Aqua America Customers to Stage Water Rate Protests by Jess Leber •
Juli Williams, of Raleigh, North Carolina, has five daughters. Three are in college and two are in high school. She holds a full-time job as a personal assistant. Her husband is on unemployment.
In short, Ms. Williams has her hands full. But she somehow remarkably has had time to spearhead a grassroots campaign to oppose Aqua America, to win approval for a water rate increase before North Carolina's public utilities commission this year. Right now, she is organizing homeowners associations to speak and protest outside of 6 public meetings that will occur next month. She is online, in her car posting flyers, on the phone raising early awareness, and directing many to an online petition set up on Change.org by the Hampton Ridge Neighbors, one affected homeowner group. Why would a mother with this much on her plate take on this issue? It's because she has to. "The water bill, it can make or break us on some months. We cannot even budget for it—it's like a constant fear in your side waiting for it to come," she says. In the summer months, it can be more than $200. Now, for the 2nd time in three years, Aqua North Carolina wants to raise its rates–water by 20 percent and sewer by 16 percent.
The company says it does not make its "legally-allowed level of profit," but its reputation as a 'water profiteer' leads residents to be skeptical of these claims to say the least. As the Charlotte Observer reports, the industry is known as a "rate case machine": its business model depends on raising water rates for existing customers to pay for new investments. Wall Street analysts say Aqua America is one of the best-performing water utilities in the nation. Juli Williams is applying for protest permits in the Raleigh area and hopes to get others active in different parts of the state. There is certainly enough discontent, judging by some initial comments on the petition, on online message boards, and on the group's small Facebook page.
New York Senator Chuck Schumer (D.) has called for a federal investigation of the company, which has had soaring profits while it lobbies for rate increases across the nation and accepts federal dollars.
Sign the petition to stand with North Carolina residents who are taking a stand against this water gouging.
California Mom Leads Campaign to Get Prisoners Safe Drinking Water
Blanca Gonzalezs son spent years on the California kern valley state prision, in which she says he have to dring water that the state knows is contaminated with arsenic, that cause skin damae and circulatory system problems. So she want to do something about it. For years California has promised to fix this problems. And for years they have failed. Gonzales contacted you humle criminal justice editor here at change.or and she paid off and know her campaing is drawing the attention of californias top prision officials. Since her petition was featured here , more than 2,100 people have joined Blanca, that are demanding that the state stop poisoning its prisoners with arsenic-laced water. The response that was characteristically underwhelming which shows officials are starting to pay attention. Other mothers of the incarcerated and the prisioners themselves who she says are well aware of the petition. Gonzales tells Change.org she wants to thank all of you that have participated so far and we couldn’t have gotten this far without Change.org, Plese do not forget to post the petition to Twitter, Facebook. Around the time Gonzalez first contacted me, she wrote that it was nothing less than "ridiculous that there are over 5,000 men in the prison and no one cares" As the response to her campaign demonstrates, though, people do care about those behinds bars . It's just a matter of getting California's politicians and prison bureaucrats to care too.
Title: Victory! Maroon 5 Ends Tobacco Promotion of Indonesian Tour. By: Brie Cadman.
“This isn’t the last time the tobacco industry will use youth- focused events to try to promote their products and attract the next generation of smokers.”
180 members of Change.org sent letters showing how concerned they were about tobacco sponsorship of an upcoming Indonesian concert, Maroon 5 and their management moved quickly to have the tobacco company’s remove from all posters and advertisements.
Maroon 5’s management informed Change.org that the band does not have a direct sponsorship agreement with Surya Professional Mild, an Indonesian brand of clove cigarettes, but the entire concert series was sponsored by the company.
John Baker, a tobacco control researches in Australia, said he started the petition on Change.org after seeing similar one last year. Maroon 5 is one of his favorite bands and he was disappointed to see them promoting a deadly product.
By taking a stand against this type of tobacco advertising, Maroon 5 joins other artists that have refused to have their names used to promote tobacco products. With over 70 million smokers and lax tobacco prevention policies, Indonesia has rapidly become an open playing field for tobacco marketing to youth.
Surya Pro Mild was using Maroon 5’s popularity and cache to lure in youth, but now that Maroon 5 has spoken out we can add them to the list of bands that puts their fans’ health before the profits of the tobacco industry. This victory couldn’t be achieved by John Baker.
Tell Minnesota: 10-Year-Olds Don't Belong in Adult Court A bill pending before the Minnesota legislature would allow judges in the state to try 10-year-olds as adults for offenses involving murder, manslaughter, assault, aggravated robbery or sexual conduct. This is a mistake for so many reasons, and we need to tell Minnesota lawmakers why. strong evidence suggesst that children under the age of 16 to 17, are not developed enough to analazy and take responsability for their actions. sending 10-years-olds to an adult cour or adult prison will not stop juvenile crime. this law is called emily's law. it was named that way when in 2006 a two year old was killed bay a 13 year old.I simply don't believe that treating a 13-year-old as equal to a 30-year-old man fully aware of his actions is the right action for the state. This boy committed a terrible crime, but he needs treatment, not a prison cell. For my personal opinion,Minnesota shouldn't reject sentencing young children as adults and send a message to states like Pennsylvania that kids are different
A bill pending before the Minnesota legislature would allow judges in the state to try 10-year-olds as adults for offenses involving murder, manslaughter, assault, aggravated robbery or sexual conduct. This is a mistake for so many reasons, and we need to tell Minnesota lawmakers why.
strong evidence shows that kids from the ages of 16 and 17 cannot fully analize and take responsabilty for their actions. Programs around the united states have proven that they dirverted young people from a life of crime.Sending young people to adult court -- and adult prison -- is not the answer to juvenile crime.If passed, this law -- called "Emily's Law" -- would join Minnesota with just a few other states that allow 10-year-olds to be tried as adults.. This laws named after a two year old was killed by a 13 year old. for my personal opinion,Minnesota shouldn't reject sentencing young children as adults. with this law established the juvenile crime will reduce. \kevin pacheco 8b
A bill pending before the Minnesota legislature would allow judges in the state to try 10-year-olds as adults for offenses involving murder, manslaughter, assault, aggravated robbery or sexual conduct. This is a mistake for so many reasons, and we need to tell Minnesota lawmakers why.
strong evidence shows that kids from the ages of 16 and 17 cannot fully analize and take responsabilty for their actions. Programs around the united states have proven that they dirverted young people from a life of crime.Sending young people to adult court -- and adult prison -- is not the answer to juvenile crime.If passed, this law -- called "Emily's Law" -- would join Minnesota with just a few other states that allow 10-year-olds to be tried as adults.. This laws named after a two year old was killed by a 13 year old. for my personal opinion,Minnesota shouldn't reject sentencing young children as adults. with this law established the juvenile crime will reduce. \kevin pacheco 8b
Scientist Calls on Apple to Denounce and Remove "Ex-Gay Therapy" App By Michael Jones • March 21, 2011
Allot of people has contacted Apple for them to remove Exodus International that peddles “ex-gay therapy”. Dr. Gary Remafedi a scientist whose job has been manipulated by this app has joined the effort. He write a letter to Apple founder Steve Jobs and interim CEO Tim Cook letting them know the damage it could make. This letter show ideas of Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics saying that the homosexuality is not a mental or physical condition and programs which aim to change sexual orientation have been opposed because they are unwarranted, ineffective, unethical, and harmful. Exodus tried to use Dr. Remafedi’s work against him by justifying their position. On their website they distort a study from the University of Minnesota saying homosexuality is just a transitory face young adults go throw and they’ll grow out of it. Dr. Remafedi, however, is correcting the record. He says that Apple shouldn't be a platform for proponents of "ex-gay" therapy to circulate and distribute the fraudulent and harmful message that sexual orientation can be "cured." Many people find Apple’s allowance of “ex-gay” therapy proponents to use their platform to tell LGBT youth they should be “cured”. Help keep the pressure up on Apple to drop this “ex-gay” app. Add your name to the petition or circulate the action over Facebook and Twitter if you have already signed it.
The Lords of the Drum By JAMES R. OESTREICH Published: March 21, 2011 A Japanese drumming troupe played intensively and passionately to commemorate their thirtiest birthday. When Kodo, the Japanese drumming troupe, appeared at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday evening, you expected some reference to the recent earthquake and its aftermath in Japan, but you had no idea what form it might take. But in the end you got nothing — and everything. There was no announcement, no hint of gloom. Wallowing in self-pity is not the Japanese way. Instead, this was a typical Kodo evening: a celebration of music, of physicality, of life. But it was delivered with a sort of manic intensity that spoke to the import of the moment more eloquently than any words could have. Kodo, with its pulsing rhythms, takes its name from a Japanese word that can mean either “heartbeat” or “children of the drum.” The tour performers are part of a larger group based on Sado Island, off the northwest coast of Japan, some 175 miles from Tokyo, and said to have been beyond the earthquake’s reach. Here musical performance is mingled with arduous physical training and everyday life experiences. But onstage, there was simply Kodo being Kodo. If you are to perform at all in this uninhibited, athletic style, you can only perform joyously and all-out. The program theatrically paced and lighted, and a bit slicker than those remembered from a decade or so ago consisted mostly of Kodo standards, with a dance element added in the opening “Sakaki,” composed by Masaru Tsuji and choreographed and executed by Kenzo Abe. The first half ended with Maki Ishii’s “Monochrome,” in which a tapping on seven small drums little louder than a buzzing of insects swells into what a swarm of locusts must sound like, before subsiding and giving way to pounding on larger drums.
The Lords of the Drum By JAMES R. OESTREICH Published: March 21, 2011 A Japanese drumming troupe played fully and excitedly to commemorate their thirtiest birthday. When Kodo, the Japanese drumming troupe, appeared at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday evening, you expected some reference to the recent earthquake and its aftermath in Japan, but you had no idea what form it might take. But in the end you got nothing — and everything. There was no announcement, no hint of gloom. Wallowing in self-pity is not the Japanese way. Instead, this was a typical Kodo evening: a celebration of music, of physicality, of life. But it was delivered with a sort of excited intensity that spoke to the import of the moment more expressively than any words could have. Kodo, with its agitate rhythms, takes its name from a Japanese word that can mean either “heartbeat” or “children of the drum.” The tour performers are part of a larger group based on Sado Island, off the northwest coast of Japan, some 175 miles from Tokyo, and said to have been beyond the earthquake’s reach. Here musical performance is blended with harsh physical training and everyday life experiences. But onstage, there was simply Kodo being Kodo. If you are to perform at all in this audacious, active style, you can only perform happily and all-out. The program theatrically paced and lighted, and a bit quicker than those remembered from a decade or so ago consisted mostly of Kodo standards, with a dance element added in the opening “Sakaki,” composed by Masaru Tsuji and choreographed and executed by Kenzo Abe. The first half ended with Maki Ishii’s “Monochrome,” in which a tapping on seven small drums little louder than a buzzing of insects swells into what a swarm of locusts must sound like, before subsiding and giving way to pounding on larger drums.
Japan’s Lower Demand Eases Pressure on Oil Prices.
Thanks to recent economic shocks of the economy of Japan, the nuclear power industry of this, along with the earthquake and tsunami damaged nine oil refineries, interrupting the nation's refining capacity. Oil shipments have been disrupted by damage to seaports, which will last to be repair. Japanese oil demand has been reduced to 1 million barrels per day, which is very little compared to what Japan usually imports. The deceleration of these imports is said to be because of Saudi Arabia, who is taking advantage of this fact. Marvin E. Odum said no one knew how long the balance could bear. Oil prices have increased because of the riots in North Africa and the Middle East earlier this year, but still, in the last week, have remained relatively stable.
The price of oil fell when Japan announced, it would release 22 days the value of stocks of oil from its reserves to help the earthquake’s affected areas; but prices quickly rebound. Japan relies on imported oil for its energy needs, and is the third largest importer in the world, as well as the third largest economy in the world. It was noted that the reduction in demand was only a small factor that was affecting global oil prices, that it wasn’t the only one. Meanwhile, in China, oil is running at 10%, more than a year ago.
2 large refineries suffered heavy fire after the earthquake, and the other is closed. This may be another factor that will squeeze demand for oil. Despite the damage to refineries and low economic performance in Japan, experts say that energy will not occur as a steady increase in Japanese oil demand. The calamity of Japan can reach a boom in construction in affected areas, which would require high fuel consume. -Isabella Cotes
florida governor chomps down on aligator skin marketing
florida aligator industry is made up of 30 gator farms and thay are all mad at the state governor.Governor rick scott is against gator skin marketing and he says the state shouldn’t be in that business. money is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture, and it pays for alligator farmers to promote their alligator meat and skin products at conferences, in brochures and on websites. The gator farmers say their marketing efforts have "focused on convincing people that it's okay to eat and wear alligator."
But it isn't okay to eat or wear alligator. A peta undercover investigation of a gator farm in florida reveals the sufering of gator when farmers are trying to kill them by braking the gator spine or skinned them alive. The peta undercover investigation convince companies like victoria secret to stop selling gator askin and also to stop promoting it.The animal rigths group recently targeted tiffany&co for their use of aligator skin althought tiffany%money is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture, and it pays for alligator farmers to promote their alligator meat and skin products at conferences, in brochures and on websites. The gator farmers say their marketing efforts have "focused on convincing people that it's okay to eat and wear alligator."
But it isn't okay to eat or wear alligator.A peta undercover investigation on a aligator farm reveals the suffering of the animal when the farmers were tying to brake the spine to kill the gator andntake the sikin also they skinned them alive. This peta investigation convinced some companies like victoria secret to stop selling this gator skin but the company tiffany&co still promoting products with animal skin.
By: Rafael Frieri Grade: 8B Article: With high demand Ipad 2 goes on sale in 25 countries. Author: Nick Bilton The Ipad 2 is going on sale to 25 countries including Canada, Mexico , France , Germany, Australia, and Britain. The Ipad in the USA has been *very difficult to acquire because there are rows since 5:30 AM in the morning. A periodist of New York Times sold his *two week old Ipad on eBay 3 hours after putting it online. The demand for this new device has fueled a *dramatic resale market. They paid for the *two week old Ipad 1,500 dollars netting him a 500 dollars profit. The apple’s chief Steven Jobs is telling all the costumers to wait for them to do Ipads for everyone. The Ipad 2 is going on sale to 25 countries including Canada, Mexico , France , Germany, Australia, and Britain. The Ipad in the USA has been *super complicated to acquire because there are rows since 5:30 AM in the morning. A periodist of New York Times sold his *fourteen days old Ipad on eBay 3 hours after putting it online. The demand for this new device has fueled a *insane resale market. They paid for the *fourteen days old Ipad 1,500 dollars netting him a 500 dollars profit. The apple’s chief Steven Jobs is telling all the costumers to wait for them to do Ipads for everyone. *are the adjectives
Title: For Verizon, Little Cause to Be Worried by AT&T Deal. By: Michael J. De la Merced.
AT&T is making a deal with T-Mobile on introducing their LTE network which is an new-generation network wireless, this summer, in the meanwhile Verizon is following Sprint to do the same thing.
With AT&T making a (BIG) bid for growth with its $39 billion T-Mobile USA deal, many have wondered what’s next for Sprint Nextel. Daniel S. Mead, the chief executive of Verizon Wireless, told Reuters on the eve of the CTIA Wireless conference in Orlando, Fla., that he had no desire to make a deal for Sprint. Which is true because Verizon Wireless is already the country’s (BIGGEST) cell phone service provider, with (HEALTHY) nationwide coverage and (STRONG) business prospects.
Verizon Wireless has plenty of spectrum, the very commodity that AT&T is seeking in its T-mobile deal and if fact has dominated several auctions of wireless bandwidth. While Verizon Wireless is following Sprint in introducing a (FASTER) next-generation wireless network, it is using a standard called LTE that is poised for (GREATER) acceptance within the industry.
AT&T is not set to introduce its own LTE network until this summer, and it has already lost its lock on one of its most (PRECIOUS) weapons, Apple’s iPhone. Investors certainly do not think that Verizon Wireless will be harmed by the AT&T deal.
--------------- AT&T is making a deal with T-Mobile on introducing their LTE network which is an new-generation network wireless, this summer, in the meanwhile Verizon is following Sprint to do the same thing.
With AT&T making a extensive bid for growth with its $39 billion T-Mobile USA deal, many have wondered what’s next for Sprint Nextel. Daniel S. Mead, the chief executive of Verizon Wireless, told Reuters on the eve of the CTIA Wireless conference in Orlando, Fla., that he had no desire to make a deal for Sprint. Which is true because Verizon Wireless is already the country’s predominant cell phone service provider, with beneficial nationwide coverage and powerful business prospects.
Verizon Wireless has plenty of spectrum, the very commodity that AT&T is seeking in its T-mobile deal and if fact has dominated several auctions of wireless bandwidth. While Verizon Wireless is following Sprint in introducing a speedy next-generation wireless network, it is using a standard called LTE that is poised for magnificent acceptance within the industry.
AT&T is not set to introduce its own LTE network until this summer, and it has already lost its lock on one of its most beautiful weapons, Apple’s iPhone. Investors certainly do not think that Verizon Wireless will be harmed by the AT&T deal.
Animals’ DNA Helps Catch Their Abusers By ANDY NEWMAN
Scruffy’s DNA was harvested in 2008 from a sample of burnt tissue found in the Brooklyn apartment where teenagers doused him with flammable fluid and set him aflame. Madea’s was found on the plastic guard of the umbrella that her owner’s son-in-law used to fatally club her in 2009. This month, the two cats won a sort of high-tech posthumous justice, when their abusers were convicted in animal-cruelty cases built on a foundation of evidence from the victims themselves. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said it was the premier time animal DNA had been used to win brutal convictions in New York City. Some 35 years after human DNA was first used in criminal cases, the collection of animal DNA is “becoming more and more common as law enforcement officials are thinking about using the genetic tools they have at their disposal in smaller crimes,” said Scott Heiser, criminal justice program director at the Animal Legal Defense Fund, based in California. Last year, scientists created the country’s first DNA database of dogs used in dog fightsto help investigators establish ties among breeders, owners and the animals themselves. Scruffy, a 1-year-old meek cat also known as Tommy Two Times, was picked up in October 2008 . . . Investigators found burn marks and what looked like damage tissue in a vacant room in the super’s building. They sent a piece of the flooring to the veterinary genetics lab at the University of California at Davis, which confirmed the presence of cat tissue. When the investigators sent a tissue sample from Scruffy’s body to the lab, it came back a match. Meanwhile, a couple teenagers, Angelo Monderoy and Matthew Cooper, were linked to the attack and told the authorities that they had taken a cat to the same vacant apartment. The DNA evidence, said Carol Moran, a delegate district attorney, “connected that cat to the cat that was euthanized — so that when the vet comes in and testifies about the extent of the injuries, the grim nature of the way the flame was applied, the extraordinary way the cat suffered — this is the cat.” Mr. Cooper pleaded guilty, but Mr. Monderoy, 20, opted for trial. On March 8, he was convicted of aggravated animal cruelty as well as burglary and arson. He faces up to 15 years in prison. In the other case, a man named Lordtyshon Garrett was accused of beating his mother-in-law’s 4-year-old cat, Madea, whose lungs were so badly rend that she had to be put to sleep. It was days after the beating was reported that an investigator noticed an umbrella encased in a hard-plastic sheath in a search of the apartment in Greenpoint. “The umbrella guard was pristine except for the end, where it had punctures and scratches that were very much what we would expect from a cat who had bitten it,” Dr. Reisman said. Dried cat saliva on the end of the umbrella guard yielded enough DNA to match a tissue sample from Madea’s body. Mr. Garrett, 33, was found guilty of aggravated cruelty and criminal mischief. The A.S.P.C.A. has collected DNA in six other cruelty investigations, Dr. Reisman said. Two of the cases did not go forward; two ended in pleas; and the other two are pending.
Back at Midcentury, When Broadway Knew Romance By STEPHEN HOLDEN
On Monday (evening) in “Broadway’s Classic Hits,” Nathan Gunn and Kelli O’Hara interacted vocally and dramatically at Avery Fisher as in the golden years. The chemistry between the (two) had a (charged) undertone because as they performed, the mood of (romantic) expectation was tinged with anxiety and a (little) danger. Their characters, swept away by visions of happily ever after, make us ponder the temptations and pitfalls of that dream. The heart of those (golden) years was the 1940s. Many of its songs were (revolutionary) for its time because instead of a (standard) overture, it was a ballet danced by the characters in pantomime with “(hypothetical)” love songs. Throughout, Mr. Sperling, the program conductor, steered the singers and the orchestra in a direction that avoided anything smacking of (formal) classical crossover giving it its full (romantic) due. The arrangements and tempos were (sweeping) but never (pompous) or (overreaching), the (acoustic) balance between the singers and orchestra (precise) enough for you to hear every word that was sung. The final (three) selections were an (extravagant) immersion in the kind of (intense) sweetness, which made the audience, the singers and the orchestra surrendered to (pure ) (romantic) beauty.
On Monday night in “Broadway’s Classic Hits,” Nathan Gunn and Kelli O’Hara interacted vocally and dramatically at Avery Fisher as in the golden years. The chemistry between the deuce had a airless undertone because as they performed, the mood of amorous expectation was tinged with anxiety and a small danger. Their characters, swept away by visions of happily ever after, make us ponder the temptations and pitfalls of that dream. The heart of those prosperous years was the 1940s. Many of its songs were radical for its time because instead of a common overture, it was a ballet danced by the characters in pantomime with “suppositional” love songs. Throughout, Mr. Sperling, the program conductor, steered the singers and the orchestra in a direction that avoided anything smacking of conventional classical crossover giving it its full amorous due. The arrangements and tempos were wholesale but never overblown or vaulting, the audile balance between the singers and orchestra accurate enough for you to hear every word that was sung. The final threesome selections were an excessive immersion in the kind of vivid sweetness, which made the audience, the singers and the orchestra surrendered to utter amorous beauty.
Health-G. A. Marlatt, Advocate of Shift in Treating Addicts, Dies at 69
G. Alan Marlatt, a psychologist who (challenged) the longstanding belief that substance addiction is incurable and that it can be controlled only by abstinence, died March 14 at his vacation home in Stanwood, Wash. He was 69 and lived in Seattle. The cause was kidney failure, For 30 years, Dr. Marlatt was director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center, that nurtured a movement among therapists (holding) that addiction treatment. Dr. Marlatt was the leading proponent of the approach His data (demonstrated) that reducing an addict’s level of alcohol use can lead directly to reduced troubles at home and at work. He maintained that while addicts may not be able to stop using a substance immediately, individualized counseling Through his research, much of it involving students on campus, Dr. Marlatt also (identified) factors that can predict a relapse, among them negative emotions, conflicts with others and recurring thoughts that the substance will make the addict feel better. “Alan found that these high-risk situations can be planned for, and that by being taught appropriate coping responses the person can learn to avoid relapse,” “Alcoholism (causes) brain damage, and Marlatt never considered that in his analyses,” said Irving Maltzman, I support complete abstinence.” But Marc Schuckit saw value in both approaches. “Where Alan and I differed was where the problems with alcohol get really serious,” Dr. Schuckit said. “I agree that abstinence isn’t always essential for people who drink more than may be healthy for them, but who don’t have serious problems. However, when somebody meets criteria for alcohol dependence, I read the data as saying it is very unlikely they will ever be able to go back to (controlled) drinking.” Frederick Rotgers, said Dr. Marlatt’s work was “the foundation for much of the psychological (research) in treatment today,” having “shifted it toward a more humane and respectful approach.”
G. Alan Marlatt, a psychologist who (faced) the longstanding belief that substance addiction is incurable and that it can be controlled only by abstinence, died March 14 at his vacation home in Stanwood, Wash. He was 69 and lived in Seattle. The cause was kidney failure, For 30 years, Dr. Marlatt was director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center, that nurtured a movement among therapists (maintaining) that addiction treatment. Dr. Marlatt was the leading proponent of the approach His data (show) that reducing an addict’s level of alcohol use can lead directly to reduced troubles at home and at work. He maintained that while addicts may not be able to stop using a substance immediately, individualized counseling Through his research, much of it involving students on campus, Dr. Marlatt also (found) factors that can predict a relapse, among them negative emotions, conflicts with others and recurring thoughts that the substance will make the addict feel better. “Alan found that these high-risk situations can be planned for, and that by being taught appropriate coping responses the person can learn to avoid relapse,” “Alcoholism (produce) brain damage, and Marlatt never considered that in his analyses,” said Irving Maltzman, I support complete abstinence.” But Marc Schuckit saw value in both approaches. “Where Alan and I differed was where the problems with alcohol get really serious,” Dr. Schuckit said. “I agree that abstinence isn’t always essential for people who drink more than may be healthy for them, but who don’t have serious problems. However, when somebody meets criteria for alcohol dependence, I read the data as saying it is very unlikely they will ever be able to go back to (manage) drinking.” Frederick Rotgers, said Dr. Marlatt’s work was “the foundation for much of the psychological (investigation) in treatment today,” having “shifted it toward a more humane and respectful approach.” By: Patricia Abisambra
Bangladesh Bans Sale of Palm Sap After an Unusually Lethal Oubreak By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
By: Laura angulo
Bangladesh is passing through an outbreak because of the trouble that Nipah virus is bringing. This virus was identified in 1999 and it is dangerous because it is infectious. It kills 95% of the people. In Malaysia was were the most victims were first known because of killing pigs, they believe that the source is from this animals. Dr. Jonathan H. Epstein a monitor of this virus, is handling it , The government health agency is trying to persuade the gachis to put what he called "bamboo skirts" at the mouth of the collection jars. "The gachis like them, " he said. "They keep things pure, so it can sell for more."
Bangladesh is passing through an outbreak because of the trouble that Nipah virus is bringing. This virus was identified in 1999 and it is dangerous because it is infectious. It kills 95% of the people. In Malaysia was were the most victims were first known because of killing pigs, they believe that the source is from this animals. Dr. Jonathan H. Epstein a monitor of this virus, is handling it , The government health agency is trying to persuade the gachis to put what he called "bamboo skirts" at the mouth of the collection jars. "The gachis like them, " he said. "They keep things pure, so it can sell for more."
Ms. Williams has her hands full.But she somehow remarkably has had time to spearhead a grassroots campaign to oppose Aqua America, in its bid to win approval for a water rate increase before North Carolina's public utilities commission this year. She is online, in her car posting flyers, and directing many to an online petition set up on Change.org by the Hampton Ridge Neighbors.Why would a mother with this much on her plate take on this issue?It's because she has to.She has had neighbors come to use her shower after their water was cut off, after being only 10 days late paying their bill, which they couldn't afford. So have many other Aqua North Carolina customers.The 88,000 customers in Aqua North Carolina's water and sewer service territory often have a monthly bill that's twice has high as families just miles away. Now, Aqua North Carolina wants to raise its rates.The company says it does not make its "legally-allowed level of profit," but its reputation as a 'water profiteer' leads residents to be skeptical of these claims to say the least.Juli Williams is applying for protest permits in the Raleigh area. There is certainly enough discontent, on online message boards, and on the group's small Facebook page.The corporation's tactics have been slammed in a watchdog report and its constant rate increases have brought protests everywhere from Austin, Texas to Long Island, New York.
March 22, 2011, 6:08 PM ‘Another ‘Spider-Man’ Actress Injured By PATRICK HEALY
The actress who plays the villainess Arachne in Brodway’s “Spider Man: Turn of The Dark” suffer an injury during an onstage battle scene in the middle of a performance. Ms. Carpio has been substitute by America Olivo while she is out. The person familiar with the injury said that it came during the Act 2 in a showdown between Arachne and Peter Parker. Ms. Carpio harm was when they were having a hand-to-hand combat were the two characters were swooping and swinging. She suffers a neck injury. She is the fifth person to suffer an injury in this work after the original Arachne Natalie Mendoza who suffers a concussion. She was struck in the head with the rope while backstage. Then she left the show. This expensive and technically ambitious show in Broadway history has been buffeted with problems. There was a creative standoff between the director and her lead producers to do or not a creative change to the show. The producers have won bringing people to help them do the changes they wanted as changing the script. They scale back the role of Arachne and there have been written at least two new numbers for the show. Although they have had troubles this show is one of the most populars in Broadway. March 22, 2011, 6:08 PM ‘Another ‘Spider-Man’ Actress Injured By PATRICK HEALY The actress who plays the evil Arachne in Brodway’s “Spider Man: Turn of The Dark” suffer an injury during an onstage war scene in the middle of a performance. Ms. Carpio has been substitute by America Olivo while she is out. The person familiar with the injury said that it came during the Act 2 in a showdown between Arachne and Peter Parker. Ms. Carpio harm was when they were having a tied combat were the two characters were balancing. She suffers a neck injury. She is the fifth person to suffer an injury in this work after the first Arachne Natalie Mendoza who suffers a concussion. She was struck in the head with the rope while backstage. Then she left the show. This pricey and aspiring show in Broadway history has been heated with problems. There was an original standoff between the director and her lead producers to do or not a new change to the show. The producers have won bringing people to help them do the changes they wanted as changing the script. They scale back the role of Arachne and there have been written at least two new numbers for the show. Although they have had troubles this show is one of the very popular in Broadway. By Paola Arocha
Name: Priscilla Torres. 8°B WORLD-Obama Seeks to Unify Allies as More Airstrikes Rock Tripoli.
WASHINGTON — President Obama worked on Tuesday to bridge differences among allies about how to manage the military campaign in Libya, as airstrikes continued to rock Tripoli. Forces LOYAL to Col.Muammar el-Qaddafi, however, showed no sign of ending their sieges of REBEL-HELD cities.
Mr. Obama reiterated that the United States would step BACK from the leading role within days, but he also said it was confronting the complexities of running the military campaign with a MULTILATERAL force cobbled together QUICKLY and without a CLEAR understanding among its members about their roles. NATO now seems likely to provide “COMMAND and CONTROL” functions, but with a SEPARATE authority running the operation, which includes Arab and other non-NATO countries. Even as the Western allies tried to settle management issues, they were still struggling to corral Arab backing for the campaign. Mr. Obama telephoned the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, on Tuesday to nail down his support. So far, Qatar is the only Arab state to offer FIGHTER jets to help enforce a no-fly zone, and there were signs that other Arab states were wavering in their support. At least THREE bomb blasts were heard in Tripoli Tuesday evening as flares from Libyan ANTIAIRCRAFT guns arced across the sky. Attacks by pro-Qaddafi forces were particularly INTENSE in the western cities of Zintan and Misurata — where snipers and artillery have killed DOZENS over the past five days and wounded scores MORE , a rebel spokesman said. Colonel Qaddafi made a SHORT but defiant appearance on Libyan television Tuesday night, appearing at what reporters were told was his Tripoli residence to denounce the bombing raids and pledge victory. A rebel spokesman, reached by satellite phone in Misurata, said he had not seen any evidence of airstrikes there against the Qaddafi forces, which continued to shell the city and threaten residents with SNIPER fire. ------------------------------------------------
WORLD-Obama Seeks to Unify Allies as More Airstrikes Rock Tripoli.
WASHINGTON — President Obama worked on Tuesday to bridge differences among allies about how to manage the military campaign in Libya, as airstrikes continued to rock Tripoli. Forces CONFIDENT to Col.Muammar el-Qaddafi, however, showed no sign of ending their sieges of REBELING cities.
Mr. Obama reiterated that the United States would step BEFORE from the leading role within days, but he also said it was confronting the complexities of running the military campaign with an OPTIONAL LATERAL force cobbled together FASTER and without a TRANSPARENT understanding among its members about their roles. NATO now seems likely to provide “LEADERSHIP and MANAGMENT” functions, but with a EXCLUDED authority running the operation, which includes Arab and other non-NATO countries. Even as the Western allies tried to settle management issues, they were still struggling to corral Arab backing for the campaign. Mr. Obama telephoned the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, on Tuesday to nail down his support. So far, Qatar is the only Arab state to offer MORE FORCED jets to help enforce a no-fly zone, and there were signs that other Arab states were wavering in their support. At least A TRIAL bomb blasts were heard in Tripoli Tuesday evening as flares from Libyan NOT AIRCRAFT guns arced across the sky. Attacks by pro-Qaddafi forces were particularly CENTERED in the western cities of Zintan and Misurata — where snipers and artillery have killed TEN OR MORE over the past five days and wounded scores THAT INCREASED, a rebel spokesman said.
Name: Priscilla Torres. Continuation…. Colonel Qaddafi made a BRIEF but defiant appearance on Libyan television Tuesday night, appearing at what reporters were told was his Tripoli residence to denounce the bombing raids and pledge victory. A rebel spokesman, reached by satellite phone in Misurata, said he had not seen any evidence of airstrikes there against the Qaddafi forces, which continued to shell the city and threaten residents with WARRIOR fire.
U.S. Returns Young Girl, a Citizen, to Guatemala By SAM DOLNICK RESUME BY ALEJANDRO TINOCO
Emily a young citizen of u.s had been deported back to Guatemala. The media said it was just because their parent’s aren´t from u.s. the debate about immigrants son on u.s just began. Leonel Ruiz, was waiting atKennedy International Airport on the early morning of March 11 for his 4-year-old daughter, Emily, to arrive home from a trip to Guatemala. The plane arrived hours late, but Emily was not on it, and neither was her grandfather, who was supposed to be escorting her back. . Emily, a United States citizen, and her grandfather, a Guatemalan traveling with a valid work visa, had been detained by immigration authorities at Dulles International Airport near Washington, where the plane had been diverted because of bad weather. The officials had told Emily’s grandfather that because of an immigration infraction two decades ago, he would not be allowed to stay in the country. That has left Emily, a pigtailed native of Long Island, in an unusual limbo. As a citizen, she has the right to re-enter her country. But her parents are illegal immigrants, which has complicated the prospect of a reunion. Today, Emily is in Guatemala, her parents are struggling to bring her home, and lawyers and federal officials are arguing over parental responsibility and citizenship rights. T The case comes as elected officials across the country have pushed for bills to end automatic citizenship for children, born here, who are sometimes referred to pejoratively as anchor babies. Immigrant advocates say the proposals are antithetical to American ideals. There are two conflicting versions of the Ruiz story. Officials at Customs and Border Protection say they offered Mr. Ruiz the chance to pick up Emily at the airport, but he “elected to have her return to Guatemala with her grandfather.” The customs agency “strives to reunite U.S. citizen children with their parents,” Lloyd M. Easterling, a spokesman, said Tuesday. But such a meeting could have put Mr. Ruiz at risk of detention, and he said he was never offered that option. In an interview conducted in Spanish, Mr. Ruiz, who speaks small English, said that an agent spoke to him over the telephone in English and laid out two choices: Emily could enter the custody of the State of Virginia, or she could return to Guatemala with her grandfather. Terrified that she would be given up for adoption if she entered state custody, Mr. Ruiz said, he agreed to put her on a plane back to Guatemala. “We were very worried, and my wife was crying and crying at what was happening,” Mr. Ruiz said. He said he would have gone to pick up Emily, and was in fact preparing to do so, but was not given the chance. “If we had to go there, we would have gone there,” he said. The family’s lawyer, David M. Sperling, is planning to travel to Guatemala next week to escort Emily back to Long Island. Last week, Arizona, which has become a national flash point in the immigration debate, rejected a measure aimed at pushing the Supreme Court to rule against automatic citizenship for American-born children of illegal immigrants. But elected officials in other states, like Kansas and California, have also signaled a desire to change the law to make it harder for such children to stay in the country.
U.S. Returns Young Girl, a Citizen, to Guatemala By SAM DOLNICK resume by alejandro tinoco, adj changed
Emily a four-year-old citizen of u.s had been deported back to Guatemala. The media said it was just because their parent’s aren´t from u.s. the debate about immigrants son on u.s just began. Leonel Ruiz was waiting atKennedy International Airport on the pre-mature morning of March 11 for his young daughter, Emily, to arrive home from a trip to Guatemala. The plane arrived hours late, but Emily was not on it, and neither was her grandfather, who was supposed to be escorting her back. . Emily, a United States citizen, and her grandfather, a Guatemalan traveling with a legal visa, had been detained by immigration authorities at Dulles International Airport near Washington, where the plane had been diverted because of poor weather. The officials had told Emily’s grandfather that because of an immigration infraction two decades ago, he would not be allowed to stay in the country. That has left Emily, a pigtailed native of Long Island, in an odd limbo. As a citizen, she has the right to re-enter her country. But her parents are illegal immigrants, which has complicated the prospect of a reunion. Today, Emily is in Guatemala, her parents are struggling to bring her home, and lawyers and federal officials are arguing over parental responsibility and citizenship rights. T The case comes as elected officials across the country have pushed for bills to end self-acting citizenship for children, born here, who are sometimes referred to pejoratively as anchor babies. Immigrant advocates say the proposals are different to American ideals. There are two conflicting versions of the Ruiz story. Officials at Customs and Border Protection say they offered Mr. Ruiz the chance to pick up Emily at the airport, but he “elected to have her return to Guatemala with her grandfather.” The customs agency “strives to reunite U.S. citizen children with their parents,” Lloyd M. Easterling, a spokesman, said Tuesday. But such a meeting could have put Mr. Ruiz possibly in detention, and he said he was never offered that option. In an interview conducted in Spanish, Mr. Ruiz, who speaks little English, said that an agent spoke to him over the telephone in English and laid out two choices: Emily could enter the custody of the State of Virginia, or she could return to Guatemala with her grandfather. Terrified that she would be given up for adoption if she entered state custody, Mr. Ruiz said, he agreed to put her on a plane back to Guatemala. “We were very worried, and my wife was crying and crying at what was happening,” Mr. Ruiz said. He said he would have gone to pick up Emily, and was in fact preparing to do so, but was not given the chance. “If we had to go there, we would have gone there,” he said. The family’s lawyer, David M. Sperling, is planning to travel to Guatemala next week to escort Emily back to Long Island. Last week, Arizona, which has become a national flash point in the immigration debate, rejected a measure aimed at pushing the Supreme Court to rule against automatic citizenship for American-born children of illegal immigrants. But elected officials in other states, like Kansas and California, have also signaled a desire to change the law to make it harder for such children to stay in the country. changed adjectives.
In a culture where people cradle their cellphones next to their heads with the same constancy and affection that toddlers hold their security blankets, it was unsettling last month when a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that doing so could alter brain activity. So crushing your cellphone into your ear to hear better in a crowded bar is probably a bad idea. Go outside if you have to take or make a call. And you might not want to put your cellphone in your breast or pants pocket either, because that also puts it right up against your body. Carry it in a purse or briefcase or get a nonmetallic belt clip that orients it away from your body. In Europe, the maximum is 2 watts per kilogram. During the ensuing conversation, it’s advisable to tilt the phone away from your ear when you are talking and only bring it in close to your ear when you are listening. That bit of teeter-totter works because the emission of radiation is “significantly less when a cellphone is receiving signals than when it is transmitting,” said Lin Zhong, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University in Houston. There are cellphone attachments that purport to shield users from radiation, and most are “hoaxes,” said Mr. Gandhi. Beware of pendants that sellers claim snatch radiation from the air. Pong Research offers a cellphone case for iPhones and BlackBerrys that it says has been shown by an F.C.C.-approved testing lab to redirect radiation from the phone’s antenna away from the head. By: Maria jose Oliva
Victory! Mobile Companies Expedite Donations to Japan By: Weldon Kennedy Masaya Uchino was a student in San Francisco. He had family in Japan when the earthquake arrived. He waited 12 hours to find if his family was alright. Meanwhile he donated money to the Red Cross to help the millions of people who suffered because of the tragedy. But he found out that his donation will reach Japan in between 30 and 90 days. So he started petitions to the mobile phone companies to accelerate the process of the donations. He reached around 50,000 signatures; this is why the California senator sent a note to the CEO of the mayor mobile carries telling them about the petition. In two weeks there were 66,000 signatures, this was a good union to look for goodness for people who need it. Many people congratulated everyone who played part of the victory. This happened because of the decision of someone who took action. But the donations are still needed so please collaborate to the cause of this big catastrophe. Name: Johanna Acevedo Guarin 8B
In Mexico, the latest anti-obesity public health campaign shows people with bulging stomachs eating greasy food. “I have always thought that it’s your own fault,” said Sergio Miranda, 35, who has a shoeshine stand in Mexico City. “People eat just things that make them fat, like bread and pizza.” Mr. Miranda said he did not really notice whether his clients were fat or not. But he does when he is wedged in a crowded city bus. “The fatties take up a lot of space,” he said. “People are annoyed. It’s uncomfortable.” At a time when global health officials are stepping up efforts to treat obesity as a worrisome public health threat, some researchers are warning of a troubling side effect: growing stigma against fat people.
Stephen McGarvey, a professor of community health at Brown University who studies Samoan health issues, noted that 25 years ago, Samoan study subjects living in Samoa and New Zealand who viewed thin and large body silhouettes mostly had positive feelings about bigger bodies. (The exception was young, educated women, who showed a preference for slimmer silhouettes.) “The fundamental message we’re putting into the world is that fat people deserve shame for their own health,” said Ms. Kirby, co-author of the book “Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere.” “We’ve been pushing this message for a long time. I don’t think anyone is immune to it.” Dr. Brewis notes that far more study is needed to determine the extent of fat stigma and how it is affecting the lives of individuals. She noted that her study was designed only to detect cultural views of obesity and did not show whether people were experiencing more social or workplace discrimination as a result of the growing fat stigma. “I think the next big question is whether it’s going to create a lot of new suffering where suffering didn’t exist before,” Dr. Brewis said. “I think it’s important that we think about designing health messages around obesity that don’t exacerbate the problem.” By: Maria Jose Oliva
A woman called Christiane Lemieux in company with Rumaan Alam wrote a book called “Undecorated”, this title might be a little bit deceptive and weird but really the 20 different spaces shown on the book, although are not decorated in the traditional way, they do have a lot of style. Lemieux assures that only very sophisticated people “decorated” the spaces that appear in the book, she also assures that in interior design there is not start or end. Christiane gave credits to the web because it makes the movement of the interiors that reflect the owner very popular. She assures that is used to be common that only people with very cool houses went to the estate sales , but now a days it is possible for everyone to have access to a very cool flea market objects. The electric interior is very popular now because it is achievable and everyone could acquire it.
In a culture where people cradle their cell phones next to their heads with the same constancy and affection that toddlers hold their security blankets, it was unsettling last month when a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that doing so could alter brain activity .it was unclear whether the changes in the brain — an increase in glucose metabolism after using the phone for less than an hour — had any negative health or behavioral effects. But it has many people wondering what they can do to protect themselves short of (gasp) using a landline. Yet, in light of her findings, she advises users to keep cell phones at a distance by putting them on speaker mode or using a wired headset whenever possible. The next best option is a wireless Bluetooth headset or earpiece, which emit radiation at far lower levels. If a headset isn’t feasible, holding your phone just slightly away from your ear can make a big difference; the intensity of radiation diminishes sharply with distance. “So crushing your cell phone into your ear to hear better in a crowded bar is probably a bad idea. Go outside if you have to take or make a call. And you might not want to put your cell phone in your breast or pants pocket either, because that also puts it right up against your body. Carry it in a purse or briefcase or get a nonmetallic belt clip that orients it away from your body. Many cell phones emit the most radiation when they initially establish contact with the cell tower, making their “digital handshake.” To reduce exposure it’s best to wait until after your call has been connected to put your cell phone next to your ear. During the ensuing conversation, it’s advisable to tilt the phone away from your ear when you are talking and only bring it in close to your ear when you are listening. Moreover, your cell phone emits less when you are stationary because when you are moving rapidly — say, in a car or train — it must repeatedly issue little bursts of radiation to make digital handshakes with different towers as it moves in and out of range. Texting, instead of talking, might be safer. “The whole trend toward texting instead of talking on cellphones is probably a good thing,” said Mr. Slesin at Microwave News. That is, if you don’t rest your cellphone against your body while typing out your message.
The Serbian NOvak Djokovic won the indian wells that gave his 21 tittles of his career.
This match was playing the final Djokovic against Rafael Nadal in a avaerage of 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
THis plager is passing the best moment in her career with a lot of characteristics as the force he push the ball.
The 23-year-old claimed the $605,500 first prize after becoming only the third player to beat Nadal and Federer in the same tournament twice, joining Nikolay Davydenko and David Nalbandian.
However, Djokovic -- who spent 26 weeks at second in the rankings last year -- will still be almost 4,000 points behind Nadal when the ATP rankings list is released on Monday.
"I lost today, but I lost to one of the greatest," said Nadal, whose last title came in Japan last October.
A Glimpse inside Bradley’s Construction of the National Team The article is about a man called Bradley that construct the team of Yanks and this team played a friendly match against Argentina in the city of New Jersey; Bradley is 53 years old, between the world cups Bradley allows a reporter unusual access as he and the team prepared for Argentina. Bradley is smart, a Princeton guy who, in his first cycle as national coach, took the United States to the World Cup last year in South Africa.“The question is not with him becoming stale and lethargic, because Bob is not wired that way,” Gulati said.
“Bullying and violence are rampant in Florida schools. Pigs, chickens and other animals are used in Florida schools in ways that create an attitude of cruelty and disrespect for both people and animals.”
In 2009, a video surfaced of high school student Robert Gordon slamming a live chicken against the ground, while his buddy Patrick Dougan cheered him on with "Rip him apart" and "This is animal cruelty." Where would these teens get the idea to kill a chicken? The inspiration, as well as the poor bird, was supplied by their teacher at Hawthorne High School in Alachua County, Florida. The boys were arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty. United Poultry Concerns and Humane Educators Reaching Out have filed a petition with the Florida Department of Education to put an end to classroom slaughter. United Poultry Concerns president Karen Davis shares Hargreaves' concerns. “The orgy of abuse at Hawthorne High School led directly to the torture of a living creature outside the classroom. Instead of learning to be kind to animals, students were taught to be cruel. This is not what students should be learning from their teachers.”
Exodus International Says God Wants Them to "Cure" Gay by Michael Jones · March 15, 2011 Company called exodus international says that homosexuality could be cured by the power of jess Christ. Besides they confirm that it promote death and personal decay. Apple continuing to give Exodus a platform to champion to "ex-gay, in fact they are showing kids who are struggling with their sexuality. Exodus wants to reach these youth in order to turn them away from homosexuality, and "convert" them to heterosexuality. An important question come to reflection: Does Apple really want to be the vehicle that allows this to happen? Apple has editorial standards for all iPhone apps, and it's perfectly within Apple's right to reject something that is fundamentally offensive to Apple's identity and brand. Diversity is great. Promoting bad science that psychologically wounds its victims is not..As a conclusion we can say that apple don't have the right to promote this flawed and dangerous set of ideas under the Apple banner. By: Juanita Landinez
The absence of boulders and rocky crags in the Mojave allows these desert tortoises to excavate their own homes and clutches, which in turn allows them to form tortoise colonies of relatively high density-- good for their social life, bad for their survival. Group living increases the likelihood that disease or displacement from development will devastate entire communities.The Sonoran desert tortoises, it was thought, would quarantine themselves and remain protected in their rocky homes, which is far more difficult to develop than the Mojave. The Sonoran desert tortoise population has dropped by over 3 percent every year since 1987. It has a much wider set of challenges than expected, and should not be left to struggle and die alone. These independent old animals, of a line that began 50 million years ago, should be protected. By: Tarquino Pacheco
Progress! California Federation of Teachers Stands Against Methyl Iodide by Sarah Parsons
The California Federation of Teachers recently concluded its 2011 Convention, releasing a number of resolutions and constitutional amendments (pdf). One of the biggest resolutions deals with a topic not typically covered in the education sector — pesticides. Resolution One demands that the state of California immediately withdrawal the approval of methyl iodide until more research is conducted on the pesticide's potential health and environmental dangers.It may seem strange that California's teachers would concern themselves with a pesticide— methyl iodide impacts most of the state's residents, especially children. "The overall potential negative impacts of living and going to school near ranches, farms and fields on which methyl iodide is used for pest management —.The California Federation of Teachers is making three demands: 1) that California engage in further independent research on the health and environmental implications of methyl iodide; 2) that the state immediately withdrawal the pesticide's approval until this new research is completed, published, peer reviewed, and made publicly available in Spanish and English; 3) that California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) immediately divest in Permira, a private equity group, until the company stops funding the maker of methyl iodide, Arysta LifeScience or directs Arysta to stop manufacturing methyl iodide.The California Federation of Teachers has done its part to get methyl iodide off our crop fields, but there's a way that you can help, too. The EPA recently opened up a public comment period on a petition asking the agency to immediately pull methyl iodide from the marketplace. You can voice your opposition to the pesticide by submitting a comment here, and you can sign Pesticide Action Network's petition telling EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson that methyl iodide shouldn't have a place in America's agricultural system By:Juanita Landinez
Justin Hartley plays Oliver Queen (Green arrow) in smallville, eventhrough he is a hero in the show Hartley reveals he is kind of a one man wolf pac, a loner. Hartley says that he likes what smallville has transformed Green Arrow into cause at the begining he was just another rich, spoiled badboy but he had somekind of metamorphosis that made him the brave hearted hero he is now. "Its amazing how the show transforms people and makes you think how are you on the inside compared to your character". The LA TIMES Asked him how does he prepares to shoot episodes as Oliver Queen. " i collectes a bunch of Green Arrow comics to see and have oliver's personality.
By: Priscilla Torres. 8B
ResponderEliminarAqua America Customers to Stage Water Rate Protests
by Jess Leber •
Juli Williams, of Raleigh, North Carolina, has five daughters. Three are in college and two are in high school. She holds a full-time job as a personal assistant. Her husband is on unemployment.
In short, Ms. Williams has her hands full.
But she somehow remarkably has had time to spearhead a grassroots campaign to oppose Aqua America, to win approval for a water rate increase before North Carolina's public utilities commission this year. Right now, she is organizing homeowners associations to speak and protest outside of 6 public meetings that will occur next month. She is online, in her car posting flyers, on the phone raising early awareness, and directing many to an online petition set up on Change.org by the Hampton Ridge Neighbors, one affected homeowner group.
Why would a mother with this much on her plate take on this issue?
It's because she has to.
"The water bill, it can make or break us on some months. We cannot even budget for it—it's like a constant fear in your side waiting for it to come," she says. In the summer months, it can be more than $200. Now, for the 2nd time in three years, Aqua North Carolina wants to raise its rates–water by 20 percent and sewer by 16 percent.
The company says it does not make its "legally-allowed level of profit," but its reputation as a 'water profiteer' leads residents to be skeptical of these claims to say the least. As the Charlotte Observer reports, the industry is known as a "rate case machine": its business model depends on raising water rates for existing customers to pay for new investments. Wall Street analysts say Aqua America is one of the best-performing water utilities in the nation.
Juli Williams is applying for protest permits in the Raleigh area and hopes to get others active in different parts of the state. There is certainly enough discontent, judging by some initial comments on the petition, on online message boards, and on the group's small Facebook page.
New York Senator Chuck Schumer (D.) has called for a federal investigation of the company, which has had soaring profits while it lobbies for rate increases across the nation and accepts federal dollars.
Sign the petition to stand with North Carolina residents who are taking a stand against this water gouging.
California Mom Leads Campaign to Get Prisoners Safe Drinking Water
ResponderEliminarBlanca Gonzalezs son spent years on the California kern valley state prision, in which she says he have to dring water that the state knows is contaminated with arsenic, that cause skin damae and circulatory system problems. So she want to do something about it. For years California has promised to fix this problems. And for years they have failed. Gonzales contacted you humle criminal justice editor here at change.or and she paid off and know her campaing is drawing the attention of californias top prision officials. Since her petition was featured here , more than 2,100 people have joined Blanca, that are demanding that the state stop poisoning its prisoners with arsenic-laced water. The response that was characteristically underwhelming which shows officials are starting to pay attention. Other mothers of the incarcerated and the prisioners themselves who she says are well aware of the petition. Gonzales tells Change.org she wants to thank all of you that have participated so far and we couldn’t have gotten this far without Change.org, Plese do not forget to post the petition to Twitter, Facebook. Around the time Gonzalez first contacted me, she wrote that it was nothing less than "ridiculous that there are over 5,000 men in the prison and no one cares" As the response to her campaign demonstrates, though, people do care about those behinds bars . It's just a matter of getting California's politicians and prison bureaucrats to care too.
Isabella Olivieri 8b
Title: Victory! Maroon 5 Ends Tobacco Promotion of Indonesian Tour.
ResponderEliminarBy: Brie Cadman.
“This isn’t the last time the tobacco industry will use youth- focused events to try to promote their products and attract the next generation of smokers.”
180 members of Change.org sent letters showing how concerned they were about tobacco sponsorship of an upcoming Indonesian concert, Maroon 5 and their management moved quickly to have the tobacco company’s remove from all posters and advertisements.
Maroon 5’s management informed Change.org that the band does not have a direct sponsorship agreement with Surya Professional Mild, an Indonesian brand of clove cigarettes, but the entire concert series was sponsored by the company.
John Baker, a tobacco control researches in Australia, said he started the petition on Change.org after seeing similar one last year. Maroon 5 is one of his favorite bands and he was disappointed to see them promoting a deadly product.
By taking a stand against this type of tobacco advertising, Maroon 5 joins other artists that have refused to have their names used to promote tobacco products. With over 70 million smokers and lax tobacco prevention policies, Indonesia has rapidly become an open playing field for tobacco marketing to youth.
Surya Pro Mild was using Maroon 5’s popularity and cache to lure in youth, but now that Maroon 5 has spoken out we can add them to the list of bands that puts their fans’ health before the profits of the tobacco industry. This victory couldn’t be achieved by John Baker.
Tell Minnesota: 10-Year-Olds Don't Belong in Adult Court
ResponderEliminarA bill pending before the Minnesota legislature would allow judges in the state to try 10-year-olds as adults for offenses involving murder, manslaughter, assault, aggravated robbery or sexual conduct. This is a mistake for so many reasons, and we need to tell Minnesota lawmakers why.
strong evidence suggesst that children under the age of 16 to 17, are not developed enough to analazy and take responsability for their actions. sending 10-years-olds to an adult cour or adult prison will not stop juvenile crime. this law is called emily's law. it was named that way when in 2006 a two year old was killed bay a 13 year old.I simply don't believe that treating a 13-year-old as equal to a 30-year-old man fully aware of his actions is the right action for the state. This boy committed a terrible crime, but he needs treatment, not a prison cell.
For my personal opinion,Minnesota shouldn't reject sentencing young children as adults and send a message to states like Pennsylvania that kids are different
Kevin pacheco 8B
A bill pending before the Minnesota legislature would allow judges in the state to try 10-year-olds as adults for offenses involving murder, manslaughter, assault, aggravated robbery or sexual conduct. This is a mistake for so many reasons, and we need to tell Minnesota lawmakers why.
ResponderEliminarstrong evidence shows that kids from the ages of 16 and 17 cannot fully analize and take responsabilty for their actions. Programs around the united states have proven that they dirverted young people from a life of crime.Sending young people to adult court -- and adult prison -- is not the answer to juvenile crime.If passed, this law -- called "Emily's Law" -- would join Minnesota with just a few other states that allow 10-year-olds to be tried as adults.. This laws named after a two year old was killed by a 13 year old. for my personal opinion,Minnesota shouldn't reject sentencing young children as adults. with this law established the juvenile crime will reduce.
\kevin pacheco 8b
A bill pending before the Minnesota legislature would allow judges in the state to try 10-year-olds as adults for offenses involving murder, manslaughter, assault, aggravated robbery or sexual conduct. This is a mistake for so many reasons, and we need to tell Minnesota lawmakers why.
ResponderEliminarstrong evidence shows that kids from the ages of 16 and 17 cannot fully analize and take responsabilty for their actions. Programs around the united states have proven that they dirverted young people from a life of crime.Sending young people to adult court -- and adult prison -- is not the answer to juvenile crime.If passed, this law -- called "Emily's Law" -- would join Minnesota with just a few other states that allow 10-year-olds to be tried as adults.. This laws named after a two year old was killed by a 13 year old. for my personal opinion,Minnesota shouldn't reject sentencing young children as adults. with this law established the juvenile crime will reduce.
\kevin pacheco 8b
BY PAOLA AROCHA
ResponderEliminarScientist Calls on Apple to Denounce and Remove "Ex-Gay Therapy" App
By Michael Jones • March 21, 2011
Allot of people has contacted Apple for them to remove Exodus International that peddles “ex-gay therapy”. Dr. Gary Remafedi a scientist whose job has been manipulated by this app has joined the effort.
He write a letter to Apple founder Steve Jobs and interim CEO Tim Cook letting them know the damage it could make. This letter show ideas of Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics saying that the homosexuality is not a mental or physical condition and programs which aim to change sexual orientation have been opposed because they are unwarranted, ineffective, unethical, and harmful. Exodus tried to use Dr. Remafedi’s work against him by justifying their position. On their website they distort a study from the University of Minnesota saying homosexuality is just a transitory face young adults go throw and they’ll grow out of it. Dr. Remafedi, however, is correcting the record. He says that Apple shouldn't be a platform for proponents of "ex-gay" therapy to circulate and distribute the fraudulent and harmful message that sexual orientation can be "cured." Many people find Apple’s allowance of “ex-gay” therapy proponents to use their platform to tell LGBT youth they should be “cured”. Help keep the pressure up on Apple to drop this “ex-gay” app. Add your name to the petition or circulate the action over Facebook and Twitter if you have already signed it.
The Lords of the Drum
ResponderEliminarBy JAMES R. OESTREICH
Published: March 21, 2011
A Japanese drumming troupe played intensively and passionately to commemorate their thirtiest birthday.
When Kodo, the Japanese drumming troupe, appeared at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday evening, you expected some reference to the recent earthquake and its aftermath in Japan, but you had no idea what form it might take.
But in the end you got nothing — and everything. There was no announcement, no hint of gloom. Wallowing in self-pity is not the Japanese way.
Instead, this was a typical Kodo evening: a celebration of music, of physicality, of life. But it was delivered with a sort of manic intensity that spoke to the import of the moment more eloquently than any words could have.
Kodo, with its pulsing rhythms, takes its name from a Japanese word that can mean either “heartbeat” or “children of the drum.” The tour performers are part of a larger group based on Sado Island, off the northwest coast of Japan, some 175 miles from Tokyo, and said to have been beyond the earthquake’s reach. Here musical performance is mingled with arduous physical training and everyday life experiences.
But onstage, there was simply Kodo being Kodo. If you are to perform at all in this uninhibited, athletic style, you can only perform joyously and all-out.
The program theatrically paced and lighted, and a bit slicker than those remembered from a decade or so ago consisted mostly of Kodo standards, with a dance element added in the opening “Sakaki,” composed by Masaru Tsuji and choreographed and executed by Kenzo Abe. The first half ended with Maki Ishii’s “Monochrome,” in which a tapping on seven small drums little louder than a buzzing of insects swells into what a swarm of locusts must sound like, before subsiding and giving way to pounding on larger drums.
The Lords of the Drum
By JAMES R. OESTREICH
Published: March 21, 2011
A Japanese drumming troupe played fully and excitedly to commemorate their thirtiest birthday.
When Kodo, the Japanese drumming troupe, appeared at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday evening, you expected some reference to the recent earthquake and its aftermath in Japan, but you had no idea what form it might take.
But in the end you got nothing — and everything. There was no announcement, no hint of gloom. Wallowing in self-pity is not the Japanese way.
Instead, this was a typical Kodo evening: a celebration of music, of physicality, of life. But it was delivered with a sort of excited intensity that spoke to the import of the moment more expressively than any words could have.
Kodo, with its agitate rhythms, takes its name from a Japanese word that can mean either “heartbeat” or “children of the drum.” The tour performers are part of a larger group based on Sado Island, off the northwest coast of Japan, some 175 miles from Tokyo, and said to have been beyond the earthquake’s reach. Here musical performance is blended with harsh physical training and everyday life experiences.
But onstage, there was simply Kodo being Kodo. If you are to perform at all in this audacious, active style, you can only perform happily and all-out.
The program theatrically paced and lighted, and a bit quicker than those remembered from a decade or so ago consisted mostly of Kodo standards, with a dance element added in the opening “Sakaki,” composed by Masaru Tsuji and choreographed and executed by Kenzo Abe. The first half ended with Maki Ishii’s “Monochrome,” in which a tapping on seven small drums little louder than a buzzing of insects swells into what a swarm of locusts must sound like, before subsiding and giving way to pounding on larger drums.
Japan’s Lower Demand Eases Pressure on Oil Prices.
ResponderEliminarThanks to recent economic shocks of the economy of Japan, the nuclear power industry of this, along with the earthquake and tsunami damaged nine oil refineries, interrupting the nation's refining capacity.
Oil shipments have been disrupted by damage to seaports, which will last to be repair.
Japanese oil demand has been reduced to 1 million barrels per day, which is very little compared to what Japan usually imports.
The deceleration of these imports is said to be because of Saudi Arabia, who is taking advantage of this fact.
Marvin E. Odum said no one knew how long the balance could bear.
Oil prices have increased because of the riots in North Africa and the Middle East earlier this year, but still, in the last week, have remained relatively stable.
The price of oil fell when Japan announced, it would release 22 days the value of stocks of oil from its reserves to help the earthquake’s affected areas; but prices quickly rebound.
Japan relies on imported oil for its energy needs, and is the third largest importer in the world, as well as the third largest economy in the world.
It was noted that the reduction in demand was only a small factor that was affecting global oil prices, that it wasn’t the only one.
Meanwhile, in China, oil is running at 10%, more than a year ago.
2 large refineries suffered heavy fire after the earthquake, and the other is closed. This may be another factor that will squeeze demand for oil.
Despite the damage to refineries and low economic performance in Japan, experts say that energy will not occur as a steady increase in Japanese oil demand.
The calamity of Japan can reach a boom in construction in affected areas, which would require high fuel consume.
-Isabella Cotes
florida governor chomps down on aligator skin marketing
ResponderEliminarflorida aligator industry is made up of 30 gator farms and thay are all mad at the state governor.Governor rick scott is against gator skin marketing and he says the state shouldn’t be in that business. money is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture, and it pays for alligator farmers to promote their alligator meat and skin products at conferences, in brochures and on websites. The gator farmers say their marketing efforts have "focused on convincing people that it's okay to eat and wear alligator."
But it isn't okay to eat or wear alligator. A peta undercover investigation of a gator farm in florida reveals the sufering of gator when farmers are trying to kill them by braking the gator spine or skinned them alive. The peta undercover investigation convince companies like victoria secret to stop selling gator askin and also to stop promoting it.The animal rigths group recently targeted tiffany&co for their use of aligator skin althought tiffany%money is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture, and it pays for alligator farmers to promote their alligator meat and skin products at conferences, in brochures and on websites. The gator farmers say their marketing efforts have "focused on convincing people that it's okay to eat and wear alligator."
But it isn't okay to eat or wear alligator.A peta undercover investigation on a aligator farm reveals the suffering of the animal when the farmers were tying to brake the spine to kill the gator andntake the sikin also they skinned them alive. This peta investigation convinced some companies like victoria secret to stop selling this gator skin but the company tiffany&co still promoting products with animal skin.
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By: Rafael Frieri
ResponderEliminarGrade: 8B
Article: With high demand Ipad 2 goes on sale in 25 countries.
Author: Nick Bilton
The Ipad 2 is going on sale to 25 countries including Canada, Mexico , France , Germany, Australia, and Britain. The Ipad in the USA has been *very difficult to acquire because there are rows since 5:30 AM in the morning. A periodist of New York Times sold his *two week old Ipad on eBay 3 hours after putting it online. The demand for this new device has fueled a *dramatic resale market. They paid for the *two week old Ipad 1,500 dollars netting him a 500 dollars profit. The apple’s chief Steven Jobs is telling all the costumers to wait for them to do Ipads for everyone.
The Ipad 2 is going on sale to 25 countries including Canada, Mexico , France , Germany, Australia, and Britain. The Ipad in the USA has been *super complicated to acquire because there are rows since 5:30 AM in the morning. A periodist of New York Times sold his *fourteen days old Ipad on eBay 3 hours after putting it online. The demand for this new device has fueled a *insane resale market. They paid for the *fourteen days old Ipad 1,500 dollars netting him a 500 dollars profit. The apple’s chief Steven Jobs is telling all the costumers to wait for them to do Ipads for everyone.
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Title: For Verizon, Little Cause to Be Worried by AT&T Deal.
ResponderEliminarBy: Michael J. De la Merced.
AT&T is making a deal with T-Mobile on introducing their LTE network which is an new-generation network wireless, this summer, in the meanwhile Verizon is following Sprint to do the same thing.
With AT&T making a (BIG) bid for growth with its $39 billion T-Mobile USA deal, many have wondered what’s next for Sprint Nextel. Daniel S. Mead, the chief executive of Verizon Wireless, told Reuters on the eve of the CTIA Wireless conference in Orlando, Fla., that he had no desire to make a deal for Sprint.
Which is true because Verizon Wireless is already the country’s (BIGGEST) cell phone service provider, with (HEALTHY) nationwide coverage and (STRONG) business prospects.
Verizon Wireless has plenty of spectrum, the very commodity that AT&T is seeking in its T-mobile deal and if fact has dominated several auctions of wireless bandwidth. While Verizon Wireless is following Sprint in introducing a (FASTER) next-generation wireless network, it is using a standard called LTE that is poised for (GREATER) acceptance within the industry.
AT&T is not set to introduce its own LTE network until this summer, and it has already lost its lock on one of its most (PRECIOUS) weapons, Apple’s iPhone. Investors certainly do not think that Verizon Wireless will be harmed by the AT&T deal.
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AT&T is making a deal with T-Mobile on introducing their LTE network which is an new-generation network wireless, this summer, in the meanwhile Verizon is following Sprint to do the same thing.
With AT&T making a extensive bid for growth with its $39 billion T-Mobile USA deal, many have wondered what’s next for Sprint Nextel. Daniel S. Mead, the chief executive of Verizon Wireless, told Reuters on the eve of the CTIA Wireless conference in Orlando, Fla., that he had no desire to make a deal for Sprint.
Which is true because Verizon Wireless is already the country’s predominant cell phone service provider, with beneficial nationwide coverage and powerful business prospects.
Verizon Wireless has plenty of spectrum, the very commodity that AT&T is seeking in its T-mobile deal and if fact has dominated several auctions of wireless bandwidth. While Verizon Wireless is following Sprint in introducing a speedy next-generation wireless network, it is using a standard called LTE that is poised for magnificent acceptance within the industry.
AT&T is not set to introduce its own LTE network until this summer, and it has already lost its lock on one of its most beautiful weapons, Apple’s iPhone. Investors certainly do not think that Verizon Wireless will be harmed by the AT&T deal.
Animals’ DNA Helps Catch Their Abusers
ResponderEliminarBy ANDY NEWMAN
Scruffy’s DNA was harvested in 2008 from a sample of burnt tissue found in the Brooklyn apartment where teenagers doused him with flammable fluid and set him aflame. Madea’s was found on the plastic guard of the umbrella that her owner’s son-in-law used to fatally club her in 2009.
This month, the two cats won a sort of high-tech posthumous justice, when their abusers were convicted in animal-cruelty cases built on a foundation of evidence from the victims themselves.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said it was the premier time animal DNA had been used to win brutal convictions in New York City.
Some 35 years after human DNA was first used in criminal cases, the collection of animal DNA is “becoming more and more common as law enforcement officials are thinking about using the genetic tools they have at their disposal in smaller crimes,” said Scott Heiser, criminal justice program director at the Animal Legal Defense Fund, based in California. Last year, scientists created the country’s first DNA database of dogs used in dog fightsto help investigators establish ties among breeders, owners and the animals themselves.
Scruffy, a 1-year-old meek cat also known as Tommy Two Times, was picked up in October 2008 .
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. Investigators found burn marks and what looked like damage tissue in a vacant room in the super’s building. They sent a piece of the flooring to the veterinary genetics lab at the University of California at Davis, which confirmed the presence of cat tissue. When the investigators sent a tissue sample from Scruffy’s body to the lab, it came back a match.
Meanwhile, a couple teenagers, Angelo Monderoy and Matthew Cooper, were linked to the attack and told the authorities that they had taken a cat to the same vacant apartment. The DNA evidence, said Carol Moran, a delegate district attorney, “connected that cat to the cat that was euthanized — so that when the vet comes in and testifies about the extent of the injuries, the grim nature of the way the flame was applied, the extraordinary way the cat suffered — this is the cat.”
Mr. Cooper pleaded guilty, but Mr. Monderoy, 20, opted for trial. On March 8, he was convicted of aggravated animal cruelty as well as burglary and arson. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
In the other case, a man named Lordtyshon Garrett was accused of beating his mother-in-law’s 4-year-old cat, Madea, whose lungs were so badly rend that she had to be put to sleep. It was days after the beating was reported that an investigator noticed an umbrella encased in a hard-plastic sheath in a search of the apartment in Greenpoint.
“The umbrella guard was pristine except for the end, where it had punctures and scratches that were very much what we would expect from a cat who had bitten it,” Dr. Reisman said. Dried cat saliva on the end of the umbrella guard yielded enough DNA to match a tissue sample from Madea’s body.
Mr. Garrett, 33, was found guilty of aggravated cruelty and criminal mischief.
The A.S.P.C.A. has collected DNA in six other cruelty investigations, Dr. Reisman said. Two of the cases did not go forward; two ended in pleas; and the other two are pending.
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ResponderEliminarBack at Midcentury, When Broadway Knew Romance
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
On Monday (evening) in “Broadway’s Classic Hits,” Nathan Gunn and Kelli O’Hara interacted vocally and dramatically at Avery Fisher as in the golden years. The chemistry between the (two) had a (charged) undertone because as they performed, the mood of (romantic) expectation was tinged with anxiety and a (little) danger. Their characters, swept away by visions of happily ever after, make us ponder the temptations and pitfalls of that dream. The heart of those (golden) years was the 1940s. Many of its songs were (revolutionary) for its time because instead of a (standard) overture, it was a ballet danced by the characters in pantomime with “(hypothetical)” love songs. Throughout, Mr. Sperling, the program conductor, steered the singers and the orchestra in a direction that avoided anything smacking of (formal) classical crossover giving it its full (romantic) due. The arrangements and tempos were (sweeping) but never (pompous) or (overreaching), the (acoustic) balance between the singers and orchestra (precise) enough for you to hear every word that was sung. The final (three) selections were an (extravagant) immersion in the kind of (intense) sweetness, which made the audience, the singers and the orchestra surrendered to (pure ) (romantic) beauty.
On Monday night in “Broadway’s Classic Hits,” Nathan Gunn and Kelli O’Hara interacted vocally and dramatically at Avery Fisher as in the golden years. The chemistry between the deuce had a airless undertone because as they performed, the mood of amorous expectation was tinged with anxiety and a small danger. Their characters, swept away by visions of happily ever after, make us ponder the temptations and pitfalls of that dream. The heart of those prosperous years was the 1940s. Many of its songs were radical for its time because instead of a common overture, it was a ballet danced by the characters in pantomime with “suppositional” love songs. Throughout, Mr. Sperling, the program conductor, steered the singers and the orchestra in a direction that avoided anything smacking of conventional classical crossover giving it its full amorous due. The arrangements and tempos were wholesale but never overblown or vaulting, the audile balance between the singers and orchestra accurate enough for you to hear every word that was sung. The final threesome selections were an excessive immersion in the kind of vivid sweetness, which made the audience, the singers and the orchestra surrendered to utter amorous beauty.
Health-G. A. Marlatt, Advocate of Shift in Treating Addicts, Dies at 69
ResponderEliminarG. Alan Marlatt, a psychologist who (challenged) the longstanding belief that substance addiction is incurable and that it can be controlled only by abstinence, died March 14 at his vacation home in Stanwood, Wash. He was 69 and lived in Seattle.
The cause was kidney failure,
For 30 years, Dr. Marlatt was director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center, that nurtured a movement among therapists (holding) that addiction treatment. Dr. Marlatt was the leading proponent of the approach
His data (demonstrated) that reducing an addict’s level of alcohol use can lead directly to reduced troubles at home and at work. He maintained that while addicts may not be able to stop using a substance immediately, individualized counseling Through his research, much of it involving students on campus, Dr. Marlatt also (identified) factors that can predict a relapse, among them negative emotions, conflicts with others and recurring thoughts that the substance will make the addict feel better.
“Alan found that these high-risk situations can be planned for, and that by being taught appropriate coping responses the person can learn to avoid relapse,”
“Alcoholism (causes) brain damage, and Marlatt never considered that in his analyses,” said Irving Maltzman, I support complete abstinence.”
But Marc Schuckit saw value in both approaches.
“Where Alan and I differed was where the problems with alcohol get really serious,” Dr. Schuckit said. “I agree that abstinence isn’t always essential for people who drink more than may be healthy for them, but who don’t have serious problems. However, when somebody meets criteria for alcohol dependence, I read the data as saying it is very unlikely they will ever be able to go back to (controlled) drinking.”
Frederick Rotgers, said Dr. Marlatt’s work was “the foundation for much of the psychological (research) in treatment today,” having “shifted it toward a more humane and respectful approach.”
G. Alan Marlatt, a psychologist who (faced) the longstanding belief that substance addiction is incurable and that it can be controlled only by abstinence, died March 14 at his vacation home in Stanwood, Wash. He was 69 and lived in Seattle.
The cause was kidney failure,
For 30 years, Dr. Marlatt was director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center, that nurtured a movement among therapists (maintaining) that addiction treatment. Dr. Marlatt was the leading proponent of the approach
His data (show) that reducing an addict’s level of alcohol use can lead directly to reduced troubles at home and at work. He maintained that while addicts may not be able to stop using a substance immediately, individualized counseling Through his research, much of it involving students on campus, Dr. Marlatt also (found) factors that can predict a relapse, among them negative emotions, conflicts with others and recurring thoughts that the substance will make the addict feel better.
“Alan found that these high-risk situations can be planned for, and that by being taught appropriate coping responses the person can learn to avoid relapse,”
“Alcoholism (produce) brain damage, and Marlatt never considered that in his analyses,” said Irving Maltzman, I support complete abstinence.”
But Marc Schuckit saw value in both approaches.
“Where Alan and I differed was where the problems with alcohol get really serious,” Dr. Schuckit said. “I agree that abstinence isn’t always essential for people who drink more than may be healthy for them, but who don’t have serious problems. However, when somebody meets criteria for alcohol dependence, I read the data as saying it is very unlikely they will ever be able to go back to (manage) drinking.”
Frederick Rotgers, said Dr. Marlatt’s work was “the foundation for much of the psychological (investigation) in treatment today,” having “shifted it toward a more humane and respectful approach.”
By: Patricia Abisambra
my thesis. ( i forgot sorry)
ResponderEliminarscuffy and madea, are the two first cats whos, cases were resolve thanks of the DNA forence.
Bangladesh Bans Sale of Palm Sap After an Unusually Lethal Oubreak
ResponderEliminarBy DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
By: Laura angulo
Bangladesh is passing through an outbreak because of the trouble that Nipah virus is bringing.
This virus was identified in 1999 and it is dangerous because it is infectious. It kills 95% of the people.
In Malaysia was were the most victims were first known because of killing pigs, they believe that the source is from this animals.
Dr. Jonathan H. Epstein a monitor of this virus, is handling it ,
The government health agency is trying to persuade the gachis to put what he called "bamboo skirts" at the mouth of the collection jars.
"The gachis like them, " he said. "They keep things pure, so it can sell for more."
By laura angulo
ResponderEliminarBangladesh is passing through an outbreak because of the trouble that Nipah virus is bringing.
This virus was identified in 1999 and it is dangerous because it is infectious. It kills 95% of the people.
In Malaysia was were the most victims were first known because of killing pigs, they believe that the source is from this animals.
Dr. Jonathan H. Epstein a monitor of this virus, is handling it ,
The government health agency is trying to persuade the gachis to put what he called "bamboo skirts" at the mouth of the collection jars.
"The gachis like them, " he said. "They keep things pure, so it can sell for more."
Ms. Williams has her hands full.But she somehow remarkably has had time to spearhead a grassroots campaign to oppose Aqua America, in its bid to win approval for a water rate increase before North Carolina's public utilities commission this year. She is online, in her car posting flyers, and directing many to an online petition set up on Change.org by the Hampton Ridge Neighbors.Why would a mother with this much on her plate take on this issue?It's because she has to.She has had neighbors come to use her shower after their water was cut off, after being only 10 days late paying their bill, which they couldn't afford. So have many other Aqua North Carolina customers.The 88,000 customers in Aqua North Carolina's water and sewer service territory often have a monthly bill that's twice has high as families just miles away. Now, Aqua North Carolina wants to raise its rates.The company says it does not make its "legally-allowed level of profit," but its reputation as a 'water profiteer' leads residents to be skeptical of these claims to say the least.Juli Williams is applying for protest permits in the Raleigh area. There is certainly enough discontent, on online message boards, and on the group's small Facebook page.The corporation's tactics have been slammed in a watchdog report and its constant rate increases have brought protests everywhere from Austin, Texas to Long Island, New York.
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March 22, 2011, 6:08 PM
ResponderEliminar‘Another ‘Spider-Man’ Actress Injured
By PATRICK HEALY
The actress who plays the villainess Arachne in Brodway’s “Spider Man: Turn of The Dark” suffer an injury during an onstage battle scene in the middle of a performance.
Ms. Carpio has been substitute by America Olivo while she is out. The person familiar with the injury said that it came during the Act 2 in a showdown between Arachne and Peter Parker. Ms. Carpio harm was when they were having a hand-to-hand combat were the two characters were swooping and swinging. She suffers a neck injury. She is the fifth person to suffer an injury in this work after the original Arachne Natalie Mendoza who suffers a concussion. She was struck in the head with the rope while backstage. Then she left the show. This expensive and technically ambitious show in Broadway history has been buffeted with problems. There was a creative standoff between the director and her lead producers to do or not a creative change to the show. The producers have won bringing people to help them do the changes they wanted as changing the script. They scale back the role of Arachne and there have been written at least two new numbers for the show. Although they have had troubles this show is one of the most populars in Broadway.
March 22, 2011, 6:08 PM
‘Another ‘Spider-Man’ Actress Injured
By PATRICK HEALY
The actress who plays the evil Arachne in Brodway’s “Spider Man: Turn of The Dark” suffer an injury during an onstage war scene in the middle of a performance.
Ms. Carpio has been substitute by America Olivo while she is out. The person familiar with the injury said that it came during the Act 2 in a showdown between Arachne and Peter Parker. Ms. Carpio harm was when they were having a tied combat were the two characters were balancing. She suffers a neck injury. She is the fifth person to suffer an injury in this work after the first Arachne Natalie Mendoza who suffers a concussion. She was struck in the head with the rope while backstage. Then she left the show. This pricey and aspiring show in Broadway history has been heated with problems. There was an original standoff between the director and her lead producers to do or not a new change to the show. The producers have won bringing people to help them do the changes they wanted as changing the script. They scale back the role of Arachne and there have been written at least two new numbers for the show. Although they have had troubles this show is one of the very popular in Broadway.
By Paola Arocha
Name: Priscilla Torres. 8°B
ResponderEliminarWORLD-Obama Seeks to Unify Allies as More Airstrikes Rock Tripoli.
WASHINGTON — President Obama worked on Tuesday to bridge differences among allies about how to manage the military campaign in Libya, as airstrikes continued to rock Tripoli. Forces LOYAL to Col.Muammar el-Qaddafi, however, showed no sign of ending their sieges of REBEL-HELD cities.
Mr. Obama reiterated that the United States would step BACK from the leading role within days, but he also said it was confronting the complexities of running the military campaign with a MULTILATERAL force cobbled together QUICKLY and without a CLEAR understanding among its members about their roles.
NATO now seems likely to provide “COMMAND and CONTROL” functions, but with a SEPARATE authority running the operation, which includes Arab and other non-NATO countries.
Even as the Western allies tried to settle management issues, they were still struggling to corral Arab backing for the campaign. Mr. Obama telephoned the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, on Tuesday to nail down his support. So far, Qatar is the only Arab state to offer FIGHTER jets to help enforce a no-fly zone, and there were signs that other Arab states were wavering in their support.
At least THREE bomb blasts were heard in Tripoli Tuesday evening as flares from Libyan ANTIAIRCRAFT guns arced across the sky. Attacks by pro-Qaddafi forces were particularly INTENSE in the western cities of Zintan and Misurata — where snipers and artillery have killed DOZENS over the past five days and wounded scores MORE , a rebel spokesman said.
Colonel Qaddafi made a SHORT but defiant appearance on Libyan television Tuesday night, appearing at what reporters were told was his Tripoli residence to denounce the bombing raids and pledge victory. A rebel spokesman, reached by satellite phone in Misurata, said he had not seen any evidence of airstrikes there against the Qaddafi forces, which continued to shell the city and threaten residents with SNIPER fire.
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WORLD-Obama Seeks to Unify Allies as More Airstrikes Rock Tripoli.
WASHINGTON — President Obama worked on Tuesday to bridge differences among allies about how to manage the military campaign in Libya, as airstrikes continued to rock Tripoli. Forces CONFIDENT to Col.Muammar el-Qaddafi, however, showed no sign of ending their sieges of REBELING cities.
Mr. Obama reiterated that the United States would step BEFORE from the leading role within days, but he also said it was confronting the complexities of running the military campaign with an OPTIONAL LATERAL force cobbled together FASTER and without a TRANSPARENT understanding among its members about their roles.
NATO now seems likely to provide “LEADERSHIP and MANAGMENT” functions, but with a EXCLUDED authority running the operation, which includes Arab and other non-NATO countries.
Even as the Western allies tried to settle management issues, they were still struggling to corral Arab backing for the campaign. Mr. Obama telephoned the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, on Tuesday to nail down his support. So far, Qatar is the only Arab state to offer MORE FORCED jets to help enforce a no-fly zone, and there were signs that other Arab states were wavering in their support.
At least A TRIAL bomb blasts were heard in Tripoli Tuesday evening as flares from Libyan NOT AIRCRAFT guns arced across the sky. Attacks by pro-Qaddafi forces were particularly CENTERED in the western cities of Zintan and Misurata — where snipers and artillery have killed TEN OR MORE over the past five days and wounded scores THAT INCREASED, a rebel spokesman said.
Name: Priscilla Torres.
ResponderEliminarContinuation….
Colonel Qaddafi made a BRIEF but defiant appearance on Libyan television Tuesday night, appearing at what reporters were told was his Tripoli residence to denounce the bombing raids and pledge victory. A rebel spokesman, reached by satellite phone in Misurata, said he had not seen any evidence of airstrikes there against the Qaddafi forces, which continued to shell the city and threaten residents with WARRIOR fire.
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U.S. Returns Young Girl, a Citizen, to Guatemala
ResponderEliminarBy SAM DOLNICK RESUME BY ALEJANDRO TINOCO
Emily a young citizen of u.s had been deported back to Guatemala. The media said it was just because their parent’s aren´t from u.s. the debate about immigrants son on u.s just began.
Leonel Ruiz, was waiting atKennedy International Airport on the early morning of March 11 for his 4-year-old daughter, Emily, to arrive home from a trip to Guatemala. The plane arrived hours late, but Emily was not on it, and neither was her grandfather, who was supposed to be escorting her back.
. Emily, a United States citizen, and her grandfather, a Guatemalan traveling with a valid work visa, had been detained by immigration authorities at Dulles International Airport near Washington, where the plane had been diverted because of bad weather. The officials had told Emily’s grandfather that because of an immigration infraction two decades ago, he would not be allowed to stay in the country.
That has left Emily, a pigtailed native of Long Island, in an unusual limbo. As a citizen, she has the right to re-enter her country. But her parents are illegal immigrants, which has complicated the prospect of a reunion.
Today, Emily is in Guatemala, her parents are struggling to bring her home, and lawyers and federal officials are arguing over parental responsibility and citizenship rights. T
The case comes as elected officials across the country have pushed for bills to end automatic citizenship for children, born here, who are sometimes referred to pejoratively as anchor babies. Immigrant advocates say the proposals are antithetical to American ideals.
There are two conflicting versions of the Ruiz story. Officials at Customs and Border Protection say they offered Mr. Ruiz the chance to pick up Emily at the airport, but he “elected to have her return to Guatemala with her grandfather.” The customs agency “strives to reunite U.S. citizen children with their parents,” Lloyd M. Easterling, a spokesman, said Tuesday.
But such a meeting could have put Mr. Ruiz at risk of detention, and he said he was never offered that option. In an interview conducted in Spanish, Mr. Ruiz, who speaks small English, said that an agent spoke to him over the telephone in English and laid out two choices: Emily could enter the custody of the State of Virginia, or she could return to Guatemala with her grandfather.
Terrified that she would be given up for adoption if she entered state custody, Mr. Ruiz said, he agreed to put her on a plane back to Guatemala. “We were very worried, and my wife was crying and crying at what was happening,” Mr. Ruiz said.
He said he would have gone to pick up Emily, and was in fact preparing to do so, but was not given the chance. “If we had to go there, we would have gone there,” he said.
The family’s lawyer, David M. Sperling, is planning to travel to Guatemala next week to escort Emily back to Long Island.
Last week, Arizona, which has become a national flash point in the immigration debate, rejected a measure aimed at pushing the Supreme Court to rule against automatic citizenship for American-born children of illegal immigrants. But elected officials in other states, like Kansas and California, have also signaled a desire to change the law to make it harder for such children to stay in the country.
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U.S. Returns Young Girl, a Citizen, to Guatemala
ResponderEliminarBy SAM DOLNICK resume by alejandro tinoco, adj changed
Emily a four-year-old citizen of u.s had been deported back to Guatemala. The media said it was just because their parent’s aren´t from u.s. the debate about immigrants son on u.s just began.
Leonel Ruiz was waiting atKennedy International Airport on the pre-mature morning of March 11 for his young daughter, Emily, to arrive home from a trip to Guatemala. The plane arrived hours late, but Emily was not on it, and neither was her grandfather, who was supposed to be escorting her back.
. Emily, a United States citizen, and her grandfather, a Guatemalan traveling with a legal visa, had been detained by immigration authorities at Dulles International Airport near Washington, where the plane had been diverted because of poor weather. The officials had told Emily’s grandfather that because of an immigration infraction two decades ago, he would not be allowed to stay in the country.
That has left Emily, a pigtailed native of Long Island, in an odd limbo. As a citizen, she has the right to re-enter her country. But her parents are illegal immigrants, which has complicated the prospect of a reunion.
Today, Emily is in Guatemala, her parents are struggling to bring her home, and lawyers and federal officials are arguing over parental responsibility and citizenship rights. T
The case comes as elected officials across the country have pushed for bills to end self-acting citizenship for children, born here, who are sometimes referred to pejoratively as anchor babies. Immigrant advocates say the proposals are different to American ideals.
There are two conflicting versions of the Ruiz story. Officials at Customs and Border Protection say they offered Mr. Ruiz the chance to pick up Emily at the airport, but he “elected to have her return to Guatemala with her grandfather.” The customs agency “strives to reunite U.S. citizen children with their parents,” Lloyd M. Easterling, a spokesman, said Tuesday.
But such a meeting could have put Mr. Ruiz possibly in detention, and he said he was never offered that option. In an interview conducted in Spanish, Mr. Ruiz, who speaks little English, said that an agent spoke to him over the telephone in English and laid out two choices: Emily could enter the custody of the State of Virginia, or she could return to Guatemala with her grandfather.
Terrified that she would be given up for adoption if she entered state custody, Mr. Ruiz said, he agreed to put her on a plane back to Guatemala. “We were very worried, and my wife was crying and crying at what was happening,” Mr. Ruiz said.
He said he would have gone to pick up Emily, and was in fact preparing to do so, but was not given the chance. “If we had to go there, we would have gone there,” he said.
The family’s lawyer, David M. Sperling, is planning to travel to Guatemala next week to escort Emily back to Long Island.
Last week, Arizona, which has become a national flash point in the immigration debate, rejected a measure aimed at pushing the Supreme Court to rule against automatic citizenship for American-born children of illegal immigrants. But elected officials in other states, like Kansas and California, have also signaled a desire to change the law to make it harder for such children to stay in the country.
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In a culture where people cradle their cellphones next to their heads with the same constancy and affection that toddlers hold their security blankets, it was unsettling last month when a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that doing so could alter brain activity.
ResponderEliminarSo crushing your cellphone into your ear to hear better in a crowded bar is probably a bad idea. Go outside if you have to take or make a call. And you might not want to put your cellphone in your breast or pants pocket either, because that also puts it right up against your body. Carry it in a purse or briefcase or get a nonmetallic belt clip that orients it away from your body.
In Europe, the maximum is 2 watts per kilogram.
During the ensuing conversation, it’s advisable to tilt the phone away from your ear when you are talking and only bring it in close to your ear when you are listening. That bit of teeter-totter works because the emission of radiation is “significantly less when a cellphone is receiving signals than when it is transmitting,” said Lin Zhong, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University in Houston.
There are cellphone attachments that purport to shield users from radiation, and most are “hoaxes,” said Mr. Gandhi. Beware of pendants that sellers claim snatch radiation from the air. Pong Research offers a cellphone case for iPhones and BlackBerrys that it says has been shown by an F.C.C.-approved testing lab to redirect radiation from the phone’s antenna away from the head.
By: Maria jose Oliva
Victory! Mobile Companies Expedite Donations to Japan
ResponderEliminarBy: Weldon Kennedy
Masaya Uchino was a student in San Francisco. He had family in Japan when the earthquake arrived. He waited 12 hours to find if his family was alright. Meanwhile he donated money to the Red Cross to help the millions of people who suffered because of the tragedy. But he found out that his donation will reach Japan in between 30 and 90 days. So he started petitions to the mobile phone companies to accelerate the process of the donations. He reached around 50,000 signatures; this is why the California senator sent a note to the CEO of the mayor mobile carries telling them about the petition. In two weeks there were 66,000 signatures, this was a good union to look for goodness for people who need it. Many people congratulated everyone who played part of the victory. This happened because of the decision of someone who took action. But the donations are still needed so please collaborate to the cause of this big catastrophe.
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In Mexico, the latest anti-obesity public health campaign shows people with bulging stomachs eating greasy food.
ResponderEliminar“I have always thought that it’s your own fault,” said Sergio Miranda, 35, who has a shoeshine stand in Mexico City. “People eat just things that make them fat, like bread and pizza.”
Mr. Miranda said he did not really notice whether his clients were fat or not. But he does when he is wedged in a crowded city bus.
“The fatties take up a lot of space,” he said. “People are annoyed. It’s uncomfortable.”
At a time when global health officials are stepping up efforts to treat obesity as a worrisome public health threat, some researchers are warning of a troubling side effect: growing stigma against fat people.
Stephen McGarvey, a professor of community health at Brown University who studies Samoan health issues, noted that 25 years ago, Samoan study subjects living in Samoa and New Zealand who viewed thin and large body silhouettes mostly had positive feelings about bigger bodies. (The exception was young, educated women, who showed a preference for slimmer silhouettes.)
“The fundamental message we’re putting into the world is that fat people deserve shame for their own health,” said Ms. Kirby, co-author of the book “Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere.” “We’ve been pushing this message for a long time. I don’t think anyone is immune to it.”
Dr. Brewis notes that far more study is needed to determine the extent of fat stigma and how it is affecting the lives of individuals. She noted that her study was designed only to detect cultural views of obesity and did not show whether people were experiencing more social or workplace discrimination as a result of the growing fat stigma.
“I think the next big question is whether it’s going to create a lot of new suffering where suffering didn’t exist before,” Dr. Brewis said. “I think it’s important that we think about designing health messages around obesity that don’t exacerbate the problem.”
By: Maria Jose Oliva
A woman called Christiane Lemieux in company with Rumaan Alam wrote a book called “Undecorated”, this title might be a little bit deceptive and weird but really the 20 different spaces shown on the book, although are not decorated in the traditional way, they do have a lot of style. Lemieux assures that only very sophisticated people “decorated” the spaces that appear in the book, she also assures that in interior design there is not start or end. Christiane gave credits to the web because it makes the movement of the interiors that reflect the owner very popular. She assures that is used to be common that only people with very cool houses went to the estate sales , but now a days it is possible for everyone to have access to a very cool flea market objects. The electric interior is very popular now because it is achievable and everyone could acquire it.
ResponderEliminarby: isabella mafiol
In a culture where people cradle their cell phones next to their heads with the same constancy and affection that toddlers hold their security blankets, it was unsettling last month when a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that doing so could alter brain activity .it was unclear whether the changes in the brain — an increase in glucose metabolism after using the phone for less than an hour — had any negative health or behavioral effects. But it has many people wondering what they can do to protect themselves short of (gasp) using a landline. Yet, in light of her findings, she advises users to keep cell phones at a distance by putting them on speaker mode or using a wired headset whenever possible. The next best option is a wireless Bluetooth headset or earpiece, which emit radiation at far lower levels. If a headset isn’t feasible, holding your phone just slightly away from your ear can make a big difference; the intensity of radiation diminishes sharply with distance. “So crushing your cell phone into your ear to hear better in a crowded bar is probably a bad idea. Go outside if you have to take or make a call. And you might not want to put your cell phone in your breast or pants pocket either, because that also puts it right up against your body. Carry it in a purse or briefcase or get a nonmetallic belt clip that orients it away from your body. Many cell phones emit the most radiation when they initially establish contact with the cell tower, making their “digital handshake.” To reduce exposure it’s best to wait until after your call has been connected to put your cell phone next to your ear. During the ensuing conversation, it’s advisable to tilt the phone away from your ear when you are talking and only bring it in close to your ear when you are listening. Moreover, your cell phone emits less when you are stationary because when you are moving rapidly — say, in a car or train — it must repeatedly issue little bursts of radiation to make digital handshakes with different towers as it moves in and out of range. Texting, instead of talking, might be safer. “The whole trend toward texting instead of talking on cellphones is probably a good thing,” said Mr. Slesin at Microwave News. That is, if you don’t rest your cellphone against your body while typing out your message.
ResponderEliminarNovak Djokovic won the Indian Wells.
ResponderEliminarThe Serbian NOvak Djokovic won the indian wells that gave his 21 tittles of his career.
This match was playing the final Djokovic against Rafael Nadal in a avaerage of 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
THis plager is passing the best moment in her career with a lot of characteristics as the force he push the ball.
The 23-year-old claimed the $605,500 first prize after becoming only the third player to beat Nadal and Federer in the same tournament twice, joining Nikolay Davydenko and David Nalbandian.
However, Djokovic -- who spent 26 weeks at second in the rankings last year -- will still be almost 4,000 points behind Nadal when the ATP rankings list is released on Monday.
"I lost today, but I lost to one of the greatest," said Nadal, whose last title came in Japan last October.
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A Glimpse inside Bradley’s Construction of the National Team
ResponderEliminarThe article is about a man called Bradley that construct the team of Yanks and this team played a friendly match against Argentina in the city of New Jersey; Bradley is 53 years old, between the world cups Bradley allows a reporter unusual access as he and the team prepared for Argentina. Bradley is smart, a Princeton guy who, in his first cycle as national coach, took the United States to the World Cup last year in South Africa.“The question is not with him becoming stale and lethargic, because Bob is not wired that way,” Gulati said.
SUMMARYZE BY JOSE GARCIA
“Bullying and violence are rampant in Florida schools. Pigs, chickens and other animals are used in Florida schools in ways that create an attitude of cruelty and disrespect for both people and animals.”
ResponderEliminarIn 2009, a video surfaced of high school student Robert Gordon slamming a live chicken against the ground, while his buddy Patrick Dougan cheered him on with "Rip him apart" and "This is animal cruelty." Where would these teens get the idea to kill a chicken? The inspiration, as well as the poor bird, was supplied by their teacher at Hawthorne High School in Alachua County, Florida.
The boys were arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty. United Poultry Concerns and Humane Educators Reaching Out have filed a petition with the Florida Department of Education to put an end to classroom slaughter.
United Poultry Concerns president Karen Davis shares Hargreaves' concerns. “The orgy of abuse at Hawthorne High School led directly to the torture of a living creature outside the classroom. Instead of learning to be kind to animals, students were taught to be cruel. This is not what students should be learning from their teachers.”
Exodus International Says God Wants Them to "Cure" Gay
ResponderEliminarby Michael Jones · March 15, 2011
Company called exodus international says that homosexuality could be cured by the power of jess Christ. Besides they confirm that it promote death and personal decay. Apple continuing to give Exodus a platform to champion to "ex-gay, in fact they are showing kids who are struggling with their sexuality. Exodus wants to reach these youth in order to turn them away from homosexuality, and "convert" them to heterosexuality. An important question come to reflection: Does Apple really want to be the vehicle that allows this to happen?
Apple has editorial standards for all iPhone apps, and it's perfectly within Apple's right to reject something that is fundamentally offensive to Apple's identity and brand. Diversity is great. Promoting bad science that psychologically wounds its victims is not..As a conclusion we can say that apple don't have the right to promote this flawed and dangerous set of ideas under the Apple banner.
By: Juanita Landinez
Defenders Needed for the Sonoran Desert Tortoise
ResponderEliminarThe absence of boulders and rocky crags in the Mojave allows these desert tortoises to excavate their own homes and clutches, which in turn allows them to form tortoise colonies of relatively high density-- good for their social life, bad for their survival. Group living increases the likelihood that disease or displacement from development will devastate entire communities.The Sonoran desert tortoises, it was thought, would quarantine themselves and remain protected in their rocky homes, which is far more difficult to develop than the Mojave. The Sonoran desert tortoise population has dropped by over 3 percent every year since 1987. It has a much wider set of challenges than expected, and should not be left to struggle and die alone. These independent old animals, of a line that began 50 million years ago, should be protected.
By: Tarquino Pacheco
Progress! California Federation of Teachers Stands Against Methyl Iodide
ResponderEliminarby Sarah Parsons
The California Federation of Teachers recently concluded its 2011 Convention, releasing a number of resolutions and constitutional amendments (pdf). One of the biggest resolutions deals with a topic not typically covered in the education sector — pesticides. Resolution One demands that the state of California immediately withdrawal the approval of methyl iodide until more research is conducted on the pesticide's potential health and environmental dangers.It may seem strange that California's teachers would concern themselves with a pesticide— methyl iodide impacts most of the state's residents, especially children. "The overall potential negative impacts of living and going to school near ranches, farms and fields on which methyl iodide is used for pest management —.The California Federation of Teachers is making three demands: 1) that California engage in further independent research on the health and environmental implications of methyl iodide; 2) that the state immediately withdrawal the pesticide's approval until this new research is completed, published, peer reviewed, and made publicly available in Spanish and English; 3) that California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) immediately divest in Permira, a private equity group, until the company stops funding the maker of methyl iodide, Arysta LifeScience or directs Arysta to stop manufacturing methyl iodide.The California Federation of Teachers has done its part to get methyl iodide off our crop fields, but there's a way that you can help, too. The EPA recently opened up a public comment period on a petition asking the agency to immediately pull methyl iodide from the marketplace. You can voice your opposition to the pesticide by submitting a comment here, and you can sign Pesticide Action Network's petition telling EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson that methyl iodide shouldn't have a place in America's agricultural system
By:Juanita Landinez
Justin Hartley, inside smallville.
ResponderEliminarJustin Hartley plays Oliver Queen (Green arrow) in smallville, eventhrough he is a hero in the show Hartley reveals he is kind of a one man wolf pac, a loner. Hartley says that he likes what smallville has transformed Green Arrow into cause at the begining he was just another rich, spoiled badboy but he had somekind of metamorphosis that made him the brave hearted hero he is now.
"Its amazing how the show transforms people and makes you think how are you on the inside compared to your character". The LA TIMES Asked him how does he prepares to shoot episodes as Oliver Queen. " i collectes a bunch of Green Arrow comics to see and have oliver's personality.
Paulo lopez.