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Chairman Frelinghuysen, Ranking Member Kaptur, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for having me here today to discuss the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) portfolio of major projects and the steps we have taken to improve acquisition and project management performance of our capital asset construction program. More importantly, thank you for your continued support of the Department and the National Nuclear Security Administration's vital nuclear security mission. We could not do this work without strong, bipartisan support and engaged leadership from Congress.
The National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Acquisition and Project Management (APM) was established in February 2011 to provide integrated acquisition and project management services for the NNSA Enterprise in an effort to change the way NNSA does business and to ensure that we are making smart, responsible use of taxpayer dollars. Responsible to the Administrator for delivering capital work at the approved baseline, APM is similar to project management organizations in other federal and private agencies. APM is independent from the requirements owner, is fully integrated with the acquisition organization to ensure that best value acquisition plans are developed, and performs the necessary critical evaluation of a project's cost estimating, design and technical maturity, requirements definition, and change control for the Program Offices and Administrator. This new organization addresses the needs of NNSA – and needs that were also identified by Congress, the GAO, and the Department – to strengthen and improve contract and project management by providing independent dedicated acquisition, project management, and oversight that aligns contract incentives with taxpayer interests; provides clear lines of authority and accountability for federal and contractor personnel; manages assigned projects within the original scope and cost baselines, ensuring completed projects meet mission requirements; improves cost and schedule performance; strengthens cost estimating, and alternative assessments and evaluation. We have drawn clear distinctions between Government and contractor employee responsibilities focusing on developing essential project requirements that are clearly delineated in contract documents and project execution plans, have strengthened change control procedures and authorities, and will perform as much construction work as possible via fixed price prime contracts or subcontracts.
Our efforts are paying off. Building on improvements in front end planning, estimating, and oversight, every NNSA project completed between 2010 and 2012 that was baselined after 2006 met the Department's success metric of completing within 10% of the original budget. Even better, 87% of them were completed at or under the original budget. Others have noticed our progress. In February 2013, the GAO changed their High Risk List focus for the NNSA to our major systems projects which have a total project cost of $750 Million or greater. All NNSA projects with costs under $750 Million were removed from the High Risk List. This shift is a direct result of our improved performance on delivering the smaller projects in our portfolio.
In another move to strengthen project management, NNSA's Federal Project Directors (FPD) were assigned to APM. We have committed to assigning certified FPD's to all projects at the point where the important planning and design work leading to baseline development is accomplished, known as Critical Decision One. We have also revised change control procedures to prevent scope creep. As the project progresses to the construction phase, we ensure the FPDs have the appropriate training, experience, and certification level to lead the project through successful execution. In those rare cases where they do not, we provide staff augmentation from the US Army Corps of Engineers and for technical support such as project controls and cost estimating, from our Enterprise Construction Management Services support contractor. We have also adopted a peer review process to provide critical independent assessments of our work throughout the project life cycle, similar to the process that has been successfully used by the Department of Energy's Office of Science.
In addition, our federal project directors are also certified Contracting Officer Representatives. This ensures they have a sound understanding of the Federal Acquisition Regulations and have a broad knowledge base with which to communicate performance expectations under the contract with our contracting officers and contractors to ensure we deliver on the expectations identified in our contracts and work authorizations.
As the Acting Administrator has said, hiring the right people and giving them the tools they need to do their jobs well is one of the most important things we can do to improve management practices at NNSA.
Finally, through our better alignment with the acquisition organization in the NNSA, we have improved accountability to the taxpayer by utilizing the terms and conditions of the contract to the greatest extent practicable if our contracting partners do not deliver the expected results. Our contractor partners are the largest and most successful design and construction companies in the world, and we have selected them to work on our projects because of their performance in delivering difficult state of the art facilities on time and on budget. But by more clearly defining our expectations, strengthening our contract deliverables, and appropriately sharing risk and accountability, we are seeing more focused leadership attention from the parent companies of the contractors who perform our construction work. They are utilizing corporate reach-back and have brought in more experienced talent to replace or supplement their staff on projects that are not performing well.
I believe that our new organizational alignment, focus on improving the skill sets of our staff, more rigorous implementation of front end planning, risk management, construction oversight, and accountability that led to the improved performance on these smaller projects are applicable and scalable to our major systems projects. We have also partnered with DoD's Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation group for cost estimating expertise.
For example, the Uranium Processing Facility and the Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) Fabrication Facility are both major NNSA construction projects that would be viewed very differently if they had been started today using our current approach. They will certainly benefit moving forward, but the issues we see today are issues that would not be replicated moving forward.
As the Acting Administrator testified, the MOX project was baselined and construction was started utilizing methodologies that we have since rejected. Specifically, the design for the facility was not sufficiently complete to develop an accurate and credible cost estimate. As has happened many times in large scale projects both public and private there was a tendency towards optimism in developing project estimates, assessing and assigning risks, identifying and locking in project requirements, and evaluating and monetizing the cost and schedule impacts of building a first of a kind hazard category 1 nuclear facility under NRC requirements, when such a facility had not been designed or constructed in the United States in over 30 years. Finally, we did not assign it to a project management and acquisition professionals organization and perform periodic independent oversight of the work utilizing the best talent available across the enterprise.
Such over optimism would be much more difficult today. We have worked hard to address these issues as we move forward with the Uranium Processing Facility. We challenged our optimistic assessments by looking at the lessons learned across the complex in cost estimating and risk management requiring our project team to use actual commodity installation rates, more realistic escalation rates, appropriate quality control and project management costs, and reasonable risk models based on our recent experience unless there is a credible, substantive reason to use more optimistic estimates. These processes led us to see that the cost range established in August 2007 was no longer achievable. Working with the National Laboratories, Office of Defense Programs, and our Management and Operating Contractor we reviewed the original project requirements and developed a new scope and cost range that focused on our critical mission.
The Acting Administrator has committed to ensuring that the necessary front end planning for UPF is accomplished and design of the nuclear facility is 90% complete before establishing a project baseline. To better manage the important design phase of the project, we have required development and approval of a complete design baseline that we are managing with our project controls system. We carefully evaluated the full suite of work in the UPF project and have developed several infrastructure sub-projects that can be fully designed, baselined, and started this year to take advantage of today's favorable construction market, allowing us to ramp-up our project management work force efficiently and use the Army Corps of Engineers as our construction agent at a better value to the Department. We have reviewed and improved our risk management process to more critically understand potential risks, and are updating their cost and impact as the project design continues to mature. We are aware that with the large number of staff working on a project of this size, decision making must be streamlined. We have instituted a weekly call among the key project team members to raise high impact issues that require leadership decisions, have instituted a monthly senior Integrated Project Team in which the executives for all functional areas are briefed by the federal project director, where issues requiring resolution by their staffs are highlighted and managed. We have worked with the federal and contractor workforce to reemphasize the principles of the safety-based work culture, encouraging issues to be raised early so they can be resolved as quickly and economically as possible.
Lastly and most importantly, we have clearly articulated our expectations to our contractor partners and are using the contract to hold them accountable for deficient work. In FY 12, the UPF project team did not meet its commitment to deliver the 90% design on schedule, primarily due to the process systems requiring more floor space and building height than anticipated, necessitating a significant redesign effort. The NNSA paid zero fee for this design deliverable in
FY 12 and we have notified the contractor that we are reviewing other areas of potential cost recovery. Additionally, we clawed back $4 million if fee paid in FY 11 on the WSB project at Savannah River, and negotiated a bilateral cost reduction of $10 Million on the NMSUPP project in Los Alamos.
We are at the beginning of instituting our new organizational construct and are committed to developing credible project baselines, reviewing projects progress, interacting with our contractor partners, and delivering on our cost and schedule commitments. I believe we are making good progress, and look forward to answering your questions.


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Never mind "kids of today" it looks like mothers are getting a little more greedy too. According to a recent poll, more than 90 per cent of mums would rather that there kids gave them a tablet for Mother's day than anything less useful.
This is bad news for those kids who think that their mums can be palmed off with a bunch of flowers nicked from a cemetery or frog which she can call her own. The survey released Tuesday by the shopping site TechBargains.com, claimed that 91% of mothers polled would much rather have an Apple iPad than yet another bunch of flowers. We would dispute that anyone's mum would know the brand of anything, but we are happy to suspect they would want one of those nice but useless tablet things.
It is fairly clear that mothers really have not got a clue what they are. Most mothers don't want their children to spend more than $50 on them, and only 18 per cent are expecting gifts that cost $250 or more.
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Elsa Benítez is a Mexican supermodel. Benítez was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and she got her modeling start after winning an international model search, held in Costa Rica in 1995. With Linda Evangelista as one of her childhood idols, Benítez decided to follow her dream of modeling. Modeling opportunities opened up for Benítez soon after, first in Mexico, where she started out her career, and then in the United States and Europe.
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In 1996, she appeared on the cover of Vogue Italy three times in April, August and September. After signing with Elite Model Management, she then appeared on the covers of many fashion magazines, including Vogue, ELLE, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, and Marie Claire. Benítez has also done advertising campaign work for Dolce & Gabbana, Macy's, Episode, I-N-C, J.Crew, Óscar de la Renta, Rena Lange, Nine West, Valentino, and Jones New York, and has modelled for Victoria's Secret. Benítez appeared in the 1999 Pirelli Calendar that featured "Women Through the Decades." She was photographed as a representative of the "groovy '70s."
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The Georgia Tech basketball team has landed its third transfer of the offseason. Friday, it was former Alabama forward Nick Jacobs. At Alabama, the 6-foot-8 Jacobs averaged 8.4 points and 3.5 rebounds this past season before taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team in mid-February.
Over his career, he averaged 7.3 points on .526 field-goal percentage with 3.8 rebounds.
Jacobs, a South Atlanta High grad who played with former Tech standout Derrick Favors, said that being able to play home games close to home was a big factor. He also said that Tech's offense, which places a high value on getting the ball into the post, was better suited for him.
"I feel like my game fits Georgia Tech because I'm a banger and then at times I can step out and shoot it or drive it past a bigger defender or a mismatch," Jacobs said.
Jacobs attributed the leave of absence to personal issues that he declined to specify.
Jacobs will sit out the 2014-15 season and will have one year of eligibility remaining. Jacobs follows former South Florida point guard Josh Heath and Ole Miss center Demarco Cox. Heath is expected to be immediately eligible as a hardship case, as his father Stan Heath was his coach at USF before being fired at end of the season. Cox will transfer after graduating from Ole Miss and will be immediately eligible.
Jacobs said he planned to enroll in summer school later this month.
Tech is in the running for Maryland transfer and Wheeler High grad Charles Mitchell, who is trying to return closer to home to be closer to his ailing grandmother. With forward Stacey Poole's scholarship not being renewed for the upcoming season, coach Brian Gregory has one more scholarship available.
If Mitchell or another player transfers in, that will mean that seven of the 13 scholarship players will not have been on the roster last season. That does not count Robert Sampson, who sat out last season as a transfer.


text: On Sunday 14 October 2007 5:24:32 pm James Bottomley wrote:> On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 16:05 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:> > On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 08:11:21PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:> > > My impression from asking questions on the linux-scsi mailing list is> > > that the scsi upper/middle/lower layers doesn't use the block layer> > > described in Documentation/block/*.> >> > Entirely incorrect.>> OK, right ... could we please get a sense of decorum back on this list.Did I reply to the insult?> Rob, if you didn't ask your alleged questions in such a pejorative> manner, we'd get a lot furtherI'm not attempting to be pejorative.I admit a certain amount of personal annoyance that once the SCSI layer consumes a category of device (USB, SATA, PATA), they can often _only_ be used by going through the SCSI midlayer. (This strikes me as analogous to TCP/IP claiming ethernet and PPP devices so thoroughly that you can no longer address them as eth1 or /dev/ttyS0.)This has the annoying effect of bundling together different types of devices and making device enumeration unnecessarily difficult: my laptop only has one SATA hard drive and can't gain another without a soldering iron, but that drive could move from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb if I reboot the system with a USB key plugged in. This seems like a regrettable loss of orthogonality to me. I remember back when /dev/usb0 and /dev/hda were separate devices that showed up in /dev, but these days "it's SCSI" seems to trump "it's USB", "it's ATA", or "it's SATA". (Even though none of those are actually SCSI hardware, they just send a similar packet protocol across the wire.)The fact that udev can theoretically unwind this hairball is not an excuse for conflating different categories of devices in the first place. Avoiding an unnecessary problem seems superior to trying to get udev to solve it. Note that Ubuntu 7.04 solves it by sticking a UUID on every _partition_, and then spinning up my external USB hard drive trying to find the root partition on a reboot. Tell me how this can be considered progress:> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.> #> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0> # /dev/sda1> UUID=04d1b984-bd65-46f1-9a77-c158cf4bed1b / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro,noatime 0 1> # /dev/sda5 > UUID=cdf0936d-9f19-42c6-b131-9fefcf1321ef none swap sw 0 0> /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 > UUID=86bbb512-ab7e-4a12-8618-1190f032c082 /boot ext3 defaults 0 0 Conflating categories of hardware that cannot easily be enumerated (USB) with categories that can (the SATA hard drive in my laptop, of which there can be only one) strikes me as a bad thing. Putting them in a common "scsi device pool" within which they do not enumerate consistently is not something I enjoy dealing with.However, the response to my attempts to express this dissatisfaction on the SCSI list a few months ago came too close to a flamewar for me to consider continuing it productive. I'd still love to update the "2.4 scsi howto" and corresponding sg howto, but lack the expertise. The SCSI layer really isn't my area, and I was much happier back when I could avoid using it at all.The question I was trying to ask _here_ was about the block layer. I seem not to have asked it very well. Sorry 'bout that.Rob-- "One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code." - Ken Thompson.-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to firstname.lastname@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/


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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Seahawks from around the country soared back to the UNCW nest this weekend to celebrate homecoming.
Alumni painted the town teal and revisited all of their old stomping grounds. Former students visited the classrooms and buildings where they gained the knowledge to succeed in the world. A day of receptions and events ended with a bang as the homecoming parade strolled through campus, and the men's basketball team hooped it up on the hardwood. Grads we spoke with say there's a lot to love about being a Seahawk.
"Flip flops year round, for one," laughed graduate Kristen Beckmeyer. "It was just a great experience, the small class sizes, and you really got to know your professors. Everyone was so supportive. It's a great campus, lots of stuff to do. I was also on the track team, so that was fun."
Beckmeyer graduated from UNCW in 2001 with a degree in business management and now owns and operates Coastal Cupcakes here in Wilmington.
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CORVALLIS, ORE. — Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new strain of soft white winter wheat suitable for baking applications that is both higher yielding and resistant to stripe rust.
When used in cookies and crackers, the new variety known as Kaseberg has shown itself to be superior to existing breeds because of its weaker gluten and finer milled flour particles.
The new cultivar also has proven itself able to thrive in high-moisture conditions, such as areas with abundant rainfall or irrigation. Field trials showed the variety was able to grow well in eastern and western Oregon, southern Idaho and south central Washington.
Kaseberg has demonstrated resistance to stripe rust, a devastating fungal disease that can cut wheat yields in half. Stripe rust has been mutating at a faster pace than in the 1970s to 1990s and plant breeders have had to upgrade resistance rapidly, said Bob Zemestra, a wheat breeder at O.S.U.
In addition to better protection against stripe rust, the new soft white winter wheat has shown impressive yield gains compared to similar Oregon wheat varieties. During two years of testing, Kaseberg averaged 136 bus an acre on land with high rainfall or irrigation, compared with 122 bus per acre for a similar Oregon variety, Stephens, and 106 bus per acre for Tubbs 06.
Under low rainfall conditions, Kaseberg outpaced Stephens at 91 bus per acre compared with 85 bus per acre. Similarly, Kaseberg beat the 81 bus per acre for Tubbs 06 under drier conditions.
Kaseberg also was reported to be mildly resistant to the disease Septoria, but it showed susceptibility to strawbreaker foot rot, soilborne wheat mosaic virus and crown rot.
The creation of a new wheat variety can take more than a decade. After that, breeders need an additional three years to generate enough seed for farmers.
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During 2013, O.S.U. is releasing a new cultivar called Ladd. It is the first soft white winter wheat produced in the region that is resistant to soilborne wheat mosaic virus. It is also resistant to strawbreaker foot rot and is moderately resistant to stripe rust.
Ladd, named for Sheldon Ladd, head of O.S.U.'s Department of Crop and Soil Science from 1985 to 2000, is targeted toward irrigated areas in Oregon and central Washington where wheat mosaic has been found to thrive.


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Week 7: NFL Fantasy Sleeping Beauties for Each PositionOctober 17, 2013
These players may not look the part, but they sure are sleeping beauties when it comes to fantasy football. This week, these sleepers will give your fantasy team the boost you need to be looking like Prince Charming.
QB - Nick Foles
It is almost certain that Nick Foles will get the start this week against Dallas with Michael Vick still recovering from a hamstring injury.
Vick said to CSN Philly, "It's worse than what I thought it was going to be... It's just slow. It's taking longer than I thought it would."
This is all good news for Foles, who made an impressive debut as the starting quarterback for the Eagles and threw for 296 passing yards with three touchdowns. He even ran for a 4-yard TD. He was named the NFC offensive player of the week, a title his wide receiver DeSean Jackson won the previous week.
These two are bound to hook up for some major yards this week against a Cowboys defense that ranks 30th in pass defense. In addition, Nick Foles will have more breathing room with Dallas defensive end DeMarcus Ware on the sidelines due to a quad injury.
RB - Brandon Jacobs
With the New York Giants out of options, the 31-year-old veteran Jacobs responded to the call last week by running for 106 yards with two TDs. He is expected to carry the burden once more this week against the Minnesota Vikings.
What makes Jacobs so valuable to fantasy owners is his knack for goal-line carries. If the Giants can get into the red zone against the Minnesota Vikings, there is a good chance Jacobs will pick up a couple more TDs this week.
WR - Cordarrelle Patterson
I'll admit that this is more of a gut feeling pick by me, so feel free to stay away from this one. However, those who are willing to take the most risks reap the highest reward, right?
The rookie Patterson had high expectations coming into the season, but the Vikings have not figured out how to utilize him in their offensive system. Coach Leslie Frazier has been saying for weeks that he wants to get more snaps for Patterson on offense, but it has yet to bear any fruit on the field.
Patterson has been an effective kick returner for the Vikings and was named the NFC special teams player of the month. The Giants are the No. 1 kick coverage team, but that is not deterring Patterson.
"I'm not taking a knee," Patterson said to the Star Tribune. "Well, if it's the end of the game and we're up by seven or eight, but that's about it."
The time bomb on Patterson is way overdue, and this week against the 0-6 Giants looks like a perfect time for the rookie to blow up on offense.
TE - Joseph Fauria
Fauria has been making big plays since his days at UCLA, but he has gone unnoticed in the NFL.
However, last week he had a breakout game for the Detroit Lions, catching three touchdown passes.
While Fauria currently leads the Lions in TDs, with five, and has displayed an ability to catch the ball, coach Jim Schwartz has been hesitant to have him involved in the offense with more than just red-zone plays.
Fauria saw a lot of time as a receiver for UCLA, so his inability to block as a tight end has been the biggest issue for Detriot. But after last week's extraordinary performance, Fauria will be seeing more time on the field against the Cincinnati Bengals this week.
DEF - San Diego Chargers
If your defense is starting against the Jacksonville Jaguars, more often than not, good things are bound to happen. The Jaguars have given up the third most points to defenses this season, according to Yahoo.
Plus, the Jaguars are getting sacked an average of 3.67 times a game while throwing 1.83 interceptions a game. Even if the Chargers defense allow a couple touchdowns, a few big plays on defense can quickly rack up fantasy points.


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Disclaimer: Officers, I don't need to own Naruto or Harry Potter to write fanfiction.
Penname: LiveLoveLaugh
FanFiction Story: Magical Chakra
Summary: NarutoHP Xovr When Team Seven has been sent to Hogwarts School, they meet up with the Boy Who Lived, experience new wild rides in a new place, and go on incredible adventures of a lifetime.
AN: To everyone who reads and reviews, please don't complain to me of how much you dislike the story, okay? Because I'm so sick of you people jabbing at me for my delays and for the content of my story, I have absolutely no time for that. My stories are to be inspirations like any other story, not a critic's road of destruction for lesser people. To Eadha Ohn, yeah it did. I had other things to do. And to Fic Slayr, I don't really understand you, first you call my story 'boring' for a couple of past blunt reviews then you give me advice. I don't understand you and every one of the other five flamers, who yap on and on with their list of 10 Things I Hate About Magical Chakra. Please don't bother me with that nonsense, if you have not known, IT HURTS ME.
Please enjoy.
Chapter Fourteen
Elsewhere and Somewhere
Are you ready to read yet, you retard?
Oh, really?
Are you sure? Aren't you scared?
No? Well…
Okay, then…
Go on.
By the time the smoke had risen to the atmosphere, unknown to the people or creatures anywhere, up on a skinny yet strong tree holding up a tough tree branch laid a small homely nest. A mother bird nuzzled against her young while flapping her wings from her daily flights. In her beak was a tasty morsel of a struggling beetle. She made to lean down to her fuzzy children, each three heads bobbed up and down eagerly. Suddenly she poked her head out, her beady eyes glimmering underneath the shaded green and gray sky of cold September the First.
She steadied herself very, very still ignoring the babies' hungry chirping.
There was a fast rustling in the distance, coming closer and closer. The heartbeats of the birds rapidly increased. As if on track, the beetle fell from her mouth and the bug was sent straight down into the thick clearing before the mother, too frightened for her own safety, had flown away leaving the baby birds. The rustle, the flash of four black figures had stampeded across the same tall branch and heartlessly, unknowingly kicked over the nest.
Nobody really wanted to know about what happened to the baby birds.
Two lanky members walked towards the large covering of bushes and trees, pushing away the leaves and twigs. A fairly good-looking man dressed in black turned back to a dark shadow, running his clean fingers through his nice hair with an exaggerated sigh, "The other team is just across from us, over that bridge…I still don't know why they prefer that section, you can be easily caught there…" He rolled his pretty-boy eyes, "I don't understand those wizards still…"
"They use that hocus pocus crap, they can easily disguise themselves," his rather uglier subordinate muttered, folding out a long retractable telescope and fixed the lens, "They need a good range of disarming several of the magic resources around the train tracks."
"Right. True," another long sigh, he looked up into the tallest tree, "Hey, Junior! How's the connection up there…?"
"Terrible." The last shortest figure appeared and seated promptly on the same branch with his legs crossed, the laptop on his thighs while the annoying taps of keys sent straight down into the clearing. The metal plate around his neck gleamed, shining.
"How far are we from the Bridge?" a low, manipulating voice gritted from below.
"We are exactly fifty yards away, a safe distance," a man-boy voice was heard, the boyish face looked up. His pale eyes were magnified by his specs. He nestled on the tree branch while trying to pick good reception. He gritted his teeth in impatience, "Fuck, this keeps slowing down."
"You have to be aware that we're in the mountain forests."
The old teenager hesitated before nodding affirmatively, his slender fingers gliding hastily over the black keys. The lightened monitor screen had transformed his face and clothes in a florescent light blue and gray, the scenes of letters and numbers, with lines and computer windows had played on the double lens of his glasses perched on his nose bridge.
"Sir, I have crossed paths with the Corporation's radars," the consistent tapping of the keyboard had stopped, the smallest youngest man, wearing a black ski cap and a pair of thick oval bifocals, looked up with a smug look, "I had scratched everything off their digital transmitting map. Password codes have been changed and the lower communication the two trainees have is restricted to only one of their private army services."
"Good, just as the Big Bird had wanted," a giant figure appeared from the shadows with his leather gloved hands in his periwinkle gray vest pockets, his mouth chewed on a stick of gum. He dropped the crinkled bright yellow wrapper on the thick mossy clearing from inside his pouches, before he walked over to two other who were leaning against the thick bushes and rock hedges. From the hidden hedges, they had an eye to eye with the faraway long bridge.
It was a magnificent stone bridge, long and trailing with the old tracks. The river was below it, the bridge shadowed the glimmering waters and the clear pebbles. The forests came from their side down the long slopes, right into the waters. The three men looking over the section smiled wickedly. One man with an eye patch looked back at the gum-smacking fellow.
"The Express is coming closer to its destination, sir," he whispered in a slippery voice from his crusty lips, kneeling against the boulder with a small telescope pressed against his good eye, "Carrying the so-called mercenaries the foolish man had hired."
The taller burlier man stood behind the crouched male, with a smirk, "Good, right on schedule. And the Mark-Zounds tykes?"
"Oh, sir, they're still playing around with their fakes," another chuckled, swiping his handsome hair from his face.
"Excellent," the leader whispered gleefully, "Then the Genocide of the Bird Filth begins."
Snickers went all around the four shinobis.
(Inside Hogwarts Express)
"Sasuke! What the hell do you think you're doing?" The blonde cried, when the raven-haired shinobi threw open the window.
Sasuke's head bobbed out of the blowing wind, his long bangs took a full of strong breezes and dust. He narrowed his eyes slightly, seeing the rise of pale smoke in the distance. The train jumped slightly on the tracks, while trees and foggy mist passed by, nearly creating a wintry scene.
Sakura was hurriedly putting on her emergency ninja gear, quickly dispatching her black school cloak and loosening the tie around her collar. Her long pink hair was literally flying to her face, making her stumble over the spilt ramen and push Naruto aside. She reached into the upper cabinets, pulling out a small velvet suitcase and peeling off the thin explosive trigger tag by the pieces, hurriedly picking up several necessities before snapping the luggage shut.
"Naruto! Here! Sasuke! Catch!" She hastily threw the weaponry back pouches to the boys who caught them effortlessly, "We need to get out of here!"
"Wait! Sakura-chan!"
The kunoichi dashed out of the doorway, pulling the blonde with her by the wrist.
"Come on Naruto! We need to inform the coach!" Sakura slid into the narrow hallways, creating a clabber of noise while neighboring compartment sharers looked out of their windows with confused stunned looks. Naruto looked back for the other companion, seeing that the train was coming into a very short tunnel with the smell of steam washing into the open pane. He watched as the upcoming darkness took over his form and Sasuke's, covering the entire insides of the train. The flailing sky lights shook against each other.
Suddenly when the darkness was gone, so was Sasuke.
He flew right out of the window.
"Naruto!" Sakura shouted for him, her skirt twist around her legs like a twirling umbrella when she looked back for him.
"Coming! Coming!" He shook away his thoughts, and uncertainty, running after Sakura when they kept hitting into people and things. His black cloak blew right behind him as he trudged quickly across the carpeted hallway.
"Get back into your compartments now!" Sakura demanded at a group of frightened passing third year girls, "This is absolutely no time for useless gossip! Go! Go! Move it!"
"What is the meaning of this?" an auburn curly-haired girl ordered angrily, soon she was shoved away, "Hey! Don't push a girl!"
"Sorry babe!" Naruto cried back, in his own form of apology, "Shit! What part of 'get the hell out of my way' don't you people understand?" he frustratingly shouted, when concerned school kids walked out of their rooms. More and more people came out, the shinobis cursed their stupidity.
"What's going on?"
"What's the matter here?"
"Hey! Don't push!"
"Sorry!" the pink-haired girl shrieked when she was nearly swallowed by everyone else, "Please, everyone! You have to get back into your compartments now!"
"Yeah! You're not a prefect!"
"What's going on?"
She was frantic, to do anything, something, "Please! Calm down! We need everyone to get back in!"
Some listened, some were jerks and were pestering her.
"Sakura! There're too many in the way!" Naruto cried when a blockage of other years had thrown open their sliding doors, staring at him and the commotion ringing outside, "We can't get to the coach in time, we have to do something!"
"I KNOW!" she shouted, shoving people away.
(Inner Sakura: THINK WOMAN!) 'What would Kakashi do?'
"He's not even here!" she cried to herself, scaring a few. She hastily twisted around, letting all her hair fly into people's faces, "Look! Naruto! I need you to get everyone into their compartments! This is a critical lockdown! I have to stop the train!"
His blue eyes were a distance away, "Stop it? What can you do?"
"I don't know! I'll think of something!"
"You better! I can't hold them off—OW! SON OF A BITCH!" Naruto pushed someone into another compartment, closing the door immediately, "THAT'S MY FOOT!"
Sakura couldn't think twice anymore, and quickly burst through someone's door. She couldn't even see the shocked faces of those inside, when she repeated Sasuke's plan by throwing open another window and stepped onto the ledge, where she disappeared instantly away. In a full velocity, she shot off to grab hold of the metal bars and attaching her chakra against the steel. She skidded against the metal, easing to the safe side. Hesitantly biting her lip, she climbed up heaving herself in one convulsionating thrust of her strong arms and flew up to the top.
The wind and smoke mingled into a choking sensation, having two people wrenched the windows shut. The students screamed and they were running amok.
"What the fuck is going on?"
"Oh My God! She jumped!"
"We're doomed! DOOMED!"
"Oh Goddamn it," Naruto cursed, crossing his fingers into a very familiar sign.
(Knighting Gale Bridge)
"Wait Dommy! Don't pull that yet!"
"I have orders to—"
"Don't! Dominique! Listen to me!"
A roll of his eyes, "What is it now, Beatrice…? You need another hanky?"
"What—no! Don't you hear that…?"
"No. Hear what?"
"That noise…?"
"What noise?"
"That noise coming from that tunnel over there…"
"Bee! There's no noise coming from that t—why is it that you always follow your instincts?"
His gloved fingers inched back to his job.
She shrieked, "No! Don't pull that last one yet!"
He let out an aggravated growl, almost dispatching the trigger, "…Bee, I have direct orders to."
She squealed, slapping a hand over her red lips and using her free arm to bring up a pair of binoculars, "Is that a train coming?"
"What?" Disbelief was etched into his voice, "No, that's impossible! The monitor showed no sense of any incoming transportations!"
(Outside Hogwarts Express)
He connected the foots of his chakra against the smooth cold plates of iron black metal, quickly dashing forward across the tops of the gigantic monster train as he quickly ran over to the coach's engine board, his arms flailing behind him as he skidded through the strong winds of the bull blasting of the train chugging. His beautiful dark hair flew from his face, like a full-blast of air conditioner in his narrowed onyx eyes. His black cloak acted like a heavy cape, while the tied strands held together just long enough for him to nearly collide against the flying kunoichi.
Her body just soared off from the windows, her hair and skirt lifted off with the wind as they slammed into each other. Their molded chakra around their solid feet held tightly. Sasuke clumsily caught her when her forehead smacked against his own.
"Hey!" she squealed, rubbing her injured face.
"WHAT?" He cried very loudly.
"I SAID 'HEY!'" she yelled back.
"Oh. Bah! SAKURA!" He snarled impatiently, his eyes began to water when the smoke from the pipe was gliding against his cheeks and blocking his vision, "What are YOU doing HERE? You're SUPPOSED to be helping NARUTO—"
"I know! I KNOW! Okay!" Sakura coughed drastically into her sleeve, the risky maneuver had nearly knocked the wind out of her, "But I COULDN'T get THROUGH the kids! And I DIDN'T want to HURT any of them! But THEY were ALL over NARUTO AND I—I JUST can't get through FAST enough!"
"Oh yeah! SURE! And this is HOW you WASTE time?" Sasuke barked, shedding his eyes immediately with his clasped hand, "Your HAIR is IN MY FACE! And you're WEARING a SKIRT for CRYING OUT LOUD!"
Her face was bright red from utter embarrassment, as she folded her hands down on the long blowing fabric, "WELL! THIS is what KUNOICHIS have to DEAL with in certain SITUATIONS!"
(Inside Hogwarts Express)
"Don't push me you piece of—"
"Hey! That's—"
"Come on! Move it! Move it! Come ON!" The many multiple Narutos quickly pushed everyone into their places, twisting handles that locked them in. Even shoving the old witch who pushed the lunch trolley on the Express into a room with a couple of seventh years. People from behind glass windows opened their mouths and shouted through the inner sound-proof glass. The shadow clones winked at them before they disappeared into wandering spoofs of smoke.
There were only three left in the hallways. The real Naruto wiped sweat from his brow, "Phew! Got everyone in!"
"Hey! Naruto! Is that you?"
The three Narutos snapped their nervous heads at the upcoming form.
A form with glasses and the hair disaster.
Harry lowered his waving arm when he saw something very, very strange, "Why are there three of you?"
"EKKK!" The Narutos squealed like little girls, clobbering the poor fool in a heap. Two were holding his arms with their hands over his mouth and underneath his askew glasses, the real one frisked through his own sunshine hair, "AH! Sakura-chan's going to kill me! Why does it always have to be you in the way?"
Harry shouted and struggled underneath the heavy strong arms, crushing their twin forms against his own lanky one. His ruffled hair was scuffled and tweaked, while he stubbornly tried his best to breathe and he cringed when they brought him down on the thin hard floor, weakly and hastily tying up his feet and arms. A blindfold crushed over his pupils while he yelled. Something unpleasant tasting stuffed into his spasm mouth.
The two clones disappeared instantly into smoke, Naruto knelt over the struggling wizard with an inner tantrum.
The blonde looked highly exhilarated, "Oh God, what's next?"
"Hey Naruto, we heard some noise and—what are you doing to Harry?"
Ron and Hermione ran over with their wands—
Naruto groaned, slapping his forehead, "Oh man, didn't see that one coming…"
There was a low snicker came behind a bunch of bushes, a wand poked out, "I still can't believe he wants his own fucking kids doing this."
"Yes," the other dark figure looked over into the hedges, walked further into the forest grounds, "Just kill them too."
The bearded smirk widened, "Aite." He waved his wand.
(Knighting Gale Bridge)
"Shit, that wasn't supposed to happen…" He growled, snapping the laptop shut and tapping into the wireless connection around his collar. The young woman, hanging on the tight black ropes under him, stared consciously at him, her ruddy short hair was in the cold air. The taller figure was away contacting someone, anyone.
"Dominique Mark-Zounds to Carver Sonny, hey, we got a problem here, over."
"What's the problem, over?"
"I don't know exactly, but there's a train coming on the tracks in the distance of three hundred yards, over."
"What? You're jesting, right? Over."
The male scoffed, rubbing the speaker with a snarl, "Look, I'm not joking okay? I need the immediate data on the Knighting Gale Property, I can't find a single scratch of evidence of a train coming in my monitor. Over."
"You know what this means, huh? He's going to hate you," Beatrice muttered, the other man frowned slightly then smiled.
The woman, who always acted on her instincts, widened her eyes, "No, you wouldn't…! Dommy!"
"Hey, Carver, I think we would have to abort," he found pleasure in his sister's shocked look, "Over."
There was a rough struggle in his voice, "A-Are you sure about aborting…? Over…"
"Well, yes, of course. Over."
"…Fine. Roger, that then. Transmission over."
"See? Nothing to worry about!" Dominique then laughed carelessly, tilting his glasses.
"I can't believe we're ditching," she whispered, "I thought that wasn't our style."
"You know the consequences," he replied back, his index finger covered over the speaker, "We have to abort if we are endangering any other man on the bridge. Everyone is on the Corporation's ass because of the disappearance of Lady Rose Bodicca-Zounds and her baby. The news these days aren't that great anymore, didn't you hear about that mysterious explosion elsewhere and that murder in Little Hang—"
"What are you talking about?" Beatrice whispered, her eyes were against the lens, "The train's not stopping, we have to—"
A sudden slide of the fractioning ropes dropped down to her level, the man leaned against the hard stone ledge and stared down on the younger figure, "We're at a safe distance. Quit worrying."
"Dommy, we're attaching explosives to a bridge," her dark eyes glanced out of the binoculars, "I have everything to worry about."
Another laugh rung in the cold mist, "Women these days…"
"I am your sister!" Beatrice barked, "The train's coming closer and closer! And I just—"
"Look? We'll just let them pass by and then we'll activate the explosives later…"
"Carver will be able to shut down the triggers, okay? Nothing, absolutely nothing to worry about!"
"…then, that Sonny better hurry," the woman muttered nervously, her binoculars against her yellow-tinted goggles, "The train's coming in one hundred fifty yards. It's either filled with people or not, it would be a massacre if the explosion went on. And I'm not dying like some fucking pagan because of this glitch in the radar, got it?"
"Shhh," his index finger was pressed against his lips, "Don't worry, we will get to blow up something soon enough…"
(Outside Hogwarts Express)
"So this is what I GET for NOT distributing the PLAN first!" He exclaimed tempered.
The sounds of the train was too loud for them to be in a normal conversation as they screamed at each other back and forth.
"WHAT? WHO made you the ALPHA?" Sakura cried, her hands on her hips, "Right now, I have to STOP the train SOMEHOW!"
"WHAT can YOU do?" Sasuke barked.
"WHAT can YOU do?"
Before the raven-haired shinobi could retort, something burst out of a window with a screeching cry. Something with shockingly bright yellow hair and electric blue eyes. That same something flew over to the top of the train and ran as quickly as possible, his heavy black cloak was shooting off at his speed that had almost created a god-like feature as he darted forth to the two ninjas with a huge aspirated expression. That something slide across the cold metal, coughing and wheezing at the smoke from the huge pipe from the front coach section, as the train jittered and chugged on with power.
Sasuke and Sakura caught him with their arms, supporting him while he grinned foxily.
"Guys! I have a plan!" Naruto smiled. He looked positively beat up, since his clothes seemed zinged and dusty.
"NANI?" They cried. His last words were drowned out by the train.
"GUYS!" Naruto cupped his hands around his mouth, sounding like a megaphone, "I HAVE A PLAN!"
"Not that LOUD! We can still HEAR YOU!" Sasuke yelled, smacking him over the head harshly.
"OW! Uh, SORRY!"
"I THOUGHT YOU were SUPPOSED to getting EVERYONE in a LOCKDOWN!" Sakura demanded loudly, jabbing him on the chest.
Naruto stuck his pinky finger in his right ear, wincing, "I WAS! But 'MIONE and RON back tracked ME!"
"Who the HELL is 'MIONE?" Sakura yelled.
The chugging was quicker and rougher than usual, causing them to scream louder, "WHAT?"
Sasuke smacked his flaxen head, his now red eyes were glittering into intimidation, "WE'RE LOSING PRECIOUS TIME! WHAT IS YOUR FUCKING PLAN?"
"WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'CLOSING MY BEDTIME?' MY 'FUCKING' PLAN?" Naruto looked a little in disarray, then he grinned, "STOPPING THE TRAIN OF COURSE!"
"HOW?" His teammates screamed.
(Knighting Gale Bridge)
"This is Carver Sonny to Dominique Mark-Zounds. Are you sure about aborting? Over."
He fluttered his eyes, "Affirmative. It's too dangerous now. We'll just have to let the train pass."
"But…you do know that one of the major bombs had already been activated, right? Over."
"What? That's impossible!" Dominique dropped his jaw, Beatrice's eyes widened, "No I didn't touch anything! Wait hold up Carver!"
The exasperated woman carry a pair of binoculars against her eyes.
"The train is two hundred yards away, going in about—"
There was a tense struggle in the man's voice, "He's not going to like this. Over."
"Right. Transmission over." He shut off the speaker button and glanced down on a head of red golden hair.
To Be Continued
I have to split up this chapter too, it was getting long. I'm writing up the second part, don't worry.


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Nicky Shorey has been taunted by the Plymouth opponent who got the better of him in Saturday's 3-0 defeat.
Kelvin Mellor was involved in all three of the goals in the horror show at Home Park, with a marauding display from right wing-back.
But while his performance was impressive, his post-match comments were disparaging towards the former England international who has enjoyed an illustrious career in the Premier League.
In an article on the Plymouth official website, Mellor was especially critical of his more-senior rival's performance.
The former Crewe defender said: 'They (Pompey) were leaving a lot of space.
'I don't know what the left-back was thinking in the first-half – I was in so much space and I was on every time.
'I don't why he didn't come and press me or get tight with me. Or kick me. Or do something.
'The left-back has got tired legs – he is an old guy now – so that helped me.'
Thirty-three-year-old Shorey was nowhere near his best but he was not alone in a poor team performance.
Defensively, Pompey were missing their usual solidity and, once they were behind, they never really looked like making a recovery.
But the day started badly when Shorey tripped Lewi Alessandra in the first few minutes.
And while some Pompey players disputed the referee's decision, there was certainly contact in the penalty area.
And the 23-year-old Plymouth man felt it was a definite spot-kick after delivering the pass for the striker before he was felled and crumpled to the ground.
'It was a penalty,' said Mellor.
'Any player that gets touched in the box goes down these days – it is just instinct – and it was definitely a penalty.
'I was going to shoot but I thought "no, I will make sure".'
He added: 'We have had a good start to the season, conceded the least goals in the league and stuff like that. We just need to keep going.'


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U.S. Approves More Convenient Form of Kaletra
A new, more convenient form of Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The new Kaletra pills, which come in tablet form, don't have to be refrigerated, don't have to be taken with food and can be prescribed as two pills twice a day or four pills once a day. The older form of Kaletra was generally taken as three capsules twice a day or six capsules once a day.
CCR5: A New Treatment Option for People With Drug Resistance?
HIV drug researchers are always searching for new meds that can help people who, because of HIV drug resistance, are running out of treatment options. The best of the new meds in development are those that attack HIV in a way that's different from all current HIV medications. A type of drug known as a CCR5 inhibitor is one of these new meds. CCR5 inhibitors are in the same general family of drugs as the fusion inhibitor T-20 (enfuvirtide, Fuzeon), but are different enough that they may be able to work against HIV where all other existing meds fail. In this article, Search for a Cure's David Scondras explains how these CCR5 inhibitors work -- and discusses how they may even hold promise as an HIV prevention tool as well.
Despite Their Promise, Another CCR5 Inhibitor Takes a Hit
For the second time in a month, an experimental CCR5 inhibitor has slipped off the development pipeline. Just last week, we highlighted the death of aplaviroc, a CCR5 inhibitor that was headed into final-stage studies -- until researchers found it caused potentially severe liver problems. This time, the stricken CCR5 drug is
vicriviroc, which was in an earlier stage of development. Side effects aren't what did vicriviroc in, however; instead, a phase 2 study has been halted because the drug doesn't appear to work very well. (Web highlight from aidsmap.com)
Why HIV Ain't What It Used to Be
A new study has found HIV may have become weaker in the United States since the early days of the epidemic. But how did this weakening occur, and what does it mean for the future of HIV treatment? John James of AIDS Treatment News takes a closer look at these issues.
High Efavirenz Concentrations May Be Behind Prolonged Psych Side Effects
Although many people experience mental side effects after they start taking efavirenz (Sustiva, Stocrin), until recently it was assumed that these side effects usually go away after a short time. In a small study on this issue, however, Spanish researchers have found that many people experience side effects from efavirenz for a year or more -- and that there may be a specific reason why they do. Levels of efavirenz in the blood appear to be much higher than normal in people who experience long-term side effects, the researchers found. If the results hold up to further study, they could provide a strong rationale for the use of regular tests to monitor the level of efavirenz in a person's bloodstream. (Web highlight from aidsmap.com)
Protein Found in St. John's Wort May Help Suppress HIV
Early tests show that a protein found within the herbal supplement St. John's wort may have anti-HIV properties. In lab tests conducted on HIV-infected brain cells, the researchers found that the protein somehow managed to slow HIV's rate of replication. The findings do not mean that St. John's wort itself should be used to treat HIV; for one thing, the supplement is known to reduce the effectiveness of HIV meds, and for another, the HIV-fighting protein in St. John's wort occurs in concentrations far too low for it to have any antiviral effect. However, the early findings raise hope that researchers may have stumbled on another new type of HIV treatment -- and one that may be able to cross the blood-brain barrier that so many HIV meds have difficulty breaching. (Web highlight from HealthDay News)
Deadlines Fast Approaching for 2006 Retrovirus Conference
Planning to go to the United States' most important HIV treatment conference of the year, the 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections? Better make sure you meet your application deadline! The conference may not begin until Feb. 5, 2006, but some deadlines have already passed, and others are quickly approaching. Check out this deadline schedule to ensure you send your application(s) or abstract submission(s) on time.
Are you an HIV-positive person who has developed HIV drug resistance? The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) wants to hear about your experience! Click here to take AAHIVM's sponsored drug-resistance survey.
HIV healthcare professional? AAHIVM has a survey for you as well! If you treat people with HIV drug resistance, click here to share your experiences with AAHIVM.
Information and Resources on the New Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
In just two months, the U.S. government will roll out a new prescription drug benefit for people on Medicare. Called "Part D," the new policy is aimed at providing more complete drug coverage to Medicare recipients, but in many cases the plan has left people with more questions than answers. What do people with HIV need to know about the Medicare drug plan, and what steps do they need to take to make sure their meds are covered? What will happen to those with "dual eligibility" -- able to receive benefits through Medicare and Medicaid? Use The Body's collection of articles and resources to find the answers you need.
New United Kingdom Guidelines Give Thumbs-Up to Transplants for HIVers
After many years of being excluded from transplant lists because of their status, HIV-positive people in the United Kingdom have finally been officially welcomed back into the fold. New guidelines developed by the British HIV Association and the UK and Ireland Liver Transplantation Centres unequivocally state that transplants are OK for many HIV-positive people. A brief summary of the guidelines is available in this article. (Web highlight from aidsmap.com)
To see the guidelines in their entirety, visit this page from the British HIV Association.
Where the Meth Is: U.S. Report Outlines a Widespread Epidemic
Crystal methamphetamine use isn't a phenomenon anymore: It's become popular everywhere in the United States, from remote towns in the Appalachian mountains to trendy clubs in Seattle, Wash. As this collection of excerpted reports from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency show, there is a huge range of places throughout the country where meth is produced and distributed, and several different methods that people use to make it.
Myth vs. Reality: The Truth About Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV
Think that post-exposure prophylaxis -- also known as PEP, or drug therapy for people who have just been exposed to HIV -- is a breeze? Think again: Anyone who's taken PEP can tell you it's no walk in the park: It's inconvenient, expensive and can cause uncomfortable side effects. In this interesting article, a PEP health worker explains away some of the myths about PEP, and a gay man named Steve recaps his 28-day experience with PEP after a high-risk sexual exposure to HIV.
Antiretrovirals in a Tube? HIV Entry Inhibitors May Be Turned Into Microbicides
Two pharmaceutical companies have agreed to license four experimental HIV entry inhibitors to a global initiative that's trying to develop microbicides, which many hope will eventually become a revolutionary new tool for HIV prevention. The agreements mark the first time that pharmas have joined the international effort to develop microbicides, which has primarily been led by private foundations and non-governmental organizations. (Web highlight from the San Francisco Chronicle)
HPV Vaccines: Worth All the Hype?
Can the end of cervical cancer be near? Most cervical cancers are caused by the sexually transmitted disease human papillomavirus (HPV). An experimental HPV vaccine has shown promising results, leading to a glut of hyped-up media coverage. But is this the real story? Aidsmap.com's Edwin J. Bernard warns that the media has failed to address the very real limitations of the experimental HPV vaccine. For one thing, the vaccine won't actually prevent all types of cervical cancer. And what about gay men: HPV causes anal cancer, too, but where are the vaccine trials for that? In addition, an HPV vaccine would be most effective when given to children before they start having sex -- an idea that's caused an uproar among advocates of abstinence education, who say this would only encourage promiscuity. Finally, Bernard notes, HPV vaccines have mostly been tested only on young, sexually active women in rich countries. That's great, but the vaccine can't really help this group of women, since many may already have HPV. What about the people who can benefit the most from a vaccine: children and people with low incomes -- particularly people in developing nations, where more than 80 percent of deaths from cervical cancer occur? (Web highlight from aidsmap.com)
While the Global HIV Pandemic Rages, the U.S. Epidemic Simmers
At last, mainstream media in the United States is beginning to understand that, although the HIV pandemic abroad is an undeniable tragedy, we have a growing HIV problem at home as well. "This is the Catch-22 of HIV today, in Oregon and nationwide," writes the editorial staff of The Oregonian, one of the country's largest newspapers. "It's hard to reduce the stigma of HIV and put U.S. infection rates in a global perspective, while simultaneously conveying the seriousness of the virus." New HIV prevention strategies are needed to adjust to a changing epidemic in the United States, this editorial concludes. (Web highlight from The Oregonian)
U.S. Congress Considers Medicaid Cuts; AIDS Activists Call for Protests
A federal budget package being voted on next week by the U.S. House of Representatives includes heavy cuts to the country's Medicaid program, which could have a major impact on people with HIV. The proposed package would allow states to add a range of charges and co-pays, as well as permit states to kick people off of the Medicaid program if they're unable to pony up. The San Francisco AIDS Foundation has released this call to action encouraging everybody -- whether they're on Medicaid or not -- to protest the proposed Medicaid cuts.
Looking for a more thorough explanation of the proposed Medicaid cuts? Check out this fact sheet (PDF) from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Why I Ride: Confessions of an HIV-Positive Biker
Sherman Johnson admits that he didn't deal with his HIV diagnosis in a healthy way. "I did not talk about it with anyone except my doctor. It was my dirty secret," he explains. An AIDS organization in Chicago, Test Positive Aware Network, helped him become a more open, confident person, however -- and led him to participate in a grueling, two-day, 160-mile AIDS bike-a-thon. "It was a way to give back to agencies that had been fighting for me before I knew how to or appreciated fighting for myself," Johnson writes in this personal story. "Many times, I wanted to give up. For people who live with HIV/AIDS, giving up means death. Therefore, it is not a viable option. I finished the ride, but I continue riding."
Ready to Hit the Books? In Uganda, You'd Better Pass Your Virginity Test First
It's hard for women in any developing country to get a free college education. So when a Ugandan Parliament member announced his support of college scholarships based on virginity tests, he made it likely that more than a few women will jump at the opportunity. If it gains traction, the virginity requirement will become part of an ongoing trend within the Ugandan government to promote abstinence instead of safe sex programs, thanks to backing from pro-abstinence religious groups and First Lady Janet Museveni. (Web highlight from BBC News)
From Harming to Helping: Iran Does an About-Face on Injection Drug Use
In a shocking policy shift, the theocratic Iranian government is offering inexpensive, clean needles and methadone programs for heroin users in an attempt to counteract an upsurge in HIV rates. A recent study found that HIV rates among heroin users in Iran had jumped from 5 percent to 25 percent. The Iranian government jailed hundreds of thousands of drug users after the Islamic revolution; however, fearing that HIV could spread to the general population through heterosexual sex, the country has clearly begun to relax its policies. (Web highlight from The Washington Post)
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"I'm a 30-year-old gay male. ... I did a home test after an unsafe experience less than two months ago. Came back positive -- I was surprised because I just assumed I was being a hypochondriac like usual. I have been running the gamut of emotions, as you can imagine, but dealing. I have yet to make an appointment with my general practitioner. I think I will call tomorrow; I guess it feels so certain to me if I call him. I am sure he will be great. ... I guess I just feel alone. I told one friend and she was great. I just can't get over feeling like such an ass for getting this in 2006! I know that is silly, but [I] can't get it out of my mind."
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Author: Siddartha Mitter
Date: August 7, 2012
That sure is a silly album title — it's amusing now, but how will it sound some years down the line? This is an issue because "Four MFs Playin' Tunes" may have some staying power: a tight set of well-slung tunes that show the elements of a classic quartet outing in nice balance. In recruiting 20-year-old Justin Faulkner to the drummer's chair, Branford Marsalis injected his quartet with fresh spirit; a lithe, quizzing dialogue between Faulkner and pianist Joey Calderazzo prevails throughout, and especially on the second half of "Whiplash," the energetic centerpiece. A spiffy take on Thelonious Monk's "Teo" and a lovely Sidney Bechet homage, "Treat It Gentle," establish lineage; other highlights include an angular blues, "Brews," by bassist Eric Revis, and Calderazzo's searching ballad "As Summer Into Autumn Slips." The album's approach is familiar, conservative perhaps, but the music has soul — particularly when Marsalis wields the soprano sax — and the net effect, title aside, is wholly satisfying.
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By Bill Bartleman, The Paducah Sun, Ky.
Jul. 22--The Barkley School of Law has not renewed contracts for any of its 15 faculty members and school officials aren't sure if classes will be held in the fall, according to school spokesman Ray Lane.However, Lane said changes are being made to put the school on a firm foundation that will ensure its long-term future. The former resource center in the Information Age Park is being renovated into an efficient classroom building and planning is under way to build a 26,000-square-foot library next to the classroom building. It will cost about $5 million.
All of the changes are necessary for the school to receive accreditation from the American Bar Association, Lane said. Accreditation is required for graduates of the school to take bar examinations in 49 of the 50 states. Only California allows graduates of non-accredited schools to take the bar examinations.
Lane also said the changes are being made to prepare for an inspection by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education to receive a license from the state. That inspection is expected in September, Lane said.
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If the renovation of the resource center is completed within the next two months, Lane said new faculty will be hired and classes will be held in the fall. If the renovation isn't completed, classes aren't expected to resume until next year.
The Barkley School of Law was founded four years ago as the American Justice School of Law. However, financial and other problems resulted in a change in ownership earlier this year. The new owners include Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti in Paducah and attorney Tom Osborne.
"From the beginning we wanted to cut ties with the previous school and build a law school that students, administration and our community would be proud of," Manchikanti said.
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