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"Content is king."
That is how Satoru Iwata started this year's GDC keynote. Keeping in mind that the main premise of this keynote is the 25 year birthday of video games, Iwata recalls some of his earlier, more arrogant, days as a gaming pioneer. In his first years at Nintendo, he competed fiercely with Shigeru Miyamoto (the father of Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong) to make better games and he honestly believed his games to be much more superior to Miyamoto's. "Mr. Miyamoto taught me a painful lesson. Content really is king" says Iwata. He then touches on his and Miyamoto's responsibilities as trailblazing game developers back in the NES days mentioning how they were generalists wearing many hats rather than specialists. This does, indeed, sound like a story you would hear from a grandfather and Iwata even says, "We were video game cavemen."
The keynote then goes on to show off many, many graphs and charts in true to form Nintendo fashion detailing who plays what and where and how old and how long, yada, yada, yada. Iwata finally puts the graphs away and starts talking about something unusual to Nintendo, social networking games. Anyone who has even remotely been on Facebook has heard of games like FarmVille and Social City. Although these games reside on social networking sites, he hesitates to call them 'social'. He talked about how a social game should actually make you socialize. For example, systems like the Atari 2600 and the NES allowed for two players to play together hence socialize. The N64 allowed for four players. Even the Gameboy allowed for socialization with a connection cable. Granted, multiplayer is technically the purest form of socialization in video games.
Iwata then moves on to a different subject; the phrase "Must Have". Of Nintendo's most popular "Must Have" titles he first notes Mario. "Mario has only remained popular because he has changed. Mario always evolves." Says Iwata. Pokemon is another of the most popular Nintendo franchises. Iwata mentions "The fundamental appeal of Pokemon is the idea of collecting and trading. Pokemon obtained from friends would grow faster. This was intentional to promote interaction." He goes on to give even more mentions to 'Must Have' titles such as Tetris, Kirby, The Sims and even gives Call of Duty a nice little nod. Funny story; Iwata talks about how Kirby's original name was changed for the sake of the English speaking market because when spoken, Kirby's original name sounded like 'Tinkle Popo'.
Now we start getting into some stuff we want to know about, the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata talks about how the online systems for Wii and DSi really aren't working as good as they should and promises a better experience on the 3DS. To elaborate on the 3DS, an unexpected surprise speaking jumps on the stage. Nintendo's favorite son, Reggie Fils-Aime.
Reggie was all facts on stage. He told the crowd to consider two words, Content and Location. On the content side, Reggie dropped a bomb on us by promising that the 3DS will feature the streaming video service Netflix with a variety of features. One of which will allow movies to be viewed on the 3DS then continued on the Wii. Next Reggie promises another future 3DS treat in the form of 3D movie trailers starting with a 3D trailer for the upcoming Green Lantern movie. Lastly, we already know that the 3DS can take 3D pictures but we now know that it will also be able to record video in 3D! Next up was the idea of Location. Reggie promises that in late May AT&T will be implementing over 10,000 free Wi-Fi hot spots for the 3DS all over the US (or, at least we assume they will be all over the US. He didn't actually specify.) These hot spots will automatically connect your 3DS to Nintendo's SpotPass service and automatically download game content for your games regardless of which game is in your system at the time.
The last thing Reggie touched on was the new eShop feature on the 3DS. It will be very similar to the Wii Shop Channel, will include DSiWare as well and will feature all new features such as a 3D Virtual Console and 3D Classics where classic games will be remade in 3D for the new handheld.
Satoru Iwata comes back out to finish off the keynote. On the heals of Reggie's 3DS-fest, Iwata drops another bomb in that Nintendo is working on a completely brand new Mario title in the same vein as Mario 64 exclusively for the 3DS. At this point they showed the logo of the new 3DS Mario title and the entire crowd nearly lost their minds and here's why. On the right side of the logo was a silhouette of what looks like a raccoon tail! Could this indicate that the Super Leaf power-up would finally be making a return and that we would see Raccoon Mario once again in this new 3DS Mario title? I can honestly speak for the whole crowd when I say "We sure hope so."
Iwata ends with what he thinks is wrong with the game industry today touching on the lack of craftsmanship and talent development in today's game industry. His solution is summed up in one word… "innovation". He says "Trust in your passion, believe in your dream and make the impossible possible" he ends with "We've been making impossible possible for 25 years, why stop now?


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COURTHOUSE Ś Montgomery County Assistant Public Defender Sharon R. Meisler is well-known for her dedication to educating aspiring lawyers about the life of defenders and sentencing policies.
ōI think one of the responsibilities of being a senior attorney is to train junior attorneys, to train people who want to learn about what it is you do,ö said Meisler, a seasoned defender who has been with the office for more than 27 years.
Meisler, 53, was recently honored for her ōoutstanding dedicationö and 10 years of service to the Villanova Sentencing Workshop and the goal of ōeffective, humane and rational sentencing.ö The honor was bestowed on Meisler by the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing and Villanova University School of Law during a recent ceremony in Harrisburg.
ōI was extremely humbled by it,ö said Meisler.
Each spring, the commission assists and cohosts the Villanova Sentencing Workshop at the university to provide judges, lawyers and law students with information about state sentencing guidelines and about how to apply them. The workshop, held over the course of several days, promotes interaction between students and judges during the discussion of cases submitted by participating judges.
Typically, the sessions bring together 12 Villanova law students, six county court judges, a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, parole and probation officials and other professionals to discuss sentencing policies.
ōI loved it!ö Meisler said with the exhilaration of someone who enjoys mentoring others. ōIÆd love to do it again.ö
The workshops are directed by Villanova School of Law Professor Steven L. Chanenson, who is a member of the commission. During the award ceremony, Chanenson said he would be ōhard-pressedö to find anyone in Pennsylvania who was more knowledgeable about sentencing policies than Meisler.
Chanenson described Meisler as ōthe glue that held it togetherö and someone from whom he learned a great deal.
Meisler was the appointed defender on the workshop panel for 10 years.
ōWe all have a ton of homework to do,ö said Meisler, referring to the preparation that goes into planning the workshop discussions. ōItÆs an educational tool but itÆs not just for the students, itÆs for the judges as well.ö
ōItÆs a lot of fun because thereÆs a lot of give-and-take between judges, lawyers and students,ö Meisler added.
In the past, workshop attendees have discussed alternatives to putting people in prison, alternative sentencing programs such as restrictive intermediate punishment or the Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive program, a sentencing tool that helps drug-addicted offenders kick the habits that lead them to commit crimes and allows them to reduce their minimum prison stays if they participate in prison treatment programs.
Meisler took her role at the workshop very seriously.
ōUnlike the judges and unlike a district attorney, IÆm the only one who actually goes into a prison cell and says, æLook, these are the guidelines, this is what youÆre looking at, if we go to trial this is what could happen, if you plead open this is what could happen,Æö Meisler said. ōI think the benefit I brought was, IÆm the lineman, IÆm the one whoÆs down in the trenches.ö
In addition to her public defense work and participating in the workshop, Meisler has been the coordinator of the summer intern program in the county public defenderÆs office for many years. Through the program, Meisler helps young aspiring legal eagles gain knowledge about the criminal defense system. The program includes tours of the county and state prisons and the interns spend time in juvenile court and attend mental health hearings.
Meisler has described the intern program as ōan eye-opening experienceö for students.
ōWe show people what public defenders do. ItÆs not like it is on TV. ThereÆs nothing glamorous,ö Meisler said.
Meisler, a 1981 graduate of Temple University and a 1984 graduate of the New England School of Law in Boston, has been an assistant public defender in Montgomery County since April 1985. She has also worked as an adjunct professor at Temple University and an instructor of criminal justice at University of Phoenix.
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S.E.5a in Action (Aircraft 69)
By John F. Connors, Kevin Wornkey
Publisher: Squadron/Signal Pubs 1985 52 Pages
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a. one of the best known combat airplanes of the First World War, was one of those rather typical British military aircraft, designed for functional instead of aesthetic purposes. Squarish and angular. It had none of the streamlined grace of the German Albatros nor the petite elegance of the French Nieuport. Viewed from the from the S.E.5 rather resembled a farm tractor with wings.
But, what the S.E.5 design lacked in aesthetics was more than made up for In performance. It was fast, capable of making or breaking combat at will. It was sturdy, able to absorb a good deal of punishment; and its pilots could enter a high speed dive with the confidence that the S. E.5's wings would stay on. The S.E.5 did not have the tight turning ability of its compatriot, the Sopwith F.1 Camel, but it was light on the controls, easy to fly, and provided an extremely steady gun platform.
Unfortunately, due to early structural problems and difficulties In finding a suitable engine, the S.E.5 design did not reach its full potential until fairly late in its career. But despite this, the aircraft established an enviable reputation for Itseif, and was flown with great success by some of the British Empire's most famous aces, including Mannock. Mc-Cudden, Bishop, Beau champ-Proctor, and McElroy.


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Full-time, tenure-track faculty members who wish to teach during the summer semester will need to review the procedures and responsibilities involved. Such faculty members are eligible, if classes are available, to teach one three-or four-hour class for ten (10) percent or two three- or four-hour classes for twenty (20) percent of their regular nine month compensation for the previous academic year. In addition, with Department Chair approval, they may teach an additional class for part-time pay. Faculty members teaching for percentage pay, in addition to teaching one or two classes, have a professional commitment to:
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Faculty teaching one class for ten (10) percent will maintain at least 30 hours of professional commitment and office hours during the summer term they teach. These hours should be distributed evenly throughout the 5 or 11 weeks of the term. Faculty teaching two classes for twenty (20) percent will maintain at least 60 hours of professional commitment and office hours per week during the summer term they teach. These hours should be distributed evenly throughout the 5 or 11 weeks of the term. Faculty teaching distance learning classes will be expected to hold an appropriate number of office hours on campus as a portion of the total office hours required in order to fulfill their professional commitment to the College.
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Architects are working with the Fine Arts department to renovate Winston Hall. The project will provide significant improvements to studio, laboratory, and instruction spaces and the building systems that provide heating, cooling, lighting, and power. A concept and project budget will be presented to the Trustees for approval in May. Following approval, detailed design and construction work will follow .
Improved facilities for Fine Arts was one of three main initiatives identified in Strategic Plan and described in the 2012 Campus Master Plan Update along with a new Student Center and significant improvements to Gilmer Hall for the natural sciences. The renovated Winston Hall will include studio space for painting, drawing, design, and photography as well as teaching, classroom and rehearsal space for music. Critical support facilities will include properly equipped spaces for digital music performance and recording, and a computer lab for digital graphics and photographic processing and editing. As a part of this project, the Communications Office and Student Publications will be relocated to other buildings on campus.
Complete replacement of the building's heating and air-conditioning systems is anticipated along with significant improvements to electrical, fire protection and plumbing systems including new toilet facilities. Those familiar with Winston will appreciate that in addition to the systems improvements, building acoustics will be improved reducing noise from HVAC systems and creating much needed sound isolation between rooms.
Students and faculty in the Fine Arts are working with the architects, Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas Company of Norfolk to clarify project goals, establish priorities and develop design criteria for the completed project. During this phase of the work, a Project Plan will be developed to set the scope of the work in terms of square feet, construction materials and quality, and cost. Once approved, a final design will include detailed plans and specifications. A plan for "swing space" or phasing to allow continuation of the Fine Arts program during the renovation will also be developed.
Constructed in 1880 as the library for Union Seminary before the Seminary moved to Richmond, Winston became the College's library in 1898. Following an addition, a catastrophic fire in 1941 and reconstruction in 1950 it served as the College library until 1961 when it was converted to the dining hall or "Commons" until 1991. In addition to Fine Arts and Communications, Winston also housed the Student Health Center until recently.
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Will Washington Support Democracy in Iran? (JCPA-JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS) Michael Rubin JERUSALEM ISSUE BRIEF Vol. 4, No. 17 13 February 2005)
Source: http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief004-17.htm
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After a first term marked by schizophrenic Iran policy initiatives, the Bush White House will soon develop a coordinated policy to promote peaceful regime change in Iran. The Bush administration is heartened by the apparent success of the Iraqi election and believes that Iranians are ready to exert their democratic rights.
Bush policy is motivated by the grave and growing threat from the Islamic Republic´s nuclear weapons program, and the realization that neither Iran nor the European Union are sincere in preventing Iran´s acquisition of nuclear weaponry. The Islamic Republic´s potential threat to American security emanates from Tehran´s determination to develop satellite launching capability which could well substitute as an intercontinental ballistic missile delivery system as well as from the regime´s continued sponsorship of terrorists.
A new U.S. policy will also recognize that the dichotomy within Iran is not one of reformers versus hardliners within the Islamic Republic, but rather proponents of democracy versus proponents of theocracy. Even if Iranian acquisition of nuclear capability is inevitable, the threat comes from the nature of the regime rather than from the Iranian people.
As hardline ideologues consolidate power in Tehran, Iran will mark a number of important anniversaries which might spur ordinary people to agitate against their government and for democracy as they call for a new national referendum on the future of Iran.
A Stalemated Iran Policy
In his January 20, 2005, inaugural speech, President George W. Bush declared, "America will not pretend that jailed dissidents prefer their chains, or that women welcome humiliation and servitude." Less than two weeks later, Bush argued in his State of the Union address that "the victory of freedom in Iraq will...inspire democratic reformers from Damascus to Tehran." Such statements are not mere rhetoric, but mark a new willingness to advance democracy in Iran.
During Bush´s first term in office, the U.S. government lacked an Iran policy. The State Department, Pentagon, Central Intelligence Agency, and Treasury Department twice failed to reach consensus on a National Security Policy Directive. Neither then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice nor the President forced the issue. As a result, American policy was schizophrenic. While Bush labeled Iran as part of the "Axis of Evil" in his January 2002 State of the Union Address, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage described Iran as a "democracy."1
With no clear White House policy direction, Senate Republicans likewise took contradictory positions. While Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania) dined with the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations,2 Sam Brownback (Kansas) introduced an Iran Freedom and Democracy Support Act which would have created a $50 million fund to support opposition satellite stations and civil society.
State Department lawyers, meanwhile, argued that non-interference clauses in the 1980 Algiers Accords, the agreement which had led to the release of the U.S. embassy hostages, prohibited funding of opposition media. Retired National Security Advisors, though, disputed the State Department´s line.3 In recent weeks, the White House legal office has opined that nothing in the Accords prevents assistance to Iranian democrats.
New National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley´s decision to remove Richard Haass protégé Meghan O´Sullivan from the Iran portfolio (she retains her position as senior director for Iraq at the National Security Council) also bodes well for a more activist policy, especially as the new National Security team again reviews Washington´s policy - or lack thereof - toward Tehran. O´Sullivan had long been both dismissive of Iranian dissidents and a proponent of engaging the Islamic Republic.
Why Now?
The Bush administration´s new focus on Iran is a reflection not only of the President´s sincere conviction that the Iranian people deserve freedom and liberty, but also of the belief that the United States cannot live with a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran. While many European officials and American academics describe Iranian politicians like former president and current Expediency Council chairman ´Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as a pragmatist,4 U.S. policymakers do not dismiss his December 14, 2001, threats to initiate a nuclear first strike against Israel,5 nor do they dismiss as rhetoric banners reading "Israel must be uprooted and erased from history," draped over medium-range Shihab-3 missiles in a September 22, 2003, military parade.6
The Islamic Republic´s potential threat to American security is just as serious, though, both because of Tehran´s determination to develop satellite launching capability which could well substitute as an intercontinental ballistic missile delivery system,7 and because of the regime´s continued sponsorship of terrorists. American officials continue to blame Iranian intelligence for planning the 1996 bombing of an American military barracks in Khobar, Saudi Arabia.8 The 9/11 Commission´s bipartisan intelligence review found that the Iranian regime lent passive support to many of the 9/11 hijackers, between eight and ten of whom transited Iran in the year before the attack.9 Washington also takes seriously reports that Iranian authorities have sheltered senior al-Qaeda figures in Revolutionary Guard bases near the Caspian town of Chalus.10
While some editorialists and politicians argue that Washington should support the diplomacy of the European Union troika of London, Paris and Berlin, many European diplomats and analysts privately acknowledge that they believe Tehran´s acquisition of a nuclear bomb to be inevitable, a tacit admission that European diplomacy is a charade. American officials may not be so blunt, but many believe their European counterparts care more about the preservation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty than they do about Iran going nuclear. If the European Union allows the Islamic Republic to negotiate acquisition of nuclear capability, then they need not admit the emptiness of the current non-proliferation regime.
Even if Iran´s acquisition of the bomb is inevitable, to American strategists, the question is not whether the United States can live with a nuclear Iran, but rather whether the United States can live with a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran. To many Bush administration officials, the danger is not necessarily that the Islamic Republic would use its nuclear weapon against the United States, but rather that the feeling of immunity from retaliation that a nuclear capability might lend regime ideologues would lead to an increase in terrorism in the Middle East and Europe, and violent attempts to subvert Iraq and Afghanistan. Iranian authorities, for example, ignored numerous Turkish diplomatic demarches, and only scaled back support for Kurdistan Workers Party [PKK] terrorists operating in Turkey after the Turkish Air Force bombed the Iranian border town of Piranshahr.11 Had the Islamic Republic enjoyed a potential nuclear retaliation capability, Turkish authorities could likely have not forced an abandonment of Tehran´s PKK support. Meanwhile, American authorities are increasingly concerned by the resurgence of the Revolutionary Guards within the Islamic Republic´s political class. Revolutionary Guard influence has been most recently evidenced by their effective veto of Turkish commercial involvement in the communications sector and Tehran´s new airport.12
Such concerns - and the unwillingness to assume that regime ideologues will not try to act upon their deeply-held beliefs about the United States and Israel - are responsible for the current debate about the efficacy of military action. While targeted strikes on nuclear and ballistic missile sites might not eliminate the Islamic Republic´s capability, the question is whether they could delay Tehran´s nuclear ambitions beyond the lifespan of the Islamic Republic.
Are Iranians Ready for Democracy?
The best option from an American point of view would be a peaceful transition of power leading to an Iranian abandonment of the Islamic Republic´s more threatening convictions. The relevant question therefore becomes whether the Iranian people are ready for democracy and, if so, when they might rise up and demand real rather than cosmetic rights. No one in Washington seeks to use military force to oust the Iranian regime, and rumors that the U.S. government even considered lending support to the Mujahidin al-Khalq are without basis. Democracy advocates within the Bush administration are likely to ask whether they can take any actions which would catalyze the Iranian people´s ability to replicate last year´s peaceful revolutions in Georgia and the Ukraine.
Both anecdotal and statistical evidence indicate the Iranian people are ready for change. While some outside analysts continue to speak of a dichotomy between hardliners and reformers, most Iranians now accept that the political tension within Iran is between regime and dissident. On December 6, 2004, students heckled Mohammad Khatami, chanting "Shame on you" and "Where are your promised freedoms?"13
In August 2002, the Tarrance Group, a professional polling outfit, conducted a survey of Iranian public opinion. They randomized the last four digits of every Tehran telephone exchange, and surveyed residents rich and poor. Just 21 percent of the statistically- representative sample of more than 500 people said that the Guardian Council represented the will of the Iranian people, while only 19 percent supported a politically-active clergy. The poll also found significant economic malaise, perhaps motivating the disillusionment with their leadership. Only 16 percent felt that their economic situation had improved during the Khatami years, while 68 percent said their family´s financial situation had declined since the Islamic Revolution.14
A quarter century of theocracy has moderated the Iranian people. While studying in Iran in 1996 and 1999, many Iranians told me they supported Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini less out of an endorsement of his views than out of a reaction to the dictatorship of the Shah. While American and European intellectuals may criticize Bush´s "Axis of Evil" rhetoric as simplistic, the fact remains that there is a correlation between Bush´s moral clarity and the willingness of Iranians to take to the street, as they did en masse in July 1999,15 October 2001,16 November 2002,17 and July 2003,18 and at a number of more localized demonstrations.19
Historic Opportunity: The Call for a Referendum
Iranians, inheritors of a 2,500-year-old culture, are far more historically aware than many in the West. Recent democratic developments in Iran coincide with a number of symbolic anniversaries. December 2005 marks the hundredth anniversary of the start of Iran´s Constitutional Revolution when merchants, liberals, clergy, and nationalists rose up to demand basic rights in the face of an autocratic ruler. After a year of struggle, the Shah granted the Iranian people a constitution. In December 2006, Iranians may ask why their forefathers had rights today´s Iranians no longer enjoy.
On April 1, 2004, Iranians marked a more recent anniversary - the 25- year anniversary of Khomeini´s declaration of an Islamic Republic. On that day, Khomeini announced the results of a referendum asking a simple question: "Do you want an Islamic Republic." Ninety-eight percent of Iranian voters said "Yes." "By casting a decisive vote in favor of the Islamic Republic," Khomeini told an enthusiastic crowd, "you have established a government of divine justice." Increasingly, though, a growing and disparate number of Iranian groups are suggesting that Iran is ready for a new referendum.20 Many Iranians suggest a simple question, "Theocracy or democracy." The Tarrance Group poll found that 71 percent of Iranians would favor such a poll.21 While it is not likely that the Islamic Republic´s leadership would ever consent to an internationally- supervised referendum - they understand the contempt with which most of their charges view them - such a referendum would better focus international attention on the fundamental issue of the Islamic Republic´s lack of legitimacy and moral bankruptcy.
Into this tinderbox was inserted the success of Iraq´s January 30, 2005, elections, that country´s first free poll in a half century. It is a juxtaposition Iranians - many of whom believe themselves to be culturally superior to their Arab neighbors - cannot miss. In June 2005, Iranians will march to the polls to elect a president. Under the terms of the Islamic Republic´s constitution, the new president will have only limited power and will remain subordinate to the unelected Supreme Leader, Ayatollah ´Ali Khameini. While the unelected Guardian Council in Iran severely limits the choice of candidates in Iran, Iranians have already noted the full range of candidates allowed to compete in Iraq´s elections. Many European, American, and Arab commentators sought to correlate voter turnout with election legitimacy in Iraq. The same standards might be applied to Iran, where many Iranians may choose to stay home as Iranian pilgrims in Iraq estimated that 80 percent of their compatriots did during the February 2004 Majlis elections.
After four years of policy ambiguity, the Bush administration will finally make a concerted approach to change the status quo in Iran. European officials may calculate they can live with a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran, but they are wrong. If the current regime goes nuclear, Iran will unleash a new and potentially devastating wave of terrorism which will end any hope for stabilization in Iraq and Afghanistan, and peace in the Middle East. The White House is right to pursue democratization as a solution. Europe would be wise to hope for its success because the alternative for Washington might not be acceptance of a nuclear Iran, but rather military action.
1. Robin Wright, "U.S. Now Views Iran in More Favorable Light; a Top Official Makes a Distinction between the regime in Tehran and those of fellow ´axis of evil´ members North Korea and Iraq," Los Angeles Times, February 14, 2003.
2. Robin Wright, "Activity Heats Up as U.S. and Iran Flirt with Closer Ties," Washington Post, February 1, 2004.
3. Michael Ledeen, "Act on Iran," Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2002.
4. Reuel Marc Gerecht, "Going Soft on Iran," Weekly Standard, March 8, 2004.
5. Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, December 14, 2001.
6. Ron Kampeas, "As Palestinian Picture Improves, Ominous Signs About Iranian Nukes," Jewish Telegraphic Agency, November 22, 2004.
7. "Iranian ´Sputnik´ Could be Trojan Horse for Tehran´s Ballistic Missile Program," Aviation Week Group, November 28, 2004.
8. The 9-11 Commission Report, p. 60.
9. The 9-11 Commission Report, p. 240. Also see: "Iran´s Link to al- Qaeda: What the 9-11 Commission Found," Middle East Quarterly (Fall 2004).
10. "Nearly 400 al-Qaeda members and other terror suspects in Iran," Agence France Presse, July 15, 2004.
11. "Iran Accuses Turkish Jets of Bombing its Territory," Associated Press, July 18, 1999.
12. Karl Vick, "Politics on Collision Course at Shuttered Iranian Airport," Washington Post, August 10, 2004.
13. "Students Heckle Iranian President," BBC News, December 6, 2004; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4072887.stm
14. Public Opinion Survey in Iran, August 23-28, 2002, Tarrance Group.
15. "Fateful Moment in Iran," New York Times, July 14, 1999.
16. "Tehran Gripped by Pro-Western Street Violence," Independent, October 27, 2001.
17. "Iranian Student Protestors Call Referendum on Hard-Line Rulers," New York Times, November 29, 2002.
18. "Student Leaders Seized by Vigilantes in Iran," New York Times, July 10, 2003.
19. See reporting, for example, of the Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran, www.daneshjoo.org
20. Eli Lake, "Iranian Democrats Establish a United Front," New York Sun, December 7, 2004.
21. Public Opinion Survey in Iran, August 23-28, 2002, Tarrance Group.
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Suzanne Logan says parents ask her all sorts of questions when inquiring about her Forest Park childcare center, Kangaroo Korner: "What's the teacher/student ratio? Are teachers certified? Curriculum?"
But not once in 28 years has any parent asked, "What kind of pest management system do you use?"
Should we be asking?
Yes, says Julie Wagner from the Safer Pest Control Project, a nonprofit organization based in Chicago—in part because research links pesticide exposure in children to health problems such as asthma, cancer and developmental delays. But especially because a state law requiring school and daycare facilities to use a less toxic approach to pest control is nearly impossible to enforce.
"No funding was attached to this law, which will make it hard to enforce," says Donald Baumgartner, who works in the pesticides program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Chicago office. "And like with any law, minimal enforcement means minimal attention and compliance."
Without funding, the law cannot do what it was designed to do—protect kids from exposure to dangerous chemicals.
While the use of pesticides is sometimes unavoidable, Wagner says the least toxic solution should be used—and even then only as a last resort—in places frequented by children.
Rather than use pesticides, the Safer Pest Control Project—and Illinois state law—call for childcare centers to use a safer, healthier, more environmentally friendly approach to pest control known in the industry as "integrated pest management." It incorporates common sense with education, communication and a commitment to choosing less toxic solutions. And it uses pesticides only as a last resort.
In this approach, employees have to get down to the level of whatever is bugging them. They must play detective, identifying both the pest and its means of entrance. Through research, they create a pest profile with information ranging from food preference to other basic needs. Once employees have a pest profile, they work to eliminate the "how" and "why," thus eliminating the "who."
Most changes are common sense: fix holes in screens, keep areas clean, remove clutter, store food safely, don't store garbage near a back entrance and break down and dispose of cardboard boxes (they may have bugs or eggs hiding in them). Some solutions prove more costly, but in the long run save money and prevent kids from being exposed to dangerous chemicals.
No funding for Illinois law
An Illinois law passed in 1999 requires public schools to use integrated pest management; another law requiring licensed daycare centers to use the system went into effect last year. In addition to mandating the use of integrated pest management, the law requires daycare facilities to notify parents two business days before using pesticides and to remove objects handled by children before the pesticide is applied.
However, the law applies only to licensed daycare centers—not licensed in-home childcare. And even with the law on the books, enforcing it is proving difficult.
Fred Riecks of the Illinois Department of Public Health says his department is in charge of setting guidelines for implementing the law. But if a facility can prove it cannot afford integrated pest management, it will be considered to be in compliance with the law.
What about facilities that can, but choose not to comply?
"If parents let us know [that their daycare center is not complying], we can send a letter and try to remedy the situation," says Riecks. "But I don't know what recourse there would be. There is no enforcement provision."
There's no money for enforcement either, Baumgartner says.
The Department of Children and Family Services is in the process of integrating this law into its childcare center licensing standards. Since the process is ongoing, parents still need to be vigilant, says Wagner. In other words, there is a long way to go.
"Enforcement and compliance monitoring is on the horizon," Wagner says. "We just need to figure out how to get there. We have many pieces of the puzzle, but a few of the key pieces still require development—key pieces such as communication between governmental agencies and funding needs."
Pesticides are 'poison'
So why the big to-do? What's wrong with a preschool employee spraying a can of Raid at invading ants?
"Parents need to understand that just because a pesticide is available doesn't mean it is safe—even if used as directed," Wagner says. "Pesticide is, almost by definition, poison."
Research has linked pesticide exposure to a number of adverse health effects in children, including asthma and cancer. The Northern California Childhood Leukemia Study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives (September 2002), tracked newly diagnosed kids up to age 14 and concluded that pesticide exposure between ages 1 to 3 increased the risk of leukemia.
Kids are exposed when they inhale the pesticide, absorb it through their skin or eat something that has been tainted by it. When a spray is used, some chemicals hang in the air and some settles onto the toy bins, carpet and tabletops. And it is still there when the children come to play.
A child's physical size also plays a role. "If a young child and an adult were to ingest or come into contact with the same amount of pesticide, the child would receive the higher relative dose of toxin," explains Dr. Hryhorczuk, director of the Center for Children's Environmental Health at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. "If the younger child and adult were exposed to the same contaminated air, the child would breathe in more of it, pound per pound."
In addition, a child's body metabolizes some toxins differently than an adult's, meaning the toxins may stay in a child's body longer.
And, Hryhorczuk says, the protective blood brain barrier, which protects the central nervous system from some toxins, is not fully developed in children. "Connections in the brain are still being made and chemicals can disrupt these connections, clearly putting children at a higher risk for developmental delays," Hryhorczuk says.
Few pesticide poisonings
While parents should be concerned about the effects of pesticides and strive to be informed, Hryhorczuk says they should not become overly alarmed. Part of his job is to evaluate children who have been potentially overexposed to chemicals, and the number of pesticide poisoning cases he has seen is relatively low.
An ongoing study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that national numbers are low as well. Data presented to the American Public Health Association at its annual meeting last year by researchers Dr. Walter A. Alarcon and Dr. Geoffery M. Calvert show that from 1998 to 2002, 2,096 cases of school-related pesticide exposure illnesses were reported; 68 percent of the victims were children. The majority of these cases were classified as low in severity, with 188 classified as moderate and only four cases as high. But for parents, even one preventable case is too many. And exposure can be prevented.
Hryhorczuk says using integrated pest management is one way to do that. It's more time consuming, but in most cases it's easy and cost effective, he adds.
Some pest control businesses are following the trend. "We changed over a few years ago," says David Harris-John of Smithereen Pest Management Services in Chicago, which has been in business since 1888.
"Now we only use pesticides as a last resort." Harris-John says that once you start using integrated pest management, you find that you don't need pesticides that often—the pests don't come back.
Kangaroo Korner's Logan, who is also president of PSO/Illinois' Child Care Association, says that enforcement of the law requiring childcare facilities to follow suit is an issue that is being worked on. In the meantime, it is the parents who have the only real power to make their child's environment pesticide free. And the first step is to ask the question: "What kind of pest management system do you use?"
To learn more about integrated pest management, call Safer Pest Control Project at (312) 641-5575 or visit www.spcpweb.org.
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As we mentioned Friday, what is so flabbergasting about Thomas L. Friedman's work is that it is a piece of boundless naïveté wrapped in a monumental conceit.
The man has been jabbering for many years… but thinking for none of them. Could he really believe that this old world… sweated over so feverishly by so many gods and men for so many generations… is still so trivial and transparent that an abject simpleton such as he could not only understand it, but improve upon it?
We stand back in awe… not only of the great world itself… but also of the extraordinary creature in it – the New York Times journalist who has so captured our attention. Oh, if only he could think! Then, he could explain what goes on in that wooden noggin of his. If only he had some imagination! Then, he might begin to appreciate the complex and intricate webs of private plans, hopes, dreams that his own Public Policies and Programs interrupt. If only he had eyes! Then, he could open them and stare at the yawning jaws of Hell that await him and other pious meddlers.
But Thomas L. Friedman is only a journalist. He is like a junior officer in the Charge of the Light Brigade. His role is not to think about things… and certainly not to ask questions. He looks neither to the left, nor to the right. But only ahead… and only in order to get the troops moving.
Oswald Spengler described the part played by the modern media:
"The press today is an army with carefully organized weapons, the journalists its officers, the readers its soldiers. But, as in every army, the soldier obeys blindly, and the war aims and operating plans change without his knowledge. The reader neither knows nor is supposed to know the purposes for which he is used and the role he is to play. There is no more appalling caricature of freedom of thought. Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it anymore. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to want to think, and this they consider freedom."
One of the things they are supposed to think is that democracy is the most perfect form of government. Reading El Pais yesterday, (we read the news in Spanish in order to try to learn the language), we found a columnist who praised this week's French elections as a "triumph of democracy," because so many people voted. Why did so many people vote? The answer is simple – because so many people had a dog in the fight.
In France, it is hard to find a family that doesn't get some form of revenue from the government (which is to say, money that doesn't belong to them) – farm subsidies; government jobs; jobs with the quasi-governmental corporations such as utilities, railroads, airlines, health care, education and automobile industries; welfare payments; pensions; health care; and so on. One candidate offers more of the same. The other candidate offers even more of the same. With a lot at stake, the French went to the polls to decide how the stolen goods will be divvied up.
And Americans? Obama… or Hillary? John… or John?
This little item comes to us from our old friend, Doug Casey's newsletter, Big Gold:
"On April 16, the Christian Science Monitor published the results of a study showing that a majority of Americans – 52.6%, to be exact – now receive 'significant income' from government programs. At the same time, the percentage of the working population 'not employed in a government reliant job' has fallen below 29%.
"Now consider the implications. Fewer than 30% of workers are airmailing large portions of their paychecks to more than half of the rest of the population. And as the Baby Boomers retire, the latter number is inexorably headed up; it's projected to close in on 60% by 2030."
When wolves and sheep sit down to dinner the menu has already been decided.
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Yep. I've completed this milestone. Exciting part, my background completed 100 sales with this 500th sales.
Once again thanks to everyone who helped me achieve this goal. Buyers(of course, because we are nothing without you), Authors, Reviewers, Staff, this whole Community and of course, Myself. Might not be that big regarding many of you but I'm really satisfied with my progress.
Next goal, 1000 sales, which I believe to achieve much quicker because now I'm almost going to give full time to Envato eventually producing files for VH and TF.
So thanks once again to everyone in this whole Envato community. Without you guys, it wouldn't have been possible.
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Asia still has a chance to beat the spread of bird flu among humans despite fears the deadly virus may mutate into a stronger form that people can pass on to each other, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.
The latest bird flu outbreak, which has killed or prompted the slaughter of millions of poultry across Asia, has officially caused the death of 12 people in Vietnam and Thailand.
"We have no pandemic, we have very few cases, there is no indication whatsoever of... any widespread large outbreak caused by this outbreak in humans," said Klaus Stoehr, head of the WHO's global influenza program.
Most of the human fatalities - nine in Vietnam and three in Thailand - are thought to have been caused by contact with an infected bird.
But there are fears that two dead Vietnamese sisters could have become the first case of human-to-human transmission of the virus.
"Things are still in the box. It has not come out. If we sit on the lid it will stay there and we still have that window of opportunity open," Stoehr told a telephone news conference from the WHO's Geneva-based headquarters.
Bird flu mutated into a form transmittable by humans during an outbreak in Hong Kong in 1997, but the second-generation strain was very mild and failed to generate a public health emergency, the doctor explained.
The fact that just a handful of human cases have been reported this time despite the bird flu being around for several weeks was also fairly encouraging.
"We believe we might only be seeing the tip of the iceberg," Stoehr warned, but he noted that other cases may go unreported as they are so mild.
"This is ... taking a little bit away from the worry that we have. The virus has been around in Asia for quite some time. People are being exposed presumably, we have a handful of cases," said Stoehr.
"That is actually something which would reconfirm that we believe we have a possibility to deal with this avian outbreak before this virus gets a foothold in humans, provided we can eliminate the animal reservoir in a safe way that humans are not going to be exposed anymore," he said.
In a new twist, German health authorities said they were examining a woman recently returned from Thailand in a suspected case that could be Europe's first human incident of avian influenza in the current crisis.
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1 - I believe that it stands for Society for Worldwide Inter-bank Funds Transfer. SWIFT defines ISO standards for financial service messages, proveds a secure network for these messages and sells products to send/receive messages over the network. For more about SWIFT, see http:/
2 - FIX only defines a message format. The FIX and SWIFT communities overlap and there is considerable communication between the groups.
3 - FIX mesaages tend to be from pre-trade (IOI etc.) through allocation. SWIFT messages (when I last looked) started at the Order and continued through the post-trade (corporate actions, statements etc.) SWIFT covers a wider product set (especially cash and OTC derivatives). Where the two message sets overlap, the content of the messages is similar but not the same. The format of the messages are different as well.
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Swift you buy and provides services, protocol, networks, etc. From Wp: "SWIFT provides a centralized store-and-forward mechanism, with some transaction management. For bank A to send a message to bank B, it formats the message according to standard, and securely sends it to SWIFT. SWIFT guarantees its secure and reliable delivery to B. SWIFT guarantees are based primarily on high redundancy of hardware, software, and people."
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Previous studies have demonstrated that Myo-inositol is capable of restoring spontaneous ovarian activity, and consequently fertility, in most patients with PCOS. The aim of our study is to investigate the role of folic acid conteined in the inositol preparation. The study group included 50 patients, randomly allocated to subgroup A (myo-inositol 1500 gr) and subgroup B (myo-inositol 2000 gr + folic acid 200 mcg). The investigation include menstrual pattern and hirsutism score evaluation, hormonal assays, oral glucose tolerance test, euglycemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp and lipide profile at baseline and after six months of treatment.
|Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Hirsutism Menstrual Irregularity
|Drug: myo-inositol 1500 gr Drug: myo-inositol 2000 gr + folic acid 200 mcg
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Combination Therapy With Myo-inositol and Folic Acid Versus Myo-inositol Alone: Effects of Six Months Treatment on Clinical, Endocrine and Metabolic Features in Obese Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: B Vitamins Folic Acid Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Drug Information available for: Folic acid Inositol Vitamin B ComplexU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Maurizio Guido, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- number of cycles in six months of therapy [ Time Frame: 6 months ]We'll estimate the efficacy of the two treatments on the ovarian function and menstrual pattern.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- effects on oral glucose tollerance test [ Time Frame: six months ]
- effects on hoormonal assay [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- effects oon lipide profile [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: myo-inositol 1500 gr
6 months treatment with myo-inositol 1500 gr
|Drug: myo-inositol 1500 gr
|Active Comparator: myo-inositol 2000gr + folic acid 200 mcg
|Drug: myo-inositol 2000 gr + folic acid 200 mcg
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 35 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- women with PCOS diagnosed in accordance with Rotterdam Consensus Conference Criteria 2003
- BMI > 25 kg/m2
- age 18-35 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- pregnancy
- significant liver or renal impairment
- other hormonal dysfunctions (hypothalamic, pituitary, thyroidal or adrenal causes for the clinical signs)
- neoplasms
- unstable mental illness
- diagnosis of diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose tolerance
- use of drugs able to interfere with gluco-insulinaemic metabolism for at least three months prior entering the study.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01555190
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01555190
|Contact: Antonio Lanzone, professor
|Catholic University of Sacred Heart
|Rome, Italy, 00168
|Contact: Maurizio Guido, Medical Doctor 00390630156013 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Maurizio Guido, doctor
Sponsors and Collaborators
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
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Keywords provided by Maurizio Guido, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 19, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Maurizio Guido, medical doctor, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01555190 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 13, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 14, 2012
Keywords provided by Maurizio Guido, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart:
folic acid
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Gonadal Disorders
Endocrine System Diseases
Hair Diseases
Skin Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Folic Acid
Vitamin B Complex
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 19, 2017


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$65 for Four 30-Minute Music Lessons (Up to $160 Value)
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star aparthotel near Boston Public Garden
Popular property highlights
Situated in the business district, this aparthotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston Public Garden, and Boston Common. Massachusetts General Hospital and Museum of Science are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Property Features
This smoke-free aparthotel features an indoor pool, a fitness center, and a snack bar/deli. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and a free manager's reception are also provided. Other amenities include a spa tub, coffee/tea in a common area, and a business center.
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Property Amenities
Property Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool, Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Cambridge provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The aparthotel offers a snack bar/deli. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast as well as a complimentary manager's reception (may not be available daily). Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measure 2100 square feet (195 square meters). This business-friendly aparthotel also offers barbecue grills, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Cambridge is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 221
- Number of floors - 16
- Free breakfast
- Barbecue grill(s)
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- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fireplace in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Free WiFi
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- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free grocery shopping service
- Conference space size (feet) - 2100
- Conference space size (meters) - 195
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Free reception
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- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
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- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchen
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Separate dining area
- Sofa bed
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Kitchen
- Microwave
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- Oven
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Separate dining area
- Dishwasher
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Stovetop
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast. The aparthotel offers a complimentary manager's reception on select days.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Segway rental/tour nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Property Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 150 per accommodation, per stay
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: USD 40 per day
- Pet fee: USD 150 per accommodation, per stay
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
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- Residence Inn Cambridge
- Residence Inn Marriott Boston Aparthotel
- Residence Inn Marriott Boston Aparthotel Cambridge
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It kinda stuck out at me b/c this was the 2nd time I saw that 5iantlavalamp.com domain, so it piqued my interest. A WHOIS reported it was owned by Microsoft! I go to the Web site and it redirects me to some Office site. So I'm guessing that some new version of Outlook has that stuff embedded in the e-mail message and other Outlooks know about it and will do something (spiffy
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Showdown in San Antonio
Protesters Rally Around Student Who Refuses to Wear Tracking Beacon
Andrea Hernandez shares why she and other students at Jay High School refuse to wear RFID tracking beacons around their necks.
Her father and mother support her decision, but have been on edge ever since Andrea took her stand, worrying the school will try to expel her or punish her.
Members of CASPIAN, We Are Change San Antonio, We Are Change Texas Hill Country, and other concerned citizens rallied around Andrea in a pre-meeting protest outside the NISD school administration building in San Antonio, Texas. After the protest over two dozen supporters packed the board meeting room, and several addressed the school board.
The NISD Board heard nearly an hour of testimony from Andrea, Andrea's father, and other citizens who shared the downsides of RFID tracking technology. Speakers expressed heightened concern about student safety since the microchip devices chosen by the district actively beam a unique identification number up to 70 feet, which could put students at risk from stalkers and pedophiles. The devices are always "on," even when students leave campus.
Andrea and her father are hoping and praying the NISD board took their concerns seriously and will respect her right to attend school "spychip free." While this is a very difficult time for the teen and her family, the good news is that the ACLU of Texas has stepped in to help them assert their rights.
Northside ISD's Jay High School and Jones Middle School began requiring students to wear Student ID badges equipped with RFID tracking chips when school started August 27. The district said it decided to trial the technology to boost revenues lost due to absences.
Reaction to the school mandate was swift and drew protesters from as far away as Austin and Dallas on the first day of school.
The Hernandez family is standing firm, and so are we. Many thanks to everyone who has worked both near and far to decry RFID tracking schemes that threaten the privacy and civil liberties of all of us, including our nation's kids.
Special thanks to We Are Change San Antonio, We Are Change Texas Hill Country, and CASPIAN's new Membership & Protest Coordinator Katie Deolloz for coordinating these events and helping send a strong message to NISD and any other school districts contemplating an RFID tracking agenda.


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Jake T. Austin Shows Off Abs, Does Shirtless Push-Ups for Flaunt Magazine
In the accompanying article Jake talks about his upcoming role as Huckleberry Finn in Jo Kastner's new adaptation, voice work and his favorite food!
You play the role of Huckleberry Finn in Jo Kastner's new adaptation. What similarities do you and your character share?
Between Huck and myself, I think the similarities would be that we are both adventurous and creative risk takers. Huck Finn is always looking for and exploring new places.
You've lent your voice to several characters. What is it about this form of acting that you dig so much?
When you're able to just lend your voice to an animated role I feel like it gives the actor an opportunity to bring more of a performance, even though you can't be seen…it gives you the opportunity to really take hold of the character.
Your mother is Puerto Rican. You've got to have a favorite comfort food.
Bacalao! It's a fried fish stew (usually salted cod fish) and it's one of my favorite traditional Puerto Rican dishes because of the freshness of the fish you can get while on the island.
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PUPILS in Hart will be asked to keep track of what they recycle as part of a new competition.
Hart District Council has launched The Big Recycling Count, a competition aimed at finding out how much people recycle at home.
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In a recent case, a township trustee secured a loan from a bank to purchase a fire truck. However, the township trustee failed to obtain a prior appropriation of funds by the township for the purchase of the fire truck or comply with statutory procedures allowing for an opportunity for remonstrance by taxpayers. A part-time employee of the township then executed a promissory note for $335,295, and signed the note as the township trustee. The bank deposited the money into the township's checking account and the township paid $287,149 for the fire truck and purchased some equipment. Excess loan proceeds in the amount of $47,529.48 were used for other township purposes. (more…)
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Updated at 4:41 p.m. ET
Rep. David Wu, an Oregon Democrat facing an ethics investigation for allegedly having an unwanted sexual encounter with a young woman, said today he will resign from Congress.
Wu, the first Chinese-American member of the U.S. House, said he is stepping down so he can take care of his two children as he fights these "very serious allegations."
Yesterday, Wu reportedly told his friend Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., that he did "nothing illegal" and believes he will be "vindicated." Wu, who did not deny he had an encounter with the young woman, conceded he exercised poor judgment.
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The Oregonian reported Friday that a young woman left a distraught message with Wu's Portland office accusing him of what the newspaper described as "aggressive and unwanted sexual behavior." The woman, who was 18 at the time of the incident, is the daughter of one of Wu's longtime friends, who is a campaign contributor.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., formally asked Monday for an ethics investigation into the allegations made against Wu, first elected in 1998 and currently in his seventh term.
Wu had initially said he would not seek re-election next year. He said today he'll leave once Congress and President Obama resolve an impasse over raising the nation's $14.3 trillion in borrowing authority.
"The time has come to hand on the privilege of high office," Wu said in a statement. "I cannot care for my family the way I wish while serving in Congress and fighting these very serious allegations."
Pelosi, in a statement today, said Wu's decision "is a recognition of his need to focus on his children and their future. The timing of his decision is in the best interests of his constituents."
Larson of Connecticut, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and one of Wu's closest friends, spoke with the embattled congressman yesterday and shared some of the discussion with reporters for The Oregonian and other news outlets.
"He said this was weighing heavy on his mind, and he hadn't made up his mind. He was obviously quite troubled by the whole thing and insisting that when everything comes out, 'I'll be vindicated,' " Larson said, according to the Portland newspaper. "I told him, 'Dave, there are no good answers to this.' "
Even before the allegations from the young woman had surfaced, Wu had attracted unwanted attention and headlines.
The Oregonian reported in February that Wu's staff had demanded the congressman seek psychiatric treatment because members were concerned about his sometimes erratic behavior. Wu reportedly would sometimes be loud and angry and behaved inappropriately on the campaign trail, the newspaper reported.
Among other things, Wu e-mailed a photo of himself wearing a tiger costume. The congressman appeared on ABC after The Oregonian's story was published, apologized for his behavior and said he was on medication and getting treatment for undisclosed mental health issues.
He is going through a divorce.
Wu's decision to resign and the ethics investigation represent a dramatic fall for the lawmaker, who was born in Taiwan. Wu graduated from Stanford, briefly attended medical school at Harvard and earned a law degree at Yale. He clerked for a federal judge in Portland and ended up making his home there.
While in Congress, he has developed a mostly centrist voting record but stuck with the Democratic Party on education, health care, abortion and gun control, according to the Almanac of American Politics.
Wu had drawn two Democratic primary opponents before the sex scandal broke: Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian and state Rep. Brad Witt. The 1st Congressional District, centered in Portland, is solidly Democratic and gave President Obama 61% of its vote in 2008.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
USA TODAY's Jackie Kucinich (@jfkucinich) and Fredreka Schouten (@fschouten) also contribute to the OnPolitics blog.


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Curried Pumpkin Soup with Spicy Lentil Crisps
What makes this lightly spiced, slightly fruity soup so simple is the fact that the pumpkins are roasted until tender before they are peeled rather than after.
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- Servings: 20
- 9 pounds sugar pumpkins or butternut squash, halved lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 5 pears—peeled, cored and cut into 2-inch chunks
- 3 large Spanish onions, sliced
- 10 garlic cloves, chopped
- 3 1/2 tablespoons curry powder
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 4 quarts chicken stock or canned low-sodium broth
- 1 1/2 cups dry white wine
- 1 cup crème fraîche or heavy cream
- Lentil Crisps
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 350°. Place the halved pumpkins on 2 large rimmed baking sheets and add 1/2 cup of water to each sheet. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours, or until tender. When cool enough to handle, discard the seeds and peel the pumpkins.
Heat the oil in a large heavy casserole. Add the pears, onions, garlic, curry powder and a large pinch each of salt and pepper. Cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the onions are tender, about 15 minutes.
Add the cooked pumpkins, stock and wine and bring to a boil over high heat. Stir well, reduce the heat to moderate and simmer for 45 minutes. remove from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes.
Working in batches, puree the soup in a blender or food processor until smooth; transfer to a clean saucepan and season with salt and pepper.
To serve, reheat the soup, ladle into shallow bowls or cups and swirl in the crème fraîche. Garnish with the Lentil Crisps.
Make Ahead
The soup can be refrigerated for up to 3 days. Reheat and season with salt and pepper before serving.