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How much information you need is up to you. Some people want to find out as much as they can about each treatment option. Others prefer to know just a little.
You may not have to make decisions about which treatment to choose. Sometimes there will only be one treatment option. But you may want to choose whether or not to go ahead with treatment.
We can't advise you about the best treatment for you. This information can only come from your doctor, who knows your full medical history.
The doctors and specialist nurses treating you (your healthcare team) will encourage you to become involved in your care. Then you can make decisions about your treatment together.
Information about the cancer
To help you make a decision about treatment, it's useful to know a bit about your cancer type, how it's affecting you and why you need treatment. This will help you understand your treatment options and make sense of other information you may find. Your healthcare team will be able to tell you:
- where in the body the cancer started, such as the breast, bowel or prostate
- the size of the cancer and whether it has begun to spread to other parts of the body – this is its stage
- what type of cancer it is – whether it's a carcinoma, sarcoma or lymphoma, for example
- how fast-growing the cancer may be – this is its grade.
Information about the treatment
It can help to know what each treatment involves and how the options may differ. It's useful to know:
- the aims of the treatment
- the possible side effects of the treatment
- how the treatment will be given and how this may affect your day-to-day life
- what treatment your doctor or specialist nurses recommend
- what will happen if you don't have treatment
- whether there are other treatment options that you have not been offered.
You may be able to get all the information from your healthcare team. They should also be able to answer your questions and give you some written information to take home.
You may find that this is all you need and you'll want to get on with the treatment. Or you may want more information before making a decision.
Aims of treatment
Treatments are offered to:
- cure a cancer
- slow down or stabilise the growth of a cancer
- help relieve symptoms
- make another treatment possible or more effective
- reduce the risk of the cancer coming back.
If two or more treatments are likely to work equally well, your decision may be based on how the different treatments will affect you.
What further information do you need?
Before you look for further information, think about what you really want to know. What would help you decide about the treatment options you've been offered? Do you need more medical information, or do you want to know more about the side effects and practical aspects of the treatment?
You might find it useful to write down any questions you have. This can help you to focus on the most useful information for you. After you've done some research, look back at your questions to see if they've been answered.
Reliable sources of information
There are many ways to find out about the treatment options you've been offered. Getting information from reliable sources means you can be sure it is accurate and up to date. You can find reliable information from:
- your healthcare team
- cancer information organisations
- trustworthy websites
- other people who have been in a similar situation.
Your healthcare team
Your doctors and nurses can talk to you in more detail about your treatment options – including the aims of the treatment and how it may affect you. It's a good idea to think about questions to ask them. You might find it useful to read our suggested questions to ask your healthcare team. They can also help you understand other information you may have found, such as results from research trials and how this may relate to your situation. We have more information about how clinical trials can help you decide.
Although a team of doctors, nurses and other specialists work together to plan your treatment, you will usually have one main cancer doctor (oncologist). This is often a consultant cancer specialist at the hospital, but may be another type of specialist. If you are unsure who this person is, ask any of your healthcare team. Any member of your healthcare team can give you information.
You might find it helpful to take someone, such as a relative or friend, with you to your hospital appointments.
Cancer information organisations
There are many organisations and charities that can give you, or help you understand, cancer information. Many employ specialist nurses and some use volunteers who have experience of cancer. They can often answer your questions and give you detailed information.
Charities may have written information they can send you, and most will have a website. You can use our search tool to find other useful organisations.
Trustworthy websites
The internet can be a good source of information. Many people use it to look for health information. However, it's important to make sure that any online information you use has come from a reliable source.
Some websites have logos to show that they have been certified as providers of up-to-date, high quality information. For example, the Information Standard quality mark seen on Macmillan's information.
To check if a website is reliable, you should think about the following things:
Is the information regularly updated?
Check when the information was last updated, edited or reviewed to make sure that it's still accurate. You should be able to find the date on each page of information.
Is it clear who has written the information?
A good website should tell you about the organisation that has made the pages or written the information.
Are there references?
The website should list its sources of information. Check that the publication dates for the references are also up to date.
Is the website sponsored by a company?
This may mean the information is biased towards that company's products or services.
Is the website trying to sell you something?
A good information website won't do that.
If you're not sure, ask someone to help you. Relatives, friends or staff in your local library should be able to help. Some hospitals have cancer information and support centres where you can use the internet. There should be someone available to help you.
If you use a search engine (such as Google ® or Yahoo ®), try to be specific and narrow your search to exactly what you're looking for. For example, if you're looking for information about the side effects of chemotherapy, include the drug name you've been offered. This is better than searching for chemotherapy in general and will give you better results.
If you find a helpful website or some good information, you can save it to your browser so that you can find it easily another time, for example if you're using Internet Explorer, save the page as a 'favourite', or 'bookmark it' if you're using Chrome. Ask someone to show you how to do this if you're not sure. It may not be possible to save these pages if you're using a computer in a library or cancer support centre, so you could print the information or take notes. Remember to note down the web address (url) of the page you are looking at. For example, www.macmillan.org.uk
Other people who have been in a similar situation
Sometimes it can help to find out about other people's experiences. You could do this through an online community or forum or at a local support group. Our Online Community is a place where you can chat to people in online forums, blog about your experiences and make friends.
Your doctor or specialist nurse may also be able to put you in contact with someone.
Remember that everyone's situation is different. Other people won't be able to tell you which treatment will be more effective for you or exactly what side effects you'll get. Only your doctor or specialist nurse can answer those questions. But they can tell you what it was like to have the treatment, how they felt and what helped them cope with any side effects.


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2102 8th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606 | 510.238.8819 | facebook
I came here several years ago for lunch and enjoyed the Rice Ball Salad so much that I have been thinking about it ever since. Seriously! When I noticed they were listed on Restaurant.com with a $25 coupon (which btw I was able to get for $6 with a 60% discount code from here… score!) I brought my family and older sister who was visiting from SoCal because I know they would enjoy the tantalizing flavors of this cozy little restaurant. It is smack in the middle of a residential area, on a quiet corner where we found parking to be plentiful.
The staff was very young, they all looked like teens, but were friendly and attentive. Our server was very patient and helpful in selecting dishes for our meal. The one bad thing is that the tables are really quite small and have a disproportionately large selection of condiments on a platter that takes up about a third of the real estate. There were the usual squeeze bottles of sriracha chili sauce, hoisin, chili garlic sauce, fish sauce, soy sauce, and a cannister of sugar, but this was above and beyond and included a small bottle that smelled like it had powdered bouillion, and a variety of tubs filled with dried chili, chili paste, pickled peppers, chopped peanuts and toasted rice powder. I loved having such a variety of options, but once the food began to arrive, we ended up moving the entire tray to the empty table next to us.
The famous Fried Rice Ball Salad – Nam Kaow ($5.95), is a mound of crispy fried rice, mixed with preserved pork, green onions, and lime juice. This dish is so unassuming at first glance… it doesn't look like anything special, just fried rice, but it really is so much more.
Served alongside a platter piled with lettuce leaves and fresh cilantro and mint.
When you take a scoop of the rice and wrap it up in a lettuce with the pungent fresh herbs and drizzle it with the sauce, your mouth is filled with a maelstrom of textures bursting with brillliant flavor. It is at once tart, vinegary, sweet and savory, freshly crisp and crunchy and even a little bit sticky/chewy.
We shared the Thai Style Green Papaya Salad which was made bright and zingy with fish sauce and lime, and was served with a pile of thin rice noodles and chopped cabbage.
My favorite dish (besides the rice ball salad) was the fabulous Lao's Noodle Soup – Kaow Paik ($6.45). Gorgeous and glistening, the thick chewy homemade noodles were served in a fragrant chicken broth topped with fried shallots and garlic, thinly sliced green onions and cilantro. The aromas rising from the bowl were fantastic!
I sprinkled some of the powdered dried chilies on this which really perked up my tastebuds. I really loved the soft elastic texture of the noodles and just couldn't get enough of the fragrant soup.
We ordered the Fried Catish in Penang Curry – Pla Pa Nang from the specials board. This dish was raved about on chowhound, so I was looking for it, and made it a priority to sample it when it arrived fresh from the fryer. It had a golden batter that had a delicately crisp texture that was lacy and dainty, that went very well with the thick curry. The fried catfish pieces are placed on top of the spicy and sweet sauce, and served with a variety of stir fried veggies.
We shared the Drunken Noodles, which was a mound of broad rice noodles, flavored with soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, and a variety of seafood. I don't recall the price, and the website seems to have expired for me to look up… This was tasty but was more soothing and tame compared to the previous dishes.
One thing to note about the restaurant is that it is the Laotian dishes that shine the brightest. The Thai dishes were fine, but didn't have the same appeal as the pungent and savory dishes from Laos… The total after the tip and using the $25 restaurant.com coupon was about $27. Quite reasonable for such a feast don't you think? I'll definitely be back for the rice ball salad and chicken noodle soup.


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Jim Caldwell, Matt Stafford other Lions players weigh in on Broncos
The Broncos travel to Detroit this weekend to face the Lions in a Week 3 prime-time matchup on their turf. The game is a reunion for Peyton Manning and his former coach in Indianapolis, Jim Caldwell. It's also a reunion for Matt Prater and Manny Ramirez, both former Broncos.
Here's a look at what Caldwell and others in Detroit have had to say about the Broncos this week:
On how Broncos safety T.J. Ward can impact the game:
"I've had a lot of opportunities to see him over the years when he was in Cleveland we were at Baltimore. He's an active guy. He runs and makes plays and he does a nice job just in terms of anticipating what you're going to do because he's seen a lot. Those guys that have that kind of experience, they're not — like (Glover) Quin, for us, there's not a whole lot of things that he hasn't seen and they can anticipate and adjust and he's a good tackler. So he's a real tone-setter for them back there."
On kicker Matt Prater facing his former team:
"He's a pro. Those guys don't go through the type of true emotional swings that you would anticipate. I mean this guy has been through a lot of football games and he's played against maybe ex-teammates and other things that could've stirred him emotionally, as well. So this game, I don't think it will make that much of a difference to him. They all want to play and compete well, but not something to the point where someone gets unrealistic about what he's capable of doing. But I think he's got a good head on his shoulders, but he's a competitor, too."
On DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller:
"Two very unique rushers that have a unique blend of tremendous power and speed and tenacity. To have bookends like that gives you all kinds of problems because, typically, if you have one, you may be able to slide your line in that direction. You can do some things creatively to kind of slow one guy down. When you have two, it makes it extremely difficult. Those guys are as good as they come."
On the main thing that he learned from working with Manning:
"There's many. I can just tell you, he's quite rare. He's an unusual guy."
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|Once, there was the battle over whether the concept of evolution should be taught in public schools at all -- a fight remembered for the trial of high school teacher John Scopes in 1925. More recently, the terms of the debate shifted to whether the idea of 'intelligent design' needed to be taught alongside the scientific theory of evolution in the classroom. Now, the terms are shifting again. This summer, the Texas Board of Education is expected to consider whether biology classes should be required to include a discussion of the "strengths and weaknesses" evolutionary theory -- wording that proponents of teaching evolution say is code for creationist ideas. It's a significant question, as the curriculum and textbook-buying decisions of the state of Texas often end up affecting the books offered by publishers. In this segment, guest host Joe Palca talks with biology professor and textbook author Kenneth Miller about the fight to keep creationism out of public school science class.


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In Context: E.W. Jackson's statement on the Democratic Party
"Black pastors are also going to have to answer whether they serve Jesus or the Democrat Party," said E.W. Jackson, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. "The black community will never prosper by betraying God and following leadership that curries the favor of the Democrat Party."


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Tein Street Advance Z for Honda Accord / Euro R 02
Reference: GSB48-91SS2
The Street Advance Z uses the latest tech advancement by Tein to deliver a comfortable ride with height and dampening adjustable coilovers, at an affordable price.
These coilovers are made for comfortable street use, and spirited road driving.
- Thread Type Ride Adjustment
- 16-level dampening force adjustment system
- Twin tube structure for strength and comfort
- Uses OE mounts (not included in the kit)
The Street Advance Z adopts Tein's new "Sealed Structure", which has faster production time and costs, allowing the sales cost of the coilovers to be as low as possible.
EDFC compatible (EDFCII, ACTIVE and ACTIVE PRO) for remote electronic adjustment of the dampening via commands in the cabin.
Powder-coated with Tein's signature green, and coated with "ZT-Coating" to keep rust at bay, making them ideal for people living in snowy areas or near the sea.
Manufacturer's 3 years warranty from purchase, within the range of 60,000Km from installation.
EDFC Compatible: Position Not Confirmed
- Damping Adjustable: Yes
- Full Length Adjustable: No
- Mount: Standard
- Spring Rate: 9kg
- Damping Adjustable: Yes
- Full Length Adjustable: No
- Mount: Standard
- Spring Rate: 4kg
TEIN, Inc. is a worldwide company with facilities in Japan, United States, and United Kingdom. Each facility is capable of complete product sales, support, and R&D. All TEIN lowering springs and coilover are manufactured and assembled in their factory based in Yokohama, Japan.
What sets TEIN apart from other competitors is our dedication to suspension components. TEIN develops specific product specifications for the different regions based on consumer demands, road conditions, and vehicle specification. This means that our consumers get the best possible product for where they live, and how they drive. Each of our facilities performs R&D and test fitment locally to ensure the best possible ride, performance, and durability for all our customers.
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A partnership between physical therapy and music has been helping performers for more than 16 years. By Erin McKigney
Musicians are athletes too. At least that's what Nicholas Quarrier '76, a clinical associate professor of physical therapy, believes.
Quarrier coined this phrase after he realized that many of his patients in the PT clinic on campus...


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Interested Haskellers:
- Manuel Chakravarty (Sydney)
- Tony Morris (Brisbane)
- Matthew Brecknell (Brisbane, will travel, prefer late Jan)
- Mark Wassell - Prefer Jan/Feb option.
- Roman Leshchinskiy
- Brad Clow (Brisbane)
- Jeremy Apthorp
- Andrew Appleyard (Sydney)
- Bernie Pope (Melbourne)
- Ben Lippmeier
- Rohan Drape (Melbourne)
- Ivan Miljenovic (Brisbane)
- Eric Willigers
- Tony Sloane (Sydney)
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- Andre Pang
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- Ben Horsfall (Melbourne)
- Toby Hutton (Melbourne)
(Add your name!)
Possible dates
How about one of the following between Easter and ANZAC day:
- Friday 4/ Saturday 5 April
- Friday 11/ Saturday 12 April
- Friday 18/ Saturday 19 April
How about the following?
- One day meeting with informal talks and demos (preferably on a Friday)
- There could be a second, even less formal day, for those who want to hang out some more and maybe some hacking
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(Add your thoughts to the above.)
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Talk proposals
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- A new breakpoint debugger has been added to GHCi. In this talk, I'd demonstrate how to use the debugger, and also go into some detail about how it works. I might even discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of this debugger over tools such as Hat.
Demo proposals
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Since this is the last issue of the Journal for which I have re-sponsibilities as Manuscripts Editor, I would like to reflect on several aspects of the Journal during my term as a member of the Editorial Staff.
My approach to the responsibilities of the Manuscripts Editor appears to have been similar to that of my predecessor. After re-ceiving a manuscript for possible publication, I forwarded it to two selected members of the Editorial Board for blind reviews. Based on their recommendations, the manuscript was accepted, not accepted, or returned to the author for revision. In cases where the reviews of the manuscript resulted in one acceptance and one re-jection, the manuscript was forwarded to another member of the Editorial Board. Ad hoc reviewers were occasionally used when it was thought to be in the best interest of the author. While the Manu-scripts Editor has the final say as to whether or not a manuscript is published, my policy was to rely on the recommendations of the re-viewers. In each instance I was most pleased with their comprehen-sive reviews, and I never felt it was necessary to alter their recom-mendations. Regardless of the decision concerning a manuscript, comments of the anonymous reviewers were provided to the author. As Manuscripts Editor, I felt it was not only my responsibility to edit the manuscripts, but also to edit the other material in the Journal.
The established format of the Journal was basically maintained with separate sections for Feature Articles, Historical Nuggets, Book Reviews, and Doctoral Research; however, some changes were made to streamline the presentation. Information about the Editorial Staff was moved from the inside front cover to later pages of the Journal, and information on The Academy of Accounting Historians was put on this inside cover. Both the Guide for Submitting Manu-scripts and the Reproduction Policy were revised. The Journal was expanded to approximately 150 pages per issue. Attempts were made to maintain the international scope of the Journal, as well as to continue to have a balanced composition of articles on the various areas of accounting history.
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Princes on horses
There's never going to be a time when I don't post any photos I can of these two on their horses doing their sport of kings thing. At least not until they start looking really bad in tight white pants. At what age do men start looking sh-tty in tight white pants? These two? If Hot Harry can hold his beer bloat off? Well past their 40s, for sure. Full Story
Hot Harry & Cressida: date night with her brother
Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas went out for dinner last night in London after he attended a memorial service for Nelson Mandela. They were with her brother-in-law Sam Branson. They went to The Ivy. F-ck, why couldn't I have been at The Ivy last night with Hot Harry and his soon-to-be-fiancee instead of on a red-eye with Team Rob Ford? Anyway, Cressida is living with Harry now at Kensington Palace. Full Story
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Princes William and Harry made multiple appearances today in London. Check them out at BGC Charity Day at Canary Wharf, in memory of victims of 9/11, raising money for several charities. Both were involved in a number of multi-billion dollar Euro trades this morning. Would you give if Hot Harry was on the line? How about if he's on Skype with you, making this face? Later on, the princes joined their parents at a requiem mass for Hugh van Cutsem, a close friend of Prince Charles. Full Story
Hot Harry and Drunk Girl
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Hot Harry is back in London and hit up The Brompton Club last night. At some point during the evening he was talking to a blonde who was smoking in a stairwell. There's a photo of her here Full Story
Hot Harry is a good gunner
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The Palace announced the other day that Captain Wales - that's his really hot army name - was named Best Co-Pilot Gunner upon completion of helicopter training. You'll recall, Harry spent a couple of months in America late last year to finish off the programme. I guess all those trips to the bars and pubs in San Diego and Vegas didn't hurt his studies. Full Story
There will always be Chelsy
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Hot Harry on a Horse is currently in the US for helicopter training. He hit up a pub in San Diego this weekend. Had a burger and some beers. People got really excited over Twitter. This was big news. Click here Full Story
Catherine Cambridge and the Red Third Wheel
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Hot Harry on a Horse gets his wings
His dad and his dad's wife and his girlfriend attended Hot Harry on a Horse's Army Pilot Graduation today. Look at him. So f-cking cute I can't stand it. And I love him with Chelsy. I love them. I want them to get married and have babies and live in a castle and ride ponies and hide their extra marital offspring but not until later. Full Story
Brits and open-neck shirts
It's an instant moisturiser for me. David Beckham, Clive Owen, Hugh Grant, white shirts open at the neck, what is it about when an Englishman wears it that makes it extra extra sexy? Or is it just me the Anglophile? Probably. Hot Harry on a Horse was out last night at a private member's club in London, photographed leaving in good spirits at 3am. Full Story
Hot Friday Hot Harry
It is so f-cking hot here in Toronto. And this is Hot Harry on a Horse not on a horse at a wedding in London with his brother and also Kate Middleton. I was married on a Friday. My mother consulted a feng shui master for the date. And that Friday was deemed a fortuitous day according to our birthdays and birth times. Full Story


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Except for day five.Originally Posted by pasag
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Murphy - Likes to rub things in.
Will be going to at least one day of the Test. More importantly, have a Bucks' day on Boxing Day, and we're going to destroy some pubs. Can't wait.
I can see a desperate England side playing out a draw to keep the Ashes dream Alive against an aussie team showing fatigue
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I'll be there for one of the days that isn't sold out. I haven't missed a Boxing Day since 2000. DAMN YOU SCALPERS!
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If Pidge doesn't get you
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Will be there for one day (probably 2nd) and hopefully a second (probably 3rd) day. Always have family stuff on Boxing Day itself.
GOOD OLD COLLINGWOOD - PREMIERS IN 2010Originally Posted by Irfan
Is Cam White, Is Good.
I'll be so drunk by the time this starts, feet up, Whisky Mac in one hand cigar in 'tother.
Cricket at Yule is cool.
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My uncle bought me tickets for the 1st and 2nd days of the Test, as well as the flight tickets and accomodation. It was completely unexpected, but I'm eternally grateful and can't wait for December 26!
test series will be over by the end of this test i fear.
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ESPN first reported the news, and the team later officially announced the signing.
The signing gives the Giants a true No. 1 cornerback and by far the best available defensive back left on the market.
The 28-year-old Rodgers-Cromartie was the Denver Broncos' top corner last season, but was left to the free-agent market after John Elway signed Aqib Talib to a big contract.
The Giants were far more aggressive in recruiting DRC, per Rapoport. The Jets were slower to rally around signing him, though they made a last-ditch offer. By that point, he'd already decided to take what the Giants offered.
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Berkeley City Council to Decide on Appeal Brought by Former Tenants of Fire-Ravaged Building with History of Landlord Negligence
Lakireddy Bali Reddy, owner of 2227 Dwight Way, allegedly disconnected fire alarms from the building prior to the fire. Shortly after 7pm on October 29, 2013, the Berkeley City Council will hear an appeal on the fire-damaged 2227 Dwight Way property brought by several UC Berkeley students and alumni, including two former tenants and signed by nearly 30 immediate neighbors. The building was completely destroyed after a fire broke out in the early morning hours on March 8, 2012.
"We want to make it clear that we do not object to the issuance of a use permit to rebuild the building," the appellants state before expressing three chief concerns that have not been addressed by City staff: (1) Evidence suggesting that the owner – through a history of negligence – was principally at fault and should not be exempt from paying the city's Affordable Housing Mitigation Fee; (2) The owner is legally subject to providing mitigations to offset the impacts of demolishing six rent-controlled units; and (3) Staff did not provide a complete record to the Zoning Adjustments Board, which discussed this project on June 13, 2013. The board approved the project on the narrowest of margins, a 5-3 vote.
The owner of record is listed in city documents as Lakireddy Bali Reddy of Everest Properties, with location and residence respectively listed at 2278 Shattuck Avenue and 2233 Dwight Way (a cottage behind the impacted building) in Berkeley. At the time the fire occurred, his nephew Sid Lakireddy – also the President of the Berkeley Property Owners Association – was listed as the founder and head of Everest Properties.
Earlier this week, the Associated Students of the University of California Senate – the legislative branch of UC Berkeley's student government – unanimously passed a bill in support of the appeal.
"There is a severe lack of clarity as to how this process was carried out," said bill author Senator Justin Kong. "Not addressing this issue means that City Council and the ASUC are setting a bad precedent as to how future matters like this will be handled."
A contemporary Daily Californian news article reported that "all of the [former 2227 Dwight] residents ... complained that the fire alarms were not audible — and perhaps even absent — during the fire." The fire inspection report that included former tenants' testimony and was attached as an appendix to the appeal corroborated testimony that smoke detectors were absent or disconnected from various rooms.
On Page 17 of 125 of Attachment 2 (Appeal Letter), city inspection records show that the following condition had to be abated: "Fire alarm is in trouble mode. Maintain in an operable condition and test monthly." Page 7 of Attachment 2 (Appeal Letter) states: "[It] would be the opinion of a practicing fire protection engineer that an indication of 'trouble status' or 'trouble mode' would have as the most likely cause a physical or manual disabling or disconnection of the alarm."
Appellant Adam Bolt, a former tenant and 2011 UC Berkeley graduate, in appeal documents, stated that two Everest Property personnel came to his apartment in Fall 2011 and asked if he had smoke detectors in his unit. After he responded that there were none, "they said they'd be back in a few days to install them. They never showed up." After being awakened by smoke around 4:30am on the morning of the fire, "he pulled on the security alarm bell and NOTHING (sic) happened. He said the alarm had been going off randomly a few months prior (and they evacuated twice, and then it stopped happening at all). The tenants suspect that someone may have disabled the alarm." This is corroborated by testimony from another tenant, who on Page 100 of Attachment 2, recounts calling "Everest Properties to inform them that there'd been a series of false alarms at the properties … He was told by the woman on the telephone not to call the fire department during a building alarm, but to call the property management instead because Everest would get fined if the fire department had to respond."
The Fire Department report on page 75 of Attachment 2 of the appeal states: "Based on the lack of general alarm and "trouble" alarms during the fire incident … it is a reasonable conclusion that the fire alarm system became impaired at some time between the last system malfunction and prior to the incident, and was not functional at the time of the fire."
A Berkeley Fire Department report on Page 71 of Attachment 2 states that "[during] a post-fire interview with an occupant this person stated they and another occupant had suffered second-degree skin burns while evacuating from the building … [and] were referred … to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment." One occupant "was given medication to treat a smoke inhalation injury."
Several former tenants of 2227 Dwight Way allegedly filed lawsuits with the property owner, which may be either pending or resolved. Appellants state on Page 8 of Attachment 2: "The property owner … has a questionable history of providing safe housing conditions. In 1999, a young woman died at one of his properties of carbon monoxide poisoning."
"The [Zoning Board's] decision not to apply the mitigation fee to the 2227 Dwight projects … sets a dangerous precedent by encouraging owners of older housing to not properly maintain their properties creating unsafe conditions which can pose fire hazards and, occasionally, actual fires," the appellants conclude on Page 9 of the appeal. According to the staff report (Page 3), the Berkeley City Council may "(1) affirm the [Zoning Board] decision and dismiss the appeal, (2) set the matter for a public hearing, or (3) remand the matter to the [board]."


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Have you been following the Whitney Houston news for the past week? Did you catch her funeral today? Does that make you hungry for waffles? #wafflehouse! Ugh.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
It's Starting to Feel a Lot Like Christmas...
...which means I'm working on my Operation Christmas Child boxes!
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Every year I do six boxes and I start collecting at the beginning of the year with the Christmas clearance sales! From there, I load up on whatever clearance sales and loss leaders I find. Nail clippers for .40c, cute plastic cups for .10c, toothbrushes 2 for $1 and so on. I get friends to give me the toys out of kid meals they get (since a lot of us buy them for the smaller portions). Back to school sales in August are a gold mine. And it's usually pretty easy to talk an event coordinator into giving you a few leftover T shirts when you say why you want them. (And I give them a pamphlet for Operation Christmas Child too!)
I save coins to pay the requested $7 a box processing donation and to buy the one thing I don't cost cut on...sturdy Rubbermaid totes with locking lids. I figure the box should be part of the gift. And this year, I'm going to make some simple tote bags of denim just the right size to carry the box, with a handle long enough to sling over their shoulder.
An underbed box in the guest room stashes my treasures until early November. Then I pull out the stored goodies and have a wonderful evening of box packing. We have hot chocolate and cookies as we sort, pack and close each box.
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I wonder where my 2007 boxes will end up?
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Monday, September 10, 2007
The Reason Why
I just recently was asked why my sponsor kids and writing buddies and nephews & nieces of the heart are so important to me.
I thought about it for a while and it occured to me why I do this...the reason my kids are important to me, is that in this scary, screwed-up world they bring me HOPE and a feeling that maybe, just maybe, I can have a wee role in making it not so screwed-up.
I thought about it for a while and it occured to me why I do this...the reason my kids are important to me, is that in this scary, screwed-up world they bring me HOPE and a feeling that maybe, just maybe, I can have a wee role in making it not so screwed-up.
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The family of a "beloved" young Sydneysider heading home from a European holiday is in mourning, after confirmation he was among those killed in the MH17 plane disaster.
Flags atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge flew at half-mast on Saturday as a mark of respect for the dead.
A nun from the city's east and a retired teaching couple from Wollongong were among at least 28 Australian citizens who perished when the Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 on board.
Late on Saturday the grim NSW tally climbed to four, with confirmation 25-year-old Jack O'Brien was also aboard the ill-fated flight.
"The life of our beloved son and brother, Jack, has been ended so suddenly," the O'Brien family said in a statement.
"We are devastated at his loss, as are Jack's extended family and friends.
"Jack, just 25 years old, was returning from a fantastic seven week holiday in Europe.
"He was loved so much."
The family has requested privacy.
Fellow victim Sister Philomene Tiernan, who taught at Sydney's exclusive Kincoppal-Rose Bay School, was making her way home after a sabbatical in France when she boarded the doomed flight in Amsterdam.
About 200 students, parents, nuns and former pupils gathered at the Saint Mary Magdalene church in Rose Bay for a special memorial mass.
"She was on a spiritual high," the 77-year-old's friend and school principal Hilary Johnston-Croke told reporters outside the church.
"I can't tell you how much she'll be missed."
It is not the only NSW school community hit by the tragedy.
Former teachers from the NSW Illawarra, Michael and Carol Clancy, are believed to be among the dead.
Mr Clancy had only recently retired after 22 years at Albion Park Public School, principal Glenn Daniels said in a letter to parents.
"When the school has confirmed details, we will consider how to appropriately pay tribute to Mr Clancy and his commitment to the community," Mr Daniels wrote.
Mrs Clancy's daughter Jane Malcolm told Fairfax Media the Kanahooka couple, aged 57 and 64, had splashed out on a rare trip, a three-week European holiday.
"When I spoke to mum at the airport, she was just so excited to be going," Ms Malcolm said.
"They posted a few pictures of their trip and how much fun they were having. I suppose we won't get the rest of them."
Australia's Ukrainian community was quick to deplore what they believe is the Kremlin's role in the attack, though St Andrews Ukrainian Catholic Church priest Simon Ckuj has called for calm.
"The events of yesterday have affected us deeply. It may have even shaken our faith," Father Ckuj told those gathered at a vigil in Sydney's west on Saturday.
"But we must never fall to the temptation of revenge."
Many want Prime Minister Tony Abbott to take action by banning the Russian president from the Brisbane meeting of the G20 in November.
Scores of protesters gathered in Sydney's city centre on Saturday afternoon carrying Ukrainian flags and signs describing Mr Putin as a terrorist and a murderer.
Peter Schmigel of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations said it was only a matter of time before Mr Abbott told Mr Putin he was not welcome.
"Any independent inquiry into the incident with the aeroplane will find that the people who knocked that plane out of the sky and took the lives of 28 Australians have been backed by Vladimir Putin, materially and otherwise," he said.
"Someone who breaks international law does not belong at the international table, at G20."


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Cloud + Enterprise Release Announcements for August 2014
This is the first blog post of a new ongoing series of consolidated updates from the Cloud + Enterprise team. In today's mobile first, cloud first world, Microsoft provides the technologies and tools to enable enterprises to embrace a cloud culture. Our differentiated innovations, comprehensive mobile solutions and developer tools help all of our customers… Read more


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Woman sentenced for drunken driving with baby in car
Evelynn Brown had 8 prior convictions
A Milwaukee woman accused of drunken driving with her baby in the car was sentenced Thursday morning to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation.
Evelynn Brown, 29, has been convicted of driving while under the influence nine times dating back to 2000.
"You're 29 years of age, and you run up probably in my 21 years on the bench, the longest record of drinking and driving that I've ever seen," Milwaukee County Judge David Hansher said.
She was convicted in April 2000 of negligent homicide while intoxicated. She was 16 years old when she crashed her car in 1999 car, killing her friend in the passenger seat. After that, she had seven more operating while intoxicated convictions, leading up to the latest one in July.
"I understand I'm an alcoholic, and I endanger everybody when I drink and drive. This is the first time I've really wanted to stay sober," Brown said.
According to the criminal complaint, a witness saw Brown veer and strike a curb on Miller Parkway near Canal Street. She then struck some barrels and eventually stopped on the off ramp by West Lloyd Street. Her child was in the back seat.
Brown's blood-alcohol content was 0.291, police said.
"We just have to be there for her. Evelyn, I don't we've been doing as much as we possibly could to help her, but I don't know what to do anymore for her. She has to learn," Brown's mother, Patricia Wilber, said.
Once Brown is released from prison, the judge also ordered an interlocking device to be placed in any car she owns for three years.
Wisconsin drunken driving laws became tougher after 2010.
A fourth offense will be a felony if it occurs within five years of an earlier offense.
Ignition interlocks devices will be required for repeat offenders and first-time offenders at or above a 0.15 blood-alcohol level.
A first offense is now a misdemeanor if a child under 16 is in the vehicle.


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Why Power in the Workplace Makes People Feel They Control Time
Positions of Authority Create a Sense of Control Over the Clock, Studies Find
When it comes to time, people in power believe they have more of it at their disposal than others.
In reality, time is a great equalizer. Minutes tick by at the same pace for all, whether the sun measures our day by lengthening shadows or an atomic clock subdivides our every second into 9 billion molecular moments.
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pgowder needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 12 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
Contest to add customizations to a vBulletin style for a Native American Social Networking Directory
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The site will be a directory of Native American's profiles on different social networking sites such as Facebook.com and MySpace.com.
We are using vBulletin as the backend for the site. And we've installed a customized style for this new site:
This contest is to take the current vBulletin style and create graphics to make it look more like a Native American site. We want this done by creating a new header graphic, customized icons, etc.
Here are some examples of our other sites:
For the header we'd like to replace the top part of the vBulletin style with a graphic(s) that show more about what the site is. A group of photos of Native Americans with logos of Social Networking site woven in??
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Raise your glasses, because that boozing-and-bar girl game Dream Club is making the leap from the Xbox 360 to the PSP.
According to the upcoming issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu, Dream Club on the PSP is a port and will have downloadable content. It will also be possible to hold the PSP vertically while playing it. The Xbox 360 version was released last year as an exclusively on Microsoft's home console. This past December, the game's producer said, "There have been many calls for the game to be released on the PlayStation platform, and someday I want to answer them."
He will! This fall when Dream Club dances its way onto the PlayStation Portable.
In the original Dream Club, players go to a hostess bar for a year, working odd jobs during the weekdays to save money to spend on your nightlife. The game features a drinking system called "IIS", which has players control their drinking using the Xbox 360 controller's analogue stick and try to get the hostess shitfaced so she'll talk about personal things she normally wouldn't. "IIS" stands for "Interactive Inshu System" with "inshu" being Japanese for "drinking alcohol".
The system for talking with the hostess is called "ETS" (Emotional Talk System) and gives players three response choices using the X, A and B buttons on the Xbox 360 controllers.
It's also possible to have girls get on stage and sing karaoke for players. There are cosplay options too. And touching.
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Registration for the National Mastitis Council (NMC) Regional Meeting, August 4-6, 2014, is now open. This three day event will be held at Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium.
The regional meeting provides attendees with information and skills necessary to strengthen milk quality programs and increase dairy profitability. The conference also provides an excellent opportunity to network with individuals from around the world who share the common interest of quality milk production. The meeting is being organized jointly with the M-team at Ghent University.
"It is with great pleasure that we co-host the regional National Mastitis Council meeting," says Sarne De Vliegher, the 2014 NMC regional meeting program chair and associate professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University. "Attendees will have a chance to learn about quality milk production and mastitis prevention while experiencing all that the beautiful city of Ghent has to offer."
The three-day conference will begin on Monday, August 4 with a session on the use of antimicrobials in prevention and cure of mastitis, focusing on the responsibility of the industry, academia and regulators. An opening reception will be held that evening at the Assembly Hall of Ghent University (Aula) in Ghent, Belgium.
The main program will be held on Tuesday, August 5 and includes 11 speakers covering topics ranging from immunity and mastitis, genetics and mastitis, treatment programs, dry cow management, udder health programs around the world, and an update on milking and milking techniques. Other topics include a look at what has been learned over the years on mastitis and milk quality, as well as updates on contagious mastitis, emerging pathogens, environmental pathogens, and opportunistic pathogens. The conference dinner that evening will be held at the historic 'Castle of the Counts' (Gravensteen) in the center of Ghent.
Specialized short courses will be held on Wednesday, August 6. The short courses provide a smaller group setting for the participants, offering the opportunity to interact directly with the instructor and other registrants in the course.
Short course topics to choose from include:
• Failure of mastitis therapy – Is it the drugs, bugs, cows or us?
• Unlocking the potential of precision dairy farming mastitis detection technologies
• The role of the microbiology laboratory in mastitis control
• On-farm culture systems
• Pain and mastitis
• Heifer mastitis
• Mastitis – It's all about communication and motivation
Rounding out the event will be a tour that includes an on-farm workshop and a visit to Milcobel cheese factory.
"This year's regional meeting is shaping up to be an exciting event," says Anne Saeman, executive director, National Mastitis Council. "The organizing committee has put together a strong program that offers both educational and networking opportunities. We are pleased to be working with the M-team at Ghent University to host the upcoming meeting."
The early bird discount registration deadline is June 1 and the final day to pre-register is July 15. Registration will also be accepted on-site at the meeting, however please note that the short courses may fill up before the deadline. Registration for the short courses is based on a first-come, first-serve basis.
To learn more about the NMC regional meeting and to register, visit: www.nmc2014.ugent.be. For additional information contact the NMC office at [email protected]; phone (608) 848-4615 or contact the M-team at [email protected]
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BJP members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the 2G spectrum issue today boycotted the meeting of the panel in protest against Chairman P.C. Chacko's refusal to accede to their demand to summon the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister.
The six BJP members in the JPC— Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh, Gopinath Munde, Harin Pathak, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Dharmendra Pradhan— did not attend the meeting held here today. They had staged a walkout in the last session when Chacko had refused to discuss their demand for calling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
Sinha has also written a strongly worded letter on behalf of the BJP members to Chacko to register his party's protest. The party has alleged that Chacko is acting in an 'autocratic' and 'non-democratic' manner.
The letter maintains that in a meeting in July, the main opposition had demanded that the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister be summoned.
"In this meeting, as well as in the meetings of the Committee we have strongly demanded that in order to arrive at the right conclusions, the Committee must record the evidence of the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister. Their appearance before the Committee, in view of their role in the decision making process is absolutely necessary," Sinha said.
The letter further states that there are questions which "they and they alone can answer".
But it is the attack on Chacko's style and manner of functioning which forms the larger part of the letter.
"You have been avoiding taking a decision on this issue for reasons best known to you. When we tried to raise this issue once again in the meeting of September 18, you behaved in a totally non-democratic, in fact, in an autocratic fashion and did not allow some of my colleagues and me to even raise the issue," Sinha said.
He described this behaviour of Chacko as "shocking in the extreme" and said this left BJP members with no option but to stage a walkout from that meeting.


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Wickham: How did Zimmerman become victim?
- Defense blamed Martin for his own dead because he didn%27t retreat when he had the chance.
- How did the victim in this case lose his presumption of innocence%3F
- In the end%2C I hoped that blacks would not have been kept off of Zimmerman%27s jury.
Long before a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, I'd given up on justice prevailing in this case. I was pessimistic even though the facts seemed clear: the armed, wannabe cop pursued the 17-year-old boy through the dark streets of a Sanford, Fla., neighborhood over the objection of a 911 operator because he believed the boy was one of those "punks" who "always get away" with a crime.
Zimmerman, a 29-year-old white Hispanic who had a loaded gun stuffed in his pants the night of his deadly encounter with the black teen, had Florida law -- and the suppressed issue of race -- on his side. The state's self-defense statute favored this gun-toting man who pursued the frightened boy. That law became Zimmerman's get-out-of-jail-free ticket the moment his lawyers argued their client pumped a bullet into Martin's chest because he was losing the fistfight his actions precipitated.
Justice makes no concession to such a whiplash notion of self-defense. But Florida law and this case's racial subplot did.
Forget that Zimmerman wrongly profiled Martin as a boy up to no good as Martin made his way toward the house in which he was staying. Forget that Martin was armed with only a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea, while Zimmerman was packing a 9-mm handgun with a bullet in the chamber and seven in the clip. Forget that Zimmerman got out of his SUV for no good reason and minutes later was in a fistfight with Martin. The judge told the jurors they could set Zimmerman free if they believed he feared for his life when the black youngster he pursued got the better of him.
Ironically, in what seems to have been a winning argument, Zimmerman's defense team accused Martin of being responsible for his own death because he didn't retreat when he had the chance. "The person who decided that this was going to continue, was going to become a violent event, was the guy who didn't go home when he had the chance to. It was the guy who decided to lie in wait," defense attorney Mark O'Mara said in his closing argument to the jury.
Martin had four minutes to run away but didn't do so, O'Mara said. Instead, the defense attorney conjectured, the boy lay in wait and jumped Zimmerman when he walked by his hiding place. This is where justice -- and by that I mean the idea of legal fairness -- took its worst beating.
What was Zimmerman doing in those four minutes? Why didn't he go home? Why didn't he get back into his car and drive off? If Martin was hiding behind some bushes as O'Mara believes, isn't it possible he was there because Zimmerman had gone from stalking him in his SUV to pursuing him by foot? And in that situation, doesn't justice give Martin the right to stand his ground in the face of Zimmerman's threatening behavior?
How did the victim in this case lose his presumption of innocence? How did Martin's right to use deadly force when he allegedly slammed Zimmerman's head into the sidewalk get lost in the murder trial of the man who relentlessly hunted him?
"I had hoped for a different outcome, but logically I should have known better," Al Vivian, president of Basic Diversity, Inc., a diversity training firm in Fayetteville, Ga., said of the verdict rendered by the jury of six women.
I hoped that blacks would not have been kept off of Zimmerman's jury. I worried that without this balance, the panel might be convinced that Trayvon Martin's killer was the real victim in this case. And sadly, we now know, that's just what happened.
DeWayne Wickham writes on Tuesdays for USA TODAY.
In addition to its own editorials, USA TODAY publishes diverse opinions
from outside writers, including ourBoard of Contributors.


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Sectarianism instead of revolution
Members of the opposition in Bahrain prefer to drink their coffee at Costa Coffee instead of Starbucks. To be more precise, members of the Shia opposition would rather go to a Costa Coffee shop than to its competitor, Starbucks. A Shia family operates the Costa Coffee outlets in Bahrain, while a Sunni family has the licence to sell Starbucks coffee.
Has the historical conflict between Sunni and Shia now reached global pop culture? Is this centuries-old conflict still splitting Muslims into two irreconcilable camps?
Political scientist Toby Matthiesen thinks not and challenges this viewpoint in his new book, "Sectarian Gulf." Bahraini coffee culture is more of an incidental topic for Matthiesen; he focuses instead on the mass protests in the Gulf kingdoms, which were in no way left untouched by the Arab Spring.
Repression and sectarianism
Examining the uprisings in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, he demonstrates that the tensions between Shias and Sunnis cannot be attributed to a hatred spanning several centuries. Instead, according to Matthiesen's central thesis, governments in the region have specifically played one group off against the other. The rulers of the Gulf states reacted to the Arab Spring with repression and sectarian discrimination, splitting societies into Sunni and Shia camps and creating a "sectarian Gulf" in the truest sense of the phrase.
The chapters on Bahrain make up the core of the 130-page-long book. According to Matthiesen, one in four Bahrainis took part in the biggest street protests in 2011. However, unlike in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, the regime here managed to maintain its hold on power.
"For me and many others as well," writes Matthiesen, who just happened to arrive in the capital Manama at the start of the mass protests, "Bahrain in 2011 was a crash course in power politics."
Divide and conquer! This principle, which was perfected by the Romans, served the Sunni rulers of Bahrain well: by applying it, they succeeded in dividing the initially non-sectarian protest movement. Using sectarian rhetoric and questionable historical parallels, the authorities discredited the uprising as a Shia conspiracy, controlled by Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement.
The "sectarian Gulf"
Nevertheless, the new sectarianism in the Gulf was not simply a fantasy that governments instilled into their peoples. According to Matthiesen, as soon as it came into existence, the "sectarian Gulf" began to grow. Several people thrived under the new status quo. Matthiesen refers to these individuals as "sectarian identity entrepreneurs". Accordingly, the well-organised Shia opposition groups grew in strength and eventually asserted themselves on Manama's Pearl Square.
Matthiesen's accounts of events are sometimes richly detailed and he peppers his narrative with personal anecdotes. For example, he tells of a young Sunni woman he encountered on Pearl Square at the start of the uprising. Three months later, they met again by chance; this time, however, she was with a group of regime supporters.
Claiming that she was disappointed by the increasingly Shia character of the protests, she turned her back on the regime critics and even broke with her Shia friends, with whom she had initially protested. The "sectarian Gulf" had become reality.
Only a few days after the first demonstrations in Bahrain, the Shias in neighbouring Saudi Arabia also rose up. Matthiesen writes, however, that the solidarity rallies in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia were counterproductive from a Bahraini perspective. They merely strengthened the resolve of the leadership in Riyadh to crush the Bahraini uprising out of concern for their own interests. In March 2011, Saudi tanks rolled over the bridge and into Bahrain. The Saudis wanted to prevent the precedent of a revolution in a Gulf kingdom at any cost.
Who benefits from the sectarian tension?
However valuable this record of the largely neglected protests in the Gulf states may be, many readers will find the book's descriptive narrative form long-winded. After Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Matthiesen also covers Kuwait and the other monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula. Although the sections on Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are indeed interesting, they don't provide any truly new perspectives.
Instead, the reader would have been better served with a more detailed explanation of Matthiesen's theoretical approach. His concept of "sectarian identity entrepreneurs", which was inspired by the Lebanese context, leaves the reader perplexed. Who are these individuals, whose social "status is dependent on their skilled manipulation of sectarian borders"? How do they profit from sectarian tensions?
There is also the question of Matthiesen's methodology. Although the author provides numerous examples of the increasingly sectarian rhetoric of governments and the media, he fails to explain how he measures this increase and to back up his claim that sectarianism has never before played such a major role in the region as it does today.
Nonetheless, "Sectarian Gulf" is an extremely well researched contribution to understanding the transformations occurring in the Gulf states which – according to the author – are far from over. "Civic activism has been suppressed, but it will not disappear forever," he writes.
According to Matthiesen, sectarianism, repression and generous gifts of money will not suffice as long-term solutions. He does not believe in a "monarchic exception", an immunity of the Arab kingdoms to any revolutionary protest movements. Nevertheless, he neglects to predict whether change will come via revolution or reform.
Jannis Hagmann
© Qantara.de 2014
Toby Matthiesen: "Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn't", Stanford University Press, 2013
Translated from the German by John Bergeron
Editor: Aingeal Flanagan/Qantara.de


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Another way to register the software with the licence bought will be by pressing on the informational "i" symbol, located in the top right corner.
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