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May 13, 2005 -- A growing number of older Americans are living with HIV and AIDS, but few may be receiving advice on how to avoid spreading the disease, experts told lawmakers Thursday.
Infection rates aren't increasing in either younger or older people, health officials say. But the widespread use of antiretroviral drugs in patients in the U.S. has greatly extended the lives of AIDS patients and caused many more to live into later years. Today in the U.S., 28% of those living with HIV/AIDS are over the age of 50, and by 2015 that will increase to 50%, said Sen. Gordon H. Smith (R-Ore.)
Figures from 32 states show that the number of persons over 50 with HIV or AIDS went from 40,000 in 2000 to more than 67,000 in 2003, according to the CDC. Older blacks are 10-15 times more likely than their white counterparts to be infected.
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The agency remains worried that this growing segment of the population of HIV/AIDS older adults could provide a new reservoir for the spread of HIV.
"One of the challenges in people 50 and older is the mistaken belief that they're not at risk," Robert S. Jannsen, MD, director of CDC's division of HIV/AIDS prevention, told members of the Senate Committee on Aging.
Jannsen warned that older patients, raised before the AIDS emergence of the 1980s that made 'safe sex' a buzzword among youth, are less likely to see the importance of using condoms. The fact that pregnancy is not a concern for most women over 50 may also make them less likely to think of condom use, he said.
Stereotypes and lack of awareness about the disease is another challenge in preventing the spread of the disease, added Smith.
Many doctors may also be reluctant to think of their older patients as sexually active. Studies suggest that only 30%-40% of younger patients are asked by their doctors about sexual history or practices, a rate that is almost surely lower for patients over 50, Jannsen said.


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DISCUS Celebrates U.S. Spirits in China
The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) has announced a series of export promotion activities and whiskey and cocktail seminars in Hong Kong and Southern China, beginning with hosting an American Spirits Pavilion at the Hong Kong Wine & Spirits Expo for local beverage trade and media. The three-day show, Nov. 8-10, marks the first of four events in Hong Kong and Guangzhou to celebrate American spirits, particularly whiskeys, and holiday cocktails for Chinese taste-maker audiences.
The Council events will feature premium U.S. distilled spirits products from large producers such as Brown-Forman (Jack Daniel's) and Jim Beam, as well as nine small craft distillers including Asheville Distilling Company (North Carolina), Death's Door Distillery (Wisconsin), Few Spirits (Illinois), House Spirits Distillery (Oregon), Kōloa Rum Company (Hawaii), Michter's Distillery (Kentucky), Osocalis Distillery (California), Philadelphia Distilling (Pennsylvania) and Tuthilltown Spirits (New York). A highlight of the seminars will be the participation of famed Washington, D.C. mixologist and cocktail authority Derek Brown, who will showcase classic and modern mixology with premium American Spirits during the seminars.
The activities in China will include:
· American Spirits Pavilion at the Hong Kong Wine & Spirits Expo from Nov. 8-10, 2012 at the Hong Kong Convention Center, which will feature three days of tastings for nearly 12,000 members of the media and beverage trade and an American Cocktail seminar with Derek Brown.
· American Whiskey and Cocktail Seminar, hosted in conjunction with the U.S. Agricultural Trade Office (USDA), for 100 members of the media and beverage trade at The French Window in Hong Kong on Nov. 9, 2012.
· Traditional Thanksgiving Feast Featuring American Whiskey Pairings and Cocktails, an invite-only event with Ms. Jennifer Zimdahl Galt, U.S. Consul General in Guangzhou, China at the private residence of the regional Agricultural Trade Office Director (USDA) for Southern China on Nov. 12, 2012. The six-course traditional Thanksgiving dinner will feature a tasting of American Whiskeys and classic American Cocktail pairings created by Derek Brown.
· American Whiskey and Cocktail Seminar, hosted in conjunction with the U.S. Agricultural Trade Office (USDA), for 60 members of the media and beverage trade at the Marriott China Hotel in Guangzhou on Nov. 13, 2012.
In addition to Brown's mixology demonstration, the events will include a discussion of the history of spirits and the distilling process, as well as a tasting of American Whiskeys presented by Council senior vice president Frank Coleman. Guests will have the opportunity to sample and learn about the complex flavors and unique aging process of American Whiskeys.
"We are honored to be here in China to showcase the heritage and flavors of American Whiskeys and to share the traditions of American Thanksgiving," said Coleman. "Premium Bourbons and Tennessee Whiskeys are experiencing significant growth in global markets because of their authentic heritage, their distinctive flavors and their versatility in cocktails, and we are excited to be able to share them with media and the trade in Hong Kong and China. Also, we are particularly grateful to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Consulate for their support of these export promotion activities."
Brown added, "Whether served straight, over ice, or in simple, creative cocktails, these drinks are perfect for our Thanksgiving celebrations at home but can also be served every day. My goal is to educate the beverage trade in China on the benefits of including American Whiskeys in their cocktail programs."
Fast Facts About American Distilled Spirits Exports to China
- Whiskeys accounted for 76 percent of the $6.1 million in U.S. spirits exports to China in 2011 (supplier sales)
- U.S. distilled spirits exports to China are up 518 percent since 2000
- Up 33.5 percent year-to-date (through August 2012) Data source: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Commission


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Problem 1: I need to create a budget. Granted we just moved so expenses are a bit higher than usual (seriously, that first grocery bill is a killer), but I'm thinking I need to just get on it. If you use a budget, how do you do it (Quicken? Excel? Back of your kid's coloring books?) and if so, how the hell do you stop from having to go to the supermarket three times a week? (I know. Meal planning. I loathe it. But am willing to do it. Just need help).
Problem 2: I need to lose 20lbs. I realize this may not happen because I just moved and I'm running around like a nut with no working dryer yet (it's plugged in but all it does is toss my wet clothes around). There's a gym in my neighborhood that has a kid's room -- so I can actually go, use the treadmill, and they can play! When it's not so hot, I can walk outside as well. And I know I'll have to put down the ice cream, just drink water, you know, all that
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Problem 3: So, I'm feeling the ovarian rumblings. I don't remember these from my daughter. I've been tired, cranky, bloated, gassy, exhausted, weirdly hungry, icky, and bitchy. I got my period back with her the night before her first birthday party. At the beach. TOTALLY no warning.
Before we moved, I took a pregnancy test because, you know, why not spend $14 on a stick, right? and it was negative. But now I'm wondering if it's possible that I'm pregnant or my body is getting ready to have my blessed period again. My boobs don't hurt, my son is nursing fine again, and I haven't had any weird nose or gum bleeds (typically a sign for me). BUT, I have been peeing a lot and did I mention I'm tired. Of course, my son isn't sleeping that great either. And yes, I know. Test again. I will. But let's have fun and speculate til we're blue in the face, shall we?
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On June 18, 2015, a divided Fed. Cir. panel reaffirmed that the key claim of a Teva patent, U.S. Pat. No. 5,800,808, was invalid as indefinite, although the Fed. Cir. had previously been reversed twice by the Supreme Court – once because of lack of deference to the district court's fact-finding (135 S. Ct. 831) in this suit, and once because the indefiniteness standard applied by the Fed. Cir. in Nautilus v. Biosig was incorrect (134 S. Ct. 2120). (A copy of the decision can be found at the end of this post.)
Commentators have rushed lots of notes on this decision onto the web (Teva Parma. USA v. Sandoz, Inc., Appeal no. 2012-1567 et al. (Fed. Cir., June 18, 2015) – possibly because the central issue was comprehensible without an advanced degree – so I will not spend more time on the history of the decision. The outcome is what matters after all, and I think it can be summed up in one sentence: Deference to a district court's fact-finding still leaves the Fed. Cir. free to determine if the question of law "indefiniteness" was decided properly. In other words – and there always are – there is no presumption that the ultimate question of law was decided correctly, even if there was no clear error in the lower court's fact finding.


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By Mrs. Jennifer Aldridge (USACE)October 3, 2012
PRANJANI, Serbia --The cheers of more than 520 World War II Allied airmen being evacuated from Pranjani is a 68-year-old memory for the residents of this rural, farming village. The town is home to the greatest rescue operation behind enemy lines during the Second World War. The people of Pranjani risked their lives to care for downed American aviators until their eventual evacuation in 1944.
"When this nation was embroiled in war, they assumed a great deal of risk on our behalf," said Colonel Darren Zimmer, U.S. European Command J4 deputy. "Our airmen were shot down, they went out…they recovered them, fed our airmen, took care of them, and safeguarded them. It was a tremendous operation at considerable risk to the lives and livelihood of this community."
The people of Pranjani put themselves in jeopardy because it was a right thing to do, said Ivan Tasic, a U.S. Emba ssy Office of Defense Cooperation local national.
"They did not do this expecting any reward or compensation," he said. "This moral should be stressed and passed on to later generations."
On September 25, Pranjani's youngest generation, the students of Ivo Andaric Primary School, received a lesson in history and friendship. The U.S. European Command, U.S. Embassy Belgrade, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, Serbian government officials and local community gathered at the school to celebrate the completion of a $640,000 gymnasium and community center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The school children marked the event with song and dance in traditional Serbian attire. During the ceremony, students reiterated the hospitality and warmth their grandparents afforded U.S. Soldiers over half a century ago.
The execution of this project was especially rewarding, it was an opportunity to say thank you for the incredible WWII efforts the U.S. was unable to recognize for so many years, said Dr. Ame Stormer, EUCOM humanitarian assistance program manager.
"This was a way to demonstrate to Pranjani that the U.S. doesn't forget the heroic efforts of its friends," Stormer said.
The EUCOM funded, USACE managed project included the completion of the gymnasium, addition of a latrine facility and renovation to the main school floors and windows. The Gornji Milanovac Municipality launched the project and built the structure, David Golden, Europe District's EUCOM humanitarian assistance program manager said.
"They started this gym, but ran out of money, so it was a perfect opportunity for EUCOM and USACE to come in and finish up with something the community had already seen as a need," Golden said.
The fruition of this project is a result of many organizations and individuals partnering together, Tasic said.
"As a part of this project, I feel truly proud and happy to provide to the pupils of Pranjani facilities, learning and living conditions like their peers in larger cities," he said. "This project demonstrates that the U.S. provides assistance where it is needed and helps Serbia in its development."
It is critical for the U.S. to continue to provide humanitarian aid to countries like Serbia, Stormer said.
"There are few other ways the Department of Defense can thank countries for their support or encourage additional support and partnership," she said.
The 1,580 square-meter school gymnasium is the most recent, but not the first humanitarian assistance project completed by EUCOM in Serbia.
"EUCOM HA projects help upgrade the quality-of-life in various communities throughout Serbia," Tasic said. "Now hundreds of students have better schools, children with disabilities have special needs facilities and hospitals have better working condition. The combined HA project buildup improves the overall capacities of Serbia and helps the country in its transition towards joining the European family."
The aim of the program is to bring goodwill and further stability to Eastern European countries, recovering from conflicts, through EUCOM humanitarian assistance, Stormer said.
"What makes this program special is we are able to help people by providing much needed humanitarian assistance while enabling and supporting U.S. strategic priorities," she said.
In addition to Serbia, EUCOM executes the HA program in 17 countries throughout its area of responsibility.
In fiscal year 2013, 16 renovated fire, search and rescue facilities will be completed in Latvia and the second phase of a telemedicine network, enabling regional hospitals to attend training and tele-consult, will be delivered in Albania, as a result of the EUCOM program. A total 49 projects are anticipated to be executed in 2013.
"One of the wonderful things about the humanitarian assistance program is it allows us to put a civil/military face on military operations," Zimmer said. "This is an opportunity to show that our military is concerned with helping to build strong, vibrant communities and [nation]-states that we can work with."


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WALNUT CREEK -- Not only were 300 young spectators of Fantasy Forum's musical version of "Cinderella" thrilled to see a favorite fairy tale come to life recently, but many of them were overjoyed to experience their first-ever live theater performance.
It came courtesy of the Arts Access School Time Program, a program of the Diablo Regional Arts Association, which provides free theater tickets and transportation to students in underserved schools in Contra Costa County.
"We are very grateful to the generous individual and business donors who make this program possible," said association Executive Director Peggy White. "Not only do they support us financially, but for this show, Target employees also volunteered to help coordinate the students as their buses arrived."
At the May 2 performance of "Cinderella" at Walnut Creek's Lesher Center, young students from Pittsburg's Heights Elementary School and Concord's Ygnacio Valley Elementary and Sun Terrace Elementary schools attended, as did developmentally disabled adults from Concord High School and Concord's Bridge Program.
"Our students get so excited," said Ygnacio Valley third-grade teacher Kari Zeller. "For 90 percent of our kids, this is the only performing arts experience that they will have. If it wasn't for the funding, we wouldn't be able to come."
Diablo Regional Arts Association also provided customized study guides to help teachers tie the performance to in-class discussions and projects.
"The children created a circle map before we came," said first-grade teacher Carissa Patague from Heights Elementary. "They put Cinderella in the center and the other characters around her. When we get back, they'll add more things from what they saw during the show."
Now in its 41st season, Fantasy Forum Actor's Ensemble has lots of experience making live performances special for young audiences. The talented performers wander through the audience before the show, talking with students and making them comfortable. A number of lucky audience members sit on the stage, with many of them also handing props to the actors throughout the show. And everyone has to help the Fairy Godmother turn a cantaloupe (pumpkins being out of season) into a beautiful carriage by shouting "I believe in dreams" three times.
"It's just amazing to have this program and to see the children react during the show," said Cherie Gann, who teaches second grade at Sun Terrace Elementary School. "We read different versions of 'Cinderella' before the show, so it will be fun to talk with them afterward about this version."
As the show was about to begin, Lena -- one of the mean stepsisters -- came through the audience and spoke with a young girl from Heights Elementary saying how she couldn't wait to try on the glass slipper and wed the prince. The young girl turned to her friend and said, "She's going to be disappointed. Her foot is way too big."
The Arts Access program began in 2007 with seed money donated by Barclay Simpson of Simpson Strong-Tie. Since then, more than 6,000 students in such areas as Concord's Monument Corridor, Richmond and Bay Point have enjoyed live performances and visual arts exhibitions.
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The Wii U marked the introduction of of the next generation of gaming consoles, so-to-speak, meaning that the future is now upon us and that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are reaching the end of their life cycles and that we'll soon have shiny new consoles from both Microsoft and Sony with more power, more features and a whole slew of new games. So the question on the minds of a lot of gamers is; do I even bother with this current generation of game consoles anymore? I think the answer to that is a resounding "yes." If you for some reason have missed out on any of the big three of the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or the Wii, right now is a great time to dive in while the prices are low and there are holiday console bundles galore.
For me, my PlayStation 3 is less than two years old now, me waiting to pick one up until the prices had dropped from the insane launch prices, and there were a lot of the console's earlier titles selling for around $20. It kind of felt like a no-brainer. Right now it should especially feel like a no-brainer, as retailers like Target are offering a 250gb PlayStation 3 bundle featuring the Uncharted Dual Pack and the Infamous Collection for just $199. Take into account that there are now a bunch of "Collections" for this generation's games featuring multiple games from the same series selling for discounted prices.
As for the Xbox 360, I'm on my third, yes I said third Xbox 360, which is both a testament to how much I play it and how these things were initially not made to last. This second one was sadly no longer under warranty and I found myself needing a new hard drive as well as a new disc drive, so the math didn't add up and a brand new $250 console just made sense. If you for some reason haven't gotten one yet, these later models are a lot more reliable and there are a ton of games out there that have dropped in price. On top of a lot of the great exclusives that you might have missed, Xbox Live Arcade has a ton of games and there are always some great sales going on, meaning you can pick up some of the cooler games of the past few years for just a few bucks.
If you've missed out on the Wii, they are practically giving them away at $129.99 right now, and it includes both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. For the longest time those were the only two games that I had on the Wii because they were just that much fun. Since the Wii U has been released there have been some massive drops in price for the Wii as well as Wii games. I don't think I need to tell you that there are some quality Mario, Zelda, Mario Kart and Metroid games to be purchased for the Wii as well as a whole slew of other quirky titles unlike you'll find on the other two consoles.
So if you've missed out on anything from the current (or past, depending on how you look at it) generation of consoles, now seems to be the time to make a holiday purchase for yourself and get some quality time in with your new console along with really cheap, really awesome games that will keep you busy for a long, long time.


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by Roland Michel Tremblay
As a Court Clerk in a criminal court, most cases just leave me totally indifferent. You could easily think I have lost my heart about such things a few years ago, incapable to feel anything now either for the defendants or their victims. True, I admit it. When you see it every day, the same sort of cases one after the other, you quickly become insensitive to it all. But not this time.
Even when they all cry their soul out, whether they are faking it or not. Beware of the crocodile tears, and then it seems, it is always just that, crocodile tears. If I can't feel the need to cry most of the time, then it must be fake all the time, I'm usually so emotional.
Might not be the case, but I am an overworked and underpaid civil servant. Don't ask me to feel anything when I just feel like shooting everyone around me for a start, starting with my managers, and find myself in the dock. The frontier between cleverness, passion, enthusiasm and committing a crime, even sometimes without knowing, is so damn thin, we're all criminals now.
And yet I must speak about a few cases lately that really got me to break down. It does not happen often, but it happened in two particular cases lately, and then a whole bunch of them. These cases all made headline news. Then I wasn't so proud of being a Court Clerk, even though I can easily hide behind the fact that I never convict anyone, I never sentence anyone, I'm just a tool of the justice system, the administrator of it all. I am nothing, and yet sometimes it seems I participate in some crimes, miscarriages of justice of some sort.
I remain professional at all times, never would I influence a Judge's decision, but yeah, sometimes I truly feel like telling them exactly what sort of sentence I have in mind. Many ushers and clerks can't control themselves, they tell the Judges right out what the sentences should be. Unfortunately they are the brainless ones who can't control themselves, I always disagree with the sentences they have in mind. For them it is always very simple, all defendants, guilty or not, deserve prison for life.
The more stupid people are, the more ruthless they are, the more dangerous they are. They would not even learn if they were to find themselves in the dock one day for similar offences, and did not get away with it with a lighter sentence. Such people cannot see the parallels, if such things were to happen to them or their children. If the death penalty still existed in some countries, many defendants would be hanged, without us ever being certain if they were guilty or not. Because let's face it, a Jury often convicts defendants on opinion alone, no matter how hard we could stress to them that real and tangible evidence is necessary. Unfortunately, for example, in cases of rapes, it is always the word of one against the other, and most often the accused goes to prison for over a decade without proof. It all depends on how convincing the witnesses are and bad character applications.
And sometimes the victims just try too hard. They've been coached too much and they easily get caught lying in all their schemes to reach a successful conviction. It is all the fault of the prosecution, they certainly do try hard, truth at this point does not matter much to them. And then, no matter if you are truly a victim or not, you can rest assure, being caught lying in Court will make you lose your case every single time.
Much better to be completely unprepared and lost, but not too lost. If you state in Court that you don't know what a penis is, well, you've just lost your case. I think everyone knows by now what a penis is. Unless you can prove somehow that you regressed so much into a deep personal bubble and forgot the world after such a traumatic event, that you don't even remember your own name. You better have a few doctors and psychiatric reports to back you up then. I'm being the devil's advocate here, and the more I go on the more I realise how important a role this is.
The first case that truly affected me was an air hostess on some flight to somewhere in the world. The man was gay, in the gallery there were his long time partner, his sister, his father. All of them cried for the whole duration of the trial. The defendant was accused to have somehow grabbed the dick of a passenger in first class whilst buckling a security belt.
Me and the ushers used to laugh at the victim, that if one was to be so fat, ugly and old, and still able to find anyone interested enough in grabbing his dick, he should be flattered, not go to Court. It soon became apparent that the victim was an unstable monster with deep psychological problems, easy then to reach the conclusion that he imagined it all in such perverse ways that now he enjoys the attention of going to Court, because perhaps he had to wait five minutes to get his peanuts and that was unacceptable to him.
And it was a sensational case, it went all around the country in every newspaper, the defendant lost not only his reputation, his job and everything else, but at least I'm sure now he'll never lose the support of his family and his partner. Because they know the truth, that nothing happened. And the Jury saw through it all, not guilty in the end.
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I just feel so awful, because in this case a not guilty verdict meant nothing, the damage was already done, many lives destroyed. Deep psychological trauma that will now last a lifetime. I would not be surprised if it ends with a suicide or two.
I'm still not sure if this air hostess did something or not, but just buckle a belt, or perhaps more. But at that point in the proceedings, seeing the consequences, I did not care much. This trial should have been abandoned somehow, but it was not because of an overzealous prosecution that will never let go once it has its teeth in some case, no matter what it is and the circumstances. It leads to the destruction of a whole society, as it often does, where defendants are punished and suffer a great deal before even reaching trial. Guilty before being proven innocent, is all you could ever expect, and it will never leave you alone for the rest of your life.
Again today, a bunch of neighbours who have been fighting for some stupid thing, decided to no longer be witnesses in a case, just to ensure a peaceful relationship with their neighbours in years to come. In other words it was all spite and revenge for stupid little things, and they finally came to their senses on the day of the trial, understanding that none of this was necessary.
The prosecution went overboard to continue the case, issued four witness summons that will now become contempt of court, and those witnesses are likely now to experience prison for a few days. They will have a taste of how serious it all is. When the victims find themselves in prison. The prosecution never gives up, you can easily become a defendant yourself, if you pursue in your irrationality and spite.
The second case recently that disturbed me a lot more, wasn't that easy, because the defendant was definitely guilty, he admitted as much after the trial. We all knew he was, and yet, something was very wrong here. It was another one of these cases where the defendant is not really a criminal, he just did something stupid to gather the attention of his family and friends, like he did many times before in a long list of antecedents, all theft.
And yet this poor little kid, 18 year old, so gay and effeminate, with his young partner in the gallery who suddenly developed quite a close relationship with the father of the accused. you just know he could never survive more than a day in prison. He would either commit suicide or be killed. Bullies in prison are no joke, they do kill you if you're effeminate, and very likely the guilty party will walk free. They're already in prison for a start, what worst fate could await them, they're not worried.
He did find himself in detention for a few days before, he was quickly hit really bad and spent all his time in the hospital ward afraid for his life. What a nice sentence, traumatised for the rest of his life, and yet, it did not stop him from stealing again. He got a suspended sentence in the end, he knows next time it is prison for sure. I'm not sure if it will deter him. I felt that ultimately this is death that he truly wishes for, because he is gay and this is where society pushed him, over the edge, but he could never gather the courage to commit suicide.
Despite all that he failed to get a psychiatrist's report stating that he was not all there, because he is a very clever kid, he saw through it all and tried to manipulate it all, but failed miserably. It was devastating for me to see the state his father was in, and the boyfriend. Well, if it was his goal to get attention, he certainly got it, even from me, as I found myself fraternising with him hoping he would avoid detention, but I was powerless.
In the end perhaps it would have been better for me to tell him that he deserved prison, that he will get just what he deserves, and be gone with him. Next case please! I still have 15 sentences to go through before the end of this very day. Sometimes it does not work that way though.
However, these cases are nothing compared with something like over 100 sentences I had to suffer recently, a few Fridays in a row, with one Judge who truly likes me, and yet I'm not sure if I could like him now, after he sent so many kids between the age of 16 and 22 either in detention or prison for 3 to 6 years each. And yet, I fully understand that it was not his decision, those sentencing guidelines came from above, the government feels that deterrent sentences are necessary when it comes to demonstrations that go a bit wild. So he is still my favourite judge to this day, for many reasons that I will not explain here. In the end he truly was a human being, he could see it all just like I do. It killed him just as much as it killed me.
It was over the Gaza unprovoked attack by Israel, it got Muslims in every country completely out of their mind. They went for a peaceful demonstration, but somehow I blame the organisers for not making it clearer that it should have been peaceful. So before you knew it fences were flying around, a few policemen received plastic bottles of water over their shields, and a Starbucks was raided. Dear me, what would we be as a society if we were to ever let a Starbucks being raided like this at such a critical time when innocent people are dying on the other side of the planet.
The police was filming everything of course, with 26 cameras, and it is with face recognition software in the end that they got most of those kids in the dock. Pretty amazing, I must clearly state here. That alone got me worried more than anything else. I just could not believe my eyes, so sophisticated it has all become, that you could never possibly hope to get away with anything anymore. Might as well lock yourself up in your own apartment and never get out of it ever again to denounce anything. There is no such right anymore to demonstrate, even peacefully, as you will quickly understand below.
As His Honour Judge repeated many times, it does not matter in these cases if the defendants are studying to become doctors, dentists or engineers. It is clear now that their life is totally wrecked and they will never be any of those things. In fact, they will never be able to find a job again. All employers have gone completely crazy now, they all request full disclosure of any offence and a full criminal background check. They'll never hire any of them.
It really broke my heart, sent me off the wall as I was writing the paperwork to send them to prison for so many years, even for just throwing a plastic bottle of water to a police officer or just participating in what was happening. Because now, conveniently, you no longer need to commit a crime to be convicted and sent to prison, you only need to be there when a crowd goes crazy, and you are deemed as guilty as what the worst offender does (the very one who is likely to get away with it).
The right to demonstrate in this country, as His Honour Judge said many times, is the mark of a great democracy. But if it goes beyond the peaceful demonstration, it leads straight to prison for a very long time. So you can easily find yourself with a sentence higher than any real criminal will ever get, because these are deterrent sentences, the sign of a great democracy. So the message is clear, don't demonstrate, because any demonstrator is as guilty as the worst offender in the crowd, and the prosecutor will go to any length to get all of them convicted. And this is how the war in Gaza continues right here on our soil.
The worst case was a 16 year old Somali. What was he doing there in the dock? As his mother rightly said so when she spoke to the Judge. After a genocide in Somalia where he lost a few brothers and sisters, what need did he have to go and defend the Palestinians? They are all Muslims, and it appears sometimes that it is enough, religion has no frontier, that was a very sad case. He went to detention and training for years. He'll never be a dentist now.
And yes, all those kids were truly clever, intelligent, educated, and most important of all, they were not religious freaks, not the kind of Muslims we picture in our head as suicide bombers. But after that, I'm sure they will be ready to blow themselves up for whatever cause they might be influenced or brainwashed into believing.
The riot continued in the Court room, would you believe. A young Palestinian journalist was doing everything he could to get arrested, alienating the usher to the point were they were shouting at each other in opened court until I calmed them down. Apparently he photographed the main officer in the case in order to get some sort of identification for others. It turned into a circus, with the most packed court rooms I have ever seen in four years, half of it journalists of all creeds.
It was an ordeal for me. Because I still had to defend the freedom of speech that is deep in my heart. That young journalist only wanted to take notes in Court, the usher refused because he could not provide a valid journalist ID. In the end I said I would ask the Judge and he would grant his request, and he did. So we avoided another riot in Court that would have led to more imprisonment. Contempt of Court is not to be toyed with.
I was on their side all the way, but I could not appear to be. But I put my foot down when the officer in the case asked me the name and address of that Palestinian journalist. I said no, I would not play a part in more of those sentences that I feel are outrageous. I told him to go and arrest him if he felt he had enough evidence for an arrest. Which I knew he did not, and in the end he had a chat with him and he did not arrest him. That day I was not on the prosecution side, and I made it clear. It might have been a mistake, for a minute there I thought I would lose my job, but I wouldn't mind to lose my job for doing what I feel is right.
Don't push me, because you will find that I can push back with a much stronger force.
Exactly what happens in these riots. The police are certainly not blameless, they made it happen. And none of them will find their way into the dock or go to prison for 3 to 6 years. From the evidence, from what I could gather, none of them were seriously hurt or even needed a first aid kit or even a plaster. What a riot that must have been. Something like 140 young Muslims received many years in prison as a consequence. It just about finished me off.
The right to demonstrate is the sign of a healthy democracy, and yet it sends many kids to years in detention.
"Without irony, this life would hardly be worth living."
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I just found out the interesting news that there is activist shareholder activity within Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF). Although I am not vested, these activities do interest me as they me remind of the days when I was in M&A IB advising on defenses against hostile takeovers.
Basically, what has happened is that the activist shareholders have requested to increase the maximum number of directors from 5 to 9 and also appoint 3 of their own directors. This is a major change from the current setup as this gives these shareholders significant say in the board meetings. The board is very powerful as they can take many actions as listed in the bylaws without requiring shareholder voting.
The Activist Shareholders
As a shareholder, you have to understand the objectives of the activist shareholders and who they are. I just checked the activist shareholder is Raffles Nominees Pte Ltd, which holds the stocks for LIM Asia Multi Strategy, Metage Funds and GSS Offshore. They own 10.26% of the company.
What are their objectives?
They want to elect 3 of their own directors to the board. It is important to understand what their objectives are.
1. It could be that they want to secure more seats before launching a tender offer in a hostile takeover. This is a typical tactic used by corporate raiders.
2. It could be they want to divest assets to realize greater value as MIIF is currently suffering from a conglomerate discount due to too many unrelated assets.
3. It could also be that they want to have more say in how the company is run as they feel that the current board is not performing its duty sufficiently.
The credentials of the directors are really irrelevant at this point, it is more important to know what they aim to achieve by being on the board. At this point though, point 2 could be a very likely objective.
LIM Asia Multi Strategy
LIM Asia Multi Strategy is actually a hedge fund founded by George Long. It is multi strategy, so it does not have a specific strategy it employs so it is more difficult to be able to determine what their objectives are. According to him, "Special situations can be a fairly broad category, including private debt, private placed stock, it can be private convertibles, it can be corporates coming out of restructuring … there's a whole series of what it possibly means."
Just FYI, LIM Asia was involved in the winding up of Tau Investor in Aug this year, a UK fund that invests in companies in Kazakhstan. All investments will be sold and proceeds returned to shareholders. The struggle for these funds in Kazakhstan were the disparity between net asset value and share price. For MIIF, the last reported NAV was $0.70 and current stock price is about $0.59.
What Should You Do If You Are a Shareholder
Firstly, determine if you would mind being forced to sell the stocks at close to current market price. If you bought MIIF at a time when the prices were higher and thought that it was undervalued, then you might want to vote against this due to the possibility of a hostile takeover. If you don't mind selling anyway, taking action is up to you.
Second, are you satisfied with the current board and management's performance so far? If you are, you may vote against it to keep it status quo.
Thirdly, if you think the assets are undervalued and can only be unlocked through structured divestment of assets, these shareholders may make it happen.
I have never been really interested in MIIF due to too many unrelated assets, however I may follow this just to see how it plays out.
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Miami got 33 points from LeBron James en route to a 109-93 victory over San Antonio on Thursday at AT&T Center.
Miami won and also put money in the pockets of their supporters by covering the 1-point spread as favorites. Totals bettors, meanwhile, saw the game go OVER the closing number of 186.5.
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If, in fact, you are short, you better cover before a compromise to the fiscal is found. This will be 85 in a flash if that happens.
Dude stock is going much much lower in my view...Way overvalued ..Good Luck you need it.
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Its come to my attention that Goddard College is in trouble; more specifically the fine, top-notch faculty that teach there.
The Goddard faculty union negotiations are close to impasse. I am deeply concerned that due to extreme measures the administration would like to impose on Goddard faculty members, the progressive and creative program that changed my life is in danger. These extreme measures include massive pay cuts, removal of severance pay and a huge reduction in the colleges contribution to retirement programs.
While Goddard College is dear to the heart of many Vermonters; it should hold that place for all of us. Vermonters cannot afford to stand by while the caliber of education at Goddard declines due to funding cuts. Because of the high esteem in which Goddard is held, the opportunities afforded by a Goddard degree are immeasurable. A decline in the quality of a Goddard education would be devastating. I encourage you to learn more about Goddard College in order to understand the urgent need to protect those who serve this unique institution. If you already know and love Goddard, please believe me that the situation is dire.
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Mayweather isn't a big welter
I'll keep it short because there isn't really much discussion.
Why do a lot of you think that Mayweather should fight guys like Martinez, Canelo and Trout who come in at 165-170 on fight-night? Trout pushed Cotto around like he was made of paper.
Even your (our) late hero Emanuel Steward said that Floyd was a small welterweight. He said it on two occasions - once against Hatton and once against Mosley.
The first apparent indication is that Floyd comes in at 151, at max - and that's for a middleweight fight.
What makes you think that Floyd belongs in the middleweight division?
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He is a small welter, that I will admit. But if he doesn't want to fight the likes of Canelo or Trout or even Martinez then he shouldn't campaign at Junior Middle. Pretty simple.
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He's not a big WW but that doesn't mean he shouldn't move up and face bigger challenges. Fighters of the past haven't been big for a weight but have moved up and sometimes even won at higher weights than it seemed they could go.
I'm not saying Mayweather should fight at 160 or is obligated to but I don't see why not if he feels he can win. I personally think he could beat Martinez at 160.
It's not like he hasn't faced bigger men than him before. He's done it on many occasions.
And as for 154, if he can fight Cotto and Oscar at 154 then he can fight anyone at 154. If you make the weight you make the weight.
Cotto and Oscar are both bigger than Mayweather anyway so it's not like he can't face other big Jr MW's.
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I'll wait for Freedom to come in here and mention Floyd's reach.
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He's not big at 147 but he's not small either. He's just sort of in the middle to lower these days. Certainly has never struggled because of any size issue and has never really had any size disadvantage at all anyway, apart from Oscar at 154 when he had only been at 147 for a short while.
It's like saying Duran was small at 147. He faced bigger guys than Floyd did, he was shorter, with less reach and started at a much lower weight too, and was already showing signs of being flabby and soft at 147 (apart from against Palomino and Leonard) but while he certainly wasn't an average solid guy there, he wasn't small either.
For a guy that's 5'8" with a 72" reach, 147 is not out of his depth at all. His one downfall was that he didn't have a big, solid frame to go with his height and reach. He's developed into a solid, pretty averaged sized 147 pounder now IMO.
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By today's standards he's an average welterweight at best. Not small but not big. It amazes me how many people demand that he moves up to middleweight.
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Other than Pacquaio and Marquez, he's the only WW who walks around and comes to the ring around the WW limit.
Not sure on Guererro's fight night weight, actually.
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72 inches, dog.
those are some long arms.
floyd is ducking wladimir.
on the real, though, guys: great fighters fight guys who are larger than they are. they always have. they always will. being larger is an advantage. if you are so good that you need to fight guys larger than you are to be competitive it is not a bad thing.
micky walker used to fight heavyweights.
bring on the junior middleweights. canelo and trout are the two best in the world at the weight class / who are that size. floyd is the size of a WW, but he's the top ranked jr MW in the world, and i'd tab him to beat everybody else at the weight.
if he beats them, and the money is right, he can fight martinez. you really can't accuse the man of "ducking" somebody in that situation.
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– Paced by four goals from sophomore midfielder Jeff
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Ocampo scored four goals and added in an assists, while senior midfielder Eric Farris (Pottsgrove, Pa./Pottsgrove) and senior attack Dan Monzo (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) also scored two goals in the win. Farris added two assists.
Trailing 2-0 just 4:39 in, Ursinus scored five straight goals to take a 5-2 lead with 5:15 left in the third. Ocampo scored his first two goals, one with 9:07 left in the first, and his second with 12:16 left in the first half on an assist from Farris.
Ursinus scored two goals in the last 32 seconds of the half, as sophomore attack David Kraus (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand) scored with 32 seconds left in the second for a 3-2 lead, followed by a goal form Ocampo with eight seconds left in the half for a 4-2 lead at intermission.
With 5:15 left in the third, Monzo scored on a goal from Farris for a 5-3 lead. Wesley would answer back, before Ursinus scored an extra man goal with nine seconds left as Monzo scored on an assist from Ocampo.
Farris scored his first goal with 9:58 left in the fourth for a 7-3 Bears lead. After Wesley added one with 4:51 left, Ocampo scored with 3:56 left, followed by a goal form Farris with 3:04 left for a 9-4 lead.
Freshman goalkeeper T.J. Magnani (Bear, Del./Saint Mark's) had ten saves in the win, while Kraus picked up four groundballs.
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A Storm Chaser on Why Hurricanes Hit Our Comfort Zone
Editor's note: The author wrote this article a few hours ago while riding in the back of a bouncy, hot and smelly Doppler On Wheels truck returning from a mission.
Modern Americans, particularly urban/suburbanites in our great East Coast Megalopolis, live, work, travel and play in a world where nature is nearly always very benign. Usually a coat, or a hat, or an umbrella will suffice to protect us personally from even the worst of the elements. And, if not, we're safe in our homes and offices. Even the worst heat waves of summer, the worst cold waves of winter, the worst snowstorms or rainstorms are phenomena with which we can nearly always coexist, hunker down, wait out, stay inside.
This was not always true, of course. And it is not true for everyone on Earth. In previous eras, more of us lived and worked outside. Settlers in the West and colonists in the East had to brave the elements to survive. The Pilgrims' ships traveled truly hazardous seas to the New World. Even today, drought kills in Africa, and weather can cause terrible and large scale suffering in the developing world.
Hurricanes, like the huge Irene raking the coast today, upend all these comfortable assumptions. No other weather event causes such disruption on such a large scale. No other event forces us to leave our homes by the thousands, and for so long. The totals are not known now, but tens of millions of lives will be disrupted by Irene. Many thousands have left the usual safety of their homes. Disruption of air, road, and rail traffic on a scale unparalleled since 9/11 is ongoing in some of our largest cities. Modern society's umbilicals, power, refrigeration, water, sewage, phones and the internet, will be disrupted. Some will go without for weeks. And, the hammering storm surge, winds, falling trees and airborne debris, will combine to destroy many homes, and businesses.
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Hurricanes have killed more humans than any other type of severe weather. In China and India, catastrophic hurricanes have killed hundreds of thousands. Even in wealthy, industrialized, America hurricanes have caused unparalleled loss of life and societal disruption, such as in Galveston in 1900 and New Orleans in 2005. Irene is far from the worst case. Somewhere, at some time, a Category 5 "Andrew" or a "Katrina" will flatten, literally, huge swaths of coastline with winds of 150 mph and surge of 30 feet.
Despite their potential to cause widespread suffering, hurricanes are manifestations of critical processes in our Sun-Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere system. A surplus of solar energy is absorbed in the tropics both on land and sea and is transported by ocean and air currents upward and poleward. This global transport of energy is critical to stop the tropics from overheating and the poles from cooling drastically, to keep our climate temperate and suitable for humans. Clusters of thunderstorms, which transport heat upward, are common and some of these organize into waves and intensify into spiraling hurricanes. Last week one of these waves became Irene.
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Atmospheric scientist Joshua Wurman is president of the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder, Colo., and has appeared on Discovery Channel's reality series "Storm Chasers."


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closest hotel 0.50 miles
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