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(Today's article is a contribution by our quilting community member.)
Does Your Fabric Bleed?
Even if you purchase first quality quilting fabric there is still a chance that deeper colored fabrics will contain excess dye. That excess dye will bleed onto other areas of the quilt when the quilt is first washed. This is especially noticeable when a very deep color is placed next to a very light color such as a red and white quilt.
Bleeding fabric is one of the issues present that necessitates pre-washing fabric. If you wash fabric before you cut it you will be aware of which fabrics bleed and which ones don't. I have found that deep pink or red fabrics bleed excessively, also dark blue and black fabric. It may be certain dyes are needed for these colors or these colors simply need a lot of dye in order for the fabrics to be the correct color.
What you can do to prevent bleeding
There is a product available called Shout Color Catcher. It "absorbs and traps loose dyes to help keep colors vibrant". They are small sheets that can be tossed in the wash and rinse cycle to trap and absorb dyes. They are safe to go though the dryer. The sheets are only good for one use and should be discarded. A box of 24 Shout Color Catcher sheets is available in the laundry section of your grocery store approximately four dollars.
A similar product is called "Dye Magnet". Both of these products are similar although we have found the Shout Color Catcher to be more readily available in some areas than the Dye Magnet.
Recently, I have had two different red and black printed cuts of fabric bleed extensively. I simply placed the new fabric in a basin of warm water with a small amount of liquid laundry detergent. Within two minutes the water was the color of black cherry gelatin. I continued to rinse this fabric in fresh soapy water. I put it through at least ten water baths in the basin before the water ran "clear" so I could rinse and dry the fabric. The same process was repeated with the second piece of fabric. The actual color in the fabric is still very strong so it did not loose needed dye, it simply lost excess dye. If I had not pre-washed this fabric the white fabrics in my red, black, and white quilt would have turned pink.
There is a product available at the quilt store that can be used to contain bleeding and dye migration in cotton quilting fabrics. One if them is Synthrapol. Synthrapol is used to suspend and carry excess dye from the cotton fiber. It removes unfixed or unattached dye and keeps it from redepositing on other areas of fabric. Synthrapol recommends that you use this product to remove excess dyes from quilt fabric. It works similarly to Color Catcher.
I made a red and white quilt. Even though I had pre-washed the fabric, there was still some excess red dye that migrated to the white areas. I could wash the quilt again using Synthrapol. It would take away the migrating excess red dye and keep your white areas from being pink. I did use the Color Catcher product and it worked fine. The Color Catcher sheet turned light pink and the pink color was gone from the white areas.
I pre-wash all fabric and backing before cutting and one of the main reasons is pre-washing insures colorfastness. If a fabric bleeds too much it can be treated with one of the above products or it can be discarded before using it in a quilt. Choosing to eliminate a fabric might be a good decision rather than worrying about possible dye migration later when the quilt is finished and laundered. After a fabric is sewn in a quilt it can easily bleed onto other fabrics.
How I handle my new fabric
I wash all my fabric before it enters my quilting studio. When I purchase new fabric, I take it to the laundry room where I have a pinking rotary cutter, mat and ruler available. I trim all cut edges with the pinking blade. This keeps a lot of those strings from forming along the cut edge of the fabric.
I always pre-test dark fabrics in a small basin of water for bleeding. Fabrics in the red family tend to bleed the most, followed by black and other very dark fabrics. Once I see a fabric is not bleeding, I place them in the washing machine on a gentle cycle and cool water. I always wash dark fabrics separate from light fabrics.
If I plan to press my new fabrics, I dry them in the dryer on low until slightly damp. Then press them as needed. If I don't dry more than 5-6 yards of fabric at one time they come out of the dryer with less wrinkles. If I am not planning to press them, I leave them in the dryer until they are completely dry. I seldom press the larger pieces until I am ready to cut them.
If the fabric pieces are very small such as fat quarters or fat eighths, my favorite method is to clip them to a pants hanger. Swish them in a basin of warm soapy water. Then I hang them to drip dry. They are smooth and nice and are not twisted or tangled. I almost always press my fat quarters and fat eights but if I wash them by hand they are not extremely wrinkled.
Always make sure your fabric is completely dry before putting it in any type of storage container. I usually leave mine out on the table for several days to be sure. Then I add it to my stash.
Washing fabric before using will insure that you will know which ones are bleeders and can treat them accordingly saving you a lot inconvenience when laundering later.
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When washing long runs of fabric, if you will accordian fold fabric into 1/2 or 3/4 yd length, then safety pin the selvedge edges every 5-6 inches then wash it. Take hold of the selvegee pinned edge and snap the fabric to straighten, then put in dryer. When it comes from dryer, give it another shake. It dries almost as smooth as when it came from the store. Just clipping off each corner at the selvedge keeps the raveling to a minimum and for those of us who do not wash everything, it is an easy way to know if the fabric has been washed or not. I read this someplace and have done it this way for many years. It works beautifully.


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How to Increase Your Vertical Jump in Two Weeks
Vertical jumping is integral to sports such as basketball, football, baseball and volleyball. Many coaches use vertical jump performance as a screen to judge the overall athletic ability of prospective players. Training to improve your vertical jump can potentially help you gain a competitive edge or catch the eye of a coach or scout. To improve your vertical jump as quickly as possible, focus your training efforts on lower-body plyometric drills.
Plyometric Drills
Step 1
Start in a partial squat with your feet about shoulder-width apart. Perform 10 to 15 jumps in place with no rest between the jumps. These should be done at submaximal effort with controlled, soft landings.
Step 2
From the same starting position, perform 10 to 15 maximum-effort jumps. These are individual jumps for maximum height with complete recovery between jumps.
Step 3
Cover a distance of 20 meters with a series of powerful hops on just your right leg. Return by hopping on just your left leg. Make a third 20-meter pass hopping on both legs.
Step 4
Make three passes of 30 meters each of alternate-leg bounds. Alternate-leg bounding is simply running with an exaggerated stride length.
Step 5
Stand in front of a sturdy box or bench. Hop explosively from the ground to a controlled landing on top of the box or bench. Then hop back down to a controlled landing on the ground. Do 10 to 15 hops per set. As you get stronger, use a taller box or bench.
Step 6
Finish with 10 to 15 depth jumps. To perform a depth jump, start on top of your box or bench; step off the box or bench, landing on both feet, and immediately jump vertically as high as you can.
- If you are incorporating plyometrics into a more comprehensive training program, do your plyometrics toward the beginning of your workout but after an adequate warmup. Plyometric drills require lots of energy, and should be done while you are relatively fresh.
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The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Moderator:
Haifa Zangana
Testimony - World Tribunal Iraq - Istanbul, Turkey
The Excessive Use of Weapons and Banned Weapons
by Akira Maeda, Sayo Saruta, Koichi Inamori,
The Use of Depleted Uranium (DU) Weapons
1. The Truth About the Use of Depleted Uranium (DU) Weapons by
US and UK Troops
The US and UK troops in the attacks on Iraq that started on 21
March 2001 used DU weapons during the battles at various places in
Iraq. The truth of the use of DU weapons by US troop was verified
and admitted by Brigadier General Brooks in a press briefing on 26
March of the same year when he said, "DU bombs had been
Michael Kilpatrick, Deputy Director of Deployment Health Support
in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs, at a forum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
on 6 March 2004, said, "The Army fired and used from tanks
and armored vehicle 24 tons or less of DU bombs, and the Air
Force, 10 tons or less of DU bombs from A-10 planes. These, when
combined, would be equivalent to 115 tons of metallic uranium.
Also, before the outbreak of the war, on 15 March 2003, in a press
briefing at the Department of Defense, Colonel Naughton, stated
that "Abrams tanks had been loaded with DU bombshells,"
and "so were A-10 planes" because "there was not
other choice. Witnesses had repeatedly seen civilian facilities
being targeted by A- 10 planes starting with Iraq's Planning
Ministry during the aerial bombing of Baghdad. Report on the
investigation conducted by Scott Peterson, as a matter of fact,
corroborated the statement given by Colonel Naugton at the
above-mentioned press briefing. Abrams tanks were the main battle
tanks used in the ground assault of Iraq. It is, therefore, highly
probable that aside from the facts already verified, the US Armed
Forces has used in large quantity DU weapons, even exceeding the
reported volume, in all areas of offensive operations in Iraq,
even at densely populated areas, particularly Baghdad, Basra, etc.
2. Special Properties of Depleted Uranium (DU) Weapons
Storing depleted uranium is enormously expensive, but disposing it
by all means is what the US Department of Energy has wanted to do.
It is in military weapons that depleted uranium is used in
extremely large scale, and it is used mainly as penetration body
that is attached to bombshells for the sake of increasing its
penetration capacity, and also as armor of tanks in order to
increase its defense capacity. Mainly, uranium weapons have the
following advantages:
1) Depleted uranium, because of its very heavy density (1.7 times
of lead, 2.5 times of iron) and hardness, when used to tip
bullets, increases the penetration power of the bullets, and
displays such tremendous capacity as to power to open holes in
thick iron plates and concrete.
2) Even when there are no explosives inside the bombshell, it
explodes upon impact, and the capacity to kill and injure the
enemy is high because of the high temperature it causes when it
3) It is very cheap because its raw materials are radioactive
However, when depleted uranium explodes upon impact, and burns
with high temperature, it becomes microparticles of oxidized
uranium (ceramic form aerosol of diametrical-micron; a micron is
equivalent to 1/1000mm), discharged heavily, and are packed in
tanks. Also, the particles diffused in the atmosphere and whirled
up in the sky, pollute vast range of the atmosphere, and also, the
particles that fall on the ground pollute the environment such as
the soil and water, etc.
3. Dreadful Negative Effects of Depleted Uranium Weapons on the
Human Body
Once the uranium particles are inhaled into the body, the
particles attach first to the trachea and the respiratory system.
As the particles are practically insoluble, they are difficult to
dissolve in the blood, and stay there for a long period of time.
Eventually these clinging particles continue to expose the
neighboring organs to radiation. By that, they cause the cell and
the gene to go into some transformation, and cause cancers,
leukemia, lymphoma, congenital disorders and defects. Then,
gradually, they are absorbed into the blood and lymph, and cause
various illnesses and damages to the whole body. Also, aside from
inhalation, they get into the body and enter the bloodstream by
oral ingestion and through wounds. This kind of very dangerous
weapons are being diffused in large quantity all over Iraq by the
US and British troops. Not only during the war, but also after the
war, and an unimaginable length of time of 4.5 billion years
hereafter, the people of Iraq will have to bear the burden of
living in this vast polluted land and learn how to survive with
this grim reality. The British and US troops, at the instance that
they drop DU weapons, do not just snatch away precious lives but
cause the Iraqis further and eternal miseries.
1) Physical Damages in Iraq After the Gulf War
During the Gulf War in January 1991, the US Armed Forces
dropped 320 tons of depleted uranium weapons on Iraq. Since after
the war, there has been a high incidence of strange phenomenon not
seen in Iraq before the war. There have been several incidences of
such phenomenon as several members of one family developing
cancer, or one patient having several types of cancer, etc.,
cancer that spreads fast, the outbreak of infectious diseases due
to fast spreading cancer, leukemia, aplastic anemia, and malignant
tumor, and immunodeficiency, massive herpes, and herpes zoster
pain, symptoms resembling AIDS, syndrome due to liver and kidney
dysfunction, hereditary dysphasia (hereditary damage) due to gene
defects. Children, especially infants, who cannot fight back and
are blameless, have become the number one victims of this war. The
southern City of Basra, which is near the battleground of the Gulf
War, has been very seriously damaged, and according to a doctor at
the Basra Educational Hospital, the number of people who have
succumbed to cancer rose from 34 in 1988 prior to the Gulf War to
the astonishing figure of 603 in 2001 that was 17 times larger.
i. Basra Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital. Mohammed Hoji (5) was
diagnosed with leukemia just a year after his own mother, who was
also confined in the same hospital, died of leukemia. The
physician in charge of this case, Dr. Surin Shirub, related,
"What makes this case to stand out is that the whole family
and the brothers one by one have succumbed to cancer and leukemia.
This kind of phenomenon never existed before the Gulf War."
The aunt, Abed (32), who was caring for the boy lamented,
"Why do we have to suffer like this even when the war is
ii. Zein (5), who was confined in the Basra Maternity and
Pediatrics Hospital, 5 months before, suddenly developed a swollen
abdomen, and was diagnosed with leukemia. Since then, he had
become weak and lost his gaiety. His mother, Semal (25), sighed,
"I would like America to know how the war has caused us so
much miseries for many generations to come."
iii. Abbas (5), who was diagnosed with leukemia 3 years ago, was
sleeping soundly beside his mother Hamdi (30). The hair on his
head had become extremely thin as an effect of drugs administered
to him. Hamdi said, "It's hard when you are helpless to do
anything to save your child from his sufferings." Dr. Jasem
(32) of this hospital related, "The damages of the war are
not a temporary matter. Even after that, its innocent victims will
suffer for generations to come. These innocent children of
Iraq, in fact, have been deprived of their rights to be born with
good health and grow normally because of the effects of these DU
weapons. Furthermore, the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq by
the UN from August 1990 had contributed more to this pathetic
situation. The UN Resolution 661 had exempted from the embargo
materials to be used for medical purposes. However, the committee
that was charged with the implementation of the embargo in
accordance with the provision of the Resolution 661 could not make
this exemption operative due to opposition by commissioners from
the US and UK, and thus, there arose a shortage of medical
supplies, vaccines, syringes, anesthetics, and medical apparatuses
necessary for medical treatments. According to a UNICEF report, by
February 1991, medical supplies had reached 1/6 of the normal
level of stockpile. Also, UNICEF, in a 1993 report, announced,
"at the beginning of the Gulf War, the number of children
dying was more or less 100,000, but after the war, the rate of
death has increased 3 times of the number before the war. Medical
care, and insurance service were rendered useless due to the
shortage of supplies and apparatuses for medical care and
treatment. And also, due to depleted uranium bombs that were used
during the Gulf War, the number of cancer patients suddenly
increased after the war. If proper treatment had been provided at
the early stage of the disease, death could have been avoided, but
due to the shortage of medical supplies and appliances because of
the economic sanctions, patients could not be treated properly
resulting in the great increase in the number of afflicted
victims. .
Likewise, the postwar depredation had driven the best of doctors
in Iraq out of country. A lot many of the doctors and scholars,
who stayed behind, were actually classified with world-class
academes, and had participated and presented the results of their
researches in international scientific and academic conferences.
However, due to the economic sanctions, they were unable to obtain
visas so that they could participate in international conferences
and have the opportunity to continue to establish scholarly
exchanges necessary for the advancement and improvement of the
level of medical practice and treatment in Iraq. Even if they
wanted to go overseas to receive training on radiation exposure,
for example, or perhaps just to procure the necessary medical
supplies, they could not do so because they could not get visas.
Data of Iraqi victims were indispensable in coping with the
inexperience with regard to the effects of radiation due to DU
weapons, and while Iraqi doctors could be in a position to provide
those data and materials, the economic sanctions hampered their
progress and development.
Dr. Junan, a cancer expert at the Ibn Gaswan Hospital, a Maternity
and Pediatrics Hospital in the city of Basra related,
"Children's leukemia, if treated thoroughly at the early
stage, has a 70% chance of being cured, but the kind of medicine
for this ailment is not available, and so, the patients cannot be
treated well, and lamentably just end up dying. But under the
present economic sanctions, we are allowed only to procure food
supplies in exchange for oil, and we are forced to make do with
only 20% of needed medical supplies. How then can we cure the
sick?" In 2001 alone, 256 cases had been confirmed to be born
with congenital defects in this hospital.
2) Clinical Cases of US Veterans in this Iraqi War
As for Samawa, where the Self Defense Force is stationed, it is
strategically located between Basra and Baghdad. The US army, when
marching to Baghdad passing through this route, met with stiff
resistance from Iraqi troops, and it took them a week to quell the
insurgencies in towns and roads they passed by. Depleted uranium
weapons were used during the fighting.
Dr. Asaf Durakovic, a specialist on Nuclear Medicine, adviser of
the National Science Foundation, and director of the nuclear
medicine clinic created by the US Veterans Department after the
end of the Gulf War, established the Uranium Medical Research
Center, which is an independent research agency based in Canada,
and for several years has continued to examine evidences of
depleted uranium contamination of American, British and Canadian
soldiers. According to a survey conducted by Dr. Durakovic
published in the New York Daily News dated 3 April 2004, after the
Iraqi War, he detected depleted uranium from the urine of 4 out of
9 US soldiers who were stationed to keep peace and order in Samawa
after the Iraqi War, and returned home due to bad physical
condition after complaining of chronic migraine, nausea, bloody
urine, partial hearing and vision impairment, etc. (E24). The
442nd MP Company, where the surveyed soldiers belonged, was in
charge of convoy and training of Iraqi policemen, and was not
involved in direct combat. Depleted uranium was detected in these
soldiers, who were doing such mission, and it was probable that
they had been exposed to uranium by inhalation of depleted uranium
particles in the atmosphere. Sgt. Juan Vega, Chief Medical Orderly
of this company related, "One night, 10 to 15 people just
suddenly fell ill and developed symptoms such as fever of as high
as 39.4oC, chill and other symptoms of unexplained nature. More
than a dozen people out of 160 soldiers suddenly had been having
kidney stones." He said, "Samawa is like hell."
The Dutch Company stationed at Samawa after that decided to set up
camp in the middle of the desert because the radiation level in
the environs where the US military set up camps was just too high.
4. Medical Verification
For the sake of argument that the above-mentioned damages have
been due to DU, we shall have to prove that there is a correlation
between DU and its effects on the human body based on medical
findings on the existence of this crisis pertaining to DU. Now,
regarding Iraq after the Gulf War that has reported the most
number of DU-related casualties, we shall use as reference the
data gathered by Fasy TM that were presented at the International
DU Symposium held in New York in June 2003 as a medical paper
never before published.
1) The Teratogenicity of Depleted Uranium
(1) The Children of Iraq According to the data gathered by Fasy TM
the frequency rate of congenital dysphasia is 3.04 per 1000
monitored in Basra, but in 2000, it rose to 17.6 that was 5-6
times higher than previously reported. This is particularly true
in many reported cases where the parents were soldiers who
participated in the Gulf War.
(2) Children of Veterans of the Gulf War The result of a survey
conducted to determine the frequency rate of congenital dysphasia
on veterans of the Gulf War by the US Military Research Institute
was published in a New England Journal of Medicine, a medical
journal, according to Cowan in 1997. The conclusion was that there
was no difference in the rate of frequency of congenital dysphasia
of children of veterans of the Gulf War with veterans who did not
go to the Gulf War.
However, 5 months later, the result of the research conducted by
three British researchers, Pat Doyle, Eve Roman, Noreen Maconochie,
refuting the evaluation made only on children who were born and
lived, disregarding aborted births and stillbirths due to massive
congenital deformities, excluding 1/3 of overall number of
discharged soldiers, and the inaccuracy of these investigations
was published in the same journal.
In 2001, Kang of the Veterans Affairs Administration announced a
research that would not exclude aborted births/stillbirths, and
veterans in their research. The result was that compared to
veterans who did not go to the Gulf War, congenital dysphasia on
children of veterans who served in the Gulf War was 2.3 times for
male, and 2.4 times for female (E28). The truth about this
increase in number even just on those who participated in the Gulf
War is indeed astonishing.
(3) Animal Experiments
Based on the 2001 research conducted by Domingo JL of Spain, et
al., when male rats were ingested for a period of 16 weeks with
natural uranium, rate of pregnancy decreased, a degeneration of
the testicles (male gonads) occurred, and there was a decrease in
the production of sperms . Also, it was confirmed that 10 days
before and after giving doses to pregnant mice, ossification is 3
times to 5 times lower compared to control group in litters, and
there are numerous instances of birth defects of the extremities.
In 2002, McClain DE, et al. of the US Armed Forces embedded
depleted uranium in rats, and investigated to determine the
effects of DU on the embryo. It was confirmed that the sizes of
the embryos of rats are smaller after more than 6 months of being
embedded with DU passing the placenta.
The congenital dysphasia and various diseases in children of
soldiers who participated in the Gulf War resemble the conditions
of Iraqi children, and this can be traced to the teratogenicity in
2) Carcinogenicity of Depleted Uranium
(1) Iraqi Children
Based on the data gathered by Fasy TM, in 1990 in Basra, out of
100,000 children, there were 3.98 cancer cases, but in 2000, the
number increased to 13.1 cases .
(2) Veterans of the Gulf War
There is no medical report showing that there is a statistical
increase of cancer in veterans of the Gulf War, but there is a
need for a detailed investigation on the rate of incidence of
cancer in children of veterans.
(3) Experiments on Animals
To sum up the series of animal experiments done by Miller, et al.
of the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, DU increases
the oncogene expression per human cell and cell disorder growth,
etc., and causes the existence of cancer forming operation. Also,
they explain that DU, more than even nickel that is known to cause
tumor, largely increases more chromosomal abnormality linked with
Hahn, et al reported that thorotrast and DU produce much more
sarcoma (malignant tumor) when they conducted experiments by
embedding tungsten, which is a heavy metal but non-radioactive
material, and radioactive material thorotrast in rats. This
indicates that DU is not only cancer causing as a heavy metal but
is also cancer causing as a radioactive materials.
(4) Effects on the Human Cell
In 2003, Schroeder, et al of Germany analyzed the chromosomal
abnormality of the lymphocytes of 16 soldiers who served in the
Gulf War and Balkan War, and these soldiers were proven to have
been exposed to radiation. They confirmed that the rate of
specific c chromosomal abnormality among these soldiers was 4.2
higher when they compared the chromosomal abnormality ([dicentric]
and [centric ring] chromosomes) that was said to be specific in
ionizing radiation with non-specific chromosomal abnormality. They
hinted and concluded that despite the fact that the specific
chromosomal abnormality cell could not survive for long (half life
being up to the extent of 3.5 years), they observed that even
after a lapse of more than 10 years since the Gulf War, the body
continued to be exposed to radiation due to the DU that had
accumulated inside the body for long years. On top of this, they
noted based on available data from Hiroshima and Nagasaki the fact
that this exposure to radiation could cause chromosomal
abnormality in lymphocytes. Thus, there is no doubt that the cause
of cancer such as the increase in the number of cases of leukemia
in Iraq today is connected with DU.
3) Verification of Gulf War Syndrome
The Gulf War syndrome shows chronic symptoms such as fatigue,
headache, muscle and osteoarticular pains, insomnia,
neuropsychiatric symptom, impaired memory, impaired vision, etc.
(1) Physical Condition of Gulf War Veterans
It is evident that based on the data of Fukuda in 1998, which are
data comparing the physical condition of soldiers who participated
in the Gulf War (hereinafter referred to as GWV) with soldiers who
did not participate in the Gulf War (hereinafter referred to as
non-GWV), the frequency of various symptoms of chronicity is 39%
in GWV against 14% in non-GWV of light and medium, etc. symptoms,
and 6% in GWV against 0.7% in non-GWV of serious illness. It is
evident that frequency of such symptoms is higher in soldiers who
participated in the Gulf War. It cannot be far from the truth that
based on the data of Kang in 1996, the rate of death in GWV is
10.4 against 9.6% in non-GWV showing statistically a difference .
However, in the 2002 data of Kang, it shows that the number of
accidental deaths is more numerous among GWV than among the non-GWV
. Also, in 1997, Gray reported that hospitalization rate was 10%
higher among soldiers who participated in the Gulf War . It is
true that going to war is accompanied by a great risk, and the
appearance of various symptoms after returning from the war is
designated as "war syndrome." However, based on the
report of Harvey RW, et al. of 2002, among the soldiers returning
from the war, the number of the disabled persons, who have
received services after that, 8.6% served in World War II, 5% in
the Korean War, 9.6% in the Vietnam War and in the case of the
Gulf War, it has reached 16% (estimated at 110,000 persons) . It
is evident that the Gulf War, compared with other wars, has caused
a lot many damages, and they cannot be categorized simply as some
risk of going to war. Countless researches are being conducted on
the causes of these symptoms, but no massive investigation placing
primary focus on DU has been done. There exist, however, an
extensive literature relating to depleted uranium
(2) Experiments on Animals.
Pellmar TC, et al, in 1999, revealed evidences of DU causing brain
damage by embedding it in rats, and they arrived at the conclusion
that DU produces neurological disorder. Also, as for effects of
depleted uranium on peripheral nerves, they observed the
occurrence of cramps, pain in the extremities, gait disorder,
shiver, etc., and that there is damage of calcium metabolism of
the neuromuscular junction.
(3) Psycho-neuron Abnormalities
McDiarmid, et al. of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, in a research paper published in 2000, tested 29 people in
1997 out of the 33 veterans with fragments of DU in their body
they had put under observation since 1993. They observed the
neurocognizance test becoming bad in proportion to the high
concentration of DU in their urines, and abnormality in the
hormone function of the reproductive system. Also, they reported
the genetic damage and the sperm count abnormality . Yet, while
they recognize this sort of health problems, they made it look
that there were not much complaints about the symptoms when
comparing them with the 21 Gulf War veterans who had not been
exposed to DU. However, 11 out of the 21 were in fact suffering
from some neuron abnormality and were in extremely bad condition,
and a terrible deception was evidently carried out. Similarly,
tests were conducted in 1999, and in the report published in 2001,
29 people with incomparably low concentration of DU in their
urines to the 21 out of the previous 33 people tested were added,
and this was to intentionally dilute the results in an attempt to
eliminate the difference abnormal neuron and reproductive hormone
levels. .
(4) Chromosomal Abnormality
As previously stated, the chromosomes of 16 people who have been
suffering from Gulf War syndrome are 5.2 times higher of [dicentric]
and [ring centric] chromosomes. Others also, according to
Uranobitz, et al, have verified seeing the chromosomal abnormality
in veterans of the Gulf War who have shown such symptoms.
(5) Increase of Depleted Uranium Density in Urine
P Horan, et al of Canada examined the urines of 27 American,
British and Canadian patients, and detected a high density of DU
in 14 people. This data proves the fact that even after 8 or 9
years after exposure to DU, high density of DU are being
discharged in the urine. In addition, Durakovic, et al have
examined the uranium in the urine of 8 residents of 8 regions in
Afghanistan who have symptoms similar to Gulf War syndrome,
published in 2003 data on the detection of high density of uranium
in the urine of all of them. Furthermore, in 2004, they published
the data on the detection of DU in the urines of 4 out of 9
American soldiers, who were in charge of maintaining public order
after the Iraqi War, and returned home due to poor physical
It is clear from the investigations conducted by Horan and
Durakovic that DU remains in the body for several years. There is
no doubt about the DU being more or less in part the cause of the
Gulf War syndrome, and its toxicity.
4) There are researchers who recognize the toxicity of DU even
within the US Military
Arfsten DP of the Naval Health Research Center and Rictchie GD, et
al of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have studied in detail
all US military researches, etc. up until then, and in 2001, in
their joint names, published their dissertation .
(1) High density of DU in the urine was detected after a lapse of
10 years from soldiers, who had inhaled particles or pierced with
fragments of DU during the conflict at the Gulf War and Kosovo.
(2) In mice, the DU accumulated in the testicles, bone, kidneys,
and brain.
(3) In test-tube experiments, there were the genetic disorder
characteristic and teratogenicity, and the rat, when embedded with
DU, developed brain tumor.
(4) It is possible to say that whether it is as a heavy metal or
radioactivity, it has strong effect on the reproduction of rats.
In this treatise, there is the remark that the opinion
expressed here does not reflect the opinion of the military but
are based on the point of views of the authors. However, even
as researchers of the military, they have sufficiently recognized
the damages caused by DU. Recognizing the risks is not limited to
their researches. As previously stated, numerous medical
researches relating to DU are being conducted even with grants
from the military. Even when they are being conducted under the
direct supervision of the military, these researches are being
given emphasis even when they may verify the danger of DU.
Suffice it to say, it is clear from existing medical dissertations
that DU is an extremely dangerous substance that does not only
cause temporary disorders, but chronic health breakdown,
congenital defects, carcinogens, and other disorders.
5. Awareness on the Toxicity of DU weapons of the US Armed
The following are the explanations about the fact that the US
Military is fully aware that DU weapons are harmful to the body by
the development process of these weapons:
1) Letters to General Groves
In October 1943, 3 physicists, A. H. Compton, et al., sent a
letter proposing "research on development and protection of
radioactive weapons" to General Groves who took part in the
Manhattan Project. In this letter, the 3 doctors proposed the
organization of a team for the sake of doing researches on the
handling and preparation of radioactive materials as weapons, and
also, the preparation in case the Nazi Germans would be ahead in
developing similar weapons, and on protection from these
weapons. They hypothesized that these are weapons behaving
just like toxic gas weapons. In the letter, they proposed,
"as a gas warfare instrument the material would be grounded
into particles of microscopic size to form dust and smoke and
distributed by a ground-fired projectile, land vehicles, or aerial
bombs. In this form personnel would inhale it into the lungs. The
amount necessary to cause death to a person inhaling the material
is extremely small. It has been estimated that one millionth of a
gram accumulating in a person's body would be fatal." Also,
it mentioned, "Two factors appear to increase the
effectiveness of radioactive dust or smoke as a weapon. These are:
_1 It cannot be detected by the senses; _2It can be distributed in
a dust or smoke form so finely powdered that it will permeate a
standard gas mask filter in quantities large enough to be
extremely damaging. An off-setting factor in its effectiveness as
a weapon is that in a dust or smoke form the material is so finely
pulverized that it takes on the characteristic of a quickly
dissipating gas and is therefore subject to all the factors (such
as wind) working against maintenance of high concentrations for
more than a few minutes over a given area."
2) Some of the U.S. Government's Documentation of Harmful Effects
of D.U. Weapons Documents provided by the Campaign Against
Depleted Uranium (CADU) of UK are cited below to prove the harmful
effects of DU :
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advisory circular by M. C.
dated 20 December 1984 warning FAA crash site investigators about
encounters with planes laden with depleted uranium, aircraft
balance weights at sites, when investigating plane crashes
accidents that "if particles are inhaled or ingested, they
can be chemically toxic and cause a significant and long-lasting
irradiation of internal tissue. On March 7, 1979, the US Army
Mobility Equipment, Research and Development Command stated,
"Not only the people in the immediate vicinity, emergency and
fire fighting personnel, but also people at distances downwind
from the fire are faced with potential over exposure to air borne
uranium dust." (This was disclosed in accordance with request
based on the Freedom of Information Act to the National Gulf War
Resources Center by Chris Kornkven, et al.) U.S. Army
Environmental Policy Institute, in a June 1995 resort to Congress,
says depleted uranium has the potential to generate significant
medical consequences if it enters the body. The radiation
dose to critical organs depends upon the amount of time that
depleted uranium resides in the organs. When this value is known
or estimated, cancer and hereditary risk estimates can be
determined. On May 26 1997, the Nation Magazine published an
article about the U.S. Army Armaments, Munitions and Chemical
Command (AMCCOM) report in July 1990 that depleted uranium is a
low level alpha radiation emitter, which is linked to cancer
when exposures are internal, and that chemical toxicity causes
kidney damage. Also, AMCCOMfs radiological task group
has stated, Long term effects of low doses (of DU) have been
implicated in cancer there is not dose so low that the
probability of effect is zero. On August 16, 1993, Col. Robert
G. Claypool of the U.S. Army Surgeon Generals Office, in a
letter, says, "When soldiers inhale or ingest DU dust, they
incur a potential increase in cancer risk. The magnitude of that
increase can be quantified if the DU intake can be estimated.
Expected physiological effects from exposure to DU dust include
possible increase in the outbreak of cancer and kidney
damage. Health hazards data, (the Materials Safety Data
Sheet:MSDS) from the U.S. Department of Labor says that the
"(DU) increases the risk of lung carcinoma and chemical
toxicity to kidney. Decay products of U-238, U-235, and U-234 are
just as hazardous."
These documents indicated that before the Gulf War, and even after
that, the US Armed Forces and the US government have long been
doing investigations repeatedly on the danger of depleted uranium,
and the hazards of internal irradiation, and knew fully well about
its carcinogenicity and teratogenicity.
3) Testimony of Doug Rokke
Doug Rokke was a professor of Physics and Environmental Science at
the Jacksonville University, an Army major (Reserve), and in
1994-95 was in charge of the DU Project of the Pentagon. He took
the stand and answered questions from the prosecutors of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan regarding the said
project. As to the background of the formation of this DU Project
team of the Pentagon, he said, "Commissioned officers from
the UK, Australia, Canada and Germany participated in the project
to study the risk of DU weapons and I was tasked by the Army to
direct the team. The objective of the project was to ensure that
adequate information and training to soldiers being deployed to
the battlefield are provided by making it clear to them the risks
and hazards when DU bomb weapons are used, and to know what kind
of countermeasures and precautionary measures should be adopted,
and to make proposals as to how to clean up the DU bullets. Also,
we submitted recommendations, which were completely ignored. Up to
this day, the US Armed Forces the US army has not taken any
measures to protect the soldiers." He also mentioned,
"We made a proposal that clean-up was essential, but in
reality, complete clean-up was impossible. Therefore, we proposed
not to use DU weapons any longer. However our proposal was ignored
by the upper level of the government and completely ignored by
NATO, UK, Australia and others."
Furthermore, Doug Rokke said that as part of the DU project, they
made several videotapes that were supposed to be produced as
videotapes on DU bombs of the Pentagon. "The first one was an
advisory on what kind of danger was there when a DU bomb would
explode, the second about a manual on when a clean up was being
done, and the third one was on how to measure the radiation, and
we made clear that a Geiger counter would not be effective in
measuring DU bombs. The fourth one was about what kind of
equipment should be used in destroying the residue of the DU bomb,
and the fifth one was on how to handle dud (unexploded) bombs.
These were produced especially for the sake of soldiers who would
go on dangerous missions, but in the end, they were never
used." he stated. The US started the DU weapon project, but
because of the report that was released about the extremely high
risk 00 of DU weapons, and recommendation that they should not be
used, the results of the researches of the project were
classified. Through the proliferation of these information and
videos, the hazardous nature of DU weapons had become clear, and
the US feared being showered with criticisms by the international
community, and that DU weapons would no longer be used ever. This
is how, according to Doug Rokke, et al. was their recommendations
were ignored, their project dissolved, and why nothing is done
ever to protect the soldiers from DU weapons nor provide them with
medical care (E56).
4) Awareness on the Violations of International Laws in the US
Armed Forces
Within the US Armed Forces, they are aware about possible
violation of international law regarding the use of this type of
weapons being a violation of international laws in addition to
awareness of matters of this nature related to the danger of
depleted uranium as stated above.
The U.S. Air Forces 1976 manual titled International Law:
The Conduct of Armed Conflict and Air Operations" names
treaties, including The Hague Conventions of 1907, the Geneva Gas
Protocol of 1925, and the Geneva Convention Relative to the
Protection of Civilians in Time of War, 1949, and specifically
recognized as binding by the US Armed Forces. The Geneva Gas
Protocol outlaws asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and all
analogous liquids, materials or devices, and the Hague Conventions
explicitly forbid the use especially of poison or poisoned
weapons. The Air Force manual defines poison as "biological
or chemical substances causing death or disability with permanent
effects when, in even small quantities, they are ingested, enter
the lungs or bloodstream, or touch the skin. The manual says,
Any weapons may be put to an unlawful use," and
unequivocally, A weapon may be illegal per se if either
international custom or treaty has forbidden its use under all
circumstances. An example is poison to kill or injure a person.
The 70's was a period when the US military began a full-scale
development and production of DU bombshells.
6. Environmental Pollution by Depleted Uranium (DU)
1) Widespread Radioactive Contamination in Iraq
In this war on Iraq, DU weapons are used in large cities and towns
starting with Baghdad. Many countries have a limit of public
exposure to radiation prescribed by laws based on the
recommendation of ICRP set at 1 millisievert per annum, and the
quantity of depleted uranium equivalent to this is 11.4
milligrams. The quantity of depleted uranium contained in a
30-milligram DU bomb is 280 grams. One shot of this can emit a
radiation surpassing the radiation limit for 25,000 persons per
annum by ignition and micronization. In accordance with the
on-the-spot investigations conducted by privately-run facilities
and scientists, it has been reported that high level radiations
are detected from soils surrounding road ditches and inside of
building sites where warheads and hulls of these DU bombs have
rolled into, and war tanks. The exact amount used is not publicly
announced but Michael Kilpatrick, in a forum stated that even with
just 115 tons, it would be enough to distribute a dosage per annum
of about 100,000,000 people. The depleted uranium has deeply
penetrated the life sphere of people.
At the conclusion of this war on 6 April 2004, UNEP Executive
Director Klaus Toefger said, "UNEP stands ready to conduct
early environmental field studies in Iraq. Given the overall
environmental concerns during the conflict, and the fact that the
environment of Iraq was already a cause for serious concern prior
to the current war, UNEP believes early field studies should be
carried out (E61). This is especially important to protect human
health in a post-conflict situation due to the apparent use of DU
weapons in this war. Immediately after that, UNEP published a
"desk study on the Iraq environment" that contained
information on the risks to groundwater, surface water, drinking
water sources, and the scattering of radioactive particles. The
report of the British Royal Society in 2002 also predicts that due
to depleted uranium, the radioactive contamination, after the
conflict, will gradually permeate the soil and water sources in
the years ahead.
2) The Development of the Idea of Environmental Protection
The present global environment was formed from even before the
human race appeared on earth, and human race has evolved by
conforming and adapting to it. However, the rapid development of
scientific technology by the pursuit for comfort and convenience
brought about the destruction of the ecosystem, and global
environmental pollution, and that has caused the situation where
the very existence of mankind is now in imminent danger. Amidst
this situation, in 1971, the United Nations convened its first
international conference with the environment for its theme; The
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, and adopted
the "Declaration of the United Nations Conference of the
Human Environment."
In the declaration are expressed the ideals that "both
aspects of man's environment, the natural and the man-made, are
essential to his well-being and to the enjoyment of basic human
rights the right to life itself," "All countries,
organizations and individuals at every level, all sharing
equitably in common efforts, to achieve this environmental goal
will demand the acceptance of responsibility and by their values
and the sum of their actions, will shape the world environment of
the future," and "all countries shall bear the
responsibility that their respective countries will not cause
damage to the regional environment of another country."
The deepening and development of the environmental ideology was
derived from movements attempting to regulate the environmental
destruction brought about by the war. The treaty on the
prohibition of military and other hostile use of environmental
modification techniques, which was approved in 1976, prohibits the
military use of environmental modification technique (any
technique for changing through the deliberate manipulation of
natural processes the dynamics, composition, or structure of the
earth, including its biota, lithosphere, hydrosphere, or of outer
space) likely to have widespread, long-lasting and also severe
effects as a means to cause destruction, damage and also injury.
Simultaneously, Supplementary Protocol of the Geneva Conventions
also came into effect, and stipulated that "it is prohibited
to use as means or method of combat intending or predicting to
inflict widespread, long-lasting, and severe injury."
3) Precautionary Principle
However, without limiting it to the conduct of war, the technique
and knowledge of being able to predict exactly how much effect
modern activities of men associated with progress of technology to
the environment cannot be established at present. Consequently,
the idea about the "precautionary principle" emerged in
the middle of international conferences and treaties regarding
environment. At the United Nations Conference on Environment of
1992, in the "Rio Declaration," with regard to the
Precautionary Principle, it specifies, "In order to protect
the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely
applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are
threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific
certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing
cost-effective measures to prevent environmental
degradation." To prioritize this principle, it is not
difficult to imagine the fact about seeking profit or causing the
stagnation of researches, and for that, there will be a
deep-rooted opposition to enterprise, etc., and there will be a
division of opinions between nations. However, irrevocable
environmental problems on the global scale such as ecosystem
abnormalities, etc. causing global warming and endocrine
disrupting substance have extensively been observed, and in 2000,
an EU Commission set forth the policy called "to standardize
the Precautionary Principle regarding environmental
problems." We, human beings, who have repeatedly polluted and
destroyed the environment for the sake of profit and greed and
lack of foresight, have come to this stage, and while at the same
time there is the issue of protecting our fundamental human rights
and preservation of the ecosystem, that may motivate us to start
taking notice at last of our important responsibility to the
AKIRA MAEDA (Japan)
Prof. of Law at Tokyo Zokei University. Director of Japanese
Association of Democratic Lawyers. Representative of International
Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan, ICTA and International Criminal
Tribunal for Iraq, ICTI-Japan.
SAYO SARUTA (Japan)
Saruta is a lawyer. She chaired the panel of prosecution in both
the ICTA and ICTI, two civilian tribunal initiatives on
Afghanistan and Iraq, respectively.
KOICHI INAMORI (Japan)
Lawyer, member of the panel of prosecutors for ICTI. Also member
of the prosecution in the lawsuit over unconstitutionality of
dispatching SDF to Iraq. He is also lecturer at Aichi University.
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I tried to make cake pops about two years ago, on Halloween. My idea was to make some cute little pumpkin cake pops for my kids and their friends. It did not go well. My cake balls fell apart when I tried to dip them into the luminous orange flavoured melted chocolate. I never thought cake pops could make me swear so much. They look so easy! So I gave it up as a bad job and decided I would try them again when I wasn't so stressed.
I first came across this recipe on Miss Chris Creations for red velvet truffles and I loved the idea. I actually forgot all about them until I made the red velvet cupcakes yesterday. I made four little cakes in a heart shaped silicone tin but once baked they refused to come out of the tin in a whole. So I was left with a lot of red velvet cake crumbs and 175g (around 1/2 cup) of cream cheese icing. Which turned into these yummy delights….
The boys enjoyed helping me with these. It was fun but messy! I discovered the secret to successful cake pops…the freezer! If you follow this easy tutorial you can't go wrong. I didn't have any foam to stick the cake pops in to let them dry…so I just used my colander (turn it upside down.) The holes were just the right size!
They boys loved helping me with these cake pops. It was a fun but messy way to spend an hour or so in the kitchen. They enjoyed eating them too! Thank you Christine for giving me the idea!
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Reports are coming in that Saab has offered the Sea Gripen fighter aircraft for the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.
Saab has been studying the idea of designing a carrier-borne variant since the mid-'90s but the company only decided to launch the Sea Gripen program in the wake of its existing campaigns for the air forces of India and Brazil and the moves by the two countries to build a serious carrier capability, even though at that time there was no formal request from either country. Saab is planning to pitch the aircraft to countries with smaller-sized carriers and says they expect more nations to show interest in the Sea Gripen, because existing naval fighters are either of an older generation or large-sized, forcing them to buy or build large ships as well.
According to Peter Nilsson, Gripen's Vice President of Operational Capabilities, the Sea Gripen is intended for both CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery) as well as STOBAR (Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery) operations. "There will obviously be differences in the MTOW (Maximum Take-Off Weight). In a CATOBAR concept, the Sea Gripen will have a MTOW of 16,500 kilograms and a maximum landing weight of 11,500 kilograms. In a STOBAR concept it depends on the physics of the carrier. Roughly, the payload of fuel and weapons in STOBAR operations will be one-third less than the payload in CATOBAR operations. There will be no differences in 'bring-back' capability," he says.
Nilsson says Saab hasn't had to make any dramatic changes in the basic Gripen NG to design the Sea Gripen, because of its existing abilities, saying, "What helps is the Gripen´s ability to operate from road base strips."
"The basic Swedish Air Force requirements in the original design for enabling short strips' operations are very like enabling carrier-based operations. Qualities like low landing speed, high pitch & roll authority, high-precision glide slope control, high-precision landing capability, high sink rate clearance, strengthened airframe etc., are built-in from the beginning. This is in addition to the Gripen´s aptitude for active service in the field with easy maintenance, like engine changes in less than an hour in the field and no need for external power etc, enabling a shorter 'mind jump' required for the Sea Gripen in comparison to the ability of other land-based fighters to transform into 'deck-based' fighters," he says.
"We do not have to start from scratch. We do not have to redesign the aerodynamics – we do not have to redesign the flight control system or the avionics. We already have a rugged, rough and strong airframe built for 'carrier-like' landings," explains Nilsson.
While all the sensors, avionics and weapons and the GE 414 of the Gripen NG will be offered in the naval variant, the Sea Gripen will be notably different with a new undercarriage and nose gear to cope with the higher sink rate forces and catapult launches, as well as an arrestor hook, which has been redesigned and 'beefed-up' from the existing arrestor hook in the Gripen NG.
The Sea Gripen will be around 400 kilograms heavier than the Gripen NG, with the augmented airframe giving 'an empty weight between 7500-8000 kg'. "The Sea Gripen will be a very, very interesting alternative for nations with smaller-size carriers. Its well-balanced weight and size in comparison to heavy, twin-engine alternatives allows nations to move from 'air defence' carriers to a concept with strategic capabilities, without having to replace their existing carriers," says Nilsson, also adding, "Due to its balanced size there is no need for structural changes like folding wings etc."
While the Swedish Armed Forces are not currently looking for a carrier ability, with the Sea Gripen, Saab is looking for partnerships with nations looking for self-reliance in their naval aviation programs. "Saab AB will establish the Sea Gripen as a new-generation carrier-based fighter option in the future, offering its design and engineering skills for partnership with a country with a developed aircraft industry and a carrier-equipped navy," says Nilsson, also adding that the Sea Gripen program's human resource skill-sets include engineering and flying experience of carrier-based operations in both, combat as well as peace-time roles.
And while he recognizes that presence of established naval fighters, he is confident of the Gripen's abilities. "The Sea Gripen will challenge existing carrier-based fighter manufacturers," he says, emphasizing, "I challenge any existing deck-based fighter to perform a night landing in severe conditions with snow or rain and strong crosswinds on a Swedish standard road-base strip of 17 x 800 meters, rearming and refueling in less than 10 minutes and then taking-off. And not just once for the purpose of showing-off. The system's performance & physics, maintenance concepts and stress tolerances should be designed for 30 years of daily operations in these conditions," while at the same time, attesting the Gripen's requirement for the dimensions of a landing strip to be 9 x 600 meters.


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Mission Statement
This SIG takes as its subject the interdisciplinary field of Film Philosophy, which brings together work in philosophy and film and media studies. The Film Philosophy SIG seeks to provide an enclave within the SCMS for exploration, debate, productive discovery and consolidation of this field, whose relatively recent emergence and naming belies an already rich set of methodologies, disciplinary questions and goals, and unique obstacles arising from its particular interdisciplinary encounter. This SIG is not only concerned with enabling an exchange of research on topics within Film Philosophy but also hopes to encourage self-reflexive inquiry aimed at better defining (without reducing) the field.
In providing the means for discussion about the nature and goals of this field as well as an arena for exchange among scholars working within it, this SIG aims to draw together various areas of research and discussion, including: methodological questions surrounding the importation of the work of individual philosophers, or a school of philosophy, into discussions of film and media, and how best to develop a productive framework for these local discussions; work addressing the influence of different philosophers on the history and theory of cinema and the institutional development of film studies, and, in the reverse, the influence of moving image media on the historical and conceptual development of philosophy; the question of whether and how films or other moving-image media can 'do' philosophy; research addressing the challenges philosophy, in its concern for aesthetics, ethics, ontology and epistemology, makes reflexively clear for the study of moving image media; and others. Beyond working in these areas to develop consistent methodological goals and research programs for the field, this SIG will also provide a necessary space in which to work through the unique problems that arise at the intersection between film studies and philosophy – differing institutional bodies of knowledge, reference points, vocabulary, approaches and scholarly standards, etc.
Given the formative state of Film Philosophy as a field, this SIG hopes to allow prominent and emerging scholars working at this disciplinary intersection to debate and analyze various methodological approaches to their topics and to create avenues for conversing across the theoretical divides that currently exist within Film Philosophy (between Analytic, Cognitive, and Continental approaches, for example). Through discussion groups, invited speakers from the disciplines of both philosophy and film studies, screenings of films with a particular bearing on Film Philosophy, and sponsored panels on topics in Film Philosophy, this SIG hopes to stage productive exchanges between the various approaches and concerns that currently characterize the field, while developing new research avenues and permitting Film Philosophy a venue for greater self-reflection and definition.
Article I – Membership
Section 1 - Constitution: Membership shall be open to all SCMS members in good standing who wish to join the Film-Philosophy SIG.
Article II – Executive
Section 1 - Constitution: The executive shall consist of two to three officers. There will be two Co-Chairs. These Co-Chairs have the option of appointing an Assistant Chair.
Section 2 - Appointment: Prospective Co-Chairs must receive a nomination and second at the annual meeting in order to be considered for election. Co-chairs must be elected by a majority of members at a meeting where a quorum is present (40% of the SIG's membership shall constitute a quorum). Assistant Co-Chairs will be determined by the invitation of the Co-Chairs who shall draw upon nominations collected at the annual meeting.
Section 3 - Term: Co-Chairs will serve a term of no less than two years, and no more than three years. Co-Chair terms will be staggered. Co-Chairs may stand for re-election for no more than two terms in a row. The Assistant Chair will serve a term the length of which will be at the discretion of the Co-Chairs, but which shall be no shorter than one year and no longer than three years.
Section 4 - Responsibilities: The Co-Chairs shall be responsible for organizing meetings, preparing regular minutes and reports, organizing conference events and special projects, communicating with the membership, and other duties as necessary. The Co-Chairs, in consultation with the SIG membership, shall manage the expenditure of the annual SCMS SIG fund. The assistant Co-Chair will take minutes at the annual meeting, assist with treasury duties and carry out other duties as directed.
Article III - Elections and Voting Procedures
Section 1 - Participation: Participation in voting and elections at the annual meeting may not take place by proxy. In exceptional circumstances, votes may be put to the membership by email. In this case, members will have no more than seven business days to respond to the email announcing a vote in order to participate in the vote. When a vote must be conducted electronically, an e-mail whose subject contains the word "Vote," will be sent out by Co-Chairs.
Article IV – Amendments
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Finance Minister Andrej Babis got re-elected on Saturday as chairman of the ANO party which he founded and vowed to cut taxes after the autumn general elections that his party is projected to win.
Babis's tax plan clashes with that of Prime Minister and Social Democratic Chairman Bohuslav Sobotka, who said earlier this week that his party aimed to raise taxes for top earners and bigger companies.
"We want to collect taxes, we want everybody to pay them and we don't want to raise them," Babis told his party congress, adding that taxes should go down for those making up to four times the average salary, or up to 113,000 crowns ($4,418) a month.
He did not give any further details on his tax plan, leaving it to the party congress on its program, scheduled for the spring.
"Let's make the Czech Republic excellent again," he said, before he received 93-percent support from the delegates.
The two parties have ruled in a coalition government since January 2014, together with the Christian Democrats. Babis's party has led in all opinion polls for nearly the entire term of the current government.
Last year the country's budget produced a surprising surplus, in part because some investment projects were delayed.
The Czech Republic, a European Union member country but not a member of the euro zone, has a history of strong fiscal management.
Reporting by Robert Muller; Editing by Greg Mahlich


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Beat the Flu and Save Money: Make Your Own Hand Sanitizer
Be careful at work! National Archives
Hand sanitizers are controversial; some say they don't work, and others worry about the brands that have the endocrine disruptor Triclosan in it. But Tara Parker-Pope writes in the New York Times about numerous studies that show significant reductions in illness and flu transmission when people wash their hands with either soap and water or alcohol based sanitizer.
In February, researchers in Australia coated the hands of 20 volunteers with copious amounts of a seasonal H1N1 flu virus. The concentration of virus was equivalent to the amount that would occur when an infected person used a hand to wipe a runny nose. When the subjects did not wash their hands, large amounts of live virus remained even after an hour, said the lead author, Dr. M. Lindsay Grayson, a professor of medicine at the University of Melbourne. But using soap and water or a sanitizer virtually eliminated the presence of the virus.
But how do you know what is in your hand sanitizer? How do you know if it is effective? Easy- make it yourself.
Lifehacker to the rescue with a recipe they picked up at Ecosalon and tweaked a bit, in response to comments:
In a small bowl, mix ¼ cup each of pure aloe vera gel and grain alcohol with 5 drops of tea tree essential oil. To make it smell less pungent, add 5 drops of your favorite fragrance oil. Using a funnel, pour this blend into a bottle small enough to stash in your purse. (Rinse out an empty tube of makeup or lotion to make use of waste.)
An earlier article in the New York Times quotes some experts who say that there has to be a minimum 60% alcohol for it to be effective, so you might want to modify the formula a bit.
"I used to work in a virology lab," [Epidemiologist] Dr. Aiello said, "and we knew -- it has been known for decades -- that an alcohol concentration under 60 percent won't kill the microbes.
Use it often, especially at work: Dr. Aiello continued:
"Studies show that the computer keyboard, the phone receiver, and the desk are worse than the bathroom in terms of micro-organisms," she said. "Washing with plain old soap and water should be your first choice. But if you're stuck between meetings and about to grab lunch at your desk, or just use somebody else's keyboard, using a hand sanitizer before and after could be a really good idea."
Lots of interesting comments on the recipe in Lifehacker.


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Celebrity couples don't exactly have the best track records when it comes to staying together, and some of those who get engaged end up not even making down the aisle.
From Miley Cyrus' on and off again engagement to Liam Hemsworth to the split of Paris and Paris (remember them?!), here, 7 celebrity couples who called off their weddings.
Surprised by any? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Kerry moves to salvage talks with Syrian group
LONDON — The United States is frantically trying to salvage a Syrian opposition conference that John Kerry plans to attend this week during his first official overseas trip as secretary of State.
A senior Obama administration official said on Sunday that Kerry has sent his top Syrian envoy to Cairo in hopes of convincing opposition leaders that their participation in the conference in Rome is critical to addressing questions and securing additional aid from the United States and Europe.
Some members of the sharply divided Syrian Opposition Council threatened to boycott Wednesday's meeting, the centerpiece of Kerry's nine-nation visit to Europe and the Middle East.
U.S. envoy Robert Ford will tell the opposition that the conference is a chance for foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad to make their case for more aid — and get to know Kerry.
If the meeting with Kerry were to be postponed, the official said the delay is likely to hurt chances for short-term boosts in U.S. aid or shifts in Syria policy, which is focused on providing non-lethal and humanitarian assistance to the opposition.
Kerry is on a self-described "listening tour" of Europe and the Mideast, chiefly focused on ending the crisis in Syria, where at least 70,000 people have died.
Kerry has not elaborated on those plans, but there is internal debate in the Obama administration about stepping up aid to the rebels, perhaps to include lethal military assistance.
Key to increasing pressure on Assad will be Russia. Kerry will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the second stop of his trip, in Berlin, on Tuesday.
In London, his first stop, Kerry was expected to be asked by the British about the administration's views on Britain's dispute with Argentina over the Falkland Islands.


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In response to the government's rejection late last week of the Dorries-Field amendment on abortion counselling, Louise Mensch, a newly-elected Conservative party MP, has tabled her own amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill to be debated this coming week. Mrs Mensch said that her amendment has been framed to satisfy pro-abortion groups who object to the Dorries-Field amendment. John Smeaton, SPUC director, said: "The Mensch amendment is even worse than the dangerous Dorries-Field amendment. I urge pro-lifers to share SPUC's concerns about the Dorries-Field and Mensch amendments with their MP and ask him/her to raise them in debate this coming week, and subsequently in any debate or consultation if regulations are brought forward." [John Smeaton, 3 September] http://bit.ly/pIouuX
English prosecutors failing to prosecute assisted suicide cases
The Times newspaper reports that no cases of suspected assisted suicide in England have been prosecuted since new guidelines were published 18 months ago. 30 suspected cases were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service but no prosecutions were launched. [Times, 5 September] http://thetim.es/o1mJef SPUC warned when guidelines were published that it could lead to the de facto decriminalisation of assisted suicide.
Polish MPs threatened with fine for supporting abortion ban
15 MPs of Poland's government party were threatened with fines for supporting a bill aimed at banning all abortions. The Civic Platform party had ordered its MPs to vote against the bill. Jacek Tomczak, one of the threatened MPs, said: "I could not vote against my conscience, especially as it concerned the right to life of the most innocent and defenseless human beings." [LifeSiteNews.com, 2 September] http://bit.ly/oQGLCj
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In military life, saying goodbye to family and friends is part of the routine—something so frequent, it's practically expected. I've often heard people connected to the military use the phrase, "It's not goodbye, it's see you later"—which has a lot of truth to it, given the "small world" of the military and the serendipitous encounters with old friends that tend to occur years later.
Saying goodbye to a loved one leaving this life can be quite a bit harder, however. Yesterday, my great-grandmother passed away after nearly 99 full years on this earth. Living out of state, I wasn't there to say goodbye, but am comforted in knowing the large extended family she gave birth to was with her the entire way.
As a writer, I can't help but look at life as a story…one we each have a hand in composing. Grandma Adams was a natural storyteller. Born to Czechoslovakian immigrants nearly a century ago, she shared insights from the past with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren through a sharp mind and playful wit she retained almost to the very end.
Growing up, whenever we moved I always retained mental snapshots that seemed to capture the feel of the place we had left behind. Perhaps a person's stories are the best "snapshots" they leave us after a life well lived. Through her stories, Grandma Adams' spirit and smile will remain with each of us, until we meet again.
After all, it's not goodbye…it's see you later.


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ISLAMABAD:(APS)Feb 17,2017-Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday telephoned US General John Nicholson, Resolute Support Mission Commander in Afghanistan.
Talking to him, the army chief said that most of the incidents in Pakistan are claimed by terrorist organisations with leadership hiding in Afghanistan. General Qamar Javed Bajwa said such terrorist activities and inaction against them are testing our current policy of cross border restraint.
The army chief asked the US commander to play his role in disconnecting planning, direction, coordination and financial support to terrorists.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa also informed him about list of terrorists handed over to Afghan authorities for action against them, who are hiding inside Afghanistan since long.
US General expressed his condolences over loss of precious human lives in recent terrorist incidents and assured him full assistance in response to his concerns.
John Nicholson also shared his plans to undertake special coordination at appropriate level between Resolute Support Mission, Afghan security forces, and Pakistan.


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Nov 15, 2010
Throwing out the lies with the birth water.
A 1 hour documentary about birth and upcoming legislation in Australia that will threaten basic human rights. This is the story of a woman who chooses to birth at home. We see the network of community in the Blue Mountains that surrounds her before during and after her birth. We see what is at stake. Woman's choice.
1 comment:
- Dark Daughta said...
thank you for this. i think the witch hunts are being reframed as being about reproductive choice. but i happen to believe that the ways midwives are being driven into accreditation and forced into alliance with hospitals is about destroying reproductive choice.
- February 7, 2011 at 9:48 PM
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Nice whip santa gave you
for christmas
I haven't felt snow as soft
as those black thongs
that never touched my flesh
the grace of yr fingertips
smiling beside the bed
a room
so small in its images
even the mirror grew pale
contemplating our desires
a willing slave
someone to love at a leather distance
hard entry into the promised land
between yr buttocks & my obsessions
nice whip
nice tarot deck sealed against disaster
medieval like the plague that betrayed us
strains of compassion
yr face
transparent in a light without benefit of windows
disguised, ever so thinly, as a common proposition
life pure & simple
freedom to take the next shot
and not have it kill you
but that small room
never grew big enough
even for that
already in january
the geldersekade looks an old year
minus yr shock of hair like mine
when i first came
not to you but to amsterdam
standing in the red night waiting for trouble
plastic madonnas weep water from lourdes
a vigil of sacrifice for both our souls
if nothing else
at least the goddess of wisdom
still makes a few whores as tender as you were.


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San Ysidro Parks & Community Features
- San Ysidro Community Profile Home
- Community Planning Group Agendas and Minutes
- Current Community Plan
- Community Contact Information
- Parks & Other Community Services
A 3.6 acre linear park in the center of the community that is bounded by East and West Park Avenues, Seaward Avenue, and West San Ysidro Blvd. The center has two recreation/multipurpose buildings, a senior center, tot lot, tennis and basketball courts.
located at 455 Sycamore Road is a 16 acre park in the southern part of the community. It has a recreation building, baseball and soccer fields.
located at 301 Athey Avenue is a 6.7 acre park in the northern area with multipurpose baseball/soccer fields and a swimming pool.
located at Dairy Mart and Plantel Way is a 6.6 acre park in the northwestern part of San Ysidro with basketball, playing fields, tot lot and a picnic facility.
located at 179 Diza Road is a 1.45 acre park in the northeast section of the community with a multipurpose building containing an indoor basketball court, game area, and meeting room.
Information for all parks may be obtained by visiting the Park and Recreation website: www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/
Community Services
101 W. San Ysidro Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92173-2516
(619) 424-0475
455 Sycamore Rd.
San Ysidro, CA 92173
(619) 424-0464
179 Diza Ed.
San Diego, CA 92173
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Feb 8 at 9:55 p.m.
BenU police were patrolling 3rd floor of Ondrak Hall when they detected the smell of marijuana. Police found an alone resident with a small amount of marijuana and were charged under village ordinance and court date to be determined.
Feb 14 at 2:00 a.m.
University police were made aware of a loud party on the 3rd floor of Ondrak Hall. Investigation determined that alcohol was being served to under-age students. The resident of the dorm was changed under village ordnance for village hosting. Seven students were cited for drinking underage. The court date is to be determined for the resident.
Feb 14 at 2:40 a.m.
BenU police responded to a loud party at Thomas Hall. All people present at the party were of age to drink alcohol. There was no permit. All residents were cited for not having an alcohol permit.


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January was a crazy month for the Addis clan!! Darin accepted a job offer in Portland, OR!!! Thus our journey to packing and moving began!
On January 11th, Darin hopped on a plane to Portland, OR to interview, solidify things and find us a home and I hopped in my car and drove to Bentonville, AR! I visited with some friends and went through my storage unit. It was nice to see my friends again! I have missed them dearly!
Then I made a stop in Oklahoma to visit my sissy!!! We had lunch and some awesome sister time!!!
The days following were chaotic, busy, exciting, nerve wracking, joyful and HOPEFUL!!! Last year Darin and I started our year with loss. This year we started it out with hope and excitement to a new beginning! I'm thankful for the family and friends that surrounded us in our last days in Texas!! We love you guys and miss you all like crazy!!!!
We left Lubbock on January 22nd and arrived in Vancouver, WA January 25th. The move took us four days and three nights. It was the hardest thing I have ever done! It was an adventure, it was awesome to see so many different places, it was scary to drive through so many different weathers but it was freeing! I didn't know I had it in me to do such a move!!! I'm thankful for God's Hand on us....He protected us and kept us in peace! I got to see so many places for the first time and added five states to my bucket list of seeing all 50 states in the USA! We also spent an evening in Vegas with my brother and sister-in-law! It was SO much fun!
When we drove into Portland, I knew the decision we had made was the right one. God confirmed this with the beauty He has created.
We have enjoyed ourselves these past couple of weeks! I miss my family and friends dearly but I'm thankful for technology and I get to FaceTime, Skype and video conference with them!!!


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1. Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :)
2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and
please leave a direct-link back here.
3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH058.
4. Weekly giveaways! Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much... but the thrill is in the win, right?! Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :)
5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected and will receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishments... you just never know.
Fabulous work from my Macabre Minions... so much more than what I've not been doing lately!
Ok... your turn... let's see you work some magic!
And yes, I know I am EXTREMELY behind in announcing winners from the past few challenges... I'm hoping to get caught up this week... cast a spell for me!
p.s... don't forget about the free giveaway at the bottom of the post HERE!!
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Why I Relay for Life. I saw this on the back of the shirt of one of the organizations that participated last Friday at the Paramus High School's Relay for Life cancer walk. Underneath that saying were pictures of the faces of the people they walk for. My Mom died of cancer – that was almost 19 years ago. In that time, I have moved to a different house, raised a family, saw my brothers get married and develop their own lives. I walk in her memory. For my family, the more current reason for walking, these past 3 years, is my sister-in-law, who has been fighting the fight for years. Cancer touches us all. Cancer does not care about race, creed, age or income. Cancer is an equal opportunity disease that can bring down friend or foe. This year, a high school sophomore gave the survivor speech. A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE! He found out that he had cancer shortly after last year's walk, and said that at one point he felt it was easier to just give up. Today, he is a survivor and once again an active teen. My sister-in-law, Magda, is pictured with our friend, Rich, also a cancer survivor. They are our team's survivors (we kid them that they are our "mascots") and we are extremely happy and proud to have them with us, to share the event and provide inspiration to others.
I have another friend, Bruce, who had been fighting the fight for almost a year. He was diagnosed last summer with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. This past Tuesday night, after a year fighting, he entered hospice care. I went, along with our friend, Ed, to visit with him Wednesday night. An hour after we got home, I received the call telling me that his battle with cancer was over. This was a good man, a husband, a father, helpful to people and always happy. No matter who we are, we all know someone that has had this disease or is currently in the trenches fighting.
Each year, the Relay for Life event starts with speeches and a roll call of the survivors present. This year, they called up over 100 survivors, an increase from the 80-something they had last year. "See, I told them that I would deliver 100 survivors this year" was the statement made. Good news – we have many more survivors this year. Bad news – that many more people had to fight the fight this year. However, I guess at the end of the day, that is why we Relay. We Relay to raise money for research so that the number of survivors can increase each year, until we reach the day when we no longer have to fear the word cancer and what it stands for.