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Is There Evidence Supporting Texas' 'Bathroom Bill' As A Public Safety Measure?
April 12, 2017 — Suzan
From Kera: http://keranews.org/post/there-evidence-supporting-texas-bathroom-bill-public-safety-measure
By Christopher Connelly
One of the most heated debates in Austin this legislative session is over Senate Bill 6. Introduced as the Privacy Protection Act, the "bathroom bill" would bar people from using restrooms or locker rooms in schools and other government buildings that don't match the gender on their birth certificates.
It would also would nullify local protections passed in order to give transgender people the right to use bathrooms that match their gender identity.
Opponents say it's discriminatory, but a key argument in favor of the bill is that it is a public safety measure, though the data to support that argument is largely anecdotal. Opponents raise their own anecdotal evidence, and one researcher is collecting data to add clarity and rigor to the debate.
Linking public safety and transgender Texans
Earlier this legislative session, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the bill is about public safety, though he clarified that he didn't think public safety was directly threatened by transgender people. While sexual assault and other crimes that might occur in bathrooms remain illegal, Patrick says that transgender protections can make it too confusing to enforce the laws.
"It's about preventing a free pass to sexual predators, who are not transgender, to be able to walk into any bathroom with any child or any woman at any time," Patrick said.
This got one listener wondering: Is there any evidence to back up the claim that SB6 would keep Texans safe? Taken a step further, the question gets at whether expanding rights for transgender people undermines safety or leads to greater incidents of crimes in bathrooms.
Back when the Senate Committee on State Affairs held a hearing on Senate Bill 6 about a month ago, hundreds of people packed in into the committee chamber and an overflow room in the heart of the Texas Capitol. Testimony lasted for 20 hours, proponents and opponents raised a host of issues and concerns. But the first to bring up public safety was the bill's sponsor, Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham).
"There's been a number of incidences just here in Austin, recently. Just a few days ago at the Salvation Army store, a man was recording a woman changing in a dressing room," she said.
Kolkhorst talked about that incident and more that were worse, all where women and girls have been harmed or spied on in bathrooms. She said it's the consequence of giving people the right to use the bathroom based on their gender identity as opposed to the sex on their birth certificate.
"While many have made this about a transgender bill, it's more about someone who will use this bill as an excuse to go into the most intimate places we find ourselves in," she said at the hearing.
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Charlotte transgender activist tells national magazine HB2 bargain made things worse
From The Charlotte Observer: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article143899024.html
By Mark Price
Charlotte transgender activist Lara Americo says in the April 9 issue of the progressive magazine Mother Jones that life in North Carolina has never been "more frightening' than in the wake of a compromise crafted to take House Bill 2 off the books.
That compromise re-set bathroom access for transgender people back to pre-HB2 standards, and also included a moratorium preventing local governments from passing their own non-discrimination ordinances through at least 2020.
Maxine Eichner, who teaches family law at UNC School of Law, said the new law makes it unclear on which bathrooms transgender people should use.
"I think transgender people are in even more danger now," Americo told Mother Jones. "When you don't allow cities to give people protections, you put people in danger. Our state government made it clear that they put profit and sports ahead of our safety, and that mentality trickles down. We still don't have the protections we need. All we have is a spotlight on us, so that people who don't like us can target us. I feel less safe now than I did a few weeks ago, and so do a lot of people."
Americo says she works with Trans Lifeline, a suicide hotline, and she tells Mother Jones that there has been a spike in callers since the compromise was passed last month. The LGBT community opposed the compromise, which was engineered in part to keep sports tournaments and other large scale events from continuing to boycott the state over HB2's anti-LGBT guidelines.
Among the fears of LGBT people is a possibility that a Republican led N.C. General Assembly will pass more laws "criminalizing" transgender people in other ways. An example of this, Americo says, is House Bill 562, introduced April 4 to strengthen the penalties for trespassing in such places as a "multi-occupancy bathroom, shower, or changing facility." It's a law that could be used to target transgender people, she told Mother Jones.
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Anti-gay pastor who cheered Orlando nightclub massacre found guilty of child molestation
From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/anti-gay-pastor-who-cheered-orlando-nightclub-massacre-found-guilty-of-child-molestation/
Brad Reed
An anti-gay pastor who said people massacred at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando "got what they deserved" last year has been convicted on eight charges related to child molestation.
The Florida Times Union reports that a jury this week found 57-year-old pastor Kenneth Adkins guilty of child molestation due to a relationship he had with an underage boy and an underage girl who attended his church seven years ago.
In the case, prosecutors claimed that Adkins had methodically groomed two teenagers to have sexual intercourse with him when they were just 15 years old. The pastor's male accuser said he wanted to come forward so that the pastor would never again be able to similarly take advantage of young teenagers.
The jury came back with a guilty verdict against Adkins after only one hour of deliberation. He is due to be sentenced on April 25th.
Adkins drew national condemnation last year when he sent out a message on social media attacking the victims of Omar Mateen's shooting rampage at the Pulse nightclub.
"I don't see none of them as victims," Adkins tweeted. "I see them as getting what they deserve!!"
Less than two months later, Adkins was arrested by authorities on charges that he molested two parishioners.
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Transgender Denton boy gets new birth certificate
From KHOU: http://www.khou.com/news/local/texas/transgender-denton-boy-gets-new-birth-certificate/429452034
Bradley Blackburn and WFAA
DENTON, Texas — Max Briggle lives his life just like any other 9-year-old boy, and now it says so in writing on his birth certificate.
"He's always going to be transgender, but having that piece of paper, my hope is that it's going to make it a little easier for him," said Amber Briggle, Max's mom.
Max was born Mary Grace. WFAA has covered his story in the past, including when his family invited Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to their home for dinner. They have become outspoken advocates for transgender kids.
Now, all of Max's documents reflect his identity, with his new name and gender identity. The Briggles said they have successfully changed his legal name, as well as his Social Security card and birth certificate.
"I feel like this is another milestone," said Amber Briggle.
She believes this amended documentation is essential for her son in a time when there's an active debate on transgender rights. Proposed bathroom bills like SB6 would mandate that people use the bathroom that matches the sex on their birth certificate.
"As long as we're going to pass laws saying which facilities you can and can't use, it's awfully nice to have a document saying he can use it," said Briggle. "At the same time, I just feel like it's so unnecessary. Why do I have to change my son's birth cerrtificate so he can be treated like the boy that he is?"
Changing Max's name required a court order. His birth certificate is an unusual case. He has what is called a Consular Report of Birth Abroad isssued by the U.S. State Department because he was born in The Netherlands. The document functions as a birth certificate for all official purposes, the State Department said, and changing it required a letter from physician meeting specific requirements. Max's CRBA now states his sex as male.
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Bigoted Christians Are the Most Special Snowflakes
From The Advocate: http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/4/11/bigoted-christians-are-most-special-snowflakes
The Religious Right likes to say that LGBT people are now granted "special rights," but they're actually the ones getting exceptional treatment by the government.
By Reay Earhart
Recently, a friend of mine in Ohio who has a transgender child was sent an angry, anonymous letter gloating about Trump's victory, and the fact that, "There won't be no more special rights for you people." The missive was full of grammatical errors, misspellings, and used capital letters to emphasize how much she really hates the notion of being legally prevented from discriminating against transgender people.
This random screed would have been comical, except for the fact that Housing and Urban Development Secretary and former presidential candidate Ben Carson said almost the same thing during his congressional hearings when asked about protections for LGBT people: "I have mentioned in the past that no one gets extra rights. Extra rights means you get to redefine everything for everybody else."
Carson said this without a trace of irony. His definition of "special rights" is basically legal protection from discrimination. This is funny, because he's enjoyed more legal and employment protection than anyone I know. He's protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a black person and as a man. He's constitutionally protected at the highest legal level of scrutiny from discrimination on the basis of race or religion. At John's Hopkins University, he was protected by "academic freedom," meaning he couldn't be fired for anything he said or did as long as it wasn't blatantly criminal. He took full advantage of this while there under an administration with a long history of tolerance for bigotry and discrimination.
Nearly universally, the people decrying "special rights" for "those people" (whoever they may be) come from the Christian Right. The irony is the people decrying "special rights" have more special rights than anyone else in our society. These individuals want the freedom to discriminate against LGBT people based on their religion, but they would fight tooth and nail against LGBT people (or anyone else) being legally allowed to discriminate against them for being Christian in the first place. They seem unaware of the hypocrisy and privilege of this, We should have the right to discriminate against them but it is unconstitutional for them to discriminate against us attitude.
As it stands, at a federal level LGBT people have almost zero specifically enumerated legal protections, and religious people have the strongest possible ones under U.S. law. Even if LGBT people had explicit legal protections, they would be substantially weaker than those enjoyed by Christians (strict scrutiny vs. intermediate scrutiny).
They want the Trump administration and Congress to strike down the Johnson Amendment, which allows the IRS to strip tax exempt status from churches if they endorse candidates or give them money. This would effectively allow churches to become Super-Super PACs, able to collect and distribute unlimited amounts of dark money to candidates and parties without being subject to campaign finance law of any sort. Given the evidence of foreign interference in the 2016 election, it is not hard to imagine wealthy foreign powers exploiting this for political gain, and further eroding our democracy in the process.
Then there's the "special rights" that they seem to think LGBT people have. The "special right" to marry who you love? The "special right" to use a bathroom consistent with your gender identity? The "special right" not to be refused service or fired arbitrarily or maliciously? The right to an education? These are already rights that Christians in the U.S. already have. However, these become "special rights" when LGBT gain even a legally pale version of the legal guarantees already enjoyed by the religious right.
Yet somehow the people who want a special right to discriminate become the victims in their own minds. Why? Because they're expected to serve LGBT people the way they do everyone else. Or they might suffer the indignity of knowingly or unknowingly sharing a bathroom with a transgender person. Or maybe their employer is requiring them to use a transgender person's legal name.
Oh, the horror. The indignity of it all! This is just like Nazi Germany, they exclaim.
Complete article at: http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/4/11/bigoted-christians-are-most-special-snowflakes
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Nicholas P. Hoeft is an associate with the law firm of Jostock & Jostock, P.C. He has been practicing law since 2007 and has been with the firm since the spring of 2008. Nicholas is a graduate of and obtained his Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and graduated from Loyola University Chicago undergraduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and English.
His practice concentrates in the areas of estate and succession planning, probate, trust and estate administration, real estate transactions, corporate representation and taxation issues. Nicholas is the firm's primary litigator and has represented clients in matters before the chancery, probate, municipal and law divisions of Cook, Lake and DuPage counties and before the Illinois Appellate Court. He regularly represents heirs, legatees, executors, administrators and trustees in administering probate and guardianship estates, handling will and trust contests, claims for breach of fiduciary duties, citations to recover and discover as well as well as other contested and uncontested matters before the probate court.
Nicholas also has extensive experience in transactional matters and is highly proficient outside the courtroom. He has been involved with contract drafting and negotiation for various individuals and entities, complex commercial and residential real estate transactions as well as an assortment of business dealings and corporate issues. He is also highly involved in the firm's estate planning practice and is experienced designing and implementing estate plans for high wealth individuals, closely held businesses and multigenerational families.
Mr. Hoeft is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois, the United States Federal Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the United States Tax Court. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, specifically the estate planning, probate, real estate and corporate law sections.


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GEDI Gruppo Editoriale
Massimo Giannini
1 February 1867; 155 years ago (1867-02-01)
Political alignment
Fascism (1925-1945)
Via Marenco 32, Turin, Italy
256,203 (2012)
Sister newspapers
la Repubblica (since 2017)
La Stampa (meaning The Press in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin, Italy. It is distributed in Italy and other European nations. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy.[1]
History and profile
The paper was founded by Vittorio Bersezio, a journalist and novelist, in February 1867[1][2] with the name Gazzetta Piemontese.[3] In 1895, the newspaper was bought (and by then edited) by Alfredo Frassati (father of Pier Giorgio Frassati), who gave it its current name and a national perspective.[3] For criticising the 1924 murder of the socialist Giacomo Matteotti, he was forced to resign and sell the newspaper to Giovanni Agnelli.[3] The financier Riccardo Gualino also took a share.[4] The paper is now owned by GEDI Gruppo Editoriale,[5] and has a centrist stance.[6] The former contributors of La Stampa include Italian novelist Alberto Moravia.[7]
La Stampa, based in Turin,[8] was published in broadsheet format[9] until November 2006 when the paper began to be published in the berliner format.[10][11][12] It launched a website in 1999.[2] La Stampa also launched a project, called Vatican Insider, run by the daily newspaper and has among its staff several Vatican affairs analysts.[13]
Since 26 May 2006, it has published a monthly magazine: Specchio+. From 26 January 1996 to 7 April 2006, it was called Specchio, which was published as a weekly supplement, a general interest magazine.[14]
In September 2012 La Stampa moved to its new headquarters in Turin, leaving its historical editorial building.[2] Mario Calabresi is the editor-in-chief of the daily.[15][16][17]
On 9 April 2013, an explosive device was sent by an anarchist group, the Federazione Anarchica Informale/Fronte Rivoluzionario, to the offices of La Stampa.[18] It did not detonate.[18]
In June 2017, during the celebration for its 150 years of activity, La Stampa hosted the international conference "The Future of Newspaper", where many great actors of the news industry discussed about the future prospects for the news agencies. Among them John Elkann, editor of La Stampa, Jeff Bezos from The Washington Post, Louis Dreyfus CEO of Le Monde and Mark Thompson CEO of The New York Times.[19]
In April 2020, Maurizio Molinari was appointed as new editor of la Repubblica and was replaced by Massimo Giannini (former journalist of la Repubblica and Radio Capital). Under his guide, La Stampa moved to a mild centre-left position.[20]
The 1988 circulation of La Stampa was 560,000 copies.[5] In 1997 the paper had a circulation of 376,493 copies.[8]
Its circulation was 399,000 copies in 2000[21] and 409,000 copies in 2001.[9] The circulation of the paper was 330,000 copies in 2003[6] and 345,060 copies in 2004.[22] Its 2007 circulation was 314,000 copies.[23] It was 256,203 copies in 2012.[24]
Massimo Giannini (Editor)
Massimo Gramellini (Vice-Editor)
Roberto Bellato (Vice-Editor)
Umberto La Rocca (Vice-Editor)
Federico Geremicca (Vice-Editor, Rome)
Columnists and journalists
Massimo Gramellini (Columnist)
Barbara Spinelli (Columnist)
Mario Deaglio (Columnist)
Lucia Annunziata (Columnist)
Guido Ceronetti (Columnist)
Mina (Columnist)
Maurizio Molinari (Journalist)
Stefania Miretti (Columnist)
Roberto Beccantini (Columnist)
Altiero Scicchitano (Columnist)
Fiamma Nirenstein (Columnist)
Former journalists
Adolfo Battaglia[25]
Enzo Bettiza
Antonio Carluccio
Carlo Fruttero
Franco Lucentini
Lorenzo Soria
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^ a b Lapo Filistrucchi (February 2006). "The Impact of Internet on the Market for Daily Newspapers in Italy" (PDF). EUI Working Paper. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
^ a b c "Sabiana inside the La Stampa newsroom in Turin". Sabiana. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^ a b c "Communicating Europe: Italy Manual" (PDF). European Stability Initiative. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
^ "Riccardo Gualino". Storia e Cultura dell'Industria. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ a b Peter Humphreys (1996). Mass Media and Media Policy in Western Europe. Manchester University Press. p. 90. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^ a b "The press in Italy". BBC. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ Ruth Ben-Ghiat (2001). Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945 (PDF). Berkeley: University of California Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ a b Jose L. Alvarez; Carmelo Mazza; Jordi Mur (October 1999). "The management publishing industry in Europe" (PDF). University of Navarra. Archived from the original (Occasional Paper No:99/4) on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
^ a b Adam Smith (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". campaign. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^ Roy Greenslade (20 November 2006). "Italy's La Stampa adopts Berliner format". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^ "The Berliner format". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
^ Tony Harcup (May 2014). A Dictionary of Journalism. Oxford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-19-964624-1. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
^ About Us La Stampa.
^ Elena Argentesi (February 2004). "Demand Estimation for Italian Newspapers: the Impact of Weekly Supplements" (PDF). Workshop on Media Economics. Bergen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ Alastair Reid (12 August 2014). "Inside digital innovation at La Stampa". Journalism. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ Anne Penketh; Philip Oltermann; Stephen Burgen (12 June 2014). "European newspapers search for ways to survive digital revolution". The Guardian. Paris, Berlin, Barcelona. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
^ Elisabetta Povoledo (29 September 2013). "New Turmoil for Italy Amid Resignation of 5 in Berlusconi's Party". The New York Times. Rome. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ a b Nataliya Rovenskaya (April 2013). "Anarchists and suspected mafia target Italian media". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "LaStampa - The Future of Newspapers".
^ "Massimo Giannini nuovo direttore de La Stampa, il comunicato del comitato di redazione". lastampa.it (in Italian). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ "Top 100 dailies 2000". campaign. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ "European Publishing Monitor. Italy" (PDF). Turku School of Economics and KEA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ Dati Ads - media mobile luglio 2012. Prima Online. 7 September 2012.
^ "Autore: Adolfo Battaglia". First Online (in Italian). Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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Do you still learn something new from other guitar players? Who had/has the most influence on your play?
Kee: I don't really listen to "guitar players" as per say, I listen to bands. For instance , I'm not crazy about Mark Tremontis solo playing, but he's one of my favourite rhythm guitarist and song writer of that genre. I'm a big fan of the Alterbridge albums, especially "Blackbird".
Not crazy about his solo playing??!??!
Nice to see him getting some recognition though. He's a legendary songwriter.
Definitely odd. Wonder if he's heard his more recent solos? Dude needs to listen to Bleed It Dry.
If he did listen to "Blackbird", he would be head over heels about the solo on "Brand New Start." Awesome that a legendary rock musician like him gave Mark some recognition though!
Finally, somebody who understands. I think Kee stating he is not crazy about Mark's solos doesn't mean they are not good. Just that Mark's rhythm overshadows his solos for sure. I've been saying this, there are hundreds of guitarists playing superfast solos and oddly most of these solos get boring including Mark's. But Mark's rhythm has been always been the most unique thing about his playing imo. Mark is a much better rhythm guitarist than people give him credit for. Its not about the technique, its about the SOUND.If Mark were to be known as a guitarist for the right reasons, it would be how good he is with his rhythm and songwriting, not how many notes he can play in a second.
I get what you're saying, but Mark is far from a masturbatory shredder whose solos exist simply to exhibit speed and technical prowess. So many of his solos absolutely drip with feeling. A few in particular stand out to me: Brand New Start, Blackbird, Leave it Alone, and Bleed it Dry. That said, I agree that he's a great rhythm player. I'd almost compare him to Eddie van Halen in that respect. EVH is perhaps the best rhythm player of all time, but he could still play a hell of a solo.
I wasn't going to post anything in here, but who the hell cares what Europes ex guitarist thinks of Marks solos or playing. He may be a good guitar player, but it's not like he is Satriani, Vai, or Randy Rhoads. He likes his rhythm, but not his solos, who cares. Europe to me wasn't all that good, just cheap hair metal. I think we all would agree seeing Mark's talents grow from My Own Prison, to Fortress, and soon with Cauterize, that he can do just about anything with a six string. From rhythm, finger picking, to solos, he just gets better.
abw1987 wrote: I get what you're saying, but Mark is far from a masturbatory shredder whose solos exist simply to exhibit speed and technical prowess. So many of his solos absolutely drip with feeling. A few in particular stand out to me: Brand New Start, Blackbird, Leave it Alone, and Bleed it Dry. That said, I agree that he's a great rhythm player. I'd almost compare him to Eddie van Halen in that respect. EVH is perhaps the best rhythm player of all time, but he could still play a hell of a solo.
For sure, Mark does write beautiful solos.


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Go Green: Are Values-Oriented Companies Recession-Proof? - National Geographic ADVENTURE
Go Green: Are Values-Oriented Companies Recession-Proof?
Text by Catharine Livingston
"Downsizing" and "cutbacks" may be the mots du jour, but one nonprofit is growing faster than a shoot of bamboo: 1% For the Planet. Perhaps you've heard of it? It's that pet project of outdoor gurus Yvon Chouinard (founder of Patagonia) and Craig Mathews (owner of Blue Ribbon Flies, longtime pal of Tom Brokaw's). They founded the organization in 2002 as a way to pump more dollars into environmental protection; and the way it works is simple. A company (Teton Gravity Research, Sony) agrees to donate one percent of its sales to the Vermont-based group, which then distributes the funds to NGOs in need, from Michigan's Anglers of the Au Sable to the Canadian Wildlife Federation. To date, 1% FTP has raised over $30 million, and its membership has ballooned from 21 businesses to 1,100.
Last month, I had the good fortune of meeting up with the 1% crew when they came through New York City to celebrate their 1,000-member milestone. It was fascinating enough to sit in a room with the godfathers of adventure and wax green, but most interesting was when the conversation turned to greenbacks. The economy may be in the toilet, but 1%'s never been better. In fact, 2008 marked its biggest year yet. I walked away from our little roundtable feeling inspired and perplexed—had I heard right? To find out, I gave 1% FTP's CEO Terry Kellogg a call.
Last month you celebrated your 1,000th member. That's about ten times what it was when you joined.
Yeah, when I started in March of 2005 it was 92 member companies. So it's been a pretty wild ride. And during the past two years in particular, we've been adding on average more than one new member company a day.
Can you talk about 1% FTP's growth from Sept 2008 forward—specifically, when the economy really started going south?
Sure. We were surprised ourselves to find that October 2008 was the biggest month for member acquisition of the entire year for 2008. That was the same month when global financial markets came unglued, and we signed up literally 58 new members in that month—so almost two a day, which is a rate that we've never seen.
We thought, at first, well, maybe this is an anomaly here because these companies could have been in the pipeline long before anyone knew that the markets were going to collapse the way they did. But as time went on from there, we continued to see the rates of signup that we'd seen over the course of 2008—you know on average more than one a day.
That started to make us think, boy maybe there's something counterintuitive going on here. You might think that a tough economy is going to make it really hard for businesses to step up to this level, but perhaps businesses are looking at this climate and saying, you know what? I don't like the way we were practicing business before and this is a reminder to me to focus on what really matters, and this is one of the things that really matters. That's a possible explanation.
Another plausible explanation for the growth rates we've seen recently—and maybe it's one or the other, or a combination of the two is probably likely—is simply that we are still well below the potential for this movement…. So we're still enjoying some really impressive growth rates.
I remember Yvon and Craig talking about how six of 1% FTP's member companies had their best years ever in 2008. Which ones were they—and what do you think is going on there?
Patagonia, New Belgium Brewing, Mountain Equipment Co-Op, SIGG, Klean Kanteen, and Cliff Bar. And yes, they all had their best years ever in 2008, at a time when their competitors were really suffering and the economy was really going south. And you know, I think a big deal is that these companies have invested a lot in developing values-oriented brands that really resonate with consumers. Consumers have a very strong—unusually strong—level of affinity for those companies. And they're still going to go back and support these companies that represent something more than just, you know, a source of stuff. For a lot of these companies, 1% FTP is a key part of how they are growing strong, values-oriented brands.
Any sense of how they're doing in 2009?
I don't actually—simply because it's been pretty busy and we haven't had much of a chance to circle back with them. My guess is that you might see more of a mixed pattern at this point. I mean … we're seeing some very grim statistics, more and more grim every day. So you might see some up and some down, but I think you'll also see brands that are doing much better than their competitors that haven't been as thoughtful about positioning themselves in a way that really captures the consumers' hearts.
You were the first Director of Environmental Stewardship for Timberland in 2000. How would you compare customers' appreciation for responsible businesses then versus now?
Oh my goodness, it has radically transformed. And a statistic that I think is very revealing is, during my five years at Timberland, from 2000 to 2005, we received a total of two inquiries from consumers about our environmental practices. I think the climate today is dramatically different. We all know about An Inconvenient Truth and what an extraordinary impact that film had on raising national levels of awareness around climate. I think the story that's not told as often is the impact that one woman, Laurie David, had on (a) causing that film to come about, and then (b) on using the levers that were at her disposal to further catalyze the movement … Prior to all of that happening in 2005 and 2006, there was only so far that companies could take their programs before they simply got into an area that was too costly—because fundamentally there just wasn't enough awareness out there.
What is your honest prediction for how the economy will affect not just 1% FTP's work, but the environmental movement at large?
Well honestly, I think this recession may be just what the environment needs. And this is probably going to get me in trouble but, I mean, I really think people are reexamining their values and what matters most. And I think ultimately consumer behavior and consumption—consumer behavior around issues of consumption in particular—are going to have a lot to do with long-term environmental health. And so maybe this bump in the road is ultimately something that helps bring more of a sense of balance.
With respect to 1% FTP, I believe that we are going to achieve remarkable things with this model. I believe we're going to grow by another five-fold in the next five years. And that we'll be generating a significant amount of new funding and perhaps become the largest source of funding anywhere for environmental causes.
And I think that we'll be strong through this recession. We're pretty close to the bottom right now. And so I think it's just going to get better.
I'm torn. Philosophically, I can understand your argument for why this recession would lead to progress for the environmental movement. But practically, I can't. And I wish I weren't saying this, but—I think people are going to be focused on their immediate needs of getting food on the table and keeping their jobs. So how do you keep the environment from being pushed into, you know, 'Another day we'll deal with this?'
Yeah. I mean that's a great question. And I think the polls bear out your concern. Overall, when times are good and people are feeling like their needs are met, you can see the environment beginning to surface as an issue that people care about. And vice versa.
But I think partly what that's reflecting is perhaps an incomplete understanding of how a focus on the environment can actually become an engine of economic growth. And I think the whole green jobs movement is the perfect illustration of how you can have both, as we think about completely new industries built around things like energy efficiency and renewable energy in this country.
It takes a little bit of faith, but also a recognition that these are just fundamental necessities in building an economy that actually works in the future.


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Blue roundup: LaVell Edwards to be honored
Published: March 30, 2012 12:00 pm Updated: March 30, 2012 12:06 p.m.
Jason Olson, Deseret News
Former BYU football coach LaVell Edwards acknowledges the crowd as he and other BYU Hall of Fame Inductees are honored after the first quarter of action as Utah State faces BYU in college football action at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Sept. 23, 2006.
Legendary BYU coach LaVell Edwards will be honored in Boise on April 11.
Edwards and his wife, Patti, are the ninth recipients of the Nell and John Wooden Coaching Achievement Award given by the Boise-based World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, according to the Idaho Statesman.
BYU completed its Pro Day on Thursday, and today the Cougars will hold their final practice of the spring. It will also be Alumni Day.
Former BYU quarterback Jake Heaps, who tranferred to Kansas, is looking good in the Jayhawks' spring drills, but he's not eligible to play until the 2013 season.
The Spokane Spokesman-Review examines the West Coast Conference's decision this week to expand. The WCC added the University of the Pacific.
"Does the West Coast Conference need to work on its expansion encores?" writes John Blanchette. "The Church League made an outlandish splash in its first growth spurt in 30 years: Brigham Young. Even post-Jimmermania, the Y's global mission, outsized student body, vast resources and never-on-Sunday policy altered the face of the predominantly Catholic WCC when it signed on 19 months ago and now … Pacific? Really?"
Finally, former San Diego State star, and San Antonio Spur rookie, Kawhi Leonard still believes in Jimmer Fredette.


22 issues bound consecutively (11 5/8 x 9 in.; 295 x 228 mm). Title-page for Vol. XI, index, some engraved text vignettes; browning, with some foxing and dampstaining. Morocco spine, marbled boards; worn, covers detached.
Nine months of a Hawaiian Missionary Newspaper, with the first report of King Kamehameha III's death and Perry's mission to Japan.
The Friend was a local newspaper published by and for missionaries from 1843 to 1954. It is invaluable as a source of information concerning the activities, experiences, and accomplishments of the 19th-century Congregational missionaries to Hawaii, as well as 20th-century figures involved in the development of the United Church of Christ in Hawaii.
This volume has the first report of the death of Hawaiian King Kamehameha III, including the order of procession (Jan. 1885 issue) and the first report of the signing of the U.S.–Japan Treaty negotiated by Commander Matthew Perry (6 May 1854), and an Independence Day celebration (6 July 1854).
This volume belonged to Thomas Spencer (1815–1884), a whaling captain out of Warwick, Rhode Island. He was stranded in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and decided to remain there. He married a native woman, Makaleka (Margaret) Robinson and they had eight children. He opened a very successful ship's chandlery in Honolulu and later purchased property on the "big" island in the village of Hilo. He was a popular local celebrity, well-known for his support of the Hawaiian royal family.


Would he feel that other groups who say "It happens to us too," are trying to diminish the experience of others? Or would he say that all who suffer at the hands of ignorance or bigotry should band together and march side by side?
If we concede that police interactions with disabled people can be every bit as problematic as those with people of color, what would a non-violent, civil rights campaign that encompasses race, disability, and non-violence look like? I certainly can't speak to what Dr. King would think, but his teachings show that certain elements would be present.
Anyone who does their research will find plenty of cases where interactions between police and people with a disability have tragic outcomes.
As part of the process, we in the disability community need to examine what motivates us to join in the discussion.
We need to identify and agree on a goal. What kind of change are we looking for? It is also important to work WITH police, not against them.
According to the teachings of Dr. King, the direct action we have witnessed recently in places like Ferguson and New York City was out of order. Emotions boiled over and caused people to react. While most of the protests were non-violent in nature, the emotional component, in some places, turned into violence and destruction. Those moments played into the media's agenda and they became the center of the story.One exception to this has been seen in the work taking place in Maryland after the death of Ethan Saylor.
Though many of us called for more demonstrative action from our leaders, what happened with the Commission for Community Inclusion of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (The Commission) was much more in line with the principles of non-violence.
The Commission has, so far, focused on doing the research, educating, and having the discussions. As the legislative session begins, their focus will turn to proposing changes to Maryland law to address the "stigma, exclusion, and painful injustice" often faced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
One of the reasons that The Commission has accomplished as much as it has is the tremendous leadership of Tim Shriver. His name and background bring a degree of credibility to the discussion.
His experience and knowledge has transformed what could have been a cursory and politically motivated response into a civil and human rights approach to policy that has the potential to generate comprehensive change.
Another issue that affects our community is the health disparities between the races.
In the months to come we will be dedicating a good portion of our time to working on this issue.
As we go forward, we'll be asking ourselves "WWMLKD" ?
Who should we be working with?
How do we get the information to the people who need to know?
What research can we do to make sure we have a better understanding of the problem?
What are our motivations? How do we get others involved?
I hope we can join together to address these issues, not just because they affect us or someone we love, but because it is the right thing to do.


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Lawrence Reed on Bolsonaro's Presidency, Maduro's Plight, and the Future of the EU
A wide-ranging conversation with FEE President Lawrence Reed.
Politics Lawrence W. Reed Bolsonaro Venezuela Maduro Brazil Brexit EU
Editor's Note: This article is a transcript of Lawrence W. Reed's recent interview with Crusoé magazine in Brazil. The Portuguese version of this article can be found here.
1. Why did the Maduro government go bankrupt?
The Maduro government, being a socialist one, was always morally and intellectually bankrupt. It takes a little while for socialist regimes to financially bankrupt themselves and the countries they run, but Chavez and Maduro managed to do it in almost record time. In less than twenty years, they took one of the wealthiest nations in Latin America and turned it into one of the poorest. They proved what Margaret Thatcher famously said—that socialism seems to work "until you run out of other people's money."
Call it "Reed's Law" if you want to: The time it takes for socialists to destroy an economy depends on how quickly they implement socialism. Sip the poison slowly and the patient may live decades. Drink it from a fire hydrant and the patient goes fast. Either way, it's still poison. Socialism is nothing more than a scheme to steal and redistribute, which eventually kills off production. That's why I say that in those countries where partial socialism seems to "work," it's only because the capitalism they haven't yet destroyed is keeping them alive.
Economic bankruptcy is the inevitable outcome of policies that crush entrepreneurship, wealth creation, and private property. Socialism is nothing more than a scheme to steal and redistribute, which eventually kills off production. It's rooted in hate, anger, envy and victimology—an evil concoction that never ends well.
The Chavez/Maduro governments confiscated property and then put bureaucrats and generals in charge of it. They imposed all kinds of idiotic controls—on prices, rents, exports, imports, etc., none of which have worked in the last 5,000 years. Then they printed paper money until it was worthless. This is what the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises called "planned chaos." Why would any reasonable person expect anything but bankruptcy from such a toxic brew?
2. Why is Maduro still in power?
He has lots of guns and bullets—almost all of them, in fact. In other words, brute force. Because socialism concentrates and monopolizes power, ordinary people are helpless until they can find the courage en masse to rise up and liberate themselves. Maduro uses public funds to buy off the top military people, who know that if the regime is removed, they may have to answer for their crimes. He also exerts considerable control over who gets food and who doesn't.
The opposition has previously been divided, unorganized, and demoralized. That is now changing, and I predict that Maduro will be gone soon.
Never underestimate the power of people whose patience has run out, who are determined to free themselves.
This can happen very quickly. I remember being in Poland in November 1989, celebrating the end of communism in Eastern Europe. Over dinner in Warsaw one evening as word came that the "Velvet Revolution" was underway in neighboring Czechoslovakia, I asked a Polish friend, "When do you think the Ceaucescu dictatorship in Romania will fall?" He shook his head and said, "That will take a long time because his security apparatus is so powerful." As it turned out, Ceaucescu was gone the very next month.
3. What lessons can the Maduro government give to Latin America?
Lessons from the tragedy of Venezuelan socialism are huge and numerous. They apply to every country, not only those in Latin America.
Power attracts the corrupt and corrupts them even further.
First, don't buy into what Nobel Prize-winning economist F. A. Hayek called "the fatal conceit." That's the idea that an elite can plan society, that they can just push people around like pawns on a chessboard and create an earthly Utopia. When adults combine that arrogant, childish fantasy with guns and political power, the result is always violent and regressive. Always. Power attracts the corrupt and corrupts them even further.
A second lesson is this: Government has nothing to give anybody except what it first takes from somebody, and a government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you've got. Government is essentially redistributive, not creative. When it keeps the peace, it's a good thing. When it decides to be your nanny, your doctor, your teacher, your news media, your gas station, and your restaurant, it only disturbs the peace.
A third lesson is aimed especially at all those people everywhere who have ambitions to run other people's lives: Your days are numbered. If you live by the sword, the chances are good that you'll die by it, too. You will answer, sooner or later, for your stupidity and your hubris. You will be remembered someday as trash without a conscience. So you may want to rethink your premises and find another line of work.
4. How can it shape leftist parties in the region?
One can hope that from Venezuela's experience, so-called leftist parties will learn to stop worshiping the state. Maybe they will learn basic economics. Most importantly, we can hope they learn that legalized plunder and buying votes with other people's money are dead-end streets.
At the very least, perhaps the leftist parties in the region will learn to rely less on "good intentions" and more on actual results.
5. Why are Russians supporting Maduro? Does it have something to do with the Soviet Union?
The Russian government probably does have a lot of nostalgia for the old days when the country was a much bigger player on the world stage. I wish it would just get over it and focus on its own country's affairs. Of course, that's the same advice I would give every government, including the one in Washington.
As the Chavez/Maduro regime vilified America and its allies, it sought closer relations with communist and former communist governments. It made deals with Russia and China, so the Russians and the Chinese have a stake in Venezuela. They're all tied up together in a web of deals regarding oil, debt, and other stuff.
6. You've commented about "Reed's Law." When did you create it? Did you propagate it before?
I've said it many times in speeches and in articles, but it didn't occur to me until this interview to put my name to it. So your magazine is the first!
Every year seems to bring confirmation of it: The time it takes for socialists to destroy an economy depends on how quickly they implement socialism. One of the greatest economists of all time and one whose thinking has greatly influenced mine, Ludwig von Mises, said something similar but even more profound:
A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death. A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society.
Socialism aims to accomplish three objectives: 1) the forcible redistribution of wealth; 2) government ownership of the means of production; and 3) the concentration of power to plan and command the economy. None of those things is productive, efficient, or moral, and all of them require coercion. So right from the start, socialism eats away at productivity, efficiency, and morality. The more socialism you have, the quicker you flush your country down the economic toilet.
7. How do you consider the Trump presidency? Are his policies in favor of more liberalism, private initiative, and free markets?
The Trump administration is a mix of good, bad, and in between. On the good side, it has accomplished considerable deregulation and tax cuts. Judicial appointments have been largely very good because the men and women chosen are serious people. They do not see the Constitution as a plaything to push aside when you want to grow government.
On the bad side, the reckless spending of the previous administration is continuing, and it's piling up mountains of debt. So far, there's been no focus on fixing the long-term fiscal problem of unsustainable entitlement (welfare state) spending. Budget deficits, in spite of strong economic growth, are getting bigger instead of smaller. These are awful trends that neither party seems willing to address but which will produce a crisis in the future if not dealt with.
The trade war is not helping. If it ends up causing everybody to reduce tariffs, then I'll applaud that. But for now, it's causing enormous costs and dislocations, which is historically what trade wars always do.
And I do wish the president were more articulate and possessed even a small portion of the grace, temperament, and likeability of a Ronald Reagan. Because of his abrasive, overly-sensitive personality, he shoots himself in the foot even when he's right. But it's still hard for me to see the last two years as anything but much better than what we would likely have gotten under Hillary Clinton.
8. How do you consider Brexit? Are Brits doing the right thing in leaving the European Union?
Given the massive, intrusive bureaucracy and regulatory apparatus that the EU has built, I don't think the Brits had any choice but to leave. Margaret Thatcher was right about where the EU would likely go if given the chance—in the direction of centralizing power in a giant super-state. Better to get out now than to be dragged further into that morass. If the EU had just focused from the start on a truly free-trade zone without the centralization, it would have been a great idea.
The problem now is, of course, how to get out of it. A so-called "hard Brexit" that has no deal with the EU is a real possibility at the end of March. I'm one who believes the danger of that is overblown and that Britain would come through it in good shape and be the happier for it. Much will depend, however, on Britain's ability to negotiate free trade agreements on its own. I'm afraid the European project is too ambitious, too controlling, and too corrupt to prevail. I think the US should move quickly to adopt free trade with the Brits and offer the same to the rest of Europe if it relents on its attempts to punish Britain.
As to the long-term prognosis, I'm afraid the European project is too ambitious, too controlling, and too corrupt to prevail. Britain isn't the only country unhappy with it. It's fraying at all its edges, mainly because it has attempted to do too much at the expense of freedom and national sovereignty.
9. Do you have any opinion about the Bolsonaro government?
I am guardedly optimistic about the Bolsonaro government. It faces huge challenges that stem from so many years of deep corruption and one-party rule. If you have the cancer of socialism, you don't just take a policy aspirin. You have to cut it out and throw it away. Its general direction is what Brazil desperately needs: improving the business climate, cutting down big government, rooting out cronyism, and fighting socialism in all its guises. If President Bolsonaro can do these things faster, he should. He should take advantage of this natural "honeymoon" period to get as much done as possible, especially the painful things that must be implemented for prosperity to return.
In two or three years, we'll know how successful the Bolsonaro government is by just how much bigger or smaller the central government is. If he doesn't make a huge dent in that, if government is actually bigger than it was, then we have to say it was a failure. He must be bold and decisive and steadfast. If you have the cancer of socialism, you don't just take a policy aspirin. You have to cut it out and throw it away.
Even so, it's not enough for policies to change. Public opinion must shift too—toward a greater appreciation for things like private property, liberty, entrepreneurship, free markets, personal responsibility, and character. So there has to be a concerted effort to educate and inspire Brazilians in these ideas once again.
Bolsonaro should listen to the good people at organizations like Mises Brasil and Objetivismo Brasil in Sao Paulo; Instituto de Formacao de Lideres (in several cities); Instituto Liberal, Livres, and Instituto Millenium in Rio de Janeiro; Instituto Atlantos, Instituto de Estudos Empresariais and Instituto Liberdade in Porto Alegre; Clube Farroupilha in Santa Maria; Líderes do Amanhã and Grupo Domingos Martins in Vitória; the Instituto Liberdade e Justiça in Goiânia; Grupo de Estudos Dragão do Mar in Fortaleza; the Instituto Antônio Lacerda in Salvador; and the Center for Economic Freedom at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in Sao Paulo. They and others are doing great work to educate for liberty.
10. How can socialist ideas prevail for so long in countries like Brazil, even with socialist countries elsewhere going bankrupt?
Socialism makes endless promises that are mostly empty temptations that carry enormous costs, but they are still powerful. The politicians will take care of you! They will know what to do! They will give you stuff! They will do it now! Of course, the politicians who promise these things are, like everyone else, thinking mostly of power, money, and glory for themselves.
People must think long-term, not just for the moment. Socialism always sounds good today but inevitably produces disaster tomorrow. People must understand that the best security comes from self-reliance, personal independence, family and friends, and civil society institutions, not from politics. Socialist ideas prevail when people neglect the importance of character or fail to think of the long-term.
11. Why are there so many socialist teachers in schools? Is it a global phenomenon?
That's like asking why are there so many Catholics in cathedrals. That's where Catholics go!
When schools are owned and run by governments, over time they become a magnet for people who will faithfully teach what the government wants them to. Teachers work for the government, and they (many of them) want the government to get bigger. That should surprise no one. Governments should never be expected to teach either liberty or character. They can't and they won't because it's not in government's interest to do so. Indoctrination is more important to governments than education.
Yes, this a global phenomenon. And it's a good reason to separate school and state everywhere. I don't trust the government to do a good job running schools any more than I would trust it to do a good job running restaurants or oil companies.
12. Will the Venezuelan's dictatorship fall by itself or do you think a foreign military intervention may be needed?
I fear that military intervention from the US would backfire and give Maduro some legitimacy he does not deserve.
The Maduro dictatorship would probably fall of its own accord sooner or later because of socialism's inherent defects, though it might take enormous bloodshed. But I am hoping and expecting that the people of Venezuela, with the support of the international community, will push it off the cliff in a matter of weeks.
Few things would please me more than to see Maduro and his criminal cronies face justice. The best scenario is for this to happen entirely from within the country. If neighboring countries in the region want to step in, that's up to them. I fear, however, that military intervention from the US would backfire and give Maduro some legitimacy he does not deserve. For your readers who may be interested, I recently wrote an article suggesting things that a free Venezuela will need to do to put the country on the road to recovery, you can view it here.
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As the working week inevitably takes up so much space, don't forget art and its power to uplift. All of Tate Modern awaits you, exhibiting Marlene Dumas, Sonia Delauney and Everyday Sculpture (well, look at the list of What's On). You also get the chance to reunite with that river view, some really nice coffee, and to see how the Tate Modern Extension is getting on; I have started to call it the ZIGGUART because its stepped and rotated shape reminds me of the ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia.


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'What We're Made Of' Is FINALLY Here!
Hot off touring with Old Dominion and Cold Creek County, The Washboard Union's new album is finally out!
Jason Aldean took home the big one AGAIN and Miranda Lambert broke some records.
A new emotional track from Carrie Underwood has us eager to hear more.
New Music From Kenny Chesney!
There couldn't be a more perfect time for new music from Kenny and especially this song.
Kacey has talked about many inspirations for the album, but the biggest one may or may not surprise you...LSD.


I do not know where I failed. I was very particular that my children were, well behaved and very disciplined. I ensured good manners were imbibed in them.
I went from seeing her once a week to seeing her every day, she was my inspiration, my best friend. She gave me a reason to be happy and a reason to care for others.
To the families of thousand missing people in Uttrakhand disaster (in India, 2013) who still hope that someday their loved ones will come and knock the door of their happiness again.
Life is a collection of days. It starts with a day and ends on another. The funny thing is, irrespective of what happens in between, birth and death are the ones which stand permanent.
I could see that someone is just coming in my direction and holding my hand. It was this girl who was just my imagination.
Love You after 10 years!


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Policy brief on improving access to artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria in the East African community
Nabudere, Harriet; Upunda, Gabriel L; Juma, Malick.
The World Health Organization (WHO) since June 1998 has advocated for the use of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in countries where Plasmodium falciparum malaria is resistant to traditional antimalarial therapies such as chloroquine, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, and amodiaquine (19;22). In 2...
Africa, Eastern/epidemiology, Antimalarials/administration & dosage, Artemisinins/administration & dosage, Drug Therapy, Combination/methods, Health Policy, Malaria/drug therapy
Policy brief on improving access to artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria in Cameroon
Ongolo-Zogo, Pierre; Bonono, Renee-Cecile.
Malaria is the major cause of illness in Cameroon, responsible for 40 percent of medical consultations. For this reason, the Head of State along with his African Union peers in April 2000 and 2006 undertook to achieve universal access to malaria control interventions, including effective treatment (10;12...
Antimalarials/administration & dosage, Artemisinins/administration & dosage, Cameroon, Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration, Drug Therapy, Combination/methods, Health Policy, Malaria/drug therapy
Policy brief on improving access to artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria control in Ethiopia
Kebede, Amha; Woyessa, Adugna; Urga, Kelbessa; Messelle, Tsehaynesh; Jima, Daddi.
Malaria in Ethiopia is one of the leading causes of death (21.8 percent), consultation in outpatient departments (17.8 percent) and hospital admissions (14.1 percent) (2;14). To overcome this problem, the Malaria Control Program (Federal Ministry of Health) has designed a communitybased malaria treatment...
Antimalarials/administration & dosage, Artemisinins/administration & dosage, Drug Therapy, Combination/methods, Ethiopia/epidemiology, Health Policy, Malaria/drug therapy
Policy brief on improving access to artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria in Mozambique
Mbofana, Francisco; Machatine, Gertrudes; Moreira, Celeste.
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique. Approximately 6 million cases are reported each year. Malaria accounts for approximately 40 percent of all outpatient visits and 60 percent of pediatric hospital admissions. It is the leading cause of death among children admitted to pedi...
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Each of the books listed below was compiled, edited, and adapted from multiple open source textbooks and created under a Creative Commons License without attribution, as requested by the work's original creator or licensee. Each book is freely available for download, online reading, and sharing for educational purposes. A physical print version of each book is available at cost by visiting the provided link.


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A report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as part of its Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation-Monitoring and Tracking Series, examines New York's progress toward implementing health care reform—through both the ACA and the state's own reforms.
Prepared by researchers at the Urban Institute and Georgetown University's Health Policy Center, the report finds that New York has been proactive in implementing the ACA and has made considerable progress, despite not yet passing legislation establishing its health insurance exchange. New York's long-standing tradition of providing health care to its low-income residents, together with the state making progress with private insurance market reform, well position New York to implement the ACA.
The authors conclude that while New York faces important policy decisions moving ahead, it may have an easier time than other states because it has already addressed many issues as part of its own health reform effort.


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Farcical Syrian Peace Talks Reveal Intractable Differences
John Kerry's Upcoming Moscow Visit
Erdogan Repudiates Democracy, Freedom and Rule of Law
Published by Stephen Lendman at March 19, 2016
by Stephen Lendman
Five days of proximity talks accomplished nothing. Nor will five weeks or five months more.
US/Saudi supported terrorist groups are involved, cold-blooded killers, committed to eliminating Syrian sovereignty, demanding regime change in violation of international law, ignoring Assad's overwhelming popular mandate.
Syrians want no one else leading them. Washington wants its will imposed by force.
Five years of US naked aggression using proxy ISIS and other terrorist group foot soldiers show Obama and whoever succeeds him intend pursuing America's imperial agenda.
Raping Syria continues, talks an exercise in futility. On Friday, Syrian UN envoy/chief negotiator Bashar al-Jaafari demanded Western countries "stop interfering in (his country's) internal affairs."
Lawless sanctions imposed must be lifted, he said. He wants European embassies in Damascus reopened so Western nations can know "firsthand what is going on and not rely on opposition sources for their (mis)information."
"Europe is guilty of many strategic mistakes," he stressed, allying with Washington's imperial agenda, embroiling the Middle East in endless conflict, responsible for millions of deaths and vast destruction.
Jaafari is a seasoned diplomat, a distinguished figure, fluent in Arabic, Farsi, English and French, a Ph.D in political science and history of Islamic civilization in Southeast Asia, author of five books – currently serving as Syria's permanent UN envoy and chief Geneva III negotiator.
He minced no words saying there's "outside interference in Syrian affairs. The latest events have confirmed our words to all those who doubted them."
"There is trafficking of weapons across the Jordanian and Turkish border. There is…no doubt that there is terrorism that comes from outside, and funded from outside the country, which makes entry into Syria easier," efforts willfully undermining peace talks.
So-called Western supported "moderates" are cold-blooded killers, bent on Syria's destruction, demanding the imposition of their will, insisting Assad must go, ignoring international law and what's best for Syrians.
Conflict resolution remains elusive. US-led foreign states demanding their will be imposed is a non-starter.
Russia supports the right of Syrians alone to decide who'll lead them. Iranian Fars News is the only web site providing daily accurate accounts of continued conflict – showing government forces, aided by Russian air support as needed, achieving strategic gains on the ground.
Liberating Syria is only possible militarily. US/Saudi controlled diplomacy has no chance to work.
Geneva III talks are doomed to fail, undermined by unacceptable demands no responsible government would accept.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III."
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Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.
Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.
Stephen Lendman was born in 1934 in Boston, MA. In 1956, he received a BA from Harvard University. Two years of US Army service followed, then an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1960. After working seven years as a marketing research analyst, he joined the Lendman Group family business in 1967. He remained there until retiring at year end 1999. Writing on major world and national issues began in summer 2005. In early 2007, radio hosting followed. Lendman now hosts the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network three times weekly. Distinguished guests are featured. Listen live or archived. Major world and national issues are discussed. Lendman is a 2008 Project Censored winner and 2011 Mexican Journalists Club international journalism award recipient.
HOW WALL STREET FLEECES AMERICA: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War
Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks World War III
Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity
The Iraq Quagmire: The Price of Imperial Arrogance


3/23/16: Congrats to San Clemente's Griffin Colapinto, who won the 2016 Pipe Pro Junior WSL event. Although he prefers Pipeline a lot bigger than it was, the smaller version still didn't deter him from taking the win. Also congrats to 3rd Place finisher Cody Young and Quarter-finalist Quentin Turko. Here's more from the World Surf League: Colapinto comboed the field after posting a 9.4 in the first few minutes of the Final, which left Braden Jones (USA), Cody Young (HAW) and Ryland Rubens (USA) searching for waves in the quiet heat to better their mid-range scores. No stranger to Pipe, Colapinto is known to charge in waves of consequence and has put in time along the North Shore for the better part of his teenage years.
The San Clemente surfer placed Runner Up in the Sunset Pro Junior earlier this year and is looking ahead at this winter season on the North Shore.


Sublet in room potentially available flexible dates in June, including possibly a weekend or 1 week at a time. Bedroom in beautiful, spacious, clean and furnished kosher 2-bedroom apartment on UWS with park view available for ss/sk female. Bedroom is delightfully sunny with Eastern exposure and has blinds and curtains; looks out onto the trees and hills of Central Park; spacious, bright and sunny living room; strictly kosher kitchen; this is a highly sought-after building and residents tend to love it. Right on B/C subway line (subway is 10 steps away from the door) – highly convenient location across from Central Park. Close to many kosher food options for groceries and restaurants. Laundry and super in building. One lovely female roommate. Great deal in great location. Please private message me if interested or to request more photos.


Drill holes are placed over the sulcus on the anterior edge of the glenoid rim, protecting the articular cartilage. The unstable joint capsule is re-estabilised by sewing through these drill holes towards the glenoid rim.
Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior glenoid defect with an intraarticulary implanted J-shaped cortico-cancellous bone graft from the iliac crest.
Using an antero-inferior transmuscular arthroscopic portal, the detatched capsule is reattached to the anterior glenoid rim using resorbable pins.
Protecting the soft tissue, the fracture is reducted, the humeral head fragment is fixed with pins and the tubercle fixed with bone sutures to the humerus and the humeral head.
Using a C-arm image intensifier, the fracture is realigned and the humeral head fragment gets fixed using percutaneously inserted pins. In a second step, the greater tuberosity is reducted and stabilized using cannulated screws.
Head of the Shoulder-Team at the Department of Trauma Surgery Innsbruck (1993 – 2002).
Continuation of the shoulder courses, in collaboration with the Department of Anatomy.
Introduction of innovative management possibilities in Innsbruck on irreparable rotator cuff tears (muscle transfers) or in combination with joint arthritis (Delta Inverse Prothesis).


SYNOPSIS: This book follows a family who has had a taste of living an extended life, but is looking to solidify their grasp on living forever. Issue one follows the family as they struggle with outside sources, and each other, to reach their goal. Who is their "guest", and what secrets does he hold?
Blending mythology, horror, and sci-fi, this arc will leave you asking yourself, how far would you go to obtain eternal life?
SYNOPSIS – On the Dog Days Kickstarter page (currently live on Kickstarter until Feb 1st, 2019 at 1 pm) the story is about a pair of canine detectives find themselves embroiled in a cults attempts to murder and skin citizens. Follow this pair as they unravel the secrets and mystery behind Mother and her twisted followers. Can they save the animals in time or will their skins be next?
SYNOPSIS: He's got the mind, the might, and the mustache! A roguish ALBERT EINSTEIN leads a team of geniuses called THE TIME MASONS in a battle to protect the integrity of our timeline. But when a new threat puts the past, present, and future in peril, it's up to him and a squad of epic historical figures to save the universe before the clock runs out. Get ready for an Einstein you never imagined in the greatest time-travel adventure series history has never seen.


A private Kaneohe retreat with views of the Ko'olau Mountains. This 3-bedroom 2-bath residence has an open living area with vaulted ceilings that flow to a 500+ square foot lanai. Your two lower bedrooms open to a large outdoor courtyard fully fenced as your personal garden. Features new quartz kitchen counter tops, new luxury vinyl plank flooring, and updated baths. Enjoy the cool breeze as you relax on your lanai or sit poolside at the community recreation area. Minutes to Ko'olau Shopping Center theatre, shops and restaurants.


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Hey, can anyone tell me really real real reasons Tim Burton dropped out of the Third flick? And, if Batman Begins flopps, we should tell Tim Burton to rub it in Chris Nolan's face! HAHAHAHAHA... o, im done.


Fall harvest celebrations are around the corner. These present great opportunities to share a Cool Harvest with your faith community � that is, food choices that are healthier for people, the planet, and the climate.
Interfaith Power & Light�s has an official 2014 free kit for hosting a Cool Harvest potluck with your friends or faith community.
There are many ways our food system and our food choices affect the climate. Factory farms are not only terrible places for animals, they create a huge amount of pollution. From cattle methane emissions to hog waste �lagoons� that foul waterways, the way we produce meat, and the huge quantity of it, contributes a large portion of global warming pollution.
One of the first and simplest things we can do to reduce our carbon �foodprints� is to eat less meat. Another step in cooling our diet is even simpler: reducing waste. It�s estimated that nearly half of food produced in the U.S. is eventually thrown away. That means all that energy used to grow, transport, prepare, and package that food was wasted, too. With too many people in our country still hungry or food insecure, this is another unjust consequence of our modern industrial food system.
Also available, our free Cool Movie and Discussion Kit � with suggestions and descriptions of films to introduce your faith community to some of the issues around food production in our country. The�kits are supported by�a companion website, coolharvest.org�with inspirational food stories from the faith community, sustainable recipes and shopping�guides, and much more.
Food that�s healthier for the planet doesn�t need to be complicated or hard to find � often it�s in our own backyards. Make organic seasonal vegetables the centerpiece of your meal and get produce from local organic farms when possible. Finding new ways to connect with and support your community through food can be very rewarding. We hope that you find�one or both of the Cool Harvest kits useful in helping you to lead�a food, faith and climate activity for your friends, family, or congregation this fall.


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The Crusaders (1954-2010)
Posted on August 14, 2021 August 14, 2021 by contributed by: Otis Alexander
African American History: African American History: Groups & Organizations
Hear a soundtrack specially chosen to enhance your learning about The Crusaders (1954-2010)
The musical moment in jazz fusion in the United States was 1954 when pianist Joseph Leslie Sample, born on February 1, 1939, began with tenor saxophonist Wilton Lewis Felder, born on August 31, 1940, and percussionist Nesbert "Stix" Hooper, born August 15, 1938, came together to form the ensemble, the Swingsters. They invited trombonist Wayne Maurice Henderson, born September 24, 1939, composer/flutist Hubert Laws, born November 10, 1939, and bassist Henry Wilson, born June 13, 1938, to join the venture to create a sextet. These teenagers were composers, who attended Houston, Texas' Booker T. Washington High School. They moved to Los Angeles, California in 1960 and changed their name to the Crusaders.
Rare among jazz acts, the Crusaders' compositions incorporated R&B, soul, and funk, and were often rhythmically persuasive for dancing. The group was successful from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. Their first album, Powerhouse, was released in 1969. It reached #184 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Their single, "Put It Where You Want It" was released in 1972, peaked at #52 and stayed on the charts for nine weeks on Billboard Hot 100. Their second album, 2nd Crusade, was released in 1973 and was nominated for the "Best R&B Instrumental Performance at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. The following year, 1974, they released the album, Southern Comfort to moderate success.
In 1976, the album, Those Southern Knights, peaked at #38 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, # 9 on the Soul LPs and remained on the charts for 18 weeks. It peaked at #2 on the Top Jazz LPs charts, it peaked at #2. Also, the single, "Images" from the album, was nominated for the Best R&B Instrumental Performance" at the 19th Annual Grammy Awards. Free as the Wind, released in 1977, reached #8, and remained on the charts for 22 weeks.
The Crusaders' composition "Street Life" in 1979, with Randy Crawford as the guest vocalist on the recording, peaked at #5 and remained on the charts for 11 weeks, making it the biggest hit of their career. The song also peaked at #5 in the United Kingdom giving the Crusaders their only international hit.
In 1980, the Crusaders released the album, Rhapsody and Blues which peaked at #14 on the album chart and stayed charted for 19 weeks. In 1984 they released Rural Renewal which was nominated for the Best Contemporary Jazz Album of that year but was only modestly successful. Life in the Modern World released in 1988 was the last album or single released by the Crusaders. It did not chart.
Wayne Maurice Henderson, to many a musical genius for merging jazz with elements of funk, soul, and R&B, died at the age of 74 on April 5, 2014, in Culver City, California. Joseph Leslie Sample died in Houston on September 12, 2014, at the age of 75. Wilton Lewis Felder died from myeloma on September 27, 2015, in Whittier, California He was 75.
African American History, Groups & Organizations
20th Century (1900-1999), Gender - Men, United States - California, United States - Tennessee, United States - Texas, Occupation-Entertainer-Jazz Composer, Occupation--Jazz Musicians
Alexander, O. (2021, August 14). The Crusaders (1954-2010). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-crusaders-1954-2010/
Chris Barton, "Wayne Henderson dies at 74; Jazz Crusaders co-founder, trombonist," (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, April 8, 2014, https://www.sun-sentinel.com/la-et-ms-wayne-henderson-20140408-story.html. Scott Yanow, "The Crusaders," Allmusic.com, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-crusaders-mn0000136075/biography. "Street Life," Officialcharts.com, https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/street-life/
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Bogan Via's graceful and danceable underground indie pop is quickly winning over fans. Having exploded out of the burgeoning Arizona music scene, the duo have toured coast to coast supporting acts such as Phantogram, Little Dragon, Todd Terje, Glass Animals, Twin Shadow, Darwin Deez, Betty Who and many more.
The tracks on their latest album, "Tough to Kill" weave in and out of genres with a heavy hand of hip hop and synth pop gluing it all together. "This record is actually quite upbeat despite the aching of self-reflection and doubt that runs throughout the tracks", Bret reflects. The album was inspired by the grit, chaos, and brief moments of beauty in the alcohol-soaked alleyways of Los Angeles. Themes of heartbreak, mental health, and morality infuse the LP with colourful highs and undercurrents of melancholy.


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Amazon Gives Series Order to Drama 'God of War' Based on Video Game Franchise
Amazon has today given a series order to the original drama series God of War based on PlayStation's video game franchise of the same name. An episode count and premiere date window were not immediately announced.
After exiling himself from his blood-soaked past in ancient Greece, Kratos - the God of War - hangs up his weapons forever in the Norse realm of Midgard. When his beloved wife dies, Kratos sets off on a dangerous journey with his estranged son to spread her ashes from the highest peak - his wife's final wish. Kratos soon realizes the journey is an epic quest in disguise, one which will test the bonds between father and son, and force Kratos to battle new Gods and monsters for the fate of the world.
Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby developed the drama, with Rafe Judkins serving as showrunner for the first season. All three will executive produce with Cory Barlog, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, Yumi Yang and Roy Lee. Jeff Ketcham will act as a co-executive producer. Amazon Studios, Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions and Santa Monica Studio will produce.
"The God of War is a compelling, character-driven franchise that we believe will captivate our global customers as much with its expansive and immersive worlds as its rich storytelling," said Vernon Sanders, Head of Global Television, Amazon Studios. "We are honored to share in the adventure of exploring the God of War mythology in such a momentous way with Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, and Santa Monica Studio."
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Register Log In Home Forums Trapper Talk Supporting 280 and 330 with frozen ground..
Turn the spring so the V is pointed to the other side of the trap and push the eye back around the corner. It is not unusual for that to happen, depending on the brand of trap. Say "Dukes" as an example.
I make all of my supports with 3/8 rod. My stakes are 3/8" and 1/2". I can easily support a 330 with two 1/2" stakes when the bottom is frozen, I just swing harder. Lol.
I guess I misunderstood, I thought you had deep bank den entrances and needed to get a trap in front of them.
except the one shown is for rocky stream...I weld the bracket the other way for culverts...and use heavier plate,,3/8", if strong current.


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A: Salesforce Apex is not case sensitive. Giving a class Account a variable name account can confuse the parser.
Try renaming account to something like acct or theAccount
By the way, I ran this code and was not able to get it to break, so this could be a long shot.

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Samsung's Galaxy S3 is now up for pre-order in the UK for £499.95, or $808 (that's a sim-free, 16GB model). According to Amazon it will ship on May 30. The S3 has a 4.8" 1280x720 HD Super AMOLED (with Pentile), a quad-core 1.4Ghz CPU, 1GB of RAM and an 8 mp camera (1080p video). The phone includes several new software technologies: voice recognition, gesture control, smart sharing and intelligent camera features.
damn pentile again, when will that scam finally end.


The children in Key Stage 2 took part in a wonderful evening to celebrate the Christmas season. The church was packed out and we were all treated to a festive feast of singing, music and readings. The children performed brilliantly and they should be very proud of their participation in a really special evening. Thank you to all of the teachers, assistants and music tutors for they hard work to make the evening a great one.