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12/11/2015: Duty to provide information for those who have been charged with executive positions. – Year 2015. Arrangement for the transmission of the balance of assets. Newsletter .pdf, A form .doc .
10/11/2015: Department of Policy and Management, promotionandcapability. – Office political formative,statistics,responsibilityand disciplinary Office – –Gestione dei servizi di micronido aziendale della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, located in Via della Mercede n.96 – Roma. The third Public Session will take place on November 20th 2015 at 10.00 a.m. in Via della Mercede n. 9, room 31. Due to imperative ground of public security, the name of the person delegate to attend the meeting must be communicated withing two days before the meeting.
The “Amministrazione trasparente” or anti-corruption measures represent the most powerful tool in order to connect public administrations to citizens, this system prevents corruption and allow people to look at the actions and annual report of administrations.
The concept is developed by the idea of a “complete access” of administrative documents that are at people disposal. It is strictly related to the concept of integrity, which is considered essential and remind us of the ethics principle. This one should be at the ground of every public administration, whereas the lack of clarity may be fertile ground for illegality.
For this reason the Prime Minister’s Office adopted the act “Dpcm 20 dicembre 2013” in order to put into effect the Art. 49 c.2 of the Legislative Decree “decreto legislativo 14 marzo 2013, n.33” where these anti-corruption measures were forseen. The new section “Amministrazione trasparente” has been created following the the guidelines issued by the “Segretario generale il 24 dicembre scorso“. Every detail about the data publication were written in the information letter sent to every public administration. The duties of the Prime Minister’s Office were also attached in a list.
The legislation concerns every aspect of the Prime Minister’s Office and the administrative body, public authorities and the National School of Administration. Managers will be directly responsible of disclosure acts forseen by the Legislative Decree and Prime Minister’s Office.
There are many duties to execute: awards of a grant, subsidies, advice given by the Legal and LegislativeAffairs Department (except those used to general legal and administrative effect measures, whereas those related to the interpretation or application of the law will be published by those administrations which are subject of the advice), public authorities’ trips, state ceremonial, State flights, awards, relocation of public officers, events where the civil protection is involved, CEO and other leading position (inside or outside the administrative body) and contracts procedures related to the purchaseof goods and services.
According to the General Secretary Decree of 29 August 2012, the UCI – Ufficio controllo interno, trasparenza e integrità (Office of transparency and ethics) is related to the Prime Minister’s Office and it is created in order to promote ethics and supervise the duty of transparency.
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August 25, 2014
Fox has added Niecy Nash to the cast of “The Mindy Project,” in a recurring role as a rival to star Mindy Kaling’s character. Nash most recently appeared on “Bad Teacher” and “The Soul Man,” and before that she was the longtime host of Style Network’s “Clean House.”
Universal Television has named Dan Shear vice president of comedy development, reporting to executive vice president Tracey Pakosta. Shear was most recently an agent at WME.
Actor Jesse Metcalfe will guest on CBS’s “2 Broke Girls” this season, playing a possible love interest to Kat Dennings‘ character. Metcalfe appears on “Dallas,” and he’s also previously had roles on “Chase” and “Desperate Housewives.”
Digital agency Big Spaceship has made five promotions, naming Rob Thorsen managing director, Mark Pollard executive vice president of strategy, Chris Fahey senior vice president of product and user experience, Victor Piñiero vice president of social, and Tony Clement vice president of analytics. Thorsen had been head of client services, Pollard vice president of brand strategy, Fahey vice president of product and user experience, Piñiero content director, and Clement strategy director for analytics.
BIA/Kelsey has named Stacey Sedbrook vice president of strategic sales consulting, putting her in charge of the company’s sales consulting practice. Sedbrook was previously vice president of digital at Beasley Broadcast Group.
Time Inc. has named Nathan Lump editor of Travel + Leisure, replacing the retired Nancy Novogrod. Lump was most recently director of branded content at Condé Nast.
Saveur magazine has named Erica Duecy digital director, effective Sept. 2. Duecy was most recently deputy web editor at Fodor’s Travel, and she’s also author of the cocktail book “Storied Sips.”
Kristen Painter has been named a business reporter at The Star Tribune in Minneapolis, covering growth and development. Painter, who begins Aug. 28, previously covered aviation and airlines at The Denver Post.
Caitlin Dineen has joined the Orlando Sentinel as a business reporter, beginning Wednesday. Dineen joins from the Star-News in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she was also a business reporter.
The Traverse City Record-Eagle has promoted Dan Nielsen to business editor, taking over for the departed Glenn Puit. Nielsen had been night supervisor at the newspaper.
Steven Strait and Shohreh Aghdashloo have joined the cast of Syfy’s “The Expanse,” a 10-episode project based on a book series. Strait previously made a pair of appearances on “Revenge,” while Aghdashloo’s most recent TV role was on “Grimm.”
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When allergens attack
Q: What is happening in my body that gives me my allergy symptoms?
A: Everyone in Austin is familiar with allergy symptoms and the various common allergens like cedar, mold, ragweed and other pollens, but most people are unaware of what’s happening on a microscopic level.
Most of the things that cause allergy symptoms float in the air and enter our nose. If the body has never seen this substance, it may begin producing antibodies to stick to that substance. We call that substance an allergen.
Allergies are an overreaction to a normal substance. Usually it takes two or three years of periodic exposure before the body has produced enough antibodies for symptoms to develop. At that point, when the allergen again lands on the nasal lining, the antibodies attach to it. This sends a signal to the nearby mast cells which then release a number of chemical messengers including histamine.
These chemical messengers cause the immune system to activate, resulting in swelling, sneezing and increased mucus production. The chemical messengers can spread throughout the body and account for fatigue with allergies. We try to combat this reaction on a microscopic level with antihistamines, steroids and leukotriene inhibitors. We often use these medications in combination to block the reaction at different stages. Unfortunately, many of us in Austin suffer so severely that the medications only provide minor improvements. If you’ve reached that stage, it may be time to get tested and consider immunotherapy to try and permanently shut down this machinery.

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Enjoy peace of mind with flexible, no-fee options for trip changes and cancellations.
You can reschedule your trip, cancel it and receive 100% credit for a future stay, or cancel it for a refund (minus the booking fee) at least 30 days before check-in.
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Professional housekeepers clean and stock each home, using an EPA-approved disinfectant.
Each trip is backed by 24/7 customer support and local teams everywhere we operate.
Most Vacasa homes use smart locks or lockboxes for a smooth, contactless check-in.
This charming Costa Rican home, which sits within sight of the incredible Arenal Volcano, is the perfect home base for your next tropical getaway! This spacious, breezy property offers wood and tile floors, a fully equipped kitchen, and a ground-floor recreation room with a Ping-Pong table for hours of at-home fun. Spend your afternoons outside on the patio or in the enclosed yard, and surround yourself with beautiful views and exotic plants and birds!
This home is located just outside the heart of town in La Fortuna, where you'll find plenty of convenience stores, restaurants, and recreational outfitters. If you're looking to get out into the great outdoors, you'll be only 11 miles east of Arenal Volcano National Park, a mecca for hiking and exploring hot springs, and beautiful Lake Arenal, which is known for its windsurfing and other watersports.
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“James McClure's first novel arrives like a slam in the kidneys . . . a gripping style, real characters, and an exotic locale. . . . The Steam Pig will not only keep the reader's nose to the page, it will also make [him] think.”—The New York Times Book Review
In the debut mystery featuring Lieutenant Kramer and Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi set in South Africa, a beautiful blonde has been killed by a bicycle spoke to the heart, Bantu gangster style. Why?
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Read information about the authorJames Howe McClure was a British author and journalist best known for his Kramer and Zondi mysteries set in South Africa.
James McClure was born and raised in South Africa and educated in Pietermaritzburg, Natal at Scottsville School (1947–51), Cowan House (1952–54), and Maritzburg College (1955–58). He worked first as a commercial photographer with Tom Sharpe, who later wrote a series of celebrated comic novels, and then as a teacher of English and art at Cowan House in 1959-63, before becoming a crime reporter and photographer for the Natal Witness in his hometown of Pietermaritzburg.
His journalistic career saw him headhunted first by the Natal Mercury and then by the Natal Daily News. After the birth of his first son, he moved to Britain with his family in 1965, where he joined the Scottish Daily Mail as a sub-editor. From there, he moved to the Oxford Mail and then to The Oxford Times.
His first crime novel, The Steam Pig, won the CWA Gold Dagger in 1971. He resigned as deputy editor in 1974 to write full time. He added to his series of police procedurals based on his experiences in South Africa, featuring the detective partnership of Afrikaner Lieutenant Tromp Kramer and Bantu Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi.
McClure also wrote a spy novel set in Southern Africa - Rogue Eagle - which won the 1976 CWA Silver Dagger, a number of short stories, and two large non-fiction works that won wide acclaim: Spike Island: Portrait of a Police Division (Liverpool) and Copworld: Inside an American Police Force (San Diego).
After publishing 14 books, he returned to the bottom rung of "The Oxford Times" in 1986, as his police books had made him aware of how much he had missed working with others - his intention being to write in his spare time. What proved his most popular Kramer and Zondi novel then followed, The Song Dog, but journalism soon became all consuming. He became editor in 1994 and three years later The Oxford Times won the Weekly Newspaper of the Year award, beating all comers from across the United Kingdom.
He was promoted to editor of the Oxford Mail in 2000, and spent the next three years on a variety of objectives to enhance the quality and revenue of the county's daily paper. That done, he decided it was time to again step down, and retired to return to writing. He was working on a novel set in Oxford and had just started his own blog when he came down with a respiratory illness and died on 17 June 2006. He lived in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
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As Jonathan reported on the front page earlier today, DC Mayor Vincent Gray was arrested yesterday while protesting President Obama and congressional Democrats' budget deal with Republicans. Gray's stunt will undoubtedly be applauded by his liberal base of supporters who dominate the city politically, but what message is he sending?
As protesters chanted "We can't take it no more!" (sic), they ignored the fact that DC's Opportunity Scholarship Program has been a resounding success and thousands of low-income students have benefited by escaping failing public schools. But Gray would rather spend taxpayer dollars on funding abortions for low-income women -- the vast majority of whom are African Americans -- and supplying drug users with clean needles to enable their self-destructive behavior.
During the protest Gray said, “This is an absolute travesty. D.C. deserves to be free. All we want to do is spend our own money.” Gray and his DC Vote supporters demand the federal government not "tread on DC," but ignore the fact that the capital city relies on the nation's taxpayers. Heritage notes:
In the 19th Century, Congress funded the development of the city. In the 20th Century, it developed the National Mall and beautified the city. Today it funds more than 20% of the city’s operating budget and provides substantial funding for local amenities, including the subway. What’s more, in 2005, the city received $5.50 in federal spending for every dollar paid in federal taxes; more than double what any actual state receives. And remember the stimulus? Norton brags that the District received billions in federal funds, more than many states.

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The auto parts industry did rather great despite the exciting ambiance and present chain bottlenecks in 2021. Prominent shares like Linamar Company (+12.25%) and Magna World (+15.8%) did no longer disappoint merchants and delivered obvious returns.
On the a lot of hand, Uni-Use out (TSX:UNS) turned into the high-flyer with its 217.4% total return. The stock’s efficiency turned into severely better than the broader market and the purple-hot vitality sector. For 2022, Westport Gasoline Methods Inc. (TSX:WPRT)(NASDAQ:WPRT) may possibly perhaps perhaps perhaps presumably be the industry’s high boost stock and price performer.
Westport is absurdly cheap ($2.35 per fragment), although market analysts are bullish. Their 12-month realistic attach goal is $13.04, or a seemingly upside of 454.9%. Meanwhile, Uni-Use out is drawing shut its 52-week high.
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Uni-Use out will new its Q4 and entire-one year 2021 earnings outcomes on February 18, 2022. In the 9 months ended September 30, 2021, total sales increased 9.7%, whereas assemble loss improved 69% versus the same length in 2020. Particularly, assemble earnings in Q4 2021 climbed 167.8% to US$11.92 million when put next with Q4 2020.
Per Brian McManus, Uni-Use out’s govt chairman and CEO, the quarterly outcomes speak the continuing operational enchancment and endured sequential recovery in the change. The $1 billion company from Boucherville distributes car refinish, industrial coatings, and linked products in North The United States.
Uni-Use out is the leader in the car aftermarket parts change no longer handiest in Canada but furthermore in the UK. McManus reveals the shut to-term heart of attention is to align the core firms with management’s vision for the prolonged drag. Uni-Use out is positioning the change for the prolonged term and ought to level-headed capitalize on the opportunities forward.
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Westport Gasoline Methods carries a buy rating from market analysts but continues to trudge beneath the radar. The $401.36 million company delivers more than a couple of gas programs for instruct in transportation functions globally. About 70 international locations instruct the nice neat gas programs in passenger automobile & mild trucks, buses, and heavy-accountability trucks.
The corpulent-one year 2021 outcomes aren’t out but but it’s pleasant to say that the necessary 9 months turned into a recovery length for Westport. In the 9 months ended September 30, 2021, total earnings increased 36% to US$229.8 million. In discovering profits turned into US$8.3 million, or a 173% turnaround from the US$11.5 million assemble loss in the same length in 2020.
In Q3 2021, earnings boost versus Q3 2020 turned into 14%, although Westport incurred US$5.8 million losses attributable to higher working prices, decrease authorities wage-subsidy and reinforce functions, plus decrease international alternate gains. Tranquil, it turned into encouraging attributable to of the bettering development in the change.
Wall Avenue notes the increasing quiz for electric autos. Westport wants to be to your watchlist for the reason that Canadian company will play a the largest role in the global vitality transition. Merchants listing the stock as a producing play at coronary heart. The company will present natural gas-powered trucks to Amazon’s rapidly.
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Monday Medical: Talk to teens about drug abuse
April 16, 2012
Most of us have left a pharmacy with a little white bag containing medicine and a packet of drug information. We skim the details because we want to know the risks of what we are about to put into our bodies.
Every medicine comes with side effects and risks. A drug's benefits outweigh its risks when prescribed and managed by a health care professional and taken as directed.
Problems occur when a person uses a medication in a way the prescribing doctor did not intend.
This includes over-use — taking a medication more often or at a higher dose than recommended — or using someone else's medicine for a euphoric "high."
Prescription drug abuse is a serious health concern, especially among teens. In Routt County, one in six teens has abused prescription drugs at least once in their lifetime and begins experimenting as early as seventh grade, according to the 2010 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey.
"So many more people are being prescribed prescription drugs, therefore teens' level of access has become easier," explained Kate Elkins, director of Grand Futures Prevention Coalition of Routt County, which works to stop youth substance abuse through community education and programs.
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Many teens think that prescription drugs are safer than street drugs because they are prescribed by a doctor and are easily obtained in their home or homes of friends and relatives.
Talking to teens about the dangers of prescription and over-the-counter drugs and setting rules about their own medications — taking prescribed doses and not sharing with other teens — is the first step toward preventing them from heading down a potentially life-threatening path.
"If you are not talking to them about it, they are not going to have any expectations or boundaries," Elkins said.
Prescription drugs that are commonly abused include pain killers, such as those drugs prescribed after surgery; depressants, including sleeping pills or anti-anxiety drugs; and stimulants, such as drugs prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
A large dose of prescription painkillers or depressants can cause breathing difficulty leading to death. Stimulant abuse can cause hostility, paranoia, heart system failure or fatal seizures. Even in small doses, depressants and painkillers have subtle effects on motor skills, judgment and ability to learn, which can increase the risk of injury.
Abusing over-the-counter cough and cold remedies can result in blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, coma and even death. Using prescription or over-the-counter medicines with alcohol or other drugs exacerbates risks. Prescription drug addiction increases a teen's risk of drug dependency later in life.
In addition to talking to their teens about prescription drug risks, parents should consider keeping prescriptions — especially painkillers, depressants and stimulants — in a locked medicine cabinet and monitor quantities. Talk to relatives and other teens' parents about how they are safeguarding medications in their homes.
Get rid of prescription and over-the-counter drugs that you no longer needed. Ask your pharmacist about the best way to dispose of certain medications. It's unsafe to flush most prescriptions drugs down the toilet. Some pharmacies will take old or unwanted medications that are not controlled substances.
A drug Take Back Day will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 28 at the Steamboat Springs Police Department, 840 Yampa Ave. All medications will be accepted.
For more information about prescription and over-the-counter medication abuse, call Grand Futures Prevention Coalition at 970-879-6188 or visit http://www.grandfutures.org/timetotalk.
Tamera Manzanares is a community outreach specialist for the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association.

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Podcast Episode on Eye Issues
Introduction to Chameleon Eyes
The eyes are, perhaps, the most complicated apparatus in the chameleon body and they serve as a rich communication tool as to how the chameleon feels. There is a lot that can go wrong and monitoring the eye every day can give us valuable check up information. Included here is a list of standard eye conditions you may run into and what they mean.
The chameleon eye is an incredible structure. It is a soft turret and highly mobile. The soft tissues can swell up and shrink down. The eyes end up having the characteristic that they reflect the chameleon’s health. So, learning the language of the eye is a valuable skill for every chameleon keeper. Even moreso, because only a small number of conditions we see by a reaction from the eye are actually eye problems. The eye turret is a bellwether for the entire body.
What is most concerning part about seeing your chameleon’s eyes closed during the day is that this is an indication of an advanced condition and immediate action is usually required. But since the treatment for the many different ailments that show themselves through the eye are vastly different you must figure out what the problem really is. Treating the wrong condition is worse than useless, it is life threatening. This is because the real problem has been left to fester. Once the eyes are closed you do not have any extra time to mess with the wrong treatment before the real problem becomes too big to recover from.
There is one notable exception to the rule that healthy chameleons do not close their eyes during the day. Chameleons are very good at learning schedules. And they naturally like to find their place to sleep before the sun sets. So chameleons will turn in before the lights go out. So if your chameleon is healthy and active during the day and then you find him sleeping before the lights go out, that is what is going on and it is normal.
The Healthy Chameleon Eye
The healthy eye is alert and scanning the area at the end of a bulbous turret. When you are looking for your chameleon, the healthy chameleon will have had its eyes locked on you from the moment you stepped in the room. The only time a chameleon will not have its eyes open is when it is sleeping. If your chameleon has its eyes closed during the day this is an immediate warning sign. Chameleons do not nap. And healthy chameleons do not fall asleep on you. This is a sign of an overly stressed or sick chameleon.
The Bulging Chameleon Eye
This bulging eye was a mystery as it swelled up to grotesque proportions, but subsided on its own before the vet appointment came up. Perhaps there was a foreign body in the eye? I can only guess. But I am glad I made the vet appointment because there would be no way for me to tell if this was going to resolve itself on its own or if it was going to be life threatening. Make the vet appointment to be safe!
The eye turret is filled with liquid and can get infected. This is quite dramatic and needs to be looked at by a vet with antibiotics administered if it is an infection. Distended eye turrets can be caused by more than just infections, so make sure there is confirmation that that is the problem. Note the green pus in the mouth of the Jackson’s Chameleon above which confirms the nature of this swelling.
Stomatitis to eye infection
This is another eye that was a result of a bacterial infection. If you notice the joint where the lower and upper jaw meet there is the sign of stomatitis (mouth rot) and this infection travelled to the eye. In this case there was only one eye affected because only one side had the infection.
So, let’s start with the bulging eye. Often this happens overnight. Your chameleon suddenly has an eye that looks inflated to a size that is bizarre. It may be sticking out 3/4” from its head with the eye itself functioning, milky, or swollen shut. And the other eye could be completely normal. One possible cause of this grotesque appearance….and yes, when you see it it is grotesque…is a bacterial infection. Either there is an infection in the eye area due to something getting stuck in the eye or else the infection started in the mouth and travelled up the lacrimal-nasal duct that connects the eye and the mouth. A check inside the mouth may reveal pus or swelling. Where ever the infection originates, you need a vet for antibiotics and to clean the area. If you act soon the chameleon can have a full recovery. This is one case where the cause may very well not be connected to husbandry. A mouth infection can occur by biting on an insects wrong or getting a leg spur stuck in the wrong place. Of course, the ability to deal with life’s scrapes and cuts is directly tied to the strength of the immune system which is directly tied to your husbandry, but the feeder insect fighting back is sometimes an injury that can overwhelm the local immune response.
But, because nothing can ever be simple, a bulging eye could be caused by something less serious like an irritation. Swelling can also be less dramatic, especially at the beginning. If you catch it early it could be just a minor size looking like a lump on or around the eye. Or it could be no swelling and the eye is mildly irritated. Or it could be telescoping out. And anything could have happened. Accidentally brushed the eye against a leaf, got a piece of shed stuck in it, rubbed it on one of those fake vines and got a particle in their eye. So many possibilities! The things is that this could resolve itself on its own or, if something is lodged deep, could turn into a festering mess if not removed by a vet with special equipment. I am afraid there are many conditions like this where it could be nothing or it could be serious and, if you are not sure, it is worth getting help diagnosing the problem. Social media is a mixed bag for this. You may run into someone who knows what they are talking about or you may get responses back from people who have no idea what they are talking about. I can go through the roster of likely names and I know who knows their stuff and who is just trying to be important, but if you are new, it is hard to tell because they both speak with the same level of confidence. It doesn’t hurt to get some experienced friends that you know you can trust. I am lucky to have a vet that I can always go to. Dr. Tom Greek at Greek and Associates in Yorba Linda, CA has been my vet for the last 25 or so years. He is deeply experienced and we have gone through an amazing number of chameleon adventures together. I’d like to think I had a small part in helping his day be a little unusual over the years.
The Sunken Chameleon Eye
Sometimes the eye turrets will sink in as a sign of exhaustion or dehydration. In this case, the female panther chameleon spent great effort to lay eggs and is exhausted and probably dehydrated. In a case like this you see the sunken eyes, but they are still alert. This means you have a non-life threatening condition and the chameleon just needs some water, food, and rest. This is the time for a spa day.
If the eyes are sunken in and are not alert and responsive then it could be a sign of internal distress. In this picture the female is egg bound and is having trouble getting the eggs out. Her body is saying to get them out, but something it blocking the process. This is a life threatening situation. Other forms of distress are parasite loads which have grown beyond what the chameleon’s body can handle, organ stress, or infections. Most things that are hurting the chameleon internally will show up in the eyes.
Next we come to the sunken eye. A sunken eye could be the result of something going on inside. We see sunken eyes in the advanced stages of sickness. Although there will be some cases where a chameleon under stress will suck in their eyes as a sort of protective move, we should never let a situation get to the point that the eyes are sunken in. I have seen it in the later stages of an infection which could not be controlled. It was not pretty and I hope to never see it again. The common assumption to sunken eyes is that it is because of dehydration. It can be, but we don’t want to assume every case of this is due to dehydration. The problem is that if we treat for dehydration and it is something else that we may pass the recovery window treating for the wrong thing.
Sunken eyes may be the first thing that trips you of that something is wrong. But, unless it is a physical trauma, vitamin deficiency, or emotional overload, there would be other symptoms that would have predated the sunken eyes. If respiratory infection there will be breathing difficulties If distress due to parasitic infection then a fecal would give clues. Fungal infection, dehydration…these all have other symptoms before the eyes sink in. It is every chameleon keeper’s goal to get to the level of sensitivity that they can pick out the symptoms and take care of the problem before it gets to eyes sinking in.
The Closed Chameleon Eye
The most common reason a chameleon will close their eyes during the day is because of an internal infection whether it be bacterial, parasitic, viral, fungal or whatever else nature can throw at us. This is where the internal balance is off and the chameleon feels sick. The most common manifestation of this is in the form of a respiratory infection. This is where there is a bacterial bloom in the lungs. And where the bacteria is, the lungs are not absorbing oxygen. So we have the body shutting down to divert resources to the immune system and we have the lung function being compromised at the same time. So the chameleon really doesn’t feel like doing much at all. They are exhausted from fighting the infection and they can’t breathe properly. This is why, during a respiratory infection, that the chameleon will stuck their nose up. They are straightening the esophagus to get a more direct path for air. And then they will gape and mouth breath to try and get more air in. And this is important to know. By time you see the nose in the air or gaping the infection is well started and is going strong. By time the eyes start closing because of the effort you know you are on the last legs and that death is in the future. The more advanced the infection the lower the chances of recovery. So this is why it is not overreacting to go into high alert when you start seeing signs of respiratory infection. When the symptoms are small is when it will most respond to treatment. This leads chameleon keepers to have a gut feel capability and, when attenuated, can diagnose problems before the vet can detect them.
And this isn’t a slam on the vet. Remember that a chameleon will do its best to show it is healthy and not an easy target. So when you bring them to the vet they are riled up and showing their most fearsome look. So the vet may not be able to see what you observe at home. And that is actually a good sign that your chameleon is not too far gone. If your chameleon can put on a good face for the vet there is hope. If the Chameleon cannot muster up even an attempt at defense after a trip to the vet and a handling then you know it is dire. Pro tip: When you need to take them into the vet for something like eyes closed, take a video of the chameleon doing what concerns you before you disturb them to put them into the carry box. That way the vet can see what goes on when the chameleon is not putting up a show of strength.
Diagnosing a respiratory infection is easy because the additional symptoms are unmistakeable. But it starts to get a little murky when the internal issue is something else. A heavy parasitic infection will make your chameleon want to hunker down in one place, not move, and keep their eyes closed. Any other internal distress will make them do the same thing. And here is the reason why having a vet’s help is desired. You use antibiotics if it is a bacterial infection, anti-parasitics if it is a parasitic infection – and even for these the medicine has to be selected for the type of parasite. Fungal infections need a different medicine than viral infections. And a severely impacted chameleon won’t have much use for any of those medicines. Some of these ailments don’t have many external clues. But here are some items to look for.
A bacterial infection will show some swelling somewhere. The problem is that the swelling may not be obvious. You can try to get the mouth open and check there. The mouth and the lungs are the two areas most in contact with bacteria. The lungs from breathing and the mouth from eating. Jackson’s Chameleons have the added Temporal Gland which can get infected. This, at least, is an obvious swelling at the joint of the mouth.
Parasitic infections can be determined by a fecal test that your vet can run. They will probably require you to bring the chameleon in before they prescribe medicine (to make sure they give you the right dosage), but they should be able to run the fecal test with just a fecal sample brought in. You get a sample by putting the freshest poop possible in a plastic ziplock bag and getting that to the vet asap. You can put it in the refrigerator to store it for a little bit, but the longer it is the more some of the protozoa may die. Drying out is the biggest damage so seal it up good. Gastrointestinal distress from parasites can also show it self in poorly formed poop.
Viral infections are difficult. Your chameleon will start to waste away and not respond to any of the remedies, including antibiotics. Vets can test for certain viruses to confirm it is a viral infection. But a negative in that test only confirms it is not a virus we are testing for. We are lucky that our chameleons do not often have viral infections. But when they do it can be devastating.
You may have gotten lost in that entire discussion about infections and that is because it is not a simple thing to work with. Hopefully, your vet has experience with reptiles. If not then you will have to do some observation yourself.
Vitamin A Deficiency
Closed eyes are a major warning sign of something wrong. Unfortunately, different causes can have the same outward effective. One cause of chameleons keeping their eye closed is a vitamin A efficiency. This shows itself by the chameleon having difficulty opening its eye or using it. The chameleons shown here have vitamin A deficiency. The solution, if it is a deficiency, is to give them vitamin A to replenish their vitamin stores.
The next common reason for chameleons to be found with eyes closed is due to vitamin A deficiency. Without proper levels of vitamin A the eyes crust over. And, no, that isn’t the scientific description. But you will notice that the chameleon has a hard time keeping their eyes open. In the beginning they will look like the eye lids are closed, but they will be able to open them to eat, but over a couple weeks it will get to the point where they can’t open the eyes even to eat. It may affect one eye more than the others, but it is common for both eyes to be affected together.
Vitamin a deficiency can be reversed when you provide vitamin A in the diet. A vet can give an emergency dose of Vitamin A and you can add it in the diet.
You can avoid this by using a multivitamin which includes preformed vitamin A on a regular basis as designated by the care sheet for your particular species. I like using a multivitamin which has about 100,000 IUs/lb or less every other week for panthers or veiled and once a month for Jackson’s. But you need to check the ingredients list and make sure it has vitamin A and not just beta carotene. It appears, by one study, that chameleons may not convert beta carotene. The story behind that is that vitamin A is mostly found in vertebrates, while invertebrates like insects don’t have much. But insects can carry carotenoids which they get from eating plants and some animals can turn carotenoids into vitamin A. Beta Carotene is a carotenoid. So this explains why Dr. Gary Ferguson’s experiment that suggested that panther chameleons do not convert beta carotene threw us all for a loop. That said, there is still much to be figured out. If they do not convert beta carotene, how do they get vitamin A? Smaller chameleons like carpet chameleons and pygmy chameleons don’t have many vertebrates to pick off. Do they convert other carotenoids? Why is it that breeders can raise generations of chameleons without supplementing vitamin A and have no issues with closed eyes? So, we still have many questions without answers on this one. Dr. Ferguson looked at the composition of the egg and found beta carotene, other carotenoids, and vitamin A. So there is a lot to sort out.
The safest approach is to just include a supplement with vitamin A once or twice a month and, if you end up with a chameleon with vitamin A deficiency to get a concentrated dose from the vet and then get your chameleon on that multivitamin.
Chameleons will close their eyes when they reach the highest stages of stress. This is when they realize there is no escape from a predator and they are resigned to be eaten. Unfortunately, this is what is happening when they are napping on your hand. When humans, dogs, or cats nap with each other it is a sign of bonding and trust and family. Chameleons are intelligent, and have complex interactions, but they do not have families and do not develop family group intimacies. They do not have the same emotional needs as we do and to force them to engage in our emotional culture can push them to dangerous stress levels. Unfortunately, when a chameleon is napping on your hand it is not trust, but actually, a sign that they have been stressed beyond the breaking point and have given up on life.
This is one of the hardest truths to accept because we humans want them to love and trust us like families do.
While there are a small percentage of chameleons that truly have no fear of humans and will readily walk right out onto your hand, the majority of chameleons are shy and nervous around larger animals. If we truly love our chameleons we will learn their language and respect what they are as beautiful and not try to make them human.
The keys to avoiding emotional stress are
- House chameleon individually. Do NOT keep chameleons together in the same cage!
- Limit your handling of your chameleon. Occasional handling is not n issue, but extended sessions can push your chameleon to dangerous stress levels. How much depends on your chameleon’s individual temperament.
Debris in the Eye
And, finally, let’s talk about random debris. Things can get in your chameleon’s eye. This can be things coming off of fake vines when the chameleon rubs their eye against the vine. And, yes, chameleons will rub their eyes against the branch when they have an itch or discomfort. If something gets in those eye turrets it can be uncomfortable and, eventually, cause an infection in the eye. So, not a whole lot of fun there. When something gets in the eye turret there will be irritation. The chameleon may rub its eye against the branches trying to alleviate the discomfort. The eye may swell up a little or a lot depending on what is in there and where it is. This is another situation where they could easily dislodge it themselves and all is well or else it becomes an infection and a mess that requires veterinary assistance. The thing is the less experienced you are the less able you are to tell the difference. Heck, I couldn’t even give you a check list of things to look for to run down. Every situation is different. Personally, I go straight to the vet who has that fancy scope. I don’t like waiting when it is something that could get worse. Because once it gets worse the chance of recovery decrease. And the absolute best news I could ever hear from my vet was that I overreacted. I like going home with nothing wrong. But seriously, what I do go home with is knowing for sure what is going on and what actions, if any, I need to take to ensure the health of my chameleon.
Avoiding Eye Issues
The best way to deal with eye issues in a chameleon is to prevent them in the first place. Most eye issues are actually health issues and there are three main health strengthening strategies.
Husbandry – By providing the right temperature and humidity cycles in the right size cage the chameleon’s body is in ideal conditions and there is no stress involved in just day to day living.
Nutrition – A chameleon’s immune system and internal working order is maintained in top working shape by feeding your feeder insects well, maintaining a good supplementation schedule with some vitamin A, access to proper levels of UVB light, and a good hydration cycle.
Emotional well being – To keep chronic stress away from your chameleon, make sure their cage has an area where they can hide from view, keep them individually – one chameleon per cage, and respect their level of shyness and acceptance, or fear of, handling.
The most common reason why chameleons end up in the vet’s office is because of husbandry issues. If you dig deep into the care sheet for your species and do not cut corners on either the chameleon or the equipment there is no reason why you can’t avoid ever having to go to the vet over your chameleon’s long life.
The chameleon eye is a great way of letting us know that something is wrong with our chameleon. But it takes some more digging to figure out exactly what the problem is. And, dig we must. We must look for other clues to help us come to the correct diagnosis because each condition is treated with completely different medicines or procedures! This is why a good exotics vet with reptile experience is indispensable!


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CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR KITTEN
IF THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT FOLLOWED, THE WARRANTY IS NULL AND VOID!! There is no such thing as an instant relationship. Give it time, do NOT rush it!
ALL DEPOSITS ARE NON REFUNDABLE
Put the kitten in the bathroom, NOT a bedroom, as follows:
Put the carrier in the bathroom. Set up the litter box,
Dry food filled to the top as well as bottled water.
NO tap water. Bottled or RO water only. (Do not expect them to eat the first night.)
Open the door of the carrier and let the kitten out with the bathroom door shut.
If you put them in a bedroom they will hide under the bed, and you and the kitten will not be happy!!!!!
Do not let the kitten out of the bathroom until the kitten has bonded with you, meaning it comes up to you and wants attention. When you go into the bathroom, do not try to grab the kitten to pet it. You will just scare it, and the bonding process will take longer!!!
Do not introduce it to any other pet until you have reached this point.
Then, when the kitten is ready, put one in the carrier and let the other one out side of the carrier and vice/ versa.
Feed a good quality dry and wet food. There are many, and the canned food that goes with it. We give our kittens Royal Canin Kitten food, and they seem to like it, and they have different foods for different stages in life.
I am sending along the dry food they are eating. Mix it with what you will get. Don’t change their food all at once or they will have the runs.
Dry food all the time! DO NOT DIET KITTENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Give the canned food morning and night only.
Start with a tablespoon of food. If they eat it all, give them more. If not eaten in 10 minutes, pick it up.
They tend to be dry food eaters, but they are babies, and you want them to eat as much as possible now.
If you have ANY QUESTIONS, CALL ME! Most vets are not pure breed specialists and do not know these cats!
Do not neuter or spay the kitten until at least 30 days after purchase. The stress of the move will suppress their immune system. Since you pick up most illnesses at a hospital, you do not want them going there with a suppressed immune system.
Doxycycline is being sent with the kitten. If it sneezes, coughs, or has eye problems, prepare the Doxycycline as follows: all packets in the bottle, mix with water (not tap), and give ½ CC twice a day for 10 days. Refrigerate. BUT CALL ME FIRST!
I am sending home dry food with these on it: Xtra Bloom Digest-Aid, Super Lysine, and Xtrabloom C1 (neutraceuticals) mixed together with the dry food I use. You should get these neutraceuticals BEFORE you receive the kitten. Take our bag of food, dump in a sealable container. Fill that bag with your food, add to the bowl. This is what they will get until gone, then transition to your own food.
Put this on the dry food and wet food every day. This is from www.bloomproductsllc.com (formerly kittybloom.com)
Please call and order these, and keep the kitten on them. They are great to boost immunity and good general health. Add an 1/8th of a teaspoon to the wet and dry food. MIX IT IN!
Some people want to introduce the new kitten to the vet after they get them. Where are sick animals kept? Where are most diseases picked up for humans? Well, it is in a hospital or a doctor’s office. It is very unwise to run an animal to the vet for at least a month after transition to a new home. If, at that point, you wish to risk it, do so, but, with that in mind, understand that you are putting your kitten at risk for an unnecessary illness. You really should wait until neutering or spaying for any introduction.
I recommend a neuter/spay clinic. They are less expensive, they see hundreds of cats a week, and that is all they do, so they are extremely well versed in this surgery.
Call me first before giving any of the medication. (602) 717-4830.
PLEASE SIGN BELOW THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND THAT YOU WILL FOLLOW THEM. AGAIN, IF THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT FOLLOWED, THE WARRANTY IS NULL AND VOID. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS OF ANY SORT. THE WARRANTY STATES THAT I WILL REPLACE ANY KITTEN WITHIN TWO YEARS THAT HAS A LIFE THREATENING OR LIFE ENDING GENETIC DEFECT.
REITERATION OF WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU BRING YOUR KITTEN HOME
1. Put the kitten in the bathroom (NOT ANY OTHER ROOM). Why? The first thing a new kitten will do is hide under the largest, heaviest piece of furniture that they can get under. This is not conducive to getting to know the cat. A bathroom has nothing they can hide under.
2. Place their carrier in the bathroom OPEN. Why? This gives them a hidey hole to go so they can feel safe in a strange situation.
3. Place a white towel or paper towel on the floor. Place a LEVELLED bowl of dry food and bowl of water on this towel. Why? This way, you will be able to see if they are eating and drinking (level of the food will be off, water will splash on the towel).
4. Have a litter box with CLAY litter for the kitten to use in the bathroom. Why? The kitten does not recognize any other materials as usable for a toilet since they are used to clay litter. If you wish to change the litter, mix some in with the clay gradually.
5. Do not reach and grab for your kitten. The kitten MUST come to you on their own. This may take 2 days, 2 weeks, or 2 months. Spend time with them, but let them make the approach. Why? You are a big, scary predator, and they have to feel comfortable with you. Grabbing them scares them and makes the bonding take longer.
6. Wet food morning and night. Place a tablespoon of wet food on a plate. If they eat it, offer more. If they have not touched it after 10 minutes, put it in the refrigerator and offer it to them in the evening. Some cats become exclusive dry food eaters as they age, but kittens need to have the choice.
7. When they have appropriately bonded, introduce them to the rest of the house slowly, not all at once. Once you know where you are going to keep the litter box, show the cat, they will not forget.
HOW DO I KEEP MY HOUSE FROM SMELLING LIKE CAT?
1. Get 3 litter pans. Fill each with an inch of litter. Stack up. Every two to three days remove the top tray, take it outside and dump it.
2. Clean the litter pan with bleach water and leave outside to air dry.
3. Why bother? It's not what is in the box that permeates a house. It's the box. People use clumping litter, liners, etc. They think this is cleaning the pan. Liners get torn, clumping litter does not get it all. Therefore, the plastic of the litter boxes absorb the urine. This is what people smell when they enter your house. By taking a few minutes every couple of days to clean the boxes, your house will never smell of cat.
4. Obviously, you can do as you wish in regards to maintaining litter. This method reduces cost (regular clay litter is cheap, under 5.00 for WalMart Special Kitty 25 lb bag). "Self Cleaning" litter boxes are expensive, and they only remove what's in the litter, they do not clean the box itself. Cats dig in the litter, so they tear through liners, thus allowing urine to soak into the box.
PLEASE SIGN BELOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THESE INSTRUCTIONS ON INITIAL CARE OF YOUR KITTEN, AND HOW TO SET UP YOUR HOME.

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This is Elevation Church Sunday Live Service for February 28 2021 with Pastor Steven Furtick and it is not a service you will want to miss. The senior pastor and founder of Elevation Church has changed many lives in and around the United States of America through his teachings and way of life.
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Iowa State FB Coach Gets $300,000 Raise
Iowa State football coach Dan McCarney has received a contract extension through 2010 after taking the Cyclones to three straight bowl appearances.
McCarney's new deal will pay him $925,000 annually, the university said Monday.
That would be a $300,000 raise over his current salary of $625,000 and puts him more in line with what other Big 12 coaches and Iowa's Kirk Ferentz are paid. McCarney's previous contract ran through the 2006 season.
The median salary for Big 12 coaches is $1.078 million, Iowa State officials said. Ferentz is guaranteed $910,000 a year, but his pay for this season could reach nearly $2 million because of bonuses.
McCarney's teams have defeated Iowa five straight times.
Iowa State will pay McCarney a base salary of $215,000, an increase of $9,000. The rest of his package comes from shoe and apparel agreements, radio and television shows and endorsements.
He is 36-57 in eight years at Iowa State, but the Cyclones are 23-15 over the last three seasons.
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The Global African with Bill Fletcher, Jr. takes on the absence of condemnation for Israel’s attack on Gaza – a production of Telesurtv.net/English
BILL FLETCHER JR., HOST, THE GLOBAL AFRICAN: The brutal Israeli assault on Gaza has generated immense devastation for the Palestinians. As Palestinians watch in horror as their very society crumbles around them, most African-American churches and mainstream black organizations refuse to issue any public condemnation of the Israeli assault.
That’s this week on The Global African. I’m Bill Fletcher. Thanks for joining us.
FLETCHER: The national office of the NAACP, which was contacted for this story, acknowledged that no public statement of any kind has been issued by the organization, even after a recent annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The National Urban League, another prominent civil rights organization, has remained silent as well. When contacted for the story, a spokesperson for the Congressional Black Caucus pointed to a statement issued by its members calling for a ceasefire, effectively echoing the official United States position.
Martin Luther King once said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. But mainstream organizations in the black community do not seem to adopt that maxim when it comes to the current Palestinian crisis. Today on The Global African, we’ll discuss the ramifications of the silence and the larger message that it sends about who’s fighting for justice in this country today.
Now joining us is Rev. Heber Brown, who is the pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, founding editor of Orita’s Cross, and is in himself a humanitarian and social activist.
Thank you for joining us.
REV. HEBER BROWN III, PASTOR AND ACTIVIST: Thank you so much for having me.
FLETCHER: You’ve watched the pictures of Gaza. What does it make you feel?
BROWN: I worry and I wonder and I pray for those who I’ve personally met who are living under occupation and, right now, under this nightmare of the military incursion into Gaza.
FLETCHER: Now, within black America, there’s a historical split on the issue of Israel and Palestine. For many years, beginning with the creation of the state of Israel, it was sort of accepted that you supported this unconditionally. Then, after the Six-Day War, there was a shift, and more African-Americans began speaking out, raising questions about Palestine. In the current crisis, I hear very little coming out of mainstream black America.
BROWN: Yeah. I think it’s very unfortunate that these organizations that so many not in our society have looked to over the years as credible sources for human rights and rights for African-Americans are silent on this issue. I think for me a part of the reason–my hunch is that it comes down to the relationships that these groups have with foundations and funders that may have politics that are favorable to Israel. And if, for example, your conference or your summit or institute is being funded by a foundation that has a pretty conservative stance on the issue of Palestine and Israel, then it’s going to make you at least a little bit hesitant before you speak out.
FLETCHER: So that responds to the question of the mainstream black organizations. But there’s also a separate question about what’s going on in the black church. And so the Presbyterians voted in favor of divestment, but you don’t hear about that sort of motion within the black church. As a pastor, how do you explain this?
BROWN: Yeah. I think part of it is ignorance. There’s, I think–and it’s not just for the church. I think–and this is a generalization, but Americans don’t tend to be as sensitive to foreign policy issues until there’s some major crisis, and then we start paying attention. But we pay attention absent of context. And so we cry out or we speak out because of the urgent emergency, but we don’t tend to be a nation that is as engaged in world affairs as other nations are. So I think ignorance is a part of that. And that ignorance flows into the church.
I think the other side of the coin, too, as a pastor, I’d say I’ve witnessed just bad theology, just plain bad theology around Israel. There’s a theology that says that Israel is promised land for a chosen people, and so Jews, because they’re chosen of God, have divine right to this land. And this bad theology lives in far too many black churches in particular. And that silences many churches or makes churches vocal in support of what I deem to be racist views against Palestinians.
FLETCHER: I was going to ask you about the issue of Christian Zionism in specific. Is that something that you find yourself engaged in struggling?
BROWN: Definitely. People like John Hagee, who is a televangelist and pastor, started this organization called Christians United for Israel, which is a Christian Zionist organization. And not only do they have inroads into the white evangelical church community, but they have worked to build bridges to the black churches as well. And so a few years ago they hired, for example, an African-American pastor to be their liaison to the black church community. He went around touting the talking points of Israel and the occupation. And then, also, they’ll throw money together with their partners to send black pastors on what they call holy land tours. And they send pastors over there to go around Israel to say, here’s where Jesus prayed.
FLETCHER: Theologically, how do you respond when you hear someone say something like, well, this is supposed to be the promised land, this is supposed to the Jews’ land, Palestinians are interlopers, or something? How do you respond to that?
BROWN: Well, personally, I do not equate biblical Israel to the modern nation state of Israel. And so when people just do history and just look at the events of the ’40s and the ’60s with the creation of the current modern nation-state of Israel, you have to consider that in addition to whatever your theology is around the Bible and what the scriptures say. The scriptures don’t talk about dinosaurs, but you won’t find a black Christian nowhere who will say, well, the Bible don’t say it, and so I don’t believe in dinosaurs. No. We’re able to, as thinking people of faith, lay out Scriptures right next to what we know of modern history and then make an informed assessment about how we understand and engage the world in which we live. I wish more black Christians and black pastors would keep their Bibles, but lay it next to historical facts related to the Palestinians and related to Israel, and then make informed discussions not just based on a biblical telling of history, because we don’t do that in many other areas of our lives; as thinking people of faith, we don’t.
FLETCHER: Let’s look at another angle, in terms of the issue of why we’re not hearing more from within black America. When, for example, SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, issued its statement in 1967, it was demonized. And among the charges was that of anti-Semitism. And within the domestic situation, there are tensions that have–. We have a complicated relationship with Jews. And do you think that this complicated relationship with Jews that includes allegations that African-Americans are anti-Semitic, do you think that that leads to people to be reluctant to make criticisms of Israel? Or do you think that that’s not a factor in what we’re seeing?
BROWN: Yeah, I definitely think it is a factor, that no one wants to be called anti-Semitic. And that is the reflex charge to many of those who speak out against what the Israeli government and the Israeli military is doing. And so that is going to make people think twice, ’cause you don’t want to be labeled–nobody wants to be labeled racist, you don’t want to be labeled bigot, you don’t want to be homophobe, or–no one wants any of those labels. They don’t think of themselves in that way. And so that is a factor, I believe, that they don’t want to be called anti-Semitic.
And I think you’re right as well that it is a complicated relationship between many African Americans and Jews. But isn’t that the nature of all relationships? I don’t know about your family, but we’ve got some complicated relationships in my own family. And sometimes even in my own family we have to call each other to the carpet and hold each other accountable, not in the spirit of hatred or destruction. By God, no. It is to help encourage one another so that we might strengthen the bonds of that relationship. So that’s what I would say to people who are concerned about the relationship between Jews and African-Americans, that if there’s charges of anti-Semitism, I would say hold on, slow down. If we call right right and wrong wrong, that does not by its essence mean that we’re working for your destruction or that we hate you. It might mean we care about you and we want you to live up to the best of the virtues, values, and traditions that we know are found within the Jewish community, within Judaism proper. And so I think there’s some work to do there. When we conflate these terms and when these criticisms just become just reflex, I think it’s problematic, because in every relationship you have some conflict.
And I can also say this, that for those who would say that African-Americans are anti-Semitic when they make criticisms of the Israeli government and the Israeli military, it is based on this false premise that all Jews think the same and believe the same on this issue. I know that and you know that to be patently false, that there are so many courageous Jews who are standing up, speaking up, and facing immense ridicule from their own community because they’re saying, you cannot do this in my name, this is not the best of Judaism, you are besmirching what is the beauty of our culture and our people. And so for those who are charged, me, you, or whoever else, with being anti-Semitic and just being against Jewish people, I would remind them that there are Jews right now laying their bodies on the line to make sure that there’s justice, justice and peace in Palestine-Israel, and we offend their witness when we try to lump all Jews together. There is no people on the face of the planet who all believe the exact same thing on everything. And so I think we need to help people to see that and to be sensitive to that. If I’m anti-somatic, that’s news to me, because just less than 24 hours ago, I was marching in the streets of Baltimore City, Maryland, with Jews in Baltimore who were saying, “Not in my name”, “Free Palestine”. They were chanting, Jews were chanting, “Resistance is justified when occupation continues”. And so these chants and these beliefs, there’s a rich and vibrant spirit for justice and peace within the Jewish community with standing up on this issue. And I just choose not to offend their courageous witness by believing that they all think the same.
FLETCHER: The other day I had a discussion with an elected official–and very progressive person, including on this issue of Palestine, takes what is called a very balanced view. But one of the things that they said to me was that they were very fearful of speaking up on this, because they would face political pushback. In fact, this person is running against somebody in the November elections who is charging that they’re insufficiently supportive of Israel. So when we’re in a situation where we’re trying to win elections, where does this issue of–what do we say, for example, to Democrats who may be very good on a number of issues, but when it comes to Israel and Palestine are lockstep with the Israeli government and with AIPAC? What do we say to them?
BROWN: Yeah, that’s a good question. It’s a hard one, because it almost seems like there’s a checklist, right?
FLETCHER: That’s right.
BROWN: If you want to get elected, here are some things you’ve got to do. You’ve got to work on your image, you’ve got to work on–you know, they’ve got this long list. And somewhere on that list is you have to be vocal about supporting the Israeli military and Israeli government in the occupation of Palestine.
So it’s a tough question. And I think it gets that much more difficult to answer the higher you go in electoral politics. And so on the federal level, of course, I think it becomes even more difficult than it would be on local elections when communities can better surround and come to protect those who want to speak out for justice and righteousness, as I call it. So I would say I would start with the local politicians and start real early, because the dynamic is that not only do you have to have the, the quote-unquote, right views on issues, but you also have to have money to win elections. I mean, that’s the prevailing thought and wisdom.
And so, Mr. Fletcher, when we think about the ways that this issue connects back home for black folk–we were talking about black people. And so one of the things that I say see as a hurdle for black people is that for some, they don’t see the relevance, they don’t see, how does this matter to me, how does this connect with my community. I mean, I’m dealing with lead in the water in my community, I’m dealing with poor schools, I’m dealing with high unemployment. How does this connect? And so it was helpful for me when I went to Palestine-Israel and I saw for myself the kinship between the oppression faced by African-Americans and the occupation faced by Palestinians, kinship, not only historically, but even modern-day. And so, for example, in cities like Detroit, Baltimore, and the rest, they have technology that’s used to conduct surveillance on black and poor communities. Some of that same technology, and in some cases some of the same companies, are involved in the surveillance of Palestinians as well. There is a direct connection there. Black folk in Detroit and in Newark are upset about having these cameras all in their communities, but of course not downtown in the posh communities. Palestinians are upset as well. Their movement is being restricted by checkpoints and the like. And so there is a kinship right there, there is a kinship when we talk about jobs that are available to some people and not all people. There’s kinship in terms of the discriminatory laws. And so I think the more we connect those dots and the more we point out the hypocrisy–. So President Obama, for example, pulls out the talking point that many of the elected officials will say, Israel has a right to defend itself, but Marissa Alexander is facing 60 years in prison right now because she dared to try to defend herself.
FLETCHER: That’s right.
BROWN: And so the more we make those connections when we think about Emmett Till and we think about the young Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis and Renisha McBride and we think about the young people of Palestine playing soccer on the beach or being lynched in the occupied West Bank and the like, there is a lot of connection there. I am hopeful that with continued pressing and organizing, particularly between Palestinians, African-Americans, and courageous Jews, who are in this fight as well, the stronger our coalition can become to put pressure on elected officials just like AIPAC and other groups do.
FLETCHER: Reverend Brown, thank you very much for joining us today on The Global African.
BROWN: Thank you so much. I appreciate the opportunity.
FLETCHER: And thanks for joining us. And we’ll be back in a moment.
FLETCHER: Joining us today for a discussion on this entire question is Rev. Michael Livingston. Rev. Livingston is the former president of the National Council of Churches, former executive director of the International Council of Community Churches, current director of national public policy of Interfaith Worker Justice. He is a social activist, humanitarian. Thank you very much, Rev. Livingston, for joining us.
REV. MICHAEL LIVINGSTON, DIR. NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY, INTERFAITH WORKER JUSTICE: I’m very happy to be with you this afternoon. Thank you for the invitation.
FLETCHER: I was trying to figure out how to begin this interview, but let me just come straight to this question. With all of the issues that are facing black America, why should people give a damn about Palestine?
LIVINGSTON: Because in the church especially, we believe in one common humanity. We’re all created in the image of God. What affects one of us affects all of us, and it doesn’t matter where it happens. So there ought to be a deep concern on the part of any Christian, certainly, but I would say any person of faith, when devastating circumstances like this exist in even a distant part of the world.
FLETCHER: So, then, how would you explain or what would you say see as the source of the problem in black churches with regard to raising this issue and having people speaking out? I mean, we have, by way of contrast, the Presbyterian Church, which as you know just recently voted to support that divestiture, but you don’t hear of that very much coming out of the African-American church. What’s your take on that?
LIVINGSTON: I think it’s there just isn’t enough knowledge, and perhaps even interest, in looking at this. And I wish that were not the case. There are some small signs of change here, but historically we’ve been so engaged, in the African-American church, with the problems of the black community that to try to engage ourselves in international issues has proven so far to be beyond our ability to focus.
FLETCHER: Although keep in mind we spearheaded the anti-apartheid struggle in the United States. African-Americans were very involved in the anti-Vietnam War movement. I mean, we actually have a history of engagement on international issues. It’s strikes me, though, that there’s this relative level of silence when it comes to Palestine.
LIVINGSTON: I think what those two have in common that you just mentioned is, one, of course, we’re talking about blacks in Africa, and there’s a strong kinship there. The Vietnam War, I think there the common denominator was the high proportion of African-Americans who were drafted to fight in that war. So it was very much a central concern of our community. Palestine, Muslims, Arabs, we haven’t historically felt, at least in this period, that same kind of connection. And, again, I lament that. I regret it. If you don’t pay attention to it, if you don’t educate yourself, and you only are subjected to the kinds of mainstream responses and analysis that you get in our media, and, of course, from Jewish organizations which are intent upon telling their story in the United States, it’s hard to get that deeper, more pervasive understanding of the roots of that conflict and why it persists today.
FLETCHER: Rev. Livingston, let me ask you this. I visited the occupied Palestine twice, and I was struck by the conditions faced by the Palestinians. The issue of apartheid, the issue of Jim Crow immediately jumped out at me. And I was curious how you felt in your visits. Did you have a similar reaction? Did you feel that the circumstances mirrored the African experience at all?
LIVINGSTON: Even more immediately, my daughter just returned from Israel about a week ago, and both in her post while she was there, on Facebook and social media, and since she’s been back, she was profoundly affected by this and felt deep similarities in our experience here and what the Palestinian population has to deal with there, going through those barriers and the physical segregation that exists there. It’s stunning how similar it is to what blacks experienced here. That’s one of the reasons why I think it’s so important for us to be more engaged in this and to raise our voices, along with others, in trying to address that situation. But absolutely I think those parallels are felt because they’re real.
FLETCHER: Indeed. When you watch the pictures that we’re seeing now from Gaza, how does it make you feel? What’s your reaction?
LIVINGSTON: It’s devastating, it’s sickening, because of the very current reality of the destruction and the devastation and the loss of human life, including and especially children, but all life there, and also because there’s the sense that it’s a drama that just keeps repeating itself and that the big pieces that have to be shifted in a deep and profound way in order to bring some real change there are not moving, and especially, of course, the United States. We have such a profound ability to affect what’s going on there, to influence it, and yet beyond just talking about it, we just don’t seem to be exercising any of that muscle.
FLETCHER: But you and I, we’re watching this, we’re having a very similar reaction. How do you understand the fact that there are many other people looking at exactly the same pictures and having an entirely different reaction?
LIVINGSTON: It’s media, it’s education, it’s the relentless drumbeat of one narrative to the exclusion of the other, so that when people see this or hear about it, they think the things they’ve been taught to think. And if they don’t extend themselves, if they don’t read wider sources, if they don’t listen to broader sources, like this program, for example, if they don’t travel themselves or get in touch with people who have traveled, if they don’t invite into their own circles people who have perspectives which are different from the dominant narrative in our culture, they never move and they see the same thing, and they don’t get engaged in this in a way that will help to shift the balance of influence, and eventually power, so that we intervene there like people who really do want to see peace happen to everybody involved there.
FLETCHER: Rev. Michael Livingston, thank you very much for taking this time to spend with us.
LIVINGSTON: Thank you very much, Bill. It’s been a pleasure to be a part of this experience with you.
FLETCHER: And thank you for very much for joining us on The Global African. I’m your host, Bill Fletcher.
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Raymond Blanc's lamb's liver off menu after poisonings
Chef Raymond Blanc's Covent Garden restaurant has been banned from serving an "undercooked" liver dish which left two diners with food poisoning.
Brasserie Blanc is forbidden from offering pink lamb's liver after ignoring a Westminster Council environmental health warning.
It posed an "imminent risk of injury to health", Westminster Magistrates' Court was told.
Mr Blanc, 62, is a director of the company that owns the restaurant.
The two diners contracted campylobacter food poisoning after they had the dish on separate occasions this summer.
The Brasserie Bar Co. said it had taken liver off the menu at all 18 of its Brasserie Blanc restaurants throughout the UK after it was ordered to pay £3,103 in costs.
Guidance from the Food Standards Agency recommends that lamb's liver must be cooked at 70 degrees centigrade for at least two minutes.
James Armitage, Westminster City Council's food, health & safety manager, said: "After receiving two separate complaints of food poisoning which may have originated from eating at a Covent Garden restaurant, our officers investigated and issued a notice which prevented the restaurant from serving undercooked lamb's liver.
"Today's court decision to uphold the notice is welcome as the serving of undercooked meat, without suitable controls in place, is a public health risk.
"Health inspectors have agreed with the restaurant the safety measures that need to be in place for the restaurant to be allowed to safely put the dish back on its menu."
A restaurant spokeswoman said: "Brasserie Bar Co. has not contested the environmental health officers' enforcement and will no longer serve liver in any of its restaurants.
"In order to serve liver and comply with Westminster Council, it would need to be overcooked to such an extent that our customers just won't eat it."
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We present Bayesian hierarchical models for the analysis of Affymetrix GeneChip data. The approach we take differs from other available approaches in two fundamental aspects. Firstly, we aim to integrate all processing steps of the raw data in a common statistically coherent framework, allowing all components and thus associated errors to be considered simultaneously. Secondly, inference is based on the full posterior distribution of gene expression indices and derived quantities, such as fold changes or ranks, rather than on single point estimates. Measures of uncertainty on these quantities are thus available. The models presented represent the first building block for integrated Bayesian Analysis of Affymetrix GeneChip data: the models take into account additive as well as multiplicative error, gene expression levels are estimated using perfect match and a fraction of mismatch probes and are modeled on the log scale. Background correction is incorporated by modeling true signal and cross-hybridization explicitly, and a need for further normalization is considerably reduced by allowing for array-specific distributions of nonspecific hybridization. When replicate arrays are available for a condition, posterior distributions of condition-specific gene expression indices are estimated directly, by a simultaneous consideration of replicate probe sets, avoiding averaging over estimates obtained from individual replicate arrays. The performance of the Bayesian model is compared to that of standard available point estimate methods on subsets of the well known GeneLogic and Affymetrix spike-in data. The Bayesian model is found to perform well and the integrated procedure presented appears to hold considerable promise for further development.
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(WSCR) Lance Briggs has made it known he's unhappy with his contract.
Before the start of the 2008 season, Briggs signed a six-year, $36 million contract extension with Bears, but now, he wants more money. Sean Jensen of the Chicago Tribune joined The Boers and Bernstein Show to discuss the possibility of trading Briggs to the New York Giants in exchange for Osi Umenyiora.
"I've spoken to some people and it's something that does make sense," Jensen said. "Again, there aren't many player for player trades, but if you look at my reasoning, there are a lot of reasons why this would somewhat make sense. The reality is that the Bears know that Lance Briggs wants more money, just because there's a new general manager, that doesn't mean anything is going to change. It's just going to embolden Lance Briggs and his agent Drew Rosenhaus. Then, you look at the investment they've made at that position. Brian Urlacher probably is going to have to have his contract addressed probably before the season starts. If you're choosing between the two, I don't think there's any question that you're going with the face of the franchise."
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Jensen said the fact that the Giants are so deep at the defensive end position makes the trade a possibility.
"With that said, the New York Giants have a pleathura of defensive lineman," he said. "As well as Osi Umenyiora has played over the last month, he's expendable. They can't afford to bring him back. Jason Pierre-Paul is the next thing. He is like the next hot, young defensive end in the NFL. So (Umenyiora) is expendable to them. The Giants have him under contract for two more years. If you look at it, their salaries kind of match up. ... Osi would be a good fit for the Bears and Lance would fill a huge need for the Giants.
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