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When "Russian Dolls," the since canceled Lifetime reality show about a gaggle of Russian women living in Brighton Beach, premiered on the Lifetime Network, my Brighton friends and I gathered around a television to mark the occasion. What we were expecting was something akin to a Russiafied "Jersey Shore." What we saw was, remarkably, much worse. The Dolls were shamelessly portrayed as superficial, vain, and none too bright; shining examples of the untranslatable Russian word poshlost, meaning something like "self-satisfied vulgarity."
It's unfortunate that, given the opportunity to spotlight such a unique cultural goldmine like Little Odessa, producers of the show took the tasteless, asinine route, with the obvious intent to try and boost ratings. Really, the only thing setting "Russian Dolls" apart from other trashy reality shows in the same vein is the demographic in question. (Viewers may not have realized the characters portrayed on the show are not only Russian, but also Jewish.)
In the culture-starved world of reality programming, positive role models are few and far between. These shows reinforce loathsome stereotypes that already exist in society: the Russian Dolls very obviously encompass two stereotypes commonly referred to in local slang as JAP (Jewish American Princess) and OTB (Off The Boat).
This isn't the first time Russian Jews have been made a mockery of in popular culture, and it won't be the last. But it is not our job as cultural consumers to be offended or take any of these stereotypes seriously. It is our job to defy them, and to carve out our own positive roles in society, in spite of the negative ones delegated to us by some arbitrary typecasts.
Samantha Shokin, 22, is a senior at NYU Gallatin concentrating in literary journalism. She was born in NYC and currently lives in Brooklyn with her mother and father, who emigrated from Ukraine and Lithuania, respectively.
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An attempt to put a definitive figure on the number of protesters in the July 1 rally has been proposed by two statistics experts - but they have accused march organisers of snubbing them.
There has always been a massive gap between the organiser's turnout figures and those given by professors Paul Yip Siu-fai and Robert Chung Ting-yiu from the University of Hong Kong, who have been accused of deflating the number in favour of government interests. This year their figures were just a quarter of those given by the organiser, the Civil Human Rights Front.
Yip, who specialises in demographics, and Chung, director of the university's public opinion programme, claimed to champion democracy and said it was important to be scientifically correct.
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His estimates put the turnout this year at between 70,000 and 90,000 people; Chung had between 98,000 and 112,000; the Civil Human Rights Front, a coalition of more than 40 civic and political groups, put the number of protesters at 400,000.
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1) We partnered with CARE International in establishing a computer training center for Quechua residents of 19 communities in Ancash, Peru. We were presented a State Level Silver Bowl Award and Silver Tray Award from Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs and C.A.R.E. International.
2) Two scholarships were secured from Young Harris College in North Georgia. We facilitated in qualifying and selecting two students from Anhui University of Finance and Economics in Bengbu, China to travel and live in America. The program and student success has extended this opportunity to 2010. These "goodwill ambassadors" share their culture with the student body and community and will share their American experience when they return.
3) Our Dragon Lake Keepers environmental program in China is in its third year and new student leaders continue promoting the global message of the need to protect the environment. The students participated in activities for International Women's Day (Protecting Mother Earth), helped another organization to initiate a new environmental program, delivered environmental educational programs at several elementary schools and retained several new sponsors of trash receptacles for three universities in the community.
4) We plan to launch our second bilingual (Chinese and English) environmental children's book - The Ballad of Bengbu - in 2010. The government of Bengbu will sponsor the publication and it will be made available to children in the elementary schools in Bengbu, Anhui Province.
5) We have formed a strategic alliance with Zoo Avenue and Nature Restoration Foundation. Their Tropical Wildlife Rescue Center is Central America's largest rescue center, receives more than 1300 animals annually. Our publication, Let There Be Dragons, teaching marine animal and water resource protection will be added to their wildlife and rainforest preservation programs.
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In Peru, we worked with C.A.R.E. Ancash on two programs which involve nineteen rural communities. The EDUBINA project relates to bilingual education (Quecha and Spanish) and enables the rural children to retain their cultural heritage while enabling them to socially interact. The result is elevated self-esteem by enabling them to become more competitive with their Spanish-speaking peers. We are providing educational materials, computers and software to assist in resourcing this program. There are approximately 2,000 children who benefit from the EDUBINA project.
The second program in the Ancash region is the development of an intercultural tourism program. The objective of this program it to assist families in these rural communities to create a sustainable and self-managed income source by teaching them how to provide tourism services and promote the archeology and natural resources of the northern Andean region.
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76 computer workstations have been donated to IFED and are enroute to the Ancash Region of Peru to establish a computer training facility to support the 19 communities, 2000 students and their families. The NGO project partner is CARE International, who will provided the teacher support for weekly classes. The community is supplying the training facility and sharing in the shipping and transportation costs to receive the machines.
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This Paraguayan NGO is focused on conservation of fragile habitats in Paraguay. Their projects combine scientific research with education and outreach programs from elementary to post-university level. The supplies and material we supply will facilitate the creation of a curriculum for the conventional education programs in local schools, our newest venture - Eco-Clubs - and for designing material and exhibits for their museum. They have access to over 200 local school pupils and 1,000 Paraguayan tourists each year. The Eco-Clubs are still in concept phase, but we foresee being able to reach 30 children in the first year, and hopefully grow that number to as many as possible in the future.
Program long term success
When she stepped on a plane to volunteer on a science program in Paraguay in 2008, Scottish biologist Karina Atkinson had no idea that five years later she would be deeply ensconced in a project to help transform a little-known, richly bio-diverse reserve into a center for scientific research and eco-tourism. With the help of her Rolex Award, she is determined, within the next five years, to turn her Paraguayan NGO, Para La Tierra, into a conservation model, where scientific study goes hand in hand with projects that ensure the benefit of local communities. - See more at: http://www.rolexawards.com/profiles/young_laureates/karina_atkinson#sthash.AksAkrKD.dpuf
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Friends of Nomads was established out of a heightened awareness of the serious risk of illiteracy among the children of nomad families, and a sense of social responsibility to make a difference and improve the lives of children.
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Without support and assistance, the children of the Nomads, as a result of their traditional lifestyle, are at risk of growing into adulthood without the benefit of a basic education and life skills to ensure their access to opportunities they need to succeed on their own in their future life.
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The Ramlia school for Nomad children was completed last year and two volunteer teachers are now providing daily class for children in the area.
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Grandma Cares Partnership Program
Grandma Cares Partnership Program (GCPP) is a small grassroots organization that reaches out to help the communities located in Chiang Mai, Thailand and surrounding rural areas. Through a variety of programs that are delivered by volunteers from around the world, our families are gaining knowledge and strength to create better lives.
Program long term success
Many years ago, we were called the Grandma Cares Project and our foremost objective was to help people living with HIV and their families affected by AIDS in the Chiang Mai province of Northern Thailand. In those days, the volunteers worked closely with the Thai Red Cross and several other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to help families learn how to care for those living with HIV. Most of these families were living below poverty level. They required many services and trainings, as well as educational funds to allow their grandchildren to continue to attend school.
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Female Children ( 5 - 14 years)
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CONAPAC Amazon Library
IFED has been supporting the Amazon library programs since 2002, providing educational resources and books. We also supported the women's sewing coop Gaviotas de Amazonia by providing sewing machines, fabric and supplies. We sponsored the solar power project and provided computers, batteries and funded a teacher for computer education classes in the library.
Program long term success
In 1999 Dr. Nancy Dunn came to the Amazon rainforest from the United States to start a novel concept in the jungle—a library! With time and great effort, the children and adults near the CCC Amazon Library (Centro de Conocimiento Compartido or Center for Shared Knowledge) have come to benefit greatly from the library. The Library is located near the Yanamono stream on the Amazon River and serves 12 surrounding river communities. There is also a smaller branch library in the community of Sapo Playa.
When Dr. Dunn retired from the Library, she made a gift of the building and all the books to CONAPAC to oversee and manage.
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Our economic development, education and environmental protection projects are primarily focused in, but not limited to, Peru in South America, Costa Rica in Central America and Anhui Province in the People's Republic of China.
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The third story in the Winter Prose Competition 2011 series.
Mia Dalhousie slumped forward on her computer desk while her chin rested on her balled up fists. Weary tears rolled down her cheeks, onto the scattered sheets of paper on the desk's cluttered surface. The dim light of dawn peeked through the window behind her. She had spent the whole night trying to finish her book before the deadline, but her computer wouldn't let her. The last chapter kept deleting itself.
She spent hours of rewriting, copying, pasting and going over the last chapter. Nothing worked, the chapter would not stay on the screen. She shut the computer off out of sheer frustration. The monitor went dark for several minutes, then it lit up again without Mia turning it back on.
Mia saw this happen out of the corner of her eye, from her slumped position at the desk. She felt a chill of fear run through her as she resisted the urge to look at the computer.
Her head jerked up to face the screen involuntarily, without warning. She couldn't move her head, so she tried to cast her eyes downward. She couldn't even move her eyes, or blink. She was forced to look at the screen. One enormous word completely filled it.
The message all but screamed at her. Her body was released from whatever force had been holding it, and her chin fell dispiritedly down on her chest.
"I did rewrite it!"
The message changed on the computer. She looked up on her own this time.
"I can't change it. I don't see any way to let the evil creature live to kill again, and still give the readers what they want. They want the thing dead."
"Well screw you. You're just a character in a book. You're not here, even if my tired imagination makes you seem real. If I want to write you off, I will write you off!" She screamed at it.
She reached behind the desk to the wall receptacle, and pulled the plug. She watched as the screen went black. Mia pushed the chair back, then ran for the door. She almost made it before the invisible malevolent force stopped her in her tracks. Her entire body was once again rendered immobile, until the unseen entity spun her around to face the computer. The desktop resumed its white screen without any juice to power it.
The message reappeared on the monitor.
"Leave me alone!"
The words filled the screen as though the message writer was throwing a temper tantrum. Mia was picked up and literally thrown at the computer desk. Her head hit the edge with a resounding thunk. A deep gash opened up in her forehead, gushing blood.
She slid to the floor unconscious, with her head resting inside the knee hole of the desk. She remained there for an hour while something big, mean and invisible spent its wrath on the furnishings of the cottage.
The couch did a violent flip, the cushions torn to pieces. The kitchen cupboard doors flew open, and every single dish smashed against the wall, one at a time. The boxes and bottles of dry goods in the pantry burst open or crushed themselves with unseen force.
In a final display of unchecked rage, the resident evil shoved the fridge on its side. The door came off its hinges, and everything liquid in it, flooded out of broken jars and containers. A head of cabbage whizzed through the kitchen door into the living room, and smashed right through the living room window.
Mia regained consciousness slowly, while the sounds of destruction escalated around her. She had a splitting headache. She could taste the rusty horror of dried blood on her lips. She had to get out, she had to think. She opened her eyes just a little bit to see what was going on. The early light of dawn had become full daylight while she was out cold.
She saw a lighter leaning up against the baseboard. It must have fallen behind the desk several months earlier, before she quit smoking. She listened carefully to make sure the evil force was still busy trashing the kitchen. She reached toward the lighter as quietly as she could. She grabbed it and slowly backed out from the knee hole. She stood up as the destruction continued. Without a moment's hesitation, she lit the strewn papers on the desk, and ran toward the front door.


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FOREX-Dollar dips, but sentiment still positive; pound, Aussie up
* UK jobs data drive sterling higher
* Australian dollar jumps as inflation pares rate-cut risk
* Canadian dollar drops to more than 4-year low
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NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The dollar slipped on Wednesday, hurt by gains in sterling and the Australian currency, but the greenback's outlook remained upbeat as the Federal Reserve might be a week away from its next round of reduction in asset buying.
Sterling surged to a three-week high versus the dollar while the Aussie dollar rose to a one-week peak after robust economic numbers that spoke for tighter monetary policy in their economies.
"Sterling and the Aussie dollar are separate issues by themselves, but in terms of the U.S. dollar, the market is still comfortable adding to long positions as the Fed tapering remains on track," said Vassili Serebriakov, currency strategist at BNP Paribas in New York.
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Christopher was a great son, he'd had a rough 3 or 4 years where his world had been turned upside down. He was a generous, funloving young man but went out after work one evening and was involved in an unprovoked attack where someone hit him on the head from behind with a hammer. It turned out to be mistaken identity. Soon after that, because of the recession, Christopher lost his job and the bottom of his world fell from beneath him. He became quite depressed and somewhat withdrawn, although it did not stop him from being the best, most thoughtful and loving son anyone could wish for. His dad and I feel priviledged to have had 35 years of loving and being loved unconditionally by a wonderful and handsome young man. Christopher had spent the last 3 years on quite a lot of medication, but the future was beginning to look brighter and for the first time in 3 years Christopher made plans for 2012 and was set to turn his life round. He'd begun to socialise again, although he didn't like being where there were a lot of people, he was meeting up with old friends and talked of setting up a small business of his own. Then tragedy struck, leaving his family devastated. He went to bed on the afternoon of New Years Eve 2011. It wasn't unusual for him to have a sleep in the afternoon because of his medication. His dad went to wake him for dinner and he'd passed away, peacefully in his sleep. We have no explanation as to what happened, the post mortem was inconclusive and we await the result of an inquest, but the indication is that one of his medications could have been the cause of his heart to just stop. Christopher had been told mid December that it had been found that one of his tablets could cause heart problems and the dosage had been cut by half. Our lives will never be the same, we have not only lost our beloved son, but also our best friend. Our hearts are broken and his dad and I feel lost without him. Our only hope is that one day we will be able to look at his photographs with a smile on our faces instead of tears streaming down our cheeks. Our loss is certainly Heavens gain.
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We published a wrong website address in an article about fathers who choose to stay at home to look after their children (The paternal instinct, Family, page 1, June 16). The correct address for Paul Smith's website is www.stayathomedads.co.uk.
In a report, Hints of a baby boom as fertility rate hits highest level for 26 years, page 11, June 8, we confused the fertility rate with the birth rate. As we said, the total fertility rate in England and Wales has been below the "replacement level" of 2.1 for decades, but that does not mean that the number of deaths has exceeded the number of births. The "demographic deficit" is a long-term phenomenon and the population is currently still growing, in part due to high levels of fertility in the past. In 2006, for example, there were 166,932 more births than deaths.
Mac Jordan, a web developer based in Bristol is a woman, not a man as we wrongly assumed in editing The art of reducing your computer's noise (Technology, page 5, June 14).
Bridge, G2, page 21, June 18, contained some errors. The bridge hands should have been: West S - 10, H - 8532, D - K9652, C - A75; North S - A753, H - AK97, D - Q1083, C - K; East S - KQJ842, H - 106, D - 74, C - J93; South S - 96, H - QJ4, D - AJ, C - Q108642.
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Global legal powerhouse Clyde & Co was recognised as the top law firm by respondents, achieving a 6.59 score in our survey, closely followed by Holman Fenwick & Willan at 6.43.
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Vote split on wages for 2011
Setting wages for 2011 divided Crow Wing County Board members Tuesday when they considered pay for department heads.
It's traditional to set the coming year's wages at the board's last meeting in December. The vote divided the board across multiple vote attempts and had two elected department heads asking if the wages set were fair in terms of gender and experience.
County Recorder Kathy Ludenia voluntarily agreed to freeze her pay when members of the leadership team didn't, meaning their wages kept moving when her's did not. Human Resources Director Tami Laska suggested a 4.5 percent increase for Ludenia, which still left Ludenia two steps behind where she could have been without the economic downturn.
Ludenia said after more than 20 years with the county she was still on Step Five while male counterparts were placed at higher steps. Ludenia said she felt she had not been treated fairly but was told to do otherwise would have meant too big of a raise. Under the pay system, Ludenia said a new employee could start out on Step One and reach Step Nine in nine years, while she is still on Step Five after 24 years.
"I'm being treated differently than the rest of the leadership team," Ludenia said.
Laska said Ludenia's pay is in compliance with pay equity and it appeared to coincide with the market. Ludenia said the counties chosen for comparison do not have similar workload or numbers in terms of transactions.
Thiede said a goal was a fair, performance-based system and he was sympathetic to Ludenia but a little less sympathetic after hearing it passed muster on pay equity.
Laureen Borden, treasurer who will become the county's auditor/treasurer in the newly combined office, also spoke of being disappointed in the reduced pay for her office. Auditor Deborah Erickson, who has been in the office since 2006, makes $87,186 now.
Borden, who is moving from supervising a staff of about four to a staff of 18, was being offered $82,862, a 15.7 increase from her $71,595 pay as long-time treasurer.
Borden told the board she was a little angry at first and didn't think she should start at Step One considering her experience.
"If I could afford it I would work for nothing, but a person should be fairly compensated for the job they do," Borden said, adding she thought since $87,186 was budgeted for the auditor's job that she would be getting that amount.
"I will gladly take it at $82,000," Borden said. "Not because I think it is fair but because I think the taxpayers deserve a break. ... I'm not going to ask for a higher salary even though I don't think this is logical."
Borden said it would have been interesting to see what would have happened had the election turned out differently. Borden was the sole member of the county's elected officials and senior management staff who did not opt for a wage freeze for 2010, increasing from $66,631 to $71,595. Borden declined an increase in 2009, but at the time said the freeze didn't seem appropriate for 2010 considering her workload.
Thiede said he hoped Borden would be successful and noted the voters hired her but he said he had a difficult time giving her a 15 percent raise because the pay grid said so. Thiede said he'd rather Borden start at $78,000 or $80,000 and then adjust the wages upward.
Commissioner Rosemary Franzen noted Borden's responsibilities are increasing.
"She won the election," Franzen said. "I think she deserves to be compensated for that."
Although Franzen said she wanted a pay freeze and taxpayers didn't have more money to give as they were facing pay cuts of their own, she said she wasn't going to offer a motion for a freeze because she wasn't sure anyone would second it. Franzen said she didn't want to have to cut staff, but was reminded the dollar amounts being discussed had already been approved with the budget.
Tuesday's recommendations noted senior management will not get a wage increase for 2011 and will maintain 2009 wage levels. The commissioners will continue their 2008 wage levels. Leadership team members, about 30 supervisors and managers, agreed to forego a cost of living raise but will continue to get step increases for about 50 percent of the leadership team staff.
Franzen said she didn't want to see any wage movement and wanted a wage freeze. She questioned a plan to give Beth Wilms, who started with the county as community services director, a nearly $1,500 raise after two weeks. Laska said that wage increase was to cover an oversight she made in starting Wilms at 2009 levels instead of 2010. Thiede agreed with Franzen on Wilms' wage increase, saying it was more appropriate to give one later, perhaps in July, than now after two weeks on the job.
Commissioner Doug Houge said he'd like to see the recorder's position stay at $70,629 and agreed the community services director shouldn't get an increase after two weeks.
Commissioner Rachel Reabe Nystrom's motion to approve the wages with the increase for Ludenia and without the raise for Wilms failed as Houge, Franzen, Thiede opposed. Thiede's motion to amend Nystrom's motion to reduce Borden's pay to $80,000 failed.
After more discussion, Thiede recommended Nystrom's motion be reconsidered, saying he would change his vote from no to yes. Thiede said he thought the message had been sent and he wasn't willing to stay another hour and haggle over pennies.
The motion was reconsidered and passed with Nystrom, Thiede, and Chairman Phil Trusty in favor and Franzen and Houge opposed.
The county's top three officials in terms of highest pay are Administrator Tim Houle, County Attorney Don Ryan and Susan Beck, community services director who is retiring at year's end. Beck earns $105,020.
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Cryengine 3: New technology screens emerge
Crytek presented at Siggraph their new lighting technology within Cryengine 3. Included in the presentation, there were a lot of interesting technology screens.
Crytek shows during the "Advanced Real-time Rendering Course" at SIGGRAPH 2009 their improved lighting technique used in CryEngine 3. The new technique is called Light Propagation Volumes and it is used for Global Illumination and Massive Lighting, both which improve the lighting quality according to Crytek. Massive lighting is a lighting of limited area with bunch of light sources (e.g. apartment indoor), according to Crytek.
Crytek claims that their technology is "first highly parallel iterative diffuse global illumination method for real-time applications without precomputations already in use in a commercial game engine. Our implementation proves that it is possible to use this solution efficiently even with current generation of console hardware (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3)."
The whole idea behind is in explained in a whitepaper at Crytek. PCGH provides the appropriate screenshots, and we're uploading the videos at the moment (stay tuned for the update).
You will find some Crysis and Cryengine related news in Mystery: Visually ambitious Crysis project on the rise, Crysis: Pimp your cars and planes and Crysis at 6,400 x 4,000: Ultra High-Res Gaming with 25.6 megapixels.
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WASHINGTON — In a stinging rebuke of the military's efforts to curb sexual assault, members of a Senate panel hammered Defense Department officials on Wednesday for making too little progress in combating the crimes and failing to improve a military justice system that victims described as slow and uncaring.
During a two-part hearing, the panel heard harrowing testimony from several victims who said military justice is broken and pushed for Congress to take action to stem the rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment that they said are pervasive in all the service branches.
Pentagon officials said they are taking the problem seriously. "Sexual assault in the military is not only an abhorrent crime that does enormous harm to the victim, but it is also a virulent attack on the discipline and good order on which military cohesion depends," said Robert Taylor, the Pentagon's acting general counsel.
"The Air Force has zero tolerance for this offense," added Lt. Gen. Richard Harding, the judge advocate general of the Air Force.
But lawmakers pointed to a decision by Air Force Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin to reverse a guilty verdict in a sexual assault case as evidence of how the military fails the victims who come forward to report the crimes. Under military law, a commander who convenes a court martial is known as the convening authority and has the sole discretion to reduce or set aside guilty verdicts and sentences or to reverse a jury's verdict.
Her voice rising, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said all the promises of "zero tolerance" from the witnesses amount to nothing if a convening authority is the only individual who can decide whether to overturn a case. Gillibrand is the chairwoman of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee.
Gillibrand directed her frustration at Harding, demanding to know whether justice was done when Franklin overturned a military jury's conviction. Harding responded that Franklin reviewed the facts and made an independent decision with integrity. Gillibrand then asked whether justice was done when the five senior officers who made up the jury rendered a guilty verdict. Harding said he could not say.
"The jury and the convening authority did their duty," he said.
Pointing out that they came to opposite decisions, Gillibrand pressed Harding on whether justice was done.
"I'm not going to conclude that justice was or was not done. All parties did what they were asked to do," he said.
"One of the parties was wrong," Gillibrand told him, adding that the female victim in the case does not believe justice was done.
Rebekah Havrilla, a former Army sergeant, told the panel that she encountered a "broken" military criminal justice system after she was raped by another service member while serving in Afghanistan. Havrilla described suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and described how her case was eventually closed after senior commanders decided not to pursue charges.
"What we need is a military with a fair and impartial criminal justice system, one that is run by professional and legal experts, not unit commanders," Havrilla said.
BriGette McCoy, a former Army specialist and a Persian Gulf war veteran, said she was raped when she was 18 and at her first duty station. But she did not report it. Three years later, she reported being sexually harassed and asked for an apology and to be removed from working directly with the offender.
"They did remove me from his team and his formal apology consisted of him driving by me on base and saying 'sorry' out of his open car door window," McCoy told the subcommittee.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a review of Franklin's decision to reverse the sexual assault conviction against Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano Air Base in Italy. But Hagel has told members of Congress that neither he nor the Air Force secretary is empowered to overrule Franklin, who is the commander of the 3rd Air Force at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
The case is generating support for legislation that would prevent commanding officers from overturning rulings made by judges and juries at courts-martial proceedings.
"It appears to me that the Aviano general has really failed," said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., referring to Franklin.
"This decision has turned the military on its ear," said McCaskill, who added that Franklin's decision sets the Air Force "all the way back to Tailhook." The 1991 Tailhook scandal rocked the military as Navy pilots were accused of sexually abusing female officers at a Las Vegas convention.
Anu Bhagwati of the Service Women's Action Network told the panel that commanders are unable to make impartial decisions because they usually have a professional relationship with the accused and, often times, with the victim as well. Bhagwati, a former Marine Corps captain, said court-martial cases should be left in the hands of "trained, professional, disinterested prosecutors."
Gillibrand called the Wilkerson case "shocking" and promised to take a hard look at the military justice system. Nearly 2,500 sexual violence cases in the military services were reported in 2011, but only 240 made it to trial, Gillibrand said. About 70 percent of the reports were for rape, aggravated sexual assault or nonconsensual sodomy.
But most cases of unwanted sexual contact go unreported. If more victims came forward, the Defense Department estimates the actual number of cases would have been closer to 19,000, Gillibrand said.
Wilkerson was found guilty on Nov. 2 by a jury of military officers on charges of abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual assault and three instances of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman. The victim was a civilian employee. Wilkerson was sentenced to a year in prison and dismissal from the service.
Wilkerson was at the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig in Charleston, S.C., until Feb. 26, when Franklin exercised his discretion as the convening authority. Franklin reviewed the case over a three-week period and concluded "that the entire body of evidence was insufficient to meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt," Hagel wrote in a March 7 letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
Boxer said during testimony before the subcommittee that "immediate steps must be taken to prevent senior commanders from having the ability to unilaterally overturn a decision or sentence by a military court."
Taylor, the acting general counsel, said the Defense Department is examining the role the convening authority plays, including a commander's power to set aside a court-martial's findings. But Taylor also stressed that commanders have long held this authority and it is directly tied to the need for the "portability" of military justice throughout the world and the need for senior officers to maintain discipline in the ranks.
In the wake of Franklin's decision, Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, and Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., introduced legislation Tuesday in the House that would strip military commanders of the power to overturn legal decisions or lessen sentences.
McCaskill also plans to introduce legislation that would change the Uniform Code of Military Justice by preventing a convening authority from overturning a decision reached by a jury. The legislation also would require the convening authority to issue a written justification for any action.
Brian Lewis, a former Navy petty officer, told the subcommittee not to forget that many victims of sexual assault and harassment in the military are male. Lewis said he was raped in 2000 by a noncommissioned officer who outranked him. His commanders ordered him not to report the crime to Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Lewis said he was later misdiagnosed with having a personality disorder, and he was discharged from the service in 2001.
"I carry my discharge as an official and permanent symbol of shame, on top of the trauma of the physical attack, the retaliation and its aftermath," Lewis said.
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, asked whether the culture would change if the laws were overhauled. Lewis described the limitations of military law, arguing that it was unconscionable that punishment is solely at the discretion of a single individual and the offense of sexual assault is merely a year in prison.
"The military does not value what happened to the victim," Lewis said.
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Truman Capote's early novel, Summer Crossing, will be published for the first time next month after the handwritten manuscript was found in a box of his papers.
Capote claimed that he had destroyed the manuscript, writing in 1953 that he "tore it up long ago - anyway it was never finished", but a complete first draft was found among photographs and other writings at the bottom of a box he had left on the pavement when he moved out of a Brooklyn apartment in 1966.
The novel, which Capote began in 1943, is the story of a young socialite called Grady McNeil, and her adventures in New York while her parents are away on a summer holiday.
The publishers, Random House, claim that the "dashing, defiant and irrepressibly carefree" heroine "will remind readers of one of Truman Capote's most lasting creations, Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's", who was played by Audrey Hepburn in the film adaptation.
But when the manuscript was first discovered Capote's biographer, Gerald Clarke, questioned its worth, saying that the wishes of the author, who died in 1984 should be observed. "This may not be something that should be published," he said, "because Truman himself did not feel it was worth publishing."


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Bride of the Wind(1992)
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The daughter of a wealthy Virginia planter, innocent Rose Woodbine curses cruel fate for leading her to the court of the British King Charles - and into an unwanted marriage with handsome and dangerous Lord Pierce Deforte, a man she dares never love.
His soul searing desire for the stunning Rose had once blinded Pierce to the treacherous machinations of his enemies. Now banished from his beloved England, he lives the life of a pirate - seeking vengeance on those who betrayed him... including the beautiful temptress whom he once held dear. On a storm-tossed sea they are united once more - he, no longer a noble, but the notorious brigand called Dragonslayer. And she, one his bride, is now his helpless prisoner - forced to submit to his fury, his will...and the blistering, sensuous need that chains her captive heart.
Author Biography: Shannon Drake is a pseudonym for Heather Graham, the New York Times bestselling author. Under both names she has written numerous award-winning romance novels, including: And One Rode West, Lord Of The Wolves, Bride Of The Wind, and Knight Of Fire. She lives in Coral Gables, Florida, with her husband and their five children.
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A/N: Just a ridiculous one-shot that's probably really stupid. No couples or anything. I just decided to put it up anyways after I thought of it when I ate too much food last night. No flaming. Criticism accepted. This is unrelated to any of my other stories. It involves the engagement between Sue Clearwater and Charlie Swan and an angry Carlisle.
Disclaimer: I don't own twilight. Stephenie Meyer does.
Leah's POV
All of my energy poured into my best glare, all of it directed at the one and only Jacob Black. I snarled when he grinned at me cheekily and headed out the door. He was so lucky he was Alpha and his pack allowed me freedom from Sam's damned group of self-righteous morons. I stomped after him unhappily, Seth, Embry and Quil right behind me. Obviously, they were doing their best to avoid the wrong edge of my irritation. Smart boys.
We were on our way to the Cullens', the vampires, whose youngest member, Renesmee, was my Alpha's imprint. Stupid Imprinting. Stupid Alpha. Stupid tie to the stupid vampire family. They were having a party for something and Jacob said we had to go.
"Why are we going again?" I growled. I don't even like these people.
"Like you don't know," Jacob rolled his eyes. "It's for your Mom and Charlie. A party for their engagement. Alice planned a small get-together, and it should be fun. Plus there will be a lot of food and it's only natural that we go to support them."
Right...this was for Mom. I wanted Mom's happiness and I promised myself I would do everything to help her get it...and apparently, that meant attending the vampires' party.
"I'm with Leah on this one," Embry commented. I knew he still didn't like the vampires much. He disliked them on some level but instantly loved them again as soon as Esme fed him. He wouldn't be complaining as soon as that happened. "Why would the vamps care to do this anyways?"
"Charlie is Bella's father," Jacob sounded tired, as if he'd explained this a thousand times already. "And once Sue and Charlie get married, Bella is going to be Leah's and Seth's step-sister."
"Yes!" Seth grinned and I groaned.
"I just threw up in my mouth," I shuddered but then suddenly grinned. "Just think, Jake. When you marry the little Spawn, I'm gonna be your Aunt-in-law or something like that."
He froze and Embry and Quil dissolved into snickers. Take that, Alpha. All in all, I didn't really have room to make jokes. I was going to be stuck with vampires for relatives by marriage. I now forget why I joined Jacob's dumb little pack. Jacob suddenly grinned wickedly and I almost regretted that last little quip.
"Careful, Beta," he said grimly. "I might make you accompany me to Carlisle's birthday party next week, too."
"As if I'd go to that," I snubbed him.
"You just might," he put his hands in his pockets. "Besides, we owe Carlisle for all the injuries he's patched up and it's a pretty special birthday. He's turning three-hundred and something."
"You don't say?" I grumbled. "Man looks good for his age."
And that was the truth. Like most vampires, Carlisle Cullen, and no one would ever hear this from me, was Gorgeous-incarnated. In my opinion, he was the best-looking of all of the Cullen Men. Blond hair, gentle smile and a flawless face. If he wasn't someone I hated, wasn't my mortal enemy, didn't suck blood and wasn't married, I might go for a guy like him. There was something about him that was warm and inviting. Hopefully, his youngest son, Edward, wouldn't hear that on my mind. I would never live that down.
"What do you mean we owe?" I suddenly barked. "We stood down those Volturi jerks for them. How the hell do we owe him anything?"
"Because I said so," Jacob answered.
"Oh, wow, that's a valid reason," I said sarcastically.
"I thought so, too," he said smugly. As if, you just couldn't think of anything else to say. Lame, Jake! Lame!
After running through the forest in wolf form, I took my sweet time getting dressed in the woods, in front of the Vampire Lair. If I had to go to a party hosted by bloodsuckers, I would take my sweet time getting there. If Jacob said anything, I would use that lovely little term 'fashionably late'. The boys ran ahead, probably to get to all that food I smelled and fork it down before I got there. Let them. I wouldn't be able to eat with the sickly sweet smell in the air anyways.
"EMMETT!" a voice yelled murderously.
I very nearly jumped out of my pants. I didn't recognize the angry voice but it sounded like Bear man got himself into a bit of trouble. I snorted and wasn't about to involve myself, at least until the idiot appeared in front of me with a ridiculous grin on his face. Damn vampire speed.
"Hi, Lady Wolf," he was trying not to laugh about something. "Hold this, please."
He stuffed something in my arms and then ran away like Satan himself was at his heels. I blinked and looked down. Oh. Ewwww. In my arms, sat a very obvious appendage. It was an arm, that I knew wasn't human, since it reeked of vampire. I shuddered and contemplated hiding it, just to torment whoever it belonged to but thought otherwise. Jacob would never let me hear the end of it. Emmett sure knew how to turn days upside down. I wonder what ran through his head. 'Oh, hey, it's nice and sunny out. Maybe I'll go take someone's arm to piss them off. Yay!'
It wasn't that big of a deal to me. I mean, it's a limb. I'm a werewolf. I tear these things off vampires if need be.
I swear, I am not a girly wolf, like at all. I don't freak out over silly things, but I could not hold back the blood curdling scream that tore out of me in the next moment. Why?
The nerves in the limb reflexed and that stupid arm freaking grabbed me.
Alice's POV
Esme handed me a large platter to place on the table for the wolves. I walked over, almost happy about not having to worry about visions today, even though I'd never been one to love surprises. With the pack here, my future was as blank as the others'. I guess this was what it was like to be normal. Jacob immediately snatched the disgusting-smelling food off of the platter as soon as I put it down. Honestly, how humans or dogs could stand it, was beyond me. I'd definitely be going hunting later just to drown out my disgust over the food.
"Where are Charlie and Sue?" Jacob asked, with his mouth full. Ew. I liked the dogs but they really needed to work on their manners.
"They'll be here in about a half an hour," I replied. I was glad that they were coming. It gave me an excuse to plan a small little party.
"Alice, could you check on Emmett?" Esme asked me. "He's been tormenting your father and brother all morning."
"No problem," I smiled.
Emmett had been in a weird mood ever since dawn. He had decided to annoy the crap out of Edward and Carlisle to the point where I was almost positive one of them would kill him. There had been an endless stream of profanities when Rosalie got caught in the crossfire at one point and Bella even grabbed Renesmee and left for a bit. I glanced at my husband, who sat unhappily in the corner of the kitchen, trying to avoid the anger and frustration. I stroked back some of his blond hair affectionately and kissed his cheek, earning a small smile. I opened my mouth to call for Emmett but someone beat me to it.
"EMMETT!" I stiffened at Carlisle's shout.
"Uh-oh," Jacob snickered.
Carlisle seldom got mad to the point of yelling and when he did, well, the kind compassionate doctor, no longer existed. I looked at Esme worriedly and she had a perplexed frown on her beautiful face, no doubt, wondering what Emmett had done this time. We both got ready to go see what was going on when a horrified scream shot through the house and yard. That was Leah!
"Leah!" Seth and Jacob cried out simultaneously and in the next instant, we were all outside, the pack thundering out behind us.
I don't think anyone could have imagined what was about to happen or what we were about to see. My jaw dropped. Not even my visions could have prepared me for this.
Emmett sat in one of the taller trees in our yard, laughing and pounding a fist into the bark hysterically as poor Leah Clearwater, danced around, screaming, trying desperately to get something off her shoulder. It was...an arm. That's when Carlisle appeared. He tore out from around the house, with only one arm, and headed straight for Leah. As soon as she saw him, she screamed louder, turned heel and ran the other way. I would have done the same thing. Carlisle was out for blood and his expression was not the kind warm one that his bedside manner held.
"Edward, do something!" Esme had a hand over her mouth as Renesmee watched the scene unfold with wonder. Edward didn't answer, just watched Leah as she finally got the arm off. She turned, ready to swing it at my pseudo-father.
"Get away!" she shrieked and she swung hard.
But Carlisle avoided it and then pounced on her, flinging them both into the Sol Duc river behind them. A moment later, Carlisle popped out of the water and reattached his missing limb with ease, not even paying attention to Leah, who shot up, coughing and hacking.
Emmett was so in for it.
Leah's POV
The water was freaking cold. I managed to get my head above water, even though the current and slippery, mossy rocks below were not making it easy. I coughed harshly, trying to get the water out of my throat and lungs and looked at Carlisle, who glared as he slipped his arm back into place, his blond hair now darker due to the wetness. He then turned to me, making me squeak. He was friggin pissed. His golden eyes were now black with a rage that rivaled my own. He grabbed my waist, holding me like a football and stepped out, dumping me on the bank, his usual manners now long gone with the presence of his temper. At least, he got me out of the river, so I didn't have to fight my way out.
As if to retain what dignity he had left, he straightened his shirt, brushed back his dripping hair and turned to Emmett. The massive vampire's eyes were all for me though.
"Can't wait for Charlie and Sue to be married, Lady Wolf," he grinned shamelessly. "Welcome to the family."
He turned to Carlisle, laughed and then took off. The doctor followed with an enraged snarl. Someone up there hated me...honestly. I get dragged into one of Emmett's idiotic stunts, dumped in the river by probably the nicest vampire and then realize...these people are about to become somewhat part of my family. Somebody, please, kill me now...
"Hey, Beta," Jacob sauntered up, his shoulders shaking as he tried to silence his glee. "You okay?"
"I hate you so much right now," I spat, slipping on the grass as I tried to stand up. This was all of his fault. He made me come today. His imprint was one of their own. He stood there giggling to himself, mocking me. I hate him!
Jacob threw his head back and guffawed.
"I love you, too, Leah," he chuckled. He helped me up and we headed for the house, as he mentioned Alice probably had dry clothes for me. I had something to gain out of this. The house would smell like wet dog for a good few days, much to the vampires' distaste. Good. Serves them right. Serves Emmett right for pulling me into his mischief. I shuddered at the memory of the Vampire Surgeon's death glare.
Carlisle Cullen...he was a handsome guy alright, but I couldn't help one last thought. He was even hotter angry.
And with that, Edward's laughter signalled, that despite my desire to hide the fact that I found his father attractive, even through my hatred, he'd heard every last word. I was so done for.
Keep laughing and you're gonna wish you died all those years ago, I hissed in my thoughts. Don't say anything either. I'll phase and rip your head off.
"By the way, you looked like a total idiot, trying to get that arm off of you," Jacob was still trying to hold his laughter back, not even worrying about Edward's amusement. He looked at me one final time and then finally let his laughter loose. "You look like a cat that just got dumped in the tub!"
"Shut up, asshole." If he kept this up, someone was going to die. Especially given how my other brothers were cracking up in the next room.
As I stood there, shivering in the vampire's house, I realized...I really can't remember why I joined this stupid renegade pack anymore.
A/N: I hope you liked it. Carlisle's a bit OOC but hey, it was kind of fun to write. I just remember Jacob saying how they could be put back together like a jigsaw in Breaking Dawn and this popped up. Hmmm...I wonder what Emmett did to get that arm from Carlisle...
I just finished doing some editing on my Jacob/OC story, Spirit Chaser. I still have more to do but whatever. No flaming!
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Along with everything else we generally get on the news, recently we've been hearing more and more about the recent Ebola outbreak in Africa, and that American citizens with the disease have been flown into the U.S. for the first time. This can be very scary, especially when you don't really know what Ebola is, so I've created this guide to help you understand the history, current state and the likely future of Ebola.
What is Ebola?
Its official name for the disease is "Ebola hemorrhagic fever" due to the severe internal bleeding it causes. The Ebola virus can infect both humans and primates and is often deadly.
The name "Ebola" comes from the Ebola River in Congo where the disease was first identified back in 1967. Since then, there were more identified cases in Zaire, Gabon, Sudan, Sierra-Leon, Guinea, Liberia, The Ivory Coast & Uganda.
How do you contract Ebola?
Though its main method of infection is through contact with blood and other bodily secretions of infected people. However, it's been found that in some cases, the disease was contracted through contact with bodies of the victims, as well as wearing clothes or using beddings that were used by the infected.
The main risk with Ebola is the incubation period in which infected are already contagious, but are still asymptomatic. This helps spread the infection between family members and friends, as well as in hospitals, prior to diagnosis. Other than people and primates, the virus can be carried by pigs & fruit-bats.
What are the Symptoms?
Early Symptoms:
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Headaches
- Joint, muscle, and abdominal pain
- Dehydration due to vomiting, diarrhea and loss of appetite
(Less common symptoms)
- Sore throat
- Chest pain
- Hiccups
- Shortness of breath
- Trouble swallowing
After a few days, more severe symptoms appear:
- Bleeding from orifices (mouth, nose, anus, genitals)
- Hematomas in the skin and eyes
In the last stages, the virus attacks the liver, nervous system and then the rest of the internal organs. Within 10 days of the first symptoms appearing, about 40%-90% of the infected will die.
Is there a cure or treatment?
At this time, there's no official cure or vaccine for Ebola. The only known way to slow down the symptoms is by flooding the patient's system with antibiotics and hooking them up to a respirator. It's important to note that recently, 2 U.S. citizens who contracted the virus were treated with a drug called ZMAPP (which is still in clinical trials) and have shown considerable improvement within an hour.
Ebola is highly infectious, yet it is also very delicate and can be destroyed (externally) by washing your hands with water and soap. That being said, it's recommended to still use disinfectants that contain Ammonia or Alcohol when treating contaminated surfaces, with the use of gloves, goggles and medical aprons for protection.
Ebola today
The 2014 outbreak is the most severe outbreak of Ebola recorded (number of infected & fatalities) since 1976. Guinea was the source of the outbreak in December 2013 but was only detected in March 2014. It then spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.
The World Health Organization reported 1,975 suspected cases and 1,069 and designated the outbreak "a public health emergency of international concern". This designation was only used twice before (2009 - Swine Flu & 2014 - resurgence of Polio). It invokes legal measures on disease prevention, surveillance, control, and response by 194 countries.
Suspicion of infection?
Since Ebola's initial symptoms resemble the flu, basing your diagnosis on that is pure speculation and is not recommended. However, if you recently returned from a country where the disease was recently reported, please contact your local physician and explain the situation, as certain tests and preventative measures must be taken.
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