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NORTH CAROLINA STOP TORTURE NOWPO Box 12707
Raleigh, NC 27605
(919) 834-4478
(eveings and weekends, or messages during business hours)
North Carolina Stop Torture Now – An Incomplete Digest of Noteworthy Efforts and Events
June 24, 2014 – Nationally noted theologian Dr. David Gushee spoke to a crowd of about 50 at Pullen Memorial on the topic of "Coming to Terms with Torture: Truth, Accountability, and Reconciliation." He previewed themes of his talk on on the WUNC 91.5 FM program The State of Things. Also offering remarks were Rev. Luke Powery, Dean of Duke Chapel, and NC Stop Torture Now's Coordinator Christina Cowger. Gushee's message was also featured in a story published June 26 by the News & Observer and also carrried by the Stars & Stripes, a news publication targeting an U.S. military audience.
June 21, 2014 – A dozen anti-torture activists endured ticks and dodged poison ivy while collecting 11 bags of trash and two bags of recyclable materials from the roadway adjacent the Johnston County Airport, headquarters of Aero Contractors, Ltd., a hub for aircraft and flight crews that operated planes implicated in the U.S. program of extraordinary rendition.
May 23, 2014 – Nearly two-dozen activists gathered to call on President Obama to keep his promise to close Guantánamo, as coverd in mainstream media at ABC-11 television and the Raleigh News & Observer.
April 10, 2014 – One week after the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence voted to release a summary of their investigation into U.S. treatment of detainees, a handful of activists gathered at the NC Department of Justice to remind Attorney General Roy Cooper that he has a special obligation to investigate the North Carolina links to enforced disappearance, secret detention and torture the report is nearly certain to document. Although representatives of the Attorney General's office earlier received documenation of human rights abuse facilitated by a tenant on state-owned property, the state's chief law enforcement officer continues to refer advocates to the U.S. attorney or local prosecutors.
April 3, 2014 – North Carolina's U.S. Senator Richard Burr joined a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) that voted 11-3 to declassify and publicly release a 400-page summary of its 6,300-page report on U.S.-directed torture in the post-9/11 era. Sen. Burr's vote ended his long silence on the matter, and his staff acknowledges that the Senator considered the most recent appeal from faith leaders (below) in making his decision. Yet, the Senator remains convinced -- in spite of the report's expected findings and the wisdom of experienced interrogators -- that " ... the CIA's detention program saved lives and played a vital role in ensuring that our nation had the intelligence it needed to successfully combat al-Qa'ida in the days following 9/11 and in the years since ... "
April 1, 2014 – The News & Observer published a guest opinion authored by Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, head of the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Steve Hickle, president-elect of the North Carolina Council of Churches, urging North Carolina's U.S. Sen. Richard Burr to in favor of releasing the Senate Select Intelligence Committee report on
March 8, 2014 – About a dozen activists gathered at the Johnston County airport and scattered in both directions along Swift Creek Road to scour the shoulders and drainage ditches for litter. The effort is part of North Carolina Stop Torture Now's commitment to seeing not only that the highway is clean, but an opportunity to remind Johnston County motorists and residents that the road to a clean community conscience must travel through a thorough investigation of the airport's link to the immoral, illegal and ineffective U.S. program of enforced disappearance, secret detention and torture. Likewise, victims and survivors of extraordinary rendition are long overdue to received a public apology from every level of government -- from the Johnston County Airport Authority, to the county commissioners, and including the State of North Carolina and the U.S. government.
January 16, 2014 – Nearly 25 individuals from religious and veterans groups gathered to urge Burr to support release of Senate report on torture at a vigil near the Senator's offices in Winston-Salem. The event featured remarks from CIA veteran Ray McGovern, and was covered in the Winston-Salem Journal.
January 6, 2014 – North Carolina Stop Torture Now partnered with Veterans for Peace, CloseGitmo.net, and PopularResistance.org to sponsor placement of a 28-ft by 12-ft billboard just 4 miles east of I-95 on Hwy 70 in Johnston County, NC, shown at left, depicting two kneeling black hooded prisoners and urging the United States to: "Close Guantánamo!"
November 9, 2013 – The News & Observer published an op-ed from North Carolina native, and former Guantánamo chief prosecutor, retired Colonel Morris Davis urging Senator Hagan to continue her support for closing the prison camp.
November 2, 2013 – NCSTN activists gather at the Johnston County Airport for another quarterly clean up of Swift Creek Road.
October 25, 2013 – A national report by McClatchy News detailing Senator Burr's reply to 190 faith leaders urging him to to support release of a 6,000-page, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on detainee treatment in the post 9/11 era featured comments from the NC Council of Churches executive directorRev. J. George Reed and NCSTN leader Christina Cowger. Sen. Burr continues to resist release of the report due to what he considers " ... factual inaccuracies contained within the report, including inaccurate information relating to the details of the interrogation program and other information provided by detainees ..."
October 6, 2013 – NCSTN leader Peggy Misch organized an outreach effort at Chapel Hill's annual arts festival and street fair, Festifall. She and others gathered signatures on petitions, collected donations and engaged passers-by with educational material on North Carolina's role in supporting the U.S. program of enforced disappearance, secret detention and torture during the post-9/11 era.
September 23, 2013 – The American Baptist Press reported on the public release of an Aug. 27 letter from 190 faith leaders to North Carolina's U.S. Senator Richard Burr urging him to support release of a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on treatment of detainees during the post-9/11 era.
September 22, 2013 – The News & Observer echoes local faith leaders in urging U.S. Senator Burr to support release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on detainee treatment during the post-9/11 era, noting that: "Burr, a strong supporter of the military, should not confuse withholding the facts on torture with protecting those who defend the nation. Making the report public will address a source of tension and make the world safer for them and all Americans."
August 27, 2013 – With funding from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, the North Carolina Council of Churches organized a letter signed by more than 190 clergy, faith leaders and lay supporters urging U.S. Senator Richard to support release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on treatment of detainees and terrorism suspects during the post-9/11 era.
July 4, 2013 – NCSTN Activists and allies gathered signatures on a petition to U.S. Senator Richard Burr urging the prompt and least-redacted release of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on U.S. Treatment and Interrogation of Detainees in the post-9/11 era during a July 4 celebration hosted by the community of Carrboro.
May 17, 2013 – NCSTN Activists and allies joined protesters on the first of four days of rallies in observance of the 100th day of a hunger strike joined by more than 100 detainees at Guantánamo Bay held in London, Sydney, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Anchorage, Eureka, Calif., Amherst, Mass., Toledo, Ohio, and Charlottesville, Virginia. The coalition events held at regional sites culminated with a May 20 action at the White House with protesters delivering more than 370,000 petition signatures to President Obama, urging him to take the necessary actions to close Guantanamo. In Raleigh, protesters held a vigil in front of the Century Post Office on Fayetteville Street in the heart of the city's downtown.
April 20, 2013 – Fourteen members or allies of the statewide, grassroots coalition, North Carolna Stop Torture Now, worked for two hours to clean up 2.5-miles of Swift Creek Road adjacent the southern perimeter of the Johnston County Airport and in front of Aero Contractors, a transportation hub of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program.
April 11, 2013 – NCSTN Activists and allies joined those in more than 20 cities to protest the indefinite detention of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and demand that the Obama administration immediately address the causes of the hunger strike and fulfill its promise to close Guantánamo.
The action was organized nationally by the Center for Constitutional Rights and other human rights allies in solidarity with prisoners who are in the sixth week of a hunger strike to protest conditions at the prison camp. Bob Geary, a columnist for the Indepnedent Weekly described the action in his online column.
February 16, 2013 – The ACLU of North Carolina presented the group's highest honor to Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law Deborah Weissman, who is lead author of The North Carolina Connection To Extraordinary Rendition and Torture, which was endorsed by human rights authorities with the United Nations and Council of Europe. The report specifically recommended "a Commission of Inquiry to examine the role of a North Carolina business in torture."
January 31 - February 1, 2013 – Retired Colonel Morris Davis, a former prosecutor at Guantánamo Bay spoke at four venues in the Triangle and Johnston County. His talks, which highlighted the injustice of holding prisoners indefinitely and without charge was covered by The Smithfield Herald, The News & Observer and The Fayetteville Observer and Davis was interviewed on The State of Things a public-interest program on WUNC-FM 91.5.
At every talk, Davis made the point that the military considers the Geneva Conventions its "bible," and the U.S.' abandonment of the rule of law has been opposed along the way by many in the Armed Forces and the JAG corps.
There is also a short video of Col. Davis reviewing the topics of his talk available.
January 5, 2013 – Nearly two dozen volunteers worked to clean up 2.5 miles of Swift Creek Road, adjacent to the Johnston County Airport and in front of Aero Contractors, a transportation hub of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program.
November 16, 2012 – Christina Cowger, a co-founder and coordinator of North Carolina Stop Torture Now, was recognized for her leadership by the Wake County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union at the group's annual W.W. Finlator Award dinner.
September 19, 2012 – The News & Observer republished a September 14, Los Angeles Times editorial calling for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to promptly release results of their investigation into CIA interrogation and detention practices and for the Obama administration to create a public commission to " ... examine the torture policies of the Bush era with the same rigor and access to information that informed the report of the 9/11 Commission."
Also, September 19, 2012 – The News & Observer published a letter from NCSTN coordinator Christina Cowger, noting that a recent Human Rights Watch report:
" ... reveals that the U.S. detained exiled opponents of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in places such as Afghanistan and Thailand and subjected them to terrible abuses.
July 1, 2012 – The Smithfield Herald, the weekly newspaper distributed free throughout Smithfield and Selma, reported on a June 26 protest and vigil at the Johnston County Courthouse in Smithfield, NC.
June 27, 2012 – The Washington Post published a Letter to the Editor written by NCSTN coordinator, Christina Cowger, which fulfilled her pledge to Khadija Anna Lucia Pighizzini Britel to clarify or correct the circumstances of her husband's captivity in Morocco.
June 26, 2012 – Activists continued to demand accountability for the U.S. torture, disappearance and secret detention program at Smithfield, NC and Charlotte, NC. At Smithfield, the gathering of 17 activists was covered by The Smithfield Herald, a free weekly paper distributed throughout the communities surrounding the Johnston County Airport.
May 12, 2012 – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder offered no comment on a torture report researched and written by University of North Carolina law students during his remarks at the law school commencement. NCSTN activists distributed Mother's Day Cards to graduates and their guests.
February 10, 2012 – The Washington Post featured the coalition's many years of work to expose North Carolina's links to the U.S. torture program in an article titled: "Hangar 3's Mystery."
January 19, 2012– NC Stop Torture Now and allies—including Steven Watt, Legal Director of the ACLU Human Rights campaign; Professor Deborah Weissman, UNC School of Law Human Rights and Immigration clinic; and David LaMotte, representing the NC Council of Churches—delivered a report authored by students in the clinic and accompanied by declarations from two survivors of kidnapping, secret detention and torture facilitated by Aero Contractors. The delivery of the report was covered by The Washington Post (in a February 10 feature) widely by local media including the News & Observer, ABC11-WTVD, the Smithfield Herald, and WPTF.January 15, 2012 – The News & Observer published a reminder of North Carolina's involvement in kidnapping, disappearance and torture. Deborah Weissman, Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, and Robin Kirk, a writer who teaches human rights at Duke University, announced important findings revealed in a report by students in the University of North Carolina School of Law Immigration/Human Rights Policy clinic.
January 8, 2012 – The Durham Herald-Sun published a guest column from NCSTN leader Joan Walsh.
October 3, 2011 – About two dozen supporters of torture accountability, including at least 7 Johnston County residents, gathered to watch as the Johnston County Board of Commissioners listened and responded to a letter from the wife of Abou El-Kassim Britel, who was transported to more than 8 years of torture. The letter from Khadija Anna L. Pighizzini, read by Allyson Caison, says plainly: "Aero Contractors, which transported my husband to secret detention and torture on behalf of the CIA, has its headquarters in North Carolina." Anna also wrote: "The evil that we experienced has scarred us deeply. We are tired, and incredulous that human beings can suffer so much while others remain totally indifferent."
October 2, 2011 – Organized by Peggy Misch, who is the NC Stop Torture Now liaison to the Orange County Bill of Rights Defense Committee, volunteers asked visitors to Chapel Hill's annual arts festival, Festifall, to endorse a North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture. We collected 98 postcards from about 52 individuals who called on Governor Perdue and Attorney General Cooper to investigate Aero Contractors and endorsed the Commission.
September 15, 2011 – Allyson Caison visited the office of her Congresswoman, Rep. Renee Ellmers, Second District, North Carolina. Ellmers' district includes the headquarters of Aero Contractors at the Johnston County Airport. Allyson spoke with staffer Adam Wood and explained our concern desire for a thorough, independent and public investigation of North Carolina's support for U.S.-sponsored torture and–particularly–Aero Contractors' association with the kidnap, clandestine transport, secret detention and torture of numerous individuals.
July 4, 2011 – Peggy Misch and Joan Walsh did personal outreach and offered action opportunities during the Independence Day celebration in Carrboro. Among the actions offered at the event was the opportunity for folks to endorse the Call for a Citizens' Inquiry on Torture.
June 22-26, 2011 – Peggy Misch offered educational materials and resources to participants in the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly, a national gathering, hosted in Charlotte this year.
June 23-26, 2011 – NCSTN members shared information, did personal outreach, and offered action opportunities to participants in the inaugural Wild Goose Festival, described by the festival's public relations manager, Mike Morrell, as "a gathering to promote justice, spirituality and art ... " Among the actions offered at the event was the opportunity for folks to endorse the Call for a Citizens' Inquiry on Torture.
June 6, 2011 – At the Johnston County Board of Commissioners meeting this date, Commissioner Mims assigned Commissioner Wade Stewart to view the video Allyson and Chuck had provided each commissioner one month earlier (see below) and report back.
May 22, 2011 – The Durham Herald-Sun published a letter from NC Stop Torture Now member, Joan Walsh asking why Senator Richard Burr is such a fan of torture.
May 4, 2011 – Chuck Fager and Allyson Caison again visited the Johnston County Board of Commissioners at their regularly scheduled meeting and provided each Commissioner, the County clerk, County Attorney, and a member of the Johnston County Airport Authority Board of Directors with a copy of the 20-minute National Religious Campaign Against Torture video Ending U.S.-Sponsored Torture Forever, which may be viewed online here.
April 4, 2011 – Chuck Fager and Allyson Caison visited with the Johnston County Board of Commissioners to update them on efforts for accountability. Commissioner Cookie Pope recommended Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (HIllenbrand, Random House, 2010) to Chuck.
March 28, 2011 – Students from the UNC Law School Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and a Johnston County activist reported on their meeting with Johnston County Manager Rick Hester and County Attorney David Mills. The county officials identified Sheriff Bizzell as the appropriate person to investigate Aero Contractors.
March 25-26, 2011 – Duke Divinity School, Duke Human Rights Center, North Carolina Council of Churches, and National Religious Campaign Against Torture convene a two-day conference: "Towards a Moral Consensus Against Torture."
March 10, 2011 – Town Hall Precinct of the Orange County Democratic Party, NC adopted two resolutions on "US Loss of Moral Bearings Regarding Due Process for Detainees," and "Support of Due Process for Anti-War and International Solidarity Activists."
February 12, 2011 – NCSTN members joined allies at the fifth annual HK on J march and rally.
February 1, 2011 – Geoffrey Mock, Chair of Amnesty International's Middle East Country Specialists reminded readers of the News & Observer that Egypt's new vice president, Omar Suleiman, personally guided the cruel and inhuman treatment of at least two prisoners transported to captivity by Aero Contractors under direction of the CIA in a program of enforced disappearance the human rights group calls systematic.January 23, 2011 – Nearly a dozen friends gathered for a vigil at the Johnston County Courthouse. Several motorists honked approval of a large banner reading: "Torture Accountability Starts at the Top."
December 15, 2010 – NC Stop Torture Now joined an effort organized by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law to call on Attorney General Holder and the US Department of Justice to launch "a thorough investigation—conducted by all relevant Inspectors General with full access to all relevant witnesses, documents, tapes, photographs, and other material, and culminating in a public report—would serve the interests of justice, and … 'provide greater accountability and reliability in the invocation of the state secrets privilege.'"
The letter reminds the Justice Department of its own policy providing that, "in a case where the state secrets privilege is properly invoked but the complaint raises credible allegations of government wrongdoing, 'the Department [of Justice] will refer those allegations to the Inspector General of the appropriate department or agency.'"
NCSTN joined the ACLU of North Carolina, Amnesty International USA, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights First, No More Guantánamos, Physicians for Human Rights and other groups and individuals in signing the letter.
November 17, 2010 – Accompanying a report on the British government' s agreement to provide unspecified settlement payments to several former Guantánamo Bay detainees, for that nation's alleged complicity in their torture, The News & Observer included a sidebar noting that at least 5 of the detainees scheduled to receive compensation had been flown to torture by Aero Contractors, Ltd. a company headquartered in North Carolina and -- for some time operating out of a state-subsidized facility in Kinston, NC.
November 15, 2010 – Hundreds of North Carolinians signed their names on a letter to torture survivors and their families, offering acknowledgement and apology in the absence of government action. In just three weeks during October 2010, members of North Carolina Stop Torture Now combined with allies at the Peace Booth to collect signatures from about 800 residents of over 80 communities in North Carolina. The development was announced as a new report by Amnesty International revealed progress in eight European countries toward accountability for crimes in connection with the U.S.-led extraordinary rendition program.
"As citizens of North Carolina," the letter to survivors states, "we express our deep regret for the suffering you have endured or are continuing to suffer either at the hands of our government or proxy states." North Carolinians feel a special responsibility to reach out to torture survivors, the letter continues, because North Carolina's taxpayer-funded airports have hosted the torture taxis, and the state is home to many who have served in the Armed Forces or in covert operations. These North Carolinians may themselves have suffered from witnessing or participating in human rights abuses.
October 3, 2010 – NC Stop Torture Now joins the Orange County Bill of Rights Defense Committee for outreach to visitors to Festifall, Chapel Hill's annual autumnal arts festival. NCSTN asked visitors to write brief apolitical letters of support to the 184 men yet detained at Guantánamo Bay.
September 29-30, 2010 – NCSTN Coordinator, Christina Cowger, represented NCSTN at a meeting among national experts and organizational leaders to consider "Tactical Mapping for Accountability."
September 24, 2010 – Raleigh's News & Observer publishes an opinion piece co-written by Steven Edelstein and Christina Cowger. Read the piece here.
September 2, 2010 – Constituents of Rep. David Price and their allies met the Congressman to thank him for his support and seek guidance on continuing efforts to achieve accountability. Among the items shared with Rep. Price was a summary of survivors' attempts to obtain restorative justice via the U.S. judiciary.
July 24, 2010 – Members and allies gather for a vigil on the airport perimeter.
May 5, 2010 – The Clayton News-Star published an opinion piece, "Torture program scarred many people," Christina Cowger's articulation of our view that accountability for U.S.-sponsored torture must begin at the top and make room for healing the harm to victims, survivors and perpetrators.
May 1, 2010 – A small group met and gathered nearly 30 signatures on this petition at the Clayton Wal-Mart. As has become familiar, nearly 2 in 3 of those approached agreed to sign the petition.
April 8-10, 2010 – NCSTN collaborated with Duke Human Rights Center, the Immigration & Human Rights Policy Clinic at The University of North Carolina School of Law, and the International Human Rights Law Society at Duke University Law School to organize a three-day conference Weaving a Net of Accountability: Taking on extraordinary rendition at the state and local level. The conference received generous support from a diversity of organizational and individual co-sponsors and was hosted by Duke University.
March 21, 2010 – Rev. Mark Davidson, Pastor at the Church of Reconciliation; Rev. Robert Seymour, Pastor Emeritus at Binkley Baptist Church; and Steve Edelstein, Esq., a member of NC Stop Torture Now; offered comments at a dedication of Chapel Hill Church of Reconciliation's display of a Rabbis for Human Rights and National Religious Campaign Against Torture banner reading: "Honor the Image of God …Stop Torture Now."
March 15. 2010 – The News & Observer prints an Op-Ed by NCSTN coordinator and Weaving a Net conference organizer questioning revocation of invited speaker's visa.
February 2, 2010 – NCSTN releases a Scorecard on Torture: The Obama Administration's First Year, which was reprinted by The Independent, mentioned briefly in the Raleigh News & Observer and covered on Greensboro Fox Channel 8 Web site.
December 7, 2009 – Chuck Fager and Jule Shanklin represented NCSTN at the monthly meeting of the Johnston County Board of Commissioners.
November 14, 2009 – NCSTN collaborated with No More Guantánamos to host a fundraiser for the E P M civil rights fund, which helps underwrite the costs associated with three NC attorneys' legal advocacy on behalf of Sharifullah and other Guantánamo detainees.
November 2, 2009 – Chuck Fager was the lone NCSTN representative at the Johnston County Board of Commissioners. In spite of a confrontation with a hostile constituent, Chuck noted that the Commissioners are increasingly engaged with us and our issues.
September 8, 2009 – Two commissioners, Tony Braswell and W. Ray Woodall, chose to leave the meeting rather than hear a constituent address the Board and present petitions gathered in events described below.
August 8, 2009 – Petition drive continues. Six members gather another 60 signatures from Johnston County residents on this petition.
August 3, 2009 – Johnston County resident Timothy Hodges, president of the county NAACP, leads testimony to the Johnston County Board of Commissioners during the public comment period of the board's monthly meeting.
July 12, 2009 – More than a dozen volunteers from the North Carolina counties of Johnston, Durham, Orange, and Wake carried out a "stop torture" visibility vigil.
July 2, 2009 – Christina Cowger, Spencer Bradford (NC Council of Churches), Steven Edelstein and Johnston County residents Allyson Caison and Julia Elsee met with Al Delia, Policy Director, and Megan Brown, Policy Advisor, Office of Governor Beverly Perdue to encourage the Governor to proactively engage in efforts to end North Carolina's support for the ongoing extraordinary rendition program.
June 13, 2009 – A small but committed contingent of NCSTN members gathered signatures on this petition in the parking lot of the Clayton Wal-Mart on US Business Hwy 70. During two hours on the asphalt, 5 of us gathered approximately 50 signatures. Remarkably, those we approached were most often supportive of our efforts. A consensus among those who worked the crowd was that nearly two-thirds of those approached signed.
June 1, 2009 – Chuck Fager and Allyson Caison revisited the Johnston County Board of Commissioners. This was Chuck's fourth visit to the Board to advocate for an investigation of Aero Contractors and Chairman Wade Stewart initially acted to silence Commissioner Braswell's objection to another appeal, but responded to Chuck's inquiry by noting his and the Commission's stalwart support for Aero Contractors and even endorsing an expansion of the extraordinary rendition program to capture adversaries in North Korea and Iran.
Allyson offered the Commissioners testimony summarizing an article she she shared with the Commissioners reporting on how one Al Qaida captive had resisted water boarding and other torture, but broke down and spilled his guts after being offered a cookie. Allyson then noted that this showed how even seemingly small gestures of humanity could help promote big changes, and concluded her testimony by sharing homemade chocolate chip cookies to each of the board members.
May 10, 2009 – At the invitation of UNC Law graduates, NCSTN activists and allies gathered in protest of the appearance of torture advocate and former U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey as the featured speaker for the commencement exercise. Mother's Day cards were distributed to graduates' families.
April 28, 2009 – NCSTN releases a statement summarizing our view on transparency, accountability and restitution.
April 6, 2009 – NCSTN activists, led by Chuck Fager of Quaker House, returned to the Johnston County Board of Commissioners to learn whether any had discussed concerns raised February 2 with Congressman Bob Etheridge. The group left the Commissioners with copies of a 70-page, topically indexed packet NCSTN provided to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee regarding North Carolina's links to and support of the extraordinary rendition program.
March 20, 2009 – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) heard testimony, March 20, from Colleen Costello, Human Rights USA, Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights, and other allies in the struggle to end the U.S. torture policy and seek meaningful accountability for the most recent authors and perpetrators of these policies during a battle described by the Bush Administration as a War on Terror. North Carolina Stop Torture Now filed a letter in support of the petition for this hearing by the World Organization for Human Rights USA and the Center for Constitutional Rights.
March 10, 2009 – North Carolina state Representatives Paul Luebke (30th District), Earl Jones (60th District), and Pricey Harrison (57th District) wrote selected members of the North Carolina Congressional delegation to seek follow-up on earlier calls for an FBI investigation of Aero Contractors.
March 2, 2009 – About two dozen anti-torture activists again visited the Johnston County Board of Commissioners to learn if they would investigate or take action against their renegade tenant. Floyd McGurk, a retired Army officer with 2 sons and other family members on activity duty in Iraq testified, as did four Johnston County residents including the wife of an activity duty Marine. Ultimately, the Board took no action except to promise to raise the issue with Congressman Etheridge as private citizens. Chairman Wade Stewart even offered an endorsement of torture: ""If torture were not ... at times ... effective ... it would have ceased 2,000 years ago, because it didn't work." The meeting was reported in the March 11 edition of The Smitfield Herald (Smithfield, NC).
February 2, 2009 – Nearly 20 anti-torture activists from Johnston, Carteret, Orange, Durham, Wake, and Cumberland counties attended the meeting of the Johnston County Board of Commissioners to ask the Commissioners to take action against torture flights emanating from their county airport and operated by the CIA-affiliated shell company, Aero Contractors Ltd. But, the Commission took no action on a request to direct the Johnston County Airport Authority to adopt a pledge to prohibit future rendition flights and seek information about past flights originating from JNX.
January 17, 2009 – A score of activists vigil across the street from the Governor's Mansion, putting Governor Perdue on notice that we expect her campaign pledges of accountability to extend to ending the state's supporting role of the extraordinary rendition program.
December 9, 2008 – Nearly a score of activists and allies demonstrated in support of Maher Arar's quest for justice in the U.S. Courts in downtown Raleigh. Later that evening, the event's co-sponsor, the Human Rights Coalition of North Carolina honored NC STN co-founder Peggy Misch for her commitment and work on behalf of human rights.
November 17, 2008 –The Johnston County Airport authority referred a proposed policy statement committing the Board and airport operating staff to monitor and investigate Aero Contractors. Reporter Bob Geary described the event on his blog for The Independent Weekly.
November 13, 2008 –Our group was honored to be recognized by the Wake County chapter of the ACLU as the 2008 winner of the group's Civil Liberties Award, for "... efforts to expose and stop torture and extraordinary rendition." The award was presented at the annual W.W. Finlator Dinner.
November 8, 2008 – Nearly a dozen activists gathered for a monthly vigil at the Johnston County Airport, encouraged by approving honks and waves from passing motorists. Informational literature was shared with the curious and two more Johnston County residents asked to join future efforts.
October 20, 2008 – Ten activists, including 6 service-learning students and three Johnston County residents delivered a policy statement crafted by the Duke Chapter of Amnesty International calling on the Johnston County Airport Authority to investigate tenant Aero Contractor's alleged historic and ongoing support of the extraordinary rendition program.
September 15, 2008 – NCSTN joined as a friend of the court in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights against private contractors CACI International Incorporated and Titan Corporation (now L-3 Communications Titan Group) that charges the companies with torture and other heinous and illegal acts while they were providing interrogation and interpretation services, respectively at detention facilities in Iraq, including at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison.
September 14, 2008 – New Garden Friends Meeting, Greensboro, NC hosts "North Carolina Says NO to Torture," an event featuring a performance piece by Hector Aristizabal.
September 13, 2008 – Chuck Fager of Quaker House; represented NCSTN at the UNC Parr Center for Ethics' Symposium: "Torture & Interrogation: Have We Gone Too Far?" by offering his view on the Torture-Industrial Complex.
September 13, 2008 – Nearly twenty-two NCSTN members and allies, including at least three Johnston County residents, and an ally from Robeson County gathered during a 4-hour vigil concurrent festivities at the Johnston County Airport's annual Open House. At the request of airport officials we stopped giving out helium balloons out of concern for the safety of pilots and passengers, but distributed informational literature and engaged many Open House visitors in one-on-one conversation.
September 10-12, 2008 – Chuck Fager, of Quaker House; and Andy Silver represented NCSTN at the Evangelicals for Human Rights summit on "Religious Faith, Torture and our National Soul."
August 9, 2008 – Nine NCSTN members and allies (including three members of Amnesty International - Group 213, Raleigh) held another monthly vigil at the Johnston County Airport. A member of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee of Durham distributed flyers to passing
July 28, 2008 – Following an invitation secured by an ally with the Triangle Chapter of Code Pink, four members and allies of NCSTN – including representatives of the ACLU and the Human Rights Coalition of North Carolina – met with Congressman Brad Miller (NC-13) to share our concerns and ask for his support.
July 18, 2008 – Seven constituents of Congressman Price meet to thank him for his support and seek guidance on the way forward toward Congressional investigations of the U.S. torture program and North Carolina links to extraordinary rendition.
July 17, 2008 – Congressman Price (D - 4th District, NC) calls for a Congressional Investigation of Aero.
July 12, 2008 – Allies and NCSTN activists encouraged curious passers by pull to the roadside to learn more about Aero Contractors during our monthly vigil at the perimeter of the Johnston County Airport.
June 19, 2008 – HB 2417 passed out of House Judiciary I on a 4-3 vote. In advance of the vote, the bill's sponsors distributed a persuasive editorial from The Fayetteville Observer.
June 17, 2008 – 37 constituents turned out in support of HB2417, Crimes of Torture and Enforced Disappearance, for its hearing in the House Judiciary I committee, but the bill was tabled for additional discussion and a vote on Thursday, June 19.
June 8, 2008 – Fifty-six members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Congressman David Price (Dem. - NC-4), urged U.S. Attorney General Mukasey to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's authorization of torture.
May 21, 2008 – HB 2417 "Crimes of Torture and Enforced Disappearance " introduced in North Carolina General Assembly.
May 20, 2008 – Allyson and Walt Caison honored by NC Peace Action as Peacemakers of the Year, 2008.
May 3, 2008 – Duke Center for Human Rights and NCSTN co-host a conference titled: "Waterboarding, Ghost Planes and Guantánamo: Inside America's Secret War," featuring talks from Moazzam Begg, Tina Monshipour Foster and Brad Garrett, and an afternoon of strategy sessions and workshops.
May 1, 2008 – FBI's Assistant Director for Congressional Affairs, Robert Powers, tells Congressman Watt his agency has been waiting since October 2006 for a go-ahead to launch an investigation into Aero Contractors.
April 23, 2008 – During House Judiciary committee testimony, Congressman Mel Watt asks FBI Director Robert Mueller for an update on a criminal investigation of Aero Contractors referred to the agency by NC Attorney General Roy Cooper.
March 8, 2008 – Alerted by NCSTN, Irish allies meet a rendition-linked aircraft at Shannon and demand it be searched for captives.
March 7, 2008 – North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission report specifically recognized what one commissioner called "the elephant in the room," -- US government sponsorship of torture and enforced disappearance supported by CIA-front companies operating in North Carolina. The Commission convened a Torture Offense Subcommittee that met on January 18 and noted that "the people of North Carolina do not condone torture and that it is contrary to who they are as Americans."
January 18, 2008 – The Torture Offenses Subcommittee of the NC Sentencing & Policy Advisory Commission meets to consider HB 1682 and classify the offenses created by the bill. The Subcommittee recognizes Aero Contractors as the "prototype offender" for whom the bill is designed. The Subcommittee recommends adding a preamble that North Carolinians do not condone torture, and recommends numerous other wording changes designed to strengthen the bill.
January 11, 2008 – NCSTN joins key allies in the human rights and civil liberties community to demand the closure of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.
December 23, 2007 - The Fayetteville Observer covered NCSTN's ongoing effort to directly monitor and photograph aircraft linked to torture flights at stopovers in North Carolina. The story focused on the August 29 arrival of N475LC at KFAY, which is documented at our planespotting page.
November 28, 2007 – NCSTN planespotter captures image of N478GS at Fayetteville Regional / Grannis Field.
November 21, 2007 – NCSTN honored by the Independent Weekly with one of five 2007 Citizen Awards.
October 27, 2007 – NCSTN with the help of numerous co-sponsors organizes a "PEACE RALLY & WALK OF REMEMBRANCE FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF WAR AND TORTURE," in Smithfield, NC home to Aero Contractors' headquarters.
October 18, 2007 – Maher Arar testifies by video link to a joint meeting of House subcommittees of the Foreign Affairs and Judiciary. Lawmakers apologize to Arar for his mistreatment. None of the three NC Congressional Representatives sitting on the committee calls to expand the investigation of rendition to include Aero Contractors.
October 12, 2007 – Three NCSTN activists learned that the Johnston County District Attorney's office plans to dismiss charges against them connected to their attempts to deliver a Citizens' Arrest demanding Aero Contractors' senior management cooperate with investigations of criminal conduct by three of the company's pilots.
September 29, 2007 – The German government ends pursuit of extradition requests for 13 CIA agents charged with kidnapping a German citizen and taking him to Afghanistan for interrogation and abuse. Relations with the US government, Berlin says, are more important.
September 26, 2007 – "Unheard voices in the War on Terror," a panel discussion hosted by Duke Human Rights Center features Canadian rendition survivor, Maher Arar via video link; Arar's legal counsel, ACLU lawyer Steve Watt; British journalist and author of Ghost Plane, Stephen Grey; NCSTN Coordinator, Christina Cowger; and readings from "Poems from Guantanamo."
September 7, 2007 – Germany Makes Official Request to US in 'CIA Rendition' Case. <http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2773299,00.html>
August 24, 2007 – Two planespotters photographed another rendition-linked aircraft at Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Airfield. This aircraft is registered to L 3 IS LLC, a Great Falls, Montana company thought to be yet another brass plate company doing front work for the CIA.
August 9, 2007 – Anonymous planespotter photographs another mysterious airplane at Johnston County Airport.
August 8, 2007 – NCSTN and ACAT-Germany send joint letters to Chancellor Merkel, Secretary of State Rice, and Attorney General Gonzales.
July 24, 2007 – Two NCSTN Activists spot and photograph an aircraft linked to rendition flights: N168D.
June 26, 2007 – Four NCSTN Activists join in coordinated lobbying effort to restore habeas corpus. Three delegates meet with Congressman Brad Miller and ask specifically whether he will prompt to FBI to investigate Aero Contractors.
June 9, 2007 – Nearly two-dozen citizen activists receive training on the techniques of monitoring ground traffic and radio communications at Johnston County Airport.
May 23, 2007– The Kinston Free Press reports that Aero Contractors is no longer flying from the Kinston JetPort at the stat-subsidized Global TransPark facility.
May 10, 2007 – Three of eight activists who walked through an open gate onto Johnston County airport property while trying to deliver citizens' arrests are convicted of criminal trespass. Each served notice of intent to appeal the decision to a jury trial in Superior Court.
May 10, 2007 – NCSTN representatives and allies including Christina Cowger and Steven Edelstein provided Julia White, Senior Policy Advisor to Attorney General Roy Cooper, and Kristi Hyman, his Chief of Staff with documentation of Aero's involvement in rendition to torture.
November 19, 2005 – STN also gathered at the recently completed Aero hangar at the Kinston Global TransPark to call attention to Aero's Boeing 737, used for many CIA rendition flights. At the same time, letters were delivered to several members of the Global TransPark Authority (GTPA) board.


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iOS 4.1 out today, iPhone hackers say
Hackers at the iPhone Dev Team think Apple will begin pushing out iOS 4.1 today - and warn anyone keen to jailbreak their handset to leave the update well alone. "Don't accept it… it's a trap!" they say. The reason? iOS 4.1 will update the iPhone's modem software, potentially blocking future attempts to unlock the phone. " …
While, personally, I'd probably never bother to jail break an iDevice, I have no issue with the jail break community. That said, rhetoric like "Don't accept it… it's a trap!" makes them look like idiots. It's not a trap, it's a security fix.
The question should never be: "are Apple being mean and taking their toys away?" The question instead should be as it always is: "why was that vulnerability there is the first place."
If Apple are at fault (and they are) it's for screwing the pooch on securing the OS, not on retro-actively fixing their cock-up when a handful of users have found useful side effects of said cock-up.
Not Just a Fix
Not just a fix as well, there are features in there.
The sensible person needs to weigh up the jailbreak offerings versus the handful of new features.
Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!
Similarly, I have no beef with the jailbreak community, as long as they remember they take all responsibility for whatever they do to their device.
However, I would assume that any jailbreaker with half a braincell would remember not to automatically hit the "update" button in iTunes as soon as they receive notification from the Death Star...er, Cupertino.
I agree
And I honestly don't see why manufacturers have a problem with the Nexus One style boot-loader unlocking.
If you haven't seen it, you can "ask" the boot loader to void your warranty to allow rooting (or jailbreaking for iPhone users.) Once this is done, the phone permanently shows a unlocked padlock during the initial boot process.
Users (geeks and Joe down the street) get what they want, manufacturers don't get screwed for it, everybody's happy.
Instead we have jailbreaking and rooting processes that can damage the hardware and then be reversed and claimed on under warranty - this applies to my HTC Magic too, I can un-root the boot loader and still claim on the warranty.
>when a handful of users have found useful side effects of said cock-up.
~10% of iDevice users is hardly a handful is it.....
> makes them look like idiots
What, the actual handful of part-time crackers who continue to circumvent the collective expertise of Apple's multi-million dollar security team? .......its only the latter who look like idiots.
Money's on that the Grip of Death remains or battery life is reduced
Given that this update is supposed to not be necessary as Jobs claims there was nothing wrong with the Lemon 4, it still remains that even if it should cure all the defects complained of it is only achieving what should have been on the day of it's initial release.
Hardly an achievement as it means the Lemon 4, that meets a reasonable level of service, was effectively released today, months after it's due date.
It seems that Apple/Jobs expends much of it's software capability keeping the damn thing in jail rather than actually improving performance.
P.S. iPhans click on the red box below, right.
Of course anyone not installing it runs the risk of browsing to a page that bricks their phone...
It's a trap!
That phrase must be attached to a picture of Admiral Ackbar to have the intended effect!
IOS 4.1 now available
Hook up your iphone 4 boys and girls the new IOS4.1 is available through itunes in the UK
Available now!
Am currently downloading (589.9Mb for iPhone 4). 1 minute left!
... Jailbreak exploit already found for OS4.1, don't know whether they have unlock yet.
It's out in the UK
Well, boo-hoo
With 4.1, my factory-unlocked 3G feels young again, and to me, that's all that matters.
(Yes, yes, I know, Apple sux0rz because 4.0 rendered the 3Gs barely usable, yaddayaddayadda, Android FTW, yaddayaddayadda, haha, I'm a tard for paying so much for an inferior product, etc etc etc. Well, my phone manufacturer actually cleans up their mess. How's your Android update for, erm, just about any operator-branded phone going? Not so well? Ah.)
Actually, for an iPhone 3G ...
The price for an iPhone 3G you can't jailbreak (yet) is a really quite noticeable and quite welcome performance improvement.
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I've never quite gotten the hang of making a good pie crust. So I came up with this recipe, featuring a cake mix crust. The creamy pumpkin filling pairs well with the crunchy topping.
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Prep: 40 min. Bake: 70 min. + cooling
1 package yellow cake mix (regular size),
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1/2 cup butter, melted
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1/4 cup 2% milk
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Details of how to submit a proposal for an ASLE seed grant or ASLE affiliation to assist with you own smaller symposium in non-conference years (even years).
ASLE has a commitment to being a sustainable organization, and as such is working to make our conferences as sustainable as possible. Please consult this document for suggestions of things to include in either Biennial or Off-Year ASLE conference hosting proposals: Sustainability at ASLE Conferences
Our conferences typically run for five days, from Tuesday to Saturday, usually in early or mid-June. In addition to the paper sessions that are typical of most scholarly conferences, our conferences have featured pre-conference seminars led by leaders in the field, roundtable discussion sessions, creative readings, workshops, field trips, sessions specifically geared toward graduate students and professionalization issues, post conference field excursions, and plenary sessions with prominent writers. Our 2003 conference, for instance, featured several field trips in the city of Boston (to such places as the Arnold Arboretum, the Olmsted National Historic Site, and a downtown neighborhood for a tour led by an environmental justice group) and several outside the city (to Walden Pond and Mount Monadnock). Our plenary speakers in 2003 included Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson, ecologist Sandra Steingraber, Abenaki storyteller and poet Joseph Bruchac, nature writer John Hanson Mitchell, fiction writer Grace Paley, poet Cynthia Huntington, and environmental historian Sam Bass Warner. Conferences since have continued in this tradition of plentitude and excellence. In short, our conferences attract prominent scholars and writers in environmental literature and natural history.
Site selection is the responsibility of our President, Vice-President, and ASLE's six member Executive Council.
To aid us in our decision-making, we ask that you prepare a brief proposal (1-2 pages) and send it to ASLE's current president. The proposal may be prepared by the ASLE member who would serve as conference host, but we would also like to see administrative approval in the form of an authorizing signature from a dean, provost, college or university president, or some other administrator who can pledge the college's or university's support.
The proposal should address the following:
1. Who is the ASLE member on-site who would serve as conference host?
2. Is seed money, or other support, perhaps in the form of a donation of university services, available from your college or university? Typically, we have received seed money in the amount of $6,000. If seed money is not available, is it possible that conference-planning services (registration, room rental fees, printing, staff support,etc.) could be donated in an amount approximating $7,000? If seed money is offered, that amount could be recouped by the college or university through services provided. Relatedly, is the college or university willing to help make the conference sustainable—in terms of using recycled materials whenever possible, contributing to carbon off-setting, or in some other way?
3. Is there a conference-planning office at your college or university that can handle the registration process and help with other facets of conference planning (help coordinate the book exhibit, prepare informational packets, coordinate printing, assign audio-visual equipment to session rooms, etc.)? If there is not a designated conference-planning office, is there other staff assistance that could accomplish the same tasks? The ASLE president would put together the actual program, but the onsite details will be handled by the ASLE member(s) at the host college or university.
4. Is there adequate lodging, both in dorms and nearby hotels? Typically, we attract four to seven hundred attendees. The majority would likely prefer the reduced costs of dorm housing, but some will prefer a hotel, and we want to be sensitive to the needs of families and the disabled. Some would find nearby camping opportunities appealing. If the lodging options are more than a 5 minute walk from the conference site, can transportation be arranged for conference attendees—perhaps a shuttle that runs routinely between the lodging sites and the conference site?
5. Is there an adequate auditorium for the plenary sessions (seating at least 400, and preferably more) and classrooms or other rooms to handle our regular paper sessions (about 12 concurrent sessions at a time)?
6. How good is access to the college or university by air? How far is it to the nearest airport, and does that airport serve major airlines? How would transportation from airport to campus be handled?
7. If you were to host the conference, are there any connections with the local community that would be of interest to ASLE members? Are you willing to explore the possibility of corporate sponsorships for certain events (receptions, plenaries)?
8. Are there any other attractions of the site or the surrounding area that may be of special interest to ASLE? Possible field trips?
9. If the proposal is not accepted for the next biennial conference, are you interested in being considered for future conferences?
We thank you very much for your interest in ASLE, and we look forward to working with you.
Because ASLE'S international conference occurs biennially (in odd-numbered years), we encourage proposals for smaller symposia in even-numbered years. Typically, our funding is in the form of seed money (between $1,000-$2,000), which is paid back to ASLE if the symposium turns a profit. If the organization applying is deemed by the Executive Council to be underfunded or is an ASLE international sister organization, the funds do not need to be returned. We seek to help fund symposia that are one-time (not regularly held), small, and in need of support. Ideally, we would like to distribute our funds as widely as possible, seeking diversity in terms of both geography and topic. So, please help spread the word and consider proposing an off-year symposium.
If you seek ASLE affiliation--but not seed money--for a meeting, or if your meeting occurs with regularity, then you might consider requesting that ASLE offer its nominal sponsorship for the meeting. For such requests, follow the same guidelines below, but take care to indicate that you seek only nominal support.
The procedures for reviewing and funding symposia are as follows: A proposal should be submitted to the ASLE president, who will distribute it to the Executive Council for review. We need lots of lead time so that the proposals can be distributed among the members of Executive Council and then voted upon. To this end, please submit proposals at least 18 months in advance of your symposium.
A successful proposal would be one that outlines a symposium that promises to be well-organized and important to our intellectual community, that deals with a topic that is pertinent and appealing to our membership, that strives to meet our sustainability goals, and that brings ASLE members to an interesting place. Please include full information regarding the meeting, including the names of organizers/hosts, funding sources, housing and meal accommodations, invited keynote speakers, the proposed schedule for the meeting, including any field trips, and a tentative budget. Please address how these aspects of planning take sustainability into account; for example, meals should strive to include as many vegetarian and local choices as possible.
For tips on issues to consider, review the guidelines for our biennial conference application and "Sustainability at Conferences" document above. If you have questions, please contact the current ASLE President.


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Applications Integration — Financials And HR
By Naomi Bloom on January 8, 2014
I've been thinking a lot lately about both business and applications integration. You may have read my modest rant on the bastardization of the term integration as used to describe how applications are connected. You also may have seen my videocast comments on the reasons why I think that your HRMS and core talent management applications […]
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Modest Rant — Applications Integration By Any Other Name… Is Something Else
By Naomi Bloom on December 23, 2013
Painting The Roses Red Given the active discussion (debate?) over on LinkedIn about my proposed definition of true SaaS (now renamed "Blooming SaaS," this post was intended to be more of an insistence on precise definitions than a disparagement of other business/deployment/architectural options in enterprise HRM software), I thought I'd rattle a few more cages. In […]
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Modest Rant — True SaaS Or Not
By Naomi Bloom on November 25, 2013
I've been accused, primarily by those who would prefer a less than fully educated consumer, of obsessing over HRM enterprise software object models and architecture. On the other hand, I would say that I've been paying close attention to what really matters, to the foundations upon which durably profitable and customer-serving software is based — and with good […]
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#HRTechConf & #EuroHRTech: 68th Birthday Resolutions
By Naomi Bloom on September 3, 2013
Birthday Girl! As I get ready to host Brazen Hussies events, speak at and attend the 2013 HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas and the (not related) European HR Technology Conference in Amsterdam, I've got some surprises up my sleeves, to include announcing my latest professional resolutions. There's nothing more motivating when you really want to […]
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SAP, SAP, Wherefore Art Thou SAP?
By Naomi Bloom on May 28, 2013
SAP Founders 1988 — Klaus Tschira On The Left I've always had a warm spot in my heart for SAP. When I published my first (and thus far only) 700+ page book in 1994 ("Human Resource Management and Information Technology: Achieving A Strategy Partnership"), Klaus Tschira, one of SAP's founders, became a big fan of my […]
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HRM Analytics — Dashboards, Cockpits And Mission Control
By Naomi Bloom on May 20, 2013
[Many of you know that my husband, Ron Wallace, was a mission manager at NASA for international Search and Rescue Programs (official program name COSPAS/SARSAT) until he took early retirement in 1999 so that we could relocate to our present home in Fort Myers, FL. We were both fascinated by all things spacey, and continue […]
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Interrogatory Configuration And Workday's Tech Summit 2012
By Naomi Bloom on November 20, 2012
You may have thought that everything that could be said about Workday's Tech Summit 2012 had already been posted, but you were wrong. There was another announcement made there quietly, as befits the first steps on what is going to be a multi-release, probably multi-year product journey, that has not yet been covered.
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Everybody's Talking 'bout Workday's IPO, But I Think There's Still More To Say
By Naomi Bloom on September 6, 2012
I still haven't digested every word in Workday's recently released S-1, nor am I likely to do so before I publish this post. But I have been reading a ton of coverage of this event, some really excellent and some much less so. A major shout-out to @SAP_Jarret (and many others) for posting some of the best […]
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My First Word On #HRTechConf 2012 — And Your Best Discount Offer
By Naomi Bloom on July 25, 2012
Me And Mr. Bill!
I'm writing this as Fort Myers is experiencing a relatively mild summer (compared to the rest of the country's astonishing heat, forest fires, and deluge of political ads) while getting enough rain to float all our boats. Lake Devonwood is almost up to our pool cage, and it's only the […]
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Objects To The Left Of Us, Objects To The Right Of Us
By Naomi Bloom on May 21, 2012
Pattern Recognition With The Cookie Monster
[This post is dedicated to Marc Maloy, SVP Worldwide Sales at HireRight, just because he asked for it. It's the story of objects from a decidedly human resource management (HRM) perspective. For you object modeling mavens, rest assured that my knowledge of this topic as it is applied to software […]
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Unlike other hearings at several neighboring districts, the budget hearing at the Jericho High School Little Theater on Tuesday, May 8, was a quick and quiet affair. After several budget workshops earlier in the season, it appeared that residents had already asked the majority of their budget questions, allowing for a quick hearing that barely lasted 10 minutes.
The adopted 2012-13 budget is $114,468,464, a 2.24 percent increase and a tax levy increase not to exceed 2.20 percent. In order to keep within state-mandated limits, the board approved many reductions, such as reducing three literacy aides, reducing one elementary science teacher, reducing Arts in Education assemblies, and reducing field trips.
However, there are some planned program additions, implemented with existing staff at no additional cost: new applied statistics, Music Theory II, New Media Communications II and Culture in the Spanish Speaking World classes at the high school and increased WiFi access throughout the district. The district is also continuing a 5-year replacement project for desktop computers and continuing to add more SMARTboards.
The 2012-13 budget also includes $1 million for capital projects, which include work on the freight elevators at the middle school/high school building, work on the interior stair enclosure at Cantiague Elementary School and a district-wide lighting upgrade.
"We have worked together to create a budget that provides the highest quality instructional program while being extremely mindful of the financial impact of our taxpayers and still remaining within the tax cap," said superintendent Hank Grishman, in a budget newsletter distributed before the hearing.
The hearing also included discussion of the library budget. Jericho Library director Barbara Kessler provided a budget overview and fielded some questions from the few residents in attendance. In response to a question about e-books, Kessler said that some of the book budget had been transferred to downloadable content.
"We have e-books to give out, we have downloadables; we're right on top of it," she said.
The 2012-13 Jericho Library Budget is $4,746,900, a 1.91 percent increase over last year's budget. Some new services available at the library that not all residents are yet aware of include self check-out, the ability to use a smartphone as a library card, and the ability to download free music and foreign language lessons to MP3 players.
"The library has lots of hidden treasures, and you're all invited to participate," said Kessler.
The school budget vote and library budget vote will take place on Tuesday, May 15 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Jericho Middle School/High School gym. Current school board members William Ferro and Shawn Gladstone are running unopposed for two open seats, while incumbent Stanley Garfunkel is running unopposed for an open seat on the library board of trustees.
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Giants Music Playlist vs. SteelersPosted by on November 2, 2012 – 3:09 pm
Every week, we're asking a handful of Giants players what's playing in their headphones before a game. This is what they had to say as they take on the Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday:
LB Spencer Paysinger
Kendrick Lamar – 'Money Trees'
S Tyler Sash
Meek Mill – 'Young and Gettin' It'
RB Andre Brown
2 Chainz – 'I'm DIfferent'
CB Jayron Hosley
Curren$y, Kendrick Lamar, Dom Kennedy
"Before the game, I like to listen to more calm, mellow songs. Right before the game, though, I turn it up to get turned up. But early on, I like to focus in on the bus ride so I listen to more mellow stuff."
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Giants load up iPod for Philly tripPosted by on September 28, 2012 – 10:03 am
Every Friday, we're asking some Giants players what's playing in their headphones. This is what they had to say this week before their road trip to Philly:
CB Michael Coe
Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N' Roses
"I'm real calm, I like to be chill so, I don't listen to a lot of crazy music. You know what I listened to last game? Welcome to the Jungle."
TE Martellus Bennett
(Listens to everything)
"What don't I have on my iPod should be the question. Before the game, I'm going to listen to Curren$y, a little Fiona Apple, maybe some Ellie Goulding and Erykah Badu."
LB Mark Herzlich
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
"Basically I like to listen to death metal before the games, so that gets me pretty jacked up before the game. But like when we're going through warm-ups, I love when Call Maybe comes on. I freaking love Call Me Maybe."
LB Spencer Paysinger
Childish Gambino – Camp (Album)
"Mine's not as extravagant as [Herzlich's]. I'm more of a fan of Childish Gambino, Frank Ocean, G.O.O.D Music, like Kanye [West], stuff like that. It's more lyrical. It makes me slow the game down, think of my assignments and stuff."
LB Michael Boley
SiriusXM Radio – The Heat
"Nothing really specific, I listen to a lot of different stuff. It just depends on what I'm feeling at the moment…SiriusXM, The Heat, whatever comes on."
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Giants vs. Panthers Live Blog: 3rd QTRPosted by on September 20, 2012 – 10:06 pm
0:53 — FIELD GOAL GIANTS. Lawrence Tynes adds a 36-yard make, his fourth of the game. NEW YORK 26, CAROLINA 7 (Drive: 10 plays, 63 yards in 5:35)
2:56 — Bennett hauls in his fourth catch of the night (57 yards). Giants eating up some clock with a 16-point lead.
*Brown now has 104 yards on 17 attempts.
6:28 — TOUCHDOWN PANTHERS. Cam Newton up the middle for a one-yard score. NEW YORK 23, CAROLINA 7 (Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 6:24)
12:49 — FIELD GOAL GIANTS. Lawrence Tynes adds a 30-yard field goal. NEW YORK 23, CAROLINA 0 (Drive: 4 plays, 8 yds in 1:26)
15:00 — LB Spencer Paysinger forces and recovers a fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half.
*Giants will kickoff to begin the second half.
*Martellus Bennett became the first Giant to record a touchdown in each of his first three games.
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LB Paysinger gets game-day surprisePosted by on August 25, 2012 – 2:57 pm
As he wrapped up his team meeting on Thursday, Giants head coach Tom Coughlin went over the usual housekeeping items the night before a game.
From a rundown of the itinerary to any final adjustments, it's not the most exciting part the week, but a necessary one nonetheless. Then Coughlin announced the captains for last night's game against Chicago. And after he said the names "David Diehl" and "Mathias Kiwanuka" – two veterans established within the organization – Spencer Paysinger slouched back in his chair. He assumed a second-year player like himself wouldn't be called.
However, the thought did cross his mind.
"He was naming off the captains – Diehl, Kiwi. So I'm thinking, OK, they're doing all older guys," Paysinger recalled in the postgame locker room. "I'm sitting next to Tyler [Sash] and everybody. It's kind of the mundane part of it, but in my head, I said, 'What if he said Paysinger?' Then he said 'Paysinger' and I looked at him, and he looked back at me and kind of smiled. I heard some commotion around the room, kind of laughing – 'This is really happening.'"
And that's how Paysinger became a captain for a night.
"Some of the younger guys came over to me – Henry [Hynoski], Tyler, Mark [Herzlich], Greg Jones – and started calling me 'captain' or 'cap,'" he said. "It was a great experience, definitely a blessing."
Despite the team's 20-17 loss, Paysinger was worthy of the nod, leading the Giants with five solo tackles. It came at the tail end of a training camp where Paysinger has continued to evolve from a reliable special teamer as an undrafted rookie last season to competing for time on defense.
"I was captain multiple times back at Oregon, so I'm thinking it's going to be like that and everything," Paysinger said of walking onto the field in front of a home crowd before the game. "But the fact that the head coach had the confidence in me was pretty special to me."
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Giants vs. Bears Live Blog: 1st QTRPosted by on August 24, 2012 – 7:46 pm
0:00 — Bears 7, Giants 3 (key stat: Wilson piles up 66 total yards)
1:47 — Bears get on the board with a 21-yard passing touchdown. BEARS 7, GIANTS 3.
5:13 — Tynes makes a 32-yard field goal. Tynes now 6/6 this preseason, hitting four last week. GIANTS 3, BEARS 0 (drive: 8 plays, 72 yards, 4:07)
8:34 — Wilson shakes off a handful of tacklers for a gain of 20. Follows up with a gain of 15 also on the ground. Wilson again with a reception for another 29 yards. Crowd applauding the effort. Fans and coaches have to be excited.
9:19 — Douglas calls fair catch on his second punt return of the night. Can't get anything going yet, but looks confident back there.
10:18 — Run defense picks up where it left off vs. the Jets. Mathias Kiwanuka makes a nice move into the backfield and stops Bears RB Matt Forte for a loss of 2.
12:13 — Rookie RB David Wilson, starting in place of Ahmad Bradshaw, gets a heavy dosage on the opening drive — run of 5 yards and a short reception for a loss of 3 on the first two plays of the game.
13:36 — Giants force a three-and-out on their first defensive stand. David Douglas returns the punt for 1 yard.
15:00 — Game Day Captains: LB Mathias Kiwanuka, OT David Diehl, LB Spencer Paysinger. Bears win coin toss and elect to receive. Giants will defend west goal.
The New York Giants (1‐1) host the Chicago Bears (1‐1) on Friday, August 24, in Week 3 of the 2012 preseason.
Kickoff: 8 pm ET
Location: MetLife Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ
Weather: Warm. 82 °F, Wind: 0.00 mph/N
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Be part of the promenade-concert of the summer, where you will find internationally-renowned vocal groups. In Villers-la-Ville on 29 and 30/08/14!
Scattered throughout the most remarkable spots in the historical site of the Villers-la-Ville Abbey, 6 vocal groups take it in turns to perform a concert.
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The 2014 programme features:
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- The Foreign Legion Choir (France) - Myths and French tradition,
- The original James Brown choir singers ( USA) - Acoustic Funk,
- The London Quartet (UK) - A Cappella Humour.
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The ella (ulipristal acetate) tablet for oral use contains 30 mg of a single active steroid ingredient, ulipristal acetate, a synthetic progesterone agonist/antagonist.
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EMA Favors OTC Access to Emergency Contraceptive ellaOne Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines [2014.11.21]The emergency contraceptive ulipristal acetate (ellaOne, HRA Pharma) should be available without a prescription in the European Union, according to the CHMP. International Approvals
Antibiotics may help Salmonella spread in infected animals, Stanford scientists learn Source: MRSA / Drug Resistance News From Medical News Today [2014.10.23]Some people infected with pathogens spread their germs to others while remaining symptom-free themselves. Now, investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine believe they may know why.
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Ulipristal acetate versus levonorgestrel for emergency contraception: a randomised non-inferiority trial and meta-analysis. [2010.02.13]BACKGROUND: Emergency contraception can prevent unintended pregnancies, but current methods are only effective if used as soon as possible after sexual intercourse and before ovulation. We compared the efficacy and safety of ulipristal acetate with levonorgestrel for emergency contraception... INTERPRETATION: Ulipristal acetate provides women and health-care providers with an effective alternative for emergency contraception that can be used up to 5 days after unprotected sexual intercourse. FUNDING: HRA Pharma. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Immediate pre-ovulatory administration of 30 mg ulipristal acetate significantly
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Randomised comparison of the FerX Ella antireflux stent and the ultraflex stent: proton pump inhibitor combination for prevention of post-stent reflux in patients with esophageal carcinoma involving the esophago-gastric junction. [2008.05]BACKGROUND AND AIM: Metal stents placed across the gastroesophageal junction in patients with malignant dysphagia frequently present with reflux symptoms. We compared an antireflux stent with a standard open stent used in combination with proton pump inhibitor medication... CONCLUSION: The antireflux stent had no demonstrable advantages compared to the combination of standard open stent and proton pump inhibitor medication.
Can we identify women at risk of pregnancy despite using emergency contraception? Data from randomized trials of ulipristal acetate and levonorgestrel. [2011.10]BACKGROUND: Emergency contraception (EC) does not always work. Clinicians should be aware of potential risk factors for EC failure... CONCLUSIONS: Women who have intercourse around ovulation should ideally be offered a copper intrauterine device. Women with body mass index >25 kg/m(2) should be offered an intrauterine device or UPA. All women should be advised to start effective contraception immediately after EC. Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Ulipristal acetate for emergency contraception. [2011.06]CONCLUSIONS: Ulipristal acetate is effective as an emergency contraceptive for up to 120 hours after unprotected intercourse. Because ulipristal is available only via prescription, it may be covered by insurance. However, the additional factors of travel expenses and time to make and attend a physician appointment must be taken into account when considering use of ulipristal as an emergency contraceptive. Due to the similarity of its structure to mifepristone, controversy regarding ulipristal's mechanism of action has arisen.
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CDB-2914 for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Premenopausal Women [Not yet recruiting]
- CDB-2914 is a hormone that blocks progesterone, which is necessary for maintaining
pregnancy. In women with fibroid tumors, CDB-2914 shrank the tumors. In many cases,
menstrual periods stopped during treatment. Because CDB-2914 decreased or stopped menstrual
bleeding in women with fibroids, it may be able to treat abnormal periods in women without
- To see whether CDB-2914 can treat abnormal uterine bleeding in premenopausal women.
- Premenopausal women who have abnormal uterine bleeding that is not caused by fibroids.
- Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. They will also
have blood and urine tests. An ultrasound with fluid of the uterus will test for
fibroids. Uterine cells will be collected for biopsy.
- For the next three menstrual cycles, participants will take either CDB-2914 or a
placebo. Treatment will be studied with blood tests and symptom diaries.
- At the end of the treatment, participants have three options. They can have surgery at
the Clinical Center or have another 3 months of CDB-2914. The third option is to stop
treatment at the Clinical Center.
- Surgery will be either uterine ablation or hysterectomy. Only women older than age 33
may have a hysterectomy. Blood and urine samples will be collected after surgery.
- Both surgery and further treatment participants will have followup exams.
- All participants will have a final followup exam 1 year after stopping treatment.
Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Two Contraceptive Vaginal Rings Delivering a Daily Dose of 1500 or 2500 μg of CDB-2914 [Recruiting]
Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of ellaOne® (Ulipristal Acetate) for Emergency Contraception in Postmenarcheal Adolescent Girls and Women [Recruiting]
The purpose of this observational study is to assess the safety and tolerability of ellaOne®
in routine conditions of use for emergency contraception in postmenarcheal adolescents and
adult women who want to prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sexual intercourse.
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A prospective observational trial involving 10 patients is planned. Intervention "SX-ELLA
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anesthesia under fluoroscopy or by direct vision. Before dilatation, extension of the airway
complications will be measured by bronchoscopy and documented.
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