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A fuse can overheat and melt while the electric vehicle is charging, posing a fire hazard.
Consumers should immediately stop charging these recalled golf and courtesy vehicles and contact Garia or a Garia dealer to schedule a free repair. Garia is contacting all known customers by direct mail and e-mail.
About 1,000
The recalled chest is unstable if it is not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that may result in death or serious injuries to children. The chests do not comply with the performance requirements of the U.S. voluntary industry standard (ASTM 2057-19).
Consumers should immediately stop using any recalled chest that is not properly anchored to the wall and place it in an area that children cannot access. Hodedah will provide free anti-tip anchoring kits or packaging and pre-paid shipping labels so that consumers can remove the chest's drawer slides and return them to the firm for a full refund and discard the rest of the dresser.
About 26,500
The recalled magnet sets contain high-powered magnets and violate the federal standard for children's toys. When two or more high-powered magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside a child's intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions, perforations, sepsis and death. Internal injury from magnets can pose serious lifelong health effects.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled magnetic balls and take them away from children. If you purchased the recalled magnetic balls for someone else, notify the recipient immediately. Consumers should contact Sobeauty Inc. for instructions on returning your product and receiving a full refund including taxes and the original shipping cost.
About 600 magnetic ball sets
The Reverse Fleece Hoodie fails to meet the federal flammability standards for clothing textiles, posing a risk of burn injuries to consumers.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled reverse fleece hoodies and contact Noah Clothing for a full refund plus a $20 gift card upon sending Noah a photo of the garment cut in half. Noah Clothing is directly contacting all known purchasers.
About 1,400 (In addition, about 165 were sold in Canada.)
The popcorn's paper bag can catch fire in the microwave, posing fire and burn hazards.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Poppin' Cobs 10 Pack Microwave Popcorn and contact the firm to receive free replacement bags. Consumers can order the replacement bags online at https://www.poppincobs.com/products/replacement-bags .
About 4,900
The recalled chests are unstable and can tip over if not anchored to the wall, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in death or injuries to children.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled chests if not properly anchored to the wall and place them in an area that children cannot access. Contact Prepac to receive a free tipover restraint kit and consumers can request a one-time, free in-home installation of the wall anchor strap.
About 21,000
The power adapters can overheat, melt and catch fire, posing burn and fire hazards.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled adapters and contact Epson to receive a free replacement adapter.
About 314,000 (In addition, 25,000 in Canada)
The rechargeable battery packs can short circuit, causing them to overheat, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Consumers should immediately stop using the rechargeable battery packs, contact Modular Robotics for a free replacement battery pack. Safely dispose of the defective product by following local laws for disposal of the batteries.
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Confederate general Robert E. Lee ordered a massive artillery bombardment of the center of the Union line prior to the attack that Friday afternoon. The responsibility for lining up the guns fell to Colonel Porter Alexander, who poached cannons from wherever he could find them. "Nothing remotely like it had been seen before in this war," the historian Stephen W. Sears has written, continuing:
With their crews hidden from sight, the guns stood silent in their long ranks like deadly, solitary sentinels. Heat waves radiated off the black iron Parrott and Rodman rifles; the bronze Napoleons gleamed brightly in the sunlight. On Little Round Top an awed Major Thomas Hyde, viewing this array "seemingly directed toward the centre of our line," counted 100 guns visible just from his vantage point.
But how many guns were there in total? Historians' numbers have varied. Sears claimed 163, while others, such as Douglas Southall Freeman, have cited Alexander's postwar memoir in concluding that there were 140 guns altogether, 56 of which went unused. In two different books, the British historian Brian Holden Reid has provided two different numbers: 164 in one, 172 in the other (while noting that 56 of those went unused).
Whatever the truth, the bombardment began at one o'clock in the afternoon by Alexander's clock or at 1:07 according to Michael Jacobs, a professor at nearby Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College) who also meticulously recorded weather conditions during the day (clouds in the early morning, with mostly clear skies by two, and a high temperature of 87 degrees). Depending on the source, the thunderous fire lasted anywhere from one to two hours, with the consensus landing on a little more than an hour. At first, Porter had intended only to fire his guns for about twenty-five minutes but then realized that the damage done in this time was insufficient. He worried, though, that if the bombardment went on for too long, he would run out of ammunition and the Confederate infantry would be forced to advance without any artillery support. When the Union artillery's counter fire began to fall off, Alexander took it as a sign that the enemy guns had been knocked out—just as the Union artillery chief hoped he would.
Ultimately, the bombardment caused terrible damage and killed perhaps as many as two hundred Union troops in the area that would come to be known as the Bloody Angle—but the Confederates may have lost even more than that from Union guns. An infantryman in the 18th Virginia recalled that "shrill shot overhead or bounding madly across the field would alike dip through a line of prostrate men and rush on with a wail to the rear leaving a wide track of blood behind."
Of course, one of the central facts of Pickett's Charge is that once these men did begin their advance—arrayed in a mile-long arc, their regimental flags unfurled so that they awed the Union troops nervously waiting for them behind a low stone wall atop Cemetery Ridge—they were forced to march across a valley of wide-open ground. Historians have disagreed about the distance of this hellish march, which left the Virginians and North Carolinians and Mississippians and Alabamans and Tennesseans completely exposed to enemy fire. Most state that it was between three-quarters of a mile and a mile—ground that can be covered in about twenty minutes, according to Stephen Sears, "marching at 'common time,' with perhaps a pause or two for realignment along the way."
Part of the confusion comes from the fact that the Confederate line at the foot of Seminary Ridge was not parallel to the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, meaning that Trimble and Pettigrew's men on the Confederate left had farther to go than Pickett's, while Pickett's men were forced to execute what was called a left oblique—a difficult maneuver under murderous musket fire—in order to line up properly with Trimble and Pettigrew. In the meantime, the Emmitsburg Road represented a substantial logistical problem, as it cut across the valley from the southwest to the northeast and was covered on both sides by sturdy fencing that needed to be climbed or broken through somehow.
Whatever the distance, only a handful of infantrymen, a hundred Virginians led by Confederate general Lewis A. Armistead, ever made it to the Union lines and they were quickly repulsed. Historians agree on this and on the fact that Pickett's Charge, in the end, failed. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was forced to retreat from Pennsylvania two days later, in "thunder and lightning," according to Professor Jacobs, "torrents of rain, the road knee-deep in mud and water."
- Civil War, American (1861–1865)
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Wolfe, B. Numbers at Pickett's Charge. (2012, December 4). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Numbers_at_Pickett_s_Charge.
- MLA Citation:
Wolfe, Brendan. "Numbers at Pickett's Charge." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, 4 Dec. 2012. Web. READ_DATE.
First published: July 29, 2009 | Last modified: December 4, 2012
Contributed by Brendan Wolfe, editor of Encyclopedia Virginia from 2008 to 2019.


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Ourea Events join 1% For The Planet
23rd May 2012
Today, Ourea Ltd - trading has Ourea Events - have joined the 1% For The Planet movement.
The mountains that we love to run in are beautiful and wild places and we want to keep them that way. We already take steps to minimise the effect our events have on the environment and improve their sustainability. However, it is inevitable that we will cause some impact and therefore we donate 1% of our total revenue to organisations at the forefront of protecting and preserving the mountains.
Since 2002, 1% for the Planet has inspired members of the business community to contribute 1% of sales to environmental groups around the world. Find out more HERE.


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American Retro - The Brand:
American Retro was launched in Paris in 2002 by brothers David and Gregory Pariente, who learnt the fashion business through their father, Gérard Pariente, the founder of the iconic French brand Naf Naf.
The motivation behind the brand is to uncover and invent new ways to enhance personal style. The design office, directed by Laure Pariente, has grown season after season and has successfully defined the identity of American Retro.
The design team focuses their work on finding essential ingredients to personalise the collection with the sentiments of "hand made work" and fabric quality. Intricate embroidery, retro inspired prints, and speciality knits have become recurring characteristics of the brand.
American Retro
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Just because of the rage it elicited from you.
PEOPLE Magazine named Gwyneth Paltrow the World's Most Beautiful Woman in April, timed around the release of Iron Man 3. And the internet was angry. Are you still angry? Here, look at it again, and tell me whether or not those feelings come back.
The NY Daily News offered this rebuttal -- 5 reasons Gwyneth isn't.
The LA Times called it a "bad message for girls".
Even the celebrity-friendly Entertainment Tonight reported on the "backlash" following G's crowning.
And then, a few months later, she refused to cooperate with Vanity Fair and Graydon Carter ordered a hit piece on her ass. Which, apparently, has since been killed because she had to call him and grovel. So, yeah, 2013 was pretty much one of the best years in Gwyneth history.
Here she is shopping in LA the other day wearing drawstring jeans. If it were anyone else, I'd say they'd given up on life in those pants. But would GP ever give up on life? Her life?


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Smack the ball and run the bases when you're wearing high-quality men's baseball cleats, which feature either rubber or metal studs to provide extra traction on soft or slippery fields. Cleats come in a variety of cleat configurations to accommodate many different turf types and ground conditions. Baseball shoes that feature cleats will help improve your stability, traction and acceleration speed, whether you're fielding or playing offense. Many of the baseball cleats offered feature a sleek appearance so you'll score for your team and look great doing it. Check out men's softball cleats as well for other footwear options while you bat, catch and round the bases.
Break through the defensive line and score a touchdown without losing your balance with help from men's football cleats, which generally have rubber studs to give you the traction and stability you need on the gridiron. The uppers vary widely in the football cleat selection, from a low-top design for light weight to a high-top design for ankle support.
Snatch the ball from the opposing team and run it down the pitch when your feet are encased in men's soccer cleats. Generally displaying a low-cut design and bright, eye-catching colors, these cleats will help you look great as you score a goal. In some options, conical forefoot studs and oblong heel studs provide traction.


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Why did Allah open the surah of Al Buruj by swearing upon 'the skies that have stars/constellations'?
I don't know, and i have been wondering about it for some time. The rest of the surah does not touch upon astronomy. In fact, the surah tells the story of a group of believers who lived under a tyrannical king. This king gave them an ultimatum: Renounce islam, or jump into a fiery pit and die.
Imagine the terror they must have felt. In a hadeeth, Rasulullah told us of these people, and one of them was a mother carrying a baby. The mother must have been heartbroken, imagine throwing your own child into a blazing pit! But by the will of Allah, the baby spoke and told the mother that she was on the Truth. So she jumped in.
These believers were steadfast in the face of overwhelming force, and Allah honoured them. Their story will be recited until the Day of Judgment.
So back to those stars. What could they have in common with these believers?
Just think about it.
Fact #1: Stars were used since ancient times to navigate. Even today, navies and sailors are trained to read stars in case electronic equipments fail.
Fact #2: What we see is only light from the stars. Some of that light took millions and millions of years to reach Earth. So if you look at a star, you're seeing that star as it was 1 million years ago. The star might not even exist anymore.
Now do you understand why true believers are stars?
Like stars, the believers of the past navigate the believers of today. We gain strength from their firmness, we can face any hardship because we know they faced even worse trials.
And like stars, the light from these believers took a long time to reach us. And they no longer exist physically. But their spirit lives on, and their light continues to spark the flames of iman in the heart of every mu'min.
And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision, (Ali Imran: 169)
Some stars might be very far-off, they might be alone in an unknown galaxy. They continuously shine even though they don't know where their light will reach or who will benefit from it.
The believers in surah Buruj might be called 'failures' in the worldly sense. They did not establish an islamic state. They did not defeat the king's army. All of them were burned alive.
But we do not measure success and failure according to worldly standards. In the end, Allah preserved their message of tauheed, praised their steadfastness and mentioned them in the Qur'an as guidance for the ummah of Muhammad. Being in the New York Times' headlines is awesome enough. Imagine being in the Qur'an, which never goes out of fashion.
So brothers and sisters, carry on your da'wah, struggle and persevere even though you feel like everything is going wrong.
Because someone, somewhere in a galaxy far far away might be needing that light.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
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Why did Allah open the surah of Al Buruj by swearing upon 'the skies that have stars/constellations'?
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- Anonymous said...
A great enlightenment. Jzkk. :)
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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
What was in the air this year? Apparently, love. And a lot of it. Jake Owen , two members of Lady Antebellum , Wynonna Judd and Pistol Annies ' Angeleena Presley all got hitched in 2012.
Here are the romantic details of all the country lovin':
Owen married Lacey Buchanan on May 7 in a sunrise ceremony on the beach in Vero Beach, Fla. After the wedding, Owen tweeted, "A best friend for life. I now have a wifey 🙂 my face hurts from smiling. What a wonderful way to start the rest of my life." The two met when Buchanan was in Owen's "8 Second Ride" video. He'd proposed to her from the stage at Vero Beach High during one of his shows.
Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott married Chris Tyrrell on Jan. 7 in upstate New York, and they announced it on the band's website. "I'd like to introduce you to Mrs. Hillary Scott Tyrrell," Tyrrell said. "We got married! We just wanted you to hear it from us first. We love you. We're so excited to be starting our life together and we just had to let you in on the exciting news," Scott said.
Lady A's Dave Haywood wed Kelli Cashiola at Front Porch Farms in Ashland City, Tenn., on April 14. He had surprised his bride with a proposal last Christmas, when he wrote "Will you marry me?" on her house in Christmas lights.
Judd and drummer Cactus Moser tied the knot on June 10 at her farm in Leiper's Fork, Tenn. She walked the aisle in bare feet and a Houri Barahimi dress, and her teenagers from previous marriages were there. The couple had been dating since 2009.
Presley married Jordan Powell (who at the time was Miranda Lambert's tour manager) in a private ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on May 22. And a couple days later, the Pistol Annies Twitter page announced, "Holler got hitched, y'all! Congrats @guitarleena we love you!" The couple wed in the library at the Four Seasons hotel, and Powell wore a suit that was custom made by Manuel. Presley's dress was one she'd found on her televised search on the TLC show, Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta.
Meanwhile, the Pistol Annies' Ashley Monroe found love, too, and was engaged in September when Chicago White Sox pitcher John Danks proposed and she tweeted, "I said yes … I'm engaged to my John Danks! Best night of my life!"


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This knitting group is all about fellowship and outreach. Learn to knit a simple project or bring one that's in progress. The Knit Nook is open to all knitters: people who can join us at our Thursday sessions (2nd and 4th Thursday) or those who knit at home. We are constantly updating and restocking our pattern and supply bin located at the library. Join us in knitting and creating, and even donate to our "Keep Rochester Warm" initiative. We'll be gathering handmade items every fall to share with those in our community who need some extra warmth. Happy knitting!
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It's so strange how these memes work — I'd never even heard of Krampus, St. Nick's evil companion, until last week and now I've run into it four times. Nat Berman, of Unreality Mag, just sent me this round-up of Krampus costumes. Here's what Wikipedia says about Krampus:
According to legend, Krampus accompanies St. Nicholas during the Christmas season, warning and punishing bad children, in contrast to St. Nicholas, who gives gifts to good children.
In the Alpine regions, Krampus is represented by a demon-like creature. Traditionally, young men dress up as the Krampus in Austria during the first two weeks of December, particularly on the evening of 5 December, and roam the streets frightening children with rusty chains and bells.
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After one lackluster season, Sergio Perez is out at McLaren. Today, McLaren confirmed that his replacement would be little boy Kevin Magnussen, a Dane who won this year's Formula Renault 3.5 championship.
Magnussen will be McLaren's first rookie driver since they brought Lewis Hamilton on-board in 2007, and 21-year old Magnussen sounds much like Lewis did when he got the ride with McLaren:
I'm absolutely overjoyed to be making my Formula 1 debut with McLaren. I'll put it simply: this team is the best. It's been my dream to drive for McLaren ever since I was a small kid, and it's no exaggeration to say that I've dedicated almost every day of my life to achieving the goal of becoming a McLaren Formula 1 driver.
You might be wondering why McLaren didn't pursue a driver like Nico Hulkenberg, Felipe Massa, or Paul di Resta for the seat. There are a number of reasons. First of all, Magnussen will not require a huge salary, which is good for McLaren as Vodafone leaves and they haven't announced a new title sponsor yet. Also, the regs change to aero and turbo engines next year make it the perfect time to try a rookie. Knowledge with the current car won't be as much of a help with the 2014 car as it normally would.
Magnussen has been promising in the lower formulas, so why not bring him up and see what happens? I'm also jealous of Magnussen, since when I was 21 I was out drinking or playing Rock Band, I wasn't accomplishing things with my life. Damn these young ambitious kid.


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PHOENIX (AP) — Josh Collmenter fought his way through five innings, Aaron Hill drove in two runs, and the Arizona Diamondback sent the San Francisco Giants to their sixth straight loss, 4-1 on Friday night.
The Giants still lead the NL West, but have lost nine of 10 to see a lead that was once 9 1/2 games dwindle to less than four.
The last-place Diamondbacks extended their misery behind a gritty effort by Collmenter (5-4) and by knocking around Tim Lincecum (5-5)
Paul Goldschmidt had two hits off Lincecum, raising his average to .577 against the two-time Cy Young Award winner.
Addison Reed worked a perfect ninth to close out his 17th save and Arizona's third win in 10 games.
Collmenter had lost two straight starts, allowing six runs in six innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers his last time out.
The right-hander labored through his night, needing 31 pitches to get through the first. Pablo Sandoval had a run-scoring triple in the inning, chugging his way around the bases after center fielder Ender Inciarte just missed a diving catch in the gap.
Collmenter continued to run up his pitch count, yet found ways to wriggle out of jams. He walked two in the fifth inning and got out of that by striking out Sandoval and getting Michael Morse to fly out to deep center.
Collmenter allowed a run and four hits, struck out four and walked four.
Lincecum has was solid in his last two starts, allowing five combined runs after giving up eight against Cincinnati on June 3.
Like Collmenter, he struggled. Unlike Collmenter, he didn't always get out of it.
Arizona scored two runs off the right-hander in the fourth inning, on Hill's single and a double by Martin Prado. Arizona added a run in the fifth on a run-scoring triple by Chris Owings, who was thrown out at the plate while trying for an inside-the-park homer.
Hill made it 4-1 with a sacrifice fly that scored Goldschmidt, who improved to 15 for 26 against Lincecum with his second hit of the night, a double off the wall in left-center. Hill hasn't been bad against Lincecum, either, with 11 hits in 19 career at-bats.
Lincecum allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings.
NOTES: The Diamondbacks signed first-round draft pick Touki Toussaint. Arizona took the right-hander from Coral Springs (Fla.) Christian Academy with the 16th pick in this year's draft. ... Giants OF Angel Pagan missed his fourth straight game with lower back pain, but manager Bruce Bochy said he could be back in the lineup Saturday night. ... Arizona RHP Brandon McCarthy will pitch in the middle game of the series against Giants RHP Ryan Vogelsong.
PHOENIX (AP) — Josh Collmenter fought his way through five innings, Aaron Hill drove in two runs, and the Arizona Diamondback sent the San Francisco Giants to their sixth straight loss, 4-1 on Friday night.


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Discussion Timeline
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Mar 18-23rd
Discuss People and the SDGs
- 1 Which are the challenges for reaching these goals and targets in your community (city, state, country) ?
- 2 Which are the opportunities for the implementation of these goals and targets in you community (city, state, country) ?
People Related SDGS
1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
SDG 3: Good health and well being Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages... »
3.3 By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
3.9 By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination
5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate.
SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all... »
6.1 By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
6.2 By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
6.b Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
Diana Iskreva said:
Dear People e-room contributors,
Many thanks for your valuable and diverse contributions to the "Your Voice" discussions. The 3rd and final round of discussions will end on Monday 12 March at midnight (New York time - EST).
The content from these discussions will be presented to the Forum in a special session. The Government of Brazil will be in contact soon with the next steps and more information.
Thank you again!
Hope to be able to talk with you in person soon in Brasilia at the World Water Forum 8th or in facebook or elsewhere, so we might continue staying in touch and join forces and experience to implement Agenda 2030 and meet SDG 6!
Wellington Gabr... said:
A água é um recurso essencial para a vida. Por isso é necessário preserva-lá. Eis a questão. A vida só se tornou perceptível após o aparecimento da água. Para termos uma noção em relação a importância deste recurso basta parar e pensar. Por exemplo, nosso corpo é constituído de 75% de água. O que á torna indispensável para vida celular. E não só para o homem, mas, para outros seres que fazem parte do nosso planeta. Entretanto 97% da água está destinada aos oceanos e apenas 1 %, rios, lagos e etc.. O que ocasiona grande parte dos problemas pois necessitamos de água doce e no entanto possuímos em maior quantidade água sal...Read more
TAYALLA BENICIO said:
Nem todos tem acesso a água e saneamento básico, isso são coisas básicas para sobrevivencia do ser humano e os governadores e regentes não ligam para esta situação, o mínimo que devemos fazer é economizar eses recursos e reevindicar desses mal usuários do poder público. A internet também é uma boa arma para chamar atenção deles para melhorias, mas se finjem de cegos e surdos....Read more
maria bernardet... said:
Demographic growth and migration will transform metropolitan cities and regions in the next decade and for this it is necessary to better the education in cities, the basic sanitation, the environmental legislation, the monitoring of seas, lakes and rives, the indicators of pollution in the cities too....Read more
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Diana Iskreva said:
Dear People e-room contributors,
Many thanks for your valuable and diverse contributions to the "Your Voice" discussions. The 3rd and final round of discussions will end on Monday 12 March at midnight (New York time - EST).
The content from these discussions will be presented to the Forum in a special session. The Government of Brazil will be in contact soon with the next steps and more information.
Thank you again!
Hope to be able to talk with you in person soon in Brasilia at the World Water Forum 8th or in facebook or elsewhere, so we might continue staying in touch and join forces and experience to implement Agenda 2030 and meet SDG 6!
Davi Silva Fagundes said:
Diana Iskreva replied:
Dear Prof. Fagundes,
Thank you very much for supporting this idea that was already raised. It seems that people who are not going to be able to attend the Forum feel that Your Voice will give them the chance to stay connected, discuss and contribute.
As you are going to be a speaker at the Special Session organized by Your Voice, you will have the chance to make the proposal again during the Forum itself. I am also a strong supporter of the need of Your Voice to continue operating towards the 9th World Water Forum planned to be in Senegal after 3 years.
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yoram sabary said:
In my opinion "No poverty" is the biggest challenge for the society on our planet. And I mean Not only from a moral reason ( which is very important ), it's also effects our future on this planet because Whenever there's poverty there's no freedom of choice and you can leed people to actions of violence and wars.
We have the knowledge and we have the technologies in order to defeat poverty it's only a matter of cooperation between countries.
João Serras-Pereira replied:
Diana Iskreva replied:
Dear John,
Welcome to People e-room!
Thank you very much for noticing the efforts put to moderate the People e-room.
It ia a pity, you did not find time to contribute to the discussion early as it is obvious that you have unique experience to share and benefit the global water community.
I truly believe, that Brazilian government will hear voices like yours to continue maintaining and developing the Your Voice platform and turn it into traditional e-room for discussion and sharing among water professionals, academia, youth and civil society representatives.
João Serras-Pereira replied:
Dear Diana -
I hope the best for you and for the e-room and the Your Voice Platform. I'll do my best to keep in touch and possibly plan a visit to Brazil
I am a researcher at CEAUP (Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto) and just cannot find the time to teach (but I miss it). But the work in Guinea-Bissau is quite rewarding.
All the best for you
Diana Iskreva replied:
Dear Mr. Sabary,
Welcome to People e-room!
Thank you for raising this important issue. I fully join your opinion that poverty deprives children of opportunities for development and deprives people of choice making them vulnerable to manipulation and misuse.
Our experience shows that provision of water and sanitation service have a lot to do with elimination of poverty and opening opportunities for better education, better health and easier access to job market especially for women and girls; especially those living in rural areas.
Rayssa de vasco... said:
Davi Silva Fagundes replied:
Diana Iskreva replied:
Dear Rayssa,
Welcome to the People e-room!
Today, at the International Women Day you raise a very important issue of security that provides opportunities for young people, and especially for girls, to get better education and to live in safe towns and cities.
You are so lucky to have Professor Davi Silva Fagundes working with you.
Wish you success!
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MARIA SOCORRO M... said:
Minha cidade é MONTES CLAROS/MG-Brasil. Neste 5 últimos anos está com dificuldades na oferta de água. A principal fonte de abastecimento fora projetada para suprimento da demanda até o ano 2000. Por consequência, estão sendo utilizadas fontes de captação diversas, inclusive poços tubulares. A cidade possui população residente e flutuante de, aproximadamente, 500,000 pessoas, sendo polo de saude e educação. Contudo o sanemaneto básico é deficiente. A Estação de tratamento não supre a demanda carecendo de aperfeiçoamento e ampliação do sistema. O rio que corta a cidade, como todos urbanos neste país é hoje esgoto...Read more
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Sebastião Jacin... said:
Diana Iskreva replied:
Dear Sebastiao,
Thank you immensely for the additional information you provided! It is a great example of ballansing contradictive interest in usage of water among urban area and farmers, as far as I understood. Does it also have to do anything with the Mariana mine crisis?
Please, do not worry about offering translation to your contribution as Your Voice webpage offers authomatic translation of the whole page into all Google Translator languages with a botton up left on the webpage.
Sebastião Jacin... said:
Para 2018 começar com o pé direito, a Prefeitura de Mariana vai lançar o projeto "Produtor de Água".
O objetivo do programa é revitalizar as nascentes que são abastecidas pelo Rio Gualaxo do Norte, no distrito de Água Claras, em Mariana, na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte (RMBH), com meta de revitalizar 250 nascentes.
O Rio Gualaxo do Norte é importante fonte de abastecimento para a agricultura e pecuária local, sendo a revitalização das nascentes importante para a melhoria da qualidade e quantidade de água captada.
Diana Iskreva replied:
Dear Sebastiao,
Welsome to People e-room!
Thank you for introducing this new for this e-room topic.
As the audience is mainly international, please, will you tell us more about the background of this project. What made it necessary to stop using these springs and what makes it now necessary/possible to revitalize them? 250 springs - how much is this; what % of closed for use springs do they account for? Mariana - does it have to do anything with the mine disaster a couple of years ago?
Sebastião Jacin... replied:
As ações para a recomposição das nascentes em Mariana acontecem de inúmeras formas. Uma delas é a doação de mudas para moradores. Ao serem plantadas, as mudas ajudam no fortalecimento das nascentes. Até o momento, foram doadas mais de 800 mudas. Além da doação, a Secretaria de Meio Ambiente ministra orientações e educação ambiental para os produtores rurais com intuito de ajudar a preservação de nascentes em suas propriedades....Read more
Diana Iskreva replied:
Dear Sebastiao,
Thank you very much for the solutions you share!
It is important to identify the problems and it is even more important to apply the working solution to address the problems adequately.
It would be great if other colleagues also share working solutions applied successfully or not that successfully under certain circumstances.
Diana Iskreva said:
Dear Colleagues,
I am very happy to inform you that there are three articles published by a professional journalist on cases raised via Your Voice platform. These articles are already feaured on World Water Forum website.
Two of these articles are on issues raised by active participants of the People e-room:
- professor David Silva Fagundes - http://www.worldwaterforum8.org/en/news/your-voice-participants-call-pro...
- Kanna Vi Martin Luther - http://www.worldwaterforum8.org/en/news/your-voice-water-and-climate-int....
GREMBOMBO Adèle... said:
Problem of water quality arises in the production of vegetables in peri-urban areas, because of the scarcity of water in the dry season in developing countries in the intertropical area (example of Central African Republic)
Producers use wastewater from wells or small streams to water vegetables. While some vegetables are eaten raw. This practice is dangerous for consumers 'health because some vegetables are eaten raw.
The best solution are:
- NGOs must educate vegetable growers on well maintenance
- Government provide boreholes to producers for watering vegetables.
Diana Iskreva replied:
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Diana Iskreva replied:
Dear Grembombo,
Welcome to People e-room!
Thank you for raising a very important issue - the link between water and healthy food, and the link between water and sustainable food production.
I believe, many visitors of this e-rrom are interested in the topics and hpefully will make contribution to these?
Witmer said:
They "got" it already in 1992: Dublin principles, the Rio principles, Beijing plan for action / CEDAW. So why is it not hapening? 3.Women play a central role in the supply, management and safeguarding of water.
key role in water management
a place at the decision-making table (water governance)
We need an UN year on water and women to ensure promisses are implemented.
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Witmer said:
For the first time ever, with the adoption especially of SDG Target 6.3 ( "by 2030, …, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally") water quality issues such as waste water (treatment and re-use of used water) has come to the attention of a broader public. Wastewater is not on top of the list when people talk about gender issues and water. But is wastewater gender neutral (as some key players seem to think)?...Read more
Diana Iskreva replied:
Dear Lesha,
Welcome to People's e-room!
Thank you for raising some very important issues that were not yet discussed with the attention they surely deserve into this e-room.
I very much believe that your structured and informative contribution would lay a platform for a fruitful discussion.
Donna Iredale said:
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Marcelo da Cunh... said:
Existe uma regulação oficial no Brasil (uma Lei) que diz que somente uma empresa pública pode ser responsável pelo uso de água para as pessoas. Na minha opinião esta Lei deveria ser mudada de forma que as pessoas que coletassem água da chuva em suas casas pudessem armazena-las e depois descartá-las nas redes de esgoto da empresa pública de saneamento.
Diana Iskreva replied:
Dear Marcelo,
Welcome to People e-room!
Thank you for this very new for our discussion aspect that you raise: regulatory framework.
Surely, in the context of so called circular economy, your suggestion should be taken into serious consideration. Have you ever made such proposal officially? Do you know about similar legislation existing in some other countries? How do you plan to present your suggestion for legislative amendment during the World Water Forum?


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The world's securities firms are poised for 10 years of growth, according to Hans-Joerg Rudloff, the former chairman of that business at Barclays Plc.
"Investment banking has a brilliant future," Rudloff, 73, said in an interview in Milan on April 16, making his first public comments on the business since retiring from Barclays in February. "The industry is looking at a golden decade."
The growing need for capital will propel profits, once securities firms finish adapting to tighter rules designed to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis and shield depositors from trading losses, said Rudloff, who during his five-decade career helped foster the expansion of the Eurobond market in the 1980s.
"It isn't about trading with the firm's money, but about allocating capital and playing the intermediary" by originating, packaging and distributing all types of securities, including derivatives, he said.
Wall Street firms, constrained by regulations that ban proprietary trading and capital rules that more heavily weight risky assets, are facing a prolonged slump in fixed-income trading, which has fallen in nine of the past 13 quarters.
Barclays has retreated from that market since 2011, leaving the London-based bank with a roughly 12 percent share among the eight biggest firms in 2013, according to data on the fixed-income, commodities and currency markets compiled by Bloomberg.
Proprietary Trading
"What we're seeing in FICC is the effect of derisking, adjusting to new leverage and capital rules — they're huge factors," Rudloff said. "Where people are suffering now is in proprietary trading."
Barclays's management is facing demands from shareholders for a clear strategy for the securities unit, the biggest source of income for Britain's second-largest bank, amid declining profitability. Barclays said this month that it will present a plan on May 8 to deliver "improved and sustainable returns and growth."
While Rudloff was at Barclays, where he spent 16 years as chairman of the investment bank, the firm morphed into a fixed-income specialist, having sold its equities business in 1997. It returned to underwriting and trading stocks in 2008 with the purchase of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s North American operations out of bankruptcy.
U.S. Winners
"Investment banks are two-thirds down the road of adapting, and the U.S. banks are further down the road because they've been faster at adjusting," Rudloff said. "The No. 1 winners will be the American firms, and the Europeans which are able figure out their roles."
Rudloff started as a trainee at Credit Suisse in Geneva in 1965. An economics graduate from the University of Bern, he joined Kidder Peabody International Ltd. three years later and returned to Credit Suisse First Boston in London in 1980. There he helped expand the firm internationally, including in Russia, where Credit Suisse grew to become one of the largest international investment banks.
For Rudloff, chairman of Marcuard Heritage AG, a Swiss wealth manager which oversees about $3 billion, Russia and the Ukraine crisis are the greatest threat to global economic growth and prospects for an investment-banking expansion.
"The attitude of western powers toward the crisis, if you analyze it, what they're saying is that they'll wage war with different means, financially, economically, diplomatically," Rudloff said. "If that's the intention, what has driven the last 25 years' of development, that is, globalization, will come to an end."
Ukraine Tensions
Four-way talks in Geneva ended April 17 with an agreement aimed at taking the first steps toward de-escalating tensions in Ukraine, after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he hopes he won't have to send in troops. The U.S. and its European allies demanded Russia help calm the crisis or face new sanctions. A week earlier, the Obama administration told asset managers it was planning additional sanctions.
The existing measures are already starting to reverse capital flows. Investors have been selling Russian securities, causing its currency to fall 7.6 percent against the dollar this year, while Russia's holdings of U.S. government securities fell to the lowest level since 2011 in February, Treasury Department data show. Retail deposits in Russian banks declined by 2 percent, according to central-bank data.
"Russian banks' access to short-term funding has gone, they're relying on the central bank," Rudloff said. "There will be a huge credit crunch."
Beyond Russia, "a divided world would come if we force countries into isolation," he said. "Economic growth would take a huge hit. It's the biggest regression the world could make economically."
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Chivas USA 1, Montreal Impact 0 | MLS Match Recap
CARSON, Calif. – The Erick "Cubo" Torres show rolled on Saturday night.
The rising star scored a dramatic bicycle kick goal in stoppage time to propel Chivas USA to a thrilling 1-0 victory against the Montreal Impact at StubHub Center. He leaped into the stands after netting the game-winner, his fourth goal in the last four games, giving the Rojiblancos their third consecutive win with flair.
It was the youngster's 12th goal of the year, putting him in second place among the league's leaders.
The touch of brilliance capped a rather tepid showing from both sides in a matchup between two of the lowest scoring teams in the league. And for most of the night it unraveled how many expected it would, with Chivas USA and the Impact battling without much to show for it.
The Rojiblancos extended their league unbeaten streak to four games, while goalkeeper Dan Kennedy, who sprinted to Torres and bear-hugged him after the final whistle, notched his third consecutive shutout. Chivas USA have not allowed a goal in 323 consecutive minutes of league play.
The Impact, who came into the game with an Eastern Conference-worst 16 goals scored, were blanked for the sixth time this year.
Before Torres' heroics in the fourth minute of stoppage time, Eric Avila had a golden opportunity to give the home side a victory, but his long-range shot in the 79th minute went wide. Avila also threatened in the 63rd minute, but Troy Perkins punched away the strike. Montreal nearly broke through in the 65th minute when Andrés Romero tried his luck from distance, but Kennedy dropped to his knees to gobble up the attempt.
The Impact displayed much better buildup than the Goats early on, controlling 58 percent of the possession in the first half. Montreal had a golden chance to go in front in the 20th minute after Chivas USA right back Donny Toia whiffed on a clearance attempt near goal, but Felipe Martins misfired over the crossbar.
US national team goalkeeper Tim Howard and former teammates Stuart Holden and Steve Cherundolo were among the crowd.
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Retired Col. Ken Allard, former dean of the National War College, has considered Petraeus a friend for 30 years. He bristles at the way his colleague has been so casually shunted aside. As he wrote in a recent email, "If you think you know what combat really is, then you don't. And if you think you understand the story of David Petraeus, then you definitely don't. And, if you think we should now treat him as anything less than a true American hero then please make that argument while standing well beyond my reach, OK?"
Major Lyons, meanwhile, points out that Petraeus has endured many hardships during his service to the country including moving his family more than 20 times in 30 years. "In some ways he was just adjusting to being back (in the States) with his wife," Lyons said in reference to the CIA post Petraeus held for just 14 months. Five of the last six years Petraeus had been deployed overseas, leaving his family behind.
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Five. That's how many internships Utah State University student Steve Gould completed in the last two and a half years.
It all started at a USU recruitment night when Gould was in high school. He said that compared to the other schools he was interested in, he just "had a good feeling" about USU. He started as a bio-chemistry major then changed to landscape architecture and then business administration. It was after taking a finance class that he discovered what really interested him.
"I never pass up an opportunity to grow," Gould said. "Each internship had very new and different things to offer, and I was excited at the prospect of gaining new skills."
His first internship was in Houston, Texas, working for Plains All American Pipeline. There he worked with an investor relations group at the company's headquarters. He studied and learned the finances of the business and then presented the information to investors and the board. From this first internship, Gould said he learned "the power of asking questions." He said that by not being afraid to ask questions, he learned important details about the financial industry.
Internship number two was at a local tire company, Discount Tire. He was put in charge of redesigning the company's website and finding ways to cut costs and better invest the firm's marketing efforts. While he was there, he noticed the firm was using Google for one of its advertising mediums. Gould took it upon himself to re-vamp the advertising approach with Google. His program saved Discount Tire almost $100,000 per year.
"Steven excels in everything he does, and works toward the highest degree of quality and delivery possible," said Ron Welker, associate director of career management for the Huntsman School of Business.
In the summer of 2012 Gould traveled to Spokane, Wash., to work for Cancer Care Northwest. He said one of the highlights of the experience was the opportunity to work side by side with the CFO, Bill Fisher. Cancer Care Northwest was in an expansion stage when Gould arrived. The business was constructing new buildings, hiring new employees, creating compensation plans, purchasing new machines and designing various finance-based projects. As the summer went on, Fisher became a mentor to Gould.
"He taught me life lessons, and I really appreciated every minute I had with him," Gould said.
When school started in August, Steve came back to Cache Valley to a marketing internship with Prezi, a creative presentation software program. He now works with USU's Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, the Huntsman School, the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department and professors in an effort to get Prezi more recognized on campus. There are 55 Prezi interns around the world at various businesses and schools, and Gould is the direct liaison and the only intern for USU.
"If someone can utilize all of the tools on Prezi, it can be stunning," he said.
Gould's latest internship started less than a month ago for a high-end theater and home automation company based in St. George, Utah. The CEO personally asked for Gould's help on the finance side of things by having him take the lead on all number projections for the company.
"This is my most daunting internship because I'm in charge," Gould said. "It's my project and nobody else's."
Gould will graduate in May 2013 and start his job at Goldman Sachs at the end of June.
"The quality of education we get at the Huntsman School is absolutely incredible," Gould said. "It all goes back to why I came to USU in the first place. Everything is student focused, and it just feels good here."
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Ohlendorf feels good after throwing; rehab start on tap
WASHINGTON -- Long reliever Ross Ohlendorf threw a full bullpen session before Wednesday's game and said that he felt good. Manager Davey Johnson expects Ohlendorf to make a Minor League rehab start on Saturday.
Ohlendorf, who has been on the disabled list since Aug. 4 with right shoulder inflammation, said that he hopes to come off the DL when he is eligible. Johnson said that the team will wait until after his rehab appearance to make that decision.
"We'll see how he does, see how he's feeling," Johnson said. "Maybe he just goes three innings and then he has to come back and do five. And maybe he feels good enough to throw seven and come back early. The more we get him stretched out to where he can at least do five, [the better]."
In the meantime, the Nationals will use right-hander Tanner Roark, who was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday, as their long reliever.


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CBS Adds +1.63 Million Viewers, the Most of Any Network and +0.5 in Adults 18-49, Tied for the Most of Any Network
Nine Programs Gain More Than 2 Million Additional Viewers
"NCIS" Surpasses "Sunday Night Football" as Premiere Week's #1 Program
3-day DVR lift during premiere week has significantly increased viewership for a large cross-section of CBS's new and returning programs, according to Nielsen live plus 3-day ratings.
Live plus 3-day DVR playback lift added +1.63 million viewers (+15%) to CBS's premiere week live same day audience for regularly scheduled programming, increasing its total to 12.32m, the most of any network. Among adults 18-49, CBS added +0.5 (+21%) ratings points to 2.9, tied for the most of any network. Among adults 25-54, CBS added +0.6 (+19%) ratings points to 3.8, also tied for the most of any network.
Based on preliminary live +3 day data, CBS extended its premiere week winning viewer advantage of +2.35m by more than +600,000 additional viewers over its closest competitor.
CBS had nine programs gaining more than two million viewers:
THE BIG BANG THEORY +3.15m
ELEMENTARY +3.10m
PERSON OF INTEREST +2.81m
NCIS +2.73m
HAWAII FIVE-0 +2.54m
VEGAS +2.35m
CRIMINAL MINDS +2.34m
THE MENTALIST +2.23m
BLUE BLOODS +2.18m
NCIS's +2.73m gain to 23.21 million viewers made it the week's #1 program, surpassing "Sunday Night Football."
CBS's top adults 18-49 gainers were THE BIG BANG THEORY, which added +1.5 ratings points, and ELEMENTARY, which increased by +1.1 rating points. CRIMINAL MINDS, PERSON OF INTEREST and 2 BROKE GIRLS all gained +0.9 rating points.
Compared to premiere week last year (excluding sports and Saturday), the 4-Network L+3 Day lift percentage is up +24% in viewers (18% vs. 14%), +41% among adults 18-49 (+25% vs. +18%) and +20% among adults 25-54 (+23% vs. +19%).


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Maiquel Falcao's loss will be Kyle Noke's gain.
Noke on Wednesday night announced via Twitter that he's been tapped to face Tom Lawlor, who had been expected to meet Falcao in Brazil. UFC officials later confirmed the switch.
Instead, Lawlor will head to Wisconsin, where he'll face Noke at UFC on Versus 5, which takes place Aug. 14 at Milwaukee's Bradley Center.
The matchup is expected to take place on the evening's preliminary card.
Lawlor (7-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) looks to build on the strength of a unanimous-decision win over Patrick Cote at this past October's UFC 121 event. The much-needed victory snapped a two-fight losing streak for the former cast member of the "Ultimate Fighter 8" after Lawlor suffered back-to-back losses to Joe Doerksen and Aaron Simpson.
Meanwhile, Noke (19-4-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) looks to win his fourth-straight fight in the octagon. Eliminated in the quarterfinals of "The Ultimate Fighter 11," Noke has since reeled-off consecutive wins over Chris Camozzi, Rob Kimmons and Josh Bryant.
Noke carries a five-fight win streak overall, a mark that includes wins in Puerto Rico and Australia prior to his UFC run.
Falcao was released by the UFC following public backlash at his planned participation at UFC 134.
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We'll keep fighting
Well, it's been a long month to say the least so far, but what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. We have not been playing as well as we should be or as anyone expected, but we have to stay positive and turn this thing around.
There is a lot of baseball left and we expect to be in the hunt as the season goes on. Today, we start a long road trip on the West Coast in San Francisco. Maybe this is what we need to get us going. The Giants have a great pitching staff, but so do we. All we have to do is score more runs than they do (haha). It sounds so easy when you say it. All we can do is continue to put in the work and be ready to go. We are not stopping.
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Ozzie as much as I agree, you need to whoop this kids asses and make them play real ball, they are looking like a bunch of College kids playing like the been, you guys wanted to new stadium the city gave it to you, you wanted a second chance from citizens after your comments and you got it, now its your time to deliver some results or this city will turn on you guys… or did you forget that you work across the street from the Heat?
What you need to get you going is some GOOD HITTING and a GOOD CLOSER! Heath Bell has not delivered. Time to make a change, Ozzie? Come on.. make me proud! I love this team and followed you EVERY day in Jupiter as you train in my backyard. You guys looked great then. Get it together.. make some changes and start winning.
Ozzie, all these guys have to do now is HIT! Once these Players start HITTING…Watch Out! I am with You Ozzie ALL THE WAY Brother!
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The life of David Goble, already a weathered man at the age of 27, chronicles the cost of methamphetamines in this area — both human and financial.
The Goshen, Ind., native used drugs as a teen, but it was the powerful high of meth, which he started using heavily with coworkers at a local trailer factory, that drove him off the rails.
High, and ever in the pursuit of the next high, Goble would stay awake for days on end, committing burglary to fund his habit, and for thrills. For most of the past decade, he has cycled in and out of jail and prison. When he was booked for the last time into Elkhart County Jail, he was strung out and emaciated.
Now, Goble is in a program to get clean of meth and crime called CLIFF — in a cell block entirely devoted to meth addicts in this maximum security prison.
"I really want to live a clean life to where I ain't gotta get up and just get high or get up and feel like just going out and doing something stupid," said Goble. Tears well up in his eyes next to the tears tattooed on his cheek bones, as he recalls a promise he made to his dying grandfather. "I decided I was gonna come (into the CLIFF program) and do what I could to better myself and hold a promise to him to be better and not come back."
Goble's struggle is a small window into a costly national problem.
Substance abuse and addiction cost federal, state and local governments at least $467 billion annually, according to a recent study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Nearly 96 percent of that is spent on the "human wreckage" of substance abuse — including drug-related crime, incarceration, health care, foster care. About 1.9 percent goes to prevention and treatment, the report says.
Due to recession-fed state and local budget problems, the law enforcement, court, and prison systems in most states are strapped. At the same time, drug treatment and prevention programs — underfunded, advocates say, even in better times — are struggling with shrinking resources.
"The recession has been really tough for providers as well as patients," said Daniel Guarnera, director of government relations for NAADAC, a national association for addiction professionals.
In Elkhart, meth is not the only illegal drug, but it is the one that has dealt the hardest blow to its working class gut, bringing down many men and women who staff the area's RV factories. Over the course of the recession, at least one aspect of the problem has worsened: By mid-November of this year, Elkhart County had discovered more than 100 meth labs, compared to 75 in 2008, and 77 from 1999 through 2006, according to State Police records.
Meth tsunami
The first big wave of meth arrived in Elkhart in 2002, coming in the form of highly refined "crystal meth" that flooded the market as Mexican drug-trafficking organizations moved into the Midwest from the West and Southwest. The very things that made Elkhart a good site for manufacturing RVs also made it an excellent distribution point for illegal drugs. The county straddles the Interstate 80-90 corridor that connects the West coast to nearby Chicago and points eastward — Cleveland, Detroit and New York.
A single meth high — from smoking, shooting up or snorting — can last four to eight hours, and a persistent user can stay awake for days or even weeks at a time. Just as the stimulant tends to appeal to long-haul truck drivers, factory workers embraced meth to help them work long shifts or produce faster for piece-rate pay. Workers like Goble were buying and using in the factory parking lots on breaks.
"I think there was a certain perception at the beginning that this wasn't so awful bad," said Bill Wargo, chief investigator for the Elkhart County prosecutor's office. "I literally did talk to an RV manufacturing facility group of supervisors who sat there and said, you know, these guys really work fast when they are on meth."
Most Elkhart residents, including factory managers, quickly realized that any upside of meth use was short-lived. Many users ended up addicted, without jobs, and cut off from their families.
"There have always been guys who are using, not extremely heavy to where it wrecks their life. They use it on the job to increase their productivity," said Ken Norman, who directs outpatient services at Oaklawn, a nonprofit mental health center in Elkhart County that is dealing with a growing number of meth addicts. "But most people, especially with meth, eventually do spiral down, and end up using heavier and heavier."
Goble is an example of the downward spiral.
"I stayed up for months at a time, not eating, just getting hallucinations… you really start to go crazy after a while," he said of the period leading up to his arrest in April 2008, after he had learned to produce meth. "You start doing things you wouldn't normally do… You just stop caring about things that you should be caring about."
Ever-shifting target
Local officials started beefing up their pursuit of methamphetamine trafficking in the mid-2000s. Between 2005 and 2008, a series of arrests by the Elkhart County drug unit — a joint force made up of police from the cities, and county enforcers — working with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and police in neighboring counties, brought down more than a dozen key players of a Mexican drug ring, seizing loads of pure, uncut meth, along with cash and other drugs.
At the same time, the federal government put in place restrictions on the import of meth's active ingredient, pseudoephedrine, and cold tablets that contain this ingredient. The United States also worked to limit and monitor large pseudoephedrine shipments to Mexico, where industrial-sized labs were producing meth by the ton — much of it destined for U.S. markets.
As a result of these efforts, imported crystal meth is now scarce here. But the problem has merely changed shape. In the last two years, Elkhart County has witnessed a surge in homemade meth production, with makeshift "labs" springing up in homes, trailers, cars, even backpacks.
The cook is typically producing just enough for himself and a circle of friends or family. Some in the circle go out to "smurf" — going from one pharmacy to another to steal or buy cold tablets, which are ground up and combined with chemicals to leach out the pseudoephedrine. Others gather the chemicals to extract the pseudoephedrine. They produce a few grams in a batch — imagine a packet or two of sugar packets on a dinner table — and then begin the process all over again.
New rules
The burgeoning number of meth labs has been a game changer for law enforcement, said Elkhart County prosecutor Curtis T. Hill Jr.
"When you're dealing with the imported meth, you're dealing with business people," Hill said. "These are all, for the most part, individual labs of people who are addressing their own needs or the needs of their near friends and associates. It's a much more difficult nut to crack from a law enforcement standpoint."
In the last year, the scale of drug-producing operations has gotten even smaller, with the advent of the one-pot or shake-and-bake method of making meth. A slightly different formulation of chemicals and lithium battery strips are mixed up with the crushed cold tablets in a plastic jug, say a liter-sized plastic soda bottle; the active ingredient can then be extracted with coffee filters.
Each time local authorities find an active lab, they are required to call in people certified to handle the hazardous substances. In Elkhart and neighboring counties, that's Mike Toles, one of 18 state troopers assigned to the Indiana Methamphetamine Suppression Section. Toles says he finds meth trash left behind in ditches and dumpsters on a daily basis — signs that authorities are getting only a fraction of the users and makers.
"It can be done in a vehicle, it can be done in a trench coat walking down the street, it can be done in a moped, in a shed, in a fence row behind a school, it can be done just about anywhere," said Toles.
Though usually small, mobile "labs" are still toxic and potentially explosive, and still expensive to dispense with safely. It costs between $1,200 and $1,500 each time Toles and his colleagues dismantle a lab and dispose of the hazardous materials. Toles covers the northern part of Indiana, including Elkhart and parts of two neighboring counties, some days cleaning up as many as seven labs, he said.
When labs are set up in buildings, the costs often go well beyond the lab removal itself. Children found at these sites are whisked off by the men in hazmat suits for immediate medical attention, treated for exposure to the chemicals, and then usually placed in foster care.
The home, apartment or hotel room is usually contaminated with toxic chemicals that permeate walls, carpets, furniture and heating systems. Property owners are liable for thousands of dollars to remediate the mess. If the property owner can't afford it, and many can't, the house often remains vacant. Of some 75 buildings, mostly homes, identified by the Elkhart County Health Department as contaminated by meth production since 2007, nearly half remain empty, contaminated, and condemned.
Tough prosecution
Hill, the county prosecutor, takes a hard line on meth, with no apologies.
"When that house blows up and it has someone in the house that is innocent, like a child, or someone next door," says Hill. "Then there's a danger of houses that are being raided and closed down… (are) still sitting there months or years later with tape or a 'do not enter' sticker. … That's how neighborhoods start to decline."
Under a state law passed in 2005, sentencing for meth possession and production got stiffer. But tough prosecution means more pressure on the corrections system.
That's one reason Elkhart County Sheriff Mike Books has filled up an 890-bed jail, built at a cost of $90 million and opened just two years ago to replace an old, overcrowded facility. He estimates 75 percent of the people in the facility are there for crimes related either directly or indirectly related to drugs — often meth.
The county is responsible for providing health care of offenders booked into the jail, and has a $2 million annual budget for that, Books said. And drug abusers, especially meth users run up costs quickly. They frequently have a mouth full of corroded teeth, which can cost $12,000 in dental care alone, he said. They may also need treatment for everything from withdrawal and skin lesions to kidney damage, running up bills in the tens of thousands of dollars.
When these drug offenders are kicked up the line to prison, it usually doesn't get any easier to break the pattern — and high cost — of drug use, crime and incarceration. Indeed, one inmate in the CLIFF program at Miami, 27-year-old Paul Rice, said it was while serving a previous sentence at Indiana's Branchville Correctional Facility that he learned how to make meth from other inmates while out on road crews and that he used heavily while he was in the prison.
Chronic underfunding
Sheriff Books has done his own back-of-the envelope calculation about the costs of booking the same people into jail time after time, and he says he'd like to see more drug treatment and other programs in the jail to lower recidivism — which he says is 60 to 65 percent in Elkhart. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that each $1 invested in drug and alcohol treatment saves about $7 in criminal justice costs and nearly twice that when health care savings are included.
"You can't just look at it as warehousing folks, or we will just keep building bigger jails," said Books.
But getting approval for funding drug treatment programs has always been difficult here — many people don't see reason to spend money on addicts — and is even more challenging during recession.
"There's no question that the weak link in our system in substance abuse assistance," said Books. "Recession certainly impacts tax dollars. Tax dollars pays for services and services diminish when we don't have the dollars to do that. It's a Catch-22 situation."
In Elkhart, one early casualty of budget cuts is a team that evaluated substance abusers for the drug court, which diverts low-level offenders who meet certain criteria to treatment and monitoring rather than jail. The program, with a staff of eight, used to assess and monitor 800 to 900 clients a year, according to director Scott Filley. After Jan. 1, the workload will likely fall upon overburdened probation officers or to the private sector.
Limited help is available from the federal government. While there was nothing in the stimulus bill specifically targeting drug treatment, the legislation did include $2 billion for broad application in the fight against crime, from investigating drug-trafficking organizations to drug rehab. Elkhart County is slated to receive $264,000 of these funds, and has so far spent about $96,000 of the total to buy patrol vehicles and video equipment, according to the Web site, www.Recovery.gov.
By all accounts, the 2010 federal budget will eliminate the 25-year-old Safe and Drug Free Schools State Grants program, funded at $295 million last year — money that was used for drug and violence prevention programs. At the same time, the budget will almost certainly increase funding for drug courts, from a current level of $63 million. In recent years, many legislators have embraced the courts as a cost-saving way of handling non-violent drug offenders.
New approach to treatment
Along with the entire Indiana prison system, CLIFF — the fledgling treatment program where Goble and other inmates are being treated — is feeling budgetary pressures. Staffers that leave CLIFF are not easily replaced, so remaining counselors work grueling shifts. And, because the rest of the prison is overcrowded, the CLIFF cell block is sometimes forced to temporarily take on prisoners from the general population – which can make harder to keep the CLIFF participants on track, said Patricia Pretorius, the program's director at Miami.
"Everybody here is focused on their recovery, which is hopefully not going to be the negative behaviors you were surrounded by in general population," Pretorius said. "We teach them that from the time you wake up in the morning to the time they go to bed at night, it's all about your recovery."
Goble, who is serving a six-year term, is in for a burglary — not specifically for meth in this case, but his meth-addiction is viewed as his core problem, so he was qualified to join the program. He and other prisoners who qualify for CLIFF have joined it voluntarily.
In this cell block of about 200 beds, participants agree to a rigorous schedule, which starts with a military-style inspection first thing in the morning, followed by a full day of substance-abuse counseling, classes, study and peer group sessions.
Pretorius said the program is making a difference. Recidivism among offenders who have gone through the CLIFF programs in four programs statewide is about 24 percent, compared to 37 percent in the general population, she said.
That gives a guy like Goble a fighting chance to escape the meth-saturated world he has occupied.
"You learn things about yourself that you wouldn't look into... all the people you hurt... or how bad your health really is," Goble said of the program. "I'm hoping to get tools out of it that make me live a better life than what I was living."


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Friedfeld, a friend of Caesar's who wrote the 2003 biography "Caesar's Hour" learned of his death in an early morning call from Caesar's daughter, Karen.
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In his two most important shows, "Your Show of Shows," 1950-54, and "Caesar's Hour," 1954-57, Caesar displayed remarkable skill in pantomime, satire, mimicry, dialect and sketch comedy. And he gathered a stable of young writers who went on to worldwide fame in their own right � including Neil Simon and Woody Allen.
"The one great star that television created and who created television was Sid Caesar," said now-deceased critic Joel Siegel on the TV documentary "Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age Of Comedy," which first aired in 2001.
While best known for his TV shows, which have been revived on DVD in recent years, he also had success on Broadway and occasional film appearances, notably in "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World."
If the typical funnyman was tubby or short and scrawny, Caesar was tall and powerful, with a clown's loose limbs and rubbery face, and a trademark mole on his left cheek.
But Caesar never went in for clowning or jokes. He wasn't interested. He insisted that the laughs come from the everyday.
"Real life is the true comedy," he said in a 2001 interview with The Associated Press. "Then everybody knows what you're talking about." Caesar brought observational comedy to TV before the term, or such latter-day practitioners as Jerry Seinfeld, were even born.
In one celebrated routine, Caesar impersonated a gumball machine; in another, a baby; in another, a ludicrously overemotional guest on a parody of "This Is Your Life."
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NEW YORK -- It was surreal and touching and perfect in every way. How else could we begin to say our goodbyes to Mariano Rivera?
"You're looking at greatness," Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter said.
"You're looking at somebody that's going to have a statue in New York," Hunter added. "When you see him and talk to him, you cherish the moment. Shaking his hand, listening to him speak, I can tell my grandkids."
Afterwards, American League manager Jim Leyland choked up as he attempted to put the evening into words.
"I can't tell you how emotional it was in the clubhouse before the game," Leyland said after his AL team won, 3-0, against the National League on Tuesday night. "That was very touching."
And in both clubhouses, they talked about seeing one of the great players of all time pitch in his 13th and final All-Star Game. Rivera is the greatest closer of all time, but that's the beginning of what he means to the players, coaches, managers and executives of Major League Baseball.
For 19 seasons, Rivera has done more than simply pitch at a Hall of Fame level and help the Yankees win five championships. He has been a consummate professional on the field and in the clubhouse, humble, giving, beloved. He has understood that players are also role models, and that walking the walk is more important than talking the talk.
When Rivera announced in Spring Training that this season would be his last, this 84th All-Star Game took on even more meaning. Before the game, Leyland spoke to his players, letting them know that this was no normal All-Star Game.
Then it was Hunter's turn to speak, and then he invited Rivera to say a few words.
"What I said was that I was honored, and it was a privilege for me to play with all of them, you know, for so many years," Rivera said. "This is my 13th year as an All-Star, and many of them, it was their first one. I told them, just make sure they enjoy [it], because it goes quick. That was my speech, and I told them, I appreciate every bit of them, and for me, it was a privilege and an honor to play with them."
Leyland decided that if the game was close, he would have Rivera pitch the eighth inning instead of the ninth because he didn't want to take a chance on him not pitching.
So after the top of the eighth, after Neil Diamond led the packed house of 45,186 in "Sweet Caroline," Rivera's entrance music -- "Enter Sandman" -- announced his arrival.
As Rivera began the jog in from the bullpen with television cameras following, fans stood and bathed him in a warm ovation. Once he arrived at the mound, Rivera saw something he'd never seen before. His AL teammates had remained at the dugout to give him the stage alone.
"This is what you do for someone like that," Hunter said.
Leyland said it was a spontaneous decision to remain off the field, a quick conversation with one of his coaches, Gene Lamont, who suggested it.
"It felt so weird," Rivera said. "Basically, I was there alone with my catcher. I don't know how to act. At that moment, I didn't know what to do, just keep throwing the ball, I guess, because it was so weird. But at the same time, I mean, I definitely appreciate that, you know, what they did for me."
And players from both teams, and Leyland and his counterpart, NL manager Bruce Bochy, joined the crowd in the standing ovation. Rivera paused, smiled and tipped his hat to every section of the stadium and to both clubs.
"It almost made me cry," Rivera said. "I was close. It was amazing, a scene that I will never forget that."
Rivera somehow gathered his composure and retired the NL in order. He got Brewers shortstop Jean Segura to hit one of his legendary cutters softly to second. Cardinals first baseman Allen Craig lined out to left field on another one. Finally, Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez hit one to short to end the inning.
And that was that.
"That's one of the moments I'll never forget," Craig said. "That was probably one of the coolest at-bats I've had in my career. I just thought it was extremely special that the stars kind of aligned for me to have a chance to face him."
Rangers closer Joe Nathan finished things off in the bottom of the ninth as Rivera smiled in the dugout. When Rivera accepted the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award, he took the microphone from FOX's Erin Andrews and thanked the fans himself.
"I have no words to describe everything," he said. "It was amazing."
Rivera said it was one of those moments he'll remember forever. So will millions of others. Baseball has that power, to captivate and to move. There'll be other great players come along, other great citizens of the world, too, but there'll never be another one exactly like this one.
Rivera's blend of dignity and grace and greatness may never be seen again. Baseball used this All-Star Game to show him how much he means to all of us on so many levels, and he clearly was moved. Then again, so were countless others. Rivera has been that important, that inspirational, that perfect, for a ride that is ending too soon.


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