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NEW YORK (AP) — Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal said Monday he backs the White House's drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan slated for 2014, but added that the U.S. owes Afghans some sort of enduring security presence to support them.
"We have an emotional responsibility," McChrystal said of Afghanistan in an interview with The Associated Press. He commanded forces there before resigning over a controversial magazine article.
"We created expectations after 2001 in people" that the U.S. would be there to keep the country from sliding back into the chaos of the Taliban years, McChrystal said.
His comments come ahead of a visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to the White House, as the two nations try to craft a long-term plan for Afghanistan that will include a U.S. military presence whose size and scope have not yet been decided. The Afghan war commander, Gen. John Allen, has offered White House planners a range of troop numbers to choose from, from 6,000 troops, who would be devoted mostly to hunting al-Qaida, to more than 15,000, enough to continue much of the U.S. training mission and also back Afghan troops in the field with intelligence and logistical support.
McChrystal said Afghans don't want an occupying army, but they fear the U.S. will withdraw completely.
"Like a teenager, you really don't want your parents hanging around you, but…you like to know if things go bad, they're going to help," he said. McChrystal added that the Afghans are not children, but they need to know they can trust America.
The general gave interviews upon the release of his memoir, "My Share of the Task," published by Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Group USA. The book outlines his time from commanding the top military counterterrorism unit, the Joint Special Operations Command, to the contentious process of crafting the Afghan war strategy, and ends with his abrupt resignation over an article in The Rolling Stone.
McChrystal took full responsibility for the piece, by embedded reporter Michael Hastings, which anonymously quoted members of McChrystal's staff disparaging the White House over war policy. He would not confirm whether the article's quotes were accurate, saying only that he "cheerfully" offered President Barack Obama his resignation, as the article had created a perception of a rift that would hurt the war mission.
But his eyes watered at the memory of telling his wife, Annie, that his 34-year Army career was at an end.
"Annie said, Good. We've always been happy, we'll always be happy, and we have been, every day since," he said. McChrystal now teaches at Yale University, and runs his own consulting group.
First lady Michelle Obama later asked McChrystal to work on Joining Forces, the White House initiative for military troops and their families. He said he'd spoken to the president at several Joining Forces event, but had never again discussed the resignation with him.
Part of the friction between McChrystal's staff and the White House was over McChrystal's request for an extra 40,000 troops, which Obama chose over a proposal by Vice President Joe Biden to limit the mission to a small number of counterterrorism forces and trainers.
The retired general insisted the strategy known as counterinsurgency worked, saying the Afghans are much better able to stand on their own.
"If you had tried to bring big American forces in and do search and destroy, or do just raids, it would have been pointless. The Afghan people needed to buy into this," he said. "They needed to believe we were there to protect them…and we weren't just using Afghanistan as a place to fight our enemies."
He called the looming drawdown of U.S. forces "inevitable," and said that while Afghan troops still needed to "mature rapidly," being forced to work on their own would help.
"You are never ready to do something by yourself until you actually do it, and then you are surprised you can," he said.
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Two story waves on Great Lakes halt shipping
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Cargo shipping was at a standstill Tuesday on
the Great Lakes as superstorm Sandy churned waves up to two stories high,
forcing crews to take refuge in bays and harbors and raising concerns about
an economic blow if the shutdown is prolonged.
The lakes are a bustling maritime highway for ships that haul bulk
commodities such as iron ore, coal, limestone and grain. The massive
vessels, some longer than three football fields, are built for punishment
and accustomed to plowing through rough seas — even during the "gales of
November" that in bygone days scuttled many a craft, including the legendary
Edmund Fitzgerald nearly 37 years ago.
"We don't stop for thunderstorms and flurries," said Glen Nekvasil,
spokesman for the Lake Carriers' Association, which represents U.S.-flagged
cargo ships on the Great Lakes. "The lakes don't have to be perfectly flat.
It has to be a significant weather event for ships to go to anchor or stay
in port. But this was just too much."
About 50 vessels in the U.S. fleet are operating on the lakes this fall.
Nekvasil said some began heading shoreward Monday morning, and he knew of
none that were sailing Tuesday. Canadian ships also were playing it safe,
said Robert Lewis-Manning, president of the Canadian Shipowners Association,
which has about 80 member vessels that travel on the lakes.
"Everything's come to a halt," Lewis-Manning said. "They were taking
precautions well in advance. The waves are getting much higher than we've
seen for a long time."
The U.S. Coast Guard doesn't have authority to order ships off the water but
issued an advisory urging them — and recreational boaters — to stay out of
harm's way, said Petty Officer Levi Read of the regional office in
Weather buoys operated by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration recorded wave heights exceeding 21 feet on southern Lake
Michigan, 19 feet on southern Lake Huron and 14 feet on western Lake Erie.
Waves had dropped significantly on Lake Ontario by Tuesday afternoon,
measuring just over 2 feet — down from a high of 12 feet the previous day.
But on Lake Superior, the biggest and westernmost of the freshwater seas,
waves were getting higher and had reached 9.5 feet.
"It's going to be treacherous on the Great Lakes for the next couple of
days," said Scott Rozanski, a meteorologist with the National Weather
Service office in Gaylord, Mich. Even after the superstorm gusts subside,
strong northwesterly winds from Canada are expected to make for choppy
surfaces, he said.
Every day that a ship doesn't operate hurts the company's bottom line, just
as when trucks or planes are idled. Nekvasil said it takes about 40 hours
for a vessel hauling iron ore from mines near Marquette, Mich., to reach
Detroit steelmaking plants. So a storm-induced layover of two days can be
the equivalent of a lost trip.
Once traffic get moving again, there could be temporary delays at choke
points like the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, which lower and raise ships
between Lakes Huron and Superior, Lewis-Manning said.
But it's among inconveniences the industry deals with, like low water levels
that sometimes force ships to carry lighter loads, Nekvasil said.
"The weather on the lakes in November is always challenging," he said.
The loss of the HMS Bounty, the replica 18th-century sailing vessel, in the
Atlantic off the North Carolina coast during Hurricane Sandy shows that
sailing remains a risky business.
About 6,500 ships are believed to have sunk on the Great Lakes over the
years, said Frederick Stonehouse, a maritime historian who has written
extensively on the subject, including a book about the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Storms were blamed for about 70 percent of those wrecks, he said. Among
other causes were fires, navigational errors and fog-induced collisions or
No cargo vessel has been lost on the lakes since the Fitzgerald's sinking in
eastern Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, which killed 29 crewmen. Waves
higher than 30 feet were reported during that monstrous storm.
"I think people are being a bit more cautious nowadays, and weather
forecasting is a lot better," Stonehouse said. "Navigation is also better.
The Fitzgerald was, relatively speaking, in the dark ages of radar. Now it
has much greater range and clarity. And you have GPS, and most ships have
the Internet on a full-time basis."
The decision of whether or not to continue sailing is ultimately the ship
captain's, with safety the top priority, Nekvasil said.
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Morning Ride at Stowe With Jake
Words: Laura Austin
I lived in Stowe, Vermont for 6 years, ridden well over 100 days at that mountain, but none were as memorable as the day I was given the opportunity to ride with one of the creators of this "sport" that now consumes my life. On January 13th Burton invited a lucky few in the snowboard media to ride at Stowe Mountain Resort with Jake Burton Carpenter before the opening ceremony of the Craig Kelly Proto Facility. Unfortunately for most, but luckily for a few, a snow storm had hit the night before, preventing some from flying in in time to catch the morning ride. But for Pat Bridges, Dean Seguin (the editor of Snowboard Canada), Anne-Marie Dacyshyn (Global PR Director for Burton), Jake and I it meant powder. Deep, fresh, white, powder. And what better tour guide to have at Stowe than Jake?
A few runs on Spruce, a few runs on Mansfield, and the last run down the Bruce Trail to finish the day off. Stowe locals might know of the Bruce, but it is an out-of-bounds run that takes you halfway down the access road to the mountain. Meaning one very long, barely tracked tree run for our riding pleasure. Personally, that was one of the best runs I have had at Stowe. There are very few feelings that beat launching off natural features into powder, and this run was full of them. But you can't go downhill forever. By the end there were some flats we had to hammer through in order to get out. Jake came prepared with poles, and we had no choice to get a bit of an upper body workout. A small price to pay for the amazing run before it. We ended the morning of riding with a few drinks at Jake's cabin located conveniently located at the end of the Bruce Trail and a lunch back at his house. A day for the history books. Next stop, back to Burlington for the tour of the new Craig Kelly Proto Facility at the Burton Headquarters.
Craig Kelly Proto Facility
Words: Pat Bridges
"Nothing beats snowboarding at a mountain that offers the right lines. Whether it's hopping rocks, jumping cliffs, board-sliding the nearest strip of metal or wood, simply carving a nice bank or popping an air over a small knoll, freeriding is where it's at. Whenever the conditions allow, my snowboarding objective is to use the mountain to its fullest potential." –Craig Kelly
The endeavor Craig speaks of in these words not only dictated his drive for onsnow progression on a grand scale but it bled into the peripheral aspects of his duties as a pro snowboarder. The same passion Craig applied to finding the perfect line was apparent in his role in helping to produce the perfect riding products. The fruits of this side of Craig Kelly, the icon, are felt in the carve of a quadratic sidecut, the practicality of the 3D hole pattern and the freestyle sensibilities of, well, freestyle specific highbacks. In the 80's for snowboarding to be taken seriously, we needed serious products capable of being utilized to their fullest by serious riders. Enter Craig Kelly the world champion and his signature Mystery Air, the pairing of which broke down resort barriers at a record pace and changed the face of the ski industry in the process.
Now, 8 years after Craig's passing Burton Snowboards continues to grow their commitment to rider driven products, an initiative which above all other reasons prompted Craig to begin the relationship in 1989, with the opening of the Craig Kelly Proto Facility. Located adjacent to the Burton headquarters in So. Burlington, VT. This state of the art R&D lab includes all of the tooling and machinery to take virtually any board or binding from concept to rideable prototype in less than 24 hours. This includes everything from cores and sidecuts, to highbacks and heelcups. Even graphical tangents can be exploited within this space as high tech screening machines and laser printers spew forth the latest work ups.
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And anyone spotted wearing these at Sunday League will have their game elevated as well, since they'll spend the entire match being clattered 3 feet into the air at every opportunity.
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SAN JOSE — Should the Sharks meet the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the playoffs, San Jose probably won't complain if Thursday night's game turns out to be a preview of what to expect.
Not after a 2-1 victory over the Kings in a tightly played, hard-hitting contest that closely resembled the physical brand of hockey the two teams have been playing against each other for the past few years.
And it was Sharks captain Joe Thornton who set the tone with a career-high six of his team's franchise-record 52 hits.
"Yeah, I wanted to hit something tonight, that's all. That was the game plan," Thornton said. "We're starting to ramp up our game a little bit. That was just the case tonight. We might see these guys in 12 days or so, so just play hard and see what happens."
San Jose's scoring came on goals by Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture while goalie Antti Niemi stopped 26 of the 27 shots he faced for his 38th win of the season, second best in the NHL. The only puck to get past him was a double-deflection shot last tipped by Jordan Nolan.
The win moved San Jose back within a point of the Anaheim Ducks, who have played two fewer games. The Kings are a lock to finish third in the Pacific Division, making them the Sharks' first-round opponent if the Ducks hold onto the top spot. The Sharks aren't ready to concede that just yet.
Players acknowledged the game did have a playoff feel to it, and since the Sharks and Kings have met twice over the past three postseasons, the feeling was a familiar one.
Especially with Thornton in a sour mood.
"He comes ready to play, especially in these games," said Pavelski, who ended up getting credited for San Jose's first goal originally awarded to Brent Burns. "It's great to see. Everyone fed off of it, the crowd was into it. It was a fun game, it felt like the playoffs."
The Sharks were focused on a strong start, but it didn't turn out that way.
Los Angeles got the lone goal of the first period when Nolan deflected a shot from the blue line by defenseman Alec Martinez at 3:36. But the Sharks were more amped up in the second period and it showed on the scoreboard.
Four seconds after Los Angeles captain Dustin Brown — a constant target of boos from fans mindful of his knee-on-knee hit that injured rookie Tomas Hertl — took a roughing penalty at 7:11, the Sharks scored. Burns launched a shot from the left point and it deflected off Pavelski, who was screening Kings goalie Martin Jones.
San Jose closed the scoring at 13:13 when Tommy Wingels threw the puck toward the net from the right side boards and Patrick Marleau steered it behind the net to Couture, whose backhand wraparound made it 2-1.
That may have ended the scoring, but the physical play continued. Less than a minute after Couture scored, Thornton was ready to drop the gloves with Kings defenseman Slava Voynov, but the linesmen intervened and only minor penalties were handed out.
Not long after that, James Sheppard was on the receiving end of an elbow from Martinez and then drilled the Kings defenseman into the board on the same shift. No penalties were called on either play.
Coach Todd McLellan praised the example Thornton set.
"Leaders have to lead in those situations," McLellan said. "L.A.'s bigger players always play hard and ours showed up and did it, too. When your leaders play that way everybody has to follow. They really have no choice. It was a job well done by our group."
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Star photographer never loses sight of bigger picture
Motherhood did not slow the pioneering Annie Griffiths. She packed up the children and took them on assignments to all corners of the world.
As a pioneer female National Geographic photographer, Annie Griffiths has never employed an assistant, nor had someone carry her bags. But she's never been lonely: her children, Lily and Charlie, have been her passport.
In her mother's womb, Lily had already travelled to 13 countries. The two children have since stayed on almost every continent, Griffiths insisting her daughter and son remain with her in villages from Israel to Syria, to their favourite place, Jordan.
At one point, the family attended a desert wedding that was hit by a dust storm. Their new Bedouin friend, Hamoudi, wrapped young Charlie in a keffiyeh, his act of protecting the boy ''revealing the most welcoming culture on earth'', Griffiths says.
The family loved the ancient city of Petra, carved from sandstone, which Griffiths says was much safer than Washington DC. ''People ask me all the time, 'Were you nervous taking your kids to the Middle East?''' she says. ''I did my homework; I would never take my kids somewhere dangerous.''
Having two kids by her side taught the US-born photographer she could navigate communities without translators. ''Children open your eyes,'' says Griffiths, now 59, who will recount the family's adventures for the National Geographic Live series at the Sydney Opera House.
''I've worked in places with people who've never seen a Caucasian woman, and yet when they find out I'm a mother, that's something we have in common.''
National Geographic's best photographers and most charismatic speakers are regularly flown around the world to address public forums in the live series. In common, the photographers have a deep fear about our collective carbon footprint and global warming.
Griffiths is executive director of a non-profit group, Ripple Effect Images, which documents programs empowering women and girls dealing with climate change in emerging nations. She has lived among and photographed survivors of natural disasters, famine, genocide and war.
''Seventy per cent of people who die in natural disasters are women, because they're not saving themselves, they're saving the kids,'' Griffiths says. ''Most people don't realise that women and girls are much more affected by climate change than men are because they're the ones who have to go further and further to find the water, to collect the wood, to nurse the sick as diseases spread.''
Griffiths' National Geographic career began serendipitously. In 1977 she was a junior photographer at the Worthington Daily Globe in southern Minnesota, when she answered the phone. On the line was National Geographic's director of photography, Bob Gilka, who wanted a strong picture of a hailstorm in the area.
''I said, 'Yes, sir, I can go and get that picture.' '' Griffiths' storm picture was published in the magazine, something that gave her the courage to go back with another story idea. At 25, she became the youngest photographer working for the magazine.
About a decade into her National Geographic career, Griffiths fell in love with Don Belt, a writer who became the magazine's chief foreign correspondent and a senior editor, and had their two children. They are no longer married, but daughter Lily, 23, works with her mother as communications director at Ripple Effect, while Charlie, 19, just travelled with his mother on an assignment to Ireland.
Environmentally like-minded is Griffiths' colleague, photographer Mattias Klum, who has travelled to more than 100 countries during his career. Klum wants to inspire people to make a ''personal life audit'' about their consumption and waste choices. If questioned on the value of photographing, say, a poison dart frog - one of his National Geographic cover shots - while elsewhere children still die of malaria, Klum says these species are important ''ambassadors'' for biodiversity and sustainability.
Other Klum assignments included the meerkats of the South African Kalahari desert. He dismissed one of his portraits of a meerkat with millipedes hanging from its mouth as ''dorky''. But it became another cover. ''That's how little I know,'' he says.
Annie Griffiths appears at the Opera House on November 18 and Mattias Klum on December 9.


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Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein says college graduates are doing and saying things that are "age appropriate ."
The world might be different now but new graduates are "worried about the same things" he was at that age.
The Wall Street bank just brought in its new class of graduates this week.
The fresh young faces he talks to are "working hard, equivalently motivated and anxious about their careers just like I was" says the CEO.
When asked why millennials today have big dreams but aren't good listeners, Blankfein said he remembers those times:
"In my mind I remember being a great listener, just like I was a very smart, diligent great athlete," Blankfein joked.
The chief executive said he believes young people are doing just what he did when he was that age.
"I complained like crazy about the long hours I had, the times I spent in the law library," said Blankfein. "I complained for hours and hours, and if I had complained less I could have got out a lot earlier, but I worked."
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was also part of the discussion at Bloomberg HQ on Tuesday.
"You have to get used to the fact that you have to work your way up, it's going to be a struggle, you're going to have ups and down, that's just the real world," said the billionaire.
Bloomberg noted he sent out a 1,000 typed letters when he was starting out and looking for a job. He worked throughout college and worked every summer, he said.
"I don't know any successful people that didn't have lots of downs in their careers," said Bloomberg. "Anyone that has a meteoric rise is getting ready for a fall."
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Clough hoping for cup momentum
Sheffield United manager Nigel Clough hopes his embattled side will gain new impetus from an FA Cup upset that left Fulham counterpart Rene Meulensteen answering fresh questions about his future.
Shaun Miller's last-gasp header secured the team 23rd in League One a 1-0 extra-time victory in Tuesday's fourth-round replay, as the west Londoners went the same way as Aston Villa in the previous round.
The Premier League scalps have been a welcome distraction for relegation-threatened United and Clough hopes the victory at Craven Cottage will boost his ailing side.
"The determination and resolve lacking on Saturday (in the 3-0 defeat to Crewe) we showed in abundance this evening," the former Derby boss said.
"We frustrated Fulham but I thought we were enough of a threat ourselves throughout the course of the game, especially the second half of normal time.
"It is important that we do take something from it and try and get back on track in the league.
"Some of the performances have been good but we haven't quite had our rewards. We sit second from bottom and have 19 games to get out.
"This is all very well winning at a Premier League side, but the priority remains staying in our league."
United return to League One action when Shrewsbury visit Bramall Lane this weekend and also face a home clash against Brentford before their fifth-round tie.
The opponents of that match will be decided on Wednesday night at Deepdale when Preston take on Nottingham Forest, with whom Clough played in the 1991 FA Cup final.
"At this moment, honestly, all we are doing is looking at Shrewsbury on Saturday," the United boss said.
"That will take care of itself in a couple of weeks' time. Just Shrewsbury on Saturday is all that concerns us and getting the players right physically after tonight's efforts."
Fulham, meanwhile, have to regroup to take on Manchester United at Old Trafford after a performance Meulensteen admitted was the worst since he succeeded Martin Jol at the helm.
Not only that, bookmakers have shortened odds on the Dutchman becoming the next manager out of a job, with the defeat to the Blades coming fresh on the back of reports that technical director Alan Curbishley could be drafted in as his replacement.
"Listen, (the owner's confidence) will only last until that is gone," Meulensteen said.
"Until that time, I will just jeep doing the job the best I can. I have no worries in that respect at all."


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WASHINGTON – Dr. C. Parr Rosson III, professor of agricultural economics at Texas A&M University and economist with Texas Cooperative Extension, has been appointed to a two-year term on the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in grains, feed and oilseeds. USDA Secretary Ann M. Veneman and U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick announced the private sector appointees to seven agricultural trade advisory committees recently.
"The future of U.S. agriculture hinges on our success in the international marketplace," Veneman said. "The members of the committees provide expertise and unique knowledge of the latest trade trends in the food and agricultural sector to assist with the development of effective negotiating objectives."
Rosson also serves as the director of the Center for North American Studies, which provides analysis and outreach related to trade policies affecting the United States, Mexico and Canada.
He has recently completed studies on NAFTA, U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba and the impacts of expanded irrigation water use in Mexico. Rosson is the co-chair of the agribusiness and fisheries committee of the Border Trade Alliance, which has worked to facilitate trade in a post-9/11 environment. The alliance provides analysis to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on threats to U.S. food security and by implementing more secure borders and improving the efficiency of international commerce.
"American agriculture has provided critical support for our agenda of opening markets and expanding opportunities around the world, because when American farmers can compete fairly, they win," Zoellick said.
"Coordinating with our agriculture community will continue to be important as the tempo of negotiations for global, regional and bilateral trade agreements intensifies," he said.
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Congress established these advisory committees in 1974 to ensure a private sector voice in establishing U.S. trade policy and trade negotiation objectives. Agricultural products face extensive barriers in foreign markets including tariffs and non-tariff measures. U.S. exports of high-value products have increased and are expected to continue to be a significant factor in agricultural trade, USDA officials said.
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Hope College's Cara Conrad has become the third recipient of a NCAA Women's Enhancement Program Postgraduate Scholarship in school history.
The senior from St. Joseph, Mich. (Michigan Lutheran HS), will receive a one-time, $7,500 nonrenewable award to use during the 2014-15 academic year. Conrad, an athletic training student, also will be given an all-expenses paid trip to the NCAA Career in Sports Forum on June 5-8 at the NCAA national office in Indianapolis, Ind.
Conrad plans to use the NCAA grant toward graduate school for physical therapy.
"Cara is one of the top students in our program," said Kirk Brumels, program director for athletic training education at Hope. "Cara is a diligent student who gives her best effort at whatever she does. She is self driven, motivated, and determined in her goals of becoming the best health care practitioner she can be."
Conrad joins former Hope athletic training students Kelsey Guisbert and Emily Schlitz as NCAA Women's Enhancement Program Postgraduate Scholarship recipients. Guisbert and Schlitz both were honored in 2006.
Conrad is the third Hope student to receive an NCAA grant this school year. Football player Michael Atwell and cross country runner Sheri McCormack were awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships earlier this month.
"It's encouraging that my hard work has paid off," Conrad said.
Conrad intends to become an athletic trainer for a NCAA Division I gymnastics team, reflecting her lifelong passion for the sport.
"I grew up doing gymnastics," she said. "That's the sport I've always loved and done."
Conrad said that her time at Hope and the instruction here helped her be in position to be heading to graduate school and receive an NCAA grant.
"My time has challenged me academically and pushed me to excel," Conrad said. "I've never been told I can't do something that I want to do."
Brumels said that Conrad is an extremely good student who is able to comprehend and apply the information that has been given to her in a meaningful way.
"She performs admirably in the classroom and has the ability to translate her didactic knowledge into the clinical setting during real patient care situations. I am impressed by the fact that Cara will ask questions until the information presented to her is clear and understood in its entirety," he said. "Cara is in the latter stages of her academic development, and has been very organized and thorough with her academic studies and possesses many character traits that should serve her well in health care profession employment. She is prompt, dedicated, friendly, and personable.
"I have seen Cara become more and more comfortable during her clinical experiences in the athletic training room. I am excited for what the future holds for Cara as she progresses through graduate school," Brumels said.


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Gerald Hurt, 80, of Florence died Monday at his home. He was born Nov. 1, 1931, in Council Grove to Harold and Mamie Smith Hurt.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran and a retired electrical engineer. He had lived in Florence since 1992.
He is survived by his wife, Susan of the home; a son, Jerry of Florence; two daughters, Fonda Hurt and Genina Hurt, both of California; a sister, Almeda Kahns of Lincolnville; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Rexeal, in 1996.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 21 at Zeiner Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will be in the Lincolnville Cemetery.
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But also consider the weight of a beam.
Oh I cancelled your TK. Crap its falling on me.
One thing is for sure. When their hands met nothing happened.
I think Accelerator found Mr. Hero as a more interesting target than an Imouto.
Yes another one. First Mikoto now a psycho.
Hell who knows if this keeps up maybe Touma will get a yandere package.
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|2008-12-24, 05:40
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There is still an element of psychic power when Mikoto uses the railgun, probably why Touma can still block it. Sure it has amazing velocity, except it somehow runs out after 1-0meters. On the other hand, Violent I-Beam attack here is akin to being pushed to fall/fly in his direction. It isn't Accellerator's power driving the attack, it's gravity going the other way to avoid him.
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I've always thought that Accelarator's Vector altering powers to fire his projectiles is different from Mikoto's railgun. Well that, and lets face it- Comparing a coin to an I-Beam ?
Then again, and I'm sure I'll be corrected on this soon enough, maybe Touma could stop it, but just didn't think he could. If I didn't recall wrongly, he was focused on avoiding them- And who could blame him? It's a freaking-ton-of construction support bar flying towards you!
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the thing is if he really did stop the coin it makes no sense, since rail guns ammo is essential a piece of metal using electromagnetics shot at high enough speeds that it can pierce nigh anything.
So unless imagine breaker could stop the velocity or the image depictions are incorrect, the coin should just punch a hole though him regardless if it cancelled the electromagnetic powers as once it left her hand it should have already been fired and velocity established.
though honestly, even subconsciously there is no way he (a physically normal person) should be able to react fast enough to block lightning or a rail gun bullet.
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Well one fear Biri-biri had about Touma in the Railgun besides being serious on her (WTF does she want him to get serious or not? Is she M?) like a yankee delinquent is that he can turn her to normal girl...Permanently
One of the misconceptions of Mikoto about Touma's power is that it can seal her power, taking it away.
Of course she knows he is a hero that goes to damsels recue even if the girl is her.
That's what irritates her about Touma.
Touma makes her feel like a normal girl.
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My theory is that with the Railgun, the actual psychic power was, at the moment of impact to Touma's hand, still propelling the coin forward, so when Imagine Breaker stopped it, the coin no longer had any force, making the inertia null(ex: you push a box. As long as the force(in this case, you) push the box, it keeps moving. Once the force stops, the box doesn't move). Accelerator's power affects the object and its force is an after-effect of his power, which is why Touma can't stop them.
I still think it's impossible to react to the Railgun though, I don't know HOW he did that .
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Railguns use two sliding or rolling contacts that permit a large electric current to pass through the projectile. This current interacts with the strong magnetic fields generated by the rails and this accelerates the projectile.
If I'm not mistaken in this case Biri uses her fingers as the coils contacts meaning once it's left her fingers the accelerated velocity of the coin should have already been established.
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The coin is a solid object, with an existence independent of Mikoto's power. Regardless of whether Mikoto's power is still accelerating it, its speed and mass at the moment of negation are real. If Touma could block a railgun coin, then he'd be able to stop the iron bars, since it's all the same principle. If the latter is not the case, then the former was a mistake on the part of the Railgun manga. But looking back over the chapter, Touma never actually had the chance to try stopping the bars with his right hand, did he. He was too busy getting pelted with rocks, slammed in the chin, and so forth. He thought to himself that he couldn't, though, so I'm going with that.
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Actually, him stopping the railgun makes sense. He canceled the power that was pushing the coin that came from Mikoto. He can't do the same for Accelerator, since once the beams were launched, they were no longer "connected" to his powers.
Mikoto's railgun is like a push. She pushes the coin further. If she stops pushing (canceled), the coin returns to normal.
Accelerator's is like a throw. Once you throw something, it will travel according to the laws of physics. In base, AC's power just tells the object to "go that way".
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Oh god, not another one. Look, Toma cannot stop the coin fired from Mikoto's railgun NO MATTER WHAT! That part from the Railgun manga (which you should posting about at the Railgun board BTW.) is not canon. I would like explain the reasons but it will take 2 much of my time, just see the previous posts at the Railgun manga board why the Railgun will hurt Toma.
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However I'm curious, what does the novel have to say about this?
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*cough* No, no, not at all. I'd advice watching the first and 22nd episodes to see it in action.
Though truth be told, the anime's latest episode has raised doubt on the claim that Touma can't stop a Railgun blast. He certainly had no problem stopping that golem dead in it's tracks.
Which is why I would like to see what the novel has to say about this. Right now, the manga seems to be the odd one out.
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12 years after attack, haunting memories of Sept. 11 shaping US debate on Syria
WASHINGTON – Twelve years later, haunting memories of Sept. 11 are shaping the debate over what to do about Syria.
As Americans mark the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks, the nation again is wrestling with painful questions about al-Qaida, weapons of mass destruction and the risks of American inaction. At the center of the debate is President Barack Obama, who has sought to move the U.S. away from what he has called the "perpetual wartime footing" it found itself on in the years after 9/11.
"America is not the world's policeman," Obama said Tuesday evening as he addressed the nation about the Syria conflict. "Terrible things happen across the globe, and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act."
Some people worry that a U.S. strike in Syria would embroil the American military in an extended and unwinnable conflict in the Middle East, evoking emotions many felt in the years after 9/11 as they watched America's sons and daughters go back for second and third tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Others see Syria through a broader Mideast prism involving Iran. They fear that if the U.S. doesn't assert itself now, America will start from a position of weakness if and when it confronts future threats in the region.
When Obama and the first lady stand on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday morning to commemorate 9/11 victims with a moment of silence, there's a good chance at least some of these themes will be weighing on the president.
The international terrorist organization headed by Osama bin Laden became synonymous with "America's enemy" in the days after 9/11. More than a decade later, bin Laden is dead and Obama says the group's core is on the path to defeat. But blows to al-Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan have come amid growing concerns about al-Qaida's strength in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa and even Syria.
That foreign jihadi fighters, many linked to al-Qaida, are growing in ranks among rebels fighting Assad's regime is a major concern for lawmakers and the U.S. Assad and his forces have sought to exploit that concern, arguing, in short, that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
Assad said of a potential U.S. strike in an interview Sunday with American journalist Charlie Rose, "This is the war that is going to support al-Qaida and the same people that kill Americans in the 11th of September."
Although Americans are far less jittery about the threat of terrorism than they were in the aftermath of 9/11, they're still keenly aware of turmoil in the Middle East and its challenges for the U.S.
Nearly all Americans — 94 percent — say the war on terrorism has not yet been won, according to a new Associated Press poll. Just 14 percent of those Americans say it's likely the U.S. will win it during the next 10 years.
Such sentiments were punctuated Tuesday when Obama, hours before his national address on Syria, signed a notice extending the national emergency for another year.
"The terrorist threat that led to the declaration on Sept. 14, 2001, of a national emergency continues," Obama wrote to Congress.
Compounding concerns have been new threats to America's embassies and consulates. A threat from Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula led to the closing of 19 diplomatic posts across the Mideast and in Africa last month. And as Obama considered a strike in Syria last week, the State Department was ordering nonessential American diplomats to leave the U.S. Embassy in neighboring Lebanon because of the potential for retaliation from Iran-backed Hezbollah, a group allied with Assad.
With the U.S. military struggling to absorb deep automatic spending cuts, few Americans are eager for the U.S. to get involved in a civil war already raging for more than two years, with no end in sight.
Obama, who ran for president as a critic of the Iraq war, ended it as president and is winding down the U.S. war in Afghanistan, is of similar mind.
"I know how tired the American people are of war generally, and particularly war in the Middle East. And so I don't take these decisions lightly," Obama said in an NBC interview Monday.
Obama and his aides know many Americans reflexively resist anything that calls to mind the aggressive stance President George W. Bush took after 9/11. They're insisting any U.S. action will be limited and won't involve troops on the ground.
"This is not Iraq or Afghanistan," Obama's chief of staff, Denis McDonough, said repeatedly Sunday on political talk shows.
But Republicans are hearing a slightly different message. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., arranged for Republican congressional staffers to hear from Stephen Hadley, Bush's former national security adviser, and Eric Edelman, once a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Both played major roles in the Iraq war and are now selling leery Republicans on a strike in Syria.
"The lesson of September the 11th is take threats before they fully materialize," Bush said in August 2006.
Those days, it was erroneous intelligence claiming Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that incensed many Americans as civilian deaths hit record highs three years into the war in Iraq.
Today, there are few doubts chemical weapons have been used in Syria. Assad's regime even acknowledged publicly this week that it possesses the weapons when it agreed to give them up as part of a budding diplomatic deal to avert a U.S. strike.
Obama acknowledges that Syria poses no direct or imminent threat to the U.S. But his pitch to Congress, the public and U.S. allies is rooted in the belief that if the world doesn't act now to uphold a global norm against chemical weapons use, we all could be at risk down the line.
"Sometimes wars have started later because people didn't do things that might have prevented them earlier," Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Enter the world of Wonderland at The Grove on January 22-23rd when Walt Disney Pictures takes visitors behind the scenes into making the magical world of the blockbuster movie ALICE IN WONDERLAND in a special interactive experience to be held at the recently opened Wonderland Bakery. Displays of the Mad Hatter's costume, production designs, visual effects and animation, and an opportunity to be photographed in Alice's Wonderland will take visitors down the rabbit hole into the extraordinary world envisioned by director Tim Burton for the multi-award-nominated film ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
Visitors will see how the computer generated imagery and animation was created by the Sony Pictures Imageworks visual effects team led by Academy Award(R)-winner Ken Ralston. The Mad Hatter's costume, worn in the movie by Johnny Depp, was designed by Academy Award-winner Colleen Atwood and will be on display for visitors to see close up. Concept art and designs by Academy Award-winning production designer Rob Stromberg will also be featured. On Saturday only from Noon to 4 pm, a special green screen set up will place visitors into a scene from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Cookies, cupcakes and sweet treat samples will help make a delicious and magical event.
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It has to suck to be BlackPlanet. Yes, even after Friendster, Myspace, Facebook, and such, it still exists. For one, it doesn't even get the credit it deserves from mainstream culture of predating the aforementioned by at least three years in the social networking game (even its Wikipedia page gets no love). Secondly, it has the sterling reputation of having been turned out by ghetto people.
And I do mean ghetto people of all races, so now that we have that out the way…
At first, it was as innocent as any other social networking site's humble beginnings. A few people in the know did their thing on there, met new people, introduced their local crew or school friends or their peeps from other online communities to play along. Kept nice and quaint, folks got to exchange ideas and it was never a bad day.
Then the ghetto people got their hands on it and it evolved. Into some other sh*t. Females of all ages began letting it all hang out. Thirsty macks who never used a computer before suddenly started aggressively hollerin'. A billion and one accounts sprung up for the sole purpose of showing off all of "BP's_Dymes." This evolved into the what this author knows as "the BlackPlanet effect."
The BlackPlanet effect is a muthaf*cka. You see it on all kinds of sites now, social networking and otherwise, but this generally began on BlackPlanet. Bad web design habits (e.g. way too much computer-crashing crap on one page). Obnoxious songs posted up. Gassed up ghetto girls who think they're professional models. And worst of all, BlackPlanet is basically known as the place to specifically look for someone ready to f*ck, so you always see women posting up bitter sh*t like the following:
"HI, BEFORE I GET STARTED, KNOW UP FRONT I DON'T DO MARRIED MEN, I AIN'T INTERESTED IN NO THREESOME BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD ONE WHEN I WAS 15, I DON'T WANT A MAN WITH KIDS (THOUGH I HAVE TWO OF MY OWN BY TWO BABY DADDIES), AND I AIN'T MESSIN WITH NO BROKE N*GGAZ BECAUSE I AM SOME-BODY AT MY TELEMARKETING JOB, SO KEEP IT PUSHIN'! LESBIANS NEED TO FALL BACK TOO, BECAUSE I AM STRICKLY D*CKLY! PRAISE GOD FOR I AM A SAVED CHRISTIAN WOMAN! NOW CHECK OUT THESE GLITTERY TIDDY PICS WITH ME AND MY GuRLZ AT THE STRIP CLUB!"
That is if you were added, since the pages of these people on any of these sites are frequently set to private as if these people are really anything special. Trust, quite a lot of them are fools' gold..same people who still think an Internet site filled with real people out to set off real events is a video game.
Anyway, why would these burned out on life *ss people have any appeal for adding and talking to anyway? Why be on BlackPlanet at all if it's that bad? For attention? For the appeal of dissing someone who tries to holla because it doesn't have the repercussions of in-person rejection?
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Have been trying to grow these since 2010 with limited success.
There are technically 5 of these in the garden now. Interestingly the 3 strongest are from the little pots that were quite cheap. The massive one has sort of died off but is still struggling onwards and one of the very first ones I planted two years ago in the frost of 2010 is still alive even though its been mown over with the lawnmower.
Not really looked at most of them but the one in the front ornamental area seems to have come along quite well. I totally cheated and brought a 7 gallon plant for $19 from Home Depot. Fits in quite well.
I now have loads of these and in general they are doing OK. What got the first batch was the winter frost.
These are along one of the boundries and the idea was they would form a sort of hedge. They were also cheap.
Theres virtually nothing left of these. I'll take some photos soon though. They actually seem quite popular arounf my area but I guess they just have to get established. It didnt help that they were covered in weeds, I really had to dig down to find them and they were all moist from being so far down in the undergrowth. Fingers crossed.
Went to Walmart where they had a massive sale on plants and got 5 tiny 1 gallon Roebelinii Palms. They were only $2 each. The label said 50% off so I guess they were only $4 to start with but ive never seen them in 1 gallon tops before. I brought 5 seeing as my current ones need as much help as they can get.


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Before we begin talking about your life, I was wondering if you have ever taken any vitamins or done anything that may account for your amazing health status?
Absolutely nothing. No supplements. I've always eaten very well. I was raised by a northern Minnesota woman. As I mentioned to the world press at the International AIDS Conference, I really can't remember going on any particular health kick or any of that.
So you don't do any juicing? You don't even take a multiple vitamin?
No. Nothing.
Do you do meditation or yoga?
Actually, I center myself with gardening. This is how I center myself. I love to work with the earth. That's very therapeutic for me, and I've done that both personally and professionally all my life, worked with the plants, worked with mother earth.
Now Loreen, tell me, how did you find out that you were HIV positive?
Actually, Bonnie, I had a dream that I was HIV positive. I went into the public health department just to validate it, and, indeed, it did come back indeterminate. I was still in the process of seroconversion when that dream came.
Why did you feel you were at risk?
I had actually been engaged to an individual who apparently had a history of risky behavior. Even though I think that consciously I wasn't admitting that acknowledgment, my psyche did. My subconscious picked it up, and indeed I contracted it from my fiancé.
It took the public health department a particularly long time to confirm [that I was HIV positive] because of the recent infection. I tested indeterminate. I don't know what percentage of newly diagnosed people that happens with, but it took them another three or four weeks. They had to send the sample to a state lab, instead of doing it locally. So I had an extended wait period. It was probably a good eight weeks. I already knew the answer, but --
Why did you feel you already knew the answer? Weren't you hopeful that an indeterminate result could go either way?
Yes. But I think that my dream was so definitive that I understood that, yes, I was positive. It was just an intuition.
What did you do during those eight weeks? Didn't you go crazy?
It was pretty tough I have to admit. I don't know if you recall that when you and I met last summer I let you know that I had been residing in a rather rural community in the northern California foothills. There wasn't a whole lot of information. As a matter of fact, just the other day I was looking at the form that the public health department provided to me. It was typewritten and it was very vague. All I remember is this: The nurse that was sitting at the desk across from me, when they did come up with a positive ELISA and a positive Western blot, looked at me and said, "You know, this means a death sentence. I would recommend you collect and complete the unfinished business in your life." That's what they gave me in 1992.
Well, 1992 was a different time.
Yep, sure was.
At that time, although it might have been true, it's not an appropriate thing to say to anybody.
I don't know why -- if it was just my innate curiosity to leap forward, but I remember telling her, "That's your personal opinion. It's not necessarily the one that I have to subscribe to."
That's when I started calling Project Inform in San Francisco, their hotline [The Project Inform treatment hotline offers HIV treatment information at no cost. In the United States, call 1-800-822-7422. Outside the U.S., call 1-415-558-9051.]
So you had a strong enough sense of self to disagree with a medical authority. A lot of people would just say, "Oh, OK," and get their things in order. Why didn't you do that? What made you strong enough to talk back to the nurse and say, "You're wrong!" What gave you that strength?
Twelve years before I had been diagnosed with cancer, cervical cancer. Similar to the news from the public health nurse with the HIV diagnosis, that physician told me that it was a level 5 pap smear and that I could expect not to be around for very long. I immediately then asked for a second opinion -- I had a couple of friends who were physicians. And again I jumped straight into the self-education process, reading all the books I could, talking to people. Indeed, I'm still here. I have a distinct memory of the day that I was diagnosed HIV positive, that it kicked me back to the day in 1980. I just refused to subscribe to [negative thinking]. I'm very strong willed.
Do you remember those eight weeks before you were diagnosed? Do you remember what season it was? Do you remember what you were doing?
Yes, I do. I'm a landscape contractor, and I was quite busy at that time. It was springtime, late spring. I was very busy with my crew and clients, so I had a bunch of distractions.
But let me tell you an interesting side note to this story. I did indeed get a hold of my ex-fiancé. I wanted to discuss with him, this issue. He denied it. He actually denied that he had transmitted the virus to me. Interestingly enough, the same nurse that gave me the diagnosis told me that they had proof that he had infected another woman in a neighboring community. They actually gave me that woman's phone number, and I distinctly remember a very interesting phone conversation with her.
Loreen playing the board game Mousetrap at her best friend's house outside Los Angeles. The photo was taken in 1968, when Loreen was 14 years old. Forty years later, her then-best friend became her partner. They live together in southern California.
Interesting in what way?
Interesting because I think that she and I connected. We realized that perhaps we hadn't been as discerning as we could have been with our choice of a mate. It seemed to me that she was as strong an individual as I was because she was doing quite well. She had been infected about six months prior to me. I've been sorry that I haven't stayed in touch with the individual. Especially, now that 15 years have passed and the things that have happened in my life with the medical research and all of that. I'd really love to look her up again and have a conversation. But I feel like we supported each other. There was only one phone conversation, but I definitely felt that just connecting with one woman who was HIV positive was very beneficial to both of us.
Try to break down, if you can, what happened. You told me previously that you were not engaged at the time that you were diagnosed. You already had broken up with the man.
So he had been with another woman during your relationship with him?
Previous to our relationship.
Oh, previous to your relationship. You disclosed to the nurse who your partner had been, I guess. Did she ask?
When you disclosed she said, "Oh. I already have this information about another person."
Wow. That is illegal, I think, even in rural California.
Yes, she could have lost her job.
I guess this is small-town U.S.A.
That's correct.
So your town was so small that your nurse knew someone else that had been infected by your former fiancé, and your fiancé denied the whole thing. Do you know whatever happened to him?
Interestingly enough, Bonnie, I did run into him at a horse show in another community. This was five years after the fact. He was obviously in physical distress. He had gained an awful lot of weight, but his face was showing the wasting syndrome.
I remember distinctly the shock I felt at seeing him. I was with some really great friends of mine. We're basically a bunch of artisans, and all of them expected me to leap off the bleacher and attack him [laughs], but actually I had a sense of calm.
It was a very interesting experience. I remember saying to one of my friends, "Come take a walk with me. I need to get up and out of the crowd and just kind of walk off this energy," because there was a little bit of anger.
But then I realized that I didn't want to hurt the person. I had a very interesting and strong sense of compassion because he was obviously ill. I walked a couple of sections away and there was one point where the gentleman and I actually crossed paths again and we just stared at each other. I actually never had a conversation with him again. I never did.
I had a sense of peace with it because I had a decision to make: Was I going to be full of anger and negativity? Or was I just going to accept my part in contracting the disease and just let it go? Indeed that's what I did, and I'm happy about that. I'm a very positive person to begin with, and it just didn't seem natural for me to cause a scene, number one. And number two, because I was witnessing that he was obviously not well, I let it go. I've never regretted that decision.
How long had you been together?
We had been together about eight months. We went shopping for rings, the whole thing. I can't remember the specific circumstances about why we broke up, but I remember thinking it was a very positive thing.
Was he around your age?
Yes, he was.
Who did you tell when you first found out that you were HIV positive?
One of my best girlfriends.
What was her reaction?
She said, "That's OK, you can still swim in my pool."
[Laughs.] I guess that's important in California.
Yes. [Laughing.] I remember thinking, "Uh, oh. This is going to be an interesting thing, dealing with different folks' reactions." I immediately told my family. I have three sisters. My mom was still surviving. I immediately talked to them. They just embraced me.
I have a wonderful family. I never once felt any stigma from them. They were concerned about my acquiring a good doctor. All of them jumped in to help educate me. As a matter of fact, my youngest sister made me a charter subscriber to POZ magazine. She immediately bought me a subscription to that magazine. I think my first issue was, I don't know, late 1994. I can't remember when they started.
I have the benefit of a supportive and loving family. I know that there are so many women -- there are so many people out there -- who do not. So immediately I was embraced with love. I've been very blessed by that.
So they had no fears about kissing you, about sharing cups with you? They were very knowledgeable about HIV transmission?
Wow! That was back in 1992. If there is ignorance now, there was even a little bit more then.
Loreen in Minneapolis in 1974, at the age of 20. That year, she helped create and run the city's first community-supported FM radio station.
So how did they come to be so knowledgeable?
That's an interesting question. My sisters are moms, and I think that they have always shown so much concern about their kids. We had so many conversations back and forth.
The more I learned through Project Inform -- who I will always be indebted to -- whoever was working that hotline, whenever I'd call, they were just fabulous for me. They are also, Bonnie, responsible for connecting me with my internist in the Sacramento area. They got me a physician, connected me with a physician who came from Stanford and had actually worked with the affected community in the San Francisco community for many years. I would say I was under his care within two months of my diagnosis.
You called the hotline and asked for a referral?
Yes, I did. I'll tell you why I was feeling unease. It was because I was in a very small town. I had heard stories about the lack of educated physicians in the neighborhood. I also had lots of friends who were gay, and they weren't happy with the services that were available at that time in the county.
I just took my health care completely down the hill, so to speak. I was living in the foothills and Sacramento then was about a half-an-hour away, so my physician was located down there. But I was also a business person and I was concerned that if my status got out, that it would affect my livelihood. I really lived that way in that same community, until last spring (2006), when I decided to do a full public disclosure in the local newspaper.
So until last spring you were pretty quiet about your status?
Yes, I was.
You would just disclose if you were dating or with friends.
How did it feel all those years not to disclose? How did it feel not to share your status? Did you hear negative things about people with HIV?
I did. The other thing I did, Bonnie, was I became very active in the Ryan White consortia, back in 1995, even though I wasn't disclosing publicly. You have to remember that people were taking AZT [Retrovir, AZT] way back then. I had a couple of friends who were reacting quite badly to that. I lost one. He died from AIDS. Then I had another friend who had a wonderful doctor who took him off of it, and he is alive to this day.
But, I got involved politically, and I think that was when my true education began. I was paying more attention to the funds that were being streamlined into the community, which really wasn't quite much then. Yes, I did hear a lot of negative stories about people with HIV. I did an interesting walk.
How did you get involved? How does someone do that? Did you just make a phone call and say, "Hi. I'm HIV positive, and I want to help"?
You know, I don't quite remember. There was a gay gentleman who was the head of our local AIDS task force in that town. He and I became friends. I can't distinctly remember how that happened. It might even have been through Project Inform, to tell you the truth. They gave me his phone number because he was in my area. He was very outspoken, very plugged in and took me under his wing. I'll also always be grateful to him. [Laughs.]
My life and this whole issue has been a very interesting trail. I fell in with the right people. There was one person that led me to another. There was this synchronicity involved. It's almost like I was supposed to be involved and be involved with the community, the affected community.
Let's go back to the diagnosis. How long did it take you to process it?
You mean mentally?
Yes, mentally. How long did it take you to not be upset about it, to say to yourself, "This is my life and I will go on?"
I think that with the assistance of my physician, the support of my family, educating myself, getting out there and trying to be politically active, I really can't say to you that I was ever emotionally devastated by my diagnosis.
You know with the assistance of my physician, to be truthful, it probably took about six months [for me to get used to having HIV]. By that time we had a couple of lab tests drawn. I was already exhibiting higher-than-human-normal CD4 counts. I remember having a conversation with him about the medications. Based on his experience in the Bay Area, he was telling me, "You are a long way away from that, Loreen. Let's just take the labs. Instead of every three months, let's do them every six months." Within two years he said, "You know, there's just no change with you, so let's just go to once a year." That started in 1995. Then they released the PCR RNA, what we call the viral load test now, and I always tested undetectable.
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I met Loreen nearly 20 years ago, I had never met anyone who was more mentally focused and intent on defeating this heinous virus. After our visit I would often think about Loreen, and how she faced this infection with such strength and faith. I am not surprised to hear that she may help advance research to rid us of the grim prospects facing many HIV/AIDS patients. Go get 'em Loreen!
she was really brave,I think if people start to take aids as any general illness,then all the fear of disclosing one's status due to stigmatization and discrimination can be overcome.Lets fight together as humans in one accord against this our common enermy
This interview fills me with hope. I'm not HIV+, but I have an (auto)immune disease that makes life difficult to deal with in several of the same ways. Thank you so much for sharing this with those who didn't get to hear the podcast.
hello yes i have HiV and my life have not been right since i have had this. do not have a please to go,no money.do not do drugs the man that gave me this is now DEAD iwanted to take him out,but thats not my call i can not give life,and it would not help me at all. i;m sad most of the time. just want my own place. thats all i need. please help me do not want to be in a shelter. i have no one.
Loreen, do you remember be from our wonderful days in Los Angeles as little girls! We we went to Lou Costello Elementary! What a brave and wonderfully beautiful women you are. Your life has such meaning and you know your purpose. I feel honored to know you back in the day and I recall what a great artist your were - and you still have that fantastic mane that I still remember.
Loreen, What a maverick of the cause. Your generosity and giving nature blesses us all. I am 46 and have been positive since 1997. I suffer not 1 but 2 diseases. No one knows if they are related or not. My ID dr. and my neuro dr. think they are unrelated. My muscles are getting bigger and bigger. My calf muscles are getting so big they are turning my feet sideways. My shoulders are getting so big they are pulling at the disc in my back. My tongue muscle is even getting bigger! I have seen 5 different specialists. Some insist it is part of the hiv, some think it has to be connected to the meds. 2 neuro dr.s think it is myotonia or muscular distrophy. I have applied to NIH but have not heard anything back yet. What you are doing for the research of a cure is a beautiful wonderful gift of hope. Thank you.
Simply stated you are an inspiration!!! I read your story for the first time today and quite frankly speaking I'd honestly have to state it was the most inspirational, amazingly positive and beautiful piece I have come across year to date. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful inspiring account of your experiences and life. Please continue to update one and all on your progress and activities.
I think it shouldnt be a secret who is infected because they dont tell you they feel if i have it spread it die like me its sick they dont tell you it should be the law
Your true spirit of positive energy will keep you around forever.
Loreen you are a doll and you can swim in my pool anytime! :D
Loreen I googled you after our conversations via email this week re World AIDS Day.
You are one amazing woman! I am proud to call you Sister!
We were infected and diagnosed around the same time.
Stay Strong! Stay Well
Loreen, I am so in awe of your setting up the Zephyr foundation in order to try and contribute more towards the search for a cure and a vaccine. That is such an honourable thing to do. I don't believe in the supernatural and the paranormal so I will not say "Bless you!" but I will say, YOU ARE A FINE HUMAN-BEING, LOREEN. P.S. I'm 55, about the same age as you, +, but unfortunately not an LTNP.
Loreen, what a beautiful person, so giving. God bless you always.
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