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SAN FRANCISCO – In a historic vote followed by applause and tears, the Golden Gate Bridge district Board of Directors unanimously approved funding Friday to build a suicide barrier on the span.
A standing-room-only crowd filled the board room at the span's Toll Plaza administration building as family members addressed the board, relaying the pain and devastation the suicides have caused as they urged funding approval.
"My main thing for being here is to prevent future deaths," said an emotional Manuel Gamboa of Fair Oaks, whose 18-year-old son, Kyle, jumped from the span last September.
The Gamboa family is one of many who have pleaded with the bridge board over the years to put up a barrier, but until recently the political will wasn't there, said board member Brian Sobel of Sonoma.
"We have heard your voices, we have listened to your stories," Sobel told the families and friends of suicide victims. "The hard work has occurred at every level of government. It's a collaborative effort. But the underpinning is the families, who have week in and week out reminded all of us of the pain and suffering that has accrued as a result of not having a barrier in place, and that is being brought to an end."
Board member John Moylan, long an advocate for the barrier, made the motion to approve $20 million in funding for the $76 million project. Earlier this month his grandson jumped from the span.
"We never gave up the idea," he said. "The good people we have to thank are the people who lost family out there. Losing a family member, there is nothing worse in my opinion. Suicide tears family apart."
The vote was met with cheers from family members who applauded, sobbed, and cried "we did it" and "thank you." In turn, the board members applauded the family members.
If all the funding comes together as planned, the contract for the work would go out at the end of this year and it would take about three years to build, with complete installation expected by early 2018.
Under the funding plan Caltrans would contribute $22 million, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission $27 million and the state $7 million. Those agencies still must vote to OK the funds, but approval is expected.
Backers of a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge got a boost in July 2012 when President Obama signed a transportation bill that included language allowing federal funds to flow to the project.
The bridge district's suicide barrier plan calls for a net extending 20 feet below and 20 feet from the side of the span. The net would be made of stainless steel cable.
While people could still jump into the net, such occurrences might be rare because the net would act as a deterrent. A similar net was placed more than a decade ago on the Munster Terrace cathedral in Bern, Switzerland, and since then no suicide attempts have been reported.
"If there is a barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge they wouldn't go anywhere else," said Dr. Mel Blaustein of Mill Valley, chairman of the Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California and the Golden Gate Bridge Barrier Task Force. "We have good scientific study showing that 90 percent of people taken from the bridge did not go on to (commit) suicide later in life."
Discussion of a barrier began in the 1950s, but the first intensive look at a solution took place in the early 1970s, when 18 design concepts were evaluated, then shelved.
Between 1997 and 1999, the district's Building and Operations Committee requested another review of all of the original 18 designs brought forward during the studies in the 1970s, along with preliminary analysis of a "Z-Clip" concept. Officials determined that the "Z-Clip" design was not foolproof and was a bad aesthetic fit for the span, and it was abandoned.
After emotional testimony before the bridge board in 2005, several agencies — including the Metropolitan Transportation Commission — contributed funding for the suicide barrier study.
Roughly two dozen people jump from the span each year, and more than 1,500 people have jumped from the span since it opened in 1937. Another 80 or so people who are contemplating suicide are pulled off the bridge every year.
The bridge has the most suicides of any structure in the world, according to the Sausalito-based Bridge Rail Foundation, a group working to get a barrier in place.
"It means the world to a lot of people," said Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a former bridge board member who pushed hard for the barrier. "It's a tribute to those who did jump, recognizing they didn't die for nothing."


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Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Sport Management Department at Farmingdale State College will be hosting a video conference and Q&A with the daughter of Duke University's basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski.
Jamie K. Spatola will speak on her recently published book, "Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success", which she co-authored with her father. The book focuses on the coach's words that he uses to motivate his players on how to be winners on the court and in every aspect of their lives.
Jamie K. Spatola is a graduate of Duke University. She lives with her husband, U.S. Army Captain Chris Spatola, in Lawton/Fort Sill Oklahoma.
Mike Krzyzewski has been basketball coach of the Duke Blue Devils for twenty-seven years, winning three national championships and twelve national Coach of the Year awards. He has also been selected to coach the USA Men's Basketball team at the Summer Olympics in 2008.
The event, which will be held from 9:30 a.m. till 10:45 a.m. on May 9th at the College in Lupton Hall's room T101, is free and open to all students, faculty and the general public. For details or information call 631-598-7034.


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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Food for an Obama House Party
My friend Mary and I, along with the other members of Mary's Grassroots Political Therapy Group, decided to throw a house party/fundraiser for Barack Obama. Our division of labor: Mary would supply the house, and I would supply the food. Betty brought many bottles of wine; Pat made signs and greeted people; Pam and Linda were the bartenders; Karen and Sandra arranged the food artistically on platters and served. Our representative from District 60B, Frank Hornstein, was there to fire up the troops, and playwright-storyteller (and neighbor) Kevin Kling wrote a political allegory devised just for this occasion. Eighty to ninety friends and neighbors came to eat, drink, talk, cheer each other up, and put checks in the hats. We had a fine time.
I stayed home from work on Thursday to bake and assemble. My menu was miniature biscuits with ham and hot honey mustard, palmiers Provencale, toasts with cream cheese and Spanish olives, figs stuffed with blue cheese and nuts, and granola-dipped brie and grapes on toothpicks. Dessert was brownies and lemon bars. At 8:00 a.m., the whole day spread out before me, and I started the palmiers in a leisurely manner.
The palmiers (from First Impressions, Betty Rosbottom's book of appetizers) were fun to make, especially if they were the only thing you were making all day. It sounded easy--after all, it's not like you made the puff pastry dough yourself. You just take some Trader Joe's frozen all-butter puff pastry dough, roll the dough out with a little Parmesan, spread each piece with a mixture of chopped Kalamata olives, sundried tomatoes, garlic, basil, thyme, and fennel seeds, roll the dough up from each side until it meets in the middle, cut off little slices, and bake them. Easy, right? And it was, except that every step took longer than I thought it would, and I could only bake one pan at a time, and I was making about 100 of them. But I finished by 10:30.
Then the brownies, a doubled recipe of "Classic Brownies" from Dory Greenspan's Baking From My Home to Yours.
These are really good brownies: made with butter, bittersweet and unsweetened chocolate, eggs, sugar, vanilla, plus a little instant espresso powder and lots of walnuts. What's not to like? The espresso powder just brings out the intense chocolatey-ness, and there are walnuts in every rich bite.
At this point I should mention that my intrepid photographer-husband kind of fell down on the job here. As we left the house to go over to Mary's house, I said, in my encouraging wifely way, "What is wrong with you Jim? You haven't taken pictures of everything I baked! How do you expect me to blog about this if you don't take the pictures!" "Dammit," he said in his sweet husbandly way, "why didn't you say you wanted pictures before now?" So he managed to snap a few photos, but they are not up to his usual standard as he would be the first (well, maybe the second) to admit.
On a dessert bender, I decided it was time to bake the lemon bars. This recipe is from Rose's Christmas Cookies, my first Rose Levy Beranbaum cookbook and one of my favorites. I had never made this recipe, but I knew that if Rose promised that these lemon bars were "the ultimate lemon butter bar," she wouldn't let me down. And she didn't. Although there was a moment, when I was cooking the lemon curd, which I was instructed to cook until thickened but not to boil or it would surely curdle, that I was reminded of the infamous rum cream pie. I was thrown into a tizzy. I had lost my custard confidence. "This isn't going to thicken," I said to myself. "I'm going to have to take bowls along for the lemon bars, and no one is going to speak encouraging words to me, like they do on the blog." And, when I took the pan off the stove and poured it on top of the buttery shortbread base, it was not very thick. "I'm doomed," I said. (I was doing a lot of talking to myself at this point). But bless her heart, Rose's instructions were 100%. I baked it and put it in the refrigerator. After a half-hour, I tested it, fully expecting the lemon curd to be in a liquified state, but it was perfect.
These lemon bars looked stunning cut into tiny squares and arranged carefully on a shiny white platter. I realize they don't look so stunning in the cakepan, but if I could have stood around this platter all night, surreptitiously eating lemon bars, I would have.
By the time I took the lemon bars out of the oven, it was past 1:00, and I was getting a little nervous about the things I still had to check off my list. I decided to take a break from baking, and make the stuffed figs. Very simple. Just cut a whole bunch of little baby figs in half, stuff each half with a little tiny piece of blue cheese, and artistically arrange a candied walnut half atop the cheese. Or, if you run out of candied walnut halves, artistically arrange a pecan half on top. I figured I could cross this baby off my list in ten minutes. Except that I was making about 150 of them. By #75, I had completely given up on the "artistically arranging" part, and was smooshing cheese into the damn fig and throwing a nut on top.
No pictures of the figs. Jim didn't think they counted as things to be photographed. Fortunately, Sandra and Karen made them look impressive on the platters.
Back to the oven. I had little biscuits to bake. I was planning to use Rose's recipe from The Bread Book, but when I read the directions, I realized that the recipe wouldn't work well for miniature biscuits because you don't use a cutter, so I quickly switched to Dorie Greenspan's Basic Biscuit recipe, using a 1 1/2" biscuit cutter instead of a standard 3" cutter. I ignored the instruction to mix the cold butter in the flour with my fingers--no time!--and used the food processor instead. These little biscuits were so much fun to make! But I was beginning to feel like I was in one of those movies where the clock keeps ticking and the hero has only a few hours left to save all of humanity. When I took the last tray of biscuits out of the oven, it was after 4:00, and I still had two appetizers left.
"Jim!" I yelled. "I need you!" I think he could tell I wasn't speaking in the Valentine's Day card sense, because he came running down the stairs. "What can I do?" "Cut brie in squares!" I barked. "Roll in granola. Put on frilly toothpick with a grape! Capisce?"
Meanwhile, I was cutting baguettes in slices, brushing olive oil on them, and making toasts. Then I quickly mixed up some cream cheese, Spanish olives, roasted red peppers, scallions, and smoked paprika. As the toasts came out of the oven, I spread a little of the cream cheese mixture on each toast and sprinkled with Parmesan. Then they all went under the broiler. Jim stabbed the last brie cube at the same time I removed the toasts from the oven.
It was 5:30. I had just enough time for a quick shower before changing my clothes and attempting to look presentable. Jim and I trotted over to Mary's house carrying buckets, baskets, and trays of food.
"Marie!" Mary cried. "How did you make all this?"
"Oh," I said modestly. "It was nothing."
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- Jim said...
I admit to screwing up by not taking close-ups of the platters of food, but you can get an idea of how nice they all looked by viewing the pictures of the final set-up at Mary's house in high resolution. Just click on the first and last two pictures to get the extra large version of them. They're not as sharp as if I had taken close-ups, but you get the idea. In the first picture, the lemon bars are on the buffet behind Marie and can be seen just to the left of her right elbow in the picture; the stuffed figs are in front of her left hand and MY brie-granola-grape goodies are in front of her right hand.
- jini said...
marie you are too much! i am sitting in front of the computer laughing out loud and causing the other person in the house to doubt my sanity. it is all your fault for being too too funny!
i am sorry that there is not a photo of jim dressing the granola brie with a frilly toothpicked grape. now that would be something special.
it sounds like a great event and obama would be so proud of you, well and jim too!
- evil cake lady said...
isn't it funny when all the time in the world becomes no time at all when baking for an event? but it looks like you pulled through fabulously! nice job BBC!
Your Brie-Granola-Grape frilly toothpick masterpieces look divine. Thank you for the explicit instructions as to where to find your gems, nearly hidden among the masses of more pedestrian fare.
Oh, and Marie, the rest looks, you know, just fine (big wink!)
Chris in RI
(oh, and I hope your hats did runneth over, did you enclose a lemon square with the $?)
- breadbasketcase said...
Believe me, if you could have seen Jim working with the frilly toothpicks, you would have gladly paid to get a picture of it.
And why is it that no matter how often we've baked for an event, we never plan enough time? Wouldn't you think we'd learn at some point in our lives?
Chris in RI,
How nice to hear from you! We made almost $7,000 from our house party--even without an explicit lemon square bribe.
- Chubbypanda said...
Good for you!
- breadbasketcase said...
Nice to hear from you too. Thanks--it was a lot of fun. There's a huge amount of energy for Obama around these parts, but Minnesota is considered a swing state this year, so there's a lot of concern too.
- Melinda said...
I am so glad to hear Obama is all for the party snack forum! My kinda guy!
Those party snacks are always so deceptively labour intensive. That's why you thought you could easily do 5 snacks.
I always like your stories where Jim gets to star. This time I think he was a real hero! And I would have loved to see him stabbing grapes with a frilly cocktail stick. I am sure it was done with a manly flair!
Those yummy looking brownies and lemon bars are definitely on my party ticket ballot!
- Doughadear said...
Wow Marie! That is a lot of work and everything looks amazing. Your vivid story was quite amusing.
- breadbasketcase said...
I don't think Obama likes to eat as much as I do, but I'm sure he'd love the lemon bars. If he didn't, I don't know if I could trust him.
Yes, Melinda's point was right--everything was labor (or labour) intensive. It would have been much easier just to open five bags of chips.
- Urbanopolis said...
I would have jumped at the chance to come and eat your delicate morsels! (And for Obama too yeah of course :)
- pinknest said...
ohmygod this is insanity!!! everything looks scrumptious, and because there is so much choice, everything must be eaten. everything!


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Mar 21, 2013 - Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a new tool that an HIV-negative person may be able to use to reduce
their risk of becoming infected with HIV. It involves taking anti-HIV medications on a regular basis.
Recently, several types of PrEP have been investigated, including the daily use of pills taken orally (oral PrEP) and the insertion of
a gel into the vagina either daily or before and after sex (topical PrEP). These types of PrEP contain the antiretroviral drug
tenofovir (called Viread when used in pill form) or combinations of tenofovir and emtricitabine (sold as a fixed-dose
co-formulation pill called Truvada).
While some PrEP clinical trials have had promising results, others have not.
Some research studies, such as iPrEX, PartnersPrEP, TDF2 and
CAPRISA 004, have shown that certain types of oral and topical PrEP are effective at reducing the risk of HIV transmission in specific populations. The extent to which PrEP reduced the overall risk of HIV transmission in these studies has ranged widely, from 39% in CAPRISA 004 to 75% in PartnersPrEP, likely due to
varying levels of adherence among study participants.
In another study, known as FEM-PrEP, oral Truvada did not appear to reduce the risk of HIV infection among high-risk heterosexual women.
This was surprising because daily Truvada was found effective for women in the PartnersPrEP and TDF2 studies.
More recently, a study known as VOICE announced similar disappointing results. A preliminary analysis of this study was presented at the
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Atlanta, Georgia, in March.
The VOICE (Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic) study was designed so that researchers could compare the effectiveness
and safety of different types of PrEP in preventing HIV infection in women.
More than 5,000 HIV-negative women from Eastern and Southern Africa were enrolled in the study. The majority of these women were from
South Africa (81%), while a smaller proportion was from Uganda (6%) and Zimbabwe (13%). Almost half of the participants were under 25
and most were not married (79%).
Researchers randomly assigned the women to one of five study arms. Each arm included approximately 1,000 women and they were asked
to use or take one of the following on a daily basis:
All study participants were blinded, meaning they did not know which study arm they were assigned to. They were also all provided with
ongoing adherence and risk-reduction counselling, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and free condoms.
The study began enrolling participants in September 2009 and was scheduled to end in August 2012. However, only the daily Truvada and
placebo pill arms continued until the expected end date of the study. The tenofovir vaginal gel arm and the tenofovir pill
arm were stopped early because
interim data suggested they were not effective.
The results presented at CROI showed that the rates of HIV infection were very similar in each of the five groups. Since there was no
significant difference in the rate of HIV infection between the PrEP and placebo groups, the researchers concluded that none of the
interventions were effective at reducing the risk of HIV infection.
These results were surprising, as daily Viread and Truvada pills had previously been found effective for women in the PartnersPrEP and
TDF2 studies. Also, a tenofovir vaginal gel had been found effective in the CAPRISA 004 study (when used before and after sex, not daily).
Similar to the FEM-PrEP study, poor adherence has been suggested as the most likely explanation for the lack of PrEP effectiveness in
the VOICE study.
Although self-reported adherence was high among VOICE participants, blood analysis of 773 participants assigned to daily PrEP showed that
only 23% to 29% on average had detectable drug in their blood. This suggests that the majority of study participants were not using or
taking PrEP consistently. Adherence was lower (and the rate of HIV infection higher) among young, unmarried women compared to
participants who were older and married.
Further analysis is being done to understand why adherence was low among women in the VOICE study. These analyses are investigating
individual and community-based factors, such as attitudes and beliefs, which may have influenced adherence.
It is concerning that-within the context of controlled clinical trials-the effectiveness of PrEP cannot be replicated and has ranged
widely (from 0% to 75%). As a result, it is unclear what impact PrEP may have on the HIV epidemic outside of a clinical trial,
particularly among populations that may have trouble adhering to consistent PrEP use.
However, at the individual level, research shows that PrEP can be effective at preventing HIV transmission when used consistently and
when STIs are managed through regular testing and treatment. Like all other HIV prevention strategies, such as condoms and the effective
use of treatment by people living with HIV, this level of protection drops dramatically with inconsistent and incorrect use.
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved daily Truvada for the prevention of HIV infection and
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed interim guidelines for healthcare providers. Also, the World Health
Organization (WHO) has developed guidance on oral PrEP for use in
the context of demonstration projects.
Demonstration projects are currently underway in several parts of the U.S. and will provide a better understanding of the effectiveness
of PrEP and adherence to daily pill-taking outside of a clinical trial. These projects are also evaluating different strategies to
improve adherence among PrEP users.
Daily Truvada has not been approved for use as PrEP by Health Canada. However, Truvada is available for the treatment of HIV and therefore
some doctors may be willing to prescribe it "off-label" for the prevention of HIV infection.
Vaginal gels for use as PrEP have not been approved by any regulatory agencies and cannot be obtained "off-label" from healthcare
providers. There is currently an ongoing study, known as FACTS 001, that is investigating the use of a tenofovir vaginal
gel used before and after sex. It is likely that results from this study will be needed before regulatory approval
can be considered. Smaller studies are also investigating the use of gels in the rectum.
-James Wilton
VOICE Factsheet - Microbicide Trials Network
Pre-exposure prophylaxis-adherence is key and may explain disappointing trial results - CATIE News
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) - CATIE Fact Sheet
Is taking PrEP the right choice for you? - Project Inform
Marrazzo J, Ramjee G, Nair G et al. Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV in Women: Daily Oral Tenofovir, Oral Tenofovir/Emtricitabine, or Vaginal Tenofovir Gel in the VOICE Study (MTN 003). 20 th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Atlanta, Paper#26LB, 2012 .
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Hey, you've gotta tell me what Beach it is that you are always taking Darla to and not having people around.
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BY: Dr. Peter Adwok Nyaba, JUBA, DEC/17/2013, SSN;
In the Editorial Analysis /December 16th/, Mr Peter Wankomo couldn't have erred more in his analysis. A level-headed neutral person can easily see the bias and prejudice underpinning his wrong conclusions. It clear, Peter is relying either on sources in Juba who are not accurate in their reporting or the statements by the President and Dr. Martin Elia Lomoro, who also as a leader of SSDF has interest in SPLM tearing itself down.
First, I am surprised that Mr Peter Wankomo heaps blame and abuse on Riek Machar while by implication exonerates President Kiir. Peter at the same time "wonders why people like Lado Gore, Dr. Peter Adwok Nyaba, Dr. Majak Agoot, Dr. Manoja and the gang of the disgruntled become easy prey of Machar's psychological and psychiatric obsessive personality disorders."
It reveals to me that SouthSudannation.com is not getting the facts well or the Editor is blinded by his perceptions of Riek Machar.
I am sure Riek Machar like many of us is prone to error of judgement and in many cases his decisions are not objective. That is why we departed ways with him in 1995 when he rejected the decision of his troops in Lafon to delink from the enemy to rejoin the SPLM/SPLA.
However, this time the debate within the SPLM was about democracy and how to make it work in our young republic.
How could we continue to hurl abuse and blame on Riek when he is calling on the SPLM Chairman to follow the internal regulations of the SPLM; how do we continue to criticise Riek for rejecting the unconstitutional dismissal of the Governors of Lakes and Unity States.
Separating issues is the root of objectivity and a social media like the SouthSudanNation.com must maintain this standard otherwise it will lose credibility.
Who is disgruntled? The assertion that the former ministers are disgruntled because they want positions amounts to misplacing the issues.
If I can talk for myself, I don't think my problem has to do with being or not being a minister. The debate or rather the discourse to revitalize the SPLM and putting it back on the driver's seat in public affairs is something democrats would support.
The SPLM dysfunction has reflects itself the dysfunctionality of South Sudan state and this explains why it has remained since July 9th 2011 under Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
All that people are clamouring about as failures of the Government of South Sudan are indeed SPLM failures. The SPLM failure to organize itself with functional organs and institutions sensitive to the concerns of the citizens; the failure to evolve a political ideology has resulted in the ethnicization of SPLM power politics; the failure to institutionalise power relations within the SPLM has result in autocracy and one-man dictatorship relying on ethnic lobbies and close business associates who have turned South Sudan and its state institutions into a limited liability enterprise.
These are the issues that have precipitated the current political crisis. Only the wilfully blind would categorise the issues we are raising as being disgruntled.
I live in Juba almost ¾ of a kilometre west of the old Army H/Qs, which now houses Tiger Battalion – the presidential guards. It is not true that "the fateful night started at Nyakuron where an unknown gun (man) fired at the SPLM National Liberation Council which was concluding its meeting attended by Kiir himself."
It is about two kilometres from Nyakuron Cultural Centre to the Army H/Qs if one follows the tarmac through the University of Juba round about. If the unknown gun (man) fired at the SPLM NLC meeting what are the casualties? This is mere fabrication. The centre was awash with Salva Kiir's guards and it would have been a massacre I can assure you.
The information we got is that President Kiir ordered Major General Marial Ciennoung to disarm his soldiers. Marial was at the closing session of the NLC. Left the scene immediately and called for a parade of the Tiger Battalion.
He briefed the troops and ordered them to surrender their arms. They obeyed and executed the orders and dispersed. Now in a mischief, the officer i/c of the stores opened the stores and rearmed the Dinka soldiers. A Nuer soldier, who happened to be nearby questioned this. A fist fight ensured between the two attracting the attention both the commander and his deputy to the scene.
They now could not control the situation as more soldiers came in and broke into the stores. The fight ensued and the Nuer soldiers managed to take control of the H/Qs. It was in the morning yesterday that SPLA reinforcement came in and dislodged the mutineers. This can later be verified and the truth will come out.
Now Peter, Military doctrine dictates that once a contingent of mutinous troops have been dislodged, appeal is made for their surrender and then disarmed. Those who remained loyal are also disarmed to prevent bad blood.
The loyal troops of Tiger, hailing mainly from Warrap and Awiel, have not been disarmed. In fact, they are the ones rampaging Juba, looting and shooting to kill any Nuer in the residential neighbourhoods.
A colleague of my wife Hon. Deborah Ajok, a Dinka, in the National Legislative Assembly called my wife to know about her situation informed her that the thing has turned tribal and had to intervene to save, by a whisker, the lives of children of Manasseh Magog Rundial, the NLA Speaker.
Can you see the mistake President Salva Kiir is committing letting his own militia on the loose?
This may be my last contribution on this website because as I said I waiting for the Police in order to join my colleagues in detention. However, I want to advise you, Peter, that we cannot go on blaming Riek Machar for 1991 or his defection to the enemy in 1996.
As I said earlier, it is a weakness because his concern was personal power. Now it is different. Since no leader has emerged to champion this course, why should we not assist him in realizing the democratic ideals?
The people of South Sudan have failed to manufacture a leader of Garang's calibre that explains why we are recycling these leaders. We should admit it is the result of our shallow political culture.
You seem to be inclined to thinking that Dr. Martin Elia Lomoro may be the alternative. I cannot prevent you from entertaining that opinion but Lomoro, like Lam Akol who led the Oxford Circus in February 2003 were agents of the NCP strategy to scuttle the CPA at birth, has never been part of the struggle for the liberation of South Sudan.
He has been in the Government in South Sudan since 2005. Has he any moral high ground to call us disgruntled?
In case, I remain at large today or tomorrow, I will come back to you.
Kind regards
Peter Adwok Nyaba
A- SSTV: According to minister Michael Makuei, today, Tuesday 17, this is the list of those already arrested and in detention:
1- Oyai Deng, 2- Gier Chuong, 3- Dr. Majak Agoot, 4- John Luk, 5- Cirino Hiteng, 6- Chol Tong Mayay, 7- Ezekhial, 8- Deng Alor, 9- Madut Biar and 10- Kosti Manibe.
Those still wanted: 1- Alfred Lado Gore, 2- Pagan and 3- Reik Machar.
Press Release date: 18th Dec/2013
Yesterday the 17th of December 2013, around 12:10 PM South Sudan Local time, 9:10 GMT, the security personnesl by the order of President Salva Kiir, had stormed the house of my brother, Mr. Pagan Amum Okiech, in Thongpiny area (Juba Nabari) near Juba International Airport, adjacent to the UNMISS compound.
Few hours later before drafting this release, I learnt that my brother Pagan Amum and his body guard brother Akol Opinyjwok were arrested and taken to security head quarter at Jebel near Jebel kujur area when he called his wife.
Pagan Amum Okiech is former SPLM Secretary General and chief negotiator for post referendum outstanding issues between Sudan and South Sudan respectively.
Pagan has been under house arrest since the famous day 23rd of July 2013, when President Kiir, dissolved his entire cabinet, two weeks after Pagan's comprehensive interview when he had criticized his own SPLM party and its leadership and described that they failed to deliver service to the public, which prompted Kiir to issues the party order suspending the SPLM Secretary General and prevented him from leaving Juba, not to talk in the public or gives a press to media which is a breach of transitional constitution of the republic of South Sudan. Kiir also ordered formation of a seven men committee to investigate him.
The family, public and international remained silent and patience during last four and half months hoping that these matters will be resolved amicably and the SPLMs are blend into a coherent unit and their ability to absorb differences to be their strength.
We, the family are sure and to inform the world that our brothers Mr. Pagan Amum and Akol Pinyjwok are in the detention of national security premises in Jebel, no thing to deny about.
We held the president of the republic Mr. Salva Kiir and the government of the Republic of South Sudan responsible for their safety.
I call upon free people of the Republic of South Sudan who unanimously voted for their freedom from the oppressor, IGAD, African Union, International community and peace loving people, to urge the leaders of RSS to solve their matters peacefully and to strongly condemn what happening in South Sudan.
Signed by:
Nyibil Amum Okiech; Melbourne- Australia
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Tigers eke out first half of 1-2 rotation punch
With Scherzer in queue, Verlander shows mettle in no-decision vs. White Sox
CHICAGO -- It was the bottom of the seventh inning on Tuesday night, and Justin Verlander was in a jam. Tie game, runners on first and third, one out.
The 1-1 pitch to Marcus Semien was a high slider, and with a safety squeeze play on, Semien couldn't do better than pushing a foul down the first-base line. After a visit to the mound from Tigers manager Brad Ausmus and catcher Bryan Holaday, Verlander threw a low slider that Semien swung on and missed -- a strikeout that Verlander had to have.View Full Game Coverage
That brought White Sox leadoff man Adam Eaton to the plate. And when he went down flailing at a curveball in the dirt, he was so angry that he slammed the bat to the ground and then broke it over his knee.
As if Eaton didn't know this was exactly what Verlander had been doing all four of those years when Eaton was in the Minor Leagues torching pitchers who would sell their souls to have Verlander's combination of talent, polish and, well, toughness.
Verlander is 31, he's been ridden extremely hard -- 55 career 120-pitch starts, including five in a row in one high-pressure stretch in 2010 -- and yet he has not tired of pitching in big spots.
"The one thing about Ver that kind of coincides with a lot of very good pitchers I've played with, is that on game day, he's all business," Ausmus said. "He's got the headphones on, he's looking at video, he's studying the scouting reports. He's all business. I've played with a number of very talented pitchers. Roger Clemens was the same way, Randy Johnson was the same way. A lot of the really good pitchers, they're almost a different personality on the days they pitch."
You knew Verlander had his edge early on Tuesday. When umpires called for the tarp after he had warmed up in the rain for the bottom of the first inning, he hung around to give crew chief Jerry Layne a hard time, no doubt wondering why the game had been started if it was going to be stopped only four batters in.
"I wasn't too happy about that," Verlander said.
The delay lasted just 21 minutes, but the Tigers are tired of waiting. Because of three rainouts and five scheduled off-days, they have played the fewest games in the Majors, causing them to feel rusty.
But still they pulled out a victory with a go-ahead bunt single by Holaday off reliever Ronald Belisario in the ninth inning, breaking a 3-3 tie. Joe Nathan nailed down a 4-3 win, credited to reliever Joba Chamberlain after Verlander did the heavy lifting.
"Overall, he pitched well," Ausmus said. "He gave up three runs in one inning, and other than that, he was outstanding. I think he's been a little frustrated, like a lot of people in this clubhouse, with the schedule and the extra rest -- five days, six days, seven days. We're hoping that we have the tough part of the schedule, with the fluidity behind us, and move on to a more rhythm-based pitching rotation."
There was nothing particularly noteworthy about Verlander's 31st career start against the White Sox. He wound up with a no-decision, allowing three runs on six hits in seven innings, with only four strikeouts.
But the thing to remember was how the outing ended. Verlander wasn't about to let the upstart White Sox and their newly explosive lineup beat him.
And now Verlander will pass the baton to 2013 American League Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer, who faces the White Sox on Wednesday.
Asked about facing Verlander and Scherzer on back-to-back days, White Sox manager Robin Ventura compared it to facing the Red Sox in 2004, when they had Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling.
That's saying a lot. Most people rank that duo as one of the best 1-2 combinations in history, just as the pairing of Schilling and Randy Johnson worked for the D-backs. The best was probably Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, although all have their own favorites.
Among the pairings that come quickly to mind: Warren Spahn/Lew Burdette, Early Wynn/Bob Lemon, Catfish Hunter/Ken Holtzman, Jim Palmer/Mike Cuellar, Greg Maddux/Tom Glavine and Roy Halladay /Cliff Lee. There are plenty of others worth mentioning.
The point here is that Verlander and Scherzer are working their way onto the list, if they are not already there. If you're going to beat the Tigers this season, in the regular season or the playoffs, you're going to have to beat Verlander and Scherzer.
After this season, who knows? Scherzer heads toward free agency, having turned down a contract extension in Spring Training.
That this could be their last season together makes this time even more precious for them and their Detroit teammates.
Scherzer only emerged from Verlander's shadow in the past two years. But since June 2, they have guided the Tigers to a 71-40 record in their starts. That's a .640 winning percentage, or the equivalent of a 104-win season.
Talk about a huge edge.
Verlander has not historically dominated the White Sox, but he has always seemed to win when it matters the most. A victory on Tuesday would have been a momentum-builder for the White Sox, who are leading the AL in scoring and had just taken three of four from the Rays.
But when the go-ahead run was on third in the seventh inning, Verlander's instincts kicked in. He saw Semien squaring to bunt, a tick too soon for the good of the play, and made an adjustment on the fly. That high 1-1 slider was a huge key in turning the game.
"When I saw him turn around and square, I didn't want to give him an easy pitch to bunt," said Verlander, who ends April with a 3-1 record and a 2.48 ERA. "I just sort of flailed it, a slider. … I thought it might be a squeeze. I didn't want to give them an easy run there, so I just sort of threw it up and in."
Then Verlander took care of Eaton with the wicked curveball. He walked to the dugout knowing he was turning a 3-3 tie, not a 4-3 deficit, over to the bullpen.
"It's huge," Verlander said of stopping the rally. "That's the difference between a win and a loss, even though you don't know what's going to happen. Keeping your team tied, with a chance to win, there's no better feeling."
Nor a more frustrating one for teams trying to stick one of the Tigers' two aces with a loss.
Phil Rogers is a columnist for MLB.com.


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|Security of distribution of Gentoo software - Infrastructure to User distribution - MetaManifest
|2010/01/31 07:53:30
|Robin Hugh Johnson <robbat2 at gentoo.org>,
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MetaManifest provides a means of verifiable distribution from Gentoo Infrastructure to a user system, while data is conveyed over completely untrusted networks and system, by extending the Manifest2 specification, and adding a top-level Manifest file, with support for other nested Manifests.
As part of a comprehensive security plan, we need a way to prove that something originating from Gentoo as an organization (read Gentoo-owned hardware, run by infrastructure), has not been tampered with. This allows the usage of third-party rsync mirrors, without worrying that they have modified something critical (e.g. eclasses, which are still unsigned).
Securing the untrusted distribution is one of the easier tasks in the security plan - in short, all that is required is having a hash of every item in the tree, and signing that hash to prove it came from Gentoo.
Ironically we have a hashed and signed distribution (it's just not used by most users, due to it's drawbacks): Our tree snapshot tarballs have hashes and signatures.
So now we want to add the same verification to our material that is distributed by rsync. We already provide hashes of subsets of the tree - our Manifests protect individual packages. However metadata, eclasses and profiles are not protected at this time. The directories of packages and distfiles are NOT covered by this, as they are not distributed by rsync.
This portion of the tree-signing work provides only the following guarantee: A user can prove that the tree from the Gentoo infrastructure has not been tampered with since leaving the Gentoo infrastructure. No other guarantees, either implicit or explicit are made.
Additionally, distributing a set of the most recent MetaManifests from a trusted source allows validation of trees that come from community mirrors, and allows detection of all cases of malicious mirrors (either by deliberate delay, replay [C08a, C08b] or alteration).
For lack of a better name, the following solution should be known as the MetaManifest. Those responsible for the name have already been sacked.
MetaManifest basically contains hashes of every file in the tree, either directly or indirectly. The direct case applies to ANY file that does not appear in an existing Manifest file (e.g. eclasses, Manifest files themselves). The indirect case is covered by the CONTENTS of existing Manifest files. If the Manifest itself is correct, we know that by tracking the hash of the Manifest, we can be assured that the contents are protected.
In the following, the MetaManifest file is a file named 'Manifest', located at the root of a repository.
The objective of creating the MetaManifest file(s) is to ensure that every single file in the tree occurs in at least one Manifest.
The above does not conflict the proposal contained in GLEP33, which restructure eclasses to include subdirectories and Manifest files, as the Manifest rules above still provide indirect verification for all files after the GLEP33 restructuring if it comes to pass.
Additional levels of Manifests are required, such as per-category, and in the eclasses, profiles and metadata directories. This ensures that a change to a singular file causes the smallest possible overall change in the Manifests as propagated. Creation of the additional levels of Manifests uses the same process as described above, simply starting at a different root point.
MetaManifest generation will take place as part of the existing process by infrastructure that takes the contents of CVS and prepares it for distribution via rsync, which includes generating metadata. In-tree Manifest files are not validated at this point, as they are assumed to be correct.
There are two times that this may happen: firstly, immediately after the rsync has completed - this has the advantage that the kernel file cache is hot, and checking the entire tree can be accomplished quickly. Secondly, the MetaManifest should be checked during installation of a package.
In the following, I've used term 'M2-verify' to note following the hash verification procedures as defined by the Manifest2 format - which compromise checking the file length, and that the hashes match. Which filetypes may be ignored on missing is discussed in [#GLEP60].
For this portion of the tree-signing work, no actions are required of the individual Gentoo developers. They will continue to develop and commit as they do presently, and the MetaManifest is added by Infrastructure during the tree generation process, and distributed to users.
Any scripts generating Manifests and the MetaManifest may find it useful to generate multiple levels of Manifests in parallel, and this is explicitly permitted, provided that every file in the tree is covered by at least one Manifest or the MetaManifest file. The uppermost Manifest (MetaManifest) is the only item that does not occur in any other Manifest file, but is instead GPG-signed to enable it's validation.
While [#GLEP60] describes the addition of new filetypes, these are NOT needed for implementation of the MetaManifest proposal. Without the new filetypes, all entries in the MetaManifest would be of type 'MISC'.
As discussed by [C08a,C08b], malicious third-party mirrors may use the principles of exclusion and replay to deny an update to clients, while at the same time recording the identity of clients to attack.
This should be guarded against by including a timestamp in the header of the MetaManifest, as well as distributing the latest MetaManifests by a trusted channel.
On all rsync mirrors directly maintained by the Gentoo infrastructure, and not on community mirrors, there should be a new module 'gentoo-portage-metamanifests'. Within this module, all MetaManifests for a recent time frame (e.g. one week) should be kept, named as "MetaManifest.$TS", where $TS is the timestamp from inside the file. The most recent MetaManifest should always be symlinked as MetaManifest.current. The possibility of serving the recent MetaManifests via HTTPS should also be explored to mitigate man-in-the-middle attacks.
The package manager should obtain MetaManifest.current and use it to decide is the tree is too out of date per operation #2 of the verification process. The decision about freshness should be a user-configuration setting, with the ability to override.
With only two levels of Manifests (per-package and top-level), every rsync will cause a lot of traffic transferring the modified top-level MetaManifest. To reduce this, first-level directory Manifests are required. Alternatively, if the distribution method efficiently handles small patch-like changes in an existing file, using an uncompressed MetaManifest may be acceptable (this would primarily be distributed version control systems). Other suggestions in reducing this traffic are welcomed.
I'd like to thank the following people for input on this GLEP.
Copyright (c) 2006-2010 by Robin Hugh Johnson. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v1.0.
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Orioles REACH, Nick & Christina Markakis partner with Casey Cares foundation for 5K run/walk at Oriole Park August 2
The Orioles and OriolesREACH have partnered with the Casey Cares Foundation to host the fifth annual Casey Cares 5K run/walk at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Saturday, August 2. Orioles right fielder NICK MARKAKIS, and his wife, CHRISTINA, will serve as race ambassadors. KEITH MILLS, Sports Director of 98 Rock and WBAL Radio, will be the event's emcee.
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The 3.1 mile run/one mile walk starts at 8:00 a.m. and begins at Oriole Park and ends on the field. Participants will partake in a pre-race warm-up with the Oriole Bird, music and other entertainment, and will enjoy post-race refreshments. Top race winners will be announced in a pre-game ceremony at the Orioles 7:05 p.m. game that night against the Seattle Mariners.
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There is no subtle way to say this. To you, your pet is a family member. To a parasite, your pet is food. Parasites like fleas, ticks and heartworm-carrying mosquitos can carry numerous diseases that can seriously harm your pet. Here at Animal Care Center we offer a top of the line selection to help take care of these parasites and to keep you and your pet safe!
Here at Animal Care Center we recognize the importance that nutrition plays in the overall health and happiness of our pets. Nutritional evaluations and recommendations are included as a key component of our preventative health care protocols. We strive to be a valuable resource of nutritional information and advice for our clients. We believe that good nutrition is vital to your pet's health. There are so many facets to nutrition so we understand how overwhelming it can be when you go pet food shopping. We are here to help you understand nutrition and what works best for your pet.
Here are some nutritional topics that we can discuss with you during an appointment:
If you have ever caught yourself walking up and down pet food aisles and not knowing what in the world is best suited for your pet's diet, don't fret you are not alone! We too have become frustrated by the vast number of pet foods, which are often misleading and confusing due to marketing schemes used to confuse owners. Also we are concerned about the number of pet food recalls that have occurred over the past several years. For this reason we are here to help you decide what diet works best for you and your pet. We can provide food lists that we can recommend to you or we also carry veterinarian prescription diets. Our prescription diets are specifically designed to help support the following aspects of our pets' health:
We care for your pet that has been in your family's life! As our pets age they have special health needs that may require more attention and care then younger pets. We do recommend twice-a-year wellness examinations. These are important in order to detect or treat medical problems that may arise. A baseline senior wellness exam should be performed so it can be used as a benchmark for measuring changes in your pet. This exam includes a complete physical exam, oral and rectal examination and recording of body weight and body condition. Our Dr. also examines your pet's ears, eyes, and various internal organs. Some laboratory work may be done, including a complete blood count, urinalysis, fecal exam, and perhaps endocrine blood tests and other diagnostic tools used to detect health baselines or issues.
Domestic and International Health Certificates (USDA accredited) – Traveling with your pet? No problem…We can help! There are a number of travel regulations and requirements that exist and vary according to different airlines and destinations. Always make sure you do the proper research before your appointment to determine what is necessary for your unique travel needs. And if there is something you are not sure of you can always give a call! We are always here to help!
Microchipping can save your pet's life. 1 out of 3 pets become lost in their lifetime. According to the humane society, only about 15% of lost dogs and 2% of lost cats ever find their way back home. Almost 4 million pets are euthanized each year! This includes lost pets whose owners were not found in time. Microchips are an easy and inexpensive way to ensure your pet doesn't become a statistic.
Our doctors are dedicated to diagnosing and treating dogs and cats with a variety of endocrine (hormonal) diseases, such as diabetes, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, Addison's disease and Cushing's disease. The endocrine system is an intricate arrangement of many hormones and control mechanisms. This complex system can fail in many places. Endocrine disorders are both multitudinous and often difficult to treat. However, our doctors here have seen numerous cases and have proper diagnostic tools to effectively diagnose and treat these disorders. If your dog or cat has an endocrine problem or you believe may have an issue please do not hesitate to call us.
We provide complete medical care for skin conditions including serum allergy testing (QVC) and a full line of veterinary skin care products and diets. Companion animals can suffer from many of the same skin conditions that we do. Whether it be allergies, parasites, or a skin infection, our doctors are able to identify, diagnose and treat a wide variety of skin conditions.
This is the examination and treatment of conditions of the eye. (Tonometry defines the use of a specialized instrument to measure intraocular pressure which is vital in the detection of Glaucoma in our pets.) Animal Care Centers recognizes the importance of your pet's eyesight and takes great measures to provide both care and client education.
Getting a diagnosis of cancer for your beloved pet can be a very devastating and stressful time. We understand and are here to help both you and your pet. Our highly skilled and experienced doctors are trained to deliver compassionate care using treatment options to help improve the quality and duration of your pet's life.
Animal Care Centers provides comprehensive treatments for conditions of the heart. Through the use of such diagnostic tools as an electrocardiogram (EKG), echocardiogram (scheduled with our participating mobile specialists) and blood pressure monitoring, we are able to accurately diagnose and successfully treat our patients. We also have an in-house pharmacy for cardiac medications.
We have class IV Laser Therapy which is used to help relieve chronic pain and accelerates your pets healing and rehabilitation time following surgery. Laser Therapy can also be effectively used for on-going treatment of other chronic joint and muscle pains. We have seen positive results in our senior patients and in those who are challenged by arthritis. Read more about Pet Laser Therapy
Before, during, and after is our belief here at Animal Care Centers! We believe advanced medical protocols for the relief of acute and chronic patient pain is vital in our field! Not only do we keep our patients pain free during routine or specialized surgery but we also strive to keep our non-surgical patients who have chronic pain as pain alleviated as possible!
We provide intensive advanced care and treatments for most critical need patients and emergencies. For extreme cases that require highly specialized treatments we can offer stabilizing care until transferred to a specialist. We also have in hospital oxygen cages that are vital in emergency situations.
In our laboratory we can run blood work quickly for emergencies or as a routine measure. Blood work that we can run in house includes: complete blood count (CBC) with manual and LaserCyte hematology testing, chemistry profiles, electrolytes, urinalysis, fecal analysis, cytology, heartworm/erhlichia/anaplasma/lyme disease testing, feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency virus snap tests, and other in house diagnostic snap tests.


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Conversations From AIDS 2012: Ron Valdiserri and Kathie Hiers Discuss HIV/AIDS in the South
August 9, 2012
Editor's Note: We had opportunities to catch up with so many great partners on so many important issues while at the XIX International Conference on AIDS (AIDS 2012) last month, we are continuing to bring you interviews this week.
During AIDS 2012 late last month, I had an opportunity to sit down with Ms. Kathie Hiers, CEO of AIDS Alabama. We had a very interesting discussion about the heavy burden of HIV among the states in the Southern United States and the innovative approaches that Kathie and her colleagues are taking to respond to this situation.
While anyone can become infected with HIV, the National HIV/AIDS Strategy acknowledges that some Americans are at greater risk than others. This includes, among others, people from communities with a higher prevalence of HIV infection. According to the CDC, in 2009, the number of adults and adolescents living with an AIDS diagnosis was highest in the South. In addition, at the end of 2010, the South accounted for 45% of the estimated 33,015 new AIDS diagnoses in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, followed by the Northeast (24%), the West (19%), and the Midwest (13%). As a result of the greater HIV risks experienced by some racial/ethnic minorities, people in certain risk groups, and those in higher prevalence communities, the Strategy directs us to focus our efforts where HIV is concentrated, so that we can have the biggest impact..
Watch our brief conversation below. Then, use the comments section below to let us know if your organization is working to address HIV/AIDS in the South.
Read more about the geographic distribution of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. in this new fact sheet from CDC.
Stay tuned for more posts featuring conversations from AIDS 2012 later this week and next.
Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H. is deputy assistant secretary for health, infectious diseases, and director of the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
This article was provided by HIV.gov.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Enjoy the next eighteen years Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Enjoy the next eighteen years Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Current Events Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message johnslatJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 13859Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:17 pm Post subject: Enjoy the next eighteen years "Next Great Depression? MIT researchers predict global economic collapse by 2030 A new study from researchers at Jay W. Forrester's institute at MIT says that the world could suffer from "global economic collapse" and "precipitous population decline" if people continue to consume the world's resources at the current pace. Smithsonian Magazine writes that Australian physicist Graham Turner says "the world is on track for disaster" and that current evidence coincides with a famous, and in some quarters, infamous, academic report from 1972 entitled, "The Limits to Growth." Produced for a group called The Club of Rome, the study's researchers created a computing model to forecast different scenarios based on the current models of population growth and global resource consumption. The study also took into account different levels of agricultural productivity, birth control and environmental protection efforts. Twelve million copies of the report were produced and distributed in 37 different languages. Most of the computer scenarios found population and economic growth continuing at a steady rate until about 2030. But without "drastic measures for environmental protection," the scenarios predict the likelihood of a population and economic crash. However, the study said "unlimited economic growth" is still possible if world governments enact policies and invest in green technologies that help limit the expansion of our ecological footprint. The Smithsonian notes that several experts strongly objected to "The Limit of Growth's" findings, including the late Yale economist Henry Wallich, who for 12 years served as a governor of the Federal Research Board and was its chief international economics expert. At the time, Wallich said attempting to regulate economic growth would be equal to "consigning billions to permanent poverty." Turner says that perhaps the most startling find from the study is that the results of the computer scenarios were nearly identical to those predicted in similar computer scenarios used as the basis for "The Limits to Growth." "There is a very clear warning bell being rung here," Turner said. "We are not on a sustainable trajectory." 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This will be my last post of 2011 since I will be busy with Christmas and family festivities for the remainder of the year. I want to thank you all for coming by the ole blog to say hi. Thank you to followers new and old for your wonderful support! I'll still be popping by blogland to say HEY this year, but just not posting here.
I will be posting a few more times at my other blog, Book Recs of the Rock & Famous this year. Find out what a witty TV host is reading today! Please stop on by!
Lastly, I am down to number 19 in the Meegenius Author Challenge. Not too bad considering there are almost 400 entries, but I'd love to get into the top 15! Thank you for all of your support voting and sharing my link on your facebook page or retweeting it! If by chance you haven't voted, here's the link! Thanks for your help! :)
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California Governor Vetoes Bill Barring Gov't From Turning Off Mobile Phone Service
from the seems-like-it-should-already-be-illegal deptYou may recall how law enforcement in California tried to shut down a protest last year by turning off mobile phone service at a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station to prevent potential protestors (none of whom actually showed up) from communicating. This raised significant questions about whether or not such actions were even legal. Either way, a bill was introduced and passed in the state legislature that would have barred such a shut down in the future... but California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed the bill, because apparently allowing law enforcement to cut off communications to prevent free speech is perfectly reasonable in his book. I still think the original action probably violated existing law, but it's a shame that Governor Brown couldn't stand up for basic freedom of speech issues, especially when it comes to having law enforcement shut down cell service to prevent public assembly and protest.
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Three years ago the time came for a venerable Jesuit professor at Loyola University, veteran of decades of scholarship and teaching, to move from Chicago to the Jesuit infirmary near Detroit. In distance, the trip is only 300 miles, a couple of hours' drive. In the imagination and in the heart, the trip is very, very long.
To lessen the trauma of the move, the office of the Jesuits' Chicago Province asked David, a young man on its staff, to help. David worked with planning and office management and was fantastic at it. He was likewise excellent at helping this older Jesuit uproot himself from things that had grounded him for a professional lifetime and move on.
"David, do you think I will need these books in my new home?" the Jesuit asked with confusion or regret, hope or fear. "No, father, I think they have enough good books up there." "Thanks, David."
I could have used David's help in October, when I moved from Chicago to New York. I was not retiring but coming to America. And I too had to dispose of many things accumulated during my 28 years in Chicago and pack up the rest. I would wear my old clothes again, of course, but how many sweaters does one really need? I had shelves full of books, and until I get a Kindle I will actually read and consult many of them.
A Jesuit does not move furniture, of course; but many smaller things, souvenirs or gifts, demanded decision, to take or not to take. And then there were photos. I worked for 21 years at another Jesuit magazine, traveled for stories and brought home hundreds of pictures to illustrate them. Starting slowly, leisurely, I could make good decisions; by move day, I was tossing things into boxes to sort later.
The boxes left Chicago on Oct. 6, and I followed two days later. When I arrived on 56th Street, a crew had just moved them into my new room. Over the next few days, as I cut through packing tape and unpacked, I found myself wondering, "Why did I ever bring this?" and "Where will I ever find that?" I had so much, but so much too was not there anymore. And I was very tired from the strain of moving, disposing of and leaving behind.
I got into a familiar routine in the morning, drinking coffee and picking up books I was working through in my old life. One of them was Rabbi Lawrence Kushner's The Book of Words, a work on Jewish spirituality, from which I read a short chapter each day. Kushner reflects on returning home and photographs, on gifts and losing things and spending time. His words hit home. On my fourth day in New York, after reading about family and images and memory, I grabbed my notepad and wrote simply, "Wow!"
I knew, of course, that the chipped vase a friend had given me many years ago in Cincinnati was not that friend and that my memories would endure without it. I knew that the book an author had signed and dated as a gift was not that friend either. I knew that the champagne glass from a young couple's wedding I celebrated 25 years before was not their love and their commitment, which has endured and grown stronger while the glass gathered dust on a shelf.
My family are not the gifts or the grade school art they have proudly presented me through the years. (My sisters helped me immensely in September when they gave me permission to dispose of anything they had given me—thanks!)
And I know that love and friendship endure when the photos have cracked and faded, when the clothes have worn thin. "Don't make idols of images of the Creator," Rabbi Kushner reminds us. God's love and human love are greater than their tokens, their reflections. This love outlasts our every move.
That was tough. I wrote a poem about my death called Fly Fishing:
I wonder where I'll be when winter comes.
I hope I'm on the stream with Rainbow Trout bending my rod,
the Lord inviting me to his favorite fishing holes.
I've been tying flies for years
hoping He would invite me in.
Tonight I'll tie another fly and wait.
He knows my deep desire and I know His.
I still have my spinning rods.


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This is a variation of the original bag hook. Instead of the L hanger, the bag hangers have a magnetic catch allowing the "hanger" to coil around the rim when not in use, making it easy to put away.
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