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The White House announced today that President Obama called Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to congratulate him on his recent re-election and "to commend the people of Ecuador for their commitment to democracy."
I've lauded Obama before for avoiding picking fights with Latin American populist leaders such as Correa. But I think that trying to befriend them sends the wrong signal to defenders of democratic institutions throughout the region. After all, a year ago Correa confessed that he wasn't a democrat if that represented allowing the opposition to participate in the debate for a new constitution. More recently, he stated (in Spanish) that he preferred "a thousand times" to be a friend of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez than be an ally of the United States.
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It's impossible to think of Butlin's without conjuring up images of knobbly knees competitions, cheery Redcoats and 1950s holidaymakers swapping home for a chalet for a well-earned break.
The company is probably fed up of seeing travel reviews harking back to the above and endless references to Hi-de-Hi! but Butlin's is a British institution, as traditional as fish and chips, red phone boxes and cups of tea - and that's what makes its so brilliant and loved by families of all ages.
It is now more than 80 years since Sir Billy Butlin opened his very first camp back at Skegness in 1936 - and the simple and basic world he created back then is but a distant memory, save for an original chalet which is now a Grade II listed building and takes pride of place on site.
It was to the Lincolnshire coast and Sir Billy's original camp that I headed to with my two sons and also their grandparents for a family half-term break.
Several years since we last visited, I was unsure how my two lads - now 14 and 12 - would get on, seeing as soft play areas, children's character shows and organised sports are now firmly behind them.
I need not have worried. The Butlin's mantra, Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight (stamped into the pathway at Skegness) still applies - and whether you're eight months or 88 years old, there's always something to do.
Settling into our wonderfully comfortable accommodation in The Keys part of the resort, it wasn't long before the lads wanted to get out and explore.
Having been before, we were lucky in that we pretty much knew where everything was - but if you haven't been for several years or have never been, it is easy to find your way around.
Pretty much everything is focused on or situated within or nearby to the Skyline Pavilion, the huge white tent like structure which is the busy, beating heart of camp life.
A beeline was made towards Hotshots, a bowling alley and sports bar, where a few games of pool were quickly racked up before we moved on to the nearby amusement arcades.
But before you start thinking you'll be dipping into your wallet every five minutes, don't worry. Butlin's is one of those places that can be as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be.
There's plenty of free stuff to do - while at the other end of the scale, you can push the boat out if you want to as well.
With a vast catalogue of what's on across the whole five day break, there truly is something for every child - whatever they are into. Football, archery, pottery, children's TV characters such as the Teletubbies, live music and entertainment, swimming and much, much more.
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It was at Green Baize, the snooker hall, where my boys had their very first taste of snooker - although the vast number of fouls suggest a visit to Sheffield's Crucible Theatre may be some way off yet!
There was also table tennis, darts and tennis to have a go at - and all of them free.
Then it was onto the fairground where I was dragged onto a number of white knuckle rides - although I did gain some revenge on the nearby go-kart track!
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Marine Corps seeks more female leaders, at boot camp and beyond
On Monday nights when shaggy-haired young men with restless video-game thumbs hustle off the bus at the recruit depot in San Diego, one of the first Marines they see is a woman.
Sgt. Maj. Jennifer Simmons, standing straight-backed under her "Smokey Bear" hat — the iconic campaign cover of a Marine drill instructor — is a regular at recruit pickup, when the 12-week transformation from civilian to Marine begins.
As senior enlisted leader of Support Battalion, she oversees most training at the depot, from the drill instructor school to recruit martial arts.
Whoever thinks women don't belong in the Corps hasn't dared tell Simmons, a three-time combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"No one treats me special. They treat me like a sergeant major in the Marine Corps, and I demand that respect, whether I'm on the depot or at Camp Pendleton, anywhere," Simmons said.
The Marine Corps wants a few good women like Simmons in charge. Lots more, actually.
Putting women leaders out front in the armed forces' most male-dominated service is good for recruits and good for the Corps, Marine brass said. They hope to increase decorum, expand promotion opportunities for female Marines, combat sexual assault and allow commanders to pick the best candidate for a job regardless of gender.
"It's not only respecting the rank, it's about respecting you as a leader so they will follow you regardless of the situation. So we want to expose them to as many different leadership models and role models that they are going to have in the operating forces," said Brig. Gen. Daniel Yoo, commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and Western Recruiting Region.
The push for gender diversity in the Marine Corps is much bigger than boot camp. Lawmakers and
In January, the defense secretary overturned the Pentagon's 1994 policy barring women from formal assignment to direct ground combat units. By 2016, each of the services must justify which, if any, military jobs they want to remain closed to women, including infantry, reconnaissance and special operations.
From the end last year of the Don't Ask Don't Tell restrictions preventing gays from serving openly — a change the Corps was most resistant to beforehand — to opening more combat units to women, the Corps is redefining itself.
"The culture has changed already," Yoo said. "I grew up in a peacetime Marine Corps. But over the last 12 years of combat, we have learned a lot of lessons."
Almost half of women who served in Afghanistan or Iraq reported they had been sexually harassed and nearly a quarter sexually assaulted, according to an anonymous survey of more than 1,100 last year by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Putting more women in charge should help because research shows sexual assault is about power and an attack of authority, Yoo said. "It's very frustrating for the leadership when you have a fellow Marine in today's battlefield, that deploys with you, and you treat them less than you should with that respect," he said.
In a "white letter" to Marine commanders March 26, the services' top officer, Gen. James Amos, announced the establishment of four diversity task forces and plans to make the officer ranks less male and white. He wants more of the gender and ethnic diversity seen among enlisted Marines and the country as a whole.
Amos on diversity
"It's a long-term endeavor, not an overnight fix," Amos wrote, and diversity must complement the Marine Corps' values, warfighting capabilities and connectedness to the American public. But "we must have an officer corps that reflects the force it will lead and the nation it will serve."
The depots
Basic training is the logical starting point for ensuring new attitudes and opportunities for women in the military take root. But expanding the ranks of female leaders in the Corps, at the recruit depot and beyond, is easier said than done.
About 7 percent of the 195,000 active-duty Marines are women — the smallest proportion of the armed services. The Air Force has the highest at almost 20 percent. The military average is about 15 percent, compared with 51 percent of the U.S. population. In leadership, about 6 percent of Marine officers are female, including 2 out of 87 active-duty generals.
Only male Marines are made in San Diego. Females go to boot camp at Parris Island, S.C., where they are trained by female drill instructors in their own battalion. It's been like that since 1949 and the Corps has no plans to change, according to the commandant.
But the Corps wants all-male recruit platoons on both coasts to encounter more females in authority from the get-go, when they are learning what it means to be a Marine, absorbing the values and ethos that will guide their careers.
"That first phase of boot camp is taking their individual identity away from them," Yoo said. Some may be unaccustomed to taking orders from women.
Whatever their backgrounds, eventually "they understand that it's a military organization and everybody has a place in that organization and it's a team effort. Therefore they are going to be exposed to females in positions of leadership. And the sooner we expose them to that, the better it is for everybody."
Brig. Gen. Loretta Reynolds, commanding general of Parris Island, said "first impressions matter." Enlisted Marines graduating from both boot camps need to "see some women who have been there, done that and are strong leaders."
At Parris Island, where female drill instructors get their start before advancing at both boot camps, about 18 percent of staff are women. In San Diego, 11 percent of the 982 Marines interacting with the all-male cycles of recruits are female, including some combat marksmanship instructors for the phase of boot camp at Camp Pendleton.
That's a larger proportion than the overall Corps, but Amos told U-T San Diego he isn't satisfied.
"We are going to bring some of our female drill instructors from Parris Island out here to San Diego and put them in positions of authority and responsibility. So the men can see it," the commandant said. "These young recruits, they look and they go, maybe someday I can be just like my sergeant instructor."
Combat ban
Opportunities for women in the military have ballooned since 2001, building on 1990s-era changes that opened air combat to them and most naval ship assignments.
At war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Corps and the other services found their contributions indispensable because of manpower shortages. Female service members did not just free a man to fight abroad like pioneering women troops of earlier generations. They fought right beside him. Some 300,000 women deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, where more than 150 were killed.
The Corps has been on the vanguard in acknowledging the reality on the ground and the utility of women in combat. It attached women Marines to all-male infantry units in Iraq as Lionesses, to frisk local women in a nod to conservative Muslim sensibilities, then expanded the concept in Afghanistan as Female Engagement Teams.
Yet the Corps is the only service with gender-segregated basic training. It has also been most restrictive in job assignments, keeping women out of 32 percent of billets. For example, while all Army intelligence jobs are open to women officers, the Corps until now put ground intelligence off-limits.
The next commandant must decide whether to ask for an exception keeping women out of infantry units, if the service concludes integration would be detrimental to its performance in combat.
"I don't know what my successor's recommendation will be, but the end state is not a foregone conclusion, as some have suggested," Amos said in a letter to Marine generals. Combat readiness remains the focus, but "the talent pool from which we select our finest warfighters will consist of all qualified individuals, regardless of gender."
Many male Marines remain strongly opposed to allowing women into the infantry — the heart of the Corps. In an anonymous survey of Marines last summer, males were most concerned about false accusations of sexual harassment or assault, followed by possible fraternization and preferential treatment, The Associated Press reported.
About 17 percent of male respondents said they would quit the Corps if women were moved into combat jobs. More than a third of female respondents said they would volunteer for a ground combat assignment.
Few women would likely join the infantry, judging from other countries that opened all military jobs to women, including Canada, which did so in 2000, and New Zealand, in 2001.
"It's not a glamorous lifestyle. That's why a lot of young men don't want to be grunts either," Yoo said.
Meanwhile, the Corps has been researching the physical capabilities of women, surveying personnel on attitudes toward employing them in combat and phasing in more gender-neutral performance standards.
The Corps accepted the first two women into its infantry officer course last year. Both failed to pass the grueling 10-week field training regimen at Quantico, Va. One in four men typically wash out, too. Two more women tried last month. They didn't make it through the first day's endurance test.
Starting next year, women Marines will have to perform at least three pull-ups, just like men.
They already have to carry heavy packs, so the Corps should help women Marines build upper-body strength, said Maj. Gen. Angela Salinas, director of the Corps' Manpower Management Division. Salinas became the first female commanding general of a Marine boot camp when she took over the San Diego depot in 2006.
"I was over there in Afghanistan last year, watching these young women have to carry all this gear," she said. "This is really about getting the mindset and then providing the training to provide a particular skill."
Upper-body strength is a wild card for plans to increase the number of women Marines and open more jobs to them.
About 3,000 enlisted females are trained annually at Parris Island, in the 4th Battalion commanded by Lt. Col. Gabrielle Chapin Hermes, former Camp Pendleton-based public affairs director.
Their regimen was pumped up recently with upper-body exercises to help evaluate how much progress toward pull-ups is possible in 70 training days.
"Most gals who come can't do any," Reynolds said. "Some people say well, maybe we need to shift our market to young gals who can already do pull-ups. I'm not sure there's a market out there we can shift to. These are pretty demanding physical requirements."
Reynolds is the first female to lead the iconic Marine boot camp. She served in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004 and was the first woman to command a Marine combat base, when she took over Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan in 2010 for the Camp Pendleton force.
Pull-ups have been a struggle for the lean, 6-foot
Not up for consideration is ending gender-segregated basic training, for enlisted or officers. The Corps' view is that it is cheaper to have all women at one boot camp, more practical because of privacy, and simply better — females get more confidence and a better foundation, and both sexes have fewer distractions.
Marine generals, male and female, also allude to the widening sexual assault scandal at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and imply their way is safer. In March, a male Air Force instructor was imprisoned for raping a female trainee there, the second jailed since July.
Reynolds adds that gender segregation shows who can hack it. Initial officer training remains gender-segregated, but follow-on training at The Basic School was too, when she attended in 1986.
"If you couldn't carry your pack in a female-only platoon, you just fell out. Nobody is going to pick up your pack for you," Reynolds recalled. That's how it is for women at Parris Island, too. "You either make it, or you don't. And that works in an entry-level training capacity like this."
Women needed
The first step to moving women up the ranks is getting more into uniform. At the same time, the Corps has been trimming 20,000 Marines from its end-strength — another uncertainty in the quest for more gender diversity.
At Parris Island, "I think we could bring in more," Reynolds said, "now that we've opened up additional (jobs) and additional units. But I think it takes a special young lady who wants to be a Marine, just as it takes a special young man."
Explanations for why few women join the Corps vary. The Navy provides medical personnel and chaplains for the Corps, drawing many women. Some are intimidated by the macho culture or feel restricted in career options because of the dominance of the all-male infantry.
Salinas said part of it is that entry standards are so tough. "It's pretty stinkin' hard to earn the title of Marine, whether you're female or male. Only one out of every 10 18-to-24-year-old is eligible or can even make it," she said.
The Corps has the longest basic training in the military, and everyone must pass the mental and physical 54-hour trial called The Crucible.
But a recruiting scramble has encouraged other services to target the larger untapped pool of females who qualify — fit high school graduates with no criminal record, conspicuous tattoos, bad credit or history of drug use. Too many parking tickets is even a disqualifier.
Down the line, another challenge at recruit depots has been a shortage of drill instructors of either gender, because of needs in Afghanistan. Yoo said he hopes more women will step up for the demanding 24-7 billet, but the Corps may need more female "non-volunteers." At the same time, it must avoid pulling women from their primary jobs too long. That would stymie career advancement and choke the flow of women into upper ranks.
In February 2012, the Defense Department unveiled its congressionally mandated plan for removing gender-based restrictions. The Corps planned to open 371 midlevel billets to women in units previously closed to them, including artillery battalions. Almost a year later, 65 female Marines or sailors had been assigned to those positions, according to the Marine Corps.
"Everybody wants more females," Salinas said, not just the recruit depots. "We have multiple challenges. We are downsizing. You're still trying to fit all these requirements."
Putting more women Marines in charge, at the boot camps and all commands, will strengthen the Marine Corps, Yoo said. But it will not, in his view, change its fundamental character.
"We are not going to lower our standards, never," Yoo said. "Old Corps, New Corps … it's the same Corps."
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Active duty general or flag officers
Marine Corps
Female: 2
Male: 85
Total: 87
Female share: 2.3%
Female: 21
Male: 203
Total: 224
Female share: 9.4%
Female: 22
Male: 298
Total: 320
Female share: 6.9%
Air Force
Female: 25
Male: 258
Total: 283
Female share: 8.8%
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A Game of Thrones (Appears)
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A Storm of Swords (Appears)
A Dance with Dragons (Mentioned)
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Lady Maege Mormont is the head of House Mormont and ruler of Bear Island. She inherited her title from her nephew, Ser Jorah Mormont, after he fled into exile. She is the sister of the Night's Watch Lord Commander Jeor Mormont.
Character and Appearance
Maege is a stout, grey-haired woman and a fierce warrior. She dresses in mail[2] and her favoured weapon is a spiked mace. She is dedicated to the old gods, and loyal to House Stark and according to her brother, she is stubborn, short-tempered and willful.[3]
Maege inherited the title of head of House Mormont and ruler of Bear Island after her brother's only heir, Jorah Mormont, fled to the Free Cities to escape justice for selling criminals into slavery to pay for his debts. She worked hard to regain the family's noble name and to help the estate recover from the state of near-poverty Jorah left behind.[4]
Maege had five daughters: her eldest and heir, Dacey, Alysane, Lyra, Jorelle, Lyanna. She had no sons.
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Lady Maege and her heir Dacey lead their forces to Winterfell when Robb Stark calls his banners to ride south against the Lannisters.[2] When the northern host splits at the Twins, Lady Maege continues south in Robb Stark's host. Her forces signal the springing of the trap at the Battle of the Whispering Wood.[5]
A Clash of Kings
After the Battle of Oxcross, Lady Mormont captures thousands of cattle in the Westerlands and drives them towards the RiverlandsIt is not stated whether or not she managed to succeed in this task, as the passage back to the Riverlands was still held by the Lannisters.[6]
A Storm of Swords
Lady Maege is among the northern lords who accompanies Robb Stark north from Riverrun to attend the wedding of Edmure Tully. Her heir Dacey is one of those killed during the Red Wedding,[7] but Maege survives because Robb had sent her and Galbart Glover to Seagard. There they where to take separate ships from Lord Jason Mallister to sail up the Neck and to search for Greywater Watch as envoys to the crannogmen. She also holds Robb's declaration that names his successor.[8]
A Dance with Dragons
Lady Maege is mentioned by her oldest surviving daughter, Alysane, when asked about her siblings by Asha Greyjoy.[9] She is with two of her other daughters, Lyra and Jory, though it is not said where, while her youngest, Lyanna is back on Bear Island.[10]
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References and Notes
- ↑ Her eldest daughter was born before 276
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 70, Jon IX.
- ↑ RPG Book, Guardians of Order, 2005
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn X.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 51, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 42, The King's Prize.
- ↑ It is Lyanna who answers Stannis's message when he demands allegiance from House Mormont.A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 3
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 It is currently unknown whether Alysane's children are trueborn, or bastardborn.


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Despite the iPad's long lead in the enterprise market, Apple's tablet PC performer will not last long according to an increasingly bullish Dell.
Speaking to CIO Australia in Sydney, Dell's global head of marketing for large enterprises and public organisations, Andy Lark, said while the first iPad had achieved one million sales just 28 days after the device first became available in the US and precipitated the explosion in tablet PCs, it would ultimately fail in the enterprise.
"I couldn't be happier that Apple has created a market and built up enthusiasm but longer term, open, capable and affordable will win, not closed, high price and proprietary," Lark said. "[Apple has] done a really nice job, they've got a great product, but the challenge they've got is that already Android is outpacing them.
"Apple is great if you've got a lot of money and live on an island. It's not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex."
While Apple had entered the businesses as a consumer device, Lark claimed Dell had taken an enterprise approach toward tablet PCs, which would ultimately give the company, which has a major stake in Microsoft Windows and the desktop PC market, an edge.
"We've taken a very considered approach to tablets, given that the vast majority of our business isn't in the consumer space," he said. "[A company] like Samsung has to aggressively go after their business, but we've got a far more diversified footprint than some of these players."
The cost of Apple products was another deterrent to iPad deployments, with Lark claiming that a the economics on a fully kitted iPad did not add up.
"An iPad with a keyboard, a mouse and a case [means] you'll be at $1500 or $1600; that's double of what you're paying," he claimed. "That's not feasible."
Despite the company's history with Microsoft, it had embraced both Windows Phone 7 and Android operating systems offerings as the market was increasingly moving away from Apple's iOS4 offering.
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One of their best colors is Purple Reign. It's a mauve-y smoky purple with coppery-gold shimmer. Indoors it looks like your typical purple mauve office shade, but in the sunlight you can really see the shimmer. This kind of makes me think of cooking Thanksgiving dinner as a "mom". You know..the kind of mom's that don't wear blue nail polish and cook in a dress and heels. Haha! Weird huh??
Thinking of turkeys...
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Yes - that's a great color. I really need to cut-back on my internet purchases. Considering my recent Lynnderella purchase, I need to be on a no buy for a good 3-4 months!ReplyDelete
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I am an American man, and I have decided to boycott American women. In a nutshell, American women are the most likely to cheat on you, to divorce you, to get fat, to steal half of your money in the divorce courts, don't know how to cook or clean, don't want to have children, etc. Therefore, what intelligent man would want to get involved with American women?
American women are generally immature, selfish, extremely arrogant and self-centered, mentally unstable, irresponsible, and highly unchaste. The behavior of most American women is utterly disgusting, to say the least.
This blog is my attempt to explain why I feel American women are inferior to foreign women (non-American women), and why American men should boycott American women, and date/marry only foreign (non-American) women.
Tens of millions of American men have had their lives completely destroyed by American women through the following crimes:
1. False rape accusations (it has been proven that up to 80 percent of rape accusations are FALSE)
2. False DV charges (same as above)
3. Financial RAPE of men in divorce courts
4. Emotional destruction of men by ex-wives who have stolen their children from them and forbidden contact
5. Divorced dads who commit suicide as a result
Not one single American woman has EVER condemned their fellow American women for committing these crimes against men. Silence means consent. Therefore, American women support and enjoy destroying men's lives and causing men to commit suicide. Therefore, is it any surprise that a huge percent of American men no longer want anything to do with American women, other than using them for easy sex and then throwing them away?
Over 50 percent of American women are single, without a boyfriend or husband; so the fact is most American men no longer want to marry American women. Let these worthless American women grow old living alone with their 10 cats.
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Now I have a complaint. This isn't a big complaint but it isn't a small complaint either. This is also not just a complaint for my sake but I have been seeing this more and more.
Now, I am noticing that there is a huge increase in viewable traffic to the submission pages. This is a great thing. More views hopefully means more people putting up content. However I have a problem with this.
On a number of these submissions where the views are going beyond 50, even up to a 100+. It seems everyone is reading them and viewing them. But not one person is commenting on them. Not one person is voting on them. I can understand that there is a huge increase in submissions being brought over from v1.0 of Strolens and the forums. There is a lot of content that will take a while to transfer it all over.
But the posts that are up with more than 30 views with no comment should not be. Like the Metallica song, The Thing that Should Not Be. This is one of them. If you view a submission and actually read it. I understand that we don't always get to read them or have an interest to read them once we click on them. But if you actually read it, say something about it. The following is just a basic start to a comment. Each sub requires different handling and different remarks so the few points below are simply that, just points to look at but expand on.
- How about, Thank you for your work that you put up here for everyone to see.
- How about, Hey this was a great idea I may be able to use it in one of my games, or maybe I can't use it but it is still a good idea.
- How about, I didn't really care for this sub, however maybe clarify this point or that point to make it more understandable for future readers.
- How about, anything other than writing nothing at all.
- Constructive criticism instead of destructive criticism.
It makes people who really put ideas up question whether or not they should continue to put things up or not. I for one have slowed my posting down a bit to see what happens. Because of this. Not only have a few of my submissions fallen to this viewable curse, I have seen a few others as well which I am the only comment, or Moonhunter has the only comment about it. I see one of my ideas or another idea go for 50 or more views without a single vote or comment I question it.
I try to make it a point to view at least 3 uncommented submissions and 3 unvoted submissions on a daily basis. I have not hit that everyday, but when I do post I go to those two sections first. Get those clouded in dust and history up to see the light again.
Please respect all of the people here who have put forth time and effort into submitting things for everyone to see and enjoy. I for one have seen a lot of uncommented or unvoted ideas that have been that way for weeks if not months (not months since the new site but since they were originally posted) that were great ideas and needed a little work but were forgotten about because out of 30 - 75 views not one person said, Hey this is cool, but could you explain this a little bit more?
No comment like that and new submitters will go elsewhere as they may feel that their submissions are not getting the respect that they deserve. I for one would tell you, if my first post would not have had anyone comment on it to tell me hey this needs a little work and went ignored, I would have left. Now look, I am trying my best to dethrone Moonhunter with full content. (which won't happen unless he looses access to every computer for a year)
Point being, respect the posters who put up the content. If you read a submission take the 1 minute it would take to place a comment and say, thanks or needs work. If it needs work tell them what it is lacking otherwise it won't get fixed.
So click on the unvoted and raise them from the darkness.
So click on the uncommented and bring them to the light and shed the unwanted feeling from their shrouds.
Post and comment, that's all I can say.
And this is for the new people submitting new stuff. It falls under the submission respect thought but more for the respect for others who read your submissions and for the others who put work up for all to see.
When you put a submission up, and Moonhunter has plenty of articles to back this, please do your best to make it a complete submission. Incomplete submissions take up time to read and have us complain about what it should have been.
Make sure everything is thought out first. Detail it before you put it to paper. Come at it from more than one angle. Think of back story, back story and history is a perfect way to flesh out an idea and for the rest of the Strolenites here to appreciate it more. We are a fickle group but we support anyone willing to work at being fickle just like us.
So please, respect the reader, and the writer both. Comment when you read it, and make the submission as complete as possible. If it is less than three paragraphs it is probably to short. At least to me it is.
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I am adding this here as an after thought. I began to look at some of my submissions that were commented or voted on and some others that I commented or voted on. Some of this I saw, some I did and some I didn't do.
One thing that goes along with the respecting others and their work, submissions, and comments. If you create a submission and someone votes on it, comments on it,then it should be a natural given that you thank them. A simple reply to their comment, "Hey thanks for your comments, vote, or interest." It goes a long way I think for continued support of your work.
Also if someone gives a comment that recommends a change and you say, "I will work on changing, fixing, detailing more of that, or whatever.", than please do so. I have done this myself and dropped the ball only to come back months later to fix something I said I would. If you say you will fix it, be courteous enough to do so.
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This was originally written right after Strolen's came from the forums to what you see here today so some of the problems we have now did not happen then. I understand and realize that me referring to the golden days of Strolen Forums may be confusing to some, especially those were were not here to witness it. Strolen's Citadel was originally, at least when I stumbled across it, a forum group. Post upon post, and endless thread upon thread was filled with what you now see today. In some manner it was more time consuming to read, however every post concerning a certain game world was all in one thread. It was streamlined and it worked. We were a community back then all striving to help each other and push the site and it's content as far as it could go. Most of the issues we had were simply submissions not getting read or even commented on. In the olden days we had a gentler tone, one that I would like see returned to the site. It was definitely a happier place then. No one voting down a submission because they didn't like the author or keeping it form a higher vote so it wouldn't receive it's proper due. We didn't even have a voting system back then, it was give comments until the sub could become its maximum potential. Now there is a bigger issue. Submissions that are being derailed and slandered by the remarks and poor taste of those commenting.
Submission Respect goes a long way into thanking someone for their hard work. For allowing us to see a small glimpse into the heart and soul of the creator. To look at their creativity and willingly allow us to take it apart and scrutinize it to our hearts content. That is the fear of everyone, especially those first time authors who delicately place a sub up for review thinking they have just written the next Golden sub only to have it ignored or torn apart like a carcass being attacked by vultures. Respect goes a long way. Remember, and I think some people forget this, English is not every ones first language here at this site. Sometimes it isn't even their second language. To ridicule someone for their horrible grammar in public is similar to taking your child outside and screaming at them in front of the neighborhood kids about wetting their bed when they are four years old. It happens, its an accident, they are still learning.
When reading a submission remember, yes it is supposed to be a complete sub polished and finished to the most minute detail. Spelling and grammar should be in great order. However, as stated that English is not a first language for everyone here, most of the authors are not English majors or teacher either. Allow people to make mistakes, they learn from them after all. Do not slander them and boldly put, "This is horrible your spelling and grammar or atrocious. This word is wrong, the meaning of this word is really this... you said you fixed said issue but I still see more. If this was fixed and it still this bad I would hate to read it before the edit." Instead of all of that, why not vote on it comment saying hey saw a few issues and sent you a PM about them. Because something you saw wrong that person may not see it. They may have intentionally erred on the side of grammar for the flow of the sub. Who knows, ask before you derail the sub next time.
Back in the original Strolen's, it was not about grammar and spelling, it was about the idea of something and whether or not it was a good one that could be used in your own game or not. That's what Strolen's was originally. A collaborative forum site where people came put their ideas up and willing allowed the other Strolenites to help fix what was wrong, not fear of being ridiculed for a spell checker not finding a word that was spelled correctly just the wrong one intended. Not once did the old school Citadel have issues with people slamming others on these issues. It was politely said or done in a PM and was fixed.
It is not about a 5/5 vote or a HoH, it is a collaboration of like minded artists creating their own worlds for others to see and help create and live through. So remember where this site originated from and help it go back to its roots. Respect your fellow authors and respect the original meaning of what it means to be a True Strolentie.
And last but not least, this was originally a forum based on information revolving around material for RPG's, last I checked it still was.


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Coca-Cola Femsa (KOF), the Mexican Coke distributor owned by Coca-Cola (KO) and Femsa (FMX), announced today that it was purchasingBrazilian bottler Companhia Fluminense de Refrigerantes.
Reuters has the details:
Mexico's Coca-Cola FEMSA, the world's largest Coke bottler, said on Friday it reached an agreement to purchase 100 percent of Brazilian peer Companhia Fluminense for $448 million in cash...
...Coke Femsa said Companhia Fluminense, which produces and distributes Coca-Cola drinks in 141 cities in the states of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, had estimated pro forma consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the year ending March of $40 million.
UBS analysts Gustavo Piras Oliveira, Alfonso Martinez and Thais Pinho consider the implications of the deal.
Following a relatively calm period of transactions in the space, we have seen high activity since the end of 2012. Three private players in the Northeast (Renosa, Guararapes and Norsa) merged operations at the beginning of the year, while Andina bought a minority stake in a private bottler. We could start to see more accelerated consolidation in the Brazilian Coke bottling system, and KOF is strongly positioned to benefit from this trend, in our view.
Coca-Cola Femsa has gained/dropped 0.6% to $141.11 at 10:14am today, while Coca-Cola has gained 2% to $40.90 and Femsa has gained/dropped 0.3% to $102.92. The iShares MSCI Mexico Capped Investable Market ETF (EWW) has gained 0.7% to $65.70.


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Congratulations on being a member of an intercollegiate athletics team at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. This student-athlete handbook has been developed for you to provide pertinent information about the intercollegiate athletics program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. It is our hope that this information will answer many questions that you may have as a UWEC student-athlete and help ensure that you have a positive student-athlete experience. It is the responsibility of each student-athlete to read and understand all the information contained in this handbook. The Athletic Director should be contacted if assistance in interpreting this information is necessary.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire intercollegiate athletics program provides services in concert with the mission of the university and the underlying mission of Student Services. These are best characterized by the goal of accessibility.
The athletics program mission is to be accessible to students of all skills, abilities and interests, and to provide an extra-curricular environment which will enrich learning and personal growth. In providing this learning environment, the program places emphasis on the academic success of student-athletes, the fair and equitable treatment of women and men, the principles of fair play and amateur athletics competition and the health and welfare of student-athletes.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire fields intercollegiate teams in football, women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, women's volleyball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's basketball, women's gymnastics, wrestling, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's swimming and diving, women's softball and men's and women's indoor and outdoor track. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire athletics teams participate as a member of the NCAA Division III, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC), the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) and the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA)
The Blugold athletics teams utilize a number of on-campus and other public and private venues for practice and competition. The McPhee Phy Ed Center serves as the headquarters for the athletics program. Zorn Arena is also used on campus as are the Bollinger Fields. Carson Park and the Hobbs Ice Center are two city-owned venues that also serve our teams as well the Eau Claire Country Club, Mill Run Golf Course, Wild Ridge Golf Course and Whitetail Golf Course.
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- Maintain eligibility
- Academic-with regard to GPA, class load, and credits earned (per WIAC Bylaw Article 13).
- Medical-annual physical or medical screening, current medical history, and proof of insurance per NCAA requirements.
- Follow policies and procedures concerning conflicts between classes and practices and contests.
- Assume responsibility for assigned equipment. Lost items will be billed to the athlete.
- Participate in coach and program evaluations.
- Follow Athletics Department and specific team rules and policies.
- Attend all informational meetings and eligibility meetings with the Athletics Director or designee.<
- Follow guidelines on conditioning and injury care as recommended by the athletics training staff.
- Medical: Before a
student-athlete can participate in any practice or competition they
must submit the following items to the athletics trainer:
- An annual pre-participation sports physical completed by a licensed physician (for freshmen and new transfers) or a medical screening completed by the training staff and cooperating physicians (sophomore year and beyond).
- A completed medical history form
- Current health insurance information indicating liability minimum of $90,000
- General: To be
eligible for participation in intercollegiate athletics practices
and competition, a student-athlete must meet the requirements
listed in each of the following areas.
- Full-time Enrollment: Must be registered for a minimum of 12 credit hours (withdrawing to below 12 credits will result in immediate ineligibility). You must see your coach or the athletics director before withdrawing from any class during the semester.
- Good-Academic Standing: Must maintain good academic standing at UWEC which means a 2.00 resident cumulative GPA once the student-athlete has competed one season, attended two fulltime terms or accumulated 24 credits. Student-athletes may compete if placed on academic warning or probation but are leading themselves toward academic suspension which will curtail their athletics participation.
- Satisfactory Progress: Must maintain satisfactory progress towards their degree. Satisfactory progress is maintained by being allowed to register and enroll for 12 credits in each succeeding semester.
- Four Seasons/10 Semester Rule: A student-athlete is allowed four seasons of participation in an intercollegiate sport. A student-athlete is charged with a season of competition if he/she appears for even one second in a contest or practices with a team after its first scheduled competition of the season. Student-athletes must complete their four seasons of eligibility during the first 10 semesters in which they are enrolled on a full-time basis.
- NCAA Student-Athlete Statement & Drug-Testing Consent Form: Each student-athlete must read and sign the NCAA Student-Athlete Statement and Drug-Testing Consent forms which will be administered by the athletics director.
There may be a situation or circumstance for which a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire student-athlete would consider transferring to another institution. In such an instance, the student-athlete should discuss a transfer with his/her head coach before contacting or being contacted by another institution. NCAA rules require that another institution must request permission from UW-Eau Claire before being able to contact a current UW-Eau Claire student-athlete unless the UW-Eau Claire student-athlete completes and sends a self-release form which is available from www.NCAA.org.
NCAA rules in some circumstances require a one year residency at the new institution before an athlete is eligible to participate in athletics. In transfers from one Division III school to another Division III school, the residency requirement may be waived if the student-athlete would have been eligible to participate at the institution from which he/she was transferring. WIAC rules also require a one-year residency if the student-athlete has used two seasons of eligibility at the same WIAC institution.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire believes that our student-athletes are students first and that academic commitments will in most cases have priority over athletic activities. Student-athletes are expected to attend classes and adhere to the attendance policy outlined by their professors.
Practices: Classesalways have priority over any practice session. In cases when a practice is scheduled at the same time that a class is scheduled, the student-athlete must attend class.
Contests: When a student-athlete is required to miss a class to attend an athletics contest, he/she should not be penalized for this absence. However, it is the responsibility of the student-athlete to notify each instructor in advance of the absence, to make necessary arrangements for missed assignments, quizzes and exams and to seek ways to compensate for the missed class content. There will be some instances (e.g. guest lectures, field trips, etc.) where it will be imperative that the student-athlete attend the class rather than attend the athletics contest. Returning home late after an away contest is not an acceptable excuse for missing a class the following morning.
Academic Monitoring: One of the most important goals of the athletics staff at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is to see every student-athlete graduate. In order to assist in the transition from high school to college, the athletics staff, in partnership with the faculty, will be monitoring the academic status of each student-athlete regularly during the year. Both formal (mid-semester progress reports) and informal (e-mail, phone calls) means will be used. All information gathered by the Athletics Department regarding a student-athlete's academic progress will be kept strictly confidential.
Times: The coaching staff will make every effort to schedule practices at times that will allow the most team members to attend and this may result in different practice times on different days of the week. When necessary practices may be scheduled early mornings or late evenings. By NCAA rule, athletes cannot skip class to attend a practice if there is a time conflict. Athletes must attend class in such a situation. When classes are in session, teams may not practice more than 6 days in a one-week cycle. The off-day may be at the beginning, the end, or any time during the week in question.
Pre-Season/Early Returns: In order to provide the proper time to condition and prepare for contests, it is often necessary for our student-athletes to return to campus prior to the return times for the general student population. In such cases, the coaches will work with the housing office and food service relative to dorm and meal accommodations.
The university's athletics teams typically travel to and from intercollegiate contests in charter buses or the school's fleet vehicles. Only 25-year-old, college-approved drivers will be allowed to drive a school van. All drivers are responsible for any traffic infractions they may commit. Should a situation arise that requires a student-athlete to drive their own vehicle, the student-athlete's parent(s) must advise the Athletics Director that they are aware of the situation and approve of the student-athlete driving on their own.
Dress Code: All University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire athletes and members of the travel party are expected to dress in a manner that represents the university in a positive way. Coaches may have specific dress requirements for their team members.
Meals: The university provides a meal allowance for all members of the team when the trip distance results in a missed meal. The coach is responsible for securing receipts for all meal expenses and for staying within budget limitations. When possible, coaches will arrange to have meals provided from the food service.
Conduct: All members of the travel party are expected to conduct themselves in an appropriate manner during travel and at the site of the contest. The supervising athletics staff member is responsible for enforcing appropriate conduct.
Alcohol/Tobacco/Drugs: No alcohol, tobacco (including chew), or illegal drugs are permitted by student-athletes, coaches, or any other member of the travel party throughout the duration of any athletic trip per NCAA and WIAC policy.
Safety: Coaches and other approved drivers must follow safe driving practices at all times while transporting student-athletes. When more than one vehicle is required, the vehicles should remain in sight of each other throughout the trip.
When overnight lodging is involved, student-athletes are not permitted to leave the hotel unless they are with a member of the coaching staff or have received permission from the coaching staff to do so.
All student-athletes are required to travel with the team to and from all athletics contests. Permission may be granted by the head coach to allow a student-athlete to travel to or from a contest with a family member. If a student-athlete will be driving his or her own car to or from an athletics contest, the student-athlete must obtain and sign the proper waiver form and a parent must contact the athletics director (by phone or e-mail) indicating knowledge of and consent for the student-athlete to drive his or her own vehicle. Parental consent is also necessary if a student-athlete will be a passenger in a vehicle other than a family member. This waiver form may be obtained from the athletics office.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has a full time certified athletic trainer on staff. A certified athletic trainer is a well-trained professional who specializes in athletic health care. Specifically the certified athletic trainer is responsible for prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has a training room fully equipped with the necessary modalities and equipment used for the treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. These modalities include a whirlpool, hydrocollator, and muscle stimulator/ultrasound units.
The athletic trainer maintains a current medical file on all student-athletes. Student-athletes are not allowed to participate in any sports until this file includes an annual pre-participation medical exam from a licensed physician, a complete medical history, and medical insurance coverage information.
Preventative Treatments:
If a student-athlete requires taping or other treatment before practices or contests,
he/she should report to the athletic trainer's office early enough to allow for this treatment prior to the start of practice. Some treatments may require a special appointment with the trainer.
Intercollegiate Athletics Injury:
In the event that an athlete should be injured, the following steps should be followed:
- The athlete must notify both the coach and the athletic trainer when an injury occurs. If the injury occurs away from campus the athlete should report it to the athletic trainer as soon as possible.
- After the athletic trainer assesses the injury, the athlete will be released for participation, prescribed a treatment/rehab program, or referred for further medical care.
- An athlete cannot return to practice or competition until they have been released by the athletic trainer or if appropriate, the attending physician.
- If further medical care is required, the athletic trainer will make all referrals. The UWEC athletics program does not have health insurance coverage for its student-athletes. The student-athletes must have their own or be covered through their parent(s)'s policy.
- A claim for coverage of medical treatment must be submitted to the athletic trainer and they will facilitate submitting the claim (see insurance section below).
- Athletes must follow the athletic trainer's directions for athletic injuries including any prescribed treatment/rehab program.
All student-athletes must have medical insurance coverage. A student health insurance plan with the athletics rider is available through UWEC and provides coverage for athletics injuries. It is important that the athletics rider is purchased to supplement the basic policy.
If a student-athlete has no primary coverage, he/she will be required to sign up for the student policy. You must have some type of medical insurance with a minimum coverage of $90,000 before you will be allowed to practice with a team.
Claims: The following steps should be taken to insure claims are processed expediently:
- After being referred by the athletic trainer, the student-athlete should seek medical treatment as soon as possible in accordance with procedures defined by their primary insurance coverage.
- The student-athlete should submit the cost of this treatment to their insurance provider.
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, also known as SAAC, is comprised of two members from each of the 20 intercollegiate varsity teams plus the athletic training students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The committee members discuss the concerns and ideas that the student-athletes have about the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire athletics program and work to make improvements. The group also coordinates a variety of community service projects in which all teams participate.
Multi-Sport Athletes: The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire encourages multi-sport participation by student-athletes who have the skills and desire to play more than one intercollegiate sport. Multi-sport athletes are required to follow these guidelines:
- An athlete participating during the regular season of a sport will not be required to participate in pre-season activities of the next sport if their time frame should overlap. Athletes wishing to participate in these pre-season activities may do so only after receiving permission from their current season coach.
- Traditional seasons of a sport always take priority over any non-traditional season of another sport.
Equipment: Student-athletes have access to a variety of training and athletics equipment and are asked to see a member of the athletics staff about equipment check-out procedures. Student-athletes are responsible for any equipment that they check out.
Sportsman-like Conduct: The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire expects sportsman-like conduct of all our student-athletes at all practices and athletic contests. Unsportsman-like behavior will not be tolerated in any form and will result in disciplinary action.
The State of Wisconsin requires that persons be 21 years of age or older to purchase, possess or consume alcoholic beverages. The athletics program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has a responsibility to promote the health and well-being of our student-athletes. In view of the fact that alcohol consumption has been proven to be detrimental to general health, academic and athletic performance, we encourage student-athletes to exercise self-discipline and self-awareness in their alcohol consumption. We strongly recommend that student-athletes of legal age (21 in Wisconsin) refrain from alcohol consumption during their season. Underage drinking is against the law. All student-athletes are subject to State of Wisconsin legal sanctions as well as standards of conduct and University sanctions concerning illicit drugs and alcohol as outlined in the UWEC Student Services and Standards Handbook. Coaches in consultation with athletics administration may have more restrictive team policies ranging from community service to dismissal from the team.
The athletics program prohibits the use of any tobacco product by student-athletes during any team function (practice, game, trips), and by all student-athletes in the McPhee Phy Ed Center and at the athletic fields. The use of chewing tobacco is a violation of NCAA and WIAC policy and will result in disciplinary action up to and including removal from the team.
Possession or use of any illegal drug by any student-athletes is strictly prohibited.
For further information about the university's Alcohol and Drug policy, please refer to the Student Handbook.
Students involved with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire athletics program are strictly prohibited from engaging in any type of hazing activity. Wisconsin Statute 948.51 (1) on hazing or "forced activity" means any activity which is a condition of initiation or admission into or affiliation with an organization, regardless of a student's willingness to participate in the activity. Hazing also includes any action taken or situation created intentionally, whether on or off-campus, that produces mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule. This includes any action that endangers the health or well-being of an individual, is personally degrading, has an adverse effect on the academic performance of the student, or which violates any federal, state or local statute or University policy. Individual or group consent to hazing activity in no way validates the activity or excludes those perpetuating it from being charged with a crime.
Individual student-athletes who violate this policy are subject
to disciplinary action which could include community service up to
and including dismissal from the team. The Wisconsin Statute on
Hazing, 948.51, is available at: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/stats.html,
the University Library and the Student Development and Diversity
Examples of activities or situations that could meet the definition of hazing include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Keeping the date of initiation/induction a secret; requiring signatures for initiation
- "Kidnapping" any member, leaving members stranded in a remote location to find their way home, or scavenger/treasure hunts
- Any form of forced physical activity and/or exercise, whether extreme or not (i.e. push-ups, sit-ups, or other calisthenics, runs, walks, etc.)
- Physical harassment such as paddling, hitting, beating, slapping, pushing, or striking
- Marking or branding
- Personal servitude of any kind (i.e. phone duty, cleaning, yard work, doing errands, etc.)
- Forcing or encouraging ingesting of any type of liquid or solid matter, edible or non-edible (i.e. alcohol, chewing tobacco, goldfish, raw onions, spoiled food, dirt, etc.)
- Requiring the carrying of any item around campus such as paddles, rocks, books, shields, etc.
- Requiring the wearing of unusual, embarrassing or uncomfortable clothing
- Sleep deprivation or requiring/encouraging anyone to sleep anywhere other than their own residence or bed
- Preventing personal hygiene, communication with certain groups, and/or restricting places that new members can go on campus or in the community
- Verbal abuse such as yelling or screaming or labeling with silly or embarrassing nicknames
- Any activity that interferes with a student's academic pursuits (class attendance, studying, etc.)
- Requiring or suggesting that members vandalize, destroy or steal property or commit crimes
- Requiring anything of one group of members that is not required of another
In addition to the rules and policies outlined in this handbook, each team may have specific rules that pertain to its members. These rules may include required dress codes, stricter alcohol policies, mandatory team study sessions, and curfews.
"The UWEC Athletics Program is committed to the core values of Diversity and Inclusivity where a culture of respect is the norm. This culture is expected in the actions of everyone (staff and student-athletes) involved with the program ensuring that respect and equitable participation is fostered for our student-athletes."
While every effort is made to provide accurate and current information, the university reserves the right to change, without notice, statements in this Student-Athlete Handbook, the Student Handbook, University Catalogue and other publications concerning rules, policies, fees and other matters. In cases where a discrepancy in information exists between various university publications, the information contained in the Student Handbook or College Catalogue will prevail.
Last Updated: June 18, 2012


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I wrote a piece on Guardian about the sectarian attack in Kabul last week. It was slightly edited for word limit. Below is full version.
The sectarian attack in Kabul on Tuesday was first of its kind in Afghanistan. Though the Taliban quickly disowned the attack, it doesn't mean involvement by elements from different Taliban groups can be ruled out. Previously they have committed sectarian-oriented war crimes, such as the Mazar and Yakawlang massacres during their rule in Afghanistan.
In his notorious speech in Mazar in October 1998, Taliban leader Mullah Manan Niazi warned the Hazaras, who make up majority of Shias in Afghanistan, to either convert to Hanafi Sunnism or face the consequences. Following that infamous sermon, thousands of Hazara Shias were killed in a few days in Mazar. However, in the current war and insurgency during the last 10 years, militants have avoided sectarian attacks.
Whether such incidents can provoke sustained sectarian violence depends on who exactly is behind the attack. However, it will not cause larger Sunni-Shia violent conflict in Afghanistan for the time being. Even if such attacks increase, it will not be tit-for-tat violence since we don't have trained militant groups from both Sunni and Shia sides – unlike Pakistan where sectarian violence has decades of history.
While militants from Pakistan with a sectarian background are in the rank and file of Taliban insurgents in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, there is no single militant Shia group in Afghanistan known to be involved in any previous act of violence.
Traces of Tuesday's carnage in Kabul also apparently point to sectarian militants in Pakistan. An al-Qaida affiliated, Pakistan-based militant outfit called Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-alami (LeJ-Al-Alami) has claimed responsibility and previously it has been mentioned in media reports in connection with sectarian attacks in Pakistan.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Alami is a splinter of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), which is the militant wing of Sipah Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) that has 17 international branches outside Pakistan including in UK and Canada.
It is possible that such groups are now focusing on Afghanistan under the patronage of some elements in Pakistan who want to open a new front. SSP and LeJ were banned in Pakistan in 2002 but the outfits soon resumed operations under new names, first as Millat Islamia Pakistan and later Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASWJ).
Recently Pakistani Interior Ministry issued a latest list of banned outfits, and surprisingly ASWJ was not included.
These sectarian militant groups have a history of connections with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Qari Hussain, the notorious suicide bombing trainer of Tehreek Taliban Pakistan, has strong links with LeJ and SSP leadership. During the Taliban regime, LeJ militants were trained in camps such as Badr, Muawiyeh and Waleed in eastern Afghanistan.
SSP is an offshoot of Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), a religious political party in Pakistan, who provided the bulk of Jihadi recruits for Taliban in the 1990s. SSP founder Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi – to whose name the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (Forces of Jhangvi) refers – was vice-chairman of JUI-Punjab.
Prominent Pakistani journalist Amir Mir in his book True Faces of Jihadis says the entire LeJ leadership is made up of veterans who have fought in Afghanistan in 1990s. There is no detailed information about LeJ-Al-Alami and its leadership based in North Waziristan. These militant outfits have been changing names to avoid ban in Pakistan. Amir Mir says some experts believe SSP and LeJ are two faces of the same coin. And possibly LeJ-Al-Alami is not any different from LeJ.
LeJ is also involved in many attacks on westerners in Pakistan. According to intelligence reports, LeJ was behind an attack on a church in Islamabad in March 2002 killing five foreigners, including two Americans. In May 2002, 11 Frenchmen were blown up in Karachi. In January 2003, the US State Department added LeJ to its List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. State Dept. spokesman Richard Boucher said LeJ was behind the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl and 1997 killing of 4 American oil workers in Karachi.
The roots of these militant groups date back to the dictatorship of General Zia-ul-Haq in Pakistan and the religious revolution in Iran. Pakistani academic Hassan Abbas in his book, Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America's War on Terror, says the 1979 Iranian revolution changed the character and magnitude of sectarian politics in Pakistan.
The zealous emissaries of the Iranian revolutionary regime started financing their outfit Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqa-e-Jafria, a Shia group in Pakistan. To counter this, the military dictatorship of Zia, says Hassan Abbas, "through intelligence agencies selected Haq Nawaz Jhangvi", and Saudi funds started pouring in. Saudi-Iran sectarian rivalry reached a peak in the 1990s when the Tehran regime increased support for its Shia outfits in Pakistan and tit-for-tat attacks started. Iranian Council General in Lahore Sadeq Ganji was killed in Dec 1990 in retribution for Haq Nawaz Jhangvi's assassination in Feb 1990. Later Iranian diplomat Ghulam Raza was killed in 1997.
The FTO listing of LeJ by the US has been symbolic without any practical actions against the terrorist organization involved in murder of many American citizens. Recently the Pakistani Supreme Court released Malik Ishaq, one of the founders and current leader of LeJ on July 14 because of "insufficient evidence produced by the prosecution". He is charged for 44 cases of murders. Despite being in jail, he continued terror plots against Shias in Pakistan.
Following 9/11 attacks, SSP joined the Pakistan-based pro-Taliban Council for Defense of Afghanistan and condemned ouster of Taliban by the US. In an interview later with BBC, Azam Tariq, the then SSP leader said to support Taliban in resistance. Azam Tariq was also a frequent visitor of Afghanistan under Taliban rule, where he had set up the training camps for SSP/LeJ militants.
After the ousting of the Taliban, these sectarian terrorists fled back to Pakistan from the training camps in Afghanistan. In the following years, LeJ found new patrons and supporters in north Waziristan among al-Qaida operatives, who used the group to launch attacks in Pakistan.
Tuesday's attacks in Kabul, claimed by LeJ-Al-alami, could not be carried out without some help from elements within the Taliban in Afghanistan, or the Haqqani network. But the question is whether this will lead to sustained sectarian violence. If targeted sectarian attacks increase, it might provoke retaliatory actions and the birth of Shia militant groups in Afghanistan. With the history of Iranian involvement behind creating such groups in Pakistan in the past, it will not be hard for them to grow such outfits in Afghanistan. But it will take time.
We have already seen increasing Iranianisation of Shia religious festivities in Afghanistan during the last couple of years. According to my former journalist colleague and a university professor Ali Amiri, Ashura has been a cultural commemoration observed both by Shia and Sunnis of Afghanistan equally. But it is increasingly gaining a political colour with monopolisation of pro-Iran clerics.
Amiri notes that the leading Iranian newspaper Kayhan supervised by their supreme leader reported the attack in Kabul as an "American revenge from Islamic awakening". Ali Akbar Walayeti, former foreign minister of Iran, heads a commission that supports regional religious outfits, and influential Afghan Shia cleric Sheikh Asif Mohsini, who runs a TV and grand Madrassah in Kabul, is reportedly member of that commission.
Afghan leaders have to make all efforts to stop the rise of sectarianism, which started in Pakistan with similar attacks causing an extreme religious polarisation and plaguing sectarian harmony for more than three decades now.