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Molestation Suits Likely To Flood State CourtsDec 29, 2002 | Ventura County Star
Within the hundreds of new clergy molestation lawsuits that will begin flooding into California's courts Thursday, Manuel Vega sees a trickle of hope.
The Oxnard police officer and Marine hero was part of the lobbying push that helped state legislators lift the statute of limitations on most child sexual abuse lawsuits for a year beginning Jan. 1.
The new law means the Catholic church scandal many hoped would have begun to subside has no end in sight. Victim advocates, church representatives and lawyers debate the likelihood of false accusations and molestation claims so old as to be impossible to prove. But many of them agree a new wave of civil and criminal accusations is coming, meaning Catholics who want to right wrongs but simultaneously protect their church are entering another painful year of conflict.
Though Vega sees it as a godsend, the one-year window will weigh on him, too. He'll be linked not with the Oxnard Officer of the Year award he won two years ago nor the medal earned for rescuing Marines out of a helicopter in Korea but for accusations an Oxnard priest molested him beginning in the sixth grade.
The 36-year-old father of two is part of a class-action lawsuit already filed in anticipation of the new law and aimed at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Rev. Fidencio Silva, who supervised altar boys at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and was also Vega's godfather. He is accused of having molested many boys from the Oxnard parish in the late 1970s and early '80s when he was an associate pastor. Believed to be in Mexico, he has previously denied the allegations.
'A glimmer of hope'
"My pipe dream is that this whole thing will be resolved in the next year so that people can get on with their lives and believe again," Vega said, referring to the entire clergy abuse scandal. He pins his hopes largely on the new law that he lobbied for by telling his story to state legislators.
"It's not a good thing. It's a great thing," he said. "It gives us a glimmer of hope that what occurred to us when we were young wasn't our fault."
Under current law, people who were sexually abused as children have to file lawsuits before they turn 26 or within three years of discovering emotional problems caused by the molestation. The new law includes a moratorium that erases the limits for one year, allowing lawsuits against molesters and institutions that knew or should have known about abuse but didn't do enough about it.
That a torrent is coming is evident in that Katherine Freberg, an Irvine lawyer who represents molestation victims, was contacting media more than a week before Christmas to inform them that nearly 80 of her clients could be filing lawsuits beginning Jan. 2. She's hired about 10 people to help her handle the rush.
Ray Boucher, a Los Angeles attorney, said his office could file cases on behalf of 140 victims before the month is over. He said several of the cases coming in the next year will likely involve previously accused priests with links to Ventura County.
That list of possible defendants includes Carl Sutphin, once the chaplain at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard; Silva; George Miller, a retired priest living in Oxnard who already faces 19 criminal counts of molestation; and Patrick Roemer, onetime pastor of St. Paschal Baylon Catholic Church in Thousand Oaks, who pleaded no contest to child molestation about 21 years ago.
400-500 state cases predicted
"You're looking somewhere in the range of 400 to 500 cases in California," Boucher predicted for the coming year, estimating the numbers represent a small percentage of people permanently scarred by molesting priests. "I believe in the Los Angeles archdiocese alone there were somewhere in the order of 2,000 to 4,000 victims of clergy sexual molestation."
Many of the names in the coming lawsuits are of priests already accused, but there will likely be other retired or ousted priests who have not been mentioned publicly. Larry Drivon, a Stockton lawyer affiliated with Boucher, said the group is exploring possible cases involving 54 people who served as priests in Southern California.
Leaders of the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles haven't been notified of any pending cases involving active priests, according to spokesman Tod Tamberg. He said church officials are meeting with the lawyers of alleged victims to try to resolve imminent claims "through mediation rather than conflict."
He also said archdiocesan leaders are considering whether to challenge the new law.
California's bishops sent a letter this month to Catholic churches throughout the state, warning parishioners of the flood of lawsuits and telling them the new cases will actually be old cases from alleged incidents that happened decades ago.
"The majority of these lawsuits will be for allegations that are 30, 40 and 50 years old," said Tamberg, noting that one allegation took place in 1936. "Certainly people who have been harmed from clergy sexual abuse deserve our support. But how do you determine the facts of a case that may be 40 or 50 years ago and there are no witnesses and no evidence?"
Passage of time helps defense
Drivon said if alleged victims can't prove their cases, they won't win their claims.
"The passage of time helps the defense, not the plaintiff," he said.
The reason for lifting the statute of limitations is to reach out to victims so scarred by decades-old incidents that some try suicide.
"There's no statute of limitations on suffering," Drivon said. "There is no statute of limitations on morality."
Victims say the law opens a door for people who have had no shot at justice and little opportunity to heal.
"It allows our voice to be heard," said John Enriquez, of Oxnard, who alleges he was molested by Silva more than 20 years ago in incidents that destroyed his ability to trust and have made him an ex-Catholic.
"They're going to pay. Hopefully, this will cripple the diocese and cause change. That's the bottom line," he said of his lawsuit expected to be filed this week against the archdiocese and Silva.
Some of the victims have a very specific goal.
"I want to see (Roger) Mahony step down," said Vega, noting that though his own allegations pre-dated the cardinal and leader of the Los Angeles archdiocese, he and many others believe Mahony knew about other accused priests and didn't do nearly enough to protect parishioners.
"This sick and horrible crime was known by people who continue to preach and lead the church," he said. "To me that is sick."
Archdiocese policies discussed
Tamberg dismisses any possibility Mahony will resign and talks about the archdiocese's zero-tolerance policy, removal of many accused priests, re-formation of a clergy misconduct review board and other safeguards. He said the archdiocese is fully committed to protecting its ministries from molesters.
Don Steier also doesn't see any chance of a change of leadership. The Los Angeles attorney, who represents several accused priests, said he thinks the cardinal has done a better job than most leaders in dealing with the molestation crisis.
"I don't see him being in Cardinal (Bernard) Law's feet," he said, referring to the Boston church leader who resigned earlier this month. "I see a totally different situation."
Steier has represented three accused priests who served in Ventura County -- Miller, Sutphin and Michael Wempe, who served parishes in Simi Valley, Westlake Village, Ventura and Santa Paula. Miller was arrested for molestation in December. Steier said he expects criminal charges will be filed against both Wempe and Sutphin, who currently face lawsuits.
Leaders from the Ventura County District Attorney's Office publicly complained in October that archdiocesan officials in Los Angeles were not cooperating with criminal investigations involving several priests who had served locally. A spokeswoman from the office would not comment on the status of cases or whether charges are likely.
L.A., Ventura investigating
Vega said he has been questioned by the District Attorney's Office about Silva. The Los Angeles Police Department has several ongoing investigations, according to a spokeswoman.
The environment is so tumultuous that, Steier says, he worries a reporter's phone call means one of his clients has been arrested. He thinks many of the criminal cases will hinge on a U.S. Supreme Court decision expected in the next year involving whether prosecutors can apply relatively new laws to alleged crimes that happened long ago.
"It's going to be a hell of a year," he said. "It's going to be a nightmare."
Some Catholics worry about the financial impact of a tidal wave of civil litigation. In their letter to parishioners, California's bishops said the church does not have deep pockets. The reference infuriated Boucher, who suggested it implied that people hurt by priests shouldn't seek justice.
Tamberg said the impact of the new lawsuits should not hit individual parishes in the Los Angeles archdiocese.
"We believe we have adequate insurance to cover the liability," he said.
The shock waves have hit everywhere. Priests who have not faced any accusations say they are stunned by the scandal and see no end in sight. Some parishioners say they want the truth to come out but are also worried about people presenting themselves as victims in search of a lucrative settlement.
Vega presents his motives as being straightforward. There is rot in the church, and he feels obligated to root it out -- for justice, but also to protect others. He hopes that in a year, he sees enough change to make it all seem worthwhile.
"If I didn't have to go through it, I wouldn't," he said.


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A chase began near Baxter's Grocery in Woodstock around 3 p.m.. Authorities said a deputy responded to a call of an unwelcome guest by a house near the grocery. When the deputy approached the man, the suspect fled on foot, according to Lt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. After running around the building, the suspect jumped into the deputy's squad car and took off.
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Bemidji City Council: Upstream TV to request funds
BEMIDJI – Representatives from Upstream TV, the city's public-access television station, will appear before the city council Monday as they request funds.
Upstream TV is requesting $20,000 in public education government fees, or PEG fees, and $20,000 in general fund dollars for the organization's operation.
The city receives PEG fees as residential cable customers are charged 50 cents each month. Those fees are then remitted to the city. Bemidji has about $73,000 available in PEG fees, which must be used toward public, educational or governmental television use.
Upstream TV is a nonprofit that launched in 2011. It offers video cameras, green and blue screens, and video-editing capabilities to the public. Videos then are aired on cable station 18.
According to council documents, Upstream TV will ask the city council to allocate $20,000 in PEG fees to purchase new equipment and software.
Upstream TV also is seeking $20,000 in general funds for editing services, rent, maintenance and office supplies.
The city council will meet for its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at Bemidji City Hall. The council also will convene at that time as the Canvassing Board to approve election results from last week's primary election.
Prior to the regular council meeting, the city's Public Affairs Committee will meet at 5:15 p.m. at City Hall to discuss liquor store operations and the legal department.


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Writer Anne Fadiman has won National Magazine Awards for her reporting (1987) and essays (2003), as well as a National Book Critics Circle Award for The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (1997). From 1997 to 2004, she was Editor of The American Scholar. She is a Writer in Residence at Yale University.
Director of Stanford's American Studies program, Shelley Fisher Fishkin has written on a wide array of topics, but Mark Twain remains her specialty. She has authored, edited, or co-edited more than forty books, including: Was Huck Black?: Mark Twain and African-American Voices (1993), Lighting Out for the Territory: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture (1996), and the 29-volume The Oxford Mark Twain (1996). In 2002, she edited a copy of the mislaid Twain play from 1898, Is He Dead?
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On the other hand, at an elevation of about 12,000 feet in lat.
The chief latin contributions are -Chester, -cester, -caster, lat.
The 27th we were a little past Calicut, abreast of Paniany, our lat.
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Besides, Cape Padron forms the southern point at the mouth of the river of Congo, and is only in lat.
A Chancellor was originally a man in charge of a chancel, or grating, lat.
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long-acting thyroid stimulator
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Rated 5 / 5 stars
This a timeless game. Came back to revisit it and it can be difficult in the beginning.. however remember to reserve the points before the rounds end. If you buy something and bank 0 at the end.. you will have units come up dead next rounds end. The game is kinda wonky like that.. so remember to reserve points before the next round.
This game hit on all the points for me.. carnage, smashing little stick men, blowing them up.. turning them against each other.. couldn't stop. Got to level 30 before I put this down.
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Possibly bugged? I had much, much more money then upkeep costs, yet I lost 38 out of my 40 units? Couldn't really beat the next level with that kind of handicap.
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The Dulling Blade
While it is still mindless fun to vent your inner rage kicking your friends' butts with babes in short skirts wielding blades of death, Soulcalibur is beginning to lose its novelty. What began with the blocky battles of Soul Blade and was reinvented on the Sega Dreamcast as a polished, insanely fast and furious crossbreed of historical dynasties duking it out for glory is back for another incarnation.
This 3D fighter is far passed its prime compared to the radically evolving engines of titles like Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, and Resident Evil 4. Video games have evolved, so why hasn't this genre? Why are we still battling it out on a horizontal plane (with vertical 360? dodges and nifty camera angles giving the illusion of the third-dimension) as an ambiguous life bar depletes above?
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How about we place the ferocious fisticuffs trademark of Soulcalibur in wild arenas with uneven terrain or environments slightly more interactive than knocking out a banister on route to a frustrating ring-out? Sure the backdrops (from full-fledged fiery wars to slabs of rock gliding down molten lava) are breathtaking, but that's really all they are: backdrops.
If the carnage must be limited to the flatlands, how about pushing that carnage to a whole new level of bloodletting gore, with an engine that accounts for wounded limbs, cuts and scars, and blood-stained kimonos? Imagine the dignified Sophitia with a gimpy hobble, her shield arm dangling, or the narcissistic Maxi disfigured with an unsightly scar cut across the ridge of his nose. A revolution in the fighting game doesn't have to be tasteful, and if there's anything I know about bloodshed and butchery, it's thrilling and makes loads of money. (Saw II anyone?)
Soulcalibur III may not be as innovative as the original, but it's still the most addictive fighting game on the market. For a title of its genre, it's loaded with replayability—with its scores of gaming extras both standard and unlockable—and the new create-a-character mode is actually quite deep. Sure the characters one creates are not quite as unique as the Soulcalibur pantheon of heroes (nor nearly as sexy), but the mode is still a blast and gives players alternative fighting styles not available with Namco's named originals.
The three new characters are all welcome additions to the freakish ranks. Tira is my favorite of the neophytes, a merciless babe with green locks and skimpy tribal fur, who wields a jagged-edged hula hoop ring-blade that's just about as cool as Isabella Valentine's Ivy Blade (the wicked whip sword for the uneducated). Also new and central to the cornball soul-centric plot is Zasalamal, a big black solemn-spoken sentinel with a scary scythe who likes to fend off visitors to his ominous clock tower with giant rolling gear traps. Finally there is Mitsurugi's latest adversary, the female samurai with reflexes as deadly as her cleavage, Setsuka. She fights with a katana hidden inside her decorative umbrella which she wields with quicker piercing thrusts than Raphael's rapier.
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Each chronicle involves conquering a map of enemy sprites in various formations by protecting your fortresses and besieging theirs. Whenever there is a confrontation between units, either there is an immediate decisive battle and the combat carries out in traditional Soulcalibur fisticuffs, or the unit sprites face off in computer control and rely on their chosen unit type (bandit, knight, and infantry) to determine the outcome. If four units lay siege to the enemy castle at the same time (where the defender can take advantage of such annoying at-home bonuses like mine explosives or death-only-by-ring-outs) you can use them all to defeat the adversary (and considering some of the irksome conditions, you'll need them all). Luckily for you, when the boss battles with insanely leveled-up adversaries grow nearly impossible, character resurrection is only seconds away at home base, allowing a constant bombardment of player units against unstoppable enemies. By winning the battles, you reap the awards of experience (and RPG-style stats enhancement), money for use in the game shop, or new weapons and armor for your characters.
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Are you really asking that, Kovy? Such information, or speculations, aren't that difficult to research if you look in the right places.
Given the recent outcomes, I think all the countries in question have learned something and all of them have done so the hard way.
Where did Dassault/France mess up ?
-Korea ? No ;
-Singapore ? No, or not as much as Eurofighter : Mr Lake is the first to claim that BAe made a "shambolic performance" there and were punished by Singapore for this by an early eviction ;
-Morocco : yes, complete Franco-French disaster ;
-Switzerland ? With Rafale ending first of the technical evaluation and gouvt finally choosing the cheapest option ?
Of course, DA still have to learn some lessons, and I'm sure they do. But at least, our aircraft is competitive (note that I'm not claiming superiority, I just mean that up to now, technically, it's "enough", and with global offers apparently better than Eurofighter's).
On the other hand, even worst pro-Eurofighter fanboys claim that BAe totally messed up in Singapore, and that EADS totally messed up in India...
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Post india, we have 126 for Dassault and 87 for Eurofighter Gmbh.
Game over
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One should never say it's over when it's not over. But the future looks much brighter for the Rafale than it looks for the EF. I actually believe Eurofighter lost the deal the couln't afford to lose. But the consortium can still secure more deals like Oman (which is not an open competition btw...) and Saudi Arabia contract extension (which was an open compretition btw...).
But if things turn allright:
126 for India 80 more to come
63 for UAE with domino effect on the region on Kuweit and Qatar (if you watch the news outside the defense sector, you'll understand the Qataris are developping a strategic relationship with France like never before).
36 for Brazil (that can go up to 120) with a strategic relationship already in place and secured deals in subs/helos.
Rafale GIE has taken a lot of shyte over the past years because it was unable to secure deals, well guess what, it did not break them either... negociations are still along the way in UAE and Brazil. And honestly, I would rather sign a deal with two of the emerging powers of the XXI century than Oman or Saudi Arabia...
As your accountability shows, the Rafale total production could very well equals or even exceed the typhoon one in 10 years.
That means that the small fly away price advantage of Rafale today will increase even more (Rafale production pace increasing while Typhoon one will slow down).
But you're right, nothing is settled yet.
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>> Like wise for France/Dassault pre India, remember?
Well, I think the French government and Dassault have already learned an important lesson from the pre-India failures: You can't just hope and wait that your possible foreign customers will pay the money for developing and integrating the basic requirements (complete A2G capability, AESA radar, carrier-based variant, confirmatory future roadmap etc....) they need into your own fighter product, especially while your competitors already have all those basic requirements that your possible foreign customers need.
And it seems that the governments and manufacturers of Typhoon project still haven't learned the same lesson up to now.
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Also I take note that it seems some are always trying to put it in a French VS British argument. It should not be. If logical counter argument is what some perceive as "aggressive" behaviour, but name calling and flaming is "appropriate" behaviour, then I'm happy I've lived long enough in this country to know that such attitude isn't the general rules, well at least where I live and the people I know.
Anyway this is about aircraft, and unless some here are working directly for BAE or Dassault they aren't "your" aircraft...
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
Talk about blowing things out of proportion.
Opit, I could at least say something that this little rock in the middle of the Atlantic are very good at which your country has been the victim of, and really isn't very good at. But I'm sure thats not the way to go...
You don't get orders without playing the political/economic/influence game, so it's blindingly obvious that France, Sweden and the USA will have been doing much the same as the UK with diplomacy/aid/trade/cultural links, etc. As long as it remains clean, and doesn't amount to bribery and corruption, it's all good and fair.
And actually, we all know that France is good at the political game, as the UAE confirmed when Sheikh Mohammed praised French President Nicolas Sarkozy for the role that he had played in keeping Dassault at the forefront of the UAEs considerations saying that Sarkozy "could not have done more diplomatically or politically to secure the Rafale deal" while condemning Dassault, who he claimed seemed regrettably unaware that all the diplomatic and political will in the world cannot overcome uncompetitive and unworkable commercial terms."
Sarkozy is clearly good at this stuff.
Right....Nothing has been settled yet. Kicking Typhoon out of the competition doesn't necessarily equal to that Rafale will get the deal with the chance of 100%......
Meanwhile, both the UK and French governments still love each other:
I cant wait for all the people in the MMRCA to get debared from selling fighters to India by the MOD!
that would be wonderful!
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Wg Cdr. Jackonicko impounds 2 Rafales for alleged illegal 'dumping' (whilst categorically denying any link between 'aid' and cricket):
oh but don't they look similar......
No Typhoon looks ugly with those canards, Rafale looks good.
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Personally, I think the canards on both types look as good as each other and as bad.
At a glance, I see them as very similar looking aircraft and have to really look to see which is which.
I spose if I was a fanboy of either, i'd deny this?
The Rafale looks awesome all over. The typhoon looks great in some angles and ugly in some other angles, mostly depending if you see the air intakes or not... or the canards.
I wonder why one of the Rafale carries missiles.
BTW I love the fact that the french "cocardes" are high visibility. I wonder why the Typhoons roundels are low viz and yet the squadron markings are high viz?
just an italian blogger repeating the stuff we're talked about (and dismissed) here already... nothing new under the sun
Indian defence minister has ordered an enquiry into allegations of irregularities and manipulation of the selection process for the MMRCA fighter jet which saw Rafale being chosen over Typhoon as preferred bidder.
The enquiry follows a letter written by MP M.V. Mysoora Reddy, who voiced his suspects and noted, as many others have done in India and elsewhere, that the choice of the Rafale is weird, considering that the performance of the french airplane in Libya has not been entirely shiny, and that the plane has never fared really well in comparisons and evaluations made in India and elsewhere (possibly with the exception of Switzerland, where the air force evaluation of Rafale, Typhoon and Gripen saw the Rafale victorious in all mission types, with Typhoon a close second and Gripen a distant follower).
so Rafale doing not so good in evals is the norm
but rafale doing good in swiss eval is an exception
and the Indian one must follow the former?
The Rafale international forum :
Rafale news blog :
Hum... I think I must start to reconsider my opinion about French politicians... They must be so damn good !the plane has never fared really well in comparisons and evaluations made in India
Must be Carla... It has to be
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The Warrington outfit lost by a single goal to Senley and Garswood in the semi finals of the Soccer Saturday Cup.
Before the action started at Premier League club Liverpool's The Academy, they were coached by former professional players and managers Chris Kamara and Owen Coyle.
Competition highlights will be shown on SKY Sports during a Christmas special scheduled for next month.
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Another post-mortem on last Tuesday's election. This time, Robert Kraig, of Citizen Action Wisconsin tells us about the successful Medicaid referendum.
85,000 People Cut Off Badgercare – What Now?
Dr. Robert L. Seward of the Mad as Hell doctors and Physicans for National Health Program explains what the Wisconsin state budget will mean for those individuals who no longer qualify for Badgercare.


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Eastman Kodak is a organization with a patent portfolio[1].
Eastman Kodak has filed patents with the following.
Eastman Kodak has also filed patents with Clarkson University, Ferro, Hewlett-Packard Development, International Business Machines - IBM, Rochester Institute of Technology.
The bulk of Eastman Kodak's patents were handled by Nelson Adrian Blish. Other agents and attorneys used by this Company are The Buskop Law PC, Buskop Law PC, Simon Galasso & Frantz, Stephen Pond Consulting, Ratner Prestia, Shumaker & Sieffert, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Buskop Law, Frank Pincelli.
Active inventors from this organization include: Ronald S Cok, Kenneth A Parulski, Andrew C Gallagher, David L Patton, Joseph A Manico, Dale F McIntyre, Robert P Bourdelais, John R Fredlund, Edward B Gindele, Michael E Miller, Roger S Kerr, Tukaram K Hatwar, Debasis Majumdar, John A Lebens, John P Spoonhower, David Kessler, Joseph F Bringley, Xiang-Dong Mi, Kevin E Spaulding, Michael L Boroson.
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Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week in Kyrgyzstan
According to the latest research (MICS, UNICEF 2007), little more than 40 per cent of babies zero to three months old are exclusively breastfed in Kyrgyzstan, and by the age of five months this decreases to 35 per cent. What is more, in three of the seven regions of Kyrgyzstan, including the city of Bishkek, just between 14 and 30 per cent of babies aged zero to three months are exclusively breastfed.
Moreover, cluster inspection of children at household level in Talas Region (MICS, UNICEF 2007) has shown that within the first hours of birth, just half of all newborns are breastfed. One in every ten mothers gives the child various liquids and food, including industrial produced dairy mixes even before they leave the maternity home.
Analysis has shown that generally women living in cities and suburbs are most likely to switch to artificial formulas. This is caused by several factors, including availability and aggressive advertising of breast milk substitutes, a misconception of formula food is modern and more beneficial to the child; and an absence of strong family communications that supports new mothers to breastfeed.
"There is no doubt that breast milk is vital in the first six months of life," noted Dinara Sagynbaeva, Head of the Treatment and Prophylactic Department of the Ministry of Health. "But at the same time misconceptions about early age breastfeeding continue to circulate in society. Therefore, we need to mobilize in order to educate the health workers and also mothers themselves, persuading them that children in the first six months of life should only receive breast milk," she emphasized.
To mark the World Breastfeeding Week, a bright festival was held in Talas. The highlight of the festival is a competition organized for young pregnant women who will give birth to their first child this year. The competition was held when the 2008 Olympic Games kicked off in Beijing, so it was dubbed "Breast milk – golden victories".
The competition was accompanied with performances by musicians and singers. The jury included Kyrgyz Parliamentary Deputies, the Deputy Governor of Talas Region, UNICEF Representative and Kyrgyz journalists. All the participants of this unusual competition received prizes and gifts from the Talas Regional Administration, the Ministry of Health and UNICEF.
In addition, gold medals were also awarded to those government officials and health workers who have actively promoted exclusive breastfeeding in their communities.
"We are glad, that a close partnership has been established between UNICEF, the Ministry of Health, and parliamentary deputies to improve the health of children," said UNICEF Representative Timothy Schaffter, summing up Kyrgyzstan's Breastfeeding Week. "With both hands we vote for breast milk, taking into account all the advantages of exclusive breastfeeding, both to children and to mothers."
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The fate of the MPs who plotted a coup against Corbyn
Remember those few days in June when Labour MPs couldn't stop resigning? That long Sunday after the country had voted for Brexit, when every time you turned on the radio another shadow cabinet minister had stood down, calling for Jeremy Corbyn to do likewise? Or the next day, when the only thing you wanted to quit was the non-stop news, just for a few hours, but there was Angela Eagle in tears at her own resignation? Before June, the mass resignation of 44 frontbench politicians in as many hours, all citing a loss of confidence in their leader, would have led to said leader being turfed out of office.


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The National Center of Equine Facilitated Therapy provides hippotherapy and therapeutic riding to children and adults. On Saturday, June 9, volunteers will host "Bits & Pieces" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to raise money for the nonprofit located at 880 Runnymede Road.
For more information call (650) 851-2271.
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Bob Fescoe new morning host on KCSP
Courtesy Bottom Line Communications
(December 30, 2009) Bob Fescoe, 32, who recently departed KFNS-The Fan in St. Louis, will assume duties Monday (1/4) as the new morning show host from 6-9 a.m. on KCSP-610, according to officials at the Entercom KC station.
"My goal is to simply have fun," (Bulldog Bob") Fescoe told Bottom Line. "We're going to have the hardest working, most entertaining and most informed morning sports show in Kansas City."
The show will be called "Fescoe in the Morning" and Josh Klingler will be on board providing updates and conversation.
"We are delighted that we could bring Bob back to Kansas City," says 610 Sports Radio Program Director Ryan Maguire. "He has a track record of success here and a great deal of credibility."
Fescoe replaces Roger Twibell, who joined the station as the host of the "Morning Sports Drive" with Jeff McCarragher (6-9 a.m.) in January 2008. He then hosted the "610 Morning Rush" since April of 2009 with Josh Klingler. Reportedly, Twibell plans on entering the golf business.
Fescoe had been co-host of "The Border Patrol" with WHB's Steven St. John before departing for St. Louis in 2007. He and former KCSP reporter Rhonda Moss---who now works in Detroit---made national headlines when the Kansas City Royals yanked their press credentials for reportedly asking tough questions.
At KFNS, Fescoe started with a morning show and then did an afternoon show (3-6 p.m.) called the "Afternoon Saloon" with Jay Randolph Jr.
A 1999 University of Kansas graduate, Fescoe has been in radio for nearly 10 years in Texas, Kansas City and St. Louis. The New Jersey native is married to Jen (Hyland) Fescoe of Overland Park and they have three-week old daughter, Delaney Noel.
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Microsoft has offered up a shelf date for its Surface tablet, and it's the same date as the launch of its new Windows 8 platform.No surprise there as that's the OS that will power Microsoft's tablet device. 'The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available on 26 October 2012,' the company confirmed. 'At that time, we will begin selling the Surface, a series of Microsoft-designed and manufactured hardware devices.'
By that point, we could well have seen a Kindle Fire in the UK, as well as an iPad Mini. But the Microsoft Surface is probably aiming a little higher up the market than either of those devices. It's also not clear if that date is for the UK, as well as the US. We hope so, and should get confirmation ahead of the big day.
The tablet launching initially is the Surface RT, which we previewed back in June. It's the entry-level tablet (compared to the upmarket Pro version) with an ARM processor and a choice of 32 or 64GB storage options, along with a 10.6-inch HD screen and that eye-catching cover, which folds out to double up as a touch-sensitive keyboard.
Pricing still hasn't been confirmed, but was talked about as being 'competitive' at launch, so you might want to look at the price of the equivalent iPad for a rough idea. It's unlikely to undercut too much.


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In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about the membranous replication factories of members of plus-strand (+) RNA viruses. We discuss primarily the architecture of these complex membrane rearrangements, because this topic emerged in the last few years as electron tomography has become more widely available. A general denominator is that two "morphotypes" of membrane alterations can be found that are exemplified by flaviviruses and hepaciviruses: membrane invaginations towards the lumen of the endoplasmatic reticulum (ER) and double membrane vesicles, representing extrusions also originating from the ER, respectively. We hypothesize that either morphotype might reflect common pathways and principles that are used by these viruses to form their membranous replication compartments.
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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is the prototype species of the genus
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Pestiviruses are important animal pathogens causing major losses in stock farming. The genus comprises the species Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus 1 and 2 (BVDV-1/-2), Border Disease Virus (BDV), Classical Swine Fever Virus (CSFV), the tentative virus species "Giraffe", as well as several unassigned viruses [
These viruses have in common a single strand RNA genome containing one long open reading frame flanked by 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions (UTRs) [
Binding and uptake of viruses belonging to the
The first publications on DENV-induced membrane modifications in mammalian cells (marked cytoplasmic vacuolization and accumulation of virions in crystalloid arrays surrounded by membranes) date from the seventies [
The first reports on WNV-infected cells described the visualization of virions [
Representative images of membrane rearrangements induced by different members of the family
In cells infected with TBEV, one of the most important tick-transmitted viruses in Europe and Asia, virus particles and membrane-connected vesicles were also observed inside the ER [
Vector-borne flaviviruses like DENV and TBEV must replicate in both mammalian and arthropod cells. A few comparative studies have been published describing virus-induced structures such as cytoplasmic membrane proliferations and vesicle formation, also in insect cells [
A recent study identified 80 nm-diameter vesicles within the ER lumen of TBEV-infected BHK-21 cells and in cells transfected with a TBEV replicon [
Conventional EM analysis of neurons infected with Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus (MVEV) revealed several ultrastructural features, including proliferation of ER and Golgi complex membranes as well as the appearance of membrane-bound spherical vesicles (75–145 nm diameter) [
In stark contrast to flaviviruses, HCV, the prototype of the genus
By using Huh7.5 cells infected with the highly replicative HCV strain JFH-1, Ferraris and coworkers observed three different types of membrane alterations: vesicles in clusters (ViCs), contiguous vesicles (CVs) and DMVs [
Taken together, these findings indicate a fundamental role of DMVs in HCV replication. An in-depth comparison of the study by Ferraris and coworkers [
Much less about membranous replication factories is known for pestiviruses. TEM-based studies from the times in which the genus
Studies on the morphogenesis of pestiviral particles were hampered by a low rate of virion production. In a recent study, Schmeiser and colleagues have overcome this problem by using high multiplicity of infection in MDBK cells with a distinct virus strain, the Giraffe-1 strain [
The first visualization of the 3D architecture of a (+) strand RNA virus replication factory was reported for Flock House Virus (FHV), a member of the family
Positive strand RNA viruses usurp and modify cell membranes of different origins to replicate their genomes. (
Conventional TEM analyses of coronavirus-infected cells identified large numbers of isolated DMVs [
Also, in case of another coronavirus, the Mouse Hepatitis Virus (MHV), ER membranes are thought to be the lipid donor of the membranous replication compartment [
The recently identified coronavirus Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) induces extensive membrane rearrangements in the perinuclear region, including the formation of DMVs and CMs [
In addition to the betacoronaviruses (SARS-CoV, MHV and MERS-CoV), ER-derived DMVs with a diameter of ~200 nm have been observed in primary avian and mammalian cells infected with Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV), an important poultry pathogen belonging to the genus
ER membranes are also targeted by nidovirales that belong to the family
Membrane remodeling in picornavirus-infected cells has been studied for more than 50 years. Massive virus-induced membrane modifications have been reported already in 1958 [
Similar results have been obtained with another member of the family
In conclusion, these results, and similar observations made for Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) (genus
Rubella Virus (RUBV) is an important human teratogenic virus and the only member of the genus
The modification of late endosomes and lysosomes is a feature that RUBV shares with alphaviruses, the other genus of the family
Time course studies revealed that the spherules of SFV undergo an unprecedented large-scale movement between cellular compartments [
Members of the genus
Feline Calicivirus (FCV), a member of the genus
Brome Mosaic Virus (BMV, family
Although the 3D architecture of these membranous replication sites remains largely unknown, their characteristics are strikingly similar to those for FHV (family
Based on amino acid sequence homologies of their RNA-dependent RNA polymerases, (+) RNA viruses have been classified into three large supergroups [
The first morphotype involves the formation of negatively curved membranes, initiated by invaginations of the pre-existing membrane bilayer and giving rise to spherules, vesicles or vacuoles towards the lumen of the targeted cell organelle. These structures have been identified in a broad range of mammalian, plant and insect cells infected with viruses belonging to supergroups II and III. The second strategy involves the formation of membranes with positive curvature, giving rise to double-membrane structures that are the predominant characteristic of the replication factories of the picorna-like virus supergroup. The conservation of these two sorts of morphotypes in distantly related viruses supports the assumption of an evolutionary conserved mechanism. A striking finding in this regard was the observation that HCV, despite belonging to the flavi-like supergroup, induces DMVs whereas flaviviruses induce the formation of negatively curved membranes. To our current knowledge, HCV is the only member of the family
Main structures induced by different (+) strand RNA viruses.
|Virus Group and Representative Member
|Name of Membrane Alteration
|Membrane Source
|Single-membrane vesicles
|~50 nm
|~60 nm
|ER (adjacent to the nucleus)
|Cytoplasmic vacuoles (CPVs)
|600–2000 nm
|CPVs with spherules
|CPVs: 600–2000 nm Spherules: 50 nm
|Invaginated vesicles
|80–120 nm
|50–100 nm
|60–100 nm
|MVEV, SLEV and JEV
|75–145 nm
|Double-membrane vesicles
|~150 nm
|200–300 nm
|200–350 nm
|150–320 nm
|~200 nm
|~95 nm
|100–300 nm
|~160 nm
|~100 nm
|unknown (probably ER)
|~200 nm
|~100 nm
Abbreviations: FHV, Flock House Virus; BMV, Brome Mosaic Virus; RUBV, Rubella Virus; SFV, Semliki Forest Virus; DENV, Dengue Virus; WNVKUN, West Nile Virus (Kunjin strain); TBEV, Tick Borne Encephalitis Virus; MVEV, Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus; SLEV, St. Louis Encephalitis Virus; JEV, Japanese Encephalitis Virus; YFV, Yellow Fever Virus; HCV, Hepatitis C Virus; SARS-CoV, Severe Acute Respiratory Virus-Coronavirus; MHV, Mouse Hepatitis Virus; MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus); IBV, Infectious Bronchitis Virus; EAV, Equine Arterivirus; CVB3, Coxsackie B3 Virus; FMDV, Foot and Mouth Disease Virus; MNV-1, Murine Norovirus-1; BYV, Beet Yellows Virus.
A common feature associated with the spherule/vesicle/vacuole/-type of rearranged membranes is their size (50–150 nm diameter) and the presence of a pore connecting the interior of the vesicle with the cytoplasm [
The mechanism responsible for DMV formation is not clear. In case of picornaviruses, it is thought that single-membrane structures are the precursors of DMVs [
The mechanism of DMV formation in case of HCV and coronaviruses is also unclear. Biochemical analysis of isolated host cell membranes associated with HCV RNA and proteins identified markers of the autophagy machinery, including LC3-II, the lipidated form of LC3 (LC3-II) that is generated upon activation of the autophagy machinery [
The autophagy machinery might also be involved in the formation of virus-induced membrane invaginations/spherules. For instance, Lee and coworkers provided evidence that DENV infection enhances autophagolysosome formation and that inhibition of the autophagy machinery by 3-methyladenine (3-MA) reduces DENV particle production [
Another membrane compartment frequently induced by (+) RNA viruses are convoluted membranes (CMs) that were observed e.g., in SARS-CoV-, MHV-, WNV- or DENV-infected cells [
Viral replication complexes are targeted to the respective membranous organelle primarily by nonstructural (NS) proteins rather than viral RNA [
One well-studied example among the single-membrane vesicle inducers is BMV where it was shown that the sole expression of the NS protein 1a is sufficient to induce the formation of single-membrane spherules resembling the ones observed in infected cells. These spherules had a diameter of 50–70 nm, resided in the ER lumen and were shown to be the site of viral RNA synthesis [
Feline Calicivirus (FCV) infection results in rearrangement of intracellular membranes and production of numerous membrane-bound vesicular structures on which viral genome replication is thought to occur. Expression of individual FCV nonstructural proteins revealed that p30 induces significant reorganization of the ER into large, fenestrated membrane networks, resembling the structures found in infected cells [
Flavivirus membrane rearrangements are mainly induced by NS4A, as suggested by recent studies with WNVKUN and DENV [
One of the most fascinating mechanisms employed by (+) RNA viruses to induce their replication factories is used by SFV. It was shown that the spherules of SFV arise by blebbing at the surface of the plasma membrane [
In order to induce the variety of membrane alterations observed in CVB3 -infected cells (
In case of HCV, we recently found that a concerted action of NS3/4A, NS4B, NS5A and NS5B is required to generate the membranous web. Furthermore, all these replicase components were capable of inducing membrane vesiculation with NS5A having the highest potential to trigger membrane curvature. Importantly, some of these NS5A-induced structures corresponded to DMVs [
Studies on arteriviruses revealed that the sole expression of EAV nsp2 and nsp3 is sufficient to induce membrane structures similar to those generated during EAV infection [
In the last couple of years, our knowledge of the architecture of the replication factories induced by (+) RNA viruses has increased substantially. This is primarily due to the more widespread use of ET and other high-resolution imaging methods. Nevertheless, our knowledge is still rather restricted to descriptions of the morphologies of these complex structures, whereas our understanding of their biogenesis in most cases is very rudimentary. More efforts are required to elucidate the role of the viral proteins in the formation of the replication vesicles, to identify the involved cellular components and the mechanisms used by these proteins to subvert and exploit cellular pathways to establish membranous replication factories. This includes determination of the 3D structure of involved (viral) proteins as well as evaluation of host cell factors and lipids contributing to biogenesis and activity of the replication compartment. In addition, further studies are needed to understand how viruses utilize these compartments to coordinate the different steps of their life cycle (replication, assembly and release) in space and time to achieve efficient replication.
The authors are very grateful to Erik J. Snijder (Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands) and Kèvin Knoops (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France) for providing the unpublished pictures depicted in
We also would like to thank Jason M. Mackenzie (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia), Paul Ahlquist (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Madison, WI, USA), Cristina Risco (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid, Spain), Georg A. Belov (University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA), Christiane Wobus (Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA), Paul Britton (The Pirbright Institute, Compton, UK) and Alexey A. Agranovsky (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia) for providing other electron micrographs and 3D reconstructions.
Work in the authors' laboratory was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Sonder-forschungsbereich 638, TP5 and Transregional Collaborative Research Project TR83, TP13).
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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The amount of freight carried by railroads between 1993 and 2003 increased 29 percent (in tons) and 33 percent (by carload) on railcars (figure 13-6). However, on average, the weight per loaded railcar remained fairly constant, ranging from 62 to 67 tons during the same period (figure 13-7).
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1. Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2004 (Washington, DC: 2004).
2. U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, calculations based on Association of American Railroads, Railroad Ten-Year Trends, 1990-1999 (Washington, DC: 2000).


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With strong support from pharmacy leaders, Congress is moving to shut down prescription medication abuse and diversion with a multipronged legislative cudgel.
Prior to its October recess, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three industry-backed bills in September to help seal up the nation's leaky prescription drug pipeline. The bills are expected to pass under "suspension of the rules," which allows for expedited consideration of legislation.
The Safe Drug Disposal Act aims for a safe and effective means for consumers to dispose of their unused medications, including controlled substances. "NACDS worked…to include language ensuring that regulations by the Drug Enforcement Administration will not require any entity to establish a drug disposal program, such as a take-back program," the pharmacy group noted on Sept. 22. "This would enable pharmacies and other entities to determine the best means for working with consumers and law enforcement to safely dispose of unused drugs."
The National All-Schedules Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act would fund state efforts to establish prescription drug monitoring programs. "While these programs can be useful…in combating diversion, it is important that they not be administratively burdensome or disruptive to patient care activities, and the legitimate practices of pharmacy and medicine," NACDS urged.
The Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act would require all entities that sell products containing pseudoephedrine to certify with the DEA. "Chain pharmacies took voluntary, proactive steps to reduce the theft and illegitimate use of products containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine," NACDS noted.
NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson praised the House of Representatives' "legislative trifecta," which he said "illustrates NACDS' members commitment to ensuring that prescription and over-the-counter medications are used appropriately," he added.
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Adam Turner hit a hat-trick as Ilkley overcame the challenge of combating wet conditions and a big pitch to defeat fifth-placed Aberford in West Yorkshire Division One.
Both teams started the game with a real energy and intensity, Aberford with a more direct style and Ilkley using their extra midfielder to move the ball on the slick surface.
Ilkley started to dominate in the early stages as both Danny Bott and Damien Smith found space between the Aberford back four and midfield.
It was through this space that Bott found Dave Hancock who burst into the box and was brought down for earn a penalty which Adam Turner blasted home.
The first half continued in this vein, Ilkley moving the ball well and creating opportunities and Aberford playing a longer ball, which was dealt with ably by Gavin Phillis and the back four.
Ilkley showed real intent at the start of the second half as they put Aberford under intense pressure.
This was rewarded in the 50th minute as Ben Greenhow was first to a loose ball in the box and was completely taken out by the right back for a second penalty.
If this wasn't bad enough for Aberford the right back Martin Rostron got up, hurled abuse at the referee, and was consequently sent off. Turner, for the second time dispatched the penalty into the corner.
Aberford, after what they felt was an injustice, became increasingly aggressive in their play and had arguably their best spell of the game for the next ten minutes.
Unfortunately for them they didn't manage to capitalise and it was Ilkley who managed to extend their lead in the 62nd minute as Turner completed his hat-trick and scored his 19th goal for the season, after an inviting cross from Smith.
At this point it seemed Ilkley could stroll to victory and keep only their third cleansheet of the season.
Aberford however continued to work hard and make life difficult for their opponents.
This work was rewarded in the 65th minute as Aberford's Stefan Small somehow wriggled between James Hanna and Hancock before striking a weak shot under Phillis and into the net.
This gave Aberford fresh impetus but Ilkley stuck to the task, worked hard and remained disciplined for the final 25 minutes and in all honesty should have added to the scoreline, but deservedly ran out comfortable winners, with Greenhow their man-of-the-match.
Ilkley are fourth in the table and entertain Baildon Trinity on Saturday.