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Think Nearly 100% Renewable Energy in Less than 50 Years is Impossible? Think Again
Within one generation, by 2050, the U.S. can gradually and almost completely eliminate coal and nuclear power finds a new report out from Greenpeace and the Global Wind Energy Council. The report, "Energy [R]evolution – A Sustainable USA Energy Outlook," released last week details the steps we need to take to change greenhouse gas emitting systems such as electricity, heating and transportation. If we follow the groups' blueprint, the country is estimated to reduce carbon emissions 39% percent below 2005 levels by 2025 and 60% below 2005 levels by 2030.
This report is the latest in a series of global, national and regional Energy [R]evolution scenarios found at www.energyblueprint.info. "The Energy [R]evolution demonstrates that transitioning to a renewable energy economy can free resources for economic development. It means more and better jobs, greater energy independence, and it is more democratic as citizens attain more control of energy production. Compared with the Energy Information Agency energy outlook, the transition to renewables creates more jobs at every stage of the energy transition, with more than 34% more jobs by 2030."
The Energy [R]evolution's goal is to, "wean the economy off dirty fuels as thoroughly and quickly as possible, and in a way that is technologically, politically, and ecologically realistic." Although this report focuses on the United States, it is, "part of a global analysis showing how the international economy can transition to nearly 100% renewable energy by 2050, while assuming no new 'breakthrough technologies'."
Specifically, the report outlines how by 2050 renewable energy sources could provide:
- Roughly 97% of U.S. electricity production
- 94% of the country's total heating and cooling demand
- About 92% of America's final energy demand
"The most recent National Climate Assessment makes it very clear that we need national policies to expedite a clean energy economy," said Kyle Ash, senior legislative representative for Greenpeace USA.
"Fortunately, the energy market is phasing out coal and phasing in renewable energy at a rapid pace, but this must be quickened to avoid climate consequences much worse than the wildfires, droughts, and superstorms the country is already experiencing," said Ash.
Indeed, the Energy [R]evolution sounds like a good way to start putting the brakes on global warming and engender the truly transformative change we must undertake immediately to avoid catastrophic climate change. The time has come for us to embrace a low-carbon future.
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Another member of the Patriots Nation. Born in Boston (Hyde Park) and have lived in the DC area 20 years. Now live in Severna Park, MD - not far from Kent Island. All 3 boys are Pats/Sox/Celts fans and battle Kent Island in lax, baseball and soccer all the time.
Bill Bateman's and Green Turtle are good places to watch a Pats game...especially if the Ravens aren't hogging up all the TVs.
You are lucky, bobomul, my children are solid Raven's fans even though two of them were born in NE. Growing up down here did the dirty deed. Used to live in Pasadena and moved to the "island" in '02. Bill Bateman's is a great place to hang and enjoy some good food.
Hard for kids to carry a tourch when their peers are all rooting for the localteam.
I managed to carry the torch. I have gotten sh*t my entire life down here in Virginia, but I'll never give up my pride. I think it's more fun to be living in enemy territory.

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About half of all Indonesians live on less than two dollars a day. Employment growth has been slower than population growth. Public services remain inadequate by middle-income standards, and health indicators are poor. The island is also one of the most disaster-prone nations in the world.
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Indonesia: Revving the local economy
Last month, the Mercy Corps team here in West Sumatra — of which I am a member —delivered sewing machines to 85 local women who were affected by last year's earthquake.
Indonesia: Survey day
A day like any other, in a small village near the equator in West Sumatra, begins at 5 o'clock in the morning with a call on the loud speakers from the muezzin. As villagers pray to Allah, daybreak brings the inescapable heat that will stay until after nightfall.
Indonesia: "Is it healthy food or not?"
"Why, lately, has my child been commenting on the food that I cook, asking if is it healthy food or not?" was a mother's question. Yulaita, the principal of Aisyiyah Suka Ramai Kindergarten in Aceh recalls hearing the question — she's also been hearing similar question from her child.
Indonesia: World, meet these butterflies
When we first kicked off the Global Citizen Corps (GCC) program in Indonesia earlier this year, we didn't expect that more than 700 young people of Jakarta would apply to be GCC leaders in over a month period of recruitment.
Indonesia: Meet the lady farmers who produce coffee and breastfeed their babies!
Indonesia: Training of trainers opens the door for a new skill
I usually did not go to trainings as either speaker or facilitator. I admit that public speaking is not my thing, be it speaking to five persons or bigger crowds.
Indonesia: Video: Our Work in Jakarta
There are so many ways to know whether a project could really have an impact in communities that we work in. The most frequent method use is, of course, conduct a base line assessment (output: numbers) and then conduct the end line assessment (output: numbers) and compare the two of them.
Indonesia: Are YOU prepared for disaster?
The usual reactions that I got from people when they hear that I'm working in Padang were not usually far from: How often do you feel an earthquake? Isn't it dangerous to live there? How far from the beach is your office? Don't you fear a tsunami?
Indonesia: A heart work journey
Four and a half years ago today, I started my journey of the heart work. Yes, a heart work, because this work was really special to me.
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Swimming team comprising 14 members boarded a flight to Maputo last Sunday where they are expected to compete in the week-long Confederation of African Swimmers (CANA) zone three and four championship starting tomorrow.
Before the team departed Tanzania Swimming Association (TSA) technical director Marcelino Ngalioma said the squad is well prepared for the championship.
He said though the national team faced a lot of challenges during their two-week preparation period, he expected it to perform well.
"We had two weeks camping stint and noticed tremendous improvements enough to give us confidence of the team to perform well at the games and return home with medals", he said.
Ngalioma said most of the swimmers making the trip are the ones whom the TSA is grooming for the 2016 Brazil Olympics Games, Commonwealth and All African Games.
The Mozambique CANA games will help the players to gauge their strength at international stage.
He named the Swimmers lined up for the trip as Sonia Tomiotto, Agnes Kimimba, Alizee Bollen, Anna Pityilla, Hilal Hilal, Adam Kitururu, Racheal Patel, Sakuta Ito and Ayas Shivji.
Others are Shaamrad Magesveran, Mariam Foum, Gouri Kotecha, Adil Bharmal and Mubanga Peepercorn and are accompanied by coaches Alex Mwaipasi and Geoffrey Kimimba.
Last year Tanzania failed to compete at the CANA event which was held in Botswana due to lack of money. The team is expected back of Saturday.
However, the team has traveled to Mozambique without the knowledge of National Sports Council (NSC). The council's officer Mohamed Kiganja in an interview yesterday declined to have any knowledge of the team's departure to Mozambique.
He said NSC was not informed on the trip, declined to say what action the council will take against the swimmers' body but hinted that the council would talk to TSA officials once the team returns on Saturday.
"We don't know if the country is participating at the CANA games in Mozambique, we were not even informed, but if it is true that the team has left", he said.
Before the team's departure Ngalioma said they have written NSC for the permission to participate at the games.
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The Bertie boys basketball team won the Northeastern Coastal Conference title Friday on a buzzer-beater by Malcolm Cherry.
The Falcons trailed 49-48 with 1.9 seconds left when Cherry received the inbounds pass and put up the game-winning shot.
Bertie will play Beddingfield in the next round of the high school basketball playoffs.
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In a rare, entire-band move, Bono and the rest of the U2 gang dropped in for dinner at Red Rooster last Tuesday, reports the New York Post.
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The Andromada is an airplane in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto V.
The Andromada is a large 4-engine transport airplane based on the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter. Its name is a misspelling of "Andromeda", a Greek deity, a galaxy and constellation. If the Andromada is obtained, the player can fly it as if it were a normal plane, with controls and handling similar to the AT-400. The plane is not fully textured, and as such the cockpit windows are dark. The plane can support a combination of two body colors: One for the fuselage, and the other for the wings, engines, vertical stabilizer and elevators.
The plane's rear cargo door can be also opened and closed, but nothing can be stored in the plane itself; neither can the player enter the rear is impossible due to an invisible wall. There are, however, mods available to create a fully functional cargo area. When using the CLEO mods for standard vehicle spawners, there is no door you enter to get into the Andromada, only a passage which still shows the exterior of the Andromada.[1]
The interior of the Andromada is seen in the mission "Stowaway", however, like the interior of the Shamal in Freefall, this interior is not part of the plane model. It is in the "interior universe" (where all game interiors in San Andreas are situated), high above the sky, with clouds moving outside to simulate the plane itself moving. Parts of the exterior of the plane are visible when standing at the edge of the ramp. The interior is only enterable via that mission, cheats, or a trainer. Within the interior are two cargo areas walled off by netting, followed by cargo boxes, then shelves stocked with barrels.
The plane is featured in the mission "Stowaway", where Carl Johnson drives a PCJ-600 into the back of the plane, blows it up, and then parachutes out. It is also seen briefly in the mission "A Home In The Hills" as CJ is on his way to Madd Dogg's mansion; there is a shot of the Andromada flying over the The Camel's Toe Casino out of Las Venturas, heading south to Los Santos. Like the AT-400, Andromadas are seen flying over cities, however they fly much faster than AT-400s.The Andromada is not intended to be obtainable by the player, as there is no animation for opening the door of the plane upon entry. However, it can be stolen during "Stowaway" with a trick that involves blowing up the plane and pushing it into the hangar, but it is difficult to exploit as the plane may disappear.[2] Otherwise, the Andromada can also be obtained by way of a third-party trainer program.
The Andromada also might make an appearance in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V. In the second trailer for the game, a jeep is shown being driven out of the cargo bay of a plane. In one of the screenshots Trevor is shown flying a large aircraft next to a fighter jet, with a cockpit window similar to the Andromada. Also shown in another screenshot is an unidentified character jumping out of an aircraft similar to a shortened B-52 bomber, possibly the same plane seen in the first screenshot and also likely to be an updated Andromada.
−The Andromada is slower and heavier than AT-400, but it can reach higher than AT-400. −It has soft handling and is soft when landing.
There is a way to enter the Andromada cockpit during the mission Stowaway. It involves using the "blow up all cars" cheat before CJ hops on the motorcycle. The plane will not blow up, and will be frozen in place, however the mission cannot progress. The plane is then enterable, but it cannot be controlled or even exited.
- A handling line for the Andromada can be found in Grand Theft Auto IV's game files, suggesting that it (or a plane of the same name) was at some point going to feature in GTA IV.[1]
- The Andromada draws inspiration from the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft.
- It also shares its name with the real life Andromeda Galaxy, which in itself is possibly a reference to the Andromada's size, as well as its real-life counterpart the C-5 Galaxy.
- The Andromada is strange in that walking across its wings sounds the same as walking on grass and also that the plane has no shadow.
- The Andromada plays Radio X by default.
- Sometimes, the Andromada is seen flying very high in the sky, though rarely. Even if it is shot with a minigun (which has significant range) the plane won't explode and will most likely fly away before the player can shoot it. The plane flies very fast, so even if you lock on to it, the missile won't reach it.
- Using flying mods such as Superman mods, the player can catch up to the Andromada flying high in the sky; also, if the player with the flying mod can shoot explosives they can also bring the plane down that way. Without mods or cheats, it is nearly impossible for a regular Andromada to crash on its own, as weapons will be out of range and the plane flies so high, it wouldn't be able to crash, even at high points like Mt. Chiliad.
- The plane's incompleteness may suggest the fact that Rockstar wanted this to be a fully-functional plane, but either didn't have time to finish it, or simply scrapped the idea. However, its appearance in the mission Stowaway could also suggest that this is an exclusive plane.
- In the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, a Bodhi vehicle is seen being driven off the ramp of a cargo plane mid-flight; this could very well be the Andromada.
- A C-130 type aircraft is seen in some GTA V trailers. This could be the Andromada as well.
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Any particular reason for that chapter/episode as the debut? I believe the debut should be either when they were first mentioned, which would place the debut around Zabuza's introduction in the beginning of the series, or when they first appeared as a team, which would make it a post-mortem debut, as resurrected shinobi. Opinions? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 02:14, February 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Given that the term itself applies to multiple generations, rather than just those who appeared post-mortem, I think the first mention is the more appropriate of the two options that are suggested, which I believe is also consistent with what is done with other such groups. Blackstar1 (talk) 02:40, February 19, 2012 (UTC)
Since most members are "former" (deceased or defected), I'd say Zabuza's debut would mark the group's. Yatanogarasu (Talk) 04:37, February 19, 2012 (UTC)
Though I'd prefer it if it were when we say the group during the fourth war, there are multiple generations so it seems better to go with when the group was mentioned in this instance.--Cerez365™ 10:25, February 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Ok then, I go for the group's first mention. I'm not finding any reference to the group when Zabuza first appears, at least in the manga. What episode was that image that only had silhouettes from? Do we still have that? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 16:05, February 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Uhm, I checked the page history and it doesn't seem so. You might want to revive (File:Seven swordsmen.jpg) to see if it has the rationale information. I can't remember where the silhouette's from either.--Cerez365™ 16:16, February 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Just checked the history, the rationale never listed the episode. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 16:41, February 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Uhm, I checked the page history and it doesn't seem so. You might want to revive (File:Seven swordsmen.jpg) to see if it has the rationale information. I can't remember where the silhouette's from either.--Cerez365™ 16:16, February 19, 2012 (UTC)
Differentiating Generations
i personally think the members should be divided by what generation of the seven swordsman they belonged to, previous or current/recent i.e. Zabuza's Generation should be listed together (the seven revived ones), While their successors should be marked, i.e. Chojuro, Kisame, and Raiga, seperately. I was thinking dividing it in a similar fashion to how the edo tensei is divided amongst who summoned them.
these are my thoughts, do with them what ye will Shadowfox337 (talk) 00:22, March 25, 2012 (UTC)
Second coming of the demon
What does it stands for ? I always thought that it refer to Zabuza "the demon" but Zabuza was just a member of the group and Mangetsu leader, so why is the latter called second coming of the demon ? Maybe I have missed something--Elveonora (talk) 12:55, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
Bump, any idea ?--Elveonora (talk) 20:12, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
I think it was because Mangetsu and Suigetsu were adept at killing like Zabuza. Joshbl56 20:22, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
Possible ... just wonder what the term does refer to--Elveonora (talk) 20:28, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
missing members?
Since I don't read the manga I wouldn't know if it says something about it but, wasn't Jinpachi Munashi and Jinin Akebino mebers before their death? --Kasan94 (talk) 15:22, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
Yes they were. You can't be a member and dead. Why do you ask? As for your second question, the infobox or page may be locked to editing.--Cerez365™(talk) 19:19, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
- For the first question. It was because earlier today their names wasn't showing, and nether the gender of one of the others, maybe just a bug from my computer, since they are there now. Second question. Ahh okay I have seen now that it is with most groups, but not with the persons.--Kasan94 (talk) 19:24, May 31, 2012 (UTC)
Now, Kushimaru isnt listed among the members, and Mangetsu with Raiga dont have their genders said there. Take a look on it please --VolteMetalic (talk) 20:02, September 6, 2012 (UTC)
We're experiencing issues with the infoboxes...--Cerez365™(talk) 11:45, September 7, 2012 (UTC)
Mangetsu Hōzuki is missing from the info box. Zelwolf (talk) 20:06, October 18, 2012 (UTC)Zelwolf
- Refer to warning in the main page of the wiki. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 20:42, October 18, 2012 (UTC)
Original Swords?
When they say hiramekarei is the only one that kirigakure has that is the original out of the seven swords, does that mean that the swords we saw during Edo Tensei weren't the original swords, or just that Kirigakure didn't have any except the hiramekarei? What I mean is, were the original swords the samehada, nuibari, etc, or were the original swords lost and replaced with those?--220.127.116.11 (talk) 05:09, April 15, 2013 (UTC)
It means what it says, the former, Kiri has only that glasses dude's fish chakra hammer sword. EDIT: not to mention the fact that the swords were stated to have been passed down from generation to generation should alone have answered your question and this is a more appropriate place to ask in the future, here--Elveonora (talk) 12:28, April 15, 2013 (UTC)
Who is this: "Two members of the Seven Swordsmen (three in the anime) managed to fake their own deaths or regain life later on, by the means of an accomplice." Pointed towards, and why? --Kasan94 (talk) 17:54, September 25, 2013 (UTC)


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A Band Apart: Essential SF/
by Sean Uyehara
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This past weekend, we presented the third annual Essential SF, the Film Society's newest edition in our growing compendium of people, organizations and films that we consider "essential" to Bay Area film culture.
There's a necessary arbitrariness to the selection each year, as there is no way that we can include every person, film, thing and idea that comprises the Bay Area film community (of course), and that's not really the goal anyhow. So, the Essential SF list isn't exhaustive.
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"They enjoy a huge reverence in the prison system; they're like little gods."
This is how the Mexican Mafia prison gang ("EME") was described by retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department gang sergeant Richard Valdemar on a recent NPR program.
It reminded me of one of my favorite quotes, from U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in Chicago upon the taking down of a rat's nest of Latin Kings a few years ago: "It may seem pretty cool to be a Supreme Inca when you're the leader on the street of gang until the title 'Supreme Inca' becomes 'lead defendant.'"
A couple of gangbusters in Los Angeles — city attorney Rocky Delgadillo and his anti-gang director, former federal prosecutor Bruce Riordan — are taking it to the next level. The pair are not content to just kick in gang heaven's gate and jail deified gangsters. They're going after the gangsters' gold. An innovative civil law suit the team filed — based on a new California state law — targets two of the worst of LA's transnational spawn, the Mexican Mafia and the 18th Street gang. The city wants the courts to take the gangs' assets and distribute them among the neighborhoods ravaged by the criminals' depredations. An interesting and useful twist is that the city does not have to prove that the gang assets in question came directly from its criminal operations. The theory of the state law and the case is based on common law nuisance — the gang has in effect deeply polluted a neighborhood and it must pay for the cleanup with its assets, however gotten.
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[Update: Los Angeles has won its first anti-gang money damages lawsuit, against a different gang, as reported by the Christian Science Monitor:
The city of Los Angeles, plagued by 23,000 violent gang crimes since 2004, including 784 murders and 12,000 felony assaults, announced Tuesday that it had won its first civil judgment, for $5 million, against a criminal gang that had dominated the heroin trade downtown for decades…."By giving prosecutors more tools to fight gang activity at the local level, we are protecting our communities at the same time [that] we're able to strengthen our statewide anti-gang efforts," said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a statement released with the announcement of the $5 million verdict against the 5th and Hill gang in L.A.]
This reverse Robin Hood calls to mind the success of Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center in suing hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan for big bucks. Dees was a trail-blazer in using textbook tort law on behalf of hate crime victims to both win compensation and consequently shut down some of the most virulent haters in America. The assets of these gangs are mind-boggling. FBI agents found almost half-a-million dollars in cash inside a card-board box in one raid. The EME king-pin in that case lived in a compound straight outta The Godfather.
An early civil law innovation was the use of injunctions against gangs. The LA gang map is carved up with injunctions that limit the ability of diverse gangsters to operate in specific territories. But the gangs are so well-entrenched, and so organic in their adaptability, it's hard to say how successful these injunctions have been. Proponents say their use has reduced gang violence. Opponents say the opposite. Let's put it this way: according to latest reports, the gangs are still there.
Civil libertarians have complained about the civil rights of the those affected by injunctions.
"When a person who has not been convicted of any gang-related activity or any criminal activity, for that person to be prohibited from being on a public sidewalk during daylight hours, runs against everything that our Constitution stands for," says Robin Toma, consultant and attorney at the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission.
They are said to be unfairly "profiled." Others claim the injunctions "divide" communities. We might expect similar opposition in this case.
"If Delgadillo's lawsuit is a gimmick, filed to get a little media attention and soon forgotten, we don't need it," the Los Angeles Times wrote in an on-the-one hand, on-the-other hand editorial — praising the move so long as it works, but leaving room to criticize if it doesn't.
The person who inked those skeptical words must never have meet Bruce Riordan. He is a determined man. It is a serious mistake to misjudge his grit, commitment, and legal acumen. In fact, the factual foundations of the present case go back more than a decade to the day when FBI Special Agent Carl Sandford walked into Assistant United States Attorney Riordan's office. This was shortly after the federal government decided that criminal street gangs were no longer strictly a problem for local law enforcement — a pivotal part of the fallout from the 1992 Rodney King LA Riot. Latino and black gangs were key factors in the riot's explosion and spread.
I relate the story of the 18th Street gang's rise, the criminal operations of the Columbia Lil Cycos clique (CLC), the Mexican Mafia's takeover of the drug "tax" (i.e., extortion) business, and the federal investigation and prosecution in a chapter of my forthcoming book, No Boundaries: Transnational Latino Gangs and Federal Law Enforcement (University of Michigan Press 2009).
Riordan, an eager young prosecutor, lobbied for and was assigned the task of investigating the 18th Street
gang. The complete file handed him consisted of one sheet of paper. He was breaking new ground in the federal prosecutor's office. But he was initially thwarted by a series of indifferent, clock-punching investigators assigned to him by the FBI. That changed dramatically when Sandford walked in the door. The two hit it off famously.
Riordan and Sandford both had to wrestle with the skepticism, and sometimes downright hostility, of their respective front office management. "Bruce was fighting his demons, and I was fighting mine," Sandford told me in an interview. "And we were both fighting the bad guys." The old bulls in the U.S. Attorney's organized crime section dismissed gangs as mere "street crime." The FBI field office management did not yet understand that the gangs were unlike anything the agency had tangled with before. In a sense, both men were dealing with separate realities — the one they saw on the ground, and the preconceptions of their bosses.
Nevertheless, within a few years Bruce Riordan successfully prosecuted the CLC and EME — first RICO case against a Southern California street gang. With the help of the Los Angeles Police Department and other agencies, led by an enthusiastic FBI team that included agents Jim Wines and Tib Aguilar, among others, Riordan and Sandford proved that the Columbia Lil' Cycos clique of the 18th Street gang, under the control of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, were running a classic organized crime operation, based largely on extortion of drug dealers and using ruthless armed violence to protect the scheme.
Mexican Mafia member Frank "Puppet" Martinez ran the racketeering out of a prison cell, relying on his wife, Janie Garcia, as his trusted surrogate and field commander.
This all took place during a pivotal period in the history of Southern California's Latino gangs. The 18th Street clica developed and refined the concept of extorting drug dealers with "renta," or taxes. The Mexican Mafia thought it was such a good idea, they moved in, took over the direction and ordered all the Southern California Latino gangs to fall into line with the scheme. EME commanded gang shot-callers to attend a series of meetings, at which among other things they were told to stop drive-by shootings. But EME wasn't trying to stop the killing. It just wanted to lower the profile while it consolidated the hugely profitable extortion business.
The investigation that Riordan and Sandford started continues to bear fruit. A series of federal RICO cases were developed on the foundation they laid. And the civil litigation Delgadillo and Riordan filed is built to a large extent on facts developed in the course of these cases.
Unfortunately, the task is huge and as a nation, we are falling behind. The continuing integration of Latino prison and street gangs into the operations of the Mexican drug trafficking cartels is making both the cartels and the gangs more dangerous every day. These organizations will not give up their multi-billion dollar cash cow without an all-out fight against them, using every tool we can think of.
It is starting to dawn on U.S. journalists and "opinion leaders" that Mexico is in a real war with the DTOs.
Nothing less than the existence of democratic governance on our southern border is at stake. However, it is not yet widely understood in the United States that EME, 18th Street, MS-13, and many other Latino gangs are combat soldiers in another front in the Mexican Drug War. That front is inside the U.S. — our law enforcement is facing heavily armed drug muscle. Drug trafficking violence and the Mexican Drug War's battles are lapping over the border. As yet, the violence on our side of the border is less intense than the horrific butchery going on in Mexico. But some believe that it is not a question of whether, but when, we will see shocking incidents of urban warfare-type combat between our cops and the narcotraficantes, as well as gruesome civilian "collateral damage." (For a sobering overview of the issue, see Gary "Rusty" Fleming's new book, Drug Wars: Narco Warfare in the Twenty-first Century. He has also produced a documentary on the subject.)


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Tom Rivas is a character from Grand Theft Auto IV. Tom Rivas is a Puerto Rican-born homosexual man. He is the cousin of Lyle Rivas, but isn't in the same criminal activities as his cousin. His nickname is "French Tom", also, he uses French Tom as his UserName for his Account on www.Love-Meet.net.
He owed Brucie Kibbutz a great deal of money. Tom went into hiding when Brucie tried to collect on his debts. In order to lure him out, Brucie and Roman Bellic set up a fictionalised Love-Meet Account for Niko Bellic that depicted him as a rich gay man who enjoys spending his wealth on his boyfriends. Tom agreed to meet Niko at The 69th Street Diner, where, after some awkward conversation, Niko killed him.
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Surname: Rivas
First Name: "French" Tom
Age: 27
Place of Birth: Puerto Rico
Affiliations: N/A
Criminal Record:
- 1995 - Prostitution
- 1998 - Prostitution
- 1999 - Coercion Blackmail
- 2003 - Possession Controlled Substance: Methaphetamine
- 2004 - Fraud
- Cousin of chop shop operator, Lyle Rivas.
- Known homosexual hustler and con man.
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- Out of the Closet (Killed)
- Tom's Love-Meet Profile remains on the site even after his death.
- Tom's Love-Meet Profile and Niko's Love-Meet Profile are absent in The Lost And Damned and The Ballad Of Gay Tony
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A new one-hour documentary film produced by MPBN chronicles the personal stories of Maine veterans who are confronting post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. "A Matter of Duty," which airs on MPBN Television this Sunday, was co-produced by filmmaker Charlie Stuart and our own Jennifer Rooks. Jennifer talks with Maine Things Considered host Tom Porter about the project.
There is a free screening this evening of "A Matter of Duty" at Colby College in Waterville. The hour-long screening takes place at Ostrove Auditorium, and begins at 7:00 p.m. Seats are limited, and will be given out on a first come/first served basis.
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Hirschsprung's Disease
Topic Overview
What is Hirschsprung's disease?
Hirschsprung's disease is a birth defect that affects the nerve cells in the large intestine. These nerve cells control the muscles that normally push food and waste through the large intestine.
In babies who have Hirschsprung's disease, the muscles in the wall of the large intestine don't relax, which prevents stool from passing. This can lead to trapped stool, infection, pain and swelling, and bowel problems.
Most of the time, the disease is found soon after birth. It occurs in about 1 out of every 5,000 newborns and is most common in male babies.1
In rare cases, the disease can be life-threatening.
What causes Hirschsprung's disease?
Doctors don't know what causes the disease, but it tends to run in families. It may also be linked to other medical problems, such as Down syndrome and congenital heart disease.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms can depend on how severe the problem is and how old the child is. They may include:
- A swollen belly.
- Problems passing stool. Newborns with the disease may not pass their first stool until at least 48 hours after birth.
- Vomiting.
- Not wanting to eat.
- Constipation.
- Not gaining weight or growing.
Hirschsprung's disease can lead to serious and even life-threatening problems if it is not found early. Be sure to take your baby for regular checkups, and talk to your doctor if you have concerns.
How is Hirschsprung's disease diagnosed?
Most children are diagnosed with Hirschsprung's disease during their first year. A doctor may think that a child has the disease based on the child's symptoms and the results of a physical exam.
Other tests may be done to confirm the diagnosis, such as:
- A tissue sample from the rectum (biopsy).
- An abdominal X-ray.
- An X-ray of the large intestine (barium enema).
- Anorectal manometry. In this test, a small tube is inserted into the rectum to measure how well the muscles in the anus are working. If the muscles don't relax, it can sometimes be a sign of Hirschsprung's disease.
How is it treated?
Children with Hirschsprung's disease need surgery to remove the diseased part of the large intestine. Surgery is often done within the first days or month of life, soon after the disease is found. Treatment may involve one or two surgeries:
- The first surgery removes the damaged part of the intestine and may create a colostomy or ileostomy so that the intestine can heal. (With an ostomy, stool leaves the body through an opening in the belly and collects in a bag.)
- If your baby gets an ostomy during the first surgery (not all babies do), a second surgery will be done to close the ostomy. This will allow stool to pass through the body normally again.
Most babies are in the hospital from a couple of days up to 1 week. Being involved in your baby's care while he or she is in the hospital may help you feel more comfortable when you take your baby home. Talk with the doctor about how to feed and care for your baby at home, and make sure you know what problems to watch for. It's normal to feel nervous, but don't be afraid to hold and handle your baby.
Some children have long-term (chronic) problems with stomachaches and bowel problems after surgery. But most of the time, these problems aren't severe. Depending on the problem, there are a number of treatment options. These include medicine, biofeedback, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and more surgery.
In a few cases, emergency surgery may be needed if a dangerous problem such as serious swelling of the small and large intestines (enterocolitis) occurs.
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|International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
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The International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD) is a nonprofit organization that provides information and support to adults and children affected by hard-to-diagnose gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. The website has information about GI symptoms and conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, indigestion, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), incontinence, gas, bloating, belching, heartburn, nausea, and belly pain.
|March of Dimes
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The March of Dimes tries to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and early death. March of Dimes supports research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies' lives. The organization's website has information on premature birth, birth defects, birth defects testing, pregnancy, and prenatal care.
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This clearinghouse is a service of the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The clearinghouse answers questions; develops, reviews, and sends out publications; and coordinates information resources about digestive diseases. Publications produced by the clearinghouse are reviewed carefully for scientific accuracy, content, and readability.
|North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
|P.O. Box 6
|Flourtown, PA 19031
|(215) 233-0808
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NASPGHAN promotes advances in clinical care, research, and education for infants, children, and teens with digestive disorders. The family resources page of this Web site has information about pain in the belly, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, poor weight gain, nutritional problems, and diseases of the liver, bowel, and pancreas.
Related Information
- Vanderhoof JA, Young RJ (2006). Hirschsprung disease. In FD Burg et al., eds., Current Pediatric Therapy, 18th ed., pp. 529–532. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Other Works Consulted
- Constipation Guideline Committee (2006). Evaluation and treatment of constipation in infants and children: Recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 43(3), pp. e1–e13. Also available online: http://www.naspghan.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=295.
- Fiorino KN, et al. (2011). Motility disorders and Hirschsprung disease. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 19th ed., pp. 1283–1287. Philadelphia: Saunders.
- Gomez J, Parkman HP (2009). Megacolon section of Gastrointestinal motility and functional disorders. In EG Nabel, ed., ACP Medicine, section 4, chap. 14. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.
- Kahn E, Daum F (2010). Enteric nervous system section of Anatomy, histology, embryology, and developmental anomalies of the small and large intestine. In M Feldman et al., eds., Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 9th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1636–1641. Philadelphia: Saunders.
- Sood MR, Calkins CM (2011). Motor disorders of the stomach, small bowel, and colon. In CD Rudolph et al., eds., Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22nd ed., pp. 1433–1437. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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|Brad W. Warner, MD - Pediatric Surgery
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Last week The Medal of Honor Society held its annual convention in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The medal has deep ties to those battlefields and to the Knoxville area.
Fourteen men from East Tennessee have been awarded the nation's highest award for valor in combat. Of the millions who have served in America's armed forces, fewer than 3,500 who have worn a uniform have received that honor.
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CHAPEL HILL (AP) - The UNC Board of Governors has voted to ban all system campuses from allowing students to choose roommates of the opposite sex.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the vote took place Friday.
Proponents of the UNC policy, which passed the board of trustees last year, argue it will help prevent harassment of gay, lesbian and transgender students. Advocates say many gay and transgender students feel more comfortable with members of the opposite sex and the policy would have allowed a gay man to live with a woman best friend.
Opponents deemed the living arrangements inappropriate.
When students return to campus on Aug. 17, officials will have to reassign those who had been placed in 32 gender-neutral spaces made available in two dorms and the Ram Village Apartments.
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(a) General rule
For purposes of this part, the term "reasonable needs of the business" includes—
(2) the section 303 redemption needs of the business, and
(b) Special rules
For purposes of subsection (a)—
(1) Section 303 redemption needs
The term "section 303 redemption needs" means, with respect to the taxable year of the corporation in which a shareholder of the corporation died or any taxable year thereafter, the amount needed (or reasonably anticipated to be needed) to make a redemption of stock included in the gross estate of the decedent (but not in excess of the maximum amount of stock to which section 303 (a) may apply).
(2) Excess business holdings redemption needs
The term "excess business holdings redemption needs" means the amount needed (or reasonably anticipated to be needed) to redeem from a private foundation stock which—
(A) such foundation held on May 26, 1969 (or which was received by such foundation pursuant to a will or irrevocable trust to which section 4943 (c)(5) applies), and
(B) constituted excess business holdings on May 26, 1969, or would have constituted excess business holdings as of such date if there were taken into account (i) stock received pursuant to a will or trust described in subparagraph (A), and (ii) the reduction in the total outstanding stock of the corporation which would have resulted solely from the redemption of stock held by the private foundation.
(3) Obligations incurred to make redemptions
In applying paragraphs (1) and (2), the discharge of any obligation incurred to make a redemption described in such paragraphs shall be treated as the making of such redemption.
(4) Product liability loss reserves
Source(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 182; Pub. L. 91–172, title IX, § 906(a),Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1901(a)(75),Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1777; Pub. L. 95–600, title III, § 371(c),Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2859; Pub. L. 104–188, title I, § 1704(t)(33),Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1889.)
1996—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 104–188substituted "section 172 (f)" for "section 172 (i)".
1978—Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 95–600added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).
1976—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 94–455, § 1901(a)(75)(A), struck out "with respect to taxable years of the corporation ending after May 26, 1969" after " 'redemption needs' means".
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 94–455, § 1901(a)(75)(B), struck out "or (2)" after "paragraph (1)".
1969—Pub. L. 91–172designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)(1) and added subsecs. (a)(2), (3) and (b).
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–600applicable with respect to taxable years beginning after Sept. 30, 1979, see section 371(d) ofPub. L. 95–600, set out as a note under section 172 of this title.
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–455applicable with respect to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1976, see section 1901(d) ofPub. L. 94–455, set out as a note under section 2 of this title.
Effective Date of 1969 Amendment
Pub. L. 91–172, title IX, § 906(b),Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 715, as amended by Pub. L. 99–514, § 2,Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095, provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to the tax imposed under section 531 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [formerly I.R.C. 1954] with respect to taxable years ending after May 26, 1969."
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The Affordable Care Act is far-reaching, complex - and on its way. In about six months - January 1, 2014 - federal law mandates that everyone have health insurance coverage. So what does that mean, exactly? Those seeking a better understanding of that question turned out for a colloquium this afternoon at the University of Southern Maine. The gathering included insurance, business and healthcare experts, and was organized in anticipation of the new online insurance marketplaces that open Oct. 1. Patty Wight spoke to colloquium facilitator Trish Riley, a senior fellow at the Muskie School of Public Service, to find out more.
Trish Riley of USM's Muskie School says now is the time to get past the politics of the Affordable Care Act and focus on the nitty gritty of what it will mean at a practical level.
"There will be bumps along the way - how to get information that's accurate and fair," Riley says, "and, really, how to give this very important new plan an opportunity to work."
Riley says the people who need to sit up and pay most attention right now are those who will use the online insurance marketplace - in other words, those who don't have health insurance right now, or whose coverage is too expensive. That's estimated to be nearly 170,000 people in Maine, and Riley says the law uses a carrot-and-stick approach to encourage them to sign up.
"Importantly, the Affordable Care Act not only creates discounts to premiums, but limits how much out-of-pocket exposure people have when they use health care," Riley says.
The cap for out-of-pocket health expenses is about $6,300 for individuals and $12,000 for families. The discounts on premiums come in the form of tax credits for those who make between 100 percent and 400 percent of the poverty level.
"A tax credit can be received up front, and it can go directly to an insurance company to immediately discount your monthly payment," Riley says, "so your out-of-pocket expenses for monthly payments are significantly reduced."
But one bump in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Maine is already emerging: Those whose incomes are at, or less than, the poverty level are actually not eligible for tax credits.
"So the poorest of the poor will get nothing, and will remain uninsured," Riley says. "That's because the Afforable Care Act originally assumed Medicaid - here in Maine, the MaineCare program - would cover all poor people. The Supreme Court said, 'No,' that was up to states."
And in Maine, Gov. LePage actively opposed the expansion of Medicaid by issuing a veto of a bill from the Legislature that would have covered those low-income Mainers under the federal program. LePage argued at the time that the state couldn't afford to pay for the expansion.
Trish Riley says despite the new health law's imperfections, it's an important step forward. "Since Teddy Roosevelt ran for president 100 years ago, the nation has tried to create some form of universal access to coverage. The Affordable Care Act does that," she says.
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Body Harvest
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- "Yeah, yeah, whatever, hush up man. Mr. Truth here is going to be supplying you with some of the finest... weed, and you are going to deliver it for us."
- — Frank Tenpenny.
Body Harvest is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given to protagonist Carl Johnson by pot-growing hippie The Truth from the U Get Inn Motel in the town of Angel Pine in Whetstone, San Andreas.
Carl enters a motel room and finds a drugged Frank Tenpenny. He then introduces The Truth to Carl, and vice versa, saying that Carl will pay for the weed Tenpenny will require Carl to deliver. The Truth learns a little more about Carl, and says Carl gives off a positive feeling. Afterwards, he tells Carl that before he pays the weed, he must steal a combine harvester from a farm run by survivalists up in Flint County.
Carl heads for The Farm. When he arrives, he makes his way to the back of the farm, all while avoiding or killing the Rifle and Shovel-wielding survivalists. He arrives at the combine harvester's location, and steals it. Again, the survivalists continue to shoot, and even pursue, him, but he safely makes his way back to The Truth's farm in Leafy Hollow. The Truth thanks him for his actions, and says he'll call Carl when the weed is ready.
Meanwhile, Cesar Vialpando calls Carl. He informs Carl of the situation back at Los Santos; his gang, the Varrios Los Aztecas, have been seriously weakened, and he, probably along with Kendl, has a price on their head. Values mean no more to people of Los Santos. However, both of them are still safe. Carl instructs Cesar to get out of town with Kendl and rent a trailer in Angel Pine. He'll meet them later.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Get to the farm where the combine harvester is located
- The combine harvester is located at the field towards the back of the farm
- Get into the farm and steal the combine harvester
- Take the combine harvester back to The Truth's farm
The reward for this mission is an increase in respect. The mission King in Exile is unlocked.
Drive over the farmers with the combine to grind them up. Their mangled remains will come out of the back.
- The name of the mission is a reference to the Nintendo 64 game Body Harvest, produced by Rockstar North when they were DMA Design. It is arguably Rockstar's first free roaming 3D adventure, setting the precedent for GTA III to follow. The music playing in the motel during the cutscene is a re-recorded version of a song from the Body Harvest soundtrack, composed by Stuart Ross and Allan Walker.
- The name of the mission is possibly referenced by the Left 4 Dead campaign Blood Harvest, which also has a level that takes place on a farm.
- The use of the Combine Harvester is also similar to Body Harvest; a part in the game involves the use of a combine harvester to run over zombies. The body parts and blood churn out of the Combine Harvester the same way in Body Harvest.
- This is one of two missions where Frank Tenpenny appears without his partner, Eddie Pulaski (the other one being End of the Line).
- The Combine Harvester is scripted to churn out hay when it is driving over The Farm's field. This is the only instance of Combine Harvester which can do such.
- In this mission, the Combine Harvester can take many bullets before being destroyed.
- The music playing in the motel as CJ arrives is Nautilus by Bob James. The song can otherwise be heard on Master Sounds 98.3


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Stirton works on a regular basis for the Global Business Coalition on HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He has been a longtime photographer for the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, shooting global campaigns on sustainability. He also works for the Ford and Clinton Foundations, the Nike Foundation, and the World Economic Forum.
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Preparations for the opening of the long awaited Rhino cement factory which is owned by Athi River Mining (ARM) is in final stages, the management has confirmed.
According to the management, the Tanzania operations are in full swing and the firm is still looking to fill only a few positions with the relevant skills.
Some of the positions which need to be filled are those of engineering, sales, IT, accounts, internal auditing and legal departments.
Responding to an inquiry by The Guardian by email recently, the company's Managing Director Pradeep Paunrana, said the firm was constructing a 750,000-tonne grinding plant in Dar es Salaam which was due to be commissioned at the end of last year
When completed, the plant is expected to increase cement production and stimulate competition among players hence bring relief to consumers.
Paunrana said the firm has put up another cement plant in Tanga Region which is expected to serve consumers in the country's northern regions.
"We are also putting up a 1.5 million-tonne integrated cement plant in Tanga Region. The 8.6bn/- factory will be commissioned in quarter two of 2012," he said. The foundation stone was laid down by President Jakaya Kikwete in 2008," he said.
The plant will have the capacity of producing 4,000 tonnes a day or 1.5 million tonnes a year and would start operations in two years time, he said.
The Tanga plant is anticipated to be the largest in east and central Africa.
Entry in the Tanzania market will put ARM in a position where it will easily access the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) markets of Zimbabwe, Namibia and Mozambique, economic analysts say.
Paunrana said demand for cement in the region would probably grow at twice the current rate of five to six per cent in the next few years.
"Economic growth could be much faster in Tanzania and we expect cement consumption to double in the next five to seven years," Paunrana said.
Statistics indicate that the combined production of Tanzania's three cement manufacturers - Tanzania Portland Cement Company, Mbeya Cement Company Limited and Tanga Cement Company – stand at 1.2 million tonnes against the domestic demand of 1.6 million tonnes a year.
Due to the shortfall, Tanzania has been forced to rely on imports to meet the demand.
At the moment a bag of cement in Dar es Salaam sells at between 14,500/- and 15,500/-, while at upcountry stalls the same sachet can be purchased at 17,000/- or above depending on transport costs.
The company has also established a foundation whose main purpose is to invest in communities in the region.
The Rhino cement foundation promotes local and community development by supporting high impact projects in education, health and environment.
ARM which was established in 1974 has subsidiaries operating in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Rwanda.


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CCM National Executive Council (NEC) has singled out corruption as threat to its internal elections. The ruling party has already completed conducting the elections at the street level and preparations are underway for branches to do the same.
CCM Ideology and Publicity Secretary Nape Nnauye revealed this when briefing journalists yesterday in Dar es Salaam regarding various decisions made by NEC in its meeting that ended on Monday.
"NEC calls on all CCM members wherever they are to fight corruption in all its forms and should report any act to the relevant authorities, including the
Prevention of and Combating of Corruption Bureau," he said.
Nnauye said that a contestant proved guilty of bribing to win in the polls will have his or her victory nullified. Additionally, he said, "He will also be banned from taking part in future elections, as per decision by the NEC, and he will be given other punishments as deemed right".
He further said that NEC has also decided that from now on it was strictly prohibited for contesters at any level to make visits to party streets, branches, district and regional offices under the pretext of greeting members, giving them 'fares' or introducing themselves.
"Any contestant proved to have made such visits his or her name will be immediately deleted from the list of contestants," warned Nnauye.
He added that party executives and leaders were also banned from escorting contestants in their areas of jurisdiction for the purpose of introducing them to voters. "An executive or leader found doing so, will be taken to task immediately," he said.
Nnauye said from now on it's strictly forbidden for party executives and leaders to convene member meetings for contestants.
Commenting on high living expenses, Nnauye said that NEC urged the government to put pressure on employers to raise salaries with a view to enabling workers afford consumer goods as well as paying for other goods and services.
"The government should strive to control economic sabotage, and deal with those who hike prices unnecessarily," he said.
The CCM Ideology and Publicity Secretary said there were acts of rampant price hiking while house owners demanded six-month rent upfront. Nnauye said such acts and many others forced people to use other means to raise money.
He said NEC has instructed the government to take deliberate measures and see whether the value added tax should apply on all items, including food stuffs.
Nnauye also said that NEC has advised the government to increase subsidies for agricultural inputs so that more farmers could benefit.
He also said that NEC has instructed the government to increase the pace of enhancing the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR), including constructing more warehouses in crop producing areas.
Nnauye said the government should also speed up transportation of food from crop producing regions to urban centres during food shortages to achieve equality in availability of food.


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49 U.S. Code § 44513 - Regional centers of air transportation excellence
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(a) General Authority.— The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may make grants to institutions of higher education to establish and operate regional centers of air transportation excellence. The locations shall be distributed in a geographically fair way.
(b) Responsibilities.—
(1) The responsibilities of each center established under this section shall include—
(A) conducting research on—
(c) Applications.— An institution of higher education interested in receiving a grant under this section may submit an application to the Administrator. The application must be in the form and contain the information that the Administrator requires by regulation.
(d) Selection Criteria.— The Administrator shall select recipients of grants under this section on the basis of the following criteria:
(1) the extent to which the needs of the State in which the applicant is located are representative of the needs of the region for improved air transportation services and facilities.
(2) the demonstrated research and extension resources available to the applicant to carry out this section.
(3) the ability of the applicant to provide leadership in making national and regional contributions to the solution of both long-range and immediate air transportation problems.
(5) the demonstrated ability of the applicant to disseminate results of air transportation research and educational programs through a statewide or regionwide continuing education program.
(e) Expenditure Agreements.— A grant may be made under this section in a fiscal year only if the recipient makes an agreement with the Administrator that the Administrator requires to ensure that the recipient will maintain its total expenditures from all other sources for establishing and operating the center and related research activities at a level at least equal to the average level of those expenditures in the 2 fiscal years of the recipient occurring immediately before November 5, 1990.
(f) Government's Share of Costs.— The United States Government's share of establishing and operating a center and all related research activities that grant recipients carry out shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs, except that the Administrator may increase such share to a maximum of 75 percent of the costs for a fiscal year if the Administrator determines that a center would be unable to carry out the authorized activities described in this section without additional funds.
(g) Allocating Amounts.— The Administrator shall allocate amounts made available to carry out this section in a geographically fair way.
(h) Annual Report.— The Administrator shall transmit annually to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate at the time of the President's budget request a report that lists—
(3) the institutions participating in each research project and their shares of the overall funding for each research project; and
Source(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1182; Pub. L. 112–95, title IX, § 907,Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 140.)
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|Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 312(i); added Nov. 5, 1990, Pub. L. 101–508, § 9209(a), 104 Stat. 1388–376.
In this section, the words "institutions of higher education" and "institution of higher education" are substituted for "colleges or universities" and "college or university" for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (a), the words "one or more" are omitted as surplus.
2012—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 112–95, § 907(a), amended subsec. (f) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The United States Government's share of a grant under this section is 50 percent of the costs of establishing and operating the center and related research activities that the grant recipient carries out."
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 112–95, § 907(b), added subsec. (h).
Center of Excellence for Aviation Human Resource Research
Pub. L. 112–95, title IX, § 908,Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 140, provided that:
"(a) Establishment.—Using amounts made available under section 48102 (a) of title 49, United States Code, the Administrator [of the Federal Aviation Administration] may establish a center of excellence to conduct research on—
"(1) human performance in the air transportation environment, including among air transportation personnel such as air traffic controllers, pilots, and technicians; and
"(2) any other aviation human resource issue pertinent to developing and maintaining a safe and efficient air transportation system.
"(b) Activities.—Activities conducted under this section may include the following:
"(1) Research, development, and evaluation of training programs for air traffic controllers, aviation safety inspectors, airway transportation safety specialists, and engineers.
"(2) Research and development of best practices for recruitment of individuals into the aviation field for mission critical positions.
"(3) Research, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies, to develop a baseline of general aviation employment statistics and an analysis of future needs in the aviation field.
"(4) Research and the development of a comprehensive assessment of the airframe and power plant technician certification process and its effect on employment trends.
"(5) Evaluation of aviation maintenance technician school environments.
"(6) Research and an assessment of the ability to develop training programs to allow for the transition of recently unemployed and highly skilled mechanics into the aviation field."
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NOTRE DAME — The on-field and inspirational leaders were everywhere last fall for Notre Dame.
Te'o, Lewis-Moore and Motta on defense — gone.
Riddick, Cave, Golic on offense — gone.
The 2½-month window since the BCS Championship loss to Alabama must have seemed like a blur for the Fighting Irish, but one thing is clear — if you haven't internally moved on, it's time to now.
New leaders are needed each year. Nothing new there. How leaders develop is another.
Three weeks of spring practice may not make or break the leadership foundation for the 2013 Irish, but putting the building blocks in place is essential.
Bennett Jackson says in his eyes, he's going to step up even more. And don't let his offseason shoulder surgery fool you.
"I look at myself as being a leader for sure. A lot of the seniors are stepping up," Jackson said Friday, March 22, the first time N.D. players met the media since drills began Wednesday.
"Right now I'm on the sidelines, but I'm helping guys, trying to look at myself," said Jackson, a senior defensive back. "I hope to be a leader ... I plan to be a leader. (Dan) Fox, Carlo (Calabrese), and even Mathias (Farley) who's a younger guy ... they're stepping forward. On offense you've got guys like Zach Martin, Chris Watt, TJ (Jones), guys who've been around who know the deal."
Head coach Brian Kelly already likes the landscape for next fall's squad and he's especially taken by the work ethic he's already observed from many players, including Jackson.
The senior won't participate in spring practices or the Blue-Gold Game in April, but he's been far from idle.
"Really pleased with Bennett Jackson and the strength he's been able to put on," Kelly said Friday. "I think when you look at an injury, sometimes it puts them back a number of weeks in the weight training, conditioning process. It is an injured body part ... it's not a player that can't work out. I think that's an important distinction to make in that Bennett Jackson is stronger, more physical.''
Kelly pointed that a player like Jackson can be a leader by keeping in shape — working hard to develop his mind and body.
It also means holding others — and yourself — to a high standard in practices, in film sessions, in training table and in the weight room.
"You can say leadership all you want, but what does that mean? It means holding others accountable," Kelly said. "It's still a work in progress for us, but I like what I'm starting to hear out there. We're hearing people speak up, taking that level of accountability and running with it."
For a player like sophomore Sheldon Day, his role can become two-fold.
Day, who showed quickness off the edge as a defensive end in 2012, now has the chance to fill in for Kapron Lewis-Moore, one of the most reliable — and popular — Irish players in many years.
The Indianapolis native can not only take what he absorbed from Lewis-Moore, he can share the wealth with teammates.
"Not having him is kind of a struggle. He took me under his wing. If I had a question, I'd come to him,'' Day said. "It's been great growing on my own as an individual leader. He's shown me a lot of great things.
"Everybody has their own leadership qualities. Everybody picks up a little of what Kap left. He was always a positive, vocal leader."
Kelly noted the leadership of senior cornerback Lo Wood, junior linebacker Jarrett Grace and senior offensive lineman Tyler Stockton, who saw limited playing time last season.
A collective drive and passion, rather than definitive star-power leadership, could end up being a big part of what shapes the new Irish.
"2012, the personality of that team is gone," Kelly said. "We're in the process of not only developing our football players physically and skill wise, but we're developing leaders within our group, we're developing position groups and depth within the ranks, and developing an identity of the football team.
"It would be easy for me to talk a lot about the individuals today and the progress they've made in this first stage, and we will. But for me it is about developing the identity of this football team, developing the leadership within the group."


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30 U.S. Code § 501 - Mining claims located between July 31, 1939, and January 1, 1953
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(a) Force and effect
Subject to the provisions of this chapter and to any valid intervening rights acquired under laws of the United States, any mining claim located under the mining laws of the United States subsequent to July 31, 1939, and prior to January 1, 1953, on lands of the United States which were, at the time of such location—
(2) covered by an application or offer for a permit or lease which had been filed under the mineral leasing laws; or
shall be effective to the same extent as if such mining claim had been located on lands which were at the time of such location subject to location under the mining laws of the United States: Provided, however, That in order to obtain the benefits of this chapter, the owner of any such mining claim shall, not later than one hundred and twenty days after August 12, 1953, post on such claim in the manner required for posting notice of location of mining claims and file for record in the office where the notice or certificate of location of such claim is of record an amended notice of location of such claim, stating that such notice is filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and for the purpose of obtaining the benefits thereof.
(b) Labor and improvement
Labor performed or improvements made upon or for the benefit of such mining claims after the original location thereof shall be recognized as applicable thereto for all purposes to the same extent as labor performed and improvements made upon or for the benefit of mining claims which are not affected by this chapter.
(c) Withdrawal or reservation
Any withdrawal or reservation made after the original location of such mining claim affecting land covered by such mining claim is modified and amended so that the effect thereof upon such mining claim shall be the same as if such mining claim had been located upon lands of the United States, which, subsequent to July 31, 1939, and prior to the date of such withdrawal, were subject to location under the mining laws of the United States.
Source(Aug. 12, 1953, ch. 405, § 1,67 Stat. 539.)
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