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Secours aux Sinistrés de Boko Haram
Boko Haram Victims Relief (BHVR)
BHVR was previously a Canadian non-profit corporation, however, despite our efforts, we were unsuccessful in raising significant sums of money for victims of Boko Haram. Therefore at our AGM in February 2016 the membership decided to dissolve the corporation but maintain this website and the informational functions of BHVR . We continue to encourage our readers to donate generously to those NGOs, international and national, that are operating effectively in the region. Our Partners page identifies several of these charities.
The latest materials are added at the top of this page. Thus it is best read from bottom to top if you visiting for the first time.
The Urgent Context of our Work
Boko Haram resurgent?
7 August 2017
In the last days of July Boko Haram sent a suicide bomber to Dikwa (Nigeria) – which unfortunately is nothing new. But it alsoand assaulted and slaughtered an oil and gas exploration team at Magumeri only fifty km northwest of Maiduguri. Some 50 persons were killed including at least 18 of the military personnel responsible for the team's protection. Four University of Maiduguri (UniMaid) staff members including two geologists were among the dead. And then, on the first of August, a midnight raid against the Margi village of Midlu, not far from Madagali and close to the base of Sukur mountain, resulted in seven inhabitants killed together with one of the Boko Haram insurgents.
Although we do not know the details of these actions, it is clear that once again Boko Haram is able to plan and execute sizable, and time critical, operations at a considerable distance from its main base of operations, presumably somewhere close to the southern margins of Lake Chad. The Midlu raid was, we may infer, mounted from the Mandara mountains east of Gwoza, frequently attacked by the air force but from which the Nigerian military has never been able to drive Boko Haram out. This mountain fastness is some forty km north of Midlu. While we don't know whether the actions of the northern and southern Boko Haram are coordinated by a single command, it would be wise to assume this to be the case until shown otherwise. In other words, Boko Haram, despite its contested leadership and 'defeat' in 2015 by the Nigerian military (bolstered by S. African mercenaries, vigilantes and hunters), appears to be resurgent.
How can this be so? The Nigerian government has still not realized – or at least not been able to put into effect — the old truth that infantry are required to hold territory. Instead, as the government's recent response to an American 'in country' report makes clear, the police, Nigerian security and the civil defense corps are supposed to take on this role. For which they demonstrably unsuited and incompetent. This is why, as previously discussed, the inhabitants do not dare to farm, nor can NGOs operate away from military bases or when unaccompanied by armed convoys.
Militarily then the Nigerian armed forces will never be able to suppress, let alone defeat, Boko Haram until their deployment across northeast Nigeria is sufficiently wide and dense to interdict Boko Haram from penetrating the villages and intimidating the populace. Equally critically, until the state and federal governments make the political moves necessary to persuade the youth of Northeast Nigeria that their futures and interests will be best served by aligning themselves wholeheartedly with the state, peace and the withering of Boko Haram are lost causes.
These words are written in Western Canada where reliable information on NE Nigeria is hard to come by. I do hope that my pessimism is unjustified, but my experience of Nigeria, which goes back over half a century, gives me few grounds for optimism. May I be proved wrong.
UN announces Boko Haram-induced Famine in Northeast Nigeria
March 2017
The following excerpt is copied from the BBC News app of 11 March 2017:
The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid "a catastrophe".UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said that more than 20 million people faced the threat of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria. Unicef has already warned 1.4m children could starve to death this year. Mr O'Brien said $4.4bn (£3.6bn) was needed by July to avert disaster.
"We stand at a critical point in history," Mr O'Brien told the Security Council on Friday. "Already at the beginning of the year we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations." "Now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. Without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death. Many more will suffer and die from disease.
"Children stunted and out of school. Livelihoods, futures and hope will be lost. Communities' resilience rapidly wilting away. Development gains reversed. Many will be displaced and will continue to move in search for survival, creating ever more instability across entire regions."
Mr O'Brien's comments follow on from a similar appeal made by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres last month. At that time, he revealed the UN had only received $90m (£74m) so far in 2017, despite generous pledges.Like Mr O'Brien, he urged more financial support for the four countries. …
The UN has described the unfolding disaster in north-eastern Nigeria as the "greatest crisis on the continent" – the full extent of which has only been revealed as extremist militant group Boko Haram is pushed back.
It was already known the Islamist group had killed 15,000 and pushed more than two million from their homes. But as they retreated, it became clear there were thousands more people living in famine-like conditions in urgent need of help.
The UN estimated in December there were 75,000 children at risk of starving to death. Another 7.1 million people in Nigeria and the neighbouring Lake Chad area are considered "severely food insecure". (See our report for December 2016 below.)
What's hampering aid? Boko Haram attacks, lack of rule of law, under-development. There are still areas under the control of Boko Haram, which aid agencies cannot reach. Thee have also been allegations of widespread aid theft, which are being investigated by Nigeria's senate.
Thanks to the BBC for this clear statement of the situation. Your help is needed more than ever — especially when you remember that severe malnutrition of children is almost certain to affect them, intellectually and otherwise, for life!
A new and repulsive Boko Haram tactic
February 2017
The threat in Sukur and Madagali presently is the issue of underage girls (ages 9-15 ) strapping locally made explosive devices and sometimes with babies on their back, to penetrate places where people gather, i.e., markets, worship places, etc. Killing scores of people. It is a dangerous outcome or another phase of the Boko-Haram insurgency.
Saleh Kinjir of the Kinjir Foundation
28 January 2017
Enough said?
Famine takes hold
December 2016
The map below shows why people are starving in Nigeria's Borno state. The areas colored red are ones to which there is no humanitarian access and the pink ones those that are accessible with varying restrictions. The presence or fear of Boko Haram is the main factor limiting humanitarian access, but it also limits inhabitants' access to their fields. So we may interpret the red areas as those in which people's ability to feed themselves has been severely compromised.
Source: https://www.acaps.org/sites/acaps/files/products/files/20161005_acaps_scenarios_northeast_nigeria.pdf
October 2016
We begin this update with a report by Saleh Kinjir, founder and CEO of the Yola-based Kinjir Foundation, to the American University of Nigeria/ Adamawa Peace Initiative (AUN/API) in August and September informing them of the situation in Madagali Local Government Area. It must be emphasized that the situation in Madagali Local Government Area (LGA), though worse than in parts of Adamawa state further south, is substantially better than in Borno State.
August. For the past 2 years, no farming activities took place in Madagali. No grains for sale in the markets nor money to buy even if it was available. Food from across the border with Cameroon has been stopped by border closures. No food distribution took place except by AUN-API. The little available in the few markets open was bought up by people from Borno state (District Heads and Market Committees have now imposed a restriction on selling food items out of the LGA). The small quantities on sale are rationed. There is some recent improvement however due to the arrival of fresh crops such as cassava, newly harvested maize and potatoes. The hunger rate which was 60 % is now down to 50%.
September. The situation in Madagali has not changed much over the past months. Fifty percent of Madagali Local Government Area is still ravished by hunger. On Tuesday 27/9/2016, a 100 kg bag of maize was being sold at ₦18,000 [a 300% increase over 2012 prices]. Guinea corn (sorghum) cost ₦20,000 [a 400% increase], and beans ₦30,000 [a 200% increase]. Most of our people cannot afford them. IDPs have no money to buy food. Meanwhile, in and around Yola, the price of foodstuffs has gone down by 35% since April 2015, just before Boko Haram was driven out of Adamawa state.
There is little reconstruction in Madagali. A new Police Station has been built but nothing has been done in the areas of schools, health centres and places of worship. Most of our communities have suffered massive malarial attacks due to overgrown weeds and bushes that were not cleared. Children were the most affected.
Reconciliation work is being carried out by traditional rulers and community based organizations. A massive tree planting campaign is also being embarked on to restore tree cover and to provide wood for fuel.
Some areas closer to the Sambisa forest are still unsafe, due to the presence of a few escapees from the forest under massive attack by the Nigerian army, hunters and vigilante groups.
We need food, medicine and urgent rehabilitation of public and private buildings, especially roads and bridges.
Signed, Saleh Kinjir
The Kinjir Foundation is one of our Partners and is at present training its staff and contacts in the vitally important but till now little developed process of reconciliation of Boko Haram victims with those in any way involved with the insurgency — often victims themselves. Please donate generously.
The situation worsens in Borno state
Over six million people in those parts of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria previously affected by Boko Haram face severe hunger, Reuter reported on September 23rd. Borno state in Northeastern Nigeria in particular is experiencing a perhaps even more disastrous phase in the conflict with Boko Haram. And this despite the relative lack of insurgent activity and their continued inability to carry out mass assaults on Nigerian towns and cities. Small scale attacks do however take place, most recently on Asaka village near Gashigar, a town near the Niger border in NW Borno state. Here a convoy of eight vehicles with insurgents armed with RPGs and "heavy weapons" claim to have killed 20 Nigerian and Nigerien soldiers and are said to have stolen six military vehicles in addition to weapons before departing. Such attacks belie the "technical victory" over Boko Haram claimed by President Buhari in 2015 and help explain why there are 2.2 million displaced people in Nigeria alone. The fear generated even by small attacks underlies the growing humanitarian disaster in the Lake Chad region.
Warnings of famine became common in NE Nigeria from July 2016 onwards — in this part of the world the months preceding the main November-January harvest of the staple millets are always difficult — but their food situation has been greatly worsened by a major, locally total, reduction in cultivation due to people's fear of Boko Haram. This has prevented farmers from working their fields in the bush … and the dry season sorghum harvested around March-April is mostly grown in areas flooded during the rains that are at some distance from their towns and villages. In some areas of Borno state, the Reuters report continues, more than half the children under five years of age suffer acute malnutrition, more than 65,000 are living in famine, and over a million are but "one step away".
Why has this happened? It seems that the Nigerian army has failed to occupy the region in a manner that would allow them to suppress or immediately crush even minor Boko Haram activity. While there are bases away from the main centers, we read more of motorized sorties from bases, guns blazing to discourage ambushes, and returns to bases at night, allowing Boko Haram to terrorize and plunder the inhabitants of smaller settlements, defenseless in the face of even small groups of Boko Haram. The scale of the problem is evident in UNICEF's recent statement that some 2.2 million Bornoans are still living in areas rendered "inaccessible" by Boko Haram.
While Maiduguri, the state capital, is largely free of insurgents, so-called suicide bombers (often girls and women tricked or blackmailed to comply) continue to sow death and destruction. Bama, once a bustling town of some 300,000 inhabitants, is largely deserted, although some rehabilitation is taking place. Recent reports by the WHO and Unicef make sad reading. Here are the highlights of the latter:
- High levels of malnutrition, malaria and spread of communicable diseases in newly accessible areas in North East Nigeria are the main health risks. With detection of fourth case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Monguno in Borno State on 4 October, further spread of polio virus is a significant public health concern.
- UNICEF in collaboration with partners has achieved 42 per cent, 79 per cent and 51 per cent of access to water, sanitation and hygiene promotion targets, respectively.
- In total 93,148 SAM children, have been admitted to therapeutic feeding programme in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
- Psychosocial support has reached 157,583 children among whom 84,311 children are benefitting from education services in a protective and safe learning environment.
- Over 2.77 million people among the affected population have access to UNICEF supported primary healthcare (PHC) services.
- The revised Nigeria 2016 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) is only 24 per cent funded. UNICEF has received only 25 per cent of its appeal requirements of USD 115 million.
Meanwhile "a U.N. appeal for $740 million to help those displaced by Boko Haram violence [has been] less than a quarter funded." The crisis in the Lake Chad area is being largely ignored by the world and by the media. Do please donate: we presently especially recommend the UNHCR and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the latter having, so far as we know the only appeal focused on this area.
Finally, some good news: things are going somewhat better in Adamawa state. Despite difficulties that include infrastructure still unrepaired or replaced, people (even in parts of Madagli LGA, the most at risk, are growing their own food. At Sukur, Nigeria's first World Heritage site, which suffered a major Boko Haram assault in 2014, they were able this year to celebrate Mber, the ceremony of initiation for young men. Despite the lack of basic infrastructure and services, including schooling for the young, these brave and resilient people are helping themselves and making progress.
Finally, there is news from Cameroon. Hans Heungoup, an analyst from the International Crisis Group travelled for four weeks in the Far North province and reports on his findings. Besides 151,000 nationals who have become internally displaced persons (IDPs) on account of Boko Haram, Cameroon, with the UNHCR, is hosting some 65,000 Nigerian refugees (besides 270 ,000 refugees from the Central African Republic). Heungoup's report describes the massive disruption of society and economy in the Far North and comments critically both on the "severe failings and human rights violations in the … counterinsurgency campaign" and on the government's failure to invest in the province.
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February 2016. After a long period of inaction, in March-April 2015 the Nigerian army assisted by hunters and vigilantes and in conjunction with their Nigerien, Chadian and Cameroonian allies achieved substantial victories. They drove Boko Haram out of Gwoza, Bama and other towns and villages, and inflicted many and substantial losses on their forces and equipment. The insurgents were forced into the northernmost Mandara mountains, further north into the bush on both sides of the Nigeria-Cameroon border and into the environs of Lake Chad. Small groups of militants, apparently no longer in touch with Boko Haram central command, were left scattered widely in the afflicted region although some larger camps maintained their existence, at least for a time, in the Sambisa forest.
Since May 2015 it has been questionable to what extent Boko Haram remains an entity capable of initiating and coordinating military action over a significant area and on a significant scale. Several reported assaults on villages are perhaps better described as attempts of isolated and ill-fed if not starving militants to obtain, usually with considerable violence, food, clothing and other necessities of life.
Boko Haram does however maintain its ability to terrorize and has over the past months achieved this mainly by widespread bombings. Besides Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, and Yola, capital of Admaawa, several other towns in the states of Borno Yobe and Adamawa have been targeted, as have beyond the northeast Jos, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory around Abuja. Boko Haram has also bombed police stations in N'djamena, the capital of Chad, together with markets and other facilities in Maroua and other towns in the Far North region of Cameroon. Many, perhaps most, of these are suicide bombings with a large proportion carried out by women, girls and children (most, we suspect, under duress and in some cases perhaps detonated remotely by militants). President Buhari's 24th of December 2015 claim of a "technical victory" over Boko Haram rings hollow in the light of the very considerable numbers of people killed and many more wounded by these blasts. Since that date the killings continue as shown in the following table:
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As a result, in Borno state the fear of bombings and other terrorist acts has, despite encouragement by federal and state governments, greatly inhibited the return of IDPs to their towns and villages of origin. In the hills above Gwoza and on the plain to the east of the Gwoza hills Boko Haram appears, if not to control territory and settlements, at least to be able to prevent the return and rebuilding of communities. It would seem that in this relatively remote area the Nigerian forces of order are either incapable or unwilling to hold land and maintain order. We suspect that in Cameroon something similar may be happening on the western side of the eastern "horn" of the northernmost Mandara mountains, a region that is similarly remote from Maroua, the capital of the Far North region.
In contrast many former Adamawa state refugees began to return home in May-June 2015, and some even managed to plant and harvest a crop between then and the end of the year. Such is the case, for example, of Sukur and its neighbors.
Nonetheless nowhere in the region, nor in the affected parts of neighbor countries, has life returned to normal. Many mosques, churches, clinics and other public and private buildings were destroyed and are not yet rebuilt. Disastrously for the future of these regions, very few children are going to school or youths to college. So far as we know — and since the media report very little from Boko Haram-afflicted areas and usually only the bloodiest of events — the national governments have not yet initiated the policies of reconciliation necessary to reintegrate into society those many people of both sexes and a wide range of ages who were forced by violence or hunger to "join" Boko Haram.
Despite being the country with the largest GDP in Africa, Nigeria does not appear to be making the moves necessary to finally defeat Boko Haram militarily and at the same time create a route through the continuing troubles and misery towards a reintegrated and just society in its northeastern states. Only that can offer its inhabitants hope for a life worth living, an improving standard of living, and a future of opportunity unthreatened by Islamist or any other form of extremism.
North-eastern Nigerians still need your help and will continue to do so for a long time to come.
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In May 2015 we wrote: Recent and rapid events in Nigeria require revision of this section of the website. We congratulate Nigeria on the major democratic advance represented by its recent elections, and President Muhammadu Buhari on his success. However, although the context has changed, the need for humanitarian aid in north-east Nigeria and neighboring regions continues, and is more urgent than before.
"Boko Haram is winning. That's the assessment of both U.S. counter-terrorism officials and many experts who cover West Africa. After several months of optimism, and military successes by Chadian and Nigerian forces that rolled back the terror group's gains, Boko Haram has retaken the initiative. " That at least is the view of NBC news (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/boko-haram-winning-n376786) as of June 17 2015, 11:10 am ET.
Between February and April 2015 the Nigerian military aided by their Chadian, Cameroonian and Nigerien allies won victories over the Boko Haram (BH) jihadi insurgency, recapturing all the major towns previously under BH control including Madagali in Adamawa state and, in Borno state, Baga, Bama and, on the eve of the elections, Gwoza, where BH had proclaimed its caliphate. Although both during and after the elections there have been a number of attacks attributed to BH, it is questionable to what extent BH remains a viable organization capable of strategic action. Does it now consist rather of a number of fragmented remnants lashing out more or less at random? It seems likely that in Nigeria many of its members are attempting to disappear or reintegrate their communities. Meanwhile others have taken refuge in Cameroon where they are still capable of murderous attacks on small communities.
Time will tell, but it is both more difficult and more expensive to support 192,000 refugees who are dispersing to their scattered and devastated home communities in order to rebuild their lives and communities than it is to provide the necessities of life to the same number congregated in a few refugee camps or living with kin in major urban centers. As the UN recognizes in its new appeal, we face a new and more demanding challenge.
The next paragraphs and the following section written between January and early April 2015 are intended for new readers who may know little of Boko Haram and the horrors inflicted on the inhabitants of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
Boko Haram, the bloodiest Islamist militancy in Africa and a self-proclaimed caliphate, is destroying the lives and livelihoods of northeastern Nigerians at an ever increasing pace — besides bombing others elsewhere. The Nigerian federal state has — at least until very recently — proved ineffectual in combating the insurgency either militarily or politically. At one time over 70% of Borno and large areas of Yobe and Adamawa states were under Boko Haram control. The tide may have turned under the combined attacks of Nigerian, Cameroonian, Nigerien and Chadian forces but the military situation is still undecided. Only recently the caliphate twice attacked Maiduguri, capital of Borno, and, no respecter of borders, intensified its assaults against the peoples of Cameroon's Mandara mountains and northern plains. Refugees have flooded into Niger, Cameroon and Boko Haram has even attacked Chadian settlements on the shores of Lake Chad. The insurgency is now using female "suicide" bombers, including girls as young as ten, to murder innocents and disrupt the life of towns in northeastern Nigeria.
In the three most distressed Nigerian states alone, some 13 million people have been directly or indirectly affected by Boko Haram and, given the destruction of crops and thefts of livestock and foodstuffs, famine and epidemic disease appear inevitable in the next months. Once the violence is under control and refugees, many of whom are now concentrated in camps in Maiduguri, Yola, Cameroon's Minawao and elsewhere, begin to return home, humanitarian aid is going to be even more necessary — and more difficult and expensive to distribute — as the long process of rebuilding lives and communities begins. Your generous aid, guided by our research and knowledge of the area to produce the maximum effect, is urgently needed.
For a case study of the ongoing impact of Boko Haram on a single community, visit the Sukur website.
You may offer help or information or become a member of BHVR or make a donation at any time, but please allow us a chance to explain what we are trying to do.
The registered purpose of BHVR:
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Boko Haram is a Salafi-jihadi militant Islamist insurgency that since 2009 has extended its power over northeastern Nigeria to the point that it presently controls almost all Borno and large parts of Yobe and Adamawa states, an area equivalent to two thirds of the United Kingdom, affecting the lives of approximately 13 million people, besides others elsewhere in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and, increasingly, Cameroon. Unlike for natural disasters such as the Haiti earthquake or Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, there has been no international outpouring of humanitarian aid for the victims, who are now facing, besides the immediate threat of Boko Haram murders, kidnapping and theft, the loss of the 2014-15 harvest and consequent famine. It is the purpose of Boko Haram Victims Relief to begin to counter this situation by raising funds nationally and internationally and therewith to provide relief to victims, direct and indirect, of the Boko Haram, Ansaru and other insurgencies in Central Africa, including but not necessarily limited to those affecting Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad. Relief will take the form of cash grants or provision of goods and/or services to victimized individuals and groups and to on-the-ground not-for-profit organizations.
BHVR's special contributions
1. Information professionally gathered and collated for potential donors
According to the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency, as of January 2015 three million victims of Boko Haram face serious humanitarian crisis.* With the recent exception of the Red Cross/Red Crescent, no major international charities have mounted special campaigns or solicited funds earmarked for those harmed by the insurgency. While aid is being provided by their kin and a variety of international, national and local agencies, including the Nigerian Red Cross/Red Crescent and Médecins sans Frontières, the amount is very limited. The total sum requested by the Red Cross for the NE Nigerian emergency amounts to approximately $US20 to fund a year's support for each of 150,000 planned beneficiaries. Less than 30% of the funds requested had been received by 1 February 2015 — and there are believed to be 1,500,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in the area.
Current security conditions make it very difficult though not quite impossible to obtain information about or to assist those surviving in areas under Boko Haram control. Meanwhile would-be donors and their financial institutions are discouraged by Nigeria's unfortunately deserved reputation for corruption and 419-type scams. News coverage has been sparse and it remains very difficult to see broader patterns in the data available. Many potential donors are ignorant of ways of life in north-east Nigeria and the constraints of the environment, nor are they aware of the numbers of killings, kidnappings and village burnings.
*http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/165646/1/boko-haram-victims-and-the… (3 January 2015)
A persistent problem for all non-profits and charities dispensing relief is the identification of persons, groups and organizations capable of reliably receiving and managing assistance. The four directors who have carried out research within the now BH-afflicted area are well placed to assess and evaluate the varied and often erratic sources of information emanating from it. Elsewhere we suggest some basic reading. Moreover, besides our own, often intimate, knowledge of the regions involved, we have contacted numerous professional colleagues and others familiar with the area whom we access to provide us with knowledge of events and of the victims (individuals, groups, communities, non-profit organizations) to whom it is possible to send relief and who can be trusted to put it to good use.
2. Delivery of humanitarian aid to local communities
It should be recognized that BH victims are mostly villagers or the inhabitants of small towns and that most make their living by small-scale, barely more than subsistence, farming, feeding themselves and cultivating cash crops or practising part-time trades to earn necessary cash. Few such private citizens can afford bank accounts. It is therefore often necessary to send money to NGOs or people one knows personally or whose probity and need are guaranteed at one remove by someone one knows and trusts. We have ourselves sent money via Western Union to Sukur and Higi refugees in Yola and to the Kinjir Foundation, founded by a former minister in the Adamawa state government personally known to us who has set up a refugee camp in Yola. Those receiving funds redistribute them to others, usually along kin, community or ethnic lines.
It is our aim to provide potential donors first with access to recent information about events in the Boko-Haram-afflicted areas, and second with a carefully considered list of potential recipients of aid. If donors wish to send aid to a particular group we will attempt to locate suitable recipients. We will also raise money directly and distribute it through our identified networks. While there are many worthy causes, it appears to us particularly important to assist victims to return to their homes as soon as possible in order to rebuild their lives and communities. Schooling, which parents have to pay for, is another high priority since a lost year is hard to recoup. Our Partners page describes our progress in identifying NGOs at scales from the international to the local capable of making the best use of your donations.
Please note that BHVR neither solicits assistance from nor offers aid to governmental or religious organizations. We are happy however to offer them professional advice. Victims or their representatives are invited to contact us through our email: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Feeling crappy? Maybe it's time to refill your glass with something other than chardonnay...
It's not exactly a secret that you're supposed to drink water every day — 9 to 12 cups, according to Mayo Clinic. After all, water is essential for your body to simply function.
"Water is the most abundant substance in our body," says Leslie Bonci, R.D., founder of Active Eating Advice. "It makes up about 10 to 12 gallons and anywhere from 60 to 70 percent of our body weight. We need water to survive."
But what happens if you don't drink enough water? Do you...not survive?
Don't panic just yet — chances are slim to none that you'll keel over into a puddle of your former self. But Bonci explains that since you already lose two to four cups in urine, two to eight cups in sweat (depending on your workout and lifestyle), one to one and a half cups from simply breathing, and two-thirds of a cup in feces, it's totally imperative to drink enough water — or you might experience some pretty unfortunate issues that, unlike many of life's problems, cannot be resolved with a hearty glass of wine.
1. You Could Become Constipated
You may not want to talk what happens in the bathroom, but, hey, your (literal) shit's important. If you don't drink enough water, going to the bathroom will become a bit painful. So if you notice your stools looking like visibly dry and pellet-like — or you're having trouble passing a bowel movement — drink up!
"Water helps to push things through the digestive tract and helps with the formation of stools and evacuation of the bowels," says Isabel Smith, R.D., founder of Isabel Smith Nutrition, "so not getting enough water can cause your poop to be dry and hard to pass." And that's, well, shitty.

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The FHS Marching Band
With every new school year comes a new season of marching band. Every year, band students come together and work together with people that may not even be in their grade, to perform at events like football games, competitions, and Homecoming.
So far over the weekends of September 11th, 18th, and 25th, the marching band has performed for their fellow students and parents, played competitively at Waukesha North and South, and some have even played at the halftime show at Camp Randall in Madison.
With every year comes new challenges and pieces to play. This year, Franklin's marching band is playing Riverdance in celebration of its 50th anniversary. At competitions, the band has come in fourth overall but have not been able to beat any of their competitors in AAAA, the division including large schools like Franklin and Oak Creek. At their practices, they are slowly adding new choreography, including dance moves and poses, and are refining their appearance to improve their professionalism. They have been taking the information they have received from the judges at competitions.
Some sections have even received outside help from teachers at different schools. Tobie Wilkinson from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater recently came to the high school to help the marching band's drumline both appear and sound more professional.
I recently had the chance to interview the band's director, Mrs. Umhoefer, and ask her some questions about the marching band.
What was the scoring of Franklin's marching band at their competition on Sunday, september 20th, and at about what level of skill is that score?
Mrs. Umhoefer: We earned a 62.20, and that is our highest season opener score we've ever had. We placed 4th overall, and, looking at schools throughout the state over the weekend, we've placed very high in quad A.
Compared to past years, how has this year's marching band been performing and enhancing their abilities?
Mrs. Umhoefer: Every year has built upon the hard work upon the past, so it's been evolving over time. This year's band has an especially good work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to performing at their best.
Do you feel that we might have a chance at possibly getting first out of all of the schools that go to our competitions?
Mrs. Umhoefer: I think in time we will be able to be performing at a very, very, high level.
What do you feel the marching band has to work on the most to become the best they can?
Mrs. Umhoefer: We play extremely well. Our musical capabilities are very high, but the marching style is new. Our visuals are being improved upon from last year greatly.
Note: This interview was done prior to the marching band's latest performance at Waukesha South on 9/26/2015.
What Mrs. Umhoefer says holds strong when the scores are looked at. Last year at state, they had a score of 61.05. Both of their competitions so far this season have already gone above what they had at state last year. At their competitions so far, they have received a score of 62.20 at Waukesha North and a 70.50 at Waukesha South. Although many thought they performed unprofessionally and messed up a few times, getting a higher score than last year's final competition at this year's first and second is great motivation for the rest of the season.
Stay tuned for more Marching Band updates!


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HVA 205: Hydronic Systems
This course covers an overview of hydronics which includes steam and hot water boilers. Major components are identified; safety and control systems are analyzed and inspected. Flow characteristics are examined for proper calculation of piping and radiator sizes. Electrical wiring of zoning systems is emphasized and practiced.
Level I Prereq: Academic Reading and Writing Levels of 6; HVA 108 minimum grade "C"
- Credits
- 4
- Lecture Hours
- 45
- Clinical Hours
- 0
- Lab Hours
- 45
- Other Hours
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- Total Hours
- 90
Some classes are not offered every term. To see if this class is currently available, check the schedule.
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I went there for only the second time on Saturday night, and found the whole experience better than expected.
I hadn't been there since the restaurant's early days, so I was expecting a huge wait and a fight for parking, neither of which happened. I'm not sure if this is a typical Saturday evening, or just a by-product of half-of-Austin making the trip to Dallas for OU weekend. Anyway, I was pleased.
For dinner, I took the waiter's advice and ordered the Camarones a la Parilla (shrimp wrapped in bacon and jalepeno strips). It was very good, but I'm not sure why the meal was served on a sizzling platter....it seemed the only thing this accomplished was to make the spanish rice continue to cook and stick to the platter. It didn't ruin the meal, but it seemed strange to sacrifice food quality for presentation.
My dining companions were equally pleased with their selections. One friend ordered the special that night, which was a very tasty catfish fillet breaded in I-forget-what, and fried. It was served over queso, which is why I suspect she ordered it, the cheese lover that she is. The other friend ordered the quesadillas, which are hard to screw up, regardless.
So all in all, I was pleased. Does anyone have any input on whether this was a typical Saturday night dining experience? Also, what are some other entree favorites?


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Offering all-day dining in the stylish Covent Garden Hotel, Brasserie Max serves an array of classic British dishes, Mediterranean favourites and international flavours. Meat and fish from the grill join fresh pasta dishes and hearty mains, on a menu packed with seasonal ingredients. The fine food is topped off by a large choice of wines and cocktails from the bar.
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Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY
Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY
Arora M.,Sirifort Institutional Area |
Mathur M.R.,Sirifort Institutional Area |
Singh N.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY
Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Year: 2012
The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive evidence based model aimed at addressing multi-level risk factors influencing tobacco use among children and adolescents with multi-level policy and programmatic approaches in India. Evidences around effectiveness of policy and program interventions from developed and developing countries were reviewed using Pubmed, Scopus, Google Scholar and Ovid databases. This evidence was then categorized under three broad approaches: Policy level approaches (increased taxation on tobacco products, smoke-free laws in public places and work places, effective health warnings, prohibiting tobacco advertising, promotions and sponsorships, and restricting access to minors); Community level approaches (school health programs, mass media campaigns, community based interventions, promoting tobacco free norms) and Individual level approaches (promoting cessation in various settings). This review of literature around determinants and interventions was organized into developing the IMPACT framework. The paper further presents a comparative analysis of tobacco control interventions in India vis a vis the proposed approaches. Mixed results were found for prevention and control efforts targeting youth. However, this article suggests a number of intervention strategies that have shown to be effective. Implementing these interventions in a coordinated way will provide potential synergies across interventions. Pediatricians have prominent role in advocating and implementing the IMPACT framework in countries aiming to prevent and control tobacco use among adolescents and children. © 2012 Dr. K C Chaudhuri Foundation.
Arora M.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY |
Arora M.,Public Health Foundation of India PHFI |
Mathur N.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY |
Gupta V.K.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY |
And 4 more authors.
Tobacco Control | Year: 2012
Background: Smoking in Hollywood movies is a known risk factor for teen smoking in the USA and Europe, but little is known about the association between exposure to tobacco use in Bollywood movies and teen tobacco use in India. Methods: A cross-sectional sample of 3956 adolescents (eighth and ninth grades, ages 12-16 years) from 12 randomly selected New Delhi schools was surveyed in 2009, assessing tobacco use status, receptivity to tobacco promotions (based on owning or being willing to wear tobacco-branded merchandise) and exposure to tobacco use in movies. Quartiles of exposure to tobacco use in popular Bollywood movies released from 2006 to 2008 (n=59) were determined by content coding them for tobacco use and querying the adolescents whether they had seen each one. Logistic regression was used to control for covariates including age, gender, parent education, school performance, sensation-seeking propensity, family and peer tobacco use, and authoritative parenting. Results: Altogether, the 59 movies contained 412 tobacco use occurrences. The prevalence of ever tobacco use among adolescents was 5.3%. Compared with low-exposure adolescents (quartile 1), the adjusted odds of ever tobacco use among high-exposure adolescents (quartile 4) was 2.3 (95% CI 1.3 to 3.9). Being receptive to tobacco promotions was also associated with higher adjusted odds of ever tobacco use, 2.0 (95% CI 1.4 to 3.0). Conclusion: Watching tobacco use in Bollywood movies and receptivity to tobacco promotional activities were both independently associated with ever tobacco use among adolescents in India, with ORs being similar to the studies of adolescents elsewhere.
Mahapatro M.,National Institute of Health and Family Welfare |
Gupta R.N.,Indian Council of Medical Research |
Gupta V.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY
Indian Journal of Community Medicine | Year: 2012
Background: It is over the last decade that research in this field of domestic violence has led to greater recognition of the issue as public health problem. The paper aims to study the prevalence of physical, psychological, and sexual violence and potential risk factors of the women confronting violence within the home in India. Materials and Methods: A multicentric study with analytical cross-sectional design was applied. It covers 18 states in India with 14,507 women respondents. Multistage sampling and probability proportion to size were done. Results: The result shows that overall 39 per cent of women were abused. Women who have a lower household income, illiterate, belonging to lower caste, and have a partner who drinks/bets, etc. found to be important risk factors and place women in India at a greater risk of experiencing domestic violence. Conclusion: As India has already passed a bill against domestic violence, the present results on robustness of the problem will be useful to sensitize the concerned agencies to strictly implement the law. This may lead to more constructive and sustainable response to domestic violence in India for improvement of women health and wellbeing.
Arora M.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY |
Arora M.,Sirifort Institutional Area August Kranti Marg |
Stigler M.H.,University of Houston |
Reddy K.S.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY |
Reddy K.S.,Sirifort Institutional Area August Kranti Marg
Global Health Promotion | Year: 2011
This case study has two aims. First, it describes intervention strategies from two school-based programs designed to prevent tobacco use among adolescents in India. Second, it explains how evidence from randomized controlled trials of these intervention programs was used by a local non-governmental organization in Delhi to advocate for scaling up the Government of India's tobacco control efforts to include school health interventions as one of the components of India's National Tobacco Control Program. This case study illustrates the need for developing countries to conduct rigorous evaluation in order to provide context-relevant evidence prior to scaling up interventions. © The Author(s) 2011.
Arora M.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY |
Arora M.,Public Health Foundation of India PHFI |
Gupta V.K.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY |
Nazar G.P.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY |
And 3 more authors.
Tobacco Control | Year: 2012
Objectives To examine the longitudinal relationship between exposure and receptivity to tobacco advertisements and progression towards tobacco use among adolescents in India. Design and setting A 2-year longitudinal grouprandomised trial, Mobilizing Youth for Tobacco Related Initiatives (MYTRI), was undertaken from 2004 to 2006 in 32 schools in Delhi and Chennai. Among the control schools (n=16), mixed-effects regression models were used to assess the objectives. Subjects Students who were non-susceptible, never users of tobacco (n=2782) at baseline (2004) in the control schools of Project MYTRI, who progressed academically and were followed up at endline (2006). Main outcome measures Progression towards tobacco use (on tobacco uptake continuum). Results Bivariate results suggest that exposure to tobacco advertisements at baseline was associated in a dose-dependent manner with progression at endline. Students exposed at more than four places were 1.5 times (95% CI 1.12 to 1.94; p<0.05) more likely to progress towards tobacco use at endline versus those not exposed. Among boys, those exposed at more than four places were 1.7 times more likely to progress (95% CI 1.14 to 2.62; p<0.05). These significant results disappeared in multivariate analysis, when other psychosocial risk factors for tobacco use were controlled. In both bivariate and multivariate analyses, the risk of progression at endline was more than two times higher (95% CI 1.28 to 4.32; p<0.05) among boys who were highly receptive versus non-receptive boys. The same relationship did not hold among girls. Conclusion High receptivity to tobacco advertising predicts future progression to tobacco use among boys in India. Suggestive evidence exists of a causal relationship between tobacco marketing and adolescent tobacco use.
Arora M.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY |
Arora M.,4 2 Sirifort Institutional Area |
Nazar G.P.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY |
Gupta V.K.,4 2 Sirifort Institutional Area |
And 4 more authors.
BMC Public Health | Year: 2012
Background: In developed countries, regular breakfast consumption is inversely associated with excess weight and directly associated with better dietary and improved physical activity behaviors. Our objective was to describe the frequency of breakfast consumption among school-going adolescents in Delhi and evaluate its association with overweight and obesity as well as other dietary, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors. Methods. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Eight schools (Private and Government) of Delhi in the year 2006. Participants: 1814 students from 8§ssup§th§ esup§ and 10§ssup§th§esup§ grades; response rate was 87.2%; 55% were 8§ssup§th§esup§ graders, 60% were boys and 52% attended Private schools. Main outcome measures: Body mass index, self-reported breakfast consumption, diet and physical activity related behaviors, and psychosocial factors. Data analysis: Mixed effects regression models were employed, adjusting for age, gender, grade level and school type (SES). Results: Significantly more Government school (lower SES) students consumed breakfast daily as compared to Private school (higher SES) students (73.8% vs. 66.3%; p<0.01). More 8§ssup§th§esup§ graders consumed breakfast daily vs.10§ssup§th§esup§ graders (72.3% vs. 67.0%; p<0.05). A dose-response relationship was observed such that overall prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents who consumed breakfast daily (14.6%) was significantly lower vs. those who only sometimes (15.2%) or never (22.9%) consumed breakfast (p<0.05 for trend). This relationship was statistically significant for boys (15.4 % vs. 16.5% vs. 26.0; p<0.05 for trend) but not for girls. Intake of dairy products, fruits and vegetables was 5.5 (95% CI 2.4-12.5), 1.7 (95% CI 1.1-2.5) and 2.2 (95% CI 1.3-3.5) times higher among those who consumed breakfast daily vs. those who never consumed breakfast. Breakfast consumption was associated with greater physical activity vs. those who never consumed breakfast. Positive values and beliefs about healthy eating; body image satisfaction; and positive peer and parental influence were positively associated with daily breakfast consumption, while depression was negatively associated. Conclusion: Daily breakfast consumption is associated with less overweight and obesity and with healthier dietary- and physical activity-related behaviors among urban Indian students. Although prospective studies should confirm the present results, intervention programs to prevent or treat childhood obesity in India should consider emphasizing regular breakfast consumption. © 2012 Arora et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Srinath Reddy K.,Public Health Foundation of India PHFI |
Yadav A.,Public Health Foundation of India PHFI |
Arora M.,Public Health Foundation of India PHFI |
Nazar G.P.,Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY
Tobacco Control | Year: 2012
Tobacco use is one of the major risk factors for non-communicable diseases, with a profound impact on resource-poor low-income and middle-income countries such as India, where tobacco use is high and where socioeconomic as well as health inequalities are rampant. Effective implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control requires multisectoral efforts that can fructify through integration of tobacco control into broader health and development agendas such as food and water security, environment, the right to education and human rights. The global tobacco control community will need to explore innovative partnerships beyond its traditional confines and build a global coalition that supports tobacco control by partnering with others having convergent concerns on common determinants. A firm political commitment and intersectoral coordination between government and non-government agencies is paramount in order to implement effective tobacco control programmes. Integration of tobacco control into other health and development agendas as described in this paper has the potential to contribute to the achievement of all the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals. This paper explores why the whole of government should accord a high priority to tobacco control, and how this integration could be achieved.
PubMed | Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY, Public Health Foundation of India PHFI and Imperial College London
Type: Journal Article | Journal: Heart Asia | Year: 2016
To estimate exposure to tobacco imagery in youth-rated Bollywood films, and examine the results in light of recent developments in Indias film rating system.Content coding of 44 top grossing Bollywood films (including 38 youth-rated films) released during 2006-2008 was undertaken to estimate tobacco occurrences and impressions.Out of the 38 youth-rated (U and U/A) films coded, 50% contained tobacco imagery. Mean tobacco occurrences were 1.9, 2.9 and 13.7 per U, U/A and adult (A) rated films, respectively. Top grossing youth-rated films delivered 1.91 billion tobacco impressions to Indian cinema audiences.Half the youth-rated Bollywood films contain tobacco imagery resulting in large population level exposure in India, relative to other countries. Measures to reduce youth exposure to tobacco imagery through films, such as restricting access through the rating system, will complement other tobacco control measures.
PubMed | Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY, Public Health Foundation of India PHFI and University of Texas at Austin
Type: Journal Article | Journal: Global heart | Year: 2015
Prevention of tobacco use is critical for primordial prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Low- and middle-income countries such as India face a burgeoning burden of tobacco-related cardiovascular diseases. A focus on adolescents and young people is consistent with a primordial approach to cardiovascular disease prevention and appropriate given the natural history of tobacco use, in regards to its onset and progression. The primordial prevention approach is feasible, because it attempts to bring about behavior change (sustained abstinence for nonusers) at the population level. This paper reviews effective strategies for population-based tobacco control among adolescents including settings-based interventions at school, at home, and in the community, as well as policy and media interventions. It goes on to briefly touch on the pivotal role that medical professionals, particularly cardiologists, play in fortifying such interventions and summarizes some key recommendations based on review of evidence on the effectiveness of these interventions.
PubMed | Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY
Type: Journal Article | Journal: Health education research | Year: 2013
Project Advancing Cessation of Tobacco in Vulnerable Indian Tobacco Consuming Youth (ACTIVITY) is a community-based group randomized intervention trial focused on disadvantaged youth (aged 10-19 years) residing in 14 low-income communities (slums and resettlement colonies) in Delhi, India. This article discusses the findings of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) conducted to inform the development and test the appropriateness of Project ACTIVITYs intervention model. The findings of the FGDs facilitated the understanding of factors contributing to increased tobacco uptake and cessation (both smoking and smokeless tobacco) among youth in this setting. Twenty-two FGDs were conducted with youth (10-19 years) and adults in two urban slums in Delhi. Key findings revealed: (i) youth and adults had limited knowledge about long-term health consequences of tobacco use; (ii) socio-environmental determinants and peer pressure were important variables influencing initiation of tobacco use; (iii) lack of motivation, support and sufficient skills hinder tobacco cessation and (iv) active involvement of community, family, religious leaders, local policy makers and health professionals is important in creating and reinforcing tobacco-free norms. The results of these FGDs aided in finalizing the intervention model for Project ACTIVITY and guided its intervention development.


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NANAIMO — The Clippers have made three roster moves ahead of Friday's game against Cowichan Valley.
Nanaimo has added defenseman Marcus Joseph from Youngstown of the USHL, and forward Ben Taylor from Tri City also in the USHL. Both deals are for future considerations.
Forward Will LeNeave has been traded in a separate futures deal to Minnesota of the NAHL.
In Joseph the Clippers have a player who starred for the Carleton Place Canadians in Ontario last season in the CCHL. The Pennsylvania product had 40 points in 47 games, he was a first team all star and helped the team to an RBC Cup berth. The 19-year-old had four points in 21 games with Youngstown this season and has an NCAA commitment to Sacred Heart University for next year.
Clippers Coach Mike Vandekamp says he likes what he sees in the new blueliner.
"He's a mobile D that has a good offensive stick. He's a good defender too. He's just a good all round player and a great kid. Marcus has a great shot, he's got some offensive talent and I think he can help our power play," said Vandekamp.
Up front Ben Taylor was the captain of his high school team at Tabor Academy last season. The 6'3 and 190 lbs right winger had 23 points in 22 games. The Massachusetts native has an NCAA commitment to Brown University and recorded two assists in 17 games in the 16-17 campaign with Tri City.
Coach Vandekamp has said the two have chatted about Taylor's love of the Boston Bruins and the Clippers bench boss hopes the 19-year-old can play the same type of game as former Bruin Cam Neely.
"He's a big guy, he's immediately our biggest forward. Ben plays a straight line physical game.
The Clippers still have until Jan. 10 to make more moves as they gear up for the BCHL Playoffs. On the immediate horizon are home games against Cowichan Valley at 7 p.m. on Friday and Prince George Sunday afternoon. The newcomers are expected in the lineup for both games.
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Hope I don't roll a 7. Oh also new song is out.
I hope you all like it!
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2013-04-08 03:35:24
7's not a good number? :P Good track.
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In craps, you instantly lose when you roll a 7. :)


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Welcome back, Sharmeen
In any other country, Sharmeen's return would have been met with a public welcome. Instead, we were all silent
In any other country, Sharmeen's return would have been met with a public welcome. Instead, we were all silent
Who knows what Asad Faruqi may have let slip had he truly pursued the line of work he was initially meant to
In our society, there is honour in murder, not of an aggressor or a tyrant, but of an innocent
Obaid-Chinoy was spotted with celebs Meryl Streep, America Ferrera and Angelina Jolie!
Tennis player Aisamul Haq has been approved as an alternate nominee.
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy says no court notices received yet. Says they are doing everything they can to help Rukhsana
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WEST JEFFERSON — The defending 1A state champs got a battle from Ashe County in all three sets on Thursday, but Alleghany did just enough each time to sweep the Lady Huskies.
Alleghany won a squeaker in the first set, 25-23. The second set went to Alleghany with a little more comfortable margin of eight points at 25-17. In the third set, Ashe battled hard once again, but Alleghany hit enough good shots down the stretch to win the final set and the match, 25-22.
Seniors Gianna Federico and Lynsey Aldridge both had great games to keep Ashe in the contest. Federico finished with three kills and 10 hits while Aldridge led the team with 28 hits and 10 kills.
"Both of these ladies were positive leaders throughout the sets and tried to rally their team," said Ashe County head coach Tania Rollins.
Junior Mattie Joines added seven kills in the contest. Corinne Jones had three, Rayna Blevins had one and Bella Potter had one.
The Lady Huskies were not as sharp serving the ball as they had been in the previous two matches. Ashe committed 14 errors on 57 attempts.
Aldridge led Ashe with eight digs. Jada McClure and Hailey Taylor each added six digs.
Seniors Haley Phipps and Lyndsi Goodman both chipped in 10 assists and set up over 60 shot attempts for their teammates.
Ashe fell to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the Mountain Valley Athletic Conference.
Alleghany improved to 3-2 and 1-0 in the MVAC.
The Lady Huskies will get back on the court on Tuesday with a road conference match at Elkin starting at 4:30 p.m.
JV volleyball
Alleghany was able to hang on to beat the Ashe County junior varsity squad, 2-1.
Ashe won the first set, 25-23. Alleghany stormed back in the second set to win by a 25-11 score to force a third and deciding set. Alleghany came out on top by a 15-6 score.
The JV team is 2-2 overall and 0-1 in the MVAC
Players of the Week
This week's varsity Players of the Week from head coach Tania Rollins are seniors Gianna Federico and Lynsey Aldridge. Federico had 10 hitting attempts to go with three kills. Aldridge led the team in hitting attempts with 28 and added 10 kills.
The JV Players of the Week are sophomores Lauren Robinson and Marley Eller. Eller led the team with 14 serve attempts that led to nine points for the team. Eller also had 20 ball handling attempts with four assists for kills. Robinson had four hitting attempts and two kills. Both of these ladies are also positive teammates on and off the court.
Nathan Ham can be reached at 336-489-3062.


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Review Date: March 26, 2005
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Writer: Robert Rodriquez, Frank Miller
Producers: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Mickey Rourke as Marv
Bruce Willis as Hartigan
Jessica Alba as Nancy
�I check the list. Rubber tiring. Gas. Saw. Gloves. Cuffs. Razor wire. Hatchet. Gladys. And my mitts.�
The film mixes the steamy romance of your old school film noirs, and their corresponding score, voice-over narration, shadows, fog and underlying mystery, with today�s wicked technology, black-and-white visuals painted with colors, rockin� violent convulsions and action throughout, envelope-pushing comic gore and actors delivering some of the coolest, most memorable dialogue since Tarantino�s heyday. Yes, it�s all very comic-booky, but that�s what I loved about it! It actually looks like a comic book, specifically Frank Miller�s SIN CITY graphic novels, from which the stories are completely translated, so that every detail, every line, every exaggerated kill works because the environment is reproduced in such a believable way, that you�re just sitting there, turning the pages in your head, looking forward to the next part of the story. That said, I can certainly see how many people might not �get into� that comic book mode and flip the whole thing off like many did SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW last year (another movie that incorporated some entirely unique visuals which audiences apparently weren�t prepared to embrace), but if this film�s trailer or clips have excited you in any small way�I really don�t see how this entire 2-hour movie won�t tighten the balls around your pecker and make you want to kiss the filmmakers, for coming out with something that non-safety-net movie fans can enjoy in this new year.
�She doesn't quite chop his head off. She makes a Pez dispenser out of him.�
What else did I love about this movie? Let me count thee ways. I loved pretty much every single one of its characters, but most of all, Marv, played by Rourke as a slow, yet sympathetic man (he doesn�t hit girls), who just wants to get revenge on the people who snuffed out his woman, and who will literally go through anyone or anything, in order to do so. His story, which included an entirely unique villain played creepily by Elijah Wood, was as good as it gets, with my only complaint being that it actually had to end (oh, and did I mention that Carla Gugino prances around half-naked in this section and looks delicious while doing so?). In fact, it�s hard for the rest of the film to maintain that same momentum afterwards, so things do �slow down� to a certain extent after that, but the full-blown entertainment remains. The second story isn�t as charged, with Del Toro and Owen going man-a-mano in a section that includes plenty of tough-ass hookers (with hearts of gold, of course) and an even cooler (and silent) villain played by Devon Aoki, as a ninja-star throwing, sword-wielding, ass-kicking Manga chick with plenty of mustard and attitude. Lots of violence thrown into this section helps it go down easy, but the presence of the very awful Brittany Murphy almost sinks some of it, with her usual wide-eyed acting. The third section, starring Bruce Willis and the extremely photogenic Jessica Alba looking about as sexy as one can on film, is also very good, with a little less emphasis on violence (although there�s plenty of yellow blood to go around), but more on an actual �cute� loving relationship between the two, with the first scene in which Willis sees Alba in the strip joint, topping that chart. A bookworm, eh? I don�t think so!
�It's time to prove to your friends that you're worth a damn. Sometimes that means dying, sometimes it means killing a whole lot of people.�
There�s so much more about this film that I can discuss, but I honestly don�t want to write a novel here (too late, asshole). The bottom line is that the movie comes at a perfect time in the industry when Hollywood is about as stale as it�s been in the past few decades, so hopefully this vibrant piece of filmmaking will inspire others to snap out of their comas and attempt to deliver higher quality pictures to audiences around the world. If you�re squeamish in any way (decapitations around every corner in this town!), if you can�t get into gritty, comic book tales set in a dirty-dirty city in which the cops are dicks and the chicks are hot and carry guns, this might not be for you, but if eye-popping visuals, tremendous fun, delectable dialogue, ultra-cool characters and three engaging stories (oh, and plenty of laughter to boot), each of which doesn�t necessarily finish on a �happy note� sound like your sorta Friday night meal ticket, please check out this movie when it opens in theaters and bring some buddies or lady friends along for the ride. You won�t be disappointed. Note: I loved the �homage� to our very own Arrow in the Head (leave me alone, I like to dream) via one of the funniest sequences in the film. I won�t ruin it here, but look for it.
�There�s wrong and there�s wrong and then there�s this!�


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FY-07 Defense Authorization Act, Sec. 675, required the DoD to implement a Joint Family Support Assistance Program for families of members of the Armed Forces in six locations, up to three of which are geographically isolated from an installation, to provide:
Staffing Beyond:
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Outcome: 36 states now meet this criteria and only one state still offers no in-state tuition for military members and their families.
Recent Development – New Federal Law: Higher Education Opportunity Act, H.R. 4137, Section 114 – mandates all states provide in-state tuition starting July 2009
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