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In most allied health professions more women are employed than men according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The report, Allied health workforce 2012, provides information on the demographic and employment characteristics of 11 allied health professions: occupational therapists, medical radiation practitioners, optometrists, chiropractors, Chinese medicine practitioners, podiatrists, osteopaths and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners.
AIHW spokesperson Dr Adrian Webster said it was the first report on allied health practitioners since the introduction of the new National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for these professions.
It shows around 127,000 allied health practitioners were registered in 2012, with women making up more of these practitioners than men.
'More women than men were employed in 9 of the 11 professions, the exceptions being chiropractors and optometrists,' Dr Webster said.
'Almost 9 in 10 occupational therapists were women, and women accounted for 8 in 10 employed psychologists, 7 in 10 physiotherapists and 6 in 10 pharmacists,' Dr Webster said.
Nearly two-thirds of all registered allied health practitioners in Australia are psychologists, pharmacists or physiotherapists.Psychologists made up the largest proportion of registered allied health practitioners (23%), followed by pharmacists (21%), physiotherapists (19%) and occupational therapists (11%).
The full-time equivalent (FTE) rate of employed practitioners (FTE number per 100,000 population) rose slightly between 2011 and 2012 for all professions except optometrists, where the FTE rate was steady.
The report shows that the average employed allied health professional is aged between 37 and 47, and has a working week varying from about 32 hours for Chinese medicine practitioners to 40 hours for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners.
He said there were 265 registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health practitioners in 2012, 127 of whom worked in Aboriginal health services.
The AIHW is a major national agency set up by the Australian Government to provide reliable, regular and relevant information and statistics on Australia's health and welfare.
Canberra, 10 September 2013
Further information: Dr Adrian Webster, AIHW, tel. (02) 6244 1119, mob. 0434 022 127
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WASHINGTON -- 7-Eleven Inc. will eliminate its medical coverage contribution for retirees and cut its contribution for people on long-term disability, the convenience store chain said in a recent regulatory filing, according to a Dow Jones report.
Dallas-based 7-Eleven, which is now substantially owned by Seven-Eleven Japan Co., said in the report that the company expects to recognize $25 million to $30 million in income during the fourth quarter of 2005 from the move.
Carole Davidson, vice president of investor relations for 7-Eleven, declined to comment beyond what was in the filing, according to the report.
"The modifications were communicated to employees and retirees in early November 2005," the company said in its third-quarter report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company said in the report that the modifications to its group insurance plan are effective Jan. 1 next year and will apply to both the post-retirement and post-employment medical provisions of the plan.
The filing said the income from the cuts will have no effect on the company's current-year cash flow.
This month, Seven-Eleven disclosed it successfully completed its $1.2 billion tender-offer bid for 7-Eleven Inc., giving it ownership of 95.4 percent of the company.
Now that Seven-Eleven Japan will hold more than 90 percent of 7-Eleven, it can conduct a so-called short-form merger to buy out the remaining 4.6 percent of shares held by minority shareholders, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report from Tokyo.
In September, the Japanese retailer announced a plan to make 7-Eleven a 100 percent unit to help strengthen the U.S. firm's operations and increase the group's convenience-store chain operations.
Seven-Eleven Japan originally offered to pay $32.50 a share for the 27 percent stake in the U.S.-based company that it didn't already own, but it later raised the purchase price to $37.50 a share.

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A NEW general manager has been appointed to run the Cobbs Quay marina at Hamworthy, Poole.
Neil Salter will be responsible for daily operations at the 1,090 berth marina, ensuring it continues to offer berth holders and visitors the best in customer service and high quality facilities.
He will also be responsible for driving further development and investment in the site which is situated in Holes Bay.
Neil said: "I'm excited to be taking on this role and looking forward to the opportunities and challenges that managing the company's largest marina will bring."
He joined MDL, Europe's leading marina group, in 1998 and has previously managed seven marinas, including Sant Carles in Catalonia, the company's first venture outside the UK.
"Cobb's Quay Marina is situated in a beautiful location, one of the largest natural harbours in the world, with first-class facilities," he said.
Neil holds the internationally recognized Certificated Marina Manager qualification awarded by the Global Marine Institute, as well as an NVQ in management and a diploma in Industrial and Operations Management.
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I have mixed feelings about alpacas because when I was growing up I lived next door to an alpaca farm, and let me tell you: those creatures are moodier than the vampires from Twilight. However, this photo, taken on shearing day at a German alpaca farm, is placing me firmly on team pro-alpaca. I mean, look at those smooth bellies and fuzzy little heads! After the jump, check out some mugshot-style closeups of the freshly shaven herd that literally made me say, "Squeeeeee!" out loud.
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Nationals players throw out a couple novel ideas in the wake of the horrific accident involving Reds star Aroldis Chapman.
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VIERA, Fla. -- Talk in the clubhouse here at Nationals camp -- and presumably all around baseball -- has turned to the dangers of pitching following the terrible accident involving Reds star closer Aroldis Chapman, who suffered broken facial bones and had to be hospitalized overnight after being hit by a line drive.
Nationals players batted around a couple novel ideas in the wake of the scary incident involving one of their baseball brethren.
Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez wondered if pitchers need to wear the "LeBron mask" protecting the entire face, before deciding it probably would be too cumbersome. And shortstop Ian Desmond wondered aloud whether the pitchers' mound needs to be moved back. He understood that isn't something likely to happen, but the sentiment is understandable after seeing a defenseless pitcher struck in the head by what amounted to a missile.
"The athlete is better now," Desmond said. "It can get to the point where little putting high school kids on a Little League field. How are you going to do it? You can't slow a person down."
Any idea is worth discussion following Chapman's unfortunate accident, whereby he was hit by a scorching liner off the Royals' Salvador Perez's bat said to be moving at about 110 mph, even faster than a Chapman pitch (he's been clocked at up to 105). Chapman had to be carried off the field.
"Every pitch you're hoping it doesn't come up the middle," Gonzalez said. "It's getting scarier and scarier every day. Pitching is a very dangerous thing right now."
That's a given, but solving the issue is another thing entirely.
MLB has considered putting protection in pitchers' caps, and that may come to fruition, though there's some resistance. Gonzalez, who recalls being nailed hard in the shin by a liner back in the minors years ago, mentioned the "LeBron mask," but he wasn't advocating for anything that might throw off a pitcher's weight and potentially his mechanics. That could possibly affect a pitcher's arm.
Nationals reliever Drew Storen says he doesn't ever think about the possibility of a line drive back at him during games, but at times like this, it's hard not to wonder about when he's not pitching, anyway. "It's such untapped territory," he said. "Things are happening more and more. Balls come back pretty quick."
Storen said it'd "be weird" having on a hard cap for protection, or certainly the LeBron-type mask.
There is no easy answer.
"We'll have to find a way to prevent line drives," Gonzalez decided.
"There's not a whole lot you can do," Storen said. "There's no right answer. It's uncharted territory."


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Upstairs there is a master bedroom suite with an octagon shaped sitting area that is located above the downstairs sitting room. The five bay windows in this space fill the bedroom with views and sunlight. A soaking tub sits in one corner, and a fireplace, which is located next to it, provides warmth to the room. A door next to the soaking tub leads to the master bath and walk–in closet.
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Later this year the Bell Helicopter Training Academy will begin offering a two-day tactical flight officer (TFO) or "spotter" training course for law enforcement officers. Bell announced the course at the Airborne Law Enforcement Association convention this past summer. "There's been a lot of interest in the course," said Trey Wade, director of Bell Training Academy. Wade said that law enforcement agencies of all sizes have expressed interest, even ones with established in-house training departments.
"Even the large departments don't do the transition from the police car to the helicopter very well or very efficiently," Wade said. "Right now there is no national standard in the industry on how to conduct this training and most of the training is done on actual calls, even at the larger police forces." Wade said the course is "the safest way to conduct this training at a high level anywhere in the industry."
The $1,500, two-day course has two separate components: an online academic, self-paced component that the average student will take six to eight hours to complete, followed by the two-day course at Bell, much of it in a flight training device (FTD) configured especially for law-enforcement training. A typical student will have three to four sessions in the FTD.
The online knowledge course includes an introduction to airborne law enforcement, helicopter safety and operations, crew resource management and mission decision making, helicopter systems, basic helicopter operations, aeromedical factors and knowledge, night operations and introduction to patrol, and tactical procedures.
The FTD contains controls for the operation of forward-looking infrared devices and searchlights and presents a variety of "realistic scenarios." Bell allows customer pilots and TFOs to be trained together in the FTD. Wade said prospective customers found this attractive as Bell provides roughly 50 percent of the nation's law-enforcement pilot training. "A TFO can be here right after his pilot finishes initial or recurrent training and they both get in the FTD and train as an aircrew," Wade said.
Bell sees this training spreading beyond law enforcement flight crews. Wade said the academic modules could be repackaged easily for training of dispatchers, new unit commanders without aviation experience, and even cross over to EMS crews. "I see this growing into an EMS course as well with little work," Wade said. "We're not trying to make money off this as much as we are trying to provide a service to an important customer base," he said.


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The Adelaide 36ers have cut import Jarrid Frye, blaming an ankle injury for his under-performing NBL season.
The 36ers signed guard Rhys Carter as the replacement for Frye, who injured an ankle before the season started.
"The ankle injury he sustained has plagued him throughout the course of the season, preventing him from playing his best basketball," the 36ers' general manager Dean Parker said in a statement on Tuesday.
Frye had been averaging just over eight points a game, a return insufficient for the second-placed Adelaide outfit as they eye a finals campaign.
The 36ers moved on Frye with eight regular-season games remaining, with his replacement needing to play seven games to qualify for the finals.
Carter played for the 36ers in 2010 and then signed a two-year contract with Swedish club Uppsala Basket.
The 29-year-old is due to train with Adelaide for the first time on Wednesday, and will play against ladder leaders Perth on Friday night.
"We are excited by the return of Rhys to the club. He is the type of player who always give 100 per cent, defensively can shut down an opposition player and also has the ability to score," Parker said.


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President Tom Schroeder called the meeting to order 2:05 pm. Dator, Tiles, Bley-Vroman, Crosby, Uchida, Hilgers, Lukas, Mitsutani and Ramsey were also present. The SEC met with VCAA Smatresk for about one hour, and began the regular meeting at 3:03 pm. Most of the Smatresk meeting was spent on a proposed review of T&P criteria.
Agenda Item 1: The minutes for August 9 were deferred.
Agenda Item 2: TS reported on numerous meetings.
Agenda Item 3: the new by-laws and charter for the UHM Senate have been signed by the chancellor and are now in the hands of the interim president.
Agenda Item 4: some faculty have been injured by skateboards and other wheeled vehicles in hallways, elevators, sidewalks, etc. The CPM will be asked to research current policy about wheeled vehicles in pedestrian areas, and UHPA will be asked to file a safe workplace class action lawsuit.
Agenda Item 5: new appointments to the general education committees include Tom Bopp (ethical), James Richard (oral), Megumi Taniguchi (GEC), Emily Hawkins (GEC), Bruce Liebert (writing), and Spencer Leinweber (H). One writing vacancy remains.
Agenda Item 6: Robert Bley-Vroman will accompany TS to ACCFSC meetings.
Agenda Item 7: UHM wants 5 people at the informal multi-campus committee on foundations, with the ultimate goal that 2 or 3 of the 5 may serve on any official committee on foundations.
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The actor played evil headmaster Mr Finch in Saturday's episode called School Reunion.
He said: "There's been a good reaction to the episode but I met one little girl and asked if I scared her and she said no. I thought I was quite scary."
The actor spoke to Newsround at a big event called Collectormania, where fans get to meet their TV and film idols.
The actor said he really enjoyed filming for Doctor Who.
He said: "Mr Finch is such an arch villain - he was great fun to play.
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Redding is entering his fourth season in the class and although he is still chasing his maiden victory, the British rider enjoyed his best year in Moto2 in 2012, finishing on the podium four times.
And the 20-year-old has described the season ahead as a "critical" one for his career.
"My main goal for 2013 is to really fight for the championship," said Redding in an official team video interview.
"In Moto2 this is my fourth year, and I feel like I should be at the top of my game now, I just turned 20 the beginning of this month, so this year for me is really critical and I want to make everything go absolutely perfect.
"My 2012 season went really well and I think it was a number of things really.
"The chassis was a real big one, also getting to know the team more, everyone working together really well, all the little things came together, which made 2012 my best season yet," he added.
"I had a couple of highlights in the 2012 season. One was Silverstone with the battle with [Marc] M?rquez. We had also in Phillip Island a good race there.
"At a number of races we had some good highlights through the whole weekend and this is what made it a good season for me."
Redding feels achieving the breakthrough to earn his first Moto2 victory will be tough, but the Kalex rider is focused on scaling the top step for the first time in 2013.
"The podium situation with me...I got the first podiums, but just struggling to get that first win.
"I think the first one's always the hardest. Going into the 2013 season I want to go as soon as I can to the top step.
"The Moto2 championship is very high level for me really, and I think this year it's going to be between Pol Espargar?, Tom L?thi, myself, and maybe a couple of the newcomers, but I think the main battle's going to be between me and Espargar? and L?thi for the whole season."
The Gloucestershire rider was linked to a MotoGP ride with Ducati following a successful test on a factory GP12 at Mugello last summer, but lost out as Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone joined the satellite Pramac outfit.
"Testing a Ducati in Mugello in 2012 was a good idea to do, so I knew how the bikes were, the power, and everything," said Redding.
"Lap times were pretty good, but like I say I missed out a little bit for this year to go on a MotoGP bike, but I think all the things were in line to stay where I am."


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Why Can't We All Just Get Along (In The Lady Blogosphere)?
The only thing that I think I actually am naive about is that we all might be able to get along.A lot of feminists talk about the idea of "big tent feminism," which means we welcome anyone who calls himself or herself a feminist even if we might not agree with everything that person has to say. We're rich, we're poor. We're American-born or immigrants. We're men, we're women, we're transgendered and we're transsexual. Because of our different experiences, we have different opinions on some subjects, but because we fundamentally believe in a few key principles, we get along amicably.
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Father, son held for court in 2011 Connellsville murder
A father and son charged in the murder of a Connellsville man in 2011 were bound over for trial in Fayette County Court on Thursday.
Robert Leroy Daniels Jr., 42, and his son, Robert Leroy Daniels III, 18, both of 233B E. Apple St., were charged in the murder of David Gida, 56, of Connellsville, in June 2011 in his apartment on South Pittsburgh Street.
Both men pleaded not guilty, according to their attorneys, William and Lea Bickerton of Pittsburgh.
District Judge Ronald Haggerty Jr. held the father and son for court on Thursday following a preliminary hearing.
One charge of criminal conspiracy and one charge of tampering with evidence were added to the charges of criminal homicide, robbery, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property for Robert Daniels Jr. One charge of criminal conspiracy was added to criminal homicide, robbery, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property already filed against Robert Leroy Daniels III.
Connellsville police Cpl. John James was the first officer on the scene in June after Gida's body was discovered. James testified Thursday he entered Gida's apartment around noon after being flagged down by Justin Gida, son of the victim.
James said he found the victim, who had partially fallen out of a chair, lying on his right side with blood pooled around the body. He said there was a puncture wound on the victim's neck.
Fayette County Assistant District Attorney Mark Brooks submitted the autopsy report by forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht, indicating the cause of death was homicide.
According to the autopsy report, Gida was stabbed twice in the neck.
Connellsville Sgt. Ryan Reese testified Robert Daniels Jr., the father who was identified by his son as the one who stabbed Gida, confessed after being shown a written statement by his son about how the victim was stabbed.
According to Connellsville police, the younger Daniels said he held the victim's head while his father stabbed Gida. After Gida brought his hand up to the wound, the older Daniels then stabbed Gida again through the victim's hand.
In the statements to police, the younger Daniels said his father took a gold chain, a silver ring and a baseball before doing some cleaning up of the scene.
The older Daniels, in his statements, said he only took the chain, which he threw away after leaving the apartment. He said he had gone to the apartment after taking a Valium and drinking a beer at a local bar.
Gida's family members later found an autographed baseball they thought had been stolen. Another baseball was still missing.
Reese said both victims had been made aware of their rights numerous times.
The men were given polygraph tests by state police in Uniontown.
Lea Bickerton asked Reese several times about the mental state of Robert Leroy Daniels III. She questioned if Reese knew that her client was allegedly not mentally competent.
Reese said there were no indications that Robert Leroy Daniels III did not understand.
Karl Polacek is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 724-626-3538.


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Justin Bieber 3D Film Gets Official Release Date
Beliebers unite!
Just because Justin Bieber has made plans to film an upcoming movie with Will Smith, don't think the Canadian cutie has forgotten about his 3D spectacular.The film will officially be released February 11, 2011 aka Valentine's Day weekend.
While there aren't too many details about the flick as of yet, Step Up 3D director Jon Chu will helm the project which will be a 3D concert experience à la the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus. It'll also touch on how the web helped catapult him into stardom. Chu mentions:
"[It's] a movie for his fans, a movie for people who don't know him, and we're gonna tell the underdog story of where he came from because it's a really fascinating story and it has a lot to do with our sort of digital lifestyle now. He was able to do what corporations try to do now when they use YouTube and they don't even know what to do with it yet. It's a pretty cool story for our time."
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Are you a Steve Jobs or a Sam Walton?
CFO Magazine highlights a recent book on the connection between how executives view money and how they make mangement decisions. E. Ted Prince, author of The 3 Financial Styles of Very Successful Leaders observes that
… managers possess innate financial traits that make up their "financial
signature." Some people, like Wal-Mart's Sam Walton, are natural
discounters — they're thrifty and focus on low-value, low-margin
opportunities. Others, like Apple's Steve Jobs, have venture-capitalist
tendencies — they look for high-risk, high-reward opportunities
requiring lots of capital.
Understanding your financial signature tells you what your natural
response will be when confronted with situations involving risk/reward
and cost/benefit, he says.
What's Your Financial Style?
By Joseph McCafferty
CFO Magazine
September 14, 2006
The 3 Financial Styles of Very Successful Leaders
E. Ted Prince
McGraw-Hill, 2005


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Nelson osprey chick pounces on first live trout
The final surviving osprey chick filmed via live webcam from a nest near Nelson earlier this year pounced on her first live trout today.
"We provided a live trout in her enclosure and Nel actually pounced on it and held it down," said Mindy Dyck, a bird care staff member at O.W.L Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta. "But then she didn't seem to know what to do after that. It's a learning process. It was so adorable."
Nel has been receiving her education from a fellow osprey from the Langley area who is acting as her foster mother.
"During the initial introduction the adult was like 'what the heck?' Nel has quite the voice as everyone remembers from her being on cam. But then she figured out if she provided food for Nel, she would be quiet," Dyck said.
"We witnessed her flinging bits of trout to her. It was quite comical."
Dyck said Nel is beloved amidst the O.W.L staff, but they take little credit for her encouraging development.
"She's got great osprey instincts on her own and her foster mom has been a great help. We haven't done much really other than provide food. Really it's her foster mom doing all the work," she said.
Though Nel is being referred to as a female, her sex cannot be known until she's fully grown.
"Female is what pops into everyone's mind, but we don't know definitively. Markings on an older osprey can indicate their sex, but right now it could go either way."
She said Nel is "extremely healthy" but "she's still got a ways to go" before she'll be ready to be re-released into the Nelson wild.
"She's going to graduate to the flight cage in a couple weeks and we'll test her in there and see how well she does," she said.
The 180-foot long enclosure is stocked with live trout in a 60-foot fresh water pool. All staff are masked and cloaked so she won't correlate human beings with food, and will rely instead on her instincts.
For more information about Nel's progress you can visit owlcanada.org
June 12, 13 and 15 -Osprey chicks born
June 20 - A power outage is reported in Grohman Creek. The osprey cam loses service.
June 21 - Online fans speculate about the disappearance of Nelson, the osprey father.
June 23 - Nelson Hydro employees discuss options to help the mother and chicks.
June 24 - Nelson Hydro begins delivering fish to the osprey nest. The first chick dies.
June 25 - Employee discovers Nelson's corpse under a power line during a ground inspection.
June 26 - Nelson Hydro commits to feed the osprey chicks until they're fully grown.
July 3 - Second chick dies. Mother osprey stops feeding Nel.
July 4 - Nel is removed from the nest and transported to O.W.L Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta.
July 31 - Nel is moved to an outside enclosure with a foster mother.
August 11 - Nel pounces on her first live trout.


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Scientologists in Action: The True Nature of Scientology's "Vulture Ministers"
One of the Scientology cult's many front operations is called the "Volunteer Ministers." Scientology delights in relentlessly producing an endless supply of "press releases" extolling the pure, selfless altruism of these heroic humanitarians, who, according to Tom Cruise, are the ONLY ones who REALLY know what to do at the scene of a disaster or emergency. Namely, to deliver "touch assists" (a sort of creepy, inappropriate massage), take down names and addresses, and give out their bizarre "Way to Happiness" pamphlet.
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Human rights advocates, public health officials, and emergency personnel in nations worldwide have another name for these jet-setting opportunists. They call them "Vulture Ministers."
One of the Vulture Ministers' most famous public escapades was at the ruins of the World Trade Center in the days following 9/11. Legitimate mental health professionals were there, of course, to help the victims and counsel the witnesses. Meanwhile, the Vulture Ministers in their bright yellow t-shirts descended upon the scene. Scientology's maniacal hatred of psychologists and psychiatrists is well known. True to form, the Vulture Ministers performed blocking maneuvers to prevent psychologists from doing their work.
A leaked e-mail from a Scientology leader describes the scene.
"Additionally we are trying to move in and knock the psychs out of counseling to the grieving families and that could take another 100 plus people right now. Due to some brilliant maneuvering by some simply genius Sea Org Members we tied up the majority of the psychs who were attempting to get to families yesterday in Q&A, bullbait and wrangling. They have a hard time completing cycles of action and are pretty easy to disperse."
The Scientologist actually admits that at Ground Zero, he and the other Vulture Ministers obstructed the work of mental health professionals through arguments and physical intimidation. After asserting that only Scientologists know what the hell they're doing, he goes on to disparage the ministers of various (legitimate) religions who were "working hand in hand with the psychs."
"The fire-fighter company down the street from the org lost 14 members on Tuesday. No one can do anything for them or the rest but Scientologists. The other religions here with their ministers have shown their true colors and are working hand in hand with the psychs to give these people as much false data and restimulation as they can. They HAVE NO TECH and they're not even trying to hide it anymore. They've crossed over and abandoned anything spiritual and to hell with them."
The Scientologists also somehow scammed Fox News into believing they were a group of mental health professionals called "National Mental Health Assistance" (NMHA). For five hours on September 14, the toll-free phone number for this deceptive group crawled across the bottom of Fox News programming. It was a toll-free number to Scientology headquarters in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the real NMHA, the National Mental Health Association, issued a public warning in response to the conduct of the Vulture Ministers, saying that they were "intentionally confusing the public" by presenting themselves as mental health service providers. According to NMHA President Michael Faenza, "The public needs to understand that the Scientologists are using this tragedy to recruit new members. They are not providing mental health assistance."
The September 11 attacks were only one opportunity of many that the Vulture Ministers have taken as a means of exploiting the victims of tragedies and disasters, and recruiting new members. Every time there is a natural disaster or school shooting somewhere, the Vultures will appear.
In Russia, after the Beslan school hostage crisis in 2004, the Health Ministry ordered Scientologists out of the area, saying "that various psychological tactics the groups use, including what it called hypnosis, may be harmful not only for adults, but for children that have already suffered severe mental shock."
In the UK, Vulture Ministers were up to their usual tricks in the aftermath of the 7/7/2005 London bombings, targeting the families of victims and emergency workers. It was reported that the Vulture Ministers had been told to get away from survivors of the bus bombing in Tavistock Square.
In a recorded discussion with an undercover BBC reporter, two top Scientologists admitted that the purpose of the Vulture Ministers was to keep the psychologists and psychiatrists away from the victims and witnesses, and called this "spiritual security."
After the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, dozens of Vulture Ministers showed up on the campus. Bulletins to Scientology members said that help had been requested by the university provost, the Salvation Army and the Red Cross, but these organizations denied that any requests had been made.
No matter how much phony, "feel-good," happy-slappy propaganda Scientology releases about its "Volunteer Ministers," it doesn't change the truth about these unskilled, obstructive cultists: Their only goals are to give the impression that Scientology is a benevolent, ordinary religion, and to recruit more paying customers. Fortunately, no matter how many self-congratulatory press releases they write, they are not having much success with either goal.
To learn more about how you can help put a stop to the Scientology cult's many ongoing crimes, including an internal corrections gulag, coerced abortions, toxic waste dumping, and many other things that will astonish you, please visit http://www.xenu.net and http://www.enturbulation.org
*See also:*
Excellent BBC Radio report (2006). Elodie Harper goes undercover to reveal the tactics used by Scientology followers in the immediate aftermath of traumatic events.
Transcript of this BBC Radio report on Volunteer Ministers
Scientology at Ground Zero
Scientology's Volunteer Minister program
Volunteer Ministers
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Friday Jun 27th, 2008 5:41 AM
You'll see that Marcab's facts are spot on. No spin here. Scientology has a front group called "Volunteer Ministers" that has been universally panned for interfering in delicate situations like that of the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings. They are no qualified, and they do more harm than good. In fact, Scientology Volunteer Ministers were kicked out of the area surrounding the WTC in NYC because they were hindering the REAL lifesavers.
It is abundantly clear that this group exists to target those that are vulnerable and attempt to turn them on to the worthless, money-grubbing practice of scientology.
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 5:46 AM
Haha, let the recod show that the Scientologists still won't respond to the actual content of the letter, they just attack the author. The scienos are putting out twice the amount of crappy pr articles now, they won't allow any comments on them, why is that Milkeggsvodka?
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 5:59 AM
How odd! How are these people allowed to do this when it is so obviously a con? Do people really believe that they are helping or is this just done for money?
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 6:51 AM
I'm not a Scientologist, "Bob Dobbs", I just think the obsessive attacks on them have become twice as stupid and twice as scary as the cult itself. I think BOTH sides are severely deranged. Scientology IS a goofy UFO cult, but I think goofy UFO cults are COOL (I think Scientology is funny for the exact same reasons I think SubGenius is funny, but Scientology is much more interesting because they're actually serious!), and I think people who spend their lives toiling away "spreading the truth" on some sort of protest mission - whether it's PETA or Anonymous, are beyond pathetic.
Your have your opinion and I have mine. The only difference is you're determined to force yours onto every blog, message board, and news-comment field on the web, around the clock. That's called Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and you and Marcab and all the other "anonymous" gang seriously need treatment for it. (Sorry, Scientology, but you're wrong about shrinks - some people really are in need of Prozac!)
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 8:01 AM
Right, m-e-v. You think they're ALL nuts-- but you're just fine-- even though you've somehow made it your business to go around responding to them on every site and blog.
Ya know, those living in glass houses, etc, and so on...
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 8:40 AM
The "not a Scientologist" attacks the writer, invokes Prozac, issues life advice by wondering if the writer ever goes outside.
Well, let me tell you something, non-Scientologist whose nick sounds like a vodka milkshake, we have lives. And part of those lives enfolds a tiny bit of fury that this kind of malignant garbage is allowed to operate amongst vulnerable people who have suffered tragedy.
The account of the VM's behavior is true. "Lt." Simon O'Hare, a "lieutenant" in Hubbard's toy navy the Sea Org, issued several emails describing how the VMs disrupted legitimate mental health workers, sneaked in under barricades meant to keep them out, and finally, announced that such emails would be discontinued, lest they fall into the wrong hands. But it was too late. They had. Into mine.
Let me tell you something, Mr. "Not-A-Scientologist." Now, there are thousands, not hundreds, of people who think Scientology stinks. And people like you keep on "applying the tech," failing to address issues, attacking the writers and critics, and laughably, accusing us of the very thing Scientology is doing in its futile scramble to generate good PR.
There's one huge difference, however. The information we offer is researchable, verified material. What do you offer? Ad hominem attacks and "testimonials" that usually start out, "Scientology saved my life."
That's called anecdotal, and doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
However, this year we've seen a death in Narconon, Scientology's detox fraud. We've seen a woman freed from captivity imposed by her Scientologist brother; the same "Introspection Rundown" that killed Lisa McPherson. And we've seen the suicide of a vulnerable girl in France who received a poor rating on her "Free Personality Test."
So you just keep on defending the indefensible, Mr. Vodka "I am not a Scientologist" Milkshake.
Your milkshake just ain't bringin' the boys to the yard since anonymous came out to play!
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 8:50 AM
Calling dangerous cults like Scientology "goofy" really downplays the threat they pose to all of us. I'll remind you that Heaven's Gate was a goofy UFO cult, until 38 members killed themselves on March 26, 1997.
Remember this, if nothing else: people don't join cults, cults recruit people! Scientologist "ministers" rush to disaster sites because people are psychologically vulnerable. Dangerous cults like Scientology are designed to do two things: expand and extract money from their members. This is why they have so many front groups which downplay their affiliation:
ABLE International's divisions:
- Applied Scholastics to get your kids through their bogus "Study Tech."
- Narconon and Criminon, to recruit recovering drug addicts and inmates. Drug-Free Marshals are a similar front group.
- The Way to Happiness, to recruit from other faiths and professional offices via a brochure (note the similarity to "The Way International," another cult.)
Citizens Commission on Human Rights - produces libel and slander against psychologists and psychiatry, a pet Scientology cause.
Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) - to recruit school children under supporting human rights
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (W.I.S.E.) - to recruit business people
If you look into the Unification Church, a.k.a. the "Moonies," you'll find a very similar kind of dangerous cult structure with many front groups to recruit people.
Once recruited, Scientology practices "thought reform" employing repetitive, thought-stopping techniques like their "TRs" or Training Routines. This is how reasonable, intelligent people get drawn in and soon begin accepting whatever they are told by higher-ranking members.
Beware the cult!
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 9:55 AM
We intercepted internal emails between Scientology criminals during the aftermath of the September 11'th terrorist attacks against New York, all of which are available at the web site offered -- Scientology's "Vulture Ministers" web site.
These scumbag crimials deliberately sought to disrupt relief efforts at Ground Zero. The authorities had to continually capture these Scientology vultures and "escort" them off the grounds. These insane criminals were such a problem that fire fighters and other rescue, medical people were literally tripping over these god damned insane crooks.
The American Red Cross was forced to issue a public statement about Sceitnology scammers and others who were preying upon the victims, all of which are available on the web site.
What disgusting, insane criminals. By working against the relief workers and against the surviving victims, Scientology was working _for_ the terrorists who attacked New York. Scientology diverted victims and fire fighters, got in the way, and had to be repeatedly captured and removed, adding to the work burdon of the people who were there to help.
My opinions only and only my opinions.
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 11:55 AM
The full picture here:
Otherwise, as said earlier, Lilly is just a lousy propagandist whose compulsion to put an anti-Scientology spin on anything has taken over her brain. A VM would help her however. They are pretty forgiving.
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 12:45 PM
I am a social worker, trained for years to work with people in mental distress. PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is a common diagnosis for persons who have been through serious / catastropic events like Katrina, 9/11, and the recent flooding and hurricanes our country has been experiencing. Scientology's sole purpose in sending people out to these sites of human devastation in order to prevent persons like FEMA CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams) from gaining access to victims of such natural and manmade disasters. To my knowledge there are no FEMA certified Scientologists among the "Volunteer Ministers," nor could there be because of the reliance of such training upon SOLID SCIENCE rather than science fiction.
These people do little but actively prey upon victims in their most vulnerable of moments, when they've lost everything and have nothing else to lose, a perfect and highly manipulable time when they "pounce" and try to make the non-help they provide seem like a miracle. People in disasters, many times, need a trained professional to allow themselves to deal with the shock of their plight. Scientology exploits these moments for all their worth, then follows up post-disaster with solicitation campaigns and the seeking of endorsements from civil agencies overburdened by the cleanup effort and too busy to notice those seeking endorsement were the same con-artists who misled the public only days before.
If a Volunteer Minister approaches you, except under the most dire circumstance such as them pulling you from a torrential flood lest you drown (unlikey as they will rarely risk their own safety to protect others), say loudly and clearly, "Do not approach me! I do not want your 'help.' If you continue to harrass me, I will call the police or National Guard."
In times of disaster, it may seem like any help is good help. Alas, in the case of Scientology and its hidden agendas, nothing could be further from the truth and likely if you accept their help you risk further and often irredeemable disaster. There is no "federal cult insurance," and floods, earthquakes, and terroristic acts are bad enough without further being emotionally and mentally victimized by would-be "rescuers" preying upon the innocent.
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 2:21 PM
In 2003 San Diego County suffered what was called the "Fire Storm of '03" -- the worst brush fires in over 50 years. At that time my husband and I were $cientologist and VMs. We went out to the shelters to "help" the people who had been evacuated and I must say I was completely embarrassed about what we were expected to do. It's too long to go into here, suffice it to say it was practically criminal. Many VMs, myself included, also volunteered at the firefighter's base of operations (an airfield out in east county). We did odd jobs -- filing, directing traffic, handing out donated socks and shampoo to the returning firefighters. The most awful part came later: the spin put on it for the sake of rank & file $cilons -- the VMs "ran" the whole operation, gave the tech to thousands, helped hundreds overcome the trauma and loss, etc ad nauseum. When I read the stories in the $cilon publications, I wanted to hide my head in shame. We did practically nothing and certainly we did NOT change anyone's life.
I was also present as a VM in Baton Rouge after Katrina and I will attest that our marching orders were all about getting people "in." I gave up on that early on and just tried to talk to people about how they were going to proceed in their lives given that their city was under water. I helped organize a singing group and I offered to read to the young'uns, just regular stuff. No TWTH booklets, no assists, no recruiting. Just being with people.
The article is accurate and the author does a service by continuing to expose the con that is $cientology.
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 7:30 PM
I'd like to see the Scientologists present here explain why a large group of "Volunteer Ministers" were expelled from Oklahoma City after the McVeigh bombing.
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 8:43 PM
Title pretty much says it all.
I believe that scientology is a sick scam invented by ol' man hubbard to make money -- but dox plox re the NMHA thing. Maybe I missed a reference in this article. I'll go back and look.
Bottom line is that if you are going to make statements like:
"The Scientologists also somehow scammed Fox News into believing they were a group of mental health professionals called "National Mental Health Assistance" (NMHA). For five hours on September 14, the toll-free phone number for this deceptive group crawled across the bottom of Fox News programming. It was a toll-free number to Scientology headquarters in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the real NMHA, the National Mental Health Association, issued a public warning in response to the conduct of the Vulture Ministers, saying that they were "intentionally confusing the public" by presenting themselves as mental health service providers. According to NMHA President Michael Faenza, "The public needs to understand that the Scientologists are using this tragedy to recruit new members. They are not providing mental health assistance."
It would be good to annotate them (where they appear in your article) with a direct reference (link or at least a reference to an article appearing in media, etc.) to statements made by parties concerned. Specifically, in this case, that FOX news was fooled and that the REAL NMHA made the statement you clain they did.
It's not immediately easy to find any such reference in your article, and in the spirit of tl;dr -- if it takes too long to find a definitive reference to a claim made in an article like this, people will not believe what the author has written.
Otherwise, a very good article. Lily is a gifted writer.
And the Volunteer Ministers of scientology are NOT present at any disaster for any other reason than to recruit. This I believe with all my heart and there is ample evidence of the fact that all they have ever brought is (sometimes water) "touch assists" and indoctrination.
Another Surfer
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 9:35 PM
They showed up at NIU after the shootings, too. They were confronted and denied having anything to do with scientology. They had the nerve to pass out their garbage right outside the memorial service.
Saturday Jun 28th, 2008 10:56 AM
'Mental health' hotline a blind lead
The televised blurb offered mental health assistance dealing with the attacks. Callers reached Scientologists
St. Petersburg Times,, 9/15/01
Saturday Jun 28th, 2008 2:31 PM
I had no idea about any of this. It's horrible. I had read something once about the "volunteer ministers" someplace, but this article really brings everything into context. I checked out the xenu.net link, too. Fascinating and quite disturbiing.
Saturday Jun 28th, 2008 5:23 PM
Dear Scientologists,
Everything you believe and feel so passionately about is based on the concept that L. Ron Hubbard was telling the truth about his life history, accomplishments and experiences. He was not telling the truth. He was lying about almost everything. THAT is the stable datum.
Moreover, David Miscavige has lied to you about almost everything. That, too, is stable data.
You can begin your research here:
Who was L. Ron Hubbard?
Saturday Jun 28th, 2008 7:27 PM
Are their any demonstrations in the bay area against the scientology church?
Saturday Jun 28th, 2008 8:28 PM
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Indeed there will be another of our monthly protests, the next being on July 12. These monthly protests, which involve thousands of people in over 100 cities worldwide, will continue until the Scientology criminal racket has been dismantled. We also have smaller "raids" on "stress test" tables and other Scientology scams, in between the monthly ones. Please check http://www.enturbulation.org to learn more about the worldwide activities; For the San Francisco Bay Area, there is this additional resource: http://www.anonymoussf.com
Glad you'll be joining us!
Pictured: San Francisco Anonymous members at the "Church" of Scientology, San Francisco
Saturday Jun 28th, 2008 8:52 PM
can you post the date of your next demo on Indybay?
also, why not post pictures of the demo on Indyaby too?
Sunday Jun 29th, 2008 12:24 PM
Their website even claims to train Red Cross personnel! It is abominable for these scientologists-in-disguise to secretly recruit new cult victims during times of extreme emotional distress. I wish they would learn some human decency.
Sunday Jun 29th, 2008 7:33 PM
well said*nods*
the mere fact that they tryed to pass them selves off as another organization, that right their is all i needed to here
plus thank fucken gowd 4 xenu.net^_^
also i heard that on 911 they were kicked out of emergency rooms, this could have been from the old gaurd ect..something like that
can anon deliver?
Sunday Jun 29th, 2008 8:07 PM
Anon delivers:
The Jerusalem Post
By Rosalyn Harari
MEMBERS of the Scientologists cult in Tel Aviv managed to get into the public information center set up at Ichilov Hospital immediately after the recent terrorist attack in Allenby Street, where they spoke to families of the injured and gave out propaganda material on their cult, reports Tel Aviv Hebrew weekly.
Shortly after the attack, around 10 Scientologists mingled with a group of social workers who were at the hospital to receive families of the injured. Wearing shirts bearing the tag "spiritual adviser Scientologist volunteer," they talked to the anxious relatives who had arrived at the center, where entry was permitted only to the hospital medical staff and relatives of the injured.
The cult representatives distributed a booklet written by the founder of the cult Ron Hubbard which promises its readers to help them reach "the path which leads to a much safer and happier life for you and for others."
One of the most persistent volunteers even managed to find her way into the emergency ward, where she was noticed by the hospital manager Gabi Barbash and asked to leave.
Guess Who I saw at Ground Zero?!?
New York Post/October 20, 2002
By Sarah Gilbert
Apparently, the demand for reading material about Sept. 11 is so drastically high that you can have spent three weeks feeding volunteers at Ground Zero and score a book deal.
"21 Days at Ground Zero: A Young Volunteer's Story" is a new memoir by Juliet McIntyre, a 20-year-old Scientologist/aspiring actress who did, in fact, spend three weeks at Ground Zero feeding volunteers.
"A lot of people - neighbors and friends - had questions," says McIntyre, who lives on the Lower East Side. "I thought if I could write the book, it would help people understand."
Yet McIntyre is the central character and Ground Zero the mere backdrop, with cameos by visitors Vince Vaughn, Edward Norton, Susan Sarandon and fellow Scientologist John Travolta.
Tales of hardship include less-than-ideal sleeping arrangements: After trying to sleep on a plank of wood, then moving on to a row of rubber bins, she and her fellow volunteer Erica finally got some fireman - WHAT? - cots. But McIntyre says that the cots were hardly much better than the plank.
"What person has that shape is beyond me!" she says of the mattresses. "It was very unpleasant. But sleep was sleep, so we just suffered."
McIntyre's memoir isn't all a buzzkill, though:
"The day I was born," she writes, "Mom started to take a picture of me. To her surprise, I looked right at her and smiled. They say most newborns can't even focus their eyes but we still have the photo and there I am, already mugging for the camera."
Also in the book: pictures of McIntyre as a "child model," posing with Ben Stiller at Ground Zero, and one in which she stands in front of the wreckage with her Erica. The caption: "I took off my asbestos mask briefly to pose for this photo."
Heroism indeed.
Monday Jun 30th, 2008 8:01 AM
"How are these people allowed to do this when it is so obviously a con?"
I guess it's because most people can't imagine human beings being so callous as to go in to a disaster area and trying to block people from getting help, and advertising for expensive courses.
As another commenter said, some "Volunteer Ministers" even can't overcome how repulsive this is, and toss away the game plan and help for real instead.
Wednesday Jul 16th, 2008 1:35 PM
I took a quick look at the vulture ministers site and found a rather extravagant claim that they "train Red Cross". I sent the link to the IRC webmaster. Be interesting to see what they have to say. If I get a response I'll forward
Saturday Aug 2nd, 2008 9:22 AM
This is convincing enough.
Saturday Aug 2nd, 2008 11:00 AM
> Their website even claims to train Red Cross personnel!
That's outrageous! The insane Scientology criminals were caught and escorted out of "Ground Zero" repeatedly by fire fighters, rescue workers, law enforcement, and everyone else who had to take time off from helping to drag these insane criminals back behind poloice lines.
The American Red Cross had to issue a public statement because Scientology and other criminals were at Ground Zero specifically to prey upon the victims and those working to salvage what was left in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.
The American Red Cross was repeatedly flooded with telephone calls complaining about the Scientology crime syndicate -- and of course the crime syndicate demands otherwise.


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Paramore's frontwoman Hayley Williams gives a long speech about fulfillment and being 'a part of something' before performing the song.
Paramore paid a musical tribute to Robin Williams at their recent concert in Denver. The rock band performed their song "Last Hope" and dedicated it to the actor/comedian who killed himself earlier this week.
Frontwoman Hayley Williams gave a long speech about fulfillment prior to the performance. "There was a point right before we released the new record, actually when we were writing it, that this song sort of spilled out of us," she said. "I realized how sad we had been. We had been in this place where we weren't content or fulfilled anymore."
She continued, "It was very scary. It was very depressing, then this song happened, and a light came on. It was amazing how much I realized that I was a part of something... that we, the three of us, were a part of something... you're a part of something. Please know that."
"This song goes out to Robin Williams," she added before starting singing the track that appears in Paramore's latest self-titled album.
Robin Williams was found dead at his home in California on August 11. Investigation shows he died due to asphyxiation after hanging himself with a belt. Some superficial cuts were also found on the inside of his left wrist. His wife, Susan Schneider, later revealed the actor was battling early stages of Parkinson's disease before committing suicide.


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Do you think the Colorado shooting was staged to justify passing the UN small arms treaty and domestic gun confiscation?
I think i government is capable of almost anything, but think this is going a little too far.
OHCome on! Do we really need another BS conspiracy theory ba<x>se on nothing at all?
Hows that Bunker coming along. Got enough food & water for the next revolution. Don't forget your stashnof Cheetos and Sardines.
Conspiracy Theories. Unless you or your family are planing to buy a shipload of arms from Russia or China, The "Small Arms Treaty" don't mean D!ck to the American Citizen. Besides the Constitution Trumps all Treaties with Foreign Governments. Quit spouting rhetoric, without reading the Treaty. Reading Is Fundamental.
It also has to have congressional approval.
Exactly, and they only need TWO more senate votes. something like what happened in CO would sure give more weight to turn them. Interesting timing, don't you think?
I think it is a bit far fetched to think that anyone would STAGE that shooting; kill those people and wound so many JUST to get their political agenda underway...but I truly believe that every opportunity to ***** UP of our rights protected by the Constitution of the United States will VERY likely be pursued by those who want to confiscate our arms for their future agenda.

***Just because you are paranoid DOESN'T mean they are not out to GET YOU***
I'm investing in the paranoid pills market tomorrow .... sheesh
Is this a serious question?
No, I can't say that I do. I think the shooter was one insanely intelligent and crafty SOB. I don't think that he was sponsored to do what he did for that reason, but I do think Obumma and his cronies will try to use it for such.
True, but the scheme with the apartment sure leads you to believe he wanted the apartment explosion as a police diversion so he could kill more innocents. He is one sick twisted individual.I do wonder where he got the money to buy all that stuff, though.
Why did he warn the cops then? Very that he could callously shoot women and children then suddenly want to warn police about booby traps for police. Odd
That about covers everything related to this individual. Very strange.
I believe Eric Holder is as corrupt as they come... but god help us all if he is responsible for that.
hopefully not on its own citizens in its own county, without even the lamest of explanations...
Look up project MKUltra, or this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
This stuff is planned by our gov. all the time and that is terrible.
Expect there to be a push for that, as is similar pushes for gun control after a tradegy.

I reject the conspiracy of it though, because I choose to believe that nobody in government is that criminal to promote their agenda. In any wide conspiracy, people talk. That is inevitable.
the governmet IS pretty corrupt...
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If you think cancer charity events are just about walking or running, think again. These events bring together a lot of courageous people who understand the words fight, struggle, support and faith.
A hypnotic Latin beat and a Zumba instructor used samba, mamba and hip-hop to help cancer survivors and their family members dance away some of their problems on a grassy field at a West Iberville waterfront park last Saturday.
I danced alongside a woman, Nancy Taylor, whose husband, Max, was diagnosed with cancer of the larynx in 2001 and succumbed to throat cancer six months ago. Relay for Life events have given Taylor hope, she told me.
Her eyes welled up when she described Max and his love for their three children and six grandchildren.
"He was one of the most wonderful and most loving people you could ever know," she said. She rejoined the dance, laughing with me each time the instructor switched the steps.
Nancy cared for Max throughout his battle and along the way, she gained something unexpected.
"Since his death, the depth of my love is unbelievable. It's a deep love that is not shallow. We're all part of God's creation no matter what we're going through. It's important to love people."
In a separate Relay for Life cancer walk earlier this month in the northern part of Iberville Parish, I walked with families and people from our surrounding neighborhoods who have been affected by cancer.
My husband's high school classmate, Wayne Hill, and his wife, Lisha, joined the walk. Wayne told us doctors gave him about 24 hours to live after he was diagnosed with cancer and kidney failure in August 2008. The former Grambling University star football player, said his cancer, multiple myeloma, a blood disease that affects the bones, is now in remission. He underwent chemotherapy, a successful stem-cell transplant and his kidneys are functioning normally, he said.
"We're blessed that we can be here to talk about it," Hill said. "Some people are embarrassed or ashamed about (cancer) but I figure the more people who know I'm sick, I believe the more people will pray for you."
These walks are part of the support that survivors and family members look forward to. It's a venue that provides a relaxing atmosphere for cancer survivors to talk. My husband and many of his family members also joined the walk in support of his mother who is battling leukemia.
Another set of walkers held a handmade sign in their mother's memory. The sisters said they did not learn about their mother's cancer diagnosis until after her death in the late '90s. In that time, the sisters said they participate in cancer walks to honor her memory and to break the silence that surrounded her death.
Faith is one common thread that seemed to bind many of the caretakers of people with cancer and the cancer survivors together. I watched school teachers, bus drivers, plant workers and retired people sitting on park benches, sharing their stories and offering hugs and words of understanding during each of the Relay for Life cancer events.
Cancer is a difficult challenge, but with family, friends and faith, it is not insurmountable.
Chante Warren is a freelance writer for The Advocate. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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