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GW is considering a plan that would have students seeking counseling sign waivers that permit information about sessions to be shared with University administrators in some circumstances, Insider Higher Ed, an online news site, reported Friday.
The publication, citing anonymous sources, reported that University Counseling Center Director Diane DePalma was instructed to work with a GW lawyer to develop procedures to protect administrators' liability in situations when students receiving counseling are at risk of harming themselves or others, the site said. The article can be found at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/12/02/gw.
Inside Higher Ed reported that the possible plan would have the counseling center ask anyone receiving services from the UCC to sign a waiver permitting it to share notes and discussions taken during a session with certain administrators. The publication's sources could not say if signing the waiver would be a required in order to receive service.
The publication said DePalma deferred questions to GW's Media Relations office. Inside Higher Ed quoted Assistant Media Relations Director Matt Lindsay saying, "(W)e periodically review protocols, but no changes have been made." He also said GW is facing a lawsuit that might have something to do with the situation. University officials were not reached for comment over the weekend.
Psychologists are required to take action when patients pose a danger to themselves or others but are only to break doctor-patient confidentiality to those who would provide immediate security. In September, The Hatchet reported that the Community Living and Learning Center discontinued its practice of asking community facilitators to record students' mental health shifts.
Inside Higher Ed quoted Stephen Behnke, director of ethics at the American Psychological Association, as saying the proposed protocol at GW is "immensely troubling."
"When you remove confidentiality, you remove the ability for effective psychotherapy," he told Inside Higher Ed. "Anything that threatens (the patient's) ability in confidence, I would be very concerned about."
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This article appeared in the December 5, 2005 issue of the Hatchet.


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Happy Holidays – An interview with David Archuleta
August 16, 2009 by Heather Kobrin
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Since his second-place finish in American Idol Season 7's intensely-contested battle of the Davids, eighteen-year-old David Archuleta hasn't wasted any time making his mark on the pop music landscape. His self-titled debut record, released in 2008, was certified Gold, and both the album and its first single, "Crush," reached number two on the Billboard charts.
After spending months touring both on his own, as well as with British band McFly and Disney star Demi Lovato, the Utah-based Archuleta continued to build on his successes this year with a new holiday album, "Christmas From The Heart." The record was released in October, and features holiday classics as well as an original tune that he co-wrote himself.
Recently, I had the pleasure of chatting with Archuleta about his plans for the holidays and his next album during a break on his current tour. Although he reveals that he's not a Christmas shopper, his sweet nature and abundant enthusiasm for everything he does will no doubt leave fans in the holiday spirit.
Interviewed by: Heather Kobrin | December 2009
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Summer is now a distant memory and fall is in full swing. If you're anything like me, you're already missing those summer getaways and looking forward to where you'll be going next year. Although I can't help you bring the warm weather back, I can give a suggestion for a quick getaway now. And what better a time to get away than this weekend? Columbus Day is this weekend and for many of us it means a long weekend! Cheers to that…
Way back when–this summer–my boyfriend and I decided to go away for a short vacation to Newport, RI. Newport is only about an hour drive but we thought we would make it feel like a real "vacation" by spending the night there. We love Newport and knew exactly what we wanted to do, but we weren't sure where to stay. Being a beach town, many of the hotels were already booked. We were left with two options: pay upwards of $300 at a sub-par chain hotel, or try out one of the many Bed & Breakfasts that Newport has to offer. We decided on the later.
Consider staying at a quaint B&B or Inn instead of the usual hotel chain. It's a completely different experience. With a B&B, you still get all of the basic amenities (like room service, discounts at local attractions, complimentary soap in the bathroom, etc), but you also get so much more! At B&Bs, everything just seems more personalized. They call you by your first name, walk you up to your room (which are usually bigger and have a more "homey" feel) and cook you breakfast in the morning.
You know every time you go away–whether it be for the day, or for a week–you always ask, "Where should be go for *insert name of meal here?*"
Well the great thing about B&Bs is that the answer is obvious–downstairs! Although the experience will most likely vary depending on where you go, I would imagine it's generally similar. How it worked at the one we stayed at is that you go downstairs into a large dining room where everyone staying congregates for breakfast. The waitress comes over and tells you the menu for the day. When we stayed we got to choose from fresh blueberry pancakes or waffles, french toast, fresh fruit salad, toast, bacon, eggs, etc. One of the most unique things about a B&B is getting to sit and meet people from all over the country (and world!). My boyfriend and I met a couple from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Italy. Then (it's pretty obvious) you sit, eat and make small talk with the people around you. If you're not familiar with the area it's a great way to get ideas about things to do and to learn about other's traveling experiences.
Finally, if you're staying at a B&B don't expect it to be a 5-Star hotel. Chances are it isn't going to have a gym, wi-fi, swimming pool (although many have jacuzzi tubs), or conference center. You know, all the things that most hotels have that you probably never even use. Make sure to spend a little time looking for a good B&B and comparing prices. Not sure where to start looking? Sites like this one and this one let you search by location and will give you plenty to choose from with pictures, prices and reviews–some even offer special discounts!


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Update on Vijayakanth's health
In an apparent bid to put full-stop to rumours surrounding the health condition of actor DMDK president Vijayakanth, his wife and the party's women's wing leader Premalatha on Thursday said he is fine and is in hospital for a routine check-up.
"There is nothing to worry about Captain's health. He is completely alright. He is in the hospital for annual general check-up," she told reporters.
She also said she would sure campaign for DMDK's candidate at RK Nagar by-election.
Vijayakanth was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai last week.
A statement released by party stated that he has been admitted to undertake a general medical check-up and it is Vijayakanth's routine to go for one every year.
He will be in the hospital for a couple of days, the statement said and requested party cadres to avoid visiting him in the hospital.


text: Recognizing the impact summer reading has on helping students learn, the GFWC Woman's Club of Delray Beach recently donated $1,500 to Delray Beach's Campaign for Grade Level Reading, which will be used to provide summer books for about 100 second grade students at Orchard View Elementary School. "We're very grateful for this gift from the Woman's Club," Orchard View Elementary School Principal Kathleen DePuma said. "This will help put books in the hands of many of our students this summer." Thanks to the gift from the Woman's Club, as well as other contributions, Delray Beach's Campaign for Grade Level Reading will now be able to send five grade-level appropriate books home with every kindergarten, first-grade and second-grade student at Orchard View. "This generous contribution helps us expand the summer-reading program at Orchard View," said Janet Meeks, education coordinator for the City of Delray Beach. "This is one more step toward helping students read during the summer months and helping them retain what they learned during the school year." A group dedicated to community volunteering, the Woman's Club has been a strong supporter of Orchard View Elementary School, with several club members volunteering to help where and when needed. Money for the donation was raised during the club's Real Men Bake annual fundraiser earlier this year. "We wanted to do something special for Delray Beach and for Orchard View," said the club's Co-President Mary Reis. "We also wanted to show our support for the Campaign for Grade Level Reading." To find out more about the Woman's Club of Delray Beach, please visit www.gfwc-delray.org. About the GFWC Woman's Club of Delray Beach The GFWC Woman's Club of Delray Beach is a non-profit organization comprised of a diverse group of women dedicated to volunteering in Delray Beach. Through community involvement and financial contributions, the club has supported a variety of local organizations including the Caring Kitchen, the Achievement Centers for Children & Families, the Delray Beach Public Library and the 505 Teen Center.


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WATERVILLE, Maine – The Thomas College women's basketball team has announced its 2017-18 schedule for the upcoming season. In her fourth season, Head Coach Emily Cummins and the Terriers will take on a full 25-game schedule.
The team is coming off a 7-18 (4-14 NAC) season, a program best since 2012-13. Cummins will return eight players this season with an addition of freshmen set to make an immediate impact.
"I am looking forward to getting this season underway as we have brought in a talented group of new players in addition to our eight solid returning players," said Cummins. "We have a phenomenal team dynamic and I am very excited to get back on the court with them as we continue to build and achieve new levels of success."
The Terriers will open up their new season on the road as they travel to Wheaton (Mass.) on Wednesday, November 15. A few days later, they will once again host the Thomas Tip-Off Classic on the 18th and 19th for a round-robin style tournament featuring Lesley, Fisher (Mass.), and the University of Maine at Farmington. The month of November will be completed with the Battle of Elm City at Colby College on the 21st and on the road against Husson on the 28th for their North Atlantic Conference opener.
The Terriers will begin the first weekend of December with back-to-back home conference games with Lyndon State and Johnson. They will then wrap-up the fall semester with a home contest against the University of Maine at Presque Isle on the 6th and a road game at the University of Maine at Farmington on the 9th. The month will be concluded with non-conference games at home against Southern Maine on the 29th and at Gordon on the 30th.
"We have strengthened our non-conference schedule this year by adding Wheaton and University of Southern Maine to our schedule," stated Cummins. "Our competitive non-conference opponents will undoubtedly help us prepare for conference play."
The beginning of January is road heavy for the Terriers as they open 2018 at New England College and Colby-Sawyer. After hosting a single conference game on the 13th against UMaine-Farmington, they will travel to Vermont for a weekend trip at Green Mountain and Castleton. Three-straight home games against Maine Maritime, Colby-Sawyer, and New England College will complete the month.
In the final month, the Terriers travel to Vermont to take on Johnson and Lyndon State before they finish the regular season with three of four home games against Castleton, Green Mountain, at Maine Maritime, and home versus Husson.
Check out the full 2017-18 Thomas women's basketball schedule by clicking HERE.


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In modern times, almost as a cultural apply, education has been elevated to the level of an initiation ceremony into the modern world. Numerous modes of aliening and amplifying the widespread work inside and beyond education shall be supplied inside the Common Agenda process. This 12 months schools constructed by Greg Mortonsen and the CAI educated over 20,000 youngsters within the fifty five schools that have been constructed within the final 12 years.
This that means of Education would give rise to the Purpose, as disseminating formally, non-formally, culturally, nationally, scientifically and ritually-expertise, literacy, data, norm and values, as pedagogies of the establishments giving rise to the goal.
Determine, acknowledge, and support early career scholars who select to do research on greater education and its public role in society. A certain percentage of students ought to be removed for improvisation of academics (normally practiced in schools, after 10th grade).
Establishments of education, and the system of which they're a part, face a host of unprecedented challenges from forces in society that affect and are influenced by these very establishments and their communities of learners and educators. The duties of a middle school trainer are to further the educational of the basic research for a greater understanding of a topic. Mother and father are the protection net for his or her kids yet too many of them fail to appreciate this necessary fact.
It might be a guardian educating a toddler methods to prepare a meal or ride a bicycle Folks also can get a casual education by reading many books from a library or educational web sites This will also be called self-education.
I believe social justice, ethics, educational fairness, and societal change for positive effects are fundamental to the work of higher education. An IEP is used when a toddler has a need for particular education providers. The concept of going to school in an effort to purchase certificate needs to be denounced, if the training will improve the life of educated people.
One could be foolish to think that our education system meets the requirements of each baby that enters at the tender age of 5 or 6 and leaves after 13 years. One answer may very well be a school, college or university. Moreover, faculties ought to provide disclosures to college students and fogeys on the salaries that go along with totally different degrees and careers and the utmost quantity one should borrow to pursue careers with totally different expected outcomes.
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A student learns to be impartial by studying how you can believe in themselves by doing their homework and displaying up to school to study. As an open course of, the Common Agenda is a structure for connecting work and relationships round common pursuits focusing on the academic position in serving society.
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Over the past 20 years I've labored with more special education students than I can remember as a special education instructor and a regular education teacher instructing inclusion courses.
Each human being needs oxygen to outlive on the earth. The people who find themselves not capable of get to its banks as a result of they're dragged again by the brambles of shortcomings – economic, social or cultural – have to endure a life filled with superstition, fear, hopelessness, helplessness, poverty and exclusion.
The Widespread Agenda is intended to be a "living" doc and an open process that guides collective motion and studying among committed companions within and outside of upper education. A handful of public universities, together with Arizona State University, Pennsylvania State College, and the College of Maryland, have built successful, giant-scale online enterprises.
As Fredrick Douglas mentioned, "It's easier to build strong children than to restore damaged men." Regardless of how the monetary educational pie is sliced, the underside line is that the pie is just too small and our particular education academics and our special education students should not be made to pay for this.
The Common Agenda is specifically designed to help a "motion" method to alter by encouraging the emergence of strategic alliances amongst people and organizations who care about the function of higher education in advancing the beliefs of a diverse democratic system via education practices, relationships and service to society.
Every human being wants oxygen to outlive on the planet. If that is completed, education will equip graduates with the requisite skills to outlive the financial battles and challenges of actual life. An excellent educational system should not isolate any facet of man in the coaching process, nor consider some points extra important than others.
A level, level, or form of education: a college education. The second question deals with what dad and mom can do to assist their youngsters develop at the side of the efforts of the education system. The act or strategy of imparting or acquiring basic information, creating the powers of reasoning and judgment, and customarily of making ready oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
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In contemporary instances, virtually as a cultural follow, education has been elevated to the level of an initiation ceremony into the modern world. At this level in my profession I remembered what my pal had said a decade in the past and questioned if I was ahead of the curve on schools no longer needing special education academics, though it was 10 years later. 2. The information or ability obtained or developed by a studying course of.
In nonformal education somebody (who is just not in school) can learn literacy, other primary expertise or job skills. And as a nation, we also must do a greater job educating our youth earlier about completely different opportunities, including 2-yr degrees and trade colleges and jobs; education doesn't just mean a 4-12 months school or college.
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Saturday 27th February 2016
We've been fans of Operaupclose for a while, and we've always admired their style, taking classic operas to tiny venues. In fact, we were a bit nervous that the Pentland Theatre in North Finchley's Arts Depot, at nearly 400 seats, might be a bit on the large side for this intimate style of performance. However, you can't get much more 'classic' than the ever-popular Carmen, so this was a must-see for us.
A big factor in the previous successes of Operaupclose productions has been in finding a good concept, as in the casting of Madame Butterfly as a Thai Ladyboy, or the Jane Austen-esque setting for the Barber of Seville. The dilemma here is, how do you reinvent an opera based on a thinly plotted melodrama full of misogyny and crude racial stereotypes? In Robin Norton Hale's version, the answer is to strip away the glamour and superficial trappings of the original. So, the colour and vivacity of Spain is replaced with (we are told) an urban and dust-filled desert in South America. The costumes are deliberately downbeat, and there is little sense of class or ethnicity. The broader milieu of society is not present, and that is not just because the cast is small – the chorus just has no clear identity, and there is no help from the set either. Knowing how skillfully this company has previously evoked whole cultures from the smallest of objects, this was surprising.
The problem with this approach is that it was difficult to understand the action without clear visual cues, but more importantly, the physical setting seemed like a vacuum draining the emotion out of the music instead of amplifying it. Carmen should be a feast for the senses – all the senses. This also hampers the characterisation of Carmen herself, whose flirting seems to be a joyless performance. This is one way of reading the story, but it is alienating. It doesn't seem as though the audience is ever meant to be seduced by Carmen. Meanwhile Don Hose, the soldier whom she seduces and then tires of, is portrayed as a clown rather than just a naive young man, making it very difficult to see why Carmen is drawn to him in the first place, and making her behaviour seem manipulative and overtly cruel by removing the appearance of a romantic connection between them.
Which brings us to the question of whether you can put a modern reading on this piece without destroying its essence. Robin Norton Hale, who both directs and has written the English libretto, has a clear reading of the story, published on the Operaupclose blog. For her, a fatalistic approach, and the idea of a 'crime of passion' didn't work. But for us, the framing of domestic abuse diminishes Carmen. It is interesting that Don Hose is said to kill her in a fit of jealous rage. Suggesting that Carmen had all the warning signs and chose to stay or was unable to escape, completely changes the story and makes us wonder, why not just tell a different story and tell it fully?
What strikes us about Carmen is that she has the sexual mores of a stereotypical male – she seduces men and leaves them when she gets bored, and she takes no responsibility for the vagaries of 'love' – it's all in the 'Habanera' that introduces her. In a patriarchal society, that is crime enough, but she also makes the fatal mistake of 'Hubris', that key element of Greek tragedy where the hero (mostly but not always male) defies the gods with excessive self-confidence. She thinks she can control other people, and although of course she doesn't deserve to die, as the heroine of a tragedy, why should she not suffer the same fate as a tragic hero would? Surely, to make her death the product of patriarchal power perversely undermines her by turning her into a victim instead of a flawed human being, especially when the scenario is so sketchily drawn and lacking in depth.
Perhaps one of our biggest frustrations was that, as we expect from Operaupclose, the quality of the music was so high. Harry Blake's condensation of the orchestral score for a quartet of musicians is in itself a tour de force, and Flora McIntosh's vocal dexterity and versatility as Carmen is striking. Ben Thapa as Don Hose has a rich and emotional vocal quality which belies the action, and as Escamillo the Toreador, James Harrison, dressed down in casual chic, still brings with him that charismatic aura of the bullfighter with a beautifully relaxed and warm vocal rendition of that most famous of songs. He alone seems to rise above this interpretation with a glimpse of romance and excitement.


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Once You STOP Accepting Medicaid/Care, How Much Time Has to Pass to Know You Will Not Be Audited? (For Past Nitpicking Documentation Errors)
I had a client, a dentist, ask me today how long does he have to wait until he need not worry about government, regulatory audits after he decides to not accept Medicare or Medicaid any more. It made me sad. It made me remember the blog that I wrote back in 2013 about the shortage of dentists that accept Medicaid. But who can blame him? With all the regulatory, red tape, low reimbursement rates, and constant headache of audits, who would want to accept Medicare or Medicaid, unless you are Mother Teresa…who – fun fact – vowed to live in poverty, but raised more money than any Catholic in the history of the recorded world.
What use is a Medicaid card if no one accepts Medicaid? It's as useful as our appendix, which I lost in 1990 and have never missed it since, except for the scar when I wear a bikini. A Medicaid card may be as useful as me with a power drill. Or exercising lately since my leg has been broken…
The answer to the question of how long has to pass before breathing easily once you make the decision to refuse Medicaid or Medicare? – It depends. Isn't that the answer whenever it comes to the law?
By Whom and Why You Are Being Investigated Matters
If you are being investigated for fraud, then 6 years.
If you are being investigated by a RAC audit, 3 years.
If you are being investigated by some "non-RAC entity," then it however many years they want unless you have a lawyer.
If being investigated under the False Claims Act, you have 6 – 10 years, depending on the circumstances.
If investigated by MICs, generally, there is a 5-year, look-back period.
ZPICS have no particular look-back period, but with a good attorney, reasonableness can be argued. How can you be audited once you are no longer liable to maintain the records?
The CERT program is limited by the same fiscal year.
The Alternative: Self-Disclosure (Hint – This Is In Your Favor)
If you realized that you made an oops on your own, you have 60-days. The 60-day repayment rule was implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS"), effective March 14, 2016, to clarify health care providers' obligations to investigate, report, and refund identified overpayments under the Affordable Care Act ("ACA").
Notably, CMS specifically stated in the final rule that it only applies to traditional Medicare overpayments for Medicare Part A and B services, and does not apply to Medicaid overpayments. However, most States have since legislated similar statutes to mimic Medicare rules (but there are arguments to be made in courts of law to distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid).


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For the last (almost) ten years I've followed a set regime when it comes to hand-taming my rats and they've all begun in an old hamster cage as babies (well, I've had it since new but it's getting on a bit now). It's not too small for baby ratties and it means I can carry it around the house so they get used to me as well as all the new sights and smells (read: the crazy labrador). Then, once they know their names and have got the hang of running up my arm, they are upgraded to the large Ferplast Jenny cage.
Former rats inhabited my original cage with uncoated bars but that one got retired when we had the girls and was replaced with a super duper new model. It's virtually identical except that the bars are coated to make it easier to clean.
Unfortunately one of the problems we ran into with the Jenny 2.0 is that the screw threads went on two of the shelf screws making it impossible to remove one of the shelves. They very kindly sent a pack of replacement screws (and the doodads they screw into) way back last year, but I never got around to replacing them. We'd been putting off upgrading the boys for a week and so yesterday had to figure out how to get the damn shelf out.
In the end it took a bit of brute force on the part of Mr Click and then some ingenuity on my part. First to rip the shelf out (leaving the doodads still attached to the screws) and then bend the bars in such a way that they could be removed without doing permanent damage to the cage. It was very much a team effort, once we established that we weren't getting anywhere by hacking at the things with knives!
The boys seem to love their new home, although to start with Yoda couldn't figure out how to get down from the top shelf. You could almost sense Wicket's frustration as he kept running up and down the tunnel trying to encourage his brother to follow him. In the end I took pity on them both, lifted Yoda down to the next shelf and he was able to figure out things from there.
When I've not been spending time with my bRats I've been working on my latest new 'toys'. These are two books by Keri Smith, one of which is Wreck This Journal and the other is Finish This Book. I became aware of Wreck This Journal a couple of years ago (and at the time was horrified by the idea) but then I saw Finish This Book in Waterstone's in Oban and obviously a seed was planted in my mind.
I decided I had earned a treat for finishing paying off my loan and as I couldn't decided between these two of Keri Smith's books I decided to go with both. The titles are kind of self-explanatory. The aim of one is to wreck it and the aim of the other is to complete activities given on the pages to finish it. I've jumped into both wholeheartedly.
Whereas the Wreck This Journal is encouraging you to jump around within the book and to wreck the pages in whichever order, or way, you choose, Finish This Book must be completed in order so it's taking me a little longer. I'm really proud of how both are looking at the moment though, so I'll share my progress with them in the future.
Aside from that, I'm still working my way through Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It's taking me a little longer because my copy is in an awful condition and I'm scared it's going to fall apart (it was the last of the Harry Potter books I let my brother borrow because of the state it was in when he returned it) and it's also such a big book. It's awkward to read in bed at night. All the same, at one point I was reading two or three chapters in the morning and almost the same at night but I slowed down as the week went on and I've not yet picked back up. I'm determined to finish it this week if only to lighten the load I'm carrying around in my bag each day.
We've finished series three of Criminal Minds and moved onto series four, which I'm enjoying. I like that it's a procedural crime drama that I've not seen before so I can sit watching it and trying to solve the crime alongside the team. We've finished The Two Ronnies now and have moved onto Red Dwarf instead. We've already finished the first series and will probably be onto the third by this time next week, so I don't think it's going to take us long to get through them all.
I'm also on a get fit kick with a bunch of girls from work. We'll see how that goes. I've been playing on the Wii Fit for 30 minutes each evening and using muscles I'd forgotten I had. I'll try and share my progress here. If I don't post it's because I've died of exercise!


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Just in case you were wondering what I was doing this weekend…
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…besides getting my St. Valentine on, I'll be glued to the tube watching the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver with my friends Sumi, Miga, and Quatchi. As Alex pointed out earlier, the only other person as excited as me right now is possibly Stephen Colbert.
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|New sink
The above is one of the new sinks we added. All of the bathrooms got new sink hardware.
We are still working on the Parlor Room. Wallpaper is stripped and the room is painted but we're getting new chairs this weekend and adding wainscotting. That will be a couple more weeks. In mid-February we'll start the work in the Winthrop Fogg room. The last one!
We hope you enjoy the changes we're making! Come on up and see us sometime!
In case you were wondering...when we do these reno's and remove older towels and bedding like sheets, blankets, quilts and the mattresses, we don't just throw them out. We take all of the items in good condition to a homeless shelter/halfway house. They use the linens & bedding in the shelter and provide the folks getting back on their feet with items for their new apartments. Any 'hardware' we get rid of like wall sconces, doorknobs, cabinetry all goes to the ReStore in Bath.
One year Rock took all the blankets we were replacing to the shelter. One of the guys who helped him unload looked in the bags and said to Rock, 'Thanks! This means I get my own blanket now. They didn't have enough last night.' Holy cow. We hear something like that and we just have to step back and think how lucky we are to not have to worry like that everyday.
You can donate in your area as well. If there are no people shelters, animal shelters will also take old towels and blankets. I know my mom makes quilts out of every possible odds and ends bits of fabric that get donated and those are given out to people on the streets in Poughkeepsie, NY.
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Closed 14 years ago
Last modified 14 years ago
#238 closed defect (fixed)
crash on invalid RIFF/WAV header
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An invalid RIFF/WAV causes mplayer to crash. I've uploaded a sample file
to ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/riff_broken_hrdlen.wav. Here's full
output from mplayer and a backtrace:
$ gdb mplayer
GNU gdb 2002-04-01-cvs
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i386-linux"...
(gdb) r -v -vo null -ao null riff_broken_hrdlen.wav
Starting program: /usr/bin/mplayer -v -vo null -ao null riff_broken_hrdlen.wav
[New Thread 1024 (LWP 10373)]
Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /usr/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/share/locale
MPlayer dev-CVS-050219-15:50-2.95.4 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon Thunderbird (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection.
76 audio & 180 video codecs
CommandLine?: '-v' '-vo' 'null' '-ao' 'null' 'riff_broken_hrdlen.wav'
get_path('font/font.desc') -> '/home/lindi/.mplayer/font/font.desc'
font: can't open file: /home/lindi/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay?
Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/lindi/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /home/lindi/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or
Parsing input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 0 binds
get_path('riff_broken_hrdlen.wav.conf') ->
Playing riff_broken_hrdlen.wav.
[file] File size is 36750 bytes
STREAM: [file] riff_broken_hrdlen.wav
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
Checking for Nullsoft Streaming Video
Checking for NuppelVideo?
Checking for REAL
Checking for SMJPEG
Searching demuxer type for filename riff_broken_hrdlen.wav ext: .wav
Trying demuxer 17 based on filename extension
==> Found audio stream: 0
[demux_audio] Bad wav header length: too short (-240)!!!
demuxer: continue fuzzy content-based format guessing...
Checking for MOV
Checking for VIVO
header block 1 size: 73
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 1024 (LWP 10373)]
0x405852ef in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0 0x405852ef in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1 0x40585074 in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2 0x0811dfac in new_demuxer (stream=0x8621bf0, type=23, a_id=-1, v_id=-1,
s_id=-1) at demuxer.c:60
#3 0x0811fe29 in demux_open_stream (stream=0x8621bf0, file_format=0,
audio_id=-1, video_id=-1, dvdsub_id=-1,
filename=0x8617938 "riff_broken_hrdlen.wav") at demuxer.c:972
#4 0x08120d66 in demux_open (vs=0x8621bf0, file_format=0, audio_id=-1,
video_id=-1, dvdsub_id=-1, filename=0x8617938 "riff_broken_hrdlen.wav")
at demuxer.c:1482
#5 0x080738e4 in main (argc=7, argv=0xbffff524) at mplayer.c:1644
Here's system information as requested in
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html. I'm running Debian woody.
$ uname -a
Linux sauna 2.4.29sauna #1 Sat Jan 22 10:49:44 UTC 2005 i686 unknown
$ ls -l /lib/libc[.-]*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 888064 Jan 9 2002 /lib/libc-2.1.3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1153784 Jan 7 14:05 /lib/libc-2.2.5.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 17 22:45 /lib/libc.so.6 ->
$ gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/specs
gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)
$ ld -v
GNU ld version 220.127.116.11.1 20020307 Debian/GNU Linux
$ as --version
GNU assembler 22.214.171.124.1 20020307 Debian/GNU Linux
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty.
This assembler was configured for a target of `i386-linux'.
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 4
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) processor
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 701.604
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 1399.19
Change History (3)
comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by dominik@…
- Cc dominik@… added
Please re-check with current CVS and re-upload if it's still happening.
comment:2 Changed 14 years ago by reimar
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
does not crash with latest SVN (does not play either though).
comment:3 Changed 14 years ago by reimar
Also plays since SVN r20340


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The Universal Plaza entrance looked amazing at night!
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After the awesome tree lighting ceremony, we went to go hit up the lower lot rides!
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Cape Town — A leaked recording of Gauteng Sports and Recreation MEC Faith Mazibuko allegedly threatening her staff with dismissal if they failed to build 'combi courts' (a contraction of combination courts) has landed the official in hot water, according to Eyewitness News. The rollout of these multi-purpose sports facilities was allegedly meant to gain an advantage for the African National Congress ahead of the national elections, according to a report from investigative journalism unit amaBhungane.
In the recording, the MEC insisted that the facilities be built in various parts of Gauteng before the end of the financial year, the failure of which would result in the unused funds being reallocated to the National Treasury. "I want those combi courts, we want to use them to campaign to win elections. You two… I want those combi courts. However you do it… even if you go construct it yourself or perform some magic… you better do it. There will be no rollover of funds… it will work in this current financial year. We can't be telling communities we will build combi courts and not deliver. I do not want to hear stories… I want those five combi courts rolled out," she said.
Mazibuko added that only her office had a white head of deparment and an Indian financial officer, writes The Sowetan. "It's clear you are not ready to work in this environment, I empower you you are not empowerable. Which other department has an Indian that is a CFO? Which other department? You are the second one, a woman, you must thank your lucky stars … "Which department has an HOD that is a mlungu? Ayikho including national so you must thank me for empowering you so don't sabotage me," she said.
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Newly formed port operator, EMS Albanian Port Operator (EMS APO), wholly owned subsidiary of EMS Shipping and Trader GmbH, has won the tender for the new East Terminal at the Port of Durres, Albania.
The East Terminal, which has two berths with a total length of 430m, is mainly used for minerals and mineral ore, coal, scrap and other goods. EMS APO will take over the new terminal, which has been hampered in the past by inadequate infrastructure, in June 2013.
Manfred Müller, managing director of EMS Shipping & Trading, told Port Strategy: "It's a 35 year concession agreement with the Minister of Public Works and Transportation in Albania. We're planning to hire up to 100 people and will invest in infrastructure and equipment like cranes and fork lifts to develop the East Terminal into a modern and cost efficient terminal."
One of the main projects EMS will carry out will be the deepening of the shipping channel to a draft of 11m to allow the access of ships with up to 55,000 DWT.
EMS APO plans a throughput of more than 1m tonnes per year in the first phase and after completion of the dredging, an increase to more than 2m tonnes per year.
Mr Müller told PS the new terminal will boost the company's European operations.
"We already own the concession in the harbour of Durres for stevedoring works, which our company Albanian Stevedoring Company operates. We also have offices in Italy and logistics in Albania and Macedonia, but this tender is very important to us as we hope it will help expand our business in that area of Europe," he explained.
"Strategically, the Port of Durres is in a very good position. We've seen a high increase for the whole Balkan area and expect to see throughput increase at the Port of Durres from area and, especially Serbia in the near future," he added.
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Audiophile 180g Virgin Vinyl LP! Mastered From Original Masters of Sony Music! Pressed at Optimal Media! Violinist Jascha Heifetz is joined here by organist Richard Elsasser, and pianists Emanuel Bay and Brooks Smith for this recording of compositional works by Vitali, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Faure. "Vitali's Chaconne is almost as old as the violin itself. Originally written for violin and figured bass, it was rescued from oblivion by this German violinist, Ferdinand David, who edited it for violin and piano and published it in 1867; few violinists since that time have omitted it from their repertory. But we must confess to never having heard Respighi's transcription of it for violin and organ. It is magnificent! Victor's jacket notes states that this transcription "… explores the technical possibilities of the violin beyond the limits known in Vitali's time." But in the hands of Heifetz, this display piece becomes a thing of great beauty, and the depth of the resplendent organ accompaniment makes the work almost symphonic. Castelnuovo-Tedesco's The Lark is a first recording; although it is a pleasant enough work, it may well be the last recording of it. Many violinists have essayed Faure's Sonata No. 1 on LP discs, and Heifetz' is as good as any, better than most." —The New Records Features: • Audiophile 180g Virgin Vinyl • Pressed at Optimal GmbH in Germany • Audiophile analogue mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios in Berlin • Mastered from the Original Masters of Sony Music • Analogphonic release Musicians: Jascha Heifetz, violin Richard Ellsasser, organ (Side 1 Track 1) Emanuel Bay, piano (Side 1 Track 2) Brooks Smith, piano (Side 2) Selections: Side 1: Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663-1745) 1. Chaconne Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) 2. The Lark Side 2: Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Sonata No. 1 In A, Op. 13


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Dubai, UAE, April 16, 2019: Get ready for a fun, family day out at Dubai Parks and Resorts, the largest integrated theme park destination in the region, on April 19th! Renowned Emirati singer Balqees Fathi will dazzle audiences with her melodious voice at 8.30pm in front of the Rajmahal Theater.
The celebration marks the launch of the Emirati annual pass for AED 595 which will provide UAE nationals access to all four of Dubai Parks and Resorts' amazing theme parks. This includes MOTIONGATE™ Dubai, the region's largest immersive Hollywood-inspired theme park with indoor roller coasters, family rides, shows and play zones; BOLLYWOOD PARKS™ Dubai, the world's first and only Bollywood-themed attraction dedicated to Bollywood fans; LEGOLAND® Dubai, a unique, interactive theme park for families which brings the well-known LEGO® brick to life in a playful learning environment; and LEGOLAND® Water Park, the region's first water park catering to families with children aged 2-12.
UAE nationals can book tickets online for AED 50 per person to access the concert however, they will be asked to present their identification card at the gate. All Dubai Parks and Resorts Annual Pass holders and guests will still be able to join the celebrations and enjoy rides as well as attractions at standard rates.
In addition, guests will be able to enjoy traditional Emirati music, food and entertainment at Riverland™ Dubai, the free-to-enter themed recreational hub. There will also be a parade with stilt walkers, jugglers and entertainers dressed in the colours of the UAE flag, and kids can discover traditional arts and crafts through activities like face painting and henna artists. The celebratory activities will begin at 10am.


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As most of you know, my husband, James Belcher, raised four kids on a paint brush in Alaska and has been a Signature Artist of the Oil Painters of America since 1994. So I really appreciate art and artists and the struggles they go through.
Earlier today (yesterday for most of you) I posted a photo of a painting. I didn't even have the name of it, much less the name of the artist, but it was so good I just had to post and comment.
The actual name is "Crossing the Swamp" and the artist is Jon McNaughton. It turns out that the work is available as a 16″ X 20″ open edition print, signed by the artist.
For anyone who loves what President Trump is doing in DC and appreciates fine art, you can't do better than this. A hundred years from now the heirs of the Antiques Roadshow will be peering at these prints and nodding sagely….


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Just wanted to share this amazing feedback from one of our stall holders from the Christmas gift fair last month. Thank Paula from the Arter Halls Croft,
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Tariq Rahman: "Being Modern in Bhakkar"
Fall 2013 Slape Award Winner Tariq Rahman
"Being Modern in Bhakkar: A Gated Community in Rural Pakistan"
In Winter 2014, I traveled to Pakistan to conduct research for my MA thesis in a gated community in Bhakkar, a rural district in the Punjab province. I first encountered the gated community on a previous trip to Pakistan during Summer 2013, during which I was pursuing my initial interest in agriculture and participatory development. However, when I noticed this site, as well as how out of place it was with its surrounding locality, my research interests completely switched gears. I returned to the US and was fortunate enough to receive the George and Conni Slape fellowship to support a more extended stay in Bhakkar in pursuit of my new MA thesis topic.
I spent approximately two months living at the Gulshan-e-Madina housing society in Bhakkar. I conducted semi-structured interviews with the gated community's owners and residents, as well as various local residents who did not live in Gulshan-e-Madina. I questioned why people chose to live in a gated community in Bhakkar, how living in a gated community differed from living in the area's traditional housing scheme – the mohalla – and in what ways global cultural flows (i.e. electronic media and mass migration) had contributed to the materialization of this 'place.'
When I wasn't busy with the rigors of research, I used my TEFL training to teach beginner-intermediary level English classes at the gated community's primary school and conduct workshops with the school's teachers. These experiences allowed me to give something in return to my incredibly gracious hosts. They also provided a more intimate interaction with residents of the gated community than was possible through formal interviews, helping to broaden my perspective of my research site.
Though the data analysis phase of my project is still in its preliminary stages, I am greatly enjoying unraveling all of the fascinating experiences that I had in Bhakkar. My aim is to produce an MA thesis that makes an intervention on established theories of space and place, and provides a foundation for a doctoral program in the future. I am incredibly grateful to the Department of International Studies for the support that they have and continue to provide me during this project.


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I want you to read these cases carefully and used to write the memo. you can find all these cases in west law, if you don't find it email me so I will attached to you.
Please READ IT CAREFULLY and after that write the memo and you have to use all the rules in blue book when you write the memo
In re Filipczak, 838 F. Supp. 2d 174 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)
Blondin v. Dubois, 238 F.3d 153 (2d Cir. 2001)
Gitter v. Gitter, 396 F.3d 124 (2d Cir. 2005)
Guzzo v. Cristofano, 719 F.3d 100 (2d Cir. 2013)
Elyashiv v. Elyashiv, 353 F. Supp. 2d 394 (E.D.N.Y. 2005) (persuasive)
In re Application of Adan, 437 F.3d 381 (3d Cir. 2006) (persuasive)
Ermini v. Vittori, 758 F.3d 153 (2d Cir. 2014)
Souratgar v. Lee, 720 F.3d 96 (2d Cir. 2013)
In re D.T.J., 956 F. Supp. 2d 523 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)
Walsh v. Walsh, 221 F.3d 204 (1st Cir. 2000) (persuasive re: Creed's history of violating court orders)
Abbott v. Abbott, 560 U.S. 1 (2010)
Friedrich v. Friedrich, 78 F.3d 1060 (6th Cir. 1996) (persuasive)


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Michael Schooyans, PHD, PhLD, STD, is a philosopher and theologian. He currently teaches political philosophy, social ethics and demographic politics at the University of Louvain in Belgium.
Everyone knows the common saying about execs population in poor countries. It is said that underdeveloped countries are poor because they have too many children. Were they to have fewer children, they would be in a position to give them better education, and they would enjoy a higher standard of living. Poor people, so it is said, don't understand that excessive offspring are a decisive hindrance to their development. Therefore, they have to be 'educated' on the issue.
The people of the developed countries, on the other hand, are wise. They have a low fertility rate which favors and encourages the development of national wealth. The wise people of the developed countries say that poor people should evidence a similar wisdom by imitating rich societies. Poor countries should do this by reducing their birth and fertility rates. If persuasive campaigns fail to successfully 'educate' the poor countries to accept this concept, public authorities should have the right, even the obligation, of taking steps to force the poor to cut their birthrate. This public policy decision must be prioritized if living standards in underdeveloped countries are to be improved.
According to the 1992 World Population Data Sheet published by the Population Reference Bureau (PRE) in Washington, D.C., the average number of children born to women of fertile age — that is, the total fertility rate — is 6.1 children in Africa; 3.9 in Asia; and 3.4 in Latin America. A total fertility rate of 2.1 children is sufficient to ensure the maintenance of the population. It must be observed, however, that all of the developed countries have an average of less than 2.1 children per woman. The total fertility rate is 2.0 in the United States, 1.6 in Europe and, 1.5 in Japan.
It is evident that human society is facing two distinct demographic problems. On the one hand, the Third World has no problem in renewing its population, despite sustained high mortality rates, especially child and maternal mortality. On the other hand, the developed countries are below the level which is indispensable for the renewal of their populations. One fact must be emphasized, although it is generally hidden or ignored: The fertility rate of the Third World, which was 6.1 at the beginning of the Fifties, has been regularly decreasing since then, and is now below 4.0.
The second fact is that very different situations exist in the various countries. For example, Brazil — where I lived very happily for 10 years — is rich in natural resources. Some of these are among the most essential resources in the world. Brazil's demographic density is less than 18 inhabitants to the square kilometer. Yet it is, globally speaking, an 'underdeveloped' country. In contrast, my country Belgium — like Switzerland — has almost no natural resources but has a demographic density of 320 inhabitants per square kilometer. Yet, Belgium is considered a 'developed' country.
Such detail suggests that it is nonsense to assume there is a determinist relation between population and wealth. Thus F. Wertham — an American specialist in these matters — is right when he writes that "they are not poor because they are too many, but they are too many because they are poor." By this paradoxical statement, the author means that poverty has its very source in the inability of men and nations to face and solve their problems of food, health, education, etc. Fortunately it is possible to intervene in situations of poverty, and improve, chiefly by means of education, the abilities of men to face the challenges that spring both from natural and social conditions.
This is confirmed by a world-famous American economist, Dr. Julian Simon. Dr. Simon has demonstrated what many previous authors have asserted — namely, that man is the 'ultimate resource,' and that man is able, through his initiative, liberty and intelligence, to increase the wealth that is at his disposal in the world.
In spite of this, we are now witnessing the dramatic spreading of so-called 'development' programs for the Third World. Within these programs demographic reduction is prioritized through contraceptive, sterilization and abortion campaigns.
Again, the Brazilian case is most significant. The Final Report of Parliament's Commission of Inquiry about Sterilization states, "[C]onsidering the methods used by Brazilian women of fertility age, sterilization [has reached] 44 percent, it being the most common method [used]." In addition, according to the World Health Organization, Brazil is responsible for 10 percent of the abortions in the world, which means that six million abortions are performed each year in Brazil. Brazil provides a small example of what is occurring in other developing countries.
As we study these problems, it is quite apparent that such campaigns don't aim at "helping" poor countries in their development, but aim instead at containing their population through the dynamic of demographic reduction.
The dynamic of population demographics is very simple to understand: Rich countries perceive population numbers in the Third World as a threat to their security. Public authorities of the rich countries, including the United States, therefore consider their "security needs" to be the foundation of their rights vis-a-vis Third World nations. With this motivation, they don't hesitate to use some of the most activist international organizations to achieve their aim.
During the cold war, the First World developed a 'National Security Doctrine.' This doctrine inspired, for almost 40 years, the foreign policies of the U.S. It has been welcomed, adopted and adapted in nearly all Latin American nations as well as in other countries outside the Western Hemisphere.
Now that the communist block has totally collapsed, the entire doctrine on national security needs to be reformulated. In this reformulation, one of the main assertions of the former doctrine must be refashioned, namely, that 'contemporary war should incorporate total warfare. Currently, war has varying aspects: it is a political process, or an economic challenge, or a military engagement, or even a psychological and scientific issue. In the reformulation, taking into account the new world configuration, questions which must be asked include, "Which is the pre-eminent antagonism? Who are our potential or actual enemies? How do we prevent their emergence?" According to easily available documents, and articles published in the Washington Post after the decline of the Communist system, such questions are at the very heart of the North American government's preoccupations. These preoccupations are also shared, at least to some extent, by other rich countries.
To speak frankly, this implies that we are witnessing a fantastic reformulation of the doctrine of Manifest Destiny (the doctrine postulating continued territorial expansion of the U.S. as its obvious destiny). At present, people of poor countries represent 80 percent of the world's population. Instead of caring for their development, and instead of sharing with them knowledge and technology, rich nations consider that, due to their numbers, the poor countries are a major threat to their security. From the point of view of the rich, therefore, we are in a situation of war, even of total warfare. War may no longer exist between East and West, but it does exist between North and South.
In classical warfare, the main issue was military superiority. In other fields, however, where national security is concerned, it is generally deemed more suitable to use both psychological and scientific procedures. Psychological warfare uses psychological strategy to create a 'demand' for anti-fertility campaigns aimed at subjecting the potential 'enemy' to the will of others. The use of scientific means for these purposes causes the destruction of the poor population if its physical capacity of transmitting human life is targeted.
By such procedures, potential enemies are then simply eliminated from existence. For these 'enemies,' after psychological conditioning, sterility will be the rule. Sterility will be achieved through contraception, tubal ligation and vasectomy. Should the children of poor countries survive these preventative obstacles, they can always be killed in the mother's womb.
Under this new form of total warfare, it is possible to reconsider the traditional definition of the term "frontier." A fascination for the frontier has always existed in the United States. The frontier has been a constantly expanding horizon reached by explorers who intended to replace the native inhabitants, sometimes by killing them. This was done in order to transfer natural resources for the use of the 'explorers,' which in their view, had not been exploited (developed?) properly by 'indigenous' people.
One must conclude that present aggressions against human life are a key aspect of the geopolitical strategy of world domination. Imperialism today is not merely a political, economic, or military issue. While it is all of these things, today imperialism is more than ever a psychological and scientific issue. Today, the richest people of the world make use of much more discrete but efficient means of mass-destruction than nuclear armaments. Biology, medicine, demography and agronomy, and their respective technologies, are being used as weapons directed against the poor rather than against poverty.
The ideology of this new imperialism inspires the "New World Order." According to this new "Ideology of Demographic Security," men and women of poor countries are 'educated' to believe sterilization and abortion should be made available as their "new human right." This neomalthusian thesis is a flat-out lie. The sole function of this lie is to hide the real truth that the primary aim of the rich is — following Malthus' recommendation — to check the growth of the poor population. The world must protest energetically against this reformulation of Manifest Destiny, or Lebenstraurn, because it leads to totalitarian messianism!
We must remember that rich countries reduced their fertility, birth and mortality rates by improving their educational standards and by appropriate and effective legal, social engineering, not through the alteration of public laws in order to permit the unlimited manipulation of human society. Sponsored by rich nations, the mass-castration of the Third World reveals a radical denial of justice and solidarity.
What is now occurring is reminiscent of what happened two thousand years ago. At that time, a fairly tyrannical king was ruling, called Herod. He was quivering with fear for his own security. He was frightened because the astrologers from the East arrived in Jerusalem announcing the dawn of a new world. And so he resolved to kill the Prophet and all the newborn children under two years old. We are now confronted with the most cruel genocidal campaign in history. It is imperative that we denounce the Herods of our time.
Technology — the new totalitarianism
Based on the assumption that there are too many people on the earth — especially too many poor people — rich nations are implementing a global strategy to reduce the threat that, in their opinion, is represented by the growth of the Third World's population.
International organizations working on behalf of the interests of the rich countries include the World Bank (the Bank), the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
In its Report on Development: (1991), the Bank explains that the main target to be aimed at, for the purposes of 'development,' is the organization of a free world market. Thus, it is supposed that public authorities must collaborate in the organization of the global market. The participation of poor countries in this world market, however, is conditioned on controlling their birth rates.
The UNFPA report for 1991 explains the method for setting up the world market. The method consists in containing the growth of poor populations. Details concerning this program can be found in the semiannual Inventory of Population Projects published by UNFPA.
WHO is the organization in charge of the scientific means of checking population growth. Besides the classical means, such as chemical contraceptives, intrauterine devices and sterilization, WHO supported the research that led to the production of the abortifacient drug, RU-486.
The document which most clearly reveals the intent of the 'development' effort is National Security Study Memo 200 (NSSM 200), also known as the Kissinger Report. The title of this document — which was completed in 1974 but not revealed until 1989 — is "Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests." The text of NSSM 200 states, "primary emphasis" should be directed toward population control in particular "key" countries. Among the countries targeted are India, Nigeria, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, the Philippines, 'Thailand, Egypt and Colombia (101). The same document also recommends that the United States should support the U.N. agencies such as the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), WHO, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), etc., in their promotion of the "World Population Plan of Action" strategies. The report also describes the early relationship of the U.S. with UNFPA: "Through 1971, the U.S. has contributed approximately half of all the funds contributed to UNFPA" (165).
What we are now witnessing is the emergence of 'the new world order,' the main lines of which were already defined by Mr. Zbigniew Brzezinski in America at the Technetronic Era, published in 1969. What is new since then is the strong and unilateral emphasis on population issues, and on the benefit that would accrue to the United States through the use of the United Nations for its own interests.
What is occurring is the birth of new totalitarianism. This does not originate in a perversion of socialism, as occurred with Communism, but in a perversion of the liberal tradition. Central to this perversion is the refusal of the richest countries in the world to accept any restrictions on their freedom of action. In contrast to this arch refusal, restrictions are to be exercised by public authorities on the rest of the world's people. In fact, the true function of public authorities is the regulation of the use of freedom for the common good rather than for the exclusively rich. What is happening now, however, is that both the national governments of poor countries and the international agencies are being manipulated on behalf of the most powerful nations.
This misconception of human freedom, conceived as unlimited, total and unconditional, results in a peculiar combination of anarchy and hedonism. It becomes anarchy in the sense that superiority of power becomes the foundation of law. Might makes right! There is no longer any place for natural human rights which have existed prior to the formation of political society. As Solzhenitzyn said, morals are totally swallowed up by positive law. That is why the contempt for human life produces a perversion of democracy in our societies. Instead of conceiving democracy as a society based upon respect for the equal dignity of all human beings, democracy is conceived as a society ruled by the force and power of an arithmetical majority. The great Tocqueville already foresaw this danger of tyranny on the part of the majority.
This misconception of human freedom results in an individualistic and utilitarian idea of sexuality. The so-called right to the greatest individual satisfaction induces horrible consequences. Indeed, it is widely confirmed that the total separation between reproduction and pleasure opens the door to free love — "l'amour libre" — and thus to the destruction of the family. In addition to the 'good' that is sought in sexual relations there is the hedonistic satisfaction of 'pleasure.' The "evil" that must be avoided at any price is a child.
Human freedom without moral law leads to unchecked power, one of the main characteristics of totalitarianism. This totalitarianism typically applies malthusian ideas. For Malthus, nature makes its selections. Interference in the natural process of selection — for example, helping the poor — proceeds against the "moral law" of nature, which requires that the strongest and fittest survive, and that the weakest be eliminated.
According to Galton (1822–191 l) natural selection is insufficient. Nature's selection process must be helped by all the means of the biomedical sciences. Thus, "selection" becomes artificial, voluntarist and systematic. The influence of Galton, as the father of eugenics, now dominates contemporary thinking. In this view, those who are less gifted are required, with their poor generic patrimony, to be dissuaded from procreating for the advantage of mankind.
Galton's ideology creates a secondary effect. Since the value of humans depend on the worth of their generic patrimony, it follows that the transformation of the social environment for the betterment of humanity becomes relatively unimportant. This fatalism is very widespread today; it is used to 'justify' the status quo in poor countries; it paralyzes any effort to stimulate economic progress; it hinders any form of social mobility. While these ideas were first used to justify insurmountable differences between individuals, they are now used — as was done by Spencer — to justify insurmountable differences among human societies.
When a democratic state uses population control technologies to eliminate particular populations it has already been transformed from a democracy to a totalitarian state. The control of these technologies and the selection of subjects remain in the hands of those who wield political and economic power. Technological control and subject selection, in turn, are dependent on the exercise of government power to penetrate and intervene in the personal and intimate relationships of its citizens. The politics of population control remains the same whether methods are directed through 'target selection' or 'goal selection} Technological manipulation through national and international governing groups becomes a power exercise over the existence (or nonexistence) of individuals and groups of human beings. Such an exercise of power, whether national or international, reveals a strong totalitarian thrust which is incompatible with democratic principle.
What can we do to react? First of all, we must educate people about these practices. Ignorance is the worst form of slavery. Second, we must protest energetically against these non-democratic abuses of power at all levels, both nationally and internationally. Agencies such as the UNFPA should be closed! They are violating their mandate. The U.N. is an international organization, not a supranational one. It wasn't entrusted with a mandate to dictate conduct openly or deceitfully, to sovereign states, couples or individuals. No rich nation has the right to manipulate international institutions, using them as a tool for international policy, and going through them to inflict measures that are an insult to basic human rights on poor countries.
Third, we must give priority to the family for it is in the family that human beings are both welcomed and protected. It is in the family that humans grow as persons, discover their liberty, are recognized by their parents, brothers and sisters, and discover the centrality of God in their beings.
Within this framework we must also reassert the specific dignity of woman. It is the woman who welcomes new life; it is the woman who contains in her person the ability to probe and understand the needs and capacities of those around her, and to transform them, and herself, in ways which allow the realization of true human development both within the home and within the community; it is the woman who provides human society with its very foundation; it is the woman who fully recognizes the inalienable dignity of the weakest human being; and it is she who proposes to all society the need to recognize the full dignity of even the most vulnerable of its human members.