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The President of Pakistan is Head of State of Pakistan. Pakistan has a semi-presidential system of government. According to the Constitution, the President is chosen by an electoral college to serve a five-year term. The electoral college is comprised of the Senate, National Assembly and the provincial assemblies. The President may be elected but may not serve for more than two consecutive terms. The president may also be impeached and subsequently removed from office by a two-thirds vote by the Parliament. The President must also be a Muslim.
The position of President in Pakistan has traditionally been one of a figurehead, with actual powers lying with the prime minister. However, at various times in history, changes in the Constitution of Pakistan have altered the powers and privileges associated with the office of the President. The current constitution gives the President reserve powers - subject to Supreme Court approval or veto - to dissolve the National Assembly of Pakistan, triggering new elections, and thereby to dismiss the Prime Minister. The President also chairs the National Security Council and appoints the heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
In 1947, Pakistan became a dominion within the British Commonwealth with the British Monarch as head of state, represented by the Governor-General of Pakistan. In 1956 Pakistan established its first constitution and became a Republic, and the positions of Queen and Governor-General were replaced by the President.
Pakistan's first president was Iskander Mirza, who was also the last Governor General. In 1958, he abrogated the constitution and declared martial law. A few weeks later, he was overthrown in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who had declared himself president. The constitution was revised, and the president became the ruler of Pakistan. The constitution also stipulated that the president be elected by the people. Elections were held in 1963, and Khan defeated Fatima Jinnah, sister of founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Ayub Khan continued as president until March 25, 1969, when he passed the presidency to Yahya Khan. Yahya Khan stepped down after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto became the new president and presided over the formation of a new constitution. This constitution was completed in 1973, and reduced the presidency to a figurehead position, giving power to the Prime Minister. Bhutto stepped down as President and became Prime Minister, symbolizing the transition. The President was henceforth elected by legislative assembly members, not by popular vote. Popular vote would be used to directly elect the members of the National Assembly, including the Prime Minister.
In 1978, Prime Minister Bhutto was toppled by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, who declared himself President. The presidency again became the premier position in the Pakistani government. Zia introduced the Eighth Amendment, which gave reserve powers to the President's office. Zia died in 1988 and the Prime Minister's office regained leadership of the country. The Presidency retained its reserve powers until 1997, when the Thirteenth Amendment was passed.
However, the 1999 coup of General Pervez Musharraf (Retd) brought executive powers back to the President's office. National and provincial elections were held in 2002. In December 2003, the Seventeenth Amendment partially restored the President's reserve powers, but made the exercise of those powers subject to Supreme Court approval or veto within 30 days. In January 2004, the Electoral College gave Musharraf a vote of confidence, as result of which he was (according to the Constitution) "deemed to be elected". Musharraf's term of office as President is set to end in 2007.
Syed Iskander Ali Mirza was born in Murshidabad, Bengal, on November 13, 1899 to a Syed feudal family and was a descendant of Mir Jafar. He was a Shia Muslim, as his emblem below displays the sign of the Zulfiqar, the sword of Ali (son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad). He grew up in Bombay. After completing his early education at Elphinstone College Bombay, he was later educated at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, becoming the first graduate from the Indian subcontinent at the academy, and commissioned into the British Indian Army in 1920.), Cmsnd. 2nd-Lieut. IA attached 2nd Btn., Cameronians 16/7/1920, served Khodad Khel Operations 1921 and Waziristan 1924, trsnf. 17th Poona Hse. (Queen Victoria's Own) 1924, joined IPS 1926, Assistant Commissioner . Abbottabad 1926-1928, Bannu 1928-1930, Nowshera 1930-1933, and Tank 1933, Department Commissioner. Hazara 1933-1936 & Marda 1936-1938, Political Agent Khyber 1938-1940, Dep. Cmsnr. Peshawar & Political Agent to the Mohmands 1940, Political Agent Orissa States 1945-1946, Joint Defence Sec. India 1946-1947, Defence Sec. Mirza only served in the army for six years, after which he was the first Indian to be accepted in the elite Indian Political Service, eventually becoming a joint secretary in the Ministry of Defence of British India. In this position, he was responsible for dividing the British Indian Army into the future armies of Pakistan and India.
Upon the formation of Pakistan, Mirza was made the Defence Secretary of the new nation, this appointment owed to Mirza's ranking as the highest Muslim civil servant in India at the time. In 1954, he was made governor of East Pakistan to bring order to a politically distressed region. This position was followed by his being appointed Minister of Interior and Frontier Regions in Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra's cabinet. In 1955, he became acting Governor-General, before becoming the last Governor-General of Pakistan. Iskander Mirza was also a great advocate of the One Unit scheme and believed in the separation of state and religion. When Mirza succeeded the ailing Ghulam Mohammad as Governor-General, he was married to his second wife, Mrs Nahid Mirza, an Iranian lady who was previously the wife of the Military Attaché of Iran in Pakistan.
In 1956, Pakistan established its first constitution, and the position of Governor-General was replaced by that of President. The two were essentially the same, but Mirza was officially elected as President by the Assembly. During his presidency, Pakistan was politically unstable, this was marked by four different prime ministers in two years.
By 1958, realising that the 1956 Constitution was contributing to political instability, Mirza declared martial law on October 7th with the view to introducing a new constitution "more suited to the genius of the Pakistani people" in November. However, it is disputed that even though, he became the first President of Pakistan under the new constitution, he was not very fond of it. He is quoted in the book, Shahabnama [1], holding the constitution in his hand, and referring it as a "trashy book." Mirza's efforts and energies, as Shahab relates, were geared to one principal purpose, his continuation in office. Mirza was apprehensive that general elections could lead to a change in the Office of President and so elections had to be deferred under some pretext or other, which lead to his declaration of Martial Law on October 7, 1958. He appointed the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army, Ayub Khan, as the martial law administrator. Once the deed was done, he realized that he forfeited his own political legitimacy. Less than three weeks into martial law he was ushered out of the Presidential Palace, first to Quetta and then to exile in London. He thus precipitated his departure from the Office of President rather than prolong his tenure. Ayub Khan declared himself President on October 27th after a bloodless coup d'état.
Mirza lived in exile in London till his death in 1969. His life in exile is believed to be of misery and he died penniless . After Yahya Khan's military government refused to allow him to be buried in his own country, his body was flown to Tehran where the Shah of Iran gave him a State Funeral befitting a Head of State.
Muhammad Ayub Khan was born on May 14, 1907, in the village of Rehana near Haripur, in Hazara District. He was the first child of the second wife of Mir Dad Khan, who was a Risaldar Major in Hodson's Horse. According to Ayub, his father had the greatest influence on his character, outlook, and attitude towards life. For his basic education, he was enrolled in a school in Sarai Saleh, which was about 4 miles from his village. He used to go to school on a mule's back. Later he was shifted to a school in Haripur, where he started living with his grandmother. As a child he was interested in playing kabaddi, gulli danda, marbles and hockey. After passing his Matriculation Examination in 1922, Ayub was sent to Aligarh University where he spent four years. However, before appearing in his B. A. exams, he was selected for the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He sailed for England in 1926.
Ayub's performance in Sandhurst was exemplary and he won several scholarships. After the completion of training, he got commissioned in the Indian Army in 1928. He fought at different fronts during World War II, first as a Major and then Colonel. During the communal riots of 1947, he was assigned to assist General Pete Rees in the Punjab Boundary Force. At the time of Independence, Ayub Khan opted to join the Pakistan Army, where as a Brigadier, he was the senior-most Muslim officer. In 1951, he was raised to the status of a four-star General and was appointed as the first local Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army.
By the end of 1968, the public resentment against the Ayub's regime touched a boiling point and an anti-Ayub movement was launched by the urban-middle class; including students, teachers, lawyers, doctors, and engineers. The Joint Labor Council called for a labor strike. Demonstrations and agitation swept the whole country. Law and order broke down and Ayub was left with no other option but to step down.
On March 25, 1969, he resigned and handed over the power to the Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army, General Muhammad Yahya Khan.
General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan was born at Chakwal in February 1917. His father, Saadat Ali Khan hailed from Peshawar. After completing his studies from the Punjab University, Yahya Khan joined the Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun. He was commissioned in the Indian Army in 1938. His early postings were in the North West Frontier Province. During World War II, he performed his duties in North Africa, Iraq and Italy. After Independence, Yahya Khan played a major role in setting up the Pakistan Staff College at Quetta. During the war of 1965, he commanded an infantry division. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army in 1966 with the rank of General.
When, in 1969, countrywide agitation rendered the situation out of control, Ayub Khan decided to hand over power to the Army Chief, General Yahya Khan. Immediately after coming to power, Yahya Khan declared Martial Law in the country on March 25, 1969, and assumed the title of Chief Martial Law Administrator. He terminated the Constitution and dissolved the National and Provincial Assemblies. On March 31, he also became President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Unlike Pakistan's other military rulers, Yahya Khan was not interested in prolonging his rule. Immediately after taking charge of the country, he started looking for options through which he could hand over power to the elected representatives. On March 29, 1970, through an Ordinance, he presented an interim Constitution, the Legal Framework Order. It was actually a formula according to which the forthcoming elections were to be organized. It goes to the credit of Yahya Khan that the first general elections in the history of Pakistan were held during his regime in December 1970.
The trouble started when the results of the elections were announced. The Awami League, under the leadership of Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman, swept 160 out of 162 seats allocated to East Pakistan. However, the party failed to get even a single seat from any province of the Western Wing. On the other hand, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party emerged as the single largest party from Punjab and Sindh and managed to win 81 National Assembly seats, all from the Western Wing. This split mandate resulted in political chaos where neither Bhutto nor Mujib was ready to accept his opponent as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. When Bhutto and Mujib failed to reach an understanding about convening a session of the newly elected National Assembly, the ball fell in Yahya Khan's court. He handled the situation badly. He used army and paramilitary forces in East Pakistan to crush the political agitation. This resulted in the beginning of the war between Pakistan and India in the winter of 1971.
Yahya Khan, as President as well as the Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army, failed to plan the war. This ultimately resulted in the defeat of Pakistan, dismemberment of the country and imprisonment of more than 90,000 Pakistanis. Surrender of Pakistani forces without any resistance and the fall of Dhaka made Yahya Khan the greatest villain in the country. People from all walks of life started criticizing him and thus he was left with no other option but to hand over the power to the leader of the most popular party of the remaining part of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, on December 20, 1971. Later Bhutto placed Yahya Khan under house arrest in 1972. Yahya Khan died on August 10, 1980, in Rawalpindi.
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was born on January 5, 1928. Before his birth he had two brothers: The first one Sikandar whom Z. A. Bhutto never saw as he fell victim to Pneumonia when he was only seven in 1914 and the second one Imdad Ali who also died of Cirrhosis of the lever at the age of 39 in 1953. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto completed his early education from Bombay's Cathedral High School. In 1947, he joined the University of Southern California, and later the University of California at Berkeley in June 1949. After completing his degree with honors in Political Science at Berkeley in June 1950, he was admitted to Oxford. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto married Nusrat Isphahani on September 8, 1951. He was called to Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1953, and the same year his first child, Benazir Bhutto, was born on June 21. On his return to Pakistan, Bhutto started practicing Law at Dingomal's.
In 1958, he joined President Iskander Mirza's Cabinet as Commerce Minister. He was the youngest Minister in Ayub Khans Cabinet. In 1963, he took over the post of Foreign Minister from Muhammad Ali Bogra. His first major achievement was to conclude the Sino-Pakistan boundary agreement on March 2, 1963. In mid 1964, Bhutto helped convince Ayub of the wisdom of establishing closer economic and diplomatic links with Turkey and Iran. The trio later on formed the R. C. D. In June 1966, Bhutto left Ayub's Cabinet over differences concerning the Tashkent Agreement.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a Pakistani politician who served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and as the Prime Minister from 1973 to 1977. He was the founder of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which is one of the largest political parties in Pakistan. His daughter Benazir Bhutto has also served twice as prime minister. Bhutto is often addressed as the Quaid-e-Awam (Leader of the People).
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry was born on January 1, 1904, in Gujrat. He received his early education from his hometown and went to Aligarh University for higher education. He did his M. A. in Political Science in 1925 and took his degree of Law from the University of Punjab in 1927. After completing his education, he went back to Gujrat and started practicing Law. He took part in the election of Gujrat District Board and was elected unopposed. He joined the Muslim League in 1942. In 1945, he was elected from Gujrat as the President of Muslim League. He took part in the 1946 elections on Muslim League's ticket and played an important role in propagating the ideas of Muslim League among the people of his area.
After Independence, he was given the post of Parliamentary Secretary. He was later appointed Minister for Education and Health. In 1951, he contested the elections of the Punjab Legislative Assembly on the Muslim League ticket and was elected as a member of the Punjab Assembly. In 1952, he represented Pakistan in the United Nations. In the 1956 elections, he was elected as member of the Assembly and later as the Speaker of the National Assembly. He remained as Speaker till 1958. In 1962, when Ayub Khan announced the elections, he was selected as the Deputy Opposition Leader of the House on the basis of his experience and knowledge about parliamentary proceedings. He joined the Convention Muslim League, and after the 1956 elections, he was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.
He was elected as member of the National Assembly in 1970 on the ticket of Pakistan Peoples Party and was later elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly. After the 1973 Constitution, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry was made the President of Pakistan for five years on August 14, 1973. On July 5, 1977, the army took over the reigns of power in the country. Fazal Ilahi, however, completed his tenure as President of Pakistan. He resigned on September 16, 1978. He died on June 2, 1982.
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was the one who enforced Martial Law for the third time in the brief history of Pakistan. Second child and eldest son of Muhammad Akram, a teacher in the British Army, Zia-ul-Haq was born on August 12, 1924, at Jalandhar. After receiving his early education from Government High School Simla, he did his B. A. Honors from St. Stephen College, Delhi. He was commissioned in the British Army in 1943 and served in Burma, Malaya and Indonesia during World War II. When the war was over, he decided to join the armored corps. At the time of Independence, like most of the Muslim officers in the British Army, Zia-ul-Haq opted to join the Pakistan Army. As a Major he got an opportunity to do a training course in the Commander and Staff College of United States of America in 1963-64. During the 1965 War, he acted as the Assistant Quarter Master of 101 Infantry Division, which was posted at the Kiran Sector. He remained posted in Jordan from 1967 till 1970, where he was involved in training Jordon's military. He was appointed as Corps Commander of Multan in 1975.
On April 1, 1976, in a surprise move the then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, appointed Zia-ul-Haq as Chief of Army Staff, superseding five senior Generals. Bhutto probably wanted somebody as the head of the armed forces who would not prove to be a threat for him, and the best available option was the simple General who was apparently interested only in offering prayers and playing golf. However, history proved that General Zia-ul-Haq proved to be much smarter than Bhutto thought. When political tension reached its climax due to the deadlock between Bhutto and the leadership of Pakistan National Alliance on the issue of general elections, Zia-ul-Haq took advantage of the situation. On July 5, 1977, he carried out a bloodless coup overthrowing Bhutto's government and enforced Martial Law in the country.
He ruled Pakistan from 1977 to 1988. His rule over the country, which lasted eleven years, is the longest to date in the history of Pakistan. Appointed Chief of Army Staff in 1976, General Zia-ul-Haq came to power after he overthrew ruling Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, after widespread civil disorder, in a bloodless military coup d'état on July 5, 1977 and imposed Martial Law. He assumed the post of President of Pakistan in 1978 which he held till his death on August 17, 1988.
Ghulam Ishaq Khan (abbreviated as GIK) was President of Pakistan from August 17, 1988 until July 18, 1993. He was born on January 20, 1915, in Ismail Khel Bannu District, N. W. F. P. He did his graduation in Chemistry and Botany and joined N. W. F. P. Civil Service in 1940. After the unification of West Pakistan into One Unit in 1955, Ishaq Khan was appointed Provincial Secretary of West Pakistan for Irrigation Development. In this capacity he represented the Provincial Government in the Federal Planning Commission. In 1958, he became Member W. A. P. D. A. In 1966, he was appointed Federal Finance Secretary and promoted to Secretary General Defense during Bhutto's tenure.
General Zia appointed him Advisor on Finance and later on as Federal Finance Minister. Ishaq Khan represented his country in various international conferences, which include U. N. Conferences on Finance, I. M. F., O. I. C. and Asian Development Bank. In February 1985, Ishaq Khan was elected as Chairman of the Senate. After the death of General Zia, Ishaq Khan took over as acting President of the country on August 17, 1988. He was elected President on December 13, 1988, as the consensus candidate of P. P. P. and I. J. I.
In 1993, Ghulam Ishaq Khan was forced to resign from his office due to differences with the Prime Minister. During his tenure, Ishaq Khan dismissed the Governments of Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif using discretionary powers given to the President under the controversial Eighth Constitutional Amendment.
Wasim Sajjad (b. March 30, 1941) was President of Pakistan on two occasions, serving as interim President prior to elections. Sajjad was born on March 30, 1941 in Jalandhar, Punjab (Now in India). His spent his childhood days at Army Burn Hall College, Abottabad, from where he completed his O and A Levels . His father, the late Mr Justice Sajjad Ahmed Jan, served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and later as the Chief Election Commissioner. Wasim Sajjad would follow in his footsteps, becoming a lawyer, and attending Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship.
He secured Honors in Jurisprudence in 1966, and a Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford University in 1967. He also did a M. A. from Oxford University in 1967. He obtained first position in Administrative Law at Oxford and his Barrister of Law from the Inner Temple, London. At London, Wasim Sajjad was also the President of the Oxford University Islamic Society in 1966, and President of the Oxford University Pakistan Society from 1965 to 1966. He was elected President Oxford University Birkenhead Society 1965-1967, and as Secretary of Wadham College, Oxford, in 1966. He later graduated in 1964.
His political career began in the 1980s when he was elected to the Pakistani Senate. He served as the Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary affairs, and also held the portfolio of the Federal Minister for Interior, under the Government of Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo. He moved up to Chairman of the Senate in 1988, and served his first term as President in 1993, following the resignation of Ghulam Ishaq Khan. As interim president, Sajjad was essentially a placeholder for the office until elections were completed. He would run in the election for President, but was defeated by Farooq Leghari. In 1997, Sajjad was again made interim President and stepped down upon the election of Muhammad Rafiq Tarar. Sajjad continues to serve in the Pakistani government, and is known for his conciliatory nature among parties.
Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari was President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997.
He was born at D. G. Khan on May 29, 1940. He comes from a family that has served as hereditary chiefs of the Leghari Tribe, and has been active in politics. His father, Nawab Muhammad Khan Leghari, and his grandfather, Nawab Jamal Khan Leghari, both were progressive leaders who introduced their Tribe to modern ideas. His father took prominent part in the Independence Movement and was confined as a political prisoner in 1946. After Independence, his father served as Minister in the Punjab Government from 1949 to 1955.
Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari did his graduation from Aitchison College, Lahore, and earned M. A. P. P. E. from Oxford University in 1963. In the same year, he joined the Civil Service of Pakistan and worked in various fields and Secretariat positions from 1964 to 1973. He left the Civil Service in 1973 on the invitation of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to join the P. P. P. In 1975, Farooq Leghari was elected Senator. In the 1977 election, he won the National Assembly seat from his ancestral constituency in Dera Ghazi Khan and was appointed Federal Minister for Production. In 1978, he was appointed Secretary General of the P. P. P. and participated in the struggle for the restoration of democracy. He remained Secretary General till 1983 and underwent four years of imprisonment during the Martial Law. Farooq Leghari was elected member of both National and Punjab Assembly in the 1988 elections, and was appointed Federal Minister for Water and Power from December 1989 up to August 1990. In October 1990 elections, he was re-elected member of the National Assembly and became Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly.
In the caretaker Cabinet in 1993, Farooq Leghari held the portfolio of the Federal Minister for Finance. During this period he presided over the 21st Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers held in Karachi from April 25 to 29,1993. In the October 1993 general elections, he won the National Assembly seat and was appointed Federal Foreign Minister. Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari was elected President of Pakistan on November 13, 1993, and took oath the same day for a term of five years. In February 1997, Mian Nawaz Sharif, a major political opponent of Farooq Leghari, was elected as the Prime Minister. With the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment, a direct collision course with the Prime Minster was set. Due to the dilution of Pakistan Peoples Party's role in the assemblies, chances of Leghari's reelection as President in 1998 had also become bleak. On December 2, 1997, Farooq Leghari resigned as the President of Pakistan. Instead of leading a retired life after his resignation from the office of President, Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari entered the political arena by forming his own political party, the Millat Party, on August 14, 1998, in Lahore. His party contested the 2002 election by joining the National Alliance. The National Alliance consisted of seven parties, which included National Peoples Party, National Awami Party, Sindh National Front, Sindh Democratic Alliance, Nizam-i-Mustafa Party, Baluchistan National Party and the Millat Party. Ghulam Mustafa Khan Jatoi led the National Alliance as the Chairman. Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari himself contested the elections from Dera Ghazi Khan and Chicha Watni and won from both seats.
The National Alliance was however unable to secure any major position in the elections. In the National Assembly they won 13 seats. In the Provincial Assembly elections they won 12 seats in Sindh, 12 in Punjab and five seats in Balochistan. They were, however, unable to secure any seats in the N. W. F. P. Province. Despite the fact that the Millat Party and the National Alliance were unable to secure a large number of seats in the present elections, it is viewed that Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari and his Millat Party will play a key role in the new political set up.
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was President of Pakistan from January 1, 1998 until June 20, 2001. On January 1, 1998, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar took the oath as the ninth President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He secured an all-time high number of votes from an electoral college, consisting of a total membership of two Houses of Parliament and four Provincial Legislatures. No one before him had ever received such overwhelming support from the elected representatives of the people of Pakistan.
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was born on November 2, 1929, in a middle-class family of the village Pirkot in District Gujranwala, near Lahore. After graduating from Islamia College, Gujranwala, in 1949, Mr. Tarar secured his Law Degree from Law College, Lahore, in the year 1951. The same year he was enrolled as a Pleader. In October 1955, he was enrolled as an Advocate in the Lahore High Court. He established a practice in Gujranwala before rising to the position of Chairman, Punjab Labor Court in 1970. Four years later he entered the High Court and was appointed as the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court. Earlier, during his days as Judge of the Lahore High Court, he also served as member of the Pakistan Election Commission. Justice Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court in 1991, from which he retired in November 1994 on attaining the age of 65 years.
Following his retirement from the Judiciary in March 1997, Mr. Tarar moved from a legal to a political career. He was elected as member of Senate on P. M. L. (N) ticket. On December 31, 1997, he was elected as the President of Pakistan. His appointment as the President is widely attributed to his close ties with the family of the then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. On June 20, 2001, by virtue of a Provisional Constitutional Order, he was replaced by General Pervez Musharraf, who himself became the President.
Immediately after Independence in 1947, Rafiq Tarar performed voluntary duty as a relief worker in camps set up by Muslim Students Federation for refugees, migrating from the riot-torn India to Pakistan. He has a passion for poetry and literature, with a deep insight into classic Persian Literature. He is married and has four children; three sons and a daughter.
General Pervez Musharraf (Retd) is currently the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
General Pervez Musharraf (Retd), the second of three brothers, was born in Delhi on August 11, 1943. His parents chose to settle in Karachi after the creation of Pakistan. He comes from a middle class family, his father having worked for the foreign ministry. He spent his early years in Turkey, from 1949 to 1956, owing to his father, the late Syed Musharrafu-ud-din's deputation in Ankara. Fluently he can converse in Turkish language and claims that Kamal Ataturk is his hero.
General Musharraf (Retd) rose to the rank of General and was appointed as the Chief of Army Staff on October 7, 1998 when Pakistan's army chief, General Jehangir Karamat, resigned two days after calling for the army to be given a key role in the country's decision-making process. General Musharraf was given additional charge of Chairman Joint Chiefs Staff Committee on April 9, 1999. On October 12, 1999, when through a bloodless coup the military took over the government in Pakistan, he became the head of the state designated as Chief Executive. He assumed the office of President of Pakistan on June 20, 2001. In order to legitimize and legalize his rule, General Pervez Musharraf held a referendum on April 30, 2002 thereby elected as President of Pakistan for duration of five years. In accordance with the deal with MMA (Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal), he agrees to leave the army on 31st December, 2004 but will continue to serve five-year term as President as he got vote of confidence on January 1, 2004, from the parliament and the four provincial assemblies under the provision of the 17th Amendment duly passed by the National Assembly and the Senate.
He is a natural sportsman, who loves to spend most of his leisure time playing Squash, Badminton or Golf. He also takes keen interest in water sports and has been an enthusiastic canoeist. Being an avid reader, he is well versed in Military History, his favorite subject.
Asif Ali Zardari was born on 26 July 1955 and is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He is also the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister.
A Balochi from a tribe based in Sindh, Zardari rose to prominence after his marriage to Benazir Bhutto in 1987. His political career has been mired in corruption allegations, for which he was imprisoned from 1990 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2004. Between 1993 and 1996, he held various cabinet positions in the second Bhutto administration.
He was arrested for corruption in late 1996, following the collapse of the Bhutto government. Although incarcerated, he nominally served in Parliament after being elected to the National Assembly in 1990 and Senate in 1997. He was released from jail in 2004 amid rumors of reconciliation between Pervez Musharraf and the PPP. He subsequently went into self-exile in Dubai, but returned in December 2007 after Bhutto's assassination. As the Co-Chairman of the PPP, he led his party to victory in the 2008 general elections. He spearheaded a coalition that forced Musharraf to resign and was elected President on 6 September 2008.


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Fifth-ranked Harvard explodes for three goals to beat No. 3 Boston University
BOSTON -- No. 5 Harvard scored three goals in a three-minute span during the second period to surge past No. 3 Boston University 3-0 in Tuesday's Beanpot consolation game at Matthews Arena. Samantha Reber led the charge, picking up a goal and two assists in the spurt, while Hillary Crowe contributed one goal and one assist.
The Crimson (18-3-2) outshot BU (18-5-3) in the first two periods to accumulate a 37-32 advantage in shots on goal and avenged a Nov. 18 loss to the Terriers. Harvard moved to 15-2 in Beanpot games against BU with the win that saw freshman Emerance Maschmeyer make 32 saves. Maschmeyer's third shutout advanced her record to 8-2-1 this season.
Harvard dominated the action in the first period, as Boston University was sent to the penalty box on four occasions. The Crimson could not get on the board during the first 20 minutes, despite eight minutes of skater-advantage time, but did send 16 shots at BU's Kerrin Sperry. The Terriers managed to get nine shots at Maschmeyer.
Lyndsey Fry, who led the Crimson with eight shots, gave Harvard its initial score, a power-play goal at the 13-minute mark of the second period. The puck circled around the power-play set, with BU captain Marie-Philip Poulin watching from the penalty box, before Fry wristed a shot from the middle. Sperry was screened by a number of bodies in front of the net and the puck soared over her shoulder into the top shelf.
Harvard used just 18 seconds to get its second goal. Hillary Crowe found Reber just outside the crease and she beat BU's netminder. It was a perfect pass from Crowe through a pair of Boston University defender's to Reber, who sent the puck flying past Sperry's stick-hand shoulder.
Reber rewarded Crowe's helper by connecting with her again, this time with Crowe finding the back of the net two minutes later. She pushed a shot towards the left pipe, as a Terrier defender slid across the front and Kaitlin Spurling helped to blind Sperry. The puck slid through, just behind the defender on the ice, and went untouched past Sperry's skate and tucked next to the post.
Maschmeyer highlighted the third period with 14 blocks, including a number of challenging saves during Harvard's penalty kill in the frame. She helped Harvard kill three infractions to improve its nation-leading penalty kill to 93.2 percent this season. The Crimson went 1-for-5 on power-play chances.


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Source: The Hartford Courant
Posted on 23 Sep 2010
The U.S. Treasury said Wednesday it raised $706 million selling warrants, or rights to purchase, more than 52 million shares in The Hartford Financial Services Group during an auction Tuesday.
The Treasury priced the shares at $13.70 per warrant. Closing of the warrants sales was expected on or about Monday, the Treasury said.
The Hartford received $3.4 billion in bailout funds, which it repaid in March. Besides being repaid in full for its investment in The Hartford, the Treasury made a significant return, said Linus Wilson, assistant professor of finance at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, who specializes in warrant auctions.
"The Hartford insurance auction is the fourth-largest of the 16 warrant auctions held so far," Wilson said in an e-mail. "Only the Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo [Troubled Asset Relief Program] warrant auctions generated more money."
Besides The Hartford repaying the principal of the loan, the property-casualty and life insurer also paid $129.9 million in dividends. Adding the dividends to proceeds from the warrant sale, U.S. taxpayers got a 24.6 percent return on investment in The Hartford, Wilson said.
In a separate sale of warrants by the Treasury, Lincoln National Corp. in June bought back the Treasury's preferred shares of the company, which were worth $950 million. Lincoln National Corp. employs about 600 in Hartford. The U.S. Treasury raised $213.7 million by selling 13.05 million warrants at a price of $16.60 per warrant.
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Croydon Heritage Festival has enjoyed enormous success over the last five years, with thousands of visitors enjoying hundreds of events throughout the town each June.
Taking place from Saturday 24 June to Friday 30 June 2017, this year's festival is themed 'Evolution', looking at the changing face of Croydon throughout its history as it enters a new and exciting period of growth and renewal for the future.
What is Croydon Heritage Festival?
Croydon Heritage Festival has enjoyed enormous success over the last five years, with thousands of visitors enjoying hundreds of events throughout the town each June.
Why is the Croydon Heritage Festival taking place?
In June 2013, The Whitgift Foundation presented the first ever Croydon Heritage Festival to celebrate the town's rich and vibrant history and heritage with more than 150 events taking place across the London Borough of Croydon. 98% of people who responded to our survey said that the Croydon Heritage Festival should be an annual event. With each successive year being a huge success, the festival is now in its fifth year and aims to generate an awareness of the town's past, whilst also looking towards its exciting future. During the ongoing regeneration of Croydon, it is important to maintain knowledge and understanding of its incredible history and of the places, people and events that have shaped the character of the town.
Who is organising Croydon Heritage Festival?
Croydon Heritage Festival is organised by The Whitgift Foundation, a local charity with the aim of providing education for the young and care for the elderly in Croydon and the surrounding areas.
As an organisation that has been entwined in Croydon's history for more than 400 years, the Foundation is both passionate about Croydon's heritage and committed to the future success of the town
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Are events free of charge?
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U.S. regulators have approved rules banning so-called paid prioritization, in which big Internet service providers would charge content providers a higher fee to stream their material over cyberspace faster than smaller customers.
In a 3-2 vote along party lines, with Democrats in support, the Federal Communications Commission's approved new "net neutrality" rules capping a year of intense debate between supporters of online companies such as Google and Netflix, as well as those of major service providers such as AT&T and Comcast.
The rules ban Internet providers from blocking and unfairly slowing down any web traffic on their pipes or striking deals with content companies for faster or smoother downloads, among other things. Republicans argue the broad scope of the rules represents government overreach.
Communications Act
The ruling confirmed the agency's new policy of regulating broadband, both fixed and mobile, under the Communications Act, which regulates the telephone industry like a public utility.
Following Thursday's vote, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said "these enforceable, bright-line rules assure the rights of Internet users to go where they want, when they want, and the rights of innovators to introduce new products without asking anyone's permission".
Wheeler said "the American people reasonably expect and deserve an Internet that is fast, fair, and open. Today they get what they deserve."
The ruling is expected to be challenged in court by Internet and telecommunications companies, which argue it will discourage investment.
President Barack Obama asked the agency back in November to approve the "strongest possible rules" to protect net neutrality and ensure the equal treatment of all Internet traffic by service providers.
President Obama said Thursday that the FCC decision "will protect innovation and create a level playing field for the next generation of entrepreneurs." He thanked the more than 4 million people who petitioned the FCC and the millions of others who expressed their opinions on social media.
About 4 million people contacted the FCC in support of the president's suggestion.
Net neutrality had been in place before a federal court ruled against it. The FCC responded with a plan last year that would have allowed such major ISPs as AT&T and Comcast to make deals with companies like Google and Facebook to provide them with faster paths for their content to consumers.
Some information for this report came from AP and Reuters.


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Published: 2008/11/21
Members of Railroad Earth, String Cheese Incident and New Monsoon Ready Their Contribution
As we reported on Monday, Railroad Earth and Jorma Kaukonen will deliver an acoustic performance this coming Sunday at The Tabernacle in Mt. Tabor, New Jersey. The band has a few select holiday shows on the horizon, while the group's Tim Carbone will add another venture to his plate in 2009. Watch for music from The Contribution, a new project that presently includes Carbone and The String Cheese Incident's Keith Moseley and Jason Hann along with Jeff Miller and Phil Ferlino from New Monsoon. The Contribution will be studio-bound in '09 to record self-penned material to be released later in the year. Carbone also reports he's in the process of finishing up a book on his travels in India with the Dharma Bums and will be heading into the studio soon wearing his producer's hat for Great American Taxi (his recent production credits include Boris Garcia's Once More In to The Bliss). All of the above woven into a busy touring schedule with Railroad Earth. Report by Brian Robbins


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Ralph McAdams
What is the district doing right? Where is there room for improvement?
We are moving to rebuild our reserves as they have been depleted because our water and sewer rates were insufficient to pay for operational costs. The current board understands that insufficient financial reserves can make it difficult to maintain our water and sewer systems in good working condition. Unreliable utility systems can translate into declining property values and hence negatively affect everyone living in our community. Moreover, failing to maintain utility system today could lead to expensive fines and legal fees later on.
Does San Simeon need a supplemental water supply? What is the most promising option?
The major challenge to the district is water and the district is committed to acquire new sources of water in order to be able to remove the existing water moratorium. We have just completed the construction of our water filtration (Amiad) & purification system (HiPOx), a small-scale water recycling facility for non-potable water that will be used for irrigation and other non-consumption uses to save our drinking water reserves. As we move forward, it is important that we review other alternative water sources including desalination facilities, increased storage and water conservation.
Under what circumstances should water and sewer rates be raised?
There's never going to be a time when people are going to be happy about getting their rates raised. But I would rather pay the money to have a good water, to have a good system and to have departments that work, than to pay the money in fines. In 2009, with overwhelming support from our community, the district passed a Proposition 218 water and sewer rate increase. This rate increase was a 10% plus a CPI increase for 5 years and then it will lower to 5% for another 5 years.
Mary Giacoletti
What is the district doing right? Where is there room for improvement?
Board members volunteer their time for a fairly small stipend. We have clean water. A tertiary water system has been implemented and will be functional as soon as a rate structure is agreed upon. The water/treatment plant has been upgraded, we are told. I would like to see the district expand/evolve to a level which can include important residential and visitor concerns. I would like to see a more participatory, informed community than the one we have, which often reflects a somewhat closed and antiquated mentality.
Does San Simeon need a supplemental water supply? What is the most promising option?
As Americans, we tend to waste — to the detriment of those few who try to conserve. A perfect example is the plastic bag ban. Because grocery bags were used without regard for re-use, now we don't have them at all. The same applies to water use. We have enough water if used wisely with an eye to conservation, which can include efficient plumbing, drought-resistant landscaping, rain-water catchment, rebates for retro-fitting.
Under what circumstances should water and sewer rates be raised?
We had a recent increase of 11.27%. Further increases should be considered only for a major improvement project, utilizing state-of-the-art technology, which would achieve higher standards and ultimately reduce cost. Sweden, for example, has perfected such a system, eliminating "contaminants of concern" while providing a high quality of potable water.


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Aplastic anemia and myelodysplastic syndromes are disorders that cause easy bruising, notes the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. People with these disorders may also experience symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, excessive bleeding and frequent infections.Continue Reading
Aplastic anemia is a condition in which the body slows down production or completely stops producing blood cells due to damaged bone marrow stem cells, states the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Blood cells that people with aplastic anemia produce are normal. Myelodysplastic syndromes is a condition in which bone marrow stem cells are defective and do not mature properly into red or white blood cells or platelets.Learn more about Pain & Symptoms


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Above: 3FX produced full "3D Stage" Holographic projection for a national sales force product launch meeting, inclusive of 3D animation and graphic content. The Holographic visual messaging supported the importance of clinical impact within a new CNS drug class for the audience. Holographic imagery and video, which included virtual actors, interacted seamlessly with the live presenters on stage.
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Madchen Amick to Guest Star on Drop Dead DivaMatt Richenthal at . Comments
Madchen Amick will drop by Drop Dead Diva this summer.
The actress (Gossip Girl, Mad Men, Ringer) has nabbed the role of Gina Blunt on the Lifetime drama, a pal of Parker's from law school. Look for her to both cath Grayson's eye, according to TV Guide, and to come equipped with a big secret.
Faith Prince will also appear again on the series, reprising the role of Jane's mother, Elaine Bingum.
Drop Dead Diva premieres its fourth season on June 3 and mark it down now: TV Fanatic will be reviewing every episode in depth.
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March 9, 2013 (CHICAGO) --A local soldier got a hero's welcome as he returned home from his tour in Afghanistan.
Specialist Aristeo Morales was back home night in Humboldt Park Saturday following a nine-month tour of duty.
The Warriors Watch Riders motorcycle group helped welcome home Morales, along with his family and friends.
He said he always wanted to be an infantryman.
"Then I went to Afghanistan and I fell in love with it. Not everyone can do, but I do enjoy doing it. It's a job that gives you experiences after experiences. I don't regret it," he said.
"Nine months of torture, but finally he's home, he's safe and that's all that matters," his mother Maria Bonet said.
Morales wants to become a police officer once he fulfills his military duty.
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No one can have two viewpoints about terrorism. There is no religion of terrorism. I am often asked my viewpoint on this, maybe because i am very proud to be a Muslim
Indian civilisation does not distinguish in terms of religion. We are an impossible achievement in the world and I'm very proud to be an Indian.
There is no religion of terrorism.
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President Kennedy's speech to the graduating class of American University in Washington DC 54 years ago today represented the high point of his efforts to wind down the Cold War. His vigorous style and clear mind never had a more important goal — or more powerful enemies.
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June 10, 1963: A profile in courage with lethal consequences
David Talbot's JFK reading list
"There is a wealth of useful information about the Kennedy assassination available online," writes Salon's founding editor, David Talbot. Talbot's book about CIA director Allen Dulles will be published in next month.
"But before a beginner wades into these thickets, it's best to start with some of the best books on the subject," he adds.
Here's Talbot's top seven JFK books. Am I biased because Talbot is a friend and he includes my book? Yes, I am.
David Talbot's top 7 JFK books
"There is a wealth of useful information about the Kennedy assassination available online," writes Salon's founding editor, David Talbot, who is now writing a book about Allen Dulles and JFK's assassination.
"But before a beginner wades into these thickets, it's best to start with some of the best books on the subject," he adds.
Here's Talbot's top seven JFK books. Am I biased because Talbot is a friend and he includes my book? Yes, I am.
What was Operation Northwoods? Was it connected to JFK's assassination?
Operation Northwoods was a Pentagon plan to provoke a U.S. invasion of Cuba in 1963 through the use of deception operations. First disclosed by the Assassination Records Review Board in 1997, the Northwoods plans are among the most significant new JFK documents to emerge since Oliver Stone's "JFK" movie.
Operation Northwoods envisioned U.S. intelligence operatives staging violent attacks on U.S. targets and arranging for the blame for the mayhem to fall on Fidel Castro and his communist government. The idea, wrote one planner, was to creates a "justification for U.S. intervention in Cuba," by orchestrating a crime that placed the U.S. government "in the apparent position of suffering defensible grievances from a rash and irresponsible government" in Cuba.
These plans included the use of violence on American soil against American citizens.
Eve Ensler on 'Project Unspeakable'
The famous playwright ("The Vagina Monologues") explains why she's supporting the stage version of James Douglass' book "JFK and the Unspeakable."
'Project Unspeakable' brings James Douglass's JFK story to the stage
"About a year ago, anticipating the John F. Kennedy assassination's 50th anniversary, Wendell (Mass.) playwright Court Dorsey was preparing to premiere a series of public readings around the country of 'Project Unspeakable' — his script about governmental conspiracy in the deaths of JFK, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X." Read more
JFK Facts Top 5: Oswald and the theologians
The single most popular story on JFK Facts for the week of April 10-17 recounted how Lee Oswald apparently fired a rifle shot at Gen. Edwin Walker, a right-wing firebrand and critic of JFK, in April 1963. The second most popular story linked United Methodist minister Lance Moore and theologian James Douglass as a unique type of JFK author:
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RFK Jr. on JFK and the Unspeakable: 'It has made a very big impact on me'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmentalist activists and son of Robert F. Kennedy, made news when spoke in Dallas in January 2013 to say his father doubted that his father was killed by one man for now reason.
Now he's gone a step further in a blurb for the paperback edition of James Douglass's JFK and the Unspeakable.
The Unspeakable in Dallas
Writing in the New York Times, a native of Dallas notes the oddness of the ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination on Friday.
The reality of Dallas on that day will go unmentioned. It will be, in the words of James Douglass, Unspeakable.
Graphic adaptation kickstarts theologian James Douglass's JFK story
Seth Jacobsson and graphic artist Oliver Hint want to pass along a true JFK story to the next generation over the course of the next year.
What's the best single book about JFK's assassination?
I recommend Anthony Summers "Not in Your Lifetime," which has been updated and reissued this week. I think it is the best single introduction to the JFK assassination story.
Summers is a veteran journalist and accomplished biographer whose work has appeared in BBC and Vanity Fair and other publications with high editorial standards and big audiences. He combines story telling skills with a relentless focus on sifting the evidence, eliminating the dubious, and identifying what is new and important.
JFK author James Douglass speaks in Alabama tonight
I wish I was in northeastern Alabama today because JFK author James Douglass is speaking at the public library in Gadsen. If I was there I would go for sure. Douglass's 2008 book, "JFK and the Unspeakable," is one of the most thoughtful books about JFK's assassination.
NatGeo's un-journalism on JFK
The re-broadcast of National Geographic's JFK documentary, The Lost Bullet, in Canada last weekend is another reminder of how stilted and weird the mainstream media discussion of JFK assassination is. I haven't seen the film yet, so I won't comment on the particulars of its thesis.
But the film's not-terribly relevant point illuminates a curious phenomenon: how the obsession with conspiracy distorts, defines and limits the editorial vision of news organizations. It is a species of un-journalism.
James Douglass's spiritual take on JFK
What I like about James Douglass, author of "JFK and The Unspeakable," is that he combines awareness of the newest evidence in the case with attention to the profound spiritual lessons at the heart of that event, which are still very much alive. You don't have to be a liberal Catholic to appreciate the power of what he says.
Douglass spoke to the Thomas Merton Society of Canada in Vancouver this weekend.
Seminar to look at 'JFK and the Unspeakable' in 2013
James Douglass, theologian and author of the book, "JFK and the Unspeakable" will hold a three day seminar on confronting the legacy of JFK's assassination in 2013. The event will take place in Rowe, Mass. starting on Friday Dec. 14. Paul Schrade, former aide to Robert Kennedy, will be a special guest.


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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Cooking Games and Taco Salad
Having some variety makes it easy for everyone to pick the item that works best for them and you can create your own combination of yummy things as well. Top off your taco salad with a bunch of salsa or a tiny bit of queso. You can also use a dressing like a cilantro ranch or creamy jalapeno to give your cooking games just a bit more of a kick than you get with regular dressings, but again, this part of the cooking games will be very much a matter of personal taste.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Cooking Games and Candy
Cooking games don't have to be anything extravagant, of course. Playing the cooking games is simply a way to expand your cooking skills, learn a few new recipes and enjoy yourself at the same time. When you embrace the cooking games, you're able to see just how much you can learn, enjoy - and of course - eat!
Monday, February 18, 2013
Cooking Games and Triffles
Start with a triffle dish, some angel food cake, fresh strawberries and whipped cream. Then, start building your layers. Tear up the angel food cake for the bottom. Then, cut up the strawberries, sprinkle with sugar and add for the next layer. Next, smooth on some whipped cream before repeating with your cake, strawberries and cream for layer upon layer of yummy goodness. Top with some fresh strawberries and consider adding other fruits to really make this triffle cooking game truly delicious.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Cooking Games for Valentine's Day
Your picnic can have sandwiches that you've made and some fruit you've cut up into a salad. Include some chips and dip and a bottle of lemonade and you've got quite a treat prepared for the two of you to share and enjoy. Then, for dessert, you can pull out the sweet treat that you've prepared and enjoy some brownies or perhaps a few cookies with pink sprinkles. After all, as we all know, it's the thought that counts, and planning means you've put a lot of thought into your preparations!
Monday, January 21, 2013
Cooking Games and Soup
This is the perfect combination for a homemade vegetable soup. Start with the chicken stock and cut it down with water if it's too salty for you. Then start slicing and dicing. Simply cut up all of your various vegetables into small pieces and toss them into the chicken stock. Since the cooking game wouldn't be complete without something of substance, defrost the chicken, grill it p and then chop it up into the soup if you'd like or toss in a handful of rice toward the end of the cook time to really make your cooking games fulfilling.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Cooking Games and Brownies
The next time you get an urge for some chocolate, indulge your appetite with some brownies. And don't just go for the regular ones. There are so many different flavors and types of brownies to try that you should never limit yourself by trying just the basic chocolate ones. Make your cooking games a chance to try the different brands and styles of the chewy treat. Make brownies with frosting, with nuts, with chocolate chunks and with swirls of caramel. The more you try the more you'll realize that brownies are perhaps the very best dessert around.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Cooking Games for Potluck
Potatoes. You can't go wrong with potatoes. People on all sorts of diets like to eat potatoes and you have plenty of choices as to how to prepare them. You can cut up new potatoes and season them before pan frying. Or create mashed potatoes with a bit of gravy on the side. They are easy to transport and everyone will love your cooking games.
Salad. A salad is another easy item to bring, and it has the added bonus of not being too hot to carry easily. Your salad should be a bit more than just a head of lettuce – try and make it more exciting than the basics, but bringing something green to a gathering shows a bit of balance in the cooking games as well.
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At the time, Gere was in Los Angeles for the Academy Awards without his wife.
"Carey is seething that Richard was the first to rush in and help a damsel in distress," revealed an insider.
Ever since Diane Lane and Josh Brolin announced the demise of their marriage, I've been wondering exactly how many phone calls Diane has received from enterprising suitors.
She's definitely a catch as a mature lady who looks phenomenal and hasn't ruined her face with plastic surgery or fillers.
Now and according to a story in this week's Enquirer, we're learning about which dude can claim "first responder" status on the post-split scene.
And as you can see from the above photo (from the Palm Springs film festival in January), there's plenty of chemistry to be found here.
In other words, ladies man Richard Gere is at it again, folks.
We've already heard about the Page Six story that filled us in on the details of Gere's nasty habit of blatantly hitting on pretty married ladies right in front of their husbands.
As it stands, Richard and Diane have a long-standing friendship and have starred together in Skirt-chaser Richard Gere has infuriated his wife Carey Lowell by rushing to comfort gorgeous Diane Lane after her recent divorce announcment.
The handsome actor, 63, damaged his own shaky marriage by letting Diane — his co-star in the steamy 2008 film — to cry on his shoulder about her split from Josh Brolin, say sources.
In an explosive showdown, Richard was read the riot act by his 52-year-old wife.
Carey eventually stormed out fot he room with Richard yelling after her that she was being paranoid for no reason, according to the source. Althoug Gere's reps denied any problem at the time, our insider insists that Carey is fed up with Richard's roving eye — and his comforting Diane, 48, may be the final straw.
As the Enquirer reported late last year, the couple — who wed in 2002 and have a 13-year-old son together — had a huge dustup when Richard flirted with an attractive blonde in an East Hampton, N. Concluded the insider: "I wouldn't be surprised if a divorce annoucement comes from Richard and Carey as well." [From Enquirer, print edition, March 18, 2013] If this story is true, this could actually be the end of Richard's marriage to Carey.


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The Green Arrow doesn't need superpowers to right his city's wrongs, and that's something that the people behind "Arrow" want to make clear.
The CW has released a promo highlighting some of the aspects of the new series that set it apart from other superhero stories that have come before it. Chief among them is the fact that leading man Oliver Queen only needs his titular weapon to defeat his enemies.
"'Arrow' is the story about a superhero who is real. He doesn't have superpowers, he has learned abilities," Stephen Amell, the actor who plays Oliver, explained.
As we already know, "Arrow" takes place after billionaire Oliver Queen goes missing for five years. He returns with a desire to purge his home city of the evils that plague it, and is a very different man than the one who those closest to him once knew.
This featurette shows the ways that other characters have changed in the five years since Oliver was presumed dead, including Detective Quentin Lance, his daughter Laurel Lance and Tommy Merlyn.
"I am Oliver's best friend since childhood. I certainly am hoping that the party's going to start back up again now that he's back," Colin Donnell, who plays Tommy, said in the featurette.
The bottom line? There will be no capes, no cackling and no supervillains in this TV series. Instead, "Arrow" will tell the story of a hero, "not a superhero," and that is what will make it interesting to watch. Hey, we're sold.
"Arrow" premieres on October 10.
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Of Monsters and Men – US Tour
Ladies and gentlemen, Of Monsters and Men have announced their 2012 North America tour. I first introduced Of Monsters and Men early on in RIF's existence and have been awaiting their tour schedule ever since. It has been a while since I have felt such excitement and jubilation surrounding an up and coming band (read Mumford & Sons). When trying to describe OM&M, all I can say is remember the last time you immediately fell in love with a band?… yea this is bigger than that.
Make sure to greet and treat our mega-talented guests from Iceland wherever their tour touches your corner of the map. DC is so blessed that we have the honor of hosting this incredible band at Black Cat on a Monday night to kick off April.
Full Tour Lineup + Little Talks Music Video After the Jump
Of Monsters And Men – Little Talks
Of Monsters And Men 2012 North American Tour
March 14 – March 17 – SXSW – Austin, TX
March 21 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA*
March 22 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA*
March 24 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR*
March 25 – Venue Nightclub – Vancouver, BC*
March 26 – The Neptune Theatre – Seattle, WA*
March 29 – Fine Line Music Cafe – Minneapolis, MN*
March 30 – Subterranean – Chicago, IL*
March 31 – The LC Pavilion – Columbus, OH
April 2 – The Black Cat – Washington D.C.*
April 3 – Theatre Of The Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA*
April 5 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY*
April 6 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY*
April 7 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA*
April 9 – Club At Water Street Music Hall – Rochester, NY*
April 10 – Jillian's – Albany, NY*
April 11 – La Sala Rosa – Montreal, QC*
April 12 – Virgin Mobile Mod Club – Toronto, ON*
* with Special Guest Lay Low
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A lot of loan providers require a minimum down payment, coupled with a minimum debt-to-income ratio (a maximum of 1/2 of income being put toward debt payments each month).
Getting a Car Without Any Credit Check: Stevens Point (WI)
Due to the economy in WI, buy here pay here financing has become a whole lot more popular.
When it comes to buy here pay here dealerships, otherwise known as no credit check or your job is your credit dealerships, the dealership does not turn to third party loan companies to approve financing. Or in other words, these locations provide in house financing car loans to Wisconsin consumers who've got bad credit.
To many folks, getting their Wisconsin car loan with no credit check seems great.
Unfortunately, they have a few major downsides:
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- Substantial Down Payments
- High Mileage Used Cars and Trucks
Make certain you investigate any WI in house financing car dealership online. Make sure you find someone who has purchased a vehicle from them in the past, and ask if the establishment is in good standing.
Used And Buy Here Pay Here Dealers in Stevens Point, WI
- D & D Auto Inc, 2916 Minnesota Ave, 54481
- Ace Car & Van Rental, 2849 Church St, 54481
- Autopoint, 2877 Church Street, 54481
- Courtesy Nissan Mazda, 5441 USHighway 10 East, 54481
- Flatoff's Gold Key Motors, 3400 Church Street, 54481
- Courtesy Motors, 301 Green Ave N, 54492


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Post-print of: Julian, CC 2009, 'Market characteristics as an antecedent of performance', International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 128-147.
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This study examines the relationship between the foreign market characteristics of access to raw materials, capital resources and the necessary channels of distribution, knowledge of local business practices, government intervention, industry price competition and the transfer of up-to-date technology and International Joint Venture (IJV) marketing performance in Thailand. The primary data for the study were collected from a self-administered mail survey of 831 Thai-Foreign IJVs in Thailand. From the multiple regression analysis it was concluded that a significant negative relationship existed between the identified foreign market characteristics and IJV marketing performance in Thailand.


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