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Epic Bradley Manning contingent storms SF PrideOver one thousand marched in Bradley Manning support contingent at SF Pride 2013 SAN FRANCISCO - July 1 - Over 1,000 supporters of openly gay whistle-blower, PFC Bradley Manning, marched in the Bradley Manning Support Network contingent in the SF Pride Parade today, organized in collaboration with Courage to Resist. The anchors of KOFY TV's live coverage noted that it was the largest non-corporate contingent in the Parade, second only to Google overall. Pride in Bradley at SF Pride 2013Official Bradley Manning SF Pride contingent Bradley Manning SF Pride After Party & Fundraiser UPDATE: We have been assigned slot 179 (out of about 250). While organizers will be at Howard and Beale at 10:00am as planned, it is very unlikely that the contingent will step off before noon. We encourage folks to join us at 11:00am. Our actual staging area is on Beale Street, between Howard and Mission. Arriving by BART will be the best transit option for most. Come Out for Our LGBTQ Whistle blower PFC Bradley Manning at the 2013 SF Pride Parade! You are invited to join our official, fabulous, and epic, contingent for the SF Pride People's Grand Marshal Bradley Manning! Music by Kaimera & the Brass Liberation Orchestra. Featuring Daniel Ellsberg, and a motorized cable car for those who can't walk. Endorsed by Queer Strike, Gays without Borders, Gay Liberation Network, ACT UP SF & East Bay, The Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, SEIU Local 1021, Queer Friends of Bradley Manning, American Legion Bob Basker Post 315, Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, SF Green Party, Gray Panthers San Francisco, BFUU Social Justice Committee, Radical Women, Freedom Socialist Party, Occupy AIDS, Occupy Santa Cruz & Occupy SF. Organized by Courage to Resist and the Bradley Manning Support Network. A decade of resistance to endless warBy Bob Meola, Courage to Resist. June 25, 2013. Reprinted from The Broken Rifle. The most powerful weapon we have against war is the refusal of the individual to become a soldier and the refusal of the individual soldier to fight. It is his or her ability to say "No" that could stop armies and end wars. With more soldiers willing to desert and more soldiers willing to stand in solidarity with them doing so, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could not have been waged. Mass desertion by military personnel backed by solidarity strikes in the military and in civilian society could stop many illegal wars as well as spread the message that all war is a crime against humanity. When even drone operators resist illegitimate orders to fight illegal wars, we will end these wars. The list of U.S. and international laws violated by George Bush is long, as is the list of laws broken, so far, by Barack Obama. A list of Bush's crimes can be read here. Much of the law is on our side. But it is misinterpreted, misused, and largely ignored. With grass roots education of soldiers, GI [soldier] resistance can grow. All out for Bradley! June 1-8Mass Rally for Bradley Manning at Ft. Meade, Maryland on Saturday, June 1st. Info: 1pm gather (Reece Road and US 175, Fort Meade, Maryland), march and rally to follow. Sponsored by the Bradley Manning Support Network and the national Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War organizations, with the help of Courage to Resist, and many other groups. Chartered bus tickets are available from NYC, Baltimore, Philly, DC, or other cities. RSVP at the Facebook event. Complete Ft. Meade rally info. June 1-8: International week of action for Bradley Manning. For those that can't make it to Ft. Meade, dozens of solidarity events are currently planned worldwide, including: Seoul, Toronto, London, Heidelberg, Cardiff, and Honolulu. Complete listing of events. After more than three years of imprisonment, including nine months of torture, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bradley Manning's trial is finally scheduled to begin June 3, 2013, at Fort Meade, Maryland. The outcome of this trial will determine whether a conscience-driven 25-year-old WikiLeaks whistle-blower spends the rest of his life in prison. Bradley believed that the American people have a right to know the truth about what our government does around the world in our name. We the People must send a message to the military prosecuting authority, and President Obama, that Bradley Manning is a patriot and heroic truth-teller. Please take our 10 question survey. With less than two weeks remaining before the start of Bradley's trial, we're asking for your feedback in prioritizing a number of possible projects. LGBTQ leaders uphold Bradley Manning Pride honor
May 2, 2013 Recently, it was announced that PFC Bradley Manning would be a grand marshal of the 2013 San Francisco Pride Celebration. We felt this decision was a bold and uplifting choice, bestowing a great May honor on a young whistleblower being persecuted for following his conscience. Much to our disappointment, two days later SF Pride board president Lisa Williams issued a separate announcement that the SF Pride board would not be honoring PFC Manning as a grand marshal after all. It appears the SF pride board's reversal was affected by criticism from a recently formed gay military rights group. International Conscientious Objector Day May 15In Berkeley, California, join us on International Conscientious Objectors' Day, Wednesday, May 15th, to celebrate the 7th Annual Berkeley C.O. and War Resisters' Day. Peace Flag raising ceremony at 11:30am at the Civic Center flagpole at 2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley. This Berkeley event features Conscientious Objectors and War Resisters from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Speakers include: Kriss Worthington, Berkeley City Councilmember; Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist; Emma Cape, Bradley Manning Support Network; Bob Meola, Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission, War Resisters League. Iraq War Resister Kimberly Rivera sentenced to 14 months Please help us provide humanitarian assistance to these courageous objectors with your contribution to the Rivera Family Support Fund today! By the War Resisters Support Campaign (Canada). April 29, 2013 On Monday afternoon, during a court-martial hearing at Fort Carson, Colorado, Kimberly Rivera was sentenced to 14 months in military prison and a dishonorable discharge after publicly expressing her conscientious objection to the Iraq War while in Canada. Under the terms of a pre-trial agreement, she will serve 10 months of that sentence. (Photo right: Mario and Kim Rivera moments before Kim was taken to away in chains. She is currently in the local county jail awaiting transfer to a military prison.) Private First Class Kimberly Rivera deployed to Iraq in 2006 and sought asylum in Canada in 2007 because she decided she could no longer be complicit in the war. A mother of four young children—including two who were born in Canada—she was forced back to the United States of America by the Conservative government after receiving a negative decision on her pre-removal risk assessment. A Federal Court judge denied her request for a stay of removal, finding the possibility of her arrest and detention in the U.S. to be "speculative." Rivera was arrested three days later, on September 20, 2012, as she presented herself at the U.S. border. Interview with war resister Kimberly Rivera, trial MondayCourage to Resist interview of US Iraq War Resister Kimberly Rivera as she anticipates her approaching court martial trial for desertion. If jailed as expected next week, her husband Mario will be left to take care of their four small children. Please help us provide humanitarian assistance to these courageous objectors with your contribution to the Rivera Family Support Fund today! By Bob Meola, Courage to Resist. April 23, 2013 Kimberly Rivera is at Fort Carson, Colorado, awaiting the April 29th start of her Army court martial trial for two specifications of one count of desertion. I asked Kimberly to talk about her present situation, and her thoughts and feelings as her trial nears next week. Here is Kimberly Rivera in her own words: Grant awarded to Courage to ResistBy Courage to Resist. April 15, 2013 Courage to Resist is a proud recipient of a grant this tax day by the Northern California War Tax Resistance and the People's Life Fund. The People's Life Fund's money comes from conscientious war tax resisters in Northern California who deposit or donate all or part of the amount they would otherwise pay to the federal government in income taxes. Courage to Resist will share $20,000 with about 20 other SF Bay Area organizations. Our share will be used to assist war resister Kimberly Rivera and her family. Kimberly will likely be sentenced to military prison on April 29, while her husband is left to care for their four small children. Justin Colby sentenced to 9 months jailPlease write a letter today in support of this objector's early release Update April 19, 2013: War resister Justin Colby transferred to Fort Lewis, south of Seattle, to serve nine month prison sentence. Write him directly at: COLBY, Justin / 1450 Alder Rd. / Box 339536 / Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98433-9536 By SPC Justin Colby, US Army. March 22, 2013 Justin wrote this statement a few hours before being sent away for 9 months to a military prison. Justin had lived in Canada in order to refuse a second Iraq deployment, and to better care for his family. See below for how to help Justin now. My name is Justin Colby and I am an Active Duty soldier serving in the United States Army. I am writing today to talk about some of my experiences serving in the US Army. I admit that there were many positive experiences about my serving the Army (and I have a great deal of respect and appreciation for many of those that I served with), but for the purposes of this writing I will focus on the negative experiences that shaped my ability to participate in this organization. US War objector-in-exile Jules TindunganBy Bob Meola, Courage to Resist. March 15, 2013 "We treated them like dog shit. We'd roll into a village and the guys would throw water bottles at the kids. We'd do home incursions. It was like police harassment in L.A. that I'd seen growing up. We were foreign cops in another people's country." Jules Tindungan (photo right) is a U.S. War Resister living in Toronto, Ontario. He joined the Army in 2005. Jules comes from a military family. His grandfather was from the Philippines and served in World War II and was present at the Bataan death march. An after effect of his service was U.S. citizenship for his family. Many other family members served in the military. Jules' brother is currently deployed in Afghanistan. Numerous uncles and cousins are also current members of the U.S. military. More Articles...
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TAKING IT TO THE STREETS: Ivy flees from her drug-spiked onstage tumble, rushing into the streets of the midtown theatre district, covering four blocks of territory. We know this because the Shubert (where Heaven on Earth is) sits on 44th and Ivy is next seen on 48th (in the background, you can see the marquee of the Walter Kerr Theatre, which is now home to the dynamite Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park). Did we mention that Ivy is still in full costume, dressed as a member of Saint Peter's chorus? Blame it on the pills, of course, but it needs to be made clear here that Broadway performers don't appear on streets or in alleys in costume without getting in some serious trouble with management. (Those kids hawking discount-ticket flyers in Times Square, dressed in costumes suggesting characters from Lysistrata Jones and Chicago, are not cast members; they are marketing hires.) A dozen wardrobe mistresses must have burst into flame watching this episode of "Smash." Chorus boy Dennis (Phillip Spaeth) is shown texting in Shubert Alley in costume between his scenes. It doesn't really happen. Karen, who witnessed the meltdown at the Shubert, is shadowing Ivy in order to return a pair of sunglasses to her rival (don't ask). Ivy says hateful things to Karen on the street, then Karen reveals that she turned down a chance to sleep with Derek before Derek slept with Ivy. This propels Ivy into Times Square, where Karen (in an apparently protective mood) follows her into a liquor store, pays for booze and later shares swigs from a brown paper bag with her enemy. We are not making this up. It leads to an improvised duet of Rihanna's "Cheers (Drink to That)" on Duffy Square (where the TKTS booth is located), featuring street musicians and tourists. This bonding between the ladies is a drunken moment that won't last, but it does hint at a future friendship to be developed down the line.
TOM AND SAM: Tom and Sam are worried about Ivy, and sit vigil at a diner where they share food and get to know each other better (their common bond is musicals — otherwise, they seem to have as little in common as Tom and his Republican lawyer boyfriend, John, played by Neal Bledsoe). Sports-lovin' Sam's team reference of the week: The Bruins!
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Certainly you've heard enough about change in government contracting.
The Obama administration's proposed fiscal 2012 budget of $3.7 trillion dollars contains cuts aimed at trimming the federal deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years. If enacted, half of all government agencies would see their funding reduced from fiscal 2010 levels, eliminating or reducing 200 federal programs for a projected savings of $33 billion in fiscal 2012. That includes putting $2 billion in IT spending on the chopping block, federal CIO Vivek Kundra said in a recent press call.
We all share the burden of dealing with this changed landscape, and it's not easy. How can you continue to acquire business when your beliefs about winning business are no longer appropriate and your business development process no longer fits the new reality? In many ways, new business development recruits have an easier time. They have no preconceived notions, no history/experience and no headaches when what used to work well no longer does. They just need to learn the how-to formula for business acquisition in this industry from the ground up, what works now and for the future.
Veteran business development professionals face the double challenge of getting over past experience and, at the same time, reaching for their future via a culture change. However, many leaders with revenue growth responsibility are unaware of the key to changing the business development culture for their business units.
From experience, this requires transforming the ingrained attitudes, beliefs, values or mindset of business development personnel regarding how to win business and grow revenue. So converting your business unit's culture means investing in a makeover of the collective mindset — transforming everyone's thinking about the business acquisition role.
Suppose, as a vice president of business development, you're training your team in a new business winning methodology. You've honestly assessed your processes and discovered you have extensive documentation on what to do and when but nothing on how to actually go about it. You realize what your team uses does not address a number of critical aspects. Your organization lacks customer intimacy, adequate opportunity identification and qualification steps, and a method for gathering validated human intelligence on pipeline prospects. Those missing links leave a lot to personal interpretation, which can vary from one individual to another. Your business development team is inefficient, ineffective and unproductive, and your revenue results show it.
As a consequence, business units like yours are experiencing little or no revenue growth and even shortfalls. Expenses are being cut, and organizations reorganized. Corporate layoffs will certainly continue because the proposed federal budget reveals a growing list of diminished prospects for 2012.
Your strategy for transforming the business development culture of your organization is threatened by cost-cutting. Your decision to champion this culture change and invest in training for your team is risky business.
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I'm just curious if anyone knows of any instances in which progesterone cream has helped men with hormonal issues. There is speculation that it may in some instance be effective in treating men with finasteride-induced issues. I've also heard it may help in the remyelination process. Anyone know anything about progesterone cream?
I don't think that progesterone cream for men is a really good idea at all
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"Nandi" is completely mistaken on the progesterone issue. Progesterone opposes DHT and increases the effects of estrogen. Progesterone can, on its own, cause gynocomastia. It is for women, not men.
Roger Mason is just not someone anyone should listen to.
Progesterone is "ignored" here because it has no place in male Anti-Aging Medicine. Except, perhaps, for the transgendered.
The benefits of progesterone are not limited to women. Excess estrogen can be associated with benign hyperplasia and prostate cancer. Progesterone administration inhibits the aromatase enzyme responsible for the conversion of testosterone to estrogenic compounds that produce prostate cell mutation. Progesterone reduces the production 4-hydroxyestrone, a mutagenic form of estrogen, while enhancing the production of cancer-preventing estriol. Consequently, progesterone replacement for men, implemented at lower doses than for women, can potentially prevent prostate cancer and, in principle, boost free testosterone levels. Furthermore, progesterone use can help boost bone density in men, a useful event for aging men, as well as help protect brain cells against so-called hyper-excitotoxicity.
So, in principle, the use of progesterone cream is not limited to women. Such use by men should, in my opinion, be supervised by a knowledgeable medical practitioner to obtain maximum benefits.
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How about testing it and making attempt at adjusting if neccesary. My results:
8/30/2007 .----------------- 0.8 ng/mL (<1.4)
4/13/2007 .----------------- 1.4 ng/mL (<1.4)
10/31/2006 .---------------- 1.4 ng/mL (<1.4)
5/5/2006 .------------------ 1.3 ng/mL (<1.4)
8/26/2005 .----------------- 1.9 ng/mL (<1.4)
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Pregnenolone is synthesized into other hormones such as DHEA, estrogen, and so on. Plus their many metabolites, too. So, you may not necessarily know how much of the other hormones you would get from a typical dose of pregnenolone. Over- and under-dosing may be unavoidable without periodic tests.Originally Posted by hardasnails1973;
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My immediate concern is hair.
I have heard that serum DHT is not necessarily a good indicator for what happens in the body, especially in light of last years study from atlanta (DHT doubled, no increase in prostate DHT).
I am already a little thin in the crown. I use all the topicals and don't want to, read: won't, use finasteride.


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update Thought I would do an update on Bella.. She is doing much better.. He training is about to begin. She is now jumping up and biting my arm, out of nowhere.. She just lunges.. Took her off the montmorillonite clay powder after cutting the amount in half to 1/8 teaspoon per day on one meal as her stools were just not solid enough, maybe her stomach just can't handle the load yet. Started to cook her food about a week ago.. I just hate the smell of canned food, it's working well, she is gaining girth and getting her walks increased.. 3 blocks was too much, so we cut her back to 2 short blocks. The wife returned and insisted both dogs be together, so far Nelson has been great, but careful eye's upon waking when he may be grumpy. They have short playtimes and when I left, the wife put them together. We argued, she replied; "but they need to bond." Bella healed up with no signs of anything. Bella is doing better in the crate and the larger metal pen. I received a few pictures of her brother who they call "Monster", God know's why. He looks to be a nice male, the pictures are fair. On about March 7th. Bella will get her second round of shots and perhaps a second worming. The montmorillonite clay powder will remove just about anything, but I will let the vet decide that. Her food consists of dry kibble mixed later, chicken, rice, olive oil, peas, carrots, green beans and water all cooked with the bones for several hours then removed.. All grocery purchased frozen foods bagged in 2 pound zip locks. About 4 pounds 25% of protein and the rest 12 pounds total of rice and veggies. She's 9 weeks as of yesterday. Bella say's hello; "to all the dog lover's on the Forum, she know's their quite the bunch, but hey, we all have to be something.".. Bella Bella, Monster Monster.. |
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Bella's ears are starting to come up as of last night and she is miserable. She looks like Sally Field in; "The Flying Nun." Just trying to keep her calm as she is shaking her head.. The ears are clean inside and not red in color. It's been fun to say the least... |
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I am using Eukanuba large breed puppy kibble a little over 1/2 cup mixed with 2 tbl. spns. of white rice, and 2 tbl. spns. of Van Patten's Natural Balance chicken, mixed with 1/4 tea. spn. of the calcium montmorillonite clay. The clay is a digestive enzyme and mega minerals. I gave her a raw chicken heart and it took a while but it was gone in a few. The pup is 8 weeks next Wed. 12 -25-13. I stopped at my vets office and we chatted about foods and this is about the conversation. If you disagree and something else works for you great, I am only sharing what we spoke about. ! So, far he has asked me for no money, a big plus when every penny goes into care. We have a history 1987 to present. I asked this: dry food: $1.50 lb. wet food: $2.50 lb. lotus raw: $5.00 lb. I asked about carrots and sweet potato's because I remembered hearing but could not remember, what. He said, some dogs have allergy's to these foods, so you have to try it to know..>? I ask about cooking chicken. I buy the discounted chicken at about .99 cent per lb. and freeze it that day. My friend uses a crock pot and shreds his. White potato was mentioned as good, not with white rice or not with barley. Switch back and forth and add one ingredient (binder) every 7 days to see, if the pets stools are okay. peas : good green beans : good carrots : good When I walk my Jack Russell and my wife walks the pup together Bella pulls like a Alaskan Malamute. We graduated to around the block at 7 weeks. 15 minutes. if for some unknown reason the Puppy gets sick, she is very strong to begin with and this is my reason for lean and exercised. I tried Lamb and Rice and did not like it, it works for my Jack, but not the GSD puppy. Dr. Al Plechner has been in this game a long time and in 1992 Spankie grew eyelashes upon enzyme adding to her food and she was in bad shape, so I trust him big time. Now this is the kicker of the story. Kirkland "Costco" had been deemed very good as Eukanuba large breed puppy kibble 40 lbs. @ $56.00 is a lot of money when the nutrition is coming from the digestive enzyme additive, so he said; just get a small amount as my 3 - GSD ate 40 lbs. per week. So this is my story, if it does not work for you and you want to use Lotus @ $5.00 a pound there's no "heart" feelings, just not ready to do that and I am not giving the pup bones or bone meal. A raw Chicken Liver or Heart is on the menu, but the organs are too small in my opinion to do this now. She has done pretty good in 7 days on the paper training and I am happy with my results.. |
sehrgutcsg | Day three and thing's are pretty smooth. Paper training going as well as can be expected. Bella does not like the crate or the pen and is fussy unless she is fully fed, relieved, watered and sleepy. She's eating three times a day like; 7am - 1pm and about 6pm 3/4 of a cup dry food per meal. Seemed like a lot at first but maybe dinner is a little slow but during the day she's finished in about 10 minutes. Tried wetting the food but I don't think it's necessary. Trying to get harder stools, just a little. She walks and heals pretty good on lead for her age, gate is good and we rest here and there, walks last about 15 minutes to get the strength up for the cool down periods. She's toothy, very loving but at times she does show she's a GS. Funny when she curled her tail up straight tonight like a Malamute, it was a WTH moment. It's nice to report good thing's here bc, so much heartache, I feel blessed. The proudest moment was hearing she went out the screen door to do her business. When she wakes we carry her and get her on the paper quickly. Sorry, I only know how to post thumbnails. She has her toy. All good so far... |
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"Bella" is Latin for "pretty." A well-chosen name! |
sehrgutcsg | Isabella, slept pretty much all through the night with my daugher in her crate... |
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Bogard's Sehr Gut Isabella - Bella Arrived Today Announcement It was really only a matter of time since I read about the K-9 dog in Philadelphia, PA about a week ago got me on the path to a new family member. As I searched and reviewed about German Shepherd's my daughter (18) Feb. 14th. and wife Feb. 16th. were both onboard with a new addition GSD female as Nelson's Valor, JRT has been an only child (dog) for seven years. I rolled the dice, it came up snake eyes today. The fellow sent some pictures and agreed to meet my wife and I at the vet's office just after 1:00 PM today. Even better, the vet agreed to waive the office visit fee and the charge for the exam was zero. I know everybody loves to see pictures but I have been playing daddy and supervising the brood, human and K-9. First shots were already given and the first worming was done this week a few day ago. The litter birthdate oddly enough was December 25, 2013 so to my calculations she's 6 weeks and 3 days young. Bella was the runt of the litter and we did not really know, but my wife and I picked the same pup from the picture as she had the best eyebrow's and she was yawning in the photo. I have already sent a few PM messages to a few member's in a short time, all of which made me feel welcome. The doctor instructed a few factor's that will be followed and about March 7th. my late mother's birthday we will go in for a booster. When I am able. I will get pictures up or a link to Photobucket. If you all wish to know Bella is pretty special and she has made the girls very happy and dad will have his hands full constructing a training sleeve for her to play with later down the line, she has her own toy, crate and a pen set up, although she wants some special attention first.. So, welcome: Bogard's Sehr Gut Isabella into the GSD Forum. By the way, Bogard was; Peggy "Gunella" Bissett's kennel name from Peggy's Mountain Saugus, CA my; "German Shepherd Mentor" who seems to have gone to doggy heaven and I am using her kennel name as I had the permission to keep her dreams alive and I intend to honor her wishes. Thanks, Peg..... BTW, When Peggy was pregnant she filled 6 cubic feet wheelbarrows full of pea gravel herself, lifted and moved them into the dog runs. A story worth telling to the girls, here.... She was the bomb ! |


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However, after comparing the evidence that police had offered with the conflicting eye-witness accounts from nearby neighbors, Yang concisely stated, "We now have more questions than answers."
Police say that on the evening of Saturday, July 22, Minneapolis police officer Jason Andersen and his partner on this particular occasion, state trooper Craig Benz observed what appeared to be a drug transaction among a group of people on the school grounds of Cityview Elementary in north Minneapolis. Still in their squad car, Andersen and Benz approached the group who then dispersed.
What the police neglect to reveal, say eye-witnesses including 17-year-old Pang Vang who observed the incident from her back-yard, is that the squad car sped across the grassy field and rammed their car into a fleeing bicycle, knocking down the rider who apparently turned out to be Fong Lee.
"It was like they were trying to kill him while he was on his bike," Vang proclaimed.
According to police statements, a foot-chase ensued upon which time Fong brandished a gun, prompting officer Andersen to shoot Fong. In Andersen's defense, a handgun was eventually found a few feet from Fong's body. According to interim Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan, however, the gun had not been fired nor were any of Fong's fingerprints found on that gun.
After he had invited himself to speak at the family's press conference at City Hall, chief Dolan did show edited footage from the school's three surveillance cameras to family members and a few selected community leaders.
According to those who saw that video, parts of the foot-chase are caught on tape but the camera pans away at the moment when officer Andersen shoots Fong. The camera pans back only to see Fong lying on the ground as Andersen and trooper Benz approach him from about 20 feet away.
"Because of the camera angles and because the incident was so brief, it is very hard to tell if Fong was carrying a gun," Says Lee Pao Xiong from the Hmong Advocacy Coalition after watching the video. "It would have been much more genuine if we could have been allowed to see each of the three videos in its entirety, rather than what could only have been an edited version that the police wanted us to see."
Revealing that the chief had specifically refused to allow the Lee family attorneys to also watch the video, Xiong goes on to question why chief Dolan was quick to divulge the content of the video to the Minneapolis Star Tribune immediately after he had strictly banned anybody else who saw the video to talk to the media.
"It makes me question the sincerity of the police."
Questioning the police seems to be the ongoing theme for family members of Fong Lee.
They question why it took more than 12 hours for the police to notify the family of Fong's death?
They question why the police refused to allow the family to identify Fong's body until nearly a week had passed by?
They question why officer Andersen was put back to work after only three days of paid administrative leave, a bare minimum amount of time considering the scope and severity of the actions taken by Andersen?
They question why it took eight frontal shots (including one shot in the buttocks, apparently from behind) to take Fong down?
And above all, they question the contention made by police that Fong was carrying a gun that evening in view of the fact that no other witness, including the video cameras, saw a gun being possessed by Fong (and if so, why were there no shots fired from that gun and why were there no fingerprints found if Fong had supposedly pointed the gun at Andersen)?
"He was riding his bike that evening," Fong's father, Nou Kai Lee, clarified. "Where would he put a gun if he was riding a bike for more than 20 blocks?"
These are the kinds of questions that the police will never answer truthfully, says Zachary Metoyer from the Communities United Against Police Brutality, a community watch group dedicated to ending unwarranted police violence.
"Stay united and stay strong," Metoyer offered. "The police will try to throw smokescreens to hide the fact that they are guilty of executing this boy, but if you stay united, you'll get past the smokescreens and the deception."
City Councilmember for Ward 5, Don Samuels, proclaimed to the crowd that he has unfortunately had to attend many murder scene vigils, but the crowd that had gathered for Fong Lee was the largest crowd he has ever seen, "Which has added great value to this young man and great value to the community that is standing up for him."
As the chair of the City Council's Public Safety and Regulatory Services Committee, Samuels tried to allay the crowd by offering that with patience and trust, "the police are doing their work and that the investigation will bear out the truth."
While it remains uncertain at this time whether the Attorney General has reviewed this case or whether a full internal affairs investigation is underway, it is confirmed by investigations officer Meilin Obinata from the City of Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights that their independent investigation into whether discrimination was a factor in Fong Lee's death.
"If the police broke any of Fong Lee's civil rights, it may prove to be a pretty big deal," Obinata explained. "We take discrimination by a public employee very seriously."
Though a courthouse may never pass judgment on this case, the court of public opinion has not only dug the grave deeper for Fong Lee, but has also found a shallow grave for the Hmong community as well.
Shortly following the shooting, the highly popular KQRS morning personality Tom Bernard has been quoted as saying, among other provocative statements that, "The Hmong community should apologize to the Minneapolis police department for demanding justice for a punk-thug like gang-member Fong Lee."
Despite having only a misdemeanor "trespassing" charge on his record for what has been explained as his entering an abandoned home to collect pigeons, Fong Lee's supposed involvement in a gang has been much overplayed in the mainstream media and by the police.
Rather than describing the uplifting show of support for the young man, WCCO News reporter Sue Turner took the angle that as a gang member, Fong Lee had put himself at risk, describing Hmong gangs as a "real threat".
Pointing multiple times to Fong's involvement in a gang, chief Dolan was not hesitant to weigh Fong's past fling with the law as justification to believe wholeheartedly in officer Andersen's account of what happened on that fateful evening.
Explaining why the chief allowed officer Andersen to go back to work after being put on administrative leave for only three days, chief Dolan clearly stated that "At this time looking at what we have, I feel I have adequate reason not to extend that leave."
It was surfaced later, however, that officer Andersen himself has a blemish on his record. The Star Tribune reported that while in the police academy, Andersen was questioned about making a "derogatory racial term" while off duty. Claiming Andersen was a "stellar performer" in the academy otherwise, his superiors didn't find the incident to be a cause for concern as an officer.
Whether or not the Lee family will ever find the truth in this case, the saddest thing about this entire ordeal is that they have lost a son and a brother. The Hmong community may have proven that they can rally behind their fallen, but in seeking the truth, for now, only officer Jason Andersen knows why he shot this young man dead in his tracks.
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This is tragic.
I love how ignorant all you people really are!
First, I am white. Second I am married to a hmong person. Third my kids are hmong and white mix.
I love how racist this shows the Hmong people being. In my 5+ years of being in a Hmong family with ties directly to Thailand, I have never witnessed as much Racial hate from ether side, as I do the Hmong side. Its really Hmong people who hate white people and not the other way around.
Now onto this Andersen, Fong Lee case. Why does this have to be dwelled up on Race? A police officer shot a young man. The young man fled from the police officer, which a chase ensued, the officer states he saw a gun and fired shots.
I think its a little presumptuous to make statements about how many times you would have shot. Did the cop really feel his life was in danger (how would you know?). Most of these arguments are weak, and why the family lost the case in the end.
Wake up people, its not the white man keeping you down, its your self. Seriously, grow up and stop whining. Be happy your in America, using a computer, and the internet to begin with. And not in some remote forest village being rapped and killed by the Lao government. If you want to keep racism around, and have white people seriously start to dislike you, keep spewing YOUR HATE speech from your mouth.
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Come live in our shoes and you will see what we go thru
This event is but one in a long line of events where cops have over stepped there boundaries. Cops have more rights then me as a citizen, its a fact, but do they deserve it. If cops are there to protect use why do they love to use tazers, pepper spray, and even kill us if we don't obey there orders. My question is how many other families are out there that have lost a loved one to these tyrant cops. How many people have been illegally seached by cops. America can't stand for freedom and be unjust, as Americans we can not stand for this injustice.
Why did he get shot?
Fong Lee had a gun, was running from police, and got shot. End of story. You have a gun and run from the police, you're going to get shot. You think Jason Andersen just keeps guns in his lunchbox to put on people? You've seen too many movies. Fong Lee's death will hopefully be a lesson to other would-be gang bangers--don't carry guns and run from the police.
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Now I can't really calm down
If you read the paper carefully, that poor little boy didn't do anything wrong, because Jason Anderson can't even tell the public why he was after Fong. You can't assume that everyone is a gang member just because they're asian or mexican, because you don't even know them. He didn't have a gun, the video proved and the gun that was there was planted by MPD. I do think that KQRS is racism, sorry to say, but this is not the first time that KQRS is being racist toward asian, mexican, and blacks. If you made fun of your own people it is funny, but if you make fun of other race, I'm pretty sure they're not going to like it. You wouldn't like it if some other race was making fun of Caucasian too.
I'm glad that you're married to a hmong
You can't really say that the hmong are hating the white people, because obviously you already know who is being racist here. I'm sorry to say, but you guys are keeping us down. If you look carefully, white men still get paid more then the other race even though they have the same job. If you go to the store, people will treat you nicely, but if it was me, it's a different story. It is easy for you to say that the hmong is like this and like that, but face it, you're white. You will understand it someday when your kids come home crying to you. I hope you understand that I'm not against you, but just letting you know how it would be if you're not white.
I guess you just never
I guess you just never understand what it feels like to be a minority. Even though there are jokes about white people, they are still looked as the good people even if they do most of the wrong. Minorities will always be talked about. They do get blamed for more than you ever think. White have more priveledges than any other kind of people. Yea, Fong may have done some things that are against the law, but does that mean he is a gangbanger, or is that just what people say to make the story look like Anderson is not in the wrong? Money can buy lots of things and to cover your tracks with money is so easy to do nowadays. There is only one story the police are looking at and thats Anderson's story. Don't tell anyone to calm down when you have not experienced what they have.
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You are mistaken, anonymous, in saying that to take one's life is not within the rights of humans. It absolutely is if your life is threatened by the one whose life you take. However, I do not believe that is what happened in this case.


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Restrictions on access to cataract surgery by 57 per cent of PCTs in England are forcing thousands of people to live with serious and unnecessary sight loss according to new research carried out by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).
A year on from a previous Freedom of Information request to all PCTs, RNIB has again found that over half of them have arbitrary restrictions on eligibility for cataract surgery and are not taking into account the debilitating impact the cataract is having on a person's life such as preventing them from reading, driving, and staying safe when out and about.
It indicates that no improvements have been made in the last 12 months despite strong evidence that delaying surgery ends up costing not just the patient but the health service as a whole. The results also point towards regional variations, with patients in the North East gaining better access to surgery than those in the South East.
The findings were revealed at a Parliamentary reception held to launch RNIB's Save our Sight (SOS) campaign, aimed at challenging unnecessary sight loss, encouraging regular eye checks and promoting the importance of timely access to vital treatment.
Following a 99 per cent response rate, the statistics showed:
Clara Eaglen, RNIB Eye Health Campaigns Manager, said: "Everyone with a sight-threatening condition deserves early access to treatments that will delay or halt sight loss. People should not have to live with a reduced quality of life simply because PCTs are using arbitrary criteria to determine whether they get to keep their sight.
"When a cataract begins to affect a person's everyday life, their sight will only continue to deteriorate. They will require surgery at some point in the future and not treating now will only increase waiting lists in the future. "
PCTs and hospitals should follow the Department of Health's 'Action on Cataracts' guidance and RNIB is calling on those deviating from the guidance to provide evidence showing how their decision is in the best interest of the patient.
RNIB is also urging people to come forward if they have had any problems getting cataract treatment or if a family member has suffered as a result of being denied surgery. These stories can help us show the real impact of these restrictions on people's lives. Join the conversation with @RNIB on Twitter using the hashtag #saveoursight or write on the RNIB Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rnibuk
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Over 50 per cent of sight loss is avoidable. You or someone you love could lose your sight. Those of us lucky enough to live beyond the age of 90 will face a one in two chance of losing our sight. With a population growing in age and obesity, RNIB's new 'Save our Sight' (SOS) campaign will work to tackle the timebomb of avoidable sight loss in the UK. Having an eye examination at least once every two years should be part of everyone's health care routine as many causes of sight loss are preventable if they are caught early.
Department of Health "Action on Cataract" best practice guidance establishes some straightforward eligibility criteria, which if implemented fully should prevent situations where people experience a reduction in their quality of life due to operable cataracts. It should also ensure that people do not undergo unnecessary surgery.
Action on Cataract did not establish a visual acuity threshold, but employs three criteria that need to be met for a cataract to be removed:
PCTs introducing arbitrary thresholds to restrict access to cataract surgery do so without a robust evidence base to demonstrate that they will not harm patients or increase inequalities of access across their populations.
Further details of the national picture can be found in the SOS report.
In Northern Ireland capacity problems are the main concern in eye health which has knock on effects for all treatable eye conditions. One in five people referred to a consultant ophthalmologist waits over six months for an initial examination at a hospital eye clinic. Access to treatment for cataracts is solely based on the clinical judgement of the consultant ophthalmologist rather than arbitrary criteria although lengthening waiting times do affect cataract patients.
In Scotland, where health is devolved to the Scottish Government, waiting-times for treatment for cataract surgery are covered by a guarantee that shouldn't exceed 16 weeks. However, sight loss overall is projected to double in Scotland within two decades if no further action is taken to reverse trends, and diabetic eye conditions are a particular problem with diabetic retinopathy the main cause of sight loss among those of working age.
The Welsh National Assembly voted unanimously in favour of making 'a measurable reduction in avoidable sight loss a public health priority for Wales' and clinical pathways for the treatment of Glaucoma, AMD and unscheduled care have been developed. However, nearly one quarter of patients are not being seen within the Welsh Government's Referral to Treatment Time target and one Health Board in Wales is known to be using arbitrary visual acuity thresholds for cataract operations.
Everyday around 100 people in the UK start to lose their sight. There are around 2 million people in the UK with sight problems. RNIB is the leading charity working in the UK offering practical support, advice and information for anyone with sight difficulties. If you, or someone you know, has a sight problem RNIB can help. Call the RNIB Helpline on 0303 123 9999 or visit www.rnib.org.uk
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Google recently disclosed a draft cross-license under which patents related to the VP8 video compression format—held by Google, MPEG-LA, and several other companies—would be licensed to the general public. SFLC reviewed these terms and considered some criticisms that have arisen in the free software community.
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Free and open source software projects live on the web—even projects that don't build web applications use software repositories, forums, social networks, project management software, and other online tools to engage developers. But with user engagement comes a certain amount of risk: if a user posts copyright-infringing content to a project's site, the project could find itself threatened with a lawsuit for hosting the content. A compliant DMCA policy gives the project a ready defense to claims related to user activity. Without one, even a bogus claim could cost the project significantly more time and legal expense.
Several times in recent years, opponents of software patents have looked hopefully to Congress and the Supreme Court for a solution to the expensive problem of software patents, and several times we've been disappointed. The narrow Bilski v. Kappos ruling invalidated one business method patent but left the question of software patents to one side, and even arguably weakened a rule—the "machine-or-transformation" test—intended to limit the scope of patentability. The reforms of the America Invents Act were half-hearted; they provided additional opportunities to challenge patents at the USPTO, but did not fundamentally affect the rules for patenting software.
Despite these missed opportunities, there are signs of slower but consistent reform in the courts, and yesterday's ruling in the Eastern District of Texas in Uniloc v. Rackspace is one of them. The Uniloc ruling is about as good as it gets for a defendant in a software patent case: the judge dismissed the case at an early stage on the grounds that the claim at issue described an unpatentable mathematical formula.
Software patents and data mining are the major ecological issues confronting technologists today. Startups' prevailing business models have predictable consequences that pollute the environment for innovation and endanger users. Companies that elect these models, either by design or by default, no longer have the luxury of ignoring their inherent ethical problems. We have to start designing for sustainability. If we don't, we're selling out the future of software and the rights of actual human beings.
Twin Peaks Software, Inc., which makes proprietary data replication and cloud storage software, sued Red Hat and its subsidiary Gluster for patent infringement back in February. Last week, Red Hat filed a counterclaim in that litigation, alleging copyright infringement by Twin Peaks in misappropriating GPL'd software. Today SFLC begins an investigation of Twin Peaks' products, to ascertain whether any of our clients' rights are being infringed through the violation of FOSS licenses.
In yesterday's New York Times, Ellen Ullman argued that we need artificial intelligence, not more testing, to prevent high-volume trading catastrophes like the one at Knight Capital. But artificially intelligent market watchers are an expensive and possibly unworkable solution. Instead, by collaborating on an open infrastructure for high-volume algorithmic trading, firms could reduce errors, improve stability, and possibly avoid expensive regulation.
At the beginning of December, we warned the Copyright Office that operating system vendors would use UEFI secure boot anticompetitively, by colluding with hardware partners to exclude alternative operating systems. As Glyn Moody points out, Microsoft has wasted no time in revising its Windows Hardware Certification Requirements to effectively ban most alternative operating systems on ARM-based devices that ship with Windows 8.
In his keynote from the 28th Chaos Communication Congress last week, Cory Doctorow outlines the primary threat to software freedom in the 21st century: that as our lives become more dependent upon general-purpose computers, the attempts of industry and government to control computing will fundamentally endanger our personal liberty. Using the now-familiar history of digital rights management—its rise, its failure, and legislative efforts to enforce it—Cory illustrates how those threatened by technology will inevitably seek to cripple it. But the so-called copyright wars waged by content owners, he says, were only "a skirmish."
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Civil Trial Against BP Seeks To Place Blame For Gulf Oil Spill
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Feb 25, 2013 (All Things Considered) — The long-awaited BP trial opened Monday in New Orleans. The oil giant is in court to determine how much it should pay because of the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Audie Cornish talks to Jeff Brady.
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Life Sucks, But Maybe That's a Good Thing? Oliver Burkeman's New Book Makes a Case for Pessimists
I don't remember when I began saying it, though as a worldview it seems to have always been with me. Whenever things are bad—annoying, unpleasant, dire, morbid, arduous, depressing—and someone offhandedly says, "It could be worse," I always reply, "And it probably will be." I certainly never thought of it as a morale booster, more of a sardonic rejoinder to a mindless remark, a platitude in response to a platitude. It turns out, though, that this approach might be a more helpful response to the darker corners of human existence than I thought.
In his new book, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (Faber & Faber, 256 pp., $25), which is to say, intelligent people, Oliver Burkeman recalls finding himself chatting with the pre-eminent behavioral psychologist Albert Ellis, then in his nineties. One of the main methods Ellis advocates for modulating one's view of life is realizing "the difference between a terrible outcome and a merely undesirable one." Many of the events that cause us anxiety and unhappiness are in fact not nearly as bad as the level of emotional fervor we cover ourselves in while fearing them. Taking this thinking to its extreme, to prove the point, Ellis pointed out, "If you are slowly tortured to death, you could always be tortured to death slower." In other words, it could be worse. (And it probably will. Ellis died shortly after Mr. Burkeman met with him.) Read More


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Federal lawmakers are again considering legislation that would create nationwide rules for notifying potential victims of identify theft when organizations improperly expose their sensitive information.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bills this month that would impose data breach notification requirements on businesses, and a bill with notification requirements is making its way through the House.
It's not the first time lawmakers have pushed for such federal requirements. However, previous efforts stalled in the legislative process. In the absence of federal requirements, most states have promulgated their own laws, creating a complicated legal patchwork.
Gail Hillebrand, senior attorney at the West Coast Office of Consumers Union, a nonprofit organization that publishes Consumer Reports, said some states have requirements that are more stringent than the ones that Congress is proposing. Hillebrand said consumers are already receiving proper notifications from businesses and that companies tend to follow the requirements of the state with the highest standards when there is a breach that affects people nationwide.
She said it was a positive sign that the bill proposed by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) dealt with data brokers, or businesses that get paid for collecting, transmitting or providing sensitive personal data.
Hillebrand said her group supports both bills that recently made it through the Senate Judiciary Committee and supports the notice of breach approach in the House bill. However, for the House measure, the group has concerns about the scope of the pre-emption of state laws that address data safeguards.
Meanwhile, Enrique Salem, CEO of Symantec, said in an e-mail that the Leahy bill was "a major step forward towards enacting a comprehensive, uniform national framework to better prevent breaches of sensitive consumer information as well as setting a clear standard for effective notification should a breach occur." Salem said Symantec believes the United States urgently needs to pass a national data breach law.
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This legislation is absolutely a move in the right direction. Potential victims of a data breach need to be notified as soon as possible after the incident is discovered. However, this legislation is akin to closing the barn door after the horse has escaped. The legislation that is truly needed woul put in place well defined mandatory parameters for the protection of sensitive and personal information. It's time to get proactive rather than reactive!
Because of the fact that it so often involves interstate commerce, a federal law is badly needed; because our borders are porous, at least with regard to the internet, a uniform international agreement is also badly needed.


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- BIRTH DATE: c. May 30, 1972
- EDUCATION: George Washington High School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Manny Ramirez was born on May 30, 1972, in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and raised near Yankee Stadium in Queens, New York. He's played with the Cleveland Indians, the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2004, he helped the Red Sox end an 86-year World Series losing streak in a four-game sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals. Ramirez was named the Series' MVP.
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Born in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Manny Ramirez grew up a short distance from Yankee Stadium. Ramirez attended George Washington High School in Washington Heights, a neighborhood in New York City . There he excelled at baseball and was named All-City for three years in a row—1989, 1990 and 1991. During his senior year, Ramirez was selected as the New York City Public School High School Player of the Year in 1991.
Ramirez was picked by the Cleveland Indians in the 1991 Major League Baseball draft. The right-handed outfielder started out his career with the Burlington Indians, a team associated with the Cleveland Indians in the Appalachian League.
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Ramirez made his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians in 1993. He soon proved to be one of the best hitters in league. He won the American League Silver Slugger Award in 1995. That same year, Ramirez made the All-Star Team for the first time—a honor he would achieve 11 more times during his career.
In 2001, Ramirez went to play for the Boston Red Sox 2001. He reached his best battling average the following year, becoming the top batter in the American League. Ramirez helped the Sox end an 86-year losing streak to become World Champions in a four-game World Series sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals in 2004. Ramirez was named the Series' Most Valuable Player that year.
Off the field, Ramirez was not happy with his team and its management. He asked to traded after the 2005 and 2006 seasons, but those requests were denied. The team management also had issues with Ramirez, frustrated by his occasional lack of hustle while running the bases or the outfield. Still he managed to help the Sox clinch another World Series victory against the Colorado Rockies in 2007. But the behind-the-scenes tension came to a head in 2008. Ramirez was involved in a dugout shoving match with teammate Kevin Youkilis and knocked down team traveling secretary Jack McCormick, 62, to the ground.
Ramirez was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers that July. "The Red Sox don't deserve a player like me," Ramirez told ESPNdeportes the day before he was traded to the Dodgers. "During my years here I've seen how they have mistreated other great players when they didn't want them to try to turn the fans against them."
Despite his conflicts with the Boston front office, Ramirez was a wildly popular player among the fans. But he often raised eyebrows for his peculiar behavior which included playing left field with a water bottle in his back pocket and frequently disappearing into Fenway Park's Green Monster scoreboard during pitching changes.
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Name: | Marshall Breeding |
Title: | Publisher |
Organization: | Library Technology Guides |
Perspective and commentary by Marshall Breeding | Blog Archive |
As part of the weekly Internet program This Week in Libraries, I was interviewed though a Skype call by Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer. The discussion revolved around the latest Automation Marketplace feature, titled The New Frontier: the Battle Intensifies to win hearts, minds, and tech Dollars which appeared in the April 1, 2011 issue of Library Journal. We talked about the new generation of library automation platforms, discovery systems, and some of trends in libraries that impact they way we use technology.
It was great to have this discussion with Erik and Jaap. In 2008, I visited with them in their home library, the DOK in Delft in The Netherlands, gave a presentation as a Masterclass at the Rotterdam Public Library, and have seen them many times Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian.
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Arginine and CPS Polymorphisms
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Plasma L-arginine concentrations are decreased in premature infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). A C-to-A nucleotide transversion (T1405N) in the gene that encodes carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 (CPS1), the rate-limiting enzyme in the urea cycle, has been correlated with low plasma concentrations of L-arginine in neonates (> 35 weeks of gestation). Recently Moonen et al (Pediatr Res 2007; 62(2):188-90) described a correlation between this CPS1 T1405N single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and the presence of NEC in VLBW infants. However there is no data about the correlation between the plasma arginine concentrations and the T1405N SNP in the CPS-1 gene in VLBW infants. In the present project we postulate that T1405N SNP in the CPS-1 gene is associated with lower plasma arginine concentrations and is also a risk factor for the development of NEC.
Condition | Intervention |
Preterm Infants |
Other: blood sample and buccal swab sample |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label |
Official Title: | Carbamoyl-phosphate Synthase Gene Polymorphisms Influencing Plasma L-arginine Concentrations in Preterm Infants |
- the association between the T1405N SNP in the CPS-1 gene and lower plasma L-arginine concentrations [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To determine whether the T1405N SNP in the CPS-1 gene is associated with a higher risk of NEC [ Time Frame: 4 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 350 |
Study Start Date: | July 2007 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2011 |
Primary Completion Date: | December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Other: blood sample and buccal swab sample
one blood sample (500 mL) will be obtained from each VLBW infant between 6 and12 hours after birth from an umbilical-artery or peripheral artery catheter.
Additional DNA collection buccal cell samples were obtained with a sterile OmniSwab.
Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 12 Hours |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- VLBW infants (< 30 weeks and < 1500 gram birth weight).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Blood transfusion, enteral or parenteral protein intake, or inhaled nitric oxide administration before time of the blood sample (obtained between 6 and 12 hours after birth).
- Parents not able to give informed consent.
Contact: Eduardo Villamor, MD, PhD | +3143877246 | firstname.lastname@example.com | |
Contact: Rob M Moonen, MD | +3143877246 | firstname.lastname@example.com |
Italy | |
Carlo Poma Hospital | Recruiting |
Mantova, Italy | |
Contact: Giacomo Cavallaro, MD | |
Cattedra di Neonatologia-Università degli Studi di Milano | Recruiting |
Milano, Italy | |
Contact: Fabio Mosca, Prof. | |
Netherlands | |
Maastricht University Hospital | Recruiting |
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, 6202 AZ | |
Contact: Eduardo Villamor, MD, PhD +3143877246 email@example.com | |
Spain | |
Complejo Universitario Hospitalario Insular-Materno Infantil | Recruiting |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 35016 | |
Contact: Gema E González Luis, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Eduardo Villamor, MD, PhD | Maastricht University Hospital |
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | Eduardo Villamor, MD, PhD, University Hospital Maastricht |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00554866 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 07-2-018 |
Study First Received: | November 6, 2007 |
Last Updated: | July 19, 2011 |
Health Authority: | Netherlands: The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO) |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase I Deficiency Disease Urea Cycle Disorders, Inborn Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn Brain Diseases, Metabolic Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases |
Nervous System Diseases Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors Metabolism, Inborn Errors Genetic Diseases, Inborn Metabolic Diseases Mitochondrial Diseases |
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