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Designed by 1992 Masters champion Fred Couples, San Juan Oaks Golf Club showcases an 18-hole course that arches across 7,133 yards of San Juan Valley terrain. On the front nine, golfers test their mettle at one of Freddy's favorite holes, the 204-yard, par-3 sixth hole, where tee shots must speed through swirling winds and trees wielding catchers' mitts to land on a green guarded by oak and eucalyptus trees. The back nine rolls through the valley's foothills, regaling golfers with frequent elevation changes and back-to-back tees—at 16 and 17—that offer stunning views of the surrounding area. The course frequently draws top-flight golfers and is a Stage-One site of the PGA Tour's Qualifying School.
Before taking to the first tee, golfers can warm up at the club's practice facilities, which include a 15-acre, all-grass driving range, a 10,000-square-foot putting green, and an area for chipping and bunker shots. Elegant, high-beamed ceilings and a wood-burning fireplace await golfers and underfed 9-irons at the restaurant, which serves breakfast and lunch.
Course at a Glance:
18-hole, par-72 course designed by Fred Couples
Length of 7,133 yards from the farthest tees
Course rating of 74.6 from the farthest tees
Slope rating of 141 from the farthest tees
Five tee options
The Monterey Peninsula produces first-rate golf courses the same way New York City breeds artists and musicians, and Rancho Canada Golf Club is no exception. The club is a 36-hole showcase of rolling fairways and greens intersected by the murmuring ripples of the Carmel River. The waterway's origin is obvious as the course unfolds: the entire complex nestles under the green peaks of the Saint Lucia Mountain in the distance.
The longer of the two layouts, the West Course skips over the Carmel River three times, shifting between broad fairways and narrow ones lined with cottonwoods, sycamores, and drivers that were planted in the ground in hope that they would blossom there. The East Course comes into contact with the river on five occasions, and culminates with a finishing hole replete with scenic views of the mountain range. A natural-grass driving range and greens for putting and chipping faciliate pre- or post-round practice. Players can also demo the latest clubs or groom their game in private lessons or group golf clinics.
East Course at a Glance: * 18-hole, par 71 course * Length of 6,125 yards from the tips * Course rating of 69.5 from the tips * Slope rating of 122 from the tips * Three tee options
West Course at a Glance: * 18-hole, par 71 course * Length of 6,357 yards from the tips * Course rating of 70.6 from the tips * Slope rating of 124 from the tips * Three tee options
Laguna Seca Golf Ranch requires action from every club in your bag. The course was designed in 1970 by famed architects Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Robert Trent Jones Jr., and it bears the markings of their creativity. Though the father-son duo didn't emblazon the family crest onto every fairway, they did outfit the championship gauntlet with elevated tees, several water hazards, and a bevy of bunkers to defend every hole. At hole 15, for instance, water swallows solid drives, and at hole 17, five bunkers can prove catastrophic for scores. But golfers don't have to face these challenges unprepared: Laguna Seca also boasts a 13-acre natural-grass practice facility, complete with putting and chipping greens. The ranch also offers visitors a stocked golf shop, dining, and full bar service.
Course at a Glance * 18-hole, par 71 course * Course rating of 70.6 * Course slope of 132 * Total of 6,174 yard from the back tees * Five tees per hole * Click here to view the scorecard
On the gorgeous greens of Pasadera Country Club, associate head golf pro Webster Peterson has improved the game of a wide range of players, including 3-year-olds, 80-year-olds, and rookies who've turned pro and swung their way onto television. His thorough teaching technique begins with stroke development and tactical strategy, ensuring that players have the fundamentals down pat before they start serving and slamming. Lessons are for all ages and skill levels, and students don't have to be members of the Pasadera club to learn under Webster's racket.
Cleaved through the tall pines of the Del Monte Forest, Poppy Hills Golf Course's 18-hole layout blankets the scenic terrain of the Monterey Peninsula with a 6,857 trail of meticulously manicured fairways and greens. Designed by renowned course architect Robert Trent Jones II, Poppy Hills has hosted many high-profile golf events, including co-hosting the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am from 1991 to 2009, a 19-year span during which Bill Murray never left.
Named one of California's Top 10 Courses You Can Play, Poppy Hills gives casual golfers a chance to test their mettle on a world-class course—the 426-yard fifth hole was rated the most difficult par four in PGA Tour play in 2006—with four tee options that make it surmountable for golfers of all stripes. Though its known for its woodland scenery and large, undulating greens, the par 72 course also features water hazards that come into play on two holes, gobbling up golf balls and serving as a convenient vacation spot for fish trying to spend a weekend away from the Pacific.
Course at a Glance:
18-hole, par 72 course designed by Robert Trent Jones II
Length of 6,857 yards from the farthest tees
Course rating of 74.3 from the farthest tees
Slope rating of 144 from the farthest tees
Four tee options
Pristine fairways gently rise and fall across 6,664 yards of undulating terrain at Pajaro Valley Golf Club's 18-hole course. Located a mere Goliath's drive from the Pacific Ocean, golfers can smell the crisp sea air and hear the hushed whispers of heist-planning pelicans throughout the picturesque par 72, once the verdant kingdom of 1930s golf legend Olin Dutra. The club's E-Z-Go golf carts ferry about the arsenal of woods and irons needed to triumph over the transition from shorter par 3s and 4s to the lengthy fairways at the 1st, 4th, 15th, and 17th holes, all par 5.
After looping the horticultural haven, golfers can retreat to the club's full-service restaurant, where frothy beers and hamburgers refuel weary bodies and famished 9-irons. Spiky-shoed journeymen can place their order ahead of time at the 9th or 18th tees, ensuring their meal will be ready for them at the turn or shortly after the round.


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Chicago-Area Survival Medics Class In January
Another day, another survival-related training opportunity for Chicago-area blog readers. From the Live Free, USA website:
Conducted by Live Free, USA – Instructor James C. Jones.
Jim Jones is a Certified Hazard Control Manager. Emergency Medical Technician and retired Safety and Security Manager for a fortune 200 corporation. He has spent over 40-years teaching survival skills and advocating family preparedness and self-sufficiency.
Jim is the founder of Live Free USA, an organization dedicated to the support of preparedness, self-reliance through public education and group support. He writes articles for several national publications and conducted frequent training programs on a wide range of preparedness, survival and self-reliance related topics.
This 16 hour course for medical professionals & novices alike has been divided into four sessions. Each class will run from noon to 4:00 Pm on the following Sunday's. January 11th and 25th, and February 8th and 15th.
The Cabela's Conference Center in Hammond has been reserved for all four Sunday's. You will find the meeting room upstairs adjacent to the Black Oak Grill dining area.
To receive a certificate you must attend all four classes. The course separates the lecture classes from the hands-on sessions. Home practice materials will be distributed at the lecture classes so that you are ready for the hands-on practice.
Cost for all four classes is: $50.00 per person ($40 for Live Free USA members)
Registration and payments must be received no later than December 10, 2014. Space is limited. Early registration is recommended…
The 16 hour course will include the following topics.
SUNDAY January 11th:
PowerPoint and Lecture: Trauma diagnosis and management. Scene survey and safety, Blood born pathogen protection, Soft tissue injuries, wound care, bleeding control, musculoskeletal injuries. Burns, Shock management. Splinting, eye injuries, head injuries, abdominal and thoracic injures, gunshot wounds. Quiz. Distribution of home practice materials for suturing.
SUNDAY January 25th:
Hands-on Skills Practice: Unconscious Patient evaluation and survey, tourniquet application, splinting, bandaging, patent packaging, wound care and suturing
SUNDAY February 8th:
PowerPoint and Lecture: Medical emergencies recognition and management. Heart attack, stroke, poisoning, hypothermia, hyperthermia, anaphylaxis. Quiz.
SUNDAY February 15th:
Hands-on Practice: Conscious Patent evaluation, vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, etc.) CPR, IV administration (optional). Suturing final practice, Certificates issued. The participants may plan for further practice sessions and/or scenario drill in the months to come.
Looks pretty comprehensive (16 hours of training). And affordable too (cost for all four classes only $50). Not to mention it's also at Cabela's.
For more information, visit the Live Free, USA website here. Keep in mind that December 10 registration/payment deadline!
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Global Economy Flashes Warning Signals
I'm picking up on a growing number of "bad vibes" about the global economy these days.
First, Rich Miller reported on the Bloomberg website Thursday about the findings of the latest Bloomberg Global Poll of international investors:
The world economy is in its worst shape in two years, with the euro area and emerging markets deteriorating and the danger of deflation rising, according to a Bloomberg Global Poll of international investors.
A plurality of 38 percent of those surveyed this week described the global economy as worsening, more than double the number who said that in the last poll in July and the most since September 2012, when Europe was mired in a recession.
Much of the concern is again focused on the euro area: Almost two-thirds of those polled said its economy was weakening…
Europe isn't the only source of concern in the global economy, according to the quarterly poll of 510 investors, traders and analysts who are Bloomberg subscribers. More than half of those contacted said conditions in the BRIC economies — Brazil, Russia, India and China — are getting worse, compared with 36 percent who said so in July.
(Editor: Bold added for emphasis)
Granted, it's just a poll. But there's also this from British Prime Minister David Cameron in a piece he penned that was published on The Guardian (UK) website Sunday:
Six years on from the financial crash that brought the world to its knees, red warning lights are once again flashing on the dashboard of the global economy.
As I met world leaders at the G20 in Brisbane, the problems were plain to see. The eurozone is teetering on the brink of a possible third recession, with high unemployment, falling growth and the real risk of falling prices too. Emerging markets, which were the driver of growth in the early stages of the recovery, are now slowing down. Despite the progress in Bali, global trade talks have stalled while the epidemic of Ebola, conflict in the Middle East and Russia's illegal actions in Ukraine are all adding a dangerous backdrop of instability and uncertainty…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Cameron added the following, which I thought was pretty funny (disturbing?):
When we faced similar problems in recent years, too many politicians offered easy answers, thinking we could spend, borrow and tax our way to prosperity. Those were the wrong answers then; they are the wrong answers now. We are not going to repeat the mistakes of the past…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Sound like any country you know?
Finally, exacerbating fears about global economic health was the following "shock" announcement. Mitsuru Obe and Eleanor Warnock reported on The Wall Street Journal website this morning:
Japan Falls Into Recession
Japan's economy shrank for a second quarter in a row, after a sales-tax increase took the steam out of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 's bid to turn Japan into a global model of revival.
Mr. Abe, who has sought to revive the world's third-largest economy after two mostly sluggish decades, is set to announce this week that he will delay plans to raise the nation's sales tax next year and call elections in December…
"Two mostly sluggish decades"
Some really bright financial-types suspect Japan's so-called "zombie economy" is what's ultimately in store for America. While I have no doubt about a coming U.S. economic crash, I remain somewhat more optimistic for the country's prospects upon emerging from the coming carnage.
Stay tuned…
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Cameron, David. "David Cameron: Red lights are flashing on the global economy." The Guardian. 16 Nov. 2014. (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/16/red-lights-global-economy-david-cameron). 17 Nov. 2014.
Miller, Rich. "World Economy Worst in Two Years, Europe Darkening, Deflation Lurking: Global Investor Poll." Bloomberg.com. 13 Nov. 2014. (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-13/world-outlook-darkening-as-89-in-poll-see-europe-deflation-risk.html). 17 Nov. 2014.
Obe, Mitsuru and Warnock, Eleanor. "Japan Falls Into Recession." The Wall Street Journal. 17 Nov. 2014. (http://online.wsj.com/articles/japan-falls-into-recession-1416182404). 17 Nov. 2014.
Trust The Ebola 'Pollyannas' At Your Own Peril
"Calm down- America is officially Ebola-free"
-Public Radio International web article headline, November 10, 2014
"America all clear of Ebola- for now"
-Yahoo! News web article headline, November 11, 2014
"Ebola In US Cured, Craig Spencer Released From Hospital, America All Clear"
-Inquisitr.com web article headline, November 12, 2014
One might think reading the above "Pollyannish" headlines that the threat to the United States from the Ebola virus is over. I, for one, remain skeptical. Why's that? Consider the following from Martha Mendoza on the Associated Press website November 1:
Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say the public should expect more cases to emerge in the United States by year's end as infected people arrive here from West Africa, including American doctors and nurses returning from the hot zone and people fleeing from the deadly disease.
But how many cases?
No one knows for sure how many infections will emerge in the U.S. or anywhere else, but scientists have made educated guesses based on data models that weigh hundreds of variables, including daily new infections in West Africa, airline traffic worldwide and transmission possibilities.
This week, several top infectious disease experts ran simulations for The Associated Press that predicted as few as one or two additional infections by the end of 2014 to a worst-case scenario of 130…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
"As few as one or two additional infections by the end of 2014 to a worst-case scenario of 130."
A number of high-profile preppers with medical backgrounds have weighed-in on the danger posed by Ebola. First, there's Joe Alton, M.D.- aka "Dr. Bones" of Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy-fame. Sharon Churcher wrote on the Daily Mail (UK) website back on Halloween:
Florida surgeon Joe Alton, who believes the US government is deluding American citizens over the risk of infectious disease, says: 'Members of the preparedness community are not crazy. What is crazy is not to be prepared for disasters – preppers are the normal people.
'The US government has a website Ready.gov that says people should always be prepared for natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes and tornadoes and floods. It does not make sense not to also prepare for infectious diseases.'
He says: 'This is a virus that has a 70 percent mortality rate and the experience we've had with the cases in Dallas and New York and with President Obama making 'fairness' a priority over public health and safety has made preppers – including doctors like me — suspicious of the notion that we can rely on the authorities to protect us…
'I think it is highly unlikely that entire communities will be overwhelmed in this country by an epidemic but the situation in Dallas showed that our hospitals are not prepared.'
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
No Ebola epidemic. But likely inside the United States by the sound of it.
Readers may recall that back in August I also talked about Dr. Alton and Nurse and their take on Ebola. From that post:
Joe Alton, M.D.- aka "Dr. Bones" of Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy/The Survival Medicine Handbook-fame- just wrote on the Doom and Bloom website on July 30 in "Ebola Update":
I recommend stocking up on masks, gowns, eye protection, and gloves, and learn about how to have an effective survival sick room.
He added later in the comment section:
The best masks are N95 or N100, the N95 are more readily available and somewhat more breathable. Masks by themselves are not enough, though, some kind of eye protection and coveralls would be useful additions to your medical storage for pandemics.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Churcher also talked about Tess Pennington, publisher of the Ready Nutrition website and author of The Prepper's Blueprint: The Step-By-Step Guide To Help You Through Any Disaster. From the piece:
Former American Red Cross staffer and mother of three Tess Pennington says: 'I was working at the Dallas chapter of the Red Cross on September 11, and having been through that and a Houston hurricane, 'I firmly believe that every family should be prepared for disasters.
'When Ebola started migrating to America, I bulked up on N100 respirator masks, which block out more particles than N95s, and also on latex gloves, which are the best for bodily fluids because they are non permeable.
'I also have purchased DuPont Tychem suits – twelve suits for each of us: my husband, our 12 year old boy and our 10 year old and 9 year old girls.'
Things may be quiet right now in the U.S. as far as Ebola is concerned. But I suspect that's only temporary based on the above projections.
It's probably only a matter of time before the next Ebola case is discovered on our shores.
If readers were planning to prep for the virus, this lull in the action might be a good time to take care of that. Otherwise, should more cases start popping up in the U.S. again, you may have a hard time getting what you need.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Mendoza, Martha. "Scientists Try To Predict Number Of US Cases." Associated Press. 1 Nov. 2014. (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EBOLA_HOW_BAD_CAN_IT_GET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-11-01-10-25-24). 13 Nov. 2014.
Chrucher, Sharon. "We are NOT nutty survivalists, says Ebola's Dr Prepper: Medical 'lunatics' stocking up on Hazmat suits insist THEY are the only normal ones." Daily Mail. 31 Oct. 2014. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2812488/We-NOT-nutty-survivalists-says-Ebola-s-Dr-Prepper-Medical-lunatics-stocking-Hazmat-suits-insist-normal-ones.html). 13 Nov.2014.
Would Illinois Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner Ban Assault Weapons?
When Pat Quinn was Governor, Illinoisans knew where he stood on so-called "assault weapons."
With incoming Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, it's just not that clear.
So much so I wonder if after a major mass shooting or terrorist attack on U.S. soil and the political winds were blowing in that direction, Governor Rauner would sign off on an "assault weapons" ban.
Think that's far-fetched? Consider what I wrote back on March 2:
The four Republican candidates for the office- State Senators Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard, State Treasurer Dan Rutherford, and businessman Bruce Rauner- were recently given campaign questionnaires by the Associated Press, in which gun rights was one of the topics.
According to the AP, two of the four candidates may support a ban on so-called "assault weapons."
From last Tuesday:
In a campaign questionnaire for The Associated Press, the four candidates — state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard, state Treasurer Dan Rutherford and businessman Bruce Rauner — all said gun rights need to be protected but that some public safeguards should exist.
The four differed over assault-style guns — high-capacity weapons that have been used in some of the deadliest mass shootings. They currently aren't illegal statewide, and a proposed statewide ban backed by Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn was pulled from consideration last year in Springfield…
Dillard, of Hinsdale, and Rauner, of Winnetka, both left open the possibility they would support a ban. Rutherford, of Chenoa, and Brady, of Bloomington, oppose such a ban…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
I added later in that post:
So what about Rauner? The Associated Press did think his questionnaire answer was "more vague" than Dillard's.
Turning back to their piece:
Rauner gave a more vague answer, saying he supports background checks that keep guns away from criminals and people with mental illness.
"Going beyond that requires a very careful balance between promoting public safety and protecting constitutional rights," Rauner wrote…
Unless Kirk Dillard and Bruce Rauner actually come out and say they are against a state AWB, I would chalk them up as possibly being in support of an "assault weapons" ban if the political winds were blowing in that direction.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
There's also this from Michelle Manchir on the Chicago Tribune website on October 15:
Rauner would not say whether he supports an assault weapons ban during a debate Tuesday night, instead saying that the "most important thing we can do with guns is to make sure we keep guns out of the hands of criminals and (the) mentally ill."
On Wednesday, Rauner reiterated that point at a Little Village event where he sipped coffee with Latino clergy and leaders invited by his campaign.
"Pat Quinn has been a failure on crime. Keep the guns away from criminals and the mentally ill and then the real answer for crime is to make sure that the American Dream and opportunity is available to young people in our neighborhoods," Rauner told reporters when asked whether not speaking out for an assault weapons ban could cost him votes in some segments of the electorate…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Manchir concluded then-gubernatorial candidate Rauner was "back-and-forth on guns."
A number of Illinois owners of so-called "assault weapons" might feel they're safe from any ban with Bruce Rauner now at the helm of the state.
But if I had one of these military-pattern semi-automatic long guns in the state, I'm not so sure I would.
Then again, when you consider what (who) the alternative was on November 4…
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Manchir, Michelle. "Quinn hits Rauner on gun control." Chicago Tribune. 15 Oct. 2014. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/chi-quinn-hits-rauner-on-gun-control-20141015-story.html). 5 Nov. 2014.
Oak Park And Cook County Referenda For More Gun 'Control' In Illinois, U.S.
Here's the latest from "ground zero" for gun "control" in the United States. Voters in Cook County and Oak Park (Cook County, Illinois) will have the opportunity to vote on the following referenda in next week's election. For Cook County voters:
Shall the Illinois General Assembly enact the Illinois Public Safety Act (Senate Bill 3659) which would require universal background checks for firearm transfers and prohibit the sale and transfer of assault weapons, assault weapon attachments and high capacity ammunition magazines?
And for Oak Park Township voters:
Shall the Federal Government enact legislation requiring universal background checks of criminal and mental health history records for all transfers of ownership or possession of firearms, including transfers which occur at gun shows, over the internet and privately, as a step toward preventing the ownership or possession of firearms by criminals and those with serious mental illnesses, and as a step toward preventing gun trafficking altogether?
Regarding that Cook County referendum- I understand its primary purpose (along with other referenda appearing on the November 4 ballot) is to energize Democrats to vote in this mid-term election.
As for that Oak Park referendum- Your guess is as good as mine. I'm going to go with making a statement, seeing that both referenda are non-binding.
I will say this though. After the next mass shooting or terrorist attack on American soil with a significant number of casualties, expect the results of both (should voters "approve" them) to be trotted out by various politicians pushing more gun "control."
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Protecting Against The Ebola Virus
"August 4, 2014
Outbreak Update
The World Health Organization, in partnership with the Ministries of Health in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria announced a cumulative total of 1603 suspect and confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) and 887 deaths, as of August 1, 2014. Of the 1603 clinical cases, 1009 cases have been laboratory confirmed for Ebola virus infection."
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, August 5, 2014
A little over five months ago, I first started blogging about the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa. I wrote at the time:
Am I worried Ebola might spread to the United States?
Not really. From what I understand, the quality of a country's healthcare infrastructure plays an important role in containing the threat…
Still, the public health authorities need to keep on top of this.
While I remain dubious about a widespread outbreak of Ebola (in its current form) in America, I am curious about the measures an individual can take to protect against the deadly virus.
Consider the following from the "Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever" area on the CDC website:
When cases of the disease do appear, there is increased risk of transmission within health care settings. Therefore, health care workers must be able to recognize a case of Ebola HF and be ready to employ practical viral hemorrhagic fever isolation precautions or barrier nursing techniques. They should also have the capability to request diagnostic tests or prepare samples for shipping and testing elsewhere.
Barrier nursing techniques include:
• wearing of protective clothing (such as masks, gloves, gowns, and goggles)
• the use of infection-control measures (such as complete equipment sterilization and routine use of disinfectant)
• isolation of Ebola HF patients from contact with unprotected persons.
The aim of all of these techniques is to avoid contact with the blood or secretions of an infected patient.
Even though these are barrier nursing techniques being discussed here, I'm confident these same protective measures can be employed by the common Joe.
Still- what kind of masks, gloves, gowns, and goggles are required for the job?
I actually came across a really interesting website this morning called PreventEbola.com. From their home page:
This web site is brand new and was established on August 3, 2014 to provide you with common-sense information on how to protect yourself and your family from the outbreak of the Ebola Virus. This site contains information that you are not being told by the media or by government officials. Sadly, no outlet in the mass media is telling anyone how to protect themselves, so we decided to do so!
And on their "How to Protect Yourself" page, the following is recommended:
• N100 or P100 filter masks
• Waterproof eye protection like swimming goggles
• Disposable latex or nitrile gloves
• Chlorhexidine gluconate hand soap/sanitizer
• 43-day supply of emergency food
N100 or P100 filter masks? Those are kind of expensive. How about N95 particulate respirators? They're much more affordable, and I have a bunch of them socked away for household tasks and emergency situations, if needed:
3M 8511 Particulate N95 Respirator with Valve, 10-Pack
($15.87 per 10-pack on Amazon as I type this)
Joe Alton, M.D.- aka "Dr. Bones" of Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy/The Survival Medicine Handbook-fame- just wrote on the Doom and Bloom website on July 30 in "Ebola Update":
I recommend stocking up on masks, gowns, eye protection, and gloves, and learn about how to have an effective survival sick room.
He added later in the comment section:
The best masks are N95 or N100, the N95 are more readily available and somewhat more breathable. Masks by themselves are not enough, though, some kind of eye protection and coveralls would be useful additions to your medical storage for pandemics.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
From what I understand, N95 particulate respirators have also been recommended for use around Ebola by the International Association of Firefighters and American Academy of Family Physicians.
As for the rest of those protective items- they seem easy enough to source as things stand right now.
That being said, during the worldwide H1N1 pandemic of 2009, I remember watching N95 masks and hand sanitizer disappear left and right on Amazon and eBay.
In real time.
I hope I don't witness anything like that again soon.
You can read more about Ebola on the CDC website here.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Alton, Joe. "Ebola Update." Doom And Bloom. 30 July 2014. (http://www.doomandbloom.net/ebola-update/). 5 Aug. 2014.
Saudi MERS Infections And Deaths Underreported
It's been a couple of weeks since I last brought up Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) on Survival And Prosperity, though I first blogged about the novel coronavirus starting back in February 2013.
But this morning, I stumbled onto something disturbing on the website of the Gulf News (UAE), courtesy of Zawya:
Dubai: The Mers virus has caused nearly 50 per cent more deaths in Saudi Arabia than has been officially reported, a review of medical data by Saudi health authorities shows.
The survey by the Ministry of Health revealed that 282 Saudis and non-Saudis have died in the kingdom from Mers since the disease was first detected in September 2012 — a 48 per cent increase over the previously announced toll of 190.
There also have been 688 confirmed cases of the disease instead of 575, according to the revised figures the ministry issued this week. Its statement, carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, didn't explain the discrepancy in figures or why it went unspotted…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
In case readers aren't aware, Ramadan- when large numbers of Muslim pilgrims from around the globe visit Saudi Arabia- begins on June 28.
Last year, 5 million pilgrims and visitors came, according to an Agence France-Presse piece on the Gulf News website.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
"Mers fatalities hugely under reported." Zawya. 5 Jun. 2014. (http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/mers-fatalities-hugely-under-reported-1.1343345). 5 Jun. 2014.
"No Mers infections during Ramadan pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia." Agence France-Presse. 13 Aug. 2013. (http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/no-mers-infections-during-ramadan-pilgrimage-in-saudi-arabia-1.1219902). 5 Jun. 2014.
WHO: West Africa Ebola Outbreak 'Serious,' 'Spreading Geographically'
Not much significant news has been coming out of West Africa lately regarding their Ebola outbreak (first blogged about back on March 24). And then I spotted the following last night. Stephanie Nebehay and Saliou Samb reported on the Reuters website Wednesday evening:
Guinea's capital Conakry has recorded its first new Ebola cases in more than a month, while other previously unaffected areas have also reported infections in the past week, according to the World Health Organisation.
The spread of the two-month-old outbreak, which Guinean authorities earlier said had been contained, risks further complicating the fight against the virus in a region already struggling with weak healthcare systems and porous borders.
"The situation is serious, you can't say it is under control as cases are continuing and it is spreading geographically," Dr Pierre Formenty, a WHO expert who recently returned from Guinea, told a news briefing in Geneva on Wednesday…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Charlie Cooper added on The Independent (UK) website earlier today:
As of Wednesday, 281 cases of Ebola had been detected in Guinea, with 186 deaths…
And regarding Ebola's spread:
The first confirmed cases were detected in Sierra Leone earlier this week and the country has now recorded 16 cases and five deaths…
According to Cooper, fighting the deadly virus is proving to be more difficult than expected because infected patients are being forcibly-removed from treatment facilities by family members.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Nebehay, Stephanie and Samb, Saliou. "West Africa Ebola outbreak still spreading, 'situation serious': WHO." Reuters. 28 May 2014. (http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/28/us-ebola-westafrica-idUSKBN0E81IQ20140528). 29 May 2014.
Cooper, Charlie. "Ebola: Deadly outbreak crosses border as mistrust hampers medical staff." The Independent. 29 May 2014. (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ebola-deadly-outbreak-crosses-border-as-mistrust-hampers-medical-staff-9456917.html). 29 May 2014.
Illinois Public Health Chief On MERS: 'Risk To The General Public Remains Extremely Low'
"U.S. health officials had recently confirmed the country's first two cases of MERS, raising fears about the global spread of the virus, which has been responsible for a worsening outbreak in Saudi Arabia. More than 500 cases have been reported worldwide, with about 30 percent proving fatal.
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that while its concern over MERS had significantly increased, the disease does not yet pose a global health emergency…"
-Reuters.com (India), May 15, 2014
Although one of the country's two known cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) traveled through Chicago recently, the top public health official in the state of Illinois does not think the virus poses a significant risk to area residents. From an Illinois Department of Public Health news release yesterday:
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Reassures Illinoisans of Vigilance for MERS-CoV
No spread of MERS-CoV from first U.S. case, but second U.S. case identified
CHICAGO – Although there is no transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) related to the first U.S. case who traveled from Saudi Arabia to Indiana on April 24, 2014, Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director LaMar Hasbrouck is reassuring Illinois residents that IDPH, local health departments and health care providers remain vigilant for any new cases of MERS-CoV.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday announced the second confirmed MERS-CoV case in the U.S. in a person who traveled from Saudi Arabia and ultimately to Florida on May 1, 2014. Similar to the first case, the patient is isolated in a hospital, health officials are following up with close contacts to the patient, and out of an abundance of caution, health officials are notifying people who traveled on flights with the patient.
"While this second confirmed case of MERS-CoV is unwelcome, it is not unexpected and we anticipate seeing additional cases imported to the U.S.," said Dr. Hasbrouck. "We will continue to watch for additional cases of MERS-CoV and are at-the-ready to conduct laboratory testing should it be needed. I want to reassure Illinoisans that the risk to the general public remains extremely low as MERS-CoV has not been found to spread easily from person to person in community settings."
(Editor's note: Bold in body text added for emphasis)
There is no available vaccine or specific treatment recommended for MERS, according to the CDC.
You can read the entire news release on the IDPH website here.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Deadly MERS Virus Lands In Chicago, Discovered In Indiana
Uh-oh. MERS- which I've been blogging about for a while now- is here in the United States. And it traveled via international airlines to Chicago, then by bus to Indiana. From a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention press release about an hour ago:
CDC announces first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection (MERS) in the United States
MERS case in traveler from Saudi Arabia hospitalized in Indiana
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was confirmed today in a traveler to the United States. This virus is relatively new to humans and was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
"We've anticipated MERS reaching the US, and we've prepared for and are taking swift action," said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. "We're doing everything possible with hospital, local, and state health officials to find people who may have had contact with this person so they can be evaluated as appropriate. This case reminds us that we are all connected by the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. We can break the chain of transmission in this case through focused efforts here and abroad."
On April 24, the patient traveled by plane from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to London, England then from London to Chicago, Illinois. The patient then took a bus from Chicago to Indiana. On the 27th, the patient began to experience respiratory symptoms, including shortness of breath, coughing, and fever. The patient went to an emergency department in an Indiana hospital on April 28th and was admitted on that same day. The patient is being well cared for and is isolated; the patient is currently in stable condition. Because of the patient's symptoms and travel history, Indiana public health officials tested for MERS-CoV. The Indiana state public health laboratory and CDC confirmed MERS-CoV infection in the patient this afternoon.
"It is understandable that some may be concerned about this situation, but this first U.S. case of MERS-CoV infection represents a very low risk to the general public," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general and director of CDC's National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases. In some countries, the virus has spread from person to person through close contact, such as caring for or living with an infected person. However, there is currently no evidence of sustained spread of MERS-CoV in community settings.
CDC and Indiana health officials are not yet sure how the patient became infected with the virus. Exposure may have occurred in Saudi Arabia, where outbreaks of MERS-CoV infection are occurring. Officials also do not know exactly how many people have had close contact with the patient.
So far, including this U.S. importation, there have been 401 confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection in 12 countries. To date, all reported cases have originated in six countries in the Arabian Peninsula. Most of these people developed severe acute respiratory illness, with fever, cough, and shortness of breath; 93 people died. Officials do not know where the virus came from or exactly how it spreads. There is no available vaccine or specific treatment recommended for the virus…
It's a shame, but global air travel makes it easier for a nasty virus from overseas to spread to other parts of the world- including here. Let's hope the public health officials are correct in their stated belief about there not likely being any more infected individuals running around out there, and that they successfully contain this bug.
You can read the entire CDC press release on their website here.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Resource Of The Week: The Great Northern Prepper's 'Prepper Resources' Page
I recently stumbled on a preparedness blog- The Great Northern Prepper, "Where Preparedness is a state of mind as well as a style of life"- by ex-Marine and security contractor Richard Morgan.
The Alaska native has amassed a large number of prepping resources (in .pdf format) on his aptly-named "Prepper Resouces" page.
"Over 570 and counting!" according to Morgan.
The resources fall under the following categories:
-General Preparedness
-Wilderness Survival
-Food Preps
-First Aid/Medical
-NBC- (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical)
-Military Field Manuals
-Prepper Tech
-Gardening (lots here)
-Building Plans (tons here)
-Work Magazine
-Natural Disaster Preparedness
I took a look at a few of these .pdf files, and most were teriffic.
Anyone looking to populate a flash drive or other storage device with freely-available prepper resources in an electronic format might want to start here on The Great Northern Prepper blog.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
(Editor's note: Link added to "Resources" page)
While Ebola Grabs The Headlines, Coronavirus Makes A Comeback In The Middle East
While I've been blogging about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa (121 dead last last I heard), I've noticed a different virus that I've talked about before is making a comeback further east. Deema Almashabi and Oliver Staley reported earlier today on Bloomberg.com:
The government of Saudi Arabia is trying to reassure its citizens that the most recent outbreak of a respiratory virus isn't a cause for alarm following 16 new cases, including two deaths, reported in the last nine days.
The Saudi health ministry sent text messages through local carriers yesterday asking the country's 30 million residents to check its website, call a free hotline and check its official Twitter account for updates on the coronavirus, which causes Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome or MERS…
Almost 230 people are known to have been infected since the virus emerged in Saudi Arabia two years ago, and 92 of them have died, according to the World Health Organization. Much about the disease and how it's transmitted is still unknown…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
The first time I discussed the coronavirus on Survival And Prosperity, the attention hadn't yet focused on the Middle East. Rather, it was on Europe. I blogged on February 18, 2013:
Novel coronavirus (NCoV). A SARS-like virus I've been hearing more of recently. And of particular concern to the World Health Organization (WHO). From a February 16 posting on the "Disease Outbreak News" section of their website:
The United Kingdom (UK) has informed WHO of another confirmed case of infection with the novel coronavirus (NCoV). This is the third case confirmed in the country this month and is in the same family cluster as the two recently confirmed cases.
The latest confirmed case does not have recent travel history outside the UK. The case is recovering from mild respiratory illness and is currently well.
The confirmation with NCoV in this case with no recent travel history indicates that infection was acquired in the UK. Although this new case offers further indications of person-to-person transmission, no sustained person-to-person transmission has been identified…
As of 16 February 2013, WHO has been informed of a total of 12 confirmed cases of human infection with NCoV, including five deaths…
WHO does not advise special screening at points of entry with regard to this event nor does it recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied.
WHO continues to closely monitor the situation.
(Editor's note: Italics added for emphasis)
12 confirmed cases of this new coronavirus. 5 deaths.
The vibe I'm getting from public health circles is that human-to-human transmission of NCoV is pretty difficult, so there's not much worry of a pandemic at this point in time.
Still, like the WHO suggested in their bulletin, it's something worth keeping an eye on. People infected with the novel coronavirus have developed acute respiratory illness with symptoms of shortness of breath, cough, and pneumonia. There are no specific treatments for the illnesses caused by the virus.
By last summer, the coronavirus that now had a foothold in the Middle East was being called MERS, or MERS-CoV on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
Coronavirus/Novel coronavirus/MERS/MERS-CoV- something to keep an eye out for in addition to Ebola.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Almashabi, Deema and Staley, Oliver. "Saudi Arabia Seeks to Ease Concerns After New MERS Cases." Bloomberg.com. 15 Apr. 2014. (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-15/saudi-arabia-seeks-to-ease-concerns-after-new-mers-cases.html). 15 Apr. 2014.
CBO: Updated 2014-2024 Budget Projections Show Substantially Rising Budget Shorfalls, Federal Debt
That idea that the U.S. could someday resemble a "banana republic" might not be too far off the mark. From the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office website today:
As it usually does each spring, CBO has updated the baseline budget projections that it released earlier in the year…
Between 2015 and 2024, annual budget shortfalls are projected to rise substantially—from a low of $469 billion in 2015 to about $1 trillion from 2022 through 2024—mainly because of the aging population, rising health care costs, an expansion of federal subsidies for health insurance, and growing interest payments on federal debt. CBO expects that cumulative deficits during that decade will equal $7.6 trillion if current laws remain unchanged. As a share of GDP, deficits are projected to rise from 2.6 percent in 2015 to about 4 percent near the end of the 10-year period. By comparison, the deficit averaged 3.1 percent of GDP over the past 40 years and 2.3 percent in the 40 years before fiscal year 2008, when the most recent recession began. From 2015 through 2024, both revenues and outlays are projected to be greater than their 40-year averages as a percentage of GDP (see the figure below)…
In CBO's baseline projections, federal debt held by the public reaches 78 percent of GDP by 2024, up from 72 percent at the end of 2013 and twice the 39 percent average of the past four decades (see the figure below). As recently as the end of 2007, federal debt equaled just 35 percent of GDP…
Such high and rising debt would have serious negative consequences. Federal spending on interest payments would increase considerably when interest rates rose to more typical levels. Moreover, because federal borrowing would eventually raise the cost of investment by businesses and other entities, the capital stock would be smaller, and productivity and wages lower, than if federal borrowing was more limited. In addition, high debt means that lawmakers would have less flexibility than they otherwise would to use tax and spending policies to respond to unexpected challenges. Finally, high debt increases the risk of a fiscal crisis in which investors would lose so much confidence in the government's ability to manage its budget that the government would be unable to borrow at affordable rates…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
You can read the entire assessment and view the complete document on the CBO website here.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
WHO: 'One Of The Most Challenging Ebola Outbreaks That We Have Ever Faced'
Regular readers of this blog know that I've been following that Ebola outbreak in West Africa for some time now. Here's the latest from CNN tonight:
The Ebola outbreak in coastal West Africa is still contained to Guinea and Liberia, the World Health Organization announced Tuesday, despite rumors of the virus spreading to other countries.
Cases have been reported in Sierra Leone, Mali and Ghana, but the WHO says none has been confirmed. Rumored cases in Mali are still being investigated.
The number of suspected cases in Guinea has grown to 157, with 101 deaths. Sixty-seven have been confirmed as Ebola. In Liberia, 21 cases have been reported, including 10 deaths. Five of the cases have been confirmed as Ebola.
The outbreak has "rapidly evolved" since originating in the forests of southeastern Guinea. The city of Guekedou, near the borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia, has seen the majority of the deaths.
Twenty cases are believed to have occurred in Guinea's capital, Conakry, according to WHO.
"This is one of the most challenging Ebola outbreaks that we have ever faced," said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's assistant director-general for health security…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
In my March 24 post, I noted that Laurent Duvillier, a UNICEF spokesperson, warned in an e-mail that same day:
Risk of international spread should be taken seriously.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Meanwhile, U.S. public health officials don't seem to be too concerned about the outbreak coming to our shores.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
"WHO: Ebola outbreak one of 'most challenging.'" CNN. 8 Apr. 2014. (http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/08/health/africa-ebola/). 8 Apr. 2014.
Project Prepper, Part 24: Restart And Recap
It's been a few months since I last published a "Project Prepper" post.
Considering all the material I have that's just waiting to be blogged about, I don't envision another layoff like that one happening again soon with this or one of the other series of posts currently running on Survival And Prosperity.
Today, I want to recap the "Project Prepper" series so far.
At two dozen posts, key topics I've blogged about since October 2012- when the first post debuted- have included:
• Starting up the "Project Prepper" series due to an increased awareness of man-made and naturally-occurring threats to life and lifestyle where I've decided to acquaint myself more with "prepping" via a sustained "hands-on" program of learning by doing
• Relocating from Chicago to the suburbs with an eye towards eventually settling down in Wisconsin (moved from Chicago to the northwest suburbs in late spring 2013)
• Establishing a prioritized list of 6 "innate survival needs" that my preparedness education will focus on:
1. Security
2. Water
3. Food
4. Shelter
5. Sanitation and Health
6. Energy
• Starting and building the foundation of an emergency water supply
• Starting an emergency food supply
Now, in these two dozen posts I've talked about items I've purchased as part of the "Project Prepper" series. For example, the Scepter 5 Gallon Manual Venting Water Jerry Can with CRC (Light Blue/Military Style) to store emergency water.
Going forward, I'm adding a new page to Survival And Prosperity this weekend entitled "Gear And Supplies" where I'll be listing gear, supplies, and other items talked about in this series of posts and elsewhere on the blog- and links for where to buy them- if I feel they might offer something to readers.
It's nice to be back in the saddle again. Until next week…
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
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A complete and revealing history of the Peace Corps–in time for its fiftieth anniversary
When the World Calls is the first complete and balanced look at the Peace Corps's first fifty years. Stanley Meisler's engaging narrative exposes Washington infighting, presidential influence, and the Volunteers' unique struggles abroad. He deftly unpacks the complicated history with sharp analysis and memorable anecdotes, taking readers on a global trek starting with the historic first contingent of Volunteers to Ghana on August 30, 1961.
"The Peace Corps has always been poorly understood by Americans, and even its Volunteers rarely know much about the agency's founding and development.... [A]n instructive, thorough, and fascinating history." –Peter Hessler, New Yorker staff writer, journalist, and author of River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
"In his new and engaging history...Meisler takes us through a concise and affectionate look at its birth, and its various political battles." –Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times
"Meisler's affection for the agency permeates every chapter. But he does not ignore criticisms and failures, making for a balanced, satisfying institutional history." –Steve Weinberg, San Francisco Chronicle
"A thoughtful, balanced story of a program that captured the spirit of America. My Peace Corps service defined me and thousands of others who had the privilege of serving." –Donna Shalala, president, University of Miami, and former secretary of Health and Human Services
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More Blood Than Water in Detroit, Gaza and Iraq
I'm thirsty. Indeed, I'm overwhelmed by thirst, thinking about those who lack access to clean water. I'm thirsty for a different world.
"In Gaza, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians lack water, including those living in hospitals and refugee camps," Sarah Kendzior wrote in Al-Jazeera last week. "On July 15, citizens of Detroit held a rally in solidarity, holding signs that said 'Water for all, from Detroit to Palestine.' A basic resource has become a distant dream, a longing for a transformation of politics aimed at ending suffering instead of extending it."
Water is our common need, our common source of being. In bankrupt Detroit (city of my birth), as the world now knows, the poor and struggling segment of the population — the people whose overdue water bills exceed $150 — face water shutoff. The United Nations, for God's sake, has condemned the action by the city's emergency manager as a human rights violation. Thousands of residences — housing as many as 100,000 people — have had their water shut off so far, out of a total city population of 700,000.
Ironically, Detroit is surrounded by the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water in the world. Michigan license plates used to proclaim: "Water Wonderland."
Austerity, austerity, God shed his grace on thee . . .
Is the FBI Creating Terrorists to Pad Counterterrorism Conviction Rates?
Let's start with a premise I think we can all agree with: There have been no 9/11-type attacks on United States soil since, well, 9/11. Here's another statement we all probably agree with: The federal government has all sorts of arrows in its quiver when it comes to gathering intelligence to thwart such attacks. And that is where it begins to gets dicey: Unfortunately, in its counterterrorism project, the government appears to be relying more and more on perhaps the most twisted of those arrows; the use of informants, coerced and/or rewarded, entrapment, and the sting.
Since the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the federal government has obtained more than 500 federal counterterrorism convictions. According to a new Human Rights Watch report (produced in association with Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute), "nearly 50 percent of [those] ... convictions resulted from informant-based cases; almost 30 percent of those cases were sting operations in which the informant played an active role in the underlying plot."
The report, "Illusion of Justice: Human Rights Abuses in US Terrorism Prosecutions," points out that, while "[m]any prosecutions have properly targeted individuals engaged in planning or financing terror attacks... many others have targeted individuals who do not appear to have been involved in terrorist plotting or financing at the time the government began to investigate them.
"Indeed, in some cases the Federal Bureau of Investigation may have created terrorists out of law-abiding individuals by conducting sting operations that facilitated or invented the target's willingness to act."
Eugene Robinson | Time for Republicans to Put Up or Shut Up on Immigration Reform
The Republican Party's paralysis on immigration is so complete -- and so utterly irresponsible -- that President Obama has no choice but to act on his own.
Just say the word immigration and most GOP members of Congress either change the subject or scurry away. Rather than tackle a suite of genuine issues whose obvious solutions would clearly benefit the nation, House Republicans prefer to pass yet more useless bills that seek -- and fail -- to take away people's health insurance.
Both parties agree that the rapid influx of more than 50,000 unaccompanied children from Central America is a crisis. Yet House Speaker John Boehner must struggle to convince his GOP majority to do something, anything, before leaving Washington for their annual month-long summer vacation.
Obama asked Congress for an emergency $3.7 billion appropriation, much of which would be spent to house and care for the children while their requests for asylum are evaluated. Senate Democrats are set to propose approving roughly $2.7 billion, shaving the president's request to the sum needed for this calendar year. There is no guarantee, however, that the bill won't be stymied by a GOP filibuster.
House Republicans, meanwhile, have been spinning their wheels. Boehner is reportedly seeking agreement on a bill that provides only about $1 billion in emergency funding, far less than Obama says is needed. And it seems likely that the House bill -- if there is one -- will seek to change a 2008 law that prevents the Central American children from being summarily deported.
Now More Than Ever, It Is Important to Remember Those Who Fought for Justice: Zoia Horn
Zoia Horn died Saturday in Oakland at age 96. She was, to understate it, an incredible woman who led an extraordinary life. I had the privilege and honor of working closely with her at the DataCenter, an Oakland, California-based research center, helping her edit the Center's People's Right To Know series of Press Profiles.
Zoia Horn was a librarian who went to prison "as a matter of conscience by refusing to testify against antiwar activists accused of a bizarre terrorist plot," the San Francisco Chronicle pointed out in its obituary.
The case revolved a government investigation of "a plot masterminded by the Rev. Philip Berrigan along with other current or former priests or nuns, to blow up tunnels beneath Washington, D.C., and then kidnap Henry Kissinger, President Nixon's national security advisor, and hold him until the U.S. stopped bombing Southeast Asia," reported the Chronicle.
The government had gotten wind of the plot through "an informant [Boyd Douglas] who had been in prison with Berrigan and then got a job as a library assistant, where he prevailed on Ms. Horn, a tax-withholding opponent of the Vietnam War, to host a meeting with some of Berrigan's friends."
The World Is a Mess: Why That's True, and How to Fix It
"At the same time, values and ideas which were considered universal, such as cooperation, mutual aid, international social justice and peace as an encompassing paradigm are also becoming irrelevant."
Maybe this piercing observation by Roberto Savio, founder of the news agency Inter Press Service, is the cruelest cut of all. Geopolitically speaking, hope — the official kind, represented, say, by the United Nations in 1945 — feels fainter than I can remember. "We the peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war . . ."
I mean, it was never real. Five centuries of European colonialism and global culture-trashing, and the remaking of the world in the economic interests of competing empires, cannot be undone by a single institution and a cluster of lofty ideals.
As Savio notes in an essay called "Ever Wondered Why the World Is a Mess?,": "The world, as it now exists, was largely shaped by the colonial powers, which divided the world among themselves, carving out states without any consideration for existing ethnic, religious or cultural realities."
And after the colonial era collapsed, these carved-out political entities, defining swatches of territory without any history of national identity, suddenly became the Third World and floundered in disarray. ". . . it was inevitable that to keep these artificial countries alive, and avoid their disintegration, strongmen would be needed to cover the void left by the colonial powers. The rules of democracy were used only to reach power, with very few exceptions."
Whatever noble attempts at eliminating war the powers that be made in the wake of World War II — Europe's near self-annihilation — didn't cut nearly deep enough. These attempts didn't set about undoing five centuries of colonial conquest and genocide. They didn't cut deeper than national interest.
Supply-and-Gouge Profiteering: Passing Gas to the Consumer
Gas prices at the pump during the July 4th extended weekend were the highest they have been in six years. This, of course, has little to do with supply-and-demand economics. It has everything to do with supply-and-gouge profits.
Over the past decade, the five largest oil companies have earned more than $1 trillion in profits. Last year, the Big Five—BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, and Shell—earned about $93 billion in profits. Their CEOs last year earned an average of about $20 million. Included within the profits is $2.4 billion in taxpayer subsidies because it's hard to make a living when your hourly wage, assuming you work every hour of every day, is only $2,283.
"We have been subsidizing oil companies for a century. That's long enough," President Obama said more than a year ago. The Senate disagreed. Forty-three Republicans and four Democrats blocked the elimination of subsidies. Although the final vote was 51–47 to end the subsidies, a simple majority was not enough because the Republicans threatened a filibuster that would have required 60 votes to pass the bill. A Think Progress financial analysis revealed that the 47 senators who voted to continue subsidies received almost $23.6 million in career contributions from the oil and gas industry. In contrast, the 51 senators who had voted to repeal the subsidies received only about $5.9 million.
For a couple of decades, the oil industry blamed the Arabs for not pumping enough oil to export to the United States. But when the Arab oil cartel (of which the major U.S. oil companies have limited partnerships) decided to pump more oil, the Americans had to look elsewhere for their excuses. In rapid succession, they blamed Mexico, England, the Bermuda Triangle, polar bears who were lying about climate change so they could get more ice for their diet drinks, and infertile dinosaurs.
Eugene Robinson | The Overriding Necessity for Immediate Immigration Reform
There's no objective need for President Obama to visit the Texas-Mexico border and see the immigration crisis first-hand, but he shouldn't have claimed that "I'm not interested in photo ops."
The line about photo ops was so absurd that it's a good thing he wasn't under oath. Every president since Abraham Lincoln has been interested in photo ops. Posing for the cameras amid artfully chosen people and props is something presidents do every day. Obama is very good at it, and there are times when he actually gives the impression that he enjoys it.
Not all photo ops are created equal, though. It's easy to understand why Obama might dig in his heels over a trip to the border that would do nothing but give a false impression. Pictures of the president among a group of Central American children -- some of the tens of thousands who have entered the country without papers in recent months -- would suggest that our dysfunctional government is serious about addressing what has become a humanitarian crisis. Sadly, this is not true.
Reckless loudmouths such as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who blast Obama for "lawlessness" on immigration, are pretending not to understand that the flood of unaccompanied children is primarily caused by Obama's adherence to the law.
The Loathsome Legacy of Dick Cheney, Part II
Part 1 of this two-part series, I briefly reviewed what are perhaps the four most significant elements of the "Cheney Legacy:" the War on Afghanistan, the War on Iraq, the principle that Presidents can violate the Constitution at their pleasure as long as they claim to do so "in the interests of national security" (in Cheney's case through the establishment of the use of torture as national policy such use violates Article VI), and also most important, the attempt to establish Permanent War or at least the Permanent Preparation for Permanent War as the central element of US government policy.In
There are certainly other elements in the "Cheney Legacy." Not particularly in order of importance, one could start the list with the "outing" of the former CIA agent Valerie Plame. This was done in apparent retaliation for the revelation by her husband, Joseph Wilson, that the Nigeria-"Yellow Cake-Saddam Hussein story was a complete fabrication. Committing such an act violated several laws, but of course Cheney hid behind subordinates like "Scooter" Libby and was never held to account for his action. The continued use of the 9/11 tragedy to promote fear over the whole country. In his current attack on President Obama Cheney is specifically use fear-mongering as a central element in that attack.
Then there are the current top-three GOP-termed "scandals:" the "IRS," the VA (which is a scandal, but just not how the GOP defines the term), and of course "Benghazi." The three attacks have in common the use of lies and distortions designed to attack the opposition political party, not to find any solutions to the problems raised. Finally there is the Cheney principle of the Privatization of Government, including or perhaps beginning with the military and intelligence services. Any way that traditional government can be turned to enable profit-making by the private sector is, in Cheney's eyes a good thing. One of the ironies of that policy is that if Edward Snowden had remained as a government employee rather than working for a private intelligence contractor, it is possible that he might have a) not decided to make the revelations that he has, and b) might not have had the opportunity to do so.
Planet Irony: SCOTUS Buffer Zone Ruling Could Protect Environmental and Anti-War Protesters
While Americans were watching fireworks explode on the 4th, and laboring under the sad delusion that the United States is the land of the free and the brave, I was thinking about the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Massachusetts' abortion buffer zone law and how some people are free to petition their grievances while anti-war demonstrators, Occupy Wall Street protesters, and environmentalists are either locked away behind chain-link cages designated "free speech zones", or they're violently assaulted by the police and thrown in jail.
Recently, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down Massachusetts' abortion buffer zone law, ruling in favor of anti-abortion protesters who argued that 35 feet away from clinic entrances is a violation of their freedom of speech. The decision rolls back a proactive policy intended to protect women's access to reproductive health care in the face of persistent harassment and intimidation from abortion opponents.
As reporters have pointed out, buffer zones are not entirely unusual policies. "There are already buffer zones around funerals and polling places," explained Tara Culp-Ressler at ThinkProgress. "Ironically, the Supreme Court itself has a large buffer zone around it to prevent protesters from picketing on its 252-by-98-foot plaza, requiring demonstrations to take place on the sidewalk."
And let's not forget the largest buffer zone of all: The White House, which is more like a military fortress than the People's House.
On closer inspection of the ruling, it appears that there is a catchword that can be applied to defend protesters, should protesters want to get right in the face of their adversaries; and that word is "counseling" vs. "picketing or protesting."
A Vital Civil Rights Movement to Confront the Corporate Ownership of Democracy
Ah, 1961. The year — certain aspects of it, anyway — are almost impossible to remember. "Whites only" bathrooms, for instance.
U.S. Rep. John Lewis, legendary civil rights leader and crosser of lines, recently tweeted an ancient mugshot memorializing his arrest that year for using a "whites only" bathroom in Mississippi and, in the process, amping up outrage against Jim Crow segregation in the South and intensifying the civil rights movement's global resonance.
He was charged with disorderly conduct and spent 37 days at the Parchman Penitentiary. How difficult it is to fathom such smug, legally sanctified certainty. It all seems so long ago . . . those days when the people who ran things were so wrong.
I say this facetiously, of course.
The emergence of this mugshot from 53 years ago, and the memories of a long-gone era that unavoidably accompany it, somehow speaks volumes to the numerous movements for change that are simmering today. One reason is because the civil rights movement of the 1960s was actually successful. It turned the country around. It undid every last legal and moral justification that held together a whites-only Old South, and it seriously undermined much of the legally ensconced racism of the North.
No, it didn't end racism per se, which regrouped "legally" around a bloated prison-industrial complex, but it woke the nation up and created an enduring legacy of nonviolent, human-rights-based change. It set a standard for what's possible, at the same time exposing the vicious hatred, masquerading as moral sanctity, which held together the existing social order.


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On her latest LP, Miley Cyrus sought (with a little help from her stable of hitmaking producers) to infuse hip-hop and trap influences into her sound, but hit second single Wrecking Ball stuck close to safe power-ballad territory. For a more audacious take on the song, we turn to Teddy Roxpin, a Boston native whose instrumentals have graced jams by Mac Miller, Future and Hoodie Allen (to name a few). In place of Dr. Luke and Cirkut's original beat, the 21-year-old producer serves up an arrangement driven by grainy synths, chopped vocal samples and earth-shaking 808 percussion. Is this remix an improvement over the album version? That, my friends, is for you to decide. In any case, you can cop the latter as part of Cyrus's junior set, Bangerz, available in stores and online as of October 2013.
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nasrulez wrote:They already nerfed his L3 by making people float faster.
and yet it needs another nerf. being able to get 6 kills no problem is still overkill. If they respawn not in A bubble (like it was originally meant to be) it would be A fine lvl 3.
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Equally important for the state's long-term fiscal health is the fact that this budget does not include the expansion of the Medicaid program under Obamacare. While advocates for bringing Obamacare to New Hampshire have talked about all the "free money" from the federal government — as if state taxpayers somehow are not also federal taxpayers — adding tens of thousands of new individuals onto government health care would invite many problems. Among those problems are the long-term implications to our state's financial health, the increase to private insurance that would ensue, and the dumping of many people from high-quality private insurance to substandard Medicaid, all of which make expansion a bad deal for the Granite State. Removing Obamacare Medicaid expansion from this budget was a critical victory for taxpayers and citizens across the state.
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People get the government they deserve.
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I was looking on the dc wiki site and I'm not sure if this was just misinformation or what is actually happening to buddy but it states that his daughter was the rightful avatar of the red and buddy will only have his powers until his daughter is able to take that role? Is that true? Seems awfull lame considering the history of this character.
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I think it's a neat idea, but I doubt Buddy will lose his place as avatar of the red.
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If it is true then it won't happen. It's like saying Damien is going to be the next batman when he is of age. It's "destined" to happen but since time stands still for the most part in comics, the red will never pass on from Buddy to his daughter unless its a temporary story line.
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There was an interview somewhere with Lemire saying that the title will change at one point to "Animal Girl".
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i thought this was decided before they came up with the new 52? I dont like or dislike the ieade im just curious why they would change it to animal girl when there is already Vixen who basically has the same powers doesnt she?
I think it is just rumor at this point. I would actually like to see them release a new title for Animal Girl/Animal Woman focusing on Maxine in an alternate future or alternate reality. That would be cool.
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Nothing against Max but Buddy's in my top three comic characters. I was a little p.o.'d when the totems said he was only a minor force for the red.
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SANAA – The Yemeni army said Wednesday that its troops had killed three "Al-Qaeda terrorists" and injured ten others in clashes in the southern province of Abyan.
"Three Al-Qaeda terrorists were killed and ten others injured in blows dealt by security forces and popular committees yesterday [Tuesday] in the Al-Mahfad district in Abyan," the Defense Ministry quoted an unnamed military source as saying on Wednesday.
According to the source, an operation was staged aimed at flushing militants out of the southern province.
The source did not state whether the clashes left any dead or injured among security personnel.
On Tuesday, the Yemeni army said its troops had killed five Al-Qaeda leaders in security operations in the country's restive south.
Military sources had earlier said that five Yemeni soldiers had been killed in clashes with suspected Al-Qaeda militants in the country's Shabwah and Abyan provinces.
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants remain active in several parts of southern Yemen, from where they continue to stage sporadic attacks on army and police targets.
The past week saw stepped-up clashes between militants and army forces in the south in which dozens of people were killed.
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