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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) represent an increasing health burden and morbidity in Canada. Viral hepatitis, specifically HCV, has high prevalence among persons born between 1945 and 1965, with 45% to 85% of infected adults asymptomatic and unaware of their infection. Screening has been shown to be cost effective in the detection and treatment of viral hepatitis.
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The President of France, Francois Hollande, on Tuesday said that a French family of seven, among them three children, were kidnapped by Boko Haram members in northern Cameroon.
Reuters reports that Hollande told journalists during a visit to Greece that the French tourists were abducted by members of the Islamic sect that had been perpetrating violence in Nigeria.
"They have been taken by a terrorist group that we know and that is in Nigeria. I see the hand of (Nigerian militants) Boko Haram in that part of Cameroon. France is in Mali, and it will continue until its mission is completed," Hollande was quoted to have said.
Reuters also quoted Radio France as having reported that the kidnapped tourists were taken away by the terrorists on motorcycles to Northern Nigeria.
The seven tourists were abducted at around 7am in Dabanga about 10 kilometres from the Nigerian border near the Waza national park and Lake Chad in the extreme north of Cameroon.
Armed men on motorcycles intercepted the family in their car and forced them to drive to the nearby Nigerian border, an aide to the governor of the province was quoted as saying by Reuters.
It was stated that the abduction of the French tourists on Tuesday was the first time such an incident would place in the predominantly Islamic Northern Cameroon.
The kidnapping of the French nationals is coming on the heels of the abduction of seven foreign nationals by militants at the compound of a construction company, Setraco Nigeria Limited, in Bauchi State on Saturday evening.
The foreigners were undertaking construction work in Jamaare and Kafin-Madaki Local Government areas of the state when they were forcibly taken away.
A breakaway faction of Boko Haram, Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis- Sudan, on Monday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of the foreign workers, made up of an Italian, a Filipino, a Briton, one Greek and a Lebanese. The group said that the action was in retaliation to acts committed against Islam in Afghanistan and Mali by Western powers.
A statement by a leader of the group, Abu Usamatal Ansary, reads, "Based on the transgression and atrocities done to the religion of Allah by the European countries in many places, including Afghanistan and Mali, by Allah's grace, Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-sudan has the custody of seven persons, which include Lebanese and their European counterparts working with Setraco in Nigeria on 8th of Rabiul Thani, 1434, equivalent of February 17, 2013.
"Any attempt or act contrary to our condition by the European nations or by the Nigerian government will lead to the happenings as they were in the previous attempts."
Apart from the abduction of the foreign nationals in Bauchi, the group also claimed responsibility for the abduction of a Frenchman in December.
The Defence Headquarters on Tuesday reacted to the growing abduction of Westerners in the country by asking foreigners doing their lawful business in the country not to panic.
The Director of Defence Information, Col. Mohammed Yerima, told one of our correspondents on the telephone that all commanders of the Joint Military Task Force had been put on the alert to ensure that those abducted were released.
He said that the special task force was working in collaboration with the State Security Service and other security agencies in the area of intelligence gathering in the quest to free the victims.
Yerima said, "All the JTF commanders are on the alert; they have deployed their men, and with the intelligence gathered in collaboration with the police and the SSS, all the security agencies are doing their best to track those people.
"All we are saying is everybody should be conscious of security, not only the foreigners; security is not only for the security agencies; everybody should be vigilant and report to security agencies any suspicious persons.
"Security operatives are on the alert, the synergy between the security agencies and the JTF is in a positive way, the citizens also should be vigilant.
"All foreigners should go about doing their business as we are doing our best to handle the security challenges."
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ogbole Ahmedu-Ode, condemned the incident but refused to make further comment on the grounds that the ministry had not received any information on the incident.
"It is unfortunate; we are just hearing this from you. We don't have any detail about the incident. We cannot comment at this time." he told one of our correspondents.
Also, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. Ekpedeme King, said the service was trying its best to secure the nation's borders.
When pressed for more information on what the agency had done in specific terms, he said he would get back to one of our correspondents but he never did.
The NPF spokesman, Frank Mba, said he was not aware of the development in northern Cameroon, and promised to get briefing from his superiors to enable him to comment.

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Damien Cave's recent report on border security illustrates the futility of further investments in the kind of border enforcement that some members of Congress find necessary as a trigger for comprehensive immigration reform.
The key statistic for measuring the efficacy of border enforcement is the "eventual success rate." That is, on a given trip to the border, what percentage of unauthorized migrants, even if apprehended initially, can get through if they just keep trying?
Each year since 2005 my research team at the University of California, San Diego has interviewed hundreds of undetected migrants and potential migrants in their homes on both sides of the border. Among our most recent (January-February 2013) interviewees, 86 percent of those apprehended on the first try were able to enter undetected on the second or third try — down from our previous studies, but still impressive testimony to the near-impossibility of stopping migrants determined to feed their families or reunite with U.S. relatives.
With detected illegal entries down to 1971 levels – due mostly to weak labor demand in the U.S. – no appreciable amount of additional deterrence can be wrung from more spending on border agents, hardware, and technology.
We should declare victory at the border and move on to the hard work of ensuring that future flows of migrants will be predominantly legal and creating a meaningful path to legalization for those already here.
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Jul 19, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 41 • By ANDREW B. WILSON
The Great Obamanomic Job Creation Machine rumbled into action again over the Fourth of July weekend, promising to spend as much as $2 billion to support creation of 1,585 "permanent" jobs by two solar energy companies. That comes to a potential cost of over $1.25 million per job.
In his weekly radio address on July 3, President Obama chided the Republicans for failing to climb aboard his job-creation bandwagon, which he claims—against strong evidence to the contrary—has created or saved 2.8 million jobs over the past year. And he isn't finished. He vowed "to keep competing aggressively to make sure the jobs and industries of the future are taking root right here in America." Here's what he said:
It's all I, I, I with this president. The repeated use of the first person singular pronoun illustrates what the economist Friedrich Hayek called "fatal conceit" or "the pretense of knowledge." If no one in the private sector is beating a path to the door of either one of these small and unheralded companies—to buy their products or invest in their technologies—what makes Obama and the Department of Energy so sure it's wise to put $2 billion of the taxpayers' money at risk on their behalf? And if President Obama has gone on a VIP tour of one or two solar panel or wind turbine factories, does that constitute real knowledge—or simply "the pretense of knowledge"?
And there are other aspects of this presidential pronouncement that deserve closer inspection.
First is the willingness to commit huge sums of money for the creation of comparatively few jobs in favored industries. Abound Solar is supposed to create 1,500 "permanent" jobs, while Abengoa Solar is promising just 85 "permanent" jobs, according to the Department of Energy fact sheet, at its plant in Arizona. Add another 3,600 construction jobs, which will disappear after the three plants are built, and the cost per job created still amounts to $386,000—which is more than seven times the median household income in this country.
Second is the willingness to bet taxpayers' money on unproven companies set up for the express purpose of pursuing government grants. As it admits in one of its press releases, Abound Solar is already "fueled in part by enhanced federal support, including tax credits and loan guarantees, for renewable energy."
Third is Obama's decision to look to nearly bankrupt Spain for the clean energy jobs of the future. Abengoa Solar, beneficiary of fully $1.45 billion of the "conditional commitment" announced by the president, is based in Seville. Though part of a larger Spanish conglomerate with $6 billion in revenues and 23,000 employees, Abengoa Solar itself had fewer than 400 employees at the end of 2009 and annual revenues of less than $150 million. In the annual report on its website, Abengoa Solar lists the total capacity of its solar plants in operation and under construction around the globe at 493 megawatts. To put that into perspective, 493 megawatts is just 0.03 percent of the electrical generating capacity of Cleveland Public Power, which supplies one medium-sized Midwestern city. It's more than enough to fry an egg, but not nearly enough to begin to create "transformational change."
The Department of Energy's commitment to the two companies comes in the form of loan guarantees rather than outright grants. The guarantees put them ahead of other private companies in the borrowing and investment queue—including companies that could be the next Apple or Microsoft. And they put public money at risk in the service of people who are out for private gain. The risk is real.
Russell Kanjorski, the vice president for marketing at Abound Solar, was one of the principals in another energy company in northeast Pennsylvania, called Cornerstone Technologies LLC, which attracted $9 million in federal grants before it halted operations in 2003 and later filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. As reported by the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, "Cornerstone reported $14,100 in assets compared with $1.34 million in debt" in its bankruptcy filing. The $9 million in federal grants to Cornerstone were earmarked by Kanjorski's uncle, Representative Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
It is also worth noting that Nobel Laureate and former vice president Al Gore, who has accumulated a substantial fortune in the course of campaigning against global warming while investing in alternative energy and lecturing on the subject, has lent his name and support to Abengoa Solar and the parent company, Abengoa. The Spanish company's stock jumped in November 2007 when an investment fund headed by Gore announced it was acquiring a stake in the company. (Abengoa also owns a biofuels business that is aligned in various ventures with BP, "the world's first green petroleum company," as it used to boast.)
Is there anything wrong with spending large amounts of public money on "green" jobs that may or may not pay off in the long run? As a matter of fact, there is. As one prominent government economist who has studied alternative energy explains, "The opportunity cost of creating these jobs is important. If the government takes a million dollars to create one job, that's a million dollars that could have gone to more efficient and productive use in the private sector—in creating stronger and better jobs for more people."
The same point may be made about everything the government does with the purported goal of boosting the economy and creating jobs. In making the case last year for the $787 billion stimulus bill, Obama and the Democrats claimed it would stop unemployment from going above 8 percent. Instead unemployment climbed to 10 percent and has remained at or near that level ever since. Rather than admit error, the administration is now claiming that the stimulus has kept unemployment from going up to about 12 percent.
But the stimulus hasn't worked. The principal effect of an alarming rise in government spending and deficits has been to undermine a normal cyclical recovery. Part of the blame for continued high unemployment (especially long-term unemployment) surely rests on the crazy growth of new entitlements and federal spending, combined with the likelihood of a raft of new taxes—some hidden (e.g., rising health premiums resulting from Obamacare) and some not (e.g., the value-added tax now being discussed)—to pay for more government and government-directed redistribution of income.
Give the Obama administration credit, then, for destroying or impeding the creation of at least two or three jobs for every one that it claims to have created or saved—including those at Abengoa Solar and Abound Solar Manufacturing.
Andrew B. Wilson is a writer and business consultant.
Correction: This article originally identified Cornerstone Technologies as a solar energy company. In fact, Cornerstone was supposed to produce technologies related to the use of anthracite coal.
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Standard sun protectors could up their competitiveness against this emerging threat by seeking endorsements with health charities—New Zealand's biggest selling sun care brand is produced by the Cancer Society. Teaming up with high-profile dermatologists to create physician brands, a method commonly used in skin care, could also boost credentials. Restricting distribution to pharmacies, drugstores and specialist retailers is another tool sun care brands could use to give themselves a more efficacious image.
Eventually, a more regulated sun care market will mean all sun protection products will provide an adequate defense against UVA radiation. While leveling the playing field between medicated and standard brands, this new environment will pose its own threats. If all products are equally as efficacious, then private label becomes a real cost-effective alternative—something that could erode value gains. It could also put the power in the hands of the multinationals—those best equipped to reformulate and repackage brands to meet new laws, to the detriment of local and niche suppliers.
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Although we introduced you to Aitor Throup's intricate Shiva Skull Bag at our press day last year, the second day of London Collection: Men was the first opportunity for the world to see the designer's first complete ready-to-wear collection. With a sense of fevered anticipation, the great and the good turned out to gawp open mouthed at Aitor's amazing presentation, titled 'New Object Research'.
Packed with the complex technical clothing that we have come to expect from the designer who many are earmarking for greatness, the presentation was unlike any other collection at LC:M.
Indeed, Aitor would balk at the idea of his pieces being a collection, due to his unique conception of his work. Object Research is "about product design, not fashion design". In Aitor's world, each of his objects represents a specific answer to an individual problem, solved by hours of research and development. "Artists create problems", he says. "Designers solve problems."
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What's really going on over at Warner Bros. regarding their superhero properties? Is Justice League still moving forward? Has Christopher Nolan already signed on to direct a third Batman film? Will they attempt a move similar to what Marvel is doing and plot out solid solo flicks before combining worlds? Well, Variety recently spoke with Warners Chief Alan Horn, production prexy Jeff Robinov and Gregory Noveck, senior VP of creative affairs for DC Comics, and they brought back a few answers regarding all this fun stuff.
Firstly, a deal is officially on the table for Chris Nolan to (we assume) co-write and direct a third Batman film, however he hasn't made a decision yet. Horn said, "We have no idea where Chris is going with this. We haven't had any conversations with him about it." Hopefully an announcement on that front will arrive soon. With Justice League, Warners does eventually want to make it, but it definitely seems the early bad buzz from within the fanboy community is what put the breaks on this one.
Originally, it looked as if Warners was going to use JLA to launch solo efforts for a bunch of DC properties. Now, however, we're hearing a different tune. Horn notes they want to turn "the properties into viable movie product in an intelligent way so that we introduce them like planes on a runway. They have to be set up the right way and lined up the right way and all take off one at a time and fly safe and fly straight." So then what does this mean for the future of Justice League ... ?
Robinov says, "We're not off the notion of a Justice League. There's a massive interest and knowledge in the comicbook industry and it takes time to sort of catch up and understand the characters and the history, where they've intersected with each other and what their worlds are."
So while they're not announcing any radical changes in the way they handle DC properties out loud, it certainly appears as if they're slowly adapting the successful-so-far Marvel model of doling out one movie for each character, sequel-izing what truly works, and, at the same time, building to an eventual multi-character film. In your opinion, is this the smartest angle to take? Definitely speak up, because I imagine Warners wants to know where the fans stand with all of this. As Variety states -- "To put it simply: the studio doesn't want to piss off the Comic-Con contingent."
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How to Get Over a Yoga Divorce. ~ Michelle Marchildon
I have a girlfriend who went through a terrible divorce and she was bitter for several years. Then one day she was not. She shared her secret with me over dinner:
"I had to own my part in it."
As far as I was concerned, the whole mess was 100 percent his fault and not hers, but whatever. Of course, this conversation is only a little bit about her divorce and a lot about yoga.
I wrote in my book that, "Yoga is just like love. We have to be willing to try over and over again until we get it right." Well, this year showed me that it is also like divorce.
In 2012, we woke up to a lot of yogis behaving badly. One after another guru confessed to smoking pot, having sex with married women and underage girls and being narcissistically cray-cray. In my case, I was devastated to discover that I had been taken in by a middle-aged man dressed in a yoga diaper.
The wisest among us have taken time in private to process their emotions and feelings about their spiritual split from their yoga teacher. I was not that smart. I processed all over the pages of various newspapers, blogs, magazines and Facebook. I processed in the car taking my children to soccer.
I processed so much that the "f" word is now a regular part of my family's vocabulary. Same with the word "douche," which I did not ever use before I practiced yoga.
Though the smart thing to do, and certainly the politically correct thing to do would have been to mull this over privately, and perhaps resign my Anusara license privately, and you know, go to a cave and meditate on the whole shebang privately, I did not. I felt as a writer it was my dharma to provide a voice to the feelings of anger and betrayal that were coursing through the yoga community. I thought that by providing a glimpse of my own pain it might reassure others that suffering is normal.
"Yooo hoooo. Do you feel lost and angry and betrayed? Me tooooo! Let's hang out."
The best part of my misery is that it loved company. I made a lot of really cool friends through our shared heartbreak and disillusionment in yoga. We have been through a war together. Together we have cursed at the world and cursed at yoga. They are my compatriots.
However, I have some news. Like many, I was bitter for months. And then, one day, I was not. Here is the secret to my newly discovered contentment:
I have owned my part in this.
Yes, I had a part in this. Although I wasn't a coven girl and I was never invited to the hot tub parties, I had a part in this nonetheless. Here it is: I gave my heart to a man who did not deserve it. Oh there's a newsflash. Stop the presses: Michelle Marchildon fell for the wrong man. (Hint: In the past, the wrong men usually looked pretty damn good in tight jeans.)
Yes, I thought my teacher had discovered a unique way to practice yoga and that he was a good guy. Turns out, I was both right and wrong. The power I invested in him, I should have invested in myself. Freaking duh.
But before I go any further, I want to say that most of the five years and $10,000 I put into Anusara yoga was time and money well spent. I didn't get to say I'm a "Certified Teacher" and charge outrageous sums for other teachers to go through the process. But learning how to practice yoga in alignment certainly enhanced my life. I might even say it saved it.
Before I could own my part in this, it was much easier just to blame the teacher, or my ex-husband or any other cowboy in tight jeans that loved and left me. Right? It takes two to tango.
For a while I was so upset I quit yoga. I made it two days. The thing is, I love yoga. I love all that it has to teach me, the good and the bad about myself and life.
Living in Colorado has been a daily confrontation of the ghosts that haunt from this thing as my former teacher is now just down the street. I have students tell me every day, "Well, he didn't hurt me and he is a great asana teacher, so I think I'll catch his Thursday class." Okay, you do that.
It made me sad that people still want to study with a man who so blatantly made a mockery of the Yamas and Niyamas and who has never, not once, apologized and owned up to his indiscretions. Instead, he blames his followers for his downfall because he was just a human trying to wear big shoes.
And then one day, I didn't care anymore. Or at least, not as much.
If yoga is to recover and thrive, if it doesn't go the way of the gurus who behaved badly, then I still want to be a part of it. I feel that it is time to move on. My divorce is finalized, and I want to fall in love again. I only hope I choose better this time.
I am wiser now, less trusting of the gurus, but by the same token, I am willing to try again until I get it right. That is yoga. It is just like love, and sometimes like divorce too.
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19 Responses to "How to Get Over a Yoga Divorce. ~ Michelle Marchildon"
Good article. I remember when you wrote, "if anyone tells you they are a guru – tell them to suck it." Your insight was there long before – we are all students, even if you get paid to teach. In fact, I think teachers learn more about themselves and their practice than their students.
Bravo. Breath of fresh air. I have been wondering about the effects of all the hate on the people that were feeling it and on their students. The only way to change something is to take 100% responsibility and then to do it. It feels like shit to be a victim. Yes, I usually have to go through the tears and f words but feeding that negativity only prolongs it. Since you wrote a lot in the negative space, you also have a lot to say about this process of healing and moving on. Thanks for putting it out there.
Thank you Judi. I believe it's important to spend time in the negative space too, as a way to understand what is happening, and to learn from it. Those who run from their feelings of hurt without fully comprehending their role in it, will not learn and move on in a way that can bring meaning to their lives. I was critical of the "pollyannas" who were so quick to forgive without thinking it through. They will be the first to sign on to the next guru, or cowboy in tight jeans when they come through town. And make no mistake, I am not "forgiving" anything. I am just letting it go. It's going into my file with my ex-husband, a few really bad jobs I had, and the men I loved who didn't deserve it. Actually, the women too. I've had girlfriends break my heart with betrayals worse than many men. Who hasn't?
Well done, as always, Michelle. Glad I finally got around to reading it! ~ Cheers!
So much for ahimsa and compassion. I've never practiced John's yoga but I I did follow the meltdown. Judging by your article you have learned a lot from John on and off the mat. There is nothing like crazy wisdom to teach us. I suggest a dead or at least a Guru who has left his body they are less troublesome.
I study under Karina Ayn Mirsky and what she tell's us is, never believe anything she says. She guides us to have our own authentic practice and wants us to have our own experience and form our own beliefs from those experiences. I'm truly sorry for those who have had a bad experience with a guru. I hope those who have been hurt by this experience put their faith back in the practice itself.
Great article. You should consider falling in love with its author.
Especially to some of the audience of Elephant, what do you think will almost always happen when you put another human above yourself and call them your "teacher"? What Michelle says was her part in it was "falling in love with the wrong man" I would say that is still blaming. He is somehow "the wrong one" I would say that you gave away your power. That can never work out well and for the one you put on a pedestal the only way is down. Any hierarchal relationship is fucked up. We are all here finding our way through this mystery equally, from a serial killer to some former Tibetan gussied up some crimson robe or better yet one with a gold necklace, driving a Range Rover in a cashmere sweater (have seen him around) oh yeah and telling his "students" that in order to really get the "secrets of the practice" they need to be imparted into then via his penis! Lock him up!!!!!!!! So really as far as owning your part in it I would suggest going deeper and taking responsibility for giving your own intelligence, knowing, wisdom, and power away to another human. Giving them your love is the least of it. That is one thing that we can still give freely without giving the other things away.
there was something in you that felt like you needed a "guru". I was told a long time ago, never put people on pedestals-especially those who think they belong on one.
Nice read. Love and other drugs… Anyway, you have learned a lot. The greatest Anusara Guru and his ideas in the history of yoga contain no more truth than the bleating of sheep.
We all like to think that we are smarter than to leave our better judgment at the guru's feet. But I have seen how a relationship that requires trust in a teacher or a counselor can still the disciple's inner warning bells. This process may take years as, little by little, the disciple finds him or herself being led down a path that winds up in a place they didn't anticipate in the beginning. Perhaps the guru starts out with good intentions but sometimes power can take him/her into dark places.
Fantastic and honest article! I agree with Brad about choosing a guru who has passed, less troublesome.
Here's the thing. John Friend was not a guru. Most of these "hatha" bread yoga teachers in the west aren't. They're not even hatha teachers proper if you understand yoga history at all. Even someone of the stature and respectability of BKS Iyengar ( who Friend incidentally stole and branded a lot of his teaching from) is not a saint or enlightened being. HE is a genious of the subject of asana and pranayama and has probably helped humanity more than all of us combined ever will but he is just a teacher. While his followers call him "Guruji" he has many imbalances as do a lot of the people under him.
What westerners need to realize is that there are many types of gurus in India for different functions. Most of them are just teachers of different levels of learning and maybe some depth of realization. Then there are "sat gurus" which are the true teachers and actual enlightened people who are absorbed in God ALL THE TIME. They exist. You can find them if your heart and intention are pure enough and you want to find God and not just something to tack onto your sense of ego and brand it as spirituality.
There is a reason so many people got sucked into this marketing machine and it is a tough lesson in yoga, but don't let it flail your hope that there is a deeper spiritual dimension to yoga and true teachers out there but try and learn to find out what the truth is and let that be your guide. It is not an easy path nor all flowers and roses either even if you do find a real guru. You still have to do your work and deal with your crap. Which is exactly what most of us try to avoid…
what i dont understand is that when students get involved with yoga teachers…consensually – then what is the dam problem? 1. lonely single/married women screwing a yoga teacher – where is the betrayal in that?
2. yogis smoking pot originates in the b.c time of practicing yoga i.e. shivaji – so again…who cares if a yogi smokes pot. how is it anyone elses dam bussiness???
3. the west has taken our spiritual teachings and pissed on them but you dont hear us being outraged
I enjoyed reading your article Michelle and, after all, that is the highest result from any piece of writing. You connected with me with your words, made me feel better about my own and our shared humanity.
Part of that shared humanity is our tendency to want to be part of a community, to be included and accepted into the warm embrace of friends and family. Some people will manipulate this vulnerability in us to their advantage and well-meaning individuals will be made to look foolish and feel ripped-off when a disappointing leader is exposed. Some estimate that up to 20% of the population are sociopaths who prey off others' vulnerability and take a 'free-ride' on others' goodness and altruistic nature.
Knowing this I have become more skeptical and my BS radar is increasingly sensitive. The question I always return to is how much of my humanity am I willing to give up in order to avoid falling for another disappointing person or scheme. If so many people are out to take advantage of all aspects of the system, I don't expect I can completely avoid them.
Some prey on our economic needs, some on our desire for transcendence, some on our need to be loved and included, some on our need to feel we are right or doing the right thing. I fall, then I stand back up and know I will probably fall again. I do appreciate it when someone writes well about this experience, makes me laugh and let's me know that we are all in this together. Thanks
Shame on John Friend for trying to have sex with a woman! I thought I was paying him to be my gay friend! I feel so betrayed.
As one of my yoga teachers confessed to me, 'I am not upset that JF screwed around. I am upset that he didn't do it with me!'
We yoga people sure do tweak when somebody has sex.
I am not upset that John Friend did not have sex with me (but he could have at least made a pass at me!) I am upset that George Clooney has not had sex with me.
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With just two weeks before election day, laws in more than half of states mean that some people won't be able to cast a ballot simply because they have a disability.
Constitutional provisions in about 30 states allow the right to vote to be denied to individuals with mental disabilities if a court has determined that they are "mentally incapacitated." In some states, such a determination can be automatic if a person is found to need a guardian to handle money or make medical decisions, for example.
Supporters of the laws insist that they prevent fraud by ensuring that those with disabilities are not taken advantage of at the polls.
However, disability advocates say that allowing voting rights to be taken away from people on the basis of their disability is outdated, reminiscent of the days when institutionalization was the norm.
"The stereotype is that a person with a mental disability can't express a preference, and is more susceptible than other people to have some undue influence from someone else," one advocate told The Atlantic, insisting that there's no data to suggest that's the case. To read more click here.
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There is something to be said about this issue- it is a hard one to decide…. I have children who will never vote, but I accept that, because my daughters are severly autistic… however, my son has ADHD, and mild retardation. He knows about President Obama, and can point him out, and calls him president. I have to take care of all his affairs, but could there be a case for him to be able to vote one day? Our people are citizens, and every law that comes out of Washington affects them as surely as anyone else. They deserve the same rights, and in a lot of cases they are either denied those rights, or they come with strings attached. This is something I think many parents, caregivers, teachers, and others who work with our special people should think carefully about, and work with law makers who can help make a real difference in how our people could, and should, participate in the voting process.
We encourage and assist our mentally disabled adult son to vote – he has his opinions but needs help with navigating the voting machine.
On the other hand, I have heard stories about the residents of institutions in the Pittsburgh area getting herded into buses to be taken to polling places so they could be encouraged by staff to pull the "Democrat" lever to make a pure party-line vote … is that an abuse or an exercise of their voting rights or taking advantage of them to achieve political gain? Makes you wonder …
Stop speaking for the masses as if they have one voice. "Disability advocates" are not of one mind. Stop using this as a political platform to forward the editor's political agenda. It's true that many with intellectually disabilities that are significant enough to qualify for a guardianship are at high risk for exploitation in the voting arena. The only reason "Disability Advocates" of the liberal persuasion support this is because they assume they would be "assisted" to vote Democrat. If the majority voted conservative these same advocates would question their competency. Stop spinning and dramatizing the headline. Is this the National Enquirer?
Notice how people who can vote are doing the talking here.
I suspect that given the choice of voting for "people who want to let one retain the right to vote" or voting for "people who want to deprive one of that right", most people would vote to keep their vote. It's much easier to take rights away than it is to grant them. Thus, I'm inclined to let people vote.
All a parent has to do when they get guardianship, is to ask to judge to retain the person's right to vote. That's what I did and I have full guardianship over my son. He has been deemed totally incapacitated, but he still gets to vote, even though our state statute says otherwise. I used to work with someone (with no disabilities) who automatically voted for whoever was last alphabetically because he was always last and had a chip on his shoulder about it. So, if my son wants to pick a circle to pencil in for WHATEVER reason, that is his right!
Voting ID LAWS and laws that prevent people who have Guardians NEED to Repealed ASAP!!! This is outrageous and Discriminatory !!! Its time for society to Presume Competance and allow everyone to Vote regardless of their minority status ! The Medical Model of Disability need to be eliminated!!! Wake Up America!!!! THIS IS THE LAND OF THE FREE!!! Dont infringe on Our Liberty!!!!
Just because you have a right to vote doesn't mean you should. This applies to everyone, disabled or not, but there are no rules/laws to prevent people from voting for a candidate regardless of their reason behind it. So, if a person can vote for a candidate based on which one wore a better looking suit in the debate…why can't a person with a mental disability who has watched the debates, did research about the candidates plans, and wants to vote for a candidate they feel will best help the country have the same opportunity to vote? To me being disabled or not disabled really doesn't have much to do with your level of knowledge or ignorance, what matters is your personnel feelings/thoughts as a person. If you want to vote regardless of your reason behind it you should be able to. If you don't want to vote then don't, and no own should try and force you to.
"Hunter Sargent, 35, from Plymouth, MN, says that he feels these sorts of stigmas have affected him, even though he is legally allowed to vote. He skipped voting one year because he was discouraged by how officials had talked down to him at polls in the past….
Since the year he skipped voting, he has been bringing someone with him to the polls so that he'll be more comfortable, a decision he calls an "emotional security blanket." His wife of two years, Holly, as well as his personal care attendant will both being going to the polls with him this November when he casts his vote for President Barack Obama."
Based on the story of Hunter Sargent, there should be some general decisions made about this issue. No one, whether old, disabled or from various ethnic groups should be "talked down to" at the polls. Officials should be trained with multicultural awareness and be trained in the the basic "People First" ethical codes of behavior toward people with disabilities. This training could take place in about 30 minutes or less. Aside from that, it is very disturbing that each state has different rules for who is "qualified" to vote. There needs to be a general national stance to decide who is qualified to vote so that it does not vary from state to state.
When I lived in NH I took care of a woman who was mentally challenged. When she expressed definite opinions on the candiodates I asked her if she wanted to vote. She said yes. I took her to get registered. She was unable to read so I was with her in the voting booth and read the choices to her and let her make her choices. She was happy to have a say in who became our president. She was also very proud to have voted for the first time in her life. To take this right away from her would be wrong and a violation of her rights.
I wonder if David G's story is actually true or part of the partisan mythology of voter fraud. If his story is true, then why wasn't it reported? Why didn't he report it? Because those stories 99% of the time are false. And do they still have voting machines with levers? Anyway, handling money shouldn't be a consideration. If it were, there are an awful lot of people deep in debt whose voting privileges should be suspended.


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With the possible exception of superheroes, no genre has been as thoroughly deconstructed as fairy tales. From Disney's Enchanted to Sondheim's Into the Woods, writers just can't seem to get enough of Princesses and Evil Witches interacting in some way with the real world. ABC's Once Upon a Time is the latest in a long line of such attempts, but thanks to some modern trends in television, it has the potential to take this old idea to some interesting new places.
Once upon a Time opens with the closing scene of the classic tale of Snow White – the Prince arrives to find the glass coffin, and awakens Snow White with a kiss. But just as the two are about to be married and achieve their happily ever after, the Evil Queen intervenes. She will place a terrible curse on the kingdom, she says, and everyone will be transported to a place where there are no happy endings. We all see where this is going – the other realm is our world, in the small town of Storybrook, ME, where all the fairy tale characters lose their memories and are trapped for ever in dead-end jobs and unhappy marriages.
The plot centers around bail bondswoman (think high-tech bounty hunter) Emma Swan, who finds herself embroiled in a conflict with the Queen, now the mayor of Storybrook, when she makes contact with the son she abandoned as a teenager. Emma is the perfect foil to the fairy tale world – not only is she incredibly cynical, having been raised in the foster care system, but her job puts her constantly in contact with the worst society has to offer. Her son Henry is believable as a child just young enough to still believe in magic, but jaded enough to realize that the grown-ups won't believe him.
Like all fairy tale deconstructions, Once Upon a Time draws frequent comparisons between the fantasies we create for ourselves and the real lives we live. But rather than placing fairy tale characters alongside real people, as has been done quite skillfully in Enchanted and NBC's The Tenth Kingdom, Once Upon a Time sets up a world where everyone belongs to both worlds. In a sense, each character has a built-in foil in their fairy tale personas.
Once Upon a Time uses the flashback technique popularized by shows like Heroes and Lost - each episode features a subplot set in the fairy tale world before the curse took effect. This works surprisingly well, as the fairy tale characters receive more depth and realism than we normally associate with them. As of the third episode, we are starting to see that while the characters in Storybrook may be familiar, their stories didn't necessarily unfold in the way we remember them. This world's Snow White, for example, doesn't go straight to the dwarves after being spared by the Queen's huntsman. Instead, she becomes a badass forest warrior, robbing the Queen's carriages and consorting with evil fairies and trolls.
This allows each for multiple levels of subversion – just from the first episode, it appears that the "happily ever after" made not have been so happy after all. At the beginning of the third episode Snow, in the real world as elementary school teacher Ms. Blanchard, comments that true love isn't easy, but implies that she believes it to be possible. Later in the same episode, Snow first meets her Prince Charming in the forest and tells him there's no such thing as true love. So even though it appears that there is a "good" reality and a "bad" one, cynicism and idealism actually coexist in both worlds, sometimes even within the same individual.
While the show sets up our world as a place with no happy endings, the real message of the show is that we have to create our happy endings for ourselves. Though darker and more dramatic than many fairy tales, I think it has the potential to be that much more uplifting.


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Things didn't finish off very well for the Los Alamos Hilltopper football team in 2007.
This season, however, things started to look up even before preseason practices officially began.
Los Alamos had approximately 50 players come out regularly for its summer workouts and got a lot of weight room and conditioning work done. That extra work allowed the Hilltoppers to install a whole new offensive look.
In 2007, Los Alamos reeled off eight straight wins, but lost two of its last three contests, including what for all intents and purposes was the District 2AAAA championship game against Capital and in the first round of the state tournament to Moriarty.
The Hilltoppers finished the season 9-2 and were runners-up in district, which they felt they should've won going away.
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SAN ANTONIO SURPRISE. The San Antonio Surprise, a weekly newspaper, was started under the combined efforts of James P. Newcomb and A. W. Gifford. The paper was published from June 26, 1879, until as late as 1894. The Surprise is considered to be a forerunner of the San Antonio Light.
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Communities in Schools presentation expected at Coweta BOE meeting TuesdayBy REBECCA LEFTWICH
A revamped Communities in Schools effort may will get a boost Tuesday, as area volunteers plan to present some long- and short-term goals to the Coweta County Board of Education.
The school system is gearing up to reinstate the support program, with plans to "move toward helping us place a site coordinator in one of the elementary schools," according to Coweta School System Superintendent Steve Barker. Barker said Coweta schools are working in tandem with Communities in Schools volunteers, who hope to get a board of directors up and running in time to establish the program at some point during the 2013-14 school year.
"It's truly one of the purest forms of community partnership," Barker said. "It will be a great addition to our school system."
At its March 12 meeting – which starts at 6:30 p.m. at 167 Jackson St. – the board also is expected to:
• Hear an update from Central Educational Center CEO Mark Whitlock, who serves as the school system's legislative liaison.
Whitlock has been monitoring flexibility legislation, which may include the shaping of an additional option for Georgia districts required to choose a path by 2015.
More than 20 systems already have chosen to operate as charter systems. In addition, schools currently can choose to have progress assessed according to status quo, strategic systems or Investing in Educational Excellence (IE2).
• Nominate a Coweta County School System delegate and alternate for the Georgia School Boards Association annual conference.
• Renew its membership contract with RESA.
• Approve a collaborative agreement with West Georgia Technical College's Adult Education Department.
• Accept an easement agreement with the City of Newnan for access through the Maggie Brown School parking lot to city property.


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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The Tucson Salvation Army's red kettle drive is running behind last year by $46,000.
The money helps fund programs that shelter and feed needy families as well as paying for Christmas toys and general services through the year.
The Salvation Army says a late Thanksgiving this year meant the agency had to wait five days longer than usual to put the kettles out.
Nationally, the Salvation Army has fallen some $20 million behind last year because of the five day late start.
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Spotlight on Motion Picture Preservation
As we head to Hollywood this week for the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival, we look back at a recent film preservation event in Australia with Eastman House Film technician Ben Tucker:
With the goal of sharing knowledge about the practice of preserving motion pictures and making those preserved films available to the public, an annual exchange program was established in 2006 between the Motion Picture Department at George Eastman House and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) located in Canberra, the nation's capital.
In 2011 I was excited to learn that I was the staff member selected to visit the NFSA.
During my visit in late October and early November, I rotated between departments and was able to spend some time with many of the 200+ staff members of the NFSA. I worked with the film technicians, video technicians, as well as the film stills and paper conservation departments. I also had the opportunity to work with the curators of the sound collection, sound technicians, film programmers and projectionists. I visited the NFSA offices in Sydney and Melbourne, met with the vault managers, toured the film laboratory and learned how they market their collections.
During my time in Melbourne I visited the Astor Theatre and the Sun Theatre. I met with the owners and technicians of both venues to learn about how they operate their organizations. I visited Chapel Film Distribution, the Australian rights holders of many classic Hollywood and foreign language films. I was fortunate to coordinate my visit with the Canberra International Film Festival and was able to attend a screening of the newly restored METROPOLIS at the Sydney Opera House with live musical accompaniment by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
At the end of my stay I delivered a presentation to approximately 50 staff members of the NFSA, including their new CEO and the Chairman of their Board of Directors. There, I gave a brief history of GEH and the Motion Picture Department and my impressions of the NFSA during my visit. I addressed the similarities and differences between the two institutions and spoke about what I learned during my time there.
It was a fantastic opportunity for me to experience the works and rewards of this National Archive, and I am pleased to share this video of my presentation:
Ben Tucker is the Processing Technician in the Motion Picture Department. He has been employed by George Eastman House since 2003.


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I am beginning my 15th year as a teacher. But, this is my 3rd year at C.M.M. I'm really excited to be a member of the staff here at C.M.M. and am looking forward to a great year. I love working with young people, particularly middle schoolers, and understand how important the middle school years are for young people both educationally and socially. I've been married to my beautiful wife, Melissa, for 15 years. Melissa is an R.N. currently working at Willis Knighton-Pieremont. We have been blessed with two beautiful daughters: Emily, who is 12, and Hannah, who is 8. My three "girls" are my greatest joy in life. Spending time with my family is my greatest pleasure.
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My name is Mary Suzanne Hughes. I am beginning my 21st year of teaching and my sixth year at Caddo Middle Magnet. I received my undergraduate and master degree from Northwestern State University. I recently completed my master degree in Educational Leadership in 2012. I am married to John Hughes and we have 9 children between the two of us. I am the proud grandmother of one, and am expecting another grandbaby in January. I will be coaching the CMM girls Softball team this year. I am looking forward to a great season and a great school year.
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Hi I am Coach McCullough. I graduated from LSU-S in 2010. I am married to Mike McCullough and we have two beautiful daughters Brittney and Isabella Rose. This is my Fifth year to teach at the #1 Middle School in the State. I coach girls track. I am looking forward to a fabulous year!!!!!!
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I am starting my fourteenth year as a physical educator, and my sixth year at CMM. I have taught at all levels in the education field and have found that middle school is a great challenge, but is also very rewarding for those same reasons. The children at CMM are always excited about physical education and that makes our job as teachers much more enjoyable. I am married to a lovely kindergarten teacher and have three beautiful children.
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Coach Pal I am beginning my twenty-eighth year as a physical educator and my eighteenth at CMM. I feel extremely fortunate to be able to teach your children. My husband is also a teacher in Caddo Parish and we have two girls in college.
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My name is Marti Strother. I have returned to teaching after 25 years of being a paralegal. I am a graduate of Louisiana State University in Shreveport and this is my third year as a physical education teacher at CMM. I am married to Wade Strother, a teacher and softball coach at Southwood High School, and I have two children, Ian and Meg Brown. I am looking forward to another great year working with the other physical education teachers in implementing what we feel is a very strong fitness program. Of course, we will have some fun too!!
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YOU couldn't make it up.
Among Freedom of Information requests submitted to Derby City Council was a question on how the authority would tackle a "zombie outbreak".
It raises a chuckle, but there are serious consequences. It cost £50 to deal with the request, at a time when the council is having to axe jobs.
Authorities have to respond to requests by law, but is it time for them to be allowed to ask the Information Commissioner to rule certain questions are spurious, and do not need to be answered? All that would cost is the price of a letter.
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Where were you when Cebu shook?-A A +A
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
WHILE waiting to resume my radio broadcast after a nationwide hook-up with our flagship station, DZBB, I took a nap in my office at the GMA 7 broadcast complex in Nivel Hills, Apas. And then the entire building shook. It was around 8:15 when I was awakened by the strong tremor.
I thought it was a dream. I was not able to react immediately as I was still a bit groggy. You know the mind condition of a person who just woke up.
I sat down on the sofa which also served as my bed, removed the foam and used it to cover my head. Two coffee cups I placed on my table fell to the floor.
My office is in the second floor just beside our announcer's booth. Had the upper floor or rooftop collapsed, I could have been buried alive. It was terrifying. That was the first time I experienced such strong tremor in my whole life. Seismologists said the magnitude of the quake was 7.2.
When I went out of my room and rushed to the announcer's booth, news writer Jasmin Vailoces and the technician on board, Efren Mark Gan, were gone. They rushed to the parking area to be safe. Other personnel from the TV operations group also went to the parking area,
I was not able to go on the air immediately as the electricity went off for a few minutes. Also, our transmitter located in Alumnus, Mambaling conked out.
I texted Mike Enriquez, who was onboard at dzBB at that time. He called me up and I
filed my report. When I went on board, reports were coming in about the extent of the damage in the city and the number of people who died and the number of people injured.
Natural calamities do happen. We cannot prevent them from happening because they are acts of nature.
But of all the natural calamities, only earthquakes cannot be detected. There is no instrument yet for that purpose, especially if the quake is tectonic in origin, like the one that struck us yesterday morning. Earthquakes due to volcanic eruptions can be detected.
In previous earthquakes, we only experienced slight shaking. But yesterday, it was as if a man was using a jackhammer. Volcanologists said the tremor was equivalent to three Hiroshima, Japan-dropped atomic bombs. It lasted for several seconds.
As of this writing, government has counted more than 60 people dead all over the region. Four died at the Pasil Fish Port when its concrete wall collapsed. A four-year-old child died in Pinamungajan following a stampede during the distribution of government's 4Ps assistance or conditional cash transfer.
The Santo Niño church bell tower collapsed and the alaguete church was heavily damaged. Historical churches in several towns in Bohol, where the epicenter of the earthquake was located, were damaged.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office announced at a news conference on Thursday a that body found behind Emerson Inn is the body a local woman who has been missing since May 31.
The body of missing womanTara Gean Hawkins was found by anindividual who was walking his dog near the Emerson Inn on Phillips Highway on June 10.
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Hiking some of Oahu's best trails just got a lot easier for the indoor types. Now you can take in some of Hawaii's best sights right on your computer.
Click here to watch Brenton Awa's report.
It's done through Google Trekker. Think Google Maps street view, but this one goes off roading and takes you to places like Waimea Valley, Makapu'u Lighthouse, He'eia State Park, the old Pali Road, Malaekahana Beach Park and more.
Both Google and the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau teamed up to showcase some of Oahu's most popular trails, parks and beaches.
While helping to hike up tourism numbers is a top priority, so is public safety.
"It serves as a way for people to get an idea before they come here of what to expect," said Andrew Bailey, Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau.
"It allows people to see a trail and maybe it's a little too difficult for their family, so they choose another trail that's safer and gives them all the joy they're looking for," said Jay Talwar of the HVCB.
Fifteen trails on Oahu have been taken care of so far. Click here to see them on Google Maps.
Workers carry the trekker device to take hundreds of pictures along the way. Then Google loads it to its maps page for the public to see.
"It's a phenomenon to go on Google and search for something. We saw data when Hawaii Island was first launched that the Google search for the term just 'Hawaii' was up 72 percent the first month after we did the launch of the Google Trekker there," said Talwar.
Viewers may notice the blurred faces. That's because Google's only focus is on places.
"Most people are asking will I be famous. Unfortunately no, Google does blur out your faces. So, it's very privacy conscious, but most people will try to pose on the side or make sure they're in he shot as we're walking by; just king of curious about what the whole project is," said Bailey.
There was some concern originally about the trekker view causing trails to get more crowded, raising possible safety issues, but the HVCB says it worked closely with the Department of Land and Natural Resources to pick out exactly what places to promote.
There's 15 trails showcased at the moment across Oahu.
The trekker view rolled out on the Big Island earlier this year and Kauai is on tap for shooting next month. Garden Isle pictures will go online next spring.


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FINAL: Jazz 101, Suns 112
On Friday night, the Utah Jazz played well enough offensively to win a lot of games in the NBA.
Unfortunately, basketball includes playing defense as well.
Utah didn't master that art against the Phoenix Suns, which is why it suffered a 112-101 loss at EnergySolutions Arena.
Despite putting six players in double figures, despite a strong showing from Trey Burke, Utah lost its 15th game in 17 tries.
Markieff Morris led Phoenix - and all scorers - with 23 points. Point guard Goran Dragic scored 19 points and had nine assists. Miles Plumlee had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Friday night marked the return of former Jazz player and assistant coach Jeff Hornacek, who is a first year head coach with the Suns.
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