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Shouldn't surprise us anymore, but this market sure can take a punch. A regular Wall Street Bozo Bop Bag. Taper (jab). Earnings miss (right). Turkey (uppercut). The evil clown just sorta rolls to the side and pops right back up, like it did Thursday. And might just do again today.
After all Ben Bernanke has done over the past few years for stocks and the wealthy people who own them, the departing Fed chair deserves one last smoke-and-mirrors rally before he leaves his post.
To put the Bernanke market's resilience in perspective, it's been 835 days without a 10% correction. That's the fifth-longest streak of its kind, and the third in the past 25 years. Of course, it still has a long way to go to compete with the mystifying seven-year stretch starting in 1990, when we had 2,553 correction-free days.
If this run lasts that long, the S&P will reach the 2,558 level by October 2018, according to Bespoke. That's obviously a long shot, considering the state of all things emerging and otherwise. Instead, it might be the savvier play to give up the 2.5 points and take the Denver Broncos. Applying Wall Street's alpha metric to the Super Bowl has a 90% success rate over the past decade (more on that below).
Key market gauges: Those gains from Thursday are going bye-bye as investors eye a rough January (and some ugly Europe data) and decide to hit the highway early. Dow /quotes/zigman/25835223/realtime YMZ4 and the S&P /quotes/zigman/21588523/realtime ESZ4 futures are down a lot this morning. Asian /quotes/zigman/6959860/realtime XX:ADOW markets closed to the downside, but didn't see real damage. Europe /quotes/zigman/2380150/realtime XX:SXXP crumbled after data showed the ECB might just have to rein in a deflation threat (see how to invest if Europe is deflating)
The economy: Consumer spending rose again in December — up 0.4%, compared with the 0.2% economists were eyeing. November spending was upwardly revised from 0.5% to a 0.6% gain, adding up to the strongest back-to-back bump since early 2012. But personal income was unchanged last month, missing the forecast for a scant 0.1%. Later, at 9:55 a.m. Eastern, the University of Michigan's consumer-sentiment survey will arrive and is expected to rise slightly. Separately, the employment-cost index is projected to climb 0.4% in the fourth quarter, and the Chicago PMI index is likely to slip to 59.8 from 60.8. Read: Spotlight on the economy.
Earnings movers: Wal-Mart /quotes/zigman/245476/delayed /quotes/nls/wmt WMT shares are falling this morning after the retailer cut its fourth-quarter earnings view to between $1.50 and $1.60 per share.
MasterCard /quotes/zigman/390906/delayed /quotes/nls/ma MA shares dropped 6% after its earnings missed. The payment-network company reported earnings of 57 cents per share, excluding special items, where analysts were expecting 60 cents.
It's Disappointing Barbie: Shares in Mattel /quotes/zigman/75129/delayed /quotes/nls/mat MAT dropped more than 10% after the toy maker revealed a surprise fall in quarterly sales, with core brands on the decline. Profit and revenue badly missed analysts' views.
Amazon.com /quotes/zigman/63011/delayed /quotes/nls/amzn AMZN disappointed late yesterday, and shareholders are paying the price this morning. But the good news is outweighing the bad on the earnings front, for the most part, with Google /quotes/zigman/93888/delayed /quotes/nls/goog GOOG and Chipotle /quotes/zigman/395806/delayed /quotes/nls/cmg CMG both moving higher, especially the latter.
The buzz: We're closing in on the naming of a new Microsoft /quotes/zigman/20493/delayed /quotes/nls/msft MSFT chief, and reports late Thursday point to Satya Nadella, an internal executive in charge of cloud and enterprise. Read more about the guy who isn't Alan Mulally.
The share price may be stabilizing after the beating earlier in the week, but Yahoo /quotes/zigman/59898/delayed /quotes/nls/yhoo YHOO is back on the radar for all the wrong reasons. The search company took to its Tumblr blog to announce that hackers had tried to break into an undisclosed number of email accounts through a coordinated effort.
Zynga /quotes/zigman/7720406/delayed /quotes/nls/znga ZNGA is this morning's big winner, up almost 20% after the online game company said it would cut 15% of its workforce. Zynga also said it's buying mobile gamer NaturalMotion for $527 million. "Clumsy Ninja" needs a nap.
The call of the day: The Denver Broncos will cover. That's what Analytic Investors has determined by measuring each team in terms of alpha, a word used on Wall Street, referring to excess returns a portfolio delivers beyond what models say it should, based on risk. For NFL purposes, the study takes a look at what would happen if you wagered the same bet every week on any given team to win, not including the spread. If you'd have done it all year, the Seahawks would have returned 13.7%. Not bad. The Broncos, despite the 13-3 record, only 4.6%. The best by far was Manning's old team, the Colts, which would have earned bettors 51.8%.
By the time the Super Bowl rolls around, the team with more alpha becomes overpriced, opening the door for a reversion to the mean. "Thus, as current two-point favorites, we think Peyton Manning & Co. will overcome Richard Sherman's arrogance to win this one by at least a field goal," writes portfolio analyst Matt Robinson. Hard to argue with the track record; it's been right nine of the past 10 Super Bowls. The only one it got wrong was when the Giants beat the Pats back in 2012. And that helmet catch was a complete fluke.
The chart of the day: Barry Bannister, analyst at Stifel Nicolaus, rolled out this chart a couple of months back — but it's worth another look, considering today is Ben Bernanke's last as chairman of the Federal Reserve. As if the market isn't giving us enough action already. Anyway, if the average trailing 30-day volatility spike we've seen over the past 65 is any indication, Yellen is going to have her hands full.
Random reads: Thin Mints good. But Girl Scouts bad, said the caveman. So let's show these little brats right from wrong and boycott.
It just wouldn't be Super Bowl week without "party packs" of cocaine and hookers.
Deporting Justing Bieber just became America's most popular cause.
Jimmy Kimmel interviews people the about the president's State of the Union address. The day before he actually delivers it.
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Design Documentation: JAXB Extensions
In the current JAXB RI, developed by Sun, there are a series of "proprietary" JAXB extensions that are available to provide advanced JAXB functionality outside of the JAXB spec (these extension classes reside in the com.sun.xml.bind package).
This page will track the various JAXB Extensions that we want to bring into MOXy.
Jan. 2012: Other extension properties: http://jaxb.java.net/2.2/docs/vendorProperties.html
- Documentation: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/Development/355766
- Bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=355766
- Would give the user more information after unmarshalling, could be useful in WSDL environments, or other times when JAXB XML data may be embedded within other XML
- Bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=357266
- Allows the user to customize the namespace prefixes that are generated
- Could create our own NamespacePrefixMapper that users could subclass
- Custom Mapper would be provided via Marshaller properties
- COMPLETE (but still need to support Sun property names)
- Documentation: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/Development/360249
- Bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=360249
- Exampe: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kohsuke/archive/2005/08/pluggable_ididr.html
- IDResolver works for Kohsuke's first example (Distinctive Symbol Spaces) but the combination with Unmarshall.Listener doesn't seem to work (Scoped Symbol Spaces)
- mgrebac: "Need to look into this one further."
- Documentation: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/Development/370574
- Bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=370574
- Exampe: http://jaxb.java.net/2.2/docs/vendorProperties.html#indent
- Allows the user to customize the indenting that happens in marshalled documents
- Documentation: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/Development/370589
- Bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=370589
- Exampe: http://jaxb.java.net/2.2/docs/vendorProperties.html#charescape
- Allows the user to customize the escaping of special characters
- Not applicable when marshalling to: XMLStreamWriter, XMLEventWriter, ContentHandler, Node
- Added for the benefit of Hibernate users
- Difficult to implement, no documentation, can be replaced by @XmlJavaTypeAdapter
- Can't get it to work in RI or Metro!
- mgrebac: "You can have a look under cycle-recovery sample in jaxb sources or jaxb release artifacts."
- http://jaxb.java.net/guide/Mapping_cyclic_references_to_XML.html
- http://www.java.net/node/654639
- Allows for more flexible mapping (?)
- Doesn't work if the field to override is not named "content", customization doesn't work (RI)
- mgrebac: "The above annotation was actually used only for a very specific case of supporting usecase with XmlMixed, and is actually even not expected to be used outside of xjc."
- Seems to be mainly used internally by the RI
- Interface only defines get methods... is user resonsible for setting up com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.Location objects? Is this even meant to be a user-feature?
- mgrebac: "No, this is as well not meant to be user feature, is usable for xjc itself and plugins to point to correct source when there is a failure."
- Doesn't work in RI
- Deprecated in the RI, no need to implement since we have XmlIsSetNullPolicy?
- mgrebac: "Correct - deprecated, unused, we shall be able to remove it safely at this point actually."


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Thread: Opposed Skill Challenges
Tuesday, 8th July, 2008, 11:38 AM #1
Opposed Skill Challenges
- In an opposed skill challenge the players don't score failures when they fail a check. Instead the DM tests the characters' passive skills in order to score failures.
- The complexity of an opposed skill challenge equals the number of characters.
- The DM tests the characters a number of times equal to one half the complexity. If the complexity is an odd number or if there are many players the DM rerolls some of the tests.
- The DC and the test modifier is tied to the current tier of play.
Complexity visavi #tests
2: 1
3: 1 +1 reroll
4: 2
5: 2 +1 reroll
6: 2 +2 rerolls
7: 3 +1 reroll
8: 3 +2 rerolls
Heroic: 20
Paragon: 25
Epic: 30
Test modifier
Heroic: +10
Paragon: +15
Epic: +25
The DM rerolls translate roughly to a +5 bonus in this range.
In an opposed skill challenge players role-play what they do and try to score successes by rolling skill checks. In order to win the players need to accumulate a number of successes equal to the complexity. Each player will in turn have a chance to advance the group toward the common goal.
The DM can turn down unsuitable suggestions.
The DM will try to oppose the group by testing the characters' passive skills. The DM test the characters a number of times based on the number of players (see table Complexity visavi #tests). The DM should reroll any failed test if allowed. He can reroll against the same character or test another character. Anything that works against the group can be used as a test. The DM should be aware that the tests used has a great impact on the atmosphere of the game.
If the players score a number of successes equal to the complexity before the DM scores half that number in failures the players win, otherwise they lose. If the complexity is rounded down the first player to score a success gains an action point.
The three foolhardy halfings Din, Clamor, and Bedlam decide to paint the Lidless Eye of Gruumsh on the Pelor bell-tower - as a joke.
The DM notes the characters are in the heroic tier so the DC is 20 and that there will be 1 test at +10 per round (with reroll).
Din: First of all I need to get a grappling iron up there. Heave-ho!
DM: Roll athletics.
Din: 14+10. That's 24.
DM: Alright, the grappling iron is fastened right where you want it. You gain an action point, by the way.
1 success 0 failures
Clamor: I try to shimmy up the rope.
DM: Roll athletics.
Clamor: 17+7. That's a 24 too.
DM: You climb to the top of the rope and you're right next to the great bell.
2 successes 0 failures
Bedlam: I try to throw a bucket of paint to Clamor.
DM: You waste a bucket of paint. Sorry, there's just no way you can throw an open bucket of paint 50' up in the air.
Bedlam: Oh man...
2 successes 0 failures
DM: The bell is heavy and actually wavers in the wind ever so slightly. Clamor need to readjust his position or risk being knocked off the building!
10+10. What's your passive acrobatics Clamor?
Clamor: 20.
DM: No need to reroll that. The weight of the bell pushes you away. You are slipping...
2 successes 1 failure
Din: Can I use my action point, as an interrupt?
DM: Sure.
Din: Well, in that case, I'll...
DM: Yes? Clamor is losing his grip!
Din: I shout "You lose your grip and I'll kill you!"
DM: Knight's Move, huh? Roll intimidate.
Din: Yup. 6+9. Nooo!
Clamor: Nooo!
DM: Thud!
skill challenge lost
DM: Make a save to catch yourself.
Designer's views
Since the complexity equals the number of players most skill challenges will be over and done with during the second round. I think this is okay. First you spend one round setting things up and then every thing is resolved in round two. Particulary with fewer players the complexity is rather low and so the challenge can be finished almost before it started. This is quite alright. Perfect execution, and all that. Just add more challenges.
The DM rerolls can be substituted for a +5 bonus for those who like adding more than they like to roll dice, it pans out the same. Mind you, it is possible for the DM to direct a reroll towards a new character if he wants to. In this way the DM can test two characters for the price of one.
In a skill challenge who goes first can be determined by initiative or the DM can just go with the flow. Whomever comes up with an idea gets to act first. Moreover the time-aspect is important. Some activities take longer and the DM should be aware that "round" might not actually be a round. A round can be mere seconds, hours, or even years. It's all handled in the narrative.
Of course, whenever a skill challenge is won but there remains things to do narratively the players can just go ahead and do them without further die rolls.
Forked from: Skill Complications: A Combat-Like Approach to Skill Encounters
Last edited by Frostmarrow; Thursday, 17th July, 2008 at 05:56 PM. Reason: The Spiders's input
Tuesday, 8th July, 2008, 04:28 PM #2
Opposed Skill Challenge Name
Flavor text (context and goal in story terms)
Setup: Context and goal in game terms. (Tier DC:# Mod:# Keywords).
- List 3 passive skills to test. (Flavor text. Passive skill)
- (Flavor text. Passive skill)
- (Flavor text. Passive skill)
Success: What happens if the PCs succeed?
Failure: What happens if the PCs fail? What's the cost?
Painting The Bell
Paint the Lidless Eye of Gruumsh on the tower bell of Pelor - as a joke.
Setup: Heroic DC:20 Mod:+10. Moonlight. Minute. 50 feet.
- The heavy bell's swinging is a hazard to climbers. Passive acrobatics.
- The Sun God's janitor returns from the outhouse. Passive stealth.
- Painting in this awkward position is strenuous. Passive endurance.
Success: The characters earn bragging rights and can chuckle away.
Failure: A minor inconveniance, such as being spotted, befall the characters.
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Tuesday, 8th July, 2008, 05:17 PM #3
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This is looking good Frost! Im not sure I understand the dm rerolls though. If the DM makes a test and it fails against passive does he then reroll the check?
Also is the system designed so that the pcs go first and then the DM makes his tests or can the DM make a test as a reaction to what the PC's are doing and visa versa?
Tuesday, 8th July, 2008, 05:37 PM #4
Yes the DM gets to reroll if he fails to beat a character's passive skill. He can opt to reroll against another character even. The reroll mechanic is instead of adding a +5 to certain checks, in order to balance the challenge.
Reacting is okay as long as the DM holds on to any test that would end the challenge, until all players have had a chance to act.
Tuesday, 8th July, 2008, 07:36 PM #5
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This looks like a lovely idea. I'm going to use this as a base for my skill challenges. It's short and easy, though I'd like to see some maths on this.
One change I'm going to make, is have the targeted player dictate what skill he is going to roll to oppose the GM's attack roll with, instead of it just targeting their passive score - makes the players feel more in control, and lets them invent how to avoid things, instead of just taking it.
Thursday, 17th July, 2008, 05:21 PM #8
Here's the math:
I assume a first level character will have a skill modifier of +8. That includes being trained and 16-17 in the pertinent ability score. Most of the time players are assumed to pick a skill they are good with. Such as a fighter with 16-17 Strength trying to work trained athletics into skill challenges.
8 9 9 10 10 11 11 13 13 14 14 15 15 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 26 26 27
40 45 45 50 50 55 55 65 65 70 45 50 50 60 60 65 65 70 70 75 55 60 60 65 65 70 70 80 80 85
1 95% 100% 5% 2 90% 99% 9% 3 85% 98% 13% 4 80% 96% 16% 5 75% 94% 19% 6 70% 91% 21% 7 65% 88% 23% 8 60% 84% 24% 9 55% 80% 25% 10 50% 75% 25% 11 45% 70% 25% 12 40% 64% 24% 13 35% 58% 23% 14 30% 51% 21% 15 25% 44% 19% 16 20% 36% 16% 17 15% 28% 13% 18 10% 19% 9% 19 5% 10% 5% 20 0% 0% 0%
The standard modifier for the DM's rolls used against the assumed skill modifier +10 (passive) is +10,+15, and +25.
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We have come a long way since the 1920s. Back then advertisements were all about the money. They did not give a damn who they offended in the process. Just take a look for yourself. Here are ten ads from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s marketing advertisements that make the KKK look like a bunch of christians.
10. AC Spark Plugs
In the 1930s, AC Spark Plugs had an ad in The Saturday Evening Post that depicted an African American as being a small monkey in a suit. Many ads during that time used monkeys or small apes in place of African Americans.
9. Aunt Jemima
In 1939, Aunt Jemima was making the best pancakes. Aunt Jemima always used an African American lady who was supposed to be a slave as a spokesperson. On all of the ads, she used "slave" slang.
8. Van Heusen
Van Heusen had an ad for ties that showed a woman on her knees serving a man coffee. When did women become slaves?
7. Del Monte
In 1953, Del Monte ketchup bottles got new lids. The ad was a picture of a woman opening the bottle and it read "You mean a woman can open it?".
6. Elliott's White Veneer
In 1935, Elliott's White Veneer came out with an ad that showed a young African American boy painting another young African American boy with the veneer. It stated "SEE HOW IT COVERS OVER BLACK".
5. General Electric
In 1937 General Electric became racist, also. They came out with a new ad for a sink. The ad showed an African American lady, who was supposed to be a slave, standing by the sink and saying "I'se Sure Got a Good Job Now!"
4. Drummond Sweaters
Drummond Sweaters came out with a sexist ad that showed two men standing on top of a cliff, talking, while a woman dangled from a rope beneath them. The poster began by saying "Men are better than women"
3. Dacron
Dacron had a very sexist poster ad. The ad showed a picture of a lady on the floor with a rug for a body. A man was then standing on her head and was saying " It's nice to have a girl around the house".
2. Cream of Wheat
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Yemeni Revolution
The Yemeni Uprising (intifada),[18] and also known as the Yemeni Revolution of Dignity[19] followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011[20] and other Arab Spring protests in the Middle East and North Africa. In its early phase, protests in Yemen were initially against unemployment, economic conditions[2] and corruption,[1] as well as against the government's proposals to modify Yemen's constitution. The protesters' demands then escalated to calls for the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Mass defections from the military, as well as from Saleh's government, effectively rendered much of the country outside of the government's control, and protesters vowed to defy its authority.
|Yemeni Revolution
|Part of the Arab Spring, the Yemeni Crisis
Anti-government protest in Sana'a on 3 February 2011
|27 January 2011 – 27 February 2012
(1 year and 1 month)
|Caused by
|Resulted in
|Overthrow of Saleh government
|Parties to the civil conflict
|2,000 (by 18 March 2012)[16]
A major demonstration of over 16,000 protesters took place in Sanaʽa, Yemen's capital, on 27 January.[21] On 2 February, Saleh announced he would not run for reelection in 2013 and that he would not pass power to his son. On 3 February, 20,000 people protested against the government in Sanaʽa,[22][23] while others protested in Aden,[24] a southern Yemeni seaport city, in a "Day of Rage" called for by Tawakel Karman,[25] while soldiers, armed members of the General People's Congress and many protesters held a pro-government rally in Sanaʽa.[26] In a "Friday of Anger" on 18 February, tens of thousands of Yemenis took part in anti-government demonstrations in Taiz, Sanaʽa and Aden. On a "Friday of No Return" on 11 March, protesters called for Saleh's ousting in Sanaʽa where three people were killed. More protests were held in other cities, including Mukalla, where one person was killed. On 18 March, protesters in Sanaʽa were fired upon, resulting in 52 deaths and ultimately culminating in mass defections and resignations.[27]
Starting in late April, Saleh agreed to a Gulf Cooperation Council-brokered deal, only to back away hours before the scheduled signing three times. After the third time, on 22 May, the GCC declared it was suspending its efforts to mediate in Yemen.[28] On 23 May, a day after Saleh refused to sign the transition agreement, Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, the head of the Hashid tribal federation, one of the most powerful tribes in the country, declared support for the opposition and his armed supporters came into conflict with loyalist security forces in the capital Sanaʽa. Heavy street fighting ensued, which included artillery and mortar shelling.[29][30][31] Saleh and several others were injured and at least five people were killed by a 3 June bombing of the presidential compound when an explosion ripped through a mosque used by high-level government officials for prayer services.[32] Reports conflicted as to whether the attack was caused by shelling or a planted bomb.[33] The next day, Vice President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi took over as acting president[34] while Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia to be treated. The crowds celebrated Saleh's transfer of power, but Yemeni officials insisted that Saleh's absence was temporary and he would soon return to Yemen to resume his duties of office.[35]
In early July the government rejected the opposition's demands, including the formation of a transitional council with the goal of formally transferring power from the current administration to a caretaker government intended to oversee Yemen's first-ever democratic elections.[36] In response, factions of the opposition announced the formation of their own 17-member transitional council on 16 July, though the Joint Meeting Parties that have functioned as an umbrella for many of the Yemeni opposition groups during the uprising said the council did not represent them and did not match their "plan" for the country.[37]
On 23 November, Saleh signed a power-transfer agreement brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh, under which he would transfer his power to his Vice-President, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, within 30 days and leave his post as president by February 2012, in exchange for immunity from prosecution.[38][39] Although the GCC deal was accepted by the JMP, it was rejected by many of the protesters and the Houthis.[40][41] A presidential election was held in Yemen on 21 February 2012, with Hadi running unopposed. A report claims that the election had a 65% turnout, with Hadi receiving 99.8% of the vote. Hadi took the oath of office in Yemen's parliament on 25 February 2012. Saleh returned home on the same day to attend Hadi's inauguration.[42] After months of protests, Saleh had resigned from the presidency and formally transferred power to his successor, marking the end of his 33-year rule.[43]
Yemen has the fourth lowest Human Development Index ratings in the Arab world after Sudan, Djibouti and Mauritania.[44]
It is also facing a conflict with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula as well as a revolt from South Yemen secessionists,[45] who want to see the old South Yemen reconstituted. There is also a Shia rebellion by Zaidi rebels, known as the Houthis.
Before his ouster, Ali Abdullah Saleh had been Yemen's president for more than 30 years,[20] and many believed his son Ahmed Saleh was being groomed to eventually replace him.[46] Almost half of the population of Yemen lives below the poverty line, and one-third suffer from chronic hunger.[47][48] Yemen ranks 146th in the Transparency International 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index,[49] and 8th in the 2012 Failed States Index[50] (up two places from 2010).[51]
A draft amendment to the constitution of Yemen was under discussion in parliament despite opposition protests. The amendment seeks to allow Saleh to remain in the office of president for life. He urged the opposition to take part in an election on 27 April to avoid "political suicide."
The current parliament's mandate was extended by two years after an agreement in February 2009 agreement the ruling General People's Congress and opposition parties seeking a dialogue on political reforms such as: moving from a presidential system to a proportional representation parliamentary system and a more decentralised government. Neither measure has been implemented.[52]
2009 alleged internal governmental dissentEdit
According to a WikiLeaks report released 31 January 2011, in December 2009 United States diplomat Angie Bryan claimed that there had been opposition to Saleh from his closest advisors for several months. Bryan wrote, "Like other Saleh watchers, xxxxx[53] characterizes the multitude of threats facing Saleh as qualitatively different and more threatening to the regime's stability than those during any other time in Yemen's history. 'Saleh is overwhelmed, exhausted by the war, and more and more intolerant of internal criticism. Saudi involvement comes at just the right time for him' xxxxx said. Largely unprecedented criticism of Saleh's leadership within the rarified circle of Saleh's closest advisors has increased in recent months, even including longtime Saleh loyalists such as Office of the Presidency aides xxxxx, according to xxxxx. These names add to the growing chorus of Saleh loyalists that have shed their traditional aversion to disparaging the man they call 'The Boss'".[54]
About the RevolutionEdit
|Raw Video: Yemeni Forces Open Fire on Protesters on YouTube
In January 2011, shortly after the popular ouster of the Tunisian government, major street protests materialized in Sanaʽa, the Yemeni capital, to demand governmental changes.[55] Protests spread to the traditionally restive south, with particularly aggressive protests in cities like Aden and Ta'izz.[55] Initially, demonstrators protested against a plan to amend the constitution and over the country's sluggish economy and high jobless rates.[2] However, protests grew larger by late January and took on an increasingly pointed tone of criticism toward President Ali Abdullah Saleh, with many demonstrators beginning to call openly for new leadership in Yemen.[21] including at least 10,000 at Sanaʽa University.[21][48]
By February, opposition leader Tawakel Karman called for a "Day of Rage" in the mold of mass nationwide demonstrations that helped to topple the government of Tunisia and put pressure on the government of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt.[25] The protest drew more than 20,000 participants, as well as a show of force from Saleh's supporters.[23][26] Security forces responded to protests in Aden with live ammunition and tear gas.[24] After Mubarak quit power in Egypt, demonstrators celebrating the revolution and calling for a similar uprising in Yemen were attacked by police and pro-Saleh tribesmen.[56] Clerics called for a national unity government and elections to be held in six months in an effort to quell violence and place members of the opposition in government.[57] Later in the month, deaths were reported in Ta'izz and Aden after security forces attacked protesters with lethal force.[58][59] By the end of February, several major tribes in Yemen had joined the anti-government protests and protests swelled in size to well over 100,000 on several days.[60] Saleh also called for a national unity government, but opposition leaders rejected the proposal and called for Saleh to step down immediately.[61]
In March, opposition groups presented a proposal that would see Saleh leave power peacefully,[62][63] but Saleh refused to accept it.[64] A number of prominent Yemeni government officials resigned over the violence used to disperse protests.[65] On 18 March 45 protesters were shot dead in Sanaʽa,[66][67] an incident that prompted the declaration of a state of emergency[67] and international condemnation.[68][69] Several days later, Saleh indicated that he would be willing to leave power by the end of the year or even sooner,[70][71] but he later affirmed that he would not step down.[72][73][74] By the end of March, six of Yemen's 18 governorates were out of the government's control, officials said.[75]
Mediation attemptsEdit
In April, the Gulf Co-operation Council attempted to mediate an end to the crisis, drafting several proposals for a transition of power. Toward the end of the month, Saleh signaled he would accept a plan that would see him leave power one month after signing and provided for a national unity government in the lead-up to elections.[76] By the end of the month, though, Saleh reversed course and the government announced he would not sign it, putting the GCC initiative on hold.[77][78]
In early May, officials again indicated that Saleh would sign the GCC deal, and the opposition agreed to sign as well if Saleh signed it personally in his capacity as president.[79] However, Saleh again backed away, saying the deal did not require his signature, and the opposition followed suit, accusing Saleh of negotiating in bad faith.[80] Protests and violence across the country intensified in the wake of this second reversal by Saleh.[81][82]
In late May, opposition leaders received assurances that Saleh would sign the GCC plan after all, and they signed the deal the day before the president was scheduled to ink it as well.[83] Saleh however once again decided not to sign, and a brief but tense standoff occurred on 22 May when Saleh's supporters surrounded the embassy building of the United Arab Emirates in Sanaʽa, trapping international diplomats (including the secretary-general of the GCC) inside until the government dispatched a helicopter to ferry them to the presidential palace.[84]
On 23 May, a day after Saleh refused to sign the transition agreement, Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, the head of the Hashid tribal federation, one of the most powerful tribes in the country, declared support for the opposition and his armed supporters came into conflict with loyalist security forces in the capital Sanaʽa after Saleh ordered al-Ahmar's arrest.[29] Heavy street fighting ensued, which included artillery and mortar shelling.[29][30][31] The militiamen had surrounded and blocked off several government buildings in the capital[85] and people on the ground were reporting that it looked like the situation was deteriorating into a civil war.[86]
As the situation in Sanaʽa was developing, about 300 Islamic militants attacked and captured the coastal city of Zinjibar (population 20,000) (see Battle of Zinjibar). During the takeover of the town, the militants killed five policemen, including a high-ranking officer, and one civilian. Two more soldiers were killed in clashes with militants in Lawder.[87][88]
On day three of the fighting, military units that defected to the opposition were hit for the first time by mortar fire killing three soldiers and wounding 10.[89] By the evening, it was reported that tribesmen took control of the Interior Ministry building, SABA state news agency, and the national airline building.[90]
A ceasefire was announced late on 27 May, by al-Ahmar,[91] and the next day, a truce was established.[92]
Opposition demonstrators had occupied the main square of Ta'izz since the start of the uprising against the rule of president Saleh. The protests were for the most part peaceful. However, that changed on 29 May, when the military started an operation to crush the protests and clear the demonstrators from their camp at the square. Troops reportedly fired live ammunition and from water cannons on the protesters, burned their tents and bulldozers ran over some of them. The opposition described the event as a massacre.[93] (see 2011 Ta'izz clashes)
However, by 31 May, the ceasefire had broken down and street fighting continued in Sanaʽa.[94] Tribesmen had taken control of both the headquarters of the ruling General People's Congress (Yemen) and the main offices of the water utility.[95]
On 1 June, units of the loyalist Presidential Guard, commanded by one of Saleh's sons, shelled the headquarters of an army brigade belonging to the defected 1st Armored Division, even though the defected military units were holding a neutral position in the conflict between the loyalists and the tribesmen. The worst of the fighting was in the northern Hassaba neighborhood, where tribal fighters seized a number of government ministries and buildings. Government artillery fire heavily damaged the house of al-Ahmar and the government cut the area's electricity and water supplies. The government units, led by one of Saleh's sons, and loyalist special forces attacked but failed to recapture the Hassaba administrative building. Tribal fighters also seized the office of the General Prosecutor in the city's northwest. They were backed up by two armored vehicles from the 1st Armored Division. The Interior Ministry stated that the tribesmen had also captured a five-story building in the pro-Saleh Hadda neighborhood.[96] During the 24 hours since the breakdown of the ceasefire, 47 people were killed on both sides during the heavy street fighting,[97] including 15 tribesmen[98] and 14 soldiers.[99]
Presidential Palace assassination attemptEdit
On 3 June, a bombing at the presidential palace left Saleh injured and seven other top government officials wounded. Saleh, the prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the parliament chief, the governor of Sanaʽa and a presidential aide were wounded while they were praying at a mosque inside the palace compound. Saleh was initially said to be injured in the neck and treated on the scene; later reports indicated his wounds were far more severe – including a collapsed lung and burns over 40% of his body.[100] Four presidential guards[101] and Sheikh Ali Mohsen al-Matari, an imam at the mosque, were killed.[32]
As Saleh flew to the Saudi capital of Riyadh for surgery on 4 June, a cease-fire was brokered by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah.[102] Vice President Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi took over as acting president and supreme commander of the armed forces.[103] Despite the ceasefire, sporadic violence continued in the capital.[104] Saleh's powerful sons also remained in Yemen instead of traveling to Saudi Arabia with their father.[105]
In early July the government rejected the opposition's demands, including the formation of a transitional council with the goal of formally transferring power from the current administration to a caretaker government intended to oversee Yemen's first-ever democratic elections.[36] In response, factions of the opposition announced the formation of their own 17-member transitional council on 16 July, though the Joint Meeting Parties that have functioned as an umbrella for many of the Yemeni opposition groups during the uprising said the council did not represent them and did not match their "plan" for the country.[37]
On 6 August, Saleh left the hospital in Saudi Arabia, but he did not return to Yemen.[106]
On 18 September troops loyal to president Saleh opened fire on protesters in Sanaa, killing at least 26 people and injuring hundreds. Witnesses said security forces and armed civilians opened fire on protesters who left Change Square, where they had camped since February demanding regime change, and marched towards the city centre. Earlier on that day, government troops fired mortars into Al-Hasaba district in Sanaa, home to opposition tribal chief Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar who claimed his fighters did not return fire after they were shelled by the Republican Guard.[107]
On 19 September snipers in nearby buildings again opened fire on Monday at peaceful demonstrators and passers-by in the capital's Change Square, killing at least 28 people and wounded more than 100. Additional deaths were reported in the southwestern city of Taiz, where two people were killed and 10 were injured by gunfire from Saleh loyalists. Abdu al-Janadi, Yemen's deputy information minister, rejected accusations that the government had planned attacks on the protesters, and accused what he described as "unknown assailants" of carrying out the acts.[108] On 19 September protesters and ex-soldiers stormed a base of the elite Republican Guards, who are loyal to the president. Reports said not a single shot was fired as the Guards fled the base, leaving their weapons behind.[109]
On 22 September fighting broke out between Republican Guard troops commanded by Saleh's son Ahmed, and dissidents loyal to General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar. Fighting which had been concentrated since 18 September in the city centre and at Change Square spread on to Sanaa's Al-Hasaba district, where gunmen loyal to powerful dissident tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar traded fire with followers of Saghir bin Aziz, a tribesman loyal to Saleh.[110]
Return of Ali Abdullah SalehEdit
On 23 September, Yemeni state-television announced that Saleh had returned to the country after three months amid increasing turmoil in a week that saw increased gun battles on the streets of Sanaʽa and more than 100 deaths.[111]
As of 1 October 2011, Human Rights Watch was able to confirm 225 deaths and over 1000 wounded, many from firearms, since the Arab Spring protests began in Yemen.[112][113] According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, photojournalist Jamal al-Sharaabi from Al-Masdar was the first press fatality of the Yemeni uprising and killed while covering a nonviolent demonstration at the Sanaʽa University 18 March 2011, but Reporters Without Borders reported that Mohamed Yahia Al-Malayia, a reporter from Al-Salam, was shot at Change Square on the same day but died later.[114] Camera operator Hassan al-Wadhaf captured his own death on camera while assigned a protest in Sanaʽa on 24 September 2011.[115][116]
On 7 October, the Nobel Committee announced that protest leader Tawakel Karman would share the Nobel Peace Prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee. Karman was the first Yemeni citizen and first Arab woman to win a Nobel Prize.
On December 4, 2017, Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed by Houthi militia in Yemen following days of conflict. His nephew, Tarek Saleh, was thought to have been killed the following day as the fighting between Saleh soldiers and Houthis continued. A few weeks later Tarek Saleh appeared in Aden with various stories about his escape including using women's clothing[117]
Power-transfer dealEdit
On 23 November 2011, Saleh flew to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia to sign the Gulf Co-operation Council plan for political transition, which he had previously spurned. Upon signing the document, he agreed to legally transfer the powers of the presidency to his deputy, Vice President Abdu-Rabbo Mansour al-Hadi within 30 days and formally step down by the presidential elections on 21 February 2012, in exchange of immunity from prosecution for him and his family.[118]
On 21 January 2012, the Assembly of Representatives of Yemen approved the immunity law. It also nominated Vice President Hadi as its candidate for the upcoming presidential election.[119] Saleh left Yemen on the next day to seek medical treatment in the United States, and is reportedly seeking exile in Oman.[120]
A presidential election was held in Yemen on 21 February 2012. With a report claims that it has 65 percent of its turnout, Hadi won 99.8% of the vote. Abdrabbuh Mansur al-Hadi was taken the oath of office in Yemen's parliament on 25 February 2012. Saleh returned home at the same day to attend Hadi's presidency inauguration.[42] After months of protests, Saleh had resigned from the presidency and formally transfer power to his successor, marking the end of his 33-year rule.[43] As part of the agreement, al-Hadi will oversee the drafting of a new constitution and serve only two years, until new parliamentary and presidential elections are held in 2014.[121]
Domestic responsesEdit
On 27 January, Yemeni Interior Minister Mutaher al-Masri said that "Yemen is not like Tunisia."[122]
On 2 February, President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that he would freeze the constitutional amendment process under way. He also vowed not to pass on the reins of power to his son: "No extension, no inheritance, no resetting the clock;"[123] and that he would quit in 2013.[124] He also called for national unity government.[125] He further promised direct elections of provincial governors and to re-open voter registration for the April election after complaints that about 1.5 million Yemenis could not sign on to the voter rolls.[126] On 1 March, Saleh blamed the United States and Israel over the conflict.[citation needed]
On 10 March, he announced a referendum on moving to a parliamentary system of government would be held later in the year. A spokesperson for the anti-government protesters said this was "too little, too late."[127] He said a new constitution would guarantee the separation of legislative and executive powers and prepare for a new election.[128] On 20 March, Saleh fired the cabinet, Saleh fired all members of his Cabinet of Yemen on the same day including Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawar and vice-Prime Ministers Al-Rashad Mouhmmed Alaïmy, Abdul-Karim Al-Ar'haby and Sadiq Amin Abu-Rass.[129] but asked them to remain in a caretaker role until he forms a new one.[130]
The leader of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah), the largest opposition party in Yemen, Mohammed al-Sabry, stated, "We want constitutional amendments but we want amendments that don't lead to the continuance of the ruler and the inheritance of power to his children."[2] He also doubted Saleh's pledge not to seek re-election. Al-Sabry said Saleh made a promise in 2006 not to run, but then failed to fulfill his pledge.[131]
On 23 March, Saleh, in a letter passed to opposition groups, offered to hold a referendum on a new constitution, then a parliamentary election, followed by a presidential poll before the end of 2011. The opposition groups said they were studying the offer.[132]
On 24 March, Saleh issued a statement that he "has accepted the five points submitted by the JMP, including formation of a government of national unity and a national committee to draft a new constitution, drafting a new electoral law, and holding a constitutional referendum, parliamentary elections and a presidential vote by the end of the year[133] although it was later reported that negotiations between Saleh and the opposition had stalled.[134]
On 30 March, at a meeting with Mohammed al-Yadoumi, head of the Islah party, Yemen's president made a new offer, proposing he stays in office until elections are held at the end of the year but transferring his powers to a caretaker government, with a prime-minister appointed by the opposition. The opposition promptly rejected the offer, with a spokesman calling it "an attempt to prolong the survival of regime".[135]
Resignations from the ruling party and governmentEdit
- Head of the ruling party's foreign affairs committee and the Advisor to the Prime Minister, H.E Dr. Mohammed Abdul Majeed Qubaty[136][137]
- Head of the finance committee of parliament Fathi Tawfiq Abdulrahim[138]
- Deputy Ministry of Culture (Yemen) Sam Yahya Al-Ahmar[138]
- Deputy Ministry of Youth and Sports (Yemen) Hashid Abdullah al-Ahmar[138]
- MP Ali Al-Imrani, from Al Bayda' Governorate[138]
- Businessman Nabil Al-Khameri[138]
- Ministry of Tourism (Yemen)] Nabil Hasan al-Faqih, from his post and the ruling party[136][137]
- Minister of Culture and Yemeni Shura Council member Abdulwahab al-Rawhani, from the ministry and council[136][139]
- Ambassador to Russia Dr. Mohammed Saleh Ahmed Al-Helali[136]
- Party's central committee member Jalal Faqira who also heads the political science department at Sanaʽa University[136]
- Assistant Secretary General of the Cabinet Mohammad Sewar[137][140]
- Head of the state news agency and a ruling party member Nasr Taha Mustafa[141]
- Ambassador to Lebanon Fayçal Amine Abourrass[142][143]
- Mohamed Saleh Qara'a, a prominent member of the ruling party[141]
- Human Rights Ministry (Yemen) Huda al-Baan, from her post and the ruling party[144]
- Undersecretary at the Human Rights Ministry Ali Taysir[144]
- Representative to the Arab League Abdel-Malik Mansour[145]
- Ambassador to Algeria Jamal Awadh Nasser[145] (denied by the government[146])
- Ambassador to Belgium Abdul-Wali al-Shameri[145]
- Ambassador to Canada Khalid Bahah[citation needed]
- Ambassador to China Marwan Abdullah Abdulwahab Noman[145] (denied by the government[146])
- Ambassador to Czech Republic Salem Yahya Alkharejah[145]
- Ambassador to Egypt Abdul-Wali al-Shameri[145]
- Ambassador to Indonesia Abdulwahed Mohamed Fara[145]
- Ambassador to Iraq Abdul-Wali al-Shameri[145]
- Ambassador to Jordan Shaea Muhssin[145]
- Ambassador to Kuwait Dr.Khaled Sheikh[145]
- Ambassador to Oman Ahmad Daifallah Al-Azeib[145]
- Ambassador to Pakistan Abdu Ali Abdul Rahman[145]
- Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Mohammed Ali al-Ahwal[145][147]
- Ambassador to Spain Salim Yahya al-Kharega;[145] (denied by the government[146])
- Ambassador to Syria Abdel-Wahhab Tawaf[148]
- Ambassador to Qatar Yahya Hussain Al-Aarashi[145]
- Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah al-Saidi[145][149]
- Chargé d'affaires to Tunisia[145]
- Major General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar (Ali Mohsen Saleh), head of the North Western Military Zone, and three of his brigadiers:[150][151]
- Brigadier Mohammed Ali Mohsen, head of the Eastern Division[151]
- Brigadier Hameed Al-Qushaibi, head of brigade 310 in Omran area[151]
- Brigadier Nasser Eljahori, head of brigade 121[151]
- Sixty officers of the province of Hadramout and fifty officers from the Ministry of Interior[citation needed]
- Abdallah al-Qahdi, a senior military general from Aden[152]
Arrests and repressionEdit
On 23 January, Tawakel Karman was detained and charged with "'inciting disorder and chaos' and organising unauthorised demonstrations and marches".[153] Karman was a leader of two student rallies in Sanaʽa and called for the overthrow of Saleh's regime.[52] Her husband said her whereabouts were not known.[52] Several hundred students protested outside Sanaʽa University demanding her release.[52] Thousands of people protested against the arrest of Karman and other protestors by a sit-in outside of the prosecutor's office. She was freed 30 hours after her arrest on parole, with the condition not to violate "public order and the law".[153] Karman returned to participating in demonstrations hours after her release.[153]
On 14 March, security forces raided an apartment shared by four Western journalists and deported them. Reporters Without Borders condemned the action and noted that two other foreign journalists were also deported two days earlier. The Committee to Protect Journalists also condemned the expulsions. They also said that two Yemeni journalists informed them that a group of twenty people, believed to be government supporters, went to the Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate in Sanaʽa day earlier[when?] and threatened to burn it down.[154] They further said that Yemeni journalists are facing increasing harassment.[155]
International reactionsEdit
The Yemeni government's response to protests prompted a backlash even from traditional allies like the United States[156] and Saudi Arabia.[157] A number of national governments have called on President Saleh to resign, and the Gulf Co-operation Council introduced an initiative calling upon Saleh to relinquish power in favor of a new, democratically elected government.[158] The Obama administration, however, supported "a transitional framework that preserved privileges for established political and military elements of the old regime, rather than respond to the groundswell of genuine support—no, demand—for political pluralism and a civil state."[159]
On 7 October 2011, Tawakul Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her visible role as a woman in the Arab Spring movement and as a human right activist in Yemen. She shared the Prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee. Before their prizes were awarded, only 12 other women had ever been granted the award.[160]
Use of pinkEdit
Yemeni protesters wore pink ribbons to symbolise the "Jasmine Revolution" and indicate their non-violent intent.[48] Shawki al-Qadi, a lawmaker and opposition figure, said pink was chosen to represent love and to signal that the protests would be peaceful.[161] The preponderance of pink ribbons in the demonstrations showed the level of planning that went into the protests.[161]
Opposition factionsEdit
According to Al Jazeera in late February, the deeply fractured opposition includes the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP; formed in 2002), Islah (also known as Yemeni Congregation for Reform and the major member of JMP), the al-Ahmar family, and various insurrection groups including the Houthis in the north and the South Yemen Movement in the south. These groups include socialist, Islamist and tribal elements with differing goals. Islah, which currently holds about twenty per cent of the seats in the legislature, includes some members of the Ahmar family, Yemen's Muslim Brotherhood, and Salafi preacher Abdul Majid al-Zindani, labeled a "specially designated global terrorist" by the US. The JMP also includes the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), Al-Haq, the Unionist party, and the Popular Forces Union party. The al-Ahmar sons – Sadek al-Ahmar and Hamid al-Ahmar – whose late father was a former leader of the Hashid tribal confederation, want power. The Southern Movement has temporarily dropped its calls for secession with calls for Saleh's ouster.[162]
Yemeni human-rights activists and students disagree with political parties regarding tactics for political change in Yemen. Some political parties have called for reform to take place under President Saleh, while students and human rights activists have wished to "channel the momentum of the 2010–2011 uprisings in the region."[163] In late January, a lawyer and human-rights activist involved in organising protests, Khaled al-Anesi, stated "There is a popular movement and a political movement in Yemen. But there is no support from the political parties for the popular movement, which is not organised. It is still weak and in the beginning stages."[163]
On 21 March, the Financial Times reported that in the absence of obvious candidates for the presidency, the transition of power is likely to be controlled by those who made the pre-emptive strike against him: Hamid al-Ahmar of Islah and the JMP, radical cleric Abdul Majid al-Zindani, and Islamist-allied General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar (also called Ali Mohsen Saleh).[164]
Southern groupsEdit
Southern secessionist groups said they were holding three Yemeni soldiers kidnapped towards the end of January. On 2 February, clashes in the south also resulted in three injuries.[165] A growing number of protesters in the north sees with interest the rise of the South Yemen Movement, maybe hoping that the southern secessionists may overthrow the government.[citation needed]
Al QaedaEdit
On 6 March, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the shooting of five soldiers two separate attacks during the ongoing protests. Four of the soldiers were killed in Ma'rib Governorate when the perpetrators opened fire on a passing military vehicle. Two of the soldiers were part of the Republican Guard. The other death was that of an army colonel who was shot as he went shopping in Zinjibar, Abyan Governorate.[166]
On 31 March 2011, AQAP declared an "Islamic Emirate" in the southern Abyan Governorate.[167]
Joint Meeting PartiesEdit
On 2 March, six members of the JMP issued a five-point list of demands: right to demonstrate, investigations into violence, peaceful transition of government, time schedule within current year, and dialogue with those both inside and outside of Yemen.[168]
On 4 April, the JMP issued a statement that any new regime, after Saleh's fall, would be a strong ally in the "War on Terror".[169]
Alliance of Yemeni TribesEdit
A group of anti-government tribes, most prominently the Hashid tribal federation, declared the formation of the Alliance of Yemeni Tribes on 30 July. The Alliance is headed by Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, the leader of the Hashid and a former ally of President Saleh, and is aligned with Yemen Army defectors under the leadership of General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar. In its first declaration, it vowed solidarity with the protest movement and warned the government that any attack on protesters or areas under the control of the Yemeni opposition would be seen as attacks on the tribes.[170][171]
On 13 March 2011, a coordination council of the Sanaʽa University protestors presented a list of seven demands, starting with the removal of Saleh and the creation of a temporary presidential council made up of representatives drawn from Yemen's four main political powers along with one appointed by the national security and military establishment. Many members of the Revolutionary Coalition of Youth for Peaceful Change (12 organizations) and the Organization of Liberal Yemeni Youth appear to be represented by this coordination council.[172] On 17 March they sent a letter to US President Barack Obama, copying British PM David Cameron and EU President John Bruton, explaining their group, positions and proposals.[173]
On 8 April 2011, the Civil Coalition of Youth Revolution (CCYR), a Yemen-based civil movement which includes 52 alliances of revolutionary youth activists around Yemen representing more than 10,000 members, released its Statute Draft including its "vision, revolution objectives, principles, duties, mechanisms and goals of the interim phase".[174]
National Dialogue ConferenceEdit
On 20 March, the National Dialogue Conference issued a position paper and list of demands. Their members are the JMP, independents, some General People's Congress members, and social figures including political, tribal and businessmen. It is headed by Mohammed Salem Basandwah, an adviser to the president, and Sheik Hameed Al-Ahmer of Islah is its Secretary General.[175]
Civil BlocEdit
On 24 March, the Civil Bloc, an umbrella group of civil society organisations, called for a transitional council of nine figures "not involved with the corruption of the old regime" to draw up a new constitution over a six-month period ahead of elections.[176]
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Further readingEdit
- Alley, April Longley (2011). "Yemen on the Brink: Will Saleh's Resignation Lead to Democratic Reform?". Foreign Affairs. 90 (2).
- Blumı, Isa (2011). Chaos in Yemen: Societal Collapse and the New Authoritarianism. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415780773.
- Boucek, Christopher; Ottaway, Marina, eds. (2010). Yemen on the Brink. Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ISBN 9780870032530.
- Juneau, Thomas (2010). "Yemen: Prospects for State Failure—Implications and Remedies". Middle East Policy. 17 (3): 134–152. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4967.2010.00456.x.
- Thiel, Tobias (2012). "After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?: Yemen's Arab Spring: from youth revolution to fragile political transition". IDEAS reports – special reports, Kitchen, Nicholas (ed.) SR011. LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2011-2012 Yemeni revolution.
|Wikinews has news related to:
- Yemen's Uprising ongoing coverage at Al Jazeera
- Armies of Liberation ongoing coverage
- Yemen collected news and commentary at CNN
- "Yemeni Revolution collected news and commentary". The Guardian.
- Yemen Protests 2011 ongoing coverage at The New York Times
- Yemen Real Time Video Stream at Frequency
- Crowd-sourcing resource for the Yemen uprising, at CrowdVoice.org
- Yemen Peace Project
- Yemen Protests at AEI's Critical Threats Project
- Yemen at the International Crisis Group
- Articles
- Bodenner, Chris (27 January 2011). "Scenes From Yemen". The Atlantic.
- Mackey, Robert (27 January 2011). "Video of Protests in Yemen". The New York Times.
- al-Iryani, Abdulghani (17 March 2011). "Yemen: 'Chaos by Design'". Al Jazeera.
- Hill, Ginny (23 March 2011). "Riyadh Will Decide the Fate of Ali Abdullah Saleh – and of Yemen.The Guardian.
- Head, Jacqueline (23 March 2011). "Fear of the Future in Yemen". Al Jazeera.
- Carapico, Sheila "No Celebration of Yemen's Unity Day" The Middle East Channel, Foreign Policy 24 May 2011
- Carapico, Sheila "No Exit: Yemen's Existential Crisis" Middle East Report Online, 3 May 2011
- Carapico, Sheila "Worst and Best Case Scenarios for Yemen" The Middle East Channel, Foreign Policy 24 March 2011,
- Carapico, Sheila "Yemen: Six "Facts" to Question" Christian Science Monitor 22 March 2011


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"I just dont feel like myself anymore," she mumbled as she sat drooping in her chair. Ms. B. described feeling sad, withdrawn and hopeless since diagnosed HIV+ six months ago. She is a mother of two and feared that she would not be able to care for herself or her children. Ms. B. talked about not having any energy or appetite, not enjoying doing anything and not even answering her phone. She didnt understand what was happening. As we talked more, I told her it sounded like she was suffering from depression. Have you ever felt like Ms. B.?
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An inquiry into the question of what makes inquiry successful. On terminology. Requirements for studying philosophy are mastery of Euclid's Elements and mastery of common Greek, medieval Latin, English and German. Definition of "science." The distinction between descriptive and explanatory science. The classification of the sciences. The division of the theoretical sciences into mathematics, philosophy, and idioscopy the division of philosophy into phaneroscopy, normative science, and metaphysics. Truth and reality. Similarity of CSP's and James's viewpoints accounted for by the common acceptance of cognitionism, a position which derives from their teacher Chauncey Wright. But CSP questions James on the notion of the satisfactory. Remarks by CSP on his special talent and what it is that motivates him.
Classification of the sciences, Cognition (see also Belief Conception Thought), English language, Euclid, German (grammar see Grammar German), Greek, Idioscopy, Inquiry, James William, comparative Language, Logic (modal see Modality), Mathematics, Metaphysics, Normative science (see also Esthetics Ethics Logic), Phaneroscopy (see also Phaneron Phenomenology), Philosophy, Reality and truth, Satisfaction, classification of Science, definition of Science, theoretical Science, Terminology, Truth and reality, Wright Chauncey (see also Metaphysical Club)
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.102 no.3 Cape Town Mar. 2012
Nazier Khan
Dr Nazier Khan died tragically on 31 December 2011 at the age of 37. Nazier matriculated with distinction from Alexander Sinton Senior Secondary School in Athlone in 1992. His strong sense of identity and social purpose began during these schooldays and time of great change in our political landscape. Nazier was an avid sportsman, participating in first-team cricket, rugby, league tennis, swimming, long-distance running and shot put. His school years were some of his fondest memories and the beginning of lifelong friendships.
Nazier graduated MB ChB from Stellenbosch University in 1999, where he continued with cricket, running, and golf, and took a keen interest in university community outreach programmes. He completed his internship at Groote Schuur Hospital in 2000, and his community service in 2001 at Tygerberg Hospital and Vanguard Community Health Centre, where he became an adept surgeon. He spent some time as a senior house officer in medicine, and almost 2 years at G F Jooste Hospital. Nazier joined the UCT Department of Medicine in 2005 as a registrar and obtained his fellowship from the College of Physicians of South Africa in 2010. In 2011, having sourced private funding, he commenced his training under Professor Rayner in the Renal Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital to subspecialise in nephrology.
At the time of his death, he was working on many research projects, including the impact of 'tik' abuse on the development of severe hypertension and chronic kidney disease in the Western Cape. He was a strong advocate for a patient-centred approach to medicine and improving access to healthcare.
Obsessively thorough in every aspect of his work, Nazier never spared himself or lowered his standards. He worked with vigour and enthusiasm while displaying a most critical faculty.
Nazier's opinion was sought after by his colleagues and he gave his advice freely and in a forthright manner. He was a most popular member of staff, liked by nurses, doctors and staff in other disciplines. He spent time tutoring medical students.
Overcoming many personal difficulties, he demonstrated his indomitable spirit to reach personal and professional success. He embraced life, and enriched the lives of all with whom he came into contact. He was thoughtful and cared greatly for everyone he knew, giving his best, and spurring us on to do the same.
Nazier was an accomplished runner, having completed several marathons including the Comrades, the Two Oceans and the Mumbai marathon. His energy and intensity brought out the 'champ' in anyone who took to the road with him. He was an avid hiker and loved climbing Table Mountain - sadly coming to pass doing what he loved. He had excellent culinary skills and was also a high-quality dilletante barista.
He was a loving father to Farheen, whom he treasured, and a devoted son to Hamieda and Abdool Gafoor Khan. Nazier truly loved life and the people who shared it with him. He was a dedicated physician and his death is a loss to Groote Schuur Hospital and society at large. He lived a full life despite his untimely death. Peace be with him.
Shazia Peer
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town