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Health Experts Call on Global Leaders to Ensure Access to Life-Saving Pneumococcal Vaccines
June 10, 2008
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND – Nearly 1,000 of the world's leading experts on infectious diseases and vaccines are meetingduring the 6th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-6) this week to call for renewed and urgent action by governments to protect their citizens against pneumococcal disease, a leading killer of children and adults worldwide.
A bacterial infection that causes pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis and other life-threatening ailments, pneumococcal disease kills 1.6 million people — including more than 800,000 children under age five — each year. Pneumococcal disease is vaccine-preventable, and estimates indicate that if implemented globally, pneumococcal vaccines could save the lives of 5.5 million by 2030. "Safe, effective vaccines exist to prevent pneumococcal disease, and improved ones are expected in 2009," said Dr. Orin Levine, executive director of GAVI's PneumoADIP and co-chairman of the Pneumococcal Awareness Council of Experts (PACE). "Recent advances in funding and delivery mechanisms have created an unprecedented opportunity for nations to fight this disease. We have the scientific knowledge and financial resources. What we need now is political will as the price of inaction will be measured in lives lost unnecessarily."
Leading health experts gathered for ISPPD-6, led by the Pneumococcal Awareness Council of Experts (PACE), issued a global call to action urging governments to take steps to make financing available to assure access to pneumococcal vaccines. The call to action also expresses support for the expansion of health systems to deliver the vaccines and surveillance systems to monitor vaccine impact. To date, 40 professional societies worldwide have signed on to support PACE's efforts to ensure that vaccines are available to children globally at affordable and sustainable prices.
"By bringing NGOs, scientists, industry and health and financial decision makers at the country level together to make pneumococcal disease prevention a priority, our goal is to help save millions of lives," said Dr. Ciro de Quadros, executive vice president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and co-chairman of PACE. "We encourage all parties involved to make the global commitments necessary to prevent this deadly disease."
Kenya is one country represented at the Symposium that is currently working toward universal coverage through its vaccination program.
"In Kenya alone, we lose more than 20,000 children under age five each year to pneumococcal disease," said Dr. Fred Were, national chairman of the Kenya Paediatric Association and member of PACE. "Estimates show that current and future vaccines could potentially prevent 50 to 80 percent of these deaths. I'm proud that Kenya has made the decision to introduce this vaccine and to protect the lives and health of Kenyan children."
Since 2000, pneumococcal vaccines have been available to safely and effectively protect children and adults against pneumococcal infections. In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that the pneumococcal vaccine be introduced into national childhood immunization programs around the world.
Thanks to technologic advances from the vaccine industry and global funding commitments from donors and foundations, countries now have the unprecedented opportunity to protect their children from this deadly but preventable disease.
The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) currently is in use in more than 70 countries. Since infants in the United States began receiving routine pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in 2000, the country
has nearly eliminated childhood pneumococcal disease caused by vaccine serotypes.
"Millions of lives can be saved through the routine introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine in developing
countries," said Dr. Thomas Cherian, Coordinator of the World Health Organization's Expanded Programme on
Immunization. "The World Health Organization recommends that countries at all income levels introduce this vaccine, with the highest priority given to countries with high child mortality rates."
Expanded protection pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, currently in the late stages of development by GSK and Wyeth, are expected to be licensed by 2009. Work is also underway on the next generation of pneumococcal vaccines. PATH, Genocea, and Children's Hospital Boston recently announced a partnership to develop a protein-subunit pneumococcal vaccine for use in the developing world. Genocea's antigen discovery platform technology, a breakthrough in the understanding of cellular immunology, could help identify potential new vaccines in the fight against pneumococcus.
"The time is now for prevention," said Dr. Ingileif Jonsdottir, chair of the ISPPD-6 Icelandic Organizing Committee. "We have the vaccines, the technology, the financing mechanisms and the demand to prevent this disease. It is time for governments to take advantage of these innovations and bring them to the people who need them most."
ISPPD-6 is an international symposium that brings together leading experts from around the world to share best practices and innovations in fighting pneumococci and pneumococcal diseases. This year's attendance is nearly double that of ISPPD-5, which took place in Australia in 2006, representing the largest-ever convening of experts around this deadly disease and demonstrating its growing importance on the global health agenda.
PneumoADIP is a dedicated team of experts and pecialists based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health supported by a $30 million grant from the GAVI Alliance (GAVI). PneumoADIP's mission is to improve child survival and health by accelerating the evaluation of and access to, new life-saving pneumococcal vaccines for the world's children. To learn more, please visit www.preventpneumo.org.
PATH, an international, nonprofit organization, creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions that enable
communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and
private sector partners, we help provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. Our work improves global health and well-being. To learn more, please visit www.path.org.
Sabin Vaccine Institute is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to reducing human suffering from infectious and neglected diseases by providing greater access to vaccines and essential medicines and through programs of vaccine research, development and advocacy. To learn more, please visit www.Sabin.org.
The Pneumococcal Awareness Council of Experts (PACE), a project of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, is comprised of leading global experts in infectious diseases and vaccines. The Council raises awareness among policy makers and aims to secure global commitments to prevent pneumococcal disease, a leading infectious killer of children and adults worldwide. The Council works through collaboration and partnership with countries, NGOs, academia and industry to achieve its goals. To learn more, please visit www.Sabin.org/PACE.


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In a large clinical study, more people who used an asthma medication similar to indacaterol experienced more severe episodes of asthma that needed to be treated in a hospital or caused death than patients who did not use the medication. Use of indacaterol inhalation may increase the risk of serious asthma problems or death in people who have asthma. Indacaterol inhalation has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat asthma. There is not enough information to tell whether indacaterol inhalation increases the risk of death in people who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD; a group of lung diseases, which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema).
Your doctor or pharmacist will give you the manufacturer's patient information sheet (Medication Guide) when you begin treatment with indacaterol inhalation and each time you refill your prescription. Read the information carefully and ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions. You can also visit the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website ( Web Site) or the manufacturer's website to obtain the Medication Guide.
Talk to your doctor about the risks of using indacaterol inhalation.
Indacaterol inhalation is used to control wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing, and chest tightness caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Indacaterol is in a class of medications called long-acting beta agonists (LABAs). It works by relaxing and opening air passages in the lungs, making it easier to breathe.
Indacaterol inhalation comes as a powder-filled capsule to inhale by mouth using a special inhaler. It is usually inhaled once a day. Use indacaterol inhalation at around the same time every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Use indacaterol inhalation exactly as directed. Do not use more or less of it or use it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Do not swallow indacaterol capsules.
Do not use indacaterol inhalation to treat sudden attacks of COPD. Your doctor will prescribe a short-acting beta agonist inhaler such as albuterol (Proventil, Ventolin) to use during attacks. If you were using this type of inhaler on a regular basis before you began treatment with indacaterol, your doctor will probably tell you to stop using it regularly, but to continue to use it to treat attacks.
If your COPD symptoms become worse, if indacaterol inhalation becomes less effective, if you need more doses than usual of the medication you use to treat sudden attacks, or if the medication you use to treat attacks does not relieve your symptoms, your condition may be getting worse. Do not use extra doses of indacaterol. Call your doctor right away.
Indacaterol inhalation controls the symptoms of COPD but does not cure the condition. Continue to use indacaterol inhalation even if you feel well. Do not stop using indacaterol inhalation without talking to your doctor. If you suddenly stop using indacaterol, your symptoms may become worse.
Before you use the indacaterol inhaler for the first time, ask your doctor, pharmacist, or respiratory therapist to show you how to use it. Practice using the inhaler while he or she watches.
Indacaterol capsules should only be used with the inhaler that comes with your prescription. Do not use the inhaler to inhale any other type of capsules. Do not put indacaterol capsules into the mouthpiece of the inhaler. Do not blow into the mouthpiece.
The inhaler is made to pierce the capsule so that the powder can be released. However, it is possible that the capsule may break into small pieces inside the inhaler. If this happens, a screen in the inhaler should stop the pieces of capsule from reaching your mouth as you inhale the medication. Very tiny pieces of the capsule may reach your mouth or throat, but they are not harmful if swallowed or inhaled. The capsule is less likely to break if you are careful to store the capsules properly, to keep the capsules in the foil package until you are ready to use them, and to pierce each capsule only once.
Store the capsules in the package and remove them immediately before use. Throw away any capsules that are removed from the packaging that are not used right away. Do not store the capsules inside the inhaler. Avoid exposing the capsules to moisture, and handle them with dry hands.
Keep the inhaler dry; do not wash it. Always use the new inhaler that comes with each refill of your medication.
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Before using indacaterol inhalation,
Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, continue your normal diet.
Inhale the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take more than one dose in 24 hours.
Indacaterol inhalation may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of these symptoms, call your doctor immediately or get emergency medical treatment:
Indacaterol inhalation may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online [at Web Site] or by phone [1-800-332-1088].
Keep this medication in the packaging it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from light, excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.
In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at 911.
Symptoms of overdose may include the following:
Keep all appointments with your doctor.
Do not let anyone else use your medication. Ask your pharmacist any questions you have about refilling your prescription.
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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For many years, I have heard how so many lives are changed during a Starkey Hearing Foundation mission. But, I was surprised that it was really my life that was changed from my mission experience to Matamoros, Mexico in April 2017.
My first patient was Carmen. She was 101 years old, very quiet and had 6 sons. She didn't say much to me throughout the initial process of registration, otoscopy, and testing. She came with one of her sons and her daughter-in-law. They shared with me that every day one of her boys brought her the daily paper. They read it together and talked about what was going on in the world. He said that it was something he looked forward to. But lately, the family had noticed that Carmen was less engaged in the conversation and was misinterpreting what was said to her. He told me that he had resigned himself to the fact that, in the possible near future, his Mom may not be with him. But while she was still living, her family was not ok with her not being able to effectively communicate with them. They were not willing to let hearing loss rob them of precious moments with her.
Once Carmen was fit with her new aids, she became a different person! She began asking me questions about where I lived, about my son and telling me stories about what it was like to raise 6 boys in a two bedroom house. She lit up!
When traveling on a mission you may feel like you are a world away from what is familiar. But, a mission reminds you that no matter where you are, people want similar things. We want peace. We want to create a better life for our children. We want happiness and health for ourselves and our families. When Carmen was getting ready to leave, her son said to me, "There are many beautiful people in this world. But not everyone remembers that we are from one heart. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we lived our lives with that knowledge?"


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Summary Meeting Notes: October 11, 2012 Residential Development and Compatibility PEG meeting
Residential Development and Compatibility Policy Expert Group
Date: October 11, 2012
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
PEG Attendees: Matt Davis, Tamara DeRidder, John Gibbon, Michael Hayes, Gabe Headrick, Rodney Jennings, Gordon Jones, James McGrath, Rod Merrick, Erica Palmer, Stanley Penkin, Eli Spevak, Justin Wood
Staff/Presenters: Barry Manning (BPS PEG lead)
Other Attendees: Danell Norby, David Sweet, Zef Wagner; BPS staff: Tom Armstrong, Debbie Bischoff, Bill Cunningham, Joan Fredrickson, Phil Nameny, Chris Scarzello, Deborah Stein
Facilitator: Deb Meihoff, Communitas
View the original agenda, including materials, for this meeting.
Key Points
- Meeting focused on identified issues and policy options for density allowances in single-family zones and considerations for placement of multi-family zoning.
- Policy should address growth and concurrency time frames established through the Comprehensive Plan - expectations, density, infrastructure and support services. Do not let land use designations get out too far ahead of a reasonable timeline for infrastructure and service provisions.
- Policies should discourage / dis-incent demolition of functional single family dwelling units, especially those that are being replaced by higher priced and larger houses, negatively impacting affordability and compatibility.
- Zoning allowances and other implementation measures need to better express and implement the vision of the Comprehensive Plan.
- Design, scale, and transitions are the critical elements of making density work.
- Alternative approaches to address historic lot lines include allowing existing single family structures on corner lots to convert to duplexes and use of denser single family designations (such as R2.5 zoning) for transitioning.
- Density adjustments need to be balanced with economic growth needs of the city and potential increase of farm and forest land consumption.
Welcome, overview, introductions
PEG Process Updates and Feedback
- Barry Manning provided a draft copy of the preliminary policy direction for residential development and compatibility issues discussed by the PEG and reviewed the next steps in the process to publish a public review draft.
- Draft of policies will be released in December, public workshops conducted in February, maps for review available March/April, additional work with the PEG to incorporate public feedback May through July/August.
- PEG members had additional questions and ideas about how best to present the updated policies:
- Implementation-type ideas (not policy) are being tracked by staff – the 'commentary' section of the review draft should help communicate what is intended with the proposed policies. PEG members stressed the need to track what happens with implementation ideas.
- PEG recommended including references to examples that illustrate the intent of the policy language in the adopted policy document.
- The tentative December agenda includes review of the draft policies and cross-checking with other chapters / work of other PEGs to see how the group's ideas and issues have been integrated.
- PEG members would like to understand better how other adopted plans of the city (examples include: community plans, Climate Change Action Plan) are being incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan update.
- Discussion Board
- Barry and Eli Spevak discussed possible technical solutions prior to the PEG meeting. An online system - PEG discussion board - will be established for PEG members to post additional thoughts on policies, ideas and issues to potentially be covered at future PEG meetings.
- Barry presented additional demographic data requested by PEG members at the last meeting
- Meeting presentation
Policy Topic Presentations: Residential Density - Allowances in SFR zones and placement of MFR zones
Presenter: Barry Manning, BPS
Summary: Staff presentation on development allowances in single-family residential zones (small lot, rowhouses, duplexes) and mapping for multi-family areas (proximity to transit, infrastructure, opportunity for other services and amenities)
Related Materials and Presentation:
- Issue Paper: Single Dwelling Allowances and Density
- Issue Paper: Multi Dwelling Allowances and Density
- Residential density policies presentation
Group Discussion on Policy Topics
Facilitator: Deb Meihoff
Summary of PEG discussion:
- There needs to be greater transparency between historic lot lines and platted lots, so neighbors understand the adjacent development potential. There should be clarity about property rights associated with historic lot lines.
- Consider using R2.5 zoning as a transition tool for areas with historic lot pattern of 25' frontage, if appropriately located for buffering between more intense densities and the single family densities. The R2.5 transition would not be as appropriate mid-block of a lower-density zone or for scattered sites.
- Raising zoning densities can dramatically change character of an area and neighborhoods - for single-dwelling residential areas, zoning allowances need to more directly reflect the vision of the Comprehensive Plan.
- For the mid-block or scattered site 25' historic lots, consider policy to regulate forms of development that would be incompatible with the lower-density neighborhood around the site.
- There is some concern about driving the market toward attached dwellings while homebuyers still typically favor detached units.
- Revise and/or avoid policies that encourage demolition of good-quality housing structures, even if small or in need of maintenance. Think about the potential outcomes for lots that have greater density potential. Be cautious in defining 'serviceable' and 'good design' when referring to obsolescence of structures.
- Policies should allow for evolution of architecture and design. Design and scale are the essential pieces to making density work well.
- Consider policy that allows typically-larger corner lots to convert to duplexes with the existing structure - intended to discourage demolition.
- There needs to be a transparent process and equity plan clearly communicating when and where public investments and incentives will be applied, including parks and transportation investments.
- Policy must support concurrent development of complete street networks. City should review LID program to ensure it is used and supported to bridge the gap of missing infrastructure through residential neighborhoods.
- City needs to consider timeframes being established through the Comprehensive Plan - expectations, policies, and zoning. Don't let land use designations get out too far ahead of a reasonable timeline for infrastructure and service provisions. If the City doesn't expect to invest in the infrastructure within a reasonable period of time, an area should not be mapped for increased density. In some parts of town, this approach has created a significant deficit of infrastructure appropriate for higher density development being built.
- Policies should encourage neighborhood stability (and the term should be defined)
[Due to time constraints, the presentation on Gentrification was deferred to a future meeting]
Public Comment
- The Sabin neighborhood in NE Portland is largely zoned R5 [low density residential] and the neighborhood has historically been supportive and accommodating of increased densities, especially to provide affordable housing options. Recently, the neighborhood has experienced an increase in smaller homes being torn down to be replaced with larger single-family homes. This is not helping to increase affordability or density and some area residents are concerned. Would like to see strategies that take affordable housing into account. The City needs to be more realistic with standards (specifically transportation requirements) triggered by rezoning requests. There are many locations that would be appropriately designated a slightly denser zone, such as R2.5, but the standards are too stringent to be met.
- North Portland is also experiencing small house tear-downs and losing affordability through redevelopment. Also experiencing a lack of open space with the larger multi-family developments on the corners - developments are maximizing lot coverage.
- Exercise caution when limiting multifamily development - the PEG and the City need to think about the long term growth of the city and needs of future Portlanders
Next Steps
- Equity workshop will be conducted at the November PEG meeting.
- Draft of policies will be released for public review and comment in December, followed by public workshops and engagement events after the first of the year. PEG review of the draft is planned for the December meeting.
- PEG is invited to participate in the new online discussion board. Please post ideas about future PEG topics.
For more information, please contact either Barry Manning Bureau of Planning and Sustainability at 503-823-7965 or firstname.lastname@example.com or Deb Meihoff, facilitator at 503-358-3404 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Ryan targets 'rationing board'
It's the return of the "rationing" debate.
Paul Ryan's appearance on the Republican ticket doesn't just bring his Medicare overhaul plan to center stage. It also shines a brighter light on a new Medicare panel in President Barack Obama's health law that Republicans say would "deny" or "ration" health care.
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Ryan's attacks on the health law's Independent Payment Advisory Board — a centerpiece of his campaign event with Mitt Romney in Manchester, N. H., Monday — are ripped from the pages of the playbook Republicans used during the health reform debate. Sarah Palin stirred up the opposition by warning of "death panels," and other Republicans charged that the entire law would put government bureaucrats between patients and their doctors.
Now, Ryan is bringing that rhetoric back by warning voters of the dangers of the "rationing board."
Ryan has long been one of the harshest — and most vocal — critics of the new board. It's a panel that will be tasked with controlling future Medicare growth, and that duty will require rationing health care, Ryan says.
Obama "puts this new board of 15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats that he's about to appoint, who are required to cut Medicare every year in ways that will clearly lead to denied care for current seniors," Ryan said at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Monday.
In the past, he's been even more critical of the board.
"Repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board is critical to ensuring that seniors never have to face the waiting lists and rationed care that have affected other nations who have gone down the misguided path of bureaucratic medicine," he said in March when the House Ways and Means Committee voted to repeal IPAB.
Now that Ryan is on the ticket, voters can expect to hear a lot more about IPAB as he and Romney press their counterattacks against Obama on Medicare.
"American seniors need to know that the only one threatening to deny them care is President Obama," said Brendan Buck, a campaign spokesman for Ryan. "As Congressman Ryan continues to talk about the Romney-Ryan plan to protect and preserve Medicare, he will be highlighting the danger posed by this unaccountable panel of bureaucrats."
Supporters of the health law say the IPAB won't — and can't — deny or ration health care. They point to the health law itself, which specifically says the panel can't deny health care treatment. IPAB's supporters say the panel will find cuts within Medicare that won't have an impact on beneficiaries — and won't even need to find cuts if Congress can control Medicare spending by itself.
Fact-checking groups have rated similar statements that the board will decide who will get care as false. But as a practical matter, IPAB opponents say that there is no way for this board to slow the growth of Medicare spending without limiting care.


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Injury Style Solutions From Music Stars
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? Who knew that being a music star also has its dangers, with high heels, dance moves and 3am McDonald's runs. But as superstar Mariah Carey has shown us last week, fashion heals all wounds. From feathered slings to bedazzled neck braces, here are some style solutions from music stars on how to turn medical aids into hot accessories. - by Tiffany Lee


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The California State Controller's primary function is to provide sound fiscal control over both receipts and disbursements of public funds; to report periodically on the financial operations and condition of both state and local government; to make certain that money due the state is collected through fair, equitable and effective tax administration; to provide fiscal guidance to local governments; and to administer the Unclaimed Property and Property Tax Postponement Programs.
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It follows the designer as he attempts to democratise fashion against the backdrop of Sixties' liberation, battling his personal demons to build an empire that would be renowned for liberating women all over the world.
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What You're Saying With Your Haircut
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Caling all bakers! Register your dessert pie entry to compete in the bake off judged by alumnus, scientist, author, and baker Chris Taylor and his spouse Paul Arguin. All entries will be judged prior to the start of EPI Seminar on Thursday, November 21, where Arguin is the speaker.
Bring your registered pies up to A521!
Registered pies will be assessed by celebrity guest judges Chris Taylor (EPI '10) and Paul Arguin (seminar speaker this week), who together have won more than 600 awrads for baking and reently coauthored the bestselling cookbook The New Pie. Blue ribbons will be awarded at 1 p.m. after Epi Seminar where Arguin is the speaker.
Come and taste the pies! While they last. Blue ribbons will be awarded at 1 p.m. following the noon EPI departmental seminar by Paul Arguin in G23.
Arguin is chief (retired), Domestic Response Unit, Malaria Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Research interests include the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases associated with international travel, including malaria and zoonoses. Also a guest judge for the PiE Bake Off!
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"The Eyes of Thailand" won the Humanitarian Award at the Newport Film Festival where it premiered last weekend to a sold out crowd. Director and producer Windy Borman acknowledges it has been four and a half years since she first visited the Friends of Asian Elephants Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand and with her camera. There she was inspired by the founder of FAE, Soraida Salwala. Soraida is a warm, big-hearted and passionate muse, kind of like a Mother Therese for the elephants. Her caring is charismatic as it is compelling. In fact, her compassionate activism has not only inspired those around her to help but also through the making of this wonderful film, will ultimately raise the level of humanitarian reactions internationally.
Borman relates her story with skill to make it universally appealing: She is informative without being dry, exposes tragedy without being maudlin, and captures the light of hope shining through without being sentimental. Hers is the interconnected story of two global issues: the plight of the Asian elephant, and the continued suffering caused by land mines.
The elephant has been revered as the Buddha himself, and is the symbol of Thailand. And yet changing customs throughout the years have reduced their numbers to an endangered level. (From 40,000 to 2,600 in just 14 years.) Today the magnificent beast suffers for the customs, entertainment and profit of its "owners", is regularly beaten and denied simple natural behaviors of elephants in the wild. Chained and made to carry people and other loads or perform tricks or stand hungry and thirsty for hours to become part of religious rituals, or walk in the busy traffic to beg for food.
Although logging with elephants has been outlawed in Thailand, it is still in play in Burma, which shares a long border with Thailand. There are elephants who still wander with some degree of freedom and regularly cross back and forth over the border.
Soraida had seen just about every kind of elephant injury and abuse since she was a young girl. She saw an injured elephant at the side of the road with no one to help it. This made a big impression on her and she was determined to help when she got older. The doors of her hospital are open to all injured elephants.
But ten years ago, she was brought the first case of an elephant who had stepped on a land mine. Motala's foot had been blown off. The Burmese use land mines along the border for security. This is not an uncommon phenomenon. Both humans and other animals today are killed and maimed by these land mine explosions in Burma and other countries around the world.
Humans' interconnection with other animals is evident as we see dozens of cases of young people and old with limbs missing. It is a phenomenon which was addressed by Princess Diana when she was alive and by many activists around he world, and yet it still exists in many third world countries. Innocent lives, mostly of poor indigenous people, are ruined by random weapons which should have been banned globally years ago.
Besides elephants, our consciousness was raised on the insidious continued use of land mines, and a primer of who does and does not support the ban. (Shamefully, the U.S. does not support the ban, and evidently American companies are still making the weapons.)
Human prosthetic legs have been manufactured but never before had such an appliance been attempted for an animal as massive and heavy as an elephant.
Soraida had looked and hoped for something like that to help her beloved Motala who she continued to support and nurse and whose wounds took ten years to heal enough to consider an appliance. Putting weight on the wounded leg of course hurt her, and walking without it skewed her anatomical posture, so her movement was severely limited. Soraida attracted the services of a kind medical doctor, Dr. Therdchai Jivacate of the Prostheses Foundation. who was determined to help her help the elephants.
A younger elephant, Baby Mosha, was brought to the hospital with another land mine wound. Technology had become more advanced. Soraida and her Dr. Jivacate decided to try and create an artificial leg for the young elephant first. Since he was smaller it would make the process a bit smoother.
"The Eyes of Thailand" is the story of two elephants finally being fitted with prosthetic legs so they could walk again. But at its core it is the story of the driving heart and soul of one person who could make it happen. In telling this story, the audience experiences a clear window on the sad plight of the Thai elephant and the disaster of the remaining land mines in the world today. The story is presented clearly and scientifically, and would be suitable for people of all ages. The opening story of the Buddha is laid out in charming animation. It is narrated by Ashley Judd. Next stop for "The Eyes of Thailand" is the Wildlife Film Festival in Montana.
Georja Umano is an actress/comedienne and animal advocate.
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As the Afghanistan war heats up with the launch of the Taliban's spring offensive, so does talk among foreign-policy experts about how long American support for it will last now that Osama bin Laden is dead.
Yet there are few indications that even with the Al Qaeda mastermind behind 9/11 out of the picture, the security situation in Afghanistan will improve.
In recent days, Taliban militants attacked security forces in Nuristan Province, wounding six policemen. A NATO airstrike reportedly killed seven Taliban in Nangarhar Province early on May 4, and on May 3 an International Security Assistance Force soldier died in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan.
"It's possible that fighting will continue at least in the short- to medium-term, and in that regard one can say that the death of bin Laden isn't going to significantly bring down those levels of fighting," says Farzana Shaikh, an associate fellow for the Asia Program at Chatham House, a London think tank.
Though the Taliban and Al Qaeda are sometimes lumped together in the West, the two have key ideological differences and competing goals. The Taliban are focused on national insurgency, while Al Qaeda is more interested in global jihad.
Al Qaeda's footprint in Afghanistan has also decreased markedly since NATO forces invaded in 2001. Some estimates now place the number of Al Qaeda operatives here at less than 100 fighters. And the group has come to increasingly rely on the Afghan Taliban organization for its survival, rather than the other way around.
"I don't think it's going to have any impact on the Taliban. I don't think Osama's death is going to demoralize, or persuade, or provoke them to take their revenge. Their fight is different," says Rahimullah Yusufzai, an independent analyst and editor of Pakistan's The News International.
After nearly 10 years of war and thousands of civilian and military deaths, average Afghans also question whether Mr. bin Laden's death will change anything.
"When he arrived here it was good when he fought the Russians, but suddenly everything changed and he was the opposite of what he was before," says Saleem, a bicycle repairman in Kabul. "Maybe [his death] will help, maybe it won't. He was only one person and the insurgents come from everywhere."
One area where the bin Laden operation could have a sharp impact is in the ability of the Afghan Taliban's leadership to operate somewhat freely, say many Taliban observers. Key figures wanted by the US are believed to be hiding in Pakistan and may now worry that they are next on America's hit list.
US drone strikes have killed scores of militants in Pakistan, but most were Al Qaeda or Pakistani Taliban, a different group than the Afghan Taliban. Since 2003, only two members of the Afghan Taliban's senior leadership council have been killed by foreign forces.
Prior to his assassination, bin Laden managed to keep his location secret, whereas Taliban leaders have stayed in the open more, occasionally speaking to journalists and maintaining contact with Afghan government officials. "If the CIA can catch bin Laden, it's surely not too hard to find the senior Taliban leadership, especially if journalists can find them," says Alex Strick van Linschoten, an independent researcher based in Kandahar.
Indeed, speaking to the Monitor by phone just one day after the US Navy SEAL team killed bin Laden, a mid-level Taliban commander based in Pakistan broke off mid-sentence, worried that foreign forces might be able to trace his location.
Even as spring fighting intensifies, the knockout of bin Laden will shape conditions for talks. Pakistan is a key player, and most observers say it can bring the Taliban to the table. Much will depend on whether the US and Pakistan can work together after the bin Laden killing. Another key factor is whether the Taliban will use bin Laden's death as an opportunity to cut ties with Al Qaeda. In addition to accepting the Afghan Constitution and renouncing violence, that is a precondition for Afghan and NATO talks with the Taliban.
The close relationship between bin Laden and the Taliban's leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, was seen as a central reason for the group's continued support of Al Qaeda. But even without bin Laden, breaking ties remains highly unlikely. Maintaining official ties with Al Qaeda provides the Taliban with important credibility among jihadist groups in addition to access to training and Arab funding.
"The Taliban are very much concerned about the general public opinion," says Hamid Mir, a Pakistani journalist and independent analyst. "Some of them say that 'We cannot give an impression to the Afghan or Pashtun masses that we are making any deals with the United States or that we are under pressure.' They are sure that in three or four years they will defeat the United States."
Still, there may be some factions willing to break ties. "Those who asked Mullah Omar to hand over bin Laden and save the Islamic Emirate in 2001 will probably ask Mullah Omar again to break ties with Al Qaeda," says Mohammed Hashim Watanwal, a member of parliament from Uruzgan Province. "If he doesn't, maybe they will quit the movement and sit down for talks with the government."


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On Tuesday 26th June I attended the first Brighton Pi Jam at Build Brighton.
The Brighton Pi Google Group and this meet up was planned by Peter Hobson after a meeting was held in a small pub in Brighton in which Peter put across the idea of Brighton having a user's group of Raspberry Pi user's and non users to help promote it's use, share ideas, equipment, etc. Also try to answer that frequently asked question "What is this?" and "What can I do with it?".
A good turn out of people arrived at the Hack Space, after passing the test of finding the entrance to the space, (not set by us) just something which was caused by things beyond our control.
There was 3 people on the speaker's list to introduce us to the wonders of the Raspberry Pi.
First up was
Neil C Ford – Show Notes http://www.neilcford.co.uk/2012/06/brightonpi-raspberry-jam-the-show-notes/
He came up to the front and gave a very passion filled talk about his work with the Rewired State, his Raspberry Pi, a Raspberry Jam, Young Rewired State. Explained about Hack Days, as he had been involved in The Field Studies Council hack day in Devon, enjoying every minute of his 2 day trip on the Devon coast in beautiful sunshine using the Pi as a portable web server. You can get further details by clicking the link above. You can also follow him on Twitter @neilcford . This talk helped get the group together and discuss what to do with the Pi during the short break for refueling with tea, coffee, etc
Next Up was
Chris Evans – Manager and Owner of CJE Micro's and Fourth Dimension.
CJE Micro's http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/index.shtml
First off he stated that he also bought a model B back in the days of the BBC Micro . A computer which was placed in my primary school the year I left for secondary school which had Commodore Pet computers. Ahh the joys of typing in 3+ pages of code from a text book with no errors.
Chris also showed off a pre-alpha version of RISC OS running on the Raspberry Pi. I was not aware of this being developed for the Pi, which sparked more discussion during the breaks as the OS has a low footprint so could be run/installed on smaller SD cards rather than larger ones required by the official Pi build of Debian.
He also came to show off and promote some of the hardware that the store had developed for the Raspberry Pi device. One major device which was showed and a world first was the development of a Real Time Clock module which plugs into the Pi and stays within the contours of the Raspberry Pi. Linux and RISC OS is partly implemented with full implementation due soon. A fully made up PCB of this is available from the store above, also you have the option of a temperature sensor which will give you piece of mind when you Pi is running, though is not going to run that hot anyway to worry about it being melted.
Showed the various cases that are available from the shop and for the Raspberry Pi, even showing that you could place a Pi within a ATX or Mini ITX case to make smooth looking device. Also supplies cable to make a Raspberry Pi look neater and control the cables coming from the device. Further work that the company is carrying out is how to power a cluster (known as a Bramble) of Pi from one power source.
Next Up was
Peter Hobson – Founder of the Brighton Pi Group on Twitter @BrightonPi
Peter was going to show some examples of using the Scratch programing language, this is also the foundation's main choice which will be placed on the education release of the Pi. Aimed at getting young people involved and interested in coding, learning what is possible when using a computer but it was deiced to let the attendees have a chance to talk about their projects and plans for their Pi, also to test or tryout any of the hardware which Chris had brought along.
A good evening was had by all and the Raspberry Pi is going to be huge and has great potential, lets carry this into the next month's meeting.
If you are interested in joining the Brighton Pi Group please visit the group's google group all updates and information about the group will be posted to this group. You need to be approved before your able to post. (don't worry about this, it keeps out the Spam Bots (machines) from posting to group.)
Brighton Hack Space are up for letting us use the space on an monthly basis. So we need ideas for speakers, discussion about what to do at each of those monthly meetings.
Any further ideas, errors, updates just drop a comment below or post in the google group and I will update this blog.


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Soldiers and civilian support personnel from 26 states and the District of Columbia were imprisoned at Andersonville. Among the diverse prison population at Andersonville were American Indians, African Americans, men from several foreign countries, and two women. All prisoners found themselves confronting common obstacles and problems at Andersonville, including the need for shelter, clothing, food, water, and medical attention. Prisoners tried in various ways to make the most of a terrible situation.
Prisoners arriving at Andersonville quickly discovered that they lacked many of life's basic necessities. Many were without shelter and constructed crude dwellings known as "shebangs," made from various items including cloth, mud bricks, tree limbs, and brush. One group of prisoners, including a printer from Trenton, New Jersey, constructed a shebang by sewing together "the sleeve and back linings of my blouse...our sugar and coffee bags, and...the flap of Hoffman's knapsack."¹ In some instances, prisoners shared their shebangs with others and cared for those who were sick.
Clothing also presented a problem at the prison and prisoners spent much time mending their torn clothes. Some prisoners did not even have clothes. When a prisoner died and was carried out of the stockade to the "deadhouse" before burial, he would be stripped and his clothes were taken back inside the prison. (On one such occasion, the prisoner being stripped was discovered to be a female.) Besides being torn and tattered, the clothing was consistently dirty, as soap was hard to come by and often not available at all. Prisoners sometimes used sand as a soap substitute. Twenty-one-year-old Albert Shatzel, a private in Company A, First Vermont Cavalry, recorded during his first day at Andersonville that "since the day I was Born I never saw such misery as there is here...they can't get aney soap or aney thing else to wash their clothes with."² Another prisoner, John Ransom, made the most of his situation by operating a barber shop and a laundry service (using sand for soap).
Perhaps the worst condition prisoners faced was the lack of food and water. The standard daily food ration was one-quarter pound of cornmeal and either one-third pound of bacon or one pound of beef. Sometimes other items would be issued such as peas or molasses. Often the rations were issued uncooked and prisoners had to cook for themselves. That was not an easy task since firewood was scarce. Prisoners often combined their rations and cooked them together. If a prisoner had money he could do business with the sutler, who operated a small store within the stockade and sold vegetables and other food. In May 1864 eggs sold for 50 cents each, molasses 12 dollars a gallon, bacon 6 dollars a pound, cornbread 40 cents a loaf, and flour one dollar a pint. Black beans were 40 cents a pint. In June baking soda was 25 cents a spoonful, blackberries 60 cents a pint, and beans had risen to one dollar a pint.
One reason Camp Sumter was built at Andersonville was the availability of water. A small stream, called Stockade Branch, flowed through the stockade. This water source, however, flowed through two Confederate encampments and the prison bakehouse before reaching the prisoners. Once it reached the stockade it was the only water supply for drinking, washing clothes, and bathing. The prison latrines, or "sinks," were built on the hillside above the branch and overflowed after heavy rains, sending the contents into the water supply and coating the ground after the water subsided. Among several diary entries by prisoners, John Ransom's account is less graphic than some, but straight to the point. Ransom wrote "There is so much filth about the camp that it is terrible trying to live here."³ When a spring flowed out of the ground after a heavy August rainstorm and created a new water supply, the prisoners, attributing it to an act of Providence, named it Providence Spring.
It is no surprise that under these circumstances sickness was rampant in Andersonville Prison. A hospital originally located within the stockade was later moved outside. Some tents were used, and eventually wooden buildings built, but they were not enough to accommodate the large number of sick. From February 25 to May 9, 1864, 4,588 patients received treatment and 1,026 died.4 The leading causes of death as reported by the medical staff were diarrhea, dysentery, and scorbutus (scurvy).
Inside the prison, a group of prisoners called the "Raiders" banded together to improve their situation by preying on fellow prisoners. Operating in large groups, the Raiders stole food and property by force. Armed with clubs and other items, the Raiders sometimes killed to obtain money jewelry, clothes, and food. For several months during the spring and early summer of 1864, the Raiders literally ruled the inner stockade at Andersonville. Finally in late June and early July of 1864, a group of prisoners banded together to oppose the Raiders. The "Regulators," with the permission of Captain Wirz, rounded up the Raiders. Once captured, many were forced to run between two lines of fellow prisoners who beat them as they ran. Others had to wear a ball and chain or were put in the stocks. Six leaders of the Raiders suffered a worse fate. These men were tried by a jury of 12 fellow prisoners and found guilty of murder. They were sentenced to hang, and the sentence was carried out on July 11, 1864.
To cope with the horrible conditions within the stockade, prisoners turned to various activities. They carved objects, sang songs, played games such as checkers and cards, read any material they could get, and wrote letters and diaries. Letters home were censored by prison officials, and many never reached their destinations. Other prisoners, intent on escape, spent time digging tunnels. Although there are no records of successful escapes via tunnels, some men did escape, mainly from work crews when outside the prison. The escape of one ingenious soldier was recorded by John Ransom on May 16, 1864. "A funny way of escape has just been discovered by Wirz. A man pretends to be dead and is carried on a stretcher, left with the row of the dead. As soon as it gets dark Mr. Deadman jumps up and runs."5
The horrendous living conditions at Andersonville resulted in the deaths of thousands of prisoners. John Ransom, who was imprisoned at Andersonville for seven months, attributed his ability to survive to "an iron constitution that has carried me through, and above all a disposition to make the best of everything no matter how bad, and considerable willpower with the rest."6
Questions for Reading 2
1. Define the terms shebang, deadhouse, and sutler.
2. What were some necessities the prisoners lacked? Why weren't these items available?
3. If you had the money, what could you buy in the prison?
4. What were the leading causes of death? Why?
5. Who were the Raiders? Why do you think they behaved in such a manner? What was their ultimate fate?
6. What did the prisoners do to keep themselves occupied and entertained?
7. What means of escape were attempted by prisoners?
Compiled from J. Mark Bollinger and Brenda G. Landrum, eds., The Story of Andersonville Prison and American Prisoners of War (Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1987); Donald F Danker, ed. "Imprisoned at Andersonville: The Diary of Albert Harry Shatzel, May 5, 1864 - September 12, 1864," Nebraska History, XXXVIII (1958); Ovid Futch, History of Andersonville Prison (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1968); John McElroy, This Was Andersonville, Roy Meredith, ed. (New York: Fairfax Press, 1979); and John Ransom, John Ransom's Andersonville Diary (New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1986).1Ovid Futch, History of Andersonville Prison (Gainsville: University of Florida Press, 1968), 31.
2Donald F. Danker, "Imprisoned at Andersonville: The Diary of Harry Shatzel, May 5, 1864-September 12, 1864," Nebraska History, XXXVIII (1958), 92.
3Ransom, 66.
4Futch, 33.
5Ransom, 79.
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I thought the best headline of the last week was "Pole Dancing Prostitutes Destroying Street Signs in New Zealand," which suggests the obvious possibilities of a remake of Attack of the 50-Foot Woman, in which we discover an ingenious method for ridding our countryside of the ugly wind farms the greenies have imposed upon us. Paging Will Ferrell!
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Your one stop shop for everything you need to know about obesity. Discover the health risks of obesity, how it can be caused by genetic factors, and put common obesity myths to rest, once and for all.
Obesity can demoralize people and cause serious health implications. The good news is that it isn't permanent and can be solved.
We've been hearing about obesity so much and we're probably immune to it by now. It doesn't help that bad for you "processed foods" are everywhere—literally everywhere. You can't walk into a Best Buy without buying a pack of M&M's to go with your shiny new lap top. Weight loss programs are plastered all over our TV and computer screens and our country's rising waistline is a favorite topic for the news media as of late. So, it's no surprise that we're tired of hearing about obesity.
However, we keep hearing about it for a reason.
Health professionals have been warning about the dangers of obesity for decades. 35% of adults in the United States are obese and doctors have recently declared it a legitimate disease. Up until very recently, the United States was the most obese country in the world, but we've handed over the reins to our Mexican neighbors in the south.
The point is, obesity is a rising problem and the effects of obesity can be detrimental to your health.
The effects of obesity can lead to heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. In other words, obesity is not a joke and the effects of obesity can cause emotional trauma as well as physical damage. To avoid the horrible effects of the disease, focus on eating healthy and exercise 5 times a week for 30 minutes.
If that's not enough incentive to shed the pounds, losing weight could save you tons of money in the long run. In 2008, medical costs associated with obesity were estimated at $147 billion; the medical costs for people who are obese were $1,429 higher than those of normal weight. And that's just in 2008!
But is it just the result of gorging on too much junk food?
Obesity affects some groups more than others
Everyone's bodies are different and obesity was not created equal.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among non-Hispanic black and Mexican-American men, those who are fortunate enough to have higher incomes are, unfortunately, more likely to be obese than those who reside in the lower income bracket.
In contrast, higher income women are less likely to be obese than their lower income counterparts.
There is no significant relationship between obesity and education among men. However, among women, there is a trend. Women who possess a college degree are less likely to be obese compared to less educated women without a college degree.
Sometimes that data doesn't apply at all. Between 1988–1994 and 2007–2008, obesity increased in adults at all income and education levels.
Obesity may affect children the most
In the past 30 years, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adults. In 2010; more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.
Eating habits start while your kids are at that young, impressionable age. If they learn bad eating habits now, they're going to think it's okay to eat that way for the rest of their life! Not to mention, the scrutiny they'll face from their peers.
If you have a problem with your weight and you have a young child, start taking steps to improve your health and combat the effects of obesity together.
Where you live affects your weight
The effects of obesity are widespread, but some places are more obese than others.
Obesity rates are high throughout the country, but the west coast seems to be more fit than the east coast.
By state, obesity prevalence ranged from 20.7% in Colorado to 34.9% in Mississippi in 2011. No state had a prevalence of obesity less than 20%. 39 states had a prevalence of 25% or more; 12 of these states had a prevalence of 30% or more: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia.
The South had the highest prevalence of obesity (29.5%), followed by the Midwest (29.0%), the Northeast (25.3%) and the West (24.3%).
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force commander who overturned a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case — enraging members of Congress and prompting talk of military justice reform — explained his case in a letter to a top Pentagon official, saying he found the accused officer and his wife more believable than the alleged victim.
In a detailed six page letter to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin lays out why he decided to reverse the verdict — a widely criticized move that led to the Defense Department proposing that commanders be largely stripped of their ability to reverse criminal convictions of service members. The letter was obtained by The Associated Press.
The woman accused Lt. Col. James Wilkerson of sexually assaulting her after a party at his house. Wilkerson and his wife denied the charges but said the woman stayed at their house that night.
A jury convicted Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano Air Base in Italy, Nov. 2 on charges of abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual assault and three instances of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman. Wilkerson was sentenced to a year in prison and dismissal from the service, but Franklin overturned the jury's verdict and dismissed the charges.
Franklin, commander of the 3rd Air Force at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, said a host of details led to his decision, including that the victim turned down offers to be driven home from the party, didn't accurately describe the house layout and gave a version of events that he did not find credible. He said Wilkerson was a doting father with a good career and it would be "incongruent" for him to leave his wife in bed, go downstairs and assault a sleeping woman he'd only met earlier that evening.
He acknowledged that Wilkerson didn't pass a polygraph test and that there were some differences between the colonel's version of events and his wife's. Franklin said he took into account Wilkerson's willingness to submit to the lie-detector test as well as additional testimony from others that was ruled inadmissible in the actual court proceedings.
Franklin's letter — which was not previously made public — was met with incredulity by at least members of Congress, who questioned how Franklin could take evidence deemed not credible by the court and base part of his decision on it.
"Franklin clearly substituted his own independent judgment for that of the convened fact-finding panel," said Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, a member of the House Armed Services Committee. "He took some information that was outside of the proceeding and not deemed credible and used his own judgment of what to accept. In the end he concludes that he fully believes Colonel Wilkerson's statement of events, even though the colonel refused to testify and failed a polygraph."
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the letters make clear how important it is to take the authority to overturn guilty verdicts away from commanders. She also objected to Franklin's use of information that was inadmissible in court and that he appeared to rely on his own personal judgment about the believability of the witnesses.
"This letter was like fingernails on a blackboard to me," McCaskill said Wednesday. "It puts the victim in a difficult position again, and I hate that."
In the letter, Franklin said he was providing the detailed defense of his decision because of the ongoing controversy in the "court of public opinion." But he worried in the letter that providing such a defense could set a dangerous precedent.
As part of the Pentagon recommendations this week, however, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said commanders will still be able to reduce sentences in criminal cases, but said they should be required to defend any such changes in writing.
Both McCaskill and Turner said lawmakers are working on changing the law to strip this power from commanders, so that similar incidents can be avoided in the future.
Franklin's memo lists 18 points that led to his decision to overturn the guilty verdict, saying he struggled with the difficult case and spent three weeks reviewing tapes, testimony and dozens of letters submitted in support of Wilkerson.
In the end, he said, "I could not in good conscience let stand the finding of guilty."
Among the problems he found with the verdict, Franklin said:
— The victim turned down three offers of a ride and seemed to have differing reasons why she wanted to stay
— The victim had trouble identifying and describing parts of the house, didn't remember the attacker's mustache and didn't correctly describe her path out of the house
— Wilkerson's wife's account of the events differed in some details from her husband's, but Franklin said the conflicts suggested that the two didn't collude on a manufactured story.
— Testimony from the friend who took the alleged victim to the hospital the next day was not admissible in court, but Franklin said it indicated there could be a reason the woman might be less than candid.
Turner said the letter simply underscores the sense that there is a culture in the military that does not see sexual assault as a serious crime and that the victim is the one at fault. He said Congress is working to address the issue, but in the meantime the Pentagon should set clear standards on how commanders with no legal expertise should handle these types of reviews.
Franklin said he takes sexual assault cases very seriously and reviews all matters fairly.
And he said he concluded that, as a result of his review, he had a "genuine and reasonable doubt" that Wilkerson committed the sexual assault.
"It would have been exceedingly less volatile for the Air Force and for me professionally to have simply approved the finding of guilty," he said. "This would have been an act of cowardice on my part and a breach of my integrity."


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15350 Penitencia Creek Rd. San Jose, CA 95127
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Mountain Lion Sightings at Alum Rock Park
**All Alum Rock Park visitors are requested to park in the parking lot and not on surface streets outside the park.
Alum Rock Park
Alum Rock Park was founded in 1872 and is one of California's oldest municipal parks. Nestled within the Alum Rock Canyon in the foothills of the Diablo Range, the Park's 720 acres of natural, rugged beauty, provide visitors with many leisure outdoor activities including hiking, horseback riding, bicycling, family and group picnicking, and of course just relaxing. Picnic tables, barbecue pits, water and restrooms are available in most picnic areas, with lawns and a children's playground in the mid-canyon area.
From 1890 to 1932 the park was a nationally known health spa with 27 mineral springs, an indoor swimming pool, tea garden, restaurant, and dance pavilion. At the time you could ride from downtown San Jose to the park on the Alum Rock Steam Railroad, a ride that cost a quarter. Today, remnants of the railroad bridges can be seen, some of the stone grottos that contain mineral springs are still accessible, but now the charms of the park focus on nature, wildlife, and hiking.
There are approximately 13 miles of trails including six miles of horse trails and three miles of bicycle trails. Hikers are welcome on all trails, while equestrian and cyclists are required to use designated trails only. Please observe trail usage signs; don't endanger yourself and others by using inappropriate trails.
Alum Rock Park trails are the portal to Santa Clara County Open Space Authority Trails. Occasionally OSA trails are closed due to poor weather conditions, please visit http://www.openspaceauthority.org/ for trail status.
Picnic Sites
Reservable picnic areas can accommodate groups up to 300. Each area includes tables, barbecue grills, and nearby restrooms. Some of the more secluded sites require a short walk from the parking lot since vehicles are not allowed into the area. You may make on line reservations, but please call 408-794-7275 if you have questions about your chosen site.
During the fire season the use of fires and barbecues may be severely restricted, or the park may be closed to the public due to extreme fire conditions. For any concerns please call the Alum Rock Rangers Office.
Activities / Camps / Classes
Alum Rock Park staff offer a variety of educational programs for school children and other groups, and hosts a Summer Camp during the months of June, July, and August. Summer Camp is open to children 5-14 years and includes hiking, exploring creek waters, bird watching and other recreational activities.
The Youth Science Institute is a non-profit Science and Nature Center that has been open to the public since 1953. They offer school activities and have a museum open to the public Tuesday-Friday 12:00pm-4:00pm and on Saturday 12:00pm-4:30pm. Please visit http://www.ysi-ca.org/ for details on their programs.
The Santa Clara County Open Space Authority offers free walks that meet inside Alum Rock Park. Please visit their website for information http://www.openspaceauthority.org/ .
Natural Beauty
The unique east-west canyon and its steep sides contain many delicate plant and animal communities. Soils on the north canyon slopes are held in place by a variety of grasses, poison oak, holly leaf-cherry, sagebrush, and scattered live oak trees. Quiet, observant hikers can see black-tailed deer, brush rabbits and quail. Red tailed hawks and turkey vultures can frequently be seen riding the air currents over-head.
The opposite or south side of the canyon offers a totally different natural community. Trees such as the California black oak, bay, madrone, and California buckeye are abundant, while smaller shrubs like the toyon, wild rose, and wild blackberries are found in more sunny areas. The chattering of gray squirrels and Steller's jays are common sounds. On rare occasions, a hiker might see - only for an instant - the elusive bobcat as it disappears into the dense brush.
Penitencia Creek is lined with big-leaf maple white alder, and western sycamore. Wild honey-suckle vines, the arroyo and red willow add to its lush plant life.
Spring provides the park with color from a variety of wild flowers including the California poppy and sticky monkey flower. Ferns are prevalent during the winter and spring months. Alum Rock Park must be seen during all its seasons to be truly appreciated.
Parking Fees
Parking Fees are collected daily.
When the parking booth is unattended please use one of the automated machines.
Each automated machine accepts credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, and Discover Card) and cash.
Please bring exact currency as the machines do not dispense change.
Parking Passes are honored at Alum Rock Park, Lake Cunningham, Almaden Lake, and Kelley Park/Happy Hollow.
$6.00 Daily Pass
$2.00 Discounted Daily Pass (discount card required)*
$10.00 for the following high use days:
Recent clean-up efforts by hard working Alum Rock Park volunteers has made an area once thick with thistles accessible to natural wildlife...like deer!


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The world God created is a world of matter—a world of water and soil, air and shale, bread and wine. And matter is, in a way, a world of its own, a microcosm of elements structured by the hand of God.
Chemistry is the study of that world. From the simplest of atoms to the most complex of molecules, it probes the composition, structure, and behavior of matter. It investigates the material world, exploring the matter of the universe and chemicals of living beings, as well as the chemicals that shape and assist life in the world. Chemistry also explores the untold possibilities chemical compounds hold for men, discovering new ways to heal bodies and minds, care for the environment, and help the human community.
Majoring in chemistry at Franciscan University will begin preparing you to discover cures for diseases and unlock the mysteries of the human mind, to bring science to bear on man's most ordinary and extraordinary needs, and to make sure that science is always used in ways that reverence life. Depending on your future goals, you can choose to pursue those ends by working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree or a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry.
In your classes, you will study the universe on the microscopic and macroscopic level—discovering God's design in organic, inorganic, analytical, and physical chemistry. You'll learn how to conduct research and experiments, familiarizing yourself with laboratory equipment and protocols. Most important, you'll learn all of this in an environment where scientific rigor is matched by a reverence for the dignity of the human person and where the Catholic understanding of the world informs everything you do in and out of the classroom.
Your classes themselves will be held in our state-of-the-art science building, Saints Cosmas and Damian Hall. There, in addition to attending lectures, you'll have access to top-of-the-line research equipment.
That's important because at Franciscan, we strongly believe that a true understanding of science can't be obtained from merely reading books or sitting in a classroom. Rather, it must be experienced through the successes and failures of scientific research. This research fosters creativity, critical thinking, and resourcefulness. That's why we both allow students to propose their own research projects and invite them to work with faculty on advanced-level research projects. Students are also strongly encouraged to pursue summer internships at other universities and research facilities to complement their Franciscan training.
The quality of our professors, the excellence of our facilities, and the many opportunities for research available at Franciscan have enabled recent graduates to continue their education on the graduate level in chemistry and medicine. Others have found work in research labs, allied health labs, and science classrooms.