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With a sprinkle of water, an infant is reborn in Christ and welcomed into the Catholic community.
In some parts of the world, however, water is anything but a lifegiving force. Instead, it brings death, battles between humans and nature, and conflict among peoples over use of a precious resource.
It's a paradox, says Walter Grazer. Although in Baptism water is used as a symbol of cleansing, "in many parts of the world water brings death." Grazer, program manager of the United States Catholic Conference's Environmental Justice Program, saw some of this contradiction firsthand during a recent visit to Honduras, where "just about everything is polluted."
The Environmental Justice Program, formed in 1993, aims to help the Catholic Church in the United States address environmental and ecological concerns from a faith perspective. "The Catholic Church. . has always had a sacramental view of nature, that it's revelatory of God," Grazer says.
As water is a gift from God without which life is impossible, Catholics have a responsibility to keep water clean, to ensure the poor have access to a safe drinking supply and proper sanitation, and to sort out competing claims in areas where water is scarce, Grazer says. That responsibility, he adds, will only increase by the early 21st century, when for the first time in human history more people will live in cities than in rural areas.
In their 1991 statement Renewing the Earth, the U.S. bishops refer to, among other environmental concerns, chemicals polluting rivers and lakes, industry contributing to acid rain falling over parklands hundreds of miles away, and wetlands losing ground to development.
They reflected on Genesis-"God looked at everything he had made and he found it very good"-and issued a challenge to those made in the image and likeness of God. The bishops wrote: "Men and women . . bear a unique responsibility under God: to safeguard the created world and by their creative labor even to enhance it."
The bishops, often citing Pope John Paul II's 1990 World Day of Peace message on "the ecological crisis," refer to Catholic social teaching in developing a perspective on environmental issues. Familiar themes include a God-centered and sacramental view of the universe, a consistent respect for human life, an understanding of the equitable use of the earth's resources, an option for the poor, and a notion of development that respects human dignity and the limits of material growth.
Throughout the United States, and the world, Catholic humanitarian organizations, local dioceses, and individual parishes are putting these themes into practice as they give drink to the thirsty in a broad, environmental sense. They are providing access to safe drinking water in Third World countries, studying their own river systems in search of a sustainable future, and supporting residents of poor American neighborhoods in lawsuits against corporations accused of polluting local drinking supplies. Clean water acts "Water is so necessary to life," Grazer says, "that a number of dioceses relate to this topic." On a large scale, the Archdiocese of Detroit's River of Life Initiative has organized 44 parishes to begin to clean up and protect the city's Clinton River watershed. Their actions are part of a larger effort to deal with the economic, social, and environmental problems created by urban sprawl.
On a smaller scale, the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York's Project Save Our Water is educating residents that the use of lawn chemicals is a possible source of contamination to the community's underground aquifers.
A group of adults and youth from Holy Cross Parish in Morgan City, Louisiana, has sent a clear message to would-be polluters of nearby Lake Palourde: "Do not dump; drains to lake."
Along with members of another Catholic parish and three Protestant congregations, Holy Cross parishioners have stenciled the message onto more than 500 city storm drains over the past year and a half.
"We're making the public aware of what they're putting down the drain"-items such as trash and grass treated with pesticides-says Catherine Holcomb, a member of Holy Cross and of the Tri-City Interfaith Stewardship Initiative.
The initiative, formed three years ago in the Louisiana communities of Morgan City, Berwick, and Patterson, encourages local parishes to include themes of environmental justice and stewardship in their worship services as well as to tackle hands-on projects, such as the storm-drain stenciling.
Everything dumped down the drains eventually runs into Lake Palourde, which is a backup water supply for the area and a popular recreational destination.
Holcomb says she came to the water issue after speaking out against environmental concerns at a nearby incinerator. "This is a way we could go in a good direction, with God," she says of the campaign.
According to Rob Gorman, executive director of the diocese's Catholic Social Services and a founding member of the interfaith initiative, water is especially important in the bayou country, where the harvesting of shrimp, crabs, and oysters is a major source of income.
Oil or chemical spills shut down drinking-water supplies, pollution closes off oyster fields, and a mixture of pesticides and extreme heat leave dead fish floating in waterways. Hazardous waste dumps in low-income communities-such as one in which the diocese has been involved in organizing residents in a lawsuit (see story on opposite page)-compound the problems, says Gorman.
"We're trying to build a whole ethic of stewardship," he explains. "You have to talk the talk and walk the walk."
Quenching thirst
Women throughout the Archdiocese of Minneapolis-St. Paul are raffling off quilts, selling tickets to motherdaughter banquets, and taking in second collections at Masses, partially to ensure safe drinking water for families around the world.
The Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women raises about $30,000 for overseas relief efforts, according to Elaine Ploog, the council's Works for Peace chairwoman. The bulk of the money is allocated to mother-child clinics, while $1,500 is set aside specifically for Catholic Relief Services' (CRS) Water for Life projects. In developing countries, women sometimes spend four to six hours a day getting water for their families.
A typical Water for Life project, such as the one begun several years ago in San Marcos, Guatemala, is developing a potable water system. San Marcos residents credit their new system with bringing a decrease in illnesses such as malaria and intestinal worms. Earlier the farming community had relied on runoff from the mountains that was contaminated by animal waste, human waste, and pesticides seeping into the streams, says Ammanuel Moore, a CRS communications specialist who visited San Marcos in the fall.
CRS organizes residents to help with drilling bore holes, installing pipes, and setting up storage tanks to collect water for the dry months of the year. Residents provide physical labor, retrieve materials, adopt rules for the use of water, agree to participate in hygiene training, and share the cost of running the project. Many families now have faucets behind their homes that they share with other families. "It makes it easier to do daily chores," Moore says.
Roll on, Columbia
The life-giving image of water is certainly present in the Columbia River, a 1,200-mile waterway linking four western states and southeastern British Columbia. The river irrigates arid areas for farmers, historically has provided salmon and a transportation route for Native Americans, and creates recreational opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts at public parks.
But the river is also dotted with more controversial, human-made symbols: Thirteen dams breaking up the free-flowing water in Washington and Oregon, the nuclear power facility at the Hanford Reservation, and an Army depot storing poisonous gases.
Seven bishops of the Pacific Northwest and Canada, whose dioceses are touched by the Columbia River drainage, have launched an extensive pastoral letter project to address all of these often competing interests in the river. They aim to apply Catholic social teaching to economic, environmental, and social issues in a consultative process that will result in a letter to be issued in the year 2000.
"We can offer principles for people to look to the common good and the complexities of the river system" as experts and policymakers make decisions about the river and the communities it impacts, says Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, who chairs the project's steering committee.
He expects the pastoral letter to address the past history of the river and what steps are necessary to heal past wrongs, such as some dams' displacement of towns and farmlands. He also expects the letter to offer a direction for good stewardship of the river.
"We are not here to demonize anyone," Skylstad says. "We are here to preserve the present moment as we look to the future."
The three-year project began in September 1997 with a series of meetings held throughout the region that featured historical, scientific, sociological, economic, cultural, and theological readings on the river. The second phase, launched in September 1998, is reflecting on the river in light of Catholic social-justice teachings as they relate to ecological degradation and economic injustice. The third and final phase will result in the proclamation and promotion of the pastoral letter.
"One of the significant things that touches us is what we have to do in terms of cleanup," Skylstad says. He refers to chemicals from silver mines in Idaho that have leached into the river system and contamination from the Hanford nuclear facility.
The bishops don't expect to render an opinion on current controversial discussions about bypassing some of the dams and allowing the river to flow freely in spots, Skylstad says. But he does expect them to acknowledge the tensions between Native Americans alarmed by the decline in salmon migrating from the Pacific Ocean and supporters of the hydroelectric power generated by the dams. The letter may also call for the development of parks to preserve the free-flowing areas of the river, he says.
"The image of water and flowing water is so strong in our history and church," Skylstad says, citing scriptural references from Ezekiel in the Old Testament to Revelation as well as the image of baptismal fonts.
"All of that speaks to water that gives us life" both spiritually and physically.
This article appered in the December 1998 issue of U.S. Catholic magazine


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ISPRS 2003 Surface Age Conputations for Mars: A Step Toward the Formal Proof of Martian Ocean Recession, Timing and Probability.
Many indicators for ocean on Mars were proposed: outflow channels and features related to the evolution of standing bodies of water (polygons, lobate impact craters), features consistent with the shoreline interpretation, MEGAOUTFLO hypothesis, MOLA data, glaciers, fluvial channels and gullies, MGS data, influence on planetary climate, etc. Recently, mathematical approach was proposed providing a way to compute how deep Martian ocean was during each period of the planet history, including the probability that ocean did exist once. The important step toward the formal proof of Martian ocean recession, timing and probability, are surface age computations based on crater statistics.
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Windows 8 users may now try out an early version of Metro-style Google Chrome by installing the browser's developer build.
To access the Metro-style browser, users must installChromethroughthedevchannel, then set Chrome as the default browser. Once they do, the Chrome icon in the Windows 8 Start menu will change to show that it's a Metro-style app.
The Metro-style version of Chrome is similar to its desktop counterpart, but it has larger tabs that are more conducive to touchscreens. Unlike Internet Explorer 10, Chrome shows all open tabs at all times — IE hides them until the user right-clicks or swipes upward on a touchscreen — so it's a good option for users who need to quickly switch between tabs. The browser also supports Incognito mode and all Adobe Flash content, whereas Internet Explorer uses a whitelist of approved Flash content.
Chrome also supports some of Windows 8's Metro features. Through the charms bar, users can share links with other apps, but the universal search function in Windows 8 doesn't seem to work. The browser supports side-by-side snapping of other apps, so you can keep an eye on Twitter or e-mail as you surf the Web.
But as EdBottpointsout, Chrome violates Metro design principles with the browser's right-click functionality. In Windows 8, right-clicking is supposed to do the same thing as swiping upward on a touchscreen, but that's not the case in Metro-style Chrome. Swiping upward toggles full-screen browsing in Chrome, while right-clicking shows a pop-up context menu, as it does in the desktop browser.
I don't have a tablet for testing Windows 8, but when using Splashtop's Win8 MetroTestbedapp on the iPad, scrolling didn't work in Chrome. If this is a problem with all tablets, I'm sure it will be fixed with future versions. But I also hope Google goes back and follows Metro design principles for right-clicks and upward swipes.
A few other nitpicks: There's currently no way to send a Web page from Metro-style Chrome to the desktop, and the "New window" command opens a new tab instead. (Some sort of windowing function for Metro-style Chrome would be great for tab junkies.) Metro-style Chrome also has a "Pin to Start Screen" button that, at the moment, only crashes the browser.
If you're running a preview version of Windows 8 and want to give Chrome a try, keep in mind that only the default browser may run as a Metro-style app, so Internet Explorer will only run on the desktop once you switch. To switch back to Metro-style IE, you must open the desktop version, go to "Internet Options," click the "Programs" tab and click the link to "Make Internet Explorer the default browser."


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Yesterday we brought you West Virginia, in video form: the WVU mascot killing a black bear with his musket, while the fight song played and the hunters whooped and hollered.
Jon Kimble, the sport management major who's playing the Mountaineer this season, is an avid hunter who regularly makes jerky for the fans. There's nothing illegal, or even unethical here. Still, some people got upset: some hate hunting altogether, some didn't like that it was a juvenile bear, and some didn't appreciate how the combination of multiple West Virginia stereotypes reflected on the state and the school.
So while Kimble won't be reprimanded, this might be the last time the musket goes hunting. Kevin Collier at the Daily Dot managed to badger a statement out of the university:
"While Jonathan Kimble's actions broke no laws or regulations, the University has discussed this with him and he agrees that it would be appropriate to forego using the musket in this way in the future. There are some provisions regarding the gun, but none that prohibit its use outside of University-sponsored functions or for hunting purposes. It is also worth noting that powder is used when the musket is discharged at public functions."
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Liquid Bolsters Pre-Trade Compliance in Private Cloud-Based OEMRS
Liquid Holdings Group has beefed up its pre-trade risk and compliance controls as part of its mission to cater to hedge funds with a single order and execution real-time risk management system.
In addition, New York-based Liquid announced the addition of index options trading capabilities and expanded global equities markets coverage for clients taking using version 3.7 of the Liquid platform.
"We're providing a comprehensive, mission critical platform around trading and execution and all things that hedge funds do," said Robert O' Boyle, EVP, sales and marketing, Liquid Holdings Group, in an interview.
"Specifically when looking at the OEMS and OERMS space, we saw an opportunity to continue to enhance the pre-trade compliance and worked with the marketplace to address some key areas," said O'Boyle.
Pre-trade risk tools have become necessary for hedge fund managers to ensure that trading activity does not breach investment mandates prior to placing a trade. In version 3.6, Liquid's sub-millisecond pre-trade risk engine now includes net exposure limits, underlying exposure as a percentage of portfolio exposure limits, and position size as a percentage of the average daily volume limits, as part of its library of configurable controls, according to the release. "It's really dialing in the ability for portfolio manager and trader to get very granular around how they want to measure and monitor their risk," said O'Boyle.
A lot of the new pre-trade risk functionality had to do with the aggregation of compliance monitoring around Greek sensitivity and VAR analysis, because customer use that to make investment decisions, said O'Boyle. The company also built stronger data analysis on the trading side, particularly around the compliance aspect, reporting and monitoring of trade decisions "to make sure these were the right decisions and were agreed to by investment managers," said O'Boyle. By and large, pre-trade risk and compliance tools are in demand so that hedge funds can ensure that they adhere to the investment guidelines they've provided to investors. "The regulatory aspect is adhering to the commitments to investors," explained O'Boyle.
Hedge funds are using the risk analytics and risk measurements as a critical driver for generating alpha and to make investment decisions. "This is all around the concept that as hedge fund managers seek larger allocations, it's imperative that they demonstrate institutional quality controls," he said. Because investors have a heighted interest in infrastructure, he said the firm is continuing to add infrastructure and decision support tools to its OEMRS.
Since a sizable part of its customer based is non-U.S. based, Liquid is also focusing on expanding global equities markets coverage. In this new version, portfolio managers and traders can now execute on global equities market including OMX Nordic, Stockholm and Helsinki, Oslo BORS, Vienna Exchange and NYSE Euronext – Brussels. Mp> As a result of signing a strategic channel agreement with UK-based Global Prime Partners, a boutique prime brokerage program, Liquid has signed a number of overseas-based clients onto the platform, and 30 percent of its clients are now global, according to O'Boyle.
Clients include hedge funds as the vast majority as well as family offices. "It's anybody who is really focused on return generation through alpha, as opposed to traditional registered investment adviser (RIA) or high net worth. It's about finding performance against a strategy, as opposed to financial planning or measurement against a benchmark, said O'Boyle.
Liquid officials, who came out of the hedge fund industry, said the firm continues to support the concept of a single OEMRS integrating order execution management real-time risk system that also includes shadow NAV, within a single platform.
The OEMRS runs on a private cloud that was purpose-built which allows it to be nimble and responsive to clients, he said. Because it's managed as a hosted solution or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), there is no installation of local software required to upgrade clients. He noted that Liquid is already in the development phases for versions 3.7 and 3.8, and that the company takes an "aggressive cadence" to its development approach to meet the needs of hedge funds.
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Consumerist commenter doireallyneedausername forwarded us an email he got from MyGallons.com, claiming that his membership fee will be refunded because MyGallons.com cannot find a credit card processor. The email, signed by CEO Steve Verona, says that current members will get a free year of MyGallons.com when (if?) they are ever able to process transactions. Read the email inside.
UPDATE: MyGallons.com Suspends Accepting Membership Fees
After acknowledging that it did not have a contract in place to process transactions, gasoline-hedging service MyGallons.com has suspended accepting membership fees and placed the current fees in a non-interest bearing escrow account, says the BBB. Read the BBB's findings inside.
BBB Says MyGallons.com "Omitted Fact" In Advertising, Has No Contract To Process Transactions
The BBB says its concerned about gasoline-hedging company MyGallons.com and its ability to live up to the advertising claims on its website. A spokesperson for the BBB tells us that the biggest "red flag" they've discovered is that MyGallons claimed (in their press release) to have partnered with US Bank. However, when the BBB called US Bank to confirm this, they found out that it wasn't true. US Bank had discussed the opportunity with MyGallons, but had declined. According to the BBB, despite the fact that they have no contractual agreements in place to process transactions, MyGallons is still signing up new customers.
Now you can hedge fuel just like Southwest Airlines! A Miami company is offering gas-weary consumers the opportunity to "lock in" today's gas prices. For an annual fee, one can obtain a gas card that works as a debit card at a variety of gas stations. Does this idea appeal to you? [MyGallons.com]


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PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Words isa PPI::Token::QuoteLike isa PPI::Token isa PPI::Element
DESCRIPTIONA "PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Words" object represents a quote-like operator that acts as a constructor for a list of words.
# Create a list for a significant chunk of the alphabet my @list = qw{a b c d e f g h i j k l};
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Dear Ghost Hunters,
I need help. I think our cul-de-sac is haunted. And the creature that is haunting it, is becoming more brazen, he no longer hides in the shadows, he stands out and openly stares at our house. I am not the only one who has seen him. My kids have noticed his dark 7 foot tall figure standing behind the firs across the cul-de-sac. My dogs stand at the front door and growl incessantly. They are uncharacteristically nervous throughout the night. My boys' friend saw a figure duck behind his parked car when he left our house to go home. So it isn't just me, I am not going crazy.
Thankfully, he is only present at night – or else I would never leave the house. I desperately need help in figuring out who this is, why he is here and most importantly, how do we rid our cul-de-sac of this phantom (if that is what he is)?
This is all started several weeks ago. I had decided a little adventure was in order, I needed to get of the house. I hadn't written anything on my blog in quite some time, and thought I would go explore what was purported to be a ghost town not too far from where we live, and then write a post.
It was a beautiful day, the day I went to Hornitos, California. The morning had been dreary and grey because of the Tule Fog that had settled into the valley, but by early afternoon the fog had burned off and the skies were clear. The town is tucked way back into the foothills of the Sierras, not far from Yosemite. I don't know if you have heard of this town, well maybe you have, since you are in the business – of hunting ghosts. I certainly hadn't.
The drive over there was so enjoyable. The hills which are normally a golden brown, were dressed up in a coat of lush green grass. It kind of reminded me of the default screensaver for Microsoft. The cows seemed happy, standing in the knee-high grass munching away. I even saw a group of cows happily running about after each other. I can't say that I have ever seen that. I saw a ranch teeming with Llamas, I saw goats and sheep. Everything was….blissful. I guess that's what makes this whole situation so disturbing, the day was glorious and now I am mired in a situation that is quite miserable.
The town is about 12 miles away from Catheys Valley, down a winding, curvy country road. I actually almost drove through it, it is such a tiny town. There seemed to be a vintage car rally of some kind going on at the only café in town. A group of elderly men were standing around looking at 1950s cars. I was confused, because the sign said Hornitos, but this did not look like the usual ghost town. There were people living in this town. It turns out there are about 60 residents of Hornitos, they live amongst the abandoned buildings, with the ghosts.
I guess Hornitos had started out as a little town filled with Mexican miners during the Gold Rush era. But it became a town of outcasts. Miners shunned from nearby mining camps settled here. According to what I read, while conducting my research, this little, tiny, blip on the map kind of town had a population of about 15,000 people back in its heyday. But these residents were the worst of the worst, hooligans, ruffians, thieves and murderers. They say that at one point, the streets and the doors of every building were coated in blood because of the stabbings, the shootings and the murders. In fact, there were so many dead bodies, and the ground in the vicinity was so hard, the residents would simply take the dead bodies and dump them in an area that came to be called Dead Man's Gulch.
I parked my car on the main street and started exploring. I took photos of the first Ghirardelli store. This building and piece of land is still owned by the Ghirardelli (chocolate) company. A plaque erected in front of it says so.
I photographed the first ever Wells Fargo Express building. I remember reading that back in the day, about $40,000 of gold was being transported from this site daily. I have included all the photos I took that day I visited Hornitos, in hopes it might offer some clues regarding my present situation.
I went up to the church, where the cemetery stands way up at the top of the hill. The view from there was amazing. I found it interesting all the head stones, were facing away from the church, so I couldn't read any of the inscriptions. The cemetery was fenced off, and the gate was locked. The plaque in front of the church says it was established sometime in the 1860s. Why a town filled with delinquents and the scourge of humanity would need a church is beyond me. But perhaps they need a church more than anyone. It was while I was standing there, staring at the cemetery, pondering the reason for this church, that I caught movement in a copse of trees on the right side of the cemetery. It was a fleeting vision, and I intently glared at the group of trees for some time, hoping for a repeat performance, before turning back. I even photographed the trees in hopes of catching something. I have included that photo for you to look at. I don't see anything, but perhaps you will.
It is said there are multiple sightings of ghosts in the area, which is not really surprising because of the violent history of the town. One story is about two ladies of the night who became embroiled in a knife fight in the middle of the town square. They were fighting over the same miner. The miners stood around them, clapping and cheering them on. Both of them died, from their stab wounds and today, the screams of the ladies, and the clapping of the miners can be heard in the middle of night, echoing down the empty, dark, deserted streets. Other people have reported a lonesome figure, up by the church, walking slowly, and dragging something behind him. There are screams of anguish heard from the now empty jail.
I wanted to ask some of the present day town residents about these stories. But I only saw several of them, and they gave off the aura of not wanting to be approached. The living residents scared me. They all had gnarled faces, disfigured with deep wrinkles, leathered with sun, perhaps harried by the town's past. I don't know, but I couldn't muster the courage to talk with them. I attempted to smile at them, but they stared past me, as if they could see something I could not.
I spent about an hour or so, exploring the town. Like I said, it is so small, I walked from one end to the other and back during that time.
I really had the most enjoyable afternoon, that is, until I climbed back into my car, in order to drive home. That's when things started to go awry, but the occurrences were so subtle, I thought nothing of them, other than being minimal inconveniences, well, with the exception of one.
My car, which I had cleaned several days prior to my going on this adventure, and sprayed with New Car deodorizer, now had a pervasive smell of hard-boiled eggs. I thought perhaps something had snuck into my car, or some scent had floated in and been trapped within the closed car while I had been exploring. Despite riding with car windows open, for quite some time, the smell did not dissipate in the least. Also my heater didn't seem to be working, the inside of the car was so cold, icy cold in fact. I had the heater on high, I had the seat warmer on, but nothing helped. I shivered all the way home, which is curious, or maybe not, considering it was in the 60s that afternoon. Before starting my drive back, I had attempted to look at the photos on my camera, but the battery instantly died, even though it was full charged before I left home.
I decided to drive back through the mountains to get home. I went through Mariposa, Oakhurst and Coarsegold. The sun was beginning it's descent in the Western skies, and slanted through the front passenger window, creating an almost strobe light effect as it flickered through the trees. At one point, at a rather treacherous part on these mountain roads, I sensed movement in the backseat and quickly glanced up into the rearview mirror and I saw, fleetingly, a dark mass. I almost drove off the road in sheer terror, but managed to right the car before I catapulted off into a deep ravine. I looked back, and nothing was there. The sulfur smell was stronger.
I was unable to get any of the usual radio stations. All of them were just static, but a deep rumbly voice came through intermittently….on every station. I thought perhaps it was because of being in the mountains, but normally I can get one or two radio stations to come through. Not that day.
I made it home in one piece, but now I seem to be falling apart. I suspect I had a dark traveler, something glommed itself onto me, and has travelled back with me from Hornitos. I was never so glad to get inside my house, but I sense my house will not remain a sanctuary, or a safe haven for long. I wonder if the Russian Sage bush in the front garden is holding him back. I hear sage is good for warding off spirits. It be may be a silly hope, but it is all I have at this point.
Whatever, or whoever he is, is out there. He knows, that I know, he is out there. The neighbors' flood lights trip on frequently now, as if there is constant movement in the cul-de-sac, even though to the naked eye, it is empty. The dogs in the neighborhood, down the street, are howling at night. There is a presence out there, I suspect brought back with me from Hornitos. Here is a photos of the pines and a view of our house.
I don't know if there is anything you can do to help. I apologize for the length of this correspondence, but I needed to tell you everything. Maybe you can make some sense of all of this, this craziness. I would forever be indebted to you if you could provide some assistance or guidance in this matter.
Please help me….before it is too late.
S.D. Gates
P.S. I did go to Hornitos, but I am not being stalked by a ghostly shadow figure. I just thought a letter would be more interesting than just a post about a ghost town.
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Amid Boston Overdose Crisis, a Pair of Harvard Students Are Bringing Narcan to the Red Line
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Malavika Jayaram, a visiting fellow at the Berkman Center For Internet and Society, spoke about India's new identification systems and the privacy concerns surrounding them at a luncheon discussion Tuesday.
During the event, which was entitled "Does Size Matter? A Tale of Performing Welfare, Producing Bodies and Faking Identity," Jayaram discussed the use of biometric databases to identify and authenticate India's population. She spoke specifically of two databases—the Unique Identification Authority of India and the National Population Register—which jointly have roughly 600 million people enrolled.
Both projects are run by the government, but while the Identification Authority is currently being rolled out in 16 states and is on a voluntary basis, the National Population Register is nationwide and mandatory.
Efforts towards making a comprehensive and universal identification system in India are not new, but the biometrics system, which uses iris scanning, facial recognition, and fingerprints to recognize individuals, is the most recent form of identification that the government and independent programmers have pursued.
Jayaram explained that there is an increasing need for identification in India, especially with the exponential growth of the population.
"India as a country is a very artificial political construct," Jayaram said. "There is a desperate need to be identified and be made visible to the government. Something like an identification scheme is so compelling that they don't just sell it as identification, they sell it as identity."
During the discussion, Jayaram showed ads that are currently being used in India to support the identification effort. She said that citizens are prompted to enroll in the system through these ads, which target individuals' sense of patriotism and belonging in the community.
"It's all about nation-building," Jayaram said, noting that the ads called for people to "feel part of one country" and to "feel proud to be Indian" by enrolling in the system.
"It's a very seductive vision of inclusion and belonging," she said.
Jayaram also warned the audience about the negative implications of the database and how the current use of biometrics raises concerns about surveillance and privacy. The body is now being used as a password, she said.
"Data leakages are happening all over the place," she added.
Dalia Othman, a colleague of Jayaram and fellow at the Berkman Center, noted how Jayaram was the perfect person to speak about the topic.
"It was really interesting to hear about the complexities about the identity system in India and it was great the Malavika could walk us through them," Othman said.
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Carrie Prejean -- Every Dog Has Her Day
A battle is raging inside the school district where Carrie Prejean learned all she knows -- and it's all over whether to honor Miss Cali with her very own special day.
We're told a member of the Vista Unified School District in San Diego is campaigning to get a green light from the board to make June 1st "Carrie Prejean Day" -- but he's running into some serious opposition.
Opponents think it's a thinly veiled attempt to promote the anti-gay marriage agenda. Supporters say baloney -- that she should be honored because she was a good student and a strong female role model ... and she looks really good without a bra.
The battle over the "biblically correct" beauty queen is set for tomorrow night at Foothill Oak Elementary.
Fun fact: June 1st is National Day Against Homophobia in Canada.


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Preemptive cognitive training—an early intervention to address neuropsychiatric deficiencies—can help the brain function normally later in life, a team of researchers has found. Their findings, which appeared in a recent issue of the journal Neuron, hold promise for addressing a range of brain impairments in humans, including schizophrenia.
The study was conducted by researchers at NYU's Center for Neural Science, State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, and the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research.
Researchers have aimed to address human neuropsychiatric impairments, such as schizophrenia, through mental training—for example, executive function exercises that teach patients to focus their attention and selectively recall important information. Historically, these methods, collectively titled cognitive remediation, have been of limited value because they have been applied to patients whose conditions are too advanced to address.
However, early intervention, in principle, is a viable approach to treatment. This is because our brains continue to develop until the age of about 20, and because experience can have the powerful effect of tuning neural circuits.
"This means you have a window to intervene prior to a neural system manifesting functional abnormality and becoming unchangeable," explains André Fenton, a professor at the Center for Neural Science, associate professor at SUNY Downstate, and one of the study's co-authors.
But a question that has vexed researchers is what kind of training can yield dividends? This matter was the focus of the Neuron study.
Through a series of experiments, the researchers examined the behavior and brain physiology of rats with normally functioning brains and those whose brains had been impaired by lesions, which model the effects of schizophrenia. Not only did preemptive training in adolescent rats prevent adult deficits in cognitive control, but when researchers investigated electrical brain function they observed that preemptive cognitive training had also corrected how the damaged brain was operating. The findings indicate that the early cognitive intervention also allowed the brain to function normally during the cognitive challenge, despite the enduring brain damage.
"Our findings show that if you focus the young brain on gaining a certain kind of experience, then we can train it to solve certain types of problems that will confront the adult brain," explains Fenton. "But this must be done at a time when the brain is flexible."
The study's other co-authors included Dino Dvorak of SUNY Downstate Medical Center and the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, and Helen Scharfman of NYU Langone Medical Center
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An Israeli civilian was killed by a mortar shell from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the military said, the first fatality for Israel after more than a week of fighting with Palestinian militants. Over 180 Palestinian have been killed since the most recent flare-up of hostilities. The Islamist group Hamas that rules Gaza claimed responsibility for launching the short-range rocket that struck an area along the border with Gaza.
Police said the Israeli man was delivering food to soldiers near the border when he was struck.
The death came after hopes of a Tuesday morning cease-fire disintegrated before it even began. In a statement following the killing, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "I said before if Hamas will not agree to the cease fire, I will instruct IDF to strike — and that's how we acted this afternoon. The attacks will continue; whoever tries to attack Israel — Israel will attack back.
He continued, "We wanted to solve this politically, but Hamas said no. I am determined to do the right thing in order to bring back the quiet." Israel Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon added, ominously, "We will make Hamas regret it, so they will think twice before going on another round of violence."
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(KLIX)- Jerome County Sheriff and Idaho State Police discovered another marijuana grow site, this time not in a corn field but down in the Snake River Canyon. Jerome County Sheriff Doug McFall says after several months investigating detectives found a marijuana grow site down in the canyon Friday morning. The sheriff says it had to be several years old. A witness also reported seeing another grow down in the canyon. Deputies were able to find another grow from the canyon rim. They had to use a boat to get to the site which is at the very southwest corner of Jerome County. Sheriff McFall says they had to hike a ways to get to the grow. He says it had a sprinkler system and fencing to protect it from wild animals. They found 440 plants many of which were female seed bearing plants. Street value is estimated at around $2,000 per plant.