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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High cheerleaders and parents flooded the Broward School Board meeting Tuesday, hoping to overturn the firing of a coach who was accused of bullying students, demanding fees from parents and other violations.
But after hours of passionate, sometimes teary testimony, School Board members unanimously declined to intervene in the matter — effectively letting Superintendent Robert Runcie's dismissal of cheerleading coach Melissa Prochilo stand.
"It's a step in the right direction," said Tammy Tornari, one of several parents at the Parkland high school who had been complaining to Douglas Principal Washington Collado since January about rule-breaking in the cheerleading program.
When the complaints in recent weeks reached Runcie and the School Board, the superintendent removed Prochilo's name from the district's reappointment list of coaches and other part-time positions, which is subject to annual approval. That effectively ended Prochilo's stint as cheerleading coach, though she is still a substitute teacher at Douglas.
After failing to get her old job back, Prochilo blamed School Board "politics" for her ouster.
"Just let the principals run the school, and keep the politics out," she said, adding that she felt she'd done nothing wrong.
Some parents accused the coach of bullying students, allowing the squad captain to bully others on the team, and a host of district rule violations. Those included pressuring parents to contribute large sums to the booster club (rules require contributions to be voluntary), telling cheerleaders to forge their parents' signature during an unauthorized field trip, and operating a bank account without school oversight, with expenditures that often benefited friends of Prochilo's.
Parents cited evidence that included cheerleading team e-mails, website postings, and cancelled checks.
About 75 Prochilo supporters argued for the coach to be reinstated, stressing that the district's internal investigations had not found Prochilo guilty of any wrongdoing. Investigators cleared Prochilo of telling her cheerleaders to forge parents signatures, even though eight cheer team members signed sworn affidavits saying they committed forgery at their coach's urging. Results of another probe into the other complaints have not been released.
Prochilo supporters told board members that she is both kind and ethical. They said the parents who complained were on a "witch hunt" driven by the fact that their daughters weren't good enough to earn starring roles on the cheer team.
Douglas freshman and cheerleader Brittany Bolger said it was the students complaining about the coach who were the bullies, as they had fabricated "rumors and lies" about Prochilo. She said the cheer team was "being antagonized and intimidated by these girls, who go through school calling themselves 'The Plastics.' "
After board members upheld Prochilo's firing, Runcie urged parents in the affluent Northwest Broward community to put the dispute behind them, and learn to get along with their neighbors again.
"You need to set an example for your children," he said.
In other board action Tuesday, district staff released preliminary estimates on how well Broward will comply with state class-size requirements, with about 84 percent of classes expected to be in compliance this year — up from 54 percent a year ago.
Runcie said he anticipated the district may receive a small fine for not being in full compliance, but he does not want to implement "draconian" measures such as school enrollment caps.
The district also announced a new e-mail address for parents who have any lingering school bus problems: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I have a quick question:
I have a C++ program that prompts the user for inputs, accepts those inputs, does things based on the inputs, and displays the results (everything is being displayed to the shell window using printf). I want to take everything that is being displayed in the shell window and instead write it to a file. If I could make it display in the shell window and also write to the file, that would be even better. Here is what I attempted to do:
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Both of these commands do absolutely nothing. The cursor just goes to the next line and sits there (without even a command prompt). The .out file does not run at all. Please help me do this, or let me know if it cannot be done. Thank you.
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Freed From False Murder Conviction, Man Finds Support Online
Ryan Ferguson spent a decade -- virtually his entire 20s -- imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit. Now he's out, and thousands of strangers have rallied behind him.
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela died on Thursday, leaving behind a heartbroken global community and a legacy that will far outlive any of his mourners. Millions of people took to social media to honor the great political leader. On Twitter, users generated 7.2 million tweets about his death, including a peak of 95,000 tweets per minute, according to a Twitter spokesperson.
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Facebook is the fourth -- sometimes the fifth -- social network I check during the day. It's at the bottom of the list. Somewhere along the line, Facebook became a last resort, a platform I regretfully open when I've hit the depths of boredom. When my friend is running 20 minutes late for brunch, only after I've logged my weekly call with Grandma and checked every other app. I'd rather strike up a conversation with a stranger than browse Facebook -- and I live in New York.
Google has filed a patent for a software bot that would control your social media presence. The software would first learn your voice by studying all of your social media accounts, then it would automatically suggest updates and replies it can make for future posts. The aim is for the bot to learn how you tweet and Facebook so it can gradually manage that for you -- effectively outsourcing how you digitally socialize.
Instagram has sent out invites to multiple members of the media, including Mashable, for a mysterious press event in New York City on Dec. 12. The invitation is particularly vague and doesn't reveal much other than the fact that Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom will be present. The media is invited to "share a moment" with the Instagram team. One could take that as a reference to a new private messaging feature, the focus of many rumors.
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More than 2 million accounts have been compromised from popular sites such as Google, Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Apple was awarded a patent for a personal computing device control using face detection and recognition. Snapchat snapped up Facebook's director of mobile partnerships, Emily White, as its new COO. She will work alongside CEO Evan Spiegel.
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Since 2010, Facebook has used facial recognition software to automatically tag your friends in photos. Now one researcher has come up with an algorithm that tags photos based on the relationships that people in images already have with each other. The algorithm uses the name and location of existing photo tags to build a "relationship graph," where personal connections in the images are calculated.
Facebook users come in all shapes, sizes and ages, at least compared to LinkedIn users and Twitter users. Half of Twitter's unique visitors in October were under 35 years old. By contrast, two-thirds of LinkedIn's unique visitors were older than 35. After the age of 44, Facebook usage starts to outpace Twitter usage. See also: The 9 Types of Facebook Users Statista's chart shows the age distribution of Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook users.


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Sep 18, 2008 03:35 PM | 45
Here's a fun trick: scare someone you don't know, then guess whether they favor the death penalty and the war in Iraq based on how freaked out they got.
People with stronger startle reactions are more likely to support ideologies associated with conservative American politics, including the Patriot Act, obedience and biblical truth — and less likely to favor gun control, foreign aid, abortion rights, gay marriage and pornography, according to research published in today's Science. Those who are slower to scare are more likely to harbor traditionally liberal politics.
The findings build on previous research showing that experiencing trauma can skew one's politics to the right.
But what comes first: biology or politics? "It could be working either way," says study author John Alford, an associate professor of political science at Rice University.
Your visceral reactions to situations could encourage your political leanings, or your ideology could shape how you respond to circumstances, his study notes. "This could be a fairly durable but still learned response, or a difference in underlying physiological systems themselves," Alford says.
The results are based on surveys of 46 Nebraskans who said either that they strongly identified with policies that protect the social order or with ideologies that do not. Scientists then measured how strong they blinked and how easily their skin conducted electricity when they looked at threatening, non-threatening and neutral images.
Having conservative leanings predicted stronger physiological reactions to the scary pictures, including a spider sitting on a person's face, a bloodied face and a maggot-infested wound. People who leaned more politically left didn't respond any differently to those images than they did to pictures of a bowl of fruit, a rabbit or a happy child.
Political ads, then, are most likely to reinforce what we already believe than to change our minds. "If the content is not there, you may not alter their position at all," Alford says of campaign spots. "They're more likely to rally the troops and get the base to turn out than to persuade anybody."
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Sounds like a bunch of pop psych to me... then again, those really conservative folks DO tend to be a little twitchy.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisSo "the right" really is AFRAID.
Explains why they want guns.
Sounds to me like they misinterpreted their data. If a conservative sees a spider on a face, or a bloodied face, his skin will begin to twitch and he will blink nervously because he wants to do something about it. It is difficult for a conservative to just sit there and do nothing. If a liberal sees the same thing nothing happens. Why would they get nervous or excited? There is nothing they can do about it. They will sit there until the government rescues them - all the time thinking, why the hell doesn't the government do something?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisOdd. I was going to say the opposite: The operationalization seemed very well done in this case.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisAm I the only scientist who reads this website? 46 is an extremely small sample size first of all, and what is being presented here demonstrates a correlation wherein there is no reason to believe that the fear causes the political leanings. I would also draw your attention to the fact that the real AMOUNT of correlation is remarkably absent from this report. It could have been a difference of one more person afraid of spiders on the conservative side for all we know.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIt doesn't make sense to dismiss these findings altogether, especially without seeing the paper it references.
However, it seems likely that social influences play the main role in determining if a person accepts progressive or conservative views. To wit, opposition of gay marriage or abortion are often, though not always, founded in religious notions. Startle reactions may be simply the effect of social factors.
"Black is anger, white is fear, can you hear me? Am I clear?"
Lyric-red hot chili peppers
Of course fear is the dividing line in politics, it is the most worn tool in the whole governments toolbox. As the fact that the Dems & Repubs have had no real competition from the other parties in quite a long time indirectly shows, the lesser parties do not have as much ability, desire or backing to scare the public. The theory presented in the article is solid and the fact that Mr. Alferd does not presume to say which causes the other does not diminish the parallels he has found.
We know gravity is real, but we do not understand the why. Proof.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisSo it's true...only a fool is never afraid.
Or as John Milton wrote, "Where no hope is left, is left no fear."
The population size is too small; I do agree with the previous comment about that detail. There is most probably no correlation between political leaning and " a startle factor." Where is the science here?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIt's obvious, isn't it? People consumed with superstition and mired in ignorance are bound to be afraid of everything since they understand nothing.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisscene when does 46 sample consutue a vialed study and what about the worry about global warning worry about loosening there right to chose worry abount losing their home and a number of other things
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisscene when is 46 considered a valid study and what about the left and global warming , fast food, overpopulation dibolt voting machines, second hand smoke and there constance doom and gloom perdition that alway seem just around the corner but never happen
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThe startle reaction is just the immediate trigger for the "fight or flight" reaction, which is well documented in many animals, including us. A better sample seems likely to wash out the political connection. The variability seen in this study may relate to the experience of the individuals; people may become numbed after seeing a lot of blood and guts movies. Might be interesting to see if the data correlate with age because younger people may view more of that kind of "entertainment". (Oh, and older people are more likely to be conservative.)
The other idea expressed above, that fear is useful in electioneering, is beyond dispute --- both sides will tell voters that a vote for the other guy means the end of civilization as we know it. Elsewhere on this site there's been a useful discussion about how fear sells everything from deodorant to religion. It may be true that liberals and consrvatives are afraid of different things.
Sample size is obviously too small for findings to have any real scientific validity. However the general publics immediate change in support for typically conservative ideals after 9/11 would seem to support this hypothesis.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisOf the people I know (which is most of them) that follow politics, the lefties are definitely more suited to handle abrupt change, and if made to make a a snap decision will make it unpredictably, whereas the righties are definitely resistant and if made to make a decision quickly, will default to a status quo nearly every time. Most of my friends and all of my family are very conservative, and the more time I spent observing their reactions to things, the more I noticed that underlying all the talk of big ideals, is a rich layer of fear of anything outside their relatively small comfort zone.
Following politics is on par with following celebrity news. Want to study something? Study political science, learn the way our governement is supposed to work (and why it doesn't work that way), study history, sociology, biology, psychology, and human behavior. All things that should be taught in schools. Politics is arguing philosophy without the philosophy.
They got the end results wrong, instead of "conservative leaning people are afraid" It should read "liberal leaning people have no real compassion" What kind of person can look at someone with a bloody face, obviously wounded and in pain and have no differant reaction than looking at a happy child? This "research" is skewed in the extreme, as previously noted by the miniscule sampling size.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThis was based on 46 Nebraskans? Great sample.
I am politically far to the left and I scare very easily.
On the field of battle, where it really counts, I have seen both cowardice and bravery; from both committed liberals and conservatives. This 'study' is at best misinterpreted and poorly constructed, at worst just plain silly.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThis study is in fact limited in it's source data. There are however several studies/papers written in psycological journals that suggest the victems of acute anxiety/panic or generalized anxiety disorders are easily manipulated by fear rhetoric and sensationalism. Effectively applying this to the supporters of political parties isn't such a stretch when the base ideologies and campaign approaches are taken into consideration. Media watchdog groups have repeated the claim for years that the Republican party does use more "fear based" approaches in it's public statements. Remember the smoking gun "in the form of a mushroom cloud". Study after study has also concluded that Americans respond more to negativity than positivity. I think, while being weak on data this study is not without merit. Especially given the extensive research on fear/judgement done by psycologists for over 100 years.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThere are essentially three kinds of people: 1) the person who thinks "I am my brother's keeper" (liberals), 2) the person who thinks "my brother should take care of himself" (conservatives), and, 3) the "person" who thinks "I have no brothers, only objects to be used for my own amusement" (the thankfully small percentage of sociopaths among us). This is over-simplifying, of course, but is the crux of the difference...
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIf this is poppycock, then why do conservative ads and speeches rely so much on fear? According to Drew Westen (Political Brain) 250 studies have shown that stimuli that stir up mortality salience (thoughts of one's own death) shift people's view rightward. Again, if this isn't true, then why do politicians keep using it?
Something is going on. we just don't know exactly what yet. Alford & Hibbing discovered the heritability of political attitudes in 2005.
www.neuropolitics.org www.politicalspecies.com
If this is valid (along with numerous other studies that show how mortality saleince shift people's views to the right - Jost et al) then we would see outward signs, such as conservative politcal ads using fear more than liberal ads, which certainly seems the case.
For furhter reading on the junction of biology and evolution on partisan politics, see www.neuropolitics.org www.politicalspecies.com
I call total BS. The entire left ideology is nothing but one long fear rant. You will starve. You will be back in slavery, you will be under a theocracy, the world will hate you, you will lose your privacy.
Before I even read the article, I knew the answer to this study, because one other thing you can tell about the psychology of the left: a tendency to stereotype.
Your analysis is wrong. Listen carefully, and you will determine the following underlying philosophy.
Liberal: Your brother can't take care of himself, you have to do it.
Conservative: Your brother can take care of himself, teach him how to do it.
So you're saying that before you even read the article, you knew what the study results were going to be, because you're saying that "the psychology of the left" has a "tendency to STEREOTYPE"? Awesome... =)
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI absolutely agree with the findings. Liberals are those who live in unrealistic academic worlds of comfort and safety or in fantasy worlds of denial. They don't recognize a true threat until it is too late and they have become a victim. Conservatives live in the real world where there are REAL dangers, where we have actually been hurt, or robbed or threatened and our reflexes are therefore attuned for survival. And yeah, we got a little freaked on 9/11. Those who didn't were either not PERSONALLY affected by it and are unable to empathize with people who aren't their immediate firends or family members, or they were, and still are, in deep, deep denial.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThis article confirms something that many of us have known for some time now. Scientific American is no longer a magazine for serious scientific discussion. Sadly, the magazine has entered a subset of the National Enquirer genre for persons who like to masquerade as intellectuals. This article is a joke like so many others that have appeared here in the past few years. We are witnessing the final decline into mediocrity of a fine journal whose first issue appeared over 160 years ago. The persons responsible deserve to be charged with a crime.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI believe this article and the science that has also been mentioned is valid. The belief systems of the Right are reactionary and usually address the symptom rather than the root. For instance, a conservative will see statistics that crime is up and suggested tougher sentences more police officers. A progressive may consider that the crime may have more fundamental causes like lob loss, lack of education and opportunity. You know people reacting out of fear.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisAfraid of change, afraid of what they will lose if they aren't sickeningly rich, afraid of the scary brown people (and there are so many all over the world), afraid to think for themselves. It shows the underpinnings of the rights desperate need to control others. You can smoke that weed, you can't choose what to do with your body, you can't choose who to marry? Why? Because you are afraid of what might happen. That somehow something bad is going to befall you.
The delusion of control is a symptom of irrational fear. You can't even control yourselves ( see: sex scandals and corruption), anyone with a child knows you cannot control them, and really you have no right to try to control others.
The purpose of government differs for the parties for this reason.
For the right there are actually two levels to consider. The constituents and the politicians who I believe put forth the ideas that they do. For the constituents government is a tool to legislate away anything they are afraid of or threatens there oft superstitious and fragile ideas.
As for the leaders of the party I believe they are using fear as a very useful tool for manipulating the populace into granting them the unreasonable power they need to abuse the systems for sickening war profiteering, tax cuts for the rich and whatever other clever tricks they can devise to turn a profit. Its a standard formula that has been well known for some time. http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp
I think the progressives see government as a cooperative tool for national and local DEFENSE and fostering improvements to our society that benefit all and are beyond the scope of any one of us. Would any of you want to do without the progressive work of the government such as the highway system, the internet, municipal plumbing, public education, etc, etc.
I don't want a "day care state" or intend to be blindly pacifistic. People who can work should and realistic threats should be taken out. However I can put aside irrational fears and realize that if we help educate and provide opportunity for our citizens we won't need more police because they can deal with the truly criminal and not with those who are simply desperate. Or that violence begets violence and endless wars will never make us secure. Or that locking up non-violent cannabis users exposes them to worse criminal elements, presents a tax burden, wastes a tax opportunity, and ultimately accomplishes nothing.
You must surely realize that this entire country is "worlds of comfort and safety", "fantasy worlds of denial." Have you ever watched world news? The whole world suffers in turmoil and poverty. 3000 people died tragic deaths in an unfortunate event orchestrated by a CIA trained operative. It was horrible and unnecessary. We all agree. But to extend that threat to the remaining 300 million is unrealistic. It is NOT a REAL threat.
And also I view your idea of empathy to be very narrow. You show only empathy for those you feel a close connection. I question if your empathy extends to the hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi that have died day in and day out over the last 5 years.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThe are vague slanders with no backing and present no intellectual challenge to the relevant findings in this article. There is room for criticism of the sample population for instance. However you chose to make a reactionary and extremist statement. The kind of thing this article correlates to fear. Perhaps you are afraid of the ramifications of this idea and what it means for you. Perhaps you are reacting with fear that yourself or others would view you as a coward. Are you afraid to be afraid?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisMy reaction to this "study" is similar to other people's reactions. The sample size seems to small to draw the specific type of conclusion spelled out in head line of the article. The content of the article takes us a little further from the notion that fear = right leaning politics. Also, even if the study were conducted on no less than 4,600 people per state, these conclusions would still be invalid (as described in the article). I am a little surprised SciAm would post this sort tabloid science on their website.
I, like a few other posters, do react with fear at times. Other times I react with focussed curiosity (especially when looking at 2 dimensional photographs). I would tend to think this is true of most people. I think the real answer is probably terribly complex... it's not about black, white, or even gray areas.
I suppose, based on some of the responses I've read, the only real lesson here is to think about what you read and see in the news critically. Take the time to consider that it might be in error (whether intentional or not). What does a photo of a bloody child mean? What happened to them? Why am I being shown this picture? Honestly, what inferences can be drawn from the information?
After many other attempts to post my comment regarding this article, here goes . . .
It is quite telling that the Republican "right" utilizes fear to motivate voters to their side. The very connotations of the terms "right" versus "left" are designed to elicit fear: fear of not being "right"--i.e., correct, and fear of being "left"--i.e., left behind. The latter tactic has been employed by the "religious right" in their rhetoric regarding "the rapture," by scaring people to join their religion by attempting to convince them if they do not, they will be "left behind" to some terrible fate.
The term "right" is derived from the Sanskrt term "rta" which means correct, but does not have the hemispheric denotation of "right" versus "left." The latter denotation likely derived from desert peoples using the left hand to clean their arses after defication, thus the Arab custom to refrain from using the left hand in social contexts.
The psychological manipulation of the Republican "right" is emblematic of their deceptive and untrustworthy politics (though admittedly, the "left" has employed similar tactics regarding the consequences of global warming, which I believe is a less important issue than other, more directly toxic pollution issues . . .). I would very much like to see some semblance of honest politics return to the stage, where the issues are confronted without appeals to faulty emotional responses.
Left and Right in politics originated due to seating arrangements.. reading too much into this is plainly silly. Articles like this with small groups for study do nothing to prove anything except that the study was performed to create a specific conclusion. Get rid of this tripe and get back to real science.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisDid this really measure a tendency to scare more easily among conservatives, or a tendency to (presumably subconsciously) confuse pictorial depictions with actual things? Are progressives simply more apt to understand "Ceci n'est pas une pipe"?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisDoesn't get any easier than this: "because they're afraid".
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThe sample size is of course too small to be conclusive. I'd like to see the correlations discussed.
But the politics of fear is a tactic typically used by the right. Fear of change (conservatism) is also something typically associated with an underlying anxiety about change. Makes sense there might be an underlying correlation if this study were pursued further with a larger and more distributed sample size. Hypothesis has promise, but study isn't yet conclusive.
This article is so flawed that, in fact, it is reporting the results BACKWARDS. The conservatives didn't startle more; the liberals startled _less than normal._
"People who leaned more politically left didn't respond any differently to those images than they did to pictures of a bowl of fruit, a rabbit or a happy child." Really? Bowl of fruit vs. spider on face-- the same?
This is actually a classic test for psychopathy, with psychopaths having a diminished startle response relative to controls. (see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8436703.)
So the test could quite accurately be interpreted, "liberals tended towards psychopathy."
I'm not picking a side in the debate, but I am alerting everyone to how dangerously biased scientists can be.
For more like this, see: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com
I find it interesting you put Gun Control at the top of your list, but leave off Terrorism, and on the eve of electing an Arab-American president pretending to be black who is Muslim by his own admission and follows the Islam faith one has to wonder on whose shores we shall see fear/politics put to the test next. You should have probably tested Congressmen instead of people in Nebraska, after all they fear nothing except the loss of their $8,000/month pensions should we fall but electing a President that neither respect our flag, nor supports our country seems the best thing to do in these economic times -- a fool and his country are soon parted.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisYour interpretation of the results relies on the fear response being appropriate to the situation. If you consider a fear response to an image to be appropriate then it supports your interpretation. However if one considers that a rational person would consider that these are images, and not actual threats, then a more appropriate interpretation is that those that showed a fear response were more inclined to irrational thought.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIgnorance and irrational fear follow one from the other.
You repeat sound bites that twist truths and spout FUD(Fear Uncertainty and Doubt).
Terror is a concept not an enemy. After 9/11 we needed a international police action to capture a rogue CIA trained operative named Osama Bin Laden. We had the world support after that to get the cooperation to do what was needed. We squandered that however on a war started on false pretenses.
When I think back on the terrorist attacks in this country over the years I remember 9/11, and I remember the airline hostages, but I also remember Oklahoma City, The Unabomber, Waco, Columbine, sniper shootings, and planned parenthood bombings. None of which needed anyone from beyond our borders to instill fear. And none of whom needed an open ended world wide war in response.
The USSR lost the cold war because they suffered economic collapse as a result of reckless military spending. Which is exactly the formula for our future if the war mongers in this country. Our budget is hemorrhaging due to this conflict and McCain would like to run it perpetually or until he can come up with some definition of victory out of this mess. How many more lives will be lost to save his idea of honor. War profiteers get rich and our nation bleeds both capital and the lives of our patriots.
I say if you want to save America; End this American Right Wing religion driven "Jihad" against the Muslim faith and find the guys that did the deed and foster peace in the world so we can all profit.
Of course the sample pop. was too small. Too bad because this is an important question which deserves a more complete study and complete answers.
For one thing, the small sample omits permutations of type: I myself have a very high survival index (response to emergency situations). But - I was a strong conservative for decades. [What made me become independent: finally saw that these "parties" have sunk into warfare to "capture hearts and minds" - akin to TV commercials.] So, I don't "startle" easily but go into pychetachia, then jump right into thinking beyond the question of "will I die?"
OTH - I know someone who was deeply traumatized in childhood. This person has a 'hyper' startle response. They are staunchly liberal in their voting habits.
Yet - most of my conservative friends have displayed (over the years) behaviors which show they are more fear-driven than anything. When facing dangers: it has always been the ones who later became conservative who ran. Some of my liberal-leaning friends are cold-steel fearless when confronting real dangers.
Bottom Line: We want more thorough studies and more subtle approaches and more valid answers. We need those most of all.
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Lou, X.F., Nair, J. and Ho, G. (2013) Potential for energy generation from anaerobic digestion of food waste in Australia. Waste Management & Research, 31 (3). pp. 283-294.
Krishnasamy, K., Nair, J. and Hughes, R.J. (2013) Vermifiltration systems for liquid waste management: a review. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 12 (4). p. 382.
Keeratirathawat, S., Nair, J. and Levitan, J. (2013) The antibacterial efficacy of pine oils on pathogens commonly found in biosolids applied to pine plantations. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 12 (2). pp. 146-153.
Lou, X.F., Nair, J. and Ho, G. (2012) Effects of volumetric dilution on anaerobic digestion of food waste. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 4 (6).
Lou, X.F., Nair, J. and Ho, G. (2012) Field performance of small scale anaerobic digesters treating food waste. Energy for Sustainable Development, 16 (4). pp. 509-514.
Krishnasamy, K, Nair, J. and Bäuml, B. (2012) Hydroponic system for the treatment of anaerobic liquid. Water Science & Technology, 65 (7). pp. 1164-1171.
Lou, X.F., Nair, J. and Ho, G. (2012) Influence of food waste composition and volumetric water dilution on methane generation kinetics. International Journal of Environment Protection, 2 . pp. 22-29.
Nair, J. and Okamitsu, K. (2010) Microbial inoculants for small scale composting of putrescible kitchen wastes. Waste Management, 30 (6). pp. 977-982.
Lou, X.F. and Nair, J. (2009) The impact of landfilling and composting on greenhouse gas emissions – A review. Bioresource Technology, 100 (16). pp. 3792-3798.
Hughes, R.J., Nair, J. and Ho, G. (2009) The risk of sodium toxicity from bed accumulation to key species in the vermifiltration wastewater treatment process. Bioresource Technology, 100 (16). pp. 3815-3819.
Nair, J. (2008) Wastewater garden — A system to treat wastewater with environmental benefits to community. Water Science & Technology, 58 (2). p. 413.
Nair, J., Levitan, J. and Oyama, N. (2008) Zinc and copper uptake by silver beet grown in secondary treated effluent. Bioresource Technology, 99 (7). pp. 2537-2543.
Hughes, R.J., Nair, J. and Ho, G. (2008) The toxicity of ammonia/ammonium to the vermifiltration wastewater treatment process. Water Science & Technology, 58 (6). p. 1215.
Nair, J., Sekiozoic, V. and Anda, M. (2006) Effect of pre-composting on vermicomposting of kitchen waste. Bioresource Technology, 97 (16). pp. 2091-2095.
Malley, C., Nair, J. and Ho, G. (2006) Impact of heavy metals on enzymatic activity of substrate and on composting worms Eisenia fetida. Bioresource Technology, 97 (13). pp. 1498-1502.
Rosier, D.J., Ashbolt, N., Ho, G., Mathew, K., Nair, J., Ryken-Rapp, D. and Toze, S. (2005) Hydrogen sulphide production tests and the detection of groundwater faecal contamination by septic seepage. Water Science & Technology, 51 (10). pp. 291-3000.
Kristiana, R., Nair, J., Anda, M. and Mathew, K. (2005) Monitoring of the process of composting of kitchen waste in an institutional scale worm farm. Water Science and Technology, 51 (10). pp. 171-177.
Oyama, N., Nair, J. and Ho, G.E. (2005) Recycling of treated domestic effluent from an on-site wastewater treatment system for hydroponics. Water Science & Technology, 51 (10). pp. 211-220.
Bajsa, O., Nair, J., Mathew, K. and Ho, G. (2004) Vermiculture as a tool for domestic wastewater management. Water Science & Technology, 48 (11). pp. 125-132.
Nair, J., Gibbs, R., Mathew, K. and Ho, G. (2001) Suitability of the H2S method for testing untreated and chlorinated water supplies. Water Science & Technology, 44 (6). pp. 119-126.
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Hughes, R.J., Nair, J., Mathew, K. and Ho, G. (2007) Toxicity of domestic wastewater pH to key species within an innovative decentralised vermifiltration system. In: Small Water and Wastewater Systems VII: 7th IWA International Specialty Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems, 7-10 March 2006, Mexico City.
Nair, J., Forrest, K., Mathew, K., Gibbs, R. and Ho, G.E. (2001) Testing rainwater collected in tanks using the H2S method. In: IWA Conference for Water & Wastewater Conference Management for Developing Countries, 6 - 8 November, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Nair, J., Anda, M., Mathew, K. and Ho, G. (2009) Design of vermiculture systems for organic waste management. In: 2009 International Conference on Sustainable Water Infrastructure for Cities and Villages of the Future (SWIF2009), 6 - 9 November, Beijing, China.
Nair, J., Ho, G., Mathew, K. and Hughes, R. (2009) The effects of hypochlorite accumulation on the key species within a decentralised vermifiltration system. In: 3rd Decentralisation Conference on Water and Wastewater International Network, 10 - 13 November, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Birch, S., Bell, R., Nair, J. and Cao, P.V. (2010) Feasibility of vermicomposting of aquaculture solid waste on the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: A pilot study. In: Karmegam, N., (ed.) Vermitechnology II. Dynamic Soil, Dynamic Plant 4 (Special Issue 1). Global Science Books, Ltd., Ikenobe, Japan, pp. 127-134.
Oyama, N., Nair, J. and Ho, G. (2009) Comparison of pathogen die-off patterns of tomatoes grown in two hydroponics systems. In: Nair, J., Furedy, C., Hoysala, C. and Doelle, H., (eds.) Technologies and Management for Sustainable Biosystems. Nova Science Publisher, New York, pp. 55-62.
Levitan, J., Nair, J., Ho, G., Penney, N. and Dumbrell, I. (2009) The potential health impacts and risks of utilising biosolids in a timber plantation. In: Nair, J., Furedy, C., Hoysala, C. and Doelle, H., (eds.) Technologies and Management for Sustainable Biosystems. Nova Science Publisher, New York, pp. 63-73.


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Keegan Bradley continued his hot play at the CIMB Classic yesterday at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in Malaysia. He had seven birdies — five in a six-hole stretch on his back nine — and shot a 6-under-par 66 to open a four-stroke lead at 13-under 131.
Ryan Moore was second, following his opening 63 with a 72.
The tournament is an official PGA Tour event for the first time.
• Luke Guthrie handled another day of strong wind in the PGA European Tour's BMW Masters in Shanghai with a 1-under 71 for a total of 8-under 136, giving the American a four-shot lead going into the weekend of his first tournament in Asia.
• Kenny Perry birdied five of the first six holes and finished with a 7-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Champions Tour's AT&T Championship in San Antonio.
Tom Pernice Jr. was a stroke back after a 66.
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Sure it's still February, but spring is one the way, which means the Nodaway County Historical Society Museum is preparing to open its doors for a new season.
The museum officially re-opens Tuesday, March 5, when it will return to its 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-through-Friday regular schedule.
However a special opening event is planned for 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3, when society members and museum patrons will welcome a group of student musicians from the Maryville High School band.
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In 1913, women in the United States were still seven years away from getting the vote, and the Ladies Military Band traveled to the nation's capital to participate in a major women's-rights demonstration set for March 3, 1913, the day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration.
It is believed that the Nodaway County ensemble may have been the first all-female marching band in the United States. Nash, it's leader, was a well-known music teacher who founded the Maryville School of Banjo, Mandolin & Guitar in 1905.
The parade itself was a protest march comprising 8,000 participants and organized by noted women's rights activist Alice Paul. An estimated half-million spectators turned out to watch, including anti-suffragists and, allegedly, thugs hired to disrupt the march.
According to contemporary newspaper accounts, at least 200 people were injured when violence erupted as the marchers proceeded from the Capitol to Continental Hall. The Maryville ensemble managed to escape unscathed because they were leading the procession, and the attacks broke out in their wake.
"We were ahead of the line and so did not see the indignities heaped upon the ladies in the pageant. … The police force was inadequate. The U.S. Calvary had to be called. Anti-suffragettes had been hired to break up the parade," band member Mary Evans wrote in a letter that appeared in the Democrat Forum, a forerunner of this newspaper.
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In the mid-1990s, two teams of astronomers were trying to decide how the universe would end. Some thought it would all mash together in a Big Crunch. Others predicted that it would keep expanding, but at a slower rate. But instead, in results that were published 10 years ago, the teams found that the universe will expand forever, at an ever-increasing pace.
The teams had discovered dark energy -- a discovery that means that our understanding of the universe is far from complete.
The astronomers were measuring exploding stars in distant galaxies to see how quickly the expansion rate of the universe was slowing down. But a member of one of the teams, Adam Riess, says they got a surprise:
RIESS: I had sort of phrased the question to the computer as "˜What is the mass required to cause the deceleration' I assumed was present in the data. And the computer...says "˜Gee, I can't fit that. But I could switch the sign and make the mass negative, because that's what I need.' Well, there's no such thing as negative mass, but there is negative deceleration.... That's really acceleration.
Saul Perlmutter, the leader of the other team, summarizes what the findings mean about the expanding universe:
PERLMUTTER: What we found out was that it's not slowing enough to come to a halt, and in fact it's not slowing at all, but in fact it's speeding up, and that was obviously the big surprise, at the end of 1997, when we saw these results.
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Today Logitech announced the newest addition to its G-Series line of high performance gaming products: the Logitech G710+ Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. Designed to help you focus on the game, this keyboard is tested and tuned to deliver what gamers want: minimal distraction, rapid response, and complete control. "The Logitech G710+ Mechanical Gaming Keyboard was created to meet the specific needs of gamers," said Mark Starrett, senior global product manager for Logitech. "We road tested this keyboard with professional gamers, partners, publishers, and everyday gamers like you and me, to ensure we've created a mechanical gaming keyboard that exceeds expectations." The keyboard's mechanical keys deliver gaming-grade responsiveness, featuring an actuation force of 45g and distance of 4 mm, and are optimized for rapid command entry. Additionally, the non-clicking key switches have a built-in dampening ring underneath each keycap to significantly reduce the distracting noise coming from your key presses without sacrificing responsiveness. The keyboard has undergone a torturous testing process to help ensure durability, with a cycle life of at least a 50 million keystrokes. The entire keyboard is backlit in white LED light, adjustable to one of four brightness levels, and can be turned completely off. For better visibility of the WASD and arrow keys, their brightness can be adjusted independently of the rest of the keyboard. Using the newly updated Logitech Gaming Software, you can assign complex macros or intricate Lua gaming scripts to the keyboard's G-keys – both on the fly and in advance – for up to 18 individual functions per game. Plus, all 110 keys feature anti-ghosting and 26-key rollover to help ensure you can execute complex key-commands with flawless precision. The Logitech G710+ Mechanical Gaming Keyboard is compatible with Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista. "The first major event that I used the Logitech keyboard was at MLG Summer Arena," said NYJacky from Team Curse. "I looked at my creep score after the tournament and it was higher than normal. Most of the time you need to get used to a keyboard - this one you just slip into quickly. I would never, ever think of using anything else." Pricing and Availability The Logitech G710+ Mechanical Gaming Keyboard is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe beginning in October and December 2012, respectively, for a suggested retail price of $149.99.
Looks OK, excluding the small enter. Who designs these keyboards thinking "lets put the smallest enter we can make". Even gamers need to type/code. Maybe it's me but small enter = not buying.
my MS comfort curve 3000 has a small enter button and it works fine I hate small backspace buttons becuase of the way my small paws hit it and how my finger ends up being in proximity of the glass shelf above my KB.... annoys the hell outta me with small backspace buttons.
good to hear they finally caught on. im a bit logitech fan, and their lack of mechanical keyboards was appalling.
Dunno what picture you are looking at, but the one posted above is a normal Enter Key. Same as every 2 dozen keyboards I've ever used.
It better be top quality for the price tag. Plenty of good quality boards on the market now for cheaper than that.
Its backlit, not many mechanical keyboards are. Off the top of my head, Razer BlackWidow Ultimate (POS), Deck Legend (more expensive than your graphics card).
Thanks.. YAY, only reason i don't buy their mice is due to left handed ones. If this was out 16 month ago i would of never got the Razer Blackwidow thats for sure which by the way is none working with the same issue that the rma'ed one had. Although not planing to get a replacement just yet as i need one with reprogrammable keys for those game's that have shitting setups which you cannot change. Logitech warranty FTW Only thing i see that i do not like it looks like it takes more space than some..
Friend's spacebar became funny in less than a year, google showed that its a well known problem. Not sure if they have fixed it, but I would avoid.
oh, i had that with my first (launch) one. replacement never had it. basically, theres a plastic clip that holds the metal bar - and the clip could break. Could be fixed easily with a replacement key, if it came to that.
Plenty of back lit boards on the market these days. In whatever lighting/key configuration you like. Mechanical Keyboard Finder someone pointed this site out to me before, link leads to the back lit boards that they sell. There are others not sold by that site, Rosewill even has back lit versions of their boards.
Looks like a most of them clusters around the $140 mark, which is not too far off from the $150 RRP especially when you consider the G Keys (if you are used to them).
Hence why I said Logitech needs to be top on quality here foe the price tag. The K90 often sells for under $100 most the time, its not full mechanical and stuck keys on occasion but still for that big of a price difference, would be hard to go with the G710+. You don't see many high end Logitech products ever come down in price.
All I want is my original G15 with mechanical keys :shadedshu. This thing has no LCD which I'm very used to and too little macro keys.


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Dr. Thomas Paulson stumbled into the apartment, tired as shit and worn almost to a nub, the only thing on his mind right then being a shower… and maybe some food. Possibly a beer, though that would likely have him passing out on the couch rather than in bed, which was where he belonged. And thank God it was only a twenty minute drive from the hospital in LA to his sweet little place.
Then he noticed the marked lack of silence, a small smile crossing his lips with the realization. Not small because the sounds were unwelcome, but more because that was all the energy he could muster.
Okay, he told himself, time to rework the plan, since Alan was obviously back from the location shoot in Arizona earlier than expected. Make it a shower, then food and maybe even a blow job. Which would still have him passing out, but in bed, most likely.
Yeah. That was a good plan. Better. Best, really, until he woke up in a few hours, anyway.
Christ, his residency was a bitch. Five hours to himself after nearly fifty at the hospital… and even so, he was for damned sure going to sacrifice at least a good half hour of that for sexual gratification. He'd barely even seen his lover in the last three months, what with Alan's work taking him out of town so often and Thomas' own responsibilities grinding him down to almost nothing.
He moved slowly across the living room, then leaned against the doorjamb between it and the kitchen, just admiring the lines of the man, the sweet curve of spine and long thighs under tight linen.
"Sit," his lover said, and clearly Thomas had been less than silent himself. Then Alan glanced at him and his pretty blue eyes widened. "Jesus Christ, Thomas, you're skin and bones! And some really nice muscles, but… God. Sit. You've got pancakes coming. You're going to eat them and drink some juice. Then I'm going to make you melt."
Damn, he was a lucky man.
"And we need to talk," he heard Alan murmur, and… maybe he wasn't so lucky after all, he thought. Wondered.
"An Emma Boudreaux left a message on our voice mail for you," Alan went on. "How many times have I told you not to give our number out to patients? Or their mothers, because she wants to talk to you about 'her boy Johnny.'"
Jesus. Just… fucking God. Johnny Boudreaux? JJ?
He hadn't heard that name in years. Hadn't even wanted to. Hadn't ever expected to hear from him again, after what he'd done to the guy. And he hadn't, Thomas reminded himself, because it was JJ's momma who'd called, not JJ himself.
"Did she say what she wanted?" he finally managed to ask, the words pushing from his lips slowly, reluctantly… almost fearfully. It had to be bad. Had to. No way Miz Emma would be calling him, otherwise.
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3:09pm Tuesday 27th August 2013 in Other Football By Tim Ashton
The Ryman Premier season is only six games old but Met Police boss Jim Cooper is already planning sweeping changes to his side.
After returning from holiday ahead of Saturday's trip to Bognor Regis, Cooper admitted to being "shocked" at how bad the side played in a 2-0 defeat.
Even a 2-0 win over Harrow Borough on Monday will not stop Cooper wielding the axe and bringing up to four new players – he currently has lodged seven-day approaches to two players.
The drastic move comes on the back of eight points from 18 and a mid-table berth of 13th.
He said: "Bearing in mind how good we were in pre-season, it was a surprisingly bad start to the season.
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Was unique as you could walk forever... and didnt need reef shoes:-) We headed there to take a wind surf lesson. Fun and relaxing.
We took a ride out to Lac Bay for kayaking and had a wonderful time! Just be sure to bring your bug spray!!!
We kayaked and also snorkeled for about 20 minutes. We kayaked through the mangroves. It took several hours and was very hot at 2:00 pm. We snorkeled against the current, not for anyone who doesn't snorkel and then cam back quickly with the current.
so if I was young, I would just get a job at the bar and spend he next few years chillin out here. It's like time stands still......no worries......it's all good.....forget about everything else kind of place. Fabulous snorkeling at the reef. It is a long walk in thigh high water but totally worth it. We've been to Bonaire many... More
Go to one of the bars/ windsurf places, the access is better than the public picnic area. We went for a hike out in the water and it only came up to our hips. Lots of kids were out windsurfing, and SUP.
Just the most turquoise water you will ever see! Wind surfers everywhere! Fun for everyone, even the kiddos! Great snorkeling too! Everyone says all the nearby fish spawn here! WOW!
Check out the Bone fish, windsurf, kayak, or just lay by the Bay. View is incredible. Food is fair but the beverages are on point. They make a yummy mojito or blended mango, strawberry, and rum cocktail. Staff is accommodating and friendly definitely a spot not to be missed.
Pick any of the three (more?) establishments on the south side of the bay. They are built right up to the water and you can mellow out with your fellow sunburnt tourists unabashedly people and windsurfer watching and wishing the day would never end. A prime place, shallow water a LONG ways out and more like a giant saltwater bathtub... More
People go to Bonaire for the diving, but I don't think you should miss Lac Bay. It doesn't matter if you don't windsurf. Just go sit in one of the little bars, grab a Polar, and take it in.
Public bathrooms were dirty, No tables or chairs at the park area even though there are nice little pavilions for them by the beach area. Be a good place to enjoy the beach with smaller children. Nice gentle sandy beach with no waves.
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Ironically, the Surface Pro might be best used as a device for the home. You can dock it to a keyboard, mouse, and monitor, where it essentially functions as a brain. And it would be fine as a living room/bedroom tablet, where weight and portability are less of a concern.
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Friends of Lake Turkana is the focal point for the East African Indigenous Peoples (IP) Think Tank which has a mission to increase public participation and promote fair debate on critical social, economic and environmental issues affecting indigenous peoples of East Africa in both national and international forums.
The goal is to work in coalitions and networks to strengthen social movements, especially as we forge multi-cultural, cross-border and cross-focus area alliances. As a think tank our work is unique (in that we are bringing new approaches to social change including the awareness of economic, social and cultural rights) as we work with grass roots indigenous constituencies and help bridge policy think tanks with activist networks and social movements and strengthen the solidarity and cooperation of indigenous organizations and communities in East Africa.
The think tank engages in 4 main areas of interrelated work to encourage indigenous participate in decision making on issues that affect their lives.
1. Movement and Organizational Strengthening- To facilitate and coordinate priority activities and the implementation of a set of programs as well as to carry out information dissemination work in order to strengthen indigenous women's movements in East Africa.
2. Capacity Building - to assist the East African IP members and networks in strengthening their capacity and skills to address the challenges they face through building organizations, stronger collective leadership, and better organizational management.
3. Indigenous Women- empowering the indigenous women through networking, education and capacity building activities. One of the objectives of this programme is to promote awareness of indigenous women's rights for them to be able to effectively participate in decision making at all levels, from their communities, to the national, regional and international levels. It is imperative for the East African IP Think Tank to strengthen the mainstreaming of women's issues and concerns and ensure greater engagement and participation of indigenous women in all the programme activities,
4. Research - This comparative research builds upon academic research and action-researchers in local networks; both indigenous and non-indigenous to critically inform debates on indigenous and customary rights in legislation and policy, both to facilitate local action platforms and to influence law- and policy-makers
Friends of Lake Turkana aims to:
After trying to raise concerns with the staff of the African Development Bank in early 2009, FoLT submitted a complaint to the Bank's Compliance Review Mechanism Unit in March 2009 . Through this process, the Bank agreed to undertake consultations and a study of the lake. We have also brought information to the people of Lake Turkana, and supported various demonstrations against the dam. On August 26, 2010, we were informed by the CRMU that the problem-solving exercise was ending because the Bank had officially withdrawn consideration from the project.
In March 2009 and January 2010, communities around Lake Turkana held demonstrations opposing the dam. On June 15, FoLT joined protestors in Italy to oppose Italian funding for the dam. On May 21, we co-signed a letter to Industrial Commercial Bank of China which identified our concerns about their involvement in Gibe III dam. FoLT has met with officials from Government of Kenya (GoK), Ethiopian Electrical Power Company (EEPCo), European Investment Bank, African Development Bank, World Bank and the government of Italy to raise our concerns about Gibe III Dam.
We contributed to the proposal compilation of the Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries – CoCooN in Kenya. (CoCooN is a knowledge, research and innovation programme on Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries.)
FoLT's mission is to protect and conserve Lake Turkana, the Lake Turkana Basin and its environment; champion the rights of the Lake's communities and ensure their involvement in decision-making on issues relating to the Lake and its environment; and engage communities in conservation activities within the Lake Turkana Basin and its environs.
Well informed Lake Turkana Basin communities who have control over their natural resources and their use for economically and environmentally sustainable development.
We are committed to the principles of non-violence. FoLT has no political or religious affiliations and is entirely independent.
FoLT does not solicit or accept funding from political parties, nor do we accept any donations which could compromise our independence, aims, objectives or integrity.
FoLT relies on donations from individual supporters; on grants from foundations, like-minded NGOs and international or national development or environment agencies; ethical businesses, from film and photo sales.
Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT), is a grassroots organization founded in 2009 whose mission is to foster social, economic and environmental justice in the Lake Turkana Basin.
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FoLT was co-founded by Ikal Angelei and some concerned Kenyans who became privy to information that Gibe III dam in Ethiopia was being built on the Omo River which is a shared river between Kenya and Ethiopia was a project of unacceptable trade-offs between the 2 countries, and would jeopardize indigenous economies, destroy ecosystem and exacerbate conflicts. It was founded in November 2008 and received fiscal and office support from Turkana Basin Institute . FoLT worked and continues to work closely with the people of Lake Turkana and advocates on their behalf. FoLT was officially registered under in the Ministry of Lands through the Trust Act in October 2009
FoLT's initial undertaking was the campaign to conserve and protect Lake Turkana and its ecosystem as well as protecting the rights of the Lake Turkana communities by campaigning for the halting of Gilgel Gibe III dam until certain conditions had been met. The conditions included;
It was while undertaking this campaign that we identified the lack of community awareness of their rights, the policies and obligations of state and non state actors. During community meetings that we created partnerships with grassroots community based organizations, beach management units (whose mandate is within the lake beaches), local leaders and various community associations and realized the need for the FoLT to take up other roles that would expand its operations within environment and resource rights and governance of the Turkana Basin.