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Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers and Providers
E. Fuller Torrey
An Interview with Dr. TorreyAn interview with E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., author of Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers and Providers, Third Edition.
How is your new edition of Surviving Schizophrenia different from the previous ones?
The third edition of Surviving Schizophrenia is as different from the second edition as its green cover is different from the orange cover on the older edition. Even the subtitle of the book has been changed from "A Family Manual" to "A Manual for Families, Consumers and Providers."
I have especially reorganized the practical aspects of the book so that readers can more readily pick out what they are looking for. For example, Chapter 9 is entitled "Six Major Problems" and has sections on 1) Cigarettes and Coffee; 2) Alcohol and Street Drugs; 3) Sex, Pregnancy, and AIDS; 4) Medication Noncompliance; 5) Assaultive and Violent Behavior; and 6) Suicide.
Chapter 10 is "Questions Asked by Consumers and Families," and it has sections such as "Should People with Schizophrenia Drive Motor Vehicles?" "How Can Relapses Be Reduced?" and "How Do Religious Issues Affect People with Schizophrenia?"
I have also included more practical information on resources. There is a six-page listing of the most useful videotapes, compiled by Mrs. Katie Petray, as well as a listing of available courses forgetting education on schizophrenia.
My favorite section continues to be the annotated "Readings on Schizophrenia," which has been expanded to include "The 15 Best and the 15 Worst." Some old favorites and unfavorites are joined by new nominees, including some outstanding books and also some that are truly dreadful.
What are some of the positive changes that have taken place in the last 12 years in how we view and treat this disease?
The two most exciting changes that have taken place in the past 12 years have been advances in research and a decrease in stigma. We know much more about schizophrenia as a brain disease, as I summarize in Chapter 6, "What Causes Schizophrenia?"
Increased research funds from NIMH, NARSAD, the Theodore and Vada Stanley Foundation, and the Scottish Rite have merged with rapidly improving technology for studying the brain to produce a veritable stream of research developments, and this stream is accelerating. It is really an exciting time from a research point of view.
The decrease in stigma has come largely through public education.. NAMI members at the local level (for example, teaching a class at a local school) and at the national level are largely responsible for this decrease in stigma.
However, the single largest factor in decreasing stigma has been the willingness of individuals who have been affected with schizophrenia to go public and talk about their experiences in newspaper interviews, books, radio, television, and videotapes. We owe a great debt to these individuals, such as Fred Frese, Lori Schiller, Esso Leete, Carol North, Brandon Fitch, and the others.
Is anything surrounding this disease or its treatment actually worse now than it was a decade ago?
There is no question that public services, overall, are worse than a decade ago. More individuals with schizophrenia are living in public shelters and on the streets; more of them are in jails (usually on misdemeanor charges); more of them are living in very marginal group homes; and more of them are living in questionable nursing homes.
For many reasons, which I detail in Chapter 1, "Dimensions of the Disaster," deinstitutionalization has been carried out very poorly and is the largest single failed social experiment in twentieth-century America. We are so used to the mediocre services that we forget how bad they are.
For that reason I included a new section in the book on "Examples of Good Services" and listed (with an accompanying map) the best clubhouses, the best continuous treatment teams, and the best community mental health centers and comprehensive treatment programs.
The other troublesome question that has recently arisen--and which I discuss in the book--is whether the incidence of schizophrenia is increasing in the United States. There is recent data suggesting that it may be. If this is indeed true, then our problems with services are going to get even larger.
How will consumers and families be helped by your book? Overall, what does it offer them that they have trouble obtaining otherwise?
Surviving Schizophrenia offers families, consumers, and providers one-stop shopping. In a single book an answer can be found to almost any question that may arise, from the history of schizophrenia to a list of the best journals to read to keep up on the research developments.
My model for the book is Dr. Benjamin Spock's Baby and Child Care, which is so widely used because it tells mothers everything they need to know in a single volume. The third edition of Surviving Schizophrenia has a markedly expanded table of contents (five pages) and index (17 pages) so that readers can quickly find whatever they need.
In that sense, Surviving Schizophrenia is the type of book that you keep around and pick up to read specific sections. It's not a book that you read once through then put on the shelf.
What is the most often asked question about schizophrenia from someone such as a family member who has just learned that a loved one has the disorder. What is your answer? The most often asked question is the obvious one: What can be done? And my response to it is to emphasize the importance of finding a competent psychiatrist and the importance of starting antipsychotic medication as quickly as possible. I detail this in Chapter 7, "The Treatment of Schizophrenia."
The next most often asked question is frequently asked indirectly: "Did I cause my relative to become sick?" Those of us who are familiar with research on schizophrenia sometimes forget how many people are not familiar with it.
Family members often assume that they played some role in causing their relative's disease. I explain that they played no more role in causing the schizophrenia than they would if their relative had developed Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis--in other words, no role whatsoever.
If the family of a person with schizophrenia remembers just one major point made in your book--holds onto just one message--what would you like it to be? If the consumer remembers just one point, what would you like it to be?
For the family, I would ask them to read Chapter 2, "The Inner World of Madness," and realize how difficult life is for individuals with schizophrenia. People with schizophrenia are often heroic in their efforts to control their voices and delusional thinking and to lead normal lives.
For the consumer, I would ask him or her to read Chapter 11, "How to Be an Advocate," and parts of Chapter 10, such as "How Can Consumers Survive Schizophrenia?" If they remember just one point, I would like it to be the increasing role that consumers themselves are playing in advocacy efforts and in delivering services to other individuals who are affected with this disease.
Perhaps the best examples are the consumer provider (also called consumer case manager) training programs listed in Appendix C. Consumers are playing an increasing role in services, and this is exciting progress.


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The Goshen bar's new owner, Aaron Nafziger, doesn't plan to change much about the place he's come to love — he may offer nachos, though.
Marshall V. King
Dining A La KingFor more food related news check out Marshall King's Quick Bites article.
A lot of people went out of their way to thank Jason Oswald last week.
Instead of telling him how to run Constant Spring, 219 S. Main St., Goshen, they were thanking him for doing so the last seven years.
As of today, June 17, he's not the owner of the bar he started. Aaron Nafziger bought it and will officially begin running it after a week of learning the basics last week. They announced the change last Monday.
Oswald opened the bar in 2006 after renovating and even making the bar out of cement.
Change makes people anxious. And people are invested in this place, more than a lot of other places I've seen. From the beginning, people told Jason what they thought about what should happen at the Spring.
This week, they were telling Nafziger, a 26-year-old who just quit his job as a financial planner.
"Everybody's got a lot of great ideas," he said Thursday, noting that he's heard people want nachos.
He said he doesn't plan to change much. He loves the Spring and doesn't want to mess with it much. He didn't want to open a new place. He wanted to own the Spring with its vibe. He approached Oswald about purchasing it and 1 1/2 months later, they had a deal.
"It's not broken. I can say that," he said.
Andy Wesdorp, who had a Jimmy John's location, told him, "Do it your way."
Oswald did that and became successful.
Constant Spring broke new ground in a number of ways in Elkhart County.
Ÿ It opened as a non-smoking bar, the first in Elkhart County. Oswald did it because he didn't have money for the smoke-eating machines, but it turned out to be a key in getting people who didn't usually go to bars to darken the door and become regulars.
Ÿ It was one of the first bars to use and promote local and organic food throughout its menu. Few restaurants still do it as much as the Spring.
Ÿ It stocked and promoted craft beer before most others did in Elkhart County. That attracted beer geeks from the beginning and turned others into being them.
Ÿ It was a key part of Goshen's progression into hipness. The Electric Brew really started that in the mid-1990s, but the Spring was key as First Fridays started and as other businesses came to Main Street. Since the Spring opened, so has Kelly Jae's Cafe and Venturi.
Ÿ It was the first independent bar I know of to have a trivia night. Jeremy Bernstein suggested having a trivia night and if you've been at the Spring on Tuesdays after 8 p.m., you'd know how successful it's become. Buffalo Wild Wings let customers play trivia before that, but since that, other places have added trivia nights too.
But Oswald wasn't only first on some of these things, he adapted. He stopped bringing in as many bands because his customers didn't want them. He changed the kitchen so that it could have a bigger menu. He got more personable with customers and I'll guarantee he has a ton more friends than he had seven years ago. I'm proud to be one of them.
His mother is proud of what he did too. Myra Oswald watched how hard he worked over the last seven years. She's still amazed that a bar in Goshen named for a neighborhood in which they lived in Kingston, Jamaica, has done so well.
She was a regular, but Oswald charged her for drinks and dinner the way he did others. "He didn't give me anything," she said. "And I give really good tips."
He did buy her dinner Wednesday, she said.
Nafziger's mother Laurie Nafziger is already a regular at the Spring. "I'm thrilled," she said of Aaron buying it. "I've loved the place for years now."
Aaron's father Roger said, "I'm not sure Aaron is the first Mennonite to own a bar, but I am glad my 95-year-old mother died a few weeks before it happened."
And Laurie said she plans to keep paying for her meals and drinks. "I'll always pay. I know how much debt he has," she said.
Nafziger uses the word "awesome" a lot when he talks about taking over the bar and how Oswald has both created and handed it over.
He's a night owl who's passionate about food, drink and good experiences. He's new to the restaurant business and managing a staff, but said "It's going to be my baby."
Oswald said he doesn't know what he'll do next other than travel. He told the Goshen News he plans to take a nap and mow his lawn.
This week, as people expressed dismay, he cracked jokes. "I'm excited. It'll be fine. Stuff like that," he said.
Nafziger takes over a place people love and feel invested in. He and his wife, Kendra, want this place to succeed. After seven years, it's an institution. Years from now, people will continue to thank Oswald for what he did.
And I think Nafziger will probably do just fine. Keeping good staff and learning the business will challenge him. And the customers will be glad to give him advice as they continue to support the business.


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Looks like your taxi did a nice job on that bull.
Looks like your taxi did a nice job on that bull.
He does phenominal work. He is one of 6 taxi's here in CO that does work for Cabelas on their conservation mountains. The price tag and lead time reflected that. $1050 and 14 months.
It is worth it to pay a bit more and wait a little longer for that trophy of a lifetime. We are going on 15 months for my wifes buck and still havent herd when it will be done.
hmmmm, I got this message when trying to view pages 2 and 3 of this thread. What the?
You don't have permission to access /forum/showthread.php/1852-Random-CO-pics..../page3 on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.2.19 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.19 OpenSSL/1.0.0d DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/188.8.131.5235 Server at www.eastmans.com Port 80
Awesome pics!
For what its worth guys, I've been having a hard time as well. Get the same messages when trying to go to different pages. Sorry about the lack of responses.
Thanks for the comments guys.
I agree on the fact its worth it. Can you point me to a thread that contains your wife's buck? Sounds like its a real good one!
great stuff, thanks
Very nice, thanks!
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Ana exacts revenge on Alisa, serve still shaky though
Shrieka (and publicist?) back at Bollettieri's, revs up comeback
ATP discusses Dubai while Tennis Channel cancels coverage
Is there a head shrinker in the house?
Dinara dumped from Dubai
Monicu makes funny faces
Fed backs out of Dubai + Davis Cup
Telling the tale of the bouncing bird
JJ performs her own Serbian Slide, give good quote
Andy gets his visa, Shahar speaks out
Frisky fotos from Marseille
Billie Jean King talks Dubai + coming out
V tops ReRe, does Marie Claire + CNN, gives her two cents
Rafa in red, officially bucks Dubai
JJ, ReRe, and V shoot BJK Cup promo, Serb's right side still MIA
A-Rod backs Shahar, boycotts Dubai
Nole beaten by Jo-Willy again, gives lessons for HEAD
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A sustainable world is one in which human needs are met equitably without harm to the environment, and without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Growing evidence for the role of energy use in global change and awareness of limitations in our energy choices are motivating a search for pathways that are technologically innovative as well as environmentally and economically sustainable at all scales of energy usage. This is a grand challenge to the scientific community that cuts across disciplinary boundaries.
The creation of a secure and prosperous future for humanity depends on the contributions that science, engineering, and education will make towards building sustainable pathways to meet the energy needs of future generations. The dual roles of NSF - to support basic research and education - are ideally suited to stimulate vibrant science and engineering discovery and innovation efforts that will be needed to meet the challenge of building a sustainable energy future.
Sustainable Energy Pathways is part of the NSF-wide initiative on Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES). The Sustainable Energy Pathways solicitation calls for innovative, interdisciplinary basic research in science, engineering, and education by teams of researchers for developing systems approaches to sustainable energy pathways based on a comprehensive understanding of the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and societal issues.
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Most of us watch for technology trends and forecasts about what kinds of advancements are around the corner. Showcasing the latest and greatest - and predicting what's to come - are big reasons why magazines like Wired and Popular Mechanics are so, well, popular.
But once the overhyped gadgetry and consumer electronics are stripped away, what core technologies are changing - or will change - the way government business gets done? Government Technology decided to find out by asking the people who build the technologies of today and tomorrow.
What follows are conversations with industry leaders who offer insight into technology trends important now and glimpses of what will be important in the future - and how these technology trends will change government.
Paper Trail
The dream of the paperless office, at least on the public-sector side, is dead. Until every American has unfettered Web access, paper documents will always remain. So until some yet-undiscovered solution is found, numerous technology firms are rolling out products that can help paper over the paper problem.
One such firm, not surprisingly, is HP. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is currently promoting its Exstream line of document automation solutions. According to Scott Draeger, manager of product strategy at HP, the company sees a future where document management is done in the cloud.
That involves moving one of HP's strengths into the mobile workspace - printing. In mid-April, HP and Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, announced HP ePrint, an enterprise printing solution that allows BlackBerry users to print an array of documents directly from the smartphone, with or without wires.
"EPrint is what we call cloud printing. And cloud printing from the BlackBerry is going to change the way a number of people work," said Gary Rodgers, HP's worldwide market development consultant. "It's going to make things a lot easier for people."
With any new enterprise technology, the IT security guys tend to be wary. But Rodgers said security was an important component of ePrint's development.
"Of course everyone is concerned about security and the way our ePrint solution works. It takes advantage of an organization's existing BlackBerry environment, so their current environment is secure when they use ePrint," he said. "It doesn't alter that environment or open it up to any kind of security risk. So it adopts their existing security structure."
In addition to printing from a mobile phone, HP intends to capitalize on printing in another dimension. With the success of 3-D movies and the much-hyped arrival of 3-D TVs, it's only natural that 3-D is making its way to ... printers? Actually 3-D printing - which is really the process of creating plastic models from computer-aided drafting designs - was first developed in the 1990s by a Minnesota-based company called Stratasys. Back then, 3-D printers were as large as they were expensive. In late April, however, Stratasys and Hewlett-Packard announced the launch of a jointly created and more reasonably priced 3-D printer - the HP Designjet 3D - a 120-pound device with a price tag around $17,500. While created primarily for product prototyping, 3-D printing can be applied to fields like science and medicine that would benefit from having tangible models available. Some even speculate that 3-D printers might one day be able to churn out replacement human organs.
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Sophisticated performance measures will help public officials deliver.
Back in the mid-1990s the New York City Police Department began using an organizational management and crime reduction tool it called CompStat. Now adopted by law enforcement agencies around the nation, CompStat pioneered the use of data analytics to measure and improve performance, as well as identify and prevent crime. The system was rudimentary, consisting largely of pins on


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The red carpet is already set up for the biggest awards show of the year.
Dozens of workers have laid down 40,000 square feet of red carpet, which is 100% recyclable, tents, and bleachers on Hollywood Boulevard, for Sunday's Academy Awards.
USA TODAY entertainment editor, Dennis Moore, joined Monika Samtani for an Oscar preview.


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Dirk T. "Dick" Willms, 95, of Le Mars, Iowa passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Park Place Estates in Le Mars. Funeral services will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 17, 2011 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Le Mars. Rev. Gary Landsness will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Cemetery in Le Mars. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Mauer - Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. The family will be present from 5-8 p.m. There will also be one hour of visitation at the church on Monday prior to the funeral. Memories and expressions of sympathy may be directed through www.mauerjohnsonfh.com
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Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic and
Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka were among the winners Monday in the first
round of the Japan Open.
The second-seeded Berdych rolled through the first set and earned a 6-1, 7-6
(8-6) victory over Frenchman Benoit Paire, while the seventh-seeded Wawrinka
went the distance in a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 triumph over Japanese wild card Hiroki
Berdych won this title in 2008 and is one of two former Japan Open champions
in this week's field. Top-seeded Andy Murray is the other, having won the
title last year.
Murray is playing his first tournament since capturing the U.S. Open last
month for his first career Grand Slam title. He'll have a difficult first
match on Tuesday against Frenchman Gael Monfils.
Other winners Monday on a limited schedule were Viktor Troicki of Serbia and
Slovakia's Lukas Lacko. Troicki eased past Dutchman Robin Haase, 6-2, 6-3,
while Lacko thumped Spain's Albert Ramos, 6-0, 6-2, in a mere 59 minutes.
The winner of this event will claim a first prize of $308,000.
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For rap Titan Jay-Z his newest record "Open Letter" serves as just that, it's a lyrical open letter the rapper uses to address a number of recent happenings in his life including the controversy surrounding his trip to Havana, Cuba and news surrounding his ownership of the Brooklyn Nets.
Jay-Z immediately kicks off "Open Letter" with a reference to his controversial trip to Cuba as he dotes on turning the city's capital of Havana into Atlanta before addressing the various politician's who've called for the investigation of his trip.
"Politicians never did shit for me/ Except lie to me, distort history/ Wanna give me jail time and a fine/ Fine, let me commit a real crime," Jay-Z raps.
The Swizz Beatz-produced number also finds Jay-Z speaking on reports that he may be dropping his ownership of the Brooklyn Nets.
"Would've brought the Nets to Brooklyn for free/ Except I made millions off it, you fuckin' dweeb/ I still own the building, I'm still keeping my seat/ Y'all buy that bullshit, you'd better keep y'all receipt," states the rapper on "Open Letter."
For fans of the noted Brooklyn rapper, there may be more new tunes to come. During an interview with Hot 97, Swizz Beatz revealed that "Open Letter" was just one of three records he recorded with Jay-Z last night (April 10).
"We started the beat in Jay-Z' office. Then we took it to the 40/40," said Swizz Beatz, according to AllHipHop.com. "And Jay called me in the morning with his verse…We did four crazy joints last night."
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text: DNR exploring electronic licensing By John McCoy December 15, 2012 John McCoy West Virginia's current paper-based licensing system requires DNR employees such as information systems assistant Larry Rucker to handle and re-handle huge volumes of paper applications and documentation. DNR officials hope to go to a fully electronic system by 2014. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Once on the leading edge of the technology curve, West Virginia's fish and wildlife agency has now fallen behind. Division of Natural Resources officials want to remedy that by making sure all future fishing- and hunting-license purchases are made by people using computers or smartphones. "The idea is to do away with our old-fashioned paper license system," said Curtis Taylor, the DNR's wildlife chief. "We think electronic license sales are faster, more efficient, more cost-effective, and would serve our sportsmen much better. Most states have gone to electronic licensing already. We're lagging behind." Agency officials recently took the first step toward putting an electronic system into place when they requested proposals from companies that specialize in electronic licensing. "Basically, we're trying to find out if the off-the-shelf systems these companies have can be tweaked to suit our needs and, at the same time, benefit our sportsmen," Taylor said. If the DNR effort succeeds, hunters and anglers would no longer need to suffer through the time-consuming process of filling in circles on paper license applications, a la using a number-2 pencil to fill in the answers on a standardized scholastic achievement test. "A few clicks of a mouse, or a few taps on a smartphone touch screen, and they'd be able to get any kind of license or stamp they would want - and they'd never have to worry about a license agent being out of trout stamps or doe stamps or anything," Taylor said. As recently as a decade ago, official agents handled all of the state's hunting- and fishing-license sales. Every single license required purchasers to fill out an in-person application on an official form. The agent then had to mail the applications to the DNR, where workers ran them through an optical scanner to get the information into language that computers could understand. "The old system dates back to a time when mom-and-pop sporting-goods stores and hardware stores were where people got their licenses," Taylor said. "Over time, the big-box chains came in and started replacing the mom-and-pops." Today in some parts of the state, DNR officials have trouble finding businesses that want to handle license sales. "Most of our [agent-based] license sales come from Walmart and Kmart stores," Taylor said. Large-volume license vendors went to a computer-based system years ago. In March 2005, DNR officials launched "point-of-sale" licensing, for which they issued computers and printers to agents that sold more than $30,000 worth of licenses each year. The computers allowed agents to process applications much more quickly, and provided licenses that could easily be replaced if lost or destroyed. "And with point-of-sale, agents never ran out of licenses or stamps," Taylor said. The next step in the DNR's evolution came in 2006, when agency officials started selling licenses online from its Go Wild! website. Online sales were slow for a couple of years until sportsmen caught on. Soon, though, resident hunters discovered how convenient it was to purchase licenses online. The number of resident licenses sold online has increased steadily ever since. "In 2007, residents bought 80,000 licenses online. In 2009, they bought 107,000. In 2011, they bought 126,000," Taylor said. With online and computer-based point-of-sale now occupying huge chunks of the agency's annual license-sales volume, DNR officials believe it's time to jump to a system that does away with paper licenses altogether. "We actually wanted to do this 12 years ago, but the price tag at the time came in multiple millions [of dollars]," Taylor said. "There weren't many companies [that set them up] then, and those that were in the game were doing it only as a sideline. Now there are time-tested companies that specialize in these systems, and the price has come down." The system DNR officials hope to set up would not only include license sales, but also would allow hunters to electronically check deer, turkeys and bears they kill. Currently the law requires that those animals be checked within 24 hours of the kill at an official state game checking station located in the county of the kill or a county directly adjacent. Taylor said sportsmen often complain that they can't find an open station, or that open stations are located inconveniently. "We get comments - they can't find a checking station, or a station is too far away, or is closed when they get there," he said. "Imagine how convenient it would be to check your deer, or whatever, over a computer or a cellphone. The hunter would get a number generated by the DNR's computer, write that number down, attach it to the animal and everything would be perfectly legal." Checking would still be mandatory; hunters caught with animals that didn't have computer-generated numbers would be fined. Taylor believes the electronic system might even increase hunters' willingness to check their kills. "In some states that have gone to electronic checking, the reporting rate has gone up," he said. Taylor said it was too early to estimate how much the new system would cost to install because companies haven't yet made estimates based on the DNR's requirements. He indicated, though, that it should eventually pay for itself by eliminating the ongoing costs of printing paper licenses and handling the applications. "Right now, we spend between $500,000 and $1 million a year administering the old paper system," he explained. Past attempts to go to a paperless system have drawn complaints from existing small-volume license agents and from business owners that operate game-checking stations. Taylor said those businesses could easily continue to sell licenses and check hunters' kills, simply by making a computer available. "We have businesses right now that sell licenses without being 'official' license agents because they let their customers access the Go Wild! system through the business' computer," he added. Taylor estimated that it would take at least a year to purchase, tweak and implement the proposed new electronic system. "We've listened to sportsmen's concerns, and we know they're frustrated at how slow the current system can be," he said. "But we can't rush the new system; we have to get it right. We can't afford to waste sportsmen's money." 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"These survivors, mainly women and girls, have lived through unspeakable horrors at the hands of armed groups who deliberately and systematically use rape as a tactic of terror," stated the Secretary-General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Margot Wallström.
"For too long, crimes of sexual violence have been perceived as inevitable, unspeakable and a lesser crime. Together we must break down the walls of silence and shame," she said in a statement For too long, crimes of sexual violence have been perceived as inevitable, unspeakable and a lesser crime. Together we must break down the walls of silence and shameto mark the Day, which is observed annually on 25 November.
Ms. Wallström issued the call in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Côte d'Ivoire, the current stop on a three-nation tour that also took her to Guinea and Sierra Leone.
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"Both here in Côte d'Ivoire and last week in Sierra Leone, we have learned about sexual violence being used as a tool of political intimidation in the context of presidential and legislative elections," she stated.
"In Guinea-Conakry, the perpetrators of the 28 September 2009 stadium mass rape still remain at large. This is completely unacceptable."
She stressed that women can only reach their full potential when they feel safe. "Underlying attitudes about the rights of women will only change when people everywhere work together to change them."
During her visit to Côte d'Ivoire, Ms. Wallström travelled to Duékoué and Bouaké accompanied by the Secretary-General's Special Representative for the country, Bert Koenders. They met with local authorities, military contingents of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), UN staff, representatives of women's and youth organizations, and victims of sexual abuse.
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During this blessed month, most of us wake up for Sehri and observe fast during the day, knowing that we will eat after sunset, in fact, many of us may even know what we will be eating, many of us may not even know what we will do with the left-overs, but how many of us remember to show some gratitude to Allah before we break our fast by invoking the name of Allah? How many of us ever consider those in this world who go without food all year around?
- What about those who fast without even a morsel of food for Sehri and those who barely have the provision to even have Iftar?
- Many people in such situation die of starvation, and from the lack of clean water - things we take for granted.
"The believer's shade on the Day of Resurrection will be his Charity."
Ramadhan is a month of charity – Of all the money we save in this month from abstaining from our regular breakfast, lunch and snacks, perhaps we can contribute a portion of this towards those who can really do with it. The feeding of the fasting person is a form of charity and certainly it is a righteous act which carries with it immense rewards.
"Whoever gives someone something to break the fast with, they would accumulate the same blessings as the fasting person and this would not reduce the blessings of the fasting person in any way."
Who better to feed than those who are poor and in need?
We would never let our own brothers and sisters go without Iftar whilst we eat from a table full of food – so why should we deprived our brothers and sisters of this Ummah, especially when they are suffering from hunger in a way we've never suffered before?
The amount of money some of us spend on one meal is sometimes enough to feed a whole family for a whole month in certain parts of the world – Would it be too much to spare some money to provide Iftar for a few Muslims other than our own family, friends and relatives?
Please go to the link below and provide Iftar for those who are more in need of it than the likes of you and me:
As you will see, even a one-off payment of as little as £10, will make a world of a difference to these people even though it may not buy us much in this country. Please encourage others to participate in this too.
"Whoever guides (a person) to something good, will receive a reward equal to that is received by the person who does it."
[Sahih Muslim]
NOTE: This link was listed by brother 'Abu Haneefah' in the brothers section, I thought it was an initiative which everyone in the forum (both the members and the guests) can participate in and so I decided to devote a whole thread to it. Would it be possible to have this thread pinned for the duration of Ramadhan so that the opportunity will always remain at the forefront of the Ramadhan section?
Your Brother in Islam,
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The weather cooperated for the return of a downtown tradition that many have been looking forward to, the Earth's Bounty Farmer's Market sale.
The popular event began its second season on Saturday with even more vendors than last year and plenty of fruits, vegetables, and other home-grown items. Last year, Earth's Bounty began in June, but because of its huge success, it returned early this year. The award for best booth this month went to the Potting Shed.
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AMES, Iowa – Challenge accepted. Those were the words of head coach Bill Fennelly when he was recently challenged by the head women's basketball coach at McNeese State, Brooks Donald-Williams to participate in #Chillin4Charity, an initiative to raise awareness and donations for the Kay Yow Cancer fund.
The initiative was started by the women's basketball team at the University of Arizona on June 16 and has spread like wildfire ever since. (See their initial call to action here)
The challenge will take place at 1 p.m. at the Sukup Basketball Complex and coach Fennelly will be assisted by the women's basketball staff, players along with the 2014 summer campers in attendance.
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Any one tried this pack? Noticed Nate Simmons and the Western Hunter crew was using this pack on their hunts. I know they are sponsored by the company, just wondering any reviews good or bad. Thanks in advance.
Any one tried this pack? Noticed Nate Simmons and the Western Hunter crew was using this pack on their hunts. I know they are sponsored by the company, just wondering any reviews good or bad. Thanks in advance.
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I havn't heard of it but here's a review I found....... http://trentswansonoutdoors.blogspot...mans-pack.html
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I know I'm resurrecting an old thread here, but I own this pack and thought I could comment since this discussion didn't have legs.
This is a very robust pack system that was well thought out for guys who hunt in the west/southwest. It is designed and sold by a local shop in phx. This shop is operated by serious DIY hunters and I have always been treated well when dealing with them.
The pack bag is attached to an external lightweight carbon fiber frame. It's capable of carrying serious weight. And the bag itself can be removed and used as a meat pack only. They told me they had fit a whole moose quarter on it and I believe them. The downside to the pack is that it is heavier than your kuiu, kifaru, stone glacier. It has held up very well here in the desert for the last 3 hunting seasons and I think it will last many more. It's adjustable to fit guys of different torso lengths( I had some trouble getting it to fit me right ) but once I did, I was very happy with it. It's got a built in shooting notch.. Which is handy if your bipod is too short or you need to get above the grass. It does not have the padding in the belt and torso region like an eberlestock but it's still is comfortable if dawned properly. The belt was well designed to easily accommodate holsters, range finders, knives, etc. they also have a couple accessory pods to expand its storage past it's standard approx 4600 cubic inches., and they now make a slightly larger version. They also make a lightweight rain cover for it, which is a must. I had it on a fall az antelope hunt last year and was rained on almost every day. The pack is water resistant but your stuff can get wet in a downpour
Glad I stumbled upon this post. I was looking at the optics pack system today. I think I've limited my choice between optics system so full curl system. Both look like well made packs that are US made and both are fairly inexpensive.
The thing I'm curious about is can you load up the meat shelf and still attach the bag to the frame with all of your gear in it? I've been thinking about getting this pack for awhile but I want something that I can pack my meat out plus my bag with camp in it all in one haul.
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Match-fixing probe keeps Italian prosecutor busy
ROME Two years ago, a curious case landed on the desk of Italian prosecutor Roberto Di Martino in the town of Cremona.
Five players on the local third-division club Cremonese fell ill after a match against Paganese. One of the sick players crashed his car and club management reported the mysterious circumstances to police.
It turned out that Cremonese's goalkeeper had been bribed by match-fixers to make sure his team lost. Unable to recruit teammates to join in on the fix, he decided the next best option was to drug them. So he put tranquilizers in the team water bottles, according to police. Italian soccer officials banned him for five years.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is part of a six-month, multiformat AP examination of how organized crime is corrupting soccer through match-fixing, running over four days this week.
"It sounds like a fairy tale or a novel. It's absolute craziness, something unbelievable - but it's all true," Di Martino said in an interview with The Associated Press.
"At the start it seemed like it was just for a few matches, then we figured out that it was pretty much a global system."
The investigation has thrust the 62-year-old Di Martino into the heart of one of the biggest match-fixing cases ever revealed: more than 210,000 tapped phone calls, more than 150 suspects under investigation, hundreds of matches analyzed in all four of Italy's professional divisions, dozens of people arrested and scores more wanted all over the world.
Among those arrested in "Operation Last Bet" were former Lazio captain and Italy national team forward Giuseppe Signori and former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni.
Prosecutors in Naples and Bari have opened related investigations. Di Martino feels like he's hardly made a dent and is overwhelmed, especially since he has to also handle the routine daily work in his small office that has nothing to do with rigged soccer matches.
"If I were working full time on this I could find out more, but I'm the leader of an office that also handles administrative matters. I lose more time for administrative matters than for trials," he said.
Di Martino isn't alone. Prosecutors in Germany have uncovered about 340 games that they believe were fixed, but they can investigate only half of them because they don't have enough staff, a German investigator told AP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss investigations with the news media.
Even if prosecutors can catch players involved in fixing matches, hunting down the international money trail has proved far more elusive.
"These guys operate at a very global level. The police have no idea how to operate at a global level like crime does. They can do what they like, travel as they like," said Chris Eaton, the former head of security at soccer's governing body FIFA and now director of integrity at the International Centre for Sport Security, a Qatar-backed group funding research into match-fixing and ways to fight it.
When Eaton was at FIFA, the former detective and his handful of investigators opted to interview suspects and pursue cases across the world. Because he had few evidence-gathering powers and little support from national law enforcement agencies, FIFA had limited success.
Ralf Mutschke, a former Interpol manager who succeeded Eaton last year, has switched tactics, focusing more on education and prevention. National agencies investigate match-fixing, with liaison support from FIFA's 209 members associations.
"Everyone has a role to play," Interpol Secretary-General Ronald Noble told the AP. "There has to be prosecution. There has to be prevention. ... There's got to be internal work from FIFA. There's got to be work from the legal betting agencies. It's a huge problem, a huge problem."


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Fi'zi:k's Antares line of saddles consists of three models -- the K:ium, Braided, and 00. This model, with K:ium Rails, provides the most value, whereas the 00 is the lightest and most expensive version. However, all Antares saddles are designed for medium flexibility riders, or more precisely, what Fi'zi:k refers to as 'Chameleon.'
Fi'zi:k divides its saddles into three shape designs for varying flexibility, calling this its Spine Concept. Each level of flexibility is denoted as either Snake, Chameleon, or Bull, with the serpent being the most limber and the ox intended for muscular riders. If you can easily touch your toes, then the Snake would be your ideal saddle shape. However, if toe touching is just as much out of reach as podium spot at the Tour, then a Bull designated saddle will support best. But, the Antares' Chameleon profile fits right in the middle of these polar opposites.
Why is this? Well, the Antares' Chameleon shape is semi-narrow, and it's intended for riders who instinctively manage the body's position and weight over the saddle. This shape is perfect for competitive athletes and recreational riders alike. Additionally, this concept is reinforced through its forgiving, yet supportive, carbon-reinforced Rilsan shell.
The shell is lightly padded, covered with a durable Microtex, and supported by Fi'zi:k's proprietary K:ium rails. Essentially, K:ium is a combination of metal alloys, and a specific tubular design that increases fatigue resistance. The result are rails that are lighter than solid titanium, and feature a strength-to-weight ratio that's exceeds most alloys. This enables Fi'zi:k to keep this Antares just under 189 grams.
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Not a pain in the ass
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I bought this saddle before start racing amateur "Gran Fondo's" and I have to say that it is very comfortable when riding long distances, specially uphill. I'm not too tall (5'7") and slim (138lbs), so is a great option to buy if you are light.
Even when I'm wearing blue jeans, the saddle is great.
Nice saddle, if you're under 180
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Saddles are a very personal thing. The recommendation of many, including Clint at Competitive Cyclist, is to try out three or four, or as many as necessary, before selecting the best saddle for you. I didn't want to buy three or four saddles and return two or three, so I demoed the Aliante versus, the Arione CX and the Antares with carbon braided rails, before having my LBS order the Antares K:ium. Unfortunately, I didn't demo either saddle on longer than a 40 mile ride. BIG MISTAKE!!!
I'm between a "Chameleon" and a "Snake," according to Fizik's spine concept test, and my sit bones are about 130mm apart. I'm 5'7", big bone, 194 lbs, with a rather muscular built. After riding my Antares for nearly 500 miles, I had to take it off my bike, and slap my Specialized Toupe+ Expert back on. Had no comfort issues on rides 45 miles and under. But, on longer than 45 mile rides, by mile 49+, I had to get off the saddle often, just to get comfortable.
So, by process of elimination, if the spine concept is correct as far as flexibility is concerned, and I believe to that extent it is, then flexibility and rider built aren't a parallel correlation and the spine concept makes a terrible assumption that flexibility also equals rider built. And it simply isn't so. I was far more comfortable on the Arione CX than I was on the Aliante versus.
Fi'zi:k Antares K:ium Saddle Review
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I decided to give this saddle a try after a great deal of research. I chose the white with red wings, as it perfectly matches my 2013 Specialized Roubaix SL4 Expert (gloss black/gloss red/white bar tape). I'm 62 years old, 5' 10", 170 lbs. and ride approximately 150 miles per week at an average speed of around 18 mph and on a good day 19 mph. In short, I'm a very average "Joe Bag of Doughnuts" cyclist. I've used the Specialized Toupe Expert Gel (143mm/titanium rails) saddle for the last year and a half and am a big fan of this saddle. I simply wanted to try something different and liked the reviews I had read on the Fi'zi:k Antares K:ium saddle. My initial impression when I took the saddle out of the box was that it appeared to be quite a bit firmer with less gel than my Specialized Toupe Expert Gel saddle. The materials used in the construction of this saddle, along with the quality of workmanship, are outstanding. The Antares felt lighter than my Toupe (which it is), however the rather long nose with no cutout was cause for concern. I installed the Fi'zi:k Antares K:ium in the exact position as my Specialized Toupe (height/fore/aft) and headed out for a 52 mile ride. Any and all concerns were put to rest in short order. This saddle fits my sit bones perfectly and the lack of a cutout turned out to be a non-issue. Just a few miles into the ride, it was as if I'd been on this saddle for a thousand miles. I have nothing but good things to say about the Fi'zi:k Antares K:ium saddle and would highly recommend it. Good luck and safe cycling to all!
Was it Luck or Nate?
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
It didn't take too many miles on my new BMC road bike to realize that the Fi'zi:k Arione saddle that came on it wasn't making my 50-year old butt too happy. When I asked Nate at Competitive (Extension 4364) for some suggestions for a replacement Nate emphatically recommended that I switch out to an Antares model. After completing the order and giving Nate my credit card info I began to question my blind reliance on Nate's recommendation. Hell, Nate had never even laid eyes on me and, anyway, what I obviously needed was a padded, gel-filled, dropped-front, cut-out saddle, not this thing that was just has hard and only marginally larger than the Arione that I'd found to be so uncomfortable. Well, I've now done several 50+ mile rides on my new Arione saddle and can now say with authority that Nate had, somehow, picked the perfect new saddle for me.


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Cancer patient vows to finish college
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Nothing can keep Reggie Cain from going to class.
Not his long hours at The Redemption House, the shelter he recently opened to support recovering addicts. Not his time split between his six children and grandchildren. Not even chemotherapy treatments.
Cain, 61, will graduate from West Virginia State University in December with a bachelor's degree in health sciences. He decided to go back to school in 2009, and since then, he has earned three associate degrees specializing in behavioral health and counseling in addition to the B.S. he'll receive next month.
He was diagnosed with stomach cancer last year, but has not let it get in the way of his goals. Cain has made the Dean's List every semester.
"I've been busy," Cain said. "A lot of people tell me that they're inspired just by seeing me in class everyday. They don't understand how I do it. I give God all the glory."
Cain, of Saint Albans, had a vision to create transitional housing for local men who have struggled with drug or alcohol addiction and needed help getting back on their feet. He started furnishing houses in Rand and Dunbar, offering not only a warm place to sleep and eat -- but also transportation to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and job interviews.
He couldn't do the job wholly, though, without a degree.
"I saw people suffering. They needed help getting their lives together. I felt like it was my calling to help them, but I had to go back to school to do it right," Cain said. "It is so rewarding to watch a person who has no hope get a gleam in their eye when hope does come alive in them. It's like they get to relive life allover again. Kind of like me -- I got a second chance at life. I feel better now than I did at 35, even with the cancer."
This isn't Cain's first attempt at college. After high school, he attended Compton Junior College in California on a football scholarship. But, he quit after his first semester upon finding out his girlfriend was pregnant with his son.
"To be honest, I was a jock back in '69. I was only thinking about playing sports, and I really abused the opportunities there for me," he said. "Most people don't get a second chance, and I'm blessed to have one."
Cain is part of a growing trend of nontraditional students in West Virginia. Enrollment of students in the state over the age of 25 has increased by more than 12 percent since 2008, according to the Higher Education Policy Commission.
Last year, more than 23,000 of West Virginia's students were 25 and older. Adult learners make up more than half of enrollment in the state's two-year colleges and nearly 20 percent of four-year institutions.
But in Cain's case, he wasn't doing it for himself. His youngest daughter, Meredith, will graduate with honors from South Charleston High School this year, and as he took her to visit prospective universities, he realized he needed to heed his own advice.
"I've just been truly blessed by her. She's very intelligent, and I knew that for me to be able to make sure that she gets the quality of education that she wanted, I needed to reeducate myself," he said. "It was a combination of things that made me want to go back."
Cain said he worried only slightly about catching up with his younger generation classmates.
"I knew I would need to brace myself with the technology. I took a few computer classes to prepare. Even though it was difficult, I had a lot of support from my classmates and teachers," he said. "I knew in my heart this was another stepping stone so that I could help people in the future. But I found out that I was already helping people just by going to class everyday at my age wearing a chemo pump."
Cain plans to expand his Redemption House project upon graduation and provide even more people a place to live in a place "where comfortable sobriety without relapse is the norm instead of the exception."
"It's really disturbing to me when I hear so many people say, 'I wish I would've done this.' Well, what's stopping you from doing it? It's not over 'till it's over," he said.
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Gun Myth Tragically Debunked: Texas DAs Prepared, Armed And Expecting Trouble Still Assassinated
The common theme of much of the gun enthusiast community is that they want unfettered access to any and all guns to, 1) protect their family/home; 2) fight tyranny [so far extremely undefined], and 3) defend against marauding hordes in a time of social unrest.
This brings us to the events of last two weeks in Colorado and Texas. On March 20, the Executive Director of Colorado Prisons, Tom Clements, was gunned down at his front door. It would be expected, considering his job, that he was armed, or at least had a firearm in his home.
Days later the suspect shot a Deputy Sheriff in Texas minutes before he was fatally injured during a car chase. The gun in his possession was traced back to the gun that killed Colorado prison chief Clements. That gun, a Smith & Wesson 9mm semi-automatic, had been purchased through a strawman buyer two weeks before Clements was killed. The suspect was a member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas.
On January 31, in Kaufman, Texas, Assistant District Attorney Mark E. Hasse, 57, was gunned down in the employee parking lot of the Kaufman County Courthouse by two men wearing tactical vests. He was working on a major case against the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. He was armed and expecting trouble.
On March 30, Kaufman District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife were gunned down in their home by assassins with an AR-15 rifle. The 20+ shots killed the District Attorney who had 23 years of military training, weapons in his home and, after his ADA was killed less than two months earlier, was expecting trouble.
Three days later, April 2, the Federal prosecutor in Dallas, who had been working on the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas case, walked away from the job for security reasons. This prosecutor had available the blanket of security of the U.S. Marshals service to protect him. He did not feel safe.
The cases are being investigated by the FBI, Homeland Security, U.S. Marshal Service, Texas Rangers, Texas State Police [DPS], Kaufman County Sheriffs Office and other agencies. The focus at this time is on the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas but consideration is still being given to other possible groups.
And that brings us back to marauding hordes. If anything defines civil unrest by an armed group, these last few months do; unrest perpetrated by a highly armed criminal enterprise that apparently is fearless to the repercussions of killing cops and district attorneys. When we realistically look at defending against a marauding horde and home invasion, it seems there is a perception that the good guy with the gun will, as he does in the movies, stop the bad guy with a gun. In three very clear instances, the victims did not stand a chance. They were armed, prepared and, by all indications, trained to protect themselves and their family. All for naught.
Just days later the Federal Prosecutor, with a cadre of armed agents of the U.S. Marshals Service and other agencies, made the decision to walk away instead of face that threat.
The point: gun enthusiasts say that they need an unlimited arsenal to protect the home, the homestead and society. Yet history has shown that it just doesnt work that way. Folks who are on alert, who are expecting danger, still cant stop it. The illusion that is given by gun enthusiasts is that somehow they would. It is a dangerous illusion.


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Hello ppz,
I was wondering if it s possible to add a zimbra account with a zimlet.
I have coded a zimlet that add an account to my personnal/professionnal webapp without any kind of
problem but the goal of this zimlet is to add an account to zimbra and my webapp, so service's directors
could add account by simply dropping a contact on my zimlet.
And because i dont want to give an access to the admin panel to the director, i need to do it with the zimlet.
I can use zmprov but i d like to find another [more secure] method.
[=> including a call to it in my php script which add the user to my webapp]
So the question is Can i add a zimbra account with the .js file included in my zimlet.zip
I have searched the forum but with no luck.
If you can point me in the right direction, i will really appreciate it.
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It is no longer syncing back to the server for preferences. I still get email. I have done a ReIndex and that has not helped either. I did the ZD 2.0.1 update and that did not help either. Any suggestions? I do have 2 accounts setup within ZD, one works and the other gets this error. My next step is to uninstall, remove all data and reinstall ZD and sync the account again, but I am trying to not do this.