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Open Letter to Scarlett Johansson and Oxfam
Scarlett Johansson
Actor, Hollywood.
Winnie Byanyima
Executive Director, Oxfam.
Dear Ms. Johansson and Ms. Byanyima,
We are writing to you about the involvement of Ms. Johansson as the Global Ambassador for Oxfam at the same time as she is the Brand Ambassador for Sodastream.
Sodastream, as we will show, is an Israeli company that is based on an illegal settlement, illegal according to Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949). Not only are we concerned with Ms. Johansson's involvement with this firm, but we are equally troubled by how her work erodes Oxfam's credibility as a social justice organization.
Sodastream at Ma'aleh Adumim.
Sodastream's factory is located in the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, in the industrial zone of Mishor Edomin. The settlements are built on land that the Israeli armed forces seized in 1967, and hold as occupied territories. Occupation law mandates that such territory be held temporarily, due to military exigency, and that its territorial and civilian character be maintained to the extent possible. Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits the transfer of an occupying power's civilian population to the land it occupies for that reason. Moreover, Article 8 of the Rome Statute enshrines this violation as a war crime. The International Court of Justice, the UN General Assembly, the UN Security Council, as well as Israel's High Court have roundly rejected Israel's contestation that the land is in dispute and not occupied. In the context of this controversy and with U.S. diplomatic support within the UN Security Council, Israel has expanded and entrenched its settlements throughout the West Bank. While the settler population was 200,000 at the time that Oslo was signed in 1993, today that population is nearly 600,000. The lack of accountability facilitates Israel's expansionist project, which has severely undermined the possibility of a viable peace agreement with Palestinians. The Ma'aleh Adumim settlement is part of the attempt by the Israeli government to extend its reach into the occupied lands on the E1 parcel, which the European Union has called "a violation of international humanitarian law."
Ma'aleh Adumim is built on the rubble of the Palestinian villages of Abu Dis, Al Izriyyeh, Al Issawiyyeh, Al Tur, Khan al Ahmar and Anata. The construction of this settlement, and the industrial zone on which Sodastream's factory is based displaced the Jahalin Bedouin. A 2012 Oxfam report on the Jordan Valley settlements noted, "In the early 1990s, 200 Palestinian families were relocated from the Jerusalem periphery to enable the Ma'ale Adumim settlement to be built; 85 per cent reported abandoning their traditional livelihoods." The word that the Oxfam report used – "relocated" – is mild; we would have used a stronger word – forcibly displaced, for instance – but the point is made. Not only is Sodastream's factory on land that is occupied (and so should not be built upon by the occupying power as per international humanitarian law), but it is also built on land from which Palestinians have been forcibily displaced. Finally, the settlements themselves are sites of gross human rights violations. The settlers enjoy three times as much water per capita as their Palestinian counterparts; they drive on Israeli-only bypass roads regulated by colored license plates; the settlements and the roads are built atop confiscated Palestinian lands; the settlers are governed by Israeli civil and criminal law while their Palestinian counterparts are governed by military law which the Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination found to be in violation of Article 3 of the Convention and tantamount to apartheid; and the settlements are de jure segregated for Jewish persons only.
Oxfam and Palestine.
Oxfam has a long and distinguished role in raising awareness of the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands and in providing relief to Palestinians in their plight. In a note called "Oxfam's position on the occupation of the Palestinian territory," Oxfam takes a strong position – alongside the International Court of Justice's 2004 ruling – that Israeli settlement building is illegal. After Oxfam argues that settlements are a road block to peace in the region, it says that all settlements must be dismantled. Furthermore,
"Settlements also significantly stunt the development of the Palestinian economy. Israeli settlements and the settler population under the protection of the Israeli army have confiscated Palestinian land for housing, roads, infrastructure and cultivation, as well as taken control of water. Many Palestinian farmers have been threatened or attacked by settlers, preventing them from farming their land or harvesting their olive trees. World leaders have repeatedly said that Israeli settlements are one of the main stumbling blocks standing in the way of progress on the peace process that ultimately, if it were to succeed, would benefit the lives and security of Palestinians and Israelis alike."
Ms. Johansson and Ms. Byanyima,
On July 5, 2012, Oxfam released a briefing paper (no. 160) called "On the Brink: Israeli settlements and their impact on Palestinians in the Jordan Valley." This powerful paper details how the Israeli occupying power has evicted Palestinians from the Jordan Valley – who only have access now to six per cent of its lands. Not only are Palestinians ejected from what had been their primary occupations – agriculture and nomadism – but they now face restrictions on their building of homes and work. "Palestinians across the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) also face systematic and discriminatory policies that restrict their freedom of movement, their access to land, water and markets, and their ability to build infrastructure to support their livelihoods."
Two of Oxfam's recommendations to the State of Israel are important to mention:
- Immediately halt the construction of illegal settlements in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) in line with the recommendations of the 2004 International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion.
- End policies and practices that are illegal under international law and harm the livelihood of Palestinian civilians (including ending demolition of Palestinian infrastructure and ending confiscation of Palestinian natural resources.
Given Oxfam's role in Palestine, it seems odd that the charity would continue its relationship with Scarlett Johansson, who is now the spokesperson for Sodastream, a firm that is built on an illegal Israeli settlement.
Based on these facts, and the history of both Oxfam and Sodastream, we urge one of two courses of action:
a. Scarlett Johansson, Global Ambassador for Oxfam, break her ties with Sodastream, an Israeli firm that is built on a settlement that has been held to be illegal by international humanitarian law.
b. Oxfam break its ties with Scarlett Johansson, the Brand Ambassador of Sodastream – an Israeli firm that is located on an illegal settlement.
It is impossible for Oxfam to retain its credibility if Scarlett Johansson remains its Global Ambassador at the same time as she is the Brand Ambassador for Sodastream.
Warm regards,
Vijay Prashad Elisabeth Armstrong Noura Erakat
Edward Said Chair Prof., Study of Women & Gender Freedman Fellow,
American University of Beirut Smith College Temple University Law School
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2. Aijaz Ahmad, writer, New Delhi, India.
3. Alan Shihadeh, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
4. Alex Lubin, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
5. Bassam Haddad, George Mason University, USA.
6. Bernardine Dohrn, Assoc. Clinical Law Professor (retired), Northwestern University School of Law, USA.
7. Bill Fletcher, Jr., writer/activist, Washington, DC, USA.
8. Dawn Peterson, Assistant Professor of History, Emory University, Atlanta, USA.
9. Dream Hampton, writer, filmmaker, activist, USA.
10. Elliott Colla, Georgetown University, USA.
11. Fida Adely, Associate Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
12. George Bisharat, Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law, USA.
13. Issa Shivji, Professor (rtd.) of Law, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
14. J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University, USA.
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18. Laleh Khalili, Professor of Middle East Politics at SOAS, London, UK.
19. Magid Shihade, Bir Zeit University, Ramallah, Palestine.
20. Michelle Joffroy, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Smith College, USA.
21. Mitu Sengupta, Centre for Development and Human Rights (CDHR), New Delhi, India
22. Mona Fawaz, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
23. Nadia Hijab, Director, Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
24. Nadya Sbaiti, Smith College, USA
25. Nour Samaha, managing editor, al-Akhbar, Beirut, Lebanon.
26. Osama Abi-Mershed, Georgetown University, USA.
27. Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor, Columbia University, New York, USA.
28. Raymond Baker, College Professor of International Politics, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, USA and Director, International Council for Middle East Studies, Washington, DC, USA.
29. Robin D. G. Kelley, Professor of History UCLA, USA.
30. Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Center for Place, Culture, and Politics CUNY, New York, USA.
31. Sherene Seikaly. Assistant Professor, History/Director, Middle East Studies Center, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
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33. Sunaina Maira, University of California, Davis, USA.
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Google Chrome recently becomes the most popular web browser in Malaysia. To compare with the result, I asked my blog readers to vote for their primary web browser, which I did the same last year. Here is the poll result.
Based on the poll result, 54% voted for Google Chrome and Firefox got 36%. There's 8% use Opera as their default browser. Lastly, only 3% use Internet Explorer mainly. Oh, there's no vote for Safari this time, which received 3% last year. We assume that many Safari users have switched to Chrome.
Of course, the sample size of this poll is rather small but it reflects the browser choice of tech blog readers somehow.
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We got to Anchorage in the evening, so it wasn't like we'd get a good day's look at it right off the bat. But we did get to drive around.
Streets wise, they're laid out perfectly. There's not a bunch of different streets, there's a few that make their way all about the city in a neat, not confusing way. There's this street named Fur Street, and you could guess the kind of stores they have on Fur Street. Good Job! You guessed it! FUR stores! Loads and loads of them! I've noticed that outside a lot of stores, they have stuffed bears. A bit scary, I must say. There are streets named G Street and L Street, and then other regular names like 5th Avenue, 4th Avenue, and so on.
Sorry, I'm jumping ahead a bit quickly. Let's talk about the outside before moving in. The SKYLINE of a city says a lot ABOUT the city. If there's a long, rather tall skyline, it's a big city. If there is no skyline, if there are no skyscrapers whatsoever, it's a pretty small city. Or, not really city, more like town. Personally, I'd go for the medium skyline. And Anchorage is perfect. It's not too big, there aren't many skyscrapers, but there is the perfect amount.
Then you dig a bit deeper. Let's take New York City, for example. There's that big chunk of skyscrapers, but then a rough area starts to leak around it. No big, shiny, sparkly new buildings. But Anchorage! The buildings don't get "bad" as you move further out. They stay nice, then they disappear. You're in mountains then. Anchorage is surrounded by mountains. All the buildings in Anchorage are new, (most of them are modern) bright, nice to look at! It's great! A lot of them have murals painted on the sides of them. Well, Anchorage is not an old town. Sprouted in the 40s! For me, it's hard to think of another town I know of that is that young. Anchorage is also a very clean city. You rarely see litter, and sidewalks are practically spotless.
Many important cities are surrounded by water, and you all know why that is, so I'm not going to bother writing why. Anchorage does have water by it, but there are no ships on it, and the beach is deserted. Why is that? Well, the answer is a bit scary. The sand is not sand. It is a spongey, quicksand substance, and if a human walks on it they sink and die. Yeah, so that's why no one is allowed to go on it. Now, about our first week....
Day 1: We woke up and hit the town. We first checked out the Performing Arts Center. AMAZING! One of the coolest buildings I've ever been in. I saw a large banner that said that the Alaska Dance Theatre (ADT) performs there=http://!! I got to pick up a brochure of the School of the Alaska Dance Theatre, which shares the ADT building. I am dead set on auditioning to attend. That. School. Did I mention how much I love dance? Oh yes, it's in the About The Blogger paragraph on the side of my page. Have you read that? There is this movie about the Northern Lights called Aurora. It runs all day every day for the entire summer. It's a movie of amazing pictures that this photographer takes of the Northern Lights (or, to be all scientific, Aurora Borealis) right here in Anchorage. We looked forward to checking that out. We asked these two ladies working there if there was a place they could suggest for a good breakfast, and they suggested the Snow City Cafe. We headed for the cafe and, on the way, stopped on the Captain Cook hotel, which is named after the famous Captain Cook. His ship was called The Resolution. Cook stopped in this Cook Inlet right here in Anchorage, sent two ships farther up north to explore a bit, and then left, discouraged, thinking, "Nothing! There's nothing here!" He sailed three voyages, and on the voyage when he stopped in Alaska, he sailed to Hawaii and died while there. Apparently he was killed by the Natives. Ugh.
Anyway, there's this terribly glamorous hotel named after him, celebrities have stayed there, and it' s one of the big things in the city. We left the Captain Cook and ate breakfast at the Snow City Cafe, and it was delicious! We'll definitely eat there again. At breakfast, it was decided that my sister and I would see HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 that day. After all, we did miss seeing it the day it came out, which was our goal. We had to see it the first day we were in Anchorage, which was three days later. We saw it in the late afternoon.
It is my favorite Harry Potter movie. It is my favorite movie of all time. It was the most emotional movie of all time. I cried the hardest I ever had in a movie. It was just overall incredible, and, I give it 5 stars. Oh boy...tearing up just thinking of it.....
Day 2: Wait-have I written a bit much for now? I think so. I will fill you in on the rest of the week as soon as possible.
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I have a Fluval C4 Power Filter (HOB) on my 36 gallon freshwater tank housing a fair number of fish. Currently, I have the foam pad, a small bag of Purigen, but mostly Matrix in the filter. My filter does have a very large chemical media basket which is about 3/4 filled with Matrix and 1/4 with Pruigen. Then, there is a small-ish bio-media basket above that with more Matrix.
My levels have been good... 0 ammonia/nitrite 40 nitrate (is that nitrate a little high)?
Would I be better off replacing some of that Matrix with more Purigen? Basically, which has the better Ammonia/Nitrate/Nitrite removal ability? Which should I have more of? Should I just fill the entire chemical basket with Purigen and then leave the Matrix in the top bio-basket?
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IME I would try more Purigen to control nitrates over Matrix, but I notice you didn't mention floss pad? That might help remove fine particles that the media you listed cannot trap. Usually it integrated into the carbon filtration pads, but since you didn't mention that either, it may be that is what is needed to help.
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Mickie James is HOTT!!!
I agree with that @shay.I am not in professinal wrestling. Ihave a job and i find time to work out at gym 5 times a week. I will say mickie james in 2008 was in great shape if she did some sit ups she could get just as hot as she was 2 years ago. sarita is in great shape sixpack abs.
Not complaining about weight… but– Mickie's body can look two times better if she worked on it a little more. There was/is no excuse for being out of shape if you're in the profession of "sports" and "entertainment". Take pride in your craft and work to keep yourself in top shape. The same can be said for many of the male wrestlers too.
@spkike hammer a gut bigger than big show? I would not agree with that big show has a huge gut he is 500 pounds. mickie james gut is not as big as 500 pound big show.
Are you high? She has a bigger gut than the Big Show and her nose looks like she should be in Who's ville, not TNA.
I love wwe but how can you take about Mickie James like that. That woman is so fucking fire she got a round ass.Pretty faces and a sexy ass voice. She is my future wife oh you didn't know? Mickie james is simply awesome.Mickie James baby let me tap your ass girl damn!
@kuiree undertaker has backstage power and you know it. mccool is worst female wrestler of all time. when trish said it to molly she ended it fast it didn't go on and on and on for year like it did with mccool and wwe piggie james and mickie is not even fat at time or now so how pathetic.
this website reported dat she was treadin on thin ice LOOOOONNNNNG b4 she was released thus sending her 2 smackdown then she started complainin about bein on smackdown….I'm happy 4 her tho oh btw (@Erik) Michelle weighs more than Mickie she's just way taller. n it's nt like she & the undertaker wrote the storyline the writers did . How come nobody cared when Melina called the divas fat or when Trish Stratus said it 2 Molly Holly who was actually heavier than trish.
yeah mccool is joke. mickie james look great tonight vs sexy sarita in ring no fat all all on her tummy so fuck you vince mcbastard and mctaker too.
Give me 3 1/2 minutes…maybe even 4!
I'd luv to have just one night with Mickie.
She looks great as a ref.
The nerve of WWE to call her fat. Mickie's thick and that's how I like em. Give me that over a stick like McCool.
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In this post in the Human Rights and HIV/AIDS "Now More Than Ever" blog, Michel Kazatchkine, the former executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and newly appointed special envoy to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, examines why human rights are "so central to the AIDS response." He writes, "An urgent mobilization is needed to respond to the epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including much greater attention to, and involvement of marginalized and criminalized populations, particularly people who use drugs, sex workers, and gay men and other men who have sex with men," adding, "As Special Envoy, I will continue to speak out loudly and clearly about the need to devote much greater attention to human rights. And I pledge to listen to the voices of those who too often are excluded" (7/26).
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morning. Over the next five days, I had a dreamy date, a bunch of
baseball games, a meeting
with a real live rock star, a trip to another country, a big Olympic
showdown, and a huge BEST party!
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forgot about my lunch meeting at Artone's Pizza in South Buffalo!
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to closing a deal as "orgasmic."
I took my dreamy date Jeni to the Bisons game that night with plans
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No Robby after Lazlo's amazing set, and I wondered if I was looking
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even though it was way past both our bedtimes when I brought her
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"The Reason" before calling it a night.
After a Thursday morning tour of the CN Tower, we had lunch at the
Hard Rock Cafe in Skydome, which featured lousy food and the most
beautiful waitress who has ever lived. When YMCA came on the TVs,
a wild dance party began with conga lines, people standing on chairs
and tables, and allowing Jeff to eat everyone's abandoned French
fries. When the mayhem died down, I asked the heavenly waitress
to join us later at Medieval Times, but she had to work at another
restaurant, leaving my dreams shattered. We were given a hasty tour
of Skydome by a snooty employee, which was just fine with me, because
I hate domed, turf stadiums.
Everything was so authentic at Medieval Times - the costumes were
shiny, and the food had real medieval names! One surprising thing
I learned was how many vendors they had in the Coliseum in those
days - apparently they sold Knights of the Round coloring books,
neon swords and roses, and glossy pictures - who knew they had all
those cool things a thousand years ago!
Back at the hotel, I was watching some footage from Iraq and was
taken back by Kyle's interest, so I asked him what he thought about
the war. Though Jeff wasn't interested in Kyle's thoughts at first,
instead giving him bunny ears, soon there were five of us having
an amazing discussion about the world around us.
"It makes me sad that so many Iraqi children have to die,"
lamented Kyle.
"We don't need to make so many bombs," added Jeff.
"Saddam and Osama weren't working together - they hate each
other as much as they hate us," said Justin.
"Can you imagine, waking up in the morning and not having no
water or bread? Look at all the snacks we have here - we take it
for granted," leveled Dan.
I was simply the moderator, and the longer we talked, the more stunning
was the realization that there was more common sense and compassion
in this roomful of special ed. students than the average office
water cooler. It was both enlivening and frightful.
Back in the good ol' US of A on Friday, my Roasted Pepper softball
team was patiently awaiting their all-star shortstop. Border issues
made me a little late - perhaps the main reason why we lost, but
we had fun anyway. I felt bad in letting my team down, and
promised to have a huge game next week.
Saturday morning was the big Erie County Special Olympics meet.
After months of rigorous training, my athlete, Eric, came away with
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day full of frantic cheering, jumping around, high fives and hugs,
and singing Beach Boys songs. Eric made me so proud I wanted to
At night was the humungous BEST Bash at the Tudor Lounge, which
promised to be the greatest party ever! We had so much free stuff
and really cool music, too. The first band, Anal Pudding, was kind
of gross and scary, but then Lazlo Hollyfeld took over and kicked
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and it made us feel great. So did all the free drinks! Everyone
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Hard Evidence
Seven salient facts about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
6) Though he may have been upset by the harrowing stories of returned soldiers—as many, many of us have been, incidentally—his overwhelming and reiterated objection to the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, and al-Qaida in Iraq, is that it is "a war on Islam." It might be worth noting that this means that the Taliban does represent Islam, whereas the current governments of Iraq and Afghanistan somehow do not—a core belief of the Islamic purists who use the dogma of takfir to excommunicate such Muslims and render them liable, along with many other kind of infidel, to holy slaughter.
7) He seems to have been especially obsessed with the Quranic injunction that forbids devout Muslims to make alliances with Christians and Jews.
The above list is not exhaustive, but I would submit that five of the seven items (the first and the last four) would have been grounds to have had him either put under close surveillance or dismissed from the service. Proselytizing in uniform, for example, is already banned by a general order. To be "inclusive," the United States armed forces must exclude or discipline those who oppose inclusion. This, of course, goes for zealots of all faiths, and it won't do to point out that it isn't always universally applied. The Hasan atrocity makes such an application more urgent, not less.
What about the emphasis on Hasan's supposedly knife-edge mental state? Well, even supposing it to have been precarious, it can hardly have been improved by immersion in the rantings of Anwar al-Awlaki. I do not say that all practitioners of woman-hating, anti-Semitic, sadomasochistic suicide immolations are themselves insane, but I do say that the teaching itself is demented. In the same way, I do not say that all Muslims are terrorists, but I have noticed that an alarmingly high proportion of terrorists are Muslim. A paranoid or depressive person—of whom we have many millions in our midst—does not have to end up screaming religious slogans while butchering his fellow creatures. But a paranoid or depressive person who is in regular touch with a jihadist "spiritual leader" is presented with a ready-made script that offers him paradise in exchange for homicide.
All right, then, wasn't the gallant major also subject to ill treatment and even abuse? Only up to a point, when you consider that his parents had been given refuge from Palestine and enabled to build a life here, that he himself had knowingly joined an all-volunteer army, that he had been promoted (it seems rather faster and higher than his true abilities warranted) and allowed on the job to vent extremely noxious opinions about members of other faiths, to say nothing about his adopted country. No doubt he came in for a taunt or two, but if you want to avoid that, then don't express contempt for your fellow soldiers while in uniform. Black Americans used to be segregated. Jewish recruits were mercilessly hazed, as were men or women who looked as if they might be gay. Did any of them ever come up with an act of mass murder as a response? Did any of them ever offer a black or Jewish or gay ideology in justification of it? Would they have earned sympathy and understanding if they had? By the time the mushy "pre-post-traumatic" school was done with the story, Maj. Hasan was not just acquitted of being a bad Muslim. He was more or less exonerated of having even done a bad deed.
This is not at all a matter of the usual stupid refusal of the FBI and other security services to understand an early warning even when they have detected one. It is a direct challenge to the unity and integrity of the armed services, which have been one of our society's principal organs and engines of ethnic and religious integration. A U.S. soldier who wonders about the reliability of his, let alone her, Muslim colleague is not being "Islamophobic." (A phobia is an irrational or uncontrollable fear.) If Maj. Hasan has made this understandable worry in the ranks more widespread, he has done his fanatical preacher friend the greatest possible service. But that's his fault for doing what he did, and his superiors' fault for letting him openly rehearse it for so long, not mine for pointing it out.
I wrote some years ago that the three most salient characteristics of the Muslim death-squad type were self-righteousness, self-pity, and self-hatred. Surrounded as he was by fellow shrinks who were often very distressed by his menacing manner, Maj. Hasan managed to personify all three traits—with the theocratic rhetoric openly thrown in for good measure—and yet be treated even now as if the real word for him was troubled. Prepare to keep on meeting those three symptoms again, along with official attempts to oppose them only with therapy, if that. At least the holy warriors knowthey are committing suicide.


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I HAVE to get healthy to live! In the past year I have had a severe sinus infection, bronchitis, pneumonia, then a saddle pulmonary embolism (blood clots blocking both lungs.) I went to the ER thinking I would get a shot or something and be on my way home, but I ended up in the hospital for 9 days. My cardio-pulmonary doctor said that if the blood clots would have moved even a very small fraction of an inch, I would have died--even if it happened while I was in the ER ...
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I HAVE to get healthy to live! In the past year I have had a severe sinus infection, bronchitis, pneumonia, then a saddle pulmonary embolism (blood clots blocking both lungs.) I went to the ER thinking I would get a shot or something and be on my way home, but I ended up in the hospital for 9 days. My cardio-pulmonary doctor said that if the blood clots would have moved even a very small fraction of an inch, I would have died--even if it happened while I was in the ER there would be nothing they could have done.
Believe me, when you're laying there in surgery and hear the doctor say "We're ready to go through the heart now" not once, but TWICE, you really get a wake-up call! I know that I HAVE to get healthier if I want to continue watching my grandkids and great-grandson grow. I've been given a second chance, and I intend to make the most of it!
I've been struggling with starting up from where I left off or closing out and re-starting all over from scratch just like a first-time user of SparkPeople.
Then I think of all the years of struggles I've had since I joined SP back in 2007. Even though I had a lot of failures, I DID have a lot of successes, too. For some of us it takes so very, very long to get where we want to be, seeming like we will never get there.
In the end, I decided to do both. I'm starting over from scratch with a new name Miss_Brenda (you can click on the link below to get to that page). AND, I'm also keeping my old page because I hope that my successes�and yes, even my failures�will serve as a source of inspiration to others to never let go of that ultimate goal. I need to be able to see not only where I need to go, but how far I have come. I want others to see that even though it may take what seems like an eternity, their goals CAN be reached. Also, I have some SparkFriends who would only know me by my 2BeHealthyAgain name.
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Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up."--Unknown
I�ve been absent about six months now. I have tumbled backwards and am almost back to the starting point of two years ago! I�ve gained back 33 of the 38 pounds I lost!!! What the heck??????
My health has gone backwards as well. After all, one can't revert back to the bad unhealthy habits without that being one of the consequences. I have no excuses. I just dropped back into my old habits and now I have to pay the price. I know, though, that I have it in my power to make the changes I need to make. I've done it before, and I most certainly WILL do it again!
The whole quote from above is:
"Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up."
~~Author Unknown.
Of all the mistakes I've made in my life, giving up on my journey to a healthier (and lighter) me is NOT one of them!! I credit SparkPeople and my SparkFriends with this, as since I started getting serious on SP in February of 2010 I haven't given up despite many detours and side tracks. The encouragement and support that I get here is absolutely priceless and very dear to me.
Defeat has given me more tests and pauses than I can even count, and yet again I am back on track and trying another way to reach my ultimate health goals. Once again I am returning to Square One but on a slightly different path that this time will hopefully have no detours or obstacles.
For almost two years I have had the "I BOUGHT The Spark" image on my SparkPage~~now it's time to finish it and move forward to the "I READ the Spark" image! It's time to really dig in and quit being wishy-washy. I KNOW what I need to do, it's time to DO it!!
Diagnosed with many health issues including heart failure, morbid obesity, depression, borderline high cholesterol, and pre-diabetes, my health had gotten so bad that I was to the point I sure didn�t want to live like that for the rest of my life. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I couldn�t do even the most basic of day-to-day activities, rarely was able to leave the house, and most certainly wasn�t able to enjoy my Grandkids like I wanted. I knew I had to start making healthier choices so that I could not only improve my health conditions, but also my quality of life.
I have tried so many diet programs in the past: Richard Simmons, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, TOPS, NutriSystem, Atkins (under a doctor�s supervision), OptiFast (hospital-based fasting program under a doctor�s supervision) and all the other fad diets that we all try to lose weight. No matter how hard I tried, I�d lose a few pounds, then not be able to lose any more, and then start to gain weight. What was up with that??
I actually joined Spark People in June of 2007, but due to my illnesses, some of which at that time had not yet been diagnosed, I never did anything. Just joined and then forgot about it. Then in February of 2010 I started reading the hundreds of Spark People emails that had filtered into a folder in my email, logged onto the site, and read some more. Now Spark People and my Spark Friends are a vital part of my life!
What I found on Spark People are lots of friends who have also been there and done that and know what I�ve been going through. I�ve found encouragement and support that is genuine. Not that my family isn�t, but let�s face it��after 30-some years of dieting there has to be some �Oh No! She�s not on another diet is she?� Even if they don�t say it out loud. I found lots of tools so I could make a program especially for me, fitting my needs and abilities. Most importantly, I found hope. I know that I can do it, and I have lots of friends walking beside me on my journey to health and fitness.
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3. To start some kind of hobby to keep my hands busy with something besides food!
4. 14 pounds off by February 14th (6 weeks).
My LONG-TERM GOALS are:
1. To reach my ultimate weight goal of 150 pounds.
2. To be able to walk 2-3 miles without having to stop and rest a kazillion times.
3. To have significant improvement of my health conditions.
4. To be able to ride a bike again!
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1. Weigh daily (doctor ordered to monitor fluid retention).
2. Keep sodium intake under 1,700 mg per day to minimize fluid retention.
3. Keep calories between 1,800-2,000 per day--adjust as needed.
4. More fresh (or frozen) fruits and vegetables and no commercially canned unless no salt added.
5. Cut down drastically on the amount of prepackaged sodium-filled convenience foods.
6. Make my own bread so it can be low sodium.
7. Get an exercise routine established.
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My name is Brenda, I'm 60 years old, and hubby and I have been married for 35 years. We have been blessed with 5 grown kids and 15 grandkids. (To those that have known me a long time, no new babies, they're step-grandkids.)
My husband and I are both disabled due to multiple health issues. I�m hoping he will join me on this journey to health as he is also morbidly obese.
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All the best with the new name and so glad you are keeping the old too. Keep in touch. Stay motivated and active. God bless.
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you have sparked me.. I have lost weight and gained weight here at Sparks..I, at this point, I am feeling pretty frustrated about my journey....trying to regroup and figure it out...again
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Please come back to Spark and come join the Northeast Arkansas Sparks team.
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As a physical therapist, I see people suffering from back pain nearly every day. I see and hear how that pain limits their ability to roll in bed, to get up from a chair, to sit, to stand or walk for long durations, to lift objects or participate in a favorite sport or leisure activity.
For many people that I see, even the act of getting dressed or taking a bath can be excruciating.
Back pain can even affect a person's sex life!
To Make Matters Worse, Back Pain
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The truth is, if you have spinal pain, it generally is with you for a very, very long time as it is virtually impossible to move your body without involving your spine and all of its attached muscles, ligaments, tendons and discs.
Luckily for you, I've discovered an amazing system of therapeutic exercises that has helped the vast majority of my patients gain fast (and sometimes immediate) relief from their back pain.
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With this program, you don't lie on a treatment table and have "things" applied to you.
This program doesn't just treat the symptoms of your back pain, it gets down to the cause and corrects that so that you feel better than you have in a long, long time.
With this program, you'll become an active participant in your recovery and you will become educated about what may be causing your pain so that you can take steps to avoid experiencing that pain going forward.
"I can definitely feel the change after 4 weeks!"
"This is so much different than any other therapy program I've been through."
"I can't believe how much better I feel now from when I walked into your office an hour ago."
"I used to carry my foldup stool with me because the pain got so bad after walking 5-10 minutes, but now I've thrown it away and can walk as much as I want to."
There are many ways to treat your back pain, such as massage, acupuncture, yoga, chiropractic, Pilates, medication, injections and surgery.
Some of these ways are expensive… some are unreliable… some involve additional risks to your health.
However, with my program you get a non-invasive technique that I have used daily for over 15 years to help thousands of people minimize or eliminate their pain.
With this program, you will discover:
But Is This Program Really Worth
My Hard-Earned Money?
The patients that I've put on it would say "absolutely."
Just consider this: the average co-pay in my office is $40. Most patients must attend therapy for at least 6 weeks for a total of 12 sessions.
That means the complete cost of back rehabilitation in my office is $40 x 12 sessions = $480.
Order today and you can get this downloadable book at a fraction of that cost… and you can be performing the pain-relieving exercises in just minutes from now – right in the comfort of your own home!
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Well we have had a busy morning, which is why you haven't heard very much from me yet today! Dylan has just started on a homeopathic treatment through Houson Homeopathy. Since he refuses to put anything unfamiliar in his mouth (including fruit, cookies, pretzels or anything else he has never eaten), getting him to take his remedies three times per day has been quite the effort. Finally, he is beginning to allow us to give them without too much fussing (except today!) and we are hopeful that we will see some positive progress from this.
For those new to the blog, my youngest son is four years old and autistic. We have him in preschool three hours per day, and therapists come to our home to teach him for another three hours per day. A year ago, he was nonverbal and did not understand simple commands. Today, he has a vocabulary of hundreds of words. He understands much of what we ask of him (e.g. sit in chair, open door, put your shoes away, etc.) and has recently been volunteering words in an appropriate way. He tells me "stop it", "c'mon" and when I ask him to show me body parts, he points to them and says "right there". I am beyond thrilled.
I know it doesn't sound like much. But we celebrate every small success and hold on to all the hope we can. It helps to know that folks like Temple Grandin, who didn't speak until she was four, now hold a PhD! His future is wide open!
If you'd like to read about what we're doing, here's you can find more details:
- An Overview of Autism and What Has Helped Us
- Our Summer Preschool Program Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- Words of Gratitude
- Inspiration for the Waiting
Future Goals:
- Saving for an iPad to help with academics
- Praying about Homeschooling
- Starting over with food diary to document behavior/attention/intestinal changes
- Changing to Body Ecology Coconut Kefir as recommended by my friend Joanna
- Adding Organic Coconut Oil to his diet
- Removing current multivitamin and replacing with Biosuperfood as recommended by homeopath
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@ Tetley,
Ducati had/has mass amounts of data on the stressed member machine. Everyone is assuming that since Rossi and JB couldn't figure it out that it cannot work. It has worked, and it has worked well. Once Rossi and JB took them off that path Ducati was screwed, working in areas they were not familiar with.
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Varina, VA - The Washington 12U All-Stars completed a championship round sweep of Pitt County to win the Southeast Regional Title Sunday.
Washington pitcher Kelsey Lang shut down Pitt County in the first game of the day, 5-1 to force a deciding game two.
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- In this article, the term 'e-moderating' is used to capture the wide variety of roles and skills that the online teacher, lecturer, or trainer needs to acquire (Salmon, 2004). Online human supporters have a wider range of expertise compared to working with face-to-face learning groups. The role of the lecturer or teacher in all educational contexts needs to change to include e-moderating to realize the development and potential of new online environments, and to create e-learning rather than e-publishing of materials.
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BOULDER — So much for the Continental League ruling Class 5A. The Front Range has accounted for both teams that will play in Friday's final.
Monarch, which wallowed throughout the first half Wednesday, suddenly exploded and defeated Regis Jesuit 69-57 in the 5A final four at the Coors Events Center. The Coyotes (22-5) will face Legacy, a neighboring school it has downed twice this season, in the championship game. It will be their second appearance in four seasons, having lost to Regis Jesuit (22-5) in 2009.
Trailing 20-15 at halftime, Monarch went on a 20-3 run to take command and was 21-of-27 at the free-throw line in the fourth quarter, when it piled up 37 points.
"Longest game ever," Coyotes coach Gail Hook said.
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Asked how her team was able to overcome a 5-of-27 shooting performance in the first half, Hook replied, "Guts."
Well, those and senior Alexus Johnson, who scored 14 of her game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter. The Grambling State-bound forward turned in a three-point play, then drilled three consecutive 3-pointers.
"I can make those, so I stepped back and did it," Johnson said. "I was just feeling it. Thank God I made them."
In all, Monarch, which struggle early as well as all game on the backboards and against Regis Jesuit pressure, gathered itself while the Raiders, who finished state runners-up a year ago, wilted.
Despite 20 turnovers in the first half, the Raiders appeared in command and led 40-32 with less than seven minutes to play.
But Monarch finally got it together and caught fire from the perimeter. The Coyotes' Ashton Davis also made her first basket during the decisive run, and assorted teammates stepped to the free-throw line and made them.
"Alexus got hot and hit three 3s, and you have to kind of weather the storm," Raiders coach Carl Mattei said. "We were playing kind of loose — (20) turnovers the first half, and we're still maintaining a five-point lead. The third quarter, same thing. Give (the Coyotes) credit, they capitalized when they needed to, hit their free throws."


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HALLSVILLE Tim Rulo exhaled and expressed a sentiment most likely shared by every high school football coach in the state of Missouri.
Rulo — heading into his fifth season at South Callaway — was understandably relieved that his Bulldogs emerged without any injuries from Saturday night's preseason jamboree scrimmages against host Hallsville, Southern Boone and Father Tolton.
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Dempster's Big Toe
Tough day all around for the Cubs.
First they lose Dempster to a broken toe. Secondly, they lose a close game and a chance to make up ground on the Cardinals and Brewers.
Dempster's injury really came out of nowhere.
The good news, however, is the DL should free up Ryan to spend more time with his ailing daughter. A much needed mental break, indeed.
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Just curious what everyone's opinions were on the best age to take a puppy home.
I used to think 8 weeks or older, but I've been doing a bit of reading about early puppy development, and am now thinking 7 weeks might be better.
I've read repeated references to studies that say around 7 weeks of age the puppy crosses into a new developmental period, where they are mature enough to learn, and have learned what they need to from their littermates. I have read that after 7 weeks, the mom will tend to ignore the pups more, and the pup could pick up undesireable traits based on their littermates' personalities. The one physiological downside to a 7 week old puppy is that they have that much less control over their bladder/bowels.
Also, I've read that somewhere between 7-12 weeks or so is the optimal period for bonding, which suggests to me that you might have a tad more difficulty bonding with a 3-4 month old pup than a younger one.
Any thoughts?
The truth is there is no "one size fits all" time line that applies to every litter. They're ready when they're ready.
I have a list of behaviors that I look for in my litters that tells me they're ready to take on the world. Sometimes they're ready at 47 days, sometimes 49, sometimes 52 and sometimes 56. Each litter is different (even by the same parents) and you have to treat them in accordance to the feedback and responses they're giving you. You can't go by a date on the calendar, and waiting longer isn't necessarilly better.
Since we do our "formal" evaluations at 49 days (7 weeks), our puppies do not go home before that. 7 weeks minimum here, 8 weeks being the norm.
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Mine leave no earlier than 7 weeks.
Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
Eight weeks is the norm for the breeders that I know. As long as the puppies are being socialized, stimulated and the breeder is working with them as individuals, it really doesn't matter when they go home. Different story if they are being kept outside or remain as a litter without socialization to people, other animals, etc.
The 7 week thing is based on some very old studies with beagle colonies I think, so puppies remaining were not socialised properly.
My puppies actively begin "looking" for their own people between 7 and 8 weeks of age. Any puppies that stay beyond 8 weeks are taken out of the litter environment and treated as individual puppies, with their own crates, food bowls, etc. They have mutual play time and individual play time.
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We got Obi when we was 6 1/2 weeks old.
He was potty trained within a week and knew sit, come and his name by 8 weeks old.
Thanks for the answers all.
When we started looking for pups we considered a couple of 10-12 week pups. I'm sure they would be fantastic dogs. But purely emotionally, we wanted to have the "puffball" stage. I was glad when my reading provided some support that our preference was not based solely on unreasoning emotion.
We've had 2 goldens in the past, both exceptional dogs. With our kids in high school and college, my wife and I are positioned to put the time and energy into raising our new pup the way we wish. Just trying to identify any and all factors possibly within our control to tweak things the way we want.
Most breeders I know do not send them home before 8 weeks. There are numerous reasons for this. Some breeders do PERSONALITY EVALUATIONS at 7 weeks or after and determine which puppy should go to which pet home.
I like the last worming and shots to be right before they go home at 8 weeks and give a day or two to make sure all is well.
I'm sure each breeder has different concerns. I would be leary of a breeder that says to send them home at 6 weeks.
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We got Lucy when she was almost 7 weeks old. By the time she was eight weeks old, she was pretty much potty trained and knew "sit," which greatly impressed her Grandma, who is normally a cat person.
Check out the Rowdy Retriever Girls' blog and Facebook Page.
It's against Colorado law for puppies to be sold under eight weeks of age. You might want to check your local laws, since breeders who sell their pups "illegally" may not be as ethical as you might like.
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The MA Gender and Sexuality at SOAS is a unique programme, its principal aim being to re-focus issues prioritised in western Gender Studies and the study of sexuality on the complex specificities of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East. The programme offers the specialised study of gender and sexuality in relation to the cultures of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, together with rigorous training in, and questioning of, contemporary gender theory. In terms of gender theory, it offers a solid foundation with sufficient breadth and depth to facilitate a range of specialist pathways. In terms of specialisation, it draws on the expertise of internationally recognised scholars of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS.
Gender Studies is widely regarded by a range of employers as an excellent training, equipping holders of the degree with a range of relevant employable skills. Increasingly policy makers and governing structures understand the need to engage with gender and sexuality, such that graduates with disciplinary understanding of gender and sexuality, especially as sites of rights and responsibility are required in policy, research and legal environments. The value and relevance of the discipline are evidenced by the great variety and distinction of careers gender studies graduates have embarked upon with success. These include employment in international organizations, NGOs, think tanks, research organizations, the media (newspapers, radio & TV), as well as government ministries and programmes. There are growing numbers of gender studies programmes at universities throughout the world, although very few that combine study of gender and sexuality in a global context.
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A Voz de Vilalba was a newspaper edited in Vilalba between 1983 and 1986. During these years twenty-seven numbers and some special numbers were published, and the average edition was five hundred copies. Some of their subscribers were prominent figures as the important intellectual Ramon Piñeiro, the historian Ramóon Villares, the politician Manuel Fraga Iribarne, the player of the Deportivo da Coruña Vicente Celeiro or the Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela. In 2007 the Rey Juan Carlos University, of Madrid, and the Institute of Estudos Chairegos, of Vilalba, edited, with the sponsorship of the Consellaría de Innovación e Industria and the Sociedade de Xestión do Xacobeo, the complete facsimile edition of the newspaper. The volume, with a preface by Ramón Villares, Chairman of the Consello da Culture Galega, and presented by the teacher and chairman of the Iescha, Jose Luis Novo Cazón, contains a wide introductory study done by the teacher Felipe R. Debasa Navalpotro, of the URJC, the philosopher Antón Baamonde, the provincial deputy Xosé González Barcia and the former editors of the publication, Moncho Paz, Paulo Naseiro and Mario Paz González. [ - ]


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