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For the five Afghans who returned home on the same flight as al-Jazeera journalist Sami al-Haj and the other three prisoners described in my previous article, the future is disturbingly uncertain. As I reported last December, when 13 of their compatriots were released from Guantánamo, they, like the other 19 Afghans released in August, September and November, were not freed outright, as was the case with the 152 other Afghans previously released, but were instead transferred to Block D, a wing of Pol-i-Charki, Kabul's main prison, which was recently refurbished by the US authorities.
While some of these 32 men have subsequently been released from Pol-i-Charki, the whole story of US involvement in the prison is deeply disturbing, as are reports that the "trials" of the men returned from Guantánamo are "closed-door" affairs, in which, as the Washington Post explained last month, "they are often denied access to defense attorneys," and are, essentially, tried on the basis of "evidence" provided by the United States, which they are not allowed to see; in other words, exactly the same situation that they faced in the Combatant Status Review Tribunals at Guantánamo (the military reviews convened to assess the prisoners' status as "enemy combatants," in which military officers took the place of lawyers, and secret evidence was withheld from the prisoners).
As Mohammed Afzal Mullahkeil, a lawyer for the returned Afghan prisoners explained, "When they were sent from Guantánamo, they were told, 'You are innocent and you will be free once you're in your country.' When they got to Bagram, they just brought them to Block D and said they should have a second trial."
In common with previous Afghan releases, the identities of the five men have been difficult to establish. The Pentagon never discloses the names of those it frees, and although lawyers representing the prisoners are informed of their clients' departure, the identities of those who did not have legal representation — either because they refused to do so, or had not found any way of establishing contact with the legal community — remain unknown unless the media are present on their arrival (which has not happened in Afghanistan for many years), or until further investigation by lawyers or journalists turn up details of their identities.
Shortly after the men were released, the identities of only two of the five Afghans had been established, but over the weekend Sami al-Haj gave the names of the other three men, all of whom have now been positively identified. As with those described above, their stories reveal, yet again, the wholesale mockery of justice that defines the regime at Guantánamo: outright failures of intelligence, the presumption of guilt, the refusal to seek out witnesses to back up the prisoners' stories, and a willingness to accept confessions from other prisoners as the truth, regardless of how it was obtained, and with no attempt made to investigate the veracity of the claims.
Haji Rohullah Wakil, a celebrated anti-Taliban commander
Of the two Afghans identified, by far the most significant is 46-year old Haji Rohullah Wakil (also identified as Haji Roohullah), a tribal leader in Afghanistan's Kunar province, whose opposition to the Taliban was such that he fired the first salvo against the Taliban in Kunar after the US-led invasion in October 2001. As a result of his anti-Taliban credentials and his support for Hamid Karzai, Wakil was rewarded with an important position in the province's post-Taliban administration, and was also made a member of the Loya Jirga, the prestigious gathering of tribal leaders that elected Karzai as President in June 2002. His influence was such that Ghulam Ullah, the head of education in Kunar, described him as "a national religious leader."
Seized by US forces in August 2002, with his military commander Sabar Lal and eleven others, Wakil was taken to the US prison in Bagram airbase for questioning. Although the others were subsequently released, the Americans decided that both Wakil and Lal had sufficient intelligence value to be transferred to Guantánamo in August 2003. According to an Associated Press report, they believed that Wakil "had strong links with Middle Eastern fighters in Afghanistan, particularly Saudi Arabians like Osama bin Laden," and thought it significant that he was a follower of the Wahhabi sect of Islam, even though both Wakil and Lal had had numerous meetings with senior American officials and had offered support for the campaign to oust al-Qaeda and the Taliban from the Tora Bora mountains in November and December 2001.
The outline of Wakil's story has been reported before — both in my book The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison, and in an article I wrote last October, when his military commander, Sabar Lal, was released from Guantánamo — but it still appears to be a disturbing example of the incompetence of American military intelligence in Afghanistan, as the primary charge against Wakil — that he provided sanctuary to a number of significant al-Qaeda operatives who had fled from the city of Jalalabad after it fell to the Northern Alliance on November 12, 2001 — was so utterly at odds with his proven track record as an anti-Taliban tribal leader who was part of the Northern Alliance and supported Hamid Karzai.
While the full story of Haji Rohullah Wakil deserves more in-depth treatment than I can supply at present, there appear to be only two possible explanations for his capture: either that he did in fact aid the al-Qaeda members because he was working as a double agent, or that he was betrayed by a rival. Personally, I find the second explanation rather less far-fetched, particularly as so many other Afghan prisoners in Guantánamo — at least two dozen, including Abdul Razzaq Hekmati, who died in Guantánamo in December without being given the opportunity to clear his name — were actively opposed to the Taliban, but were betrayed by rivals who had gained the trust of the Americans.
According to this second version of events, Wakil was probably betrayed by Malik Zarin, the head of the rival Mushwani tribe, who had ingratiated himself with the Americans and was using them for his own ends. Although Wakil himself did not name names in Guantánamo, Sabar Lal, who was finally freed from Pol-i-Charki in February, to return to his wife and five children, had no doubt that he had been betrayed. Speaking to the Washington Post last month, he made it clear that he "was turned over to US forces by Afghans seeking revenge for his arrest of Taliban fighters near the Pakistani border."
At Guantánamo, Lal had been even more forthright, explaining to his tribunal the injustice of imprisoning him with members of the Taliban: "The only thing I want to tell you that is so ironic here is that I see a Talib and then I see myself here too, I am in the same spot as a Talib. I see those people on an everyday basis, they are cursing at me … They say, 'See, you got what you deserved, you are here, too.'"
Abdullah Mohammed Khan and his dubious friendship
The story of the second Afghan, Abdullah Mohammed Khan, a 36-year old ethnic Uzbek, shifts the focus from Afghanistan to Pakistan, and appears to be another example of dubious intelligence on the part of the Pakistani and American authorities. A former mujahid against the Russians, Khan, mentioned briefly in my book, but otherwise unknown, was arrested in Peshawar, in 2001, at the house of a Syrian acquaintance called Musa, who, according to the US authorities, was an al-Qaeda suspect identified as Abd al-Hamid al-Suri.
Khan denied knowing anything about any connection that Musa might have had with al-Qaeda, saying that all he knew was that he came to Pakistan from Turkey with his family for medical treatment on his feet, which were "in very bad condition." He also denied knowing anything about a CD containing explosives-making manuals that was apparently discovered in Musa's house. Released after being questioned by a Pakistani and an American, he was arrested a second time in January 2002, when traces of explosives were allegedly found on his fingers. Again, he denied the allegation, saying, "I never touched any kind of explosives after the Russians [left]," but this time he was seized and sent to Guantánamo, on what, it appears, was little more than a whim.
At his Administrative Review Board in Guantánamo (the successors to the tribunals, convened to assess whether the prisoners were still a threat to the US, or had ongoing intelligence value), Khan ran up against a litany of allegations made by other prisoners, which are shockingly prevalent in the transcripts of the hearings, even though there is no indication of the circumstances under which the "confessions" were elicited, and, moreover, no attempt was made to verify whether or not they were true.
When faced with these allegations, Khan duly denied a claim that "an al-Qaeda detainee" had identified him in a photo as Abdul Latif al-Turki, explaining that this was the name of the person who had provided him with a false Turkish passport to enter Pakistan, and adding that he was always known by his real name, and that "if you really showed somebody my picture and they told you my name is Abdul … he was lying." He also denied a similar allegation from "A Libyan Islamic Fighting Group member," who identified him as "al-Turki" and said that he saw him several times at the al-Ansar guest house in Pakistan, and an allegation from an Iraqi detainee who had apparently identified him in a photo and said that he had seen him at a guest house on the Taliban front lines in Kabul in 1999 or 2000.
On this point, his response was particularly revealing, as any detailed research into Guantánamo reveals that several prisoners — an Iraqi and a Yemeni are regularly cited — have spread false allegations against other prisoners. Most startlingly, this came to light in 2006, when, in an article for the National Journal, Corine Hegland told the story of an unnamed but principled Personal Representative for a young Yemeni prisoner, Farouq Saif (known to the Pentagon as Farouq Ali Ahmed), at his tribunal. This officer — assigned to Saif in place of a lawyer, and under no obligation to make a stand on his behalf — was so shocked at the vehemence with which Saif denied an allegation that he had been seen at Osama bin Laden's personal airport that he went back to his file and discovered that the allegation had been made by another prisoner, who had been specifically identified by the FBI as a liar.
In another case reported by Hegland, another Personal Representative — or perhaps the same man; the details are unclear — followed a trail established in the case of a young Syrian, Mohammed al-Tumani, who denied even being in Afghanistan when he was alleged to have been at a training camp. On investigating the file of the prisoner who made the allegation, the officer discovered that he had actually made groundless accusations against 60 prisoners in total. Despite this, both Farouq Saif and Mohammed al-Tumani remain in Guantánamo, and no one has ever established the identities of the other 58 or 59 men who were falsely accused.
Khan's version was as follows. "About two years ago," he said, "I was prepared to be released from here. At that point I lived with some Iraqi people and because they disliked me they were lying, they were throwing some allegations on me and that's why my process has stopped and that's why I have not been released."
Shorn of these additional allegations, the case against Khan was summarized by his Designated Military Officer (the officer assigned to the prisoners instead of a lawyer in the ARBs), who stated, "Detainee argues that he is innocent of all the charges brought before him other than that he was associated with Musa," to which Khan added, "That's correct. Again, I had some association with Musa and also I had a bad passport, that's the only things that occurred."
Tricked by the Taliban
The other three Afghans — identified by Sami al-Haj — were captured in what appears to have been a sly act of revenge by a former member of the Taliban against one of his former colleagues who had turned against the regime. The story began when soldiers working for Jan Mohammed, the governor of Uruzgan province, north of Kandahar, stopped a car containing two men, Ismatullah, a 25-year old embroiderer, and Nasrullah, his 23-year old cousin, identified by Sami as Nasrullah al-Rosgani (from Uruzgan), and Esmatullah, his cousin. Ismatullah apparently admitted that he had just delivered a letter to a third man, Mohammed Sangaryar, which was from Abdul Razaq, the former Taliban Minister of Commerce. Sami identified the third man as Mohalim al-Rosgani, which was initially rather confusing, but on Tuesday his lawyer confirmed that Mohalim al-Rosgani was indeed Sangaryar, and that he too had been released.
Ismatullah explained that he had been going to Uruzgan to sell his car, and added that Razaq had said that he would pay his petrol if he delivered the letter. Unable to read, he said that he asked his 23-year old cousin, Nasrullah, to read it, to check that there "wasn't any danger in it." Nasrullah said that the letter asked Sangaryar to go to Quetta, but did not mention fighting, even though the US authorities alleged that Razaq had asked Sangaryar to report to Quetta "to fight and avoid capture by the Americans."
According to Sangaryar, the letter was actually a trap, designed to punish him for turning his back on the Taliban and to discredit him by making it appear that he was still involved with them. He explained that he was a former deputy commander of the Taliban, who had fought with them for many years in an attempt to bring peace to his country. He added, however, that he and his tribe had turned against the Taliban before the US-led invasion, because they had become too enamored of fighting for its own sake, and, specifically, because they had dug up the corpse of Asmat Khan, a prominent tribal leader, and had deposited it in the street as an affront to his tribe. When the American-backed warlord Gul Agha Sherzai took over Kandahar, Sangaryar said that he and his men handed in all their weapons, and he then returned to his village to refurbish his home.
What's particularly bizarre about this story is the fact that Abdul Razaq (aka Abdul Razak Iktiar Mohammed), the former Taliban Minister of Commerce, was himself seized and sent to Guantánamo, but was transferred to Pol-i-Charki last August, and fairly swiftly released. Throughout these men's imprisonment, there was no indication that any effort was made to cross-reference their stories, and this is, I believe, an appropriate note on which to end these two surveys of the latest prisoners released from Guantánamo, in which you'll have no doubt observed that not a single one of these prisoners was actually accused of raising arms against US forces, let alone of having any involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001.
ANDY WORTHINGTON is a British historian, and the author of 'The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison' (published by Pluto Press). Visit his website at: www.andyworthington.co.uk
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When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice's behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.
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Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Actors: DeWanda Wise, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Betty Buckley, Tom Payne
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Cameroon -- 7 Olympic Athletes VANISH
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Seven Olympic athletes from Cameroon have mysteriously disappeared from the athletes' village in London ... in what appears to be an effort to abandon their home country and seek asylum in the UK.
The head of mission for Team Cameroon said the athletes in question -- 5 boxers, a swimmer, and a soccer player -- all have visas that will allow them to remain in Britain 'til at least November.
The soccer player -- a reserve goalkeeper for the women's soccer team named Drusille Ngako -- was the first to disappear, followed by swimmer Paul Edingue Ekane.
The five boxers -- Thomas Essomba, Christian Donfack Adjoufack, Abdon Mewoli, Blaise Yepmou Mendouo and Serge Ambomo -- disappeared on Sunday. They had all already been eliminated from the games.
It's not the first time Cameroon athletes have disappeared during international sports competitions -- several quit their delegation without consent at the recent Francophonie and Commonwealth games.
Britain's Home Office -- the department responsible for immigration -- wouldn't comment on whether any of the seven had applied for asylum.


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The second book in an ongoing series from the seminal West Coast art and culture magazine, Juxtapoz Tattoo focuses on a subject very dear to the inked hearts of its readers. Most of the featured artists came up at the beginning of Tattoo's modern renaissance in the mid 1990's, hungry for a new approach, but steeped nonetheless in the traditions of their craft. Whether these gifted tattooists are creating a modern twist on a classic archetype, or pushing the boundaries of the future primitives aesthetic, innovation is the common goal. Featured tattooists include; Troy Penning, Alex McWatt, Brian Randolph and Chris O'Donnell of New York Adorned, Scott Campbell, Daniel Trocchio, Steve Boltz, Bert Krak, Henry Lewis, Joseph Ari Aloi, Jason Schroder, Eli Quinters and more.
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I'm feeling the squeeze, you guys. The squeeze of "I only included three tops in my 10×10 challenge."
(I'm curious, how many tops did you include?)
So y'know what I did?
Styled this dress as a shirt.
Yes, I did. And, you know what?
I love it.
Like discovered my new favorite outfit, love it.
Especially mixed with these slouchy jeans. Typically, I would have reached for my high rise skinnies, but since they aren't in this 10×10 remix, I couldn't. Good thing, because I discovered a new proportion I love! (More on that in just a second.)
This outfit definitely gets an A. It's totally my style. In fact, it may be leading the charge as far as my style is concerned. It feels like it's ahead of where my style currently is hanging out — in a good way. It's where I want to be.
Isn't that kind of funny? It's made up of basic pieces I've had for a while, but for some reason, in this new combination, this outfit feels groundbreaking for me. Maybe it's because I don't have a top that's this shape — so this is the first time I'm seeing a top like this with my beloved jeans.
Styling notes:
Tuck (or tie) a dress and wear it as a top: Here, I did a little front tuck, but it would also work beautifully tied in a knot at the hip or waist (or even thigh, if your dress is super loose).
Pinch (and pin) your jeans: I've covered this a few times already in this remix series, so I'll just point you towards this quick jeans-rolling tip right here. (Scroll down to the very last photo in that post and you'll find the tip right above it.)
Slouchy on top, slouchy on bottom: Remember my proportions for fall? This outfit could fall into the "fitted on bottom, volume on top" category. But, because the boyfriend jeans are a little looser, it feels more like a "slouchy on top, slouchy on bottom" proportion. And … well … I think I love that new proportion more than I want to admit. Even though "slouchy on top, slouchy on bottom" sounds like blobville, hopefully this outfit is evidence that it can be flattering with the right pieces.
So tell me, how many tops did you include in your remix challenge? Have you had any moments of "I didn't include enough of …"?
We just have one more outfit! Thank goodness because I am fresh out of outfit ideas. :)
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Lorraine |
and though you may be thinking, birth mother, I avoid the use of the term whenever possible. Women who relinquished their children are not having the same negative reaction to my choice of words.
4 Generations: My mother, Jane, Granddaughter Kim, and Lorraine |
You know, I liked her calling me that: biological mother. It was direct, honest and as accurate as natural mother. I liked that she didn't know she should be using PC language--aka birth mother--that she was asking, Did Jane and I share DNA? Before I could answer, I saw that she was with a few other of Jane's acquaintances from Toastmasters who were waiting for my response.
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The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories
"Educator, writer, and adoptive mother Wadia-Ells has put together an enthralling set of essays from birth mothers, adopted mothers, and adopted daughters. Each story reveals a different facet of the adoption process and of family life in general. Wadia-Ells has chosen her contents carefully, and it shows. Stories of adoptions of all sorts--closed, international, private, and state-sanctioned?are included here, as are stories of a variety of women and from times throughout the last half of this century. Some adoptions were good for all parties involved, and some were not. Either way, the autobiographical compositions in this reader are consistently fascinating and poignant, and the broad spectrum of the writers' experience makes the book particularly worthwhile." Pamela A. Matthews, Missouri Western State Coll., St. Joseph Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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Today, the Eleventh Circuit's issued a decision in Snow v. DirecTV and preserved the legal protections for actually private websites while protecting your right to read public websites. EFF had filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting this ruling.
The case involved a lawsuit against DirecTV for accessing the public website of anti-DirecTV activists run by plaintiff Michael Snow. The website had a banner and purported Terms of Service forbidding DirecTV representatives from entering the site or using its message board, but it was configured such that anyone in the public could enter the site, create a profile, and use the board.
The lower court had rightly dismissed the case, but for the wrong reasons. It held that the "Stored Communications Act" portion of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 did not protect websites at all, even if they were configured to be private. It reached this privacy-destroying decision because DirecTV's lawyers had failed to make the better argument: that web sites *are* protected by the Stored Communications Act (or "SCA"), *except* when they are configured to be readily accessible to the general public.
Since DirecTV had dropped the ball in the lower court, EFF --representing the U.S. Internet Industry Association-- was compelled to jump into the case and make the correct argument to the appeals court. We also convinced DirecTV to include the same argument in its appeal brief. And today, we got the result: the Eleventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of Snow's case, but abandoned the lower court's reasoning and adopted ours!
According to the appellate panel, "We agree with the district court that Snow's complaint fails to state a cause of action for which relief can be granted, but on a different ground: Snow's complaint fails to allege, as the SCA requires, that the website was configured to not be readily accessible by the general public.... If by simply clicking a hypertext link, after ignoring an express warning, on an otherwise publicly accessible webpage, one is liable under the SCA, then the floodgates of litigation would open and the merely curious would be prosecuted. We find no intent by Congress to so permit.... In order to be protected by the SCA, an Internet website must be configured in some way as to limit ready access by the general public."
"The court interpreted the SCA correctly and properly balanced the rights of websurfers and website operators today," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "A real privacy law disaster was averted today, and EFF is proud of its role in this victory."


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Nearly 2/3 UK bread contain pesticide residues, report claims
Using data collected by the UK's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the report claimed this 'contamination' posed a risk to consumer health, urging consumers to switch to organic and calling for greater restrictions on pesticides used in the UK.
DEFRA responded to the claims, stating: "There is no human health risk from pesticide residues in bread. Levels of pesticide residue in food are minimal and we have strict testing methods in place to check this."
Industry association Federation of Bakers said it was "deeply concerned" by the report, which it said was "scaremongering" on "approved, regulated and legal" pesticides and bias towards the organic sector.
PAN UK suggested the relationship between pesticide companies, DEFRA and the National Farmers' Union was too cosy, jeopardizing public safety.
Cause for concern?
According to the PAN report: "Between 2000 and 2013, 2951 bread samples were tested by the PRiF committee [DEFRA's expert committee on Pesticide Residues in Food], 2909 of these were non organic and the remaining 42 were organic bread products. Over that period 61.49% of the non- organic samples were found to contain pesticide residues, 17.12% containing more than one pesticide residue."
Weed-killer glyphosate and plant growth regulator chlormequat were the most frequently found pesticide residues, with occasional instances of insecticides pirimiphos methyl, malathion and mepiquat also recorded.
PAN UK claims the impact of some of these pesticides could range from bio-accumulation to cancer, birth defects, neurological disease and developmental toxicity.
The organization said the steadily increasing trend in both the number of positive tests and those testing positive for more than one pesticide was a, "cause for concern".
However, the Federation of Bakers said:"The interpretation of the report by PAN UK is simply scaremongering consumers into thinking bread is not a healthy food choice."
It said the official DEFRA expert report, on which the PAN UK report was based, concluded, "quite clearly that there are no negative impacts on health from any of the residues detected on bread". The federation said it was also crucial to acknowledge that all detected levels were "considerably lower" than the internationally agreed maximum residue limit (MRL).
For bread the original PRiF committee report concluded: "We would not expect any of the residues detected by the laboratory to have an effect on health."
Organic vs conventional
Looking at organic breads, the report found none to contain multiple residues, but 7% contained a single pesticide residue. "The most likely explanation for this is cross-contamination from non-organic, either during production or storage. This raises the issue of how we can prevent conventional agricultural methods undermining the integrity of organic."
The Federation of Bakers said: "The fact that they [PAN UK] are a group whose primary objective is to promote organic products means that they have a vested interest in the messages they are putting across. Unlike the DEFRA expert group, they are not an independent or scientific voice, and have given consumers incorrect and misleading advice."
PAN's report followed the release of a UK national action plan on pesticides by DEFRA in March.


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Kern Medical Selects Cerner Enterprisewide Health IT System and Population Health Platform
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., April 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kern Medical, a 222-bed acute care teaching center in Bakersfield, California, has selected Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to implement the Cerner Millennium® integrated electronic health record (EHR) and Cerner HealtheIntentSM big data and insights platform for population health management to support improved health outcomes through an integrated platform and actionable health data.
"Kern Medical is committed to delivering safe, compassionate, high-quality care to our community and Cerner's health IT solutions will help us continue to do so," said Dr. Glenn Goldis, chief medical officer, Kern Medical. "Through this transformation, we will strive to provide an integrated approach toward improving the health and well-being of our community."
Kern Medical will transition to the Cerner Millennium EHR, a health care IT platform designed to support an individual's care journey across the continuum – from the doctor's office to the hospital and outpatient clinics – with consistent patient engagement. Kern Medical made the choice based on their goal to have one, integrated and efficient platform to allow for seamless care across the enterprise. Through the new online patient portal, patients will be able to stay engaged in their care through securely messaging physicians, viewing and settling balances and accessing their health history.
"We're excited to help Kern Medical promote wellness in their community by providing unified patient health data across the continuum of care," said Zane Burke, president, Cerner. "Cerner's integrated EHR and population health management platform will equip Kern Medical clinicians with actionable insights to help them improve the health of those they serve."
Clinicians at Kern Medical will soon have actionable health information at their fingertips to improve patient care and become a data-driven organization. Cerner HealtheIntent is designed to aggregate data in near real-time from multiple sources to create a single, comprehensive view of an individual's health care experiences, as well as the health care organization's patient population, to inform clinical decision making. Kern Medical clinicians will receive support through meaningful data to help engage people beyond the hospital setting and manage health outcomes, with the aim of improving statewide health.
Kern Medical will also leverage Cerner HealtheIntent to support regulatory reporting requirements from the Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) program in California. With actionable data about individuals and populations, Kern Medical will continue their work with the PRIME program to improve the way care is delivered throughout the state to maximize the value to patients. In doing so, Kern Medical supports the development of a health care network focused on improving quality, reducing cost and enhancing access to patient care.
"Cerner HealtheIntent will help Kern Medical physicians have deeper insights into their patient population so they can engage patients and the extended care team to take action," said Ryan Hamilton, senior vice president, Population Health, Cerner. "A population health approach will assist Kern Medical in managing the health of its community one person at a time, empowering patients in their health care and enhancing the patient experience."
About Kern Medical
Kern Medical serves as Kern County's only trauma center and provides all members of the community access to basic and specialty care through a network of clinics, physicians and affiliated medical groups. It is the area's only academic training hospital and has an affiliation with the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. In addition to its main campus, it operates outpatient clinics on Columbus Street, Truxtun Avenue, 19th Street, F Street, and Stockdale Highway for nearly 120,000 patients each year.
About Cerner
Cerner's health technologies connect people and information systems at more than 27,000 contracted provider facilities worldwide dedicated to creating smarter and better care for individuals and communities. Recognized globally for innovation, Cerner assists clinicians in making care decisions and assists organizations in managing the health of their populations. The company also offers an integrated clinical and financial system to help manage day-to-day revenue functions, as well as a wide range of services to support clinical, financial and operational needs, focused on people. For more information, visit Cerner.com, The Cerner Blog or connect on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or The Cerner Podcast. Nasdaq: CERN. Smarter Care. Better Outcomes. Healthier You.
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The risks
- Bogus stores/shops – fake websites and email offers for goods and services that do not exist.
- Receiving goods which do not match the advertiser's description.
- Not receiving goods which you have paid for.
- Not receiving payment for goods which you have despatched.
- Being persuaded into selling early or at a low price. The best bids usually come towards the end of the auction period.
- Having your auction identity stolen and used fraudulently.
- Having your personal/financial information stolen and used fraudulently.
- Phishing emails, appearing to be from a auction or online payment sites but actually from criminals trying to lure you to a fake website to get your personal information such as login details for your online payment account.
Use online auctions safely
- If you are new to online auctions, take the time to read the online guides provided by the auction company so you understand how the system works and what the rules are.
- Understand what the auction company can do (and won't do) if something goes wrong.
- Use a login name for the auction site that is different from your email address.
- Keep your contact information including email address, up to date.
- Look into the seller or buyer – whether a private individual or online store. Look at their profile, their rating and transaction history. New sellers and buyers may not have a very comprehensive history, so be a little more cautious.
- If the seller is a business, check their real-world existence. If they provide a phone number or address, give them a call. Sellers outside the UK may be harder to chase in the event of a problem.
- Check online stores' privacy and returns policies.
- Be clear about shipping and delivery costs (for example, whether or not they are included and if not, if they are clearly stated).
- Be clear about methods of payment and whether any of these incur a surcharge.
- Provide only the minimum necessary personal information to sellers and buyers, such as your address for collection or despatch purposes.
- Double check all details of your purchase before confirming payment.
- Check that notifications of communications between yourself and your buyer or seller are not being blocked by spam filters, by regularly checking your spam folder.
- Do not fall for requests to close auctions early.
- Always make sure you have received payment before despatching goods.
- When making a payment to an individual, never transfer the money directly into their bank account but use a secure payment site such as PayPal, where money is transferred between two electronic accounts.
And always remember…
- Use strong passwords. Never reveal your auction or online payment passwords to anybody.
- If you think that your auction or online payment account has been compromised, take action immediately. Check the site's online help page.
- Be wary about clicking on links provided in unsolicited emails. For example, it is better to enter your bank's website address into your browser directly, or use a bookmark that you created using the correct address.
- If you pay by payment card, remember that a credit card offers greater protection than with other methods in terms of fraud, guarantees and non-delivery.
- When paying either by online payment service or payment card, ensure that the link is secure, in two ways:
- There should be a padlock symbol in the browser window frame, which appears when you attempt to log in or register. Be sure that the padlock is not on the page itself … this will probably indicate a fraudulent site.
- The web address should begin with 'https://'. The 's' stands for 'secure'.
- The above indicate only that the link between you and the website owner is secure, and not that the site itself is authentic. You need to do this by carefully checking the address for subtle misspellings, additional words and characters and other irregularities.
- Always log out of sites into which you have logged in or registered details. Simply closing your browser is not enough to ensure privacy.
- Keep receipts.
- Check credit card and bank statements carefully after shopping to ensure that the correct amount has been debited, and also that no fraud has taken place as a result of the transaction.
- Ensure you have effective and updated antivirus/antispyware software and firewall running before you go online.
More information
eBay's advice on using the site safely, including safe buying and selling and avoiding scams.


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Obama was born in Hawaii. His father, also called Barack Obama, was a college student from Kogelo, a village in western Kenya, a country in Africa. His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. They met when they were both students at the University of Hawaii. His parents divorced in 1964, and his mother and maternal grandparents raised Barack. In 1967, Obama's mother married Lolo Soetoro, and moved the family to Indonesia. His half sister, Maya Soetoro, was born on Aug. 15, 1970. In 1971, Obama moved back to Hawaii to go to school, living with his grandparents. That year, Obama's father visited him in Hawaii; Barack would never see his father again.
After graduating high school in 1979, Obama attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. After two years, Obama transferred to Columbia University (in New York, New York), graduating in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. His father had died the previous year (1982) in a car accident in Nairobi, Kenya.
In 1985, Obama moved to Chicago, Illinois, and worked as a community organizer, helping people improve their lives and become voters. In 1987, Obama travelled to Kenya, visiting his father's home town and meeting many of his relatives.
The next year, 1988, Obama enrolled at Harvard Law school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review (a very prestigious magazine about law, edited by Harvard law students) in 1990, and graduated in 1991.
After graduating from law school, Obama moved back to Chicago, got married and entered politics. Michelle Robinson (an attorney) and Obama married in 1992; they have two daughters, Malia and Sasha. Obama's mother died of cancer in 1995. Obama taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago from 1992 until 2004. He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996, 1998, and 2002 (he lost a primary election for Congress in 2000). Obama was elected to the US Senate in 2004 (Dem-IL). Obama has written two books, Dreams from My Father (1995) and The Audacity of Hope (2006).
In the summer of 2008, Obama became the first African-American to be the presidential candidate of a major political party (the Democrats). On November 4, 2008, Obama won the general election, defeating John McCain (a Republican) to become the 44th President of the United States. His presidential inauguration was on January 20, 2009. Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in October, 2009. Obama was elected for a second presidential term in 2012, defeating the Republican Mitt Romney.
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Yemeni children suffer record rates of acute malnutrition, putting 'entire generation' at risk
Yemeni children are suffering acute malnutrition at unprecedented rates as the world's worst humanitarian crisis grinds on and funding falls far short of what is needed to offset the effects of conflict and economic collapse, UN agencies said in a statement on Tuesday.
New analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the global standard for gauging food insecurity, revealed that in some areas more than one in four children were acutely malnourished.
"Acute malnutrition rates among children below five years old are the highest ever recorded in parts of southern Yemen, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification", said UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson, Marixie Mercado. "This new analysis released today puts the number of children suffering from acute malnutrition this year at 587,573, which is an increase of around 10% since January this year."
Nationwide crisis
The IPC analysis looked at southern parts of Yemen, but a forthcoming analysis of northern areas is expected to show equally concerning trends.
Ms. Mercado said the most significant increase in southern areas was a 15.5% rise in children with severe acute malnutrition, a condition that leaves children around 10 times more likely to die of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, malaria or acute respiratory infections, all of which are common in Yemen.
World Food Programme (WFP) spokeperson, Tomson Phiri, said the IPC forecast showed that by the end of 2020, 40% of the population in the analysed areas, or about 3.2 million people, would be severely food insecure.
"Those predictions, from what we are gathering on the ground, are likely to be an underestimate. It is highly likely that the situation is worse than initially projected as conditions continue to worsen beyond the forecast levels. Why is this so? The underlying assumptions of the projections have either been, or are close to being surpassed", he said.
At the time the data was gathered, it was assumed that food prices would be stable, but that was no longer the case.
Devastating food price increases
"In fact, food prices have skyrocketed and are now on average 140% higher than pre-conflict averages. For the most vulnerable, even a small increase in food prices is absolutely devastating", Mr. Phiri said.
"Our colleagues on the ground are also telling us that the situation is worse than in 2018 when WFP expanded assistance by over 50% and in the process averted a possible famine. Those gains in 2018-2019, I'm afraid we might be losing them as the conflict continues to intensify and economic decline continues unabated."
Some families were being displaced for the third or even the fourth time, he said.
"And each time a family is displaced, their ability to cope, let alone to bounce back, is severely diminished."
'Entire generation' at risk - Grande
Lise Grande, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, said the UN had been warning since July that Yemen was on the brink of a catastrophic food security crisis.
"If the war doesn't end now, we are nearing an irreversible situation and risk losing an entire generation of Yemen's young children", she said in a statement.
Jens Laerke, spokesman for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told the Geneva briefing that Yemen needed help.
"What can the world do right now? We have been warning for several months now that Yemen was heading towards a cliff. We are now seeing the first people falling off that cliff. Those are the children under five years of age. One hundred thousand of them are at risk of death, we are told. The world can help. The world can help by supporting the humanitarian response plan", Mr. Laerke said.
Massive underfunding
"I'm sorry to keep repeating that over and over again. It is massively underfunded. It is only 42% funded. It asked for $3.2 billion. We are 10 months into the year. That is way below the funding levels we've seen in the past few years. So there is something the world can do. Money can help, and I think, of course, that now is the time to provide that money."
A staggering 80 per cent of Yemen's population – over 24 million people – require some form of humanitarian assistance and protection, including about 12.2 million children. A total of 230 out of Yemen's 333 districts (69 per cent) are at risk of famine.
Despite a difficult operating environment, humanitarians continue to work across Yemen, responding to the most acute needs. However, funding remains a challenge: as of mid-October, only $1.4 billion of the $3.2 billion needed in 2020 has been received.


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Key Skills You Need Your Listing Agent To Have
Selling your house is a big decision. And that can make it feel both exciting and a little bit nerve-wracking. But the key to a successful sale is finding the perfect listing agent to work with you throughout the process. A listing agent, also known as a seller's agent, helps market and sell your house while advocating for you every step of the way.
But, how do you know you've found the perfect match in an agent? Here are three key skills you'll want your listing agent to have.
They Price Your House Based on the Latest Data
While it may be tempting to pick the agent who suggests the highest asking price for your house, that strategy may cost you. It's easy to get caught up in the excitement when you see a bigger number, but overpricing your house can have consequences. It could mean it'll sit on the market longer because the higher price is actually deterring buyers.
Instead, you want to pick an agent who's going to have an open conversation about how they think you should price your house and why. A great agent will base their pricing strategy on solid data. They won't throw out a number just to win your listing. Instead, they'll show you the facts, explain their pricing strategy, and make sure you're on the same page. As NerdWallet explains:
"An agent who recommends the highest price isn't always the best choice. Choose an agent who backs up the recommendation with market knowledge."
They're a Great Negotiator
The home-selling process can be emotional, especially if you've been in your house for a long time. You're connected to it and have a lot of memories there. This can make the negotiation process harder. That's where a trusted professional comes in.
A skilled listing agent will be calm under pressure and will be your point-person in all of those conversations. Their experience in handling the back-and-forth gives you with the peace of mind that you've got someone on your side who's got your best interests in mind throughout this journey.
They're a Skilled Problem Solver
At the heart of it all, a listing agent's main priority is to get your house sold. A great agent never loses sight of that goal and will help you prioritize your needs above all else. If they identify any necessary steps you need to take, they'll be open with you about it. Their commitment to your success means they'll work with you to address any potential roadblocks and find creative solutions to anything that pops up along the way.
BankRate explains it like this:
"Just as important as the knowledge and experience agents bring is their ability to guide you smoothly through the process. Above all, go with an agent you trust and will feel comfortable with. . ."
Bottom Line
Whether you're a first-time seller or you've been through selling a house before, a great listing agent is the key to success. Connect with a real estate professional so you have a skilled local expert by your side to guide you through every step of the process.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama has made history as the first male golfer from Japan to win a major championship.
Matsuyama held on after knocking one in the water at the 15th, shooting a 1-over 73 to win the Masters by one stroke.
A five-time winner on the PGA Tour, Matsuyama took control of the tournament with a brilliant 65 on Saturday, doing his best work after a rain delay.
Xander Schauffele closed within two strokes after Matsuyama made bogey at No. 15. But Schauffele put one in the water at the 16th and took the first triple-bogey of his major championship career.
That cleared the way for Matsuyama to claim the green jacket. He made a bogey at No 18 but that was enough to hold off Masters rookie Will Zalatoris, who stamped himself as a future star with a 9-under 279.
Matsuyama was one shot better at 278.


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If you've never heard of Planet Gear, you should really check it out. Basically, PG (not "Parental Guidance", way more exciting than that) offers 72 hour *hot* sales on stuff like Iron Girl sunglasses, TYR tanks, jackets and bras. The items change all the time, so lots of variety! It is first come, first serve until stuff runs out.
Most items are marked down 50-70%. It's all outdoor gear and apparel, so no dumb stuff like slippers for your cat or body part enlargers.
All you have to do to be entitled to the sale's items is to sign up. It's free.
For the next few days (until October 4th) PG will donate $1 for every new member or Facebook "like" to Breast Cancer Awareness.
Planet Gear has generously offered one reader a $50 credit to be used to purchase items on their site. Such an awesome deal. To enter (comment for each):
- Visit Planet Gear and become a member +1 entry
- Tell me in a comment what you would buy if you won the giveaway + 1 entry
- "Like" Planet Gear on Facebook + 1 entry
- Blog, twat, FB about this giveaway + 1 entry
Winner will be chosen by Random.org on October 2.
Good luck!
Fine Print:
Planet Gear provided the giveaway item. I paid nothing for it.


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A gun store in Maryland had been set to become the first in the country to sell something called a smart gun. But after receiving death threats, the owner of that store has changed his mind. The Armatix iP1 is electrically programmed to make it hard for anyone but the gun's owner to fire the weapon. Some gun rights activists worry that if the pistol is popular, lawmakers will require all firearms to adopt this technology. That, they say, will encroach upon second amendment rights. NPR's Allison Keyes reports.
ALLISON KEYES, BYLINE: Andy Raymond, owner of Engage Armament in suburban Maryland, says he's disheartened by the hundreds of e-mails and calls he received after a Washington Post article ran saying he would sell the smart gun. Some even threatened to burn his shop to the ground.
ANDY RAYMOND: What really got me was that all these pro-gun people are coming out at somebody. And I've been very, very outspoken about gun rights here, especially here in Maryland. And everyone's calling me a traitor.
KEYES: Raymond was planning to sell the Armatix iP1. Electronic chips in the gun communicate with a watch that could be bought separately. The gun cannot be fired without the watch. Raymond says Maryland's strict gun-control laws have hurt his business and he was hoping the smart gun would lure in new customers worried about gun safety.
RAYMOND: I was upset about the hypocrisy of people in the gun industry saying that a gun should be prohibited.
KEYES: People posting on the website MDShooters.com worried that the technology used by the Armatix iP1 would be mandated nationwide. One posted, this is just pure counterproductive for our battle. Others said that the sale of the Armatix would trigger a N.J. law that mandates all handguns in that state be personalized within three years of smart guns going on sale anywhere in the country. Similar proposals are pending in Congress and in Calif.
The NRA didn't respond to requests for comment, but on its legislative blog, it said that the smart guns issue clearly has the potential to mesh with the anti-gunners agenda and that failed attempts to develop and market them have been going on for years. But even some gun-control advocates, such as Mark Glaze, Executive Director of Everytown for Gun Safety, have questions about the technology. He stresses that it must be tested to ensure that it works all of the time.
MARK GLAZE: I think this technology is very promising. Also very promising to keep people from losing and from having their guns stolen and having people use those guns, have them then at the crime scenes, and have them be virtually untraceable.
KEYES: Back at Engage Armament, Andy Raymond wants those who have attacked him to know they're picking on the wrong guy.
RAYMOND: When they were passing this stuff in Maryland and New Jersey, there was no national effort to overturn any of the stuff. But it's a national effort to shut me down now.
KEYES: There were protests over the strict gun-control laws in Maryland that took effect last year. But Raymond says his point is gun rights advocates need more people on their side, and he thought he was doing a good thing. Allison Keyes. NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Are you looking for a friendly and cute puppy? Look no further! Why? Because the French Bulldog is the perfect breed for you. The French bulldog, or the Frenchie as some prefer to call him, is one of the most popular breeds of dogs in the world today. A lot of celebrities like Lady Gaga, Dwayne Johnson, Hugh Jackman, John Legend and David Beckham are all parents to French bulldogs.
Considering his distinct and irresistible looks, it's no surprise that a lot of people love the Frenchie. But that's just one of the several other qualities that makes the Frenchie the perfect puppy to get:
Great Companion Dog
The Frenchie is a perfect companion dog. He's the perfect pet for a single person, for couples and even a family with kids. He's playful, loving, loyal, funny and can sometimes be mischievous. The minimal need for exercise makes him the perfect dog for apartment living.
Minimal Grooming
He has a short, silky coat that needs minimal grooming. This means they don't shed as much as most breeds. You can just give his coat a quick brush. This removes loose hair, distributes natural oils and reduces shedding.
He sleeps an average of 18 hours a day as a puppy and 13 hours a day as an adult.
Good Watchdog
The French Bulldog makes all sorts of noises like grunting and snoring but he is not a big barker. Despite this, he makes a surprisingly good watchdog. He'll bark when someone's at the door or around strangers. He can be a bit territorial.
Easy to Train
He has a reputation for being pretty stubborn but your Frenchie is a people pleaser. So be rest assured that he's easy to train with the right motivation.
Frenchies have a lot of love to give and make for one of the best furry companions you can get.


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B*Love Color Bars Unisex Zip Hoodie
This Zipped fleece jacket will keep you nice and toasty through the cold. It's a great all-over print zip hoodie that is easy to customize without fear of visible white lines at the seams. It has a large front pocket, black zipper, a roomy hood and is custom cut and sewn. It's your perfect pick this winter.
.: 86% Polyester, 14% Cotton
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.: 1x1 rib cuff and waistband with spandex
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Play as 50 Cent or a member of the G-Unit. Players buy guns, upgrades, finishing moves and taunts as they earn points and combos from working together to kill off enemies.
In the sequel to 50 Cent: Bulletproof, you again become one of the world's biggest hip-hop stars in an all out battle to protect 50 Cent's assets and to collect payment from a crooked overlord. 50 Cent 2: Blood on the Sand features 50 Cent in a multi-player online drop-in and drop-out co-op world that allows him to call on his G-Unit pals to watch his back in intense game play action. 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand features interactive counter-kills that let you take control of the finishing moves. And for the first time in a game, 50 Cent finds himself behind the wheel and flight stick in a variety of driving missions and aerial combat challenges. It also comes packed with more exclusive unreleased music from 50 Cent and G-Unit, that provides a new arsenal of beats to listen to as the player battles to regain control of 50's possession's. New, exclusive never-before-heard music from 50 Cent & G-Unit members
This page contains co-op info for 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand on the Xbox 360. All information about 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand was correct at the time of posting. Information is subject to change. If you see any errors please email us.


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SparkPoint at Skyline College and the Business Division, in partnership with Earn it! Keep it! Save it!, are excited to announce free income tax preparation assistance for students, faculty, staff and community members (households that earned less than $52,000 in 2013).
Taxes will be prepared every Saturday, February 1 to Saturday, March 29, 2014 (except February 15), from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Building 8, Room 8209. Please call SparkPoint at Skyline College at (650) 738-7035 to make an appointment.
Last year, student volunteers from Instructor John Miller's Volunteer Income Tax Preparation (VITA) class were able to complete over 280 tax returns, resulting in over $297,000 being returned to the community. We expect to complete even more returns this year, so book your appointment today!
For more information about VITA, please visit Sparkpoint.
For more information on SparkPoint at Skyline College, please visit the SparkPoint website or contact Dr. William Watson, Director at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Whirlpool honored for corporate equality
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. Whirlpool announced that it has received a score of 100 from the Human Rights Campaign on the 2011 Corporate Equality Index. This is the seventh consecutive year that Whirlpool has attained a perfect score on the index, the company reported.
The Corporate Equality Index rates American workplaces on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Equality. It is an in-depth analysis and rating of large U.S. employers and their policies and practices regarding LGBT employees and has been compiled annually for the past nine years.
"Whirlpool Corporation is proud to be a perennial leader on HRC's Corporate Equality Index," said Tim Reynolds, VP talent and organizational effectiveness for Whirlpool. "It reflects our shared vision of striving to be a top company for LGBT employee rights, resources and recruitment."