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Voices From Solitary: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Was "the Only Way to Get the Word Out" About Prison Abuses
By Sal Rodriguez | September 6, 2011
The following is excerpted from a letter from Alfred Sandoval, a Pelican Bay SHU inmate and one of the original leaders and participants in this summer's three-week hunger strike. Addressed to "All Media, Prisons Supporters, etc.," it was written on June 26th, a few days before the strike began. Sandoval describes his own experiences, and outlines a series of abuses and factors that he feels made the hunger strike necessary.
Let me begin with a quote "The degree of civilization may be judges by entering its prisons."
As a prisoner housed in the isolation control unit known as the "Short Corridor" of Pelican Bay State Prison, D-Facility SHU, I decided to write and expose and hopefully bring attention to the daily abuses being committed by administrators and correctional officers as part of a concerted effort lead by the Office of Correctional Security (OCS) to psychologically and physically "break" prisoners by any means.
In 2001 I was transferred to this gulag from San Quentin's Death Row where I had spent approximately 15 years in the adjustment center. On the first day I arrived, I was told in no uncertain terms that I would "die here one way or another" and that I was "a cancer to be cut out." I went out to court and was returned in 2003. When I got my property I happened across a confidential memorandum that had somehow got mixed in with my legal materials. The title read "The Function of the Control SHU units" and went on to outline a plan of attack for prison administrators and "Investigation" units. ISU, IGI, LEIU to follow. Cited was "the function is to reduce prisoners to the state of submission essential for their ideological conversion…that failing, the next step is to reduce them to a state of psychological incompetence sufficient to neutralize them as efficient self-directed antagonists…That failing, the only alternative is to destroy them. Preferably by making them desperate enough to destroy themselves."
In approximately 2005, before the OCS was formally created, the then secure state security unit (SSU) and various members of gang investigation units throughout the State of California compiled a list of alleged prison gang members to be targeted for various degrees of abuses to be "broken."
First isolation: Control and restrict all information. In January 2006 approximately 200-2500 prisoners were "rehoused" into a special isolation control unit which is the "Short Corridor" of D-Facility and then the underground confidential restrictions began; all mail, including legal…are rerouted to the IGI unit. Legal mail is routinely opened illegally and regular generally mail is stopped, delayed or …even retuned to sender without notification. Numerous family members and friends of these prisoners have received anonymous letters and phone calls warning them of "being used by gang members" in an attempt to create friction and further isolate the prisoners.
Another underground "regulation" is no talking. Prisoners are routinely disciplined via 115 Rule Violation Report, the alleged violation is "refusing a direct order" and 128 Information Chronos are written and cite "gang activities" which can be just saying hello to a neighbor and these fabrications are used to deny inactive status, deny visits, take canteen privileges or television for up to 90 days. These punishments depend on everything and nothing. Arbitrary is the word…Even visitors lose their right to speak to other visitors and the IGI and ISU routinely goosestep through the visiting room and even ride in the visitors bus as an intimidation tactic.
Second, medical care is intentionally denied and withheld under the "debrief or die" doctrine and the gang unit oversees medical procedures with the chief medical officer, medical hardships are denied and prisoners are routinely questioned while under anesthesia by members of the IGI because of this many prisoners refuse necessary medical procedures. Even the psyche visits are monitored by the IGI unit and I was told by a psychologist that the IGI had asked him to disclose our conversation, he stated that he refused, but I believed that was because it was a court ordered observation. But the chief medical officer allows the gang unit to review prisoners confidential medical files…
Third, food is routinely served on dirty trays, portions are small and a lot of the food is spoiled, overcooked-burnt and undercooked, beans and rice is often crunchy. Since January an average of five days a week some of the prisoners can be heard yelling that the bread is green, the SHU cook told prisoners to notify the C/O serving the meals and the C/O will decide if the food should be replaced. If you were to read the menu, you would be led to believe that prisoners are being served government meals but in reality most is inedible. For example vegetarian meals are basically three items, beans, cheese and peanut butter. The baked beans are also called canned vege beans, seasoned beans, the pinto beans are also Mexican beans, refried beans, seasoned beans also, chili beans and just beans. The portions can be ridiculous! At times you can actually count the number of beans, vegetables and even noodles and the C/O will refuse to notify the kitchen or replace the food. One C/O testified on behalf of a prisoner's civil rights complaint and the court ordered PBSP to serve proper portions in accordance with federal guidelines of caloric daily intake. Even after that court order, PNSP routinely serves small or spoiled portions on a 602 complaint one prisoner was actually told that it's the "weekly" caloric intake that matters, so prisoners can go hungry for a day or to and good a good portion of greasy food which will add calories. I am one of the fortunate prisoners that is able to supplement by meals with canteen items such as beans and top ramen-cup-a-soup. Actually, those prisoners that can't are extremely thin. But their weight loss will rarely be documented because the weight scale in the D-Medical clinic is off by at least ten pounds.
Code of Silence; prisoners submit 602 grievance forms on a daily basis. I have over one hundred documented with approximately two being granted but I am sure that you may have heard of the code of silence which was exposed in California Senate Hearings on Abuse within the CDCR. Well it does exist and prisoners who file complaints can expect the 602 form to be routinely denied, rejected or just disappear. The Appeals coordinator will and does refuse to even process complaints….This is a department wide problem but here at PBSP there is an underground order to all staff to deny 602's or "partly" grant them thereby guaranteeing litigation.
You must remember that this is the prison that actually boiled a prisoner, the Madrid V. Gomez case, had officers… orchestrating assaults and murders of inmates and these and much more incidents were investigated by the Internal Affairs of PBSP and in 2006 the Office of Inspector General cited that the Internal Affairs of PBSP would turn a blind eye to abuses and mistreatment of prisoners by C/O Staff which is the code of silence. Since 2006, when the "Short Corridor" was unofficially created, there have been hundreds of incidents of cell doors being opened "intentionally" and "accidentally" but only those where prisoners fought are mentioned and documented and used as "evidence" of the worse of the worst. I believe that most of these "incidents" have been orchestrated because I have overheard C/O's talking about how they were unable to shoot prisoners because they only stood at their assigned cell doors.
Assaults on restrained/handcuffed prisoners by C/O staff is routinely covered-up by actually charging the prisoner with battery. Assault on staff, resisting or any of a handful of possible charges. Usually if the assaulted prisoner has the audacity to submit a complaint, he will be charged and targeted for more harassment by other C/O staff. Here in this block there is a "crew" of C/O's who tell us "You fucked up by filing that 602," and proceed to tear up the cells. That's just the way it is.
Personally I expect all kinds of harassment during and before the planned hunger strike, as the department does not want the exposure and bad press. But it's the only way to get the word out and expose the filth that is the administration of Pelican Bay State Prison.
This entry was posted in Voices from Solitary and tagged California, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Corrections Industry, Due Process, hunger strike, Media, Pelican Bay, Prison Health Care, Psychological Effects, Retaliation, Security Housing Units, Solitary Confinement, Supermax Prisons, Torture. Bookmark the permalink.
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voicesfromthecracks on September 6, 2011
Thank you for sharing your story. You are a brave and honorable man who deserves fair and just treatment. My heart is with you my warrior friend, as it is with all who are suffering at the hands of a corrupt and torturous system. Keep fighting!
Solidarity in Struggle,
Ann-Belinda Honablezh on September 7, 2011
My son had told me in a letter, that the SHU at Pelican Bay was mostly Latino's, and that it was this group that started the hunger strike; as a result, the above article grants confirmation to this fact.
On Tuesday, the 6th of September 2011, an article entitled "More Inmates, Shorter Terms Possible in Isolation Lockup." was found in the National News section. It is stated within this article that, "under the current policy, an inmate must be identified and/or 'validated' as a member of one of seven prison gangs to be hused in a Security Housing Unit indefinitely."
The article continues by naming these groups….They are listed as follow with comments from this writer. It is important to know the history of a group before placing a label…because any group can be labeled a gang, even a soccer team.
1. La Eme a.k.a Mexican Mafia, which is a Latino group whose membes identify with Southern California. Was formed in the late 1950s era at the Duel Vocational Center. Second, each prison has a separate leadership.
What is not mentioned is this: This group speaks the Spanish language, they have direct ties to the "Mother" country based upon their language, custom, rituals, foods, and family ties directed connected to this Mother country.
2. Nuestra Familia, which is considered the rival Latino group whose members identify with Northern California. Originated in Soledad Prison during the 1960s era. It was establishe to proect the younger rural Mexican-American inmates from other inmates.
Another bit of information not mentioned here with this group is that they are at least three generations and upward, they do not speak the Spanish language, they do not participate in the customs and, rituals, of Mexico. As a result, the Southern group do not like this particular group due to basically this reason. In other words, they are enemies based on being of Mexican descent, but they are denying it by forgetting all that is connected and/or associated with the Mother country.
3. Nuestra Raza, which is a Northern Structure because it is said to be a spin-off of the Nuestra Familia.
At this time this writer has not researched out this particular group, but it shall be done later on. For example, sometimes groups are stated to be gangs, when in-essence they are a part of a particular organization, which is not gang related.
4. Aryan Brotherhood, which is a "White" power group, which is also an off-spring of the KKK. From what I am told, this group do not have lock-down problems unless, they have a confortation with Blacks and/or Latino's, most of the time they are said to be backing up the guards inside of these institutions within California.
5. Nazi Low-Riders, which is a spinn-off group of the Aryan Brotherhood is based in Palmdale California….Some of the people within this group has Spanish surnames.
6. The Black Guerilla Family, which is an African-American ground that was originally founded in 1966 at San Quentin State Prison in San Rafael, California by the former Black Panther member by the name of George Jackson. This groups orientation was and still is highly political, it is based on Marxism, its objective is centered in eradication racism, and maintaining dignity in prison.
7. The Texas Syndicate, which is a Latino group originally drawn from immigrants from Mexico. This group appears to have originated in Folsom Prison in Northern California during the eary 1970s era. The group was formed in direct response to the other California prison gangs, which was most notably the Aryan Brotherhood and the Mexican Mafia.
In conclusion, the question would be and/or should be: why was it necessary for these groups to form if they was protected by the correctional officers and officials? It is this writer's belief that they had no protection from the environment they were in, as a result, they formed protection due to the baliant racism within the prison system.
mariaelenasandoval on September 30, 2011
In this second round of the HS, the CDC(R) (in a memo to all wardens dated 9/22/11) is not only disallowing families to visit Hunger Strikers, calling this non violent political statement a "demonstration… that impacts daily operation" but is disallowing access to legal visits, thereby denying a constitutional right to access the courts. Without calls, which SHU inmates don't get, canteen items, such as writing materials (all canteen items are removed from cells of HS participants), access to lawyers through legal visits, the CDC(R) is left to spin the story as they like.
Carl ToersBijns on September 30, 2011
"There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise promotes health. The truthful lip shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment." (Proverbs 12:18)
victor villar on November 13, 2012
Alfred I hope things have gotten better. much respect. victor villar
maria elena "max" sandoval on July 24, 2013
My husband, Alfred Sandoval, is on his third HS now. Things have only gotten worse. Please make your voices heard!
angelique Topete on July 25, 2013
My husband was in the SHU at Pelican Bay for over eight years. He is now serving time in San AQuentin A?C which is anither torture chamber for the condemned.To put these men in solitary confinement and then release them, or expect them to function as human beings is impossible . If you lock up anybody or anything what do you think it will do eventually? People think that we speak up because these men are our loved ones. Well of course that is how we know what the hell holes are really like. So why do they think that so many people have that are willing to take a stand whether it be 30,00 people or 30 are wrong? There is going to be a rally at San Quentin Prison August 3rd at 2:00 pm I hopepeople will come and support . God bless us and them.
Martha on July 31, 2013
My fiancé and love of my life has always been Daniel Villar also known as Casper from a barrio. In eat Los Angeles.He was sent to the California youth authority at the age of fourteen did two years and as an adult served time in Soledad state prison.He has lost two step sons whom he raised to gang violence.I have seen him make decisions that were hard but he accomplished them.He now works with high risk youth. And is making a real difference in their lives,because he has lived it.So he speaks from experience.I am proud he stepped up to help Alfred Sandoval from the death penalty.I myself don't believe it brings chance to anyone to put a human being to death,it doesn't bring back any one.I showed him a picture of his old friend Alfred Sandoval and I saw the despair in is face.I commend you Mr.Sandoval for educating yourself and standing up for human rights in prisons.There is much racism in our society,the work place,schools everywhere.The big difference is your trying to educate our society to the torture and in humane treatment that goes on in prisons by these racially motivated guards and gruel people.Our president Obama needs to step up have an open an investigation of these isolation units that destroy a mans soul and humanity.This is the United States of America,my Dad fought in Korea for our rights,my uncle died at eighteen at the battle of the bulge,my son served in the U.S. Navy,my brother served in the Army,got three DUI's never crashed or hit anyone and the court send him to CDC .He was put in solitary confinement for about one year.Because they tried to extract him from his cell and a guard was choking him and he bit the guard so he was beaten.I fought the system and he was released,but has been ill ever since that experience destroyed him.So I know the discrimination against Latinos and minorities goes on in these hell holes .Lets make our voices heard for these human beings who are doing there time. What ever happened to rehabilitation,or human dignity.Are we be becoming like the terrorist from other countries.I was brought with the belief "That We are a Nation based on human rights.No matter why they have been convicted through due process,the are still human beings.Our society reds to wake up,it may be you sitting in the gulag!


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"My world is finished". Rohingya targeted in crimes against humanity in Myanmar
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Early in the morning of 25 August 2017, members of a Rohingya armed group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), attacked approximately 30 security force outposts in northern Rakhine State.1 In its response, the Myanmar Army, rather than targeting ARSA, launched an attack on the Rohingya population in northern Rakhine State as a whole. Often working with Border Guard Police (BGP) and local vigilantes, the military has carried out a campaign of violence that has been systematic, organized, and ruthless.
In this briefing, Amnesty International presents evidence that the Myanmar military has killed at least hundreds of Rohingya women, men, and children; raped and perpetrated other forms of sexual violence on Rohingya women and girls; and carried out organized, targeted burning of entire Rohingya villages. This briefing builds on Amnesty International's published findings since the crisis began, including on the Myanmar military's use of anti-personnel landmines. In seven weeks, the relentless human rights violations have forced more than 520,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh. More cross the border daily.
The attack on the Rohingya population has been both systematic and widespread, constituting serious human rights violations and crimes against humanity under international law (see text box below). The violations and crimes have been committed within a context of decades of systematic, state-led discrimination and persecution of the Rohingya population and occasional large-scale outbursts of violence.
After ARSA attacks on security force outposts in October 2016, the Myanmar military carried out "clearance operations" marked by widespread and systematic human rights violations, including unlawful killings, sexual violence and other forms of torture, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary arrests, which Amnesty International concluded may have amounted to crimes against humanity. The current campaign is an escalation, with the targeted burning of villages on a massive scale seemingly designed to push the Rohingya population in northern Rakhine State out of the country and make it incredibly difficult for them to return.
This briefing is based primarily on more than 150 interviews conducted in person in the Cox's Bazaar region of Bangladesh and by phone with people inside northern Rakhine State. Amnesty International had a consistent research presence in Bangladesh for most of September, interviewing more than 120 Rohingya who have fled since 25 August, as well as medical professionals, aid workers, journalists and Bangladeshi authorities. In early September, Amnesty International also met in Naypyidaw and Yangon with Myanmar government officials as well as foreign diplomats, aid workers, and journalists. Where they have consented, interviewees are referred to using their real names; in other cases, in particular for survivors of sexual violence, interviewees are referred to using initials that do not reflect their actual names.
In addition, this briefing draws on an analysis of satellite imagery and data, as well as dozens of photographs and video footage taken inside Rakhine State and subsequently verified as authentic by Amnesty International. For most incidents described in this briefing, Amnesty International has corroborated events through witness accounts, satellite imagery, and verified photographs or videos from the same location.
Amnesty International has sought access to Rakhine State, including by making a formal request to the Myanmar authorities. At the time of writing, the authorities had yet to respond. Amnesty International also interviewed 12 Hindu men and women from northern Rakhine State who fled to Bangladesh, as part of its efforts to examine allegations of unlawful killings and other abuses by ARSA, including an alleged massacre in Ye Baw Kya village in Maungdaw Township. The accounts Amnesty International received included critical inconsistencies, such that we have not been able to reach a conclusion about the perpetrators at this time.
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Milky Way's Stellar Halo is At Least Two Million Light-Years Across
Astronomers from the University of California, Santa Cruz and elsewhere have discovered 208 new RR Lyrae variable stars in the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy; the most distant of these stars is 320,000 parsecs, or more than a million light-years, from Earth — almost half the distance to the Andromeda galaxy.
This illustration shows the inner and outer halos of our Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. Feild, STScI.
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"The excellent quality of the NGVS data enabled use to obtain the most reliable and precise characterization of RR Lyrae at these distances," Professor Guhathakurta said.
"RR Lyrae are old stars with very specific physical properties that cause them to expand and contract in a regularly repeating cycle."
"The way their brightness varies looks like an EKG — they're like the heartbeats of the Galaxy — so the brightness goes up quickly and comes down slowly, and the cycle repeats perfectly with this very characteristic shape."
"In addition, if you measure their average brightness, it is the same from star to star. This combination is fantastic for studying the structure of the Galaxy."
The astronomers presented the findings on January 11, 2023 at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 241) in Seattle, Washington.
Y. Feng et al. 2023. Distant Milky Way Halo RR Lyrae Stars in the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey: Exploring the Outer Edge of our Galaxy. AAS 241, program number: 340.01
M. Talukdar et al. 2023. The Discovery of Milky Way Halo RR Lyrae Stars and Distant Quasars in the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS) Deep Fields Database. AAS 241, program number: 303.01
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Go4 Marketing and Public Relations Ltd was set up by journalist-turned PR and marketing specialist Malcolm Triggs almost ten years ago.
The company now specialises in creating clear, focused marketing material for local businesses and also works with a number of councils and other public bodies.
Much of Malcolm's work with councils involves turning lengthy reports full of 'council speak' into public-facing, plain English leaflets and summary documents.
It's not a task for the faint-hearted, but Malcolm's training as a journalist makes him skilled at picking out what is relevant and interesting and producing something short and focused that gets the message across to the ordinary reader while retaining the accuracy that the expert expects.
After a decade in local and regional papers, this particular poacher first tried his hand at gamekeeping when he took over responsibility for marketing and public relations at Ashford Borough Council.
As head of a busy team he was responsible for everything from promoting tourism to writing, designing and distributing the council newspaper. He organised royal visits and business exhibitions, handled press enquiries and created brochures and advertisements.
Convinced there was an opportunity for someone with good writing and marketing skills and an understanding of local government issues, he set up Go4 Marketing and Public Relations in 2001 and has since developed an impressive portfolio of clients (see next column right).


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Barry Keogh, President of the Irish Rugby Football Union, is the Chairman and Senior Partner of KMCS (Keogh – McConnell), Construction and Project Cost Management Company. Click for Details…
Barry Keogh, President of the Irish Rugby Football Union, is the Chairman and Senior Partner of KMCS (Keogh – McConnell), Construction and Project Cost Management Company, with offices in Dublin, London and Cork.
He is a noted former open side wing forward synonymous with the Old Belvedere RFC club, for whom he played between 1963 and 1976. He was Club Captain in seasons 1971 – 72 and 1972 – 73 and a key member of their Leinster Senior Cup winning team in 1968, the last time Old Belvedere won trophy.
He also played for Dublin in Inter-Cities championship and gained further representative honours with the Irish Wolfhounds.
The second member of the Old Belvedere club to be nominated to the highest honour in Irish rugby (Paddy Madigan being IRFU President in 1987 – 88), Barry Keogh has been his club's delegate to the Leinster Branch since 1988, being President in season 1994 – 95.
A member of the IRFU Committee since 1995 – 96, he has served on a variety of Committees and until assuming the office as IRFU President he was Chairman of the Marketing and Commercial Committee.
A member and former Captain of Skerries Golf Club, Barry's wife Margaret is on the Executive Committee of the Irish Ladies Golf Union.
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There was a big gap in my blogging in 2017. I wrote a post and published it on October 11 and then didn't post again for the rest of the year.
When I'm away from the blog for a while, I'm never able to immediately create a post the day I return. I always need to start by reacquainting myself with the terrain – the computer, the typing, the subjects and topics that have accumulated in my head during my (usually unintended) leave of absence.
I've spent the past week doing just that – sifting through the thoughts I drafted two months ago, scribbling notes about what's been happening in my life during November and December 2017, and crafting new thoughts for the new year.
-I attempted a NaNoWriMo challenge – writing a 50,000 word novel in 30 days – during November 2017. I stuck with it for the first half of the month, and then got busy and distracted and did not complete the challenge. I've attempted NaNoWriMo at least three times, and I've never finished it. I think this says something about my work habits, my writing style. I don't feel bad about it. At all.
My attempt to achieve NaNoWriMo is part of why I've been absent from blogging. I don't regret doing it – I stuck with it for about two weeks, and I produced a lot of solid content – but I do think my soul suffers when I'm away from the blog for too long. It's my release valve; without it, everything gets all jammed up.
-Tee and I have been blissfully reading Louise Penny's mystery novels, all featuring a wonderful main character named Chief Inspector Gamache. I first heard about the books in an interview Hillary Rodham Clinton did on one of my favorite podcasts, Call Your Girlfriend, so I like to think of these books as part of a book club that HRC started without knowing it. There are 13 books in the series (so far), and I just finished reading the tenth book, The Long Way Home. Now, I am distracting myself with other books, because Tee is a book behind me (she's currently reading #9) and I am going to BURST if I can't talk to her about #9 and #10 ASAP!
-Last night, I attended a writing group at my local library for the first time. It was great, and I hope I go back. I'm eager to find a community of writers with whom I can talk and share and connect.
-One of my biggest goals for 2018 is to let go of "what-do-I-do-with-my-work-life" angst and embrace my writing. I have a flexible, semi-low-stress job that allows me to daydream about stories during my endless driving time and actually write during my off time.
I've been struggling with the question of what I really want to be when I grow up for months now. Recently Jon Favreau (of Pod Save America, another of my favorite podcasts) shared some advice, paraphrased here: There are people who want to be someone and there are people who want to do something, and you should always strive to be the latter. I want to write, and I want to become good at writing. I'd rather end my life thinking "I was a good writer" than end my life thinking "I published a bunch of stuff that I don't think is good." The second part's not in my control, anyway.
This is really good! I had the same thing with my blog last year and NaNoWriMo was a total fail for me. But I guess my process isn't one you can just turn on at any given time. I love that part about doing something v. being something. Maybe you'll like my blog, too :). I tend to share thoughts along the same line as yours.
This is such a late response, but thanks for your comment! What's your blog name? Would love to follow!
Hey, that's no problem. My blog is veganandherbooks. Thanks!


I've really noticed a shift in the temperatures in the last week and even resorted to putting the heating on the other day as there was a crisp chill in the air which left me feeling cold for the first time in a while thanks to the glorious summer we've had. It made me realise it's time to start thinking about the transition from Summer to Autumn in terms of my wardrobe and outfit choices. As a result, I've put together a little wishlist of things I've got my eye on for the coming season with a particular focus on playsuits and jumpsuits which are two of my favourite options as they're really easy to style. As you know, culotte jumpsuits in particular are a firm favourite of mine (examples One, Two and Three) and I'm pleased they're still around this coming season. I've got my eye on a few from Warehouse* and there's lots of unique patterns and designs along with the more classic shapes and styles too.
Jumpsuits are a great option throughout the year and as long as the proportions are right, they're also a winner when you're petite. They can be particularly useful at this point and the same tips above also apply in making them work through to Autumn.
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Florida Man Offers $20k Reward For 7 Missing Cats
A south Florida man loves his cats so much that he's offering a $20,000 reward for their safe return.
Steve Rosen, 64, says money is no object for his seven cats that were stolen from his property, reported Broward Palm Beach New Times.
"Between March of last year and February of this year seven of my cats have been stolen from the adjacent parking lot," he told NBC 6 Miami.
Rosen, who is a retired dentist and business man, says his cats were nicked one by one near his warehouse in Davie last year. He sent 200 local veterinarians pictures of the seven missing cats, but to no avail, according to Broward Palm Beach New Times.
He even installed a $10,000 camera system and hired a private investigator in a desperate attempt at retrieving the cats.
"The last straw effort was to try and put an ad in the Sun Sentinel with a $20,000 reward to see if I can get someone to flush out and let me know what's going on," Rosen said.
In spite of the cats having radio collars and microchips installed, none of them have turned up. He takes care of about 30 rescue cats, a parrot, and a rooster, and says his pets mean the world to him.
"They're like my children. Imagine one of your children disappear and then another one disappears," Rosen said. "Granted, I know they're not human beings, a lot of people can't relate to it but those of us in animal rescue world know what I mean."
After posting the full-page ad in the Sun-Sentinel for the $20,000 reward, he received a few calls from people who offered to help find the cats, but no leads.
"Someone knows something and I'm hoping that they're gonna be willing to step forward and give somebody up in exchange for the reward. It's a bribe," he said.
The 64-year-old plans to raise the reward amount if the cats don't turn up soon.
Sources: NBC 6 Miami, Broward Palm Beach New Times / Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
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I want to know if anyone can write music. I wonder if anyone can write them sheet music to CrystalClear! Complicated no?
what, like transcribe your stuff?
ouch. yaya, okay, we just moved into our first house, so www.benbowen.ca is not where it should be yet... depends what you mean by "pro," anyway. My guess is he doesn't get tons of business... I was doing more transcription a couple of years ago, but kept running into people who didn't want to pay $20 for a single page, let alone $100 or more for a longer piece, so I gave up. Was trolling newsgroups and music sites looking for people who were looking for someone who would be able to lift whatever piece they wanted, and they're just fewer and further between than you'd think.
My point about C#1/2 is that with perfect pitch you tend to hear those things... say the piece you wrote is actually in C but you had your guitar tuned like 3/4 of a tone too high when you laid it down... this guy'll hear it and write it out like that. A friend of mine has perfect pitch, and says it drives her nuts. She can tell you what the pitch is of passing car engines, and she says it's awful when they're not "in tune."
At any rate, I'm sure CC knows this is an option, and yet seems to think people will be dumb enough to just write her stuff out and send it to her just to "win" her "game." Clever tactic if we were all half-wits.


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My name is Ouedraogo Mohamadi. I am an international UN Volunteer working as an information analyst at the Joint Mission Analysis Centre (JMAC) of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). I started in Kidal but now work in Gao, Northern Mali. My role is to collect and analyse data as part of MINUSMA's mandate. I also assist the Head of the Mission in Gao. I help ensure that the mission's mandate is carried out.
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Port-au-Prince, Haiti: I'm Adoum Goulgué, I'm UN volunteer at the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). I work as a journalist-editor in the United Nations police (UNPOL) Section. But before that, I worked as responsible for public information at the publication unit, section of the Communication Office of Public Information, where I arrived on 01st July 2013.
I have 10 years of experience in journalism, including four in the weekly newspaper in Chad, and four others as communication officer with humanitarian NGOs in eastern Chad.


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Puchar Ukrainy 2017/2018 (oficjalna nazwa: Puchar Ukrainy w piłce nożnej, ukr. Кубок України з футболу) – 27. rozgrywki ukraińskiej PFL, mające na celu wyłonienie zdobywcy krajowego Pucharu, który zakwalifikuje się tym samym do Ligi Europy UEFA sezonu 2018/2019. Sezon trwał od 9 lipca 2017 do 9 maja 2018.

W sezonie 2017/2018 rozgrywki te składały się z:
 pierwszej rundy wstępnej
 drugiej rundy wstępnej
 trzeciej rundy wstępnej, do której dołączyły 6 zespołów Premier-lihi sezonu 2015/2016,
 meczów 1/8 finału,
 meczów 1/4 finału,
 meczów 1/2 finału,
 meczu finałowego.

Drużyny
Do rozgrywek Pucharu przystąpiło 53 kluby: 12 z Premier-lihi, 18 z Pierwszej Lihi i 21 z Drugiej Lihi oraz Zdobywca i Finalista Pucharu Ukrainy 2016/17 roku spośród drużyn amatorskich.

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Pierwsza runda wstępna (1/64)
Mecze rozegrano 9 lipca 2017, z wyjątkiem meczu Sudnobudiwnyk Mikołajów - Bałkany Zoria, który odbył się 10 lipca 2017.

Druga runda wstępna (1/32)
Mecze rozegrano 26 lipca 2017, z wyjątkiem meczu Tawrija-Symferopol - , który odbył się 27 lipca 2017.

1/16 finału
Mecze rozegrano 20 września 2017.

1/8 finału
Mecze rozegrano 25 października 2017.

1/4 finału
Mecze rozegrano 29 listopada 2017.

1/2 finału
Mecze rozegrano 18 kwietnia 2018.

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Mecz został rozegrany 9 maja 2018.

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This is perfect for cappuccino or latte drinkers.
The Judge Milk Frothing Thermometer attaches to the lip of a frothing jug, and the lengthy probe will keep track of the milk's temperature as it heats. The optimum temperature for the milk is highlighted by a 'red zone', ensuring that the milk is't over-heated (which can alter the flavour of the milk), helping you produce the perfect cappuccino or latte.
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Fn+F3 Toggles object snap mode on and off.
Fn+F4 Toggles 3D object snap mode on and off.
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Cmd+1 Opens or closes the Tool Sets palette.
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Cmd+/ Launches the online help (browser).
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