted by: carl | 2/10/12
Zahid Hussain is Misleading the Readers
Carl, Asfandyar Khan Wazir is correct. Totally wrong or misleading notions have been attributed to Pashtunwali in media and research literature. Journalists and researchers have constructed such misleading knowledge about Pashtunwali in complete disregard for professional and ethnical standards in their professional fields. THis writer, Zahid Hussai, is one of such writers who is engaged in deliberate stereotyping of Pashtun. I have deconstructed and questioned his book, Scorpion Tail, in my book Taliban and Anti-Taliban. Zahid Hussain has not shown so far the scholar or professional integrity to respond to the challenges that I have posed in my book (Taliban and Anti-Taliban) to the information and arguments in his book that have mainly no empirical linkages with reality in Pakistan's Pashtun tribal area on border with Afghanistan. As regard, a closer to the ground reality view of Pashtunwali, please read about it in my book Taliban and Anti-Taliban, as suggested by Asfandyar Khan Wazir.
Posted by: Farhat Taj | 2/13/12
Dear Asfandyar Wazir sb, well said Taliban and Pak military are indeed two faces of the same coin. Any one conecting Taliban with pashtuns are just trying to hide this harsh reality that Taliban and Pak military are indeed two faces of the same coin . Dear Carl: You must be reading books and articles written by Pakistan's security establishment's backed non pashtuns writers who know nothing about Pashtuns or Pashtunwali. These so called experts in FATA even dose not know the exact geography of the area...and are just tasked to misrepresent pashtuns and hide the real face of this militancy/Taliban/alqaeeda, which is indeed Pakistan and its ISI. Its ISI killing your solders not Pashtuns. Pashtunwali is our non-written ethical code and traditional lifestyle and Melmastia (hospitality) - Showing hospitality and profound respect to all visitors, regardless of distinctions of race, religion, national affiliation as well as economic status and doing so without any hope of remuneration or favour is one of the main principles of Pashtunwali. However the presence of militants in FATA dose not mean they are our guest. They were brought by Pakistan's military and are located on our land against our wishes. They are our enemy not guests and had captured our houses and our land by force and not with our willingness... They are killing our elders, our children and destroying our schools. how can they be our guests. They are guests of those who want to destroy us (Pashtuns). So far they have killed thosends of local pashtuns and when someone speak about those killings and demand action from the state against these militants/killers, the hyoprocrates state and its sponsored writers call them traitor. Osama was a state guest living in Army contentment area, but discovered by a Pashtuns know as Dr. Shakeel Afridy.. The aresst of Dr. Shakeel confirm that its Pakistan who had gicen shelter to these animals and anyone speaking against them are helping to eliminate them are called traitors like Dr. Shakeel... I would also recommend for you to read Farhat Taj's book, Taliban-Anti Taliban.
Posted by: Jamal Khan | 2/14/12
Pashtunwali & Sanctuary
@ Carl. Your latter part is absolutely correct. The Arabs living in Waziristan were brought by CIA to fight the commies. Latter they married here and were living, thanks to their petro dollars until Twin Towers were hit, OBL first denied but soon accepted the responsibility. Taliban first agreed to hand over OBL only if evidence was provided, Paki Gen Mehmood, then head of military intelligence, flew to Kabul, whispered in Mullah Omar's ears something that made him change their mind and hence Afghanistan was occupied. Pashtuns were neither hostile nor friendly to US. They hardly knew Americans until, General Zia, in order to legitimize his dictatorship lulled Americans into Afghanistan against the Red Russians. Islamists were being prepared since the early 70s and astonishingly under Pak first civilian Martial Law Administrator, the Bhtoo to counter Sarda Dawood's Nationalism. Gulbadin and Rabbani were then University Students on Pakistan Pay roll. Revolution was imposed an Afghan Society not yet prepared for the type. Mini Skirts and Booze Shops were something more than eyebrow raising for conservative Afghanistan with overwhelming rural society under feudal khans. Abject poverty but ultra conservative to trade their tradition, culture and religion for 'progress.' 'Liberalism' and 'Secularism' of Kabul was was apostasy to them and hence, mullah which otherwise was dormant and restricted to nuptial and funeral services suddenly found himself in the center of importance. First Pakistani, then Arab and latter American money and started flowing. Religion became the source of motivation to fight the Agnostic Communist. See Brezaniski's video in youtube motivating Pakhtoon Tribes on the Afghan border near Kurram. For the next decade millions were uprooted and pushed into refugees camps, impoverished, persecuted and insulted in Pakistan, while Pakistani Generals and bureacrats made millions, siphoned from American and UNHCR aide for Afghan Refugees. They were welcomed in the beginning by their Pakistani co tribes but soon found them too many for their too little resources. The FATA, people resisted their settlements and camps and thus most of the refugees were repatriated in settled districts of the North West Frontier Provinces. Those resisting refugees settlement were either bribed as happened in Waziristan, Oppressed and Scared as in Bajaur or persecuted as in Kurram where the whole Sada area was evacuated from the shia community. But then who can resist the organised and resourceful states. Cutting it short and not taking your time, religious indoctrination is easy but impossible to reverse. Minds are not hard drives to uninstall and reinstal a new ideology. Common Pashtuns are as hostile to Americans as they are hostile to Taliban and Paksitan Army. They believe these three are responsible for their destruction but the news wont reach you as there is complete blackout of information from FATA by the Pakistan Military. Any reporter entering even the Province has to take permission from KP Governor that is to say the General Headquarters in Islamabad. Tribesman are caught in catch22 situation. They can neither pray for the Taliban nor against them. The operation of Pakistani army are nothing more than dramas to bluff their Pentagon Masters for more dollars. Mr. Hussain has unfortunately swept a lengthy topic in a few hundred words. His analysis is quite superficial and cursory. I will raise questions to deconstruct his thoughts if find time. Pakhtoons in the Tribal Area were peaceful but not without effect. Guns and Money changed fortunes in otherwise barren land majorly dependent on farming. Madressas and training camps openly trained Afghan Mujahideens with religious duty and manly pride. Come the Geneva Accord and Russians left and Kabul was an apple of discord between the warlords. They palyed havoc with whatever was left of The Communists and Afghanistan had pockets of life in small serfdoms ruled by its warlord. Pakistan
Posted by: Rashid Aurakzai | 2/15/12
Thank you all for your responses. There are tremendous misconceptions within the US, especially amongst the government types inside the beltway, about Pashtuns. Melmastia, the Taliban and the Pak Army/ISI. Some of the more prevalent ones are, Taliban is a legitimate expression of Pashtun political aspirations in Afghanistan, Taliban is independent of the Pak Army/ISI, Taliban is required by Melmastia to provide cover for Al Queda now and forever no matter what they do, Melmastia is the reason Mullah Omar didn't give up Osama Bin Laden in 2001, the Pak Army/ISI ultimately can be trusted to help the US resolve the conflict in Afghanistan if only we handle them the right way and few recognize that a % of Pashtuns put up with Taliban because if they don't, they will be killed. I ask all of you to watch some of the blogs in the US and comment upon the situation with regard to Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Pashtuns and Taliban. Most of the blogs and web sites are just Americans talking to Americans, a lot of them just repeating what the Pak Army/ISI has told them. Small Wars Journal and Best Defense are two that I know are read by people inside the beltway. Please do not hesitate to say things that Americans may not want to hear. We need most of all to hear things like that.
Posted by: carl | 2/17/12
Pashtun tribes
There is a contradiction here, some have said that tribals have never submitted to invaders since Alexander, yet others claim that Alqaeeda/Taliban/ISI have occupied their lands. It is evident from this controversy that they are playing one against the other while creating havoc through mass murders against all supposed intruders. All digressors have gravitated into this killing field and are paying for their sins and will continue to suffer till all concerned repent sincerely their wrongdoings. I hope that people with eyes are able to see.
Posted by: Fighting Chance | 2/20/12
Carl, far from being a guest of the Pashtun tribes, the fact is that Pashtun in Pakistan as well as Afghanistan could not care less about happen to Osama Bind Laden and his dead body. Please remember that it is none but a Pashtun tribesman from Khyber agency, FATA, Dr, Shakil Afridi who greatly helped the US locate and kill Osama Bin Laden in a military area in Pakistan. So crucial was his help that a US senator is asking for highest civil award for this Pashtun, who is currently arrested by Pakistani military authorities. He is facing treason charges for his cooperation with the US. The treason charges carry death penalty in Pakistan. On the following link is a petition for this Pashtun tribesman's release. Kindly sign the petition and send it around to your friends to sign. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/drop-treason-charges-against-shakeel-afridi/ Also, see my newspaper article about Dr. Shakil and the propaganda that Pashtun have given refugee to Al-Qaida militants. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C02%5C18%5Cstory_18-2-2012_pg3_6
Posted by: Farhat Taj | 2/21/12
Sorry for wasting my time in reading it
Come on man. Your study is very shallow and limited to stereotypes. Instead of depending on books, you should visit the area and develop the understanding as to who is who and what is what. And yes I would request you to develop the courage of calling a spade a spade. When it comes to Fata and Pashtuns our writers want to tell one part of the story just to skip the other part of it. Your piece has none of both. Don't know how you link different issues in such a casual way.
Posted by: Syed Irfan Ashraf | 4/18/12
Pakistan Zendabad.
The Pakistan become a poor country in the World, because of two hundred British rajj. Pakistan have no power in the world, its a tools for others countries only from more then 60 years. Like UK, USSR, USA, ISRAEL, ARAB KINGS, CHINA, UAE, EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, THE NIGHBOURS LOOK LIKE INDIA, iran, afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, & other country of Muslim countries, witch contruling by American, through Pakistan. Just now Pakistan became in 10 peaces States. The Greater Balochistan, Pakhtunistan, Pashtoonistan, Waziristan, Kaferistan, Hunza, Gilgit, Baltistan, Sindhoo desh, Muhajristan, & greater Panjab. Thanks. Long Live Pakistan, Love PAKISTAN, Live Like Pakistani, Eat Like Pakistani, Think Like Pakistani, Proud To Be Pakistani, Sault To Pakistan. God save Pakistan, Pray for Pakistan. Thanks again To Pure Pakistani.
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The April issue of The Stormwater Report marks the publication's first full year of distribution. It features a story on economic incentives in stormwater management. In StormNews, the schedule for EPA's proposed stormwater rule is delayed again, registration opens for WEF's 2012 Stormwater Symposium, and the Supreme Court rules that consent orders are subject to pre-enforcement review. Check out more stories about urban forests, the Healthy Waters Coalition, and the launch of WEF's Water's Worth It campaign. Also read about funding from EPA and the Department of the Interior, EPA's construction general permit resources, Australia's green infrastructure rating tool and New York's green infrastructure agreement.
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The March issue of The Stormwater Report features a story on maintenance of green infrastructure and related jobs. In StormNews, read about efforts in Congress and at EPA to integrate stormwater and wastewater frameworks as well as EPA's new construction general permit and green infrastructure website. Check out the new strategic plan for WEF's Stormwater Committee, and learn more about financing stormwater retrofits from the NRDC.
Vol. 2, No. 2February 2, 2012
The February issue of The Stormwater Report features a story on market-based mechanisms for controlling agricultural nonpoint source pollution in the People's Republic of China. In StormNews, read about several local programs, such as the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program, Milwaukee's green roof initiative, and Minnesota's GreenStep program. Catch up on several EPA updates regarding stormwater rulemaking, TMDLs, the FY2012 funding, and the construction general permit. Finally learn more about WEF's Stormwater Committee vision, climate change programs and nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay.
Vol. 2, No. 1January 5, 2012
The January issue of The Stormwater Report features a story on permeable pavement performance in cold climates. In StormNews, read about WEF's Water Leadership Institute, the delay of EPA's proposed stormwater rule, and Lafarge North America Inc.'s $8.74 million settlement to resolve alleged stormwater violations. Also check out Baltimore's Healthy Harbor Initiative, new grant programs, and upcoming EPA workshops on the agency's integrated municipal wastewater and stormwater plans.
Vol. 1, No. 9December 1, 2011
The December issue of The Stormwater Report features The Houston LID Experience. In the feature, a competition among developers shows that low impact development is not only environmentally sustainable, but also less expensive to construct than alternatives. In StormNews, read about EPA's numeric limits for construction runoff, the Idaho Supreme Court's ruling on a city's stormwater fee as well as studies on coal-tar sealants, animals in culverts, rainwater harvesting, the economics of clean water, and green infrastructure. In addition, check out Los Angeles' storm drain retrofit program, the completion of the first NYC Green Infrastructure Plan pilot project, and opposition to D.C.'s MS4 permit.
Vol. 1, No. 8November 3, 2011
The November issue of The Stormwater Report features a story on using stormwater to bolster California's water supply. In StormNews, read about WEF's formation of a Stormwater Committee at WEFTEC 2011. This edition also addresses concerns about groundwater pollution from green infrastructure, including how the issue will be dealt with in the proposed stormwater rule, which is likely to be delayed past the Dec. 15 release date. In addition, check out D.C.'s precedent setting stormwater permit and their 157-million-gallon CSO storage and conveyance tunnel. Read more inside.
Vol. 1, No. 7October 6, 2011
The October edition of The Stormwater Report covers Wisconsin's numeric phosphorus limits as well as adaptive management, a flexible strategy the state has adopted for improving water quality quickly and cost effectively. This issue also covers the official delay of EPA's proposed stormwater rule as well as the agency's goal to streamline clean water regulations. WEF also announces the release of free stormwater public education materials and an upcoming briefing to cover USGS' new nutrient decision-making tool. See these stories and more by clicking the link above.
Vol. 1, No. 6September 1, 2011
This month's Stormwater Report features WEFTEC 2011 stormwater programing. WEF would also like to announce that the call for abstracts for the 2012 Stormwater Symposium is now open. In addition, EPA has delayed the release of their proposed stormwater rule, and pulled their rulemaking effort regarding the numeric turbidity limit for construction runoff. The Report also delves several case studies and the announcement of a congressional hearing on the proposed stormwater rule.
Vol. 1, No. 5August 4, 2011
The fifth issue of The Stormwater Report features a public education program by Lake County Stormwater Management Commission that uses geocaching, a modern-day treasure hunting game, to teach seekers about BMPs. Other stories include a summary of EPA's stormwater rulemaking efforts and their recent SSO workshop; WEF's comments on Waters of the U.S. and the Construction General Permit; and more.
Vol. 1, No. 4July 7, 2011
This month's Stormwater Report features a story on underground stormwater detention systems. Short news stories focus on the upcoming WEF stormwater utility seminar and the recently passed WEF stormwater experts meeting. Other news items include EPA comment period extensions, city efforts to reduce combined sewer overflows, and legal issues regarding nutrient requirements.
Vol 1., No. 3June 2, 2011
The third issue of The Stormwater Report features "Wet Weather Issues", a session at the upcoming specialty conference, Collection Systems 2011. The newsletter also focuses on several upcoming WEF events and past WEF member association symposia related to stormwater and green infrastructure. See also regulatory updates and Washington state's new Stormwater Center.
Vol 1., No. 2May 5, 2011
This second issue features an article on the city of Los Angeles' Low Impact Development Ordinance. Other news includes the U.S. EPA's release of a Green Infrastructure Strategic Agenda and the agency's solicitation for comments on a new Construction General Permit, U.S. waters guidance document and healthy watersheds document. Also read about stormwater programming at WEFTEC 2011 and other upcoming stormwater events.
Vol 1., No. 1April 7, 2011In this first issue, Executive Director Jeff Eger shares WEF's vision for becoming the go-to resource for stormwater professionals. Also read about WEF's comments to the U.S. EPA on Green Infrastructure, the U.S. EPA's solicitation of comments on a stormwater TMDL memo, the U.S. Department of Justice's interpretation of the "Stormwater Amendment," and more.


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Boeing asking FAA to allow 787 'Dreamliner' test flights
Boeing has asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow it to fly test flights on its 787 "Dreamliner" airplane.
The 787 has been grounded by the FAA since last month because of a battery issue that sparked at least one electrical fire, but Boeing spokesman Tim Neale said the company was ready to begin flying the 787 again, albeit for testing purposes, not passenger service.
"Boeing has submitted an application to conduct 787 test flights and it is currently under evaluation by the FAA," Neale said in a statement.
The agency grounded the 787 after a fire broke out on a 787 operated by Japan Airlines at Boston's Logan International Airport. The fire was caused by a lithium-ion battery failure.
Smoke was seen in-flight on another 787 that had a similar battery issue shortly thereafter, causing the FAA to order U.S. airlines to take the planes out of service.
The second plane, operated by Japanese airline All Nippon Airways, made an emergency landing. No one was hurt in either incident, but other worldwide aviation agencies followed the FAA's lead, resulting in a worldwide grounding of the Dreamliner.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has said that the 787 battery that caught fire in Boston exhibited signs of accelerated temperature increases known as "thermal runaway" and short-circuiting.
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19 Apr 2011I'm a big fan of Umair Haque's blog (and have always gotten a kick out of the fact that the blog is on the Harvard Business Review site—they aren't usually this radical…)Anyway, I had been dying to read his new book The New Capitalist Manifesto. There were some great ideas here…Like his explanation of the societal cost of things like burgers (a $3 burger includes $10 in health and environmental costs) and $10 of subsidies of water, land and jobs) and oil (hidden costs add $4/gallon the price).
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With the economy experiencing dark times, a lot of companies are focused on innovation right now. Everyone wants to know where that next "Big Idea" is and how to make it happen. I wish I could tell you there was a quick way, some software, or even better, a RainMaker who could come in and make it all happen regardless of whatever the rest of your company is doing. Alas, capitalizing on innovation takes more than just funding and a dedicated project team, especially if it is something you want to do more than once or twice. What sustainable innovation really takes is the right processes bolstered by the right culture. My recent experience at the World Innovation Forum confirmed and supported what I have been teaching and facilitating about finding opportunities to innovate. It requires different types of thinking, searching for the "job to be done" as Clayton Christensen put it, rather than the typical customer-specific segmentation. I've actually been using his "milkshake" story for a couple of years now – I think I got it from an old HBR article. Diversity of thought and experience is crucial as well. Most new innovations come from making connections between disparate ideas and industries. Take for example biomimicry, the study of nature to find new products. That's how the idea for Velcro came about – burrs sticking to someone's clothes. There's even a non-glue adhesive being made after studying how Gecko's walk up walls. Opportunities to "Get Sparked" are often right in front of your eyes if you care to notice them. Turning on the right filters, though, can take effort.
Once you have a lot of ideas the next challenging step is getting out of what I call "Shiny Penny Hell(TM)". This requires separating the ideas from the opportunities and then ranking them according to some criteria you've established for moving forward. We spend 6 months doing this in our ACTiVATE class but the time this takes depends on the resources available to focus on it.
Armed with a set of whittled-down opportunities, it is time to "Get Real" by analyzing feasibility. It is an iterative process that can go as shallow or as deep as you need to answer the question "Will this work?" according to your criteria. The other equally crucial part of this phase is to make the plan for moving forward – the how. For external innovations, how will you reach the market and convince them to buy your product or service, how will you challenge the competition, how will obtain the resources necessary (financial, people, materials), etc. Not being willing to fail at this stage is a real innovation killer because it means that you're not taking risks. Taking the time to evaluate feasibility thoroughly provides the opportunity to Fail Fast, especially good when high costs are involved.
Once opportunities have been deemed feasible and an implementation plan devised, it's time to "Get Results." Unfortunately this is the point at which most people and companies fall flat. It requires that accountability and transparency be well defined with metrics that can indicate when adjustments need to be made. A willingness to change course or to kill the project is also required, though a thorough evaluation of your measurements to make sure they're not "innovation killers" is also key.
Does this sound easy? For some, maybe. Innovation requires specific elements of an entrepreneurial culture as the soil in which opportunities can grow into cash. Without the right foundation you might get lucky, but true innovation is hard to sustain without the right environment in which to grow and flourish (and sometimes even fail!).
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A classic coming-of-age story that still stays with me, even though I read it over 15 years ago. Margaret is at an age where everything is very confusing and she has a million questions about life. She wonders about what religion to choose, how to get boys' attention, and when will she fill in her bra. This is an iconic book that is perfect for girls in grades 4-8. Puberty is one of the strangest periods in a girl's life and this book offers sanctuary to those dealing with so many changes. I read a Withdrawn library copy of this when I was about thirteen and didn't understand what was going on half the time? Why did you need a belt for your sanitary... business? And what in god's name was a training bra? And who in god's name was excited about their periods? I am not equipped to judge what this book was in its context, but out of context, it was sweet, but largely bland. A quick, flowing read with endearing characters who are all-too-real, complete with strengths and foibles, mistakes and triumphs. The book deals openly with girls hitting puberty and how they adjust to their changing bodies, crushes, and friends. Even though the book is now more than 40 years old, the themes are remarkably relevant, perhaps even more relevant as religious nonaffiliation continues to rise. I loved this book when I was a child. I felt so connected to Margaret and was also very curious about her religion. Reading this again I felt like I was connecting with an old friend. nd I was reminded how difficult it is to be a child stepping into adulthood. Will always treasure this book.
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I speak frequently at conferences, workshops and executive roundtables on the topics of innovation, product and design strategy, user experience, design thinking, and creativity, and also give talks specifically related to my book, Innovation X. (A list of recent speaking engagements can be seen in the sidebar).
Please contact me to discuss speaking opportunities, fees, and availability. Thanks, and I look forward to collaborating with you.
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