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Ivan Lewis speech to CAFOD on Post 2015 Development Goals30 January 2013
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Ivan Lewis MP, Labour's Shadow Development Secretary, speaking at an event organised by aid charity CAFOD this evening, said:
I want to dedicate my speech tonight to two women and group of young men I met in Goma, Eastern DRC on my visit with World Vision only last week.
One woman told me how her home had been surrounded by troops from one of the many militias in Eastern DRC. She was raped so violently that she suffered unspeakable physical damage and was left unconscious. That same night her mother and brother were murdered. Another told me how 3 soldiers from another militia had gang raped her and left her for dead. In the same attack her husband and three children were taken away and she never saw them again. Every day these women cope with emotional and physical scars which may lessen over time but will never heal. These 2 women are not only victims of the impunity which is a stain on the East of DRC but also of the underlying causes.
A state unable to offer basic security to its citizens, militias some of whom both recently and over a number of years have been supported by Rwanda and other neighbouring countries recruiting young men sometimes boy soldiers who see no other way of having a stake in their society and the extreme poverty which crushes all hope.
Then there was the 18 year old young man I met at a project teaching vocational skills. He said he and his young male friends hated sexual violence because it was their mothers and sisters who were the potential victims. Most powerfully of all when I asked him what he wanted for the future in 2 words echoed by his classmates. He said peace and jobs. Once again, underlining the nexus of security, development and political change which is so crucial in the countries of Collier's bottom billion.
Friends, in the next 20 years we should judge the scale of our ambition and our commitment to real change primarily by whether we can change the life chances for the poorest everywhere, in every country, and those who are trapped in the misery of conflict ridden states.
Tonight I will to lay out an ambitious and credible vision for a progressive Post 2015 Development framework. Ultimately, the new framework must be developed through an authentic partnership between developing, developed and middle income countries, donor and recipient countries, multilateral organisations, charitable foundations, the private sector and civil society.
Gone are the days when G8 Governments can or should impose their views on the rest of the world. So this speech should be seen as a contribution to the debate. In the weeks and months ahead, we will consult further building on the consultation seminars we held with the help of IDS and engage with stakeholders especially in the developing world. Their experiences and views should be at the heart of shaping any new framework.
Our vision is shaped by the concept of a new "Social Contract without borders" to replace the existing MDGs. It is rooted in three key elements.
- Social Justice including an explicit commitment to tackling inequality and promoting human rights.
- Economic growth and wealth creation without which we cannot deliver social justice, but growth which must be sustainable and benefit the many not the few.
- And good governance, applied equally to all. Governments whether recipients or donors, multilateral organisations and multinational companies.
Our overarching aims should be clear and measurable. By 2030 to have eliminated absolute poverty, begun to reduce inequality, protected scarce planetary resources and ended aid dependency.
I am proud that Labour changed the world on development - We created DFID as a cabinet-level department and increased the budget substantially as part of our commitment to ensure the UK would achieve the UN agreed commitment to spend 0.7 of Gross National income on ODA.
We helped lift 3 million people out of poverty, played a leading role in cancelling debt, establishing a funding mechanism for the Millennium Development Goals, innovative development in Africa and innovative sources of funding for Health and Education.
This record and the global leadership of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown deserve more than a footnote in history. Ed Miliband and this new generation of Labour politicians are determined to build on their proud development legacy by advocating the big economic and social changes that are necessary if we are to have a fairer and sustainable country and world in the future.
We progressives didn't come into politics to explain the world as it is. We came into politics to change the world.
The world is changing rapidly.
75 per cent of the world's poorest now live in middle income countries,
We have seen the emergence of new economies and the presence of new 'donors' China, India, Brazil to name but three.
The Arab Spring and fragility across the Sahel and West Africa, communications revolution, resource scarcity, climate change, migration and terrorism have created unprecedented change and uncertainty requiring global action.
A banking crisis which started on Wall Street has spread across the world bringing austerity to many, destabilising the Eurozone and threatening the growth which was starting to bring so much hope to many developing countries.
We are living in a much more interconnected and interdependent world. The UK's success as One Nation will significantly depend on our understanding that this is a reality not a choice both in Europe and the wider world. Trade, jobs, migration, the cost of energy and food, the impact of climate change, our security are all profoundly affected by factors and alliances beyond our borders. One Nation: One World is our best and only route to fairness and prosperity in the future. But our values mean globalisation must work for the many not the few and we have a particular duty to reassure people that we understand the insecurity this rapid change is creating. In the 21st century to be a British patriot is to be an internationalist.
The Millenium Development Goals ushered in a new era of development. As a result, admirable progress has been made in many areas including a significant reduction in extreme poverty and infant mortality, access to primary education for boys and girls, improvement in conditions for slum dwellers, and major advances in the fight against diseases such as HIV Aids, Malaria and TB.
Despite this there have been significant failures
- Most of the current MDGs will not be met. Progress has been uneven and inequality between and within countries has grown. And sadly in many cases the way MDG targets were formulated has unintentionally led to the poorest and most marginalised behind left behind.
- The goal of gender equality remains unfulfilled,too many mothers continue to die unecessarily in child birth,child malnutrician has barely improved and there has been little or no progress in fragile states. The MDGs only included the environment as a marginal issue,an after thought.
Of course, it is important the new framework builds on the existing MDGs.
But, it must also respond to the challenges we will face in the next 20 years.
These include:
- Continued population growth coupled with demographic change.
- Urbanisation and a burgeoning middle class offer opportunities but also place greater burdens on health services and resources.
- Climate change – the frequency of extreme weather events will increase disproportionately affecting developing communities and the poorest. Water shortage will become an increasing issue around the world.
- By 2015 7 out of the world's 10 fastest growing economies will be in Africa, underlining the importance of ensuring the benefits of this growth reach the most vulnerable in these societies
The High Level UN Panel co-chaired by David Cameron has been charged with setting the intellectual framework for the Post-2015 discussion. In this role I hope the Prime Minister will reflect on the all party Development select committees concerns expressed last week that the meaning of his "golden thread" of development is unclear and the panel needs to be more open in its deliberations.
The Problem for David Cameron is threefold:
- His ideological reluctance to acknowledge reducing inequality must be central to future development policy.
- His Government's shrinking of DfID into a Department which dispenses aid rather than works across Whitehall to ensure a coordinated development agenda which strengthens our ability to exert global influence.
- And finally a failure to understand that in a modern world the growth which has the capacity to end poverty and reduce inequality must be sustainable and is dependent on Government's supporting their private sectors with active industrial strategies. The irony of course is a Prime Minister who has rightly been lauded for maintaining Labour's aid commitments has also presided over a failed economic policy which has seen £2billion cut from the aid budget due to the downgrading of GDP forecasts. I have made it clear we will not be able to reverse this cut, but an incoming Labour Government would put an active industrial strategy at the heart of Britain's renewal.
Labour's Development vision is clear and our contribution to a new global covenant must be rooted in our values.
To be clear, any new framework that doesn't have a focus on inequality and sustainable growth will lack credibility and be seen as tinkering at the edges when the world is crying out for radical change.
The new framework must usher in a new era of co-development with common goals that every country is committed to, albeit with sufficient flexibility to recognise countries will be at different stages of development. The framework should include outcomes, our new "social contract without borders", the means by which the outcomes will be achieved, a robust system of reporting and delivering results and a commitment to securing a diversity of finance and maximum value for money.
The "Social contract without Borders" we propose will consist of no more than ten objectives which should be described through the prism of the citizen and communities in which they live. They will seek to integrate poverty reduction and sustainability. In my view, it would be folly to have a parallel set of objectives which artificially divide the two inextricably linked priorities for the future wellbeing of our world.
In the weeks and the months ahead, we will consult on the details. But there are some non negotiable principles and key elements. Systems of social protection, universal healthcare and compulsory education everywhere, jobs with a minimum wage and decent labour standards, a decent home and living environment, access to basic utilities such as clean water, sanitation and light provided through sustainable means, a specific and ambitious objective focused on women's empowerment and equality, a new specific objective focused on children and young people including an integrated approach to early childhood and support for disabled children, a natural healthy environment which protects our ecosystems and biodiversity and mitigates climate change and its impacts, human rights and life free from violence and active and responsible citizens helping to develop their communities, choose their elected representatives and pursue personal and family aspirations.
To guarantee the desired focus on inequality the objectives should be supported by indicators measuring progress in relation to the bottom 20 per cent in every country, bottom billion in fragile states, and quality of services not simply access ie student attainment not simply school attendance. In addition to a distinct gender equality objective a number of the goals should have gender equality as an indicator of progress.
In order to deliver these objective we must be clear about the range of means to be deployed. Aid will continue to be essential but implying aid is the only or primary vehicle is misleading and damages the case for aid we must continue to make. Responsible capitalism, state building, empowered citizens and robust data will be essential especially if we are to focus on the most poor and vulnerable.
- Responsible capitalism which includes:
- Sustainable growth led by a vibrant private sector including where appropriate agricultural reform strategies supported by an active industrial strategy
- Greater transparency on profit and taxes consistent with Dodd Franks and measures which have recently been passed in the European parliament but await final agreement.
- Commodity transparency
- Trade fairness. The current failings of Doha can't be allowed to hinder this. And if Doha fails then we need an alternative which can deliver.
- Fair taxes without exemption
- State building which will include:
- Support for democratic processes at national and local level
- Establishing the rule of law
- Government institution building
- Tackling the specific challenges associated with urbanisation such as slums,youth unemployment and creeking infrastructure.
- Anti-corruption strategies which apply to Governments, multinational companies and financial institutions.
This should include consideration of establishing an international court equivalent to the International Criminal Court to indict and try those accused of the most serious of corruption abuses.
- Technical support for sectoral reform
- Effective conflict prevention, peace keeping and post conflict stabilization
- Disaster resilience / preparedness
- Empowered Citizens able to hold their governments to account
- Develop civil society
- Free press / access to information
- Participatory decision-making
- Citizen-led campaigning
- Robust and disaggregated data to benchmark progress and identify the interventions which work.
In addition to aid we cannot ignore the increasingly important role other forms of finance will play in supporting development.
The new framework needs to recognise and leverage alternative forms of finance.
We will continue to press for the UK's 0.7 commitment to be enshrined in law as promised in the Tory party manifesto and coalition agreement. And apply pressure to other donors to match the UK's commitment under successive Governments and fulfil their international obligations. It is important to recognise the catalytic effect of aid for development in helping to promote state building, economic growth and programmes that are scalable and have wide impact e.g. M-Pesa / TradeMark East Africa
But in the longer term and certainly by 2030 aid should become a smaller part of the development solution. There will always be a need for humanatarian aid and sadly it is likely a small number of states will continue to be disproportionately dependent on aid due to their fragility. But ending aid dependency is the right objective for greater equality and the dignity, independence and self determination of nations and their citizens. It should be a core part of the mission of Centre left development policy. We should also be radical in redefining our definition of aid dependency as any country where 20 per cent of the overall budget is supported by aid. This both creates new opportunities and recognises new realities. Including:
- Harnessing remittances that reach families and communities directly.
- Strengthening Revenue Authorities such as in Rwanda and Burundi to generate substantial tax revenues and strengthening the accountability of the state to the citizen.
- Innovative mechanisms are being developed like an FTT and social bonds.
- Philanthropic and social impact investment. Bill and Melinda Gates particularly deserve our thanks not only for their investment but their leadership.
- And FDI and trade to promote economic development – FDI inflows were the single biggest source of capital for developing countries – six times the amount they receive in ODA – and a critical input for technology transfer in developing country firms.
We need to harness all of these as well as secure big global changes on issues such as tax avoidance and fair trade.
The irony of the aid critics on the right is they should be making the case for increased aid now together with economic and social reform focused on sustainable growth and inequality. This is the fastest route to end aid dependency.
All countries irrespective of their income status must be part of the framework and expected to show progress.
We propose:
- Every country should be required to produce a biannual scorecard of progress.
- Data to be disaggregated by gender, region, wealth quintile and others if appropriate
- A new global delivery board chaired by UN General Secretary to monitor and report on progress.
- A Global Development czar/ leader of stature to be appointed to galvanise support and oversee delivery on behalf of the board.
- Building on successive aid effectiveness agreements and International Aid Transparency Initiative, the index of donor transparency should be extended to be a global set of principles that all donors should sign up to. This would include measuring their support for sustainable growth and responsible capitalism
- A New Global governance framework should be introduced. Building on the World Bank's Worldwide Governance Index and the Mo Ibrahim foundations' Africa Governance Index and leadership award.
Turning to the Uk, If we are going to champion a radical new global framework, we have to demonstrate a willingness to lead by example.
We are proud that DFID employs many people whose level of commitment and development expertise is second to none. However, to respond to the challenges of a changing world, support a new global framework and ensure best value for UK taxpayers' money radical change to Dfid and UK development policy will be necessary.
A Labour DFID will lead a new UK development policy which will seek to draw on the expertise and influence of all relevant Government Departments. DFID alone cannot ensure the Uk continues to be at the cutting edge of development in the changing world.
- Issues such as global foreign affairs and security, fair and transparent taxation, anti corruption measures, fair trade,climate change and resource scarcity require joined up working. This partnership working should be overseen by a Development Cabinet committee.
- We will focus UK ODA funding and expertise on supporting sustainable growth and the new Social contract without Borders for the bottom 20 per cent and bottom billion in bilateral and multilateral programmes.
- The independent commission on aid effectiveness will have greater independence from ministers and have wider powers to report on all aspects of UK development policy.
- General budget support will be maintained where appropriate but with greater up front conditionality in relation to human rights and corruption.
- Commissioning and procurement processes will be streamlined to get best value for money while also reducing barriers to entry for small and medium sized NGOs and private companies.
- Private sector companies receiving development funding will have to demonstrate a commitment to responsible capitalism. i.e. supporting growth which is sustainable and decent work / labour standards
- A new results framework will recognises the importance of long term sustainable change.
- Support for the rights and role of women will be given priority status in our support for the Bottom Billion states.
- The UK will once again champion the abolition of user fees for health and education.
- DFID must lead a more interactive engagement with UK citizens about the nature of development and why it is morally right and in our national interest.
- There will be an enhanced role for diaspora communities in Policy development and the evaluation of delivery effectiveness.
- DFID country offices will be more accountable to the communities they serve.
Friends, social justice should never be a cause with an end date but a perpetual struggle passed from one generation to the next. I want my children and grandchildren to be part of that struggle when their time comes. But our generation can and should be the generation which ends absolute poverty, reduces inequality and safeguards the planet. To do so will require a global mass movement for change and political leaders with the values and vision to will a better world.
"Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom." These are the words of the great Nelson Mandela.
The commitments we make in 2015 will determine whether we are up to the scale of the challenge.


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Municipalities provide water and sewer services as well police and fire protection. The state looks after education, builds highways and operates courts and prisons. The federal government looks after national defense, foreign relations and entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security.
You would think that there would be enough to do without governments being seemingly eager to go beyond their natural spheres of endeavor.
You would be wrong.
All governments appear willing if not eager to venture into job creation.
The City of Raleigh and various other governments gave $3 million to the Raleigh Business and Technology Center to promote minority-owned small businesses. Thirteen years after politicians put on a smile for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, we discover financial abuses such as sweetheart contracts that smack of nepotism, checks made out to cash for unascertainable purposes and no or obscure financial records.
Why should Raleigh, or any other city, use taxpayer money to support businesses that will compete with established taxpaying businesses? It makes no sense.
At least, Raleigh was not promoting rural development, which left the field wide open for the federal and state governments.Rural development is an oxymoron. Bring enough industry and business to a rural area and it is no longer rural.
After reading The N&Os recent two-part article on the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center, I concluded there were reasons beyond the grammatical for separating the center from its stated mandate and from our money: fuzzy math in claims of jobs created, significant involvement by the politically connected in awarding grants and a tendency for the center to break its own rules to keep the money flowing.
Its aims were to create jobs in the private sector using taxpayer money with little, if any, public benefit. The benefits accrue to the business owners and to the people who get jobs, many of which are in the retail and restaurant businesses.
Whatever role the NCRDC might have had in creating those jobs, the lifeblood of all such jobs is the continued patronage of the customers who have been given new options for their purchases.
Lets take the Bojangles restaurant as an example. The NCRDC claims that its $350,000 grant created 35 jobs in this restaurant. Does anyone believe that the patrons of this restaurant would do without food but for the intervention of the NCRDC? Of course not. They would get their fried chicken and iced tea someplace else.
Those competitors and their workers are taxpayers. Why should the state make grants that enable new businesses to come in and take business away from established stores and restaurants?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a program that gives loans to businesses in rural areas that no bank would ever dream of lending to. Former state Rep. Stephen LaRoque thought he saw an opportunity and was found guilty of misappropriating $300,000 from two economic development nonprofits he operated using Uncle Sams money. He faces up to 90 years in prison and is to be sentenced next month.
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It is also unjustifiable in purely economic terms as, by their nature, grants to businesses that could not otherwise operate profitably merely mask inefficiencies that will remain once the grant money has been spent. The sad truth is that such programs appear to attract the clever and the charlatans, either among those who operate them or among the intended beneficiaries and quite often among both.
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The Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, CCR, NCI has pioneered the HIV integrase inhibitor research since 1993. We search for novel HIV-1 integrase inhibitors and investigate their mechanism of action using recombinant enzyme in biochemical assays. We are also exploring the different steps of the integration reaction. The rational for developing HIV integrase inhibitors is that: (1) viruses with mutant integrase cannot replicate; (2) integrase is one of the three retroviral enzymes (with reverse transcriptase and protease) with no cellular equivalent; (3) raltegravir has recently been FDA-approved as the first integrase inhibitor for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Our goals are to discover new antiviral agents, evaluate which steps of the integration reaction are affected by these drugs and determine the drug binding site in the HIV-1 integrase-DNA complex. We have reported and patented several families of inhibitors available for development and licensing. Discovery and studies of HIV integrase inhibitors provides a new strategy for anti-AIDS therapy.
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It's time to get out the grill, start digging in my flower beds and building the boxes for my raised-bed garden my husband, Rick, and I decided to put in the yard at the side of the house. We're going to grow our own herbs and other vegetables I use in cooking and I can't wait.
Spring time is also the time for decorations at many of the cemeteries in Walker County and a time for many family reunions, so I thought I would share a casserole recipe I created about two weeks ago while cooking my most favorite supper in the world, which is cowboy beans, macaroni and cheese and O'Brien hash brown potatoes.
I grew up eating cowboy beans and love to fix them for supper sometimes because it is one of the simplest dishes to make, and I generally always have the ingredients on hand anyway. It also brings back fond memories of when my mother fixed cowboy beans for us when we were growing and when I started making them for my own family.
Cowboy beans are nothing more than a can of pork-n-beans and scrambled ground beef mixed together with some diced onions, ketchup, brown sugar and some seasonings — but, man, they taste delicious.
Mother called them cowboy beans in order to get us to eat them and it worked. I can remember my brothers, sister and I quickly asking her to fix them whenever she would ask us what we want for supper.
She'd always make a big pot of them, because she knew we would fight if there wasn't enough to go around, and fry some potatoes and make a box of macaroni and cheese to go with them, and we thought we were in hog heaven!
We thought we were eating like the cowboys did back in the Old West, and there was nothing on this earth that could be better than that, and I still feel that way sometimes. It always brings back a smile when I fix my most favorite supper.
I changed the recipe up a little bit over the years to make it easier to fix after working all day and coming home to make supper. Now I use canned baked beans instead of pork-n-beans, and sometimes I cut up some wienies and mix them with the ground beef before adding it to the beans. I also use hashbrowns potatoes instead of cutting up potatoes, but I still prepare a box of my favorite macaroni and cheese to go with it.
But the other night when I decided to cook mother's famous cowboy bean supper, I suddenly realized the smallest can of beans I had was in a gallon size can. Oh, well there would be plenty of leftovers.
But after getting everything cooked I got this bright idea to turn my favorite meal into a casserole. So I started layering everything and added some extra cheese. It filled my large casserole dish, so I had to be careful when I popped it into the oven and cooked it until it was bubblin' and the cheese had melted.
Then I ate helping after helping of it until I almost made myself sick. When Rick got home, he wanted to know what was on the stove, and I told him it was supper. It was a new recipe created from an old favorite, and it was called EJ's Chuckwagon Supper.
He ate some and said it tasted like cowboy beans which made me laugh. I said, "That's exactly what it is," and he said, "Well, it's good." I told him I fixed them in a casserole, because I had to figure out a way to use the gallon of baked beans I had just cooked. He carried what was leftover to work with him and the guys in the press room liked the casserole too.
The casserole I created the other night used a gallon of beans, three bags of hash browns and one box of macaroni and cheese and would probably feed a large crowd.
But I tweaked the recipe so it would easily feed a family of four, not four hundred.
EJ's Chuckwagon Supper
1 16 oz. can Bush's Homestyle Baked Beans
2 packages Simply Potatoes O'Brien Hash Browns
1 box Kraft's Original Macaroni and Cheese (cooked as directed on box)
1 pound ground beef
4 bun length Ball Park Franks (wieners) sliced in 1/4 inch chunks
1/2 cup of Kraft Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Brown ground beef and drain. Stir in the Ball Park Franks and beans and cook for another minute. Then remove from heat and set aside.
Cook hash browns and macaroni and cheese as directed on the package. Be sure to set aside a portion of the hash browns to add to top of the casserole.
Layer a portion of the hash browns into the bottom a greased 8 inch casserole dish, then add a layer of the meat/bean mixture and a layer of macaroni and cheese. Repeat until you use all the ingredients.
Top with the remaining hash browns and cheese.
Bake for about 20 minutes or until cassarole is bubbling and the cheese has melted and browning a little on top.


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When Easton police took an 18-year-old man into custody Thursday night, they said they wanted to talk to him in connection with a downtown homicide earlier this month.
But first, they booked Miguel Angel Rodriguez on charges from previous incidents. He was charged with drunken driving, giving police false identification and not having a driver's license during a traffic stop early on Feb. 8 – one day before the downtown homicide.
He also was charged with selling $40 worth of heroin on the afternoon of Oct. 9. The buyer was a "cooperating source" working with police.
Meanwhile, the Express-Times reported that Rodriguez is facing two counts of attempted murder in connection with a three-year street gang war in the East New York section of Brooklyn. The paper attributes the information to the Kings County District Attorney's office.
Easton police took Rodriguez into custody Thursday night during a raid at 516 Glendon Ave. on the South Side.
They said they wanted to talk to him about the Feb. 9 shooting death of Damien Robinson at Eddie G's Bar. Police have said the killing could be related to an argument between members of the Bloods gang.
In the drunken driving case, meanwhile, police stopped Rodriguez around 2 a.m. Feb. 8 driving a black Nissan Altima on the 300 block of Washington Street.
Rodriguez went through the stop sign at S. Sitgreaves Street and Larry Holmes Drive, just east of Third Street and Larry Holmes Drive, according to a criminal complaint filed by Sgt. Dominick W. Marraccini.
The suspect identified himself as "Jaquer McFadden," with a date of birth of Aug. 9, 1992. Marraccini said he smelled a strong odor of burnt marijuana coming from the car and a strong odor of alcohol coming from "McFadden."
The man was given a preliminary blood test, which registered 0.09 percent (the legal limit is 0.08 percent for adults and 0.02 percent for people under 21). Rodriguez, who had no driver's license and no identification, was arrested for suspicion of drunken driving and taken to county Central Booking.
Five days later, Marraccini was told the suspect's fingerprints returned a positive hit out of New York – not as Jaquer McFadden, born Aug. 9, 1992, but Miguel Rodriguez, born May 25, 1994.
In the drug case, police say Rodriguez sold the heroin Oct. 9 after getting into the source's car at Sixth and Spruce streets. The source drove around the block and dropped off Rodriguez about a half-block up on Ferry Street, according to a criminal complaint filed by Det. Anthony Arredondo.
The source gave police four packets of heroin he bought from Rodriguez, whom the source knew by the nickname "Low." Arrendondo, meanwhile, learned the suspect also is known as "Dolo."
The complaints list two different addresses for Rodriguez. In the traffic stop, his address is 600 Canal St., Apt./Suite C4, Easton. In the drug case, it's 38 S. Howard St., also Easton.
Rodriguez was charged with delivery of a controlled substance – heroin in the drug case. In the traffic stop, he was charged with DUI and false identification to law enforcement authorities, as well as purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of alcohol, a charge of stop signs and yield signs, and a charge of drivers required to be licensed.
He was arraigned in both cases at 2:30 a.m. Friday by on-duty District Judge Robert Hawke of Lehigh Township and committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail in the drug case and $15,000 bail in the traffic stop.
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Harmon Killebrew, the former slugger for the Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in December of last year. On Friday, he released a statement indicating that his battle is coming to an end, and that he is entering hospice care for his final days. From the Twins' official site:
It is with profound sadness that I share with you that my continued battle with esophageal cancer is coming to an end. With the continued love and support of my wife, Nita, I have exhausted all options with respect to controlling this awful disease. My illness has progressed beyond my doctors' expectation of cure.
The 74-year-old Killebrew is an 11-time All Star, and the AL MVP winner in 1969. The Hall-of-Famer currently ranks 11th on the all-time home run list with 573. And though he was one of baseball's brightest stars, he also might have one of the quietest. When asked by a reporter for a 1963 Sports Illustrated article what his hobbies were, he thought for a while before responding:
"Just washing the dishes, I guess," says Harmon, trying to help.
Killebrew, who played the outfield, first, and third over his career, is known for not only his home runs, but his long home runs, which he generated from a stocky 5'11" frame. Target Field commemorates a 1967 home run with a statue that is 520 feet from home plate, the distance the home run was estimated to travel.


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Firefox 18.104.22.168 Corrects Latest Release
The Mozilla Foundation has departed from its normal release cycle to fix several bugs and the remaining security holes in version 18.104.22.168 of the Firefox web browser.
Based on a test performed by Linux Magazine, the vulnerabilities that version 184.108.40.206 failed to fix (see the separate news item here) still seem to exist in 184.108.40.206. As previously, it is possible to hide part of the source code, preventing users from viewing the code in "View Page Source". This means that attackers still have the ability to hide malicious code in their websites. The vulnerability also affects older Firefox versions and can be used to crash these versions.
According to the release notes version 18.104.22.168 removes all the bugs that were discovered in the previous version. The developers write that Firefox is now more stable and reliable than ever.
The Mozilla web browser is available for downloading for all supported platforms. And Netscape Navigator, which is now based on Firefox, has been updated too. Users can download version 22.214.171.124. Just like its open source siblings, Navigator is also affected by the above mentioned bugs.
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No-show patients cost NHS in Sussex £13m a year
3:50pm Monday 24th December 2012 in News Exclusive By Siobhan Ryan, Health Reporter
Missed appointments are potentially costing hospitals more than £13 million a year.
Hospitals across Sussex have recorded more than 107,000 no-shows for outpatient appointments between April 2011 and the end of March.
"Did not attends" (DNAs) can have an impact on waiting lists as well as the financial cost of wasting staff time.
Health bosses believe someone not turning up can cost between £110 and £129 for each appointment.
Most trusts compensate by overbooking outpatient appointments to minimise the impact and staff with unexpected free time can fill it up by doing other jobs instead.
However, health bosses are urging people who know they are not going to turn up to let them know beforehand.
Some absences can be legitimate, with patients either not getting letters confirming their appointments on time or having to deal with an emergency.
However, many do not turn up because they had forgotten they had an appointment or did not need one any more but had not told anyone.
Online cancellation
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust recorded 45,208 missed appointments, but this is an improvement on the more than 50,000 the year before.
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust had 30,875 no-shows, a slight rise on the year before, while East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust had a small drop, to 31,793.
Work done at the Brighton trust to bring numbers down includes online cancellation forms and sending patients text messages.
Western Sussex Hospitals director of performance Adam Creeggan said: "Our trust has achieved one of the lowest rates of DNAs in the country, and is sustaining that strong performance.
"The biggest single reason for that success is that we no longer simply send patients a letter telling them when their first appointment is – instead we use a call centre approach to agree all first attendance appointment times with the patient. Getting that agreement makes it far less likely that people will not attend.
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"However, we are still looking for ways to improve still further and continue to explore options such as text message reminders to make it easy for patients to attend."
A spokeswoman for East Sussex Healthcare said: "Non-attendance at appointments wastes the time of doctors and nurses and causes inconvenience for other patients.
"We would urge patients to get in touch with us if they want to cancel their appointment.
"That way we can use the appointment for someone else and it will also mean that our waiting times are not affected."
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greenpaws says...
Some receptionists take a dim view of non-attendance even if you phone to apologise and to re-book. The tone is unpleasant. They then complain when one defends oneself.
People's health conditions don't fit into nice little pigeon hole appointments. It strikes me as very wierd that the very service to help unwell people condemns them with little understanding of their abilities.
The NHS needs to work with patients and understand them to meet their needs and keep costs to a minimum.
Much care is needed is understanding non-attendance.
Regarding forgetfulness, if successive government hadn't allowed for more and more responsibility to be heaped onto individuals and faster and more frequent actions to be made then people would be able to be calmer, more organised and less forgetful.
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bug eye wrote:Sussex County do use text messaging in most if not all departments
maybe the nhs should see what private business is doing such as text messaging the day before appointments etc. we understand that some vulnerable or elderly people do not have modern technology, or if the patient has a condition as the previous comment, these should be highlighted for the nhs department concerned. Otherwise if there is no reasonable excuse and they have just forgot then it is reasonable to charge the patient. threat of a charge as a dentist or any other private medical professional would do should be stressed at the point of making the appoinment and upheld if there is a no show. I understand there is also an issue with patients using the NHS from abroad who are not entitled and not checked if they comply and should be charged but never are, this is bad business practice and they should be charged at the point of treatment as is done for brits abroad.
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Sussex jim says...
markiemark1 wrote:Good point. Some of us are self-employed, and waiting around for a late -running appointment means we are not earning, unlike salaried NHS staff.
So how come with all these missed appointments I regularly spend 45 mins to an hour waiting for my appointment?
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John Panaro owner of Lafayette's newest restaurant doesn't consider himself a chef but a food scientist.
"I just have a background in chemistry and I started to get invested in food health and nutrition and how they all related to each other," said Panaro.
Panaro's restaurant on the corner of West Convent and Jefferson streets in downtown Lafayette will open on Thursday serving lunch and dinner. And as Panaro will tell you to make his menu only the healthiest foods will survive.
"They all follow the government's guidelines for healthy eating for healthy eating for Americans," said Panaro. And his target clientele is a specific as his menu.
Chef Panaro says moving into a building in downtown is ideal because of its close proximity to UL Lafayette and its high foot traffic, but he says moving into a building down here is not without its challenges.
"I didn't know when you take on an older building there's usually a lot of thing that are going to go wrong and it followed suit." said Panaro.
"Part of what has to happen is to repurpose existing buildings or build buildings where there is simply surface parking lots or thirdly remove and put in buildings that are more functional for today's users," said CEO of Downtown Development Authority Nathan Norris. Norris says that's his focus this year.
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Outstanding People and Products Win 2001 EDDY Awards
The 10th annual EDDY Awards, presented by Entertainment Designmagazine on Friday, December 7, 2001, in New York City, honored excellence in the fields of innovative design, technical achievement, and professional sound and lighting product development. A large crowd was on hand to applaud the winners and celebrate the great diversity of talent working in this industry today.
Kitty Kavanaugh (master scenic artist) and Michael Moore (scenic studio manager) of Seattle Opera flank Jackie Tien
"We had people fly in from across the country to attend," notes Jacqueline Tien, the publisher of Entertainment Design and Lighting Dimensions magazines. "This was a very special occasion for our magazines and the EDDY Awards, and we are extremely pleased that the industry was there in full force to support the winners. After the success of LDI 2001 in Orlando, this was a great way to celebrate the strength of our industry. " CEO Tom Rogers and Dave Ferm were also in attendance, representing Primedia and Primedia Business Magazines & Media.
Primedia CEO Tom Rogers and Entertainment Design editor David Johnson
The EDDY Awards also reflect the international nature of our industry, and the international scope of Entertainment Design and Lighting Dimensions. International guests included David Higgins and Mary Lou Higgins from Pathway Connectivity, and Bob Doyle of Klark Teknik Group PLC, representatives of EDDY Award-winning product manufacturers. Other international representatives came from as far away as Martin Professional in Denmark and from Great Britain, including Catherine Owens, who accepted the 2001 EDDY Award for Willie Williams, who appeared via video from England.
Abe Jacob with Ellen Lampert-Gréaux and Bob Coviello of Meyer Sound
Entertainment Design editor David Johnson served as master of ceremonies for the evening, which featured keynotes by Tony Award-winning lighting designer Jules Fisher and by Abe Jacob, the "godfather" of theatrical sound design. "It was great having such dignitaries as Jules and Abe on hand to frame this special EDDY anniversary celebration," Johnson notes. "We had an incredible group of winners, both people and products, representing many facets of our industry from sound, projection, and lighting to makeup, costumes, and technical wizardry for film, Broadway, concerts, and opera. What a year."
Jules Fisher and his magical light board
Denise O'Brien (hair and makeup designer) and Lise Schellman (costume shop manager) of Seattle Opera
The 2001 EDDY Award Presenters and Awardees Were:
Legendary sound designer Abe Jacob presented a 2001 EDDY Award to Acme Sound Partners, whose principals are Tom Clark, Mark Menard, and Nevin Steinberg;
Abe Jacob, EDDY crystal in hand, gives Nevin Steinberg a congratulatory hug while Tom Clark and Mark Menard look on
Acme Sound Partners principals Mark Menard, Nevin Steinberg, and Tom Clark
General director of the Seattle Opera Speight Jenkins presented a 2001 EDDY Award to the design and technical team for the Seattle Opera production of the Ring Cycle;
Speight Jenkins and the Seattle Opera design and technical team for the Ring Cycle
John Cameron Mitchell, award-winning creator and star of both the stage and screen versions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, presented a 2001 EDDY Award to the film's costume designer Arianne Phillips and hair/makeup designer Mike Potter;
Mike Potter, John Cameron Mitchell, and Arianne Phillips
Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe, artistic director of the New York Shakespeare Festival/Joseph Papp Public Theatre in New York City, presented a 2001 EDDY Award to video/projection designers Batwin + Robin, AKA Linda Batwin and Robin Silvestri;
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Linda Batwin and Robin Silvestri
Architect/scenic designer David Rockwell of the Rockwell Group and designer of the sets for the current revival of The Rocky Horror Show, presented a 2001 EDDY Award to the scenic construction company ShowMotion and company president Bill Mensching;
Bill Mensching and David Rockwell
A special video presentation by The Edge of rock band U2 was shown as part of the 2001 EDDY Award to Willie Williams, designer and creative director of U2's current Elevation tour.
Willie Williams appeared via the magic of video
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Keny Whitwright and industry pioneer George Izenour
Robin Silvestri, far left, and Linda Batwin, far right, with friends, including Rachel Scharff, Peter Scharff, and Gene O'Donovan
Tom Lynch, scenic designer of the Seattle Opera Ring Cycle, David Rockwell, and Bill Mensching
John Cameron Mitchell breeches the gap for the EDDY Award audience
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Syria: What now?
Original post made on Sep 7, 2013
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on Sep 7, 2013 at 3:51 am
Wow,...what a mess. First off, this whole incident magnifies the shortcomings and inadequacies of the United Nations. What should be an International response to the 400 children (1,400 total) being killed by the use of chemical weapons (or ANY weapons for that matter, goes by the wayside. I understand the workings of this body, but my God, what the hell good are they?! Time to change their charter, and not let one or two countries (Russia and China) stop any action by the world as a whole when something like this occurs. Mess,...indeed!
Secondly, the "box" we as a country find ourselves in. It is my belief that President Obama is quite right when he says such actions are unacceptable, and must be acted on. But here's where I will part ways with the President's course of action (probably - we'll have to wait and see how it plays out): I want our country in no way acting alone! Yes, I know France and Turkey are ready to stand by us, but when the British, Canadian, and Australian Parliments have decided to step away from any involvement in this International monstrosoty, I question our engagement as well. Maybe now is just not the right time. Is there a different response or course of action that might better serve the situation.
And our past history adds to my confusion. When Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran, our response was quite different. Yes we condemned them, but we certainly didn't attack them (...could it be that it was because it was used against the hated Iranians at the time? What's that say about us as a country, our politicians, and our policies?).
And thevother courses we can take: even those are difficult at best. Arming and giving military assist to the rebels? OK,...but which group of rebels? NONE of them are pro-western,....NONE of them. No action? Maybe,...but then THAT will empower other rouge nations into thinking they too, can do as they wish with no consequences - (and this to me is a very scary, and very REAL threat!)
Like I say,...it's a mess. I pray that we as a country make the right moves going forward.
on Sep 9, 2013 at 3:03 pm
"What now?" is an even more puzzling question now that Lurch has left us in the lurch with his thoughtless comments.
on Sep 10, 2013 at 8:29 am
Thoughtless comments concerning the use of "chemical weapons?" IMO, that was indeed the RIGHT approach for us to take as a country. I'm proud of him for taking this stand (and of course there was no backlash from the "Righties" and the 'bagger community" when he DID issue the statement. They, at the time, apparently thought he wasn't out of line).
That being said, I hope the new developments are allowed to play out! Bravo, Mr. President,...well played!!


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D-backs GM: Never came close to trading Justin Upton
A 25-year-old who was just a year removed from being in the MVP conversation, Upton was coming off a down year in which he hit .280 with just 17 home runs and 67 RBI.
His name in trade talks for the third consecutive year, it was thought the Diamondbacks were finally ready to trade the former number one pick.
That may have been the case, but contrary to reports, the D-backs were never close to dealing the player.
"We never came close at all, no closer than the last two years when we went to the winter meetings," Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers told Arizona Sports 620's Doug and Wolf Wednesday. "We value this kid very highly -- for obvious reasons -- and you know, we said the only way that we would talk about moving Justin is if we got a package back that made us a better ball club in 2013 and beyond, and that didn't happen.
"We're happy to have him here and we think we're a better ball club with him."
Towers said the team is in "a great position" because they were able to address needs without parting with Upton, and while they'll still listen to offers for him -- or any other player, for that matter -- but he's comfortable with the roster that has been assembled.
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"I like where we're at."
But while Towers may like where the D-backs are at, it's worth wondering if Upton, after hearing his name talked about and his future discussed ad nauseam over the last few years, feels the same way about his situation.
After all, it can't be easy wondering if you're just moments away from being traded.
"It's part of the business; I think Justin gets that," Towers said. "For some guys, they're motivated by it. There's certain players that like to see their name out there, it means they're coveted, they're wanted, they're valued, and I think that's the case with Justin.
"I think we probably value him more than the rest of the industry, that's why he's still here."
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According to the task force, as the vehicle was stopped, an alert was broadcast to be on the look out for an SUV matching its description.
After a search, a gun was found inside the vehicle, and the driver appeared to have a hand injury and blood on his clothing.
The investigator then arrested the driver, 45-year-old Ryan G. King, who faces warrants for a murder earlier in Racine, WI.
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Robin is accused of shooting her husband, 21-year-old Trevor B. Atchison, in the head with a .22 cal rifle. Atchison is in critical condition at a Peoria hospital.
In connection with this case, 23-year-old Clint David Cole of Woodhull was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of Class 3 Felony Unlawful Sale of a Firearm to a Felon.
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