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The following Calderdale men have been sent to prison for various offences.
Aleem Ghani was sentenced to was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment for the offences of: assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm; wounding/inflicting grievous bodily harm; assault by beating x 2; possessing a controlled drug of Class A - crack; and supplying a controlled drug - Class A - cocaine.
Ghani was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court on May 21. The Crown prosecutor in the case was Mr David MacKay and the investigating officers in the case were DC Darren Heald and DC Rebecca Lawrence.
In a different case, which was dealt with at the same court on the same day, Daniel Peter Geddes was jailed for 21 months for a Southowram burglary.
The Crown Prosecutor was Miss Clare Benson and the investigating officer in the case was DC Marcus Southwell.
Meanwhile, at Bradford Crown Court on Mat 16, Mark McPhee was sent down for six months for an assault in Halifax.
The Crown prosecutor was Mr David Lampitt and the investigating officer in the case was PC Steven Durrans.

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One of the heated debates currently raging in the HIV community concerns the need for establishing a system of tracking HIV infection. The existing surveillance system, designed in 1983, counts only those people with a CDC-defined AIDS diagnosis. A series of questions are being posed during the course of this debate. Do we need a better system for the surveillance of HIV infection? Does the current system adequately reflect the scope of the epidemic? Are accurate data being collected regarding the communities most affected by HIV, and therefore most in need of services? If a different system is appropriate, how should it be implemented? Should the system use unique identifiers? Is the reporting of names necessary to accurately track the epidemic and plan for service development and delivery? How does the resolution of these issues affect the development of policies regarding partner notification? These questions, and more, were proposed to Catherine Hanssens, director of the AIDS Project at LAMBDA Legal Defense and Education Fund; Derek Link, director of Federal Affairs at Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc., and Dennis Levy, executive director at the Black and Latino AIDS Coalition. Their discussion follows.
BP: Should HIV transmission be monitored by New York State and how?
Dennis: If by that you mean should they be tracked, I think they should be. And I think we could use name reporting to do that.
Catherine: I think that it would be incredibly useful to have a better picture of the epidemic through some form of surveillance. I think that the best way to get a good picture would be through blind surveillance. If HIV tests are reported, it can be done as efficiently -- if not more efficiently -- through a unique identifier system than through names reporting..
Derek: The answer to the question is yes, we do need to monitor HIV. When you say HIV transmission, I think what we mean is both the number of newly acquired infections that become identified when people get tested, and also the population of people who know their status, who are in medical care, but who have not yet progressed to AIDS. So, I think we're talking about getting a picture of the epidemic that includes both of those pieces of information.
How to do it is a very complicated issue. There's a variety of things that need to be done. Catherine brought up the (sero) surveys. That's a very important idea. We need more of them.
GMHC believes that we need to have a surveillance system that does monitor the entire epidemic -- the entire population of infected people. And that it should be done best through a unique identifier.
Dennis: From our position, we see HIV as a sexually transmitted disease. And as such, we think that it should be tracked just like other sexually transmitted diseases have in the past in our community. We think that an adequate job has been done using the system of names reporting. When we get into a discussion about unique identifiers, we simply complicate this issue and spend a lot of time arguing on which way to do this when we could go ahead and implement a names reporting system, possibly save lives, and work on prevention.
Catherine: There is no connection, necessarily, between surveillance and saving lives. The primary goal of testing is to make sure that people know their (sero) status, and then act on that information. This involves both getting access to health care and taking measures to make sure that they don't further transmit the virus. There is nothing about names reporting or surveillance, that's going to ensure that these things happen. People are concerned that services in many parts of the country are not being targeted to high-risk communities that we have already identified and do not target behaviors that we know to transmit the virus such as IV drug use. Dennis' position hinges, to some extent, on assumptions about the history of reporting sexually transmitted diseases that are not accurate.
With all due respect to you, Dennis, your position reflects a kind of romanticized version of the reporting of sexually transmitted diseases. It's fairly well documented that doctors frequently do not comply with reporting cases of syphilis or gonorrhea or a range of other reportable illnesses either because they simply are traditionally not good at doing that kind of thing, or they do not want to compromise their relationship with their patient. So I think that if we don't have a system that's going to accurately identify and measure the trends and the concentrations of the epidemic, then we are wasting time and money. When many people in the community or advocates say that names reporting is going to effectively alienate a large number of people who feel mistrustful or hostile toward government monitoring, that needs to be taken seriously.
BP: Should mandatory partner notification be implemented as a preventative measure? And if not, what should we do to help prevent further transmission?
Derek: Well, this is a very tough issue. We all want people who are infected to learn how to reduce risks to their partner, how to disclose their status to their lovers, to their wives, their husbands.The problem is how do you do it. We're all struggling with that. The idea of a mandatory partner notification program is based on a few ideas that I'm not sure are sound. One is that mandatory partner notification always depends on an infected individual's willingness to disclose their partners to government workers who would presumably be doing this work. It's fundamentally a voluntary system.
Another question is who is best able to help infected people go through this process? It's our belief that the best way is to use the current system of care: doctors, social workers, nurses and community-based organizations (CBOs), people who already have established trust with infected people. It doesn't seem possible to us to create a new state agency to be responsible for notifications of, potentially, several hundred thousand people for many years.
Regarding syphilis, we do have to recognize that it's at an all-time historic low in the country. Something positive has happened regarding syphilis, but AIDS is not a syphilis outbreak. Comparing the two really obscures more than it reveals. When someone has syphilis, they can be cured with one shot. There is no cure for HIV, and people will remain infectious for many years. So it adds a level of complexity that I'm not sure the syphilis model can accommodate. I don't have the exact answer here. I do think we need better prevention programs. And I will leave it with that.
Catherine: I absolutely agree that to use the model of intervention with sexually transmitted diseases like syphilis for what should happen with HIV is ill advised. And I think the reasons that Derek identified are probably the most important ones.
I also agree, for the most part, that partner notification by its nature hinges on the willingness and cooperation of the patient to provide the names of their contacts.
The cases for which this is not true concern known spouses. Persons who have formalized their relationships are in a slightly different position. There are several studies now that address the risk of domestic violence in involuntary partner notification. This has to be taken seriously when we talk about mandating it.
So a clear refusal to notify partners is not always based on a lack of willingness to act responsibly. The failure there has more to do with a need to counsel and train providers rather than some need to change the current system.
Dennis: First of all, I want to respond to the comments made by Derek and Catherine about the fact that there really is no comparison between syphilis and AIDS. I concur. What we're talking about is a model of surveillance that has worked well enough in the past to use it with HIV because they are both sexually transmitted diseases, regardless of the differences between them.
I support partner notification. It's a way that we could slow the epidemic down. It's been our experience as educators in the Black and Latino communities that many Black and Latino heterosexuals will not take an HIV test regardless of whether or not name reporting or anonymous testing were linked to it. It's unfortunate, but it's a reality. People have so many other problems to contend with, so who wants to add AIDS to the list?
Another reality is that many people in poor minority communities are uninformed about their HIV status, and subsequently, they are infecting unsuspecting people with this virus. That's why we support some type of partner tracing. We know you can't mandate this, but we can at least put counselors and other professionals at the disposal of individuals who have tested positive to assist them and help them trace their sexual partners. People would become aware that they have been exposed, resources could be put at their disposal, and this would assist a person to not pass it on to others unsuspectingly.
Catherine: Dennis, the first part of the point you made is an excellent and critical one that is not being addressed in any of these discussions about names reporting or unique identifiers: the ongoing dilemma that the majority of people in some communities aren't bothering to get tested at all. We are not addressing what needs to be done to encourage people to get tested. We also need to consider whether changing the system to one that's more intrusive will further deter people from being tested.
The problem that I have with what you've said is that there's not a clear connection between your point and the conclusion that we then need to be reporting by names. If in fact, people aren't getting tested, then there's no one to report or contact. Why this is happening is something that deserves some real study, not some sort of half-baked, close-ended multiple choice survey that asks people questions that serve a particular purpose, but don't get to the fundamental reasons why people are avoiding the public health care system.
Dennis: There most certainly is a disconnect. And it was purposeful. Instead of putting so much time and energy into name reporting and partner notification, we would like to put more energy into increased funding for education and prevention. That's where we would like focus to be placed. However, since reporting and notification have become such major issues, we see a need for some kind of increased surveillance, and think that partner notification could help to slow down the spread of this virus.
BP: Why is this issue such a divisive one among HIV providers and those infected with the virus? Are there any clear and consistent divisions based upon factors like race, economic status, sexual orientation, sex, or other cultural factors?
Dennis: I'm sure there are a lot of them, though I haven't given it much thought. I think everybody can agree on the fact that HIV seems to have settled in poor minority communities, or at least that seems to be what some of the statistics reflect. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AIDS cases diagnosed in 1996 rose about 19 percent among heterosexual Black men and 12 percent among heterosexual Black women. There are somewhat different perspectives when we're talking about poor minority communities as opposed to white, gay, and lesbian communities. As I stated before, in poor minority communities, we're confronted with a number of life-threatening problems that tend to make AIDS and HIV seem like just another problem among many confronting us to be put into some kind of perspective and prioritized.
We are not able to focus on AIDS as the greatest (and potentially only) life threatening issue like the gay, white community did in the early '80s. In our community, it's just another life-threatening problem among many.
Derek: I'm not sure what the answer is to this question. I think that everybody shares the common goal, a consensus to develop a system that will help us fight the epidemic today and into the future, but there's some debate about the best way to go about it and what that program should look like.
I don't know if there are any real clear breakdowns. Sometimes the way that this issue gets described can obscure something important. The majority of GMHC's clients are people of color, and there are a large number of gay people who are Black and Latino or are from other ethnic groups. The categories aren't always so rigid.
Catherine: I actually have a fairly strong opinion on this which became clear to me yesterday after listening to testimony on this issue. Dennis was the only person of color testifying; he was the exception in that most of the people who testified were white people making six-figure salaries. I do think that class is clearly an issue here that most people are reluctant to see, let alone to discuss. Recently, Jessie Jackson said that people want to discuss class even less than they want to discuss race.
Although GMHC does have a range of different clients, those clients -- and tell me if I'm wrong -- were not polled and do not have a say in policy decisions made by the agency. Policy makers, almost across the board, are rarely involved in direct services to people in low-income communities. During the testimony, experts spoke on behalf of the gay community about the need for names reporting and how folks that oppose it are behind the times.
When people are having private conversations, basically they occur between people of the same class (upper-middle or upper class), and it really does skew the analysis. In these social circles where discussions about potential policy occur, it's very rare for the participants to include people who build elevators, construction workers, or people who serve meat at Wendy's.
When you have lived a privileged life where you have never had to get in a line and deal with a public entity to get public assistance, have never had to deal with a public agency to get your health care or your disability benefits, and have never passed through the criminal justice system or been the member of a community in which 20 percent of adult males pass through the criminal justice system, I think you have absolutely no awareness of how public intervention in your life affects you.
Having spent the first 10 years of my career representing people in the criminal justice system and people in low-income communities, I know that, representing those folks has absolutely nothing to do with living that experience. But I do know that most of the folks that I dealt with viewed the government, public officials, and the criminal justice and legal systems as an adversary and an enemy, not a friend. There was absolutely nothing in their life experiences that would have led them to conclude otherwise.
Derek: I do agree that there is an important class dimension to this. One point that people sometimes miss is that there are a variety of sources of information about the private lives of individuals that are available in our society. Medical records are traded freely with a minimum of regulation. It's also important to note that there are about 125,000 people with HIV on Medicaid in New York State. Their names are already known to the state. The only people in our society who can truly remain invisible to the government are ones who can pay in cash and who do not have to rely on public assistance. We need to keep these factors in mind as we move ahead.
Dennis: Ditto to both of those comments. Many people in our community are on Medicaid. Their name is already located in some state registry, many of them have also been incarcerated, so their name is all around the place. I think these points need to be understood. There are class differences, and therefore, different perspectives.
BP: Why has this issue has resurfaced in such a major way at this point in time?
Derek: The fundamental answer here is that the epidemic has changed in a very important way. Here in New York State, roughly, we had a 50 percent drop in deaths last year. This advance is attributed to the new treatment therapies and better medical care. If you look at the number of deaths that occurred last year, they were fewer than they were in 1986. If you look at the data we collect now, it says the epidemic is smaller than it was in 1986, but of course, we know that's not true.
The way we monitor the epidemic now is giving a false view of it. That's why this issue is on the agenda. Historically, the way we've monitored the epidemic in New York State is to count the number of people who become seriously ill with AIDS or who die from AIDS. Since there are far fewer AIDS-related illnesses and deaths, we are learning about a smaller and smaller slice of the epidemic. It's reached a different level given the significant changes in the epidemic itself.
Dennis: I agree with what Derek said. Let me also add that some of the new medical developments that prolong life and reduce death for particular PWAs have obscured where the epidemic is moving and how significantly it's moving in that direction. New HIV infections are very high among heterosexual people of color and are exploding among of women of color. So our community supports a better way of tracking and assessing where this epidemic is now, because we think it can mean more dollars for education and prevention efforts for us.
In addition, cases like Nushawn Williams -- the young black man who allegedly infected some people in upstate New York -- helped to move this issue to the forefront. But from the standpoint of the minority community, we know of hundreds of cases of Nushawn Williams.
Catherine: I do think that the Nushawn Williams case did raise the heat under some of this, and it's extremely troubling to me the way that incident is viewed, characterized, and the assumptions that have gone into it. Considering the complete lack of information from Mr. Williams himself, assumptions about who did what intentionally to whom does say something about the class and race assumptions and bias that affect the way we do public health.
The assumptions about money being connected to names reporting is a misapprehension of what the reality is likely to be. There is no history of a clear and direct connection between affected communities, counting numbers, and then consequent focusing of resources. I think that one of the reasons why it has become such a hot issue here is that people who track developments in other states have noticed that 10 of the states that adopted names reporting went on to legislatively ban anonymous testing.
Slightly fewer than half the states haven't gone this way. As they have on other AIDS policies, people look to New York as having the potential to influence what the rest of the country does. So that's an important reason why people are focused on the debate here.
BP: What would a good legislative bill look like? What would be the components?
Derek: Well, it's hard to talk about good bills when there's so many bad ones at the moment. But in my fantasy world, and I do believe it's a delusion at this point, I would like to see a straight surveillance bill that would start monitoring HIV in a similar way to AIDS, with some differences, and without any other issues attached. I think that it's extremely unlikely to happen though.
The linkages I would like to see made would deal with the partner notification issue. How do we notify the people that Dennis has talked about? It's a legitimate concern and issue. I'm not sure if we know how to write a law that would do it, but I'd like to see that issue tackled in a serious way.
I'd like to see the state invest a significant amount of money in promoting HIV testing and dealing with HIV-related stigma through media campaigns, public education, and through community-based organizations, all over the state in all different communities that are struggling with this. I'd like to see more money guaranteed for treatment and prevention.
We have managed care going on, and the state funding for ADAP will expire next year. Things are on the horizon that could jeopardize New York's commitment to providing care for infected people. We'll need to deal with that as well.
Dennis: I support the bill that Nettie Myerson (Democrat) submitted. I don't see anything wrong with the bare essentials of the bill. When it's determined that a person is infected with HIV, afflicted with AIDS, or is diagnosed as having an HIV-related illness, that case gets reported to a local municipal health commissioner. If it's determined that the case merits investigation to protect the public health, then the health commissioner must notify the known sexual partners and spouses of the tested individual.
Catherine: If the goal of the legislation is to get better information about the reach of the epidemic it won't look anything like what's pending out there right now. It must clearly identify the goals of surveillance -- to get an accurate picture (not an exact count) of the extent, the reach, and the level of HIV infection in all communities. In doing that, whether it's through reporting of positive test results and/or other forms of blind surveillance, it will not involve a connection between the individual's identification code and any name or address or so on, but will include the kind of information that we really need for surveillance -- sex, age, risk factors, and the like.
There will be no connection between surveillance and partner notification. It will include the creation of firewalls between collection of this information and any ability to use it in any other way.
One thing that would be useful that both the federal and state public health officials have generally refused to do, is to take a public position against instances of discrimination. Traditionally, the City and State Departments of Health have been completely unwilling to take public positions on stigmatizing proposals introduced by other government entities or private officials. They've been unwilling to support litigation or other proposals that address the stigma that drives people underground. And they do not go behind the walls of institutions, like prisons, where huge concentrations of poor and affected people are housed, and are often denied access to basic treatments that will protect their health. So we have a long list. I don't know that all can or will be addressed by legislation.


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Prime Minister: Anastase Murekezi (2014)
Land area: 9,633 sq mi (24,949 sq km); total area: 10,169 sq mi (26,338 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 12,337,138 (growth rate: 2.63%); birth rate: 34.61/1000; infant mortality rate: 59.59/1000; life expectancy: 59.26
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Kigali, 1.004 million
Monetary unit: Rwanda franc
- Rwanda Main Page
- Pervasive Ethnic Violence
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- Peace with the Democratic Republic of Congo and a New Constitution
- Parliament Votes in Favor of Third Term for Kagame
Rwanda, in east-central Africa, is surrounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi. It is slightly smaller than Maryland. Steep mountains and deep valleys cover most of the country. Lake Kivu in the northwest, at an altitude of 4,829 ft (1,472 m), is the highest lake in Africa. Extending north of it are the Virunga Mountains, which include the volcano Karisimbi (14,187 ft; 4,324 m), Rwanda's highest point.
The original inhabitants of Rwanda were the Twa, a Pygmy people who now make up only 1% of the population. While the Hutu and Tutsi are often considered to be two separate ethnic groups, scholars point out that they speak the same language, have a history of intermarriage, and share many cultural characteristics. Traditionally, the differences between the two groups were occupational rather than ethnic. Agricultural people were considered Hutu, while the cattle-owning elite were identified as Tutsi. Supposedly Tutsi were tall and thin, while Hutu were short and square, but it is often impossible to tell one from the other. The 1933 requirement by the Belgians that everyone carry an identity card indicating tribal ethnicity as Tutsi or Hutu enhanced the distinction. Since independence, repeated violence in both Rwanda and Burundi has increased ethnic differentiation between the groups.
Rwanda, which became a part of German East Africa in 1890, was first visited by European explorers in 1854. During World War I, it was occupied in 1916 by Belgian troops. After the war, it became a Belgian League of Nations mandate, along with Burundi, under the name of Ruanda-Urundi. The mandate was made a UN trust territory in 1946. Until the Belgian Congo achieved independence in 1960, Rwanda-Urundi was administered as part of that colony. Belgium at first maintained Tutsi dominance but eventually encouraged power sharing between Hutu and Tutsi. Ethnic tensions led to civil war, forcing many Tutsi into exile. When Rwanda became the independent nation of Rwanda on July 1, 1962, it was under Hutu rule.
Pervasive Ethnic Violence
In Oct. 1990, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), Tutsi rebels in exile in Uganda, invaded in an attempt to overthrow the Hutu-led Rwandan government. Peace accords were signed in Aug. 1993, calling for a coalition government. But after the downing of a plane in April 1994 that killed the presidents of both Rwanda and Burundi, deep-seated ethnic violence erupted. (Who is responsible for shooting down the plane is unclear. One theory suggests it was Hutu extremists who rejected the Hutu-Tutsi power-sharing plan proposed by President Juvénal Habyarimana, a Hutu moderate.)
The presidential guard began murdering Tutsi opposition leaders, and soon policemen and soldiers began attempting to murder the entire Tutsi population. In 100 days, beginning in April 1994, Hutu rampaged through the country and slaughtered an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and their moderate Hutu sympathizers. A 30,000-member militia group, the Interahamwe, led much of the murderous spree, but, goaded by radio propaganda, ordinary Hutu joined in massacring their Tutsi neighbors. Although the genocidal slaughter seemed a spontaneous eruption of hatred, it has in fact been shown to have been carefully orchestrated by the Hutu government.
Mass Genocide and Refugee Problems
In response, the Tutsi rebel force, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, swept across the country in a 14-week civil war, routing the largely Hutu government. Despite horrific reports of genocide, no country came to the Tutsi's assistance. The UN, already stationed in Rwanda at the time of the killing, withdrew entirely after ten of its soldiers were killed.
In the aftermath of the genocide, an estimated 1.7 million Hutu fled across the border into neighboring Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Although Tutsi rebels took control of the government, they permitted a Hutu, Pasteur Bizimungu, to serve as president, attempting to deflect accusations of a resurgence in Tutsi elitism and to foster national unity. Paul Kagame, the Tutsi rebel leader, became vice president and éminence grise.
Amid the legitimate refugees from the genocide were Hutu militiamen, who began waging guerrilla warfare from refugee camps in Zaire. The Hutu guerrillas in Zaire, as well as Zaire's threat to exile their own ethnic Tutsi, led to Rwanda's support of rebel forces, headed by Laurent Kabila, bent on overthrowing Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko. But Rwanda soon grew disenchanted with Kabila's new regime. The Kabila government was not able to prevent the raids from Hutu guerrillas that continued to traumatize the country and destabilize the region. In Aug. 1998, a little more than a year after Kabila took over, a rebellion began against his reign, instigated by Rwanda and Uganda.
Refugee problems, continued massacres, and the horrific legacy of genocide continued to haunt the national psyche. In Sept. 1998, a UN tribunal sentenced Jean Kambanda, a former prime minister of Rwanda, to life in prison for his part in the 1994 genocide. He became the first person in history to be convicted for the crime of genocide, first defined in the 1948 Genocide Convention after World War II. By 2001, eight others had also been convicted of the same charge. The UN tribunal, however, was criticized for its inefficiency and slow pace. In Dec. 1999, an independent report, commissioned by the UN, took Kofi Annan and other UN officials to task for not intervening effectively in the genocide.
In April 2000, President Bizimungu resigned and Vice President Paul Kagame became the first Tutsi president of the nation. It was Kagame's rebel force that seized Rwanda's capital and put an end to the genocide in 1994.
Peace with the Democratic Republic of Congo and a New Constitution
Rwanda continued fighting against the Democratic Republic of the Congo throughout its four-year civil war. Finally, in July 2002, the two countries signed a peace accord: Rwanda promised to withdraw its 35,000 troops from the Congolese border; Congo in turn agreed to disarm the thousands of Hutu militiamen in its territory, who threatened Rwandan security.
In May 2003, 93% of Rwandans voted to approve a new constitution that instituted a balance of political power between Hutu and Tutsi. No party, for example, can hold more than half the seats in parliament. The constitution also outlawed the incitement of ethnic hatred. In Aug. 26 presidential elections, the first since the Rwandan genocide, Paul Kagame, who had served as president since 2000, won a landslide victory. In June 2004, Pasteur Bizimungu, the Hutu who had served as president between 1994 and 2000 (then–vice president Kagame held the real power), was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of inciting ethnic hatred. Many considered the trial politically motivated.
Economic and social conditions in Rwanda during President Kagame's first term improved markedly. He has clamped down on corruption and crime, per capita income doubled between 2000 and 2008, life expectancy increased, and nearly half of the country's children are completing primary school, compared to 20% pre-Kagame.
In 2004, a French judge asserted that Kagame was responsible for the 1994 downing of a plane that killed the presidents of both Rwanda and Burundi and set off ethnic violence that killed some 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu. Kagame vehemently denied the charge. In 2008, Rose Kabuye, a senior aide to Kagame, was arrested at Frankfurt International Airport on a warrant from France and charged in connection with the crash.
A UN court in Dec. 2008 convicted Col. Theoneste Bagosora, a Hutu extremist, of genocide for his involvement in the 1994 massacre of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu. He is the highest-ranking military official charged in connection with the genocide. Several other prominent officials were later tried and sentenced to life in prison.
Despite the economic and social gains made under Kagame, hints of repression emerged in the months leading up to Aug. 2010's presidential election. Two opposition leaders were killed, a former army leader who has been critical of Kagame was shot in South Africa, and Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, the leader of an party who intended to challenge Kagame, was arrested on charges of promoting genocide. (She was sentenced to eight years in prison in November 2012.) Nevertheless, Kagame was reelected, taking 93% of the vote.
Pierre Damien Habumuremyi was appointed as prime minister and sworn in on Oct. 7, 2011. There was no change in key cabinet portfolios. Habumuremyi served as prime minister until he was replaced by Public Service and Labor Minister Anastase Murekezi in July 24, 2014.
Parliament Votes in Favor of Third Term for Kagame
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, 2012
Source: AP Photo/Carl Court, File, Pool
In Sept. 2015, a seven-member constitution commission was appointed to review possible changes that would allow Paul Kagame a third term as president. The move followed a vote by both houses of parliament that supported a constitutional change and a petition signed by 3.7 million, 60% of voters, in favor of it. However, some reports alleged that officials forced voters to sign the petition.
Meanwhile, also in Sept., the Supreme Court heard a challenge opposing changes to the constitution by the Democratic Green Party, the country's main opposition party. The United States has repeatedly stated its opposition to a third term for Kagame. On Sept. 4, the U.S. Department of State released a statement expressing "concern" over the possibility of Rwanda changing the constitution to allow Kagame to remain in power. The statement said, "We continue to firmly support the principle of democratic transition of power in all countries through free, fair, and credible elections, held in accordance with constitutions, including provisions regarding term limits. We do not support those in positions of power changing constitutions solely for their political self-interest."
Kagame was elected in 2003 and 2010. He has not stated directly whether he would seek a third term. However, he has said that any decision on a third term would be for the "Rwandan people."
See also Encyclopedia: Rwanda .
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This is from a post I made on the steam group; obviously I would like to open it up for everyone to see and get involved.
As we wait for the multiplayer leagues to become functional; I propose we have a mini tournament to keep us going, and for fun.
We are nearing 8 members, which would be the ideal number for the simple format I am looking to use. All players would play 3 matches. The initial ranking will be based on the world ranking in game and by the end of the tournament we will have a new ranking for each player; which we could then use in subsequent tournaments. I will post an image which better represents the tournament format I'll use.
I have experience of hosting these types of events before and have found it better to try any complete it over the course of a night or a weekend. I have a team speak server at my disposal which we can use to communicate during the night.
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I hope to host these every now and then and gather momentum for the multiplayer leagues.
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I simply think of these as being fundamentally different things. An asteroid is a rock, or a collection of rocks, with no particular form and no history of geological activity. Spherical rocky objects have a history of geological process driven by their own gravity that causes the colliding rocks that formed them to change form and through these processes end up with the classical core, mantle and crust formation. I think this makes them fundamentally different to rocks that just happened to stray into the gravitational path of a planet and become trapped and forever unchanged other than a few more craters over time.jdaw1 wrote:Please explain why captured 'planets' do become moons, but captured asteroids don't.
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The original ILLUSIA was one of the first few games I'd ever purchased as an iOS user. It held my interest for a bit, but eventually other games came along that stole my attention away. That and I wasn't too fond of just how ridiculous my character's current hat looked. It was some weird leopard-print frycook-looking thing. Anyway, now there's a brand new ILLUSIA to fulfill all my RPG/platforming needs. And for the most part it doesn't do a bad job of it.
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If ILLUSIA 2 didn't have so many technical shortcomings it would easily be a must-have. Since it does, it's more of a probably-should-check-out. It's still entertaining despite the rough controls and cutscene glitches, plus it doesn't cost a thing. Not that being free is an excuse, but it certainly makes it easier to sate that curiosity.


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How many out there are kegging their beer. I recently purchased a picnic CO2 injector similar to the Bicycle pumps to use on the road. I have started seeing 2.5 gal and 3 gal kegs advertised, but they are in scarce supply. Does anyone know of a place to get this size at a reasonable price. I can't seem to talk myself into buying a 2.5 gal cornelius keg for the price of a 5 gal. Really like the thought of the mini keg in the cornelius type.
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I'm sure you checked ebay, I know I've seen them there, but dont recall pricing since I'm not looking for that right now.
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KEG920: Tap-A-Draft Homebrew Setup at MoreBeer.com. not the stainless containers you prefer but a good alternative and affordable.
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Ones I have seen
I hasve seen the Tap a draft system, and the Philtap mini kegs. They are neat options for a picnic. I have everything I need for the cornelious style, and they keep the beer nicer. I say one 3 gal Cornelious on ebay for $37 and rising that was in poor shape at best, and an as is advertisement. You can buy new or reconditioned ones for $80, but I can get a 5 gal for that same price, or less. Just seeing if anyone knows of a place to find a nice one for the same price or less than the abused on on ebay.
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My HBS has 5 or 6 gal (not sure if US or Imp gal) used kegs for $CDN 45. I am not sure what shipping would be, but since you are looking at ebay, I assume you have already decided that shipping costs would be a factor. Since you are dealing in US$, there would also be an automatic discount because of exchange rates. Here is his email: email@example.com. Good luck. Let me know if you strike a deal.
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My local HBS had them at a great price... John may still have a few.
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Google Sticks a Thumb in Android Security Dike
Jul 9, 2013 4:44 PM PT
Lumbering like the old-school technology firms it sometimes derides, Google has finally issued a patch for a master key vulnerability in Android that Bluebox called to its attention back in February.
"Is Google eating their own dog food?" asked Randy Abrams, a research director at NSS Labs.
In May, Google security engineers stated that the company's standing recommendation was to have critical vulnerabilities fixed within 60 days and those being actively exploited should be fixed within seven days, he noted.
The vulnerability, Android security bug 8219321, lets attackers modify Android apps into Trojan apps without breaking their APK signature. APK is the file format used to distribute and install application software and middleware onto Android.
"Antivirus manufacturers do not catch this," Bluebox cofounder Adam Ely told TechNewsWorld.
Bluebox on Tuesday released a scanning tool that will search for this vulnerability on Android devices and see if any malicious apps have been installed. It's available for free on Google Play.
Google confirmed that a patch had been provided to its partners.
"Some OEMs, like Samsung, are already shipping the fix to their Android devices," spokesperson Gina Scigliano told TechNewsWorld.
What the Vulnerability Does
The master key vulnerability essentially lets malicious code sneak onto Android under the cover of legitimate apps. It apparently lets malicious code duplicate a legitimate app's APK file name so the app will then have two APK file names.
Android records the digital signature of any app installed on it and checks incoming apps against that signature to verify that they're legit. So, when an infected app with two APK file names is encountered, the legitimate file name is verified, but the file carrying the malicious payload, which bears the duplicate name, is allowed to install.
"The user never knows this occurs," Bluebox's Ely said.
Bluebox will disclose technical details of how the vulnerability is exploited at Black Hat USA 2013, to be held in Las Vegas later this month.
Staying Safe With Google, More or Less
Google Play scans apps in the store for this master key vulnerability, Scigliano said.
Also, Android 4.2, the latest version of Jelly Bean, includes an app verification feature that scans downloads for malware, so users with devices running it can download apps from other app stores safely.
"We have not seen any evidence of exploitation in Google Play or other app stores via our security scanning tools," noted Scigliano.
However, the vulnerability exists in all earlier versions of Android starting with 1.6, aka "Donut," Bluebox's Ely pointed out.
Jelly Bean now runs on about 38 percent of Android devices -- but roughly just 6 percent of them run version 4.2. That leaves a lot of users potentially vulnerable.
On the other hand, said Ely, "we hope we caught this early enough that there won't be widespread damage."
Making Devices Kosher
It's up to Google's OEM partners now to fix their systems, and Samsung's Galaxy S4 reportedly has been patched.
Android device owners shouldn't take anything for granted, though.
"If I had an S4, I would validate that for myself," NSS Labs' Abrams told TechNewsWorld. "Neither my two-month-old T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S Relay nor a colleague's month-old Google Nexus 4 device have been patched."
Android and Security
Android's greatest strengths -- the frequent updates and Google's laissez faire policy, which lets manufacturers tweak the OS as they will -- are also its greatest weaknesses, because they have led to the operating system's fragmentation. There are six versions of Android earlier than Jelly Bean, which itself now comes in two flavors. Gingerbread comes in five flavors and Ice Cream Sandwich in two.
It's widely known that a patch for one version of Android -- or one flavor of a version -- may not be applicable to another version or flavor.
"Android is hampered through the inability of manufacturers and providers to effectively collaborate in providing updates to users," NSS Labs' Abrams pointed out.
Users should install apps only from highly trusted app stores, Abrams recommended.
Companies that have a BYOD policy should educate employees about the risk of downloading apps from alternative stores, he advised, and implement policies limiting the stores from which employees can download apps.


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William W. Holder — a resident of Dover Shores, Newport Beach, the new dean of USC's Leventhal School of Accounting at the Marshall School of Business, and recipient of the Alan Casden Dean's Chair — was honored in Los Angeles on Monday.
"I grew up in a small town outside of Tulsa, Okla.," Holder shared at the Town & Gown ballroom on the USC campus, waxing nostalgic on lessons learned at his father's knee.
"My parents ran a small hotel that mainly catered to men traveling through town working on the oil rigs," he continued. "I remember men driving up to the hotel in their big Cadillacs, smoking cigars, enjoying their hard earned rewards of hard labor in the oil fields. On occasion these men asked my dad if he would barter a room for a month in exchange for an oil and mineral rights land lease on some acreage out in the country. Dad took the deal when he felt able. I learned the value of a dollar, and perhaps more importantly the methodology of the deal."
Some 50 years later, Holder still has those oil and mineral rights land leases, which his father had traded for a room.
"I will never sell them," he confided, adding, "They will go to my children, and they remain part of my father's legacy."
The young man who learned about a buck from his dad in Oklahoma grew up to become recognized as one of America's leading figures in the field of accounting and financial business practices.
Prior to his appointment as dean of the Leventhal School, Holder served USC for more than 20 years as the Ernst & Young professor of accounting as well as director of its SEC and the Financial Reporting Institute.
Named as one of the "Top 100 People" in America in the accounting profession, Holder's credentials, accolades and published papers make him an internationally sought after expert with respect to financial reporting, auditing and corporate governance.
"This day I will count among the most important in my life," Holder told his distinguished audience.
In his humble and quiet Oklahoma drawl, he paid tribute to his wife, Carolyn, and two of his children in attendance, Kathryn Holder and Marc Carlson, and his wife, Debbie.
Holder and family were presented to a formidable assemblage of academia led by Marshall School Dean James G. Ellis and his wife, Dr. Gail Ellis, joining leading faculty and administrators from most of USC's professional schools and departments. The installation ceremony was presided over by USC Provost, tax attorney and law professor Elizabeth Garrett.
Garrett elevated the significance of the occasion to a lofty status via her eloquent words recounting both the history of USC and, more significantly, the academic history associated with the enlightened funding of education by citizens of means dating back to the Renaissance in Europe.
Provost Garrett's lessons were vividly illustrated by the presence at Holder's installation of Elaine Leventhal, 94, wife of Kenneth Leventhal, 90, founding donors of the USC Leventhal School of Accounting and among America's premiere leaders in the profession. Mrs. Leventhal was escorted by son Ross Leventhal, a USC graduate and accountant based in Seattle.
Also standing shoulder to shoulder with the new Dean Holder was benefactor Alan Casden, a Beverly Hills financier and real estate developer who began his career under the tutelage of Kenneth Leventhal in the mid-20th century.
Following the induction ceremony, Garrett hosted a celebratory dinner at the Jonathan Club, Los Angeles. Distinguished guests included Dr. Frances Ayres and Lyn Ann Sterk representing the accounting school at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Andy Mosich and his wife, Dorothy, Philip Holthouse, Dr. Jack and Carol Barcal, Scott Gilmore, James Jaeger, Susan Cimbaluk, Dennis Frankeberger, and the Herb Perlmutters, among many honored guests.
Close friends from Newport Beach attending included Nancy and Pete Tammy, Sandy and Robert Weiner, Debbie and Randy Weaver, Patricia O'Desky with her son Charley O'Desky, a USC senior escorting his girlfriend, Valor Lee, also a USC senior. Cathi Bledsoe, Kathy Schuler-Southey, Marilee Bell, Cheryl Melville and Gina Harpur were also present to honor Holder at a milestone occasion in his life.
"It is very special to be able to share such a momentous occasion in a person's life," commented Patricia O'Desky. "Few people get to realize a life goal surrounded by loving family and supportive associates."
"This was a wonderful day for Bill Holder, and for all of us to witness," she added. "It could not have been more well deserved. And by the way, USC is fortunate to have him in that dean's chair!"
THE CROWD runs Thursdays and Saturdays. B.W. Cook is editor of the Bay Window, the official publication of the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach.


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Statement of William E. Gray
Deputy Commissioner
Office of Systems
of the
Social Security Administration
Before the
Committee on Government Reform
June 8, 2006
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss government data security at the Social Security Administration (SSA). Commissioner Barnhart and I place the highest importance on our information security program and are committed to securing and protecting Federal information. As SSA's Deputy Commissioner for Systems, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss our data security policies and procedures with you this morning.
At SSA we have always recognized the importance of protecting the security and privacy of the people we serve and ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the records we maintain. As you know, Mr. Chairman, the Social Security Board's first regulation, published in 1937, dealt with the confidentiality of SSA records. Our policies predate and are consistent with the Privacy Act. For more than 70 years, since long before the advent of computers and the technology age, SSA has honored its commitment to the American people in maintaining the confidentiality of our records. Our emphasis on privacy has led to a strong commitment in data security.
At SSA, we use a variety of inter-related, proactive measures to protect the information that the American public entrusts with us. These include physical security measures, Information Technology (IT) security measures, and training and security protections for our employees. We have tried to put in place the authorities, the personnel, and the software controls to prevent penetration of our systems and to address systems security issues as they surface.
Prevention of Unauthorized Access
We use state-of-the-art software that carefully restricts user access to data. Using this software, only persons with a "need to know" to perform a particular job function are approved and granted access to specific kinds of data. All access to our mainframe computer is controlled through this matrix access process, also known as "Top Secret Services".
These systems controls not only register and record access, but also determine what functions a person can do once access is authorized. SSA security personnel assign a computer-generated personal identification number and an initial password to persons who are approved for access (the person must change the password every 30 days). This allows SSA to audit and monitor the actions individual employees take when using the system. These same systems provide a means to investigate allegations of misuse and have been crucial in prosecuting employees who misuse their authority.
Additionally, we have implemented processes to scan, at least once a month, every SSA workstation (over 100,000), every telephone, and every systems platform for compliance with Agency standards. I believe that our record in preventing intrusions demonstrates our success in implementing an Enterprise-wide security program that is second to none.
Prevention of unauthorized access is enhanced by risk assessments, systems penetration testing, physical safeguards, and independent audits and reviews.
Human Capital
We nurture a security-conscious culture throughout the agency from the executive level down.
For instance, every time any SSA employee, and that includes the Commissioner of Social Security, logs onto his or her workstation, a banner pops up warning that only authorized users can access the system; that the system is a United States government computer system subject to Federal law, and that unauthorized attempts to access, upload, or otherwise alter SSA's data or programming language are strictly prohibited and subject to disciplinary and/or civil action and criminal prosecution. In effect, every SSA employee sees that message every day he or she comes to work.
And as you may know, every year, every SSA employee must read the Sanctions for Unauthorized Systems Access Violations (Sanctions) which we developed to secure the integrity and privacy of personal information contained in the Agency's computer systems. This memorandum advises SSA employees of the categories of systems security violations and the minimum recommended sanctions. These sanctions apply for all SSA employees who use or have access to computer systems containing personal data about workers, claimants, beneficiaries, SSA employees or other individuals. Annually, all employees are required to read and sign the Acknowledgment Statement indicating that they have read and understand the sanctions. The Sanctions and Acknowledgment Statement have both been incorporated into the Information Systems Security Handbook.
We are also very serious about training. We provide security awareness training to all of our employees (including contractors) and specialized in-depth training for those with significant IT security responsibilities. Contractors are required to possess security credentials, and have the expertise and training appropriate to the functions they will be performing before they are permitted to perform services under a contract.
In addition, we have networks of full-time staff devoted to systems security stationed throughout the Agency. These front-line employees provide day-to-day oversight and control over our computer software in headquarters and centers for security and integrity in each SSA region.
IT Security Measures
We closely follow Federal guidelines including security standards and guidelines issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Office of Management and Budget. We incorporate these standards and guidance into Agency policy for information security and the related Certification and Accreditation (C&A) of our major IT systems. The C&A process is a major part of our efforts to maintain and strengthen our systems controls.
And as we reported to you this past March, we use the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) reporting process as an important indicator of how the agency's information technology assets and resources are being protected. SSA submitted our report for fiscal year 2005 to OMB on October 7, 2005. A few of the major highlights of our report are especially relevant to today's discussion. For example, we reported to you that all twenty of our major information systems are currently certified and accredited. We follow documented policies and procedures for identifying and reporting incidents of security weakness and use a combination of automated tools, system monitoring tools and network-penetration type reviews to protect all 20 of our information systems. And, as required by NIST, SSA provides monthly incident reports to the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
Flexiplace at SSA
Consistent with May 2003 guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), we have a flexiplace program in place at SSA that we are now obligated to maintain under our collective bargaining agreements. All participating employees are required to sign, and abide by, their individual component's negotiated Flexiplace Program Participant Agreement. Of our current workforce of 64,000 employees, 4,400 have signed flexiplace agreements. These agreements require adherence to applicable government regulations in place at SSA governing information management and electronic security procedures for safeguarding data and data bases. While each flexiplace agreement is different, they share certain basic requirements. Regarding security, the agreements generally contain provisions that:
require participating employees to maintain lockable storage for securing files at the alternate duty site;
require participating employees to protect government records from unauthorized access, theft, damage in addition to requiring protection from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with the Privacy Act and other federal laws restricting disclosure of the information we maintain; and
allow for management inspection of the alternate duty station with 24 hours advance notice to the employee.
A violation of the conditions I have just laid out results in disciplinary action. Penalties may range from reprimand to removal, depending on the seriousness of the violation. Despite our best efforts in establishing policy and procedures and in enforcing these procedures, no system of safeguards is immune from human error. We use these rare occurrences to review and strengthen our security precautions. Recently a laptop computer owned by an SSA employee was stolen from a conference the employee was attending. The laptop contained copies of decisions the employee had written as part of his assigned work when he worked at home. There were approximately 200 files on the laptop that were stolen and these files contained the names, Social Security numbers and other personal information pertaining to these individuals. While the investigation is still underway, we have taken steps to notify the individuals whose files were contained on the laptop and to monitor the SSNs to ensure no suspicious activity has occurred on SSA's records. This employee, although authorized to work at home, violated SSA security procedures by failing to properly secure sensitive information on the laptop, and by taking it to a non-secure location.
Detection of SSN Misuse
As recent experience makes clear, despite government's best efforts to protect data, breaches do occur. So I would like to turn now to a discussion about detecting SSN misuse.
One way that a person can find out whether someone else is misusing their number to work is to check his or her earning records. About three months before their birthday, anyone 25 or older and not already receiving Social Security benefits, automatically receives a Social Security statement each year. The statement lists earnings posted to their Social Security record and provides an estimate of benefits and other Social Security facts about the program. If there is a mistake in the earnings posted the individual is asked to contact us right away, so the record can be corrected. We investigate, correct the earnings record and if appropriate, we refer any suspected misuse of a Social Security number to the appropriate authorities.
SSA may learn about misused SSNs in a variety of other ways including alerts from our computer systems while matching Federal and State data, processing wages, claims or post entitlement actions, reports from individuals contacting our field offices or teleservice centers and inquiries from the Internal Revenue Service concerning two or more individuals with the same SSN on their income tax returns.
We have another tool that has been used successfully to detect instances of fraud and abuse. This tool, called the Comprehensive Integrity Review Process (CIRP), is a review and anomaly detection system. Known fraudulent patterns are first identified and then transactions that fit these fraudulent patterns are provided to SSA managers for their review. If upon investigation, the SSA manager believes that fraud or misuse has occurred, they prepare a referral to the Inspector General (IG).
As I have tried to make clear today, our approach to data security is multi-faceted, and involves numerous policy, hardware and software safeguards. However, even with all the measures and safeguards we use, we cannot rest and be satisfied that we have plugged every hole. The challenge is to keep ahead of threats with an intense and responsive security program. We continue to monitor, test and evaluate what we are doing to prevent, detect, and mitigate any potential threat. We strive to create and maintain a security conscious culture; we continue to try to stay abreast of all threats and emerging technologies and vulnerabilities associated with those technologies, and our goal is to keep up with "best practice" approaches related to information security. We have recently reemphasized with all employees the critical importance of safeguarding personal information, and we have directed managers to reinforce this point with their employees. In light of recent events, we are also conducting a review of our response procedures and protocols.
Mr. Chairman, Commissioner Barnhart and I, along with all of the senior executives at the Social Security Administration, recognize data security is an ongoing challenge and critical component of our mission. We know we must be vigilant in every way to assure that an individual's personal information remains secure, taxpayer dollars are protected, and that public confidence in Social Security is maintained. We look forward to continuing to work with the Committee to assure the American people that we are doing all we can to maintain the security of the information entrusted to us.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak before this committee and I am happy to answer any questions.