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Asphalt Ego-Rama VWritten by on December 23, 2005 Contributors: The Rod & Custom Staff Putting The Best to the Test on out Readers' rods Road Trip Shootout
What started as an excuse to go out and play with other people's cars has grown into something huge. More than a race. More than a road trip. More than a show. It's all those combined, plus some magazine-induced torture testing and a week's worth of adventure. Only 33 hot rods have ever competed in this event. This is the story of seven of them.
The Asphalt Ego-Rama finalists for 2005 consisted of:
Corey and Judy Cummings' '47 Ford coupe
Rich Guasco's '29 Ford roadster, accompanied by Jim Bell
Jerry and Cheryl Krob's '59 Chevy
Jack Parker's '41 Ford coupe, accompanied by Bob Klessig
Denise Sheldon's '47 Olds convertible
Jim and Eleanor Sheldon's '56 Olds
Jim Shelton's '32 Ford roadster, accompanied by Scott Gafforini
Asphalt Ego-Rama contestants were judged in nine categories. Craftsmanship evaluated workmanship, design, and detail. Ride and Drive (determined by riding in or driving every vehicle) included comfort, ergonomics, practicality, and passing power. Budget rewarded lower cost. Fuel Economy was calculated between gas stops. People's Choice was based on spectator voting at the Twilight Cruise at the NHRA Museum. Acceleration, Handling, and Braking tests took place at California Speedway. Style points (to promote sportsmanship and discourage whining) were evaluated throughout the event.
From our starting point in Lake Tahoe, we cruised through California's historic gold country. Sequoia National Park provided the opportunity for sightseeing as well as for putting the cars through the paces. Radical altitude changes and twisty switchbacks gave us the chance to see how each of these cars handled challenging real-road conditions.
We dropped out of the Sequoia's into California's flat central valley, and rode state Highway 99 into Bakersfield. The best scenery now was our column of cars running down the four-lane. At Ironworks Speed & Custom in Bakersfield, Rodger Lee hosted a get-together for Asphalt Ego-Rama participants and local rodders.The drive from Bakersfield to L.A. was our final long leg of the road trip. We stopped at the Big Dog Garage in Burbank, where Jay Leno stores his 89 cars and almost as many motorcycles, for a rare private tour conducted by Bob Sales, who helps maintain Leno's fleet. We agreed not to publish any photos (sorry), but ask any of the Asphalt Ego-Rama participants and they'll be glad to share a few shots of Jay's Stanley Steamers, Duesenbergs, Bentleys, and Bugattis. After lunch, we headed to the Justice Brothers Racing Museum in Duarte. We were fortunate to find Ed Justice there and he was happy to give us a personal tour to show off his collection of iron--from the Kurtis-Kraft racers that helped the J. Bros make their name in racing, to Midgets, Sprint Cars, Top Fuelers, and Indy cars.
Although Ride and Drive, and Craftsmanship make up a big portion of the Asphalt Ego-Rama, it's the track testing that everybody looks forward to. People want immediate results, hard numbers, and objective ranking. They got all that at the California Speedway in Fontana. Acceleration time trials were first. Everybody got to make numerous passes down the dragstrip, but Rich Guasco's Model A finished far ahead of the rest of the pack once he figured out he wasn't behind the wheel of his Pure Hell Altered and eased the roadster out of the hole. From the dragstrip we moved on to 60-0 mph brake testing. It's tougher than it sounds, but fun to watch--especially when participants start locking up the tires for big smoke (Corey and Jack), busting brake lines (Denise), and sliding toward the R&C photog (no names to protect the guilty). Jim's '56 Olds, with 13-inch Baer Racing discs at all corners, dominated, halting the black and silver Olds from 60 in a short 133 ft.
In the Handling competition, drivers took shots at slaloming through seven cones set 75 ft apart, as quickly as possible without knocking any over. It takes a well-tuned suspension and some driving skill to do it fast. It's not about horsepower here--a smooth constant run nets the best times. Even a lifetime of drag racing experience is no guarantee that your Model A roadster (for example) isn't going to break loose and find you pointing the wrong direction. Corey Cummings got a chance to show off his Corvette-suspended '47, which zipped through the pylons in 6.68 seconds at 42.8 mph.
Until this point, Asphalt Ego-Rama points rankings had been unknown. Now that we were clocking some official times, we could sense a rise in the competitive vibe. But there was still a day and a half of Asphalt Ego-Rama left. The next morning, we visited the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino. The 150-plane collection includes flyers going back earlier than Wilbur and Orville, and prominently features WWII-era planes from the U.S. and Japan. We backtracked to SO-CAL Speed Shop in Pomona. Jerry Krob had been there all morning, replacing a driveshaft carrier bearing. Tony Thacker gave us a tour, and owner Pete Chapouris and hot rod legend Alex Xydias (who opened SO-CAL in 1946) joined us for lunch.
The Kennedy Brothers shop, about a mile from SO-CAL, is always packed with traditional hot rod projects. Joe and Jay didn't mind us crashing in for a look around. In fact, they were happy to show us the dozens of pallets of parts and a few '32s they had recently bought from a collector. From there we headed to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum for the Twilight Cruise Night, where spectators cast their votes for their favorite car of the bunch. Later that night, after we unwound with a good dinner in our guts, we counted ballots, reviewed track test numbers, and argued the merits and shortcomings of each car. With seven distinctly different competitors to evaluate, it was an apples-and-oranges comparison in many ways, but we had seven plaques and only one said "Winner." The ultimate decision was unanimous.
The announcement was made at Boyd Coddington's shop in La Habra. Boyd fed us and gave us full access to his very impressive facility. And unless we came on a slow day--there was far less drama than you see on "American Hot Rod." The real drama was reserved for our final bit of business--the awards presentation. The prize could've gone to any of these real-world, do-it-all rods, but Jim Shelton's '32 roadster ultimately earned it. Jim and Eleanor, Denise, Jack, Jerry and Cheryl, Rich, and Corey and Judy also earned our respect. All seven of these cars are hard-driven, big-mile rides, built to do exactly what Asphalt Ego-Rama was created to promote. Thanks to everybody.
|Category Winners
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|Jim Sheldon's '56 Olds
|Corey Cummings' '47 Ford
|Jim Sheldon's '56 Olds
|Ride & Drive:
|Jim Shelton's '32 Ford
|Gas Mileage:
|Jim Shelton's '32 Ford
|Denise Sheldon's '47 Olds
|People's Choice:
|Denise Sheldon's '47 Olds
|Style Points:
|(Tie) Rich Guasco and Denise Sheldon
|Corey Cummings' '47 Ford
|16.54 at 87.15 mph
|176 ft
|6.68 seconds at 42.8 mph
|Gas Mileage:
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|Rich Guasco's '29 Ford
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|159 ft
|7.01 seconds at 40.9 mph
|Gas Mileage:
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|Jerry Krob's '59 Chevy
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|169 ft
|8.23 seconds at 34.9 mph
|Gas Mileage:
|16.4 mpg
|Jack Parker's '41 Ford coupe
|14.43 at 98.40 mph
|165 ft
|7.10 seconds at 40.3 mph
|Gas Mileage:
|16.1 mpg
|Denise Sheldon's '47 Olds
|15.71 at 88.65 mph
|169 ft
|7.{{{62}}} seconds at 37.8 mph
|Gas Mileage:
|14.4 mpg
|Jim Sheldon's '56 Olds
|14.73 at 96.79 mph
|133 ft
|6.89 seconds at 41.5 mph
|Gas Mileage:
|14.8 mpg
|Jim Shelton's '32 Ford
|14.12 at {{{100}}}.08 mph
|147 ft
|7.19 seconds at 39.7 mph
|Gas Mileage:
|20.9 mpg
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Asphalt Ego-Rama's first day on the road took us down the western rim of Lake Tahoe. We would have made better time, but we couldn't resist stopping for photo ops along the way. Our seven competitor cars made for some nice scenery as well.Taking a break from some hardcore driving through the switchbacks in Sequoia National Park. The cars look tiny next to the Sequoias, which can grow as high as 300 ft and as wide as 35 ft in diameter, and live for 3,000 years.The Sheldons drove their '56 out from Livonia, MI, along with their daughter Denise and her '47. Despite a fairly mild-mannered appearance (betrayed by the recent black and silver paint), Jim's Olds is loaded with successful performance modifications, which helped place it high in the Handling competition and at the top of the Craftsmanship and Braking categories.From a photographer's viewpoint, Denise's '47 Olds was the rod to ride in since it's roomy and topless--perfect for shooting from. Denise was the most enthusiastic participant (who else would back up a steep mountain switchback and scramble down a ravine to retrieve a lost hubcap?).After fueling our bellies in Lake Tahoe, our caravan traveled through several California gold country towns, such as Angel's Camp and Sonora, which have kept their 19th century look. Nowadays the gold comes from the pockets of the tourists.A wayward spark plug sidelined the Sheldons' '56 briefly, but thankfully we had lots of knowledgeable help on hand to get it cruising again in no time.Jack Parker rounded out the entourage from Michigan, making the trip from Muskegon in his '41 Ford, co-piloted by Bob Klessig (who competed in last year's event).A whole crowd of hot rodders showed up at Ironworks Speed & Custom. Many had been at the Hot Rod Reunion at Famoso Raceway. They must've heard that we were in town--or that shop owner Rodger Lee was providing free eats. Ego-Raman Jerry Krob was taking in the finer points of this straight-six-powered custom Dodge.
Not one to be outdone, R&C staffer Jim Aust demonstrates the proper slalom technique on his restored Schwinn Stingray. Off camera, the Asphalt Ego-Rama emergency team gets ready with the Bactine.Jack and his impressive garage-built coupe came ready to compete. Here he showed us the proper technique for flat-spotting some tires. A few others followed his lead.It was obvious that the Krobs enjoy driving their finned flier. The primarily stock chassis was built for the road, and while not dominating in any particular category, the big red beast held its own in overall Asphalt Ego-Rama competition.You can take the man out of the dragstrip, but you can't take the dragstrip out of the man. Rich was looking for any advantage he could get and removing the windshield seemed like a logical choice.We predicted in print that the Cummings' '47 Ford was going to surprise everybody in the slalom and--how about that--we were right. Give credit to the Fourth-Gen Corvette suspension underneath the car.The second quickest dragstrip time was posted by Jim's full-fendered Deuce. Jim raced a rail himself back in the '60s, and although the '32 was built for the highway, the small-block can pull it down the quarter-mile just fine.Kevin was the man with the numbers everyone wanted as things started heating up during the performance testing.Getting a little sideways in the '29. Hang on, Rich! Looks like he forgot this was the slalom course, which is not about horsepower. The end of the course is actually behind him.
After feeding us lunch, Pete Chapouris and Alex Xydias answered questions, posed for photos, and autographed stamped aluminum SO-CAL shop signs, which they gave to every Asphalt Ego-Rama participant.We spent some time at the Kennedy Brothers shop, checking out the traditional rods, such as this unchopped '32 five-window (the body is going to stay just like that) and the radically chopped, Hemi-powered version next to it.The Twilight Cruise is a first-Wednesday-of-the-month tradition at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, drawing hundreds of pre-'74 cars and thousands of spectators. The organizers saved seven primo spots for Asphalt Ego-Rama participants.At the end of a long, fun week, the Asphalt Ego-Rama awards presentation took place at Boyd Coddington's shop, but not until everybody had a chance to look around.Jim Shelton's goal was to replicate the style of the first hot rods that could drive to the strip or the lake, compete, and drive home. In the two years he has been driving the roadster, he has covered more than 45,000 miles. He finished first in Fuel Economy and Ride and Drive categories, and very high in Craftsmanship, Braking, and People's Choice, and is the 2005 Asphalt Ego-Rama champion.


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High School: Three-time letterwinner and two-time state qualifier at Naperville Central...named academic all-conference three times...two-time all-conference performer...stands fifth in school history in 100 breast...member of sectional team for three years...earned team's most improved award after sophomore and junior seasons...competed for Naperville Riptide for three short-course and two long-course seasons...also swam for Naperville Porpoises...also lettered in water polo...National Honors Society member and graduated with honors.

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A wonderfully designed set of four stacking cups with amusing faces clipped to the side. Use them for nesting, stacking, pouring and sprinkling. Each of the cups has sprinkling holes that make them ideal for experimenting with in the bathtub. They are wider than most stacking cups and easier to grasp by the rims or faces. Also, thanks to the holes in the bottom they are safe and will not pose a hazard that solid cups can do. They are also of unusual sizes; the tallest being the inside one and almost transparent for looking through. The bottom cup is 4 inches wide and the set stacks to 6 inches high. These will also make good beach toys for sifting sand or water. 6 months-2years.
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Here's a little setting that will be enjoyed as a baby grows from crawling to toddling and even beyond. A soon-to-be three spent a happy time testing all the bells and whistles of the Activity Garden. It is not so much about gardening as it is about making things happen. There are doors to open and close and window with built-in ball run and shutters for games of peek-a-boo. The doorbell has a three buttons that activate three pleasing sounds. A crawl through archway will be fun for active play. There is a mailbox shape, movable bugs to slide, pictures to click, and a detachable three-language phone with buttons that say the numerals baby presses in English, French or Spanish. This is a wonderfully inviting play setting with a terrific variety of activities for fine and gross motor skills. You can convert the four-walled setting into an open one, but we found it is less stabile in the opened positions. This does require assembly, but it went together with relative ease. It is a big toy, almost 34 by 25 inches. If you have the room it will be used for a reasonably long time.
SNAP: A good choice for active play that can be enjoyed by children with physical challenges, even if they can not stand. A variety of play modes here that empower kids to make things move and sound.
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Here is a galaxy test, based on this tutorial. Enjoy.
Here is a galaxy test, based on this tutorial. Enjoy.
That's pretty good. Three things jump out at me, though. The center of the galaxy goes from regular spiral to "white out" much too abruptly; there should be a "soft" light around the brilliant center and I would make even that begin closer to the center than the brightness here. There are no especially bright stars in the spirals. While there is some suggestion of dark lanes, the appearance is still dominated almost completely by stars, whereas real galaxy have prominent dark clouds and glowing nebulae.
This is a reasonable suggestion of a galaxy, but the complexity of even a fairly simple "classic spiral" (ignoring bars, significant irregularities from galactic interactions, extra-galactic clusters and satellite galaxies, and other such complications) goes well beyond what is shown. I think this could be the start of a very impressive galaxy, but it would take a lot more work to really look authentic. Which may or may not matter, depending on your purposes. As a map, rather than a picture, it is quite reasonable. A navigational display might ignore actual brightness of stars, interstellar matter that has no real interest to the pilot, etc. However, in that case, I would tone down the central brightness even more, since it would be adjusted for clarity.


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One gun maker is leaving Bristol, Connecticut due to the states tightened gun control laws that came in the wake of last years horrific Sandy Hook school shooting.
PTR Industries, a company that builds high-end semi-automatic rifles at a factory in Bristol, Conn., is relocating to Aynor, South Carolina for its more-friendly gun rights laws, according to vice president of sales John McNamara.
Connecticut State Senator Beth Bye, who championed the gun-control legislation says the new law did not prevent PTR from manufacturing in the state.
PTR can still manufacture and sell its weapons in the United States, they just cannot be purchased in Connecticut".
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WHEATON, Md. (WUSA9) -- Two days after her disappearance from Kensington, Hannah Upp has been found unharmed, according to Montgomery County Police.
Police say the 28-year-old contacted her family at approximately 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Upp was found in the area of Georgia Avenue and Shorefield Road in Wheaton, according to police.
Police say they have met with her and will continue their investigation on Thursday.
Montgomery County Police say they knew that this was the second time in five years Upp, who is an assistant teacher at Wheaton Montessori school, was reported missing. Upp made headlines for three weeks in 2008 after disappearing in New York City. She was later found floating face-down in the Hudson River and was rescued by a Staten Island ferry crew.
According to the New York Times, Upp claimed to be suffering from dissociative fugue, a rare form of amnesia, dramatized in the the movie 'Bourne Identity,' which causes victims to temporarily forget who they are.
Today, Montgomery County Police are asking anyone with information in this recent disappearance to call them at 240-773-5530.


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Last week eWeek magazine featured a rave-up on IBM's enterprise hardware business. In IBM's recent earnings announcement the hardware division showed its "best quarter in a decade based on hardware sales in the first quarter of 2011, and analysts say it is because IBM has the right mix at the right time." So what are some of the right features IBM has at this time? The winning combination seems to be innovation and high performance. According to the article:
IBM's investments in high-value and high-growth areas like workload optimization, analytics, virtualization and data center energy efficiency are bearing fruit. In 2010, IBM released significant new product enhancements across its entire portfolio, from a radically redesigned System z mainframe and Power to Intel-based System x and storage.


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Grant Theater a total loss after fire
One Year AgoJanuary 5, 2012 Grant City Council was seeking ideas, thoughts and concerns from the public at an open hearing being held to discuss the possibility of a city sales tax being placed on the ballot. Council was discussing a sales tax proposal of up to 1 percent as a means of acquiring additional funding that would be spent on community betterment—meaning streets, sewer, infrastructure, a new pool, ball park improvement, or economic development. Ten Years AgoJanuary 2, 2003 With no snow to sled on and no ice to go ice skating, the children of Grant gathered at the park to play on the jungle gym during Christmas break, temperatures reached the mid forties. "Extreme drought in state continues" was a headline making front page that week, with the total moisture reading at 16.15 inches locally. Currently for 2012, the total is only at 7.04 inches.Twenty-five Years AgoJanuary 6, 1988 The court records for 1987 showed an increase in traffic cases handled by the Perkins County Court. A review of 1986 court records showed traffic cases totaled 159, up six from the previous year. Also, a random sampling of the traffic cases showed there were fewer speeding cases of 70mph or greater. Barry and Janet Deaver welcomed Jerry James Deaver into the world and claimed the title "First Baby of 1988" and all the accompanying prizes. Fifty Years AgoJanuary 3, 1963 The Grant Theatre was destroyed by fire last Wednesday afternoon, the day after Christmas. Ogallala, Venango, Madrid and Grant Fire Departments all battled the blaze that left four tenants of the apartments upstairs homeless. Firemen fought the blaze all afternoon, in temperatures well below freezing, and continued well into the night on some parts of the structure that continued to burn. The building was a total loss.Seventy-Five Years Ago January 6, 1938 "A total of eight farmers in Perkins County now have made application for the federal loan of 50¢ on the 1937 produced corn crop. Practically all of the corn has graded well above No. 2."


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|Wauneta native faces long battle with cancer
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Former Wauneta woman Taya Northrup, far right, began the battle with NET cancer a year ago. Her family includes, from back left, husband Scott, Sy, Shay and Page, front. (Courtesy Photo)
By Sheri Hink-Wagner
The Wauneta Breeze
Diagnosed with cancer last year, Taya (Gockley) Northrup will spend the rest of her life battling cancer. Northrup, daughter of Denny and Donna Gockley, grew up in Wauneta and graduated from Wauneta-Palisade High School in 1991. She was diagnosed last March with Neuroendocine (NET) Cancer.
This rare form of cancer can take many forms. Northrup's cancer is gastrinoma. She underwent surgery in April 2013 to remove multiple tumors from her duodenum (first part of the small intestine) and liver. Doctors also had to remove 40 percent of her pancreas.
Because this type of cancer is not treatable with chemotherapy or radiation, nor can it be fully removed or killed, Northrup will take daily medication and monthly shots for the rest of her life. She will also continue to undergo many doctor visits, scans and blood work to monitor her cancer.
Northrup lives in the country between Stoneham and New Raymer, Colo., with her husband, Scott, and three children–Shay (16), Page (13) and Sy (10). Northrup's brother, Joel Gockley, lives in Imperial. Her sister, Stacy Cutinella lives in Minneapolis, Minn.
Benefit March 29
Although Northrup has medical insurance, many of her expenses are not covered and she will continue to battle the cancer and related expenses for the rest of her life.
Her friends and neighbors are organizing a fundraiser to help Northrup and her family offset medical bills incurred. The benefit will take place on Saturday, March 29 at the New Raymer Community Building in New Raymer, Colo. The cajun boil dinner and auction begin at 5 p.m. MT. There will be a dance immediately following the dinner and auction.
Monetary or auction item donations for the event are welcomed by benefit organizers. Monetary donations are being accepted by the Prairie Lions Club, c/o Northrup Benefit, P.O. Box 160, New Raymer, Colo. 80742. Organizers ask that checks be made out to Prarie Lions Club with "Northrup benefit" in the memo line.
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Rooftops on the South Bank are prime real-estate: before the Mondrian hotel's opening last year it was a choice between the Tate Modern's lofty heights (though you have to be, or know, a member) or Queen Elizabeth Hall's roof garden. Situated in a glass box atop the hotel, the room gives the impression of being on the top deck of a ship (a theme that runs throughout the property), with a brushed gold bar, plush raspberry seats and a long outdoor terrace. The drink offering is party-perfect: champagne by the glass and fun cocktails from resident mixologist Ryan 'Mr Lyan' Chetiyawardana (from £12).
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|College news
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Brooke Parker of Holyoke is the recipient of a scholarship in the seventh annual Future Mental Health Professional Scholarship Program developed by Centennial Mental Health Center. The program is an effort to raise awareness of career opportunities in the behavioral health field to members of local communities and assist students in achieving their goals in the field.
Parker was a second runner up, receiving $1,500, for her repeat application and award. This freshman at Colorado Christian University is a 2012 HHS graduate and the daughter of Curt and Chandra Parker of Holyoke.
Individuals eligible to apply for this scholarship are graduates from high school or GED program by summer 2013; United States citizen or legal immigrant; resident of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington or Yuma counties; and are intending to complete a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a behavioral health related field (e.g. psychology, sociology, counseling, etc).
The winners were selected based on academic achievement, aptitude and community service from the submitted application, transcript(s), letters of recommendation and essay.
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Ridge stresses supply chain preparedness in ProMat Keynote
March 24, 2011
"If you are successful, America will be successful," and with those words Tom Ridge, the first Secretary of Homeland Security, welcomed attendees to ProMat 2011 and to his keynote speech, titled "Fortune Favors the Brave: The Net Gain of Supply Chain Security in a Risk-Based World."
Ridge confessed he is no supply chain expert, but he suggested similarities between domestic security imperatives and those of modern business.
"You deal, as I did as secretary, with the forces of globalization: communication, transportation, finance, you name it," said Ridge. "I can make a straight-faced suggestion that the complexities in your world are just as big as mine were, between natural disasters, geopolitical conditions and vendor issues. We bring the same process to identifying these risks and managing them before they manage us."
Investments in disaster preparedness, operational redundancies and risk mitigation in general, said Ridge, are not merely insurance policies that one hopes never to cash in.
"Risk management is not only about asset preservation, it's about value creation," he said. "Security is not just an expense. There is a return on that investment."
The balance between security and efficiency can be a difficult one in the business world, said Ridge, but the potential impact of security on profitability and reputation cannot be underemphasized.
"Reputation is built in inches per year, but is lost at feet per second," said Ridge, who encouraged the audience to have frank discussions about threats to their businesses, with risks stated in terms of consequences rather than events.
"In the airline industry, for instance, were they thinking about a volcano, or 'what happens if for some reason we can't fly?'" Ridge asked. "I hope you're willing to take the lead and have that discussion. You simply can't leave things to chance."
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WASHINGTON – Leftover or unneeded prescription drugs are a common sight in many medicine cabinets. But these drugs can cause a lot of harm if they end up in the wrong hands, the water system or the environment.
This weekend, there will be a safe, convenient way to get rid of the prescription drugs you no longer use. The Drug Enforcement Administration is sponsoring the sixth annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 27. Local collection centers will be open around the area from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in police stations, community centers and other locations.
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Mr. Chairman, distinguished Commissioners. My name is Nicolai Petro. I am professor of politics at the University of Rhode Island. During the past decade I have lived and worked in Russia, completing a book on democratic development and serving as civic affairs advisor to the mayor of Novgorod-the-Great. A decade before that, thanks to the Council on Foreign Relations, I had the privilege of serving in the State Department as special assistant for policy to the man who would later become our Ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Vershbow.
I am honored to appear before you today, and will focus my remarks on the issue of democratic governance which has become such an apple of discord between Russia and the United States.
You are all no doubt familiar with the view that President Putin is trying to destroy democracy in Russia, so I will get straight to my points. First, I question the accuracy of this view. Furthermore, I believe that its inaccuracy is leading to misjudgments about political trends inside Russia. Finally, I will mention a few areas where the US and Russia could forge common ground on the issue of democratic governance.
Russia Through the Looking Glass
Russia's record on democratic governance has been severely distorted in the mainstream press. Here is a simple reality check: Putin enjoys phenomenal popularity in a country where politicians get extremely low ratings. Why? Because under him real wages have risen 75% after inflation, poverty has been halved, and federal budget surpluses are running at 12%. It would be suspicious if Putin had anything less than a 70% approval rating.
It is also said that his regime has turned back the clock on democracy. A March 2005 survey of attitudes toward democracy, however, shows that three times as many Russians feel that the country is more democratic today than it was under either Yeltsin or Gorbachev. The same percentage rate human rights conditions better under Putin than under Yeltsin.
There is a troubling rift between Western and Russian perceptions of reality when it comes to democracy, and I suspect that the media plays a very large role in it. By focusing so much attention on Putin, it has forgotten about the rest of Russian society. The casual observer this gains the impression that the country is run entirely from the Kremlin; there is no independent media, the situation in Chechnya is deteriorating, the legal system is a joke, and civil society is under assault.
Other charges are sometimes added, but addressing just these four should suffice to illustrate why Putin is credited by most Russians with improving human rights and democracy.
The trend toward economic independence of the media has accelerated dramatically under Putin. Before coming to office just 10% of local television stations were financially self-sufficient, that has risen to more than a third. Notably, this has occurred alongside annual growth rates in newspaper, journal and book production in Russia that exceed 10%.
I draw your attention to these figures because they are so at odds with the general perception. Put another way: there is more privately financed media in Russia under Putin than there has ever been in Russian history, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the whole.
This is not magic. It is the power of capitalism—specifically advertising—which has grown $2 billion in the last two years and is expected to increase 20% each year for the foreseeable future. Profit has done what no foreign assistance programs ever could—to create a wide variety of commercial programming and diversify the ownership of the Russian media. Today, among the 35 largest media holding companies on Russia only a handful are directly or indirectly managed by the state. This genie is long out of the bottle and the notion that the Kremlin could ever put it back, and restrict access to information, is simply too far fetched to be taken seriously.
In 2005 dramatic changes have taken place in this tragically devastated region, renewing hope for peace and stability.
First, more than seven thousand rebels have laid down their arms, many joining the pro-Moscow government to hunt down their former comrades. As a result, terrorist attacks within Chechnya have fallen four fold, and casualties among the Russian military have dwindled from 1,397 in 2000 to just 28 in 2005. Terrorist attacks and kidnappings have fallen at a similar rate over the past two years, although sadly more than 1,800 cases remain unresolved. These are official Chechen government statistics; the human rights group "Memorial" gives somewhat higher numbers, but the trend they portray is exactly the same.
Chechnya has become a much safer environment, and this has encouraged more than a quarter million refugees to return and open more than 30,000 new businesses. The State Bank of Russia has re-opened throughout the republic, as have the schools and universities. A significant portion of the municipal infrastructure of Grozny has been rebuilt and housing prices there have increased tenfold.
The final piece in the Kremlin's strategy for reintegrating Chechnya was the spectacularly uneventful election of a new, bicameral Chechen legislature. 355 candidates, including several former rebel commanders, competed for 58 seats. The stage is now set for an accord that will give Chechens extensive local autonomy within the Russian Federation, while providing a clear time table for federal reconstruction assistance.
The region's dramatic turnaround has been noted by European observers once sharply critical of Russia. Both Alvaro Gil Robles, Human Rights Commissioner for the Council of Europe, and Marc Franco, the head of the European Commission's delegation to Russia, went out of their way this fall to applauded the Chechen government's progress. Franco was even quoted in the Russian press as saying that "in the past the West had made some mistakes with respect to the Caucasus."
It is unfortunate that these efforts have received so little attention in the Western media, because it is very much in our national security interest to encourage Russia's state-building efforts in the Caucasus.
Historically Russians have had little faith in the judiciary. This too has begun to change under Putin. Thanks to a new Criminal Code and Code of Criminal Procedures passed by parliament in 2002, anyone arrested in Russia must be appear before a judge within 48 hours. Anyone accused must now be charged with a crime within two weeks (amended to one month for those suspected of having links to terrorism), or released.
Two further signs of liberalization took place just this past month. First, the annual conference of chairs of regional courts proposed sweeping new reforms aimed at virtually eliminating closed judicial proceedings. Second, the State Duma passed in a first reading an important new initiative in defense of privacy rights. It establishes a federal agency to which a citizen can turn and demand an investigation to find out exactly what information the government is gathering about him, where this information is being kept, and what is in it.
Putin's expansion of the jury system nation-wide has had a profound impact on a system that has traditionally favored the prosecution. Today juries acquit 20% of cases, and in 2005 Russia saw its highest acquittal rate ever.
Under Chief Justice Valery Zorkin the Constitutional Court has set a more independent course than its predecessor, criticizing the December 2003 electoral law, striking down restrictions on media coverage of elections, and strengthening the rights of defendants and the role of juries. Last month Zorkin spoke out about the importance of "very solid, independent courts. If you do not have these sorts of courts then not only will citizens' rights not be protected but also there will not be checks, or reins, if you like, on the executive." In fact it has become commonplace for courts to hear cases on the constitutionality of state, local and municipal charters.
I attribute the speed of some of these changes to the fact that the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is the de facto final court of appeals for Russian civil cases. The dozen or so judgments against Russia rendered by this court in 2005 have received considerable publicity, with human rights violations getting the lion's share of attention. It is worth noting, however, that 86% of the cases filed in Strasbourg seek to obtain financial compensation in suits that have already been won by plaintiffs in Russian courts.
It should therefore come as no surprise that the number of citizens appealing to courts for redress of their grievances has shot up from one million under Yeltsin to six million under Putin, and that more than 70% of plaintiffs win the cases they bring against government authorities. In a word, the Russian legal system is fast becoming an important instrument in the defense of civil liberties.
This brings me to the recently adopted amendments on non-governmental/non-commercial organizations (NGO/NCO), which have been described as extending government control, but were in fact designed to do just the opposite.
Public activity requires no registration under Russian law. For specific types of organizations, however, such as trade unions, political parties, religious organizations and civic organizations, registration provides some tax benefits as well as limits on legal liability. The only category of public organizations for which these benefits had not yet been codified were noncommercial organizations. The amendments sought to bring these into conformity with existing legislation by clarifying the state's obligation toward noncommercial organizations.
They stipulated, for example, that registration cannot be denied on the whim of local officials, but only if an organization's statutes contradicted Russia's constitution or laws, or if the organization was suspected of fraudulent or deceptive behavior (namely money laundering). Registration could be denied if documentation was missing or false, or if another organization claimed the same name, but could not be denied for any other reason that local authorities might deem "convenient." Absent one of these specific reasons, it had to be granted within 30 days.
The proposal strictly limited bureaucratic review of NCO activities to no more than once a year, and stipulated that any administrative actions had to be done under court supervision. The much touted issue of the closing of foreign organizations was clearly a red herring, since nothing in the proposed legislation gave bureaucrats the right to do this.
As anyone who has read the Duma debates on this law knows, its authors, both prominent liberals, put these safeguards in place precisely to deprive local bureaucrats of any pretext for denying registration. They were able to convince a majority of their colleagues but not, apparently, many in the Western media. A public outcry ensued among foreign NGO supporters and several amendments were introduced, including one that allows new foreign NCOs to be denied registration if its goals "threaten the sovereignty, political independence, territorial inviolability, national unity and sovereignty, cultural heritage or national interests of the Russian Federation."
The initial version of the bill, the one that had provoked so much outcry, contained no such provision. It was added at the last minute, in reaction to Western criticisms of the law, an example of how ill-conceived and ill-informed human rights pressure can backfire.
My conclusion overall conclusion from this review is that, while many problems still exist, the Russian political system is struggling to address them in a democratic manner. The political process works, and because it works we shouldn't be treating it as if it were broken.
Many Western observers seem honestly not to know the degree to which Russians are already using democratic institutions and debating issues in a variety of public arenas, including more than two dozen political debate programs that air every week on national television. Instead they attribute Putin's popularity to the flummoxing of the ignorant masses by a state bent on suppressing dissent. This has led many in the West to see any strengthening of the Russian state as a bad thing.
But every survey shows that this is not what Russians think. Having seen their life savings wiped out and the state abandon all pretence of caring for the poor and elderly, they now demand that it take more responsibility. Because they lack faith in Russia's democratic institutions, Putin's critics misperceive the driving force in Russian politics today: Putin isn't forcing Russians into the arms of the state; rather, it is the people who are demanding that the state do more for them and become more accountable.
If I'm right, then it is not hard to understand why Russian-American relations have deteriorated under Putin. Most Americans instinctively view the growth of any state with some apprehension, while most Russians today view the return of the state with relief. This rift in perceptions is dangerous because, being rooted in abstract mental constructs, it is so easily taken to extremes, as when American pundits equate Putin with Stalin or Mussolini; or their Russian counterparts suggest that the West intentionally set out to impoverish Russia in the 1990s. After all, they say, how could such smart people "inadvertently" propose reforms that pushed forty percent of the population into poverty.
What the West can do to Improve the Prospects for Russian Democracy
In conclusion, let me suggest a few areas where we might find some common ground with Russia on the issue of democracy and civil society.
First, let's not equate the destruction of state institutions with greater freedom. The literature on civil society unequivocally shows that stable and respected state institutions are vital to the development of civil society. Analysts who argue that, by strengthening the state Putin ipso facto diminishes freedom, pit democracy against good government, a choice that Russian voters have always rejected. We can defuse extremist critiques of the West inside Russia by supporting the same model of civil society in Russia that one finds throughout Europe. Of course, one has to first acknowledge the good faith efforts of the Russian government in this regard.
Second, within Russia civic organizations need to assert themselves as truly independent actors. It is not healthy for Russian democracy that so many civic organizations subsist on foreign grants. By definition this makes them susceptible to foreign influence.
Let's get rid of this suspicion by encouraging Russian NGOs to wean themselves off foreign subsidies and orient themselves toward clearly defined domestic constituencies.
A November 2005 poll reveals the extent of the problem: only 13% of Russians know what an NGO is, and just 3% have personally encountered examples of NGO activity. Hard to develop much public support that way. Shifting from foreign to domestic financial support is the clearly way to go, and I applaud the recently passed NGO legislation precisely because it pushes civic organizations in this direction.
Supporters of Russian democracy should also encourage Russian NGOs to think strategically about what role they intend to play in Russian society—eternal gadfly? constructive critic? supportive opposition? Those that wish to become authoritative voices in their own country would do well to take full advantage of institutions like the Social Chamber that provide them with a public forum.
Finally, a change in the tone of our discourse could only help. No light is shed when a former CIA director remarks that "Russia, under Putin, is either already a fascist state, or close to becoming one," or when a distinguished US Senator chastises the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State saying: "You're being silent on Russia. They're bad guys."
A far more helpful approach would be to defer to the institutions of Russian democracy and to the wisdom of the Russian people, imperfect as they may be. Personally, I would limit my criticisms to preserving the established rules of the game, which serve political competitiveness and the democratic transition of power. I have faith that the Russian people will do the rest.
What will happen ultimately when, in the not too distant future, a strong Russian state confronts an indigenously well funded civil society? Nothing much; just everyday politics. I am convinced that Russia is far enough along politically that this outcome is a foregone conclusion. The only question in my mind is whether Western political leaders will be wise enough to let it emerge on its own, or will delay it by trying to shape its development.
Thank you for your kind attention.


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A deciduous shrub that is native to western Asia and northern Europe, the Ribes Nigrum is also known as Black Currant or Quinsy Berries. Preferring mild climates, this shrub typically grows between two and six feet in height, given the proper growing environment. It requires dirt that is well drained, so it prefers sandy, loamy, or clay-like soils. Although the Black Currant plant needs moist soil in which to grow, it does well in both full sun and partial shade environments. It is rather hardy in nature, is not sensitive to frost, and is naturalized in North America at this point in time.
It is a perennial plant that features woody branches and dark green leaves that are spotted on the underside. The leaves, which have jagged edges, often appear in pairs or small groups. The Ribes Nigrum begins to produce small bunches of flowers in the early spring months of April and May. The flowers, which are greenish white in coloring, contain both female and male organs. Once pollinated, the flowers begin to produce small berries that are deep purple, green, or white in coloring. The fruit is quite small, although larger fruits have been seen.
Both the leaves and fruit of the Ribes Nigrum are edible. The fruit offers a rich, aromatic taste and can be eaten raw. However, it is more commonly cooked in recipes for jams, jellies, pies, and breads. Although these products are not as popular as they were long ago, black currants are used to make wine, brandy, or cordials. Today, they are included in non-alcoholic drinks as well. The leaves can be used either to flavor soup or to brew tea. Ribes Nigrum leaves are commonly included in certain varieties of blended teas rather than being used solo. Dyes are also made from the Ribes Nigrum shrub – bluish violet from the fruit and yellow from the leaves.
The Ribes Nigrum has earned itself a reputation derived from its use for therapeutic capabilities. Herbalists use Black Currant to treat a variety of medical issues including diarrhea, arthritis, gout, severe coughing, rheumatism, kidney stones, liver disorders, and urinary issues. It has also been used as a diuretic for the elimination of fluids, and it is thought to aid in strengthening the body's resistance to the common cold, flu, and certain types of infectious diseases.
In the past, it has been used to minimize inflammation, particularly of the tonsils. Today, certain varieties of throat lozenges contain black currant in their recipes. According to a study published in "The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry," Black Currant Oil is helpful in lowering blood cholesterol levels. Studies also connect this oil with antiviral capabilities against influenza types A and B. The juice of this plant has been used to reduce the symptoms of indigestion or to stop diarrhea.
Its medicinal uses include the treatment of whooping cough, a disease that has been seen more frequently in the early part of the twenty-first century than in the recent past. The leaves of the Black Currant shrub are dried, made into a tea, and given to afflicted children. This tea can also be used as a gargling solution to relief the discomfort of bleeding gums.
Black Currant Oil is sometimes used in the beauty industry as a substitute for evening primrose oil. The oil is produced through a process that squeezes it from the seeds of the fruit. It contains Gamma-Linoleic Acid (GLA), an Omega-6 fatty acid that is known to have an integral role in the functionality of the brain. GLA also offers protection to the skin, strengthening its natural resiliency and soothing it at the same time.
The oil also contains anthocyanins and flavonoids, both of which are thought to offer antioxidant capabilities. Some individuals in the medical field believe that the anthocyanins found in Black Currant Seed Oil may help to prevent the development of cancer since they stabilize free radicals that can lead to this type of disease.
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22 Mar 2012 - 22 Mar 2012Istanbul, 14 March 2012?Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan of Turkey and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Associate Administrator Rebeca Grynspan will open discussions on March 22 in a high-level forum here for development experts, government ministers from both North and South, business executives, and top UN officials to examine the global policy changes required to ensure a sustainable future for people today and for generations to come.
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Three months before world leaders gather in Brazil for the ?Rio + 20? U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, UNDP?s first ?Global Human Development Forum? will provide a unique and timely opportunity for a fresh, candid examination of the critical social, economic and environmental challenges now facing the world community.
?Rio+20 is a historic opportunity for the international community to agree on urgently needed action to ensure human development progress and a healthy environment for future generations,? said Rebeca Grynspan. ?In Istanbul, we will focus on the global policies, resources, and commitments needed to make this sustainable future a reality.?
The forum is organized with the support of the government of Turkey. The 2011 Human Development Report ??Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All?? will serve as the overarching framework for the Istanbul dialogue.
Cevdet Y�lmaz, Turkey?s Minister of Development said Turkey welcomes the opportunity to host the Forum and address these pressing issues with the invited experts and development officials from other governments around the world. ?In order to have resilient people and resilient planet, we have to reach a common understanding in terms of sustainability and equity,? said Y�lmaz.
The forum will also feature the launch of a major new report by the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe: ?From Transition to Transformation: Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Europe and Central Asia?. This report, with contributions from 13 U.N. agencies, offers new policy proposals to help manage the needed change to a greener economy with benefits for people throughout that region.
The recent recommendations of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability will also be examined in depth at the Istanbul Forum. Those recommendations, strongly endorsed by the government of Turkey, include a commitment to new ?Sustainable Development Goals? to guide global priorities in the decades following the 2015 conclusion of the UN?s 15-year Millennium Development Goals campaign, and support for the Secretary-General?s ?Sustainable Energy for All? initiative, which would provide clean fuels and basic electricity service to the 1.5 billion people who now live entirely off the power grid.
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1205 Troops-Holiday Homecoming
FORT STEWART, Ga. — Nearly 5 months old, Ryder Pirkola went to meet his father Tuesday wearing a matching Santa shirt and britches. All that was missing was a bow on his head.
"It's the first time his dad has seen him, so it's his Christmas present," said Brittney Pirkola, the infant's mother, as she waited with hundreds of others at Fort Stewart's parade grounds for her husband and members of his Army unit to return home after nine months in Afghanistan.
It was an early Christmas of sorts for about 200 soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, and their families. Pvt. Marcus Pirkola of L'Anse, Mich., was nearly speechless after his wife handed him their baby boy for the first time. She was five-months pregnant when he deployed overseas in March.
"Yeah, it's something," he said. "It's great. Just great."
The returning soldiers were among the first from the Fort Stewart-based 3rd Infantry Division to deploy to Afghanistan. The division had previously focused on Iraq, where its units served four combat tours before that war ended a year ago.
A big reason the soldiers will get to spend the holidays at home is because they got to serve a shorter tour — nine months in Afghanistan as opposed to the full year they were accustomed to spending in Iraq.
Not that it seemed short. Staff Sgt. Kevin Bonino's daughter, 18-year-old Samatha Ciminnisi, greeted him in a T-shirt that said: "I've waited 258 days for my dad."
"Christmas is one of the most important holidays for us, so it's good to be home for it," said Staff Sgt. Matthew Edwards as his four children, ages 5 to 10, wrapped their arms around his waist and legs.
Going to Afghanistan marked Edwards' fourth wartime deployment. The 34-year-old soldier from Elkhart, Ind., said he twice spent the holidays away from his family while deployed to Iraq.
Edwards' wife, Heidi, said he would be coming home to a new truck — a 2013 Ford Explorer — as well as a new Shih Tzu puppy. Meanwhile, she planned to get him to help her finish shopping for their children. The family decorated three palm trees in the front yard with Christmas ornaments, and they were looking forward to a family vacation to Orlando, Fla., the day after Christmas.
"On the 26th!" said Edwards' 7-year-old son, Layton.
Located near Savannah and the Georgia coast, Fort Stewart doesn't have the most Christmas-like climate. As the soldiers arrived late Tuesday morning, the temperature was 68 degrees and unseasonably humid.
Dachanna McCampbell, 20, didn't let the balmy weather dampen her holiday spirit. She showed up to greet her boyfriend, Pfc. Scott Malena, with a large sign made to catch his eye: "Lookin' For My Santa Baby."
"It's very, very exciting. I missed him like crazy," said McCampbell, who stayed in touch with her deployed boyfriend on Facebook. "He asked me what I want for Christmas and I was a dork. I sent him a link to a Mariah Carey song — 'All I Want For Christmas Is You.'"


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- This weekend is the Komen Race for the Cure.
Thousands of women and men will walk to raise money for breast cancer research and a good portion of that money stays in the D.C. area.
Dr. Regina Hampton, medical director of the Center for Comprehensive Breast Care at Community Hospital, and breast cancer survivor Robyn Veney, a patient who has benefited from these funds, joined us on Thursday to talk more about how the race is helping others.


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Do you really understand the reasons you make decisions?
Sometimes the mind wants to unconsciously push us into a certain decision when there's a better way to think about it.
That's the premise of the book, Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition, written by Michael Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management and a keynote speaker at IBM's upcoming Vision 2012 conference in Orlando, May 14-17.
Vision is IBM's global conference for finance and risk professionals to help improve planning, budgeting and forecasting, identify and mitigate risk, and meet the demanding requirements of XBRL, IFRS, Basel II and Solvency II with greater confidence.
I talked to Mauboussin about his book, making data-driven decisions, some common pitfalls as decision makers, and his upcoming talk at Vision.
"What's very exciting is that in the last half dozen years, we've had a real influx of data, and we're now just learning how to tap that data for the benefit of better decision making," said Mauboussin. "Now we can create a better intersection between value creation and making decisions."
The problem however, according to Mauboussin, is that we still have the same cognitive makeup and the propensity to make common mistakes.
"We often think about our own decision making as being objective and fact based and rationale. And we tend to underestimate systematically how important the social context is for our decision making," said Mauboussin.
To illustrate this point he told an interesting story from his book.
Researchers went into the wine section of a supermarket and set up French and German wines next to each other that were roughly matched in price and quality. Over a two week period they alternated playing distinctively French and distinctively German music to see if it would have any influence on purchase decisions.
Surprisingly, they found when French music played people bought French wine 77 percent of the time, and German wine 73 percent of the time when German music played. When asked if music affected their selections, the consumers unanimously said no.
"This basic experiment can be extrapolated to a lot of organizational settings where we think of ourselves as trying to be conscious and mindful as we make decisions. But indeed what is going on around us can be deeply influential to our decisions," said Mauboussin.
So what do we do?
According to Mauboussin, integrate more data into quality decisions. However, there is still a tension between the intuitive, go by the seat of the pants experience group versus the analytically-minded group.
"Either extreme is not going to work but a blend between the two is right way," said Mauboussin.
Read the rest of the interview with Michael Mauboussin on the Business Analytics Blog here.
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Testimony :: Gennadi Gudadze
- Jehovah's Witnesses, Tbilisi
My name is Genadi Gudadze, and I would like to thank the members of the United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe for allowing me to testify on behalf of the 15,000 Georgian Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgia.
My family has been associated with Jehovah's Witnesses since 1959. Under the Soviet government, we were officially banned. Personally, I spent three years in the Georgian prisons and one-and-a-half-years in Siberia because of my faith. However, even during those difficult times, there was no violence against Jehovah's Witnesses such as we are experiencing presently in Georgia. Now, it is safe to say that if you attack one of Jehovah's Witnesses, you will not be prosecuted.
Since 1991, Jehovah's Witnesses were usually able to meet peacefully throughout Georgia. However, the situation changed abruptly in October 1999. The attack in the Gldani region of Tbilisi came as a surprise to all of us. We expected that the perpetrators, who were well known and recognized, would be prosecuted, and that would end the matter. Instead, two victims of the Gldani attack were prosecuted and convicted. Since then, there have been 133 separate incidents involving either mob attacks, individual attacks or destruction of property.
In your May 15, 2002, letter to President Shevardnadze, you called for vigorous prosecution to punish the perpetrators of mob attacks. Since the Gldani attack on October 17, 1999, 746 criminal complaints have been filed. To date, not one person has been punished. The violence continues.
During the last three years, Jehovah's Witnesses have been attacked while meeting privately in their homes, and assaulted while walking on the street. Teenagers have been beaten by policemen. Individuals have been kidnapped, dragged into the woods, threatened with rape; others have suffered serious injuries. Attempts have been made to murder an entire family. Elderly people have been savagely beaten and injured, along with pregnant women and children. Large mobs, in the presence of police, have carried out massive attacks, blocked main highways, and attacked busloads of people. I was present at many of the attacks, and have personally interviewed many of the other victims. Attacks continue on a weekly basis.
Despite numerous "paper" investigations by the police and the prosecutor, Vasili Mkalavishvili, his followers, and the group, Jvari, with their leader Paata Bluashvili, have not been brought to justice. As recently as August of this year, both of these religious extremists led their followers to attack and destroy two of our convention sites.
The reign of terror continues. What is the solution? It is very simple. Apply the law, arrest the criminals, and punish policemen who cooperate with them.
Please allow me to introduce a video presentation showing a small portion of the 133 attacks against Jehovah's Witnesses. Please note that the attacker themselves have filmed most of the video footage.


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