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A cortical column is a group of neurons in the brain cortex which can be successively penetrated by a probe inserted perpendicularly to the cortical surface, and which have nearly identical receptive fields. The human cortical column is composed of 6 layers. Each layer receives and sends signals to different parts of the brain. The human cerebral cortex is a roughly 2 mm thick sheet of neuronal cell bodies that forms the external surface of the telencephalon. The columnar functional organization, as originally framed by Vernon Mountcastle, states that neurons that are horizontally more than a half mm from each other do not have overlapping sensory receptive fields. An important distinction is that this rule is functional in origin, and reflects the local connectivity of the cerebral cortex. Connections "up" and "down" within the thickness of the cortex are dramatically denser than connections that spread from side to side.
Mammalian cerebral cortexEdit
The mammalian cerebral cortex, the grey matter encapsulating the white matter, is composed of layers. The human cortex is roughly 2.4 mm thick. The number of layers is the same in all mammals, but varies throughout the cortex. In the neocortex 6 layers can be recognized although many regions lack one or more layers, fewer layers are present in the archipallium and the paleopallium.[1]
The dolphin cortical column is composed of only 5 layers. Although the dolphin brain is larger than the human brain, the dolphin has a need to sleep and still surface to breathe. It accomplishes this by having one-half of its brain sleep at a time. The reptilian cortex has only three layers.
Columnar functional organizationEdit
The columnar functional organization, as originally framed by Vernon Mountcastle, suggests that neurons that are horizontally more than 0.5 mm (500 µm) from each other do not have overlapping sensory receptive fields, and other experiments give similar results: 200–800 µm (Buxhoeveden 2002, Hubel 1977, Leise 1990, etc.). Various estimates suggest there are 50 to 100 cortical minicolumns in a hypercolumn, each comprising around 80 neurons.
An important distinction is that the columnar organization is functional by definition, and reflects the local connectivity of the cerebral cortex. Connections "up" and "down" within the thickness of the cortex are much denser than connections that spread from side to side.
Size of cortexEdit
From the size of the cortex and the typical size of a column, it can be estimated that there are about two million function columns in humans.[2] There may be more if the columns can overlap, as suggested by Tsunoda et al..[3]
Hubel and Wiesel studiesEdit
Hubel and Wiesel followed up on Mountcastle's discoveries in the somatic sensory cortex with their own studies in vision. A part of the discoveries that resulted in them winning the 1981 Nobel Prize[1] was that there were cortical columns in vision as well, and that the neighboring columns were also related in function in terms of the orientation of lines that evoked the maximal discharge. Hubel and Wiesel followed up on their own studies with work demonstrating the impact of environmental changes on cortical organization, and the sum total of these works resulted in their Nobel Prize.
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External links and referencesEdit
- Mission to build a simulated brain begins "the initial phase of Blue Brain will model the electrical structure of neocortical columns - neural circuits that are repeated throughout the brain. These are the network units of the brain, says Markram. Measuring just 0.5 millimetres by 2 mm, these units contain between 10 and 70,000 neurons, depending upon the species. Once this is complete, the behaviour of columns can be mapped and modelled"
- Blue Brain Project Aims to simulate a cortical column
- BrainMaps at UCDavis Cortical%20column
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Educational Focus: LGBT Human Services and Mental Health
Clinical Psychology PhD and PsyD Programs
The Clinical Psychology PhD and PsyD programs at Alliant International University's California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) offer extensive training in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) psychology. The 5-year PhD program emphasizes clinical practice and research training equally whereas the 4-year PsyD (Doctor of Psychology) program primarily emphasizes clinical practice. Both programs prepare students for licensure as psychologists in California and throughout the U.S. These programs are fully accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) and Alliant International University is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Marital and Family Therapy & Clinical Counseling – MA Programs
The two-year master's programs in Marital and Family Therapy and in Clinical Counseling prepare students to enter these fields and obtain their respective licenses in California and throughout the U.S. The Marital and Family Therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Marriage and Family Therapy Education, of the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT).
The above graduate programs have many core and adjunct faculty members whose primary areas of scholarship and practice are in LGBT mental health. LGBT graduate student associations on the campuses provide support and welcome new students.
Certificate Program in LGBT Human Services & Mental Health
The Certificate in LGBT Human Services and Mental Health is designed to meet the growing need for clinicians to develop competencies in working with lesbian, gay male, bisexual, and transgender individuals, couples and families. The program focuses on assisting clinicians to develop multicultural competencies specific to the intersecting identities of LGBT clients, increase an understanding of the historical and cultural influences impacting LGBT clients, and identify best practice procedures for assessing and addressing issues in LGBT mental health. The certificate provides courses that address the competencies recommended by the American Psychological Association's ethical guidelines for the treatment of lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations.
The courses are offered as electives through the Office of Online Education for CSPP and are available to students enrolled in any CSPP graduate degree program on any of Alliant's campuses. The courses may be taken individually or as part of the certificate. Required certificate courses are offered annually and elective courses will be offered at least once every three years. Placing the courses in the online environment creates the unique opportunity for engaging Rockway core faculty from all of our campuses, as well as national and international experts in the provision of course materials. In some courses, 2-4 different instructors combine their wisdom to guide students through the ever-growing, research and clinical literature about the LGBT community.
Core Faculty Members with Expertise in LGBT Psychology
Core faculty members at CSPP and Alliant with expertise in LGBT psychology and affiliated with the Rockway Institute are listed below with reference to their campus and graduate/professional school within the university:
- Benjamin Caldwell, PsyD, Associate Professor, CSPP, Los Angeles
- Ron E. F. Duran, PhD, Associate Professor, CSPP, Los Angeles & Associate Provost
- Mary Fambrough, PhD, Associate Professor, CSPP, San Francisco
- Shawn Giammattei, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor, CSPP, Fresno; Adjunct Faculty, CSPP, San Francisco
- Robert-Jay Green, PhD, Founder & Senior Research Fellow, Rockway Institute; Distinguished Professor Emeritus, CSPP, San Francisco
- Dawn Griffin, PhD, Assistant Professor and Program Director for Undergraduate Psychology, CSPP, San Diego
- Judith Holloway, PhD, Associate Professor, CSPP, Los Angeles
- Sue A. Kuba, PhD, Professor, CSPP, Fresno; Fresno Campus Mentor, Rockway LGBT Certificate Program
- Michael I. Loewy, PhD, Associate Professor and Clinical Psychology PhD Program Director, CSPP, San Francisco
- Cristina Magalhaes, PhD, Assistant Professor, CSPP, Los Angeles
- Valory Mitchell, PhD, Professor, CSPP, San Francisco
- Eduardo Morales, PhD, Distinguished Professor, CSPP, San Francisco
- Kevin O'Connor, PhD, Professor, CSPP, Fresno
- Elena Padrón, PhD, Assistant Professor, CSPP, San Francisco
- Carlton W. Parks, PhD, Professor and Director, Programs in School & Educational Psychology, CSOE, Los Angeles
- Matthew Porter, PhD, Assistant Professor, CSPP, San Diego
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So I haul make up quite regularly *cough cough* and there's no doubt that some things induce far more excitement than others.
I was thinking; most make up I buy without thinking, out of habit (ie. I collect Nars multiples so I'll even buy ones that don't suit me!) and quite often just because I want to review it, or swatch it, or just because it's a new release. (When I buy MAC for example, I usually find it quite a 'staple' brand and I don't get too excited about my orders arriving.)
Only sometimes do I buy something that makes me really giddy and excited and I'm counting down the days for it to arrive.
It's usually something expensive, something Asian, something Limited Edition. Who am I kidding? A quick whip around in Superdrug just doesn't feel the same!
At the moment I am giddy at the prospect of a few things that are in the post…Cle De Peau Extra Rich Lipstick, a new Anna Sui Eyeshadow (most beautiful shell packaging), YSL's Rouge Pur Couture Lipsticks, Jill Stuart's Loose Blush (so damn expensive!). I have some really cute bits from Melliesh and Candydoll cosmetics too! Can't wait!
I get the package in the post (and I always know what's inside cos tragically, I recognise the handwriting) and savour it before opening. Pretty, pretty make up inside. I think I'm addicted to parcels.
So how do you feel about your hauls?
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I was excited to pitch Bessemer on a SaaS financing. From reading a partners blog I thought he was a smart guy, and we are right in his area of interest. They also churn out a ton of PR on their 'expertise' in SaaS which would lead you to think they might actually be paying attention. Unfortunately it didn't turn out like I hoped.
Despite an intro from a Bessemer CEO, I couldn't sync up with the partners busy calendar and got punted to his associate, who really didn't get what we are doing. I broke my cardinal rule - *never meet with associates*.
Neither of them responded to follow ups. Of the VC's we pitched for this round, Bessemer was one of only two funds that went 'radio silent'. Overall it was a disappointing experience and we would not go back to Bessemer.
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Simultaneous Multi-User QuickBooks 2012 Access
QuickBooks 2012 allows your multiple users to have simultaneous or serial access, depending upon your business needs. For example, if a small business has only an administrative assistant and the owner accessing a QuickBooks data file, one copy of QuickBooks running on a single personal computer may be all that is required.
However, QuickBooks does allow for simultaneous use of the QuickBooks data file by multiple users. After you've set up the multiple users, however, you can install the QuickBooks program on other personal computers and then — assuming that these personal computers all connect to a Windows network — use those other copies of QuickBooks to access the QuickBooks data file stored on the first or principal computer.
To use QuickBooks in an environment of simultaneous use by multiple users, you also need to tell QuickBooks that this simultaneous use is okay. To do this, choose the File→Switch to Multi-User Mode command. If you later want to turn off this Multi-User Mode, you choose the File→Switch to Single User Mode command.
QuickBooks supports simultaneous use by multiple users through a technology called record locking, which locks all the records that you're working with, but not the entire QuickBooks data file. For example, if you want to work with company A and some other user wants to work with company B, that's okay. QuickBooks allows that.
What you and the other user can't do, however, is work on the same company (company A or B) at the same time. This would mean that you're working with the same customer record.
You can't install the same copy of QuickBooks on multiple machines and legally have a multiple-user QuickBooks system. You must purchase a copy of QuickBooks for each machine on which QuickBooks is installed.
Note, however, that Intuit does sell some multiple-user versions of QuickBooks where you actually buy five licenses in one box of QuickBooks. (The Enterprise version of QuickBooks supports multiple-user networks with up to 30 simultaneous users, while the other versions of QuickBooks support multiple-user networks with up to 5 simultaneous users.)
A common setting in which you may want to have several QuickBooks users is for sales representatives in your firm who prepare invoices or prepare bids for customers. In this case, you may want to have each salesperson set up on QuickBooks. Note, however, that these sales people should only have the capability to create an invoice or perhaps create and print an invoice estimate.


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Cassidy rode the radio air waves from 1950 to 1952. His
popularity grew and grew, every time his show was heard.
These radio shows, together with his movies and
television shows helped make him one of the all-time most
popular heroes of western fiction and cinema. His
popularity continues to grow each year, as generations
new and old delight in the classic tales of this American
Here you will find a radio log based on a list of Hopalong Cassidy radio shows.
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solutions in its descriptions of plots. Each show is
numbered and also provides a date which is taken to
indicate the day the program was taped. It's likely dates
for Shows 7 and 29 are off by a year.
To view a show description, click on a Title below.
|Green Valley Payoff (1948)
Dead Man's Hand (1948)
The Medicine Man (1948)
Border of Nowhere (1948)
Death Paints A Picture (1948)
Letter From The Grave (1948)
Man Who Made Willy Whirl (1948)
Flying Outlaw (1948)
Bullets for Ballots (1948)
Coyote's Creed (1948)
Red Death (1948)
Killers of Sandy Gulch (1948)
Bandits of Ridge Creek (1948)
Coltsville Territory (1948)
Range War (1948)
Rainmaker of Eagle Nest Mountain (1948)
The Failure (1948)
Mystery of Skull Valley (1948)
Renegades of San Rafael (1948)
Phantom Bandido (1948)
Murder on the Trail (1948)
Hoppy Takes A Chance (1948)
Voice of the Dead (1948)
Ten Strike Gold (1948)
Red Rock Mesa (1948)
Empty Saddle (1948)
Dead or Alive (1949)
Gunsmoke Rides The Stagecoach Trail (1949)
Tinker's Dam (1949)
Hoppy Settles A Debt (1949)
Hoppy Turns On The Heat (1949)
Death Runs Dry (1949)
Melody of Murder (1949)
Plague of Parson's Folly (1949)
Hoppy Takes The Bull By The Horns (1949)
|Hoppy and the Iron Horse (1949)
Mystery at Three Oaks (1949)
The King of Spades (1949)
The Red Terror (1949)
Four to Go (1949)
Secret of Martin Dune (1949)
An Old Spanish Custom (1949)
The Whistling Ghost (1949)
The Disappearing Deputy (1949)
Blood Money (1949)
The Shell Game (1949)
The King of Cinnabar (1949)
Hoppy and the Schoolmarm (1949)
Mystery at the Diamond Z (1949)
Sundown Kid (1949)
The Golden Lure (1949)
Hoppy Sees Red (1949)
Apaches Don't Need Guns (1950)
Bandit of Blackton Bend (1950)
Hook, Line & Murder (1950)
The Phantom Panther (1950)
Hoppy Plays A Hunch (1950)
A Jailer Named Satan (1950)
Man In The Yellow Mask (1950)
Kidnapper's Trail (1950)
Santa Claus Rustlers (1950)
Hoppy Meets His Match (1950)
Case of The Last Word (1950)
Gunhawk Convention (1950)
Gunfighter in Short Pants (1950)
Songbird of Santa Fe (1950)
Bayou Drums Mean Death (1950)
Six Little Men Who Were Green (1950)
Run, Sheep, Run (1950)
Wet Beef & Dry Bones (1950)
|A Shot In The Dark (1950)
The Unwilling Outlaw (1950)
The Frightened Town (1950)
Coming Attraction Murder (1950)
Bad Medicine At Rimrock (1950)
Black Grass Fever (1950)
The Cold Country (1950)
Death Crosses the River (1950)
Boss of Vinegar Bend (1950)
Land of the Gunhawks (1950)
The Devil's Drum (1950)
Hoppy Elects A Sheriff (1950)
Peril at Pier 19 (1950)
Buckshot Badman (1950)
The Killer in Black (1950)
Stagecoach West (1950)
California or Bust (1951)
Death Comes Invited (1951)
Bullfight (1951)
Women of Windy Ridge (1951)
Right Rope - Wrong Neck (1951)
Cowtown Troubleshooters (1951)
Danger Wears Two Faces (1951)
Stampede at Semple Crossing (1951)
Gambler's Luck (1951)
The Wastrels of Juarez (1951)
Killers of Lion Canyon (1951)
Spider Woman (1951)
Memory of Mace Melot (1951)
Secret in the Hill (1951)
Lawyer of Laredo (1951)
Junior Badman (1951)
Cleanup of Caribou Mesa (1951)
Devil and El Diablo (1951)
|IN BRIEF: Buck Peters has given the boys a couple of weeks off and they call on old friend of California's at the Wilsons' Flying W Ranch outside of Navajo Springs. Sara and daughter Frances, nineteen, report that Chet Wilson has gone to pay the last $4,000 due on a loan from neighbor Farley Vincent of the Rocking V. Chet rides in, hurt. Someone stole the money. Suspects include Vincent or Grant Barrett, his foreman, who's sweet on Fran, against Chet's wishes. Vincent won't give an extension on the loan. Hoppy puts an ad in the newspaper for missing saddlebags. He baits a trap and nets Vincent. Only two copies of the paper were printed; one for the Wilsons, and one delivered to Vincent's ranch.
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I firmly believe interactive virtual environments offer exploratory experiences that reinforce learning, especially learning in relationship to history. The virtual Forbidden City is just one of a growing number of environments being developed for educational purposes. In the future, I will share links to those I find particularly interesting here.
Virtual Forbidden City
The virtual Forbidden City is the product of a collaboration between IBM and the Palace Museum in Beijing, China. It's a wonderful free online experience. I wrote a complete narrative of my experience there for Heritage Key.


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Delhi to Oulu Flights (DEL-OUL)
Delhi to Oulu
Your Finnair flight from Delhi will depart from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL). We have flown people in comfort to various parts of the world for more than 90 years. If you are a frequent flyer, sign up to our Finnair Plus program and receive points each time you travel with us. These points can be redeemed for upgrades such as free Wi-Fi and an extra piece of checked baggage.
Reaching Indira Gandhi International Airport from the city itself is simple, with the Delhi Airport Metro Express train line covering the 22 km between the airport's metro station and New Delhi metro station. These trains operate every 10 minutes and provide easy access to the airport from the city centre.
Departing from Delhi with Finnair
- When the time comes for you to leave Delhi, your Finnair flight will fly from Terminal 3. Entrance 6 is the nearest terminal entrance.
- We operate up to three flights weekly so that you can fly at a time that best suits your needs.
Oulu is the largest city in northern Finland. A technology-focused city, it is famous for its citywide free public Wi-Fi and for being home to the offices of several national IT companies. It's not only business travellers and IT professionals who visit Oulu, though; the city has plenty to keep everyone busy for a few days or longer. Find out more with this useful Finnair travel guide to Oulu and have a great time discovering northern Finland.
Sights in Oulu
Oulu's must-see sights include the Rotuaari pedestrian boulevard, with its cosy cafes, street entertainment and tempting restaurants; and Tietomaa science centre, which was the world's first dedicated centre of its kind. In addition, be sure to check out some of the lush green parks, which you can find dotted about the city, as well as a hiking path or two. One of the main city parks is now located where Oulu Castle once stood; the castle was, however, destroyed in the 18th century when a flash of lightning ignited gunpowder stored in the castle. The beach at Tuira is a nice place to relax on warm, sunny days. Art lovers should pay a visit to the fascinating Oulu City Art Museum, which is home to various modern works of art. Old buildings surround the dockyard and recreational activities include public swimming pools, cinemas, bowling and a theatre. Great for children and adults alike, Pelibunkkeri has table football, snooker tables, laser tag, air hockey and a variety of arcade and video games. One of the city's more unusual events is the International Air Guitar Festival, held each August.
Things to See and Do Near Oulu
- Koitelinkoski – The rapids along the river are ideal for adventure seekers, with excellent canoeing and white-water rafting opportunities.
- Iso-Syöte – This is a prime winter destination for downhill skiing.
- Hailuoto – Catch a ferry or ride the cable car to the biggest island in the Gulf of Bothnia and visit the lighthouse, church and dunes.
Shopping in Oulu
Oulu's shopping offers a selection of products including, somewhat unsurprisingly, electronics and various mobile devices.
- Oulu Market Hall – In operation for more than a century, this market has a wide selection of foodstuffs. You can also find a diverse assortment of local souvenirs here.
- Luhta Outlet – Fans of discount fashions are sure to love the bargains here.
- Rotuaari – The pedestrian district has diverse shops and boutiques catering to varied tastes and budgets.
- Stockmann – Browse in the most northern branch of the famous Scandinavian department store and pick up goods like luxury clothing, toiletries and cosmetics, footwear, items for the home, household appliances and more.
Food and Drink
- Rössypottu – A basic meal that originates in Oulu, this is a type of thick and hearty stew. The main ingredients are potatoes, pork and blood pudding.
- Pettuleipä (Bark Bread) – This local bread is made using rye flour and pine bark for an unusual flavour and texture.
- Rönttönen – This traditional sweet open pie has a crust made from rye or barley dough. The filling consists of sweetened mashed potato with berries. Lingonberry is the most common berry used to make the pie.
- Leipäjuusto – More of a snack or a side accompaniment than a meal in itself, this is a type of bread cheese.
Transport in Oulu
With a large pedestrianised area, good cycle routes and extensive, reliable bus networks, moving around different parts of the city is generally very easy and timely. Day tickets are available for buses in Oulu, allowing you to take as many journeys as you like over a 24-hour period for one fixed price.
- By foot – The pedestrian street of Rotuaari can only be accessed by foot, and walking is the best way to see the surrounding streets too.
- By bicycle – Various cycle tracks run around the city, making it easy to get to most places by bicycle. Cycle lanes are generally very well respected and safe in Finland. There are several bike rental shops around the city.
- Buses – The price for bus tickets depends on the zones travelled through; vehicle transfers are allowed on the same ticket as long as you have paid the appropriate fare for the total journey. Additional fees apply at nighttime. Regular tickets are valid for one hour. Day passes are convenient for visitors.
- Sightseeing services – During the summer months, the hop-on hop-off Potnapekka is a good way for tourists to travel between the city's major sights. A combination of bus and train, there are two routes: one via Nallikari and one via Hupisaaret. Both services start at the end of Rotuaari.
- Taxis – Taxis are plentiful in Oulu and they work under a set price schedule as indicated by the meter. Surcharges may be added for bulky luggage.
Weather in Oulu
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Day 2 in PerpignanBy Beverly Spicer September 6th, 2007
It is Wednesday, and the festival is coming alive. Today started off of course at the PAMS where photographers are starting to swarm like bees. Every one of them wants to show a portfolio, and the excellence of the work is staggering. Some of it. The agencies seem to be as hungry as the photographers, and we found almost as many agencies promoting their work on a one-to-one basis as photographers looking for a break. In other words, where one usually finds 10 photographers competing for a portfolio review, we found several agencies asking instead of being asked. That will all change as more and more of photographers arrive from all over the world.
It doesn't take long for food and where-to-go-next-to-get-it to become a pressing issue, so at 2pm we headed for the plaza that has many outdoor restaurants, now overtaken with photographie aficionados. We walk along singing the song "He Went to Paris"…where he was "looking for answers to questions that bothered him so"……musing over perhaps a common fate, "the French wines and cheeses and warm summer breezes put his ambitions at bay…."
But ambitions at bay are not the case here in Perpignan. There is plenty of leanness and hunger to go around, both literally and metaphorically. Maybe an explosion of one's career, but for now, steak tartare, red wine, mussels au gratin, red wine, thin thin thin anchovy pizza, red wine, fruit, fromages, red wine, water with gasse, cafe au lait.
This afternoon took us to the Palais Congres where for formal displays by agencies, camera demonstrations and a large room touting the latest in the computer world of Apple. The Palais is a very large building north of the PAMS area with many suites inside. Every one is used for the benefit of Visa Pour L'Image.
Taking up three floors, it is a maze of visual stimulation, and it is up and down the steps again and again to see it all.
in viewing the slick quality of work at every turn made me think of the time and energy that has gone into preparing for this festival by literally hundreds of individuals.
Stacks and Stacks of cards, brochures, pamphlets and information sheets are available, and all of the representatives seems very generous with their time.
People are here from all over the world, and the presentations show work from the far corners of the earth.
The Digital Journalist is associated with Digital Railroad, which we use to upload our photos for the magazine site. We loved seeing the reps here, and here's a look at two of them having a grand time as well.
At 5pm we settled in a large auditorium for a presentation by renowned Magnum photographer Abbas. Some of the younger photographers seemed only marginally aware of the work by who is now perhaps one of the world's top ten photographers. For about 45 minutes, Abbas gave a powerful presentation of his work from the revolution in Iran from 1979. As a lover of black and white and also the subject of Islam, and knowing several journalists/photographers who were also there, I soaked it up like a sponge. I was able to speak briefly later with Abbas outside the presentation and also much later when we ran into him accidentally on the street, and I realized when we exchanged sentiments I was not just talking to a man or a photographer, but also talking to history. Here are some of the images from his presentation in the dark auditorium. The last is of Abbas himself, an intriguing, soft-spoken gentleman who has, shall we say, seen a lot.
I had a tech problem yesterday. When I could write, I was unable to get onto the internet to file. When I was elsewhere, I was unable to plug into an electrical outlet. Keeping batteries charged and finding a free internet connection are things which, if they happen together here in Perpignan, are a dream come true. More to follow.


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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales named as suspect in Afghan massacre
TACOMA, Wash. — U.S. military officials finally named the suspect in the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians as Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who was brought late Friday to the military detention facility in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to face murder charges.
Pentagon officials had previously offered only a few details of the suspect's life: a 38-year-old married father of two, a 10-year Army veteran who served three tours in Iraq, who deployed to Afghanistan in December with the Army's 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.
In the complex portrait that emerged from public records and Internet postings Friday following the release of his name, Bales was hurt about being passed over for a military promotion, and as a civilian had brushes with the law and spent time in anger management. He pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in 2002 and was cited for a misdemeanor hit-and-run incident in 2008, for which he paid a $250 fine and received a deferred 12-month sentence.
He also was portrayed, on his wife Karilyn's blog, as a caring father who was on military duty when his first child, a daughter, was born in December 2006. He was apparently eager to know the baby's gender before birth, and teased his wife about withholding phone calls from abroad unless she told him.
"Bob on the other hand cannot stand to wait for anything," Karilyn wrote on her blog in May 2006. "Patience is not one of his virtues, especially when it comes to surprises. He simply cannot wait for the surprise to come."
In March 2011, Bales wrote that her husband Bob didn't get a promotion to "E7," which in the Army is the rank of sergeant 1st class. "It is very disappointed (sic) after all of the work Bob has done and all the sacrifices he has made for his love of his country, family and friends. I am sad and disappointed too, but I am also relieved, we can finally move on to the next phase of our lives."
The family was getting ready to move that summer 2011 and hoped that the Army would allow them some say over where they went. The couple was hoping to be stationed in Germany, Italy, Hawaii or Kentucky to "be near Bob's family" or Georgia "to be a sniper teacher," she wrote.
Records in Pierce County, Wash., show that Bales and his wife Karilyn listed their home in the Lake Tapps area for sale four days ago, on March 12.
The dearth of information provided by the U.S. military since the massacre in the southern province of Kandahar took place last Sunday has fed the fears and theories of Afghans, with Afghan President Hamid Karzai accusing the United States on Friday of withholding details and refusing to cooperate with Afghan investigators.
According to Afghan accounts and some press reports, he's a rogue soldier who trudged from hut to hut in two remote Afghan villages picking out women and children to shoot, stab, kill.
Pentagon officials have said that the suspect, who was deployed at a small combat outpost in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, walked off the base after midnight on Sunday and shot 16 Afghans, including 9 children, in two villages in the Panjway district.
Bales' Seattle attorney, John Henry Browne, said that his client and his wife weren't happy about his most recent deployment, for which he received very little notice. "He was told he was not going to be redeployed," the lawyer told a news conference Thursday. "He and his family were told his tours in the Middle East were over. Literally, overnight, that changed."
Browne said another soldier at the small outpost in southern Afghanistan had been gravely wounded the day before the massacre, and that other soldiers were deeply affected by it. He added that his client had suffered a concussive head injury in Iraq in 2010 and had been screened for that injury at Madigan Army Medical Center before he left for Afghanistan in December.
Pentagon officials have described the suspect's army career as "unremarkable," but Browne said his client had received numerous awards during his military service, been wounded twice and that "there were no prior events in his dossier indicating any kind of misbehavior."
His civilian life wasn't as spotless.
In July 2002, Bales pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor criminal assault charge in Tacoma, Wash., municipal court. The court deferred the charge for six months after Bales agreed to comply with court-ordered conditions.
He completed 20 hours of anger management, complied with a no-contact order with the alleged victim, had no other law violations in six months and paid a $300 fine, court records show. The court dismissed the charge against Bales in February 2003.
Court records show that Bales was cited for a misdemeanor hit-and-run incident in October 2008 in Sumner, Wash. He received a deferred 12-month sentence, and paid a fine of $250, which led to a dismissal of the charges.
Records state that Bales was spotted on Oct. 11, 2008, running from an accident scene shortly after midnight on the Sumner-Tapps Highway. It was a single-car rollover accident, records state. No other drivers were involved.
Witnesses reported seeing "a white male wearing military-style uniform, shaved head and bleeding," fleeing on foot and running into nearby woods. A police officer spoke to Bales, the owner of the car, who said he had fallen asleep behind the wheel.
Bales last Iraq deployment was Aug. 9, 2009, according to a statement on his wife's blog.
In a 2009 article on the Army website that was erased online — but still available in a cached Google version — a Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is quoted describing the Battle of Zarqa, a January 2007 operation to recover a downed Apache helicopter south of the city of Najaf.
Bales, identified in the article as a team leader in C Company's 1st Squad, describes a battle remembered both for its humanitarian component as well as its military execution. He spoke of carrying injured civilians to safety: "We'd go in, find some people that we could help, because there were a bunch of dead people we couldn't, throw them on a litter and bring them out to the casualty collection point."
Later, Bales said, "I've never been more proud to be a part of this unit than that day.... for the simple fact that we discriminated between the bad guys and the noncombatants and then afterward we ended up helping the people that three or four hours before were trying to kill us. I think that's the real difference between being an American as opposed to being a bad guy, someone who puts his family in harm's way like that."
(Carson and Carfazzo report for the Tacoma, Wash., News Tribune. Schofield of the McClatchy Washington Bureau reported from Washington. McClatchy special correspondent Stephenson contributed from Kabul, Afghanistan. Also contributing were Marisa Taylor of the Washington Bureau and Sean Robinson, Steve Maynard, Lewis Kamb, Kathleen Cooper, Sue Kidd, Jeff Mayor and Adam Lynn of the News Tribune.)
Afghan massacre suspect had been at Lewis-McChord for 10 years
Taliban suspend talks with U.S.; Karzai calls for faster transition
Pentagon officials: 'No smoking gun' in Afghan rampage
For more coverage visit McClatchy's Afghanistan and Pakistan page.


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GODORT Joint Meeting of Federal Documents Task Force and Education Committee - <cc0003>DRAFT</cc0003>
LOEWS LaFourche
26 June, 2011, 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Presiding: Stephanie Braunstein (Coordinator/Web Manager)
Antoinette W. Satterfield (Coordinator-elect)
Recorder: Justin Joque
I. Welcome and Introductions
II. Guest Speakers:
A. Tai Istre, PhD (Louisiana State Census Data Center): Accessing Census Data Products
• Dr. Istre spoke about the new version of American Fact Finder, State Census Data Centers and the Statistical Abstract
• The presentation discussed changes in access to data and various sources for assistance with data
B. Andrew W. Hait (Economic Planning & Coordination Division - U.S. Census Bureau): Economic Programs Under the Hood: Tips for Working with Census Bureau Economic Data
• Andrew spoke about Economic Census data
• A three hour long version of the presentation is available on the Census website (available: www.census.gov/econ07)
• The presentation was an overview of Census programs that produce economic data sets, what data are available and how those datasets compare with other data products
• There was a short discussion about migration schedules of data to AFF2
• At the end of September 2011 all Economic Census data is supposed to be migrated
C. Mary Alice Baish, Assistant Public Printer/Superintendent of Documents
• Baish began with an update on the budget situation
• Drastic cuts are expected to GPO budget
• Current plans to offer buyouts and downsize but awaiting approval
• Description of proposed bills that would affect GPO operations
• FDLP conference dates have been announced (Monday October 17th - Thursday October 20th)
• Update on FDsys
• There was an update on Ithaka's report
• Ted Priebe spoke about technology enhancements, new marketing initiatives and partnerships
• Robin Haun Mohamed spoke about changes to legal requirements, reporting and public access assessments.
III. Introductions of new coordinator, coordinator elect and secretary.
IV. Adjourned at 3:30pm


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"There Is a Need for Pressure from Inside of Syria"
What is the current situation of civil society in Syria?
Ali al-Atassi: First of all, I would like to say a few words about the background of civil society in Syria. Civil society in Syria may not correspond to a strict definition of political science, as it evolved in the West. For example, independent NGOs are legally forbidden in Syria. However, there are political initiatives outside of the official realm of the Syrian government that can be considered under the term civil society.
After years of political repression, political activities in Syria do exist as a kind of self-defence. But fear remains strong among Syrians. Although at the end of Hafiz el-Asad's reign a limited number of political prisoners were released, society, at large, continued to be marginalized.
When Bashar al-Asad, Hafiz al-Asad's son, became the heir to political power in Syria and the constitution was changed within 30 minutes, some intellectuals and dissidents were shocked. They felt that it was time to do something. At the beginning of Bashar's term, it was not clear how politics would evolve. A period of relative openness and tolerance began. Contrary to Iraq where most intellectuals and dissidents were eliminated or forced into exile, Syria has not lost its intellectuals.
They started to author petitions and organize gatherings to discuss political issues. The so-called Damascus Spring began. Three main demands were made at this time: First to lift the emergency law, second to release the political prisoners and allow the return of exiled politicians, third to introduce political reform. But with the arrest of four prominent figures of the opposition, Riyad al-Turk, Riyad Saif, Ma'moun al-Homsi and Arif Dalila, the spring of Damascus soon came to an end. The regime again started to threaten society.
But times have changed. The revolution in information technology and media as well as the broader regional changes make it impossible for the Syrian government to turn Syria into a big prison once again. Syrian society is increasingly exposed to the outside world.
After five years of Bashar al-Asad, it has become clear that economic reform cannot work without political reform. However, the regime is not willing to introduce political reform. There is a need for pressure not only from outside but from inside of Syria.
What impact did the breakdown of the Lebanese-Syrian security apparatus in Lebanon have on Syria and the Syrian civil society?
Al-Atassi: The security apparatus plays a fundamental role in Syria. It has established a system of fear. This system suffered a defeat in Lebanon. The regime does not arrest political leaders as it did before, but this does not mean that the system has changed. There are no fundamental changes. The system has become weaker but power is still in the hands of the same ruling elite. For a real improvement, there has to be a change within the ruling elite.
Not even the return of exiled politicians can be seen as an effort to deal with domestic politics in a more productive way?
Al-Atassi: Only a limited number of exiled politicians have returned, maybe three or four. Two were arrested on their return. There has to be an amnesty that permits exiled politicians to return and guarantees them that they will not be arrested.
What role do political parties play in such a process?
Al-Atassi: The government talked about issuing a law that would regularize political parties. But I do not think that they are really interested in allowing new political actors to participate in politics. The government only wants to give itself a new legitimacy.
It is time for the opposition parties to unite. They often live more in the past than the presence. The leftist and liberal groups as well as the Muslim Brotherhood have to make alliances and work on a common democratic program. The opposition parties are currently working on a national conference to engage in a dialogue together. We are in need of new political figures who give voice to society's concerns.
What role do human rights activists play?
Al-Atassi: There are a few human rights groups in Syria but not all of them are primarily interested in human rights. At times, they are more interested in politics. They are active in human rights issues as a substitute for their political intentions. The human rights activists are important, but their number is limited. They play a crucial role in civil society.
Where are the Islamists?
Al-Atassi: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria has learned from the Egyptian experience. It is moderate. It suffered a lot in the eighties. In Western media it is often portrayed as a potential replacement of the Syrian government. This is not correct. The Muslim Brotherhood today represents only a part of Syrian society. Its radical current was wiped out in the early 1980s by the Syrian government. There is also the official Islam which cooperates with the regime and is not involved in politics. Among the sunnis other political non-islamist currents, also most of the sunni Kurdish groups, do not subscribe to islamist thinking. Besides around 20 percent of the population in Syria are not Sunnites, but other minorities. Islamists are only a minority.
Have the developments in Lebanon any influence on Syria?
Al-Atassi: The case of Lebanon is very different from the Syrian. Syrian foreign troops were stationed in Lebanon. The international community asked for their withdrawal. In Syria it is not an international affaire with potential foreign intervention.
But the developments in Lebanon have shown the Syrian people that political change is possible with peaceful means. They also showed the importance of a unified opposition in order to mobilize people to demonstrate in the street. Last but not least, they showed that the army can stay neutral.
However, we do have to keep in mind that Lebanon has been more exposed to the outside world than Syria. Its media is far more independent. It was partly due to the presence of foreign media in Lebanon – all the demonstrations were broadcasted direct – that the opposition was not suppressed. All this makes it unlikely that the same events will be repeated in Syria.
Today Syria is weak. It has lost its political partners in the region. And the American pressure on Syria is strong. The Syrian officials should realize that if they want to save their country from this pressure, they should work with the opposition and the people in order to achieve political change. The problems are obvious and Syria cannot cover its domestic problems by using the pretext of the situation in Iraq or Lebanon. The Syrian regime has to start a dialog with its people.
Is there a chance that the Syrians will follow the Lebanese example?
Al-Atassi: I do not think so. As I already said, the situation in Syria is very different. In Lebanon it was a problem between two states, whereas in Syria it is a problem between the state and its people. Besides, did the Lebanese follow the Iraqi example? Did the people in Czechoslovakia follow the Polish example? Every country has its characteristics and specific situation.
Political change in Syria should come from within Syria. Nevertheless, Europe and the West, in general, should keep their pressure on the Syrian regime to introduce political reform and respect human rights. They should not fall into the trap to believe that the Islamists are the only alternative to the regime. The Islamist threat is created by the regime. It does not exist anymore.
Interview: Bernhard Hillenkamp
© Qantara.de 2005
Political Reforms in Syria
Reluctant Embrace
Syria is about to step into the stream of Arab political reform, but with as little fanfare as possible, writes Sami Moubayed from Damascus.
Interview Haitham Maleh
Life as a Permanent State of Emergency
The lawyer Haitham Maleh, president of the Human Rights Association in Syria (HRAS), has been visiting Germany to take part in a hearing organised by the Bundestag's Human Rights Committee. He was interviewed by Dorothee Winden.
EU's Political Ties with Syria
Tough Negotiations for Partnership Treaty
After almost one year of bargaining and bickering, Syria and the European Union were able to initiate a partnership treaty - the US continues its sanctions policy. Bernd Riegert reports from Brussels


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A 20-year-old Saudi studying in Lubbock had as early as high school set a course to attack targets in the United States, federal investigators alleged in documents supporting his arrest.
Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari purchased chemicals to build a bomb and was researching possible targets in the United States - including former President George W. Bush's Dallas home - before federal authorities arrested him late Wednesday. Authorities said he had not appeared to consider any targets on the South Plains or in the Texas Panhandle.
He was set to appear this morning in federal court in Lubbock, where he faces a charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. He remained jailed at the Lubbock County Detention Center on Thursday for the U.S. Marshals Service.
Journal entries documented by federal investigators during two secret searches of Aldawsari's Lubbock apartment described anger at the Saudi government, at Western treatment of Muslims and a change in thinking after the September 2001 attacks in New York, according to the complaint filed in federal court.
A classmate and neighbors described the former Texas Tech chemical engineering student who had transferred to South Plains College for the semester as intensely private. The FBI described journal entries laying out Aldawsari's alleged plans as early as high school to win a scholarship to the United States, to study explosives and to prepare bombs.
"We have a lot of these cases where a person has the intent but they don't know how to go about it," said Special Agent Mark White, a spokesman for the FBI's Dallas office. "This guy apparently had the intent and knew how to go about it."
Robert Casey, a special agent of the FBI's Dallas Division, said the Aldawsari investigation was "the only case of its type currently under way in the FBI in terms of insider threat inside of the country."
Casey told the Lubbock City Council on Thursday the investigation reflected a strong partnership between federal and local authorities.
"There's not a better example than this case over the last 48 hours and a few weeks ago when suspicious activity came to the Lubbock PD's attention and they consulted with us immediately," he said, "allowing us to preserve certain covert investigative opportunities that ultimately neutralized what was absolutely a planned act of terrorism in the United States."
Federal authorities began investigating Aldawsari in late January after a chemical supply company in North Carolina reported a suspicious purchase.
Aldawsari had ordered phenol, a chemical with legal uses but that may also be used to make a military-grade explosive, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit described two secret searches done Feb. 14 and 17 that found Aldawsari had a makeshift lab in his apartment that could be used to manufacture explosives, as well as common household devices to use as a fuse and the protective gear needed to endure the toxic explosives manufacturing process.
He describes plans to get weapons and an "intelligent bomb" in a September entry referenced in the federal affidavit, and later describes car bombs and planning a trip to New York. An e-mail with a document called "Targets" listed the names and addresses of three Americans who had served at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, according to the affidavit.
The next month, he sent himself an e-mail describing how to make explosives, and another alleged list of targets including nuclear power plants, hydroelectric dams and sites in California and Colorado, according to the affidavit.
A month later, there was another e-mail to himself, this time with pictures, describing how to convert a cellular phone into a remote detonator, according to the document.
Federal investigators described a series of purchases beginning in early December, including a soldering kit, a stun gun, tools and a string of Christmas lights that could be used to create a fuse.
Investigators found three gallons of sulfuric acid purchased in December and delivered to his apartment. Up to 30 liters of nitric acid, purchased using his Texas Tech e-mail address, were delivered via a nearby freight company.
It would be one of his last opportunities to use the university address. Apparently struggling in school, he had transferred to South Plains College and would start his spring semester there.
In January, he purchased flasks and a suit that could be used to protect from the hazardous and toxic process of brewing the explosives he allegedly planned to produce. But when he attempted to purchase another key ingredient to make the explosives from a chemical supplier to educators, the seller contacted the FBI.
Carolina Biological Supply Co., in Birmingham, N.C., flagged as suspicious Aldawsari's order for phenol, a common teaching tool used for college-level organic chemistry courses.
Keith Barker, product safety and compliance manager for the company, declined to describe what brought it to the company's attention, but said it was a rare step.
"We're vigilant," Barker said. "We try to have some mechanisms in place to try to make sure we send materials to the appropriate people."
The company contacted the FBI in North Carolina, triggering the local investigation. A Lubbock-based FBI agent posed as a company employee and asked for more details about the purchase; Aldawsari told the agent it was for "off-campus, personal research" to reduce the odor in cleaning agents and to attract the attention of a bigger university, according to the affidavit. He also claimed to still be working with Texas Tech, according to the affidavit.
His plans appeared to continue to evolve, according to the affidavit.
An early February e-mail titled "Tyrant's House" listed the Dallas address for former President George W. Bush.
A spokesman for the former president did not respond to an e-mailed request for comment and deferred to law enforcement in responding to The Associated Press.
The most recent searches federal investigators described were of realistic infant dolls and queries asking if it was possible to take a backpack into Dallas nightclubs.
Aldawsari was arrested four days later.
It appeared he had acted alone throughout, White said, adding that there were no alleged places of interest for Aldawsari on the Tech or South Plains College campuses or in the Texas Panhandle.
"Our investigation continues, however, the criminal complaint contains no allegations that he received any directions from any other persons, or was under the control of any foreign terrorist organization," White said. "We are confident that we have eliminated the alleged threat posed by this person."


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A massive rooflike structure collapsed onto a temporary stage for a Radiohead concert in Toronto on Saturday afternoon, hours before the band was supposed to go on, killing a stagehand and injuring at least three other workers, CNN and the CBC reported.
Radiohead, a British alternative rock band, canceled the concert. No band members were on stage at the time of the collapse, but members of concert crew were working in the area. A 30-year-old stagehand was found dead at the scene, while a second worker, 45, suffered a head injury and was taken to Sunnybrook Hospital, said Ian McClelland, the deputy commander of Toronto Emergency Medical Services.
The park was not open, but a crowd of people was waiting outside for the show when the collapse occurred. The gates had been scheduled to open at 5 p.m.
The accident victims were not immediately identified. They were setting up for the concert when a "scaffolding-type structure" 40 to 60 feet above the main stage collapsed, according to Capt. Mike Strapko of the Toronto fire department. A video filmed from a helicopter showed that a metal frame that served as a roof, still covered with a blue tarp, had crumpled the space where musicians were to appear.
The weather was fair, with no significant winds, the authorities in Toronto said.
Last year, a spate of collapses at outdoor concerts led to calls for more regulation of temporary stages, roofs and lighting rigs. Most of the accidents involved high winds. The worst occurred on Aug. 13, when a gust of wind caused a roof over the main stage to collapse at the Indiana State Fair, killing seven people who were waiting for the country band Sugarland to perform.
On July 17, the roof of the main stage at the Ottawa Bluesfest came crashing down in a storm while Cheap Trick were performing. It was prevented from crushing the musicians and crew by a truck that bore the brunt of the collapse. On Aug. 6, high winds toppled a lighting rig at an outdoor concert by the Flaming Lips in Tulsa, Okla.
Later that month, on Aug. 18, a fierce storm tore through the Pukkelpop music festival near Hasselt, Belgium, causing three tents above stages to collapse, and killing five people.
A statement on Radiohead's Web site said that tickets to the sold-out event would be refunded.
An earlier version of this post misstated the hour at which the gates were scheduled to open for the Radiohead concert. It was 5 p.m., not 4 p.m.


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Jonathan Benson
Natural News
March 25, 2013
The two-year anniversary of the infamous Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, in which a mega-earthquake and tsunami ravished one of Japan's largest nuclear power plants, recently took place with little media coverage (which is hardly surprising). But a prominent nuclear expert and professor from Japan says the disaster itself is far from over, and that at least 10 million Japanese people are still living in areas that should have been abandoned a long time ago due to high radiation levels.
During a recent presentation, Professor Hiroaki Koide, a master of nuclear engineering and specialist in radiation safety and control, gave a succinct outline of Japan's nuclear history, followed by a timeline of what actually occurred at Fukushima on that fateful day and beyond. In a roughly 15-minute video report available on YouTube, Prof. Koide explains in detail how the reactor cores melted, and spells out for his listeners just how serious the situation still is today, long after the mainstream media abandoned its coverage of the plant.
"There was about 100 tons of sintered uranium ceramic in the nuclear reactor core, and it did melt down," says Prof. Koide. "The part containing the reactor core is a pressure cooker made of steel that is called a 'nuclear reactor pressure vessel.' Steel melts at 1400 to 1500 degrees Celsius. The sintered uranium ceramic which had exceeded 2800 degrees Celsius fell onto the bottom of the pressure cooker."
Koide goes on to explain that the sintered uranium ceramic eventually broke through the bottom of the pressure vessel. This in turn led to the melted reactor core eventually falling onto the floor of the nuclear reactor containment vessel, which he says "seals off the radiation and is the last protective wall" preventing its release into the environment.
Fukushima released much higher levels of damaging radiation than Hiroshima atomic bomb
Many of the mainstream media reports issued after the Fukushima disaster took place tried to claim the disaster was far less damaging than other nuclear events throughout history, including the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, by the United States back in 1945. But according to Prof. Koide, the radiation released by Fukushima was, and continues to be, far more damaging, both for the environment and the world's oceans.
"I believe that the radioactive material cesium-137 was the most dangerous of the radioactive materials dispersed by the Hiroshima atomic bomb," says Prof. Koide. "The cesium-137 that was released into the atmosphere by Units 1 through 3 (of Fukushima) was 168 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, according to the Japanese government report to the IAEA, and an international organization which promotes nuclear power."
"I myself believe this is probably an underestimate, and two or three times that amount, that is, 400 to 500 times the amount of cesium-137 of the Hiroshima atomic bomb has already been dispersed into the atmosphere. At the same time, the radioactive materials that were dissolved in water were flowing into the ground, then out into the ocean. I believe almost the same amount of radioactive materials released into the air have probably flowed into the ocean."
Ten million people currently living in dangerous, highly-radioactive regions of Japan
But it gets even worse. According to Prof. Koide, the Japanese government knows it cannot safely evacuate everyone truly being impacted by the ongoing release of radiation at Fukushima. So instead of observing its own laws about radiation maximums, the Japanese government has simply adjusted its existing contamination thresholds to higher levels, which has resulted in the abandoning of millions of people living in regions like Tohoku and Kanto, which are still highly contaminated.
"As of today, about 10 million people have been left in areas that should have been designated radiation controlled areas, and they are exposed to continual radiation every day," says Prof. Koide
Be sure to watch Prof. Koide's entire presentation on Fukushima here: http://youtu.be/JwGl6K9t2oI
This article was posted: Monday, March 25, 2013 at 5:26 am


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In November 1860 Abraham Lincoln won a highly contested presidential election in a nation on the brink of war. Perceiving Lincoln as a threat because of his opposition to slavery, southern states began seceding in January 1861. In April 1861, not long after his March inauguration, the Civil War began. The North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) entered into a conflict over multiple issues, with states' rights and slavery among the most hotly debated. Although both sides thought it would be a short war, it lasted four long years, finally ending in April 1865. During the conflict, the Union Army lost over 300,000 men and the Confederacy suffered over 250,000 deaths. This was approximately 20% of the country's population at the time and today would be equivalent to five to six million people. The fighting, destruction, and death took a toll on both President Lincoln and the country.
As president, Lincoln felt a great deal of pressure throughout the Civil War. Fortunately, there was a place he could go. The Army was trying to raise visibility for its new Soldiers' Home by inviting presidents to stay there. Lincoln spent time at the Soldiers' Home in the warmer months of 1862, 1863, and 1864 in order to find relief from the stress of the presidency. The Soldiers' Home had been established by the federal government in 1851 as a retirement home for wounded and disabled enlisted military veterans. President Buchanan was the first president to stay on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, and he was likely the person that recommended that Lincoln to use the cottage as a retreat. After Lincoln, Presidents Hayes and Arthur also spent time on the grounds.