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On Monday, I did a relatively small amount of MIG Welding. About a half hour of welding sheetmetal.
I used an Auto Darkening Helmet and it seemed to be working properly. I had no real issues while welding, but noticed that night that my eyes seemed a little dry/tired. Same thing the next day. On Wednesday, my right eye(and only my right eye) got red and sore and sensitive to sunlight, and watered quite a bit. My right nostril also got stuffy/runny (left nostril basically unaffected) Today(Thursday) it is not as bad, but is still light sensitive and watering some. Except for the watery eye my vision is normal in both eyes.
I don't think I got any material in my eye so I ASSUME it is from the light from the welding, but I don't understand why only one eye seems to be affected.
Has anyone experienced this?
How long did "it" last?
Did you use drops etc? If so, what?
Did you get any medical treatment?
Any permanent eye damage?
Any thoughts/suggestions on why this happened, or how to prevent it from happening again?
Do the Auto Darkening Helmets wear out?
Thanks, Joel


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Tax to Travel: How Would You Pay for Mass' Transportation System?
Gov. Deval Patrick plans to ask lawmakers to raises taxes to make up for the shortfall in Massachusetts' transportation system. What options should they consider and what's off the table?
Would you be willing to pay more at the pump, have a tracking system on your car that taxes you by the mile, or see tolls on state highways? Those are just some of the possibilities looming as Massachusetts looks to erase the state's transportation system's deficit.
The Boston Globe reported that Gov. Deval Patrick will ask lawmakers to raise taxes in order to pay for a transportation system—from the MBTA to roads and bridges—that continues to operate in the red. The administration will present a specific proposal by Jan. 7.
One option is raising the gas tax, a route Patrick sought in 2009 only to be rebuffed by the legislature. Patrick sought a 19 cent increase while business groups endorsed a 25 cent increase. Ultimately, the state Senate voted down two budget amendments, one which would've increase the tax by 19 cents as requested by Patrick and one that would have increased it by a more modest 12 cents.
Massachusetts' gas tax of 21 cents a gallon, unchanged since 1991 except for a 2.5 cent increase imposed to clean up underground contaminants according to the Globe, ranks 29th in the nation according non-partisan tax research group The Tax Foundation.
Another option according to the Globe is taxing miles driven, which could require tracking devices installed on all registered cars in the state.
WBZ pundit Jon Keller said that the state should "try to spread the pain around" by putting open-road (a.k.a. high-speed) tolling on interstate highways. In a live chat on Patch in September, Patrick asked a reader whether he'd support high-speed tolls in response to a question about toll fairness.
Keller also said the state could require license fees for bicyclists, whom he said have "been the beneficiaries of a lot of recent public spending."
Other options, according to the Globe, include using future casino revenue and transferring T debt to the state's books.
"At this point, everything remains on the table," state Transportation Secretary Richard A. Davey told the Globe.
Would you support a higher gas tax, high-speed tolls, a tax-by-mile program or licenses for bicyclists? Tell us in the comments which plans you'd consider to make up the transportation system's deficit and which options you consider off the table.
michael beaulieu
6:20 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
NO,NO,NO, We the tax payer are out of money.
Cool Fusion
11:00 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Didn't we do a 5% gas tax about a decade or so ago to pay for hiways and bridge repair. Yup .. you guessed it - its was just another ploy and the 5% was not spent on transportation .. but instead went to feed the Education Industry complex and public pension raises. Fool me once.. shame of you. Fool me twice .. you get to laugh twice and set up the pins again.
7:08 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
User pay, increase the fares to cover the cost of operations. That's what the private sector does.
I Barry
8:12 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Yes, increase the gas tax. We have to pay for what we use. Actually everyone uses the roadways one way or another because they deliver our goods and services to us. Only about 1.6% of highway funds go for alternative transportation such as bikeways but bring far more then that in savings- better health, less pollution, etc. Non motorized transportation amenities should be increased.
Kelli Wooten
8:34 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
How about cutting spending in other areas - that's what business owners have to do when there is a shortfall.
Richard Yunker
8:54 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
I have to travel the roads to work 43 miles from my house. I cannot get a job closer to home because of my profession and my age. I will have to pay more of my hard earned money for a service that I cannot use because of the times that the train runs. I for one am sick of paying for everyone else. If you use it you need to pay for it. Raise the fare for the T and make other cuts! STOP TAXING ME!
Richard Yunker
1:41 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Define overuse. We already pay excise tax and gas tax for the use of the roads and tolls. If I could use public transportation I would but as I explained the train would not get me to work on time.
9:14 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Always count your fingers after you shake hands with a politician.
The latest fiscal cliff idea: a higher federal gas tax. State highway officials and industries that stand to benefit from increased highway spending such as road builders and heavy equipment makers are among those pressing lawmakers to raise the 18.4-cent-a-gallon federal gasoline tax as part of a broad agreement. It's just one of a grab bag of proposals various groups are trying to tuck into a deal.
Frank Kulik
10:16 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
For the curious.... Google "Your tax dollars at work: 2009 MBTA salary." The Herald published a breakdown of "T" salaries back in 2009. Hang on to your socks folks - and these were for 2009!
1:26 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
MBTA salaries are horrendous, link below. For 2011, with salaries sorted descending, you have to go 76 pages (x20 per page) to get below $75k, which puts you in the "mechanics" section. That's almost 3,000 employees above $75k. With lots! Of "Supv" titles. How many more pages to below $50k? Hey now, I don't want to break my touchpad, clicking.
(Click on the Annual Salary column twice to get them from the top down.)
Also note the other fun data that the Herald has there. To get there from the home page - there's a "slide banner" about 1/3 of the way down the page. It has a blue "More" arrow link on the right of it. Click it once to get to Your Tax Dollars At Work, and pick your favorite.
10:40 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Lets try cutting down on government pensions, hiring of relatives, general corruption of public officials first.
Mark Chulsky
11:39 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
The election sent the clear signal: GIVE US MORE OF THE SAME!
Expect more taxes and less transportation system.
Susan Sturgeon
11:42 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
I go to NH a lot and pay HIGH tolls on their hiways. Would be more than willing both to pay myself on our hiways and to get some of our money back from them in turn.
John Dumas
11:54 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Did you ever try to argue a computer generated bill, no matter how illogical the amount? How will they give refunds after a class action?
Per mile is "opposite" the MPG we seem to be trying to encourage!
Just make a rule that a boss must have a least 20 employees; if a teacher can manage 20 kids...There are a lot of extra management types. Make the offices paperless.
chester suchecki
12:08 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
cut the governors salary to minimum wage along with all state employeees amd make them use obama care like the rest of us. tho hell with the unions they are from an era of past abuses and nepotisim
12:34 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
What if we stopped putting transportation "revenues" into the general fund, and actually used them for transportation expenses? Transportation problem solved.
1:20 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Didn't we just bailout the T? So is this an increase to pay for money that has already been spent? Raise tolls so that more of the revenue falls on non-residents.
Mike Burns
1:30 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
First lets clean up the management structure at the T and reduce as much waste as possible.
Also base the fares on the actual cost to operate regardless of the service. Third
introduce real pension reform.
last you can begin to think of hitting up the taxpayers for more money how's that for a thought! isn't it nice to be in the middle of the pack in regard to gasoline taxes nationally?
2:28 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
I don't mind paying a few more cents BUT in return I want to see reduction in "T" salaries, the Salem railroad station parking garage BUILT finally and trains run out of North Station beyond 11:59pm! If we are PAYING for these things then we should have it OUR WAY, right?
5:37 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Why is it the feds let NH have tolls on I93 & I95 just over our boarder but we can't? I'm not saying I want this done I'm just curious. I'm firmly in the camp of budget and pension reform. Show us you can tighten the belt with out steep service cuts and then come back and talk tolls and gas tax. You cant tell me the technology doesn't exists that could do away with toll collectors. I think WBZ did a story on them, starting pay in the low $50,000 range. Come on!
6:56 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
I kind of agree but the idea of replacing jobs with technology is a dangerous road. I can see the day when technology eliminates all jobs,then what?
Bryan McGonigle2
7:27 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
I was once at a fast food establishment when the cash registers went out. They needed to add and calculate the tax. Technology in this case was a wonderful thing.
Jack Carver
8:38 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Because 54% of New Hampshire's tax income comes from Massachusetts residents
Jim Smith
2:57 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Who said Massachusetts cannot build tolls on Massachusetts side of the border ? This would bring more business to Massachusetts and less to New Hampshire over the sales tax issues and bottle deposit issues. It's time to stand up and revolt against our government. The elective process is broke and is no longer effective in changing our course as a nation. If Hillary Clinton raves about the Arab Spring, then maybe she will rave about our dissatisfaction with our own government and we should be allowed to take to the streets in protest without the threat of trespass or felony trespass convictions. To be a true American is to stand up for what we believe in, march to our city and town halls and demand officials to resign. The elective process no longer works in the United States. We are now and economic dictatorship with the government imposing economic slavery upon its' people.
Sean Ward
9:24 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
First people using public transportation should pay for it. Drivers are expected to pay for their own transportation and subsidize busses, trains and subways. Second the entire government continued to give themselves raises while the entire private sector still tries to recover. Roll back those salaries like the rest of us have.
However, to answer the question taxing gas more makes the most sense. We don't need government putting machines in our cars to track our mileage and we don't need them getting daily access to our gps data. Privacy has already taken enough of a hit in recent years. If you let them in to your car for this they will not stop there. Next will be automatic traffic citations and parking tickets.
Jim Smith
2:52 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Sean, What about taxing on our side of the New Hampshire border ? CWheels is correct, why not increase the number of tolls and the cost on the Massachusetts side of the border. More good paying jobs !
Under Free Enterprise why is the government, ie; the state of New Hampshire allowed to be in the same business organized crime was years ago. Gambling, the lottery, State run liquor stores ? It seems that free enterprise is going away in lieu of the government running all of these enterprises. Toll collectors on the Tobin Bridge and on the Mass Pike earn $60,000.00 per year. In New Hampshire they earn $35,000.00 per year. But again if their are no cut backs, an increase in the gas tax along with new income taxes how are poor people going to get by ?
10:28 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
The feds get the final say when it comes to tolls on the Interstate.
Antoine M. Boisvert
10:37 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
No doubt they do. But I don't think we have ever asked. There's certainly no shortage of toll roads in the interstate system.
2:37 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Consider the impact on traffic if Mass put tolls on any of our major highways. Be careful what you wish for.
Steve Douglass
7:21 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
How about cut goverment 30% (Spending, Budgets, Employees) I bet they wouldn't miss a beat and no one would notice.
7:26 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Have to hand it to NH.....no income, sales, capital gains, excise taxes etc..
Don't need a sign saying welcome to MA....can always tell by the condition of the roads.
Antoine M. Boisvert
8:48 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Nearly every driver who wishes to visit or leave NH or Maine or (in many cases) VT has to pass through Massachusetts. Yet our toll roads are structured so as to only affect MA residents. It's crazy. Unlike many Patch readers, I don't mind paying taxes to support infrastructure, and I don't think the MBTA needs to break even to justify its existence. But to allow the rest of the Union to (literally) drive over us without pitching in a dime for our infrastructure is just plain foolish. We need tolls at our northern borders and possibly at our southern ones as well, on I-91, I-95, and I-93. I don't understand why no one in public life brings this up.
Sean Ward
9:09 am on Monday, November 26, 2012
They are visiting NH to get away from Taxachusetts. If you build an inbound toll up there you also need to provide some reason to come here. Currently the only people flocking south are the people coming home with car loads of tax free purchases.
2:25 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
I don't know about the excise tax (that goes to the individual city/town), but the state gas tax is supposed to pay for things like road/bridge improvements and repair.
Is it that the gas tax isn't high enough, or is the money from it, being spent on things other than road/bridge improvements and repair?
2:26 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
I like that DO NOT STOP sign in the picture above. Route 128 could use a lot of those...
Stephen M. Roberts
5:02 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
There was a time when the old saying "there ain't no free lunch" used to be true. That notion came apart when the gas tax "fund" was raided to pay for public transit projects that wouldn't otherwise "pencil out"... or pay for themselves. Today it's a national problem. There are no self-supporting public transportation systems anywhere that I know of. I currently live in a place where bike paths, bike bridges, jogging trails and metropolitan transit systems are all flourishing and expanding thanks to politicians pilfering gas tax and "stimulous" money. What's worse, they are converting lanes on local streets to "buses only" use, reducing the auto and truck-carring capacity of the road system... financing it on the backs of the very folks who paid the gas taxes that built and maintained them. The gas tax "golden goose" is suddenly being pinched by the hybrid cars that generate frwer gas tax dollars... so they want to levy a special "road tax" on those less thirsty vehicles... just to make it "fair".
You get what you vote for, folks. Like BHO said about 4 years ago... "Elections have consequences:.
11:42 am on Monday, November 26, 2012
Tax payers should be off the hook in this case. MA Transportation could easily be paid for through corporate marketing opportunities. Frankly, I don't mind a bit if I rode the "Starbucks" train, or the "McDonald's" bus or the "Coca-Cola" subway. Offer the Fortune 500's their own passenger cars to purchase and outfit as they like with all their logos as they see fit. Look as NASCAR sponsorship. It is a perfect profit model. Fares will cover some of the operating costs as they typically do but the real costs for general upgrades and maintenance could come through commonly practiced billboard marketing.

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Part I. Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, historical outline of admission of Wisconsin into the Union, constitution of Wisconsin, election of United States senators, pp. [1]-45 ff. PDF (15.3 MB)
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Bane/Smith and Neo are both in an unconscious state. The former is said to be merely asleep, but neural patterns indicate that Neo is somehow connected to the Matrix. Morpheus, dispirited after the destruction of the Nebuchadnezzar and discovering the true nature of the Prophecy at the end of the last film, starts a search for Neo within the Matrix. Neo is in fact trapped in a subway station named "Mobil Avenue", a transition zone between the Matrix and the Source (the Machine mainframe). At this station, Neo meets a 'family' of programs, including a girl named Sati. Her father tells Neo that Mobil Avenue is controlled by a program called The Trainman who is an exile loyal only to The Merovingian. When Neo tries to board the train with the family, the Trainman refuses, and knocks him away from the train.
Seraph contacts Morpheus on behalf of the Oracle, who informs Morpheus and Trinity of Neo being trapped in Mobil Avenue. Seraph, Morpheus, and Trinity pursue the Trainman to secure Neo's release, but he escapes. The trio enter Club Hel to confront the Merovingian for Neo's freedom. The Merovingian demands "the eyes of the Oracle" in exchange for Neo's release. Trinity loses her patience and provokes a standoff, where everyone is pointing a gun at someone's head, thus forcing the Merovingian to release Neo.
Troubled by new visions of the Machine City, Neo decides to visit the Oracle one last time. She informs him that as the One, he developed a connection with the Source, the machine mainframe which both the Matrix and the the Machine world are derived from. All of Neo's abilities – both in and out of the Matrix – exist because of this connection. This is how Neo was able to stop the Sentinels near the end of The Matrix Reloaded, although his lack of preparation resulted in a temporary confinement in Mobil Avenue (notably, "Mobil" is an anagram for "limbo"). She characterizes Smith (who is also growing in power) as his exact "opposite" and his "negative", who threatens to destroy the Machine city as well as the Matrix. She tells Neo cryptically that "everything that has a beginning has an end," and that the war is about to end "one way or another." After Neo takes leave of the Oracle, a large group of Smith clones arrive and successfully assimilate the unresisting Oracle, gaining her powers of precognition.
In the real world, the remaining crew of the Nebuchadnezzar and the Mjolnir (also referred to as "the Hammer") encounter Niobe's deactivated ship, the Logos, and its crew. They successfully reactivate the ship and begin to interrogate the now awakened Bane, who claims he has no memory of the events of the earlier battle. After contemplating his visions, Neo announces that he needs a ship to travel to the Machine City, although he cannot explain why. Niobe, who was told by the Oracle that she would have to make a choice to help Neo or not, lets him take the Logos. Trinity decides to accompany Neo.
The remaining crews plan to return to Zion, and avoid the Sentinel army by allowing Niobe to pilot the Mjolnir through a series of service tunnels, which are nearly impossible to navigate. Shortly after departure, they discover that Bane has murdered a crew member and has hidden aboard the Logos. However, they are unable to warn Trinity and Neo. Before the Logoscan depart, Bane ambushes Trinity and takes her hostage. Neo fights Bane, who reveals himself to be a manifestation of Smith. During the struggle, Bane manages to blind Neo by cauterizing his eyes with a severed electric cable. In spite of his blindness, however, Neo can seeSmith inside Bane as a fiery form, and kills Bane. Neo releases Trinity, who pilots them towards the Machine City.
In Zion, the defenders deploy infantry armed with rocket launchers and Armored Personnel Units in order to protect the dock from the incoming assault. The dock is invaded by a massive horde of Sentinels as well as two giant drilling machines. The APUs fail to keep the Dock, with their leader Captain Mifune fatally wounded. With his last breath, Mifune tells Kid, who was refilling his ammunition supply at the time, to open the gate for the Mjolnir. Encouraged by Mifune, Kid gains the courage to fight and open the gate. Just as the remaining humans are about to be overwhelmed, the Mjolnir, with more Sentinels at tow, arrives at Zion and sets off an EMP that disables all the Sentinels as well as the remainder of Zion's defenses. The humans are forced to fall back to the temple entrance and wait for the next swarm.
Nearing the Machine City, Neo and Trinity are attacked. Neo uses his power to destroy the incoming bombs, but Sentinels overwhelm the ship. To evade them, Trinity flies the Logosup into an electrical storm cloud. This manages to disable the Sentinels, but also disables the ship's engines. Above the cloud layer, Trinity gets a glimpse of real sunlight and blue sky. The ship then free-falls directly toward the Machine City, and despite Trinity's attempts to ignite the engines, the ship crashes. The impact of the collision fatally wounds Trinity, and she dies in Neo's arms.
Neo emerges into the Machine City to strike a bargain with the machines, personified by the Deus Ex Machina. Neo warns the machines that Smith (who has by now assimilated every human and program within the Matrix) is beyond the machines' control, and will soon assault the Source. He offers to help stop Smith in exchange for a ceasefire on Zion. The machines provide a connection for Neo to enter the Matrix and confront Smith. The world is now wholly populated by Smith copies – the clone with the Oracle's powers steps forth, claiming he has already foreseen his own victory.
The city's population of Smiths stands by and watches while Neo and Smith square off. Fighting on the streets, through buildings and into the sky, they finally brawl in a flooded crater. Neo is eventually outmatched by Smith but refuses to give up the fight, and a frustrated Smith continues his attack until Neo is too badly hurt to go on. Smith announces "everything that has a beginning has an end." Hearing the Oracle's parting advice again, Neo baits the scared Smith into assimilating him. Neo's final words to Smith are, "It was inevitable," quoting Smith's oft-spoken admonition.
Smith's assimilation of Neo is seemingly successful, and when the Oracle-Smith asks Neo-Smith whether it is over, he receives a nod and smile as reply. Back in the Machine city, Neo's body spasms as a surge of energy enters his body through the Matrix connection. Starting with the Neo copy of Smith, a white light begins to rip the clones apart from the inside out, similar to the destruction of Agent Smith at the end of The Matrix.
With the elimination of the Smiths, all the programs and humans that were possessed return to normal, including the Oracle. The Sentinels that are about to attack withdraw from Zion. Neo, having sacrificed himself to save both the Machines and humans, is unplugged from the Matrix and his body is respectfully carried away by the Machines.
The Architect, upon meeting the Oracle, tells her that she "played a very dangerous game" by attempting to change the way the Matrix functioned. The Oracle responds by saying that she understood the risk and knew it was worth taking. The two reach an agreement to unplug any humans who want to be freed. The closing shot of the film depicts a new dawn on the world of the Matrix, free of green tint, created by Sati.
Many that have watched this final part of the Matrix trilogy have said that is a bit anticlimactic. I can see the logic behind such a statement, but at the same time, I think this sums up everything much in the same way Return of the Jedi ends the Star Wars saga.
It's always sad when a cast member dies before a series of films can be completed. However, it seemed to work out as Mary Alice replaced the late Gloria Foster as the Oracle. The change was addressed in the script as a punishment for a choice she made.
The action/fight scenes in this film are among the best I've ever seen, and the climactic battle between Neo and Smith should go down in history as one of the best on screen battles of cinematic history.
Morpheus seems to be a bit downtrodden in this film, as opposed to the previous two where he seems optimistic. I guess the bombshell that Neo dropped on him at the end of Reloaded took the life out of him.
Smith is his usual cold, calculating, robotic self. The Merovingian and Trainman add to the villains, but are minor players. This seems to be more about the Oracle and Zion than anyone else.
Speaking of Zion, I did not care for the battle scenes. That's what made me feel like this was anti climactic. I felt like I was watching some sort of war movie at times.
The actor that played Bane does a good job of capturing Smith's mannerisms. As I said in my review for Matrix: Reloaded, you would think he really was Smith if not for the slight differential in voices.
This is a must see for those that have seen the previous Matrix films. I suggest that you watch them before you view this one, first, though. It keeps the confusion to a minimum.
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Stinging Fork Falls is a 783-acre natural area located in Rhea County. It is named for the 30-foot waterfall located within the Stinging Fork gorge. The creek flows over the fan shaped falls, then quickly slips through chutes, and tumbles over cascades below the falls. The gorge contains a second growth mixed mesophytic forest community. Steep cliffs may be found along the smaller bluffs that descend into the gorge. An oak-pine forest can be found along the gorge bluff. Indian Head Point provides a view of the gorge and creek 160 feet below. Much of the upland area between the parking area and gorge had been planted by Bowater in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), and has since been removed due to heavy southern pine beetle impact. This area is undergoing hardwood succession.
The Stinging Fork Falls trail terminates at the bottom of the falls about 1 mile from the parking area. A future segment of the Cumberland Trail is planned to connect to Stinging Fork Falls. See www.tnstateparks.com/CumberlandTrail/ for more information.
Division of Natural Areas – East TN Office, 3711 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921, phone (865) 594-5601. Division of Natural Areas, 401 Church Street, 7th Floor L&C Tower Annex, Nashville, TN 37243, phone (615) 532-0431. Cumberland Trail State Park, South Trail Office, 1327 Montlake Road, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379 or P.O. Box 571, Soddy Daisy, TN 37384, phone (423) 332-7394.
Public access is allowed; trailhead parking and a hiking trail are provided. Camping and open fires are prohibited.
Stinging Fork Falls is located west of Spring City. Access to the natural area is via Highway 68. In Spring City turn onto Shut-In Gap Road and proceed five miles to the parking area on the right.
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Women and children wait for health services in a crowded clinic in Angola's Huila province. |
By Shantha Bloemen
LUBANGO, Angola, 22 June 2010 – In the newly opened red brick Lubango health clinic, a long line of Angolans wait their turn to see one of the two Cuban doctors working here. The doctors were assigned to provide health care to some 30,000 people in the southern province of Huila.
The Lubango clinic is one of several that have recently opened across Angola. The clinics are symbols of hope for a country once plagued by one of the world's longest civil wars, which ended in 2002 and left a severely damaged health-care system in its wake.
Skilled health workers
During Angola's three decades of war, many children had no access to education. Now, about one-third of the adult population is illiterate. The country's health system was also severely affected. "More than 30 years of war destroyed 70 per cent of the public network," said Minister of Health José Vieira Dias Van-Dúnem.
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A newborn baby at the Matala Health Centre in Angola's Huila province. |
"The major challenge in Angola is training adequate numbers of health workers," agreed Dr. Koenraad Vanormelingen, UNICEF Representative in Angola. "After years of war, when barely one third of children went to school, much of the population is without skills. So even if you have the money you can't find the people to hire ... especially in the remotest areas of the country."
Training health workers has been part of a massive revitalization of Angola's health system. More than 200 students were sent to study medicine in Cuba, a long-time Angolan partner. The government has built five universities and 45 specialized training schools for health workers. To provide health care in the near term, it has also brought about 800 doctors from Cuba to work in clinics in both urban and rural areas.
Crucial interventions
UNICEF has assisted in the revitalization process by delivering interventions to prevent diseases among mothers and children. The package of services, offered free to all women and children, includes ante-natal care, mosquito nets to avoid malaria, vaccinations for newborn babies and better management of childhood illness such as malnutrition, diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection.
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In Angola's over-stretched clinics, UNICEF supplies a free package of basic health services including ante-natal care, mosquito nets and vaccines. |
In a country where more than half of the population lives under the international poverty line and child and maternal mortality rates are among the world's highest, the UNICEF package of services has become a crucial remedy.
"In the past seven years, we have seen malnutrition rates drop dramatically, from 50 to 30 per cent," said Dr. Vanormelingen, adding that the overall child mortality rate has also fallen in Angola.
The UNICEF-supported package currently reaches 16 districts in five provinces of the country and about 23 per cent of the population. The government plans to expand these services to reach more than 70 per cent of the population by 2015.
Slow road to recovery
Despite the progress made, Angola's health care system remains on a slow road to recovery. "Approximately two kids out of 1 don't reach age five, so we still have a big problem," said Dr. Vanormelingen.
But the Lubango and nearby Matala health clinics have become signs of promise, their glowing red bricks each a reinforcing message that the current struggle can be overcome.
Rose Ngeve, whose husband fought in the war, waited among the crowd at the Matala Health Centre. The mother of six said she was glad to have access to the free health services, as she derives her entire income from the selling vegetables in the market and washing people's clothes.
"I want my children to be healthy so they can go to school and eventually fend for themselves and not depend on handouts," she said.


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In an effort to continually offer superior value and a unique golf experience Walters Golf has announced an exclusive offer for all World of Concrete Convention attendees and exhibitors. This exclusive offer will save guests up to 40% off of the regular golf rates at three of Las Vegas' most unique and desirable golf courses - Bali Hai, Royal Links and Desert Pines. This offer is valid now through February 12th for all World of Concrete attendees and exhibitors. Also included in this exclusive offer, guests will enjoy a complimentary steak & eggs breakfast and/or steak sandwich lunch.
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I think nearly all of us have experienced this. I found it even worse in the United States than I do here in conservative, heavily Catholic Costa Rica.
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Why are Americans afraid of atheists? The belief that god does not exist is not hard to come by these days, and appears to be growing throughout the world. But as a Pew Research Center report put it, when it comes to religiosity, "the US is closer to considerably less developed nations, such as India, Brazil and Lebanon than to other western nations..."
I just wrote the great author Sam Harris about this subject. That "void," that Mr. Harris speaks of is very real to someone of faith. Below is a small portion of the story that I sent to Mr. Harris. My nephew was only 21 years old when he took his own life. Here are the txt messages sent to him, from me, a week before his passing.
August 20 4:27pm
Me: Do you study debate/psychology or have speech classes.
CJ: I'm gonna have a psych class in the next semester
Me: Ok cool. If you wanna get a heads up on the competition do you know who Sam Harris is? (Meaning it would be a great debate subject)
CJ: No i don't
Me: This guy is fearless. I enjoy debate watch it all the time. This guy is the best speaker I've ever heard.
CJ: Ill look him up
Me: Watch: "Sam Harris simply destroys Catholicism while in debate at Notre Dame" (YouTube)
Me: I've read the moral Landscape its good but the end of faith is supposedly his best work
My fiancee woke me up, screaming about the tragedy, and my first thought was the debate video.
Did depression,inevitably, kill CJ? Will the autopsy find a tumor on his brain? Was he murdered? Or the question I ponder the most in my mind...Did the video I sent him (Sam Harris Simply destroys Catholicism in a Notre Dame Debate) taken in the wrong context, plus depression, make him feel that void (you speak of) was too much to handle? Did this void make him think it was acceptable to commit the selfish act of taking ones own life?
Mr. Harris, that void you write about is very real. I can attest. I often ponder all the time wasted in my life with the absurd Catholic religion that I participated in as a child and young adult. Its easier for me to deal with it because I'm used to being an outcast (politically) for being transparent and honest.
Interesting article, thanks. Glad I live in an urban area.
Well, being a polite rooster bye and large, I will be gentle with my thoughts as to why Religious-Americans fear Atheist-Americans, not wanting to offend anyone. =]
I feel it is because right from the first European invasion of the American shores, people have been telling themselves (religious) stories that excuse their behaviour there. It is just human nature after all.
"Bringing the Civilising Word of God to the Benighted Savages" was one of the very first stories, and the moral blemish of actually being a ursurping, nation destroying, rapacious pack of pirates to the Native-Americans was washed out of the French, English and Spanish soul by sticking hard to the story.
Later, with the slavery thing, it was justified again by the same "But we lifted them out of Benighted Savagery in Africa, of course they are better off here in a Christian land, as slaves".
Also the "We Escaped from Religious Persecution to practice Our Faith in Peace and Equality" story was told, as a pleasant mental wash to dissolve all the instances of Religious Persecution the "Pilgrim Fathers" indulged themselves in.
To this day the Religous-Americans have preferred the story to facing the past straight on. And if they have to give a place to people who refuse to believe the story, look at all the crimes they will have to acknowledge as their heritage. Just mho of course.
I have read some sociological studies that have found that greater economic equality and security is associated with decreased religious belief. Studies cite the examples of countries like Sweden and Denmark which have comprehensive welfare systems and quite low levels of religious belief. The USA on the other hand has great economic disparities and is quite unusual for a developed country in having high levels of religious belief. The poorest and most politically unstable countries in the world, e.g. those in sub-Saharan Africa, also have the highest levels of religious belief with over 95% of people professing belief in god. Researchers have proposed that religion provides people with a sense of security when they are uncertain about being able to meet their basic needs. In countries like Sweden and Denmark, people feel very assured of meeting their needs so religion loses its appeal. I wonder if this has something to do with fear of Atheism in the USA. People feel more insecure so they become more intolerant of people who do not share (and implicitly undermine) their belief that god will take care of them. That is, when atheists express their view that god is not real, religious people become troubled by doubts that atheists might be right, and they don't like it.
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STONE RIDGE, N.Y. — Gun enthusiasts gave the Ulster County Legislature's Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee a standing ovation Thursday for endorsing a resolution that opposes recently approved state restrictions on firearms ownership.
The resolution was discussed during a committee meeting that attracted about 290 people to Ulster County Community College.
Glenford-Wittenburg Sportsmen's Club member Rich Vizzini said the resolution was important in letting state lawmakers know the importance of maintaining Second Amendment rights.
"I think the method in which the (state) SAFE Act was passed was definitely an illegal method," he said.
"No urgency existed for it to have been rushed through," Vizzini said. "There are 25,000 words, there are 63 parts to the SAFE Act, and our legislators were given less than an hour to digest and understand probably one of the most complex laws that has been enacted in the past 15 years."
Saugerties Fish and Game Club member Don Baker, who is also a 26-year member of the state police, said that some of his private weapons would be considered illegal under the new law.
"The way they wrote the law my .22-caliber target rifle is now considered an assault weapon and that's ridiculous," he said.
"The whole act was very poorly done, I think it's not necessary, and it's not going to solve anything," he said. "It's not the law-abiding people that cause the problem."
County Legislature Chairwoman Terry Bernardo, who opened the session with a 15-minute history of state gun-control efforts, drew handshakes following the vote. Among her comments was noting that some past efforts to reduce gun violence have failed spectacularly.
"In 2001 New York state started spending millions and millions of dollars on the New York State Combined Ballistic Identification System," she said. "They would fire the gun when they make it, keep the bullet, and the idea was if a crime was committed you find the bullet that a crime was committed with and you're going match it up with the gun, and it didn't solve any crimes."
Bernardo added that state lawmakers should have spent more time with the legislation and given residents an opportunity to make comments.
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From the people that brought you Traffic Avalanche comes an exciting new software scam; software so devious that you wouldn't even try to peddle it off on your worst enemy. I'm speaking of course about 'tweet-o-matic' profiteer. The promo video is narrated by a friendly looking chap with a nice authoritative British accent (if you look closely at his eyes you can see them scrolling as he is reading the cue cards). In the video he lays out the problems facing people who want to try to make a living off the internet and asks the question; how is it possible for someone like you to make money from the internet? Well it is possible, but not with the software that they're offering in the video, that's for sure. What they're trying to sell you with the TweetOMatic is the selling strategy and 'know how' to effectively sell Items through ClickBank.com combined with their hit generating 'software'. This phrase from the video could easily describe the creator's string of ClickBank related selling schemes….. "..Each week seems to herald the arrival of a new guru or product from the same names…….tell me if I'm wrong but most of what we see is the same old stuff, and it's just being churned out with a new name." I wonder if they were thinking about their own products when the composed that line. I don't usually like to spew negativity, I usually consider it to be in bad taste; but with the products they're offering I don't see any other choice.
The TweetOMatic "software"
The software in the TweetOMatic they are trying to sell you is supposed to take advantage of twitter's social networking abilities (or any affiliate marketing program) in order to drive customers to the site(s) of your choice in order to rack up commission fees. This is not a bad idea in and of itself, but they're not considering a few key details about affiliate marketing:
- You have to be selling a product that people actually want
- If you are inexperienced in choosing products to sell you will have trouble
- People don't want to be inundated with tweets that are nothing more than glorified advertisements; people come to twitter to escape….
The TweetOMatic software is supposed to do these things for you, but let's be realistic; there simply aren't any programs sophisticated enough to select the best selling products and them market them for you…..it's pure science fiction. They make it out like they've discovered some kind of business minded artificial intelligence that will make you rich. Do yourself a favor, and take a pass on this $77 scam….if you still want to visit TweetOMatic go here: TweetOMatic website


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Joseph Cornelius Donnelly, Caritas Internationalis' representative in Jerusalem
Access is one word which makes an extraordinary difference for everyone's life in Gaza.
It also impacts on those outside Gaza seeking to provide emergency assistance to the 1.5 million Palestinian people packed into that densely populated sliver of land that is the Gaza Strip.
"Access" sprang from the international headlines in the first weeks of this month. Without access there is little the local or international community can do to breath basic life back into an oppressed community. Simple things such as access can and will save lives.
Israeli authorities must clear the way, must respond and coordinate with international humanitarian actors. This is all the more urgent during a siege or state of war, as described by Geneva Conventions.
Aceess is the dominant operational issue and it brings myriad management and logistical challenges amidst an uncertain, unpredictable and changing environment which is charged with political implications from every action or non-action.
Those working in bureaucratic structures have a pivotal role to play. Some help facilitate with sincerity. Others slow the process down.
No local Caritas staff based at the Jerusalem office have access to Gaza. This prerequisite condition has been in place a long time.
International NGOs have been blocked from Gaza since the last quarter of 2008. Numerous INGO executives have not been able to visit Gaza without exceptional assistance and favors granted by respectful Israeli representatives who have adequate access themselves to high-levels of authorization.
Local and international NGOs spend valuable time, planning and processing strategic links for the next steps in order to reach those in need and to organize supplies, medicines, blankets, building materials and urgent cash assistance. This is how Jerusalem-based staff initiate meetings with Gaza staff and local partners throughout the Gaza Strip.
Caritas Jerusalem, like every other voluntary organization, addresses the access urgency all day, every day. Lack of access reverberates in every direction – from donors to supporters, journalists to scholars, from staff to people in need, from hospitals to truck drivers, from the EU to the UN, from people of all faiths to organizations from countries around the world.
Access was the highest priority last week when the UN Secretary General and his Emergency Coordinator were in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories advocating amidst the ceasefire.
They demanded all hostilities remained ceased so that there was humanitarian access to every crossing, permitting professional assessments immediately while efforts to restore life and safety swelled.
No one, except those suffering themselves in any conflict, can automatically know precisely what to do. Humanitarian systems are in place the world over. They make a difference, but they are useless, and even dangerous, if not activated with a sense of human urgency.
Few people seem to understand the complexities while bantering over procedures which can translate into political will.
While the media outlets can talk, highlight, even exaggerate, none of this really helps if the commitment to a broad-based responsible access is not honored.
In Gaza many of those able to assist had access not from Israeli borders, or Jordanian borders, but rather from Egypt in the south. It works, but it has conditions and complexities.
Determination to get into Gaza remains Caritas' highest priority to make a helpful human difference in the lives of the Palestinian communities throughout Gaza. Such determination is matched by daily rounds of frustration, even exasperation when an "almost" access evaporates – for a driver, a truck, an expert, a humanitarian worker.
International solidarity restores hope, confidence and the necessary will to persevere. But clamoring attentions can also distract best purposes when listening is incomplete and when dialogue is rushed.
In the end, access actually transforms the crisis "moment" we share from near and far. Together there will always remain the shared need and shared responsibility to pursue every level of access – regarding materials, persons, reports, images and commitments.
There is absolutely no other way to authentically respond in the tragic midst of a crisis where people are searching for peace and security with equal rights and justice for everyone.


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The Lilesville Elementary School Staff and PTO Council recently hosted a "Uniform Swap" to assist students with meeting the expectations of the Anson County Schools Student Dress Code Policy.
Parents and guardians were given the opportunity to bring in clean, gently used uniform items, that their children had outgrown, and "swap" them for other items they could use currently. An assortment of solid colored coats, belts, pants, and collared shirts were available in all sizes. The idea proved to be successful, as many families took part in the event.
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By Jan. 1, shoreline construction could begin for the eastern portion of the Bird Key Park phase of the West Bayfront Multi-Use Recreational Trail, which will connect the existing Bayfront MURT to St. Armands and Lido keys. But Sarasota city staff will seek public input in the coming months and report back to the Sarasota City Commission before beginning the western phase of the project.
The commission voted 4-1 at its regular meeting Nov. 16 to approve a motion ordering city staff to go forward with plans for the park in two phases. Commissioner Fredd Atkins cast the dissenting vote.
The motion calls for keeping plantings low between water and parking, maximizing turf block area, minimizing a retaining wall and installing up to 42 parking spaces.
The park plans have been in the works for more than four years, but came under recent controversy when park users said that they were not consulted about the plans. They worried that the plans would block the view of the water, limit parking and reduce access for water sports.
At the Nov. 16 meeting, city officials initially presented a staff-recommended plan for the park, which was 90% completed, along with a public-comment plan. Staff returned after a recess to present the phased plan, which would allow construction of the eastern portion of the plan to begin without jeopardizing a $200,000 grant from the Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP), which requires project construction to begin by September 2010.
Vice Mayor Kelly Kirschner said that the city should erect signs in the future in parks to notify users about upcoming projects. But he praised city staff for working with the public to make adjustments.
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Military Dogs Experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderStudy says one in ten dogs that go to war develop PTSDJOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON - On any given day you will find more than a dozen military working dogs on JBER -- dogs that are more frequently developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The number of dogs who go to war that develop PTSD is unknown, but the US military is just starting to research it. But an expert at Lackland Air Force Base estimates about 10 percent of all dogs deployed develop the condition. According to dog handlers, the dogs experience all of the same things that their human partners do -- loss, explosions and stress. "That's a good boy," said Sergeant Maatta, as he inspects his partner of just over a month. "How ya doing buddy?" Maatta is training his new best friend. Sandor is also his comrade in arms. This isn't his first military working dog. Since he's arrived at JBER, in 2009, he has rotated through five dogs. In June of last year, he got deployed with a dog he knows as MDW-Con. "Dogs develop their own problems, like MDW-Con. If he heard anything go off, the first thing he would do was start sniffing around and go to work because that's what he was used to doing -- even if we were inside our room." When a handler is deployed he is with his dog every day and every night. Experts said that MDW-Con's symptoms are symptoms of PTSD. "There isn't a moment that we are apart," said Maatta. "So that is the dog's safe zone, it's their home. When loud noises would go off the dog was in conflict because he's not working." He said it's hard to know when they're off duty. Though MDW-Con has PTSD, the military needed him. He was redeployed and Maatta got a new partner. "Letting go of a dog, I have seen following handlers have issues because the dog just isn't used to the new dad, the new guy in charge holding the leash." Since the nation went to war more than a decade ago, JBER has not lost a dog in combat -- only handlers, like Air Force Technical Sergeant Jason Norton. "The vehicle he was riding in was struck by an IED [Improvised Explosive Device] and he was killed along with his entire crew," said Maatta pointing to a monument on the wall that pictures Norton and a regal German Shepard wrapped up in his arms. Norton was killed in Iraq in 2006. He left his best friend and partner behind. "Some dogs are resilient, they can press on. Some, especially if it's a team that's been paired together for years... that's a very strong bond that's hard to break." Shortly after Norton's death, his dog died of natural causes. As for Maatta, his relationship with Sandor may be new, but the bond is already strong. "The only dog I step in to do something fun with is my dog." As for treating the working dogs, military dog experts said some will need to be retrained and conditioned. Some may be prescribed the anti-anxiety drug Xanax. But, just like many soldiers, most won't be able to make a full recovery. You have indicated this comment should be removed.said on Saturday, Dec 1 at 8:02 PM Dump em out in the real world to fend for themselves. Inappropriate? Alert Us! said on Saturday, Dec 1 at 1:22 PM Oh please, any reason to dump some chemicals into anything... Have people really dumbed themselves up this much? Inappropriate? Alert Us! Add a comment |
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