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If you have
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), your body may
release too much adrenaline. Adrenaline is a hormone that can make you feel
stressed and have nightmares.
Prazosin blocks some of the effects
of adrenaline released in your body. This may help reduce the nightmares and
sleep problems you have with PTSD.
By keeping you from having nightmares,
prazosin may help you get better sleep. With better sleep, you can feel
healthier and more alert. This may help lower your stress and help you feel
more in control of your life.
Research shows that prazosin may
help reduce nightmares, one of the symptoms of PTSD.1
More research is needed to confirm its effectiveness for treating PTSD.
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug
Reference is not available in all systems.)
Since prazosin is more commonly
used for
high blood pressure, your doctor may want to look into
its benefits for PTSD.
Prazosin may help reduce your nightmares,
but it is not a cure for PTSD. Nightmares and anxiety may come back if you stop
taking your medicine.
Prazosin lowers blood pressure
(hypotension), which can make you feel dizzy. This usually stops when your body
is used to prazosin. Be careful not to stand up too fast, especially if your
dose has just been changed.
Erection drugs like Viagra also can
lower your blood pressure. If you're taking erection drugs along with prazosin,
your blood pressure may drop very fast. Tell your doctor if you're taking drugs
for erection problems.
Prazosin can be taken safely with other
PTSD medicines, such as antidepressants, but not with trazodone. Taking
prazosin with trazodone can cause the rare side effect of priapism. This is an
erection that doesn't go away, which can cause serious health problems.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Women who use this medicine during pregnancy have a slightly higher chance of having a baby with birth defects. If you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant, you and your doctor must weigh the risks of using this medicine against the risks of not treating your condition.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsVan Liempt S, et al. (2006). Pharmacotherapeutic
treatment of nightmares and insomnia in posttraumatic stress disorder: An
overview of the literature. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1071: 502–507.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker College regular season champion men's soccer team once again brought home a slew of accolades, as Conference Carolinas announced its postseason awards today. Seven Cobras earned all-conference nods, and the program took three of the four major individual awards.
For the second consecutive season, the Cobras boast the conference's player and coach of the year, with senior forward Niko Tirkkonen and head coach Paul Leese taking those honors. Senior James Sweeney rounded out the group as he was named defensive player of the year.
Tirkkonen (Hollola, Finland) had a breakout senior season for the Cobras. He scored nine goals, which was tops on the team, and added a pair of assists. Tirkkonen's nine goals and 20 points were also good for second in the conference.
Sweeney (Huntingtown, Md.), the conference's scholar athlete of the year in 2011-12, had another stellar season in goal. He led Coker to a 12-4-1 record this season and allowed just 13 goals all season. Sweeney posted seven shutouts, tallying 54 saves, and finished with a 0.81 goals against average.
In the fourth season under Leese, the Cobras went 12-4-1 overall and 8-1-1 in the conference. They won their second-straight regular season conference title and were again the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. During his time at Coker, Leese has compiled an overall record of 49-19-9 and a mark of 25-11-4 in conference play.
Tirkkonen and Sweeney led a crew of five first team all-conference selections. Joining them were senior midfielder Carlos Recinos (Houston, Texas), sophomore defender Fernando Bedoya (Miami, Fl.) and junior defender Akeem Prendes (Brampton, Ontario).
Recinos, the conference's player of the year in 2011, scored four goals and tallied seven assists on the season.
Bedoya anchored the defensive line before injury caused him to miss the final four games of the year. He had one assist on the year.
Prendes, also on the defensive line, played in 14 games for the Cobras and notched two goals.
Senior midfielder Alan Cuevas (Houston, Texas) and junior forward Daniel Jackson (Silver Springs, Md.) were named third team all-conference.
Cuevas played in 15 games and helped control the midfield for Coker; he had one assist.
Jackson provided an offensive spark with five goals on the year.
Coker's season ended with a first-round loss to Queens University of Charlotte in the opening round of the conference tournament. It was the final time for the Cobras in Conference Carolinas; the program moves into the South Atlantic Conference beginning in the 2013-14 season.
Player of the Year
Niko Tirkkonen, Coker
Defensive Player of the Year
James Sweeney, Coker
Freshman of the Year
Erick Suarez, Queens
Coach of the Year
Paul Leese, Coker
All-Conference First Team
Niko Tifkkonen, Coker - Forward
Andrew Settlemire, Erskine - Forward
Jorge Mackenna, Limestone - Forward
Dante De luca, Barton - Midfielder
Carlos Recinos, Coker - Midfielder
Jack Kimber, Erskine - Midfielder
Thomas McCready, Limestone - Midfielder
Fernando Bedoya, Coker – Defender
Larry Mahon, Limestone - Defender
Akeem Prendes, Coker - Defender
James Sweeney, Coker - Goalkeeper
Second Team
Sam Orritt, Limestone - Forward
James Galvani, Lees-McRae - Forward
Erick Suarez, Queens - Forward
Jose Penaloza, Belmont Abbey - Forward
Jack Bailey, Limestone - Midfielder
Thomas Metzemaekers, Limestone - Midfielder
Thiago Andrade, Queens - Midfielder
James Burke, Limestone - Defender
Calvin Bond, Limestone - Defender
Kevin Anderson, Queens - Defender
Roberto De La Vina, Erskine - Goalkeeper
Third Team
Archer Bane, Barton - Forward
Felipe Netto, Queens - Forward
Daniel Jackson, Coker - Forward
Alan Cuevas, Coker - Midfielder
Ross Henderson, Erskine - Midfielder
Gersi Cilingiri, Erskine - Midfielder
Scott Hudgins, Lees-McRae - Defender
Ian Murray, North Greenville - Defender
Ben Vangucci, Belmont Abbey - Defender
Joshua Dowd, Queens - Defender
Tom Godfrey, Limestone - Goalkeeper
Regular Season Co-Champions
Coker College & Limestone College
Conference Carolinas announces the all-conference teams during the Conference Carolinas Men's & Women's Soccer Championship Tournaments. Awards include all-conference first, second and third teams, player of the year, defensive player of the year, coach of the year, freshman of the year, and regular season champions. Head coaches from conference member institutions nominate and then vote on the award winners.
Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletic conference made up of 12 teams from North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey College, Coker College, Converse College, Erskine College, King College, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, Mount Olive College, North Greenville University, Pfeiffer University and Queens University of Charlotte.
For more information, contact Chris Dougherty, manager of athletics media relations, at 843-383-8018 or email@example.com.
Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and professional success through a distinctive four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the classroom. Coker is ranked among the "Best Colleges" in the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.

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Volcanic eruption and creation of island of Japan. Glimpse of map of Japan. Gardens and rivers. Two men demonstrate samurai sword techniques. Japanese soldiers advance through smoke carrying rising sun flag. Chinese suffering under Japanese military occupation. Two executed with rifles. Japanese soldiers waving weapons and red ball flags. A DC-3 aircraft flying over a Japanese Pagoda. Vies of Old Japan. Farmers at work. One manually turning a water pump with his feet. A man using a pole to propel a boat. Modern methods adopted in Japan for terraced farming. Japanese building railroads. Japanese modern locomotive on South Manchurian Railway. in 1934. A Japanese twin engine bomber taking off. The Japanese ocean liner, Asama Maru, in the 1930s. Glimpse of numerous ships in Tokyo harbor. Western style architecture in modern Tokyo buildings. Neon lights on the Grand Palace Hotel and other establishments in Tokyo. Industrial smoke stacks. Women at work in a silk factory. Finished product stamped "Made in Japan."Steel ingots being made in a Japanese steel mill using scrap iron imported from the U.S.A. Chinese victims of 2nd Sino-Japanese War. Japanese troops on parade. Fallen American Marines on shore of Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific in World War 2. Japanese high ranking officers reviewing troops on parade. Japanese warships underway. Troops parading beneath the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. American B-25 bombers on flight deck of the USS Hornet, headed to bomb Tokyo.A crew of Doolittle's Raiders standing by their plane. B-25 taking off from the Hornet. Formation of B-25s in flight. View from bomber of smoke rising from bombing of Tokyo below. Brigadier General Jimmie Doolittle pledging to repeat bombing of Tokyo. Supply train entering a Boeing Company defense plant. Workers being scrutinized as they enter the facility and punching in at a time clock. Poster in the plant picturing a B-29 bomber on a message in German describing it as an instrument for a "Destruction Battle against the Luftwaffe." Bold letters, above, in English read: "They're Promised-Let's Deliver 'em!" And, below, the words: "B-29, Super Bombers." Slabs of aluminum sheets fill a factory room. Overhead traveling cranes move them. Workers use heat and brakes to shape the aluminum sheets. Multiple views of the aluminum being machined and stamped to specifications. Wings being fabricated. Relatively unskilled labor using jigs to perform the work. Woman operating an overhead crane moving a wing in the plant. Views of plane parts moving across the ceiling via cranes. Women driving rivets into wings. Men and women employees working inside fuel fuel compartments of wings. A floor full of engine nacelles. A floor full of 2200 HP radial engines. A skeleton nose section being fabricated. Midsections and bomb bays being assembled. Workers crawling through the airframe during assembly. A woman working on a connecting tunnel. Sub-assemblies made by contractors arriving at the plant. More views of Boeing employees including young, old, men, and women, at work in the plant.
Preparations for a royal wedding in Tokyo, Japan. Views of Ginza, Tokyo's main street. Decorated Ginza street for the wedding of Crown Prince Akihito and commoner Michiko Shoda. Pictures of Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko Shoda. People make preparations and decorate billboards on the streets. A blossom tree in full bloom. People look at periscopes in department stores. A portrait of Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko Shoda.
Bombings in Tokyo, Japan during World War II. A bomb truck backs up to a United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber at an airfield on Saipan, Mariana Islands during the preparations for Tokyo bombing. A soldier writes 'Only the Beginning' on a bomb. The soldier wheeling a bomb cart to the underside of the aircraft. An airman on the top of the aircraft. A Commandant briefing the members of the 21st Bombing Command. Mission leader United States Air Force Brigadier General Emmett O'Donnell and Commanding General of 21st Bombing Command Brigadier General Haywood Hansell, Jr., look at a document and discuss on the airfield. USAAF pilot Robert Morgan, who piloted B-29 Dauntless Dotty, with another crew member. The men beside the B-29 Dauntless Dotty which would lead the team. B-29s lined up on a runway. B-29 Dauntless Dotty takes off. Several men on the airfield watch. A man beside a camera mounted on a tripod takes pictures. The B-29s take off one after the other. They head towards Tokyo. A map shows the flight path from Saipan island to Tokyo, Japan over the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of Tokyo. The B-29s drop bombs over target areas. Explosions occur in the bombed areas. The B-29s drop more bombs over industrial targets. Explosions occur. The B-29s head back to Saipan after the bombardment. U.S. Army tents in Saipan. Japanese aircraft drop bombs over an airfield in Saipan. Thick clouds of smoke rise from the bombed areas. Wrecked B-29s in view. Flames and smoke rising from the bombed areas. Wreckage of the Japanese aircraft shot down in the raid. Men extinguishing fire. A B-29 taking off from the airfield.
Radio facilities and broadcasts in Japan before World War 2. Japanese radio facilities in Tokyo. Broadcasting to South America. Radio towers and radio facilities in Tokyo, Japan. Building of Radio Broadcast Center. Flag of Japan on the building. Interior of the building. A Japanese conductor walks to podium and prepares to conduct orchestra. Musical instruments or in-studio orchestra play. Animated map of Latin America and South America. Sign on the animated map. Animated map describes radio broadcast in South America. Animated map of Japan shows Tokyo.
Huge crowd attends baseball game between visiting American players and Japanese team in Tokyo, 1931. Lou Gehrig, Al Simmons and Lefty Grove mentioned by announcer but not seen. American representatives walk out to pitcher's mound to greet pitcher. Shots of Babe Ruth hitting. Shots of Japanese player rounding third, sliding safely into home. Film suddenly morphs into anti-Japanese propaganda circa 1941-1942; shows Japanese newspaper publisher murdered. Scenes of sumo wresting and judo seen and compared to alleged acts of Japanese diplomatic and military treachery. Shots of fishermen, tourists, barbers and others said to be spies and soldiers for Tokyo. Closeup of a Japanese man gardening. Japanese men on small fishing boats, raising boat sails, and pulling in heavy loads of tuna fish in nets. Japanese tourists supposedly aking photographs of American ships in Hawaii. Female Japanese barbers giving haircuts. Japanese military officials in Japan organizing papers, films, and incoming information. Japanese industrialist figure emerging from car. Exterior views of Japanese factories in Osaka, textile mill operations in Tokyo, chemical plant operations in Nagoya, steel mills, and a large newly completed ship being launched in Nagasaki. Overhead view of steel mill operations. View of a slum town area in Japan and simple living arrangements of Japanese citizens. Japanese laborers at work in small home factories for textiles, pottery, and other goods, said to be in "semi-slavery." Workers include men, women, and child labor. Shows production of goods said to be produced in other countries that are pirated, mislabeled by Japan, and dumped abroad to undercut competitors. Products shown include factories and production lines for spark plugs, scotch whiskey, matches, silk, cotton, bottled beer, toothbrushes, hair brushes, hair combs, and American flags. Shipping dock areas in Japan showing large ships at docks, cranes in use, and importing of oil, rubber, scrap iron, tin for war materiel.
U.S. bombers over Tokyo, Japan during World War II. Star-shells burst. U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bombers in flight over Tokyo, Japan. Aerial views of Tokyo and shoreline. Bombs fall and burst on Tokyo.


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Pumpkin For Breakfast, Dinner, & Dessert: 15 Scrumptious Pumpkin Recipes
You guys — it's pumpkin season! Does this excite you? Has the Great Pumpkin arrived at your house this autumn? Are you ready for pumpkin pie? Of course, pumpkin has so much more to offer than just pumpkin pie. Take baked pumpkin steel-cut oatmeal, for instance — a fall dish I look forward to every year. Or soft, cakey pumpkin spice cookies, and pumpkin soup with coconut milk. What about pumpkin rice Krispie treats, and hot pumpkin buttered rum? Are these on your fall menu yet? Cran-walnut pumpkin bread? A French pumpkin bake? Take a look at these, and others — each recipe a tribute to the scrumptious range of possibilities in pumpkin.
• 1 Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats
• 2 Dad's Legendary Pumpkin Chiffon Pie
• 3 Pumpkin Spice Cookies
• 4 Pumpkin (or Sweet Potato) Crumb Cakes
• 5 Hot Pumpkin Buttered Rum
• 6 Pumpkin Spice Latte
• 7 Baked Pumpkin Steel Cut Oatmeal
• 8 Pumpkin Muffins with Eggnog Cream Cheese Swirl
• 9 No-Knead Pumpkin Rolls with Brown Sugar Glaze
• 10 No-Knead Cran-Walnut Pumpkin Toasting Bread
• 11 Roasted Red Kuri Pumpkin & Coconut Soup
• 12 Pumpkin Tortilla Soup
• 13 Pumpkin & Ricotta Pasta Casserole
• 14 Turkey Meatloaf in a Pumpkin
• 15 French Pumpkin (or Butternut Squash) Tian with Herbed Bread Crumbs
Related: Recipe: Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix
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Hannah Hanson Kinney. A Review of the Principal Events of the Last Ten Years in the Life of Mrs. Hannah Kinney: Together with Some Comments upon the Late Trial, Written by Herself.
Boston: J. N. Bradley, 1841.
Download the book as a pdf
In the public debate over notorious trials a great deal depended on who got to tell the story, and on how persuasive and authoritative they were. In some of the most interesting cases available to us, accused women have offered their own account of the events they participated in, explaining or justifying their actions, usually to deny guilt.
Legal innocence is not always recognized if one's neighbors persist in a belief of moral guilt. The jury's decision to acquit is simply not enough to reintegrate the charged person into the community. Mrs. Kinney was acquitted of having poisoned her husband, but she found her church and her town unwilling to accept her. She eventually wrote this book justifying her actions and decrying the constant suspicion under which she lived, claiming (as most accounts of trials do) authenticity and veracity: "lay[ing] before an excited public an undisguised statement of facts, just as they occurred."


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Chibi Attack on Titan Characters Babydoll
Chibi cities with chibi walls
Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind der Jäger!
A chibi take on the characters is refreshing for something as gory as Attack on Titan. But, you know, it'd be really hard to hit the neck on a super-deformed character. It's all head and very little neck.
For mysterious reasons (which some of y'all will get), we keep expecting the characters on this shirt to be swallowed by the Chibi Colossal Titan and slowly sink into its stomach acid while still talking. *burble*burble* And then appear on the shirt again as if nothing's happened.
Chibi Armin, Mikasa, Levi, and Eren plus a Colossal Titan on the front of this black, babydoll (fitted), 100% cotton tee. Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low or lay flat to dry. Imported.


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Universal Ballet : Company News
[News] Shim Chung' draws cheers in San Francisco
Shim Chung' draws cheers in San Francisco
July 25, 2011
Simcheong and the Dragon King's son dance in the Universal Ballet's "Shim Chung: The Blindman's Daughter" in San Francisco on Friday. [JoongAng Ilbo]
SAN FRANCISCO - Shim Chung may not be as famous as Odette from "Swan Lake" or the Sugar Plum Fairy from "The Nutcracker," but she did get a standing ovation from ballet fans attending Universal Ballet of Korea's production of "Shim Chung: The Blindman's Daughter" at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House on Friday.
The ballet, now 25-years-old, was the company's first work to highlight Korean culture. Created and choreographed in 1986 by American Adrienne Dellas, the original production was a landmark at a time when collaborations between Korean and foreign artists were rare. "Shim Chung" also drew on the talents of Korean critic Park Yong-gu, who wrote the script, composer Kevin Barber Pickard, who wrote the score, and Myung-ho Kim, who designed the set. Artistically, it is a fluid mixture of traditional Korean dance forms and Western ballet.
For some, Universal Ballet's warm reception at the 3,000-seat theater in San Francisco is an indication that the Korean Wave, or Hallyu, is moving beyond music, soap operas and film into other areas of culture.
"This Korean traditional folk tale has been dressed in a pair of ballet pointe shoes," said Julia H. Moon, the head of Universal Ballet of Korea and its former prima ballerina until 2001. "We will spread the Ballet Hallyu [Korean Wave] to the world."
The folktale, "Simcheongga," is about a girl named Simcheong and her blind father. When Simcheong learns her father's sight can be restored if she offers herself as human sacrifice to the Dragon King, the ruler of the sea, she does not hesitate to do it. When he learns what she has done, the Dragon King is so impressed by Simcheong's filial devotion that he returns her to the surface in a big lotus flower. The flower is found by a human king, who falls in love with Simcheong and marries her. After the two are married, Simcheong holds a banquet for blind men in hopes of finding her father. When father and daughter are reunited, his eyesight is instantly restored.
The ballet contains a sailors' dance in the first act that drew prolonged cheers from the audience in San Francisco. The second act, which is set in the Dragon King's palace under the sea, also seemed to impress the audience with its fairy-tale-like setting.
Writing about a production of the ballet staged in Los Angeles in 2001, Lewis Segal, the Los Angeles Times' dance critic, said, "Adding immeasurably to the splendor of the ballet: an array of costumes depicting the workaday, royal, dream and undersea worlds" of the designers.
But it is in the third act that the dancers made their biggest impression, presenting a beautiful combination of tal chum (mask dance) and Western ballet choreography.
The current production is part of the a larger tour that took the company to Taiwan and Singapore in April. Next, they will travel to Japan, Oman, Russia and South Africa for the rest of 2011 and the first half of 2012.
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The 2nd line works great when typed directly into Terminal. As expected, the terminal window jumps and sizes itself like it's supposed to (assuming it isn't already maximized). However, when running the above script via the shortcut... nothing happens. So I ran it out of Terminal and it tells me:
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#!usr/bin/env bash
wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,0,0,960,1200
aero-snap_tiling_windows_LEFT is the name I gave my script. Ya, kinda long, but that doesn't matter. I have definately marked it for execution.aero-snap_tiling_windows_LEFT: command not found
Also, the same sort of thing happens with one of my python scripts. I am using http://inventwithpython.com/chapters/ to learn a bit of python/pygame. I made 3 of the scripts from that site, and 2 work fine, but the 3rd one won't run except by typing it in Terminal. They were all made executable the same way: clicking the button in the permissions tab, and all have the shebang line added. The troubled script is http://inventwithpython.com/chapter19.html and I have only modified it to add a shebang line at the top:
Removing this line does not fix the problem with my 3rd file that it errors out when I double click it and choose Run In Terminal. I thought at first that the pygame module somehow wasn't set up correctly. But then why would it work perfectly when typed from Terminal w/ no other changes, and also work perfectly with or without shebang line when run from Terminal? I installed pygame module via Software Manager, and it never reported any errors. It does seem to be the same sort of problem I am having with the aero-snap script above. This 3rd file is in the same directory as 2 other .py files that work fine.#!usr/bin/env python
I am stumped. Can anyone help me determine what is wrong?
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Finance Ministry's move to drastically change the way petrol and diesel are priced may sound the death knell for some of the domestic oil refineries, an industry association has warned.
The Finance Ministry wants auto fuel to be priced at export parity by abolishing 2.5 per cent customs duty on petrol and diesel to save up to Rs 18,000 crore (Rs 180 billion) in annual subsidy outgo.
The Petroleum Federation of India (Petrofed), an apex body of entities in hydrocarbon sector, on January 28 wrote to Finance Minister P Chidambaram saying removing duty protection on products would render "some inland refineries sick" while private refiners like Reliance Industries and Essar Oil may resort to exporting their full production.
There is no import duty on crude oil and if the same on petrol and diesel is also abolished, there were be no duty protection left to the refineries who included the element of customs duty in pricing of the product to make up for freight, Central Sales Tax (CST) and other charges.
"While a change from trade parity pricing to export parity pricing may benefit fiscal management of the government in short term by lowering its subsidy burden but it would render a serious blow to the domestic refineries," it wrote.
It said domestic refineries were removed from the cost plus mechanism on April 1, 1998 and pay the price of feed-stock crude oil on import parity basis. Indigenous crude oil is also paid for the refineries on import parity basis.
India imports nearly 80 per cent of its crude oil requirements.
"When the primary raw material is on import parity basis, the FOB export parity pricing for products would clearly be extremely unfair to the refineries," it said.
Making out a case against export parity pricing, Petrofed said Indian refiners are subjected to a freight cost on crude oil vis-a-vis West Asian refineries, which is at least $05-0.8 per barrel.
In addition, energy costs are higher since energy equivalent to 7 to 8 per cent of throughput is consumed in processing and has to be met by either crude oil based products of imported liquid gas (LNG)
Besides, Indian refineries incur heavy demurrage on import of crude oil due to constraints in infrastructure at Indian ports and also pay VAT/CST at the rate of 2 to 5 per cent on purchase of crude oil from domestic producers which is not a pass through.
It said for additional resources, the government can consider raising excise duties which are a direct pass through.
"The older refineries of PSUs may not be able to cover the cost of refining operations and will be further strained with lack of capital so vitally required for capacity addition or product quality upgradation," Petrofed said adding refining industry was passing through a downward margin cycle that may result in some inland refineries becoming sick.
Private refineries may resort to exporting their full production unless compensated for CST/coastal freight.
Petrofed said India's refining capacity has grown from a modest 62 million tons per annum in 1998 to over 215 million tons and is expected to grow to over 310 million tons by the end of 12th Five Year Plan. Private sector has invested over $25 billion in the refining industry.
"Customs duty on crude has progressively been reduced from 15 per cent to zero and that on petrol and diesel has gone down from 25 per cent to 2.5 per cent. There is nil duty protection on products like LPG, kerosene, ATF, naphtha and FO/LSHS for fertilisers," it said.
C Rangarajan in his report on 'Pricing and Taxation of Petroleum Products' in 2006 had made out a case for some effective protection to domestic refineries as the business was cyclical in natural characterised by very volatile prices.
Also, the spread between crude (raw material) and products prices fluctuates widely and there have been instances when diesel prices had lower than crude.


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If you think it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, you're right. And the closer we get to the big day, the more there will be to see and do.
If you think it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, you're right. And the closer we get to the big day, the more there will be to see and do.
To help you get the most out of your holiday, check out these activities:
-- Christmas art classes. Throughout the holiday season, the Spartanburg Art Museum will offer a variety of art classes that emphasize making and giving creative gifts. Time and prices vary, as do the media and age groups. Call 582-7616.
-- Spartanburg's Christmas Dioramas. For decades, Spartanburg residents window-shopped on Main Street to see the locally made dioramas, depicting scenes from " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas." Those boxes of creativity and holiday cheer can be seen again, presented by Spartanburg Art Museum and Spartanburg Regional History Museum. "James 'Buck' Buchanan: The Night Before Christmas & Other Gifts" is on display in the History Museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday through Jan. 19. Call 596-3501.
-- Dickens. In honor of the City's Dickens of a Christmas street festival, Spartanburg Regional History Museum at the Chapman Cultural Center will be open from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday to showcase the dioramas depicting "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." No admission, and free hot chocolate and the reading of the classic Christmas story. Look for the luminaries. Call 542-ARTS.
-- Madeline's Christmas. Spartanburg Youth Theatre presents "Madeline's Christmas," a children's musical based on the popular Madeline children's books. Shows are 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Nov. 30, and 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Dec. 1 in the David W. Reid Theatre at Chapman Cultural Center. Admission is $9 to $12. Call 542-ARTS.
-- A Colonial Night Before Christmas. Walnut Grove Plantation will offer candlelight tours of its historic site on Dec. 1, every hour from 5 to 8 p.m. Decorations will be colonial-style, and wassail and cookies will be served by the fire. Admission is $4 to $6. Reservations required. Call 576-6546.
-- Benefit concert. The First Presbyterian Chamber Singers will present "Tidings of Comfort and Joy," a Christmas benefit concert for Mobile Meals of Spartanburg at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 in the David W. Reid Theatre at Chapman Cultural Center. Admission is $15. Call 573-7684.
-- Chorus concert. Spartanburg High School Chorus will present its Christmas concert, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 in the David W. Reid Theatre at the Chapman Cultural Center. This free concert will include an evening of seasonal music by the Viking Voices, Men's Choir, Women's Choir and the Corporation. Call 431-1205.
-- Sing-a-long Messiah. Everyone is welcome to come sing the well-known parts of Handel's "Messiah" at Chapman Cultural Center at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 Sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Lyman, "Messiah," composed in 1741, is George Frideric Handel's most popular and widely performed oratorio. Its most famous movement is the "Hallelujah Chorus," which traditionally ends the performance with the audience standing. There is no charge to participate in the singing or to just listen in the 500-seat David Reid Theatre. Dress casually and bring a copy of the score (words and music, which can be found online). For more information, call the Rev. Jim Carey at 439-8721, Ext. 104, or 205-534-9205.
-- Shopping Spree. Artists' Guild of Spartanburg will host Holiday Art Shopping Spree, Dec. 3-21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at Chapman Cultural Center. All of the merchandise will be locally produced by Guild members. Call 764-9568.
-- Music Sandwiched In. The Music Foundation of Spartanburg's Music Sandwiched In program will present two free mini Christmas concerts at Spartanburg's main library in December. The Arbor Winds woodwind trio will play on Dec. 5, and the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra's Brass will play on Dec. 19. All concerts are free and start at 12:15 p.m. Bring your lunch or buy one there. Call 948-9020.
-- "Songs of the Season." Students from Spartanburg School District 1 will present a free holiday concert, "Songs of the Season," at 11 a.m. Dec. 7 at the Chapman Cultural Center. Performing will be the Middle School Chorus with students from Landrum Middle, Mabry Middle and Campobello Gramling. There will also be a men's choir, treble choir and mixed chorus,. Admission is free, but reservations are required by calling 278-9693.
-- A different story. The Spartanburg Little Theatre presents "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)" at The Showroom at Hub-Bub Dec. 7-8, and Dec. 13-15 at 8 p.m. It's a madcap romp through the holiday season, pulling from every Christmas story ever told, plus seasonal icons from ancient times to current pop-culture. This production is rated PG-13. Admission is $15 in advance; $20 at the door. Call 585-8278.
-- "The Nutcracker." Ballet Spartanburg presents its annual production of the classic ballet, "The Nutcracker" at Twichell Auditorium at Converse College. Shows are set for 7 p.m. Dec. 7 and 3 p.m. Dec. 8 and 9. Tickets are $20 to $32. Call 596-9725 or 583-0339 or go online at converse.edu/arts/twichell-auditorium.
-- District 1 Middle School Combined Chorus. The School District 1 Middle School Combined Chorus presents a holiday concert for senior adults at 11 a.m. Dec. 7. Free admission, but reservations are required by calling Ava Hughes at 278-9693. This program will feature the talents of chorus students from Landrum Middle School, Mabry Middle School, and Campobello Gramling School.
-- Holiday concert. Carolina Vocal Palace in Boiling Springs presents its annual holiday concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 13, featuring the music of the season. Admission is $5 at the door. Call 542-ARTS.
-- Make a gingerbread house. Carolina Foothills Artisan Center in Chesnee will host a Children's Holiday Workshop from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 15. Children, ages 6-11, can make their own gingerbread houses. Cost is $3. Reservations are required; seating is limited. Call 461-3050.
-- Community Band's Christmas concert. The Spartanburg Community Band, a group of volunteer musicians, will perform its annual Christmas concert in the David W. Reid Theatre at Chapman Cultural Center at 3 p.m. Dec. 16. Concert will include a hand bell performance in the lobby before the show. A reception will follow the concert. Call 357-3929.
-- Closed for the Holidays. Chapman Cultural Center is closed for Christmas on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Call 542-ARTS.
-- Holiday Science Camps. Spartanburg Science Center will offer four days of science camps for kids out of school and looking for something fun to do. Camps will meet Dec. 27-28 and Jan. 3-4. Morning and afternoon camps are available. Subject matter will vary. Admission is $30 to $40 per session. Open to kids in grades six-11 grades. Call 583-2777.


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Every year for the past 14 years, Diane Sollee has organized a conference that has attracted the biggest names in Marriage and Family Therapy circles in this country and from around the world. People like Dr. John and Jane Covey, Dr. John Gray, and Dr. William Doherty, just to name a few.
Ms. Sollee had come to the conclusion that too many marriages were falling apart and something had to be done. Sollee firmly believed that "..when it comes to marriage, we've been operating with good intentions, but terrible information. All that's about to change. The research shows anyone can learn how to have a Smart Marriage®. Welcome the new era as we move out of the marital "dark ages" and into the Marriage Renaissance!"
Initially, the attendees were mainly marriage counselors and local clergy who were looking for additional information on how to support and educate couples on strengthening marriage commitments, but the conference has evolved into a fun getaway for couples who just want to find a unique way to travel and spend quality time together. In the past, it has changed venues so that each year you travel to a different part of the country. This will be the second year in Orlando. Think about several days at DisneyWorld with a couple of marriage education courses thrown in for good measure. For those couples who are always on the lookout for ways to strengthen their relationships, consider attending the next Smart Marriages Conference being held this year (for the second year in a row) in Orlando, Florida.
One of the Keynote Speakers will again be Dr. William Doherty. Over the years, crowds have loved his analysis and valuable insight into the world of marriage relationships because of his courage to ignore politically correct sensitivities and shed an honest and truthful light on some of the mistaken beliefs and past misunderstandings of marriage counselors, while at the same time encouraging couples to work through difficult periods and stop giving up too easily.
Says Doherty, "You move into marriage in the springtime of hope, but eventually arrive at the Minnesota winter, with its cold and darkness. Many of us are tempted to give up and move south at this point, not realizing that maybe we've hit a rough spot in a marriage that's actually above average. The problem with giving up, of course, is that our next marriage will enter its own winter at some point. So do we just keep moving on, or do we make our stand now with this person, in this season? That's the moral, existential question we face when our marriage is in trouble."
As I've written before, people don't have to get married with their fingers crossed, hoping that they can get along well with their spouse. Happy marriages can be learned! If you are serious about saving your relationship, don't panic at the first sign of boredom, resistance, or doubt. Have faith in each other, remember why you fell in love to begin with and attend a seminar in Orlando. It will do you good!


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Home to the 1960 Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley's signature terrain is unusual among American ski resorts. Wide open bowls dominate the resort's six peaks while the rest of the terrain is sparsely treed. So navigating Squaw's 4,000 acres and 2,850 feet of vertical requires a shift in thinking. Visitors are encouraged to use the lifts as a reference and to discover what level of terrain each lift serves. Sure, Squaw has named trails - some 150 - but unlike more heavily forested mountains you won't often find yourself saying, "Ah, yes, this is a trail" in the classic sense.
Fortunately Squaw makes it easy to navigate the mountain and whether a chair is labeled green or blue or black you can pretty much rest assured that it serves the same level of terrain. All skill levels can enjoy Squaw's expansive views. One main beginner area is located at High Camp. At 8,200 feet it's just a few hundred feet shy of the summit so beginners will get a true big mountain experience. They can also get to High Camp in a cable car or up a bit higher to Gold Coast in the funitel - in other words, no long chairlift rides are necessary. Not only that, it's possible to shuttle between High Camp and Gold Coast in a gondola, if you wish. For those beginners more interested for the moment in simply learning than taking in the views, the new Papoose Learning Area next to the Far East Center at the mountain's base features two surface lifts and every service one needs to get started.
Squaw certainly deserves the reputation it has for tough terrain, which ranges from the merely difficult (in the great Western style) to the sick. But intermediates will find a surprising amount of terrain to explore. All three lifts on Snow King - one of them high-speed - serve intermediate terrain. Higher up popular lifts like the Shirley Lake Express and the Gold Coast Express serve hundreds of acres of fine blue-square cruising, and there are eight more lifts that do the same. In all there are 13 lifts devoted to intermediate skiers and riders. And when you're ready to transition from intermediate to advanced terrain, Siberia Bowl is the perfect place.
Advanced skiers and riders will find seven lifts with a black diamond designation - but what about experts? With few exceptions, the black diamond means that's the least difficult terrain you will find off a lift - the ante goes up from there. Most famous of all, perhaps, is KT-22 peak, 2000 vertical feet of bumps, gullies, powder shots, and double-diamond fall lines. The signature run here is Moseley's Run, non-stop bumps from top to bottom, and a place to find out if you're as good as you think you are - or not. Other notable advanced terrain includes Headwall, Broken Arrow, the widely-spaced trees of Granite Chief or the somewhat tighter shots in Silverado Bowl. A word to the wise: Squaw strictly enforces its boundary policy, which does not allow out-of-bounds skiing or riding.
Squaw boasts three terrain parks and two halfpipes. The Superpipe is located in the Mainline Terrain Park and a slightly shorter pipe will be found in Riviera/Central Park. Beginners will appreciate the Belmont Park with its small jumps and easy rollers, just right for practice.


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GRAND FORKS, N.D. --- The University of North Dakota women's hockey team may have kept its NCAA postseason hopes alive by surviving an upset bid by Bemidji State. UND got off to a quick start but needed extra time to edge the Beavers, 4-3, at the Ralph Engelstad Arena Friday.
The overtime-winner came off the stick of Allison Parizek (Minot, N.D.), fittingly by a senior who wants to extend her career at UND by giving it another chance in the NCAA Tournament, scoring likely her biggest goal of her career.
Even a tie tonight for UND would have severely hurt its chances at an at-large bid and made its chances of advancing to the tournament a longshot without claiming the auto-bid by winning the WCHA Tournament.
North Dakota improves to 19-10-0 overall (14-9-0-0 WCHA) while BSU drops to 6-19-2 and 5-17-1-0 in the league.
UND jumped out to an early lead with two power-play goals in the first seven minutes of the game including finding the back of net twice in its first four shots.
With the absence of four players in Europe competing for their respective national teams, UND had some different personal getting power-play time including freshman Shannon Kaiser (Crookston, Minn.) who took advantage for the game's first goal at the 5:05 mark.
Meghan Dufault (Winnipeg, Manitoba) tallied UND's second power-play goal only 1:45 after its first for the early two-goal lead.
UND didn't allow a shot until just over 11 minutes into the game, but Emily Erickson scored from behind the net on a centering attempt that directed off of netminder Shelby Amsley-Benzie and into the net at 11:41 of the first stanza.
UND answered right back scoring only 21-seconds later as Kohler powered a rebound past Abby Ryplanski for her second goal of the season and the game's fourth goal in its first eight shots combined.
A failed rush for UND led to a 2-on-1 opportunity for BSU the other way and it converted off a rebound to cut the lead to 3-2. Amsley-Benzie stopped the first shot but Natasha Kostenko was able to score on the second attempt.
BSU would even the game with the lone goal of the second period as for the second time in the game it scored from bellow the goal line. Another centering attempt ricocheted off Amsley-Benzie's stick and through her five-hole to square the game at 6:22 of the middle frame.
The rest of regulation would go scoreless but both teams would survive late power-play attempts by the other team.
After scoring on its first two power-play attempts and the first two opportunities of the game for either team, UND was called for the next four-straight penalties including one with just over two minutes remaining in regulation.
UND killed the penalty and finished the game 4-for-4 on BSU attempts. It was then awarded its third attempt of the game with 20 seconds remaining and was looking for its third goal of the game on the man-advantage and the game-winner, but the Beavers came up with a big kill to extend the game.
Parizek scored with 1:02 left on the clock with an unassisted goal that trickled over the goal.
Senior Jocelyne Lamoureux (Grand Forks, N.D.) tallied one assist in the game and is now three points shy of breaking the all-time WCHA scoring record held by Wisconsin's Hillary Knight.
UND will look for the series sweep over the Beavers and extend its current winning streak to six games tomorrow with the opening puck drop set for 7:07 p.m.


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The Brighter Side of EUV: Masks and Resists
By Debra Vogler, SEMI
The fact that the source power for EUV lithography (EUVL) is still a sore spot in the drive to roll out the advanced patterning of ICs for high-volume manufacturing (HVM) is nothing new to industry experts. What might offer a way to ease the conundrum comes by way of a SEMATECH collaboration with Cornell University in the area of novel EUV imaging materials. Brewer Science believes that the industry has made progress evaluating various EUV imaging materials (e.g., inorganic resists), and in general there is some good news on the topic of EUV masks. Another infrastructure gain will surely come from the initiative just launched by SEMATECH to address the need for high-throughput inspection.
EUV Imaging Materials
SEMATECH has active programs looking at novel EUV imaging materials. The research consortium recognizes that while conventional photoresists have been making incremental improvements, the results are not closing the gap. Therefore, focus has been placed on novel imaging chemistries. Mike Lercel, senior director of Technology at SEMATECH, singled out work being done in conjunction with Christopher Ober's Polymer Research Materials group at Cornell University on metal oxide nanoparticle-enabled EUV resists that could mitigate the need for a 250W source power requirement with very high-sensitivity resists. "They [Ober's group] use an imaging mechanism that appears to be dramatically different from conventional photoresists," said Lercel.
Figure 1 EUV lithography demonstrating 20nm and 30nm line-space patterns on ZrO2-DMA and HfO2-DMA resist films with very high EUV sensitivity.
SOURCE: SEMATECH/Cornell University
(Figure 1 shows results of work done by SEMATECH in partnership with Cornell).
"They reported some resists that had exposure doses under 2mJ/cm2." He added that most of the other materials being reported are in the range of 20, while the scanner target is 15. "So I think that two is probably a bit optimistic, but if you really could get a factor of 10, your 250W source power requirement drops down to something like 25W. That would be a huge breakthrough, though more work is required, such as imaging quality (e.g., line width roughness, or LWR, needs improvement)," added Lercel, who will present at the "Breakthrough High-Volume Manufacturing (HVM) Innovations: New Paradigms for the Road Ahead" session at SEMICON West 2014 on July 10.
Douglas Guerrero, senior technologist at Brewer Science, told SEMI that the main issues for EUV resists are line collapse for sub-20nm patterning and the simultaneous improvement in LWR, sensitivity, and resolution. "Some resists that show good LWR values have high dose requirements," noted Guerrero, who will present at the SEMICON West 2014 session on "Readiness of Advanced Lithography Technologies for HVM" on July 9. "In my opinion, the dose requirement of <15mJ/cm2 is a bit artificial because it only addresses the state of the illumination sources in EUV exposure tools." Guerrero believes that a dose in the 20-30mJ range is a more realistic target that will allow for reduction of LWR. "As we look toward the future, resists will continue to shrink, and that will also cause high LWR problems, therefore, the future of chemically amplified resists for single digit nodes does not look very promising. Even with post-lithography processes to reduce LWR, the problems with pattern collapse and resolution need to be addressed." He further explained that some researchers are shifting R&D efforts from traditional resists to inorganic resists. "These resists can be very thin and have promising properties, except for the extremely high dose required (i.e., >50mJ range)."
Figure 2. Example of inorganic resist performance showing low LWR and resolution.
SOURCE: Inpria.
As the industry continues its scaling efforts down to 5nm, Guerrero explained that in order to maintain a 2:1 aspect ratio (height to width), which minimizes line collapse, resists will need to be thinner. "The less resist that is available, however, the less contrast and etch budget remain, and the more difficult it is to perform metrology (e.g., for CD and defectivity)," said Guerrero. "A thinner resist leads to higher LWR. This effect has been correlated to increased shot noise, random resist deprotection, and lowering of the coefficient of thermal expansion of the resist." The technical challenges then are to redesign materials and the imaging stack. "Directed Self Assembly (DSA) is a complementary technology with the promise of addressing these issues, but the materials and processes need maturity." Guerrero also noted that DSA's chief hurdle is high defectivity and access to simplified flows.
SEMATECH also has an active program to address what is generally acknowledged to be the #2 challenge with EUVL: mask defects. The consortium has presented data showing a 40% reduction in large killer defects, with an average of five large defects per mask blank across the runs (a mask blank is six inches square). "People have been driving for zero defects for a very long time," said Lercel. "But the reality is, you need to get to zero for the killer (or major) defects because you can't compensate for them." The expectation then, is that some compensation can be made for the smaller defects.
Metrology and Inspection Readiness for EUVL
Defect inspection is a necessity regardless of which lithography technology is used, and SEMATECH is working on ways to ensure yield and cost-effective solutions. Lercel told SEMI that defect inspection has not kept pace with the industry's needs. The two techniques in use each are problematic. High-throughput optical inspection is challenged by issues like trying to find 20nm defects in a 20nm line, while the other technique (e.g., e-beam inspection) is much slower and typically used for early process development work — not useful when looking for a small number of defects over large areas. The gap between these two inspection techniques is increasing, noted Lercel, who said that the real question is how the industry reaches a high-throughput capability that allows very high device yields as it scales down to sub-10nm nodes. "Optical inspection needs to be at a lot higher sensitivity, or e-beam inspection needs to be a lot faster." SEMATECH just launched a project to address the need for high-throughput inspection, but additional details are not yet available.
The Future of EUVL
Clearly, much work has been done and progress is continuing to bring EUVL to fruition as a solution for advanced lithography in an HVM environment. EUVL could very well present one of the most confounding dilemmas yet. The industry, however, has always been pragmatic when it comes to the technologies it chooses.
Guerrero views the situation in two different lights: usefulness and timing. "There is no question that EUVL is useful, however, it needs a minimum throughput of about 75 wafers/hour to be economically feasible for HVM." He also observes that EUVL can provide a platform onto which the industry can do all future patterning — a situation he likens to what has happened with immersion lithography. "Meaning, we can use the EUVL platform and apply other extension and patterning tricks to last us until the end of device shrinking as we know it today." He also notes that EUVL single-patterning would bring very significant cost reduction benefits by decreasing the number of masks required vs. multiple patterning. "It will also allow for single patterning of complex designs that are not possible today. The technology has proven and future benefits."
Not to overstate the obvious, but Guerrero notes that EUVL is clearly too late for HVM for this year or next year. "The loss in confidence with EUVL is that it has always been two years away from being a reality for HVM," Guerrero told SEMI. "If the source issues are resolved in the next 18-24 months, then it can still be used. However, it is not going to be a technology for the masses as we have seen in the past with other technologies." Guerrero allows that the cost of EUVL will be high and only a few will adopt it — he speculates that the number of adoptees may only be five. Also on his mind is what happened with 157nm lithography. For example, if only two of the major players drop out, then EUVL might disappear (as did 157nm). "I think this is what people are waiting to hear, who is going to drop out first before the whole thing goes away. Intel? TSMC? Samsung? With only one tool and source supplier left, the economics of having only three customers might not work for it to survive. So the answer is not crystal clear. It all depends on how much patience the stakeholders have and willingness to put resources into it."
Hear from companies like Applied Materials, ASML, Brewer Science, Canon Nanotechnologies, CEA-Leti, CNSE, Intel, Mentor Graphics, Nikon, SEMATECH, SUNY CNSE, UMC and many more at the Semiconductor Technology Symposium sessions at SEMICON West 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Dr. Burn Lin, VP of R&D at TSMC, will moderate the STS Lithography session.
Other upcoming SEMI expositions include: SEMICON Taiwan 2014 (September 3-5), SEMICON Europa 2014 (October 7-9) and SEMICON Japan 2014 (December 3-5).
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Cotton County, Okla., where LaDonna Harris grew up, harvests cotton, raises turkeys, and is home turf to "yellow dog Democrats." Her grandfather, a Comanche Indian with long braids, would have sooner voted for a yellow dog than a Republican. Like others in southwest Oklahoma, he looked to the party, rather than to churches or other institutions, to bring about social change during and after the depression.
Ms. Harris knows in her bones that asking such people to switch parties is like asking them to change religions. But that doesn't stop her from asking.
Convinced that the two main parties are simply replicas of each other, she thinks the time has come for a third party in US politics. To her, candidate John Anderson "is a warmed-over Jimmy Carter, and the Democratic Party looks like a warmed-over Republican Party.It you put a blindfold on, you couldn't tell [Carter and REagan] from each other, aside from their accents. They may change their phraseology a bit -- 'superior arms over the Russians' to 'increasing arms control.' But it's not that much difference. Often you have to choose the lesser of two evils, but this is a case of the evil of two lessers. We have to stand up and disagree."
Hoping to speak to disenchanted American voters, especially the 100 million who did not vote in 1978, the Citizens Party was born in Cleveland in April this year. The convention, attended by 275 delegates representing 30 states, nominated the environmentalist and scientist Barry Commoner for president and for vice-president, LaDonna Harris, an activist on Indian issues and the wife of former Oklahoma Sen. Fred Harris.
Ms. Harris notes that none of what she considers the forces for change in American society -- the Vietnam war protests, the civil rights movement, the women's movement -- started in established institutions; they came through indidividuals organizing themselves as the Citizens Party has.
"We have to prove ourselves to a certain point; then we are going to attract the labor unions and other organizations," she says.
"We're babies," she admits. "But if we can get 5 percent of the nation's vote in November, we will qualify for federal funds, seed funds which will allow candidates to put themselves up for local office.
That essential 5 percent is the goal of the party members, whoe energies are devoted to collecting signatures on petitions that would allow the party on the ballot. The aim is to get on ballots in 35 states. For example, in New York, a major target along with populous California, the law requires 20,000 signatures.
In July, Ms. Harris came to New York for a fund-raising meeting (so far, money has come from a handful of wealthy people, but most of it is in small amounts) and to arouse interest in Harlem. Although the party has a rule that 20 percent of all officers and staff must be minorities, it has been called white and middle-class. And she attended a meeting sponsored by the women's caucus of the party.
"The Citizens Party is the only political group where women can get in on the ground floor," said Cindy Anderton, a party member in New York. Under party rules, 50 percent of the officers and staff of the party are women.
New York women (and 10 men) showed up in force at the July women's caucus meeting, sitting on the floor of a party member's apartment, throwing questions at Ms. Harris.
Although the Citizen sParty is far less unified on issues other than feminist ones, and is, in fact, still writing its platform, its major ideas include public control of energy and other key industries, reduced military spending, and a halt to nuclear power in favor of renewable energy sources.
Problems faced by the party are immediately evident and openly discussed. Some are: the party has not attracted attention from the press ("Perhaps we should have had a national press person," Ms. Harris said); membership is young and largely inexperienced; the Anderson campaign has kept some members waiting to see; and poor organization lost the party's attempt to get on the ballot in Masachusetts.
It was a hot summer night with no air conditioning in the room, but no one left the meeting early. Ms. Harris sat high on a mammoth cut-velvet sofa which looked large enough to seat a chief and a dozen advisers. her black hair hung below her shoulders.
How does she answer people who say they won't vote for the Citizens Party because that could put REagan in the White House?
"If there's no Citizens Party after November, there will be no voices out there. Kennedy is going to have either to withdraw totally from the Democratic Party, taking away a lieral 'voice', or follow Carter in some way. We must band together and give people an option."
What does she think about the Republican Party's rejection of the Equal Rights Amendment?
"I'm going to call my friends in the Ripon Society, who consider themselves liberal Republicans, and see what they are doing. I just can't imagine . . . [ they could now vote Republican]. If I were them, I couldn't accept that behavior."
Ms. Harris believes the united States is not as conservative as it appears at the moment.
"The conservative element that the media talks about is in the Congress because that is where the conservative money is being put. Congressional election reforms should be looked at very closely. [The religious fundamentalists] are well-financed, well-organized. They are a small percentage of the population who are doing a lot of damage to people like [Senators George] McGovern and [Frank] Church. Those two are constantly under attack in the crudest forms. This very vociferous minority of people are snapping headlines -- things like exposing a fetus, obnoxious forms of behavior. To me, it seems so unchristian."
Ms. Harris was raised by her grandparents in fundamentalist country.
"Some of the missionaries down there were notoriously bad," she claims. "If I have any scars of experience, it is going through what I call the 'missionary syndrome.'
"The missionaries were saying that something was wrong with grandfather, who stayed traditional, while grandmother took Christianity. That experience made me question people in authority and institutions more rapidly than Fred did."
Although Fred, her husband, who is teachiung at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, encourages her and was planning a fund raiser for the Citizens Party the next week, he has decided to stay in the Democratic Party. He supported Kennedy for president.
Switching parties was no great crisis for Ms. Harris.
"I think it's easier for women to adjust to change. It sounds sexist in some way, but I don't mean it to be. In our little organization [Americans for Indian Opportunity], we find that men of a certain age find it difficult to be flexible in an organization.
"The same with Fred and me in the kitchen. When he cooks, he stands right by the stove and watches it cook. I'll load a washinbg in, turn on the water outside, any number of things, while i cook. We think it's part of our socialization of men."
The Harrises have three children: one daughter who is a lawyer, another studying political science, and a son who is a filmmaker. "We all voted that he doesn't have to be political."
Ms. Harris says her youngest daughter is a strong feminist and a strong Indian. But the feminist movement did not affect herm until about 10 years ago, in Washington, when she noticed her women friends in government were paid less than men and, because of their sex, were not allowed to travel in their jobs.
What would she feel if the Equal Rights Amendment fails to pass?
"I don't know. Like the Supreme Court decision [barring the use of federal money for abortions] -- that was such a hurtful thing to me. I've seen them make decisions that I was against, but something about this was very personal. I resent it destroying my faith in the American system and istitutions."
Clearly, before Washington, Ms. Harris was already different from most senators' wives. "I turned out to be the only Senate wife to testify before Congress, on appropriations for the Office of Economic Opportunity. There was no fighting my participation in those things."
In that context, her switch to a different party from her husband is not surprising. "I had become so tired of struggling for the programs of the '50s, '60s and '70s, programs maintaining human services, raising the consciousness of people so it would be acceptable to have women's programs.
"When the presidential campaign started and I was watching it on television, I became very angry. I was literally screaming at the television, feeling frustrated and helpless. It didn't take me long to decide to support the citizens Party because it was something positive and would help my mental health.I had been becoming so negative that I felt I could easily drop out of the system, out of participation."
When Ms. Harris was asked to run as the party's vice-president, her participation began in earnest. All over the country, she was working to keep alive her hope and the voices of the Democratic left.
Just 5 percent of the November vote, only 5 percent -- but it looks like a tall order for the Citizens Party.


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Remember when the local politicians and the political action committee headed by Lee Perry, chairman of the Walton County Republican Party, were all gung-ho promoting we must have a Highway 331 bridge now or someone else will get the money?
Well, someone got the money anyway after Walton County voters were duped into voting themselves a $75 million (plus millions in interest) tax to make ransom payments for an un-needed bridge across the bay. DOT held Walton County hostage with a �no bridge, no 331 four lane� as their official position.
The (then) Board of County Commissioners succumbed to the threat and encouraged the idea of a tax to pay off a bridge debt. Other business and community leaders jumped onboard as well. They all failed to stand tall and demand fairness for the citizens of Walton County.
While the proponents of this insidious long term tax have been basking in the sun and patting themselves on their backs for the past several months, others have been quietly working to improve transportation projects throughout the Panhandle, all without a local tax or toll.
Yes, we may finally get a Highway 331 four lane from the bay to DeFuniak, but we will pay over $80 million in ransom to get it done! Only eight months ago, 3,666 voters showed up at the polls and said yes out of over 39,000 registered voters on the tax referendum. That was enough to vote in a half-cent sales tax to finance ransom payments.
As it turns out Walton County voters were hood-winked by the Florida Department of Transportation, the (then) Board of County Commissioners, and the political action committee.
This was in direct contrast to how Escambia politicians and leaders reacted when faced with a similar issue on a new bridge across Pensacola Bay. The Escambia BCC voted �no tax and no toll.� Period. And they were supported where it counted. They stood tall and firm and it paid off. There will be no tax or toll on their new bay bridge.
The bridge is scheduled to start construction within two years and may be completed well before the Highway 331 project is completed in Walton County.
Last week nearly $1 billion for transportation projects throughout the Florida Panhandle were announced. The state will fund these projects all the way! This includes a new $595 million bridge across Pensacola Bay, a four lane Highway 79 from Highway 98 to Bonifay through Washington and Holmes County, a new $126 million interchange in Panama City, and the list goes on and on. Not a single one of the projects have a tax or toll string attached except for Walton County
The newly constituted Board of County Commissioners now has a golden opportunity to show what true leadership is all about.
There is this little $75 million ransom problem that demands a full review, an explanation to the citizens of Walton County, a referendum to repeal the 1/2 cent sale tax, and a commitment by the Florida Department of Transportation they will correct their grievous error and fully fund the Hwy. 331 project.
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A quick question on Linqua Latina, Capitulum X, around line 9 is the sentence
"Canis amicus hominis est, ea bestia fera non est."
The pronoun in the second clause is feminine - but it seems it must be referring back to 'Canis', which I believe is masculine based on the adjective 'amicus'.
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|December 1, 1998, 02:56 PM
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You Mil. and LEO's let's discuss the concept and gear that is presently on the market.
|December 2, 1998, 10:56 AM
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I would appreciate any information on the use of photography strobes as a distraction device. I have read or heard about people making them into some kind of a ball and rolling them into a room. They apparently can be set on a timer to only last so long.
This could be an anwser when making entry into a dwelling with children present.
Or are there any other devices which can provide an interior distraction - which are VERY low risk to the occupants?
Currently our only option, as per administration, is the Def Tec or nothing. That is, beyond various tactical strategies - I am limiting my question to distraction devices only.
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|December 2, 1998, 02:27 PM
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Foundational: the purpose of a diversion is to distract or divert the attention of hostiles. Flash-sound diversionary devices (flashbangs) provide this distraction by instantaneous combination of light, sound and pressure to achieve confusion and disorientation. A properly designed and deployed flashbang does this with minimum risk of injury from the device to friendlies and hostiles alike.
Minimum operator safety gear when deploying flashbangs: flame retardant face cover and gloves, eye and ear protection, long sleeve enclosed collar top.
Types of flashbangs that my agency has used and likes: single-bang (full and reduced power), multi-bang, pojectile emitting (for environments other than those where innocents are suspected might be located); hand placed, covertly introduced, or launched.
Situations where we've used flashbangs: hostage rescue (33 rescued in a single incident), in or away from an entry point in high risk arrest warrant services, area denial in high risk narcotics warrant services.
Situations where we've planned for flashbangs as a tactical/less lethal option: open air hostage rescues, retrograde in the interior of a target location when faced with "overwhelming firepower" in other than a rescue operation, open air suicidal subjects.
Other types of diversions we've used in operations: knocking at a window or door or on a wall, rock through a window, "hat on a stick", less lethal munition, in person ruse, dialogue.
Other types of diversions we plan to use: limited only by our own imagination and the tactical environment.
Miratio, Incursio et Sestinato.
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|December 2, 1998, 04:06 PM
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Addendum re: flashbangs.
These are sometimes erroneously referred
to as "grenades" or "concussion
grenades" that "explode" or "detonate".
Though flashbangs have a ordnance
component to them, none of these terms
are accurate in describing either the
device (unless describing projectile
emitting types) or the chain of events
which actuate it.
Single element flashbangs may be
preferable to separating sub-munition
types though my unit has used both types
over the course of our history.
Miratio, Incursio et Sestinato.
|December 2, 1998, 05:20 PM
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Don't laugh, but I have actually seen this used by a team serving an arrest warrent:
a Marine Air Horn.
Inside an apartment building the sound was so loud it was not only distracting, but almost incapacitating!
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|December 2, 1998, 06:24 PM
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I think the PC term is now called "NFD", Noise-flash device :-)
|December 2, 1998, 06:43 PM
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Kodiac, the marine air horn is a wonderful distraction. If you let one of them puppies off in someones face indoors, all they want to do is get the hell away from you quickly. I used one once to break up a fight, literally knocking one of the combatants off his feet and backing the other one into the next room. He tried to re-engage a time or two, but after the third blast, all I had to do was point it in his direction. My wife won't carry a gun or OC, but carries a small one in her coat pocket. Besides repelling some one, it gets EVERYBODY's attention in the immediate vicinity. The brand is Falcon, and you can get them in bicycle shops for around $5. Not quite as load as teh bigger horns, but works well in any closed space or parking garage. M2
|December 3, 1998, 02:10 PM
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Mike, if your attacker happens to be a basketball player, when he hears the air horn, does he think it's a two minute warning? There must be something to horns.
When I wuz a kid, I snuck up behind someone
with one of those old car horns. It looked like a spiral trumpet with a big black rubber bulb at the end. When it honked, it was so loud that his legs collasped out from under him and he looked like he had seen the death angel. Talk about getting vapor lock! He didn't recover quickly either, even considering he was a young, strong football player at the time. I've respected surpise attacks with loud noises ever since.
|December 4, 1998, 01:00 PM
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Harry et al,
We in the infantry of the US Army generally do not train (as far as I know) in non-lethal diversionary devices. Generally, if we are going to assume the risk of delivery we will use a casualty inflicting device.
I am not certain what the SRTs are doing, in the MP community I would assume the same as the other Federal agencies in the employment of these for initiation of action.
I would like to make this observation as an one on the outside of the law enforcement community. The employment of any such device must be assumed to be incendiary in nature. The near immediate requirement to fight fire in conjunction with their use is quite likely. The safety of the divices has, I am sure, improved. How ever, one must be prepared to control a fire if it results. There are numerous cases of the structure having been burned as a result of these devices employment. In a combat environment flame weapons may be acceptable. The use of such weapons is supposed to be carefully balanced against the possible collateral damage.
If your department has not instituted a careful protocol concerning the employment and necessary employment preparation to include having the fire fighters alerted perhaps you might consider this. Remember the block that the Philadelphi police burned in the MOVE incident. The total destruction and accompanying loss of life at WACO would probably not be acceptable for a military operation in todays enlightenment.
(Make no mistake here, I am not being sarcastic in the least. The employment of force carries with it enormous burdens to avoid wanton destruction and loss of life.)
As a non-LEO it would make me feel alot better about the use of dynamic entry if I knew that the teams executing it were being careful to control the impact of the use of such devices.
This falls into the same category, in my estimation, as wounding civilians with uncontrolled gunfire.
Just an old infantryman's take on the situation.
yours in marksmanship
|December 4, 1998, 06:58 PM
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Michael: You're right in terms of LE deployment of flashbangs. My team's SOPs include getting a look into the prospective target area prior to placing the device as well as carrying a fire extinguisher to the initial entry/deployment point. I think this is pretty much a SOP for any unit properly trained and using flashbangs.
Re: Philadelphia, the ordnance dropped on the location was not used as a distraction but as a method to reduce a rooftop bunker and create a vent in case of fire.
Re: Waco, I hold the opinion that though the fire may have been initiated by the methods used to breech the walls of the compound or in the introduction of chemical agents, the catastrophic end result was caused by the dispersal of flammable liquid and other accelerants inside the structure by the Davidians. I am not making a judgement here as to the circumstances or reasonableness of ATF's initial actions or the pursuit of the matter by Federal LE, just rendering an opinion as to responsibility for the uncontrollable and horrendous fire.
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|December 4, 1998, 07:17 PM
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Micheal & SKN,
I was living about 40 mins from Philly when the MOVE thing happened, and the fire was not only a result of an overpowered charge, but, was started by flammable liquids the MOVE people had near and on the roof. Specifically, Gasoline mixtures for molotov cocktails.
Then, after the fire started, the firemen who were on the scene already were shot at (I believe at least one was hit) but snipers from inside the building when they tried to fight the fire!
|December 5, 1998, 09:39 AM
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As a former team commander and having worked with both civilian, military and fed teams the area of diversionary devices is pretty common throughout. Most teams that I have dealt with, use the Def-tec No.25. I required all users to be certified (8 hr block) and SOPs where established to cover their deployment. Like SKN said SOPs are mandatory, but anyone specifically trained understands the capabilities of these devices. Fire extinguishers can and are carried either on the person or readily available. Like anything else they are subject to the Murphy factor and alternate "diversions" must be considered. Bottom line there are multiple diversions avail on the market. IMHO all are tools to put in your tool box, not all situations allow for the deployment of "flashbangs" but as others have stated one can only be limited by there imagination.
To answer a previous question, I have heard of strobe like distractions devices, but I do not think that there is anything on the market in particular. It probably would not be too difficult to construct using a standard strobe package with a high-frequency diode. However the same principle is applied when you light up a subject with your sure-fire.
In reference to Michael Carlin's question, MPs and Army in general are integrating less-lethal into their inventory; however, the Army calls it Non-lethal. That title is not really appropriate because I have dealt with some of these items via T&E and they can easily become lethal.
As a rule of thumb the KISS principle is the best way to go. But specifically speaking IMO the best diversionary devices are made by Def-tec and Nico-pyrotech; each have multiple options and capabilities. "Starfire" is another option that seems to work pretty well.
In terms of imagination, I've used the bullhorn, staged car accident, break and rakes, small exp. shot outside, and various other simple diversions. Blowing a hole in the wall seems to work well too.
|December 6, 1998, 01:40 AM
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Driving an A.P.C.'s with the ram up front through a wall seems to get the attention of the bad guy/s REAL QUICK- my personal favourite... ....HS
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|October 26, 1999, 09:26 PM
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Does anybody know if any style/brand of flash bang/Diversionary Device that is nuclear certifed? We have been trying to get them for work but we ran into the preverbial brick wall stating that they had to be "nuclear" certifed. Due to the risk potental of setting one off in a ICBM launcher and then having the warhead (or fuel) go "bang" with a sympathetic non-nuclear detonation. While this is a extremly remote possibility it does exist, or so we were told.
|October 30, 1999, 12:09 PM
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Since the flashbang's chemical components ordnance reaction consists of deflagration, very rapid high intensity burning, I know of none that would be safe around a hazmat (combustible fuel) environment.
|November 3, 1999, 04:22 PM
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The diversionary device that I'm most familiar with is used on TV from time to time.
To bad guy:
"Hey! What's that?!!!" As you point over his shoulder. He turns around and -POW!!- Sucker punch to his jaw. Out like a light. "Holy knoch out Batman!...Works every time."
If life were just as simple as TV........
"But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip; and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one." -Jesus Christ (Luke 22:36, see John 3:15-18)
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Despite findings by Heher Commission suggesting that South Africa cannot afford to fund free education, President Jacob Zuma is set to make an announcement to the contrary.
News reports have been circulating that the President plans to make the announcement once a document outlining the controversial funding plan is ready. The document, which is being put together by Zuma's future son-in-law' Morris Masutha' would also defy official ANC policy. It also undermines Finance Minister Gigaba's statements when he presented the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement last month.
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